Along The Red Ledge It’s A Laugh (Words & Music by Daryl Hall) You must be thinking something But you ain’t saying nothing You remember me, I used to be your boyfriend There ain’t no point in reason It only gets defensive And why should we ruin the purity of the moment It’s a Laugh What a laugh It’s so stupid I gotta laugh And the funny thing is that everyone thought we were special Maybe I should feel guilty Is that the American way But I just look at myself As if I were above me You must be thinking something But you ain’t saying nothing You remember me, I have been here always I am here forever Melody for a Memory (Words & Music by John Oates) One for the money One song I’m writing for you And if you can’t take me with you girl Take this Melody for a Memory Love in the morning love in the late afternoon There’ll be no words when I leave you girl Just a Melody for a Memory And if you can’t take me with you Take this Melody for a Memory She cried when he left her Her eyes went black with the blue The infrequent letters The sooner the better The cold distant phone calls Will have to do And if you can’t take me with you Take this Melody for a Memory Take part of me, take part of me Take this Melody for a Memory The Last Time (Words & Music by Daryl Hall) There was something about the way you left tonight That really tore my heart I remember the look in your eyes, it really ripped me apart Oh the look One last time It can’t be the last time I gave so much to make you mine How can it be It’s the second time around I’ve had this vision And I don’t like it, no When it all happened before, I knew I’d never come back All the way Oh the look one last time It can’t be the last time I took so much but I gave you mine How can it be I Don’t Wanna Lose You (Words by Daryl Hall & John Oates Music by Daryl Hall) You and I have separate lives girl You and I go different ways on roads that cross When love and loss is ruled by fate People have a tragic habit Of letting love get in the way They tend to lose their overviews and overplay Something I wanna say Something I’ve got to do Feels like you’re drifting away And I don’t wanna lose you I’ll try to find a way to encourage you It’s easy to convince myself Cause I can’t believe you’d wanna be with somebody else People have a tragic habit Of letting love get in the way They tend to lose their overviews and overplay Something I wanna say Something I’ve got to do Feels like you’re drifting away And I don’t wanna lose you Have I Been Away Too Long (Words & music by Daryl Hall) There's a chance that I don't know you Maybe I won't like you It's a long It's such a long Lady it's been a long time We were lovers in a different story Can you duplicate it Can we make Can we make up Can we make up the same time girl Or have I been away too long have I been away I'm afraid to say that I've been away from you too long You got a message that I'd be in town I wish I hadn't sent it I'm a play I am playing Playing with disaster You're so close I almost feel you breathing Making me twitchy, yeah I want I I wanna I want to be wrong girl Or have I been away too long Have I been away I'm afraid to say that I've been away from you too long Alley Katz (Words by Daryl Hall & John Oates Music by Daryl Hall) Put on your feline finery "Da' Katz" are meeting down below If you feel like rocking with a Tabby, Tom, and Calico It'll dirty up your pedigree But we guarantee a good time Wee got some catnip that'll set you free Come on, Come on, paws on the line Alley Katz, Allen Katz come out and play Yowlin' and howlin' a social ballet Out in the alley it's strictly low brow Alley Katz, Alley Katz make me meow, meow, meow Felix is a puss in boots He really likes to scratch and bite Sylvester is unnatural The Kitty is a catamite He will dirty up your pedigree he will guarantee a good time He got some catnip that'll set you free Come on, Come on, paws on the line Alley Katz, Alley Katz come out and play Yowlin' and howlin' a social ballet Out in the alley it's strictly low brow Alley Katz, Alley Katz make me meow, meow, meow Don't Blame It On Love (Words by Daryl Hall & John Oates Music by Daryl Hall) Mighty high or low down Change around the words and they say Low is not the last one Cause you know, if you know You'd be learning from a hit lip Success is sitting fat and limp But don't blame it on the system It's only natural only natural Blame it on yourself Blame it on me But don't blame it on love Who d'ya think your heroes are? Failures everyone But you all love them for their innocence When they fall when they fall The loser's always deified Winner only takes home the prize But don't blame it on the system It's only natural it's only natural For you to blame it on yourself Blame it on me But don't blame it on love Serious Music (Words by John Oates Music by John Oates, George Bizet) To play to get rich And die baroque is wrong If you write a song for god Will he sing along While rows of robot symphonies read on Is that the way you wanted it played Manuscripted memories Sound with no electricity Concentration line on the face of serious music Manuscripted memories Sound but no electricity Concentration lines on the face of serious music You brought a bit of jazz to the concert hall But you won't hear violins at the darkies' ball Your rhapsody in blue will outlive us all I wish I was there the night you played it Manuscripted memories Sound with no electricity Concentration line on the face of serious music Manuscripted memories Sound but no electricity Concentration lines on the face of serious music Pleasure Beach (Words & music by John Oates) Pleasure Beach You may look but never find That neglected place in time Like a dream just out of reach Pleasure Beach Not a place you left behind Or a place you'll ever find It's a dream just out of reach It's a place called Pleasure Beach There ain't no waves in a swimming pool There ain't no fun til you break the rules We're ever young but never free i guess that's how it was meant to be On the beach our thoughts were hot But our hearts were cool We fell in love But we like to fool around with everyone we meet It's you for you And me for me Pleasure Beach You make look but never find That neglected place in time Like a dream just out of reach Pleasure Beach Not a place you'll ever find It's a dream just out of reach it's a place called Pleasure Beach August Day (Words by Sara Allen Music by Daryl Hall) I saw the sun, though it didn't shine Gave up no shadows, gave out no way to know the time No wind to blow the silver leaves The drone of clever talk just stopped The air hangs out, hesitates to carry a thought Away from me And the sky colored heavy gray August Day Stir the dust and carve a rhyme Barefoot blues watch and wait till suppertime Will a smile break through Distant thunder and the slow dance Static lightning sky daring me to take a chance And say that I love you And the sky colored heavy gray August Day Transcribed from the album sleeve by Marc Lieberman.