There's a storm of a love a brewin' now I'm losin' you
And nothin' that I do can make you stay
When you love me too my skies were always blue
But now the storm of love is on its way
Everybody thought that we were perfect you and me
We'd always be together for eternity
But the forecast wasn't quite the way it seemed to be
And the cloudy sky is all that I can see
There's a storm of a love...
[ steel ]
Like a leaf in the wind that's my destiny without you I see only misery
Yesterday the weather changed now you brew cold to me
And now a cloudy sky is all that I can see
There's a storm of a love...
Yes, I had a woman love me
I gave her what there was there of me
And it was good as it could be
Then I heard a wild world callin'
I saw a lone star fallin'
I caught a song and set it free
And many a long and lonesome highway
Lies before us as we go
And in the end, I'll do it my way
Look for me where the fore winds blow
I believe in love and danger
I believe the truth is stranger
I believe that fear is much too strong
I believe the best will find me
When I leave the rest behind me
Out on the highway I'm my own
And many a long and lonesome highway
Lies before us as we go
And in the end I'll do it my way
Look for me where the fore winds blow
And every night's a new beginning
Everyday the world keeps spinning
Sometimes it's hard to stand upon, I know
And to the east, the moon comes showin'
To the west, there's storm clouds growin'
Though by myself, I'm not alone no more
My father, on his death bed told me
"There's really nothin' left to hold me"
Though I was there, he died alone
It's gonna take a fast train leavin'
To shake my world of greivin'
I guess, I'll go until it's gone
And many a long and lonesome highway
Lies before us as we go
And in the end, I'll do it my way
Look for me where the fore winds blow
And many a long and lonesome highway
Lies before us as we go
And in the end, I'll do it my way
Look for me where the fore winds blow
And many a long and lonesome highway
Lies before us as we go
And in the end, I'll do it my way
You looked for trouble and you found it son
Straight down the barrel of a lawman's gun
You'd try to run but you don't think you can
You make one move and you're dead man, friend
I ain't living long like this
I can't live at all like this, can I baby
He slipped the handcuffs on behind my back
Then he left me freezing on a stel rail track
They got 'em all in the jailhouse, ain't they bay
I ain't living long like this
grew up in Houston off of Wayside drive
Son of a charhop in some all night dive
Dad drove a stock car to an early death
All I remember was a drunk man's death
I ain't living long like this
I can't live at all like this can I baby
We know the story how the wheel goes round
Don't let 'em take you to the man downtown
Can't sleep at all in the jailhouse,baby
I ain't living long like this
You live for angel, she's a roadhouse queen
Make Texas ruby look like Sandra Dee
You want to love her but you don't know how
You're at the bottom of the jailhouse now
I ain't living long like this
I can't live at all like this, can I baby
You know the story 'bout the jailhouse rock
Go on and do it, but just don't get caught
They got 'em all in the jailhouse, ain't they baby
I don't want to wind up bitter lost inside a silent rage
Or become like Rilke's panther out here locked up in a cage
The old man
I've been talkin' to has cotton in his ears
But then who am I to blame him I've had mine stopped up for years
Singing come on funny feeling
L.A. out my windshield's one big Armageddon sprawl
Planting palm trees in the desert makes no sense to me at all
In a science fiction world where walkin' wounded leave their mark
I just took my place among them trying to find a place to park
Singing come on funny feeling
The funny feeling comes when you're in love with everyone
and all your races have been run or laid to rest
Get this freakin' anvil off my chest
Come on funny feeling
The funny feeling knows the way the whole thing comes and goes
Make's you stop and smell the roses if your smart
Get this freakin' anvil off my heart
It's not like I'm not blessed with something special in my world
Just around the next dark corner there's a blue eyed dancing girl
Who loves me like tomorrow comes with everything I need
I just have to pay attention where this road I'm on might lead
I'm singing come on funny feeling
The funny feeling knows the truth the eye for eye & tooth for tooth
It's something way back in your youth you should not second guess
The funny feeling never lies it's there to open up your eyes
make you stop and realize you're blessed
So get this friggin anvil off my chest
Dayton Texas rodeo Possum Potez stole the show
Way back in 1968 the night he rode ol' Pearly Gates
It was a spinning bucking ton of death and everybody held their breath
Possum rode him to a draw it was the best bull ride I ever saw
Possum Possum where are you no one rides bulls like you used to
They haul you off in the ambulance and you show up later at the victory dance
Possun Possum get back home we ain't had no fun since you've been gone
With your two pack habit and a six pack buzz you're the best that there ever was
You're the best that there ever was
Two lone black top highway flyin' that's ol' possum I ain't lyin'
Eight track tape deck Blasting Jones Ernest Tubb and The Rolling Stones
In the beer joints and down by the bucking shoots
The cowgirls swore that he was so cute
They just love the way that he cocked his hat Possum had it all down pat
Possum Possum where are you...
You're the best that there ever was
[ guitar ]
Ah rainbow cafe all jokes aside the day ol' Possum like to died
Some sweet thing flashed him a blue eyed grin made ol' Possum's style kick in
A jealous cowboy all drunk and wired pulled a pistol and a bullet fired
Blood was shed out in the parking lot but it was not Possum wound up shot
Possum Possum where are you...
You're the best that there ever was you're the best that there ever was
(Rodney Crowell, Guy Clark)
Well the bus pulled away
In a roaring black cloud
While I stood in the road
And honey I hollered right out loud
Hey darlin' I love you
Hey bus driver whoa
But you can't stop a woman
When she's out of control
(Chorus)
She's crazy for leavin'
I told her so
When the boys at the bus stop
Just said man let her go
She's crazy for leavin'
I told her so
But you can't stop a woman
When she's out of control
So I punched out my truck
On a telephone pole
Now she never looked back
She just said go driver go
Well I know I could have caught her
But I ran out of luck
She was long gone to Lufkin
By the time they cut me out of my truck
(Chorus)
So I kicked and I cussed
That old east Texas road
I throwed rocks at my truck
Which had busted my nose
You add insult to injury
What do you get
You get a bus stop full of honkies
That don't ever forget
(Chorus)
I used to think that love was
Something meant to tie me down
All I ever wanted was a
Guitar and another town
Ten years disappear so fast
When you're strung out on the high wire lines
I've been thinking about leaving
Long enough to change my mind
I lie here in your bed
Watching raindrops on your window pane
Sometimes I get to feeling like
Ain't nothing ever gonna change
Ramona, you've been good to me
You're a woman very hard to find
I've been thinking about leaving
Long enough to change my mind
Sometimes I miss the bright lights
Sometimes I miss the crowd
Sometimes I miss the women
Sometimes the music loud
Sometimes I miss that world out there
So cold, hard and unkind
I've been thinking about leaving
Long enough to change my mind
Sometimes I miss the bright lights
Sometimes I miss the noise
Sometimes I miss the women
Sometimes the good old boys
Sometimes I miss that world out there
So cold, hard and unkind
And I've been thinking about leaving
Long enough to change my mind
Yeah, I've been thinking about leaving
till you've been beside a man
you don't knowwhat he wants
you don't know if he cries at night
you don't know if he don't
when nothin' comes easy
old nightmares are real
until you've been beside a man
you don't know how he feels
once inside a woman's heart
a man must keep his head
heaven opens up a door
where angels fear to tread
some men go crazy
some men go slow
some men go just where they want
some men never go
ooh blame it on midnight
uuh shame on the moon
everywhere it's all around
comfort in a crowd
strangers faces all about
laughin' right out loud
hey watch where you're goin'
step light on your toes
until you've been beside a man
you don't know who he knows
ooh blame it on midnight
uuh shame on the moon
ooh blame it on midnight
I'm tired of running I'm tired of hiding
I'm sick of keeping this thing inside
I'm gonna let it all go on the ladder of love
I'm going up ain't coming down
I'm gettin' off of this merry-go-round
I'm giving up the battle on the ladder of love
Well I ain't gonna worry bout tomorrow right now
I'm climbing that ladder of love somehow
I'm gonna find my way it's gonna be okay
I don't need a doctor tellin' me how I feel
Don't need a lawyer to get a better deal
There ain't nobody out to get you on the ladder of love
[ guitar - steel ]
Well I ain't gonna worry bout tomorrow no more
I'm climbing that ladder up to heaven's door
I'm gonna walk right in and tell 'em how I've been
I'm tired of running I'm tired of hiding
I'm sick of keeping this thing inside
I'm gonna let it unravel on the ladder of love
I'm giving up the battle on the ladder of love
When all our tears have reached the sea
A part of you will live in me
Way down inside my heart
Days keep coming without fail
A new wind's gonna find your sail
That's where your journeys start
You'll find better love
Strong as it ever was
Deep as a river runs
Warm as the morning sun
But please remember me
Just like the waves down by the shore
We're gonna keep on coming back for more
'Cause we don't ever want to stop
Out in this brave new world you seek
Oh, the valleys and the peaks
I can see you on the top
You'll find better love
Strong as it ever was
Deep as a river runs
Warm as the morning sun
But please remember me
Remember me, when you're out walking
When snow falls high outside your door
Late at night, when you're not sleeping
And moonlight falls across your floor
When I can't hurt you anymore
You'll find better love
Strong as it ever was
Deep as the river runs
Warm as the morning sun
WRITER RODNEY CROWELL
Loving you makes me strong makes me want to live forever
Gives me the strength to carry on through the rain and wind and weather
Loving you makes me bold it makes me climb the highest mountain
Builds a fire down in my soul brings me water from the fountain
Loving you makes me strong and when it's time to face tomorrow
I'll be right where I belong loving you makes me strong
Somehow I stumbled into your world down on my knees is where you found me
Now I awake up in your arms I can't believe they're still around me
Loving you gives me hope it gives me something I can stand on
And when I'm running out of rope it's something I can get my hands on
Loving you makes me strong...
We try so hard to make it all work out
Sometimes sittin' on the top of the world
Sometimes very deep in doubt
And if the only thing that tomorrow brings
Is the sunrise on the top of that hill
I'm gonna sit right down and watch the world go around
And never think about another damn bill
Some men live for money some for art
One guy thinks he's funny
The other guy thinks he's smart
Everybody's gonna get lucky every now and then
And the one who's feelin' so low down
Now is later on gonna win
(Chorus)
Let the picture paint itself and it'll be all right
You don't have to try so hard
You don't have to hold on so tight
Let the picture paint itself and it'll only get better
And when the day is through and it's just me and you
We'll be feeling so good we'll be knocking on wood
If you think you've got troubles just look around
and don't go out in public all turned upside down
If the only thing that you're livin' for is pain
There's a real good chance you'll get nothing more
Than a lot more of the same
WRITERS RODNEY CROWELL, KEITH SYKES
I'm not in some corner tonight wasting my time
I'm not at the end of the bar out of my mind
I've been down on my luck for sure
But I'm not down on myself no more
If you'll open up the door I'll do all the rest
I'm not gonna tell you I've changed what would that change
I'm not gonna try to explain what I can't explain
I can't change the past it's true the future now depends on you
Sot open up and I'll come through I swear I'll pass the test
Just say yes just say yes
Just say yes and I'll show you what I'm made of
Every strength and weakness I possess
Take a chance on me you have my guarantee
I'll build my world around your happiness
I'm not gonna offer excuses I treated you badly
Giving up would only be useless cause I love you madly
I'm sorry for the things I did the way I ran away and hid
And if you open up the lid I can get it off my chest
If today weren't just like any day, perhaps I'd try
To shed this worn out skin so thick and learn to fly
But I came home to face your ice and steel
If looks could kill I would be gone today
There's a fire that's burning in your eyes, not in your heart
And I can fan the flames but I can't make a spark
And I don't like the way I make you feel
If looks could kill I would be long since gone
And if looks could kill then I'd be pushing up your daisies
If looks could kill then I would not be going crazy
There's a stool that I've been glued to for so many nights
And a bar to pour my heart out on and make it right
And I don't have to tell myself it's real
If looks could kill my heart would beat no more
And if looks could kill then I'd be deep in peaceful slumber
If looks could kill then I would not be going under
There's a gun out in the hallway covered up in dust
That works well enough to turn this heartache into dust
So go on and let your lawyer make a deal
Fancy meeting you here, tonight
It's such a small world, New York ain't my town
I don't come around, but once in a while
This is such a surprise to see you
Girl, your looking so good; it's been a long time
Since you've crossed my mind
It's such a small world
Just one night on the town,
I came looking around for something to do
Just a change of my plans on leaving,
And I stay around and I run into you
Which just goes to prove it's such a small world
It's such a small world
I've lived alone for awhile
It's such a small world
It feels like I've gone out of style
You and me will always be
Just looking for something that's already happened
Years go by but you and I don't have to look beyond today
Maybe just for tonight
We can turn out the light
Lay your heart on the line
Let go of your mind
You know just what to say
You know just what to do
You still look like the day when I first met you
I'll be gone once again come morning
Like I've always done
But to see you tonight
Makes everything right, it's such a small world
Hey, right here you stand as if it was planned
WRITER RODNEY CROWELL
I've tried to make the most out of a hopeless situation
But turning something wrong into something right
But everything I do brings out the worst in you
Seems we always wind up gettin' in a fight
I tell our friends again it's just a phase we're going through
It's the kind of trouble you know that won't ever last
But the farther down I go and the more I think I know
We've headed down a rough and rocky path
So if you love me like you say you really love me why you wanna put me to the test
Yeah if you don't want me it won't disappoint me I just wanna give my heart a rest
I try to rise above the petty gossip of this town
I try to keep my nose clean and my eyes open wide
But people talk so much it's hard to stay in touch
With the way you really feel down deep inside
Oh the sound of rolling thunder keeps on calling out to me
Way out on the highway is the place I wanna be
It's hard to make it work when I feel just like a jerk
And the past's the only future that I see
So if you love me like you say...
Yeah I just wanna give my heart a rest
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
WRITER RODNEY CROWELL
When I was young and restless I wasted so much time
Halfway stoned and halfway out of my mind
Well I don't feel that much different though now I realize
These are the best years of our lives
These are the best years that we're living in
And I know that someday later we're gonna reach the end
Though time stacks up against us the fire inside still thrives
These are the best years of our lives
These are the best years that we're living through
Then I know that someday later you're gonna know that too
There's so much more to living now than the kind of car we drive
I'm tired of running I'm tired of hiding
I'm sick of keeping this thing inside
I'm gonna let it all go on the ladder of love
I'm going up ain't coming down
I'm gettin' off of this merry-go-round
I'm giving up the battle on the ladder of love
Well I ain't gonna worry bout tomorrow right now
I'm climbing that ladder of love somehow
I'm gonna find my way it's gonna be okay
I don't need a doctor tellin' me how I feel
Don't need a lawyer to get a better deal
Well I ain't gonna worry bout tomorrow no more
I'm climbing that ladder up to heaven's door
I'm gonna walk right in and tell 'em how I've been
I'm tired of running I'm tired of hiding
I'm sick of keeping this thing inside
I'm gonna let it unravel on the ladder of love
I got an ol? blue shirt and it suits me just fine
I like the way it feels so I wear it all the time
I got an old guitar, won?t ever stay in tune
I like the way it sounds in a dark and empty room
I got an ol? pair of boots and they fit just right
Well I can work all day and I can dance all night
I got an ol? used car and it runs just like a top
I get the feelin? it ain?t ever gonna stop
Stuff that works, stuff that holds up
The kind of stuff you don?t hang on the wall
Stuff that?s real, stuff you feel
The kind of stuff you reach for when you fall
I got a pretty good friend who?s seen me at my worst
He can?t tell if I?m a blessing or a curse
But he always shows up when chips are down
That?s the kind of stuff I like to be around
Stuff that works, stuff that holds up
The kind of stuff you don?t hang on the wall
Stuff that?s real, stuff you feel
The kind of stuff you reach for when you fall
I got a woman I love she?s crazy, paints like God
She?s got a playground sense of justice, she won?t take odds
I got a tattoo with her name right through my soul
I think everything she touches turns to gold
Stuff that works, stuff that holds up
The kind of stuff you don?t hang on the wall
Stuff that?s real, stuff you feel
The kind of stuff you reach for when you fall
Stuff that works, stuff that holds up
The kind of stuff you don?t hang on the wall
Stuff that?s real, stuff you feel
This morning is Monday
Where are you now?
Teasin' my memory
Teaching me how
to lay low
when I don't want to
Your love is elusive
This I know now
It's making me crazy
Leaving me out
In the open
When I don't want to
I don't know why
you do that to me
The moments of pleasures
Never do last
Are gone like a suitcase
full of your past
Long gone, and in a hurry
CHORUS:
Baby, I can't go through this again
I don't need to go down
More then I've already been
Just like a wild fire
You're running all over town
As much as you burn me, baby
I should be ashes by now
The second street beggars
alone in their life
Drunk on a sidewalk
to hide from the night
Like I am
They're just like I am
(Chorus)
Just like a wild fire
You're running all over town
And as much as you burn me, baby
I should be ashes by now
Aaaaaahh
Aaaaaahh
Should be ashes by now
Beautiful despair is hearing Dylan
When you?re drunk at 3 a.m.
Knowing that the chances are
No matter what you?ll never write like him
Oh, brother
Beautiful despair is why you lean
Into this world without restraint
'Cause somewhere out before you
Lies the masterpiece you?d sell your soul to paint
Oh, brother
What do we laugh or cry
Beautiful despair
Beautiful despair
Beautiful despair is slouching forward
Toward a past you might regret
All to suck the marrow out
Of every magic moment that you get
Beautiful despair is playing safe
When you were once a rebel child
Knowing that tomorrow comes
And all you?ve done is last another mile
Oh, brother
Oh, dear brother
Oh, my brother
It's time to go inward, take a look at myself
Time to make the most of the time that I've got left
Prison bars imagined are no less solid steel
Time to go inward would you believe that I'm afraid
To stare down the barrel of the choices that I've have made
The ghost of bad decisions
Make mountains out of everything I feel
Outside my window the wind weaves a path through the trees
The moon takes a shine to the shadows that fall on the leaves
It's time to go inward, hmm
I don't know if I can do it after all that I've become
I've been a fool for money
But it's vanity that always leaves me flat
It's time to go inward, man I hope I have the nerve
To take an inventory of the causes that I serve
They say a man without a conscience
Is like a man without a country or somethin' like that
It's time to go inward, time to be still
If I don't do it now I don't believe I ever will
My mind is like a chatterbox
Whose noise pollutes the pathways to my soul
Time to go inward, time to get a grip
Time to put an end to one long bad acid trip
I'm all out of excuses now
For the way I've let my choices take a toll
Jesus and Buddha and Krishna and Minnie Pearl knew
To do unto others the things you want done unto you
It's time to go inward and take a look at me
Try to make some sense of life's illusions that I see
And try to solve the riddle
When the winds of change hit hard and knock you off your guard
And you find out there's a serpent in the grass
Though forked tongues might speak if truth is what you seek
This too will pass
When you're all tied up in knots and your friends are taking shots
And the sun comes up and kicks you in the ass
When you're stumbling down the aisle and you feel like you're on trial
This too will pass
Sometimes you've gotta go down the middle of the road
Where compromise puts speed bumps in your path
If you know what you want let no one say you don't
This too will pass
Sometimes you gotta crawl through the middle of it all
But don't compromise your heart for something crass
When everything you do just feels like nothing new
This too will pass
When you're all locked up in pain be careful who you blame
I'll Give You The Best I Can I You Baby.
That's All I Can Give.
And We'll Live It The Best We Can Live It Baby
As Long As We As Live.
What Kind Of Love Never Turns You Down?
What Kind Of Love Lifts You Off The Ground?
Turns Your Life Around.
What Kind Of Love Makes You Go Out In The Wind And Drivein' Rain?
What Kind Of Love Runs Through Your Heart With A Pleasure So Close to Pain?
What Kind Of Love?
Only This Love That I Have!
I'll Show You The Best I Can Show You Baby!
That's All I Can I Show You.
And I'll Know You The Best I Can Know You Baby,
As Long As I Know You.
What Kind Of Love Never Turns Away?
What Kind Of Love Makes You Pay,
Hears You When You Pray?
What Kind Of Love Makes You Go Out In The Wind And Drivin' Rain?
What Kind Of Love Runs Through Your Heart With A Pleasure So Close to Pain?
What Kind Of Love? Only This Love That I Have!
[Instrumental]
This Love I know Is All I Have [All I Have]!
This Love I Have Is All I Know.
So I Won't Let Go?
What Kind Of Love Makes You Go Out In The Wind And Drivein' Rain?
What Kind Of Love Runs Through Your Heart With A Pleasure So Close to Pain?
She was a prom queen, taking the world by storm
I felt like James Dean with her on my arm
The night was a free ride, lit by the moon
I prayed from the inside, "Don't let it end soon"
It?s funny how the things we want
Become the things we don't in the long run
The one that we let slip through
Becomes the one love true when she?s the gone one
Oh, oh, we're never gonna get away
Yeah, yeah, from the things that go bump in the day
The things that go bump in the day
I've got a good friend in love with the blues
He lives down the dark end with nothing to lose
Believing in sorrow, he?s making the most
And maybe tomorrow he can give up the ghost
It?s funny how the things we need
Only make you bleed when the chips fall
The one that made the world go 'round
Just up and knocks you down with a phone call
It?s funny how the things we fear
Become the things we hear when we're all alone
The things that we don?t understand
Get up and bite your hand like a dog bone
Oh, oh, we're never gonna get away
Yeah, yeah, from the things that go bump in the day
Oh, oh, we're never gonna get away
Yeah, yeah, from the things that go bump in the day
The things that go bump in the day
You lay there fighting for each breath
While angels hovered 'round your bed
With open arms like God?s own smile
They led you to the light
What a battle you have won
And now your journey has begun
To the land where spirits fly
And your soul will never die
So travel lightly in my heart
You and I will never part
And far beyond this world we see
There?s a place for you and me
And I thank my lucky stars
We had a chance to heal our scars
Now I don?t have to hang my head
Over things I wish I?d said
So here am I your only son
I?m thinking back on work we?ve done
You were strong and I was young
Man we had our fights
And everything I felt for you
Has been turned to something new
And this is love I feel today
It will never go away
So travel lightly in my heart
You and I will never part
Far beyond this world we see
There?s a place for you and me
And I thank the moon and stars
We had a chance to heal our scars
Now I don?t have to hang my head
Over things I wish I?d said
I don?t have to hide my tears
I don?t have to drown my fears
And I don?t have to hang my head
Over things I wish I?d said
No, I don?t have to live in dread
The rock of my soul went to church on Sunday
The rock of my soul went to work on Monday
Clean across the levy by the railroad tracks
The other side of Houston in a two room shack
Sweeping out confetti from a third grade classroom
The rock of my soul pushed a dust mop broom
The rock of my soul didn't have much luck
He came to town grinnin' on a flat bed truck
The rock of my soul didn't have much charm
With the lack of education on a red dirt farm
And he was fond of disappearing on an eight day drunk
Coming home smelling like a low down skunk
And he said
I do like I say
Not like I do and you might make me proud
Another Houston Kid
On a downhill skid for crying out loud
I'm a first hand witness to an age old crime
A man who hits a woman isn't worth a dime
5, 6, 7, 8, 9 years old
That's what I remember about the rock of my soul
I told him I would kill him if he did not stop it
But the rock of my soul just would not drop it
I learned to lie like dirt
I could steal your shirt and talk with a gun
Another Houston Kid
On a downhill skid like father like son
Now I got out of prison 'bout a year ago
Seven long years really went by slow
I didn't kill my daddy but my momma tried
She shot him with a pistol and he like to a died
I'm on probation living straight and true
And there's every indication that the past is through
That's all I know
Sometimes there's heartaches and teardrops will fall
Good years and bad years, we live through it all
There's no easy answer to the trouble I see
But I'm happy just knowin', you're saving the last waltz for me
Sometimes it's diamonds and sometimes it's dirt
Sometimes it's magic and sometimes it's work
There's no easy answer to the trouble I see
But I'm happy just knowin', your saving the last waltz for me
Someday we're gonna sail away
Somehow we're gonna fly
Someway we'll see the light of day
Shine on high
After the harvest when winter is near
The last fiddle playin' is all I can hear
There's no easy answer to the trouble I see
But I'm happy just knowin', you're saving the last waltz for me
There's no easy answer to the trouble I see
But I'm happy just knowin', you're saving the last waltz for me
Dayton Texas rodeo Possum Potez stole the show
Way back in 1968 the night he rode ol' Pearly Gates
It was a spinning bucking ton of death and everybody held their breath
Possum rode him to a draw it was the best bull ride I ever saw
Possum Possum where are you no one rides bulls like you used to
They haul you off in the ambulance and you show up later at the victory dance
Possun Possum get back home we ain't had no fun since you've been gone
With your two pack habit and a six pack buzz you're the best that there ever was
You're the best that there ever was
Two lone black top highway flyin' that's ol' possum I ain't lyin'
Eight track tape deck Blasting Jones Ernest Tubb and The Rolling Stones
In the beer joints and down by the bucking shoots
The cowgirls swore that he was so cute
They just love the way that he cocked his hat Possum had it all down pat
Possum Possum where are you...
You're the best that there ever was
Ah rainbow cafe all jokes aside the day ol' Possum like to died
Some sweet thing flashed him a blue eyed grin made ol' Possum's style kick in
A jealous cowboy all drunk and wired pulled a pistol and a bullet fired
Blood was shed out in the parking lot but it was not Possum wound up shot
Possum Possum where are you...
The hour is early
The whole world is quiet
A beautiful morning's about to ignite
I'm ready for danger
I'm ready for fire
I'm ready for something to lift me up higher
Life's been good, I guess
My ragged old heart's been blessed
With so much more than meets the eye
I've got a past, I won't soon forget
You ain't seen nothing yet
I'm still learning how to fly
It's your dreams that die hard
With these habits to break
You can't let down your guard
When there's so much at stake
I'm halfway to Heaven, halfway to Hell
But I might roll a seven, you never can tell
Life's been good it's true
When I'm feeling just like new
The same old rules need not apply
I've got a past full of sticks and stones
And a good feeling in my bones
I'm still learning how to fly
I wanna go faster
I don't wanna slow down
I don't wanna get off of this merry go round
I wanna be reckless
I wanna be vain
I wanna make love like a runaway train
Life's been good I said
I'm 10,000 miles ahead
The day I rest is the day I die
I've got a past like a broken wing
But you ain't seen anything
I'm still learning how to fly
Well the bus pulled away
In a roaring black cloud
Well I stood in the road
And Honey I hollered right out loud
Hey darling I love ya.
Hey bus driver whoa!
But you can't stop a women when she's out of control.
She's crazy for leaving!
I told her so!
And the boys at the bus stop just said "man, let her go!"
She's crazy for leaving.
I told her so!
But you can't stop a women when she's out of control
So I punched out my truck on a telephone pole!
No. she never looked back she just said "go driver go!"
Well I know I could a caught her
But I ran outta luck!
She was long on to Lufkin by the time they cut me out of my truck
She's crazy for leaving.
I told her so!
And the boys at the bus stop just said "man, let her go!"
She's crazy for leaving I told her so.
But you can't stop a women when she's out of control.
So I kicked and I cussed that old East Texas road
I throw'd rocks at my truck, which had busted my nose
Ya add insult to injury and what do ya get?
ya get a bus stop full of honkies that don't ever forget!
She's crazy for leaving I told her so.
And the bus depot lady just said "Hun, just let her go!"
She's crazy for leaving I told her so!
But you can't stop a women when she's out of control.
No, you can't stop a women when she's out of control.
The New York City winter comes in cold gray sheets of steel
The numbness in his hands and feet is all that he can feel
Alcohol and sterno turns a doorway to a bed
And the ghost of who he might have been lives on inside his head
In a canyon made of brownstone on a sidewalk icy black
He wanders nearly barefoot with his righteousness in tact
A man of many mansions in a cardboard box replete
And he lies sleeping with an angel while his heart pretends to beat
Oh, the wind blows down on Lonely Street like an ice pick through the air
'Midst the Sunday times and coffee grinds, and Wino's in Times Square
Five flights up on easy street, you know she's safe and warm
And way down low 'neath a foot of snow he's riding out the storm
I offered him my winter coat, politely he refused
Like an educated man he spoke with words I seldom use
He said, "I don't need pity for these, choices are my own"
He bowed his head just slightly and then quietly moved along
Oh, the wind blows down on lonely street like an ice pick through the air
'Midst the Sunday times and coffee grinds, and Wino's in Times Square
Five flights up on easy street, you know she's safe and warm
And way down low 'neath a foot of snow he's riding out the storm
Well, it's not like he's a victim of the homeless life he stalks
Nor helpless to get back across the fine line that he walks
Riding out the storm means yesterday's already spent
Tomorrow don't mean nothing it won't even make a dent
Oh, the wind blows down on lonely street like an ice pick through the air
'Midst the Sunday times and coffee grinds, and Wino's in Times Square
Five flights up on easy street you know she's safe and warm
And way down low 'neath a foot of snow he's riding out the storm
Riding out, riding out, riding out
Riding out, riding out, riding out
Riding out, riding out, riding out
You don't have to be rich
I don't have to be drunk in a ditch
You don't have to be the top of your class
I don't have to have wavers of brass
You don't have to be cute
I don't have to look good in a suit
You don't have to have a dog in his race
I don't have to have an egg on my face
The outsider is watching your back
The outsider cut me some slack
The outsider just a little off keel
The outsider is something you feel
I don't have to be straight
You don't have to be something I hate
I don't have to be white as a ghost
You don't have to be dumb as a post
I don't have to be hip
You don't have to start losin' your grip
I don't have to be right if you're wrong
You don't have to be weak if I'm strong
The outsider like a coat when you're cold
The outsider like a friend when you're old
The outsider a little devil may care
The outsider it's just something that's there
You don't wanna be a saint
I don't wanna be something I ain't
First you get a little long in the tooth
Next you're tryin' to find a fountain of youth
It's a pain in the butt
But that's the trouble when you're stuck in a rut
We don't have to find a permanent bliss
But we've got to do better than this
The outsider like a stone you don't throw
The outsider like a bomb you don't blow
The outsider like a mountain don't move
Give to me my time and money
Give to me my milk and honey
Give to me my self respect
Golden chains around my neck
Give to me my super model
Corporate jet and champagne bottle
Get me out there on the town
Let me spread my wealth around
I could learn to love this life I lead
But just don?t take away the things I need
I feel rosy in the pink
So just don?t make me stop and think
All those dark thoughts in my head
Seem like better left unsaid
Give it to me
(Give it, give it, give it, give it)
Give it to me
(Give it, give it, give it, give it)
Give it to me
(Give it, give it, give it, give it)
(Give it, give it, give it, give it)
Give to me my latest fashion
Make my lover burn with passion
Give to me my charm and wit
Keep my body young and fit
Give to me my haute couture
Give the world a cancer cure
Serve my breakfast au frescoe
Let the wine and liquor flow
I can search for truth some other time
But right now I just wanna get what's mine
Let the gangsters rule the street
While teachers try to make ends meet
I despise all bleeding hearts
I don?t patronize the arts
Give it to me
(Give it, give it, give it, give it)
Give it to me
(Give it, give it, give it, give it)
Give it to me
(Give it, give it, give it, give it)
Right now
I don't understand what it is you're trying to sell
Or what it is you're trying to tell me
You're tryin' to get me to show some compassion
Man, that's so outta fashion
Give to me my Aspen winter
Sorry 'bout the World Trade Center
I can?t help the ones in need
I?ve got my own mouth to feed
Give to me my Playboy Channel
Killer weed and sheets of flannel
Lay me down upon my bed
With pleasant dreams to fill my head
Just look at what this world is coming to
And there ain?t one damn thing that I can do
I don?t have a leg to stand on
I don?t have a net to land on
I don?t have the base of power
I don?t have the extra hour
Give it to me
(Give it, give it, give it, give it)
Give it to me
(Give it, give it, give it, give it)
Give it to me right now
(Give it, give it, give it, give it, give it, give it)
Give to me my tax cut outsource
Build me my own private golf course
The Dixie Chicks can kiss my ass
But I still need that backstage pass
Give to me my Nasdaq numbers
Intel shares and E-trade blunders
Soldiers to defend my freedom
And a script for Valium if I need em?
And give it to me
(Give it, give it, give it, give it)
Give it to me
(Give it, give it, give it, give it)
Give it to me right now
When you're the last one to know
What everybody knows
Shame falls down
When you're the last one to see
What everybody sees
Shame falls down like rain falls down
Life is messy
It's starting to repress me
Time and time again
I think I'm gonna win
And it blows up in my face
When your last hope is gone
And you're feelin' so unable
Shame falls down
When your heart won't open up
And there's love left on the table
Fame falls down
Like rain falls down
Life is messy
It's starting to distress me
They sell it in the press
They smell it on your breath
But you keep on comin' clean
Life is messy
I don't wanna go back home
The streets are lined in rubble
A heart that's made of stone
Can lead you into trouble
Life is messy
It's trying to depress me
They can kick you in the nuts
They can hit you where it hurts
Don't get down on your knees
Life is messy
I feel like Elvis Presley
At a very early age
They put you in a cage
And they push you out on stage
One fine mornin' when the wild geese fly
I'm takin' my chances on the sunny side
I'm headed down south where the grass grows tall
Where the mockingbirds singing and the whippoorwill calls
Spanish moss on the Natchez Trace
Gulf wind blowin' wide across my face
French girls dancin' to a big bang drum
Back down south where I come from
Where the river flows like warm molasses
Rain fogs up my readin' glasses
Honey suckle strong enough to curl
Your hair back down there
One fine mornin', gonna pull up stakes
I'm gonna chalk it all up as just a bad mistake
Gonna hit the decks runnin' bid a fond farewell
By the time I get to Memphis I'll be outta my shell
Cotton fields just as white as snow
Sweet magnolia blossoms grow
Big moon shinin' like an ice cream cone
Back down south where I belong
Where the river flows like milk and honey
The nights are slow and the eggs are runny
I wouldn't mind sittin' in a rockin' chair back down there
Jewel of the south cross my heart, shut my mouth
Come the mornin', I'll be home in the sweet Delta dawn
One fine mornin' and it won't be long
I'm leavin' put early with my glad rags on
I'm gonna pull a load of wool off of my own two eyes
And sharpen my senses countin' railroad ties
When the mile long trestle makes a clickity-clack
The whole dang town is gonna welcome me back
Ticket to the land of the sugar cane back
Down on the Pontchartrain
Where the river flows like a grand mariner
Sweet olive takes my breath away
Sunday mornin' walkin' on the Jackson Square back down there
Jewel of the south cross my heart, shut my mouth
Come the mornin', I'll be home in the sweet Delta dawn
Oh Mother, oh Father
In our time of fear
Grant us the wisdom
Your message for to hear
Send down Your angel band
To fill Your hearts with power
Oh Mother, oh Father
In our darkest hour
Ignorance is the enemy
And it fills your head with lies
It?s the kind of bliss that can make you miss
The very truth before your eyes
It?s not who?s right or wrong
Weak or strong, black or white you see
Ignorance is the enemy
And it?s keeping you from me
Forgive me all my pettiness
Forgive me all my greed
Forgive me for I know not how
To live this life I lead
Ignorance is the enemy
Let's set the record straight
If history must repeat itself
Why worry while you wait
It?s a perfect blue and beautiful world
You treat with such disdain
Ignorance is the enemy
And It can only bring you pain
Forgive me all my vanity
Forgive me my conceit
Forgive me when I?m crawling
Like a beggar at Your feet
Ignorance is the enemy
And it wields a mighty sword
It can cut you down in a blaze of glory
It can nail you to a board
If mercy and compassion only had a chance
It could fill these holes we?ve dug
But ignorance is the enemy
And it?s working like a drug
Oh Mother, oh Father
In our time of fear
Grant us the wisdom
Your message for to hear
Send down Your angel band
To fill our hearts with power
Oh Mother, oh Father
I'd love to hear you laughing
Love so see you smile
Dance that little dance you danced
When you were just a child
The way the world came at you
Left you bitter and confused
The more I tried to guide your path
The more you just felt used
The sun comes up to my room
But there are no guarantees
It can rock you like a baby
It can knock you to your knees
The path that lies between us
Is a star crossed avenue
I've done everything I can
There's nothing I can do
So you loved that girl to death
And you're scared to take a breath
It's like everything you've dread
Swings are hammer in your head
So her heart's locked in a vault
And you think it's all your fault
It's a dream as old as dirt
And you can't stand to see her hurt
May the little voice that guides you
Send a message through for me
Reminding you you're beautiful
And will forever be
I wish that I could be there now
To tell you it's alright
It's a darkened, taunting raiser's edge
You're walking on the night
The sun comes up to my room
But there are no guarantees
It can rock you like a baby
It can knock you to your knees
The path that lies between us
Is a rough and rocky route
I've done everything I can
And there's nothing I can do
So you're learning to let go
And the process is so slow
While your baby plums the depths
You keep climbing up the stairs
She was daddy's little girl
You were ruler of the world
And now she's out there in the fray
I'll bet she'll be back someday
You heard me say a million times
My work is never done
For those who keep the wolves at bay
There is no setting sun
To see you standing here today
Pretty child, you've come so far
Which proves that you can find your way
No matter where you are
The sun comes up to my room
But there are no guarantees
It can rock you like a baby
It can knock you to your knees
The path that lies between us
It's the long way home, it's true
I've done everything I can
And there's nothing I can do
I'm back on board that '49 Ford in 1956
Long before the sun came up way out in the sticks
The headlight showed a two rut roadway, back up in the pines
First time I heard Johnny Cash sing I walk the line
I got my thrill behind the wheel upon my daddy?s lap
Grandpa rode co-pilot with a flashlight and a map
Cane pole out the window it was in the summertime
First time I heard Johnny Cash sing I walk the line
I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
I keep my eyes wide open all the time
I keep the ends out for the tie that binds
Because you're mine, I walk the line
I never will forget that day, I know the time and place
Sounded like the whole thing came right down from outer space
I still can see those headlights and that dashboard in my mind
The first time I heard Johnny Cash sing I walk the line
I find it very, very easy to be true
I find myself alone when each day's through
Yes, I'll admit that I'm a fool for you
Because you're mine, I walk the line
All these long years later it's still music to my ears
I swear it sounds as good right now as anything I hear
I've seen the Mona Lisa, I've heard Shakespeare read real fine
Just like hearing Johnny Cash sing I walk the line
As sure as night is dark and day is light
I keep you on my mind both day and night
And happiness I've know proves that it's right
Because you're mine, I walk the line
The sun is comin' up and I'm just goin' down
Everywhere I look the world keeps turnin' 'round
Though I said, I never would be satisfied
Oh baby, I lied, I couldn't leave you if I tried
Sometimes I get lost out on this sad old town
And every bridge I cross just turns me upside down
And every stumbling step I take back to your side
It hurts my pride I couldn't leave you if I tried
Well, I could not walk away no matter what I say
I won't be leaving believe it or don't
You're all that I want
Tears may fall but after all is said and done
Darlin' please believe me you're the only one
And I'll admit mistakes I've made me realize
Baby I lied, I couldn't leave you if I tried
I won't be leaving you no matter what I do
I'm gonna see it through 'til the end
And do it again
Years may come and friends may go but that's okay
Darlin' you're the only one I need to stay
And I know I said, I never would be satisfied
Baby I lied, I couldn't leave you if I tried
Cool as a rule, you don't learn in no school
You can't brown nose the teacher from a dunce hat stool
It's the hum and the rhythm, the birds and the bees
The mommas and the poppa's and the monkeys in the trees
Brothers and the sisters livin' life on the street
Play a hunch, pull the punch, you'll likely get beat
By the junk food, tattooed, white dude, true blued
Honky with an attitude comin' unglued
Fate's right hand
I don't understand at all
Billy loves women like a junky loves dope
Give him just enough rope the monkey gon choke
She's a Bill Blass combo, maxed out mombo
DKNY caught him in a lie
Ken Starr word man were talkin' absurd
Spendin' forty million dollars just to give the man a bird
He's a king, she's a queen, the rap won't stick
Get it on with a rubber and you won't get sick
Fate's right hand
I don't understand at all
Redrum, dot com, dim sum, smart bombs
Double cappuccino and a heart like a tom tom
Ozone long, gone, that's it, I quit
Natural inclination says enough of this
Brat pack, black Jack, heart attack, crack
We need another news channel like a hole in the back
There's a 187 on the 405
We all go to Heaven on a hard disk drive
Fate's right hand
I don't understand at all
Hard rain, fish seine, hurricane Jane
Don't forget about Carla, when you're talkin' about poon tang
Slow song on the bone, rec hall dance
Double date Debbie with a pole in my pants
First comes love like it always did
Or we wouldn't be talkin' bout The Houston Kid
Podunk piss chunk old dead skunk drunk
Trot line Freddy's got his dogs in the trunk
Fate's right hand
I don't understand at all
Fate's right hand
We ran into trouble scamming for oil
The whole Middle East is coming to a boil
It's the Muslims and Kurds, Bedouin herds
Palestinians and Arabs and Jews in the news
It's too much to keep up with, it'll jangle your head
The whole situation's running way in the red
I said, don't get me started
I'll like as not bend your ear
Don't get me started
I just wanna make one thing clear
I was born in America and I'm proud of that fact
I wish the rest of the world would get off our back
But these slick politicians, man, you've got to admit
Seems as crazy as bedbugs and they don't give one whit
About the man on the street with his back to the wall
Who can't find a quarter for to make a phone call
Meanwhile back in Washington, the champagne will flow
Tell that to the homeless man with nowhere to go
I said, don?t get me started
I came into this bar to unwind
Don?t get me started
I?ll like as not speak my mind
The rich corporations have turned a deaf ear
They don?t care who goes hungry, they?ve made that much clear
You see the trouble with people is we wanna believe
But they can?t turn a profit without tricks up their sleeve
It?s the roofers and truckers, the working class suckers
The firemen and teachers, the soldiers and preachers
Who shoulder the blows, it comes and it goes
A six trillion dollar debt, you pay through the nose
I said, don?t get me started
I?m a drag when I?ve had a few drinks
And don?t get me started
I don?t care what anyone thinks
'Cause it makes me angry
East Timor?s genocide to the core
The Indonesian legions come and give 'em what for
When the Coalition Army doesn't come to your aid
You might as well face it, there?s no money to be made
I had a dream last night, I was secretary of defense
And I came to the conclusion, war doesn?t make any sense, yeah
But nobody heard me when I tried to rescind it
There were too many people that just didn?t want to end it
I said, don?t get me started
You never know when I might stop
Don?t get me started
We both need to just let this thing drop
Don?t get me started
Don?t get me started, not now
Don?t get me started
I don't like humus, I hate long lines
Nosy neighbors and the nation blind
Chirpy news anchors alter my mood
I'm offended by buss words like awesome men do
I look like a train wreck, I feel like a blob
Till you get to know me, you may think I'm a snob
But I'm closer to heaven than I've ever been
I don't eat sushi, I don't smoke grass
I don't wear pajamas, I don't drive fast
I hate that all gossip and tassel shoes
Slick politicians, they give me the blues
I don't ride in Limos, I don't play golf
I don't own a riffle that will blow your head off
But I'm closer to heaven than I've ever been
I'm riding that way from cradle to grave
I'm learning to feel my hands on the wheel
I love my friends, I love my wife
Four little babies are the light of my life
I love Sissy Spacek, I love God Clark
All the biscuits and gravy I can eat with a fork
I don't wanna be famous, who gives a damn?
I just wanna be happy where ever I am
And I'm closer to heaven than I've ever been
I'm closer to heaven than I've ever been
Closer to heaven
Oh, darlin', you say that I blew your life away
But I can tell you, you're gonna get it back someday
I've got a brand new rag, it ain't the same old rag
I've got it in the bag, I'll bring it home to you
Sugar, I wanna make it nice for you
Yeah darlin', I'll bring it overnight to you
I've got a brand new rag, it ain't the same old rag
I've got it in the bag, I'll bring it home to you
Honey, I wanna give it all I can
Yeah woman, I'm gonna be a better man
I've got a brand new rag, it ain't the same old rag
I've got it in the bag, I'll bring it home to you
Lord I know you've got your own world
And you look good, I done you wrong, girl
But I want you to love me like you did before
And Lord I know you've got your own dream
Don't I know I've done a wrong thing
But I want you to love me like you did before
I can tell you I'm gonna give it all I can
Woh, now woman, I'm gonna be a better man
I've got a brand new rag, it ain't the same old rag
I've got it the the bag, I'll bring it home to you
It ain't the same old me, you've gonna have to see
I'll bring it home to you, I'll bring it home to you
We don't wanna say goodbye
We don't wanna feel that empty
But it's time to face the dawn
Head on
Then there's something in the wind
When the days go getting shorter
And the nights run cold and clear
Down here
Taking each new day to give
What we need to do our part
We'll keep learning how to live
With a lifelong broken heart
And we never will forget
It's a privilege to remember
The sound of days gone past
Will last
And we can see you in the stars
Come some vivid night in November
And with the last few leaves that fall
Recall
Surely each new day will give
What we need to do our part
To keep learning how to live
With a lifelong broken heart
Oh, you beautiful one
So clearly a gift
Life had designs of its own
To set you adrift
So go lightly where you must
Travel soft upon new wings
You will never be alone
Go on
When we cannot understand
When we cannot find new meaning
We'll seek out the ones you loved
And love
Taking each new day to give
What we need to do our part
We'll keep learning how to live
With a lifelong broken heart
We're just learning how to live
Well, I'll give you love that's above and beyond the call of love
And I'll never ever make you cry
Yes, I'll give you love that's above and beyond the call of love
And love's something that money can't buy
Well, a poor boys chances for a pretty girls glances
Are sometimes very few
Though I got no money if you'll be my honey
Here's what I'll offer you
Yes, I'll give you love that's above and beyond the call of love
And I'll never ever make you cry
Yes, I'll give you love that's above and beyond the call of love
And love's something that money can't buy
We met by chance and I knew in a glance that I'd found my destiny
And now I want to carry you off and marry you if you will agree
And I'll give you love that's above and beyond the call of love
And I'll never, ever make you cry
Yes, I'll give you love that's above and beyond the call of love
I'll give you the best I can give you, baby
That's all I can give
We'll live it the best we can live it, baby
As long as we live
What kind of love never turns you down
What kind of love lifts you off the ground
Turns your life around
What kind of love makes you go out in the wind
And the driving rain
What kind of love runs through your heart with
A pleasure so close to pain
What kind of love
Only this love that I have
I'll show you the best I can show you, baby
That's all I can show you
I'll know you the best I can know you baby
As long as I know you
What kind of love never turns away
What kind of love never makes you pay
Hears you when you pray
What kind of love makes you go out in the wind
And the driving rain
What kind of love runs through your heart with
A pleasure so close to pain
What kind of love
Only this love that I have
This love I know is all I have
This love I have is all I know
So I won't let go
What kind of love makes you go out in the wind
And the driving rain
What kind of love runs through your heart with
A pleasure so close to pain
What kind of love only this love that I have
Well, we can sit right down
And we can cry, cry, cry
Or we can pack it up
And go get high, high, high
You know you're crazy, baby
That's all I want from you
Well, we can lay around
In this house all day
Or we can pack it up
And make a getaway
Now you're a good time momma
And I'm daddy good time too
You know you're crazy, baby
And I'm crazy about you
You know I've been all around
This hard rockin' world
And I've never seen a thing
Like you in it, girl
Now you're a high flyin' momma
And I want to ride with you, indeed I do
You know you're crazy, baby
And I'm damn sure crazy about you
Whoa, one time
You know I bounced all around
In this big rubber ball
Before I met you baby
I did not have no fun at all
And now I'm crazy, baby
And I've learned it all from you
You know you're crazy, baby
And I'm crazy about you
You know you're crazy, baby
And I'm damn sure crazy about you
I know you're married
(I just want to steal your heart away)
I know he loves you
(I just want to steal your heart away)
I know you're locked inside the vows that you have said
You don't need guys like me to try and turn your head
I know you're married
But I just want to steal your heart away
I know you're happy
(I just want to steal your heart away)
You don't look lonely
(I just want to steal your heart away)
I know you think that you've got promises to keep
You don't need guys like me to knock you off your feet
I know you're married
But I just want to steal your heart away
I know you fit my plans like my hand fits this glove
I plan to make my stand, so I can have your love
I know you're married
I know you're married
I know you're married
But I just want to steal your heart away
[Instrumental]
I don't believe you'll likely cast a role tonight
I know you don't believe that you could tell a lie
I know you tell yourself that you found love so fine
That you think no one else could ever change your mind
I know you're married
I know you're married
I know you're married
But I just want to steal your heart away
Hey I just want to steal your heart away
Come on baby let me take you by the hand
Come on sugar let me take you by the hand
You're for me let me be all your own candy candy your candy man
Well come on baby I love your honey lovin' ways
Hey there sweet thing I love your honey lovin' honey lovin' ways
Oh come to me let me be all your own candy candy your candy man
[ harmonica ]
Come on woman I'm gonna treat you right I'll give you candy kisses every single night
(Candy man your candy man your candy man your candy man)
Oh come to me let me be all your own candy candy your candy man
Yeah candy candy candy I got the sweet sweet things for you
Know me if you must
But don't try to make my life easy
I don't wanna be somebody
That I can't better be
I don't wanna stand in the back
When I can't sit down in the front
I don't wanna laugh about ol' Jack
An' I don't wanna [Incomprehensible]
Who do you trust?
Who do you wanna put your faith in?
You know how to live
Somewhat better than the rest
You know how to be somebody
Who not put to the test
Upside down and inside out
You don't ever stumble
You know what you're talking about
You don't ever fumble
Who do you trust?
Who do you wanna put your faith in?
They say that your love conquers all
But they don't tell you who to call
Somebody play something right now
If I do unto others
The way I want it done to me
Then I'll get into heaven, well
I guess we'll have to wait and see
This life is a game of hide and don't seek
And I don't know where I stand
'Cause when I turn the other cheek
She hits me with the other hand
Who do you trust?
Who do you wanna put your faith in?
They say that time use every wind
Guess we have to just stay tuned
And that same old road outside my door
Always leaves me wanting more
Sex and Gasoline by Rodney Crowell
So much beauty abs & tush
Swoop down on you like a burnin bush
Pop religion bullwhip thin
Says you ain't nothing but the shape you're in
Come on now girl genuflect nude magazine
This mean old world runs on sex and gasoline
19 candles adorn your cake
Life's simple pleasures is a chance you take
So heres the skinny indulge the urge
Then sometime later you can binge & purge
Come on little girl we both know what I mean
This mean old world runs on sex and gasoline
Your pushing thirty why you old hag
Heres something dirty for your shopping bag
You spend the money and heres the deal
Well do our best to mend your sex appeal
Ah come on dear girl the process is routine
This mean old world runs on sex and gasoline
Your over forty that's it for you
Im pretty sure theres nothing else that we can do
Perhaps the convent, perhaps the knife
You woulda coulda shoulda been a rich man's wife
Come on old girl Lolita in her prime was yet thirteen
This star crossed world runs on sex and gasoline
Tired ole story sad but true
We mamas boys have got it in for you
Our faults are many our virtues nil
We never loved you and we never will
Ah come on now girl, Its time we both come clean
This mean old world runs on sex and gasoline
From the first grade princess to the last homecoming queen
The Star crossed world runs on sex and gasoline
The whole wide world runs on sex and gasoline
There's a man in me
He's cold and he's hard
He's got an eye for deception
He's always on guard
He's swimming in concrete
Drowning in fear
And he keeps it all locked in his heart
This man is a tyrant, a fault finding hack
You can't tell him nothing
There's no turning back
He leaves blood on the highway
And scattered debris
He crawls from the wreckage
But he still doesn't see
He's alive, the man is jive
There's a man in the mirror
I don't like his looks
His teeth, they are crooked
His hands are like hooks
He speaks four letter language
Because his mind is so small
His voice is like venom, I don't like him at all
God, I gotta get away from the man in me
She says, "What are you afraid of?
There's no need to judge
You know I can help you
But you won't even budge"
Pretty flowers surround you
But all you can smell is a rat
She says, "Why do you insist
On your head in the sand?
Building walls all around you
You don't understand
These ways are outmoded"
But all you can change is your hat
The man in me don't wanna
Know nothing about that
There's a man in the closet
He wants to come out
He wants to be noticed
But he's so filled with doubt
He wants to be well known and famous
But he's so filled with pride
The keys to his fortune stay locked up inside
Can it be the man in me?
She says, "Now what are you afraid of?
There's nothing to fear
You want me to help
But you won't let me near"
In your heart you can hear me
But all you believe are your eyes
Tell me why you're convinced
That a fist in your face is all you deserve
From love you've misplaced
The truth is salvation
But all you believe in are lies
The man in me wants to believe
But he won't even try
There's man in me
And he's so full of hate
He's so misdirected
He thinks it's too late
Pours salt on the wounds
Only time wants to heal
He's dying inside
And he don't wanna feel anything
Rain came down in endless sheets of thunder
Lightning bolts split pine trees down to the roots
In the shadow of the Astrodome
With a hurricane coming on strong
We used to hit the streets and go swimming in our birthday suits
Skiing in a bar ditch behind a moped
13 stitches on the corner of a sardine can
We were dirt poor Houston kids
Our whole family living on the skids
But we always had a nickel for the coming of the ice cream man
Mosquito truck blowing up DDT
Barefoot heathens running wild and free
Air raid buzzer at a noon-day scream
Living in a dream
On Telephone Road
I used to love them cherry Cokes down at the Prince's Drive-In
and the cheeseburgers tasted so good I like to come untied
There's a Chinaberry tree I remember
I used to climb in and out of my window
The night I left was on the day before my Grandma died
Sawdust spread out on a dance hall floor
Jukebox ripping at an all-out roar
Barmaid smiling at a 10 cent tip
Living is a trip
On Telephone Road
Magnolia Garden bandstand on the very front row
Johnny Cash Carl Perkins and The Killer putting on a show
6 years old and just barely off my daddy's knee
When those rockabilly rebels
Sent the Devil running right through me
A drive-in movie in the trunk of my car
One-eyed sailor in an ice house bar
Spit-shine Charlie and ol' Peg-leg Bill
Are dressed up fit to kill
On Telephone Road
Telephone Road, Telephone Road
Brabecue and beer on ice
A salty watermelon slice
At the Little Taste of Paradise
WRITER RODNEY CROWELL
We moved into a house in Tennessee
From the California desert where we did not wanna be
Where the grass was high and the rivers green the sky was always blue
It was 1982 the world was still brand new
Oh the front door to that house was very strong
As long as we were living there I knew nothing could go wrong
So we had our kids we made our lives work out the best we could
Behind that ol' piece of wood in a world we understood
That ol' door was always open that ol' door was never closed
That ol' door was our protection when the need arose
That ol' door was ever faithul that ol' door was ever strong
That ol' door was there to open up and welcome me back home
Welcome me back home
We never knew how good we get it there
So we went right on living like we didn't have a care
And when the only thing that mattered didn't matter after all
And the writin' on the wall said we're headed for a fall
That ol' door was always open that ol' door was standing guard
That ol' door was there to witness when the times were hard
That ol' door was ever faithul that ol' door was in our bones
That ol' door was there to open up and welcome me back home
Sometimes when the leaves blow down the track
Something deep inside of me bring all those mem'ries back
And that door comes round to haunt me with those chiseled marks that show
Just how much a kid can grow in a world still moving slow
That ol' door was always open...
We moved into a house in Tennessee
From the California desert where we did not wanna be
Where the grass was high and the rivers green the sky was always blue
WRITER RODNEY CROWELL
She's got a big heart and her own mind a deep love it's the strong kind
She's got them long legs and that soft skin she's got a big heart
The way she moves through this old world is the way she moves my soul
Every room that she walks into comes alive
With her head held high she digs down deep and struggles like we all will
But she makes it look so easy I could die
She's got a big heart...
Big old tears fall down when she's unhappy
Big old moon comes rising when she smiles
With her hair of gold and eyes so blue they haunt you when you're sleeping
Sometimes I wake up laughin' right out loud
She's got a big heart and her own mind sweet soul man she's so fine
She'll live a long time she comes from a long line she's got a big heart
I could shed my skin and in the blink of an eye I could fly fly fly
Tie my dreams up in a sack and lay my head down on the track and die die die
My life's been so sweet I just can't stand it
I must admit I've made out like a bandit
Last night's conversation with a real good friend of mine drinkin wine
wine wine
Said fifty years of livin and your worst mistakes forgiven it just takes time
time time
One man's lust for life brings world renown
And the next guy can't get two feet off the ground...... he's earthbound
(Earthbound)....hear the wind through the tops of the trees
(Earthbound)....summer sun nearly ninety degrees
(Earthbound)....big ol' moon sinking down...... think I might stick
around
I'm EARTHBOUND
I knew love once way back when she had almond eyes and olive skin
And long black hair
She was Irish Spanish mix breed I was southeast Texas hayseed
We were almost there
Her daddy did not like my kind around
My true love took the next train out of town......earthbound
(Earthbound)....where there's fathers and daughters in pain
(Earthbound)....mama's boy walking home in the rain
(Earthbound)....like a ship run aground I think I might stick around
I'm EARTHBOUND
With each new day that passes I'm in need of thicker glasses but it's
all O K
Someday I'll be leaving but I just can't help believing that it's not
today
Every golden moment I have found
I've done my best to run right in the ground.....earthbound
(Earthbound)....see the sky big and beautiful blue
(Earthbound)....fallen angels come callin' for you
(Earthbound....keepin' close to the ground think I might stick around
(Earthbound)....Tom Waits, Aretha Franklin, Mary Karr
(Earthbound)....Walter Cronkite, Seamus Heaney, Ringo Starr
(Earthbound)â¦.Dalai Lama, Charlie Brown make me wanna stick around
So I'm an orphan, now, out here on my own
And it's hard to know where I belong
It comes as no surprise, it happens to us all
Just like the sun will rise, night will fall
I know love is all I need
I know love is all I need
I know love is all I need
That's all I know
An image I recall, a picture on the wall
Of my mother on her wedding day
A young and na' nothing up her sleeve
But the things that just got lost along the way
And I know love is all I need
I know love is all I need
I know love is all I need
That's all I know
And there's a voice I hear, it comes in loud and clear
It's my father's voice teaching me
He says, "To be a man you've got to be true to your word
And when you make a stand you'll be heard"
And I know love is all I need
I know love is all I need
I know love is all I need
That's all I know
I can see it in my children, I can feel it with my wife
And I know it with these friends I have
So important to my life
I had a dream last night, I saw my mom and dad
They were happy now and I was glad
They had a brand new house that they'd just moved in
And when I awoke they were gone again
But I know love is all I need
I know love is all I need
I know love is all I need
That's all I know
But I know love is all I need
I know love is all I need
I know love is all I need
That's all I know
But I know love is all I need
I know love is all I need
I know love is all I need
That's all I know
The last time I saw Jesse
The moon was a-hangin' low
And she was standin' on the front porch
With her hair tied in a bow
The sweetest sound I've ever heard
It's just there when she talks
I'm gonna pack my bag and hit the drive
Even if I have to walk
The last time I saw Jesse
The moon was a-shinin' hot
And she was standin' in her house shoe
With her hair tied in a knot
The sweetest thing I've ever known
It's just a sudden drawl
I'm gonna grab my gear, get on out of here
Even if I have to crawl
I'm goin' soul searchin'
I'm lookin' for the love I knew
Soul searchin'
I don't care what I have to do
I'm gonna take my [Incomprehensible] and let it rock
I'm gonna pack my toll and let it roll
I'm goin' soul searchin'
The sweetest thing I've ever known
It's just a-holdin' me
I'm gonna pack my slack and get on back
To where I wanna be
I'm goin' soul searchin'
I'm lookin' for the love I lost
Soul searchin'
I don't care how much it cost
I'm gonna take my [Incomprehensible] and let it rock
I'm gonna pack my toll and let it roll
To make the world a better place like dreamers often will
We left our bed of roses to push that rock up hill
The way we went about our task proved destined for to fail
Who we thought we were don't ask there's no way you can tell
It's a different world now to say the least
The sun comes up from in the west and sets down in the east
The stars are out there shining but just where we can not say
It's different world now like night and day
In the name of self defense we built bombs to prove a point
And we'd drop them on our neighbors when their nose got out of joint
To sell the same hamburger rain forests had to go
Hell we don't need no air to breathe but just don't tell us no
It's a different world now without a doubt
The raindrops fall to Heaven and the tides go rolling out
The rivers flow like powdered milk and the wind blows with a wheeze
It's a different world now there are no trees
I take a look around and I see ice caps in your eyes
Desert where the swamp should beneath cold black canvas skies
I take a look around and I see crossbones on a rose
How we let this come to be seems no one really knows
In life's rich beauty pageant we put children on a stage
Said flash your soft white belly child but just don't act your age
Sell sex like cotton candy to young and old alike
When you've outlived the fantasy girl you can take a hike
It's a different world now but what to do
We had our fifteen minutes and we blew it right on cue
We used up mother nature like a twenty dollar whore
And tell me what you?re feelin? now
That everybody?s left and gone
Anybody break your heart?
Anybody done you wrong?
Hey, I know what you need to hear
Way down inside your ear
Now that we?re alone
Now that we?re alone
Let?s talk about it now that we?re alone
And too many smiling faces
Try to turn your head around
Too many times and places when those
Uptown dreams just drag you down
Hey, I know what you need tonight
I?m gonna hold you tight
Now that we?re alone
Oh, now that we?re alone
Let?s talk about it now that we?re alone
Now you might see
Rain outside your window
And you might hear
Footsteps down your hall
So tell me what you think about it
Now that the day?s complete
Anybody hurt your feelings, darlin'?
Anybody cut you deep?
Hey, I know what you need to know
I?m never gonna let you go
Now that we?re alone
Now that we?re alone
Let?s talk about it now that we?re alone
Now you might see
Rain outside your window
And you might hear
Footsteps down your hall
So tell me what you?re feelin? now
That everybody?s left and gone
Anybody break your heart?
Anybody done you wrong?
Hey, I know what you need tonight
I?m gonna hold you tight
Now that we?re alone
Oh, now that we?re alone
Let?s talk about it now that we?re alone
I don't mind the thought of growing old
But I don't wanna lose my sense of humor
I'm okay as long as I can laugh
I don't care if everything goes wrong
Even if it's only for a while
I'm alright if I can see you smile
You're an old fashion girl
At home, in a modern world
The night is just right, my love
Somewhere down the line the wheels come off
You may find me broke down by the highway
I'm alright as long as I can walk
And if it comes to pass I'm losing touch
As long as I can feel you close to me
I'm alright where I'm supposed to be
You're an old fashion girl
At home, in a modern world
The night is just right, my love
Maybe I'm crazy, maybe I'm not
Maybe this moment is all we have got
Well, I don't think that I'm afraid to die
Still in all I'd rather live forever
See a million full moons rising in the sky
The morning sun light shining in your eyes
You're an old fashion girl
At home, in a modern world
The night is just right, my love
A man stumbles home from a lost weekend-it's not for me to judge
Woman gets stoned on valium and gin-it's not for me to judge
It's not for me to judge the rhyme or reason if its something i dont understand
It's not for me to judge what someone else does
There's a reason why so many people cry-it's not for me to judge
A man writes a book and we call him a prophet-it's not for me to judge
If presidents and preachers put it all in there pockets its not for me to judge
It's not for me to judge that truth is a picture
we develop while we learn how to crawl
It's not for me to judge what someone else does
there's a time and place we've all gotta face-but it's not for me to judge
It's not for me to judge-it's not for me to judge
we've got cable-but we're not able-to see the truth and our bitter youth
think they know the game-man it's so insane-ah, but it's not for me to judge
If a man believes in ghosts and spirits-it's not for me to judge
Woman believes she can walk on water, babe-it's not for me to judge
It's not for me to judge why darkness remains in a world so full of light
It's not for me to judge the pace every race
will replace the doubt in their lives
It's not for me to judge who's stuck in the mud-but talking out of turn
You and me must be something to see
A-fussing at each other until dawn
We made a mess out of our happiness
Girl, I guess we've been together for too long
His and hers has turned to yours and mine
So I don't have to tell you something's wrong
We made a fool and talked out of school
Girl, I guess we've been together for too long
Well, I guess we've been together
Through all our stormy weather
And now it's time to sail our ship along
His and hers has turned to yours and mine
Girl, I guess we've been together for too long, for too long
Well, I guess we've been together
Through all our stormy weather
And now it's time to give it up our [Incomprehensible]
His and hers has turned to yours and mine
Girl, I guess we've been together for too long
And I'm sad to say that it turned out that way
Girl, I guess we've been together for too long
WRITERS RODNEY CROWELL, WILL JENNINGS, HANK DeVITO
You know I love you baby you know I need you too
The life I lead is all I need to make my dreams come true
It was a July night in Houston when first I felt your heat
Girl you look so fine in that jukebox line that I forgot I had two left feet
You know I want you baby you know I need you so
The love you make gives me the shakes from my head down to my toes
Your love is something smoking your love is something hot
When I feel the storm rolling in your arms I'm gonna give you everything I've got
Every beat of your heart is like a bolt of blue lightning
You heat up the night like a hot summer wind
The taste of your lips just sets me on fire
Everywhere I turn got love to burn again
I love to please you baby and smell your sweet perfume
The way you walk and the way you talk just keeps me on the moon
Your love is high explosive there's dynamite in blue jeans
Anytime you choose to light that fuse you're gonna blow us all to smithereens
Every beat of your heart...
Everywhere I turn got love to burn again
(Rodney Crowell)
Lord, Mary took to running with a travelin' man
Left her momma crying with her head in her hands
Such a sad case, so broken hearted
She say momma, I got to go, I gotta get outta here
I gotta get out of town; I'm tired of hanging around
I gotta roll on between the ditches
It's just an ordinary story 'bout the way things go
Round and around nobody knows, but the highway
Goes on forever, that 'ol highway rolls on forever
Lord she never would've done it if she hadn't got drunk
If she hadn't started running with a travelin' man
If she hadn't started taking those crazy chances
She said daughter, let me tell you 'bout the travelin' kind
Everywhere he's goin' such a very short time
He'll be long gone before you know it
He'll be long gone before you know it
She say never have I known it when it felt so good
Never have I knew it when I knew I could
Never have I done it when it looked so right
Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight
This is down in the swampland, where anything goes
It's Alligator Day and the bars don't close
It's the real thing down in Louisiana
Did you ever see a cajun when he really got mad
When he really got trouble like a daughter gone bad
It gets real hot down in Louisiana
Now the stranger better move it or he's gonna get killed
He's gonna have to get it or a shotgun will
It ain't no time for lengthy speeches
There ain't no time for lengthy speeches
She said never have I know it when it felt so good
Never have I knew it when I knew I could
Never have I done it when it looked so right
Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight
She said never have I know it when it felt so good
Never have I knew it when I knew I could
Never have I done it when it looked so right
Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight
It's just an ordinary story 'bout the way things go
Round and around nobody knows, but the highway goes on forever
Down in Louisiana, bayous by and by
Pirogue pole or your natural soul
Keeps you tied to a tree high tide
Beer joint lights come on
And then the crowd starts rollin' in
Chorus:
Pretty soon you got stars on the water
You got stars on the water
It's like stars on the water, let it rain
Beaumont to Biloxi
Sea breeze at your door
Gypsy rains, dang hurricanes
White silver sandy shore
"Blue Light" lounge is shinin'
Way out on the view
Chorus:
It looks just like stars on the water
Just like stars on the water
Just like stars on the water, let it rain
(guitar instrumental)
When it's midnight down in Mobile
Moonbeams on the bay
They come from miles around to dance the jukebox down
And dig the good time sounds they play
All across the harbour
Night lights shinin' in
Chorus:
It looks just like stars on the water
Just like stars on the water
Just like stars on the water, let it rain
Chorus:
Pretty soon ya got stars on the water
You got stars on the water
WRITERS RODNEY CROWELL, JOHN LEVENTHAL
Once in a while when the wind lies sleeping
Deep in the night there's a silent light
That glows in my heart just barely a spark a gentle reminder of you
Sometimes I walk where the streets hang empty
Far from the crowd where the shadows fall
I sample the sound of the rain falling down and let go the past
And once in a while I still can smile
And face the day in a better way it's true
Once in a while I'm still in love with you
There will be times when the grey clouds come
They'll cover the sky try to hide the sun
They'll stand in my way but I'll make it okay I'm living this life ater you
Sometimes I walk where the sea meets the river
I carry a torch calling out your name
I'll savor the sound of the waves as they pound and let go the mask
And once in a while...
I don't fall in love so easy
I don't even know how it feels
I don't fall in love so easy
I don't even know if it's real
Too strong don't mean it's for long
Too deep don't mean it's for keeps
Fast doesn't last
I don't fall in love so easy
But I'm falling in love with you
I don't give my heart to just anyone
I don't even know how to do it
I don't give my hand to just any man
I don't want to put myself through it
I don't want what I don't want
I can't feel what I don't feel
It's sad but it's true
I don't fall in love so easy
But I'm falling in love with you
I used to pray someday to change
But I found new ways to stay the same
Until you came
I don't fall in love so easy
I don't even know where to start
I don't fall in love so easy
I don't understand my own heart
It's so hard to drop my guard
I don't know how to just let go
But what else can I do
I don't fall in love so easy
But I'm falling in love with you
I'm falling in love with you
She's a rounder I can tell you that
She can sing 'em all night too
She'll raise hell about the sleep she lost
Even cowgirls get the blues
Especially cowgirls they're the gypsy kind
And need their reins laid on 'em loose
She's lived to see the world turned upside down
Hitchin' rides out of the blue
Even cowgirls get the blues sometimes
Bound to don't know what to do sometimes
Get this feeling like she's too far gone
The only way she's ever been
Lonely nights are out there on the road
Motel ceiling stares you down
There must be safer ways to pay your dues
Even cowgirls get the blues
Even cowgirls get the blues sometimes
Bound to don't know what to do sometimes
Get this feeling like she's too far gone
The only way she's ever been
Even cowgirls get the blues sometimes
Bound to don't know what to do sometimes
Get this feeling like the restless wind
My self importance is a god forsaken bore
I aim for heaven but I wake up on the floor
I'd take up with rattlesnakes to get my point across
I'd argue with a parking brake to show em who's the boss
It's my intention to inspire Instead I'm Preachin to the choir
I had some money but I blew it living high
My wine and women were the best that you could buy
I tried to prove myself a man of certain taste
But all I've got to show you now is written on my face
I'm not someone you'd admire but I'm still Preachin' to the choir
I'm born a lion but I don't believe it fits
I'm no King of the jungle out there livin by my wits
This morning's paper called for romance on a whim
I reckon I'd believe em' if they told me sink or swim
I'm under water not on fire but I'm still preachin to the choir
Baytown Texas there's a fisherman I knew
He read the bible and he spit tobacco too
He said that crap about the rod you spare to spoil the child
Is only propaganda meant to keep you in denial
Go on and follow your desire but he was Preachin to the choir
Time is of the essence when you're hanging by a thread
And the answer to your questions won't unravel in your head
When you're staring at forever from the edge of life's abyss
No one's gonna tell you how it all came down to this
If you say different your a liar I'm just preachin' to the choir
When I'm standing at the St Peters gate a trying to slip on in
I might as well plead guilty to the worst of who I've been
I used to like to think I had a special way with words
But right now I'm convinced I've more in common with the birds
There's no feelin' no better than this
There's no mountain so high I can't climb
There's no shortage of comfort and bliss
There's no reason I burned holes in my mind
I'm doin' fine
The faith is mine now
I've seen my troubles smokin' down on the track
My nose all bloody, taste the salt in my teeth
I spent my money but it's all comin' back
The water is muddy but it's drowned
And my field's under the [Incomprehensible]
The faith is mine now
The faith is mine
But I still got a long way to go
I've seen my future look back on my heart
Don't know the ending but I know where to start
My past is healin', it's alarmin' the fate
This time tomorrow, it could all be a race tumblin' by
The faith is mine now
The faith is mine
But I still got a long way to go
The faith is mine
But I'm still doin' time keepin' up my God
The faith is real
Or sometimes I feel like I work too hard
The faith is mine, yeah, the faith is mine
Yeah, faith is mine
But I'm still doin' time, it's a life long task
The faith is strong, I keep hangin' on
'Coz I know that I've only to ask
The faith is mine
Yeah, the faith is mine
There's no feeling no better I know
The skies are cloudy but the sun's gonna show
My arms are open and I got my feet on the sand
Angel of mercy take a hold of my hand
I'm doin' fine
The faith is mine now
The faith is mine
But I still got a long way to go
Faith is mine
But I still got a long way to go
The faith is mine
But I still got a long way to go
The faith is mine
Yeah, the faith is mine
The faith is mine
WRITERS RODNEY CROWELL, GUY CLARK
I drove all the way from Storyville on a midnight Memphis run
From Bourbon Street to Beale Street straight up Highway 61
I was tuned in on radio maybe ten miles out of town
When I heard the rose of Memhis boys that's when I left the ground
I can't go back to Storyville way down there by the sea
Till I can say I got the rose of Memphis coming home with me
She wrapped her song around my heart just like the Kudzu vine
That keeps on growing after dark straight up some lonesome pine
I've got to find that woman now cause my life ain't complete
Man there ain't nobody out there got the rose of Memphis beat
I can't go back to New Orleans that ol' crescent city town
Till I can say I got the rose of Memphis coming on the rounds
Rose of Memphis I love the rose of Memphis
Rose of Memphis I love the rose of Memphis
I love the rose of Memphis man she sings just like a bird
I swear she makes the sweetest sound I think I ever heard
She was born down by the river that ol' river's in her soul
Man they can't nobody touch her when the rose is on a roll
I can't get go back to Louisiana by the Gulf of Mexico
Till I can say I've got the rose of Memphis coming home to show
Rose of Memphis I love the rose of Memphis
If I could have just one wish
Maybe for an hour
I wanna be a woman
And feel that phantom power
Maybe I'd wanna stick around for a while
Until my heart got broke
Maybe then I could find out if I'm a half decent man
Or if I'm just a joke
If I could be the first woman president
I'd take on air pollution
I'd walk the streets of Baghdad at dawn
To find the real solution
I'd bear my soul for the people to read
I'd make my secrets known
I'd rather really be assassinated first day in office
Or die somewhere alone
It's no excuse to be obtuse
It's no excuse to be deaf, dumb and blind
When evolution is a thing of no use
It likes to call itself intelligent design
So here's the world in the palm of my hand
How come I'm feeling so tender
It's a man's world, I've heard it since birth
I'm out of touch with my gender
I wanna feed the hungry, I wanna heal the sick
I wanna stifle the causes of suffering and hate
I wanna know my enemy by the look in its eyes
I wanna stop on this madness before it's too late
I don't care if you think I've gone crazy
Messianic delusion is a back breaking crime
I've got a dog and a gold fish and a friend in the navy
Don't know nothing about intelligent design
It's no excuse to be brutal
It's no excuse to be vile
It's no excuse to wanna die for religion
I harm an innocent child
It's no excuse to be a slick politician
When the whole New Orleans is drowning in brine
I'm not mistaken, it was Darwin's position
Just like the sun over the mountaintop
You know I'll always come again
You know I love to spend my morningtime
Like sunlight dancing on your skin
I've never gone so wrong
As for telling lies to you
What you see is what I've been
There is nothing I could hide from you
You see me better than I can
Out on the road that lies before me now
There are some turns where I will spin
I only hope that you can hold me now
'Til I can gain control again
And like a lighthouse
you must stand alone
Landmark the sailor's journey's end
No matter what sea
I've been sailing on
I'll always pass this way again
Out on the road that lies before me now
There are some turns where I will spin
I only hope that you can hold me now
I've been up all night and the night before
My teeth are dirty my eyes are sore
There was a good time had by all accounts
And we were drinking to you in tall amounts
I guess we had a little trouble in the hotel bar
Some hometown bubba went a little too far
He said he don't like Catholics he don't like Jews
He don't like me and he don't like you
Say you love me
Say you need me
Say you want me - don't disappoint me
Say it
Say it
Say it
Say it
I've got ten good years left in my legs
Someday baby I won't have to beg
The first thing to go is not your mind
You have known that for a long long time
You've got the Irish eyes and the raven hair
From your head down to your underwear
Poetry is the language of choice
Whenever I'm within the sound of your voice
Say you love me
Say you need me
Say you want me - don't disappoint me
Say it
Say it
Say it
Say it
Speak your mind darlin' state your case baby
Lay it on the line sugar cut to the chase maybe
Say it in your own words and don't be proud
If it's something that you wanna get heard
You've got to say it to me right out loud
Say it
Say it
Say it
Say it
Say it
Say it
Say it
'Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood
When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud
I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form.
"Come in," she said,
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
And if I pass this way again, you can rest assured
I'll always do my best for her, on that I give my word
In a world of steel-eyed death, and men who are fighting to stay warm.
"Come in," she said,
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
Not a word was spoke between us, there was little risk involved
Everything up to that point had been left unresolved.
Try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm.
"Come in, I will give you shelter from the storm."
You were burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail,
Poisoned in the bushes, blown out on the trail,
Hunted like a crocodile, ravaged in the corn.
"Come in I will give you shelter from the storm."
Suddenly I turned around and she was standin' there
With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair.
She walked up to me gracefully and took my crown of thorns.
"Come in," she said,
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
Now there's a wall between us, somethin' there's been lost
I took too much for granted, I got my signals crossed.
Just to think that it all began on a noneventful morn.
"Come in," I said,
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
Well, the deputy walks on hard nails, the preacher rides a mount
But nothing really matters much, it's doom alone that counts
The one-eyed undertaker, he blows his futile horn.
"Come in," she said,
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
I've heard newborn babies wailin' like a mournin' dove
And old men with their broken teeth stranded without love.
Do I understand your question, man, is it hopeless and forlorn?
"Come in," she said,
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
In a little hilltop village, they gamble for my clothes
You'll bargain for salvation and they give you a lethal dose.
You'll offer up your innocence and get repaid with scorn.
"Come in, I will give you shelter from the storm."
Now I'm livin' in a foreign country but I'm bound to cross the line
Beauty walks a razor's edge, someday I'll make it mine.
If I could only turn back the hands of time to when you and God were born.
I know that I could give you,
Shelter from the storm
There were trains
And we out-run 'em
There were songs
And we out-sung 'em
There were brighter days never ending
There was time
And we were burnin'
There were rhymes
And we were learnin'
There was all the love two hearts could hold
And after all this time
You're always on my mind
Hey I could never let it end
'Cause my heart takes so long to mend
The dream that keeps your hopes alive
The lonely nights you hold inside
And after all this time
You're always on my mind
I still want you
There was rain
That we outlasted
There was pain
But we got past it
There were last goodbyes still left unspoken
There were ways I should have thrilled you
There were days I could have killed you
You're the only love my life has known
And after all this time
You're always on my mind
Hey I could never let you go
A broken heart that heals so slow
Could never beat for someone new
While you're alive and I am too
And after all this time
You're always on my mind
I still miss you
And I could never let it in
'Cause my heart takes so long to mend
The dream that keeps your hopes alive
The lonely nights you hold inside
And after all this time
You're always on my mind
I still want you
Hey after all this time
You're always on my mind
Now baby pull the covers back over my head
I don't want to get up out of this bed
I don't want to drag it on off to work
That big boss man is really a jerk
We've been lovin' all night
Just about thrilled me
Everything right
Hope it don't kill me
I'm gonna live it just as long as I can
I'm gonna make it every part of my plan
Lovin' all night
Hangin' on tight
No doubt about it
Been lovin' all night, yeah
Now baby you're as pretty as a fresh cut flower
When you show me how you love me in the wee small hours
While everybody's sleeping on around this town
Lovin' all night makes the world go round
We've been lovin' all night
Just about send me
Everything right
Hope it don't bend me
I'm gonna live it just as long as I can
I'm gonna make it every part of my plan
Lovin' all night
Hangin' on tight
No doubt about it
Been lovin' all night, yeah
Ain't no use talkin' when you're lookin' so fine
When you're movin' your body up close to mine
We've been rockin' with a rhythm of a beat our own
Baby, I'm gonna love you 'til the cows come home
We've been lovin' all night
Just about hit me
Everything right
Hope it don't get me
I'm gonna live it just as long as I can
I'm gonna make it every part of my plan
Lovin' all night
Feeling all right
No doubt about it been lovin' all night
We've been lovin' all night
Hangin' on tight
No doubt about it
