When You're Not Around Joe Jackson

You come into my life And then you go away You make me feel like a fool For wanting you to stay But I'm a busy guy A lot of things to do But there's a reason why Some of them just seem to lose their flavor

Hit Single Joe Jackson

You might have seen me hangin' 'round I never miss one night I could be on the town I used to be another one like you Always running home to that special one or two And when I think of all the years of

Not Here, Not Now Joe Jackson

These words of love So hard for me to find How can I change my mind If you can only lie?

Blue Flame Joe Jackson

I've got some walls around me, too But they're not much compared to your house Fifty feet high, with barbed wire Guards on the top, aiming rifles at your lovers one by one And friends, too I've come with

Man In The Street (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986) Joe Jackson

I'm not a happy guy But I'm not always sad And I'm no millionaire But I don't do so bad But no matter who you think you are There's always someone with a different view There's always someone thinks

Bright Grey Joe Jackson

She says that he's pouring fuel on the fire He turns around and calls her a liar She says I'm trying to reach a higher plan Someone around here's sane God only knows if it's you or me He says that she's

Kinda Kute Joe Jackson

and stumble Just go dance by yourself again I'll just watch Cause that's all I want to do But remember That I'm here with your drink At my table for two And you're kinda kute baby, kinda kute baby See you

The Verdict Joe Jackson

Did you do me right? Did I do right by you? When I bared my soul it seems you did not hear Can this be true? Am I fool to fight?

On Your Radio Joe Jackson

Ex-friends, ex-lovers and enemies I've got your case in front of me today All sewn up Ex-bosses you never let me be I got your names and your numbers filed away I've grown up See me Hear me Don't

Oh Well Joe Jackson

I can't help about the shape I'm in I can't sing, I ain't pretty, and my legs are thin Don't ask me what I think of you I might not give the answer that you want me to Oh no, oh come on Oh well Stop Now

Fast Forward Joe Jackson

old guys bitching About the young guys growing beards Or turning into sissies or something While they're trying to hold back time As if that isn't weird Meanwhile the young guys are Waiting for respect when

Five Guys Named Moe Joe Jackson

I gotta tell you a story from way back Truck on down and dig me Jack There's Big Moe, Little Moe, Four-Eyed Moe, No Moe, Look at brother, look at brother, look at brother Eat Moe Moe, Moe, Moe, Moe

Is She Really Going Out With Him? Joe Jackson

Cause if my eyes don't deceive me, There's something going wrong around here Tonight's the night when I go to all the parties down my street.

Home Town Joe Jackson

Wanna go back to my home town Though I know it'll never be the same Back to my home town 'Cause it's been so long And I'm wondering if it's still there We think we're pretty smart Us city slickers get around

Home Town (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986) Joe Jackson

Wanna go back to my home town Though I know it'll never be the same Back to my home town 'Cause it's been so long And I'm wondering if it's still there We think we're pretty smart Us city slickers get around

2001 - Stutter Joe

*I can tell you\'re lying, because when you\'re replying, Stutter, stutters, stutter, stutters. I can tell you\'re lying, because when you\'re replying, Stutter, stutters, stutter, stutters.

Be My Number Two Joe Jackson

Won't you be my number two? Me and number one are through. There won't be too much to do; Just smile when I feel blue. And there is not much left of me.

Sentimental Thing (Album Version) Joe Jackson

We always were the kind of people To take it hard when things would go wrong Little things would bother me And little things would make you cry And after all the confrontations When it comes time for saying

Drowning Joe Jackson

I don't love you But I'm lost Thinking of you And the ghosts Of so many special moments That passed so quickly at the time And now they come and track me down And echo round and round and round And time

We Can't Live Together (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986) Joe Jackson

In distant lands There's no such luxury You'd give your hand In pre-arranged matrimony You'd wear the veil I'd sit in some cafe somewhere Instead of this running around And this right to be free So pleased

Invisible Man Joe Jackson

One, two, three, four One, two Hey, can you hear me now As I fade away And lose my ground?

Wild West (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986) Joe Jackson

there's a trail that leads somewhere And a call of the wild that takes some people there Through Monument Valley to California sun From New Amsterdam to the way the West was won Well years will go by when

Amateur Hour Joe Jackson

Don't make me sad Talking 'bout tomorrow It's not so bad We were doing fine just then You'll move on up, you'll move on out And you won't cry Cause your amateur hour is over You're only going where

The Other Me Joe Jackson

friends Guess we can talk at least But if we were seventeen Imagine the things we'd do I know that those days are over I'm glad that those games are won And the winners ride off into the sunset But it's not

Right And Wrong (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986) Joe Jackson

Piper of the TV screen Is gonna make it simple And he's got it all mapped out And illustrated with cartoons Too hard for clever folks to understand They're more used to words like: Ideology They're not

Stutter (feat. Mystikal) JOE

You told me with your friends Hangin\' out late last night You\'re lyin\' cause you\'re stuttering Now where were you late last night?

Happy Ending (Feat. Elaine Caswell) Joe Jackson

When I tell you how I feel, do I wonder what I've said?

Still Alive Joe Jackson

You turned me upside down and turned my insides out But that's alright You mad me laugh me made me cry then made me shout But that's alright But somethings keeps on beating in there I guess my survived

Breaking Us In Two Joe Jackson

No, not love she said Don't you know that it's different for girls? (Don't give me love) No, not love she said Don't you know that it's different for girls?

It's Different For Girls Joe Jackson

No, not love she said Don't you know that it's different for girls? (Don't give me love) No, not love she said Don't you know that it's different for girls?

So You Say Joe Jackson

So you say And I agree You're a prize, but not for me There'll be no more lies now So you say I'm a fool You're a sage Yes I'll try to act my age This is no surprise now So you say And I thought I knew

Don't Wanna Be Like That Joe Jackson

Okay let me tell you 'bout Some of the things I'm going through I know you think that you know But how do you know That what you know is true Well maybe it's time for getting out of line It seems like

The Harder They Come Joe Jackson

Oh oh, well, they tell me I'm a pie up in the sky Waitin' for me when I die But between the day you're born and when you die You know, they never seem to hear even your cry So as sure as the sun will shine

Real Men Joe Jackson

"Take your mind back, I don't know when Sometime when it always seemed To be just us and them Girls that wore pink And boys that wore blue Boys that always grew up better men Than me and you What's a man

It's Different For Girls (Album Ver.) Joe Jackson

What the hell is wrong with you tonight I can't seem to say or do the right thing Wanted to be sure you're feeling right Wanted to be sure we want the same thing She said I can't believe it You can't possibly

Ode To Joy Joe Jackson

Impossible to see Impossible to show Impossible to verify Impossible to know When she'll come or go There's nothing you can do to make her real Friends and lover know Don't say no When you feel Joy Impossible

Friday Joe Jackson

smiled Pass the bottle Wash the pills down, what went wrong What went wrong She don't care no more She don't need to fight it She don't care no more She gets paid on Friday Cooler weather it's not

The Man Who Wrote Danny Boy Joe Jackson

It happened one night At three in the morning The devil appeared In my studio room And he said I'm your pal And I'll make you a deal Blow away your struggle And I'll take your soul for a toy After rubbing

The Uptown Train Joe Jackson

If I stop and think about it I'm either stone cold certain Or more inclined to doubt it But when you jump into the darkness Well, I take off my hat You've changed, they say You can know when to play or

Mad At You Joe Jackson

When you're fixing your make-up You know you take too long And when you mix me a drink up You know you mix it too strong And when you fix me a breakfast You know you fix it too late With the wrong kind

Happy Ending Joe Jackson

When you're fixing your make-up You know you take too long And when you mix me a drink up You know you mix it too strong And when you fix me a breakfast You know you fix it too late With the

Summer In The City Joe Jackson

Hot town, summer in the city Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty Been down, isn't it a pity Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city All around, people looking half dead Walking on the sidewalk, hotter

Forty Years (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986) Joe Jackson

Here in berlin - people line up to get in To wait for the end - living in glorious sin They've looked around - and now there is no looking back To when rivers ran red - now it's the sky that grows black

Tonight And Forever (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986) Joe Jackson

You know you're gonna have to face up to the facts You're just another face in a big crowd You know we gotta try hard to relax We can laugh - but not too loud It's never like you see in a magazine And

Jumpin' Jive Joe Jackson

Boys, what you gonna say down there? Oh boys, what you gonna say down there?

Citizen Sane Joe Jackson

If you want to live forever Ask a doctor, someone clever He can put you on or get you off Of the drug do jour All you kings and martyrs All the little girls and boys Will thank you when you start us Safely

The Best I Can Do (Album Version) Joe Jackson

I'll try to protect you If I don't get too scared I'll never neglect you If my feelings are shared I'll be right behind you If you don't move too fast And I'll try to remind you That some things can last

Satellite Joe Jackson

I remember lying wide awake at night Had to have you at my side to make it right You were my high and low You taught me to fly And I would always be your satellite I remember floating free of appetite

Too Tough Joe Jackson

I know that you think I protest too much I'm like a diva with a tragic touch But if I wanna hide from the pouring sun It has to be alright And I could have my pride but I'll try to run When a fool would

Look Sharp! Joe Jackson

Big shot, tell you what, tell me what goes on around here Go on and get me in the corner, smoke my cigarettes and drink my beer Tell me that this world is no place for the weak Then you can look me in