Permanent Vacation (1987)

  • 1

    Heart's Done Time

    Met a woman, she had a man
    Couldn't help it, I had a plan
    Right around midnight he was gone
    Saw her red light, she left it on

    (Chorus)
    And oh, my Heart's Done Time
    And oh, now she's mine

    If there's a reason for these chains
    It's like we suffer to ease the pain
    Now I got this feelin' inside of me
    My heart's in jail and I can't break free

    (Chorus)
    Now she's mine
    Now she's mine
    Now she's mine
    Now she's mine

    (Chorus)
    Now she's mine
    Now she's mine
    Now she's mine
    Now she's mine

  • 2

    Magic Touch

    Somebody better call a doctor, doctor
    Or wake me up with a shove
    I'm gonna knock you off you're rocker, rocker
    Cause I think I'm in love
    I tried to get a message to ya
    But you walked the other way

    I need your magic touch, don't you know
    I got a habit and I can't let go
    Feel the fire burnin' slow
    You better get it while it's hot now babe
    Cause I can't let go

    Don't need a wedding with a shotgun, shotgun
    So don't you push me too far
    Don't try to take me for a fool child, who child
    Do you think that you are
    You really got it coming to ya
    It's gonna come as no surprise

    I need your magic touch, don't you know
    I'm after you and now I can't let go
    Take it easy, take me slow
    You better get it while it's hot now babe
    Cause I can't let go

    You never know what you got
    Till they take it away
    I'm comin ready or not
    Gonna get you someday

    I need your magic touch, don't you know
    I'm after you and now I can't let go
    Feel the fire burnin' slow
    I got a habit and I'm back for more
    Your magic touch don't you know
    I'm after you and now I can't let go
    Feel the fire burnin' slow
    You better get it while it's hot now babe
    Cause I can't, can't, can't let you go

  • 3

    Rag Doll

    (Chorus)
    Rag Doll, livin' in a movie
    Hot tramp, Daddy's little cutie
    So fine, they'll never see ya
    Leavin' by the back door, man
    Hot time, get it while it's easy
    Don't mind, come on up and see me
    Rag Doll, baby won't you do me
    Like you done before

    I'm feelin' like a bad boy
    Mmm, just like a bad boy
    I'm rippin' up a Rag Doll
    Like throwing away an old toy
    Some babe's talkin' real loud
    Talkin' all about the new crowd
    Try and sell me on an old dream

    A new version of the old scene
    Speak easy on the grape vine
    Keep shovelin' the shoe shine
    Old tin lizzy, do it till you're dizzy
    Give it all ya got until you're put out of your misery

    (Chorus)
    Rag Doll, livin' in a movie
    Hot tramp, Daddy's little cutie
    So fine, they'll never see ya
    Leavin' by the back door, man
    Hot time, get it while it's easy
    Don't mind, come on up and see me
    Rag Doll, baby won't you do me
    Like you done before

    Yes, I'm movin', Yes I'm movin'
    get ready for the big time
    Tap dancing on a land mine
    Yes I'm movin', Yes I'm movin'
    Old tin lizzy, do it till you're dizzy
    Give it all ya got until you're put out of your misery

    (Chorus)
    Rag Doll, livin' in a movie
    Hot tramp, Daddy's little cutie
    So fine, they'll never see ya
    Leavin' by the back door, man
    Hot time, get it while it's easy
    Don't mind, come on up and see me
    Rag Doll, baby won't you do me, baby won't you do me, baby won't you do me...
    Like you done before (huh huh)

    Yes, I'm movin', Yes I'm movin'
    Get ready for the big time
    I get crazy on the moonshine
    Yes, I'm movin', I'm really movin'

    Sloe gin fizzy
    Do it till you're dizzy
    Give it all you got until you're put out of your misery

    (Repeat Chorus)
    Rag Doll, livin' in a movie
    Hot tramp, Daddy's little cutie
    So fine, they'll never see ya
    Leavin' by the back door, man
    Hot time, get it while it's easy
    Don't mind, come on up and see me
    Rag Doll, baby won't you do me
    Like you done before

    Rag Doll, livin' in a movie
    Hot tramp, Daddy's little cutie
    So fine, they'll never see ya
    Leavin' by the back door, man
    Hot time, get it while it's easy
    Don't mind, come on up and see me
    Rag Doll, baby won't you do me
    Like you done before

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    Simoriah

    Walkin' the line of a razor's edge
    Take it as far as she goes
    Slice of the sky on a silver wedge
    Higher and higher we go

    OOO Simoriah
    OOO Simoriah

    Ladies in black put a spell on me
    Feels like my head is going round and round
    Round and upside down
    Ladies in white ain't my cup of tea
    So be it, I need it, long legs, big eyes
    She drives me crazy

    OOO Simoriah
    OOO Simoriah

    Countin' the eyes of the dragonfly
    Callin' on dreams from within
    She knows the way and she makes me high
    So be it, I need it
    Long hair, blue eyes
    She drives me crazy

  • 5

    Dude (Looks Like a Lady)

    (That, that) Dude looks like a lady
    (That, that) Dude looks like a lady
    (That, that) Dude looks like a lady
    (That, that) Dude looks like a lady

    Cruised into a bar on the shore
    Her picture graced the grime on the door
    She a long lost love at first bite
    Baby maybe you're wrong, but you know it's all right
    That's right

    (That, that)
    (That, that)

    Backstage we're having the time
    Of our lives until somebody say

    Forgive me if I seem out of line
    Then she whipped out her gun
    And tried to blow me away

    (That, that) Dude looks like a lady
    (That, that) Dude looks like a lady
    (That, that) Dude looks like a lady
    (That, that) Dude looks like a lady

    So never judge a book by it's cover
    Or who you're going to love by your lover
    Love put me wise to her love in disguise
    She had the body of a venus
    Lord imagine my surprise

    (That, that) Dude looks like a lady
    (That, that) Dude looks like a lady
    (That, that) Dude looks like a lady
    (That, that) Dude looks like a lady

    Baby let me follow you down
    Let me take a peek dear
    Baby let me follow you down
    Do me, do me, do me all night
    Baby let me follow you down
    Turn the other cheek dear
    Baby let me follow you down
    Do me, do me, do me, do me

    Ooh what a funky lady
    She like it, like it, like it, like that,
    Ooh he was a lady

    (That, that) Dude looks like a lady
    (That, that) Dude looks like a lady
    (That, that) Dude looks like a lady
    (That, that) Dude looks like a lady
    (That, that) Dude looks like a lady
    (That, that) Dude looks like a lady
    (That, that) Dude looks like a lady
    (That, that) Dude looks like a lady

    Dude, dude, dude, dude looks like a lady
    Dude, dude, dude, dude looks like a lady
    Dude, dude, dude, dude looks like a lady
    Dude, dude, dude, dude looks like a lady

    (That that) ya ya ya yya ya yya ya chit chit yaow

    (That, that)
    (That, that)
    [Repeat and fade]

  • 6

    St. John

    John was bad
    He gave it everything he had
    John he prayed
    For all the people ever made
    John was cool
    He never did no after school

    Late at night when he praised the Lord
    He laid his hands down upon the sword

    Lay down upon the sword
    Lay down upon the sword
    Lay down upon the sword
    Lay down your bloody sword

    John St. John be cool
    Tell the people they'll follow you
    John St. John be cool
    Tell the people they'll follow you

    Late at night when he praised the Lord
    He lay his hands down upon the bloody sword
    Laid down upon the sword, down, down, down upon the sword
    Laid down upon the sword, gettin' down upon the sword
    Laid down upon the sword, laid down upon the sword
    Laid down upon the sword, "Late Night TV Roared"

  • 7

    Hangman Jury

    Me old my lady sittin' in the shade
    Talkin' about the money that I ain't made
    Singin' o boy dontcha line the
    Track a lack a
    O boy dontcha line the track
    O boy dontcha line the track a lack a
    O boy dontcha line the track

    If I could, I surely would
    Stand on the rock that Moses stood
    singin' o boy dontcha line the track a lack a
    O boy dontcha line the track
    O boy dontcha line the track a lack a
    O boy dontcha line the track

    Drank so much hooch
    It made my eyes be gettin' blurry
    They say I nailed her to the wall
    A stitch in time don't mean a thing
    No hangman jury could make me crawl
    Cause I'm a poor boy
    Dontcha line the track a lack a
    O boy dontcha line the track
    O boy dontcha line the track a lack a
    OOO

    Whacha do with the gun that's loaded
    Shot her dead and her heart exploded
    Tell me baby now d-dontcha worry
    Like lying to a hangman jury

    I swear I didn't know that 45 was loaded
    In fact my memory ain't too clear
    That's not to say she didn't
    get what she deserved
    Least that's the way it looks from here
    Boy when you line the track a lack a
    Hey boy when line the track

    OOO my love came tumblin' down
    OOO love came tumblin' down
    OOO (Let's get outta here)
    Love come tumblin'

    And every night she take her thing
    Into the city and in the
    mornin' make me beg cause
    If I'd taken all her real titty gritty
    I'd smack her right upside the head boy
    Dontcha line the track a lack a
    Hey boy dontcha line the track
    Hey boy dontcha line the track

    OOO my love came tumblin' down
    OOO love came tumblin' down
    OOO love come tumblin'

    Poor boy sweatin' in the hot summer night
    Hangman waitin' for the early morning light
    Singin' yeah boy dontcha line the track a lack a
    yeah boy dontcha line the track
    yeah boy dontcha line the track a lack a
    yeah boy dontcha line the track

    If I could, I surely would
    Stand on the rock that Moses done stood
    Singin' hey boy dontcha line the track a lack a
    hey boy dontcha line the track
    hey boy dontcha line the track a lack a
    hey boy dontcha line the track

  • 8

    Girl Keeps Coming Apart

    She was a 42nd street walker,
    hangin' out down by a cheap hotel,
    same old floosey floppin' in the wind,
    titties and all,
    that's right.

    She's right peculiar
    She'll try and fool ya
    But the girl keeps coming apart

    She's so appealing
    Right off the ceiling
    Yeah, the girl keeps coming apart

    What did I tell ya
    She buy and sell ya
    'Cause the girl keeps coming apart

    She's so affected
    I'm so rejected
    And the girl keeps coming apart
    Don't, don't, don't, don't let it get me down
    Don't let it get me down

    She's just a screamer
    A nightmare dreamer
    Yeah the girl keeps coming apart

    She's like a call girl
    Loose ends and all girl
    But the girl keeps coming apart

    White lace and leather
    She's so together
    But the girl keeps coming apart

    I feel so sedated
    Boxed up and crated
    'Cause the girl keeps coming apart
    Don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't
    Let it get me down
    Don't let it get me down

    So there she was
    Buns up and kneelin'
    I was wheelin' and a dealin'
    My ace in the hole so to speak

  • 9

    Angel

    I'm alone, yeah, I don't know if I can face the night
    I'm in tears, and the cryin' that I do is for you
    I want your love, let's break the walls between us
    Don't make it tough, I'll put away my pride
    Enough's enough, I've suffered and I've seen the light

    Baby, You're my Angel, come and save me tonight
    You're my Angel, come and make it alright

    Don't know what I'm gonna do about this feelin' inside
    Yes, it's true, loneliness took me for a ride
    Without your love, I'm nothing but a beggar

    Without your love, a dog without a bone
    What can I do? I'm sleepin' in this bed alone

    Baby, You're my Angel, come and save me tonight
    You're my Angel, come and make it alright
    Come and save me tonight

    You're the reason I live
    You're the reason I die
    You're the reason I give
    When I break down and cry
    Don't need no reason why

    Baby, baby, baby

    You're my Angel, come and save me tonight
    You're my Angel, come and make it alright

    You're my Angel, come and save me tonight
    You're my Angel, come and take me alright
    Come and save me tonight
    Come and save me tonight
    Come and save me tonight
    Come and save me tonight
    Come and save me tonight

  • 10

    Permanent Vacation

    I got a letter from a friend the other morning
    He say it's hot down by Montego Bay
    I got the point and now I think it's finally dawning
    Yeah, yeah, I got to get away

    I got to take myself a Permanent Vacation
    The sky's the limit, but my plane won't fly
    My nose is clean and lordie don't need no sedation
    Yeah, yeah, and that's the reason why

    (Chorus)
    I really need it, really, really need St Tropez
    I want a tan where the sun it never shines
    I really need it, really, really need St Tropez
    You best believe it that I got to get away

    I got a sister, man she really got a pin head
    She think she kinky but she can't get straight
    She say she livin', but I kinda think she's brain dead
    Just excess baggage on a late night freight

    (Chorus)

    I gotta take me on a Permanent Vacation
    The girl's be cummin' down in Cayman Brack
    I gotta hand it to a firm situation
    Yeah, yeah, got to cut me some slack

    I really need it, really, really need St Tropez
    I want a tan where the sun it never shines
    I really need it, really, really need St Tropez
    I really need it, really need it, really really....

  • 11

    I'm Down

    You telling lies thinking I can't see
    You don't cry 'cos you're laughing at me
    I'm down (I'm really down)
    I'm down (down on the ground)
    I'm down (I'm really down)
    How can you laugh when you know I'm down
    (How can you laugh) when you know I'm down

    Man buys ring woman throws it away
    Same old thing happens every day
    I'm down (I'm really down)
    I'm down (down on the ground)
    I'm down (I'm really down)
    How can you laugh when you know I'm down
    (How can you laugh) when you know I'm down

    We're all alone and there's nobody else
    You still moan: "Keep your hands to yourself"
    I'm down (I'm really down)
    I'm down (down on the ground)
    I'm down (I'm really down)
    How can you laugh when you know I'm down
    (How can you laugh) when you know I'm down
    Don't you know that I'm down (I'm really down)
    Don't you know that I'm down (I'm really down)
    Down on the ground (I'm really down)
    Don't you know that I'm down (I'm really down)
    Down, down, down

  • 12

    The Movie

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