Released 1978 | RCA PL25170
Produced by MUD, Mike Hurst and Pip Williams
So you think you can dance,
We’re gonna give you a chance,
Come on and show us what you can do.
With the music going loud,
Are you one of the crowd,
See the bright lights just for you.
Don’t you act so shy,
And let the time go by,
There ain’t no flies on you.
You’re turning on the heat,
And rocking on the beat,
Yeah that’s what you gotta do.
Chorus
Burn on Marlon
Be gone, be gone.
Burn on Marlon and dance the night away.
Burn on Marlon
Be gone, be gone.
Burn on Marlon,
Dance the night away.
(Burn on Marlon)
When all is said and done,
You are the only one,
Who can love her kiss tonight.
We know you’ve waited all day,
And now it’s your turn to play.
C’mon and rock and roll out of sight.
The way you hit the stand,
You’re just a one-man band,
The one we want to see.
Well you play it loud,
You’re drifting on a cloud.
Did you ever notice me?
Chorus
Break
Repeat Chorus to fade
Written by Rob Davis and Ray Stiles (Chappell Music)
Let me get, let me get close to you.
Let me know, let me know what to do.
You made me believe you’d be true.
But I’m blue.
Let me get, let me get close to you.
You hear me calling but you never answer me.
(You hear me calling, you hear me calling)
So quit your stalling honey, come on back and see.
(Quit your stallin’, quit your stallin’)
Just what you’ve done,
It’s really such a shame.
Our love is dying,
You’re the one to blame
Let me get, let me get close to you.
(I wann a get close, I wanna get close to you).
Let me know, let me know what to do.
(Let me know just what to do)
You made me believe you’d be true.
But I’m blue.
Let me get, let me get close to you.
Break
I’m thinking of you sugar,
You’re always on my mind.
(I’m thinking of you, I’m thinking of you)
How come you’re changing and you say I’m not your kind
(How come you’re changing, how come you’re changing)
Took what you wanted and left me for a clown.
You had your way and turned me upside down.
Let me get, let me get close to you.
(I wanna get close, I wanna get close to you).
Let me know, let me know what to do.
(Let me know just what to do)
You made me believe you’d be true.
But I’m blue.
Let me get, let me get close to you.
Let me get, let me get.
(I wanna get close, I wanna get close to you).
Let me get, let me get.
(I wanna get close, I wanna get close to you).
Let me get, Let me get close to you.
Written by Rob Davis and Ray Stiles (Chappell Music)
I want you to tell me why you walked out on me
I’m so lonesome everyday
I want you to know that since you walked out on me
Nothin’ seems to be the same old way
Think about the love that burns within my heart for you
The good times we had before you went away, oh me
Walk right back to me this minute
Bring your love to me, don't send it
I’m so lonesome everyday
I want you to tell me why you walked out on me
I&rsuo;m so lonesome everyday
I want you to know that since you walked out on me
Nothin’ seems to be the same old way
Think about the love that burns within my heart for you
The good times we had before you went away, oh me
Walk right back to me this minute
Bring your love to me, don’t send it
I’m so lonesome everyday
Written by Sonny Cutis (Warner/Chappell)
I want a good looking, hot loving cafe dollar woman, oh yeah.
’cos I’m a fast talking, hard living boy I got the moeny to share.
I’m the kind of guy,
Ain’t no body like me.
And I need your company
So come on (so come on)
So come on (so come on)
So come on and tell me, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Chorus
Who you gonna love, who you gonna love
You gotta tell me who you gonna love
Who you gonna love
Ain’t it really plain to see.
Who you gonna love, who you gonna love
Step right out to the stars above
I know you want love
I’m the one it’s gotta be.
Well a, who’s playin’, your sayin’ I’m faking,
Don’t that beat all.
’cos when I’m chosing, you’re losing
Girl, you’re heading too far.
I’ve been told that a party takes two.
Well here I am, honey, that leaves you.
So come on (so come on)
So come on (so come on)
So come on and tell me, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Chorus
So come on (so come on)
So come on (so come on)
So come on and tell me, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Break
Chorus - repeat to fade
Written by Rob Davis and Ray Stiles (Chappell Music)
Yes I remember your face from last year,
And your car, how it shines.
Unfortunately, he’s not here with me.
I would say where he is if I could.
Is it concerning the money he lent?
He was always flat broke.
Indubitably his sister can say if only you knew where to find her.
Chorus
That slow talking boy, he don’t work here no more
He go for a job in the city.
I wish I could say that he’ll come to some good,
But I know he won’t,
It’s a pity.
Yes I remember your face from last year,
And your car, how it shines.
Unfortunately, he’s not here with me.
I would say where he is if I could.
Chorus (repeat)
Written by Kongos/Leroy (Tapestry Music Ltd)
Love, oh love, oh careless love
You’ve fly through my head like wine
You’ve wrecked the life of a many poor girl
And you nearly spoiled this life of mine
Love, oh love, oh careless love
In your clutches of desire
You’ve made me break a many true vow
Then you set my very soul on fire
Love, oh love, oh careless love
All my happiness bereft
You’ve filled my heart with weary old blues
Now I’m walkin’, talkin’ to myself
Love, oh love, oh careless love
Trusted you now, it’s too late
You’ve made me throw my old friend down
That’s why I sing this song of hate
Love, oh love, oh careless love
Night and day, I weep and moan
You brought the wrong man into this life of mine
For my sins, till judgment I’ll atone
Traditional, arrangement by MUD (Chappell Music)
Day after day I’m more confused
But I look for the light through the pouring rain
You know it’s a game that I hate to loose.
I’m feeling the strain.
Ain’t it a shame.
Chorus
Gimme the beat boys and free my soul,
I wanna get lost in your rock ’n’ roll and drift away.
Gimme the beat boys and free my soul,
I wanna get lost in your rock ’n’ roll and drift away.
Beginning to think that I’m wasting time.
And I don’t understand the things I do.
The world outside looks so unkind
Now it’s up to you to carry me through.
Chorus
When my mind is free you know a melody can move me
And when I’m feelin’ blue, the guitar’s coming through to sooth me.
Thank’s for the joy that you’ve given me.
I want you to know what I feel in the song.
A rhythm and a rhyme and a harmony.
To help me along,
You’re making me strong.
Repeat Chorus to fade
Written by Williams (Rondor Music Ltd)
You could do things for me
Things that please come easy
Now, I’m by your side
Will you run and hide?
Oooh.
Chorus
Gotta a good reason to show you
I’m the only one, and that’s true.
Gotta good reason to tell you
Baby let your come through.
Aah, aahh
Gotta good reason to fall in love with you
Gotta good reason to fall in love with you.
You, you drive me crazy
Everybody tells me
You’ve got what I need
I’ll go where you lead
Ooh
Chorus
Gotta good reason to fall in love with you
Gotta good reason to fall in love with you.
Break
Chorus - repeat to fade
Written by Rob Davis and Ray Stiles (Chappell Music)
I’ve lost the way
No need to say I was wrong
And now you’re leaving me
One things for sure
I gave you more than you’ll ever know
Why can’t you believe in me?
Nights I ain’t sleeping
Tell me what you’re keeping
Can’t you see I’m tearing us apart.
Chorus
I got too much of nothing
Nothing’s gonna see me through.
I got too much of nothing
So tell me, what am I to do?
Say it ain’t so
I’ve got to know
Come back to me, I’m waiting here for you.
Open your eyes
You can’t disguise our love and all that we’ve been through
Nights I ain’t sleeping
Tell me what you’re keeping
Can't you see I’m tearing us apart.
Chorus
Break
Chorus - repeat to fade
Written by Rob Davis and Ray Stiles (Chappell Music)
Now a country boy named Shorty
And a city boy named Dan,
Had to prove who could run the fastest
To win Miss Lucy’s hand.
Now Dan had all the money,
And he also had the looks.
But Shorty must have had something boys that can’t be found in books.
Chorus
“Cut across Shorty, Shorty cut across.”
That’s what Miss Lucy said.
“Cut across Shorty, Shorty cut across.
It’s you I wanna win.”
Now Dan had been in training,
A week before the race.
He’d made up his mind old Shorty,
Would end in second place.
Now Dan with his long legs flying,
Left Shorty far behind.
And Shorty heard him holler out,
“Miss Lucy you’ll soon be mine.”
Chorus
Break
But Shorty wasn’t worried.
He had a smile upon his face.
He knew that he was gonna win,
’Cos Lucy had fixed the race.
And just like that old story ’bout the turtle and the hare,
When Dan crossed over the finishing line,
He found Shorty waiting there.
Repeat Chorus to end
Written by Wilkin/Walker (Polygram Music Publishing Ltd)