Ringo Starr's Albums
Stop and Smell the Roses
Stop And Smell The Roses October 1981
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Private Property

Paul McCartney

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Wrack My Brain

George Harrison

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Drumming Is My Madness

Harry Nilsson

Drumming is my madness,
Drumming is my business.

Drumming is my pleasure,
Drumming makes me happy.

Drumming makes me lose control,
Drumming makes me rock and roll, yeah.

Watch me now, rizz off!

Do you think I'm sexy?
Do you think I'm silly?
Try a little tenderness, too.

Drumming is my middle name,
Drumming makes me go insane.

I got rhythm,
You got rhythm, too.

Here we go again!!

Drumming is my madness,
Drumming makes me crazy, ha! ha! ha!

Ho!

Drumming is my hobby,
Drumming is a friend of mine.

Is it any wonder?
You can call me thunder,
My friends' name is lightning too.

Attention

Paul McCartney

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Stop And Take The Time To Smell The Roses

Harry Nilsson A.S.C.A.P and Richard Starkey M.B.E.

Stop and take the time to smell the roses,
Stop and take the time to fill your noses,
Stop as you stroll through life,
("Pitter patter, pitter patter")

Stop and take the time to talk it over with your wife.

I said, stop and take the time, take the time to read the label,
Stop, you must remember Clark and Betty Grable.
Stop, there's no train to catch, no there isn't, Rose!
No, no, no.

Come on, ev'rybody, you've gotta stop!
Stop on the highway,
Stop when you're in a car on that highway,
Roll down your window,
Look for a man in a Porsche and say,
"Brother, let's get out and walk, let's go! can you hear me?"

Stop,
You know when you're accident prone,
Nobody likes you.
Wave to a man in a rolls
'Cause he knows how to live, ha! ha!...

Stop and take the time to stop that smoking,
Stop, before the light turns green.
You won't be blue.
Stop, in the name of the law!

"Well, I was walking down the street the other day,
You know, and I said to myself, what's all this hurry,
What's all this hustle and bustle.
Why don't I just stop, look at the pretty roses,
Smell them for one moment, take the time to see,
Take the time to smell, have a good time in life.
Don't let ev'rything pass you by, you're only here once
And I've been here longer than most of you."

So stop and take the time to buy this album,
So I can plant roses and smell them all day long.
Stop ev'rything you're doing,
Run to your local record shop and say,
"Give me that record called 'stop'"
I'm going crazy with this record business,
I wanna stop it, you want me to stop it,
Ev'rybody wants it to stop.

Dead Giveaway

Richard Starkey and Ron Wood

People like you see it comin' a mile off,
Find it hard stayin' in line.
It's not that no one really hears you,
Just that nobody really cares.
Like someone who's just seen the light,
Like someone looking for a fight.
Same thing ev'ry day, being foolish,
Being asked to lose your seat.
Don't look to me askin'
To be helped up to your feet.

Don't you know you're a dead giveaway?
You're a dead giveaway,
You're a dead giveaway,
You're a dead giveaway,
You're a dead giveaway,
Dead giveaway.

Don't look to me 'cause I know your game,
Nonsense merchant, hall of fame.
Take it or leave it, you're a blind drunk,
And if you ain't that, you're far too stoned.

'Cause you're a dead giveaway,
Smell a rat in ev'rything you do.
Well, you're a dead giveaway,
Asked to leave ev'rywhere you go.
People say you're a dead giveaway,
Dead giveaway,
Dead giveaway,
Dead giveaway.

Somebody knockin' at the door!

You're a dead giveaway,
I've seen you happy all the time.
Don't live lonely life,
Dead giveaway.

Well, it's a dead giveaway,
You're a dead giveaway,
Dead giveaway,
Nobody really cares,
Dead giveaway.

Dead giveaway,
Dead giveaway,
Dead giveaway,
Dead giveaway.

You Belong To Me

Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart and Chilton Price

Sure To Fall

Carl Perkins, Quinton Claunch and William Cantrell

You've Got A Nice Way

Stephen Stills and Michael Stergis

Back Off Boogaloo (Version 2)

Richard Starkey

Back off, Boogaloo,
Back off, Boogaloo,
I said, back off, Boogaloo, boo.

Back off, Boogaloo,
What you think you're gonna do?
I gonna flash right from the start.

Get yourself together now and give me something tasty,
Ev'rything you try to do, you know it sure sound wasted.

Back off, Boogaloo, back off, Boogaloo,
(What would you do if I sang out of tune?)

I said, back off, Boogaloo, boo.
(Would you stand up and walk out on me?)

You think you're a groove,
Standin' there with your boogie shoes
(Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song)

And your socks that match your eyes.
(And I'll try not to sing out of key)

Get yourself together now
(Help! I need somebody)

And give me something tasty,
(Help! not just anybody)

Ev'rything you try to do,
(Help! you know I need someone)

You know it sure sound wasted.
(Help! somebody)

(See how they run)

Back off, Boogaloo,
(I said, back off, boogaloo, I said, back off Boogaloo, boo)

Back off, boogaloo,
I said, what you think you're gonna do?
I gonna flash right from the start.

Get yourself together now, Sunshine.
(Good day good day)

You know it don't come easy.
(Good day sunshine)

(How does it feel to be one of the beautiful?
(Sad because you're on your own?)

(what do you see when you turn out the light?)
(I can show you but I know it's mine)

Get yourself together now, easy. (red foxes going forever)
(whoa!)


1  "still believe in"

[Singles and Other : McCartney Albums]

2  "e) Prosperity"

[Singles and Other : Harrison Albums]

3  " gold) pu"

[Singles and Other : McCartney Albums]


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