Greatest Hits

He's just a young boy out of school
Livin' his world like he wants to
They're makin' laws, but they don't understand
Turns a boy in to a fightin' man
They won't take me
They won't break me
No one could tell him what to do
Had to learn everything the hard way
He's on the street, breakin' all the rules
I'm tellin' you that he's nobody's fool
They won't take me
They won't break me
Now he's leavin', gettin' out from this masquerade
Oh gotta go


I'm finally out in the clear and i'm free
I've got dreams i'm livin' for
I'm movin' on where they'll never find me
Rollin' on to anywhere
I'll break away, yes i'm on my way
Leavin' today, yes i'm on my way
Just when you think you had it all figured out
Runnin' scared can change your mind
I never knew i had so much to give
How hard times can fool ya
Oh i'm okay, i'm alright
Feelin' good out on your own
I'll break away, i'll break away tonight
I've got dreams i'm livin' for
I'll break away
Yes, i'm on my way
I'm leaving', leavin' today
Yes, i'm on my way
This is my escape
Yes, i'm on my way
I'll break away
Yes, i'm on my way

It was a hot and steamy night,
Then frankie pulled his gun in sight.
He said, "now suzi, don't you lie.
Did stevey, did he catch you with another guy?"
Standing in the line of fire it's gonna shoot ya.
Standing in the line of fire it's comin' to ya,
It's goin' through ya.


He told her that he had been true,
And that he'd never made her blue, no.
So don't go sayin' stevey's a liar,
Girl, i've got my finder on a hair-trigger wire.


Standing in the line of fire it's gonna shoot ya.
Standing in the line of fire it's comin' to ya,
It's goin' through ya.
Bye, bye, bye, suzi.
So long girl.


Those gunshots echoed through the town.
Oh frankie threw his shotgun down.
That roof had moonlight shinin' through.
She said she'd never, never, never, make him blue, yea.


Standing in the line of fire it's gonna shoot ya.
Standing in the line of fire it's comin' to ya,
Standing in the line of fire it's gonna shoot ya.
It's goin' through ya.
Bye, bye, bye, suzi.
So long.

When the lights go down in the city
And the sun shines on the bay
I want to be there in my city
Ooh, ooh


So you think you're lonely
Well my friend i'm lonely too
I want to get back to my city by the bay
Ooh, ooh


It's sad, oh there's been mornings out on the road without you,
Without your charms,
Ooh, my, my, my

Just a small town girl, livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin' anywhere
Just a city boy, born and raised in south detroit
He took the midnight train goin' anywhere


A singer in a smokey room
A smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on and on and on


Strangers waiting, up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching in the night
Streetlight people, living just to find emotion
Hiding, somewhere in the night


Working hard to get my fill,
Everybody wants a thrill
Payin' anything to roll the dice,
Just one more time
Some will win, some will lose
Some were born to sing the blues
Oh, the movie never ends
It goes on and on and on and on


(chorus)


Don't stop believin'
Hold on to the feelin'
Streetlight people

Highway run
Into the midnight sun
Wheels go round and round
You're on my mind
Restless hearts
Sleep alone tonight
Sendin' all my love
Along the wire


They say that the road
Ain't no place to start a family
Right down the line
It's been you and me
And lovin' a music man
Ain't always what it's supposed to be
Oh girl you stand by me
I'm forever yours...faithfully


Circus life
Under the big top world
We all need the clowns
To make us smile
Through space and time
Always another show
Wondering where i am
Lost without you


And being apart ain't easy
On this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy
Of rediscovering you
Oh girl, you stand by me
I'm forever yours...faithfully


Oh, oh, oh, oh
Faithfully, i'm still yours
I'm forever yours
Ever yours...faithfully

Winter is here again oh lord,
Haven't been home in a year or more
I hope she holds on a little longer


Sent a letter on a long summer day
Made of silver, not of clay
I've been runnin' down this dusty road


Wheel in the sky keeps on turnin'
I don't know where i'll be tomorrow
Wheel in the sky keeps on turnin'


I've been trying to make it home
Got to make it before too long
I can't take this very much longer
I'm stranded in the sleet and rain
Don't think i'm ever gonna make it home again
The mornin' sun is risin'
It's kissing the day


(chorus)


Wheel in the sky keeps on turnin'
I don't know where i'll be tomorrow
Wheel in the sky keeps on turnin'

It's been so long
Since i've seen her face
You say she's doin' fine
I still recall
A sad cafe


How it hurt so bad to see her cry
I didn't want to say good-bye


Send her my love, memories remain
Send her my love, roses never fade
Send her my love


The same hotel, the same old room
I'm on the road again
She needed so much more
Than i could give


We knew our love could not pretend
Broken hearts can always mend.


(chorus)


Callin' out her name i'm dreamin'
Reflections of a face i'm seein'
It's her voice
That keeps on haunting me


Send her, send her my love
Roses never fade
Memories remain
Send her, send her, my love

Here we stand
Worlds apart, hearts broken in two, two, two
Sleepless nights
Losing ground
I'm reaching for you, you, you


Feelin' that it's gone
Can change your mind
If we can't go on
To survive the tide love divides


Someday love will find you
Break those chains that bind you
One night will remind you
How we touched
And went our separate ways
If he ever hurts you
True love won't desert you
You know i still love you
Though we touched
And went our separate ways


Troubled times
Caught between confusions and pain, pain, pain
Distant eyes
Promises we made were in vain, vain, vain


If you must go, i wish you love
You'll never walk alone
Take care my love
Miss you love


(chorus twice)


I still love you girl
I really love you girl
And if he ever hurts you
True love won't desert you
No, no