Gerry Rafferty Album

"Do it on the microphone, thank you, Gerald" (you have to turn it up way loud to hear this)
Sitting here is really bringing me downI think I'll get up and go downtownHave a drink and maybe look up a friendTo talk the hours away and hope the night will never end.
Look in my pockets to see what I've gotI count my money, I don't have a lotThe situation is always the sameI've got to get out of here, this place is driving me insane.
Hold on, I'm getting the new street blues.
About a year ago, I knocked on this doorI asked my friend if I could sleep on the floorHe took me in, said I was welcome to stayI told him then that I was going to pay him back someday.
He took me in and all he asked was a songIt didn't sound me when I knew it was wrongIt got so bad that we were drunk every nightAnd I'd pretend that come tomorrow night things would be alright.
Hold on, I'm getting the new street blues.
Sitting here is really bringing me downI think I'll get up and go downtownHave a drink and maybe look up a friendTo talk the hours away and hope the night will never end.
Look in my pockets to see what I've gotI count my money, I don't have a lotThe situation is always the sameI've got to get out of here, this place is driving me insane.
Hold on, I'm getting the new street blues.

Electric Guitar: Roger BrownKeyboards: Tom ParkerBass: Gary TaylorDrums: Henry SpinettiLead Vocals: Gerry RaffertyBacking Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Joe Egan

Can I Have My Money Back? version

Didn't I tell you? Didn't I tell you true?
Didn't I say the words that meant so much to me?
Didn't I love you, just like you wanted me to?
Didn't I say right then everything was going to be alright?

Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I?

When I was way down, taking the long way 'round
There were times when you told me we'd never make the other side
I asked you to understand, lend me a helping hand
Didn't I tell you we could make it as long as you believed in me?

Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?

Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?

Didn't I tell you? Didn't I tell you true?
Didn't I say the words that meant so much to me?
Didn't I love you, just like you wanted me to?
Didn't I say right then everything was going to be alright?

Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?

Acoustic Guitars: Gerry Rafferty / Roger Brown
Piano: Tom Parker
Bass: Gary Taylor
Drums: Henry Spinetti
Steel Guitar: Rod King
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Joe Egan

Snakes and Ladders version

Didn't I tell you? Didn't I tell you true?
Didn't I say the words that meant so much to me?
Didn't I love you, just like you wanted me to?
Didn't I say right then everything was going to be alright?

Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?

When I was way down, taking the long way 'round
There were times when you told me we'd never make the other side
I asked you to understand, lend me a helping hand
Didn't I tell you we could make it as long as you believed in me?

Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?

Didn't I tell you? Didn't I love you?
Didn't I say that it would be alright?
Didn't I tell you? Didn't I love you?
Didn't I say that it would be alright?

Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?

Didn't I tell you? Didn't I tell you true?
Didn't I say the words that meant so much to me?
Didn't I love you, just like you wanted me to?
Didn't I say right then everything was going to be alright?

Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?

(fade)
Didn't I tell you? Didn't I love you?
Didn't I say that it would be alright?
Didn't I tell you? Didn't I love you?
Didn't I say that it would be alright?

Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Pete Zorn
Guitars: Jerry Donahue
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Tambourine: Frank Ricotti
Penny Whistle: Richard Harvey
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Betsy Cook

Mr. Universe, can you help me please?
I'm only seven stone two
When I'm on the beach, the girls stay out of reach
They all want someone like you.

You've got to help me, now please Mr. Universe
Don't tell me that I'm just a hopeless case
Don't let me down now, please Mr. Universe
I'm sick of getting sand thrown in my face.

Mr. Universe, you know it's getting worse
I need your seven-day plan
I'm thinner every day, before I waste away
I need a muscle-bound man.

You've got to help me, now please Mr. Universe
Don't tell me that I'm just a hopeless case
Don't let me down now, please Mr. Universe
I'm sick of getting sand thrown in my face.

You've got to help me, now please Mr. Universe
Don't tell me that I'm just a hopeless case
Don't let me down now, please Mr. Universe
I'm sick of getting sand thrown in my face.

Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Electric Guitar: Alan Parker
Keyboards: Tom Parker
Bass: Gary Taylor
Drums: Henry Spinetti
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Joe Egan
Mystery Voices: Rab Noakes / Hugh Murphy

Mary Skeffington, close your eyesAnd make believe that you are just a girl againGo to sleep tonight, dream of daysWhen you had something there to light the way.
Remember a holiday in a north-of-England townYou slept in a room upstairs on a bed of eiderdown.
Mary Skeffington, when you wakeYou mustn't be afraid to face another dayThink of what you have, you'll get byYou've always been a lady so hold your head up high.
Look back on a home where you spent the best years of your lifeRemember the man who asked you if you would be his wife.
Mary Skeffington, close your eyesAnd make believe that you are just a girl againGo to sleep tonight, dream of daysWhen you had something there to light the way.

Acoustic Guitars: Gerry Rafferty / Rab NoakesLead Vocals: Gerry RaffertyBacking Vocals: Rab Noakes

I stood and looked across the waterI had to get to the other sideBecause I knew that you'd be waitin'I didn't want to take the long way ‘round.
The captain said the ship was leavin'And that we'd better get on boardI settled down to watch the sunriseAnd wondered if I'd see the sun go down.
The sea was rough and the wind was howlin'But I was laughing all the wayI didn't care about the weatherBecause I knew that you'd be waitin'I didn't want to take the long way ‘round
Then a stranger sat beside meIt was my brother in disguiseHe said he knew where I was goin'He asked me why I took the long way ‘round.
The sea was rough and the wind was howlin'But I was laughing all the wayI didn't listen to the strangerBecause I knew that you'd be waitin'I didn't want to take the long way ‘round
At last, I came to my destinationThe stranger turned and walked awayHe didn't know where he was goin'He said he had to take the long way ‘round.
I stood and looked across the waterI thought of what I'd left behindBecause I knew that you'd be waitin'I didn't want to take the long way ‘round.
Because I knew that you'd be waitin'I didn't want to take the long way ‘round.

Organ/Piano: Tom ParkerLead Vocals: Gerry RaffertyBacking Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Joe Egan

Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
Can I have my money back, please sir?
I don't hear what you're sayin', don't care what you're doin'
Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
Can I have my money back, please sir?

Went to the movies and the movie broke down
The picture on the screen was going ‘round and ‘round
I'd spent all I had getting in to see the show
So I walked up to the man and I said I'd like to go.

Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
Can I have my money back, please sir?
I don't hear what you're sayin', don't care what you're doin'
Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
Can I have my money back, please sir?

I heard a preacher man say his way was the best
So I took up his religion and forgot about the rest
Then I heard another one calling out my name
I went and took a closer look, he was just the same.

Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
Can I have my money back, please sir?
I don't hear what you're sayin', don't care what you're doin'
Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
Can I have my money back, please sir?

Listen to the lies from the politician man
Saying that we live in a democratic land
One land for the rich, another for the poor
And if you try to change it, they'll nail you to the floor.

Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
Can I have my money back, please sir?
I don't hear what you're sayin', don't care what you're doin'
Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
Can I have my money back, please sir?

Acoustic Guitars: Gerry Raffery / Roger Brown
Bass: Gary Taylor
Drums: Henry Spinetti
Whistle: Tom Parker
Fiddle: John Van Derrick
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Joe Egan

Playing guitar Friday night in Sally's club barBig money man says ‘Won't you join my rock 'n' roll band?'
‘But if I'm going to make you a star, boyGet yourself a chauffer-driven car, yeahSign on the dotted lineIt's going to work out fine'.
Get on the phone (Played in Hamburg just to make me some money)She says ‘I need some money back home' (Played the ?? but never got honey)Big money man says (Big fat money man, he wrote me a letter)‘Don't you worry boy, you're not on your own' (‘Don't you worry boy, it's got to get better')
‘If I'm going to make you a star, boyGet yourself a chauffer-driven car, yeahSign on the dotted lineIt's going to work out fine'.
I could have stayed at home foreverBut big money man was much too cleverHe said ‘Sign on the dotted lineIt's going to work out fine'.
Back playing guitar Friday night in Sally's club barBig money man says ‘Won't you join my rock 'n' roll band?'
‘But if I'm going to make you a star, boyGet myself a chauffer-driven car, yeahSign on the dotted lineIt's going to work out fine'.

Written By: Gerry Rafferty and Joe EganElectric Guitar: Alan ParkerKeyboards: Tom ParkerDrums: Henry SpinettiSteel Guitar: Rod KingVocals: Gerry Rafferty

Many times I've seen you
Each time you always act the same
You've got everything you'll ever need, on that we're all agreed
I really do believe that butter wouldn't melt in your mouth.

You started out saying that you knew me
But I've never known anyone like you
You said we thought the same, so I just played the game
I really didn't mind 'cause I knew that I was winning all the way.

It takes so long to make you, but a whole lot less to break you
'Cause every time you try to act like a lady, you give yourself away
It takes so long to make you, but a whole lot less to break you
'Cause every time I see you look into a mirror, I can tell that's who you really are.

Why don't you take a look around you?
Just try and see the other side
Maybe you'll find it strange, or maybe you'll like the change
At least you would know there were other people living in the world

You can't play the same old game forever
Someone will surely cut you down
So if you're going to stay around, get your feet back on the ground
Find your direction, follow it all the way.

It takes so long to make you, but a whole lot less to break you
'Cause every time you try to act like a lady, you give yourself away
It takes so long to make you, but a whole lot less to break you
'Cause every time I see you look into a mirror, I can tell that's who you really are.

Many times I've seen you
Each time you always act the same
You've got everything you'll ever need, on that we're all agreed
I really do believe that butter wouldn't melt in your mouth.

You've got everything you'll ever need, on that we're all agreed
I really do believe that butter wouldn't melt in your mouth.

It takes so long to make you, but a whole lot less to break you
'Cause every time you try to act like a lady, you give yourself away
It takes so long to make you, but a whole lot less to break you
'Cause every time I see you look into a mirror, I can tell that's who you really are.

Electric Guitar: Mr. Z. Jenkins
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Piano: Tom Parker
Drums: Andrew Steele
Tambourine: Hugh Murphy
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty

To each and everyone of you
I say goodbye, farewell, adieu
To each and all I say goodbye
I know it's been fun but we're living a lie.

You said you spoke straight from the heart
But that was the one thing that kept us apart
'Cause when I read between the lines
I saw that the only heart speaking was mine.

To each and everyone of you
I say goodbye, indeed I do
If you should ask me why I go
I wouldn't say 'cause you should know.

When everything is said and done
Nothing's been lost and nothing's been won
I took from you, you took from me
But I suppose that's how it had to be.

To each and everyone of you
I say goodbye, indeed I do
If you should ask me why I go
I wouldn't say 'cause you should know.

To each and everyone of you
I say goodbye, farewell, adieu
To each and all I say goodbye
I know it's been fun but we're living a lie.

Acoustic Guitars: Gerry Rafferty / Roger Brown
Harmonium: Tom Parker
Harpsichord: Tom Parker
Bass: Gary Taylor
Percussion: Henry Spinetti
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty

To Rafferty's Bar in my old jaunting carI took myself one Friday eveningTo think on a son so deceivingIt's one drink down and another to go.
He was married in haste to a woman unchasteMuch to the shame of the fatherHis face still half-covered in latherIt's one drink down and another to go.
It's one drink down and another to goWhen I pass through the town I must hang my head lowIt's one drink down and another to go.
I'm not the kind to condemn out of handA woman whose virtue is easyJust as long as she doesn't deceive meIt's one drink down and another to go.
Imagine a life with an unfaithful wifeMight wake up in the morningAnd find that she's left without warningIt's one drink down and another to go.
It's one drink down and another to goWhen I pass through the town I must hang my head lowIt's one drink down and another to go.

Written By: Gerry Rafferty and John Patrick ByrneAcoustic Guitars: Gerry Rafferty / Roger BrownBass: Gary TaylorDrums: Henry SpinettiFiddle: John Van DerrickHarpsichord: Tom ParkerLead Vocals: Gerry RaffertyBacking Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Joe Egan

I sat down to cryI heard a friend of mine say ‘My, oh myWhat you doin' down there, boy, with your nose stuck on the ground?'Hear me shout, don't count me out.
When the sun goes downYou'll find me sitting in a bar in the dark side of the townAnd if you tell me that I drink too much and that it's going to be the death of meHear me shout, don't count me out.
You say you know me wellBut you've only seen the outside, so brother, how can you tell?I never listen to your advice 'cause it changes every single dayHear me shout, don't count me out.
I sat down to cryI heard a friend of mine say ‘My, oh myWhat you doin' down there, boy, with your nose stuck on the ground?'Hear me shout, don't count me out.

Electric Guitar: Mr. Z. JenkinsAcoustic Guitar: Gerry RaffertyPiano: Tom ParkerBass: Gary TaylorDrums: Andrew SteeleVocals: Gerry Rafferty / Joe Egan

Goin' down a dusty road, I turned my head ‘round
Looking for somewhere to go, a place to lay my head down
Check into a small hotel and there before my eyes
Stood a man with a trumpet in his hand
Trying to make the people understand, he stops and sighs and says

"Half a chance
Give the singers half a chance and they'll sing and dance through the night
Lend an ear, please
And the band will play the things you'll want to hear
There's no doubt
That before tonight is over you'll scream and shout ‘Hip hooray!'
In the meantime
There is only one more thing I'd like to say"

Spoke about the well-known faces appearing in the show
Star attraction of the evening would be Billy with his big banjo
But first of all, a sweet little lady who'd have us all screamin' for more
Lily, the striptease queen with the biggest pair you've ever seen.

Down and down
Went her long black stockings and, as they hit the ground, the boys went mad
Everyone agreed
That it was the greatest time they'd ever had
On and on
Now the night was nearly over except for Billy and his big banjo
Billy sang a song called ‘The Truckdriver Man'
And we joined in for a chorus or two and then I went to bed.

"Half a chance
Give the singers half a chance and they'll sing and dance through the night
Lend an ear, please
And the band will play the things you'll want to hear
There's no doubt
That before tonight is over you'll scream and shout ‘Hip hooray!'
In the meantime
There is only one more thing I'd like to say"

Electric Guitar: Alan Parker
Piano: Tom Parker
Bass: Gary Taylor
Drums: Henry Spinetti
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Joe Egan

Each day is harder to get through
My head it is spinning, I don't think I'm winning the race
Whenever I think of the future
I just see the one thing that might bring a smile to my face.

To be where I belong
Is the force that keeps me going on.

Sometimes life seems to slow down
I try to move faster 'cause disaster is hot on my heels
Maybe I don't have to worry
Perhaps I'll keep learning concerning the way that I feel.

To be where I belong
Is the force that keeps me going on.

Each day is harder to get through
My head it is spinning, I hope that I'm winning the race.