Playlist Nick Lowe

nick lowe - 12 step program

I'm on got a 12 step program
To quit you babe
I'm on got a 12 step program
To quit you baby
I'm tired of wining and pacing the floor
I ain't gonna do it no more
On a 12 step program to quit you babe

Step one, I'm gonna tear your picture down
Step two, I'm gonna move the room around
Step three, I'm gonna walk out the door
Gonna leave you for number four
On a 12 step program to quit you babe

Step five I will acquire a whole new jive
Step six and brand new bag of tricks
Step seven if it's not too late
Help me get to number eight
On a 12 step program to quit you babe

Well a little taste was all that it took
To get me well and truly hooked
Take a look at my arm you won't find a track
But I'm suffering baby
While I got you on my back

Step nine I'm gonna pick out a place to dine
Step ten will begin after we get in
It's gonna be like a miracle from heaven
If I ever get past eleven
On a 12 step to quit you babe

I can't quit you baby
I can't let go
Can't quit you darling
I can't stop
Loving you baby
I can't stop

nick lowe - 14 days

One single grain of sand
Just broke the camel's back
One final fleck of down
Was enough to make it crack
It didn't hardly weigh a thing
But it might have been a ton
For the animal's all in
too much damage has been done

So I'm giving you my notice
And it works this way
In two weeks time you will notice I've been gone
For fourteen days

You don't know what it's like
To be left out in the cold
To feel all alone
Even when there's a party going on
Well it's been like this for me
For too, too long
So I won't even get my things
Lord it's down the road I'm going

So I'm giving you my notice
And it works this way
In two weeks time you will notice I've been gone
For fourteen days

So I'm giving you my notice
And it works this way
In two weeks time you will notice I've been gone
For fourteen days

nick lowe - all men are liars

All Men, All Men are liars their words ain?t worth no more than worn out tires.
Hey Girls, bring rusty pliers to pull this tooth, all men are liars and that?s the truth.

Do you remember Rick Astley?
He had a big fat hit that was ghastly.
He said I?m never gonna give you up or let you down.
Well I?m here to tell ya that Dick?s a clown
Though he was just a boy when he made that vow.
I?d bet it all that he knows by now.

Refrão

Among god?s creatures man must be.
The most slimy and slippery now.
There stands the naked ape in a monkey suite.
Behind a little mustache he grew, the shifty brute.
All the ones not choking on the words they ate are
Sweating on getting their stories straight.

Refrão 2x

nick lowe - born a woman

It makes no difference
If you're rich or poor
Or even if you smart or dumb
A woman's place in this whole world
Is under a strong man's thumb
You must be heavy and you must be hard
Trying to make a little dent in life
A breeding feeling by your feet
　
* Cos if you're born a woman
You're born to be hurt
You're born to be lied to stepped on,
shitted on
And treated like dirt
If you're born a woman
You're born to be hurt
　
A woman's place is to give and give
And then to give some more
And this old heart to understand
What she is giving for
Wake up in the dead of night
At someone's beck and call
A woman's place in this whole world
Ain't no place at all
Cos, if ou're born a woman
You're born to be hurt

nick lowe - cold grey light of dawn

That old alarm clock gives a yell
starting another day in hell
passing a world I can't face with you gone
in the mirror I see
someone to choose to be me
and I turn blue in the cold grey light of dawn
The Neon light and the jukebox
help to ease me through the night
I lean hard on the bottle
'til I no longer stand up right
in the morning in my room
I'm like a body in a tomb
Those same three walls keep coming on
kind of strong
Down the freeway when I drive
more dead than alive
and I turn blue in the cold grey light of dawn
The Neon light and the jukebox
help to ease me through the night
I lean hard on the bottle
'til I no longer stand up right
in the morning in my room
I feel like a body in a tomb
Those same three walls keep coming on
kind of strong
Down the freeway then I drive
more dead than alive
and I turn blue in the cold grey light of dawn
I turn blue in the cold grey light of dawn

nick lowe - cruel to be kind

Oh i can't take another heartache
Though you say you're my friend, i'm at my wit's end
You say your love is bonafide, but that don't coincide
With the things that you do
And when i ask you to be nice, you say

Chorus:
You've gotta be cruel to be kind, in the right measure
Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign
Cruel to be kind, means that i love you baby
(you've gotta be cruel)
You gotta be cruel to be kind

Well i do my best to understand dear
But you still mystify and i wanna know why
I pick myself up off the ground
To have you knock me back down again and again
And when i ask you to explain, you say

Chorus

(repeat second verse)

Chorus
Chorus
Chorus
Chorus fade

nick lowe - drive thru man

Get out that bed
And put some weight on the ground
Clear up these things lying everywhere
I know you feel like a drive-thru man
Exposed and uncovered
Like a blue-bell in the wood
When the snow is on the ground

Then go to the mirror
And put your make-up on
It'll only stay for a little while
I know you feel like a drive-thru man
Inside you're dying
But you can't keep from crying
Like a wild east wind
When the snow is on the ground

Your body was made for the purpose of loving
And now love is gone he's going what he can
Nobody said it was gonna be fair
So lord hear the payer
Of a drive-thru man

Then what of the day
Can't you even take a look outside
It wouldn't kill you to lift that blind
I know you feel like a drive-thru man
Exposed and uncovered
Like a blue-bell in the wood
When the snow is on the ground
Like a wild east wind
Is the drive-thru man

nick lowe - endless sleep

When you're walking in the street
Spoiling forafight
Hoping for a miracle
And there is no miracle in sight
　
Cos you're bombed out on the blues
You feel like some bad story
In yesterdays news
　
It makes you wanna make lay face down
On the crestle brown
Where the sun beats down
on the bakin ground
To find sweet release
In endless sleep
Endless sleep
　
When you're hanging by a thread
Clutch at a straw
Ain't got nothing left
And the world keeps shouting more more
You haven't got an earthly
Cos your heart bust up ins ide
Nobody you can turn to this time
No place you can hide
　
Makes you want to lay face down
on the crestle ground
Where the sun beats down
on the bakin ground
To find sweet release
In endless sleep
Endlesss leep
Endlesssleep

nick lowe - halfway to paradise

I want to be your lover
But your friend is all I stay
Don't leave me halfway to paradise
So near yet so far away
　
l want your sweet lips next to my lips
But just when I think they may
You leave me halfway to paradise
So near yet so far away
Oh being close to you is almost heaven
For I still can only so much
Your hearts a treasure
That my heart is wiiling to touch
so put our sweet lips next to my lips
And tell me that is where they'll stay
Don't leave me halfway to paradise
So near yet so far
So near yet so far
Away

nick lowe - heart of the city

We're in the heart of the city
Where the alligator roams
I'm a little lost lamb
Ain't got no place to go
I ain't got one penny
Just got a shirt on my back
I left home in a hurry
I ain't never goin' back
I'm lookin' for a lover in the heart of the city

Well I'm a standin' on the street
And I'm a steppin' off the end
Yeah I'm lookin' for a lover
Lookin' lookin' everywhere
Maybe I'm in with a chance
I hear a clickety clack
There's a girl my Lord
I see her stop, check, turn and double back
I'm lookin' for a lover in the heart of the city

I'm lookin' I'm lookin' I'm lookin' I'm lookin'
I'm lookin' lookin' lookin' lookin' everywhere
In the heart of the city

We're in the heart of the city
We're in the heart of the stars
I hear the crash of music
And a thousand guitars
And the boys are on the prowl
And they're checkin' on me
They know a bird up in the hand
Is worth two out on the streets
Checkin' on neat in the heart of the city

Heart heart of the city
Heart heart oh yeah
Heart heart of the city
Heart heart oh yeah
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nick lowe - i don t want the night to end

I don't want the night to end
I don't want you to burn the treats
Daylight ain't my friend
I don't want ever night to end
　
Don't want the night to go
I don't want to see the break of dawn
Daylight do what you said
l don't want it ever back again
l want the night to go on and on and on
Feel so bright and strong and strong
　
I don't want night to end
I don't want to see it go away
Can't stop and start again
l don't want the night to end
　
l want to carry on and on and on
I feel so right and strong
and strong and strong
Don't want night to end
Don't want to see it go away
Cannot stop and start again
l don't ever want the night to end
I don't ever want the night to end..

nick lowe - i knew the bride when she used to rock and roll

I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll

Well, the bride was a picture in the gown that her mama wore
When she was married herself nearly twenty-seven years before
The had to change the style a little but it looked just fine
Stayed up all night, but they got it finished just in time

Now on the arm of her daddy, she's walkin' down the aisle
I see her catch my eye and give me a secret smile
Maybe it's too old fashioned, but we once were close friends
Oh but the way that she looks today, she never could have then.

WELL, I can see her now in her tight blue jeans
Stuffin' all her money in the record machine
Spinnin' like a top, you shoulda seen her go
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll

Well, the proud daddy only want to give his little girl the best
So he put down a grand on a cozy little lover's nest
You could have called the reception an unqualified success
At a posh hotel for a hundred and fifty guests

Well, take a look at the bridegroom smilin' pleased as pie
Shakin' hands all around with a glassy look in his eye
He got a real good job and his shirt and tie is nice
But I remember a time when she never would have looked at him twice

Well, I can see her now drinkin' with the boys
Breakin' their hearts like they were toys
She used to do the pony, she used to do the stroll
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll

Harp ride

Well, I can see her now with her walk man on
Struttin' up and down to her favorite song
I still remember when she used to wanta make a lot of noise
Hoppin' and boppin' with the street corner boys
She used to wanna party, she used to wanna go
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
I knew the bride when she used to do the pony
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
I knew the bride when she used to wanta party
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll

nick lowe - i live on a battlefield

I live on a battlefield
Surrounded by the ruins of the love we built
And then destroyed between us
The smoke has cleared
As I stumble through the rubble
I'm dazed, seeing double
And I'm truly mystified

My new home is a shell hole filled
With tears and muddy water
And bits of broken heart
All around there is desolation
And scenes of devastation
Of a love been torn apart
I live on a battlefield
I live on a battlefield

I live on a battlefield
The one where not one single drop of blood has spilled
Is no less horrifying
Sweet memories, memories
Of a bygone situation
Now shattered lord and battered
Lie scattered all around

My new home is a shell hole filled
With tears and muddy water
Yes and bits of broken heart
All around there is desolation
And scenes of devastation
Of a love been torn apart
I live on a battlefield
I live on a battlefield

Everything that can has gone wrong
(I live on a battlefield)
It's gonna take spine to carry on
(I live on a battlefield)
Like a drowning man coming up for air
(I live on a battlefield)
I'm looking for another survivor
But I can't see one anywhere

My new home is filled with muddy water
All around there's bits of broken heart
My world is one of desolation
And scenes of devastation
There is no consolation
For a love been torn apart
I live on a battlefield
I live on a battlefield
I live on a battlefield, battlefield
I live on a battlefield

nick lowe - i love my label

Oh yes
I love my label
And my label loves me
Oh she's so good and kind
Together we will pave our destiny

A label always loves to hear
Some pretty chords
On it's records
Like these ones

She's always pleased to hear
Some of these
Pretty melodies
So I sing 'em some

I love my label
I love my label yeah
And my label's got high hopes of me

Oh I'm so proud of them up here
We're one big happy family
I guess you could say I'm the poor relation
Of the parent company

They always ask for lots of songs
Of no more than 2 50 long
So I write em some

They never talk behind my back
And they're always playing my new tracks
When I come along

I love my label
I love my label yeah
And my label's got high hopes of me

I love my label
I love my label yeah
And my label's got high hopes of me

nick lowe - i ll be there

There ain't no chain strong enough to hold me
Ain't no breeze big enough to slow me
Never have seen a river that's too wide
There ain't no jail tight enough to lock me
Ain't no man big enough to stop me
I'll be there if you ever want me by your side

So love me if you're ever gonna love me
I never have seen a road too rough to ride

There ain't no chain strong enough to hold me
Ain't no breeze big enough to slow me
I'll be there if you ever want me by your side

There ain't no rope stout enough to bind me
Look for me honey you will find me
Any old time you're ready with your charms
I'll be there ready and waiting
There won't be any hesitating
I'll be there if you ever want me in your arms

So love me if you're ever gonna love me
I never have seen a road too rough to ride

Ain't no chain strong enough to hold me

Ain't no breeze big enough to slow me
I'll be there if you ever want me by your side
I'll be there if you ever want me by your side
I'll be there if you ever want me by your side

nick lowe