Swallow This Live

It takes two to tango
In the heat of the night
You're gonna give it in
No matter how you fight

Hot nights, pretty women
And a bottle of gin
Fine floozy sitting pretty
In the city of sin
I'm knocking on your back door
Baby let me in

Chorus:
I'll take you down
Light your fuse baby
Set your soul on fire
Make your body sweat
Soaking wet
In the midnight hour

Step closer my seniorita
It's so nice to meet ya
I see your eyes say no
But your flesh is weak

Well sweet salt shaker
And rattle my bones
One more inch i'm gonna drive it home
Hate to see a pretty little woman all alone

Chorus

She said are you gonna nibble baby
Or are you gonna take yourself a bite
You invite me closer honey
And i just might

I don't want money or a big black car
I just wanna know how i'm doing so far
So far i'm gonna do you just right

Chorus

Did you ever get up on the wrong side of bed
With an achin' head and just fall apart?
You're running late, the boss is bitchin',
It's cold outside, and the car won't start

Well i don't mean to bitch i swear
Cause we all got our cross to bear

Chorus:
But when i hear the music
All my troubles just fade away
When i hear the music
Let it play, let it play
When i hear the music
Sure as darkness i can see the day
When i hear the music
Let it play
Let it play

Life's just rented space getting laid to waste
When the lines on my face say i'm growing older
Just a stitch in time gonna save my mind
When the weight of the world lies on my shoulders

Soon i won't have a place to fit
But i'll cross that bridge when i come to it

Chorus

Hearts of fire
Streets of stone
Modern warriors
Saddle iron horses of chrome

Taste the wild
Lick the wind
Like something they never saw before
Their jaws dropping to the floor
Steel made of soul and sin

Rebels born without a care
And the day he listens
Only to fly where eagles dare
And the night she whispers

Chorus:
Ride the wind
Never coming back until i touch the midnight sun
Ride the wind
Never coming back again
Ride the wind
Never coming back until i touch the midnight sun

Painted flesh
Loyalty
Humble pride
Just as far as the eye can see

Stories told
Two old friends
Of battle scars and lonely bars
And nights the rain wouldn't end

Here's to withered eyes wearing gypsy smiles
And the day he listens
Here's to lovely ladies and a million miles
And the night she whispers

Chorus

Ride the wind
I'm still the bravest soul in sin,
Burning till the night is done.

Solo

Of all the truths and lies
And stories of riders in the sky
They say only the bravest try
Where eagles and angels dare to fly

Chorus

She stepped off the bus out into the city streets
Just a small town girl with her whole life
Packed in a suitcase by her feet

But somehow the lights didn't
Shine as bright as they did
On her mama's tv screen

And the work seemed harder
And the days seemed longer
Than she ever thought they'd be

But you know you got to stick to your guns
When it all comes down
Cause sometimes you can't choose
It's like heads they win
Tails you're gonna lose

Chorus:
Win big--mama's fallen angel
Lose big--livin' out her lies
Wants it all--mama's fallen angel
Lose it all, rollin' the dice of her life

Now she found herself in the fast lane livin' day to day
Turned her back on her best friends, yeah
And let her family slip away

Just like a lost soul
Caught up in the hollywood scene
All the parties and the limousines

Such a good actress hiding all her pain
Trading her memories for fortune and fame

Just a step away from the edge of a fall
Caught between heaven and hell
Where's the girl i knew a year ago

Chorus

Too much too soon
Or just a little too late
Cause when her ship came in
She wasn't there and it just wouldn't wait

Solo, chorus out

My daddy said
"son, don't you come to me cryin'
Cause money don't make you a happy man"
He said the grass is always greener
Any place except where you stand

He said some are born to win
And some born to lose
And sing them poor boy blues

Watch out

I've lived uptown, downtown
Lord i've lived everywhere
Almost drowned in the puddle of my own sweat i swear
I believe it's due time i get my mansion in ole bel air

Chorus:
But i'm still singin' those poor boy blues
Poor boy blues
You don't know how i'm feeling baby
Until you're wearing my shoes
Sure as i'm standing here
I got them poor boy blues

Friday night i get tanked up
And tossed in the local slam
At least i get three square meals
Until someone gets me out of this jam
In the meanwhile all my green
Is going to uncle sam

Chorus:

Walk this dog

Solo

Chorus

I felt this before
Now i feel it again
No matter how hard i try
This feeling won't end

So i pretend you're here by my side
Tonight on this lonely ride
I keep telling myself that

Chorus:
Life goes on while you're miles away
And i need you
Time goes on as night steals the day
There's nothing i can do

You heal up my wounds
I tasted your tears
You spilled out your heart
So i let out my fears

But one fear that i kept to myself
Was how i prayed that you'd love no one else
Like you're saying you love me

Chorus

If you only knew how much i miss you

Solo

When my mind plays these tricks on me
It shows me things i don't want to see
That's why i tell myself
I keep telling myself
Just take another piece of me

Chorus

And this last mile i travel with you

Will i see him on the tv
Preachin' 'bout the promised land
He tells me to believe in jesus
And steals the money from my hand

Some say he was a good man
But lord i think he sinned, yeah

Twenty-two years of mental tears
Cries a suicidal vietnam vet
Who fought a losing war on a foreign shore
To find his country didn't want him back

Their bullets took his best friend in saigon
Our lawyers took his wife and kids, no regrets
In a time i don't remember
In a war he can't forget

He cried "forgive me for what i've done there
Cause i never meant the things i did"

Chorus:
And give me something to believe in
If there's a lord above
And give me something to believe in
Oh, lord arise

My best friend died a lonely man
In some palm springs hotel room
I got the call last christmas eve
And they told me the news

I tried all night not to break down and cry
As the tears rolled down my face
I felt so cold and empty
Like a lost soul out of place

And the mirror, mirror on the wall
Sees my smile it fades again

Chorus

Sometimes i wish to god i didn't know now
The things i didn't know then
Road you gotta take me home

Solo

I drive by the homeless sleeping on a cold dark street
Like bodies in an open grave
Underneath the broken old neon sign
That used to read jesus saves

A mile away live the rich folks
And i see how they're living it up
While the poor they eat from hand to mouth
The rich is drinkin' from a golden cup

And it just makes me wonder
Why so many lose, so few win

Chorus

You take the high road
And i'll take the low road

Sometimes i wish to god i didn't know now
The things i didn't know then

And give me something to believe in

I went to bed too late
And got up too soon
My poor head still spinnin'
From too much booze

I got a foot in the gutter
A foot in the grave
I ain't seen home
In the last three days

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Oh my god look what the cat dragged in
Livin' my life sin after sin
Night rolls up and i do it again
Oh my god, look what the cat dragged in

No tell, motel, hotel bed
If it wasn't for the sunlight i'd swear i was dead

I got a girl on the left of me
A girl on the right
I know damn well i slept with both last night

Chorus, solo

I'm late for work on monday
And my boss is bitchin'
Can't get out of be
Cause my head's still spinnin'

My hair's in a rat's nest
I look like hell
Half alive or half dead,
I just can't tell

Chorus out

I'd like to put to rest the rumours
I'd like to put to rest the lies
I'd like to throw away the past
And show you how i feel inside

I'll be your taxi and your driver
I'll be your road if you need
I'd like to push and push and push
Just to make you pleased

But your river of emotion for me
Flows like a dried up stream

Chorus:
So tell me why
Your satisfaction's like a heart of stone
So tell me why
Your love reaction chills me to the bone

You make my blood boil hot
And my heart beat like a drum
I'd like to do to you girl
Things that ain't never been done

From the rain i'll be your shelter
From the cold i'll be your heat
I'll push and push and push
Just to make you pleased

Chorus

So tell me your reason
For tearing me up inside
Girl you gotta tell me why

Solo

But your river of emotion for me
Flows like a dried up stream

Chorus

I just needed someone to hold
When the bottle was empty
And the nights grew cold

In my hour of darkness
In my time of need
You were my angel of mercy
And helped me to believe

You touched my soul
When i was lonely
You held me up
When i couldn't fly

There's no words could explain
How i feel inside
And this i tell you

In a world full of anger
And times gone strange
You held me close
You held me close to you

Lay my head on your shoulder
I finally let it all out
It felt good for a moment
Not living in a shadow of doubt

But everybody needs a little something
Tu pull them through
I gave one for the other
And god know that the other was you

Chorus:
Now only time will tell
Only time will tell
If our love is scratched in sand
Or if it's etched in stone
Only time will tell
Only time will tell
If our love will stand
Or walk the road along

My angel of mercy
Pulled me through somehow
I just hope you know
I need you now

Solo

You're the one
That touched my very soul
The one who held on tight
God knows you never let go

Angel of mercy
It's time we closed the door
Put out the lights
And burn the fire
Burn the fire inside

Angel of mercy
You pulled me through
And this i tell to you
God know i'd tell it to you

My friend called just the other day
Packed it up he won't be back this way

It's not your heart but the spirit they break
There's only so much a small town boy can take

See the eyes of the countless masses
Drinking life from the empty glasses

Chorus:
No more victims
No more lies
Ne sheer heart attacks
No more empty promises
No more lookin' back

I came here loaded searching for the dream
But nothing is ever easy as it seems

I thought i got closer to it every day
But every day it just got so far away

See all the faces paled
Shot to hell when the system failed

Chorus

I thought i could take all the shit in grind
And stand much more pain
But see all those dead end wishes
Eats away at the brain

Solo, chorus