Rabbitt Lyrics

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A Croak And A Grunt In The Night
© Rabin, Van Blerk

Especially when I'm alone
With a vision of you so near
Doing things I should share
In a bed not far from home
I lose all grasp of rationale
An imbalance grips my fear
Relief is rough and on first night
A croak and grunt in the night

Breathe as deeply as you can
I'd dig to set you free
I want you to touch the sky
And blow your dreams on me
I can't help but lose control
When I think of another man
Relief is rough and on first night
A croak and grunt in the night

Love has got me on the run
In the dark and dead of night
Ooh could it be that I'm pushing
A passion to be free
Everytime I stop to think
An explosion rocks my brain
Ooh could it be that I have a dream
To drive myself insane

A Love You Song
© Faure

Someone came to me you know
He said he liked the show
And we talked of the all the places
We were to go
I thought of all the people there
Who and where they go to
'cause they all feel the same
You know, you know

And oh God, listen to me
You know that I've waited so long
To be there, take it from me
Someone is playing our song

CHORUS

Charlie's on the TV and the radio show
And the press are at your door
And they're wanting to know
'cause the band is so together
And loving you is easy as in Charlie

Baby's Leaving
© Rabin

Baby says she's leaving,
But I know she never will
Cause there is nowhere in the world
Where she can go to, without me
It's just our love that keeps her on

When rainbows lift and thunder falls
She cuddles up to me just like a ball
And says baby help me out
Through this darkness
It's just my love that keeps her strong

And when we fight
I don't feel right
Because I love you too much baby

But now I'm left with memories
Of true loves pure sincerity
And know that where she's gone
I cannot go
She's gone
It's just her thought that keeps me on

Brand New Love
©

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Charlie
© Rabin

Loving you is easy
Such a beautiful thing to do
And though at times you hurt me
I buzz each night on you
Oh! What times we've had together
What crazy things we've done
Enough to fill my memory
And keep me loving Charlie
Charlie

As dogs go you're groovy
Not as predictable as some
But you're not as paranoid as Lady Marmalade
And really much more fun

Hell! At times I get so mad
When you buzz on someone new
It's not that you don't love me
It's not that I'm too selfish to consider sharing Charlie
Charlie

You've filled my head with new ideas
And filled my heart with sun
So I'd like to take this time right now
To thank you for what you've done

You and Lady Marmalade
Are everything I need
The two of you and the music
Deep inside of me

And watching you sleep
Side by side
Makes me breathe
Gratefully
I love you Charlie
Charlie

Death of Tulio
©Rabin

Instrumental

Dingley's Bookshop
© Faure

Pietermaritzburg the people
Go to school as the English did
And you'll see the old English flag
At the top of the club
And the statue of the Queen
Still frowns at all who pass her by
Like the Mrs. Tumbler
With her nose in every pie
And the old pavilion
Where the men in white still play

CHORUS

At Dingleys, Dingleys bookshop
With the books for scholars to get degrees
With all it's old fashioned paint and shelves
And Dingleys old fashioned thoughts so he tells

Now you find old Gerald Dingley
And Kate his wife behind the shelves
And his son and daughter
Are happy to be part of Dingleys

Even Tides
© Rabin

Even tides of love of devotion
Helps a pair through all emotions
Opens up a brand new day

My love seemed to drift to one side
Broke my heart the way that she lied
Closed the door and turned out the light

I tried so hard to hide my feeling
She saw inside, there was nowhere to hide
I was exposed, I tried to forget, but O! Not yet
My feelings still wet

I have found someone else
Who'll help me through this heavy test and,
Open up a brand new day

Everybody's Cheating
© Rabin, Van Blerk

Keeping us together
And pulling us apart
Is the love, that we talk about
Making us kill, making us die
Is the love, that we sing about
I'm finding it harder everyday
To take it as it comes
But as some fool once explained
You can't choose who you love

CHORUS

Everybody's cheating on the one they love
Everybody's cheating for the summer sun
I believe I'll love you till my life is done
I'll live your lies and alibies
The telltale stories in your eyes
'Cos you are the one I love

Yes I love you and you love me
Cheating on each other
Yes you need me and I need you
Cheating on each other

CHORUS

Love is the question, love is the answer
Love is the reason why
People like you
People like me
Will live our lives with lies

CHORUS

Getting Thru To You
©Faure

Deep inside of me I’m crying
Something’s wrong and I’m not denying
Can’t go on just living a life without her

And now the day is done she’s gone
Back on a plane to where she came from
Wonder how long this love will go on and on

Chorus
Getting through to you
On and on
Deep In love With you
On and on
‘Cos I feel for you yes I do
(Getting through to you)

Oh well I think of you When the night is lonely
I dream of you ‘cos I love you only
A thought of you is a memory of the girl I love

A thousand miles is the price I pay
I should have brought you home that day
A teenage love Would have been the perfect way

Repeat Chorus

(Guitar Solo)

Well remember me that’s all I’m asking
‘Cos when I’m gone my love Will be lasting
Soon enough I’ll be living on the other side

So deep inside of me I’m crying
Something’s wrong and I’m not denying
Can’t go on just living a life Without her

Repeat Chorus

(Guitar Solo)

Gift Of Love
© VanBlerk, Rabin, Robot

Living in your love light
Is a feeling I can't share
I s a feeling so unreal
To leave I wouldn't dare

CHORUS

You've got the gift of love
You've got the gift of love
Shining down on me

You brought me through this nightmare
With a strength I can't believe
Put a vibe back in my pocket
And done it all for free

CHORUS

Holding on so gently
I've reason to believe
Your songs come from your heart strings
You would not dare deceive

CHORUS

Goodbye and So Long
©Faure

Goodbye, farewell, so-long
You know it is time
I’ve made up my mind
It’s time to move away on this weary hour
Times of good, and times of bad
Times we know and the times we had
But the gift of life is magic
From the door that we call home
And the wind has blown this thought to me
And its here to see so clearly now

(Solo)

You gave me something I understand
A place to stay, a dream come true
A book of life, then I saw through you,
But the gift of life is magic.
From the doors -that we call home
Goodbye, Goodbye, So-long

Goodbye my love
The loving we know
But still I must go
My love, say goodbye on the weary hour
We shed a tear
Remember me I’m yours see,
(So -long)

Hard Ride
© Rabin

Who's gonna ride that road with me
Who's gonna show me where we're gonna be
Who's gonna be the one to join the fantasy

Who's gonna fix my supper for me
Who's gonna be a lover for me
Who's gonna be the one to join democracy

It's gonna be a hard ride
Yes a real hard ride
It's gonna be a hard ride
And it's a long cold road

Who's gonna step inside my head
Who's gonna step inside my shed
Who's gonna be the one to join the life I lead

Hello and Welcome Home
©Faure

Hello, hello, hello, my love
Welcome back home here by my side
You bring me love, you bring me love
With you along side by side
Gone is the impossible thought of you not being here everyday
And I’m unbelievably thankful that you thought of
me when you were away
And do you believe in love as the only media
Cos I’ve been trying to catch your eye for sometime now
But I was I was just seventeen when we made love
And It seemed the perfect dream had come alive now
I fell in love with you, baby, now remember you’re
here by my side
From now for ever and ever I’ll be waiting for you in my life

CHORUS
Hello and welcome home
You’re beautiful
Love you like I always have (and do you)
You bring me love so real
You’re beautiful
Want you like I always have (and do you)
Again you’re beautiful
Want you like I always have
And do you, do you lovin’
And do you, do you lovin’ again

Hello, hello, hello, my love
Welcome back home here by my side
You bring me love, you bring me love
With you along side by side
I fell in love with you, baby, now remember you’re
here by my side
From now for ever and ever I’ll be waiting for you
in my life

And now do you listen honey I believe in it
I believe in love as something to confide in
Cos I know I know I have seen it over again
And never found a girl that I love like you

Repeat Chorus
Repeat and fade

Hold On To Love
© Van Blerk, Rabin

If I put you down and spread my love around,
Would you believe in me
If I trusted you and bared my soul to you,
Would you deceive me
If I failed to do what I had get-out to do,
Would you run out on me,
Would you set fire to me,
Or would you sing my song
Oh! could you be so strong, right or wrong?

CHORUS

Hold on to love, hold on to love
Hold on to love, hold on to love
If I moved around with every groove in town
Would you believe in me
If I settled down with only you around,
Would you deceive me
If I couldn't say the words I want to say
Would you cut out on me,
Would you set fire to me
Would you set fire to me,
Or would you sing my song
Oh! could you be so strong, right or wrong?

CHORUS

I Was Eleven
©Faure

When I started out the band
I wasn't even a teenage man
I was young, so young
I was eleven

You should have seen us standing by the gear
And the funny clothes we'd wear
But I was young, so young
I was eleven

You should have seen us with our phony phonogram
Playing records by the score of other bands
We had started out to make it big
You should have seen our first gig

I was eleven
I was eleven

Now there was all of us at school
And we were fighting every rule
We were young, and we won
We were eleven

And the band began to play
And we were playing every day
We were so young, so young
I was eleven

And so soon we got a PA and what a day
And the drummer got his drums so he could play
We had started out to make it big
Mm you should have seen our first gig

I was eleven
I was eleven

I've Been Aware
©Faure

I’ve been aware of what I know
From the time they gave me love and a Place to yr
I’ve seen it through and I’ll see it on
It’s taken me so long that I can’t go wrong

So many years of waiting for the band to come
So many nights of playing when the nights went wrong

Though I know it may sound funny
Never really played for money
And I know what money, money can buy
But I’ll make my way through tomorrow
Even though I beg, steal and borrow
Cos you know I’ll hold on and give it a try

I’ve been aware of right and wrong
And I saw through them when they had us on
But we all lost something along the way
And the twenty years I’ve done was the price I
had to pay

So many years of waiting for the hour to come
When the start of a new tomorrow has just begun

Chorus
Thank God the music brought me through this he
Until tomorrow when the time will tell
Until tomorrow when the heavy days are done
Though I know it may sound funny
Never really played for the money
And I know what money, money can buy

I’ve been aware of what I know
From the time they gave me love and a place to g
I’ve seen it through and I’ll see it on
It’s taken me so long that I can’t go wrong

Gone is the helpless misery of the years behind
Hold on till tomorrow and the life I’ll fnd

Repeat Chorus

Don’t need your money any more
Lived through your nightmare handled the law
I can’t forgive you for what you’ve done
Never believed you when you had us on
Don’t need your money any more
Lived through your nightmare handled your law
I’ve been aware X 6
I’ve been aware of what I know
From the time you gave me love and a place to go
I’ve been aware, I Can’t forgive you
For What you’ve done, never believed you when you had us on
I’ve been aware
Lived through your nightmare, I’ve been aware of what you’ve done
From the tIme you gave me love and a place to go yeah
I’ve been aware lived through this nightmare of what you’ve done

I Sleep Alone
© Rabin

You talk of love
You talk of trust
But I can't see
I sleep alone tonight
And where you go and what you do
Baby I can't fight
It's not easy to forget
Though yesterday is far away
But still I, can feel
You close as breathing

You say you care
You want to know
Well I don't know
I sleep alone tonight
But in my heart I feel you care
More than you believe
I'll wait for you today
I hope tomorrow for a change
Look up at the new life
I must find
I must find
I must find

Lifeline
© Rabin, Van Blerk

Leaves are falling around me
It's time I was on my way
But it seems such a pity
That I can't stay
I've been trying so hard to understand your reasoning
Because leaving you will never change the feeling

Would you believe, when I tell you
That you're the one I love, the one I need,
Today...
Throw down your lifeline

Windy days surround me
They chill me to the bone
I'd think of how you'd hold me
So I'm never quite alone
But it's sad how people leave and love each other
When there's so much they could share
Right to the end
Pulling down the buildings that they've lived in
Leaving everything to start again

Locomotive Breath
© Ian Anderson

In the shuffling madness
of the locomotive breath,
runs the all-time loser,
headlong to his death.
He feels the piston scraping --
steam breaking on his brow --
old Charlie stole the handle and
the train won't stop going --
no way to slow down.
He sees his children jumping off
at the stations -- one by one.
His woman and his best friend --
in bed and having fun.
He's crawling down the corridor
on his hands and knees --
old Charlie stole the handle and
the train won't stop going --
no way to slow down.
He hears the silence howling --
catches angels as they fall.
And the all-time winner
has got him by the balls.
He picks up Gideons Bible --
open at page one --
old Charlie stole the handle and
the train won't stop going --
no way to slow down.

Lonely Loner Too
© Faure

See the sun outside, my, it looks lonely
It's a rainy day, don't you feel so in love
People everywhere do they all come from
Do they have someone or are they all lonely too

CHORUS

My oh my - I'm living
Lonely loner too
My oh my - I'm living
Lonely loner too
A lovely little loner too
Living in the world like you

Caught on early 'plane to see the sunrise
In another world, but don't you dare lose your head
Met a brand-new friend, where did she come from
Did she have someone, or was she all lonely too

CHORUS REPEAT

Take a little walk by the seaside
Feel you'd like to play - but you are much older now
People everywhere do they all come from
Do they have someone or are they all lonely too

CHORUS REPEAT

Looking For The Man
© Rabin, Van Blerk

I'm looking for the man who's doing all he can
Trying to take my baby away
Gonna track him down and run him out of town
Never gonna see another day

Run and hide I'll get you alive
You gotta pay the price
Jump and jive I'll get you in five
Never gonna get my girl'

I'm looking for the man
Rabbit on the run
Looking for the man
With my headlights on
I'm looking for the man
Rabbit on the run
Looking for the man
With my tommy-gun

I'm looking for the guy with starlight in his eyes
Waving his wand at my girl
Gonna cast a spell and send him back to hell
He's gotta get outa my world

(Bridge)
Never been a cruel-hearted man
Done good deeds wherever I can
But now I'm wild as the Lion!
And when I'm through you'll be cryin'
- maybe dyin'

Love in My Heart
©Faure

Girl I always loved you though
You never knew you know,
Love in my heart
Love in my heart so real

Girl you’ve been away so long
So many miles away -away
But never a moment
No never a moment out of my heart

Now when I look in your eyes
I see someone that I really love
And do you believe in love at first sight
Cos I do-I do

Now I sit alone and dream
Of even just a call from you
There’s love in my heart
There’s love in my heart so real

Now when I look in your eyes
I see someone that I really love
And do you believe in love at first sight
Cos I do I do so real

Love in my heart
Love be mine. Love be mine

Morning Light
©Faure,Rabin

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Mr. Muso
©Faure

Mr Muso
With your new show
Will you succeed with your dream
Succeed with the ambition you knew
See it through
Will your life change
For a while re-arrange
After hearing your song
I really can’t see you go wrong

Mr Muso
With your new show
Will you star while they scream
As big as the dream you once knew
See it through

Will your life change
For a while re-arrange
Cos the things that you love
Will never be as big as the show
Even though

CHORUS
There’s somebody you know who loves you
There’s someone In the world who needs you
For your love
There’s somebody you know who wants you
There’s someone in the world who wants you
For your love oh, yeah
What if someday the’s going to steal the show

Will you shine on
When your Star light is gone
Will you live as you were
Live With the dream you once knew
That was you

So your life it may seem
Is obsessed by this dream
After hearing your song
I really can’t see you go wrong
Get it on

There’s somebody you know who loves you
There’s someone in the world who needs you
For your love
There’s somebody you know who wants you
There’s someone in the world who wants you
For your love oh, yeah
Maybe someday she’s gonna steal the show

Never Gonna Ruin My Life
©Rabin

Instrumental

Pollyman
© Rabin

Old man Polly's got a right to worry
He's got to get up early today
Just like Ronnie getting up is not funny
Unless it's afternoon
A talented guy with a mighty sharp eye
Someone who could have been a gas
Extra cool, s'got a head, no fool
But now he's like the rest

And now we see such an academic mind
Being programmed to the game
A jigsaw puzzle, but the pieces don't fit
We'll join them all the same
Where the big ones all can gain
He wanna go home

Sunday's rest on his old veranda
With thought of giving it up
But thinking more of some propaganda
The radiogram turns up
A talented guy with a mighty sharp eye
Someone who could have been a gas
Extra cool, s'got a head, no fool
But now he's like the rest

And now we see such an academic mind
Being programmed to the game
A jigsaw puzzle, but the pieces don't fit
We'll join them all the same
Where the big ones all can gain
He wanna go home

Help me help you too
Don't ask me I'm not you
It's always all the same
And who're they going to blame now

Rock and Roll Part I & II
©Faure

PART ONE
Remember Rock ‘n Roll how first it began
There was Elvis with his Blue Suede Shoes
Or was it Rock ‘n Roll Richard with his Honky Tonk
Or was it Harold Wilson singing the Blues
Then there was the Stones with something new
With mother’s little helping hand
Then there was Lena Zavaroni at the Albert Hall
Singing Mamma get me into a band
(Love, love me do, d-ow)
(You know I love you)
(I’ll get you anything my friend)
(If it makes you feel alright)

Then it all began they played at the Palladion
And sang I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Rock n Roll people all around all came to see them
Oh boy, you should have seen the band

But then the Taxman got involved with Rock ‘n Roll
Thought he’d hit on something new
And he was signing up a deal with every band
Signing up a deal, and then taking all the money they had
And there were bid-deal agents with their dotted line
Sign on the dotted line
Give me your money and I’ll make you a star
Sign on the line, sign and I’ll make you a Star

PART TWO
Now there was Elton John Lennon with the Christmas Show
Starring Lucy and The Yellow Brick Road
But where was Sgt. Pepper’s Gang, were they sueing Allen Klein
Or was the rumour out again that they’re playing
Back on the road and alive again
Paul had got his wings to fly
But then the other two were out there making records again
Singing something, don’t come easy, oh my my

News had just come over
The King of Rock ‘n Roll had died
Nobody would quite believe it
While 20 million people cried

Way on down was number one In England
And took on in the world around
So Rock ‘n Roll had gone, and dying was the era
When disco music was the Sound

GUITAR SOLO

Well there was David Bowie
Singin’ ‘bout his moon-age dream
Tryin’ to be the President Queen
So rock is gone and over now the kind is gone
The era has died
And Klatu ain’t the Beatles they lied

Rush Hour Scores
©Faure

Rush hour scores of hookers and whores
Painting the town, In the evening
Now there you stand, as part of a band
Standing in time to the music

People around came from everywhere
Hearing the song they all knew
A second to nine you could see them there
The rush hour scores we went through

CHORUS
Are you losing (time)
Are you losing (time)
Are you losing (time)
Are you losing (time)

Changing the time from seven to nine
A rush hour score though you need more
Now you’re into the night. With your Odyssey light
It’s time for the rave cos your head’s in a bore
Twenty to five you are everywhere
The late hour jive still alive
Reading the sign there’s a love affair
Desperate enough to survive

Repeat Chorus (2 times and fade)

Savage
© Rabin

Grovelling down at the ends of the earth
To get some peace & quite to get back home
Then I find that she's still on top where
Cats & rats would reign
She'd lead on
Didn't wanna know
I really couldn't show
Why I felt so cold
I didn't wanna live
In this filthy hole
Drowning to the grave

Waiting round in my lonely bed
For goodness and love to spread
To reign supreme
Waiting round in my only bed
To get some peace and quiet
But she'll lead on

Will it change, no I think it's too late
For the mass to see what they've been doing wrong
Eventually when we fall to the sea
& the insects take it all away
Far too late but we will see that we are wrong
Until then, fool me that we are strong

Where to now
I've been there before
Close my eyes
Don't see her no more
But everytime someone new breaks through to reach me
The action deep inside starts pumping back,
deep, deep inside

Always happens
Break it up and go
People taking chances
Living on their own
But everytime breaking up and move along
Every person has a different song

CHORUS

I'm searching for a diamond in the sky
Someone free to fly
Baby we'll get by
I'm searching won't you please reach out your hand
Try another brand, loneliness the fingers sift the sand
Gone before you glow, you couldn't even know her at all
You'll have to try again, try again

Now I don't mind
The way that things are
Wake up in the evening
Have breakfast in the bar
But somehow this just can't go on forever
I gotta find something else
I gotta find another way

CHORUS REPEAT:

Look inside my eyes girl
There's something that you've never seen before
I think I'm getting closer to the answer
Although it's taken long to work it out

CHORUS REPEAT:

Had a look around to see what I could find
Baby it's a new direction
All that you could say was you were going your way
Cause you found a new connection

Turn him down
Throw him out he's pulling down the whole town
Every night & day
Tougher guy you couldn't buy he'll lead you on
With honey pie, he's doing it all day
Something's going wrong, with my baby

Oo! You never learn
Your fingers gonna burn don't think that he'll ever change
Been like this to long hard to change his song
Into something better

Hold me, don't scold me
Hold me, don't scold me
Take you to the candy, go to see the bikes some more
Baby now you're betting better
Suddenly you change back into his range
Without any reason why

Sugar pie, sugar why'd you let me down
Well I've looking for
Looking for another town

CHORUS
You broke my heart so I had to hurt you 'cause I loved you
You teased my soul so I had to hurt you 'cause I loved you

Sugar pie, sugar why'd you cruise around
Sugar pie, sugar all those freaks you found
You broke my soul so I had to hurt you 'cause I loved you
You tempted nature so I had to fate you 'cause I loved you

Cruiser, lover, never, never used you
But now look at what you've done
Power, sour, strength just like a tower
But now look at what you've done
I love you

Low down, let down, never put you right down
Now look at what you've done
I love you

Sugar pie, sugar in the lucy sky
Sugar pie, now I'm really high and dry

Repeat Chorus
Loved you

Sugar pie, why'd you die
You made me cry
Sugar pie, Sugar pie

Say you are my brother
Say you are my son
But don't ask me who's the father
There might not be one

Say you are my lover
Say you are my child
But there's bound to be a mother
Though she's 1990 styled

CHORUS

When will we be
When will we be
Past tribal fence
And family tree

Say you are the ancient ape
Now naked in your youth
For that is one we must learn
So as to teach the truth

Say you are my brother
Say you are my son
But don't ask me who's the father
There might not be one

CHORUS

Within These Words
©Faure

I heard your voice again
It made me know you care
Your softly spoken words of love we can share
Love you when you’re near me
Love when you’re far
Darling can you hear me
Your love is In my heart
(Within these words)
(Within these words)
I love you

saw you standing there
It could have been a dream
And in this loneliness a real love I’ve seen
Love you when you’re near me
Love you when you’re far
Darling can you hear me
Your love Is in my heart
(Within these words)
(Within these words)
I love you

(Could have been a dream)
(A real live love I’ve seen)
(Na, na, na ...)
(Within these words)
(Within these words)
I love you
Caught up while this loneliness
Surrounds you as you live
Listen to the wind that calls her

And if the night is you
I hope to be the day
Within these words we share
There’s love we convey
Love you when you’re near me
Love you when you’re far
Darling can you hear me
Your love is in my heart
(Within these words)
(Within these words)
I love you

Without Her Love
©Faure

If I only had a minute or two
To be with her cos it would see me through
A couple of lonely days without her love
I’ve been trying to get to her in the only way
And the things I’d done I just couldn’t say
Yes I’m lonely without her loving
Cos you know that I love her yes I love her

Chorus
No you don’t take her away from me
Cos I love the little girl too much
No you don’t take her away from me
Cos I love her yes I love her

Well if only I had her by my side
To hold her tight and make her feel all right
Or If only she’d write me a letter cos I’m waiting sadly
But she’s living all alone so far away
And what wouldn’t I give to have her here today
Cos I’m lonely without her love
And I want her so badly love her madly

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GUITAR SOLO

Well now since she’s been gone I’ve been lost each day
And the words she should hear I can never say
Yes I’m lonely without her loving
And you know that I love her yes I love her

Trying hard to sleep in the open
With nothing else but guitars and flies
Have to find a job tomorrow
We're feeling quite cold tonight
But you with all your glamour and good luck
Don't make me envy 'cause it made me decide

Got up, stuck my comb in my pocket
Buzzing around the old folks freak out
Got appointments with the agency now
Got there, all they say "Your music's too loud"
But as long as we got the people
Well, we won't quit till they turn down the sound

CHORUS
I'm working for the people
I'm working for the people
I'm working for the people
I'm working for the people
I'm working for the people
Everybody come and work with me
Yeah Yeah

Getting everybody together
We got to get you down to the show
We start playing rock at 11
And who knows what might happen from there
But please believe it's not just for money
Although the bread in my pocket is low

CHORUS