{"id":4081,"date":"2022-01-10T22:17:49","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T22:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8000\/?page_id=4081"},"modified":"2025-03-08T01:53:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T09:53:32","slug":"jim-carrolls-lyrics-for-boz-scaggs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/jim-carroll-lyrics\/jim-carrolls-lyrics-for-boz-scaggs\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Carroll&#8217;s Lyrics for Boz Scaggs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bozscagg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bozscagg-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Cover Art - Other Roads (1988) by Boz Scaggs\" class=\"wp-image-6636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bozscagg-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bozscagg-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bozscagg-256x256.jpg 256w, https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bozscagg-192x192.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bozscagg.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cover Art &#8211; Other Roads (1988) by Boz Scaggs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Other Roads<br>By Boz Scaggs<br>Sony\/Columbia, 1988<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/jim-carroll-music-and-spoken-word\/music-jim-carrolls-collaborations-with-other-artists\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"4071\">album details<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/photos-video-audio\/audio-library\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"199\">audio clips<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">LYRICS INDEX<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#number\">What&#8217;s Number One<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#hear\">I Don&#8217;t Hear You<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#crimes\">Crimes of Passion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"number\">What&#8217;s Number One<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Words by Jim Carroll and Boz Scaggs<br>Music by Marcus Miller<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those were high times back in Delhi<br>I was left for dead<br>Everybody beat it to L.A.<br>So the papers read<br>But I said, &#8220;No, this is not where I get dropped off<br>Keep the dough I&#8217;m here to blow the top off it&#8221; Sixty-eight back in Chicago<br>Watched my friends all fall<br>Now they&#8217;re waiting down in old Key Largo<br>For their man to call<br>All laid back<br>Sitting in the redwood sauna<br>Hanging slack<br>Like some dazed iguana I&#8217;d choose the bruised up moon<br>Over the sun<br>I&#8217;d lose<br>I guess I&#8217;m confused<br>What&#8217;s number one<br>What&#8217;s number one? I&#8217;m a fine one to be talking<br>Dig the mastermind<br>You see even if you hold the key<br>The door&#8217;s locked from behind but I left<br>I was playing out a lone part<br>I was deaf To whispers of my own heart I&#8217;d choose the bruised up moon<br>Over the sun<br>I&#8217;d lose<br>I guess I&#8217;m confused<br>What&#8217;s number one<br>What&#8217;s number one? Like a miner seeks that main gold vein<br>I&#8217;ll search on cutting through against the grain<br>Keeps me sane I&#8217;d choose the bruised up moon<br>Over the sun<br>I&#8217;d lose<br>I guess I&#8217;m confused<br>What&#8217;s number one<br>What&#8217;s number one?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00a9 1988 Presidio Music (ASCAP)\/MCA Music Publishing, A Division of MCA Inc. and<br>Sunset Burgundy Inc. (Rights of Sunset Burgundy Inc. administered by MCA Music Publish, A<br>Division of MCA Inc.)\/Dr. Benway Music (ASCAP)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"hear\"><br>I Don&#8217;t Hear You<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Words by Jim Carroll<br>Music by Dann Huff and David Huff<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The blue light flashes<br>Billy feels its motion<br>He says, &#8220;Should I go and set it free?&#8221;<br>Black-eyed Suzie<br>Picks up on the notion<br>She says, &#8220;Put it in the lonely tree&#8221;<br>He says, &#8220;Baby, we best sharpen our imagination.&#8221;<br>He says, &#8220;It seems like the rest<br>don&#8217;t comprehend the situation.&#8221; I don&#8217;t hear you<br>All the words that come and go<br>Don&#8217;t say what I&#8217;m after<br>I don&#8217;t hear you<br>Scream it through a microphone<br>Whisper in a deadly tone&#8230;<br>Don&#8217;t hear you not you Jane&#8217;s a dancer<br>In quiet desperation<br>She says: &#8220;What I give I give for free&#8221;<br>Her twin sister<br>Feels the same sensation<br>But says, &#8220;You must buy it all from me&#8230;&#8221;<br>She says, &#8220;oh, I feel best<br>When the rest is all uncertain.&#8221;<br>She says, &#8220;Thoughts in my breast<br>Just hang there like a burning curtain&#8221; I don&#8217;t hear you<br>You don&#8217;t matter, you don&#8217;t care<br>I don&#8217;t call that living<br>I don&#8217;t hear you<br>What you say don&#8217;t reach inside<br>It is like you&#8217;re gagged and tied<br>I don&#8217;t hear you He said, &#8220;Go with the flow<br>Though the currents can bring danger&#8221;<br>&#8220;You didn&#8217;t know<br>You were dancing with a desperate stranger&#8221; I don&#8217;t hear you<br>I&#8217;ve been dealing With deaf ears<br>I don&#8217;t need no laughter<br>I don&#8217;t hear you<br>It ain&#8217;t hard to analyze<br>I know what you&#8217;re really after<br>I can&#8217;t hear you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00a9 1988 Ashlyne Music\/Tapestry Music (BMI) and Dr. Benway Music (ASCAP)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"crimes\"><br>Crimes of Passion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Words by Jim Carroll<br>Music by Dann Huff<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She&#8217;s an all-night all-night rental<br>She&#8217;s a rental Oriental<br>Suki-Lee&#8230;<br>Oh, her eyes, yes her eyes&#8230;<br>You better pass her by<br>Suki-Lee&#8230; Each night she crosses<br>Different borders<br>Each night she&#8217;s someone&#8217;s<br>Refugee Crimes of passion<br>You&#8217;ll pay the price<br>If you do it once<br>Why not do it twice? She only works while the<br>Parrot&#8217;s squawking<br>In the light of the TV talking<br>Suki-Lee&#8230;<br>She undresses in the light of the TV<br>In the light of the TV squawking<br>Suki-Lee&#8230;<br>She hears the preachers quoting from<br>Solomon&#8217;s psalms<br>She hears the news of<br>Terrorist bombs<br>Crimes of passion You&#8217;ll pay yes<br>you&#8217;ll pay the price<br>If you do it once<br>Go on do it twice? Cracks in the mirror<br>Bombs in the moonlight<br>Those whims of vice<br>Just how much terror<br>Can one kiss entice? Crimes of passion<br>You will pay the price<br>If you do it once<br>Why not do it twice? Crimes of passion<br>Such whims of vice<br>Just how much terror<br>Can one kiss entice?<br>Crimes of passion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00a9 1988 Ashlyne Music (BMI) and Dr. Benway Music (ASCAP)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Other RoadsBy Boz ScaggsSony\/Columbia, 1988 See also: album details and audio clips LYRICS INDEX What&#8217;s Number One Words by Jim Carroll and Boz ScaggsMusic by Marcus Miller Those were high times back in DelhiI was left for deadEverybody beat it to L.A.So the papers readBut I said, &#8220;No, this is not where I get dropped &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/jim-carroll-lyrics\/jim-carrolls-lyrics-for-boz-scaggs\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jim Carroll&#8217;s Lyrics for Boz Scaggs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":4476,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"folder":[47],"class_list":["post-4081","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9VlUH-13P","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4476,"url":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/jim-carroll-lyrics\/","url_meta":{"origin":4081,"position":0},"title":"Lyrics","author":"catholicboy.com","date":"January 10, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Runaway EP Album Info Lyrics:Runaway (by Del Shannon) | Hairshirt Fracture | I Want the Angel | It's Too Late | Falling Down Laughing Pools of Mercury Lyrics \/ Album Info | Falling Down Laughing | Desert Town | Pools of Mercury | Hairshirt Fracture | The Beast Within Catholic\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4071,"url":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/jim-carroll-music-and-spoken-word\/music-jim-carrolls-collaborations-with-other-artists\/","url_meta":{"origin":4081,"position":1},"title":"Music: Jim Carroll&#8217;s Collaborations with Other Artists","author":"Cassie Carter","date":"January 10, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"When Legends Collide (2023)By: Blue CoupeLabel: Self-released This effort by Blue Oyster Cult and Alice Cooper alums includes \"Angel's Well,\" which features early Carroll lyrics. 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