Xanadu

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION PARTIES:

A place where nobody dared to go
The love that we came to know
They call it Xanadu (it takes your breath and it’ll leave you blind)
And now, open your eyes and see
What we have made is real
We are in Xanadu (you dream of it, we offer you)
A million lights are dancing and there you are, a shooting star
An everlasting world and you’re here with me, eternally
Xanadu, Xanadu
(Now we are here) in Xanadu
Xanadu, Xanadu
(Now we are here) in Xanadu
Xanadu, your neon lights will shine for you, Xanadu
The love, the echoes of long ago
You needed the world to know
They are in Xanadu (with every breath you drift away)
The dream that came through a million years
That lived on through all the tears
It came to Xanadu (the dream you dream, well, it will happen for you)
A million lights are dancing and there you are, a shooting star
An everlasting world and you’re here with me, eternally
Xanadu, Xanadu
(Now we are here) in Xanadu
Xanadu, Xanadu
(Now we are here) in Xanadu
Now that I’m here
Now that you’re near in Xanadu
Now that I’m here
Now that you’re near in Xanadu, Xanadu

Dreams

Now here you go again, you say you want your freedom
Well, who am I to keep you down?
It’s only right that you should play the way you feel it
But listen carefully to the sound of your loneliness
Like a heartbeat, drives you mad
In the stillness of remembering what you had
And what you lost
And what you had
And what you lost
Oh, thunder only happens when it’s raining
Players only love you when they’re playing
Say, women, they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean, you’ll know
You’ll know
Now here I go again, I see the crystal vision
I keep my visions to myself
But it’s only me who wants to wrap around your dreams, and
Have you any dreams you’d like to sell, dreams of loneliness?
Like a heartbeat, drives you mad
In the stillness of remembering what you had
And what you lost
And what you had
Ooh, what you lost
Thunder only happens when it’s raining
Players only love you when they’re playing
Women, they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean, you’ll know
Oh, thunder only happens when it’s raining
Players only love you when they’re playing
Say, women, they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean, you’ll know
You’ll know
You will know
Oh-oh-oh, you’ll know

Every time that I look in the mirror
All these lines on my face getting clearer
The past is gone
It went by like dusk to dawn
Isn’t that the way?
Everybody’s got the dues in life to pay, yeah
I know nobody knows
Where it comes and where it goes
I know it’s everybody’s sin
You’ve got to lose to know how to win
Half my life’s in books’ written pages
Live and learn from fools and from sages
You know it’s true, oh
All the things come back to you
Sing with me, sing for the year
Sing for the laughter and sing for the tear
Sing with me, if it’s just for today
Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away
Yeah, sing with me, sing for the year
Sing for the laughter and sing for the tear
Sing with me, if it’s just for today
Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away
Dream on, dream on, dream on
Dream until the dream come true
Dream on, dream on, dream on
Dream until your dream come true
Dream on, dream on, dream on
Dream on, dream on, dream on
Dream on, oh
Sing with me, sing for the year
Sing for the laughter and sing for the tear
Sing with me, if it’s just for today
Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away
Sing with me, sing for the year
Sing for the laughter and sing for the tear
Sing with me, if it’s just for today
Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away

Girls Girls Girls

Friday night and I need a fight
My motorcycle and a switchblade knife
Handful of grease in my hair feels right
But what I need to make me tight are those

Girls, girls, girls
Long legs and burgundy lips
Girls, girls, girls
Dancing down on Sunset Strip
Girls, girls, girls
Red lips, fingertips

Trick or treat, sweet to eat
On Halloween and New Years Eve
Yankee girls, you just can’t be beat
But they’re the best when they’re off their feet

Girls, girls, girls
At the Dollhouse in Fort Lauderdale
Girls, girls, girls
Rocking in Atlanta at Tattletale
Girls, girls, girls
Raising hell at the Seventh Veil

Have you read the news
In the Soho Tribune?
You know she did me
Well, then she broke my heart

I’m such a good, good boy
I just need a new toy
I tell you what, girl
Dance for me, I’ll keep you over-employed
Just tell me a story
You know the one I mean

Crazy Horse, Paris, France
Forgot the names, remember romance
I got the photos, a menage a trois
Must’ve broke those Frenchies’ laws with those

Girls, girls, girls
B-B-Body Shop, Marble Arch
Girls, girls, girls
Tropicana’s where I lost my heart

Girls, girls, girls
Girls, girls, girls
Girls, girls, girls
Girls, girls, girls
Girls, girls, girls

Girls, girls, girls (Whoo!)

Walk Like an Egyptian

All the old paintings on the tomb
They do the sand dance, don’t you know?
If they move too quick (Oh-way-oh)
They’re falling down like a domino
All the bazaar men by the Nile
They got the money on a bet
Gold crocodiles (Oh-way-oh)
They snap their teeth on your cigarette

Foreign types with the hookah pipes say
(Way-oh-way-oh, ooh-way-oh-way-oh)

Walk like an Egyptian

The blonde waitresses take their trays
They spin around, and they cross the floor
They’ve got the moves (Oh-way-oh)
You drop your drink, then they bring you more
All the school kids so sick of books
They like the punk and the metal band
When the buzzer rings (Oh-way-oh)
They’re walking like an Egyptian
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All the kids in the marketplace say
(Way-oh-way-oh, ooh-way-oh-way-oh)

Walk like an Egyptian

Slide your feet up the street, bend your back
Shift your arm, then you pull it back
Life is hard, you know (Oh-way-oh)
So strike a pose on a Cadillac
If you want to find all the cops
They’re hanging out in the donut shop
They sing and dance (Oh-way-oh)
They spin the clubs, cruise down the block
All the Japanese with their yen
The party boys call the Kremlin
And the Chinese know (Oh-way-oh)
They walk the line like Egyptian

All the cops in the donut shop say
(Way-oh-way-oh, ooh-way-oh-way-oh)

Family Man

She had a sulky smile
She took a standard pose as she presented herself
She had sultry eyes
She made it perfectly plain that she was his for a price

But he said, “Leave me alone, I’m a family man
And my bark is much worse than my bite!”
He said, “Leave me alone, I’m a family man
If you push me too far, I just might”

She wore hurt surprise
As she re-checked her make-up to protect herself
She showed less than pride
She made it totally clear as she was his for a price

But he said, “Leave me alone, I’m a family man
And my bark is much worse than my bite!
Please just leave me alone, I’m a family man
If you push me too far, I just might”

She gave him her look
That would have worked on any other man in sight
He could not mistake
She wanted to go back with him and spend his night

But he said, “Leave me alone, I’m a family man
And my bark is much worse than my bite!
Please just leave me alone, I’m a family man
If you push me too far, I just might”

She turned, tossed her head and then
She started to make her final exit line
She showed real disdain
As if explaining again, she could be his for a price

But he said, “Leave me alone, I’m a family man
And my bark is much worse than my bite!”
He said, “Leave me alone, I’m a family man
If you push me too far, I just might”

Sunset Grill

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[Verse 1]
Let’s go down to the Sunset Grill
We can watch the working girls go by
Watch the basket people walk around and mumble
Stare out at the auburn sky

[Pre-Chorus 1]
There’s an old man there from the old world
To him, it’s all the same
Calls all his customers by name

[Chorus]
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill

[Verse 2]
You see a lot more meanness in the city
It’s the kind that eats you up inside
Hard to come away with anything that feels like dignity
Hard to get home with any pride

[Pre-Chorus 2]
These days a man makes you somethin’
And you never see his face
But there is no hiding place

[Chorus]
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill

[Bridge]
Respectable little murders pay
They get more respectable every day
Don’t worry, girl
I’m gonna stick by you
And someday soon
We’re gonna get in that car
And get outta here

[Solo]

[Verse 1 (reprise)]
Let’s go down to the Sunset Grill
Watch the working girls go by
Watch the basket people walk around and mumble
Gaze out at the auburn sky

[Pre-Chorus 3]
Maybe we’ll leave come springtime
Meanwhile, have another beer
What would we do without all these jerks anyway?
Besides, all our friends are here
[Chorus]
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill

[Instrumental Outro]