What You Give (Tesla)

WHAT YOU GIVE

Who’s the one that makes you happy?

Or maybe, who’s the one always on your mind?

And who is the reason you’re livin’ for?

Who’s the reason for your smile?

Chorus:

  I feel so lonely, yet I know I’m not the only one

  To ever feel this way.

  I love ya so much that I think I’m goin’ insane.

  I’m goin’ crazy, outta my head.

  Goin’ crazy, outta my head.

  Can’t think about nothin’ but your good, good love,

  And what you give.

Now, ev’ry one needs somebody.

And you know, ev’rybody needs someone.

Well, and a-yes it’s true!

Ev’rybody needs a special kind of love,

And you’re the only one I’m thinkin’ of.

You mean the world to me.

You are my only!

2nd Chorus:

  I feel so lonely, yet I know I’m not the only one

  To carry on this way.

  I love ya so much I lose track-a time,

  Lose track of the days.

  I’m goin’ outta my head,

  Goin’ crazy, outta my head.

  Can’t think about a-nothin’ but your good, good love,

  And what you give.

Bridge:

  It’s not whatcha got, it’s a-what you give.

  It ain’t the life you choose, it’s the life you live.

  It’s only what you give, only what you give, only what you give,

  It’s not whatcha got, abut the life you live.

  It’s the life you live. 

  (Spoken:) Play it pretty for the world.

You’re the one that makes me happy.  Oh yeah baby.

And you’re the one always on my mind.  And a-yes it’s true.

You are my reason, my one and only that I’ve been livin’ for

Why can’t forever be forever and nothin’ more. (To Chorus)

Bridge:

  It’s not whatcha got, it’s a-what you give.

  It ain’t the life you choose, it’s the life you live.

  No, no, no, no, no!

  It’s not whatcha got, it’s a-what you give.

  And it ain’t what it’s not, but a-what it is!

  Only what you give, only what you give.  It’s only what you give.

  It’s not whatcha got, a-but a-what you give.

  It’s not whatcha got, it’s a-what you give.  A-what you give woman.

  It ain’t the life you choose, it’s the life you live.

  It’s only what you give, only what you give, only what you give,

  It’s not whatcha got, but a-what you give.

  It’s only what you give.  Only what you give.  Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Outro:

  Only what you give.  Only what you give. 

  Only what you give, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

  Is that good enough for the girls we run around with?

  I do believe so.  Ooh, ooh, uh-huh.

  Only what you give, what you give.  Only what you give.

  Only what you give.

Toke About It (Tesla)

TOKE ABOUT IT 

Got me a woman, won’t toke about it.

Says she doesn’t need it, she can do without it.

If I try to push it, she’ll say shove it!

Baby if you tried it maybe you might like it!  Even love it!

Loosen up!  Let’s toke it over!

Loosen up!  Let’s toke it over!

Always got a problem, she can’t lose it.

Likes to drive me crazy when she chooses.

Baby, if ya got it you should use it.

Oh, you can play with fire, but just don’t abuse it.  Just use it.

Loosen up!  Let’s toke it over!

Loosen up!  Let’s toke it over!

Loosen up!  Loosen up!

(Chorus:)

  Let’s toke, toke, toke about it!

  Let’s toke, toke, toke about it!

  Now sticks ‘n’ stones’ll break ya bones.

  A little tokin’ never hurt no one!

  Let’s toke, toke, toke about it!

Have a toke!

I’m a-tokin’ wit’choo. 

(Spoken:)

  Ah, that feels better now.

  Let’s ya feel the groove.

  Ah, don’t stop now.

Oh, keep on a-ziggin’ and a-zaggin’ all over the place,

On the bed, on the floor

But then, who knows baby, maybe if we really like it that much,

Maybe baby, we can do it some more!

Since we had a toke, no doubt about it.

Baby’s feelin’ better, can’t live without it.

Both our hearts on fire, now we’re really smokin’.

Mm, all we ever needed was a little tokin’!

(Chorus:)

  Let’s toke, toke, toke about it!  C’mon!

  Let’s toke, toke, toke about it!

  Now sticks ‘n’ stones’ll break ya bones.

  A little tokin’ never hurt no one!

  Let’s toke, toke, toke about it!  Ow!  Have a toke!

  Let’s toke, toke, toke about it!  C’mon!

  Let’s toke, toke, toke about it!

  Let’s toke, toke, toke about it!

  Let’s toke, toke, toke, toke, toke, toke, wooh!

  Toke, toke, toke, toke, toke, toke, toke, toke.

  Toke it, toke it, toke it, toke it, toke it, toke it, wooh!

  Toke about it for a little bit!

Time (Tesla)

TIME

Time.

You’ve got to wake up ev’rybody,

Seven-thirty o’clock,

It’s time to go to work.

A-send the young to school,

Gonna teach them the golden rule.

Talk about things that they don’t wanna know about.

Now teacher, teacher, can’t you see,

I’m tired and I need some sleep.

I don’t wanna hear whatcha gotta say

About arithmetic or history.

All that jive don’t mean a thing to me.

It’s all a waste of time.

I ain’t got no time for doin’ this,

Ain’t got no time for doin’ that,

Ain’t got no time for that at all, no!

I ain’t got no time for messin’ ‘round,

For funky bullshit goin’ down.       

Just time for rock-n-roll.  Oh yeah. 

I just got time to rock-n-roll.

Why now, must they take my favorite song,

Turn around and say it’s wrong, when I know it’s right?

Now, why don’t they just leave it alone,

‘Cause it’s only rock-n-roll, but I like it!!

Now, listen Mrs. Politician,

Don’t ya try to tell me how to sing my song.

Tell me, who do you think you are?!

Who do you think you are?!

I ain’t got no time for messin’ ‘round,

For funky bullshit goin’ down.       

No time for that at all, no!

I ain’t got no time for Uncle Sam,

Taxin’ my money, tax my land.

Just time for rock-n-roll, woh yeah!

I just got time to rock-n-roll!

Tell ‘em, Frankie!!

Stir It Up (Tesla)

STIR IT UP

Ev’rybody wants somethin’ for nothin’.

Yeah, they all want it for free.

These days, now nothin’ cost ya somethin’.

No tellin’ what it could be.

Never happen if ya never try.

All the nights awake and the tears we’ve cried

Could fill the seven seas.

So, c’mon, ev’rybody, c’mon, ev’rybody,

We got to give ourselves, got to give ourselves a hand.

And if we feel it’s all a mess, yeah, yeah,

Why don’t we try a little, try a little love ‘n’ tenderness.

If we got more than comes around, yeah, yeah,

Why don’t we care a little, share a little.

Sure to come back around.  Guitar!

Lately everybody’s thinkin’

Me, my, only I thinkin’ for me.

Here lately, everbody’s talkin’, baby.

But we all know that talk is cheap.

We can make it happen if we make a try.

All the nights awake and the tears we’ve cried

Could fill the seven seas.

So, c’mon, ev’rybody, c’mon, ev’rybody,

We gotta give ourselves, gotta give ourselves a hand, yeah.

And before it falls apart, yeah, yeah,

Why don’t we live a little, give a little, straight from the heart.

And if this whole world gets ya down, yeah, yeah,

You gotta pick it up and toss it in the air, kick it all around.  Kick it!

I don’t even know how I wanna say, but I know what I wanna say.

Do you know where I’m comin’ from?

As the bass plays on, and still the guitars strum,

While the Colonel beats the drum, so the whole band plays along,

And the whole world sings a song, yeah,

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

And before it falls apart, yeah, yeah,

Live a little, give a little, straight from the heart.

If this whole world gets ya down, yeah, yeah,

You gotta pick it up and toss it in the air.  Kick it all around.

And if you don’t like the way the music plays, the way it sounds,

Hop back in the kitchen, change it all around.

Stir it up, baby.  Stir it up, baby, stir it up,

Stir it up, stir it up, stir it up,

Stir it up now, stir it up, baby.

Stir it up, baby, stir it up, baby, stir it up,

Stir it up, stir it up, stir it up, stir it up,

Stir it up now, stir it up, baby.  And you know:

Nobody gets somethin’ for nothin’.

Nobody’s gettin’ it for free.  (Spoken:)  But you know

These days now nothin’ costs ya somethin’, baby.

And-a there ain’t no tellin what it could be.

So stir it up, baby, stir it up, baby.

Stir it up, baby, stir it up, baby.

Stir, stir it up, baby, stir it up, baby.

Oh, you’ll be you and I’ll be me, and the world will be free.

Song and Emotion (Tesla)

SONG AND EMOTION

I see him there most ev’ry day,

A lonely man and his guitar.

In his eyes, I see the pain,

All the faces and the places,

All the trouble that he’d seen.

There was a time,

There was a day,

They’d come from miles around.

They all knew his name.

But day’s gone by are gone,

Now only memories remain.

Then he starts to play.

Suddenly the pain slowly fades away.

Tattered, torn and frayed,

There’s a place within his heart

He’ll always save for the song and emotion.

Know he’s got to his dyin’ day.

Song and emotion.

You can hear him play.

You can still hear him say,

Better run for cover ‘cause it looks like rain again!

And now his life is but a shadow of his dreams.

The calm is over, been stormin’ for years.

He turns and leans his shoulder to the wind.

Lost again!

All along, on his way to the top,

Somehow, somewhere, something was lost.

Through it all he knew his only friend was

Song and emotion.

Know he’s got to his dyin’ day.

Song and emotion.

Where are they now, where are those people who promised him his dreams?

Where are they now for this lonely creature on the streets?

Broken, humbled by the cold reality.

Life at the top ain’t always what it seems.

Oh, better run for cover, ‘cause it looks like rain again.

You best be careful of what you dream,

Of what you dream!

Song and emotion.

Song and emotion.

Song and emotion.

Song and emotion.