Flamin' Groovies : Shake Some Action

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I will find a way

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To get to you some day

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Oh, but I, babe, I'm so afraid I'll fall, yeah

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Now can't you hear me call?

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) Shake some action's what I need

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) To let me bust out at full speed

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) I'm sure that's all you need

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To make it all right |

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| It's taken me so long To get where I belong Oh, but, oh, please don't send me back that way, yeah Or I will make you pay Shake some action's what I need To let me bust out at full speed I'm sure that's all you need To make it all right |

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If you don't dig what I say Then I will go away And I won't come back this again, no 'Cause I don't need a friend Shake some action's what I need To let me bust out at full speed I'm sure that's all you need To make it all right |

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Sometimes I cry when I'm lonely

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And sometimes I cry when I'm blue

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Right now I'm crying 'cause I love you

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I'm crying 'cause you don't love me, too

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C'mon, tell me that you love me

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Won't you please answer yes or no

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Tell me that I'm your one and only

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So I can either stay or go, oh-oh Tell me, my darling, that you love me Oh, tell me that you feel the same Tell me, my darling, that you love me Or have all the tears I shed been shed in vain? |

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| Sometimes I cry when I'm lonely And sometimes I cry when I'm blue But right now I'm crying 'cause I love you I'm crying 'cause you don't love me, too

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Yes, I'm crying 'cause you don't love me too Yes, I'm crying 'cause you don't love me too Yes, I'm crying 'cause you don't love me too

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Every time you see me smile, I'm really blue

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Because I'm wondering all the while, If you're really true

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'Cause girl you know I've tried and tried

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Everything to see your side

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But I can't forget the tears I've cried

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Yes it's true

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When you've got a girl a who thinks she's smart, that's not so fine

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'Cause they're the kind who break your heart and leave you cryin'

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Another girl that's not so nice

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You better think about it twice

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Or else she'll make you pay the price

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Yes it's true

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Well she's the kind of girl who knows what she wants to be

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She knows what she wants and she knows how to get it from me

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And you

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I saw that smile upon your face, I felt so sure

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Although there never was a place for me and you

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'Cause girl you know I've tried and tried

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Everything to see your side

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But I can't forget the tears I've cried

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Yes it's true

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Yes it's true

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Yes it's true

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Oh, I hate to see that evening sun go down

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Yeah, I hate to see that evening sun go down

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Because the woman I'm loving, she has left this town Well, if I'm feeling tomorrow just like I feel today Said, if I'm feeling tomorrow just like I feel today I'm gonna pack my bags and make a getaway

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St. Louis woman, without your diamond ring

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If you didn't have good looks, you wouldn't mean a thing

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Said, if it wasn't for powder and your super hair

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Without the man who loves you, you wouldn't get nowhere, nowhere

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I got the St. Louis blues, blue as I can be

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Because my woman got a heart like a rock down in the sea

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You know I'm loving that woman, but she don't care for me Yeah, come on, boys!

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I got the St. Louis blues, blue as I can be

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Because my woman got a heart like a rock down in the sea

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You know I'm loving that woman, but she don't care for me

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I got the St. Louis blues, blue as I can be

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Everybody knows that you've been untrue

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You've gone and broke my heart and made me blue

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Turned my head around, and then you tore me down If I had a choice, I'd not be sad 'Cause when I hear your voice it makes me mad Baby's not around, but she's leaving town

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Baby, baby

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Don't run away

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I want you to stay

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I'm sorry, so sorry

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I made you blue

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Now you should be sorry too

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You should be sorry too Now I'm so alone, you're far away I sit here at home, no words to say To anyone around, 'cause you tore me down |

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You tore me down You tore me down You tore me down

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Any time I have chills run down my spine

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Then I think of you, dreaming of the time

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Oh, when I was young you were so nice to me

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But going back home you were so hard to see

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Please, please, girl, please me

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Let me feel a sign

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Our love's a memory

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But now you're trying to hide

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Girl, don't you see that it's wrong to give in to pride

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And I, I know that it's wrong 'cause it's keeping you from my side |

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Oh, when I was young you were so nice to me

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But going back home you were so hard to see

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Please, please, girl, please me Please, please, girl, please me Please, please, girl, please me

I heard Mama and Papa talkin' last night I heard Mama say to Papa, let that boy rock and roll The neighbors are complainin', and the school board called twice today You know, they think he's a fool, and his studies are all slippin' away He don't think about nothin' 'cept them rock and roll records to play I said, it's alright, Pa, let the boy rock and roll He's got a mind of his own, and you know he's got a musical soul Well, if the music is groovy, then you know they really can't say no So Daddy, don't you worry if it's crazy, man Go on and do what you think you should And Daddy, don't you call him Little Boy Bad When you know he could be Johnny B. Goode I said, it's alright, Pa, let the boy sing his song In his brand new boots, he needs a footful of kickin' the gong Well, if his music is groovy, then you know you really can't go wrong

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So Daddy, don't you worry if it's crazy, man Go on and do what you think you should And Daddy, don't you call him Little Boy Bad When you know he could be Johnny B. Goode I said, it's alright, Pa, let the boy rock and roll He's got a mind of his own, and you know he's got a musical soul Well, if the music is groovy, then you know they really can't say no Alright, alright, alright, alright! Alright, alright, alright, alright! Alright, alright, alright.........!

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Let's talk it over baby 'fore we start

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I heard about the way you do your part

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Don't lie to me, don't you lie to me

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'Cause it makes me mad and I get shook up as a man can be There's two kinds of people that I just can't stand That's a lying woman and a cheating man Don't lie to me, don't you lie to me 'Cause it makes me mad and I get shook up as a man can be I can love you baby till the cows come home But I'm so sick and tired of you treating me wrong Don't lie to me, don't you lie to me 'Cause it makes me mad and I get evil as a man can be

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If you love me baby and it ain't no lie I won't fail to be with you till the river run dry Don't lie to me. don't you lie to me 'Cause it makes me mad and I get evil as a man can be

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Dum diddle-dee dum-dum Little girl, where did you come from? You got a pretty face to make mine say Come on baby, let me drive away the rain Baby, drive me crazy Drive my poor heart hazy You got a sister too? Baby what a cool! Come on baby, let me make love to you She said yeah She said yeah She said year, yeah, yeah now Come on baby, I wanna make love to you I know I got the feeling In my soul I'm gonna love you, no one above you Come on baby, I said let me love you She said yeah She said yeah She said year, yeah, yeah now Come on baby, I wanna make love to you Yeah, come on, boy!

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You know you drive me crazy Love, you can save me Little miss, I wanna kiss Come on baby, don't treat me like this She said yeah She said yeah She said year, yeah, yeah now Come on baby, I wanna make love to you

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I knew you never wanted me that bad

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You knew that you were all I ever had

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Address unknown, they say

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What's more, you've gone away

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Although the times we had were so much fun

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What do we have now that they are all gone?

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I wander cold

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Dark streets back home

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Loneliness picks my bones

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I don't know why

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Love had to die

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I guess I'll cry alone |

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The world is treating me bad Misery I'm the kind of guy Who never used to cry The world is treating me bad Misery I've lost her now for sure I won't see her no more It's gonna be a drag Misery I'll remember all the little things we've done Can't she see she'll always be the only one? Only one Send her back to me So everyone can see Without her I will be In misery I'll remember all the little things we've done She'll remember and she'll miss her only one Lonely one Send her back to me So everyone can see Without her I will be In misery In misery My misery Misery

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I saw her as she came and went

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And she was queenly, meek and mild

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As innocent as any child

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A flower among flowers

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Among her flowers content |

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| I dream again, and, in her place Find silence and an empty room And in my heart a sudden gloom That I no more may see her No more may see her face |

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| There was a word I might have said But, what it was, I do not know I let my chance pass me by, oh Now I must say it to her Must say it to her dead |

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Don't take her word

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If you do, you'll break up, girl

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And you won't have nothing in this world The things she says could be untrue And those kind of words could make you blue And there'd be nothing I could do

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So, girl, now don't you cry It's not the truth, only a lie She wants us to say goodbye Please take my advice Forget her words and treat me nice Don't think about it twice

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Don't take her word If you do, you'll break up, girl

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And you won't have nothing in this world

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I can't hide the way I feel inside

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I just gotta say it's you makes me feel this way

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So come with me, we'll take a walk down by the sea

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From now on you'll be the only girl for me

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We got no time for things gone by, for foolish tears we cried

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| I can't hide You can't hide the way you feel for me I can read your eyes and I like what I see It's there so plain, it's just for you my love is free Hold me close now girl and keep on lovin' me We can't stop now to think about the past We're moving too fast |

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Yesterday my life was filled with pain

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But now it's changed, we'll never be the same

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We're together now, we can never say goodbye

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I can't hide

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I can't hide

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| ... I can't hide

Flamin' Groovies : Shake Some Action
1976

Shake Some Action

Sometimes

Yes, It's True

St. Louis Blues

You Tore Me Down

Please Please Girl

Let The Boy Rock And Roll

Don't You Lie To Me

She Said Yeah

I'll Cry Alone

Misery

I Saw Her

Teenage Confidential

I Can't Hide

Flamin' Groovies : Shake Some Action 1976

Shake Some Action

Sometimes

Yes, It's True

St. Louis Blues

You Tore Me Down

Please Please Girl

Let The Boy Rock And Roll

Don't You Lie To Me

She Said Yeah

I'll Cry Alone

Misery

I Saw Her

Teenage Confidential

I Can't Hide

Flamin' Groovies : Shake Some Action
1976