| Ringo Starr Lyrics |
| Back Off Boogaloo Early 1970 I'm The Greatest It Don't Come Easy Photograph Beaucoups of Blues Oh My My The No No Song |
| Back Off Boogaloo Go! Back off boogaloo, I said, back off boogaloo, I said, back off boogaloo. Back of boogaloo, what ya think I'm gonna do? I got a flash right from the start. Wake up, meat head, don't pretend that you are dead, get yourself up off the cart. Get yourself together now and give me something tasty. Everything you try to do, you know it sure sounds wasted. Back off boogaloo, I said, back off boogaloo. You think you're a groove, standing there in your wallpaper shoes and your socks that match your eyes. Back off boogaloo, I said, back off boogaloo, come on, back off boogaloo. Get yourself together now and give me something tasty. Everything you try to do, you know it sure sounds wasted. Back off boogaloo, what ya think I'm gonna do? I got a flash right from the start. Back off boogaloo, I said, back off boogaloo, come on, back off boogaloo. Back off boogaloo, I said, back off boogaloo, come on, back off boogaloo. Back, ba-ba-ba-back! Back off boogaloo, I said, back off boogaloo, come on, back off boogaloo, boo. Back off boogaloo, I said, back off boogaloo, come on, back off boogaloo, boo... Early 1970 Lives on a farm, got plenty of charm, beep, beep. He's got no cows but he's sure got a whole lotta sheep. A brand new wife and a family, and when he comes to town, I wonder if he'll play with me. Laying in bed, watching TV, cookie! With his mama by his side, she's Japanese. They scream and they cried, now they're free, and when he comes to town, I know he's gonna play with me. He's a longhaired, cross-legged guitar picking fool with his long-legged lady in the garden picking daisies for his soup. A forty-acre house he doesn't see cause he's always in town playing for you with me. I play guitar, A - D - E. I don't play bass 'cause that's too hard for me. I play the piano if it's in C. And when I go to town, I wanna see all three. And when I go to town, I wanna see all three. And when I go to town, I wanna see all three. I'm The Greatest (Lennon) When I was a little boy, way back home in Liverpool, my mama told me I was great. Then when I was a teenager, I knew that I had got something going, all my friends told me I was great. And now I'm a man, a woman took me by the hand, and you know what she told me, I was great. I was in the greatest show on earth, for what it was worth. Now I'm only thirty-two and all I wanna do, is boogaloo, hey! I looked in the mirror, I saw my wife and kids, and you know what they told me, I was great. Yes, my name is Billy Shears, you know it has been for so many years. Now I'm only thirty-two and all I wanna do, is boogaloo. Hey, hey, hey, (hey, hey, hey) I'm the greatest and you better believe it, baby! I'm gonna be the greatest in this world, in the next world and in any world! Alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright. It Don't Come Easy It don't come easy, you know it don't come easy. It don't come easy, you know it don't come easy. Got to pay your dues if you wanna sing the blues and you know it don't come easy. You don't have to shout or leap about, you can even play them easy. Forget about the past and all your sorrows, the future won't last, it will soon be over tomorrow. I don't ask for much, I only want your trust and you know it don't come easy. And this love of mine keeps growing all the time and you know it just ain't easy. Open up your heart, let's come together. Use a little love and we will make it work out better. Got to pay your dues if you wanna sing the blues and you know it don't come easy. You don't have to shout or leap about, you can even play them easy. Peace, remember peace is how we make it. Here within your reach if you're big enough to take it. I don't ask for much, I only want your trust and you know it don't come easy. And this love of mine keeps growing all the time and you know it just ain't easy. Photograph (Starkey/Harrison) Every time I see your face it reminds me of the places we used to go. But all I got is a photograph and I realize you're not coming back anymore. I thought I'd make it the day you went away, but I can't make it till you come home again to stay. I can't get used to living here, while my heart is broke, my tears, I cry for you. I want you here to have and hold, as the years go by and we grow old and grey. Now you're expecting me to live without you, but that's not something that I'm looking forward to. I can't get used to living here, while my heart is broke, my tears, I cry for you. I want you here to have and hold, as the years go by and we grow old and grey. Every time I see your face it reminds me of the places we used to go. But all I got is a photograph and I realize you're not coming back anymore. Every time I see your face it reminds me of the places we used to go. But all I got is a photograph and I realize you're not coming back anymore. Every time I see your face it reminds me of the places we used to go. But all I got is a photograph and I realize you're not coming back anymore. Beaucoups Of Blues I left louisian, I had me big plans to go out and take me all over this land. To see me the world, I left my sweet girl and gave it a whirl but now here I stand, along side the road with holes in my soul and my shoes and beaucoups of blues. Oh, sweet magnolia, breath carried over the marsh by a breeze from the gulf. I'm coming home, (coming home), I've had me enough. Oh, where are the things I saw in my dreams? Where's the happy that freedom should bring? I see me today and know yesterday that I threw away my most precious things. I see me a man who's lonely, wants only to lose beaucoups of blues. Oh, sweet magnolia, breath carried over the marsh by a breeze from the gulf. I'm coming home, (coming home), I've had me enough. I'm coming home, (coming home), I've had me enough. Oh My My I phoned up my doctor to see what's the matter, he said, "come on over," I said, "do I have to?" My knees started shakin', my wrist started achin' when my doctor said to me: "Oh my my, oh my my, can you boogie, can you slide? Oh my my, oh my my, you can boogie if you try. Oh my my, oh my my, it's guaranteed to keep you alive." The head nurse she blew in, just like a tornado, when they started dancin', i jumped off the table. I felt myself healin' and as I was leavin', this is what they said to me: "Oh my my, oh my my, can you boogie, can you slide? Oh my my, oh my my, you can boogie if you try. Oh my my, oh my my, it's guaranteed to keep you alive." Now if you should slow down and you're feelin' low down, don't call up your doctor, just grab you a partner. It's what you've been missin', I've got your prescription, that boogie woogie remedy. Oh my my, oh my my, you can boogie, you can slide? Oh my my, oh my my, we can boogie 'til we die. Oh my my, oh my my, it's guaranteed to keep you alive, alright. Oh my my, oh my my, watch me boogie, watch me slide, Oh my my, oh my my, born to boogie, born to slide. (can you boogie?) Oh my my, oh my my, oo-wee, boogie, oo-wee, aye. (can you boogie?) Oh my my, oh my my, play that boogie, play that slide. (can you boogie?) Oh my my, oh my my, love that boogie, love that slide. (can you boogie?) Oh my my, oh my my, oh, my boogie, oh, my slide. (can you boogie?) Oh my my, oh my my, come on, baby, come on now. (can you boogie) Oh my my, oh my my, come on, baby, I'm willing to die. (can you boogie?) Oh my my, oh my my, come on, baby, come on, try. (can you boogie?) Oh my my, oh my my… The No No Song A lady that i know just came from Columbia, she smiled because I did not understand. Then she held out some marijuana, ha ha, she said it was the best in all the land. And I said, "no, no, no, no, I don't smoke it no more, I'm tired of waking up on the floor. No, thank you, please, it only makes me sneeze, and then it makes it hard to find the door." A woman that I know just came from Majorca, Spain, she smiled because I did not understand. Then she held out a ten pound bag of cocaine, she said it was the finest in the land. And I said, "no, no, no, no, I don't sniff it no more, I'm tired of waking up on the floor. No, thank you, please, it only makes me sneeze, and then it makes it hard to find the door." A man that I know just came from Nashville, Tennessee, he smiled because I did not understand. Then he held out some moonshine whiskey, oh ho, He said it was the best in all the land (and he wasn't joking). And I said, "no, no, no, no, I don't drink it no more, I'm tired of waking up on the floor. No, thank you, please, it only makes me sneeze, and then it makes it hard to find the door." Well, I said, "no, no, no, no, i can't take it no more, I'm tired of waking up on the floor. No, thank you, please, it only makes me sneeze, and then it makes it hard to find the door. |