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Ding Ring-A-Ding Ding
02:14
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You say: you can’t be sure
And you say: he loves you more
I give you all that I can seize
But when I do, he gives it twice
I buy a car, he buys a bus
And just can’t match that fuzz
I take you out, he takes you in
And it seems, I just can’t win
Ding ring-a-ding ding
Ring-a-ding-ding ding…
I just can’t win
When I got you a fancy ring
It didn’t seem to mean a thing
I found out, he will not stop
He bought you a jewel shop
I took you to, a movie show
But alas, how could I know
From the film, I understood
He’s a star, in Hollywood
Ding ring-a-ding ding
Ring-a-ding-ding ding…
I just can’t win
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Hangover
03:23
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No one’s ever seen true love,
Like me and Bobby Joe was.
She wore my ring since she was 16,
Then she got the seven year bug.
When she told me she was leaving,
I thought it was another bluff.
I finally believed she was free,
When she got the keys to the truck.
Now it’s all over but this hangover,
She left me in a cold, cold sweat.
My head aches and my heart still breaks,
She even took my last cigarette.
And it’s all over but this hangover,
She left me in a stone cold rut.
Don’t know what hit me hair-of-the-dog that bit me,
Still nippin’ me in the butt.
Two aspirins couldn’t help me in the morning.
Neither could Tylenol.
Nothing would help this hand I’ve dealt.
Cept’ maybe some more alcohol.
Now I’m talking to this Margarita,
With Bloody Mary still on my mind.
I invited them in to help me forget,
The sweetest little love of my life.
Now it’s all over but this hangover,
She left me in a cold, cold sweat.
I lost a friend, so I got sauced again.
This is one I’m gonna never forget.
It’s all over but this hangover,
She left me in a stone cold rut.
Don’t know what hit me hair-of-the-dog-that-bit-me,
Still nippin’ me in the butt.
I’ve always said my liver may quiver.
But that my heart would never break.
Soon as we split felt like I’d been hit,
In the head by a two ton safe.
I hugged her picture told her how much I missed her.
And I’d do anything to get her back.
I’d do the dishes, and blow her kisses.
Even massage her back.
Now it’s all over but this hangover,
She left me in a cold, cold sweat.
My head aches and my heart still breaks,
She even smoked my last cigarette.
It’s all over but this hangover,
She left me in a stone cold rut.
Don’t know what hit me hair-of-the-dog that bit me,
Still nippin’ me in the butt.
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Spend Some Time With Me
02:10
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Well it’s me, little baby, it’s a long time no see
Guess you wonder what I’ve been doing
For such a long time
Well, I’ll tell you: I’ve been thinking
and I need to talk with you
I’ve been missing you baby, almost every day
Ever since the time you passed my way
Things won’t be like they should be
Until we spend some time -
Spend some time with me
You say, I should have told you
A long time ago
Should have told you, back then,
When you might have felt the same
But I failed, and I’m to blame
If I’ll live my life in vain
I’ve been missing you baby, almost every day
Ever since the time you passed my way
Things won’t be like they should be
Until we spend some time -
Spend some time with me
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4. |
Bad Investment Blues
03:24
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You move into Bill City just to find a place to play
to play the game of guitar then you need a place to stay
The city of Bill City is a money minded place
where money talks but men shut up and pay or go away
You need to take a loan to buy a home that’s what they say
but to get a loan and to feed the bank you need some steady pay
This keeps you stuck in the factories, die a bit each day
The system’s very well designed they thought out that way
There’s no way you can win, but a hundred ways to lose
The blood suckers they suck you out no matter how you choose
They may claim each thing you own except your worn-out shoes
A hundred ways that sure will give the bad investment blues
You’re a restless soul you can not sleep; you prowl the streets at night
The medicine man you’re bound to meet he keeps you up alright,
but every time you meet him and he helps you out once more,
the price is going up and that’s a guarantee for sure
There’s no way you can win, but a hundred ways to lose...
On Monday morning loaded up like wild Bill Hickok’s gun,
you’re heading for the bank to get the final transfer done
You pull the gun inside the door but the guard just knocks you to the floor,
and off you go, there you go, to do some time once more
There’s no way you can win, but a hundred ways to lose…
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Pause'n'Rewind
03:02
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I had a sweetheart, young and true
but I got bored and it fell through
Another week, and back on track, she wouldn't have me back
That's how the story always goes:
Acting first, no thinking twice
Now I've learned, I'm on my toes, and I have some good advice:
Pause and rewind, I wanna try it again
Pause and rewind, I don’t want this to end
I feel so doggone left behind
Now won’t you be so kind:
Pause and rewind
Whenever there's a woman
with interested in me
I'll always turn her down, as I'm too blind to see
When she's gone, and I'm alone
I may wake up and tell her yes
What then just might have been is just another guess
Pause and rewind, I wanna try it again
Pause and rewind, I don’t want this to end
I feel so doggone left behind
Now won’t you be so kind:
Pause and rewind
Life is filled with chances
so there is no use to hesitate
Things will only seem so clear, once it is too late
If I live till I get old
I know what I will do
If live to 82 I will be telling you:
Pause and rewind, I wanna try it again
Pause and rewind, I don’t want this to end
I left my future far behind
Now won’t you please be kind:
Pause and rewind
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Window View
03:10
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I’m looking through my window
It’s another lonely day
I wonder why it’s cloudy. But don’t ask me why it’s grey
The weather man he promised: sunshine all the way
But I’m looking through my window, anther cloudy day.
I wonder where I hang my hat
and where I lay my dreams
I wonder if it always was as cloudy as it seems
I wonder, yet I wonder, am I afraid to know
And I wonder why I wonder, I may already know
I’d rather look through my window
than to face the world outside
Cause here, where I am, I can also hide
Just like a moony morning mist
I’m bound and I am free
I may exist, but I don’t need to be
I don’t think I’m born to lose,
I’ve always tried to win
And I won’t get the lovesick blues
As long as I stay in
I have loved and I have lost
But I won’t lose again
I’m looking through my window
I won’t lose again
I’d rather look through my window
than to face the world outside
Cause here, where I am, I can also hide
Just like a moony morning mist
I’m bound and I am free
I may exist, but I don’t need to be
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Call Me Up
02:59
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If you’ll ever feel alone at night
And have no one to turn to
If no one else will do you right
I’ll be there for you
There is no reason, none at all,
To hesitate to give a call
No matter what is on your mind
I’m really not so far behind
All you’ve gotta do is call me up
All you’ve gotta do is phone me
All you’ve gotta do is call me up
And I’ll be there for you
I’ll be there at your command
To comfort you to understand
Help you out or take you through
I’ll be there for you.
I’ll try to help with anything
If you would only give a ring
That’s my one and main advice
To use the telephone device
All you’ve gotta do is call me up
All you’ve gotta do is phone me
All you’ve gotta do is call me up
And I’ll be there for you
When you’re feeling lonesome
Left alone or blue
Think about how much
I care for you
No matter where you are
I don’t care what you’re up to
Call me Up
And I’ll be there for you
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8. |
Rauchan
02:20
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9. |
Everlasting Love Blues
04:07
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I never thought a love could last so long
I thought that it would die, but I was wrong
This love is bound to me,
it will never set me free
A love that never seem to die
A lifelong love - it doesn’t sound so bad
That’s what everyone wants to have had
but I’m not really sure
if I want it anymore:
A love that never seem to die
I want to out, I can’t stay in
It’s a game I cannot win
I want to have my way,
I don’t want to stay
I don’t want to sit at alone and cry
I want to sing, I want to dance
I want a fling, I want romance
I want to have my way,
I don’t want to stay
And I don’t want to sit alone and cry
For a love that never seem to die
I don’t know what spell you might have cast
But did you really think of it to last?
You might have had your way
but I am bound to stay
with a love that never seem to die
I want to out, I can’t stay in
It’s a game I cannot win
I want to have my way,
I don’t want to stay
I don’t want to sit at alone and cry
I want to sing, I want to dance
I want a fling, I want romance
I want to have my way,
I don’t want to stay
And I don’t want to sit alone and cry
For a love that never seem to die
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Hillbilly Twist
02:16
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11. |
Blisters
03:03
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I had bought myself a pair of
brand new dancing shoes
I took them out, to try them out
to some red hot rockin blues
I meant to take it easy,
to have one dance or two
but my fate did not agree,
as I run in to you
We had one dance, and then one more
and an onther one again
We danced the night away
and I don't know what to blame
Cause I don't know, how many times
we danced round the hall
and I never noticed,
my shoes were much to small
I've got blisters on my feet,
that's what you left for me
Blisters on my feet,
as bad as they can be
But the blisters on my feet
makes me smile all night through
cause when they ache,
I start to think of you
Then when the music stopped,
and I took you to the door
we agreed some other time
we'll meet and dance some more
But then I felt my blisters
and I acted like a clown
For when I got your number
I never wrote it down
I got blisters on my feet
as that's what you left for me
Blisters on my feet,
as bad as they can be
But the blisters on my feet
makes me smile all night through
cause when they ache,
I start to dream of you
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One More Time
02:30
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I know a guy too old rock
But he still tries, to turn the clock
He tries to bring up something new
But that is very hard to do
The same three choirds and a kindergarten rhyme
Let's go baby, one more time
I know a guy called liqour-Bob
He's too drunk, to get a job
He drinks all night and he drinks all day
He drinks and fights his life away
Whiskey, booze and beer and wine
Let's go Bobby, one more time
I've got a girl with a tiny brain
Sometimes she will drive me insane
If she catches one refrain
She wants to hear it again and again
She gives the jukebox another dime
Let's go baby, just one more time
One more time, it's a simple game
One more time, on a one-way lane
One more time, just all the same
One more time, let's do it again
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Five great Swedish musicians form The Unkool Hillbillies. They started late 2002, have released three CD's (the lastest Pause'n'Rewind in late 2011) and they have have along with frequent performances in Scandinavia also toured over Europe and USA.
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