1. *What's Number One
Words by Jim Carroll and Boz Scaggs
Music by Marcus Miller
Those were high times back in Delhi
I was left for dead
Everybody beat it to L.A.
So the papers read
But I said
"No, this is not where I get dropped off
Keep the dough I'm here to blow the top off it"
Sixty-eight back in Chicago
Watched my friends all fall
Now they're waiting down in old Key Largo
For their man to call
All laid back
Sitting in the redwood sauna
Hanging slack
Like some dazed iguana
I'd choose
The bruised up moon over the sun
I'd lose
I guess I'm confused
What's number one
What's number one
I'm a fine one to be talking
Dig the mastermind
You see even if you hold the key
The doors locked from behind
But I left
I was playing out a lone part
I was deaf to whispers of my own heart
I'd choose
The bruised up moon over the sun
I'd lose
I guess I'm confused
What's number one
What's number one
Like a miner seeks that main gold vein
I'll search on
Cutting through against the grain
Keeps me sane
I'd choose
The bruised up moon over the sun
I'd lose
I guess I'm confused
What's number one
What's number one
2. *Claudia
Words by Boz Scaggs
Music by Boz Scaggs and Larry Williams
Oh Claudia
Don't take it away
Girl if you leave me this way
I'm going to search night and day
To find your love
Oh Claudia
Don't take it this way
What kind of bad mistake
Is worth our saying goodbye
The last time we vowed
We would not part my love
And so take heart my love
Don't let it end this way
Remember the good things
That we shared my dear
And so take care my dear
Don't throw our love away
Oh Claudia
Girl don't leave it this way
It's gonna take both me and you
But we can see this thing through
And save our love
Oh Claudia ooooh
Don't take it away
Girl can't you see it's all wrong
Till you come back where you belong
I need you babe
The last time we vowed
We would not part my love
And so take heart my love
Don't let it end this way
Remember the good things
That we share my dear
And so take care my dear
Don't throw our love away ooooh
This last thing I've tried to keep inside myself
I never told you so But girl you ought to know
I'm your man ooooh
Don't take it away
Girl if you leave me this way
I'm gonna search night and day
Till I find your love
Hey Claudia oooh
Don't take it away
3. *Heart Of Mine
Words by Bobby Caldwell and Jason Scheff
Music by Bobby Caldwell, Jason Scheff and Dennis Matkosky
One day you may
Find true love that will last forever
And ever
Till then you'll spend
A lifetime wishing one together
You never thought she'd say goodbye
And you'll never understand the reasons why
Heart of mine
How will you keep from dying
Stop reminiscing
Who is she kissing
Heart of mine
Oh what's the use in trying
No one can mend you now mmmmm
Love plays cruel games
You can't believe she's found another
...Lover
Does she miss me
Sometimes you just can't help but wonder
No you can't hold the hands of time
And you'll always be the one she left behind
Heart of mine
How will you keep from dying
Stop reminiscing
Who is she kissing
Heart of mine
Oh what's the use in trying
No one can mend you now
And you'll never understand the reasons why
Heart of mine
How will you keep from dying
Stop reminiscing
Who is she kissing
Heart of mine
Oh what's the use in trying
No one can mend you now
Oh heart of mine
Heart of mine
Heart of mine
4. *Right Out Of My Head
Words by Boz Scaggs
Music by Dann Huff and David Huff
Are there directions to these things
Is this my life or just some scheme
There's a message by the phone
I knew somehow you'd be there
But if I get that busy tone
It's just like being nowhere
And I go falling again
Right out of my head
You keep coming true to me
Right out of my head
I knew that you'd come through for me
Games of the heart are played by fools
But baby your heart don't know no rules
Well I get the picture
I get it through your laughter
And I get the feeling
You know just what you're after
You do it again and again and again and again
Right out of my head
You keep coming true to me
Right out of my head
I knew that you'd come through for me
Right out of my head
I've got to have you near to me
Right out of my head
It's never been so clear to me
Sometimes one gets the notion
He's living out his own fantasy
Now I've got the notion
That it's you and me
Come on baby lets go outside
I think we're going for a very long long long ride
I'm burning in the night
Racing through the fine lines
Through the fires light
I know that you'll be waiting
I'm falling again and again and again and again and again
Right out of my head
You keep coming true to me
Right out of my head
I knew that you'd come through for me
Right out of my head
You keep coming true to me
Right out of my head
I knew that you'd come through for me
5. *I Don't Hear You
Words by Jim Carroll
Music by Dann Huff and David Huff
The blue light flashes
Billy feels its motion
He says
"Should I go and set it free?"
Black-eyed Suzie
Picks up on the notion
She says
"Put it in the lonely tree"
He says
"Babe we best sharpen our imagination"
He says
"It seems like the rest
Don't comprehend the situation"
I don't hear you
All the words that come and go
Don't say what I'm after
I don't hear you
Scream it through a microphone
Whisper in a deadly tone
Don't hear you
Uh hum not you
Jane's a dancer
In quiet desperation
She says
"What I give I give for free"
Her twin sister
Feels the same sensation
But says
"You must buy it all from me"
She says
"Oh I feel best
When the rest is all uncertain"
She says
"Thoughts in my breast
just hang there like a burning curtain"
I don't hear you
You don't matter you don't care
I don't call that living
I don't hear you
What you say don't reach inside
It is like you're gagged and tied
I don't hear you
He said
"Go with the flow
Though the currents can bring danger"
"You didn't know
you were dancing with a desperate stranger"
I don't hear you
I've been dealing with deaf ears
I don't need no laughter
I don't hear you
It ain't hard to analyze
I know what you're really after
I can't hear you
6. *Mental Shakedown
Words by Boz Scaggs
Music by David Williams and Guy Allison Steiner
Are we locked up to each other
Must we stir through the ashes
Stir through the ashes of the past
For a time it was tough to survive
But it's time to get on with our lives
And now you've gotta do a mental shakedown
What is it gonna take your sanity's at stake
Shakedown
Yeah yeah
There's a cold wind off the border tonight
As we take to the ridges
Burning our bridges to the past
And the cry rises from the west
We are not each others to possess
Now you've gotta do a mental shakedown
What is it gonna take your sanity's at stake
Shakedown
Now you've gotta do a mental shakedown
What is it gonna take your sanity's at stake
Shakedown
You've got you've got
Now you've got to do your mental shakedown
What is it gonna take
You're sanity's at stake
Shakedown
Yeah
Now you've got to do a mental shakedown
What's it gonna take
Shakedown
Yeah you've got to do your mental shakedown
What is it gonna take
You're sanity's at stake
Shakedown
7. *Crimes of Passion
Words by Jim Carroll / Music by Dann Huff
She's an all-night all-night rental
She's a rental Oriental
Suki-Lee
Oh her eyes yes her eyes
You better pass her by yes
Suki-Lee
Each night she crosses
Different borders mmmm
Each night she's someone's refugee
Crimes of passion
You'll pay the price
If you do it once yeah
Why not do it twice yeah yeah
She only works while the parrot's squawking
In the light of the TV talking
Suki-Lee
She undresses in the light of the TV
In the light of the TV squawking
Suki-Lee
She hears the preachers
Quoting from Solomon's psalms
She hears the news of terrorist bombs
Crimes of passion
You'll pay yes you'll pay the price
If you do it once yeah
Go on do it twice
Cracks in the mirror
Bombs in the moonlight
Those whims of vice
Just how much terror
Can one kiss entice
Crimes of passion
You will pay the price
If you do it once yeah
Why not do it twice
Crimes of passion
Sweet whims of vice
Just how much terror
Can one kiss entice
Crimes of passion
Crimes of passion
8. *Funny
Words by Boz Scaggs
Music by Marcus Miller
Funny
All she needs is love
And this Sony light
Is all there is tonight
Oh oh oh oh yeah
Funny
She dreams about his touch
Where his skin must end
And where her own begins
She moves through shadows
Bathes in the lush
Luxurious hush alone
Ever alone
Miss Lonely
Needs company
As she breathes this room
Of deepest blue perfume
And love's where you find it
Open your heart
You've lived in the dark too long
Too long alone
Miss Lonely
Open up your heart
Let the morning light
Fill your sky tonight
Funny
All she needs is love
And this Sony light
Is all there is tonight
9. *Cool Running
Words by Boz Scaggs
Music by Patrick Leonard and David Williams
Oooh hoo hoo
Hot night she's running right
And magic's in the air
So what do I care
The one in red straight ahead
Sets my soul on fire
We're taking it higher
The message from the coast is loud and clear
Cool running
The second I get off I'm out of here
Cool running yeah
Oooh hooo
Aim south we're chilling out
The boss is on the phone
Tell him I'm gone
That's right Snow White
We're blowin' the blues away
Call 'em back another day
Got no time for talkin' to no phone
Cool running yeah
We'll send them all a postcard from the zone
Cool running yeah
You see Miss it's like this
We're about to lose control
Well it beats getting old
Hey
Predictions for the coast say bright and clear
Cool running yeah
The forecast for my head is out of here
Cool running yeah
The message from the coast is loud and clear
Cool running
The second I get off I'm out of here
Cool running yeah
Oh doctor man I hope relief soon come
Cool running yeah
Sometimes the best prescription is to run
Cool running yeah
Oooh oooh hoo hoo hoo
10. *The Night Of Van Gogh
Words by Boz Scaggs
Music by Boz Scaggs, Peter Wolf and Bobby Caldwell
Eyes
Eyes chasing eyes
There you were taking your chances
With daredevil glances in the night
Stunned by the moon
Drawn by the flame
Caught in the act
Of love's oldest game
And warm
Suddenly warm
I felt the heat of the night
The rhythm of light across your face
Kissed by the wind
Won by your hand
Two shot the moon
So it began
Yes
That was the night of Van Gogh
The dazzling dancer of promise
I left the clouds far below
To return once again
To the lips of delicious madness
As you came
To me
Love
Unended love
Yours is the nature of giving
The true art of living on the line
You are with me my dear
More than you know
I touch your lips
You touch my soul
Yes
This is the night of Van Gogh
The dance through the cosmos he promised me
I leave the clouds far below
To return once again
To those lips of delicious madness
You smile as you come
To me
There you were taking your chances
With daredevil glances in the night
*Soul to Soul
(Bonus Track - French Release)
It was great the look the eye it didn't show
I was cool I was I think you never know
You got to watch for the ones with soul
In a flash I saw what I was dreaming of
Couldn't think I took the look I fell in love
You got to watch for the ones with soul yeah
The one with the kiss in her eye
She's holding the perfect surprise yeah
All those longing lovely looks
Just can't tell it all
So if you want to
Love her at all
You've got to want to
Look at her soul to soul
At the club you're on you're keen you gotta dance
Don't you know you're mean you're hot to take a chance
They've got to watch for the man with soul
There she is the one the look you want to swing
There you go you like a bit of mystery
You got to watch for the ones with soul
The one with her kiss on your mind
You might be surprised what you find yeah
All those longing lovely looks
Just can't tell it all
So if you want to
Love her at all
You've got to want to
Look at her soul to soul
So if you want to
Love her at all
You've got to want to
Look at her soul to soul
It's one thing she's kissing your mind
You might be surprised what you find yeah
All those longing lovely looks just can't tell it all
So if you want to
Love her at all
You've got to want to
Look at her soul to soul
So if you want to
Love her at all
You've got to want to
Look at her soul to soul
*You'll Never Know
(Bonus Track - Japanese Release)
Boz Scaggs / L. Dozier
Sooner or later you're coming thru that door
You've heard it before
Love me or leave me
I'm on your side
But the way you leave me hanging on the line
Is driving me crazy
You'll never know how much I miss you baby
It's hard to show how much I care I really care
Something inside me says that I ought to be blunt
Tell you up front
Darling I need you here by my side
But until I feel its a two way deal
We'll just keep faking
You'll never know how much I miss you baby
It's hard to show how much I care I really care
But the way you leave me hanging on the line
Is driving me crazy
It's about time that you knew baby babe
Girl I am lost without you
You'll never know how much I miss you
Its hard to show how much I care, I really care
You'll never know how much I miss you in my life
Its hard to show how much I care I really care
You'll never know how much I miss you
I miss you I miss you girl
Its hard to show how much I care
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