Mamma's high heels
Cherry lipstick
And a goodwill dress
Play pretending
Dance for the mirror
A ferry tale princess
Pretty things are yours to hold
My pretty thing soon you will know
That pretty things you think you need are not what make you beautiful
Pretty things will rob you blind
Pretty things will fade in time
It's what inside that makes you shine
My pretty thing
It's only natural
Tables turning
And gracefully I'll learn
How to cradle
The one who raised me
Who'll be to fragile for this world
Pretty things are yours to hold
My pretty thing soon you will know
That pretty things you think you need are not what make you beautiful
Pretty things will rob you blind
Pretty things will fade in time
It's what inside that makes you shine
My pretty thing
Selfless and faithful
As good as you should be
Open and fearless
Oh what a gift you gave me
Pretty things are your to hold
My pretty thing soon you will know
That pretty things you think you need are not what make you beautiful
Pretty things will rob you blind
Pretty things will fade in time
What lived inside of you still shines
Pretty things, so what if I like pretty things
Pretty lies, so what if I like pretty lies
From where you are, to where I am now
I need these pretty things, around the planets of our phase
Everything's a sign of my astrology
From where you are, to where I am now
Is its own galaxy
Be a star and fall down somewhere next to me
And make it past your color TV
This time will pass and with it will me
And all these pretty things
Down down let your crazy out
Boys go crazy over you
Grip like a new york window cleaner
Just staring at you
Youth don't leave me, hair stay on me
God I love those hips
Oh memory don't forsake me
Not like this
All those pretty things, don't sweat the pretty things
So collectable, why not collect them all
Obviously cunningly, womanly
All those pretty things, god bless the pretty things
They're still out there somewhere
Making men feel this way
At fallen broadway station
I see them every day, all day
Download a little meditation
It might pull you through
She blinded me with silence
Anchored here with you
All those pretty things, don't sweat the pretty things
So collectable, why not collect them all
Obviously cunningly, womanly
All those pretty things, god bless the pretty things
All those pretty things, don't sweat the pretty things
So collectable, why not collect them all
Obviously cunningly, womanly
All those pretty things, god bless the pretty things
Does she talk like ooh ooh ooh
Will it feel like ah ah ah
Does she tell you what she wants
Can you give her what she needs
Youth don't leave me, hair stay on me, god I love those hips
Oh memory don't forsake me, not like this
All those pretty things, don't sweat the pretty things
So collectable, why not collect them all
Obviously cunningly, womanly
All those pretty things, god bless the pretty things
All those pretty things, don't sweat the pretty things
So collectable, why not collect them all
Obviously cunningly, womanly
As I sit at my piano
Waiting for something to form in my head,
Bits and pieces, just like a jigsaw,
What if that jigsaw saw something up ahead.
Up ahead just waiting for me,
Gonna track it down it won't take long,
And in just an hour or two
It'll be wrapped up and I'll give it to you.
My song, and I will give it to you.
My song.
Up ahead just waiting for me,
Gonna track it down it won't take long,
And in just an hour or two
It'll be wrapped up and I'll give it to you.
We gave you our love
We gave you our love
As we bent to do wrong.
Your smile was the wind
Your smile was the wind
As it swept us along.
Why can't you understand
That we can't build to lines of a plan.
And as she weaves her way, through city streets,
The dawn arrives.
In concrete glades of metal grass,
Steel cords are woven tight.
But she is free, f ...r...double e,
She was tall, she was high,
Lord she almost touched the sky,
Today, I said today,
She was tall, she was high,
Lord she almost made me cry,
Today, she spends her time.
Beside grey lakes of lead she's harnessed to
A kneeling form,
Before the storm subsides, she's flown
And leaves the body torn.
But she is free, f ...r...double e,
She wrote me a letter,
From the green fields it came.
She wrote me a letter,
Trying to explain.
Now living came easy,
In velvet valleys of sun,
She wrote me a letter...
She wrote me a letter,
So many questions she asked,
She knew I just couldn't answer,
For they were all in the past,
City life was too heavy,
So she had run for the hills,
City it leaves without traces
Blind sparrow's carry me.
Resting my head on a rainbow
High in a tree.
Laughing at me.
Crying at me.
Seeing through me.
In mirrors of tears I'm reflected
White naked figures twist the key.
Turning my thoughts into shadows.
Playing on the walls of me.
Laughing at me.
Crying at me.
She takes the moon and stars
To wear as her disguise.
Then catching cosmic rays
She uses them for eyes.
She's a lover
And you know she's coming through
She's a lover
And you know she's coming through
With warm breezes
She will wipe away the sigh.
In the green folds of her skirt
A tired traveller lies,
She's a lover and you know she's coming through ...
There below the grey stone walls
Behind the hill she waits for you.
Painted on a field of corn
Strange messages she leaves for you.
She sheds her summer dress
Fearing it displeases you
Amid the white silk melting forest
Where she flew.
She's a lover
And you know she's coming through .....
Across the wooded plains
The wild geese have fled.
Beneath the splintered stones
Her anger seeps through red.
Well if you ever baby,
Feel like changing your mind,
Don't think twice just take it easy,
Anything you do will please me.
Just as long as you see me.
And if you ever baby,
Feel like starting again,
All you gotta do is phone me,
There is nothing you need show me.
Just as long as you know me.
Well I knocked on every door,
Looked on every sea and shore.
Just to find that you had left me.
You were a special one,
Like the setting of the sun,
I've got onions in my soup
I've got zebra in my zoo
I've got airplanes in my sky
Without you I will die
Chorus
Everybody says you're leaving
If you do you know it'll surely break my heart
I've got bad breath in the morning
I've got shepherd's pie red sky warning
I've got pictures on my wall
Without you I'm so small
Chorus
Everybody says your leaving
If you do you know you'll surely break my heart
Foolishly I still go on believing
As the sun paints crazy patterns on the park
Solo
I've got onions in my soup
I've got tobbies up my snoop
I've got airplanes in my sky
Without you I will die
Old man going.
Hopscotch of life will lead you to the grave.
Wet faces line the street, they will not be saved.
Black house you've built it will soon disappear,
Another corporation dig this year.
Old man going.
Traffic thins as you drive slowly by,
A friend wipes a flower from an eye.
Streets filled with bouquets from a cloudy sky
They'll soon forget the field in which you lie.
So nice to see after long years of marriage
A couple can still be in love
Through all the winters and hard times and troubles
With faith in each other and infinite love
For 15 long years they waited for children
Then late in 1951
Caesarean birth at the hour of sunset
When I got, to our meeting place
I stared into empty space,
She was just a lonely girl
But I didn't know if I should try
She was just a lonely girl
But I didn't know just which way she'd fly
Over by the corner now she stands
Cornered by the angels of her many plans
She was just the saddest girl
From that sad old american town
Staring at the empty stage
To see some ego tripping rock 'n' roll band
Over by the corner now she stands
Cornered by the angels of her many plans
Chorus
Love is good love is sweet
Lover hold my hand
Love is good love is sweet
Lover hold my hand
Solo
She was just a lonely girl
But I didn't know if I should try
She was just a lonely girl
But I didn't know just which way she'd fly
In the square, she came running,
I was lucky to be there.
In her hair, she wore flowers,
The scent it filled the air.
She must leave, not returning,
I was sadness standing there,
A silent square, bus of silver,
Can you hear the heat,
It's getting to my feet,
Starts to ring a bell that tells me
When to get up,
Starts to move, it ain't my groove.
There's only one thing that i
Really could be sure about.
You know it isn't rock 'n' roll
It's getting to my soul,
Starts to ring a bell that tells me
When to get up,
Starts to move, it ain't my groove,
There's only one thing that i
Really could he sure about.
I said before, and now I'm sure
It's time to speak the truth
Say what I feel inside
There's nothing left to lose
Only time can turn the tide.
Is it only love that lets you down
Is it only love that lets you
Is it only love that lets you down.
The morning came, it brought the rain
Waking up to find she'd gone
And there's no-one else around
And your feeling so alone
And you knew it all along.
Is it only love that lets you down
Is it only love that lets you
Is it only love that lets you down.
But you need it, 'cos you said so,
Were you crying, when he said no, no,
Did he want it, did he say it,
Would you still forgive him
Even it he said, I'm sorry.
Is it only love that lets you down
Is it only love that lets you
I went down to the muddy river
Where the blind fish do swim.
I saw the face on the drowning moon
And I nearly jumped in.
Sad sirens on the water
They call to me through the night.
They sing of you, their song is blue,
And so is the pain.
It 's been so long.
Oh lord, won't you help me,
Now I'm in such distress,
My song is blue, and so are you,
That's why I'm in such a mess.
It 's been so long.
Out in the moonlight,
Beside macadam highway,
You put out your thumb, maggie baby
You sure went a long way.
The neon angel passed you by,
He said old river seemed to sigh,
Separated, from you past,
We sometimes die.
Well your daddy was a robber baron,
And he robbed so much it hurts,
Now he's lying in some alley,
And his mouth is filled with dirt.
Your mother played the actress,
Danced behind her rainbow fence,
In hotel room dark you watched her,
Working late to pay the rent.
Keeping bad company.
You were born to shake and shimmy
And you hitched it down the coast,
Now the one's you bring home hungry
Are the one's you love the most.
I caught the last bus down to the harbour
Where the moonlight's on the sleeping sea
A pretty girl stood there at the bus stop
She said hey johnny come and see about me.
She said doop doop.
So many seamen able and willing
Have passed through these arms on their way to the sea
They leave me tokens of love and affection
When I drank from her lips I tasted the sea.
She said doop doop.
How can a young girl hope to survive
Living alone when there's no-one alive
Out in the night she swallows her pride
And she says catch me johnny I'm falling again.
I jumped a freighter bound for mombassa
I worked every day neath a burning sky
L wrote her sea poems and nautical letters
I remember her words till the day that I die.
As your loved ones they place
Heavy stones on your face
Your sonnets of life
They are filling the case
High windows inside me
Look down on your face.
Changing white fingers
For men in the sand
Burning bright spears
That you hold in your hand
Grey children you've spawned
They just won't understand
As the slow pulse of sobbing
Dries-from the sky
My grief in red circles
Surrounding an eye
Grey child stands looking
As silver tears they weave and lace,
Sad patterns upon her face,
She waits for you.
So low below a laser sun,
Through velvet fields she runs,
Reaching for you.
And so you bleed now,
Your hand holds the knife
That is tearing your life apart.
Why don't you leave now,
The city's too heavy
And your dreams they melt in the sun.
On mellow blue, birds curve and glide.
Through shadows of grief she slides,
She waits for you.
There on a hill before the dawn,
In silence a promise torn,
She turns from you.
And so you bleed now ...
As silver tears, they weave and lace,
She waits for you.
So low below a laser sun,
Reaching for you.
On mellow blue birds curve and glide.
She waits for you.
There on a hill before the dawn,
I saw the canopies, beneath the buildings discreet
The hour's late and not a soul on the street,
As I stood alone there, at the edge of the night.
With all your wisdom, you had gone to bed early
I hesitated and just think what it cost me
Just like a victim in the sights it doesn't feel right
At the edge of the night.
I had the backbone but then, I heard it cracking.
I faced the terror but I found myself lacking
What good is courage here, at the edge of the night.
At the edge of the night.
There was this man,
Gun in his hand,
That wanted to waste me
My mouth became dry,
I reached for the sky,
The sight seemed to freeze me
He said he'd been a hero,
Now he'd fallen down to zero
Ain't it a crime
Whooo
I handed over all I had on my person
My bank america card and this was my first one
Then he just stepped right out of sight, at the edge of the night
They say that bearing crosses is a religion in itself
But honey the strain I'm under, it's ruining my health
When we first met as lovers, we walked together hand in hand
But now that bridge of love has shattered, I'm such a lonely man
I'm not gonna be your monkey,
I'm not gonna be your fool
I'm not gonna stand round waiting
While you're out there trying to be cool
At the bitter end.
Well you listed all my virtues honey, and you charged a real high price
Well given this set of circumstances, I don't think that's nice
I'm not gonna be your monkey, I'm not gonna be your clown
I'm not gonna stand round watching as they lower you down
In the ground
At the bitter end.
I'm like a knight in shining armour, honey do I detect some rust?
I'm moving one step higher, honey tell me, honey tell me, honey you must
Well I gave you all my confidence, and you gave me back just lies
I recognise amongst our best friends, most of them are spies
With all this poison in the system, love was murdered from the first
And though I practiced eastern logic, I just cannot break the curse
Well I'm not gonna be your monkey,
I'm not gonna dance any jig
I'm not gonna stand round waiting,
As you're taking your lunch with the pigs
Looked out my window
Saw a bruise in the sky,
Closed up my curtains
As the world began, the world began to
Look through it's window
Saw a bruise in the sky,
Ring down the curtains
Allnight sailor poor man failure
Join one line there's no other
Cement mixer backroom fixer join one line
Theres's no other
I've been through this town I think I've stayed too long
There's some truth in what I say
Even though it's getting late I must be moving on
I can't stand vampire day
You whose hand shakes witness stand takes
Save yourself forget your brothers
Heroes die here bombers fly here
Killing one to save another
Solo
Allnight sailor poor man failure
Join one line there's no other
Heroes die here bombers fly here
Celtic children born with stone in hand
Cast against the dark
Revolution spark
Bitter tears they flood the sea
They're drowning me.
Frightened soldiers fighting for a queen
Streets of orange and green
Ancient building scream
As exploding motor cars
Leave their scars.
Hey, belfast cowboys,
What you gonna do, where're you gonna run.
Towards the dawn the lights of power burn
Statesmen wrapped in fears
Wrestling with ideas
Search their souls to find the key.
Who has the key?
Hey, belfast cowboys,
What you gonna do, where're you gonna run.
Khaki angles fly the sun,
Mortar starlight burns
Tear stained face it turns
Paid the blood price to be free.
Hey, belfast cowboys,
Flew into existence, just a sweet bird of youth.
Hugged my friends on the pavement,
Hid my dreams on the roof.
Wrapped in a blanket from the national health.
It isn't money but then what is wealth?
My dad he left me back in '56,
The moon got tilted and the sadness was mixed.
My mother loved me, but she couldn't do much,
She brought her kids up in a rabbit hutch.
Well it feels all right,
Wish it felt good every night.
Chuck berry riffing drove me into my teens,
The way I swaggered it was pure james dean.
In indo china things were getting hot,
I found the answer on a used car lot.
The sun gets murdered as we hold back the night,
The road's a river, but it feels alright.
Route signals flashing and the border's gone,
For ten weeks now number three stood empty
Nobody thought there would be
Family laughter behind the windows
Or a Christmas tree.
Then a couple from up north
Sorrow and his wife arrived
Before the sun had left the streets
They were living inside.
Then before too long
The street it rang with the sound
From number three there came a cry
S. F. Sorrow is born.
The sunlight of his days
Was spent in the grey of his mind
As he stole love with a tongue of lies
Heaven's rain falls upon
Faces of the children who look skyward.
Twisting metal through the air,
Scars and screams
So you might know his fury.
See shells whistle,
Let your mind drift away.
See shells whistle,
Let yourself hide away.
Men walking tall
Looking so small.
Green trees of life disappearing.
Mouthing the sounds.
Face clowning the frowns
Black the lips of command.
Torn in the heart.
You're playing the part
Courage it is so demanding
Loud brass in bands.
Marching through lands.
Life snatching hand is near.
Heaven's army falls upon.
The skirts of mother earth and then flies skywards.
Twisting wings through the air
Lift the souls,
So you might know his fury.
See shells whistle,
Let your mind drift away.
See shells whistle,
Let yourself hide away.
Dressed in white silk of rain
You marry the pain.
As you kneel in a church of bright steel
A new morning arrives.
You share the same skies.
Umbrella-ring a land full of peace
As the memory fades
On the edge of a blade.
You'll return you 're sure that you will.
From the frame in your hand
A smile expands.
Down by the river
Three sickle mounted souls,
Lay wined on the green leaf,
Digging their rock 'n' roll,
Hey hey, digging their rock 'n' roll.
Slashed by the wild geese,
The silence it did tear,
Sticks swung in violence,
You america murdered there
Hey hey, young america murdered there.
As one soul lay dying,
Only two were there to care.
On through the valleys,
Sad sickle clowns they ride.
Pressed tight against morning,
Beneath the blackened sky.
Hey hey, beneath the blackened sky.
There on a hill of gold
Wild children play.
They bend to pick the flowers.
The sun dissolves the day.
Hey hey, the sun dissolves the day.
If you can't close one eye,
Then turn the other way.
Faces bark in anger,
With savage bitter words,
Twist against the friendship,
With rapid shots they're blurred.
Hey hey, with rapid shots they're blurred.
There by the highway
Two sickles melt in flames.
They burn without the knowledge
Of why their lives were claimed,
Hey hey, why their lives were claimed.
As the smoke drifts skyward
Stone spires rise high, lacerate warmer skies,
Iron laced populations, beneath molten fields.
Young man made it to the city
Searching through the wet streets
Looking for a rock 'n' roll band
Caught the rip off train to freedom
A line of agents holding out their hand
Work your arses off forever
Midnight highways really bring you down
But you're there and you're working
So don't complain so many miss the train
Chorus
Find a sound lay it down
They say it's underground
Starts to sell do it well
But you never can tell
Now the young man's star shines brightly
Breaking hearts his records in the charts
Finds it hard to freak twice nightly
Falls in love the hardest fall of all
Chorus
He was just a lonely boy
A very well known clown
He was just a lonely boy and down
It's a sadness it's a crime
Why I wasted so much time
All I've got left is sea of blue
Holding on I can't let go
If I do the tears will flow.
All I could see is a sea of blue.
She's the woman I need to love
Wearing her heart on my sleeve
She's the woman I want you to see
'cause there's blood on my hands when she leaves
Cries from the street it's after dark
Leaves a silence that's so stark
Echoes in the night from a sea of blue
Sea of blue.
She turns me on like some radio set
Keeps me playing every night and day
Leaves me on the window sill, she just might forget
Some fool might creep up and just come and steal me away
Many days and endless nights
That she's filled my life with light
Now that she's gone it's a sea of blue
Feeling down and I don't know why
That my blues should reach the sky.
Early in the morning when I get out of bed
She says get up honey your eyes are really red
It's those late nights that you're keeping with your pals
She says get down to the pub, give me some ale.
It's the reason that I must get a job
She says look in the papers there's something for you in there
It's the reason that I feel it's a sin
All the kids lining up, all the kids staying thin
It's so hard
I see a ship and it is coming down the thames
Up and down up and down here it comes again
In my binoculars the captain looks sweet
He has tattoos on his arm, and he's really neat.
It's so hard
Down at the labour and there's nothing for me
He has a cabin and he's safe at sea.
Stowaway tanker is something to he, it's so hard.
Meanwhile back in the kitchen there is something real dull
She is standing in her curlers and she's ready to blow
A see thru apron round her waist and her thighs
She says give me one I say no.
You've got a loaded imagination
Uncovering investigations
And I like that
You were born on another planet
In words of the man I think you have it,
And I want some
Well every time I try to call you on the telephone
I'm full of sadness when I know that you're not there
Another star appears high in the heavens and I guess I don't care
Imagination
Uncovering a watergate investigation,
That's good
You were born on another planet,
In the words of the man you have it,
And I think I'd like some.
Well every time I try to call you on the telephone etc.
I keep, calling calling can't get the number
My garden's full of green vegetation
And underneath the greenfly I think something's
Growing there
You were born on another planet
In the words of the book I think you've read it,
I want some.
Well every time I try to call you on the telephone etc.
As evening shadows chase the sun
The night is here my day is done.
Through dark forests of my mind
A light is shone - it's you I find.
I see you.
On a dark and windswept street
The faces I see of the people I meet.
With their eyes they build a shrine
That takes me back to the forests of my mind
I see you.
Silent shadows creep on walls.
Catch the wind it's yours to catch
She's going away.
As I look into the sea,
The waves they break and part for me.
As my mind slips into sand
The water returns with the warmth of your hand.
I've sailed the seas, a hard sea dog to please.
Tattooed on my chest, is the girl I love best.
Back in 1954, on leave in old singapore
I was soaking in gin, when miss foxy walked in.
She's my singapore silk torpedo,
Wearing high satin non stick lip glow,
I fell a victim to this female hipno,
She's my singapore silk torpedo.
She drives a mercedes, she's queen of the ladies,
My china seas sweetheart, she tears me apart.
She's my singapore silk torpedo.
You speak of love to her, a smile cracks her face,
She doesn't believe in rules, to her it's just a race.
She's seen both black and white,
You shouldn't go out tonight
Unless you me in to play it mean.
She's like a spike in the head,
I'd be better off dead,
Just can't shake her loose.
Now I'm hooked on this juice
We'll build a house on the cliff,
A small navy our gift,
Passing ships in the night,
Anchored safe we're alright.
Hollis Brown
He lived on the outside of town
Hollis Brown
He lived on the outside of town
With his wife and five children
And his cabin broken down
He looked for work and money
And he walked a rugged mile
He looked for work and money
And he walked a rugged mile
Your children are so hungry
That they don't know how to smile
Your babys eyes look crazy
They're a-tuggin at your sleeve
Your babys eyes look crazy
They're a-tuggin at your sleeve
You walk the floor and wonder why
With every breath you breathe
The rats have got your flour
Bad blood it got your mare
The rats have got your flour
Bad blood it got your mare
If theres anyone that knows
Is there anyone that cares?
He prayed to the Lord above
Oh please send you a friend
He prayed to the Lord above
Oh please send you a friend
Your empty pockets tell you
That you ain't a-got no friend
Your babies are crying louder now
Its a pounding on your brain
Your babies are crying louder now
Its a pounding on your brain
Your wifes screams are stabbin' you
Like the dirty drivin' rain
Your grass it is turning black
Theres no water in your well
Your grass is turning black
Theres no water in your well
You spent your last alone Dollar
On seven shotgun shells
Way out in the wilderness
A cold coyote calls
Way out in the wilderness
A cold coyote calls
Your eyes fix on the shotgun
Thats hangin' on the wall
Your brain is a-bleedin'
And your legs can't seem to stand
Your brain is a-bleedin'
And your legs can't seem to stand
Your eyes fix on the shotgun
That you're holdin' in your hand
Theres seven breezes a-blowin
All around the cabin door
Theres seven breezes a-blowin
All around the cabin door
Seven shots ring out
Like the oceans pounding roar
Theres seven people dead
On a south Dakota farm
Well theres seven people dead
On a south Dakota farm
Somewheres in the distance
She's there waiting at the gatepainted by the dawn.
She's there waiting at the gates as the velvet night sky is torn.
She says good morning, I smile and say the same.
She's stands waiting at the gate smiling at the rain.
As I turn to wave to her I wish I could remain.
She [-eee ] says good morning.
She's there waiting at the gate warming all she sees.
Threading through a web of gas the rain precedes the storm,
Coughing on my way to work her smile keeps me warm
She said good morningi smiled and said the same.
She doesn't see the yellow light, falling on formica table tops
She doesn't see the empty chairs in her life
Of all these sad cafes, I think she's seen quite a lot.
And heard all this road house stuff going down.
And I say she don't have to worry.
She don't have to care,
She don't have to worry
'cause I'll be there.
I feel like I'm such a fool, keeping something up here
The reasons that I do just ain't clear
I try I try I try to keep satisfied
But it isn't what I want,
And nothing's gonna keep me from the other side
And I say she don't have to worry.
She don't have to care,
She don't have to worry
'cause I'll be there.
It seems like a hopeless case of just plain wasted time
I don't feel another day makes any sense.
You might be the loneliest person in the world
You'd never be as lonely as me
Yes you might be the loneliest person in the world
You'll never be as lonely as me.
All the sky it seems dark
As I'm walking through a park
But the face it is too bright to see
Or the sun might rise high
On an orange kind of sky
But the day it seems too dark for me.
Yes you might be the loneliest person in the world
You'll never be as lonely as me
Yes you might be the loneliest person in the world
There's a pain I cannot kill
And I guess I never will
Bluebird of love has knocked me down
Sang her songs then left town
Oh the lady sang so sweet
Had the kids up on her feet
Playing the town hall she took her bow
Left me this letter I'm reading now
Chorus
I was over the moon but my
Poor heart came back soon
There was only a rainbow left to see
Left to see
Oh she said it gets so tough
Airline schedules can be rough
Wanted to stay here and live with me
One more show and she was free
So I waited here at home
Played some stills and got myself stoned
And as I lay in that empty bed
Bluebird of love flew above my head
Chorus
Stay with me stay with me
Lay your head upon my shoulder
You're corrugated steel baby
Platinum to feel lady,
Eyes are just two heavy stones,
Someone, spilt the glass,
And you're ageing much too fast,
And, you say that you've been left alone.
You're leant against the night,
But you say you feel alright,
Only somebody has stolen your home.
The pearls around your neck
There at great expense were set,
But your tangled hair resists the comb,
No where to go now she has fallen,
No one to come see her,
For she was born to the screen,
And as she performed,
Their hearts really melted, ahh ...
Sure I've seen your face before,
But yes then there was a war,
And depression left the world so flat,
Yes, you were super-huge baby,
Limousines you used,
But your memory it clouds after that.
You say what's this part of town,
And yes it's a long way down,
And you swear you didn't know it existed.
You're from high on the hill,
And the fact you're not there still,
I would surely have killed you ninth husband.
No where to go ...
Well could I spare the fare,
'cause your cheque book isn't there,
Could I take you to where your hotel is.
Oh yes I told them who you were,
But they said they would prefer it,
If you would find another place to crash in,
I know the streets are very cold,
And the shallow walls don't hold,
The shelter and protection you're seeking.
And as I walk away,
You turn to me and say,
You'd rather I forget about our meeting.
I never see
the people I know
in the bright light of day
so how can I say
that you're any friend of mine
See you anytime
I'm feelin' fine
Midnight til six
that's my time
that's your time
Midnight, midnight til six ....
I sleep through the day
I wake around four
but I always feel down
never get off the floor
til the night comes around
see you down town
take in some sounds
maybe we'll score
tell me some more
tell him some more
see you down town
take in some sounds
maybe we'll score
tell me some more
tell him some more
In the concrete valleys the electric storm.
We members of the midnight circus,
Our bodies so brightly adorn
In your long sedans and your oldsmobiles,
Through that slit in your face, you ask me,
How it feels.
Can you hear me, can you hear me,
I'm a-telling you again.
Daughters of satan all stand in line,
With faces greased and a mouth full of shine.
With iron hand you bruise the flesh,
Then through a closing door you ask,
Pray why the distress.
Hear me, can you hear me, can you.
Midnight sailors can stay,
We won't send you away,
See me here on my knees.
You lie in the alley, with blood on your clothes.
As fingers round your throat they close.
Your cries of murder, splash on the walls
As you die, you think about the injustice of it all.
Can you hear me ...
Hear me ...
See satan's daughters' red light,
They have such good appetites,
Out in the street it's gently raining,
It's like dancing on glass.
You and your razor blade assistant,
Carved the lies right from the past.
But they offered you such miracles,
You who have been handling straws.
Soon you're deafened by the decibels.
Then you're swallowed by the applause.
Give'em, take'em, paint a face and i
Live'em, make'em, make'em laugh and cry.
I am waiting here, your memory still holds,
I am waiting here, but I am growing so cold.
Chorus
Take what you need,
Give the rest back,
Give it to the drowned man beneath the water,
He was a friend, till they stole him back,
Hope they get, hope he had, what they're after.
Take what you need.
Give the rest back,
Give it to the drowned man beneath the water,
He was a friend, till they stole him back,
Now he plays all his days with the master.
All the nameless, motherless, helpless,
Crouching figures in the park,
Warm to songs that sing of freedom,
Then with loneliness they dance.
Long ago there was a friendship,
Now there's wreckage on some greek beach,
Down at the gate they still remember,
It's in the diaries they keep.
Sitting alone on a bench with you
Mirrored above in the sky
Wondering if you will say goodnight
Leave me a grave and goodbye
Night sky hangs in blackness
Night threads, patterns weaving
Somebody going tells you they are leaving
Casting the gardens of shadow
Lights flash, someone is driving
Heat exchange, car on a highway going my way
Sitting alone on a bench with you
Talking 'bout your life and mine
I find and bet you just don't like snakes
They are just no friend of mine
You've seen it all but you're foregoing
You passed it by but you're not knowing
You've heard it all before, you're going home
You've seen them dying, now they're all alone
Sitting alone on a bench with you
Dipping my eyes in the stream
Breath of your lips chases shadows away
Clearing the mist from my dream
Sitting alone on a bench with you
Just as you get up to leave
Holding my breath as I touch your hand
Bled with the brush of your sleeve
Sitting away in the morning
Just, just as dawn starts snoring
Sitting alone on an empty bench
Mirrored above in the sky, sky, sky, sky
Sky, sky, sky, sky
Sky, sky, sky, sky
Chorus
Tired and warm somebody near you
Tired and cold someone far away
Turn your head shadows are falling
Turn your head see the new day
Country road it gets so hard
Many winters since I went away
Now I find myself without the sun
You know we both went through it
If only we hadn't blew it
Chorus
Solo
Country mile it grows so hard
Grass seems taller since I went away
Now I find myself without the sun
You know we both went through it
If only we hadn't blew it
With stiffened back, dressed in black
Enters doctor pessimism, no one called him.
He sips his tea, demands his fee,
Offers not one word of comfort to those grieving.
Come home momma
You know the old man is dying.
Brothers, sisters,
They stand around and they are crying.
He takes his hat, snaps it back
On the empty head old lester
Thought might save him.
He snaps his purse, sends for the hearse,
Then he's off to dance beneath
Bright mirrored ceilings.
Come home momma.
It's such a bitch, when the ditch
That they're digging is for your old man to lie in.
It grows so cold, when you're told
That old lester's house is sold;
The mortgage closing.
In the sky you're runnin'
white liquid at your feet
mismercied through the darkness
look so obsolete
now the walls are falling
now that you are free
will you pin your hopes on lies
don't pin them on me
we're goin' down slow
we're in a hole
to beg a please
now rest for me
beneath the sky you're runnin'
white mucous skin you throw
chase out a bloodstained weasel
just might be a stow
through the velvet forrest
white whitnesses at hand
oh brave soldier what's so sad
don't you understand
we're goin' down slow
we're in a hole
to beg a please
now rest for me
This world is just cold stone
this world is just cold stone
this world is just cold stone
we're in a hole
we're goin' down slow
to beg a please
Oh, baron Saturday
Sorrow, he'll show you games to play
He bends his mouth up to your ear
The words won't disappear
He'll take your eyes out for a ride
Through an eyeglass of tears it's not clear
Oh, baron Saturday
White visions black, Mister Malady
'Neath a sky of milk, you're drinking silk
You've fast the runcible spoon
On satin plates, young maidens wait
In the glare of the moon
Baron Saturday
Except for baron Saturday
Except for baron Saturday
Your life was cool
Good senses rule
Throw your life away
Baron Saturday
Let him steal your mind away
He'll show you the grave of someone who was saved
From living their life in a year
He'll show you the grave of someone who was saved
From taking his life with a knife
Baron Saturday
Except for baron Saturday
Except for baron Saturday
Your life was cool
Good senses rule
Throw your life away
Except for baron Saturday
Except for baron Saturday
Except for baron Saturday
Your life was cool
Good senses rule
Throw your life away
Except for baron Saturday
Except for baron Saturday
Except for baron Saturday
Your life was cool
Good senses rule
Early morning, pack my bags
Atlanta airport driver please
Lockheed tristar, runway four
Don't you know I hate to leave.
Lazy acres, five slow days
That georgia farm gave me release
Tequila sunrise lay me down
As the warm winds comb the trees.
But you know I'll return
For atlanta I burn
Atlanta you're my home
All my life, all my days.
I like atlanta, stayed there awhile
Kind of place that I could call home
I like atlanta stayed there awhile
Kind of place that I could call home.
Down at richards, cactus fly
We jammed together all night long
Southern people have a real good time
Grab your stuff and come along.
But you know I'll return
For atlanta I burn
Atlanta you're my home
All my life, all my days.
I like atlanta, stayed there awhile
Kind of place that I could call home
I like atlanta, stayed there awhile
Kind of place that I could call home.
L. a. n. t. a. atlanta
New York
Grey and sorrow there to meet her
Night sky hangs around to greet her
She throws down
Lifeline of kisses
Anchored to the ground
Balloon descending
Then I see balloon is burning
Turning round, burning
This balloon, burning
This balloon, burning
This balloon, burning
This balloon, burning
Fragments of my life
Falling the sky on fire
All consuming
Then I see balloon is burning
Turning round, burning
This balloon, burning
This balloon, burning
This balloon, burning
Hide in the shadows, german shepherds are near,
Heart double beating in a bright cage of fear,
Something he wanted, but the price was too dear,
His spirit's starting to float,
The bridge of God is his hope.
Choir voices calling as the priest reads the news,
Congregations falling, but incredible views,
Long ago a mason earned a new pair of shoes
Building a bridge to the sky,
Teaching the granite to fly.
Cross the bridge of god, cross the bridge.
With chisels of steel,
He carved out the wheel
To carry you high,
With nail through bone,
He laid the first stone
That crosses the sky.
Stooped to the soil, bitter harvest passed by,
Dining on hunger, as his crops slowly die,
A distant church spire, points the way to the sky.
His pain is starting to melt,
Beneath the bridges he knelt.
Cross the bridge of god, cross the bridge.
Old man is waiting for the end to arrive,
Grey monday morning with the washing line skies,
Then without warning he just closes his eyes,
He knows he hasn't a care, he knows the brides are there.
Cross the bridge of god, cross the bridge.
All his memories sold,
He's releasing his hold
To be carried on high.
With the juice of the past,
Turned to dust in the hearth
It's an easy goodbye.
The good Mr. Square, he doesn't have any hang-ups
He spends his time,
Looking through other people's lives,
The good Mr. Square, he doesn't have any hang-ups
He spends his time,
Looking through other people's lives,
Oh and how, inside,
He likes the things that they've done.
The good Mr. Square, he doesn't have any hang-ups
White ice towers, slow dissolving
Now fall.
Below savage moon
Iron cities soon to rust.
Warned first by the gathering shadows
They fled.
From wide vapour deserts
They turned turned towards the sea.
Pale worn the walking, pass
Through concrete glades.
If you wanna love, baby
Come see me
If you wanna a hug baby
Come see me
When you need a-someone
To see you right
And you need a-someone
To make it feel right
Baby I'm your man (x4)
I'm a-greater than the seventh sun
I got a answer to everyone
I'm your man, baby
I'm your man
You don't got to pop up baby
You can't be free
You just gotta ask baby
You get it from me
When you feeling lonely
You got it so bad
You come to see me
I make you feel glad
Baby I'm your man (I'm your man) (x4)
You're gonna be my pussycat
I wanna know just where it's at
I'm your man baby (I'm your man)
I'm your man (I'm your man)
Baby I'm your man (I'm your man) (x4)
I'm a-greater than the seventh son
Don't have to answer to anyone
You're gonna be my pussycat
You gotta show just where it's at
When I'm unhappy and in my eyes things are bad
i just have to close them, oh and suddenly im glad
walking through my dreams at night
you're walking through my dreams at night
walking through my dream and im not sleep
I never worry cause i never get the time
You sweep all thoughts away when you cross my mind
walking through my dreams at night
you're walking through my dreams at night
walking through my dream and im not sleep
Who'll lift my sleepy head incase the vision goes?
Here in purple velvet now at time emotion slows
walking through my dreams at night
you're walking through my dreams at night
I never see
The people I know
In the bright light of day
So how can I say
That you're any friend of mine
(See you anytime)
I'm feelin' fine
(Midnight 'til six)
That's my time
(That's your time)
Midnight, midnight 'til six...
I sleep through the day
I wake around four
But I always feel down
Never get off the floor
'Til the night comes around
(See you downtown)
Take in some sounds
(Maybe we'll score)
Tell me some more
(Tell him some more)
(See you down town)
Take in some sounds
(Maybe we'll score)
Tell me some more
(Tell him some more)
Everybody's talking about my L.S.D.
I say talk is easy and moneys never free, L.S.D., L.S.D
But I always tell them life it ain't so black
For everything I'm given, something's taken back
L.S.D., yes, I need L.S.D.
Yes, I need L.S.D., yes, I need L.S.D.
Yes, I need L.S.D., yes, I need L.S.D.
Yes, I need L.S.D., yes, I need L.S.D.
Mercy is in his deed I find
He hasn't got a care, he might not be going fast
But is he going anywhere
Like a breathless summer evening,
When the silence simply roars,
You're so attached to what you're holding now,
But can you prove it yours?
You're the saviour of the drowning moon,
The bringer of the luck,
You're a concrete case for open space,
Who swears the cities suck.
You're the keeper of stars
Shining their cars
Applauding with the one hand you've got free.
You're amazingly graced,
Doesn't show on your face.
You're lysergically removed from what you were.
Asleep with the past
You're engaged to a dream,
You're a sepia creature
On the yesterday screen.
Like a forest in the winter,
When all life has gone to ground.
Holding wordless conversations,
You're slaughtered by the sound.
Like a river of forgotten dreams,
You lie strangled in the reeds.
Your sack is full of wild oats,
Why don't you sow come seeds?
The seconds drip, minutes click,
Set the trap, turn the lock,
Turn your back.
Moon dissolves, sun explodes
In the sky, it's getting dark
Very dark, wonder why.
Knelt before, piece of cheese
On your knees, you always were
Hard to please, hard to please.
Hidden in, liquid clear
Swims the fear, tomorrows child
When they left you on tobacco road
The piggies they really left you there for dead
Do you really greet the morning
With your eyes red
And do people pick your body now for lead
Pick yourself just one more seat
And sit yourself right down
Rest assured some jack here must know
I just can't stop bleeding
Resurrection was so long ago
Chorus
All the churches have fallen
They've pulled them on their heads
There are no jesus left
And all religions dead
Solo
Pick yourself just one more seat
And sit yourself down
Rest assured some jack ass must know
I just can't seem to stop this bleeding
Resurrection was so long ago
It was a grey dawn, penciled in lightly
The morning screamed, neath the traffic's feet
The razor burned commuters reflections
It didn't seem a visual treat.
The office staff begin the humdrum
Making the hours and the money flow.
The guilty lovers keep their secret
And hope it doesn't show.
Oh no office love is such a bitch
Oh no like a knife in the back
He catches the train up every morning
From his croyden executive estate
He's convinced he needs a new future
But she's prepared to wait
He swears to step cleanly from a marriage
That's become so tangled and confused
She knows he's lying for his pleasures
He doesn't see her cry.
He doesn't see her die.
Oh no office love is such a bitch
Oh no like a knife in the back
She goes home, knowing that it can't go on
Her secret fears become too strong
Seeing what little love she has she's losing
He's the type that manages to sleep at night
The guilt is safely locked away
But it was just another day, and he's so tired.
Her heart seemed set on destruction
With lips drawn pale and thin
She offered up love like a sacrifice
And he was closing in.
Her mother sat on the end of the bed
Through the dark hours of the night
Wagging her finger saying honey
This just isn't right.
Oh no office love is such a bitch
Honey remember me, I'm the one you brought home
Do you remember last night
It was a party, down on the block,
Honey do you think that was right
Is it so easy for married women to hide their
Rings in their coat pocket
Take out a youth from some scene, and really
Think they really got it.
Take it, eat it, put it in your pocket
Honey leave the rest of me behind
Take it, eat it, put it in your pocket
Handbag or something of that kind.
Is that your old man on the dresser,
Honey turn his face to the wall
I can't perform, perform in these conditions,
Honey I can't perform at all
I can't believe that someone like you
Could really take someone like me
Can you believe in grandsons or grandchildren,
Honey can this really be
You got no future.
Is it so easy to take me to your country home
Is it so easy to leave
What do you think I do for a living,
Honey won't you look at my sleeve
Hole is there it's poking right through,
Elbows and even the bone
Don't you believe someone like me
Really has some kind of home
You like her a lot, you need some more,
But then pour me a drink, and close that door,
I'm dressed real sharp, sharp enough for you,
I can see the place we're going to.
Sweet miranda, on the veranda
You really keep your ice-cream cold
Mine's melting in my hand,
I don't understand,
I guess you never could have been told.
You want to be a star
Yes you are.
Driving back home from my venture
I'm really feeling empty handed
Hand's on my stick
It's making me sick
Why did you leave me out in the cold.
You want to be a star
Yes you are.
Maybe you tried but you missed it
Maybe you tried it again
Maybe you tried but you missed it
Long goodbye.
Thought my viper would excite her
Believing what the good book had told
I showed her my pet
She phoned for the vet
Then killed it with a mean strangle hold.
You want to be a star
Yes you are.
Maybe you tried but you missed it
Maybe you tried it again
Maybe you tried but you missed it
Long goodbye.
You got me running girl
I'm an astronaut
But I just seem to burst in flame
You got me running girl
I'm a laid-back tiger but I'm never tame.
Little queeny have you seen me
I'm waiting every night at ten
Hands on your hips
Blood on your lips
I got myself some good news
I bought myself some blue suede shoes
I took down my suit and I pressed it.
I shook up my body, and I lost that girl.
Well I made my first mistake
Asking that little girl to wait
She was the icing on my cake
And now she's gone, and I lost that girl.
She gives me the heebie-jeebies
Shakes me down to my knees.
She waits till I really get rolling
Then she passes me like a breeze
You know the red light sealed my fate
I knew then I'd be late
When I got there she gave me the freeze
She said you're gone boy, and I lost that girl
Help me find her dick.
I was out in search of a good time
Scanning the streets I felt fine
I fell for that perfect double cross
Lucked out, and I lost that girl.
Policeman in the car park,
Waiting for me outside
You know he give me that real heat treatment
When the flashlight hit my eyes.
You know I made my second mistake
Asking that cop to wait
He said I'm gonna put you away for good, and
You'll be gone and he said here boy you're really dead.
Wouldn't I be yours
Wouldn't you be mine
Wouldn't I always want the things you are
Every day or year
It's got to be a dream, yes it is, yes it is,
It's got to be a dream, yes it is.
Wouldn't I need yours
Wouldn't you need mine
Wouldn't I always want the things you are
Every day or year
It's got to be a dream, yes it is, yes it is,
It's got to be a dream, yes it is.
Wouldn't I always think about you
Wouldn't I every day
Wouldn't always think about you
Joey's in a dream
Joey's in a dream
Joey's in a dream I had today.
Wouldn't I be yours
Wouldn't you be mine
Wouldn't I always want the things you are
Every day or year
It's got to be a dream, yes it is, yes it is,
It's got to be a dream, yes it is.
Wouldn't I always think about you
Wouldn't I every day
Wouldn't always think about you
Joey's in a dream
Joey's in a dream
I was encased in an aircraft
Feeling so sick I couldn't say
When the cat next to me
Said let's take it down to cuba way
Well his manner wasn't nice
But his hand grenades looked very mean
And the luger down his trousers
Well that was twice as obscene
When we touched down in cuba
The temp was a 105¡ã
Though the cantenna was closed
Even I was glad to be alive
As for two weeks in miami
I sussed then that they were blown
Dr. fidel wasn't home
So they showed us where the sugar was grown
Chorus
Havana bound hi-jacked by some joker
Took me down to cuba
Where the grass was green
Solo
Well the passport man came up to me
And he really looked sly
Well he chalked on my valise
And then the cat let me by
Well I didn't mean to immigrate here
I told him all so quiet
But he gave me my visa
But then he wanted me to buy it
Excuse me please as I wipe a tear
Away from an eye that sees there's nothing left to trust
Finding that their minds are grey
And there's no sorrow in the world that's left to trust.
Sitting on top of a white cloud
Looking round for someone there to trust
Changing your mind as you go through time
You grasp at straws,
There are written laws that say you must
With tired eyes you follow the man
That has in his hand a banner that says 'dust to dust'
Finding that his mind's gone wrong
And there's no sorrow in the world that's left to trust.
Sitting on top of that white cloud
Looking round for someone there to trust
You're changing your mind as you go
Through a time
You grasp at straws
But there are written laws that say you must.
Going away in the morning
You're seen walking.
We're going away, away
Going away.
As the sun was rising
You're seen walking.
She's going away, away
Going away.
Excuse me please as I wipe a tear
Away from an eye that sees there's nothing left to trust
Finding that their minds are grey
And there's no sorrow in the world that's left to trust.
Sitting on top of that white cloud
Looking for someone there to trust
Changing your mind as you go through time
You grasp at straws
Love
These are a few of the things I find joy.
Bracelets of fingers since I was a boy.
Fly to the moon and I'll get there quite soon.
If I wait awhile.
Cradled in branches that stretched out their arms
I must wait awhile.
Bending my mind as I pick up the flowers in may,
Hearing the laughter that turns into tears evr'y day
Fly to the moon on the curve of a spoon
I turn upside-down.
Tumbling through leaves as I scatter the seeds
On an eiderdown.
Fly to the moon and I'll get there quite soon
If I wait awhile.
Daylight arrives with a turn of the skies
I must wait awhile.
Clouds building castles, the wind comes and
Blows them away
Tears in the water makes circles for me
As I play.
Fly to the moon on the curve of a spoon
I turn upside-down.
Tumbling through leaves as I scatter the seeds
On an eiderdown.
These are a few of the things l find joy,
All light up, all light up
All light up, all light up
All light up, all light up
All light up, all light up
Revolution sixty-nine,
I was there, it felt fine
Paris riots, sixty-eight
Dropped a tab and got there late
All light up, all light up
Charlie Manson, drugged on hate
Took the life of fair Sharon Tate
Martin Luther, human rights
Got spurted through the night
All light up, all light up
All light up, all light up
All light up, all light up
Summer concert, high on grass
Never knew it wouldn't last
Watch the kids in Vietnam
Lightin' up for Uncle Sam
All light up, all light up
All light up, all light up
All light up, all light up
All light up, all light up
All light up, all light up
All light up, all light up
All light up, all light up
All light up, all light up
All light up, all light up
All light up, all light up
All light up, light up
All light up, light up
All light up, light up
Well all kinds of people that I just can't
stand
That's a mean living woman and a cheating man
Don't lie to me don't you lie to me
Don't you make me mad I'll get evil as a
man can be
Yeah
Yeah, it's one poor position got to get to you
Yes, I love you pretty baby I just want you to be true
Don't lie to me don't you lie to me
Don't you make me mad I'm as shook up
as a man can be
Well let's talk it over baby before we start
I heard about the way you used to do your
part
Don't lie to me don't you lie to me
Don't you make me mad I'm as shook up
as a man
Well well
Well let's talk it over babe before we start
I heard about the way you used to do your
part
Don't lie to me don't you lie to me
Yeah, you made me sad I'll get evil as a man
The darkening eyes you turn to me
Empties my body and sets it free
It helps my heels to leave the ground
The vantage you give won't keep me down
Bright lights of the city they spin and they flash
And reflecting the wet shiny streets
But I receive them, they've gone in a second
My footprints I leave as we see
The darkening eyes you turn to me
Empties my body but it sets it free
It helps my heel to leave the ground
The vantage you give won't keep me down
The turnings I've taken might throw and confuse you
There must be a point where we meet
The difference between us is not what we doing
It's more in the things that we see
It's been this way since I began
The inner search you don't understand
Yeah you best gone well no surprise
With darkening eyes you stare at darkening skies
You turn your head and you're making a statement
But hate's not deliberate with words
The sins of the father must fall on the children
And they should be seen and not heard
It's been this way since I began
The inner search you don't understand
It helps my heels to leave the ground
The vantage you give won't keep me down
Yeah you best gone well I'm not surprised
Yeah Rosalyn, tell me where you've been
Oh Rosalyn, tell me where you've been
Every night and every day
Hide and seek's the game you play
Treat me as sure as sin
Oh Rosalyn, yeah Rosalyn
Oh Rosalyn, you're the girl for me
Yeah Rosalyn, you're the girl for me
When I'm holding you so tight
I don't wanna say goodnight
It's you I love now can't you see?
Do you really love me, do you love me true
Do you really love me Rosalyn?
Yeah gotta know, yeah gotta know
Yeah gotta know Rosalyn
Oh Rosalyn, you're the girl for me
Yeah Rosalyn, you're the girl for me
Now I'm holding you so tight
I don't wanna say goodnight
It's you I love now can't you see?
Do you really love me, do you love me true
Do you really love me Rosalyn?
Yeah gotta know, yeah gotta know
Yeah gotta know Rosalyn
Yeah gotta know, yeah gotta know
Yeah gotta know Rosalyn
Yeah Rosalyn
She wrote me a letter,
From the green fields it came.
She wrote me a letter,
Trying to explain.
Now living came easy,
In velvet valleys of sun,
She wrote me a letter...
She wrote me a letter,
So many questions she asked,
She knew I just couldn't answer,
For they were all in the past,
City life was too heavy,
So she had run for the hills,
Rainin' in my heart
Since we've been apart
I know I was wrong
Baby, please come home
You got me cryin'
'Bout to lose my mind
Don't let me cry in vain
Try my love just once, again
(harmonica & instrumental)
Honey, I need your love
Baby, i don't know why
If you don't come back anymore
I'll just sit there and cry
You got me cryin'
'Bout to lose my mind
Don't let me cry in vain
McDaniel
Hey Mama
Keep your big mouth shut
Hey Mama
Keep your big mouth shut
Your daughter she's old enough to make up her own mind
She's got sense enough to know whether she wanna be mine
Keep your big mouth shut
Hey Mama
Keep your big mouth shut
I said hey Mama
Keep your big mouth shut
I'm in love with your little girl
And your little girl is in love with me
You know we're together now and happy we could be
Keep your big mouth shut
I said hey Mama
Keep your big mouth shut
Mmm hey Mama
Keep your big mouth shut
(--- Harmonica Solo ---)
You say I'm not good enough
to be your daughters man
But when trouble comes her way
I'll be right there to hold her hand
Keep your big mouth shut
I said hey Mama
Keep your big mouth shut
Why don't you . hey Mama
Keep your big mouth shut
Now your daughter she knows what she wants
She's got what she knows about
The way that she loves me MmmMm...
Sure just knocks me out
Keep your big mouth shut
Keep your big mouth shut
Keep your big mouth shut
Why don't you
Keep your mouth shut
Why don't you
Keep your big mouth shut
Why don't you
Keep your big mouth shut
Hey Mama keep your big mouth shut
Keep your big mouth shut
One more
Hey Mama Keep your big mouth shut
I'm a road runner, honey
Well I'm a road runner, honey
I bet you can't keep up with me
Well I'm a road runner, man
I bet you can't keep up with me
Ah, you'll never gonna catch me baby
Baby, baby, you will see
Well I'm a road runner man
And I'm gonna keep ahead of you
Well I'm a road runner man
And I'm gonna keep ahead of you
Ah, you'll never gonna catch me baby
Doing the things that you do
Ah, here it comes now
Watch me!
Take my hand baby
Gonna show you
I'm a road running man
I'm gonna show you something
I'm the fastest still alive
Now lean you back
Hear I come
Well I'm a road runner, honey
I bet you can't keep up with me
Well I'm a road runner, man
And I bet you can't keep up with me
Well you'll never gonna catch me baby
Baby, baby, you will see
Well I'm a road runner, honey
I'm gonna keep ahead of you
Yeah I'm a road runner, honey
I'm gonna keep ahead of you
You'll never gonna catch me baby
Doing the things that you do
Here, take my hand baby
Didn't think you fast, make it last
I'm going to put you down Yeah!
I'll see you someday
Russell
When your baby leaves you all alone
And nobody call you on the phone
Don't you feel like crying
Don't you feel like crying like crying like crying
Come on baby, cry to me
When you're all alone in your lonely room
And there's nothing but the smell of her perfume
Don't you feel like crying
Don't you feel like crying like crying like crying
Come on baby, (come on) cry to me
Nothing could be sadder than a glass of wine alone
Loneliness loneliness, it just a waste of your time
But you don't ever you don't ever have to walk alone
You see, so come on take my hand
Come on walk with me
When you're waiting for a voice to come
In the night there is no one
Don't you feel like crying
Don't you feel like crying like crying like crying
Come on baby, cry to me
Come on baby, that's right cry to me
Yes, I want you to come on baby
Come on come on cry to me
I want you to come on baby
Come on come on and cry to me
Yeah come on baby come on I want you to cry cry cry to me
Yeah I want you to cry cry cry cry cry cry cry
I'm on my own, nowhere to roam
I tell you baby, don't want no home
I wander round, feet off the ground
I even go from town to town
I said I think this rock is grand
Say I'll be your man
Don't bring me down, don't bring me down
I met this chick, the other day
And then to me, she said she'll stay
I get this pad, just like a cave
And then we'll have, our living made
And then I'll lead her on the ground
My head is spinning round
Don't bring me down, don't bring me down
I, I, I, I, I need a lover 'cause someone new
And then to her I will be true
I'll buy her furs and pretty things
I'll even buy a wedding ring
But until then I'll? settle down?
Say I'll be your man
Don't bring me down, don't bring me down
Until then I'll? settle down?
Say I'll be your man
Don't bring me down, don't bring me down
Oh baby doll!
When bells ring out the summer free
Oh baby doll
Will it end for you and me?
We'll sing our old alma mater
And think of things that used to be
I remember it so well
Back when the weather was cool
We used to have so much fun
When we were walking to school
If we stopped off to hear
The latest songs they sing
And we just make it in
Before the bells would ring
Oh baby doll!
Etc...
When the teacher was gone
That's when we'd have a ball
We use to dance and play
All up and down the hall
We had a portable radio
We was ballin' the jack
We'd be all back in order
When the teacher got back
Oh baby doll!
Talkin' about the good times, talkin' about the good...
Talkin' about the good times, talkin' about the good...
She has sun in her face
Her lips kiss the sun
Arrest the sun
Fields of light we found the place
She had sun in her eyes
The clouds crossed the sun
Without the sun
The evening shadows in her eyes
Talkin' about the good times, talkin' about the good...
Talkin' about the good times, talkin' about the good...
She had breaded her hair
The grass jumped through the rain
Reach to the rain
Tears of mystic rain in the air
She had tears in her eyes
The skies turned to gray
Melt away
Shining streaks in rain that day
Talkin' about the good times, talkin' about the good...
Talkin' about the good times, talkin' about the good...
Big boss man
Can you hear me when I call
Big boss man
Can you hear me when I call
Oh, you ain‘t so big
You‘re just tall, that‘s all
You got me working, boss man
Working 'round the clock
I want me a drink of water
You won't let me stop
You big boss man
Can you hear me when I call?
Oh, you ain't so big
You just tall, that's all
Gonna get myself a boss man
One gonna treat me right
Work me hard in the day time
But I'll sure rest easy at night
Big boss man
Can you hear me when I call?
Oh, you ain‘t so big
What you gonna do on judgement day
Time runs out, baby, and you can't stay
Screamin' and cryin', you got to go,
hey St.Peter, won't you open the door
Yes, I'm coming, Yes, I'm coming
Yes, I'm coming, and it's like my time ain't long
When I die you can bury me dead,
the tombstone-women set my face and head,
Fold my arms across my chest,
And tell my friends that I'm gone to rest
Yes, I'm coming, Yes, I'm coming
Yes, I'm coming, and I know my time ain't long
Now, when I'm dead, drafted in my grave
You gonna be sorry that you treat me like a slave
And there's no one to take my place
And you gonna cry your blues away
Yes, I'm coming, Yes, I'm coming
I have developed beauty marks over the years
I notice them when I'm with you
A deeper thing that surfaces the more I know myself
The more I understand
The more I try
Pretty things are what we like to be
I would like to surrender to beauty
I am a fool
The kind that everybody wants to be
'Cause I have you
I am a fool
I've fallen fast and hard because of you
You make me feel
So beautiful
The surface of a face is such a surface thing to view
The years of life are not enough
It doesn't show the inner part of someone who can laugh
The more I know myself
The more I cry
Pretty things are what we want to be
I would like to surrender to beauty
Chorus
Pretty things are what we try to be
I would like to surrender to beauty
I want to buy you pretty things
Horses and castles and diamond rings
And we'll go dancing in the spring
If you like
And we'll be alright
Never have to beg or have to fight
For what we know is true
That's what we'll never do
Never
Ever
And if we breathe for one another, they will never suffocate us
And if we stay close to each other, they will never separate us
And if we support one another, they will never get beneath us
And if we try
And if we try
Do you like pretty things?
Would you caress broken wings?
To truly smile, to face the day
Do you like pretty things?
And in time did you know
Pretty things always go?
A smile can never go away
It ought to be the face today
Castles melt in the sand
But you could still touch my hand
And have a dream, then go away
If you like pretty things
Can you mend broken wings?
Do you know of these things?
First at a glance you'd think you might
i am nothing without you
i am nothing without.
so where am i supposed
to rest my head tonight
when we are miles apart
and you never call
i wish we could believe
as we're stuck here in between
what could have been
and what will never be
is there something in me
that i can call hope?
is there something out there
that i can hold on to?
it's strange how things turn out
you build it up and then
let it fall to the ground
and i'm sad that i missed out
on all the pretty things
that just passed me by
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