Bay City Rollers Album

[No lyrics]

Laughing at their situation, backs against the wall
Waiting for their celebration, waiting for the call
Ride up to the tenth floor where the mannequins are high
Taking their erection with your eye.

Ride, my elevator
Don't say no, my escalator, ride
Ride, my elevator
Come with me, my oscillator
Ride, my elevator, ride.

Making out your every movement, taking in your mind
Taking in their animation, eyes that were so blind
Time has passed so slow, now the mannequins are free
Take a look around, what do you see ?

Ride, my elevator
Don't say no, my escalator, ride
Ride, my elevator
Come with me, my oscillator
Ride, my elevator, ride.

Ride, my elevator
Don't say no, my escalator, ride
Ride, my elevator
Come with me, my oscillator
Ride, my elevator, ride.

Ride, my elevator
Don't say no, my escalator, ride
Ride, my elevator
Come with me, my oscillator
Ride, my elevator, ride.

Ride, ride, elevator, ride
Ride, ride, elevator, ride
Ride, ride, elevator, ride
Ride, ride, elevator, ride
...

I had a dream when I started out
Get out of school and buy a guitar
I had a band with a thousand names
And people said that I was star.

I gotta get up on the stage
And get myself on the hit parade.

'Cause I'm playing in a rock and roll band
And it's the only thing that I understand
Yes, I'm playing in a rock and roll band
And now I've got someone to give me a hand.

'Cause I'm playing in a rock, playing in a rock
Play in a rock and roll band.

The band rehearsed every day and night
And everything was coming on strong
Played Anaheim when the time was right
And all I had to play was this song.

And I could feel electricity
The lights so bright I could hardly see.

'Cause I'm playing in a rock and roll band
And it's the only thing that I understand
Yes, I'm playing in a rock and roll band
And now I've got someone to give me a hand.

'Cause I'm playing in a rock, playing in a rock
Play in a rock and roll band.

It started out so long ago
A kid in school into rock and roll
You couldn't get it out of your head
You heard a voice and all it said was ..

It's gonna be alright into the late, late night
You wanna rock and roll all night.

Playing in a rock and roll band
And it's the only thing that I understand
Yes, I'm playing in a rock and roll band
And now I've got someone to give me a hand.

'Cause I'm playing in a rock, playing in a rock
Play in a rock and roll band
Play in a rock and roll band
Play in a rock and roll band.

Hello, hello, my love
That was a time to remember
When loving was free and all I could see
Was the love in your eyes, no sign of goodbyes
What could I do, do you ?

Do you believe in love as the only media ?
I've been out there on the road for some time now
And I know, I know that I've seen it over again
No woman ever loved me like you do now.

Hello and welcome home
You're beautiful , love you like I always have, do you ?
You bring me love so real
You're beautiful., want you like I always have, do you ?

Again, you're beautiful
Love you like I always have
And do you, do you love me again ?

Hello and welcome home
The way I feel tonight I love you
But when you were gone like the end of a song
I was fading for you but all I could do was hold on
I loved you.

Was I the one who always did believe in us ?
I thought of you as someone to confide in
And those nights alone were never something quite like this
'Cause now you're home at last you are deciding.

Hello and welcome home
You're beautiful , love you like I always have, do you ?
You bring me love so real
You're beautiful., want you like I always have, do you ?

Again, you're beautiful
Love you like I always have
And do you, do you love me, do you, do you love me again ?

Hello and welcome home
You're beautiful , love you like I always have, do you ?
You bring me love so real
You're beautiful., want you like I always have, do you again ?

Hello and welcome home
You're beautiful, love you like I always have, do you ?
You bring me love so real
You're beautiful., want you like I always have, do you again ?
...

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 so the band began to play
And we were playing every day
We were 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
Mmm, you should have seen our first gig
I was eleven
I was eleven.

Oh, yes!

I was eleven
I was eleven.

I've never been, I never wanted to go
Another line and it's another show
Philadelphia, Atlanta, Bel-Air
Then off to London but I don't really care.

'Cause it's just a photograph
Just a close-up zone
Pin-up on the wall
Mail order clone.

I hear the sound of the stoned houses
Broken glass
I hear the sound of the stoned houses
Feel the sound of the broken glass.

Hollywood, Holly bull, holy shit
You pay your dues and that's all that you get
Some other crashed out suicide call
Some other mother with his back against the wall.

'Cause it's just a dollar bill
Just a quick exchange
Override success
Life rearranged.

Inside the sound of the stoned houses
Broken glass
Inside the sound of the stoned houses
Feel the sound of the broken glass.

Better get up, better get down
Living a lie, never say die.

It's just the sound of the broken glass
I hear the sound
I hear, I hear the sound.

Should've seen the band.

Make an early air ride then you crash your car
Tripping out on Sunday when you find you're a star
New York on Monday when your LA was fine
So you take another jet stream and get lost in your wine
Everybody wants to be somebody but nobody wants to give the time
Down the line East 65th Street on my mind

CHORUS
Turn on the radio---radio
Sing it everywhere
Turn on the radio---radio
And what do you care
Turn on the radio---radio
There's love in the air
It's just the price you have to pay
For your ride on Saturday
Turn on the radio
The radio
It's just the price you have to pay

Well standing on the corner when she catches your eye
Offers twenty twenty dollars for a twin it's on your mind
So you take another 'Lude' and you shoot another dime
'Cos your money is the power but your ego's on the line
Everybody wants to give the time
To blow your mind
To satisfy your ego

Turn on the radio---radio
Sing it everywhere
Turn on the radio---radio
There's loving in the air
Turn on the radio--radio
And what do you care
The radio---the radio

Good morning, you wake up
The smoke gets in your eyes
You turn on---you listen
It's only you in disguise
But it's the price you have to pay

Turn on the radio---radio
Sing it everywhere
And what do you care
Turn on the radio---radio
There's loving in the air
It's just the price you have to pay
For your ride on Saturday
Turn on the radio
It's just the price you have to pay

Hey, little white boy, what you got to lose ?
Switch on to TV, trans-am-vestite blues.

Hey, little black boy, could you read the news ?
Some other red man turned another screw.

Time's on your side so you run, take a dive
Turn, look around and see the show, it's on, you know.

Instant relay, no matter what your paper says
Instant relay, you gotta pay your yesterdays
Instant relay, yeah.

Hey, Mr. Money, who'd you buy today ?
Some other poor boy watch him fade away.

Hey, Ayatollah, what you gotta say ?
You got the power, do you sleep, OK ?

Run, don't be slow, take a ride don't you know
It's all in the night of instant relay.

Instant relay, no matter what your paper says
Instant relay, you gotta pay your yesterdays
Instant relay, yeah.

Instant relay, no matter what your paper says
Instant relay, you gotta pay your yesterdays
Instant relay
Instant relay
Instant relay
...

I'll love you forever
Every moment I'm in you
Each time we're together
Every thing you say or do.

Till the morning turns the day
Every movement that you make.

I'll love you forever
'Cause tomorrow's just another day away
'Cause tomorrow's just another day away.

Driving around in a racing car
Talking on the telephone
Sitting in the back of a limousine
Driving to my plastic home.

Feeling low, feeling high
Feeling down, touch the sky
Feeling down then get high and get higher.

Who'll be my keeper ?
Who'll be my sleeper ?
Who'll be my keeper ?
Who'll be my sleeper ?
I wanna be in love
Who will sleep with me ?
I wanna be in love.

Finally find a place in St. George's drive
But too far from the Hollywood Bowl
Got a meeting with the band at the office at one
But I put it down as rock and roll.

London town, all around
Subway train, underground
See a girl in a crowd and I love her.

Who'll be my keeper ?
Who'll be my sleeper ?
Who'll be my keeper ?
Who'll be my sleeper ?
I wanna be in love
Who'll sleep with me ?
I wanna be in love.

Who'll be my keeper ?
Who'll be my sleeper ?
Who'll sleep with me ?
I wanna be in love.

(Who'll be my lover ?)
(In the night we'll discover)
(Love one another in the night)

Woman time drinking wine
Every night doing fine
Making love then get high and get higher, higher.

Who'll be my keeper ?
Who'll be my sleeper ?
Who'll be my keeper ?
Who'll be my sleeper ?
I wanna be in love
Who'll sleep with me ?
I wanna be in love.

Who'll be my keeper ?
Who'll be my sleeper ?
Who'll be my keeper ?
Who'll be my sleeper ?
I wanna be in love
Who'll sleep with me ?
I wanna be in love
I wanna be in love.

Who'll be my keeper ?
Who'll be my sleeper ?
I wanna be in love
Who'll sleep with me ?
I wanna be in love.

Spend my life making out in a limousine
Checking out all the bars and the mezzanines
Won't someone throw me a line
Let me out let me make it this time
Cocaine, back on the road again.

Strung out in Boston, blown out of Maine
Another city but they all just look the same
Hand me down my backstage pass
Another gig and it's another blast
Cocaine, oh yeah.

Cocaine, back on the road again
Cocaine, back on the road again.

Another flight delayed, it's a drag, got the jetlag blues
Checking sound, sleeping round, union house, face in the news
Pack my bags and I'm on my way
I'm working out on a twelve bar day
Cocaine, oh yeah, back on the road again.

Cocaine, back on the road again
Cocaine, back on the road again.

Well, I've been out on the road and it seems like years
And it looks as if it ain't gonna end
LA on a Sunday, New York on a Monday
And I think I've got a touch of the bends
Won't someone throw me a line
Let me out, let me make it this time
Cocaine, aaah ...

Cocaine, back on the road again
Cocaine, back on the road again, aah ...
Cocaine, back on the road again
Back on the road again
Back on the road again.

Dry your eyes, Mrs. Washington
Through all the years have passed you by
Mmm, we know him well and he sends you his love.

Glad you called, Mrs. Washington
Your boy has gone out for the day
He tried to call on his anniversary.

Ooh, Washington's birthday
Ooh, Washington's day
Ooh, Washington's birthday
And he wishes he could be with you this day.

Are you still there, Mrs. Washington ?
We have to leave you soon, you know
The spirits fly, it's a long way to go.

Ooh, Washington's birthday
Ooh, Washington's day
Ooh, Washington's birthday
And he wishes he could be with you this day
And the time is soon when you will pass this way.

Washington's, Washington's birthday
Washington's, Washington's day
Washington's, Washington's birthday
Washington's, Washington's day .

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