Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere

I can go anyway, way I choose
I can go anyway, way I choose
I can live anyhow, win or lose
I can live anyhow, win or lose
I can go anywhere, for something new
I can go anywhere, for something new
Anyway, anyhow, anywhere I choose
Anyway, anyhow, anywhere I choose

I can do anything, right or wrong
I can do anything, right or wrong
I can talk anyhow, and get along
I can talk anyhow, and get along
Don’t care anyway, I never lose
Don’t care anyway, I never lose
Anyway, anyhow, anywhere I choose
Anyway, anyhow, anywhere I choose

Nothing gets in my way
Nothing gets in my way
Not even locked doors
Not even locked doors
Don’t follow the lines
Don’t follow the lines
That been laid before
That been laid before
I get along anyway I dare
I get along anyway I dare
Anyway, anyhow, anywhere
Anyway, anyhow, anywhere

I can go anyway, way I choose
I can go anyway, way I choose
I can live anyhow, win or lose
I can live anyhow, win or lose
I can go anywhere, for something new
I can go anywhere, for something new
Anyway, anyhow, anywhere I choose
Anyway, anyhow, anywhere I choose

Anyway
Anyway
Anyway I choose, yeah
Anyway I choose, yeah
Anyway I wanna go, I wanna go ’n do it myself,
Anyway I wanna go, I wanna go ’n do it myself,
Do it myself
Do it myself
Do it myself, yeah
Do it myself, yeah
Anyway, way I choose
Anyway, way I choose
Anyway I choose
Anyway I choose
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Ain’t never gonna lose the way I choose
Ain’t never gonna lose the way I choose
The way I choose
The way I choose
The way I choose
The way I choose

Anytime You Want Me

Anytime anytime anytime anytime you want me,
Anytime anytime anytime anytime you want me,
Come on back, come on home.
Come on back, come on home.

Ran away and left me alone in this empty place,
Ran away and left me alone in this empty place,
Anywhere I go, whoa whoa, all I see is your sweet face,
Anywhere I go, whoa whoa, all I see is your sweet face,
Though my pain keeps on growing,
Though my pain keeps on growing,
There’s one thing, baby, you should be knowing...
There’s one thing, baby, you should be knowing...

Anytime you want me (come on back),
Anytime you want me (come on back),
Anytime you want me (come on back),
Anytime you want me (come on back),
Anytime you want me (come on back, whoa yeah).
Anytime you want me (come on back, whoa yeah).

Tried to make you happy the very best I could,
Tried to make you happy the very best I could,
Anything you wanted, whoa whoa, just like a good man should,
Anything you wanted, whoa whoa, just like a good man should,
Even though you did me wrong,
Even though you did me wrong,
I’ll be waiting no matter how long...
I’ll be waiting no matter how long...

Anytime you want me (I’ll be here),
Anytime you want me (I’ll be here),
Anytime you want me (I promise I’ll be here, baby),
Anytime you want me (I promise I’ll be here, baby),
Anytime you want me (I’ll be by your side, whoa yeah).
Anytime you want me (I’ll be by your side, whoa yeah).

Said I’ll forgive you for everything in the past,
Said I’ll forgive you for everything in the past,
All I need is one more chance, I know, I know it will last.
All I need is one more chance, I know, I know it will last.

Now you heard my story, know just what’s on my mind,
Now you heard my story, know just what’s on my mind,
Tired of being lonely, whoa whoa, I’ve had my share of crying,
Tired of being lonely, whoa whoa, I’ve had my share of crying,
Without you I can’t go on,
Without you I can’t go on,
I’ll be waiting no matter how long...
I’ll be waiting no matter how long...

Anytime you want me (anytime you want me),
Anytime you want me (anytime you want me),
Anytime you want me (anytime you need me),
Anytime you want me (anytime you need me),
Anytime you want me (anytime you want me now),
Anytime you want me (anytime you want me now),
Oh oh oh, anytime you want me.
Oh oh oh, anytime you want me.

Another Tricky Day

You can’t always get it
You can’t always get it
When you really want it
When you really want it
You can’t always get it at all
You can’t always get it at all
Just because there’s space
Just because there’s space
In your life it’s a waste
In your life it’s a waste
To spend your time why don’t you wait for the call
To spend your time why don’t you wait for the call

(just gotta get used to it)
(just gotta get used to it)
We all get it in the end
We all get it in the end
(just gotta get used to it)
(just gotta get used to it)
We go down and we come up again
We go down and we come up again
(just gotta get used to it)
(just gotta get used to it)
You irritate me my friend
You irritate me my friend
(this is no social crisis)
(this is no social crisis)
This is you having fun
This is you having fun
(no crisis)
(no crisis)
Getting burned by the sun
Getting burned by the sun
(this is true)
(this is true)
This is no social crisis
This is no social crisis
Just another tricky day for you
Just another tricky day for you

You can always get higher
You can always get higher
Just because you aspire
Just because you aspire
You could expire even knowing.
You could expire even knowing.
Don’t push the hands
Don’t push the hands
Just hang on to the band
Just hang on to the band
You can dance while your knowledge is growing
You can dance while your knowledge is growing

(it could happen anytime)
(it could happen anytime)
You can’t expect to never cry
You can’t expect to never cry
(patience is priceless)
(patience is priceless)
Not when you try to fly so high
Not when you try to fly so high
(just stay on that line)
(just stay on that line)
Rock and roll will never die
Rock and roll will never die
(this is no social crisis)
(this is no social crisis)
Etc.
Etc.

Another tricky day
Another tricky day
Another gently nagging pain
Another gently nagging pain
What the papers say
What the papers say
Just seems to bring down heavier rain
Just seems to bring down heavier rain
The world seems in a spiral
The world seems in a spiral
Life seems such a worthless title
Life seems such a worthless title
But break out and start a fire y’all
But break out and start a fire y’all
It’s all here on the vinyl
It’s all here on the vinyl
(no crisis)
(no crisis)
Etc.
Etc.

Repeat verse 1.
Repeat verse 1.

(just gotta get used to it)
(just gotta get used to it)
Gotta get used to waiting
Gotta get used to waiting
(just gotta get used to it)
(just gotta get used to it)
You know how the ice is
You know how the ice is
(just gotta get used to it)
(just gotta get used to it)
It’s thin where you’re skating
It’s thin where you’re skating
(this is no social crisis)
(this is no social crisis)
Etc.
Etc.

Just another tricky day for you fellah
Just another tricky day for you fellah

Amazing Journey

Deaf dumb and blind boy
Deaf dumb and blind boy
He’s in a quiet vibration land
He’s in a quiet vibration land
Strange as it seems his musical dreams
Strange as it seems his musical dreams
Ain’t quite so bad.
Ain’t quite so bad.

Ten years old
Ten years old
With thoughts as bold as thought can be
With thoughts as bold as thought can be
Loving life and becoming wise
Loving life and becoming wise
In simplicity.
In simplicity.

Sickness will surely take the mind
Sickness will surely take the mind
Where minds can’t usually go.
Where minds can’t usually go.
Come on the amazing journey
Come on the amazing journey
And learn all you should know.
And learn all you should know.

A vague haze of delerium
A vague haze of delerium
Creeps up on me.
Creeps up on me.
All at once a tall stranger I suddenly see.
All at once a tall stranger I suddenly see.
He’s dressed in a silver sparked
He’s dressed in a silver sparked
Glittering gown
Glittering gown
And his golden beard flows
And his golden beard flows
Nearly down to the ground.
Nearly down to the ground.

Nothing to say and nothing to hear
Nothing to say and nothing to hear
And nothing to see.
And nothing to see.
Each sensation makes a note in my symphony.
Each sensation makes a note in my symphony.

Sickness will surely take the mind
Sickness will surely take the mind
Where minds can’t usually go.
Where minds can’t usually go.
Come on the amazing journey
Come on the amazing journey
And learn all you should know.
And learn all you should know.

His eyes are the eyes that
His eyes are the eyes that
Transmit all they know.
Transmit all they know.
Sparkle warm crystalline glances to show
Sparkle warm crystalline glances to show
That he is your leader
That he is your leader
And he is your guide
And he is your guide
On the amazing journey together you’ll ride.
On the amazing journey together you’ll ride.

Acid Queen

Gypsy:

If your child ain’t all he should be now
This girl will put him right.
I’ll show him what he could be now
Just give me one night.
I’m the gypsy - the acid queen.
Pay before we start.
I’m the gypsy - the acid queen.
I’ll tear your soul apart.

Give us a room and close the door
Leave us for a while.
Your boy won’t be a boy no more
Young, but not a child.
I’m the gypsy - the acid queen.
Pay before we start.
I’m the gypsy the acid queen.
I’ll tear your soul apart.

Gather your wits and hold on fast,
Your mind must learn to roam.
Just as the gypsy queen must do
You’re gonna hit the road.

My work is done now look at him
He’s never been more alive.
His head it shakes his fingers clutch.
Watch his body writhe
I’m the gypsy - the acid queen.
Pay before we start.
I’m the gypsy - I’m guaranteed.
To break your little heart.

A Man is a Man

You talk about crazy affairs
You talk about crazy affairs
You talk about your life as though it mattered
You talk about your life as though it mattered
You get attention ’cos you block the stairs
You get attention ’cos you block the stairs
Bragging about some bottles you have shattered
Bragging about some bottles you have shattered

Well I met a man who really lives
Well I met a man who really lives
He really does it all
He really does it all
But what really matters is the heart he gives
But what really matters is the heart he gives
He makes your talk seem small
He makes your talk seem small

When a man is a man
When a man is a man
He doesn’t act to a plan
He doesn’t act to a plan
He don’t have to perform like john wayne in some b feature flick
He don’t have to perform like john wayne in some b feature flick
A man is a man
A man is a man
When he can offer his hand
When he can offer his hand
Not afraid of appearing insane if he can’t break a brick
Not afraid of appearing insane if he can’t break a brick
I know a man who’s a man
I know a man who’s a man

Can’t you sometimes crack a smile
Can’t you sometimes crack a smile
Do you think if you did we would run and tell
Do you think if you did we would run and tell
I know one day your big villian style
I know one day your big villian style
Will collapse as they turn the key in the door of your cell
Will collapse as they turn the key in the door of your cell

I know a man who was once like you
I know a man who was once like you
But he opened his heart
But he opened his heart
No one is really bad right through
No one is really bad right through
He’s just another part
He’s just another part

When a man is a man
When a man is a man
And he drinks ’til he’s canned
And he drinks ’til he’s canned
He can drop to the floor, he can weep, we won’t ask the price
He can drop to the floor, he can weep, we won’t ask the price
A man is a man
A man is a man
He can fall he can stand
He can fall he can stand
We won’t love him more if he keeps his soul on the ice
We won’t love him more if he keeps his soul on the ice
I know a man who’s a man
I know a man who’s a man

Every one of us is looking for fame
Every one of us is looking for fame
He’s a looker
He’s a looker
He’s a dresser
He’s a dresser
He’s a genius under pressure
He’s a genius under pressure
I know a man who could tighten your rein
I know a man who could tighten your rein
He’s a father
He’s a father
He’s a brother
He’s a brother
He’s a rock
He’s a rock
He’s a lover
He’s a lover

He’s a man he’s a man
He’s a man he’s a man
He doesn’t act to a plan
He doesn’t act to a plan
He don’t have to get hitched to a train in some muscle beach trick
He don’t have to get hitched to a train in some muscle beach trick
A man is a man
A man is a man
When he can offer his hand
When he can offer his hand
Not afraid of apprearing insane if he can’t break a brick
Not afraid of apprearing insane if he can’t break a brick
Be a man who’s a man
Be a man who’s a man

A Legal Matter

I told you why I changed my mind
I told you why I changed my mind
I got bored by playing with time
I got bored by playing with time
I know you thought you had me nailed
I know you thought you had me nailed
But I’ve freed my head from your garden rails
But I’ve freed my head from your garden rails

Now it’s a legal matter, baby
Now it’s a legal matter, baby
You got me on the run
You got me on the run
It’s a legal matter, baby
It’s a legal matter, baby
A legal matter from now on
A legal matter from now on

My mind’s lost in a household fog
My mind’s lost in a household fog
Wedding gowns and catalogs
Wedding gowns and catalogs
Kitchen furnishings and houses
Kitchen furnishings and houses
Maternity clothes and baby’s trousers
Maternity clothes and baby’s trousers

Now it’s a legal matter, baby
Now it’s a legal matter, baby
Marryin’s no fun
Marryin’s no fun
It’s a legal matter, baby
It’s a legal matter, baby
A legal matter from now on
A legal matter from now on

I told you why I changed my mind
I told you why I changed my mind
I got bored by playing with time
I got bored by playing with time
I know you thought you had me nailed
I know you thought you had me nailed
Well, I’ve freed my head from your garden rails
Well, I’ve freed my head from your garden rails

Now it’s a legal matter, baby
Now it’s a legal matter, baby
You got me on the run
You got me on the run
It’s a legal matter, baby
It’s a legal matter, baby
A legal matter from now on
A legal matter from now on

You ain’t the first and you ain’t the last
You ain’t the first and you ain’t the last
I gain and lose my women fast
I gain and lose my women fast
I never want to make them cry
I never want to make them cry
I just get bored, don’t ask me why
I just get bored, don’t ask me why

Just wanna keep doing all the dirty little things I do
Just wanna keep doing all the dirty little things I do
And not work all day in an office just to bring my money back to you
And not work all day in an office just to bring my money back to you
Sorry, baby
Sorry, baby

905

Mother was an incubator
Mother was an incubator
Father was the contents
Father was the contents
Of a test tube in the ice box
Of a test tube in the ice box
In the factory of birth
In the factory of birth

My name is 905,
My name is 905,
And I’ve just become alive
And I’ve just become alive
I’m the newest populator
I’m the newest populator
Of the planet we call earth
Of the planet we call earth

In suspended animation
In suspended animation
My childhood passed me by
My childhood passed me by
If I speak without emotion
If I speak without emotion
Then you know the reason why
Then you know the reason why

Knowledge of the universe
Knowledge of the universe
Was fed into my mind
Was fed into my mind
As my adolescent body
As my adolescent body
Left it’s puberty behind
Left it’s puberty behind

And everything I know is what I need to know
And everything I know is what I need to know
And everything I do’s been done before
And everything I do’s been done before
Every sentence in my head
Every sentence in my head
Someone else has said
Someone else has said
At each end of my life is an open door
At each end of my life is an open door

Automatically defrosted
Automatically defrosted
When manhood came on time
When manhood came on time
I became a man
I became a man
I left the ’ice school’ behind
I left the ice school behind

Now I’m to begin
Now I’m to begin
The life that I’m assigned
The life that I’m assigned
A life that’s been used before
A life that’s been used before
A thousand times
A thousand times

I have a feeling deep inside
I have a feeling deep inside
That somethin’ is missing
That somethin’ is missing
It’s a feeling in my soul
It’s a feeling in my soul
And I can’t help wishing
And I can’t help wishing

That one day I’ll discover
That one day I’ll discover
That we’re living a lie
That we’re living a lie
And I’ll tell the whole world
And I’ll tell the whole world
The reason why
The reason why

Well, until then, everything I know is what I need to know
Well, until then, everything I know is what I need to know
And everything I do’s been done before
And everything I do’s been done before
Every sentence in my head
Every sentence in my head
Someone else has said
Someone else has said
At each end of my life is an open door
At each end of my life is an open door

5 15

Why should I care, why should I care?
Why should I care, why should I care?

Girls of fifteen
Girls of fifteen
Sexually knowing
Sexually knowing
The ushers are sniffing
The ushers are sniffing
Eau-de-cologning
Eau-de-cologning
The seats are seductive
The seats are seductive
Celibate sitting
Celibate sitting
Pretty girls digging
Pretty girls digging
Prettier women.
Prettier women.

Magically bored
Magically bored
On a quiet street corner
On a quiet street corner
Free frustration
Free frustration
In our minds and our toes
In our minds and our toes
Quiet stormwater
Quiet stormwater
M-m-my generation
M-m-my generation

Uppers and downers
Uppers and downers
Either way blood flows.
Either way blood flows.

Inside outside. leave me alone.
Inside outside. leave me alone.
Inside outside. nowhere is home.
Inside outside. nowhere is home.
Inside outside, where have I been?
Inside outside, where have I been?
Out of my brain on the five fifteen.
Out of my brain on the five fifteen.

On a raft in the quarry
On a raft in the quarry
Slowly sinking.
Slowly sinking.
On the back of a lorry
On the back of a lorry
Holy hitching.
Holy hitching.
Dreadfully sorry
Dreadfully sorry
Apple scrumping.
Apple scrumping.
Born in the war
Born in the war
Birthday punching.
Birthday punching.

He man drag
He man drag
In the glittering ballroom
In the glittering ballroom
Gravely outrageous
Gravely outrageous
In my high heel shoes
In my high heel shoes
Tightly undone
Tightly undone
They know what they’re showing
They know what they’re showing
Sadly ecstatic
Sadly ecstatic
That their heroes are news.
That their heroes are news.

Why should I care?
Why should I care?

1921

Lover:

I’ve got a feeling twenty one
Is going to be a good year.
Especially if you and me
See it in together.

Father:

So you think 21 is going to be a good year.
It could be for me and her,
But you and her-no never!
I had no reason to be over optimistic,
But somehow when you smiled
I could brave bad weather

Mother:

What about the boy?
What about the boy?
What about the boy?
He saw it all!

Mother and father:

You didn’t hear it
You didn’t see it.
You won’t say nothing to no one
Ever in your life.
You never heard it
Oh how absurd it
All seems without any proof.
You didn’t hear it
You didn’t see it
You never heard it not a word of it.
You won’t say nothing to no one
Never tell a soul
What you know is the truth.