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Now I don't want to be your slave
You're trying to drive me to an early grave
All I ever hear, is that you live an' breathe for me
But all you ever do, babe, is shake my tree

'Cos you keep on pushing, baby, like you never, ever been in love before

I told you once an' I told you twice
I ain't no schoolboy you can sacrifice
You want my love an' you want it now
You try to love me, baby, but you don't know how

So you keep on pushing, baby, like you never, ever been in love before

I need love an' I need time
An' a little bit of both, if you wanna be a friend of mine
I don't want no woman, drive me outta my head
An' you're the kind of girl, guaranteed to wreck my bed

Love is what you need, but you cut down to the bone an' make me bleed
I give you everything an' still you cry
Ooh, mama, the price of loving you is way too high

But you keep on talking, baby, I've heard it all before
Now I don't want you hanging around, or kicking at my door

But you keep on pushing, mama, like you never, ever been in love before

I know love an' I know shame
An' I ain't gonna get caught up in your game
It took a little time to make me see
I ain't lookin' for a woman like you to shake my tree

So keep on talking, baby, keep on hangin' around
Everything you do to me, is sure to drag me down

An' you keep on pushing, mama, like you never, ever been in love before

Shake my tree

(Solo)

I don't want to be your slave, you're trying to drive me to an early grave
So keep on talking, no matter what you say
I've had enough of your kind of love, to last me all my days

So keep on pushing baby, I've heard it all before
I don't want you hanging around, or kicking at my door

Now I don't want your loving, baby, I can't take it anymore
I don't want you hanging around, kicking at my door
If I see your face again, I'll give you what's in store
But you'll keep on pushing, baby, 'cos you've never, ever been in love before

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Big boat stealing through the darkness
Will you bring to me my love?
Will you bring to me my only love?
In night the light of oneness
And the one light guides you home
And the keeper turns his cards alone

From this shore my memory wandered
And I danced upon the sea
Can I dance with you upon the sea?
Oh, I love your brown-eyed madness
And your beauty was exposed
Now your memory's grained into my bones

Shining in my light - shining in the light
Shining in my light - shining in the light --

I been a-workin' from seven, baby, to eleven ev'ry night
It really makes life a drag
I don't think that's right
I've really b-b-been b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-best of fools, ohhh ohhh
Yeah, but you know I did what I could, yeah-oh
Said oh, I love you, baby
Oh, I love you, baby
Oh, I love you
Little girl, ohhh
But baby, since I've been loving you, yeah
Im about to lose, oh, oh, my worried mind

Everybody is trying to tell me
Ooooooh ooooooooooh, that yoou didn't mean me no good, no
But I've tried, I've tried, I've tried, I've tried, ohhhhhhh
I've tried to do the best I could
I've been a-working, I've been a-working, ooh, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, to eleven every night
You're such a drag, you're such a drag, you're such a drag, you're such a drag
You know, I don't, I don't, I don't think that's right
Baby, since I've been loving you now
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I'm gonna lose it, my worried mind, don't make me lose it

(Guitar Solo)

Ohhhh, baby
I've been crying, ohh ohh ohh
All my tears, they fell like rain, oh hoh hoh hoh
Oh, stop these tears from falling
Mama, stop these tears from fallin'

A-do you remember, mama, when I knocked upon your door
You had the nerve to tell me
You didn't want me no more
I open my door, hear my back door slam, yeah
I said, "Hey baby, I got a
New fangled back door man"

I've been working from seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, yeah
You're such a drag
Oh yeah, I know such a drag
Oh yeah, I know such a drag
You're such a drag
You're such a drag
You such a drag
You such a drag
Ahhhhhh
Baby, since I've been loving you
I'm about to lose, ah yeah, my worried mind

Oh, just one more
Just one more
Oh, yeah

Oooh, don't make me lose it
Please don't make me lose
My worried mind, yeah
Oooh-oooh-ohhh, yeah

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Won't you fetch another white girl
To play with in the sand
The one I have right now is broke
The one I really had has planned
To get religion - to find another way
She's at the temple - all I've got to say

I've got to face it - I'm home alone
I feel quite naked - I'm so forlorn
I am united - in disarray
I've no intention - I go and pray

On other dream-boats I can sail away
Adrift in warm devotion - no memory - I feel no pain
I live for new beginnings
Ride the wind to win the day
Out on the ocean - I decide I'm here to stay
I can't get started - I'm at an end
She's got religion - I've lost a friend
I talk in circles - I make no sense
I get so nervous - no recompense

I have to face it - I'm home alone
I feel quite naked - I'm so forlorn
I am united - in disarray
I've no intention - I go pray

Bring me the brightest star that I can wish upon
I close my eyes so very tight, pretending you're not gone
So deep is my distraction, maybe I'll disappear
With stronger plans then - I'm not lonely when you're here
I can't get started - I'm at an end
She's got religion - I've got a friend
I talk in circles - I make no sense
I get so nervous - no recompense

I have to face it - I'm home alone
I feel quite naked - oh, so forlorn
I am united - in disarray
I've no intention - I go pray, hey hey

I can't get started - I'm at an end
She's got religion and I've lost a friend
I talk in circles - I make no sense
I get so nervous - no recompense

Go fetch another nice girl
Another nice girl
Another nice girl --

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There's a lady who's sure,
All that glitters is gold,
And she's buying a stairway to heaven.
When she gets there she knows,
If the stores are all closed,
With a word she can get what she came for.
And she's buying a stairway to heaven.

There's a sign on the wall,
But she wants to be sure,
Because you know sometimes words have two meanings.
In a tree by the brook,
There's a songbird who sings,
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven.
It makes me wonder.

There's a feeling I get,
When I look to the west,
And my spirit is crying for leaving.
In my thoughts I have seen,
Rings of smoke through the trees,
And the voices of those who stand looking.
It makes me wonder.

And it's whispered that soon,
If we all call the tune,
Then the piper will lead us to reason.
And a new day will dawn,
For those who stand long,
And the forests will echo with laughter.

If there's a bustle in your hedgerow,
Don't be alarmed now,
It's just a spring clean for the May queen.
Yes there are two paths you can go by,
But in the long run,
There's still time to change the road you're on.
And it makes me wonder.

Your head is humming and it won't go,
In case you don't know,
The piper's calling you to join him.
Dear lady can you hear the wind blow,
And did you know,
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind.

And as we wind on down the road,
Our shadows taller than our soul.
There walks a lady we all know,
Who shines white light and wants to show.
How everything still turns to gold,
And if you listen very hard,
The tune will come to you at last.
When all are one and one is all.
To be a rock and not to roll.

And she's buying a stairway to heaven.

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