NAZARETH:   No Jive

Hire And Fire

It was a night, it was just another night
She was saying lots of nothing
She was none too bright
But you'll listen much to anything
When anything's in sight, won't ya!

Double back trouble like a temperance hall
She's dealing with the ceiling
And the writings on the wall
Then you're wishing it was over, like an endless fall

It's a lane side fight
Oh no! another main line ride
Oh no! there ain't a train in sight
Oh no! setting my soul on fire
Try her and buy her
Hire and fire her
Playing the game his latest flame

Now it's a fine line between passion and dread
Fooling and a drooling
Starts ruling your head
To seduction, destruction
We're so easily lead

And then the dawn, the so impatient telephone
The smell of disappointment
Mirror wants to pick a bone
It's a cup of cold coffee
Like the taste of stale beer
Let's get outta here

It's a lane side fight
Oh no! another main line ride
Oh no! there ain't a train in sight
Oh no! setting my soul on fire
Try her and buy her
Hire and fire her

Carry the flame and make it last
Carry the blame and kiss your ass goodbye.

Do You Want To Play House

Call me ready, call me ready or not
and I'll say yeah! yeah! yeah!
Give it all I got
Call me in the morning, when I'm half asleep
River's running high on the mountain deep

Call me deadly, call me deadly serious
And I'll say yeah! yeah! yeah!
I couldn't care enough
Call me when you want to control the vice
I'll defend your honor when you roll the dice

Do you want to play house,do you want to play house
playing in the house of love?
do you want to play house,do you want to play house
playing in the house,playing in the house of love

Call me over, call me over the top
And I'll say yeah! yeah! yeah!
Never wanna stop
Call me on hire when you're in your shell
Wanna be your fire, wanna ring your bell

Do you wanna play house, do you wanna play house
Playing in the house of love
Do you wanna play house, do you wanna play house,
Playing in the house, playing in the house of love?

Call me never, call me never say die
And I'll say yeah! yeah! yeah!
Take me alive
Call me undercover when you bake your bread
Wanna be your lover, wanna make your bed

Do you wanna play house

Right Between The Eyes

Good days, bad days
Tearing up the freeways
Running in the big race, gotta get on
She's coming on strong
There's something going on
It's the same old song but I gotta get on

Doing this, doing that, sleeping on a doormat
Gotta make a comeback, maybe tonight
When it gets insane and I'm losing my brain
But I'm making my name
Gotta do it tonight

She really fooled me
She got me right between the eyes
She pushed me pulled me
She got me right between the eyes.

Everytime It Rains

No feeling when you told me goodbye
No reason when you're living a lie
Don't tell me what I already know
I'm living memories of long ago
I fool myself, I deny it all
Wanna hide it away

Lost moments never caring enough
I was never good at playing it tough
Still living in my own little world
Still believing you're the only one
It's always hard, never easier
To face another day alone

Every time it rains I fall apart
I start to remember
Every single time it rains
I think of you

Keeping Our Love Alive

C'mon make my day
That's what she said, pointing her gun
Your luck's on the run
Some fast talking, quick step walking, roadblocks ahead

You may say I'm guilty but I try
Keeping our love alive

The judge and jury
The accused in fury--clutching at straws
It's all for the cause
Circumstances blew your chances
It's understood

You mat say I'm guilty but I tried
Keeping our love alive, keeping our love alive

Treading through the grapevine
Sending you a lifeline
Don't let it go

You may say I'm guilty but I tried
Keeping our love alive
Keeping our love alive

Thinkin' Man's Nightmare

She's a thinking man's nightmare
She got quicksand bridal wear
I'm her beach-balling dan dare
She feels so good

Owner sensational
She's a mona-wailing wall
Alligator chainsaw
Feels so good
I didn't get where I am today
Giving a dawn about judgement day
Mat be first in line when there's hell to pay
But I'm a grinning-sinning in a million ways:
A thinking man's nightmare
Feels so good

Snake bite creeper
Light house keeper
Reader and weeper
Feels so good

Tuxedo princess
In a home grown red dress
Sleazy, easy access
Feels so good

I didn't get where I am today
Giving a dawn about judgement day
I may be the first in line when there's hell to pay
But I'm a grinning-sinning in a million ways:
She's a thinking man's nightmare
Feels so good
Snake bite creeper, fow lair timeshare
Light house keeper, cocktail light affair
She's a reader and a weeper, anytime, anywhere
Feels so good
A thinking man's nightmare, tuxedo princess
Quicksand bridal wear, in a home grown red dress
Beach-balling dan dare, sleazy, easy access

Feels so good, feels so good

Cover Your Heart

Another day alone, another pain to hide
It's getting hard to hold, it's hurting deep inside
Living for no-one, given no space to run
There's gotta be someone you gotta keep holding on

It wasn't meant to last, you weren't meant to fall
And all the photographs you want to burn them all
But going down easy isn't so crazy now
Nobody needs you but don't let it get you down

Cover your heart
Don't let anyone's loving get a hold of you
Cover your heart
Cause it never does nothing it's supposed to do

You used to have it all there all a love could be
But now the dreams you shared are just a memory
For all the wrong reasons you want it all, even now
Caught on the rebound turning you inside out

Cover your heart
Don't let anyone's loving get a hold of you
Cover your heart
Cause it never does nothing it's supposed to do

Cover your heart

For all the wrong reasons you want it all, even now
Caught on the rebound turning you inside out

Cover your heart

Lap Of Luxury

She was a wall street celebrity
With upward mobility
Walked and talked like a man
But that was OK by me
Two bit losers can never be choosers
No nit picking kicking the can

Living in the lap
Living in the lap of luxury

Seventeen self abusals
Got me twenty blind, flat refusals
While she's dressing all in white
I'm getting set up for my life
Hard work never stopped the dance
But proving it just ain't worth the chance

Living in the lap
Living in the lap of luxury

Everything's allrighty by me
With rising credibility
I'm leaving a mark with my indelability
She's earning the money
I'm serving the honey
Bring it on home to the hive - no jive

Living in the lap
Living in the lap of luxury

Tell Me That You Love Me

Tell me that you love me
Even though I'm far away
Tell me that you need me
Help me through another day

Well, I'm not new to this
Held on before when I should have let go
The mistakes that you make
Keep coming round like a family ghost

I just wanna know
Am I moving in or heading for the coast

She said:
Tell me that you love me
Even though you're far away
Tell me that you need me
Help me through another day

I don't know what to do
I'm all dressed up no place to go
Sailing against the wind, can't figure it out
Which way it will blow

Show me now
I'm lost at sea I'm sinking below
Help me now
Tell me, tell me

Tell me that you love me
Even though you're far away
Tell me that you need me
Help me through another day

Cry Wolf

Time out, no good now
Screaming too loud
And I can't hear a word you say
Look out, way too late
Sun's going down
And I'm coming around your way

You keep calling me all night
You keep saying it's allright

Got me running
When you cry, you cry, cry wolf
Got me running, cry, cry wolf

Don't touch, don't look now
Something's cooking
And it's keeping me hang around
But when the call comes through
I'm ready for you and you say it ain't true
But you're keeping your defenses down

You keep calling me all night
You keep saying it's alright, alright

Got me running
When you cry, you cry, cry wolf
Got me running cry, cry wolf