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Gerry Rafferty – Right Down the Line
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“Right Down The Line” is a single released off of Gerry’s album City To City, following his massively successful single “Bakers Street.”
“Right Down The Line” has a much different
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Gerry Rafferty – Full Moon
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One, two, three, four / Doctor, doctor, get here quick / My soul is lost, my mind is sick / And I need a moment, out of the now / Lost in illusion, I milk the sacred cow / It's a
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Gerry Rafferty – Baker Street
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / Windin' your way down on Baker Street / Light in your head and dead on your feet / Well another crazy day, you'll drink the night away / And
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Gerry Rafferty – Another World
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If there's a reason on earth to believe in me / After all of those times we've been through / If there's just one thing left that you see in me / I will give my love to you / I
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Gerry Rafferty – City to City
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[Verse 1] / Now the night train is waitin' to take me away / And I'm still feelin' guilty cause you're wanting me to stay / Well I know, how I know, it's harder on you / But you
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Gerry Rafferty – Still in Denial
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You got a problem you won't admit / You got a habit that you can't kick / You're still in denial / Your wife is gone and you've grown old / The money's spent and the house is sold
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Gerry Rafferty – Days Gone Down
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You still got that light in your eye / And our day is coming by and by / I'm travelling this long road here with you / We still got a long way, we still got a long way to go / The
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Gerry Rafferty – Because
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Ah, because the world is round, it turns me 'round / Because the world is round / Ah, because the wind is high, it blows my mind / Because the wind is high / Ah, love is old, love
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Gerry Rafferty – Night Owl
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For a song of such varied instrumentation, and nothing less than a Lyricon solo, “Night Owl” seems characterised by isolation. There is a closeness throughout the lyrics, making
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Gerry Rafferty – Slow Down
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Maybe I'm mistaken / But I seem to remember from a long time ago / Somewhere in the city in the dead of night / And a voice came on the radio / Brother you said you'd read the book
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Gerry Rafferty – Sign of the Times
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[Verse 1] / Standing like a fool out in the rain / Waiting for the sun to shine / Nothing's gonna stop this hurricane / You can't even read the signs / Living in your dream world
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Gerry Rafferty – Conscious Love
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Money won't fix it, power won't fix it / Sex won't fix it, drugs won't fix it / Fame won't fix it, lies won't fix it / Your life won't fix it, nobody can fix it / This sleeping
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Gerry Rafferty – Your Heart's Desire
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Oh my love, this has been the hardest station / Travelling on till you don't know what to say / And now you see the change in me, when I get so tired / There's a price to pay, for
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Gerry Rafferty – Lost Highway
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I saw the Operation Desert Storm / People walking down a lost highway / While they were dying on my TV screen / I watching it from far away / All of us, look at all of us / Living
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Gerry Rafferty – Right Moment
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Spinning on another wheel, goin' round in slow motion / Caught up in another dream, driftin' on a blue ocean / When are you gonna reach out, only you can turn your world around
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Gerry Rafferty – To Each and Everyone
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To each and everyone of you / I say goodbye, farewell, adieu / To each and all I say goodbye / I know it's been fun but we're living a lie / You said you spoke straight from the
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Gerry Rafferty – Stealin' Time
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[Verse 1] / Stealin' time, I've been stealin' time / But I don't feel guilty, 'cause the time was mine / I kept down low, kept down low / I walked right out, I had to let it go / [
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Gerry Rafferty – Mary Skeffington
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Mary Skeffington, close your eyes / And make believe that you are just a girl again / Go to sleep tonight, dream of days / When you had something there to light the way / Remember
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Gerry Rafferty – Late Again
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Late again / When I get home you'll be waiting / Still you know there ain't no use in you complaining / I know that I can show some respect / Especially when I'm wrong / But when I
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Gerry Rafferty – Song For Simon
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Mr. McGonagle sits on the chimneytop wondering how he got there / A minute ago he was in his bed sleeping and now he's way up in the air / Who knows what the day will bring, it
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Gerry Rafferty – Metanoia
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I saw the light / I changed my world / I changed my heart / We sing a song of repentance / A song of joy / We sing a song of repentance / A song of joy / My father's mansion has
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Gerry Rafferty – Get It Right the Next Time
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Out on the street, I was talking to a man / He said, there's so much of this life of mine that I don't understand / You shouldn't worry, I said, that ain't no crime / 'Cause if you
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Gerry Rafferty – The Royal Mile
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I remember the sound of the passing train / As it rolled through the night in the pouring rain / And the touch of a hand / And the way she said goodbye / And we walked in the sun
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Gerry Rafferty – I Still Love You
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You were the first, you were the best / And now we're gonna rest / And I'm ready to confess / Deep in my heart, I still love you / I still want more than I can see (Lay down, lay
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Gerry Rafferty – Star
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So they made you a star, now your head's in a cloud / Now you're walking down the street with your feet off the ground / They read in the press all about your success / They
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Gerry Rafferty – You Are All I Want
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And I saw the sunlight in your eyes / And we walked together down and through the streets of Rome / And among the blue clouds in the sky / And in front of you, I knew my heart had
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Gerry Rafferty – Wild Mountain Thyme
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Oh, the summertime has come / And the trees are sweetly bloomin' / And the wild mountain thyme / Grows around the bloomin' heather / Will ye go, lassie, go? / And we'll all go
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Gerry Rafferty – Bajan Moon
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We've got the tropical night time, we've got the starry sky / I know that this is the right time to wave the past goodbye / You and I together so right in tune / One more night of
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Gerry Rafferty – Mattie's Rag
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Oh Mattie open up the door, that's right I'm home again / You've got a big surprise in store, turn ‘round and count to ten / Wait ‘til you see what I got you, well you'll say it's
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Gerry Rafferty – Children of the Sun
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We are not one / We are legion, we are many / A seed is sown in everyone (seed is sown in everyone) / A silent prayer that was given in compassion / We are the children of the sun
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Gerry Rafferty – Keeper of My Soul
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I once loved a woman, took her for my wife / Left me for another man, now she doesn't figure in my life / She thought my love would never end, she needs to feel control / Yesterday
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Gerry Rafferty – As Wise as a Serpent
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Well we sit in empty rooms and dream our lives away / While the spirits come and go without a sound / And just like you and me, they're tryin' to find a way, find a way, find a way
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Gerry Rafferty – Bring It All Home
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I was lost on an endless sea / Going down, going down, going down on an endless sea / Sail with the wind, you weather the storm / You bring it all home, bring it all home, you
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Gerry Rafferty – Didn't I?
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Didn't I tell you? Didn't I tell you true? / Didn't I say the words that meant so much to me? / Didn't I love you, just like you wanted me to? / Didn't I say right then everything
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Gerry Rafferty – The Ark
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See the dark night has come down on us / The world is livin' in its dream / But now we know that we can wake up from this sleep / And set out on the journey / Find a ship to take
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Gerry Rafferty – Half a Chance
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Goin' down a dusty road, I turned my head ‘round / Looking for somewhere to go, a place to lay my head down / Check into a small hotel and there before my eyes / Stood a man with
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