Stealers Wheel

Stuck in the Middle With You ~ Stealers Wheel

October 5, 2009

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stealers-wheelStealers Wheel is a Scottish folk rock/rock band formed in Paisley, Renfrewshire in 1972 by former school friends Joe Egan and Gerry Rafferty. Egan and Rafferty were school friends from the age of 9. The band broke up in 1975 and were re-formed in 2008.   Neither Egan nor Rafferty are involved with the new version of the band.

In the early 1970s, the band was considered to be the British version of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, and after two unsuccessful singles, they came to worldwide fame with their hit, “Stuck in the Middle With You”.

Stuck in the Middle With You

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Well I don’t know why I came here tonight,
I got the feeling that something ain’t right,
I’m so scared in case I fall off my chair,
And I’m wondering how I’ll get down the stairs,
Clowns to the left of me,
Jokers to the right, here I am,
Stuck in the middle with you.

Yes I’m stuck in the middle with you,
And I’m wondering what it is I should do,
It’s so hard to keep this smile from my face,
Losing control, yeah, I’m all over the place,
Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right,
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.

Well you started out with nothing,
And you’re proud that you’re a self made man,
And your friends, they all come crawlin,
Slap you on the back and say,
Please…. Please…..

Trying to make some sense of it all,
But I can see that it makes no sense at all,
Is it cool to go to sleep on the floor,
‘Cause I don’t think that I can take anymore
Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right,
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.

Well you started out with nothing,
And you’re proud that you’re a self made man,
And your friends, they all come crawlin,
Slap you on the back and say,
Please…. Please…..

Well I don’t know why I came here tonight,
I got the feeling that something ain’t right,
I’m so scared in case I fall off my chair,
And I’m wondering how I’ll get down the stairs,
Clowns to the left of me,
Jokers to the right, here I am,
Stuck in the middle with you,
Yes I’m stuck in the middle with you,
Stuck in the middle with you.

  • Audio from the 1972 album, Stealers Wheel:

album-stealers-wheel

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Star ~ Stealers Wheel

March 20, 2009

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stealers-wheelStealers Wheel is a Scottish folk rock/rock band formed in Paisley, Renfrewshire in 1972 by former school friends Joe Egan and Gerry Rafferty. Egan and Rafferty were school friends from the age of 9. The band broke up in 1975 and were re-formed in 2008. Neither Egan nor Rafferty are involved with the new version of the band.

In the early 1970s, the band was considered to be the British version of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, and after two unsuccessful singles, they came to worldwide fame with their hit, “Stuck in the Middle With You”.

Star

Star was released as a single in 1974, just before the band officially broke up. It became a hit, but the band no longer played concerts or promoted the song, so it was a minor hit.  It didn’t appear on an album until 2003, when The Best of Stealers Wheel was released.

In 2007, Joe Egan and Gerry Rafferty got together for a television show and this was the song they chose to perform:

Star

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So they made you a star, now your head’s in a cloud
Now you’re walking down the street with your feet off the ground
They read in the press all about your success
They believe every word they’ve been told
After all you’ve been through tell me what will you do
When you find yourself out in the cold? (ah tell me, ah tell me)

When you appear on the stage there’s a standing ovation
You really live out your performance, you’re the biggest sensation
You breeze through the door and when you take a floor
You expect to have it all to yourself
After all you’ve been through tell me what will you do
When you find yourself back on the shelf? (ah tell me, ah tell me)

You breeze through the door and when you take a floor
You expect to have it all to yourself
After all you’ve been through tell me what will you do
When you find yourself back on the shelf? (ah tell me, ah tell me)

  • Audio from the 1974 single, Star released in 2003 on The Best of Stealers Wheel:

album-the-best-of-stealers-wheel

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