Take What You Need Lyrics

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Here’s my transcriptions of the songs on Robin’s excellent 1988 ‘Take What You Need’ recording which featured Pete Thompson on drums, Dave Bronze on bass and Davey Pattison on vocals!

Take what you need

Tear it up
Words and music by Robin Trower and Dave Bronze

I know men who cheat and lie
I know some who pray
Others try to hide their secrets away
I’m the kind who toes the line
Try to pay my dues
Now it seems that I got nothing to lose

Chorus:
I’m gonna tear it up tonight
This is my time
I’m gonna tear it up tonight
Takin’ what’s mine
I’ve been keepin’ score
Time I took some more
I’m gonna tear it up tonight
So stand aside

Took away my heart and soul
Left me black and blue
Now I think your debt to me’s overdue
Dug too deep and now you’ve found
Something much too strong
Hope you realise what you’ve taken on

Repeat Chorus then Robin guitar solo

Repeat Chorus twice

Take what you need (from me)
Words and music by Robin Trower and Dave Bronze

You are calling with your burning eyes
Your shining face
My will is lost in your embrace
You’re the welcome of the distant sea
The siren song
The fatal wave that calls me on
And the circles grow with every stone we cast
As the sound of warning fades into the past

Chorus:
Take what you want from me
Take what you need from me
Take hold I’m falling free
Take what you need from me

I am captive I am hypnotised
You leave no choice
I hear no danger in your voice
I am prisoner of my innocence
I face defeat
You make demands I have to meet
And we stand and watch the Gods and Idols fall
As the blameless ones go blindfold to the wall

Repeat Chorus then Robin guitar break

And we stand and watch the Gods and Idols fall
As the blameless ones go blindfold to the wall

Repeat Chorus twice

Love Attack
Words and music by Robin Trower

The heat is like an oven
Give me a little slack
One more to make a dozen
And it’s about to crack
I’m a dancer who can’t keep time
A reason without a rhyme

My heart is like a window
And it’s about to break
If you could see right in though
You’d know how much to take
I’m an actor without a play
A believer who wants to stay

Chorus:
It’s a love attack
It’s a love attack
Baby I warn you now
It’s a love attack

The will begins to weaken
And then begins to snap
Your love is like a beacon
You love is like a trap
I’m a gangster without a crime
A gambler without a dime

Repeat Chorus twice then Robin guitar break

I want you home
Words and music by Robin Trower

Tell your heart to lead and be forgiven
Love can be a light but like a stone
Be a friend indeed and vote for living
I want cha home
I want cha home

Remember what we are to one another
You don’t see our love as dead and gone
We have come too far to call it over
I want cha home
I want cha home
I want cha home
I want cha home

Robin guitar solo

Turn another leaf and make it better
Turn away the grief and make it new
I want cha home
I want cha home
I want cha home
I want cha home

Robin guitar solo

Turn another leaf and make it better
Turn away the grief and make it new
I want cha home
I want cha home
I want cha home
I want cha home

Shattered
Words and music by Robin Trower

I was lost in the desert
Outrun by my past
I cried and the God’s took pleasure
When I stumbled they laughed
Looked like my life was shattered
Pick it up let it fall
There was a time it mattered
Now I just don’t care at all

I woke up feeling desolate
Tried hard to understand
I asked her for some water
She filled my mouth with sand
Looked like my life was shattered
Pick it up let it fall
There was a time it mattered
Now I just don’t care at all
Shattered, Baby I’m shattered

Robin guitar solo

I was walking in my sleep
My hands and feet were tied
The night was in so deep
I could not tell she lied
Looked like my life was shattered
Pick it up let it fall
There was a time it mattered
Now I just don’t care at all
Shattered, Baby I’m shattered
Shattered, Baby I’m shattered

Over You
Words and music by Robin Trower and Dave Bronze

Day is over, fading light
I don’t want you to go tonight
I would die for one more hour in your arms
Once were lovers, special friends
Losers now at our stories end
We two together for this one last goodbye
Take this moment keep it fine
Hold it safe in your mind
Taste this pain coz its all that remains of our love

Chorus:
Where the sorrow lives
Where the time forgives
Don’t forget that I’m dyin’ here inside
Over you

Looking back now wondering
‘Bout the sadness that love can bring
And how time turned our bonds into chains
I can see now, I was wrong
Acted bad for so long
Now I know that I needed a show something more

Repeat Chorus then Robin guitar solo

Repeat Chorus twice

Careless
Words and music by Robin Trower and Dave Bronze

He’s so selfish you know its true
Baby he’ll pull the rug right under you
He’s so selfish it just ain’t far
He’s got more fancy moves than Fred Astaire
Now you’re just one more string to his bow
But baby I think there’s something you should know
He’s getting’ careless
He’s getting’ careless
He’s getting’ careless
And he’s gonna lose your love

Don’t you worry I making plans
With luck he’ll play straight into my hands
What’s the hurry just take your time
The punishment he gets will fit the crime
Every ace that you deal will return
I’m just waiting for bridges to burn
He’s getting’ careless
He’s getting’ careless
He’s getting’ careless
He’s getting’ careless
He’s getting’ careless
He’s getting’ careless
And he’s gonna lose your love

Robin guitar break

Now you’re just one more string to his bow
But baby I think there’s something you should know
He’s getting’ careless
He’s getting’ careless
He’s getting’ careless
He’s getting’ careless
He’s getting’ careless
He’s getting’ careless
And he’s gonna lose your love

Second time
Words and music by Robin Trower and Dave Bronze

Read your letters
Line by line
Same old story
Doing just fine
You tell me that he loves you
But babe I believe you’re lyin’
You know I’ll love you better second time

Come back to me babe
Pack your clothes
No-one’s watching
Coz no-one knows
Now he don’t really want you
So stealin’ you ain’t no crime
I know you’ll love me better second time

He’s treats you dirty
Plays around
Leaves you hurtin’
But you won’t, no you won’t back down

The phone is ringing
What’s the news
Thought it over
Got nothing to lose
You say you’re on the run now
Coz neither ones worth a dime
So babe they’ll never be no second time

Stop your stallin’
Holdin’ out
Hear me calling
But you won’t, no you won’t back down

Robin guitar solo

He’s treats you dirty
Plays around
Leaves you hurtin’
But you won’t, no you won’t back down

Stop your stallin’
Holdin’ out
Hear me calling
But you won’t, no you won’t back down

Love won’t wait forever
Words and music by Robin Trower and Dave Bronze

Chorus:
Love won’t wait forever
Make up your mind
Love won’t wait forever this time
We’d be great together
Give me a sign
Love won’t wait forever this time

I don’t know the lives you chose
Or where it may lead
Only hope can satisfy your need
I don’t understand the pain
That pushes you on
You’ve been flying solo so long

Repeat Chorus

Robin guitar solo

Standing where the roads divide
Is fine for today
I don’t wanna push you either way
I can only say so much
Your mind is your own
Take me now or make it all alone

Repeat Chorus

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