WINDY CITY BREAKDOWN
(Bearsville Records, 1977)
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- Windy City Breakdown
- Lay Low Joe (Holiday On Ice)
- Rock It Down
- Moon Child - WAV Real Audio (576KB)
- Rollercoaster Baby - WAV Real Audio (749KB) - WAV Real Audio (583KB)
- Spinning My Wheels
- Go Now!
- Your Lady Or Your Life
Produced by J.C. Phillips
Jonathan Cain: Lead vocals, keyboards
Jimmy Arnold: Guitars
Gary Richwine: Bass
Tommy (Mugs) Cain: Drums & percussion
Windy City Breakdown
(Jonathan Cain, J.C. Phillips)
Kickin' back out in the country
Easing my bone
Snoozing' right out in the open
Deserted by my telephone
Nobody 'round for miles
No screamin' in my ears
No rock 'n' roll on my radio
They ain't even got my brand of beer
Pullin' on my fuse
I get the itchin' to burn
Sunset's in my rear view
Stars are showin' me whereto turn
Windy city breakdown
That's drivin' me on home
City slicker shakedown
Proves you got me on the run
I need a pretty take down
If she can keep score I'm game
Windy city breakdown
The mighty hawk is callin' my name
Silver marquees are glowin'
The midnight show unwinds
Popcorn pigeon and parkin' meters are
Clickin' in 3/4 time rush street mamas
Shot their stuff, love for sale
I ain't needin' to buy if she's good to my eye
Who can tell
Taverns with their doors wide open
Wait to make their kill
Sailor boys and G.I. Joes
Makin' sure they get their fill
Windy city breakdown
That's drivin' me on home
City slicker shakedown
Proves you got me on the run
I need a pretty take down
If she can keep score I'm game
Windy city breakdown
The mighty hawk is callin' my name
Lay Low Joe (Holiday On Ice)
(Jonathan Cain, J.C.Phillips)
Joe was thinkin' sweet revenge
Since a stool sent daddy to the pen
Now joliet ain't cake on Christmas eve
Whiskey's eatin' Joe inside
When in this bar young Joe does spy
Mister pigeon 'cross the horse shoe
Gettin' loaded
Joe, he kind of looks at him
And back he tries to smile
He don't know Joe's wise to all his lies
Joe would like to waste this dude
Who sang in fed house court
For framin' up his dad
Cut his luck short
Better lay low, Joe
You say you wanna even up the score
Better lay low, Joe
Leave your bullets in the bottom drawer
Gotta lay low, Joe
Christmas ain't no time to war
New Year's is the time to score
Better lay low, Joe
When he least suspects young Joe will move
The stoolie's cool but Joe is smooth
One frame! One Shot! Two years' revenge worth waitin'
New Year's Even just might be hot
Let old acquaintance be forgot
Midnight! My knife! For Dad! The punk stopped skating
"Set my man another round," Joe smiles at the bar
Bloody Mary's what he must be drinkin'
"Hey thanks, kid, ain't it hot in here"
Joe answers with his eyes 'cause
"Can your chino ass" is what he's really thinkin'
Better lay low, Joe
Leave your bullets in the bottom drawer
Gotta lay low, Joe
Christmas ain't no time to war
New Year's is the time to score
Better lay low, Joe
Rock It Down
(Jonathan Cain, J.C.Phillips)
Hey full moon hangin' on the pekin sky
Do you mind if I join you
I got my own ride
Just wait for me
(In) the neon midnight air
Got his number in my pocket
Gonna take me there
I gotta rock it down
Do one roll for the road
Ole honey bee buzzin'
Won't leave me alone
Put wings on my wheels
(And) fly my way back home
(I) gotta rock it down
Do one roll for the road
Dance all night seventeen's drivin' me insane
As I pour down the lone star
They all start to look the same
I say "Sweet young thing
Won't you let me take you home''
Said her mama won't understand
And she ain't got no phone
"Suite Judy blue" and I'm cruisin' in the Kansas rain
Wipers keepin' time to A C.S.N. & young refrain
Oh, reminds me of a girl I left back in Kan-ka-kee
Before I hit the road, she packed up a wheat straw for me
I gotta rock it down
Do one for the road
Ole honey bee buzzin'
Won't leave me alone
Put wings on my wheels
(And) fly my way back home
(I) gotta rock it down
Do one roll for the road
Moon Child
(Jonathan Cain)
Flowing with a feeling
Following by heart
I'd love to be free wheeling
I don't know just where to start
So I move right into you, babe
A change worth waiting for
I see reasons for all that surrounds me
Sever seen before
And as I learn to love you
The more I love to learn
Sweet mother of the universe
Youth fire in me burns
Moon child, moon child
Dark eyed lady of emotion
Come shine your light on me
Moon child, moon child
The signs are everywhere
For you now to see
Hang on to your good times
There could be lots more I know
Don't let your past haunt you
It's a hard way to grow
Love wasn't staying
So I asked him to go
But he's back and he's praying
You'll open up your door
And as I learn to love you
The more I love to learn
Sweet mother of the universe
Youth fire in me burns
Moon child, moon child
Clinging on to everything
Afraid to let it show
Moon child, moon child
Cling to me now, baby
Let the feelings show
Moon child, moon child
Dark eyed lady of emotion
Come shine your light on me
Moon child, moon child
The signs are everywhere
For you now to see.
Rollercoaster Baby
(Jonathan Cain)
Ever since I met you, baby
You been taking me for one big ride
Now I ain't letting you derail me
With your crazy little one track mind
You're a rollercoaster baby
And I love you 'cause you're fast and wild
But I think we lost control
This is where I'm letting go, bye-bye
Up and down, whirling around
I can't believe all the turn arounds
You're taking me through
Holding on, but not for long
I've had enough
I'm getting off
This rollercoaster with you
Everybody tried to warn me
But I thought that I could handle your ways
We could get it up on one day
We'd be down each other's throats the next day
You're a rollercoaster, baby
And I've taken all the bumps I can stand
And at the pace that we are going
I don't think this ride will ever end
No, no, no
Up and down, whirling around
I can't believe all the turn arounds
You're taking me through
Holding on, but not for long
I've had enough
I'm getting off
This rollercoaster with you
Rollercoaster, pretty baby
I love you but I got to let go!
Spinning My Wheels
(Jonathan Cain)
Taking my living day by day
Looking for signs along the way
I found myself wishing here and there
I'm not really going anywhere
I can feel the strain
Fear holds back my change
I drive in circles in the rain
Stuck in the gray Chicago snow
The faster I spin, the deeper I go
Now I'm looking for strength in a lady I found
Get behind me and push till I'm on solid ground
Living in the past
Just gets me nowhere fast
Move down the road
I'm free at last
I'm spinning my wheels
You know how it feels
It's the price that I've paid
For short cuts I've made
Spinning my wheels
I've been spinning my wheels
You know how it feels
I ain't gonna last
Burning it fast
Spinning my wheels
Go Now!
(L.Banks, M.Bennett)
We've already said: goodbye.
Since you gotta go, boy, you had better go now.
Go now! Go now! Go now!
Before you see me cry.
I don't want you to tell me
Just what you intend to do now
'Cause how many times do I have to tell you
Darlin', darlin', I'm still in love with you now.
Oh, we've already said: so long.
I don't wanna see you go, boy, you had better go now.
Go now! Go now! Go now!
Don't you even try.
Tellin' me that you
Really don't want me to end this way.
'Cause darlin', darlin', can't you see
I want you to stay.
I don't wanna see you go,
But darlin', you'd better go now!
Your Lady Or Your Life
(Jonathan Cain)
Ginny was my baby love
And I could never get enough
Of her sweet flesh on mine
We wrote it on the walls
We would do it in the halls
Hot fox, I got her just in time
But Kenny Morgan had his eye on her
Number one soldier in school
Whatever he wanted he'd destroy to get
Live and die by greaser rule
Your lady or your life
Are you man enough to fight
Your lady or your life
We could persuade you with a knife
Your lady or your life
Fight for my right to love
Hangin' at the pizza joint
He sent his boys to make his point
Just stay away from that girl
I was s'posed to fade away
While he moved in to make his play
A cold day in hell
I gave them my answer and I turned away
The lines of sweat ran down my face
I never thought love'd come to this
Chokin' on my heart I heard them say
Your lady or your life
Are you man enough to fight
Your lady or your life
We could persuade you with a knife
Your lady or your life
Fight for my right to love
Well, we drove out in the night
And I held my Ginny tight
I knew I had to make a stand
I met Morgan all alone
On old army trail road
The battle ground was cold and damp
He got the first punch and he pulled me down
There was no contest in this fight
He pounded on me till I heard a siren die
I was spared that night by blue mars lights
Your lady or your life
Are you man enough to fight
Your lady or your life
We could persuade you with a knife
Your lady or your life
Fight for my right to love
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