The Gaddabouts - Look Out Now!
1. MEAT ON YOUR BONES
c'mon lemme make ya dinner some time
meat on your bones
you need a little more meat on your bones
c'mon home let me make some supper
c'mon home make ya somethin' to eat
c'mon home lemme make some dinner
c'mon home, honey with me
meat on your bones
you need a little more meat on your bones
2. LOOK OUT NOW!
he's 'bout to steal your woman
look out now!
he treats me nicer
he treats me kinder
he treats me better
better look out now
he treats me sweeter
don't treat me meaner
he treats me better
better look out now
i've been with you a long long while
he's 'bout to steal your woman
look out now!
3.WICKED WILLIAM
william was a wicked child
made trouble at school and ran completely wild
cussed the teachers on the bus
frightened all the girls and mussed their hair up
but his mother loved him dearly
she could never see him clearly
"william, be good for me"
before wicked william was born
his mother had a dream the devil came to her
he told her she would have his son
persuaded her to call him lucifer jr.
but she dismissed it as an old nightmare
probably caused by something spicy that she'd eaten at the state fair of texas
"there ain't no such thing as the devil"
when william became a man
women loved him he was such a handsome devil
but he turned every heart to hate
left 'em feeling dirty as a dinner plate in the sink
still his mother loved him dearly
she could never see him clearly
"william, be good for me"
there ain't no such thing as the devil
4. HOUSE ON FIRE
sweet and bright
born of light
play your music for the gods
sing to them with all your heart
love child
young and wild
lay your problems on the lord
free your mind and heal your heart
my house is on fire and i don't have the time to be talking
cold blood
stone flood
you're no ordinary guy
striking lightnin' with your eyes
my house is on fire and i don't have the time to be talking
can i lay my head over on your shoulder
burnin' wondering
i feel like i can't stay anymore
i feel like i could lay at your door
i feel like going away
5. I'M A VAN
wait a minute i'll soon be there
don't you hurry me now
i like to take my time falling in love
tell your mammy tell your pappy i really care
don't you worry a hair
i like to take my time falling in love
some people are a racecar
i'm a van
holding hands making plans
going slow down the road of romance
don't you step on the gas
i like to take my time falling in love
some people are a racecar
i'm a van
6. RIVER RISES
you got me all wrong if you think just because i love you
that you don't need to be strong and i'm gonna take care of you
you got to mend your own life like everybody else does
you're not a little child so why you actin' like one
how many more times will you roll me
who put it in your head that everybody owes you
you made your own bed nobody made it for you
how many more times will you roll me
the river slowly rises
you're mad about the past and waitin' for a future
but right about now is when i'm gonna lose you
how many more times will you roll me
the river rise
7. THE HORSE'S MOUTH
people in the neighborhood tellin' me that you ain't no good
talking with authority
they heard it from ol so and so
the truth is that they just don't know
but that don't stop 'em telling me
it's just like a newspaper
so much attitude baby
it makes me wanna walk away
you can't believe a word they say
and i don't wanna hear any way
you don't wanna know so don't even ask
'cause if you don't hear it from the horse's mouth
you're hearing it from a horse's ass
they're doing it to a lot of folks
they bury you and then make jokes
remember what they did to ol dale?
a circus of false accusations ostracizing a lonely lady
started by an evil clown
it's just like a newspaper
so much attitude baby
it makes me wanna walk away
you can't believe a word they say
and i don't wanna hear anyway
you don't wanna know so don't even ask
'cause if you don't hear it from the horse's mouth
you're hearing it from a horse's ass
i heard it on the street
i saw it on tv
people got their reasons and their reasons can be private
but their privacy is often invaded
standing by the water cooler listening to another fool who's talkin' 'bout the size of your paycheck
it's just like a newspaper
so much attitude baby
it makes me wanna walk away
you can't believe a word they say
and i don't wanna hear anyway
you don't wanna know so don't even ask
'cause if you don't hear it from the horse's mouth
you're hearing it from a horse's ass
8. BLESSED DAYS
there are moments in this life when my heart is open wide
and everything seems so wonderful
when the people that i meet they're all wonderful and sweet
and i have good opinions of them all
blessed days
free from my wild and wicked ways
and i never really know what i did to make love grow
or what i did to make it go away
so i say a little prayer everyday it will be there
guiding me abiding in my soul
keeping me from anger
steering me from blame
free from my wild and wicked ways
when thoughts unwanted return to love and fade away
blessed days
free from my wild and wicked ways
9. DEVIL'S STORY
whenever you are ready
when you're ready to go
whenever you are ready
i'll take you home
sometimes everybody walks a lonely road
when you get tired of walkin'
i'll take you home
call on me
the devil's telling stories
stories in the dark
you tell me you're not listening but i can tell you are
i can read the symptoms
i can see the signs
i've been there myself a hundred thousand times
call on me
i'll never leave you alone
i don't have the answers and i never did
all i have is love
all my love to give
call on me
10. DOWN
three innocent men loved a girl wild as fire
she took up with them for a while then grew tired
and put them down
one so young and free cannot be held forever
one so young and free will not make you feel better
they'll break you down
break down if you must then come up while you can
and you can
oh man and you will
i understand how you feel
love carry me home
leave your light in the window
love carry me home
lead me back from the dark road
that i've been down
DISC 2
1. FREE
i'm walking up the steps to your house
and i don't know
there's something about it
i'm reminded of a place that i've been before
before i knock you open your door
then you come out and sit on your porch
and i'm reminded of the lincoln memorial
so majestic and elevating
you set my spirit free
i'm walking up the steps to your house
i'm walking up and then you walk out
and i'm reminded of a dream that i had before
so majestic and elevating
so majestic
an inspiration
you set my spirit free
and i don't want for more
and i don't need for more
and i don't want for more
it's right here at your door
2. THE MOUNTAIN
everyone at this party is coming on to you
everyone and their mother all wanna get with you
i can't say that i blame them
you're a fine upstanding man
i can't say that i blame them
i completely understand
oh the mountain i climb
there were times in the past when it really got to me
and there still are some "ladies" i never want to see
never cease to amaze me
the way they carry on
never cease to amaze me
with no restraint at all
oh the mountain i climb
everyone at this party is coming on to you
and it makes you so happy
you're floating 'round the room
i can't argue with nature
a sunflower to the sun
and i don't wanna change you
you're as wonderful as they come
oh the mountain i climb
3. DON'T TAKE ALL DAY
nobody told you you can't
go on and do it
nobody told you you can't
go on get to it
go on and do it boy if you want to
but don't take all day
'cause if you do you'll make me wait
nobody's holding you back go on and do it
nobody's holding you back go on get to it
go on and do it boy if you want to
but don't take all day
'cause if you do you'll make me wait
4. HOW I LOVE YOU
i'm-a tell you now tell you how i feel about you
i'm-a tell you now how i love you
how i love you
i love you
in the morning at the grocery store
in the evening on the bed
when you come in through the kitchen door
and you thump me on the head
when we're strolling down the avenue and you bump me like you do
how i love you
i love you
in the middle of a thunderstorm
in the middle of the night
when you rest against me nice and warm
and you wake up by my side
when the lightnin' flashes in your eyes when you're mad at me sometimes
how i love you
i love you
5. CAN YOU FEEL IT
i'm sending you love
can you feel it
i'm sending you love from miles away
i can't be near to you today
but darling while i am away
i'm sending you love
can you feel it
i'm sending you love from miles away
when i lie down to sleep at night
i pray that you are doing fine
when i wake up in the morning light
my darling you are on my mind
i'm sending you love
can you feel it
i'm sending you love from miles away
i'm writing you a letter
sending you an email
texting you a message
leaving you voicemail
looking for you everywhere
thinkin' boutcha all the time
i'm sending you love
6. YOUNGER WOMAN
younger woman you're gonna get older too
younger woman the devil's watching you
watch what you say watch what you do
you know that man he don't belong to you
his loving wife helped him get where he is today
they've got a child and she is in the family way
you think he's nice you want to play
you'll turn around that will be you one day
you're beautiful girl it's a natural fact
there's something ugly about the way you act
you say hello and then you wink
she'll never know that's what you think of her
think of her as yourself
would you want somebody disrespecting you
what the hell
7. CORRUPTION
the people don't want war but the corporations do
they hire politicians to get them to do what they want them to
they tell us it's a necessity
put the propaganda on the t.v.
corruption
you pay your taxes and they give it to the man to buy a bigger gun
or it slips into the pocket of the mistress at the senator's club
you barely have enough for your rent
got no say in how your money is spent
corruption
good people all over the world
the people don't want war
they want peace and love and harmony
they write about it
talk about it
sing about it for centuries
the governments and the religions take the poor ones and they use them as pawns
corruption