Permanent Vacation

Met a woman, she had a man
Couldn't help it, I had a plan
Right around midnight he was gone
Saw her red light, she left it on

Oh my heart's done time
Oh, now she's mine

If there's a reason for these chains
It's like we suffer to ease the pain
Now I got this feelin' inside of me
My heart's in jail and I
Can't, can't, can't get free

Oh my heart's done time
Oh now she's mine
Now she's mine
Now she's mine
Now she's mine
Now she's mine

Oh my heart's done time
Oh now she's mine
Now she's mine
Now she's mine
Now she's mine

Somebody better call a doctor, doctor
Or wake me up with a shove
I'm gonna knock you off your rocker, rocker
Cause I think I'm in love

I tried to get a message to ya
But you walked the other way

I need your magic touch, don't you know
I got a habit and I can't let go
Feel the fire burnin' slow
You better get it while it's hot now babe
Cause I can't let go

Don't need a wedding with a shotgun, shotgun
So don't you push me too far
Don't try to take me for a fool child, who child
Do you think that you are

You really got it coming to ya
It's gonna come as no surprise

I need your magic touch, don't you know
I'm after you and now I can't let go
Take it easy, take me slow
You better get it while it's hot now babe
Cause I can't let go

You never know what you got
Till they take it away
I'm comin', ready or not
Gonna get you someday

I need your magic touch, don't you know
I'm after you and now I can't let go
Feel the fire burnin' slow
I got a habit and I'm back for more

Your magic touch don't you know
I'm after you and now I can't let go
Feel the fire burnin' slow
You better get it while it's hot now babe
Cause I can't, can't, can't let you go

Rag doll, livin' in a movie
Hot tramp, Daddy's little cutie
You're so fine they'll never see ya leavin' by the back door, man
Hot time, get it while it's easy
Don't mind, come on up and see me
Rag doll, baby won't you do me like you done before

I'm feelin' like a bad boy
Mm just a like a bad boy
I'm rippin' up a rag doll
Like throwin' away an old toy
Some babe's talkin' real loud
Talkin' all about the new crowd
Try and tell me of an old dream
A new version of the old scene
Speak easy on the grape vine
Keep shufflin' in a shoe shine
Old tin lizzy, do it till you're dizzy
Give it all ya got until you're put out of your misery

Rag doll, livin' in a movie
Hot tramp, Daddy's little cutie
You're so fine they'll never see ya leavin' by the back door, man
Hot time, get it while it's easy
Don't mind, come on up and see me
Rag doll, baby won't you do me like you done before

Yes I'm movin'
Yes I'm movin'
Get ready for the big time
Tap dancing on a land mine

Yes I'm movin'
Yes I'm movin'
Old tin lizzy, do it till you're dizzy
Give it all ya got until you're put out of your misery

Rag doll, livin' in a movie
Hot tramp, Daddy's little cutie
You're so fine they'll never see ya leavin' by the back door, man
Hot time, get it while it's easy
Don't mind, come on up and see me
Rag doll, baby won't ya do me, baby won't ya do me,
Baby won't ya do me like you done before

Yes I'm movin'
Yes I'm movin'
Get ready for the big time
Get crazy on the moon shine
Yes I'm movin'
I'm really movin'
She loves gin fizzy, do it till you're dizzy
Give it all ya got until you're put out of your misery

Rag doll, livin' in a movie
Hot tramp, Daddy's little cutie
You're so fine they'll never see ya leavin' by the back door, man
Hot time, get it while it's easy
Don't mind, come on up and see me
Rag doll, baby won't you do me like you done before

Rag doll, livin' in a movie
Hot tramp, Daddy's little cutie
You're so fine they'll never see ya leavin' by the back door, man
Hot time, get it while it's easy
Don't mind, come on up and see me
Rag doll, baby won't you do me like you done before

Walkin' the line of a razor's edge
Take it as far as she goes
Slice of the sky on a silver wedge
Higher and higher we go, let's go

Ladies in black put a spell on me
Feels like my head is going round and round
Round and upside down
Ladies in white ain't my cup of tea
So be it, I need it, long legs, big eyes
Ooh she drives me crazy

Ooh simoriah
Ooh simoriah

Countin' the eyes of the dragonfly
Callin' on dreams from within
She knows the way and she makes me high
So be it, I need it
Long hair, blue eyes
Ooh, she drives me crazy

Ooh simoriah
Ooh simoriah

C'mon boys, the tape is rollin'
A-one, two, a-one, two, t-two, two

John was bad
He gave it everything he had
John he prayed
For all the people ever made
John was cool
He never did no after school

Late at night when he praised the Lord
He laid his hands down upon the bloody sword
How could he do that?

John, St. John be cool
Tell the people, they'll follow you
John, St. John be cool
Tell the people, they'll follow you

Late at night when he praised the Lord
He laid his hands down upon the bloody sword

Lay down upon the sword
Lay down upon the sword
Lay down upon the sword
Lay down your bloody sword

John, St. John be cool
Tell the people, they'll follow you
John, St. John be cool
Tell the people, they'll follow you

Late at night when he praised the Lord
He lay his hands down upon the bloody sword
Laid down upon the sword
Down, down, down upon the sword
Laid down upon the sword
Gettin' down upon the sword
Laid down upon the sword
Laid down upon the sword
Laid down upon the sword
Late night TV roared

Heal me Jesus, heal me Jesus!

John, St. John be cool
Tell the people, they'll follow you
John, St. John be cool
Tell the people, they'll follow you
John, St. John be cool
Tell the people, they'll follow you

Me old my lady sittin' in the shade
Talkin' about the money that I ain't made
Singin' whoa boy don'tcha line the track-a-lack-a
Whoa boy, don'tcha line the track
Whoa boy, don'tcha line the track-a-lack-a
Whoa boy, don'tcha line the track

If I could, I surely would
Stand on the rock that Moses stood
singin' whoa boy don'tcha line the track-a-lack-a
Whoa boy, don'tcha line the track
Whoa boy, don'tcha line the track-a-lack-a
Whoa boy, don'tcha line the track

Drank so much hooch
It made my eyes be gettin' blurry
They say I nailed her to the wall
A stich in time don't mean a thing
No hangman jury could make me crawl
Cause I'm a poor boy
Don'tcha line the track-a-lack-a
Whoa boy, don'tcha line the track-a-lack-a
Whoa boy, don'tcha line the track

Whatcha do with the gun that's loaded
Shot her dead when your heart exploded
Tell me baby now d-don't you worry
Like lying to a hangman jury

I swear I didn't know that 45 was loaded
In fact my memory ain't too clear
That's not to say she didn't get what she deserved
Least that's the way it looks from here
Boy when you line the track-a-lack-a
Hey boy, when line the track-a-lack-a
Hey boy, when line the track

Ooh, when love come tumblin' down
Ooh, when love come tumblin' down
Ooh, let's get outta here
When love come tumblin'

And every night she take her thing into the city
And in the mornin' make me beg
'Cause if I'd taken all her real titty gritty
I'd smack her right upside the head boy
Don'tcha line the track-a-lack-a
Hey boy, don'tcha line the track-a-lack-a
Hey boy, don'tcha line the track

Ooh, when love come tumblin' down
Ooh, when love come tumblin' down
Ooh, love come tumblin'

Poor boy sweatin' in the hot summer night
Hangman waitin' for the early morning light
Singin' hey boy, don'tcha line the track-a-lack-a
Hey boy, don'tcha line the track
Hey boy, don'tcha line the track-a-lack-a
Hey boy, don'tcha line the track

If I could, I surely would
Stand on the rock that Moses done stood
Singin' hey boy, don'tcha line the track-a-lack-a
Hey boy, don'tcha line the track
Hey boy, don'tcha line the track-a-lack-a
Hey boy, don'tcha line the track

She was a 42nd street walker
Hung it out down by a Prick Hotel
See the old floozy
Floppin' in the wind
Titties and all
That's right

She's right peculiar
She'll try and fool ya
But the girl she's coming apart

She's so appealing
Right off the ceiling
Yeah, the girl she's coming apart

What did I tell ya?
She buy and sell ya
'Cause the girl she's coming apart

She's so affected
I'm so rejected
And the girl she's coming apart

Don't, don't, don't, don't
Don't let it get me down
Don't let it get me down

She's just a screamer
A nightmare dreamer
Yeah the girl she's coming apart

She's like a call girl
Loose ends and all girl
But the girl she's coming apart

White lace and leather
She's so together
But the girl keeps coming apart

I feel so sedated
Boxed up and crated
'Cause the girl keeps coming apart

Don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't
Don't let it get me down
Don't let it get me down

So there she was
Buns up and kneelin'
I was wheelin' and a dealin'
My ace in the hole so to speak

I'm alone
Yeah, I don't know if I can face the night
I'm in tears and the cryin' that I do is for you
I want your love, let's break the walls between us
Don't make it tough, I'll put away my pride
Enough's enough, I've suffered and I've seen the light

Baby you're my angel
Come and save me tonight
You're my angel
Come and make it all right

Don't know what I'm gonna do
About this feeling inside
Yes it's true, loneliness took me for a ride
Without your love, I'm nothing but a begger
Without your love, a dog without a bone
What can I do? I'm sleeping in this bed alone

Baby you're my angel
Come and save me tonight
You're my angel
Come and make it all right
Come and save me tonight

You're the reason I live
You're the reason I die
You're the reason I give
When I break down and cry
Don't need no reason why
Baby, Baby

Baby, you're my angel
Come and save me tonight
You're my angel
Come and take me all right
You're my angel
Come and save me tonight
You're my angel
Come and take me all right

Come and save me tonight
Come and save me tonight
Come and save me tonight
Come and save me tonight
Come and save me tonight

I got a letter from a friend the other morning
He say it's hot down by Montego Bay
I got the point and now I think it's finally dawning
Yeah, yeah, I got to get away

I got to take myself a permanent vacation
The sky's the limit but my plane won't fly
My nose is clean and Lordie don't need no sedation
Yeah, yeah, and that's the reason why

I really need it, really, really need St. Tropez
I want a tan where the sun, it never shines
I really need it, really, really need St. Tropez
You best believe it that I go to get away

I got a sister man she really got a pinhead
She think she kinky but she can't get straight
She say she livin' but I kinda think she's brain dead
Just excess baggage on a late night freight

I really need it, really, really need St. Tropez
I want a tan where the sun, it never shines
I really need it, really, really need St. Tropez
You best believe it that I go to get away

I gotta take me on a permanent vacation
The girl's be comin' down in Cayman Brack
I gotta hand it to a firm situation
Yeah, yeah, I got to cut me some slack

I really need it, really, really need St. Tropez
I want a tan where the sun, it never shines
I really need it, really, really it

You tellin' lies thinking I can't see
You can't cry 'cause you're laughing at me

I'm down
I'm really down
I'm down
Down on the ground
I'm down
I'm really down
How can you laugh when you know I'm down?
How can you laugh
When you know I'm down?

Man buys ring woman throws it away
Same damn thing happens every day

I'm down
I'm really down
I'm down
Down on the ground
I'm down
I'm really down
How can you laugh when you know I'm down?
How can you laugh
When you know I'm down?

We're all alone and there's nobody else
You still moan, "Keep your hands to yourself"

I'm down
I'm really down
I'm down
Down on the ground
I'm down
I'm really down
How can you laugh when you know I'm down?
How can you laugh
When you know I'm down?

Don't you know that I'm down?
I'm really down
Don't you know that I'm down?
I'm really down
Don't you know that I'm down?
I'm really down
Don't you know that I'm down?
Down on the ground
Don't you know that I'm down?

Don't you know that I'm down?
I'm really down
Don't you know that I'm down?
I'm really down
Don't you know that I'm down?
I'm really down
Don't you know that I'm down?
Down on the ground
Don't you know that I'm down?

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