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Track Listing: 1. Car Crash 2. All Shine On 3. Mickey 66 4. Can't Get the Girl (Without the Good Stuff Baby) 5. Love Me All the Way 6. Peggy Moffitt 7. I'm Not Laughing 8. Don't Be Afraid 9. Sex and Violins 10. First Class Bossa Nova 11. Beg Me Beg Me 12. Jet Baby

Our Cover Girl

Who's that girl on the cover of "Model for a Revolution?" She's iconic 60s fashion model Peggy Moffitt, photgraphed by the renowned William Claxton, who has not only shot thousands of fashion images throughout his career, but is one of the most highly regarded jazz and rock photographers of all time. The song "Peggy Moffitt" (track 6 of the new disc) sings the praises of Miss Moffitt and Mr. Claxton and their work with the late great fashion designer and innovator Rudi Gernreich during the 1960s, 70s and into the 80s. The Handcuffs were given personal permission by Mr. Claxton and Miss Moffitt to use their stunning images for the CD artwork.

Lyrics

1. Car Crash
(B. Elvis / C. F. Orwell)

Makes your head spin like a possessed girl
Practicing Zen on a tilt-a-whirl
Hello breakdown, let's go another round
Suburban life-styles in the underground

Take a yellow one, it makes you seem all right
Drop a green one, it makes you all uptight
Take a blue one's gonna' make you crawl
Don't take anything, it makes you feel all...

Another soap show, there's no t.v. on
Another tantrum and suddenly it's gone
Take drama, add some chemistry
On the rocks, yeah, shake it up and see

You don't feel well, but you seem all right
We walk on eggshells, makes us feel uptight
You gotta' problem, gonna' make us crawl
It's always something that makes you feel all...

CHORUS
Like everything's a car crash
Everything's a car crash
Everything's a car crash
Everything

Manage anger without fighting back
Freaks you out more than an angry rap
Hello combat, let's have another round
Slinging mud, yeah, in the underground

You take advantage, it makes you feel all right
You give a little, it makes you all uptight
Losing power's gonna' make you crawl
You can't do anything to make us feel all...

CHORUS

2. All Shine On
(B. Elvis)

Where do we begin
At the beginning of the end
Where do we go when the going gets too slow
Turn it around and start again
To the back and the bottom and then
We will all shine on, all shine on and
Stay where all the good things find you
Time, takes time where does it go
And mine, I just let it flow
Under the bridge and over the wall
Can someone answer the call
Then we will all shine on, all shine on and
Stay where all the good things find you
Good things find you

CHORUS
To the light, to the light
To the light, to the light

Where do we begin
How does it all end
Start all over again
And all shine on, all shine on and
Stay where all the good things find you
Good things find you
There, here and everywhere
Let's grow, and go where we never dare
And we will all shine on, all shine on
All shine on, all shine on and
Stay where all the good things find you
Good things find you
Good things find you

CHORUS

Where do we begin
How does it all end
Start all over again

3. Mickey 66
(B. Elvis)

Koko lives in Amsterdam
With a boy from outer space
He wears a dress, he stole a car
Can't seem to get a lucky break

Took a cab to Kensington
In the safety of darkness
She showed me photos by Kodak
She took me back, they took me back

CHORUS
Mickey 66, Mickey 66, Mickey 66, Mickey 66

She's kind of funny about machines
Kind of cuckoo about Paris
Koko walks and talks for miles
She's such a crazy heiress

Koko has a back tattoo
Her conversations are heaven
She always knows the place to be
Sleeping nude through Sunday

CHORUS

Be my hero, one more hour

CHORUS

Be my hero, one more hour

4. Can't Get the Girl (Without the Good Stuff Baby)
(B. Elvis)

I was cruising around with something on my mind
Why do so many guys waste so much time
They know what they want but don't know what to do
Well I'm here to help you out poor little you

You don't have to keep asking have we met before
All that small talk really gets to be a bore
If you wanna' get the girl, you better show her what you've got
If you wanna' get a little, you'd better have a lot

CHORUS
You can't get the girl, you can't get the girl
You can't get the girl without the good stuff baby

A little bit of dough is more bang for your buck
A good sense of humor might bring you good luck
If you want all the goods you better have a good trade
Add a little respect and you might get laid

The more you giveth, the more you receive
You say you want it bad you better make us believe
It's all in the package, wrap it up in a bow
If you don't have a clue then it's time you should know

CHORUS

If you can't get the girl, you should take it from me
If you want the good stuff, it never is free
You can show me the money, you can play the part
But it won't mean a thing if it's not from the heart

CHORUS

5. Love Me All the Way
(C. F. Orwell)

I'd like to gain momentum
One day I'll go out and get him
Then I suddenly change direction
The breaks slam on and I'm all full of questions

You push and you pull and you tug and you take
Some days I'm amazed that I just don't throw it away
A week, a month, a year

How long 'til I know what we're doing dear

CHORUS
Can you love me all the way
Every night and every day
(Not just enough, not just today)
Even more than words can say
Can you love me all the way

You say that you do, but it seems like you don't
Then you act like you do, and you fill me with hope
I don't know how to feel, I really haven't a clue
Don't the tough get goin' when they're over the moon

If I tried to leave would you put up a fight
If I couldn't believe would you show me the light
If my head was a mess would you tidy it up
If I couldn't feel would you give me your touch

CHORUS

BRIDGE
Let's go, go, go, go, go
Go, go, go, go, go
Let's go, go, go, go, go
Go, go, go, go, go
(Can you love me, can you love me)

CHORUS

O.k., I will admit it
I can't imagine my life without you in it
You're my everything, every night, every day
I wanna' go go go, I wanna' go all the way

CHORUS

6. Peggy Moffitt
(B. Elvis / C. F. Orwell)

Peggy Moffitt quintessential one
The palest flower underneath the sun
Peggy Moffitt you're an inspiration
Original not the imitation

Came to life in 1963
In the pages of a magazine
She was the model for a revolution
Rudi's muse and William's still illusions

CHORUS
She's got it, oh she's got it all
Do do do de do, do do do de do

Discovered her in a Gernreich book
Clashing colors and that Moffitt look
The first fashion 20th century girl
The style that launched a future world

Rudi passed in 1985
William C kept it all alive
Ultra mod and so avant garde
Peggy Moffitt, you stole my heart

CHORUS

Peggy Moffitt, you're the only one

BRIDGE
Peggy Moffitt, how are you?
No one today comes even close to you
We could never have too much of you
Rudi Gernreich was ahead of time
And Peggy Moffitt, yeah, she made it shine
William C got it all on film
Peggy's got it and she always will

CHORUS

Peggy Moffitt you're the one and only
(Peggy Moffitt)
You're the one and only
(Peggy Moffitt)
The one and only
(Peggy Moffitt)
Peggy Moffitt

7. I'm Not Laughing
(B. Elvis)

I cut my hair for you
That thing that girlfriends do
I even lost some weight
You never told me I looked great
I did you and I did that
I catered to your lazy ass
You're the one that's cracking up
And I'm not laughing

Now you try to stump me
By saying that you dumped me
Love is kind of funny
You spent all my money
You're sorry this, I'm sorry that
You got away with so much crap
You're the one that's breaking up
Well I'm not laughing

CHORUS
I'm not laughing, I'm not laughing
I'm not laughing anymore

Now's the time for you to learn
All about the crash and burn
Oh you're the best, I love your way
You told me twice on Saturday
The friend you're with is just a friend
That's where you'll be, you're moving in
you need time, you need space
Well I'm not laughing

CHORUS

Oh the day I found you out
I called you up to suss you out
I was smooth, you had no clue
That I was finally on to you
When you fell into your lie
You freaked out, you realized
I hung up the telephone
Now you're not laughing

CHORUS

8. Don't Be Afraid
(B. Elvis)

I found a friend who showed me love
Who gave me hope when I saw none
Look at me now, now it's all this
My lucky stars give us a kiss

Well I am amped, I'm on 11
If Iggy's five, then I'm a seven
Don't wake me up if I am screaming
Don't bring me down if I am dreaming

CHORUS
Don't be afraid
Don't be afraid for me
Don't be afraid
Don't be afraid

It took some time to all sink in
To check my life and start again
Yeah, I've got love, I've got it all
I've got a friend if I should fall

BRIDGE
I've got my whole wide world
Ahead of me now
No one can stop me
(no one can stop me now)
Anyway, anyhow, anywhere I go
Get off my back or I'll attack...

Another show, another fight
I'll take my time and make it right
Look at me now, now it's all this
My lucky stars give us a kiss

CHORUS

BRIDGE

9. Sex and Violins
(B. Elvis)

That boy love stilettos
But give him concerto and off he goes
I know he loves it madly
And he would gladly duet exposed

CHORUS
He love sex and violins
String quartets and discipline
Feather bed and Beethoven
He love sex and violins

He loves strings and things in bed
Stradivarius positions in his head
One minuet, I'm out of breath
Give us an hour with a sweet sextet

CHORUS

10. First Class Bossa Nova
(B. Elvis)

Oh oh oh, Oh oh oh...

I remember that night like yesterday
A scandalous rendezvous
A chance meeting at the cabaret
At a table set for two

Strictly confidential, so continental
I never felt so alive
On the veranda like a Carmen Miranda
That's when I realized

CHORUS
(I was) First class bossa nova
(You were) First class bossa nova
(We were) First class bossa nova
(We are) First class bossa nova
Oh oh oh, Oh oh oh...

With cameras slinging, boy we were swinging
Didn't hit the bed 'til late
Woke up to piano, some bad soprano
White Russians were to blame

There were good looking girls, good looking boys
Cheek to cheek, hand to hand
Add to the mix Brazil 66
And I know you can understand

CHORUS

Oh oh oh, Oh oh oh...

After that beautiful evening
I never saw you again
I never even knew your name
Where were you from?
Cannes, Monte Carlo, Montreal, Iowa City?
Oh well, I will never forget the night that we were
First class bossa nova

11. Beg Me Beg Me
(B. Elvis)

You know you want it
You know I've got it
You're going to get it
When I want to give it

It's just a little game
Do you want to play it (play it)?
We will have a real cool time
Just do as I say (say it)

CHORUS
Beg me, beg me
Beg me, beg me
Beg me, beg me
Beg me, beg me

I've got it right here
Do you want to see it (see it)?
If I let you have me
Will you let me make it (take it)?

CHORUS

You know you want it
You know I've got it
You're going to get it
When I want to give it

CHORUS

12. Jet Baby
(B. Elvis)

I'm a hard one to catch 'cause I can fly
Over under sideways down
Come fly with me 'cause I'm first class
Faster than the speed of sound

I'm a jet, I'm a jet, I'm a jet, I'm a jet, babe

CHORUS
I'm a jet baby
I'm a jet baby

Yeah that's me flying up above
Destination satisfy
Fasten your seat belt, come go with me
E.T.A. right on time

I'm a jet, I'm a jet, I'm a jet, I'm a jet, babe

CHORUS
I'm a jet baby (I'm a jet)
I'm a jet baby (I'm a jet)
I'm a jet baby (I'm a jet)
I'm a jet baby (when you're a jet)

BRIDGE
You can't stop me unless I want you now
Get yourself ready, got my landing gear down

You'd better get ready for takeoff now
A runway is all that we need
My engine is hot and I'm still on the ground
But this I guarantee

I'm a jet, I'm a jet, I'm a jet, I'm a jet, babe

CHORUS

OUTRO
I'm flying high I can't come down (Jet baby)
I'm flying high I can't come down (Jet baby)
I'm flying high I can't come down

I'm a jet baby, no Johnny come lately
I don't mean maybe
Got my TVC15 pushed all of the way
Nothing gets in my way
I need a jet toy Bowie like a hole in the head
Baby, race you to bed
Just kickin' around, got my eye gear on
My heart's an autobahn - bahn

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