The Steve Miller Band


Abracadabra | Fly Like an Eagle | Heart Like a Wheel | Jet Airliner | The Joker | Jungle Love | Rock 'n' Me | Swingtown | Take the Money and Run

The Joker
Written by - Miller, Ertegun & Curtis
From - The Joker
Hit #1 - 1/74
Some people call me the space cowboy, yeah 
Some call me the gangster of love 
Some people call me Maurice 
Cause I speak of the pompitous of love 

People talk about me, baby 
Say I'm doin' you wrong, doin' you wrong 
Well, don't you worry baby 
Don't worry 
Cause I'm right here, right here, right here, right here at home 

Cause I'm a picker 
I'm a grinner 
I'm a lover 
And I'm a sinner 
I play my music in the sun 

I'm a joker 
I'm a smoker 
I'm a midnight toker 
I sure don't want to hurt no one 

I'm a picker 
I'm a grinner 
I'm a lover 
And I'm a sinner 
I play my music in the sun 

I'm a joker 
I'm a smoker 
I'm a midnight toker 
I get my lovin' on the run 
Wooo Wooo

You're the cutest thing 
That I ever did see 
I really love your peaches 
Want to shake your tree 
Lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey all the time 
Ooh-wee baby, I'll sure show you a good time 

Cause I'm a picker 
I'm a grinner 
I'm a lover 
And I'm a sinner 
I play my music in the sun 

I'm a joker 
I'm a smoker 
I'm a midnight toker 
I get my lovin' on the run 

I'm a picker 
I'm a grinner 
I'm a lover 
And I'm a sinner 
I play my music in the sun 

I'm a joker 
I'm a smoker 
I'm a midnight toker 
I sure don't want to hurt no one 

Wooo Wooo

People keep talking about me baby 
They say I'm doin' you wrong 
Well don't you worry, don't worry, no don't worry mama 
Cause I'm right here at home 

You're the cutest thing I ever did see 
Really love your peaches want to shake your tree 
Lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey all the time 
Come on baby and I'll show you a good time
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Take the Money and Run
Written by - Steve Miller
From - Fly Like an Eagle
Peaked at #11 - 7/76
This here's a story about Billy Joe and Bobbie Sue 
Two young lovers with nothin' better to do 
Than sit around the house, get high, and watch the tube 
And here is what happened when they decided to cut loose 

They headed down to, ooh, old El Paso 
That's where they ran into a great big hassle 
Billy Joe shot a man while robbing his castle 
Bobbie Sue took the money and run 

Go on take the money and run (4 x's)

Billy Mack is a detective down in Texas 
You know he knows just exactly what the facts is 
He ain't gonna let those two escape justice 
He makes his livin' off of the people's taxes 

Bobbie Sue, whoa, whoa, she slipped away 
Billy Joe caught up to her the very next day 
They got the money, hey 
You know they got away 
They headed down south and they're still running today 
Singin' go on take the money and run 
Go on take the money and run (7 x's)
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Rock 'n' Me
Written by - Steve Miller
From - Fly Like an Eagle
Hit #1 - 11/76
Well I've been lookin' real hard 
And I'm tryin' to find a job 
But it just keeps gettin' tougher every day 
But I got to do my part cause I know in my heart 
I got to please my sweet baby, yeah 

Well, I ain't superstitious 
And I don't get suspicious 
But my woman is a friend of mine 
And I know that it's true that all the things that I do 
Will come back to me in my sweet time 

So keep on rock 'n' me baby 
Keep on a rock 'n' me baby (3 x's)

I went from Phoenix, Arizona 
All the way to Tacoma 
Philadelphia, Atlanta, L.A. 
Northern California where the girls are warm 
So I could be with my sweet baby, yeah 

Keep on a rock 'n' me baby (4 x's) 
Baby, baby, baby 
Keep on rock 'n' 
Rock 'n' me baby 
Keep on a rock 'n' 
Rock 'n' me baby 

Don't get suspicious 
Now don't be suspicious 
Babe, you know you are a friend of mine 
And you know that it's true 
That all the things that I do 
Are gonna come back to you in your sweet time 

I went from Phoenix, Arizona 
All the way to Tacoma 
Philadelphia, Atlanta, L.A. 
Northern California where the girls are warm 
So I could hear my sweet baby say 

Keep on a rock 'n' me baby (3 x's)
Keep on a rock 'n' me, rock 'n' me, rock 'n' 
Baby, baby, baby 
Keep on a rock 'n' me baby (3 x's)
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Fly Like an Eagle
Written by - Steve Miller
From - Fly Like an Eagle
Peaked at #2 - 3/77
Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin' 
Into the future
(Repeat 2 x's)

I want to fly like an eagle 
To the sea 
Fly like an eagle 
Let my spirit carry me 
I want to fly like an eagle 
Till I'm free 
Oh, Lord, through the revolution 

Feed the babies 
Who don't have enough to eat 
Shoe the children 
With no shoes on their feet 
House the people 
Livin' in the street 
Oh, oh, there's a solution 

I want to fly like an eagle 
To the sea 
Fly like an eagle 
Let my spirit carry me 
I want to fly like an eagle 
Till I'm free 
Fly through the revolution 

Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin' 
Into the future
(Repeat 4 x's)

I want to fly like an eagle 
To the sea 
Fly like an eagle 
Let my spirit carry me 
I want to fly like an eagle 
Till I'm free 
Fly through the revolution 

Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin' 
Into the future
(Repeat 2 x's)
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Jet Airliner
Written by - Paul Pena
From - Book Of dreams
Peaked at #8 - 7/77
Leavin' home, out on the road 
I've been down before 
Ridin' along in this big ol' jet plane 
I've been thinkin' about my home 
But my love light seems so far away 
And I feel like it's all been done 
Somebody's tryin' to make me stay 
You know I've got to be movin' on 

Oh, oh big ol' jet airliner 
Don't carry me too far away 
Oh, oh big ol' jet airliner 
Cause it's here that I've got to stay 

Goodbye to all my friends at home 
Goodbye to people I've trusted 
I've got to go out and make my way 
I might get rich you know I might get busted 
But my heart keeps calling me backwards 
As I get on the 707 
Ridin' high I got tears in my eyes 
You know you got to go through hell 
Before you get to heaven 

Big ol' jet airliner 
Don't carry me too far away 
Oh, oh big ol' jet airliner 
Cause it's here that I've got to stay 

Touchin' down in New England town 
Feel the heat comin' down 
I've got to keep on keepin' on 
You know the big wheel keeps on spinnin' around 
And I'm goin' with some hesitation 
You know that I can surely see 
That I don't want to get caught up in any of that 
Funky shit goin' down in the city 

Big ol' jet airliner 
Don't carry me too far away 
Oh, oh big ol' jet airliner 
Cause it's here that I've got to stay 

Oh, oh big ol' jet airliner 
Don't carry me too far away 
Oh, oh big ol' jet airliner 
Cause it's here that I've got to stay 
Yeah, yeah yeah, yeah 

Big ol' jet airliner 
Don't carry me too far away 
Oh, oh big ol' jet airliner 
Cause it's here that I've got to stay 

Oh, oh big ol' jet airliner 
Carry me to my home 
Oh, oh big ol' jet airliner 
Cause it's there that I belong
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Jungle Love
Written by - Lonnie Turner & Greg Douglass
From - Book Of Dreams
Peaked at #27 - 10/77
I met you on somebody's island 
You thought you had known me before 
I brought you a crate of papaya 
They waited all night by your door 
You probably wouldn't remember 
I probably couldn't forget 
Jungle love in the surf in the pouring rain 
Everything's better when wet 

Jungle love it's drivin' me mad 
It's makin' me crazy
(Repeat 2 x's)

But lately you live in the jungle 
I never see you alone 
But we need some definite answers 
So I thought I would write you a poem 
The question to everyone's answer 
Is usually asked from within 
But the patterns of the rain 
And the truth they contain 
Have written my life on your skin 

Jungle love it's drivin' me mad 
It's makin' me crazy
(Repeat 2 x's)

You treat me like I was your ocean 
You swim in my blood when it's warm 
My cycles of circular motion 
Protect you and keep you from harm 
You live in a world of illusion 
Where everything's peaches and cream 
We all face a scarlet conclusion 
But we spend our time in a dream 

Jungle love it's drivin' me mad 
It's makin' me crazy
(Repeat 2 x's)

Jungle love it's drivin' me mad 
It's makin' me crazy
(Repeat 2 x's)
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Swingtown
Written by - Steve Miller & Chris McCarty
From - Book Of Dreams
Peaked at #17 - 12/77
Ooh oohh 
Ooh oohh 
Come on and dance, come on and dance 
Let's make some romance 
You know the night is fallin' 
And the music's callin' 
And we've got to get down to Swingtown 

We've been workin' so hard 
We've been workin' so hard 
Come on baby 
Come on baby let's dance 
Come on, come on, come on 
Come on, come on, come on 
Come on, come on, come on 

Ooh oohh 
Ooh oohh 
Come on and dance, come on and dance 
We may not get another chance 
You know the night is fallin' 
And the music's callin' 
And we've got to get down to Swingtown
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Heart Like a Wheel
Written by - Steve Miller
From - Circle Of Love
Peaked at #24 - 12/81
I've got a heart like a wheel 
Feel like I got to roll 
Ooh 

Heart like a wheel 
I told you so 
And I've been loving you for so long 
You are the one 
Heart so real 
I love you so 

Well, I can give what I take 
And you know I want to give you my love 
Babe I ain't faking 
You know I want to give you my love 

I've been loving you for so long 
You are the one 
Heart so real 
I love you so 
Come on and roll 

I've been loving you for so long 
You are the one 
Heart so real 
I love you so 

It takes two to make love 
It takes love to make a family real 
I got to know what you need 
I got to know what you really feel 

And I've been loving you for so long 
You are the one 
Heart so real 
I love you so 
Come on and roll 

You know it's such a pity 
If you're going to get the summertime blues 
Lovers everywhere are pairing off two by twos 

And I've been loving you for so long 
You are the one 
Heart so real 
I love you so 

I've been loving you for so long 
You are the one 
Heart so real 
I love you so 

I've got a heart like a wheel 
I love you so 

I've got a heart like a wheel 
I've got to roll
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Abracadabra
Written by - Steve Miller
From - Abracadabra
Hit #1 - 9/82
I heat up, I can't cool down 
You got me spinnin' 
'Round and 'round 
'Round and 'round and 'round it goes 
Where it stops nobody knows 

Every time you call my name 
I heat up like a burnin' flame 
Burnin' flame full of desire 
Kiss me baby, let the fire get higher 

Abra-abra-cadabra 
I want to reach out and grab ya 
Abra-abra-cadabra 
Abracadabra 

You make me hot, you make me sigh 
You make me laugh, you make me cry 
Keep me burnin' for your love 
With the touch of a velvet glove 

Abra-abra-cadabra 
I want to reach out and grab ya 
Abra-abra-cadabra 
Abracadabra 

I feel the magic in your caress 
I feel magic when I touch your dress 
Silk and satin, leather and lace 
Black panties with an angel's face 

I see magic in your eyes 
I hear the magic in your sighs 
Just when I think I'm gonna get away 
I hear those words that you always say 

Abra-abra-cadabra 
I want to reach out and grab ya 
Abra-abra-cadabra 
Abracadabra 

Every time you call my name 
I heat up like a burnin' flame 
Burnin' flame full of desire 
Kiss me baby, let the fire get higher 

I heat up, I can't cool down 
My situation goes 'round and 'round
(Repeat 3 x's)
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