1. |
Brand New Radio
04:11
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BRAND NEW RADIO
I don't wanna' go back to my job
Gonna sit at home, gonna pat my dog
Take my girl, on a honeymoon
Eat my soup from a silver spoon
Hey Hey. That’s what I say.
I'll get a brand new radio for my car
Lay on the hood and count every single star
My girl means the world to me
To my heart there’s a golden key
She said I'm the only one
I say I'd better be.
Hey Hey. That’s what I say.
I'll get a brand new radio for my car
Lay on the hood and count every single star
Well I don't wanna ever be lonely
I don't want an empty brain
I just wanna feel the sunshine and the rain.
I'll find us a holiday shack
We'll move right in and never come back
You and me and Billie the cat
We'll all eat cake and slowly get fat
Hey Hey. That’s what I say.
I'll get a brand new radio for my car
Lay on the hood and count every single star
Well I don't wanna ever be lonely
I don't want an empty brain
I just wanna feel the sunshine and the rain
I don't wanna' go back to my job
I’ll sit at home, and pat my dog
Take my girl, on a honeymoon
Eat my soup from a silver spoon
Hey Hey. That’s what I say.
I'll get a brand new radio for my car
Lay on the hood and count every single star
I'll get a brand new radio for my car
Lay on the hood and count every single star
I'll get a brand new radio for my car
Lay on the hood and count every single star
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2. |
Bitter Tears
05:29
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BITTER TEARS
These ain’t tears, I ain’t crying over you
These ain’t tears baby, I ain’t crying over you
Since you walked out the door
I’ve been flat out and more
This ain’t a bottle baby, you know I won’t drink myself to sleep.
No, this ain’t a bottle baby, you know I won’t drink myself to sleep.
She was cold as a snake
But my heart will never ache for bitter tears.
I’ll get me some take away food baby,
and you know I prefer eating it alone.
I’ll get me some take away food baby,
and you know I prefer eating that shit alone.
You can call all you want, my machine’s always on.
I just won’t cry those bitter tears
I don’t want to cry those bitter tears
No, I don’t want to cry those bitter tears
Yeah, I don’t want to cry those bitter tears
No, I don’t want to cry those bitter tears
She was cold, cold, cold as snake baby
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3. |
The Blues is my Boss
02:25
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THE BLUES IS MY BOSS
I wanna tell you Momma
The blues gave me every note I play
I wanna tell you Papa
The blues gave me every note I play
If it wasn’t for the blues
I wouldn’t have a whole lot to say
If it weren’t for McKinley Morganfield
I wouldn’t know where my mojo was
If it weren’t for McKinley Morganfield
I wouldn’t know where my mojo was.
I know rock n roll is the son of the blues
So the blues must be my boss
I’ll just keep swinging,
Like a big ol’ blue gum in the wind
I’m just gonna keep on swinging
Like a big ol’ blue gum in the wind
My blues is about living and loving
And taking it all on the chin.
I wanna tell you Momma
The blues gave me every note I play
I wanna tell you Papa
The blues gave me every note I play
If it wasn’t for the blues
I wouldn’t have a whole lot to say
If it wasn’t for the blues
I wouldn’t have a whole lot to say
If it wasn’t for the blues
I wouldn’t know what to play these days.
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4. |
The Golden Rule
04:28
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The Golden Rule. © Jimi Hocking
Little Isabelle, she wanna’ shake something down
She got some brand new toys/shoes, she wanna show em’ around
And someone told me once a little ain’t enough
You’re gonna need a lot more if the going gets tough
Still you’re better off alive than you would be dead
So keep your shoes on your feet and keep your hat on your head
That boy from East St Kilda, he’s always driving too fast
He’s always in a race, he never wanna come last
Don’t wanna be the one to say you gotta slow down
But if you want some trouble man there’s plenty around
Still you’re better off alive than you would be dead
So keep your shoes on your feet and keep your hat on your head
So if you’re going crazy and you’re climbing the walls
You know the higher you climb, the harder you fall
You got some problems at home, a little trouble at work
Because your partner is a martyr and the boss is a jerk
Still you’re better off alive than you would be dead
So keep your shoes on your feet and keep your hat on your head
So keep your shoes on your feet
And keep your hat on your head
Just keep your shoes on your feet
And keep your hat on your head
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5. |
My Way or the Highway
04:29
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My Way or the Highway. © Jimi Hocking
Grind that wheel of a train
I ain’t never coming back
Cos’ I’ve seen this road before
And it becomes a bitter track
We gotta do it your way
Better watch me while I pack
Cos’ I wanna see the light
Gonna keep my chin up high
So don’t put me in that chair
Ain’t no way I’m gonna fry
If we only do it your way
This must be my last goodbye
You say its,
My way or the Highway, and you’d better not complain.
My way or the Highway, kiss my arse baby Jane
So if you see me in a taxi cab
With a stranger you don’t know
Did you think that I’d be lonely
Think I got nowhere to go ?
I’ve been saving for a rainy day
And now baby you got snow
So its,
My way or the Highway, and you’d better not complain.
My way or the Highway, kiss my arse baby Jane.
My way or the Highway, and you’d better not complain.
My way or the Highway, smell the coffee baby Jane.
My way or the Highway, and you’d better not complain.
My way or the Highway, kiss my arse baby Jane.
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6. |
My First Car
02:53
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My First Car. © Jimi Hocking
My first car, was the one I am claiming to be
By far, a kinda automotive sincerity
My friends, and the strangers who lived in my street
Would laugh, at what they called my Italian Mercedes
It may be hard to insure
Mechanically, there’s problems galore
And there might be some rust in the door
My first car.
I’d drive, just to burn up my fuel every day
I laughed when I broke the economy gauge
I go out to Melton and skate if I want
Head down to the corner and buy a croissant
And it may be hard to insure
And the motor may fall through the floor
But I’m gonna’ pull chicks now for sure
My first car.
Rock and roll section
Solo
I think back, to the days of the manual shift
The big six helped me get through my apprenticeship
And now, since I’m so damn mature I can’t
Go crazy, like I did my Valiant.
It used to be hard to insure
It looked cool with the wideys’ for sure
And the Hemi made a thundering roar
My first car.
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7. |
School Fool
02:17
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School Fool. © Jimi Hocking
I got a friend who’s always playing the fool
Yeah, I got a friend who’s always playing the fool
He thinks he’s so damn smart
He thinks he’s so damn cool
If it wasn’t for him, I might have passed in school
If it wasn’t for him, I might have passed in school
He was always distracting me
So I would join in too
I had to join in too
Nothing I could do
I had to join in too
Well, the Principle called, he said, he’d see me after class
Well, the Principle called, to see me after the class
And he told me then
He wanna kick my ass.
But when I was a school
I just didn’t’ relate
I didn’t hang with the tough kids
Who thought they were great
I wasn’t academic
And I wasn’t a jock
I was trying to learn
But I kinda forgot
So I would hang with the kid, who’s always playing the fool
Yeah, I would hang with the kid who’d be playing the fool
He thinks he’s so damn smart
He thinks he’s so damn cool
Well, I turned around and I was fully grown
Paying of a car, and a home of my own
I see little kids, walking to school
And I start to wonder what their parents would do if they …
Hang with the kid, who’s always playing the fool
What if they hang with the kid who’d be playing the fool
He thinks he’s so damn smart
He thinks he’s so damn cool
He thinks he’s so damn smart
He thinks he’s so damn cool
Well I was so damn smart
I was so damn cool.
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8. |
Nothing To Prove
04:14
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Nothing to Prove. © Jimi Hocking
Well I got me ten dollars that I’m dying to spend
But that kinda money doesn’t buy many friends
So you, go and tell me
That I got nothing to lose
I end up sleeping like a cat on the floor
I’m always dreaming just a little bit more
About you
And all the things that you do.
He hey hey
I could sleep all day
Cos I got nothing to prove
Except my love for you
So listen honey, can I call you collect?
I’m gonna make it, gonna win your respect
So you, you better tell me
If there is somebody else
You won’t be waiting on a Saturday night
You won’t be crying, while I get in a fight
Cos I gotta tell ya
I’m a changing man
He hey hey
I could sleep all day
Cos I got nothing to prove
Except my love for you
Well I got me ten dollars that I’m dying to spend
But that kinda money doesn’t buy many friends
So you, go and tell me
That I got nothing to lose
I end up sleeping like a cat on the floor
I’m always dreaming just a little bit more
About you
And all the things that you do.
He hey hey
I could sleep all day
Cos I got nothing to prove
Except my love for you
Cos I got nothing to prove
Except my love for you
Cos I got nothing to prove
Except my love for you
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9. |
My Idea of Fun
03:43
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My Idea of Fun © Jimi Hocking
You got, too much talking
When we’re climbing into bed
I get no loving
And it’s messing with my head
I’d be gone
If this weren’t my idea of fun
You think it’s funny
When I’m pacing ‘round the room
You been laughing
From the cradle to the tomb
I’d be gone
If this weren’t my idea of fun
I’ll pack my case
Take my guitar
And throw them into the boot of my car
I’ll go away babe
But not too far
Cos’ I hate to see you sad
I’d regret you
If it weren’t for your home cooking
I’d forget you
If you weren’t so damn good looking
I’d be gone
If this weren’t my idea of fun
I’ll pack my case
Take my guitar
And throw them into the boot of my car
I’ll go away babe
But not very far
Cos’ I hate to see you sad
I wanna love you
And I’ll make it nice and slow
I reach out to touch you
And you say …
“You dirty so and so”
I’d be gone
If this weren’t my idea of fun
I’d be gone
If this weren’t my idea of fun
I’d be gone
If this weren’t my idea of fun
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10. |
A Little Like me
03:39
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A little like me. © Jimi Hocking
Well I don’t care if I’m not your type
And I know you don’t approve of my motor bike
You’re the one who said it was over
I’m just the one who kinda agreed
But now,
You got yourself a lover who reminds me a little of me.
You know the day you scratched my favourite CD?
You shouldn’t have done that to my SRV
Cos’ you’re the one who was always complaining
That I’m kinda ‘Testosteronie’
But how come
You got yourself a lover who reminds me a little of me.
“I think this guy’s kinda familiar”
I don’t miss your yuppie crowd
Cos now I play the stereo way too loud
When you’re old you’re gonna look like your Mother
And you know she ain’t much to see!
But how come
You got yourself a lover who reminds me a little of me.
I don’t care if I’m not your type
And I know you don’t approve of my motor bike
But you’re the one who said it was over
I’m just the one who kinda agreed
But now,
You got yourself a lover who reminds me a little of me.
And when your old your gonna look like your Mother!
And you know she ain’t much to see
But how come,
You got yourself a lover who reminds me a little of me.
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11. |
The Most Beautifool
02:41
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The Most Beautifool © Jimi Hocking
Well I tried to make you happy
Do what I can
But you’re getting bored baby
And you don’t understand
You want me to talk, but you don’t like the tone of my voice
Well, it’s the only tone I got baby
So I guess I got no choice
You’re the most beautiful… fool I know.
The most beautiful… fool I know.
You want romancing
So you ask me for a kiss
I come on over thinking
, you cannot resist
We start with an embrace
And then our passion starts to flow
But now you want a cigarette
And you say you gotta go!
The most beautiful… fool I know.
The most beautiful… fool I know.
You say I should pay all the bills
Cos’ I got all the money
I’d go along with you
But my friends all think it’s funny
You sit on the couch
And I do what you ask
Well, why don’t you get a job
And get up off your ass
You’re driving the car
You almost run somebody down
Don’t expect me
, to not make a sound
I’m gonna scream baby
I’m gonna cry
I don’t have to come up with
Ten reasons why !
You’re the most beautiful… fool I know.
The most beautiful… fool I know.
The most beautiful… fool I know.
The most beautiful… fool I know.
The most beautiful… fool I know.
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12. |
Daydreamin'
03:46
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Daydreamin’ © Jimi Hocking
I’ve been daydreamin’ baby
I dream all day about everything
I’ve been daydreamin’ baby
I dream all day about everything
So when you come to know me
See what my daydreams can bring
Cos I put my eyes on you babe
You’ve been nothing but a shame
Since I put my eyes on you baby
It’s been nothing but a shame
And my sorry daydreams tell me
I will never be the same
I been dreaming about Venus
I been dreaming about Mars
I been dreaming about this song
When I was dreaming about guitars
I’ve been daydreamin’ baby
I dream all day about everything
And now that you’ve come to know me
See what my dreams can bring
I’ve been dreaming about a stranger
I’ve been dreaming about you
I know you’re going away
But I don’t know what to do
I’ve been daydreamin’ baby
I dream all day about everything
And now that you’ve come to know me
See what my dreams can bring
Send a postcard baby
Or drop me a line
Send a postcard baby
Or drop me a line
Be nice to know if you miss me
And I hope you’re doing fine
Be nice to know if you miss me
And I hope you’re doing fine
Be nice to know if you miss me baby
And I hope you’re doing fine
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13. |
Trouble
02:24
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Trouble © Jimi Hocking
I know that I’m right
You say that I’m wrong
I kiss you good night
But you’re already gone
I got trouble baby
Keeping my hands off a you
It’s a sign of the times
You’re wearing your face
I run hot and cold
As you run ‘round the place
I got trouble baby
Keeping my hands off a you
And you know that it’s true
It’s written right here
Right across my face
I get so blue without you
Don’t keep me floating out in space
I want to you to love me
The same way I love you
And you know that it’s true
It’s written right here
Right across my face
I get so blue without you
Please don’t keep me floating out in space
Cos’ I want to you to love me
The same way I love you
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Jimi Hocking Melbourne, Australia
Australian Guitarist Jimi ‘the human’ Hocking has been recording & performing music since 1980. He is a member of The Screaming Jets since 1993, & his own band Jimi the Human & Spectre 7. He also performs as a blues artist. 2005 winner of the International Blues Challenge in Memphis USA. Jimi plays electric & acoustic guitar & Mandolin. www.jimihocking.com ... more
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