Walker Lyrics - Late Night Tony
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LATE NIGHT TONY
Copyright 1998 Michael E. Walker

Verse 1

Up late one Saturday night
no place to go.
Huge questions about my life
don’t know which way to go.
Flick on the tube to distract myself
guess what I find?
Late Night Tony’s got a TV show
what he says sounds right.

Chorus 1

He asks, "What are you really after?
What do you do to feel blue?
You see it’s just your evaluation
that makes you do what you do.
Oh, that makes you feel like you do."

Verse 2

Big man talks about destiny,
designing my life.
Making a living is slow death to me.
It’s not inherently right.
Claims he’s got the answer and you can get it;
for a price.
It all sounds so reasonable.
He seems so alive.

Chorus 2

He asks, "What are you really after?
Do you feel passion or do you feel blue?
Do the rules that you set make you happy?
Is there balance in the things you do?
You can be happy your whole life through."

Verse and Chorus (instrumental)

Verse 3

Can you link pain to your drinking
and finally stop?
Or do you sense strawberry fields
of barley and hops?
Pleasure and pain is the name of the game
to help you decide.
Twin sensations are a driving force
and you’re along for the ride.

Bridge

Are you feeling passion or do you feel blue?
(I’m talkin’ to you.)
Do you know yourself,
do you even have a clue?
Do you dread each day or
welcome it as brand new (to you).

Verse 4

Big man talks about destiny;
designing my life.
Making a living is slow death to me.
It’s not inherently right.
Claims he’s got the answer and you can get it;
for a price.
It all sounds so reasonable.
He seems so alive.

Final Chorus

So what are you really after?
What Tony says, I find that it’s true.
Inside you already know it.
You have the power to change what you do.
You’ll be happy whatever you do.

(Spoken) This designing a life is awesome, Mama. Tony’s the man. He’s great.
(Someone told me…Late Night Tony…
some one told me today…)