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Havin' bad times, now I'm paying dues,
Got shoes and money, good friends, too. I always play to win, and always seem to lose, That's why I think I got a rich kid's blues. That's why I think I got a rich kid's blues. And I know what's going on, And I know that the way is too long. And I know just exactly what's on your mind, You'll be back and I'll lose you forever. But I'm wondering why, girl, should I ask your name All the people standing by, are they in my game ? Love is just a story, a story without words, Words are even never seen and never even heard. And I know what's going on, And I know that the way is too long. And I know just exactly what's on your mind, You'll be back and I'll lose you forever. Havin' bad times, now I'm paying dues Got shoes and money, good friends, too. I always play to win, always seem to lose, That's why I think I got a rich kid's blues. That's why I think I got a rich kid's blues. |
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Ten years ago, on a cold dark night
There was someone killed 'neath the town hall light There were few at the scene, but they all did agree That the man who ran looked a lot like me She walks these hills in a long black veil She visits my grave where the night winds wail Nobody knows, no, and nobody sees Nobody knows but me The judge said, "Son, what is your alibi? If you were somewhere else, then you won't have to die" I spoke not a word, though it meant my life I had been in the arms of my best friend's wife She walks these hills in a long black veil She visits my grave where the night winds wail Nobody knows, no, and nobody sees Nobody knows but me The scaffold is high, and eternity nears She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear But sometimes at night, where the cold winds moan In a long black veil, she cries all o'er my bones She walks these hills in a long black veil She visits my grave when the night winds wail Nobody knows, no, and nobody sees Nobody knows but me Nobody knows but me |
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She hangs her head and cries on my shirt
She must be hurt very badly. Tell me what's making you sad, Li ? Open your door, don't hide in the dark. You're lost in the dark, you can trust me, 'Cause you know that's how it must be. Lisa Lisa, sad Lisa Lisa. Her eyes like windows trickle in rain Upon the pain getting deeper Though my love wants to relieve her. She walks alone from wall to wall, Lost in her hall she can't hear me, Though I know she likes to be near me. Lisa Lisa, sad Lisa Lisa. She sits in her corner by the door. There must be more I can tell her If she really wants me to help her. I'll do what I can to show her the way And maybe one day I will free her Though I know no-one can see her. Lisa Lisa, sad Lisa Lisa. |
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You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last.
But whatever you wish to keep, you'd better grab it fast. Yonder stands your orphan with his gun, Crying like a fire in the sun. Look out the saints are coming through And it's all over now, Baby Blue. The highway is for gamblers, better use your sense. Take what you have gathered from coincidence. The empty-handed painter from your streets Is drawing crazy patterns on your sheets. This sky, too, is folding under you And it's all over now, Baby Blue. All your seasick sailors, they are rowing home. Your empty-handed armies are all going home. The lover who just walked out your door Has taken all his blankets from the floor. The carpet, too, is moving under you And it's all over now, Baby Blue. Leave your stepping stones behind you, something calls for you. Forget the dead you've left, they will not follow you. The vagabond who's rapping at your door Is standing in the clothes that you once wore. Strike another match, go start anew And it's all over now, Baby Blue. |
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Where I walk
And life is warm Sun and breath Hopefully here All our hearts are blessed. Texas real A woman sworn to man Here I tried, Here I tried To be the best. So hot it's white and real to me I'd stay awake all night Asking your silent sympathy. I know something new, Southern Butterfly and you. I know something new, Southern Butterfly with you. Texas real A woman sworn to man Here I tried, Here I tried To be the best. So hot it's fine and real, real me I'd stay awake all night Asking your silent sympathy. I know something new, Southern Butterfly with you. I know something new, Southern Butterfly and you. I know something new, Southern Butterfly and you. I know something new, Southern Butterfly with you. |
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I found him by the stage last night, he was breathing his last breath.
A bottle of gin and a cigarette was all what he had left. Well, I know that you make music 'cause you carry a guitar, But God help the troubadour who tries to be a star. Come on and play the chords of love, my friend, Play the chords of fame, But if you want to keep your song, do mi, do mi do, Don't play the chords of fame, oh no, no. You know I've seen my share of hustlers as they try to take the world And when they find a melody, they're surrounded by the girls. But it all fades so quickly like a sunny summer day, Reporters ask you questions and they write down what you say. Come on and play the chords of love, my friend, Play the chords of fame, But if you want to keep your song, do mi, do mi do, Don't play the chords of fame, oh no, no. They'll rob you of your innocence, and put you up for sale. The more that you will find success, the more that you will fail. I've been around, I've had my share, and I really can't complain, But I wonder who I left behind on the other side of fame. Come on and play the chords of love, my friend, Play the chords of fame, But if you want to keep your song, do mi, do mi do, Don't play the chords of fame, oh no, no. Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, Don't, oh don't, don't play the chords of fame. Don't, oh don't, don't play the chords of fame. Don't ... |
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Ain't it just like the night to play tricks when you're tryin' to be so quiet ?
We sit here stranded, though we're all doin' our best to deny it And louise holds a handful of rain, temptin' you to defy it Lights flicker from the opposite loft In this room the heat pipes just cough The country music station plays soft But there's nothing, really nothing to turn off Just louise and her lover so entwined And these visions of johanna that conquer my mind. Inside the museums, infinity goes up on trial Voices echo this is what salvation must be like after a while But mona lisa musta had the highway blues You can tell by the way she smiles See the primitive wallflower freeze When the jelly-faced women all sneeze Hear the one with the mustache say, "jeeze I can't find my knees" Jewels and binoculars hang from the head of the mule But these visions of johanna, they make it all seem so cruel. The peddler now speaks to the countess who's pretending to care for him Sayin', "name me someone who's not a parasite and I'll go out and say a prayer for him" But like louise always says "ya can't look at much, can ya man ? " As she, herself, prepares for him And madonna, she still hasn't showed We see the empty cage now corrode Where her cape of the stage once had flowed The fiddler, he now steps on the road He writes ev'rything's been returned which was owed On the back of the fish trucks that load While my conscience explodes The harmonicas play the skeleton keys and the rain And these visions of johanna are now all that remain. |
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Well, I ride on a mailtrain, baby,
Can't buy a thrill. Well, I've been up all night, Leanin' on the window sill. Well, if I die On top of the hill And if I don't make it, You know my baby will. Don't the moon look good, mama, Shinin' through the trees ? Don't the brakeman look good, mama, Flagging down the "Double E" ? Don't the sun look good Going down over the sea ? But don't my gal look fine When she's comin' after me ? Well, the wintertime is coming, The windows are filled with frost. I went to tell everybody, But I could not get across. Well, I wanna be your lover, baby, I don't wanna be your boss. Don't say I never wanted you When your train gets lost. |
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Watch out now, take care,
Beware of falling swingers Dropping all around you The pain that often mingles In your fingertips. Beware of darkness. Watch out now, take care, Beware the thoughts that linger Winding up inside your head The hopelessness around you In the dead of night. Beware of sadness. It can hit you It can hurt you Make you sore And what is more, That is not what You are here for. Watch out now, take care, Beware of soft shoe shufflers Dancing down the sidewalks As each unconscious sufferer Wanders aimlessly, Beware of Maya. Watch out now, take care, Beware of greedy leaders. They'll take you where you should not go, While weeping Atlas cedars, They just want to grow, grow and grow. Beware of darkness. |
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Mud Slide Slim and the blue horizon,
Oh, Mud Slide and depending on you. I don't know but I've been told There's a time from time to time I can't eat, I can't sleep But I just like to move my feet 'Cause there's nothing like the sound of sweet soul music To change your lady's mind And there's nothing like a walk on down by the bayou To leave the world behind. Mud Slide, I'm depending on you, Mr. Mud Slide Slim on the blue horizon. I've been letting the time go by, letting the time go by, Yes, I'm letting the time go by, letting the time go by. I wanted cash in my hand Pick upon a piece of land Build myself a cabin back in the woods. Lord, it's there I'm gonna stay Until there comes a day When this old world starts changing for the good. Now the reason I'm smiling Is over on an island On a hillside in the woods where I belong. I wanna thank Jimmy Jimmy John and Mick and Robbie Of Nojets Construction to send me down homestead on a farm. Oh, Mud Slide, I'm depending on you. Mr. Mud Slim on the blue horizon. I've been letting the time go by, letting the time go by, Yes, I'm letting the time go by, letting the time go by. |
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This morning too didn't rise before noon
She's a lazy lady today. Always young and new with your eyes on the moon, You're a crazy lady like you said. Crazy lady. Now should I say more before I know you so well ? You're no hazy maiden in gray. How can I be sure ? It's not easy to tell, But you're a crazy lady like you said. Crazy lady. |
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