Got into a cab in New York City
Was an Oriental man behind the wheel
Started talking about heaven like it was real
Said, "They got mansions in heaven
Yeah, the angels are building one for me right now
And I know they're saving the best for last
Look around this town and tell me that it ain't so
They're saving the best for last
Don't ask me how I know 'cause it must be
Saving the best for last for me"
You can go a hundred miles a second
Don't have to drive no lousy cab
Got everything you want and more man
And the King picks up the tab
You walk around on streets of gold all day
And you never have to listen to what these customers say
And I know they're saving the best for last
Look around this town and tell me that it ain't so
They must be saving the best for last
Don't ask me how I know 'cause it must be
Saving the best for last for me
Oh, saving the best for last for me
But I remember when I was a child
Lost in the streets of Chinatown
My mother had a vision and I was found
Saving the best for last for me
Oh oh, saving the best for last
And when I finally take this journey
I'm gonna wave goodbye to Earth
Gonna throw this meter in the ocean
And prove what I was worth
And I don't care who tries to flag me down
They're gonna have to find another ride uptown
'Cause I know they must be saving the best for last
Man, I look around this town so don't tell me that it ain't so
They're just saving the best for last
Don't ask me how I know 'cause it must be
Saving the best for last for me
Oh, saving the best for last for me
Oh, saving the best for last for me
Saving the best
Saving the best for last
Saving the best
Saving the best for last
We were born before the wind
Also younger than the sun
Ere the bonnie boat was won as we sailed into the mystic
Hark, now hear the sailors cry
Smell the sea and feel the sky
Let your soul and spirit fly into the mystic
And when that fog horn blows I will be coming home
And when the fog horn blows I want to hear it
I don't have to fear it
And I want to rock your gypsy soul
Just like way back in the days of old
And magnificently we will fold into the mystic
When that fog horn blows you know I will be coming home
And when that fog horn whistle blows I got to hear it
I don't have to fear it
And I want to rock your gypsy soul
Just like way back in the days of old
And together we will fold into the mystic
Come on girl...
Now that I've lost everything to you
You say you wanna start something new
And it's breakin' my heart you're leavin'
Baby, I'm grievin'
But if you wanna leave, take good care
I hope you have a lot of nice things to wear
But then a lot of nice things turn bad out there
Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world
It's hard to get by just upon a smile
Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world
I'll always remember you like a child, girl
You know I've seen a lot of what the world can do
And it's breaking my heart in two
Because I never wanna see you a sad girl
Don't be a bad girl
But if you wanna leave, take good care
I hope you make a lot of nice friends out there
But just remember there's a lot of bad and beware
Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world
It's hard to get by just upon a smile
Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world
I'll always remember you like a child, girl
Baby, I love you
But if you wanna leave, take good care
I hope you make a lot of nice friends out there
But just remember there's a lot of bad and beware
Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world
It's hard to get by just upon a smile
Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world
I don't know where I'm goin'
But now that I am gone
I hope the wind that's blowin'
Helps me carry on
Turn on your radio, baby
Listen to my song
Turn on your night light, baby, baby, I'm gone
Turn on your radio
I don't know how it happened
But now that I am gone
I hope I'll never hear it, baby
Just in case I'm wrong
Turn on your record player
Listen to my song
Turn on your night light, baby, baby
I'm gone, really long gone
I don't know where life's goin'
But soon it will be gone
I hope the wind that's blowin'
Helps me carry on
Turn on your radio, baby
Baby, listen to my song
Turn on the night light, baby, baby
I'm gone, long gone
Turn on your record player
Turn on your record player
Turn on your record player
And listen to my song
(Turn on your record player)
Everybody had a hard year
And everybody had a good time
(Turn on your record player)
Everybody had a wet dream
And everybody saw the sunshine
(Turn on your record player)
Everybody had a good year
And everybody let their hair down
(Turn on your record player)
Everybody put their socks up
And everybody put their foot down
(Turn on your record player)
And listen, listen
(Turn on your record player)
(Turn on your record player)
Don't know much about you
Don't know who you are
We've been doing fine without you
But, we could only go so far
Don't know why you chose us
Were you watching from above
Is there someone there that knows us
Said we'd give you all our love
Will you laugh just like your mother
Will you sigh like your old man
Will some things skip a generation
Like I've heard they often can
Are you a poet or a dancer
A devil or a clown
Or a strange new combination of
The things we've handed down
I wonder who you'll look like
Will your hair fall down and curl
Will you be a mama's boy
Or daddy's little girl
Will you be a sad reminder
Of what's been lost along the way
Maybe you can help me find her
In the things you do and say
And these things that we have given you
They are not so easily found
But you can thank us later
For the things we've handed down
You may not always be so grateful
For the way that you were made
Some feature of your father's
That you'd gladly sell or trade
And one day you may look at us
And say that you were cursed
But over time that line has been
Extremely well rehearsed
By our fathers, and their fathers
In some old and distant town
From places no one here remembers
Come the things we've handed down
Lately he can feel it
Turning off inside his heart
She's calling him from the car phone
And she's falling apart
Now he could call in her prescription
And they will take it down off the shelf
But he knows that he can't save her from herself no more
No more
And you can ride home in the country doctor
And you might do the best that you can
But who is gonna help the medicine man
Who is gonna save him?
Now he always was a healer
There was something in his eyes
And his hand upon your head
When fever started to rise
And there's someone he lost long ago
Now there's flowers on her grave
And they say that it's still her
That he's trying to save
He's trying to save her
And you can ride home in the country doctor
And you might do the best that you can
But who is gonna help the medicine man
Who is gonna save the medicine man?
Who is gonna save him?
Who is gonna save him?
Later on in the evening
When the sun goes sinking down
He goes out for a walk
Along the sound
And he thinks he can hear her
Calling him away
But he tells her he must wait
Another day
Clouds move in
From off the horizon
Feels like nighttime
In the middle of the day
And I don't know why
But it's still so suprisin'
How a love grows stronger
Or it just fades away
But you look older today
Than I've ever seen you
I think I know the reason
We might wash all our tears away
But you got to bundle up baby
For the rainy season
I hear you breathing heavy
On the telephone tonight
I can feel the air is thick as thieves
Sometimes I just want to tell you
We'll be all right
At least that's what some part of me believes
But you look older today
Than I've ever seen you
Think I know the reason
We might wash all our tears away
But you got to bundle up, bundle up, bundle up
For the rainy season
Oh, oh I've been holding on so long
Holding on and holding on so long
Oh, oh I've been holding on so long
Won't you bundle up baby
Could you bundle up, bundle up, bundle up
Well, I had just checked in when the sun came up
After ten hours on the bus.
I was staring at the stains on the ceiling, baby,
Trying not to think about us.
But then someone in a room five-oh two
started doing the thing that we used to do.
Every bang, every boom,
It was just like it was happening in my own room.
(CHORUS)
'Cause they've got paper walls, paper walls,
Paper walls... ooh, yeah.
I closed the curtain, I shut the light,
I heard the highway moan.
Next thing I remember they were having a fight,
And then, she was all alone.
I heard her cry in the darkest hour,
I heard it echo in the hotel shower,
I heard her start packing her things, so,
I called her number and I heard it ring...
(CHORUS)
Right through the paper walls, paper walls,
Paper walls, oooh yeah, now.
(INSTRUMENTAL SOLO - Over first part of Verse 3)
I've never seen such a sight before,
The way she looked when she opened the door.
Hush now baby don't make a sound,
When all your love comes a-tumblin' down...
(CHORUS)
Just like a paper wall, paper wall,
Paper wall, Ooh just like a paper wall.
(REPEAT AND FADE)
It ain't the road that kills you, baby,
It's the all night calls;
It ain't the road that kills you, baby,
I can see you with the top down
In that car you keep under the eaves
I can see the ocean wind blow
Through your hair
And all along your sleeves
I see you turning up the radio
Listening to the DJ's dedication
I can see you with the angels
Flying off the tower
At the station
Me I keep watching from the corner of my eye
Looking for some reason I should run
I know you don't have your answers either baby
But at least you know that you can really love someone
I see you kneeling in the garden
Closer now to something real and true
I see you feeding something beautiful
And I think that's all you ever
Really wanted to do
Now you're blowing out the candles
Now the guests pull out the drive
Now you're listening for the telephone
Of footsteps
That don't arrive
Me I keep watching from the corner of my eye
Looking for some reason I should run
I know you don't have your answers either baby
But at least you know that you can really love someone
Really love
Really love
How many roads you've traveled
How many dreams you've chased
Across sand and sky and gravel
Looking for one safe place
One safe place
Will you make a smoother landing
When you break your fall from grace
Into the arms of understanding
Looking for one safe place
One safe place
Oh life is trial by fire
And loves the sweetest taste
And I pray it lifts us higher
To one safe place
One safe place
One safe place
(bridge)
How many roads we've traveled
How many dreams we've chased
Across sand and sky and gravel
Looking for one safe place
One safe place
Maybe I'm amazed at the way you love me all the time
Maybe I'm afraid of the way I love you
Maybe I'm amazed at the way you pull me out of time
You hung me on the line
Maybe I'm amazed at the way I really need you
Maybe I'm a man
Maybe I'm a lonely man who's in the middle of something
That he doesn't really understand
Maybe I'm a man
And maybe you're the only woman who could ever help me
Baby, won't you help me to understand?
Maybe I'm a man
Maybe I'm a lonely man who's in the middle of something
That he doesn't really understand
Maybe I'm a man
And maybe you're the only woman who could ever help me
Baby, won't you help me to understand?
Maybe I'm amazed at the way you're with me all the time
Maybe I'm afraid of the way I leave you
Maybe I'm amazed at the way you help me sing my song
Right me when I'm wrong
Look at me
Who am I supposed to be?
Who am I supposed to be?
Look at me
What am I supposed to be?
What am I supposed to be?
Look at me
Oh my love, oh my love
Here I am
What am I supposed to do?
What am I supposed to do?
Here I am
What can I do for you?
What can I do for you?
Here I am
Oh my love, oh my love
Look at me, oh please look at me, my love
Here I am
Oh my love
Who am I?
Nobody knows but me
Nobody knows but me
Who am I?
Nobody else can see
Just you and me
Who are we?
Tom, get your plane right on time
I know your part'll go fine
Fly down to Mexico
Doh-n-doh-de-doh-n-doh
And here I am
The only living boy in New York
I get the news I need
On the weather report
Oh, I can gather all the news I need
On the weather report
Hey, I've got nothing to do today
But smile, de-doh-n-doh-de-doh
And here I am
The only living boy in New York
Half of the time we're gone
But we don't know where
And we don't know where
Ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Here I am
Half of the time we're gone
But we don't know where
And we don't know where
Tom, get your plane right on time
I know that you've been eager to fly now
Hey let your honesty shine, shine, shine now
Doh-n-doh-de-doh-n-doh
Like it shines on me
The only living boy in New York
The only living boy in New York
Ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Here I am
Ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Baby I've been searching like everybody else
Can't say nothing different about myself
Sometimes I'm an angel and sometimes I'm cruel
When it comes to love, I'm just another fool
Yes, I'll climb a mountain
I'm gonna swim the sea
There ain't no act of God, girl
Could keep you safe from me
My arms are reaching out
Out across this canyon
I'm asking you to be my true companion
True companion, true companion
So, don't you dare and try to walk away
I've got my heart set on our wedding day
I've got this vision of you girl in white
Made my decision that it's you alright
When I take your hand
I'll watch my heart set sail
I'll take my trembling fingers
And I'll lift up your veil
Then I'll take you home and with wild abandon
Make love to you just like a true companion
You are my true companion
I got a true companion, oh, true companion
When the years have done irreparable harm
I can see us walking slowly arm in arm
Just like that couple on the corner do
Girl, I will always be in love with you
When I look in your eyes
I'll still see that spark
Until the shadows fall
Until the room grows dark
Then when I leave this Earth
I'll be with the angels standin'
I'll be out there waitin' for my true companion
Just for my true companion
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain't got time to take a fast train
Lonely days are gone
I'm a-goin' home
My baby just a-wrote me a letter
I don't care how much money I gotta spend
Got to get back to my baby again
Lonely days are gone
I'm a-goin' home
My baby just a-wrote me a letter
Well, she wrote me a letter, said she couldn't live without me no more
Listen mister, can't you see I got to get back to my baby once more?
Anyway, yeah
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain't got time to take a fast train
Lonely days are gone
I'm a-goin' home
My baby just a-wrote me a letter
Well, she wrote me a letter, said she couldn't live without me no more
Listen mister, can't you see I got to get back to my baby once more?
Anyway, yeah
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain't got time to take a fast train
Lonely days are gone
I'm a-goin' home
My baby just a-wrote me a letter
I could hear the shutters banging in my mother's house
And the wind just kept blowing off the lake
I ran down to the front door and told the ambulance man
"Everything's all right here Sir, there must be some mistake"
Saints preserve us, we're all going down
This ship is sinking in the sea
Saints preserve us and carry us along
For we may be together in eternity
My father was staring off into another world
And my mother she was laying very still
The baby was crying and I tried to block it out
Then from somewhere deep inside me, came a deathly chill
Saints preserve us, wherever we may fall
This is all too big a mystery
I remember I was standing in the corner of the room
Saying, "Look at how she's leaving us so quietly, so soon"
And in her final hour
I saw her reaching up her hands, oh yeah
Like she was asking to be taken high above us
Didn't she love us?
Saints preserve us, we're all going down
This ship is sinking in the sea
Saints preserve us and carry us along
For we may be together
Saints preserve us
Saints preserve us
Wherever we may fall
Saints preserve us
Saints preserve us
No matter what you are
I will always be with you
Doesn't matter what you do, girl
Ooh girl, with you
No matter what you do
I will always be around
Won't you tell me what you found, girl
Ooh girl, want you
Knock down the old grey wall
Be a part of it all
Nothing to say, nothing to see, nothing to do
If you would give me all
As I would give it to you
Nothing would be, nothing would be, nothing would be
No matter where you go
There will always be a place
Can't you see it in my face, girl
Ooh girl, want you
Knock down the old grey wall
Be a part of it all
Nothing to say, nothing to see, nothing to do
If you would give me all
As I would give it to you
Nothing would be, nothing would be, nothing would be
No matter what you are
I will always be with you
Doesn't matter what you do, girl
Ooh girl, with you
Ooh girl, you girl, want you
They say my final masterpiece
Was this house upon the hill
High above the great and mighty river
My hand could not hold the brushes
Yes, I guess I lost my will
And you can't keep painting paradise forever
Whoa, forever
From the Andes to Niagara
To where we stand today
I drew the great creations of my master
'Til the oil and the canvas
Lord, I threw them all away
And traded them for stone and brick and plaster
I traded them all for you
(Winter wind blows and the river lies frozen at my feet)
I traded them all for you
(Springtime come and the river wanna run above the street)
She came to me one night
While I was tossing in my dreams
She said she'd give my family, protection
I recall the night I died
Beneath her arches and her beams
I thanked her for the shelter and direction
I was lost until Olana
(Sun beat down on a summertime town, he left me here)
I was lost until Olana
(Watching these hills turnin' gold for one more year)
Oh, I've been from Jerusalem to Rome
Now I'm floating through these rooms tonight alone
And looking back on everything, all I ever wanted was a home
I was lost until Olana
How sweet the sound
How sweet the sound
How sweet the sound
They say my final masterpiece
My friends will ask me how I'm doin'
But I just can't lie to 'em
Not feeling fine today
I saw my dreams they were a
Ship on the ocean now it
Looks like they're miles away
Miles away
Hey, hey, they're miles away
I know there's always something we have to go through
That has some deeper meaning but
Right now I just can't say
I know there's gonna be a lesson somewhere
I'm gonna think a lot about it later
But right now I'm miles away
I'm miles away
Hey hey, I'm miles away
Hey hey hey, I'm miles away
I'm a million miles away
Where I don't have to think at all
Don't have to listen to your whisper
Your little secrets in the hall
Yeah I'd really love to talk about it
But I, I think I hear my Mama calling me
Miles away, miles away
I know there's always something we have to go through
That has some deeper meaning but
Right now I just can't say
I know there's gonna be a lesson somewhere
I'm gonna think a lot about it later
But right now I'm miles away
I'm miles away
Hey hey, I'm miles away
Hey hey, I'm miles away
Hey hey hey, I'm like miles away
Hey, have you ever tried
Really reaching out for the other side
I may be climbing on rainbows
But, baby here goes
Dreams, they're for those who sleep
Life is for us to keep
And if you're wond'ring what this song is leading to
I want to make it with you
I really think that we could make it, girl
No, you don't know me well
In ev'ry little thing only time will tell
But you believe the things that I do
And we'll see it through
Life can be short or long
Love can be right or wrong
And if I chose the one I'd like to help me through
I'd like to make it with you
I really think that we could make it, girl
Baby you know that
Dreams, they're for those who sleep
Life is for us to keep
And if I chose the one I'd like to help me through
I'd like to make it with you
Put a candle in the window,
'Cause I feel I've got to move.
Though I'm going, going,
I'll be coming home soon,
Long as I can see the light.
Pack my bag and let's get movin',
'Cause I'm bound to drift a while.
When I'm gone, gone,
You don't have to worry long,
Long as I can see the light.
Guess I've got that old trav'lin' bone,
'Cause this feelin' won't leave me alone.
But I won't, won't
Be losin' my way, no, no,
Long as I can see the light.
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Oh, yeah!
Put a candle in the window,
'Cause I feel I've got to move.
Though I'm going, going,
I'll be coming home soon,
Long as I can see the light,
Long as I can see the light,
Long as I can see the light,
Long as I can see the light,
I got 29 ways to make it to my baby's door
I got 29 ways to make it to my baby's door
And if she needs me bad
I can find about two or three more
I got one through the basement
Two down the hall
And when the going gets tough
I got a hole in the wall
29 ways just to make it to my baby's door
And if she needs me bad
I can find about two or three more
I can come through the chimney like Santa Claus
Go through the window and that ain't all
A lot of good ways I don't want you to know
I even got a hole in the bedroom floor
29 ways to make it to my baby's door
If she needs me bad
I can find about two or three more
I got a way through the closet behind her clothes
A way through the attic that no one knows
A master key that fits every lock
A hidden door behind the grandfather clock
I got 29 ways to make it to my baby's door
And if she needs me bad
Why do birds
Suddenly appear
Every time you are near?
Just like me
They long to be
Close to you
Why do stars
Fall down from the sky
Every time you walk by?
Just like me
They long to be
Close to you
On the day that you were born the angels got together
And decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of gold
And starlight in your eyes of blue
That is why
All the girls in town
Follow you all around
Just like me
They long to be
Close to you
On the day that you were born the angels got together
And decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of gold
And starlight in your eyes of blue
That is why
All the girls in town
Follow you all around
Just like me
They long to be
Close to you
Just like me
They long to be
Close to you
Wah, close to you
Wah, close to you
Wah, close to you
Wah, close to you
Wah, close to you
Wah, close to you
Wah, close to you
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down
After midnight, we're gonna chug-a-lug and shout
We're gonna stimulate some action
We're gonna get some satisfaction
We're gonna find out what it is all about
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down
After midnight, we're gonna shake your tambourine
After midnight, it's all gonna be peaches and cream
We're gonna cause talk and suspicion
We're gonna give an exhibition
We're gonna find out what it is all about
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down
After midnight, we're gonna shake your tambourine
After midnight, it's all gonna be peaches and cream
We're gonna cause talk and suspicion
We're gonna give an exhibition
We're gonna find out what it is all about
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down
You're a shadow
You're a ghost
You're the one that I needed
That I needed the most
I thought I was finished
With all of this stuff
Is it you or me baby
That can't get enough
I still feel something
Like an unseen force
That keeps movin' through me
Well, it's you of course
You're a shadow
Over my soul
You're the heart of darkness
An unfillable hole
You're a shadow
You're a shadow
You're a shadow
Some have a lifetime of memories
They say it feels like a curse
Me, I can't remember a thing about you
And I don't know which is worse
I can't remember your laughter
I can't remember your smell
I can't remember your body
But I'm still under your spell
The sound of your footsteps
The touch of your fingers
I don't remember a thing about you
Still, a part of you lingers
You're a shadow
Over my soul
You're the heart of darkness
An unfillable hole
You're a shadow
You're a shadow
You're a shadow
Now I don't mean to hurt you
Or forsake you
I'll admit there was something you did
I was hoping I could shake you
You're a shadow
You're a ghost
You're the one that I needed
That I needed the most
I thought I was finished
With all of this jive
Is it you or me baby
That keeps this thing alive
You're a shadow
You're a shadow
Like a fool I went and stayed too long
Now I'm wondering if your love's still strong
Oo, baby, here I am, signed, sealed, delivered, I'm yours!
Then that time I went and said goodbye
Now I'm back and not ashamed to cry
Oo, baby, here I am, signed, sealed, delivered, I'm yours!
Here I am baby
Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm yours
(You got my future in your hands)
Here I am baby
Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm yours
(You got my future in your hands)
I've done a lot of foolish things
That I really didn't mean, didn't I?
Seen a lot of things in this old world
When I touch them, they mean nothing, girl
Oo, baby, here I am, signed, sealed, delivered, I'm yours!
Oowee baby, you set my soul on fire
That's why I know you're my heart's only desire
Here I am baby
Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm yours
(You got my future in your hands)
Here I am baby
Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm yours
Songwriters: Cohn, Marc;
Put on my blue suede shoes
And I boarded the plane
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
In the middle of the pouring rain
W.C. Handy
Won't you look down over me
Yeah, I got a first class ticket
But I'm as blue as a boy can be
Then I'm walking in Memphis
Was walking with my feet, ten feet off of Beale
Walking in Memphis
But do I really feel the way I feel
Saw the ghost of Elvis
On Union Avenue
Followed him up to the gates of Graceland
Then I watched him walk right through
Now security they did not see him
They just hovered 'round his tomb
But there's a pretty little thing, waiting for the king
Down in the Jungle Room
When I was walking in Memphis
I was walking with my feet, ten feet off of Beale
Walking in Memphis
But do I really feel the way I feel
They've got catfish on the table
They've got gospel in the air
And Reverend Green, be glad to see you
When you haven't got a prayer
Boy, you got a prayer in Memphis
Now Muriel, plays piano
Every Friday at the Hollywood
And they brought me down to see her
And they asked me if I would
To do a little number
And I sang with all my might
She said, "Tell me are you a Christian child?"
And I said, "Ma'am, I am tonight"
Walking in Memphis
(Walking in Memphis)
I was walking with my feet, ten feet off of Beale
Walking in Memphis
(Walking in Memphis)
But do I really feel the way I feel
Walking in Memphis
(Walking in Memphis)
I was walking with my feet, ten feet off of Beale
Walking in Memphis
(Walking in Memphis)
But do I really feel the way I feel
Put on my blue suede shoes
And I boarded the plane
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
In the middle of the pouring rain
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
Now if there's a smile on my face
It's only there trying to fool the public
But when it comes down to fooling you
Now honey that's quite a different subject
But don't let my glad expression
Give you the wrong impression
'Cause really I'm sad, Oh I'm sadder than sad
Well I'm hurt and I want you so bad
Like a clown I appear to be glad ooh yeah
Well they're some sad things known to man
But ain't too much sadder than
The tears of a clown when there's no one around
Oh yeah, baby baby, oh yeah baby baby
Now if I appear to be carefree
It's only to camouflage my sadness
And honey to shield my pride I try
To cover this hurt with a show of gladness
But don't let my show convince you
That I've been happy since you
'Cause I need to go, oh I need you so
Look I'm hurt and I want you to know
For others I put on a show ...
Well they're some sad things known to man
But ain't too much sadder than
The tears of a clown when there's no one around
Oh yeah, baby baby, oh yeah baby baby
Just like Pagliacci did
I try to keep my surface hid
Smiling in the crowd I try
But in a lonely room I cry
The tears of a clown
When there's no one around, oh yeah, baby baby
Now if there's a smile on my face
Don't let my glad expression
Give you the wrong impression
Don't let this smile I wear
There's a stranger in a car
Driving down your street
Acts like he knows who you are
Slaps his hand on the empty seat and says
"Are you gonna get in
Or are you gonna stay out?"
Just a stranger in a car
Might be the one they told you about
Well, you never were one for cautiousness
You open the door
He gives you a tender kiss
And you can't even hear them no more
All the voices of choices
Now only one road remains
And strangers in a car
Two hearts, two souls, tonight, two lanes
You don't know where you're goin'
You don't know what you're doin'
Hell, it might be the highway to Heaven
And it might be the road to ruin
But this is a song
For strangers in a car
Baby, maybe that's all
We really are
Strangers in a car
(Driving down your street)
Just strangers in a car
(Driving down your street)
Strangers in a car
(Driving down your street)
Watched it comin' up Winslow, down south park boulevard
Yeah it was looking good from tail to hood
Great big fins and painted steel
Man it looked just like the batmobile
With my old man behind the wheel
Well you could hardly even see him
In all of that chrome
The man with the plan and the pocket comb
But every night it carried him home
And I could hear him sayin'
Don't you gimme no buick
Son you must take my word
If there's a God in Heaven
He's got a silver thunderbird
You can keep your El Dorados
And the foreign car's absurd
Me I wanna go down
In a silver thunderbird
He got up every mornin' while I was still asleep
But I remember the sound of him shufflin' around
Right before the crack of dawn
When I heard him turn the motor on
But when I got up they were gone
Down the road in the rain and snow
The man and his machine would go
Oh the secrets that old car would know
Sometimes I hear him sayin'
Don't you gimme no buick
Son you must take my word
If there's a God in Heaven
He's got a silver thunderbird
You can keep your El Dorados
And the foreign car's absurd
Me I wanna go down
In a silver thunderbird
Down the road in the rain and snow
The man and his machine would go
Oh the secrets that old car would know
I still hear him sayin'
Don't you gimme no buick
Son you must take my word
If there's a God up in Heaven
He's got a silver thunderbird
You can keep your El Dorados
And the foreign car's absurd
Me I wanna go down
In a silver thunderbird
Me I wanna go down
Please don't dominate the rap, jack, if you've got nothing new to say.
If you please, don't back up the track this train's got to run today.
I spent a little time on the mountain, I spent a little time on the hill
I heard someone say "Better run away", others say "better stand still".
Now I don't know, but I been told it's hard to run with the weight of gold,
Other hand I have heard it said, it's just as hard with the weight of lead.
Who can deny, who can deny, it's not just a change in style?
One step down and another begun and I wonder how many miles.
I spent a little time on the mountain, I spent a little time on the hill
Things went down we don't understand, but I think in time we will.
Now, I don't know but I was told in the heat of the sun a man died of cold.
Keep on coming or stand and wait, with the sun so dark and the hour so late.
You can't overlook the lack, jack, of any other highway to ride.
It's got no signs or dividing lines and very few rule to guide.
I spent a little time on the mountain, I spent a little time on the hill
I saw things getting out of hand, I guess they always will.
Now, I don't know but I been told If the horse don't pull you got to carry the load.
I don't know whose back's that strong, maybe find out before too long.
One way or another, one way or another,
The chosen ones are walking through the new desert
All the way uptown to Riverside
The faces of the fathers
They look a lot like mine
But I watch them from across the great divide
Today they have all been forgiven
Washed clean before another year begins
Me I'm playing in the park with my children
And I pray that they forgive my sins
This is my sanctuary
On this High Holy Day
I lay down the burdens I carry
In my sanctuary
The forgotten ones
Were screaming from the rooftops
A thousand souls had all been washed away
Everyone was told
The levees wouldn't hold
Now the mourners are marching everyday
And the music keeps rights on playing
'Cause of all the places water wouldn't fall
It wasn't the churches or the chapels
It was down at the Preservation Hall
"This is my sanctuary"
You could almost hear the ghost of some old trumpet player say
"Lay down the burdens you carry
In my sanctuary"
The chosen ones are all still searching
Waiting for the savior to appear
While you and me
We congregate in mystery
And I listen to you whisper in my ear
This is my sanctuary
Brothers and sisters let us pray
I lay down the burdens I carry
Life Goes On
Without your father or your mother
Life Goes On
Without your sister or your brother
Life Goes On
Without your children down the line
The drum stays right in time
And Life Goes on. On.
Without Elvis, Without Jesus.
Life goes on
Without anything it pleases
Life goes on.
Without the beggar or the King.
Without every living thing.
Yeah, Life goes on.
Oh Yeah...
Without the movers and the shakers
Life Goes On...
Without the undertakers...
Life Goes On...
You might think it's gonna stop just because you're closing shop.
Life goes on...
Life goes on...
Life goes on...
Life Goes On
Without your father or your mother
Join The Parade
Out in the late November chill
Crowded behind blue barricades
Peering out over every window sill
Lucky children snap their window shades
The streamers flying through the air
Falling all around the marching band
The country singer smiles and waves her hand
And I'm with you baby
And the voice in the public address says...
Please come and join the parade (the parade)
I know I'm finally home and dry
Please come and join the parade
Don't let it pass you by (oh)
Fat lady smiling as she roles by
The big red smile and a sloppy kiss
Furry friends slow follow (follow)
Black mascara creatures, yes
Your baby's screaming in your ear
The black hair and a red nose face
She's running backwards off the fire escape
But I'm with you baby
And the voice in the public address says...
Please come and join the parade (the parade)
I know I'm finally home and dry
Please come and join the parade
Don't let it pass you by
Don't let it pass you by (by)
Yeah, please come and join the parade (the parade)
I know I'm finally home and dry
Please come and join the parade (the parade)
Don't let it pass you by
Please, join the parade (the parade)
I know I'm home
Please come and join the parade (the parade)
Songwriter: Waits, Tom
Well, I hope that I don't fall in love with you
'Cause falling in love just makes me blue
Well, the music plays, and you display
A heart for me to see
I had a beer, and now I hear
You callin' out for me
And I hope that i don't fall in love with you
Now, the night does funny things inside a man
These old tomcat feelings you don't understand
I turn around and look at you,
You light a cigarette
I wish I had the guts to bum one,
But we've never met
And I hope that I don't fall in love with you
I can see that you are lonesome just like me
And it being late, you'd like some company
Well, I've had two, and look at you
And you look back at me
The guy you're with has up and split
The chair next to you is free
And I hope that you don't fall in love with me
Now, it's closin' time, the music's fading out
Last call for drinks, I have another stout
I turn around and look at you
You're nowhere to be found
I search the place for your lost face
And have another round
Tonight I cried the tears of a child
Who knows what fear runs deep and wild inside
But the river's in flood tonight
I lay down and the light streamed across my face
I felt the beauty of some deeper grace and I tried
To find my way to the other side
I feel your skin as smooth as silk
Drunk like a baby on his mama's milk
Take me down under the wishing tree
Lay your healing hands on me, on me
Been a long time ridin' this deserted train
There's no messiahs out here, baby
But I found the holy grail all right
'Cause I'm lyin' in your arms tonight
Yeah, I feel your skin as smooth as silk
Drunk like a baby on his mama's milk
Take me down under the wishing tree
And lay your healing hands on me, on me
Ohh, ohh
Yeah, I feel your skin as smooth as silk
Drunk like a baby on his mama's milk
Take me down under the wishing tree
And lay your healing hands on me
Lay your healing hands on me
Oh, lay your healing hands
Lay your healing hands on me
Deep in the night she quietly creep
Sometime she moan, sometime she weep
When the wind starts a howling out of control
She's trouble in mind, she's nothing but soul
Now don't feel afraid there's nothing to fear
It's just strange visitation year after year
She gave me something I needed but now the feeling is gone
And it's high time I told her she's gonna have to move on
From the eerie lake to the hills that shake
I've been haunted on every coast
I might miss her I know
But I'm letting it go
I'm giving up the ghost
Giving up the ghost
Last night she came in at the usual time
Twelve is the number that the church bells did chime
But the wind didn't blow, there was barely a breeze
Just a light shining over the sycamore trees
From the eerie lake to the hills that shake
I've been haunted on every coast
I might miss her in know
But I'm letting it go
I'm giving up the ghost
Giving up the ghost
Now feeling much better
But I'm still on the brink
I'm coming to see you tomorrow sometime
Gonna bring you some roses, gonna tear off the vines
Gonna talk to the wind that blows through the trees
Kiss you like always from down on my knees
Gonna ask you some questions, get no reply
Wipe all the tears falling down from my eyes
'Cause the one that I wanted, I never could know
Girl of mysterious sorrow
Girl of mysterious sorrow
Gonna park in the street, gonna open the gate
Walk to the spot where you always wait
I'll be shaking my head like I usually do
'Cause the name and the dates tell me nothing about you
But I'll sit in the shadows and let you explain
All of the sadness and all of the pain
Did it all seem so hopeless you just had to let go?
Girl of mysterious sorrow
Girl of mysterious sorrow
Mysterious, mysterious
Mysterious, mysterious
Yeah, I'm coming to see you but I really can't stay
There's just a few things I needed to say
Like why were you hiding so much of yourself?
Why were you living for somebody else?
Well, I know that I've always been looking for you
Lately it's not such a hard thing to do
'Cause it seems like inside every woman I know
There's a girl of mysterious sorrow
A girl of mysterious sorrow
Mysterious, mysterious
Baby baby, the time is at hand
I tell you one thing that you'll understand
Been a long time looking for something strong
Oh baby it ain't gonna be that long
Baby baby, the time is at hand
I tell you one thing that you'll understand
Been a long time looking for something strong
Oh baby it ain't gonna be that long
We're just fallen angels
(Fallen angels)
Straight from heaven
(Straight from heaven)
I can't keep on
(Can't keep on)
Rollin' sevens
(Rollin' sevens)
Oh baby how lucky can one man get?
Yeah I know I gotta go but I ain't finished yet
(I ain't finished yet)
I was driving down Ninth Avenue
As the sky was getting dark
Didn't have nothin' else to do
So I kept on riding to Battery Park
I stepped out in the damp and misty night
As the fog was rolling in
Man said, ?Last boat leaving tonight
Is the boat for Ellis Island?
As my feet touch solid ground
I felt a chill run down my spine
I could almost hear the sound
Of thousands pushing through the lines
Mothers and bewildered wives
That sailed across the raging sea
Others running for their lives
To the land of opportunity
Down on Ellis Island
?What is this strange paradise??
They must've wondered through their cries and moans
After all they've sacrificed
Their faith, their families, friends and homes
Then on the separation stairs
They were counted out or counted in
Frozen while the inspectors stared
Down on Ellis Island
Down on Ellis Island
Me, I only stumbled in
Just to wander around that empty hall
Where someone else?s fate had been
Decided in no time at all
And cases filled with hats and clothes
And the belongings of those who journeyed far
Their strange reminders, I suppose
Of where we?re from and who we are
But as the boat pulled off the shore
I could see the fog was lifting
And lights I'd never seen before
Were shining down on Ellis Island
Baby let's go below the surface
See what we can find
There's no reason to be nervous
'Cause it happens all the time
I don't wanna go up to the mountain
I don't need to go down to the sea
Gonna sit right here 'till we unravel
The mystery
While the lights of the city are shinin' below
Gonna hold onto you girl and never let go
While everyone else is just walking around in their sleep
Baby let's dig down, dig down deep
I wanna dig down deep
And I don't wanna wait until' tomorrow
'Cause the fortune said that the time is now
It's time to find out what we're doin'
What we're doin' anyhow
Yeah let's go out in the moonlight
And walk for awhile
Maybe stay up all night and we could
Talk for awhile
Baby kick off your shoes
'Cause you've got nothin' to lose but your sleep
Baby let's dig down, dig down deep
I wanna dig down deep
'Cause you, dig down deep
It's an open invitation
So baby don't you cry
It's a life long celebration
And I think we're right on time
It's a feelin' in your heart
And a lump in the throat
It's a strange and lovely ride
Wanna dig down deep inside
While the lights of the city are shinin' below
Gonna hold onto you girl and never let go
While everyone else is just walking around in their sleep
Baby let's dig down, dig down deep
I wanna dig down deep
I used to wake up every morning saying I must be getting away with something here
Every day was like parole before the levees overflowed; I refuse to think it could all just disappear (I refuse to think)
How long before the street car rattles down St. Charles Avenue and beads swing from two hundred year old trees
How long before they walk down long Lake Pontratrain with the smell of just magnolia on the breeze
Yeah I've seen people laughing all the way down to the cemeteries just to send another soul off on its way
Yeah I've seen them dance right up to the edge of it
But this time their gonna dance back from the grave
Dance back
Dance back
Dance back
Dance back from the grave
Well a thousand souls crossed over and they were greeted by an all-star band
And while the saints go marching in there's still hell to pay back down in Dixie Land
Yeah the storms are headed south again and the hour's getting pretty late
Somebody better build that levee its already Mardi Gras at heavens gate (yeah)
Dance back
Dance back
Dance back
Dance back from the grave
Dance back
Dance back
Get your tambourines, slide trombones
And danceÂ… back from the grave
Oh yeah, ooh yeah, ooh yeah
So don't shed a tear for them tonight as they circle and swoop and promenade
They're just carrying their torches and marching in a heavenly parade
No don't shed a tear but take their cue there's only one thing left to do in the name of every soul we didn't save
From the ninth ward to the quarter to the Mississippi border dance back from the grave
Dance back
Dance back
Dance back
Dance back from the grave
Dance back
Dance back
Get your tambourines, slide trombones
And danceÂ… back from the grave
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Get your tambourines, slide trombones
Sometimes you've got to go back
Sometimes you don't know why
Sometimes you've got to go back
Sometimes you don't know why
I can see the sunshine coming through my room
Breaking down the winter of my discontent
Looking out my window at the people passing by
I keep wondering where my old companion went
On the steps of the museum
I wrote a line or two
But it took a while to find my way back
To something true like
This is where I lay my hat
This is where they know my name
This is where they show me that
A man's not so alone, no
Maybe I'm already home
(Sometimes you've got to go back)
Maybe I'm already home
(Sometimes you don't know why)
Rolling down the window burning up the daze
Cutting through the veil that keeps on blinding me
I was only sleeping waiting here for you
Waiting for your touch that keeps reminding me
Well I've seen the world of wonders
Been underneath it too
But it took a while just to find my way back
To something true like, like
This is where I lay my hat
This is where they know my name
This is where they show me that
A man's not so alone, no
Maybe I'm already home
(Sometimes you've got to go back)
Maybe I'm already home
(Sometimes you don't know why)
Maybe I'm already home
(Sometimes you've got to go back)
Maybe I'm already home
(Sometimes you don't know why)
Maybe I'm already home
Why it had to take me so long
Just to find a place that really feels
This must be where I belong
Thinking about it all I had to do was click my heels
This is where I lay my hat
This is where they know my name
This is where they show me that
A man's not so alone, no
Maybe I'm
This is where I lay my hat
This is where they know my name
This is where they show me that
A man's not so alone, no
A little boy sits by the light of the moon
He knows that he's lost something precious too soon
But he's quiety singing a nursery tune
He sings for whoever may hear him
But one day he finds for whatever it's worth
The moon and the stars and the blue spinning earth
They'll all come and go through death and rebirth
And the ones that he's lost will be near him
Chorus:
No matter the distance they're putting between us
Whether on earth or on high
I'll send up a prayer, if you blow me some kisses
From the far away, nearby
So whether you're weary or cold as a stone
Baby, maybe you're reeling and feeling alone
But remember your sadness, well it isn't unknown
Just think of the one's that you're missing (and sing)
[Chorus]
Middle 8:
You can hear them all singing and dancing
Kicking up their heels from across the divide...listen
You can hear the music playing
A calling out to someone from the other side
Baby let's go below the surface
and see what we can find,
there's no reason to be nervous
cause it happens all the time
i dont wanna go up to the mountain,
i dont need to go down tot the sea
I'm gonna sit right here
till we unravel this mystery
while the lights of the city are shinin below,
i wanna hold on to you girl and never let go
while everyone else is just walkin around in there sleep...
baby let's dig down.dig down deep, i wanna dig down deep... la la la
i dont wanna wait until tomarow
cause the fortune said that the time is now
its time to find out what we're doin...
what we're doin anyhow
lets get out in the moonlight
and walk for a while
maybe stay up all night
and talk the talk for a while
baby kick off your shoes
cause you got nothin to lose but your sleep
baby lets dig down, dig, down deep.i wanna dig down deep
could you dig down deep
its an open invitation
so baby dont you cry
its a life long celebration
i think we're right on time
its a feelin in your heart
lump in your throat
its a strange and lovely ride
wanna dig down deep inside
la la la
la lal la
while the lights of the city are shinin below
wanna hold onto you girl and never let go
while everyone else is just walkin around in there sleep
baby lets dig down... dig down deep
i wanna dig down deep
could ya dig down deep
i wanna dig down deep... yeah
Rock of Ages let our song
Praise (your) saving power;
Thou amidst the raging foes;
(You were) our sheltering tower
(Our sheltering tower).
Rock of Ages let our song
Praise Thy saving power;
Thou amidst the raging foes;
(You were) our sheltering tower
(Our sheltering tower.)
Furious they assailed us,
But thine arm availed us,
And Thy word broke their sword,
When our own strength failed us.
And (your) word broke their sword,
When our own strength failed us.
Children of the (Wanderers)
Whether free or fettered
Wake the echoes of the songs
Where ye may be scattered
Yours the message cheering
That the time is nearing
Which will see all men free
And tyrants disappearing
(Hope will see all men free,
I was sitting with Mary
In my dads blue Valiant
Rain was coming down
And the radio was playing
Mary was talking
A million miles a minute
I could not hear one word she was saying
Cause I was lost
I was gone
Listening to Levon
In another world
In another place
I was was lost
I was gone
Listening to Levon
I was looking at Marys eyes
but I was listening to Levon
Marys hair was black
That much I remember
Marys was skin was smooth
I remember that too
And she opened her eyes
Sometimes when she kissed me
I dont know why she did that
Maybe Mary knew
I was lost
I was gone
Listening to Levon
In another place
In some other world
I was was lost
I was gone
Listening to Levon
I was looking at the girl
But I was listening to Levon
I changed her name
To protect the innocent
I might have even lied
About the car
this is just to say
Sorry if I hurt you
Mary if youre out there
You know who you are
Im sorry Mary
It serves me right if
You cant even hear me singing
If you tuned me out a long time ago
And it served me right
If you already changed the station
And youre listening right now to that old boy on the radio
And youre lost
And youre gone
Listening to Levon
In another world
From some other place
Are you lost?
Are you gone?
Listening to Levon
Is there a smile your face
You'll never know how much I love you
You'll never know how much I care
When you put your arms around me
I get a fever that's so hard to bear
(You give me such a)
Fever in the morning
Fever all through the night
Fever when you kiss me, baby
And fever when you hold me tight
The sun lights up the daytime
The moon lights up the night
Yeah but I light up every time you call my name
And I know you're gonna treat me right
(You know I just can't stand by myself,
Everybody talks about some fateful day
And I guess that this was mine
I may be here to tell some kind of story
But I think it's gonna take a little time
(That's all right)
See I'm rockin' in a cradle
Down the hall somewhere and I am--
Lost inside a dream
Maybe I am falling
Maybe I am flying
But I know if I am crying she is
Holding me
And then the sky broke up
And then the rain came down
And it washed away everything on the ground
Wash it away
Wash it away
Wash it away
Now baby's got that bottle
Filled up with lightning and rain
He keeps calling out for someone
But she's riding on a train
Riding on the ghost train
And she keeps on riding
She's gonna keep on riding
Mama keep on riding
Keep on riding
Some trains they leave in the moming
Some leave in the afternoon
Some trains they leave here
Right on time
And some they just leave too soon
Way too soon
But I'm gonna keep on...
Now baby's got that bottle
Filled up with lightning and rain
He keeps calling out for someone
But she's riding on a train
Riding on the ghost train
And she keeps on riding
And she keeps on riding
She's gonna keep on riding
Keep on riding
Now baby's got that bottle
Filled up with lightning and rain
He keeps calling out for someone
But she's riding on a train
Riding on the ghost train
Riding on the ghost train
Riding on the ghost train
Riding on the ghost train
When your longest night is coming down
When pieces of you hit the ground
When every word they say about you is a lie
When they put your soul up for review
When they're set on turning every screw
Call on me and I will testify
Let me be your witness
Let me be your witness
Let me be your witness
When no one sees and no one hears
Your secret heart
Your bitter tears
When it feels like you're just sinking in the sand
When you cant remember who you are
When you wonder how you came this far
Call my name and put me on the stand
Let me be your witness...
To your mystery
To your ecstasy
To the tears you cry
I will testify
To your longest night
To how hard you fight
To your inner light
A higher place
Your grace
To where you are
And to who you've been
Jesus
Jezebel
To your heaven
To your hell
Let me be your witness
