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I met you on a midaway at a fair last year And you stood out like a ruby in a black mans ear You were playing on the horses You were playing on the guitar strings You were playing like the devil wearing wings Wearing wings, you looked so grand, wearing wings Do you tie them to your shoulders just to sing Can you fly? I hear you can! Can you fly? Just like an eagle doin his hunting from the sky I followed through a sideshow to another town And I found you in a trailer on the camping grounds You were betting on some lover, shootin out the dice And I thought I saw you cheating once or twice Once or twice, I heard ya did, once or twice Were you wondering was the gamble worth the price Now youve packed it in, I heard you did, packed it in Was it hard to fold a hand you knew you could win? Lately youve been hiding, it was somewhere in the news And Im still at these races with my ticket stubs and my blues The man calls out the numbers...he sometimes mentions mine But I feel like Ive been working overtime Overtime, Ive lost my fire, overtime And I envy you the valley that youve found Cause Im midway down the midway Slowin down

Sparkle on the ocean Eagle at the top of a tree Those crazy crows always making a commotion This land is home to me I was talking to my neighbor He said, When I get to heaven, if it is not like this Ill just hop a cloud and Im coming right back down here Back to this heavenly bliss. You see those lovely hills They wont be there for long Theyre gonna tear em down And sell them to California Here come the toxic spills Miners poking all around When this place looks like a moonscape Dont say I didnt warn ya... Money, money, money... Money makes the trees come down It makes mountains into molehills Big money kicks the wide wide world around Black bear in the orchard At night hes in my garbage cans Hes getting so bold but no one wants to shoot him Hes got a right to roam this land I feel like Geronimo I used to be as trusting as Cochise But the white eyes lies Hes out of whack with nature And look how far his weapons reach! Spirit of the water Give us all the courage and the grace To make genius of this tragedy unfolding The genius to save this place

He came, she smiled She thought she had him tamed But he was just as wild Eating from her hand at last Wild things run fast In the dark he could see The trap that was lying In her sweet company Eating from her hand at last Wild things run fast Winter beat the pines about He heard the heater Cutting in and out While she dreamed away In the night, it snowed Fast tracks in the powder white Leading out to the road Winding from her tender grasp Wild things run fast Wild things run fast Wild things run fast What makes you run? Wild thing, I thought you loved me

So you want me to buy you a car Why? Because Elvis did? Darlin come on Because Elvis gave em cars You think Im cheap And youre hard done by Look-you live here like a star Rent free suite Big blue pool that you sun by Trips to tropic shores Clothes from fancy stores You want too much You want too badly You want everything for nothing Going to the church You chant For my downfall Chanting for my house My friends You want it all The pillows on my bed The visions in my head You want too much You want too badly You want everything for nothing In the land of litigation The courts are like game shows Take whats behind the curtain The jury cries Im not going to be the jackpot At the end of your perjured rainbow Not if local justice has even one good eye Oh its not like I was blind I saw But I took no action As you began to climb Green clawed Dissatisfaction It wasnt hard to guess That the end would be a mess You want too much You want too badly You want everything for nothing In the land of mass frustration The judges are sleeping Counting wooly little lawyers And grinding their teeth Outside my sleepless window The Hollywood sirens are shrieking While down some searchlit alley runs Some lost belief Oh Im tangled in your lies Your scam Your spider web Spit spun between the trees Doors slam You want my head Youd eat your young alive For a jaguar in the drive You lie too much You lie too badly You want everything for nothing

He met her in a French cafe She slipped in sideways like a cat Sidelong glances What a wary little stray! She sticks in his mind like that Saying, Avez-vous un allumette? With her lips wrapped around a cigarette Yvette in English saying Please have this Little bit of instant bliss. Hes fumbling with her foreign tongue; Reaching for words and drawing blanks A loud mouth is stricken deaf and dumb In a bistro on the left bank If I were a painter, Picasso said Id paint this girl from toe to head! Yvette in English saying Please have this Little bit of instant bliss. Burgundy nocturne tips and spills They trot along nicely in the spreading stain New chills, new thrills For the old uphill battle How did he wind up here again? Walking and talking Touched and scared Uninsulated wires left bare Yvette in English going Please have this Little bit of instant bliss. What blew her like a leaf his way? First she flusters Then she frays So quick to question her own worth Her cigarette burns her fingertips As it falls like fireworks she curses it Then sweetly in English she says Please have this Little bit of instant bliss. He sees her turn and walk away Skittering like a cat on stone Her high heels clicking What a wary little stray! She leaves him by the Seine alone With the black water and the amber lights And the bony bridge between left and right Yvette in English saying Please have this Little bit of instant bliss.

Sometimes Im happy Sometimes Im blue My disposition depends on you I never mind the rain from the skies As long as I have the sun in your eyes Sometimes I love you Sometimes I hate you When I hate you Its because I love you Thats how I am So what can I do Im happy when Im with you Sometimes Im happy Sometimes Im blue My disposition depends on you I never mind the rain from the skies As long as I have the sun in your eyes Sometimes I love you Sometimes I hate you When I hate you Its because I love you Thats how I am So what can I do Im happy when Im with you Im happy when Im with you Im happy when Im with you Im happy when Im with you Im happy when Im with you

Front rooms Back rooms Slide into tables Crowd into bathrooms Joke around Cheap talk Deep talk Talk, talk, talk around the clock Crawl home Lie down Teeth chatter Heart pounds I dont feel so good I dont feel so good Push a button to escape Preacher on the tube crying Lord! Theres evil in this land Rock and roll music! Cast down these dope-fiends And there noisy bands! Damn their souls! Preacher preaching love like vengeance Preaching love like hate Calling for large donations Promising estates Rolling lawns and angel bands Behind the pearly gates You know, he will have his in this life But yours will have to wait Hes immaculately tax free Multiple hundreds of thousands of Tax free Hundreds of millions of dollars Tax free A hundred billion dollars! And who is paying the price? Who, who Your children are Pissed off Jacked up Scream into the mic Spit into the loving cup Strut like a rooster March like a man Gods hired hands and the devil bands Packing the same grandstands Different clothes Different hair Raise a screaming guitar or a bible in the air Theatre of anguish Theatre of glory Gods hired hands and the devil bands Oh come let us adore me! Lord, theres danger in this land You get witch hunts and wars When church and state hold hands Tonight Im going dancing With the drag queens and the punks Big beat deliver me From this sanctimonious skunk Were no flaming angels And hes not heaven sent How can he speak for the Prince of Peace When hes hawk-right militant And hes immaculately tax free Our nation has lost its guts! Save me Our nation has lost its strength Tax free Our nation has whimpered and cried Save me And petted the Castros Tax free The Khomeinis and the Kaddafis Save me For so long Tax free That we dont know how to act like a man Save me I think that we should turn the United States Marines Loose on that little island south of Florida and Stop that problem! I am preachin love, I am!

Holy war Genocide Suicide Hate and cruelty How can this be holy? If I had a heart Id cry These ancient tales The good go to heaven And the wicked ones burn in hell Ring the funeral bells! If I had a heart Id cry Theres just too many people now Too little land Much too much desire You feel so feeble now Its so out of hand Big bombs and barbed wire Weve set our lovely sky Our lovely sky On fire! Theres just too many people now And too little land Too much rage and desire It makes you feel so feeble now Its so out of hand Big bombs and barbed wire Cant you see Our destiny? We are making this Earth Our funeral pyre! Holy Earth How can we heal you? We cover you like a blight Strange birds of appetite If I had a heart Id cry If I had a heart Id cry If I had a heart Id cry

Just before our love got lost you said I am as constant as the northern star And I said, Constantly in the darkness Wheres that at? If you want me Ill be in the bar On the back of a cotton coaster In the blue T.V. screen light I drew a map of Canada Oh, Canada With your face sketched on it twice In my blood like holy wine Taste so bitter, bitter and so sweet Well, I could drink a case of you, darling And I would still be on my feet I would still be on my feet Oh, I am a lonely painter I live in a box of paints Im frightened by the devil And Im drawn to those ones that aint afraid I remember that time you told me Love is touching souls Surely you touched mine Cause part of you pours out of me In these lines from time to time My blood, my holy wine Tastes so bitter, bitter and so sweet Well, I could drink a case of you, darling And I would still be on my feet I would still be on my feet I met a woman She had a mouth like yours She knew your devils and your deeds And she said, Go to him, stay with him But be prepared to bleed My blood, my holy wine Tastes so bitter, bitter and so sweet Well, I could drink a case of you, darling And I would still be on my feet I would still be on my feet Well, I could drink a case of you, you, darling And I would still be on my feet I would still be on my feet

Maybe Im just kidding myself when I say I love you I dont know-- Loving without trusting You get--frostbite and sunstroke I wish I felt nothing! You pimp--laughing and strutting her to my chartered seat Your old off night back street Its been stinger to stinger, darling Its been heart to heart You still keep me from finishing Any new love I start Now shes moved in with you Shes keeping your house neat And your sheets sweet And Im your off night back street I can feel your fingers Feeling my face There are some lines you put there And some you erase Maybe Im just dramatizing I dont care Its home--it can be heaven When we play fair But these sentimental journeys Late at night-- High in some back room youre calling me To be your off night back street You give me such pleasure You bring me such pain Who left her long black hair In our bathtub drain?

Its coming on Christmas, theyre cutting down trees Theyre putting up reindeer, singing songs of joy and peace I wish I had a river that I could skate away on But it dont snow here, it stays pretty green Im going to make a lot of money And then Im gonna quit this crazy scene I wish I had a river that I could skate away on I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly Oh, I wish I had a river that I could skate away on I made my baby cry She tried hard to help me, you know, she put me at ease And she loved me so naughty, she made me weak in the knees I wish I had a river that I could skate away on Im so hard to handle, Im selfish and Im sad Now Ive gone and lost the best baby that Ive ever had And I wish I had a river that I could skate away on Oh, I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly Oh, I wish I had a river that I could skate away on I made my baby say goodbye Its coming on Christmas, theyre cutting down trees Theyre putting up reindeer and singing songs of joy and peace I wish I had a river that I could skate away on Yes, away on

I cant decide I dont know Which way to go? The options multiply The choices grow Which way to go? What should I buy? What should I be? Which way to go? So much comes at you Too much for me Which way to go? Elusive dreams and vague desires Fanned to fiery needs by golden boys In ad empires Fiction Truth Fiction Truth Fiction Truth Fiction Fiction of the boob tube Fiction of the papers Fiction of the image and the image makers Fiction of the magazines Fiction of the movies Fiction of the Buy me, Watch me, Listen to me I cant decide Im so confused Which way to go? Im being useful here Im being used Which way to go? Some line gets drawn What line is this? Which way to go? Could be a threshold or a precipice Which way to go? Elusive dreams and vague desires Fanned to fiery needs by sexy boys In flaming T.V. fires Fiction Truth Fiction Truth Fiction Truth Fiction Fiction of obedience Fiction of rebellion Fiction of the goody-goody and the hellion Fiction of destroyers Fiction of preservers Fiction of peacemakers and shit disturbers Fiction of the moralist Fiction of the nihilist Fiction of the innovator and the stylist Fiction of the killjoy Fiction of the charmer Fiction of the clay feet and the shining armour Fiction of the declaimers Fiction of the rebukers Fiction of the pro and the no nukers Fiction of the gizmo Fiction of the data Fiction of the this is this and that is that -- Ahh! I cant decide I dont know Which way to go? The more you learn The less you know Which way to go? Some follow blind And never know Which way to go? To lead you need some place to go Which way to go? Elusive dreams and vague desires Fanned to fiery needs by deadly deeds In falling empires Fiction Truth Fiction Truth Fiction Truth Fiction Fiction of the diplomat Fiction of the critic Fiction of the Pollyanna and the cynic Fiction of the coward Fiction of the hero Fiction of the monuments reduced to zero ........

Just before our love got lost, you said I am as constant as a northern star And I said, Constantly in the darkness Wheres that at? If you want me Ill be in the bar On the back of a cartoon coaster In the blue TV screen light I drew a map of Canada Oh, Canada With your face sketched on it twice Oh, youre in my blood like holy wine You taste so bitter and so sweet Oh, I could drink a case of you, darling And I would still be on my feet I would still be on my feet Oh, I am a lonely painter I live in a box of paints Im frightened by the devil And Im drawn to those ones that aint afraid I remember that time you told me You said, Love is touching souls Surely, you touched mine Cause part of you pours out of me In these lines from time to time Oh, youre in my blood like holy wine You taste so bitter and so sweet Oh, I could drink a case of you, darling And I would still be on my feet I would still be on my feet I met a woman She had a mouth like yours She knew your life She knew your devils and your deeds And she said, Go to him, stay with him if you can But be prepared to bleed Oh, youre in my blood like holy wine You taste so bitter and so sweet Oh, I could drink a case of you, darling And I would still be on my feet I would still be on my feet

Just before our love got lost, you said I am as constant as a northern star And I said, constant in the darkness Wheres that at? If you want me Ill be in the bar On the back of a cartoon coaster In the blue of a tv screen light I drew a map of Canada Oh Canada With your face sketched on it twice You are in my blood like holy wine Youre so bitter and so sweet I could drink a case of you And I would still be on my feet I would still be on my feet I am a lonely painter I live in a box of paints Im frightened by the devil But Im drawn to those ones that aint I remember the time that you told me, you said Love is touching souls Surely you touched mine Cause part of you pours out of me In these lines from time to time You are in my blood like holy wine Youre so bitter baby and so sweet I could drink a case of you And still Id be on my feet But still be on my feet I met a woman She had a mouth like yours She knew your life devils She knew your deeds And she said Go with it, and stay with it But be prepared to bleed You are in my blood like holy wine Youre so bitter baby and so sweet I could drink a case of you Of you, darling Still Id be on my feet I would still be on my feet

Rows and flows of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere Ive looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun They rain and snow on everyone So many things I would have done But clouds got in my way Ive looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down, and still somehow Its cloud illusions I recall I really dont know clouds at all Moons and Junes and ferris wheels The dizzy dancing way that you feel As every fairy tale comes real; Ive looked at love that way But now its just another show You leave em laughing when you go And if you care, dont let them know Dont give yourself away Ive looked at love from both sides now From give and take, and still somehow Its loves illusions that I recall I really dont know I really dont know love at all Tears and fears and feeling proud To say I love you right out loud Dreams and schemes and circus crowds Ive looked at life that way But now old friends are acting strange They shake their heads, they tell me that Ive changed Well somethings lost but somethings gained in living every day Ive looked at life from both sides now From win and lose, and still somehow Its lifes illusions I recall I really dont know life at all Its lifes illusions I recall I really dont know life I really dont know life at all

I stepped outside to breathe the air And stare up at the stars Big dipper hanging there Over the rented car Over the rented car Im a runaway from the record biz From the hoods in the hood and the whiny white kids Boring, the old man is snoring And Im taming the tiger Tiger, tiger burning bright Nice, kitty kitty Tiger, tiger burning bright Sophia says Its hard to catch And harder still to ride The time to watch the beast the best Is when its purring at your side Purring at your side Accolades and honors One false move and youre a goner Boring, the old man is snoring And Im taming the tiger Tiger, tiger burning bright Nice, kitty kitty Tiger, tiger burning bright The moon shed light On my hopeless plight As the radio blared so bland Every disc, a poker chip Every song just a one night stand Formula music, girly guile Genuine junkfood for juveniles Up and down the dial Mercenary style I watched the stars chuck down their spears And a plane went blinking by And I thought of Anna Wild and dear Like fireworks in the sky Fireworks in the sky Im so sick of this game Its hip, its hot Lifes too short, the whole things gotten Boring, the old man is snoring And Im taming the tiger Tiger, tiger burning bright Nice, kitty kitty Tiger, tiger burning bright Oh, be nice, kitty kitty Tiger, tiger burning bright Nice, kitty kitty Tiger, tiger burning bright In the forest of the night

Bows and flows of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere Ive looked at clouds that way But now they only hide the sun They rain and snow on everyone So many things I might have done But clouds got in my way Ive looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down, and still somehow Its clouds illusions I recall I really dont know clouds at all Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels The dizzy dancing way you feel When every fairy tale comes real Ive looked at love that way But now its just another show You leave them laughing when you go And if you care, dont let them know Dont give yourself away Ive looked at love from both sides now From win and lose, and still somehow Its loves illusions I recall I really dont know love at all Tears and fears and feeling proud To say I love you, right out loud Dreams and schemes and circus crowds Ive looked at life that way But now all my friends are acting strange They shake their heads, they say Ive changed Well somethings lost, and somethings gained In living every day Ive looked at life from both sides now From win and lose, and still somehow Its lifes illusions I recall I really dont know life at all

I almost closed the door Cancelled on everything we opened up for Tonight the shadows had their say Their sad notions of the way Things really are Damn these blues! Theyd turn my heart against you Since I was fool enough To find romance Im trying to convince myself This is just a dance! We move in measures Through loves changing faces Needy and nonchalant Greedy and gracious Through petty dismissals And grand embraces Like it was only a dance! We are survivors Some get broken Some get mended Some cant surrender Theyre too well defended Some get lucky Some are blessed And some pretend This is only a dance! Were dancing fools You and me Tonight its a dance of insecurity Its my solo While youre away Shadows have the saddest thing to say Love We cant live without it Why do we go out and get it Just to turn around and doubt it LIke were scared to care Its hard to talk about it Aw--its only a dance Tonight the shadows had their say Theres a sucker born a day I heard them say Born to lose Am I a sucker to love you? Youre such a sweet love Youre a proud man Youre a treasure Time passes gracefully Living can be such a pleasure You make it easy to take it in measures Like it was only a dance! Were dancing fools You and me Tonight its a dance of insecurity Its my solo Blue way And shadows have the saddest things to say We are survivors Some get broken Some get mended Some cant surrender Theyre too well defended Some get lucky Some are blessed And some pretend Its only a dance!

Last chance lost In the tyranny of a long good-bye Last chance lost We talk of us with deadly earnest eyes Last chance lost We talk of love in terms of sacrifice and compromise Last chance Last chance lost Last chance lost The hero cannot make the change Last chance lost The shrew will not be tamed Last chance lost They bicker on the rifle range Blame takes aim Last chance Last chance lost

Since I lost you I cant get through the day Without at least one big boo-hoo The pain wont go away What am I gonna do? Man from Mars This time you went too far I fall apart Everytime I think of you Swallowed by the dark There is no center to my life now No grace in my heart Man from Mars This time you went too far I call and call The silence is so full of sounds Youre in them all I hear you in the water And the wiring in the walls Man from Mars This time you went too far

Baila mi rumba Batela, goza y mira mama Baila, mira mama Batela, goza, mira eh Rumbando bello es que yo voy Bailala bailala bailala Bailala baila baila Eh eh mama Baila baila my rumbo Ele eh ele eh Bailala bailala baila Din din baragadin dan dan Baila baila baila baila Venezolano en Nueva York En California y en todos lados Te la traigo Para que vos...para que gozes gozes cosa buena Gozes con todo el mundo El africano y todo el mundo Bailala Bailala Bailala Bailala Bailala Gringos! Izquierdo! Izquierdo! Vamos, oye! Me voy Me voy Me voy Me voy Me voy Me voy Me voy Me voy Dance to my rumba Beat it , enjoy, look mama Dance, look mama Beat it, enjoy, look Dancing the rumba beautifully. Thats how I go Hey hey mama Dance to it, dance Dance Dance this way Dance to it, dance A Venezuelan in New York In California and everywhere I bring it to you So that you will enjoy a good thing Enjoy it with the rest of the world With the African and the rest of the world Dance to it Gringos!

If theres one rule to this game Everybodys gonna name Its... be cool If youre worried or uncertain If your feelings are hurtin Youre a fool If you cant keep cool Charm em Dont alarm em Keep things light Keep your worries out of sight And play it cool Play it cool Fifty-fifty Fire and ice If your heart is on the floor Cause youve just seen your lover Comin through the door with a new fool Be cool Dont you sweat it Start right in right now tryin to forget it Be cool Dont get riled Smile—keep it light Be your own best friend tonight And play it cool Play it cool Fifty-fifty Fire and ice Dont get jealous Dont get over-zealous Keep your cool Dont whine Kiss off that flaky valentine Youre nobodys fool Be cool fool Be cool Play it cool Play it cool Fifty-fifty Fire and ice So if theres one rule to this game Everybodys gonna name Its... be cool If youre worried or uncertain If your feelings are hurtin Youre a fool if you cant keep cool They want you to Charm em Dont alarm em Keep things light Keep your worries out of sight And play it cool Play it cool Fifty-fifty Fire and ice

He said You think youre a lady But I know youre a woman We are as young as the night I said No telephones ringing No company coming Just the lap of the lake and the firelight And the lonely loon and the crescent moon What a pocket of heavenly grace But in France they say Everyday Love puts on a new face Love has many faces About a month or so later he said Why cant you be happy You make me feel helpless when you get this way I said Im up to my neck in alligators Jaws gnashing at me Each one trying to pull a piece away Darling, you cant slay these beasts of prey Some bad dreams even love cant erase But in France they say Everyday Love puts on a new face Love has many faces He said I wish you were with me here The leaves are electric They burn on the river bank Countless heatless flames I said Send me some pictures then And Ill paint pyrotechnic Explosions of your autumn till we meet again I miss your touch and your lips so much I long for our next embrace But in France they say Everyday Love puts on a new face Love puts on a new face Love has many faces Many many faces

Its coming on Christmas Theyre cutting down trees Theyre putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on But it dont snow here It stays pretty green Im gonna make a lot of money Then Im going to quit this crazy scene I wish I had a river I could skate away on I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly I wish I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby cry He tried hard to help me You know, he put me at ease And he loved me so naughty Made me weak in the knees Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on Im so hard to handle Im selfish and Im sad Now Ive gone and lost the best baby That I ever had I wish I had a river I could skate away on I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby say goodbye Its coming on Christmas Theyre cutting down trees Theyre putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace

I am Lakota! Lakota! Looking at money man-- Diggin the deadly quotas-- Out of balance-- Out of hand We want the land! Lay down the reeking ore! Dont you hear the shrieking in the trees? Everywhere you touch the earth--shes sore Every time you skin her all things weep Your money mocks us-- Restitution--what good can it do?-- Kennelled in metered boxes Red dogs in debt to you I am Lakota! Lakota! Fighting among ourselves All we can say with one whole heart Is we wont sell-- No well never sell We want the land! The lonely coyote calls In the woodlands--footprints of the deer In the barrooms--poor drunk bastard falls In the courtrooms--deaf ears--sixty years You think were sleeping--but Quietly like rattlesnakes and stars We have seen the trampled rainbows In the smoke of cars I am Lakota Brave Sun pity me I am Lakota Broken Moon pity me I am Lakota Grave Shadows stretching Lakota Oh pity me I am Lakota Weak Grass pity me I am Lakota Faithful Rocks pity me I am Lakota Meek Standing water Lakota Oh pity me I am Lakota! Lakota! Standing on sacred land We never sold these Black Hills To the missile-heads-- To the power plants We want the land! The bullet and the fence--broke Lakota The black coats and the booze--broke Lakota Courts that circumvent--choke Lakota Nothing left to lose Tell me grandfather You spoke the fur and feather tongues-- Do you hear the whimpering waters When the tractors come? Repeat Chorus Sun pity me Mother earth Mother Moon pity me Father sky Father Shadows Stretching on the forest floor Mother earth Oh pity me Father sky Father Grass pity me Mother earth Mother Rocks pity me Father sky Father Water Standing in a wakan manner Mother earth Oh pity me

Dont worry bout me Ill get along Forget about me Just be happy my love Lets say that our little show is over And so the story ends Why not call it a day the sensible way And still be friends Look out for yourself That should be the rule Give your heart and your love To whomever you love Darlin dont be a fool Why do we cling to this old faded thing That used to be So if you can forget Then dont worry bout me Why should we cling to some old faded thing That used to be So if you can forget Then you dont worry bout me

I want to paint a picture Botticelli style Instead of Venus on a clam Id paint this flower child You are the air my flowers breathe He calls, and the ladies turn around On the first day of Spring Im looking at the only joy around Hes the only joy around The only joy I found The only joy in town The Spanish steps are crowded Bunch of bodies brooding there Dead pan side-walk vendors Hustling vacant stares Making all the more exceptional This fool in a flower crown On the first day of Spring Im looking at the only joy in town Hes the only joy around The only joy I found The only joy in town With the fuchias in his hair Is breathing in women like oxygen On the Spanish stairs In my youth I would have followed him All through this terra-cotta town On the first day of Spring Wed dance and sing And be the only joy around Wed be the only joy around The only joy in town Hes the only joy Ive found All day At night these streets are empty Where does everybody go Where are the brash and tender rooms In Roman candle glow Where are Fellinis circus La Dolce Vita clowns On the first day of Spring Im looking At the only joy around The only joy around The only joy I found Hes the only joy in town He is the only joy in town The only joy I found The only joy I found He is the only joy in town

Its coming on Christmas, theyre cutting down trees Theyre putting up reindeer and singing songs of joy and peace I wish I had a river I could skate away on But it dont snow here, it stays pretty green Im gonna make a lot of money, then Im gonna quit this crazy scene I wish I had a river I could skate away on I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly I wish I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby cry Tried hard to help me, and you put me at ease Loved me so naughty, made me weak in the knees I wish I had a river I could skate away on Im so hard to handle, Im selfish and Im sad Ive gone and lost the best baby I ever had I wish I had a river I could skate away on I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly I wish I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby say goodbye Its coming on Christmas, theyre cutting down trees Theyre putting up reindeer and singing songs of joy and peace I wish I had a river I could skate away on

Dont know why Theres no sun up in the sky Stormy weather Since my man and I aint together Keeps rainin all of the time Life is bare Gloom and misery everywhere Stormy weather Just cant get my poor self together Im so weary all the time All the time So weary all the time Since you went away The blues stepped up and met me If theyre here to stay That old rocking chairs going to get me Every night I pray That the Lord above will let me Walk in the sunlight once more I cant go on Everything I had is gone Stormy weather Since my man and I, we aint together Keeps rainin all the time Keeps rainin all the time

Bows and flows of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere Ive looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun They rain and snow on everyone So many things I would have done But clouds got in my way Ive looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down and still somehow Its clouds illusions I recall I really dont know clouds at all Moons and Junes and ferris wheels The dizzy dancing way you feel As every fairy tale comes real Ive looked at love that way But now its just another show You leave em laughing when you go And if you care dont let em know Dont give yourself away Ive looked at love from both sides now From give and take and still somehow Its loves illusions I recall I really dont know love at all Tears and fears and feeling proud To say, I love you right out loud Dreams and schemes and circus crowds Ive looked at life that way But now old friends are acting strange They shake their heads, they say Ive changed But somethings lost but somethings gained In living every day Ive looked at life from both sides now Win and lose and still somehow Its lifes illusions I recall I really dont know life, dont know it at all

..led an enormous band. Swede: Oh, But I know hes very lucky too, because when Mingus dies theres gonna be the same funeral they had for Duke Ellington... in a big church and the whole countrys going to say, wow, he was so far out, you know what i mean? Charles: No man, no big church! Im going to be buried man - I got my shit all figured out! Swede: Youre going to get a big funeral - youre famous! Charles: Vedanta Society, India, Im going to be buried in India! Swede: I know, but youre going to get a big funeral in this country, and theyll play your music for two days Charles: Whos going to do that? Swede: Its far out isnt it, yknow what I mean? Charles: ...You want me to hurry up, man Swede: No I dont want you to hurry up, but in the future, I know youre going to get a beautiful funeral - I can see it! Charles: But I got it all planned, man! Swede: ...Youre going to be here many more years. Charles: You know the Vedanta Society in India.. Yuga? Swede: Yeah Charles: Well Im going to be buried by that church Swede: Yeah? Charles: So they gotta find another place to do it, thats all. Swede: ...Plenty of time to go. You have another fifty years... youre lucky! Charles: Uh, Duke lived to be 77 years old right? Swede: Right! Charles: Im gonna cut him! Swede: Coltrane was very strong, you know... Charles: Im gonna cut Duke!

It came to pass Like lightening striking from above Electric flash Just like lightening striking from above Struck by precious love Precious, precious love So hopeless and so inspired Why do you dream flat tires When you dream flat tires? You dream flat tires With a jack and a spare youre there Trying to get to where love is Coming in on a wing and a prayer Trying to get to where love is Cause love is precious love You said it was precious When first you felt my fire Before you dreamed flat tires You dreamed flat tires You dream flat tires Woman she bounce back easy But a man could break both his legs Are you telling me that to tease me? Or just to hear me beg Please dont go! Cause I know that you love me But, when are you going to let love be Just a vague flirtation Or extra special company? Cause love is precious love Everybody knows its precious When first they feel that fire Before they dream flat tires They dream flat tires They dream flat tires Woman she bounce back easy But a man could break both his legs Do you tell me that to tease me Or just to hear me beg Please dont be cold I know that you love me But, what are you going to let love do? (Flat tires, love, love is precious, flat tires Love, love is precious, flat tires, love Love is precious)

On and on it seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont know what youve got til its gone Have a feeling, now believing; that you Were the one I was meant to be with Oh how Im wishing; thinking, dreaming of you To the fact I was meant to be that way Got until its gone Got until its gone On and on it seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone That you dont know what youve got til its gone If I could turn back the hands of time Make you, fall in love, with me again So would you give me, another chance to love To love you, the right way, come again Got until its gone Got until its gone On and on it seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone That you dont know what youve got til its gone On and on it seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone On and on it seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone On and on it seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone That you dont know what youve got til its gone Im a God fellow, to the eyes, an odd fellow Im the new breed in this league, Im Carmelo And I mean that in more than one way: Im carmel and yellow But that aint what Im here to promote...nope! I see you sinking, skipper So I went and bought you a boat And I call it the Titanic In crisis, the captain of the ship, so dont panic Cause we aint drowning I dont care what it looks like, we aint drowning In my life, I done met Katrinas sister They brought racket like Venus and Serena sister, but... Since Im a boxer, I just roll with the punches I dont do a lot of ducking, I stay in, man And if I get knocked down, I stand again Once I get back up, up... Now put that in your brain like a back-up For when you think you cant get back up, New Orleans get back up On and on On and on On and on it seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone That you dont know what youve got til its gone On and on it seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone On and on it seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone On and on it seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone You dont know what youve got til its gone

I have to come and see you Maybe once or twice a year I think nothing would suit me better right now Than some downtown atmosphere Sitting with you in some local zoo Not another job would do Synchronized and vital Good friends, me and you The sun goes down in Jersey Rises over Little Italy We could talk it up til the block gets up Swapping stories Kicking on down to Chinatown Kicking em at the OTB Always synchronized and vital Good friends, you and me No hearts of gold, no nerves of steel No blame for what we can and cannot feel Now its cloak and dagger Walk on eggshells and analyze Every particle of difference Gets like mountains in our eyes So far off, so frequently Always synchronized and vital No hearts of gold, no nerves of steel No blame for what we can and cannot feel Sometimes change comes at you Like a broadside accident We get minor cuts and bruises We could hammer out these dents Sitting around in some local zoo Watching it like a movie Always synchronized and vital Good friends, you and me No hearts of gold, no nerves of steel No blame for what we can and cannot feel

Hana steps out of a storm Into a strangers warm, but Hard-up kitchen She sees what must be done So she takes off her coat Rolls up her sleeves And starts pitchin in Hana has a special knack For getting people back on the right track Cause she knows They all matter So she doesnt argue or flatter She doesnt fight the slights She takes it on the chin Like a champ Hana says when lifes a drag Dont cave in Dont put up a white flag Raise up A white banner In this manner- Straighten your back Dig in your heals And get a good grip on your grief! Hana says, Dont get me wrong This is no simple Sunday song Where God or Jesus comes along And they save ya. Youve got to be braver than that You tackle the beast alone With all its tenacious teeth! Light the lamp

Cold blue steel out of money One eye for the beat police Sweet Fire calling You cant deny me Now you know what you need Underneath the jungle gym Hollow grey fire escape thief Looking for sweet fire Shadow of lady release Come with me I know the way she says Its down, down, down the dark ladder Do you want to contact somebody first Leave someone a letter You can come now Or you can come later A wristwatch, a ring, a downstairs screamer Edgy-black cracks of the sky Pin cushion prick fix this poor bad dreamer Money cold shadows reply Pawnshops crisscrossed and padlocked Corridors spit on prayers and pleas Sparks fly up from sweet fire Black soot of lady release Come with me I know the way she says Its down, down, down the dark ladder Do you want to contact somebody first Does it really matter If you come now Or if you come on later? Red water in the bathroom sink Fever and the scum brown bowl Blue steel still begging But its indistinct Someones hi-fi drumming Jelly Roll Concrete concentration camp Bashing in veins for peace Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire Fall into Lady Release Come with me I know the way she says Its down, down, down the dark ladder Do you want to contact somebody first I mean what does it really matter Youre going to come now Or youre going to come later

The street was loud From an angry crowd and I thought of you, I thought of you Dreamer Land of the free No hungry bellies Impossible Impossible dreamer In the darkest part of the night Blue shadows conjure you And in the brightest height of the daylight Sometimes I blink cause I think I see you Dreaming like you do The moon was bright Like day for night And I thought of you I thought of you Dreamer No acid rain Love without pain Impossible Impossible Dreamer In the darkest part of the night Blue shadows conjure you And at the brightest height of the daylight Sometimes I blink cause I think I see you Dreaming like you do The room was dark And full of sharks And I thought of you I thought of you Dreamer Give peace a chance Dont think just dance Impossible Impossible dreamer In the darkest part of the night Blue shadows conjure you And at the brightest height of the daylight Sometimes I blink cause I think I see you Dreaming like you do

Bows and flows of angel hair and ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere, Ive looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun they rain and snow on everyone So many things I would have done, but clouds got in my way Ive looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down and still somehow Its clouds illusions I recall I really dont know clouds at all Moons and Junes and ferris wheels the dizzy dancing way you feel As every fairy tale comes real, Ive looked at love that way But now its just another show, you leave em laughin when you go And if you care dont let them know, dont give yourself away Ive looked at love from both sides now From give and take and still somehow Its loves illusions I recall I really dont know love at all Tears and fears and feeling proud, to say, I love you right out loud Dreams and schemes and circus crowds, Ive looked at life that way But now old friends are acting strange they shake their heads, they say Ive changed But somethings lost but somethings gained in living every day Ive looked at life from both sides now From win and lose and still somehow Its lifes illusions I recall I really dont know life at all

At the far end of the midway By the double ferris wheel Theres a band that plays so snakey You cant help how you feel Emmie Mae ran away With a man as dark as night You can see him, if you go there Second trumpet to the right They play Night Train So snakey Black girls dancing Long and lanky Barkers barking Step right up, folks The show is about to begin Its Harlem in Havana time Step right in Silver spangles See em dangle in the farm boys eyes Hootchie kootchie Auntie Ruthie wouldve cried If she knew we were on the inside When Emmie Mae ran away She came back a bottle blonde God! The gossips had a gourmet feast Chomping on how she was born But miracle of miracles Cause we were underage She got us nearly front row seats To the right side of the stage See that tall girl? Thats a man That one, too Big yellow feather fan Barkers barking Step right up, folks The show is about to begin Its Harlem in Havana time Step right in! Silver spangles See em dangle in the farm boys eyes Hootchie kootchie Auntie Ruthie wouldve died If she knew we were on the inside

Got to be a winner, trophy winner Get to hold your head up higher Got to be a winner, trophy winner Get to hold your head up higher Number one, number one Honey tell me when your working day is done Were you reaching for the high rung Reaching to be number one? Got to be a winner, trophy winner Get to hold your head up higher Got to be a winner, trophy winner Get to hold your head up higher You get a car, you want a boat You want an eenie-meenie-miney, miney-moe Oh, there must be more to living Than a mortgage and a lawn to mow Got to be a winner, trophy winner Get to hold your head up higher Sweaty work and lucky breaks And blood and tears is all it takes to be a winner! Got to be a winner, trophy winner Get to hold your head up higher People cheer and people gasp People want your autograph when youre a winner Got to be a winner, trophy winner Get to hold your head up higher Got to be a winner, trophy winner Get to hold your head up higher Win or lose, win or lose To the loser for the heartsy blue To the victor spoiler Honey, did you win or lose? Got to be a winner, trophy winner Get to hold your head up higher Sweaty work and lucky breaks And blood and tears is all it takes to be a winner! Got to be a winner, trophy winner Get to hold your head up higher People cheer and people gasp People want your autograph when youre a winner Got to be a winner, trophy winner Get to hold your head up higher Got to be a winner, trophy winner Get to hold your head up higher Run, run, run, run, lets see you run Well be betting by the starting gun Shall we shower you with flowers Or shall we shun ya when your race is run? Got to be a winner, trophy winner Get to hold your head up higher Will we shower you with flowers Or will we shun ya when your race is run? Got to be a winner, trophy winner Get to hold your head up higher Will they shower you with flowers Or will they shun ya when your race is run? Got to be a winner, trophy winner Get to hold your head up higher Got to be a winner, trophy winner Get to hold your head up higher Got to be a winner, trophy winner Get to hold your head up higher Got to be a winner, trophy winner Get to hold your head up higher

I went so numb on Christmas day I couldnt feel my hands or feet I shouldnt have come She made me pay For gleaming with Donald down her street She put blame on him And shame on me She made it all seem so tawdry and cheap Oh, lets be nice, Mama, open up your gifts You know, happiness is the best facelift I mean, after all, she introduced us Oh, but she regrets that now Shacked up downtown Making love without a license Same old sacred cow She said, Did you come home to disgrace us? I said, Why is this joy not allowed? For Gods sake, Im middle-aged, Mama And time moves swift And you know happiness is the best facelift Oh, love takes so much courage Love takes so much shit He said Youve seen too many movies, Joni She said Snap out of it! Oh, the cold winds blew at our room with a view All helpful and hopeful and candlelit We kissed the angels and the moon eclipsed You know, Happiness is the best facelift We pushed the bed up to the window To see the Christmas lights On the east bank across the steaming river Between the bridges lit up Paris-like This river has run through both our lives Between these banks of our continuing delights Bless us, dont let us lose the drift You know, Happiness is the best facelift

Rows and floes of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere Ive looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun They rain and snow on everyone So many things I would have done But clouds got in my way Ive looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down, and still somehow Its cloud illusions I recall I really dont know clouds at all Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels The dizzy dancing way you feel As every fairy tale comes real Ive looked at love that way But now its just another show You leave them laughing when you go And if you care, dont let them know Dont give yourself away Ive looked at love from both sides now From give and take, and still somehow Its loves illusions I recall I really dont know love at all Tears and fears and feeling proud To say I love you right out loud Dreams and schemes and circus crowds Ive looked at life that way But now old friends are acting strange They shake their heads, they say Ive changed Well somethings lost, but somethings gained In living every day Ive looked at life from both sides now From win and lose and still somehow Its lifes illusions I recall I really dont know life at all Ive looked at life from both sides now From up and down, and still somehow Its lifes illusions I recall I really dont know life at all

Newsreels rattle the Nazi dread The able bodied have shipped away Molly McGee gets her tea leaves read Youll be married in a month they say These leaves are crazy Just look at this town theres no men left Just frail old boys and babies Talking to teacher in the treble clef She plants her garden in the spring She does the winter shoveling Tokyo Rose is talking on the radio She says, ?Im leaving here?, but she dont go Out of the blue, just passing through A young flight sergeant on two weeks leave says Molly McGee, no one else will do And he seals the tea leaf prophecy Oh, those nights are strong and soft Private passions and secret storms Nothing about him ticked her off And he looks so cute in his uniform She plants her garden in the spring He does the winter shoveling But summers just a sneeze in a long, long, bad winter cold Soon she says, Im leaving here, but she dont go Sleep, little darling This is your happy home Hiroshima cannot be pardoned Dont have kids when you get grown This world is shattered The wise are mourning, the fools are joking Oh, what does it matter The wash needs ironing and the fire needs stoking She plants her garden in the spring He does the winter shoveling Now theres three of them laughing round the radio She says, Im leaving here, but she dont go She plants her garden in the spring They do the winter shoveling They sit up late and watch the Johnny Carson Show She says, Im leaving here?, but she dont go, she dont go

The tour bus came yesterday The drivers a mess today Its a dump of a destiny But its got a view Now the kid in the see-through blouse Shes moving in hard on his holy vows Since the preachers not dead Dead drunk will have to do! Night of the iguana The jasmine is so mercilessly sweet Night of the iguana Can you hear the castanets? The widow is dancing Down on the beach The starlight is steaming Hed like to be dreaming His senses are screaming Not to be denied But if the spell of the night should win He could lose his bus For the same sweet sin That took his church from him Then how will he survive? Night of the iguana The jasmine is so mercilessly sweet Night of the iguana Can you hear the castanets? Its the widow and her lover-boys Down on the beach Oh, the night is so fragrant These women so flagrant They could make him a vagrant With the flick of a shawl The devils in sweet sixteen The widows good looking but she gets mean Hes burning like Augustine With no help from God at all Night of the iguana

This is really something People will be envious But our roles arent clear So we musnt rush Still, were burning brightly Clinging like fire to fuel Im grinning like a fool Stay in touch We should stay in touch Oh! Stay in touch In touch Part of this is permanent Part of this is passing So we must be loyal and wary Not to give away too much Til we build a firm foundation And empty out old habits Old habits Stay in touch We should stay in touch Oh! Stay in touch In touch During times like these The wise or influential They can bear the imperfections They can keep the money No doubt about it No doubt thats essential No doubt thats always been a tricky one for me So, we should just surrender Let fate and duty shape us Let light hearts remake us Let the worries hush In the middle of this continent In the middle of our time on Earth We perceive one another Stay in touch We should stay in touch Oh! Stay in touch In touch

The general offered No apologies He said The soldiers erred in judgement They should have hired a hooker No apologies To the outraged Japanese No Sorry little girl The pigs just took her Tire skids and teethmarks What happened to this place? Lawyers and loan sharks Are laying America to waste Freddie said that Juan thinks, I think Hes the devil What a lofty title For such a petty little tyrant Bigger beasts abound And they kick this world around At this crazy speed With violence and greed Tire skids and teethmarks What happened to this place? Lawyers and loan sharks Are laying America to waste So what makes a man a man In these tough times As drug lords buy up the banks And war lords radiate the oceans Ecosystems fail Snakes and snails and puppy tails Are wagging in the womb Beneath the trampled moon Tires kids and teethmarks What happened to this place? Lawyers and loan sharks Are laying America to waste The general offered No apologies

Charles: I never hit too, too hard, uh, yknow. All my life, uh yknow, just everything I touched, turned to gold. Im not, Im not rich but, yknow, Ive always had a few, some dollars in my pockets

Its coming on Christmas Theyre cutting down trees Theyre putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on But it dont snow here It stays pretty green Im gonna make a lot of money Then Im gonna quit this crazy scene I wish I had a river I could skate away on I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby cry He tried hard to help me You know, he put me at ease And he loved me so naughty Made me weak in the knees Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on Im so hard to handle Im selfish and Im sad Now Ive gone and lost the best baby That I ever had I wish I had a river I could skate away on I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby say goodbye Its coming on Christmas Theyre cutting down trees Theyre putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace I wish I had a river I could skate away on

Im a lucky girl I found my friend Ive been all around the world Mission Impossible Chasing the rainbows end Wise guys Shy guys And sly lover boys With big bad bedroom eyes ... I never loved a man I trusted As far as I could pitch my shoe Til I loved you Youre my lucky star Youre my magician You make the night prowling disappear Vanished from the star-war-bars Empty repetition I get my heart full here Playboys Stray boys And Say, hey, hey boysll treat you like a toy I never loved a man I trusted As far as I could pitch my shoe Til I loved you Cheaters Woman beaters And Huck Finn shucksters hopping parking meters I never loved a man I trusted As far as I could pitch my shoe til I loved you Im a lucky girl I found my friend I been all around the world Mission Impossible Chasing the rainbows end Wise guys Booby-prize guys And sly lover boys With big bad bedroom eyes ... I never loved a man I trusted As far as I could throw my shoe Til I loved you

I came upon a child of God He was walking along the road And I asked him, Where are you going? And this, he told me Im goin on down to Yasgurs farm Gonna join in a rock n roll band Im gonna camp out on the land Gonna get my soul free We are stardust We are golden And weve got to get ourselves Back to the garden Then, can I walk beside you? I have come here to lose the smog And I feel to be a cog in somethings turning And maybe it is just the time of year Or maybe its the time of man I dont know who I am But I know that life is for learning We are stardust We are golden And weve got to get ourselves Back to the garden By the time we got to Woodstock We were half a million strong And everywhere there was song and celebration And I dreamed I saw the bombers Riding shotgun in the sky And they were turnin into butterflies Above our nation We are stardust Million-year-old carbon We are golden Caught in the devils bargain And weve got to get ourselves Back to the garden

Strong and wrong you win Only because Thats the way its always been Men love war! Thats what history s for A mass-murder mystery His story Strong and wrong You lose everything Without the heart You need To hear a robin sing Where have all the songbirds gone? Gone! All I hear are crows in flight Singing might is right Might is right! Oh the dawn of man comes slow Thousands of years And here we are Still worshiping Our own ego Strong and wrong What is Gods will? Onward Christian soldiers Or thou shall not kill Men love war! Is that what God is for? Just a Rabbits foot? Just a lucky paw For shock and awe? Shock and awe! The dawn of man comes slow Thousands of years Here we are Still worshiping Our own ego Strong and wrong Strong and wrong

Well, Ive heard of heartbreakers But you take the cake Ladies man You could charm the diamonds Off a rattlesnake Ladies man Ladies bring it on over When you give em the glance They dont stand a chance First, you unfold them Then you pigeon-hole em Ladies man Well it sure takes a lot of Good natured self-control Ladies man When Im so hot for you and Youre so cold, so cold Ladies man Why do you keep on trying to Make a man of me Couldnt you just love me-- Like you love cocaine Cocaine head games Cross my heart I swear Im not trying to trick you No tricks Ladies man Its just a straight ahead feeling I have for you Nothing slick Ladies man I guess you learn to refuse What you think you cant handle Youre acting like a vandal Wrecking the dream At the first bad scene Ladies man Ladies man Ladies man Ladies man

Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning And the first thing that I heard Was the song outside my window And the traffic wrote the words It came ringing up like Christmas bells And rapping up like pipes and drums Wont you stay Well put on the day And well wear it till the night comes Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning And the first thing that I saw Was the sun through yellow curtains And a rainbow on the wall Red, green and gold to welcome you And crimson crystal beads to beckon Wont you stay Well put on the day Theres a sun shower every second Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning And the first thing that I knew There was milk and toast and honey And a bowl of oranges, too And the light poured in like butterscotch And stuck to all my senses Wont you stay Well put on the day And well talk in present tenses

It was a dark and a stormy night Everyone was at the wing-ding They werent the wing-ding type So they went up on the train bridge Where the weather was howling And oh, oh, my my When that train comes rolling by No paper thin walls, no folks above No one else can hear The crazy cries of love They were laughing, they were dancing in the rain They knew their love was a strong one When they heard the far off whistle of a train They were hoping it was going to be a long one Cuz oh, oh, my my When that train comes rolling by No paper thin walls, no folks above No one else can hear The crazy cries of love In the back booth of an all night cafe Two dripping raincoats are hanging Outside in the weather The shade on the streetlight is clanging And they smile ear to ear and eye to eye Ice cream is melting on a piece of pie Oh, my my No one else can hear The cries of love Every kiss was sweet and strong Every touch was totally tandem As the train come a-rumbling along They sang a lovers song of wild abandon And oh, oh, my my When that train comes rolling by No paper thin walls, no folks above No one else can hear The crazy cries of love No paper thin walls, no folks above No one else can hear The crazy cries of love

Well, Ive known some heartbreakers, but you take the cake Ladies man, ladies man You could charm both rattlers off a rattlesnake, yes, you could Ladies man, ladies man Ladies bring it on over when you give em a glance They dont stand a chance First, you unfold them Then you pigeon-hole them, ladies man Ladies man, ladies man Ladies man, ladies man Well, it sure takes a lot of good-natured self control Ladies man, ladies man When Im so hot for you and youre so cold, so cold, so cold Ladies man, ladies man Why do you keep on trying to make a man of me? Couldnt you just love me like you love cocaine? Cocaine and base Cross my heart, I swear Im not trying to trick you No tricks, no tricks Ladies man, ladies man Its just a straight-ahead feeling I have for you Nothing slick Ladies man, ladies man I guess you learn to refuse what you think you cant handle Youre acting like a vandal Wrecking the dream at the first bad scene Ladies man, ladies man Ladies man, ladies man I know you, yes, I do Ladies man, ladies man Look out I know youre just another ladies man Sweet talkin, look out Jive walkin, ladies Your time is coming, cause youre I know youre just another ladies man Aint got no scruples Crooked, devious No good, no good, no, no, no I know you, I know I know youre just another ladies man All he wants is your money All he wants is your soul Keep holding on Hold on, girl I know youre just another ladies man See, Im feelin, Im feelin Oh Oh, no, no I know youre just another ladies man

(Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone?) Im awake again, looking over photos that I know I shouldve thrown away Youre in my head, Im thinking of you every single second of the night and day What ever happened to the good times? Did ya bury them, or wishing they would go away? I wonder what could make you satisfied Cause you and I, I thought that we were here to stay You kept on walking when I tried to tell ya things would change Now youre beggin for my love But I dont want the pain Love isnt just another lullaby Its a butterfly And baby it could fly away Im gonna take it to the other side Cause you and I I thought that we were here to stay And everything you do And everything you do Is what makes me keep coming Love isnt just another lullaby Its a butterfly Im breaking down, searching for a lover just to come and turn my life around I feel the clouds, falling on my shoulders and I know the rain is coming now What ever happened to the good times? Did ya bury them, or wishing they would go away? I wonder what could make you satisfied Cause you and I, I thought that we were here to stay You kept on walking when I tried to tell ya things would change Now youre beggin for my love But I dont want the pain Love isnt just another lullaby Its a butterfly And baby it could fly away Im gonna take it to the other side Cause you and I I thought that we were here to stay And everything you do And everything you do Is what makes me keep coming Love isnt just another lullaby Its a butterfly Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? And everything you do And everything you do Is what makes me keep coming Love isnt just another lullaby Its a butterfly Love isnt just another lullaby Its a butterfly And baby it could fly away Im gonna take it to the other side Cause you and I I thought that we were here to stay And everything you do And everything you do Is what makes me keep coming Love isnt just another lullaby Its a butterfly Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone?

I am on a lonely road and I am traveling, traveling, traveling, traveling Looking for something, what can it be? Oh, I hate you some I hate you some, I love you some Oh, I love you when I forget about me I want to be strong I want to laugh along I want to belong to the living Alive, alive, I want to get up and jive Want to wreck my stockings in some jukebox dive Do you want, do you want, do you want to dance with me, baby? Do you want to take a chance on maybe finding some sweet romance with me, baby? Well, come on All I really, really want our love to do Is to bring out the best in me and in you too All I really, really want our love to do is to bring out the best in me and in you I want to talk to you I want to shampoo you I want to renew you again and again Applause, applause Life is our cause When I think of your kisses my mind seesaws Do you see, do you see, do you see how you hurt me, baby? So I hurt you too Then we both get so blue I am on a lonely road and I am traveling Yes, I am traveling Looking for the key to set me free Oh, the jealousy The greed is the unraveling Yes, the unraveling And it undoes all the joy that could be I want to have fun Want to shine like the sun I want to be the one that you want to see Want to knit you a sweater Want to write you a love letter Want to make you feel better Want to make you feel free Oh, oh, oh Want to make you feel free I want to make you feel free

Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its That you dont know what youve got til its gone Have a feeling, now believing that you Were the one I was meant to be with Oh how Im wishing, thinking, dreaming ‘Bout you, and the love Howd I ever let you get away? Got til it’s gone Got til it’s gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its That you dont know what youve got til its gone If I could turn back the hands of time Make you, fall in love, in love with me again So would you give me another chance to love To love you, love you the right way, no games Got til it’s gone Got til it’s gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its That you dont know what youve got til its gone Now you realizing when them nights go long, right Campaign for me to stay when you know that Im gone, right You act all wild, when I tell you to settle I was working round the clock, but your girls want to meddle Talk about I heard he swims with this chick on the beach That was out with the tide but my love you impeach Now you looking at the walls, head in hand, cold jonesin’ Ringing my house, hanging up and imposing Now why you wanna go and do that love, huh? Now why you wanna go and do that and do that huh? Now why you wanna go and do that love, huh? Now why you wanna go and do that and do that, huh? Now why you wanna go and do that love, huh? Now why you wanna go and do that and do that, huh? Now why you wanna go and do that love, huh? Now why you wanna go and do that and do that and do that… Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its That you dont know what youve got til its gone That you dont know what youve got til its gone That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its… Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its That you dont know what youve got til its gone That you dont know what youve got til its gone That you dont know what youve got til its gone That you dont know what youve got til its gone That you dont know what youve got til its gone

Summertime, and the living is easy Fish are jumping out And the cotton is high Your daddys rich and your mamas so good looking So, hush little baby, dont you cry One of these mornings Youre gonna rise rise up singing Spread your wings and take to the sky But until that morning Aint no ones gonna harm you Not with your daddy and mommy standing by Summertime, and the living is easy Fish are jumping And the cotton is high Your mamas rich and your daddys so good looking So, hush little baby, dont you cry One of these mornings Youre gonna rise rise up singing Spread your pretty little wings and take to the sky Oh, but til that morning Aint no ones gonna harm you Not with your daddy and mammy standing by Summertime

He comes for conversation I comfort him sometimes Comfort and consultation He knows thats what hell find I bring him apples and cheeses He brings me songs to play He sees me when he pleases I see him in cafes But I only say hello And turn away before his lady knows How much I wanna see him She removes him like a ring To wash her hands She only takes him out to show her friends I wanna free him Secrets and sharing soda Thats how our time began Love is a story told to a friend Its second hand I listen to his questions I give my answers when theyre found He says she keeps him guessing But I know she keeps him down She speaks in sorry sentences Miraculous repentances I dont believe her Tomorrow he will come to me And speak his sorrows endlessly and hell ask me why Why cant I leave her? He comes for conversation I comfort him sometimes Comfort and consultation He knows thats what hell find He knows thats what hell find

Kiss my ass! I said And I threw my drink Tequila trickling Down his business suit Must be the Irish blood Fight before you think Turn it now You cant cowtow You cant undo it Its his town And that went down Like a lead balloon Lead lead lead lead balloon He said Sic her, Rover That went over Like a lead balloon Lead lead lead lead balloon Lead balloon An angry man is just an angry man But an angry woman Bitch! I had to ask him for a helping hand It came with the heart Of a Bonaparte Of a frozen fish Its his town And that went down Like a lead balloon Lead lead lead lead balloon He said Sic her, Rover That went over Like a lead balloon Lead lead lead lead balloon Lead balloon Lead balloon, lead lead lead lead balloon Lead balloon, lead lead lead lead balloon Lead balloon, lead lead lead lead balloon Lead balloon Its his town And that went down Like a lead balloon Lead lead lead balloon He said Sic her, Rover That went over Like a lead balloon Lead lead lead lead balloon Lead balloon Lead lead lead lead balloon Lead lead lead lead balloon Lead balloon

I took a house by the water Took a man on a mountainside Pretty house by the water Lovely lover by the waterside Last time I saw that man He hung down his head and cried Corrina, Corrina Do you have to go Corrina, Corrina Tell me why do you have to go Just made me come to love you girl Now you pack your things and go Leave me this bird that whistles Leave me this bird that sings I got a bird that whistles I got a bird thats singin If I dont have you darlin Birds dont mean nothin

Its coming on Christmas Theyre cutting down trees Theyre putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on But it dont snow here It stays pretty green Im gonna make a lot of money Then Im gonna quit this crazy scene Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby cry He tried hard to help me You know he put me at ease And he loved me so naughty Made me weak in the knees Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on Im so hard to handle Im selfish and Im sad Now Ive gone and lost the best baby That I ever had Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby say goodbye, ooh ooh Its coming on Christmas Theyre cutting down trees Theyre putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on

This is the reoccurring dream Born in the dreary gap between What we have now And what we wish we could have More fulfilling--and less frustrating! Out of the envy in our eyes Look! Glamorous picture people rise Radiant! Gleaming down from screens and pages Ooh--glamour--before your very eyes! Isnt it true--isnt it true? Good question--I know--who cares Look here they tell you If you had this If you had that Latest styles and colors If we had that for us mmmmm Wouldnt it be fabulous If you had that house, car, bottle, jar Your lovers would look like movie stars Movie stars, movie stars, movie stars Order your youth secrets of the stars Call now--just $9.99 Our discontent is their delight They offer relief for the purchase price Love in a bottle Love on four wheels Is that our new car Charles? Isnt it true--isnt it true? We guarantee it--pick up your phone and dial See here they sell you If you had this If you had that I want a new truck!--More power! If you use this shampoo True love will come to you If you had that house, car, bottle, jar Your lovers would look like movie stars Movie stars, movie stars, movie stars Hollywoods greatest legends Recognize this? Dreamer Soft sexy hair Dream on Hes going to love me in this ruby, ruby lipstick Others will notice!--Sexy!--Who cares! Recognize this? Dreamer Latest styles and colors Oh, dream on, dream on, dream on The fashion looks youve been hoping for Sexy--sexy Recognize this? Dreamer So special Dream on We will have happiness in heaven The place you dreamed of retiring to-- Who cares Recognize this? Dreamer I know that glamour is--sexy Oh dream on dreamer What could go wrong? Dream on Who cares! Recognize this? Dreamer Im afraid I cant go below two million Dream on Life would be easy if I had that new appliance Food processors for all of us Who cares! Recognize this? Dreamer There are lots of strings Dream on We can solve everything in science Naturally Science Its a picture of how to get what you want out of life Recognize this? I love it Dreamer Isnt there some other way? Who cares! ©1988 Crazy Crow Music BMI

Bows and flows of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air Feathered canyons everywhere Ive looked at clouds that way Now they only block the sun They rain and snow on everyone So many things I could have done But clouds got in my way Ive looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down and still somehow Its clouds illusion I recall I really dont know clouds at all Moons and Junes and Farris wheels The dizzy dancing way you feel When every fairytale comes real Ive looked at love that way Now thats just another show You leave them laughing when you go If you care dont let them know Dont give yourself away Ive looked at love from both sides now From give and take and still somehow Its loves illusion I recall I really dont know love at all Tears and fears and feeling proud To say I love you right out loud Dreams and schemes and circus crowds I look at life that way Now old friends are acting strange They shake their heads they say Ive changed But somethings lost and somethings gained In living every day Ive looked at life from both sides now From win and lose and still somehow Its lifes illusion I recall I really dont know life at all

Hot winds and hunger cries--Ethiopia Flies in your babies eyes--Ethiopia Walking sticks on burning plains Betrayed by politics Abandoned by the rains On and on--the human need On and on--the human greed profanes Ethiopia--Ethiopia--Ethiopia Your top soil flies away--Ethiopia We pump ours full of poison spray--Ethiopia Between the brown skies and sprinkling lawns I hear the whine of chain saws Hacking rain forests down On and on--insanities On and on--Short sighted greed abounds Ethiopia--Ethiopia--Ethiopia Little garden planet-oasis in space Some hearts hurt--they can hardly stand it Famine phantoms at the garden gates Ethiopia--Ethiopia--Ethiopia Every Sunday on T.V.--Ethiopia You suffer with such dignity--Ethiopia A T.V. star with a P.R. smile Calls your baby it while strolling Through your tragic trials On and on--stupidity On and on--the basic needs are defiled Good air--good water--good earth Ethiopia--Ethiopia--Ethiopia Little garden planet--oasis in space Some hearts hurt--they can hardly stand the waste Ethiopia--Ethiopia--Ethiopia

Rays Dads Cadillac Rays Dads Cadillac Rays Dads Cadillac Rollin past the rink Past the record shack Pink fins in the falling rain Rollin To the blue lights past the water mains Rays Dads Cadillac Weekends wed get Rays Dads Cadillac Rock n roll in the dashboard Romance in the back of Rays Dads Cadillac Rays dad teaches math Zero Im a dunce Im a decimal in his class Last nights kisses wont erase Zero I just cant keep the numbers in their place Rays Dads Cadillac Last night we had Rays Dads Cadillac Rock n roll in the dashboard Romance in the back of Rays Dads Cadillac Rays Dads Cadillac When it comes to mathematics I got static in the attic No sir, nothins clear! Ill be blackboard blind on Monday Dreamin of blue runways On the edge of here A little atmosphere Blue lights out on airport road Motown, in a field in a farmers grove Big planes comin overhead Lowdown You can see the bolts You can see the tire treads Rays Dads Cadillac Weekends wed get Rays Dads Cadillac Oh, little darlin Rock n roll in the dashboard Romance in the back of Rays Dads Cadillac Rays Dads Cadillac Rays Dads Cadillac Rays Dads Cadillac

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? They paved paradise and put up a parking lot They took all the trees and put em in a tree museum And then they charged the people a dollar-and-a-half just to see em Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? They paved paradise and put up a parking lot Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT now Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees, please Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? They paved paradise and put up a parking lot Late last night I heard the screen door slam And a big yellow taxi took away my old man Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot I said, dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot They paved paradise, put up a parking lot They paved paradise, put up a parking lot

The way I see it, he said, You just cant win it Everybodys in it for their own gain You cant please them all Theres always someone calling you down Calling you down, calling you down But I do my best And I do good business, I do it well Theres a lot of people asking for my time Trying to get ahead Theyre trying to be a good friend of mine I deal in dreamers and telephone screamers Lately, I wonder what I do it for If l had my way Id walk through those doors And wander down the Champs-Elysees Going cafe to cabaret Thinking how Ill feel when I find That very good friend of mine I was a free man in Paris Nobody was calling me up for favors You know Id go back there tomorrow Stoking the star maker machinery I was a free man in Paris Nobody was calling me up for favors You know Id go back there tomorrow Stoking the star maker machinery

No, you couldnt call Jesse a babe in the woods Hes just weak in self-defense Cause hes so thin skinned He cant take a joke at his expense Youre a push button window, says Rowdy Yates I can run you up and down Anytime I want I can make you my dancin-- My dancin clown! Youre my dancin clown Dancin dancin My dancin clown Dancin Youre my dancin clown Dancin dancin dancin My dancin clown Rowdy Yates is as bold as Jove-- Hes all chide and snide and bluff-- Stuck in the romantic tradition Of acting rough and tough Youre always charging thru, says Jesse Nervous, lookin all around-- To see whos seein him bein a dancin A dancin clown Hes a dancin clown Dancin dancin A dancin clown Dancin Hes a dancin clown Dancin dancin dancin A dancin clown Cherchez la femme Whenever love comes around Someones a dancin clown Cherchez la femme Whenever hearts start to pound Someones a dancin clown Down the street comes last-word Suzie-- Shes high yellow--lookin top nice You hear the swoosh of jungle blades And the crackle of northern ice Hot damn! says Rowdy--lookin up Yum! says Jesse lookin down How would you like to be her dancin Her dancin clown? Be her dancin clown Dancin dancin Her dancin clown Dancin Be her dancin clown Dancin dancin dancin Her dancin clown Cherchez la femme Whenever love comes to town Someones a dancin clown Cherchez la femme Wherever hearts start to pound Someones a dancin clown

Rain comes from the east one night We watch it come To hang like beaded curtains till the morning sun Water dripping from our clothes You, with raindrops on your nose Ask me sadly, Please dont go away, love Till the rain is done, I say, Ill stay now Rain outside but inside we dont mind at all Shadows by the fire Slowly climb and fall Kisses fade and leave no trace Whispers vanish into space None will send me on a chase to nowhere What matters if I were the first to go there? Morning comes up from the east We watch it come And far away now rolls the angry rain gods drum You, with daybreak in your eyes Afraid to speak for telling lies I watch you search for some reply to lend me But when the rain is done well stop pretending

Its coming on Christmas Theyre cutting down trees Theyre putting up reindeer Singing songs of joy and peace I wish I had a river I could skate away on But it dont snow here It stays pretty green Im going to make a lot of money Im going to quit this crazy scene I wish I had a river I could skate away on I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby cry He tried hard to help me You know, he put me at ease He loved me so naughty Made me weak in the knees I wish I had a river I could skate away on But Im so hard to handle Im selfish and Im sad Now Ive gone and lost the best baby That I ever had I wish I had a river I could skate away on I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby say goodbye Its coming on Christmas Theyre cutting down trees Putting up reindeer Singing songs of joy and peace I wish I had a river I could skate away on

Some day hell come along The man I love And hell be big and strong The man I love And when he comes my way Ill do my best to make him stay Hell look at me and smile Ill understand And in a little while Hell take my hand And though it seems absurd I know we both wont say a word Maybe I will meet him on Sunday Maybe on a Monday, maybe not Still Im sure Ill meet him one day Maybe Tuesday will be my good news day Hell build a little home Meant for two From which Ill never roam Who would - would you? Ill tell the stars up above Im waiting for the man I love Im waiting for the man I love Maybe I will meet him on Sunday Maybe on a Monday, maybe not Still Im sure Ill meet him one day Maybe Tuesday will be my good news day Someday hell come along The man I love And hell know right from wrong The man I love And when he comes my way Ill do my best to make him stay The man I love Im waiting for the man I love

The big man arrives Disco dancers greet him Plainclothes cops greet him Small town, big man, fresh lipstick glistening Sophomore jive From victims of typewriters The band sounds like typewriters The big man hes not listening His eyes hold Edith His left hand holds his right What does that hand desire That he grips it so tight Edith in the ring The passed-over girls are conferring The man with the diamond ring is purring All claws for now withdrawn One by one they bring His renegade stories to her His crimes and his glories to her In challenge they look on Women he has taken grow old too soon He tilts their tired faces Gently to the spoon Edith in his bed A plane in the rain is humming The wires in the walls are humming Some song-some mysterious song Bars in her head Beating frantic and snowblind Romantic and snowblind She says-his crime belongs Edith and the Kingpin Each with charm to sway Are staring eye to eye They dare not look away You know they dare not look away

I slept last night in a good hotel I went shopping today for jewels The wind rushed around in the dirty town And the children let out from the schools I was standing on a noisy corner Waiting for the walking green Across the street he stood And he played real good On his clarinet, for free Now me I play for fortune And those velvet curtain calls Ive got a black limousine And two gentlemen Escorting me to the halls And I play if you have the money Or if youre a friend to me But the one man band By the quick lunch stand He was playing real good, for free Nobody stopped to hear him Though he played so sweet and high They knew he had never Been on their t.v So they passed his music by I meant to go over and ask for a song Maybe put on a harmony... I heard his refrain As the signal changed He was playing real good, for free

He In a shopping mall Finally met the perfect girl She is all that matters The only one in all the world Like a Barbie doll Oh love is snakes and ladders Snakes and ladders She Just to have and hold Is the perfect air-brushed angel Makes you hot just looking at her Stapled into all his braincells Like a centerfold Oh love is snakes and ladders Snakes and ladders Get to the top and slide back down Get to the bottom climb back up Buy the townhouse Call the preacher Get to the bottom climb back up Get to the top and slide back down Get to the bottom climb back up Set up credit for the lovely creature The lovely creature He On a corporate climb Set his sights on power for her On a silver platter He gave up happy hour for her Perrier and lime Oh love is snakes and ladders Snakes and ladders She In a handsome world Put her mind to social graces All the privileged chatter Setting pretty table places For the girls in pearls Oh love is snakes and ladders Snakes and ladders Get to the top and slide back down Get to the bottom climb back up Buy the carphone Call the broker Get to the bottom climb back up Get to the top and slide back down Get to the bottom climb back up Buy the wife a diamond choker A diamond choker True love true love true love Hes so nervous New love new love new love When hes with her Oh hes wasting away True love true love true love Its so curious New love new love new love Just to kiss her To kiss her to kiss her to kiss her To kiss her to kiss her to kiss her To kiss her he has to shave She In the gilded mirrors In the swing of fancy places Where the black ties flatter Started seeing other faces Young fogie financiers Oh love is snakes and ladders Snakes and ladders See In the crimes of time How the seasons steal away How the rungs are shattered First youre green then youre grey Still the snakes unwind Still playin snakes and ladders Snakes and ladders Get to the top and slide back down Get to the bottom climb back up Sell the vineyard Call the lawyer Get to the bottom climb back up Get to the top and slide back down Get to the bottom climb back up Gather garbage to destroy her To destroy her Ladders ladders ladders The perfect girl Ladders ladders ladders The paper chase Love is snakes and ladders Ladders ladders ladders The social whirl Ladders ladders The rat race Barbie doll

Youre so square--baby Youre so square . . Oh, you dont like greasy diners You dont like sleazy bands You just want to go To a movie show And sit there holding hands Youre so square Baby I dont care You dont like going to parties To toot and talk all night long You just want to park Where its nice and dark And kiss me, sweet and strong Youre so square Baby I dont care You dont know any dance steps That are new But nobody else can love me Like you do I dont know why my heart flips I only know it does I wonder why I love you baby I guess its just because Youre so square Darlin I dont care Oh, I dont know why my heart flips I only know it does I wonder why I love you baby I guess its just because Youre so square I dont care Youre so square

Ill try to keep myself open up to you Thats a promise that I made to love When it was new Just like Jericho I said Let these walls come tumbling down I said it like I finally found the way To keep the good feelings alive I said it like it was something to strive for Ill try to keep myself open up to you And approve your self expression I need that, too I need your confidence, baby And the gift of your extra time In turn Ill give you mine Sweet darling, its a rich exchange It seems to me Its a warm arrangement! Anyone will tell you Just how hard it is to make and keep a friend Maybe theyll short sell you Or maybe its you Judas, in the end When you just can no longer pretend That youre getting what you need Or youre giving out anything for them to grow and feed on Ill try to keep myself open up to you It gets easier and easier to do Just like Jericho Let these walls come tumbling down now Let them fall right on the ground Let all these dogs go running free The wild and the gentle dogs Kenneled in me

We got a break Unbelievable We got a break Right in the middle of this Hollywood heartache We got this solid love All around the town Good hearts are going under Love bandits con and plunder Let nobody put asunder this solid love . . We got a chance Hot dog darlin We got a chance No more, no more Fly-by-night romance We got this solid love Love has always made me Feel so uneasy I couldnt relax and just be me More like some strange disease Than this solid love . . Tested and blessed, darlin Im gonna give you my very best Youre my hope Youre my happiness You Open my heart you do You open my heart You do Yes you do We got a break Unbelievable We got a break Right in the middle of this Hollywood heartache We got this solid love All around the town Good hearts are going under Love bandits con and plunder Let nobody put asunder this solid love . . We got a chance Hot dog darlin We got a chance No more, no more Fly-by-night romance We got this solid love Love has always made me Feel so uneasy I couldnt relax and just be me More like some strange disease Than this solid love . . Tested and blessed, darlin Im gonna give you my very best You are my happiness You Open my heart up you do

Yes I do--I love you! I swear on the stars above I do! I swear on the streetlight on the corner Shoving back the shadows! One shadow cursing Another shadow laughing Underneath the streetlight I dont know where theyre coming from I just see em passing Underneath the streetlight . . Yes I do--I love you! I swear on the buildings above I do! I swear on a billion yellow and T.V. blue windows! Gayboys with their pants so tight Out in the neon light Underneath the street light A m- m- madman-madman Kicking over garbage cans Underneath the streetlight . . Yes I do--I love you! I swear on the blinkin planes above I do! I swear on the truck at the stoplight With his airbrakes moaning! All night the trucks roll Up to the tunnel-toll Underneath the streetlight They come rollin, rollin Rollin for a living Underneath the streetlight . . Yes I do--I love you! I swear on the disco sparkle dark I do! I swear on the be-bop boys Chasing the black bird Rock n roll broadcast Movin up now full blast Underneath the streetlight They come dancin, dancin Really rock n rollin Underneath the streetlight Yes I do--I love you I really love you Yes I do--yes I do I love you!

Bows and flows of angel hair Ice cream castles in the air And feathered canyons everywhere Id look at clouds that way Now they only block the sun They rain and snow on everyone So many things I could have done The clouds got in my way Ive looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down and still somehow Its clouds illusions I recall I really dont know cloud at all Moons and Junes and Ferris Wheels Dizzy dancing way you feel As every fairy tale complete Id look at love that way But now its just another show You leave them laughing when you go And if you care dont let them know Dont give yourself away

I was an unmarried girl Id just turned twenty-seven When they sent me to the sisters For the way men looked at me Branded as a jezebel I knew I was not bound for Heaven Id be cast in shame Into the Magdalene laundries Most girls come here pregnant Some by their own fathers Bridget got that belly By her parish priest Were trying to get things white as snow All of us woe-begotten-daughters In the streaming stains Of the Magdalene laundries Prostitutes and destitutes And temptresses like me-- Fallen women-- Sentenced into dreamless drudgery ... Why do they call this heartless place Our Lady of Charity? Oh charity! These bloodless brides of Jesus If they had just once glimpsed their groom Then theyd know, and theyd drop the stones Concealed behind their rosaries They wilt the grass they walk upon They leech the light out of a room Theyd like to drive us down the drain At the Magdalene laundries Peg OConnell died today She was a cheeky girl A flirt They just stuffed her in a hole! Surely to God youd think at least some bells should ring! One day Im going to die here too And theyll plant me in the dirt Like some lame bulb That never blooms come any spring Not any spring No, not any spring Not any spring

I was alone and sickly It was a quarter of a moonlit night I heard him cry through my window shade And it filled me so full of fright But I could not turn my back on him I put on the back porch light Can I help you said the Good Samaritan Can I help you said the Good Samaritan I brought him bread and a blanket But I told him You cant come in You can sleep outside in the tool shed Though a little rain comes in Oh, I dont know you, youre a stranger I dont know where youve been You cant come in here said the keeper of the inn I dont want you in here, said the keeper of the inn But I couldnt sleep for the thinking You know my night got so insane I thought, maybe he was an angel And I left him out in the rain And what if he was the devil Hed be coming after me again But when I woke in the weary morning he was gone When I woke in the weary morning he was gone I thought maybe he was an angel And I left him out in the rain And what if he was the devil Hed be coming after me again When I woke in the weary morning he was gone When I woke in the weary morning, Lord, he was gone

So they paved paradise And put up a parking lot With a pink hotel A boutique And a swinging night spot Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what you got til its gone They paved paradise Put up a parking lot They took all the trees Put em in a tree museum And they charged all the people An arm and a leg just to see em Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what you got til its gone They paved paradise Put up a parking lot Hey farmer Put away your DDT Give me spots on my apples But leave me the birds and bees Please Dont it always seem to go You dont know what you got til its gone They paved paradise And they put up a parking lot Late last night I heard the screen door slam And a big yellow taxi come and took away my old man Dont it always seem to go You dont know what you got til its gone They paved paradise Put up a parking lot Put up a parking lot

I was alone and sickly It was a quarter of a moonlit night I heard him cry through my window shade And it filled me so full of fright But I could not turn my back on him I put on the back porch light Can I help you said the Good Samaritan Can I help you said the Good Samaritan I brought him bread and a blanket But I told him You cant come in You can sleep outside in the tool shed Though a little rain comes in Oh, I dont know you, youre a stranger I dont know where youve been You cant come in here said the keeper of the inn I dont want you in here, said the keeper of the inn But I couldnt sleep for the thinking You know my night got so insane I thought, maybe he was an angel And I left him out in the rain And what if he was the devil Hed be coming after me again But when I woke in the weary morning he was gone When I woke in the weary morning he was gone I thought maybe he was an angel And I left him out in the rain And what if he was the devil Hed be coming after me again When I woke in the weary morning he was gone When I woke in the weary morning, Lord, he was gone

I am on a lonely road and I am traveling Traveling, traveling, traveling Looking for something, what can it be Oh I hate you some, I hate you some, I love you some Oh I love you when I forget about me I want to be strong I want to laugh along I want to belong to the living Alive, alive, I want to get up and jive I want to wreck my stockings in some juke box dive Do you want - do you want - do you want to dance with me baby Do you want to take a chance On maybe finding some sweet romance with me baby Well, come on All I really really want our love to do Is to bring out the best in me and in you too All I really really want our love to do Is to bring out the best in me and in you I want to talk to you, I want to shampoo you I want to renew you again and again Applause, applause - Life is our cause When I think of your kisses my mind see-saws Do you see - do you see - do you see how you hurt me baby So I hurt you too Then we both get so blue I am on a lonely road and I am traveling Looking for the key to set me free Oh the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling Its the unraveling And it undoes all the joy that could be I want to have fun, I want to shine like the sun I want to be the one that you want to see I want a hand up your sweater Want to write you a love letter I want to make you feel better I want to make you feel free I want to make you feel free

You better leave now, take what you need, the past is past Whatever you wanna keep, you better grab it fast Over theres your orphan with her gun Cryin like a fire in the sun Look out the saints are comin through Ohh and its all over now, Baby Blue The highway is for gamblers, better use good sense Take what you have gathered from coincidence The empty-handed painter from your streets Is drawing crazy patterns on your sheets The sky of blue is moving over you Ohh its all over now, Baby Blue All your seasick sailors, they are rowing home Your reindeer navigators, they are going home The vagabond whos rapping at your door Is standing in the clothes that you once wore Strike another match go start anew Ohh because its all over now, Baby Blue Leave your stepping stones behind, something calls for you Pities against no mind, they will not follow you Your lover fool has just walked through the door Has taken all his blankets from your floor Your fancy rug is moving under you Ohh and its all over now, Baby Blue

The big man arrives Disco dancers greet him, plainclothes cops greet him Small town, big man, fresh lipstick glistening Sophomore jive From victims of typewriters the band sounds like typewriters The big man, hes not listening His eyes hold Edith, his left hand holds his right What does that hand desire That he grips it so tight? Edith in the ring The passed-over girls are conferring The man with the diamond ring is purring All claws, for now, withdrawn One by one they bring His renegade stories to her His crimes and his glories to her In challenge, they look on Women he has taken grow old too soon He tilts their tired faces Gently to the spoon Edith in his bed A plane in the rain is humming The wires in the walls are humming Some song, some mysterious song Bars in her head Beating frantic and snow blind, romantic and snow blind She says his crime belongs Edith and the Kingpin, each with charm to sway Are staring eye to eye They dare not look away You know they dare not look away

They paved paradise, put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin hot spot Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what you got til its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot They took all the trees and put em in a tree museum And they charged all the people a dollar and a half just to see em Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what you got til its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot Hey farmer, farmer, put away that DDT now Gimme spots on my apples, leave me the birds and the bees Please Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what you got til its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot Late last night, I heard the screen door slam And a big yellow taxi took away my old man Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what you got til its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot They paved paradise, put up a parking lot They paved paradise, put up a parking lot

Shiny toys Shiny toys Shiny toys Im reading people rags in the checkout lane Look, heres a hunk, heres a honey! Celebrated people and their claims to fame Heres a boy and his money And pictures of the winners in the latest Ratepoll games Whatever makes you Yahoo! Whatever makes your time feel satisfyin Whatever makes you Whatever makes you feel like youre right on time Party night Good bands all over town Mega lights and supersonic sounds Flashy boys and girls that really play Shiny toys When its over dont you hate to have to put your toys away? Shiny toys Shiny toys Shiny toys Simple joys Walking on the beach at the end of the day Between the sand and the seagulls Watching the glorious sun setting on the bay Here comes a boy and his beagle Walking with a man in a toupee And a man with his head shaved Whatever makes you Whatever makes your time feel satisfyin Whatever makes you Whatever makes you feel like youre right on time Party night Super bands all over town Super lights and supersonic sounds Flashy boys and girls that really play Shiny toys When its over dont you hate to have to put your toys away? Shiny toys Shiny toys Shiny toys Shiny toys

Theres a crow flying Black & ragged Tree to tree Hes black as the highway thats leading me Now hes diving down To pick up on something shiny I feel like that black crow Flying In a blue sky I took the ferry to the highway Then I drove to a pontoon plane I took a plane to a taxi And a taxi to a train Ive been traveling so long Howm I ever gonna know my home When I see it again Im like a black crow flying In a blue blue sky In search of love & music My whole life has been Illumination Corruption And diving diving diving diving Diving down to pick up on every shiny thing Just like that black crow flying In a blue sky I looked at the morning After being up all night I looked at my haggard face in the bathroom light I looked out the window And I I saw that ragged soul take flight I saw a back crow flying In a blue sky Oh Im like a black crow flying In a blue sky

Trina wears her wampum beads She fills her drawing book with line Sewing lace on widows weeds And filagree on leaf and vine Vine and leaf are filagree And her coats a second-hand one Sewn in antique luxury She is a lady of the canyon Annie sits you down to eat She always makes you welcome in Cats and babies around her feet And all are fat and none are thin None are thin and all are fat She may bake some brownies today Saying you are welcome back She is another canyon lady Esterella, circus girl Comes wrapped in songs and gypsy shawls Songs like tiny hammers hurled At bevelled mirrors in empty halls Empty halls and bevelled mirrors Sailing seas and climbing banyans Come out for a visit here To be a lady of the canyon Trina takes her paints and thread And weaves a pattern all her own Annie bakes her cakes and bread And gathers flowers for her home For her home, she gathers flowers And Esterella, dear companion Colours up the sunshine hours Pouring music down the canyon Colouring the sunshine hours They are the ladies of the canyon

Its coming on Christmas Theyre cutting down trees Theyre putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on But it dont snow here It stays pretty green Im going to make a lot of money Then Im going to quit this crazy scene Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly I wish I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby cry He tried hard to help me You know, he put me at ease And he loved me so naughty Made me weak in the knees Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on Im so hard to handle Im selfish and Im sad Now Ive gone and lost the best baby That I ever had I wish I had a river I could skate away on Oh, I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly I wish I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby say goodbye

Funny day, looking for laughter and finding it there Sunny day, braiding white flowers and leaves in my hair Picked up a pencil and wrote I love you in my finest hand Wanted to send it, but I dont know where I stand Telephone, even the sound of your voice is still new All alone in Carolina and talking to you And feeling too foolish and strange to say the words that I had planned Guess its too early cause I dont know where I stand Crickets talk, courting their ladies in star-dappled green Crickets talk until the morning comes up like a dream All muted and misty, so drowsy now, Ill take what sleep I can I know that I miss you, but I dont know where I stand Know that I miss you, but I dont know where I stand

Its coming on Christmas Theyre cutting down trees Theyre putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on But it dont snow here It stays pretty green Im going to make a lot of money Then Im going to quit this crazy scene Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby cry, yeah He tried hard to help me He put me at ease And he loved me so naughty Made me weak in the knees Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on Im so hard to handle Im selfish and Im sad Now Ive gone and lost the best baby That I ever had Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on Oh I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to, to fly Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby say goodbye, say goodbye Say goodbye Its coming on Christmas Theyre cutting down trees Theyre putting up reindeer Singing songs of joy and peace Oh I, I wish I had a river I could skate away on Yeah I wish I had a river I could skate away on and on And on, and on

Help me, I think Im falling in love again When I get that crazy feeling I know Im in trouble again Im in trouble cause youre a rambler and gambler Like a sweet talking ladies man And you love your lovin But not like you love your freedom Help me, I think Im falling in love too fast Its got me hoping for the future And worrying about the past Ive seen a lot of hot, hot blazes Come down to smoke and ash And we love our lovin But not like we love our freedom Sweet freedom Didnt it feel good? We were sitting there talking Or lying there not talking Didnt it feel good? You dance with the lady With the hole in her stocking Didnt it feel good? Didnt it feel good? Didnt it feel good? Didnt it feel good? Didnt it feel good? Didnt it feel good? Help me, I think Im falling in love with you Are you gonna let me go there by myself Thats such a lonely thing to do Both of us flirting And flirting around and hurting, too We love our lovin But not like we love our freedom Sweet freedom

Rows and floes of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons evrywhere Ive looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun They rain and snow on evryone So many things I would have done But clouds got in my way Ive looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down, and still somehow Its cloud illusions I recall I really dont know clouds at all Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels The dizzy dancing way you feel As evry fairy tale comes real Ive looked at love that way But now its just another show You leave em laughing when you go And if you care, dont let them know Dont give yourself away Ive looked at love from both sides now From give and take, and still somehow Its loves illusions I recall I really dont know love at all Tears and fears and feeling proud To say I love you right out loud Dreams and schemes and circus crowds Ive looked at life that way But now old friends are acting strange They shake their heads, they say Ive changed Well somethings lost, but somethings gained In living evry day Ive looked at life from both sides now From win and lose and still somehow Its lifes illusions I recall I really dont know life at all Ive looked at life from both sides now From up and down, and still somehow Its lifes illusions I recall I really dont know life at all

No demands Just pleasurable sensations Hand in hand No far reaching plans No, no-hand in hand Well I keep on trying to understand Daylight bright How come I keep moving From man to man to man? Giving my sweet love-- Tasting sweet love-- Woman to man Sometimes its easy You drift with the empty gladness Like it all belongs Sometimes its low down sadness Like its all gone so wrong When I saw you standing there I said to myself M-m-m heres a place I could break down and care Ill give him my sweet love-- Taste his sweet love-- Real sweet love-- Woman to man I dont like to lie But I sure can be phony when I get scared I put my nose up in the air Stoney, stoney when I get scared When I saw you standing there I was scared I thought Oh--I hope he can care-- I sure hope I can care-- I hope we can really care-- And share woman to man Cause Ive been moving Man to man to man to man to man Oh what am I looking for? Man to man to man to man A lot of good guys gone through my door Man to man to man to man To man to man to man Man to man to man to man Woman to man

The firmament of Tinsel Town Is strung with tungsten stars Lots of forty watt successes He says wheres my own shining hour Hes the well kept secret of the underground Hes in debt to the company store Because his only channelled aspiration Was getting back that girl he had before Hes got stacks and stacks of words that rhyme Describing what it is to lose Hes got some just for laughs Hes got some for love That mainline to his blues Some to shed a little light on you and on me Some to shed a little light on the human story The wars of pride and property The rebel Irish and the promised land Jew Fighting behind his eyes and over seas Wounded in action and no ceasefire in view Brave reporters bring the battles home But tonight inside that box Just more bang bang ketchup color to him Just more Twentieth Century Fox All because that ghostly girl comes haunting Just out of reach-outside his bed And she kicks the covers off his sleep For the clumsy things he said She commands his head-She tries his sanity She demands his head-Tonight unknowingly Vaguely she floats and lacelike Blown in like a curtain on the night wind Shes nebulous and naked He wonders where shes been He grabs at the air because theres nothing there Her evasiveness stings him With long legs-long lonely legs Bruised from banging into things One day he was standing just outside her door He was carrying an armload of bright balloons She just laughed She said she heard him knocking And she teased him for the moon Is one the moon, dear clown Tied to a string for me? He tried but he could not get it down For truth or for mystery He tried but he could not get it down For love or money

Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its That you dont know what youve got til its gone Have a feeling, now believing that you Were the one I was meant to be with Oh how Im wishing, thinking, dreaming ‘Bout you, and the love Howd I ever let you get away? Got til it’s gone Got til it’s gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its That you dont know what youve got til its gone If I could turn back the hands of time Make you, fall in love, in love with me again So would you give me another chance to love To love you, love you the right way, no games Got til it’s gone Got til it’s gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its That you dont know what youve got til its gone Now you realizing when them nights go long, right Campaign for me to stay when you know that Im gone, right You act all wild, when I tell you to settle I was working round the clock, but your girls want to meddle Talk about I heard he swims with this chick on the beach That was out with the tide but my love you impeach Now you looking at the walls, head in hand, cold jonesin’ Ringing my house, hanging up and imposing Now why you wanna go and do that love, huh? Now why you wanna go and do that and do that huh? Now why you wanna go and do that love, huh? Now why you wanna go and do that and do that, huh? Now why you wanna go and do that love, huh? Now why you wanna go and do that and do that, huh? Now why you wanna go and do that love, huh? Now why you wanna go and do that and do that and do that… Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its That you dont know what youve got til its gone That you dont know what youve got til its gone That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its…