@ALBUM: STRENGTH IN NUMBERS By Tyketto (Music For Nations, 1993) Transcribed by Frantic Freddy, from the album inlay Tyketto are: Danny Vaughn - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, mandolin & percussion Michael Clayton - drums, percussion & vocals Brooke St.James - guitars, vocals & percussion Jaimie Scott - bass guitar, vocals & percussion Additional Musicians: Jimi Kennedy - bass guitar on "Standing Alone" Paul Mirkovitch - keyboards on "Why Do You Cry?", "All Over Me" and "Ain't That Love" Produced by Kevin Elson, except "Standing Alone" produced by Richie Zito with additional production and remixes by Kevin Elson @SONG: STRENGTH IN NUMBERS (D. Vaughn, M. Clayton, B. St.James) Lord gimme strength tonight! School boy barely seventeen He's got to play it tough, he's got to play it mean Locked and loaded on the street He's got a trigger finger for anyone that he meets, oh oh He's seen it on the T.V., the hero stands alone He can't turn to anyone and it cuts him to the bone Chorus: There is strength in numbers - there is strength in love Strength in numbers - there is strength in love Strength in numbers - you can hide but you can't run Hand to hand we stand together, strength enough for everyone Powder money makes the law And no one wants to break the spell at all, not at all It seems that push has come to shove And dirty romance takes the place of love - where is love? Grid lock doing ninety, trying to get ahead Got to fight my way through all this traffic in my head (chorus) (Solo) We've been told to walk away from anyone that doesn't look the same Not the same What's the reason? Who's to blame? Who's the first to finally break the chain? C'mon we're breaking the chains Some will call for justice, some will scream for blood Some will run for cover, but it won't do you no good There is strength in numbers - there is strength in love Strength in numbers - there is strength in love Strength in numbers - you can hide but you can't run Strength in numbers - strength enough for everyone Strength in numbers - can you feel the strength in love Strength in numbers - don't you need the strength in love Strength in numbers - you can hide, you can hide Strength in numbers - strength enough for everyone Strength in numbers - there is strength, there is strength in love Strength in numbers... (to fade) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: RESCUE ME (D. Vaughn, M. Clayton, B. St.James) Had to write this letter to you, 'cause this emptiness won't go away Every day I shoot for something, sometimes I'm running from the ricochet When the pressure gets too high, I like to think about you standing by my side Saying, "And I need to hear you call my name, and I'm begging you to sing" Chorus: Wouldn't you sing for me one time? Wouldn't you try to look my way and rescue me (rescue me) Wouldn't you sing me just one line Wouldn't you try to touch my hand and rescue me, rescue me, yeah yeah, yeah Got the letter late one morning, every word I read was ringing true It could have well been me talking, I know how tough it gets out there, I do When the pressure gets too high, I like to think about you standing by my side And you were saying: "And I need to hear you call my name, it makes me feel I could do anything And I need to know you feel the same, and I'm begging you to sing" (chorus) - whoo! (Solo) (chorus repeats 2x...) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: THE END OF THE SUMMER DAYS (D. Vaughn, M. Clayton, B. St.James) There's an old pair of sneakers dangling from a wire And my old rusty engine is in need of some brand new tires And from my front steps, the last of the weekend vettes goes blasting by Won't be nothing so cold as this beach in the winter time Chorus: Sun's been down since you've been gone, and I don't know why or for how long The same old record played I've been trying to move along, but I keep on singing the same old song The end of the summer days, end of the summer days I can still hear you laugh, with your hair blowing back in my car I can still feel your curves, when we danced in that boardwalk bar And I can still taste your lips from that one last stolen kiss By the firelight Won't be nothing so cold as this beach in the winter time (chorus) (Solo) One day you just felt a change and slipped away Maybe it was never meant to be Now the sound of footsteps makes me hope and pray you're coming back to me There's a warm breeze that's blowing as the shadows go tumbling by And it's picking up sand, and that must be what's in my eye (chorus repeats 2x...) End of the summer days, oooh ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: AIN'T THAT LOVE (D. Vaughn, M. Clayton, B. St.James) Well I can't stop my hands from shaking, when you call me and you want to meet And I get to the corner an hour before Just to watch you coming down the street If you don't want me, if you don't call, to tell me what's been on your mind I'll be breaking my windows and climbing my walls Drinking whiskey till it makes me blind Bridge: I've been kicked and I've been beaten on since I don't know when I can only find one reason why I'd put myself through that again Chorus: Well, I think I'm going crazy (ain't that love) Bending over backwards (ain't that love) just ain't enough I don't know what you were thinking of but If that ain't love, I don't know what is Well I listen to your momma bitching, while she's blowing smoke into my eyes And your daddy keeps his pistol loaded, right behind his dress rehearsal smile You use your double edged razor tongue, to try and keep me in my place Why do I always kiss your lips, when I really want to slap your face? (bridge) (chorus) (Solo) Ah, it's a sad sad story When the sun goes down and I'm getting home You're waiting to give me your demands Don't even look at my take-home pay, I just put that money in your hands - hey (bridge) (chorus repeats 2x) (Ain't that love) Said I don't know what is (Ain't that love) Don't need no mama comin' to my house standin' on my porch, kickin' my door down (Ain't that love) Comin' [with wet hands] I don't know, I don't know know, yeah (Ain't that love) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: CATCH MY FALL (D. Vaughn, M. Clayton, B. St.James, M. Hudson) I count the headlights on the highway spinning 'round Until the sparkle blurs my eyes I want to run until I break the speed of sound So I can't hear the voice inside, where it hides Where can I look to find the strength to try again? Who knows a place I can call home? How can I face a world that's so quick to condemn A soul that isn't like their own, all alone Bridge: Where do we go from here? Running from pain and fear Where do we go from - here we are, changed forever, always together Chorus: Whatever may happen, wherever you go I will always be with you and you won't walk alone If ever I stumble, whenever I call, you will be there to catch my fall You said that you would walk beside me close at hand You said that love would be my guard One set of footprints stretched behind me in the sand You must have carried me this far, and for so long (bridge) (chorus) Road goes on, for so long, we are on our own, but we're not alone Someone will catch my fall (Solo) (bridge) (chorus) Whatever may happen, wherever you go I will always be with you and you won't walk alone Into every lifetime a little rain will fall You will be there to catch my fall (chorus) (Whatever may happen) to catch my fall (Wherever you go) ooohoo, (whatever may happen) ooohoo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: THE LAST SUNSET (D. Vaughn, M. Clayton, B. St.James) Johnny too bad now, don'tcha know As he pushed that old Chevy down to Mexico Thought he'd give Vera Cruz a whirl Picking up the language from the local girls People say this world sure can chew you up But he lived by the dice trusting his good luck - alright So he found himself a home and he got a girl And he didn't want for nothing in this whole world Swore he'd give up running if they'd let him be Living was simple but it sure was free Hey there, darling what's your hurry now? Come sit with me and watch the sun go down Chorus: And you can see him smile when the day is done 'Cause the last sunset is the prettiest one The last sunset is the prettiest one Wasn't long before the sirens came From miles away like they were calling his name Found a picture that he'd never seen, taken at the last bank in Abilene So he says to his wife, "My running days are done" And he sits on his porch and he lets them come (chorus repeats 2x) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: ALL OVER ME (D. Vaughn, M. Clayton, B. St.James, J. Lomenzo) Hah hah, be careful now Oooh Lucy would swear she made a deal with the devil I don't know but it might be on the level Under a spell, you know, she put me on the table And dinner was served Simmer just to boiling, serve this boy up so well done, oh yeah Flavour him to taste, don't let none go to waste Chorus: She got the motion, she got the need, she got it all over me She got the rhythm, my baby got the beat, you know she got it all over me Cindy was sweet but she could get kinda manly No doubt about who wear the pants in the family Do what she says or it could get nasty - "Get over here boy!" Mmm she love adventure, swashes buckled all the way down - now now yeah Now you're puss in boots, got my head in the noose (chorus) (Solo) Now you're puss in boots, well a well I got my head in the noose (chorus) She got the motion, she got the need need need need need She got it all over me ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: WRITE YOUR NAME IN THE SKY (D. Vaughn, M. Clayton, B. St.James) I must have stood on that runway for hours I must have watched a hundred planes fade away I said good-bye to every one of them, and every one took you away again Bridge: But if I need to know that you're waiting And if I need to hear that you're mine Chorus: Write your name in the sky, set it flying so high Let the wind blow it my way (write your name in the sky) Throw a message in the sea, send it sailing to me Take these clouds from my eyes, write your name in the sky I tell my secrets to your picture I catch the smell of you on my pillow at night Sometimes I don't know what goes on inside my head And I hope I told you everything I should have said (bridge) (chorus) (Solo) (bridge) (chorus repeats 2x...) In the sky ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: MEET ME IN THE NIGHT (D. Vaughn, M. Clayton, B. St.James) Somebody's calling out your secret name And your window's being kissed by stones Baby can you hear my silent serenade When I'm standing in the dark alone We could never show, and we could never tell 'Bout the wildfire in our veins Crashing down the doors and breaking all the spells 'Till nothing but the love remains Colours clash, colours fly, colours bleed when the tears run dry Colours run, but they can't hide, still we gotta try Chorus: Meet me in the night, baby say a prayer, we will never lose our way Meet me in the night, say that you'll be there, never fade away Flying through the chill of the Ohio night, their laughter echoes in the air Drive across the river to the other side, nobody will know us there Colours clash, colours fly, colours bleed when the tears run dry Colours run, but they can't hide, still we gotta try (chorus) (Solo) (chorus repeats 2x) Meet me in the night, ohhh, say that you'll be there Meet me in the night, baby say a prayer - meet me, meet me in the night Meet me in the night, say that you'll be there - oh, say you'll be there Meet me in the night, baby say a prayer - meet me in the night Meet me in the night, say that you'll be there - say that you'll be there Meet me in the night... (to fade) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: WHY DO YOU CRY? (D. Vaughn, M. Clayton, B. St.James, J. Kennedy) One night my girl got restless, said "We never go out no more" I said, "I work too hard for dancing", said she didn't and slammed the door That girl she done me murder, and her getaway was clean I wonder why did she cry, when it's me that's getting mean? I swore I wouldn't follow, but my pride got the best of me When I found her in his arms, they were all that I could see Now some say love is blind, it must be crazy from the heat Tell me why do you cry, when it's him lying in the street? Chorus: Tell me now why do you cry? Baby, what can the matter be? Was that teardrop in your eye just for me? Tell me now why do you cry? Ain't you got what you waited for? You can cry out your eyes alone, forevermore Yeah yeah yeah, mmmmm Looks like the sky is falling, falling down on me I'm like Adam caught red handed, right beneath that old apple tree Now she got what she wanted, and I got ten to life Tell me why do you cry, when it's me holding the knife? (chorus) (Solo) (chorus) Meanwhile, I was still thinkin' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: INHERIT THE WIND (D. Vaughn, M. Clayton, B. St.James) Hey! Someone get the doctor, gypsy woman weave your magic spell Shaman do your rain dance, looks like Mother Earth is mad as hell Where you gonna run when the lightning strikes? How you gonna put out the fire? Flying like a moth to the brightest light, burning on the road of desire - huh Red man sitting waiting, watching Adam's garden go to seed Dancing with the devil He knows you're gonna have to let that ole' scratch lead Tell me, what you gonna do when it all goes down And there ain't another piece of the pie? Old ways got to be the best ways now to pull our fats out of the fire Chorus: Who will inherit the wind when the shadows fall? Winner takes nothing, nothing at all Sparks on the horizon, smell the rain that's coming on the wind Prophet give a warning, pray before the fireworks begin Better stay away from the white man's road, better not touch what you find Medicine man will be carrying the load, turning back the hands of time (chorus repeats 2x) There's no time, hmmm no time at all Hear that clock ticking, feel you breathing down my neck, I tell you why 'Cause we're a far cry from putting it right, and we're a stone's throw away There's a cold wind that's gonna blow on you tonight, evil spirits keep away Yeah yeah yeah! (Solo) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: STANDING ALONE (D. Vaughn, M. Clayton, B. St.James, J. Kennedy) "A note to Tyketto fans both new and not so new: 'Standing Alone' was originally released on our previous record, "Don't Come Easy" (DGC, cat. #24317) through some weird twist of fate it was never put out as a single. Last year we were buried in fan mail, and we read all of it, at home or on the bus. We even got to write some of you back. Almost all of your letters said "What ever happened to 'Standing Alone' ?" and that it was a favourite. We were honoured that it touched so many people. So we took your letters to the powers that be, added some guitars, sang it again, mixed it over again, and surprised even ourselves. So, thanks to all of you. Here it is again. You are our strength in numbers." Starin' out the window like I'm waiting for a change As if I stared long enough, I'd see it when it came A used up book of numbers by the silent telephone I called up every one I found, but didn't talk to no one And the rain comes down as if it's trying to wash me away And there ain't no romantic movie lines, like they say Chorus: Standing alone, like I got nowhere to go Standing alone, like the day that I was born Out on my own, I believe this boy has grown, standing alone Ain't no way to take a blow when every cheek's been turned I can't show another side when every side's been burned I'm helpless, can't fight a raging heart And I got no use for bein' torn apart And the world don't seem to have no use for me 'Cos you're given nothing, and nothing isn't free (chorus) You can't keep it all inside, I need someone else to stand with me by my side Give me something to fight, something to hold on to I just don't wanna be standing alone (Solo) And the rain comes down as if it's trying to wash me away And there ain't no romantic movie lines, like they say (chorus repeats 2x) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------