Graham Parker Lyrics

Graham Parker Lyrics

"DISCOVERING JAPAN Lyrics"

If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em Lyrics
Come here man check it out You know there laughing at you man Fuck them man you know what im sayin come down here man And join the carnival man Gangsters bangin nuts straight hangin Freakazoids baseheads spareing changes Homelss hobos pushing dead bodies in a car

[intro] Bm  D  A (3 times)

D Bm
Her heart is nearly breaking, the earth is nearly quaking
D A
The Tokyo's taxi's braking, it's screaming to a halt
G A Bm G
And there's nothing to hold on to when gravity betrays you
A D Bm
And every kiss enslaves you-oo-oo

D Bm
She knows how hard her heart grows under the nuclear shadows
D
The Good Life Lyrics
Oh, the good life Full of fun, seems to be the ideal Mmm, the good life Lets you hide all the sadness you feel You won't really fall in love For you can't take the chance So please, be honest With yourself Don't try to fake romance... It's the good li
A
She can't escape the feeling repeating in her head
G A Bm G
When after all the urges some kind of truth emerges
A
We felt the deadly surges

Bm A G D A
Discovering Japan--an --an
Bm A G D A G D Bm Bm
Discovering Japan--an --an

D Bm
The GIs only use her, they only ram right through her
D A
Giving an eastern promise, that they co
Get Up Lyrics
One more wish is behind you now A your dream comes alive You have it all in the palm of your hand But it can cost you your life Who is you master? Who is your master? City lights they blind you now Oh, how they hypnotize you The good life all night It’s
ld never keep
G A Bm G
Seeing a million miles, between their joke and smiles
A D
She heard their hard denials [don't pause]

Bm A
As the tears dropped sideways down her face, face
Bm A
I woke up talking in the tongue of a different race, race
Bm G
And as the flight touches down my watch says 8:02
F#m Bm D A
But that's midn
She Collected Lyrics
She collected Gun-slingers, first-stringers, dead-ringers She just needed more She collected Dance hallers, Know-it-all-ers, Wreckin-ball-ers She just needed more She just needed more She had cars, clothes and heath She just needed more She had l
ight to you,
Bm D A Bm D A / G A
Midnight to you Midight to you

D Bm
I dreamed headlong collisions in jet lag panavisions
D A
I shouted sayonara it didn't mean goodbye
G A Bm G
But lovers turn to posers show up in film exposures
A
Just like in travel brochures
Bm A G D A Bm A G D A
Discovering Japan Discovering Japan

(x6 and fade)