BRAND NEW KNIFE
You called me up at eight
Said you were running late
But you’d be right home.
Well now it’s way past two
Haven’t heard a word from you
And I’m here all alone
Last time you played this game
Told you I wouldn’t play
I thought you understood
Now you start again,
Seems like it just won’t end
And I don’t feel so good
Ooh I tried to be so nice
Tried to give you what you wanted
If all you have for me are lies
I’ll be looking for blood
Chorus
I don’t need this baby
Oh you must be crazy
For treating me the way you do
You’re looking for a fight
I got a brand new knife
And I’m waiting here for you
You don’t think much of me
If you think that I can’t see
Exactly what you are doing
And boy you must be dumb
If you think you’ll have your fun
And I won’t say or do a thing
You think you have it made
Your little escapade
You didn’t think things thru
I’m here all alone
With a knife and a heart of stone
Thinking what I’ll do to you
Ooh I tried to be so nice
Tried to give you what you wanted
If all you have for me are lies
I’ll be looking for blood
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Chorus
I don’t need this baby
Oh you must be crazy
For treating me the way you do
You’re looking for a fight
I got a brand new knife
And I’m waiting here for you
BAD TASTE IN MEN
I got friends that say
Girl you need to change your ways
If you wanna find true love
Yeah they might be right
I guess that’s good advice
But you know change, change can be tough
Ooh my heart’s at flames
It turns off my brain
And I lose all common sense
Oh boy that feels so nice
Baby won’t you do it twice
We can do it all day
Chorus:
Charmers turn me on
Bad boys are so much fun
They’re not right unless they’re wrong
I got bad taste in men
Charmers turn me on
Bad boys are so much fun
They’re not right unless they’re wrong
I got bad taste in men
I go out at night
Wanna have me a real good time
I ain’t married I ain’t nobody’s wife
When the time is right,
I too will live that life
For right now
Let me have some fun
Pre-chorus:
Ooh the fun is there
IF you really care
Look for the boy with a big wide smile
Got sparkles in his eyes
Tells you the sweetest lies
But he won’t stay too long
In the tales you tell
You say I’m going straight to hell
I don’t want to believe a word you say
You see, when I have my fun
I ain’t hurting anyone
So where is the problem anyway if
Chorus:
Charmers turn me on
Bad boys are so much fun
They’re not right unless they’re wrong
I got bad taste in men
Charmers turn me on
Bad boys are so much fun
They’re not right unless they’re wrong
I got bad taste in men
I got bad, yeah bad
Bad taste in men
LOVE TAX
Well I tell you boys,
You better watch your step
There are some things out there
You haven’t seen yet
Some girls around you
They know their charms and their spells
Oh yes they do
They can give you a night in heaven
Or make your life a burning hell
Yeah the ladies know the way of the world
The male may be larger but the boss is the girl
At the end of the day, they don’t want no trash
You better come straight home
You better bring all cash
Chorus:
She looks hot you had to have her
Well that’s so very nice.
Well, now that you have her
You gotta pay the price
You gotta pay the price
Your lady, she is so sweet
I think you’ll find she is smarter than you think
She know what she wants
She’s not dumb
You have to pay her price
Before you can have your fun
Boys, boys, it’s a fact
There ain’t a way around the love tax
You better go, and bring that bacon home
Or you’ll end up, sleeping alone
Chorus:
She looks hot you had to have her
Well that’s so very nice.
Well, now that you have her
You gotta pay the price
You gotta pay the price
ST. JAMES
Well it was down by Old Jo' Ballroom
At the corner of the scare
They were serving drinks as usual
And the usual drunks were there
To my left, stood Billie Holiday
And her eyes were blood-shot red
She turned her face to the people
And these were the very words she said
Well I went down to the St James Infirmary
I saw my baby there
Stretched out on a long, white table
So sweet, so cold and so fair
Chorus:
Let him go, let him go God bless him
He can search this whole world over
He'll never find another girl like
When I die, I want you to bury me
In my little red sheath dress
Put my Jimmy choo on my feet
And my diamond pin on my breast
Chorus:
Let him go, let him go God bless him
He can search this whole world over
He'll never find another girl like
I want four exotic dancers to be my pallbearers
A boys band to sing me a song
And a blues band with Mr. B.B. King
To raise hell as I stroll along
Chorus:
Let him go, let him go God bless him
He can search this whole world over
He'll never find another girl like
BABY'S WALKING
Baby's walking
Yeah he is walking
He found someone new
Tonight he is packing
This love is through
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Boxes in the hallway
Pictures off the wall
But it's the silence
That really says it all
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Chorus:
Silence like a knife
Cuts right through my life
Silence cuts, to the bone
He turns his eyes away
Doesn't have a word to say
The silence says
I'm on my own
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I still have my pride
I will not let him see me cry
I hide in this empty room
The perfect portrait of a weeping fool
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I love him, yes I love him
The feeling's there
But it does not matter
Cause he just does not care
And all my dreams they washed away
When he said he could not stay
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Chorus:
Silence like a knife
Cuts right through my life
Silence cuts, to the bone
He turns his eyes away
Doesn't have a word to say
The silence says
I'm on my own
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