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It's nine o'clock on a Saturday
The regular crowd shuffles in There's an old man sitting next to me Makin' love to his tonic and gin He says, 'Son, can you play me a melody? I'm not really sure how it goes but it's sad and it's sweet And I knew it complete when I wore a younger man's clothes' * Sing us a song, you're the piano man Sing us a song tonight Well, we're all in the mood for a melody And you've got us feelin' alright Now John at the bar is a friend of mine He gets me my drinks for free And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke But there's someplace that he'd rather be He says, 'Bill, I believe this is killing me.' As the smile ran away from his face 'Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star If I could get out of this place' Now Paul is a real estate novelist Who never had time for a wife And he's talkin' with Davy who's still in the navy And probably will be for life And the waitress is practicing politics As the businessmen slowly get stoned Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness But it's better than drinkin' alone *repeat It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday And the manager gives me a smile 'Cause he knows that it's me they've been comin' to see To forget about life for a while And the piano, it sounds like a carnival And the microphone smells like a beer And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar And say, 'Man, what are you doin' here?' |
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When you look into my eyes
And you see the crazy gypsy in my soul It always comes as a surprise When I feel my withered roots begin to grow Well I never had a place that I could call my very own That's all right, my love, 'cause you're my home When you touch my weary head And you tell me everything will be all right You say, "Use my body for your bed And my love will keep you warm throughout the night" Well, I'll never be a stranger and I'll never be alone Whenever we're together, that's my home Home can be the Pennsylvania Turnpike Indiana's early morning dew High up in the hills of California Home is just another word for you Well I never had a place that I could call my very own That's all right, my love, 'cause you're my home If I travel all my life And I never get to stop and settle down Long as I have you by my side There's a roof above and good walls all around You're my castle, you're my cabin and my instant pleasure dome I need you in my house 'cause you're my home You're my home |
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Saturday night and you're still hangin' around
You're tired of living' in your one horse town You'd like to find a little hole in the ground For a while... So you go to the village in your tie-dye jeans And you stare at the junkies and the closet queens It's like some pornographic magazine And you smile... But Captain Jack will get you high tonight And take you to your special island Captain Jack will get you by tonight Just a little push'n you'll be smilin' Oh yeah, yeah Your sister's gone out, she's on a date And you just sit home and masturbate The phone is gonna ring, soon, but you just can't wait For that call... So you stand on the corner in your new English clothes And you look so polished from your hair down to your toes But still you finger's gonna pick your nose After all... But Captain Jack will get you high tonight And take you to your special island Captain Jack will get you by tonight Just a little push'n you'll be smilin' Oh yeah, yeah So you decide to take a holiday You got your tape deck and your brand new Chevrolet Ah but there's no place to go anyway And what for... You've got everything, but nothing's cool They've just found your father in the swimming pool And you guess you won't be going back to school Anymore... But Captain Jack will get you high tonight And take you to your Special island Captain Jack will get you by tonight Just a little push'n you'll be smilin' La da da, Oh yeah, yeah So you play your albums and you smoke your pot And you meet your girlfriend in the parking lot Oh, but still you're aching for the things you havn't got what went wrong... And if you can't understand why your world is so dead And why you've got to keep in style and feed your head Well, you're twenty-one and still your mother makes your bed and that's too long... But Captain Jack wil get you high tonight And take you to your spcial island Captain Jack will get you by tonight Just a little push'n you'll be simlin' |
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I am the entertainer, and I know just where I stand,
Another serenader and another long-haired band Today I am your champion, I may have won your hearts But I know the game you''ll forget my name And I won''t be here in another year If I don''t stay on the charts I am the entertainer and I''ve had to pay my price, The things I did not know at first I learned by doing twice But still they come to haunt me, Still they want their say, So I''ve learned to dance with a hand in my pants I let ''em rub my neck and I write ''em a check And they go their merry way I am the entertainer, been all around the world, I''ve played all kinds of palaces and laid all kinds of girls I can''t remember faces, I don''t remember names, But what the hell, you know it''s just as well ''Cause after a while and a thousand miles It all becomes the same I am the entertainer, I bring to you my songs, I''d like to spend a day or two, but I can''t stay that long I got to meet expenses, I got to stay in line, Got to get those fees to the agencies And I''d love to stay but there''s bills to pay So I just don''t have the time I am the entertainer, I''ve come to do my show, You''ve heard my latest record spin on the radio It took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life, It was a beautiful song, but it ran too long If you''re gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit So they cut it down to 3:05 I am the entertainer, the idol of my age, I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage You see me in the papers, I''ve been in the magazines, But if I go cold, I won''t get sold, I get put in the back in a discount rack Like another can of beans I am the entertainer and I know just where I stand, Another serenader and another long-haired band Today I am your champion, I may have won your hearts, But I know the game, you''ll forget my name, I won''t be here in another year If I don''t stay on the charts |
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Bobby's drivin' through the city tonight
Through the lights in a hot new rent-a-car He joins the lovers in his heavy machine It's a scene down on Sunset Boulevard Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye to my baby Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye to my baby Johnny's takin' care of things for a while And his style is so right for troubadours They got him sitting with his back to the door Now he won't be my fast gun anymore Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye to my baby Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye to my baby * Movin' on is a chance that you take Any time you try to stay together Whoa Say a word out of line And you find that the friends you had Are gone forever Forever (Solo) Repeat * So many faces in and out of my life Some will last Some will just be now and then Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes I'm afraid it's time for goodbye again Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye to my baby Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye to my baby |
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I've seen the lights go out on Broadway.
I saw the Empire State laid low. And life went on beyond the Palisades. They all bought Cadillacs and left there long ago. They held a concert out in Brooklyn To watch the island bridges blow. They turned our power down, And drove us underground, But we went right on with the show. Oooh. Oh Oh Ooh. I've seen the lights go out on Broadway. I saw the ruins at my feet. You know we almost didn't notice it. We'd see it all the time on 42nd Street. They burned the churches up in Harlem, Like in that Spanish Civil War. The flames were everywhere, But no one really cared: It always burned up there before. Ooh. Oh Oh Ooh. I've seen the lights go out on Broadway. I watched the mighty skyline fall. The boats were waiting at the Battery. The union went on strike: They never sailed at all. They sent the carrier out from Norfolk, And picked the Yankees up for free. They said that Queens could stay. They blew the Bronx away, And sank Manhattan out at sea. You know those lights were bright on Broadway, But that was so many years ago: Before we all lived here in Florida, Before the Mafia took over Mexico. There are not many who remember; They say a handful still survive To tell the world about The way the lights went out, And keep the memory alive. |
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Some folks like to get away
Take a holiday from the neighborhood Hop a flight to Miami Beach Or to Hollywood But I'm taking a Greyhound On the Hudson River Line I'm in a New York state of mind I've seen all the movie stars In their fancy cars and their limousines Been high in the Rockies under the evergreens But I know what I'm needing And I don't want to waste more time I'm in a New York state of mind It was so easy living day by day Out of touch with the rhythm and blues But now I need a little give and take The New York Times, The Daily News It comes down to reality And it's fine with me 'cause I've let it slide Don't care if it's Chinatown or on Riverside I don't have any reasons I've left them all behind I'm in a New York state of mind It was so easy living day by day Out of touch with the rhythm and blues But now I need a little give and take The New York Times, The Daily News It comes down to reality And it's fine with me 'cause I've let it slide Don't care if it's Chinatown or on Riverside I don't have any reasons I've left them all behind I'm in a New York state of mind I'm just taking a Greyhound on the Hudson River Line 'Cause I'm in a New York state of mind |
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She can kill with a smile
She can wound with her eyes And she can ruin your faith with her casual lies And she only reveals what she wants you to see She hides like a child But she's always a woman to me She can lead you to love She can take you or leave you She can ask for the truth But she'll never believe you And she'll take what you give her as long as it's free Yeah, she steals like a thief but she's always a woman to me Oh, she takes care of herself She can wait if she wants She's ahead of her time Oh, and she never gives out And she never gives in She just changes her mind And she'll promise you more than the Garden of Eden Then she'll carelessly cut you And laugh while you're bleedin' But she'll bring out the best And the worst you can be Blame it all on yourself 'Cause she's always a woman to me Oh, she takes care of herself She can wait if she wants She's ahead of her time Oh, and she never gives out And she never gives in She just changes her mind She is frequently kind And she's suddenly cruel But she can do as she pleases She's nobody's fool And she can't be convicted She's earned her degree And the most she will do Is throw shadows at you But she's always a woman to me |
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Come out, Virginia
Don`t let me wait You Catholic girls Start much too late Aw, but sooner or later It comes down to fate I might as well be the one Well, they showed you a statue Told you to pray They built you a temple And locked you away Aw, but they never told you The price that you pay For things that you Might have done Only the good die young That`s what I said Only the good die young Only the good die young You might have heard I run with a dangerous crowd We ain`t too pretty, we ain`t too proud We might be laughing a bit too loud Aw, but that never hurt no one So, come on, Virginia Show me a sign Send up a signal I`ll throw you the line The stained-glass curtain You`re hiding behind Never lets in the sun Darling, only the good die young Woah, woah, woah, woah I tell you, only the good die young Only the good die young You got a nice white dress and A party on your confirmation You got a brand new soul Mmm, and a cross of gold But Virginia, they didn`t give you Quite enough information You didn`t count on me when You were counting on your rosary Oh, woah, woah And they say there`s a Heaven For those who will wait Some say it`s better Vut I say it ain`t I`d rather laugh with the sinners Than cry with the saints The sinners are much more fun You know that only The good die young Woah oh, baby, babe I tell you only The good die young Only the good die young You said your mother told you all That I could give you was a reputation Aw, she never cared for me But did she ever say a prayer for me Oh, woah, woah Come out, come out Come out, Virginia Don`t let me wait You Catholic girls Start much too late But sooner or later It comes down to fate I might as well be the one You know that Only the good die young Tell you, baby You know that Only the good die young Only the good die young Only the good Only the good die young Oooh, ooooh, oooh....... |
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Don't go changing, to try and please me,
You never let me down before, Don't imagine, you're too familiar, And I don't see you anymore. 날 기쁘게 하려고 굳이 변하지 않아도 되요 당신은 예전에도 날 실망시킨적 없어요 내가 그대에게 너무 익숙해져서 이젠 관심 없을거라고 생각하지말아요 I would not leave you in times of trouble, We never could have come this far. I took the good times, I'll take the bad times, I'll take you just the way you are. 힘든 시간에도 그대를 떠나지 않을거에요 그랬다면 우리가 이렇게까지 오진 못했겠죠 좋을 때나, 나쁠 때나 있는 그대로의 당신을 사랑합니다 Don't go trying some new fashion, Don't change the color of your hair. You always have my unspoken passion, Although I might not seem to care. 굳이 유행을 따라가려고 하지말아요 머리색도 바꿀 필요 없어요 말하지는 않지만, 항상 그대에의 열정을 가지고있어요 내가 신경쓰지 않는 것 처럼 보일지라도.. I don't want clever, conversation. I never want to work that hard. I just want someone, that I can talk to, I want you just the way you are. 너무 멋부린 대화는 원하지 않아요 그렇게까지 하고 싶지 않아요 그저 나와 있는 그대로의 이야기를 나누기만 하면 돼요 있는 그대로의 그대를 원해요 I need to know that you will always be The same old someone that I knew, What will it take 'til you believe in me, The way that I believe in you? 그대가 한결같이 내가 알던 그 사람이었으면 좋겠어요 그대가 날 믿게하려면 어떻게 해야할까요? 내가 그대를 믿는 것 처럼요 I said I love you, that's forever, And this I promise from the heart, I couldn't love you any better, I love you just the way you are. 당신을 사랑한다 말한 건 영원히에요 진심으로 약속해요 더할 수 없이 그대를 사랑한다고, 있는 그대로의 당신을 사랑해요 I don't want clever, conversation. I never want to work that hard. I just want someone, that I can talk to, I want you just the way you are. 너무 멋부린 대화는 원하지 않아요 그렇게까지 하고 싶지 않아요 그저 나와 이야기를 나누기만 하면 돼요 있는 그대로의 그대를 원해요 |
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If you search for tenderness, it isn't hard to find
You can have the love you need to live And if you look for truthfulness you might just as well be blind it always seems to be so hard to give Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue. Honesty is hardly ever heard, but mostly what I need from you I can always find some one to say they sympathize if I wear my heart out on my sleeve. But I don't want some pretty face to tell me pretty lies. All I want is someone to believe Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue. Honesty is hardly ever heard, but mostly what I need from you I can find a lover, I can find a friend. I can have security until the bitter end. Anyone can comfort me with promises again. I know, I know, I know, wo, wo When I'm deep inside of me don't be too concerned I won't ask for nothing while I'm gone when I want sincerity, tell me, where else can I true? 'Cause you're the one, the one that I depend upon Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue. Honesty is hardly ever heard, but mostly what I need from you 그대 다정함을 찾으려 한다면, 어렵지 않게 찾을 수 있을거예요 살아가는데 필요한 사랑은 구할 수 있을 테니까 하지만 그대 진실함을 찾는다면 차라리 장님이 되는게 나을거예요 진실을 보여주기는 언제나 어려운 일인 것 같으니까 정직함이란 그토록 외로운 단어 모든 이들이 너무나 진실하지 못하지 정직함은 정말 듣기 어려운 말 하지만 그대에게서 정말 받고 싶은 것 내 말에 동감한다는 사람은 언제든지 찾을 수 있지요 내 마음 속 얘기를 모두 털어 놓는다면 말입니다 하지만 난 예쁘게 생겨서 깜찍한 거짓말을 하는 그런 사람은 원하지 않아 내가 원하는 것은 믿을 수 있는 사람일 뿐 정직함이란 그토록 외로운 단어 모든 이들이 너무나 진실하지 못하지 정직함은 정말 듣기 어려운 말 하지만 그대에게서 정말 받고 싶은 것 연인을 찾을 수 있겠지 친구를 찾을 수도 있겠지 끝은 씁쓸하더라도 그 사이엔 평안할 수 있겠지 누군가 공허한 약속으로 나를 편히 해 줄 수도 있을 거야 알아, 난 잘 알아요 나 홀로 깊은 생각에 잠겨있을 때에도 너무 걱정하진 말아요 나 떠난다 하여도 그대에게 아무 것도 바라지 않을 테니 나는 이렇게 진지한 마음만 원하는데 그대가 아니라면 누구에게 기대야만 하나요 왜냐면 오직 그대만이 내가 기댈 수 있는 사람인 것을 정직함이란 그토록 외로운 단어 모든 이들이 너무나 진실하지 못하지 정직함은 정말 듣기 어려운 말 하지만 그대에게서 정말 받고 싶은 것 |
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Got a call from an old friend
We used to be real close Said he couldn't go on the American way Closed the shop, sold the house Bought a ticket to the West Coast Now he gives them a stand-up routine in L.A. I don't need you to worry for me cause I'm alright I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home I don't care what you say anymore, this is my life Go ahead with your own life, and leave me alone I never said you had to offer me a second chance I never said I was a victim of circumstance I still belong, don't get me wrong And you can speak your mind But not on my time They will tell you: you can't sleep alone In a strange place Then they'll tell you: you can't sleep With somebody else But sooner or later you sleep In your own space Either way it's okay You wake up with yourself I don't need you to worry for me cause I'm alright I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home I don't care what you say anymore, this is my life Go ahead with your own life, and leave me alone |
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What's the matter with the clothes I'm wearing
Can't you tell that your tie's too wide Maybe I should buy some old tab collars Welcome back to the age of jive Where have you been hidin' out lately, honey You can't dress trashy till you spend a lot of money Everybody's talkin' 'bout the new sound Funny, but it's still rock and roll to me What's the matter with the car I'm driving Can't you tell that it's out of style Should I get a set of while wall tires Are you gonna cruise the miracle mile Nowadays you can't be too sentimental Your best bet's a true baby blue Continental Hot funk, cool punk, even if it's old junk It's still rock and roll to me Oh, it doesn't matter what they say in the papers Cause it's always been the same old scene. There's a new band in town But you can't get the sound from a story in a magazine Aimed at your average teen How about a pair of pink sidewinders And a bright orange pair of pants You could really be a Beau Brummel baby If you just give it half a chance. Don't waste your money on a new set of speakers, You get more mileage from a cheap pair of sneakers Next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways It's still rock and roll to me What's the matter with the crowd I'm seeing Don't you know that they're out of touch Should I try to be a straight `A' student If you are then you think too much Don't you know about the new fashion honey All you need are looks and a whole lotta money It's the next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways It's still rock and roll to me Everybody's talkin' 'bout the new sound Funny, but it's still rock and roll to me- |
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Friday night I crashed your party
Saturday I said I′m sorry Sunday came and trashed me out again I was only having fun Wasn′t hurting anyone And we all enjoyed the weekend for a change I′ve been stranded in the combat zone I walked through Bedford Stuy alone Even rode my motorcycle in the rain And you told me not to drive But I made it home alive So you said that only proves that I′m insane You may be right I may be crazy But it just may be a lunatic you′re looking for Turn out the light Don′t try to save me You may be wrong for all I know But you may be right Remember how I found you you there Alone in your electric chair I told you dirty jokes until you smiled You were lonely for a man I said take me as I am ′Cause you might enjoy some madness for a while Now think of all the years you tried to Find someone to satisfy you I might be as crazy as you say If I′m crazy then it′s true That it′s all because of you And you wouldn′t want me any other way You may be right I may be crazy But it just may be a lunatic you′re looking for It′s too late to fight It′s too late to change me You may be wrong for all I know But you may be right You may be right I may be crazy But it just may be a lunatic you′re looking for Turn out the light Don′t try to save me You may be wrong for all I know But you may be right You may be wrong but you may be right You may be wrong but you may be right |
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All the waiters in your grand cafe
Leave their tables when you blink, oh Every dog must have his every day Every drunk must have his drink Don't wait for answers Just take your chances Don't ask me why All your life you've had to stand in line Still you're standing on your feet, oh All your choices make you change your mind Now your calendar's complete Don't wait for answers Just take your chances Don't ask me why Mmm, you can say the human heart is only make believe I am only fighting fire with fire You are still the victim of the accidents you leave Sure as I'm a victim of desire All the servants in your new hotel Throw their roses at your feet, oh Fool them all but baby I can tell You're no stranger to the street Don't ask for favors Don't talk to strangers Don't ask me why Yesterday you were an only child Now your ghosts have gone away, oh You can kill them in the classic style Now you parlez-vous francais Don't look for answers You took your chances Don't ask me why Don't ask me why |
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She's got a way about her
I don't know what it is But I know that I can't live without her She's got a way of pleasin' I don't know what it is But there doesn't have to be a reason anyway She's got a smile that heals me I don't know why it is But I have to laugh when she reveals me She's got a way of talkin' I don't know why it is But it lifts me up when we are walkin' anywhere She comes to me when I'm feelin' down Inspires me without a sound She touches me and I get turned around She's got a way of showin' How I make her feel And I find the strength to keep on goin' She's got a way of walkin And everywhere she goes A million dreams of love surround her everywhere She comes to me when I'm feelin' down Inspires me without a sound She touches me I get turned around She's got a smile that heals me I don't know what it is But I have to laugh when she reveals me She's got a way about her I don't know what it is But I know that I can't live without her anyway |
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Well we′re living here in Allentown
And they′re closing all the factories down Out in Bethlehem they′re killing time Filling out forms Standing in line Well our fathers fought the Second World War Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore Met our mothers in the USO Asked them to dance Danced with them slow And we′re living here in Allentown But the restlessness was handed down And it′s getting very hard to stay Well we′re waiting here in Allentown For the Pennsylvania we never found For the promises our teachers gave If we worked hard If we behaved So the graduations hang on the wall But they never really helped us at all No they never taught us what was real Iron and coke And chromium steel And we′re waiting here in Allentown But they′ve taken all the coal from the ground And the union people crawled away Every child had a pretty good shot To get at least as far as their old man got But something happened on the way to that place They threw an American flag in our face Well I′m living here in Allentown And it′s hard to keep a good man down But I won′t be getting up today And it′s getting very hard to stay And we′re living here in Allentown |
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We met as soul mates
On Parris Island We left as inmates From an asylum And we were sharp As sharp as knives And we were so gung ho To lay down our lives We came in spastic Like tameless horses We left in plastic As numbered corpses And we learned fast To travel light Our arms were heavy But our bellies were tight We had no home front We had no soft soap They sent us Playboy They gave us Bob Hope We dug in deep And shot on sight And prayed to Jesus Christ With all of our might We had no cameras To shoot the landscape We passed the hash pipe And played our Doors tapes And it was dark So dark at night And we held on to each other Like brother to brother We promised our mothers we′d write And we would all go down together We said we′d all go down together Yes we would all go down together Remember Charlie Remember Baker They left their childhood On every acre And who was wrong? And who was right? It didn′t matter in the thick of the fight We held the day In the palm Of our hand They ruled the night And the night Seemed to last as long as six weeks On Parris Island We held the coastline They held the highlands And they were sharp As sharp as knives They heard the hum of our motors They counted the rotors And waited for us to arrive And we would all go down together We said we′d all go down together Yes we would all go down together |
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Some people stay far away from the door
If there's a chance of it opening up They hear a voice in the hall outside And hope that it just passes by Some people live with the fear of a touch And the anger of having been a fool They will not listen to anyone So nobody tells them a lie I know you're only protecting yourself I know you're thinking of somebody else Someone who hurt you But I'm not above Making up for the love You've been denying you could ever feel I'm not above doing anything To restore your faith if I can Some people see through the eyes of the old Before they ever get look at the young I'm only willing to hear you cry Because I am an innocent man Oh yes I am Some people say they will never believe Another promise they hear in the dark Because they only remember too well They heard somebody tell them before Some people sleep all alone every night Instead of taking a lover to bed Some people find that's it's easier to hate Than to wait anymore I know you don't want to hear what I say I know you're gonna keep turning away But I've been there and if I can survive I can keep you alive I'm not above going through it again I'm not above being cool for a while If you're cruel to me I'll understand Some people run from a possible fight Some people figure they can never win And although this is a fight I can lose The accused is an innocent man Oh yes I am An innocent man You know you only hurt yourself out of spite I guess you'd rather be a martyr tonight That's your decision But I'm not below Anybody I know If there's a chance of resurrecting a love I'm not above going back to the start To find out where the heartache began Some people hope for a miracle cure Some people just accept the world as it is But I'm not willing to lay down and die Because I am an innocent man I am an innocent man Oh yes I am An innocent man |
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She's been living in her uptown world I bet she never had a back street guy I bet her mama never told her why I'm gonna try for an uptown girl She's been living in her white-bread world As long as anyone with hot blood can And now she's looking for a downtown man That's what I am And when she knows what She wants from her time And when she wakes up And makes up her mind She'll see I'm not so tough Just because I'm in love with an uptown girl You know I've seen her in her uptown world She's getting tired of her high-class toys And all her presents from her uptown boys She's got a choice Uptown girl You know I can't afford to buy her pearls But maybe someday when my ship comes in She'll understand what kind of guy I've been And then I'll win And when she's walking She's looking so fine And when she's talking She'll say that she's mine She'll say I'm not so tough Just because I'm in love with an uptown girl She's been living in her white-bread world As long as anyone with hot blood can And now she's looking for a downtown man That's what I am Uptown girl She's my uptown girl don't You know I'm in love With an uptown girl My uptown girl don't You know I'm in love With an uptown girl She's my uptown girl (repeat to fade) |
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Oh, oh, oh
For the longest time Oh, oh, oh For the longest time If you said goodbye to me tonight There would still be music left to write What else could I do I'm so inspired by you That hasn't happened for the longest time Once I thought my innocence was gone Now I know that happiness goes on That's where you found me When you put your arms around me I haven't been there for the longest time Oh, oh, oh For the longest time Oh, oh, oh For the longest time I'm that voice you're hearing in the hall And the greatest miracle of all Is how I need you And how you needed me too That hasn't happened for the longest time Maybe this won't last very long But you feel so right And I could be wrong Maybe I've been hoping too hard But I've gone this far And it's more that I hoped for Who knows how much further we'll go on Maybe I'll be sorry when you're gone I'll take my chances I forgot how nice romance is I haven't been there for the longest time I had second thoughts at the start I said to myself Hold on to your heart Now I know the woman that you are You're wonderful so far And it's more that I hoped for I don't care what consequence it brings I have been a fool for lesser things I want you so bad I think you ought to know that I intend to hold you for The longest time |
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Listen boy
Don't want to see you let a good thing Slip away You know I don't like watching Anybody make the same mistakes I made She's a real nice girl And she's always there for you But a nice girl wouldn't tell you what you should do Listen boy I'm sure that you think you got it all Under control You don't want somebody telling you The way to stay in someone's soul You're a big boy now You'll never let her go But that's just the kind of thing She ought to know Tell her about it Tell her everything you feel Give her every reason to accept That you're for real Tell her about it Tell her all your crazy dreams Let her know you need her Let her know how much she means Listen boy It's not automatically a certain guarantee To insure yourself You've got to provide communication constantly When you love someone You're always insecure And there's only one good way To reassure Tell her about it Let her know how much you care When she can't be with you Tell her you wish you were there Tell her about it Every day before you leave Pay her some attention Give her something to believe Cause now and then She'll get to worrying Just because you haven't spoken For so long Though you may not have done anything Will that be a consolation when she's gone Listen boy It's good information from a man Who's made mistakes Just a word or two that she gets from you Could be the difference that it makes She's a trusting soul She's put her trust in you But a girl like that won't tell you What you should do Tell her about it Tell her everything you feel Give her every reason To accept that you're for real Tell her about it Tell her all your crazy dreams Let her know you need her Let her know how much she means Tell her about it Tell her how you feel right now Tell her about it The girl don't want to wait too long You got to tell her about it Tell her now and you won't go wrong You got to tell her about it Before it gets too late You got to tell her about it You know the girl don't want To wait - you got to Tell her about it |
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Even though I′m in love
Sometimes I get so afraid I′ll say something so wrong Just to have something to say I know the moment isn′t right To tell the girl a comical line To keep the conversation light I guess I′m just frightened out of my mind But if that′s how I feel Then it′s the best feeling I′ve ever known It′s undeniably real Leave a tender moment alone Yes I know I′m in love But just when I ought to relax I put my foot in my mouth Cause I′m just avoiding the facts If the girl gets too close If I need some room to escape When the moment arose I′d tell her it′s all a mistake But that′s not how I feel No that′s not the woman I′ve known She′s undeniably real So leave a tender moment alone But it′s not only me Breaking down when the tension gets high Just when I′m in a serious mood She is suddenly quite and shy Leave a tender moment alone Leave it alone I know the moment isn′t right To hold my emotions inside To change the attitude tonight I′ve run out of places to hide And if that′s how I feel Then it′s the best feeling I′ve ever known It′s undeniably real Leave a tender moment alone You got to leave a tender moment alone Leave a tender moment alone Leave it alone You got to leave a tender moment alone Leave a tender moment alone |
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Some love is just a lie of the heart
The cold remains of what began with a passionate start And they may not want it to end But it will, it's just a question of when I've lived long enough to have learned The closer you get to the fire the more you get burned But that won't happen to us 'Cause it's always been a matter of trust I know you're an emotional girl It took a lot for you to not lose your faith in this world I can't offer you proof But you're gonna face a moment of truth It's hard when you're always afraid You just recover when another belief is betrayed So break my heart if you must It's a matter of trust You can't go the distance With too much resistance I know you have doubts But for God's sake don't shut me out This time you've got nothing to lose You can take it, you can leave it, whatever you choose I won't hold back anything And I'll walk away a fool or a king Some love is just a lie of the mind It's make believe until it's only a matter of time And some might have learned to adjust But then it never was a matter of trust (INSTRUMENTAL INTERLUDE) I'm sure you're aware love, We've both had our share of believing too long When the whole situation was wrong Some love is just a lie of the soul A constant battle for the ultimate state of control After you've heard lie upon lie There can hardly be a question of why Some love is just a lie of the heart The cold remains of what began with a passionate start But that can't happen to us 'Cause it's always been a matter of trust It's a matter of trust It's always been a matter of trust It's a matter of trust |
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Late at night
When it′s dark and cold I reach out For someone to hold When I′m blue When I′m lonely She comes through She′s the only one who can My baby grand Is all I need In my time I′ve wandered everywhere Around this world She would always be there Any day Any hour All it takes Is the power in my hands This baby grand′s Been good to me I′ve had friends But they slipped away I′ve had fame But it doesn′t stay I′ve made fortunes Spent them fast enough As for women They don′t last with just one man But baby grand Will stand by me They say that no one′s gonna play this on the radio They said the melancholy blues were dead and gone But only songs like these Played in minor keys Keep those memories holding on I′ve come far From the life I strayed in I′ve got scars From those dives I played in Now I′m home And I′m weary In my bones Every dreary one night stand But baby grand Came home with me Ever since this gig began My baby grand′s Been good to me |
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Call me a joker, call me a fool
Right at this moment I'm totally cool Clear as a crystal, sharp as a knife I feel like I'm in the prime of my life Sometimes it feels like I'm going too fast I don't know how long this feeling will last Maybe it's only tonight Darling I don't know why I got to extremes Too high or too low there ain't no in-betweens And if I stand or I fall It's all or nothing at all Darling I don't know why I got to extremes Sometimes I'm tired, sometimes I'm shot Sometimes I don't know how much more I've got Maybe I'm headed over the hill Maybe I've set myself up for the kill Tell me how much do you think you can take Until the heart in you is starting to break? Sometimes it feels like it will Darling I don't know why I go to extremes Too high or too low there ain't no in-betweens You can be sure when I'm gone I won't be out there too long Darling I don't know why I got to extremes Out of the darkness, into the light Leaving the scene of the crime Either I'm wrong or I'm perfectly right every time Sometimes I lie awake, night after night Coming apart at the seams Eager to please, ready to fight Why do I go to extremes? And if I stand or I fall It's all or nothing at all Darling I don't know why I go to extremes Too high or too low there ain't no in-betweens And if I stand of I fall It's all or nothing at all Darling I don't know why I go to extremes No I don't know why I go to extremes Too high or too low there ain't no in-betweens You can be sure when I'm gone I won't be out there too long Darling I don't know why I go to extremes |
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Harry Truman, Doris Day
Red China, Johnnie Ray South Pacific, Walter Winchell Joe DiMaggio Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon Studebaker, television North Korea, South Korea Marilyn Monroe Rosenbergs, H-Bomb Sugar Ray, Panmunjom Brando, The King and I And The Catcher in the Rye Eisenhower, vaccine England's got a new queen Marciano, Liberace Santayana, goodbye We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No, we didn't light it But we tried to fight it Joseph Stalin, Malenkov Nasser and Prokofiev Rockefeller, Campanella Communist Bloc Roy Cohn, Juan Peron Toscanini, Dacron Dien Bien Phu falls "Rock Around the Clock" Einstein, James Dean Brooklyn's got a winning team Davy Crockett, Peter Pan Elvis Presley, Disneyland Bardot, Budapest Alabama, Khrushchev Princess Grace, Peyton Place Trouble in the Suez We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No, we didn't light it But we tried to fight it Little Rock, Pasternak Mickey Mantle, Kerouac Sputnik, Chou Enlai Bridge on the River Kwai Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle California baseball Starkweather homicide Children of Thalidomide Buddy Holly, Ben-Hur Space monkey, Mafia Hula hoops, Castro Edsel is a no go U-2, Syngman Rhee Payola and Kennedy Chubby Checker, Psycho Belgians in the Congo We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No, we didn't light it But we tried to fight it Hemingway, Eichmann Stranger in a Strange Land Dylan, Berlin Bay of Pigs invasion Lawrence of Arabia British Beatlemania Ole Miss, John Glenn Liston beats Patterson Pope Paul, Malcolm X British politician sex JFK blown away What else do I have to say? We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No, we didn't light it But we tried to fight it Birth control, Ho Chi Minh Richard Nixon back again Moonshot, Woodstock Watergate, punk rock Begin, Reagan, Palestine Terror on the airline Ayatollah's in Iran Russians in Afghanistan Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride Heavy metal suicide Foreign debts, homeless vets AIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz Hypodermics on the shore China's under martial law Rock and roller cola wars I can't take it anymore We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire But when we are gone It will still burn on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No, we didn't light it But we tried to fight it We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No, we didn't light it But we tried to fight it We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No, we didn't light it But we tried to fight it |
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Viktor was born in the spring of ′44
And never saw his father anymore A child of sacrifice, a child of war Another son who never had a father after Leningrad Went off to school and learned to serve the state Followed the rules and drank his vodka straight The only way to live was drown the hate A Russian life was very sad And such was life in Leningrad I was born in ′49 A cold war kid in McCarthy time Stop ′em at the 38th Parallel Blast those yellow reds to hell And cold war kids were hard to kill Under their desk in an air raid drill Haven′t they heard we won the war What do they keep on fighting for? Viktor was sent to some Red Army town Served out his time, became a circus clown The greatest happiness he′d ever found Was making Russian children glad And children lived in Leningrad But children lived in Levittown And hid in the shelters underground Until the Soviets turned their ships around And tore the Cuban missiles down And in that bright October sun We knew our childhood days were done And I watched my friends go off to war What do they keep on fighting for? And so my child and I came to this place To meet him eye to eye and face to face He made my daughter laugh, then we embraced We never knew what friends we had Until we came to Leningrad |
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Well I'm on the Downeaster Alexa
And I'm cruisin' through Block Island Sound I have charted a course to the vineyard But tonight I am Nantucket bound We took on diesel back in Mantauk yesterday And left this morning from the bell in Gardiner's Bay Like all the locals here I've had to sell my home Too proud to leave I work my fingers to the bone So I could own my Downeaster Alexa And I go where the ocean is deep There are giants out there in the canyons And a good captain can't fall asleep I got bills to pay and children who need clothes I know there's fish out there but where, God only knows They say these waters aren't what they used to be But I've got people back on land who count on me So if you see my Downeaster Alexa And if you work with the rod and the reel Tell my wife I am trolling Atlantis And I still have my hands on the wheel Now I drive my Downeaster Alexa More and more miles from shore every year Since they told me I can't sell no stripers And there's no luck in swordfishing here I was a Bayman like my father was before Can't make a living as a Bayman anymore There ain't much future for a man who works the sea But there ain't no island left for Islanders like me Ya-ya-ya-oh Ya-ya-ya-oh Ya-ya-ya-oh Ya-ya-ya-oh |
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In every heart there is a room
A sanctuary safe and strong To heal the wounds from lovers past Until a new one comes along I spoke to you in cautious tones You answered me with no pretense And still I feel I said too much My silence is my self defense And every time I′ve held a rose It seems I only felt the thorns And so it goes, and so it goes And so will you soon I suppose But if my silence made you leave Then that would be my worst mistake So I will share this room with you And you can have this heart to break And this is why my eyes are closed It′s just as well for all I′ve seen And so it goes, and so it goes And you′re the only one who knows So I would choose to be with you That′s if the choice were mine to make But you can make decisions too And you can have this heart to break And so it goes, and so it goes And you′re the only one who knows |
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In the middle of the night
I go walking in my sleep From the mountains of faith To a river so deep I must be looking for something Something sacred I lost But the river is wide And It's too hard to cross And even though I know the river is wide I walk down every evening and I stand on the shore And try to cross to the opposite side So I can finally find out what I've been looking for In the middle of the night I go walking in my sleep Through the valley of fear To a river so deep And I've been searching for something Taken out of my soul Something I would never lose Something somebody stole I don't know why I go walking at night But now I'm tired and I don't want to walk anymore I hope it doesn't take the rest of my life Until I find what it is that I've been looking for In the middle of the night I go walking in my sleep Through the jungle of doubt To a river so deep I know I'm searching of somthing Someything so undefined That it can only be seen By the eye of the blind In the middle of the night I'm not sure about a life after this God knows I've never been a spiritual man Baptized by the fire, I wade into the river That runs to the promised land In the middle of the night I go walking in my sleep Through the desert of truth To a river so deep We all end in the ocean We all start in the streams We're all carried along By the river of dreams In the middle of night |
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She waits for me at night,
she waits for me in silence She gives me all her tenderness and takes away my pain And so far she hasn't run, though I swear she's had her moments She still believes in miracles while others cry in vain It's all about soul It's all about faith and a deeper devotion It's all about soul 'Cause under the love is a stronger emotion She's got to be strong 'Cause so many things getting out of control Should drive her away So why does she stay? It's all about soul She turns to me sometimes and she asks me what I'm dreaming And I realize I must have gone a million miles away And I ask her how she knew to reach out for me at that moment And she smiles because it's understood there are no words to say It's all about soul It's all about knowing what someone is feeling The woman's got soul The power of love and the power of healing This life isn't fair It's gonna get dark, it's gonna get cold You've got to get tough, but that ain't enough It's all about soul There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness There are many who have fallen, there are some who still survive She comes to me at night and she tells me her desires And she gives me all the love I need to keep my faith alive It's all about soul It's all about joy that comes out of sorrow It's all about soul Who's standing now and who's standing tomorrow You've got to be hard Hard as the rock in that old rock and roll But that's only part, you know in your heart It's all about soul |
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Goodnight, my angel
Time to close your eyes And save these questions for another day I think I know what you've been asking me I think you know what I've been trying to say I promised I would never leave you And you should always know Wherever you may go No matter where you are I never will be far away Goodnight, my angel Now it's time to sleep And still so many things I want to say Remember all the songs you sang for me When we went sailing on an emerald bay And like a boat out on the ocean I'm rocking you to sleep The water's dark And deep inside this ancient heart You'll always be a part of me Goodnight, my angel Now it's time to dream And dream how wonderful your life will be Someday your child may cry And if you sing this lullabye Then in your heart There will always be a part of me Someday we'll all be gone But lullabyes go on and on... They never die That's how you And I Will be |
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