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Nazareth
No Mean City
Simple Solution (Parts 1 & 2)

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Simple Solution (Parts 1 & 2)

Release date: 1978

From No Mean City

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About This Track

"Simple Solution (Parts 1 & 2)" is a track by Nazareth, from the album No Mean City, released 1978. Full lyrics are available below.

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Nazareth

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Simple Solution (Parts 1 & 2)

Old man, don't tell me what you did in your day

I got problems of my own on the way

Look you now, where the locusts abound

Pray they don't feed on your sacred ground

Vibrations, are burning my hands

Slowly walking, stalking through these crazy lands

Defending the need , with a silent scream

For another time, for another dream

Jack boots, hi-jacks

Ray guns and spray guns

We got them all for free

Look to the stars for consolation

It could be there lookin' at me

Send me down a simple solution

Send me down a simple solution now

No cheap-o, clean-o, is gonna wash away my blues

I need a good friend that's gonna give me some clues

The one on the cross, he almost had it boss

He was really spreading the news

Ah, but the destruct mutt, he's back in business

He ain't about to lose

Jackboots, hi-jacks

Ray guns and spray guns

We got them all for free

Look to the stars for consolation

It could be there lookin' at me

It could be there lookin' at me

Send me down a simple solution

Send me down a simple solution now

And the price for life

Is one more run on that chicken wire

As the hero returns

With eyes of fire

To another man to man, so damn you man!

Old man don't tell me what you did in your day

I got problems of my own on the way

So look you now, where the locusts abound

Pray they don't feed on your sacred ground

Jackboots, hi-jacks

Ray guns and spray guns

We got them all for free

Look to the stars for consolation

It could be there lookin' at me

It could be there lookin' at me

Send me down a simple solution

Send me down a simple solution now

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From No Mean City

1978

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Release year

1978

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—Just to Get Into It

—May the Sunshine

—No Mean City (Parts 1 & 2)

—Simple Solution (Parts 1 & 2)

—Whatever You Want Babe

—What’s in It for Me

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Better Leave It Out

Walk by Yourself

State of Emergency

Tattooed on My Brain

The Secret Is Out

What Goes Around

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Don't Throw Your Love Away

Silent Symphony

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Telegram - edit

Love Hurts (Studio Demo)

Games [Alternate Edit Version]

Silver Dollar Forger, Pt. 1-2

Last Exit Brooklyn (Edited Version)

Shape Of Things

Telegram (Parts 1-3)

Do You Think About It (EP Single B-Side)

No Mean City, Pts. 1 & 2

Simple Solution

Shapes Of Things

Winner Of The Night

All Night Radio

Silver Dollar Forger

Rain On My Window

Black Hearted Woman

Tell Me That You Love Me

Silver Dollar Forger, Pts. 1 & 2

No Mean City, Part 1 & 2

Rock 'n' Roll Telephone

Wanna Feel Good?

Winter Sunlight

One Set of Bones

Punch a Hole in the Sky

God of the Mountain

No Mean Monster

Watch Your Back

Big Dog's Gonna Howl

When Jesus Comes to Save the World Again

Day at the Beach

Keep On Travellin'

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This Flight Tonight [Homecoming]

Whiskey Drinkin' Woman [Homecoming]

Bad Bad Boy [Homecoming]

Broken Down Angel [Homecoming]

Walk by Yourself [Homecoming]

When the Lights Come Down [Homecoming]

Dream On [Homecoming]

Simple Solution [Homecoming]

Heart's Grown Cold [Homecoming]

Holiday [Homecoming]

Hair of the Dog [Homecoming]

My White Bicycle [Homecoming]

Razamanaz [Homecoming]

Love Hurts [Homecoming]

Miss Misery [Homecoming]

Love Leads to Madness [Alternate Extended Version]

Party in the Kremlin

Nothing So Good

May Heaven Keep You

Robber and the Roadie

God Save the South

Light Comes Down

Love Hurts (Rock Orchestra Version)

Bring It On Home to Mama

Stand by Your Beds

Let Me Be Your Dog

You Had It Comin’

Can’t Shake Those Shakes

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Right Between the Eyes

Thinkin' Man's Nightmare

Keeping Our Love Alive

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Sweetheart Tree

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Road to Nowhere

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Love of Freedom

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Rain on the Window

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We Are the People

Let Me Be Your Leader

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Dressed to Kill

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Talkin' 'Bout Love

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All the King’s Horses

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Born Under the Wrong Sign

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Nazareth — Push

Nazareth — Rubik's Romance

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Nazareth — You Call Me

Nazareth — Pole to Pole

Nazareth — Change

Nazareth — Don't Throw Your Love Away

Nazareth — Silent Symphony

Nazareth — Colors

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Nazareth — Hair of the dog (original studio demo)

Nazareth — Telegram - edit

Nazareth — Love Hurts (Studio Demo)

Nazareth — Games [Alternate Edit Version]

Nazareth — Silver Dollar Forger, Pt. 1-2

Nazareth — Last Exit Brooklyn (Edited Version)

Nazareth — Java Blues

Nazareth — Shape Of Things

Nazareth — Telegram (Parts 1-3)

Nazareth — Do You Think About It (EP Single B-Side)

Nazareth — No Mean City, Pts. 1 & 2

Nazareth — Simple Solution

Nazareth — Ain't Got You

Nazareth — Shapes Of Things

Nazareth — Paper Sun

Nazareth — Winner Of The Night

Nazareth — Cocaine (live)

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Nazareth — No Mean City

Nazareth — Rain On My Window

Nazareth — Black Hearted Woman

Nazareth — Goin' Down

Nazareth — Tell Me That You Love Me

Nazareth — Tush

Nazareth — Silver Dollar Forger, Pts. 1 & 2

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Nazareth — Rock 'n' Roll Telephone

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Nazareth — Wanna Feel Good?

Nazareth — Winter Sunlight

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Nazareth — Talk Talk

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Nazareth — Love Hurts (Rock Orchestra Version)

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Nazareth — Steamroller

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Nazareth — Stand by Your Beds

Nazareth — Let Me Be Your Dog

Nazareth — You Had It Comin’

Nazareth — Move Me

Nazareth — Can’t Shake Those Shakes

Nazareth — Rip It Up

Nazareth — Crack Me Up

Nazareth — Burning Down

Nazareth — Do You Wanna Play House

Nazareth — Cover Your Heart

Nazareth — Right Between the Eyes

Nazareth — Thinkin' Man's Nightmare

Nazareth — Hire and Fire

Nazareth — Cry Wolf

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Nazareth — Lap of Luxury

Nazareth — The Rowan Tree/Tell Me That You Love Me

Nazareth — Every Time It Rains

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Nazareth — Helpless

Nazareth — We Are Animals

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Nazareth — Piece of My Heart

Nazareth — Trouble

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Nazareth — Girls

Nazareth — Donna - Get Off That Crack

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Nazareth — The Key

Nazareth — Hang On to a Dream

Nazareth — Winner on the Night

Nazareth — Cinema

Nazareth — Just Another Heartache

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Nazareth — Other Side of You

Nazareth — White Boy

Nazareth — Salty Salty

Nazareth — A Veteran's Song

Nazareth — Hit the Fan

Nazareth — One from the Heart

Nazareth — You Don’t Believe in Us

Nazareth — Sweetheart Tree

Nazareth — Moondance

Nazareth — This Month's Messiah

Nazareth — Road to Nowhere

Nazareth — Do You Think About It

Nazareth — Last Exit Brooklyn

Nazareth — Ruby Tuesday

Nazareth — Party Down

Nazareth — Love of Freedom

Nazareth — Backroom Boys

Nazareth — Where Are You Now

Nazareth — Rain on the Window

Nazareth — Milk and Honey

Nazareth — Whippin' Boy

Nazareth — Rags to Riches

Nazareth — Why Don’t You Read the Book

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Nazareth — Local Still

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Nazareth — Dream On

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Nazareth — Every Young Man's Dream

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Nazareth — Another Year

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Nazareth — Fallen Angel

Nazareth — Holiday

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Nazareth — Showdown at the Border

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Nazareth — I Want to Do Everything for You (Live)

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Nazareth — No Mean City (Parts 1 & 2) (from No Mean City)

Nazareth — Star (from No Mean City)

Nazareth — Whatever You Want Babe (from No Mean City)

Nazareth — Gimme What's Mine

Nazareth — New York Broken Toy

Nazareth — Busted

Nazareth — Revenge Is Sweet

Nazareth — Shot Me Down

Nazareth — All the King’s Horses

Nazareth — Kentucky Fried Blues

Nazareth — Expect No Mercy

Nazareth — Gone Dead Train

Nazareth — Place in Your Heart

Nazareth — Greens

Nazareth — Desolation Road

Nazareth — Waiting for the Man

Nazareth — Wild Honey

Nazareth — Flying

Nazareth — Born to Love

Nazareth — I Don’t Want to Go On Without You

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Nazareth — I Want to Do Everything for You

Nazareth — Good Love

Nazareth — Vancouver Shakedown

Nazareth — Vicki

Nazareth — Loretta

Nazareth — Born Under the Wrong Sign

Nazareth — Carry Out Feelings

Nazareth — Homesick Again

Nazareth — You’re the Violin

Nazareth — Lift the Lid

Nazareth — Telegram

Nazareth — Down Home Girl

Nazareth — Holy Roller

Nazareth — Railroad Boy

Nazareth — Beggar's Day

Nazareth — Please Don't Judas Me

Nazareth — Rose in the Heather

Nazareth — Guilty

Nazareth — Changin' Times

Nazareth — Whiskey Drinkin' Woman

Nazareth — Miss Misery

Nazareth — Hair of the Dog

Nazareth — Holy Roller / Railroad Boy

Nazareth — Down

Nazareth — Love Hurts

Nazareth — My White Bicycle

Nazareth — Light My Way

Nazareth — Shapes of Things/Space Safari

Nazareth — Silver Dollar Forger (Parts 1 and 2)

Nazareth — Loved and Lost

Nazareth — Shanghai’d in Shanghai

Nazareth — Glad When You're Gone

Nazareth — Sunshine

Nazareth — Jet Lag

Nazareth — Love Hurts / Down

Nazareth — The Ballad of Hollis Brown

Nazareth — Teenage Nervous Breakdown

Nazareth — Go Down Fighting

Nazareth — Turn on Your Receiver

Nazareth — Child in the Sun

Nazareth — Not Faking It

Nazareth — Free Wheeler

Nazareth — Bad Bad Boy

Nazareth — Night Woman

Nazareth — Vigilante Man

Nazareth — Alcatraz

Nazareth — Sold My Soul

Nazareth — Too Bad Too Sad

Nazareth — Razamanaz

Nazareth — Woke Up This Morning

Nazareth — Broken Down Angel

Nazareth — Hard Living

Nazareth — Spinning Top

Nazareth — If You See My Baby

Nazareth — Called Her Name

Nazareth — Cat's Eye, Apple Pie

Nazareth — Sad Song

Nazareth — I Will Not Be Led

Nazareth — Love, Now You're Gone

Nazareth — 1692 (Glen Coe Massacre)

Nazareth — In My Time

Nazareth — Fool About You

Nazareth — Madelaine

Nazareth — Friends

Nazareth — King Is Dead

Nazareth — Country Girl

Nazareth — Morning Dew

Nazareth — Witchdoctor Woman

Nazareth — Dear John

Nazareth — Fat Man

Nazareth — Empty Arms, Empty Heart

Nazareth — I Had a Dream

Nazareth — Red Light Lady

Nazareth — This Flight Tonight

Nazareth — Live & Loose

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