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The Go-Go's Album


Go'Go's Greatest (1990)
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(J. Wiedlin/T. Hall)

Can you hear them 
They talk about us 
Telling lies 
Well that's no surprise 

Can you see them 
See right through them 
They have no shield 
No secrets to reveal 

It doesn't matter what they say 
In the jealous games people play 
Our lips are sealed 

Careless talk 
Through paper walls 
We can't stop them 
Only laugh at them 

Spreading rumors 
So far from true 
Dragged up from the underworld 
Just like some precious pearl 

It doesn't matter what they say 
In the jealous games people play 
Our lips are sealed 
Pay no mind to what they say 
It doesn't matter anyway 
Our lips are sealed 

There's a weapon 
We must use 
In our defense 
Silence 

When you look at them 
Look right through them 
That's when they'll disappear 
That's when you'll be feared 

Hush, my darling 
Don't you cry 
Quiet, angel 
Forget their lies

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(Donald Storball)

Cool Jerk
Cool Jerk
Cool Jerk
Cool Jerk

Well I know a cat who can really do the cool jerk
I know a cat who can really do the cool jerk
Well this cat that you're talkin' about
Has nothing, nothing on me
'Cuz I know I'm the heppest cat
The heppest cat that ever could be

CHORUS
Well they see me walkin' down the street
The say hey!
All them fellas drop to their knees
I'm the reason that they don't smirk
Cuz they know I'm the queen of the cool jerk

Cool jerk
Cool jerk
Cool jerk
Cool jerk

Okay girls...break it down!
Bring it down reeeeeeeaaaalll uh-huh
Uh-huh, well that's right

Now, I know a lot of you out there are thinkin'
Man, are those girls fools?
When way deep down inside
You know we're way cool
Now Gina, hon, she beats that drum
Oh man, she beat it mean
That mighty sound will shake the ground
C'mon and do your thing

Right now!
Oh that sounds good
I wanna hear some of that bad, bad bass
A one, a two, a one two three four
You're playin' baby
C'mon everybody
I wanna hear you all

Can you do
Can you do can you do can you do can you do
Can you do can you do can you do can you do
Can you do can you do can you do can you do
The cool jerk
C'mon people
Cool Jerk

CHORUS

Cool Jerk
C'mon people
Cool Jerk
We're runnin' now
Cool Jerk
Hey, hey
Cool Jerk!

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(C. Caffey) 

See the people walking down the street 
Fall in line just watching all their feet 
They don't know where they wanna go 
But they're walking in time 

They got the beat 
They got the beat 
Yeah 
They got the beat 

See the kids just getting out of school 
They can't wait to hang out and be cool 
Hang around 'til quarter after twelve 
That's when they fall in line 

Kids got the beat 
They got the beat 
They got the beat 
Yeah 
Kids got the beat 

Go-Go music really makes us dance 
Do the Pony puts us in a trance 
Do the Watusi just give us a chance 
That's when we fall in line 

We got the beat 
We got the beat 
We got the beat 
Yeah 
We got the beat
Everybody get on your feet
We know you can dance to the beat
Jumpin' - get down
Round and round and round

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(Caffey/Valentine)

Been running so long
I've nearly lost all track of time
In every direction
I couldn't see the warning signs
I must be losin' it
'Cuz my mind plays tricks on me
It looked so easy
But you know looks sometimes deceive

Been running so fast
Right from the starting line
No more connections
I don't need any more advice
One hand's just reaching out
And one's just hangin' on
It seems my weaknesses
Just keep going strong

CHORUS
Head over heels
Where should I go
Can't stop myself
Outta control
Head over heels
No time to think
Looks like
The whole world's out of sync

Been running so hard
When what I need is to unwind
The voice of reason
Is one I left so far behind
I waited so long
So long to play this part
And just remembered
That I'd forgotten about my heart

CHORUS

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(Caffey/Wiedlin)

If you get up and walk away
Leave the past behind
Go ahead and take a ride
No telling what you'll find

The words you say don't mean a thing
They fly right by my eyes
Lookin the mirror don't look at me
Maybe then you'll realize

CHORUS
So get up and go
If you're so tired of moving slow

I was on the inside
Looking out for you
But you're the one to make the change
There's nothing I can do

Now's the time for you to move
Actions shout out loud
So cut the talk and move your feet
Cuz words get lost in crowds

CHORUS

Quit talking
Start walking now

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(Valentine/Caffey/Wiedlin)

Can't seem to get my mind off of you
Back here at home there's nothin' to do
Now that I'm away
I wish I'd stayed
Tomorrow's a day of mine
that you won't be in

When you looked at me I should've run
But I thought it was just for fun
I see I was wrong
And I'm not so strong
I should've known all along
that time would tell

A week without you
Thought I'd forget
Two weeks without you and I
Still haven't gotten over you yet

CHORUS
Vacation
All I ever wanted
Vacation
Had to get away
Vacation
Meant to be spent alone

A week without you
Thought I'd forget
Two weeks without you and I
Still haven't gotten over you yet

CHORUS

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(Caffey/Carlisle)

Dance to the poetry
It's gonna be just you and me
We'll groove on that groovy beat
It'll be boss keen neat yeah

The gang they'll all be there
Join the fun and don't be a square
We'll lipsync a go-go
Just like the Lloyd Thaxton show yeah

CHORUS
Beatnik Beach
It's really neat
Limbo down
Hit the ground

Put on your paisleys
Put on your black beret too
Join all us beatniks
Nothing better could happen to you yeah

CHORUS

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(Schock/Valentine)

I can't seem to stop the music
All those familiar sounds
My thoughts cut in on partners
Dancin' in their empty arms
Tangled up in the lives of others
That don't make any sense
Lost looks in the eyes of lovers
Their sins are innocent
Don't you stop to wonder
What's goin' wrong
When everything you've ever loved
Has come and gone

You thought and never told me
You thought but that won't hold me
So much was left unspoken
Held in a heart now broken

Situations all invented
A million in your head
How come you keep repeating
Each word you ever said

You thought and never questioned
You thought and kept me guessing
Too much was left unspoken
You thought a bit too late this time

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(Valentine/Harvey/Carter)

What you think of me is hard to tell
Double talkin' words that I can't spell
I don't want to read between your lies
Love comes easy when you close your eyes
You always run away with words
You're never seen once you've been heard

CHORUS
I'm the only fool
That's as big a fool as you
Got the only heart
And it beats as hard as yours
I'm the only one you run to
The one you come to
The only one you can get to
I'm the only one-only one for you
Only one for you

There's no need to play this silly game
No one wins and nothing's ever gained
You'd think by now that maybe you would see
But you're as blind to love as you are to me
I'm all for one, you're one for all
I got the only number you should call

CHORUS

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(C. Caffey/J. Wiedlin) 

We all know the chosen toys 
Of catty girls and pretty boys 
Make up that face 
Jump in the race 
Life's a kick in this town 
Life's a kick in this town 

CHORUS 
This town is our town 
It is so glamorous 
Bet you'd live here if you could 
And be one of us 

Change the lines that were said before
We're all dreamers - we're all whores
Discarded stars 
Like worn out cars 
Litter the streets of this town 
Litter the streets of this town

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(C. Caffey/J. Wiedlin) 

It used to be fun was in 
The capture and kill 
In another place and time 
I did it all for thrills 

Love me and I'll leave you 
I told you at the start 
I had no idea that you 
Would tear my world apart 

And you're the one to blame 
I used to know my name 
But I've lost control of the game 
'Cause even though I set the rules 
You've got me acting like a fool 
When I see you I lose my cool 

Lust to love 
Was the last thing I was dreaming of 
And now all I want is just to love 
Lust turned to love 

That was when the fun was in 
The capture and the kill 
In another place and time 
I did it all for thrills 

Love me and I'll leave you 
I told you at the start 
I had no idea that you 
Would tear my world apart

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(Wiedlin/Valentine/Caffey)

He's crying inside
Can't tear the hurt out
Life's rushing by
Like and old movie backdrop
The radio's blasting
Song after song
About the big romance
That went all wrong

CHORUS
She says:
I just wanted to make you
I never meant to break you
He says:
Have some mercy on me
Do you have to be
Such a mercenary

She's scheming inside
Can't stop the wheels turning
Been through it before
There's no profit or learning
She's not really bad
Just a gold-plated heart
So scared to be alone
It rips her apart

CHORUS

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(C. Caffey/J. Wiedlin) 

Every night I see you walk 
Walking by, walking by 
You hold your head so close to hers 
I could cry, yeah, I could cry 
I want to be that girl tonite 
Girl tonite, girl tonite 

CHORUS 
How much more can I take 
Before I go crazy, oh yeah 
How much more heartache 
Before I go crazy, oh yeah 

Love's in your eyes 
Making me cry 
Why isn't it me? 
She's looking good 
Just like I would 
If it could be me 

CHORUS

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(Caffey/Wiedlin)

You act so tough
But I know what you're doing
You think falling in love
Means falling to ruin
You build your walls so high
You act your life out all alone
You don't want to let me see
That your heart's not made out of stone

CHORUS
There may be some explanation
Why you feel the way you do
The world makes its rotations
But I just want to turn to you
Come on let me turn to you
Please let me turn to you
Why not let me turn to you
Just want to turn to you

It has a lot to do
With the fist time that we met
The wild dance in your eyes
Made up for what was never said
Gotta get my message
Stop spending all our precious time
Stop spending all our precious time
Because before you know it
We'll be down to our last dime

CHORUS

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