| Eric Clapton Lyrics |
| After Midnight Bad Love Badge Can't Find My Way Home Change The World Cocaine Crossroads Forever Man I Feel Free I Shot The Sheriff It's In The Way That You Use It Knockin' On Heaven's Door Lay Down Sally Layla Let It Rain Little Wing Motherless Child My Father's Eyes Pretending Promises Running On Faith She's Waiting Strange Brew Sunshine Of Your Love Tales Of Brave Ulysses Tears In Heaven White Room Willie And The Hand Jive Wonderful Tonight |
| After Midnight (J. J. Cale) After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down. After midnight, we're gonna chug-a-lug and shout. We're gonna stimulate some action, we're gonna get some satisfaction, we're gonna find out what it is all about. After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down. After midnight, we're gonna shake your tambourine. After midnight, it's all gonna be peaches and cream. We're gonna cause talk and suspicion, we're gonna give an exhibition, we're gonna find out what it is all about. After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down. After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down. After midnight, we're gonna shake your tambourine. After midnight, it's all gonna be peaches and cream. We're gonna cause talk and suspicion, we're gonna give an exhibition, we're gonna find out what it is all about. After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down. After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down... Bad Love (Clapton/Jones) Oh, what a feeling I get when I'm with you, you take my heart into everything you do. And it makes me sad for the lonely people, I walked that road for so long. Now I know that I'm one of the lucky people, your love is making me strong. I've had enough bad love, I need something I can be proud of. I've had enough bad love, no more bad love. And now I see that my life has been so blue with all the heartaches I had till I met you. But I'm glad to say now that's all behind me with you here by my side. And there's no more memories to remind me, your love will keep me alive. I've had enough bad love, I need something I can be proud of. I've had enough bad love, no more bad love. I've had enough bad love, I need something I can be proud of. I've had enough bad love, no more bad love. I've had enough bad love, I need something I can be proud of. I've had enough bad love, no more bad love. Badge (Clapton/Harrison) Thinking about the times you drove in my car. Thinking that I might have drove you too far. And I'm thinking about the love that you laid on my table. I told you not to wander 'round in the dark. I told you about the swans, that they live in the park. Then I told you about our kid, now he's married to Mabel. Yes, I told you that the light goes up and down. Don't you notice how the wheel goes 'round? And you better pick yourself up from the ground before they bring the curtain down, yes, before they bring the curtain down. Talking about a girl that looks quite like you. She didn't have the time to wait in the queue. She cried away her life since she fell off the cradle. Can't Find My Way Home (Winwood) Come down off your throne and leave your body alone. Somebody must change. You are the reason I've been waiting so long. Somebody holds the key. But I'm near the end and I just ain't got the time and I'm wasted and I can't find my way home. Come down on your own and leave your body alone. Somebody must change. You are the reason I've been waiting all these years. Somebody holds the key. But I'm near the end and I just ain't got the time and I'm wasted and I can't find my way home. But I can't find my way home. But I can't find my way home. But I can't find my way home. But I can't find my way home. Still I can't find my way home and I ain't done nothing wrong but I can't find my way home. Change The World (Sims/Kenney/Kirkpatrick) If I could reach the stars, pull one down for you, shine it on my heart so you could see the truth, that this love I have inside is everything it seems. But for now I find it's only in my dreams that I can change the world, I would be the sunlight in your universe. You would think my love was really something good, baby if I could change the world. If I could be king even for a day, I'd take you as my queen, I'd have it no other way. And our love would rule in this kingdom we had made. Till then I'd be a fool, wishing for the day that I can change the world, I would be the sunlight in your universe. You would think my love was really something good, baby if I could change the world, baby if I could change the world. That I can change the world, I would be the sunlight in your universe. You would think my love was really something good, baby if I could change the world, baby if I could change the world, baby if I could change the world. Cocaine (J. J. Cale) If you wanna hang out you've got to take her out, cocaine. If you wanna get down, down on the ground, cocaine. She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie, cocaine. If you got bad news, you wanna kick them blues, cocaine. When your day is done and you wanna run, cocaine. She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie, cocaine. If your thing is gone and you wanna ride on, cocaine. Don't forget this fact, you can't get it back, cocaine. She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie, cocaine. She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie, cocaine. Crossroads (Johnson) I went down to the crossroads, got down on my knees. I went down to the crossroads, got down on my knees. Asked the Lord above for mercy, "Save me if you please." I went down to the crossroads, tried to flag a ride. I went down to the crossroads, tried to flag a ride. Nobody seemed to know me, everybody passed me by. I'm going down to Rosedale, take my rider by my side. I'm going down to Rosedale, take my rider by my side. You can still barrelhouse, baby, on the riverside. I'm going down to Rosedale, take my rider by my side. I'm going down to Rosedale, take my rider by my side. You can still barrelhouse, baby, on the riverside. Run, you can run, tell my friend, Willie Brown. Run, you can run, tell my friend, Willie Brown that I'm standing at the crossroads, believe I'm sinking down. Forever Man (Williams) How many times must I tell you babe, how many bridges I've got to cross? How many times must I explain myself before I can talk to the boss, 'fore I can talk to the boss? How many times must I say I love you before you finally understand? Won't you be my forever woman? I'll try to be your forever man, try to be your forever man. How many times must I say I love you before you finally understand? Won't you be my forever woman? I'll try to be your forever man, try to be your forever man. Forever man, forever man, forever man. Forever man, forever man, forever man. Try to be your forever man. Forever man, forever man, forever man. Forever man, forever man, forever man. Try to be your forever man. I Feel Free (Bruce/Brown) Feel when I dance with you, we move like the sea. You, you're all I want to know. I feel free, I feel free, I feel free. I can walk down the street, there's no one there though the pavements are one huge crowd. I can drive down the road; my eyes don't see, though my mind wants to cry out loud, though my mind wants to cry out loud. I feel free, I feel free, I feel free. I can walk down the street, there's no one there though the pavements are one huge crowd. I can drive down the road; my eyes don't see, though my mind wants to cry out loud, though my mind wants to cry out loud. Dance floor is like the sea, ceiling is the sky. You're the sun and as you shine on me, I feel free, I feel free, I feel free. I Shot The Sheriff (Marley) I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy. I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy. All around in my home town, they're trying to track me down. They say they want to bring me in guilty for the killing of a deputy, for the life of a deputy, but I swear- I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense. I shot the sheriff, and they say it is a capital offense. Sheriff John Brown always hated me, for what I don't know. Every time that I plant a seed, he said, "Kill it before it grows." He said, "Kill it before it grows." I swear- I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense. I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense. Freedom came my way one day and I started out of town. All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown aiming to shoot me down. So I shot, I shot him down. I say- I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy. I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy. Reflexes got the better of me and what is to be must be. Every day the bucket goes to the well, but one day the bottom will drop out, yes, one day the bottom will drop out. But I swear- I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy, oh no. I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy, oh no. It's In The Way That You Use It (Clapton/Robertson) It's in the way that you use it, it comes and it goes. It's in the way that you use it, boy, don't you know. And if you lie you will lose it, feelings will show. So don't you ever abuse it, don't let it go. Nobody's right till somebody's wrong. Nobody's weak till somebody's strong. No one gets lucky till luck comes along. Nobody's lonely till somebody's gone. It's in the way that you use it, it comes and it goes. It's in the way that you use it, boy, don't you know. And if you lie you will lose it, feelings will show. So don't you ever abuse it, don't let it go. It's in the way that you use it, it comes and it goes. It's in the way that you use it, boy, don't you know. And if you lie you will lose it, feelings will show. So don't you ever abuse it, don't let it go. Nobody's right till somebody's wrong. Nobody's weak till somebody's strong. No one gets lucky till luck comes along. Nobody's lonely till somebody's gone. I've seen dark skies, never like this. Walked on some thin ice, never like this. I've told you white lies, never like this. Looked into true eyes, never like this. It's in the way that you use it, it comes and it goes. It's in the way that you use it, boy, don't you know. And if you lie you will lose it, feelings will show. So don't you ever abuse it, don't let it go. Knockin' On Heaven's Door (Dylan) Ma, take this badge off of me. I can't use it any more. It's getting dark, too dark to see. Feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door. Knock, knock, knockin' on heavens door. Knock, knock, knockin' on heavens door. Knock, knock, knockin' on heavens door. Knock, knock, knockin' on heavens door. Ma, take these guns away from me. I can't shoot them any more. There's a long black cloud following me. Feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door. Knock, knock, knockin' on heavens door. Knock, knock, knockin' on heavens door. Knock, knock, knockin' on heavens door. Knock, knock, knockin' on heavens door. Ma, take this badge off of me. I can't use it any more. It's getting dark, too dark to see. Feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door. Knock, knock, knockin' on heavens door. Knock, knock, knockin' on heavens door. Knock, knock, knockin' on heavens door. Knock, knock, knockin' on heavens door... Lay Down Sally (Clapton/Levy/Terry) There is nothing that is wrong in wanting you to stay here with me. I know you've got somewhere to go, but won't you make yourself at home and stay with me? And don't you ever leave. Lay down, Sally, and rest you in my arms. Don't you think you want someone to talk to? Lay down, Sally, no need to leave so soon. I've been trying all night long just to talk to you. The sun ain't nearly on the rise and we still got the moon and stars above. Underneath the velvet skies, love is all that matters. Won't you stay with me? And don't you ever leave. Lay down, Sally, and rest you in my arms. Don't you think you want someone to talk to? Lay down, Sally, no need to leave so soon. I've been trying all night long just to talk to you. I long to see the morning light coloring your face so dreamily. So don't you go and say goodbye, you can lay your worries down and stay with me. And don't you ever leave. Lay down, Sally, and rest you in my arms. Don't you think you want someone to talk to? Lay down, Sally, no need to leave so soon. I've been trying all night long just to talk to you. Lay down, Sally, and rest you in my arms. Don't you think you want someone to talk to? Lay down, Sally, no need to leave so soon. I've been trying all night long just to talk to you. Layla (Clapton/Gordon) What'll you do when you get lonely and nobody's waiting by your side? You've been running and hiding much too long. You know it's just your foolish pride. Layla, you've got me on my knees. Layla, I'm begging, darling please. Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind? I tried to give you consolation when your old man had let you down. Like a fool, I fell in love with you, you turned my whole world upside down. Layla, you've got me on my knees. Layla, I'm begging, darling please. Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind? Let's make the best of the situation before I finally go insane. Please don't say we'll never find a way and tell me all my love's in vain. Layla, you've got me on my knees. Layla, I'm begging, darling please. Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind? Let It Rain (Bramlett/Clapton) The rain is falling through the mist of sorrow that surrounded me. The sun could never thaw away the bliss that lays around me. Let it rain, let it rain, let your love rain down on me. Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain, rain, rain. Her life was like a desert flower burning in the sun until I found the way to love is harder said than done. Let it rain, let it rain, let your love rain down on me. Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain, rain, rain. Now I know the secret, there is nothing that I lack. If I give my love to you, you'll surely give it back. Let it rain, let it rain, let your love rain down on me. Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain, rain, rain. Little Wing (Hendrix) Well she's walking through the clouds with a circus mind that's running 'round. Butterflies and zebras, fairy tales, that's all she ever thinks about. When I'm sad she comes to me with a thousand smiles she gives to me free. Said, "It's all right, take anything you want, anything you want, anything." Well she's walking through the clouds with a circus mind that's running 'round. Butterflies and zebras, fairy tales, that's all she ever thinks about. When I'm sad she comes to me with a thousand smiles she gives to me free. Said, "It's all right, take anything you want, anything you want, anything." Fly on, little wing... Motherless Child (Traditional) If I mistreat you girl, I sure don't mean no harm. If I mistreat you girl, I sure don't mean no harm. Well, I'm a motherless child, I don't know right from wrong. Please tell me pretty mama, honey where'd you stay last night? Please tell me pretty mama, honey where'd you stay last night? Well, you didn't come home till the sun was shining bright. I had to go so far girl to get my ham bones boiled. Had to go so far girl to get my ham bones boiled. Well, he's had a lotta women, gonna let my ham bones burn. Well, I did more for you, girl, than your daddy ever done. Well, I did more for you, girl, than your daddy ever done. Well, I give you my jelly, he ain't give you none. And when you see two women, always running hand in hand. When you see two women, always running hand in hand. You can bet your bottom dollar, one got the other one's man. Lord, I'm going to the river, get me a tangled rocking chair. I'm going to the river, get me a tangled rocking chair. And if the blues overtake me, gonna rock away from here. My Father's Eyes Sailing down behind the sun, waiting for my prince to come. Praying for the healing rain to restore my soul again. Just a toerag* on the run. How did I get here? What have I done? When will all my hopes arise? How will I know him when I look in my father's eyes? My father's eyes, when I look in my father's eyes, my father's eyes. Then the light begins to shine and I hear those ancient lullabies. And as I watch this seedling grow, feel my heart start to overflow. Where do I find the words to say? How do I teach him? What do we play? Bit by bit, I've realized, that's when I need them, that's when I need my father's eyes. My father's eyes, when I look in my father's eyes, my father's eyes. Then the jagged edge appears through the distant clouds of tears. I'm like a bridge that was washed away, my foundations were made of clay. As my soul slides down to die. How could I lose him? What did I try? Bit by bit, I've realized that he was here with me, I looked into my father's eyes. My father's eyes, when I look in my father's eyes, my father's eyes. My father's eyes, when I look in my father's eyes, my father's eyes. *Toerag: British slang term- worthless person Pretending (Williams) How many times must we tell the tale? How many times must we fall? Living in lost memory you just recalled Working on the sound of the band, trying to get the music right Two go out working, three stay home at night That's when she said she was pretending that she knew the plan. That's when I knew she was pretending, pretending to understand. Pretending, pretending. Pretending, pretending. Satisfied but lost in love. Situations change. You're never who you used to think you are, how strange. That's when she said she was pretending that she knew the plan. That's when I knew she was pretending, pretending to understand. Pretending, pretending. Pretending, pretending. I get lost in alibis. Sadness can't prevail. Everybody knows strong love can't fail. Don't be pretending about how you feel. Don't be pretending that your love is real. Don't be pretending about how you feel. Don't be pretending that your love is real. Pretending, pretending. Pretending, pretending. Promises (Feldman/Linn) I don't care if you never come home, I don't mind if you just keep on rowing away on a distant sea, I don't love you and you don't love me. You cause a commotion when you come to town, you give them a smile and they melt. Having lovers and friends is all good and fine but I don't like yours and you don't like mine. La la, la la la la la. La la, la la la la la. I don't care what you do at night, oh, I don't care how you get your delights. I'll leave you alone, I'll just let it be, I don't love you and you don't love me. I got a problem. Can you relate? I got a woman calling love hate. We made a vow we'd always be friends. How could we know that promises end? La la, la la la la la. La la, la la la la la. I tried to love you for years upon years, you refuse to take me for real. It's time you saw what I want you to see, and I'd still love you if you'd just love me. I got a problem. Can you relate? I got a woman calling love hate. We made a vow we'd always be friends. How could we know that promises end? La la, la la la la la. La la, la la la la la... Running On Faith (Williams) Lately I've been running on faith. What else can a poor boy do? But my world will be right when love comes over you Lately I've been talking in my sleep. I can't imagine what I'd have to say. Except my world will be right when love comes back my way. I've always been one to take each and every day. Seems like by now I'd find a love who cares just for me. Then we'd go running on faith, all of our dreams would come true. And our world will be right when love comes over me and you I've always been one to take each and every day. Seems like by now I'd find a love who cares just for me. Then we'd go running on faith, all of our dreams would come true. And our world will be right when love comes over me and you Love comes over you, love comes over you, love comes over you... She's Waiting (Clapton/Robinson) She's waiting for another love. She's waiting for another love. She's been waiting for another love, someone that she can show into her heart. And when she finally finds a stronger love, your whole world's gonna fall apart. She's waiting for another love. She's waiting for another love. You've been abusing her for far too long, think you're a king and she's your pawn. Get ready now, 'cause pretty soon she'll be gone and you'll be on your own. She's waiting for another love. She's waiting for another love. I see the hunger burning in her eye, any fool could see there's something wrong. You keep pretending not to care, but I will hear you sing a different song. She's waiting for another love. She's waiting for another love. Waiting for another lover, hoping for the time that she'll find another... Strange Brew (Clapton/Collins/Pappalardi) Strange brew, kill what's inside of you. She's a witch of trouble in electric blue, in her own mad mind she's in love with you. With you, now what you gonna do? Strange brew, kill what's inside of you. She's some kind of demon messing in the glue. If you don't watch out it'll stick to you. To you, what kind of fool are you? Strange brew, kill what's inside of you. On a boat in the middle of a raging sea, she would make a scene for it all to be ignored. And wouldn't you be bored? Strange brew, kill what's inside of you. Strange brew, strange brew, strange brew, strange brew. Strange brew, kill what's inside of you. Sunshine Of Your Love (Clapton/Bruce/Brown) It's getting near dawn when lights close their tired eyes. I'll soon be with you my love to give you my dawn surprise. I'll be with you darling soon, I'll be with you when the stars start falling. I've been waiting so long to be where I'm going, in the sunshine of your love. I'm with you my love, the light's shining through on you. Yes, I'm with you my love, it's the morning and just we two. I'll stay with you darling now, I'll stay with you till my seas are dried up. I've been waiting so long to be where I'm going, in the sunshine of your love. I'm with you my love, the light's shining through on you. Yes, I'm with you my love, it's the morning and just we two. I'll stay with you darling now, I'll stay with you till my seas are dried up. I've been waiting so long, I've been waiting so long I've been waiting so long to be where I'm going in the sunshine of your love. Tales Of Brave Ulysses (Clapton/Sharp) You thought the leaden winter would bring you down forever, but you rode upon a steamer to the violence of the sun. And the colors of the sea blind your eyes with trembling mermaids, And you touch the distant beaches with tales of brave Ulysses: how his naked ears were tortured by the sirens sweetly singing, For the sparkling waves are calling you to kiss their white laced lips. And you see a girl's brown body dancing through the turquoise, and her footprints make you follow where the sky loves the sea. And when your fingers find her, she drowns you in her body, carving deep blue ripples in the tissues of your mind. The tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers, and you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter. Her name is Aphrodite and she rides a crimson shell, and you know you cannot leave her for you touched the distant sands with tales of brave Ulysses, how his naked ears were tortured by the sirens sweetly singing. The tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers, and you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter. Tears In Heaven (Clapton/Jennings) Would you know my name if I saw you in heaven? Would it be the same if I saw you in heaven? I must be strong and carry on, cause I know I don't belong here in heaven. Would you hold my hand if I saw you in heaven? Would you help me stand if I saw you in heaven? I'll find my way through night and day, cause I know I just can't stay here in heaven. Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees. Time can break your heart, have you begging please, begging please. Beyond the door, there's peace I'm sure and I know there'll be no more tears in heaven. Would you know my name if I saw you in heaven? Would it be the same if I saw you in heaven? I must be strong and carry on, cause I know I don't belong here in heaven. White Room (Bruce/Brown) In the white room with black curtains near the station. Blackroof country, no gold pavements, tired starlings. Silver horses ran down moonbeams in your dark eyes. Dawnlight smiles on you leaving, my contentment. I'll wait in this place where the sun never shines, wait in this place where the shadows run from themselves. You said no strings could secure you at the station. Platform ticket, restless diesels, goodbye windows. I walked into such a sad time at the station. As I walked out, felt my own need just beginning. I'll wait in the queue when the trains come back, lie with you where the shadows run from themselves. At the party she was kindness in the hard crowd. Consolation for the old wound now forgotten. Yellow tigers crouched in jungles in her dark eyes. She's just dressing, goodbye windows, tired starlings. I'll sleep in this place with the lonely crowd, lie in the dark where the shadows run from themselves. Willie And The Hand Jive (Otis) I know a cat named Way-Out Willie, got a cool little chick named Rocking Millie. He can walk and stroll and Susie Q and do that crazy hand jive, too. Mama, mama, look at Uncle Joe doing the hand jive with sister Flo. Grandma gave baby sister a dime, said, "Do that hand jive one more time." Hand jive, hand jive, hand jive, do that crazy hand jive. Doctor and a lawyer and an Indian chief, they all dig that crazy beat. Way-Out Willie gave them all a treat when he did that hand jive with his feet. Grandma gave baby sister a dime, said, "Do that hand jive one more time." Hand jive, hand jive, hand jive, do that crazy hand jive. Willie and Millie got married last fall. They had a little Willie junior and that ain't all. Well, the kids got crazy and it's plain to see, doing the hand jive on T.V. Wonderful Tonight It's late in the evening, she's wondering what clothes to wear. She puts on her make-up and brushes her long blonde hair. And then she asks me, "Do I look all right?" And I say, "Yes, you look wonderful tonight." We go to a party and everyone turns to see this beautiful lady that's walking around with me. And then she asks me, "Do you feel all right?" And I say, "Yes, I feel wonderful tonight." I feel wonderful because I see the love light in your eyes. And the wonder of it all is that you just don't realize how much I love you. It's time to go home now and I've got an aching head, So I give her the car keys and she helps me to bed. And then I tell her, as I turn out the light, I say, "My darling, you were wonderful tonight. Oh, my darling, you were wonderful tonight." |