Can't you see the black strap? It holds me up, for the last lap I know I said I had a good time But now I'm sprawled across the finish line I'm pickin up the st...

(P Pentland/Sloan) I walk the line for you Each and everyday And there's a bullet with my name on it Or at least that's what they say You take me for granted ...

(A Scott/Sloan) Where is my camera This picture denies all my ties To this side of the road And maybe in Florida I'd hold up myself for the keys To the cramp i...

Where is my camera? This picture denies all my ties To this side of the road And maybe in Florida I'd hold up myself for the keys to the cramp in your style I r...

(C Murphy/Sloan) Say what you want about me Yeah yeah yeah Say what you want about me Right now All by ourselves She wanted to show we can do anything All by ...

What I might Lack in pizzazz I make up in charm Just as expensive But I can't be bought I'm all you're not We opened up the lines To first time callers When we...

Blind leading blind Trying to keep yourself alive Wrong doing right Flashing that electric smile Saying something nice Like everything will be all right Running...

Up on pills that made me happy Not about to drown on you Drinking ink to bring me down Fall apart and leave the blue It's funny, sometimes I'm the eight-ball Fu...

(C Murphy/Sloan) Things can happen if we stay I missed my chance But I think I'm gonna get another Assume a stance That'll take you this long to recover Ever...

(J FergusonSloan) Oooo - Are you giving me back my love? Oooo - Are you giving me back my love? 'Till the words flow like the pros And the meaning shows I'll ...

(J Ferguson/Sloan) Well you've got your bags together And you're off into the new world The mother is impatient With four sons She wanted four girls The father...

I'm writing "young and gifted", In my autobiography, I figured, who would know, Better than me? I'm certainly the former, But I'm *not* so much the latter, But ...

Well there's one thing, then another thing Building up into a mountain of annoying You keep scratching and unattracting And shining light on everything that I a...

There's no more fame to address did you impress in all fairness yes so just cancel my game, if it's all the same to you I've had clear thoughts tied in black an...

If you believe everything has a reason If you believe that what you've seen will unfold If you believe that everybody needs to shake it loose That everyone will...

While I'm at this funeral you're in New York I've been dividing my grieving You're sleeping with a mutual friend I dreamed that I kissed your mouth And you thou...

I've got a way To think everyone around me's crazy I've got a way To think everything that's bad gets worse I've got a way To push it down deep inside me I've g...

(J Ferguson/Sloan) C'mon, c'mon, c'mon We're gonna get it started Yeah, yeah, yeah The only thing that's left to do Is cure the broken-hearted, yeah C'mon, c'm...

Turn around, You can't face up to me I stand my ground I'm just what I seem to be Why in the world, Would you give me a second look? Except I'm up here, And you...

Turn around You can't face up to me I stand my ground I'm just what I seem to be Why in the world Would you give me a second look Except I'm up here And you're ...

Ba ba da Ba ba da Ba ba da Ba ba da She kept her feet on the ground Her hair was a cloud that the sun Illuminated cheap champagne all around The jukebox predic...

Chester the Molester's not without his charms She can see herself hanging off his arm He's saying, "Hey bartender, put it on my ta Unless my limit's running out...

While I'm at this funeral you're in New York I've been dividing my grieving You're sleeping with a mutual friend I dreamed that I kissed your mouth And you thou...

It all seemed to happen so fast Will you ever believe the way he passed away I saw his widow speak on her fortune She was feeling pretty apathetic Coax me Cajol...

(C Murphy/Sloan) Handsome girl and pretty boy I'm thinkin' of your love I can see it as it passes by Heads inside your helmets Hearts inside my head Hold on ti...

I suppose I've seen you three times now And I guess that I'm wondering how You keep the boys at bay I have a feeling that they are wondering too I've seen you w...

(A Scott/Sloan) What you did after what you said Will never mean a thing to anyone And what you wrote and then what I read Could sugar free the oldest kids ins...

I'm thinking that I'm gonna make it now I said I'd give it a try But the same old habits trickle down And leave me hanging out to dry But before I chose to do i...

Don't you believe a word yeah Don't you believe a word yeah Blue is the colour of baby's ride And I wish that it would take me away And if those black wheels...

Don't you believe a word yeah Don't you believe a word yeah Blue is the colour of baby's ride And I wish that it would take me away And if those black wheels...

(J Ferguson/Sloan) You, I wish I knew you better Then again I can wait 'till next September Slowly buying time These conditions make me restless Then again I a...

I don't want no police I don't want no police Around my door No, I don't want no police I don't want no policeman Creeping around my front door And if you do ...

Do your time, To pay the price For every thing you've done wrong baby In your life, you get so High, There's nowhere left to go but down Don't believe, That noo...

Trace patterns to see If we're just rewriting history The die it was cast long ago A carbon copy we could have been Buried under files that won't be seen The di...

I know that I'm just a friend Not what you call a relation Wonder what they would say Regarding this situation Oh yeah Looking forward 'til next time I promise ...

(P Pentland/Sloan) Jolene You were the best friend I ever had It's beyond me how you could go and treat me oh so bad Somebody get me a doctor, yeah Who is you...

These songs are all about you, And I'm tellin' everyone I'm doin' fine without you I've hurt you but I helped you You may think I've a lot of nerve, But I deser...

You gotta gimme that gimme that now Oh I'm gonna show you how I don't agree to that greed of that kind Oh I thought you wouldn't mind Oh you've gotta gimme tha...

Girl, I know what he can give you Every single day you will be Wearin' Paris gowns and diamond rings There is nothing he can't buy you And I can not tell a lie ...

(C Murphy/Sloan) I don't know if you'll think about me much today Ever since you started to doubt me When I said that I love you So when push came to shove you...

(A Scott/Sloan) Well we meet again This time it's like a drive by in the rain And right beside us our will is done It simplifies us and keeps us as one And ton...

I followed it half way around the world It's obnoxious and absurd I dedicate myself too late To all the people who have heard The sound of the living gospel The...

So long Matthew I will miss you There is too much to do Or I'd go with you It's a bad time I haven't got a dime So long Allison I now know where you've been But...

She came running I hate everything that came before me Crushed I'm breaking under the crush Don't ignore me Cause you know I can always make it louder Three Thr...

(Taylor & Gorgoni/The Hollies - Would You Believe, 1966) Oh, I try and I try but I can¹t say goodbye Feel so bad, baby Oh, it hurts me When I think of how you...

What could you both possibly share Other than than the colour of your hair Sean said "We both play guitar" And never even had to say a word Thats the best thing...

(C Murphy/Sloan) And though no one knows for certain Where or when I'll draw the curtain It's because it's been said that I love a long goodbye We broke it of...

Close your eyes Move with the flow Compromise just let it go, it's ok Look at me then look away The sorry state of our lives today until I say I was wrong You ...

(M Goodwyn/April Wine - Stand Back, 1975) Easy now Don't let our love go wrong I'd never hurt you, Or mean you any harm Darling, can't you see I wouldn't want...

She cried "Bingo", you finally clued in I guess I never thought to look there What you took you can give back But I never kept track I guess I never thought I'd...

(P Pentland/Sloan) I can't invest my time I've tried it all and I'm tired of trying You think you've got it all figured out And everything you think it's about...

I can't invest my time I've tried it all and I'm tired of trying You think you've got it all figured out And everything that it's about When you found yourself ...

(P Pentland/Sloan) Someone better get insurance To take good care of me 'Cause if I'm stuck with my own bad luck Well, that's the saddest sight you'll see 'Ca...

Someone better get insurance To take good care of me 'Cause if I'm stuck with my own bad luck Then that's the saddest sight you'll see 'Cause if I stumble and I...

(A Scott/Sloan) In the time it takes us to walk another city mile We could do it in the movies Do it in the movies like what you're on about By the time I sho...

You're so crazy, crazy for me Because I've got something so elusive And I know just why, yeah I know just why To the naked eye, to the naked eye Your elevator ...

You touched my hand I'm not a fan You held a dance in your basement The mirror-ball, The horse's stall There was no arrangement You're so thin, Where've you bee...

I just wanna keep on thinkin' 'bout you (thinkin' 'bout you) 'Cause the last time you told me was (what you told me to do) I wanna keep on thinkin' 'bout you (t...

Fame and fortune don't interest me Just as long as I have you Notoriety wouldn't phase me Just as long as I have you As I have you Just as long I have you Wealt...

I remember Uncle Owen Because his story's aimed at me That was 1977 I was in grade three Since then I've got to thinkin' I really can't remember The last time I...

(C Murphy/Sloan) I remember Uncle Owen Because his story was aimed at me That was 1977 And I was in grade three Since then, I got to thinking I really can't r...

Sound asleep The sleep of the radio Your favorite show They play the song The one that hits your heart From the start Hits your heart from the start Hits your h...

You know you're wrong That you should know much better You're coming on way too strong A force gale in stormy weather A cold wave crashing on Across the ocean b...

Everybody gather round And listen to my dream, you're bound To thank me when I'm done So here is one I was there and you were too But it wasn't exactly you And ...

Somehow it grew, cut me in 2 to tell you the truth I don't know what I'm doing So this is it, from where you sit, I should be going Put it back into the same pl...

congratulations on your deal I imagine you said the whole spiel a thousand times so take your time I'm sure that someone's dying to tell me even if it isn't you...

Halloween The night the artist caused a scene The night I heard about his queen I'm just glad my clock was clean Hit the road Hit the ceiling hit my friends And...

I can't tell you what I want to I can't tell you I can smell you a mile away Measured arms you've flexed before Next to a battleship You made me mad, I made you...

All you've found Is another back door That no one sees A reason for At the heart of the travellin' band You have to understand There's a drivin' need To hit the...

(A Scott/Sloan) I can see the light Shining down above from Tokyo I turn from wrong to right On a less than supersonic flight And all I really want to know I r...

I can see the writing on the wall You hardly see me lately if at all Well well It's funny you say that 'Cause I miss you like I never have before But nothing la...

There are those who live their life As if there is no other so, they burn their bridges but they couldn't Care any less Comes a time that catches up they pay no...

(A Scott/Sloan) These are a few of the states I'm in The first one Jersey, the second one thin The nicest thing of mine is yours So take a letter down And send...

(Jones-Wilson/Canned Heat - Boogie With Canned Heat, 1968) (Gene & Sadier/Stereolab - Mars Audiac Quintet, 1994) Well, I'm so tired of cryin' But I'm out on th...

There's a certain Kind of feeling On the other side It'll taunt you From a distance And it's hard to fight I've got to walk And say I lost But at least I tried ...

(P Pentland/Sloan) Burn it down Now we can't have anymore So turn it south We're headed for sunny shores Pick me up in your limousine Take me out to lunch Pry ...

(B Ferry & P Manzanera/Roxy Music - Flesh and Blood, 1980) Oh baby This is nowhere Wish I was somewhere Over you Your sweet lips Tell me there's no chance No ...

I write you from a far country in North of Africa It is Algeria and my city is Oran I know you'll find this letter strange That is because I am strange My first...

I once knew a pair that used to fit very tight and now a man standing tall in the wake of this night his eyes are watering in anger at the thought of her spite ...

(C Murphy/Sloan) People people This is a poll Are you one of the ones who went and Gave up on rock and roll People people Do you know what I mean? If you thin...

They use what they have and they fake what they lack, whether or not it's true But after awhile well they showed up in style, and nobody thought they were blue ...

you have got such a wonderful chance at doing something really cool instead you could be hangin' around with us well I bet you thought I would say "fool" no, I ...

I see you when you sleep And I wonder what you dream So I open up your eyes And inside I see you Fall around Fall around Like a rag doll Suffocated by your brea...

Look through the music There's a dancing girl She can be broken In your hands She knows you're looking at her But that's what scares her You're in the space Tha...

Reach out! You've got something more to say That'll blow away the human race Shine a light on any shadow of doubt Meet me half way, just reach out So reach out...

Never needed nobody Never needed a girl I've been breakin' my own heart I've been rockin' my world Jealous of myself Up until I finally gotta Load of you Now y...

I started thinking about the rest of my life I found myself just looking out for trouble and strife Someone with whom I spend the rest of my days But if I ever ...

Drag it all to the United States I woke up with a fresh face Another day in the UK Now eveybody surrounds us We're living high on the tour bus It's not that bad...

There's an aircraft somewhere down by the river The thing ran underground, it was completely soundless Until we cut it down to size and then we galvanized it By...

(A Scott/Sloan) Don't take it from me But Altered States scared me Should have realized it It's when he tore apart the lab with the monkey on his back I never...

Shame shame Because you didn't say your girlfriends name For sure I'll say it next time for sure She has got the saddest handle that I know No one even holds a ...

We're in the world I'm gonna get it together Telling the girl I'm gonna make it all better But I don't know how I'm going to 'Cause I don't know what she's goin...

You take control of having what you want around you And every blink of your eye can make an old man seem younger Than every single day in his life before You ca...

Think that I could stay with you? I realize it's after two In the morning but I need To put my head down and to feed My empty belly but don't you worry It's bee...

Pushed off of the silver swing I got my braces full of sand When all I ever wanted to do Was hold on to your hand Lost you once, I never had a second chance Wou...

(C Murphy/Sloan) Yet another thing that I didn't know Why is it seemingly so Beyond me I feel that we're on a roll So now I feel it's time to rock Now that we...

You gotta roll with the punches to get to what is real Knock down the bastards and show them how it feels 'Cause you know It's not easy when you feel they Go o...

(P Pentland/Sloan) You gotta roll with the punches to get to what is real Knock down the bastards and show them how it feels 'Cause you know It's not easy whe...

I've got to meet my friends Go ahead I said I'd wait here I thought I was supposed to meet them I guess I was mistaken This is a waste of time They made it clea...

I wrote for you this sugartune To help you through What you've gotta do When you're on the ground And keep fallin' down Remember how I made this sound Sound, so...