Rod Stewart at the BBC

One of life's indefatigables,

a man who has been unmitigated,

relentless in his pursuit of women,

Scotland, but mainly rock'n'roll.

# Some guys have all the luck

# Some guys have all the pain

# Some guys get all the breaks

# Some guys do nothing but complain

# Whoo-whoo-whoa... #

APPLAUSE

# Mother, don't you recognise your son?

# Ooh, hoo

# Oh, yeah

# Oh

# Cos I failed you, Mother

# Oh, no

# I'll be there in the mornin'

# If you'll have me back

# The rent up here is much too high

# For a room without a tap

# A room without a tap, oh, yeah

# I'll be early in tomorrow morning

# When I fall down off my plane

# Don't be embarrassed, Mother

# By your ugly worn-out son

# Your ugly worn-out son

# And I'll be so tired

# And I'll be so tired

# I'll be there in the morning

# If you'll have me back

# Back home bad 'n' ruin

# With my tail between my legs

# Tail between my legs

# Mother, you won't recognise me now

# Mother, you won't recognise me now

# Mother, you won't recognise me now

# And I'll be down on Cannon Street

# Passport in my hand

# Should you not recognise me

# I've heavily made-up eyes

# Momma, you won't recognise me now

# Brother, you won't recognise me now

# Sister, you won't recognise me now

# Mother, you won't recognise me now

# Whoo

# So, Mother, when you see me

# Don't forget that I'm your boy

# I know my brother has done you proud

# But he's one foot in the grave

# Mother, don't you recognise me now?

# Whoo-hoo!

# Whoo

# I'll be so tired

# So tired

# I'll be so tired

# So tired

# I'll be so tired

# When I get home to you

# Whoo

# Ow-ow-ow-ow-ow

# I'll be so tired

# So tired

# So tired. #

APPLAUSE

# Wake up, Maggie, I think I got something to say to you

# It's late September and I really should be back at school

# I know I keep you amused But I feel I'm being used

# Oh, Maggie I couldn't have tried any more

# You led me away from home just to save you from being alone

# You stole my heart but I love you anyway

# The morning sun when it's in your face really shows your age

# But that don't worry me none In my eyes you're everything

# I laughed at all of your jokes My love you didn't need to coax

# Oh, Maggie I couldn't have tried any more

# You led me away from home just to save you from being alone

# You stole my heart but I love you anyway

# All I needed was a friend to lend a guiding hand

# But you turned into a lover and mother, what a lover

# You wore me out

# All you did was wreck my bed

# And in the morning kick me in the head

# Oh, Maggie I couldn't have tried any more

# You led me away from home just to save you from being alone

# You stole my heart but I love you anyway

# I suppose I could collect my books and get on back to school

# Or steal my daddy's cue and make a living out of playing pool

# Or find myself a rock'n'roll band that needs a helpin' hand

# Oh, Maggie, I couldn't have tried any more

# You made a first-class fool out of me

# But I'm as blind as a fool can be

# You stole my heart but I love you anyway. #

Ronnie!

APPLAUSE

# In the morning

# Don't say you love me

# Cos I'll only kick you out of the door

# I know your name is Rita

# Cos your perfume's smelling sweeter

# Since when I saw you down on my daddy's floor... #

Got it!

# I don't need to tell you

# That you're looking better

# But you really shouldn't wear your hair that long

# Red lips, hair and fingernails

# I guess you're a mean old Jezebel

# Let's go upstairs and read my tarot cards

# Stay with me

# Stay with me

# Cos tonight you're gonna stay with me

# Stay with me

# Stay with me

# Cos tonight you better stay with me

# So in the morning

# Don't say you love me

# Cos you know I'll only kick you out the door

# I know your name is Rita

# But your perfume's smelling sweeter

# Since when I saw you down on my daddy's floor

# Stay with me

# Stay with me

# Cos tonight you're gonna stay with me

# Stay with me

# Stay with me

# Cos tonight you're gonna stay with me

# Stay with me

# Stay with me

# Cos tonight you're gonna stay with me

# You ain't gonna get another chance!

# Whoo! #

APPLAUSE

# I was raised in a clinic down in Oklahoma

# There were many things I did not possess

# Never complained, because my father said

# You'll get your chance before you're my age

# Took me upstairs and gave me this suit

# Written all over his face

# Others may come and others may go

# But that suit will be around way after you're gone

# Three-button hand-me-down

# Three-button hand-me-down

# Now I had my fair share of neat women

# But they came between me and my suit

# There was a filly from Boston A barmaid from Houston

# Not forgetting the one in Detroit

# We like you, boy, and we think you're sweet

# But can't you lose your suit?

# Oh, no, no, no! You can't do that to me

# This is what my father said...

# Others may come and others may go

# But that suit will be around way after you're gone

# Three-button hand-me-down

# Three-button hand-me-down

# Three-button hand-me-down

# Three-button hand-me-down

# Three-button hand-me-down

# Three-button hand-me-down. #

APPLAUSE

# I had nothing to do on this hot afternoon

# But to settle down and write you a line

# I've been meaning to phone you, but from Minnesota

# Hell, it's been a very long time

# You wear it well

# A little out of time, but I don't mind

# Well, I suppose you're thinking

# I bet he's sinking

# Or he wouldn't get in touch with me

# Oh, I ain't begging or losing my head

# I sure do want you to know

# That you wear it well

# There ain't a lady in the land so fine

# Remember them basement parties, your brother's karate

# The all-day rock'n'roll shows

# Their homesick blues and the radical views

# Haven't left a mark on you

# You wear it well

# There ain't a lady in the land so fine

# Well, I ain't forgetting that you were once mine

# But I blew it without even tryin'

# Now I'm eatin' my heart out

# Tryin' to get a letter through

# Since you've been gone it's hard to carry on

# I'm gonna write about the birthday gown that I bought in town

# When you sat down and cried on the stairs

# You knew it didn't cost the earth, but for what it's worth

# You made me feel a millionaire

# And you wear it well

# Madame Onassis got nothing on you

# Anyway, my coffee's cold and I'm getting told

# That I gotta get back to work

# So when the sun goes low and you're home all alone

# Think of me and try not to laugh

# And I wear it well

# I don't object if you call collect

# Cos I ain't forgetting that you were once mine

# But I blew it without even tryin'

# Now I'm eatin' my heart out

# Tryin' to get a letter to you. #

APPLAUSE

And now we go to the singles chart once again, and at this week's number six - Rod Stewart.

APPLAUSE

# When my friends told me you had someone new

# I didn't believe a single word was true

# I told them all, I had faith in you

# I kept a-right on sayin'

# Oh, no, not my baby

# Oh, no, not my sweet baby

# You're not like all those other girls

# Who play with the men's hearts like they were toys

# My mama told me, son, when rumours spread

# That there is truth somewhere and you should use your head

# But sure didn't listen to what she said

# Don't you know I kept a-right on sayin'?

# Oh, no, not my baby

# Oh, no, not my sweet baby

# You're not like all those other girls

# Who lead you on and tell you lies

# No, no, my baby

# Tell me, baby

# I don't believe what they say, no

# Oh, no, not my baby

# Oh, no, not my sweet baby

# Oh, no, not my baby

# Oh, no, not my sweet baby

-# Not my baby

-Not my baby

-# Not my baby

-Not my baby

-# Not my baby

-Not my baby

# Not my sweet, sweet baby

-# Not my baby

-Not my baby

-# Not my baby

-Not my baby

# Not my baby... #

CHEERING

# I am sailing

# I am sailing

# Home again

# Across the sea

# I am sailing

# Stormy waters

# To be near you

# To be free

# I am flying

# I am flying

# Like a bird

# Across the sky

# I am flying

# Passing high clouds

# To be with you

# To be free

# Can you hear me?

# Can you hear me?

# Thro' the dark night

# Far away

# I am dying

# For ever crying

# To be with you

# Who can say?

# We are sailing

# We are sailing... #

APPLAUSE

-Hi, boys.

-Welcome on board.

-Sorry, we're late.

Hello, how do you do?

And why Rod Stewart? Because his pop song, Sailing,

was the theme song for the BBC's Sailor series,

filmed on the Ark Royal.

You could say she was the BBC's biggest prop of all time.

Well, Rod, we can't persuade you just to give us the refrain?

Only if everybody joins me.

-Right.

-Will you join me?

# I am sailing

-ALL:

-# I am sailing

# Home again

# Across the sea... #

APPLAUSE

# I didn't know what day it was

# When you walked into the room

# I said hello unnoticed

# You said goodbye too soon

# Breezing through the clientele

# Spinning yarns that were so lyrical

# I really must confess right here

# The attraction was purely physical

# I took all those habits of yours

# That in the beginning were hard to accept

# Your fashion sense, Beardsley prints

# I put down to experience

# The big-bosomed lady with the Dutch accent

# Who tried to change my point of view

# Her ad-lib lines were well rehearsed

# But my heart cried out for you

# You're in my heart, you're in my soul

# You'll be my breath should I grow old

# You are my lover, you're my best friend

# You're in my soul

# My love for you is immeasurable

# My respect for you immense

# You're ageless, timeless, lace and fineness

# You're beauty and elegance

# You're a rhapsody, a comedy

# You're a symphony and a play

# You're every love song ever written

# But, honey, what do you see in me?

# You're in my heart, you're in my soul

# You'll be my breath should I grow old

# You are my lover, you're my best friend

# You're in my soul... #

APPLAUSE

Hello again. Welcome along to the programme

and I hope you had a really good Christmas.

As usual at this time of the year,

we're turning the clock back 12 months

to our Christmas Special 1976.

It was Christmas Eve, it was called The Concert,

and we're going to travel now to the stage of Olympia, Earl's Court,

to meet and greet Rod Stewart.

I dedicate this tune to the newspapers!

I don't want to talk about it!

# I can tell by your eyes

# That you've probably been cryin' for ever

# And the stars in the sky don't mean nothin' to you

# They're a mirror

# I don't wanna talk about it

# How you broke my heart

# If I stay here just a little bit longer

# If I stay here, won't you listen to my heart

# Oh, my heart?

# If I stand all alone

# Will the shadow hide the colours of my heart?

# Blue for the fears

# Black for the night's tears

# The stars in the sky don't mean nothin' to you

# They're a mirror

# I don't wanna talk about it

# How you broke my heart

# If I stay here just a little bit longer

# If I stay here, won't you listen

# Oh, my heart?

# I don't wanna talk about it

# How you broke my heart

# If I stay here just a little bit longer

# If I stay here, won't you... # Sing the song!

-ALL:

-# Listen to my heart

-# Oh, my heart? #

-CHEERING

Good singing! Good shouting! Good singing!

# I would have given you all of my heart

# But there's someone who's torn it apart

# And she's taken just all that I had

# But if you want, I'll try to love again

# Baby, I'll try to love again but I know

# The first cut is the deepest

# Baby, I know

# The first cut is the deepest

# Cos when it comes to being lucky, she's cursed

# When it comes to lovin' me she's worst

# I still want you by my side

# Just to help me dry the tears that I cried

# And I'm sure goin' to give you a try

# Cos if you want I'll try to love again

# Baby, I'll try to love again

# But I know

# The first cut is the deepest

# Baby, I know

# The first cut is the deepest

# Cos when it come to being lucky she's cursed

# When it come to lovin' me she's worst

# Still want you by my side

# Just to help me dry the tears that I've cried

# And I'm sure gonna give you a try

# And if you want, I'll try to love again

# Oh, baby, I'll try to love again

# But I know

# The first cut is the deepest

# Baby, I know

# The first cut is the deepest

# When it come to being lucky she was cursed

# When it come to lovin' me she's worst. #

APPLAUSE

# In these days of changing ways

# So-called liberated days

# A story comes to mind of a friend of mine

# Georgie boy was gay, I guess

# Nothin' more or nothin' less

# The kindest guy I ever knew

# His mother's tears fell in vain

# The afternoon George tried to explain

# That he needed love like all the rest

# Pa said there must be a mistake

# How can my son not be straight

# After all I've said and done for him

# Leavin' home on a Greyhound bus

# Cast out by the ones he loves

# A victim of these gay days, it seems

# Georgie went to New York town

# Where he quickly settled down

# And soon became the toast of the great white way

# Accepted by Manhattan's elite

# In all the places that were chic

# No party was complete without George

# Along the boulevards he'd cruise

# And all the old queens blew a fuse

# Everybody loved Georgie boy

# The last time I saw George alive was in the summer of '75

# He said he was in love I said, I'm pleased

# George attended the opening night

# Of another Broadway hype

# But split before the final curtain fell

# Deciding to take a short cut home

# Arm-in-arm they meant no wrong

# A gentle breeze blew down Fifth Avenue

# Out of a darkened side street

# Came a New Jersey gang with just one aim

# To roll some innocent passer-by

# There ensued a fearful fight

# Screams rang out in the night

# Georgie's head hit a sidewalk cornerstone

# A leather kid, a switchblade knife

# He did not intend to take his life

# He just pushed his luck a little too far that night

# The sight of blood dispersed the gang

# A crowd gathered, the police came

# An ambulance screamed to a halt on 53rd and 3rd

# Georgie's life ended there

# But I ask who really cares

# George once said to me and I quote

# He said, never wait or hesitate

# Get in, kid, before it's too late

# You may never get another chance

# Cos youth's a mask But it don't last

# Live it long and live it fast

# Georgie was a friend of mine. #

APPLAUSE

And jumping ten places this week to number four, it's Rod Stewart,

and the question you ask yourself

when you look in the mirror every morning - Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?

# Sugar

# Ooh, ooh, ooh

# She sits alone

# Waiting for suggestions

# He's so nervous

# Avoiding all the questions

# His lips are dry

# Her heart is gently pounding

# Don't you just know

# Exactly what they're thinking?

# If you want my body

# And you think I'm sexy

# Come on, sugar, let me know

# If you really need me

# Just reach out and touch me

# Come on, honey, tell me so

# Tell me so, baby

# He's acting shy

# Looking for an answer

# Come on, honey

# Let's spend the night together

# Now hold on a minute

# Before we go much further

# Give me a dime

# So I can phone my mother

# They catch a cab

# To his high rise apartment

# At last he can tell her

# Exactly what his heart meant

# If you want my body

# And you think I'm sexy

# Come on, honey, tell me so

# If you really need me

# Just reach out and touch me

# Come on, sugar, let me know

# His heart's beating like a drum... #

APPLAUSE

Good evening! Welcome to the Simmonscourt Pavilion

here in Dublin. I'm standing on the stage

in front of curtains which have not yet opened,

where 6,000 fans are baying for the sound of Rod Stewart's music.

A little later in the programme,

we're going to have a recorded chat with Rod and his wife, Alana.

It would be impertinent of me to keep you waiting any longer - on with the show.

-Thank you, my dear!

-Go!

Here we go!

# Who's that knocking on my door?

# It's gotta be a quarter to four

# Is it you again coming round for more?

# Well, you can love me tonight if you want

# But in the morning make sure you're gone

# I'm talkin' to you

# Hot legs, wearing me out

# Hot legs, you can scream and shout

# Hot legs, are you still in school?

# I love you, honey... #

Where did you meet this guy or first set your eyes upon him?

Well, we met briefly in Los Angeles several times,

then we sort of really formally met

at a dinner party that Irving Lazar gave.

And when you saw him across a crowded room, was it love at first...?

No, I thought he was sort of very cocky and sure of himself

and I thought, "Who does he think he is, anyway?"

What did you talk about on the first night?

I don't actually remember what we talked about.

What I do remember was I realised that he was really a terrific person,

very bright and very sensitive and all the things

that I hadn't thought he was and had a wonderful sense of humour.

And we stayed up till six o'clock in the morning talking

and I had a completely different impression of him by then.

-What did we do, darling, from six o'clock onwards?

-Don't be rude!

The rest is not history! Let me finally ask you this.

You've been at it now for several years -

and singing as well, Rod! -

for quite a few years now,

you've maintained a high and very prominent position.

How have you managed that?

I just try and make good music that I like, and I just hope

everybody else likes it. If they don't like it, I'm finished.

# Some guys have all the luck

# Some guys have all the pain

# Some guys get all the breaks

# Some guys do nothing but complain

# Alone in a crowd on a bus after working, I'm dreaming

# The guy next to me has a girl in his arms, my arms are empty

# How does it feel when the girl next to you says she loves you?

# Seems so unfair when there's love everywhere but there's none for me

# Some guys have all the luck

# Some guys have all the pain

# Some guys get all the breaks

# Some guys do nothing but complain

# Whoo whoo whoo

# Whoo whoo whoo

# Someone to take on a walk by the lake

# Lord, let it be me

# Someone who's shy, someone who'd cry at sad movies

# I know I would die if I ever found out she was foolin' me

# You're just a dream, and as real as it seems, I ain't that lucky

# Some guys have all the luck

# Some guys have all the pain

# Some guys get all the breaks

# Some guys do nothing but complain

# Whoo whoo whoo. #

WOGAN THEME MUSIC

How a man who's lived your life can look as healthy as you look.

LAUGHTER

Well, yes, I have lived some life and I've got a lot more to live.

You have stayed with your current lady, Kelly Emberg,

for a long time now.

Are we gonna finally hear the ding-dong of wedding bells?

Would you do it again, in other words?

I'm a firm believer in marriage, I really do.

That makes me sound very old-fashioned but I love marriage,

-I think it can work.

-And when you settle down...

Did I say that? I did say that, didn't I?

-Yes.

-It'll be all over the papers tomorrow.

"Rod Stewart settles. Old age cripples Rod Stew..."

Not quite settle down,

I just said I believe in marriage.

But when you get back into the rock'n'roll,

-is all the old wildness going to come back?

-True.

LAUGHTER

# Ever seen a blind man cross the road

# Trying to reach the other side?

# Ever seen a young girl growing old

# Trying to make herself a bride?

# But once you think you're in, you're out

# That don't mean a single thing without

# The handbags and the gladrags

# That your old grandad had to sweat to buy ya

# Once I was a young man

# And all I thought I had to do was smile

# You are still a young girl

# And you bought everything in style

# They told me you missed school today

# Well, I suggest you just throw them all away

# The handbags and the gladrags

# That your old grandad had to sweat to buy ya

# Sing a song of six-pence for your sake

# And take a bottle full of rye

# Four and twenty blackbirds in a cake

# And bake them all in a pie

# They told me you missed school today

# Well, I suggest, you just throw them all away

# The handbags and the gladrags

# That your poor old grandad had to sweat to buy ya

# They told me you missed school today

# Well, I suggest you just throw them all away

# The handbags and the gladrags

# That your poor old grandad had to sweat to buy ya

# Bye-bye

# Oh, oh, bye-bye. #

CROWD ROARS

# I'm in the mood for love

# Simply because you're near me

# Funny, but when you're near me

# I'm in the mood for love

# Heaven is in your eyes

# Bright as the stars we're under

# Oh, is it any wonder

# That I'm in the mood for love?

# Why stop to think of whether

# This little dream might fade?

# We've put our hearts together

# Now we are one, I'm not afraid

# And if there's a cloud above

# If it should rain, we'll let it

# But for tonight, forget it

# Cos I'm in the mood for love

# I'm in the mood for love

# For love. #

CHEERING

All right?

So, welcome, welcome, my friends,

thank you for coming out in the rain.

We had apparently 80,000 requests for tickets for this show

which I find hard to believe.

So, we're going to play some new songs and the first one up

is about the trials and tribulations

of coming into the music business

and a tribute to my dad and it's called You Can't...

CHEERING Oh, you know it!

# Oh, yeah!

# I stood up straight and sang

# For the record-company man

# My enthusiasm filled the room

# I was young and I was keen

# With the devil in my stream

# As I hollered out an old blues tune

# We can't sign you, son

# Cos you don't fit in the mould

# It's your hair and your nose and your clothes

# I said, thank you, gentlemen

# For this opportunity

# Now move on down the road

# I remember thinking

# They can't stop me now The world is waiting

# It's my turn to stand out in the crowd

# They can't stop me now

# The tide is turning

# I'm gonna make you proud

# So proud, so proud

# Well, it was rough and it was tough

# But I couldn't get enough

# Of this rhythm and blues I craved

# I was singing in the pubs

# Was singing in the clubs

# Then along came Maggie May

# All the things he said to me

# And all the things I heard

# I had a point to prove, you know what

# I will climb this mountain

# With this God-given gift

# If it's the last thing that I do

# And I remember thinking

# They can't stop me now The world is waiting

# It's my turn to stand out in the crowd

# They can't stop me now

# The tide is turning

# I'm gonna make you proud

# So proud, so proud

# They can't stop me now The world is waiting

# It's my turn to stand out in the crowd

# They can't stop me now

# The tide is turning

# I'm gonna make you proud

# Born to ramble

# Born to sing

# In a new world of rock'n'roll

# One man in particular

# Filled my heart with pride

# And he fired up my soul

# Oh, yeah! #

This is the good bit!

# Thanks for the faith

# Thanks for the patience

# Thanks for the helping hand

# Thanks for the love

# Thanks for the guidance

# Thanks for the tartan pride

# Oh, yeah!

# They can't stop me now

# The world is waiting

# It's my turn to stand out in the crowd

# They can't stop me now

# The tide is turning

# I'm gonna make you proud

-# They can't stop me now

-So proud, so proud

# The world is waiting

# It's my turn to stand out in the crowd

# They can't stop me now

# The tide is turning

# I'm gonna make you proud

# I'm gonna make you proud

# I'm gonna make you proud. #

CHEERING