Released: August 15, 1975
Songwriter: Rod Stewart Jesse Ed Davis
Producer: Tom Dowd
[Intro]
Aw yeah
[Verse 1]
Oh, didn't I mess around like ev'rybody did?
I said, "Woman, you're foolin' around with a man that just don't fit"
I said, "I'd better get along before I get right under your skin"
Remember the song, wasn't it fun?
'Cause it was just one of those things
[Chorus]
But it was alright for an hour, it was alright for a day
But it did not last, it did not last 'til the weekend
And I packed my bags and moved right away
[Verse 2]
I said goodbye to money, I don't owe no alimony
I paid my dues and payroll cues, gonna leave it all up to you
I'll take my dog and my car, the best friends I've found so far
And I'll keep goin' with the mornin' sun, singin' the same old song
[Chorus]
But it was alright for an hour, it was alright for a day
But it did not last, it did not last 'til the weekend
And I packed my bags and moved right away
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
Well I guess you needed somebody to open each and ev'ry door
With a large amount in the Swiss account to give you thrills and nothing more
But my Volkswagen is hardly a custom built Ferrari
You want first-class but I pump gas, so I'll get on out of your way
[Chorus]
But it was alright for an hour, it was alright for a day
But it did not last, it did not last 'til the weekend
And I packed my bags and moved right away
It was alright for an hour, it was alright for a day
But it did not last, it did not last 'til the weekend
And I packed my bags and moved right away
It was alright for an hour, it was alright for a day
But it did not last, it did not last 'til the weekend
And I packed my bags and moved right away
Aw yeah
[Verse 1]
Oh, didn't I mess around like ev'rybody did?
I said, "Woman, you're foolin' around with a man that just don't fit"
I said, "I'd better get along before I get right under your skin"
Remember the song, wasn't it fun?
'Cause it was just one of those things
[Chorus]
But it was alright for an hour, it was alright for a day
But it did not last, it did not last 'til the weekend
And I packed my bags and moved right away
[Verse 2]
I said goodbye to money, I don't owe no alimony
I paid my dues and payroll cues, gonna leave it all up to you
I'll take my dog and my car, the best friends I've found so far
And I'll keep goin' with the mornin' sun, singin' the same old song
[Chorus]
But it was alright for an hour, it was alright for a day
But it did not last, it did not last 'til the weekend
And I packed my bags and moved right away
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
Well I guess you needed somebody to open each and ev'ry door
With a large amount in the Swiss account to give you thrills and nothing more
But my Volkswagen is hardly a custom built Ferrari
You want first-class but I pump gas, so I'll get on out of your way
[Chorus]
But it was alright for an hour, it was alright for a day
But it did not last, it did not last 'til the weekend
And I packed my bags and moved right away
It was alright for an hour, it was alright for a day
But it did not last, it did not last 'til the weekend
And I packed my bags and moved right away
It was alright for an hour, it was alright for a day
But it did not last, it did not last 'til the weekend
And I packed my bags and moved right away
more tracks from the album
Atlantic Crossing (Deluxe Edition)
- I Don’t Want to Talk About It
- Return to Sender
- Three Time Loser (Alternative Version)
- Alright for an Hour (Alternative Version)
- All in the Name of Rock ‘N’ Roll (Alternative Version)
- Drift Away (Alternative Version)
- Too Much Noise (Early Version of ”Stone Cold Sober”)
- I Don’t Want to Talk About It (Alternative Version)
- It’s Not the Spotlight (Alternative Version)
- This Old Heart of Mine (Alternative Version)
- Still Love You (Alternative Version)
- Holy Cow
- Sailing (Alternate Version)
- To Love Somebody
- Sailing
- Skye Boat Song
- Drift Away
- This Old Heart of Mine
- Still Love You
- Alright for an Hour
- It’s Not the Spotlight
- Stone Cold Sober
- Three Time Loser
- All in the Name of Rock ‘N’ Roll
- Skye Boat Song (Alternative Version)
From the albums
- Atlantic Crossing (Deluxe Edition) (1975)
- Atlantic Crossing (1975)
- Trilogy: Three Classic Albums (2005)
Rod Stewart popular songs
- I Don’t Want to Talk About It
- Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?
- Young Turks
- Maggie May
- Forever Young
- Love Is
- Sailing
- Handbags & Gladrags
- Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? (Remix)
- Maggie May (Live)
- Faith of the Heart
- Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)
- Every Picture Tells a Story
- Have I Told You Lately
- Didn’t I
- Baby Jane
- You’re in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)
- The First Cut Is the Deepest
- When I Need You
- Downtown Train
- Rhythm of My Heart
- Hot Legs
- Ruby Tuesday
- Love Minus Zero/No Limit