STEVE MILLER BAND
01-THE JOKER – Sib M
Steve Miller Band
Some people call me the space cowboy, yeah
Some call me the gangster of love
Some people call me Maurice
Cause I speak of the pompitous of love
People talk about me, baby
Say I'm doin' you wrong, doin' you wrong
Well, don't you worry baby
(Don't worry )
Cause I'm right here, right here, right here,
Cause I'm a picker
I'm a grinner
I'm a lover
And I'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun
I'm a joker
I'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker
I sure don't want to hurt no one
I'm a picker
I'm a grinner
I'm a lover
And I'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun
I'm a joker
I'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker
I get my lovin' on the run
Wooo Wooooo
You're the cutest thing
That I ever did see
I really love your peaches
Want to shake your tree
Lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey,
lovey-dovey all the time
Ooo-eee baby, I'll sure show you a good time
Cause I'm a picker
I'm a grinner
I'm a lover
And I'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun
I'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker
I get my lovin' on the run
I'm a picker
I'm a grinner
I'm a lover
And I'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun
I'm a joker
I'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker
I sure don't want to hurt no one
Wooo Woooo
People keep talking about me baby
They say I'm doin' you wrong
Well don't you worry, don't worry, no don't worry mama
Cause I'm right here at home
You're the cutest thing I ever did see
Really love your peaches want to shake your tree
Lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey all the time
Come on baby and I'll show you a good time
I'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker
I get my lovin' on the run
I'm a picker
I'm a grinner
I'm a lover
And I'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun
I'm a joker
I'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker
I sure don't want to hurt no one
02-GIVE IT UP – Si M
Steve Miller Band
Your good lovin' is what I need
Good lovin' is what I need
Oh, a little bit of love and some affection
Keep me movin' in the right direction
Good lovin' is what I need
So come on give it, give it, give it, give it, give it, give it, give it, give it, give it up, give it up
Come on darlin' give it up
Give it, give it, give it, give it, give it, give it, give it, give it, give it up, give it up
Come on darlin' give it up
A little bit of love and some affection
Keep me movin' in the right direction
So give it up, give it up
Come on darlin' give me your love
I am so in love with you
Baby, it's true
Come on darlin', we got to be smart
Come on darlin', don't play with a heart
Give it up, give it up, come on darlin' give me your love
Hey, hey baby
Don't do me this way
No, no
Hey, darling
Don't do me this way
A little bit of love and some affection
Keep me movin' in the right direction
So give it up, give it up
Come on darlin' give me your love
So come on give it up, give it up
Come on darlin' give me your love
Oh, oh give it up, give it up
Come on darlin' give me your love
Oh, a little bit of love and some affection
Keep me movin' in the right direction
So give it up, give it up, come on darlin' give me your love
So come on give it, give it, give it, give it, give it, give it, give it, give it, give it up, give it up
Come on darlin' give it up
Give it, give it, give it, give it, give it, give it, give it, give it, give it up, give it up
Come on darlin' give it up
A little bit of love and some affection
03-JET AIRLINER – Do M
Steve Miller Band
Leavin' home, out on the road
I've been down before
Ridin' along in this big ol' jet plane
I've been thinkin' about my home
But my love light seems so far away
And i feel like it's all been done
Somebody's tryin' to make me stay
You know i've got to be movin' on
Oh, oh big ol' jet airliner
Don't carry me too far away
Oh, oh big ol' jet airliner
Cause it's here that i've got to stay
Goodbye to all my friends at home
Goodbye to people i've trusted
I've got to go out and make my way
I might get rich you know i might get busted
But my heart keeps calling me backwards
As i get on the 707
Ridin' high i got tears in my eyes
You know you got to go through hell
Before you get to heaven
Big ol' jet airliner
Don't carry me too far away
Cause it's here that i've got to stay
Touchin' down in new england town
Feel the heat comin' down
I've got to keep on keepin' on
You know the big wheel keeps on spinnin' around
And i'm goin' with some hesitation
You know that i can surely see
That i don't want to get caught up in any of that
Funky shit goin' down in the city
Big ol' jet airliner
Don't carry me too far away
Oh, oh big ol' jet airliner
Cause it's here that i've got to stay
Oh, oh big ol' jet airliner
Don't carry me too far away
Oh, oh big ol' jet airliner
Cause it's here that i've got to stay
Yeah, yeah yeah, yeah
Big ol' jet airliner
Don't carry me too far away
Oh, oh big ol' jet airliner
Cause it's here that i've got to stay
Oh, oh big ol' jet airliner
04-KEEP ON ROCKIN’ ME – Si M
Steve Miller Band
Well, I`ve been looking real hard
And I`m trying to find a job
But it just keeps getting
Tougher every day
But I got to do my part
Cause I know in my heart
I got to please my
Sweet baby, yeah
Well, I ain`t superstitious
And I don`t get suspicious
But my woman is
A friend of mine
And I know that it`s true
That all the things that I do
Will come back to me
In my sweet time
So keep on rocking me, baby
Keep on a rocking me, baby
Keep on a rocking me, baby
Keep on a rocking me, baby
I went from Phoenix, Arizona
All the way to Tacoma
Philadelphia, Atlanta, L.A.
Northern California
Where the girls are warm
So I could be with my
Sweet baby, yeah
Keep on a rocking me, baby
Keep on a rocking me, baby
Keep on a rocking me, baby
Keep on a rocking me, baby
Baby, baby, baby
Keep on rocking
Rocking me, baby
Keep on rocking
Rocking me, baby
Hoo, hooo, yeah
Don`t get suspicious
Now don`t be suspicious
Babe, you know you
Are a friend of mine
That all the things that I do
Are gonna come back to you
In your sweet time
I went from Phoenix, Arizona
All the way to Tacoma
Philadelphia, Atlanta, L.A.
Northern California
Where the girls are warm
So I could hear my
Sweet baby say
Keep on a rocking me, baby
Keep on a rocking me, baby
Keep on a rocking me, baby
Keep on a rocking me
Rocking me, rocking
Baby, baby, baby
Keep on a rocking me, baby
Keep on a rocking me, baby
Keep on a rocking me, baby
06-ABRACADABRA – La m
Steve Miller Band
I heat up, I can't cool down
You got me spinnin'
'Round and 'round
'Round and 'round and 'round it goes
Where it stops nobody knows.
Every time you call my name
I heat up like a burnin' flame
Burnin' flame full of desire
Kiss me baby, let the fire get higher.
Abra-abra-cadabra
I want to reach out and grab ya
Abra-abra-cadabra
Abracadabra
You make me hot, you make me sigh
You make me laugh, you make me cry
Keep me burnin' for your love
With the touch of a velvet glove
Abra-abra-cadabra
I want to reach out and grab ya
Abra-abra-cadabra
Abracadabra
I feel magic when I touch your dress
Silk and satin, leather and lace
Black panties with an angel's face
I see magic in your eyes
I hear the magic in your sighs
Just when I think I'm gonna get away
I hear those words that you always say
Abra-abra-cadabra
I want to reach out and grab ya
Abra-abra-cadabra
Abracadabra
Every time you call my name
I heat up like a burnin' flame
Burnin' flame full of desire
Kiss me baby, let the fire get higher
I heat up, I can't cool down
My situation goes 'round and 'round
I heat up, I can't cool down
My situation goes 'round and 'round
I heat up, I can't cool down
My situation goes 'round and 'round
07-JUNGLE LOVE – Fa M
Steve Miller Band
I met you on somebody's island
You thought you had known me before
I brought you a crate of papaya
They waited all night by your door
You probably wouldn't remember
I probably couldn't forget
Jungle love in the surf in the pouring rain
Everything's better when wet
Jungle love it's drivin' me mad
It's makin' me crazy
Jungle love it's drivin' me mad
It's makin' me crazy
But lately you live in the jungle
I never see you alone
But we need some definite answers
So I thought I would write you a poem
The question to everyone's answer
Is usually asked from within
But the patterns of the rain
And the truth they contain
Have written my life on your skin
It's makin' me crazy
Jungle love it's drivin' me mad
It's makin' me crazy
You treat me like I was your ocean
You swim in my blood when it's warm
My cycles of circular motion
Protect you and keep you from harm
You live in a world of illusion
Where everything's peaches and cream
We all face a scarlet conclusion
But we spend our time in a dream
Jungle love it's drivin' me mad
It's makin' me crazy
Jungle love it's drivin' me mad
It's makin' me crazy
Jungle love it's drivin' me mad
It's makin' me crazy
Jungle love it's drivin' me mad
It's makin' me crazy
08-TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN – Sol M
Steve Miller Band
This here's a story about Billy Joe and Bobbie Sue
Two young lovers with nothin' better to do
Than sit around the house,
get high, and watch the tube
And here is what happened when they
They headed down to, ooh, old El Paso
That's where they ran into a great big hassle
Billy Joe shot a man while robbing his castle
Bobbie Sue took the money and run
Go on take the money and run
Go on take the money and run
Go on take the money and run
Go on take the money and run
Billy mack is a detective down in Texas
You know he knows just exactly what the facts is
He ain't gonna let those two escape justice
He makes his livin' off of the people's taxes
Bobbie sue, whoa, whoa, she slipped away
Billy Joe caught up to her the very next day
They got the money, hey
You know they got away
They headed down south
and they're still running today
Singin' go on take the money and run
Go on take the money and run
Go on take the money and run
Go on take the money and run
Go on take the money and run
Go on take the money and run
Go on take the money and run
Go on take the money and run
09-EVIL – La m
Steve Miller Band
You know
If somebody, somewhere done you wrong
Oh, don't worry about your revenge, no
I said if somebody, somewhere done you wrong
Oh, don't worry about your revenge, no no
'Cause that's when evil
Oh, evil slips on in
Hey, when I first met you baby
You were nothing but a child
When I first met you baby
I used to let you run wild
But somewhere, somehow
Lord, I don't know how
All your goodness
Slipped away
10-THE WINDOW – La m
Steve Miller Band
Ask my baby what she wants to be
She’ll say a monkey swingin’ in a tree
Ask my baby what she’s thinkin’ of
She’ll say there’s nothing greater than love
Well, look through the window
Tell me what do you see
A beautiful planet
Peace and harmony
Think love you’re surrounded
We are one you and I
Gather your leaves together
There’s only love until we die
Until we die
Ask my baby what she’s goin’ through
She’ll say the same thing, the same thing as you
Ask my baby what she’s thinkin’ of
She’ll say there’s nothing greater than love