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Turn And Walk Away [The Babys featuring Ricky Phillips]

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Turn And Walk Away Written by Tony Brock, John Waite, Wally Stocker Lead Vocals by John Waite You still believe you love him I still believe I'm right You're lost and I can't find you You're somewhere in the night We've got nothing left to talk about This time it's goodbye But you can't hurt me anymore I've no more chance to cry Walk away Gonna build our plans to start again Walk away We're gonna turn our backs on love And walk away Captivated by you I'm reaching for your love Living in your shadow But that was not enough You don't seem to care about The reasons that I give We'll go fall in love again Survivors always live Walk away Gonna build our plans to start again Walk away We're gonna turn our backs on love And walk away I love you I love you still I am broken by your words But I love you still Walk away Gonna build our plans to start again Walk away We're gonna turn our backs on love again Walk away Turn around Turn and wal

Sweet 17 [The Babys featuring Ricky Phillips]

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Sweet 17 Written by Tony Brock, John Waite, Wally Stocker Lead Vocals by John Waite Sixteen going on seventeen But she thinks that she's twenty-one Doing things she ain't done before Got her hands on a loaded gun Talking 'bout Sweet seventeen Got a mouthful of sticky stuff Blowing bubbles in the parking lot She's in love with a film star So she gives it everything she's got Her daddy tells her she's crazy And her momma says Please slow down See her out on the dance floor She's gonna wind up in the lost and found I'm talking about (Fifteen sixteen seventeen) Sweet seventeen (Fifteen sixteen seventeen) Sweet seventeen I wouldn't say she's easy But she's the kinda girl that won't say no She's always getting into trouble Though she's only got a year to go She's got a record with the local sheriff And a reputation coast to coast (Fifteen sixteen seventeen) Sweet seventeen (Fifteen sixteen seventeen) Sweet seventeen Sixteen going on

She's My Girl [The Babys featuring Ricky Phillips]

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She's My Girl Written by Tony Brock, John Waite, Wally Stocker Lead Vocals by John Waite Me and my girl we don't like rules Living hard and fast Doin' what we want to do We're as free as the wind we choose We got each other so we never lose My heart is on a one way trip Flyin' higher Kind of feels like a rocket ship She's the finest I've ever seen Sometimes we're livin' in a two way dream She's my She's my girl She's my She's my world Her friends tell her that I'm a fool She doesn't listen She knows what I'm trying to do We're as free as the wind we choose We got each other so we never lose Some guys would like to take my place They try to steal her But she winds up laughing in their face She's the finest I've ever seen Sometimes we're livin' in a two way dream She's my She's my girl She's my She's my world She always takes it to a different place She makes it harder And we always wind u

Darker Side Of Town [The Babys featuring Ricky Phillips]

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Darker Side Of Town Written by Tony Brock, John Waite, Wally Stocker Lead Vocals by John Waite You always give me something To help me understand Turn those tracks around me one more time But all you give is killing me I can't turn around I'm gettin' loaded on a darker side of town I don't know who I am on a darker side of town I came to win some game I played When I was just a boy I've done too much have nothing in my life I understood the rules back then Now I can't decide I'm gettin' loaded on a darker side of town I'm gettin' wasted on a darker side of town Oh I give to you everything I've got Even start again to make you smile yeah But my luck's run out My head is burned I can't turn around I'm gettin' loaded on a darker side of town I'm drownin' in some wine on a darker side of town Darker side of town

Rock 'n' Roll Is (Alive And Well) [The Babys featuring Ricky Phillips]

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Rock 'n' Roll Is (Alive And Well) Written by Tony Brock, John Waite, Wally Stocker Lead Vocals by John Waite I wrote the president But I got no reply He claims he tells the truth He writes it in the sky The taxman's at the door Though he never seems polite They've got me cornered Cornered in the light We could change that overnight So goodnight to all the world Sleep tight all you boys and girls I spent some time at school Livin' by the rules They didn't like me much Hypocrites and fools Old men teach young men To surrender to the law The straight and narrow path Leads to the same old door Gonna kick it in like before So goodnight to all the world Sleep tight all you boys and girls Heaven walks hand in hand with hell Rock 'n roll is alive and well Too many heroes looking dead upon their feet It's time to raise the roof And shout it in the street It's time to take command It's time to make a stand Yeah Don't need a uniform To know which side I

Downtown [The Babys featuring Ricky Phillips]

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Downtown  Written by Tony Brock, John Waite, Wally Stocker Lead Vocals by John Waite If you want to get in touch with me If you want to chance the U.S. Mail I can show you things you've never seen I can tell you girl it never fails Let me take you Where a million candles shine for you And the music flashes through the air There is nowhere else for us to be Come on baby let me take you there Let me take you around Get your feet off the ground No way we won't be found Yeah, let me take you Downtown Come on, come on Come on, come on I can hear my heart beat faster now I can feel yours too babe Take my hand and I will show you Do anything you want to do Let me take you We can stay out till the morning light Out in the street, out in the night I got a pocket full of money And it's bound to be all right Let me take you around Get your feet off the ground No way, we can't be found Yeah, let me take you Downtown Come on, come on Come on, come on We'll take your Daddy's

Postcard [The Babys featuring Ricky Phillips]

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Postcard  Written by Tony Brock, John Waite, Wally Stocker Lead Vocals by John Waite You pack your case and you're leaving You live your life in a different place So many miles in between us Give anything just to see your face When you come home I'll be waiting Imagination's gonna pull me through Yeah yeah I will send you All my love In a postcard All my love I spend my time thinking of you My nights and days turned into grey I can't hold moments together Winter's come since you've been away My heart is yours now forever I feel my love must be a part of you Yeah yeah I will send you All my love In a postcard All my love I realize why I miss you It seems so strange everything's unchanged I feel I'm caught in a silence I feel my life has been rearranged When you come home I'll be waiting When you left you took my heart with you Yeah yeah I will send you All my love In a postcard All my love

Too Far Gone [The Babys featuring Ricky Phillips]

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Too Far Gone Written by Tony Brock, John Waite, Wally Stocker Lead Vocals by John Waite Staring down a bottle Feeling kinda mean Itchin' for some trouble Tryin' to keep it clean Wound up so tight Poundin' like a drum Put up a good fight I've been never known to run One shot too many Two for the road I'm ready for action I'm ready too far gone Weavin' down the highway Cross the double yellow line Never saw 'em comin' Never saw a sign Smell of burnin' rubber Screamin' to the right On the straight of center But I got lucky all night One shot too many Two for the road I'm way in the outskirts and I'm ready too far gone One shot too many Two for the road I'm way in the outskirts and I'm ready too far gone

Gonna Be Somebody [The Babys featuring Ricky Phillips]

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Gonna Be Somebody Written by Tony Brock, John Waite, Wally Stocker Lead Vocals by John Waite You spin around and turn on me Stop me in my crash You wanna be somebody else Say you won't be back Your bourgeois friends call you dear Deal you like a card Your eyes out for the diamonds now Experienced and scarred You tell me gonna be somebody Gonna be okay Gonna be somebody someday You're moving through a different space Where I don't belong Elegance gold and silver Superficial grace They'll pervert you Masquerade you Pass evil as good taste They'll chew you up and spit you out And put you in your place You tell me gonna be somebody Gonna be okay Gonna be somebody someday Gonna be somebody Gonna be okay Gonna be somebody someday Gonna be somebody Gonna be okay Gonna be somebody someday Gonna be somebody Gonna be somebody Gonna be somebody someday

Love Won't Wait [The Babys featuring Ricky Phillips]

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Love Won't Wait Written by Tony Brock, John Waite, Wally Stocker Lead Vocals by John Waite Tell me that you're lonely And you miss me so And that you're living for me In the afterglow I can feel the passion I can feel the heat You can't keep a secret And I can't be discrete You tell me love won't wait Love won't wait Love won't wait Love won't wait Love won't wait Tell me that you miss me And that your heart's on fire Living out a fantasy And it's all desire Neon lovers making Red hot neon love Gazing at the sky together Into to the stars above They tell you Love won't wait Love won't wait Love won't wait Love won't wait Love won't wait When I'm alone with you The whole world seems alight Burnin' through the darkness 'Til the daytime turns to night Love won't wait Love won't wait Love won't wait Love won't wait Love won't wait