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For eddie
I am a robber
Ive got to get home
Last of the night
Midnight plane to
Nicotine in the nick
One-night stand
Santa ana
Shot of gold
Skipper's fiesta
Slippin' away
Snow queen
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You cant sell bananas
Tomorrow's another day
Money talks
Fine old lady
Brother sparrow
With my eyes closed
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I went to the west
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Lsd ii my job gets of
Couple of times a year
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Lake Shore Drive Lyrics
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Aliotta, Haynes & Jeremiah Lake Shore Drive Lyrics:
[Duo-piano intro.]

There’s a road I’d like to tell you 'bout,
Lives in my hometown.
Lake Shore Drive the road is called,
And it’ll take you up or down.
From Rat's on up to riches, 1
Fifteen minutes you can fly.
Pretty blue lights along the way 2 ,
Help you ride on by.
And the blue light’s shinin' with a heavenly grace,
Help you ride on by.

And there ain’t no road just like it,
Anywhere I’ve found.
Runnin' south on Lake Shore Drive,
Headin' into town.
Just slippin' on by on LSD, 3
Friday night trouble bound.

[Short instrumental break featuring pianos.]

It starts up north from Hollywood 4 ,
Water on the drivin' side.
Concrete mountains rearin' up 5 ,
Throwin' shadows just about five.
Sometimes you can smell the green,
If your mind is feelin' fine.
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There ain’t no finer place to be,
Then runnin' Lake Shore Drive.
And there’s no piece of mind or place, you see,
Ridin' on Lake Shore Drive.

And there ain’t no road just like it,
Anywhere I’ve found.
Runnin' south on Lake Shore Drive,
Headin' into town.
Just slippin' on by on LSD,
Friday night trouble bound.

[Short instrumental break featuring pianos.]

It’s Friday night and you’re lookin' clean.
Too early to start the rounds.
A ten-minute drive from the Gold Coast back 6 ,
Makes you sure you’re pleasure bound.
And it’s four o’clock in the mornin',
And all the people have gone away.
Just you and your mind and Lake Shore Drive,
Tomorrow is another day.
And the sun shines fine in the mornin' time.
Tomorrow is another day.

[Short instrumental break featuring pianos.]
(whoo.)

And there ain’t no road just like it,
Anywhere I’ve found.
Runnin' south on Lake Shore Drive,
Headin' into town.
Just snakin' 7 on by on LSD,
Friday night trouble bound.

[Pianos to end.]
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Aliotta, Haynes & Jeremiah Lake Shore Drive Lyrics Information:

LAKE SHORE DRIVE 8
Words & Music by: Skip Haynes
Produced by: Scott Gibbs
Engineered by: Barry Mraz
Stings arranged by: Bob Schiff
Performed by: Aliotta, Haynes and Jeremiah 9 10
First released: 11
Single: 1971
Album: 1971

1 The name of the club was actually Ratso's Restaurant & Lounge, located at
3415 North Broadway, Chicago, Illinois. In the song, they call the restaurant,
"Rat's" as a shortened version of the name and to make a play on words: As you
drove south on Lake Shore Drive the neighborhoods change and go from a low- to
middle-income bracket to a very wealthy demographic. Thus "rat's to riches."
Ratso's started out as a restaurant/tavern on Chicago's near-north side in the
early '70s. There was an open mic almost every night, and after performing,
artists passed the hat through the audience. That's when I first saw Aliotta,
Haynes & Jeremiah. Eventually, Ratzo's got all ritzy, and began serving dinner
with linen tablecloths, higher prices and paid entertainment. It was never
the same.

2 "Pretty blue lights" refers to the mercury vapor, street lamps that were
used in Chicago in the 1970s. Heated mercury vapor inside the lamp was used
to produce light in a relatively efficient way. When they are first turned
on, the mercry vapor lamps produce a dark blue glow because only a small
amount of the mercury is ionized and the gas pressure in the arc tube is
very low, so much of the light is produced in the ultraviolet band. As the
gas heats up and increases in pressure, the light shifts into the visible
range and the high gas pressure causes the mercury emission bands to broaden
somewhat, producing a light that appears more-white to the human eye,
although it is still not a continuous spectrum. Even at full intensity, the
light from a mercury vapor lamp is distinctly bluish in color, hence the
lyrics about pretty blue lights.

3 The double entendre refers to both the physicality of driving on Lake
Shore Drive, often called LSD by Chicagoans, which winds along the Lake
Michigan waterfront on the North Side of Chicago and the drug culture
influenced slippin' (or trippin') on the drug LSD.

4 "It starts up north from Hollywood," refers to West Hollywood Avenue,
which initially runs eastbound but then turns south and becomes Lake Shore
Drive.

5 "Concrete mountains rearing up, throwing shadows just about five," refers
to the high-rise housing along the waterfront, on the west side of Lake
Shore Drive, casting their shadows across the Drive as the sun sets in the
late afternoon.

6 The Gold Coast is a strip of expensive, high-rise, residential waterfront
properties, that are close to the downtown area of Chicago and to exclusive
shopping, that runs along Lake Shore Drive for several blocks.

7 Up until the mid 1980's there was a spot on Lake Shore drive that was a
big S-shaped curve. During rush hours, traffic would slow and it was always
a problem area for commuters. In the late '90s the S-Curve got straightened
out to alleviate the traffic jams, but back in 1970, when this song was
written, the curve was still there, and this reference to "snakin' on by,"
is a nod at the love/hate relationship Chicagoans had/have with the S-Curve.

8 While not receiving much air play anywhere but locally, "Lake Shore
Drive" is the epitome of a youthful anthem for the Baby-Boomers of the
Chicagoland area. Peppy, with local and drug related references and 2
jammin' pianos on the track, the song seemed to lift the listener to a near
eurphoric state anytime it was played. Ask anyone who was a young adult in
Chicago during the '70s and they will tell you how much this song still
means to them.

9 Personnel on this track:
* Mitch Aliotta (vocals, guitar)
* Skip Haynes (vocals, guitar)
* John Jeremiah (vocals, keyboard)
* Eugene von Heitlinger (bass)
* Tom Radke (drums)
* Joe Golan (violin)

10 Covered by:
Mitch Aliotta (solo),
Skip Haynes (solo).

11 Appears on: *
SINGLE(s):
(1)Aliotta, Haynes & Jeremiah:
A-side: "Lake Shore Drive"
B-side: "Snow Queen"
(a) Homemade Label, 7-Inch, Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #None, US-1971.

ALBUM(s):
(A)Aliotta, Haynes & Jeremiah: Lake Shore Drive
(1) Big Foot, 9-Track, Mono LP, #BF-714, US-1971.
(2) Quicksilver, 13-Track, Stereo CD, Alternate Cover,
#QSCD-1019-2, US-1995 12 .
(3) Quicksilver, 13-Track, Stereo Cassette, Alternate Cover,
#QSCD-1019-4, US-1995.

(B)Aliotta, Haynes & Jeremiah: Lake Shore Drive at Twenty-Five
(1) Quicksilver, 33-Track, 2-CD Set, Anniversary Edition, #QSCD-1033, US-1996.

(C) Various Artists: Virgin Megamusic-Chicago
(1) EMI, 12-Track, Stereo CD, #30073, US-2001.

* The album(s) and record(s) listed here may have different versions of
the song than the one that was transcribed. Also, this list is not
intended to be the complete discography on which this song appears.

12 Transcribed from the track on this album.



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