 Genius Lyrics
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Joe South – Games People Play
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[Intro] / Mm / La-da-da, da-da-da, da-da / La-da-da, da-da-da, da-dee / La-da-da, da-da / La-da-da, da-da-da / [Verse 1] / Woah, the games people play now / Every night and every
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Joe South – Hush
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[Intro] / Na, na-na-na / Na-na-na, na-na-na / Come on / Ha-ha, yeah / [Verse 1] / Well, a certain little girl is on my mind / Good gosh almighty, she looks so fine / She's the best
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Joe South – Children
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[Verse 1] / Children / Go and run and jump and play / You'll be / Men and women some day / Then you'll have to leave / Your world of make-believe / Now, children / [Refrain
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Joe South – Don't It Make You Want to Go Home
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[Chorus] / Don't it make you wanna go home, now? / Don't it make you wanna go home? / All God's children get weary when they roam / Don't it make you wanna go home? / Don't it make
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Joe South – Rose Garden
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[Chorus] / I beg your pardon / I never promised you a rose garden / Along with the sunshine / There's gotta be a little rain some time / [Post-Chorus] / Now, when you take you
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Joe South – Oprah Cried
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[Verse 1] / Oh, the green room was shrouded / In a cloud of purple haze / The studio was crowded / Lord, it was one of those Chicago days / [Verse 2] / She said "Man, don't be
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Joe South – Walk a Mile in My Shoes
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[Verse 1] / If I could be you / And you could be me / For just one hour / If we could find a way / To get inside / Each other's mind, mm-hmm / [Verse 2] / If you could see you
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Joe South – Concrete Jungle
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[Verse 1] / When mornin' rolls around / I catch a bus downtown / To that same old job / It's a jungle out there / And nobody seems to care / In the rat race mob / But when things
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Joe South – I've Got to Be Somebody
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[Verse 1] / I never had any reason for ambition or drive / In fact I never had nobody that cared if I'm alive / But then one day she came my way / And I heard a voice within me say
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Joe South – Riverdog
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[Verse 1] / Somewhere there is a river / Where the water is swift / It's deep and it's wide / It flows through the valley / And across the other side of your mind / You got to row
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Joe South – These Are Not My People
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[Verse 1] / First, your mama and your papa sent you to the finest schools / Never let it be said that their little darlin' was a fool / So, with a credit card and your good name
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Joe South – Party People
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[Intro] / *People chatting* / [Verse 1] / Party people are such funny people / Happy people or so it seems / Ah-uh-uh, but party people (Party people) / Are really lonely people (
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Joe South – Hole in Your Soul
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[Intro] / Woo / [Verse 1] / You got glide in your stride / You got dips in your hips / You got the beat in your feet / You're uptight outta sight / [Verse 2] / Baby, you groove
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Joe South – God Forgave Me
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[Verse 1] / Mm, God forgave me, why can't you? / Why do you punish me now for the things that I used to do? / I'm not the same as I used to be / And if you don't believe it, then
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Joe South – Stranger in a Strange Land
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[Intro] / Hey / Alright / Well / [Verse 1] / How many days has it been since I was born? / How many days 'til I die? / Do I know any ways that I can make you laugh / Or do I only
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Joe South – No Fence Around Me
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[Verse 1] / Baby, don't build no fence around me / If it ain't askin' too much of you / Baby, don't build no fence around me / Because I never have been your child / And I can hear
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Joe South – Be a Believer
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[Intro] / (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) / (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) / [Verse 1] / When it seems like nobody can understand / And no one will lend you a helpin' hand / When you're lost and you
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Joe South – Redneck
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[Verse 1] / Hey, redneck / Man, ain't you a cool head / Man about town / Hair slicked down / Little grease on your forehead / [Verse 2] / Hey, hey, the things that you say and do
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Joe South – Glad to Be Living on the Earth Today
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[Intro] / Woah / [Chorus] / Have you ever seen a cripple man walk? / Have you ever heard a dead man talk? / Now, I'm grateful just to have this opportunity to say / "Glad to be
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Joe South – All My Hard Times
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[Intro] / Mm, mm, mm, mm-mm / Woah, yeah / [Refrain] / All my hard times soon be over / All my hard times soon be over, yeah / [Verse 1] / I was born in a two-room shack / The only
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Joe South – Mirror of Your Mind
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[Verse 1] / Who's that fool lookin' back at you / In the mirror of your mind? / Could it be the one you see / Whose name you've often signed? / Can you place the familiar face
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Joe South – Gabriel
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[Verse 1] / One fine mornin' when the sun is still in Pisces / Foot on the land and the other foot out on the high seas / My old friend Gabriel stands / With a smile on his face
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Joe South – Birds of a Feather
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[Verse 1] / I remember back a long time ago / In the days of my childhood / In the evenin' when the sun's sinkin' low / Walkin' in the wildwood / Skippin' and flippin' through the
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Joe South – Misfit
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[Intro] / Huh, huh, huh / Oh, I feel so good I can't believe it / With a-one, two / A-one, two, three, four / Woo / Now, we're cookin', ha-ha-ha / Woo / [Verse 1] / Well, maybe
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Joe South – Yo Yo
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[Intro] / Alright / It's alright / Now, hit it / Woo / Ready now? / Hey / [Chorus] / Oh, oh, oh (Oh, ho, ho) / Just like a yo-yo (Just like a yo-yo) / Oh, oh, oh (Oh, ho, ho
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Joe South – Heart's Desire
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[Chorus] / Baby, you're my heart's desire / Your love sets my soul on fire / You're my type, you're my kind / You're always on my mind / You're my heart's desire / [Verse 1] / Now
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Joe South – Chills
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[Verse 1] / Brr, you give me chills / A-runnin' up and down my spine / Well-a-well, woah, woah / You give me chills / A-when you tell me you're all mine / [Refrain] / And pretty
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Joe South – I'm Snowed
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[Verse 1] / Uh-oh, well my heart started reeling, I'm a-need you (Need you) / Well, funny, funny feeling, you better look out (Look out) / 'Cause it has happened before / And yeah
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Joe South – Imitation of Living
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[Chorus] / This is my imitation of livin' / Since you've been gone / And the show goes on / Oh, God, please help me if You can / Help this poor imitation of a man / [Verse 1] / Too
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Joe South – Coming Down All Alone
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[Verse 1] / Ain't it bad comin' down all alone? mm-hmm / Ain't it sad comin' down all alone / When you feel like you wanna die / And you'd give anything if you could only get high
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Joe South – What a Night
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[Verse 1] / What a night, what a night / There's a pretty moon above / A night for romance / The time for love / Oh, what a night to be alone (Alone, alone, alone) / All alone / [
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Joe South – So the Seeds Are Growing
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[Chorus] / So, the seeds that you once planted now are growin' / And you're not so sure you like the fruit you taste / Well, it's never too late to change / And there's a whole
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Joe South – I'm a Star
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[Verse 1] / Woo-ooh / If I make one mistake, you'll hear it on the news / Well, I'm only human and God knows I really paid my dues / Just bein' the human race / And to run this
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Joe South – You're the Reason
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[Chorus] / (Walkin' the floor / Feelin' so blue / Smoke cigarettes / Drink coffee, too) / [Verse 1] / I just lay here at night / Toss and I turn / Lovin' you so / How my heart
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Joe South – Midnight Rainbows/It Got Away
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[Part I: Midnight Rainbows] / [Verse 1] / You know, if I could / I would change all my bad into good / Lord, if we should've walked this road together / Side by side, mm-hmm / [Pre
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Joe South – A Million Miles Away
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[instrumental]
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Joe South – Don't You Be Ashamed
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[Verse 1] / Ah, if you're all alone and blue, now / And this world has got you down, now, now / Well, I know just what to do, now / And I'll always be around / [Chorus] / Oh, early
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Joe South – I'm Sorry for You
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[Pre-Chorus] / He's got you where he wants you / He's gonna keep you where he's got you / 'Cause you think you're too much in love / And he knows it, too / [Chorus] / Now, you come
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Joe South – Shelter
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[Verse 1] / When this old world has got you down / And your faith and hope decreases / Not one true friend can be found / And your dreams fall to pieces / I'm gonna prove that it's
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Joe South – Tell the Truth
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[Verse 1] / Tell the truth (Pa-pa-pa, oh) / Tell the truth (Pa-pa-pa, oh) / Well, you know you can make me do / What you want me to / [Verse 2] / Tell the truth (Pa-pa-pa, oh
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Joe South – The Other Side of Life
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[Verse 1] / But as you go to find yourself / Don't look too hard / You may pass yourself by / Reachin' too high / Wantin' the other side of life / [Verse 2] / And as you go to take
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Joe South – Silly Little Girl
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[Chorus] / Silly little girl, come back to me / Silly little girl, come back to me / Silly little girl, come back to me / Silly little girl, come back to me / [Post-Chorus] / Hey
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