Al KOOPER

Black Coffee

(2005)

1. My Hands Are Tied 4'51
(Al Kooper)
w/ The FUNKY FACULTY
2. Am I Wrong 3'29
(Kevin Moore)
3. How My Ever Gonna Get Over You 5'34
(Al Kooper)
w/ The FUNKY FACULTY
4. Going, Going, Gone 4'58
(Al Kooper / Dan Penn)
w/ The FUNKY FACULTY
5. Keep It To Yourself 5'20
(Al Kooper)
6. Get Ready 3'13
(Smokey Robinson)
7. Imaginary Lover 3'38
(Al Kooper / Sandi Stewart)
8. Green Onions (Live) 6'23
(Steve Cropper / Al Jackson, Jr. / Booker T Jones / Lewis Steinberg)
w/ The FUNKY FACULTY
9. Another Man's Prize 6'06
(Al Kooper)
10. Childish Love 3'26
(Al Kooper}
11. Got My Ion Hue 4'18
(Hal Lindes)
w/ The FUNKY FACULTY
12. Just For A Thrill 3'55
(Don Raye / Lil Armstrong)
13. Comin' BackIn A Cadillac (Live) 9'54
(Al Kooper)
w/ The FUNKY FACULTY
14. (I Want You To) Tell Me The Truth 3'55
(Al Kooper)
w/ The FUNKY FACULTY

Total Time: 69:00

  • Al Kooper - Keyboards (1, 3, 4, 11, 12, 14), Organ (8, 13), Mandolin (1, 4, 14), Guitar (Solo) (1, 5), Guitar (4, 11, 14), Strings (3, 12), Pizzicato Strings (14), Oboe (3), All Instruments (2, 5-7, 9, 10), French Horns (12, 14), Percussion (11), Vocals (6), Background Vocals (7)
  • Bob Doezema - Guitar (Solo) (1, 11), Guitar (3, 4, 8, 12-14)
  • Chris Lewis - Guitar (last four chords) (3)
  • Tom Stein - Bass (1, 3, 4, 8, 11-14)
  • Jeff Stout - Horns (1, 4, 11, 13, 14), Trumpet (12), All Solos (12)
  • Daryl Lowery - Horns (1, 4, 11, 13, 14), Alto Sax (3)
  • Larry Finn - Drums (1, 3, 4, 8, 12-14)
  • Anton Fig - Drums (6, 11)
  • Catherine Russell - Background Vocals (1, 4, 5, 13, 14)
  • Sherryl Marshall - Background Vocals (1, 4, 5, 13, 14)
  • Curtis King - Background Vocals (1, 4, 5, 13, 14)
  • Sandi Stewart - Background Vocals (7)
  • Jimmy Vivino - Background Vocals (14)

    Produced & Arranged by Al Kooper
    Programming Expertise & Invaluble Mentoring by "Magic" Dave Roberts
    Al's Personal Assistant - Christopher Lewis
    Product Manager for Favored Nations - Brett Merritt
    Mastered by Allan Tucker at Foothill Digital NYC
    Liner Notes by Andrew Loog Oldham
    Artwork & Design by STOLTZE DESIGN (Clif Stoltze, Roy Burns & Justin Hattingh)
    Package Conception by Ack Hooper
    Back Cover Painting by David Anderle
    Coffee Cup Photo on Front Cover by Mitch Hrdlicka
    Photo of Al & BeBe on Disc Label by Susan Monosson
    Photo of Al on Front Cover & Booklet Cover by Steve Garfinkel
    Photo of Street on Booklet Cover by Anthony Loew
    Photo - Cristopher Lewis

    Basic Trax Recorded at     Q DIVISION STUDIOS, Somerville, MA (1-4, 11, 12, 14)
    All Overdubs Recorded at     SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK STUDIOS, Somerville, MA (1, 3, 4, 6, 11, 12, 14)
    Recorded at     SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK STUDIOS, Nashville, TN (5, 7, 9, 10)
    Recorded live at The NOTODDEN BLUES FESTIVAL, Notodden, Norway, August 2001 (8, 13)

      Engineered by Jon Lupfer & Kris Smith (1, 3, 4, 11, 12, 14)
      Engineered by Al Kooper (1-3, 6, 7, 9-12, 14)
      Engineered by Gary Laney (5)
      Background Vocals Recorded at       The MAGIC SHOP, NYC (4)
      Engineered by Matt Boynton (4)
      Engineered by Per Raynaas (8, 13)
      Mixed at       The MAGIC SHOP, NYC by Steve Rosenthal, Al Kooper & Nino Cacavale (1, 4)
      Mixed at       The MAGIC SHOP, NYC by Al Kooper, Steve Rosenthal & Matt Boynton (3, 11, 12, 14)
      Mixed at       The MAGIC SHOP, NYC by Al Kooper & Matt Boynton (8)
      Mixed by Al Kooper (2, 9, 10)
      Remixed by Al Kooper (5, 7)
      Remixed at       The MAGIC SHOP, NYC by Al Kooper & Matt Boynton (6)
      Remixed at       The MAGIC SHOP, NYC by Steve Rosenthal, Al Kooper & Matt Boynton (13)
      Made possible by Ed Murphy & Kevin Brooks (8, 13)

    Special Thanks To:

      Susan & The MONOSSONS, best group I've ever seen or heard
      • Brian, Jackie, Benjamin & Chloe Kooper for keeping that name going for a few more generations • BeBe for being cute, well-behaved and chirping everytime I come back off the road ¦ Bob, Larry, Jeff, Tom & Daryl - the Funkiest Faculty and bestest friends one could ever learn from ¦ Mike Goldsmith for keeping the sharks at bay for quite sometime now
      • Tom Cording for consistently keeping my phone number sacred ¦ Jeff Rosen for that perfectly depraved sense of humor unless you're doing business with him
      • Christopher Lewis - my trusted assistant and Director of Marketing
      • Dave & Lisa Roberts with their infinite patience for making it possible for me to have a currently up to date functioning recording studio in my home
      • Stu Singer for being my computer guru
      • Elliott Randall for dreaming up my website
      • John Park for currently running my website
      • Stuart Ezrin for watching my back • Jimmy Vivino for being the best friend & guitarist a guy ever had
      • James Isaacs for knowing everything and repeating it back on demand
      • Steve Vai, Karen Hogan, Brett Merritt, Howard Gabriel and everyone at Favored Nations for signing a 60 year old piece of work and letting him make the album of his choice
      • Andrew Oldham for being ... well, ... Andrew Oldham
      • Steve Rosenthal, Matt Boynton, Tom Psipsikas and all at Magic Shop Studios for being the best
      • Allan Tucker for his usual mastery of mastering
      • John Lupfer and all at Q Division Studios for being just a a mile down the road from my house
      • Vinny's Sicilian Cuisine for being a convenience store AND an amazing restaurant ALSO a mile down the road
      • Andy McLenon for invaluble advice
      • Derick, Jessica, Audrey, Hugo and Oliver Snare for being "there"
      • SPECTROPOP; a board that won't leave you bored
      • Mike Kovins, Joe Bredau and all at       KORG USA for helping me play absolutely the best keyboards made
      • Digital Performer       4.5 ROOLZ !!!
      • All the wonderful friends & fans and their emails from all over the world
      - You truly keep me going:
      www.alkooper.com

    INTRODUCTION

    by Andrew Loog Oldham

    Please follow me to introduce myself ... I've just heard Al Kooper's newest CD, "Black Coffee"; his first solo reply in 30 years. Al and I were born five days and an ocean apart. That specific calls for adept attention to the heart and the game. Al Kooper produced, arranged and played on two of my all-time favorite recordings, "I Stand Alone" and "Season Of The Witch" from "Super Session"; the bestest longest cut I know of outside of The ROLLING STONES' version I produced of "Goin' Home". Now there are three. Kooper has served via the piano, organ and deft French horn on "You Can't Always Get What You Want" by the aforementioned ROLLING STONES; by his signature organ riff on Bob Dylan's "Like A Rolling Stone"; the "Super Session" album with Stephen Stills and Mike Bloomfield and Al's one-album-only stint with that magical vinyl moment known as BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS' "Child Is Father To The Man".
    Mr. Ę was a Brooklyn laddie born of the time when stoops grew bronx Belmonts and Dion was pop's eloquent scion. The combination of the menage of Jews, Italians and Blacks produced a bundle of joy called rock-n-roll music. We became kings amongst our own, some of us lived awhile, some forever, some got fat and lazy, some got honored and knighted and some died.
    Al will always be a ROYAL TEENS. He was weaned on New York City at 1650 Broadway. At the very same time I was sitting in a UK cinema in quaint Hampstead N.W.3 devouring Tony Curtis and Burt Lancaster in Sweet Smell Of Success, Al was off-screen upstairs writing and hustling his very first songs in those actual Broadway buildings I dreamed of! He landed Gary Lewis & The PLAYBOYS' "This Diamond Ring", and scored with Gene Pitney's "I Must Be Seeing Things". Then came Bob Dylan Pt 2 as Al plugged in with him and helped him go electric. Al always prosleytized people into their perfect musical selves - a patriarchal maven of heal and shout. Next came The BLUES PROJECT; BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS; Shuggie Otis; session gigs with The ROLLING STONES, Jimi Hendrix, The WHO and the soundtrack of dear and talented Hal Ashby's The LANDLORD. Of all the directors clued to music Hal Ashby was the man. It is so appropriate that he rounded out the 60's by picking Al Kooper to score The LANDLORD and Cat Stevens to score HAROLD & MAUDE.
    Everybody in our game who was part snake charmer, part talented muffin had to have a record label. It went with the rock-n-roll territories. Al formed SOUNDS OF THE SOUTH in Atlanta in the early 70's and racked up the first, and some would say, only three necessary vinyl outings of Lynyrd Skynyrd, all stellar and scored. Down the road apiece in England came work with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison. I guess that's the closest any of us can get to being John. The rest is history and on his website, www.alkooper.com
    And now, if you will, a taste of Black Coffee - I first heard "My Hands Are Tied" in demo form last year at Boston's Chez Al. All of us need a national anthem - it glues the rudder to the frame. When I first heard this song, I heard it as another for The ROLLING STONES. I got excited and said I felt it was the "Fool To Cry" the group could anchor to. A recording artist's job is to fill up space correctly, and tiz sure done right here.
    "Am I Wrong", is as moving as the road. The road reminds you of who you are and what you are about, and the mandolin wind tunnel and turmoil here partakes of the heart on the road. "How My Ever Gonna Get Over You" ushers us into the downtown of Ray Charles and the red velour banquettes of yesterday when Johnny Ray and Ruth Brown were playing in the next room. The word "ex-tra-cate" becomes a novella from the palette of Al.
    "Going, Going, Gone" unites Al with maestro Dan Penn, as these boots walk a long way from Ms. Sinatra - off the strip - and into Al and Dan's modern scenario of growing old. "Keep It To Yourself" walks us north into a Mickey Spillane homage to the 1650 world of symphonic blue collar pop, including the greatest American lyricability - the high priestess of sass, "sha la la" - Mecca is on the table and in the tympanis.
    "Get Ready" recalls the sound of young America, back when it was what was in the grooves that counted. "Imaginary Lover" is a BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS stylistic delight. One would hope for a DVD of "Green Onions" and it's partner "Comin' Back In A Cadillac" taking the church and the wheels of joy to Norway. "Another Man's Prize" is another natural anthem, Kooper goes south on us with tears on the ocean of life and "recomendations" ... well, listen as Al has his sway. "Got My Ion Hue" is Brooklyn reggae in the ear of the beholder and Notting Hill Gate is Jah! "Childish Love" is top of the voice turning the page, feel the parchment, and "Just For A Thrill" has us tuxed back in the harem swerve of the night time as the right time. It all concludes with "(I Want You To) Tell Me The Truth", a laconic spellbinder of dust arisen as man, truth and lust. And thus ... Al Kooper. Al, your license will never expire, you'll remain the keeper of the gate. Just when the future of our music is questionable, along you come with the still of 30 quiet innings and then you raise us out of the ballpark with that joyous reminder that this music of ours is as real as every beat of our hearts. What I just heard reminds me that our music still loves me. Thank you again!
    Now, could we have that cuppa tea, luv?
    No ???
    Alright fine ...
    Cafe Noir, then -

    Love, Andrew *

    * Andrew Loog Oldham managed and produced The ROLLING STONES from 1963-67; he has written two volumes of biography, Stoned and 2Stoned. He lives in Bogota, Colombia.

    KOOPER Timeline

    1944

    Born Brooklyn, NY, USA

    1958

    Joins ROYAL TEENS

    1960

    Studio guitarist & songwriter

    1961

    Teams up with Bob Brass & Irwin Levine to write songs

    1963

    Songs recorded by Keely Smith, Tommy Sands and Freddie Cannon

    1964

    Writes #1 hit "This Diamond Ring" for Gary Lewis & scores TOP 20 with "I Must Be Seeing Things" by Gene Pitney • Other recorded songs by Eddie Hodges and Lulu

    1965

    Plays organ on Dylan's "Highway 61 Revisited" album including #1 hit "Like A Rolling Stone" • Plays Newport Folk Fest, Forest Hills and Hollywood Bowl with electric Dylan • Joins BLUES PROJECT - plays on there first album

    1966

    Plays on records for Tom Rush, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Phil Ochs, Eric Andersen, Dylan's "Blonde On Blonde" and "Projections", 2nd BLUES PROJECT album • Songs recorded by MODERN FOLK QUINTET, ROCKIN' BERRIES and Bobby Vee

    1967

    Quits BLUES PROJECT • Starts BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS • Plays on records by Peter Paul & Mary, CREAM, The WHO, Simon & Garfunkel, B B King • Plays on 3rd BLUES PROJECT album • Stage-manages and performs at The Monterey Pop Festival

    1968

    BS&T's "Child Is Father To The Man" debut album is released • Quits BS&T and becomes staff producer for COLUMBIA RECORDS • Plays on and produces Super Session with Mike Bloomfield & Stephen Stills which goes platinum • Releases first solo disc "I Stand Alone" • Songs recorded by TEN YEARS AFTER and The ARBORS

    1969

    Records duet album, "Live Adventures", with Mike Bloomfield • Records with STONES ("You Can't Always Get What You Want"), Joe Cocker, Taj Mahal, Moby Grape and Paul Butterfield • Releases second solo album plus "Kooper Session", a duet album with Shuggie Otis

    1970

    Plays on Jimi Hendrix's "Electric Ladyland" • Produces and plays on Bob Dylan's "New Morning" album • Releases 3rd solo album • Scores Hal Ashby's first film. "The Landlord" and records soundtrack album • Songs recorded by STAPLE SINGERS and Lorraine Ellison

    1971

    Lotta touring • Produces APALOOSA, Don Ellis • Releases 4th solo album

    1972

    Records with Rita Coolidge, Bob Dylan • Donny Hathaway records "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know" • Releases 5th solo album • Plays Royal Albert Hall and Reading Festival in the UK

    1973

    Discovers Lynyrd Skynyrd, starts own record company SOUNDS OF THE SOUTH, produces and released "Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd" featuring "Free Bird" • Songs recorded by Betty Wright and LATIMER

    1974

    Produces Skynyrd's "Second Helping" album featuring "5weet Home Alabama" • Plays on Brewer & Shipley and Roger McGuinn albums

    1975

    Produces Skynyrd's "Nuthin' Fancy" album featuring "Saturday Night Special" • Records 6th solo album • Produces first TUBES album including "White Punks On Dope" and "Mondo Bondage"

    1976

    Produces "Cry Tough" album for Nils Lofgren • Records with Bill Wyman and Alice Cooper

    1977

    Produces Rick Nelson (unreleased) • Songs recorded by COLD BLOOD and Leo Sayer • Autobiography "Back Stage Passes" is published

    1978

    Produces Lenny White

    1979

    Produces Johnny Van Zant and moves to London

    1980

    Produces Eddie & The HOT RODS, David Essex, Joe Ely • Plays on George Harrison's #1 hit "All Those Years Ago", Ringo Starr's "Wrack My Brain"

    1981

    Moves to LA - does Fall USA tour with Dylan

    1982

    Releases duet album "Championship Wrestling" with Jeff Baxter

    1983

    West Coast Head of A&R for POLYGRAM RECORDS

    1984

    Signs Richard Thompson to POLYGRAM

    1985

    Begins playing with guitarist Jimmy Vivino • Produces "Live" Richard Thompson album (unreleased) • Records with Dylan

    1986

    Scores first season of Michael Mann's TV series "Crime Story"

    1987

    Scores second season of "Crime Story"

    1988

    Produces B B King - two tracks on "King Of The Blues" album • Plays on WAS NOT WAS' "What Up, Dog" album • Moves to Nashville

    1990

    Some scoring & production work released on John Water's "Cry Baby" soundtrack album • Plays on Dylan's "Under The Red Sky" album • Starts Rekooperators group with Anton Fig, Jimmy Vivino & Harvey Brooks

    1991

    Music director of Ray Charles 50th Anniversary Cable Special • Produces GREEN ON RED's "Scapegoats" album • Tours with Joe Walsh • Plays on Trisha Yearwood's debut album

    1992

    Music director of ROCK BOTTOM REMAINDERS BAND featuring Stephen King, Dave Barry, Amy Tan & Barbara Kingsolver

    1993

    Records first instrumental album "Rekooperation" • Plays at Dylan's 30th Anniversary Show at Madison Square Garden appearing on CD Boxset & DVD

    1994

    Records double live album "Soul Of A Man"

    1996

    Mike Merritt replaces Harvey Brooks in Rekooperators • Plays Princes Trust concert in London with Dylan & Ron Wood

    1997

    Moves to Boston • Receives Honorary Doctorate from Five Towns College • Begins teaching at Berklee College of Music

    1998

    Releases updated version of autobiography "Back Stage Passes Backstabbing Bastards" • Does long book tour

    1999

    Starts Berklee Charity "It Can Happen" fund for handicapped students

    2001

    Loses 2/3 of vision permanently - leaves Berklee Staff • Plays Norway with The FUNKY FACULTY

    2002

    Given Honorary Doctorate by Berklee • Backstage Passes goes out of print

    2003

    Sold out Tour of Japan

    2005

    Signs with Favored Nations • Records & releases "Black Coffee", his 7th solo album, and hopes you enjoy it !




    1. My Hands Are Tied

      I thought we had the greatest love in the world baby
      I never thought you’d ever wanna look around
      Then along came a certain young man, baby
      And the two of you just up, up & left town
      Well he doesn’t treat you very good baby
      That’s what all my friends have said
      But it’s not my place to make a stand
      MY HANDS ARE TIED
      And I hope that you understand

      It’s not that I’m a really jealous kind of guy baby
      Ya know if you love someone I believe you should set them free
      (Boy, ya know that Sting said that)
      So what in the world have ya done to your life, girl ?
      Ya knowSherlock Holmes couldn’t solve this mystery
      Do you wanna stay with him , settle down & raise a family
      Or is there something I don’t know that you need to prove
      Cause MY HANDS ARE TIED
      And I think it’s you that should make the move

      All’s well that ends well - that’s what they say in the movies
      But in real life it never turn out that way
      o here I am with noone I can hold onto
      While you’re in some jerkwater town actin’ so blase’
      Now if I could make love to a brand new woman
      Ya know I’d never look back
      But that’s not the kinda thing I could easily do
      See - MY HANDS ARE TIED baby
      Cause I'm still strung out on you

    2. Am I Wrong

      Am I wrong
      Fallin in love with you
      Tell me am I wrong
      Well
      Fallin in love with you
      While your other man was out there
      Cheatin and lyin
      Steppin all over you

      Uh
      Sweet thing
      Tell me am I wrong
      Holdin on to you so tight
      Tell me
      Tell me
      Am I wrong
      Holdin on to you so tight
      If your other man come to claim you
      He'd better be ready
      Ready for a long long fight

      Well I gotta be strong
      Well I know you're dependin on me
      You know I gotta be strong
      I know you're dependin on me
      To give you all of my attention
      All of my time
      And all of the love you need

      Oh tell me
      Am I wrong
      Tryin to hold on to you
      Tell me am I wrong
      Tryin to hold on to you
      I just wanna make a home for you baby
      And all of your children too

      Tell me am I wrong
      Fallin in love with you
      Gotta tell me am I wrong
      Fallin in love with you
      While your other man was out there
      Cheatin and lyin
      Steppin all over you

      While your other man was out there
      Cheatin and lyin
      Steppin all over you

    3. How My Ever Gonna Get Over You

      How my ever gonna get it back again
      Back again the way it was
      How my ever gonna get on track again
      And recreate that little buzz
      How my ever gonna find that “mmmmmm”
      We both knew
      How am I ever gonna get over you ?

      What am I gonna do with all these little pieces
      All these little pieces of my life
      How my ever gonna put em all back together again
      How my ever gonna get it right
      And how on earth can I ever walk into
      Anyplace there’s someone new
      How am I ever gonna get over you ?

      Everybody thought we were the kinda couple
      That you see in People Magazine
      All hugs and peachy keen
      But you just up & said goodbye
      Without a reason why

      What am I gonna do with all these invitations
      When you won’t even RSVP me
      How my gonna extricate myself from this situation
      When my brain just keeps screamin out:
      EMERGENCY !
      And if I ever see you out on the street, well
      What in the hell am I supposed to do ?

      How my ever gonna get over you ?
      How my ever gonna get over you ?

    4. Going, Going, Gone

      I went to put my old boots on this mornin’
      They was cracked on the side,
      Had a hole straight through the sole,
      I went downtown to the store where I first bought ‘ em
      They said: “Al, they don’t make any boots like that no ‘ mo..”

      Now, thats the way my whole life just seem to be goin’, people
      Like the world be playin some big ass joke on me
      Ya know they just tore down the theater where I saw my first movie
      One day it was there,
      Next day you couldn’t even tell where it used to be

      GOIN, GOIN, GONE
      The things we took for granted that we always counted on
      If ya had a million dollars ya couldn’t even try ‘em on
      Today ya can’t find no boots like that cause
      They’re GOIN’, GOIN’, GONE....

      We used to fall in love to that deep soul music
      It was the voices of the angels and they never told you no lies
      Now ya got pimps, gangstas, bigtime rappers
      They made the whole damn thing disappear right before our eyes

      GOIN, GOIN, GONE
      The things we took for granted that we always counted on
      And now you only hear that music on some oldies marathons
      Pretty soon it won’t even be there no mo
      It’s going going gone

      I used to think I had my whole life before me
      And in some small way I could change things all around
      But now I feel that most people just ignore me
      I got one foot in the gutter
      And the other foot in the ground

      GOIN GOIN GONE
      Things we took for granted that we always counted on
      I’d rather play this old guitar than to strap some new one on
      I guess I’ll play my song this way
      Til Im GOIN GOIN GONE
      Even that beatup pillow I love to lay my head upon
      Will someday be my tombstone
      When I'm GOIN GOIN GONE

    5. Keep It To Yourself

      It’s a lonely time - in the dead of night
      When your mind gets crazy
      But it don’t get right
      And you’d rather be someplace
      But you don’t know where
      Yeah it gets a little scary
      When your soul’s laid bare

      I think ya better KEEP IT TO YOURSELF
      KEEP IT TO YOURSELF - Dont tell nobody
      Take it easy now
      KEEP IT TO YOURSELF
      KEEP IT TO YOURSELF for now ............

      If a friends got problems that are wreckin his life
      And he comes to you now about his faithless wife
      He says “I need some answers”
      “The kind from under your skin”
      But your bed’s still burnin’
      From where her body’s been

      I think ya better KEEP IT TO YOURSELF
      KEEP IT TO YOURSELF - Dont tell nobody
      Take it easy now
      KEEP IT TO YOURSELF
      KEEP IT TO YOURSELF for now ............

      If ya got a nickel. if ya got a dime
      And ya don’t have much else
      Cause it’s a poor mans time
      You might find a card game
      You might win it all
      Ya may wanna go uptown
      And do the midnight crawl

      I think ya better KEEP IT TO YOURSELF
      KEEP IT TO YOURSELF - Dont tell nobody
      Save your money now
      KEEP IT TO YOURSELF
      KEEP IT TO YOURSELF for now ............

    6. Get Ready

      Not Available Yet

    7. Imaginary Lover

      In all the years that I been breathin
      I never seen the likes of you
      You make a guy just have to stop and find a reason
      Not to hyperventilate and turn blue

      I saw you downtown in a doorway
      I saw you uptown in the rain
      I see you everywhere but you dont me standin there
      Doncha think that’s just a little strange ?

      YOU’RE MY IMAGINARY LOVER
      Girl if you only knew the things that we do
      YOU’RE MY IMAGINARY LOVER
      Nobody knows how close I’ve been to you

      Sometime’s I get a little crazy
      And think I’ll make you notice me
      By the time I think of what to say you’ve already walked away
      And that is why you’re just destined to be

      MY IMAGINARY LOVER
      Girl if you only knew the things that we do
      YOU’RE MY IMAGINARY LOVER
      Nobody knows how close I’ve been to you

      YOU’RE MY IMAGINARY LOVER
      Girl if you only knew the things that we do
      YOU’RE MY IMAGINARY LOVER
      Nobody knows how close I’ve been to you

    8. Green Onions

      ( Instrumental )

    9. Another Man's Prize

      Sand in the heat and the sun in her hair
      Ocean at her feet
      There was no one else there
      And I silently wept as she turned me away
      The tears on my face ?
      Salt-water, I prayed...

      Daughter of a banker with the green in her blood
      And me such a failure - just a poor fool in love
      Recommendations;
      Everyone said:
      “You’ve just one thing in common,
      You’re both out of your heads”

      How could I be with ANOTHER MAN’S PRIZE?
      How could I possibly rationalize ?
      Blinded by beauty in a web spun full of lies
      She was not my possession
      But ANOTHER MAN’S PRIZE

      He was born into high stock of privilige and class
      And there but for fortune still I never will pass
      But he took for granted what I treasured for life
      And all his trappings and riches
      Nearly cost him his wife

      He couldn’t tell she was ANOTHER MAN’S PRIZE
      She just slipped through his fingers
      “neath the glaze in his eyes
      And as I was about to reach that very highest of highs
      It was my miscalculation
      Cause she was ANOTHER MAN’S PRIZE

      The worst feeling on earth is to know you’ve been used
      ‘Specially after that moment when two bodies are fused
      When you build a false heaven - you’ve the devil to pay
      And now that I know how I wound up this way

      How could I be with ANOTHER MAN’S PRIZE?
      How could I possibly rationalize ?
      Blinded by beauty in a web spun full of lies
      She was not my possession
      But ANOTHER MAN’S PRIZE

      She was not my possession
      But ANOTHER MAN’S PRIZE

    10. Childish Love

      No superficial love
      Could ever get down way deep inside of me
      But it aint that way for everyone
      Love ripens too fast then falls right off the tree
      Modern Love is overated
      I feel its way too complicated
      I want a Childish Love

      One that renews itself everyday
      I want a Childish Love
      Where the problems of the world will never get in the way
      I want a love so sweet & tender
      I’ll be the borrower & the lender
      I want a Childish love

      Oh Maturity
      You are not always the blessing in disguise
      I wont let you get your hooks in me
      I wont let you blind my eyes
      I wanna isolate original sin
      Don’t wanna go no further than where I’ve been
      I want a Childish love

      One that renews itself everyday
      I want a Childish Love
      Where the problems of the world will never get in the way
      I want a love so sweet & tender
      I’ll be the borrower & the lender
      I want a Childish love
      I want a Childish love
      I want a Childish love

    11. Got My Ion Hue

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    12. Just For A Thrill

      Just for a thrill
      You made my life one sad song
      Just for a thrill
      You came in led me along

      To me you were my pride and joy
      But to you, I was only a toy
      A plaything, that you could toss around at will

      Just for a thrill
      You changed the sunshine to rain
      Just for a thrill
      You filled my heart with pain

      Although you're free and havin' your fun
      To me you're still the only one
      Cause you made my heart stand still
      Just for a thrill
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      Although you're free and havin' your fun
      To me you're still the only one
      Cause you made my heart stand still
      Just for a thrill
      Oooh

      You made my heart stand still
      Just for a thrill

    13. Comin' BackIn A Cadillac

      Right now I dont have a dime
      Most folks say the way I live is a crime
      My telephone it dont get no call
      I guess I dont amount to too much at all
      But I know that one day everything’ll be okay
      Just ya wait & see

      You might say I dont live high on the hog
      Im unemployable - no one will front me a job
      I live from day to day on a handout or two
      And I can’t say a word when someone asks me whats new
      But I know that pretty soon that i might hang the moon
      Just ya wait & see

      Hey I’ll be comin’ back in a Cadillac
      Livin in some mansion
      Not some shotgun shack
      I’ll be comin’ back
      Sho nuff in a Cadillac

      I dont own no suit, no fancy dress shirt
      Anything I wear is usually covered with dirt
      I dont have a woman or a girlfriend to love
      All I have is faith in the Creator above
      But I know that one day everything’ll be okay
      Just ya wait and see

      Then I’ll be comin back in a Cadillac
      Right from the direction of the right side of the tracks
      I’ll be comin back
      Sho nuff in a Cadillac

    14. (I Want You To) Tell Me The Truth

      I want you to tell me the truth now baby
      This is not the time to tell a lie
      I know it’s hard for you to tell me the truth now baby
      When it concerns the word “goodbye”

      We’ve had our little ups & downs now, baby
      And it’s not been as smooth as it’s been rough
      See I’m only just a flesh & blood human being
      But I guess that’s never been just quite good enough

      So let’s just take a moment
      And think about the good times
      You say that’s all it should be takin’
      Well then what about a moment
      Of contemplative silence
      So you can hear the sound of my poor heart breakin’

      I know I shouldn’t ask you
      For the truth now baby
      Maybe it’s best if you just go
      And leave me all alone here
      With the truth now baby
      I guess that’s all I ever wanted to know
      I guess that’s all I ever wanted to know