There's a hole in my life
and I don't know the right way to close it
things I believed in have all crumbled one by one
might makin' right, cries in the night
but we chose it
I've been decieved and I will
wait here till they come
they will come
and the right hand knows
where the left one goes
the hammer comes down -
nobody knows
please take a number, get in line
I heard it on the radio
I heard it on the wind you know
hurricane about to blow
over and over again
Heard it on the radio
knew it in my heart you know
saw it on a tv show
saw it all fall apart
I remember a time when they
drew me a line and I crossed it
you left me hanging
you ran for higher ground
it was yours it was mine
it was pure it was fine
and we lost it
or was it only that we never
looked around - look around
and the right hand knows
where the left one goes
the hammer comes down -
nobody knows
please take a number, get in line
I heard it on the radio
I heard it on the wind you know
hurricane about to blow
over and over again
Heard it on the radio
knew it in my heart you know
saw it on a tv show
saw it all fall apart
Is this all just illusion?
Is this all just a dream?
Do you want fission or fusion
or do you want to talk to me
talk to me, talk to me, baby talk to me -
or do you want to scream?
Trampoline
Some people got much too much
Some people got the midas touch now
Some people are waiting for the train
Some people get blood on their hands
Some people see disneyland now
Some people are candles in the rain
Like a trampoline
Goes up goes down
Out of luck or heaven bound
But we've got something and we'll never touch the ground
On the trampoline
Just me and you
Just a little love will see us through
Hang on to me baby, I'll be here with you
On the trampoline
Some days are like a leaky boat
Some days are like all she wrote now
Some days I'm so happy I could sing
I won't tell you 'bout the things I've seen
The ups and downs and the inbetweens
I get so low but I know
My bells are gonna ring
It's a trampoline
We are on a roller coaster
We have made it through this
Baby what we need is mostly
Being sure of what we are
Back in the winter of '63
I left my woman down in Port Louis
To a clipper ship to
The land of the midnight sun
I had a partner, a little older than me
Kew the ins and outs of the company
When the captain says "Let's make that trip"
You should have seen us run
I got an angel in my pocket tonight
I got twenty-five miles of river to fight
Alone on the river singin' songs with my old friend
The cold North wind
My partner went by the name of Robespierre
He came from down in the delta somewhere
He fought the Indians there, he fought the land
Old Pierre was no one's fool
He knew the ropes and the beaver's pool
And when he died he knew that river
Like the back of his hands
I got an angel in my pocket tonight...
And when a man says "Stop"
I can't take it anymore
He can work until he drops
Tell me what's he working for
It gets cold here in the territories
Colder in my heart
I imss my wife, I miss my son
Tell me 'bout my brothers
Show me where they've gone
Tell me how the lovers
All turned fighters one by one
Talk to me of lawyers
And Marches by the poor
Tell me all 'bout Johnny
Who went marching off to war
Stoney days rainy night
Mister is the coast still clear
I miss the malls and the neon lights
And I miss that oly beer
Holy Moses, holey shoes
Is that all they got for me
My tattoo says "born to lose"
And my mama saw it on the tv
Stoney days
We all burned out papers
And we all raised our fists
But they got us sooner or later
Stuck us right in the middle of this
There's a band out playin'
Some marching song
Supposed to get me on my feet
As the caissons still go rollin' along
Rollin' over everyone they meet
Stoney days
And I wish somebody'd tell me:
What are we here for
I wish somebody'd sell me
Some idea worth dyin' for
Stoney days, rainy nights
Down on the ponchartrain
Life was like a daisy chain and
She knew what bells to ring
She knew what strings to pull
She loved me like a whistle-stop
Boy crazy, down at the hop now
I was half empty
She was half full
She drives me crazy in those twenty-dollar shoes
She tells me "Take it or leave it -
I win, you lose"
She's so, she's so, she's so fast
Down on the river street
She made it short and sweet and
She made me think of things
I never say out loud
She's giving me the runaround
She runs for the high ground now
I'd like to follow
But you know I'm much to proud
She drives me crazy...
She's so, she's so, she's so fast
She walks and she talks and
She's so fast
I'm out on the highway with the radio on
Spin through the numbers for a drivin' song
There's a time to build it up a time to let it lay
A time to hang tough a time to go away
But it's all right, it's all right
Got a long long road to drive tonight
It's okay I'm headed her way
I think I see the end in sight tonight
Took me by surprise
Looked me over like
Somebody's second prize
She was a tough old girl
With iron in her eyes
Queen of the road in a trucker's paraidse
But it's all right...
Tell my children not to be afraid
Tell them over and over I'll be back this way
Just tell 'em I love them and hope they understand
I was born a drivin' man...
Many a mile to go
There was a man and he knew what he wanted
He would not rest till it finally came
Throughout the land all the people were haunted
Till they were blessed with red ashes and rain
Take a letter to the king of the hill
Say the people were dying
They're dying still
Tell him only that the world's on fire tonight
And I see faces in the window
Men outside my door
There's a candle burning bright
In the kitchen tonight
As the children march to war
This is a time when the fools have the trigger
When we were sure they were finally gone
They draw the lines set the rules get bigger
And you and me are only carried along
Take a letter to the king of the hill
Say the people were dying
They're dying still
Tell him only that the world's on fire tonight
And I see faces in the window...
She let me down so easy
I hardly felt the blow
Saginaw was freezing
I headed down to Mexico
Found a job on a fishin' boat
Found a woman found a shack
I raise my glass and I drink a toast
Hey I'm never goin' back
That was a lie
That was only wishful thinking
I am well outside the border
I am almost at her door
Even though I can't afford her
I can't love her anymore
And anyway
I'm just about a mile away
She was deep love buried
And she said she could not stay
Me and her get married
As we blew through Santa Fe
It was late October
When the other man occured
To love her is to know her
But she's like a hummingbird
I coulda die
Or was that only wishful thinking
I am well outside the border
Might be the way she wore her hair
might be the roses 'round her everywhere
might just be autumn in the air
or the lady fair
we were everything
but the lady doesn't live here anymore
It was the colors that she wore
She's packed and gone
there's no color anymore
and written in the teardrops on the floor
"forevermore"
and the lady doesn't live here
the lady doesn't live here anymore
and I'm a drifter on the water
signalling to shore
'cause the lady doesn't live here
the lady doesn't live here anymore
How can she leave me alone
shatter my life this way
when will she ever come home
don't I matter to her anyway
and the lady does not live here
the lady does not live here anymore
She caught the first plane to the West
I gave her time
thought I'd give her a rest
I didn't know what was in store for me
what was it for for me
and the lady does not live here
the lady doesn't live here anymore
and I'm a drifter on the water
signalling to shore
and the lady doesn't live here anymore
The lady doesn't live here anymore
if anyone could hear me now
if anyone is near me now it's you
if anyone could comfort me
you will always be
you will never be forgotten
never go away
if anyone's above me now
if anyone could love me now it's you
if anyone could comfort me
you will always be
you will never be forgotten
never go away
remember life goes on, life goes on
where there are voices they will sing your song
life goes on, life goes one
where there is music we will always sing along
and it will always be
if anyone could touch me now
and give me back so much somehow it's you
if anyone could comfort me
you will always be
you will never be forgotten
never go away
remember life goes on, life goes on
and where there are voices they will sing your song
life goes on, life goes one
where there is music we will always sing along
and it will always be
if anyone could hear me now, it's you
If I were king of this whole world
I'd throw my arms around you girl
and change your birthday to a holiday
If I were leader of this place
I'd move the stars to frame your face
I'd make believe
that you had never gone away
but you went away
and I don't think I'll ever be king
you'll never come back home
you'll never take this ring
and I will live here all alone
I'll never be king
you'll never come home
you'll never take this ring
and I will go on all alone
all alone
If I were king of all I see
I'd take you everywhere with me
I'd show you places that you'd never seen before
but that's not how we play this game
all I offer is my name
and all I'll tell you are the things that lovers say
for evermore
but I don't think I'll ever be king
you'll never come back home
you'll never take this ring
and I will live here all alone
I'll never be king
you'll never come home
you'll never take this ring
and I will go on all alone
all alone
If I were someone in command
I'd give a kingdom for your hand
I'd make damn certain that you never got away
If I were king
For you I'd give up magic
although magic's all I have
and I would even practice
feeling good when I feel bad
I don't need anyone but you
I don't love very much, but I love you
I see you looking my way
baby I'm looking your way too
For you I'd give my hands
even though my hands are tied
I would love to run you ragged
You can't say I never tried
I don't need anyone but you
I don't love very much, but I love you
I see you looking my way
baby I'm looking your way too
FOR YOU, for you
there is nothing that I would not do
for you, for you
I'd tear these paper walls in two
and I'd throw them all away
I would throw them all away
I never had a lover that I couldn't see through
but baby, I never had you...
For you I'd fight a lion
if a lion came around
I would swim right cross the ocean
catch my breath and turn around
I don't need anyone but you
I don't love very much, but I love you
I see you looking my way
baby I'm looking your way too
FOR YOU, for you
there is nothing that I would not do
for you, for you
I'd tear these paper walls in two
and I'd throw them all away
I would throw them all away
I never had a lover that I couldn't see through
but baby, I never had you...
It was easy, it was casual
at least it seemed that way for you
you were never less than valuable
I can't believe the things you knew
I don't want to tell you what to do
I don't even want to talk to you
I don't want to see you any more
all the way down Mickey's beat
you've got your telephone
you've got your feet
you join the ones that you can't beat
down on happy
down on Happy Street
now they've got you in a magazine
hey, you made it that far
you showed the world
that you had discipline
you showed the world
exactly what you are
I don't want to tell you what to do
I don't even want to talk to you
I don't want to see you any more
All the way down Mickey's beat...
in London, Berlin
skinheads are movin´ in
they got the songs, the boots and beer
homegrown bigot every one a patriot
just like we got over here
when times get rough
people ain´t got much
they think you´re trying to take it away
they look for a scapegoat
throw him from the lifeboat
he ain´t like us anyway
and you´re damned if you do
damned if you don´t
no place for you in the middle of the road
you´re walkin´ on a knife´s edge
runnin´ for your life
there ain´t no place for you tonight
you´re a long way from home
you´re got a long long way left to go
on a hot night a knife fight
underneath a street light
sounds like the same old song
this front, that front
nothin´ but a witchhunt
send you back where you belong
and you´re damned if you do
damned if you don´t
no place for you in the middle of the road
you´re walkin´ on a knife´s edge
runnin´ for your life
there ain´t no place for you tonight
you´re a long way from home
you´re got a long long way left to go
you´re a long way from home
Too late, we left it too long
now the summer has come
and it's gone
but I don't need you now
Your fire died in the sun
the midnight choir sings for everyone
and you can't hear them now
and baby somewhere the rain isn't falling
somewhere the game still goes on
and I'm calling you
From shadowland from shadowland
You're the only one who knew
I'm an empty man without you
there's no music
there's no songs left in my hands
here in shadowland
Now I'm still here, but oh what a price
love is always tied to sacrifice
and I won't ever crawl
You left home like
you told me you would
baby only the young die good
and I'm not young at all
what about the roses
and the ones I used to send to you
and what about the promises
where we´d be goin´ and what we´d do
and what about the babies
you were gonna have with me
when we gonna stand up and just be
when we gonna stand up and be free
how about those strangers there
the ones sleeping back to back in the same bed again
they´re both wishing they could be anywhere else
they´re both wishing they could start all over again yeah
and what about the lonely people
I´m talking ´bout you and me yeah
when we gonna stand up and just be
when we gonna stand up and be free
it´s a long road to follow though
your heart will tell you where to go
baby, I´m still waiting and your so very far away
I´m out here on my island surrounded by the sea
who knows where the time goes
and who knows when you´ll ever be free
and what about the winner
the one who leaves you alone for weeks at a time
your light is growing dimmer baby
and the things you need his money won´t buy
and what about the lonely people
I´m talking ´bout you and me
when we gonna stand up and be free
when we gonna stand up and just be
when we gonna stand up and be free
you and me babe
stand up and be free
stand up and be free
talking ´bout you and me
you and me babe
stand up and be free
stand up and be free
stand up and be free
and what about the lonely people
I´m talking ´bout me and you
let´s be free
let´s be free
Just the two of us
it was Boomtown or bust
and we missed some meals
and we spun our wheels
we could never get enough
here's the rest of it
now it hurts like a bitch
and you know I told you baby
you could leave if it gets rough
and I feel good
I'm allright
this is not a teardrop
and this is not your fight
I feel good
back when the world was young
we were favorite sons
and we ran proud and
straight and often
and that can never be undone
here's the rest of it
make the best of it
and you know we'll fight our battles
'till our battles are all won
and I feel good
I'm allright
and I'm standing in the cold cold rain
feels like I've been here all right
I feel good
I'm okay
and baby you won't find me crying
I will wave that all away
hey!
what's goin' on here
what's that I heard about some bad blood
what's that supposed to be
had a little bird said you've been talking
you've been kickin' mud on me
you can spread it around
you can get on out and sell it door to door
you can hammer it into the ground
but I still don't want to see you anymore
but what's it to you
you don't worry 'bout what I do
now it's all over and that's just fine
I'll get on out the door, I'm gone double time
and you
I'll see you somewhere down the road
some other place some other time
I'll see you some where down the line
somewhere down the road (any you)I'll see you somewhere
down the road
some other place some other time
I'll see you some where down the line (line, line, line, line)
you always had me down
you never seem to want to let me get on up
you're pushing me around
you never figured out one day I'd have enough - no
but if you push too hard
you know it's history it's over and it's done
you can grab another fool
but not with me so long, you know that it's been fun
hey! what's it to you
you don't worry 'bout what I do
now it's all over and that's just fine
I'll get on out the door, I'm gone double time
and you
I'll see you somewhere down the road
some other place some other time
I'll meet you some where down the line
somewhere down the line (any you)I'll see you somewhere down
the road
some other place some other time
I'll see you some where down the line (line, line, line, line)
hey you
I'll see you somewhere down the road
some other place some other time
I'll see you some where down the line
somewhere down the road (any you)I'll see you somewhere
down the road
some other place some other time
I'll see you some where down the line (line, line, line, line)
and you
I'll see you somewhere down the road
some other place some other time
There's a sound comin' over the rooftops
and it's carried on the wind
in the alley's and the vacant lots
I hear it over and over again
and when the whistle blows at 4:30
and the second shift comes on
she'll be waitin' there on the corner
when the others have long gone
and we're a pair of young lovers
with nothin to our names
we've only got each other
that's enough, all the same
and when I know she's waiting there
I can tell you what I'm thinking of
I'm thinkin' she can bring me,
she can bring me love.
my baby brings me love
she brings me love
in this tight and lonely city
if a man moves out for himself
what my baby brings to me
I can't get from no one else
and the whole world walks all over you
pass you by without lookin back
when my baby comes home to me
I don't think about that
and we're a pair of young lovers
with nothin to our names
we've only got each other
that's enough, all the same
and when I know she's waiting there
I can tell you what I'm thinking of
I'm thinkin' she can bring me,
she can bring me love.
and she's right there when
I need her,I need her
and she's still there
when I'm all alone, all alone
and she comes to me
when I'm lost in my everyday
and she builds me up
and she makes me strong
she brings me her love
in her own special way
she brings me love
ooh, my baby brings me love
my baby brings me love
my baby brings me love
uh-huh
and we're a pair of young lovers
with nothin to our names
we've only got each other
that's enough, all the same
and when I know she's waiting there
I can tell you what I'm thinking of
I'm thinkin' she can bring me,
she can bring me love.
my baby brings me love
Little John's got his head on right
He does a bang up business
In the middle of the night
And he sits by the radio,
Ain't givin nothin' away, oh no
And the calls come in on the CB
And little John, he's gonna send you what you need
Send you a little somethin'
To get you through the day
Ooh to get you through the day
Little Maria's in deep, can't stop
She been savin up her money for a beauty shop
She been countin' the days and the years
With a mark on the wall, oh yeah
And she came out here all fresh and young
Said she'd get out of the game before the damage got done
And little John he just laughed, now he's heard it all
Yes he's really heard it all
It's a lonely life
Wrapped up in the fingers of the night
Snapped up in the net so tight
You're wonderin' why you came,
Why you came
Yes it's a lonely life,
All alone on the derelict streets
You crawl home
When you're dead on your feet
You'll never leave the game
No, you'll never get out of the game
Oh no no
It's a lonely life
Wrapped up in the fingers of the night
Snapped up in the net so tight
You're wonderin' why you came,
Why you came
Yes it's a lonely life,
All alone on the derelict streets
You crawl home
When you're dead on your feet
You'll never leave the game
No, you'll never get out of the game
Oh no no
And there ain't no road in sight that's goin' home
You got little John with his bike
And girl you're all his own
And you think you're marking
Time 'til something comes along
But you're not the first little princess baby,
To find that you were wrong
And it's a lonely life
Wrapped up in the fingers of the night
Snapped up in the net so tight
You're wonderin' why you came,
Why you came
Yes it's a lonely life,
All alone on the derelict streets
You crawl home when you're dead on your feet
You'll never leave the game
No, you'll never get out of the game
Baby it's lonely life
It's such a lonely life
And you'll never get out,
There you are alone again
and you wonder which way to go
with your finger up against the wind
checkin' out the way it blows
it blows you down
you can't find your feet
I tell you over and over and over again
boy its got you beat
reach out
reach out
reach out
reach out
you're standing on the white line
baby the world's gonna pass you by
when you gonna reach out and grab
somethin shiny that catches your eye
you gotta get a move on
you gotta make a start
well I tell you over and over and over again
you gotta run hard
so reach out
and take what you need.
reach out
ohhh-ho you can be what you want to be
but you gotta get a move on
and you run fast
you can get what you wanted
get what you wanted at last
so reach out
reach out
and take what you need.
reach out
ohhh-ho you can be what you want to be
but you gotta get a move on
and you run fast
you can get what you wanted
get what you wanted at last
baby reach out
why dont you reach out
if you reach out
c'mon reach out
Me and Jodie left Atlanta
I snuck her out of her back door
We drove that car down to Savannah
And Jodie drove when I could drive no more
We left the winter back in Georgia
I left the dst that filled my lungs
She said my people were all born here
We'll hit Louisiana 'fore the morning comes
She said this is it
This is where we stop
You got nothing to lose if
You ain't got a lot
This is what we are
This is where we belong
If you listen very hard
They'll be playing our song
Down in Storyville
Where a man can live his life and get his fill
This is Storyville
Where there's music in the air and time to kill
My father dug the wells in Tulsa
Never quite got the grease off his hands
He was a digger and a tough one
But he never was a company man
Louisiana was inviting
Around the time of the boom
Those creole women moved like lighting
And Dixieland could really shake the room
Well Sandy was waiting for me all night
It got a little bit late I got a little bit tight
Playin' for money, playin' too deep
Sandy honey didn't wait for me
We were the ones to watch, the team to beat
Stop the clock and make history
Lay it all down, tell it all out
Give this town somethin' to talk about
There's gotta be a better way than this
It seems a little bit hit or miss
Two people 'bout to give it all up
There's somethin' gone wrong, somethin's not enough
Sandy - hey Sandy now
(I really need you Sandy
I really want you some)
(I really need you Sandy
I really want you some)
I was a little town nothin' I guess
Sandy brought me 'round, brought me all the rest
There's a hole in my pocket a hole in my world
She took off like a rocket, like a big town girl
There's gotta be a better way than this
It seems a little bit hit or miss
Two people 'bout to give it all up
There's somethin' gone wrong, somethin's not enough
Sandy - hey Sandy now
(I really need you Sandy
I really want you some)
(I really need you Sandy
I really want you some)
Well I guess she never really thought it was real
She never figured it was no big deal
She don't see what she's doin' to me
I set off in a flatbed truck
Down the ladder, down on my luck
Got a map of the lower 48
Took the first ramp headed down the interstate
I had a wife, but she wouldn't have me
Left a job, a livin', and a family
There was nothin' to keep me; no reason to stay
I went lookin' for nothin' down the blue highway
And we watched our lives go racin' by
The years rolled on in a haze
We took time for this, time for that
But we never took time babe
For the blue highways, highways
For the blue highway, highway
Why did I ever have any doubts
I didn't need to figure it out
But out on the road when the nights get black
I whistle a tune hey, I'm never goin' back
And we watch our lives go racin' by
The years rolled on in a haze
We took time for this, time for that
Let's take a little time baby
For the blue highways, highways
We spent wasted days believin'
We see something past ourselves
Yeah we lock our doors behind us
'Cause we know this life so well
We never make the deadlines
That other people set
We speculate about justice
While we're grabbin' what we can get
Get out on the highway
The blue highway
There's people in the world
You never want to meet
Out in the alleys, down in the streets
There's people hurtin' people
People full of hate
People fishin' blindly usin' money for bait
We watch our lives go racin' by
The years rolled on in a haze
We took time for this, time for that
But we never took time baby
For the blue highways, highways
For the blue highways, highways
Let's take a little time, for the blue highways
You're all dressed up got no place to go
You got a ticket waiting for you at the gate
Well you left it long enough
You let the wild winds blow
But you might have left it a little bit too late
He's no good for you
I've heard that often enough
He's got icicles where people have their eyes
But what gets you through the night
You don't need that stuff
No what you need is somethin' that he just can't provide
And I want to be there, baby
It's been a little bit crazy lately
Think I want to settle down
And I want you along
I want to breathe the air again, baby
Let the good life come and take me
'Cause anywhere with you
Could never be wrong
You and me we were like kids I see
We took every shiny road that caught our eye
We were a little bit young
We had a little too much fun
There came a little trouble and there came a fast goodbye
And I want to be there, baby ...
Those days, livin' on the double
Was too much time, too much trouble but
It was everything to me
I loved it when you washed my hair
Made love to me just everywhere
You told me all about it, just what we could be
There's a hole in my life
and I don't know the right way to close it
things I believed in have all crumbled one by one
might makin' right , cries in the night
but we chose it
I've been decieved and I will
wait here till they come
they will come
and the right hand knows
where the left one goes
the hammer comes down -
nobody knows
please take a number, get in line
I heard it on the radio
I heard it on the wind you know
hurricane about to blow
over and over again
Heard it on the radio
knew it in my heart you know
saw it on a tv show
saw it all fall apart
I remember a time when they
drew me a line and I crossed it
you left me hanging
you ran for higher ground
it was yours it was mine
it was pure it was fine
and we lost it
or was it only that we never
looked around - look around
and the right hand knows
where the left one goes
the hammer comes down -
nobody knows
please take a number, get in line
I heard it on the radio
I heard it on the wind you know
hurricane about to blow
over and over again
Heard it on the radio
knew it in my heart you know
saw it on a tv show
saw it all fall apart
Is this all just illusion?
Is this all just a dream?
Do you want fission or fusion
or do you want to talk to me
talk to me, talk to me, baby talk to me -
or do you want to scream?
So long, what went wrong
The radio is playin' sad songs
You say you'll go or I'll go
Show me a way out of this sideshow
Can't we talk this thing out
What have we done that we can't laugh about
I've seen this game before and I still won't play
I said come tomorrow babe, I'll be on my way
On the back streets
We meet
All the runaway lovers who've got cold feet
It's not easy
It's a mystery
Show me what happened to you and me
Can't we talk this thing out
What have we done that we can't laugh about
I've seen this game before and I still won't play
When I think about the house on Jackson Street
I get to thinkin' about Jack and you and me
Cruisin' around all night long in the wild wild blue
And Jackie went away somewhere
He made tracks right out of there
And that was the last I saw of Jack and you
And Jack got in his trouble and he took it kinda hard
And the last time that I saw him he said give you his regards
We kicked around some laughs, we had a few
I thought I'd look you up
I know you've had enough
But baby I'm still right here for you
And I don't want to believe that our dancing days are over
You don't want to believe there's a life outside your door
Baby listen to me there's someone here who loves you
And I don't want to be without you any more
In our dancing days
I heard you're working' now got yourself a job
I knew Manhattan couldn't keep you down for long
I knew you'd find your way around in this old town
That ain't no life for you
What about the wild blue
I can't stand to think of you with your feet stuck to the ground
And I don't want to believe that our dancing days are over
You don't want to believe there's a life outside your door
Baby listen to me there's someone here who loves you
And I don't want to be without you any more
In our dancing days
So go ahead and dance
These are the dancing days
These are the dancing days
every move I make
one step forward, two steps back,
but ain't that the way it goes
isn't that just like it always goes
I feel like a warrior with
no place to attack
hey, ain't that the way it goes
isn't that just like it always goes
and I still see so many people
who can only be what
somebody tells them
we wanna live we wanna live
we wanna wave our flag real high
we wanna live we wanna live
we wanna live and never die
spinnin' wheels busted deals
down in the parking lot
but ain't that the way it goes
isn't that just like it always goes
they break you down
shake you down
take everything you've got
hey, ain't that the way it goes
isn't that just like it always goes
and I still see so many people
who can only be what
somebody tells them
we wanna live we wanna live
we wanna wave our flag real high
we wanna live we wanna live
we wanna live and never die
no we're never gonna die.
we wanna live, we wanna live
we wanna wave our flag real high
real high
alright
we all wanna, we all wanna (let's go!)
Sleepless nights and lonely flights
I feel like an empty page
hey, ain't that the way it goes
isn't that just like it always goes
dead beat in a dead heat
full house with an empty stage
hey, ain't that the way it goes
isn't that just like it always goes
we wanna live we wanna live
we wanna wave our flag real high
we wanna live we wanna live
we wanna live and never die
we all wannna
we all wanna (now we're never gonna die, never gonna die)
I Won't Be Home Tonight
Do you think I'd come runnin at the drop of a hat?
oh baby don't you know me any better than that?
You're hot one minute, and gone the next
so tell me what do you expect?
you're standin' there tellin' me you're home for good
did you think I'd believe it? did you think I would?
you can turn it right around, where you come from
'cause you and me are over and done
Chorus
I won't be home tonight.
I'll get along just fine without you
don't bother callin' me tonight
oh baby take it somewhere else
take it somewhere else
oh you think it's so easy, all you ever gotta do
to make every man roll over for you
you tell 'em something nice, show your baby blues
but baby I've got news for you.
I won't be home tonight.
I'll get along just fine without you
don't bother callin' me tonight
oh baby take it somewhere else
Somewhere else
baby take it somewhere else
take it somewhere else
I won't be home tonight.
I'll get along just fine without you
don't bother callin' me tonight
oh baby take it somewhere else
I won't be home tonight.
I'll get along just fine without you
don't bother callin' me tonight
When my Uncle Sonny blew back into town
Said I'll just go for a ride and have a look 'round
He took off his fedora and stuck his fingers in the crown
And he pulled out twenty dollars
And he laid that money down
He called out to a taxi cab
Take me down to Central Park
And keep that meter runnin' to the twenty dollar mark
And he kept his eyes turned forward
And he sat up straight and tall
And no one even noticed him, no one cared at all
It's a fine, fine day for a reunion
It's a fine, fine day for comin' home
You did your sittin', you did hard time
But you ain't gonna sit no more
They can't keep you there no more
It's a fine, fine day
And nothin's gonna take you, nothin's gonna take you away
It's a fine, fine day, oh yeah
First time I saw Sonny, I was just about this tall
He always made my momma kinda crazy when he'd call
Him and my old man would stand and whisper in the hall
Then they'd disappear and maybe not come home at all
Then one day Sonny stopped comin' around
Heard he'd gotten himself into a little trouble out in town
Sometime after that he finally disappeared for good
Then he pulled that ol' Houdini
Like we always knew he would
It's a fine, fine day for a reunion
It's a fine, fine day for comin' home
You did your sittin', you did hard time
But you ain't gonna sit no more
They can't keep you there no more
It's a fine, fine day, oh yeah
And nothin's gonna drag you
Nothin's gonna drag you away, oh yeah
It's a fine, fine day, fine day
It's a fine, fine day, fine day
It's a fine, fine day, fine day
I see you made it back all right, all right
I see you're none the worse for wear
It's been a long time comin'
Nothin's gonna drag you away from here
A fine, fine day
And nothin's gonna take it, nothin's gonna take you away
Oh yeah
A fine, fine day, oh yeah
A fine, fine day
A fine, fine day
And nothin's gonna take you
Nothin's gonna take you away, away
A fine, fine day, fine day
We are only sleeping
we're lying here
we're waiting oh yeah
we are only dreaming
we're wondering
we're hoping oh yeah
You build your houses out of straw
they blow down they blow down
we build our houses out of stone
we'll build your houses out of stone
they stand alone
alone
and we are only dreaming
we're wondering
we're hoping oh yeah
oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah
you build your houses out of straw...
oh... la la la la la la la
we are only sleeping
Well
I used to be a tailor
Sewed those suits so fine
And he never heard a failure
And he never tasted wine.
And he used to be a leader
When he had someone to lead
And he used to be a father
When he had some mouths to feed
When he had some mouths to feed
And they say it never rains in L.A. county
But it gets cold enough to wish you had a few.
And he laughs tonight and says: I finally found me -
A room with a view - how about you?
He was living in a castle that built with his own hands
Out of newspaper and cardboard he was living off the land
He was living off the land
he was living off the land.
And they say it never rains in L.A. county
Well the kid and me
were the team to beat
We could stand up to the big boys
generate some heat
And we never thought nothin' about
livin on the street back then
Yes sir, we lied a little
and we maybe stole some, sayin'
"Southern California here we come"
and we took off down the highway sayin'
"Never goin' back again"
(chorus)
It was on the first day of summer
(first day of summer)
we were the number one outfront runner
(first day of summer)
On the first day of summer
nothin' feels the same
and it feels so good
It was on the first day of summer
(first day of summer)
It was on the first day of summer
(first day of summer)
On the first day of summer
the whole world knows your name
and it feels so good
Now the kid was drivin'
and I rode shotgun
We were splittin' up the money
from our number ones
beatin' time to the radio
Yes I'm gonna be someone
Campin' by the road
out in Santa Fe
The kid stole the keys
and he drove away
I wound up washin' dishes
at a Holiday Inn
Sometimes I wonder
what became of him
Let's talk it over
let's be blunt
I don't wanna say this more than once.
But we've been fighting out on too many fronts
we got lost somewhere.
You cut and run away wherever you can
You think what's wrong is something I won't understand.
Well
here I am amd babe
I'm holding out my hand
And I really do care.
There is only one way out of here
There is only one thing we must fear.
Only one voice in my ear.
listen very well here wherever you are.
Let the rain come washing over you
Comes the flood
I'll be right there next to you.
Let the rain come washing you down
let it wash right over you
Comes the flood
comes the flood
I'll be right there next to you.
It felt like heaven when we left that town
Seemed like salvation all the way around.
I thought my feet would stay six inches off the ground
We had a love
babe.
I look you over
and I have to look away
I can't stand to see you hurting that way.
Why won't you see that I am with you all the way?
You're my blood
babe.
There's only one way out of here
Let the rain come washing over you
Well he used to be a tailor
Sew those suits so fine
And he never heard of failure
And he never tasted wine
And he used to be a leader
When he had someone to lead
And he used to be a father
When he had some mouths to feed
When he had some mouths to feed
And they say it never rains in LA county
It gets cold enough to wish you had a few
And he laughts tonight and says
"I finally found me a room with a view
How about you"
He was living in a castle
That he built with his own hands
Out of newspaper and cardboard
He was living off the land
He was living off the land
He was living off the land
Room with a view
And they say it never rains in LA county
It gets cold enough to wish you had a few
And he laughts tonight and says
"I finally found me a room with a view
When my Uncle Sonny blew back into town
Said "I'll just go for a ride
and have a look around"
And he took off his fedora
and stuck his fingers in the crown
And he pulled out 20 dollars
and he laid that money down
And he called out to a taxi cab
"Take me down to Central Park
and keep that meter running
to the 20 dollar mark"
And he kept his eyes turned forward
and he sat up straight and tall
And no one even noticed him
no one cared at all
(chorus)
It's a fine fine day
for a reunion
It's a fine fine day
for coming home
You did your sittin'
you did hard time
But you ain't gonna sit no more
they can't keep you there no more
It's a fine fine day
And nothing's gonna take you
nothing's gonna take you away
It's a fine fine day, fine day
First time I saw Sonny
I was just about this tall
And he always made my Momma
kinda crazy when he'd call
Him and my old man would
stand and whisper in the hall
Then they'd disappear
and maybe not come home at all
Then one day Sonny stopped coming around
Heard he'd gotten himself into
a little trouble in town
Sometime after that he
finally disappeared for good
Then he pulled that old Houdini
like we always knew he would
(chorus)
(ooh ooh, a fine fine day, fine day)
(ooh ooh, a fine fine day, fine day)
I see you made it back alright, alright
I see you're none the worse for wear
It's been a long time comin'
Nothing's gonna drag you away from here
A fine fine day
And nothing's gonna take you
nothing's gonna take you away
Oh yeah, a fine fine day, oh yeah
a fine day
If you ever think think about me
when you're down down and out
out in the cold
girl it's better when you doubt me
it's better when you go
did you promise him
you'd stand with him
will you hold him up
will you mother his sons
babe as long as there are rainbows
you will be my only one
Hey I can't talk to you
and I can't read your mind
if I don't know what you're after
you know I'm flying blind
o no, I can't talk to you
I can't keep you strong
and I can't make you happy
if you don't know what is wrong
wrong wrong wrong
baby I can't talk to you
you were fallen fallen down
down when I found you
you were broken up
you were broken and bruised
take it all in noww
take a look around you
tell me who's been using who...
I want to shout it out
I want to rocket it off all the roof tops
don't wanna leave no doubt
I want to be perfectly sure that it's clear
that she and I are back together
this time my mind's made up forever
and I want to tell the world about her
I couldn't celebrate life without her
I'll do anything that I think it takes
I never wanna lose the love she makes
I'll tell the world about her
I lost everything I had without her
my baby's back and I'm so complete
I've got the whole world at my feet
I was down and out
I was totaly knocked off my feet
I tried to shut it all out
I wouldn't admit that she had me beat
now she and I are back together
this time my mind's made up forever
and I want to tell the world about her
I couldn't celebrate life without her
I'll do anything that I think it takes
I never wanna lose the love she makes
I'll tell the world about her
I lost everything I had without her
my baby's back and I'm so complete
I've got the whole world at my feet
I'll tell the whole world about you
I'll tell the whole world about you
I'll tell the whole world about you
I'll tell the whole world about you
I'll tell the whole world about you
I'll tell the whole world about you
I want to tell the world about her
I couldn't celebrate life without her
I'll do anything that I think it takes
I never wanna lose the love she makes
I'll tell the world about her (I'll tell the whole world about you)
I'll tell the world (I'll tell the whole world about you)
I'll tell the world (I'll tell the whole world about you)
I want to tell the world about her
I couldn't celebrate life without her
I'll do anything that I think it takes
I never wanna lose the love she makes
I'll tell the world about her (I'll tell the whole world about you)
I'll tell the world (I'll tell the whole world about you)
There is nothing that I really rather do
then to take a little time and make love to you
there is nobody else id rather know
girl you make me want to sing to you real slow
sing along, be with me today
sing along, and it all goes away
sing along, and there's nothing to say
but baby, stay
and we don't even need to go out
we can show each other just what love's about
there's nothin that can ever keep it out
oh, darlin stay with me and sing along
sing along, be with me today
sing along, and it all goes away
sing along, and there's nothing to say
but baby, stay
and there's nothin that can ever keep it out
oh, darlin stay with me and sing along
i said, sing along, baby
sing along
go tell the people I'll be right back
got a couple of things to break out back
get these bozos off my back
move on outta here
I'm gonna take it to the mountain if the mountain won't come
kids are dropping here one by one
let the national guard come get the job done
why do people jeer
here's a letter from Charlie Street
from the dawn partol with the midnight beat
and a burned out soul in every place we meet
you've got to run with the lions
live like a king
play to the viper, everything
run with the lions
lose like a man
run, run like a lion can
runnin with the lions
runnin with the lions
runnin with the lions
you've got to run, run like a lion can
down here they give it all up
got a ten cent shine with a nickle's worth of luck
tell all your children to just say no
when the whole town's high on 40 dollar blow
here's a letter from Charlie Street
from the dawn partol with the midnight beat
there's a burned out soul in every place we meet
you've got to run with the lions
live like a king
play to the viper, everything
run with the lions
lose like a man
run, run like a lion can
runnin with the lions
runnin with the lions
runnin with the lions
you've got to run, run like a lion can
you've got to run with the lions
live like a king
play to the viper, everything
run with the lions
lose like a man
run, run like a lion can
runnin with the lions
runnin with the lions
runnin with the lions
Jeannie left her job at the bar and grill
said I can't get what I need,
what I got ain't no thrill.
Willy stumbled home it was after hours
left his shoes by the phone
but he brought her some flowers
But where's that woman
that he used to know
what's happened to the girl
Where did Jeannie go?
She moves like a dancer
she moves like a woman
who's figured it out
she moves like a dancer
I wonder who's been showin' Jeannie
what love is about
Willy ain't sure if he heard it right
but jeannie ain't home
it's the middle of the night
Jeannie's downtown lettin' down her hair
Willy's feelin' down
he ain't gettin' his share
But where's that woman
that he used to know
what's happened to the girl
Where did Jeannie go?
She moves like a dancer
she moves like a woman
who's figured it out
she moves like a dancer
I wonder who's been showin' Jeannie
what love is about
she moves like a dancer
she moves like a dancer
I wonder who's been showin' Jeannie
what love is about
Nobody wants to be the one
to bring you the news
about what she's done
it ain't never gonna be the same
you been wearin' the horns
while she's playin' the game
She's been movin' (moves like a dancer)
She's been movin' (moves like a dancer)
It ain't never gonna be the same
you been wearin' the horns
she's been playin' the game
She moves like a dancer
she moves like a woman
who's figured it out
she moves like a dancer
I wonder who's been showin' Jeannie
what love is about
Hey Jeannie... come home.
I moved around a lot you know before I was thirty
My feet got cold sometimes, my hands got dirty
I did one or two things that I'm not proud of
I knew some women and I had some friends
But I always walked away you know before the bitter end
Lookin' down on my life from somewhere up above
I guess I never knew what I was missin'
Never thought about it till you came along
I guess I figured I was born without ambition
But baby I was wrong
I want the best
Only the best for us
Oh girl, only the best for us
And now I've settled down some and I'm workin' kinda hard
That's my little house there, those are my kids out in the yard
I got my both feet planted firmly on the ground
And sometimes late at night when we're in bed I get to thinkin'
'Bout pretty girls and all those city lights blinkin'
And then you call out my name, and I never want to lose that sound
I guess I never knew what I was missin'
Never thought about it till you came along
I guess I figured I was born without ambition
But baby I was wrong
I want the best
Only the best for us
Oh girl, only the best for us
I want nothing but the best (I want the best for us)
I want nothing but the best (I want the best for us)
I want nothing but the best (I want the best for us)
Only the best for us
And when I get a little bit down
And I think I've lost my touch
You're spreading love around
And nothin' can hurt me much
He was born in brownstone turn-of-the-century walkup flat
He was lookin' pretty windblown down out and dirty when
I crossed his track
I was a stranger didn't know much
I didn't walk the walk
And he gave me a smile that his eyes never touched
He said we gotta have a talk
Said there's a whole lotta ways of seein' these things
From the outside lookin' in
If you want to get along you gotta walk down the line
The line is long and thin
You try to make it playin' easy rider
They're gonna carry you out
You want to play it like a six-gun fighter
See what it's all about
Down on Ogalala Boulevard
On the corner of Mercy Street
On Ogalala Boulevard
Where the livin' is short and sweet
Down on Ogalala Boulevard way down
Down on Ogalala Boulevard
Well I might have been a nobody might have been young
I might have been a little bit green
But I knew that my mama's favorite son
Was never ever gonna make that scene, no
You try to make it playin' easy rider
They're gonna carry you out
You want to play it like a six-gun fighter
See what it's all about
Down on Ogalala Boulevard...
There's a time to turn and walk away
There's a time to get where you're goin'
If I learned one single thing from him that day
It's keep your head in the air and see just where the wind is
I'm sittin in a hotel on claymore avenue
talkin' to the walls, think' 'bout callin you
but I can't go back, cause it don't come so easily
I pack my bags and I'm free
oh darlin
I, I'm runnin away from the thought of you
I'm tellin myself that's what I should do
but darlin', it just won't work out
I, I'm makin' believe that's the way to go
I'll pack up and leave you before you know
oh baby, it just won't work out
waitin' on a backstreet with my thumb up in the air
I'm burnin up the concrete, and it don't matter where
but I can't go back 'cause it don't come so easily
I pack my bags and I'm free - whoowhooo
I, I'm runnin away from the thought of you
I'm tellin myself that's what I should do
but darlin', it just won't work out
I, I'm makin' believe that's the way to go
I'll pack up and leave you before you know
'cause darlin, it just won't work out
girl it's true
there is no one else but you
but this happens every time
I get scared
and I run for the open air
just when everything is goin' so fine
I'm stoppin at a phone booth, I wonder if you're home
stuffin in the quarters, I'm feelin so alone
but it just rings on it's rainin' where I'm callin from
I grab my bag and I'm gone - woah ho ho ho
I, I'm runnin away from the thought of you
tellin myself that's what I should do
oh darlin', it just won't work out
I, I'm makin' believe that's the way to go
I'll pack up and leave you before you know
'cause darlin, it just won't work out
I, I'm runnin away from the thought of you
tellin myself that's what I should do
oh darlin', it just won't work out
I, I'm makin' believe that's the way to go
Well he walks all night and he sleeps all day
never done nothin' the easy way
since kitty went down on a still hot night
a crowd was screamin a kitchen knife
and tonight he's out there somewhere
he's the lonely man with the cold cold stare
he's got no kitty and he don't care what's right
alright
he's a vigilante
he says law and order is on the way (vigilante)
and tonight, tonight
he'll be waitin' for you under the street light,
alright, alright (vigilante)
well he's home in time for the morning news
sun comes up, he's kickin off his shoes
turns to the picture taped to the wall says
kitty don't worry, gonna find em all.
and tonight he's out there somewhere
he's the lonely man with the cold cold stare
he's got no kitty and he don't care what's right
alright
he's a vigilante
he says law and order is on the way (vigilante)
and tonight, tonight
he'll be waitin' for you under the street light,
alright, alright (vigilante)
well he hates this city he's afraid to go out
don't see nothin be done about
the rage on the streets, the punks at the top
nikki on the corner, who owns all the cops.
and tonight he's out there somewhere
he's the lonely man with the ice cold stare
he's got no kitty and he don't care what's right
alright
a vigilante
he says law and order is on the way (vigilante)
and tonight, tonight
he'll be waitin' for you under the street light,
alright, alright (vigilante)
all night
all night
a vigilante
he says law and order is on the way (vigilante)
and tonight, tonight
he'll be waitin' for me under the street light,
you take one in a million
two, walkin a crowded street
take anything you like babe
take me too
you get no easy answers
no guarantees from me
get everything I own baby
I can't choose
don'tcha see me alone
out on the edge for you
what are we doin' so wrong
you got me leanin'
I'm fallin over
you're hot, you're a live wire
I feel the heat, see the fire
you're hot, you're a live wire
and you're burnin' me,
baby you're a live wire
you take one lonely rider
two people alone in the world
you put 'em together baby
me and you
well I've always been a fighter
now I've come for what I want
I've been goin' for it lately
I want you
can you hear me say
don'tcha see me alone
out on the edge for you
What are we doin' so wrong
you got me leanin'
I'm fallin over
you're hot, you're a live wire
I feel the heat, see the fire
you're hot, you're a live wire
and you're burnin' me,
baby you're a live wire
yes you are babe
live wire
(burnin' me babe - repeated)
and you're burnin me
Aheah, you're burnin me
and you burn me
alright
everybody knows you're hot
baby you're hot
yeah, everybody know's
you're hot, you're a live wire
I feel the heat, see the fire
you're hot, you're a live wire
and you're burnin' me,
We got everybody lookin'
For the get-rich-quick
Everybody lickin' on the ice-cream-stick
Here's ten for me - five for you
Seven-oh thirty that's the best you're gonna do
Rich man poor man nothin' in between
Bet your last dollar you'll be sleepin' in the streets
Fast-track last-laugh
Beggarman, Thief
Nothin' worth nothin' ever comes that cheap
Baby get your hands out,
Grab on to the wheel
Get it in get it out man this one's for real
(And the streets are made of gold)
For real
(We gotta move we're gettin' old)
For real - everybody wants the deal
My daddy was a lawman
Sheriff in a bus-stop town
He carried off just about
Everything that wasn't nailed down
You get what you get and you keep what you get for you
Look on out for number one - that was the message came through
Baby get your hands out,
Grab on to the wheel
Get it in get it out man this one's for real
(And the streets are made of gold)
For real
(We gotta move we're gettin' old)
For real - everybody wants the deal
It's for real
(And the streets are made of gold)
For real
(We gotta move we're gettin' old)
For real - everybody wants the deal
Nobody likes to be alone
and nobody wants to be afraid
and I will be with you baby wherever you go
you know that I will be with you
when the songs have all been played
and I, I'll be there if you want me
if you need me
anytime that you call me
if you want me
you used to be my lover this we know
and once upon a time you were my friend
and I believe in miracles
that you and me could change the world
I believed that we could never end
and I, I'll be there if you want me
if you need me
anytime that you call me
if you want me
I'll be there if you want me
if you need me
anytime that you call me
if you want me
a little bit of trust never hurt no one
I've never been in love like this with anyone
I'm on your side believe me
how long, how long can can you hide, decieve me
you just don't hear me when I cry
when I cry
I'll be there
I'll be there, I'll be there)
and baby I, (if you need me)
I'll be there if you want me
if you need me (if you need me)
anytime that you call me
if you want me
if you need me
Take a walk down, angel
Go on and meet your man
Tell him that you could not get away
He has got you by the spoonful
I've got you by the hand
Cause I know you so long
And I know your running song
I know all about the price you have to pay
Dance alone little one
If you don't know where to go
There will always be a place
That you call home
There are races to be run
There are winds that always blow
But baby don't dance
Baby don't dance alone
You're a freight train runnin'
Tearin' up that track
I can hear your lonely siren in the air
But I will keep that all inside me
I'll try to hold it back
Cause I've know you so long
And I've heard that running song
And I know that one grey morning you'll be back
I don't believe in coincidence
I don't believe in a lights-out all over black
I don't believe in a world without you, baby
'Cause I know you so well
I know your running spells
