Pete Ham Demos

5/27/2018 Pete Ham Demos

1/40

I'LL KISS YOU GOODNIGHT(Pete Ham)

Couples are drifting out of view

Seems that the odd one out was you

Underneath the sky, you cry

Thinking of the times you could have had with him

Baby don't cry, I'll kiss you goodnight


Counting the stars, you seem so sad

Maybe tomorrow, you'll be glad

All you have to do is hope

And you'll get the world all wrapped in cellophane


Baby don't cry

Good luck will pass you someday

And then you'll know what life is all about

People walk past you down the lane

But you just stare at them in vain

Hoping that you'll see the one

Who will comfort you and make your world complete

But until then, I'll kiss you goodnight

But until then, I'll kiss you goodnight

I'll kiss you goodnight.


2/40

HURRY ON FATHER(Pete Ham)

[from "Golders Green" CD]

Hurry on father, come on home

Getting so lonely on my own

Bring home the pie you know will please me

Old Jacob Frost will never freeze me

When you're near, near to me


See how the farmer's horses roam

Bring home the food you know will feed me

And I will help you if you will lead me

On your own, come on home


Getting so lonely on my own

Bring home the food you know will feed me

And I will help you if you will lead me

On your own, come on home.


3/40

IF IT'S LOVE(Pete Ham)[acoustic guitar demo version from "Without You-The Tragic Story of Badfinger" 1st edition book CD]

Well, I can't forget this evening

And your face when you were leaving

But I guess that's just the way the party goes

You always smile, but in your eyes, the sorrow shows, mm it shows

Well, I can't forget tomorrow

When I think of all my sorrow

I had you there and then I let you go

And now, it's only fair that I should let you know (I let you know)

If it's love that you need [lyrics unfinished]

If it's love [lyrics unfinished]

[song never completed in this form]

IF IT'S LOVE(Pete Ham)

[electric piano demo version from "Golders Green" CD]




You always smile, but in your eyes, the sorrow shows, yes it shows

Well, I can't forget tomorrow

When I think of all my sorrow

I had you there and then I let you go

And now it's only fair that I should let you know what you must know






You always smile, but in your eyes, the sorrow shows, yes it shows.


4/40

A LONELY DAY(Pete Ham)[from "Golders Green" CD]

Do do do do

Do do do do

Do do do do do do do do do do-oo do do

A lonely day, a lonely night

The time just drags on by, I know it can't be right

It's been so long since I was light

I would give anything to be with you tonight


I just received, I never gave

I would not gamble if I knew what I would save

You gave me all, I gave you half

But I'd give anything to see you when you laugh


I would give anything to see you when you laugh.


5/40

MAKES ME FEEL GOOD(Pete Ham)[fast acoustic version (1967) from "Golders Green" CD]

I know the kind of feeling that you get when you get high

And I know the kind of feeling that will make somebody cry

And although I've had some good times in my funny sort of way

I've had nothing to compare with the way I feel today

CHORUS:

Makes me feel good to know that you are here

I feel real good just knowin' that you're near

Say you'll always be here and we'll never be apart

And I know that I will make you feel good, too

The first time that I saw you, I was feeling very low

And before I had a chance to speak, the love began to grow

It's been growin' ever since then, I am burning with desire

And I guess that you're the only one who can't put out the fire

CHORUS [2 times]

Makes me feel good

Makes me feel good

Makes me feel good...

lyrics transcribed by Dan Matovinacorrections by Tom Brennan

MAKES ME FEEL GOOD(Pete Ham)

[electric version (1968) from "Golders Green" CD]




And I know that I can make you feel good, too

Baby, when you're far away

Cloud descends upon my day

Robbing all the color from my eyes

My loneliness then makes me realize

That lady light has played my way

Made my life a special day by giving me a very special prize

And baby, can't you see who the prize will be?

It's you, it's you, it's you

Makes me feel good just knowin' that you're near








Makes me feel good, makes me feel good, makes me feel good,makes me feel good...


6/40

WHEN THE FEELING(Pete Ham)[drums demo from "Golders Green" CD]

Oooo, when a feeling lets you down

And I, do, do, do, do, do, do, do [vocal unclear because of being buried by drums]

Do, do, do, do, do what the people will say

Well, well, Oooo

When a feeling lets you down.

I'VE WAITED SO LONG TO BE FREE(Pete Ham)[from "Golders Green" CD]

Passin' the buck, but I don't give a fuck

If they ever accept or believe me

It's always the same if there's someone to blame

You can be sure that they'll see me

They'll never be me, never will free me

Oh, I've waited so long to be free

Passin' the road to a rock on the floor

And waitin' for some sign of movement

It's always the same, a crime and a shame

That I never see the improvement

Or even a movement towards that improvement

Oh, I've waited so long to be me

Oh.


7/40

KEYHOLE STREET(Pete Ham)

On Keyhole Street

There's a small house all painted white

That I walk past going home from my work at night

I shouldn't care knowing that she is there

Looking through my window

I see her face and my heart starts to race, somehow

Don't think she's noticed me (don't think she's noticed me)

I'm just another boy

Oh, baby, can't you see (oh, baby, can't you see)

I want to bring, want to bring you joy

Want to bring you joy



On Keyhole Street

I walk on by every single day

Hopin' she will see, oh oh oh

What she means to me, oh oh oh

And I'll never be just another boy

On Keyhole Street

There's the lamp post that I lean against

When I wait every single day just to see your face

Shall I knock upon the door?

If I do, she might say "no"

And I'll have to go home from Keyhole Street

Home from Keyhole Street

Home from Keyhole Street

Home from Keyhole Street.


8/40

RICHARD(Pete Ham)[from "Golders Green" CD]

Oh, Richard, so big and so tall

Richard, so soft and so small

You're a part of me with a mind of your own

You know what you want without being shown

Oh, Richard, so fine and so strong

Richard, where do you belong?

Controlling my life with your whims and your ways

You're making me feel whatever you say

Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

I like it when you make a friend


I like it to the very end

Oh no, oh no, oh no

I hate it when you let me down

So go, so go, so go

And tell your friend I'll come around

Oh, Richard, so big and so tall

Richard, so soft and so small

Part of me with a mind of your own

You know what you want without being shown

Oh, Richard, you push and you pull

Richard, you peep through the wool

Controlling my day with the dreams of the night

You're the one king that's too strong to fight





Oh no, oh no, oh no


So go, so go, so go


[harmonica solo]





Oh no, oh no, oh no


So go, so go, so go


Oh!

Oh.


9/40

HELPING HAND(Pete Ham)


All I need is my lover

Someone who'll make me feel okay

Any time of the day

But we need to discover

Some way to soothe our blues away

On the darkest of days

And when I need a helping hand

Oh, my love, I wish you'd understand

Wish you'd feel inside my mind

And join in with the things that you find

All I need is your interest

Just an opinion to compare

There's so much more we can share

There is more to a lover's nest

Than just feeling happy, we are there

There's so much more we can share

And when you need a helping hand

If we talk, maybe I'll understand

Let me feel inside your mind

Let me join in with all I can find

We could make our love stronger, oh-oh

We could be even stronger, that's no lie

We could take our love higher, oh-oh

We could be even higher

If we try, and we try, and we try, and we try, and

we try

[Country-style guitar solo]

Please, don't think you'd interfere

I'd respect you for letting me hear

Come together with our minds

There is more, so much more we can find

We could make our love stronger, oh-oh

We could be even stronger, that's no lie

We could take our love higher, oh-oh

We could be even higher

If we try, and we try, and we try, and we try, and

we try, and we try ,and we try, and we try, if we

try.


10/40

WHERE WILL YOU BE(Pete Ham)


When the nights are so cold

The leaves are falling over me

When a life feels so old

Where will you be?

When the days are so long

I hear the devil calling me

When it seems to be wrong

Where will you be?

Yeah

[piano solo]

When the days are so long

I hear the devil calling me

When it seems to be wrong

Where will you be?

Yeah.


11/40

I'M SO LONELY(Pete Ham)[from "Golders Green" CD]

I don't know what I'm gonna do

I'm so lonely, so very lonely

What am I gonna do?

Don't know what I got to say


What am I gonna say?

You may wonder how a man

In my position

Could ever be alone


In my condition

Could ever be on his own

Ambition, obsession, my final confession

[guitar solo]

Don't know what I'm gonna do


What am I gonna be?

I don't know what I got to see


What am I gonna see?


In my position

Could ever be alone


In my condition

Could ever be on his own

Ambition, obsession, my final confession.


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[fast acoustic version (1967) from "Golders Green" CD]

I know the kind of feeling that you get when you get high

And I know the kind of feeling that will make somebody cry

And although I've had some good times in my funny sort of way

I've had nothing to compare with the way I feel today

CHORUS:




And I know that I will make you feel good, too

The first time that I saw you, I was feeling very low

And before I had a chance to speak, the love began to grow

It's been growin' ever since then, I am burning with desire

And I guess that you're the only one who can't put out the fire

CHORUS [2 times]

Makes me feel good

Makes me feel good

Makes me feel good...

lyrics transcribed by Dan Matovina

corrections by Tom Brennan


13/40


[electric version (1968) from "Golders Green" CD]





Baby, when you're far away

Cloud descends upon my day

Robbing all the color from my eyes

My loneliness then makes me realize

That lady light has played my way

Made my life a special day by giving me a very special prize

And baby, can't you see who the prize will be?

It's you, it's you, it's you

Makes me feel good just knowin' that you're near








Makes me feel good, makes me feel good, makes me feel good, makes me feel good...


14/40

CATHERINE CARES(Pete Ham)

[from "7 Park Avenue" CD]

The things I said to her are on my mind

Things I said so selfishly, didn't mean a thing to

me

But now I know that she was being kind

Didn't want me to be hurt,

No one there to change my shirt

CHORUS:

Catherine cares

Now I know she does, oh yes she does, oh yeah

Catherine cares

Yeah, I know that I was wrong

Catherine cares

Yeah, the only thing she wants is to have her

baby home

No matter what I got, I just complained

She'd give her last to see me smile

Tried to keep me dressed in style

But I had this ambition in my brain

So I walked out and left her there

Without a thought, without a care

CHORUS

Each time that I come home she says the same

"C'mon home, you're getting thin

See the state your clothes are in"

She's my mom and Catherine's her name

Gives a pound to see me straight

Sits back in her chair to wait

CHORUS

(She wants her baby home)

Catherine cares

Now I know she does, yeah I know

I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,

I know she does, oh yeah

Catherine cares

Catherine cares

I know that I was selfish to you, selfish to you,

my mom

Catherine cares

Please forgive me

Catherine cares...


15/40

EVENING SKY(Pete Ham)[from "Golders Green " CD (Japanese edition)]

Crimson was the dawn

Was the morning

Was the evening sky so bright

Night time

Turns to day time

With no warning

With no warning of a light

And I can see it all

And all the burrs that fall upon my hair

Will all be mine

Be mine

I need some place to go

Mine

And time

Is always all alone

[piano solo].


16/40

PIANO RED(Pete Ham)[download-only bonus track for "Ass" and from 2010 "Apple Records Box Set" remasters CD collection]

In the underground, well, he play on Miss Joanne

(Red great on the eighty-eight, Red great on the eighty-eight)

In the underground, well, he play on Miss Joanne


Well, he boogie drive, he don't need no rhythm band


Well, he'll work all day, for the price of a T-bone steak


Well, he'll work all day, for the price of a T-bone steak


He's a real antique, you can see that he no fake


[harmonica solo (Pete Ham)]

Well, he'll drive all year, try to push that motor down


Well, he'll drive all year, and he push that motor down


He don't shed no tear, but he'll cry all through the town


Well, he'll work all night just to fill his woman good


Well, he'll work all night just to fill his woman good


Well, he's awful tough, but he never understood


(Red great on the eighty-eight) [14 times].


17/40

COPPERTONE BLUES(Pete Ham)


Say girl, Coppertone blues

Nothing to lose but my way, girl

Play girl, Suppertime shoes

Nothing to choose but the day, girl

Fly with the morning breeze

You know you please me well

Lay girl, Simonize hair

Something to share every way, girl

Stay girl, cradle and chair

Someone to care every day, girl


You know you please me well

[acoustic guitar solo]


You know you please me well.


18/40

IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER(Pete Ham)[from "7 Park Avenue" CD, and acoustic guitar demo from "Without You, The Tragic Story of Badfinger (1stedition)" CD]

It doesn't really matter what you say

I'll always love you, anyway

The same as I love you today

There's nothing I can do

It doesn't really matter what you do

I'll always feel the same for you

For after all that we've been through

There's nothing I can do

There's nothing people say can change my mind

Although some things are so unkind

There's nothing they can do to stop me wanting you

And nothing that they say will make me feel

The love I have may not be real

I know my love is growing stronger all the time

It doesn't really matter how they try

They'll never break up you and I

And though, sometimes, they'll make you cry

There's nothing they can do

It doesn't really matter how they sneer

For you will always have me near

From day to day and year to year

There's nothing they can do

There's nothing people say can change my mind

Although some things are so unkind

There's nothing they can do to stop me wanting you

And nothing that they say will make me feel

The love I have may not be real

I know my love is growing stronger all the time.


19/40

LIVE LOVE ALL OF YOUR DAYS(Pete Ham)

[from "7 Park Avenue" CD (remastered 1999 edition)]

The padre of the chapel makes you sing a song

Knows he can't take everyone to where they should belong

Do what you wanna do and go where you wanna go

Live until the day that you die

The captain of the steamer tries to sail "The Horn"

Lives a life of worry, where he's going, when he's gone

Say what you wanna say and be what you wanna be


You gotta live, love, all of your days

So many ways, yeah

And if you give love every day

It's gonna stay alright

The chieftain in the jungle wouldn't if he could

People don't believe him that he's happy chopping wood

Do what you wanna do and be what you wanna be


You gotta live, love, all of your days

So many ways, yeah



Gotta live, love, all of your days

So many ways, it's true



Alright

Alright.


20/40

WOULD YOU DENY(Pete Ham)

[acoustic guitar demo from "7 Park Avenue" CD]

The head in the sand is buried deep

The average man is half asleep

Accepting his right

The rules of the old

Without knowing

You've been told

Would you deny it?

Oh no

Would you deny it?

Oh no

Would you deny it?

Oh no

Oh no, oh no

[scat verse]

Would you deny it?

Oh no

Would you deny it?

Oh no

Would you deny it?

Oh no

Oh no, oh no.


21/40

DEAR FATHER(Pete Ham)[from "7 Park Avenue" CD]

Don't let tomorrow be just any day

Look inside, dear Father

The world just carries on

Tell me, must I wait so long?

Forget me, if you'd rather

But don't forget this day and the things you want to say


Look inside, dear Father

Are there good things there to see or do you see only me?

If you look much harder

I'm sure that you will find, there's a picture of your mind


Think of me, dear Father

I need, somebody needs me, and that's how it's got to be

Forget me, if you'd rather

But don't forget this day and the things you want to say


Don't let tomorrow be just any day.


22/40

MATTED SPAM(Pete Ham)[demo version from "7 Park Avenue" CD]

I feel a change coming on

A frame of mind that's kept me down for too long

Tried to imprison my soul

Locked me outside of my own rock 'n' roll

Can you feel it?

Oh yeah

Can you feel the change?

It's coming

Can you feel it?

Oh yeah


It's coming my way, yeah

I see a light from a night

A distant star, but it's shining so bright

Guiding me out of myself

This new found love has got me under its spell

Can you see it?

Oh yeah

Can you see the light?

It's coming

Can you see it?

Oh yeah

Can you see the light?

It's coming my way

For years and years, waited so long

I almost lost control

The days and nights all seemed to be wrong

Without you, little Miss Rock 'n' Roll, yeah

You know I tell you no lie

My little lady lifts me up to the sky

She put the stomp on my blues

She blew the dust off my old blue suede shoes

Can you feel it?

Oh yeah


It's coming, yeah

Can you feel it?

Oh yeah


It's coming my way, yeah

I remember finding out about you, yeah yeah

Every day, my mind is all around you

Looking out of my lonely room, day after day

Bring it home, baby, make it soon

And I give my love to you, yes I do

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

I remember, I remember, I remember, I remember

Oo oo, oh, oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh.


23/40

NO MATTER WHAT(Pete Ham)

[acoustic demo from "7 Park Avenue" CD]

No matter what you are

I will always be with you

Doesn't matter what I do, girl

Ooo girl, I'm with you

No matter what you do

I will always be around

Won't you tell me what you found, girl

Ooo girl, I need you

Knock down the old, grey wall

Be a part of it all

Nothing to see, nothing to say, nothing to do

If you would give me all

As I would give it to you

Nothing would be, nothing would be, nothing would be

No matter where you go

There will always be a place

Can't you see it in my face, girl

Ooo girl, I want you

Knock down the old, grey wall

Be a part of it all

Nothing to see, nothing to say, nothing to do

If you could give me all

As I would give it to you

Nothing would be, nothing would be, nothing

would be

Do Do Do, Do Dooo

Do Do Do Do Do Do Dooo

Do Do Do Do Do Do Dooo Do

Dooo Do, Do Do Dooo

Do Do Do Do, Dooo Do...


24/40

LEAVING ON A MIDNIGHT TRAIN(Pete

Ham)


Leaving on a train, on a midnight train

'Cos the airplane's going too fast

Getting out of town on account of you

'Cos of all the things that you make me do

Packing all my bags on a midnight train

'Cos I want the journey to last

Packing all my bags on account of you

'Cos of all the things that you're making me do

Leaving on a midnight train, oh yeah

Leaving on a midnight train

Babe, you're causing so much pain, yeah yeah

Leaving on a midnight train, yeah

Leaving on a train, on a midnight train

'Cos the airplane's going too fast

Getting out of town on account of you

'Cos of all the things that you make me do

Packing all my bags on a midnight train

'Cos I want the journey to last

Packing all my bags on account of you

'Cos of all the things that you're making me do


Leaving on a midnight train, yeah

Babe, you're causing so much pain, yeah yeah

Leaving on a midnight train, yeah yeah, ooooo

[guitar solo]


Leaving on a midnight train

Babe, you're causing so much pain, yeah

Leaving on a midnight train (repeat softly and

fade).

WEEP BABY(Pete Ham)

[electric guitar demo from "7 Park Avenue" CD]

Weep baby, cryin' ain't wrong

Weep, weep baby, it won't be long

There's a man also weeping over letters he's keeping

And if he could

I know he would be here by your side again

Weep, weep baby, soon, he'll be home

Weep, weep baby, time will have flown


25/40

There's an old clock tower where you count every

hour

Just waiting for that creaky door to bring him back

home again

Weep, pretty baby, cryin' ain't wrong

It won't be long

It won't be long

Mm.


26/40

HAND IN HAND(Pete Ham)


Don't want perfection

As long as it's you

Don't want a reflection

Just as long as you do

Can't you see the rainbow

Waiting 'round the corner?

Don't you understand?

We gotta move together

Gotta do it hand in hand

Know it ain't easy

And no one's to blame

And if you can't please me

Well, that ain't no shame

But can't you see the rainbow

Waiting 'round the corner?

Don't you understand?


Gotta do it hand in...

Gotta move together


Gotta move together


In my hand

Yes, my hand

Take my hand

So, just think it over

And give it a try

If you don't make it

I guess you know why

If you can't see the rainbow

Waiting 'round the corner

You don't understand



Gotta move together


Gotta move together


In my hand

Yes, my hand

Take my hand.


27/40

SILLE VEB(Pete Ham)

[acoustic demo from "7 Park Avenue" CD]

Won't be long, I'll be gone

Out on the road

And each song that I sing

Carries the load

Of the one I left behind

Won't be glad, can't be sad

Playing's my choice

But each day that we've had

Shows in my voice

Of the love that's in my mind

Little Sille Veb, when will you find?

Any rain, any pain

Yes, love, it's real

But I can't reassure

Not 'til I feel

That I'm all you want of me

For each day that you wait

Patiently there

I just hope and I pray

Someday we'll share

All the love that there could be

Little Sille Veb, when will you mind?

I want you by my side

I need to be with you

The only time I've lied

Is when you would want me to

[solo:

Little Sille Veb, when will you mind?

Little Sille Veb, when will you find?]


28/40

I KNOW THAT YOU SHOULD(PeteHam)[from "7 Park Avenue" CD]

Forget all the ones we left behind

Pretty soon, you know the stupid game

Is gonna blow my mind

It's gonna blow my mind

Regret all the times I've been unkind

Pretty soon I'm gonna take my blame

And find some peace of mind

I need some peace of mind

Don't you know that I feel?

Don't you know that I care?

I know that you should


Can't you see that it's real?

Can't you see that it's there?

And I would if I could

I would if I could

So hang on awhile and let it grow

Pretty soon, you know the fruits I picked

Are gonna make a show

They're gonna make a show

And when they are ripe, I'll let you know

Maybe, we can plant the seed of love

Baby, let it grow

We need to let it grow

Don't you know that I feel?

Don't you know that I care?





And I would if I could

Well, I would if I could



Well, I know that you should

Yeah, I know that you should, yeah

Don't you know that it's real?

Don't you know that it's there?

And I would if I could, yeah

I would if I could, yeah.


29/40

ISLAND(Pete Ham)


Quiet seas so blue, the color of your eyes

Nothing else to do, but look into your eyes

Golden sands to lay upon when you're

feeling tired

And I'll always be with you on our magicisland

If we hope and pray, I know our day willcome

We'll no longer be apart, we'll be as one

We will find a home someday, just for you

and I

Then we'll be so happy, we'll forget the way

to cry

Island, island

Somewhere in my mind

Island, island

Trying hard to find

We will find a home someday, just for youand I

Then we'll be so happy, we'll forget the way

to cry.


30/40

UST LOOK INSIDE THE COVER(Pete Ham)[from "7 Park Avenue" CD]

You say my hair is getting long

Surely, that ain't bad

You say the way I dress is wrong

That don't mean I'm mad

Just look inside the cover

I'm sure you'll discover love

You say my life's a waste of time, but man, I disagree

I don't know anything so fine, as a life God gave to me

So I'll just go on living and all the fun life's giving me

One day, you'll see it too

[guitar solo]

You say that I should be secure

That's all very well

But there's no point in making sure

Tomorrow may be hell

So, I'll just go on living and all the fun life's giving me

One day, you'll see it too

It's not the colour of the hair or the colour of the skin

That tells you that a man is good or if he's full of sin.


31/40

JUST HOW LUCKY WE ARE(Pete Ham)[electric guitar demo from "7 Park Avenue" CD]

When I'm feeling down, can't figure why

It's my guilty soul, it's bleeding me dry

When I think of the suffering people

Who would give anything to be free

Would I still believe God was a kind man

If that suffering person was me?

In my comfy chair with you by my side

With our lives to share, nothing to hide

Though I know that we may have some problems

But I know that the problems are few

For the kind of attention you give me

Won't allow me to be overblue

And I know just how lucky we are

Just how lucky we are.


32/40

NO MORE(Pete Ham)[electric guitar demo from "7 Park Avenue"CD]

Drunken days, drunken nights

Someone, please, turn out the light

I can't face the mirror anymore

Move along, magic gone

Someone else can sing my song

I can't lift my head up off the floor

N-n-n-n-n-no no no, no more



No no, no more

Empty days, sleepless nights

Have I lost the will to fight?

Someone help me back onto the road

Sinking fast, time is past

I can't make the story last

Every little note is coming hard




No no, no more

There's no use in trying when I only end up

crying

It's a fool's game

It's no longer funny when you're doing it for

money

It's a shame, shame

No more, no more

No more

No more

N-n-n-n-n-n-no no no, no more



No no, no more.


33/40

RINGSIDE(Pete Ham)[electrified acoustic guitar demo from "7 Park Avenue"

CD]

Take your seat by the ringside

Watch them bidding for your blood

Who will own you tomorrow?

Will you be misunderstood?

Take me back to the Father

Take me, take me, take me home

For I can't bear to feel the sorrow

Of the evil that you've shown

Keep your ear to the grapevine

Hear them sell you down the line

Watch, they'll cross you tomorrow

While they smile and say it's fine

Take me back to the country

Let me, let me, let me roam



Of the evil that you've shown.

lyrics transcribed by Tom Brennan

RINGSIDE(Pete Ham)

[acoustic demo #2 from "Without You-The Tragic Story of

Badfinger" (1st edition) book CD]

Take your seat by the ringside

Watch them bidding for your blood







Keep your ear to the grapevine

Hear them sell you down the line

Watch them cross you tomorrow

While they smile and say it's fine

Take me back to the country

Let me, let me, let me roam



Of the evil that you've shown me

Why oh why, did you prove me wrong?

When my faith in you was strong, really strong

Oh but now, the magic's gone

[instrumental]



For I can't bear to feel the sorrow, oh



lyrics transcribed by Tom Brennan

RINGSIDE(Pete Ham)

[acoustic demo #1 from "Without You-The Tragic Story of

Badfinger" (2nd edition) book CD]

Take your seats by the ringside

Watch them scrapping for your blood



Take me close to the Father


I can't bear to feel the sorrow




34/40

JUST A CHANCE(Pete Ham)[acoustic demo version from "7 Park Avenue" CD (remastered Japanese release only)]

Doesn't matter what you think I do

All I wanna do is see it through

You may say it's not a great romance

But all I want from you is just a chance to try

Any way at all

Don't you think we know it has to hurt

Are minds that small?

I won't tell you if it's short or long

All I know is that it don't feel wrong



Any way we can


Won't you understand?

[guitar solo]

Doesn't matter what you think I do

All I wanna do is see it through



Any way we can


Won't you understand?


35/40

THE HEART THAT CAN'T BE

UNDERSTOOD(Pete Ham)[from "7 Park Avenue" CD (Japanese

edition)]

The sadness that you cancel with your smile

The heart that can't be understood

And though you say it's only for awhile

I know inside that it's for good

It's clear, I'm just another port of call

Another game to pass the time

And when you leave, I won't exist at all

Not even in your stoney mind

So hold me once again before you go

For me, it's more than passing flames

And even though I know you can't return

the love I feel

I can't deny my love for you

The mating that I looked for all my life

A love that only lives in dreams

Perfection that conceals a hidden knife

The kiss that's not all that it seems

It's clear, I'm just another port of call

Another game to pass the time

And when you leave, I won't exist at all

Not even in your stoney mind

So hold me once again before you go

For me, it's more than passing flames

And even though I know you can't return

the love I feel

I can't deny my love for you

I can't deny my love for you.


36/40

COME COME TOMORROW(Pete Ham)[from "7 Park Avenue" CD (Japanese edition)]

Come, come tomorrow

Everything is gonna be alright

Well, you know, it's gonna be alright


Just wait and see

Come, come tomorrow

There'll be sunshine breaking through the clouds

There is sun that shines down through the clouds


Just wait and see

It's gonna happen to me

It's gonna happen to be the day when the blues go away

Come, come tomorrow


Yes, you know, it's gonna be alright


Just wait and see

Come, come tomorrow


Yes, the sun will shine down through the clouds


Just wait and see



Got too much for me

With no reflection

Miss you next to me

Got no connection

Try to pick me up

With no reaction

Waiting by the pool

Looking at the action

Come, come tomorrow


You know they're making me uptight


Just wait and see

Come, come tomorrow


There'll be sun that shines down through the clouds

There'll be sun special in the cloud

Just wait and see



Go away, go away, go away, go away, go away, go away,

go away, go away.


37/40

BLESSING IN DISGUISE(Pete Ham)

[from "7 Park Avenue" CD (Japaneseedition)]

There's a lesson to be learned

In letting people learn their lessons

For so surely, if you bend

That burden could turn into a blessing

Just a blessing in disguise

There's a reason to believe

If we have something to believe in

You call this freedom we're receiving

Or can you see behind the eyes

To the blessing in disguise?

There's a reason to forgive

For you know someone who's forgiving

Are you perfect in your living

Or who you hide behind your eyes

In your blessing in disguise?


Although it's riddled with confusion

Disregard the self-illusion

And understand what you can find

In your blessing in disguise

Just have to do what you feel you must do

Just have to chance what you feel you must

chance

Don't let romance pass you by

It's the best thing alive


Although it's riddled with confusion

Disregard your self-illusion

And understand what you can find

In your blessing in disguise.


38/40

KNOW ONE KNOWS(Pete Ham)

[acoustic demo from "7 Park Avenue" CD

(Japanese edition only)]

No one knows it

No one knows it

No one knows it, no

No one knows how good I feel

When I feel you glow

No one knows it

No one knows it

No one knows it, no



Keep it coming, keep it long

Caress me with your body song

Reach it higher with each sigh

Knowing soon that we will fly

No one knows it

No one knows it

No one knows it, no



No one feels it

No one feels it

No one feels it, no


When you do your show





No one knows it

No one knows it

[scat singing]





No one knows it

No one knows it

No one knows it, no


When I see you glow.


39/40

DAWN(Pete Ham)


As the dawn begins to break

I prod myself to see if I'm awake

And the fawn of early day

Has let me know again that I can stay

When I wake up in the morning after

sleeping in the night

I can hear the echoes of the night before

And I only hope that I can hear some morewhen tomorrow comes

As the dawn begins to break

I prod myself to see if I'm awake

And the fawn of early day

Has let me know again that I can stay

When I wake up in the morning aftersleeping in the night

I can hear the echoes of the night before

And I only hope that I can hear some more

when tomorrow comes

When I get up in the morning after layingdown all night

When it's good, then I can run for manymiles

When it's bad, then I can hardly raise a

smile

And man, I like to smile

Whoa-oh

When I get up in the morning

When the dawn begins to break

When the dawn begins to break

When the dawn begins to break...

lyrics transcribed by Dan Matovina


40/40

GOODBYE JOHN FROST(Pete Ham)


Goodbye, John Frost

You've lost, John Frost

Took it out upon my motor car

Making sure I'd never get too far, too far,oo-oo, yeah-ah

Goodbye, John Frost

You've cost, John Frost

Took it out upon my naked skin

Didn't even say I'd let you in, you in, JohnFrost, oooo, you in

Don't you see it getting so near?

Can I make it perfectly clear?

You're getting me down!

Sorry, but I can't let you stay

Don't you know you hurt when you play

Stop messing around!

Woo-hoo

Goodbye, John Frost

You've lost, John Frost

Took it out upon my motor car

Making sure I'd never get too far, too far,

oo-oo, yeah-ah.

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Pete Ham Demos