We Are Rotary

Mama, I will always love losers
Mama, I never will change
These young desperados who can't be tied down
Have driven me almost insane

Mama, I never pick winners
I've only myself to blame
But I'd rather gamble on a young desperado
Cause I've always loved a good game

Why do I fall for those crazy blue eyes?
Those mavericks who won't settle down
But I never could stand the touch of a man
Who'd brand me to keep me around

Mama, please don't feel sorry
I've known what I've done from the start
Well I chose a man I could love with my body
But none I could touch with my heart

Why do I fall for those crazy blue eyes?
Those mavericks who won't settle down
But I never could stand the touch of a man
Who'd brand me to keep me around

Why do I fall for those crazy blue eyes?
Those mavericks who won't settle down
But I never could stand the touch of a man
Who'd brand me to keep me around

And I'll live till I die believing the lie
Cause I love those crazy blue eyes
Crazy blue eyes

I wanna go where the warm winds blow me
I just wanna ea-ease my mind
I wanna run through the sand and the sun
Leavin' it all behind
Watch that ol' moon risin' on the horizon
Turnin' from gold to blue-ue
It's just makin' it easy for takin' it easy with you

Somewhere far away those night birds call my name
I can hear them singing love songs just for me-ee and you-ou
For a million summer nights this dream has been the same
Its just you and me and the stars and the sand and the sea

Well I wanna go where the warm winds blow me
I just wanna ea-ease my mind
I wanna run through the sand and the sun
Leavin' it all behind
Watch that ol' moon risin' on the horizon
Turnin' from gold to blue-ue
Ooh, it's just makin' it easy for takin' it easy with you

Every time I look into your emerald eyes
I just want to take you far away
'Cause I know you deserve to live in paradise
And babe you know I'll get you there someday

'Cause I wanna go where the warm winds blow me
I just wanna ea-ease my mind
I wanna run through the sand and the sun
Leavin' it all behind
Watch that ol' moon risin' on the horizon
Turnin' from gold to blue-ue
It's just makin' it easy for takin' it easy with you

Well I wanna go where the warm winds blow me
I just wanna ea-ease my mind
I wanna run through the sand and the sun
Leavin' it all behind [fade]

From the corners of the country
From the cities and the farms
With years and years of living
Tucked up underneath their arms

They walk away from everything
Just to see a dream come true
So God bless the boys who make the noise
On 16th Avenue

With a million dollar spirit
And an old flattop guitar
They drive to town with all they own
In a hundred dollar car

'Cause one time someone told them
About a friend of a friend they knew
Who owns, you know, a studio
On 16th Avenue

Now some were born to money
They've never had to say "Survive"
And others swing a 9 pound hammer
Just to stay alive

There's cowboys drunks and Christians
Mostly white and black and blue
They've all dialed the phone collect to home
From 16th Avenue

Ah, but then one night in some empty room
Where no curtains ever hung
Like a miracle some golden words
Rolled off of someone's tongue

And after years of being nothing
They're all looking right at you
And for a while they'll go in style
On 16th Avenue

It looked so uneventful
So quiet and discreet
But a lot of lives where changed
Down on that little one way street

'Cause they walk away from everything
Just to see a dream come true
So God bless the boys who make the noise
On 16th Avenue