Cycles

Johnston/midnight/schwartz

I'm a man who lives in the city
I'm a man who lives in the street
From f.l.a. to frisco bay
And everywhere in between

Coast to coast there's a question
Everybody's always askin' me
People want to know everywhere i go
What can the answer be

Music is the doctor
Makes you feel like you want to
Listen to the doctor
Just like you ought to
Music is the doctor of my soul

Well it seems that when i travel
And i'm out there on the road
The freedom i need is the freedom i leave
In my good time rock and roll

There's a healing in those guitars
And a spirit in the song
No matter what condition your rhythm is in
The message goes on and on

Music is the doctor
Makes you feel like you want to
Listen to the doctor
Just like you ought to
Music is the doctor of my soul

If you ever wonder
How to shake your blues
Just follow this prescription
And get the cure for what's ailin' you

Music is the doctor
Makes you feel like you want to
Listen to the doctor
Just like you ought to
Music is the doctor of my soul

Lakind/zirngeibel/herron

No one lives forever
So don't waste your time
Just ain't right to walk away
Roll the dice, lay it on the line

Many roads to travel
In your search you might find
That getting there will have no meaning
If you can't enjoy the ride

Too high a price
That everyone's paying
The world ain't so nice
Trying to survive
Spending your life
Takin' chances you're given
That's always enough to keep the dream alive

If you're lookin' for trouble
You can bet it's gaining from behind
When you give, you get back double
You can't lose let your heart decide

Tom johnston

There's a town south of the border
South of el paso they say
Where the nights are long and the winds are warm
And the women they love to play
In an old adobe tavern
Mescal flows like water
And rita will dance on your table so fine
You are bound to place your order

I don't have to think about it
I don't have to wonder
Where i'm going to ride tonight
I'll be riding down the highway south of the border

As i ride into town and the dust settles down
And the mariachi music is playing
I buy me a room from a guy named luis
It's just up the stairs and it's waiting
Downstairs rita is dancing
Just the way her mother has taught her
So i settle down for the show and a beer
And wait for that mother's daughter

I don't have to think about it
I don't have to wonder
Where i'm going to ride tonight
I'll be riding

When the morning comes and i wake up
To the sounds of the people below
There's a note on my bed that is easily read
Buenos dias and a kiss when you go
As i ride out of town with my face to the sun
And the dust is trailing behind
Soon i'll go back to this sleepy old town
Back where i know i can find

I don't have to think about it
I don't have to wonder
Where i'm going to ride tonight
I'll be riding down the highway south of the border

D. lambert/b.potter

Just because in a moment of madness
I took advantage of your sweet love
Don't just hand me a lifetime of sadness
When there's so little i'm guilty of

One chain don't make no prison
Two wrongs don't make no right
One rain don't make no river
One punch don't make no fight

Can you spare me a little affection
Would that be askin' too much of you
Don't point love in another direction
I swear i'll make it up to you

One chain don't make no prison
Two wrongs don't make no right
One rain don't make no river
One punch don't make no fight

There's a bed i'm keepin' empty for you
There's a lot i know i've got to prove

Don't let a simple misunderstanding
Be a mountain that we can't move

B. lakind/m. mcdonald

They wait and watch the border
As the night falls
Full moon throwin' shadows
They might see

For the moment
There ain't no breakin' through
Sometimes waiting is all a man can do
Hear me now

Don't know what's in front of me
I know how the heart rules
Can't say what the odds will be
I might win, i might lose
Tonight i'm comin' through

Through the night sounds ringin'
One lonely heartbeat
She must be wonderin'
What to do

Well, i can't call out
Can't get no message through
And i can't wait here
To see one more night through
Oh baby

Don't know what's in front of me
I know how the heart rules
Can't say what the odds will be
I might win, i might lose
Tonight i'm comin' through
In the midnight hour
Oooh i'm comin' through

Don't know what's in front of me
I know how the heart rules
Can't say what the odds will be
I might win, i might lose
Tonight i'm comin' through
I know how the heart rules
Can't say what the odds will be
I might win, i might lose

Tonight i'm comin' through
I know how the heart rules
Can't say what the odds will be
I might win, i might lose

Tonight i'm comin' through
Oooh i'm comin' through
Oooh