I left my gal in Kansas City
Left the crying in the rain
I told her that I made my mind up
I didn?t want to see her again
What makes the night so lonely
What makes the night so long
why I guess its just because I am a man
That?s done a good women wrong
I can?t eat
I can?t sleep
All I can do is cry
All I can do is cry
I told her that she was a driver
Told her that she played around
But I was just a lying man
Tryin? to hide the tracks she had found
Gonna catch my self a flier
One was Kansas City bound
I'm goin' looking for my baby
Good Lord, I hope she?s still around
I can?t eat
I can?t sleep
All I can do is cry
All I can do is cry
I can?t eat
I can?t sleep
All I can do is cry
Oh, let the jukebox keep on playing
Let that record roll around
Let my baby keep on sayin'
She's the lonesome gal in town
Let her know that I'll be waiting
Till my lonely days are through
Let the jukebox keep on playin'
Till I'm holding you
Let those honky tonkin' angels
Be the girl I never loved,
Let her know it's you I'm cravin'
And it's you I'm thinkin' of
Let her know that I'll be waiting
Till my lonely days are through
Let the jukebox keep on playin'
Till I'm holding you
Oh, let the jukebox keep on playing
Let that record spin around
Let my baby keep on sayin'
She's the lonesome gal in town
Let her know that I'll be waiting
Till my lonely days are through
Let the jukebox keep on playing
If you leave this world before me
I promise to you I shall keep
I won't fall in love with another one
Over your ashes I shall weep
If you leave before me
A promise I never will tell
About all the things we talked about
Our dark secrets I'll keep well
Chorus:
Aren't you glad, there ain't nobody listening?
Aren't you glad, that no one seems to care what we do?
Aren't you glad there ain't no one here to tell us what's right or wrong?
While we sit and we talk about nothing
What if there's no God in heaven?
What if there's no God at all?
I promise these last years of loving you
Will be the best years of them all
This don't look like heaven
I'm surrounded by fiery walls
For if I were to live here without you
That'd be the greatest sin of them all
Ain't got a girl
I ain't got many friends
Gonna drive that car of mine
To the living end
My baby likes to run
Run as fast as you can
And when I'm in her
I feel like a manI'm in love with my car.
Got a V-8 motor
Listen to her purr
And when I put my pedal down
My whole world's a blur
Cruisin' down the highway
My lead sled's mean and low
The police behind me
I ain't ready to goI'm in love with my car.
Got twin carburetors
I got dual exhaust
And it don't matter baby
If we get lost
Make love to me girl
In my back seat
The radio's a playin' something
Slow and sweetI'm in love with my car.
Eighteen years in a traveling band
Seen a lot of one night stands
And still I found myself so very much alone
And it took those years to find myself
Wasn't lookin' for no one else
And then I found you girl
But you were there all along
And we'll spend each day like it's the last day of the rest of our lives
I'll be the king you'll be my wife
Gonna make it thru this thing called life
Gonna raise these kids on our own
The very best we can
And sixteen hours is a long, long time
When you gotta love that's on your mind
Can you tell that I'm not right?
I'm a little distraught
And we'll spend each day like it's the last day of the rest of our lives
Everyday we'll fall in love just a little more
For the rest of our lives
Sittin' here in the county jail
Ain't no one to go my bail
I shoulda been there with you
For some sympathy and tea
And eighteen years in at traveling band
Seen a lot of one night stands
And still I found myself so very much alone
when you found somebody new i thought
i never would
forget you more that i thought i never could
but times takin all the pain away
until now im down and hurting once a day
once a day
all day long
and once at night
from dusk til dawn
the only time
i wish you werent gone
is once a day everyday alll day long
im so glad im not like a friend i knew one time
he lost the one he loved
and slowly lost his mind
he sat around and cried his life away
lucky my im only crying once a day
once a day
all day long
and once at night
from dusk til dawn
the only time
i wish you werent gone
is once a day everyday all day long
She'll twine and she'll mingle her waving black hair
With the roses so red and the lilies so fair
With miles so green like an emerald hew
The pale and the nature and violet to blue
He promised to love her, he promised to love
To cherish her always, to others above.
She woke from her dream, and her idol was clay
Her passion for loving had vanished away.
He taught her to love him; he called her his flower
A blossom to cheer him through life's weary hour
Though her heart now is breaking sha'll never know
How his name makes her tremble, with pale cheeks to glow
She'll dance and she'll sing her life shall be gay
She'll banish his weeping, drive troubles away
She'll live yet to see him regret this dark hour
Oh, the rain is slowly falling
And my heart is so sore
Six more miles and leave my darlin'
Never to meet no more
Six more miles to the graveyard
Six more miles long and sad
Six more miles and leave my darlin'
Leave the best friend I ever had
Oh, I hear the train coming
Bringing my darlin' home
Six more miles to the graveyard
I'm young and I'm strong
I've got this God forsaken world by the balls!
I've got a one-way ticket to freedom
Ain't got no one now gonna take it from me
I was a soldier, age twenty-one
In a war I'm not sure what I was fighting for
And yet I turned from a boy to a man there
Goodbye to innocence and a sweet sixteen
Chorus:
My whole life I could not arrange
My wicked ways I could never change
Don't try, don't try now to understand
For this is the ballad of a lonely man
Close to me is a photograph
Of a family left far, far behind
At once I had love it slipped away from
I searched a lifetime but could not find
In a hospital bed, I'm violently ill
Just one more drink nurse I swear to god!
I've got my st. anthony and my whiskey
Yes I'm a veteran of three foreign wars!
To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day
Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much to say
No one dared to ask his business, no one dared to make a slip
For the stranger there among them had a big iron on his hip
Big iron on his hip
It was early in the morning when he rode into town
He came riding from the south side, slowly lookin' all around
"He's an outlaw loose and runnin'", came a whisper from each lip
"And he's here to do some business with the big iron on his hip
Big iron on his hip"
In the town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas Red
Many men had tried to take him and that many men were dead
He was vicious and a killer, though a youth of twenty four
And the notches on his pistol numbered one and nineteen more
One and nineteen more
Now the stranger started talkin' made it plain to folks around
Was an Arizonian ranger, wouldn't be too long in town
He came there to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead
And he said it didn't matter that he was after Texas Red
After Texas Red
Wasn't long before this story was relayed to Texas Red
But the outlaw didn't worry, men that tried before were dead
Twenty men had tried to take him, twenty men had made a slip
Twenty one would be the ranger with the big iron on his hip
Big iron on his hip
The morning past so quickly and it was time for them to meet
It was twenty past eleven when they walked out on the street
Folks were watchin' from their windows, every body held their breath
For they knew that handsome ranger was about to meet his death
About to meet his death
There was forty feet between them when they stopped to make their play
And the swiftness of the Ranger still talked about today
Texas Red had not cleared leather when a bullet fairly ripped
And the ranger's aim was deadly, with the big iron on his hip
Big iron on his hip
It was over in a moment and the folks had gathered 'round
There before them lay the body of the outlaw on the ground
Oh, he might have gone on livin' but he made one final slip
When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip
Big iron on his hip
Big iron, big iron
He tried to match the ranger
With the big iron on his hip
Well I'm a rovin gambler I've seen most every town
When ever I meet with a deck of cards I lay my money down
Gonna lay my money down, yea gonna lay my money down
I've gambled out in Texas and down in New Orleans
I've lost a pot with four of a kind and won with a couple of queens
Gonna Bluff with a couple of queens, yea I won with a couple of queens
Well I meet a friend in Frisco and Lady Luck was her name
Yea I couldn't lose with a pair of twos till a woman got in the game
A red head got in the game, yea a woman got in the game
Yea she won my old black panhead and she won my switch blade knife
And when I lost everything I had she told me to bet my life
She told me to bet my life, she told me to bet my life
If you don't wanna lose your freedom, you care about your life
Don't get in a game with a red head thing, you'll win yourself a wife
In a police car I feel so very small
I see my lover's face and I watch her teardrops fall
And I try to figure out where I'd fallen off the track
I sold my soul to the devil and then I stole it back
Chorus
And in the end, you know a dope fiend ain't got no friends
And a junkie is a junkie to the bitter end
Hope to die now, 'cause you know I'm better off dead
Hey brother, won't you lend me a helpin' hand?
I tie myself off, shoot it in my veins
I feel like marlon brando and I've hid another day's pain
I'm goin' back where it's safe, goin' back to the womb
I find my mother's comfort, here in a needle and spoon
Chorus
And christmas for a dope fiend ain't no fun
Waitin' for good times that seem to never come
Goin' out now, gonna get myself a gun
Please stop me, don't you know I'm on a run?
Aren't you tired of the detox and the places in the mind?
Aren't you tired of the misery, aren't you tired of doin' time?
And I try to figure out where I'd fallen off the track
You know I sold my soul to the devil and then I stole it back
Chorus
I'm a dope fiend, I'm a liar, a cheat and a thief
At my funeral, won't you bring me a red rose wreath?
Dress in black now, show everyone your grief
On a street corner in Pittsburgh, PA
There's a tough Irish boy with no dreams
But to be King for one day
And he's schooled by the older ones
With lessons and the conduct of the streets
He's got a mean right cross
And a devastating left hook
He likes to drink and he likes to fight
He likes poppin' pills and Du-Op
and the boulevard on a Saturday night
And he's going no where fast
you know he's happy just staying alive
But you can always count on Charlie
To be there if you needed him
In a courtroom on a December's day
The judge said look here son
If you wanna play
You're gonna have to pay
See these rules that you life by
Don't exist in a civilized world.
So I offer you prison, or Vietnam.
You know Charlie, he's kinda crazy
He just stood there look'd at me,
Look'd at the judge, straight in the eyes
Said I'd love to fight your honor
And you know I've got nothing to loose
So send me off to war, I don't mind.
He spent two years
Learning weapons of death
And a year in the jungle
Like an animal where's common killed (?)
And the right amount of heroin
Really seems the quiet the bombs
Back in Pittsburgh, things are rather calm
Now Charlie, he is my friend
Taught me how to hold my head up
Told me soon that I'd be a man
Says that Agent Orange is calling
And the doctors have done all they can
Well Charlie, I'm gonna miss you
after you're gone
Well Charlie, I'm gonna miss you
after you're gone
Well Charlie, I'm gonna miss you
after you're gone
When you found somebody new I thought
I never would forget you more that I thought I never could
But times takin' all the pain away
Until now I'm down and hurting once a day
Once a day, all day long
And once at night from dusk till dawn
The only time I wish you weren't gone
Is once a day everyday all day long
I'm so glad I'm not like a friend I knew one time
He lost the one he loved and slowly lost his mind
He sat around and cried his life away
Lucky my I'm only crying once a day
Once a day all day long
And once at night from dusk till dawn
The only time I wish you weren't gone
Is once a day everyday all day long
Don't ask me why I'm so angry
Or why I'm so disturbed
Unless you got a couple of good hours
To hear of my troubling words
You talk of truth, honor and respect
You talk of living, but you haven't lived
Seems to me you're always on the take
That's because you ain't got nothing to give
Chorus:
Don't ask me why! I will not pretend!
Just walk on by! 'cause today I'm no man's friend!
Seems to me you got a couple of your wires crossed
You're in the right place at the wrong time!
You don't seem to be bothering anybody else now,
But you're sure taking up space in my mind!
Drinking, gambling and women
Stealin' hearts and playin' with guns
But the laws the law and baby that's a fact
And now I'm on the run
Chorus:
But this song ain't about none of the above
We're not punished for our sins, but "by them"
Thought I'd get myself a little passion play
But I can still hear them sayin'that crime don't pay
My poor heart is aching
It never did before
It seems my "indiscretion" served a "painful lesson"
And I'm still begging for more
Chorus:
I tried to mix romance with deceit
A little pleasure now with my pain
And I felt the loss on judgement day
And I can still hear them sayin'that crime don't pay!
Pour yourself a drink now
Make it a double and chase it with tears
But take heed my friends to this warning I give
Before you're faced with all your fears
Chorus:
I'd rather face ten men than have a broken heart
My crimes of passion have done me in
I'm sentenced to life each and every lonely day
I used to roam all night long
I lurked the streets late at night
I ain't never comin' home
But loneliness
Is part of the game
And misery loves company
I used to think that I was a king
Fancy cars, fancy clothes and diamond rings
Yeah but happiness is a funny thing
And misery just loves company
Bridge
Don't even try to understand
What goes on inside this man
As a boy I used to dream
'cause' sometimes life ain't what it seems
We used to dance under moonlight
But then the tears began to fall
And baby that ain't right
'cause' losin' you
Was part of the game
And misery loves company
'cause' fuckin' up
Was part of the game
It ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
It don't matter, anyhow
An' it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
If you don't know by now
When your rooster crows at the break of dawn
Look out your window and I'll be gone
You're the reason I'm trav'lin' on
Don't think twice, it's all right
It ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe
That light I never knowed
An' it ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe
I'm on the dark side of the road
Still I wish there was somethin' you would do or say
To try and make me change my mind and stay
We never did too much talkin' anyway
So don't think twice, it's all right
It ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal
Like you never did before
It ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal
I can't hear you any more
I'm thinkin' and wond'rin' all the way down the road
I once loved a woman, a child I'm told
I give her my heart but she wanted my soul
But don't think twice, it's all right
I'm walkin' down that long lonesome road, babe
Where I'm bound, I can't tell
But goodbye's too good a word, gal
So I'll just say fare thee well
I ain't sayin' you treated me unkind
You could have done better but I don't mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time
Ten years ago, on a cold dark night
There was someone killed 'neath the town hall light
There were few at the scene but they all agreed
That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me
The judge said, "Son, what is your alibi?
If you were somewhere else, then you won't have to die"
I spoke not a word, though it meant my life
For I been in the arms of my best friend's wife
She walks these hills in her long black veil
She visits my grave when the cold winds wail
Nobody knows, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me
The sky has turned dark and eternity's near
She stands in the crowd, she sheds not a tear
Late at night when the cold winds moan
In her long black veil, she cries over my bones
She walks these hills in her long black veil
She visits my grave when the cold winds wail
Nobody knows, nobody sees
Ain't got a girl
I ain't got many friends
Gonna drive that car of mine
To the living end
My baby likes to run
Run as fast as you can
And when I'm in her
I feel like a man
I'm in love with my car.
Got a V-8 motor
Listen to her purr
And when I put my pedal down
My whole world's a blur
Cruisin' down the highway
My lead sled's mean and low
The police behind me
I ain't ready to go
I'm in love with my car.
Got twin carburetors
I got dual exhaust
And it don't matter baby
If we get lost
Make love to me girl
In my back seat
The radio's a playin' something
Slow and sweet
Here I go falling down, down, down
My mind is a blank
My head is spinning around and around
As I go deep into the funnel of love
It's such a crazy, crazy feeling
I get weak in the knees
My poor old head is a reeling
As I go deep into the funnel of love
I tried and I tried to run and hide
I even tried to run away
You just can't run from the funnel of love
It's bound to get you someday
It's such a crazy, crazy feeling
I get weak in the knees
My poor old head is a reeling
As I go deep into the funnel of love
I tried and I tried to run and hide
I even tried to run away
You just can't run from the funnel of love
It's bound to get you someday
Here I go falling down, down, down
My mind is a blank
My head is spinning around and around
As I go deep into the funnel of love
Deep into the funnel of love
Some say it's the strong who survive
Sometimes I wonder if there's any truth to that at all
I've been lucky and that's a fact in a crazy world
I've led a charmed life
I know judges and I know priests
I know gangsters, bad cops and lawyers too
But I don't need none of them to sing this song
I've led a charmed life
Chorus:
No this ain't no hard luck story
Some have had better and some have had worse
Then again until you've walked my way
You'd have to say I've led a charmed life
I'm not so scared of dying
I've got my health , my friends and family too
I'm just afraid of living and not being sure
I've led a charmed life
Chorus:
No this ain't no hard luck story
Some have had better and some have had worse
But then again until you've walked in my shoes
You'd have to say I've led a charmed life
Bridge:
When the dice come tumbling down I'll be waiting
To see what luck comes my way
When the cards get passed around I'll be waiting
To see what hand I should play
I believe it's neither wrong or right
To cross that line from the dark to the light
And I say, "even in the worst of times against all odds,
I seem to have led a charmed life."
Some people like to gamble,
But you, you always lose.
Some people like to rock 'n' roll,
you're always singin' the blues
You gotta nasty disposition,
No one really knows the reason why,
You gotta bad, bad reputation,
Gonna hang your head down and cry...
chorus:
You got bad, bad luck
Bad, bad luck
You got bad, bad luck
Bad, bad luck
Thirteen's my lucky number,
To you it means stay inside.
Black cat done crossed my path,
No reason to run and hide.
You're looking through a cracked mirror,
No one really knows the reason why.
Your enemies are gettin' nearer,
Gonna hang down your head and cry...
chorus:
You got bad, bad luck
Bad, bad luck
You got bad, bad luck
Bad, bad luck
Some people go to church on Sundays,
others they pray at home.
You tell them that there ain't no God,
that they're better off standin' alone.
You're always scratchin' at the eight ball,
No one really knows the reason why.
You get to the top and then you fall,
love is a burning thing
and it makes a firery ring
bound by wild desire
I fell in to a ring of fire...
I fell in to a burning ring of fire
I went down,down,down
and the flames went higher.
And it burns,burns,burns
the ring of fire
the ring of fire.
The taste of love is sweet
when hearts like our's meet
I fell for you like a child
the sky looks so dark, looks like it might rain
my babies gone, on the south bound train
come back baby, lets try it over
one more time ,just one more time
she left me here, did not tell me why
i only know she, left me here to cry
please come back baby, lets try it over
one more time, just one more time
she left me alone, on her on accord
this i gotta leave i know, in the hands of the lord
please come back baby, lets try it over
one more time, just one more time
one more time, just one more time
one more time, one more time
Breaking rocks in the hot sun
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I needed money 'cause I had none
I fought the law and law won
I fought the law and the law won
I left my baby and I feel so bad
I guess my race is run
She's the best girl I've ever had
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
Robben people with six gun
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I lost my girl and I lost my fun
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I left my baby and I feel so bad
I guess my race is run
She's the best girl I've ever had
I fought the law and law won
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and law won
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and law won
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and law won
You can lie to yourself, you can lie to the world
You can lie to the one you call your girl
You can humble yourself to the hearts that you stole
Wondering who's gonna love you when you grow old?
With a fistful of courage and a heart full of rage
I realized I'd locked myself in a cage
I'll be the one standing there with the watery eyes
I'll be the fool in the mirror asking you whyasking why
When I got to the end of my dirty rainbow
And I found that there was no pot of gold
Well, I learned that I was empty and not quite as strong
For I had robbed my heart and cheated my soul
Look for the one with the watery eyes
I'll be the fool in the mirror asking you why
Cursing lovers in a warm tender embrace
Scoffing at the world and the whole human race
Chorus:
You can run, you can hide
You can feed your foolish pride
You can use and abuse
In the end you'll always loseat the game
Chorus:
You can run, you can hide
You can feed your foolish pride
With the hearts that you stole
And an empty pot of gold
And the lover's warm embrace
And the whole damned human race
You can use and abuse
In the end you'll always loseat the game
Well it's been ten years and a thousand tears
And look at the mess I'm in
A broken nose and a broken heart
An empty bottle of gin
Well, I sit and I pray
In my '54 Chevrolet
Well, I'm singin' to myself
There's got to be another way
Take away, take away
Take away this ball and chain
I'm lonely and I'm tired
And I can't take any more pain
Take away, take away
Never to return again
Take away, take away
Take away this ball and chain
Well, I've searched and I've searched
To find the perfect life
A brand new car and a brand new suit
I even got me a little wife
But wherever I have gone
I was sure to find myself there
You can run all your life
But not go anywhere
Take away, take away
Take away this ball and chain
I'm lonely and I'm tired
And I can't take any more pain
Take away, take away
Never to return again
Take away, take away
Take away this ball and chain
Well, I'll pass the bar on the way
To my dingy hotel room
I spent all my money
I've been drinkin' with the drag queens all afternoon
I'll wake there in the mornin'
Or maybe in the county jail
Times are hard getting harder
I'm born to lose and destined to fail
Take away, take away
Take away this ball and chain
I'm lonely and I'm tired
And I can't take any more pain
Take away, take away
Never to return again
Take away, take away
People still they cheat and lie
For wealth and what it will buy
But don't they know on judgment day
That gold and silver will melt away
I'd rather be in a deep dark grave
And know that my poor soul was saved
Then to live in this world in a house of gold
And deny my God and do my soul
What good is gold and silver too
If your hearts not good and true
Consider it when I say
Fall down on your knees and pray
I'd rather be in a deep dark rain
And know that my poor soul was saved
Than to live in this world in a house of gold
The day of wine and roses were a long time ago. The proms. teenage cruisin'and the picture show. You tried so hard to fix your outsides until you realized that I took everything dear inside.
Chorus:
Give me your heart, give me your soul. I'll take you when you're young The devil in Miss Jones.
Your daddy had a funny way of showing you his love. It's a shame you've hid well from the Lord up above. There's something that burns like a fire, and you realize you've been blessed with a wild desire.
Repeat Chorus
Your parochial background vanished in the wind Perhaps a pornographic future and a million dollar friend you tried so hard to always be the one Your loved by all men, but respected by none.
Repeat Chorus
The news is out all over town
That you've been seen out running 'round
I guess that I should leave but then
I just can't go you win again
This heart of mine could never say
What everybody knew but me
Just trusting you was my great sin
What can I do? You win again
I'm sorry for your victim now
'Cause soon his head like mine will bow
He'll give his love but all in vain
And some they say you win again
You have no heart, you have no shame
You take true love and give the blame
I guess that I should not complain
I love you still, you win again
I love you still, you win again
(A. Ferrier)
AL FERRIER (poss. Goldband)
It's lonely living, when you're all alone
Sitting and waiting by the telephone
Waiting for a call that never seems to come
Telling me, that girl of mine's returning home
Send her back, send her back
I'll never more do wrong
Send her back, send her back
I'm tired of being alone
I'm lonesome, as lonesome as I can be
Please send my baby back to me
Over and over it goes through my mind
Regrets of the way I wasted all my time
Trifling and cheating till I lost my love
So now I spend this prayer to God above
Send her back, send her back
I'll never more do wrong
Send her back, send her back
I'm tired of living alone
I'm lonesome, as lonesome as I can be
Please send my baby back to me
Send her back, send her back
I'll never more do wrong
Send her back, send her back
I'm tired of living alone
I'm lonesome, as lonesome as I can be
Sleep out in the woods away
Running through the rain
Deep in the barrow a trance induced
Midsummer sunrise
A sparrow falls through the dawn and air and mist
Set in stone, searching for a signal
Beams through the atmosphere
A white stone door
In a palace of light, in a circle of ice
Through centuries of tears, we danced all night
Wander in the grain washed up on the shore
A white stone door
Sleep out in the woods away
Running through the rain
Deep in the barrow a trance induced
Midsummer sunrise
Dance the toes right off your feet
Making up the story as you go
The dancers are all dead we know
Behind the white stone door
Through smoke and drums, a standing wave
Trapped in a chamber forever
Getting louder everyday
Old fox walking over ice
Listening for cracks
Below water a pit
Above fire, brilliance, beauty
No one is around
(Below water)
Young fox dips his tail
And goes tumbling in
Behind the crow and gate
Old fox eating from the bins
(Above fire)
No one is around
Behind the crow and gate
Conditions are difficult
Old fox is eating from the bins
And full of responsibility
The task is great
A task is great
The hope and the anchor
Lies between levels and layers
Two places to be
The land and the sea
The road and the grave
The snakes and the ladders
The sadder and sadder
Lies between the hope and the anchor
The hope and the anchor
Sly like a magpie's shared between the species
Something there glitters, the theft is made
Gold speckled waters, the source unfound
Slips through wet fingers back under ground
The reason for the voyage hasn't been forgot
The trail's not cold, the coals are hot
The crew draw back together like magnets
Salmon at sea that head back to fresh water
To the head of the stream and the inevitable slaughter
Carry the future back off down the river
Affection explained in a watched world
There's nothing of magic in this shining pearl
The water gets red with the rust of an anchor
The blood and the paint from the towns that got captured
Where something dissolved and got free in the current
Locked in black boxes they'll find their way
Thrown out on the highway they get home just the same
Each fishy sparkles again and again
Where rough diamonds lie
A lens that bends all light
Will change and shape to suit its eye
Where rough diamonds lie
Affection explained in a watched world
There's nothing of magic in this shining pearl
The twisted trees sing
Dark, dark, dark
Broken branches hidden
Far down below
The trees stare back
And we burn in smoke
Reflecting in the water like ghosts
Drifting this way and that
Far down below
Dark, dark, dark
The chrysalis fall spun silk unwinding
A soft pillow of earth
Standing over each blade of grass
Telling it to grow
I'll spread my wings
For the man who had to know
A marriage of angels and sinners
Science and religion
Looking for proof
And some faith in you
Far down below
Dark, dark, dark
High-flying donkeys have gone astray
Satan's longing is here to stay
The twisted trees sing
Dark, dark, dark
The twisted trees sing
Dark, dark, dark
Standing over each blade of grass
Telling it to grow
Far down below
Dark, dark, dark
Standing over each blade of grass
Telling it to grow
We'll spread our wings
For the man who had to know
Far down below
Dark, dark, dark
Far down below
Dark, dark, dark
Far down below
Dark, dark, dark
Far down below
You take the high, I'll take the low
Off through the gorse and brambles
Far off the road and far from home
I ramble
A hornet's nest lies on the track
It's half formed larvae scattered
A workers cottage broken down
And left in shambles
Leave the path, strike out alone
Up on the ridge I ramble
Back to the wind, face wet with rain
Above the fields of cattle
High in the ferns I find a scull
I see the flashing shadows
Jet fighters swooping loud and low
Rehearse for Armageddon
You don't have to believe in the end
You have to believe this is the end
(I ramble)
This is the end
(I ramble)
Over the hills and far away
All through the day I ramble
I rock 'n' roll in standing stones
With Brian Jones I ramble
You don't have to believe in the end
You have to believe this is the end
(I ramble)
This is the end
(I ramble)
You don't have to believe in the end
You have to believe this is the end
(Far off the road and far from home)
This is the end
(I ramble, I ramble)
I believe, believe, believe, believe, believe
Believe, believe, believe, believe, believe
Believe, believe, believe, believe, believe
(I ramble)
You don't have to believe in the end
You have to believe this is the end
(I ramble)
This is the end
(I ramble)
You don't have to believe in the end
You have to believe this is the end
(I ramble)
(Far off the road and far from home )
This is the end
(I ramble, I ramble)
You don't have to believe in the end
You have to believe this is the end
This is the end
You don't have to believe in the end
(Strike out alone I ramble)
You have to believe this is the end
(I lose my way I ramble)
(I lose my clothes I ramble)
This is the end
(On to the end I ramble)
You don't have to believe in the end
(Back in time I ramble)
You have to believe this is the end
(All left behind I ramble)
(H. D. Thoreau I ramble)
This is the end
(Nowhere to go I ramble)
You don't have to believe in the end
You have to believe this is the end
This is the end
You don't have to believe in the end
You have to believe this is the end
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