"REO Speedwagon" (1971) [lyrics]
"R.E.O / T.W.O." (1972) [lyrics]
"Ridin' The Storm Out" (1973) [lyrics]
"Lost In A Dream" (1974) [lyrics]
"This Time We Mean It" (1975) [lyrics]
"R.E.O." (1976) [lyrics]
"You Can Tune A Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish" (1978) [lyrics]
"Nine Lives" (1979) [lyrics]
"Hi Infidelity" (1980) [lyrics]
"Good Trouble" (1982) [lyrics]
"Wheels Are Turnin'" (1984) [lyrics]
"Life As We Know It" (1987) [lyrics]
"The Earth, A Small Man, His Dog And A Chicken" (1990) [lyrics]
"Building The Bridge" (1996) [lyrics]
"The Ballads" (1999) [lyrics]

"157 Riverside Avenue"

   
We flew into town on Sunday, had to find a place by Monday
Tried Bridgeport and Westport, 'til we found a place that we thought would do
157 Riverside Avenue.
Saugatuck River's flowin', Mother nature's colors were showin'
So cold, so rainy, we couldn't help feelin' blue
Not enough time, too many things to do.

We met a young girl on Main street, wanted to just pass her by
She was homely, so lonely, She said, "Can I make love to you."
We shouted 157 Riverside Avenue.

It's over, Miss Lena, we're leaving. Such a pleasant stay, I must say.
So nice, so easy, we hate to say goodbye to you
At 157 Riverside Avenue.

"Anti Establishment Man"

   
Standing by the roadside
Old newspaper in my hand.
Reading yesterday's headlines,
Nothing new, I said it's all the same.
Everywhere!
I'm the fool of the year and I've been waiting
Twenty five years of anticipating
I've seen changes in my land

People I'm here to tell you,
I've been around since the world began.
Well, Mr. Politician, reform me if you can,
I'm an anti-establishment man.

I'm tired of your treating
All of my children the same.
Everywhere!
Spending all that money
On a stupid war in Vietnam
(When we need it at home)

People I'm here to tell you,
I think it's 'bout time that the world began (all over!)
Well, Mr. Politician, reform me if you can,
I'm an anti-establishment man.

"Lay Me Down"

   
I've played your game
And I've played it well.
I'll be another fool
To hang upon your wall.
I laid my heart out
Like an open book.
It's a simple thing and don't take much
To crack it open and bleed.
Lay me down.
Lay me down when you're through with me.
Lay me down.
Let me bleed when you're through with me.
Don't let me think you're wrong,
Just let me fall down.
I'll pick myself up again.
It's the kindest thing you can do for me,
So, woman, won't you lay me down.

I lied to myself.
Tried to believe in you.
But it's hard to rely on the ghost of someone you hardly even knew
You bring things out
Just to bring me down.
Then you twist them about and shove 'em in my face
Til my eyes can't see any good.
Yeah!

"Sophisticated Lady"

   
Sophisticated Lady try'n to change my ways
just because you're caught in your social maze.
I think it's about time that you realize
your money and your power's got you mesmerized.
Pretty Lady.
Get Back.
Pretty Lady.
Sophisticated lady put your blue jeans on,
you're anybody's baby when your mama's gone.

Educated lady with your college degree,
amazes me why you just can't see.
Learned ev'rything from your books on the shelf,
but no one ever taught you how to think for yourself.

Pretty Lady.
Get Back.
Pretty Lady.
Sophisticated lady put your blue jeans on,
you're anybody's baby when your mama's gone.

Sophisticated Lady , take a lesson from me,
I can help you be what you want to be.
Together we'll see many brighter days,
if it takes forever, gonna change your ways. Pretty Lady.
Sweet Thing.
Pretty Lady.
Sophisticated lady put your blue jeans on,
you're anybody's baby when your mama's gone.

"5 Men Were Killed Today"

   
Five men were killed today,
Leaving five wives as widows.
Six men they tried to kill.
Maybe one will live to raise his son.
I've tried so hard
To tell you what went wrong.
Been fighting for so many years
For something so very wrong.
When will man ever learn
That happiness is his to be earned?

"Dead At Last"

   
'Cos I'll start by working, while we're calling a kind of dead
Torn by the curtains of our building shows no less...aaaahh!!!

Sunny (?) had a funny hair unto this lonely room so sad and ?????
Violet eyes are staring, voices calling makes you free...aaaahh!!!

Freedom [35x]

"Let Me Ride"

   
I've been on the road now for a day and a night
I've been lonesome and hungry for miles
I've seen how you people been lookin your lies
I'm gonna kill y'all with your own smiles
But I wish that y'all could get a look at the news
And see what the man's puttin down
Well I gotta hold a one yesterday night
And they threw me outta this town, oh yeah
Well it's gonna be awhile before I get home
But when I do that's the end of my roamin
Cause I've been gone a lifetime and I can't believe
That the people I trust still can deceive

By the time I get back here things have to change
Cause if they don't there's gonna be alot of strange
Lookin people marchin round, clappin their hands
And they won't stop till everyone understands

Oh yeah
Let me ride, let me ride
Let me ride now, let me ride now, yeah

Livin's just like sleepin
Why is life not like a dream
Now the dawn is weepin
Another sunlight sees
Oh I've been here too long now
I got to go outside
Ya people gotta let me ride

Let me ride, ride, ride
I got to feel free inside [4x]

[Solo]

Ya people gotta let me ride
Let me ride, ride, ride
I gotta feel free inside [4x]

"How The Story Goes"

   
Telephone girl talkin to her mother's voice
Yet she knows these days will soon be gone
Cadillac crews take the band away tonight
Ain't it funny how the story goes
It's a dream I had playin music in my band
It's a dream I had to be happy with the woman I love
Well if dreams came true
And they definitely do
For sayin I'm a fool
Ain't it funny how the story goes
Ain't it funny how the story goes
Hollywood queen lookin from her lacy tomb
It's strange to know that I can laugh at you
Flash guitar instead of an architects tool
Ain't it funny how the story goes
It's a dream I had playin music in a band
It's a dream I had to be happy with the woman I love
But if dreams came true
And they definitely do
For sayin I'm a fool
Ain't it funny how the story goes
Ain't it funny how the story goes

[Solo]
[Chorus]

"Little Queenie"

   
I got lumps in my throat
When I saw her comin down the aisle
I got the wiggles in my knees
When she looked at me and sweetly smiled
Well there she is again
Standin over by the record machine
Well she looks like a model
On the cover of a magazine
But she's too cute
To be a minute over seventeen
Meanwhile I was thinkin

Well if she's in the mood
No need to break it
I got the chance and I oughta take it
If she can dance we can make it
C'mon queenie let's shake it

I said go, go, go, little queenie
I said go, go, go, little queenie
I said go, go, go, little queenie

Won't someone tell me
Who's the queen standin over by the record machine
Well she looks like a model
On the cover of a magazine
But she's too cute
To be a minute over seventeen

I said go, go, go, little queenie [3x]

[Solo]

Meanwhile, I was still thinkin, hmmmm,
Well if it's a slow one
We'll omit it
If it's a rocker, then we'll get it
If it's a good one, she'll admit it
C'mon queenie, let's get with it

I said go, go, go, little queenie [3x]
[Solo]
I said go, go, go, little queenie [3x]