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| 1. |
| 4:14 | 
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In the middle of the road,
Is trying to find me. I'm standing in the middle of life with my pains behind me.But, I got a smile For everyone I meet. Long as you don't try dragging my bay, Or dropping a bomb on the street.Come on baby, Get in the road. Come on now, In the middle of the road, yeah.In the middle of the road, You see the darnest things. Like fat cats driving around in jeeps through the city, Wearing big diamond rings and silk suits. Past corrugated tin shacks holed up with kids and Man I don't mean a Hampstead nursery. But when you own a big chunk of the bloody third world, The babies just come with the scenery.Come on baby, Get in the road. Come on now, In the middle of the road, yeah.One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six.In the middle of the road, Is my private cul de sac. I can't get from the cab to the curb, Without some little jerk on my back, Don't harass me kid, Can't you tell I'm going home, I'm tired as hell, I'm not the cat I used to be, I've got a kid, I'm thirty-three baby. Get in the road. Come on now, In the middle of the road |
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| 2. |
| 3:52 |
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I found a picture of you, o-o-oh, o-o-oh
You had hijacked my world at night To a place in the past we've been passed out of, o-o-oh, o-o-oh Now we're back in the fight We're back on the train, yeah O-oh, back on the chain gang Circumstance beyond our control, o-o-oh, o-o-oh The phone, TV and the news of the world Got in the house like a pigeon from Hell, o-o-oh, o-o-oh Threw sand in our eyes and descended like flies And put us back on the train, yeah O-oh, back on the chain gang The powers that be That force us to live like we do Bring me to my knees When I see what they've done to you Well, I'll die as I stand here today Knowing that deep in my heart They'll fall to ruin one day For making us part I found a picture of you, o-o-oh, o-o-oh Those were the happiest days of my life Like a break in the battle was your part, o-o-oh, o-o-oh In the wretched life of a lonely heart Now I'm back on the train, yeah O-oh, back on the chain gang |
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| 3. |
| 4:56 |
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Nobody's perfect
Not even a perfect stranger But oh what a gal She was such a perfect stranger And you're the best in your field In your office with your girls And desk and leather chair Thought that time was on your side But now it's time the avenger Nobody's permanent Everything's on loan here Even your wife and kids Could be gone next year And with what you have left You'll be forever under pressure To support her And a lover who looks strangely Like time the avenger Time, time, hear the bells chime Over the harbor and the city Time, one more vodka and lime To help paralyze that tiny little tick, tick, tick, tick Nobody's perfect Not even a perfect gent When your property took the a train I wonder where your manners went You were standing at the station In your briefcase Was your aftershave and underwear Can you hear the whistle blow? Sounds like time the avenger Time, time, hear the bells chime Over the harbor and the city Time to kill another bottle of wine To help paralyze that tiny little tick, tick, tick, tick |
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| 4. |
| 2:53 |
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Oh, saturday night
Mmm, everyone's having fun I'm down at the laundromat Trying to get my washing done Like I done before Time and time again Watching the clothes go 'round Another week sees it's end Watching the clothes go 'round Watching the clothes go 'round Watching the clothes go 'round Watching the clothes go 'round Oh, I've been working hard Mmm, trying to make some money Would you like sour cream On your potato, honey? I been kissing ass Trying to keep it clean Serving the middle class Yeah, it's a clean routine Watching the clothes go 'round Watching the clothes go 'round Watching the clothes go 'round Watching the clothes go 'round There go the whites Mmm, getting whiter There go the colors Getting brighter There go the delicates Through the final rinse There goes my saturday night I go without a fight Watching the clothes go 'round Watching the clothes go 'round Watching the clothes go 'round Watching the clothes go 'round |
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| 5. |
| 4:08 |
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Show me the meaning of the word
Show me the meaning of the word 'Cause I've heard so much about it They say, "Hey, you can't live without it" Welcome to the human race With its wars, disease and brutality You with your innocence and grace Restore some pride and dignity To a world in decline Welcome to a special place In a heart of stone that's cold and gray You with your angel face Keep the despair at bay Send it away, and Show me the meaning of the word Show me the meaning of the word 'Cause I've heard so much about it I don't want to live without it I don't want to live without it Oh, I want love I want love I want love Welcome here from outer space The Milky Way is still in your eyes You found yourself a hopeless case One that's seeking perfection on earth That's some kind of rebirth, so Show me the meaning of the word Show me the meaning of the word 'Cause I've heard so much about it Don't make me live without it Oh, love I want love I want Love I want love |
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| 6. |
| 3:18 |
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Hush little baby, don't you cry
When we get to tucson you'll see why We left the snowstorms and the thunder and rain For the desert sun, we're gonna be born again What's important in this world A little boy, a little girl Hush little darling, go to sleep Look out the window and count the sheep That dot the hillsides and the fields of wheat Across america as we cross america What's important here today The broken line on the highway All the love in the world for you, girl Thumbelina in a great big scary world All the love in the world for you, girl Take my hand and we'll make it through this world Hush little baby, my poor little thing You've been shuffled about like a pawned wedding ring It must seem strange, love was here then gone And the oklahoma sunrise becomes the amarillo dawn What's important in this life Ask the man who's lost his wife |
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| 7. |
| 5:25 |
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I WENT BACK TO OHIO
BUT MY CITY WAS GONE THERE WAS NO TRAIN STATION THERE WAS NO DOWNTOWN SOUTH HOWARD HAD DISAPPEARED ALL MY FAVORITE PLACES MY CITY HAD BEEN PULLED DOWN REDUCED TO PARKING SPACES A, O, WAY TO GO OHIO WELL I WENT BACK TO OHIO BUT MY FAMILY WAS GONE I STOOD ON THE BACK PORCH THERE WAS NOBODY HOME I WAS STUNNED AND AMAZED MY CHILDHOOD MEMORIES SLOWLY SWIRLED PAST LIKE THE WIND THROUGH THE TREES A, O, OH WAY TO GO OHIO I WENT BACK TO OHIO BUT MY PRETTY COUNTRYSIDE HAD BEEN PAVED DOWN THE MIDDLE BY A GOVERNMENT THAT HAD NO PRIDE THE FARMS OF OHIO HAD BEEN REPLACED BY SHOPPING MALLS AND MUZAK FILLED THE AIR FROM SENECA TO CUYAHOGA FALLS SAID, A, O, OH WAY TO GO OHIO |
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| 8. |
| 3:40 |
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It's a thin line between love and hate
It's a thin line between love and hate It's five o'clock in the morning And you're just getting in You knock on the front door And a voice sweet and low says Who is it? She opens up the door and lets you in Never once asks where have you been She says are you hungry? Did you eat yet? Let me hang up your coat Pass me your hat All the time she's smiling Never once raises her voice It's five o'clock in the morning You don't give it a second thought It's a thin line between love and hate [2x] The sweetest woman in the world Could be the meanest woman in the world If you make her that way You keep hurting her She'll keep being quiet She might be holding something inside That'll really, really hurt you one day I see her in the hospital Bandaged from foot to head In a state of shock Just that much from being dead You couldn't believe the girl Would do something like this, ha You didn't think the girl had the nerve But here you are I guess action speaks louder than words It's a thin line between love and hate [2x] |
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| 9. |
| 4:40 |
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I been crying like a woman
Because I'm mad, mad, mad like a man If you'd been in the s.s. in '43 You'd've been kicked out for cruelty I hurt you 'cause you hurt me So I hurt you 'cause you hurt me I been wondering about your dependency Your idea of defiance is a modern day mystery Arms and chest are cold When your back is on fire And the only time you come clean Is when you're talking to your buyer I hurt you 'cause you hurt me So I hurt you 'cause you hurt me Forget our philosophies That we admired when we were young And our popular points of view They can't mean much or nothing Or something or anything 'cause we can't say I love you I hurt you 'cause you hurt me So I hurt you 'cause you hurt me Happy birthday, darling and thank you for the schooling Your correction mistress warned me and she wasn't fooling Never trust a user with your television overnight When the show he wants to video is dallas on a tuesday night Don't try to paint your masterpiece under artificial light |
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| 10. |
| 3:39 |
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HE'S GONE 2000 MILES
IT'S VERY FAR THE SNOW IS FALLING DOWN GETS COLDER DAY BY DAY I MISS YOU THE CHILDREN WILL SING HE'LL BE BACK AT CHRISTMASTIME IN THESE FROZEN AND SILENT NIGHTS SOMETIMES IN A DREAM YOU APPEAR OUTSIDE UNDER THE PURPLE SKY DIAMONDS IN THE SNOW SPARKLE OUR HEARTS WERE SINGING IT FELT LIKE CHRISTMASTIME 2000 MILES IS VERY FAR THROUGH THE SNOW I'LL THINK OF YOU WHEREVER YOU GO HE'S GONE 2000 MILES IT'S VERY FAR THE SNOW IS FALLING DOWN GETS COLDER DAY BY DAY I MISS YOU I CAN HEAR PEOPLE SINGING IT MUST BE CHRISTMASTIME I HEAR PEOPLE SINGING IT MUST BE CHRISTMASTIME |
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