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I stood stone-like at midnight suspended in my masquerade
I combed my hair till it was just right and commanded the night brigade I was open to pain and crossed by the rain and I walked on a crooked crutch I strolled all alone through a fallout zone and came out with my soul untouched I hid in the clouded wrath of the crowd but when they said "Sit down" I stood up. Ooh-ooh growin' up The flag of piracy flew from my mast, my sails were set wing to wing I had a jukebox graduate for first mate, she couldn't sail but she sure could sing, I pushed B-52 and bombed `em with the blues with my gear set stubborn on standing I broke all the rules, strafed my old high school, never once gave thought to landing, I hid in the clouded wrath of the crowd but when they said "Come down" I threw up Ooh-ooh growin' up I took month-long vacations in the stratosphere and you know it's really hard to hold your breath. I swear I lost everything I ever loved or feared, I was the cosmic kid in full costume dress Well, my feet they finally took root in the earth but I got me a nice little place in the stars And I swear I found the key to the universe in the engine of an old parked car I hid in the mother breast of the crowd but when they said "Pull down" I pulled up Ooh-ooh growin' up. Ooh-ooh growin' up |
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| 2. |
| 3:32 |
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Well Billy bought a Chevy '40 coupe deluxe
Chrome wheels, stick shift, give her gas, pop the clutch Girls on the corner like a diamond they shine Someday Billy I'm gonna make 'em all mine Hey girl, you wanna ride in Daddy's Cadillac? 'Cause I love the way your long hair falls down your back Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley's at the Seaside Bar We'll run barefoot in the sand, listen to his guitar You say your mama's gonna meet you when the morning comes And your papa's gonna beat you 'cause he knows you're out on the run I'm gonna live a life of love and tonight you're the one The highway is alive tonight so baby do not be frightened There's something about a pretty girl on a sweet summer night That gets this boy excited The radio man finally understands and plays you something you can move to You lay back, cut loose your drive power Your girl leans over and says, "Daddy, can you turn that radio up any louder?" The juke joint's hummin', everybody came down Little Willie and his Soul Brooms laying all this stuff now Well don't let that daylight steal your soul Get in your wheels and roll, roll, roll, roll, roll, roll, roll Oh that's all right now Oh go on, go on, go on Oh mama's gonna meet you when the morning comes And your daddy's gonna beat you 'cause he knows you're out on the run But I don't care, I wanna live a life of love while the night's still young |
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| 3. |
| 2:48 |
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I had a dream
My love would last forever I had a dream Tonight my dream come true And if you'll hold me tight We'll be riders on the night Oohh, rendez-vous, i want a rendez-vous And when i told you, girl, How much i liked you I got a feeling that you liked me, too And if you'll hold me tight We'll be riders on the night Oohh, rendez-vous, i want a rendez-vous I got a feeling that we should stay together 'cause i think our love could be forever Because i had a dream My love would last forever I had a dream Tonight my dream come true And if you'll hold me tight We'll be riders on the night Oohh, rendez-vous, i want a rendez-vous You deserve so much more than this, girl 'cause i'm running on the power And living on the promise In your last kiss Because i had a dream My love would last forever I had a dream Tonight my dream come true And if you'll hold me tight We'll be riders on the night Oohh, rendez-vous, i want a rendez-vous |
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| 4. |
| 4:28 |
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You stare at the mirror
At the lines in your face And you try to see girl The way things were When we were at your place In the days it was just you an me, girl And you cry because things ain't like before Well don't you know They can't be that way anymore But don't worry baby I can't talk now, I'm not alone So put your ear close to the phone 'Cause this is the last dance This is the last chance For hearts of stone If there was something, baby, That I could do Something that would last honey, I would But we all know girl, especially you do How you can't return to your past, no So girl, close your eyes And I'll be there Hold me once more And we can go anywhere Ah, we could I can't talk now, I'm not alone So put your ear close to the phone 'Cause this is the last dance This is the last chance For hearts of stone And you cry because things ain't like before Well don't you know They can't be like that anymore Well, I know it baby |
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| 3:43 |
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I hear the guitars ringin' out
Ringin' out down Union Street I hear the lead singer shoutin' out, girl I wanna be a slave to the beat Yeah, tonight I wanna break my chains Somebody break my heart Somebody shake my brains Downtown there's something that I wanna hear There's a sound, little girl, keeps ringing in my ear CHORUS 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 get off from work and I grab something to eat I turn the corner and I drive down your street Little gray houses darling 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 wanna feel the beat of the crowd And when I tell you that I love you I wanna have to shout it out loud Shout it out loud CHORUS I hear the guitars ringin' out again Ringin' on down Union Street I hear the lead singer shoutin' out girl I wanna be a slave to the beat And I want something that'll break my chains Something to break my heart Something to shake my brains There's a rocker's special on tonight So meet me on down 'Neath the neon lights CHORUS |
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| 6. |
| 4:00 |
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We met out on open streets when we had no place to go
I remember how my heart beat when you said I love you so Then little by little we choked out all the life that our love could hold Oh no CHORUS It's like we had a noose and baby without check We pulled until it grew tighter around our necks Each one waiting for the other, darlin', to say when Well baby you can meet me tonight on the loose end We didn't count tomorrows, we took what we could and baby we ran There was no time for sorrow, every place we went I held your hand And when the night closed in I was sure your kisses told me all I had to know But oh no CHORUS Our love has fallen around us like we said it never could We saw it happen to all the others but to us it never would Well how could something so bad, darling, come from something that was so good I don't know CHORUS |
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| 3:21 |
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Let the frozen cities crumble, crumble and fall
That's alright, I don't mind at all Let 'em all tumble right into the sea Well that's just fine, that's alright with me Since you came down the line I can't sleep at night, I got one thing on my mind That's every day, every night I wanna be with you I wanna be with you, that's what I wanna do 'Cause you're just so out of sight I wanna be with you, that's what I wanna do Now I lost my job at the Texaco station 'Cause instead of pumping gas I'd dream of you I got thrown out of my house, I got such a bad reputation 'Cause all I wanna do is be seen with you They gave me my pay and said walk I don't care what they say, go ahead and let 'em all talk 'Til the world falls apart I wanna be with you I wanna be with you That's what I wanna do Until they will rip out my heart I wanna be with you, I wanna be with you Well that's all I wanna do Hold tight, love me just a little bit Alright, a little bit more Tonight, tonight give me just a little kiss No I don't know, I don't know, I don't I just can't understand it, you're not pretty at all But I come when you whisper, I run when you call When I see you on the street I fall on my face I drop to my knees, I plead my case Oh, oh I wanna be with you I wanna be with you, that's what I wanna do Oh, oh I wanna be with you I wanna be with you, that's all I wanna do Oh, oh I wanna be with you I wanna be with you, darlin', don't you know Oh, oh I wanna be with you I wanna be with you because I love you so |
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| 8. |
| 3:08 |
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Born down in a dead man's town
The first kick I took is when I hit the ground You end up like a dog who's been beat too much Till you spend half your life just coverin' up Born in the USA I was born in the USA I was born in the USA Born in the USA Got in a little hometown jam So they put a rifle in my hand Sent me off to a foreign land To go and kill the yellow man Born in the USA I was born in the USA I was born in the USA I was born in the USA Born in the USA Come back home to the refinery Hiring man says, "Son, if it was up to me!" Went down to see my VA man He said, "Son, you don't understand!" I had a brother at Khe Sahn Fightin' off them Viet Cong They're still there He's all gone He had a woman he loved in Saigon I got a picture of him in her arms now Down in the shadows of the penitentary Out by the gasfires of the refinery I'm ten years burnin' down the road Nowhere to run, ain't got nowhere to go Born in the USA I was born in the USA Born in the USA I"m a long gone daddy in the USA Born in the USA Born in the USA Born in the USA I'm a cool rockin' daddy in the USA |
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| 4:24 |
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At night I go to bed but I just can't sleep
I got something running around my head That just won't keep In the silence I hear my heart beating, time slippin' away I got a time bomb ticking deep inside of me I gotta tell you what I wanna say I keep searching for you, darling Searching everywhere I go And when I find you there's gonna be Just one thing that you gotta know My love will not let you down My love will not let you down At night I walk the streets looking for romance But I always end up stumbling in a half-trance I search for connection in some new eyes But they're hard for protection from too many dreams passed by I see you standing across the room watching me without a sound Well I'm gonna push my way through that crowd, I'm gonna tear all your walls down Tear all your walls down My love will not let you down My love will not let you down Well hold still now darling, hold still for God's sake 'Cause I got me a promise I ain't afraid to make My love will not let you down My love will not let you down |
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| 2:18 |
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You broke my heart, tore it apart
Thought it was cute, thought it was smart But now I'm back and I've got the strength of ten So I got a message for you my friend CHORUS I'm Daniel waitin' in the lion's den Daniel waitin'for that lion to come Daniel waitin'in the lion's den Dum dum dee dum dum dee dee dum dum That old lion's mean and long in the tooth And like you, baby, he's out on the loose Messin' hearts up time and time again Now it's the time for that messin' to end CHORUS At night I hear you out prowling around Tearing guys up, scaring 'em down Now all that growling's gonna come to no end 'Cause I'm just bidding my time, my little friend CHORUS |
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| 3:33 |
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You may think I'm foolish
For the foolish things I do You may wonder how come I love you When you get on my nerves like you do Well baby you know you bug me There ain't no secret 'bout that Well come on over here and hug me Baby I'll spill the facts Well honey it ain't your money 'Cause baby I got plenty of that I love you for your pink Cadillac Crushed velvet seats Riding in the back Oozing down the street Waving to the girls Feeling out of sight Spending all my money On a Saturday night Honey I just wonder what you do there in back Of your pink Cadillac Pink Cadillac Well now way back in the Bible Temptations always come along There's always somebody tempting Somebody into doing something they know is wrong Well they tempt you, man, with silver And they tempt you, sir, with gold And they tempt you with the pleasures That the flesh does surely hold They say Eve tempted Adam with an apple But man I ain't going for that I know it was her pink Cadillac Crushed velvet seats Riding in the back Oozing down the street Waving to the girls Feeling out of sight Spending all my money On a Saturday night Honey I just wonder what it feels like in the back Of your pink Cadillac Now some folks say it's too big And uses too much gas Some folks say it's too old And that it goes too fast But my love is bigger than a Honda It's bigger than a Subaru Hey man there's only one thing And one car that will do Anyway we don't have to drive it Honey we can park it out in back And have a party in your pink Cadillac |
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| 12. |
| 3:24 |
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You got your book baby with all your fears
Let me, honey, and I'll catch your tears I'll take your sorrow if you want me to Come tomorrow that's what I'll do Listen to me CHORUS Janey don't you lose heart Janey don't you lose heart Janey don't you lose heart Janey don't you lose heart Well you say you got no new dreams to touch You feel like a stranger babe who knows too much Well you come home late and get undressed You lie in bed, feel this emptiness Well listen to me CHORUS 'Til every river runs dry Until the sun honey's torn from the sky 'Til every fear you've felt burst free And gone tumblin' down into the sea Listen to me CHORUS |
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| 3:47 |
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Every day here you come walking
I hold my tongue, I don't do much talking You say you're happy and you're doin' fine Well go ahead, baby, I got plenty of time Sad eyes never lie Sad eyes never lie Well for a while I've been watching you steady Ain't gonna move 'til you're good and ready You show up and then you shy away But I know pretty soon you'll be walkin' this way Sad eyes never lie Sad eyes never lie Baby don't you know I don't care Don't you know that I've been there Well if something in the air feels a little unkind Don't worry darling, it'll slip your mind I know you think you'd never be mine Well that's okay, baby, I don't mind That shy smile's sweet, that's a fact Go ahead, I don't mind the act Here you come all dressed up for a date Well one more step and it'll be too late Blue blue ribbon in your hair Like you're so sure I'll be standing here |
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| 4:28 |
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They prosecuted some poor sucker in these United States
For teaching that man descended from the apes They coulda settled that case without a fuss or fight If they'd seen me chasin' you, sugar, through the jungle last night They'da called in that jury and a one two three said Part man, part monkey, definitely Well the church bell rings from the corner steeple Man in a monkey suit swears he'll do no evil Offers his lover's prayer but his soul lies Dark and driftin' and unsatisfied Well hey bartender, tell me whaddaya see Part man, part monkey, looks like to me Well the night is dark, the moon is full The flowers of romance exert their pull We talk awhile, my fingers slip I'm hard and crackling like a whip Well did God make man in a breath of holy fire Or did he crawl on up out of the muck and mire Well the man on the street believes what the bible tells him so Well you can ask me, mister, because I know Tell them soul-suckin' preachers to come on down and see Part man, part monkey, baby that's me |
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| 4:17 |
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Well, the river runs through this valley
Combing deep and black [?] Coming like a tombstone's Shadows across my back Trouble river Six foot high and risin' Trouble river I can't keep from cryin' Woke up last night a'shakin' Shakin' from a dream All i seen was smilin' faces Starin' back at me Trouble river Six foot high and risin' Trouble river I can't keep from cryin' Snakes crawling in the house I'm stuck in muddy ground Tonight i'm gonna shed this skin Cause water's risin' and i goin' down to Trouble river Six foot high and risin' Trouble river I can't keep from cryin' |
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| 16. |
| 4:55 |
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Saigon, It was all gone
The same Coke machines As the streets I grew up on Down in a mesquite canyon We come walkin' along the ridge Me and the brothers under the bridge Campsite's an hour's walk From the nearest road to town Up here there's too much brush and canyon For the CHP choppers to touch down Ain't lookin' for nothin' Just wanna live Me and the brothers under the bridge Come the Santa Ana's, Man that dry brush'll light Billy Devon got burnt up In his own campfire one winter night We buried his body In the white stone high up along the ridge Me and the brothers under the bridge Had enough of town and the street life Over nothin' you end up On the wrong end of someone's knife Now I don't want no trouble And I ain't got none to give Me and the brothers under the bridge I came home in '72 You were just a beautiful light In your mama's dark eyes of blue I stood down on the tarmac I was just a kid Me and the brothers under the bridge Come Veteran's Day I sat in the stands in my dress blues I held your mother's hand When they passed with the red, white and blue One minute you're right there And something slips....... |
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| 7:34 |
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When I get home from my job I turn on my T.V. But I can't keep my mind on the show When I lay down at night, oh I can't get no sleep So I turn on my radio But the only sound I hear is you whisperin' in my ear The words that you used to say Now my days grow longer 'Cause my love grows stronger And the fever gets worse And I've got the fever for this girl CHORUS Got the fever, oh I've got the fever Nothing that a po' boy can do When he's got the fever for this girl Got the fever, oh I've got the fever Left this little boy blue I can remember comin' home See you standin' at the stove With the dishes on the table Dinner ready to go We'll maybe go out to a movie show Something that you like to see Well now you are my sun in the morning And my moon at night I think about you baby I feel alright Now my days grow longer 'Cause my love grows stronger And the fever gets worse And I've got the fever for this girl CHORUS |
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| 4:48 |
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Johnny works in a factory and Billy works downtown
Terry works in a rock and roll band Lookin' for that million-dollar sound I got a little job down in Darlington But some nights I don't go Some nights I go to the drive-in, or some nights I stay home I followed that dream just like those guys do up on the screen And I drive a 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 dream Well now I built that Challenger by myself But I needed money and so I sold it I lived a secret I should'a kept to myself But I got drunk one night and I told it All my life I fought this fight The fight that no man can never win Every day it just gets harder to live This dream I'm believing in Thunder Road, oh baby you were so right Thunder Road there's something dyin' on the highway tonight I won big once and I hit the coast But somehow I paid the big cost Inside I felt like I was carryin' the broken spirits Of all the other ones who lost When the promise is broken you go on living But it steals something from down in your soul Like when the truth is spoken and it don't make no difference Something in your heart goes cold I followed that dream through the southwestern flats That dead ends in two-bit bars And when the promise was broken I was far away from home Sleepin' in the back seat of a borrowed car Thunder Road, for the lost lovers and all the fixed games Thunder Road, for the tires rushing by in the rain Thunder Road, Billy and me we'd always say Thunder Road, we were gonna take it all and throw it all away |
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