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I was your big man I was your prince charming
King on a white horse hey now look how far Ive fallen
I tried to trick you yeah but baby you got wise
You cut me cut me right right down to size
Now Im just a fool in Glorias eyes
Swore Id get you back I was so sure
Id get you back life I done so many times before
A little sweet talk to cover over all of the lies
You came runnin back but to my surprise
Well there was somethin gone in Glorias eyes
Well in the dark when it was just me and you
I asked the question that I knew the answer to
Is that a smile my little dolly on the shelf
Tell me is that a smile
Or is it somethin else?
Now I work hard to prove my love is true
Now I work hard and I bring it on home to you
At night I pray as silently you lie
Some day my love again will rise
Like a shining torch in Glorias eyes
I was your big man I was your prince charming
King on a white horse now look how far Ive fallen |
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
But you let your blue walls get in the way of these facts
Honey, get your carpetbaggers off my back
You wouldnt even give me time to cover my tracks
Youre saying, Heres your mirror and your ball and jack
But theyre not what I came for
And Im sure you see that, too
I came for you, for you, I came for you
But you did not need my urgency
I came for you, for you, I came for you
But your life was one long emergency
And the cloud line urges me
My electric surges free
Climb into my ambulance
Your pulse is getting weak
Oh, reveal yourself all now to me, girl
While you got the chance to speak
Cause theyre waiting for you at Bellevue
With their oxygen masks
I could give it all to you now
If only you could ask
But dont call for your surgeon
Even he says its too late
Its not your lungs this time
Its your heart that holds your fate
Well dont give me my money, honey
I dont want it back
You and your pony face
And your Union Jack
Well take your local joker
And teach him how to act
Cause I swore I was never that way
Even when I really cracked
Didnt you think I knew that you were born with the power of a locomotive
Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound?
And your Chelsea suicide with no apparent motive
You could laugh and cry in a single sound, uh-huh, oh-hoh
And your strength is devastating
In the face of all these odds
Remember how I kept you waiting
When it was my turn to be the god?
You were not quite half too proud
When I found you broken on the beach
Oh, remember how I poured salt on your tongue
And hung just out of reach?
And the band, they played the homecoming theme
As I caressed your cheek
Oh that ragged, jagged melody
She still clings to me like a leech
But that medal you wore on your chest
Always got in your way
Like a little girl without a trophy
So soft to buy her way
We were both hitchhikers
But you had your ear tuned to the roar
Of some metal-tempered engine
On that alien, distant shore
And now you left to find a better reason
Than the one we were living for
And its not that nursery mouth I came back for
Its not the way you stretched out on the floor
Cause Ive broken all your windows
And Ive rammed through all your doors
And who am I to tell you to lick my sore?
And you should see that, too
I came for you, for you, I came for you
But you did not need my urgency
I came for you, for you, I came for you
But your life was one long emergency
And the cloud line urges me
And my electric surges free |
I got a date with the preachers daughter
She give me life she bring me water
Every Sunday I watch her work
Pretty little in a pretty little church
Daddy gives her nod she takes collection
Daddy gives her nod she kneels by her side
Well Id sell my soul for just one touch
The Lord would too if he loved her half as much
Well I got a date with the preachers daughter
Her Daddy say that the boys no good
Just want to raise some out through the back woods
Well baby better believe what your Daddy say
Just wanna ramrod baby my life away
Its a long walk to heaven and a road filled with sin
And they better open up the freeway to let me in
Cuz I got a date with the preachers daughter
Well now I dont care what the preacher say
Haaaaayyyy
Well now I dont care what the preacher do
Haaaaayyyy
I dont care what the preacher like
Haaaaayyyy
I dont care what the preacher think
Haaaaayyyy
Leads me to water but wont let me drink
He leads me to water but wont let me drink
And now its on Saturday night
Two boys fighting in a halo of light
Car door flung open and a radio loud
And everybody shouting and running around
Two guys bloody and one I dont know
And all little girls shouting Go Billy go
Go Billy go
Well just as I got the preachers daughter ready for a light
And and something aint right
And like a she-devil howlin from the gates of hell
Goddam here come the preacher in his Coupe DeVille
Burnin up the backroad kicking in the dirt
And oh baby preacher thinks he is church
Well now your lips they shine in the willow mist
And I swear Id take you down for just one kiss
I got a date with the preachers daughter
I got a date with the preachers daughter
And its haaaaayyyyoooo
I got a date with the preachers daughter
Hmmmmm... |
I know the girls grow up fast where you come from
You left behind what was asked and you were married, baby, oh so young
Now that little girl of yours looks like she’s growing up overnight
Do you miss the party lights
Do you miss the party lights
Do you miss the party lights when you’re lying in bed at night
He was gonna be your Romeo, you were going to be his Juliet
These days you don’t wait on Romeos, you just wait on that welfare check
While other girls your age are out with lovers taking in the night
Do you miss the party lights
Do you miss the party lights
Do you miss the party lights when you’re lying in bed at night
Sometimes I see you on the street and you look so tired
I know that job you’ve got leaves you so uninspired
When I stop by to take you out to eat
I find you lying, all dressed up on the bed, baby, fast asleep
Then as I lean across the bed, darlin’, to switch out the light
I wonder if you miss the party lights
Do you miss the party lights
Do you miss the party lights when you’re lying in bed at night
Grab your coat and grab your hat, go in the bathroom put that makeup on
We’re gonna take that little brat, we’re gonna drop her off at your Mom’s
Just give me a sign, I’m waiting on the line tonight
If you miss the party lights
If you miss the party lights
If you miss the party lights when you’re lying in bed at night
Do you miss the party lights when you’re lying in bed at night
Do you miss the party lights
Do you miss the party lights |
Sonny abandoned his car last night
Had a meeting on the docks with a light blue Monterrey
To breakaway
Sonny was playing all his cards last night
In a hotel room he dealt his life away
To breakaway
Now the promises and the lies they demand it
Let the hearts that have been broken stand as the price you pay
To breakaway, oh, breakaway, oh Ronde, Ronde, Ronde, Ronde Ray
To breakaway
Janie slipped from behind the bar last night
Cashed out and walked onto streets rainy and grey
To breakaway
Janie slid into a car last night
In a parking lot she gave her soul away
To breakaway
Now the promises and the lies they demand it
Let the hearts that have been broken stand as the price you pay
To breakaway, oh, breakaway, oh Ronde, Ronde, Ronde, Ronde Ray
To breakaway
Bobby lay neath a sheet of stars last night
His back on blacktop still warm from the heat of the day
From breakaway
Bobby went down hard last night
Saw a shooting star as the evening light slipped away
From breakaway
Now the promises and the lies they demand it
Let the hearts that have been broken stand as the price you pay
To breakaway, oh, breakaway, oh Ronde, Ronde, Ronde, Ronde Ray
From breakaway
Oh breakaway
Oh breakaway
Oh breakaway |
We need some quiet
41 shots and well take that ride
Cross this 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 get killed just for living in your American skin
41 shots, Lena gets her son ready for school
She says, On these streets, Charles
Youve got to understand the rules
If an officer stops you
Promise me youll always be polite
And that youll never ever run away
Promise Mama youll keep your hands in sight
Well, 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 get killed just for living in your American skin
Is it a gun? Is it a knife?
Is it in your heart? Is it in your eyes?
It aint no secret
It aint no secret
It aint no secret
41 shots and well take that ride
Cross this bloody river to the other side
41 shots, got my boots caked in this mud
Were baptized in these waters and in each others blood
Is it a gun? Is it a knife?
Is it a wallet? This is your life
It aint no secret
It aint no secret
It 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
You can get killed just for living in
You can get killed just for living in
Your American skin
You can get killed just for living in
You can get killed just for living in
You can get killed just for living in
You can get killed just for living in
You can get killed just for living in
You can get killed just for living in
You can get killed just for living in
You can get killed just for living in |
I fell asleep on the couch last night, woke up with the TV on
There was a woman in tight cotton exercise shorts
And a big plastic machine she was climbing on
She said The Abacycle guarantees ten inches off your waist
And 50 pounds in just 3 minutes a day.
I went to bed knowing the revolution had been postponed
And everything was OK
You can buy it, you can try it, go right ahead
But dont be fooled folks, theres only one
I forget the guys name but I know somebody must have said
Sell it and they will come boys, sell it and they will come
I switched the channels and there was Evel Knievel, I thought that he was
Dead
I found myself sitting there quietly, hanging on every word he said
Now folks, the Stimulator removes all pain from your life
And the best day of your life will be when you try this little thing out.
The camera moved in as he said, Now let me tell you ladies and gentlemen
Pain is something old Evel knows a little about
You can buy it, you can try it, thats what I said
But dont be fooled folks, theres only one
I forget that guys name but I know somebody must have said
Sell it and they will come boys, sell it and they will come
And a fellow comes on shouting Free haircuts for life!
Somehow you cut your hair with a vacuum cleaner
And then I switched the channels and there was Dionne Warwick, communing
With her psychic friends
I watched for hours, taking warmth, comfort
And pleasure in the things that I despise
Touched by how much they needed me, and that gleeful desperation in their
Eyes
You can buy it, you can try it, itll help you in bed
But dont be fooled folks, theres only one
I forget that guys name but I know somebody said
Sell it and they will come boys, sell it and they will come
So Dionne, Cher, and all my late-night friends, I drink to your health
And Tony Little, Americas personal trainer, please kill yourself
Now Ive sold a few things myself in my time, and by the way folks
Theres some t-shirts on your way outside
Well last night I dreamed of lipstick and tight little cotton shorts
Harder, faster, she breathed
One, two, three, four, five
Ride, Sally ride, girl, ride Sally ride
You can buy it, you can try it, itll help you in bed
But dont be fooled folks, theres only one
I forget that guys name but somebody said
Sell it and they will come boys, sell it and they will come |
I bought a scooter and I rented a shack
Out in the sun, by the railroad track
I got a job and Im a-breakin my back
Workin and workin for the big payback
I keep a puttin and a puttin out
I keep a sweatin like all get out
I work so long that im a losin track
Waitin, waitin on the big payback
Well, its a wham, bam, thank you maam, god damn, look out Sam
Its a gone dead train rumblin down this track
They got your neck in the noose, youre draggin long in back
Chasin and chasin the big payback
Oh what my foreman does well I dont know
He just throws me a shovel and yells Go, Bobby, Go
Oh well - a all day long hes just a diddy wack wack
While Im sweatin and sweatin the big payback
Well, its a wham, bam, thank you maam, god damn, look out Sam
Its a gone dead train rumblin down this track
They got your neck in the noose, youre hands are tied up in back
Chasin and chasin the big payback
I quit that job, and Mister I aint goin back
Got me a knife and shes a long and black
Ill tell you how I make my piece at night Mac
Down in the alley of the big payback
I go a wham, bam, thank you maam, god damn, cmon man
Youre a gone dead train rumblin down this track
I got your neck in the noose and I dont give a damn, Jack
Im on that long lost highway of the big payback
Im on that long lost highway of the big payback |
I lie in bed but baby I cant sleep no matter how hard I try
Theres something bad, baby, wrong with me whenever I close my eyes
The dreams of Mary keep me awake with every little curve in place
When I walk home in the daybreak I pray come back home, baby, wont you give me
Darlin bring on the night, oh yeah darlin, bring on the night
Oh now darlin, bring on the night
I walk the street, Im lookin for romance
I end up stumblin in some stupid half-trance
As I watch the lovers mix with circumstance
We watch the disco dancers dance
I look for connection in some new eyes
But for protection theyre tranquilized
Forbidding close inspection of whos tellin who
Forbidding close inspection of whos tellin who lies
Bring on the night, oh yeah darlin, bring on the night
Oh now darlin, bring on the night
Is it as simple as it seems
I dont know what Im doin here, is it as simple as it seems
Is it as simple as I fear, well if Im right...
I look for connection in some new eyes
But for protection theyre tranquilized
Forbidding close inspection of whos tellin who
Forbidding close inspection of whos tellin who
Baby of whos tellin who lies
Bring on the night, oh yeah darlin, bring on the night
Oh now darlin, bring on the night, oh now darlin, bring on the night
Come on darlin, bring on the night |
Hey little girl, is your daddy home?
Did he run away and leave you all alone?
I got a bad desire
Oh, babe, Im on fire
Tell me now baby, is he good to you?
Can he do to you the things that I do?
Oh no, I can take you higher
Oh, babe, 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
Only you can cool my desire
Oh, babe, 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
Only you can cool my desire
Oh
Oh, babe, Im on fire
Oh, oh, oh, babe, Im on fire |
Some folks are born made to wave the flag
Ooh, theyre red, white and blue
And when the band plays Hail to the chief
They point the cannon right at you
It aint me, it aint me
I aint no senators son
It aint me, it aint me
I aint no fortunate son
Some folks are born silver spoon in hand
Lord they dont help themselves
But when the taxman comes to the door
Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale
It aint me, it aint me
I aint no millionaires son
It aint me, it aint me
I aint no fortunate son
Some folks inherit star spangled eyes
Ooh, they send you down to war
And when you ask them how much should we give ?
They only answer more! more! more!
It aint me, it aint me
I aint no militarys son
It aint me, it aint me
I aint no fortunate son
It aint me, it aint me
I aint no fortunate one, no no
It aint me, it aint me
I aint no fortunate son |
Ah-One, two, three, four
Girl on the edge flippin off the lamp
Therell be an end, darling, to your endless night
On the other side of the street
Yeah, light on portrait and the light in your face
And youll be looking for another pretty place
Baby, this side of the street
Well, keep dreaming baby that your desire brings and girl
I know the sadness that you find in things, its true
If you cant take the heat, what can I do?
Well, you and your poetry and your cuckoo world
Behind your face hides the face of a modern girl
Yeah, on the other side of the street
Yeah, youve got the look as if you own the world
Therefore, you go out there and they say that you can earn
Baby, on this side of the street
Well, youre tired of everyday bringing the same and so you
Go out looking for some strange new games
Well pretty soon you dont know the score anymore
All right!
Oh, I know you danger that your desire brings
And I know the strangeness that youll find
Waiting and youll see straighter then for you and for me
Yeah
Well turn on the end and baby turn off the lamps
Therell be an end, darling, to your endless night
On the wrong side of the street
Yeah and everyday, well, it just brings the same
You started looking for some other strange new game
On the wrong side of the street
Well, your desires for your sweet confusion
Ill walk away then, I dont buy your delusions
Ill see, open your eyes and see, girl
All right |
My name is frank davis, drive up Dixie 109
I was out on Highway 17, just south of the camden line
It was down there in heart of Wilsonville, where I met my fate
She was standing outside a barroom, said she was waitin for a date
But I knew that was just a line
And I knew I was messin with the losin kind
Well I knew what we were both doin, and I knew that u cant win
But when the light turned green, I reached across the seat,popped the lock and she slid in
She said she liked Mexican music, she knew a place if I had the time
So we had a few drinks and we danced for a while,I pulled her close, she didnt mind
And what I knew kinda slipped my mind
And I couldnt resist her kiss, with the losin kind
Well we drove around in my Buick, getting drunk and having fun
We ended up at the Best Western, out on Highway 101
It was around 3:00a.m., we went out, to this empty little roadside bar
It was there the cash register was open, it was there I hit that guy real hard
But I knew, when I hit him, for a second time
That one attracts the other, when there the losin kind
Well I grabbed her hand to get out of there, then I felt like I was gonna be sick
About a half hour later the sleet started comin down |
Youre scrapbooks filled with pictures of all your leading men
Well baby dont put my picture in there with them
Dont make us some little girls dream that can never come true
Oh baby dont do it to me I wont do it to you
Mary Lou, Im not like all those other guys
Mary Lou, I wont fill your pretty head with their pretty lies
Mary Lou, and dreams that never, never, never ever will come true
Mary Lou, thatd only serve to hurt and make you cry like you do
Youve seen all the romantic movies, you dream and take the boys home
But when the action fades youre left all alone
You deserve more than this, a real love that can grow
And I aint playin outtakes, girl, from some late late show, no
Mary Lou, youre not like all those others girls
Mary Lou, so afraid to shake up that real world
Every night you go out looking for true loves satisfaction
But you allways end up setting for just lights, camera, action
And another cameo role with some bit player youre befriending
Youre gonna go broken-hearted looking for that happy ending
Mary Lou, Ive seen all those movies too
Mary Lou, I know the hurt too much dreaming can do
Mary Lou, youre gonna end up just another lonely ticket sold
Mary Lou, crying alone in the theatre as the credits roll |
We took the highway till the road went black
We marked Truth Or Consequences on our map
A voice drifted up from the radio
We saw the voice from long ago
Wholl be the last to die for a mistake
The last to die for a mistake
Whose blood will spill, whose heart will break
Wholl be the last to die for our mistake
The kids asleep in the backseat
Were just countin the miles you and me
We dont measure the blood weve drawn anymore
We just stack the bodies outside the door
Wholl be the last to die for a mistake
The last to die for a mistake
Whose blood will spill, whose heart will break
Wholl be the last to die for our mistake
The sun sets in flames as the city burns
Another day gone down as the night turns
And I hold you here in my heart
As things fall apart
A downtown window flushed with light
Faces of the dead at five
I see a martyrs silent eyes
Petition drivers as we pass by
Wholl be the last to die for a mistake
The last to die for a mistake
Whose blood will spill, whose heart will break
Wholl be the last to die
Wholl be the last to die for a mistake
The last to die for a mistake
Darlin your tyrants and kings form the same fate
Strung up at your city gates
And youre the last to die for our mistake |
Theres flying angels on your fire escape
They lie to your mama for you, try to keep you safe
Youre with them fire alley virgins on a midnight vamp
Lost your heart on Main Streetto a beautiful tramp
You lost your mind
Shes sent from above
Were so young and in love
So young and in love
So young and in love
So young and in love
So young and in love
Rat traps filled with soul crusaders
Theyre soppin n boppin n moppin with Little Melvin and the Invaders
Missys on the dance floor doin her stuff
Leroys dancin doin the continantal strut
Sent from above
So young and in love
So young and in love
So young and in love
So young and in love
Everybodys reelin when the bands hits the ceilin
Dont you know you wanna go
The kids start rockin when the boys start knockin
And everybody wants to go
Lets go!
Joints shut down but you dont wanna go home
Youre in the shady side of town and youre all alone
Papas chewin your ear off, you aint got no cash
Mamas chewin your ear off bout hanginout
With thrash
So fine, sent from above
So young and in love
So young and in love
So young and in love
So young and in love |
From their northeast source the sour wind roars
Bear gifts fresh from the valley waters
Hallow echoes strip Pennsylvania mountain walls
With their corsets and their old Betsy ruffles
And their slips with pearly white
They stand bulging up against the screen door
And bid you Good night.
Summers sweet and she brings me water
But give me Winter, that old icy whore
While Summer lies meek and follows orders
Winter cries Me! and pulls you through the door
The limp milk tramp cries metal-flake tears
They drip like honey down the of Mommas leg
He lay watchin a moth eat a hole in his cloth
Hell ask, but he dont beg
Said Id like to the mademoiselle
Who holds the keys to all these doors around her waist
And rings the bells
Summers sweet and she brings me water
But give me Winter, that old icy whore
Summer lies meek and follows orders
Winter cries Me! and pulls you through the door
With scufflin sound, the knot-voiced matron makes her rounds
Knockin on each and every door
With a look like white heat, she sways, salty, sweet
And leads me cross her Persian floor
She squeezed my hand and before her I stood
I was scared. It was dark, but it was good
Summers sweet and she brings me water
But give me Winter, that old icy whore
While Summer lies meek and follows orders
Winter cries Me! and pulls me through her door |
As I was walking down the street
Down the street, down the street
A pretty girl I chanced to meet
And we danced by the light of the moon
Buffalo girls wont you come out tonight
Come out tonight, come out tonight
Buffalo girls wont you come out tonight
And well dance by the light of the moon
I danced with a girl with a hole in her stocking
And he knees was knocking and her shoes was rocking
I danced with a girl with a hole in her stocking
And we danced by the light of the moon
Buffalo girls wont you come out tonight
Come out tonight, come out tonight
Buffalo girls wont you come out tonight
And well dance by the light of the moon
I danced with a girl with a hole in her stocking
And he knees was knocking and her shoes was rocking
I danced with a girl with a hole in her stocking
And we danced by the light of the moon
Buffalo girls wont you come out tonight
Come out tonight, come out tonight
Buffalo girls wont you come out tonight
And well dance by the light of the moon |
I get up in the evening
And I aint got nothing to say
I come home in the morning
And go to bed feeling the same way
I aint nothing but tired
And Im just tired and bored with myself
Hey there baby, I could use just a little help
You cant start a fire
Cant start a fire without a spark
This guns for hire
Even if were just dancing in the dark
Messages getting clearer
Radios on and Im moving round the place
Check my look in the mirror
I wanna change my clothes, my hair, my face
And I aint getting nowhere
Man, Im just living in a dump like this
Theres something happening somewhere
Baby, I just know that there is
You cant start a fire
Cant start a fire without a spark
This guns for hire
Even if were just dancing in the dark
You sit around getting older
Theres a joke here somewhere, its on me
Ill shake this world off my shoulders
Come on, baby, the laughs on me
Stay on the streets of this town
Theyll be carving you up all right
They say you gotta stay hungry
Hey, baby, Im just about starving tonight
Im dying for some action
Sick of sitting round here trying to write this book
I need a love reaction
Come on, baby, give me just one look
You cant start a fire
Sitting round crying over a broken heart
This guns for hire
Even if were just dancing in the dark
You cant start a fire
Worrying about your little world falling apart
This guns for hire
Even if were just dancing in the dark |
Well ever since you were a little girl
You set the rules in your little world
But girls grow up and throw their toys away
Youre a big girl now but you still wanna play
You dress them up the way you want to
You make them do just what you want them to
Once I thought we had a love that was true
But Im just another doll in your dollhouse to you
Were living in a dollhouse
Were living in a dollhouse
Girl were living in a dollhouse
You may feel safe and sound
But your dollhouse, girl, is falling down
Its all been neatly arranged in your mind
Every detail fits your own design
Every room is perfectly in place
But I can see the sadness, baby, on your face
You had a plan and darling like a child
You thought its down to fashion, down to style
But your little dreamhouse is runnin wild
Before your very eyes were shrinking down to size
Were living in a dollhouse
Were living in a dollhouse
Girl were living in a dollhouse
You may feel safe and sound
But your dollhouse, girl, is falling down
Everythings as you dreamed it would be
But theres something wrong that you cant see
Room by room you keep looking for some little flaw
A crack somewhere in your dollhouse wall
Something, girl, that will explain away
The hurt you feel, darling, when we play
Your little dolls they got grip on you
Until youre just another doll in your dollhouse too
Were living in a dollhouse
Girl, were living in a dollhouse
Oh were living in a dollhouse
We may feel safe and sound
But our dollhouse, girl, is falling down
Oh were living in a dollhouse
Girl, were living in a dollhouse |
You do the drying, Ill do the dishes
Wholl do the crying
When all the wishes dont come true
You do the washing, Ill do the folding
Whose heart is breaking
When whose arms are holding someone new
Sittin on a peaceful lake sunnin
Didnt hear the roar of the waterfall coming
When its all a storybook story
When its all so easy and nice
Here comes trouble in paradise
You did the dusting, I did the sweeping
You did the driving oh and I did the sleeping a little too long
On a picnic neath the sky so blue
We didnt see the rain and heartache coming through
When its all an old black and white movie
And youre sure youve seen the ending twice
Here comes trouble in paradise
You said everything was fine
Im sorry, baby, I didnt see the signs
Oh so beautifully you read your lines
But in a play where the hero has no vice
And love comes without a price
So does trouble in paradise
Dont matter who did the dusting or who did the sweeping
Who did the trusting or who did the cheating when its all gone
Laying in a field on a summers day
Waitin for those gray skies to clear away
Knowing all loves glory and beauty
Can vanish before you think twice
Leaving trouble in paradise
Now we share the laughing, we share the joking
We do the sleeping with one eye open |
Johnny got an angel dancing topless at night down in Toyland
Where the blondies and the supergirls offer a sad look and soft hands
And if youre looking for someone to steal your heart
Someone tough enough to take it
Someone to keep it or to tear it apart
Someone to love you, someone to fake it
Lonely night in the park
Oh lonely night in the park
Oh lonely lonely lonely lonely night
Lonely lonely lonely lonely night in the park
Well theres some dudes at the door givin talk
Theres a lady at the bar, thats right
Slip off your stool and you step through the rubble
This is your chance, youre going to take it
If she can dance, you can make it
She takes off her shoes and runs down the beach
Oh shes as soft as the night
You fall and she crawls within your reach
Let her drag you down on the sand
And try to make it all right, ohhh
And the boardwalk is so quiet at three in the morning
The lonely wind breath life into a Ferris wheel
Somehow tonight this street seems so boring
Raped and ravaged, with no secrets to reveal
Ohhh watch yourself now!
Well the bars close down and the lonesome armies they run for cover
The lost boys and their pick ups, man they hate each other
Ah and youre drinking neath the pier with Kid Blue
And Kid gets sick and throws up on your shoes
And youre thinking of making it home
Oh but your mom cant see you like this all alone
Yeah youre walking down the street and no one knows your name
Standing on the corner looking for the light to change
Sitting on the picket, light by light, line by line
They got nothing left but time
Hey little stranger, what you doing tonight?
Lonely lonely lonely lonely night
Lonely lonely lonely lonely night
Lonely lonely lonely lonely night
Lonely lonely lonely lonely night
Lonely lonely lonely lonely night
Lonely lonely lonely lonely night
Lonely lonely lonely lonely night
Lonely lonely lonely lonely night |
I woke up last night shaking from a dream
Fot in that dream I died
My wife rolled over and told me
That my life would be immortalized
Not in some major motion picture
Or great American novel, you see
No, theyre gonna make a TV movie out of me
Well now, its one two three you take the money
Yeah its as easy as A B C
Yeah theyre gonna make a TV movie out of me
Well They can change my name or they can leave it
They can change my story too
Or they can make me black or Chinese
And do things that I never do
Theyre gonna give my life a whole new ending
And put me in prime time first-run
And when its over, what I did there will be what I done
Now I dont want my name in a history book
Nobodys ever gonna see
No, theyre gonna make a TV movie out of me
Well now, its one two three you take the money
Yeah its as easy as A B C
Yeah theyre gonna make a TV movie out of me
Well Im a shoe-in for sponsor
Goodyear blimp and radial wheels
Somebody had a meeting somewhere
Somehow somebody made a deal
Well I was one of them kinds of stories
That everybody liked to see
Yeah theyre gonna make a TV movie out of me
Now I dont want no inscription on my gravestone
No long soliloquy
No theyre gonna make a TV movie out of me
Well now, its one two three you take the money
Yeah its as easy as A B C
Yeah theyre gonna make a TV movie out of me |
Well its Saturday night
Youre all dressed up in blue
Ive been watchin you a while
Maybe youre watchin me too
So somebody ran out
Left someones heart in a mess
Well if youre ready for love
Honey Im tougher than the rest
Some girls want a handsome Dan
Or some good-lookin Joe
On their arm, some girls like
A sweet-talking Romeo
Well around here baby
I learned you get what you can get
So if youre ready for love
Honey Im tougher than the rest
Well the road is dark
And its a thin, thin line
But I want you to know
Ill walk it for you any time
Maybe your other boyfriends
Couldnt pass the test
But if youre ready for love
Honey Im tougher than the rest
Well it aint no secret
Ive been around a time or two
Well I dont know baby
Maybe youve been around too
But theres another dance
All you gotta do is say yes
And if youre ready for love
Honey Im tougher than the rest
If youre sure youre ready for love
Honey Im tougher than the rest |
Well, she comes to me like a childhood soul
Or an old time friend I aint seen so long
When she sings to me, its like a loving song
She can be so sweet, she dont do me no wrong
You mean so much to me, baby
You know you drive me crazy
You mean so much to me, baby
I want you for my girl
Well, sometimes shes like a baby playing with a toy
Then shes so much woman she makes me feel like a little boy
And when she comes to me, and shes all alone
And she cries: oh daddy, oh daddy make me strong!
Thats when she means so much to me baby
You know you drive me crazy
You mean so much to me, baby
I want you for my girl |
Mary Ann on the avenue
Girl all dressed up in Kensington blue
Down where the hammer falls
She’s born and bred within Whitetown walls
Each and every day slowly passes away
From a passing car she hears the music play
Beneath the “El” she starts to sway
Down in Whitetown
Down in Whitetown
Down in Whitetown
Johnny’s trying to make his way
He’s got a job, mister it don’t pay
He sits and counts the scars
On a stool down the end of a Whitetown bar
And the old men here piss their lives away
Drinking and joking about their cop-fighting days
Ain’t no answers here, just the past and fear
Of spending the rest of your days
Down in Whitetown
Down in Whitetown
Down in Whitetown
In a dream salvation comes with a beat
Or the sound of breaking glass and running feet
The beat that echoes down through the streets
Mary Ann dances on
Down in Whitetown
Down in Whitetown
Whitetown
Down in Whitetown
Down in Whitetown
Down in Whitetown |
Further up the road, further up the road
Ill meet you further on up the road
Where the way is dark and the night is cold
Meet you further on up the road
Where the road is dark and the seed is sowed
Where the gun is cocked and the bullets cold
The miles are marked in blood and gold
Ill meet you further on up the road
Further up the road, further up the road
Meet you further on up the road
Where the way is dark and the night is cold
Meet you further on up the road
Got on my dead mans suit and smilin skull ring
Graveyard boots and a song to sing
A song to sing to keep me out of the cold
Ill meet you further on down the road
Further up the road, further up the road
Ill meet you further on up the road
Where the way is dark and the night is cold
Meet you further on up the road
Now I been out in the desert, yeah, doin my time
Searching through the dust for a sign
If theres a light, brother I dont know
Ill meet you further on up the road
Further up the road, further up the road
Ill meet you further on up the road
Where the way is dark and the night is cold
Ill meet you further on up the road
Further up the road, further up the road
Ill meet you further on up the road
Where the way is dark and the night is cold
Ill meet you further on up the road
Further up the road, further up the road
Ill meet you further on up the road
Where the way is dark and the night is cold
Meet you further on up the road
Further up the road, further up the road
Ill meet you further on up the road
Where the way is dark and the night is cold
Ill meet you further on up the road
Further up the road, further up the road
Meet you further on up the road
Where the day is dark and the night is cold
Meet you further on up the road
Further up the road, further up the road
Meet you further on up the road
One sunny morning well rise I know
Ill meet you further on up the road |
Two kids get married, same old thing
Folks congratulate you, church bells ring
Whos got the ring, whos gonna pay the priest
Get your mama in the paper, picture or two at least
And at the reception all the old records play
Where you gonna live, are you gonna taker her away?
In a corner my new nephews showin me his knife
You swore that youd love her for the rest of your life
Went to kiss you at the altar we bumped heads
Honeymoon night we figured we best shake on it instead
Dressed kinda funny, laughin we hop in bed
You can swear it on your feet, you can swear it on your head
Come mornin my new famlilys sitting on the front porch swing
Smilin kinda funny, nobody says a thing
My new brother-in-laws throwin a football, he tosses me a pass |
I walk along the levee to see the gypsy man
The dirt neath my feet babys turnin to quicksand
He looked into my palm, then looked me in the eye
And told me you were gone, gone over the rise
Once we stood together at the wishing well
Our wishes like dreams, baby, into the water fell
Oh then I kissed your lips but when I looked into your eyes
They were gone, gone over the rise
Tonight the blackbirds fly low on the waters edge
Oh we walked this path not knowing where it led
Now at the bottom of the river deep lies something shiny and gold
Is a promise that love couldnt keep same as a promise broken
Well I woke last night to the sound of rain
The wind rustling branches against the window pane
I searched the pillow beside me for the tears we cried
Baby they were gone, gone over the rise |
In the day we sweat it out on the streets
Of a runaway American dream
At night we ride through the mansions of glory
In suicide machines
Sprung from cages out on highway 9
Chrome wheeled, fuel injected, and steppin out over the line
H-Oh, Baby this town rips the bones from your back
Its a death trap, its a suicide rap
We gotta get out while were young
Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run
Wendy let me in I wanna be your friend
I want to guard your dreams and visions
Just wrap your legs round these velvet rims
And strap your hands cross my engines
Together Wendy we could break this trap
Well run till we drop,and baby well never go back
H-Oh, Will you walk with me out on the wire
Cause baby Im just a scared and lonely rider
But I gotta know how it feels
I want to know if love is wild
Babe I want to know if love is real
Beyond the Palace hemi-powered drones
Scream down the boulevard
Girls comb their hair in rear view mirrors
And the boys try to look so hard
The amusement park rises bold and stark
Kids are huddled on the beach in a mist
I wanna die with you Wendy on the street tonight
In an everlasting kiss
The highways jammed with broken heroes
On a last chance power drive
Everybodys out on the run tonight
But theres no place left to hide
Together Wendy we can live with the sadness
Ill love you with all the madness in my soul
H-Oh, Someday girl I dont know when
Were gonna get to that place
Where we really wan to go
And well walk in the sun
But till then tramps like us
Baby we were born to run
Oh-Oh
Baby we were born to run |
I heard they seen you yesterday in Charles Town
I heard about that story going round round
All I gots a book of love with pages worn clean through
A circle of gold and one bleeding tattoo
Mary, Mary, where have you gone to
This towns a secret shared and shattered in a sad song
Just a Torn and tattered pieces of a love gone wrong
Hearts of stone and eyes gone deep blue
Only ours is filled two by two
Mary, Mary, where have you gone to
Summer storm blue and soft and cool
On this slinky town streets where the love ruled
Now its just a misty sidewalk with the rain drifting through
Lipstick case and one lonely red shoe
Mary, Mary, where have you gone to
Mary, Mary, where have you gone to
Mary, Mary, where have you gone to
I heard they seen you yesterday in Charles Town |
Youve got all the toys
That money can buy
But still you come to me like a little boy
So unsatisfied
Well I aint casting stones
I dont want apologies
You can play around
But dont you play around me
Im gonna call it quits
Yeah, baby, Ive had enough
Dont want to play cool
I dont want to play tough
Oh, all of the best things
In life, they are still free
Well, you can play around
But dont you play around me
Im not gonna walk
Up on your high wire
Im not gonna jump
Through your little hoops of fire
Im not gonna dance
Like a puppet on a string, oh
Oh, no, not me
This is no day of judgment, Im
Not waiting for you to confess
Not waiting for the proud to someday fall
Over humble to be blessed
Im not waiting for anything
Yeah, Im just walking free
Well, you can play around
But dont you play around me
Yeah, you can play around
Yeah, dont you play around me
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh |
Aaah, Sun City
Na na na na na, Sun City
Na na na na na.....
A way to South Africa
We got to say I, I, I
Aint gonna play Sun City
I, I, I aint gonna play Sun City
Everybody say I, I, I
Aint gonna play Sun City
I, I, I, I, I aint gonna play Sun City
Relocation to phony homelands
Separation of families
I cant understand
23 million cant vote
Cause theyre black
Were stabbing our brothers
And sisters in the back
I wanna say I, I, I
Aint gonna play Sun City
I, I, I aint gonna play Sun City
Our government tells us
Were doing all we can
Constructive engagement is
Ronald Reagans plan
Meanwhile people are dying
And giving up hope
Well, this quiet diplomacy
Aint nothing but a joke
I, I, I aint gonna play Sun City
I, I, I aint gonna play Sun City
Its time to accept our responsibility
Freedom is a privilege
Nobody rides for free
Look around the world, baby
It cannot be denied
Somebody tell me why
Were always on the wrong side
I, I, I aint gonna play Sun City
I, I, I aint gonna play Sun City
Na na na na na, Sun City
Na na na na na.....
A way to South Africa
Boputhuswana is far away
But we know its in South Africa
No matter what they say
You cant buy me
I dont care what you pay
Dont ask me Sun City
Because I aint gonna play
I, I, I aint gonna play Sun City
Lemme hear you say
I, I, I, I, I, I
Aint gonna play Sun City
I dont wanna play Sun City
Relocation to phony homelands
Separation of families
I cant understand
23 million cant vote
Cause theyre black
Were stabbing our brothers
And sisters in the back
I, I, I aint gonna play Sun City
I, I, I aint gonna play Sun City......... |
Well look out mama, your little girl she has changed
She cut her baby curls and shes got her act rearranged
Well look out daddy, what she needs now she cant find at home
Oh Ricky wants a man of her
She wants a man of her
Ricky wants a man of her own
Mama says her little girl wont talk to her anymore
She just goes in her room, turns on the radio, and shuts the door
Shes got her own bathroom, TV, stereo, extension phone
Oh but Mama, Ricky wants a man of her
She wants a man of her
Ricky wants a man of her own
Well daddy says when he drops her off Friday night at the gym
She slides way down in the front seat so the kids wont see her with him
She dont do no work, she wont tell nobody when shes coming home
She makes poor daddy wait down on the corner at midnight all alone
She used to like me to take her to a ball game or a movie show
She used to make daddy take his little girl where she wanna go
Now were left peeking through the curtains every time that we hear a horn blow
I guess Ricky wants a man of her own
Well my folks say Son, talk to her, shell listen to you
Yeah, she listens real nice and she does what she wants to do
Daddy says she wears her jeans so tight, Well you change em or youre stayin
Home
Oh but daddy, Ricky wants a man of her
She wants a man of her
Ricky wants a man of her own
Shes almost grown
Ricky wants a man of her
She wants a man of her |
Grab your ticket and your suitcase
Thunders rolling down the tracks
You dont know where youre goin
But you know you wont be back
Darlin if youre weary
Lay your head upon my chest
Well take what we can carry
And well leave the rest
Big Wheels rolling through fields
Where sunlight streams
Meet me in a land of hope and dreams
I will provide for you
And Ill stand by your side
Youll need a good companion for
This part of the ride
Leave behind your sorrows
Let this day be the last
Tomorrow therell be sunshine
And all this darkness past
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
This Train
Dreams will not be thwarted
This Train
Faith will be rewarded
This Train
Hear the steel wheels singin
This Train
Bells of freedom ringin
This Train
Carries broken-hearted
This Train
Thieves and sweet souls departed
This Train
Carries fools and kings
This Train
All aboard
This Train
Dreams will not be thwarted
This Train
Faith will be rewarded
This Train
Hear the steel wheels singin
This Train
Bells of freedom ringin |
Every spring when the weather gets warm
They come pourin into town straight off of them farms
Driving 455s running hard and strong
Theyd scratch built in them tool sheds all winter long
Neath the trestless drinkin the beer and the wine
Now some came on run, some just to pass the time
With the brothers under the bridges
Me and Tommy we was just fourteen, didnt have our licenses yet
Our walls were covered with pictures of cars wed get
Wed listen and wait for that highway to rumble and quake
As they drove in through town when the weekendd break
Bringin girls with that distant look in their eyes
Now together neath the trestless theyd be laughing in the night
With the brothers under the bridges
Well me and my brotherd hitched a ride in Joeys pickup to the edge of town
And we watched from the tall grass as the challenges were made and the duels
Went down
Wed hitchhike back home, sneak in, get in bed before our momd come
And wed lay there in the night talkin about how we might someday be one
Yeah someday run with the brothers under the bridges
Well now I hear a cry in the distance and the sound of marching feet come and
Gone
Well Im stittin down here by this highway figuring, figuring just where I
Belong
Tonight up on Signal Hill
I watch a young man in a red shirt walking through a night so still
Put his jacket round his girl as the autumn wind send a chill |
Oh well, oh well, I feel so good today
We just touched ground on an international runway
Jet propelled back home, from over seas to the U.S.A
New York, Los Angeles, oh how I yearned for you
Detroit, Chicago, Chattanooga, Baton Rouge
Let alone just to be at my home back in old St. Lou
Did I miss the skyscrapers, did I miss the long freeway?
From the coast of California to the shores of The Delaware Bay
You can bet your life I did, till I got back in the U.S.A
Looking hard for a drive-in, searching for a corner cafe
Where hamburgers sizzle on an open grill night and day
Yeah, and a jukebox jumping the records like in the U.S.A
Well, Im so glad Im livin in the U.S.A
Yes Im so glad Im livin in the U.S.A
Anything you want, we got it right here in the U.S.A
Im so glad Im livin in the U.S.A
Yes Im so glad Im livin in the U.S.A |
Go
Wasnt I always
A friend to you?
Wasnt I always
A friend to you?
Do you wanna
Be my friend?
Ooh, ooh
Do you wanna
Be my friend?
Ooh, ooh
Every once in a while
Honey
Let your love show
Every once in a while
Honey
Let yourself show
Nobody gets hurt
No, no
Ooh, ooh
Nobody gets hurt
Well
We came here as two
We laid down as one
I dont care
If Im not your only
What I see in you
You see in me
But if I be wrong
Smoke my smoke
Drink my wine
Bury
My snakeskin boots
Somewhere
Ill never find
Still be
Your lover baby
Oo, oo, oo
Wasnt I always
A friend to you?
Wasnt I always
A friend to you?
Do you wanna
Be my friend?
Ooh ooh
Do you wanna
Be my friend?
Ooh, ooh
Every once in a while
Honey
Let yourself go
Every once in a while
Honey
Let yourself show
Nobody gets hurt
No, no
Ooh ooh
Nobody gets hurt
Well
I could be
An astronaut
On the wrong side
Of the moon
Or wrapped up
Like a baby
On a bus under you
Wherever I go
You go with me
But if I do you wrong
Take the master suite
Ill take the floor
Sleep in late
Get some rest
Ill get mine
Still be
Your lover baby
Oo, oo, oo
Wasnt I always
A friend to you?
Wasnt I always
A friend to you?
Every once in a while
Honey
Let your love show
Every once in a while
Honey let yourself
Go
Nobody gets hurt
Its only love
Love, love
Oo, oo, oo
Wasnt I always
A friend to you?
Wasnt I always
A friend to you?
Wasnt I always
A friend to you?
Wasnt I always
A friend to you? |
Last night I went to the Coronado
I bought my ticket and I found my seat
It was a new adventure straight from Hollywood
Lights went down as I felt the heat
They went tearing from the final scene
Burning rubber, spilling gasoline
As the credits rolled away
They were still chasing
The man who got away
Every night for weeks and weeks now
I beat the traffic, I beat the heat now
For two hours I can believe
The man who got away was me
I went tearing from the final scene
Burning rubber, spilling gasoline
As the credits rolled away
They were still chasing
The man who got away
Drove into Stockton, my radio went dead
That’s when I heard what the newsman said
Said: “armed robbery on the ten-hundred block
Was two men involved and one man shot
While his accomplice made the payday
With a .45 he blew the cashier away
Last seen headed on the State Highway
Driving a late model Chevrolet”
I went screaming from the final scene
In a hail of bullets and flaming gasoline
As the credits rolled away
They were still chasing
The man who got away
Man who got away
Man who got away
Man who got away |
Sandy, the aurora is rising behind us
Those pier lights, our carnival life forever
Oh, love me tonight for I may never see you again
Hey, Sandy, girl
My, my, my, my baby
Sandy, the fireworks are hailin over Little Eden tonight
Forcin a light into all those stony faces left stranded on this warm July
And the boys from the casino dance with their shirts open like Latin lovers on the shore
Chasin all those silly New York virgins by the score
Sandy, the aurora is rising behind us
Those pier lights, our carnival life forever
Oh, love me tonight, I promise Ill love you forever
Oh, I mean it, Sandy, girl
Oh, my baby
Hey, Sandy girl
My, my, my, my baby
Sandy, the waitress I was seeing has lost her desire for me
I spoke with her last night, she said she wont set herself on fire for me anymore
Did you hear the cops finally busted Madame Marie for telling fortunes better than they do?
For me, this boardwalk lifes through
You ought to quit this scene, too, ooh
Sandy, the aurora is rising behind us
Those pier lights, our carnival life forever
Oh, love me tonight, for I may never see you again
Hey, Sandy, girl
My, my, my, my baby
Hey, Sandy, girl
Oh, my baby
Hey, Sandy girl
My, my, my, my, my, my baby
Hey, Sandy, girl
Oh, my baby
Hey, Sandy, girl
My, my, my, my baby |
I aint lookin for just excitement
Baby thats just a fact
If you want to get to her heart
You better let her know just where youre at
It aint written in the sky above
No fortune-teller told me this
You gotta tell her that you love her
Tell her that you need her
And give the girl a great big kiss
Give the girl a great big kiss
Now if youre such a fool you think
It dont matter, baby, what you say
Maybe you better tell her how youre feelin
It aint gonna happen any other way
It aint written in the sky above
No fortune-teller told me this
You gotta tell her that you love her
Tell her that you need her
And give the girl a great big kiss
Give the girl a great big kiss
Now baby all I wanna do
Is darlin make sweet love to you
Now I dont know what the meanin is
Why you wanna hide the things you feel and say
But baby its just a natural fact
Love was never meant to be that way
It aint written in the sky above
No fortune-teller told me this
You gotta tell her that you love her
Tell her that you need her
And give the girl a great big kiss
Give the girl a great big kiss
Now baby all I wanna do |
Hear me now!
I was born 13th child, neath the 13th moon
Spit out all hungry and born anew
Daddy drag me to the river tie me in rocks
Throw me in where its deep and wide
I go down, I dont die
Hole in the river bottom, I crawl through
Come back kill six brothers and sisters, kill papa too
Sway down Mama, sway down low
They going to know me wherever I go
Into my bed with her kerosene my mama creep
Set my flesh to burning, whilst I sleep
I burn, burn, burn, till my soul burn black
Black rains fall, I come back, I come back
Get down Mama, get down low
They gonna know me wherever I go
16 witches, cast 16 spells
Make me a guitar outta skin and human skull
Sing you a song like the wind in the sandy loam
Bring you baby out your happy home
Rams head, forked tail, clove hoof, loves my trail
I sup on your body, sip on your blood like wine
Out world theirs, this world mine
So kiss me baby till it hurts
God lost in heaven, we lost on earth
Sway down Mama, sway down low
They going to know me wherever I go
Wherever I go, wherever I go
Well I got a brand new lover
I love her yes I do
Shes my one and only and her name is Baby Blue |
The screen door slams and Marys dress waves
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely, hey thats me and I want you only
Dont send me home again, I just cant face myself alone again
Well dont you run back inside darling, you know just what Im here for
So youre scared and youre thinking that maybe we aint that young anymore
Well show a little faith theres magic in the night
You aint a beauty but hey youre alright
Oh and thats alright with me
You can hide neath your covers and study your pain
Make crosses from your lovers; throw roses in the rain
Waste your summer praying in vain
For a savior to rise from these streets
Well now Im no hero its understood
All the redemption Ive got to offer girl
Is beneath this dirty hood
With a chance to make it real somehow
Tell me what else can we do now
Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair
Well the nights busting open these two lanes will take us anywhere
We got one last chance to make it real
To trade in these wings on some wheels
Climb in back heavens waiting down on the tracks
Oh come take my hand, were ridin out tonight to case the promised land
Oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road
Lyin out there like a killer in the sun
I know its late but we can make it if we run
Oh Thunder Road, sit tight, take hold, Thunder Road
Oh well I got this guitar and I learned, I learned how to make it talk
And my cars out back if youre ready to take that long walk
From your front porch to my front seat
The door is open but the ride aint free
I know youre lonely for words that I aint spoken
Well tonight well be free all the promises will be broken
There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away
They haunt this dusty beach road in the skeleton frames of burned-out
Chevrolets
They scream your name at night in the street
Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet
And in the lonely cool before dawn you hear their engines roaring on
When you get to the porch theyre gone on the wind
So Mary climb in
Its a town full of losers and were pulling out of here to win |
Now the seats are all empty
Let the roadies take the stage
Pack it up and tear it down
Theyre the first to come and last to leave
Working for that minimum wage
Theyll set it up in another town
Tonight the people were so fine
They waited there in line
And when they got up on their feet they made the show
And that was sweet
But I can hear the sound
Of slamming doors and folding chairs
And thats a sound theyll never know
Now roll them cases out and lift them amps
Haul them trusses down and getem up them ramps
Cause when it comes to moving me
You know you guys are the champs
But when that last guitars been packed away
You know that I still want to play
So just make sure you got it all set to go
Before you come for my piano
But the bands on the bus
And theyre waiting to go
Weve got to drive all night and do a show in Chicago
Or Detroit, I dont know
We do so many shows in a row
And these towns all look the same
We just pass the time in our hotel rooms
And wander round backstage
Till those lights come up and we hear that crowd
And we remember why we came
Now we got country and western on the bus
Are and be
We got disco in eight tracks and cassettes in stereo
Weve got rural scenes & magazines
Weve got truckers on the CB
Weve got Richard Pryor on the video
We got time to think of the ones we love
While the miles roll away
But the only time that seems too short
Is the time that we get to play
People youve got the power over what we do
You can sit there and wait
Or you can pull us through
Come along, sing the song
You know that you cant go wrong
Cause when that morning sun comes beating down
Youre going to wake up in your town
But well be scheduled to appear
A thousand miles away from here
People stay just a little bit longer
We want to play, just a little bit longer
Now the promoter dont mind
And the union dont mind
If we take a little time
And we leave it all behind and sing
One more song
Oh wont you stay
Just a little bit longer
Please please please, say you will
Say you will
Oh wont you stay
Just a little bit longer
Oh please please please stay
Just a little bit long
I bet promotors dont mind
And the roadies dont mind
If we take a little time
And we leave this all behind
Singing one more song |
Early in the morning, factory whistle blows
Man rises from bed and puts on his clothes
He takes his lunch and walks out in the morning light
Its the working, the working, its the working life
Through 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
Its 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
You better believe, boy, somebodys gonna get hurt tonight
Its the working, the working, just the working life
Early in the morning, factory whistle blows
Man rises from bed and puts on his clothes
He takes his lunch and walks out in the morning light
Its the working, the working, just the working life
Its the working, the working, just the working life
Its the working, the working, just the working life |
Living easy, living free
Season ticket on a one-way ride
Asking nothing, leave me be
Taking everything in my stride
Dont need reason, dont need rhyme
Aint nothing that Id rather do
Going down, party time
My friends are gonna be there too
Im on a highway to hell
Im on a highway to hell
Im on a highway to hell
Im on a highway to hell
No stop signs, no speed limit
Nobodys gonna slow me down
Like a wheel, gonna spin it
Nobodys gonna mess me around
Hey, Satan, paying my dues
Playing in a rocking band
Oh hey, Momma, look at me
Im on the way to the promised land
Im on a highway to hell
Im on a highway to hell
Im on a highway to hell
Im on a highway to hell
Dont stop me
Im on a highway to hell
Im on a highway to hеll
Highway to hell
Im on a highway to hell
Highway to hell
Im on a highway to hеll
Im on a highway to hell
Im on a highway to hell |
Well the screen door slams, Marys dress waves
And like a vision she dances across the porch
While the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
Hey thats me and I want you only
Dont turn me home again
Cause I just cant face myself alone again
Dont run back inside darling
You know just what Im here for
So youre scared and youre thinking
That maybe we aint that young any more
Show a little faith, theres magic in the night
You aint a beauty, but hey youre alright
And thats alright with me
You can hide neath your covers
And study your pain
Make crosses from your lovers
Throw roses in the rain
Waste your summer praying in vain
For a savior to rise from these streets
Well listen I aint no hero
Thats understood
All the redemption I can offer, girl
Is beneath this dirty hood
With a chance to make it good somehow
What else can we do now?
Except roll down the window
And let the wind blow back your hair
This nights busting open
These two lanes will take us anywhere
Oh we got one last chance to make it real
We can trade in these wings on some wheels
Climb in back, heavens waiting down on the tracks
Oh come take my hand
Were riding out tonight to face the promised land
Oh thunder road
You know lying out there like a killer in the sun
And oh I know its late, we can make it if we run
We can make it if we run, we can make it if we run
Yeah so we got this guitar
We learned how to make it talk, the cars out back
If youre ready to take that long, long walk
From your front porch to my front seat
The doors open but the ride it aint free
Tonight you were lonely, for words that I aint spoken
But tonight well be free
All the promises will be broken
There were ghosts in the eyes
Of all the boys you sent away
And they haunt this dusty beach road
In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets
We got one last chance to make it real
We got one last chance to make it real |
I was standing by the river
Where the cold black water runs
I was standing by the river
Where the cold black water runs
I had my good eye to the dark
And my blind eye to the sun
I had all of the riches
I had each and every one
I had all of the riches
I had each and every one
I had my good eye to the dark
And my blind eye to the sun
Well I swore you were my darling
Yeah, you were the only one
Since I swore you were my darling
You were the only one
Had my good eye to the dark
And my blind eye to the sun |
We met on open streets where
We both had no place to go
I remember how my heart beat when
You said “Oh, Billy I love you so”
Now, standing in the doorway
Did you ever think that we could look this old
Victims of the little white lies that we told
We didn’t count tomorrows
We took what we could and ran
There was no time for sorrow
Every place you went I held your hand
And when the night closed in
I was sure your kisses told me all I had to know
But they never whispered the little white lies that we told
It was so good at the start
Nothing could ever pull it apart
Running hand in hand through the rain
But soon the heart break, soon the pain girl
There were no cold denials
Nobody really lied
It wasn’t in the things we said girl
Just time spent, promises implied
And when it began to fall apart
Eaten quietly away from the inside
Bit by bit by those little white lies
Now standing in the doorway did you ever think
Ever think that we could look this old
Victims of the little white lies that we told
Now lying here in the dark, did you ever think
Ever think that we could be this cold
Just as cold as the little white lies that we told
Little white lies |
Well, the doctor comes round here with his face all bright
And he says, In a little while youll be all right
All he gives is a humbug pill, a dose of dope and a great big bill
Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live?
He says, Me and my old school pals had some might high times round here
And what happened to you poor black folks, well it just aint fair
He took a look around, gave a little pep talk, said, Im with you then he took a little walk
Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live?
Theres bodies floatin on Canal Street and the levees gone to hell
Martha, get me my sixteen gauge and some dry shells
Them whos got got out of town
And them who aint got left to drown
Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live?
I got family scattered from Texas all the way to Baltimore
And I aint got no home in this world no more
Gonna be a judgment thats a fact, a righteous train rollin down this track
Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live? |
I get up in the evening
And I aint got nothing to say
I come home in the morning
I go to bed feeling the same way
I aint nothing but tired
Man, Im just tired and bored with myself
Hey, there, baby
I could use just a little help
You cant start a fire
You cant start a fire without a spark
This guns for hire
Even if were just dancing in the dark
Messages keep getting clearer
Radios on and Im moving around the place
I check my look in the mirror
Wanna change my clothes, my hair, my face
Man, I aint getting nowhere
I just live in a dump like this
Theres something happening somewhere
Baby, I just know there is
You cant start a fire
You cant start a fire without a spark
This guns for hire
Even if were just dancing in the dark
You sit around getting older
Theres a joke here somewhere and its on me
Ill shake this world off my shoulders
Come on, baby, the laughs on me
Stay on the streets of this town
And theyll be carving you up alright
They say you gotta stay hungry
Hey, baby, Im just about starving tonight
Im dying for some action
Im sick of sittin round here trying to write this book
I need a love reaction
Come on, gimme just one look
You cant start a fire
You cant start a fire without a spark
This guns for hire
Even if were just dancing in the dark
You cant start a fire
You cant start a fire without a spark
This guns for hire
Even if were just dancing in the dark
Even if were just dancing in the dark |
A 1-2-3
Good lovin, good lovin, good lovin
I was feelin
So bad
Asked my family doctor just what I had
I said Doctor
Mr. M.D.
Can you tell me
Whats ailin me
He said, Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yes indeed, all I, really need
Good lovin
Good lovin
Good lovin,
Honey, please
Squeeze me tight
Dont you want your baby to be all right?
I said, Baby
Its for sure
I got the fever
And you got the cure
Everybody, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yes indeed, all I really need
Is Good lovin
Good lovin
Good lovin,
Good lovin
Good lovin
Good lovin
Good lovin
Good lovin
Good lovin
Good lovin
Good lovin
Its all a great time |
Good evening Dublin!
Well they blew up the chicken man in Philly last night
Now they blew up his house too
Down on the boardwalk theyre getting ready for a hell of a fight
Gonna see what those racket boys can do
Yeah theres trouble busting in from outta state
And the D.A. cant get no relief
Gonna be a rumble out on the promenade
And the gambling commissions hanging on by the skin of its teeth
Well now everything dies baby thats a fact
But maybe everything that dies someday come back
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty
Come on and meet me tonight in Atlantic City
Well I got a job and put my money away
But I had debts that no honest man could pay
So I drew what I had from the Central Trust
And I bought us two tickets on that coast city bus
Well now everything dies baby thats a fact
But maybe everything that dies someday come back
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty
Meet me tonight in Atlantic City
Solo!
Well our luck may have died, and our love may be cold
But with you forever Ill stay
Were going out where the sands turn in to gold
Put on your stockings baby, nights getting cold
Well now, maybe everything dies, maybe thats a fact
But maybe, everything that dies someday come back
Hey!
Well Ive been looking for a job but its hard to find
Down here its winners and losers, and a wrong side of that line
Well Im tired of coming on the losing end
So honey, last night I met this guy Im gonna do a favor for him
Everything dies baby thats a fact
But maybe everything that dies someday comes back
Put your makeup on fix your hair up pretty
Meet me tonight
Meet me tonight
Meet me tonight
Meet me tonight
Meet me tonight
Meet me tonight
Meet me tonight
Meet me tonight
Meet me tonight
Meet me tonight
Meet me tonight in Atlantic City!
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Good evening! |
Born down in a dead mans town
First kick I took was when I hit the ground
You end up like a dog thats been beat too much
Then you spend half your life just trying to cover up
Born in the USA
Born in the USA
Born in the USA
Got in a little hometown jam
Ao they put a rifle in my hand
Sent me off to a foreign land
Go and kill the yellow man
I was born in the USA
Born in the USA
Born in the USA
Come back home to the refinery
Hiring man says Son, if it was up to me
Went down to see my V.A. man
He said Son, dont you understand
Had a brother at Khe Sahn
Fighting off the Viet Cong
Theyre still there and hes all gone
He had a woman he loved in Saigon
I got a picture of him in her arms
Shadow of the penitentiary
Out by the gas fires of the refinery
Im ten years burning down the road
Nowhere to run, aint got nowhere to go
Born in the USA
I was born in the USA
Born in the USA
Born in the USA
Born in the USA
I was born in the USA
Born in the USA |
They say love
A love has its very own light
That can shine through the darkest night
That weve heard of
And that light
That you may want so much
Well maybe you can never touch
Though you may try
Now at night I dream
Im all alone
Big sledgehammer and a cold dark stone
Man swing the hammer
World begin to shake
Im just living in a town called Heartbreak
Now Eve
She stood by Adams side
Ah, somewhere in paradise
When the world was young
And their love
That was so pure and sound
Was cursed straight into the ground
That they walked on
Now somewhere in every kiss
I still feel the blame
Like a dirty link
In a long dark chain
Man pull the chain
World begin to shake
Im just living in a town called Heartbreak
Im just living in this town
Youve gotta work with me baby
with me baby
with me baby
Gotta with me baby
with me baby
Gotta with me baby
Gotta with me baby
Gotta work with me baby
She says man
Ive given you my flesh and blood
But that just wasnt good enough
You wanted my soul
He says girl,
No matter how hard I try
You just aint ever satisfied
Oh no no no
Now at night the same dream
Im all alone
Big sledgehammer and a cold dark stone
Man swing the hammer
World begin to shake
Im just living in a town called Heartbreak
Im just living in a town called Heartbreak
You gotta work with me baby
with me baby
with me baby
oh with me baby
Gotta with me baby
with me baby
with me baby
Gotta work with me baby
Gotta work with me baby
Ooh
You gotta work with me baby
Youve gotta work with me baby
Youve gotta work with me baby
You gotta work with me baby
Youve gotta work with me baby
You gotta work with me baby |
The way she kisses so tenderly
The way she gives her love to me
I been felt by the graces and angels up above
The little things my baby does
The little things my baby does
The little things my baby does
That make me love her
The way she sighs when I hold her tight
Good times and bad will be alright
Faces on the street they push hard and they shove
Disappear with the little things my baby does
The little things my baby does
The little things my baby does
I know I love her
The soft summer breeze fills her every sigh
Her eyes are bluer than the summer sky
I been felt by the graces and angels up above
The little things my baby does
The little things my baby does
The little things my baby does
That make me love her
And when the night closes in
Im drifting and I cant find a friend
On the wings of the angels Im saved by her love
The little things my baby does
The little things my baby does
The little things my baby does
That make me love her
The little things my baby does
The little things my baby does
The little things my baby does
The little things my baby does |
Well, Sandy, fireworks are hailing over Little Eden tonight
Forcing light into all those stoned-out faces left stranded on this fourth of July
Down in the town, the Circuits full of switchblade lovers, so fast, so shiny, so sharp
And them wizards play down on Pinball Way on the boardwalk way past dark
And the boys from the casino dance with their shirts open like Latin lovers along the shore
Chasing all them silly New York girls
Oh, Sandy, the aurora is rising behind us
The pier lights our carnival life forever
Love me tonight, because I--I may never see you again
Whoa, oh, Sandy girl
Well, now, the greasers, ah, they tramp the streets or get busted for trying to sleep on the beach all night
And them boys in their high heels--ah, Sandy, their skins are so white
And me, I just got tired of hanging in them dusty arcades, banging them pleasure machines
Chasing the factory girls underneath the boardwalk
Where they all promise to unsnap their jeans
And you know that tilt-a-whirl way down on the south beach drag
Well, I got on it last night and my shirt got caught
And that Joey kept me spinning, I didnt think Id ever get off
Oh, Sandy, the aurora is rising behind us
The pier lights our carnival life on the water
And I remember running down the beach at night with my old bosss daughter
Well, he aint my boss no more, Sandy
Hey Sandy, the angels, theyve lost their desire for us
You know, I spoke to em just last night, and they said they wont set themselves on fire for us anymore
And every summer when the weather gets hot, they ride their road down from heaven
On their Harleys, they come and they go
And you can see em dressed like stars in all the cheap little seashore bars
And park, making love with their babies out on the Kokomo
Well, the cops finally busted Madame Marie
For tellin fortunes better than they do
This boardwalk life for mes through
You know, you oughta quit this scene, too
Oh, Sandy, the aurora is rising behind us
The pier lights our carnival life forever
Oh, love me tonight, and I promise Ill love you forever
I swear it!
Oh, how bout it? |
When I walk on by, girls be looking like damn he fly
I pimp to the beat
Walking on the street with in my new lafreak, yeah
Girl look at that body
Girl look at that body
Girl look at that body
I work out
I got passion in my pants
And I aint afraid to show it
Im sexy and I know it
Im sexy and I know it
When Im at the mall, security just cant fight em off
When Im at the beach
Im in a speedo trying to tan my cheeks
1,2,3,4!
Girl look at that body
Girl look at that body
Girl look at that body
I work out
Girl look at that body
Girl look at that body
Girl look at that body
I work out
When I walk in the spot, this is what I see
Everybody stops and they staring at me
I got passion in my pants
And I aint afraid to show it
Im sexy and I know it
Im sexy and I know it
Im sexy and I know it
Im sexy and I know it
Im sexy and I know it
Come on everybody!
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
1,2,3,4
Im sexy and I know it
Im sexy and I know it
Im sexy and I know it
Im sexy and I know it |
There’s a rumble in the park
There’s a thunder in the dark
The night’s so quiet, its
Chain lightning
Beneath a street light
Two boys boppin’ in the night
They had something in ’em called
Chain lightning
Though you never hear a sound
There’s a fire underground
Rumbling through the town
You can’t keep it from comin’ down
Lovers walking through the mist
Romeo he steal a kiss
Caught up in the moment of
Chain lightning
Now I don’t know about romance
But baby it’s the latest dance
Everybody’s getting up, doin’ it
Chain lightning
All along the strand baby
Down in jungleland
Everybody’s caught up in
Chain lightning
Ever hear the sound
Of a fire underground
Rumblin’ through the town
The big cold is comin’ down
Sittin’ at the light
I’m a rider in the night
Streaking light to light for
Chain lightning
I ain’t into style, baby
I ain’t into fashion
I just got a passion for
Chain lightning
Sittin’ at the light
I’m a rider in the night
Streaking light to light for
Chain lightning |
Well hed been hearing too many voices and feelina little off-rack
Like there was something big pressing down on his back
So he called up his friends and they said come on out west
Its a place where a man can really feel his succes
So he pulled his heart and soul down off the shelf
Packed them next to the faith that hed lost in himself
Said his good-byes and when the dirty work was done
He turned his wheels into the fading sun
For seven days and nights like a black-top bird he sped
Maintained radio silence cept for in his head
And just like his folks did back in 69
He crossed the border at Needles and heard the promised land on the line
Now where the Transcontinental dumps into the sea
Theres a bar made up to look like 1963
Girl in the corner eyed him like a hungry dog a bone
As he brushed the desert dust off that Mercedes chrome
Bartender said Hey, hows it hangin, tiger?
He had a shot of tequila, smiled and whispered lighter
He went down to the desert city where the rattlesnakes play
And left his dead skin by the roadside in the noon of day
Sun got so hot it almost felt like friend
It could burn out every trace of where you been
There was a woman hed met in a desert song
A little while later a son come along
Looked at that boys smile and called it home |
Come to the door Ma, and unlock the chain
I was just passin through and got caught in the rain
Theres nothing I want, nothin that you need say
Just let me lie down for a while and Ill be on my way?
I was no more than a kid when you put me on the Southern Queen
With the police on my back I fled to New Orleans
I fought in the dockyards and with the money I made
I knew the fight was my home and blood was my trade
Baton Rouge, Poncitoula, and Lafayette town
Well they paid me their money Ma I knocked the men down
I did what I did well it come easily
Restraint and mercy Ma were always strangers to me
I fought champion Jack Thompson in a field full of mud
Rain poured through the tent to the canvas and mixed with our blood
In the twelfth I slipped my tongue over my broken jaw
I stood over him and pounded his bloody body into the floor
Well the bell rang and rang and still I kept on
Till I felt my glove leather slip tween his skin and bone
Then the women and the money came fast and the days I lost track
The women red, the money green, but the numbers were black
I fought for the men in their silk suits to lay down their bets
I took my good share Ma, I have no regrets
Then I took the fix at the state armory with big John McDowell
From high in the rafters I watched myself fall
As he raised his arm my stomach twisted and the sky it went black
I stuffed my bag with their good money and I never looked back
Understand, in the end Ma every man plays the game
If you know me one different then speak out his name
Ma if my voice now you dont recognize
Then just open the door and look into your dark eyes
I ask of you nothin, not a kiss not a smile
Just open the door and let me lie down for a while
Now the gray rains fallin and my ring fightins done
So in the work fields and alleys I take all wholl come
If youre a better man than me then just step to the line
Now theres nothin I want Ma nothin that you need say
Just let me lie down for a while and Ill be on my way
Tonight in the shipyard a man draws a circle in the dirt
I move to the center and I take off my shirt
I study him for the cuts, the scars, the pain
Man, nor the time can erase
I move hard to the left and I strike to the face |
Youre riding in my car
I turn on the radio
Im pulling you closer
But you keep tellin me no
You say you dont like it
But I know youre a liar
Cause when we kiss
Ooh...
Fire
Late at night
Youre taking me home
You say you wanna stay
But I want you to go
Say I dont love you
But you know Im a liar
Cause when we kiss
Ooh...
Fire
You had a hold on me right from the start
A grip so tight I couldnt tear it apart
My nerves all jumpin actin like a fool
Well my kisses might burn
But my heart stays cool
Well Romeo and Juliet
Sampson and Delilah
Baby you can bet
They were burnin with desire
If I say split
Then I know that Id be lying
Cause when we kiss
Ooh...
Fire
When we kiss
Im on fire
Your tenderness
Gives me desire
I cant resist
Your tender lips
When we kiss
Ooh...
Fire
When we kiss
Im on fire
Your tenderness
Gives me desire
I cant resist
Your tender lips
When we kiss
Ooh...
Fire |
Some say its destiny, whether triumph or tragedy
But I believe we cast our nets out on the sea
And nothing we gather comes for free
I would have paid down through the years
A price beyond rubies, beyond tears
To keep you safe with me
But your suspicion and your fear
Your vow to let nobody near was your Trinity
Such a tragedy
I drew the best hand youd ever hold
Then cashed my winnings in long ago
Settled for silver, how could I know
You were waiting with the gold?
I could have caused your heart to yield
But I was only a disturbance in the field of your dreams
And I will never see you cry
You wont be with me when I die
A waste of you and me, a tragedy
We took the wrong train to kingdom come
No more damage can be done, baby
Its just what the world dont need
Its another stinking tragedy
Thats how the story goes
Our chapters coming to a close
We are history
But I will always think of you
Everyday until my days are through
You made me believe in tragedy |
We fell in love and I made you the world
I spent all my time tryin to satisfy you, girl
Just one thing that I cant figure out
Closer I get, farther baby I am out
30 days, 30 days out
Well Im six days runnin but Im 30 days out
30 days, 30 days out
With every kiss you leave a little shadow of doubt
The roof was leakin honey where we live
And Im wonderin whats that something that you wont give
I started loving you but I gotta stop
You got me mostly waitin for that other shoe to drop
30 days, 30 days out
You keep me six days runnin but Im 30 days out
30 days, 30 days out
With every kiss you leave a little shadow of doubt
Tried to talk about whats goin on
You just smile and tell me Baby there aint nothin wrong
In your smile theres a sign in red
It said Thousand miles of hard road dead ahead
30 days, 30 days out
Yeah Im six days runnin but Im 30 days out
30 days, 30 days out
With every kiss you leave a little shadow of doubt
30 days, 30 days out
Well Im six days runnin but Im 30 days out
30 days, 30 days out
With every kiss you leave a little shadow of doubt |
The guilty undertaker sighs
The lonesome organ grinder cries
The silver saxophone says
I should refuse you
The cracked bells and washed out horns
Blow into my face with scorn
But its not that way
I wasnt born to lose you
I want you I want you
I want you so bad
Honey I want you
The drunken politician leaps
Upon the streets where mothers weep
And the saviors who are fast asleep
They wait for you
And I wait for them to interrupt
Me drinking from my broken cup
And ask me to open up
The gate for you
Now all my fathers
Theyve gone down
True love
Theyve been without it
But all their daughters
Put me down
Cause I dont
Think about it
Well I return to the queen of spades
And talk with my chamber maid
She knows that Im not afraid to
Look at her
She is good to me and theres
Nothing she doesnt see
She knows where Id like to be
But it doesnt matter
Now your dancing child with the Chinese suit
He spoke to me I took his flute
No I wasnt very cute to him
Was I
But I did it because he lied
Because he took you for a ride
And because time was on his side
And because I
Want you I want you
I want you so bad
Honey I want you |
Tear drops on the city
Bad Scooter searching for his groove
Whole world walking pretty
But you cant find the room to move
Everybody better move over, thats all
Running on the bad side
I got my back to the wall
Tenth Avenue freeze-out, Tenth Avenue freeze-out
Tenth Avenue freeze-out, Tenth Avenue freeze-out
Stranded in the jungle
Trying to take all the heat they was giving
Night is dark but sidewalks bright
And lined with the light of the living
From a tenement window a transistor blasts
Turn around the corner things got real quiet real fast
I walk into a Tenth Avenue freeze-out
Tenth Avenue freeze-out, Tenth Avenue freeze-out
Tenth Avenue freeze-out, Tenth Avenue freeze-out
When the change was made uptown
And the big man he joined the band
From the coastline to the city
All the little babies raise their hands
Gonna sit back right easy and laugh
When Scooter and the big man bust this city in half
With a Tenth Avenue freeze-out, Tenth Avenue freeze-out |
Chorus:
Blinded by the light
Revved up like a Deuce
Another runner in the night
Blinded by the light, revved up like a Deuce
Another runner in the night
Madman drummers bummers Indians in the summer
With a teenage diplomat
In the dumps with the mumps
As the adolescent pumps his way in to his hat
With a boulder on my shoulder feeling kind of older
I tripped the merry go round
With this very unpleasing sneezing and wheezing
The calliope crashed to the ground
The calliope crashed to the ground and she was
Repeat Chorus
Some silicone sister with her manager mister
Told me I got what it takes
She said Ill turn you on sonny to something strong
Play the song with the disco break
And go kart Mozart was checking out the weather chart
See if it was safe outside
And little Early Pearly came by in his curly-whirly
And asked me if I needed a ride
The calliope crashed to the ground and she was
Repeat Chorus twice
Now Scott with a slingshot finally found a tender spot
And throws his lover in the sand
And some bloodshot forget me not his daddys within earshot
Save the buckshot turn up the band
Some silicone sister with her manager mister
Told me I got what it takes
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 |
Bright light city gonna set my soul
Gonna set my soul on fire
Ive got a whole lot a money just ready to burn
So get those stakes up higher
Theres a thousand pretty women just a-waitin out there
Theyre all livin Devil may care
And Im just the Devil with love to spare
Viva Las Vegas
Viva Las Vegas
How I wish that there were more
Than 24 hours in a day
But even if there were 40 more
I wouldnt sleep a minute away
Theres Blackjack, Poker and the Roulette Wheel
A fortune won and lost on every deal
All you need is money and nerves of steel
Viva Las Vegas
Viva Las Vegas
Well, Viva Las Vegas with your neon flashing and
Your one-armed bandits crashing
All your hopes down the drain
Well, Viva Las Vegas turning day into night time
Turnin night into day time
If youve seen it once youll never be the same again
SOLO
Im gonna keep on the run
Im gonna have me some fun
If it costs me my very last dime
If I wind up broke, well, Ill always remember
That I had me a swinging time
Im gonna give it every thing I got
Lady Luck wont you let the dice stay hot
Let me shoot a seven with every shot
Viva Las Vegas
Viva Las Vegas
Viva Las Vegas
Viva Viva
Las Vegas
BUSTED................
SOLO OUT |
Wise men say only fools rush in
But I cant help falling in love with you
Shall I say would it be a sin
cause I cant help falling in love with you
Like the river flows
Flowing to the sea
Darling so it goes
Some things were meant to be
Take my hand, take my whole life too
cause I cant help falling in love with you
No, I cant help falling in love with you |
Running down the highway half past eleven
Waitin for my odometer to roll straight sevens
Im a lucky man
I went to see the gypsy the other night
She looked in my palm looked me in the eye
Said youre a lucky man
Some folks got fortune some got eyes of blue
What you got will always see you through
Youre a lucky man
Pa went from the army to the factory to the killing yard
I make my living with my hands behind the wheel of this car
Im a lucky man
Messin with me man wouldnt be wise
Roll them dice son - ah snake eyes
Im a lucky man
Had a girl in Calgary I gave her up
Man that love thing was messin with my luck
Im a lucky man
Ill wake up tomorrow morning in another state
Kiss me now baby before its too late
If you wanna kiss a lucky man
I dont miss no girl I dont miss no home
He travels fastest who travels alone
Hes a lucky man |
They call him Mr. Outside
Cause he dont care
Mr. Outside
Hes just havin his fun
Mr. Outside
Hes just looking out for number one
Well Mr. Outside
All your money and your power
Wont help you come the dark hour
Well kingdoms crumble
To your feet
Youre left another thief out on the street
Mr. Outside
Yeah he dont care
Mr. Outside
Hes just having his fun
Mr. Outside
Oh, looking out for number one
Dark glasses and money for hire
and high tension wire
He got long dark, dark Cadillac
He got pretty little little girl in back
Mr. Outside
Oh yeah he dont care
Mr. Outside
Hes just having his fun
Mr. Outside
Just looking out for number one
Oh little baby got no diamond ring
You cry cause you aint got no pretty things
Them pretty things babe just look dumb
You gotta take em when they come
Mr. Outside
Oh lord he dont care
Mr. Outside
Oh has his fun
Mr. Outside
Hes just looking out for No. 1
Mr. Outside
Oh yeah he dont care
Mr. Outside
Hes just having his fun
Mr. Outside
Hes just looking out for No. |
Hey little girl is your daddy home?
Did he go away and leave you all alone?
I got a bad desire
Woah, Im on fire
Tell me now, baby, is he good to you?
Can he do to you the things that I can do?
I can take you higher
Woah, 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
Only you can cool my desire
Woah, Im on fire
Woah, Im on fire
Woah, Im on fire |
Night after night
I keep holding on
You say you love me
Then you leave me so lonely
Baby I dont believe a word youre sayin
I think its all some evil game youre playin
Still all day long all I do is think about you
You got me believin that I cant live without you
Well if you want it, heres my confession
Baby I cant help it, youre my obsession
Protection, thats what I need
I need protection, baby, from your love
Protection, thats what I need
I need protection, baby, from your love
I wait at home by the telephone
When I call your house, baby, youre not there
Knock on the door and I rush down the stairs
When I open up, baby, youre not there
When were together
When were together and you put your arms around me
You keep my mind
Forever, ever in doubt
You want me believin
That, baby, I cant live without
Protection, thats what I need
I need protection, baby, from your love
Protection, thats what I need
I need protection, baby, from your love
We stand alone, at my window
And stare out, at the shadows down below
I feel your fingers on my face
I want to stay, I want to run away
Protection, thats what I need
I need protection, baby, from your love
Protection, thats what I need
I need protection, baby, from your love |
I get up in the evening
And I aint got nothing to say
I come home in the morning
I go to bed, feeling the same way
I aint nothing but tired
Man, Im just tired and bored with myself
Ooh hey, there, baby
I could use, just a little help
You cant start a fire
You cant start a fire without a spark
This guns for hire
Even if were just dancing in the dark
Message keeps getting clearer
Radios on, Im moving around the place
I check my look in the mirror
Wanna change my clothes, my hair, my face
Man, I aint getting nowhere
Just living in a dump like this
Theres something happening somewhere
Baby, I just know that there is
You cant start a fire
You cant start a fire without a spark
This guns for hire
Even if were just dancing in the dark
You sit around getting older
Theres a joke here somewhere and its on me
Ill shake the world off my shoulders
Come on, baby, the laughs on me
You cant start a fire
You cant start a fire without a spark
This guns for hire
Even if were just dancing in the dark
Even if were just dancing in the dark
Even if were just dancing in the dark
Even if were just dancing, dancing
Dancing baby
Dancing in the dark
Even if were dancing in the dark |
Well I walk the way you want me to
And Ill talk the way you want me to
And Ive tried to do all I can just to please you
Well I work hard every day for you
And I brought home all my pay for you
And Ive cried my tears through the rain night and again
And oh whoa girl, its a shame
Oh whoa girl, its a doggone shame
We worked so hard, but its all in vain
Oh whoa girl, its a shame
Now I bought your gold and diamond rings
And I brought you home your pretty things
And I thought Id shown all the love I had for you, yes I did
But as hard as I try it all falls through
Well maybe I was born to be just your fool
Trying to satisfy your every desire, each need you require
Well oh whoa girl, its a shame
Oh whoa girl, its a doggone shame
I worked so hard, but its all in vain
Oh whoa girl, its a shame
Someone now!
Whoa!
Whoaaa, whoa-hoo
Whoa
Oh whoa girl, its a shame
Oh girl, its a doggone shame
We worked so hard, but its all in vain
Oh whoa girl, its a shame
Oh whoa girl, its a shame
Oh girl, its a doggone shame
I worked so hard, but its all in vain
Oh whoa, girl its a shame |
Take me now baby here as I am
Hold me close, try and understand
Desire is hunger is the fire I breathe
Love is a banquet on which we feed
Come on now try and understand
The way I feel when Im in your hands
Take my hand come undercover
They cant hurt you now
Cant hurt you now, cant hurt you now
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to lust
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to us
Have I doubt when Im alone
Love is a ring, the telephone
Love is an angel disguised as lust
Here in our bed until the morning comes
Come on now try and understand
The way I feel under your command
Take my hand as the sun descends
They cant touch you now
Cant touch you now, cant touch you now
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to lust
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to us
With love we sleep
With doubt the vicious circle
Turns and burns
Without you I cannot live
Forgive, the yearning burning
I believe its time, too real to feel
So touch me now, touch me now, touch me now
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to lust
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to us
Because tonight there are two lovers
If we believe in the night we trust
Because tonight there are two lovers
Because the night belongs to lust
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to us |
Theres a place, so Ive been told
Every street is paved with gold
And its just across the borderline
And when its time to take your turn
Theres a lesson that you must learn
You may lose more than youll ever hope to find
And when you reach that broken promised land
And all your dreams slip though your hand
You have learned its too late to change your mind
Cause you pay the price to come so far
Just to wind up where you are
And youre still just across the borderline
Up and down The Rio Grande
A thousand foot prints in the sand
Reveal a secret no one can define
The river rolls on like a breath
In between our life and death
Tell me who is next to cross that borderline
And when you reach that broken promised land
And all your dreams slip though your hand
Youll know its too late to change your mind
Cause you pay the price to come so far
Just to wind up where you are
And youre still just across the borderline |
Its the end of another working day
Come on and pack your blues away
Change your clothes, well go for a ride
To the other side
Hurry up sundown, hurry up sundown
Hurry up sundown, hurry up sundown
Over here its easier to breathe
Theres a place for you and me
And theres no devil here to pay
And come the light of day we pray
Hurry up sundown, hurry up sundown
Hurry up sundown, hurry up sundown
And together well ride the other side
Well feel so free, just you and me
And Ill pray what is due
Till the night sees us through
And together well ride the other side
Well feel so free, just you and me
When this long day is through
We will dance in blue
Hurry up sundown, hurry up sundown
Hurry up sundown, hurry up sundown, hurry up sundown
Its the end of another working day
Come and pack your blues away
Its the end of another working day
Come on and pack your blues away |
Well dont you want to climb a mountain
Yeah, dont you want to ride the river
Drink from a magic fountain
Give your woman all the love that you can give her
Well dont you want to be an outlaw
Dont you want to ride the range
Dont you want to be an outlaw children
Just like jesse, like jesse james
Well now dont you want to swim the ocean
Dont you want to climb the highest tree
Drink some of mommas lovin potion
Get your woman till she just cant see
Dont you want to be an outlaw
Just a poor boy out on the skids
Dont you want to be an outlaw children
Just like billy, just like billy the kid
Well now billy he was a bad boy, he won the wild west
By the year of 21, as many notches on his gun
But someone laid him to an early rest
Dont you want to climb a mountain
Dont you want to ride the river
Drink from a magic fountain
Give your woman all the love that you can give her
Dont you want to be an outlaw
Dont you want to ride the range
Dont you want to be an outlaw children
Just like jesse
Guitar solo
Jesse he was a bad boy, he won the wild west
As many notches on his gun as the years of 21
But someone laid him to an early rest
Dont you want to climb a mountain
Dont you want to ride the river
Drink from a magic fountain
Give your woman all the love that you can give her
Dont you want to be an outlaw
Dont you want to ride the range
Dont you want to be an outlaw children
Just like jesse, like jesse james
Well dont you want to be an outlaw
Dont you want to be an outlaw
Just like jesse, just like jesse, just like jesse james |
You promised me thered be no denials
When I was weak under your spell
When I feel thirsty you would not let me
Take water from your well
Well big black road
Big black river
Big black heaven in the sky above
I need someone I can talk to
I need someone I can love
So I went down to that valley
To a boy that I once knew
And he looked at me so tender
Oh baby like you used to do
Well big black road
Big black river
Big black heaven in the sky above
I need someone I can talk to
I need someone I can love
So I crossed that river of temptation
And I lay down in that young boys arms
And there I claimed my destination
Through this one last unforgiving harm
Well big black road
Big black river
Big black heaven in the sky above
I need someone I can talk to
I need someone I can love |
The lights in the harbor dont shine for me
Im like a lost ship adrift on the sea
Sea of heartbreak, lost love, loneliness
Memories of your caress
So divine, I wish you were mine again, my dear
On this sea of tears
Sea of heartbreak
How did I lose you?
Oh, where did I fail?
Why did you leave me always to sail?
Sea of heartbreak, lost love, loneliness
Memories of your caress
So divine, I wish you were mine again, my dear
On this sea of tears
Sea of heartbreak
Oh, what Id give to sail back to shore
Back to your arms once more
Come to my rescue, oh, come here to me
Take me and keep me away from the sea
Sea of heartbreak, lost love, loneliness
Memories of your caress
So divine, I wish you were mine again, my dear
On this sea of tears
Sea of heartbreak, lost love, loneliness
Memories of your caress
So divine, I wish you were mine again, my dear
On this sea of tears
Sea of heartbreak
Sea of heartbreak
This sea of heartbreak |
1 - 2 - 3 - 4
Well, she was just seventeen
You know what I mean
And the way she looked was way beyond compare
So how could I dance with another
And I saw her standing there
Well, she looked at me, and I, I could see
That before too long, Id fall in love with her
She wouldnt dance with another
And I saw her standing there
Well, my heart went boom
When I crossed that room
And I held her hand in mine
Whoah, we danced through the night
And we held each other tight
And before too long, I fell in love with her
Now, Ill never dance with another
Since I saw her standing there
Well, my heart went boom
When I crossed that room
And I held her hand in mine
Whoah, we danced through the night
And we held each other tight
And before too long, I fell in love with her
Now, Ill never dance with another
Since I saw her standing there |
Theyre grazin the field
Covered with tar
Cant get a price
To see my way clear
Im sitting down
At the Sugarland Bar
It might as well bury
My body right here
Tractors and combines
Out in the cold
Sheds piled high
With the wheat we aint sold
Silos filled with
Last years crops
If something dont break me
Well gonna drop
Well my wife got another
Coming in july
Shes just laid up in bed
All she does is cries, cries, cries
Tommy, oh Tommy
Im so alone
Tommy, oh Tommy
Oh! Wont you stay home
Pa dont say nothing
Except when it rains
He sits by the window
Listening to the sound of passing trains
Roaring out of the night
Carrying an empty load
We got a whole lot of grain
That aint got nowhere to go
Well, if prices
Dont get no higher
Ill fill this dustbin with gasAnd set these fields on fire
Sit out on a ridge
Where the bluebirds fly
And watch the flame rise up
Against this sugarland sky |
Take me now baby here as I am
Pull me close, try and understand
Desire is hunger is the fire I breathe
Love is a banquet on which we feed
Come on now try and understand
The way I feel when Im in your hands
Take my hand come undercover
They cant hurt you now
Cant hurt you now, cant hurt you now
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to lust
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to us
Have I doubt when Im alone
Love is a ring, the telephone
Love is an angel disguised as lust
Here in our bed until the morning comes
Come on now try and understand
The way I feel under your command
Take my hand as the sun descends
They cant touch you now
Cant touch you now, cant touch you now
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to lust
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to us
With love we sleep
With doubt the vicious circle
Turn and burns
Without you I cannot live
Forgive, the yearning burning
I believe its time, too real to feel
So touch me now, touch me now, touch me now
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to lust
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to us
Because tonight there are two lovers
If we believe in the night we trust
Because tonight there are two lovers ... |
I was born saved in heaven
It was nothing like the promised land
Raised in a good christian house
Underneath a good christian hand
I was schooled down and dirty
Signed a note back to town
It was there that the workers slaved all week
Waiting for payday to come around
Break out, come on if youre coming
Cause baby I just cant stay
I want to take out the walls of this joint
I want to blow this town away
Now I aint into fast livin
I aint into dying young
And I aint looking to be forgiven
For any of the stupid things that Ive done
For the ones who once had a notion
A notion it was good to be alive
Feel the spark, the rush of emotion
I want to break out baby tonight
I want to dream, that I got a place
I want to scream in somebodys face
Make it seem, get out of this muddy race
All night long
Well all little kings lose their thrones tonight
All you little pretty things better learn to sleep alone tonight
It was down in the cool dirty living
With the man with the master plan
Some girl who can beg forgiveness
And a ticket to the promised land
Down where theyll tear your guts out
Making out what youre all about
Making while we were blasting like a ? ?
I want out I want out I want out
Want out to the outside
Well Im a small fool
I want to shout Im bound for nothing
I want to shout about something too
For the ones who once had a notion
It aint no sin to be glad youre alive
I feel the heat, the rush of devotion
I want to tear out baby tonight
I wanna do what aint ever been done
I wanna win what aint ever been won
I wanna lose blow it all away
I wanna lose what Ive always won
Prove it all night long
I wanna know that I got a place
I wanna go where I can see your face
I wanna rock the roof off this place
I want you to know
I wanna live |
Well, the screen door slams, Marys dress waves
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
Roy Orbison is singing for the lonely
Hey, thats me, I want you only
Dont turn me home again, I just cant face myself alone again
So dont you run back inside, darling, cause you know just what Im here for
And youre scared and youre thinking that maybe were not that young anymore
Well, show a little faith, cause theres magic in the night
You aint a beauty, hey, alright
Oh, and thats alright with me
Now you can hide underneath the covers and study your pain
Make crosses from your lovers and throw roses in the rain
You can waste your summers praying in vain
For a savior to rise from these streets
Oh, Im no hero, and thats understood
All the redemption I can offer, girl, is beneath this dirty hood
We got a chance to make it good somehow
Well, what else can we do now?
Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back our hair
This nights busted open, and these two lanes can take us anywhere
We got one last chance to make it real
To trade in these wings on some wheels
Climb in back, darling, now heaven is waiting down on the tracks
So, oh-oh, come take my hand
Were riding out tonight to case the promised land
Oh-oh-oh-oh, Thunder Road, oh, Thunder Road
Oh, Thunder Road
Well its lying out there like a killer in the sun
And I know that its late, but we can make it if we run
Oh-oh-oh-oh, Thunder Road
Sit tight, take hold, Thunder Road
Well, I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk
And my cars out back if youre ready to take that long, long walk
From your front porch to my front seat
The doors open but the ride aint free
And I know youre lonely for things that I havent spoken
But tonight well be free, all the promises will be broken
There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys that you sent away
They haunt these dusty beach roads in the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets
And they scream your name at night in the street
The graduation gown lies in rags at their feet
And in the lonely cold before dawn
You hear the engines roaring on
But when you get to the porch theyre gone
On the wind
So Mary climb in
This is a town full of losers, Im-a pulling out of here to win |
Well I stood stone-like at midnight suspended in my masquerade
I combed my hair till it was just right and commanded the night brigade
I was open to pain and crossed by the rain and I walked on a crooked crutch
I strode all alone through a fallout zone, came out with my soul untouched
Hid in the clouded wrath of the crowd, when they said sit down I stood up
Growin up
Ah-one, two, three, four!
Well, the flag of piracy flew from my mast, my sails were set wing to wing
I had a jukebox graduate for first mate, she couldnt sail but she sure could sing
I pushed B-52 and I bombed em with the blues with my gear set stubborn on standing
Broke all the rules, strafed my old high school, never once gave thought to landing
Hid in the clouded wrath of the crowd, when they said come down I threw up
Oh, oh, growin up
Alright, come on boys!
I took month-long vacations in the stratosphere and you know its really hard to hold your breath
Well I lost everything I ever loved or feared, I was the cosmic kid!
And my feet they finally took root in the earth, got me a nice little place in the stars
I swear I found the key to the universe in the engine of an old parked car
Hid in the clouded wrath of the crowd, when they said sit down stood up
Oh, oh, growin up
Yeah, yeah, growin up
Yeeeeeahh!
One, two, a-one!
Thank you! |
I worked hard, baby, night and day
The things I had somebody took away
They took away everything I earned
But theres one lesson thata I have learned
You got to hold on, little girl, to what youve got
You got to hold on, little girl, to what youve got
You got to hold on, little girl, to what youve got
You got to hold on, little girl, to what youve got
I been pushed and I been knocked down
But I picked myself right back up off the ground
And baby theres one thing that I have found
Fightings the only ways to stand your ground
You got to hold on, little girl, to what youve got
You got to hold on, little girl, to what youve got
You got to hold on, little girl, to what youve got
You got to hold on, little girl, to what youve got
Ive been used, Ive been abused
Ive had, baby, my regrets
Ive been lost, I paid the cost
But theres one thing I aint gonna forget
Ive heard some hard lines, Ive seen some cryin times
Bad luck and trouble they been friends of mine
Got to stand straight and stare right at your face
And play it hard before its too late
You got to hold on, little girl, to what youve got
You got to hold on, little girl, to what youve got
You got to hold on, little girl, to what youve got
You got to hold on, little girl, to what youve got
You got to hold on, little girl, to what youve got
You got to hold on, little girl, to what youve got
You got to hold on, little girl, to what youve got
You got to hold on, little girl, to what youve got |
When I asked you if everything is alright
You whisper Dont worry and you shut out the light
Now black is black in this bed were laying
And I wanna believe the words that youre saying
But your eyes look like a leavin train
They keep on dragging me down
Your eyes look like a leavin train
They keep on draggin
They keep on draggin
They keep on draggin me down
Well I did anything just to try to get close to you
I took it step by step like a mans supposed to
Tell me now, is this my
Is this my contrition
To have the love that I longed for fill me with suspicion
But your eyes look like a leavin train
They keep on dragging me down
Your eyes look like a leavin train
They keep on draggin
They keep on draggin
They keep on draggin me down
Now its tellin time, oh my little sister
Now can I believe the words, the words of love you whisper
Is my train in vain, has my soul gone to waste
Am I just a victim of, a victim of my lost faith |
The screen door slams, Marys dress sways
Like a vision she dances across the porch
As the radio plays, Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
Hey thats me and I want you only
Dont turn me home again
I just cant face myself alone again
Dont you run back inside, darling
You know just what Im here for
So youre scared and youre thinking
That maybe we aint that young anymore
Show a little faith, theres magic in the night
You aint a beauty, but hey youre alright
Oh, and thats alright with me
You can hide neath your covers
And study your pain
Make crosses from your lovers
Throw roses in the rain
Waste your summer praying in vain
For a savior to rise from these streets
Well now, Im no hero, thats understood
All the redemption I can offer, girl, is beneath this dirty hood
With a chance to make it good somehow
Hey, what else can we do now?
Except roll down the window
And let the wind blow back your hair
Well, the nights busted open
These two lanes will take us anywhere
We got one last chance to make it real
To trade in these wings on some wheels
Climb in back, Heavens waiting down on the tracks
Oh oh, come take my hand
Were riding out tonight to case the promised land
Woah oh oh, thunder road, oh thunder road, oh thunder road
Lying out there, like a killer in the sun
Hey I know its late, we can make it if we run
Woah oh oh, thunder road, sit tight, take hold, thunder road
Well, I got this guitar, and I learned how to make it talk
And my cars out back, if youre ready to take that long walk
From your front porch to my front seat
The doors open but the ride, it aint free
And I know youre waiting
For words that I aint spoken
Tonight well be free
All the promisesll be broken
There were ghosts in the eyes
Of all the boys you sent away
They haunt this dusty beach road
In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets
They scream your name at night in the street
Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet
And in the lonely cool before dawn
You hear their engines roaring on
But when you get to the porch, theyre gone
On the wind, so Mary climb in
Its a town full of losers
Im pulling out of here to win |
Pasas desnuda ante mi celda
Mejor callar y que no me entiendas
Eres la reina en cualquier lugar
Y yo me dejo, si tu quieres jugar
Pero
Mas es amar
Mas es amar
Con cuanto morbo te dejas caer
Prendiendo fuego al atardecer
Hago piruetas en tu dedo pulgar
Pero eso es todo, no puedo pasar
Porque
Mas
Mas es amar
No sufras, todo va bien
Ese rio ya lo cruce
Bebeme entero como lluvia de abril
Pero al volcan mejor dejarlo dormir
Piensas que esto es un viene y va
Y piensas bien, pero que mas da
Sonrie ?quien pide mas?
Hoy es hoy, manana es quizas
Mirala, perfume frances
Susurrame y caere a tus pies
Gris luna en tu piel
Sabes que hago lo que debo hacer
Mas es amar
Mas es amar
Mas es amar
Mas es amar |
I come from down in the valley where mister, when youre young
They bring you up to do like your daddy done
Me and Mary we met in high school when she was just seventeen
Wed drive out of this valley down to where the fields were green
Wed go down to the river
And into the river wed dive
Oh down to the river wed ride
Then I got Mary pregnant and, man, that was all she wrote
And for my nineteenth birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat
We went down to the courthouse and the judge put it all to rest
No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle
No flowers, no wedding dress
That night we went down to the river
And into the river wed dive
Oh down to the river we did ride
I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company
But lately there aint been much work on account of the economy
Now all them things that seemed so important
Well, mister they vanished right into the air
Now I just act like I dont remember, Mary acts like she dont care
But I remember us riding in my brothers car
Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
At night on them banks Id lie awake
And pull her close just to feel each breath shed take
Now those memories come back to haunt me, they haunt me like a curse
Is a dream a lie if it dont come true
Or is it something worse, that sends me
Down to the river though I know the river is dry
That sends me down to the river tonight
Down to the river, my baby and I
Oh down to the river we ride |
One, two!
Well, madman drummers bummers and 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 the merry-go-round
With this very unpleasing sneezing and wheezing the calliope crashed to the ground
Some all-hot half-shot was heading for the hot spot snapping his fingers clapping his hands
And some fleshpot mascot was tied into a lovers knot with a whatnot in her hand
Now young Scott with a slingshot finally found a tender spot and throws his lover in the sand
And some bloodshot forget-me-not whispers, Daddys within earshot, save the buckshot, turn up the band
We were blinded blinded blinded baby by the light
We were blinded blinded blinded baby by the light
Some brimstone baritone anti-cyclone rolling stone preacher from the east
Said, Dethrone the dictaphone, hit it in its funny bone, thats where they expect it least
Some new-mown chaperone was standing in the corner all alone watching the young girls dance
Some fresh-sown moonstone was messing with his frozen zone to remind him of the feeling of romance
We were blinded blinded blinded baby by the light
We were blinded blinded blinded baby by the light
We were blinded blinded blinded baby by the light
We were blinded blinded blinded baby by the light
Yeah!
Some silicone sister with her managers mister told me I got what it takes
Said, Ill turn you on sonny, to something strong if you play that song with the funky break
Go-cart Mozart checking out the weather chart to see if it was safe to go outside
Little Early-Pearly came by in her curly-wurly, asked me if I needed a ride
Some hazard from Harvard was skunked on beer playing backyard bombardier
And Scotland Yard was trying hard, sent some dude with a calling card, said, Do what you like, dont do it here
Well, I jumped up, turned around, spit in the air, fell on the ground, asked him which was the way back home
Said, Take a right at the light, keep going straight until night, then youre on your own
Zanzibar, shooting star, riding in a side car, humming a lunar tune
The avatar said, Blow the bar but first remove the cookie jar shes gonna teach those boys to laugh too soon
Some kidnapped handicap was complaining that he caught the clap from some mousetrap he bought last night
I unsnapped his skull cap, between his ears I saw a gap, figured hed be all right
We were blinded blinded blinded baby by the light
We were blinded blinded blinded baby by the light
We were blinded blinded blinded baby by the light
We were blinded blinded blinded baby by the light
Mama always told me not to look into the sights of the sun
Oh but mama thats where the fun is
One, two, one, two, three!
Whoa!
(Blinded, blinded, blinded baby by the light
Blinded, blinded, blinded baby by the light) |
I come from down in the valley
Where, mister, when youre young
They bring you up to do like your daddy done
Well, Mary, we met in high school
She was just seventeen
Wed drive outta this valley
Down to where the fields were green
Wed go down to the river
And into the river wed dive
Oh, down to the river wed ride
Well, I got Mary pregnant
And, man, that was all she wrote
Before my nineteenth birthday
I got a union card and a wedding coat
We went down to the courthouse
And the judge brought it all to rest
No wedding day smiles
No walk down the aisles
No flowers, no wedding dress
Wed go down to the river
And into the river wed dive
Oh, down to the river wed ride
I got a job working construction
For the Johnstown company
Lately, there aint been much work
On account of the economy
All those things that seemed so important
Well, they just vanish in the air
And I act like I dont remember
Mary acts like she dont care
And I remember us riding in my brothers car
About ten and went around the reservoir
At night on the banks, Id lie awake
And pull her close to feel each breath shed take
Those memories come back to haunt me
Well, they haunt me like a curse
Is a dream a lie that dont come true
Or is it something worse?
And wed go down to the river
And into the river wed dive
Oh, down to the river wed ride
Down to the river, my baby and I
Oh, down to the river, wed ride |
I get up in the evening
And I aint got nothing to say
I come home in the morning
I go to bed feeling the same way
I aint nothing but tired
Im just tired and bored with myself
Hey there baby, I could use just a little help
You cant start a fire
You cant start a fire without a spark
This guns for hire
Even if were just dancing in the dark
Messages keep getting clearer
Radios on and Im moving round the place
I check my look in the mirror
I want to change my clothes, my hair, my face
Man I aint getting nowhere
Im just stuck in a dump like this
Theres something happening somewhere
Baby, I just know that there is
Cant start a fire
You cant start a fire without a spark
This guns for hire
Even if were just dancing in the dark
You sit around getting older
Theres a joke somewhere and its on me
Ill shake this world off my shoulder
Come on baby this laughs on me
Stay on the streets of this town
And theyll be carving you up alright
They say you gotta stay hungry
Hey baby, Im just about starving tonight
Im dying for some action
Im sick of sitting round here trying to write this book
I need a love reaction
Come on now baby give me just one look
You cant start a fire without a spark
This guns for hire
Even if were just dancing in the dark
You cant start a fire without a spark
This guns for hire
Even if were just dancing in the dark
Even if were just dancing in the dark
Even if were just dancing in the dark
Even if were just dancing in the dark
Hey baby |
Pack up your bags
Dont look back
Theres a little place
Out cross the the railroad tracks
If youre broken-hearted
And you dont know what to do
But they got a place down there thats just for you
Club Soul, Club Soul City, yeah yeah yeah
Club Soul, Club Soul City, oh yeah
Theres a waitress at the back bar
Goes with the the guy that runs the place
Shes got hair like a weeping willow
And tears running down her face
Shes seen a lot of guys like you coming around
Looking for something that theyve lost
Or trying to lose something that theyve found
Down at
Club Soul, Club Soul City, yeah yeah yeah
Club Soul, Club Soul City, oh yeah
So if youre down on your spirit
And there aint no-one who cares
If youre lost and youre lonely
You wont be lonely down there
You cant miss it, its just up the highway
On the front door theres a sign that says
Restricted to the losing kind
Club Soul, Club Soul City, yeah yeah yeah
Club Soul, Club Soul City, oh yeah
Club Soul, Club Soul City, yeah yeah yeah
Club Soul, Club Soul City, oh yeah |
I was eight years old and running with a dime in my hand
Into the bus stop to pick up a paper for my old man
Id sit on his lap in that big old Buick and steer as we drove through town
Hed tousle my hair and say, son, take a good look around
This is your hometown
Your hometown
This is your hometown
This is your hometown
In 65, tension was running high at my high school
There was a lot of fights between blacks and whites, there was nothing you could do
Two cars at a light on a Saturday night, in the backseat there was a gun
Words were passed, in a shotgun blast troubled times had come
To my hometown
My hometown
My hometown
My hometown
Now Main Streets whitewashed windows and vacant stores
Seems like there aint nobody wants to come down here no more
Theyre closing down the textile mill across the railroad tracks
Foreman says, these jobs are going, boys, and they aint coming back
To your hometown
Your hometown
Your hometown
Your hometown
Last night me and Kate, laid in bed, talking about getting out
Packing up our bags, and maybe heading south
Im thirty-five, we got a boy of our own now
Last night, I sat him up behind the wheel and said, son, take a good look around
This is your hometown |
Take me now, baby, here as I am
Pull me close, try and understand
Desire is hunger, is the fire I breathe
Love is a banquet on which we feed
Come on now try and understand
The way I feel when Im in your hands
Take my hand come undercover
They can’t hurt you now
Cant hurt you now
Cant hurt you now
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to lust
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to us
Have I doubt when I’m alone
Love is a ring, the telephone
Love is an angel disguised as lust
Here in our bed until the morning comes
Come on now try and understand
The way I feel under your command
Take my hand as the sun descends
They cant touch you now
Cant touch you now
Cant touch you now
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to lust
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to us
With love we sleep
With doubt the vicious circle
Turn and burns
Without you I cannot live
Forgive, the yearning burning
I believe its time, too real to feel
So touch me now, touch me now, touch me now
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to lust
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to us |
I got a sixty-nine Chevy with a 396
Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor
Shes waiting tonight down in the parking lot
Outside the Seven-Eleven store
Me and my partner Sonny built her straight out of scratch
And he rides with me from town to town
We only run for the money, got no strings attached
We shut em up and then we shut em down
Tonight, tonight the strips just right
I want to blow em off in my first heat
Summers here and the time is right
For racin in the street
We take all the action we can meet
And we cover all the northeast state
When the strip shuts down we run em in the street
From the fire roads to the interstate
Some guys they just give up living
And start dying little by little, piece by piece
Some guys come home from work and wash up
And go racin in the street
Tonight, tonight the strips just right
I want to blow em all out of their seats
Calling out around the world, were going racin in the street
I met her on the strip three years ago
In a Camaro with this dude from L.A
I blew that Camaro off my back
And drove that little girl away
But now theres wrinkles around my babys eyes
And she cries herself to sleep at night
When I come home the house is dark
She sighs, baby did you make it all right,
She sits on the porch of her daddys house
But all her pretty dreams are torn
She stares off alone into the night
With the eyes of one who hates for just being born
For all the shut down strangers and hot rod angels
Rumbling through this promised land
Tonight my baby and me, were gonna ride to the sea
And wash these sins off our hands
Tonight, tonight the highways bright
Out of our way, mister, you best keep
Cause summers here and the time is right
For racin in the street |
This lightnings gonna strike
Right through this heart of mine
Again, again
cause this rain aint gonna stop
And were feeling every drop
As they keep dancing on our heads
But you gotta hold on
You gotta be strong
Right here with me if it all goes wrong
To keep you from harm
Away in my arms
Steer you away from the storm
When the sun wont come around
And your world keeps washing out
I wont let this love fall down
Ill carry you
Ill carry you
So lets run toward waiting lights
Cause I know theres better skies
Ahead, ahead
Sand through an hourglass
This flood is gonna pass
And well still be standing, hand in hand
Oh, you gotta hold on
You gotta be strong
Right here with me if it all goes wrong
To keep you from harm
Away in my arms
Steer you away from the storm |