So I bought this store in  South Dakota
In a quiet neighbourhood
'Cos clutching straws and beating doors down
Hadn't done me any good
It's surplus stock I specialise in with  prices hard to beat
For your replacement the bargain basement is fully guaranteed

If that is what you want I can supply
Negotiate with you if the price is too high
If that's what you need, give me a call
I have to admit  I've been missing you all
There's fabulous futures in surplus supply
Things get left over and no one knows why
Enclosed is my Change of address
You'd better tell Sarah

My assistant is no stranger to the retail trade
She comes in part time, She's had a hard time
But knows the price she paid
An ex-Virginian, it's her opinion
When the price is low
People rarely treat you fairly
No matter where you go

If that is what you want I can supply
Negotiate with you if the price is too high
If that's what you need, give me a call
I have to admit  I've been missing you all
There's fabulous futures in surplus supply
Things get left over and no one knows why
Enclosed is my Change of address
You'd better tell Sarah

Old Guitars and new umbrellas
All at priced to clear
As luck will have it they're lost in transit
And often wind up here
And my apartment is fully furnished
It's on the second floor
And you can use it after hours
No matter what it's for

If that is what you want I can supply
Negotiate with you if the price is too high
If that's what you need, give me a call
I have to admit  I've been missing you all
There's fabulous futures in surplus supply
Things get left over and no one knows why
Enclosed is my Change of address
You'd better tell Sarah
Enclosed is my Change of address
Go tell Sarah, Go tell Sarah

One day i't gonna be alright
One day i't gonna be alright
One day i't gonna be alright
Alright, Alright

Guitar: Steve Cowen
Keyboard and Bass: Gary Forse
Drum programming: Jon Sweet
Alto Saxophone: Martin Green

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I Don't Remember It - (Gordon Haskell)

We talked of God and Ghandi
And the truth such as it is
And while I love Napoleon Brandy
I Don't remember it like this

And How we lost Tyrannosaurus
Maybe something that I missed
Whatever life has gone before us
I don't remember it like this

And whatever love is
It's in the thrill of you kiss
but I don't remember it like this

And the spirits of the past
May well be here
Whispering the spell they cast
That brought me out of the wilderness at last

I have seen the Seven Wonders
Mysteries I can't resist
And while I love the Wall of China
I don't remember it like this

And whatever love is
It's in the thrill of you kiss
but I don't remember it like this

I can share your love of nature
Appreciate all that it is
And while I love a Bed of Roses
I don't remember it like this

And whatever love is
It's in the thrill of you kiss
but I don't remember it like this

This is something new
This is something new
This is something new
This is something new
This is something new
This is something new
And I don't remember it like this

Keyboard: Gary Forse
All Guitars: Steve Cowen
Bass: Colin Knijff
Drum programming: Jon Sweet

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Chilli Chilli - (Gordon Haskell)

You saw me waiting in the wings
I had no song for me to sing
Like making movies you wrote the part
And every role is from the heart
You tell the story, you set the scene
You take me where I've never been
Your Chilli Chilli broke the ice
Call me over, treat me nice

'Cos you're what I want, you're what I need
You rattle my chain and you pull on my lead
They say you're descended from Fu Manchu
Ooh Chilli Chilli who's inside of you
Who's inside of you Chilli  Chilli

You taught me Russian in the dark
Your Puerto Rican lit a spark
Your undercover CIA in Venezuela
Blew me away
Chilli Chilli good and hot
Simmer gently in your pot
Serve it with a little rice
Call me over, treat me nice

'Cos you're what I want, you're what I need
You rattle my chain and you pull on my lead
They say you're descended from Fu Manchu
Ooh Chilli Chilli who's inside of you
Who's inside of you Chilli  Chilli

When you were playing maid in Japan
You made me up like Charlie Chan
When Dirty Harry met Monroe
You changed into Greta Garbo
Chilli Chilli is it true
You knew I'd fall in love with you
From now on I'm bound to be
Crazy for that recipe

'Cos you're what I want, you're what I need
You rattle my chain and you pull on my lead
They say you're descended from Fu Manchu
Ooh Chilli Chilli who's inside of you
Who's inside of you Chilli  Chilli


Guitars: Steve Cowen
Keyboards and Bass: Gary Forse
Drum programming: Jon Sweet
Backing Vocals: Ian Francis

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Test Drive - (Gordon Haskell)

We had a V8 mechanic working midnight shifts
Hand turned tools, hydraulic lifts
We had a foreman used to talk about us all with pride
He'd pin up your diploma on the wall outside
We got paid on a Friday, it was a real good deal
Working for the family at Oldsmobile
Working for the family at Oldsmobile

Take a test drive, so smooth
Throw it into top and let's move
Test drive, take the wheel
We're working for the family at Oldsmobile
We're working for the family at Oldsmobile
We're working for the family at Oldsmobile
We're working for the family at Oldsmobile

We had an A1 fanatic on the workshop floor
He'd be writing his initials inside every door
In the breaks he used to talk about the cars he made
Over peanut sandwiches and lemonade
We got paid on a Friday
Was a real good deal
Working for the family at Oldsmobile
We were working for the family at Oldsmobile

Take a test drive, so smooth
Throw it into top and let's move
Test drive, take the wheel
We're working for the family at Oldsmobile
We're working for the family at Oldsmobile
We're working for the family at Oldsmobile
We're working for the family at Oldsmobile

When you hear the revolution
Tune it just right
Not too loose, not too tight
Then you get it ticking over
Purring like a cat
You put it into first
And hang on to your hat

Take a test drive, so smooth
Throw it into top and let's move
Test drive, take the wheel
We're working for the family at Oldsmobile
We're working for the family at Oldsmobile
We're working for the family at Oldsmobile
We're working for the family at Oldsmobile

I bought a red automatic, it was a '54
I tidied up the trim on the drivers door
I checked the brakes, fit a fender from a '56
And I banged out all the dents and got the radio fixed
I get paid on a Friday, it's a real good deal
Working for the family at Oldsmobile
Working for the family at Oldsmobile

Take a test drive, so smooth
Throw it into top and let's move
Test drive, take the wheel
We're working for the family at Oldsmobile
We're working for the family at Oldsmobile
We're working for the family at Oldsmobile
We're working for the family at Oldsmobile

I've been ten years on the floor
(working for the family at Oldsmobile)

I've got my name up on the door
(working for the family at Oldsmobile)

I started on the '88 polishing the chrome
(working for the family at Oldsmobile)

After one year working they let me take it home
(working for the family at Oldsmobile)

The boss said "How'd ya like to go to night school?"
(working for the family at Oldsmobile)

Five years later I was in the motor pool
(working for the family at Oldsmobile)


Acoustic Guitar: Gordon Haskell
Electric Guitar: Steve Cowen
Slide Guitar: Steve Cowen
Bass: Gary Forse
Drum programming: Jon Sweet
Banjo Sample/Keyboard: Colin Knijff
Backing  Vocals: Rob Greig, Gordon Haskell

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All My Life - (Gordon Haskell)

It's the kind of stuff you read about
In some silly magazine
It's the kind of things you've thought about
In the wildest of your dreams
It's the kinda miracle that you need
And here you are 

All my life I've been waiting for you
All my life I've been waiting for you
Just to tell you, tell you of my love
Just to tell you, I've been waiting
All my life, All my life

It's the kinda movie I 've seen
That only makes me sad
'Cos I was watching someone else's dream
of love I've never had
I would leave the auditorium and hide my tears from view
Never thinking it was possible
That I'd find you

All my life I've been waiting for you
All my life I've been waiting for you
Just to tell you, tell you of my love
Just to tell you, I've been waiting
All my life, All my life

Dododododo etc. etc.
There's a butterfly in China
Caused a Hurricane to blow
And it's a million to one chance but here I go

All my life I've been waiting for you
All my life I've been waiting for you
Just to tell you, tell you of my love
Just to tell you, I've been waiting
All my life, All my life


Acoustic Guitar: Gordon Haskell
Electric Guitar: Steve Cowen
Keyboards: Gary Forse
Bass: Gordon Haskell
Drum programming: Jon Sweet
Backing  Vocals: Ian Francis

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More Yin Than Yang - (Gordon Haskell)

I'm looking down from heaven
And I'm reading the Koran
Right here in chapter seven
It says I've got more Yin Than Yang

When they called the undertaker
On the morning I got hung
They said he's gone to meet his maker
Why do the good die young
And the hunter stole the wages
Said I died without a fight
While the Priest sang 'Rock Of Ages'
his bark was much worse than his bite

I'm looking down from heaven
And I'm reading the Koran
Right here in chapter seven
It says I've got more Yin Than Yang

The undertaker took the money
He brought a present for the wife
She said the business's is really booming
We have a comfortable life
They took my parrot to the party
And he spoke on my behalf
When he'd wiped out my Bacardi
He said I was dying for a laugh
Dying for a laugh

I'm looking down from heaven
And I'm reading the Koran
Right here in chapter seven
It says I've got more Yin Than Yang

When the acrobats were tumbling
And they started throwing knives
The parrot screamed with laughter
You'd better all run for your lives
So they called the Fire Station
And they came with their Brigade
When they hosed the congregation
They said look at the mess we've made
Look at the mess we've made

I'm looking down from heaven
And I'm reading the Koran
Right here in chapter seven
It says I've got more Yin Than Yang

Guitar: Steve Cowen
Keyboard Bass: Gary Forse
Drum programming: Jon Sweet
Alto Saxophone: Martin Green

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Pelican Pie - (Gordon Haskell)

Who put the P in the Pelican Pie
Who put the P in the Pelican Pie
Who put the glass in the old mans eye
Who put the P in the Pelican Pie

The bowl and the bucket and the bungalow
Will never ever do you any good you know
Architect Brown and Belinda Tease
Are never going to get down from the Pyrenees

Permanent jobs and electric chairs
Are never going to get you anywheres
Flesh and blood and your skin and bone
Only going to leave you when you're dead and gone

Who put the P in the Pelican Pie
Who put the P in the Pelican Pie
Who put the glass in the old mans eye
Who put the P in the Pelican Pie

Eli Elio Eli Elio etc.

You can make T in a Paraffin can
Looking at the belly of a tattooed man
In your 30 piece suit rubber gloves
Pealing a banana everyone loves

You can make Major if if you learn to speak
But you're never going to make it
With an ancient Greek
Flesh and blood and your skin and bone
Only going to leave you when you're dead and gone

Who put the P in the Pelican Pie
Who put the P in the Pelican Pie
Who put the glass in the old mans eye
Who put the P in the Pelican Pie

Eli Elio Eli Elio etc.

(Who put the colours on a Butterfly wing
Who told the Robin what song to sing)

And who put the P in the Pelican Pie


Acoustic Guitar: Gordon Haskell
Keyboard and Bass: Gary Forse
Electric Guitar: Steve Cowen
Backing Vocals: Gordon Haskell, Ian Francis, Rob Greig
Drum programming: Jon Sweet

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Wang Bang World - (Gordon Haskell)

I'll tell you what it is little Wang Bang Girl
You let your man go whacky in the
Wang Bang World
I'll tell you what it is little Wang Bang Girl
You let your man go whacky in the
Wang Bang World
Put it in a bag Zip it up

Doctor Doctor Tell it like it is, like it is
Doctor Doctor Tell it like it is, like it is
Doctor Doctor Tell it like it is, like it is


Every bone in your body want to bounce with the beat
In the Cacti kingdom we call it prickly heat
And on the floor of the ocean you wanna dance like a Queen
But they give you short order if you know what I mean

But I'll tell you what it is little Wang Bang Girl
You let your man go whacky in the
Wang Bang World
Tell you what it is little Wang Bang Girl
You let your man go whacky in the
Wang Bang World
You get a little shaky when the sun goes down
Put it in a bag Zip it up

Doctor Doctor Tell it like it is, like it is
Doctor Doctor Tell it like it is, like it is
Doctor Doctor Tell it like it is, like it is

You've got a minor disorder like any shark in the sea
You've got the rock of Gibraltar where your heart oughta be
And you're Crocodile crazy in your Crocodile shoes
You're a rattlesnake woman you've got the Rattlesnake Blues

But I'll tell you what it is little Wang Bang Girl
You let your man go whacky in the
Wang Bang World
Tell you what it is little Wang Bang Girl
You let your man go whacky in the
Wang Bang World
You get a little shaky when the sun goes down
Put it in a bag Zip it up

In the law of the Jungle you'll wanna bay at the moon
Papa's born again Caveman Mamas part-Baboon
It's a common condition known as No Can Do
In a King Kong Kingdom in a Stone age Zoo

But I'll tell you what it is little Wang Bang Girl
You let your man go whacky in the
Wang Bang World
Tell you what it is little Wang Bang Girl
You let your man go whacky in the
Wang Bang World
You get a little shaky when the sun goes down
Put it in a bag Zip it up

Put it in a bag Zip it up etc. etc...


Keyboards: Colin Knijff
Bass, Acoustic Guitar: Gordon Haskell
Electric Guitar: Steve Cowen
Drum programming: Jon Sweet
Additional Keyboards Gary Forse

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Things We Said Today - (Lennon McCartney)

Keyboards: Gary Forse
Bass: Gary Forse
Guitars: Steve Cowen
Drum programming: Jon Sweet
Backing Vocals: Rob Greig

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Someone I Knew - (Gordon Haskell)

These are sunny days in many ways
I'm sailing on through a smoky haze
I still believe in love that's true
When I think about someone I knew

I sing to folks I feel I know
In all the places lonely people go
They smile and say we've been there too
When I think about someone I knew

I taste the wine and it feels alright
And somebody's always there to take me home each night
And the hardest thing is knowing what to do
When I think about someone I knew

I treat them well and it's too bad
'Cos you know they love me just the way I wish you had
And peace of mind's long overdue
When I think about someone I knew

These are early days and you can bet
Though it's been over so long, it still ain't over yet

I still believe that love was true
When I think about someone I knew
And the hardest thing is knowing what to do
When I think about someone I knew
And peace of mind long overdue
When I think about someone I knew


Acoustic Guitar: Gordon Haskell
Fretless Bass: Chris Childs
Soprano Sax: Martin Green
Piano & Strings: Gary Forse