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Steve Harley and
Cockney Rebel
Love's
A Prima Donna
Duncan Mackay - All Keyboards
George Ford - Bass Guitar
Stuart Elliott - Drums
Jim Cregan - Lead Guitars
Lindsey Elliott -Percussion -
Steve Harley - Lead Vocals And Electric Guitar On
'Give Me More'
All songs written by Steve Harley, except # written by George Harrison
Side One
Seeking A Love
G.I. Valentine
Finally A Card Game
Too Much Tenderness
(Love) Compared With You
(I Believe) Love's A Prima Donna *YouTube
Sidetrack II
Side Two
Seeking a Love (Part II)
If This Is Love (Give Me More)
Carry Me Again
Here Comes The Sun # *YouTube
Innocence And Guilt
Is It True What They Say?
Seeking a love to share my pillow
Share my dreams and my undying need to please
Who’ll come to me and be my woman
Fill my heart and my undying need to please
Gi haircut, gi hat, gi this ’n’ gi that
Gi love you, gi do, gi wish you could love me too
Gi johnny, gi jan; gi boy and gi man
Gi feel you, gi do, gi wish ophelia too
(wish you could love me to)
Gi shoot ’n’ gi gun, gi blood ’n’ gi fun
Gi want you, gi do, gi wish you could want me too
Take it (slop, slop, slobber, slobber, wink)
I love you, I love you, I love you
G’gi love you marilyn monroe
G’gi love you rita hayworth
G’gi love you jaynie mansfield
G’gi love you judy garland
(finally a card game, finally a card game)
And I thought for a moment my luck had changed
But it was wrong
(what happend ? )
I opened it up and tears of self-pity flooded my innocent eyes
(finally my heart broke, finally my heart broke)
For this is what it said
(what did it say ? )
And I quote
(what did it say ? )
You’re a gee-whiz baby and you’re easy to pleez
And the lines on your face makes me week at the kneez
And if you looked like a lover I could handle you swell
But you’re tough on my nerves with that peculiar smell
If you’re looking for a valentine to love in your life
You’re looking for a messiah !
Hallelujah !!!
I know what I mean ’til you ask me
I know what I want to do with you
I know what I mean ’til you ask me
Coming off when you know what I want to do
And now the only thing for us
Is quit the questions, finish the fuss
Don’t give up babe and don’t despair
Just give the truth and then
When it comes to this, when it come to this
You give me too much tenderness
D’you know what you feel when I ask you
D’you know what you want to do with me
D’you know what you see when I show you
You make everything seem unseemly
And now the only thing to do
Is carry the cuckold (shoo-bee-doo-bee-doo)
He give you to much sympathy and too much love
And then when it comes to this, when it comes to this
You give me too much tenderness
I know where I’ve been ’til you ask me
It’s getting confusing in my head
I know what I’ve seen ’til you ask me
(or am I blind like somebody once said)
And now the only place to go
Is make for the mountains, head for the snow
He gives you everything he could
He gives you his heart and soul
But then when it comes to this, when it comes to this
You give me too much tenderness
I been trying to write this line
But the years’ve gone by in no time
And you know that it’s not easy for a boy in love
But I had to find a clue
And it could only come from you
Like a waterfall you tingle me with your love
Chorus: and you know that since you loved me I have everything
And you know that since you loved me it’s been easy
All the things that I been through
Don’t mean a thing compared with you
You can give me life forever in a moment
You carry me like a child and you’re a goddess when I’m wild
When I’m desperate in black you are golden
Chorus: and I confess...
I’m in love with you (ad inf)
(I Believe) Love's A Prima Donna
I should say by the way that you're acting today
I can tell by the sigh in your eye
I can sure understand by the palm of your hand
That you know I'm so hot I could fry
Because I've chased you, embraced you 'n' turned round 'n' faced you
Crowned you the truth of my youth
But you give me the line in the words of our time
It's like living a stew that's what most lovers do
It's like escaping the sun, there's nowhere you can run
I believe, I believe love's a lover's honour
I believe, I believe love's a prima donna too
I shoulda guessed by the rest of the men that you've blessed
I was only an eye for an eye
But you wanted a part of my innocent heart
I was only your ship in the night
I shoulda knew, shoulda knew I was out just for you
I believe in the power of the night
But like a fool I was had, now it's driving me mad
I was only a prize in your libertine eyes
I had it coming to me I was too late to see
I believe, I believe love's a lover's honour
I believe, I believe love's a prima donna too
I could fight with the might of a thief in the night
I could kick, I could tear at your hair
I could break you in two like a man ought to do
But the woman I see has a right to be free
And the woman I need is a mischievous breed
Don't wanna live in a stew that's what most lovers do
It's like escaping the sun, there's nowhere you can run
I believe, I believe love's a lover's honour
I believe, I believe love's a prima donna too ....
Sidetrack II
(Instrumental)
Seeking A Love (Part II)
(Instrumental)
When I woke up, when I opened up my eyes
Drinking the sun without blinking
And when I reached out, when I reached out for a sign
Holding a gun without sinking
(ooh, it was a fine feeling, ooh, it was a mighty fine feeling)
Then I thought about the younger days
When I was looking for a friend
Thought about the way my mama would carry me to the end
Chorus: oh mama, will you carry me again
My eyes are blind without my mama
When I looked up, when I focused on the sky
Touching it’s heart but not stinging
And then I took it and I realized it might
Shake like a bell without ringing
(ohh, it was a fine feeling, ohh, it was a mighty fine feeling)
Then I thought about the younger days
When I had no-one to fight
Thought about the way my mama would carry me through the night
Chorus:solo: chorus: ends...
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right
Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right
Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right
It's all right
Dearest mama, everything will be all right now
I will be safe
It’s only that the outside which I have not seen
For so many long years
During my divine exile
Makes me a little nervous , mama
But I think the time has come for your
Unnamed warrior-child
To make his presence obvious
Don’t you agree, mama ?
Mama, are you listening to me, mama ?
Are you there, mama ?
Mama, come back, come back, come back, come back
(mama: but I have things to do, dear)
Mama, I am blinded
I feel nothing save death
It all seems to come up from behind me and hit me like
An avalanche
I feel nothing save evil
Repossess me, mama, repossess me, mama
Help me to escape from this lunatic inheritance
Repossess me, mama, repossess
(mama: ha-ha-hee-hee-ha)
Is it true what they say, you feel more guilty by the hour
We think you’d given up the fight, we don’t believe you no how
Is it true what you said, if you can catch me I’m your gal !
And then you slithered to the floor
Don’t you see, we’ve got you now
Is it true what they say, you’ve always got more than your share
This boy, your story, how’d you dare ? ? ?
Take it. . .
Chorus: is it true what they say ?
(two nubile lancashire lasses)
One: hey, what do you think of this group, betty ?
Two: oh, I think they’re great
One: what d’yer reckon to that lead singer ?
Two: ooh, I think he’s great
Both: great, great, terrific. . .
One: d’yer fancy that drummer there, betty ?
Two: ooh, the guitarist is great
One: I thought the drummer was more your type
Two: ooh, great
Both: great, terrific, great, great, no really, great, terrific, great
One: this place has never been the same since this group came her to
Play on saturday nights has it
Both: no, it’s great, great, terrific, great here now
Singer: hope all you wonderful people have had a wunnerful time because
Everything her was just wunnerful, wunnerful, wunnerfull
One: everything here was just wonderful, wonderful, wonderful
Exeunt one and all
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