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1. _ Baby I
Baby i - don't need you loving no more
Baby i - don't need your kisses no more
Baby i - don't need your tender touch
Baby i
Baby i - don't need your tender kiss
Baby i - you'll never miss
Baby i - don'y want you round me no more
Baby i
'cause i got someone new
Somebody better than you
Somebody who'll be true
Somebody better than you
(repeat all - both verses and chorus- one time)
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2. _ Jackson Cage
Driving home she grabs something to eat
Turns a corner and drives down her street
Into a row of houses she just melts away
Like the scenery in another man's play
Into a house where the blinds are closed
To keep from seeing things she don't wanna know
She pulls the blinds and looks out on the street
The cool of the night takes the edge off the heat
In the jackson cage
Down in jackson cage
You can try with all your might
But you're reminded every night
That you been judged and handed life
Down in jackson cage
Every day ends in wasted motion
Just crossed swords on the killing floor
To settle back is to settle without knowing
The hard edge that you're settling for
Because there's always just one more day
And it's always gonna be that way
Little girl you've been down here so long
I can tell by the way that you move you belong to
The jackson cage
Down in jackson cage
And it don't matter just what you say
Are you tough enough to play the game they play
Or will you just do your time and fade away
Down into the jackson cage
Baby there's nights when i dream of a better world
But i wake up so downhearted girl
I see you feeling so tired and confused
I wonder what it's worth to me or you
Just waiting to see some sun
Never knowing if that day will ever come
Left alone standing out on the street
Till you become the hand that turns the key down in
Jackson cage
Down in jackson cage
Well darlin' can you understand
The way that they will turn a man
Into a stranger to waste away
Down in the jackson cage
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3. _ She's So Fine
Hey baby
Well she's vicious as a razor
Resting on your mainline
She's brutal as an ace
Laid on the table at just the right time
She's like a devil-woman
But she's locked in over-drive
Her eyes are cold stone
But she's backed by a power-glide
She's sweet, she's educated
She knows about history, geometry
She's so fine
Oh she says i ain't got the love
I ain't got the time
Ain't gonna give you no kiss
Ain't gonna hand ya
All i want's a ride, sweet william
All i want's a ride
And it's oh baby, oh baby
Won't you come, don't you wanna go for a ride?
I'll get in my car and burn it up
Now switch on the radio and turn it up
And we're gonna be burning down a straight load
I want some love and i got to truck along
Well she's vicious as a razor
Resting on your mainline
She's brutal as an ace
Laid on the table at just the right time
She's like a devil-woman
But she's locked in over-drive
Her eyes are cold stone
But she's backed by a power-glide
She's so educated
She's got a nice mama, she got a nice pop
She's so fine
Oh and the boys say she swings a silver rodthe kids call her angel
Some kids call her god down on lover's lane
Be my baby
Won't you be my lover
Come on baby
I said hey baby
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4. _ Protection
Night after night
I keep holding on
You say you love me
Then you leave me so lonely
Baby i don't believe a word you're sayin'
I think it's all some evil game you're playin'
Still all day long all i do is think about you
You got me believin' that i can't live without you
Well if you want it, here's my confession
Baby i can't help it, you're my obsession
Protection, that's what i need
I need protection, baby, from your love
Protection, that's what i need
I need protection, baby, from your love
I wait at home by the telephone
When i call your house, baby, you're not there
Knock on the door and i rush down the stairs
When i open up, baby, you're not there
When we're together
When we're together and you put your arms around me
You keep my mind
Forever, ever in doubt
You want me believin'
That, baby, i can't live without
Protection, that's what i need
I need protection, baby, from your love
Protection, that's what i need
I need protection, baby, from your love
We stand alone, at my window
And stare out, at the shadows down below
I feel your fingers on my face
I want to stay, i want to run away
Protection, that's what i need
I need protection, baby, from your love
Protection, that's what i need
I need protection, baby, from your love
Protection
Liner notes on "lost masters" bootleg cd:
Bruce springsteen and the e street band, the hit factory, new york city,
August 1, 1983. the full e street band completed take of song written for
Donna summer.
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5. _ Song To The Orphans
The moltitude assembled and tried to make the noise
The black blind poet generals
And restless loud white boys
But time grew thin and the axis
Was left somehow incomplete
Where instead of child lions
We found aging junkie sheep
How many wasted have i seen signed "hollywood or bust"
Left to ride them ever ghostly arizona gusts
Oh, cheerleader tramps and kids with big amps
Sounding in the void
High society vamps and ex-heavyweight champs
Mistaking soot for soil
So break me now big mama
As old faithful breaks the day
Believe me, my good linda,
The aurora will shine your way
The confederacy, she's in my name now
And the hounds are held at bay
The axis needs a stronger arm
Do you feel your muscles play?
The doorstep blanket weaver
Madonna she's pushing bells
From house to house to house to house
Giving last kisses and wishing well
To every gypsy, mystic and all star hero
That the kids might find the place
Who've been lost forever to papa and mama
On their weekends out in space
Now the sons they search for fathers
But their fathers have all gone
The lost souls search for saviors
But saviours don't last long
Those aimless, questionless renegade brats
Who live their lives in songs
They run the length of a candle
In a goodnight whisper and a puff they're gone
So break me now big mama
As old faithful breaks the day
Believe me, my good linda,
The aurora will shine your way
The confederacy, she's in my name now
And the hounds are held at bay
The axis needs a stronger arm
Do you feel your muscles play?
The missions are filled with hermits looking for a friend
The terraces are filled with cat-men looking for a way in
There are orphans junked on silver mountains
Lost in celestial alleyways
They wait for that old tramp dog man moses
He takes in all the strays
"now, don't grow on empty legends
Or lonely cradle songs
'cause billy the kid was just a bowery boy
Who made his living twirling his guns"
The night she's long, she's lanky
She speaks in her mother tongue
And lullabies the refugees
With an amplifier's hum
So break us now big mama
As old faithful breaks the day
Believe me, my sweet linda,
Oh, help is sure on the way
The confederacy, she's in my name now
And the hounds are held at bay
The axis needs a stronger arm
Do you feel your muscles play?
The confederacy, she's in my name now
And the hounds are held at bay
The axis needs a stronger arm
Do you feel your muscles play?
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6. _ Without You
Monday, i go to work
Tuesday, can't find my shirt
Wednesday, i'm feelin' blue
I'm helpless, darlin'
Without you, without you
Without you, without you
Thursdays, everything's fine
Friday, i'm out of my mind
Friday, i'm out of my mind
Saturday, sunday too
It's hopeless, darlin'
Without you, without you
Without you, without you
Each and every night of the week
I toss and turn in my sleep
Worryin' if you're all right
Wonderin' where you are tonight
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7. _ I Can't Help Falling In Love
Wise men say only fools rush in
But i can't help falling in love with you
Shall i say would it be a sin
'cause i can't help falling in love with you
Like the river flows
Flowing to the sea
Darling so it goes
Some things were meant to be
Take my hand, take my whole life too
'cause i can't help falling in love with you
No, i can't help falling in love with you
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8. _ Glory Days (w/ Extra Verse)
I had a friend was a big baseball player
Back in high school
He could throw that speedball by you
Make you look like a fool boy
Saw him the other night at this roadside bar
I was walking in, he was walking out
We went back inside sat down had a few drinks
But all he kept talking about was
Chorus:
Glory days well they'll pass you by
Glory days in the wink of a young girl's eye
Glory days, glory days
Well there's a girl that lives up the block
Back in school she could turn all the boy's heads
Sometimes on a friday i'll stop by
And have a few drinks after she put her kids to bed
Her and her husband bobby well they split up
I guess it's two years gone by now
We just sit around talking about the old times,
She says when she feels like crying
She starts laughing thinking about
Chorus
My old man worked 20 years on the line
And they let him go
Now everywhere he goes out looking for work
They just tell him that he's too old
I was 9 nine years old and he was working at the
Metuchen ford plant assembly line
Now he just sits on a stool down at the legion hall
But i can tell what's on his mind
Glory days yeah goin back
Glory days aw he ain't never had
Glory days, glory days
Now i think i'm going down to the well tonight
And i'm going to drink till i get my fill
And i hope when i get old i don't sit around thinking about it
But i probably will
Yeah, just sitting back trying to recapture
A little of the glory of, well time slips away
And leaves you with nothing mister but
Boring stories of glory days
Chorus (repeat twice)
Assorted all rights, oh yeahs, come on nows, hoots, etc til fade
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9. _ Fade To Black
sunday matinee
In a one dog town
You're two seats away
I move two seats down
Wipe the tears from your eyes
The first kiss i stole
I walk you home
The credits roll
Fade to black
Fade to black
Fade to black
Fade to black
I hear my voice
On the telephone
But i'm just running
The same old business
I feel like i'm off
Somewhere so alone
Just watching us both
Running the distance
Watching us both
Slowly pull back
Fade to black
Fade to black
Fade to black
I come home
Clothes all over the place
You're crying in the corner
Makeup running down your face
Your case is packed
The fight starts
I (?????) cursin'
Baby is this the scene
Which we been rehearsin'
Is this the one
Or have i lost track
Waitin' for us
To fade to black
Fade to black
Fade to black
Fade to black
A face wet with shame
Eyes filled with hurt
I scream out your name
You rip my shirt
A small bungalow
A late afternoon
The sunlight falls
Like a bright veil
A camera pans
An empty room
The picture dissolves
Slowly pulls back
Fade to black
Fade to black
Fade to black
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10. _ Lift Me Up
I don't need your answered prayers
Or the chains your lover wears
I don't need your rings of gold
Or the secrets that you hold
Lift me up, darling
Lift me up and i'll fall with you lift me up
Let your love lift me up
I don't need your sacred vow
Or the promise tomorrow brings
There behind the morning clouds
I'll take the faith the daylight brings
Lift me up, darling
Lift me up, and i'll fall with you lift me up
Let your love lift me up
When the morning bright
Lifts away this night
And the light above
We will find our love, we will find our love
Your skin, your hand upon my neck
This skin, your fingers on my skin
This kiss, this heartbeat this breath
This heart, this heart this wilderness
Lift me up darling
Lift me up and i'll fall with you lift me up
Let your love lift me up
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11. _ You Mean So Much To Me Baby
Well, she comes to me like a childhood soul
Or an old time friend i ain't seen so long
When she sings to me, it's like a loving song
She can be so sweet, she don't do me no wrong
You mean so much to me, baby
You know you drive me crazy
You mean so much to me, baby
I want you for my girl
Well, sometimes she's like a baby playing with a toy,
Then she's so much woman she makes me feel like a little boy
And when she comes to me, and she's all alone,
And she cries: "oh daddy, oh daddy make me strong!"
That's when she means so much to me baby,
You know you drive me crazy
You mean so much to me, baby
I want you for my girl
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12. _ Janey Needs A Shooter ('72 Piano Demo)
Well janey's got a doctor who tears apart her insides.
He investigates her and silently bates her every little sigh.
Oh, he probes with his fingers but he knows her heart only through a stethescope.
Oh, his hands are so old and his instruments so cold
Janey turns him down like dope.
And janey's got a proctor. from his marble pulpit he smiles.
He provides consolation and an open invitation to confession at any time.
Between the pages of his bible he holds from what janey he hides.
With her doors open wide she begs "come inside."
He's too long been content to mess around with the handles on the outside.
And janey needs a shooter
A shooter like this boy on her side
Janey needs a shooter
Someone who knows her style
And i know her style
Well janey loved a mechanic who owned a gas station down on route 9.
Well she took him to bed and i beat my head on *his gas tanks and bled all over his tires.
And then he smashed my car with big tow bar. i got out and asked him why.
He said, "'cuz with her it's either you or me, and it's gonna be me."
And i watched janey silently stand by.
Then she flopped with a cop who lived 'round the block.
He'd come peak in my window every night.
Janey's skin would turn pale as the siren he'd wail outside my house all night long when he knew she was inside.
She said his big gun was fun but janey's small, and sometimes he scared her.
So i held her real close. she was more a saint than a ghost.
And told her i so long had been prepared for her.
And janey needs a shooter
A shooter just like me on her side
Janey needs a shooter
Somebody who won't let her slide
And i can't let her slide
Woah, stay in here tonight, baby, and i won't let you slide.
I'm stayin' here tonight, woah, janey, and i won't let you slide.
I'm stayin' here tonight. baby i'm a-can'(t) let you slide.
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13. _ Spanish Harlem
There is a rose in spanish harlem
A rose that grows in spanish harlem
It's never seen the sun
It only comes up when the moon is on the run
And all the stars are leaving
Well, it grows right in the street
Up between the concrete
But soft and sweet, and (breathing??)
There is a rose in spanish harlem
A rose that grows in spanish harlem
Oh, with eyes as black as coal
That reach down in my soul
And start a fire i can't control
I beg your pardon
Well, i want to pick that rose
And watch her as she grows
In my garden
There is a rose in spanish harlem
There is a rose in spanish harlem
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14. _ Arabian Nights
Shrieks of sheiks as they run across the movie screen
A thousand sand-dune soldiers led by an arabian queen
And the harem girls move like fancy (clancy's) dancers
In my dirty dreams
And i wake up on the floor clutching the bed-lamp
And mama comes in, she screams
"hey you been out with that tramp again last night
You know that silver-sequined arab black bitch
The one that mama don't like ?"
But mama she sings me moontime melodies
With this great top 40 hook
She shrugs her shoulders, she don't care
Papa just stares and says "mary, look the girl's alright
The girl's alright"
And there's a tenseness in the air he turns and says
Don't you know, can't you feel it "tell me son, what's the word ?"
Because there's something hanging there 'cos you know he can't hear it
Pull back the mist and reveal it but don't go near it
And even if you fear what you near it's criticized as too absurd
Don't conceal it even the animals fear it
'cos if what mama feels is too real papa says "fetch me my flashlight,
Son"
She just claims she don't feel it and she stumbles out the front door
So come out from behind your bunkers
'cos the lift-off's been a bust
Oh papa's gone and mama's dead
And buried in my rocket dust
You're alone now for the first time
Don't worry, 'cos that's all right
All fear will completely disappear
Come the arabian night
Well the soundman smiles and turns the dials
To set the meter readin' rising
He pulls the singer's voice from out of his pocket
To see if the audience likes it
Oh and in the very first row sits sweet jenny rue
With a bell on her shoe and she wants him to make it
He flicks a switch but jenny moves too fast
And the audience sways to the sound of her shotgun blast
The manager comes running out from behind stage and says
Check the band's arms for bullet holes
Make that man roll up his sleeves"
The drummer shoots himself with cyanide
And then asks to be relieved
And me, i say "well, it's too crazy in here
Which is the stage door out, i gotta get up tomorrow morning for work"
And the promoter says "man, once you're in they all lead out
What's the matter man, ain't you heard ?
There's a war going on on the outside
And i'm paying you to sing like a bird
So get in and get tough or get up and get out
Because things aren't too tight"
I said "don't worry, man, everything's gonna loosen up
Come the arabian night"
Come the arabian night
So i get back in my bed
But outside my window i hear another gang fight
It's duke and the boys against the devil's best man
And both sides have drawn their knives
And duke he's a well-known knife-fighter
And with one quick jab he brings the devil down
He smiles 'cos he knows there's a high bounty on devils
In any god-fearin' town
Well they say duke sold the devil to some priest in pennsylvania
To exhibit on his altar christmas night
But the devil's eyes they still burn red with fire
As long as duke walks upright
And he swears there's a going to be a showdown
Come sundown on the arabian night
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15. _ Gypsy Woman
From nowhere through the caravan
Round the campfire light
Lovely woman in motion
With hair as dark as night
Her eyes were like that of a cat in the dark
That hypnotized me with love
She was a gypsy woman
She was a gypsy woman
She was a gypsy woman
She was a gypsy woman
She was a gypsy woman
She danced around and round
Guitar's melody
From the fire her face was aglow
How she enchanted me
I'd like to hold her near
And kiss her hair and whisper in her ear
I love you gypsy woman
I love you gypsy woman
I love you gypsy woman
I love you gypsy woman
All through the caravan
She was dancing with all the men
Waiting for the rising sun
Everyone was having fun
Hated to see her go
Knowing that she'll never know
That i love her
That i love her
I love you gypsy woman
I love you gypsy woman
I love you gypsy woman
I love you gypsy woman
Whoever compared it to part monkey part man hit the nail on the head. it has that same kind of dark, mysterious sound. the vocals are soft and understated, somewhat reminiscent to those on if i should fall behind or pony boy. the song is sung with that nasally twang bruce has grown so fond of lately.
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16. _ Chicken Lips And Lizard Hips (j.& N. Cassidy)
When i was a little kid
I never liked to eat
Mom would put things on my plate
And i'd dump 'em on her feet
But then one day she made this soup
I ate it all in bed
I asked her what she put in it
And this is what she said:
"oh, chicken lips and lizard hips
And alligator eyes
Monkey legs and buzzard eggs
And salamander thighs
Rabbit ears and camel rears
And tasty toenail pies
Stir 'em all together
And it's mama's soup surprise"
I went into the bathroom
And i stood beside the sink
I said, "i'm feeling slightly ill
And i think i'd like a drink"
Mama said, "i've just the thing
I'll get it in a wink
It's full of lots of protein
And vitamins, i think"
"oh, chicken lips and lizard hips
And alligator eyes
Monkey legs and buzzard eggs
And salamander thighs
Rabbit ears and camel rears
And tasty toenail pies
Stir 'em all together
And it's mama's soup surprise"
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17. _ Rickie
Well look out mama your little girl she has changed
She cut her baby curls
And she's got her act rearranged
Look out daddy what she needs now
She can't find at home
Oh rickie wants a man of her
She wants a man of her
Rickie wants a man of her own
Mama says her little girl won't talk to her anymore
She just goes in her room, turns on the radio and shuts
The door
She's got her own bathroom, tv, stereo, extension phone
Oh, but mama, rickie wants a man of her
She wants a man of her
Rickie wants a man of her own
Well daddy says when he drop her off friday night at the
Gym
She slides way down in the front seat
So the kids won't see her with him
She don't do no work
She won't tell nobody when she's coming home
And she makes poor daddy wait down on the corner
At midnight all alone
Well daddy's pullin' out his hair
He says that girl ain't got no direction
She don't care to bring her boyfriends home
To pass daddy's inspection
Now we're left peeking through the curtains
Everytime that we hear a horn blow
Well i guess rickie wants a man of her own
Mama says: "son, talk to her, she'll listen to you"
Yeah, she listens real nice and she does what she wants
To do
Well daddy says: "she wears her jeans so tight
Well, you change 'em or you're staying home"ah, but daddy, rickie wants a man
Of her
She wants a man of her
Rickie wants a man of her own
She's almost grown
Rickie wants a man of her
She wants a man of her
Rickie wants a man of her own
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18. _ Long Time Coming (denver Version).
Where the creek runs shallow and sandy
The moon swoops over the stars
------- straight into my arms
I'm going to get birth naked and bury my old soul
And dance on it's grave
Dance on his grave
It's a long time coming
A long time coming my dear
But now it's here
My daddy was a stranger
Lived in a hotel downtown
When i was a kid
He was just somebody i'd see around
Somebody i'd see around
It's a long time coming
A long time coming my dear
But now it's here
Down below and pulling on my shirt
I got some kids of my own
But if i had one wish kids
That your mistakes would be your own
Your sins would be your own
It's a long time coming
A long time coming my dear
But now it's here
I am laying under the arms of cassiopeia
The sword of orion sweeps
It's me and you rosie
Crackling like crossed wires
I listen to you breathing in your sleep
The sparks of the fire are left burning
Lie 2 kids in sleeping bags
I reach under your shirt and feel your belly
There's another one kicking inside
I promise i ain't going to fuck it up this time
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19. _ You Gotta Fight (fight For What You Want)
Little girl in these changing times
You got to move on or left behind
Every day is a battle again
And the state of future looks so damned
... ... allright
And if you get it right
...
...
...
Well you just got to fight for what you want
You got to fight for what you want 2x
For what you want
...
Every guide (or better 'guy'?) leaves you so confused
... which way to turn
...
Oh yeah ...
All night ...
... ... with that stone
Remember that
You got to fight for what you want 3x
For what you want
...
Got to fight for what you want
You got to fight for what you want
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20. _ Bad Moon Rising(john Fogerty/creedence Clearwater Revival)
I see a bad moon rising
I see troubles on the way
I see earthquakes and lightning
I see bad times today
Don't go 'round tonight
Well, it's bound to take your life
There's a bad moon on the rise
I hear hurricanes a-blowin'
I know the end it's coming soon
I fear rivers overflowing
I hear the voice of rage and ruin
Don't go 'round tonight
Well, it's bound to take your life
There's a bad moon on the rise
Hope you got your things together
Hope you're quite prepared to die
Looks like we're in for nasty weather
One eye is taken for an eye
Don't go 'round tonight
Well, it's bound to take your life
There's a bad moon on the rise
Don't go 'round tonight
Well, it's bound to take your life
There's a bad moon on the rise
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21. _ Ballad Of The Self-loading Pistol
Father, i have come.
To tell you about somethin' i done.
Well as the night reared its light head
Into a baby's sun,
We rolled down into the town
From where the black throats come.
And you know there was a robb'ry.
There was a holdup.
Ooh, there was a shootout.
And there was a killin'.
And there's blood on my hands.
Today i killed a man.
Well now, sister, you know me well.
And you ask me well, how it was i felt.
Well, she had an appetite for lovin'
Only a fadin' beauty could posses.
She knew just what she wanted
And she wouldn't take less.
I figured it was a small town.
It was at sundown.
It was just a small crowd of people around.
Oh! but he wouldn't put his guns down.
No, he wouldn't put his guns down.
Oh, he wouldn't put his guns down.
Now his blood's on my hands.
Today i killed a man.
And, papa, you showed me the beauty of buckshot.
Well, that song a bullet sings as she whistles.
And showed me the story of the self-loading pistol.
Well now, father. i have come.
To tell you about somethin' i done.
He had a widow, runnin' through town screamin'.
He had a brother, and his tears were streamin'.
Now i'm movin' on the border
With a rifle on my shoulder.
'cuz, daddy, you showed me the beauty of buckshot.
The love song a bullet sings as she whistles.
And showed me the glory of the self-loading pistol.
And i just come to tell ya,
That it don't hurt no more.
No, it don't hurt no more,
'cuz your son, he's an outlaw.
Oh, your son, he's an outlaw.
Yes, your son, he's an outlaw.
Oh, your son, he's an outlaw.
Now, your son, he's an outlaw.
Oh, your son, he's an outlaw.
And this blood feels good on my hands.
Today i killed a man.
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22. _ I Ain't Got No Home
I ain't got no home, i'm just a ramblin' around
A hard working ramblin' man, i go from town to town
The police make it hard wherever i may go
And i ain't got no home in this world anymore
I was farmin' on the shares and always i was poor
My crops i laid into the banker's door
And my wife took down and died upon the cabin floor
And i ain't got no home in this world anymore
I ain't got no home, i'm just a ramblin' around
A hard working ramblin' man, i go from town to town
The police make it hard wherever i may go
And i ain't got no home in this world anymore
Now as i look around it's mighty plain to see
This wide wicked world is a funny place to be
The gamblin' man is rich and the workin' man is poor
And i ain't got no home in this world anymore
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23. _ Bye Bye Johnny
She drew out all her money out of the southern trust
And put her little boy aboard a greyhound bus
Leaving louisiana for the golden west
Down came the tears from her happiness
Her own little son name 'o johnny b. goode
Was gonna make some motion pictures out in hollywood
Bye, bye, bye, bye
Bye, bye, bye, bye
Bye bye johnny
Good bye johnny b. goode
She remembered taking money out from gathering crop
And buying johnny's guitar at a broker shop
As long as he would play it by the railroad side
And wouldn't get in trouble he was satisfied
But never thought that there would come a day like this
When she would have to give her son a goodbye kiss
Going
Bye, bye, bye, bye
Bye, bye, bye, bye
Bye bye johnny
Good bye johnny b. goode
She finally got the letter she was dreaming of
Johnny wrote and told her he had fell in love
As soon as he was married he would bring her back
And build a mansion for 'em by the railroad track
So every time they heard the locomotive roar
They'd be a' standin', a' wavin' by the kitchen door
Howling
Bye, bye, bye, bye
Bye, bye, bye, bye
Bye bye johnny
Good bye johnny b. goode
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24. _ The Big Payback
I bought a scooter and i rented a shack
Out in the sun, by the railroad track
I got a job and i'm a-breakin' my back
Workin' and workin' for the big payback
I keep a puttin' and a puttin' out
I keep a sweatin' like a hog and all
I work so long that i'm a losin' track
I work so long that i'm a losin' track
Waitin', waitin' on the big payback
Well, it's a wham, bam, thank you ma'am, god damn, ring out sam
I took on that train rumblin' down this track
They got your neck in the noose, you're draggin' long in back
Chasin' and chasin' the big payback
Oh what my foreman does well i don't know
He just throws me a shovel and yells "go, bobby, go"
Oh well-a all day long he's just a busy wise crack
While i'm sweatin' and sweatin' the big payback
Well, it's a wham, bam, thank you ma'am, god damn, ring out sam
I took on that train rumblin' down the track
They got your neck in the noose, your hands are tied up in back
And you're a-workin' and workin' for the big payback
I quit that job, and mister i ain't goin' back
Got me a knife and she's a long and bad
I'll tell you how i make the peace with that man
Down in the alley of the big payback
I go a wham, bam, thank you ma'am, god damn, c'mon man
You're a goin' to that train rumblin' down this track
I got your neck in the noose and i don't give a damn, jack
I'm on that long lost highway of the big payback
I'm on that long lost highway of the big payback
I'm on that long lost highway of the big payback
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25. _ All I Need
Some men need riches and lots of money to spend
Some men need power to hold over other men
But not me baby, girl you can believe
I'm telling you my darling
You're, you're all i need
You're, you're all i need
You're, you're all i need
In this world, girl
Some men need fine clothes, big diamond rings
To feel like somebody some men need expensive things
But i feel like somebody, girl, every time you look at me
I don't need nothing to remind me that
You're, you're all i need
You're, you're all i need
You're, you're all i need
In this world, girl
Some men need a fine home on a far hillside
Some men need a big car to show off as they ride
Some men need a pretty woman just to walk by their side
And some men need to see the fear in another man's eyes
But all i need baby, is all i can see
When you wrap your loving arms around me
You're, you're all i need
You're, you're all i need
You're, you're all i need
You're, you're all i need
In this world, girl
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26. _ I Wanna Be Where The Bands Are
I hear the guitars ringing out there
Ringing out down union street
I hear the lead singer shouting out yeah
And i wanna be a slave to the beat
And tonight i wanna break my chains
Somebody break my heart
Somebody shake my brains
Downtown they're singing what i wanna hear
It's the sound little girl thats ringing in my ear
I wanna be where the bands are
I wanna be where the bands are
Where the bands are
I wanna be where the bands are
Get off from work and i grab something to eat
I turn the corner and i drive down your street
Little gray houses, mama, looks like nowhere
But hey i know you're hiding in there
Come on out for just a little while
You know that heart of stone
Girl it just ain't your style
Tonight i want to feel, feel the crowd
And when i tell you that i love you
I wanna shout it out loud
Shout it out loud
Shout it out loud
I wanna be where the bands are
I wanna be where the bands are
Where the bands are
I wanna be where the bands are
I.....wanna.....be
Where the bands are
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27. _ The Hitter
Come to the door ma and unlock the chain.
Well i was just passin' through and got caught in the rain.
There's nothing that i want, nothin' that you need say.
Just let me lie down a while and i'll be on my way.
I was no more than a kid when you put me on the southern queen.
With the police on my back i fled to new orleans.
Well i fought in the dockyards for the the money that i made.
And the fight was my home and any blood was my trade.
Baton rouge, ______, and lafayette town.
They payed me the moon, ma, to knock the man down.
Well i did what i did, yeah it come easily.
For as know ma, restraint and mercy were always strangers to me.
I fought champion jack thompson in a field full of mud.
Rain poured through the tent canvas and mixed with our blood.
In the twelfth, slipped my tounge over my broken jaw.
And i pounded his body into the floor.
Well the bell rang and rang and still i kept on.
'til i felt my glove leather slip 'tween his skin and bone.
And the women and the money came fast and the days i lost track.
The women red, the money green, but the numbers were black.
I fought for the men in their silk suits to lay down their bets.
Well i took my good share, ma, i have no regrets.
I took the fixed staid hombre with big diamond don. (???)
Well from high in the rafters i watched myself fall.
He raised his arms, stomach twisted, and the sky it went black. (???)
I stuffed my bag with their good money, ma, and never looked back.
Understand me and my, every man plays the game.
Well if you know anyone different then speak out his name.
My life, my face, now you don't recognize.
Well just open the door and look into your dark eyes.
I ask of you nothin', not a kiss not a smile.
Just open the door and let me lie down for a while.
Now the gray rain is fallin' and my ring fightin's done.
So in the work fields and alleys, i take them who'll come.
If you're a better man than me then just step to the line.
Show me your money and speak out your crime.
There's nothin' i want, ma, nuthin' that you need say.
Just let me lie for a while and i'll be on my way.
Well tonight in stockyard, a man draws a circle in the dirt.
I move to the center and take off my shirt.
I study him for the cuts, the scars, the pain, no time can erase.
I move hard to the left and i strike to the face.
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28. _ Good Rockin' Tonight
I heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight
Gonna hold my baby as tight as i can
Tonight she'll know i'm a mighty man
I heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight
Oh, lead me in the alley behind the barn
Don't be afraid, i'll do you no harm
Baby, bring my rockin' shoes
'cause tonight i'm gonna rock away all my blues
Have you heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight
Well, elder brown, deacon jones,
They've left their happy home
They'll be there, just you wait and see
A-jumpin' and a-stompin' at the jubilee
Hey man, there's good rockin' tonight
Sweet lorraine, sioux city sue,
Sweet georgia brown, caledonia, too
They'll be there jumpin' like mad
Hey, sister, ain't you glad
We got the news there's good rockin' tonight
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29. _ Get That Feeling
(woargh = aend-of-backstreets type full throated growl)
Yeah girl
Now won't you come on out tonight
Girl, where the stars will shine real bright
Well i gotta get that feeling
Yeah i wanna get that feeling
Woargh* back again
Yeah, back again tonight
There's something in the air
Tonight
Ain't got money but i don't care
I gotta get that feeling
I wanna get that feeling
And before the night is through
You're gonna get that feeling too
Hold me in your arms and baby take everything
Let the light shine, and if we (dare to ???)...
Yeah,yeah,yeah tonight
Well there's something in the air,
And tonight, yeah, we ain't got money but i don't care
We gotta get that feeling
Yeah, we gotta get that feeling
Woargh* back again
Wooooaaaaarrrrggghh
(di-di-di-di-da-woooahs to fade)
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30. _ Rockin' All Over The World
Well, hurry up hurry up, here we go
C'mon let's hit the road
Here we go
Rockin' all over the world
Well, giddy up giddy up and get away
We're goin' crazy and we're goin' today
Here we go
Rockin' all over the world
And i like it, i like it, i like it
Here we go
Rockin' all over the world
Well, i'm gonna tell your mama what you're gonna do
Hey come tonight, we got dancin' shoes
Here we go
Rockin' all over the world
And i like it, i like it...
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31. _ Sweet Soul Music
Do you like good music ?
Sweet soul music ?
How must i strike her
Sometime
Oh yeah
Spotlight out on this ring
Sing and laugh-laugh-laugh
Sing and laugh-laugh-laugh
Tonight
Oh yeah
Spotlight on the big man
Don't he look great ?
He lost a lot of weight
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Spotlight on you now
You sure look fine
Moving down the line
Come on
Yeah yeah
Spotlight on me now
I sure look good
Feeling so fine now
That's right
Oh yeah
Spotlight on the band now
Sure rocking fine you
Working on that line you
Come on come on
Yeah yeah
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32. _ Henry Boy
They broke your toys this morning, henry
Rode your board right into dust
Surrounded you with strangers who you could not trust
And then they had the gall
To write your name up on the girls' room wall
And send you out to maria
Who spoke of babies and all
And wanted to shoot your joy
It's a hard world when you're the new kid in town
Ain't it, henry boy
Well the north side is for diamond-studded woman
Subtly selling their wares
And the west side is for debutantes
And would be millionaires
Oh the east side is for lost boys
Who know their moves too well
The south side is for gamblers, henry boy
The train stops once for hell
It's a hard world when they're forcing you
To live your life out on broadway
But henry i'm sure you're gonna like it well
The constellation she points to gate eleven
That's where you got your connections
Let me take a look inside my magic book
I don't think you're beyond my inventions
Oh these doctor's appendages i'm giving you for wings
I'm sure it'll meet the occasion
I'm gonna mix you some magic, you'll spittin' sparks
And ready for the invasion
Oh and the milky way's a trip for dippers
They saw ya coming a mile away
In the amusement park you'll get clipped by rippers
Hiding behind candy 'cades
In the alleyway you'll get ripped by strippers
All who know your name
In the stalls sit the soldier-boy kisserson leave for just a day
And henry couldn't take it
He's gonna be a submariner
Riding underground for the pope
Gonna stand on the corner of broadway
And scream: "up 'scope"
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33. _ Boom Boom Boom (john Lee Hooker/john Lee Hooker)
Boom boom boom boom
I wanna shoot you right down
Take you in my arms
I'm in love with you
A love that is true
Boom boom boom boom
I need you right now
I mean right now
I don't mean tomorrow
I mean right now
Come on come on
I wanna give it up babe
Shake it up babe
Come on and shake
Shake it up babe
Come on come on shake it up babe
I like the way you walk
I like the way you talk
When you walk that walk
And you talk that talk
You knock me out
Right over my feet
Shake it up babe
Come on and shake
Shake it up babe
Come on come on shake it up babe
Boom boom boom boom
I wanna shoot you right down
Take you in my arms
I'm in love with you
A love that is true
Boom boom boom boom
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34. _ Merry Christmas Baby (baxter, Moore)
Bring it down, band!
Now , i just came here tonight to say
I just wanna say ...
I just wanna say ...
Merry christmas baby, you surely treat me nice
Merry christmas baby, you surely treat me nice
I feel just like i'm living in paradise
Now listen
Now you see, i feel real good tonight
And i got music on the radio
And i feel good tonight
And i got music on the radio
And i feel just like i wanna kiss you
Underneath my mistle-toe
But now listen
Santa came down chimney, half past three
With lots of nice little presents for my baby and me
Merry christmas baby, you surely treat me nice
And i feel like i'm living, just living in paradise
Come on boys
Well now
Santa came down chimney, half past three
With lots of nice little presents for my baby and me
Merry christmas baby, you surely treat me nice
And i feel like i'm living, just living in paradise
And i just came down to say ... merry christmas baby
I just wanna say ... merry christmas baby
I just wanna say ... merry christmas baby
I just wanna say ... merry christmas baby
And happy new year too
Oh yeah
Play it boys go !
Merry christmas, happy new year
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35. _ Out Of Work
8 a.m. i'm up and my feet beating on the sidewalk
Down at the unemployment agency, all i get is talk
I check the want ads but there just ain't nobody hiring
What's a man supposed to do when he's down and he's
Out of work
I need a job, i'm out of work
I'm unemployed, i'm out of work
I need a job, i'm out of work
I go to pick my girl up
Her name is linda brown
Her dad invites me in
He tells me to sit down
The small talk that we're making
Is going pretty smooth
But then he drops a bomb
"son, what d'ya do ?"
I'm out of work
I need a job, i'm out of work
I'm unemployed, i'm out of work
I need a job, i'm out of work
Hey mr president i know you got your plans
You're doing all you can now to aid the little man
We got to do our best to whip that inflation down
Maybe you got a job for me just driving you around
I'm out of work
These hard times, they're enough
To make a man lose his mind
I'm out of work
Up there you got a job but down here below
I'm out of work
I need a job, i'm out of work
I'm unemployed, i'm out of work
I need a job, i'm out of work
I'm out of work
I'm out of work
I'm out of work
I'm out of work
I'm out of work
I'm out of work
I'm out of work
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36. _ Heartbreak Hotel
Since my baby left me
I found a new place to dwell
Down at the end of lonely street at heartbreak hotel
I get so lonely baby
I get so lonely
I get so lonely i could die
Although it's always crowded
I still can find some room
Where those broken hearted lovers
Cry away their gloom, oh!
I get so lonely
I get so lonely
Get so lonely i could die
Bellhop's tears keep flowing
Desk clerk dressed in black
They been so long on lonely street
They ain't never comin' back
I get so lonely
I get so lonely
Get so lonely i could die
If your baby leaves you
And you have a tale to tell
Just take a walk
Down lonely street to heartbreak hotel
I get so lonely baby
I get so lonely
I get so lonely i could die
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37. _ I'm A Coward (when It Comes To Love)
I ain't afraid of no lions
I ain't afraid of no grizzly bear
I got in a wrestlin' match with old king kong
He didn't even muss my hair
There's just one thing in the whole wide world
That make me doubt my stuff
I'm a coward when it comes to love
Now bring down old hulk hogan
King kong bundy too
Bring down old big mike tyson
I'll show them what a real man can do
They say the tougher' get goin'
Now baby that's when the goin' get tough
But i'm a coward when it comes to love
I'm a coward when it comes to love
I'm a coward when it comes to love
You can bring on a different sexy girl
At every night of the week
Buddy that's okay
But i start tremblin', my knees get weak
Whenever i hear her say
"do you love me baby?"
"do you love me baby?"
"do you love me baby?"
I got a muscle of iron
I got another muscle made of steel
But when we start kissin' 'n' huggin'
You may be the bravest man in the whole wide world
But buddy, that ain't enough
I'm a coward when it comes to love
I'm a coward when it comes to love
I'm a coward when it comes to love
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38. _ Viva Las Vegas
Hey blackjack dealer, hit me man!
Bright lights city gonna set my soul gonna set my soul on fire
I got a whole lotta money that's ready to burn so get those stakes up high
There's a thousand pretty women just-a waiting out there
They're all living just the devil may care
And i'm just a devil with love to spare
So viva las vegas
I wish that there were more than twenty-four hours in a day
Even if there were forty more i wouldn't sleep a minute away
There's blackjack, poker, and roulette wheel
A fortune won and lost on every deal
All you need is money and nerves of steel
Viva las vegas
Well viva las vegas with the neon flashing
And the walls crashing all your hopes down the drain
Yea viva las vegas turning day into nighttime
Turning night into daytime if you seen it once you'll never be the same again
I'm gonna be on the run i'm gonna have me some fun if it costs me my very
Last dime
If i wind up broke, well, i'll always remember that i had me a swinging time
I'm gonna give it everything i got
Lady luck i want you let the dice stay hot
Let me shoot a seven with every shot
Viva las vegas
Busted!
Hey man, you going anywhere near vegas?
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39. _ Forever Young
May god bless and keep you always
May your wishes all come true
May you always do for others
And let others do for you
May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb on every rung
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young
May you grow up to be righteous,
May you grow up to be true
May you always know the truth
And see the lights surrounding you
May you always be courageous
Stand upright and be strong
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young
May your hands always be busy
May your feet always be swift
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift
May your heart always be joyful
May your song always be sung
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young
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40. _ Little Girl So Fine
After the music had stopped
I still heard it playing
I moved a little closer to hear
The words she was saying
She said i'll never break your heart
I'll never try to fake it
My love is here for you
All you have to do is take it
Kisses sweeter than wine
My little girl so fine
The night seemed to say it was right
But could i believe her
My heart said, it's time to go
But my eyes wouldn't leave her
There's always somebody trying to break your heart
Somebody trying to take it
My little girl tried so hard
To help me make it
Kisses sweeter than wine
My little girl so fine
Oh, oh, oh, oh, sha la la
Oh, oh, sha la la
So fine
Oh, oh, oh, oh, sha la la
Oh, oh, sha la la
So fine
When we danced
I forgot everything and whispered
Hold me tight
Take a chance
On what tomorrow brings
Won't you be mine, be mine
Be mine tonight
We walked away laughing together
Into the night for ever and ever and ever
Now i know
I'll never break me baby's heart
I'll never try to fake it
I'll give her all my love
All she has to do is take it
Kisses sweeter than wine
My little girl so fine
Kisses sweeter than wine
My little girl so fine
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Kisses sweeter than wine
My little girl so fine
Oh, oh, oh, oh, sha la la
Oh, oh, sha la la
So fine
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41. _ Fortunate Son
Some folks are born made to wave the flag
Ooh, they're red, white and blue
And when the band plays "hail to the chief"
They point the cannon right at you
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no senator's son
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate son
Some folks are born silver spoon in hand
Lord they don't help themselves
But when the taxman comes to the door
Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no millionaire's son
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate son
Some folks inherit star spangled eyes
Ooh, they send you down to war
And when you ask them "how much should we give ?"
They only answer more! more! more!
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no military's son
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate son
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one, no no
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate son
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42. _ Looking Out For No. 1
They call him mr. outside
Cause he don't care
Mr. outside
He's just havin' his fun
Mr. outside
He's just looking out for no. 1
Well mr. outside
All your money and your power
Won't help you come the dark hour
Well kingdoms crumble
Unto your feet
You're lest another thief out on the street
Mr. outside
Yeah he don't care
Mr. outside
He's just having his fun
Mr. outside
Oh looking out for no. 1
Dark glasses and money for hire
He got (?) and hight tension wire (?)
He got dark,dark cadillac
He got pretty little little girl in back
Mr. outside
Oh yeah he don't care
Mr. outside
He's just having his fun
Mr. outside
Just looking out for no. 1
Oh little baby got no diamond ring
You cry cause you ain't got no pretty things
Them pretty things babe just look dumb
You gotta take 'em when they come
Mr. outside
Oh lord he don't care
Mr. outside
Oh has his fun
Mr. outside
He's just looking out for no. 1
Mr. outside
Oh yeah he don't care
Mr. outside
He's just having his fun
Mr. outside
He's just looking out for no. 1
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43. _ None But The Brave
Tonight down on union street
I'm thinkin' back, baby, to you and me
To the way you used to be
And your words come back to me
From passing cars
Their voices sing out
In empty bars where guitars ring out
We'd be the lucky one to get out
You said, none baby but the brave
No one baby but the brave
Oh strong enough to save something
From what they gave
None baby but the brave
No one baby but the brave
Now in dreams these nights i see you my friend
The way you were back then
Ah, on a night like this
I know that girl no longer exists
Except for a moment in some stranger's eyes
Or in a nameless girl
In cars rushin' by
That's where i find you tonight
And in my heart it still survives
To none, baby, but the brave
No one baby but the brave
Oh strong enough to save
Something from the love they gave
Yeah, none baby but the brave
No one baby but the brave
Now tonight once more i search
Every face on that crowded floor
Looking for i don't know what for
Something that ain't there no more
There's a girl standin' by the band
She reminds me of you
And i asked her to danceas the drummer counts his play
I take her hand and we move away
And tonight, now i'll see old friends
Caught in things they got no chance to win
Just gettin' beaten, and then playin' again
'till their strength gives out
Or their hearts give in
Who's that man who thinks
He can decide whose dreams will live
And who(se) shall be pushed aside
Did he ever walk down this streets at night
And looked into the eyes
Baby, of none, baby, but the brave
No one baby but the brave
No, none baby but the brave
No one baby but the brave
No one baby,no one but the brave
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44. _ Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (coots, Gillespie)
You'd better watch out, you'd better not cry
You'd better not pout, i'm telling you why
Santa claus is coming to town
Santa claus is coming to town
Santa claus is coming to town
He's making a list, he's checkin' it twice
He's gonna find out whose daughter you're nice
Santa claus is coming to town
Santa claus is coming to town
Santa claus is coming to town
He sees you when you're sleeping
He knows if you're awake
He knows if you've been bad or good
(so you'd) better be good for goodness sake
Better be good for goodness sake
You'd better watch out, you'd better not cry
You'd better not pout, i'm telling you why
Santa claus is coming to town
Santa claus is coming to town
Santa claus is coming to town
He sees you when you're sleeping
He knows if you're awake
He knows if you've been bad or good
(so you'd) better be good for goodness sake
Better be good for goodness sake
You'd better watch out, you'd better not cry
You'd better not pout, i'm telling you why
Santa claus is coming to town
Santa claus is coming to town
Santa claus is coming to town
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45. _ Who'll Stop The Rain
Long as i remember
The rain been falling down
Clouds of myst'ry pourin'
Confusion on the ground
Good men through the ages
They try to find the sun
But i wonder, still i wonder
Who'll stop the rain
I went down virginia
Seekin' shelter from the storm
Just caught up in the fable
I watched the tower grow
Five-year plan and new deals
Wrapped in golden chains
Still i wonder, yes i wonder
Who'll stop the rain
Heard the singers playin'
How we cheered for more
The crowd had rushed together
Tryin' to keep warm
Still the rain keeps falling
Fallin' through the years
And i wonder, still i wonder
Who'll stop the rain
I wanna know, baby i wanna know
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46. _ Wreck On The Highway
Last night i was out driving
Coming home at the end of the working day
I was riding alone through the drizzling rain
On a deserted stretch of a county two-lane
When i cam upon a wreck on the highway
There was blood and glass all over
And there was nobody there but me
As the rain tumbled down hard and cold
I seen a young man lying by the side of the road
He cried mister, won't you help me please
An ambulance finally came and took him to riverside
I watched as they drove him away
And i thought of a girlfriend or a young wife
And a state trooper knocking in the middle of the night
To say your baby died in a wreck on the highway
Sometimes i sit up in the darkness
And i watch my baby as she sleeps
Then i climb in bed and i hold her tight
I just lay there awake in the middle of the night
Thinking 'bout the wreck on the highway
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47. _ Dead Man Walking
There's a pale horse coming
And i'm going to ride it
I'll rise in the morning
My fate decided
I'm a dead man walking
I'm a dead man walking
In st james' parish i was born and christened
I've got my story mister
Ain't no need for you to listen
It's just a dead man talking
Once i had a job i had a a girl
Between our dreams and actions lies this world
In the deep forest their blood and tears rushed over me
All i could feel was the drugs and the shotgun
And my fear up inside of me
Like a dead man talkin'
'neath the summer sky my eyes went black
Sister i won't ask for forgiveness
My sins are all i have
Now the clouds above my prisonmove slowly across the sky
There's a new day
Coming and my dreams are full to-night
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48. _ Native American
I am native american
Ho ka hey wah nah (steven and bruce)
Ho ka hey wah nah woh
Ho ka hey wah nah
Ho ka hey wah nah woh
Ho ka hey wah nah
Ho ka hey wah nah woh
(editors note: the above is war cry of the lakota(sioux) meaning
"let's go - now")
Life was forever when we were young (steven)
The land was protected for everyone (bruce)
Forever as long as the rivers run (both)
But now the water no longer comes (steven)
And now all that remains (both)
Is darkness a poisoned earth
And now before it's too late
We must provide our own new birth
Chorus:
I am native american
I am native american
The question of honor you must decide (bruce)
The soul of the nation has been denied (steven)
Our dreams have been stolen before our eyes (both)
How do you say there's no tomorrow to a child? (bruce)
>from us there is much to learn (both)
There is so much you've forgotten
You can't change me
Try and understand i am proud of who i am
Chorus:
I am native american
I am native american
We must try and remember what we're here for (steven)
You will suffer the darkness alone no more (bruce)
You will have the strength of all of us
Gathered here today (both)
That is something they can never take away (bruce)
Chorus:
I am native american
I am native american
Ho ka hey wah nah (steven and bruce)
Ho ka hey wah nah woh
Repeat 7 more times til fade
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49. _ Winter Song
From their northeast source the sour wind roars
Bear gifts fresh from the valley waters.
Hallow echoes strip pennsylvania mountain walls
With their corsets and their old betsy ruffle
And their slips with pearly white.
They stand bulging up against the screen door,
A banshee "good night."
Summer's sweet and she brings me water,
But give me winter, that old icy whore.
While summer lies meek and follows orders,
Winter cries "me!" and pulls you through the door.
The limp milk tramp cries metal-flake tears.
They drip like honey down <soot?> momma's leg.
You lay watchin' them off. eat a hole in his cloth.
He'll ask, but he don't beg.
Said i'd like to the mademoiselle
Who holds the keys to all these doors around the waist
And rings the bell.
Summer's sweet and she brings me water,
But give me winter, that old icy whore.
Summer lies meek and follows orders,
Winter cries "me!" and pulls you through the door.
With scufflin' sound, the knot-voiced matron makes her rounds,
Knockin' on each and every door.
With a look like white heat, she sways, salty, sweet
And leads me 'cross her persian floor.
She squeeze' my hand and before her i stood.
I was scared. it was dark, but it was good.
Summer's sweet and she brings me water,
But give me winter, that old icy whore.
While summer lies meek and follows orders,
Winter cries "me!" and pulls me through her door.
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50. _ 30 Days Out
We fell in love and i made you the world
I spent all my time tryin' to satisfy you, girl
Just one thing that i can't figure out [?]
Closer i get, farther baby i am out [?]
30 days, 30 days out
Well i'm six days runnin' but i'm 30 days out
30 days, 30 days out
With every kiss you leave a little shadow of doubt
The roof was leakin' honey where we live
And i'm wonderin' what's that something that you won't give
I started loving you but i gotta stop
You got me mostly waitin' for that other shoe to drop
30 days, 30 days out
You keep me six days runnin' but i'm 30 days out
30 days, 30 days out
With every kiss you leave a little shadow of doubt
Tried to talk about what's goin' on
You just smile and tell me "baby there ain't nothin' wrong"
In your smile there's a sign in red
It said "thousand miles of hard road dead ahead"
30 days, 30 days out
Yeah i'm six days runnin' but i'm 30 days out
30 days, 30 days out
With every kiss you leave a little shadow of doubt
30 days, 30 days out
Well i'm six days runnin' but i'm 30 days out
30 days, 30 days out
With every kiss you leave a little shadow of doubt
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51. _ Across The Borderline
(ry cooder/john hiatt/jim dickinson)
There's a place, so i've been told,
Every street is paved with gold
And it's just across the borderline
And when it's time to take your turn
There's a lesson that you must learn
You may lose more than you'll ever hope to find.
(chorus)
And when you reach that broken promised land
And all your dreams slip though your hand
You have learned it's too late to change your mind
Cause you pay the price to come so far
Just to wind up where you are
And you're still just across the borderline.
Up and down the rio grande
A thousand foot prints in the sand
Reveal a secret no one can define
The river rolls on like a breath
In between our life and death
Tell me who is next to cross that borderline.
(chorus)
And when you reach that broken promised land
And all your dreams slip though your hand
You'll know it's too late to change your mind
Cause you pay the price to come so far
Just to wind up where you are
And you're still just across the borderline.
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52. _ After The Thunder
An echo fades of sounds once heard
By thousands brought together for
His ringing voice, a soul that stirred
The faithful to a mighty roar.
For twenty years upon the stage
For twenty years upon the stage
The passion deep within his soul
Brought forth the anger and the rage
His vision locked upon one goal.
The promises of rock and roll could
Break the chains upon his life,
Guitar in hand he vowed he would
Be free from pain and inner strife.
He shook the rafters in the halls
And brought the faithful to their feet,
His river coursed through mighty walls
Across this land, down every street.
With flag unfurled he took the word
Across the seas to hungry youth
Who raised their hands when e'er they heard
His cries for faith, and hope, and truth.
Today he stands with inner peace
A man content with home and health,
Upon his brow a jagged crease
A symbol of success and wealth.
The thunder of his younger days
Has passed, and now his words reveal
A calmer soul in many ways
Fulfilled with satisfactions real.
His arms upraised against the light
He stands alone, his eyes look toward
The ground below, a bird in flight
Still searching for his true reward.
His mission done, he finds retreat
With children and a loving wife,
His body tired from the heat
The price he pays for touring life.
But deep within the longings stir
The music runs within him still,
His passions for the times that were
Are stronger than his iron will.
And all of us who know the man
Will come together when he cries
The message we all understand
The thunder in us never dies.
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53. _ Blowing In The Wind (bob Dylan/bob Dylan)
How many roads must a man walk down
Before you can call him a man
Yes 'n how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand
Yes and how many times must the cannonballs fly
Before they're forever banned
The answer my friend is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind
Yes and how many years can a mountain exist
Before it is washed to the sea
Yes and how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free
Yes and how many times can a man turn his head
And pretend that he just doesn't see
The answer my friend is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind
Yes and how many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky
Yes and how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry
Yes and how many deaths will it take 'till he knows
That too many people have died
The answer my friend is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind
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54. _ Deportee
The crops are all in, the peaches are rotting
The oranges are piled in their creosote dumps
They're flying you back to the mexico border
To pay all your money to wade back again
My father's own father, he waded that river
They took all the money he made in his life
My brothers and sisters they work in the fruit trees
They rode the truck till they took down and died
Good-bye to my juan, good-bye rosalita
Adios mes amigos, jesus e maria
You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane
And all they will call you will be "deportee"
Some of us are illegal, and some are not wanted
Our work contract's out and we have to move on
Six hundred miles to the mexican border
They chase us like rustlers, like outlaws, like thieves.
We died in your hills. we died on your deserts.
We've died in your mountains, and died on your plains.
We've died 'neath your trees, and we've died in your bushes.
Both sides of the river, we've died just the same.
Good-bye to my juan, good-bye rosalita
Adios mes amigos, jesus e maria
You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane
And all they will call you will be "deportee"
The skyplane caught fire over los gatos canyon
A fireball of lightning that shook all our hills
Who were all these dear friends all scattered like dry leaves?
The radio says they were just deportees.
Is this the best way we can grow our big orchards?
And is this the best way we can grow our good fruit?
To fall like dry leaves and rot on the top soil,
And be known by no name except "deportee".
Good-bye to my juan, good-bye rosalita
Adios mes amigos, jesus e maria
You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane
And all they will call you will be "deportee"
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55. _ Highway 61 Revisited
Oh god said to abraham, "kill me a son"
Abe says, "man, you must be putting me on"
God say, "no". abe say, "what?"
God say, "you can do what you want abe, but
The next time you see me comin' you better run"
Well abe says, "where do you want this killing done?"
God says, "out on highway 61".
Well georgia sam he had a bloody nose
Welfare department they wouldn't give him no clothes
He asked poor howard where can i go
Howard said there's only one place i know
Sam said tell me quick man i got to run
Ol' howard just pointed with his gun
And said that way down on highway 61.
Well mack the finger said to louie the king
I got forty red white and blue shoe strings
And a thousand telephones that don't ring
Do you know where i can get rid of these things
And louie the king said let me think for a minute son
And he said yes i think it can be easily done
Just take everything down to highway 61.
Now the fifth daughter on the twelfth night
Told the first father that things weren't right
My complexion she said is much too white
He said come here and step into the light he says hmm you're right
Let me tell the second mother this has been done
But the second mother was with the seventh son
And they were both out on highway 61.
Now the rovin' gambler he was very bored
He was tryin' to create a next world war
He found a promoter who nearly fell off the floor
He said i never engaged in this kind of thing before
But yes i think it can be very easily done
We'll just put some bleachers out in the sun
And have it on highway 61.
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56. _ Love On The Wrong Side Of Town
I was there
When you needed someone
Look now baby
And see what we have undone
Oh i did most of the talking
But you were the one who lied
Bye bye baby
Out love is tumbling down
I can't be hanging around
Love on the wrong side of town
Oh baby
You were gone
When i needed you by my side
There was no one
To dry the tears from my eyes
Oh you were the one who cheated
But i was the one who cried
Bye bye baby
Out love is tumbling down
I can't be hanging around
Love on the wrong side of town
Bye bye baby
Out love is tumbling down
I can't be hanging around
Love on the wrong side of town
Bye bye baby
Love on the wrong side of town
Bye bye baby
Bye bye darling
Bye bye baby
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57. _ Pilgrim In The Temple Of Love
It was christmas eve, i was standin' in the parking lot
Of "fabulous girls, nude - nude - nude"
In the car next to me there was a young lady givin' a blow-job
To a man in a santa claus suit
His beard was crooked, his hat askew
Embarrassed, i turned to go
When from the back seat of that mazda i heard somebody shout "oh baby, don't
Stop"
And a merry "ho-ho-ho"
When i walked inside, i ordered a beer and a double shot of whisk
And in three minutes i had fallen in love
The dj announced "ladies and gentlemen, from forth worth, texas: lady godiva"
And i sat and worshipped 'neath the angel above
At the end of her set she brushed her hair
Came and sat on the stool to my right
And said "will you buy me a drink?"
My heart beats fast, my trousers grew tight
And wittily i replied "uhhh...."
She showed me a picture of her kid
Said during the day she's an art student
She dances six nights a week for slobs and idiots like this
Of course, present company excluded.
On donner, on dancer, on comet, on blitzen
I'm lost in the valley of the supervixens
Worshippin' at the feet of the goddess above
I'm a pilgrim in the temple of love, ma, just a pilgrim in the temple
Of love
Well then santa came stumblin' in, and somebody shouted
"hey santa, where's your elves?"
He sat down on the stool to my left
And the bartender took a vodka bottle of the shelf
He asked if mrs. claus had called
To tell her he worked on the late shift at the mall
And he was sorry, but he just got through
I turned and i asked him:
"how's the kid this year, santa?"
Beneath his breath he whispered "a merry fuck you"
Well then the owner come over and he was a short gfat ugly guy
With a funny kind of pushed-in face
He shook my hand and said it was the first time
They'd ever had a real superstar in this place
Lady godiva bought me a few drinks
And words came out of my mouth
What they were, i couldn't guess
But it was something about showgirls, lapdancing, motley crue
You can guess the rest
Well i walked outside, snow was falling
I had some toys to put together - it was christmas time
Santa followed me into the parking lot
And threw up on the hood of the car next to mine
I gave him my handkerchief, pulled out onto the highway
And as i sat at the light
I swear i saw a sleigh with a dozen of reindeers
Pull up out of the parking lot and cut across the mall
And a voice shouted "merry christmas to all you assholes
And to all a good fucking night!"
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58. _ Sell It And They Will Come
I fell asleep on the couch last night, woke up with the tv on.
There was a woman in tight cotton exercise shorts
And a big plastic machine she was climbing on.
She said "the abacycle guarantees ten inches off your waist,
And 50 pounds in just 3 minutes a day."
I went to bed knowing the revolution had been postponed
And everything was ok.
You can buy it, you can try it, go right ahead.
But don't be fooled folks, there's only one.
I forget the guy's name but i know somebody must have said
Sell it and they will come boys, sell it and they will come.
I switched the channels and there was evel knievel, i thought that he was
Dead.
I found myself sitting there quietly, hanging on every word he said.
"now folks, the stimulator removes all pain from your life.
And the best day of your life will be when you try this little thing out."
The camera moved in as he said, "now let me tell you ladies and gentlemen,
Pain is something old evel knows a little about"
You can buy it, you can try it, that's what i said.
But don't be fooled folks, there's only one.
I forget that guy's name but i know somebody must have said
Sell it and they will come boys, sell it and they will come.
And a fellow comes on shouting "free haircuts for life!",
Somehow you cut your hair with a vacuum cleaner.
And then i switched the channels and there was dionne warwick, communing
With her psychic friends.
I watched for hours, taking warmth, comfort,
And pleasure in the things that i despise.
Touched by how much they needed me, and that gleeful desperation in their
Eyes.
You can buy it, you can try it, it'll help you in bed.
But don't be fooled folks, there's only one.
I forget that guy's name but i know somebody said
Sell it and they will come boys, sell it and they will come.
So dionne, cher, and all my late-night friends, i drink to your health.
And tony little, america's personal trainer, please kill yourself.
Now i've sold a few things myself in my time, and by the way folks,
There's some t-shirts on your way outside.
Well last night i dreamed of lipstick and tight little cotton shorts
"harder, faster", she breathed.
"one, two, three, four, five"
Ride, sally ride, girl, ride sally ride.
You can buy it, you can try it, it'll help you in bed.
But don't be fooled folks, there's only one.
I forget that guy's name but somebody said
Sell it and they will come boys, sell it and they will come.
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59. _ The Iceman
Sleepy town ain't got the guts to budge
Baby this emptiness has already been judged
I wanna go out tonight, i wanna find out what i got
You're a strange part of me you're a preacher's girl
And i don't want no piece of this mechanical world
Got my arms open wide and my blood is running hot
We'll take the midnight road right to the devil's door
And even the white angels of eden with their flaming swords
Won't be able to stop us from hitting town in this dirty old ford
Well it don't take no nerve when you got nothing to guard
I got tombstone in my eyes and i'm running real hard
My baby was a lover and the world just blew her away
Once they tried to steal my heart, beat it right out of my head
Well baby they didn't know that i was born dead
I am the iceman, fighting for the right to live
I say better than the glory roads of heaven
Better off riding hell-bound in the dirt
Better than bright line of the freeway
Better than the shadows of your daddy's church
Better than the hands of waiting (?)
Baby better off is the search
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60. _ The Way
The way your heart beats when i hold you tight
The way you sigh when we kiss goodnight
The way the wind blows through the trees
Well hey, that's the way you belong to me
The way you warm me baby when i'm cold
The way you make me want you body and soul
The way the rivers run to the sea
Well hey, that's the way you belong to me
The way you soothe me when i'm in pain
The way you make the blood rush in my veins
The way the winds rush through the trees
Well hey, that's the way you belong to me
When i lose faith you take my hand
The way you make me feel like i'm a man
The way the sun belongs to the sea
Well hey, that's the way you belong to me
The way you make me feel like i belong
And if i could girl though i know it'd be wrong
I'd lock you deep inside
'till the last rains fall
And hide you from the emptiness of it all
Sometimes at night i lie awake
I pull you close and feel each breath you take
The way the rivers belong to the seas
Well hey, that's the way you belong to me
Well hey, that's the way you belong to me
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61. _ White Lies
Your scrapbook's filled with pictures
Of all your leading men
Oh baby don't put my picture
In there with them
Oh don't make us some little girl's dream
That can not ever really ever come true
Baby don't do it to me
I won't do it to you
You see all the romantic movies
You dream and take the boy's home
But when the action fades girl
You're left there all alone
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---------to see the late late show
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--------do it?
--------to him to her?
---make you cry like you do girl
Now every night you go out looking
For true love's satisfaction
But in the morning you always end up
Settling for just lights, camera, action
In another cameo role
With some bit play you're befriending
You're gonna go broken hearted
Looking for that happy ending
Well girl you're gonna you're gonna end up
Just another lonely ticket sold
Crying alone in the theater
At the end of the show
Don't make us some little girl's dream
That can not ever really ever come true
Baby don't do it to me
I won't do it to you
Yeah, i won't do it to you
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62. _ Action In The Streets
Well don't move
Why don't you listen to what i'm saying
And hey you
You better get up if you plan to be staying
Get loose
You got to listen to what the band is playing
Oh tonight
There's action in the street all night
We're bopping to the big beat, go
Get up off your seat and roll
At school
The girls you know their dancing, mister 's just my speed
And hey cool
If action is the thing you need
Well don't fool
The kid's satisfaction guaranteed
Oh tonight
There's action in the street all night
We're bopping to the big beat, go
Get up off your seat and roll
Well hey man
Yeah don't let the little girl sigh
Understand
If you just move your body side to side
Raise your hand
Shout until you're satisfied
Oh tonight
There's action in the street all night
We're bopping to the big beat, go
Get up off your seat and roll
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63. _ Everybody's Looking For Somebody
They caught bobby by lakefoot road
Saying how the story gets told
(?)
(?)
(2nd verse unintelligible)
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Everybody's looking for somebody
Everybody's looking
Everybody's looking
Everybody's looking for somebody
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64. _ Many Rivers To Cross
There's so many rivers to cross
But i can't seem to find my way over
Wandering, i'm lost
As i travel along the white cliffs of dover
Many rivers to cross
And it's only my will that keeps me alive.
I've been hurt, washed up for years
But i mearly survive because of my pride
And this loneliness won't leave me alone,
It's such a drag to be on your own
My baby left, and she wouldn't say why,
Now all i do is cry...
I've got many rivers to cross
And it's only my will that keeps me alive
I've got so many rivers to cross,
Oh, so many rivers to cross...
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65. _ Preacher's Daughter
[opens very soft and slow, to the tune of mona/she's the one]
I got a date with the preacher's daughter
She give me life she bring me water.
Every sunday i watch her work
Pretty little (siff?) in a pretty little church
Daddy gives her nod she takes collection
Daddy gives her nod she kneels by her side.
Well i'd sell my soul for just one touch
The lord would too if he loved her half as much.
Well i got a date with the preacher's daughter.
Her daddy say that the boy's no good
Just want to raise some (coons?) out through the back woods
Well baby better believe what your daddy say
Just wanna ramrod baby my life away.
It's a long walk to heaven and a road filled with sin
And they better open up the freeway to let me in.
'cuz i got a date with the preacher's daughter
Well now i don't care what the preacher say
Haaaaayyyy
[identical to "haaaaayyyy, mona"]
Well now i don't care what the preacher do
Haaaaayyyy
I don't care what the preacher like
Haaaaayyyy
I don't care what the preacher think
Haaaaayyyy
Leads me to water but won't let me drink.
He leads me to water but won't let me drink.
(big man)
[maracas start, music picks up, bruce starts yelling]
And now it's (whole little world?) on saturday night
Two boys fighting in a halo of light
Car door flung open and a radio loud
And everybody shouting and running around.
Two guys bloody and one i don't know
And all little girls shouting "go billy go"
Go billy go.
Well just as i got the preacher's daughter ready for a light
And (missed a vh fire?) and something ain't right.
And like a she-devil howlin' from the gates of hell
Goddam here come the preacher in his coupe deville
Burnin' up the backroad kicking in the dirt
And oh baby preacher thinks he is church
Well now your lips they shine in the willow mist
And i swear i'd take you down (young croft?) for just one kiss
I got a date with the preacher's daughter
I got a date with the preacher's daughter
And it's haaaaayyyyoooo
I got a date with the preacher's daughter
Hmmmmm...
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66. _ Follow That Dream
If your heart is restless from waiting too long
When you're tired and weary, and you can't go on
Well if a distant dream is a callin' you
Then there's just one thing that you can do
Yeah, you gotta follow that dream wherever that dream may lead you
You gotta follow that dream to find the love you need
Now baby, i walk in dreams
And i talk in dreams
I need someone with a love i can trust
And together we'll search for the things that come to us
In dreams, baby in dreams
And i'm gonna follow that dream wherever that dream may lead me
I'm gonna follow that dream to find the love i need
Now every man has the right to live
The right to a chance to give what he has to give
The right to fight for the things he believes
For the things that come to him in dreams
Baby in dreams, i walk in dreams
I talk in dreams
I live in dreams
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67. _ I Sold My Heart To The Junkman
Intro to: i sold my heart to the junkman
"...this is a very sad song, this next song we're gonna do.
The song is so sad that sometimes i have to leave the stage and
Cry in the backstage a little bit while i'm singing this song. the reason
This song is so sad because this story happened to me just a little
While ago (not true, but true) (audience laughs) and it was, it was
A thing where i met this this beautiful girl, right? was she a
Beautiful girl as she was, she was nice and ... and i gave her my whole
Heart, every every bit, and she gave it back to me a month later all
Beat up, so bad and so terrible looking that
I sold my heart to the junkman !
Now i can never fall in love again...."
(starts song)
"...song, this is a very sad song, this next
Song we're gonna do.
The song is so sad that sometimes i have to
Leave the stage and cry in the backstage a
Little bit while i'm singing this song.
The reason this song is so sad because this
Story happened to me just a little while ago
(not true, but true) (audience laughs)
And it was, it was a thing where i met this
This beautiful girl, right? was she a
Beautiful girl as she was, she was nice and ...
And i gave her my whole heart, every every bit,
And she gave it back to me a month later all
Beat up, so bad and
So terrible looking that
I sold my heart to the junkman !
Now i can never fall in love again...."
Well i gave my heart to you, open, so open and trusting
And you gave it back to me, it was broken up and busting
(sold my heart) i sold my heart to the junkman
(sold my heart) i sold my heart to the junkman
I can never fall in love again
Oh and i know you took my heart, you thought that you
Could use it
When you gave it back like a toy
You broken and bruised
(sold my heart) i sold my heart to the junkman
(i sold my heart) i sold my heart to the junkman
I can never fall in love again
Now, it was a movie sad scene, i played my part
Ooh i wanted the happy ending, but all i got was
A broken heart
(all he got was a broken heart)
(i sold my heart) i sold my heart to the junkman(i sold my heart) i sold my
Heart to the junkman
I can never fall in love again
Now i swear it was a movie setting, baby i played my part
And all i wanted was a happy ending,
But now i'm left with a broken heart
(now he's left with a broken heart)
(i sold my heart) i sold my heart to the junkman
(i sold my heart) i sold my heart to the junkman
I can never fall in love again
I gave my heart to you, so open and trusting
And you gave it back to me, it was broken up and busting
(so i sold) i sold my heart to the junkman
(yes i sold) i sold my heart to the junkman
I can never fall in love again
Yes i did sold my heart to the junkman
Yes i did, yes i did
Sold my heart to the junkman
Now i can never fall in love again
Since i sold my heart to the junkman.
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68. _ Janey Needs A Shooter (darkness Outtake, Written Around 1974/5.)
Well janey's got a doctor who tears apart her insides.
He investigates her and he silently bates her sighs
He probes with his fingers but he knows her heart only through his stethoscope.
Hands are cold and his body's so old
Janey turns him down like dope.
Janey needs a shooter jack
A shooter like me on her side
Janey needs a shooter jack
A shooter man who knows her style
The way that i know her style
Well janey's got a priest from his marble pulpit he smiles
He provides concilation and confessions at anytime
Through the pages of his bible he holds from what janey hides
With her doors open wide she begs come inside
But he's frozen in the clear on the outside
Janey needs a shooter jack
A shooter like me on her side
Janey needs a shooter jack
A shooter man who knows her style,
The way that i know her style
Well janey's got a cop who lives round the block and checks on her everynight
From at through the jail outside her house his siren roars when he knows that i'm inside
Well janey's small and sometimes he scares her
So i held her real close she flowed like a ghost
And i told her bye, so long, i can't play that dope.
Well janey needs a shooter jack
A shooter like me on her side
Janey needs a shooter jack
A shooter man who knows her style,
Janey needs a shooter jack
A shooter man on her side
Janey needs a shooter man
A shooter man who knows her style
The way that i know her style
A man who knows her style
The way that i know her style
A man who knows her style
The way that i know her style
A man who knows her style
The way that i know her style
A man who knows her style
The way that i know her style
A man who knows her style
The way i know your style
You need a man who knows your style
The way that i know your style
A man who knows her style
The way i know your style
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69. _ Wild Kisses (i'm Gonna Treat You Right)
Well, mister, you see that girl walking down the street
That little girl, she used to turn 'em on
Wild kisses and a heart that's oh-so-sweet
In the middle of the night.
And now, wild kisses <wouldn't> seem to settle down
Afraid to get my feet back on the ground
...
I'm gonna meet her tonight
And now my wild world's tumblin' and dancin'???
...true romancin'
...
Listen to me, baby
I wanna celebrate my dream, girl
I don' wan' no lonely dream, babe
I wanna give everything to my little baby tonight
I gotta... on the track<s>
What she gives me -my god- she break my back
...
...
Wild kisses in the morning
<wendy> gives me a ... to go on?
...
And now... like dancin'
...true romancin'
Why won't you... heart.. to try?
Listen to me, baby
I want to ..., girl
I want to...
I want to...
[bridge]
I don't want...
...
Listen to my heart, girl
I know...
...
Mister, see that girl walkin' down the street
Well that girl, she used to drive me wild
Wild kisses...
...meet her tonight
Wild kisses and <yaddas>
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70. _ Wings For Wheels (thunder Road)
The screen door slams, christine's (angelina's) dress waves
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
Roy orbison singing for the lonely
(hey) that's me (babe) and i want you only
Don't turn me home again
I just can't face myself alone (in that mirror) again tonight
Don't run back inside, you know just what i'm here for
So you're scared and you're thinking
That maybe you (we) ain't that young anymore
Show a little faith (well woman) there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty but hey (baby, ah) you're alright
And that's alright with me
This 4/4 she's gonna overheat
Make up your mind girl i gotta get her back out on the street
I know you're lonely like me so baby don't try and fake it
I'm no prince and i can't lay the stars at your feet
But i got this old car and she's pretty tough to beat
There's plenty of room in my front seat, baby if you wanna take it
Oh roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair
It's like the rushing touch, the dirty wings them highway angels wear
Well tonight we're gonna find out how it feels
I'm gonna trade in your wings - for wheels
Climb in back, heaven's waiting down on the tracks
Ah, mama, come take my hand (well now try hard chrissie to understand)
We're gonna ride all the way to the promised land
Oh i'm gonna dance all the way, dance all the way
(babe if you're born with nothing in your hands
Hey it's your only chance)
Well i don't know but baby i've been told
There's something waiting for us, down that dirty road
Oh take a chance, take a chance, take a chance
(oh i wish you would come
So leave what you've lost, leave what's grown old on thunder road)
Well now i bought this guitar and i learned how to make it talk
I got my car parked out back if you're ready to take that long walk
From your front porch to my front seat
Well i think we could take it all babe, just you and me
Climb in back baby, the ride's for free
Oh come take my hand, we're gonna ride all the way to the promised land
We'll dance all the way
Oh baby i don't know but i've been told
There's something waiting for us, down that dirty road
If we take our chance, take our chance
Now the season's over and i feel it getting cold
I wish i could take you to some sandy beach where we'd never grow old
Ah but baby you know that's just jive
But tonight's bustin' open and i'm alive
Oh do (baby) whay you can to make me feel like a man
But this 4/4/2's gonna overheat
Make up your mind girl, i gotta get her back out on the street
I know you're lonely like me, oh so don't fake it
And maybe i can't lay the stars at your feet
But i got this old car and she's pretty tough to beat
There's plenty of room in my front seat
Oh if you think you can make it, climb in (so christine climb in)
This is town full of losers and baby i was born to win
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71. _ High Hopes
Monday morning runs to sunday night
Screaming slow me down before the new year dies
It won't take much to kill a lovin' smile
And every mother with a baby cryin in her arms singin
Give me help, give me strength
Give a soul a night of fearless sleep
Give me love, give me peace
Don't you know these days you pay for everything
Got high hopes
Comin from the cities, comin from the wild
I see a breathless army breakin like a cloud
It's gonna smother love it's gonna shoot your hopes
Before the meek inherit they'll learn to hate themselves
Singin
Give me help, give me strength
Give a soul a night of fearless sleep
Give me love, give me peace
Don't you know these days you pay for everything
Got high hopes
So tell me someone what's the price
I wanna buy some time and maybe live my life
I wanna have a wife i wanna have some kids
I want to look in their eyes and know they're gonna stand a chance
Singin
Give me help, give me strength
Give a soul a night of fearless sleep
Give me love, give me peace
Don't you know these days you pay for everything
Got high hopes
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72. _ Let's Go Tonight (johnny Bye Bye)
Hey little girl with the red dress on
There's a party tonight down in ...
Yeah and i'm goin' if you need a ride
Come on, come on, let's go tonight
Well baby the dreamers ....
They ride down the streets with death in their eyes
And the new world's defeat, baby, it eats your eyes
Come on, come on, let's go tonight
I said come on, come on, let's go tonight
Well a man ...
And he lost his wife
He walks down the streets babe, with death in his eyes
Well everybody wants heaven
But nobody wants to die
Come on, come on, let's go tonight
Baby, come on, come on, let's go tonight
I said come on, come on, let's go tonight
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73. _ New Jersey Is My Home
I'm proud new jersey is my home
Yeah said i'm proud now new jersey is my home
Well they're breaking out the tractors to build more interstates
They're moving out my neighbors all across the garden state
I'm proud new jersey is my home
Yeah said i'm proud now new jersey is my home
They're closing all the factories making people lose their jobs
While the fat cats get rich living high upon the hog
I'm proud new jersey is my home
Yeah said i'm proud now new jersey is my home
Yeah they're grooving down at freehold this bird's left in line (?)
? ain't what the people had in mind
I'm proud new jersey is my home
Yeah said i'm proud now new jersey is my home
I'm proud new jersey is my home
Yeah so proud that new jersey is my home
Yes we're not gonna take it gonna make that final stand
'cuz you know we ain't ever gonna let them destroy the promised land
Yeah, yeah, yeah
New jersey is my home
New jersey is my home
New jersey is my home and i like it
Yeah i'm going down the garden state parkway i'm passing my hometowns
I'm going here to get my friends gonna mess around this town
Yeah, yeah
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74. _ Say Sons
Well, i got a little girl down by the river
Now she keeps ??? tight
I got a little girl, she every night
She says "i'm feeling like a wild, hands on ???
Then she keeps me all night.
So come on, down by the river
Come on, come on now.
Just come on, down by the river
It's alright.
Well baby, let me protect you little darling
If you let me ???
I know, if you'll just let me in.
Well, every day just brings in the same
But every night...???
Yes, come on, down by the river
Oh, come on, girl, it's alright.
Well, come on, down by the river
Hold tight.
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75. _ Vigilante Man
Rainy night down in the engine house
Sleepin' just as still as a mouse
A man came along and chase us out in the rain
Well was that a vigilante man?
Stormy days, we pass the time away
Sleeping in some good warm place
A cop come along we give him a little race
Say was that a vigilante man?
Well tell me why does a vigilante man
Tell me why does a vigilante man
Carry that sawed off shotgun in his hands
To shoot his brothers and sisters down that no good vigilante man
Well i ramble around from town to town
Yeah i ramble around from town to town
Yeah and they run us around like a wild herd of cattle lord
Is that your vigilante man?
Well tell me why does a vigilante man
Tell me why does a vigilante man
Carry that club in his hands
Would he beat an innocent man down that no good vigilante man
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76. _ When You Dance
When you dance
I hear the music rocking everywhere
When you dance
I see the lights shining through your hair
When you dance
The band is blowing like a hurricane
When you dance
You look so fine but you don't know my name
Come near baby, don't be afraid
Just one taste won't do
I can't hold back one more day
Sugar i know i got to dance with you
When you dance
Your smile ain't hiding what you're thinking of
When you dance
Your body trembles like you're making love
When you move, baby
My soul is aching and my blood runs hot
Run into me now
My heart is breaking, shaking what you got
Come near baby, don't be afraid
Just one taste won't do
I can't hold back one more day
Sugar i know i got to dance with you
Shake 'em down now
Come near baby, don't be afraid
Just one taste won't do
I can't hold back one more day
Sugar i know i got to dance with you
Oh yeah baby
When you dance
I hear the music rocking everywhere
When you dance, baby
This time you tumble, honey, i don't care
When you dance
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77. _ All The Way Home
(southside johnny and the asbury jukes (better days)
Written by bruce
I know what it's like to have failed baby
With the whole world lookin' on
I know what it's like to have been so sure
Wake up and find it all gone
Now you've got no reason to trust me
And tonight my confidence is a little rusty
It's getting late
And if you don't feel leavin' alone
Well maybe i can walk you baby
All the way home
Our old fears and failures
Well they do linger (oh yes they do)
Like the shadow of that ring
That was on your finger
Well those days darling,
Those days are dead and gone
Oh i could walk you baby
All the way home
Now there's things no one can rearrange
We both have yesterdays that we can't change
It's closing time - bartender's ringing last call
These days i don't stand on pride and
I've learned how to take a fall
Now the time has come
And if your first choice - he's gone
Well that's alright baby
'cause i can walk you all the way home
All the way home
All the way home
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78. _ English Sons (aka Endless Nights)
One, two, three, four
Girl, on the edge flippin' off the lamp
There'll be an end darling to your endless night
On the other side of the street.
Yea, the light on your portrait and the light in your face
And you'll be looking for another pretty place
Baby, this side of the street.
Well, keep dreaming baby that your desire brings and girl
I know the sadness that you find in things, it's true
Well, baby if you can't take the heat, what can i do?
Well, you and your poetry and your boku (?!) world
Behind the face you hide the face of a modern girl
On the other side of the street.
Yea, you've got the look as if you owe the world
Therefore, you go out there and say what you can earn
On the wrong side of the street.
Well, you tire of every day bringing the same and so you
Go out looking for some strange new games
Well, pretty soon you don't know the score anymore.
All right now........... (guitar break)
I know the danger that your desire brings
And i know the strangeness that you'll find
Wait and it will seem straighter for you and for me.
Well, turn on the end and baby turn off the lamps
There'll be an end darling to this endless night
On the other side of the street.
Yea, and everyday - well- it just brings the same
You started looking for some very strange new games
On the wrong side of the street.
Well, you and your desires lead to confusion
Well, walk away as i don't follow your illusions
And see, open your eyes and see, girl.
All right..........
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79. _ I Want You
The guilty undertaker sighs
The lonesome organ grinder cries
The silver saxophone says
I should refuse you
The cracked bells and washed out horns
Blow into my face with scorn
But it's not that way
I wasn't born to lose you
I want you i want you
I want you so bad
Honey i want you
The drunken politician leaps
Upon the streets where mothers weep
And the saviors who are fast asleep
They wait for you
And i wait for them to interrupt
Me drinking from my broken cup
And ask me to open up
The gate for you
Now all my fathers
They've gone down
True love
They've been without it
But all their daughters
Put me down
'cause i don't
Think about it
Well i return to the queen of spades
And talk with my chamber maid
She knows that i'm not afraid to
Look at her
She is good to me and there's
Nothing she doesn't see
She knows where i'd like to be
But it doesn't matter
Now your dancing child with the chinese suit
He spoke to me i took his flute
No i wasn't very cute to him
Was i
But i did it because he lied
Because he took you for a ride
And because time was on his side
And because i
Want you i want you
I want you so bad
Honey i want you
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80. _ In Freehold
I was born right here on randolph st. in freehold
Here, right behind that big red maple in freehold
Well, i went to school right here, got laid, and had my first beer in freehold
Well, my folks both lived and worked right here in freehold
I remember running up the street past the convent and church here in freehold
Chased my daddy down in these bars, first fell in love with this guitar
Here in freehold
Well, i had my first kiss at the ymca canteen on friday night
Maria espinosis tell me where are you tonight?
You were 13 but way ahead of your time, i walked home with a limp but i felt
Fine that night in freehold
Well, the girls at freehold regional they looked pretty fine
Had my heart broke at least a half dozen times
I wonder if they miss me, if they still get the itch
If they'd dump me if they knew i'd strike it rich
Straight out of freehold
Well, tex rest in peace, and marion gave us kids a hand in freehold
George and i started up a little rock and roll band in freehold
Well, we learned pretty quick how to rock, i'll never forget the feeling
Of that first 5 bucks in my pocket that i earned in freehold
I got outta here really hard and fast in freehold
Everyone wanted to kick my ass back there in freehold
Well, if you were different, black or brown
It was a bit of a red neck town back then in freehold
Well, something broke my daddy's back in freehold
In '69 he left and he never come back to freehold
Said, once he drove to california, 3000 miles in 3 days
Called my relatives some dirty names and drove straight out of freehold
My sister had her first little baby at 17 in freehold
Well, people they can be pretty mean
Honey, you had a rough road to go, but you ain't made of nothin' but soul
I love you more than you'll ever know
We both survived freehold
Well, my buddy mike, he's the mayor now in freehold
I remember when we used to have a lot more hair in freehold
Well, i left and swore i'd never walk these streets again, jack
Tonight all i can say is, holy shit i'm back, back in freehold
Well, this summer everything was green in freehold
Rode my kids on the fire engine through the streets of freehold
I showed 'em where daddy was born and raised, and first felt the sun on his
Face
There in freehold
I still got a lot of good friends right here in town
I can usually find me a free beer somewhere, with offers of free meals i am
Blessed...
Should i go crazy, blow all my money and ruin my life,
Well at least i'll never go hungry, i guess, here in freehold
Well, i got a good catholic education here in freehold
Led to an awful lot of masturbation here in freehold
Father, it was just something i did for a smile
Hell, i still get a good one off once in a while
And dedicate it to freehold
Don't get me wrong, i ain't puttin' nobody down
Hell, in the end it all just goes and comes around
It's one hell of a town
Freehold....
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81. _ In Michigan
Well my mother rolled over and died in michigan
My dog got hit by a truck and i cried in michigan
I got drunk and puked up my guts in michigan
But i'm alright, i'm alright, i'm alright, i'm alright
And man i'm riding here tonight in michigan
I ran a race and came in dead last in michigan
Yeah, i shot myself in the ass in michigan
I was lookin' for someplace to feel free but they busted my for just
Being me in michigan
But alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright
And baby i'm riding high tonight in michigan
I ran into a little bad luck in michigan
I met a woman ???
Baby i'm running late but you got here one hell of a state
In michigan
Oh michigan
This song has been played in a few towns in the us, each time the
Title has been changed and some of the lyrics as well.
(gotj tour)
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82. _ Let's Go
I hear the guitars ringing out
Ringing out down union street
I hear the lead singer shouting out yeah
I wanna be a slave to the beat
Yeah, i want something that'll break my chains
Something to break my heart
Something to shake my brains
Little rocker ????? around (on?) tonight (delight?)
So meet me on down
Meet me on down
I wanna be where the bands are
I wanna be where the bands are
Where the bands are
I wanna be where the bands are
Where the bands are
I wanna be where the bands are
Where the bands are
I wanna be where the bands are
I....wanna.....be
I....wanna.....be
I....wanna.....be
Where the bands are
Where the bands are
I....wanna.....be
Where the bands are
I wanna start a new life
We left our home in the hillside (?)
We left back family and our friends (?)
We came down here to ...
To start all over again
We left when the fields were ...
...
...
I wanna start a new life
I wanna start a new life
I wanna ... forget about the man that i used to be
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83. _ The Ballad Of The Architect Angel
The architect angel held <?> juda ranch.
Just a dirty mile down on the borderline.
Where he mastered blastin' and hustled young cattle for slaughter
And dated juda's daughter.
From the cellar aways to the attics and all across the plains
Broke electric static of religious strain,
And though he was never an addict, he wore scars on his veins.
Like a young girl holds her first pimp, he held his bible in.
From desert bars and church bazaars, the hunger slowly came
With vulgar faces from vulgar places lookin' for a game.
Well, ivory gun handles and chamber grease
And souped-up hydroplanes.
The bullets burn from tv silver, bearin' great cowboys' names.
Now with 14 inches of gun barrel, smokin' from the lid,
Spurs on straight black bootheels, he said "they call me the brooklyn kid."
And in his lonely zenith nightmares, well that's just what they did.
Oh, how he played out his scenes, loaded on <?> dreams.
Well, his holster slung low like a hot kid-sister
Tied back to his leg like he gonna do.
He was stompin' the step he called the quickman twister.
His six-guns were pumpin' through.
His tongue hung low like sawdust scrapin' across the plains.
He crawled up outside the juda ranch.
And started callin' the angel names.
And now the architect angel stood, in one hand a staff, the other a gun.
He held the staff high in the wind. the gun was like a piece in the sun.
He started howlin' like a monsoon wind. drew fast. the job was done.
At night the moon stretched tight light 'cross the plains,
As real cowboys sat around real campfire flames,
And the county wolf called as if to explain to his son
The way the west was won.
The west was finally won.
The way the west was won.
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84. _ Tonight
Every day i <can't believe> i wanna be around you
Gotta gotta gotta gotta be, i wanna be with you
What i want ... baby, ...
But god, i just can't stop and let you go
And i can't leave you
Tonight!
All i wanna do is kiss your lips
Tonight!
All i ...fingertips
Tonight!
...
Tonight tonight tonight tonight tonight
Woah, tonight.
...
Come on come on come on come back, baby, ...
And i've got ...
Well i ...
When i ...
And i...
Tonight!
Tonight!
All i wanna do is kiss your lips
Tonight!
Tonight!
Tonight tonight tonight tonight tonight
Woah, tonight
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Tonight!
Tonight!
Tonight!
Tonight tonight tonight tonight tonight
Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight
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85. _ White Town
It's midnight down in sector two
Little girl walkin' dressed in innocence and cool
Only fourteen and dressed up for the score
Hold that breath now boy, he(?)
She dances, baby, to the beat
Of breaking glass and running feet
Down in white town
Down in white town
Down in white town
Oh, she comes home from work and grabs something to eat
Turn the corner and walks down her street
In a row of houses, chic, shiny and dirty and grey
Disappears like the scenery in another man's play
And as she dances, oh, to the beat
Oh the trooper stickin' dresses for the number on the sheet
Down in white town
Down in white town
Down in white town
Down in white town
Yeah, mr. outside, you're walkin' so free
If you turn your eyes so you don't see
You act like you're the hand turns the key
And you become the hand that turns the key
And no matter how i try i cannot understand
The way that they will turn a man
Into a stranger in his own land
Down in white town
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86. _ And The Band Played
The moon hung like a shadow on a rung over shangai
Them soldier boys were returning home screaming "banzai"
And the kids are still playing their games
Gettin hustled and rustled out in the rain
As i sat inside listening to the broadcast
Oh save my soul sweet rock'n'roll 'cause i'm sinkin' fast
And then the band played
Out of nowhere, it was alright
Well now the legendary chaplain of the fightin' 51st was gettin' ready to go
I said: padre, do you know a cheap virgin who like to tango?
He said: you can try linda lee,
Around the corner and across the sea
Oh word is out word is out she's fast
Oh blow me down linda 'cause i'm sinkin' fast
Yes and them cats are sure getting fat
Down in the train yard
And the sandman brings them dreams
To ship out in boxcars
The union says hold, break out the dice, break out the gold
It's lunchtime at last
And old big mama said: "georges raft's tonight on the late show"
She sits straddlin' a kitchen chair, really gung-ho
She shivers with chills, wet with her slot-card thrills
Hypnotically lost in the glass
And we all sigh with the sunrise
As we watch the credits pass
And the little blue dot went away
And then the morning cloak fell down
Like a hoax over sleepytown
Them garbage truck vigilantes out making their last rounds
The inheritor he sipped his beer
And poked fun at the queer
And threatened to kick his ass
And the bell rings, a horn blows
And he's outside pumpin' gas
But the things were movin' so slow tonight
So the kid goes back inside the station
And turns on his radio to his local am station
And then the band played
Right on the radio, it was alright
And the boys in the band sung
And the band played, everybody
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87. _ Angelyne
(cover: gary u.s. bonds. written by springsteen)
He was a bouncer in a joint called tony's body shop
She was a night cashier down at the stop 'n' shop
He was kinda good-lookin'
And she was kinda fun
They met 'neath that big oak tree
Out where the river runs
Little angelyne, little angelyne
As the sun goes down and the moonlight shines
Back of a greyhound bus sit two lovers entwined
Just big bill and little angelyne
She was just in from texas, didn't know her way around
So he took her to a roadhouse on the edge of town
In the beerhall light she looked so fine
And so he popped the question that was on his mind
It was a simple affair, only a friend or two
Preacher asked if they did, they said they do
She bought two tickets with her daddy's american express
And hopped a greyhound bus in her wedding dress
Little angelyne, little angelyne
As the sun goes down and the moonlight shines
Back of a greyhound bus sit two lovers entwined
Just big bill and little angelyne
In a six dollar motel with the honey bun
With seven glorious days in the nevada sun
He played the tables, she pumped the slots full of dimes
They came back broke but they had a good time
Now many fell apart in the years come and gone
But big bill and little angel they'd last on and on
They held together when the times grew thin
A little boy that looked like her, and a girl that looked like him
So mister don't you pay it no mind
Let the sun go down and the moonlight shine
Back of a greyhound bus sit two lovers entwined
Just big bill and little angelyne
Little angelyne, little angelyne
As the sun goes down and the moonlight shines
Back of a greyhound bus sit two lovers entwined
Just big bill and little angelyne
Little angelyne, little angelyne
As the sun goes down and the moonlight shines
Back of a greyhound bus sit two lovers entwined
Just big bill and little angelyne
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88. _ Cindy
I pick you up with flowers
When you get off from work
It's like you don't even care
It's like i'm some kind of jerk
I take you out on a date
And then you won't even kiss me
Boy when i ain't around
I'll bet you don't even miss me
I don't know why
I love you like i do
I try and try
You treat me like a fool
It makes me want to cry
It makes me feel so blue
But i just do, baby, i just do
I call you up
Just to pass the time
Soon as you hear my voice
You disconnect the line
And when i call you back
Your mother says you ain't home
Cindy i know that's you on the other end of this phone
Oh in this world
There ain't another like you
My little candy girl
So hard-hearted and cruel
I think that's what
Keeps me coming back
I'm a fool for you cindy and i like it like that
I came to get you last night
Cindy, at quarter to six
Your daddy came to the door
He said cindy got sick
She got sent home from work
With a note from the nurse
And my very presencewould make your condition worse
But it ain't your health
'cause well you sure look fine
Little girl it's something else
That's on my mind
Well you can give it to me
'cause if it's good enough for you
It's good enough for me
I don't know why
I love you like i do
You make me cry
And feel like such a fool
I guess i like it
When you hurt me this way
You dish it out and i just put it away
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89. _ Club Soul City
Pack up your bags
Don't look back
There's a little place
Out 'cross the the railroad tracks
If you're broken-hearted
And you don't know what to do
But they got a place down there that's just for you
Club soul, club soul city, yeah yeah yeah
Club soul, club soul city, oh yeah
There's a waitress at the back bar
Goes with the the guy that runs the place
She's got hair like a weeping willow
And tears running down her face
She's seen a lot of guys like you coming around
Looking for something that they've lost
Or trying to lose something that they've found
Down at
Club soul, club soul city, yeah yeah yeah
Club soul, club soul city, oh yeah
So if you're down on your spirit
And there ain't no-one who cares
If you're lost and you're lonely
You won't be lonely down there
You can't miss it, it's just up the highway
On the front door there's a sign that says
Restricted to the losing kind
Club soul, club soul city, yeah yeah yeah
Club soul, club soul city, oh yeah
Club soul, club soul city, yeah yeah yeah
Club soul, club soul city, oh yeah
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90. _ Dedication
Well way back in the bible time
A cat named noah built an ocean liner
Everybody laughed when they told him why
But when the rain came, noah was high and dry
'cause he had
Dedication baby through and through
Dedication like i give to you
Dedication girl every way
Dedication girl every day
Well admiral byrd and some eskimos
They took a little trip to the old north pole
When they said it was a miracle they made it back
Well they said that wasn't any miracle, jack
Dedication baby through and through
Dedication like i give to you
Dedication girl every way
Dedication girl every day
Well now there was a movie star out in hollywood
He met a little girl, they got along real good
He tried to split but the chick said "buddy, not so fast
Ain't gonna wrap me on your arms, then wrap me in some cash"
Now it was on tv every word they said
If you didn't see it man, you must have been late
She got on the witness pedestal without care
She turned to the judge and this is what she said
Dedication judge every way
Dedication judge in every way
I need some
Dedication judge that can't be spent
A little dedication judge to pay the rent
Dedication baby through and through
Dedication like i give to you
Dedication girl every way
Dedication girl every day
D-e-d-i-c-a-t-i-o-n
D-e-d-i-c-a-t-i-o-n
D-e-d-i-c-a-t-i-o-n
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91. _ Child Bride
A lovely, poignant song
About a man fated to be kept apart from his true love
"well, sometimes i dream of gettin' outta here,
Headin' down towards them old tracks
I swore i'd come and get her
But i know i ain't never goin' back
"there's nights i can't sleep
No matter how hard i try
So from my window i watch the moonlight
Fall on the far hillside
"i imagine i put on my jacket,
Go down to this little roadside bar
Pick a stranger and spin around the dance floor
To a mexican guitar"
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92. _ Jeanny Needs A Shooter
I was born down by the river
Where the dirty river flows
And the cool wind cut through me
It cut right through my clothes
And the anger and the yearning
Like fever in my veins
Set the fire burning
She came down from knightstown
With her hands hard from the line
From the first time i laid eyes on her
I knew that she's be mine
Her father was a lawman
He swore he'd shoot me dead
'cause he knew i wanted jeannie
And i'd have her like i'd said
Jeannie needs a shooter, shooter like me
Jeannie needs a shooter
Jeannie needs a shooter, shooter on her side
Jeannie needs a shooter
Jeannie needs a shooter
Jeannie needs a shooter
We met down by the river
On the final day in may
And when i leaned down to kiss her
She did not turn away
I drew out all my money
And together we did vow
To meet that very evening
And to get away somehow
Jeannie needs a shooter, shooter like me
Jeannie needs a shooter
Jeannie needs a shooter, shooter on her side
Jeannie needs a shooter
Jeannie needs a shooter
Jeannie needs a shooter
The night was cold and rainy
Down by the borderline
I was riding hard to meet her
When a shot rang out behind
As i lay there in the darkness
With a pistol by my side
Jeannie and her father
Rode off into the night
Jeannie needs a shooter
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93. _ Land Of Hope And Dreams
Grab your ticket and your suitcase
Thunder's rolling down the tracks
Don't know where you're goin'
Sky is turnin' black
Well darlin' if you're weary
Lay your head upon my chest
We'll take what we can carry
And we'll leave behind the rest
Big wheels rolling through fields
Where sunlight streams
Meet me in a land of hope and dreams
Well i will provide for you
Ya and i will stand by your side
You'll need a good companion darlin'
For this part of the ride
Ya leave behind your sorrows
Ya this day at last
Tomorrow they'll be sunny skies
And all this darkness past
Big wheels rolling through fields
Where sunlight streams
Meet me in a land of hope and dreams
This train
Carries saints and sinners
This train
Carries losers and winners
This train
Carries whores and gamblers
This train
Carries midnight ramblers
This train
Carries broken hearted
This train
Carries souls departed
This train
Dreams will not be thwarted
This train
Faith will be rewarded
This train
Carries fools and kings
This train
Hear the big wheels singing
This train
Bells of freedom ringing
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94. _ Missing
Woke up this morning, there was a chill in the air
Went to the kitchen, my cigarettes were lying there
Jacket hung on the chair, the way i left it last night
Everything was in place, everything seemed alright
But you were missing, missing missing..
Last night i dreamed the sky went black
You were drifting down, couldn't get back
Lost in trouble, so far from home
I reached for you, my arms were like stone
Oh, but you were missing, missing... missing
Searched for something to explain
In the whispering rain and the trembling *(?)*
Tell me baby, where did you go
You were here just a moment ago
At nights i still hear your footsteps fall
I can hear your voice moving down the hall
Drifting through the bedroom
I lie awake but i don't move
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95. _ The Promise Ii
Johnny works in a factory and billy works downtown
Terry works in a rock 'n' roll band looking for that million-dollar sound
Me i got a little job down in darlington but some nights i don't go
Some nights i go to the drive-in and some night i stay home
You see i followed that dream just like those guys do way up on the screen
With a built-up challenger down route 9
Through the dead ends and all the bad scenes
And when the promise was broken i cashed in a few of my old dreams
You see i built that challenger by myself
But i needed money and so i sold it
And i lived a secret i should have kept to myself
But i got drunk one night and i told it
All my life i fought that fight
The one that i can't ever win
And everyday it just gets harder to live
The dreams i'm believing in
Thunder road
Oh baby you were so right
Thunder road
There's something dying on the highway tonight
Well now my daddy taught me how to walk quiet
And how to make my peace with the past
And i learned real good to tighten up inside
And i don't say nothin' unless i'm asked
When the promise is broken you go on livin'
But it takes something from down in your soul
Like when the truth is spoken
And it don't make no difference
Something in your heart turns cold
You see i followed that dream, me and some guys
Through the dead ends and all the two-bit bars
When the promise was broken
I was drunk and far away from home
Sleeping with a stranger in the back seat of a borrowed car
Thunder road
And when it washes away with the rain
Thunder road
You learn to walk among the remains
Thunder road
I remember when me and terry we'd always say
Thunder road
We were gonna take it all
And throw it all
Away
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96. _ Freehold
I was born right here on randolph street in freehold
Here right behind that big red maple in freehold
Well, i went to school right here
Got laid and had my first beer
In freehold
Well, my folks always lived and worked right here in freehold
I remember running up the street, past the condo to the church here in
Freehold
Chase my daddy down in these bars
First fell in love with this guitar
Here in frehold
Well, i had my first kiss at the ymca canteen on a friday night
Maria espenoza tell me where are you tonight?
You were 13 but way ahead of your time
I walked home with a limp but i felt fine
That night in freehold
Well, the girls at freehold regional they looked pretty fine
And my heart broke at least half a dozen times
I wonder if they miss me, they still get the itch
Would they have dumped me if they knew i'd strike it rich?
Straight out of freehold
Well, tex, rest in peace, and marion gave us kids a hand in freehold
George and me started up a little rock and roll band in freehold
Well, we learned pretty quick how to rock it
I'll never forget the feeling of that first 5 bucks in my pocket
That i earned in freehold
Well, i got outta here really hard and fast in freehold
Everybody wanted to kick my ass back there in freehold
Well, if you were different, black or brown
It was a bit of a redneck town
Back then in freehold
Well, something broke my daddy's back in freehold
In '69 he left and he never come back to freehold
'cept once he drove from california, 3000 miles in three days
Called my mothers relatives some dirty names
And pulled straight out of freehold
My sister had her first little baby at 17 in freehold
Well people they can be pretty mean
Honey, you had a rough road to go, but you ain't made of nothin' but soul
I love you more than you'll ever know
We both survived freehold
Well, my buddy mike, well, he's the mayor now in freehold
I remember when we used to have a lot more hair in freehold
Well, i left and swore i'd never walk these streets again, jack
Tonight all i can say is "holy shit, i'm back!"
Back in freehold
Well, this summer everything was green in freehold
Rode my kids on the fire engine through the streets of freehold
I showed 'em where their dad was born and raised
And first felt the sun on his face
There in freehold
Well, i still got a lot of good friends right here in town
I can usually find me a free beer somewhere
With offers of free meals i am blessed
Should i go crazy, blow all my money and ruin my life, well, at least i'll
Never go hungry i guess
Here in freehold
Well, i got a good catholic education here in freehold
Led to an awful lot of masturbation here in freehold
Father, it was just something i did for a smile
Hell, i still get a good one off once in a while
And dedicate it to freehold
Don't get me wrong, i ain't puttin' anybody down
Hell, in the end it all just goes and comes around
It's one hell of a town, freehold!
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97. _ From Small Things Big Things Come
At sixteen she quit high school
To make a fortune in the promised land
She got a job behind the counter
In an all-night hamburger stand
She rode faithfully home to mama
Now, mama don't you worry none
From small things, mama, big things one day come
It was late one friday
He pulled in out of the dark
He was tall and handsome
First she took his order, then she took his heart
They bought a house up on the hillside
Where little feet soon would run
From small things, mama, big things one day come
Oh, but love is bleeding
It's sad but it's true
When your heart is beating
You don't want to hear the news
She packed her bags
And with a wyoming county interstate map
She drove down to tampa
In an eldorado grand
She wrote back, dear mama
Life is just heaven in the sun
From small things, mama, big things one day come
Well, she shot him dead on a sunny florida road
When they caught her all she said
Was she couldn't stand the way he drove
Back home lonesome johnny waits for his baby's parole
He waits high on the hillside
Where the wyoming rivers roll
And his seed have almost grown now
To a daughter and a handsome son
From small things, mama, big things one day come
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98. _ Jungeland
(early version)
Well the rangers had a home-coming in harlem late last night
And the magic rat piloted his sleek machine across the jersey state line
Barefoot girl sits drinking warm beer on the hood of an old dodge
In the soft summer rain
Rat rolls up his pants, together they'd make a stab at romance
And move down flamingo lane
Well now the maximum lawmen they run down the flamingo chasing the rat
And the barefoot girl
But the kids they live like shadows in empty doorways
(but they live like shadows in the vacant doorways)
Always silent, holding hands
The rat pulls her close (the rat pulls mary close)
And from the churches to the jails there is silence in the world
(all is silent in the world)
For tonight they'd take their chance
Down here in jungleland
Well ther's a crazy kind of light tonight
Brighter than the one that sparkles for prophets
Brighter than the giant exxon sign that brings this fair city light
There's an opera out on the turnpike, there's a ballet being fought outside
The
Alley
Well the cops they let their faces show and rips this holy night
The streets alive with tough-kid jets in nova-light machines
Boys flash guitars like bayonets and rip holes in their jeans
Then the hungry and the haunted explode into rock 'n' roll bands
They face off against each other when they meet
Down here in jungleland
The streets's on fire in a classic death waltz
Between the masters of flesh and fantasy
The poets down here don't write nothin' at all, they just stand and and let
It all be
And in the quick of the night they reach for their moment to make an honest
Stand
But they wind up wounded, not rightly dead, down here in jungleland - yes
They do
Oh beneath the city their hearts beat, soul cool engines tired and brave
Oh as the young (jungle) girls stand by fire angels fallen in the city
In the tunnels of machines they'll hear the screams
Drowned out by the roarin' trains
Them rats above, oh locked in love
The rat saves her from the edge of an on-coming train
That angel rides a...
Down here in jungleland - oh yes they do
They hear the animals sing - oh oh oh
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In the parking lots the visionairies are dressed in the latest rage
As the spanish angels dance soft and low in a blacked arcade
But the lights are so bright as he crosses the room
The band moves into the song
He takes her hand, looks in her eyes and they're gone - gone
In the tunnel of machines the rat chases his dreams
On that forever (lasting) burning light
So the barefoot girl crawls into bed, shakes her head
And with a kiss and a sigh she shuts out all the light
Beneath the city their hearts beat, soul cool engines silent and...
Oh until the girls cry like silent angels in port authority halls
In the tunnel of machines they'll hear the screams
Drowned out by the roarin' train
And layers above, oh locked in love
The rat reappears on flamingo lane
Then an angel rises from the sands
And disappears - down in jungleland
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99. _ On The Prowl
Well night after lonely night
My head don't touch the bed
I'm on a two-lane black-top
Cruisin' in my rocket sled
I'm on the prowl
Yeah i'm on the prowl
Well i'm looking for a gal, gal, gal
Hey, hey, hey, i'm on the prowl
There's only one thing that i'm certain
Every mile, mile, mile
Keep a-searchin', serachin', serachin'
For a wild, wild, child
I'm on the prowl
I'm on the prowl
I'm looking for a gal, gal, gal
Hey, hey, hey, i'm on the prowl
They got a name for dracula
And frankenstein's son
They ain't got no name now (mister)
For this monster (thing that) i've become
I'm on the prowl
I'm on the prowl
I'm looking for a gal, gal, gal
Hey, hey, hey, i'm on the prowl
I keep lookin'
I keep searchin'
I keep searchin'
I keep searchin'
Only one thing that i'm certain
Every mile, mile, mile
I keep searchin', searchin', searchin', searchin', searchin'
In the morning i check my mirror
And i hang my head and cry
But at night i get a burning, burning, burning deep inside
I'm on the prowl
I'm on the prowl
I'm looking for a gal, gal, gal
Hey, hey, hey, i'm on the prowl
In the morning i check my mirror
And i hang my head and cry
But at night i get a burning, burning, burning, burning, burning. burning
There's only one thing that i'm certain
Every while, while, while
While my heart is hurtin', hurtin'
Every mile, mile, mile
I gotta keep searchin', searchin', searchin', searchin', searchin'
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100. _ Trapped
Well it seems like i'm caught up in your trap again
And it seems like i'll be wearin' the same ol' chains
Good will conquer evil and the truth will set you free
Then i know someday i'll find the key
Then i know somewhere i'll find the key
Well it seem like i've been playin' the game way too long
And it seems the game i played has made you strong
Well when the game is over, i won't walk out a loser
And i know that i'll walk out of here again
And i know that someday i'll walk out of here again
But now i'm trapped...oh yeah!
Trapped...oh yeah yeah!
Trapped...oh yeah!
Trapped...oh yeah!
Now it seems like i've been sleepin' in your bed too long
And it seems like you've been meanin' to do me harm
But i'll teach my eyes to see beyond these walls in front of me
And someday i'll walk out of here again
Yeah i know someday i'll walk out of here again
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Well it seem like i've been playin' the game way too long
And it seems the game i played has made you strong
Because i'm trapped...oh yeah!
Trapped...oh yeah yeah!
Trapped...oh yeah yeah!
Trapped...oh yeah!
I'm trapped...oh yeah yeah!
Trapped...oh yeah yeah
Trapped...oh yeahhhhhh
Trapped....oh yeahhhh
I'm trapped.
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101. _ Your Love
She promises to be yours forever and always
And you're too young to know it don't work out that way
When she kisses you and your heart skips
And you're ten feet off the ground
Soon you'll be crying and that when you'll have found
That
Your love is gonna let you down, boy
Your love is gonna let you down
Your love is gonna let you down, boy
Your love is gonna let you down
Well it's kisses and sweet talk
When she first starts coming round
But soon tears start falling down
You say every day she makes your dreams come true
But soon those very dreams will be the death of you
Well
Your love is gonna let you down, boy
Your love is gonna let you down
Your love is gonna let you down, boy
Your love is gonna let you down
No cold denials, no-one really lied
It was time spent, promise implied
And suddenly you see something new in her eyes
And in that moment you realize
Lately you've been walking the streets at night
Like an empty shadow in the morning light
Like an empty shadow that's suddenly found
That your love is gonna let you down
Your love is gonna let you down, boy
Your love is gonna let you down
Your love is gonna let you down, boy
Your love is gonna let you down
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102. _ A Love So Fine
(paradise by the sea)
Well there's sparklin' angels on your fire-escape tonight
They line them up for you trying to keep you safe
But with them fire alley burglars on a midnight vamp
You lost your heart on main street to a beautiful tramp
That's all right, i don't mind
`cause i got (you got) a love so fine
A love so fine, me and my baby
A love so fine, me and my baby
A love so fine
The rat's traps are filled with soul crusaders
Everybody's popping and hopping and jumping
At little melvin and the invaders
You're out on the floor and you can't get up
Your baby's out there dancing and struttin' that continental strut
She looks so good, she looks so fine (she blows your mind)
Oh we (you) got a love so fine
A love so fine
A love so fine
A love so fine
Everybody's reeling when the band hits the ceiling
Don't you know you just wanna go
The boys start (joint gets) rockin', your knees start knockin'
Everybody party, go
Let's go
The bar's closed down (it's 3 o'clock and the bar's closed)
You walk to the shady side of town all alone (well you walk along with your)
Papa's screaming at you, he wants some cash (baby to the dirty side of town)
Mama's chewing you (me) off about hanging out with (alley) trash
That's all right, oh you don't mind
'cause you've got a love so fine, oh me and my baby
A love so fine
A love so fine
A love so fine
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103. _ Blowin' In The Wind
How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, and how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
How many years can a mountain exist
Before it is washed to the sea
Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head,
Pretending he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
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104. _ Little Things That Count
She said we could just sleep together,
There'd be nothing wrong.
We could just hold each other with our clothes on.
I went to answer, i don't think we should.
Then i heard a voice say, yeah, i guess we could.
She kissed me lightly and said you know sometimes when you're down,
It's the little things that count
It's the little things that count
It's the little things...
She said it was too late, i really shouldn't try to drive.
She unbuttoned my shirt and whispered just close your eyes.
Here, let me take your boots off, you know sometimes when your luck's run out
It's the little things that count
It's the little things that count
It's the little things...
Bridge: her dress rode lightly as she walked
Then she pulled the covers down.
(harmonica break)
Well i was so dry, she held a water glass to my lips,
And the polish on her nail was chipped.
She said she had a boyfriend that i reminded her of.
His hair was the same muddy brown; she stuck her tongue in my mouth...
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105. _ Sugarland
They're grazin' the field
Covered with tar
Can't get a price
To see my way clear
I'm sitting down
At the sugarland bar
It might as well bury
My body right here
Tractors and combines
Out in the cold
Sheds piled high
With the wheat we ain't sold
Silos filled with
Last year's crops
If something don't break me
We'll gonna drop
Well my wife got another
Coming in july
She's just laid up in bed
All she does is cries, cries, cries
Tommy, oh tommy
I'm so alone
Tommy, oh tommy
Oh! won't you stay home
Pa' don't say nothing
Except when it rains
He sits by the window
Listening to the sound of passing trains
Roaring out of the night
Carrying an empty load
We got a whole lot of grain
That ain't got nowhere to go
Well, if prices
Don't get no higher
I'll fill this dustbin with gasand set these fields on fire
Sit out on a ridge
Where the bluebirds fly
And watch the flame rise up
Against this sugarland sky
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106. _ Chevrolet Deluxe
I had a wife and kid, and i tried to settle down
I just wanted to live an honest life on the edge of an honest town.
But in the end they left me danglin' danglin (in the night?)
And i went crazy tryin', tryin' to walk that thin line.
Oh chevrolet deluxe, i bought you with all your accessories,
Oh chevrolet deluxe, i bought you with all your accessories,
But mister, i can't keep my payments up
I lie awake at night and wonder if i'm tough enough
To win back the hand of chevrolet deluxe.
......
They shut the power off down at the mill (the count the third time?)
And these days when you ride down main street
It's just whitewashed windows and vacancy signs
Did you ever think til the end your kids you would never believe
That if you would leave this old town, that it would leave me.
My brother's down in ft bragg, been there for half a year
Man he just got into too much trouble around here.
Chevrolet deluxe, i bought her with all the accessories,
But mister, i can't keep those payments up
Chevrolet deluxe, i lost my heart, i lost my guts....
......
She was sittin' down at highway chevrolet out on route 3
She was lookin'g like she was waitin' just for me
I worked all summer long and i saved my money up
And i went down and i put that money down
In the fall, billy, (...?)
I drove him down rode down together down to fort bragg
In the years that he was gone (...?)
(...?) in the refinery (...?) go along
Chevrolet deluxe, i bought her with all the accessories,
(...?)
Another year end gone, and billy he came home
(...?)
But it was like all of a sudden there was a curse
Things got band and things got worse
Hmmm... went the power there down at the mill
Hmmm... the thrill when they shut the power down at the mill
(...?)
Chevrolet deluxe, i bought her with all the accessories,
But i can't keep those payments up
Chevrolet deluxe
(...?) you were so clear to see
Now when i wake in the mornging i don't know what's happening to me
Chevrolet deluxe, i bought her with all the accessories,
Mister i can't keep those payments up
Chevrolet deluxe you let me down took the heart right out of me
I saw her when i was 17 down at hansen's chevrolet
I made up my mind to get her any how, any way.
That whole summer i worked until i had enough
Then i went and put my money down on that chevrolet deluxe.
[...]
Chevrolet deluxe, i bought her with all the accessories,
But mister, i can't keep those payments up
Chevrolet deluxe, i lost my heart, she took my gut...
It don't matter what you want, it don't matter what you say,
Are you tough enough not to play the way they play.
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107. _ Like A Rolling Stone
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
You threw the bums a dime in your prime
Didn't you
People called say beware doll
You're bound to fall
You thought they were all
Kidding you
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hanging it out
Now you don't talk so loud
Now you don't seem so proud
About having to be scrounging
For your next meal
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be without a home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone
You've gone to the finest school
Allright miss lonely
But you know you only used to get
Juiced in it
Nobody's ever taught you
How to live in the street
And now you're gonna have to get
Used to it
You say you never compromise
With the mystery tramp
But now you realize
He's not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And say do you want to do
Make a deal
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your homewith no direction home
A complete unknown
Like a rolling stone
You never turned around to see the frowns
On the jugglers and the clowns
When they all did tricks for you
You never understood that it ain't no good
You shouldn't let other people
Get your kicks for you
You used to ride on the chrome horse
With your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a siamese cat
Ain't it hard when you discover that
He really wasn't where it's at
After he took from you everything
He could steal
How does it feel
How does it feel
To hang on your home
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone
Princess on the steeple
And all the pretty people
They're drinking thinking
That they got it made
Exchanging all precious gifts
But you'd better
Take a diamond ring
You'd better pawn it babe
You used to be so amused
At napoleon in rags
And the language that he used
Go to him now he calls you
You can't refuse
When you ain't got nothing
You got nothing to lose
You are invisible nowyou got no secrets to conceal
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your home
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone
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108. _ Love's On The Line
Tell me baby
Have we lost everything that we had before
What do you do in the day
When i walk out the door
I can see you made up your mind
And i know our love's on the line
Love's on the line, our love's on the line
Love's on the line, our love's on the line
Love's on the line, our love's on the line
With each passing day
I gotta watch more and more what i say to you
I can feel your eyes looking through me
As i sit at the table at dinnertime
I can feel our love's on the line
Love's on the line, our love's on the line
Love's on the line, our love's on the line
Love's on the line, our love's on the line
I watch our kids
Growin' up, going to school
Is there anything else for us now
Are we both just fools
Wasting our precious time
At night we lay in bed
But it's like you're not even there
There's something real bad
Going wrong somewhere
Last night i heard you cry
And i know our love's on the line
Love's on the line, our love's on the line
Love's on the line, our love's on the line
Love's on the line, our love's on the line
Love's on the line
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109. _ There Will Never Be Another For Me But You.
Princess di did find another man
Prince charles may want to live as a tampon in another woman's
Underpants
I know what he feels like
I've been there too
But there'll never be any other for me but you
Will elizibeth taylor get married again? buddy, that's the question
Poor larry fortenski got busted on his harly for illegal weapons
Possession
I've been that down, i've been that crazy
I've been that much of a fool
But there'll never be any other for me but you
Man, a love that's real
Is a love that's hard
Like a pit bull on your ass, in a very small back yard
A love that's hard can be a love that's true
But i swear there'll never be any other for me but you
Elvis and priscilla
Jim baker and tammy fay
Donald and ivana once swore their love forever and a day
I said those words yes, i meant 'em too
But i swear there'll never be any other for me but you
No baby, there'll never be any other for me but you
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110. _ Visitation At Fort Horn
Behind the walls where heat lightning falls
On five starred gnat-faced princess
The buffalo man shoots at the tin cats
Turns and shouts "children, blow your bridges"
On death row halls where dustmen stall
Where time's an enemy and a friend
At night jackals crawl from the cracks in the walls
And salvation is never spoken
Morning sickness breaks the garrison gate
The cavalry cries for treason
The soldier strokes his pony and goes to shine the captain's sword
In this young boy's eyes lie reason
And the sergeant bursts in and cries "i caught a prisoner, captain,
A prisoner, what ho !"
The captain looks up and says "let her go"
"but captain, she patrols the light ships that patrol the sea around
The rainbow tips, whose bagpiper wail unbroken
She haunts the night and the dawnin' light
On her sounds and words your cavalry chokin' "
The captain says "have no fear, boys
For what you hear
Because danger can't be spoken "
The whirlwind crackles and i hear the rustle of shackles
From the stockade door bursts merlin
His eyes red, and swollen, like they've been pushed into the sun
His robes aflame and burnin'
He jumps a horse, tries to get away
But he gets caught in his eyes, tangled in his eyes
He falls to the ground, his neck is broken
His spirit rises high in the western sky
The magician lies an empty token
The sergeant walks over and kicks his body
And says "captain, he's dead - what shall we do with him ?"
The captain says "hang him
For though his live moments on this earth are well spent
And i can se his body is sure well bent
It's magic that must be broken "
Now night cradles low
The penniless weed plays wrath felt in the captain's corner
With anvil spread wide, the captain glides
Each blow to scare her, not to hurt her
She spits "what truth" at the captain's boots
But he holds his rage suspended
The sergeant comes in stinkin' of soldier's gin
And cries "captain, the storm she blows unending"
Oh and the lightning cracked and the sky was hacked
By dagger rain it was torn
And the yard was charged into a raging sea
And the captain ran crazily
For the first time in his life, in the captain's heart
Fear was born
The captain storms out on the stoop, panic strikes
He sees merlin's hung body stretched by the neck
Silhouetted on his door
The sergeant screams "captain, look high, look to the sky !"
Some whirling, swirling emission ...
But the captain falls to his knees crying silent pleas
'cause he knows, he knows, and he thinks to himself
"a magician..."
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111. _ Get Up Stand Up
Get up stand up, stand up for your right
Get up stand up, don't give up the fight
Preacher man don't tell me
Heaven is under the earth
I know you don't know
What life is really worth
It's not all that glitters is gold
Half the story has never been told
So now you see the light
Stand up for your right
Get up stand up, stand up for your right
Get up stand up, don't give up the fight
Most people think
Great god will come from the sky
Take away everything
And make everybody feel high
But if you knew what life is worth
You could look for yours on earth
And now you've seen the light
Stand up for your rights
Get up stand up, stand up for your right
Get up stand up, don't give up the fight
We're sick and tired of your easing kissing
Gone to die and go to heaven in jesus name
We know and we understand
Almighty god is a living man
You can fool some people sometimes
But you can't fool all the people all the time
And we've seen the light
We're gonna stand up for our rights
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112. _ She's Leaving
She's leaving, she's leaving
Everybody knows
She's leaving, she's leaving
And i feel like such a fool
She left me standing here just two feet tall
I just don't know how she could do it
In front of our friends and all
She had better things to do and bigger plans
I thought we could make it with just us two
But i guess we can't
'cause she can't
And i'm only one man
But i love her
It's winter
Suddenly it's winter
And i feel so cold inside
It's different
It could've been so different
If only she didn't feel that need to lie
What's the matter girl
Didn't you think i was that strong
That you couldn't tell me
What was going on
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113. _ Follow That
If your heart is restless and you can't go on
When you're tired and weary, but you can't go on
Well a distant dream is a callin' you
Then there's just one thing that you can do
Yeah, you gotta follow that dream wherever that dream may lead you
You gotta follow that dream wherever that dream may lead
Now if i walk in dreams
And if i talk in dreams
I need someone with a love i can trust
And together we'll search for the things that come to us
Baby in dreams, in dreams
Now every man has the right to live
The right to a chance to give what he has to give
The right to fight for the things he believes
For the things that come to him in dreams
Baby in dreams, i walk in dreams
I talk in dreams
I live in dreams
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114. _ Outside Looking In
It's over now, the thing we had
I ain't sorry, babe, i just feel mad
You walk real pretty and you talk real fine
Night after night you wrote the lines
My life's the same story
Again and again
I' m on the outside looking in
On the outside looking in
Hey, make-believe ain't real
I don't doubt the way i feel
You walk real pretty and you talk real sweet
Well babe i was born in the driving seat
My life's the same story
Again and again
I' m on the outside looking in
On the outside looking in
Yes i' m on the outside looking in
It's over now, the thing we had
I ain't sorry, babe, i just feel mad
You walk real pretty and you talk real fine
Night after night you wrote the lines
My life's the same story
Beginning to end
Beginning to end
I' m on the outside looking in
On the outside looking in
Yes i' m on the outside looking in
Yes i am
Yes i guess i am
Baby i' m on the outside looking in
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115. _ Spanish Eyes
Little christine
We're takin' one more run
Secret heart, when the time has begun
Come to part
And hey, you're the one
And now we know
My heart is sold
And though we tried
You took me with your spanish eyes
Hey badlands
Realize
That someone else is yearning
Special sunday night
And baby there's time
Time enough to cry
With all our sad stories
And all the bad that we've done
And all the times
We've rode on for glory
And ...
And you took me with your spanish eyes
Stretch out baby
And call your daddy home
'cause i'm runnin' tonight
Couldn't be all alone
Yes i know how something died
But baby it was just for kicks
It was just for fun
Even with all the bad that we done
They can't say we didn't try
And i fell for your spanish eyes
Saturday night special
Waitin' in the sheets
Oh come on
Talk to me, my sweet
And i'll try to make it complete this timecome close and let me dry your eyes
Let me try to turn the lies
And let me kiss your spanish eyes
Let me kiss your spanish eyes
Let me kiss your spanish eyes
Let me kiss your spanish eyes
Come here, baby
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116. _ Talk To Me
Well every night i see a light up in your window
But every night you won't answer your door
But although you won't ever let me in
From the street i can see your silhouette sittin' close to him
What must i do
What does it take
To get you to
Talk to me
Until the night is over
Talk to me
Well until the night is over, yeah yeah yeah
I got a full week's pay
And baby i've been working hard each day
I'm not asking for the world you see
I'm just asking girl
Talk to me
Well late at night i hear the music that you're playing soft and low
Yes and late at night i see the two of you swayin', so close
I don't understand darling what was my sin
Why am i down here below while you're up there with him
What did i do
What did i say
What must i pay
To get you to
Talk to me
Until the night is over
Talk to me
Well until the night is over, yeah yeah yeah
I got a full week's pay
And baby i've been working hard each day
I'm not asking for the world you see
I'm just asking girl
Talk to me
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I don't understand darling what was my sin
Why am i down here below while you're up there with him
What did i do
What did i say
What must i pay
To get you to
Talk to me
Until the night is over
Talk to me
Well until the night is over, yeah yeah yeah
I got a full week's pay
And baby i've been working hard each day
I'm not asking for the world you see
I'm down on my bended knees
I'm just asking darling please won't you
Talk to me
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117. _ The Word
Well you flash your tongue like diamonds
You tied me to your wildcat schemes
And you forced me into a power dive
And left your mark on my jeans
And i hear the word on your soldiers
And i hear the word on jesus too
I heard the word on the country
But i never heard the word on you
Your love was like a machine gun
I wore your bugle in my belt
And i was your kid glove lover
All the cards were yours
You always dealt
And i stood before your soapbox
Noiseless and shoeless
Playing my pantry boy's games
You had your hands raised up to the sky
Shouting oh sunday deity
Oh big daddy longlegs
Come down and bless your sister please
You were shoutin' orders about the construction
Going on down the highway
You were namin' names, blamin' blames
And you blamed me
You wore your heart like a challenge
Far and apart for anyone who came
Open and wide like the river
With rocks on both sides to keep the water tame
But i heard the word on your high tides
And i felt the pain when i tried
To rip your flood gates wide
And pull your body on over to my side
Where we both could hide
But you heard about the freedom ride
And you heard about the highway crew
Who could cut the light a little bit faster than you
So you left me just your shoes
And i hear the word on jesus
And i hear the word on his marching troop
And i hear the word on the country
But i never heard the word on you
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118. _ Held Up Without A Gun
I was out driving, just taking it slow
Looked at my tank it was reading low
Pulled in an exxon station out on highway one
Look out!
Help up without a gun
Help up without a gun
Help up without a gun
(some man) drew eight hundred dollars (doing off a
Squeeze)
Ain't got nowhere to go and nothing to eat
(driving up so blow us) better sign here son
Watch out!
Help up without a gun
Help up without a gun
Now it's a sin and it oughta be a crime
You know it happens buddy all the time
If i don't break the limit tryin' to have a little fun
Help up without a gun
Help up without a gun
Help up without a gun
Help up without a gun
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119. _ Look To The Land
Well, i dreamed i was a gypsy riding the land
With a tambourine and a gypsy queen and a rainbow caravan
??? ???? yeah, but i won't be
Stealing diamonds from the rich men to throw in the sea
Singing look to the land 'cause the land is the key
Keep an eye on the lake, yeah and an eye on the sea
Yes, i dreamed i was a cabin boy on that american clipper line
??? ??? southcaroline
Oh bring flowers for the captain that they may not wilt
On the ??? ????? (yeah, allright)
Yes i dreamed i was the captain of a river queen
Carressing mississippi waters down to new orleans
Just a riverboat captain that's what i want to be
Won't you come on now i'll let you ride my ??
Singin' look towards the river for the river's the key
Keep an eye on the river and an eye on the sea (and you know it's allright)
Where the sun shines i will go mama take my hand
I wanna bring you to the lake
And the wild wind blows and the mountains grow and the people know
Yes they know you must let the river flow, let the river go
Where the river flows i will follow, where the sun shines i must go
Now mama, take my hand i wanna bring you to the lake
Where the wild wind blows and the people know
And the mountains grow, yes they grow
And the river flows, gotta let the river flow
Yes i dreamed i was a river flowing free
And i dreamed that ?? just flow naturally
Yes i dreamed i was a crystal mountain stream
Running down the biggest mountain you've ever seen, singin'
Look towards the river for ?????
Keep an eye on the river and an eye on the sea
Dreamed i was your lover 'cause that's what i wanna be
I dreamed that every night you dreamed only of me
We'll walk together by the sea hand in hand
I'd tell you you were my only woman and i'll be your only man, singin'
Look towards the lovers for they are the key
Keep an eye on the lovers and an eye on the war machine
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120. _ Street Queen
She got high class,
She rides around in a cut down chevy machine.
Her eyes are plate glass,
Oh and legs like a limousine.
She comes stocked with sass,
And pride ain't there to be mean.
She's the baddest thing this town's ever seen.
Oh, street queen.
Well, she got a turbine engine, mama,
With maximum thrust.
Cadillac hips, she's got the best on the strip,
She knows how to use a clutch.
She comes on shiny and black,
And, boys, if you hit her you better be tough.
Oh she's the slickest thing that i've ever seen.
Oh, street queen.
And you can always tell a moment she's around,
You can hear the loud engine roaring.
She says, "come on, get in. hey baby, you want to go for a ride?"
I know she sets your mind soaring.
Oh and the boys, they jump back,
As that engine unwinds.
I'm glued to my seat, mama,
As i watch that speed-o-meter climb.
Oh she moves so fast she's almost obscene.
Street queen.
Well, if you're going to come streakin' down my street, baby,
Like an angel with them chevy wings.
If you're going to come streakin' down my street, baby,
Like an angel with them chevy wings.
You better watch out, street queen,
Cause you're messing with the king.
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121. _ Drop On Down And Cover Me
Times are tough there baby there
It's getting tougher now
This world is rough honey it's
Just getting rougher now
Their on top there baby
Just tryin' to score-well
Seen enough, honey i don't
Wanna see no more
Drop on down and cover me
On down and cover me
Sometimes girl i just wanna
Leave it all behind us, yeah
Hold me in your arms tonight let's
Let our love blind us, yeah
Inside i feel the pain that
The hatred and the sorrow
I wanna shut the light, baby
C'mon and shut the door
Drop on down and cover me
On down and cover
I just wanna close my eyes and
Let your love surround me
I wanna close my heart to
To this world around me
The anger and the heartlessness
All the good things guilty
Come closer baby
Now-closer still now
Drop on down and cover me
On down and cover me
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122. _ No Need
She's a broken winged angel
Refugee from things her mama knew
And she's done everything the bible say not to do
Well i don't know if she believes in jesus
The good book, or even satan you see
I'm just trying to get her to believe in me
Oh, 'cause when i see her face
No matter where i am i'm in the right place
And the girls i left behind
Oh, they never satisfied me, it's so true
But baby, baby, you do
She's the belle of eighth street
High society's midnight vamp
Oh, she's my queen and i'm her tramp
Yes she's a free falling flyer
And she flows whichever way that the wind blows
And she's the only woman i never knew
Who could teach me more about me, bind me in chains
And still let me be free
My heart swells up inside
Starts beating like i'm gonna die
And my body breaks in pain
As she falls down on me like the rain
It's only her and my songs that keep me from going insane
And i guess i'm one of those people
Who measures love in pain
You see, i never had too much personal success
And to me there's nothing sweeter
Than a teardrop of rain
I just love that feeling of sadness
Oh and it worries me so ...
She's my west side angel
She looks so funky in her hollywood wing
And she knows how i stumble when i talk
So she says: "don't talk, babe, just sing"
And i have seen her body in candle glow
In the deep heart of the night
When you finally let loose of everything
Oh, and she loves me like such a good woman
And still, oh, she's just a sweet young thing
And i know this might sound crazy
Or just the words of a young fool
But i swear i'd be on the floor
And she ever walked out the door
I swear i'd wish that she would shoot me first
And i know that sounds insane but sometimes i believe it's true
And that's what scares me worst
'cause i dance for her
Take any chance for her
And i play for her
Lord god knows i play for her
And i need for her
And i bleed for her
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123. _ Remember When The Music
Remember when the music
Came from wooden boxes
Strung with silver wires
And as we sang
The words would set our hearts on fire
To believe in things
So we'd sing
Remember when the music
Brought us all together
To stand inside the rain
And as we'd join hands
We'd meet in the refrain
With dreams to live
And hope to give
Remember when the music
Was the best that we'd dream of
For our's children's time
And as we'd worked we'd sing
Cause we knew time
Was just a lie
A gift to say
A gift that future gave
Remember when the music
Was a rock we could cling to
So we would not despair
And as we sang we'd knew
We'd hear an echo in the air
And if we weren't smiling then
We'd smile again
And all the times i listened
And all the times i heard
And all the melodies i'm missing
And all the magic words
All the beautiful words
All the beautiful voices
And all the choices we had theni hope you find you got
Those kind of choices once again
Remember when the music
Brought the night
Across the valley
And as we hum the melody
We'd be safe within the sound
So we'd sleep
To awake with dreams
And promises to keep
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124. _ Walking Through Midnight
Well i've been walking through midnight
And there's no trace of dawn
I'm stuck in this moonlight
It's leading me on
My body's on fire
And i can't stand the pain
This burning desire
I feel once again
Now i'm fighting with madness
As i move down the street
Surrounded by sadness
I can't take this heat
The streetlamps are glowing
Like coals in the mist
Their lights keep me moving
I just can't resist
Now there's peace in this valley
But none in my mind
Like a drunk in an alley
I'm stumbling blind
With no destination
At an unholy speed
I must keep on moving
Try to walk off this need
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125. _ This Little Girl
Here she comes, walking down the street
You know she's walking just like she's walking to come and see
Oh she's so young
And she's so fine
I know what's on your mind, know what you want to do
But if you mess with her, i'm gonna mess with you
You better watch your step, you better stay in line
This little girl is mine, oh oh
This little girl is mine, oh oh
This little girl is mine, this little girl, this little girl is mine
Oh oh this little girl is mine
This little girl is mine, oh oh
This little girl is mine, this little girl, this little girl is mine
Well if the world were mine to do with what i want to do, sir
Well i'd wrap it up in a bow and giver it all to her
Yeah and all of my love, all of the time
You know i'd hold her tight, i'd never let her go
And late at night you know i'd love her so
Yeah i'd treat her right, so she'd never mind
That
This little girl is mine, oh oh
This little girl is mine, oh oh
This little girl is mine, this little girl, this little girl is mine
Hey ! you better watch out
I'm telling you the score
Or you're gonna be sweeping your broken heart up off the floor
Oh and that ain't all
I'm telling you my friend
I know what's on your mind, know what you wanna do
But if you mess with her, i'm gonna mess with you
You like the way she moves, you like to watch her walk
You better listen up, 'cause man this ain't just talk
You better watch your step, you better stay in line
This little girl is mine, oh oh
This little girl is mine, oh oh
This little girl is mine, this little girl, this little girl is mine
Oh oh this little girl is mine
This little girl is mine, oh oh
This little girl is mine, this little girl, this little girl is mine
This little girl is mine, oh oh
This little girl is mine, oh oh
This little girl is mine, this little girl, this little girl is mine
Oh oh this little girl is mine
This little girl is mine, oh oh
This little girl is mine, this little girl, this little girl is mine
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126. _ Vibes Man
Vibes man in the alley, play me your spitball serenade,
And a deeper blue and you'll be playing in your grave.
Save your notes, spend them on your blues, boy.
Help your darlin' yearlin' blues, boy.
Hit the church note, ring it!
Vibes man sing the trashcan hear your junkman singing.
Fish lady, don't you bait those tenement walls.
Don't take corner boys because they're too easy.
You were born black and blue,
You didn't have to wait for somebody to hit you.
Take my arm, i'll move with you down broadway.
Take my arm, oh honey, i'll walk with you down broadway.
I'm the young man and i'll be proud,
And i can talk real loud.
And i'm from out of town, too.
Won't you come home with me.
Won't you come home with me.
But no, cause she won't take a train,
Oh, she won't take that train.
Oh, she won't take a train.
Oh, she won't take that train.
She won't take a train.
Oh, she won't take that train.
Oh, she won't take a train.
Oh, she won't take that train.
You won't take the train.
She won't take the train.
Cause she's afraid those tracks are gonna slow her down.
And when she turns around,
I'm gonna be gone like the ???????
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127. _ Jazz Musician
Well it's saturday night in new jersey
And you're feeling kinda wet
Now the summer heat is getting you worried
So you try to look as innocent as you can as you sweat
And you've got a woman on the other side of the law
But it ain't cool to go see her yet
Because her ex-old man's a city cop
Who thinks he's auditioning for dragnet
So you stand on the corner looking kinda torn
And in the blue light lounge
Where death was born
The jazz musician blows his horn
You pop a letter to your baby in richmond
'cause you're feeling pretty down
She's kinda small but at least she's a rich one
Oh, and she needs you real bad
And sometimes that's all that counts
You had a teenage band and flying hands
And oh, you was pretty big, you were pretty big in the
South
But you passed out on stage and flew into a rage
And someone tried to revive you
Mouth to mouth
You felt a pain in your chest
As you passed the crown
And in the blue light lounge
The lights went down
And the audience slipped silently out of town
Well now the atheist he burns you for laughing out loud
Because he can't understand what you're saying
And the word's out when they pushed him in the hole
Everybody knows that he went out praying
Oh, now the park is dark but the sidewalk's bright
And alive with the light of the living
Oh and mama can i walk you home tonight
'cause it's a big bad city
And this boy's got a lot for the givingi'm stranded in the jungle
First stage witness at a company killing
I'm clutching my high school diploma, shuffling my feet
Promised sixty bucks a week
And guaranteed top billing
Well you can live a life of love in new york
Only if you don't, if you don't love living
And i met this taxi driver who drives me around town
Telling tales of his back seat women
And out on the corner there's no room to move
'cause everybody's trying so hard to groove
And in the blue light lounge
The jazz musician plays his blues
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128. _ Savin' Up
You may have diamonds
You may have pearls
You may think you got it baby
Over all the other girls
But honey you ain't got nothing
And i'll tell you why
If you're empty as a soul can be, baby
Deep down inside
You better start savin' up
For the things that money can't buy
You better start savin' up
For the things that money can't buy
You better start savin' up
For the things that money can't buy
You better start savin' up
For the things that money can't buy
You may have a big backyard
And ruby rings
And my love's just a second-place runner, honey
To your fancy things
But what you got to hold on to
When the lights go down
You come lookin' for me baby
But i ain't nowhere around
You better start savin' up
For the things that money can't buy
You better start savin' up
For the things that money can't buy
You better start
You need a strong man, baby
To love and understand you
A man who ain't afraid, sugar
To get some dirt on his hands for you
And when you're feeling so down-hearted
And all you wanna do is cry
Ah, just come on, take my hand, baby
Together you and i
We could start savin' up
For the things that money can't buy
We'd better start savin' up
For the things that money can't buy
You better start savin' up
For the things that money can't buy
You better start savin' up
For the things that money can't buy
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129. _ Taxi Cab
Taxicab, taxicab at the light
Won't you take me on a ride
Through this city at night
I got some money and i'm feelin' fine
I ain't no hurry so just take your time
Some people wanna die young and gloriously
Well taxicab driver, hey that ain't me
I got a cute little baby
Down at 12th and vine
And she opens for business just about closin' time
Ah hey hey, ah hey hey
City at night, city at night
I don't believe what i see in this street
I don't know how they can take the heat
Well baby i'm a liar, i'm a cheat
And i don't care
I got my money, i can't take my fare
I'm ridin' tonight, i'm on my way
C'mon baby...
I can take it or live it, when it comes
Got my baby by the light of the sun
You know she brings it with her and then she comes
Hey, hey, city at night
Hey, hey, city at night
Ride on
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130. _ Trapped Again
Here i am baby, right where you found me
Trying to break these chains that surround me
If i look a little different, it's because i've changed
Half-painted pictures are all that remains
I can't let my past mistakes
Let 'em bring me down
I ain't waitin' on no angel of mercy
I've tried my best and i can't help myself
And i'm trapped again
And i can't get out without losing you
And i'm trapped again
Why can't you feel what i'm going through
I'm trapped again
I need an answer girl, can't you see
I'm trapped again
Come and rescue me
Monday morning came so fast
What a fool to think that dreams would last
Close my eyes and it's still so clear
Remember the night girl, the world disappeared
Can't let the hand of fate
Let it drag me down
I can't get no angel of mercy
I cam to stay but i got swept away
And i'm trapped again
And i can't get out without losing you
And i'm trapped again
Why can't you feel what i'm going through
I'm trapped again
I need an answer girl, can't you see
I'm trapped again
Come and rescue me
Can't let the hand of fate
Let it drag me down
I can't get no angel of mercy
I cam to stay but i got swept away
And i'm trapped again
And i can't get out without losing you
And i'm trapped again
Why can't you feel what i'm going through
I'm trapped again
I need an answer girl, can't you see
I'm trapped again
Come and rescue me
And i'm trapped again
And i can't get out without losing you
And i'm trapped again
Why can't you feel what i'm going through
I'm trapped again
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131. _ All Night Long (breakout)
I was born saved in heaven
It was nothing like the promised land
Raised in a good christian house
Underneath a good christian hand
I was schooled down and dirty
Signed a note back to town
It was there that the workers slaved all week
Waiting for payday to come around
Break out, come on if you're coming
Cause baby i just can't stay
I want to take out the walls of this joint
I want to blow this town away
Now i ain't into fast livin'
I ain't into dying young
And i ain't looking to be forgiven
For any of the stupid things that i've done
For the ones who once had a notion
A notion it was good to be alive
Feel the spark, the rush of emotion
I want to break out baby tonight
I want to dream, that i got a place
I want to scream in somebody's face
Make it seem, get out of this muddy race
All night long
Well all little kings lose their thrones tonight
All you little pretty things better learn to sleep alone tonight
It was down in the cool dirty living
With the man with the master plan
Some girl who can beg forgiveness
And a ticket to the promised land
Down where they'll tear your guts out
Making out what you're all about
Making while we were blasting like a ??
I want out i want out i want out
Want out to the outside
Well i'm a small fool
I want to shout i'm bound for nothing
I want to shout about something too
For the ones who once had a notion
It ain't no sin to be glad you're alive
I feel the heat, the rush of devotion
I want to tear out baby tonight
I wanna do what ain't ever been done
I wanna win what ain't ever been won
I wanna lose blow it all away
I wanna lose what i've always won
Prove it all night long
I wanna know that i got a place
I wanna go where i can see your face
I wanna rock the roof off this place
I want you to know
I wanna live
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132. _ Tweeter And The Monkey Man
Tweeter and the monkey man were hard up for cash,
They stayed up all night selling cocaine and hash,
To an undercover cop who had a sister named jan.
For reasons unexplained she loved the monkey man.
Tweeter was a boy scout 'fore she went to vietnam,
And found out the hard way, nobody gives a damn.
They knew that they found freedom just across the jersey line,
So they hopped into a stolen car, took highway 99.
And the walls came down,
All the way to hell.
Never saw them when they're standing,
Never saw them when they fell.
The undercover cop never liked the monkey man,
Even back in childhood he wanted to see him in the can.
Jan got married at fourteen to a racketeer named bill,
She made secret calls to the monkey man from a mansion on the hill.
It was out on thunder road, tweeter at the wheel,
They crashed into paradise, they could hear them tires squeal.
The undercover cop pulled up and said "everyone of you's a liar,
If you don't surrender now it's gonna go down to the wire."
And the walls came down,
All the way to hell.
Never saw them when they're standing,
Never saw them when they fell.
An ambulance rolled up, a state-trooper close behind,
Tweeter took his gun away and messed up his mind.
The undercover cop was left tied up to a tree,
Near the souvenir stand, by the old abandoned factory.
Next day the undercover cop was hot in pursuit,
He was taking the whole thing personal, he didn't care about the loot.
Jan had told him many times, "it was you to me who taught
In jersey anything's legal, as long as you don't get caught".
And the walls came down,
All the way to hell.
Never saw them when they're standing,
Never saw them when they fell.
Some place by rahwey prison they ran out of gas,
The undercover cop had cornered them, said,
"boy you didn't think this could last?"
Jan jumped out of bed, said, "there's someplace i gotta go".
She took the gun out of the drawer, said, "it's best that you don't know".
The undercover cop was found face down in a field,
The monkey man was on the river bridge, using tweeter as a shield.
Jan said to the monkey man, "i'm not fooled by tweeter's curl,
I knew him long before he became a jersey girl."
And the walls came down,
All the way to hell.
Never saw them when they're standing,
Never saw them when they fell.
Now the town of jersey city is quieting down again,
I'm sitting in a gambling club called the lion's den.
The tv set was blown up, every bit of it is gone,
Ever since the nightly news showed that the monkey man was on.
I guess i'll go to florida and get myself some sun,
There ain't no more opportunity here, everything's been done.
Sometimes i think of tweeter, sometimes i think of jan,
Sometimes i don't think about nothing but the monkey man.
And the walls came down,
All the way to hell.
Never saw them when they're standing,
Never saw them when they fell.
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133. _ Heart Full Of Soul
Sick at heart and lonely
Deep in dark despair
Thinking one thought only
Where is she, tell me where
And if she says to you
She don't love me
Just give here my message
Tell her of my plea
And i know, if she had me back again
I would never make her sad
I got a heart......full of soul
And i know....
She's been gone such a long time
Longer than i can bear
But if she says she wants me
Tell her that i'll be there
And if she says to you
She don't love me
Just give her my message
Tell her my plea
And i know......
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134. _ That's What You Get
The moonlight dances on her face
I got my lips ????
I'm living the life of a lie
It was for me, for me that she died
That's what you get for loving me (repeated 4 times)
???? [whole line unintelligible]
True love, unhappiness
I fall down on my knees and i cry
It's my way of saying goodbye
That's what you get for loving me (repeated 5 times)
The moonlight is ?? on the ???
As i ??? (into my?) head
And i, i'm gonna cry
It's my way of saying goodbye
That's what you get for loving me (repeat to fade)
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135. _ Walking In The Street
Oh billy stares at cherry in the hall
And walks out into the rain so blessed and tall
Standin' on the corner with a gun underneath his coat
Beneath the stars on the street
Oh on lexington avenue they stand
Velvet aces they case the promised land
Reachin' out across the hoods with both hands
Oh, tryin' to catch a ride
Tonight we're lovers in the cold
Running past the graveyards in the snow
Walking in the street with nowhere to go
And it's no, no, no
Oh and the getaway driver waits outside the store
He pulls away just as billy runs out the door
Oh and billy won't run anymore, no, no, no
Oh baby i can't lay the stars at your feet
Oh but i think we could take it all, just you and me
Oh come on, you'll see, there's a lot of room
For you baby, in this front seat
Tonight we're lovers on that road (in the snow)
Running past the graveyards in the snow
Walking in the street with nowhere to go
And it's oh, oh, oh
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136. _ Hold On (to What You Got)
Verse 1:
I worked hard, baby, night and day
The things i had somebody took away
They took away everything i earned
But there's one lesson that'a i have learned
Chorus:
You got to hold on, little girl, to what you've got (4x)
Verse 2:
I been pushed and i been knocked down
But i picked myself right back up off the ground
And baby there's one thing that i have found
Fighting's the only way's to stand your ground
Chorus:
You got to hold on, little girl, to what you've got (4x)
Bridge:
I've been used, i've been abused
I've had, baby, my regrets
I've been lost, i paid the cost
But there's one thing i ain't gonna forget
Verse 3:
I've heard some hard lines, i've seen some cryin' times
Bad luck and trouble they been friends of mine
Got to stand straight and stare right at your face (fate?)
And play it hard before it's too late
Chorus:
You got to hold on, little girl, to what you've got (8x)
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137. _ American Skin (41 Shots)
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots, and we'll take that ride
Across this bloody river to the other side
41 shots, they cut through the night
You're kneeling over his body in the vestibule
Praying for his life
Is it a gun?
Is it a knife?
Is it a wallet?
This is your life
It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret)
It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret)
Ain't no secret my friend
You can get killed just for living in your american skin
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots, lena gets her son ready for school
She says now on these streets charles
You got to understand the rules
Promise me if an officer stops you'll always be polite
Never ever run away and promise mama you'll keep your hands in sight
Cause is it a gun?
Is it a knife?
Is it a wallet?
This is your life
It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret)
It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret)
No secret my friend
You can get killed just for living in your american skin
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
Is it a gun?
Is it a knife?
Is it a wallet?
This is your life
It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret)
It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret)
It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret)
41 shots and we'll take that ride
Across this bloody river to the other side
41 shots my boots caked in mud
We're baptized in these waters and in each other's blood
Is it a gun?
Is it a knife?
Is it a wallet?
This is your life
It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret)
It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret)
No secret my friend
You can get killed just for living in
You can get killed just for living in
You can get killed just for living in
Your american skin
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
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