@ALBUM: WORKING CLASS DOG

By RICK SPRINGFIELD, 1981
Transcribed by Frantic Freddy

@SONG: LOVE IS ALRIGHT TONITE

I'm picking up my baby tonight
Though her daddy's makin' troubles it'll be alright
I'm working hard, I don't know why
I'm like a working class dog and I just get by

 Chorus:
Tonite I'm crawling out from in it, and though we're living on a brink
Second by second by minute by minute
Love is alright tonite, we're gonna be alright
Love is alright, love is alright tonite

Everyone's saying the sky's gonna fall
Don't know where it's gonna stop if it stops at all
I know the world's going crazy alright
I hope it holds together for one more night

chorus

Don't worry daddy, I'll have her home at a respectable hour
Go to sleep, daddy, you won't think about tonight
With the night comes the feeling that I've got this incredible power
Gonna love her, daddy, she'll be feeling it tonite, alright
It's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright

Love is alright tonite and baby, we're gonna be alright
Love is alright, love is alright tonite

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@SONG: JESSIE'S GIRL

Jessie is a friend, yeah, I know he's been a good friend of mine
But lately something's changed that ain't hard to define
Jessie's got himself a girl and I want to make her mine

And she's watching him with those eyes
And she's lovin' him with that body, I just know it
Yeah 'n' he's holding her in his arms late, late at night

 Chorus:
You know, I wish that I had Jessie's girl, I wish that I had Jessie's girl
Where can I find a woman like that

I play along with the charade, there doesn't seem to be a reason to change
You know, I feel so dirty when they start talking cute
I wanna tell her that I love her, but the point is probably mute

'Cos she's watching him with those eyes
And she's lovin' him with that body, I just know it
And he's holding her in his arms late, late at night

chorus

Like Jessie's girl, I wish that I had Jessie's girl
Where can I find a woman, where can I find a woman like that

And I'm lookin' in the mirror all the time, wondering what she don't see in me
I've been funny, I've been cool with the lines
Ain't that the way love supposed to be

Tell me, where can I find a woman like that

(Solo)

You know, I wish that I had Jessie's girl, I wish that I had Jessie's girl
I want Jessie's girl, where can I find a woman like that, like 
Jessie's girl, I wish that I had Jessie's girl, I want, I want Jessie's girl

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@SONG: HOLE IN MY HEART

Where are you runnin' my love, through the back streets of the city
You're keeping an eye on the horizon, looking over your shoulder
Must be some demon drivin' you

I must have looked like a prime one
Running after you, thinking we still could survive
But nobody I've ever loved, ever hurt me like you did, that lack of feeling

 Chorus:
I've got a hole in my heart, you know that I've got a hole in my heart
But I won't beg, no baby, I won't beg anymore

You're nothing but a taker, a real heartbreaker
Who ever hurt you so long ago, baby
He must have been a master, you learned it there

chorus

(Solo)

Nobody I've ever loved, ever hurt me like you did, with that lack of feeling

chorus

I've got a hole in my heart, I've got a hole in my heart
I've got a hole in my heart

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@SONG: CARRY ME AWAY

Stop, my head is playing tricks again, won't it ever stop
Baby, help me listen to my heart and then, take me to the top

I'm afraid of love, so afraid of love, and I'm scared to make it right
But I know tonight that it's my last chance, my last shot
At real love, and I wanna take it
Last chance, with a slow dance in the big time, and I wanna make it

Tonight you're gonna show me what love is and why
Between the sweatin' 'n' lovin' and the whisper and the cry
I'm so tired of all this shit that I feel, show me something real

 Chorus:
Carry me away, baby carry me away
I'm in love with you tonight, feels so right
Carry me away, come on carry me away, I wanna be with you, what can I do?
You've got the power, you got the love
To take me to heaven or to leave me to heartbreak

I spent my life waitin' for the future and livin' in the past
Baby, show me love that I can hold on to, give me something that'll last

I'm a total wreck, but I'm up to my neck
In this love I'm in, and I can't do a thing
It's a long shot, a far cry from a real world, me and you baby
Last chance at the slow dance, in the bright lights, and I think that maybe

Tonight it's gonna happen, no need of tryin'
Between the sweatin' 'n' lovin' and the whisper and the cry
I'm so scared of all this feeling I feel, show me something real

chorus

(Solo)

You got the power, you got the love
To take me to heaven or to leave me to heartbreak

chorus

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@SONG: I'VE DONE EVERYTHING FOR YOU

This one way love affair ain't fair, it ain't no affair to me
It's all give and take, and you just take, and I can't take it, you see
Well I'm givin' it up on love this time, me and my friends, we'll do just fine

 Chorus:
I've done everything for you, you've done nothin' for me
I've done everything for you, you've done nothin' for me

You knew, some day I'd have a whole lotta money, I'd be a millionaire
But when that didn't happen overnight, I found out how much you really cared
Well, all you want is a whole lotta money, all the rest is just jivin', honey

chorus

When I first met you, you didn't know how to love a man
All those things 'bout makin' love you didn't understand
But now you know 'bout everything, I'm turnin' you in for memories

chorus

(Solo)

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And I'm goin' out on the town tonight, and get as wild as I can be
I'm gonna find out what it's really like to be loose, high and free
Well, I don't care what the people say
I've taken my mind, I'm changin' this day

chorus

You've done nothin' for me
You've done nothin', you've done nothin', you've done nothin' for me

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@SONG: THE LIGHT OF LOVE

Standing at the terminal, I can almost hear the music
Coming from the cold and chilly early night
When we get to the gate, baby, all of the things that were said
Will they turn you 'round and bring you back
Will they bring you back, will you come back home 'cos you know I'm waiting

 Chorus:
The light of love is always on
You know my love's getting stronger and stronger
The light of love is always on, keepin' the night watch

Baby are you lonely, don't talk to strangers
I'm tryin' to tell myself you won't be gone for long
And when we get to the part, baby, where all of the tears start to come
Will you turn around, get on the plane that brings you back
Will you come back home, 'cos you know I'm waiting

chorus

(Solo)

The light of love is always on

chorus repeats 2x

Keepin' the night watch, keepin' the night watch

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@SONG: EVERYBODY'S GIRL

Well who'd've believed this season's connaisseur lady-killer like me
Would get hurt by a girl like you
And they got names for dirty little girls like you, honey
It ain't nice, though, but they call you everybody's girl

And they say - here she comes, here she comes, here she comes, here she comes
And they say - here she comes, here she comes, here she comes, here she comes
There goes

 Chorus:
Everybody's girl, everybody's girl, everybody's girl, everybody's girl

You might say I was blind for a while, I fell asleep at the drive-in neon
You sure woke me up in a hurry, honey
And I can't blame anyone but me, I know
For it's my fault for falling for everybody's girl

And they say - he's the one, he's the one, he's the one, he's the one
And they say - he's the one, he's the one, he's the one, he's the one
Who got screwed by

chorus

You got no apparent sensitivity, you cut deep with self-destructivity
Your mind's made up, you're headin' for the tide
When you shake and your heart breaks, it's gonna come

(Solo)

chorus

Everybody's girl - you know your time's gonna come
Everybody's girl - you can't do this forever
Everybody's girl - go and turn that other cheek
Everybody's girl - you're gonna get her

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@SONG: DADDY'S PEARL

So you tell me she's a little cheater, she's a maneater, yeah that's alright
'Cos I think I know her better, you can keep your chatter
And I know it's gonna be alright

 Chorus:
Bite your tongue - you know I don't wanna hear this
Bite your tongue - you know I've been told before
And I don't wanna hear it anymore
'Cos you're not talking 'bout my girl (no no)
She is her daddy's pearl (oh oh)
She wouldn't hurt me for the world (no no, oh oh oh)

Everybody seems to get the kicks waitin' at some fixation they got
That I'm gonna find out sooner or later
They're sure it's comin', but I know it's not

chorus

Daddy's pearl, you know she's daddy's pearl
You know she's daddy's pearl, you know she's daddy's pearl

(Solo)

chorus

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@SONG: RED HOT & BLUE LOVE

When we talk, it's a thriller baby, it's like walkin' on a tight-rope line
When we spark, it's electric, baby, like a cracker from a neon sign
What you're doin' baby, come on over tonight, yeah yeah yeah
We'll have a joint, children, we'll be doin' doin' doin' alright

 Chorus:
Red hot & blue love, red hot & blue love
Whatever you're thinkin' of, you can do it, do it, do it
With red hot & blue love

Well I got it all planned on the other hand, if you like it like that

When we touch, there's a shock, baby, like the static from a pilon
When we love, I'm on a rocket, baby, runnin' up and down your northerns
What you're doin' baby, come on over tonight, well well well
We'll have a joint, children, we'll be doin' doin' doin' alright
(that's right, that's right)

chorus

Well I take it when I want it and I really want it now

I'm talkin' 'bout red hot, I'm talkin' 'bout red hot

(Solo)

chorus

Well you know that I take it when I want it and I want it tonight, tonight

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@SONG: INSIDE SYLVIA

I love that look comes in your eyes when we're all alone
And it's much too late for friends to come calling, I disconnect the phone
And I put on the radio, and I take her and I talk real low
And I hold her tight, and soon I'm dancing in the night

Inside Sylvia, oh Sylvia, yeah yeah Sylvia, I know my love is alive
Inside Sylvia, yeah Sylvia, oh Sylvia, ah

Sometimes you get so crazy, I know it's all in your mind
And right in the middle of the night I see just what you need
And they say that love is blind
And I hold you till the feelings come, but sometimes when the loving's done
I see a scared little girl, afraid of the woman

 Chorus:
Inside Sylvia, yeah Sylvia, oh Sylvia, I know my love is alive
Inside Sylvia, yeah Sylvia, oh Sylvia, ah

(Solo)

Though the world can rage and storm
There's still one hollow where I'm safe and warm
It's when I'm inside Sylvia, yeah Sylvia, oh Sylvia, ah
Inside Sylvia, yeah Sylvia, oh Sylvia, ah

chorus repeats out

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