1. _ Supplication
Well, dizzy ain't the word for the way that you're making me feel now
Well, i need some indication, girl, if all of this is real now, tell me girl now
Well, i've heard it said there's something wrong in my head, now
Got to help me, girl, now
Could it be infatuation or am i just being misled now?
Little bolt of inspiration way you strike me now
Sparking my imagination, got the lightning now
Cause me such excitation, got the lightning now
'bout to end my suffocation, come on strike me now
Little bolt of inspiration way you strike me now, she's back in my imagination
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2. _ Nobody's Fault But Mine
Nobody's fault but mine if i don't read my soul gets lost
Nobody's fault but mine
Had a bible in my hand, had a bible in my arm
My mother she taught me how to read
If i don't read my soul gets lost
Nobody's fault but mine, nobody's fault but mine
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3. _ Mason's Children
Mason died on monday, we bricked him in the wall
All his children grew and grew, they ain't never grown so tall before
They may never grow so tall again
We dug him up on tuesday, he hardly aged a day
Taught us all we ever knew, we ain't never known so much before
We may never know so much again
The wall collapsed on wednesday, we chalked it up to fate
Mason's children ran and flew, they ain't never run so fast before
Swore they'd never show their face again
Mason was a mighty man, a mighty man was he
Always said when i'm dead i'm gone, don't you weep for me
Thursday came then friday, with buyers tall and bright
Mason's children cooked the stew and cleaned up when the feast was through
Take me to the repo-man to pay back what is owed
If he's in some other land write it off as stole
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4. _ It's A Man's World
This is a man's world, this is a man's world
But it wouldn't be nothing without a woman or a girl
You know man made a car to take us over the road
Man made the train to carry heavy loads
Man made electric lights to take us out of the dark
Man made a boat for the water just like noah made the ark
Think about a little baby girl and a little baby boy
Man makes then happy 'cause man makes them toys
And after man has made everything, everything in the world he can
Man makes money to buy some other man
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5. _ Pretty Peggy-o
As we rode out to fennario, as we rode on to fennario
Our captain fell in love with a lady like a dove
And called her by a name, pretty peggy-o.
Will you marry me pretty peggy-o, will you marry me pretty peggy-o
If you will marry me, i'll set your cities free
And free all the ladies in the are-o.
I would marry you sweet william-o, i would marry you sweet william-o
I would marry you but your guineas are too few
And i fear my mama would be angry-o.
What would your mama think pretty peggy-o,
What would your mama think pretty peggy-o,
What would your mama think if she heard my guineas clink
Saw me marching at the head of my soldiers.
If ever i return pretty peggy-o, if ever i return pretty peggy-o
If ever i return your cities i will burn
Destroy all the ladies in the area-o.
Come steppin' down the stairs pretty peggy-o,
Come steppin' down the stairs pretty peggy-o,
Come steppin' down the stairs combin' back your yellow hair
Bid a last farewell to your william-o.
Sweet william he is dead pretty peggy-o, sweet william he is dead pretty peggy-o,
Sweet william he is dead and he died for a maid
And he's buried in the louisiana country-o.
As we rode out to fennario, as we rode out to fennario
Our captain fell in love with a lady like a dove,
And called her by a name, pretty peggy-o.
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6. _ King Bee
I'm a king bee buzzing around your hive
Now i'm a king bee darling buzzing around your hive
Yeah, i can make some honey babe if you let me fly up inside
Cause i'm young and able to buzz all night long
I'm young and able mama, lord to buzz all night long
And you know together we can make some honey
Like the world ain't never known
Cause i'm asking king bee, won't you be my queen
Now i'm a king bee rider, won't you be my queen
Because you know we can make some sweet little honey
Like the world ain't never seen
Drive your car up in my driveway
Cut your bright lights way down low
Drive your car up in my driveway, mama
Cut your bright lights way down low
I'm gonna wind up your transmission
Till your motor won't run no more
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7. _ Cold Jordan
Oh sinning is a gentilized journey, take jesus as your daily guide
Though you may feel pure and saintly without him walking by your side
And when you come to make your crossing at the end of the pilgrim's way
If you ever will meet your savior, you will surely meet him on that day
Now look at that cold jordan, look at its deep water
Look at that wide river oh heavy mighty billows roll
You better take jesus with you, he's a true companion
Oh i'm sure without him that you never will make it home
That awful day of judgment is coming in the by and by
We'll see our lord descending in the glory from on high
Oh, let us get in touch with jesus and in the special love of god
And maybe ever get ready when he comes on jordan's tide
Now look at that cold jordan, look at its deep water
Look at that wide river oh heavy mighty billows roll
You better take jesus with you, he's a true companion
Oh i'm sure without him that you never will make it home
Now what you gonna do, oh what you gonna say
Oh how you gonna feel when you come to the end of the way?
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8. _ Midnight Hour
I'm gonna wait 'till the midnight hour
That's when my love comes tumbling down
I'm gonna wait 'till the midnight hour
I'm gonna take you girl and hold you
Do all things i told you in the midnight hour
I'm gonna hold you in my arms and see the twinkle in your eyes
I'm gonna wait 'till the midnight hour
That's when my love begins to shine
You're the only girl i know
Really love you so in the midnight hour
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9. _ C. C. Rider
Well now c., c. c. rider, well now see, see what you have done.
Well now c., c. c. rider, well now see, see what you have done.
Well you made me love you woman, now your man is gone.
So i'm goin' away now baby and i won't be back till fall,
I'm goin' away now baby and i won't be back till fall,
Just might find me a good girl might not be comin' back at all.
Well now c., c. c. rider, see now the moon is shining bright,
Well now c., c. c. rider, see now the moon is shining bright,
Just might find me that good girl and everything would be alright.
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10. _ Yellow Moon
Anxious hope and thoughts of love will never let me down, not let me go
Inside, my heart's a cage of ice loved and lost,
Still toss the lonely dice
I burned the whole night long my thoughts were never far from you
Love that locks and binds must die
But when it dies a part of you dies too.
Born, born, born upon the world the restless heart keeps flying,
Trying to become the heart of home.
Love, love, love, it picks you up and spins you round,
Sits you right back down where you belong.
I don't fit my hat sometimes, i get so full of clouds
Every time i pass your door i hear you cry out loud
Sometimes i look the same to you as you have looked to me
My eyes get filled so full of stars, i don't know when i leave
Born, born, born upon the world the restless heart keeps flying,
Trying to become the heart of home.
Love, love, love, it picks you up and spins you round,
Sits you right back down where you belong.
Love is like the april rain that makes the harvest grow
And when it grows it's like the summer gold
Love is like the coloured leaves that drift down from the trees
One by one 'til every tale is told
Now if i go a dancing out across the yellow moon
I'll be home by morning if it doesn't come too soon
If you seek protection go and find a safer man
And if he can't give you what you want then come on by again.
Priestess of the sun and moon and goddess of the wind
You know too much to ever lose and not enough to win
Though you built your house upon the rock and not upon the sand
You're still looking out your window for another travelin' man.
Born, born, born upon the world the restless heart keeps flying,
Trying to become the heart of home.
Love, love, love, it picks you up and spins you round,
Sits you right back down where you belong.
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11. _ Aiko Aiko
My spy boy saw you spy boy sittin' by the bi-yo
My spy boy told your spy boy, "i'm gonna set you flag on fi-yo."
I said, "hey now," "hey now,"
Aiko aiko all day, jockomo feeno na na nay, jockomo feena nay.
My grandma and your grandma were sitting by the fire
Said my grandma to your grandma, "gonna get your tail on fire."
I said, "hey now," "hey now,"
Aiko aiko all day, jockomo feeno na na nay, jockomo feena nay.
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12. _ Visions Of Johanna
Ain't it just like the night to play tricks
When you're tryin' to be so quiet?
We sit here stranded, though we're all doin' our best to deny it.
And louise holds a handful of rain temptin' you to defy it.
Lights flicker from the opposite loft.
In this room the heat pipes just cough.
The country music station plays soft,
But there's nothing, really nothing, to turn off.
Just louise and her lover so entwined
And these visions of johanna that conquer my mind.
In the empty lot where the ladies play
Blindman's bluff with the key chain,
And the all-night girls they whisper of escapades out on the "d" train.
We can hear the night watchman click his flashlight,
Ask himself if it's him or them that's really insane.
But louise she's all right, she's just near,
She's delicate and seems like the mirror,
But she just makes it all too concise and too clear
That johanna's not here.
The ghost of 'lectricity howls in the bones of her face.
Where these visions of johanna have now taken my place.
Now, little boy lost, he takes himself so seriously.
He brags of his misery, he likes to live dangerously,
And when bringing her name up he speaks of her farewell kiss to me.
He's sure got a lot of gall to be so useless and all,
Muttering small talk at the wall while i'm in the hall.
Oh, how can i explain? it's so hard to get on
And these visions of johanna, they kept me up past the dawn.
Inside the museums infinity goes up on trial
Voices echo this is what salvation must be like after a while.
But even mona lisa must have had the highway blues,
You can tell by the way she smiles
See the primitive wallflower freeze.
When the jelly-faced women all sneeze,
Hear the one with the mustache say "jeeze, i can't find my knees."
Jewels and binoculars hag from the head of the mule,
But these visions of johanna they make it all seem so cruel.
The peddler now speaks to the countess who's pretending to care for him.
Saying "name me someone that's not a parasite and i'll go out
And say a prayer for him."
But like louise always says "ya can't look at much can ya man?"
As she, herself, prepares for him
And madonna she still has not showed,
We see this empty cage now corrode,
Where her cape of the stage once had flowed,
The fiddler, he now steps to the road,
He writes ev'rything's been returned which was owed
On the back of the fish truck that loads
While my conscience explodes.
The harmonicas play the skeleton keys and the rain
And these visions of johanna are now all that remain.
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13. _ Day Job
Maybe you collect or maybe you pay (whether)
Still got to work that eight hour day
Whether you like that job or not
You'd better keep it on ice while you're lining up your long shot
Which is to say, hey hey, keep your day job
Don't give it away, keep your day job, whatever they say
Keep your day job 'till your night job pays.
Steady boys starting that eight day hour
Never underrate that paycheck power
By now you know that the face on your dollar
Got a thumb on its nose and a hand on your collar
With a chance to say, hey hey, keep your day job....
Daddy may drive a v-8 'vette
Mama may bathe in champagne yet
God bless the child that's got his own stash
Nine to five and a place to crash
Which is to say...
Sunday comes forget about work, ring that bell for whatever it's worth.
If you ask me like i know you won't
I'll tell you what to do what i know that you won't.
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14. _ The Wheel
The wheel is turning and you can't slow down,
You can't let go and you can't hold on,
You can't go back and you can't stand still,
If the thunder don't get you then the lightning will.
Won't you try just a little bit harder,
Couldn't you try just a little bit more?
Won't you try just a little bit harder,
Couldn't you try just a little bit more?
Round, round robin run round, got to get back to where you belong,
Little bit harder, just a little bit more,
A little bit further than you gone before.
The wheel is turning and you can't slow down,
You can't let go and you can't hold on,
You can't go back and you can't stand still,
If the thunder don't get you then the lightning will.
Small wheel turn by the fire and rod,
Big wheel turn by the grace of god,
Every time that wheel turn 'round,
Bound to cover just a little more ground.
The wheel is turning and you can't slow down,
You can't let go and you can't hold on,
You can't go back and you can't stand still,
If the thunder don't get you then the lightning will.
Won't you try just a little bit harder,
Couldn't you try just a little bit more?
Won't you try just a little bit harder,
Couldn't you try just a little bit more?
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15. _ Tom Thumb Blues
When your lost in the rain in juarez and it's easter time too
When your gravity is down and negativity won't pull you through
Don't you put on any airs when you down on rue morgue avenue.
They got some hungry creatures there they'll surely make a mess out of you
If you see st. annie, please tell her thanks alot
My thoughts they are twisted, my tentacles are all in a knot
I don't even have the strength to get up and take another shot.
Now my best friend, my drummer, won't even tell what it was that i dropped
Now sweet melinda, the peasants call her the goddess of gloom.
She speaks good english as she invites you up into her room.
And you, you were so damn conscientious, you couldn't go to her too soon
Still she takes your voice and leaves you howling at the moon.
Up on housing project hill, it's either fortune or fame
You must choose one or the other though neither are to be what they claim
If you're looking to get silly, you better get back from where you came
You know the cops don't need you and we all expect the same.
Now all the authorities, they just lay around and boast
About how they blackmailed the president into leaving his post.
And picking up angel,
Who arrived up here from the coast,
Who looked so fine at first, but left looking like a ghost.
Now i started out heinakin, still hit the harder stuff
Everybody swore they stand behind me when the game got rough
But the joke was on me, there was nobody even there to call my bluff
I'm goin' back to san enselmo, i do believe i had enough.
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16. _ Youngblood
I saw her standing on the corner, yellow ribbon in her hair
I knew at once i was a goner, said lookie there, lookie there
Youngblood, youngblood, youngblood, i can't get you out of my mind
I tried to talk, my tongue was fractured
I tried to walk, but i was lame
Could'nt stop myseld from shouting
What's your name, what's your name?
Crazy stuff, sure look tough, had to follow her all the way home
Things went bad, i met her dad
He said "you better leave my daughter alone"
I could'nt sleep that night for trying, i saw the rising of the sun
All night long my heart felt like crying
You're the one, you're the one
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17. _ Lazy Lightnin'
Lazy lightnin' sleepy fire in your eyes it's like desire in disguise
I keep on tryin' but i, i can't get through
Lazy lightnin' i'd like to find the proper potion
That's gonna capture your emotion
You're right beside me but i, i can't get through
You're a loop of lazy lightnin', just a loop of lazy lightnin'
Must admit you're kinda frightnin' but you really get me high
So exciting, when i hear your velvet thunder,
You seem so near i start to wonder
Would you come closer if, if i asked you to?
So inviting, the way you're messing with my reason
It's an exception but it's pleasing
Tell me a lie and i will swear, i'll swear it's true.
You're a loop of lazy lightnin' (lazy lightnin')
Just a loop of lazy lightnin' (lazy lightnin')
Must admit you're kinda frightening
Just a loop of lazy lightnin'
Put the fire in my eyes (lightnin') put the fire every time (lightnin')
Put the fire in my heart (lightnin') well come on lazy lightning.
Just a loop of lazy lightning
Misty lightning, well you always electrify me
Someday i know you'll satisfy me
And all that lightnin' will be my lightnin' too.
My lightnin' too. (my lightnin' too)
Just a loop of lazy lightnin' (my lightnin' too)
My lightnin' too. (my lightnin' too)
Just a loop of lazy lightnin' (my lightnin' too)
My lightnin' too. (my lightnin' too)
Oh come on lazy lightnin' (my lightnin' too)
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18. _ It's All Over Now Baby Blue
You must leave, now take what you need you think will last
But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast.
Yonder stands your orphan with his gun;
Crying like a fire in the sun.
Look out; all those saints are coming through
And it's all over know baby blue.
And it's all over know baby blue.
The highway is for gamblers, you better use your sense.
Take what you have gathered from coincidence.
The empty handed painter from your streets
Is drawing crazy patterns on your sheets.
The sky too is folding under you,
And it's all over know baby blue.
All your seasick sailors, they are rowing home
All your empty-handed armies are all going home.
Your lover who has just walked out your door
Has taken all his blankets from the floor.
The carpet too is moving under you,
And it's all over know baby blue.
Leave your stepping stones behind, there's something calls for you
Forget about the dead you've left, they will not follow you
The vagabond who's rapping at your door
Is standing in the clothes that you once wore.
Strike another match go start anew,
And it's all over know baby blue.
And it's all over know baby blue.
And it's all over know baby blue.
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19. _ Comes A Time
Comes a time when the blind-man takes your hand, says "don't you see?
Gotta make it somehow on the dreams you still believe."
Don't give it up, you got an empty cup only love can fill,
Only love can fill.
Been walking all morning went walking all night
I can't see much difference between the dark and light
And i feel the wind and i taste the rain
Never in my mind to cause so much pain.
Comes a time when the blind-man takes your hand, says "don't you see?
Gotta make it somehow on the dreams you still believe."
Don't give it up, you got an empty cup only love can fill,
Only love can fill.
From day to day just letting it ride.
You get so far away from how it feels inside.
You can't let go cause you're afraid to fall,
But the day may come when you can't feel at all.
The words come out like an angry stream.
You hear yourself say things you could never mean.
When you cool down you find your mind.
You got a lot of words you've got to stand behind.
Comes a time when the blind-man takes your hand, says "don't you see?
Gotta make it somehow on the dreams you still believe."
Don't give it up, you got an empty cup only love can fill,
Only love can fill, only love can fill, only love can fill.
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20. _ The Mighty Quinn
Everybody's building the big ships and the boats.
Some are building monuments, others jotting down notes.
Everybody's in despair, every girl and boy,
But when quinn the eskimo gets here everybody's gonna jump for joy.
Come all without, come all within.
You'll not see nothing like the mighty quinn.
Now i like to do just like the rest, i like my sugar sweet.
But guarding fumes and making haste, it ain't my cup of meat.
Everybody's just standing around 'neath the trees
Feeding pigeons on a limb.
But when quinn the eskimo gets here, all the pigeons gonna run to him.
Come all without, come all within.
You'll not see nothing like the mighty quinn.
A cat's meow and a cow's moo, i can't recite 'em all.
Just tell me where it hurts and i'll tell you who to call.
Nobody can get any sleep, there's someone on everybody's toes.
But when quinn the eskimo gets here, everybody's gonna wanna doze.
Come all without, come all within.
You'll not see nothing like the mighty quinn.
Come all without, come all within.
You'll not see nothing like the mighty quinn.
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21. _ Never Trust A Woman
I see some good times, i gotta get to ring that bell
I gotta see some good times
Sometimes you make up for when i'm not feeling well
It must be due to some great times
Cause right now i feel like hell
Never trust a woman who wears her pants too tight
She might love you tomorrow, but she'll be gone tomorrow night
Come tomorrow i'll get my pay to leave this town
She don't really love me
Ain't no reason to stick around
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22. _ You Don't Have To Ask
If you wanna know what time it is, you don't have to ask
If you wanna know what something is, you don't have to ask
If you wanna know whats real or not, you don't have to ask
If you wanna know what time is now, you don't have to ask
You don't have to ask, you already know
If you wanna leave just close your eyes, you don't have to ask
If you wanna go and lose your mind, you don't have to ask
If it's peace that you're looking for
You got the key to every door, you already know
If there's a way out you'll find out and free all and be all beyond
You never wonder what sky you been under that made you forget all this time
If you're looking for it, you don't have to ask
You can see it plain as day, you don't have to ask
If you try to find us true, just take a look at you, you don't have to ask
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23. _ You Ain't Woman Enough To Take My Man
You come to tell me something, you say i ought to know
That he don't love me anymore and i have to let him go
Oh, you say you're gonna take him, but i don't think you can
'cause you ain't woman enough to take my man
Oh, women like you they come a dime a dozen,
For you to get him i'll have to move over
And i'm gonna stay right here
Well it'll be over my dead body, you better get out while you can
'cause you ain't woman enough to take my man
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24. _ 100,000 Tons Of Steel
I know these rails we're on like i know my lady's smile,
We see a dozen dreams in every passing mile.
Can't begin to count the trips she and i have made,
But i wish i had a dollar for each time we've both been down this grade.
And 100,000 tons of steel, made to roll.
The brakes don't work and this grade's too steep, her engine's sure to blow.
And 100,000 tons of steel, out of control,
She's more a rollercoaster than the train i used to know.
It's one hell of an understatement, to say she can't be beat.
She's tempermental, more a bitch than a machine.
She wasn't built to travel at speed or through mud slides.
These wheels are bound to jump the tracks before they burn like the ties
And 100,000 tons of steel, made to roll.
The brakes don't work and this grade's too steep, her engine's sure to blow
And 100,000 tons of steel, out of control
She's more a rollercoaster than the train i used to know.
Murphy sure out done himself to pick this stretch of track
I can only hope my luck is ridin' in the back.
Well i have pray to god this ain't the day we meet,
I've done about everything, but try dragging my feet.
And 100,000 tons of steel, made to roll.
The brakes don't work and this grade's too steep, her engine's sure to blow
And 100,000 tons of steel, out of control,
She's more a rollercoaster than the train i used to know.
Oh, oh i want to go down slow.
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25. _ They Love Each Other
Mary run around, sailin' up and down,
Looking for a shot in some direction.
Got it from the top, it's nothing you can stop,
Lord, you know they made a fire connection.
They love each other, lord you can see that it's true,
Lord you can see that it's true, lord you can see that it's true.
He could pass his time, around some other line
But you know he choose this place beside her.
Don't get in their way, there's nothing you can say,
Nothing that you need to add or do.
They love each other, lord you can see that it's true,
Lord you can see that it's true, lord you can see that it's true.
Its' nothing, they explain, it's like a diesel train
You better not be there when it rolls, over,
And when that train rolls in, you wonder where it's been,
You gotta try and see a little further.
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Though you'll make a noise, just can't hear your voice.
All the dizzy ride on your cold shoulder.
Won't you believe what i say is true?
Everything i did i heard it first from you.
Everything i tell you, i heard it first from you.
Heard your news report, you know you're falling short.
Pretty soon, we'll trust you for the weather.
When that ship comes in, you won't know where it's been.
You got to try to see a little further.
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26. _ When I Paint My Masterpiece
Oh, the streets of rome are filled with rubble,
Ancient footprints are everywhere.
You can almost think that you're seein' double
On a cold dark night on the spanish stairs.
Got to hurry on back to my hotel room,
Where i've got me a date with botticelli's niece.
She promised that she'd be right there with me
When i paint my masterpiece.
Oh, the hours i've spent inside the coliseum,
Dodging lions and wastin' time.
Oh, those mighty kings of the jungle,
I could hardly stand to see 'em,
Yes, it sure has been a long hard climb.
Train wheels runnin' thru the back of my memory,
When i ran on the hilltop following a pack of wild geese.
Someday, everything is gonna be smooth like a rhapsody,
When i paint my masterpiece.
Sailin' 'round the world in a dirty gondola,
Oh, to be back in the land of coca-cola!
I left rome and landed in brussels,
On a plane ride so bumpy that i almost cried.
Clergymen in uniform and young girls pullin' muscles,
Everyone was there to greet me when i stepped inside.
Newspapermen eating candy
Had to be held down by big police.
Someday, everything is gonna be diff'rent
When i paint my masterpiece.
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27. _ Next Time You See Me
Next time you see me things won't be the same,
Next time you see me things won't be the same,
If it hurts you my darling, you only got yourself to blame.
Well, it's true, true saying, all that shines is not gold.
Well, it's true, true saying, all that shines is not gold.
Like the good book says, you gotta reap what you sow.
Well, you lied, cheated -- woh-oh! for so long,
Well, you lied, cheated -- woh-oh! for so long,
You were wrong to do it woman, and another queen is on your throne.
Next time you see me things won't be the same,
Next time you see me things won't be the same,
If it hurts you my darling, you only got yourself to blame.
Well, it's true, true saying, all that shines is not gold.
Well, it's true, true saying, all that shines is not gold.
Like the good book says, you gotta reap what you sow.
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