Lyrics & prose / Ric Ocasek.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Ocasek, Ric.

Standardized Title:

• Songs. Texts. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Rock music--Texts.
• Songs--Texts.
• Songs.

Genre:

• Texts.
• Poetry.

Physical Description:

322 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Other Title:

Lyrics and prose

Place of Publication:

New York : Blue Rider Press, [2012]

Contents:

• The Cars, 1978. Good times roll ; My best friend's girl ; Just what I needed ; I'm in touch with your world ; Don't cha stop ; You're all I've got tonight ; Bye bye love ; Moving in stereo ; All mixed up
• Candy-o, 1979. Let's go ; Since I held you ; It's all I can do ; Double life ; Shoo be doo ; Candy-o ; Night spots ; You can't hold on too long ; Lust for kicks ; Got a lot on my head ; Dangerous type
• Panorama, 1980. Panorama ; Touch and go ; Gimme some slack ; Don't tell me no ; Getting through ; Misfit kid ; Down boys ; You wear those eyes ; Running to you ; Up and down
• Shake it up, 1981. A dream away ; Cruiser ; I'm not the one ; Maybe baby ; Shake it up ; Since you're gone ; Think it over ; This could be love ; Victim of love
• Beatitude, 1982. Jimmy Jimmy ; Something to grab for ; Prove ; I can't wait ; Connect up to me ; A quick one ; Out of control ; Take a walk ; Sneak attack ; Time bomb
• Heartbeat city, 1984. Hello again ; Looking for love ; Magic ; Drive ; Stranger eyes ; You might think ; It's not the night ; Why can't I have you ; I refuse ; Heartbeat city
• This side of paradise, 1986. Keep on laughin' ; True to you ; Emotion in motion ; Look in your eyes ; Coming for you ; Mystery ; True love ; P. F. J. ; Hello darkness ; This side of paradise
• Door to door, 1987. Leave or stay ; You are the girl ; Double trouble ; Fine line ; Everything you say ; Ta ta wayo wayo ; Strap me in ; Coming up you ; Wound up on you ; Go away ; Door to door
• Fireball zone, 1990. Rockaway ; Touch down easy ; Come back ; The way you look tonight ; All we need is love ; Over and over ; Flowers of evil ; They tried ; Keep that dream ; Balance ; Mister Meaner ; Fireball zone
• Quick change world, 1993. The big picture ; Don't let go ; Hard times ; A little closer ; Riding shotgun ; Feeling's got to stay ; She's on ; I still believe ; Come alive ; Quick change world ; What's on TV ; Hopped up ; Help me find America
• Troublizing, 1997. The next right moment ; Hang on tight ; Crashland sequence ; Troublizing ; Not shocked ; Situation ; Fix on you ; People we know ; Here we go ; Society trance
• Nexterday, 2005. Crackpot ; Bottom dollar ; Don't lose me ; In a little bit ; Silver ; Come on ; I'm thinking ; Carousel ; Heard about you ; Please don't let me down ; It gets crazy
• Move like this, 2011. Blue tip ; Too late ; Keep on knocking ; Soon ; Sad song ; Drag on forever ; Take another look ; It's only ; Hits me
• Other lyrics. Hotel queenie ; Tonight she comes ; Take what you want ; They won't see you ; Wake me up ; Breakaway ; Slip away ; That's it ; Get it right ; The factory ; Who do I pay ; Long way to go ; Lucky walk ; Midnight dancer ; Rainbow boys ; You can't stop it ; Crazy over you ; Are you ready ; Crossing the line ; Can't you feel it coming ; What they expect ; Shake a little nervous ; Thimble jar ; Antique sundance band ; I just can't say ; I'm ready for you ; Oo la la
• Freely sing and paradise poems, 1968-1976. At home by the sill in the rain ; Café au lait ; Freely sing and paradise ; Melt away ; Second thought ; Shady space ; Tenderfish ; Winding down
• Prose. Human race ; Sitting still ; Blast furnace futures ; Dec. 8, 1980 ; Dynamic synoptic declaration ; Tasks ; Grandfather 2 ; State of mind ; Power ; Small change ; For a few ; The menu ; They say ; Trip the light ; New cars ; Weapons ; Attention ; Gunheads
• Negative theater, 1992. Some people ; God I do ; Hollywood words evaporate ; Doorways ; Not withdrawn ; Follow ; Tomb steel flying crates ; God's a thing ; Insanity system #8 ; Amusements galore ; Someone to pick up my knees ; All men should be boxers ; She was fascinated ; In a hole ; Rainbow boys too ; Pay joy ; There are strays ; Lightning ; Crowds ; Paul's bakery ; 3:33 am ; Infected ; Computer war ; Attempted suicide
• Senryu. Cadillac soul ; Everlasting not ; Creamators ; Disadvantages ; Zipped ; Next ; People hang around ; Not a poet ; A bargain tragedy ; Values ; Crypts ; All us angels wearing studs ; Never stop ; Maps ; Are we civilized ; NY ; LA ; He paced ; Dirty faces ; Close the door ; Silence ; Holes and balls ; Rhapsody ; The time is here ; Forever lost ; Sitting in limbo ; Decay ; Frag ; No history ; Crack ; It's alright ; Sucker punched ; I watched you run ; Outside.

Contains:

• Good times roll.
• My best friend's girl.
• Just what I needed.
• I'm in touch with your world.
• Don't cha stop.
• Don't ya stop.
• You're all I've got tonight.
• Bye bye love.
• Moving in stereo.
• All mixed up.
• Let's go.
• Since I held you.
• It's all I can do.
• Double life.
• Shoo be doo.
• Candy-o.
• Night spots.
• You can't hold on too long.
• Lust for kicks.
• Got a lot on my head.
• Dangerous type.
• Panorama.
• Touch and go.
• Gimme some slack.
• Don't tell me no.
• Getting through.
• Misfit kid.
• Down boys.
• You wear those eyes.
• Running to you.
• Up and down.
• Dream away.
• Cruiser.
• I'm not the one.
• Maybe baby.
• Shake it up.
• Since you're gone.
• Think it over.
• This could be love.
• Victim of love.
• Jimmy Jimmy.
• Something to grab for.
• Prove.
• I can't wait.
• Connect up to me.
• Quick one.
• Out of control.
• Take a walk.
• Sneak attack.
• Time bomb.
• Hello again.
• Looking for love.
• Magic.
• Drive.
• Stranger eyes.
• You might think.
• It's not the night.
• Why can't I have you.
• I refuse.
• Heartbeat city.
• Keep on laughin'.
• Keep on laughing.
• True to you.
• Emotion in motion.
• Look in your eyes.
• Coming for you.
• Mystery.
• True love.
• P. F. J.
• Hello darkness.
• This side of paradise.
• Leave or stay.
• You are the girl.
• Double trouble.
• Fine line.
• Everything you say.
• Ta ta wayo wayo.
• Strap me in.
• Coming up you.
• Wound up on you.
• Go away.
• Door to door.
• Rockaway.
• Touch down easy.
• Come back.
• Way you look tonight.
• All we need is love.
• Over and over.
• Flowers of evil.
• They tried.
• Keep that dream.
• Balance.
• Mister Meaner.
• Fireball zone.
• Big picture.
• Don't let go.
• Hard times.
• Little closer.
• Riding shotgun.
• Feeling's got to stay.
• She's on.
• I still believe.
• Come alive.
• Quick change world.
• What's on TV.
• Hopped up.
• Help me find America.
• Next right moment.
• Hang on tight.
• Crashland sequence.
• Troublizing.
• Not shocked.
• Situation.
• Fix on you.
• People we know.
• Here we go.
• Society trance.
• Crackpot.
• Bottom dollar.
• Don't lose me.
• In a little bit.
• Silver.
• Come on.
• I'm thinking.
• Carousel.
• Heard about you.
• Please don't let me down.
• It gets crazy.
• Blue tip.
• Too late.
• Keep on knocking.
• Soon.
• Sad song.
• Drag on forever.
• Take another look.
• It's only.
• Hits me.
• Hotel queenie.
• Tonight she comes.
• Take what you want.
• They won't see you.
• Wake me up.
• Breakaway.
• Slip away.
• That's it.
• Get it right.
• Factory.
• Who do I pay.
• Long way to go.
• Lucky walk.
• Midnight dancer.
• Rainbow boys.
• You can't stop it.
• Crazy over you.
• Are you ready.
• Crossing the line.
• Can't you feel it coming.
• What they expect.
• Shake a little nervous.
• Thimble jar.
• Antique sundance band.
• I just can't say.
• I'm ready for you.
• Oo la la.

ISBN:

• 9780399163708
• 0399163700

OCLC:

810273601