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John Hiatt LIVE!: FULL SHOW / Milwaukee Summerfest / June 28th, 2014
John Hiatt - Have A Little Faith
Joe Bonamassa & John Hiatt - Down Around My Place - Beacon Theatre (2012)
John Hiatt - Slow Turning
John Hiatt - Feels Like Rain / HQ Lyrics
John Hiatt - Since His Penis Came Between Us
John Hiatt - Cry Love
John Hiatt / Cry Love
John Hiatt & The Goners - Memphis In The Meantime
John Hiatt on new album, 40 years of making music
John Hiatt - Perfectly Good Guitar
"Riding With the King" John Hiatt & Sonny Landreth
John Hiatt - "Long Time Coming" (plus interview)
John Hiatt - Have A Little Faith In Me
LIVE from Summerfest. This is the complete show featuring EXCELLENT audio. The video portion of the show covers 8 full songs. I used some footage I shot alon...
From the bootleg Hiatt DVD "Dusty Old Tapes".
Joe Bonamassa & John Hiatt - Down Around My Place - Beacon Theatre (2012)
From a Hiatt bootleg DVD called "Dusty Old Tapes".
Music & Lyrics by John Hiatt. All other versions of this song is a cover of this one. Including Buddy Guys. This is one of my favorite songs of all time. Tim...
From a Singer/Songwriter showcase tour in 1989 with John Prine, Joe Ely and Guy Clark. Great lyrics - "Is it bigger than a breadbox..." Comment from MrChrisF...
Music video by John Hiatt performing Cry Love.
Session At West 45th.
From a TV concert in Hamburg, Germany on Oct. 9'th, 1987 - long intro, sorry, song starts around 1:00.
Considered rock n roll royalty, John Hiatt sits down with Anthony Mason for a conversation about his long career and his new album “Terms of My Surrender.”
From the bootleg Hiatt DVD "Dusty Old Tapes". He is with "The Guilty Dogs". This version is not cut off at the end.
Greatest Hiatt/Landreth performance ever? For more of this concert on my channel, please see: https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video;_id=jIky9KbaWc4.
Relaxing on his tour bus before a gig, John Hiatt reaches for just one guitar: a 1947 Gibson LG-2. He bought the instrument from Nashville's Gruhn Guitars ar...
Another Live HALFIM - imagine what would happen if he skipped this one - just once - and did eg. "Love Like Blood" instead - would walls come down ? Would th...
"Terms Of My Surrender" is the title track from John Hiatt's latest album. - Available now. Buy it today via Amazon (http://amzn.to/1kgo5Jd) or iTunes (http:...
'Damn This Town' from John Hiatt's new album "Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns" Now available at iTunes- http://bit.ly/rsE2Hl Amazon.com http://amzn.to/pZ5DJi.
This is John Hiatt's full set at the 20th annual Telluride Blues and Brews Festival in Telluiride, CO on September 15, 2013. Support live music. Buy artist's...
song: The Open Road John Hiatt cd: The Open Road 2010
John Hiatt sings the first single “Long Time Comin'” off his new album “Terms of My Surrender” on Saturday Sessions.
Video su base Galleria quadri di Thomas Kinkade.
"Adios to California" is from John Hiatt's new album Dirty Jeans And Mudslide Hymns. Buy it at http://amzn.to/q7ZnMV.
2012.
http://www.frontandcenter.com John Hiatt performs the song "'Slow Turning" live in New York for Front And Center. This episode will be part of Front And Center's newest season airing on NPT: National Public Television. Check local listings.
December 14, 1993 Austin,TX.
Recorded live in Utrecht, Holland on October 18th 1993. Songs: Child Of The Wild Blue Yonder, Paperthin, When You Hold Me Tight, Perfectly Good Guitar.
"Something Wild" from John Hiatt's 'Live From Austin TX' performance. Buy it today on Amazon http://amzn.to/19p8Snl or iTunes http://smarturl.it/JohnHiattLFA...
John Hiatt performs "Damn This Town" live in Studio A. Host: Eric Holland Engineer: Jeremy Rainer Cameras: Andrew Arne and Erica Talbott Editor: Patrick Moore.
John Hiatt performs "Paper Thin" live at the Farm Aid concert in Indianapolis, Indiana on April 7th, 1990. Farm Aid was started by Willie Nelson, Neil Young ...
Looking at life through the rearview mirror was the inspiration for John Hiatt s brand new album, The Open Road. A classic Hiatt record, the rockin songs siz...
http://www.frontandcenter.com John Hiatt performs the song "'Cry Love" live in New York for Front And Center. This episode will be part of Front And Center's newest season airing on NPT: National Public Television. Check local listings.
From the Dave Letterman show - the DL band and Sonny Landreth on slide. Funny how you can tell that the musicians actually enjoy themself.
captured live @ Kaufleuten, Zürich, Switzerland on July 13, 2012 during European Summer Tour 2012 Musicians: Brandon Young (backing vocals) Doug Lancio (guit...
Reupload - original version was not optimal.
Bonnie Raitt and John Hiatt perform "Thing Called Love" live at the Farm Aid concert in Indianapolis, Indiana on April 7th, 1990. Farm Aid was started by Wil...
From a TV concert in Hamburg, Germany on Oct. 9'th, 1987.
Session At West 54th A great song unplugged for rockers lovers.
www.2metersessies.nl/ John Hiatt - Georgia Rae Live @ 2 meter sessies.
From 1993 Austin City Limits DVD still on sale at bestbuy.com and other fine retailers. I do not own the copyrights, just sharing to expose others to John's ...
Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt, two veteran singer/songwriters join forces for a unique and intimate "acoustic" performance! Lovett and Hiatt have been touring together periodically since 1989, delivering one of the most compelling and spontaneous concerts on the road. Lyle Lovett has four GRAMMY® Awards to his credit including Best Male Country Vocal Performance in 1989 and Best Country Album for "The Road to Ensenada" in 1996. A singer, composer and actor, Lyle Lovett has broadened the definition of American music in a career that spans 14 albums. "Lovett's been at this for nigh on to 30 years and remains at the top of his game." - NPR John Hiatt, a prolific songwriter and talented singer/guitarist, has been called "...one of rock's most astute singer-songwriters of the last 40 years." -- L.A. Times. He has released 19 studio albums and has 11 GRAMMY® nominations and his numerous awards include induction into the Nashville Songwriter's Hall of Fame and the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award in Songwriting from the American Music Association.. His latest release is "Mystic Pinball."
John Hiatt sings Have a Little Faith in Me in concert with Lyle Lovett and Joe Ely. On Songwriters' Circle October 15th 2010.
John Hiatt is on of the most renowned of American singer songwriters - here he talks about his new album 'Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns' an engaging mix of ...
Aired on MuchMusic's "Outlaws & Heroes."
Verslaggever Marlies Harting had vrijdag een weerzien met idool John Hiatt. Vijftien jaar na hun eerste interview, ontmoette ze de singer/songwriter opnieuw ...
John Hiatt's interview with François Lamoureux for Front and Center. For more information, please visit http://www.frontandcenter.com
Rhapsody had the pleasure of interviewing Americana heavyweight John Hiatt at this year's Summerfest in Milwaukee, WI. Watch the video above to hear John tal...
June 11, 2011 - Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt interview in the Bing Lounge, presented by Dick Hannah Dealerships. 101.9 KINK.FM. Portland, OR.
4/22/2000 - Sessions at West 54th http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=204314&more;=ucepisodelist&episodeid;=2456020 Buy Kelly Willis! http://...
4/22/2000 - Sessions at West 54th http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=204314&more;=ucepisodelist&episodeid;=2456020 Buy Kelly Willis! http://...
John Hiatt visisted CNN's NY studios in '97, and got to perform Little Head live from their rooftop for their "Showbiz" segment. A little intro jam, an inter...
From the Rockpalast at Lorelei concert in '97(Germany) with the Nashville Queens.
John Hiatt stops by the Lightning 100 studio before his new album "The Open Road" releases for an interview and performance. Check out this clip where John p...
Part 2 of Pete Feenstra's interview with John Hiatt for www.getreadytorock.com on 6/7/11 John talks about his new album 'Dirty Jeans And Mudslide Hymns' on N...
From a danish tv interview - fade, can't do anything about it, sorry!
John Hiatt talks about the his long-awaited commercial success. Yoiichi Hirose interviewed and Steve Harris interpreted sometime back in 1990. We're now on F...
Pete Feenstra interviews John Hiatt about his new album 'Blue Jeans and Mudslide Hymns' on New West records for www.getreadytorock.com.
John Hiatt stops by the Lightning 100 studio before his new album "The Open Road" releases for an interview and performance. Check out this clip where John p...
Zeb Norris of WNCS in Burlington, VT had the pleasure of interviewing John Hiatt for the Sunset Sessions Superstar Spotlight this year - a perfectly natural ...
"Marlene" is off John Hiatt's latest album, 'Terms Of My Surrender.' - Available now. Buy it today via Amazon (http://amzn.to/1kgo5Jd) or iTunes (http://smar...
Zeb Norris of WNCS in Burlington, VT had the pleasure of interviewing John Hiatt for the Sunset Sessions Superstar Spotlight this year - a perfectly natural ...
Bryan Locke of D93 WDNS Radio Station interviews John Hiatt. D93 Bowling Green's Classic Rock. Bowling Green KY.
The Adam Carolla Show is the #1 Daily Downloaded Podcast in the World. GET IT ON as Adam shares his thoughts on current events, relationships, airport security, specialty pizzas, hobos, and anything else he can complain about. Five days a week and completely uncensored, Adam welcomes a wide range of guests to join him on the couch for in depth interviews and a front row seat to his unparalleled ranting. Let's not forget Bryan Bishop (Bald Bryan) on sound effects and Alison Rosen on news. ACS: John Hiatt, Ricky Warwick, Bobby Field, and Matt Atchity John Hiatt calls in to chat about his Grammy nominated album. Plus, Adam talks with Ricky Warwick and Bobby Field about crowd-funding their new film, and Matt Atchity is in studio for a Christmas-themed round of the Rotten Tomatoes Game.
Recorded live in Utrecht, Holland on October 18th 1993. Songs: Lipstick Sunset, Cross My Fingers, Ridin' With The King, Thing Called Love.
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This video is about John Hiatt speach at 9th edition of QUANT2014 - Quantitative & Asset Management Workshop in Venice, ITALY
Jerry sits down with music legend, John Hiatt to talk about his road to recovery. John shares his intimate story about his family life, his past, and the pre...
This video is about John Hiatt speach at 9th edition of QUANT2014 - Quantitative & Asset Management Workshop in Venice, ITALY.
Inventive performer and poignant songwriter John Hiatt captures the attention of fans and critics alike. In this Soundstage performance, which features Dar Williams and Robinella and the CCstringba...
MIssissippi John Hurt's Avalon Blues, Michael Hurley's Whiskey Willie, Peter's Solo Spot, Hank Williams' You Win Again, Bob Dylan and Robert Hunter's Silvio,...
1.My Walkin' Shoes - with Jimmy Martin 2.Catfish John - Alison Krass, Jerry Douglas, Randy Scruggs 3.One Step Over the Line - John Hiatt, Rosanne Cash, Jerry Douglas 4.Roll the Stone Away 5.Love, Please Come Home - Del McCoury, Ronnie & Robbie McCoury 6.All Prayed Up - Vince Gill 7.Oh Cumberland - Matraca Berg 8.Fishin' Blues - Taj Mahal, Vasser Clements 9.The Lowlands - Jaime Hanna & Johnathan McEuen 10.Return to the Dismal Swamp II - Jerry Douglas 11.Earl's Breakdown - Earl Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, Vasser Clements, Jerry Douglas 12.I Find Jesus 13.Mama's Opry - Iris DeMent with Matraca Berg 14.Will the Circle Be Unbroken - All Musicians
Setlist: Have A Little Faith In Me (John Hiatt cover) [0:00] Love For Sale [4:57] Livin' On A Prayer [8:04] Wanted Dead Or Alive [14:02] Someday I'll Be Satu...
0:00:00 Paper In Fire 0:03:51 Under the Boardwalk 0:07:43 Pink Houses 0:12:29 I Need A Lover 0:18:05 Hand To Hold On To 0:21:31 Lonely Ol' Night 0:25:19 R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A. 0:28:14 Small Town 0:31:56 Authority Song 0:35:47 Crumblin' Down 0;39:23 Hurts So Good 0:43:05 Jack & Diane 0:47:22 Jackie Brown 0:51:26 Human Wheels 0:57:02 Cherry Bomb 1:01:52 Check It Out 1:06:13 Rain On The Scarecrow 1:10:00 Rumble Seat 1:13:00 Pop Singer
Recorded Live From Ostseehalle, Kiel, Germany June 17th 2003. Set List: (ACOUSTIC SET): -------------------------- Have A Little Faith In Me (John Hiatt cove...
Welcome to an oldie (again): This was BOOTLEG back in december 1994 at Highschool 'RSG Slingerbos' in Harderwijk (NL), playing: 11. A Fool for your stockings...
The Cranberries 'Sessions at West 54th' (Season 3, Ep. 19) Sony Music Studios Manhattan, NY 2000-05-14 ============== 1. Linger 2. Desperate Andy 3. Promises 4. interview with John Hiatt 5. Zombie 6. Dreams Total time: 23:34
John Hiatt: Terms of My Surrender Album: „Terms of My Surrender“ New West John Hiatt: Marlene Album: „Terms of My Surrender“ New West Kevin Coyne: Marlene Album: „Marjorie Razor Blade“ Virgin John Hiatt: Old People Album: „Terms of My Surrender“ New West Suicideyear: I Don’t Care About Death Cause I Smoke Album: „Remembrance“ Software Michael Nesmith: Rio Album: „From a Radio Engine…“ Pacific Arts Suicideyear: When You Sleep Album: „Remembrance“ Software Protein: Hüpfdohle Album: „Helldunkel“ Schamoni Musik The Soft Pink Truth: Buried by Time and Dust Album: „Why Do the Heathens Rage“ Thrill Jockey Music Blues: Premature Ceasarean Removal Delivery Album: „Things Haven’t Gone Well“ Thrill Jockey Prefab Sprout: Adolescence Album: „Crimson/Red“ Universal Family Fodder: Hippie Bus to Spain Album: „Just Love Songs“ Staubgold
Molly Maher is considered by some the reigning queen of the Twin Cities scene — she's an incomparable singer and songwriter with compelling depth and soul, a...
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For more music videos go to Dababe44 on Youtube. Songwriting legend Guy Clark doesn't merely compose songs; he projects images and characters with the kind of hands-on care and respect of...
Roots-music heroes Taj Mahal and John Hiatt and the Combo are joining forces for a Sept.
Denver Post 2015-04-10GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. , (PRWEB) April 09, 2015 ... https: ... John Hiatt & The Combo and The Taj Mahal Trio, September 4 at 6:30 ... # # #.
Seattle Post 2015-04-09Thursday, April 9: Lotus @ Town Ballroom. Tickets: SOLD OUT ... Tickets: ... Tickets: ... Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt @ UB Center For The Arts.
The Examiner 2015-04-07Veteran agents Prinz and Wheeler bring with them a roster of talent that includes Jerry Seinfeld, ...
IMDb 2015-04-06... John Hiatt, Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, Rick Springfield and other musicians and touring… ».
IMDb 2015-04-06... Daryl Hall and John Oates, John Hiatt, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band and Rick Springfield.
IMDb 2015-04-06Luke/Bonnie McKee/Katy Perry) Terms of My Surrender (recorded and written by John Hiatt) ...
noodls 2015-03-23Buy Windfall HERE ... Dylan, Waits, Hiatt, Prine, Gillian Welch, Warren Zevon ... Warren Zevon, John Steinbeck, John Hiatt ... com.
The Examiner 2015-03-18John Mulaney, Royal Oak Music Theatre, April 16 ... Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt, Caesars Windsor, April 24.
Detroit news 2015-03-18Singer-songwriter John Hiatt was onstage several years ago at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica ...
The Los Angeles Times 2015-03-14Penrith stalwarts John Hiatt and Ken Wolffe have also been nominated for life membership.
Canberra Times 2015-03-07Seger ended the main set with John Hiatt’s "Detroit Made," from the "Ride Out" album, but Houston ...
The Examiner 2015-02-21Besides all the touring bands that fans can check out such as Generationals, San Fermin, Bombadil ...
The Examiner 2015-02-15John Hiatt (born August 20, 1952) is an American rock guitarist, pianist, singer, and songwriter. He has played a variety of musical styles on his albums, including New Wave, blues and country. Hiatt has been nominated for several Grammy Awards – but never won – and has been awarded a variety of other distinctions in the music industry. He remains one of the most respected and influential American singer-songwriters.
Hiatt was working as a songwriter for Tree International, a record label in Nashville, when his song "Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" was covered by Three Dog Night. The song became a Top 40 hit, earning Hiatt a recording contract with Epic Records. Since then he has released eighteen studio albums and two live albums. His songs have been covered by a variety of artists in multiple genres, including Bob Dylan, Willy DeVille, Ry Cooder, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Joe Bonamassa, Willie Nelson, Three Dog Night, Joan Baez, Paula Abdul, Buddy Guy, the Desert Rose Band, Jimmy Buffett, Mandy Moore, Iggy Pop, Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, Dave Edmunds, Nick Lowe, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Rosanne Cash, Suzy Bogguss, Jewel, Aaron Neville, Jeff Healey, Keith Urban, Joe Cocker, Chaka Khan and many others. The Dutch singer/songwriter Ilse DeLange recorded the album Dear John with nine of his songs.
I was sittin' in the dressing room with Brownie Mcgee
He was drinkin' that milk with that Dewar's Whiskey
Said John, there's nothin' written anywhere
Suggests the blues will set you free
Old days are comin' back to me
I was ridin' in the back seat, with Sonny Terry
Little harmonica player used to drive him around
I think his name was Harry
Tried to get him to eat tofu, raw vegetables, nuts, and berries
But Sonny wasn't havin' any of it
He let me share a room with â'em for a couple of weeks
Sonny slept with his good eye open staring out from under the sheets
I was young and uncomfortable I don't mind tellin' ya kinda gave me the creeps
Old days are comin' back to me
Old days are comin' back to me
Don't know what was so great about â'em
I played practically free
I had nothin' to live up to
Everywhere to be
Old days are comin' back to me
On some dates with Mose Allison somewhere out in the Midwest
Said some of my lyrics reminded him of the poet Kenneth Patchen
I took it as a compliment
He was referring to the line about wearin' neon signs on your wounds
Later on I knew what he meant
Old days are comin' back to me
On a date with John Lee Hooker at a packed joint up in Washington
He came in with a gorgeous woman on each arm as I was singing my song
Walked â'em right up and sat â'em on the edge of the stage as I went singing along
And that's called "evenin' son, I'm the headliner"
Old days are comin' back to me
I don't know what was so great about â'em
I played practically free
But I had nothing to live up to
And everywhere to be
Old days are comin' back to me
Played a gig with John Hammond Jr. up in Vancouver BC
Exotic dancer came in my dressing room, started dancing exotically
They were smoking something in the audience that night, smelled exactly like cat pee
Old days are comin' back to me
Opened up a gig for Gatemouth Brown down in Baton Rouge
He was playing that Hillbilly, Jazz, Cajun, Country, Zydeco, and Blues
Throwin' it out past the walls like some kind of musical centrifuge
Old days are comin' back to me
Old days are comin' back to me
I don't know what was so good about â'em
I played practically free
But I had nothin' to live up to
Everywhere to be
Old days are comin' back to me
Old days are comin' back to me
I don't know what was so great about â'em
I played practically free
But I had nothin' to live up to
Everywhere to be
Old days are comin' back to me
Old days are comin' back to me
When the snake of love
Starts pulling you under
And it wont let go
'Til it starts to thunder
And there's not a cloud in the sky
Gonna make him shake
I guess old habits are hard to break
Cause even the good ones
Just seem to go bad
Might be the sweetest love
That you ever had
You just cant let em go
For goodness sake
I guess old habits are hard to break
The trouble with sainthood, darlin'
You know its tough comin down
But you've been doin it, doin it, doin it, doin it, doin it
Since you left your hometown
A regular Joan of Arc
Burnin at the stake
I guess old habits are hard to break
Maybe the first time he kissed you
The fireworks flew in the back of your mind
And you been lookin just to
Feel this good ever since
But now every time he makes love to ya
Hes just a little bit more unkind
Until it feels like every move you make is in self defense
That aint the facts of life
Its just bad fiction
Honey that sure aint love
You know its just an addiction
Now how much more abuse are you gonna take
I guess old habits are hard to break
Could be your father
Could be your mother
Might be your sister
Or maybe even your brother
Or is it your own self baby
Youve been tryin to shake
Well I guess old habits are hard to break
I guess old habits are hard to break
I guess old habits are hard to break
I guess old habits are hard to break
Well the ace of spades, walkin' on the water
The joker's only daughter, in love with the king of hearts
Ooooh and the jack of clubs is kissin' the queen of diamonds
Oh, she's such a shy one, until that dancing starts
It's a house of cards
I guess it can blow too hard and the aces all fall down
But there's no one to blame
In the number one honest game
Playin' the number one honest game
You got deuces wild, go find yourself a partner
Tell her that you love her, before she checks your bet
Seven's up try again tomorrow, it's only a life of sorrow
This love you can't forget
It's a house of cards
I guess it can blow too hard and the aces all fall down
But there's no one to blame
In the number one honest game
We're playin' the number one honest game
Girl, my heart's not rigged nor gone astray
I'm lookin' for that timeless game to play
The way you move fills me with desire
But if you play with me, girl, you're playin' with fire...i'm burnin' up
Count your suits, add up all your markers
Now that you have found her, you take the love you want
Ooooh, you want mine, I'd give you kind and gentle
Just forget the mental, you put your heart in front
'cause it's a house of cards
I guess it can blow too hard and the aces all fall down
But there's no one to blame
In the number one honest game
We're playin' the number one honest game
Playin' the number one honest game
I am the west wind.
I am the sea gull.
I dance on the waves,
As they break on the shore line.
The moon is my sorrow.
The moon is my lantern.
I search for you so long,
These dark lonely beaches.
Oh where can you be?
This restless sea,
These empty nights,
Have swallowed me.
Look for something
Softer illusions
Soothe these vicious schemes.
There is the old one,
The wise one, the gold one.
I am the hunger,
The ache of the fiction,
And nestles in bones,
That he left for the vultures.
Death is my secret,
A child my illusion,
And life is the suffering,
That brings men to (something?).
Oh, where can you be?
This raging age,
This rotting life,
Is misery.
Lost in your body,
Cave of you screeming,
Longing to be free.
Then you have broken,
The spine of your madness,
Come over here to me.
You finally found the mainstream
In the middle of your life
You tapped into a vein
Of endless gold chains
Now you're locked up tight
Tearing down the middle of it
Splitting it right in half
Bobbing up and down the waves
Like a runaway slave
On a Huck Finn raft
CHORUS:
Take your wife
Take your family
Take your gun
Running through the woods
And the burned out neighborhoods
Looking for someone
A member of your tribe
A Place you can hide
'Til the war has begun
'Cause in the fields before the flood
You'll be spilling blood
Like a native son
Where you gonna run to
There ain't no underground
If only you could fly
You'd cut across the sky
Like a rifle round
Oh, who are your people
And where is your homeland
'Cause they're dying side by side
At the river of pride
Where we tried to take a stand
CHORUS TWICE
In the fields before the flood
You'll be spilling blood
Like a native son
Stand before it to the nines
Hurry up and get in line
They've got your ashes scattered
Before you even burn
Blasting off for baby town
Wearing cars like angel gowns
Even though I'm wearin' tatters
I just can't wait my turn
Chorus:
'cause I've got
New numbers don't understand
New numbers I'm gettin' out of hand
New numbers countin' on me for
New numbers
Oh your body still behaves
Standard issue mindless slave
Somebody gave you your papers
You just stuck around
Now I wanna make a scene
Interrupt your magazine
You're all so tucked in and tapered
I'd only let you down
Chorus
I took the last train home and i
I can't remember the faces
I'm adding up possibilities
How's the view at twenty paces
Chorus
New numbers
I thought we were gonna make that bridge, what did I know?
Me and my expectations was always high
'Like A Rolling Stone' is playing on the radio
It made you cry but we got by
My old friend
You make me feel young again
My old friend
You're just as pretty as you were back then
A Corvair with no floorboards, a Gibson hummingbird
Driving south to the mouth of the riversong
Patchouli oil and motor oil and you knew all the words
Now you're looking fine in a hook-up line
My old friend
You make me feel young again
My old friend
You're just as pretty as you were back then
You've got kids, I've got kids
And they all want to know
Just what is what like
When we were young
I tell them, I'm no different now
Just late for the show
So grab your 'Aqualung'
The loading has begun
My old friend
You make me feel young again
My old friend
You're just as pretty as you were back then
My old friend
My old friend
My sweet girl with you eyes so bright
Don't leave me in the dark tonight
The sun's turned down, the moon is low
And I know secrets you don't know
Do you hear the wind whispering
"you're the one I love"
The summer breeze tells the trees
I'm the one, because
You're my sweet girl
Hold me now in this sweet life
I will take you for my wife
We can walk the aisle in this city park
And I will offer you my heart
Married by a firefly
They're coming back, you know
And I'm the man who knows he can
Provide an afterglow
For you, my sweet girl
Cause you're my sweet girl
Do, do, do....
My sweet girl, do you know you are
My lovely dream, my little star
In a blanket made of earth and sky
Curled up with my sweetie pie
The love we make, it merely takes
Our breath out of the air
We kiss and then we breath again
The wind blows through your hair
It's whispering, "you're my sweet girl"
Can you hear it? it's saying, "you're my sweet girl"
You're my sweet girl
Mr. Stanley loved me just like a son
Mr. Stanley loved me just like a son
Now he's gone I ain't got no one
Daddy died when I wasn't half a man
Oh my daddy died when I wasn't half a man
Mr. Stanley took me in raised me the best he can
Mr. Stanley loved me just like a son
Mr. Stanley loved me just like a son
Now he's gone I ain't got no one
Six white horses coming down to Tennessee
Six white horses coming down to Tennessee
In the middle of the night to take Mr. Stanley away from me
We've been training
Now we look like each other
Face down and
Booked and printed for young lovers
Even as I write out of this song
The ink wears off but the beat goes on
CHORUS:
I pledge my edge of the razor
No minor league night in the majors
Even though we cut up, we can really cut 'em down
Though you're sharper than me, it's too late to turn around
Heavy trading
On the floor at the market
A million keys for my heart
But they'll never unlock it
We played for laughs now love is the prize
If we're playing for keeps, keep these tears from my eyes
CHORUS
BRIDGE:
One slice of life
One lover's lane
One man and a wife
Not taken in vain
While they're cutting deals with grim reapers
Tell me, where'd you get those peepers
Well I filling out all the pages of this questionaire
But I left out all the details of this affair
They'll never get it down on the books
So they'll never know how much it took
CHORUS
Well he's got her going up and down like a yo-yo
And she never feels better than ever, just so-so
Like a shrunken head on a rear view mirror
She rides along in his atmosphere
Like furry dice or some voodoo thing
Hes got that girl on a string
Since they tied the knot he keeps her in stitches
And when she ain't banged up, she's sewing his britches
Like a line between the orange juice cans
Shes strung out on his childish demands
To meet him out by the backyard swing
Hes got that girl on a string
Girl on a string, just a little play toy
Girl on a string, for a little bad boy
Girl on a string, he's dragging her around
Girl on a string, he's tying her down
She carries his baby straddled on her hipbone
And theres another on the way, just wait till they get home
The deeper into darkness they get
The more she sees the silhouette
Of a girl who wanted pretty things
How long you been workin' here?
What do you know about that?
Its been thirty years or so
Since I bothered lookin' back
It was right in front of me
But now I'm runnin' behind
To get my butt caught up, well, I need a cup
Of the nastiest shit you can find
So how bad's the coffee, how good's the pie?
If you call me honey, honey, I'm gonna cry
A whole lot of sugar, a little pinch of salt
You cut my bitter with your sweet talk
I don't want no cappuccino
A whole lotta latte won't get me through
I got an iron will and a gut like a still
I could use a stronger brew
One eye doubles my eyesight
So things don't look half bad
Be twice as good, honey if i could
Even make you a little bit mad
So how bad's the coffee, oh, how good's the pie?
If you call me, honey, honey, I'm gonna cry
A whole lot of sugar, a little pinch of salt
You cut my bitter with your sweet talk
I would call you an angel
But honey, you'd know better than that
Just a trucker's dream whit a coconut cream
And a nasty old cup of black
Not a word about faded glory
Not a trace of bitterness
You leave irony to the likes of me
'Cause we don't share your finesse
So how bad's the coffee, oh, how good's the pie?
If you call me, honey, honey, I'm gonna cry
A whole lot of sugar, a little pinch of salt
Oh, you cut my bitter with your sweet talk
Oh, you cut my bitter with your sweet talk
Oh, you cut my blue with your sweet talk
Dry your eyes pretty girl
I just got news from the outside world
I don't know how they got our names
But yesterday this letter came:
Mr. and mrs. resident dweller, your lucky number is
You may already be a winner
I've suspected this for years
Still in all it's good to hear
They're pulling for us in the post
To you my dear, I raise this toast
A house of our dreams, an el dorado, a ten-speed blender
You may already be a winner
Now I've never counted my chickens before they're hatched
And I know there is always a catch
But I've felt from the start that our hearts were the perfect match
I know you're tired of the same old dress
I know the car's been repossessed
I know this house is just a shack
But there's this love we cant hold back
Would you like a beer with your tv dinner?
I'm gonna lower my standards and raise my price
I'm gonna take your lunch and your bad advice
Until my worse idea gets the big reward
Until I get out of this raggedy ford
And into a shiny new two seater
Dress my girlfriend up like a cheetah
I'm gonna sign my checks: yours sincerely
For all the money that you hold dearly
When my ego swells and my output dwindles
You can tell the world that youve been swindled
By the man who would have been so bitter
Had he never reconsidered
Falling up
To the top of the junk pile wearing a big smile
Falling up
To the top of the heap with my tongue in cheek
I cant sit down cause I'm falling up
Well I used to think that I had some duty
Now I only want the booty
And unless youve recently been anointed
Then don't tell me you're disappointed
In the man who would have been so bitter
Had he never reconsidered
Now I pay no mind to innovation
Just over and over with the same sensation
Till I'm a short short subject on a long tape loop
That comes and goes like the hula hoop
In one ear and out the other
Nothing there to stop it, brother
I spy for the fbi
(I spy for the fbi)
I spy for the fbi
(I spy for the fbi)
I got an x-ray camera hidden in your house
That sees what I can't see
And that man you were kissin' last night
Definitely was not me, oh baby
I spy for the fbi
(I spy for the fbi)
I spy for the fbi
(I spy for the fbi)
Just because he was wearin' shades
You thought he didn't leave a clue
I got his name, I know his game
He's double-0 you know who, oh baby
I spy for the fbi
(I spy for the fbi)
I spy for the fbi
(I spy)
I've got the facts in the file
Baby I don't have to guess
I took that agent's fingerprints
Off of your new red dress, oh baby
I spy for the fbi
(I spy for the fbi)
I spy for the fbi
(I spy for the fbi)
I know when you're out
I know when you're in
I know where you're goin'
'cause I know where you've been
I spy for the fbi
(I spy for the fbi)
Baby, I spy for the fbi
(I spy for the fbi)
Baby, I spy for the fbi
Well, Harry had a good job working' for the Secret Service
He had a wife and kids at home who made him awful nervous
He'd never done a damn thing you could call experimental
And he had this aching feeling that his life was accidental
So one day he burned his pinstripe suit and his leather shoulder holster
He snapped a Polaroid and made a giant wanted poster
He took it to a print shop and ordered up a thousand flyers
And walked next door to the laundromat and blew his brains out in the drier
And the tag on his toe read: Death by misadventure
Ain't that some way to go? Death by misadventure
Well, Harry's wife Estella took this matter rather lightly
She could have cried and cried but then her looks might come unsightly
She thought about her wardrobe and how much it was outdated
And how this trumped up family thing was vastly overrated
Her kids both turned against her and they took to drugs and stealing
Some junkie killed 'em both for two dime bags they were dealing
And sitting home alone disgusted by it all
She blew the sole survivor off with ninety Nembutals
And the tag on her toe read: Death by misadventure
Ain't that some way to go? Death by misadventure
So be careful how you choose your path and who you pick to go with
Some folks they take to living fast while some prefer a slow death
Some folks get confused and never quite know how they're going
When you're laid out on that slab we're all the worse for knowing
That the tag on your toe reads: Death by misadventure
Take it easy baby
But take as much as you can
Cause I got all the sweet loving
You could possibly stand
I'll take your tears for drinking water
Make your pain sweet company
You can lay all your burdens on my shoulder
Girl you mean that much to me
Chorus 1:
I could climb the highest mountain
To show the world I could survive
But without your lovin' baby
I wouldn't even be alive
Cause your love is like blood
Cause your love is like blood to me
Like a river baby
Your love is running thru me
And with ev'ry beat of our hearts
We're defying gravity
Just a little bit further on up the stream
There's a shady resting place
Where you can lose all your blues and your troubles
With just one sweet embrace
Chorus 2:
Now I could do a million things
Just to prove that I'm a man
But there's only one woman
Who holds my life in her hands
Your love is like blood to me
Your love it's just like blood to me
I don't care what your people say
Over my dead body will they ever take you away
And any man cutting in on me
Well he just better stop cause I can't spare a drop
Your love is like blood to me
Well, I do my best thinking, I'm sitting on my ass
I'm just sittin' here waiting for things to pass
You got places to go and people to see
Well honey, that's you, it ain't me
Shit flying in my head from every direction
Oh, I'm thinking about an uncommon connection
An uncommon connection, an uncommon connection
An un
Lot of people in a hurry, and they're goin' nowhere
I can see 'em all, sitting in my easy chair
I can run to the future, I'm running form the past
Well, I thought about it once but it didn't last
Shit flying in my head from every direction
Oh, I'm thinking about an uncommon connection
An uncommon connection, an uncommon connection
An uncommon connection
Well, you can say what you want, I'm not getting old
I've slowed down time and nearly stopped it cold
Well, I jogged my memory once, then I shelved my plans
I'm tired of holding on to love's clammy hand
Shit flying in my head from every direction
Oh, I'm thinking about an uncommon connection
An uncommon connection, an uncommon connection
An uncommon connection, oh
It takes every drop of energy just to run my brains
Took a long time to learn that it's only a waiting game
Some people call it depression, and I call it a song
Don't worry about me, I'm not gonna to be around all that long
Shit flying in my head from every direction
Oh, I'm thinking about an uncommon connection
An uncommon connection, an uncommon connection
An uncommon connection
Oh, an uncommon connection, an uncommon connection
An uncommon connection, an uncommon connection
An uncommon connection, an uncommon connection
Someone to count on
In a world ever changin'
Here I am
Stop where your standin'
What you need is a lover
Someone to take over
Oh, girl
Don't look any further
And it's strange
When you think of the chances
That we've both been in a state of mind
Too cool to be careless
Lookin' for the right thing
Oh, baby
Don't look any further
Tonight we're gonna take a trip to paradise
Rockin' all night long
Baby
Daylight, daylight
I'll still be lookin' in your heavenly eyes
And we'll go on and on
Day-o, day-o
Mambu ji ay-o
Don't look any further
Day-o, day-o
Mambu ji ay-o
Don't look any further
Someone to count on
In a world ever changing
Here I am, baby
Stop right where you're standing
What you need is a lover
Someone to take over
Here I am, babe
How fast you gonna run away from this one?
Anywhere but here, you wanna disappear
Into the next daylight, where every thing's right
It's always somewhere else, you're gonna fix yourself
Once shame and guilt had made their mark
Well, you can't run away from the nagging dark
You carry it everywhere in your heart
It finishes everything that you start
And you can't run away from the nagging dark
How much it gonna cost when every thing's lost?
What a price you'd pay just to feel some way
Because your heart has stone, round down to the bone
How your flesh and blood, is just ashes and mud
Feels like your soul's been blown apart
And you can't run away from the nagging dark
You carry it everywhere in your heart
It finishes everything that you start
You can't run away from the nagging dark
How far can you see? Will you ever be free?
Through the blackest night, aw, you still hold on tight
Hope is your finest work, it's your finest work
Hope is your finest work of all
And you can't run away from the nagging dark
You carry it everywhere in your heart
It finishes everything that you start
No, you can't run away from the
Well, you can't run away from the nagging dark
It finishes everything that you start
You carry it everywhere in your heart
I see you singing like a camera
I see you staring from your mouth
I see you spittin' out your algebra
You think you've got it figured out
I saw you on American Bandstand
I saw you on the Mickey Mouse Club
I see your wife has a trash compactor
I see you holdin' two ticket stubs
I see you pushin' out your politics
I see you rifling the machine
I see you dressin' up your party chicks
Lipstick like convertible scenes
I didn't think that you were so much better
You just predicted all the fate in the world
But now you're sitting home, knitting sweaters
Tellin' stories to a three year old
You used to kiss the girls and make 'em cry
You used to be too young to die
You used to kiss the girls and make 'em cry
You used to kiss the girls, you used to kiss the girls
Now, you've got one wife, two kids, three cars
Four eyes, five suits, six mortgage, seven midnight deals
Lotsa time, lotsa cash, feed your son take out the trash
Do what you're told, you're gettin' old, we did not think you'd last
She only told you that the party was over
She didn't tell you that the bedroom was locked
And when she took your key and started up your motor
You should have taken that spin around the block
You used to kiss the girls and make 'em cry
You used to be too young to die
You used to kiss the girls and make 'em cry
You used to kiss the girls, you used to kiss the girls
You used to kiss the girls and make 'em cry
You used to be too young to die
You used to kiss the girls and make 'em cry
Put your make up on
Though your face is long
Clothes that fit you wrong
What's wrong with you
Last night's Romeo
He just had to go
I don't wanna know
What else is new?
CHORUS:
Good girl bad world
Didn't you say
Good girl, bad world
Can't get away
From boys who unfurl
Flags that don't pay
You're a good girl in a bad world
I'll take her
Now come out to play
They just want to kiss
You just want to miss
Sometimes I think you wish you were a boy
Then you could stand around, act just like a clown
Put those good girls down
Like they were toys
Look in the mirror
Where nothing comes clearer and start to cry
Start to cry
Look in the mirror
Where nothing comes clearer and I know why
I know why
I know why
I know why
CHORUS
If I could go back to love's first blush
Oh my lordy it would be a big rush
But I know you can't go back
You gotta keep moving that's a natural fact
So here we are still in love
I swear to you honey by the stars above
It's an old man's dreams that a young man fears
Well I learned that honey just hangin' round here
I'm proud of my mistakes
And all the love and the trouble that I ever did make
I never mean to hurt no one
And when I did it wasn't any fun
But all the roads lead me straight to you
It's all good every little thing that you do
It gets me going just to have you near
Well I learned that honey just hangin' around here
Round here a man has to stand up tall
Round here a man has gotta learn to crawl
Got to go to the bottom to see the top
It's a one way ticket and it never does stop
If I could go back I'd be alone
Cause there's nothing back there just dust and bones
I guess it's you and me
Stumbling to the twenty-first century
My mind's half gone but I don't care
Ain't thinking ahead I'm just getting there
And if you want you can help me steer
Well I learned that honey just hangin' round here
Well I learned that baby just hangin' round here
Well I learned that honey just hangin' round here
Hangin' around the observatory.
We were waitin' to see the moon.
Well we thought that we was all gypsies,
Come to escape these lousy ruins.
Well that telescope; that mighty eye.
It's bigger, Jack, that you or I.
Oh, it sees the stars, it sees the moon.
You might as well stay in the room.
Professor, Professor, I forgot how it looks.
Could I just take another peak?
Is there really a man who lives up there?
Is it all green cheese so to speak?
Well now listen boy. These are the facts.
The moon is white. The sky is black.
And you are a speck on this crummy Earth,
And a dollar and a half is all you're worth.
Why did I come here?
Let all the tender scientist,
Get lost in poetry.
And let all these moist romantic guys,
Turn back to history.
Hangin' around the observatory.
Waitin' to see the moon.
Well we thought that we was gypsies
Come to escape these lousy ruins.
Tonight I'm howling at a foreign moon
Might as well be a junkie's spoon
For all the light it's given me
Sinking in my misery
It's been forty days and forty nights
Darling since I held you tight
I walk the desert of my dreams
I got to get out of here before I scream
Too much take off, too much landing
No such love, no understanding
CHORUS:
I can't wait baby till you're by my side
I can't wait baby though you know I've tried
I can't wait baby just one more ride
I can't wait till you're by my side
Could you crawl through your telephone
Girl I'm so tired of being alone
I'm talking to walls in my hotel room
Around the world in a sonic boom
Some close calls and some near misses
All I want is your sweet soul kisses
CHORUS
For all the noise on my hometown street
Little children playing at my feet
Well I would give my soul to be
Back in your arms in Tennessee
Too much take off, too much landing
No such love, no understanding
I can't wait baby till you're by my side
I can't wait though you know I've tried
I can't wait just one more ride
I can't wait, can't wait
Baby till you're by my side
I can't wait baby till your by my side
I can't wait though you know I've tried
I can't wait just one more ride
I can't wait till you're by my side
When the road gets dark
And you can no longer see
Just let my love throw a spark
And have a little faith in me
And when the tears you cry
Are all you can believe
Just give these loving arms a try
And have a little faith in me
CHORUS:
Have a little faith in me
Have a little faith in me
Have a little faith in me
Have a little faith in me
When your secret heart
Cannot speak so easily
Come here darlin'
From a whisper start
To have a little faith in me
And when your back's against the wall
Just turn around and you will see
I will catch, I will catch your fall baby
Just have a little faith in me
REPEAT CHORUS
SUNG OVER FADE:
Well, I've been loving you for such a long time girl
Expecting nothing in return
Just for you to have a little faith in me
You see time, time is our friend
'Cause for us there is no end
And all you gotta do is have a little faith in me
I said I will hold you up, I will hold you up
Your love gives me strength enough
She took some blood and tears
From an old fruit jar
She rubbed it on her belly
Where he left his scars
She's such a fragile thing
Like pigeon bones
He couldn't whip my little brother
He wouldn't leave her alone
So if you see that man
Done these things to her
Tell him, he'd better run
I got a gun
I got a gun y'all
Justice will be done
I got a gun, got a gun
They say a man with a weapon
He gets 99 years
But I would give my life
To wash away her tears
So if you see that man
Done these things to her
Tell him, he'd better run
I got a gun
I got a gun y'all
Justice will be done
I got a gun, got a gun
Now I never looked at a pistol
But now I lost my grip
The judge would only give him a slap on the wrist
I ain't had it very long
But now it's in my hand
She took her very last whippin' from that spineless man
I got a gun
I got a gun y'all
Justice will be done
I got a gun, got a gun
Who tipped you off
How could she betray me
These hungry fingers
They found us guilty for love
And she said her lips were sealed
Easing my conscience
Now what has been done
That you were the first one to know
I thought we were sleeping
Who said that dreams don't come true?
This was her dream for revenge
She had to tell you
Chorus:
I could use an angel
Can't refuse an angel
Got business with an angel
She was no angel
Wearing that coat
You look like an amateur spy
How come you're not angry?
She wore your heart like a charm
A bracelet of boys on her wrist
Why aren't you angry?
Here on my bed
Tears on my bed
Mixed with the dust
Of things that she said
Burning a trust
Like a salt burns the wound
Like a capsule burns up
When it enters the atmosphere
Were you consumed
From the takeoff of this doomed mission
Chorus
I guess we must be brothers
We share a common traitor
We cancel each other
Hoisting her elevator
I never meant to hurt you
I'll never be converted
I want the host of angels
You took my pride and I want it back
No more loving on the torture rack
No more running when you call my name
The things we've done, baby make me feel ashamed
Minus me, minus you,
Smoke out, ghost lovers, burn down the zero house
Seven rooms for seven long years
Till only dead people livin' here
Maybe I should mutter this under my breath
But honey I think love scared us to death
Opposites subtract
Smoke out, ghost lovers, burn down the zero house
We're so stupid that it makes me want to scream
Baby I think dogs have better dreams
Would you look at what we try to live up to
Baby I don't want this memory of you
Bad boy, bad girl
Smoke out, ghost lovers, burn down the zero house
We both came here perfectly tempted
And now we're leaving it perfectly empty
Nobody lived here, no woman, no man
Just a couple of flies circling a garbage can
Think about it, buzz a while
Smoke out, ghost lovers, burn down the zero house
Burn it down
Burn down the zero house
Burn, Burn
Well the sun comes up and you stare your cup of coffee, yup
Right through the kitchen floor
You feel like hell so you might as well get out and sell
Your smart ass door to door
And the Mrs. wears her robe slightly undone
As your daughter dumps her oatmeal on your son
And you keep it hid
Just like your did
So you go to work just to watch some jerk
Pick up the perks
You were in line to get
And the guy that hired you just got fired,
Your job's expired
They just ain't told you yet
So you go and buy a brand new set of wheels
To show your family just how great you feel
Acting like a kid
Just like your dad did
And
BRIDGE:
You're a chip off the old block
Why does it come as such a shock
That every road up which you rock
Your dad already did
Yeah you've seen the old man's ghost
Come back as creamed chipped beef on toast
Now if you dont get your slice of the roast
You're gonna flip your lid
Just like your dad did, just like your dad did
Well the day was long now, supper's on
The thrill is gone
But something's taking place
Yeah the food is cold and your wife feels old
But all hands fold
As the two year old says grace
She says help the starving children to get well
But let my brother's hamster burn in hell
You love your wife and kids
Just like your dad did
Gone like my last paycheck gone gone away
Gone like the car I wrecked gone gone away
Gone like a fifth of gin gone gone away
Gone like the shape I'm in gone gone away
My baby's gone away
Gone like a Nixon file gone gone away
Gone like my LANDLORD'S smile gone gone away
Gone like the furniture gone gone away
Gone like the rest of her gone gone away
My baby's gone away
GONE like the silhouette there by the bed where she undressed
GONE like the candlelight where we made love so sweet and bright
GONE like the one last turn she took before Atlanta burned
GONE like everything I EARNED gone gone away
Gone like my last paycheck gone gone away
Gone like the car I wrecked gone gone away
Gone like a fifth of gin gone gone away
Gone like the shape I'm in gone gone away
My baby's gone away
Well, I'm from the Midwest
I know enough to cut a path
Around a wood chipper
And be careful
Of any conversation
A man starts by callin' you skipper
'Cause there ain't no ocean 'round here
Though a lotta little lakes where you could disappear
I wonder what the fish are bitin' on today, Jimmy
She told me not
To follow her down here
Said he was crazy about her
I guess I didn't know
What that meant
Just knew I couldn't do without her
Then I seen 'em through the window sash
He had a Forty four pistol and a bag of cash
And she was foldin' some kinda pretty note paper into her breast pocket
What some people won't do, to break up a happy home
What some people won't do, to break up a happy home
Well, I got the picture
A temporary love shack
In the middle of no place
They were plannin'
On usin' that cash
To get away bold-faced
Now how long did they think they could stay
The troopers and the Marshall's surely on their way
I ran through the yard and I banged my knee on his wood chipper
I was screamin' like a baby
She appeared at the window
He opened the door
And when I looked up
He said "Skipper
What're you doin' here for"
One bullet to the head
Before I hit the ground I was dead
I guess I'm tellin' you this before you go fishin' now, Jimmy
What some people won't do, break up a happy home
What some people won't do, break up a happy home
What some people won't do, to break up a happy home
What some people won't do, to break up a happy home
Never found my body
But they killed 'em in a shoot out
Five miles down the road
They found that note paper
In her breast pocket
Thought it was somethin' written in code
But it was part of a letter set
I'd got her for Christmas ten years ago I'd bet
She used to just use the paper for her grocery list
(and it read)
Eggs
Hamburger meat
Bread
Funyuns
Orange drink
Toilet paper
Tidy Bowl
Pickles
Little Debbie Snack Cakes
What some people won't do, break up a happy home
What some people won't do, to break up a happy home
What some people won't do, to break up a happy home
Little lover sittin' in the corner with a former member of the jets
He would write a letter to the editor about the little holes in her dress
She said Oh, I'm so bored
He said Oh, tell me more
She popped him on the dick until he got a little bigger then she just blew up
She grabbed him by the liver put his hands on her hips, said push my luck
He said Oh, I'm so scared
She said Oh, I don't care
CHORUS:
Just then the negros were dancing
Just then backup singers backed up
Just then the beat was entrancin'
Just then the negros were dancin'
A former member lit a cigarette said I bet you never get too much
Little lover hit him on the shoulder, said you caught him that's ???? I touch
He said Oh, I confess
She said Oh, I'm not impressed
They gathered up all the fingerprints and put splints on all the broken bones
A former member lover to discover seven more overtones
He said Oh, my dear
She said Oh, touch me here
CHORUS TWICE
[Chorus:]
Bite marks baby, out of control
You sink 'em in and take a chunk of my soul
Bite marks baby, up and down my mind
You know you really chewed me up this time
You like it rough, down in the mud
Your idea of fun is drawin' blood
You tear the meat from the heart of a thing
Until there's nothing worth remembering
[Chorus]
Don't need no teeth to eat my beef
I'm tenderhearted, ain't no Lee Van Cleef
You bit my tires and it blew my mind
Now I can't even roll down the line
[Chorus]
You go right for the jugular vein
Bared incisors and your eyes are insane
I have to handle you with chain maille gloves
There is no name for your kind of love
He was the kind of kid you did not want to sit by
He kept his boogers in his desk he wore a neck tie
And he never washed his hair
You wished he wasn't there
But everybody cried
The night that Kenny died
Everybody cried
The night that Kenny died
It was so touching all the girls that would not touch him
He drew their pictures in his books I used to watch him
And then he'd pick his nose
And wipe it on his clothes
But everybody cried
The night that Kenny died
Everybody cried
The night that Kenny died
Died on a motorcycle
We never understood
That he was holdin' on tight
Through the middle of the night
Starin' at a [?]
It seemed so spooky that the nerd we all detested
Would die so gloriously and so unexpected
A wonderful guy God knows
They kept the casket closed
And everybody cried
The night that Kenny died
Everybody cried
The night that Kenny died
And everybody cried
The night that Kenny died
Everybody cried
The night that Kenny died
And everybody cried
The night that Kenny died
Everybody cried
The night that Kenny died
And everybody cried
The night that Kenny died
Everybody cried
The night that Kenny died
Just a one more kiss she'll have to miss
This night with you
Now you're guilty of this secret love
As I am too
You'll get used to telling lies
And feeling sorry when she cries
Now that the strings are attached
She'll catch on
We've done our part
Oh, this is the way we make a broken heart
Lesson number one we've just begun
To hurt her so
And with lesson two she'll long for you
When lights are low
And we get to lesson three
When she gets down on her knees
And begs you to stop at the door
Just before
She comes apart
This is the way we make a broken heart
BRIDGE:
Now we laid a trail of tears
For her to follow
And we've thought of every line
That she might swallow
And with lesson four there'll be no more
For her to bear
And on some dark night we'll dim the lights
On this affair
Then she'll find somebody new
And he'll likely hurt her too
'Cause there must be millions just like you and me
Practiced in the art
This is the way we make a broken heart
Oh the moon hangs down
Like some old evening gown
Forgotten by some lovely southern maiden
Oh the stars are her tears
And the sky a skin of years
That she has most graciously given
Now who am I
To think that she might bat an eye
At my heart that lay so dangerously open
'Neath the sweet magnolia tree
The world's a fragrant memory
And the lady of the night has finally spoken
CHORUS:
She cries, oh, you are a leaf that the wind blows
And you drift from place to place and you never know
Well is it here that I will stay?
Child, you must be on your way
For you are now, but you know nothing of your sorrow
So I hover in the breath
Between the birthday and the death
And the hummingbird, he hovers o're the flower
Though the end is just a guest
From one moment to the next
I keep thinking there will be a final hour
She cries, oh, you are a leaf that the wind blows
And you drift from place to place and you never know
Well is it here that I will stay?
Child, you must be on your way
For you are now, but you know nothing of tomorrow
She cries, oh, you are a leaf that the wind blows
And you drift from place to place and you never know
Well is it here that I will stay?
Child, you must be on your way
First time I laid eyes on you
I checked myself right on outta this world
Just one thing can bring me back from this here heart attack
And that's your sweet lovin', girl
Ooooh your huggin' and kissin'
I know it makes a dead man's light come on
You put the crush on me
Little girl can't you see that I'm gone
Now I ain't gonna listen to reason
Ain't no excuse for the way that I feel
Before a word was spoke
I knew it weren't no joke
Baby this love is real
They say you gotta take time to know her
But I just can't wait that long
You put the crush on me
Little girl can't you see
That I'm gone
You put the crush, crush
Ooooooh what a rush
I can't begin to speak of all of your charms
You put the crush, crush
Now I can't be satisfied until
I'm wrapped up in your arms
Ain't that some some lovin baby
You got to know I'm ain't puttin you on
You put the crush on me, little girl can't you see that I'm gone
You read about these kind of feelin's
But they always happen to somebody else
I got this feelin' from you
That you want me too
Girl, I just can't help myself
Now this is once in a lifetime
And I just can't get you walk on
You put the crush on me, little girl can't you see that I'm gone
You put the crush on me, little girl can't you see that I'm gone
You put the crush, crush
Ooooooh what a rush
I can't begin to speak of all of your charms
You put the crush, crush
Uuuuuh,
Now I can't be satisfied 'till I'm wrapped up in your arms
Ain't that some some lovin baby
You got to know I'm ain't puttin you on
You put the crush on me, little girl can't you see that I'm gone
You put the crush on me girl
Yes, you did
I'm trippin over dumb drunks at a party
Girlfriend just ran off with the dj
I give her everything, but she refused it
It doesn't matter, she don't know how to use it
My confidence is dwindling
Look at the shape I'm in
Where's my pearls, where's my swine?
I'm not thirsty, but I'm standing in line.
I'll have the usual
I'll have the usual
Fifty silhouettes bumpin' on the dance floor
Pink elephants fallin' through a trap door
Sixty cigarettes a day 'cause I'm nervous
When will that bitch serve us?
I used to be a good boy, livin' the good life
Fifty thousand kisses later she was a housewife
She was good, I was unkind
I'm not thirsty, but I'm standin' in line
I'll have the usual
I'll have the usual
(on the rocks)
(two ice cubes)
(and a little umbrella)
Big jim says the second comin's comin'
I think he's just seein' double or something
Or something
You can hang around waiting for the also rans
I can't win, but I've seen enough, man
A fifth of whisky he could knock it away
I drink some more and it's judgment day
I had a future, but she just passed out
I'm gonna drink until I see what it is I wanna think about
I'll have the usual
I'll have the usual
I'll have the usual
On the rocks
Thank God, the tiki bar is open
Thank God, the tiki torch still shines
Thank God, the tiki bar is open
Come on in and open up your mind
I was out on a leave of absence
From any resemblance to reality
I felt like a rocket launched to the great blue yonder
From the boys down at Kennedy
I was driving by his majesty's court hotel
Where the sign said, "Praise his name"
I was tired and alone, I couldn't see too well
But I don't think that he was to blame
Thank God, the tiki bar is open
Thank God, the tiki torch still shines
Thank God, the tiki bar is open
Come on in and open up your mind
There's a full moon over Daytona beach
There's a full moon in my mind
And my suntan dream is still out of reach
And the strip malls are robbing me blind
Well, his name was Mr. Dale Earnhardt
And he drove the black, number three
Now the king is gone but he'll not be forgotten
Nor his like will we ever see
Thank God, the tiki bar is open
Thank God, the tiki torch still shines
Thank God, the tiki bar is open
Come on in and open up your mind
I know a drink ain't no solution
I ain't had one in seventeen years
But if that tiki bar was closed tonight
Well, I might just disappear
Thank God, the tiki bar is open
Thank God, the tiki torch still shines
Thank God, the tiki bar is open
Come on in and open up your mind
Thank God, the tiki bar is open
Thank God, the tiki torch still shines
Thank God, the tiki bar is open
Oh the river knows your name
And your tears falling like the rain
All around you suffering and pain
Oh the river knows your name
And the river hears you cry
As the lightning cracks the open sky
As your Momma sings a lullaby
Oh the river she knows why
Let the river wash you down
Beneath the surface with a rushing sound
Like a freight train passing through a town
Let the river wash you down
Let the river take away
All the words you and I could never say
In the silence Darling let us pray
Let the river take it all away
Oh the river she knows your name
From the Brazos to the Wabash to the Seine
No two journeys are ever quite the same
But the river knows your name
Oh the river knows your name
You were a tiny spark
Caught in your parents' eyes
When they made love in the dark
You were the big surprise
And the old man came through
Gave his very best for you
And your mother's arms
They kept you warm
Like no other arms could do
CHORUS:
When you couldn't find the light
At the top of the stairs
When you cried in the night
Well, you knew they were there
Will the light of the day
Was as bright as it seemed
And you knew in your heart
You were livin' the rest of the dream
Well, I had a dream of you
But I never realized
Baby, the dream was true
That's when you opened my eyes
And I will come through
Do my very best for you
And your lovin' arms
Gonna keep me warm
Like no other arms will do
When you can't find the light
At the top of the stairs
When you cry in the night
Well, you know I'll be there
Till the light of the day
Is as bright as it seems
And you know in your heart
You're livin' the rest of the dream
Now I see a tiny spark
Caught in your lovin' eyes
As we make love in the dark
And wait for the big surprise
And the old man will come through
Son or daughter, just for you
And your mama's arms
Gonna keep you warm
Like no other arms can do
When you can't find the light
At the top of the stairs
When you cry in the night
Well you know we'll be there
Till the light of the day
Is as bright as it seems
And you know in your heart
You're livin' the rest of the dream
CHORUS
Saw a red tailed hawk eatin' road kill
Said, "Man, what happened to your dignity?"
He said, "Subdivisions have taken my home
There's no more pray to eat"
I said, "Where we gonna live?"
He said, "Anywhere you want to, I guess
All you creatures walkin' upright 'round here
Well, you've really made a mess"
I wish we both could fly back home
To the green fields of our youth
Where friends and family set the tone
With the hardcore language of the truth
I know times bent on destruction
The past is over every day
I wish we both could fly back home
But we can't, so I guess I'll just fly away
An owl swooped down
As I was drivin' my pickup through the creek
He said, "I was only tryin' to scare ya
But instead you scared the hell right out of me"
With three hundred and forty-five houses
A locking differential and four-wheel drive
I guess you were livin' large there, country boy
I was just tryin' to survive
I wish we both could fly back home
To the green fields of our youth
Where friends and family set the tone
With the hardcore language of the truth
I know times bent on destruction
The past is over every day
I wish we both could fly back home
But we can't, so I guess I'll just fly away, fly away
There was a rattlesnake up on the road
I ran him over and over 'til he died
Then his ghost rose up
And curled around this fear I hold inside
And he flew on off to heaven
As I sat there in my instrument of death
I had to think what I was doin'
I had to think just to draw another breath
I wish we both could fly back home
To the green fields of our youth
Where friends and family set the tone
With the hardcore language of the truth
I know times bent on destruction
The past is over every day
I wish we both could fly back home
But we can't, so I guess I'll just fly away
I wish we both could fly back home
Minutes turn to days
Years just melt away
In the park at dawn
Just a flower on
I keep callin' to you
My baby blue, my baby blue
I keep callin' to you
My baby blue, my baby blue
We discovered love
In the basements of
Some of my best friends
I've never seen again
I keep callin' to you
My baby blue, my baby blue
I keep callin' to you
My baby blue, my baby blue
I keep callin' to you
My baby blue, my baby blue
I keep callin' to you
My baby blue, my baby blue
Oh, so young and oh, so tender
Almost hurts too much to remember
As if the weight of your head on my shoulder
By itself would make us older
If I could time it right
I'd be with you tonight
Out among the stars
Is that where you are?
I keep callin' to you
My baby blue, my baby blue
I keep callin' to you
My baby blue, my baby blue
I keep callin' to you
My baby blue, my baby blue
I keep callin' to you
Baby can you teach me, how to
Baby can you reach me, I’m calling out for you
Underneath your window in tonight
I know I ain’t no Romeo, so help me get it right
If I could got this message through to your heart
It would be more than I could understand
No beginner ever skipped the start
And I want to learn all that I possibly can
Because I don’t know much
I don’t know much, much about love
Out of touch
I don’t know much, much about love
Baby when you kiss me, will I see
That little wish list you’ve been keeping for me
Rushing like a fool, babe, ’cause I know
They taught you this in school, you must have made the honor roll
If I could got this message through to your heart
It would be more than I could understand
No beginner ever skipped the start
And I want to learn all that I possibly can
Because I don’t know much
I don’t know much, much about love
Out of touch
I don’t know much, much about love
I graduated, yes, I can read
The pages of the heart come difficult for me
I speak my mind girl, everyday
The language of love, well, it's difficult to say
If I could got this message through to your heart
It would be more than I could understand
No beginner ever skipped the start
And I want to learn all that I possibly can
Because I don’t know much
I don’t know much, much about love
Out of touch
I don’t know much, much about love
I don’t know much
I don’t know much, much about love
Out of touch
I don’t know much, much about love
I don’t know much, much about love
You can't sit around waiting for the path to glory
You gotta get movin' to tell your story
The bigger they come, the harder they fall
From the littlest acorns come trees so tall
And where you're comin' from is where you're goin'
Til' you get there you got no way of knowin'
All the love in the world won't find you if you don't let it
Let it ride, let it ride, let it ride
And every mistake is a break but only if you get it
Let it ride, let it ride, let it ride
Everyday is a brand new place
Feel the sun upon your face
Try somethin' new, don't regret it
A hole in your shoe but just forget it
Let it ride, oh, you got to let it
Let it ride, let it ride, let it ride
And every mistake is a break but only if you get it
You're a little on the thin side
But that's alright
You stood by me baby
When I didn't think we'd ever see daylight
Rolled out of California
Like a couple of thieves
Now we're rolling in clover babe
We didn't read this in no tea leaves
My fate was sealed before I met you darling
I was halfway down a shallow grave
So little room for you to catch me falling
Still you took the little love I saved
CHORUS:
I wanna thank you girl
I wanna thank you girl
I wanna thank you girl
I wanna thank you girl
It's a matter of opinion
But I think you're fine
As a matter of fact babe
They couldn't hold a candle to your kind
If all men are equal
This must be against the law
'Cause I can't help but feeling
I'm one up on my brother when night falls
'Cause in your arms I get the real love story
No fairy tale from somewhere back in time
In the dawn you're like a morning glory
Opening up for my sweet light to shine
CHORUS
I woke up in a hotel and I didn't know what to do
I turned the TV on and wrote a letter to you
The news was talkin' 'bout a dragnet up on the interstate
Said they were lookin' for a Cadillac with Tennessee plates
Since I left California baby, things have gotten worse
Seems the land of opportunity for me is just a curse
Tell that judge in Bakersfield that my trial will have to wait
Down here they're lookin' for a Cadillac with Tennessee plates
It was somewhere in Nevada, it was cold outside
She was shiverin' in the dark, so I offered her a ride
Three bank jobs later, four cars hot wired
We crossed the Mississippi like an oil slick fire
If they'd known what we was up to they wouldn't 'a let us in
When we landed in Memphis like original sin
Up Elvis Presley Boulevard to the Graceland gates
See we were lookin' for a Cadillac with Tennessee plates
Well, there must have been a dozen of them parked in that garage
And there wasn't one Lincoln and there wasn't one Dodge
And there wasn't one Japanese model or make
Just pretty, pretty Cadillacs with Tennessee plates
She saw him singing once when she was seventeen
And ever since that day she's been living in between
I was never king of nothin' but this wild weekend
Anyway he wouldn't care, hell he gave them to his friends
Well this ain't no hotel I'm writin' you from
It's the Tennessee prison up at Brushy Mountain
Where yours sincerely's doin' five to eight
Stampin' out my time makin' Tennessee plates
One in one and one makes three
Baby, you know that it ain't no big mystery
Just from where you're at
You never had these feelings to burn
You took my love and baby you turned
CHORUS:
Is it all in my mind
Or is it a cruel game
This love in flame
I was up so high
Where eagles fly
I just never looked down
Oh, but you were down there
With the wind in your hair
And your feet on the ground
We might have had the stars in the sky
You never had the courage to try
CHORUS
Love in flames
Love in flames
Is it the same
As passion flooding in the name of love
Or is it fear of pain
When love comes crashing down from above
Tonight I lay me down to sleep
On your side of the bed
I pray so hard for somebody to keep
Keep you out of my head
But it's no use the sheets take your form
Into the dawn the ashes still warm
CHORUS
Ward Bond
Was his sidekick rowdy Yates
Drove that wagon train out west
Right along this interstate
'Cross the high plains of Kansas
To the Colorado line
Spent a lot of sleepless nights 'round the campfire
They had mountains on their minds
Well , those high plains people
They're different somehow
You spent your life leaning into a hard wind
I guess, you're less likely to take a bow
All these stories buried out here
They're calling to me
Like the earthquakes in California
Like the hills back in Tennessee
I gotta circle back and touch something near
Find out which way to go just to get on out of here
I lost my thread and I've lost some time
But it takes a lot of ground for me to change my mind
Well, it's ninety nine in Topeka
The wind is blowin' hot
Blowin' through my oldest daughter's hair
With everything else I forgot
I drove her out to college
Drove back through an empty space
Thinkin' back to when she was a baby
Tryin' hard to see that face
I gotta circle back and touch something near
Find out which way to go just to get on out of here
Well, I lost my thread and I've lost some time
But it takes a lot of ground for me to change my mind
Two kids up and at 'em
One more left at home
She's a spark plug, a real fire cracker
And in four years she'll be gone
They just blow through your life
Like the wind on the plains
Like the dust that covers everything
'Til the rivers fill with rain
I gotta circle back and touch something near
Find out which way to go just to get on out of here
Well, I lost my thread and I've lost some time
But it takes a lot of ground for me to change my mind
Ohh, yeah, I got to circle back
I got to circle back, I got to circle back
I got to, got to, got to, got to, got to
These days it's hard to have fun
Looking for a little girl, a little undone
By the progress of man
By the touch of a loving hand
Maybe we touch too much
You and me, baby, I'm not good in a clutch
I'm not gonna sit and cry
Though I'm an unlucky guy
I'm forever wondering
Chorus:
Forever yours
Forever yours
Forever opening doors
Forever yours
Forever yours
Forever
All this allegiance has me scared
They move in packs, we huddle in pairs
Two in a million one-way fares
Anybody going anywhere?
So this is the modern dance
You and me, baby, this love don't stand a chance
But I'm not gonna sit and cry
Though I'm an unlucky guy
I'm forever wondering
Chorus
Yours to have and yours to unfold
Who's to say we're just getting old
You're the one never done what I told her
This chip on my shoulder is
Getting smaller by the day
Just when I was getting used to getting my way
Everybody has a to pay
When love finally has her say
I guess I better speak up now
You and me, baby, I'm holding on somehow
I'm not gonna sit and cry
No, I'm just a lucky guy
I'm forever wondering, forever wondering
Friend of mine
Has gone away
Like a light from yesterday
Lost in space
Somewhere they say
This friend of mine
He could sing
Like a child
A mother's dream
So sweet and mild
Or big and mean
Loud and wild
This friend of mine
His voice is still
Like the night
Rustling winds
Of angel's flight
Take him home
To the light
This friend of mine
This friend of mine
I thought I had to cut off from my head down to my toes
But heaven knows that I was wrong, I'm feeling again
Holding my breath and holed up in this cheap motel, I feel like hell
I'm holding my own heart, I'm feeling again
When I get that feeling like a bass drum
Pounding til my head is numb
Electric onion peeling within
I got that feeling again
(I got that) Feeling again
(I got that) Feeling again
(I got that) Feeling again
And all those nights just kill a billion brain cells
Now I'm swelling up inside with teeth and nails, I'm feeling again
From the bottoms up I put the top down on this town
And drove it around till I passed out, I'm feeling again
When I get that feeling like a bass drum
Pounding til my head is numb
Electric onion peeling within
I got that feeling again
(I got that) Feeling again
(I got that) Feeling again
(I got that) Feeling again
Morning comes like Catholic guilt, wilted lettuce bar
The family farm on false alarms, I'm feeling again
Holding on to fear and lust and hate, now it's too late
To spin the wheel, it's drink or feel, I'm feeling again
When I get that feeling like a bass drum
Pounding til my head is numb
Electric onion peeling within
I got that feeling again
(I got that) Feeling again
(I got that) Feeling again
(I got that) Feeling again
(I got that) Feeling again
(I got that) Feeling again
(I got that) Feeling again
(I got that) Feeling again
Down here the river meets the sea
And in the sticky heat I feel ya' open up to me
Love comes out of nowhere baby, like a hurricane
And it feels like rain
Underneath the stars lying next to you
Wondering who you are baby
How do you do?
When the clouds blow in across the moon
And the wind howls out your name
Feels like rain
We'll never make that bridge tonight
Across lake Ponchartrain
Feel like rain
Batten down the hatches
But keep your heart out on your sleeve
A little bit of stormy weather, that's no cause for us to leave
Just stay here baby, in my arms
Let it wash away the pain
Feels like rain
Just a basement party with some high school friends
Boys touching girls, like they did back then
But that fat boy you invited
He's getting excited
Underneath red lights he can't believe his eyes
Pushing back his tears while fingers crawl up thighs
And it all seems so damned one-sided
Chorus:
Now he's getting excited
He's getting excited
And he knows what happens
Now he's getting excited
His love unrequited
Their blouses unfastened
What's it all about
He was asked to come and play his new guitar
Driven through the snow in his mother's car
Any twelve year old would be delighted
Chorus
This body's not his
It's no good in this world
Of muscular boys
And giggling girls
And all the pretty ones stand undivided
Now he's getting excited
Just a basement party and this is where ends
Some of us make love, some of us pretend
Chorus
He's getting excited
He's getting, he's getting excited
He's getting excited
We came through the forrest
Of jealousy and greed
All our loved ones before us
Gave us everything we need
To cross that great river
Of every tear was ever cried
'till we find ourselves staring in God's golden eyes
In the desert love waited
Licking salt water from her skin
We could have been sedated
For all that we put in
We thought it was some devil
Who put the crying in goodbye
Till we found ourselves staring in
God's golden eyes
We found ourselves staring in God's golden eyes
And we did all we could do
We couldn't run from me and you
We did the best we could
No matter how hard we tried
Like babes we come whining
For some forgotten sin
Surprised to be shining
Just like diamonds in the wind
Every facet so perfect
And every cut the proper size
When we find ourselves staring in God's golden eyes
We find ourselves staring in God's golden eyes
There's a wind inside my soul,
Burnin' secrets in the cold.
My spirit rages.
And the faces in my field,
Only flesh made out of him.
My body ages.
Houses made of stone and ice.
Chimneys smokey paradise.
If you gotta leave, you gotta leave alone.
CHORUS:
Oh Lord, there's a full moon, oh Lord, in my eyes.
There's a full moon; insane vision in disguise.
There's a full moon.
Oh Lord, there's a full moon out tonight.
Old men close their eyes and weep.
Young men pray that they're asleep,
Inside the madness.
Young girls dance between the sparks,
And old women die in parks,
From too much sadness.
And we dig a million holes.
And were goin' down for gold.
If you gotta leave, you gotta leave alone.
CHORUS
I know a girl, mess with your mind,
She'll come to you in the summer sometime
She'll talk about things you don't understand,
But you better keep to the matters at hand
Before the whole damn thing unwinds
She is beautiful, she is small
She don't wanna play basketball
There's no tellin' what she might do
Before her doin' days are through
But right now she can't even crawl
CHORUS:
Georgia Rae, OK, Georgia Rae
Georgia Rae, what'd I say Georgia Rae
Your mother and I we did this act
In some hotel 'bout nine moths back
Now, it's love that brings you here
A love that will not disappear
Georgia, honey, you can count on that
CHORUS
BRIDGE:
We were tired, should've been sleepin'
But, like a fire, somethin' came creepin', creepin', creepin'
Your brother and sister don't understand
How your tiny feet and your tiny hands
Could carry the weight of a thousand earths
Into our little universe
But, Georgia, we all think it's grand
CHORUS
Broken love out on the highway
I thought I knew you like the back of my hand
Pick him up, he's just a ghost from the old days
That's just about as far as we go from here
That's just about as far as we go
He wants a ride out of Montana
Back to the girl with the West in her eyes
Before the wagons rolled out of Indiana
That's just about as far as we go from here
That's just about as far as we go
That's just about as far as we go from here
That's just about as far as we go
And you and I know
That this road don't go back there anymore
Just let him rest
He's the best of you and me
Just let him be
I never knew so much time was passing
And who'd have thought we'd be haunted by dreams
Dreams of love so true and everlasting
That's just about as far as we go from here
That's just about as far as we go
That's just about as far as we go from here
That's just about as far as we go
Friends of mine they don't hear
Clocks ticking all around their ears
They don't expect a thing
Bridges moving while the river sings
CHORUS:
Long lost love
Where do we go from here
Farther stars
Different atmospheres
The river sings us back from the time
Drawn to heaven with a voice so fine
Final joys final cries
On and off like starlight in her eyes
CHORUS
You know your poetry kept me up all night
Like you I didn't have the heart to die
Still so many things left to say
Long lost love
Where do we go from here
Death's the truth and death's a lie
Love is your only alibis
Mary you'll forget this soon
Where we were and when we sang this tune
CHORUS
Long lost love
I get up and I go to work
Filthy mind and a dirty shirt
Just like a million other jerks
I don't know what else to do
I wouldn't say I have a plan as such
Tryin' not to burn the clutch
Every little thing used to mean so much
Now it's all about you
[Chorus:]
You're all the reason I need
You're all the reason I need
This love is what I believe
You're all the reason I need
Sometimes the day crawls by
Slow enough to make you cry
I catch my breath and I wonder why
Then I think about you
[Chorus]
I'm just a man now baby
When you cut me I bleed
I do it all for your love baby
You're all the reason I need
Sunset and there's no excuse
For all the hell that I break loose
Honey I'm runnin' out of juice
Comin' home to you
Just another day of strife
One man one wife
I hope I bring something to your life
Cause' you know you do
She marked our trail up the back bone ridge
How many times can one dog pee
Keeps me high as an eagle when I'm on the skids
I guess you gotta come down eventually
Buddy, I coulda gone that extra mile
For an extra bark or an extra smile
'Cause I never felt so free
It was just my dog and me
Then she gives me that look like she'd lay down her life
No doubt she would in a minute, man
She'd face the bullet, oh, she'd face the knife
Just to keep my butt from the fryin' pan
Now she's runnin' up ahead to chase some deer
Comes back to tell me that coast is clear
It's a different world I see
When it's just my dog and me
And there's a rabbit on the run
Man and beast stand, sky and sun
Who's talking to the birds in the trees
Why it's just my dog and me
Now it looks like we've been makin' tracks
From the crack of dawn to the end of the day
So it's nice and easy down the devil's back
She wouldn't know any other way
Now it's over that ridge for one last mile
'Til we're fast asleep by the fire side
Dreamin' these dreams for free
Yeah, it's just my dog and me
I never felt so free
We've talked it to death, cryin' on the telephone.
Nights when he drinks at home, she has to whisper throught her tears.
"johnny," she says, "you'd never do these things to me."
But I can never make her see he's wasted such precious years.
Well, "you married the wrong guy" is all I ever say.
Chorus:
He's a no good so and so, but she'll never let him go
Though she knows it will never work, she loves the jerk.
She loves the jerk.
He was the guy always out on the make.
I guess he had what it takes to turn the heads of pretty girls.
She thought he would change; the worst of us will settle down.
But he couldn't stay out of town, not even with this precious pearl
Now she lives with the lies and the bumps and the bruises.
Chorus
Well, I hang up the phone and I pretend she's in my arms.
What I wouldn't give for just one-tenth of what she gives mister charming.
Chorus
He's a no good so and so, but she'll never let him go.
An empty house
Is the only thing standin'
Between our lives
And the speed of sound
Some words flew out
And made a crash landin'
No love survived
Not a trace could be found
Chorus:
I broke your heart
With the back of my mind
From the tip of my tongue
To the end of the line
I walked away
And you stood there tremblin'
Like a leaf
In the autumn chill
Now this house won't say, no
What I'm still rememberin'
Three angry words
And a love that they killed
Chorus
Bridge:
You couldn't say how much it hurt you
And I couldn't see the damage I'd done
'til I watched the greatest love I've known
All come down to a slip of the tongue
Well I'd take it back
But time won't let me
No, time just takes
You further away
I watched you pack
A house full of memories
Where did you go
Lord, what did I say?
Whatever you don't follow that shot, she rang those words out with all she got
With a baby and the laundry in the Chevrolet, well he thought about following anyway
But he drove 'em to the strip mall laundromat,
In his three day beard and his red man hat
Trudy washed their bell bottom jeans, while that baby just sat there lookin' mean
CHORUS:
Trudy and Dave
They're out of their minds
Trudy and Dave
They're out of their minds
Well David put a match to a Lucky Strike
And the smoke curled up 'round his head how he liked,
It made him feel a little mysterious
'Til Trudy said ";David honey, what about us?";
So he thought about them and those shots ringing out
And other things he shouldn't be thinking about
Like how it wasn't them at all, just life that was mean
And how a twenty dollar pistol made him feel so clean
CHORUS
Didn't mean to do it baby, but I did it for love
The same shot his Daddy heard before him
A shot that can really blow you away
And when it is fired his mama told him
";David, you'll follow it to your grave";
Well Trudy and Dave, those crazy kids
Had a baby of their own and you heard what they did
In the middle of a strip mall shots rang out
Shots heard all over the world no doubt
'Cause it was there in the paper the very next day
'Bout a couple and a baby and a Chevrolet
Who shot up an automatic teller machine
Took the money for the laundry and drove away clean
CHORUS
Someone called out to you
And it sounded just like crying
On a street where nobody
Even knows your name
Your mind was getting high on the sweet air
As your spirit was flying
Steam rising from the sidewalks
Of New Orleans after an evening rain
Steam rising from the sidewalks
After an evening rain
And it only made the heat
Feel like it was walking even closer
As you headed up St. Charles
To catch a streetcar named Desire
Young couple struggling in the doorway
Like he was trying to force her
In the distance you swore
You could hear them open fire
Tires squealing in the distance
As you heard them open fire
CHORUS:
Walk on, walk on
Don't look back
Don't ask questions
Don't you try to understand
Walk on, walk on
Straight back down to your hotel room
Where she lies waiting for her man
You're so afraid you might be losing love
That is makes you worry
And you wonder if she's ever seen this
Kind of fear in you
And you think of that young couple
In the doorway
And it makes you hurry
You wonder what kind of fear
They might be living through
Yeah you wonder if
They saw that fear in you
CHORUS
Baby shaved her head and gone
Now she's got black stockings on
I think she's warmin' up to the ice age
Baby spreads her little wings
Now the boys say awful things
I think she's warmin' up to the ice age
She's got a heart and it's on fire
But how would they know
This cool blue flame will only expire
Out here in the snow
She could melt the modern world
But she's just a modern girl
I think she's warmin' up to the ice age
Frozen like a punch bowl swan
Frozen like a mastodon
I think she's warmin' up to the ice age
Maybe she'll come back to me
In ten million years
And maybe I could make her see
It's only a world of tears
Her survival kit contains
Lots of things to keep her brain
The proper distance from her heart
'cause that's where all the trouble starts
Baby hasn't figured yet
That one cold shoulder is all you get
One cold shoulder don't stop no show
Cause baby we're all eskimos
I think she's warmin' up to the ice age
Don't have to humble yourself to me
I ain't your judge or your king
And baby, you know you ain't no Queen of Sheba
And we may not even have our dignity, no
This could be just a prideful thing
But baby, we can choose you know,
we ain't no amoebas
But
CHORUS:
Are you ready for this thing called love
Don't come from you and me,
It comes from up above
I ain't no porcupine, take off your kid gloves
Are you ready for this thing called love
And you ain't some icon carved out of soap
Sent down here to clean up my reputation
And baby, I ain't your prince charming
Now we can live in fear, or act out of hope
For some kind of peaceful situation
Baby, don't know why the cry of love is so alarming
But
CHORUS
The ugly ducklings don't turn into swans
And glide off down the lake
Whether your sunglasses are off or on
You only see the world you make
Before the laws of God and the laws of man
I take you for my wife, yeah
To love, honour, cherish and obey,
Now, I didn't have no plans to live
this kind of life, no
It just worked out that way
And
CHORUS TWICE
Just a crazy little thing called love
Its justs a crazy little thing called love
Is this a place, I can rest my poor head
To gather my thoughts in sweet silence
And is this a place where the feelings aren?t dead
From an overexposure to violence
And is this a place, I can slowly face
The only one, I truly can know
And these are tears from a long time ago
I've got these tears from a long time ago
And I need to cry, thirty years or so
These are tears from a long time ago
Oh darling, oh darling, you say unto me
Where have you been all my lifetime
Well, I have been swimmin? the seven sad seas
Fair women have thrown me their lifelines
And I just pulled them in to the water?s dark grin
I?d have warned ?em but I didn?t know
These are tears from a long time ago
I?ve got these tears from a long time ago
And I need to cry, thirty years or so
These are tears from a long time ago
Well, I?ve cried me a river, I?ve cried me a lake
Well, I?ve cried till the past, nearly drowned me
Tears for sad consequences, tears for mistakes
But never these tears that surround me
Alone in this place with a lifetime to trace
Now a heartbeat that tells me it?s so
Well, I?ve got these tears from a long time ago
And these are tears from a long time ago
And I need to cry, thirty years or so
These are tears from a long time ago
These are tears from a long time ago
I dreamed I was being kept alive
To bear the brunt of a family joke
About which no one spoke
To multiply and divide
This hideous thing, this human kind
With something else on his mind
I was going to bed
You were saying, ";I do";
Then I lost my head
CHORUS:
When I awoke
I was living this secret life
Complete with a secret dog
And a secret wife
In another zone
Address unknown
This secret life
This secret life
And I am chilled to be here
Among these ghosts so heaven-bent
With hell to pay for rent
When I am holding you near
I'm not so sure this world is real
I'm not sure how I feel
And I was going to say
";Not a whisper, dear";
Then I drifted away
CHORUS
Come out, come out
Wherever you are
You look so near
You seem so far
This scale's messed up
The angle's wrong
Your day will come
Meanwhile, the night is long
CHORUS
You were dreaming on a park bench
'Bout a broad highway somewhere
When the music from the carillon
Seemed to hurl your heart out there
Past the scientific darkness
Past the fireflies that float
To an angel bending down
To wrap you in her warmest coat
CHORUS:
And you ask, ";What am I not doing?";
She says ";Your voice cannot command.
In time, you will move mountains,
And it will come through your hands.";
Still you argue for an option
Still you angle for your case
Like you wouldn't know a burning bush
If it blew up in your face
Yeah, we scheme about the future
And we dream about the past
When just a simple reaching out
Might build a bridge that lasts
CHORUS
So whatever your hands find to do
You must do with all your heart
There are thoughts enough
To blow men's minds and tear great worlds apart
There's a healing touch to find you
On that broad highway somewhere
To lift you high
As music flying
Through the angel's hair.
Don't ask what you are not doing
Because your voice cannot command
In time we will move mountains
And it will come through your hands
It's that mechanical motion
Skin -tight when the nights are bloodless
Lip-sync the latest notion
From zombie drill instructors
Throw out of all the parties
Maybe it's time for me to bed
Now his eyeball's runnin'
Just like a razor down her leg
CHORUS:
Baby's joined the walking dead
Up from her grave
Another white slave
Nothin' goes in or out of her head
Never you mind
Tryin' to find
A real live girl in your bed
She's joined the walking dead
She likes this frenzy feeding
She cuts across the dance floor
Thinks she's the only one bleeding
He cuts his teeth on girls like her
Just a little more makeup
'Til she makes up for being used
He hardly knows what he's saying
She hardly knows how to refuse
CHORUS
She's walking
With his eyes in your head
With his tongue in your bed
And your lips are swollen red
From the kiss of the walking dead
CHORUS
Saturday night he comes home stinking
Sunday morning she wakes up thinking and thinking and thinking and thinking
Does she need to get the kids dressed to go to church
He's pulled a shotgun out of the lurch
He heads for the tv room starts to search
His problems swollen like a river and his reality's shrinking
He finds them huddled by the toy box and splatters 'em all
The ken and the midge and the skipper doll
They look like a family but they're really not at all
Well he's sad but he ain't sorry
It ain't the end of the world
It's just the wreck of the barbie ferrari
He wonders if he ever said I do
To that little blonde plastic voodoo
And his mind's gone fishin'
Well it started just as plain as the nose on your face
Now it's in a thousand peices all over the place
He thought she was driving but it's twisted beyond recognition
All the diapers and the tutus and the basketballs
She was givin' them a lift to the promised mall
But somewhere by the tv that v-12 stalled
As he loaded the chamber her eyes got starry
It ain't the end of the world
It's just wreck of the barbie ferrari
When they get home from church won't they be sorry
He's cornered 'em all on his urban safari
It ain't the end of the world...
He's played with cars and guns since he could crawl
Now he wishes he'd never met that doll with her face gone
There wasnt nothing he ever thought about
He couldn't drive through or shoot his way out
As he surveys the family room littered with dolls
He can't find one leg to stand on
He aims the gun at his head now he's starting to cry
Looking for the courage to let it fly
Can't live without his family now that something has died
He's not sure who's hurt not sure who's sorry
Get your shoes on. Shoe them blues on.
Get that full moon out of your eyes.
You're the river. Girl you live here,
With the sun way up in the sky.
CHORUS:
When you're sad,
Let that sad come through.
Singing little blue song for you,
Little blue song for you.
Let your heart go. Let them winds blow.
There's so much you can learn.
When the change comes, darlin' it might hurt you some.
There's a time for things to turn.
CHORUS
Listen to the Earth, she call your name.
Lady love the children all the same.
Feels so good to let it out.
You know what I talk about.
Let your mind get up and shout, Oh love.
CHORUS
They have come to haunt the children
They have come to walk the wind
I can hear them as they rustle through the trees
Looking for the love that killed them
So that they might live again
It's a simple prayer that brings me to my knees
With drums and bells and rattles
They have caught us in our time
To watch the eagle rise up from the fire
Now is it true we are possessed
By all the ones we leave behind
Or is it by their lives we are inspired
It's a new light, new day
Listening for the meaning, learning how to say
It's a new place but you've always been here
You're just listening to old voices with a new ear
It's the livin' and the dyin', well it scares the young ones so
They can hardly catch their breath before too long
They see the tears we're crying and they watch that river flow
And they follow on the banks until it's gone
I surrender to the mountains, I surrender to the sea
I surrender to the one who calls my name
I surrender to my lover now and to my enemy
I surrender to the face that holds no shame
It's a new light, new day
Listening for the meaning, learning how to say
It's a new place but you've always been here
You're just listening to old voices with a new ear
There's a spider at my window and she spins a web of truth
More beautiful than all these memories
And she surely is god's artist as she's caught the morning dew
It's a simple prayer that brings me to my knees
It's a new light, new day
Listening for the meaning, learning how to say
It's a new place but you've always been here
You're just listening to old voices with a new ear
It's a new light, new day
Listening for the meaning, learning how to say
It's a new place but we've always been here
There's a lipstick sunset
Smeared across the August sky
There's a bitter sweet perfume
Hanging in the fields
The creek is running high
And I left my lover waiting
In the dawn somewhere to wonder why
By the end of the day
All her sweet dreams would fade
To a lipstick sunset
Well, a radio was playing
And that ol' summer heat was on the rise
I just had to get away
Before some sad old song
Brought tears to my eyes
And Lord I couldn't tell her
That her love was only killing me
By the end of the day
All her sweet dreams would fade
To a lipstick sunset
Well it's pretty as a picture baby
Red and blushing just before the night
Maybe love's like that for me
Maybe I can only see
As you take away the light
So hold me in the darkness
We can dream about the cool twilight
'Til the dawning of the day
When I make my getaway
To a lipstick sunset
There will come another day
When I make my getaway
To a lipstick sunset
There will come another day
Then I'll make my getaway
To a lipstick sunset
What I feel is like an old freight train
Five miles long in the pouring rain
Rolling out of Detroit loaded up with shiny cars
And I'm sitting in a Cadillac smoking on a big cigar
What I feel's like an engine room
Open MY DOOR GET A WHIFF OF perfume
LOOK AT that diesel burning up the atmosphere
When you hear me blow honey BABE know I'm NEAR
CHORUS:
Well I'm going down to Lincoln town
Turn your pretty little head around
Take the next train outward bound
Carry you out of Lincoln town
I'M GETTIN' ON my home is with you
There ain't no town or city will do
I need a rolling partner TO CARRY me down the line
and I'm a-comin' into Lincoln town baby right on time
Well love is like an automobile
or maybe a freight train DEPENDS on how you feel
Big wheels rolling BABY TIL that engine WHINES
ON rubber or steel honey baby I don't mind
CHORUS
When you see that old black smoke
You know it's time to pack you a POKE
Meet me at the station about a quarter to nine
You can ride in my Cadillac OR honey you can RACK the blinds
CHORUS TWICE
Well I'm going down to Lincoln town
Turn your pretty little head around
Take the next train SOUTHWARD bound
Carry you out of Lincoln town
CHORUS:
You gotta lift up every stone now sister
Gotta lift up every stone now sister
Gotta lift up every stone now sister
Gotta clear this field and build that wall
He was the prince of the county to the manor born
The sheets were bloody and dirty and torn
Nobody saw nothing, not out this way
And they probably won't until the judgement day
CHORUS
There was a mighty whispering down at the church
About the son of the father of a woman got hurt
They were looking all over for somebody to pay
And that's you and me sister now every day
CHORUS
Now the sun is bloody red
And when it's gone somebody'll be dead
Don't you cry a tear for me
Because I did what I could just to be free yeah
You gotta lift up every stone now sister
'cause one is the truth and the other's a lie
You gotta lift up every stone now sister
'till they tear down the wall to make you cry
CHORUS TWICE
We gotta clear this field and build that wall
We gotta...
Let It Slip Away
John Hiatt
Love only stays for a little while baby
That's what I said cause I was scared
Too scared to say what you mean to me baby
Too afraid to show how much I cared
Feel love well I couldn't be here
So you just packed up and said goodbye
I feel love but now it's too late
And all I do is cry
CHORUS:
Cause I know that your memory lingers
I think about you night and day
I know from the tips of my fingers
I had your love but I let it slip away
I had your love but I let it slip away
Could not have your heart any day pretty baby
You could be here now and it's killin' me
I'm standing all alone in the way pretty baby
In the way of love that was meant to be
I know cause your memory lingers
I think about you night and day
I know from the tips of my fingers
I had your love but I let it slip away
I had your love but I let it slip away
Feel love well I couldn't be here
So you packed it up and said goodbye
I feel love but now it's too late
And all I do is cry
Cause I know that your memory lingers
I think about you night and day
I know from the tips of my fingers
I had your love but I let it slip away
I know that your memory lingers
I think about you night and day
I know from the tips of my fingers
I had your love but I let it slip away
I had your love but I let it slip away
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I'm 34 years old now
And I've come to you
Baby I don't even know how
I got through
From the first kiss in the schoolyard
Til the last heart broke in two
I didn't know it would be so hard
Learning how to love you
There was a life that I was living
In some cracked rearview
Where no future was given
To a heart untrue
Still I thought that I was so strong
That my will could force me through
I didn't know it would be so long
Learning how to love you
Bridge:
I might have never realized
The courage in your kiss
And the sweet forgiveness in your eyes
Babe I know you've walked a mile
In someone else's shoes
Maybe you've left some faces smiling
Walking off your blues
And I don't pretend to know how
You ever saw it through
'cause I only got to where I am now
Spend my money but love me honey.
Break my heart but be my girl.
I just want you to be there when I come home.
Drive my new car; smoke my cigar.
Buy you diamonds and your pearls.
Ooh ooh treat me like a dog but throw a little meat on them bones.
CHORUS:
And it's all right.
Yes, it's all right.
It's all right with me.
CHORUS
You can hurt me but don't desert me.
Leave me runnin' but stay all night.
I want you to know your love is what I need.
You can use me but don't refuse me.
Turn me back but do me right.
I just want you to know my love is guaranteed.
CHORUS THREE TIMES
That girl you were seein' back in '72
Somethin' 'bout a hotel room and bath water in your shoes
Were you into your Catholic thing then or some other stew
Were you both holed up in that hotel room practicing voodoo
CHORUS:
It'll come to you
Don't look back, it'll come to you
In the middle of the night, with you covers pulled up tight
It'll come to you
And that business partner you took for every red cent
You can't even remember where all of that money went
Some on liquor and women, maybe a little rent
But as far as paying it back, Buddy, you ain't made a dent
CHORUS
Yes they'll all be standin' 'round you in your sleep
Askin' for a promise you couldn't keep
'Cause back when you were hollow inside
You were tryin' to puff yourself up with your own foolish pride
Now you're happily married with a wife and kids of you're own
But sometimes in the closet at night you can hear them rattlin' bones
Takin' bets on your future and your current postal zone
It's a spooky equation, but check out yourself, Jack, you're the great unknown
CHORUS
You said that I would be sorry if you went away
You said I wouldn't be happy without hell to pay
You said the teardrops would fall
Between the bedroom walls
You said that I would regret
Well It Hasn't Happened Yet
Your friends come over and offer to take me to eat
They all seem so sorry I'm sufferin' so much misery
They said to just give a call
Next time that I start to crawl
I always say yeah, you bet
But It Hasn't Happened Yet
I don't have anyone
I'm havin' fun
No one is into me
No one's a mystery
I see you on the street
My heart don't skip no beat
Lovers' hostility
Don't mean a thing to me
I find it hard to remember the good times we had
Call me insensitive now that it's over I'm glad
You said when big shadows fell
It would be too hard to tell
My light from your silhouette
Well it hasn't happened yet
Now, there's a jumpin' little place I go
Called The Action
It's just about a mile or so
Down the street
And there's a part goin' on in there
Down a lot of funky stairs
And everything will be rare
Till the break of dawn
Now, you don't want to walk on down
To The Action
'Cause once you get in there
You're gonna want to use your feet
And when the music starts a gettin' hot
There's gonna burn up everything you got
And you ain't gonna want to stop
Till the break of dawn
They're doin' the pony
Watch 'em do the jerk
Then they get down on the floor
And they go to work
Sister's doin' the alligator
Up on the table top
Lot of Farfisa racket
Don't never stop
We're goin' down to Santa Ana
Way down to Eagle Rock
Way out in Montebello
And down in Huntington Park
Out in El Sereno
Better show 'em what you got
Out on Whittier Boulevard
The action never stops
Down at The Action
Meet you down at The Action
Don't want to end up in traction
Mama's in the bathroom
Waitin' to be saved
Papa's in the bedroom
Just diggin' up his grave
Brother's in the kitchen
Playin' with a knife
Sister's in the attic
Just laughin' at her life
CHORUS:
And it's one more time
All the grapes are on the vine
And I'm gonna take what's mine
One more time
Everybody's nervous
The window shades are down
Angels flutter up above
The flame where love is found
Sit down at the table
Say a little grace
Put on your dark glasses
And try to find your place
CHORUS
Crawlin' up the stairs
Cause I know your love is there
You don't have to tell me
All that I've done wrong
It wakes me up at night
And keeps me up the whole night long
But sooner or later
Everything's the same
And everybody's guilty
Of the pleasure and the pain
CHORUS
Diggin' down deep
Baby please don't fall asleep
CHORUS 4 TIMES
You look just like Mona Lisa, baby
Have you got somethin' up your sleeve?
You got your arms folded and your legs propped up
Oh, I must say, you're lookin' relieved
Was there some tension eased up on us, baby?
Like two plates shiftin' on a fault?
They sold Van Gogh's Sunflowers the other day
Some guy stuck 40 million in a bank vault
One kiss and we're on our own
One kiss it can mean so much
One kiss and we're almost home
One kiss that's the final touch
They shot that Galileo off to Jupiter
We'll have some pictures in about six years
Gonna stomp anything the Voyager sent back
'Cause Galileo dreamed it, it's here
Now Ralph Kramden never sent Alice to the moon
But you know he wanted to
But havin' a good friend like Norton to ease the pressure
Would it really work wonders on a fella's point of view?
One kiss and we're on our own
One kiss it can mean so much
One kiss and we're almost home
One kiss that's the final touch
Oh, it's bringin' me to my knees
They lost all those kine scopes
Oh, all of those memories
Doin' the cool jerk together
Let's outlive our usefulness, baby
Let's stay in our own skin too long
Till we're so wrinkled all the hatch lings just laugh at us
As they crack out of their eggshells at the break of dawn
We'll say, "Oh are y'all just getting home
From a long night of self abuse?"
Well, me and the missus we were just gettin'
The coffee pot to perk
Yeah, it's a dirty job but ya know
We're still livin' it and lovin' it
You kids let us know
When you're finished with your artwork
One kiss and we're on our own
One kiss it can mean so much
One kiss and we're almost home
One kiss that's the final touch
One kiss and we're on our own
One kiss it can mean so much
One kiss and we're almost home
Sharon's got a drugstore in her bathroom
She loves you all right, she loves you all right
Get between the false eyelashes
Better kiss her before she crashes
She cannot hold you tight, she cannot hold you tight, alright
Sharon's got a drugstore in her bathroom
She loves you all right, she loves you all right
Little trick that she learned from her mother
She took one with her cold ghost lover
Oh please turn off the light, oh, please turn off the light, all right
She grew out of those Catholic dances
Now she's into those modern trances
She's dancing really slow, she's dancing really slow
Sharon's got a drugstore in her bathroom
She loves you all right, she loves you all right
Hold her up and she'll say you made her
Put it in and she'll love you later
She cannot hold you tight, she cannot hold you tight
She cannot hold you tight, she cannot hold you tight
Sharon's got a drugstore
Sharon's got a drugstore
Sharon's got a drugstore
Sharon's got a drugstore
Sharon's got a drugstore
Sharon's got a drugstore
It was Monday or Tuesday
Or one of them damn days
I was staring backwards from the sun
Through an unrelenting haze
I was shaking, reaching for my cup
Trying to stir my life around
'Cause I thought I saw my baby
On the other side of town
They were just ten and eleven
And almost seventeen
She was barely thirty-five herself
When I turned drunk and mean
Someone said they seen 'em back
Why would they come around
But I thought I saw my baby
On the other side of town
Now the drunkard, he will go to lengths
To justify his state
But the truth is even one's too much
When a hundred will not sate
Like a wrecking ball slung through the lives
Of all to whom he's bound
Well, I thought I saw my baby
On the other side of town
Well, I thought if I could make amends
And somehow get in touch
But then I had to take a drink
And it was all too much
I drank the whole rest of the day
I drank that bottle down
'Cause I thought I saw my baby
On the other side of town
It was Monday or Tuesday
Or one of them damn days
They keep comin' ever after
Nothing changes, nothing stays
Just a flickering in black and white
An image with no sound
And I think I see my baby
Baby, baby do you love me baby?
Are you thinkin' of me baby, baby?
Maybe baby, say you do!
Baby, will you be my honey baby?
I ain't got no money baby, baby.
Maybe baby, say you do!
I've been a-selling hot dogs.
I've been trying to get to you.
I've been bowlin' and a rollin'
But there ain't nothin' seems to do.
Baby, baby do you need me baby?
Got the heebee geebies baby, baby.
Maybe baby, say you do!
Baby, will you be my only baby?
I'm so tired and lonely baby, baby?
Maybe baby, say you do!
I've been a-standin' in line,
With catsup on my shirt.
I've been a-dancin' like a chicken
But there ain't nothin' seems to work.
Baby, baby do you love me baby?
Are you thinkin' of me baby, baby?
Maybe baby, say you do!
Maybe baby, say you do!
Well now, maybe baby, say you do!
Well, she come around here in her '65 dress
With her eyes stuck open and her head in a mess
With her head screaming, "No" and her heart saying,
"Yes"
And I love that girl
It was back in that house full of drunkards and thieves
When she first saw me rising up off of my knees
And she said do you think you could show me that,
please
And I love that girl
well, I love that girl and I love that girl
well, I love that girl, well, I love that girl
We'd been left by the road in the black of the night
We'd been stranded by dreams in the chapel of moonlight
They took us downtown and they read us our rights
And I love that girl
So we married and said that we never would part
And there hasn't been even one small change of heart
If it ended all now I wouldn't know where to start
And I love that girl
well, I love that girl, well, I love that girl
well, I love that girl and I love that girl
You lose it all and you're ascending
into a love that's never ending
Now they're boiling the oil on the brigs at the gates
The king's men in the castle, they're lying in wait
She says now is the time that we must not hesitate
And I love that girl
And she wakes me with coffee and kisses my head
And starts to explain about something she's read
I say darling, "You haven't heard a word that I've
said"
And I love that girl
And I love that girl, yes, I love that girl
well, I love that girl and I love that girl
well, I love that girl, oh, I love that girl
And I love that girl, oh, I love that girl
I know, I know, I know I love that girl, yes, I love
that girl
Well, I know I love that girl, oh, I love that, I love
that girl
And I love and I love that girl and I love that girl
When I was a boy,
I thought it just came to ya'
But I never could tell what's mine
So it didn't matter anyway
My only pride and joy
Was this racket down here
Bangin' on an old guitar
And singin' what I had to say
I always thought our house was haunted
But nobody said boo to me
I never did get what I wanted
Now I get what I need
CHORUS:
It's been a slow turnin'
From the inside out
A slow turnin'
But you come about
Slow learnin'
But you learn to sway
A slow turnin' baby
Not fade away
Now I'm in my car
I got the radio on
I'm yellin' at the kids in the back seat
'Cause they're bangin' like Charlie Watts
You think you've come so far
In this one horse town
Then she's laughin' that crazy laugh
'Cause you haven't left the parkin' lot
Time is short and here's the damn thing about it
You're gonna die, gonna die for sure
And you can learn to life with love or without it
But there ain't no cure
There's just a...
CHORUS
Oh what have you done with your life
Oh please don't tell me
Just shut up and go to work
Cause you're interrupting me
I won't represent the U.S.
In the summer olympics
My character's questionable
My life is a broken record
CHORUS:
I'm shredding the document
I'm keeping my mouth shut
I'm running on radio silence
I'm letting the record speak
I'm shredding the document
The switchboard is lighting up
I'm not taking anymore calls
Well maybe from larry King
And I don't know who killed who
I'm having a sex change
To a woman who loves too much
My sister's a petty thief
I doctored the evidence
Yeah it was a cover up
I want to stay wrapped in my blanket
And never get out of bed
CHORUS
All rumor and innuendo
An Eagles reunion
The 20th century's closing
It's closing in on me
You know what my father said
Well I'm not going to tell you
Some words that I try to live by
It's none of your goddamn business
CHORUS
I'm shredding the document
The switchboard is lighting up
I'm not taking anymore calls
Well maybe from Oprah Winfrey
The fallen angel shivers underneath the August moon
The lady of the house goes up in ashes
He crawled out through the future but the past came back too soon
And the present just occurs in sudden flashes
In your eyes, I see the pain
Help me ride this crazy train
I am lost and you are smilin' in the rain
Everybody's looking for a place to live their dreams
Main Street paints a face on lonely lovers
Strangers meet with blindfolds on and hope they're what they seem
And everybody wants to have each other
But in your eyes, I see the pain
Help me ride this crazy train
I am lost and you are smilin' in the rain
Well, the giving is the sacred thing
It's just the livin' that don't seem right
But for all the light that shines on me
Your light sets me free, oh, please stay with me tonight
The battle zone is quiet, all the appetites are gone
The soldier and his woman let the wounds heal
Knowing that tomorrow, all the raging will go on
If only to remember how their love feels
But in your eyes, I see the pain
Help me ride this crazy train
I am lost and you are smilin' in the rain
In your eyes, I see the pain
Help me ride this crazy train
I went to the marketplace
They said they liked my face
Better than a digital watch
You got it, we're pros and we can spot it
So I thought it was some disease
But they were all on their knees
Shakin' hands with my picture
First we sterilize it
Then we merchandise it
Everybody tries
Everybody buys it
Well that's fine
Put me on the slug line
Punch a pretty hole in my mind
Show me where to sign
And put me on the slug line
They told me how to behave
Like any other public slave
Keep a smile on the face of the consumer
Or you'll become a rumor
So I got a band of angry sons
Now we're havin' so much fun
Tearin' up the nation
Weapons out of mic stands
Bitin' on the glad hand
They still don't understand
That they were marketing a madman
And that's fine
Put me on the slug line
Punch a pretty hole in my mind
Show me where to sign
And put me on the slug-
Well that's fine
Put me on the slug line
Punch a pretty hole in my mind
Show me where to sign
And put me on the slug line
You made one mistake
You made me wait
That's fine
Put me on the slug line
Punch a pretty hole in my mind
Show me where to sign
And put me on the slug-
Well that's fine
Put me on the slug line
Couldn't lay a glove on my mind
So show me where to sign
There's something broken in my heart
Oh it was nothing you done
There's something broken in my heart
I guess that's just the way it comes
There's something broken in my heart
Something I just can't fix
There's something broken
Something broken in my heart
I've tried every powder and every pill
To put it back together somehow
Rode high with the fool up on the hill
Come down with the draft horse and the plow
I've been to the land of milk and honey
And honey I'm broke down now
There's something broken
Something broken in my heart
I'm gonna go downtown tonight and find me a woman
Try to keep those jagged edges from my mind
And if I don't start a fight I'll just keep running
'Till I break on through into the morning light
There's something broken in my heart
Oh it was nothing you done
There's something broken in my heart
I know I'm not the only one
There's something broken in my heart
Something I just can't fix
There's something broken
Now your private life
Is in the public domain
And your one true love is just a lipstick stain
And your point of view
Is just a figure of speech
Well I rest my case, you're out of reach
Chorus:
Havin' some fun
Havin' some fun now
Havin' some fun
Havin' some fun now
Well the tough get goin', and the good die young
Maybe you're the only good your mama ever done
But you wouldn't know a good thing if you saw
One, two, three
I'm down on my knees
Four, five, six
Gotta lot to fix
Seven, eight, nine
Goin' outta my mind
And it's a fast free fall
From a long hard climb
Chorus
And you wonder how
You ever got it so far
From a mel bay book
Into a long black car
And all along the way
They never made you cry
But they never got the joke
And you don't know why
Chorus
The party's over and the war is won
And you know what you're doin'
'cause you know what you've done
But you wouldn't know a good thing if you saw
I killed an ant
With my guitar
Underneath romantic Indiana stars
He was a fool
I was so cruel
The power of music is no tool
So I hit him in the head
And now he's dead
I killed him there
By the front door
Well it was something he was really asking for
He was a chump
It was no bump
Or any ordinary lump
No I squashed his little head
And now he's dead
Well I'm sure he had a family
Some children and a pretty wife
And I'm sure he worked like the devil
Ah, who was I to take his tiny life
But...
I killed an ant
With my guitar
Underneath romantic Indiana stars
He was a fool
I was so cruel
The power of music ain't no tool
So I bopped him in the head (not quite sure here..bopped makes about
And now he's dead the only sense)
La, la, la, la la, la, la la, la, la
I get jumpy
Wanna step on the gas
Drive right out of
This place fast
She says, "red light
I'll take those keys"
Out of my mind and
On my knees
Chorus:
Something happens
And I don't know why
I can't seem to get my future
Out of her eyes
Something happens
And never for sure
If I could name this sickness
I'd be cured
I'd be cured
She's long distance
And it's a grind
Always static
On that line
Tear the phone out
From the wall
But in my head i
Get that call
Chorus
She don't wanna talk
She don't wanna talk to me
She just wanna look
She just wanna look through me
It's a famine
Or it's a feast
Who's that beauty
Who's that beast
Threatening murder
Or happiness
And if I do it
Will I confess
Why did she wear that dress tonight
Why did she bring that stranger
She looks put out in the party lights
Which leaves us all in danger
When she drops her perfumed hankie
CHORUS:
I look for love
I look for love
I look for love
I look for love
I hate the way we carry on
These fashion consultations
Do all these wires we sing along
Require such insulation
Fused with fear or charged with anger
CHORUS
BRIDGE:
No innocence I can claim
No treasure of stolen hearts
In every mirror I look the same
A toy soldier with missing parts
Shes adding up those second looks
While she collects advances
Like thumbing through some dirty book
They estimate their chances
When the parking lot is empty
CHORUS
I spy for the FBI
(I spy for the FBI)
I spy for the FBI
(I spy for the FBI)
I got an x-ray camera hidden in your house
That sees what I can't see
And that man you were kissin' last night
Definitely was not me, oh baby
I spy for the FBI
(I spy for the FBI)
I spy for the FBI
(I spy for the FBI)
Just because he was wearin' shades
You thought he didn't leave a clue
I got his name, I know his game
He's double-0 you know who, oh baby
I spy for the FBI
(I spy for the FBI)
I spy for the FBI
(I spy)
I've got the facts in the file
Baby I don't have to guess
I took that agent's fingerprints
Off of your new red dress, oh baby
I spy for the FBI
(I spy for the FBI)
I spy for the FBI
(I spy for the FBI)
I know when you're out
I know when you're in
I know where you're goin'
'Cause I know where you've been
I spy for the FBI
(I spy for the FBI)
Baby, I spy for the FBI
(I spy for the FBI)
Baby, I spy for the FBI
(I spy for the FBI)
Unlock these chains and let me out
I want the love you're talkin' about
I want a job, I wanna care
I want to find you everywhere
I want a house and a fireplace
Screw the pain, I want a smile on my face
I want to take some kind of cure
I'm tired of being cold and sure
I know I'm not your high school dream
Nah, he got lost in the washing machine
I am the student who picks his nose
So come over here and take off your clothes
Take off your clothes
I'm on my knees if that's what you need
If it's blood you crave, well then I'm ready to bleed
Love is blind, but love can see
And I want your love inside of me
Love is blind, but love can see
I would have thought time would erase
I'll never get over you
The feeling's lost in your embrace
I'll never get over you
But still I try
And still I cry
Still I'm wondering why
CHORUS:
I'll never get over you
I'll never get over you
I'll never get over you
I tell myself my heart will find
A way to get over you
When I've already lost my mind
Tryin' to get over you
The voice goes on
The feeling's long
But still sweet sleep never comes
CHORUS
So now I've met the enemy
Trying to get over you
A shroud of rain, a memory
Trying to get over you
I recognize
Those crazy eyes
And still they're tellin' me lies
I'm a real man, I got a real guitar
I'm a real man, don't even know where the boys are
I don't want to frighten you little girl, you're so sweet and nice
But I don't want to have to tell you twice
I'm a real man, I want to rock like a real man
Don't get no shock from that
Elevator music in your computer program
Baby, how'd you like to rock with a real man?
Yes I'm a real man, baby, I'm not lyin'
I'm thirty-one years old now and I still don't mind dyin'
You can put the voodoo on me, girl
There's nothing I can't dodge
Check out this Lincoln in my garage
Kids, these days, I'm talkin' about these young folk
They're about as wild as Pollyanna after she growed up
After a hard day at the Casiotone they just don't want to live
They're about as dangerous as a junior executive
I'm a real man, I want to rock like a real man
Don't get no shock from that
Elevator music in your computer program
Baby, how'd you like to rock with a real man?
Every dollar I earn, girl, I let it all burn
And if I wind up in jail
Well there's only one of two thousand, seven hundred and sixty-two women that I know
Who would gladly pay my bail
Now you might say I'm just some fool on a boast
But I wasn't gonna hear ya girl from coast to coast
This ain't Dan Rather talkin', this ain't the president's son
But, ah, I'm still gonna have my fun
Cause' I'm a real man, I got to rock like a real man
Don't get no shock from that
Elevator music in your computer program
Baby, how'd you like to rock with a real man?
Turn off that elevator music, in your computer program
Baby, how'd you like to rock with a real man
Turn off that elevator music, in your computer program
Come on and rock with a real man
You been slippin' around a bit
You been sayin' things that just don't fit
You been handin' me the same old line
About the proper place and the proper time
You been tellin' me a bunch of lies
I bet you thot that I was hypnotized
CHORUS:
Well, my eyes is wide open, and I can see
You been tryin' to make a fool of me
I'm gettin sick, I've had enough
I'm tired of your stuff
I know you think that you're a movie queen
Well, I'm fed up with all your Hollywood dreams
You're just an actress full of double talk
An angel's smile and a devil's walk
I know you think I can't walk out the door
But honey, I've seen this movie before
CHORUS
Now I'm tryin' to get some sleep, but I can't get no rest
You got my head all in a mess
I'd count the sheep, but they all leavin' town
And you're the wolf that run my dreams around
But, I'll be sleepin' for a month or two
Just as soon as I get rid of you
CHORUS
She came onto him like a slow movin' cold front
His beer was warmer than the look in her eyes
She sat on a stool, he said, ";What do you want?";
She said, ";Give me a love that don't freeze up inside.";
He said, ";I have melted some hearts in my time dear
But to sit next to you, Lord, I shiver and shake
And if I knew love, well, I don't think I'd be here
Askin' myself if I've got what it takes.";
CHORUS:
To melt your icy blue heart
Should I start?
To turn what's been frozen for years
Into a river of tears
";These days we all play cool, calm and collected
Why, our lips could turn blue just shooting the breeze";
But under the frost, well, he thought he detected
A warm blush of red and a touch of her knee
He said, ";Girl, you're a beauty like I've never witnessed
And I've seen the Northern Lights dance in the air
But I've felt the cold that can follow the first kiss
And there's not enough heat in the fires burning there.";
CHORUS
Well I'm out here on my own
Followin' a star
Asking on my knees, for some direction, please,
And, God, you know that's hard
Cause I'm such a stubborn man
Lord, I'm stubborn as a mule
Even though I struggle some, I believe a change will
come
And I hear you love a fool
I see a road and a flash of lightning
Let me tell you it's frightening
CHORUS:
Is anybody there?
Oh, I need somebody tonight
To care
I'm feeling alone and it just don't seem right
Is anybody there?
Oh, I need somebody to be
To know that I'm good enough for love
To walk beside me
And as a woman in this world
Well you must have felt like this
That a man might come along
With another hard luck song
And betray you with a kiss
But would you reconsider me
Though I know I've caused you pain
I've taken vows with you
I believe them to be true
Now can we take a little rain?
We could hit that road in a flash of lightning
Maybe it won't be so frightening
CHORUS TWICE
time is runnin' out
friends are too
the word is getting' out
it's all bad news
scoundrels know my whereabouts
they recognize these pointy shoes
that's the last time
i turn my back on you
a friendly little game of cards
aces wild
your little life was just so hard
you had to act like a child
i recognize the queen of hearts
when she's sittin' in plain view
that's the last time
i turn my back on you
that's the last time
i turn my back on you
i kept waiting for a sign
that we could push it trough
there's a first time for everything
it was long overdue
that's the last time
i turn my back on you
i spent a lot of money
i spent a lot of time
just to hear you call me honey
sends little shivers up my spine
but after while it isn't funny
this twenty paces thing we do
so that's the last time
I used to stumble up to your door
Three thousand kisses on the living room floor
But we don't do that kind of thing anymore
Cause we both graduated
We used to talk until the morning light
Bout everything we did and did not like
Now it's all double blinds and downsized appetites
Cause we both graduated
Yeah we both graduated
And we learned, we learned, we learned to be strong
Now the power's gone
And we turned, we turned, turned out to be wrong
Now we both graduated
Now we both graduated
Now we both graduated
I liked feeling in the dark for you
We watched Apocalypse Now and The Heart of Darkness, too
Melted down barriers and cleaned up the goo
Now we both graduated
No amount of college is gonna give you that jolt
The top of the pyramid is holding all our volts
It's not high technology, it's just nuts and bolts
And we both graduated
Yeah we both graduated
And we learned, we learned, we learned to be strong
Now the power's gone
And we turned, we turned, turned out to be wrong
And we both graduated
Yeah we both graduated
Na na, na nanana, nana nanana na
Na na, na nanana, nana nanana na
Na na, na nanana, nana nanana na
Now as we step out in this frozen world
The amazing Mr Snowjob and his Cryogenic Girl
Living out history but dead to the world
Cause we both graduated
Yeah we both graduated
Na na, na nanana, nana nanana na...
Maybe you have seen my party
And you think I won't do
But inside you see I'm lonely
And I need someone true
Maybe I look like a spider man
But just the word and I'll learn to fly
Take another look
At what you see
And you may find
That it's all right
Maybe you have seen me walking
Down some city street
And thought there is someone
I couldn't care for
Maybe I look like a sit down guy
But just say the word
I'll be your everything
Take another look
At what you find
'Cause what you find
May be all right
Take another look
At what you see
'Cause you may find
That it's all right
Maybe I look like I'm nowhere
But I'm right here
And I'm a real gone cat
Take another look
At what you see
'Cause you may find
That it's all right
Take another look
At what you see
'Cause you may find
Well it's dangerous out here tonight but a fellow's
gotta eat
I see those vampires sucking blood
I hear those dull thuds
I guess it's trick or treat
CHORUS:
I'm a Spy Boy
I'm a Spy Boy
Oh this music is hell
Man why don't you turn it up real loud
I'm a stranger here in town
I hope this is the wrong kind of crowd
Now,
REPEAT CHORUS
I wear my heart on my sleeve
Just take a look at my flag
I should be up to my knees
Or all the way down the track
BRIDGE:
I want to hurt some one
I want to love someone
I want to be some one
Why do I need some one
Oh the smoke gets in my eyes
Things materialize but I wish I never seen
I know my mama tried so hard to raise a son up right
Just can't keep it clean
I'm goin' out and get me some sun
Gonna collect it baby
Then we can have a whole lot of fun
Gonna reflect it baby
That fossil fuel's got no renewal
You know it couldn't hold a candle
There ain't no spark in the dark
Can touch my solar - Solar sex panel
Got a fire up on top of my head
I'm a love regenerator
Why don't you get up off your tanning bed
I'm an ultra-violet Penetrator
Don't sweat and toil with no heating oil
'Cause Momma I'm hot to handle
Gonna turn you up, gonna burn you up
With my solar - Solar sex panel
Got a headache burnin' bad gasoline
Well, I'm gonna relieve it baby
My solar powered lovin' burns clean
And you're gonna receive it baby
And it's rude if it's crude
Better try my solar - Solar sex panel
Better try my - Come and get my
Solar sex panel
I'm gonna turn you up
I'm gonna burn you up
Sittin' on the line
Tryin' to change her mind
Red light, yellow light, green light time
You're standing on it buddy
But she's chilly as a Tastee Freeze
Ease it over, son
I'll show you how she runs
Screamin'' like a demon
When the quarter mile comes
Crankcase cookin'
That's her manifold destiny
Now, she might run cold for you
She runs hot for me
CHORUS:
She runs hot for me
She runs hot for me
She runs hot for me
Now she might run cold for you
She runs hot for me
She's got a fire in her veins
That's high octane
When her heart starts pumpin'
Her cylinders are jumpin'
Then I give it to her slow
And she gives me back the low E.T.'s
Burnin' down the line
Ten seconds time
Half an hour later
I can still accelerate her
'Till we're out of Hardin County
And in another Galaxy
Now she might run cold for you
She runs hot for me
I was speedin’ through the dark
I didn’t know how far
It can all run away with you sometimes
In an empty box car
You were trying to tell me something
I wasn’t listening to you
There was nothin’ but confusion
Everytime that train come blowin’ through
Then you wrote me in a letter
I don’t know how your courage came
You told me what you wanted
Every word in tears and pain
How you loved me more than ever
In spite of all the hurt inside
And it cracked my heart wide open
‘till there was no place left to hide
And I want to thank you babe
For lettin’ me back in
I wanna thank you for asking me to love you again
I want to thank you baby
For lettin’ me back in
I wanna thank you for asking me to love you again
I’ve forgotten how to be patient
I’ve forgotten how to caress
I’ve forgotten how to ask for help
And how to struggle for my best
I was harder than those iron wheels
Rollin’ down the track
And every trip I took
I never looked to get any feelings back
And I want to thank you babe
For lettin’ me back in
I wanna thank you for asking me to love you again
I want to thank you baby
For letting me back in
I wanna thank you for asking me to love you again
When you met me at the station
With a promise and a kiss
You said my love for you will always be true
But you must remember this
Respect me and protect me
But don’t expect me not to fall
And I will do the same for you
Until the final call
And I want to thank you babe
For lettin’ me back in
I wanna thank you for asking me to love you again
I want to thank you baby
For letting me back in
I wanna thank you for asking me to love you again
Thank you baby for lettin’ me back in
Your hair is brown
Your eyes are brown
Your skin is white
Two out of three
OK with me
Come over here tonight
I believe, I believe
I believe in you
I see your body, I see your body
And I know what to do-
Cause you're my love interest
You're my love interest
You're my love interest
You're my love interest
Your mouth works
Your mind works
You're a real suprise
You tell me this
With just one kiss
You're the actual size
I say some words
They are heard
You move in closer to me
Bip, bip, bip, bip, bip bip bip, bip
Baby one two three
You're my love interest
You're my love interest
You're my love interest
You're my love interest
BRIDGE:
My heart is beating
Your heart is beating
There is no one around
I'll make a sign
You read my mind
We are safe and sound
I believe, I believe, I believe in you
I see your body, I see your body
And I know what to do
Cause you're my love interest
You're my love interest
You're my love interest
You're my love interest
No need to be expressive, anyone can see.
The injury was permanent, the wound was really deep.
Doesn’t talk about it much, I listen when she does.
And when she’s in that distant place, I know its just because.
Somebody hurt my baby,
Somebody hurt my girl,
Somebody hurt my baby,
Somebody hurt somebody in this mean old world.
She’s developed all these nervous ticks, to prove she’s still alive.
Does 90 down to 0, back in overdrive.
Her sleep is just a nightmare state, she really gets no rest.
Till someone has come forward, till one of us confess.
Somebody hurt my baby,
Somebody hurt my girl,
Somebody hurt my baby,
Somebody hurt somebody in this mean old world.
Somebody hurt my baby,
Somebody hurt my girl,
Somebody hurt my baby,
Streets are all empty, the network's deveined
Buildings walled up, electricity drained
Shots in the square where they mowed them all down
River runs red from the center of town
I worked for my daddy, he worked for his paw
'Til they came from the city and they took what they
We rented back land and we worked what we could
But they built it and they stripped it 'til it wasn't
no good
And I know I
Yes I know I
Gotta hold on
Hold on for your love
Out in the woods, my old truck is on fire
Burning the last drops of my enormous desire
Men eating men and there's no time for crying
Oh I'm tired of the blood and I'm sick of the dying
And I know I
Yes I know I
Gotta hold on
Hold on for your love
Burn down the cabin and put out the stars
Tear up the fields and leave everything scarred
I've been here before but I don't know this place
I've been here with you but I can't see your face
And I know I
Yes I know I
Gotta hold on
Hold on for your love
I gotta hold on
Bring it in tight and cut to her face
Fade up the lights 'till it wipes out the place
Put on your pants cause she's put out a trace on you
She's found a future it's been localized
Brought out the sutures and clamps for your eyes
Made the incision and no one's suprised but you
Chorus:
String pull job
Nobody's finer
She's got you sewn up
With the one-liners
She's doin that jerk
She's doin that jerk
She's pulling it tighter
You aim the projector away from the screen
It doesn't affect her she's seen through the scene
Throwin' out lines 'till she finds one that means you'll do
You're thinking of sins so you can confess
But who's gonna come in and clean up the mess
When she takes a bow and you take off the dress oooh ooooh
Chorus
String pull job
String pull job
String pull job
String pull job
Get up; ya get down.
Get lost and then ya get found.
Sure as I'm sittin' here,
Sure as I'm sittin' here.
Ya get a laugh; ya get a cry .
Get 'em all before you die.
Sure as I'm sittin' here,
Sure as I'm sittin' here.
Come on sit down, get down.
Come-a-come-a sit down, get down.
Sure as I'm sittin' here,
Sure as I'm sittin' here.
All the ladies hypnotize you,
And all your friends, well they just patronize you.
Don't God look forgot,
Cause he just sittin' here.
I think it's God's sick plan but it's not so clear.
Lord you get the truth; you get lies.
Get 'em all before you die.
Sure as I'm sittin' here,
Sure as I'm sittin' here.
You get the light; you get the dark.
Fall in love and I break your heart.
Sure as I'm sittin' here,
Sure as I'm sittin' here.
Come on sit down, get down.
Come-a-come-a sit down, get down.
Sure as I'm sittin' here,
Sure as I'm sittin' here.
Now it might seem confusing.
With all you get, well look what all your loosing.
But it's just life and it just goes on.
So quit with your complaining soon enough you will be gone.
Lord, Lord, Lord
Sure as I'm sittin' here,
Sure as I'm sittin' here.
I stood up for the first time
When I was just eleven months old
And ever since that day, my mama said
I never done what I was told
I never stood for nothing too much
All through my schooling years
But I stood as much as I could stand
I guess that's why I'm still standing here
Yes, and
CHORUS:
I stood up
When love called my name, baby
I stood up
Even when that love was all in vain, baby
I got stood up once
And left out in the pouring rain, baby
But I stood up
And I'd do it again
I guess she never understood what she could do
With all her flaming red hair
But I could not stand the heat in her kitchen
So, Jack, I got out of there
I stood up to get a pack of cigarettes
Down at the corner store
New she's standing in some corner of my heart
Behind the kitchen screen door
CHORUS
I don't know about you
But there's a lot of things I never stood up to
Even as I turned and walked away
I guess that's why I'm standing on my own
two feet today
Now they gave last call for alcohol
And no one has to carry me home
You see I only work here now man
My drinking days are long gone
I couldn't stand up after one, no
'Til twenty had me down on the floor
Now the first one doesn't get me
Even though I'm still the last one out the door
CHORUS
Hot summer night, I was counting all the starlight on your skin
Airtight, as I watched you breathing out, I'm breathing in
By the lake, so humid that the moon was getting wet
For our sake the crickets started playing their castonets
Like a gypsy, you stole me from a child into a man
It never hit me: I've been running ever since I took a stand
Fand this love like spanish moss hangin from the trees
Just swaying in the breeze like a sweet memory
Running straight outta time, straight outta time (x2) since you were mine
That autumn chi'll sent a shiver, girl, it shook us to the bone
And we sti'll had february frozen on the phone
Spring thaw, would it find us with our lips frozen blue?
Love calls, but do we really live the time we're running through?
Or like a dream, do we let it die and drift away to sleep
Until it screams like an echo in the history books you keep
'cause that stream running from the corners of my mind
Looking back I find like a river it unwinds
Running straight outta time, straight outta time (x2)
Running straight outta time just like an old man's fiddle
Looking for the dance; gonna meet me in the middle
I'm never gonna figure out the way that I feel -
Running straight outta time,
But my love's sti'll real
Now I see you- you're looking pretty in your summer dress
I can almost feel you as you clutch your little locket to your breast
Looking down at the picture, girl, you know you're looking fine
Is it me? was I ever in your heart or on your mind?
Cause I'm running outta time
I'm running straight outta time
Well, I'm from the Midwest
I know enough to cut a path
Around a wood chipper
And be careful
Of any conversation
A man starts by callin' you skipper
'Cause there ain't no ocean 'round here
Though a lotta little lakes where you could disappear
I wonder what the fish are bitin' on today, Jimmy
She told me not
To follow her down here
Said he was crazy about her
I guess I didn't know
What that meant
Just knew I couldn't do without her
Then I seen 'em through the window sash
He had a Forty four pistol and a bag of cash
And she was foldin' some kinda pretty note paper into her breast pocket
What some people won't do, to break up a happy home
What some people won't do, to break up a happy home
Well, I got the picture
A temporary love shack
In the middle of no place
They were plannin'
On usin' that cash
To get away bold-faced
Now how long did they think they could stay
The troopers and the Marshall's surely on their way
I ran through the yard and I banged my knee on his wood chipper
I was screamin' like a baby
She appeared at the window
He opened the door
And when I looked up
He said "Skipper
What're you doin' here for"
One bullet to the head
Before I hit the ground I was dead
I guess I'm tellin' you this before you go fishin' now, Jimmy
What some people won't do, break up a happy home
What some people won't do, break up a happy home
What some people won't do, to break up a happy home
What some people won't do, to break up a happy home
Never found my body
But they killed 'em in a shoot out
Five miles down the road
They found that note paper
In her breast pocket
Thought it was somethin' written in code
But it was part of a letter set
I'd got her for Christmas ten years ago I'd bet
She used to just use the paper for her grocery list
(And it read)
Eggs
Hamburger meat
Bread
Funyuns
Orange drink
Toilet paper
Tidy Bowl
Pickles
Little Debbie Snack Cakes
What some people won't do, break up a happy home
What some people won't do, to break up a happy home
What some people won't do, to break up a happy home
You've been a good girl
You've been a bad girl
You're not a girl anymore
Deep in a picture show
Unbuttoned in the last row
You watched the grown-ups win the war
Now that they've got you where they want you
You're just combin' your hair
The alteration's done, but you're havin' way too much fun
They want to touch you but you just don't care
Take off your uniform
They see what they want to see
You should have never been born
You'd better stay with me
Your replacement
Waits in the basement
They've got her down to your smile
She writes those letters too
She thinks she's better than you
She says you're just a foolish child
They got her smilin' while she's dialing
She's such a clever machine
She'd fit in anywhere, now that her vision's impaired
She listens up, but she don't know what they mean
Take off your uniform
They see what they want to see
You should have never been born
You'd better stay with me
Everyone's happy with your daily activities
They like that tone in your voice
Now that you're finally an adult in America
You're too dumb to have a choice
Take off your uniform
They see what they want to see
You should have never been born
Take off your uniform
They see what they want to see
You should have never been born
You told me you'd hold me
Now I know better
All you did fold me honey
Like a dear John letter
You put me in a box
With God and his uncle
Like a pair of gym socks
Lookin' like Artie Garfunkle
You took my heart
The check's in the mail
We'll do lunch when you get out of jail
Sure Pinocchio
Anything you say
Sure Pinocchio
Have it your own way
You took me for a ride
Well, I'm crawling out of this gutter
You hurt me down inside
What was that you muttered
Somethin' bout wishing on a star
for a fish out of water
Well, I know who you are
Your Gepetto's wicked daughter
This hurts you more that it hurts me
You never inhale, yeah, and cops eat free
Sure Pinocchio
Anything you say
Sure Pinocchio
Have it your own way
Sure Pinocchio
What hurts me makes you stronger
Sure Pinocchio
That nose keeps gettin' longer and longer
You took my heart
The check's in the mail
We'll do lunch when you get out of jail
Sure Pinocchio
Anything you say
Sure Pinocchio
Have it your own way
Sure Pinocchio
Anything you say
Sure Pinocchio
That nose keeps gettin' longer and longer
Take back all those kisses that you stole from me
Take back mister and misses to your family
Can't take broken dishes when we fight all day, hey
Take back all best wishes, did I hear you say
We were shooting for the sun
I guess the darkness finally won
Take it back, take it back
All that love has done
Take back the sweetest memories I have ever known
Take back the blood you let me get out of this stone
I can't take another minute of this misery, no
Take back what we got in it, lord it's killing me
We were shooting for the sun
I guess the darkness finally won
Take it back, take it back
All that love has done
We were shooting for the sun
I guess the darkness finally won
Take back, take it back
All that love has done
Take it back, take it back
All that love has done
Take it back, take it back
Take it back baby
Well...
We were shooting for the sun
It is a hurtin' thing you don't wanna talk about it
Pain in your heart well it's takin' your breath away
You left it in lipstick on the mirror no use talkin' about it
Love like this just don't come along every day
CHORUS:
Somebody just stop calling you angel
Somebody just let love get up and go downtown
Somebody just stop calling you angel
Angel wings out in the snow and mascara running down
They called you tookie in high school, you didn't mind it too much
Kind of nice to have a nickname, kind of like they thought about it
You wish that it stuck with you, didn't have to trade it in on
Some crazy lover's pet name, wind up hurtin' so much
CHORUS
BRIDGE:
He peeled the skin off of the world and you stopped breathin'
You drew a breath, he sighed, the air was freezin'
Two blood-red hearts pumpin' hard out in the open
You skinned your knee at kickball
Twenty years ago against all hopin'
Y'all put that hammer down and drove through love's angel food cake
Tastin' every spongy layer and lickin' frosting off the moon
Wild-eyed with excitement but childishly disappointed
Maybe even tasted better when mama let you lick the spoon
CHORUS
Take everything that we have
Take it and burn it to the ground
Some things were never meant to last
CHORUS:
Take it down, down, down
Take it down
Take it down, down, down
Take it down
I'm still married to it all
That ain't no place to hang around
My love is 50 feet tall
CHORUS
I've grown accustomed to the way
You hurled us into space
I'll never make that trip
Tears all rusted on my face
And I'm just an empty place
Where your love used to fit
South carolina where are you
We were once lost and now we're found
The war is over, the battle's through
CHORUS TWICE
Naturally I heard the doctor say
Cut the cord and give the child away
So you had him over for dinner
Carving beans with a butcher knife
I'm back to normal
(He's going over her)
I'm back to normal
(With his thermometer)
I'm back to normal
(She's getting normal)
I'm back to normal now
Back to normal
Back to normal
Back to normal now
You tell him to try and kiss away
All those little things we could not say
And he's got you under that pillow
Well I left instructions for you
I'm back to normal
(I see ya live for hope)
I'm back to normal
(Get out your microscope)
I'm back to normal
(You got enough rope)
I'm back to normal now
Back to normal
Back to normal
Back to normal now
He thinks he's all you ever wanted
He's turning off the lights now
Does he know your bed is haunted?
Who's that in the shadows on the wall?
Who's that with the camera in the hall?
You got doctor's orders
I got all the pictures I need
I'm back to normal
(I sit alone at night)
I'm back to normal
(In the projected light)
I'm back to normal
(It's such an insight)
I'm back to normal now
Back to normal
Back to normal
Back to normal
I'm back to normal now
Back to normal (12 x)
to fade
Well my daddy he stood at the foot of the stairs
He was calling to me at the time
And I knew even then, I could die for the thoughts
That I kept in the back of my mind
But I dared not to speak
How I felt for my dad
Cause there were no words to define
The ball of confusion, of feelings and stuff
That I kept in the back of my mind
So I took to the highway
And I kept to myself
Just a lookin' and hopin' to find
Some solutions, some answers, someway to exist
All this stuff in the back of my mind
So I took me a job
And I took me a wife
And I took me a bottle of wine
And it did not take long, 'til all I had left
Was this junk in the back of my mind
Well the end of the tunnel
It never came up
'til I came to the end of the line
And I saw that the light I'd been hoping to see
Was just a spark in the back of my mind
And the cold wind that blew
Through the hole in my heart
Made a fire for the very first time
From some branches of trust
And a kindling of faith
And that spark in the back of my mind
Drivin' like rain, or a runaway train
Flyin' blind, shot from the dark in the back of my mind
Maybe your mama didn't treat you right,
Maybe her intentions weren't even very good
Maybe my daddy lay awake at night
Imagining himself in some other neighborhood
Left to our own devices
Like maybe they were too
Out on the open road
And wonderin' what to do
CHORUS:
You ask how we got here baby don't ask how
That was sometime other than now
It takes what it takes, that's what they told us girl
We've done a lot of dumb things, we'll probably do some more
On two different paths, runnin' 'round in different worlds
We finally found each other, who we were lookin' for
Now I see my own reflection
When I give my love to you
And it's shot back like an arrow
So straight and true
CHORUS
BRIDGE:
I'm not leavin' baby
The future's comin' right here and now
And maybe tomorrow we can't take it
I'm not grievin' baby anymore
The past is gone
And we can't fake it, so baby let's make it
With this love of ours somehow
A little bit of fear, you know it goes a long way
It's followed us around since we were little kids
With just a little faith, well maybe baby someday
We will find the strength, the strength to forgive
It don't come all of a sudden
But when it comes at last
You could blink your eyes and miss it
It happens so fast
CHORUS
I used to drink a lot in those days you see
Ya, that's the way the wind blows
These days the only bar I ever see
Has got lettuce and tomatoes
I get pumped up in the back of my mind
Start thinking those days were the best of times
But I never look forward to looking back
Now I see a little daylight coming through the cracks
Don't you know we're living in stolen moments
You steal enough it feels like we're stopping time
These days are gold we're living in stolen moments
Just grab a hold
Well some guy told you that you couldn't dance
And you been carrying that forever
I'm the kinda fella needs a, a second chance
C'mon baby let's boo-ga-loo together
I see you over there just clinging to the wall
Cause they told you like ivy, you were born to crawl
But you kept looking up, girl, and I know why
Cause you knew some day you were gonna touch the sky
Baby, you know we're living in stolen moments
You steal enough it feels like we're stopping time
These days are gold we're living in stolen moments
Just grab a hold and feel your way
These days are yours and mine
Well, I couldn't dream this life I'm livin'
Somehow we just survived and every waste of time forgiven
Now I'm out in the backyard leaning on a tree
And I have no way of knowing
Can't lean too hard that's my philosophy
Man that tree is growing
Maybe I'll never grow up to be straight and tall
But you can lean on me, baby, I won't fall
Maybe in the deal I can learn to bend
Learn to listen like that tree, baby
Like a good friend
Well don't you know we're living in stolen moments
You steal enough it feels like we're stopping time
These days are gold we're living in stolen moments
Just grab hold and feel these days are yours and mine
Don't ya know we're living in stolen moments
You steal enough it feels like we're stopping time
These days are gold we're living in stolen moments
Just grab hold and feel your way
These days are yours and mine
Well, you met her there on a New York City stair
You were throwing up on your shoes
Tryin' to write the great book when it really had you shook
With a bad case of wintertime blues
So you drag her down to the ragged side of town
She had a taxi to carry her home
Then she left her handkerchief there beside you on the seat
As if to emphasize that you were all alone
It smelled like springtime and you were just a boy
And all the lilacs in Ohio
All the lilacs in Ohio. There ya go.
In the city streets and the dirty winter snow
All the lilacs in Ohio - hio.
Well, she's the love story you speak of
When you talk to Sam at the bar
But it's in the details your story often fails
Yeah, close, but no cigar
And you might see your own ass in a double whiskey glass
But you'll never erase her smile
And you'll never write it down, never find her in this town
Of phantom dreams and fingernail files
It was springtime, and you were just a boy
And all the lilacs in Ohio
All the lilacs in Ohio. There ya go
In city streets and the dirty winter snow
All the lilacs in Ohio - hio
So you pin her handkerchief to your clean white linen sheets
And you unmake your bed, crawl in
You imagine her there and you're tangled in her hair
And she smells like flowers again
And it's springtime, and you were just a boy
All the lilacs in Ohio
All the lilacs in Ohio. There ya go
In the city streets and the dirty winter snow
All the lilacs in Ohio - hio
Done pretty good now babe
Keepin' the lights on this last little while
Nobody trying' to hunt us down for somethin' we done wrong
Got no reason not to smile
The sun come up every mornin'
Even when it's too cloudy to see
I was willin' to lose that years ago
Don't know what was the matter with me
Baby we're alright now
Gotta love so strong
Alright now
Even when it's wrong
A little gratitude now babe
It sure can go a long, long way
Feels good like eatin' ice cream
So I try to have a little bit every day
A lot of heavy liftin'
Bein' done on our behalf
Didn't earn it, didn't deserve it
We didn't even have to ask
And we're alright now
Gotta love so strong
Baby we're alright now
Even when it's wrong
So won't you stay with me tonight
We'll cry some tears and sing some songs
Honey it's alright now
All those bad old days are gone
Won't you stay with me tonight
We'll cry some tears and sing some songs
Baby it's alright now
All those bad old days are gone
Oh we're alright now
Gotta love so strong
Baby, we're alright now
Even when it's wrong
Honey it's alright now
It's a lonely picture of an empty glass
It's a still life study of a drunken ass
And he howls at the moon
Hoping the sun don't come up too fast
I'm all alone in the dark now baby
I'm all alone in the dark now baby
I'm all alone on my knees at last
Alone in the dark
It's extreme self pity and frozen fear
'Cause I want you with me and you're not here
So I rub my nose in it, babe
'Til the roses smell just like death
I'm all alone in the dark now baby
I'm all alone in the dark now baby
I'm all alone and drawing whiskey breath
Alone in the dark
My head is spinning baby what went wrong
I swear to God I tried
Just turned around one day and you were gone
Now these tears I have to cry
Alone in the dark, baby
I'm all alone
I'm all alone, I'm all alone
Since the night you left
I just couldn't stand myself anyway
I'm all alone in the dark now baby
I'm all alone in the dark now baby
I'm all alone on my knees at last
Alone in the dark
I'm all alone in the dark now baby
I'm all alone in the dark now baby
I'm all alone on my knees at last
I need love as big as an ocean
I need love that can't be crossed
A love in perpetual motion
I need a love that won't get lost
Do you know where this love can be found?
Do you know where this love can be found?
They killed my brother in a poker game
Damn this town, I'm leaving
Daddy stayed drunk and he died insane
Damn this town, I'm leaving
Mama had to work, daddy raised the kids
Damn this town, I'm leaving
I ain't gonna tell you what her youngest boy did
Damn this town, I'm leaving
Damn this town, I mean it this time
Damn this town, I made up my mind
Damn this town, damn this town
I got a sister who's a thief and she's filled with hate
Now she's got a job working for the state
Another brother just got out of the Florida Pen
Wears a bracelet on his ankle, so they know where he's
been
Damn this town, I mean it this time
Damn this town, I made up my mind
Damn this town, damn this town
A couple of sisters made it out all right
A brother in the army fighting for his life
There must be some kind of reckoning
A righteous judgment for all these things
Damn this town, I mean it this time
Damn this town, I made up my mind
Damn this town, damn this town
That's all I'm gonna say about my family
Damn this town, I'm leaving
But maybe you'd like to know, a little about me
Damn this town, I'm leaving
I'm 58 years old, still live at home like a kid
Damn this town, I'm leaving
Now I can't help my momma tell you, what her youngest
boy did
Damn this town, I'm leaving
They killed my brother in a poker game
Damn this town, I'm leaving
I got me a deuce and a quarter, babe
She will ride you right
Pick you up about half past nine
We can ride all night
I came up from the country, baby
City's where I stay
Got me a deuce and a quarter, babe
It's all I got to say
She's a Detroit made
Deuce and a quarter, babe
She's a Detroit made
Deuce and a quarter, babe
Big-block, she'll do all the work
So we can ride in style
Leather on those bucket seats
Carpet double pile
Chrome that takes the moonlight on
Sea to shining sea
You can hear those glass pipes rumble
To the statue of liberty
She's a Detroit made
Deuce and a quarter, babe
She's a Detroit made
Deuce and a quarter, babe
Now when I first got out of high school
I drove an old farm truck
All the girls they walked right by me
Didn't even say good luck
Now I ride my 225
They all wanna be my friend
I'll pick you up later tonight now, baby
You can wait till then
She's a Detroit made
Deuce and a quarter, babe
She's a Detroit made
Deuce and a quarter, babe
She's a Detroit made
Deuce and a quarter, babe
She's a Detroit made
Deuce and a quarter, babe
Now just about every cat I know
Wants him a Coupe De Ville
I pay half the price and get twice as nice
And they're still trying to pay that bill
Now I can't say everything's okay
Riding in my car
But I got me a deuce and a quarter baby
She goes like a shooting star
She's a Detroit made
Deuce and a quarter, babe
She's a Detroit made
Deuce and a quarter, babe
She's a Detroit made
Deuce and a quarter, babe
She's a Detroit made
Cool breezes from the mountains blow
As I wake up and dress to go
On the island, dawn is breaking
In the harbor, tanker's waiting
From the land of the rising sun
They bring their old plutonium
And we unload it in the bay
For two dollars forty cents a day
CHORUS:
Do you want my
Do you want my
Do you want my
Do you want my job
I hump the stuff, I take the cash
So my kids can wear Adidas
And if you live here, home, you know
We ain't got no place else to go
I remember when the air was sweet
And I brought home the fish to eat
Now we buy Spam from the grocery store
'Cause you can't eat the fish no more
Don't bug me when I'm working,
I'm working, I'm working
Don't bug me when I'm working,
Got a job to do
Don't bug me when I'm working,
I'm working, I'm working
Don't bug me when I'm working
I don't work for you
If you bug me at work
I can't get it done
Too tired, baby,
To have any fun
If you got complaints, better keep 'em hid
Don't come 'round here and mess with the kid
Don't bug me when I'm sleepin'
I'm sleepin', I'm sleepin'
Don't bug me when I'm sleepin'
'Cause I need my rest
Don't bug me when I'm working
I'm working, I'm working
Don't bug me when I'm working
Got to buzz awhile
I said don't bug me hen I'm working,
I'm working, I'm working
Don't bug me when I'm working
I don't work for you
Don't bug me when I'm sleepin'
I'm sleepin', I'm sleepin'
Don't bug me when I'm sleepin'
Got work to do
Now you bug me at home
When I'm tired and beat
Can't even stand on my own two feet
You call on the phone, you make me uptight
And I can't even work, with my baby at night
Don't bug me when I'm working
I'm working, I'm working
Don't bug me when I'm working
Got a job to do
Don't bug me when I'm working
I'm working, I'm working
Don't bug me when I'm working
I don't work for you
Don't bug me
'Cause I don't work for you
Don't bug me
Mister I don't work for you
Don't bug me, don't bug me
'Cause I don't work for you
Don't bug me, don't bug me
'Cause I don't work for you
At the sound of the tone
Better hang up the phone
If you want to be my friend
She don't know who you're missin'
Drivin' down that lonesome road tonight
Looking for one starlight glowing
Or her face shining in the dashlight
Driving out of Natchez
You drive her back and forth across your mind
Tires squeal as the wheels spin faster
Love's gone for good this time
CHORUS:
Don't think about her
Move on, you're lucky just to be alive
You'll live without her
Just doncha' think about her
When you're trying to drive
A heart in your condition
Shouldn't be out on that road tonight
Bad clutch and your load keeps shiftin'
Hold on, Buddy you'll be alright
You'll wake tomorrow morning
Probably be in Memphis or somewhere
They won't know one thing about her
Those lips, those eyes, that hair
REPEAT CHORUS
You make that phone call
You'll hear her sayin'
"Hello, who's there, is it somebody playin'?"
You won't be able to utter a word
She's better off not knowin'
Where it is you're goin'
REPEAT CHORUS
REPEAT CHORUS
Doncha' think about her
I woke up a day late and a dollar short
Thank God, I was wrapped up in your arms
I don't want to read the morning news or watch the
weather report
I'd rather be grateful for your charms
I've done a lot of things, baby, that didn't make me
proud
Honey, I don't wanna leave you now
Honey, I don't wanna leave you now
Honey, I don't wanna leave you now
Honey, I don't wanna leave you now
Last night you said you looked up to me
Nowhere to hide, that's when I lose control
I kinda think it's like you see right through me
I got no clothes on when you look into my soul
I left my eardrums beating with the roaring of the
crowd
Honey, I don't wanna leave you now
Honey, I don't wanna leave you now
Honey, I don't wanna leave you now
Honey, I don't wanna leave you now
I know I gotta go out and face the music
Gotta stand up and play
I'm lucky as hell to do what I love
But nothing lasts forever, baby
Not even the song
Though you're the most beautiful one
I could ever think of
Honey, I don't wanna leave you now
Honey, I don't wanna leave you now
Honey, I don't wanna leave you now
Honey, I don't wanna leave you now
All this time I've been coming and going
It's like I'm in and out of consciousness
I awaken from dreams sometimes without knowing
Am I really awake or am I dreaming this?
Now I'm wrapped up in your arms
And a tear forms in a cloud
Crying 'cause I gotta leave you now
I'm crying 'cause I gotta leave you now
I'm crying 'cause I gotta leave you now
Baby, I gotta leave you now
Oh, I gotta leave you now
I'm crying 'cause I gotta leave you now
Baby, I gotta leave you now, leave you now
I gotta leave you now
I woke up a day late and a dollar short
Thank God, I was wrapped up in your arms
I don't want to read the morning news or watch the
The radio is busted
Down around my place
Every tool is rusted
Down around my place
The creeks and rivers dried up
Down around my place
My woman's tears are cried up
Down around my place
And before there came a flood
Some lost all even blood
Now the sun and wind have come
And left no trace down around my place
Down around my place
These hunting grounds were hallowed
Down around my place
Exhausted fields lay fallow
Down around my place
Kingdoms come and crumbled
Down around my place
My prayers are merely mumbled
Down around my place
And I put my faith in you
Did you make that error too?
Bound to fail that he might show his grace
Down around my place
Down around my place
Down around my place
Said you wouldn't believe
What a paradise this was
Till every Adam and Eve, Tom, Dick and Harry
Started fighting for what he loved
Still we fortified the ramparts
And we built the mighty towers
But it was plain to see we never were free
From the tyranny of the hour
Family graves keep winking
Down around my place
At every thought I'm thinking
Down around my place
While the young ones crowd the table
Down around my place
They're bitching about no cable
Down around my place
And my grandpa says, "Don't worry"
It's always the last one in who's in a hurry
To try and slam the door in the next one's face
Down around my place
Down around my place
Down around my place
Down around my place
Well a love won't last the night
If it's built on sand
But when it's built on rock
Ain't nothin' that it can't withstand
I guess you know by now how this story goes
A very true story, take it from a fool who knows
I was high as a bird in the sky
In the month of May
With a true fine love all mine
Forever and one day
Now my eyes are overflowin'
With the memories such as those
They're tear-stained memories
Take it from a fool who knows
Now my tears are fallin' and I feel the pain
Here comes all that hurt again
But while my heart keeps beating
I'll keep repeating
The same mistakes that I made before
The ones that made me walk the floor
I got a sack full of those
Take it from a fool who knows
Well my tongue's gettin' tired
I been gettin wired
While my heart keeps beating
I keep repeating
The same mistakes that I made before
The ones that made love walk out the door
I got a sack full of those
That I'll keep diggin' into
A lonesome road with a cold wind blowin'
If i could go back to love's first blush
Oh my lordy it would be a big rush
But i know you can't go back
You gotta keep moving that's a natural fact
So here we are still in love
I swear to you honey by the stars above
It's an old man's dreams that a young man fears
Well i learned that honey just hangin' round here
I'm proud of my mistakes
And all the love and the trouble that i ever did make
I never mean to hurt no one
And when i did it wasn't any fun
But all the roads lead me straight to you
It's all good every little thing that you do
It gets me going just to have you near
Well i learned that honey just hangin' around here
Round here a man has to stand up tall
Round here a man has gotta learn to crawl
Got to go to the bottom to see the top
It's a one way ticket and it never does stop
If i could go back I'd be alone
Cause there's nothing back there just dust and bones
I guess it's you and me
Stumbling to the twenty-first century
My mind's half gone but i don't care
Ain't thinking ahead I'm just getting there
And if you want you can help me steer
Well i learned that honey just hangin' round here
Well i learned that baby just hangin' round here
Well, those electric sheep to the valley they keep walkin
On the radio waves selling tennis shoes and beer
It induces sleep when that DJ starts his squawkin'
I'm lookin' for one song to save me on this midnight clear
So how far do we have to go to hear that Pirate Radio?
One song that could steal our hearts
Before they turn into silver and gold
Well I'm drivin' my care real slow and my baby wants to know
When we gonna hear our song on that Pirate Radio?
One star in the sky so I named it Ottis Redding
Or maybe Marvin Gaye lookin' for his Tammi Turell
There ain't no mountain high enough to stop this wedding
Rollin' out of Memphis to Detroit I can hear those bells
So how far do we have to go to hear that Pirate Radio?
One song that could steal our hearts
Before they turn into silver and gold
Well I'm drivin' my care real slow and my baby wants to know
When we gonna hear our song on that Pirate Radio?
Well, we've been drivin' all night, ever since we were teenagers,
Up to that border town where the outlaw station air waves
Where the DJ's outta sight and his heart is so courageous
And he loves every song that he's puttin' on for the free and brave
So how far do we have to go to hear that Pirate Radio?
One song that could steal our hearts
Before they turn into silver and gold
Well I'm drivin' my care real slow and my baby wants to know
When we gonna hear our song on that Pirate Radio?
She paints her fingernails forbidden tones
She wants nervous youth on the telephone
He don't call, she sticks another pin
In her doll and puts him next to her stuffed animals
She got the tube top, she got the French heels
She got the blow dry, she got her eyes peeled
She got the tight jeans, Seventeen magazine
She got it all, she got it all, she got it all
In her pink bedroom
She thinks all her boyfriends are so dumb
She drinks Coca-Cola with her Valium
Mother calls, she sticks another pin
In her doll and lets those fingers talk her into it
She got the lip gloss, she got the short shorts
She got her records and they're all imports
She got her good looks, she got her yearbook
She got it all, she got it all, she got it all
In her pink bedroom
They say they got her future down at the desk
And now they're drawing blood for the grownup test
Something crawls beneath her lily skin
And her doll is so relieved, she's lost her innocence
It was a teen game, now we're serious
It's all customized, don't get curious
We got your pension and your attention
We got it all, we got it all, we got it all
We got it all, we got it all, we got it all
What is that fallin' out of your eyes
What is that rollin' on down your shit
Thunder and lightning from the bloodshot skies
This time it's feeling like a permanent hurt
What is that lipstick up on his sleeve
Wheres the forgiveness thats stronger than dirt
Tearin' the words out when you ask him to leave
This time it's gonna be a permanent hurt
A permanent hurt, yeah a pemanent hurt
The pain and the memories do the dirty work
Promises broken hearts on red alert
The surface will heal
But it's feelin' like a permanent hurt
What were you thinkin when you fell in love
What were you thinkin in that little black skirt
Bet you a rainbow you werent thinkin of
Suffin' your heels up on a permanent hurt
A permanent hurt, yeah a pemanent hurt
The pain and the memories do the dirty work
Promises broken hearts on red alert
The surface will heal
But it's feelin' like a permanent hurt
It's all temporary like the big book tells
Ashes to ashes, baby dirt to dirt
Something gets scary
Someone runs like hell
Somebody winds up with a permanent hurt
A permanent hurt, yeah a pemanent hurt
The pain and the memories do the dirty work
Promises broken hearts on red alert
The surface will heal
He threw one down from the top of the stairs
Beautiful women were standing everywhere
They all got wet when he smashed that thing
But off in the dark you could hear somebody sing
Oh it breaks my heart to see those stars
Smashing a perfectly good guitar
I don't know who they think they are
Smashing a perfectly good guitar
It started back in 1963
His momma wouldn't buy him that new red harmony
He settled for a sunburst with a crack
But he's still trying to break his momma's back
Oh it breaks my heart to see those stars
Smashing a perfectly good guitar
I don't know who they think they are
Smashing a perfectly good guitar
He loved that guitar just like a girlfriend
But every good thing comes to an end
Now he just sits in his room all day
Whistling every note he ever played
There oughta be a law with no bail
Smash a guitar and you go to jail
With no chance for early parole
You don't get out untill you get some soul
Oh it breaks my heart to see those stars
Smashing a perfectly good guitar
I don't know who they think they are
Smashing a perfectly good guitar
Late at night the end of the road
He wished he still had the old guitar to hold
He'd rock it like a baby in his arms
Never let it come to any harm
Oh it breaks my heart to see those stars
Smashing a perfectly good guitar
I don't know who they think they are
Smashing a perfectly good
Good
Guitar
I was gonna get up off that bar stool
Just as soon as I could figure it out
Why I was overlooked at the car pool
Stood up at the dance with no twist and shout
When you're burnin' with your last desire
And every memory haunts you
You write it down in alcohol fire
'Cause that's the only flame that wants you
CHORUS:
When you're paper thin
Yeah, read all about it
When you were out of luck, well, luck was doin' alright
Now you're paper thin
Yeah, they can see right through ya
You just cut you're little finger on the edge of the night
Now do I really have to be responsible
For what I did between those tavern walls
I was just mixing up some chemicals
You could've heard a pin drop, could have heard time crawl
And every once in a while
You could hear you're own heart pound
Maybe some paper doll with a pasted on smile
Would let you write her number down
CHORUS
They took enough of my mind
To make a calculator
Addin' up the figures, they'll find
That love's a dumbwaiter
Waitin' for the dream to fade
Right into you hit parade
Maybe I've made that long black list
But I was born when we first kissed
Chorus:
Not another overnight story
No overnight success
We've hung around too long for glory
Is it too late for happiness?
Yesterday is over now
And we've come too far to bow
Here comes swifty, they're off
To chase another headline
But all the news gets soft
Before it makes the deadline
The morning paper hits my door
But I don't read it any more
Yes I know what went on last night
You made your coffin before daylight
Chorus
They're adding inches at our expense
To the measure of their capital worth
The next big thing is gonna dance and sing
Us all off of the face of this earth
They call it big time love
But I'm not nervous
'cause all your turtledoves
Are out of service
And all those arc lights comb the sky
For any little birds that fly
You're all still jerks, and we're still here
Fast asleep at the big premiere
Well I wandered in
To the house of mirrors
With a camera and an old shotgun
I was taking some pictures
Of me and my fears
And exploding them one by one
When all of a sudden
Much to my surprise
A lady with a fine tooth comb
Struck a match up to my face
And said, "get out of this place
You better leave the ugly truth alone"
Chorus:
Overcoats
Overcoats
I ain't never heard you sing
Overcoats
Overcoats
Take off that silly thing
Well, I looked her in the eye
With a slave-like stare
And said, "i'm here to talk about the rent"
Well, she did a double flip
Then she buttoned up her lip
Went and hid in the oxygen tent
Well the image shriveled up
And the air got thin
As she smiled from behind her mask
She said, "you can stay here all night
But it's gonna cost you your life
If I was you, I would be leaving fast."
Chorus
I didn't come for information
No I've read the daily news
It's carved on everybody's face
But I'm without illumination
Yes, I think we blew a fuse
And I'd be much obliged
If you could help me locate the place
Well at this, she seemed quite baffled
And like a little girl
She took off her wedding gown
Then she stood before the mirror
And it all came clear
She was married to the lost and found
So I left her there sleeping
In her honeymoon
And I made it through the antidote
Well the procedure is brief
If you wanna see what's underneath
You gotta take off that overcoat
Overcoats
Overcoats
I woke her up twice in the middle of the night
To ask what her name is and where she might live
To ask how many fingers she saw in this light
To ask if she might know what gives
She said we rolled that Camaro like a cowboy cigarette
Out on the highway in a puddle of beer
That's just about how close to death you're gonna get
Till the only thing standing is fear
CHORUS:
Singing, oh darling, faces were changed
The names of the innocent, the story at five
Oh darling, faces get strange
But only the song survives
She said, now don't you remember they put a patch on your eye
Like Dread Pirate Roberts, you looked so unplanned
They cut off my wedding ring and you started to cry
A one-eyed Niagara Falls man
CHORUS
I said, but I never married - I said with surprise
And is this the diamond you said that you lost
It was under my eyelids when they flushed out my eyes
Hell and I don't know what the thing cost
CHORUS TWICE
But I woke up sweating to breakfast in bed
And there were my children, and there was my wife
Post-traumatic stress, of just a bump on the head
Or maybe the ride of my life
CHORUS TWICE
You shot bolt upright in the middle of the dark
As she drove her motorcycle through the trailer park
A hundred miles an hour no helmet on her head
'Til that concrete drain was runnin' cherry red
Used to sit and drink coffee at the Waffle House
Had to spin up her wheels just to get it out
[Chorus:]
Now it all comes back to haunt you
Yeah, it comes back anytime it wants to
It all comes back through the holes and the cracks
Where you thought you let it slip away
Yeah, it all comes back some day
Feelin' bad about yourself, you were seven years old
So you got her in the bushes where you had some control
Tied up her hands so she couldn't fight fair
Threw a jar of silver model car paint in her hair
After all these years does the shoe still fit?
Have you only just now started wearin' it?
[Chorus]
The way she combed her hair
Straight across a minute where you could have died
You thought love was something that you had to hide
To survive
All those lives you thought you lived away
There ain't a one showin' any kinda sign of decay
They're all stacked on your head like infinity's crown
The truth is you ain't never lived anything down
You're bound up forever to the blood on the trail
To the tires on the gravel to the rust on the rail
[Chorus:]
My baby don't like my business
My baby don't like my business
You know she don't like my business
My baby don't like my business now
She take me out to a party
Then she act like she don't know me
I don't know how we got it started
Some day I'm gonna set her free
[Chorus]
She wakes me up in the mornin'
Cold coffee and a crust of bread
Pillows fluffied up like a body
I look over and there ain't no head
[Chorus]
Well I go to work broken hearted
She's down at the new dress shop
I come home it's like a funeral parlor
She wanna put me down in that box
I can see by your tears
With all of the years
You still hear the call of the blue
And I can see by your face
It's a lonely old place
You've gone and gotten into
I've got this smile
I've had for a while
It ain't exactly brand new
It's no wicked grin
It's good and worn in
And I'd like to give it to you
Through trouble and pain
Through wind and through rain
I think it will fit you just right
When you gave it to me
I couldn't be free
Now I'm standing right here in your light
And when your life's upside down
It might look like a frown
Depends on how you wanna see
So here's lookin' at you
And when I'm upside down too
It looks like you're smilin' to me
I can see by your tears
With all of the years
You still hear the call of the blue
And I can see by your face
It's a lonely old place
You've gone and gotten into
I've got this smile
I've had for a while
It ain't exactly brand new
It's no wicked grin
It's good and worn in
These are the words
That cry out of me in the night
Like a buffalo herd
From a shotgun blast scattered in flight
I got a one track mind
Going down a one train line
Living on dreams half the time
Going West
I gotta pick up speed
Just to get what I need
The end of the line guaranteed
Your love is my rest
The coal catches fire
I'm down the wire in a flash
That big old smoke stack
Is belching out black smoke and ash
So sad to think of
Hurting the one you love
But surely that's what leaving does
You'd know best
I gotta pick up speed
Just to get what I need
The end of the line guaranteed
Your love is my rest
Your love is my rest
We pass through the land
Of Custer's last stand
And I grin
So this is where old Yellow Hair's
Ghost dance begins
I got the blood on my hands
Can't even live where I stand
I'm just a traveling man
Cursed or blessed
I gotta pick up speed
Just to get what I need
The end of the line guaranteed
Your love is my rest
Your love is my rest
Your love is my rest
World is closin' in on me
Don't know what to do
Can't see the big picture anymore
If there's even one to view
Wife keeps pushin' buttons
Spend all day starin' at a little screen
I'm feelin' invisible
The blues can't even find me
Wish I had a name for feelin' nothin'
Wish I still had my old address
Where anyone could come on over
And just put me in a mess
Now I'm tellin' everybody
When we'll be takin' our next breath
Blues can't even find me
Like we never even met
She cried all the way to Memphis
With the kids in back
And only me to talk it out with
Used to be like that
Now there's fifty people in the car
And the kids are grown
And I've heard her side fifty times
Talkin' on her cell phone
Now we're just so lonely
And there's no turnin' back
It's virtually impossible
But I can live with that
I wouldn't want in on this train wreck
Wouldn't wanna be on this last date
Now the blues can't even find me
All I know to do is wait
Now the blues can't even find me
So you take what you want
Like you know what you need
And you run like a train
'Til your mind doesn't strain to believe
And you see what you see
And it's thin as a wire
And it trips you up
Every time you show your naked desire
Give it up, give it up
Hasn't got you nowhere
Live it up, live it up
There's folks who love you back there
And if I see Sally
I'm gonna tell her you care
With that nasty old habit
And not even a dollar to spare
'Cause she may still wanna help you
For the very last time
'Cause she knows how it works
She knows you have to make up your own mind
Give it up, give it up
That limb is gonna break
Give it up, give it up
Just how much more can you take?
Give it up, give it up
You know you got to do your share
Give it up, give it up
Somebody loves you back there
And the nights get longer
You wish the day didn't come
And the pounding in your head
Says you're hell-bent on killing someone
The pain on your face
It's like a beast in control
And it's feelin' like somethin's
Been torn from that hole in your soul
Give it up, give it up
You got to do your part
Give it up, give it up
All you gotta do is start
Give it up, give it up
While there's someone to save
Give it up, give it up
Before we're cryin' in someone's grave
Give it up, give it up
You took my love
You took my trust
You turned 'em in
To a pile of rust
Stole my money
And you lied to me
You said we were shootin' it straight
Mutually
Now I think you want
Me to be kind
Bury the past
And ease your mind
But I'm not here
To make you pay
Baby, I just don't know what to say
Baby, I just don't know what to say
It makes me wonder
How long I been your fool
Though it hardly changes
What I feel for you
And that's the thing
I don't understand
It goes to show
What kind of fool I am
Covered in darkness
But I wanna see
What's the matter with you, babe
What's the matter with me
If I could believe
I'd hit my knees and pray
But baby, I just don't know what to say
Baby, I just don't know what to say
I know you're shocked
At my loss for words
'Cause I can talk
The wings off a humming bird
I think too fast
But not fast enough for you
And everything you always wanted
To be brand new
Now my mind is tongue-tied
I got two left feet
I can't dance outta here
I keep hittin' repeat
And it's the same sad song
The jukebox plays
Baby, I just don't know what to say
Baby, I just don't know what to say
Baby, I just don't know what to say
Baby, I just don't know what to say
I don't know how to keep a good thing
I've lost it all before
Had a sweet girl back awhile
I walked right through her door
Out of town, out of state
Out of all she could see through
Don't think I'll ever find love again
But I know how to lose you
Down the hall, she turns off the lights
I've left before the dawn
No words said, not one tear she'd
But for awhile you're gone
Then I'm neatly dressed in my emptiness
Out on the bright avenue
Don't think I'll ever find love again
But I know how to lose you
You know the story, still I hope for myself
Like a man who plays the lottery, expecting great wealth
No regard for his mental state, his emotions or his health
Like this was all happening to some other version of himself
People see me on the street
They don't recall your name
It's like they never seen us before
How well I hide the pain
And tip my hat and crack a grin
And remark on a sky so blue
Don't think I'll ever find love again
But I know how to lose you
Don't think I'll ever find love again
a broken promise i kept too long
a greasy shade and a curtain drawn
a broken glass and a heart gone wrong
that's my window on the world
a cup of coffee in a shaky hand
wakin' up in a foreign land
tryin' to act like i got somethin' planned
that's my window on the world
CHORUS ONE:
that's my window on the world
could you stand a little closer, girl
don't let mama cut those curfs
that's my window on the world
in broad daylight that circus tent pulled up stakes
i don't know where it went
a close dark room with a busted vent
that's my window on the world
i think about you when i'm countin' sheep
i think about you, then i can't sleep
I think that ocean is just so deep
that's my window on the world
CHORUS tWO:
that's my window on the world
could you stand a little closer, girl
The queen of Sheba meets the duke of earle
that's my window on the world
down on indiana avenue
wes and jimmy, man they played the blues
i guess they were only passin' through
that's my window on the world
CHORUS ONE:
that's my window on the world
could you stand a little closer, girl
don't let mama cut those curfs
that's my window on the world
CHORUS tWO:
that's my window on the world
could you stand a little closer, girl
The queen of Sheba meets the duke of earle
Smokey room and a thin blue light
Her arms were pale as white
Trying to outlast the night
Howlin' at the moon
Living in the canyon then
Hangdown Hanna and Whiskey Jim
Dirty jeans and mudslide hymns
That all began with soon
[Chorus:]
So Adios to California
Nothing to do but turn around
Always thought there's someone comin' for ya
Only way you'd leave this town
Pasadena in the rain
Eatin' donuts and readin' Twain
How much longer can my brain
Set itself on fire?
You said "That's it for me"
Have a little faith, it might set you free
But your faith's no good, you see
For me and my desire
[Chorus]
Two cigarettes from the package gone
You must have thought about it just that long
I never knew you were so strong
I guess I never will
[Chorus]
So Adios to California
Nothing to do but turn around
Always knew there's someone comin' for ya
Only way you'd leave this town
"Have you ever been under?
All the way under
Like I have, oh like I have
It'll make you wonder
Make you wonder
If it don't make you mad
If it don't make you mad
I don't trust a man that ain't been lost
I don't trust a woman ain't been double-crossed
Have you ever been under?
All the way under
Like I have, oh like I have
Have you ever been sorry, really sorry
For what you've done, for what you've done
Well you should call me, yeah, you better call me
Because I'm another one, I'm another one
Well, I've tore the heart out of many a girl
Just to see what she loved me for
Have you ever been sorry, really sorry
For what you've done, what you've done
Have you ever been under, all the way under
Like I have, oh like I have
Body torn asunder, torn asunder
All your good gone bad, all your good gone bad
I'm swimming upstream and it's dark and it's cold
I'm looking for a house made of solid gold
Have you ever been under, all the way under like I
have?
Woah, like I have
Have you ever been broken, really broken down to size?
Right down to size
Not one word spoken, not one word spoken that you might
rise, that you might rise
Can't come up and my lungs about to burst
I'm feeling weighed down by an ill-gotten purse
Have you ever been under, all the way under
i wake up with my head and hand
i wish i was another man
'Cause i almost fed up with the blues
i think about the kitchen sink
then i just shudder to think
'Cause I'm almost fed up with the Blues
CHORUS ONE:
if it don't let up, gonna get up
and get my life set up
'Cause I'm almost fed up with the Blues
have some coffee, 'fore i call it quits
might even put jam on my biscuit
'Cause i'm almost fed up with the Blues
there's a woman, a can, and an bank note due
but I'm gonna leave that up to you
'Cause i'm almost fed up with the Blues
if i get up they'll knock me down again
but what are you gonna do, my friend
When i'm almost fed up with the Blues
CHORUS TWO:
if it don't kill me, it thrills me
but somebody always bills me
and i'm almost fed up with the Blues
it's a gut check, a train wreck
with all of the usual suspects
and i'm almost fed up with the Blues
if these blues don't stop hurtin' me
its curtains for my misery
'Cause i'm almost fed up with the Blues
might get a job, or join a club
'Cause buddy i've whittled it down to the nub
and 'Cause i'm almost fed up with the Blues
CHORUS TWO:
if it don't kill me, it thrills me
but somebody always bills me
and i'm almost fed up with the Blues
it's a gut check, a train wreck
with all of the usual suspects
Well she was a millionaire
Before she was fourteen
But there was an emptiness there
That to practically everyone else could be seen
She hit up on the drug of love
Though there was no hole in her arm
There was a hole some place else
About as big as dady 10.000 acre farm
CHORUS:
Oh, she was dying for it
For all the world to see
Ah, she was as good as she could be
Well she had a baby at eighteen
Never finished high school
Her husband beat her for money and sex
Till that cadillac finally ran out of fuel
One disaster led to another
Down to her and her baby son
Born with a silver spoon in her mouth
Headed south now
Cause she was never born to run
REPEAT CHORUS
REPEAT CHORUS
Well her momma died last year
And her daddy he called her back home
But when he opened the door
He could not recognize
This spectre of hair and bone
But it was his own baby child
Though she looked like an old woman now
Well she lived ten lifetimes in five years
Anywhere that the law would allow
REPEAT CHORUS
REPEAT CHORUS
Yeah, she was good as she could be
Out in the street
They're tryin' to arrest my friend
They put him on ice now twice
But he's back again
Well he did that dance in Harlem
All across the USA
From the [Tapanzee?]
To the Golden Gate
He was an animal all the way
But now there's no more dancin'
No more dancin' in the street
Now there's no more dancin'
No more dancin' in the street
Martha and the Vandellas
Told you how to do as you please
Now all of you idiots
Are dancin' with the Bee Gees
When they introduce their latest record
You're as thrilled as a rat in a maze
[You gotta do your stuff?]
Now you're sexless and dull
What ever happened to the latest craze?
Now that there's no more dancin'
No more dancin' in the street
Now there's no more dancin'
No more dancin' in the street
And it's 1, 2, 3, 4
Don't imagine any more
And it's 5, 6, 7, 8
Have another empty plate
Aww, just when things were gettin' funny [fun?]
You had to reconsider all of the rules
Now consumer affairs
Has got you dancin' in pairs
Dressed up like a bunch of fools
Now that there's no more dancin'
No more dancin' in the street
Now there's no more dancin'
No more dancin' in the street
Now there's no more dancin'
No more dancin' in the street
Now there's no more dancin'
No more dancin' in the street
Now there's no more dancin'
No more dancin' in the street
Now there's no more dancin'
Well she was a millionaire
Before she was fourteen
But there was an emptiness there
That to practically everyone else could be seen
She hit up on the drug of love
Though there was no hole in her arm
There was a hole some place else
About as big as dady 10.000 acre farm
CHORUS:
Oh, she was dying for it
For all the world to see
Ah, she was as good as she could be
Well she had a baby at eighteen
Never finished high school
Her husband beat her for money and sex
Till that cadillac finally ran out of fuel
One disaster led to another
Down to her and her baby son
Born with a silver spoon in her mouth
Headed south now
Cause she was never born to run
CHORUS TWICE
Well her momma died last year
And her daddy he called her back home
But when he opened the door
He could not recognize
This spectre of hair and bone
But it was his own baby child
Though she looked like an old woman now
Well she lived ten lifetimes in five years
Anywhere that the law would allow
CHORUS TWICE
Yeah, she was good as she could be
Ah, she was good as she could be
Let's Give This Love A Try
Sometimes I Don't Like Being Where I Am
No Matter What
I'd Rather Be In A Barrel Of Kosher Salt And Pickle Brine
With A Thousand Paper Cuts
I'm Uncomfortable In My Own Skin You Might Say
Feeling My Own Guts
So Tell Me Something About Yourself Sweetheart
Before I Screw This Whole Thing Up
You Say You Feel Like A Phony Romancer
Though You Still Believe In Love
Make You Feel Like A Dancer
Like You Got All The Answers
Leave You Wonderin' What You Were Made Of
You Don't See No Chain Mail Hiding Puppy Dog Tails
I've Been Sufficiently Horrified
I Got Just Enough Left To Wanna See What's Next
Why Don't We Give This Love A Try
Let's Give This Love A Try
All We Can Do Is Cry
Hang Out Your Tears To Dry
Let's Try This Love
Let's Give This Love A Try
The Sun's Setting In Your Eyes
I'm All Out Of When And Why
Let's Try This Love
I Never Met Two People More Likely To Explode
Scattered, Chopped, Screwed, Covered Up And Smothered Into Each Other Arms
Please Forgive Me My Basic Negativity
God Help Us Both If You Find It Even Part Of My Charm
By The Way You Swept Me Off My Feet
With The Gentleness Of An Angel Flying By
I'm A Long Shot Baby, But They Do Come In
Why Don't We Give This Love A Try
Let's Give This Love A Try
All We Can Do Is Cry
Hang Out Your Tears To Dry
Let's Try This Love
Let's Give This Love A Try
The Sun's Setting In Your Eyes
I'm All Out Of When And Why
Let's Try This Love
I'm All Out Of When And Why
I spend so much time tryin'
To learn all your languages
I got nothin' to say
It's all cheap talk in kind
And a matter of time
Some fool gets his way
Down on his knees he says I got this feelin'
That you're not that kind of girl
And no one knows better as he takes off your sweater
Just what he means when he's promised you the world
Chorus:
Down in front
That's all they want
Just two square inches
He's a snake in britches
Shakin' your head as you lie with the enemy
So much louder than words
All that you felt one more notch in his belt
Well have you heard
You got no heart for these bullets he's loaded with
They just lite up the sky
And who needs a hero when it's zero to zero
I don't know baby it's just an alibi
Chorus
You could be any one
Who can't be both-ered with names
Turn off the lites turn the
Latch it's just more of the same
The driver says it's gettin' late
But I know that he's lyin'
I got me no important dates
My, how time is flyin'
CHORUS:
Well I keep on, keep on fallin'
I keep on, keep on fallin'
I keep on, keep on fallin'
Fallin' down home
Oh, la, la, la, la, Oh, la, la, la, la
A pretty lady smiled at me
Love that fancy dancin'
Get back home where we can see
Do up some romancin'
CHORUS
You know I'm just hangin' around
Got to be there, Got to be there
When it all comes down,
Comes down down
Comes down home
Well now someone put firewater in my drink
Liked to make me drop it
Well now I know that this ain't no time to think
But you can't hardly stop it
CHORUS
Here I go, Here I go
Oh la, la, la, la, la, la, la...
Well, lots of little pieces make up the little girl
Such a tiny thing in this great big world
Well, now I've got to find out what's crackin' up
My little buttercup
I got to take her to the doll hospital
Well I bought her a dollhouse and a corvette too
She's got everything's barbie's got, I'm tellin' you
But every time I make a move just to touch her hair
She says, "little boys should play with teddy bears"
I'm gonna take her to the doll hospital
Chorus
Uh-huh, oh yeah
Baby you'll be all right
I'm gonna take you
To the doll hospital tonight
Uh-huh, oh yeah
Baby you look a fright
I'm gonna take you to the doll hospital
Well, all in love is fair
But it's the wear and tear
And words left unspoken
That leave hearts broken
But I never tore your legs off
Or threw you on the floor
Now I know baby cries a lot
But please don't cry no more
When we played doctor I must have made a mess
But I fixed her little wagon up good, I guess
She said ken never made her heart beat so
But he lacked that certain somethin' as we all know
Now I burst her little bubble, her mind's about to go
I gotta get her to the doll hospital
My mind is finally clearing
What is this sound I'm hearing?
Chainsaws on bone and gristle
Carving out a new epistle
I've got my pencil sharpened
I will not be disheartened
I won't be disenchanted
Even though the news is slanted
Face the nation
Face the nation
Face the nation
I see you shaping nooses
Sixty minutes of excuses
Airwaves and wire service
Trying to make me nervous
Your problem's overrated
Your headaches are inflated
No talk now, only chatter
Little chipmunk, what's the matter?
Face the nation
Face the nation
Face the nation
I'm entertaining notions
Propelled by raw emotions
Put down your time and newsweek
Listen to me when I speak
There is no pulse to finger
No waves of grain to bring her
No purple mountain story
And no epoch of glory
Face the nation
Face the nation
Well the prize was right there underneath our eyeballs
And when it all came down we were looking for the pitfalls
Until Junie said baby get yourself to going
And we were so far gone we had no way of knowing
Everybody went low
Everybody went low
Everybody went low
Well she was pretty as a junebug jumpy as a nerve end
And when she pulled the rug out my tires started swerving
And I was driving through the living room driving through the basement
Looking for the lowest spot in the pavement
Everybody went low
Everybody went low
Everybody went low
Everybody went low
BRIDGE:
Nothing there to corrupt you
Nothing there to live up to
There's no place further down
Turn it off or turn around
Well I was coming up for air I heard somebody breathing
And it was Junie Bug praying harder than a heathen
And she was smiling like the sole survivor in a lifeboat
Said if I jump in Junie do you think this thing will still float
Everybody went low
Everybody went low
Everybody went low
Everybody went low
Low, low low etc.
I'm sitting on the toilet
With my sunglasses on
Wondering what you are up to
This hotel's got bathroom telephones
But I don't want to interrupt you
You might be painting your nails
With your hot curlers on
Each one a different color
Or listening to that Beach Boys sailing song
Sloop John B or another
CHORUS:
Ethylene, my Ethylene
My love for you is just obscene
My deer you dress
My fish you clean
But you are nowhere to be seen
My Ethylene
Well you could bag your limit
With a bow and arrow
Yeah you could skin a cougar in the dark
Well I thought we were walking
Down the straight and narrow
How'd we ever drift so far apart
I took my eighteen wheels
On this road to nowhere
And you disappeared right up in the hills
Like smoke up a chimney
Girl, I go there
Yeah in my dreams I visit you still
CHORUS
Now some men will drive
To the edges of nothing
So they can take a peak at the great abyss
Some men avoid love
Like it was a plague or something
So they can leave the seat down
When they piss
I miss that crocheted thing
You kept on the Kleenex box
I miss my feet
On your cold linoleum floor
Sippin hot coffee
After makin love till daybreak
Well Ethylene a fool would ask for more
CHORUS TWICE
My Ethylene, my Ethylene, my Ethylene
Could not get to sleep
It was on my wedding night
I was tangled in the sheets
And I was dreaming of a light
Pouring from her window
Coming up through the floor
Lifting up the darkness
Crashing through my kitchen door
Down to that old oak table
I went to take a look
And my whole life flashed before me
Just like a story book
She used to make me breakfast
Or sit around and talk
Have another cup of coffee
Or maybe take a little walk
CHORUS:
Dust down a country road
Blowing int he wind
Behind an old truck load
Up before the rooster crowed
There's an old dog staring
At the dust down a country road
And that truck is going somewhere
I just can't be sure
When tomorrow's just the day
After all that's gone before
And I always thought of leaving
I never could stay too long
Now her memory's catching up
And our sweet dreams are all gone
CHORUS
If I had a bullet I'd put it in this gun
And I'd catch that old dog napping
And I'd shoot him before he runs
Cause he ain't much good for nothin'
Except staring at the dust
Lord I wonder what he's looking at
Sneaking up on us
CHORUS
You are the beautiful lover, my lover
I am the distant shore so far away
There is so much to uncover, love's hiding
What is this distance for? What is it for?
Out of the dark I am falling, I'm falling
Into your warm candle flame so bright
A butterfly pinned to love's calling, love's calling
Why must this magic be named, must it be named
We've filled the air with silent stares
But still no one dare we are strangers
The sad jealous praise as the symphony plays
And we are the foolish arrangers, the foolish arrangers
You are the beautiful lover, my lover
I am the distant shore so far away
There is so much to uncover, love's hiding
A moment of steel
A dry-eyed house
Did he say goodbye to you
Or did you kick him out
I know you're not afraid
To go alone
But this was a marriage of spirit, flesh, and bone
Now whatcha gonna do
When the planet shifts
Whatcha gonna do
Gonna slit your wrists
Bleed all over the milky way
The stars in your eyes look red today
CHORUS:
Cry love, Cry love
The tears of an angel
The tears of a dove
Spilling all over, your heart from above
Cry Love, Cry Love
The trust of a woman in his hand
But he was a little boy, not a man
You loved him stronger than he could feel
Yeah he was wrapped up in himself like an orange peel
Now whatcha gonna do
With the booze and the blush
Whatcha gonna do
When there's no rush
Cop a little misery
At the corner store
Well' one day that train of pain won't stop no more
CHORUS
Throwning up ashes on the floor
If this is a lesson in love
Well what's it for?
The heart will remember
The burning fire
The next time you feel the flame
Of desire
CHORUS
CHORUS
Cry love, cry love, cry love
Get in your car and go
Dependin' on how you feel
Turn up your radio
DJ says the love is real
He thinks it's the latest sensation
And you just keep changin' the station
Believe me, baby
Do you know what love is about?
Heard it on your stereo
Everybody does without
Broken hearted comic book hero
Don't worry your pretty little head, now honey
'Cause it's only top twenty
Radio Girl, Radio Girl
Livin' for that three minute song
Welcome to the real world
Transistor sister
That's right, mister
The Radio Girl
And everybody's waiting for
Fairy Godmother to show
You ain't holdin' your breath anymore
Turn up that, the radio
Here's a song just came in from left field
And you're goin' right through the windshield
They wanna know what's wrong with you
They want you to come out and play
You're gonna push in all the buttons
Blow them all away
They got their whole lives to tell you
How much stuff they can sell you
Radio Girl, Radio Girl
Livin' for that three minute song
Welcome to the real world
Transistor sister
That's right, mister
The Radio Girl
Radio Girl, Radio Girl
Livin' for that three minute song
Welcome to the real world
Transistor sister
That's right, mister
The Radio Girl
Radio Girl, Radio Girl
Livin' for that three minute song
Welcome to the real world
Transistor sister
That's right, mister
Well I never went to college, babe
I did not have the luck
Rolled out of indiana in the back of a pickup truck
With no education higher
Than the street of my hometown
I went lookin' for a fire
Just to burn it all down
Chorus:
You've got a real fine love
You've got a real fine love
One I am unworthy of
You've got a real fine love, baby
I thought I had a line on something
Maybe no one else could say
And they couldn't find it in their hearts
To just get out of my way
Then out of nowhere, and from nothing
You came into my life
I'd seen an angel or two before
But I'd never asked one to be my wife
Chorus
Well you can sprinkle all your teardrops
Across the evening sky
But you cannot hide the twinkle
Of starlight in your eye
Well I left my map way back there, baby
I don't know where we are
But I'm gonna pull my pony up
And hitch my wagon to your star
Chorus
Well now the babies are all sleeping
And the twilight's givin' in
She looks like you, he looks like her
And we all look like him
Well maybe it's just the little thing
The way I feel tonight
A little joy
A little peace
Chorus twice
You get up in the morning
You get on the bus
You don't think about nothing
You don't raise no fuss
You come home in the evening
Turn the TV on
You ain't going nowhere
You just ride along, ride along, ride along
You get the Sunday paper
On Saturday night
You read the travel section
Until you're all uptight
'Cause it's almost Monday
Jack you know that song
You ain't going nowhere
You just ride along, ride along, ride along
They talk about you in the press
They got you figured out I guess
Though you never heard of the guy they mention
Sometimes that girl she'll slip you a kiss
But she's just another somnambulist
And you're tired of sleepwalking
The cats out but he ain't talking
You're just another joker
With one chance in hell
Of ever pullin' that trigger
Of ever feelin' too well
Yeah but you just might do it
Just to prove them all wrong
'Cause you ain't going nowhere
You just ride along, ride along, ride along
You just ride along, ride along, ride along
Git along git along git along
You just ride along, ride along, ride along
You just ride along, ride along, ride along
You just...
I dreamed I did a good job and I got well paid
Blew it all at the penny arcade
A hundred dollars on a kewpie doll
I guess no white chick is gonna make me crawl
On a TWA, to the promised land
Every woman, child and man
Gets a cadillac and a diamond ring
Dont you know we're riding with the king?
Hes on a mission of mercy to the new frontier
Hes gonna check us all on out of here
Up to that mansion on a hill
Where you can get your prescription filled
On a TWA to the promised land
Everybody come on and clap your hands
Dont you just love the way he sings
Dont you know we're riding with the king?
A red cape and shiny cold 45
I never saw his face but I saw the light
Tonight everybody's getting their angel wings
Dont you know we're riding with the king?
Well I stepped out of a mirror at ten years old
With a suit cut sharp, as a razor and a heart of gold
I had a guitar hanging just about waist high
I'm gonna play that thing until the day I die
Get a load of that guy
With the dew rag on
And the cowboy tie
Man that cat is gone
Form memphis to nashville
Then way out west
Put that hollywood party
To the acid test
Got a little bungalow
In the valley somewhere
Took a gig playing bass
With sonny and cher
He took it on his chin
And never got it off his chest
He wouldn't be caught dead wearing that vest
Not rock back billy
Rock back billy
He came to make a stew
With that swamp guitar
He kept it lonesome and blue
Yeah, in the trunk of his car
But no one gave him a long shot
Though he never did doubt
What it was not
Or what it was all about
He got all tangled up with liquor and drugs
Trying to make a racket
Like those english mugs
Till he couldn't get arrested
And he couldn't see straight
He couldn't even shine shoes
In that golden state
Not rock back billy
Come on rock back billy
When you see him on the street
Well, he's no spring chicken
But ask him how he makes ends meet
He'll tell you, "i'm still pickin'"
Aw, rock it, billy, rock it
Yeah they counted him down
When they dropped that beat
But that red hot sound
They could not defeat
It started coming back from boston
From east l.a.
Down in austin, texas
And up new york way
And as long as there's a kid
In a room somewhere
With a beat up guitar
And some funny looking hair
Well, it might be billy's kid
You don't know
And all I've got to say is
Go, cat, go
Come on rock back billy
Come on rock back billy
It ain't like I'm so tough
You shook me to the heart
You shook me sure enough
Turned my whole world upside down
I tried to run away but I just ran aground
On the rock of your love
On the stone hard truth
On the rock of your love
I found my living proof
You pierced through armor plated steel
You tore into my soul
And forced me to be real
I feel the strength of 20 men
When I am in your arms
I smash those fears again
On the rock of your love
On the stone hard truth
On the rock of your love
I found my living proof
BRIDGE:
I'm crashing like a wave tonight
Upon your distant shore
I have found the solid ground
That I've been looking for
On the rock of your love
On the stone hard truth
On the rock of your love
I found my living proof
On the rock of your love
I found my living proof
Rose puts on her stockings and she lights a cigarette.
Holds her tired face up to the mirror.
She sees a younger woman there she thought she would forget,
And it hurts her now that no one comes to see her.
She used to go to parties and a-dancing with her beau.
Beneath the southern moon they found their places.
But now she's tired all the time and she got no where to go,
And the memories keep showing up in faces.
So she finds her dressing table and she puts on all of her clothes,
And she cries when she's realized she's just an old Rose.
Rose walks to the kitchen then she fills her coffee cup.
And thinks of how the mornings used to greet her.
But now it's just another day and harder to get up,
And it breaks her heart to think that no one needs her.
And she wants to start all over but she ain't got far to go,
So she cries when she's realized she's just an old Rose.
Rose puts on her stockings and she lights a cigarette.
Holds her tired face up to the mirror.
She sees a younger woman there she thought she would forget,
And it hurts her now that no one comes to see her.
On the outside, a beautiful thing
On the inside, a bird with a broken wing
Chances taken, now the dark angels circle in the wind
You're mistaken, but still you'll do it all again
As he shakes his fist, somethin' dribbles down his chin
Can you live like this
Just crawlin' underneath their skin
CHORUS:
Better run...runaway, there is no reason to stay
Run...runaway
Better run...runaway, fast as these words that I say
Run...runaway
From the ashes you will rise
Distant crashes in your eyes
Though he's made you into an image of his pain
Cut and shaved you
Like a prisoner on a train
There are broken limbs
And tangled power lines
No songs like hymns
No flowers in the springtime
CHORUS TWICE
I found your heart on Valentine's Day
I tore it apart, with all I do, with all I say
Just run....
Better run....runaway
There is no reason to stay
Run...runaway
You just run...runaway
Fast as these words that I say
Run...runaway
Better run....runaway
There is no reason to stay
Run...runaway
Better run...runaway
Fast as these words that I say
Run...runaway
So now it's up to you if I should stay or go
Though I've had no thought of leavin'
You ask if it hurts me, honey, I don't know
It's like a dream, a thin machine
A piece of time that we exploded in, oh yes, we did
I'm gonna sail away, I'm gonna sail away
I'm gonna sail away, sail away, goodbye
And now it's up to you to stay inside my soul
Though you had no thoughts of leavin'
There were seven little Indians
Livin' in a brick house on Central Avenue
Gathered 'round their daddy
Tellin' stories in the living room
From a slightly unrealistic point of view
Momma was off yonder in the kitchen somewhere
Boiling up some hot water for them to all get up to their necks in
The seven little Indians knew
If the rest of the tribe ever scrutinized their household
Somehow it would not pass inspection
Big chief railed on
And spun his tales of brave conquest
About the moving of his little band
Up to Alaska where the caribou run free
See he'd done time putting in telephone lines
For the army during World War II
And even brought back a picture of a frozen mastodon
For the little Indians to see
And some mukluks and some sealskin gloves
And a coat with beads around the collar
His wife kept them in the mothballs
Underneath the Hudson Bays
And every once and a while he'd get wound up
With one of his stories, he'd put them all on
And dance around in that blue TV screen light
Like it was some campfire blazing away
Well he stamped and he hollered
But he could not stay warm in that living room
And even the seven little Indians
Well they could feel the chill
And although everything always worked
Out for the better in all of his stories
In that old brick house it always felt like
Something was movin' in for the kill
Blazing like a trail
Shot through the eyes of the seven little Indians
Blazing like an arrow
Shot [Incomprehensible] stronghold out in Arizona
Blazing like the sheets of light dancing up in the sky
Up above Anchorage
Blazing like a star shot down to the ground
Back home again in Indiana
Now it finally got so quiet you could hear a pin drop
They started dropping like flies
The oldest little Indian got sick and vanished
And the big chief went two years later
And the mama raised the six little Indians up
The best she could
To be housewives, musicians, and insurance salesmen
But they all shared this common denominator
You see, all the characters in the big chief's stories
Were named after the seven little Indians
And like I said, in his stories everything
Always worked out for the better
And now as I'm telling this stuff to my own kids
Dancing around the TV screen light
Well, I wish I had those mukluks, those sealskin gloves
I didn't say we wouldn't hurt anymore
That's how you learn, you just get burned
But we don't have to feel like dirt anymore
Though love's not earned, Baby it's our turn
We were always looking for true north
With our heads in the clouds, just a little off course
I left the motor running, now if you're feeling down and out
CHORUS:
Come on Baby drive south, with the one you love
Come on Baby drive south, with the one you love
I'm not talkin' 'bout retreatin' little girl
Gonna take our stand, in this Chevy van
Windows open on the rest of the world
Holdin' hands, all the way to Dixieland
We've been tryin' to turn our lives around
Since we were little kids, it's been wearin' us down
Don't turn away now Darlin' lets fire it up and wind it out
CHORUS
BRIDGE:
I heard your mama callin', I think she was just stallin'
Don't know who she was talkin' to, baby me and you
We could go down with a smile on, don't bother to pack your nylons
Just keep them pretty legs showin', it gets hot down where we're goin'
We were always looking for true north
With our heads in the clouds, just a little off course
I left the motor running, now if you're feeling down and out
Come on baby drive, come on baby drive south, come on baby drive south
CHORUS
We made a pact
Lying there on our backs
Swearing to every star
That the sky did hold
Promising our love was true
Promising to see it through
Then we headed due Southwest
Across the Muscle Shoals
We slid down a riverbank
In the pouring rain giving thanks
For the strength just to carry on
Through the fog and the cold
There at the water's edge
She tugged my arm
And I nodded my head
Just one more step
And that river took a hold
When my love crosses over
I'm coming over too
To cross that mighty river that's before us
To the new western world
Mountains high and plain unfurled
Desert stretching out
to touch the Californias
We said we'd never look back
We never have and that's a fact
That Mississippi washed us clean
Down to the bone
The journey's been long my friend
Hell, you never know what state you're in
Yeah, but the unknown
It's always the unknown
When my love crosses over
I'm coming over too
To cross that mighty river that's before us
To the new western world
Mountains high and plain unfurled
Desert stretching out
to touch the Californias
I lost track of you a while
But you were waiting for me with a smile
Made me feel like a little child
With a brand new view
Let's do it all over babe
It'd just be another trip we made
When my love crosses over
On that fiery day
When the towers gave way
NY had her heart broke
NY had her heart broke
Many heroes died
Trying to save someone inside
When NY had her heart broke
NY had her heart broke
And I was there that day
And I don't know what to say
Except NY had her heart broke
In a million years
She couldn't cry more tears
NY had her heart broke
NY had her heart broke
And the daylight fell dark
F16's over Central Park
When NY had her heart broke
We were dazed in the streets
From the blood and dust and heat
When NY had her heart broke
NY had her heart broke
And the world changed that day
Forever some will say
When NY had her heart broke
But like a lover she will rise
Once again to touch the skies
Yeah, NY had her heart broke
NY had her heart broke
Ahh, but she will rise
My Thunderbird, my Thunderbird
Put your head on my shoulder
Don't say a word
We'll cut across town in my Thunderbird
There's a burial ground
Beneath a cattle herd
Mr. Henry Ford's building me a Thunderbird
My Thunderbird, my Thunderbird
Put your head on my shoulder
Don't say a word
We'll cut across the country in my Thunderbird
We're from Pennsylvania
Welsh men of words
My daddy drove a Desoto
I drive a Thunderbird
My Thunderbird, my Thunderbird
She's the voice of the future
Baby, have you heard
Tomorrow's taken wing on my Thunderbird
My Thunderbird, my Thunderbird
Put your head on my shoulder
Don't say a word
We'll cut across town in my Thunderbird
Got electric windows
Tilt away wheel
Slide across the bucket seat
For that sexy leather feel of
My Thunderbird, my Thunderbird
Put your head on my shoulder
Don't say a word
We'll cut across town in my Thunderbird
From the old Volkswagen
Back to the Model T
A lot of men died
Just so you could ride with me in
My Thunderbird, my Thunderbird
She drives like a dream
Baby rest assured
It don't get any better than a Thunderbird
My daddy was a salesman
My brother was too
I would sell anything
Just to try to stay with you
But not my Thunderbird
No not my Thunderbird
Willy Loman's saying something
I can't hear a word
I'm going too fast in my Thunderbird
They make 'em that way
Yeah they make 'em that way
Well they make 'em that way
Yeah they make 'em that way
I've been riding on this train
Drinking whiskey for the pain
Just another good ol' boy going home
And every town I see
Seems to take a part of me
That's the price that you pay when you roam
And I lie when I have to
And I cry when I can
But I die a little slower
On the train to Birmingham
I got holes in both my shoes
And a guitar full of blues
A one way ticket for a remedy
It's the same ol' lonesome song
I've been singing all night long
Hey, porter, are we out of Tennessee?
And I cry when I have to
And I lie when I can
But I die a little slower
On the train to Birmingham
Well every year I ride this train
To Alabama in the rain
When I get that lonesome feelin' in my bones
I never get to Birmingham
Oh but gettin' there's not the plan
No I just like the feel of going home
And I lie when I have to
And I cry when I can
But I die a little slower
On the train to Birmingham
Well I die a little slower
what there was left of us
was all covered in dust and thick skin
a half eaten apple
the whole Sistine chapel
painted on the head of a pin
a life long love's work
gone up in a smirk
and you didn't even see her waltz in
CHORUS ONE:
now this love is a ghost, for having played host
to the most unoriginal sin
at the wedding we smiled
while some devil played wild violin
soon after the chapel
she offered me that apple
one bite and i was gone with the wind
and you needed no proof
cause the whole naked truth
was wearing only an infidels grin
CHORUS TWO:
and a proud school boys boast
for havin' left his post
for the most unoriginal sin
now the juke box is hummin'
al the venial short comings of men
but i found me this drink
that can finally sink
all this guilt i been wallowing in
buddy once you get started
once true love's departed
you do it over and over again
CHORUS THREE:
so tonight i will toast
just who ever comes close
to the most unoriginal sin
CHORUS THREE:
so tonight i will toast
just who ever comes close
I heard this poor town --'s daddy ---
like he was just some kind of crazy old fool
Maybe he is, maybe he ain't - hey, I don't know
But I know that boy loves his daddy
just about as much as he can stand
Cruel words get spoken and hearts get broken
It's hard to understand
That's the trouble with blood, your sons and your
daughters
That's the trouble with blood, it's thicker than water
I heard his mama screaming at her daughter the other
that she wished she'd never been born
All those tears welling up in both of their eyes
You know that mama never had more joy
than when that baby come into this world
The pain and the sorrow will be there tomorrow
It's hard to understand
That's the trouble with blood, your mothers and fathers
That's the trouble with blood, it's thicker than water
You can't wash it out, no, no
You can curse it you can swear it
That's the trouble with blood, you just gotta wear it
I know a place
Where the dogs ain't barking
I know a place
Where the sun don't shine
I know a place
Where the ghosts do the talking
In the back of my mind
In the back of my mind
I know a place
Little thirteen year old cousin
Blood running high
Got a knife in his hand
No daddy would do
Those things to his mama
So he opened that blade
And he stuck that man
I know a place
I know a place
I know a place
And it goes no further
Than where you are
When you leave it behind
One piece of advice
From one son to another
Get out of your mind
Get out of your mind
I know a place
I got something to say little girl
You might not like my style
But we've been hanging around this town
Just a little too long a while
You say you're gonna get your act together
Gonna take it out on the road
But if I dont get outta here pretty soon
My head's going to explode
Sure I like country music
I like mandolins
But right now I need a telecaster
Through a vibro-lux turned up to ten
CHORUS:
Lets go to Memphis in the meantime baby
Memphis in the meantime girl
I need a little shot of that rhythm baby
Mixed up with these country blues
I wanna trade in these ol country boots
For some fine italian shoes
Forget the mousse and the hairspray sugar
We dont need none of that
Just a little dab'll do ya girl
Underneath a pork pie hat
Until hell freezes over
Maybe you can wait that long
But I dont think Ronnie Milsap's gonna ever
Record this song
CHORUS TWICE
BRIDGE:
Maybe there's nothin' happenin' there
Maybe there's somethin' in the air
Before our upper lips get stiff
Maybe we need us a big ol whiff
If we could just get off-a that beat little girl
Maybe we could find the groove
At least we can get a decent meal
Down at the Rendez-vous
'Cause one more heartfelt steel guitar chord
Girl, it's gonna do me in
I need to hear some trumpet and saxophone
You know sound as sweet as sin
And after we get good and greasy
Baby we can come back home
Put the cowhorns back on the cadillac
And change the message on the cord-a-phone
But...
CHORUS
Sometimes I don't even move a muscle
Baby when you lie awake at night
I think I've got nine lives in these corpuscles
Girl, you know sometimes I don't think right
I hear voices in the hall
I wake up and its nothing at all
A hungry wolf, or an agry child
Or something wild
Something wild
Something wild - tell me love is
Something wild - tell me love is
It's not as if we could think that things were one way
And they would all just be that way right now
When I was a kid I thought that someday
I could tame this lion heart, some way, somehow
Now I'm hungry for the love
That doesn't know what it's dreamin' of
Raging for the meek and mild
Like something wild
Something wild
Something wild - tell me love is
Something wild - tell me love is
There's a hole where the wind blows through
And some curtains hung
But I can't hid a thing from you
You know where I come from
Well I tried getting there under my own steam
'Til my very last chance was shot
Now you're under my skin like a submarine
I can feel you in my veins running hot
Now if it's more than a new pair of jeans, a new car, some pocket money
And a place to go
Then we better get up and scream at the top of our lungs like it
Was gonna die if we didn't make it so
I hear voices in the hall
I wake up and it's nothing at all
An angry wolf, or a hungry child
Or something wild
Something wild
Something wild - tell me love is
Something wild - tell me love is
Something wild
Something wild
Something wild
You bring out the fool in me
The blind man at the bar
Who whistles for his drink and his cane
And shows everyone his scar
You're lovely, and you're cruel
You got me in a trance
You put my soul in those hot, hot coals
And you make my spirit dance
CHORUS:
Motorboat to heaven
Baby's got the key
Tell me, how am I 'sposed
To get in close
Back here on these waterskis
You tell me everything
It makes me want to hide
But I know there ain't no place, that can erase
All the things I feel inside
So I'm out here in the wind
It seems to be my fate
To cruise the night, like some lost kite
Who knows it's just too late
CHORUS
Tell me, how am I 'sposed
To get in close
Back here on these waterskis
I wouldn't trade your sweetness
For all the sugar in the world
Girl, and I know you'll always be
The sweetest part of me
These bitter tears we've cried
All of the smack in Manhattan
Could not keep me high
Why do you do the things you do
To keep me loving you
Darlin' I don't know why
But you are my mile high
Oh my
An altered state of being
Is what everybody's looking for
Surely they see whenever you're around
My feet don't touch the ground
Baby come fly with me
You are my mile high
Oh my
Darlin' you are my mile high
Let's make this dance last forever
Please don't you ever say goodbye
Darlin' I want to stay this way
Tangled up in the sway
Until the day I die
You are my mile high
Oh my
Darlin' you are my mile high
You answer questions like a natural disaster
Voices in the wind- you let em call her out
The whole foundation just went flying past her
She puts her heart into it - and you just yank it out
You pulled her love out through the window pane
Thats what she gets for loving a hurricane
She could have rode off with some Texas tornado
Some mister twister she could kick up her boot heels with
Could have rode him on down to Laredo
But you flew in from the gulf like a hot wet kiss
You blew her mind fast as a bullet train
Thats what she gets for loving a hurricane
Waah waah- wind and rain- waah waah- its a shame
Waah waah- loving a hurricane
Waah waah- wind and rain- waah waah- its a shame
Waah waah- loving a hurricane
She might have known youd get her sooner or later
Living in that railer park down by the sandy beach
Where tides roll in like the big dream generators
Forces of nature, blow everything out of reach
Water in her living room, fire up in her brain
Thats what she gets for loving a hurricane
Waah waah- wind and rain- waah waah- its a shame
Waah waah- loving a hurricane
Waah waah- wind and rain- waah waah- its a shame
Waah waah- loving a hurricane
Waah waah- waah waah
Waah waah- loving a hurricane
Okay
3 on a fever, down in the dumps
The 1st one hollers, the 2nd one jumps
The 3rd writes a letter to his family
Says I'd kill everyone if it was up to me
Early in the bathroom, looking for a drain
Passing at the misery, just to ease the pain
Scared at the turbid, looking for a light
Anything at all to get through the long night
Long night, long night
Well, everybody's got the fever and relief is not in sight
Long night, long night
Lord the darkest hours, please relieve this appetite
Up against the window and up against the wall
And up against religion and up against it all
No place to run to and no place to hide
You know the night will fall and you will crawl inside
Well, I get up in the morning, it's the same old news
Somebody's been wearing someone else's shoes
I cripple to his crutches, I'm off to the light
Well, one and all, we run from the long night
Long night, long night
Well, everybody's got the fever and relief is not in sight
Long night, long night
Lord the darkest hours, please relieve this appetite
I don't wanna do that jive
I don't wanna do that jive
Too late, it's too late, it's too late, it's too late
3 on a fever, down in the dumps
The 1st one hollers, the 2nd one jumps
The 3rd writes a letter to his family
I said I'd kill everyone if it was up to me
Oh, long night, long night
Well, everybody's got the fever and relief is not in sight
Long night, long night
Oh, Marianne
Please don't marry that insurance man
I just saw your picture in the paper
Surrounded by extensive wedding plans
Tell me this is just one of your capers
Say you haven't met with their demands
CHORUS:
Oh, Marianne
Love talks cheap and faster than I can
Oh, Marianne
Please don't marry that insurance man
I can't see you packing up his lunches
I can't see you diapering his son
You're the girl who always played her hunches
So how'd you figure out that this was one
CHORUS
I'm not saying I grew up in love with you
I'm sayin', ";Why grow up at all?";
So tell that Hoosier boy to put on clean socks
And the finest double-knits that he can wear
'Cause when that invitation hits my mailbox
I'll see you at his funeral, my dear
CHORUS
Ohs, yeahs, and ai ya yas
Verse 1:
Oh girl, yeah, yeah, yeah
He says you almost need a bodyguard
Just to go walking down the boulevard
Little girl with their club feet
You try to be so neat but they're messy when you eat
When they gobble up the street
Those picture-perfect images
Pop another flash bulb and give a kiss
But it's a clear absurdity, what's a person supposed to say
Sorry about yesterday, guess that things are just that way
CHORUS:
Whoa, Madonna Road
Boys with broken bones out in the night
With secret messages to frightening to decode
Whoa, Madonna Road
Verse 2:
Pump a little gas into the cylinder
All these movie lights they must be killin' her
She's been livin' on the take
Waitin for a bigger break
And I've seen you on the make
What d' you think about the earthquake?
Well I don't wanna shake it up
But move that camera quick before I break it up
You've been standin' in that pose
Now there's a wound that just been closed
From an apartment of the host
Anybody got a No-Doz
CHORUS TWICE
REPEAT VERSE 2
CHORUS
I said whoa, Madonna Road
I said whoa, Madonna Road
I said whoa, Madonna Road
Ai yi yi yis
Laugh everyone at the clown
He's the best one in town, Ummm ummm
Ride on his merry-go-round
Spinning faster than sound
Uuuuh huh Uuuuh huh
Laugh as the funny man cries
Though his makeup is smeared
Uuuuh huuuh
Laugh at his funny pictures
As he [paints out the years?]
Uuuuh huh Uuuuh huh
Livin' just a little
Laughing just a little
Ain't easy, Uuuuuh huuuuh
Livin' just a little
Laughing just a little
Ain't easy
Laugh everyone at the fool with his heart in his hand
Uuuuh huuuh
Mmmmm, he can't quite understand that he's less than a man
Uuuuh huuuh Uuuuh huuuh
[?] there's an ember of pride
Uuuuh huuuh
Watch how he tries hard to hide that he's dying inside
Uuuuh huuuh
Uuuuh huuuh
Livin' just a little
Laughing just a little
Ain't easy, Uuuuuh huuuuh
Livin' just a little
Laughing just a little
Ain't easy
Livin' just a little
Laughing just a little
Ain't easy, Uuuuuh huuuuh
Livin' just a little
Laughing just a little
Ain't easy
I'm dirty as a man hole cover
I'm lookin for my long lost lover
She turned me out and now I'm sinkin'
I'm just so easily led when the little head does the thinkin'
I'm talking with a tight red sweater
I'm feelin' like Eddie Vedder
Only twice as cool when she starts winkin'
I'm just so easily led when the little head does the thinkin'
I'm loyal as a dog but I'm a hog for that sexual attraction
It starts up in my mind and makes a bee line below the belt
No consequences just satisfaction
Baby in my heart I'm faithful
This two headed monster is so distasteful
Forgive me when my instincts start stinkin'
I'm just so easily led when the little head does the thinkin'
I'm just so easily led when the little head does the thinkin'
Think about it...
Forgive me if my instincts start stinkin'
I'm just so easily led when the little head does the thinkin'
There's a mad little kid at the top of the stairs
And his eyes they gather no light
And his mom and his dad they're too high to care
As his cries drift off in the night
And I've been that kid yeah it's true
And I've been both of those parents too
I'm ashamed when I've lost my way
But I'd do anything just to come home to you
It's the twilight captures the sorrow of time
In between the life and the lived
I press on through the darkness so thoroughly blind
To a light the new morning gives
And it sparkles like each new tomorrow
I drank up my last yesterday
Tasted sweet joy and bittersweet sorrow
But I'd do anything just to come home to you
There's a meanness inside and it shivers my bones
That's the thing about mercy I guess
There's no man so wicked he cannot come home
Nor so good he passes each test
As the fires of memories burn me
The grace of your love returns me
To this most traveled of highways
Where I'd do anything just to come home to you
Down on the beat
They're lining up everyone
Who's got a mind on a bullet and a mouth like a gun
Boys and girls
Stripped to their innocence
We run some real weak links in this long chain of events
Cop party and you better not go
Spend the rest of your life in this TV show
Cop party and you better run
Because they're not gonna stop until they've had their fun
Until justice is done
They're checking out
Everybody with a fine-toothed comb
So leave your keys in the car and the wisecracking at home
Spread 'em, boy
And don't you turn around
We're gonna make you real sorry that you ever come into this town
Cop party and you better not go
Spend the rest of your life in this TV show
Cop party and you better run
Because they're not gonna stop until they've had their fun
Summer is here, we're out in the street
The verdict is already in
Turn up the music, here comes the heat
Cop party and you better not go
You'll spend the rest of your life in this TV show
Cop party and you better run
Because they're not gonna stop until they've had their fun
Cop party and you better not go
Baby when I put my mind to it
I slip into another gear
And I travel in another syncopation
When all I wanna be is here with you
And
I'll be true to you cross my fingers
I'll be good to you cross my fingers
I'll be true to you cross my fingers
Sure as a snake along the river
Sure as a ghost is in the trees
There is a promise love delivers
Even though you never promised me
I'll be true to you cross my fingers
I'll be good to you cross my fingers
I'll be true to you cross my fingers
I wanna stay, 'til my thoughts are okay
'Til my motive is clear, 'cause im driftin away
From the weight of your arms, from your soft feather bed
To a cold white line down the highway in my head
All our little tears are icicles
Hangin' on the telephone lines
And I call you up through all the cracklin' static
I swear I only hear you half the time
No matter how I try to hold you baby
You only seem to slip away from me
And then we're walkin out along the ocean
Or swimmin like the dolphins out to sea
I'll be true to you cross my fingers
I'll be good to you cross my fingers
I'll be true to you cross my fingers
I'll be good to you cross my fingers
Cross my fingers
My baby's gone and I don't know why
She let out this morning
Like a rusty shot in a hollow sky
Left me without warning
Sooner than the dogs could bark
and faster than the sun rose
Down to the banks in an old mule car
she took a flatboat across the shallow
CHORUS:
Left me in my tears to drown
she left a baby daughter
Now the water's wide and deep and brown
She's crossing muddy waters
Tobacco standing in the fields
be rotten come November
And a bitter heart will not reveal
a spring that love remembers
When that sweet brown girl of mine
her black eyes are ravens
We broke the bread and drank the wine
from a jug that she'd been saving
CHORUS
Baby's crying and the daylight's gone
That big oak tree is groaning
In rush of wind and river of song
I can hear my sweetheart moaning
Crying for her baby child
or crying for her husband
Crying for that river's wild
to take her from her loved ones
CHORUS TWICE
I've got a blue telescope, I'm looking at the world tonight
Through a blue telescope; I wish I may, I wish I might
Not see what I see - sheet metal on sheets of ice
Looking through this blue telescope down a moonstruck road tonight
Blue breath on my windshield, I came to a frozen place
She shivered when I said goodbye - I wish I didn't have to face
Her in that rear-view mirror, though she lives in the heart of me
Looking through this blue telescope
I guess she'll always be a star to me
The heavens vast and wide
Wait to escort the bride
She lifts her wedding veil
Her breath a lonesome vapour trail
I got this blue telescope - I'm looking for her tonight
Through a blue telescope; tell me, why must the blue angels fight?
Taking one last shot at heaven while they slip stream through paradise
Looking through this blue telescope down a moonstruck road tonight
I'm looking through this blue telescope down a moonstruck road tonight
I've got a blue telescope
Blue telescope
Darling if you've been a hurting
I don't care what it is
I wanna help for certain, but it takes more than a kiss
All this love and affection
I'm feeling for you now
Send it back in my direction, girl
I can show you how
My love is coming on strong
And you know, you've been gone away too long
Bring back, bring back your lovin' to me
Bring back, bring back your lovin' to me
All that words that passed between us
Spoken in haste
Could have gone back and forth to Venus
For all the time we waste
Staying angry at each other
Sometimes just for anger's sake
I don't want no other lover
I got too much here at stake
Our love is worth fighting for
And you know it, even as you close that door
CHORUS:
Bring back, bring back your lovin' to me
Bright it right back here baby
Bring back, bring back your lovin' to me
I want you sweet lovin' right now
Every night I sit and watch for you, baby
I pray to God you haven't found somebody else
But I could never care, like I care for you
When I hurt you girl, well I just can't stand myself
They say pride will be our downfall
Girl I've swallowed mine
I'm begging you, baby, come back
And I will tow the line
To the top of the Eiffel Tower
To the bottom of the sea
If it means just one more hour
Your love will shine on me
Our love is worth fighting for
And you know it, even as you close that door
CHORUS
I've been taking off and landing but this airport's closed
And how much thicker this fog is gonna get god only knows
Just when you think that you've got a grip
Reality sneaks off it gives you the slip
As if you ever knew what it was taking you down the line
CHORUS:
Tearing through the cottonfields and bus shelters
of the south running helter skelter
down through the mississippI delta
with no place to call your own
mixing up drinks with mixed feelings
all along the paint was peeling
down to an indian blanket on a pony
with no rider in the flesh and bone
looking for his buffalo river home
I've been circling the wagons down at times square
Trying to fI'll up this hole in my soul but nothing fits there
Hust when you think you can let it rip
you're pounding the pavement in your daddy's wingtips
as if you had some place better to go
or a better way to get there
CHORUS
Now there's only two things in life but I forget what they are
it seems we're either hanging on a moonbeams coat tails
or wishing on stars
just when you think that you've been gyped
the bearded lady comes and does a double back flip
and you run off and join the circus
yeah, you just let that pony ride
She has the wind as a witness
She has feelings that fly by night
She believes in forgiveness
But it's not love if it holds too tight
And you can fly beside her
But you gotta go where your heart says go
She lets the bright lights guide her
Through the rain and the drivin' snow
Where she comes from she don't know
CHORUS:
She's a child of the wild blue yonder
Flying out of here
She's a child of the wild blue yonder
Born in an angel's wing
If you see her falling
That's just a little trick she does
She makes a dive for the pain that's calling
Then heads for the clouds like a little dove
She can't help her laughing
She can't stop your crying days
Sometimes it hurts to be having
To hold on a love that surely must fly away
CHORUS
Medicine woman raised her
Spirit father praised her
Through their love she was set free
From a baby kicking and screaming
To a full blood woman dreaming
With the power just to be
CHORUS TWICE
You're different from me
All the boundaries are defined
If we keep up with these truces
One of will lose their mind
And I consciously object to your weapons detector
Hedging bets in the private sector
I don't have to salute you
But I might have to shoot you
Let's get back to the war
That's what we're here for
Back to the war
That's what we're here for
Back to the war
Those bullets in the park
Those after dark rendezvous
Somebody has to bleed
As someone draws a bead on you
And it keeps you on your toes, all these innocent gophers
Taking orders in their penny loafers
I could change my position
But you just never listen
Let's get back to the war
That's what we're here for
Back to the war
Bombs away, as they say
I'm not about to pay membership dues
I've got this dynamite
I know you're sitting tight, waiting for news
Well I'm lighting the fuse
While you were on vacation
I was stationed at the line
You think we've normalized
Well I'm surprised you're so blind
As you traffic in the bucks of the recent reconstruction
This ain't no drill team I'm conducting
You can make your decision
Or watch it on television
But let's get back to the war
That's what we're here for
Back to the war
Let's get back to the war
That's what we're here for
I've been sleeping for some hours
Just woke up and you were there
Like the morning, like the flowers
Sunlight whispering in my ears
Red tail hawk shooting down the canyon
Put me on that wind he rides
I will be your true companion
When we reach the other side
I will try, I will stumble
But I will fly, he told me so
Proud and high or low and humble
Many miles before I go
Many miles before I go
Can't decide which way to travel
On the ground or in the sky
All my schemes have come unraveled
All that's left is you and I
And I will try, but I will stumble
And I will fly, he told me so
Proud and high or low and humble
Many miles before I go
Many miles before I go
Here I go
Ghosts on the trees, there's
Ghosts on the wires
Asking questions and showing signs
Shivering with truth, they're lighting fires
Lighting fires all down the line
And I will try, and I will stumble
But I will fly, he told me so
Proud and high or low and humble
Many miles before I go
Many miles before I go
Proud and high or low and humble
Many miles before I go
Many miles before I go
After all this time
I'm glad you're loving me
'Cause after all this time
So many disagree
To turn off the lights
Or pull down the shade
Don't be afraid
After all this time
And after all this time
I'm glad that you can see
An' after all this time
I'm the man I wanna be
Strong as your love
Free as the wind
Each day we begin
After all this time
An' after all this time
You love someone
And love's becoming you
After all this time
Face the sun
Everyday is new
And after all this time
I'm glad I'm loving you
'Cause after all this time
We are the only two
Here in this world
A love that time forgot
But darlin', we will not
After all this time
Here in this world
A love that time forgot
Darlin', we will not
CHORUS:
What do we do now
What do we do now
What do we do now
What do we do now
When it's lying there with a busted heart
Like a piece of glass where do you start
Do we pick it up or say goodbye
Is there one tear left for us to cry
CHORUS
What if I can't stay
What if you can't stay
What if I can't leave
What if you can't leave
What if I believed
Every word you say
What if you believed
Until today
Do we call the kids
Or call the cops
Can you hold me 'till
This howling stops
CHORUS
Gimme back my steel,
Gimme back my nerve
Gimme back my youth
For the dead man's curve
For that icy feel when
You start to swerve
Give us back the love
We don't deserve
'cause we rode it long,
We drove it hard
And we wrecked it
In our own backyard
Little girl playin' with the moonlight
Shine it on me, shine it on me
There's a cloud over my light and it's troubling me, troubling me
Such a world, such an invitation
Come as you are, come as you are
Subject to change, but we'll try not to leave any cars
Chorus:
Washable ink, if you think it stinks you can cry it away
They don't want to hear your sad story today
Everybody's busy whoever they are
Washable ink, put it in the sink if you've had enough
But if you're on the brink of the usual stuff
Wait 'til it rains and give it away
Little girl, they just want to train you
To keep them amused, to keep them amused
They don't know, you got your match to the end of that fuse
Such a life, such a long vacation
A tourist parade, man it's a tourist parade
Im going to sleep, wake me up when you've got it made
You know she talks like ev'rybody in the room
Was gonna listen in
Carries on a conversation
Like some others call their children in
Tho you can't believe one sentence
Man you hang on ev'ry word
Til the line of trash she's talkin'
Just gets more and more absurd
Well I give it to you brother
She said the same thing to me
It was at another party
But to her I guess they're all the same
You know she'll ask you for a lite
And pretty soon she wants to know your name
When she drops her tone to sweetness
Man you know she's zeroed in
There's another sucker waitin'
Even as she reels you in
Well I'm here to tell you brother
She said the same things to me
"do you drive a nice car
And are you goin' far
Are you man enuff for me"
Yes I am all nite all nite
Once you get her out the door
Man she just wants you to take her home
You thot that you were mr. cool
Ma this chick has got a heart of stone
Before you need a cold shower
Take a tip friend if you please
This rap she's layin' on you
Is just a bogus strip tease
Well I'm here to tell you brother
There's a dead girl's body
By the railroad track
She's waiting for a train
Jimmy left town like a fade to black
In his Camero in the rain
She wrote it down and burned it
Jimmy loves who knows who
Well he wasn't from around this town
And mister neither are you
She was listening into that Monon line
For the Wabash Cannonball
Put your head on the rail
And you can hear her whine
Just like a caterwaul
She wrote it down and burned it
She clutched it flaming to her chest
It said Jimmy loves cars
And Jimmy loves trains
Ah but Jimmy, Jimmy loves me best
There's a dead girl's body
By the railroad track
Waiting for a train
Well I guess Jimmy never did come back
In his Camaro in the rain
She wrote it down and burned it
Yeah the only way I know
You could still read some words
In the ashes there
But she could not watch him go
She wrote it down and burned it
She was a woman sawed in half
It was done by a bad magician
There was a point at which she just had to laugh
You could appreciate her position
Her legs in one way and her head another
She just kept thinking about walking away
They tried to put her back together underneath the cover
But her heart kept getting in, getting in the way
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
She was a woman sawed in half
Let's cut to the chase, love, this was show time
And he was sweating bullets and walking on glass
Somewhere between the evening news and tomorrow's headline
Buzz awhile
She was a woman sawed in half
It was done by a bad magician
Yeah, it was a clear cut thing, no, you didn't have to ask
She was gonna have to make her own decisions
Her legs got up and walked away and her head came rolling
Oh, the room was painted black light and, and turning the day glow
She wound up in two places at once, her heart was swollen
He played his musical saw in the streets of San Diego
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
She was a woman sawed in half, her legs in Tijuana
She was a bodiless head and trapeze artist in a circus in Bombay
Now a woman's gonna do exactly what a woman's gonna
Yeah, some bad magicians wouldn't have it any other way
When that howling wind
Comes to carry you again
Just like your next of kin
You must go
To a far away place
Where you don't recognize one face
Don't unpack your old suitcase
Cause you must go
CHORUS:
You must go and you must ramble
Through every briar and bramble
Till your life is in a shambles
Maybe then you will know
You were born to blunder
Born to wander, born to wonder
Even when you're six feet under
There's place
That you must go
It is something you done
Are you loyal to no one
Turn your back on the sun
And you must go
It it something she said
You keep this all up in your head
Now your face is turning red
And you must go
CHORUS
Love is in the air
You can smell it everywhere
Its in your clothes, it's in her hair
Ah, you better get out of there
It's gonna take a midnight train
To straighten out your winding brain
Like a snake in the rain
You must go
CHORUS
We went to church last Sunday
I held your little hand
And we listened to the gospel
Of an old time preachin' man
In the middle of the sermon
He cracked a little smile
And said "Jesus will take care of you"
"I'll see you after while"
CHORUS:
Well you caught me laughin'
Though it was not a joke
Well you caught me laughin
Underneath the holy smoke
I showed up at your wedding
I was crazy like a loon
Before I realized what was happening
I was your bridegroom
In the middle of the wedding vows
You looked at me and smiled
And said "Jesus will take care of you"
"I'll see you after while"
And now I'm gettin' older
Got cancer in my lung
Well somebody smoked my cigarette
And I think you're the one
And laying on my death bed
You look at me and smile
And said "Jesus will take care of you"
"I'll see you after while"
(let me hear ya get funky now)
When your heart touches mine
And my thoughts explode
When our wires get crossed
And the fire burns my soul
Then I know you're home
When you shine your light
And i dont have to use the phone
To call you
Baby when you hold me tight
We can count heartbeats and squeeze
Baby when you hold me tight
You can really make a man say, please
When im down to my last
Cigarette in your bed
And the smoke rings blow
THrough the dreams in your head
And we burn through the dark
With a light so bright
And the hardes part is leavin'
Baby when you hold me tight
We can count heartbeats and squeeze
Baby when you hold me tight
You can really make a man say please
Please dont ever let go
Please dont ever let go
Please dont ever let go
Good god it hurt me so
Baby please dont let go
Please dont ever let go
Please dont ever let go
Baby cause it hurt me so
Hey baby
When the morning comes
And you're still here with me
And you give me some
Of your sweet mystery
And it feels so real
And it feels so right
And I want your love
Forever
Baby when you hold me tight
We can count heartbeats and squeeze
Baby when you hold me tight
You can really make a man say please
Baby when you hold me tight
We can count heartbeats and squeeze
Baby when you hold me tight
You can really make a man say please
Could have been the kiss of my life
Could have been the death of me
Could have been that I was just too scared
To wait around and see
You could have been a guardian angle
I could have been the wicked one
Besides the buttons on our shirts, girl,
What else did we leave undone?
When we ran
When we ran
When we ran
When we ran
Was it just the time slippin' through our hands?
Right through our hands
Maybe I was tryin' to tell ya
I'd never known a love so strong
Maybe in the shadows of the night
We just couldn't tell right from wrong
Maybe its a real-life story
Livin' with the sad regrets
Maybe it was just a sweet dream baby
Somethin' that I can't forget
When we ran
when we ran
when we ran
Was it just the time slippin' through our hands?
You only had to say the word
I would have turned around and heard
But as it is we can't turn back
The mind's just a trash can, baby
And the memories, rolling dice
We had something one time, girl,
But we thought about it twice
When we ran
when we ran
When we ran
When we ran
We ran
we ran
we ran
When we ran
When we ran
???
Little money,
Goin' down to Mexico.
Take up with some crazy Spanish Lady.
Listen to the old wind blow.
She got earrings,
And she dances.
I'm an old rusty razor blade
I'll take my chances.
I just ain't near as sharp,
As the day I was made.
CHORUS:
I said look out.
There goes another.
Well, they're gypsies.
I drink to ???
Just one more, man,
Then I'm goin' home.
No, pal,
We're just as crazy as the others.
One more well ??
Gypsy who lives alone.
CHORUS TWICE
Stumblin' down the road I gets to thinkin' as I leave her,
I've left so many times before.
That old north wind's a-blowin' circles round my feet.
What is this sorrow ever for?
She was an angel who flies high in the heavens.
I was a pigeon on the church.
She breathed pure golden as she hid from the procession.
I tumbled from my lowly perch.
CHORUS:
I guess whistles in my ears.
'Cause I can't hear you when you're cryin'.
I don't long to be anywhere at all.
I don't care to live a lie.
There is a secret in the middle of the sea,
When you acquire a vicious thirst.
Then love will cool your brow and soothe the apparition
But is it just another curse?
Oh baby Jesus, mother Mary, God the father.
The big triangle needs repairs.
I know we learn within the vision of our spirit.
Do you prefer us cold and bare?
CHORUS TWICE