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When I lost you, honey Sometimes I think I lost my guts too And I wish God would send me a word Send me something Im afraid to lose Lying in the heat of the night like prisoners all our lives I get shivers down my spine, girl And all I wanna do is hold you tight Baby, baby, baby I swear Ill drive all night again just to buy you some shoes And to taste your tender charms And I just wanna sleep tonight again in your arms Tonight theres fallen angels And theyre waiting for us down in the street And tonight theres calling strangers Hear them crying in defeat Let them go, let them go Let them go do their dances of the dead You just dry your eyes And come on come on come on Lets go to bed Baby, baby, baby I swear Ill drive all night again just to buy you some shoes And to taste your tender charms And I just wanna sleep tonight again in your arms Theres machines and theres fire, baby Waiting on the edge of town Theyre out there for hire But baby, they cant hurt us now Cause youve got, youve got Youve got my love, girl, youve got my love Through the wind, through the rain, the snow, the wind, the rain Youve got, youve got my, my love Oh girl, youve got my love Youve got my love Oh girl, youve got my love Youve got my love Oh girl, youve got my love Youve got my love, heart, and soul Heart and soul Heart and soul Heart and soul Dont worry, darling Dont cry now Baby, dont cry now No, dont cry now Oh, dont cry now Just dry your eyes, baby Dry your eyes Baby, Ill drive all night I swear Ill drive all night Through the wind Through the rain Through the snow Through the rain Through the wind Through the snow Through the rain I swear Ill drive all night I swear Ill drive all night

Ooooh-oh-ooh-oh Ooooh-oh-ooh-oh Hey, little girl, is your daddy home? Did he go and leave you all alone? I got a bad desire Oh-oh-oh, Im on fire Tell me now, baby, is he good to you? Can he do to you the things that I cant do? I can take you higher Oh-oh-oh, Im on fire Ooooh-oh-ooh-oh Sometimes its like someone took a knife, baby, edgy and dull And cut a six inch valley through the middle of my soul At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet And a freight train running through the middle of my head Only you can cool my desire Oh-oh-oh, Im on fire Oh-oh-oh, Im on fire Oh-oh-oh, Im on fire Oh-oh-oh, Im on fire Ooooh-oh-ooh-oh Ooooh-oh-ooh-oh

Spanish Johnny drove in from the underworld last night With bruised arms and broken rhythm in a beat-up old Buick But dressed just like dynamite He tried selling his heart to the hard girls over on Easy Street But they sighed Johnny it falls apart so easy And you know hearts these days are cheap And the pimps swung their axes and said Johnny youre a cheater Well the pimps swung their axes and said Johnny youre a liar And from out of the shadows came a young girls voice Said, Johnny dont cry Puerto Rican Jane, oh wont you tell me whats your name I want to drive you down to the other side of town Where paradise aint so crowded Therell be action going down on Shanty Lane tonight All them golden-heeled fairies in a real bitch fight Pull .38s and kiss the girls good night Oh good night, its alright Jane Now let them black boys in to light the soul flame We may find it out on the street tonight baby Or we may walk until the daylight maybe Well like a cool Romeo he made his moves Oh she looked so fine Like a late Juliet she knew hed never be true But then she didnt really mind Upstairs a band was playing The singer was singing something about going home She whispered, Spanish Johnny, you can leave me tonight But just dont leave me alone And Johnny cried Puerto Rican Jane Word is down the cops have found the vein Oh them barefoot boys left their homes for the woods Them little barefoot street boys they say homes aint no good They left the corners Threw away all their switchblade knives And kissed each other good-bye Johnny was sitting on the fire escape Watching the kids playing down the street He called down Hey little heroes Summers long but I guess it aint very sweet around here anymore Janey sleeps in sheets damp with sweat Johnny sits up alone and watches her dream on, dream on And the sister prays for lost souls Then breaks down in the chapel after everyones gone Jane moves over to share her pillow But opens her eyes to see Johnny up and putting his clothes on She says Those romantic young boys All they ever want to do is fight Those romantic young boys Theyre calling through the window Hey Spanish Johnny, you want to make a little easy money tonight? And Johnny whispered: Good night, its all tight Jane Ill meet you tomorrow night on Lovers Lane We may find it out on the street tonight baby Or we may walk until the daylight maybe Ah good night, its all right Jane Im gonna meet you tomorrow night on Lovers Lane Ah we can find it out on the street tonight baby Or we may walk until the daylight maybe Ah, good night, its all right Jane Ill meet you tomorrow night on Lovers Lane Now we may find it out on, on the street tonight baby Or we may have to walk until the morning light maybe

We played king of the mountain out on the end The world come charging up the hill, and we were women and men Now theres so much that time, time and memory fade away We got our own roads to ride and chances we gotta take We stood side by side each one fighting for the other We said until we died wed always be blood brothers Now the hardness of this world slowly grinds your dreams away Making a fools joke out of the promises we make And what once seemed black and white turns to so many shades of gray We lose ourselves in work to do and bills to pay And its a ride, ride, ride, and there aint much cover With no one running by your side my blood brother On through the houses of the dead past those fallen in their tracks Always moving ahead and never looking back Now i dont know how i feel, i dont know how i feel tonight If ive fallen beneath the wheel, if ive lost or ive gained sight I dont even know why, i dont know why i made this call Or if any of this matters anymore after all But the stars are burning bright like some mystery uncovered Ill keep moving through the dark with you in my heart My blood brother

Woke up this morning, the house was cold Checked out the furnace, she wasnt burnin Went out and hopped in my old Ford Hit the engine but she aint turnin Weve given each other some hard lessons lately But we aint learnin Were the same sad story, thats a fact One step up and two steps back Bird on a wire outside my motel room But he aint singin Girl in white outside a church in June But the church bells, they aint ringing Im sittin here in this bar tonight But all Im thinkin is Im the same old story, same old act One step up and two steps back Its the same thing night on night Whos wrong, baby? Whos right? Another fight and I slam the door on Another battle in our dirty little war When I look at myself I dont see The man I wanted to be Somewhere along the line I slipped off track Im caught movin one step up and two steps back Theres a girl across the bar I get the message shes sendin Mmm she aint lookin too married And me, well, honey Im pretending Last night I dreamed I held you in my arms The music was never-ending We danced as the evening sky faded to black One step up and two steps back One step up and two steps back One step up and two steps back Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh

I was trying to find my way home But all I heard was a drone Bouncing off a satellite Crushing the last lone American night This is radio nowhere Is there anybody alive out there? This is radio nowhere Is there anybody alive out there? I was spinning around a dead dial Just another lost number in a file Dancing down a dark hole Just searching for a world with some soul This is radio nowhere Is there anybody alive out there? This is radio nowhere Is there anybody alive out there? Is there anybody alive out there? I just want to hear some rhythm I just want to hear some rhythm I just want to hear some rhythm I just want to hear some I want a thousand guitars I want pounding drums I want a million different voices speaking in tongues This is radio nowhere Is there anybody alive out there? This is radio nowhere Is there anybody alive out there? Is there anybody alive out there? I was driving through the misty rain Just a-searching for a mystery train Bopping through the wild blue Trying to make a connection with you This is radio nowhere Is there anybody alive out there? This is radio nowhere Is there anybody alive out there? Is there anybody alive out there? I just want to hear some rhythm I just want to hear some rhythm I just want to hear your rhythm I just want to hear your rhythm I just want to hear your rhythm I just want to hear your rhythm I just want to hear your rhythm I just want to hear your rhythm

Well the street lights shine Down on Blessing Avenue Lovers, they walk by Holding hands two by two A breeze crosses the porch Bicycle spokes spin round Jackets on, Im out the door Tonight Im going to burn this town down And the girls in their summer clothes In the cool of the evening light The girls in their summer clothes Pass me by Kids rubber ball smacks Off the gutter neath the lamp light Big bank clock chimes Off go the sleepy front porch lights Downtown the stores alive As the evenings underway Things been a little tight But I know theyre going to turn my way And the girls in their summer clothes In the cool of the evening light The girls in their summer clothes Pass me by Frankies Diners Over on the edge of town Neon sign spinning round Like a cross over the lost and found Fluorescent lights Flicker above Bobs Grill Shaniqua brings a coffee and asks, Fill? And says Penny for your thoughts now, my poor Bill She went away She cut me like a knife Had a beautiful thing Maybe you just saved my life In just a glance Down here on Magic Street Loves a fools dance I havent got much sense, but I still got my feet And the girls in their summer clothes In the cool of the evening light The girls in their summer clothes Pass me by And the girls in their summer clothes In the cool of the evening light The girls in their summer clothes Pass me by La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la

Theres a place out on the edge of town, sir Rising above the factories and the fields Now ever since I was a child I can remember That mansion on the hill In the day you can see the children playing On the road that leads to those gates of hardened steel Steel gates that completely surround, sir The mansion on the hill At night my daddyd take me and wed ride Through the streets of a town so silent and still Park on a back road along the highway side Look up at that mansion on the hill In the summer all the lights would shine Thered be music playing people laughing all the time Me and my sister, wed hide out in the tall corn fields Sit and listen to the mansion on the hill Tonight down here in Linden Town I watch the cars rushing by far from the mill Theres a beautiful full moon rising Above the mansion on the hill

Seems like Im caught up in your trap again Seems like Ill be wearing the same old chains Good will conquer evil and the truth will set me free And I know someday I will find the key I know somewhere I will find the key Seems like Ive been playing your game way too long Seems the game Ive played has made you strong When the game is over I wont walk out the loser I know Ill walk out of here again I know someday Ill walk out of here again Well now Im trapped Ooh yeah Seems like Ive been sleeping in your bed too long Seems like youve been meaning to do me harm But Ill teach my eyes to see beyond these walls in front of me Someday Ill walk out of here again Someday Ill walk out of here again Seems like Ive been playing your game way too long Seems the game Ive played has made you strong

Johnny works in a factory And Billy works downtown Terry works in a rock and roll band Looking for that million dollar sound And I got a little job down in Darlington But some nights I dont go Some nights I go to the drive-in Or some nights I stay home I followed that dream Just like those guys do up on the screen And I drove a Challenger down Route 9 Through the dead ends and all the bad scenes And when the promise was broken I cashed in a few of my dreams Well now I built that Challenger by myself But I needed money and so I sold it I lived a secret I shoulda kept to myself But I got drunk one night and I told it All my life, I fought this fight The fight that no man can ever win Every day it just gets harder to live The dream Im believing in Thunder Road Oh baby, you were so right Thunder Road Theres something dying down on the highway tonight I won big once and I hit the coast Oh, but somehow I paid the big cost Inside I felt like I was carrying the broken spirits Of all the other ones who lost When the promise is broken You go on living, but it steals something from down in your soul Like when the truth is spoken, and it dont make no difference Something in your heart turns cold Thunder Road Is for the lost lovers and all the fixed games Thunder Road For the tires rushing by in the rain Thunder Road Me and Billy wed always sing Thunder Road We were gonna take it all and throw it all away

Its all cold down on the beach The winds whipping down the boardwalk Hey Band! You guys know what time of year it is? What time, what? What? Christmastime! What? Oh, Christmastime! You guys, all, you guys all been good and practicing real hard? Yeah? Clarence, you been, you been rehearsing real hard now? So Santall bring you a new saxophone? Everyone out there been good or what? Aw, thats not many, not many you guys are in trouble out here Youd better watch out, youd better not cry Youd better not pout, Im telling you why - Santa Claus is coming to town Santa Claus is coming to town Santa Claus is coming to town Hes making a list, hes checking it twice Hes gonna find out whose naughty or nice Santa Claus is coming to town Santa Claus is coming to town Santa Claus is coming to town He sees you when youre sleeping He knows when youre awake He knows if youve been bad or good Youd better be good for goodness sake! Youd better be good for goodness sake! Oh youd better watch out, youd better not cry Youd better not pout, Im telling you why - Santa Claus is coming to town Santa Claus is coming to town Santa Claus is coming to town Ho, ho, ho, ho! He sees you when youre sleeping He knows when youre awake He knows if youve been bad or good Youd better be good for goodness sake! Youd better be good for goodness sake! Youd better watch out, youd better not cry Youd better not pout, Im telling you why - Santa Claus is coming to town Santa Claus is coming to town Santa Claus is coming to town Santa Claus is coming to town! Santa Claus is coming to town! Santa Claus is coming to town! Santa Claus is coming to town! Santa Claus is coming to town! Santa Claus is coming to town! Santa Claus is coming to town! Santa Claus is coming to town! Santa Claus is coming to town! Oh! Santa Claus is coming to town! Yeah! Santa Claus is coming to town! Yeah! Santa Claus is coming to town! Woah! Santa Claus is coming to town!

I got my finger on the trigger But I dont know who to trust When I look into your eyes Theres just devils and dust Were a long, long way from home, Bobbie Homes a long, long way from us I feel a dirty wind blowing Devils and dust I got God on my side And Im just trying to survive What if what you do to survive Kills the things you love Fears a powerful thing, baby It can turn your heart black, you can trust Itll take your God-filled soul And fill it with devils and dust Well, I dreamed of you last night In a field of blood and stone The blood began to dry The smell began to rise Well, I dreamed of you last night, Bobbie In a field of mud and bone Your blood began to dry And the smell began to rise Weve got God on our side Were just trying to survive What if what you do to survive Kills the things you love Fears a powerful thing Itll turn your heart black, you can trust Itll take your God-filled soul Fill it with devils and dust Itll take your God-filled soul Fill it with devils and dust Now every woman and every man They want to take a righteous stand Find the love that God wills And the faith that He commands Ive got my finger on the trigger And tonight faith just aint enough When I look inside my heart Theres just devils and dust Well, Ive got God on my side And Im just trying to survive What if what you do to survive Kills the things you love Fears a dangerous thing It will turn your heart black, you can trust Itll take your God-filled soul Fill it with devils and dust Yeah itll take your God-filled soul Fill it with devils and dust

Its the same sad story, love and glory goin round and round Its the same old cliché, a wanderer on his way, slippin from town to town Some find peace here on the sweet streets, the sweet streets of home Where kindness falls and your heart calls for a permanent place of your own Im a wayfarer, baby, I drift from town to town When everyones asleep and the midnight bells sound My wheels are hissin up the highway, spinning round and round You start out slow in a sweet little bungalow, something two can call home Then rain comes fallin, the blues come calling, and youre left with a heart of stone Some folks are inspired sitting by the fire, slippers tucked under the bed But when I go to sleep I cant count sheep for the white lines in my head Im a wayfarer, baby, I roam from town to town When everyones asleep and the midnight bells sound My wheels are hissin up the highway, spinning round and round Where are you now, where are you now? Where are you now? Im a wayfarer, baby, I roam from town to town When everyones asleep and the midnight bells sound My wheels are hissin up the highway, spinning round and round Im a wayfarer, baby Im a wayfarer, baby Im a wayfarer, baby Im a wayfarer, baby Im a wayfarer, baby Im a wayfarer, baby Im a wayfarer, baby Im a wayfarer, baby

Do you still say your prayers, little darling? Do you go to bed at night Praying that tomorrow Everything will be alright? But tomorrows fall in number In number one by one You wake up and youre dying You dont even know what from Well, they shot you point blank You been shot in the back Baby, point blank You been fooled this time, little girl, thats a fact Right between the eyes Baby, point blank Right between the pretty lies that they tell Little girl, you fell You grew up where young girls They grow up fast You took what you were handed And left behind what was asked But what they asked, baby, wasnt right You didnt have to live that life I was gonna be your Romeo You were gonna be my Juliet These days you dont wait on Romeos You wait on that welfare cheque And on all the pretty little things that you can never have And all the promises That always end up point blank Shot between the eyes Point blank Like little white lies you tell to ease the pain Youre walking in the sights, girl Of point blank And its one false move And baby, the lights go out Once I dreamed we were together again Baby, you and me Back home in those old clubs The way we used to be We were standing at the bar It was hard to hear The band was playing loud And you were shouting something in my ear You pulled my jacket off And as the drummer counted four You grabbed my hand And pulled me out on the floor You just stood there and held me Then you started dancing slow And as I pulled you tighter I swore Id never let you go Well, I saw you last night Down on the avenue Your face was in the shadows But I knew that it was you You were standing in the doorway Out of the rain You didnt answer When I called out your name You just turned and then you looked away Like just another stranger waiting to get blown away Point blank Right between the eyes Point blank Right between the pretty lies you fell Point blank Shot straight through the heart Yeah, point blank Youve been twisted up Til youve become just another part of it Point blank Youre walking in the sights Point blank Living one false move Just one false move away Point blank They caught you in their sights Point blank Did you forget how to love, girl? Did you forget how to fight? Point blank They must have shot you in the head Cause point blank Bang bang, baby, youre dead

I got so down-and-out in Frisco Tired of the pills and the rain I picked up, headed for the sunshine I left a good thing behind Seemed all of our love was in vain Now my babys coming in on the Tucson train I come here lookin for a new life One I wouldnt have to explain To that voice that keeps me awake at night When a little peace would make everything right If I could just turn off my brain But now my babys coming in on the Tucson train We fought hard over nothin We fought till nothin remained Ive carried that nothin for a long time Now I carry my operators license And spend my days just runnin this crane And my babys coming in on the Tucson train Hard workll clear your mind and body The hard sun will burn out the pain If theyre lookin for me, tell em, buddy Im waitin down at the station Just prayin to the five-fifteen Ill wait all Gods creation Just to show her a man can change Now my babys coming in on the Tucson train On the Tucson train On the Tucson train Waitin on the five-fifteen Here she comes

You been hurt, and youre all cried out, you say You walk down the street pushing people outta your way You packed your bags and all alone you wanna ride You dont want nothing, dont need no one by your side Youre walking tough, baby, but youre walking blind To the ties that bind The ties that bind Now you cant break the ties that bind Cheap romance, its all just a crutch You dont want nothing that anybody can touch Youre so afraid of being somebodys fool Not walking tough baby, not walking cool You walk cool, but darling, can you walk the line And face the ties that bind? The ties that bind Now you cant break the ties that bind Whoa, I Id rather feel the hurt inside Yes, I would darling Than know Know the emptiness your heart must hide Yes, I would, darling Yes, I would, darling Yes, I would, baby You sit and wonder just whos gonna stop the rain Wholl ease the sadness? Whos gonna quiet your pain? Its a long dark highway and a thin white line Connecting, baby, your heart to mine Were running now, but, darling, we will stand in time To face the ties that bind The ties that bind Now you cant break the ties that bind You cant forsake the ties that bind Whoa

My little sisters in the front seat with an ice cream cone My mas in the backseat sittin all alone As my pa steers her slow out of the lot for a test drive down Michigan Avenue Now my ma she fingers her wedding band And watches the salesman stare at my old mans hands Hes tellin us all bout the break hed give us if he could but he just cant Well if I could I swear I know just what Id do Now mister the day the lottery I win I aint ever gonna ride in no used car again Now the neighbors come from near and far As we pull up in our brand new used car I wish hed just hit the gas and let out a cry and tell em all they can kiss our asses goodbye My dad he sweats the same job from mornin to mornin Me I walk home on the same dirty streets where I was born Up the block I can hear my little sister in the front seat blowin that horn The sounds echoin all down Michigan Avenue Now mister the day my number comes in I aint ever gonna ride in no used car again

Have you ever seen a one trick pony in the field, so happy and free? If youve ever seen a one trick pony then youve seen me Have you ever seen a one-legged dog making its way down the street? If youve ever seen a one-legged dog then youve seen me Then youve seen me I come and stand at every door Then youve seen me I always leave with less than I had before Then youve seen me Bet I can make you smile when the blood, it hits the floor Tell me, friend, can you ask for anything more? Tell me can you ask for anything more? Have you ever seen a scarecrow filled with nothing but dust and weeds? If youve ever seen that scarecrow then youve seen me Have you ever seen a one-armed man punching at nothing but the breeze? If youve ever seen a one-armed man then youve seen me Then youve seen me I come and stand at every door Then youve seen me I always leave with less than I had before Then youve seen me Bet I can make you smile when the blood, it hits the floor Tell me, friend, can you ask for anything more? Tell me can you ask for anything more? These things that have comforted me, I drive away This place that is my home, I cannot stay My only faiths in the broken bones and bruises I display Have you ever seen a one-legged man trying to dance his way free? If youve ever seen a one-legged man then youve seen me

Im 25 hundred miles from where I wanna be It feels like a hundred years since youve been near to me I guess what goes around, baby, comes around Just wishing you were here with me, in Sundown Sundown aint the kind of place you want to be on your own Its all long, hot, endless days and cold nights all alone I drift from bar to bar, here in lonely town Just wishing you were here with me, come sundown In Sundown the cafés are filled with lovers passing time In Sundown all Ive gots trouble on my mind So I work all day out here on the county line I tell myself its all just gonna work out in time When summers through, youll come around That little voice in my heads all that keeps me from sinking down Come Sundown When summers through, youll come around That little voice in my heads all that keeps me from sinking down Come Sundown

Sunrise, sundown The streets gone golden brown Auburn skies above Im searching for my love I’m searching for my love There goes my miracle Walking away, walking away There goes my miracle Walking away, walking away Moonlight, moon bright Wheres my lucky star tonight? The streets lost in lamp light Then suddenly inside Suddenly inside There goes my miracle Walking away, walking away There goes my miracle Walking away, walking away Look what youve done Look what you’ve done Look what youve done, ah Look what youve done Look what youve done Look what youve done, ah Look what weve done Look what we’ve done Look what we’ve done, ah Heartache, heartbreak Love gives, love takes The book of love holds its rules Disobeyed by fools Disobeyed by fools There goes my miracle Walking away, walking away There goes my miracle Walking away, walking away Walking away, walking away There goes my miracle Sunrise, sundown

Early in the morning factory whistle blows Man rises from bed and puts on his clothes Man takes his lunch, walks out in the morning light Its the working, the working, just the working life Through the mansions of fear, through the mansions of pain I see my daddy walking through them factory gates in the rain Factory takes his hearing, factory gives him life The working, the working, just the working life End of the day, factory whistle cries Men walk through these gates with death in their eyes And you just better believe, boy Somebodys gonna get hurt tonight Its the working, the working, just the working life Cause its the working, the working, just the working life

Sparks fly on E Street when the boy prophets walk it handsome and hot All the little girls souls grow weak when the man-child gives them a double shot Them schoolboy pops pull out all the stops on a Friday night The teenage tramps in skintight pants do the E Street dance and everythings all right Well the kids down there are either dancing or hooked up in a scuffle Dressed in snakeskin suits packed with Detroit muscle Theyre doing the E Street Shuffle Now those E Street brats in twilight dual flashlight phantoms in full star stream Down fire trails on silver nights with blonde girls pledged sweet 16 The newsboys say the heats been bad since Power 13 gave a trooper all he had in a summer scuffle And Powers girl, Little Angel, has been on the corner keepin those crazy boys out of trouble Little Angel steps the shuffle like she aint got no brains Shes deaf in combat down on Lovers Lane She drives all them local boys insane Little Angel says, Oh, everybody form a line Oh, everybody form a line Sparks fly on E Street when the boy- prophets walk it, handsome and hot All the little girls souls grow weak when the man-child gives them a double shot Little Angel hangs out at Easy Joes, its a club where all the riot squad goes when theyre cashin in for a cheap hustle But them boys are still on the corner, loose and doin that lazy E Street Shuffle As them sweet summer nights turn into summer dreams Little Angel picks up Power and he slips on his jeans as they move on out down to the scene All the kids are dancing

We said wed walk together Baby come what may That come the twilight Should we lose our way If as were walking a hand should slip free Ill wait for you And should I fall behind Wait for me We swore wed travel darlin side by side Wed help each other stay in stride But each lovers steps fall so differently But Ill wait for you And if I should fall behind Wait for me Now everyone dreams of a love lasting and true But you and I know what this world can do So lets make our steps clear that the other may see And Ill wait for you If I should fall behind Wait for me Now theres a beautiful river in the valley ahead There neath the oaks bough soon we will be wed Should we lose each other in the shadow of the evening trees Ill wait for you And should I fall behind Wait for me Darlin Ill wait for you Should I fall behind Wait for me

Friday nights pay night, guys fresh out of work Talking about the weekend, scrubbing off the dirt Some heading home to their families, some looking to get hurt Some going down to Stovall wearing trouble on their shirts I work for the county out on 95 All day I hold a red flag and watch the traffic pass me by In my head I keep a picture of a pretty little miss Someday, mister, Im gonna lead a better life than this Working on the highway, laying down the blacktop Working on the highway, all day long I dont stop Working on the highway, blasting through the bedrock Working on the highway, working on the highway I met her at a dance down at the union hall She was standing with her brothers, back up against the wall Sometimes wed go walking down the union tracks One day I looked straight at her and she looked straight back So Im Working on the highway, laying down the blacktop Working on the highway, all day long I dont stop Working on the highway, blasting through the bedrock Working on the highway, working on the highway I saved up my money and I put it all away I went to see her daddy but we didnt have much to say Son, cant you see that shes just a little girl? She dont know nothing about this cruel, cruel world. We lit out down to Florida, we got along all right One day her brothers came and got her and they took me in a black-and-white The prosecutor kept the promise that he made on that day And the judge got mad, and he put me straight away I wake up every morning to the work bell clang Me and the warden go swinging on the Charlotte County road gang Im... Working on the highway, laying down the blacktop Working on the highway, all day long I dont stop Working on the highway, blasting through the bedrock Working on the highway, working on the highway Working on the highway, laying down the blacktop Working on the highway, all day long I dont stop Working on the highway, blasting through the bedrock Working on the highway, working on the highway

Hey there mister, can you tell me what happened to the seeds Ive sown Can you give me a reason sir as to why theyve never grown Theyve just blown around from town to town Till theyre back out on these fields Where they fall from my hand Back into the dirt of this hard land Now me and my sister From Germantown we did ride We made our bed, sir From the rock on the mountainside We been blowin around from town to town Lookin for a place to stand Where the sun burst through the cloud to fall like a circle Like a circle of fire down on this hard land Now even the rain it dont come round It dont come round here no more And the only sound at nights the wind Slammin the back porch door It just stirs you up like it wants to blow you down Twistin and churnin up the sand Leavin all them scarecrows lyin face down Facedown in the dirt of this hard land From a building up on the hill I can hear a tape deck blastin Home on the Range I can see them Bar-M choppers sweepin low across the plains Its me and you Frank were lookin for lost cattle Our hooves twistin and churnin up the sand Were ridin in the whirlwind searchin for lost treasure Way down south of the Rio Grande Were ridin cross that river in the moonlight Up onto the banks of this hard land Hey Frank, wont ya pack your bags And meet me tonight down at Liberty Hall Just one kiss from you my brother and well ride until we fall Well sleep in the fields, well sleep by the rivers And in the morning well make a plan Well, if you cant make it Stay hard, stay hungry, stay alive If you can And meet me in a dream of this hard land

Baby, once I thought I knew Everything I needed to know about you Your sweet whisper, your tender touch I didnt really know that much Jokes on me, but its going to be okay If I can just get through this lonesome day Lonesome day Hells brewing, dark suns on the rise This storm will blow through, by and by House is on fire, vipers in the grass Little revenge and this too shall pass This too shall pass, darling, yeah Im going to pray Right now, all I got is this lonesome day Lonesome day Its alright, its alright, its alright, yeah Its alright, its alright, its alright, yeah Its alright, its alright, its alright, yeah Its alright, its alright, its alright, yeah Better ask questions before you shoot Deceit and betrayals a bitter fruit Its hard to swallow, come time to pay That taste on your tongue dont easily slip away Thy kingdom come, Im going to find my way Yeah, through this lonesome day Lonesome day Lonesome day Lonesome day Its alright, its alright, its alright, yeah Its alright, its alright, its alright, yeah Its alright, its alright, its alright, yeah Its alright, its alright, its alright, yeah Its alright, its alright, its alright, yeah Its alright, its alright, its alright, yeah Lonesome day Lonesome day Lonesome day

Guess it was somethin I shouldnt have done Guess I regret it now Ever since I was a kid Tryin to keep my temper down is like Chasin wild horses, chasin wild horses Chasin wild horses Left my home, left my friends I didnt say goodbye I contract out to the BLM Up on the Montana line Chasin wild horses, chasin wild horses Were out before sunup In after sundown Theres two men in the chopper Two under saddle on the ground In the evenings wed hop in the pickup Head into town for a drink Make sure I work til Im so damn tired Way too tired to think You lose track of time Its all just storms blowin through You come rollin cross my mind Your hair flashin in the blue Like wild horses, just like wild horses Just like wild horses Fingernail moon in a twilight sky Ridin high grass of the switchback I shout your name into the canyon The echo throws it back The winter snow whites out the plains Til it can turn me blind The only thing up here Ive found Is tryin to get you off my mind Chasin wild horses, chasin wild horses Chasin wild horses, chasin wild horses

Well, there she sits buddy just a gleaming in the sun There to greet a working man when his day is done Im gonna pack my pa and Im gonna pack my aunt Im gonna take them down to the Cadillac Ranch Eldorado fins, whitewalls and skirts Rides just like a little bit of heaven here on earth Well buddy when I die throw my body in the back And drive me to the junkyard in my Cadillac Cadillac, Cadillac Long and dark, shiny and black Open up your engines let em roar Tearing up the highway like a big old dinosaur James Dean in that Mercury 49 Junior Johnson runnin thru the woods of Caroline Even Burt Reynolds in that black Trans-Am All gonna meet down at the Cadillac Ranch Cadillac, Cadillac Long and dark, shiny and black Open up your engines let em roar Tearing up the highway like a big old dinosaur Hey, little girlie in the blue jeans so tight Drivin alone through the Wisconsin night Youre my last love baby youre my last chance Dont let em take me to the Cadillac Ranch Cadillac, Cadillac Long and dark, shiny and black Pulled up to my house today Came and took my little girl away

Where the river runs to black I take the schoolbooks from your pack Plastics, wire and your kiss The breath of eternity on your lips In the crowded marketplace I drift from face to face I hold my breath and close my eyes I hold my breath and close my eyes And I wait for paradise And I wait for paradise The Virginia hills have gone to brown Another day, another sun going down I visit you in another dream I visit you in another dream I reach and feel your hair Your smell lingers in the air I brush your cheek with my fingertips I taste the void upon your lips And I wait for paradise And I wait for paradise I search for you on the other side Where the river runs clean and wide Up to my heart, the waters rise Up to my heart, the waters rise I sink beneath the river cool and clear Drifting down, I disappear I see you on the other side I search for the peace in your eyes But theyre as empty as paradise Theyre as empty as paradise I break above the waves I feel the sun upon my face

I went out walking the other day Seen a little girl crying along the way Shed been hurt so bad said shed never love again Someday your crying, girl will end And youll find once again Two hearts are better than one Two hearts girl get the job done Two hearts are better than one Once I spent my time playing tough guy scenes But I was living in a world of childish dreams Someday these childish dreams must end To become a man and grow up to dream again Now I believe in the end Two hearts are better than one Two hearts girl get the job done Two hearts are better than one Sometimes it might seem like it was planned For you to roam empty hearted through this land Though the world turns you hard and cold Theres one thing mister, that I know Thats if you think your heart is stone And that youre rough enough to whip this world alone Alone buddy there aint no peace of mind Thats why Ill keep searching till I find my special one Two hearts are better than one Two hearts girl get the job done Two hearts are better than one Two hearts are better than one Two hearts girl get the job done Two hearts are better than one Two hearts are better than one Ooh

Shirts in the closet, shoes in the hall Mamas in the kitchen, baby and all Everything is everything Everything is everything But youre missing Coffee cups on the counter, jackets on the chair Papers on the doorstep, youre not there Everything is everything Everything is everything But youre missing Pictures on the nightstand, TVs on in the den Your house is waiting, your house is waiting For you to walk in, for you to walk in But youre missing, youre missing Youre missing, when I shut out the lights Youre missing, when I close my eyes Youre missing, when I see the sun rise Youre missing Children are asking if its alright Will you be in our arms tonight? Morning is morning, the evening falls I got Too much room in my bed, too many phone calls Hows everything, everything? Everything, everything But youre missing, youre missing Gods drifting in heaven, devils in the mailbox I got dust on my shoes, nothing but teardrops

I woke up this morning with stones in my mouth Said those were only the lies youve told me Those are only the lies youve told me I pulled my collar to the wind and spit them on the ground You said those are only the lies youve told me Those are only the lies youve told me Sat on the edge of our bed in the sun I felt them gather on my tongue I woke up this morning with stones in my mouth You said those are only the lies youve told me Those are only the lies youve told me The dirt-brown winter field A thousand black crows cover the ground You say those are only the lies youve told me Those are only the lies youve told me The autumn wind blows through the trees As the dark leaves come tumbling down You say those are only the lies youve told me Those are only the lies youve told me I walk a highway washed in sun I feel weight gather on my tongue I woke up this morning with stones in my mouth You said those are only the lies youve told me Those are only the lies youve told me Those are only the lies youve told me Those are only the lies youve told me Those are only the lies youve told me Those are only the lies youve told me I woke up this morning with stones in my mouth

Put on your best dress baby And darling, fix your hair up right Cause theres a party, honey Way down beneath the neon lights All day youve been working that hard line Now tonight youre gonna have a good time I work five days a week girl Loading crates down on the dock I take my hard earned money And meet my girl down on the block And Monday when the foreman calls time Ive already got Friday on my mind When that whistle blows Girl, Im down the street Im home, Im out of my work clothes When Im out in the street I walk the way I wanna walk When Im out in the street I talk the way I wanna talk When Im out in the street When Im out in the street When Im out in the street, girl Well, I never feel alone When Im out in the street, girl In the crowd I feel at home The black and whites they cruise by And they watch us from the corner of their eye But there aint no doubt girl, down here We aint gonna take what theyre handing out When Im out in the street I walk the way I wanna walk When Im out in the street I talk the way I wanna talk Baby, out in the street I dont feel sad or blue Baby, out in the street Ill be waiting for you When the whistle blows Girl, Im down the street Im home, Im out of my work clothes When Im out in the street I walk the way I wanna walk When Im out in the street I talk the way I wanna talk When Im out in the street Pretty girls, theyre all passing by When Im out in the street From the corner, we give them the eye Baby, out in the street I just feel all right Meet me out in the street, little girl, tonight Meet me out in the street Meet me out in the street Meet me out in the street Meet me out in the street Meet me out in the street Meet me out in the street Im talking out in the street Meet me out in the street Meet me out in the street Meet me out in the street Im talking out in the street

Catlong sighs holding Kittys black tooth She left to marry some top cat, aint it the cold truth And there hasnt been a tally since Sally left the alley Since Kitty left with Big Pretty things have got pretty thin Its tight on this fence since them young dudes are muscling in Jack Knife cries cause babys in a bundle She goes running nightly, lightly through the jungle And them tin cans are exploding out in the ninety-degree heat Cat somehow lost his baby down on Bleecker Street Its sad but it sure is true Cat shrugs his shoulders, sits back and sighs Ooh, what can I do? Ooh, what can I do? Ooh, what can I do? Ooh, what can I do? Catlong lies back bent on a trash can Flashing lights cut the night, dude in the white says hes the man Well you better learn to move fast when youre young or youre not long around Cat somehow lost his Kitty down in the city pound So get right, get tight, get down Well whos that down at the end of the alley? Shes been gone so long Here she comes, here she comes Here she comes, here she comes Here she comes, here she comes Here she comes, here she comes Kittys back in town Kittys back in town Kittys back in town Kittys back in town Kittys back in town Oh, Kittys back in town Kittys back in town Kittys back in town Now Cat knows his Kittys been untrue And that she left him for a city dude But shes so soft, shes so blue When he looks into her eyes He just sits back and sighs Ooh, what can I do? Ooh, what can I do? Ooh, what can I do? Ooh, what can I do? Oh, oh, oh, oh, alright Ahahahaha Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh alright, oh, alright Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh alright, oh, alright Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh alright, oh, alright Oh-oh-oh-oh alright, oh alright Oh-oh-oh-oh alright, oh alright Oh-oh-oh-oh alright, oh alright Oh-oh-oh-oh alright, oh alright Oh-oh-oh-oh alright, oh alright Oh-oh-oh-oh alright, oh alright

Princess cards she sends me With her regards Oh, barroom eyes shine vacancy To see her you gotta look hard Wounded deep in battle I stand stuffed like some soldier undaunted To her cheshire smile, Ill stand on file Shes all I ever wanted You let your blue walls get in the way of these facts, honey Get your carpetbaggers off my back Girl, give me time to cover my tracks She said, Heres your mirror and your ball and jacks But theyre not what I came for Oh, I came for so much more And I know you know that, too And I know you know thats true I came for you I came for you I came for you, for you, I came for you Crawl into my ambulance Your pulse is getting weak Reveal yourself all to me now While you got the strength to speak Cause theyre waiting for you at Bellevue With their oxygen masks But I could give it all to you now If only you could ask Dont call for your surgeon, even he says its late Its not your lungs this time but your heart holds your fate Dont give me my money back, dont want it anymore Its not that nursery mouth I came back for Its not the way you stretched out on the floor Ive broken all your windows and I rammed through all your doors And who am I to ask you to fight my wars And you should know thats true You should know that, too I came for you I came for you I came for you, for you, I came for you Dont call for your surgeon, even he says its late Its not your lungs this time but your heart holds your fate Dont give me my money back, dont want it anymore Its not that nursery mouth I came back for Its not the way you stretched out on the floor Ive broken all your windows and I rammed through all your doors Who am I to ask you to fight my wars And you should know thats true You should know that, too I came for you I came for you I came for you I came for you I came for you, for you, I came for you I came for you I came for you

When I was a little kid I never liked to eat Mom would put things on my plate And Id dump em on her feet But then one day she made this soup I ate it all in bed I asked her what she put in it And this is what she said: Oh, chicken lips and lizard hips And alligator eyes Monkey legs and buzzard eggs And salamander thighs Rabbit ears and camel rears And tasty toenail pies Stir em all together And its mamas soup surprise I went into the bathroom And I stood beside the sink I said, Im feeling slightly ill And I think Id like a drink Mama said, Ive just the thing Ill get it in a wink Its full of lots of protein And vitamins, I think Oh, chicken lips and lizard hips And alligator eyes Monkey legs and buzzard eggs And salamander thighs Rabbit ears and camel rears And tasty toenail pies Stir em all together And its mamas soup surprise

A Dustland fairytale beginning With just another white trash county kiss In 61, long brown hair and foolish eyes He looked just like youd want him to Some kind of slick chrome American prince A blue jean serenade Moon River whatd you do to me I dont believe you Saw Cinderella in a party dress but She was looking for a night gown I saw the devil wrapping up his hands Hes getting ready for the showdown I saw the minute that I turned away I got my money on a pawn tonight The change came in disguise of revelation, set his soul on fire She said shed always knew hed come around And the decades disappear like sinking ships, but we persevere God gives us hope, but we still fear what we dont know The mind is poison Castles in the sky sit stranded vandalized Were drawbridges closing Saw Cinderella in a party dress But she was looking for a nightgown I saw the devil wrapping up his hands Hes getting ready for the showdown I saw the ending when they turned the page I threw my money and I ran away Straight to the valley of the great divide Out where the dreams all hide Out where the wind dont blow Out here the good girls die And the sky wont snow Out here the bird dont sing Out here the field dont grow Out here the bell dont ring Out here the bell dont ring Out here the good girls die Now Cinderella dont you go to sleep Its such a bitter form of refuge Why dont you know the kingdoms under siege And everybody needs you Is there still magic in the midnight sun Or did you leave it back in sixty-one In the cadence of a young mans eyes Out where the dreams all hide

Grab your ticket and your suitcase Thunder’s rolling down this track Well, you don’t know where you’re going now But you know you won’t be back Well, darling if you’re weary Lay your head upon my chest We’ll take what we can carry Yeah, and we’ll leave the rest Well, big wheels roll through fields where sunlight streams Meet me in a land of hope and dreams Well, I will provide for you And Ill stand by your side Youll need a good companion now For this part of the ride Yeah, leave behind your sorrows Let this day be the last Well, tomorrow therell be sunshine And all this darkness past Well, big wheels roll through fields where sunlight streams Meet me in a land of hope and dreams This train carries saints and sinners This train carries losers and winners This train carries whores and gamblers This train carries lost souls I said this train, dreams will not be thwarted This train, faith will be rewarded This train, hear the steel wheels singing This train, bells of freedom ringing Yes, this train carries saints and sinners This train carries losers and winners This train carries whores and gamblers This train carries lost souls I said, this train carries broken-hearted This train, thieves and sweet souls departed This train carries fools and kings thrown This train, all aboard I said, now this train, dreams will not be thwarted This train, faith will be rewarded This train, the steel wheels singing This train, bells of freedom ringing Come on this train People get ready You dont need no ticket All you gotta do is Just get onboard Onboard this train People get ready You dont need no ticket You dont need no ticket You just get onboard You just thank the Lord You just thank the Lord You just thank the Lord

41 shots And well take that ride Across the bloody river To the other side 41 shots Cut through the night Youre kneeling over his body in the vestibule Praying for his life Is it a gun? Is it a knife? Is it a wallet? This is your life It aint no secret It aint no secret No secret, my friend, you can get killed just for living in Your American skin Yeah Oh yeah Yeah Oh-oh If I die right before I wake Cross my heart, then I seal my fate Life in the dark of the heartless Looking at the remedy for all this Everyday they look at you a target Falling victim, them and Him and her then this one, insensitivity Talk bad religion, skin identity Lack rash decision made by yours Pack facility with the urban boy Gun admitted he bear arm The entity, arm and leg and head made to destroy 80% of the victim was yours Maybe I get to relive years of war Look on the corner, we been here before Look at the momma, you seen tears before? Pain bright and early Rain, sleet, hail, snow, worry More storm barricade the city Prosecution, unhung jury These days murder keep em busy Sweet blood flowed on the gurney Yellow tape tied around the street Colin Kaepernick was more than worthy I could reverse the day, reverse the time Reverse the block, reverse the gun, reverse the shot Reverse the law, reverse the flaw That made us all the versions of a danger flock Reverse the love, reverse the hate Reverse the hope, reverse the way we playing sin Reverse the moment, so we can live again Life and times of the American skin 41 shots 41 shots 41 shots 41 shots American skin 41 shots Lena gets her son ready for school She says, Now, on these streets, Charles You got to understand the rules If an officer stops you Always be polite And never ever run away Promise momma youll keep your hands in sight Is it a gun? Is it a knife? Is it a wallet? This is your life It aint no secret Sure aint no secret No secret, my friend, you can get killed just for living in You can get killed just for living in You can get killed just for living in Your American skin 41 shots You can get killed just for living in 41 shots Your American skin 41 shots Be careful out there, oh baby 41 shots Listen to momma 41 shots Dont wanna take the ride 41 shots Dont wanna, dont wanna, dont wanna, dont wanna take the ride 41 shots Dont wanna take the ride 41 shots shots

I was raised outta steel Here in the swamps of Jersey Some misty years ago Through the mud and the beer The blood and the cheers I’ve seen champions come and go So if you’ve got the guts mister Yeah, if you got the balls If you think it’s your time Then step to the line And bring on your wrecking ball Bring on your wrecking ball Bring on your wrecking ball C’mon and take your best shot Let me see what you got Bring on your wrecking ball Now, my home’s here in these meadowlands Where mosquitoes grow big as airplanes Here where the blood is spilled The arena’s filled and giants played their games So raise up your glasses And let me hear your voices call ’Cause tonight all the dead are here So bring on your wrecking ball Bring on your wrecking ball Bring on your wrecking ball C’mon and take your best shot Let me see what you got Bring on your wrecking ball Yeah, we know that come tomorrow None of this will be here So hold tight to your anger Hold tight to your anger Hold tight to your anger And don’t fall to your fears Now, when all this steel and these stories Drift away to rust And all our youth and beauty Has been given to the dust When the game has been decided And were burnin’ down the clock And all our little victories and glories Have turned into parking lots When your best hopes and desires Are scattered to the wind And hard times come and hard times go and Hard times come and hard times go and Hard times come and hard times go and Hard times come and hard times go and Hard times come and hard times go Yeah, just to come again Bring on your wrecking ball Bring on your wrecking ball C’mon and take your best shot Let me see what you got Bring on your wrecking ball Bring on your wrecking ball Bring on your wrecking ball C’mon and take your best shot Let me see what you got Bring on your wrecking ball

Mary, Queen of Arkansas, its not too early for dreamin The sky is grown with cloud seed sown and a bastards love can be redeeming Mary, my queen, your soft hulk is reviving No, youre not too late to desecrate, the servants are just rising Well, Im just a lonely acrobat, the live wire is my trade Ive been a shine boy for your acid brat and a wharf rat of your state Mary, my queen, your blows for freedom are missing Youre not man enough for me to hate or woman enough for kissing The big top is for dreamers, we can take the circus all the way to the border And the gallows wait for martyrs whose papers are in order But I was not born to live to die, and you were not born for queenin Its not too late to infiltrate, the servants are just leavin Mary, Queen of Arkansas, your white skin is deceivin You wake and wait to lie in bait and you almost got me believin But on your bed, Mary, I can see the shadow of a noose I dont understand how you can hold me so tight and love me so damn loose But I know a place where we can go, Mary Where I can get a good job and start out all over again clean I got contacts deep in Mexico where the servants have been seen

I met a little girl and I settled down In a little house out on the edge of town We got married, and swore wed never part Then little by little we drifted from each others hearts At first I thought it was just restlessness That would fade as time went by and our love grew deep In the end it was something more I guess That tore us apart and made us weep And Im driving a stolen car Down on Eldridge Avenue Each night I wait to get caught But I never do She asked if I remembered the letters I wrote When our love was young and bold She said last night she read those letters And they made her feel one hundred years old And Im driving a stolen car On a pitch black night And Im telling myself Im gonna be alright But I ride by night and I travel in fear That in this darkness I will disappear

Theres a place out on the highway ’cross the San Bernardino line Where the truckers and the bikers gather every night at the same time At seven the band comes in and locals dance the night away At Sleepy Joes Café I drive on down from the big town Friday when the clock strikes five As the red sun sets in the ocean, I start to come alive Summer girls in the parking lot slap on their makeup and they flirt the night away At Sleepy Joes Café Joe came home in ’45 and took out a G.I. loan On a sleepy little spot an Army cook could call his own He married May, the highway come in, they woke up to find They were sitting on top of a pretty little gold mine Saturday night the lights are bright as the folks pour in from town Joe keeps the blues playin, at the bar May lays the beers down I come through the door and feel the workweek slip away See you out on the floor and Monday mornings a million miles away At Sleepy Joes Café Sleepy Joes Café Sleepy Joes Café

Hey bus driver keep the change, bless your children, give them names Dont trust men who walk with canes Drink this and youll grow wings on your feet Broadway Mary, Joan Fontaine, advertiser on a downtown train Oh, Christmas crier bustin cane, hes in love again Where dock workers dreams mix with panthers schemes to someday own the rodeo Tainted women in VistaVision perform for out-of-state kids at the late show Wizard imps and sweat sock pimps, interstellar mongrel nymphs Oh, Rex said that lady left him limp, loves like that Oh, queen of diamonds, ace of spades, newly discovered lovers of the everglades They take out a full page ad in the trades to announce their arrival And Mary Lou she found out how to cope, she rides to heaven on a gyroscope The Daily News asks her for the dope She says, Man, the dopes that theres still hope Senorita, Spanish rose, wipes her eyes and blows her nose Uptown in Harlem she throws a rose to some lucky, young matador

Ill mow your lawn, clean the leaves out your drain Ill mend your roof to keep out the rain Ill take the work that God provides Im a Jack of all trades, honey, well be alright Ill hammer the nails and Ill set the stone Ill harvest your crops when theyre ripe and grown Ill pull that engine apart and patch her up til shes running right Im a Jack of all trades, well be alright The hurricane blows, brings a hard rain When the blue sky breaks, it feels like the worlds gonna change Well start caring for each other like Jesus said that we might Im a Jack of all trades, well be alright The banker man grows fat, the working man grows thin Its all happened before and itll happen again Itll happen again, yeah, theyll bet your life Im a Jack of all trades, darling, well be alright Now sometimes tomorrow comes soaked in treasure and blood Here we stood the drought, now well stand the flood Theres a new world coming, I can see the light Im a Jack of all trades, well be alright So you use what youve got and you learn to make do You take the old, you make it new If I had me a gun, Id find the bastards and shoot em on sight Im a Jack of all trades, well be alright Im a Jack of all trades, well be alright

Out where the creek turns shallow and sandy And the moon comes skimming away the stars Wind in the mesquite comes rushing over the hilltops Straight into my arms, straight into my arms Im riding hard carrying a catch of roses A fresh map that I made Now Im going to get birth naked and bury my old soul And dance on its grave and dance on its grave Its been a long time coming, my dear Its been a long time coming, but now its here Yea, now its here Well my daddy, he was just a stranger Lived in a hotel downtown When I was a kid, he was just somebody Somebody Id see around, somebody Id see around Well now down below and pulling on my shirt Yeah I got some kids of my own If I had one wish for you in this god forsaken world, kid Itd be that your mistakes will be your own That your sins will be your own Its been a long time coming, my dear Its been a long time coming, but now its here And now its here Whoa Out neath the arms of Cassiopeia Where the sword of Orion sweeps Its me and you, Rosie, crackling like crossed wires And you breathing in your sleep And you breathing you in your sleep Well theres just a spark of a campfire left burning Two kids in a sleeping bag beside Reach neath your shirt, put my hands across your belly and feel Another one kicking inside And I aint gonna fuck it up this time Its been a long time coming, my dear Its been a long time coming, but now its here And now its here Its been a long time coming, my dear Its been a long time coming, but now its here And now its here Whoa

I got two pins in my ankle and a busted collarbone A steel rod in my leg, but it walks me home At nine, I climbed high into the boughs of our neighborhoods tallest tree I dont remember the fear, just the breeze Drive fast, fall hard, Ill keep you in my heart Dont worry about tomorrow, dont mind the scars Just drive fast, fall hard At nineteen, I was the king of the dirt down at the Remington draw I liked the pedal and I didnt mind the wall Midst the roar of the metal I never heard a sound I was looking for anything, any kind of drug to lift me up off this ground Drive fast, fall hard, Ill keep you in my heart Dont worry about tomorrow, dont mind the scars Just drive fast, fall hard We met on the set of this B picture that she made She liked her guys a little greasy, neath her pay grade We headed down to Baja in the desert, we made our stand of it Figured maybe together we could get the broken pieces to fit Drive fast, fall hard, keep me in your heart Dont worry about tomorrow, dont mind the scars Just drive fast, fall hard, Ill keep you in my heart Dont worry about tomorrow, dont mind the scar Just drive fast, fall hard I got two pins in my ankle and a busted collarbone A steel rod in my leg, but it walks me home

Well my soul checked out missing as I sat listening To the hours and minutes tickin away Yeah just sittin around waitin for my life to begin While it was all just slippin away Im tired of waitin for tomorrow to come Or that train to come roarin round the bend I got a new suit of clothes a pretty red rose And a woman I can call my friend These are better days baby Yeah theres better days shining through These are better days baby Better days with a girl like you Well I took a piss at fortunes sweet kiss Its like eatin caviar and dirt Its sad funny ending to find yourself pretending A rich man in a poor mans shirt Now my ass was draggin when from a passin gypsy wagon Your heart like a diamond shone Tonight Im layin in your arms carvin lucky charms Out of these hard luck bones These are better days baby These are better days its true These are better days Theres better days shining through Now a life of leisure and a pirates treasure Dont make much for tragedy But its a sad man my friend whos livin in his own skin And cant stand the company Every fools got a reason for feelin sorry for himself And turning his heart to stone Tonight this fools halfway to heaven and just a mile outta hell And I feel like Im comin home These are better days baby Theres better days shining through These are better days Better days with a girl like you These are better days baby These are better days its true These are better days Better days are shining through

Cigarettes and a bottle of beer This poem that I wrote for you This black stone and these hard tears Are all I got left now of you I remember you in your Marine uniform laughing Laughing at your ship out party I read Robert McNamara says hes sorry Your high boots and striped T-shirt Ah Billy you looked so bad Yeah, you and your rock-n-roll band You were best thing this shit town ever had Now the men who put you here eat with their families In rich dining halls And apology and forgiveness got no place here at all At the wall Im sorry I missed you last year I couldnt find no one to drive me If your eyes could cut through that black stone Tell me would they recognize me? For the living time it must be served, the day goes on Cigarettes and a bottle of beer Skin on black stone On the ground dog tags and wreaths of flowers With ribbons red as the blood Red as the blood you spilled in the Central Highlands mud Limousines rush down Pennsylvania Avenue Rustling the leaves as they fall And apology and forgiveness got no place here at all Here at the wall

I dont need your answered prayers Or the chains your lover wears I dont need your rings of gold Or the secrets that you hold Lift me up, darling Lift me up And Ill fall with you, lift me up Let your love lift me up I dont need your sacred vow Or the promise tomorrow brings There, behind the morning clouds Ill take the faith the daylight brings Lift me up, darling Lift me up And Ill fall with you, lift me up Let your love lift me up When the morning bright Lifts away this night And the light above We will find our love We will find our love Your skin, your hand upon my neck This skin, your fingers on my skin This kiss, this heartbeat, this breath This heart, this heart, this wilderness Lift me up, darling Lift me up And Ill fall with you, lift me up Let your love lift me up Lift me up, darling Lift me up And Ill fall with you, lift me up Let your love lift me up Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

I been knocking on the door that holds the throne I been looking for the map that leads me home I been stumbling on good hearts turned to stone The road of good intentions has gone dry as a bone We take care of our own We take care of our own Wherever this flags flown We take care of our own From Chicago to New Orleans, from the muscle to the bone From the shotgun shack to the Superdome There aint no help, the cavalry stayed home There aint no one hearing the bugle blowin We take care of our own We take care of our own Wherever this flags flown We take care of our own Wherere the eyes, the eyes with the will to see Wherere the hearts that run over with mercy Wheres the love that has not forsaken me Wheres the work that set my hands, my soul free Wheres the spirit thatll reign, reign over me Wheres the promise from sea to the shining sea Wheres the promise from sea to the shining sea Wherever this flag is flown Wherever this flag is flown Wherever this flag is flown We take care of our own We take care of our own Wherever this flags flown We take care of our own We take care of our own We take care of our own Wherever this flags flown We take care of our own

You make up your mind, you choose the chance you take You ride to where the highway ends and the desert breaks Out on to an open road you ride until the day You learn to sleep at night with the price you pay Now with their hands held high, they reached out for the open skies And in one last breath they built the roads theyd ride to their death Driving on through the night, unable to break away From the restless pull of the price you pay Oh, the price you pay, oh, the price you pay Now you cant walk away from the price you pay Now theyd come so far and theyd waited so long Just to end up caught in a dream where everything goes wrong Where the dark of night holds back the light of the day And youve gotta stand and fight for the price you pay Oh, the price you pay, oh, the price you pay Now you cant walk away from the price you pay Little girl down on the strand With that pretty little baby in your hands Do you remember the story of the promised land How he crossed the desert sands And could not enter the chosen land On the banks of the river he stayed To face the price you pay So let the game start, you better run you little wild heart You can run through all the nights and all the days But just across the county line, a stranger passing through put up a sign That counts the men fallen away to the price you pay, and girl before the end of the day Im going to tear it down and throw it away

She took off her stockings I held them to my face She had your ankles I felt filled with grace Two hundred dollars straight in Two-fifty up the ass she smiled and said She unbuckled my belt, pulled back her hair And sat in front of me on the bed She said, Honey, hows that feel Do you want me to go slow? My eyes drifted out the window And down to the road below I felt my stomach tighten As the sun bloodied the sky And sliced through hotel blinds I closed my eyes Sunlight on the Amatitlan Sunlight streaming through your hair In the Valle de dos Rios The smell of mock orange filled the air We rode with the vaqueros Down into cool rivers of green I was sure the work and the smile coming out neath your hat Was all Ill ever need Somehow all you ever needs Never quite enough, you know You and I, Maria, we learned its so She slipped me out of her mouth Youre ready, she said She took off her bra and panties Wet her fingers, slipped it inside her And crawled over me on the bed She bought me another whisky Said heres to the best you ever had We laughed and made a toast It wasnt the best I ever had, not even close

Well, no cannonball did fly, no rifles cut us down No bombs fell from the sky, no blood soaked the ground No powder flash blinded the eye No deathly thunder sounded But just as sure as the hand of God They brought death to my hometown They brought death to my hometown, boy Now, no shells ripped the evening sky, no cities burning down No army stormed the shores for which we’d die No dictators were crowned I awoke on a quiet night, I never heard a sound The marauders raided in the dark They brought death to my hometown, boys Death to my hometown They destroyed our families, factories And they took our homes They left our bodies on the plains The vultures picked our bones So listen up, my sonny boy, be ready when they come For they’ll be returning sure as the rising sun Now get yourself a song to sing and sing it till you’re done Sing it hard and sing it well Send the robber barons straight to hell The greedy thieves who came around And ate the flesh of everything they found Whose crimes have gone unpunished now Who walk the streets as free men now They brought death to our hometown, boys Death to our hometown, boys Death to our hometown, boys Death to our hometown

Well its Saturday night, youre all dressed up in blue I been watchin you awhile, maybe you been watchin me too So somebody ran out, left somebodys heart in a mess Well if youre lookin for love, honey Im tougher than the rest Some girls they want a handsome Dan, or some good-lookin Joe On their arm some girls like a sweet-talkin Romeo Well round here baby I learned you get what you can get So if youre rough enough for love, honey Im tougher than the rest The road is dark, and its a thin, thin line But I want you to know Ill walk it for you anytime Maybe your other boyfriends couldnt pass the test Well if youre rough and ready for love, Honey Im tougher than the rest The road is dark, its a thin, thin line But I want you to know Ill walk it for you anytime Maybe your other boyfriends couldnt pass the test If youre rough and ready for love, Honey Im tougher than the rest If youre rough and ready for love, honey Im tougher than the rest If youre rough and ready for love, honey Im tougher than the rest

My name is Joe Roberts, I work for the state Im a sergeant out on Perenville barracks number 8 Ive always done an honest job, honest as I could Got a brother named Frankie, Frankie isnt no good Ever since we were young kids, its been the same come down Id get a call on the short wave, Frankies in trouble downtown Well, if it was any other man, Id put him straight away But sometimes when its your brother, you look the other way Yeah, me and Frankie laughing and drinking, nothing feels better than blood on blood Taking turns dancing with Maria while the band played The Night of the Johnstown Flood I catch him when hes straying, like any brother should Man turns his back on his family, he aint no good Well, Frankie went into the army back in 1965 I got a farm deferment, settled down, took Maria for my wife But them wheat prices kept on dropping, until it was like wes getting robbed Frankie came home in 68, and me, I took this job Yeah, me and Frankie laughing and drinking, nothing feels better than blood on blood Taking turns dancing with Maria while the band played The Night of the Johnstown Flood I catch him when hes straying, teach him how to walk that line Man turns his back on his family, aint no friend of mine The night was like any other, I got a call about a quarter to nine There was trouble at a roadhouse out on the Michigan line There was a kid on the floor, looking bad, bleeding hard from his head There was a girl crying at a table, it was Frankie, she said I ran out and I jumped in my car, then I hit the lights I must have done about a hundred and ten to Michigan County that night It was down by the crossroads, out by willow bank Seen the Buick with Ohio plates, behind the wheel was Frank Well, I chased him through them county roads, until the sign said Canadian border five miles from here Pulled over to the side out the highway, watched the taillights disappear Yeah, me and Frankie laughing and drinking, nothing feels better than blood on blood Taking turns dancing with Maria while the band played The Night of the Johnstown Flood I catch him when hes straying, like any brother should Man turns his back on his family, he aint no good

You may think Im foolish For the foolish things I do You may wonder how come I love you When you get on my nerves like you do Well baby you know you bug me There aint no secret bout that Well come on over here and hug me Baby Ill spill the facts Well honey it aint your money Cause baby I got plenty of that I love you for your... Pink Cadillac Crushed velvet seats Riding in the back Oozing down the street Waving to the girls Feeling out of sight Spending all my money On a Saturday night Honey I just wonder what you do there in back Of your pink Cadillac Pink Cadillac Well now way back in the Bible Temptations always come along Theres always somebody tempting Somebody into doing something they know is wrong Well they tempt you, man, with silver And they tempt you, sir, with gold And they tempt you with the pleasures That the flesh does surely hold They say Eve tempted Adam with an apple But man I aint going for that I know it was her... Now some folks say its too big And uses too much gas Some folks say its too old And that it goes too fast But my love is bigger than a Honda Its bigger than a Subaru Hey man theres only one thing And one car that will do Anyway we dont have to drive it Honey we can park it out in back And have a party in your...

Hey, little girl, is your daddy home? Did he go and leave you all alone? Oh-oh, Ive got a bad desire Oh-oh-oh, Im on fire Tell me now, baby, is he good to you? Can he do to you the things that I do? Oh-oh, I can take you higher Oh-oh-oh, Im on fire Sometimes its like someone took a knife, baby, edgy and dull And cut a six-inch valley through the middle of my skull At night, I wake up with the sheets soaking wet And a freight train running through the middle of my head Only you can cool my desire Oh-oh-oh, Im on fire

The sky was falling And streaked with blood I heard you calling me Then you disappeared into the dust Up the stairs, into the fire Yeah, up the stairs, into the fire I need your kiss But love and duty called you some place higher Somewhere up the stairs, into the fire May your strength give us strength May your faith give us faith May your hope give us hope May your love give us love May your strength give us strength May your faith give us faith May your hope give us hope May your love give us love You gave your love to see In fields of red and autumn brown You gave your love to me And lay your young body down Up the stairs, into the fire Yeah, up the stairs, into the fire I need you near But love and duty called you some place higher Somewhere up the stairs, into the fire May your strength give us strength May your faith give us faith May your hope give us hope May your love give us love May your strength give us strength May your faith give us faith May your hope give us hope May your love give us love May your strength give us strength May your faith give us faith May your hope give us hope May your love give us love It was dark, too dark to see You held me in the light you gave You lay your hand on me Then walked into the darkness of your smoky grave Up the stairs, into the fire Yeah, up the stairs, into the fire I need your kiss But love and duty called you some place higher Somewhere up the stairs into the fire May your strength give us strength May your faith give us faith May your hope give us hope May your love give us love May your strength give us strength May your faith give us faith May your hope give us hope May your love bring us love May your strength give us strength May your faith give us faith May your hope give us hope May your love bring us love May your strength give us strength May your faith give us faith May your hope give us hope May your love bring us love May your love bring us love

I got seven pictures of Buddha The prophets on my tongue Eleven angels of mercy Sighing over that black hole in the sun My hearts dark but its rising Im pulling all the faith I can see From that black hole on the horizon I hear your voice calling me Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain, let it rain Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain Meet me at Marys place, were going to have a party Meet me at Marys place, were going to have a party Tell me how do we get this thing started? Meet me at Marys place Meet me at Marys place Familiar faces around me Laughter fills the air Your loving grace surrounds me Everybodys here Furnitures out on the front porch Musics up loud I dream of you in my arms I lose myself in the crowd Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain, let it rain Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain Meet me at Marys place, were going to have a party Meet me at Marys place, were going to have a party Tell me, how do you live broken-hearted? Meet me at Marys place Meet me at Marys place Meet me at Marys place Meet me at Marys place I got a picture of you in my locket I keep it close to my heart This light shining in my breast Leading me through the dark Seven days, seven candles In my window, light your way Your favorite records on the turntable I drop the needle and pray Bands counting out midnight Floors rumbling loud Singers calling up daylight And waiting for that shout from the crowd Waiting for that shout from the crowd Turn it up, turn it up, turn it up, turn it up Turn it up, turn it up, turn it up Meet me at Marys place, were going to have a party Meet me at Marys place, were going to have a party Tell me how do we get this thing started? Meet me at Marys place Meet me at Marys place Meet me at Marys place Meet me at Marys place Meet me at Marys place Meet me at Marys place Oh, meet me at Marys place Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain, let it rain Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain

Hey little girl, is your daddy home? Did he go and leave you all alone? I got a bad desire Oh, oh, oh, Im on fire Tell me now baby, is he good to you? And does he do to you the things that I do? Alright, I can take you higher Oh, oh, oh, Im on fire Sometimes its like someone took a knife, baby Edgy and dull and cut a six-inch valley Through the middle of my skull At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet And a freight train running Through the middle of my head And you, you cool my desire Oh, oh, oh, Im on fire Oh, oh, oh, Im on fire Oh, oh, oh, Im on fire

Mrs. McGrath, the sergeant said Would you like to make a soldier Out of your son, Ted? With a scarlet cloak and a big cocked hat Mrs. McGrath, wouldnt you like that? With your too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa, with your too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Mrs. McGrath lived on the shore And after seven years or more She spied a ship come into the bay With her son from far away Oh, Captain dear, where have you been Have you been out sailing on the Mediterranean Have you news of my son Ted Is he living or is he dead? With your too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa, with your too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Now then came Ted without any legs And in their place, two wooden pegs She kissed him a dozen times or two And said, My God, Ted, is it you? Now were you drunk or were you blind When you left your two fine legs behind? Or was it walking upon the sea That bore your two fine legs away? With a too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa, with a too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa With a too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa, with a too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa No, I wasnt drunk and I wasnt blind When I left my two fine legs behind A cannonball on the fifth of May Tore my two fine legs away Ah, Teddy, boy, the widow cried Your two fine legs were your mothers pride Them stumps of a tree wont do at all Why didnt you run from the cannonball? With a too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa, with a too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa With a too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa, with a too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Well, foreign wars, I do proclaim Live on only blood and a mothers pain Id rather have my son as he used to be Then the King of America and his whole Navy With a too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa, with a too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa With a too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa, with a too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa With a too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa, with a too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa

Well you dont like, dont like the way I walk And you dont like, dont like the way I talk You criticize about me endlessly Logic defies how you get stuck with me And you complain about the clothes I wear And you explain theres other boys out there You complain my car makes too much noise And you cry Im always out with the boys Whoa whoa I give up little darling Yeah no matter what I do, girl you know its true Aint good enough for you You complain the way I love you at night You explain Im really not your type If we go out, you say Im such a bore If we stay in, you say what are we living for I dont understand, theres nothing I can do There aint no way I can satisfy you End of the night I lean in for a kiss Here comes the pitch, a swing and a miss Whoa whoa whoa whoa I quit little darling Yeah no matter what I do, well you know its true Aint good enough for you, hey! Hey! Whoa whoa whoa whoa Hey hey little darling No matter what I do, girl you know its true Aint good enough for you I tried to change, I got a job in sales I bought a shirt uptown in Bloomingdales And babe I tried to make the latest scene Hitting cool just like Jimmy Iovine I bought a record with all the latest grooves A book of love with all the latest moves I bought some flowers and I waited at your door And you came out, didnt want to see me no more Whoa whoa whoa I quit little darling Yeah no matter what I do, girl you know its true Aint good enough for you Hey! Hey! Hey! No matter what I do, girl you know its true Aint good enough for you Aww no matter what I do, girl you know its true Aint good enough for you Whoaaa!

He was born a little baby on the Appalachian Trail At six months old hed done three months in jail He robbed a bank in his diapers and his little bare baby feet All he said was Folks, my name is Outlaw Pete. Im Outlaw Pete! Im Outlaw Pete! Can you hear me? At twenty-five a mustang pony he did steal And they rode around and round on heavens wheel Father Jesus, Im an outlaw, killer and a thief And I slow down only to sow my grief Im Outlaw Pete! Im Outlaw Pete! Can you hear me? He cut his trail of tears across the countryside And where he went, women wept and men died One night he woke from a vision of his own death Saddled his pony and rode her deep into the West Married a Navajo girl and settled down on the res And as the smoke fell he held that beautiful daughter to his chest Im Outlaw Pete! Im Outlaw Pete! Can you hear me? Out of the East on an Irish stallion came Bounty Hunter Dan His heart quickened and burdened by the need to get his man He found Pete peacefully fishing by the river, pulled his gun and got the drop He said, Pete, you think youve changed, but you have not He cocked his pistol, pulled the trigger and shouted, Let it stop! He drew a knife from his boot, threw it, and pierced Dan through the heart Dan smiled as he lay in his own blood dying in the sun And whispered in Petes ear, We cannot undo these things weve done Youre Outlaw Pete! Youre Outlaw Pete! Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me? For forty days and nights Pete rode and did not stop Till he sat high upon an icy mountain top He watched a hawk on a desert updraft slip and slide Moved to the edge and dug his spurs deep into his ponys side Some say Pete and his pony vanished over the edge Some say they remain frozen high upon that icy ledge The young Navajo girl washes in the river, skin so fair And braids a piece of Petes buckskin chaps into her hair Outlaw Pete! Outlaw Pete! Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me?

Every day here you come walking I hold my tongue, I dont do much talking You say youre happy and youre doin fine Well, go ahead, baby, I got plenty of time Because sad eyes never lie Because sad eyes never lie Well, for a while Ive been watching you steady Aint gonna move til youre good and ready You show up and then you shy away But I know pretty soon youll be walkin this way Because sad eyes never lie Because sad eyes never lie Baby, dont you know I dont care? Dont you know that Ive been there? Well, if something in the air feels a little unkind Dont worry, darling, itll slip your mind I know you think youd never be mine Well, thats okay, baby, I dont mind That shy smiles sweet, thats a fact Go ahead, I dont mind the act Here you come all dressed up for a date Well one more step and itll be too late Blue blue ribbon in your hair Like youre so sure Ill be standing there I guess sad eyes never lie I guess sad eyes never lie I guess sad eyes never lie I guess sad eyes never lie Never lie, never lie...

Hey little girl, is your daddy home? Did he go away and leave you all alone? I got a bad desire Oh, oh, oh, Im on fire Tell me pretty baby, is he good to you? Can he do to you the things that I do? I can take you higher Oh, oh, oh, Im on fire Sometimes it feels like someone took a knife Baby do you know and cut a six-inch valley Through the middle of my skull At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet And a freight train running through the middle of my head Only you can cool my desire Oh, oh, oh Im on fire Oh, oh, oh Im on fire Oh, oh, oh Im on fire, ooh ooh

Driving home she grabs something to eat Turns a corner and drives down her street Into a row of houses she just melts away Like the scenery in another mans play Into a house where the blinds are closed To keep from seeing things she dont wanna know She pulls the blinds and looks out on the street The cool of the night takes the edge off the heat In the Jackson Cage Down in the Jackson Cage You can try with all your might But youre reminded every night That you been judged and handed life Down in the Jackson Cage Every day ends in wasted motion Just crossed swords on the killing floor To settle back is to settle without knowing The hard edge that youre settling for Because theres always just one more day And its always gonna be that way Little girl youve been down here so long I can tell by the way that you move you belong to The Jackson Cage Down in Jackson Cage And it dont matter just what you say Are you tough enough to play the game they play Or will you just do your time and fade away Down into the Jackson Cage Baby theres nights when I dream of a better world But I wake up so downhearted girl I see you feeling so tired and confused I wonder what its worth to me or you Just waiting to see some sun Never knowing if that day will ever come Left alone standing out on the street Till you become the hand that turns the key down in Jackson Cage Down in Jackson Cage Well darling can you understand The way that they will turn a man Into a stranger to waste away Down in the Jackson Cage

I see you walking, baby, down the street Pushing that baby carriage at your feet I see that lonely ribbon in your hair Tell me am I the man for whom you put it there You never smile girl, you never speak You just walk on by, darling, week after week Raising two kids alone in this mixed up world Must be a lonely life for a working girl Little girl, I wanna marry you Oh yeah, little girl, I wanna marry you Yes I do Little girl, I wanna marry you Now, honey, I dont wanna clip your wings But a time comes when two people should think of these things Having a home and a family Facing up to their responsibilities They say in the end true love prevails But in the end true love cant be some fairytale To say Ill make your dreams come true would be wrong But maybe, darling, I could help them along Little girl, I wanna marry you Oh yeah, little girl, I wanna marry you Yes I do Little girl, I wanna marry you My daddy said right before he died That true, true love was just a lie He went to his grave a broken heart An unfulfilled life, makes a man hard Oh darling Theres something happy and theres something sad Bout wanting somebody, oh so bad I wear my love darling, without shame Id be proud if you would wear my name Little girl, I wanna marry you Oh yeah, little girl, I wanna marry you Yes I do Little girl, I wanna marry you Little girl, I wanna marry you Oh yeah, little girl, I wanna marry you Yes I do Little girl, I wanna marry you

Take me now baby, here as I am Pull me close, try and understand I work all day out in the hot sun Break my back till the morning comes Come on now, try and understand The way I feel when Im in your hands Take me now as the sun descends They cant hurt you now Because the night belongs to lovers Because the night belongs to Because the night belongs to lovers Because the night belongs to us What I got, I have earned What Im not, baby I have learned Desire and hunger is the fire I breathe Just stay in my bed till the morning comes Your love The vicious circle turns and burns without And though I cannot live, forgive me now The time has come to take this moment and They cant hurt us now

Last night I was out driving Coming home at the end of the working day I was riding alone through the drizzling rain On a deserted stretch of a county two-lane When I came upon a wreck on the highway There was blood and glass all over And there was nobody there but me As the rain tumbled down hard and cold I seen a young man lying by the side of the road He cried, Mister, wont you help me please? An ambulance finally came and took him to Riverside I watched as they drove him away And I thought of a girlfriend or a young wife And a state trooper knocking in the middle of the night To say your baby died in a wreck on the highway Sometimes I sit up in the darkness And I watch my baby as she sleeps Then I climb in bed and I hold her tight I just lay there awake in the middle of the night Thinking bout the wreck on the highway

Hey little girl is your daddy home? Did he go away and leave you all alone? I got a bad desire Oooo oooo ooooh Im on fire Tell me now baby is he good to you? Can he do to you the things that I do? I can take you higher Oooo oooo ooooh Im on fire Sometimes its like someone took a knife, baby, edgy and dull And cut a six-inch valley through the middle of my soul At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet and a freight train running through the Middle of my head And you can cool my desire Oooo oooo ooooh Im on fire Yeah, sometimes its like someone took a knife, baby, edgy and dull And cut a six-inch valley through the middle of my soul At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet and a freight train running through the Middle of my head And you can cool my desire Oooo oooo ooooh Im on fire Oooo oooo ooooh Im on fire Oooo oooo ooooh Im on fire

They come from everywhere A longing to be free They come to join us here From sea to shining sea And they all have a dream As people always will To be safe and warm In that shining city on the hill Some wanna slam the door Instead of opening the gate Aw, let’s turn this thing around Before it gets too late It’s up to me and you Love can conquer hate I know this to be true That’s what makes us great Don’t tell me a lie And sell it as a fact I’ve been down that road before And I ain’t goin’ back And don’t you brag to me That you never read a book I never put my faith In a con man and his crooks I won’t follow down that path And tempt the hands of fate Aw, let’s turn this thing around Before it gets too late It’s up to me and you Love can conquer hate I know this to be true That’s what makes us great In the quiet of the night I lie here wide awake And I ask myself Is there a difference I can make? It’s up to me and you Love can conquer hate I know this to be true That’s what makes us great

Got out of prison back in 86 and I found a wife Walked the clean and narrow Just trying to stay out and stay alive Got a job at the rendering plant, it isnt going to make me rich In the darkness before dinner comes Sometimes I can feel the itch I got a cold mind to go tripping across that thin line Im sick of doing straight time My uncles at the evening table Makes his living running hot cars Slips me a hundred dollar bill says Charlie you best remember who your friends are I got a cold mind to go tripping across that thin line Im sick of doing straight time Eight years in it feels like youre going to die You get used to anything Sooner or later it just becomes your life Kitchen floor in the evening tossing my little babies high Marys smiling but shes watching me out of the corner of her eye Seems you cant get any more than half free I step out onto the front porch and suck the cold air deep inside of me I got a cold mind to go tripping across that thin line Im sick of doing straight time In the basement hunting gun and a hacksaw Sip a beer and thirteen inches of barrel drop to the floor Come home in the evening, cant get the smell from my hands Lay my head down on the pillow and Go drifting off into foreign lands

I dont remember how I felt I never thought Id live To read about myself In my hometown paper How my brave young life Was forever changed In a misty cloud of pink vapor Darling, give me your kiss Only understand I am the nothing man Around here everybody acts the same Around here everybody acts like nothings changed Friday night club meets at Als Barbecue The sky is still the same unbelievable blue Darling, give me your kiss Come and take my hand I am the nothing man You can call me Joe Buy me a drink and shake my hand You want courage Ill show you courage you can understand Pearl and silver Resting on my night table Its just me Lord, pray Im able Darlin with this kiss Say you understand I am the nothing man I am the nothing man

Came into town with a pocketful of songs I made the rounds but I didnt last long Now Im out on this highway with a bone-cold chill Somewhere north of Nashville I lie awake in the middle of the night Makin a list of things that I didnt do right With you at the top of a long page filled Here, somewhere north of Nashville For the deal I made, the price was strong I traded you for this song We woke each morning with hearts filled Bluebird of love on the windowsill Now the hearts unsteady, and the night is still All Ive gots this melody, and time to kill Here, somewhere north of Nashville Here, somewhere north of Nashville Here, somewhere north of Nashville

We sit in the car outside your house And I can feel the heat coming down I go to put my arms around you Give me a look like Im way out of bounds Yeah, let out one of your bored sighs and Lately when I look into your eyes Im going down, down, down, down We get dressed up and we go Out, baby, for the night We come home early burning Burning in some fire fight Im sick and tired of you setting me up, girl Setting me up just to knock, knock, knock me Down, down down Going down, down, down, down Pull you close but when we kiss When we kiss I can feel the doubt I remember back when we started My kisses used to turn you inside out I used to drive you to work in the mornings Friday night Id drive you all around You used to love to drive me wild, but Lately girl you get your kicks just driving me down Down, down, down, down Going down, down, down, down...

Crazy Janey and her mission man Were back in the alley tradin hands Long came Wild Billy with his friend G-Man all duded up for Saturday night Well, Billy slammed on his coaster brakes And said, anybody wanna go on up to Greasy Lake? Its about a mile down on the dark side of Route 88 I got a bottle of Rose, so lets try it Well pick up Hazy Davy and Killer Joe And Ill take you all out to where the Gypsy angels go Theyre built like light and they dance like spirits in the night in the night Oh you dont know what they can do to you Spirits in the night In the night Stand right up now and let them shoot through you Well now, Wild Billy was a crazy cat And he shook some dust out of his coonskin cap He said, trust some of this, itll show you where its at Or at least itll really help you feel it By the time we made it up to Greasy Lake I had my head out the window And Janeys fingers were in the cake I think I really dug her cause I was too loose to fake I said, Im hurt. She said, Honey, let me heal it. And we danced all night to a soul fairy band And she kissed me just right like only a lonely angel can She felt so nice, just as soft as a spirit in the night in the night Janey dont know what she do to you Spirit in the night in the night Stand right up and let her shoot through me Now the night was bright and the stars Threw light on Billy and Davy dancin in the moonlight They were down near the water in a stone mud fight Killer Joe gone passed out on the lawn Well now, Hazy Davy got really hurt He ran into the lake in just his socks and a shirt Me and crazy Janey was makin love in the dirt Singin our birthday song Janey said it ws time to go so we closed our eyes And said goodbye to Gypsy Angel Row Felt so right together we moved like spirits in the night

House got too crowded, clothes got too tight And I dont know just where Im going tonight Out where the skys been cleared by a good hard rain Theres somebody callin my secret name Im going down to Lucky Town Going down to Lucky Town I wanna lose these blues Ive found Down in Lucky Town Baby, down in Lucky Town Had a coat of fine leather and snakeskin boots But that coat always had a thread hangin too loose Well, I pulled it one night and to my surprise It led me right past your house and on over the rise Im going down to Lucky Town Down to Lucky Town Im gonna lose these blues Ive found Down in Lucky Town Baby, down in Lucky Town I had some victory that was just failure in deceit Now the jokes comin up through the soles of my feet I been a long time walking on fortunes cane Tonight Im sleepin lightly and feelin no pain Well heres to your good looks baby now heres to my health Heres to the loaded places that we take ourselves When it comes to luck you make your own Tonight I got to dirt on my hands but Im building me a new home Baby, down in Lucky Town Down in Lucky Town Im gonna lose these blues Ive found Down in Lucky Town Baby, down in Lucky Town Im going down to Lucky Town Down to Lucky Town Im gonna lose these blues Ive found Down in Lucky Town Baby, down in Lucky Town Im going down to Lucky Town Down to Lucky Town Im gonna lose these blues Ive found Down in Lucky Town Baby, down in Lucky Town

Took a walk to the corner store Just to buy a loaf of bread and a box of smores Up pulled a guy in a yellow van Shiny gold badge flashing in his hand He said, alright all you mojados down here I want you all to hit the floor I got one thing to ask you and nothing more So answer in English, if you can Where were ya born, man Huh? Where was I born? Thats right, I said Where were ya born? Hey, are you one of those dudes who do horoscopes, man Hey, Im a Cancer with a bad moon rising Look here, el vago, watch my lips Where were ya born? I was born in East LA Man, I was born in East LA Oh yeah, you were born in East LA Lets see your green card Huh? Green card? Im from East LA Alright, then whos President of the United States Oh, thats easy, man That guy that used to be on Death Valley Days, John Wayne Alright, lets go, come on Next thing I know, Im in a foreign land People talkin so fast, I couldnt understand There was nobody there to lend a helping hand I was cold, it was dark where is a burger stand I want to go back to East LA I wish I was back in East LA I dont belong here in downtown TJ Cause I was born in East LA, ole I crawled under barbed wire, swam across a stream Rode in six different trucks packed like a sardine Walked all day in the burning sun Now I know what its like to be born to run Up ahead was the promised land Shining like a star just beyond my hand All I could see was a golden door I looked up, a sign said five zillion sold And I was back in East LA Yes, I was back in East LA You know Im never gonna stray Cause I was born in East LA, oralé! Im a low rider vato from East LA, cuìdate! East LA, oralé! This aint no Datsun its a Chevrolet, cruise all day! What I say, East LA, oralé! Soto Street Brooklyn Avenue City Terrace Whittier Boulevard oralé! Wilshire! I said, how do you get to Wilshire? What am I lost or what....? Im a lowrider vato from a-far away I was born, I was born in East LA, how to say East LA, dont delay Cruise all day in East LA, oralé! Im from East LA, what I say East LA.................! East LA!

Im driving a big, lazy car Rushin up the highway in the dark I got one hand steady on the wheel And one hands tremblin over my heart Its pounding, baby, like its gonna bust right on through And it aint gonna stop till Im alone again with you A friend of mine became a father last night When we spoke, in his voice, I could hear the light Of the skies and the rivers, the timberwolf in the pines And that great jukebox out on Route 39 They say he travels fastest who travels alone But tonight I miss my girl, mister, tonight I miss my home Is it the sound of the leaves left blown by the wayside Thats got me out here on this spooky old highway tonight? Is it the cry of the river with the moonlight shining through? That aint what scares me, baby, what scares me is losin you They say if you die in your dreams, you really die in your bed But, honey, last night I dreamed my eyes rolled straight back in my head And Gods light came shinin on through I woke up in the darkness scared and breathin and born anew It wasnt the cold river bottom I felt rushing over me It wasnt the bitterness of a dream that didnt come true It wasnt the wind in the grey fields I felt rushing through my arms No, no, baby, baby, it was you So hold me close, honey, say youre forever mine And tell me youll be my lonely valentine

Well, its Saturday night Youre all dressed up in blue Ive been watching you awhile Maybe youve been watching me too So somebody ran out Left somebodys heart in a mess Well, if youre looking out for love Honey, Im tougher than the rest Some girls, they want a handsome Dan Or some good-lookin Joe On their arm Some girls want a sweet-talkin Romeo But around here, baby I learned you get what you can get So if youre lookin’ out for love Honey, Im tougher than the rest Oh your road is dark Yes its a thin, thin line But I want you to know Ill walk it for you any time All your other boyfriends They couldnt pass the test So if youre lookin’ out for love Honey, Im tougher than the rest Well, it aint no secret Ive been around a time or two Well, I dont know Maybe youve been around too And when theres another dance All you gotta do is say yes And if youre lookin’ out for love Honey, Im tougher than the rest And if youre youre lookin’ out for love Honey, Im tougher than the rest

I love to see the cottonwood blossom In the early spring I love to see the message of love That the bluebird brings But when I see you walkin with him Down along the strand I wish I were blind When I see you with your man I love to see your hair shining In the long summers light I love to watch the stars fill the sky On a summer night The music plays you take his hand I watch how you touch him as you start to dance And I wish I were blind When I see you with your man We struggle here but all our loves in vain Oh these eyes that once filled me with your beauty Now fill me with pain And the light that once entered here Is banished from me And this darkness is all baby that my heart sees And though this world is filled With the grace and beauty of Gods hand Oh I wish I were blind When I see you with your man

I woke up this morning I could barely breathe Just an empty impression In the bed where you used to be I want a kiss from your lips I want an eye for an eye I woke up this morning to an empty sky Empty sky, empty sky I woke up this morning to an empty sky Empty sky, empty sky I woke up this morning to an empty sky Blood on the streets Yeah, blood flowing down I hear the blood of my blood Crying from the ground Empty sky, empty sky I woke up this morning to an empty sky Empty sky, empty sky I woke up this morning to an empty sky On the plains of Jordan I cut my bow from the wood Of this tree of evil Of this tree of good I want a kiss from your lips I want an eye for an eye I woke up this morning to an empty sky Empty sky, empty sky I woke up this morning to an empty sky Empty sky, empty sky I woke up this morning to an empty sky

Blinded by the light Wrapped up like a deuce Another runner in the night Blinded by the light Wrapped up like a deuce Another runner in the night Blinded by the light Wrapped up like a deuce... Madman drummers bummers Indians in the summer With a teenage diplomat In the dumps with the mumps As the adolescent pumps His way into his hat With a boulder on my shoulder Feeling kinda older I tripped a merry-go-round With this very unpleasing Sneezing and wheezing The calliope crashed to the ground The calliope crashed to the ground Oh, she was blinded by the light Wrapped up like a deuce Another runner in the night Blinded by the light Wrapped up like a deuce Another runner in the night Blinded by the light Wrapped up like a deuce Another runner in the night Blinded by the light Wrapped up like a deuce Another runner in the night Some silicone sister With her manager mister Told me Ive got what it takes She said Ill turn you on, sonny, to something strong Play the song with the funky break And go-kart Mozart Was checking out the weather chart To see if it was safe outside And little Early Pearly Came by in his curly wurly And asked me if I needed a ride The calliope crashed to the ground Cause she was blinded by the light Wrapped up like a deuce Another runner in the night Blinded by the light Wrapped up like a deuce Another runner in the night Blinded by the light (Madman drummers bummers Indians in the summer) Wrapped up like a deuce Another runner in the night Blinded by the light (In the dumps with the mumps As the adolescent pumps) Wrapped up like a deuce Another runner in the night Blinded by the light (With a boulder on my shoulder Feeling kinda older) Wrapped up like a deuce Another runner in the night Blinded by the light (With this very unpleasing Sneezing and wheezing) Wrapped up like a deuce Another runner in the night Blinded by the light (Now Scott with a slingshot Finally found a tender spot) Wrapped up like a deuce Another runner in the night Blinded by the light (And some bloodshot forget-me-not Said, Daddys within earshot) Wrapped up like a deuce Another runner in the night Blinded by the light (Some silicone sister With her manager mister) Wrapped up like a deuce Another runner in the night Blinded by the light (She said Ill turn you on, sonny, to something strong) She got down but she never got tight Shes gonna make it through the night

Bill Horton was a cautious man of the road He walked lookin over his shoulder and remained faithful to its code When something caught his eye, hed measure his need And then very carefully hed proceed Billy met a young girl in the early days of May It was there in her arms, he let his cautiousness slip away In their lovers twilight as the evening sky grew dim Hed lay back in her arms and laugh at what had happened to him On his right hand, Billyd tattooed the word love, on his left hand was the word fear And in which hand he held his fate was never clear Come Indian summer, he took his young lover for his bride And with his own hands built her a great house down by the riverside Now Billy was an honest man, he wanted to do what was right He worked hard to fill their lives with happy days and loving night Alone on his knees in the darkness for steadiness hed pray For he knew in a restless heart the seed of betrayal lay One night Billy awoke from a terrible dream callin his wifes name She lay breathing beside him in a peaceful sleep a thousand miles away He got dressed in the moonlight and down to the highway he strode When he got there, he didnt find nothing but road Billy felt a coldness rise up inside him that he couldnt name Just as the words tattooed cross his knuckles he knew would always remain At their bedside, he brushed the hair from his wifes face as the moon shone on her skin so white Filling their room in the beauty of Gods fallen light

Bring it Down, band! Now , I just came here tonight to say I just wanna say ... I just wanna say ... Merry Christmas baby, you surely treat me nice Merry Christmas baby, you surely treat me nice I feel just like Im living in paradise Now listen Now you see, I feel real good tonight And I got music on the radio And I feel good tonight And I got music on the radio And I feel just like I wanna kiss you Underneath my mistle-toe But now listen Santa came down chimney, half past three With lots of nice little presents for my baby and me Merry Christmas baby, you surely treat me nice And I feel like Im living, just living in paradise Come on boys Well now Santa came down chimney, half past three With lots of nice little presents for my baby and me Merry Christmas baby, you surely treat me nice And I feel like Im living, just living in paradise And I just came down to say ... merry Christmas baby I just wanna say ... merry Christmas baby I just wanna say ... merry Christmas baby I just wanna say ... merry Christmas baby And happy new year too Oh yeah Play it boys go ! Merry Christmas, happy new year

My feet were flying down the street just the other night When a Hong Kong special pulled up at the light What was inside, man, was just cest magnifique I wanted to hold the bumper and let her drag me down the street Ooh, ooh I got to crush on you Ooh, ooh I got to crush on you Ooh, ooh I got to crush on you tonight Sometimes I spot a little stranger standing cross the room My brain takes a vacation just to give my heart more room For one kiss, darling I swear everything I would give Cause youre a walking, talking reason to live Ooh, ooh I got to crush on you Ooh, ooh I got to crush on you Ooh, ooh I got to crush on you tonight Well now she might be the talk of high society Shes probably got a lousy personality She might be a heiress to Rockefeller She might be a waitress or a bank teller She makes the Venus de Milo look like shes got no style She makes Sheena of the Jungle look meek and mild I need a quick shot, Doc, knock me off my feet Cause Ill be minding my own business walking down the street... watchout! Ooh, ooh I got to crush on you Ooh, ooh I got to crush on you Ooh, ooh I got to crush on you tonight

Theyre holding a committee of treason and lies Double speak and sedition then somebody dies From the hills the smell of lilacs then the repeat of guns When she closes the window and draws the blinds her first touch sucks the air from my lungs Hey Blue Eyes, what you doing tonight Hey Blue Eyes, its alright She says, In this house weve abandoned history, in this house there are no laws Just the false taste of paradise and then the fall In this house the guilty go unpunished and blood and silence prevail Here the dead remain nameless, the nameless remain jailed Hey Blue Eyes, what you doing tonight Hey Blue Eyes, its alright In this house theres just the dust of bones, the basements filled with liars In this house our sons and daughters are spilled like wine So come close my pretty darling and let me feel your disease Tonight Ill have you naked and crawling at the end of my leash Hey Blue Eyes, what you doing tonight Hey Blue Eyes, its alright She says, In this house its so easy to set a world on fire All you need is the need and the money and a soul full of reckless desire Upstairs the landlord is dining here with his criminal friends Dont worry, theyll have the bags packed and be long gone before the real fucking begins Hey Blue Eyes, yeah, what you doing tonight Hey Blue Eyes, its alright Hey Blue Eyes, what you doing tonight Hey Blue Eyes, its alright

x2 La la la la la La la la la la La la la La la la la la I hold you in my arms, yeah thats when it starts I seek faith in your kiss and comfort in your heart Taste the seed upon your lips, lay my tongue upon your scars When I look into your eyes and we stand worlds apart La la la la la La la la la la La la la La la la la la Where the distant oceans sing and rise to the plains In this dry and troubled country, your beauty remains Down from the mountain roads where the highway rolls to dark Beneath Allahs blessed rain, we remain worlds apart La la la la la La la la la la La la la La la la la la Sometimes the truth just aint enough Or is it too much in times like this Lets throw the truth away, well find it in this kiss In your skin upon my skin in the beating of our hearts May the living let us in before the dead tear us apart La la la la la La la la la la La la la La la la la la Well let blood build a bridge over mountains draped in stars Ill meet you on the ridge between these worlds apart Weve got this moment now to live, then its all just dust and dark Lets let love give what it gives Lets let love give what it gives Lets let love give what it gives Lets let love give what it gives Lets let love give what it gives Lets let love give what it gives

I slipped on her shoe, she was a perfect size seven I said Theres no smoking in the store maam. She crossed her legs and then We made some small talk thats where it should have stopped She slipped me her number, I put it in my pocket My hand slipped up her skirt, everything slipped my mind In that little roadhouse On Highway 29 It was a small town bank it was a mess Well, I had a gun you know the rest Money on the floorboards, shirt was covered in blood And she was crying, her and me we headed south On Highway 29 In a little desert motel the air was hot and clean I slept the sleep of the dead, I didnt dream I woke in the morning, washed my face in the sink We headed into the Sierra Madres across the border line The winter sun shot through the black trees I told myself it was all something in her But as we drove I knew it was something in me Something that had been coming for a long, long time And something that was here with me now On Highway 29 The road was filled with broken glass and gasoline She wasnt saying nothing, it was just a dream The wind come silent through the windshield All I could see was snow, sky and pines I closed my eyes and I was running I was running then I was flying

Dream baby dream Dream baby dream Dream baby dream Come on and dream baby dream Come on and dream baby dream We got to keep the light burning Come on, we gotta keep the light burning Come on, we gotta keep the light burning Come on, we gotta keep the light burning Come on and dream baby dream Gotta keep the fire burning Come on, gotta keep the fire burning Come on, we gotta keep the fire burning Come on and dream baby dream Come open up your heart Come on and open up your heart Come on and open up your heart Come on dream on, dream baby dream Come open up your heart Come on and open up your heart Come on and open up your heart Come on dream on, dream baby dream Come on, we gotta keep on dreaming Come on, we gotta keep on dreaming Come on, we gotta keep on dreaming Come on dream on, dream baby dream Come on darling and dry your eyes Come on baby and dry your eyes Come on baby and dry your eyes Come on dream on, dream baby dream Yeah I just want to see you smile Now I just want to see you smile Yeah I just want to see you smile Come on dream on, dream baby dream Come open and up your heart Come on and open up your heart Come on and open up your heart Come on dream on, dream baby dream Yeah I just want to see you smile Now I just want to see you smile Yeah I just want to see you smile Come on dream on, dream baby dream Yeah I just want to see you smile Yeah I just want to see you smile Yeah I just want to see you smile Come on dream on, dream baby dream Come on and open up your heart Come on and open up your heart Come on and open up your heart Come on dream on, dream baby dream Come on dream on, dream on baby Come on dream on, dream on baby Come on dream on, dream on baby Come on dream on, dream baby dream

Well now you say youve found another man who does things to you that I cant And that no matter what I do its all over now Between me and you girl But I cant believe what you say No I cant believe what you say Cause baby I dont want to fade away Oh I dont wanna fade away Tell me what can I do what can I say Cause darling I dont wanna fade away Well now you say that youve made up your mind Its been such a long, long time since its been good with us And that somewhere back along the line you lost your love and I lost your trust Now rooms that once were so bright are filled with the coming night, darling I dont want to fade away Oh I dont wanna fade away Tell me what can I do what can I say Cause darling I dont wanna fade away You say its not easy for you And that youve been so lonely While other girls go out doing what they want to do You say that you miss the nights when wed go out dancing The days when you and I walked as two Well girl I miss them too Oh I swear that I do Oh girl Now baby I dont wanna be just another useless memory holding you tight Or just some other ghost out on the street to whom you stop and politely speak When you pass on by vanishing into the night Left to vanish into the night No baby I dont want to fade away Oh I dont wanna fade away Tell me what can I do what can I say Cause darling I dont wanna fade away No darlin I dont wanna fade away No, I dont wanna fade away Tell me what can I do what can I say Oh darlin I dont wanna fade away Dont make me darling I dont wanna fade away Dont make me darling I dont wanna fade away I dont wanna fade away I dont wanna fade away I dont wanna fade away

Hey girl I’m calling all stations Blowing down the wire tonight I’m singing through these power lines I’m running on time and feeling alright Skipping over the currents in the air Reaching to see if you’re out there Come across your radio station Calling out nation to nation If you can hear me then say alright And if you can Meet me in the city tonight I was busted for feeling no pain Charged with doing things I can’t explain Picked up for parole violation Locked with the boys in the subway station Handcuffed on the killing floor Transmitting from behind these jailhouse doors If you’re sick, if you’re tired, if you’re bored Then check the line, check the time, check the action, check the score Come and get me if I ain’t right But if I am Meet me in the city tonight Everybody’s lost in romance Do you feel the way I feel I’m just searching, girl For the blood, for the bone, for the muscle, for what’s real I was busted for feeling no pain Charged with doing things I can’t explain Picked up for parole violation Locked with the boys in the subway station I pushed my way through the heart of the crowd I shoved my way through the heart of the crowd Past the sign saying this is not allowed To where someone’s standing straight and shouting out loud Handcuffed to the jailhouse door Transmittin’ from the gallows floor If you’re sick, if you’re tired, if you’re bored Check the line, check the time, check the action, check the score If you can holler, then say alright If you can holler, then say alright If you can holler, then say alright If you can holler, then say alright If you can holler, then say alright And if you can Meet me in the city tonight Meet me in the city tonight Meet me in the city tonight In the city Meet me in the city tonight In the city Meet me in the city tonight In the city Meet me in the city tonight In the city Meet me in the city tonight

Bobby said hed pull out, Bobby stayed in Janey had a baby, it wasnt any sin They were set to marry on a summer day Bobby got scared and he ran away Jane moved in with her ma out on Shawnee Lake She sighed, Ma sometimes my whole life feels like one big mistake She settled in in a back room, time passed on Later that winter, a son come along Spare parts and broken hearts Keep the world turnin around Now Janey walked that baby across the floor night after night But she was a young girl and she missed the party lights Meanwhile in South Texas in a dirty oil patch Bobby heard about his son bein born and swore he wasnt ever goin back Spare parts and broken hearts Keep the world turnin around Janey heard about a woman over in Calverton Put her baby in the river, let the river roll on She looked at her boy in the crib where he lay Got down on her knees, cried till she prayed Mist was on the water, low run the tide Janey held her son down at the riverside Waist deep in the water, how bright the sun shone She lifted him in her arms and carried him home As he lay sleeping in her bed, Janey took a look around at everything Went to a drawer in her bureau and got out her old engagement ring Took out her wedding dress, tied that ring up in its sash Went straight down to the pawn shop man and walked out with some good cold cash Spare parts and broken hearts Keep the world turnin around

Bobbys got a gun that he keeps beneath his pillow Out on the street, your chances are zero Take a look around you It aint too complicated Youre messing with murder incorporated Now you check over your shoulder everywhere that you go Walking down the street, theres eyes in every shadow You better take a look around you That equipment you got is so outdated You cant compete with murder incorporated Everywhere you look now, murder incorporated So you keep a little secret down deep inside your dresser drawer For dealing with the heat youre feeling out on the killing floor No matter where you step you feel youre never out of danger So the comfort that you keeps a gold-plated-snub-nose-thirty-two I heard that you You got a job downtown, man that leaves your head cold Everywhere you look life aint got no soul That apartment you live in feels like its just a place to hide When youre walking down the street, you wont meet no-one eye to eye The cops reported you as just another homicide But I can tell that you were just frustrated From living with murder incorporated Everywhere you look now, murder incorporated Murder incorporated Murder incorporated Everywhere you look now, murder incorporated Murder incorporated Murder incorporated Murder incorporated

Some need gold and some need diamond rings Or a drug to take away the pain that living brings A promise of a better world to come When whatever here is done I dont need that sky of blue, Babe All I knows since I found you Im happy when Im in your arms Happy, darling, come the dark Happy when I taste your kiss Im happy in a love like this Theres a house upon a distant hill Where you can hear the laughter of children ring Guardian angels, they watch from above Guarding over the love that they bring But at night I feel the darkness near I awake, I find you near Im happy with you in my arms Im happy with you in my heart Happy when I taste your kiss Im happy in love like this In a world of doubt and fear I wake at night and reach to find you near Lost in a dream, you caught me as I fell I want more than just a dream to tell Born in this world, darling, with few days And trouble never far behind Man and woman circle each other in a cage A cage thats been handed down the line Lost and running neath a million dead stars Tonight lets shed our skins and slip these bars Happy in each others arms Happy, baby, come the dark Happy in each others kiss Im happy in love like this

Woke up this morning, was a chill in the air Went into the kitchen, your cigarettes were lying there Your jacket hung on the chair where you left it last night Everything was in place, everything was all right But you were missing Missing... Last night I dreamed the sky went black You were drifting down and you couldnt get back You were lost and in trouble so far from home I reached for you, my arms went to stone I woke and you were missing Missing... I searched for something to explain In the whispering rain, the trembling leaves Tell me baby where did you go You were here just a moment ago Theres nights I still hear your footsteps fall Your key in the door, your voice in the hall Your smell drifts through our bedroom I lie awake, but I dont move Missing...

The angel rides with hunchbacked children, poison oozing from his engine Wieldin love as a lethal weapon, on his way to hubcap heaven Baseball cards poked in his spokes, his boots in oil hes patiently soaked The roadside attendant nervously jokes as the angels tires stroke his precious pavement The interstates choked with nomadic hordes In Volkswagen vans with full running boards Dragging great anchors, followin dead-end signs into the sores The angel rides by humpin his hunk metal whore Madison Avenues claim to fame in a trainer bra with eyes like rain She rubs against the weatherbeaten frame and asks the angel for his name Off in the distance the marble dome reflects across the flatlands with a naked feel off into parts unknown The woman strokes his polished chrome and lies beside the angels bones

Hey, little dolly with the blue jeans on I want to ramrod with you honey, till half-past dawn Let your hair down mama and pick up this beat Come on and meet me tonight down on Bluebird Street Ive been working all week, Im up to my neck in hock Come Saturday night I let my ramrod rock Shes a hot stepping hemi with a four on the floor Shes a roadrunner engine in a 32 Ford Late at night when Im dead on the line I swear I think of your pretty face when I let her unwind Well look over yonder see them city lights Come on little dolly n go ramrodding tonight Come on, come on, come on little baby Come on, come on lets shake it tonight Come on, come on, come on little sugar Dance with your daddy and well go ramrodding tonight Hey, little dolly wont you say you will Meet me tonight up on top of the hill Well just a few miles cross the county line Theres a cute little chapel nestled down in the pines Say youll be mine little girl Ill put my foot to the floor Give me the word now sugar, well go ramrodding forever more

Well, they built the Titanic to be one of a kind But many ships have ruled the seas They built the Eiffel Tower to stand alone But they could build another if they please Taj Mahal, the pyramids of Egypt are unique, I suppose But when they built you, brother, they broke the mold Now the world is filled with many wonders under the passing sun And sometimes something comes along, and you know its for sure the only one The Mona Lisa, the David, the Sistine Chapel, Jesus, Mary, and Joe And when they built you, brother, they broke the mold When they built you, brother, they turned dust into gold When they built you, brother, they broke the mold They say you cant take it with you, but I think that theyre wrong Because all I know is I woke up this morning, and something big was gone Gone into that dark ether where youre still young and hard and cold Just like when they built you, brother, they broke the mold Now your death is upon us, and well return your ashes to the earth And I know youll take comfort in knowing youve been roundly blessed and cursed But love is a power greater than death, just like the songs and stories told And when she built you, brother, she broke the mold That attitudes a power stronger than death, alive and burning her stone cold When they built you, brother