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Mary Queen of Arkansas, It's not too early for dreamin' The sky is grown with cloud seed sown And a bastard's love can be redeeming Mary, my Queen, your soft hulk is reviving No, you're not too late to desecrate The servants are just rising Well I'm just a lonely acrobat The live wire is my trade I've been a shine boy for your acid brat And a wharf rat of your state Mary, my Queen, your blows for freedom are missing You're not man enough for me to hate Or woman enough for kissing The big top is for dreamers We can take the circus all the way to the border And the gallows wait for martyrs Whose papers are in order But I was not born to live to die And you were not born for queenin' It's not too late to infiltrate The servant's are just leavin' Mary Queen of Arkansas Your white skin is deceivin' You wake and wait to lie in bait And you almost got me believin' But on your bed Mary, I can see The shadow of a noose I don't understand how you can hold me so tight And love me so damn loose But I know a place where we can go Mary Where I can get a good job And start all over again clean I got contacts deep in Mexico Where the servants have been seen |
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I had skin like leather and the diamond-hard look of a cobra I was born blue and weathered but I burst just like a supernova I could walk like Brando right into the sun Then dance just like a Casanova With my blackjack and jacket and hair slicked sweet Silver star studs on my duds just like a Harley in heat When I strut down the street I could hear its heart beat The sisters fell back and said, "Don't that man look pretty." The cripple on the corner cried out, "Nickels for your pity." Them gasoline boys downtown sure talk gritty It's so hard to be a saint in the city I was the king of the alley, mama, I could talk some trash I was the prince of the paupers crowned downtown at the beggar's bash I was the pimp's main prophet I kept everything cool Just a backstreet gambler with the luck to lose And when the heat came down it was left on the ground The devil appeared like Jesus through the steam in the street Showin' me a hand I knew even the cops couldn't beat I felt his hot breath on my neck as I dove into the heat It's so hard to be a saint when you're just a boy out on the street And the sages of the subway sit just like the living dead As the tracks clack out the rhythm, their eyes fixed straight ahead They ride the line of balance and hold on by just a thread But it's too hot in these tunnels you can get hit up by the heat You get up to get out at your next stop but they push you back down in your seat Your heart starts beatin' faster as you struggle to your feet Then you're outa that hole and back up on the street And them South Side sisters sure look pretty The cripple on the corner cries out, "Nickels for your pity." And them downtown boys sure tal |
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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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Hey bus driver keep the change, bless your children, give them names, don't trust men who walk with canes drink this and you'll grow wings on your feet Broadway Mary, Joan Fontaine, advertiser on a downtown train Christmas crier bustin' cane, he's in love again. Where dock worker's dreams mix with panther's schemes to someday own the rodeo Tainted women in Vistavision perform for out-of-state kids at the late show. Wizard imps and sweat sock pimps, interstellar mongrel nymphs Rex said that lady left him limp. Love's like that (sure it is). Queen of diamonds, ace of spades, newly discovered lovers of the everglades They take out a full page ad in the trades to announce their arrival And Mary Lou she found out how to cope, she rides to heaven on a gyroscope The Daily News asks her for the dope She says "Man, the dope's that there's still hope". Senorita, Spanish rose, wipes her eyes and blows her nose Uptown in Harlem she throw a rose to some lucky, young matador. |
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| 5. |
| 4:18 |
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Bishop danced with a thumbscrew woman Did a double-quick back flip and slid across the floor The Catholic traffic flowed freely 'cross the river And fiddlestick fiddled quick out the front door Oh baby dumpling, mama's in the back tree If the bow breaks mama might fall Little sad and only, baby don't be lonely Mama knows 'rithmatic, knows how to take a fall Mama knows 'rithmatic, knows how to take a fall CHORUS And the kids are crying "Flapjacks, make'em fat, early in the mornin' Little Jack, grab your hat, hear the breakfast call Muskrat, bat a cat, kick him in the fireplace There's someone in the kitchen blowing "Dinah" on their horn There's someone in the kitchen blowing "Dinah" like they're born Well maverick daddy got one-eyed bridge She glides like a monkey-mule kicking on the back slide Over hill, over hill, daddy don't you spill now Papa got a switch stick, he's pumping little Bill Papa got a switch stick, he's pumping little Bill And Billy, he's crying "Tomahawk, tomahawk, daddy better duck now" The Mohawks, the Mohawks, they're still out there in the woods Monatuk, Ocanuk, runnin' through my dreams now With fire on their fingertips and indian screams With fire on their fingertips and feathers made of moonbeams Well early in the morning the cannoneer cried "I seen the sailor's warning in the western sky" Well mountain man, if you can, cut me down a fir tree Branches full of candlesticks for baby and me And my darling cried, she said "Honey, the weathervane lately it's been pointing the way to heaven Scatterbrains, scatterbrains, watch out where you fall Champagne, champagne, a round for all the old choir boys They're busting off the altar chasing Dinah through the hall They're bustin' off the altar chasing Dinah through the hall CHORUS |
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| 4:35 |
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From the tin rooftop the little boy did watch The procession down through town Through the museum where Daniel whupped the Devil With them boys from the underground Where the Giants of Science fight for tight control Over the wildlands of New Mexico Sam Houston's ghost's in Texas fighting for his soul And the townsfolk rest uneasy beneath the guns of Kid Cole And the kid says: "Hey, where's Santa Ana He who could romance the dumb into talking Take a chance with me tonight, my contessa, If it don't work out I ain't lame, I can walk" Now some folks think cancer's taken to the streets of this town But Sandy eats her candy and then lays her money down Them cats are in from the canyons to strut their stuff in town But there's only secret sinners here Lord, there's only secret thieves Only a fool would try to save What the desert chose to leave And hey there se쨚rita, With your playboys in their Spanish bandanas French cream won't soften those boots, baby French kisses will not break your heart Oh painted night set free with light Glows outside the Rainbow Saloon Matching braces with a Spanish lady 'Neath a graduation moon No more colleges, no more coronations Some punk's idea of a teenage nation Has forced Santa Ana to change his station From soldier to cartoon And the Giants of Science spend their days and nights Not with wives, not with lovers, but searchin' for the lights They spotted in the desert on their helicopter flights Just to be lost in the dust and the night Hey my Contessa, in your juke joint rags you always bring candy for the kids Come waltz with me tonight se쨚rita 'Cause only fools are alone on a night like this |
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| 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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| 5:55 |
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The Skulls met the Pythons Down at the First Street station Alliances have been made in alleyways All across the nation These boys live off the milk of a silver jet And the love of sweet young women Now the Pythons are down from old Englishtown And they're looking to do some livin' Well the leader of the Pythons Is a kid they just call Zero Now Terry's pop says these kids are some kind of monsters But Terry says "No, pop, they're just plain heroes" Zero and Terry they found a love that burnes like wildfire Now Terry's daddy understood that this Zero was no good A child, a thief and a liar Well from out of the darkness that breaks the dawn Zero rode like twilight He said "Tonight's the night, Blind Terry, come on" Terry come on, tonight is the night Pack your bags, baby And together they ran like reindeers through the street Like tomorrow the earth was gonna catch on fire Now Terry's dad hired some troopers to kill Zero and bring Terry back home They crawled up in the night Like firelight Now snow-white troopers from the council of crime Rode silver foxes through Terry's field Oh they met the Pythons down on Route 9 but they refused to yield The Pythons fought with buzz guns And the troopers with swords like light And Zero and Terry they ran away And the gang fought all through the night Well now some folks say Zero and Terry got away Other said they were caught and brought back But still young pilgrims to this day Go to that spot way down by the railroad track Where the Troopers met the Pythons Old timers cry on a hot August night If you look hard enough, if you try You'll catch Zero and Terry and all the Pythons Oh just hiking them streets of the sky Just walkin', hiking the streets of the sky Just hiking the streets of the sky Hey Zero |
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| 4:24 |
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The midnight boys are outside Scraping tears up off the street Standin' guard beneath the window Where only Linda sleeps The leader is a kid named Eddie Walkin' like an angel in defeat He trashes her old man's car, slashes Linda's name in the street And calls out CHORUS Linda will you let me be the one Linda will you let me be the one Linda will you let me be the one Linda will you let me be the one In a room full of contenders Eddy spars 'til he drops to his bed and surrenders Draped in the scarves He stole from Linda's bedroom The night he layed at her feet When the midnight boys were stranded Down on Cason Street CHORUS In the basement of St Mary's Eddy hides from the rain In with the stolen sisters 'til the streets are dry again Talkin' fast cars and spare parts Empty homes and hearts Distant worlds with strange girls And kneeling with Linda in the dark CHORUS |
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| 8:25 |
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Her brains they rattle and her bones they shake Whoah, she's an angel from the Innerlake Thundercrack, baby's back This time she'll tell me how she really feels Bring me down to her lightning shack You can watch my partner reelin' CHORUS She moves up, she moves back Out on the floor there just is no one cleaner She does this thing she calls the "Jump back Jack" She's got the heart of a ballerina She's straight from the Bronx Hung off the line She slips, she slides, she slops, she bops, she bumps, she grinds Even them dance hall hacks From the west side of the tracks Move in close to catch her timin' CHORUS She ain't no little girl, she ain't got no curls Her hair ain't brown, and her eyes ain't either Round and round and round and round My heart's wood, she's a carpenter She's an angel in the night, what she does is alright Dance with me, partner, dance with me, partner Dance with me, partner, 'til the dawn Thundercrack, baby's back This time she'll tell me how she really feels Bring me down to her lightning shack You can watch my partner reelin' CHORUS She ain't no little girl, she ain't got no curls Her hair ain't brown, and her eyes ain't either Round and round and round and round My heart's wood, she's a carpenter She's an angel in the night, what she does is alright Dance with me, partner, dance with me, partner Dance with me, partner, all night |
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| 2:48 |
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I had a dream our love would last forever I had a dream tonight my dream comes true And if you'll hold me tight We'll be riders, girl, on the night Ooh, I want a rendezvous Haven't I told you, girl, how much I like you I got a feeling that you like me too well if you hold me tight We'll be riders, girl, on the night Ooh, I want a rendezvous You deserve so much more than this, girl Well I'm riding on the power and livin' on the promise in your last kiss Because I had a dream our love would last forever I had a dream tonight my dream comes true And if you'll hold me tight We'll be riders, girl, on the night Ooh, ooh, rendezvous I want a rendezvous I want a rendezvous |
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| 3:51 |
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I ain't lookin' for just excitement Baby that's just a fact If you want to get to het heart You better let her know just where you're at CHORUS It ain't written in the sky above No fortune-teller told me this You gotta tell her that you love her Tell her that you need her And give the girl a great big kiss Give the girl a great big kiss Now if you're such a fool you think It don't matter, baby, what you say maybe you better tell her how you're feelin' It ain't gonna happen any other way CHORUS Now baby all I wanna do Is darlin' make sweet love to you Now I don't know what the meanin' is Why you wanna hide the things you feel and say But baby it's just a natural fact Love was never meant to be that way CHORUS Now baby all I wanna do Is darlin' make sweet love to you |
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| 3:16 |
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Sleepy town ain't got the guts to budge Baby, this emptiness has already been judged I wanna go out tonight, I wanna find out what I got You're a strange part of me, you're a preacher's girl And I don't want no piece of this mechanical world Got my arms open wide and my blood is running hot We'll take the midnight road right to the devil's door And even the white angels of Eden with their flamin' swords Won't be able to stop us from hitting town in this dirty old Ford Well it don't take no nerve when you got nothing to guard I got tombstones in my eyes and I'm running real hard My baby was a lover and the world just blew her away Once they tried to steal my heart, beat it right outta my head But baby they didn't know that I was born dead I am the iceman, fighting for the right to live I say better than the glory roads of heaven better off riding Hellbound in the dirt, better than the bright lines of the freeway Better than the shadows of your daddy's church Better than the waiting, baby better off is the search |
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| 2:36 |
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I lie in bed but baby I can't sleep no matter how hard I try There's something bad, baby, wrong with me whenever I close my eyes The dreams of Mary keep me awake with every little curve in place When I walk home in the daybreak I pray come back home, baby, won't you give me Darlin' bring on the night, oh yeah darlin', bring on the night Oh now darlin', bring on the night I walk the street, I'm lookin' for romance I end up stumblin' in some stupid half-trance As I watch the lovers mix with circumstance We watch the disco dancers dance I look for connection in some new eyes But for protection they're tranquilized Forbidding close inspection of who's tellin' who Forbidding close inspection of who's tellin' who lies Bring on the night, oh yeah darlin', bring on the night Oh now darlin', bring on the night Is it as simple as it seems I don't know what I'm doin' here, is it as simple as it seems Is it as simple as I fear, well if I'm right... I look for connection in some new eyes But for protection they're tranquilized Forbidding close inspection of who's tellin' who Forbidding close inspection of who's tellin' who Baby of who's tellin' who lies Bring on the night, oh yeah darlin', bring on the night Oh now darlin', bring on the night, oh now darlin', bring on the night Come on darlin', bring on the night Oh now darlin' bring on the night |
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| 3:47 |
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There's flying angels on your fire escape They lie to your mama for you, try to keep you safe You're with them fire alley virgins on a midnight vamp Lost your heart on Main Street to a beautiful tramp You lost your mind She's sent from above You're so young and in love So young and in love So young and in love So young and in love So young and in love Rat traps filles with soul crusaders They're soppin' 'n' boppin' 'n' moppin' with Little Melvin and the Invaders Missy's on the dance floor doin' her stuff Leroy's dancin' doin' the continental strut Sent from above So young and in love So young and in love So young and in love So young and in love Everybody's reelin' when the band hits the ceilin' Don't you know you wanna go The kids start rockin' when the boys start knockin' And everybody wants to go Let's go! Joint's shut down but you don't wanna go home You're in the shady side of town and you're all alone Papa's chewin' your ear off 'bout hangin' out with trash So fine, sent from above So young and in love So young and in love So young and in love |
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| 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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| 3:00 |
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Cold rain running down the front of my shirt I'm flat on my back wheels in the dirt Angel makes her face up out on baker street She's straddlin; the shifter in my front seat There's nothing to lose It's a set-up (heartbreak) The deck's stacked So put your foot to the floor And darling don't look back Well making night tracks through the blazing rain Blow them pistons, work (move) in the fast lane White line burning, pockets full of cash Angel writes her name in lipstick on my dash There's nothing to lose It's a set-up (except a heartbreak) (just a bad break) The deck's stacked (baby we're back) Tonight we'll blow off the doors (put your foot to the floor) And honey we won't look back (and darling don't look back) We held it in our hearts in the pouring rain We made it through the heart of a hurricane We tore it apart and put it together again We'll wash out sins, girl down in the sea Angel won't you believe in love for me (come on meet me tonight darlin' out in the street) We'll move with the city in the dark You got to walk it talk it in your heart There's nothin' to lose It's a set-up (just a heartache) The deck's stacked So put your foot to the floor (and) darling Tonight we'll blow out (off) the doors darling (baby) Put your foot to the floor (we're gonna even the score) And darling don't look back (honey we won't look back) Don't look back Ah, baby, don't look back |
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| 3:14 |
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It's cloudy out in Pittsburgh
It's raining in Saigon Snow's fallin' all across the Michigan line Well she sits by the lights of the Christmas tree With the radio softly on Thinkin' how a good man is so hard to find Well once she had a fella Once she was somebody's girl And she gave all she had that one last time Now there's a little girl asleep in the back room She's gonna have to tell about the meanness in this world And how a good man is so hard to find Well there's pictures on the table by her bed him in his dress greens and her in her wedding white She remembers how the world was the day he left And now how that world is dead And a good man is so hard to find She got time now for Casanovas Yeah those days are gone She don't want that anymore, she's made up her mind just somebody told her As the nights get on When a good man is so hard to find Well she shuts off the TV And without a word Into bed she climbs Well she thinks how it was all so wasted And how expendable their dreams all were When a good man was so hard to find |
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| 3:51 |
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We left the toys out in the yard
I took my wife and kids and left my home unguarded We packed what we could into the car No one here knows how it started Suddenly everything was just so out of control Now I want some answers, mister, I need to know I hear all the talk but I don't know what you're sayin' But I think I got a good idea of the game that you're playin' Roulette, that's the name Roulette, that's the game now Roulette, I don't know what they're sayin' Roulette, everybody's playin' I grew up here on this street Where nothin' moves, just a strange breeze In a town full of worthless memories There's a shadow in my backyard I've got a house full of things that I can't touch Well all those things won't do me much good now I was a fireman out at Riker's, I did my job Mister, I've been cheated, I feel like I've been robbed I'm the big expendable, my life's just canceled null and void Well what you gonna do about your new boy Roulette, you're playin' with my life Roulette, with my kids and my wife Roulette, every day the stakes get bigger Roulette, a different finger on the trigger Down by the river that talks The night speaks in searchlights And shortwave radios squawk The police patrol the streets But I've left behind the man I used to be Everything he believed and all that belonged to me I tried to find my way out to somewhere where I thought it'd be safe They stopped me at the roadblock they put up on the interstate They put me in detention but I broke loose and then I ran They said they want to ask me a few questions but I think they had other plans Now I don't know who to trust and I don't know what I can believe They say they want to help me but with the stuff they keep on sayin' I think those guys just wanna keep on playin' Roulette, with my life Roulette, with my kids and my wife Roulette, the bullet's in the chamber Roulette, who's the unlucky stranger Roulette, surprise, you're dead Roulette, the gun's to your head Roulette, the bullet's spinning in the chamber Roulette, pull the trigger, feel the click No further danger |
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Well ever since you were a little girl
You set the rules in your little world But girls grow up and throw their toys away You're a big girl now but you still wanna play (Girl we're living) You dress them up the way you want to (Girl we're living) You make them do just what you want them to (Girl we're living) Once I thought we had a love that was true But I'm just another doll in your dollhouse to you We're living in a dollhouse We're living in a dollhouse Girl we're living in a dollhouse You may feel safe and sound But your dollhouse, girl, is falling down It's all been neatly arranged in your mind Every detail fits your own design Every room is perfectly in place But I can see the sadness, baby, on your face You had a plan and darling like a child You thought it's down to fashion, down to style But your little dreamhouse is runnin' wild Before your very eyes we're shrinking down to size We're living in a dollhouse We're living in a dollhouse Girl we're living in a dollhouse You may feel safe and sound But your dollhouse, girl, is falling down Everything's as you dreamed it would be But there's something wrong that you can't see Room by room you keep looking for some little flaw A crack somewhere in your dollhouse wall Something, girl, that will explain away The hurt you feel, darling, when we play Your little dolls they got grip on you Until you're just another doll in your dollhouse too We're living in a dollhouse Girl, we're living in a dollhouse Oh we're living in a dollhouse We may feel safe and sound But our dollhouse, girl, is falling down Oh we're living in a dollhouse Girl, we're living in a dollhouse |
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| 3:43 |
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| 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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| 4:17 |
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Early North Jersey industrial skyline
I'm an all-set cobra jet creepin' through the night time Gotta find a gas station, gotta find a pay phone This turnpike sure is spooky at night when you're all alone I'm living on the edge of the world Tryin' to get my girl on the line Livin' on the edge of the world But I think it's just a waste of my time Some jerk keeps breaking my connection, girl 'Cause I'm living on the edge of the world Living on the edge of the world Radio, radio, hear my tale of heartbreak New Jersey in the morning like a lunar landscape Got a counter girl at the Exit 24 HoJo Down past the refinery towers where the great black river flows I'm living on the edge of the world Tryin' to get back to you, girl I'm living on the edge of the world Tryin' to get a message through I gotta make a connection, girl Because I'm living on the edge of the world Living on the edge of the world Radio's jammed with gospel stations Lost souls callin' long distance salvation Hey mister deejay gotta hear my last prayer It's a hey ho rock and roll, deliver me from nowhere I'm living on the edge of the world Tryin' to get back to you, girl Living on the edge of the world Tryin' to get a message through I gotta make some connection, girl Because I'm living on the edge of the world Living on the edge... I gotta make some connection, girl Because I'm living on the edge of the world Living on the edge of the world Now my boss don't dig me 'cause he put me on the night shift It takes me two hours to get back to where my baby lives In the wee wee hours my mind gets hazy Relay towers, won't you lead me to my baby 'Neath the overpass the trooper hits his party lights switch Good night, good luck, one, two, powershift! Living on the edge of the world... |
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When we fight and I wanna talk it out
You won't say nothing, nothing at all You just sit there, you won't open that pretty mouth I think you like keeping my back up against the wall Wages of sin, you keep me paying Wages of sin for wrongs that I've done Wages of sin, you keep me paying Wages of sin, one by one I walk in the apartment, there's clothes thrown all over the place You're crouched in the corner with makeup running down your face I don't wanna believe what my heart keeps saying You keep me on the line so you can keep me paying Wages of sin, we keep paying Wages of sin for the wrongs that we've done Wages of sin, we keep paying Wages of sin, that's how we have our fun I remember when I was a little boy out where the cottonwoods grow tall Trying to make it home through the forest before the darkness falls Baby all the sounds I heard, even if they weren't real I was running down that broken path with the devil snapping at my heels I tried so hard, so hard in every way Swore someday I'd grow up, just throw it all away Cried all the tears, baby, that I could cry Stomached all my fears 'til they came rushin' up inside darlin' I'm losin' and it's a mean game Still I play on just the same Wages of sin, I keep paying Wages of sin for some wrong that I've done Wages of sin, well I keep paying Wages of sin, one by one |
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| 4:28 |
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Last night I dreamed we was running through the outlands
Tears streaming, your pretty face all a wreck (I held your daddy's gun in my tremblin' hands And down the highway another stranger comes You gotta take 'em baby when they come. Little girl put on your best dress 'Cause we're goin' out on the town tonight (Better bring along your switchblades) 'Cause for sure some fool's gonna wanna fight You've got to take 'em baby as they come CHORUS You gotta take 'em, take 'em as they come, girl Take 'em as they come, girl Take 'em as they come, girl Take 'em baby as they come God save the rider in the black night Save the man who taught that it was right To do what they have done To become what we have become You gotta take 'em when they come Little girl, gone are the days Faded away into a clear blue night And all the vows that we made Lie shattered and broken in the morning light; You gotta take 'em when they come CHORUS I know your heart is breaking I can feel it too Though my finger on the trigger's shakin' Here I swear to you If I could take all your sorrow so that you'd never cry, girl, or be blue (Come tommorow) That's what I'd do for you, pretty one I swear I'll take 'em baby when they come CHORUS |
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| 10. |
| 3:39 |
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Your scrapbook's filled with pictures of all your leading men
Well baby don't put my picture in there with them Don't make us some little girl's dream that can't ever come true That only serves to hurt and make you cry like you do Well baby don't do it to me and I won't do it to you You see all the romantic movies, you dream and take the boys home But when the action fades you're left all alone You deserve better than this, little girl, can't you see that you do Do you need somebody to prove it to you? Well you prove it to me and I'll prove it to you Now every night you go out looking for true love's satisfaction But in the morning you end up settling for just lights, camera, action And another cameo role with some bit player you're befriending You're gonna go broken-hearted looking for that happy ending Well girl you're gonna end up just another lonely ticket sold Cryin' alone in the theater as the credits roll You say I'll be like those other guys Who filled your head with pretty lies And dreams that can never come true Well baby you be true to me And I'll be true to you |
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| 11. |
| 2:44 |
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Well look out mama, your little girl she has changed
She cut her baby curls and she's got her act rearranged Well look out daddy, what she needs now she can't find at home Oh Ricky wants a man of her She wants a man of her Ricky wants a man of her own Mama says her little girl won't talk to her anymore She just goes in her room, turns on the radio, and shuts the door She's got her own bathroom, TV, stereo, extension phone Oh but Mama, Ricky wants a man of her She wants a man of her Ricky wants a man of her own Well daddy says when he drops her off Friday night at the gym She slides way down in the front seat so the kids won't see her with him She don't do no work, she won't tell nobody when she's coming home She makes poor daddy wait down on the corner at midnight all alone She used to like me to take her to a ball game or a movie show She used to make daddy take his little girl where she wanna go Now we're left peeking through the curtains every time that we hear a horn blow I guess Ricky wants a man of her own Well my folks say "Son, talk to her, she'll listen to you" Yeah, she listens real nice and she does what she wants to do Daddy says she wears her jeans so tight, "Well you change 'em or you're stayin' home" Oh but daddy, Ricky wants a man of her She wants a man of her Ricky wants a man of her own She's almost grown Ricky wants a man of her She wants a man of her |
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| 12. |
| 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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| 13. |
| 3:20 |
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You're scrapbook's filled with pictures of all your leading men
Well baby don't put my picture in there with them Don't make us some little girl's dream that can never come true Oh baby don't do it to me I won't do it to you Mary Lou, I'm not like all those other guys Mary Lou, I won't fill your pretty head with their pretty lies Mary Lou, and dreams that never, never, never ever will come true Mary Lou, that'd only serve to hurt and make you cry like you do You've seen all the romantic movies, you dream and take the boys home But when the action fades you're left all alone You deserve more than this, a real love that can grow And I ain't playin' outtakes, girl, from some late late show, no Mary Lou, you're not like all those others girls Mary Lou, so afraid to shake up that real world Every night you go out looking for true love's satisfaction But you allways end up setting for just lights, camera, action And another cameo role with some bit player you're befriending You're gonna go broken-hearted looking for that happy ending Mary Lou, I've seen all those movies too Mary Lou, I know the hurt too much dreaming can do Mary Lou, you're gonna end up just another lonely ticket sold Mary Lou, crying alone in the theatre as the credits roll |
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| 4:26 |
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I met a little girl and I settled down
In a little house out on the edge of town We got married, and swore we'd never part Then, little by little, we drifted from each other's heart At first, I thought it was just restlessness That would fade as time went by and our love grew deep In the end, it was something more, I guess That tore us apart and made us weep I'm driving a stolen car Down on Eldridge Avenue Each night, I wait to get caught But I never do She asked if I remembered the letters I wrote When our love was young and bold She said last night she read those letters And they made her feel one hundred years old I'm driving a stolen car on a pitch black night And I'm telling myself I'm gonna be alright But I ride by night, and I travel in fear That in this darkness, I will disappear |
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| 15. |
| 3:10 |
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Born down in a dead man's town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground You end up like a dog that's been beat too much Till you spend half your life just covering up Born in the U.S.A. I was born in the U.S.A. I was born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A. 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 U.S.A. I was born in the U.S.A. I was born in the U.S.A. I was born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A. Come back home to the refinery Hiring man says "Son if it was up to me" Went down to see my V.A. man He said "Son, don't you understand" I had a brother at Khe Sanh fighting off the 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 shadow of the penitentiary Out by the gas fires of the refinery I'm ten years burning down the road Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go Born in the U.S.A. I was born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A. I'm a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A. I'm a cool rocking Daddy in the U.S.A. |
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| 1:49 |
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Well she drew out all her money from the Southern Trust
And put her little boy on the Greyhound Bus Leaving Memphis with a guitar in his hand With a one way ticket to the Promised Land Hey little girl with the red dress on There's party tonight down in Memphis down I'll be going down there if you need a ride The man on the radio says Elvis Presley's died We drove to Memphis the sky was hard and black Up over the ridge came a white Cadillac They drawed out all his money and they laid him in the back A woman cried from the roadside "Oh he's gone, he's gone" They found him slumped up against the drain With a whole lotta trouble running through his veins Bye bye Johnny Johnny bye Bye You didn't have to die You didn't have to die |
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| 3:51 |
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The runway rushed up at him as he felt the wheels touch down
He stood out on the blacktop and took a taxi into town He got out down on Main Street and went into a local bar He bought a drink and found a seat in a corner off the dark Well she called up her mama to make sure the kids were out of the house She checked herself out in the dining room mirror And undid an extra button on her blouse He felt her lying next to him, the clock said 4:00 am He was staring at the ceiling He couldn't move his hands CHORUS Oh mama mama mama come quick I've got the shakes and I'm gonna be sick Throw your arms around me in the cold dark night Hey now mama don't shut out the light Don't you shut out the light Don't you shut out the light Don't you shut out the light Don't you shut out the light Well on his porch they stretched a banner that said "Johnny Welcome Home" Bobby pulled his Ford out of the garage and they polished up the chrome His mama said "Johnny oh Johnny, I'm so glad to have you back with me" His pa said he was sure they'd give him his job back down at the factory CHORUS Well deep in a dark forest, a forest filled with rain Beyond a stretch of Maryland pines there's a river without a name In the cold black water Johnson Lineir stands He stares across the lights of the city and dreams of where he's been |
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| 4:13 |
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Cynthia, when you come walkin' by you're an inspiring sight
Cynthia, you don't smile or say hi but baby that's alright 'Cause I don't need to hold you or taste your kiss I just like knowin', Cynthia, you exist in a world like this Cynthia, when you pass it seems like this whole town drops Cynthia, or maybe it's just me, baby, and these fools stuck here punchin' this clock Well you give us a reason to stop just for a while Stop, stand and salute your style Well now you ain't the finest thing I'll never have And when you go the hurt you leave, baby, it ain't so bad There ain't a man in this whole town who'd say you ain't fine You hear them guys talkin', tell me baby do you mind Well you make us happy, honey, when we feel sad To see something so good in a world gone bad There's still Cynthia Cynthia, no one knows your number, no one knows where you live Cynthia, I wonder do you understand this strange thing you give Well baby is it your style, the mystery in your smile Or just how cool you walk in a world gone wild Tell me if you will, Cynthia Well I gotta be pretty naUve to believe in you I know you ain't ever gonna be my dream come true That's alright, I got other dreams as good as you, Cynthia Yeah now baby, now this ain't no come-on Just walk on, Cynthia, walk on You make me holler, yeah, yeah, alright I said yeah, yeah, alright Well she's a yeah, yeah, alright |
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| 2. |
| 4:24 |
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| 3. |
| 4:46 |
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Hey there mister can you tell me what happened to the seeds I've sown
Can you give me a reason sir as to why they've never grown They've just blown around from town to town Till they're back out on these fields Where they fall from my hand Back into the dirt of this hard land Now me and my sister from Germantown we did ride We made our bed sir from the rock on the mountainside We been blowin' around from town to town Lookin for a place to stand Where the sun burst through the cloud to fall like a circle Like a circle of fire down on this hard land Now even the rain it don't come 'round It don't come 'round here no more And the only sound at night's the wind Slammin' the back porch door It just stirs you up like it wants to blow you down Twistin' and churnin' up the sand Leavin' all them scarecrows lyin' face down Face down in the dirt of this hard land From a building up on the hill I can hear a tape deck blastin' "Home on the Range" I can see them Bar-M choppers sweepin' low across the plains It's me and you Frank we're lookin' for lost cattle Our hooves twistin' and churnin' up the sand We're ridin' in the whirlwind searchin' for lost treasure Way down south of the Rio Grande We're ridin' cross that river in the moonlight Up onto the banks of this hard land Hey Frank won't ya pack your bags And meet me tonight down at Liberty Hall Just one kiss from you my brother and we'll ride until we fall Well sleep in the fields, we'll sleep by the rivers And in the morning we'll make a plan We'll if you can't make it Stay hard, stay hungry, stay alive If you can And meet me in a dream of this hard land |
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| 4. |
| 7:22 |
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Dark weekends in the sun out on Chelsea Road
Descending the stairs, Frankie, my one Check your makeup in the mirror c'mon babe let's go We'll dance 'round this dirty town 'til the night is all done Let all the finer things sleep alone tonight Let all the minor kings lose their thrones tonight Don't worry about us, baby, we'll be alright Well everybody's dying, this town's closing down They're all sittin' down at the courthouse waiting for 'em to take the flag down I see strange flashes in the sky up above Gonna spend the night at the drive-in with the one that I love At dusk the stars all appear on the screen Yeah, just like they do each night in my dreams But tonight's no dream, Frankie, I can feel myself too Well now and forever my love is for you Walk softly tonight little stranger Yeah into these shadows we're passing through Talk softly tonight, little angel You make all my dream worlds come true Well lately I've been standing out in the freezing rain Readin' them want ads out on Chelsea Road I'm winging down the street in search of new games Hustling through these nightlights' diamond glow Well Frankie I don't know what I'm gonna find Maybe nothing at all, maybe a world I can call mine Shining like these streetlights down here on the strand Bright as the rain in the palm of your hand Walk softly tonight, little stranger Into the shadows where lovers go Talk softly to me, little angel |
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| 5. |
| 2:45 |
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I woke up last night shaking from a dream
Fot in that dream I died My wife rolled over and told me That my life would be immortalized Not in some major motion picture Or great American novel, you see No, they're gonna make a TV movie out of me CHORUS Well now, it's one two three you take the money Yeah it's as easy as A B C Yeah they're gonna make a TV movie out of me Well They can change my name or they can leave it They can change my story too Or they can make me black or Chinese And do things that I never do They're gonna give my life a whole new ending And put me in prime time first-run And when it's over, what I did there will be what I done Now I don't want my name in a history book Nobody's ever gonna see No, they're gonna make a TV movie out of me CHORUS Well I'm a shoe-in for sponsor Goodyear blimp and radial wheels Somebody had a meeting somewhere Somehow somebody made a deal Well I was one of them kinds of stories That everybody liked to see Yeah they're gonna make a TV movie out of me Now I don't want no inscription on my gravestone No long soliloquy No they're gonna make a TV movie out of me CHORUS |
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| 6. |
| 3:05 |
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Well Jimmy Lee was hookin' 'round the far turn of a funky southern Florida dirt track
He had mud caked on his goggles and a screamin' 350 stacked up on his back Well as he passed the stands he was feelin' all tuckered out, When through the roar of his engine he heard somebody shout “Stand on it, come on boy, stand on it” Mary Beth started to drift, she hit the shift but she just couldn't get a hand on it Racin' some Red Hill boys, she had the deed to the ranch and a grand on it With eight grand blowin' hot on the red line She blew past a hitchhiker out on Route 39 He hollered “Stand on it, go 'head baby, stand on it” Well now when in doubt and you can't figure it out Just stand on it Well, if your mind's confused, you don't know what you're gonna do Well buddy, stand on it Well if you've lost control of the situation at hand Go grab a girl; go see a rock and roll band And stand on it Come on man, stand on it Well now Columbus he discovered America even though he hadn't planned on it He got lost and woke up one morning when he's about to land on it He wouldn't of got out of Italy, man that's for sure, Without Queen Isabella standing on the shore Shouting “Stand on it, go ahead man, stand on it” Well now when in doubt and you can't figure it out Just stand on it Well, if your mind's confused, you don't know what you're gonna do Well buddy, stand on it Well if you've lost control of the situation at hand Go grab a girl; go see a rock and roll band And stand on it Come on man, stand on it Bobby was leadin' the pack, he settled back and he got ready for the long haul Well fifty yards from the finish line somebody roared up and they blew him into the wall Well he rolled over twice, lucky to survive Layin' in the back of the ambulance more dead than alive Somebody shouted “Man, you call that drivin'? Why didn't you stand on it?” |
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| 7. |
| 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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| 8. |
| 2:06 |
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Well my name is Catherine LeFevre
I work at the Astrowash on Sunset and Vine I drop my kids at school in the morning And I pick them up at Mary's just 'fore suppertime CHORUS Well I work down at the car wash For a dollar and a dime And mister, I hate my boss It's at the car wash I'm doing my time Pick up my water bottle and my towel, sir And I take 'em one by one From Mercedes to VW's I do 'em all and I don't favor none CHORUS Well someday I'll sing in a night club I'll get a million-dollar break A handsome man will come here with a contract in his hand And say "Catherine, this has all been some mistake" |
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| 9. |
| 4:40 |
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Billy got out of prison but he wasn't right
Some like to drink or gamble, Billy liked to fight He tracked back to his home state of Maryland Went to his mom's mobile home where she took hin in, alright CHORUS Rockaway the days, rockaway the nights Gimme something to last me, baby, 'til the morning light I ain't lookin' for trouble, I ain't looking for a fight Honey rockaway these days, rockaway these nights Well at a picnic one Sunday Billy met Mary Dove Mary lloked at Billy, Billy fell in love Billy swore to Mary he'd always love het so They were married in the valley where the river flows, alright CHORUS At a roadside bar Billy argued with a young man And he settled that argument with a razor in his hand With blood on his shirt back to Mary he did run She sighed "Billy, oh Billy, what have you done?" He ran to his ma's trailer but the lights were dim He pounded on the door, she wouldn't let him in Up the road to a neighbor's house he drew near They said "Billy go away, we don't want no trouble 'round here" Billy stole a car and headed out on the road Pocketful of pills and his brain on overload Seen some lights in his rearview mirror, panicked and gave her the gun Wrapped himself 'round a telephone pole way out on 101 Well Billy got cut out by the highway patrol Just lay there with the cars passing on slow Sheriff told Billy's ma that Billy died She buried his body by the riverside, alright CHORUS Well rich man want the power and the seat on the top Poor man want the money that the rich man got Honey tonight I'm feeling so tired and unsure Come on in Mary, shut the light, close the door |
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| 10. |
| 5:06 |
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Every spring when the weather gets warm
They come pourin' into town straight off of them farms Driving 455s running hard and strong They'd scratch built in them tool sheds all winter long 'Neath the trestless drinkin' the beer and the wine Now some came on run, some just to pass the time With the brothers under the bridges Me and Tommy we was just fourteen, didn't have our licenses yet Our walls were covered with pictures of cars we'd get We'd listen and wait for that highway to rumble and quake As they drove in through town when the weekend'd break Bringin' girls with that distant look in their eyes Now together 'neath the trestless they'd be laughing in the night With the brothers under the bridges Well me and my brother'd hitched a ride in Joey's pickup to the edge of town And we watched from the tall grass as the challenges were made and the duels went down We'd hitchhike back home, sneak in, get in bed before our mom'd come And we'd lay there in the night talkin' about how we might someday be one Yeah someday run with the brothers under the bridges Well now I hear a cry in the distance and the sound of marching feet come and gone Well I'm stittin' down here by this highway figuring, figuring just where I belong Tonight up on Signal Hill I watch a young man in a red shirt walking through a night so still Put his jacket 'round his girl as the autumn wind send a chill |
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| 11. |
| 3:19 |
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Here comes a fireman, here comes a cop
Here comes a wrench, here comes a car hop Been going on forever, it ain't ever gonna stop Everybody wants to be the man at the top Everybody wants to be the man at the top Everybody wants to be the man at the top Now, aim your gun, son, and shoot your shot Everybody wants to be the man at the top Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief Doctor, lawyer, Indian chief One thing in common they all got Everybody wants to be the man at the top, hey Everybody wants to be the man at the top Everybody wants to be the man at the top Now, aim your gun, son, and shoot your shot Everybody wants to be the man at the top, yeah Man at the top says it's lonely up there If it is, man, I don't care From the big White House to the parking lot Everybody wants to be the man at the top Here comes a banker, here comes a businessman Here comes a kid with a guitar in his hand Dreaming of his record in the number one spot Everybody wants to be the man at the top, now Everybody wants to be the man at the top Everybody wants to be the man at the top Now, aim your gun, son, and shoot your shot Everybody wants to be the man at the top, yeah Alright, now Who's the man at the top? Who's the man at the top? Oh, yeah |
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| 12. |
| 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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| 13. |
| 1:57 |
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It's one for the money and one for the show
I got one kiss for you honey so come on let's go I didn't see it coming but girl now I know It takes one for the running but two for the road One thousand dreams whispered in the dark But a dream's just a dream in one empty heart It takes more than one to rev it up and go So let's get it running, we're two for the road Two one-way tickets and a diamond ring Hell it don't matter what the rain might bring When this world treats you hard and cold I'll stand beside you, we're two for the road When you're alone my love'll shine the light Through the dark and starless night I'll hold you close and never let you go C'mon now girl 'cause we're two for the road Well it's two to get ready, babe, c'mon let's go Me and you, girl, we're two for the road |
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| 14. |
| 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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| 2:54 |
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When you need me call my name
'Cause without you my life just wouldn't be the same If you want me come sunny skies or rain When you need me just call my name If you miss me, I'll be there To brush the sunlight from your hair I'll be there to guide you when trouble walks beside you If you need me I'll be there And when this dirty world has been cold to you I got two strong arms waitin' to hold you And when those mean days come along We'll stand together and we'll take 'em on So if you need me just call my name When you need me call my name 'Cause without you my life just isn't the same 'Cause when this world kicked me around You picked me up off the ground So if you need me I'll be there CHORUS |
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| 16. |
| 5:13 |
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Dirty old street all slushed up in the rain and snow
Little boy and his ma shivering outside a rundown music store window That night on top of a Christmas tree shines one beautiful star And lying underneath a brand-new Japanese guitar I remember in the morning, ma, hearing your alarm clock ring I'd lie in bed and listen to you gettin' ready for work The sound of your makeup case on the sink And the ladies at the office, all lipstick, perfume and rustlin' skirts And how proud and happy you always looked walking home from work If pa's eyes were windows into a world so deadly and true You couldn't stop me from looking but you kept me from crawlin' through And if it's a funny old world, mama, where a little boy's wishes come true Well I got a few in my pocket and a special one just for you It ain't no phone call on Sunday, flowers or a mother's day card It ain't no house on a hill with a garden and a nice little yard I got my hot rod down on Bond Street, I'm older but you'll know me in a glance We'll find us a little rock 'n roll bar and baby we'll go out and dance Well it was me in my Beatle boots, you in pink curlers and matador pants Pullin' me up of the couch to do the twist for my uncles and aunts Well I found a girl of my own now, ma, I popped the question on your birthday She stood waiting on the front porch while you were telling me to get out there And say what it was that I had to say Last night we all sat around laughing at the things that guitar brought us And I layed awake thinking 'bout the other things it's brought us Well tonight I'm takin's requests here in the kitchen This one's for you, ma, let me come right out and say it It's overdue, but baby, if you're looking for a sad song, well I ain't gonna play it |
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| 17. |
| 2:04 |
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Two kids get married, same old thing
Folks congratulate you, church bells ring Who's got the ring, who's gonna pay the priest Get your mama in the paper, picture or two at least And at the reception all the old records play "Where you gonna live, are you gonna taker her away?" In a corner my new nephew's showin' me his knife You swore that you'd love her for the rest of your life Went to kiss you at the altar we bumped heads Honeymoon night we figured we best shake on it instead Dressed kinda funny, laughin' we hop in bed You can swear it on your feet, you can swear it on your head Come mornin' my new famlily's sitting on the front porch swing Smilin' kinda funny, nobody says a thing My new brother-in-law's throwin' a football, he tosses me a pass |
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| 18. |
| 3:31 |
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Running down the highway half past eleven
Waitin' for my odometer to roll straight sevens I'm a lucky man I went to see the gypsy the other night She looked in my palm looked me in the eye Said you're a lucky man Some folks got fortune some got eyes of blue What you got will always see you through You're a lucky man Pa went from the army to the factory to the killing yard I make my living with my hands behind the wheel of this car I'm a lucky man Messin' with me man wouldn't be wise Roll them dice son - ah snake eyes I'm a lucky man Had a girl in Calgary I gave her up Man that love thing was messin' with my luck I'm a lucky man I'll wake up tomorrow morning in another state Kiss me now baby before it's too late If you wanna kiss a lucky man I don't miss no girl I don't miss no home He travels fastest who travels alone He's a lucky man |
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Seven angels got my number
Since I fell in love with you Seven angels got my number They're all telling me what to do First angel says "Go on and love her" Second angels says "Ain't you tired of being alone?" Third angel says "Do the right thing, me." Fourth angels says "Check that other little angel walkin' on down the street" Seven angels got my number Since I fell in love with you Seven angels got my number They're all telling me what to do Fifth angels says "Don't worry Love's waitin' 'round the corner for you, son" Sixth angel says "You better hurry It don't take long for the good to get gone" Walkin' on wings all sexy and blue Seventh angel says I'm a fool I got seven angels calling on my pride Seven devils crawling around inside Seven angels tellin' me which way to turn One kiss and my soul wanna burn Seven angels got my number Since I fell in love with you Seven angels got my number They're all telling me what to do The earth's so lonely, sad and blue And without love, your soul's dyin' Sixth angel says to believe you When you say you'll never leave me cryin' |
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In the fields of the Lord stood Abel and Cain
Cain slew Abel 'neath the black rain At night he couldn't stand the guilt or the blame So he gave it a name So he gave it a name So he gave it a name Billy got drunk, angry at his wife He hit her once, he hit her twice At night he'd lie in bed, he couldn't stand the shame So he gave it a name So he gave it a name So he gave it a name Pa told me "Son, one thing I know is true Poison snake bites you, you're poison too" At night I can feel that poison runnin' 'round my veins... |
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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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You treated me hard and made my heart ache
I know you're only human, and men they make mistakes Your life with her turned to black And now you want our love back Well come into my arms and fall, my lover man Was it a gypsy's curse or a hex sign Or was it just that simple thing that led you from these arms of mine Oh yes, I've had the days To grow used to your foolish ways And what is it really, after all, my lover man I can see the change in your eyes There's no need to apologize We stood at the wishing well Our dreams like coins into the water fell The water so cold and black There was no going back I don't mean to cause you hurt or cause you pain Life is short and love's a dirty game Now there's no need for our game to end Come close and we'll begin To find our beautiful selves again, my lover man My lover man |
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I walk along the levee to see the gypsy man
The dirt 'neath my feet baby's turnin' to quicksand He looked into my palm, then looked me in the eye And told me you were gone, gone over the rise Once we stood together at the wishing well Our wishes like dreams, baby, into the water fell Oh then I kissed your lips but when I looked into your eyes They were gone, gone over the rise Tonight the blackbirds fly low on the water's edge Oh we walked this path not knowing where it led Now at the bottom of the river deep lies something shiny and gold Is a promise that love couldn't keep same as a promise broken* Well I woke last night to the sound of rain The wind rustling branches against the window pane I searched the pillow beside me for the tears we cried Baby they were gone, gone over the rise |
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Now you say you have a friend, you trust him with your life
You trust him with your money, you trust him with your kids You'd even trust him with your wife You better watch what's goin' on when the lights are out When the night is dark, when there ain't nobody lookin' around Yeah when the lights are out, down in this dirty little town Well now the world is dark and funny, better listen up to what I say You ain't gonna know what's going on by what you see in the light of day You gotta watch what's goin' on when the lights are out When the night is dark, when there ain't nobody lookin' around Yeah when the lights are out in this dirty little town Now you swear that she trusted you Within reason I understand But you kept slippin' in late at night And in the mornin' you had that smell on your hands Well now the world is turning, Rome is burning Me, I'm watching and I'm learning They say sure as God's hand and the tickin' of the clock The lord's light'll shine under every slimy rock Well last night I slept the sleep of fear And I heard God's voice whisper in my ear He said you better watch what's going on when the lights are out When the night is dark, when there ain't nobody lookin' around Yeah when the lights are out, down in this dirty little town |
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Met her at a friendly little bar down along the coast
She said it was her birthday so we had us a nice little toast Drove around for a while, smoked a few cigarettes Took her back to my place, she slipped off her party dress She sat for a while on the edge of the bed just talkin' Loose change in my pocket Loose change in my pocket Pint of gin in my boot cuff, I'm drivin' for a drink and a dance Sittin' on the next stool, miss a little time on her hands Yeah I knew she was trouble, but trouble sure was lookin' fine And when I pulled her close what I knew kinda slipped my mind We lay in bed and watched the moon come up crawling Loose change in my pocket Loose change in my pocket I pour another drink, wait for the night to get through Stars are burning in that black void so far away and blue Now I'm sittin' at a red light I feel somethin' tickin' way down The night's moving like a slow train crawling through this shithole town Got my bags packed in the back and I'm tryin' to get going again But red just goes to green and green goes red and then Then all I hear's the clock on the dash tick-tocking Loose change in my pocket |
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You do the drying, I'll do the dishes
Who'll do the crying when all the wishes don't come true You do the washing, I'll do the folding Whose heart is breaking When whose arms are holding someone new Sittin' on a peaceful lake sunnin' Didn't hear the roar of the waterfall coming When it's all a storybook story When it's all so easy and nice Here comes trouble in paradise You did the dusting, I did the sweeping You did the driving oh and I did the sleeping a little too long On a picnic 'neath the sky so blue We didn't see the rain and heartache coming through When it's all an old black and white movie And you're sure you've seen the ending twice Here comes trouble in paradise You said everything was fine I'm sorry, baby, I didn't see the signs Oh so beautifully you read your lines But in a play where the hero has no vice And love comes without a price So does trouble in paradise Don't matter who did the dusting or who did the sweeping Who did the trusting or who did the cheating when it's all gone Laying in a field on a summer's day Waitin' for those gray skies to clear away Knowing all love's glory and beauty Can vanish before you think twice Leaving trouble in paradise Now we share the laughing, we share the joking We do the sleeping with one eye open |
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Some need gold and some need diamond rings
Or a drug to take away the pain that living brings A promise of a better world to come When whatever here is done I don't need that sky of blue All I know's since I found you, I'm happy when I'm in your arms Happy, darling, come the dark Happy when I taste your kiss I'm happy in a love like this There's a house upon a distant hill Where you can hear the laughter of children ring Guardian angels, they watch from above Watching over the love that they bring But at night I feel the darkness near, I awake and I find you near I'm happy with you in my arms I'm happy with you in my heart Happy when I taste your kiss I'm happy in love like this In a world of doubt and fear I wake at night and reach to find you near Lost in a dream, you caught me as I fell I want more than just a dream to tell We're born in this world, darling, with few days and trouble never far behind Man and woman circle each other in a cage A cage that's been handed down the line Lost and running 'neath a million dead stars Tonight let's shed our skins and slip these bars Happy in each other's arms Happy, baby, come the dark Happy in each other's kiss |
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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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Well he'd been hearing too many voices and feelin'a little off-rack
Like there was something big pressing down on his back So he called up his friends and they said come on out west It's a place where a man can really feel his succes So he pulled his heart and soul down off the shelf Packed them next to the faith that he'd lost in himself Said his good-byes and when the dirty work was done He turned his wheels into the fading sun For seven days and nights like a black-top bird he sped Maintained radio silence 'cept for in his head And just like his folks did back in '69 He crossed the border at Needles and heard the promised land on the line Now where the Transcontinental dumps into the sea There's a bar made up to look like 1963 Girl in the corner eyed him like a hungry dog a bone As he brushed the desert dust off that Mercedes chrome Bartender said "Hey, how's it hangin', tiger?" He had a shot of tequila, smiled and whispered "lighter" He went down to the desert city where the rattlesnakes play And left his dead skin by the roadside in the noon of day Sun got so hot it almost felt like friend It could burn out every trace of where you been There was a woman he'd met in a desert song A little while later a son come along Looked at that boy's smile and called it home And that night as he lay in bed the only voice he heard was his own |
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In my dream, our love was lost
I lived by luck and fate I carried you inside of me Prayed it wouldn't be too late Now I'm standin' on this empty road Where nothin' moves but the wind And, honey, I just wanna be Back in your arms Back in your arms again Back in your arms Back in your arms again Oh, once I was your treasure And I saw your face in every star But these promises we make at night Oh, that's all they are Unless we fill them with faith and love they're Empty as the howlin' wind And, honey, I just wanna be Back in your arms Back in your arms again Back in your arms Back in your arms again Back in your arms Back in your arms again You came to me with love and kindness But all my life I've been a prisoner of my own blindness I met you with indifference And I don't know why Now I wake from my dream I wake from my dream to this world Where all is shadow and darkness And above me, a dark sky unfurls And all the love I've thrown away and lost I'm longin' for again Now, darlin', I just wanna be Back in your arms Back in your arms again Back in your arms Back in your arms again Back in your arms Back in your arms again Back in your arms Back in your arms again |
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Saigon, it was all gone
The same Coke machines As the streets I grew on Down in a mesquite canyon We come walking 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 burned 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 nothing 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 come home in '72 You were just a beautiul 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 Veterans' 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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