The Very Best of Supertramp

Titres

1. 1 School ♪ 5:35 ▼

   I can see you in the morning when you go to school
   Don't forget your books, you know you've got to learn the golden rule,
   Teacher tells you stop your play and get on with your work
   And be like Johnnie - too-good, well don't you know he never shirks
   - he's coming along!
   
   After School is over you're playing in the park
   Don't be out too late, don't let it get too dark
   They tell you not to hang around and learn what life's about
   And grow up just like them - won't you let it work it out
   - and you're full of doubt
   
   Don't do this and don't do that
   What are they trying to do?- Make a good boy of you
   Do they know where it's at?
   Don't criticize, they're old and wise
   Do as they tell you to
   Don't want the devil to
   Come out and put your eyes
   
   Maybe I'm mistaken expecting you to fight
   Or maybe I'm just crazy, I don't know wrong from right
   But while I am still living, I've just got this to say
   It's always up to you if you want to be that
   want to see that
   want to see that way
   - you're coming along!

2. 2 Goodbye Stranger ♪ 5:47 ▼

   It was an early morning yesterday
   I was up before the dawn
   And I really have enjoyed my stay
   But I must be moving on
   Like a king without a castle
   Like a queen without a throne
   I'm an early morning lover
   And I must be moving on
   Now I believe in what you say
   Is the undisputed truth
   But I have to have things my own way
   To keep me in my youth
   Like a ship without an anchor
   Like a slave without a chain
   Just the thought of those sweet ladies
   Sends a shiver through my veins
   And I will go on shining
   Shining like brand new
   I'll never look behind me
   My troubles will be few
   Goodbye stranger it's been nice
   Hope you find your paradise
   Tried to see your point of view
   Hope your dreams will all come true
   Goodbye Mary, goodbye Jane
   Will we ever meet again
   Feel no sorrow, feel no shame
   Come tomorrow, feel no pain
   Sweet devotion (Goodbye, Mary)
   It's not for me (Goodbye, Jane)
   Just give me motion (Will we ever)
   To set me free (Meet again?)
   In the land and the ocean (Feel no sorrow)
   Far away (Feel no shame)
   It's the life I've chosen (Come tomorrow)
   Every day (Feel no pain)
   So goodbye, Mary (Goodbye, Mary)
   Goodbye, Jane (Goodbye, Jane)
   Will we ever (Will we ever)
   Meet again? (Meet again?)
   Now some they do and some they don't
   And some you just can't tell
   And some they will and some they won't
   With some it's just as well
   You can laugh at my behaviour
   And that'll never bother me
   Say the devil is my saviour
   But I don't pay no heed
   And I will go on shining
   Shining like brand new
   I'll never look behind me
   My troubles will be few
   Goodbye, stranger, it's been nice
   Hope you find your paradise
   Tried to see your point of view
   Hope your dreams will all come true
   Goodbye Mary, goodbye Jane
   Will we ever meet again?
   Feel no sorrow, feel no shame
   Come tomorrow, feel no pain
   Sweet devotion (Goodbye, Mary)
   It's not for me (Goodbye, Jane)
   Just give me motion (Will we ever)
   To set me free (Meet again?)
   In the land and the ocean (Feel no sorrow)
   Far away (Feel no shame)
   It's the life I've chosen (Come tomorrow)
   Every day (Feel no pain)
   So now I'm leaving (Goodbye, Mary)
   Got to go (Goodbye, Jane)
   Hit the road (Will we ever)
   I'll say it once again (Meet again?)
   Oh, yes, I'm leaving (Feel so sorrow)
   Got to go (Feel no shame)
   Got to go (Come tomorrow)
   I'm sorry, I must dash (Feel no pain)
   So goodbye, Mary (Goodbye, Mary)
   Goodbye, Jane (Goodbye, Jane)
   Will we ever (Will we ever)
   Meet again? (Meet again?)
   Oh, I'm leaving
   I've got to go

3. 3 The Logical Song ♪ 4:09 ▼

   When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful,
   A miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical.
   And all the birds in the trees, well theyd be singing so happily,
   Joyfully, playfully watching me.
   But then they send me away to teach me how to be sensible,
   Logical, responsible, practical.
   And they showed me a world where I could be so dependable,
   Clinical, intellectual, cynical.
   
   There are times when all the worlds asleep,
   The questions run too deep
   For such a simple man.
   Wont you please, please tell me what weve learned
   I know it sounds absurd
   But please tell me who I am.
   
   Now watch what you say or theyll be calling you a radical,
   Liberal, fanatical, criminal.
   Wont you sign up your name, wed like to feel youre
   Acceptable, respecable, presentable, a vegtable!
   
   At night, when all the worlds asleep,
   The questions run so deep
   For such a simple man.
   Wont you please, please tell me what weve learned
   I know it sounds absurd
   But please tell me who I am.

4. 4 Bloody Well Right ♪ 4:33 ▼

   So you think your schooling's phoney
   I guess it's hard not to agree
   You say it all depends on money
   And who is in your family tree
   Right, you're bloody well right
   you know you got a right to say
   Right, you're bloody well right
   you know you got a right to say
   Ha-ha you're bloody well right
   you know you're right to say
   Yeah-yeah you're bloody well right
   you know you're right to say
   Me, I don't care anyway!
   Write your problems down in detail
   Take them to a higher place
   You've had your cry - no, I should say wail
   In the meantime hush your face
   Right, quite right, you're bloody well right... etc.

5. 5 Breakfast in America ♪ 2:40 ▼

   Take a look at my girlfriend
   She's the only one I got
   Not much of a girlfriend
   Never seem to get a lot
   
   Take a jumbo across the water
   Like to see America
   See the girls in California
   I'm hoping it's going to come true
   But there's not a lot I can do
   
   Could we have kippers for breakfast
   Mummy dear, Mummy dear
   They got to have 'em in Texas
   Cos everyone's a millionaire
   
   I'm a winner, I'm a sinner
   Do you want my autograph
   I'm a loser, what a joker
   I'm playing my jokes upon you
   While there's nothing better to do
   
   Don't you look at my girlfriend
   She's the only one I got
   Not much of a girlfriend
   Never seem to get a lot
   
   Take a jumbo cross the water
   Like to see America
   See the girls in California
   I'm hoping it's going to come true
   But there's not a lot I can do

6. 6 Rudy ♪ 7:17 ▼

   Rudy's on a train to nowhere, halfway down the line
   He don't wanna get there, but he needs time
   He ain't sophisticated, nor well-educated
   After all the hours he wasted, still he needs time.
   He needs time - he needs time for livin',
   He needs time - for someone just to see him.
   He ain't had no lovin'
   For no reason or rhyme
   And the whole world's above him.
   Well it's not as though he's fat-
   No there's more to this than that-
   See he tries to play it cool-
   Wouldn't be nobodys fool.
   
   Rudy thought that all good things comes to those that wait
   But recently he could see that it may come too late.
   
   All through your life, all through the years
   Nobody loved, nobody cared.
   So dim the light, dark are your fears
   Try as I might, I can't hold back the tears
   How can you live without love, it's not fair?
   Someone said give but I just didn't dare.
   What good advice are you waiting to hear?
   Hearing's alright for them that's all there
   You'd better gain control now
   You'd better show'em all now
   You'd better make or break now
   You'd better give and take now
   You'll have to push and shove now
   You'll have to find some love now
   You'd better gain control now.
   Now he's just come out the movie.
   Numb of all the pain,
   Sad but in a while he'll soon be
   back on his train...

7. 7 Take the Long Way Home ♪ 5:04 ▼

   So you think you're a Romeo
   playing a part in a picture-show
   Take the long way home
   Take the long way home
   
   Cos you're the joke of the neighborhood
   Why should you care if you're feeling good
   Take the long way home
   Take the long way home
   
   But there are times that you feel you're part of the scenery
   all the greenery is comin' down, boy
   And then your wife seems to think you're part of the
   furniture oh, it's peculiar, she used to be so nice.
   
   When lonely days turn to lonely nights
   you take a trip to the city lights
   And take the long way home
   Take the long way home
   
   You never see what you want to see
   Forever playing to the gallery
   You take the long way home
   Take the long way home
   
   And when you're up on the stage, it's so unbelievable,
   unforgettable, how they adore you,
   But then your wife seems to think you're losing your sanity,
   oh, calamity, is there no way out?
   
   Does it feel that you life's become a catastrophe?
   Oh, it has to be for you to grow, boy.
   When you look through the years and see what you could have been
   oh, what might have been,
   if you'd had more time.
   
   So, when the day comes to settle down,
   Who's to blame if you're not around?
   You took the long way home
   You took the long way home...

8. 8 Crime of the Century ♪ 5:31 ▼

   Now they're planning the crime of the century
   Well what will it be?
   Read all about their schemes and adventuring
   It's well worth a fee
   So roll up and see
   And they rape the universe
   How they've gone from bad to worse
   Who are these men of lust, greed, and glory?
   Rip off the masks and let's see.
   But that's no right - oh no, what's the story?
   There's you and there's me
   That can't be right

9. 9 Dreamer ♪ 3:31 ▼

   Dreamer, you know you are a dreamer
   Well can you put your hands in your head, oh no!
   I said dreamer, you're nothing but a dreamer
   Well can you put your hands in your head, oh no!
   I said "Far out, - What a day, a year, a laugh it is!"
   You know, - Well you know you had it comin' to you,
   Now there's not a lot I can do
   
   Dreamer, you stupid little dreamer;
   So now you put your head in your hands, oh no!
   I said "Far out, - What a day, a year, a laugh it is!"
   You know, - Well you know you had it comin' to you,
   Now there's not a lot I can do.
   
   Well work it out someday
   
   If I could see something
   You can see anything you want boy
   If I could be someone-
   You can be anyone, celebrate boy.
   If I could do something-
   Well you can do something,
   If I could do anything-
   Well can you do something out of this world?
   
   Take a dream on a Sunday
   Take a life, take a holiday
   Take a lie, take a dreamer
   dream, dream, dream, dream, dream along...
   
   Dreamer, you know you are a dreamer
   Well can you put your hands in your head, oh no!
   I said dreamer, you're nothing but a dreamer
   Well can you put your hands in your head, oh no!
   OH NO!

10. 10 Ain’t Nobody but Me ♪ 5:07 ▼

    Let me tell you a story that'll make a change,
    Let me tell you when I'm way out of range;
    It's about a man who's crueler than me,
    So promise not to cause a scene,
    Heaven help the one's you love,
    There's no big need for stars above
    
    Well, you can run, you, know he'll find you,
    It don't matter now, just look behind you,
    You had your warn, and you knew the score,
    You got it wrong, and that means war;
    So, why'd you have to treat me rough,
    Your explanation's not enough.
    
    -Ain't nobody but me,
    Gonna lie for you, gonna die for you;
    Ain't no fish in the sea,
    Gonna sigh for you, gonna try for you,
    Gonna lie for you, gonna die for you,
    Wooh-
    
    You see, I got a mental disposition,
    Sometimes, I'm mean, sometimes I'm vicious;
    I'm Dr. Jekyll, I'm Mr. Hyde,
    So if you wanna stay alive,
    Just give me all you've got to give,
    And, then perhaps I'll let you live.
    
    -Ain't nobody but me,
    Gonna lie for you, gonna die for you,
    Ain't no fish in the sea,
    Gonna sigh for you, gonna try for you,
    Gonna lie for you, gonna die for you;
    Gonna sigh for you, gonna try for you,
    Gonna lie for you, gonna die for you.-
    
    (HUSH) Now baby, stop your crying,
    (OH YES) I know that I've been lying,
    (HUSH) Now baby, stop your crying
    (OH YES) I know that I've been lying
    (HUSH) Now baby, stop your crying
    (OH YES) I know that I've been lying
    (HUSH) Now baby, stop your crying
    (OH YES) I know that I've been lying
    AAAaaa

11. 11 Hide in Your Shell ♪ 6:48 ▼

    Hide in your shell cos the world is out to bleed you for a ride
    What will you gain making your life a little longer?
    Heaven or Hell, was the journey cold that gave your eyes of steel?
    Shelter behind painting your mind and playing joker
    
    Too Frightening to listen to a stranger
    Too Beautiful to put your pride in danger
    You're waiting for someone to understand you
    But you've got demons in your closet
    And you're screaming out to stop it
    Saying life's begun to cheat you
    Friends are out to beat you
    Grab on to what you scramble for
    
    Don't let the tears linger on inside now
    Cos it's sure time you gained control
    If I can help you, if I can help you
    If I can help you, just let me know
    Well, let me show you the nearest signpost
    To get your heartback and on the road
    If I can help you, if I can help you
    If I can help you, just let me know.
    
    All through the night as you lie awake and hold yourself so tight
    What do you need, a second-hand-movie-star to tend you?
    I as a boy, I believed the saying the cure for pain was love
    How would it be if you could see the world through my eyes?
    
    Too Frightening- the fire's getting colder
    Too Beautiful- to think you're getting older
    You're looking for someone to give an answer.
    But what you see is just an illusion
    You're surrounded by confusion
    Saying life's begun to cheat you
    Friends are out to beat you
    Grab on to what you can scramble for
    Don't let the tears...
    ... just let me know
    I wanna know...
    I wanna know you...
    Well let me know you
    I wanna feel you
    I wanna touch you
    Please let me near you
    Can you hear what I'm saying?
    Well I'm hoping, I'm dreamin', I'm prayin'
    I know what you're thinkin'
    See what you're seein'
    Never ever let yourself go
    
    Hold yourself down, hold yourself down
    Why d'ya hold yourself down?
    Why don't you listen, you can
    Trust me,
    There's a place I know the way to
    A place there is need to feel you
    Feel that you're alone
    Hear me
    I know exactly what you're feelin'
    cos all your troubles are within you
    please begin to see that I'm just bleeding to
    Love me, love you
    Loving is the way to Help me, help you
    - Why must we be so cool, oh so cool?
    Oh, we're such damn fools...

12. 12 From Now On ♪ 6:17 ▼

    Monday has come around again
    I'm in the same old place
    With the same old faces always watching me
    Who knows how long I'll have to stay
    Could be a hundred years
    Of sweat and tears
    At the rate that I get paid
    
    Sometimes I slowly drift away
    From all the dull routine
    That's with me every day
    A fantasy will come to me
    Diamonds are what I really need
    Think I'll rob a store, escape the law
    And live in Italy
    
    Lately my luck has been so bad
    You know the roulette wheel's
    A crooked deal
    I'm loosing all I had
    
    Soon be like a man that's on the run
    And live from day to day
    Never needing anyone
    Play hide and seek
    Throughout the week
    
    My life is full of romance
    
    Guess I'll always have to be
    Living in a fantasy
    That's the way it's got to be
    From now on
    You think I'm crazy I can see
    It's you for you, and me for me
    Living in a fantasy
    From now on

13. 13 Give a Little Bit ♪ 4:08 ▼

    Give a little bit
    Give a little bit of your love to me
    Give a little bit
    I'll give a little bit of my love to you
    There's so much that we need to share
    Send a smile and show you care
    
    I'll give a little bit
    I'll give a little bit of my love to you
    So give a little bit
    Give a little bit of your time to me
    See the man with the lonely eyes
    Take his hand, you'll be surprised
    
    Give a little bit
    Give a little bit of your love to me
    I'll give a little bit of my love for you
    Now's the time that we need to share
    So find yourself, we're on our way back home
    
    Going home
    Don't you need to feel at home?
    Oh yeah, we gotta sing

14. 14 It’s Raining Again ♪ 4:22 ▼

    It's raining again
    Oh no, my love's at an end
    Oh no, it's raining again
    And you know it's hard to pretend
    Oh no, it's raining again
    Too bad I'm losing a friend
    Oh no, it's raining again
    Oh, will my heart ever mend
    
    You're old enough some people say
    To read the signs and walk away
    It's only time that heals the pain
    And makes the sun come out again
    
    It's raining again
    Oh no, my love's at an end
    Oh no, it's raining again
    Too bad I'm losing a friend
    
    La, la, la, la, la, la, la
    
    Come on, you little fighter
    No need to get up-tighter
    Come on, you little fighter
    And get back up again
    
    It's raining again
    Oh no, my love's at an end
    Oh no, it's raining again
    Too bad I'm losing a friend, oh
    
    La, la, la, la, la, la, la
    
    Come on, you little fighter
    No need to get up-tighter
    Come on, you little fighter
    And get back up again
    Oh, get back up again
    Oh, fill your heart again

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