@ALBUM: THE ANGELS GREATEST (Send corrections to (by The Angels) carranza@cs.unlv.edu) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: TAKE A LONG LINE (Brewster-Neeson-Brewster) He was selling postcards from a paper stand a whiskey bottle in his withered hand he put a finger on a photo from an old magazine and saw himself in the shadow of his dream They found him with his head inside a tin-pot crown told him his feet stank and took him downtown called him agitator, spy and thief shut him up in solitary third degree take a long line, reel him in He tried to appeal to the king of might he said "I'm just excercising my sacred right" the king he said "You ain't got no rights you're a madman, a traitor, get outta my sight" take along line, reel him in They put him aboard a well wound whirlwind pulled out his teeth and rold him to grin he gave them a smile, pulled out a bottle of wine and said "I never existed, you've been wasting your time" take a long line, reel him in ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: SHADOW BOXER (Brewster-Neeson-Brewster) Ask me questions, get no answers give me nothing, take no chances show me books with empty pages wind your clocks and read your gauges shadow boxer Tell me truths that have no meaning live in rooms that have no ceiling now your friends are all departed so your secret's closely guarded shadow boxer Don't go walking out late at night bolt your door, lock your windows tight be much safer staying out of sight you're just a shadow boxer did you think you clould make it? Don't go walking out late at night bolt your door, lock your windows tight be much safer staying out of sight you might go down in a state of fright watch out when you're all alone locked inside your safety zone you might find that you have turned to stone shadow boxer ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: BE WITH YOU (Brewster-Neeson-Brewster) Your flashing eyes are a beacon light that guides the jet-plane in the night I just wanna be with you Pick me up when I'm down feel so good when you're around I just wanna be with you It's not blue the way it's been it's not night or between it's not guilt at feeling free takes much more to conquer me I just wanna be with you There's no place, no person left don't wanna be nobody else I just wanna be with you darling I just wanna be with you darling ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: MARSEILLES (Brewster-Neeson-Brewster) Bought me a box of french cigars, bought me a black beret get my french from a girl next door, teaching me night & day got me thinking `bout the south of France, vis-a-vis vous pack my siutcase, take a chance -- got nothing to lose Gimme the sound of the rolling dice gimme a whiskey, don't think twice deal me the card that takes my blues away take me away to Marseilles Fast train, jet plane, money to burn, don't ask the reason why drinkin' champagne, playin' cool, don't even have to try Gimme the sound of the rolling dice gimme a whiskey, don't think twice deal me the card that takes my blues away take me away to Marseilles ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: WHO RINGS THE BELL (Brewster-Neeson-Brewster) It's ringing all over town, gonna tear the big house down y' take my baby, y' take my home y' takin' my sunshine, now leave alone Y' diggin' a mountian and lookin' for gold you worship a calf like days of old who rings the bell? who rings the bell? Somebody's having sleepless nights Dante's turning out the lights Y' diggin' a mountian and lookin' for gold you worship a calf like days of old who rings the bell? who rings the bell? Living like the Versailles fool playing with the golden rule y' take my baby, y' take my home y' takin' my sunshine, now leave alone y' diggin' a mountian and lookin' for gold you worship a calf like days of old y'r rising high in the public eye six feet of dirt cut you to size y' take my baby, y' taking my home you take my sunshine now leave alone! who rings the bell? who rings the bell? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: I AIN'T THE ONE (Brewster-Neeson-Brewster) Smokers smoking in the smoking room, fishes in the fish tank sailors waiting for the tide to turn, too bad the ship sank well dressed wax-work wound up to walk stares through the window clown in the alley-way looking for an exit, facing the shadows I don't patronise you I dont' try to put you down I don't criticise you I ain't the one , I ain't the one to judge Hard hitting journalist, says he's a communist says he believes in world war III lives in a high-rent luxury apartment, he ain't fooling me I don't patronise you I dont' try to put you down I don't criticise you I ain't the one , I ain't the one to judge Reading the newspaers, keeping in touch they steal your secrets, but i ain't the one to judge ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: AM I EVER GONNA SEE YOUR FACE AGAIN (Brewster-Neeson-Brewster) Went down to Santa Fe, where Renoir paints the walls, described you clearly, but the sky began to fall Am I ever gonna see your face again? Trams cars and taxis, like a wax-works on the move carrying young girls past me, but none of them are you Am I ever gonna see your face again? Without you near me I got no place to go wait at the bar, maybe you might show Am I ever gonna see your face again? I got to stop these tears that's falling from my eye go walk out in the rain, so no one sees me cry Am I ever gonna see your face again? Can't stop the memory that goes climbing through my brain I get no answer so the question still remains Am I ever gonna see your face again? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: YOU GOT ME RUNNIN' (Brewster-Neeson-Brewster) You got me runnin', looks like I'm losing again, feels like I'm losing a friend, you got me runnin', you got me runnin' I'm on a wire, now you're turning to ice, yes I'm learning the price, but I'm on fire, you got me runnin' Yesterday I bought you flowers, and in the night I watch them die, today the flower lady is gone, I woke up alone and I cried, you took me for a ride. This girl's a thriller, dressed like a virgin in white, only saw you at night, you're such a killer, you got me runnin' ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: OUT OF THE BLUE (Brewster-Neeson-Brewster) Are you still hanging out, still not making out doin' well without me you said you'd take it all and dared the axe to fall I guess you're never coming down babe Baby, out of the blue Baby, out of the blue Are you still running free, still got your master key I thought you'd seen it all before you said you're satisfied, but you laid down and died can you see it all caming true for you Baby, out of the blue Baby, out of the blue Baby, out of the blue Baby, out of the blue I saw you yesterday, your covers blown away but you're still holding out for more you touch your pleasure throne and wait for someone to adore you Baby, out of the blue Baby, out of the blue You said you're satisfied but you laid down and died can you see it all coming true for you you're not the only one, just look what you've become there's a million more like you babe ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: SHELTER FROM THE RAIN (J. Brewster-Throckman) Don't care if you don't love me, don't mind standing behind, I just wanna be there, help you pass the time, no need for building relations, my love is yours on demand, you know where to find me, when you need a man, And when you say that you're feeling the pain, I'll be your shelter from tha rain. and when you say that you cannot stand the strain, I'll be your shelter from tha rain. Real love is on the horizon, love games are all that we play, take me as your lover when you're feeling that way, walk in and light up the darkness then leave in the ghost of the night, I know what to give, make you feel alright, And when you say that you're feeling the pain, I'll be your shelter from tha rain. and when you say that you cannot stand the strain, I'll be your shelter from tha rain. (solo) I know you are above me, this man lives in his dreams how I wanna love ya, and know what it means walk in and light up the darkness then leave in the ghost of the night, I know what to give, make you feel alright, And when you say that you're feeling the pain, I'll be your shelter from tha rain. and when you say that you cannot stand the strain, I'll be your shelter from tha rain. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: SAVE ME (Brewster-Neeson-Brewster) Wrong notes, old frustrating used quotes men with pencils making copious notes out in the dark, cut the far left wing an old man shaking a sheet of tin judgement's fallen, the well spawned webs pictures of old used bareness local priest still holds the floor with the same old lines from the time before Don't you know when I've had enough laugh it off, ain't that tough don't you know when I've had enough I like to be alone want to be alone, just to be alone Sacred profession still guards the walls but my castle keeps guarantees the fall selling souls for a mean half truth but the power and the king shared the palace roof welcome flowers lead a funeral train when you're out in the desert don't you pray for me Don't you know when I've had enough laugh it off, ain't that tough don't you know when I've had enough I like to be alone want to be alone, just to be alone And they fool themselves into thinking that they're talking about taht they never doubt it, want to be alone, just to be alone Save me --------------------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: COMIN' DOWN (Brewster-Neeson-Brewster) Psycopath, young man, dedicated to efficiency 17, 28, 59, looks like it's comin' down on me down on me Hold tight! big brother calling in the name of liberty lots stone take your place looks like it's comin' down on me Never so many are watched by so few for so long, by so much for big brother! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------