Stealers Wheel Album

(Rafferty/Egan)

Got to get back to the telephone,
Make some money from a complete unknown.
I know everything that I've got to say,
I know 'cause I'm a good businessman.

I can make you rich, I can make you a name,
Promise you the world if you'll play my game.
If you don't want to play it, don't bother me.
That's why I'm a good businessman.

A good businessman, a good businessman,
A good businessman, a good businessman.

If I find that you ain't got no trust in me,
Then it's time to use my psychology.
I can change your mind, I can turn you around,
I know 'cause I'm a good businessman.

Let me tell you now, I don't need your respect,
Seems to me there's one thing that you forget:
I ain't in this business to be friends with you,
That's why I'm a good businessman.

A good businessman, a good businessman,
A good businessman, a good businessman.

Got to get back to the telephone,
Make some money from a complete unknown.
I know everything that I've got to say,
I know 'cause I'm a good businessman.

I can make you rich, I can make you a name,
Promise you the world if you'll play my game.
If you don't want to play it, don't bother me.
That's why I'm a good businessman.

A good businessman, a good businessman,
A good businessman, a good businessman.


Gerry Rafferty & Joe Egan: Their songs, voices, guitars, pianos, mandolins and kazoos - and featuring their organs
Peter Robinson: Piano, Electric Piano, Hammond Organ, Pipe Organ, Synthesizer & Chimes
Gary Taylor: Electric Bass and Mini-Moog
Joe Jammer: Electric Guitar
Andrew Steele: Drums, Tambourines, Congas, Triangle, Chimes, Maracas, Wood Blocks, Cowbell, Claves and Jawbones
Bernie Holland: Electric Guitar
Chris Neale: Harmonica
Corky Hale: Harp
Chris Mercer: Tenor Sax
Steve Gregory: Tenor Sax
Mike Stoller: Electric Harpsichord
Strings arranged by Richard Hewson
Horns arranged by Mike Stoller

So they made you a star, now your head's in a cloud,
Now you're walking down the street with your feet off the ground
They read in the press all about your success,
They believe every word they've been told.
After all you've been through tell me what will you do,
When you find yourself out in the cold?

When you appear on the stage there's a standing ovation,
You really live out your performance, you're the biggest sensation.
You breeze through the door and when you take the floor
You expect to have it all to yourself.
After all you've been through tell me what will you do
When you find yourself back on the shelf?

You breeze through the door and when you take the floor
You expect to have it all to yourself.
After all you've been through tell me what will you do
When you find yourself back on the shelf?

(Rafferty/Egan)

We were sitting in a car, looking out at all the stars,
Well I had to talk to you, I had to get through to you.
Well we talked all through the night, 'cause we knew the time was right,
Well we thought we'd reached the end but we're going round again.

Wheelin', dealin', stealin', wheelin'...

Well the very next day, we were standing on the stage,
It was in the open air, there were lots of people there,
In the middle of a song, everything was going wrong,
Well we all forgot to change, everyone was feeling strange.

Wheelin', dealin', stealin', wheelin'...

(repeat and fade out)


Gerry Rafferty & Joe Egan: Their songs, voices, guitars, pianos, mandolins and kazoos - and featuring their organs
Peter Robinson: Piano, Electric Piano, Hammond Organ, Pipe Organ, Synthesizer & Chimes
Gary Taylor: Electric Bass and Mini-Moog
Joe Jammer: Electric Guitar
Andrew Steele: Drums, Tambourines, Congas, Triangle, Chimes, Maracas, Wood Blocks, Cowbell, Claves and Jawbones
Bernie Holland: Electric Guitar
Chris Neale: Harmonica
Corky Hale: Harp
Chris Mercer: Tenor Sax
Steve Gregory: Tenor Sax
Mike Stoller: Electric Harpsichord
Strings arranged by Richard Hewson
Horns arranged by Mike Stoller

(Egan)

We can make all your wildest dreams come true,
There's nothing that we couldn't do for you.
There's no use sitting on the fence
When you know it all makes sense.

There's enough room for you, and there's enough room for me,
And that's the way it's gonna be.
There's no use sitting on the fence
When you know it all makes sense.

Well, we know just how to get things done,
We'll make a better living for everyone.
If you let it all slip away
You're gonna be sorry someday.

There's enough room for you, and there's enough room for me,
And that's the way it's gonna be.
There's no use sitting on a fence
When you know it all makes sense.

Gerry Rafferty & Joe Egan: Their songs, voices, guitars, pianos, mandolins and kazoos - and featuring their organs
Peter Robinson: Piano, Electric Piano, Hammond Organ, Pipe Organ, Synthesizer & Chimes
Gary Taylor: Electric Bass and Mini-Moog
Joe Jammer: Electric Guitar
Andrew Steele: Drums, Tambourines, Congas, Triangle, Chimes, Maracas, Wood Blocks, Cowbell, Claves and Jawbones
Bernie Holland: Electric Guitar
Chris Neale: Harmonica
Corky Hale: Harp
Chris Mercer: Tenor Sax
Steve Gregory: Tenor Sax
Mike Stoller: Electric Harpsichord
Strings arranged by Richard Hewson
Horns arranged by Mike Stoller

(Rafferty)

Here we go, time to start, if you're ready,
Just get on out there, don't look so serious,
Take that expression off your face, put a smile there in its place.

Now you know we're on your side, so don't worry,
You look the part with your faded Levi's shirt,
You've got a brand new Telecaster, what more could you want?

(chorus)
What am I doin' here? What does it all mean to you?
If I could only disappear, I wonder what you all would do?

Don't forget what we told you, it'll be all right
As long as you remember, there's so much at stake,
We can't afford to make mistakes, tonight of all nights.

(guitar solo)
(chorus)

Here we go, time to start, if you're ready,
Just get on out there, don't look so serious,
Take that expression off your face, put a smile there in its place.

Now you know we're on your side, so don't worry,
As long as you remember, there's so much at stake,
We can't afford to make mistakes, tonight of all nights.

Gerry Rafferty & Joe Egan: Their songs, voices, guitars, pianos, mandolins and kazoos - and featuring their organs
Peter Robinson: Piano, Electric Piano, Hammond Organ, Pipe Organ, Synthesizer & Chimes
Gary Taylor: Electric Bass and Mini-Moog
Joe Jammer: Electric Guitar
Andrew Steele: Drums, Tambourines, Congas, Triangle, Chimes, Maracas, Wood Blocks, Cowbell, Claves and Jawbones
Bernie Holland: Electric Guitar
Chris Neale: Harmonica
Corky Hale: Harp
Chris Mercer: Tenor Sax
Steve Gregory: Tenor Sax
Mike Stoller: Electric Harpsichord
Strings arranged by Richard Hewson
Horns arranged by Mike Stoller

(Rafferty)

We sat up talking right on through the night,
And the day had just begun.
Then you said let's take a walk outside
And watch the rising of the sun.

And over my head there was so much to see in the sky,
Just that feeling of being alive,
Don't let it go, don't let it slip away.

We stood around until the sky was clear,
And it was time for you to go.
I watched your figure slowly disappear
As you walked off down the road.

And over my head there was so much to see in the sky,
Just that feeling of being alive,
Don't let it go, don't let it slip away.

Don't let it go, don't let it slip away,
Don't let it go, don't let it slip away.


Gerry Rafferty & Joe Egan: Their songs, voices, guitars, pianos, mandolins and kazoos - and featuring their organs
Peter Robinson: Piano, Electric Piano, Hammond Organ, Pipe Organ, Synthesizer & Chimes
Gary Taylor: Electric Bass and Mini-Moog
Joe Jammer: Electric Guitar
Andrew Steele: Drums, Tambourines, Congas, Triangle, Chimes, Maracas, Wood Blocks, Cowbell, Claves and Jawbones
Bernie Holland: Electric Guitar
Chris Neale: Harmonica
Corky Hale: Harp
Chris Mercer: Tenor Sax
Steve Gregory: Tenor Sax
Mike Stoller: Electric Harpsichord
Strings arranged by Richard Hewson
Horns arranged by Mike Stoller

(Rafferty/Egan)

Do you remember back in '64?
You came a-knockin', knockin' on my door,
Yeah, you really got me going, but you kept me on ice,
I didn't care where I was going, no I didn't think twice.

I was just a young boy, yeah, I was so green,
You were so experienced, you know what I mean,
Still you really got me going, but you kept me on ice,
I didn't care where I was going, no I didn't think twice.

Blind faith was all we had,
Looking back it all seems kind of sad,
We just sat around and watched it all go bad.

I said I never thanked you for everything you'd done,
I had to do a lot of walking before I could run.
Still you really got me going, but you kept me on ice,
I didn't care where I was going, no I didn't think twice.

Blind faith was all we had,
Looking back it all seems kind of sad,
We just sat around and watched it all go bad.

(repeat and fade out)


Gerry Rafferty & Joe Egan: Their songs, voices, guitars, pianos, mandolins and kazoos - and featuring their organs
Peter Robinson: Piano, Electric Piano, Hammond Organ, Pipe Organ, Synthesizer & Chimes
Gary Taylor: Electric Bass and Mini-Moog
Joe Jammer: Electric Guitar
Andrew Steele: Drums, Tambourines, Congas, Triangle, Chimes, Maracas, Wood Blocks, Cowbell, Claves and Jawbones
Bernie Holland: Electric Guitar
Chris Neale: Harmonica
Corky Hale: Harp
Chris Mercer: Tenor Sax
Steve Gregory: Tenor Sax
Mike Stoller: Electric Harpsichord
Strings arranged by Richard Hewson
Horns arranged by Mike Stoller

It's a dead-end job and the money is low,
And the time goes by so slow.
If I stay too long it could bring me down,
So I might as well take another look around.
You say it's a fool that keeps moving on,
Well, maybe you're right, maybe you're wrong.
You can keep on talking 'til the end of time,
But nothing's gonna make me change my mind.

I pick up my money when the day is done,
I'm moving on, and I've got a good reason.
I hear you moan, but you've only got yourself to blame,
If I stayed in one position I would feel the same.
So I'll just keep travelling on,
I'd rather go on living like a rolling stone.
You can keep on talking 'til the end of time,
But nothing's gonna make me change my mind.

(Rafferty)

My daddy was a miner, said there was nothing finer
Than an Irishman who worked an honest day.
From Steamboat Row, in rain or shine, he'd make his way down to the mine,
Along the dusty road he'd travel,
Fifteen miles to get there, fifteen miles to go,
Fifteen miles back home again, home to Steamboat Row.

He used to tell about the time he got hurt down in the mine,
He said he'd never go back down again.
But in his heart he knew he would, he did the only thing he could,
Kept on walkin' down that road,
Fifteen miles to get there, fifteen miles to go,
Fifteen miles back home again, home to Steamboat Row.

But when he took to drinkin' we knew that he was thinkin',
That his days were quickly coming to an end.
He'd only speak of Steamboat Row, he said someday we ought to go,
And walk along that dusty road,
Fifteen miles to get there, fifteen miles to go,
Fifteen miles back home again, home to Steamboat Row.


Gerry Rafferty & Joe Egan: Their songs, voices, guitars, pianos, mandolins and kazoos – and featuring their organs
Peter Robinson: Piano, Electric Piano, Hammond Organ, Pipe Organ, Synthesizer & Chimes
Gary Taylor: Electric Bass and Mini-Moog
Joe Jammer: Electric Guitar
Andrew Steele: Drums, Tambourines, Congas, Triangle, Chimes, Maracas, Wood Blocks, Cowbell, Claves and Jawbones
Bernie Holland: Electric Guitar
Chris Neale: Harmonica
Corky Hale: Harp
Chris Mercer: Tenor Sax
Steve Gregory: Tenor Sax
Mike Stoller: Electric Harpsichord
Strings arranged by Richard Hewson
Horns arranged by Mike Stoller

(Egan)

Well, I used to sit the whole night just like a stone,
I could not move anywhere.
Everyone was talking, everyone but me,
I didn't know why I was there.

Now I'm just glad to see the end...
I'm back on my feet again, though it took so long,
I'm back on my feet again, and I'm moving on.
I've been through the hard times, but now I'm winning the fight,
I'm back on my feet again, and it's all right.

Well, I tried so hard to listen, still I could not hear,
I just had to hide myself away.
Everyone was talking, everyone but me,
I didn't know what I was supposed to say.

Now I'm just glad to see the end...
I'm back on my feet again, though it took so long,
I'm back on my feet again, and I'm moving on.
I've been through the hard times, but now I'm winning the fight,
I'm back on my feet again, and it's all right.


Gerry Rafferty & Joe Egan: Their songs, voices, guitars, pianos, mandolins and kazoos - and featuring their organs
Peter Robinson: Piano, Electric Piano, Hammond Organ, Pipe Organ, Synthesizer & Chimes
Gary Taylor: Electric Bass and Mini-Moog
Joe Jammer: Electric Guitar
Andrew Steele: Drums, Tambourines, Congas, Triangle, Chimes, Maracas, Wood Blocks, Cowbell, Claves and Jawbones
Bernie Holland: Electric Guitar
Chris Neale: Harmonica
Corky Hale: Harp
Chris Mercer: Tenor Sax
Steve Gregory: Tenor Sax
Mike Stoller: Electric Harpsichord
Strings arranged by Richard Hewson
Horns arranged by Mike Stoller

(Rafferty)

You get so tired of chasing dreams, you think that nothing's true.
You start to question everything, everything you do.
Feeling scared but you don't know why, so you tell yourself you're doing all right.
You're sick of all the empty days that make you so afraid of the night.

And if you try to read a book and get between the lines,
It doesn't matter where you look, you're only wasting time.
When you meet somebody else and you try to think of something to say,
Even while you stand there talking, you know your mind is drifting away.

You get so tired of chasing dreams, you think that nothing's true.
You start to question everything, everything you do.
Feeling scared but you don't know why, so you tell yourself you're doing all right.
You're sick of all the empty days that make you so afraid of the night.


Gerry Rafferty & Joe Egan: Their songs, voices, guitars, pianos, mandolins and kazoos - and featuring their organs
Peter Robinson: Piano, Electric Piano, Hammond Organ, Pipe Organ, Synthesizer & Chimes
Gary Taylor: Electric Bass and Mini-Moog
Joe Jammer: Electric Guitar
Andrew Steele: Drums, Tambourines, Congas, Triangle, Chimes, Maracas, Wood Blocks, Cowbell, Claves and Jawbones
Bernie Holland: Electric Guitar
Chris Neale: Harmonica
Corky Hale: Harp
Chris Mercer: Tenor Sax
Steve Gregory: Tenor Sax
Mike Stoller: Electric Harpsichord
Strings arranged by Richard Hewson
Horns arranged by Mike Stoller

Riding on the subway watching all the people stare,
Everyone just listens, they won't do any talking, oh no, whoa no.
They just sit there waitin', waitin' with their eyes
Don't ask any questions, you won't get an answer, oh no, whoa no.

Everybody seems to have a good time,
Nobody goes stepping out of line,
Everyone's agreed that everything will turn out fine.

Moving through the city, making all the rounds,
Trying different places, didn't like the faces, oh no, whoa no.
Rollin' in the gutter, throwin' up my pride,
Belly full of whiskey, was it hard to swallow? Oh no, whoa no.

Everybody seems to have a good time,
Nobody goes stepping out of line,
Everyone's agreed that everything will turn out fine.

Everybody seems to have a good time,
Nobody goes stepping out of line,
Everyone's agreed that everything will turn out fine.