Ringo Starr And His All-Starr Band Album

"Bon soir!"
"Ooh, some heavies back here tonight, my God!"
"I've known Ringo for quite a while and I'm glad to see him doing something like this
tonight 'cause it's really serious."

"Ringo Starr & The All Starr Band!"

"Joe Walsh!"
"Nils Lofgren!"
"Dave Edmunds!"
"Todd Rundgren!"
"Burton Cummings!"
"Timothy B. Schmit!"
"Tim Cappello!"
"And Zak Starkey!"
"This is Ringo Starr, Ladies and Gentlemen!"

"Good evening, Montreux!"
"I love your T-shirt!...Any minute now....
Oh, it's really great to be here at the Montreux Jazz Festival, er..., you know,
I'm sure you all recognise me as an old jazz player."

"Anyway, the first number we're gonna do tonight is 'I'm The Greatest' and it goes something like this."

WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY,
WAY BACK HOME IN LIVERPOOL,
MY MAMA TOLD ME, I WAS GREAT.

THEN WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER,
I KNEW THAT I HAD GOT SOMETHING GOING,
ALL MY FRIENDS TOLD ME I WAS GREAT.

AND NOW I'M A MAN,
A WOMAN TOOK ME BY THE HAND,
AND YOU KNOW WHAT SHE TOLD ME...I WAS GREAT.

I WAS IN THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH,
FOR WHAT IT WAS WORTH.
NOW I'M ONLY THIRTY-TWO;
AND ALL I WANNA DO, IS BOOGALOO!

I LOOKED IN THE MIRROR,
I SAW MY WIFE AND KIDS,
AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY TOLD ME...I WAS GREAT.

YES, MY NAME IS BILLY SHEARS,
YOU KNOW IT HAS BEEN FOR SO MANY YEARS.
NOW I'M ONLY THIRTY-TWO;
AND ALL I WANNA DO, IS BOOGALOO!

I'M THE GREATEST,
AND YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT BABY!
I WILL BE THE GREATEST IN THIS WORLD,
IN THE NEXT WORLD,
AND ANYWHERE!
ALRIGHT!

By Richard Starkey, Johnny Warman and Gary Grainger


I WOKE UP FROM A BAD DREAM
TO THE HOWLING OF A LONELY NIGHT.
BUT THE WALLS COME CLOSING IN
LIKE THE VICTIM OF A ONE-WAY FIGHT.
I DON'T REMEMBER MANY YESTERDAYS,
I LEFT A LOT OF THINGS UNDONE,
NOW I'M BACK AND I'M HERE TO SAY
I'M LOOKING AFTER NUMBER ONE.

DON'T GO, DON'T GO WHERE THE ROAD DON'T GO,
DON'T GO, DON'T GO WHERE THE ROAD DON'T GO.

SEEING PEOPLE ON THE FREEWAY,
TAKES ME BACK TO WHERE I STARTED FROM.
I WAS RIDING ON THE BIG WHEEL,
I WAS WALKING IN A MIDNIGHT SUN.
WELL, I DID A LOT OF FAVOURS THEN,
I ASKED FOR NOTHING IN RETURN.
NOW THOSE FRIENDS HAVE ALL DISAPPEARED,
I GUESS THERE'S STILL SO MUCH TO LEARN.

DON'T GO, DON'T GO WHERE THE ROAD DON'T GO,
DON'T GO, DON'T GO WHERE THE ROAD DON'T GO.
DON'T GO, DON'T YOU GO WHERE THE ROAD DON'T GO.
'CAUSE YOU'LL NEVER RUN, YOU'LL NEVER OUTRUN THE GUN.

WELL, I SAID IT DON'T COME EASY.
WELL, I SURE KNOW HOW IT FEELS.

DON'T GO, DON'T GO WHERE THE ROAD DON'T GO,
DON'T GO, DON'T GO WHERE THE ROAD DON'T GO.

DON'T GO, DON'T GO WHERE THE ROAD DON'T GO,
DON'T GO, DON'T GO WHERE THE ROAD DON'T GO.
DON'T GO, DON'T YOU GO WHERE THE ROAD DON'T GO.
'CAUSE YOU'LL NEVER RUN, YOU'LL NEVER OUTRUN THE GUN.

DON'T GO, DON'T GO WHERE THE ROAD DON'T GO,
DON'T GO, DON'T GO WHERE THE ROAD DON'T GO.
DON'T GO, DON'T YOU GO WHERE THE ROAD DON'T GO.

By John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Recorded live at the Jazz Festival, Montreux


Okay, we're gonna do a number now and you all know the words so I like to hear you all join in.
Are you ready to join in?
YEAH!!
'Cause it's very simple, very easy, it's a place we all like to be and it goes like this

IN THE TOWN WHERE I WAS BORN, YES! YES!
LIVED A MAN WHO SAILED TO SEA.
AND HE TOLD US OF HIS LIFE
IN THE LAND OF SUBMARINES.
SO WE SAILED ON TO THE SUN,
TILL WE FOUND THE SEA OF GREEN,
AND WE PLAYED BENEATH THE WAVES,
IN OUR YELLOW SUBMARINE.

COME ON NOW!

WE ALL LIVE IN A YELLOW SUBMARINE,
YELLOW SUBMARINE, A YELLOW SUBMARINE.
WE ALL LIVE IN A YELLOW SUBMARINE,
A YELLOW SUBMARINE, A YELLOW SUBMARINE.

AND OUR FRIENDS ARE ALL ABOARD,
MANY MORE OF THEM LIVE NEXT DOOR.
AND THE BAND BEGAN TO PLAY.

HO!

WE ALL LIVE IN A YELLOW SUBMARINE,
A YELLOW SUBMARINE, A YELLOW SUBMARINE.
WE ALL LIVE IN A YELLOW SUBMARINE,
A YELLOW SUBMARINE, A YELLOW SUBMARINE.

FULL SPEED AHEAD, MISTER PARKER, FULL SPEED AHEAD!
FULL SPEED OVER HERE, SIR!
ACTION STATION! ACTION STATION!
AYE, AYE, SIR, FIRE!
HEAVEN! HEAVEN!

AS WE LIVE (as we live)
A LIFE OF EASE, ( a life of ease)
EV'RYONE OF US (ev'ryone of us)
HAS ALL WE NEED. (has all we need)
A SKY OF BLUE (sky of blue)
A SEA OF GREEN, (sea of green)
IN OUR YELLOW (in our yellow)
SUBMARINE. (submarine, ha! ha!)

"Come on, this time!

WE ALL LIVE IN A YELLOW SUBMARINE,
A YELLOW SUBMARINE, A YELLOW SUBMARINE.
WE ALL LIVE IN A YELLOW SUBMARINE,
A YELLOW SUBMARINE, A YELLOW SUBMARINE.

LAST TIME!
WE ALL LIVE IN A YELLOW SUBMARINE, COME ON IN THE BACK!
A YELLOW SUBMARINE, YEAH, A YELLOW SUBMARINE.
WE ALL LIVE IN A YELLOW SUBMARINE,
A YELLOW SUBMARINE, A YELLOW SUBMARINE.


Thank you! Merci beaucoup! Danke schön!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Well, that's it from us, we'll be off now. I'm only kidding
Okay, sit down, sit down, come on, you've had your fun.
I get so bossy when I get up here.
Okay, we've prompted up all of the show, this is like the solo spots in the show
where a couple of members are doing acoustic numbers for you while the rest of the band
go and cool off. Then we gradually build up again and then I'll return.
And this evening we're gonna start with the mighty Joe Walsh!

Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
You been out ridin' fences for so long now
Oh, you're a hard one
But I know that you got your reasons
These things that are pleasin' you
Can hurt you somehow

Don't you draw the queen of diamonds, boy
She'll beat you if she's able
You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet

Now it seems to me some fine things
Have been laid upon your table
But you only want the ones that you can't get

Desperado, oh, you ain't gettin' no younger
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home
And freedom, oh, freedom
Well, that's just some people talkin'
Your prison is walkin' through this world all alone

Don't your feet get cold in the wintertime?
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
It's hard to tell the nighttime from the day

You're losin' all your highs and lows
Ain't it funny how the feeling goes away?

Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
Come down from your fences
Open the gate
It may be rainin'
But there's a rainbow above you
You better let somebody love you
(Let somebody love you)
You better let somebody love you
Before it's too late

Look at us, baby, up all night
Tearing our love apart
Aren't we the same two people
Who lived through years in the dark?
Ah-ah

Every time I try to walk away
Something makes me turn around and stay
And I can't tell you why

When we get crazy, it just ain't right (Try to keep you head, little girl)
Girl, I get lonely, too
You don't have to worry, just hold on tight (Don't get caught in your little world)
'Cause I love you

Nothing's wrong as far as I can see
We make it harder than it has to be
And I can't tell you why
No, baby, I can't tell you why
I can't tell you why

Every time I try to walk away
Something makes me turn around and stay
And I can't tell you why
No, no, baby, I can't tell you why
I can't tell you why
I can't tell you why

There are some things you can't cover up with lipstick and powder
Thought I heard you mention my name, can't you talk any louder?
Don't come any closer, don't come any nearer
My vision of you can't come any clearer
Oh, I just wanna hear girls talk

Got a loaded imagination being fired by girls talk
It's a more or less situation inspired by girls talk
But I can't say the words you wanna hear
I suppose you're gonna have to play it by ear, right here, and now

Girls talk
And they wanna know how girls talk
And they say it's not allowed, girls talk
If they say that it's so
Don't they think that I know by now

That the word up on everyone's lipstick that you're dedicated
You may not be an old-fashioned girl but you're gonna get dated
Was it really murder, were you just pretending
Lately I have heard you are the living end

Girls talk
And they wanna know how girls talk
And they say it's not allowed, girls talk
And they think they know how girls talk
If they say that it's so
Don't they think that I now by now

But I can't say the words you wanna hear
I suppose you're gonna have to play it by ear, I hear

There are some things you can't cover up with lipstick and powder
Thought I heard you mention my name, can't you talk any louder?
Don't come any closer, don't come any nearer
My vision of you can't come any clearer

Girls talk
And they wanna know how girls talk
And they say it's not allowed, girls talk
And they think they know how girls talk
Girls talk, girls talk
Girls talk, girls talk
Girls talk, girls talk
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah girls talk
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah girls talk

By Brian O'Doherty and Fred Velez


MAYBE YOUR DADDY NEVER HELD YOU LIKE YOU SHOULD,
MAYBE YOUR MAMA JUST HELD ON THE BEST SHE COULD.
EV'RY SOUL HAS A SECRET,
GIVE IT AWAY OR KEEP IT,
BUT YESTERDAY'S GONE SO TELL ME WHY.

YOU CARRY THE WEIGHT, THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD,
IT'S BREAKIN' YOU DOWN ON YOUR BACK LIKE A BOULDER.
BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE, GET RID OF IT, GIRL,
GET IT OFF OF YOUR SHOULDER.
I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN USED,
BUT YOU GOTTA LOSE THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD.

MAYBE I HAVEN'T ALWAYS BEEN THERE JUST FOR YOU,
MAYBE I TRY BUT THEN I GOT MY OWN LIFE TOO.
EV'RY HEART HAS A HUNGER,
I'M NOT GETTING ANY YOUNGER,
I GOT ALL THE CROSSES I CAN BEAR.

DON'T GIMME THE WEIGHT, THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD,
IT'S BREAKIN' ME DOWN ON MY BACK LIKE A BOULDER.
BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE, GET RID OF IT, GIRL,
GET IT OFF OF MY SHOULDER.
YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN USED,
AND I GOTTA LOSE THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD.

IT ALL COMES DOWN TO WHO YOU CRUCIFY.
YOU EITHER KISS THE FUTURE OR THE PAST GOODBYE,
WE COULD FLY SO HIGH.

BUT WE CARRY THE WEIGHT, THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD,
IT'S BREAKIN' US DOWN ON OUR BACKS LIKE A BOULDER.
BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE, GET RID OF IT, GIRL,
GET IT OFF OF OUR SHOULDERS.
WE'VE ALL BEEN USED,
AND WE GOTTA LOSE THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD.

IT'S TAKIN' US DOWN AND THE NIGHT'S GROWIN' COLDER,
JUST BLAME IT ON FATE, THAT WAS YESTERDAY, GIRL.
AND WE'RE JUST GROWIN' OLDER.
WE'VE ALL BEEN USED,
NOW IT'S TIME TO LOSE THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD,
THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD,
THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD.

I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day

Ever since I was a tiny boy
I don't want no candy
I don't need no toy
I took a stick and an old coffee can
I bang on that thing til I got
Blisters on my hand because

I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
Yes, I do
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day
That's right

When I get older they think I'm a fool
The teacher told me I should stay after school
She caught me pounding on the desk with my hands
But my licks was so hot
I made the teacher wanna dance
And that's why

I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
Hey, why not?
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day

I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day
Listen to this

Every day when I get home from work
I feel so frustrated
The boss is a jerk
And I get my sticks and go out to the shed
And I pound on that drum like it was the boss's head
Because

I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day
I can bang that drum

I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day

I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
Hey, you wanna take a bang at it?
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day

I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day
I can do this all day

[No lyrics]

Black maria, you scare me so
I feel as though my heart stop dead
You're a liar, this I know
I watch you go around my head

Oh, I'm going down slow
You scare me so
Oh, you never let go
You scare me so

Gay deceiver, my eyes they burned
My insides turned, my brain it rolled
Unbeliever, but now I've learned
I took my turn, I come up cold

Oh, I'm going down slow
You scare me so
Oh, you never let go
You scare me so

If you must kill me
Please let me die, Lord

(Ooh) Black maria, you scare me so
I feel as though my heart stop dead
You're a liar, this I know
I watch you go around my head

Oh, I'm going down slow
You scare me so
Oh, you never let go
You scare me so

If you must kill me
Please let me die, Lord

Somewhere out on that horizon
Out beyond the neon lights
I know there must be somethin' better
But there's nowhere else in sight

It's survival in the city
When you live from day to day
City streets don't have much pity
When you're down, that's where you'll stay
O-o-o-o

In the city
Oh, oh
O-o-o-o
O-o-o-o
In the city
Oh, ho

I was born here in the city
With my back against the wall
Nothing grows, and life ain't very pretty
No one's there to catch you when you fall

Somewhere out on that horizon
Faraway from the neon sky
I know there must be somethin' better
And I can't stay another night
O-o-o-o

In the city
Oh, oh
O-o-o-o
O-o-o-o
In the city
Oh, ho

In the city

In the city

In the city
Oh, ho

American woman gonna mess your mind
American woman, she gonna mess your mind
Mm, American woman gonna mess your mind
Mm, American woman gonna mess your mind
Say A
Say M
Say E
Say R
Say I
C
Say A
N, mm
American woman gonna mess your mind
Mm, American woman gonna mess your mind
Uh, American woman gonna mess your mind

Uh!

American woman, stay away from me
American woman, mama, let me be
Don't come a-hangin' around my door
I don't wanna see your face no more
I got more important things to do
Than spend my time growin' old with you
Now woman, I said stay away
American woman, listen what I say

American woman, get away from me
American woman, mama, let me be
Don't come a-knockin' around my door
Don't wanna see your shadow no more
Coloured lights can hypnotize
Sparkle someone else's eyes
Now woman, I said get away
American woman, listen what I say, hey

American woman, said get away
American woman, listen what I say
Don't come a-hangin' around my door
Don't wanna see your face no more
I don't need your war machines
I don't need your ghetto scenes
Coloured lights can hypnotize
Sparkle someone else's eyes
Now woman, get away from me
American woman, mama, let me be

Go, gotta get away, gotta get away
Now go go go
I'm gonna leave you, woman
Gonna leave you, woman
Bye-bye
Bye-bye
Bye-bye
Bye-bye
You're no good for me
I'm no good for you
Gonna look you right in the eye
Tell you what I'm gonna do
You know I'm gonna leave
You know I'm gonna go
You know I'm gonna leave
You know I'm gonna go, woman
I'm gonna leave ya, woman
Goodbye, American woman
Goodbye, American chick
Goodbye, American broad

By Luther Dixon and Wes Farrell
Recorded live at the Jazz Festival, Montreux


Okay, I like to do a number now I recorded quite a while ago with those other chaps and it's er....
When we're ready it's gonna go something like this. Anyway, it's called Boys.


HEY!

I'VE BEEN TOLD WHEN A BOY KISS A GIRL
TAKE A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD.
HEY, HEY, (bop shoo wa 'n' bop bop shoo wa)
HEY, HEY, (bop shoo wa 'n' bop bop shoo wa)
HEY, HEY, (bop shoo wa 'n' bop bop shoo wa)
HEY, SHE SAY YOU DO. (bop shoo wa)

MY GIRL SAYS WHEN I KISS HER LIPS
SHE GETS THE THRILL THROUGH HER FINGERTIPS.
HEY, HEY, (bop shoo wa 'n' bop bop shoo wa)
HEY, HEY, (bop shoo wa 'n' bop bop shoo wa)
HEY, HEY, (bop shoo wa 'n' bop bop shoo wa)
HEY, SHE SAY YOU DO. (bop shoo wa)

WELL, I TALK ABOUT BOYS, (yeah, yeah, boys)
DON'T YOU KNOW I MEAN BOYS? (yeah, yeah, boys)
WELL, I TALK ABOUT BOYS NOW, (yeah, yeah, boys)
AH, BOYS, (yeah, yeah, boys)
WELL, I TALK ABOUT BOYS NOW, (yeah, yeah, boys)
WHAT A BUNDLE OF JOY. (yeah, yeah, boys)

AH, GO MAN! GO MAN!

MY GIRL SAYS WHEN I KISSED HER LIPS
SHE GOT A THRILL THROUGH HER FINGERTIPS.
HEY, HEY, (bop shoo wa 'n' bop bop shoo wa)
HEY, HEY, (bop shoo wa 'n' bop bop shoo wa)
HEY, HEY, (bop shoo wa 'n' bop bop shoo wa)
HEY, SHE SAY YOU DO. (bop shoo wa)

WELL, I TALK ABOUT BOYS, (yeah, yeah, boys)
DON'T YOU KNOW I MEAN BOYS? (yeah, yeah, boys)
WELL, I TALK ABOUT BOYS NOW, (yeah, yeah, boys)
AH, BOYS, (yeah, yeah, boys)
WELL, I TALK ABOUT BOYS NOW, (yeah, yeah, boys)
WHAT A BUNDLE OF JOY. (yeah, yeah, whoa ho!)

AH, PLAY!

HEY!

WELL, I TALK ABOUT BOYS, (yeah, yeah, boys)
DON'T YOU KNOW I MEAN BOYS? (yeah, yeah, boys)
WELL, I TALK ABOUT BOYS NOW, (yeah, yeah, boys)
AH, BOYS - (yeah, yeah, boys)
WELL, I TALK ABOUT BOYS NOW, (yeah, yeah, boys)
WHAT A BUNDLE OF JOY.

ONE MORE TIME!

WELL, I TALK ABOUT BOYS, (yeah, yeah, boys)
DON'T YOU KNOW I MEAN BOYS? (yeah, yeah, boys)
YEAH, I TALK ABOUT BOYS NOW, (yeah, yeah, boys)
AH, - (yeah, yeah, boys)
I TALK ABOUT BOYS NOW, (yeah, yeah, boys)
WHAT A BUNDLE OF JOY.

HEY!


Thank you! Merci! Danke schön!

By John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Recorded live at the Jazz Festival, Montreux


Okay, another one of those songs you all know and love and you all know the words so I wanna hear you
Louder than the band this time, okay?
YEAH!
I said louder than the band this time, okay?
YEAH!! Thank you! Ha! Ha!
Pretty frightening when you do that!


WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF I SANG OUT OF TUNE
WOULD YOU STAND UP AND WALK OUT ON ME?
LEND ME YOUR EARS AND I'LL SING YOU A SONG
AND I'LL TRY NOT TO SING OUT OF KEY.

OH, I GET BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS,
MM, I GET HIGH WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS,
OH, I'M GONNA TRY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS.

WHAT DO I DO WHEN MY LOVE IS AWAY?
(Does it worry you to be alone?)
HOW DO I FEEL AT THE END OF THE DAY?
(Are you sad because you're on your own?)

NO, I GET BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS,
MM, I'M GET HIGH WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS,
OH, I'M GONNA TRY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS.

(Do you need anybody?)
I NEED SOMEBODY TO LOVE.
(Could it be anybody?)
I JUST WANT SOMEONE TO LOVE.

(Would you believe in a love at first sight?)
YES, I'M CERTAIN THAT IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
(What do you see when you turn out the light?)
I CAN'T TELL YOU BUT I KNOW IT'S MINE.

MM, I GET BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS, LET ME SEE THE FIGURES!
HIGH WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS,
MM, I'M GONNA TRY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS.

(Do you need anybody?)
I NEED SOMEBODY TO LOVE.
(Could it be anybody?)
I JUST WANT SOMEONE TO LOVE.

HEY!

(Do you need anybody?)
I NEED SOMEBODY TO LOVE.
(Could it be anybody?)
I JUST WANT SOMEONE TO LOVE.

(Would you believe in a love at first sight?)
CERTAIN THAT IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
(What do you see when you turn out the light?)
I CAN'T TELL YOU BUT I KNOW IT'S MINE.

OH, I GET BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS,
MM, I GET HIGH WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS,
OH, I'M GONNA TRY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS.
OH, I GET BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS,
WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS.

TWO, ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, HEY!

HEY! HEY! COME ON!

Okay, you've been such a great audience, I love you all!
Don't forget it's peace and love and thank you once again. Thank you and good night!
Good night!

(By with a little help from my friends)
(By with a little help from my friends)
(By with a little help from my friends)
(By with a little help from my friends)
(By with a little help from my friends)
(By with a little help from my friends)
(By with a little help from my friends)
(By with a little help from my friends)