Distant Light

(clarke)
Standing on a corner
Nothing on my mind
When walked past a woman
She looked my kind

I said a hey there woman
What you got to do
She took one look at me and said baby
I'd like to be with you

Hold on

Wait a minute woman
I ain't the kind to phase
And i ain't that kind of woman, baby
So she says

She led me to a dwellin'
Just along the street
The best part of town baby
We gotta be discreet

Hold on (hold on)

Break

Got to the apartment
Number six sixteen
My, what a place it was
Best i've ever seen

She headed to the bedroom
Came upon the door
Wait a minute, darling
While i slip into something cool

I was getting excited
One thing on mind
When she rushed out of the bedroom
Said you'd better hide

She slowed me my movements
He caught me by the door
What was left on me, baby
Was landing on the floor

Hold on

(hicks / lynch)
There never was a man so doggone mean
I wore only black and my eyes were green
And i can tell you now that i'm very old
I'd kill any man for a piece of gold

Oh what a life i've led
I've been a real bad man and i oughta be dead
Oh what a life i've led
I've been real mean man, full of cheating and lying
Left a lot of men dead and a lot of girls crying
Yes i did

I rode into dodge on a sunny day
I went there to steal all the railmen's pay
And when i left town all the streets ran red
I had ten grand in gold, and three guards lay dead

Chorus

I was a bad man with a heart made of stone
If you were a wise man, you would've left me alone

I've lived all my life, such a lonely one
Just me and my horse and a fine six-gun
I've lived and i've loved and i knew great pain
But i know now i'd do it over again singing

Chorus x 2

(hicks / lynch)
Next time i meet a girl, i won't ask her her name
Or where she's been, or where she came from
The last time i found love it only brought me pain
The problems almost took me over

I was washing up for mother, i was lighting pipes for papa
And fetching water
And that's got nothing at all, that's got nothing at all
To do with love

Next time i meet a girl
I won't tell her my name
Or where i've been
Or where i came from

I'll take a hold of her
And love her just the same
No need to mention past acquaintances

I just want someone to love me
And someone to like the presents
That i bought her
'cause that's got something to do
Yes, that's got something to do
To do with love

Each girl i meet comes up wronger
And i can't take it all much longer
No, i can't no

Verse 3

Verse 4

Verse 5

(hicks / lynch)
Where where is the promised land
Where where is the promised land
It can't be found in viet nam
It can't be where the eagle has landed
If we want peace for every man
We've gotta make the world demand it

Now i see the flag is flying
We've got to help them stop the dying
We must bring back the soldier boys
We mustn't let them die for nothing
War's a better game when played with toys
Let's change the game and let's start loving

Soldiers never fight alone
There's just as much fighting going on at home
Protests, violence, marches
It's all going on at home
Bring them all back home (repeat)

(hicks / lynch)

It's over, well over
In my mind and in my heart
It's over, well over
But then again it didn't have a good start

You'd tell me, try to sell me
It could have been all i asked
It's over, well over
It's there and flows away
A distant past

Now it's a long dark road
Yes, a long dark road
And you know i loved you
Yes, you know i loved you

Chorus

It's over, well over
And we can't revive what's past
It's gone now, moved on now
But then again it didn't have a chance to last
No, no, no, a chance to last

Chorus

(clarke / cook / greenaway)
Saturday night i was downtown
Working for the fbi
Sitting in a nest of bad men
Whisky bottles piling high

Bootlegging boozer on the west side
Full of people who are doing wrong
Just about to call up the da man
When i heard this woman singing a song

A pair of 45's made me open my eyes
My temperature started to rise
She was a long cool woman in a black dress
Just a 5'9, beautiful tall
With just one look i was a bad mess
'cos that long cool woman had it all

I saw her headin' to the table
Well a tall walking big black cat
When charlie said i hope that you're able boy
Well i'm telling you she knows where it's at
Well suddenly we heard the sirens
And everybody started to run
A jumping out of doors and tables
Well i heard somebody shooting a gun

Well the da was pumping my left hand
And then she was a-holding my right
Well i told her don't get scared
'cos you're gonna be spared
Well i've gotta be forgiven
If i wanna spend my living
With a long cool woman in a black dress
Just a 5'9 beautiful tall
Well, with just one look i was a bad mess
'cos that long cool woman had it all

Had it all