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Edge Of The Universe

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Written by:
Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb
(1975)

Lead vocals:
Robin Gibb
Barry Gibb

Album:
Main Course
(1975)    

Just my dog and I at the edge of the universe.
Well, I didn’t wanna bring her and I know it’ll make her worse.
Now I look out on forever
and it must be nice down there.
And they call me Shenandora in the air.

Well, I’m ten feet tall, but I’m only three feet wide.
And I live inside an ocean that flows on the other side.
If I came back down tomorrow,
would it all be far too soon?
And it looks like it’s gonna be a lovely afternoon.

I thought that I was going home,
and all the way I kept on praying.
I couldn’t stop to turn around;
well, here I am and here I’m staying.

It’s been my longest journey and I’ve come through the black of night.
I was tired and hungry when I saw your distant light.
Well, I know this may sound crazy,
but I’m sure I got here first.
I’m just me, Shenandora, at the edge of the universe.

I thought that I was going home,
and all the way I kept on praying.
I couldn’t stop to turn around;
well, here I am and here I’m staying.

Just my dog and I at the edge of the universe.
Well, I didn’t wanna bring her and I know it’ll make her worse.
Now I look out on forever
and it must be nice down there,
and they call me Shenandora in the air.
At the edge of the universe…

Eaten Alive

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Written by:
Barry Gibb
Maurice Gibb
Michael Jackson
(1985)

Lead vocals:
Diana Ross
<demo:
Barry Gibb>

Album:
-Diana Ross:
Eaten alive
(1985)
-Bee Gees:
Eaten alive demos
<bootleg>

    Animal stalking you at night.
I’m a sucker for someone
And I got the prey in sight
Lying on a bed of leaves
In the modern times
You forget and let your spirit breathe.

Capture me my blood is red
Another victim of your ritual
For you my skin is shed
Ecstacy ain’t what you find
In the modern world
One flick of my tongue changes
The meaning of the world
And you say

That’s impossible
That’s not impossible to do, oh
And you digest what I can see
The taste of you can be

I don’t wanna get eaten alive
‘Cause you’re so dangerous
No more hearts I can trust, you see
I don’t wanna get eaten alive
To be eaten alive
Eaten alive
I don’t ever wanna be
Eaten alive

Now I got you on the run
And the quicker my senses
And the chance is, I’m the faster one
I know the universal law
Primeval times
With a little stimulation
It’ll come once more, and you say

That’s impossible
It’s not impossible to do, oh
And you digest what I can see
The taste of you can be

I don’t wanna get eaten alive
‘Cause you’re so dangerous
No more hearts I can trust
You see
I don’t wanna get eaten alive
To be eaten alive
Eaten alive
I don’t ever wanna be
Eaten alive

I don’t wanna get eaten alive
‘Cause you’re so dangerous
No more hearts I can trust
You see
I don’t wanna get eaten alive
To be eaten alive

Tie me to a tree, crawl all over me
You can rip my shirt, drag me in the dirt
I will be your slave, anything you say
I don’t ever wanna be eaten alive

I don’t wanna get eaten alive
‘Cos you’re so dangerous
No more hearts I can trust, you see
I don’t wanna get eaten alive
‘Cos you’re so dangerous
No more hearts I can trust, you see
I don’t wanna get eaten alive
‘Cos you’re dangerous
No more hearts I can trust, you see
I don’t wanna get eaten alive
To be eaten alive

Gotta do her, crawl all over me
You can rip my shirt, drag me in the dirt
I will be your slave, anything you say
I don’t ever wanna be, eaten alive.

Earth Angel

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Written by:
D. Smith
E. Officer
 
Lead vocals:
Robin Gibb
 
Album:
Magnet (2003)
    Oh baby, mmm.
Oh baby.

Girl, where did you come from?
If heaven is the place then can I go?
I’m feeling you just for me,
my earth angel.

Girl, where did you come from?
If heaven is the place then can I go?
I’m feeling you just for me,
my earth angel.

I saw you standing there on a sunny day,
feeding all the birds as the children played.
Had my heart beating, sweat racing,
had me losing my mind.

You made me stand up straight,
get my act together,
find the words to say
and not scare you away.
Only question that I have
is where you’ve been hiding.

Girl, where did you come from?
If heaven is the place then can I go?
I’m feeling you just for me,
my earth angel.

Girl, where did you come from?
If heaven is the place then can I go?
I’m feeling you just for me,
my earth angel.

If I wasn’t awake,
I would think I was dreaming.
You’re the kind of girl
only heaven would imagine.
Classy, no nonsense,
soft as a cloud after the rain.

Just like a rose, girl,
your beauty is supreme.
Like a cool glass of water
on a summer’s heat.
You’re refreshing, tasty.
I know the good lord sent you to me.

Girl, where did you come from?
If heaven is the place then can I go?
I’m feeling you just for me,
my earth angel.

Girl, where did you come from?
If heaven is the place then can I go?
I’m feeling you just for me,
my earth angel.

Did I imagine you girl, or are you real?
You got me in a daze,
spinning around like a top.
I don’t know who you are baby,
but I’m glad that you’re here now.
You can be the one
to take me my freedom away.

Girl, where did you come from?
If heaven is the place then can I go?
I’m feeling you just for me,
my earth angel.

Girl, where did you come from?
If heaven is the place then can I go?
I’m feeling you just for me,
my earth angel.

Girl, where did you come from?
If heaven is the place then can I go?
I’m feeling you just for me,
my earth angel.

Please Read Me

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Written by:
Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb
(1967)
 
 
Lead vocals:
Barry Gibb
 
 
Album:
Bee Gees First
(1967)
Many years ago I was a simple man,
a simple man, no worries me.
I never lied.
Please read me.
 
Not much conversation ever came from me.
I never saw reality.
I never tried.
Please read me.
Ah….
 
Maybe I’ve been lying on your couch too long.
I’ll stay if you can see me through, explain why.
Please read me.
Please read me.
Please read me.

I Can’t See Nobody

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Written by:
Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb
(1967)

Lead vocals:
Robin Gibb

Album:
Bee Gees First
(1967)

I walk the lonely streets,
I watch the people passing by.
I used to smile and say hello.
Guess I was just a happy guy.

Then you happened, girl,
this feeling that posessses me.
I just can’t move myself.
I guess it all just had to be.

I can’t see nobody… no,
I can’t see nobody.
Mine eyes can only look at you… you.

I used to have a brain,
I used to think of many things.
I watched the falling rain
and listened to the sweet birds sing.

Don’t ask me why, little girl.
I love you and that’s all I can say.
You’re every, every breath I take.
You are my nights; my night and day.

I can’t see nobody… no,
I can’t see nobody.
My eyes can only look at you… you.

Every single word you hear
is coming from this heart of mine.
I never felt like this before
a love like yours so young and fine.

And now as I try to forget you
it doesn’t work out any way.
I lost you such a long time ago
but in my eyes you’ll always be.

Every single word you hea
is coming from this heart of mine.
I lost you such a long time ago
don’t know why.
And I don’t know why, baby.

I can’t see nobody… no,
I can’t see nobody.
My eyes can only look at you… you.

I Close My Eyes

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Written by:
Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb
Maurice Gibb
(1967)
 
 
Lead vocals:
Barry Gibb
 
 
Album:
Bee Gees First
(1967)
Look at me, I’m riding high.
Don’t know what’s wrong with me.
Can’t you see I’m not the guy
that I pretend to be.
 
Though I know I will be lonely
but our love will never die.
I close my eyes, everyday, I close my eyes.
Ah…
 
The more I try the more I fail.
I’d like to run away.
But if I try you pass me by.
I know that I can’t stay.
 
Though I know I will be lonely
but our love will never die
I close my eyes, everyday, I close my eyes.
Ah…
 
Ah….
Though I know I will be lonely
but our love will never die.
I close my eyes, everyday, I close my eyes
I close my eyes. I close my eyes. I close my eyes. 

To Love Somebody

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Written by:
Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb
(1967)
 
 
Lead vocals:
Barry Gibb
 
 
Album:
Bee Gees First
(1967)
There’s a light,
a certain kind of light
that never shone on me.
I want my life to be lived with you,
lived with you.
 
There’s a way, everybody say,
to do each and every little thing.
But what does it bring
if I ain’t got you, ain’t got?
 
Baby, you don’t know what it’s like.
Baby, you don’t know what it’s like
to love somebody,
to love somebody,
to love somebody
the way I love you.
 
In my brain
I see your face again.
I know my frame of mind.
You ain’t got to be so blind.
And I’m blind, so very blind.
 
I’m a man,
can’t you see what I am?
I live and breathe for you.
But what good does it do
if I ain’t got you, ain’t got?
 
Baby, you don’t know what it’s like.
Baby, you don’t know what it’s like
to love somebody,
to love somebody,
to love somebody
the way I love you. 

New York Mining Disaster 1941

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Written by:
Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb
(1967)
 
 
Lead vocals:
Robin Gibb
 
 
Album:
Bee Gees First
(1967)
In the event of something happening to me,
there is something I would like you all to see.
It’s just a photograph of someone that I knew.
 
Have you seen my wife, Mr. Jones?
Do you know what it’s like on the outside?
Don’t go talking too loud, you’ll cause a landslide, Mr. Jones.
 
I keep straining my ears to hear a sound.
Maybe someone is digging underground,
or have they given up and all gone home to bed,
thinking those who once existed must be dead?
 
Have you seen my wife, Mr. Jones?
Do you know what it’s like on the outside?
Don’t go talking too loud, you’ll cause a landslide, Mr. Jones.
 
In the event of something happening to me,
there is something I would like you all to see.
It’s just a photograph of someone that I knew.
 
Have you seen my wife, Mr. Jones?
Do you know what it’s like on the outside?
Don’t go talking too loud, you’ll cause a landslide, Mr. Jones. 

Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You

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Written by:
Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb
Maurice Gibb
(1967)
 
 
Lead vocals:
Barry Gibb
 
 
Album:
Bee Gees First
(1967)
Oh solo Dominique
Oh solo Dominique
Oh solo Dominique
Oh solo Dominique
 
Take this in hand,
said he who stands
behind the chair,
a broken table there.
 
Every Christian lion hearted man will show you
Every Christian lion hearted man will show you
 
Oh solo Dominique
Oh solo Dominique
Oh solo Dominique
Oh solo Dominique
 
Don’t walk so tall
before you crawl,
for every child
is thinking of something wild.
 
Every Christian lion hearted man will show you
Every Christian lion hearted man will show you
 
Oh solo Dominique
Oh solo Dominique
Oh solo Dominique
 
Every Christian lion hearted man will show you
Every Christian lion hearted man will show you (will show you)
 
Oh solo Dominique
Oh solo Dominique
Oh solo Dominique 

In My Own Time

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Written by:
Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb
(1967)
 
 
Lead vocals:
Barry Gibb
 
 
Album:
Bee Gees First
(1967)
I received an invitation:
‘Come to be United Nations’
That was when I was somebody.
In my own time.
 
Sitting selling hot cross buns,
thousand suckers everyone.
Sounds like a nursery rhyme.
In my own time.
 
Even when the lights go out
still got things to think about.
Memories I can’t call mine.
In my own time.
My own time.
My own time. 

One Minute Woman

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Written by:
Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb
(1967)
 
 
Lead vocals:
Barry Gibb
 
 
Album:
Bee Gees First
(1967)
One minute, woman, please,
I’d go down on my knees
to say to you with a word so true
‘I love you’.
 
I fail to understand
why you don’t want my hand.
I try to find what’s on your mind.
I wonder….
 
Why don’t you stop and see.
Why you’re not loving me.
Would it hurt to say ‘Hello’
or don’t you know?
 
One minute, woman, please,
I’d go down on my knees
to say to you with a word so true
‘I love you’.
 
Why don’t you stop and see.
Why you’re not loving me.
Would it hurt to say ‘Hello’
or don’t you know?
 
One minute, woman, please,
I’d go down on my knees
to say to you with a word so true
‘I love you, I love you. I love you. ‘ 

Red Chair Fade Away

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Written by:
Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb
(1967)
 
Lead vocals:
Barry Gibb
 
Album:
Bee Gees First
(1967)
Red chair, fade away,
bring back memories.
Think of something nice,
fragrant lemon trees.
 
I can feel the speaking sky.
I don’t want to know.
It’s filling up the air.
 
Grandpa’s fairy tale.
Red chair round the fire.
Rainbows all the time.
We’re all going higher.
 
I can feel the speaking sky.
I don’t want to know.
It’s filling up the air.
 
Red chair fade away
Red chair fade away
Red chair fade away
Red chair fade away
Red chair fade away
 
Bring back memories.
Think of something nice,
fragrant lemon trees.
 
I can feel the speaking sky.
I don’t want to know.
It’s filling up the air.
 
Red chair fade away…. 

Holiday

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Written by:
Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb
(1967)
 
 
Lead vocals:
Robin Gibb
Barry Gibb
 
 
Album:
Bee Gees First
(1967)
Ooh you’re a holiday, such a holiday.
Ooh you’re a holiday, such a holiday.
 
It’s something I think’s worthwhile,
if the puppet makes you smile,
if not then you’re throwing stones,
throwing stones, throwing stones.
 
Ooh it’s a funny game.
Don’t believe that it’s all the same.
Can’t think what I’ve just said.
Put the soft pillow on my head.
 
Millions of eyes can see,
yet why am I so blind?
When the someone else is me
it’s unkind, it’s unkind.
 
de de de …
 
Yet millions of eyes can see,
yet why am I so blind?
When the someone else is me
it’s unkind, it’s unkind.
 
Ooh you’re a holiday,
every day, such a holiday
Now it’s my turn to say,
and I say you’re a holiday.
 
It’s something I think’s worthwhile,
if the puppet makes you smile,
if not, then you’re throwing stones,
throwing stones, throwing stones.
 
de de de … 

Turn Of The Century

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Written by:
Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb
(1967)
 
 
Lead vocals:
Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb
 
 
Album:
Bee Gees First
(1967)
Everything’s happening
at the turn of the century.
I’m gonna buy myself a time machine,
go to the turn of the century.
 
And all those people passing by,
and the town crier makes his cry
at the turn of the century,
turn of the century.
 
Big wide hats and men is spats
at the turn of the century.
With those horseless carriages
at the turn of the century.
 
And there are lots of things to do
on a bicycle built for two
at the turn of the century,
turn of the century.
 
Everything’s happening
at the turn of the century.
I’m gonna buy myself a time machine,
go to the turn of the century.
 
And all those people passing by,
and the town crier makes his cry
at the turn of the century,
turn of the century.
turn of the century.

(Don’t Wanna) Wait Forever

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Written by:
G.Dixon
G. Mitchell
P. Holmes
J. Purser
G. Miller
 
Lead vocals:
Robin Gibb
 
Album:
Magnet (2003)
Aah aah. Yeah yeah. Aah.

I never thought I’d miss you so much.
I never thought I’d miss you enough.
To try and find a way back to you
is somethin’ that I never thought I would do.

With every little word that you say
you brighten up the darkest of days.
First time that your eyes met mine
I knew it was my time.

Every little smile that you give
is givin’ me a reason to live.
All I ever really wanted to do
is give my heart and soul to you.

No matter, girl, when all is said and done.
You’ve always known that you are the only one.
Given half a chance to make you see
there could be heaven for you and me.
Oh baby.

But I don’t wanna wait forever.
Can’t wait no more (no more).
And I swear I’ve never felt this way before (never felt this way).

Gonna make it last forever (forever),
boy, that’s for sure (for sure).
I long for your tender touch.
Tell me, am I, am I asking too much?

You sit and watch the rising of the sun,
thinkin’ about things that we have done.
Think about being alone
with the only true love I’ve ever known.

Sweet nothings that you whisper to me,
the way you touch me so tenderly.
The brightest star in the sky bears your name.
My only wish is to hold you.

Every little smile that you give
is givin’ me a reason to live.
All I ever really wanted to do
is give my heart and soul to you.

No matter, girl, when all is said and done
you’ve always known that you are the only one.
Given half a chance to make you see
there could be heaven for you and me.
Oh baby.

But I don’t wanna wait forever.
Can’t wait no more (can’t wait no more).
And I swear I’ve never felt this way before (never felt this way).
Gonna make it last forever (forever),
boy, that’s for sure (baby).
I long for your tender touch.
Tell me, am I, am I asking too much?

Must I wait forever, baby? I need to know
that some day soon we will be together.
Must I wait forever?
How long for your tender touch?
Tell me, tell me, tell me baby.

But I don’t wanna wait forever.
Can’t wait no more.
And I swear I’ve never felt this way before.
Gonna make it last forever,
boy, that’s for sure.
I long for your tender touch.
Tell me, tell me..

But I don’t wanna wait forever.
Can’t wait no more.
And I swear I’ve never felt this way before (oh baby).
Gonna make it last forever,
boy, that’s for sure.
I long for your tender touch.
Tell me, tell me…

But I don’t wanna wait forever.
Can’t wait no more.
And I swear I’ve never felt this way before.
Gonna make it last forever,
boy, that’s for sure.
I long for your tender touch.
Tell me, am I, am I askig too much?tell me…

Yeah, Am I asking too much?
Aah, Am I asking too much?

My Old Man’s A Dustman

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Written by:
Derived from an old army tune with lyrics written by Donegan

Lead vocals:
Barry Gibb

Album:

(Performed live on Brian Henderson’s Bandstand – Australia, 1965)

Now here’s a little story to tell it is a must
About an unsung hero that moves away your dust
Some people make a fortune other’s earn a mint
My old man don’t earn much
In fact….he’s flippin’…..skint

Oh! my old man’s a dustman he wears a dustman’s hat
He wears cor blimey trousers and he lives in a council flat
He looks a proper narner in his great big hob nailed boots
He’s got such a job to pull em up that he calls them daisy roots

Some folks give tips at Christmas and some of them forget
So when he picks their bins up he spills some on the steps
Now one old man got nasty and to the council wrote
Next time my old man went ‘round there he punched him up the throat
Oh! my old man’s a dustman he wears a dustman’s hat
He wears cor blimey trousers and he lives in a council flat

I say I say Duncan! I ‘er…I found a police dog in my dustbin
(How do you know he’s a police dog?) He had a policeman with him

Though my old man’s a dustman he’s got a heart of gold
He got married recently though he’s 86 years old
We said ‘Ear! Hang on Dad you’re getting past your prime’
He said ‘Well when you get to my age it helps to pass the time’
Oh! my old man’s a dustman he wears a dustman’s hat
He wears cor blimey trousers and he lives in a council flat

I say I say I say! My dustbins full of lillies
(Well throw ‘em away then) I can’t Lilly’s wearing them

Now one day while in a hurry he missed a lady’s bin
He hadn’t gone but a few yards when she chased after him
‘What game do you think you’re playing’ she cried right from the heart
‘You’ve missed me…am I too late?’ ‘No… jump up on the cart’
Oh! my old man’s a dustman he wears a dustman’s hat
He wears cor blimey trousers and he lives in a council flat

I say I say I say (What you again!) My dustbin’s absolutely full with toadstools
(How do you know it’s full) ‘Cos there’s not much room inside

He found a tiger’s head one day, nailed to a piece of wood
The tiger looked quite miserable but I suppose it should
Just then from out a window, a voice began to wail
He said (Oi! Where’s me tiger head) Four foot from it’s tail

Oh! my old man’s a dustman he wears a dustman’s hat
He wears cor blimey trousers and he lives in a council flat
Next time you see a dustman looking all pale and sad
Don’t kick him in the dustbin it might be my old dad

Dreamin’ On

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Written by:
Barry Gibb
(1979)
 
 
Lead vocals:
Andy Gibb
 
 
Album:
Andy Gibb:
After dark
(1980)
She takes the heart of mine.
 
She make it beat in time.
 
In fact she’s mine forever.
 
And I’ll never ever know the reason why.
 
 
Funny how she writes letters to me.
 
She’s only human but she keeps goin’ through me.
 
We came to love in the neighborhood.
 
 
And the love don’t cease to grow.
 
And if you need me darlin’ ,
 
 
I’ll be dreamin’ on.
 
Dreamin’ on for you, baby.
 
Dreamin’ on for you, woman-child.
 
Dreamin’ on for you, baby.
 
 
 
She makes the skies grow dark.
 
She makes the darkness bright.
 
She makes the wind grow warm in
 
the wake of another cold and stormy night.
 
 
And anywhere she needs me I’ll be running to
 
‘cause she fits me like a glove.
 
And though I’d really like to be with you.
 
She gave me love when there was no love.
 
And I would not let her go.
 
 
So if you need me darlin’,
 
 
I’ll be dreamin’ on.
 
Dreamin’ on for you, baby,
 
Dreamin’ on for you, woman-child.
 
Dreamin’ on for you, baby.

 

 

Down Came The Sun

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Written by:
Robin Gibb
(1970)

Lead vocals:
Robin Gibb

Album:
Robin Gibb:
Robin’s Reign

Transcript by
Luis Alberto Gonzale

You’d like to think that you are Admiral Nelson
With a gun, a wife and son
So why don’t you grow up and be a police man
And probably then you’d be with man
Or maybe be a walker with a guitar
But then you’ll stall and start to crawl

Down came the sun
The world has finally won
Down goes the Earth
The stars and the sky knows what it’s worth

Now, I’m an evil man, I sing a new song
But all the same, I’m still to blame
So now I owe my sons an even teaching
And on the run for bad is done

Down came the sun
The world has finally won
Boom goes the moon
We wonder why it happened so soon
Down came the sun
The armies have loaded
every gun
Down came the sun…

Down To Earth

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Written by:
Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb
(1973)

Lead vocals:
Barry Gibb

Album:
Mr Natural
(1974)

I don\’t need anybody.
I don\’t need anyone.
Take it nice and easy, mama,
chicken on the run.

And I don\’t care.
I\’d show my body anywhere.

Ain\’t no big city winner\’s gonna
pass my buck anywhere.
Ain\’t no four leaf clover\’s gonna
settle my luck and I don\’t care.

Go down to the courthouse
and I\’ve been on display.
Don\’t you think that I don\’t know
it ain\’t been a perfect day?

But I don\’t care.
I\’d sell my body anywhere.

In the name of creation,
I can\’t find an explanation anywhere.
Ain\’t no easy rider gonna
settle my luck and I don\’t care.

Eh. Down,
down the road, up the road.
Down,
down the road, up the road.

Been rejuvenated to the highest degree.
Ain\’t no words describing what this feeling\’s done to me.
And I don\’t care.
I\’d show my feelings anywhere.

Ain\’t no heavy mister leather\’s gonna
paddle my butt anywhere (eh).
Ain\’t no four leaf clover\’s gonna
settle my luck and I don\’t care.

Down,
down the road, up the road.
Down,
down the road, up the road.

Down,
down the road, up the road.
Down,
down the road, up the road.

Down The Road

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Written by:
Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb
(1973)

Lead vocals:
Barry Gibb

Album:
Mr Natural
(1974)

I don’t need anybody.
I don’t need anyone.
Take it nice and easy, mama,
chicken on the run.

And I don’t care.
I’d show my body anywhere.

Ain’t no big city winner’s gonna
pass my buck anywhere.
Ain’t no four leaf clover’s gonna
settle my luck and I don’t care.

Go down to the courthouse
and I’ve been on display.
Don’t you think that I don’t know
it ain’t been a perfect day?

But I don’t care.
I’d sell my body anywhere.

In the name of creation,
I can’t find an explanation anywhere.
Ain’t no easy rider gonna
settle my luck and I don’t care.

Eh. Down,
down the road, up the road.
Down,
down the road, up the road.

Been rejuvenated to the highest degree.
Ain’t no words describing what this feeling’s done to me.
And I don’t care.
I’d show my feelings anywhere.

Ain’t no heavy mister leather’s gonna
paddle my butt anywhere (eh).
Ain’t no four leaf clover’s gonna
settle my luck and I don’t care.

Down,
down the road, up the road.
Down,
down the road, up the road.

Down,
down the road, up the road.
Down,
down the road, up the road.