Rudie Can't Fail

Now, sing, Michael, sing

On the route of the nineteen bus
We hear them sayin'
How you get a rude and a reckless?
Don't you be so crude and feckless
You been drinking brew for breakfast
Rudie can't fail (no, no)

We reply

I know that my life make you nervous
But I tell you I can't live in service
Like the doctor who was born for a purpose
Rudie can't fail (ok)

I went to the market to realize my soul
What I need I just don't have (oh no)
First they curse, then they press me till I hurt
They say, Rudie can't fail

First you must cure your temper
Then find a job in a paper
You need someone for a savior
Rudie can't fail

We reply

Now we get a rude and a reckless
To be seen lookin' cool an' speckless
And drinking brew for breakfast
Rudie can't fail (no, no, no)
I went to the market to realize my soul
'Cause what I need I just don't have
First they curse, then they press me 'til I hurt
Rudie can't fail

Okay! Okay!

So where you want to go today?

Hey, boss man!
You're looking pretty smart
(Chicken skin suit) with your chicken skin suit
You think you're pretty hot
(Pork pie hat) In the pork pie hat

Rudie can't fail
Rudie can't fail
Rudie can't fail
Rudie can't fail
Rudie can't fail
Rudie can't fail
Rudie can't fail
Rudie can't fail
Rudie can't fail
Rudie can't fail
Rudie can't fail
Rudie can't fail

Poor, poor, pitiful me

Well, I lay my head on the railroad track
Waiting on the Double E
But the train don't run by here no more
Poor, poor, pitiful me

Poor, poor, pitiful me
Poor, poor, pitiful me
Oh, these boys won't let me be
Lord have mercy on me
Whoa, woe is me

Well, I met a man out in Hollywood
Now I ain't naming names
Well, he really worked me over good
Just like Jesse James

Yes, he really worked me over good
He was a credit to his gender
Put me through some changes, Lord
Sort of like a Waring blender

Poor, poor, pitiful me
Poor, poor, pitiful me
Oh, these boys won't let me be
Lord have mercy on me
Whoa, woe is me

Bridge

Well, I met a boy in The Vieux Carré
Down in Yokohama
Picked me up and he threw me down
He said, "Please don't hurt me mama"

Poor, poor, pitiful me
Poor, poor, pitiful me
Oh, these boys won't let me be
Lord have mercy on me
Whoa, woe is me

Instrumental outro

Vocal outro:
Poor, poor, poor me
Poor, poor, pitiful me
Poor, poor, poor me
Poor, poor, pitiful me
Poor, poor, poor me
Poor, poor, pitiful me

The Jamestown Ferry

He just caught the Jamestown Ferry
It's not a hot day in January
Like he said it'd be if he ever left me

A case of gone was all he carried
As he got on the Jamestown Ferry
And he said that gone was all he'd ever be

Four
I didn't think that he'd leave me
After he saying how much he needs me
But the fact still remains I'm sitting here all alone

Missing the loving of my baby
Lord it's about to drive me crazy
He was the sweetest piece of heaven I've ever known

He just caught the Jamestown Ferry
It's not a hot day in January
Like he said it'd be if he ever left me

A case of gone was all he carried
As he got on the Jamestown Ferry
And he said that gone was all he'd ever be

Vocal bridge
As I walk through his kingdom of Honky Tonks and Bars
I remember how he'd hold me and comfort me with talk
He didn't cuss with every breath
He had a soothing southern drawl
Made me feel like a lady through it all

He just caught the Jamestown Ferry
It's not a hot day in January
Like he said it'd be if he ever left me

A case of gone was all he carried
As he got on the Jamestown Ferry
And he said that gone was all he'd ever be

He just caught the Jamestown Ferry
It's not a hot day in January
Fade
Like he said it'd be if he ever left me

Sugar Sugar

Sugar
Honey-honey
You are my candy girl
You got me wantin' you

Aw, honey
Hmm, sugar-sugar
You are my candy girl, whoa-oh
You got me wanting you

I can't believe the loveliness of lovin you, oh yeah
I just can't believe the one-ness of this feelin too
Oh no, hmm, sugar

Honey-honey, oh yeah
You are my candy girl
You got me wanting you

Hmm, honey, oh yeah
Hmm, sugar-sugar
You are my candy girl
You got me wanting you, oh yeah

When I kissed you, girl, I knew how sweet a kiss could be, oh yeah
Just like the summer sunshine, pour your sweet love over me, oh yeah

Hmm, sugar
Oh, honey, honey, oh yeah, you are my candy girl
You got me wanting you, I got to say it

Sugar, yeah
Honey-honey, yeah, you are my candy girl
You got me wanting you

Oh, sugar
Yeah, honey, honey

My toot toot

Intro
2 instrumental refrains
Don't mess with my toot toot
Don't mess with my toot toot
Now you can have the other woman
But don't mess with my toot toot

She was born in a birth suit
The doctor slapped her behind [slap!]
He said you're gonna be special
Hey you're gonna be fine

You can look as much
But if you much as touch
You're gonna have yourself a case
I'm gonna break your face

So don't mess with my toot toot
Don't mess with my toot toot
Now you can have the other woman
But don't mess with my toot toot

Bridge
2 instrumental refrains
Don't mess with my toot toot
Don't mess with my toot toot
Now you can have the other woman
But don't mess with my toot toot

She was born in a birth suit
The doctor slapped her behind
He said you're gonna be special
You're gonna be fine

Now you can look as much
But if you much as touch
You're gonna have yourself a case
I'm gonna break your face

So don't mess with my toot toot
Don't mess with my toot toot
Now you can have the other woman
But don't mess with my toot toot

Bridge
2 instrumental refrains
Don't mess with my toot toot
Don't mess with my toot toot
Now you can have the other woman
But don't mess with my toot toot

She was born in a birth suit
The doctor slapped her behind
He said you're gonna be special
You're gonna be fine

Now you can look as much
But if you much as touch
You're gonna have yourself a case
I'm gonna break your face

So don't mess with my toot toot
Don't mess with my toot toot
Now you can have the other woman
But don't mess with my toot toot

Outro

Say that you love me

Have mercy, baby, on a poor girl like me
You know I'm falling, falling, falling at your feet
I'm tingling right from my head to my toes
So help me, help me, help me make the feeling go

'Cause when the lovin' starts and the lights go down
And there's not another living soul around
You woo me until the sun comes up
And you say that you love me

Have pity, baby, just when I thought it was over
And now you got me runnin', runnin', runnin' for cover
I'm begging you for a little sympathy
And if you use me again, it'll be the end of me

'Cause when the lovin' starts and the lights go down
But there's not another living soul around
You woo me until the sun comes up
And you say that you love me

Baby, baby, hope you're gonna stay away
'Cause I'm getting weaker, weaker every day
I guess I'm not as strong as I used to be
And if you use me again, it'll be the end of me

'Cause when the lovin' starts and the lights go down
There's not another living soul around
You woo me until the sun comes up
And you say that you love me

'Cause when the lovin' starts and the lights go down
There's not another living soul around
You woo me until the sun comes up
And you say that you love me
Say that you love me
Say that you love me

Falling, falling, falling
Falling, falling, falling (yeah)
Falling, falling, falling
Falling, falling, falling
Falling, falling, falling
Falling, falling, falling

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Songwriter: Christine McVie

Angel from Montgomery

Intro
4 bangs
I am an old woman
Named after my mother
My old man is another
Child that's grown old

If dreams were thunder
And lightnin' was desire
This old house would've burnt down
At a long time ago

Make me an angel
That flies from Montgomery
Make me a poster
Of an old rodeo

Just give me one thing
That I can hold on to
To believe in this livin'
Is just a hard way to go

When I was a young girl
Well, I had me a cowboy
He weren't much to look at
Just a free ramblin' man

But that was a long time
And no matter how I tried
Those years just flow by
Like a broken down dam

Make me an angel
That flies from Montgomery
Make me a poster
Of an old rodeo

Just give me one thing
That I can hold on to
To believe in this livin'
Is just a hard way to go

There's flies in the kitchen
I can hear 'em they're buzzin'
And I ain't done nothin' since I woke up today

How the hell can a person
Go to work in the mornin'
And come home in the evenin'
And have nothin' to say

Make me an angel
That flies from Montgomery
Make me a poster
Of an old rodeo

Just give me one thing
That I can hold on to
To believe in this livin'
Is just a hard way to go
To believe in this livin'
Is just a hard way to go

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Songwriter: John Prine