Night In The Ruts (1979)

1

No Surprize

Lyrics

Nineteen seventy one
We all heard the starters gun
New York is such a pity
But at Max's Kansas City we won

We all shot the shit at the bar
With Johnny O'Toole and his scar
And then old Clive Davis said
He's surely gonna make us a star
I'm gonna make you a star
Just the way you are

But with all his style
I could see in his eyes
That we is goin' to trial

It was No Surprise

The boys kept kickin' ass
As usual time would tell
But some bitch in the choir
Threw water on the fires of hell
She loved to show and tell
Lord she loved to tell

But with all our style
You could see in our eyes
That we is still on trial

And it was No Surprize
No Surprize
No Surprize
No Surprize

Midnight lady
Situation fetal
Vaccinate your ass
With a phonograph needle

I say
Look it here
Friend of mine
Scratch like you need calomine
Flamingo boots
Sole's a creakin'
Still in love and Puerto Rican too

Ridin' on the wheels of hell
Smokin' in our axle grease
Oh the backstage is rockin'
And we're coppin' from the local police
That's right the local police
Or the justice of peace

But with all our style
You could see in our eyes
That we is still on trial

Baby it's No Surprise
No Surprise
No Surprise
No Surprise

Rock and roll
Junkie whore
Got my foot inside the door
Knock, knock, knock, knock, knock
Nobody's keepin' score

Bad times
Go away
Come again some other day
Topaz and sazzafrazz
Will keep the blues away

Candy store
Rock and roll
Corporation jellyroll
Play the singles it ain't me
It's programmed insanity

You ascap
If BMI
Could ever make a mountain fly
If Japanese can boil teas
Then where the fuck's my royalties

2

Chiquita

Lyrics

Ooooh, on the beach in Cartegena
She, salty baby with the name
Oh, chiquita
No no, chiquita

She, takes me walkin' in de sunshine
She, she'll be lovin' 'til de moon shine

Love chiquita
Oh love chiquita

She, got the poppy eyed desire
Tease, 'til the boys put out your fire

Love chiquita
Oh, love chiquita

Oh, no, no, now don't you wake me up, I'm dreamin'
No, no, no, if you shake me I'll be screamin'

Love chiquita
Oh, love chiquita

3

Remember (Walking In the Sand)

Lyrics

Seems like the other day
My baby went away
She went away, 'cross the sea

It's been two years or so
Since I saw my baby go
And then this letter came to me

It said that we was through
She found somebody new
Oh, let me think, let me think
What shall I do

(Chorus)
Oh, no
Oh, no
Oh, no no no no no no
(Remember), Walking In The Sand
(Remember), walking hand in hand
(Remember), the night was so exciting
(Remember), her smile was so inviting
(Remember), then she touched me cheek
(Remember), with her fingertips
(Remember), softly
Softly we met with a kiss

Whatever happened to
The gal that I once knew
The girl that said, she'd been true
Oh, whatever happened to
The night I gave it to you
What did I do with the night
Oh...

(Chorus)

Whatever happened to
That girl that I once knew
That girl that said, she was true
Whatever happened to
That night I gave it to you
What would you do with the night

4

Cheese Cake

Lyrics

I met a babe in a backseat drive-in
Back in the saddle she'd sit
Pulled on the reins just to keep me risin'
She loved to chomp at the bit

Daddy do it, oh, just do it
Daddy do it, please let me see
Do it, please just do it daddy
Do it, do it, drivin' me crazy

She walks away with her eyes
Down on her bootlace
She lives to give it away
She don't believe in the right or the wrong case
She's always liable to say

Daddy do it, oh, just do it
Daddy do it, please let me see
Do it, please just do it daddy
Do it, do it, drivin' me crazy

(Cheese Cake), looser than her sister
(Cheese Cake), her sugar gets me high
She knows I can't resist her (Cheese Cake)
Got my fingers in her pie (Cheese Cake)
(Cheese Cake), sneakin' out the back door
(Cheese Cake), rollin' down the lawn
Everybody kissed her (Cheese Cake)
At the crack of dawn (Cheese Cake)

Daddy do it, oh, just do it
Daddy do it, please let me see
Daddy do it, please just do it daddy
Do it, do it, do it, drivin' me crazy

(Cheese Cake), looser than her sister
(Cheese Cake), her sugar gets me high
She knows I can't resist her (Cheese Cake)
Got my fingers in her pie (Cheese Cake)

Repeat (Cheese Cake)

5

Three Mile Smile

Lyrics

Take a walk in the warm New England sun
Ain't no time to look for clues (cruise?)
You get the point from Uncle Sam's loaded gun
Who be(deal) the hand that light the fuse, ah

Take a look, take a look at my old billy goat
He used to raise all kinds of hell
He took a dose of radiation dope
Back in the barn is where he fell, like hell

Lucy, chromosone
Lucy, superdome

What makes you think you patronizin' my old friends
After you ride in my car, car
What do you do when your oil's mexican
OPEC boys, you went too far, to faar

Lucy, chromosone
Lucy, superdome
Lucy, papadum (pompadour)
Lucy, sing the song

(Ah), dig it up
(Ah), leave(live) it up
(Ah), dig it up
(Ah), leave(live) it up

Look out!

6

Reefer Head Woman

Lyrics

I got a Reefer Headed Woman
She fell right down from the sky (good Lord)
I got a Reefer Headed Woman
She fell right down from the sky

Well, I gots to drink me two 5:ths of whiskey
Just to get half as high

When the good Lord made that woman
He sure went to town
Oh, when the good Lord made that woman
He sure went to town

Well, when he was feelin' high
Oh, he sure should have been feelin' low

Mr Perry!

I got a Reefer Headed Woman
She fell right down from the sky
I got a Reefer Headed Woman
She fell right down from the sky

Lord, I gots to drink me two 5:ths of whiskey
Just to get, just to get, half as high

7

Bone to Bone (Coney Island White Fish Boy)

Lyrics

Flatbush boy cruisin' Sheepshead Bay
His boardwalk mama just a sniff away
Underground DMT, ridin' thunder train
The Cone Island White Fish Boy is on the run again

Oh, runnin' with the pack
Oh, never lookin' back
Oh, know just where he's been
That Coney Island White Fish Boy's
Been there and back again

Sixteen years with his boardwalk queen
And at steeplechase, she used to wet his dreams
She combs her hair, that flamin' jewel
Streaked with clorox bleach
Coney gettin' down and dirty
Snortin' up the beach

She'd be screamin' (Coney)
She'd be screamin' (Coney)
Go get 'em Coney

(Coney), Bone To Bone screamin'
(Coney) She be screamin' (Coney)
Get down
Get back in town
Get back, get down
Get back in town
Get back, get down
Coney!
She'd be screamin' (Coney)
Best believe it (Coney)

8

Think About It

Lyrics

When will the clouds all blow it away
When will the good people have their say
Now I hope you're still around to see the day

Take a while, Think About It
Take a while, Think About It
Take a while, Think About It

Who's gonna tell what is up or down
Who can be the king or be the clown
Then climb your tree, take a look around

Take a while, Think About It
Take a while, Think About It
Take a while, Think About It

Take it nobody out, if it in the tame
That which is now, will be again
Who can decide who is insane

Take a while, Think About It
Take a while, Think About It
Take a while, Think About It

9

Mia

Lyrics

Honey now...na, na, na, na, na....

Hush a bye my baby soft and new
Oooh, loveliness, gypsy dance in the rain
Hush a bye my baby what you do
Oooh, the baby cry
The wind she's callin your name... (Mia)
Ooooh... (Mia) ooooh... (Mia)
Ooooh... (Mia) ooooh...

Where you came from you ain't alone
Live and loved from the old jaw bone
Oh, don't you cry you're home sweet home

Rock a bye sweet lady gypsy blue
Oooh, the nightingale's singin' her song in the rain
Hush a bye sweet lady, soft and new
Oooh, don't you cry, the wind she's a screamin' your name... (Mia)
Ooooh... (Mia) ooooh... (Mia)
Ooooh... (Mia) ooooh...

Come too soon that sunny day
You give your heart away
No divorcee, or repouise...yeah...yeah

(Mia)
Ooooh... (Mia) ooooh... (Mia)
Ooooh... (Mia) ooooh... (Mia)
Ooooh... (Mia) ooooh... (Mia)
(Mia)