Lyrics for the album "Band on the Run" by Wings
Band on the Run
Jet
Bluebird
Mrs. Vandebilt
Let Me Roll It
Mamunia
No Words
Helen Wheels
Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)
Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five
Stuck inside these four walls
Sent inside forever
Never seeing no one
Nice again like you
Mama
You
Mama
You
If I ever get out of here
Thought of giving it all away
To a registered charity
All I need is a pint a day
If I ever get out of here
Well, the rain exploded with a mighty crash
As we fell into the sun
And the first one said to the second one there
I hope you're having fun
Band on the run, band on the run
And the jailer man and Sailor Sam
Were searching everyone
For the band on the run, band on the run
For the band on the run, band on the run
Well, the undertaker drew a heavy sigh
Seeing no one else had come
And a bell was ringing in the village square
For the rabbits on the run
[chorus]
Well, the night was falling as the desert world
Began to settle down
In the town they're searching for us every where
But we never will be found
Band on the run, band on the run
And the county judge who held a grudge
Will search for evermore
For the band on the run, band on the run
Band on the run band on the run
Band on the run
Jet! I can almost remember their funny faces
That time you told me that you were going to be marrying soon
And jet, I thought the only
Lonely place was on the moon
Jet! jet!
Jet! was your father as bold as a sergeant major?
How come he told you that
You were hardly old enough yet?
And jet, I thought the major
Was a lady suffragette
Jet! jet!
Ah, matter, want jet to always love me?
Ah, matter, want jet to always love me?
Ah, matter, much later
Jet! with the wind in your hair of a thousand laces
Climb on the back and we'll
Go for a ride in the sky
And jet, I thought the major
Was a lady suffragette
Late at night when the wind is still
I'll come flying through your door
And you'll know what love is for
L'm a bluebird, I'm a bluebird
I'm a bluebird, I'm a bluebird
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm a bluebird, I'm a bluebird
I'm a bluebird
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Touch your lips with a magic kiss
And you'll be a bluebird too
And you'll know what love can do
L'm a bluebird, I'm a bluebird
L'm a bluebird, I'm a bluebird
Yeah, yeah, yeah
L'm a bluebird, I'm a bluebird
L'm a bluebird
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Bluebird
Ah ha
Bluebird
Ah ha
Bluebird
Fly away through the midnight air
As we head across the sea
And at last we will be free
You're a bluebird, you're a bluebird
You're a bluebird, you're a bluebird
Yeah, yeah, yeah
You're a bluebird, you're a bluebird
You're a bluebird
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Bluebird
Ah ha
Bluebird
Ah ha
Bluebird
All alone on a desert island
We're living in the trees
And we're flying in the breeze
We're the bluebirds, we're the bluebirds
We're the bluebirds, we're the bluebirds
Yeah, yeah, yeah
We're the bluebirds, we're the bluebirds
We're the bluebirds
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Bluebird
Ah ha
Bluebird
Ah ha
Bluebird
Down in the jungle, living in a tent
You don't use money, you don't pay rent
You don't ever know the time
But you don't mind
Ho
Hey ho
Ho
Hey ho
Ho
Hey ho
Ho
Hey ho
When your light is on the blink
You never think of worrying
What's the use of worrying?
When your bus has left the stop
You'd better drop your hurrying
What's the use of hurrying?
Leave me alone Mrs. Vandebilt
I've got plenty of time of my own
What's the use of worrying?
What's the use of hurrying?
What's the use of anything?
[chorus]
What's the use of worrying?
What's the use of hurrying?
What's the use of anything?
[chorus]
When your pile is on the wane
You don't complain of robbery (ah no)
Run away, don't bother me
What's the use of worrying? (no use)
What's the use of anything?
Leave me alone, Mrs. Washington
I've done plenty of time on my own
What's the use of worrying?
What's the use of hurrying? (no use)
What's the use of anything?
[chorus]
You gave me something, I understand
You gave me loving in the palm of my hand
I can't tell you how I feel
My heart is like a wheel
Let me roll it
Let me roll it to you
Let me roll it
Let me toll it to you
I want to tell you
And now's the time
I want to tell you that
You're going to be mine
I can't tell you how I feel
My heart is like a wheel
Let me roll it
Let me roll it to you
Let me roll it
Let me roll it to you
Mamunia mamunia mamunia
Oh oh oh
Mamunia mamunia oh oh oh oh
The rain comes falling from the sky
To fill the stream that fills the sea
And that's where life began for you and me
So the next time you see rain it ain't bad
Don't complain it rains for you
The next time you see l.a. rainclouds
Don't complain it rains for you and me
Mamunia
It might have been a bright blue day
But rainclouds had to come this way
They're watering everything that they can see
A seed is waiting in the earth
For rain to come and give him free
So the next time you see L.A. rainclouds
Don't complain, it rains for you
So lay down your umbrellas
Strip off your plastic macs
You've never felt the rain my friend
Till you've felt it running down your back
So the next time you see rain, it ain't bad
Don't complain, it rains for you
The next time you see L.A. rainclouds
Don't complain it rains for you and me
You want to give your love away
And end up giving nothing
I'm not surprised, that your black eyes
Are gazing
You say that love is everything
And what we need the most of
I wish you knew, that's just how true
My love was
No words for my love
You're burning love, sweet burning love
It's deep inside
You mustn't hide, your burning love
Sweet burning love, your burning love
You want to turn your head away
And someone's thinking of you
I wish you'd see, it's only me
I love you
No words for my love
Said farewell to my last hotel it never was much kind of abode
Glasgow town never brought me down when I was heading out on the road
Carlisle city never looked so pretty, and the Kendal Freeway is fast
Slow down driver, wanna stay alive, I wanna make this journey last
Helen (helen) hell on wheels
Ain't nobody else gonna know the way she feels
Helen (helen) hell on wheels
And they never gonna take her away
M6 south down Liverpool, where they play the west coast sound
Sailor Sam, he came from Birmingham, but he never will be found
Doin' fine when a London sign greets me like a long-lost friend
Mister motor, won't you check her out, she's gotta take me back again
[chorus]
Got no time for a rum and lime, I wanna get my right foot down
Shake some dust off of this old bus, I gotta get her out of town
Spend the day upon the motorway, where the carburetors blast
Slow down driver, wanna stay alive, I wanna make this journey last
[chorus]
Say bye-bye
"BYE BYE"
The grand old painter died last night
His paintings on the wall
Before he went, he bade us well
And said goodnight to us all
"Drink to me
Drink to my health
You know I can't drink any more"
Three o'clock in the morning
I'm getting ready for bed
It came without a warning
But I'll be waiting for you baby
I'll be waiting for you there
So . . .
[chorus]
[french words]
Jet... drink to me
[chorus]
Ah, no one ever left alive
In nineteen hundred and eighty five will ever do
She may be right, she may be fine
She may get love but she won't get mine
'cos I got you
Oh, I
Oh, I
Well I just can't enough of that sweet stuff
My little lady gets behind
[spoken]
Shake it!
Shake it, don't break it!
Oh, my mama said the time would come
When I would find myself in love with you
I didn't think, I never dreamed
That I would be around to see it all come true
Woh I
Oh I
Well I just can't get enough of that sweet stuff
My little lady gets behind
Band on the run
For the band on the run