What you gonna do
What you gonna do about me
What you gonna do
What you gonna do about me, oh
You used to bury me, way underground
I thought it had to be this way
But I've been watching, watching you
And I get smarter every day
Take the voices from your mouth
I got the key to this door
I've learned to work the new machines
And I'm not afraid anymore
I'm not saying
What you gonna do, hey there
What you gonna do about me, yeah
What you gonna do, oh
What you gonna do about me, oh
You've been stealing all the air
And you've been using all the sound
But I made a deal with the ocean
I made a deal with the ground
I say, what you gonna do
Oh, what you gonna do about, about, about, hey
What you gonna do
What you gonna do about me, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I am riding on the bus
I am working at my job
I am calling out your name
I am standing at your door
I am counting up the money
I am carrying up my child
I am coming down your driveway
I am giving you a chance
And I say
What you gonna do, hey there
What you gonna do about me, yeah
What you gonna do, oh
And what you gonna do about me, oh
Did you slip on that last step
Was it just too steep a climb
Don't look down - just hold on tight now
Put your hand in mine
These strong winds can blow you over
And the air is so damn thin
The hardest part is to begin now
Put your hand in mine
Put your hand in mine
Put your hand in mine
Put your hand in mine
Did your words freeze on your breath
Did your thoughts get trapped inside
You know talk's so overrated
Put your hand in mine
Put your hand in mine
Put your hand in mine
Put your hand in mine
We may be walkin'
For a long long time
Put your hand in mine
If we reach out for each other
We can build upon our love
It's so close now I can feel it
I look at him and he looks at me
In his eyes I see the sea
Don't see what he sees in a girl like me
He says he loves me
His eyes, his eyes
His eyes are a blue million miles
His eyes, his eyes
His eyes are a blue million miles
Far as I can see, he loves me
His eyes, his eyes
His eyes are a blue million miles
His eyes, his eyes
His eyes are a blue million miles
His eyes, his eyes
His eyes are a blue million miles
Far as I can see, he loves me
Yeah, his eyes, his eyes
His eyes are a blue million miles
His eyes, his eyes
His eyes are a blue million miles
I look at him and he looks at me
In his eyes I see the sea
Don't see what he sees in a girl like me
He says he loves me
His eyes, his eyes
His eyes are a blue million miles
His eyes, his eyes
His eyes are a blue million miles
His eyes, his eyes
His eyes are a blue million miles
Get up Jack, crack your head
Sweatin' whiskey in my bed
Ain't you heard a word I've said
Get up Jack
Get up Jack, read the news
See if you can tie your shoes
Find another friend to use
Get up Jack, get up Jack
And come down, come down
Long enough to see my face
Come down, come down
Get up Jack, Jack
Get up Jack, run and hide
Tell us all how hard you tried
Burn your bridges, drown your pride
And get up Jack
And get up Jack and crack your head
It's been so long since I fed
You ain't heard a word I've said
Get up Jack, get up, get up now
And come down, come down
Long enough to see my face
Come down, down, down
Get up Jack, Jack
If I came in a bottle
It was a mighty good year
How come I don't get you high
How come you're still here
God, you were so beautiful
I used to only watch you sleep
God, God so beautiful
Too much promise to keep, now now
Get up Jack and go to hell
Baby I can taste the smell
Wish I didn't, truth to tell
Know you, know you so damn well
Get up Jack
Get up Jack, get up now now now now
Come down, down, down, down, down
Down, down, down, down, down, down
Down, down, down, down, down, down
Come down, down, down, down, down
Down, down, down, down, down, down
Down, down
Comin' out of the window
Watchin' down from the wall
Billie listens to your heartbeat
Floatin' down the hall, floatin' down the hall
You think my eyes are covered over
You think my heart has crawled away
Billie listens to your heartbeat
When I don't know what to say
I meant to be your drivin' wheel
I meant to be your swing
If I had a tongue like that
I would keep you safe, I would keep you safe
I would keep you safe from everything
I made a deal with the ocean
I made a deal with the ground
Billie listens to your heartbeat
When I'm not around
When I'm not around
I have stood upon the mountain
I have seen the other side
I have wrestled with the devil
I have wrestled with my pride
I have been down in the valley
I have stood out in the rain
I have seen my love forsaken
Felt the pleasure and the pain
There's one thing that's for certain
One chord that rings true
It's a mighty world we live in
But the truth is, we're only passin' thru
I have cried in tears of sadness
I have cried in tears of joy
I have found a life worth livin'
From the peace within the noise
I have turned by back on hatred
Lyin', prejudice and greed
Found the future in the present
Found hope within a seed
There's one thing that's for certain
One chord that rings true
It's a mighty world we live in
But the truth is, we're only passin' thru
Passin' thru, passin' thru
It's a mighty world we live in
but the truth is
We're only passin' thru
I have seen my bucket empty
I have seen my well run dry
But there's water down the road
And I'm only goin' by
If I'm settin' on dead ready
When my chances come and knock
I'll make it where I'm going
I'll be tall just like a rock
There's one thing that's for certain
One chord that rings true
It's a wicked world we live in
But the truth is, we're only passin' thru
Passin' thru, passin' thru
It's a mighty world we live in
but the truth is
We're only passin' thru
Yea, it's a mighty world we live in
but the truth is
We're only passin' thru
On Raglan Road on an Autumn day
I saw her first and knew,
that her dark hair would weave a snare
that I might one day rue.
I saw the danger yet I walked
along the enchanted way.
And I said, "Let grief be a fallen leaf
at the dawning of the day."
On Grafton Street in November,
we tripped lightly along the ledge
of a deep ravine where can be seen
the worth of passions pledge.
The Queen of Hearts still making tarts
and I not making hay.
Oh, I loved too much by such, by such
is happiness blown away.
I gave her gifts of the mind,
I gave her the secret sign that's known
to the artists who have known the true
gods of sound and stone.
And word and tint I did not stint
for I gave her poems to say.
With her own name there and her dark hair,
like clouds over fields of May.
On a quiet street where old ghosts meet
I see her walking now,
away from me so hurriedly.
My reason must allow,
that I had ruled, not as I should.
A creature made of clay.
When the angel woos the clay,
Chorus:
Up along the Ohio River
Over on the old Kentucky shore
Once dwelt a fair young maiden
Now there's a crepe upon her door
I walk down to the graveyard
Down by the Church of God
I looked upon the one I love
That would soon be covered with sod
Repeat Chorus
The angels took my darlin'
God needed the one I love
I reached the old Kentucky shore too late
I'll make my plans and meet her up above
The last words that my darling spoke
Was tell the one I love goodbye
I'd like to see him before I go
But I'll meet him in the sky
Crimson flames tied through my ears
Rollin' high and mighty traps
Pounced with fire on flaming roads
Using ideas as my maps
"We'll meet on edges, soon," said I
Proud 'neath heated brow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
'm younger than that now.
Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth
"Rip down all hate," I screamed
Lies that life is black and white
Spoke from my skull. I dreamed
Romantic facts of musketeers
Foundationed deep, somehow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
I'm younger than that now.
Girls' faces formed the forward path
From phony jealousy
To memorizing politics
Of ancient history
Flung down by corpse evangelists
Unthought of, though, somehow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
I'm younger than that now.
A self-ordained professor's tongue
Too serious to fool
Spouted out that liberty
Is just equality in school
"Equality," I spoke the word
As if a wedding vow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
I'm younger than that now.
In a soldier's stance, I aimed my hand
At the mongrel dogs who teach
Fearing not that I'd become my enemy
In the instant that I preach
My pathway led by confusion boats
Mutiny from stern to bow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
I'm younger than that now.
Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats
Too noble to neglect
Deceived me into thinking
I had something to protect
Good and bad, I define these terms
Quite clear, no doubt, somehow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
Far between sundown's finish an' midnight's broken toll
We ducked inside the doorway, thunder crashing
As majestic bells of bolts struck shadows in the sounds
Seeming to be the chimes of freedom flashing
Flashing for the warriors whose strength is not to fight
Flashing for the refugees on the unarmed road of flight
An' for each an' ev'ry underdog soldier in the night
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.
In the city's melted furnace, unexpectedly we watched
With faces hidden while the walls were tightening
As the echo of the wedding bells before the blowin' rain
Dissolved into the bells of the lightning
Tolling for the rebel, tolling for the rake
Tolling for the luckless, the abandoned an' forsaked
Tolling for the outcast, burnin' constantly at stake
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.
Through the mad mystic hammering of the wild ripping hail
The sky cracked its poems in naked wonder
That the clinging of the church bells blew far into the breeze
Leaving only bells of lightning and its thunder
Striking for the gentle, striking for the kind
Striking for the guardians and protectors of the mind
An' the unpawned painter behind beyond his rightful time
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.
Through the wild cathedral evening the rain unraveled tales
For the disrobed faceless forms of no position
Tolling for the tongues with no place to bring their thoughts
All down in taken-for-granted situations
Tolling for the deaf an' blind, tolling for the mute
Tolling for the mistreated, mateless mother, the mistitled prostitute
For the misdemeanor outlaw, chased an' cheated by pursuit
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.
Even though a cloud's white curtain in a far-off corner flashed
An' the hypnotic splattered mist was slowly lifting
Electric light still struck like arrows, fired but for the ones
Condemned to drift or else be kept from drifting
Tolling for the searching ones, on their speechless, seeking trail
For the lonesome-hearted lovers with too personal a tale
An' for each unharmful, gentle soul misplaced inside a jail
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.
Starry-eyed an' laughing as I recall when we were caught
Trapped by no track of hours for they hanged suspended
As we listened one last time an' we watched with one last look
Spellbound an' swallowed 'til the tolling ended
Tolling for the aching ones whose wounds cannot be nursed
For the countless confused, accused, misused, strung-out ones an' worse
An' for every hung-up person in the whole wide universe
Tender as a peach
Someone I would love to teach
Started as a joke
Just a lazy little poke
Woke up one sweet day
And I could not run away
This will start to bleed
No I cannot take this speed
I'm in Baby Love (Baby Love)
I'm in Baby Love (Baby Love)
I'm in Baby Love, yeah
It was innocent
Wonder where your manners went
How was I to know
It would never let me go
Drag it through the mud
Will we ever see some blood
You would try to leave
Something I cannot conceive
I'm in Baby Love (Baby Love)
I'm in Baby Love (Baby Love)
I'm in Baby Love, yeah
Take me in your fist
Prove to me that you exist
Be as plain as day
Watch my body melt away
There in black and white
Victim of my appetite
Make me understand
Do you want to be the man?
I'm in Baby Love (Baby Love)
I'm in Baby Love (Baby Love)
I'm in Baby Love, yeah
I'm in Baby Love (Baby Love)
I'm in Baby Love (Baby Love)
I'm in Baby Love, yeah
(Baby Love)
(Baby Love)
I'm in a baby love and a'
I'm in a baby love and a'
I'm in a baby love again
Tonight I feel so weak
But all in love is fair
I turn the other cheek
And I feel the slap and the sting of the foul night air
And I know you're only human
And I haven't got talking room
But tonight while I'm making excuses
Some other woman is making love to you
(chorus)
Somebody bring me some water
Can't you see I'm burning alive
Can't you my baby's got another lover
I don't know how I'm gonna survive
Somebody bring me some water
Can't you see it's out of control
Baby's got my heart and my baby's got my mind
But tonight the sweet Devil, sweet Devil's got my soul
When will this aching pass
When will this night be through
I want to hear the breaking glass
I only feel the steel of the red hot truth
And I'd do anything to get it out of my mind
I need some insanity that temporary kind
Tell me how will I ever be the same
When I know that woman is whispering your name
(chorus)
Oh, Devil's got my soul
Tonight is dying
I need some company
Let's go to your place
Call it serility
I won't talk about your drinking
You won't tell me "comb my hair"
We won't say nothing
we'll just sit there and stare
Into the beautiful side of madness
Into the beautiful side of madness
Oh, won't you take me back again
We lost a lot of laughter
We lost a lot of nights
But I ain't seen nobody
Oh, that always get it right
I like your eyes
Just a little madness in the blue
And I know I'm goin' crazy
But at least I'm going there with you
Into the beautiful side of madness
Oh yes, into the beautiful side of madness
Oh, won't you take me back again
You're sucha languid lover
Ohhh, it's a long slow ride
Nobody knows, nobody knows
Nobody knows, nobody knows
How beautiful it is on the other side
Into the beautiful side of madness
Oh yes, into the beautiful side of madness
Oh, won't you take me back again?
Won't you take me back again?
At last my love has come along
My lonely days are over
And life is like a song
At last the skies above are blue
My heart was wrapped in clover
The night I looked at you
I found a dream that I could speak to
A dream that I could call my own
I found a thrill to press my cheek to
A thrill that I have never, never known
Oh, you smiled
And then the spell was cast
And here we are in heaven
For you are mine at last
You are mine at last
You are mine at last
Why do we isolate each other
All the walls we build between us
Make it so hard to be together
How can we tear at one another
When the thing we have in common
Is an uncommon love
Walls can fall
Tears can mend
Why can't we reach across the line
And touch each other
Here on two sides of the truth
We've a middle ground in common
An uncommon love
Me - I get lost in my emotions
And I say things in the moment
And sometimes I hurt you
You - think it's a hopeless situation
But there's something you've forgotten
We share an uncommon love
Time can heal
And hearts can mend
So why can't we reach across the line
And touch each other
When will we ever learn
That the thing we have in common
Is an uncommon love
The sun is warm as the day is long
Just got the feeling I can do no wrong
Got a long way to walk can't afford my next meal,
I tell a few lies, but my hunger is real and it...
Chorus:
won't mean thing in 100 years
no it won't mean a thing in 100 years
Mademoiselle tell me do you play
well if she shakes her head well
then that's OK
I watch her walk away in haste
there's just no accounting for
some people's taste
and it...
Chorus
Big angry men in the doorway there
Just keep on walking like I don't care
Why you giving such an evil eye
could it be you were ignored by
every passerby
and it...
Chorus
Play in the park for tobacco and food
then I excuse myself but they think I'm rude
Tourist don't want me to end his show
but this colorful attraction got
place to go
and it...
Chorus
Sit at the pier watch the sun go down
Another lost little boy in a big old town
I want to laugh, I want to cry
but no matter how hard I may try
There is safety in numbers
And people and things
And in big wads of money
And great big platinum rings
And no one will ever
Get near me again
There is safety in numbers
In numbers my friend
There are people who watch you
In your windows at night
And they follow your movements
In the cold fluorescent light
They wait for their moment
They'll get you in the end
There is safety in numbers
In numbers my friend
I was just like you before
You want somebody to love
Since that day I learned the score
I know how to rise above
There is shelter in power
And promises of pain a
Ad in lovers and lawyers
And dogs pulling at the chain
And no one will ever
Get near me again
There is safety in numbers
In numbers my friend
You will find me well protected
When you come around today
So remember what I told you
And continue on your way
'Cause no one will ever
Get near me again
There is safety in numbers
In numbers my friend
There is safety in numbers
In numbers my friend
There is safety in numbers
In numbers my friend
Well, I think it's time to get ready
To realize just what I have found
I have been only half of what I am
It's all clear to me now
My heart is on fire
My soul's like a wheel that's turning
My love is alive
My love is alive
There's something inside that's making me crazy
I'll try to keep it together
But what I say may not happen the same way
Now could mean forever
My heart is on fire
My soul's like a wheel that's turning
My love is alive
My love is alive
My love is alive
My love is alive
Is there a movie inside my mind
Reflecting the love that you shine on me
But hold on now to that feeling
Let it go, let it grow
My heart is on fire
My soul's like a wheel that's turning
My love is alive
My love is alive
My heart is on fire
My soul's like a wheel that's turning
My love is alive
My love is alive
I am a genius, I am a diamond
My pretty tongue gives you a freezer burn
I think above you in three dimensions
Come in here, you can never return
Like a hurricane
In the face of the wind and the rain
Like a hurricane
When you open you open a vein
I see your headlights across my ceiling
You are a puppet of a wish I made
They never touch me, they say I'm crazy
I was born from my mother's brain, my mother's brain
Like a hurricane
In the face of the wind and the rain
Like a hurricane
When you open you open a vein
You plant a seed in my mind
I walk around and I speak your message
For myself I don't know what to say
I walk around and I speak your message
Like a hurricane
In the face of the wind and the rain
Like a hurricane
When you open you open a vein
Give me more give me more Novocain
I dreamed about Ray Charles last night
And he could see just fine
Dreamed about Ray Charles last night
And he could see just fine, you know
I asked him for a lullaby
He said, "Honey, I don't sing no more"
No more, no more
No more, Ray don't sing no more
He said, "Since I got my eyesight back
My voice has just deserted me
No 'Georgia On My Mind' no more
I stay in bed with MTV"
Then Ray took his glasses off
And I could look inside his head
Flashing like a thunderstorm
I saw a shining spider web
Spider web, spider web
Spider web in Ray Charles' head
I dreamed about Ray Charles last night
He took me flying in the air
Showed me my own spider webs
Said, "Honey, you had best take care"
The world is made of spider webs
The threads are stuck to me and you
Be careful what you're wishing for
'Cause when you gain you just might lose"
You just might lose your
Spider web, spider web
Spider web, what Ray Charles said
When you're feelin' lonely
When you're hidin' in your bed
Don't forget your string of pearls
Don't forget your spider web
When I go to sleep tonight
Don't let me dream of brother Ray, no, no, no, don't
Don't get me wrong, I'm glad he sees
Just like him best the other way
Spider web, spider web
Spider web in Ray Charles' head
Oh spider web
Spider web in Ray Charles' head
Spider web
All I got's my spider web
Keepin' me alive
All I got's my spider web
Keepin' me alive
C'mon Ray
Well, I found him in Pensacola
In a trailer in the sand
The man from the picture
Creased and yellowed in my hand
Creased and yellowed in my hand
He was squinting and stubbled
And standing in the door
He said, "If you've come to take the car away
I don't have it anymore
I don't have it anymore"
He got the gospel on the radio
And the gospel on TV
He got all of the transcripts
Back to 1963
Back to 1963
He said, "I sold my blood for money
There wasn't any pain
But I just can't stand the feeling
It's in someone else's veins
It's in someone else's veins"
Momma took me aside
And she tried to change my mind
She said, "Don't waste your time in looking
There's nothing, nothing left to find
Nothing, nothing left to find"
So I left him in Pensacola
In a trailer in the sand
The man from the picture
Creased and yellowed in my hand
Creased and yellowed in my hand
Only you know and I know
All the love we've got to show
So don't refuse to believe it
By reading too many meanings
'Cause you know that I mean what I say
So don't go and take me the wrong way
You know you can't go on gettin' your own way
'Cause if you do, it's gonna get you someday
Now if I sing to mislead you
It's just my craziness comin' through
But when it comes down to just two
I ain't no crazier than you
'Cause you know that I mean what I say
So don't go and take me the wrong way
You know you can't go on gettin' your own way
'Cause if you do, it's gonna get you someday
Yeah, yeah, yeah, appear to be pleasin'
Oh no, no, not deceivin'
But it's hard to believe it
When you been so mistreated
'Cause you know that I mean what I say
So don't go and take me the wrong way
You know you can't go on gettin' your own way
'Cause if you do, it's gonna get you someday
Only you know and I know
Only you know and I know, oh yeah
[Incomprehensible]
Tell me why, tell me why, tell me why
Why can't we live together?
Tell me why, tell me why
Why can't we live together?
Everybody wants to live together
Why can't we be together?
No more war, no more war, no more war
Just a little peace
No more war, no more war
All we want is some peace in this world
Everybody wants to live together
Why can't we be together?
No matter, no matter what color
You are still my brother
I said no matter, no matter what color
You are still my brother
Everybody wants to live together
Why can't we be together?
Everybody wants to live
Everybody's got to be together
Everybody wants to live
Everybody's going to be together
Everybody's got to be together
Everybody wants to be together
I said no matter, no matter what color
You're still my brother
I said no matter, no matter what color
You're still my brother
Everybody wants to live together
Why can't we be together?
Gotta live together
Together
If God had a name what would it be?
And would you call it to His face?
If you were faced with Him in all His glory
What would you ask if you had just one question?
And yeah, yeah God is great
Yeah, yeah God is good
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make His way home
If God had a face what would it look like?
And would you want to see?
If seeing meant that you would have to believe
In things like Heaven and in Jesus and the Saints
And all the Prophets
And yeah, yeah God is great
Yeah, yeah God is good
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make His way home
Tryin' to make His way home
Back up to Heaven all alone
Nobody callin' on the phone
'Cept for the Pope maybe in Rome
Yeah, yeah God is great
Yeah, yeah God is good
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make His way home
Just tryin' to make His way home
Like a holy rolling stone
Back up to Heaven all alone
Just tryin' to make His way home
Nobody callin' on the phone
'Cept for the Pope maybe in Rome
These arms of mine
They are lonely, lonely and feeling blue
These arms of mine
They are yearning, yearning from wanting you
And if you would let them hold, hold you
Oh, how grateful I would be
These arms of mine
They are burning, burning from wanting you
These arms of mine
They are wanting, wanting, wanting to hold you
And if you would let them hold you
Oh, how grateful I would be
Come on, come on baby
Just be my man, just, just be my lover
'Cause I need me somebody to treat me right
And I need somebody to hold me tonight
And I need tender lip to kiss me tonight
These arms of mine
They are burning, burning from wanting you
Smiling faces sometimes
Pretend to be your friend
Smiling faces show no traces
Of the evil that lurks within
The truth is in the eyes
'Cause the eyes don't lie, Amen
Remember, a smile is just a frown turned upside down
My friend, so hear me when I'm saying
Smiling faces, smiling faces sometimes
They don't tell the truth
Smiling faces, smiling faces
Tell lies and I got proof
Beware, beware of the handshake that hides the snake
Beware, beware of the pat on the back, it just might hold you back
Jealousy, jelousy, misery, misery
Envy, envy, I tell you, you can't see behind
Smiling faces, smiling faces sometimes
They don't tell the truth
Smiling faces, smiling faces
Tell lies and I got proof
Your enemy won't do you no harm
'Cause you'll know where he's coming from
Don't let the handshake and the smile fool ya
Take my advice I'm only try' to school ya
Smiling faces, smiling faces sometimes
They don't tell the truth
Smiling faces, smiling faces
Tell lies and I got proof
Lies, lies, lies, lies, lies, lies
Don't be pulled in by the charm
A million dollar smile
Can be quiet constantly
Baby hair with a woman’s eyes
I can feel you watching in the night
All alone with me and were waiting for the sunlight
When I feel cold you warm me
When I feel I cant go on you come and hold me
Its you... and me forever
Sara smile
Wont you smile a while for me, Sara
If you feel like leaving you know you can go
But why dont you stay until tomorrow?
And if you want to be free, all you have to do is say so
When you feel cold, Ill warm you
And when you feel you cant go on, Ill come and hold you
Its you... and me forever
Sara smile
Wont you smile a while for me, Sara
Sara smile
Your memory comes back to me
to stangle me with its sweet taste
See God would never be so cruel
to make me live without your face
Now that I have made you crawl
It does you good to see me fall
Like poison apples from the tree
as heavy as a honey bee
(chorus)
Hallelujah
I gave you away so easily
It makes me wonder why
Moving through you every night
The lovely girls in dressed tight
The angels dancing on a pin
The people we are downing in
Like a needle going in
Into the shining city skin
Oh I recall the moment when you ruined me for other men
(chorus)
Hallelujah
I gave you away so easily
It makes me wonder why
(repeat)
If I die before you do
believe me I'll be haunting you
I'll come upon you while you sleep
to drown you in a kiss
So deep
L.A. proved too much for the man
So he's leavin' the life he's come to know
He said he's goin' back to find
Ooh, what's left of his world
The world he left behind Not so long ago
He's leaving
On that midnight train to Georgia
And he's goin' back
To a simpler place and time
And I'll be with him
On that midnight train to Georgia
I'd rather live in his world
Than live without him in mine
He kept dreamin'
That someday he'd be a star.
But he sure found out the hard way
That dreams don't always come true.
So he pawned all his hopes
And he even sold his old car
Bought a one way ticket back
To the life he once knew,
Oh yes he did,He said he would
And now he's leavin
On that midnight train to Georgia
He said he's goin' back
To a simpler place and time
I'll be with him
On that midnight train to Georgia
I'd rather live in his world
Than live without him in mine
Go, gonna board
Gonna board
Gonna board the midnight train.
Gotta go, gonna board
Gonna board
Don't ask her how she knows, but she knows
It's gonna be great
Don't ask her how she knows, but she knows
And she can't wait
Hey, hey, hey, flyaway
Hey, hey, hey, hey flyaway
Number one for takeoff
To that big drowning pool in the sky
Number one for takeoff
And her dress wavin' you goodbye
Hey, hey, hey, flyaway
Hey, hey, hey, hey flyaway
Gone up in rapture
Gone, see your mother
Take off your heavy head
Gone up in rapture
Life's better when you're dead
Bones light as eggshells
Look down on main street
See all the people run
Laugh if you want to
She's goin' to the sun
Hey, hey, hey, flyaway
Hey, hey, hey, hey flyaway, flyaway
Hey, flyaway
Oh, flyaway, flyaway
Why does it take so long for you to leave me once you've said goodbye?
I wish it could be over quickly, clean and painless and dry
But your kiss has left it's taste with me and your hands have left their mark
My ears are full of whispers and murmurs in the dark
Why does it take so long for you to leave me now that you're not here?
I wish that I could fight this feelin' and make you disappear
But my body has a memory and it holds you close within
The smell of you at midnight, the flavor of your skin
Now I feel your fingerprints on my heart
I thought that I could handle you, I thought I was so smart
I feel your fingerprints, nothin' I can do
Oh, ain't it touching how I can't get over you
I can't believe I can't forget you, you didn't matter that much
Is it gonna take another man to wash away your touch?
Now I feel your fingerprints on my heart
I thought that I could handle you, I thought I was so smart
Now I feel your fingerprints, nothin' I can do
Oh, ain't it touching how I can't get over you
Ain't it touching how I can't get over, can't get over you
Oh, ain't it touching how I can't get over you
Everybody is a star
Who can rain and chase the dust away
Everybody wants to shine
Ooh, come out on a cloudy day
Until the sun that loves you proud
Oh when the system tries to bring you down
Every hand to shine tonight
You don't need darkness to do what you think is right
Everybody is a star
I can feel it when you shine on me
And I love you for who you are
Not the one you feel you need to be
Ever catch a falling star
There ain't no stopping till it's in the ground
Everybody is a star
One big circle going round and round
The sun goes down too early
The wind goes down my back just like it owns me
I work my job, I get my check
I'm tryin' not to let myself get lonely
I'm just dreamin' about the day when I can
Show you all the love I've got for you
Oh yeah yeah yeah yeah
I used to hear my heart cry out, I used to feel it pound in me
I used to think it'd break me right in two
But now that seems so long ago
I'm feelin' like there's nothin' I can't do
I'm just dreamin' about the day when I can
Show you all the love I've got for you
I've got so for you
Sometimes I can see your face, taste your lovin' in my mouth
Baby I am comin' back for more
Can't you see me comin', can't you feel me comin'?
Can't you hear me knockin' on your door?
I'm just dreamin' about the day when I can
Show you all the love I've got for you
I'm just dreamin' about the day when I can
Show you all the love I've got for you
Oh, yeah
One more baby
Dreamin' about the day when I can
Show you all the love I've got for you
I've got so much love for you, baby
I've got so much love for you, baby
I've got so much love for you, baby
I've got so so much, yeah
I was struck down by your angel face
I had a father, I had a brother
I had a husband and I had a lover
I had a son, he filled me with wonder
But I was struck down by your angel face
I was a woman, I was a mother
Wake in a fever from what I've been under
You made my heart beat
Like God made the thunder
Said, I was struck down by your angel face
Oh, did I tell you? Did I bother to mention?
You're keeping me worried, building up tension
Spinning out of control
Don't trust my intention
Since I was struck down by your angel face
Said, I was struck down by your angel face
I was struck down by your angel face
Your angel face
Your angel face
Your angel face
Ain't no sunshine when he's gone
It's not warm when he's away
Ain't no sunshine when he's gone
And he’s always gone too long anytime he goes away
Wonder this time where he's gone
Wonder if he's gone to stay
Ain't no sunshine when he's gone
And this house just ain't no home
Anytime he goes away
And I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know
Hey I'll leave the young thing alone
But ain't no sunshine when he's gone
Ain't no sunshine when he's gone
Only darkness everyday
Ain't no sunshine when he's gone
And this house just ain't no home
Anytime he goes away
Anytime he goes away
Anytime he goes away
I can't laugh
I can't moan
I can't leave myself alone
After Jane
After Jane
I was hers
She was mine
We were together all the time
Oh, my Jane
Oh, my Jane
Maybe it's the right thing, and maybe it's wrong
You know I lay awake and wonder all night long
Maybe it's over and maybe we're free
You know this lonely feelin' is drownin' me
Will I rise up again?
Will I ever know a friend, like my Jane?
Oh, my Jane
Maybe it's the right thing and maybe it's wrong
You know I lay awake and wonder all night long
Maybe it's over and maybe it's not
You know this lonely feelin' is all I got
Will I rise up again?
Will I ever know a friend, like my Jane?
Oh, my Jane
After Jane
After Jane
Oh, my Jane
Oh, my Jane
You would make a mistake
If you think I'm not awake
I know what's goin' on
You've been lying to me
But I don't want to set you free
I know what's goin' on
I'm the one who makes you happy,
You got to know that for sure
(can't we give our love just one more try
Make it better than it was before)
Did you try to resist
Was she longing to be kissed
I know what's going on
Does she whisper does she sing
Does she say you're everything
I know what's going on
I will wait for this to end
Cause I know you'll need a friend
When at last she breaks your heart
Cause the only way to win
Is to get you back again
Until then I'll fall apart
I know what's going on
Alt verse
(You have changed who you are
The wind goes down my back just like it owns me
I work my job I get my check
I'm tryin' not to let myself get lonely
I'm just dreamin' about the day that I can
Show you all the love I've got for you
I used to hear my heart cry out
I used to feel it pound in me
I used to think It'd break me right in two
Now that seems so long ago
I'm feelin' like there's nothin' I can't do
I'm just dreamin' about the day when I can
Show you all the love I've got for you
Sometimes I can see your face
Taste your lovin' in my mouth
Baby I am comin' back for more
Can't you feel me comin'
Can't you see me comin'
Can't you hear me knockin' on your door?
I'm just dreamin' about the day when I can
Show you all the love I've got for you
As I walk this land with broken dreams
I have visions of many things
Love's happiness is just an illusion
Filled with sadness and confusion
What becomes of the brokenhearted
Who had love that's now departed?
I know, I've got to find
Some kind of peace of mind maybe
The fruits of love grow all around
But for me they come a tumblin' down
Every day heartaches grow a little stronger
I can't stand this pain much longer
I walk in shadows, searching for light
Cold and alone, no comfort in sight
Hoping and praying for someone to care
Always moving and goin' to where
What becomes of the broken hearted
Who had love that's now departed?
I know, I've got to find
Some kind of peace of mind maybe
I'm searching, though I don't succeed
But someone look, there's a growing need
Oh, he is lost, there's no place for beginning
All that's left is an unhappy ending
Now what's become of the brokenhearted
Who had love that's now departed?
I know, I've got to find
Some kind of peace of mind
I'll be searching everywhere
Just to find someone to care
I'll be looking everyday
I know, I'm gonna find a way
Nothing's gonna stop me now
I'll find a way somehow
I was a troubled soul
I had a worried mind
Drifting from place to place
I was the restless kind
Right there in front of me
Bright as the light of day
You saw a broken girl
You loved me anyway
And if I sprouted wings
I would not be amazed
'Cause faith is a mystery that rocks me
For days and days and day and days and
I could be in the street
I could be on a train
Or stuck in some doorway
Down in the pouring rain
Now there is not one place
That doesn't feel like home
No matter where I go
I know I'm not alone
I've never been so sure of love
I've never been so sure of love
And if I sprouted wings
I would not be amazed
'Cause faith is a mystery that rocks me
For days and days and days and days and
Oh, you can ask me once
And I will tell you twice
No one's convincing me
This isn't paradise
And if I cause you pain
I'd only hurt myself
'Cause we have a righteous love
I feel for no one else
I've never been so sure of love
I've never been so sure of love
I've never been so sure of love
I've never been so sure of love
I've never ever been so sure of love
Never, never, never
Where ya going to?
If you want me let me take you
Where ya going to?
If you want me let me take you
'Cause in my life
I got nothing to believe in
except for you
I got nothing to believe in
Whatcha looking for?
If you want it I will find it.
Yeah, whatcha looking for?
If you want me let me find it.
'Cause in my life
I got nothing to believe in
except for you
I got nothing to believe in
And I feel fine
I feel fine
Yeah I feel fine
I feel fine
'Cause in my life
I got nothing to believe in
except for you
I got nothing to believe in
except for you
I got nothing to believe in
I feel fine
Yeah I feel fine
I feel fine
I feel fine
Yeah I feel fine
Yeah I feel fine
I feel fine
Billy Ray was a preacher's son
And when his daddy would visit, he'd come along
When they gathered 'round and started talking
Cousin Billy would take me walking
Through the back yard, we'd go walking
Then he'd look into my eyes, Lord, knows to my surprise
The only boy who could ever reach me
Was the son of a preacher man
The only boy who could ever teach me
Was the son of a preacher man
He was, yes, he was, oh yes, he was
Being good isn't always easy
No matter how hard I tried
When he started sweet talking to me
He'd come and tell me everything is alright
He'd kiss and tell me everything is alright
Can I get away again tonight?
The only boy who could ever reach me
Was the son of a preacher man
The only boy who could ever teach me
Was the son of a preacher man
He was, yes, he was, oh yes, he was
How well I remember
The look that was in his eyes
Stealing kisses from me on the sly
Taking time to make time
Telling me that he's all mine
Learning from each others knowing
Looking to see how much we'd grown
The only boy who could ever move me
Was the son of a preacher man
The only boy who could ever groom me
Was the son of a preacher man
He was, yes, he was, oh yes, he was
I need a Ken doll pilot
with a sexy smile and a flying limousine
To pick me up, go the extra mile
and deliver me to the scene
I need five more hours in the average day
One to get the work done, four to play
Be a devil and angel
You know what I mean?
Stand back
Out of my way
Stand back
You're crowding my day
No time for good manners, do what I say
If you're not here to help
then you're just in the way
The road is littered with the faint of heart,
the fools who fell from stress
It's a fact of life that you can't catch up,
better learn how to love the mess
So I'll just kick back, ignore the noise,
have my way with the pretty boys,
What I dream at night
don't even try to guess
Stand back
Stand back
Out of my way
Stand back
Stand back
You're crowding my day
Now this is my time
to step up to the mike
Like rock'n'roll lightning
I'm ready to strike
Stand back
Stand back
Stand back
My reputation in the neighbourhood
is that I do my best when I'm up to no good
If you know me at all there's one thing you should have learned
Get close enough to me you'll be blistered or burned
Stand back
Out of my way
Stand back
You're crowding my day
Stand back
Stand back
Stand Back
Call me home, call me home
Baby, when you comin' home?
I can't stand it so alone
Rodeo
They all say they're proud of you
Though you're still the boy I knew
What has fightin' done to you?
Rodeo
I been dreamin', boy, since you been gone
'Bout a cowboy risin' with the dawn
It's just a dream but it keeps me hangin' on
Oh rodeo, you been gone too long
A hee
Yippee a yay, yippee a yo
A hee
Yippee a yay, yippee a yo
Up all night, I'll be here
Dancin' with my darkest fear
Whisperin' your home is here
Rodeo
Call me home, call me home
Baby, when you comin' home?
I can't stand it so alone
Rodeo
I been dreamin', boy, since you been gone
'Bout a soldier risin' with the dawn
It's just a dream but it keeps me hangin' on
Oh rodeo, you been gone too long
A hee
Yippee a yay, yippee a yo
A hee
Yippee a yay, yippee a yo
Rodeo, oh, rodeo
Oh, rodeo, oh
When you coming home?
When you coming home?
When you coming home?
Your memory comes back to me
To strangle me with its sweet taste
See God would never be so cruel
To make me like without your face
Now that I have made you crawl
And it does you good to see me fall
Like poison apples from the tree
As heavy as a honey bee
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah
I gave you away so easily
It makes me wonder why?
Moving through you every night
The lovely girls in dresses tight
The angels dancing on a pin
The people we are downing in
Like a needle going in
Into the shiny city skin
Oh I recall the moment when
You ruined me for other men
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah
I gave you away so easily
It makes me wonder why?
I don't know why? I don't know why?
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah
I gave you away so easily
It makes me wonder why?
If I die before you do
Believe me I'll be haunting you
I'll come upon you while you sleep
To drown you in a kiss so deep
When the rain is blowin' on your face
And the whole world is on your case
I could offer you a warm embrace
To make you feel my love
When the evenin' shatters and the stars appear
And there is no one there to dry your tears
I could hold you for a million years
To make you feel my love
I know you haven't made your mind up yet
But I would never do you wrong
I've known it from the moment that we met
No doubt in my mind where you belong
I'd go hungry, I'd go black and blue
I'd go crawlin' down the avenue
No, there's nothing that I wouldn't do
To make you feel my love
The storms are ragin' on the rollin' sea
And on the highway of regret
The winds of change are blowin' wild and free
You ain't seen nothin' like me yet
I could make you happy, make your dreams come true
There is nothing that I wouldn't do
Go to the ends of the earth for you
To make you feel my love
Lumina
Come and wrap around me
Lumina
Take me through the snow
Eve take a train, Eve took a train
Went to see her man
Melting inside, melting away
Like butter in the pan
Lumina
Come and wrap around me
Lumina
Take me through the snow
Eve took a fruit, Eve bit the fruit
Just ran down her chin
Babies will put things in their mouths
Never heard of sin
Lumina
Open like the sea
Lumina
Sing me in the dark
Eve had to ask, Eve had to ask
What is wrong with this?
Here is the place, now is the time
Let's invent the kiss
Lumina
Come and wrap around me
Lumina
Come and wrap around me
Come and wrap around me
Come and wrap around me
Come and wrap around me
Chorus:
She's a brick house
She mighty mighty just lettin' it all hang out
A brick house
The lady's stacked and that's a fact
I ain't holding nothing back
She's a brick house
We're put together everybody knows
And here's how the story goes
She knows she got everything
A woman needs to get a man
How can she lose when she is
36-24-36, what a winning hand
Chorus
She's a brick house
She's the one, the only one
Built like an Amazon
The clothes she wears, the sexy ways
Make the old man wish for younger days
She knows she's built and knows how to please
Sure enough to knock a strong man to his knees
Chorus
Shake it down, shake it down now
She's a brick house
She mighty, mighty, mighty just lettin' it all hang out
A brick house
We're put together everybody knows
And here's how the story goes
Shake it down, shake it down now
Chorus
Where are the bones on that one?
What if the cure is worse than the disease?
Serve me up some pretty, pretty people
Serve me up somebody, I can believe
Don't feel sorry for me
I hate that look on your face
You say, "Just let go"
You say, "Come back home"
I say, "I'm just fallin' from grace"
I'm naked in a hotel room
My station comin', comin' in loud and clear
I'm makin' out with my one true love
I'm makin' this hotel room disappear
Stop feelin' sorry for me
I hate that look on your face
You say, "Just let go"
You say, "Come back home"
I say, "I'm just fallin' from grace"
I said, that I like fallin' from grace
You never know it to look at me a the Dracula moon
See love come down any way you want to
Doesn't ask for your permission
Open up your arms and we will break you in two
Stop feelin' sorry for me
I hate that look on your face
You say, "Just let go"
You say, "Come back home"
I say, "I'm just fallin' from grace"
I said that I'm just fallin' from grace
I said that I'm just fallin' from grace
Just fallin', oh oh, I'm just fallin'
Oh oh, I'm just fallin', oh, oh, I'm just fallin'
Fallin' fallin' fallin', just fallin'
No, I'm just fallin', no, I'm just fallin'
Fallin' fallin' fallin', fallin' fallin' fallin'
I'm smooth and heavy all over the world
I'm smooth and heavy all over the world
I have been unfaithful
I have been untrue
How'd I find the road that
Brought me back to you?
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
In this crowded city
I was so alone
Stranger to my own eyes
Heart without a home
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
On the riverside drive
On the red of night
In the churches of Brooklyn
Underneath the Chelsea lights
Up in Battery Park
And up in Morningside Heights
Hallelujah
Suns are in the sky now
Suns are in my veins
Throw me in the fire now
Love is what remains
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
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