I was born by the river raised by the sea Baptised in muddy water to drown the devil in me I'm going back to the river down to the stream Im going to follow that water and find my dream
Where Saint John be waiting on me To wash my sins away Hey Saint Christopher pray for me 'Cause baby I'm on my way
Where the rivers flow Where the rivers flow Just around the bend I'll find my rainbows end And maybe then I'll know Where the rivers flow
You know the gypsy woman told me about a river of gold Full of dreams for the asking in the valley of souls So I called to the captain come on and take my hand I'm going to follow that water to the promised land
Across the bridge of silence Go ahead baby cry me a river
She give me love she give me pain She give the whole damn world and take it back again She stole my heart she mess my mind She took my happiness and sold it for a dime
But she give love love love Love love love
She give me truth she tell me lies She irresistible her kiss can paralyse She bittersweet sugar cane I'm her whipping boy she my hurricane
She so fine she with me all the time Everything she does always blow my mind Then she give me love Then she give me love
She treat me good she treat me mean My baby got more shake than a gypsy tambourine She soothe my soul she shake my tree I'm her flower child and she my honey bee
She give me shoe stiletto screw Spike heel track across my back saying I love you She give me pain I go insane So drive me crazy baby here I come again
First she give me love then she give me pain I'm laughing in the sun crying in the rain Then she give me love Then she give me love
If you're tired of holding on And you feel you can't go on when it's all too much to bear Call my name
If the sun refused to shine And you're all used up from trying When you can't hold back the tears I'll be there I'll be there
So don't you cry Don't you cry Wipe the tears from your eyes Forget about goodbyes Baby don't you cry
If you feel your love grow cold When it chills your heart and soul If you need a hand to hold Think of me
You're the reason I love You're my heaven above You're the reason I try So dry the tears in your eyes You're the reason I'm here The reason I'm living for
So if you're tired of holding on And you feel you can't go on When it's all too much to bear I'll be there
They say love. love is blind And true love is hard to find It makes you wonder now you're yesterdays news At the bitter end of a love affair Some you win, some you lose
'Cause love is blind Love is blind
They say time can heal the pain But sooner or later it's back again But don't be angry that your heart could be so wrong When that old familiar feeling's got you Singing the same old song
'Cause love is blind Love is blind
Now your bed has been preparing For the nights you'll sleep alone Makes you wonder why you never learn from the past 'Cause this ain't the first time, baby And it won't be the last
'Cause love is blind Love is blind Love is blind Love is blind
So if love, love is blind And true love so hard to find There's only one remedy to take away the pain You gotta roll with the punches, baby And start all over again
'Cause love is blind Love is blind
Love is blind, love is blind, love is blind, love is blind Love is blind, love is blind, love is blind, love is blind Love is blind, love is blind, love is blind, love is blind Love is blind, love is blind, love is blind, love is blind
You know I didn't mean to hurt you baby I didn't really mean to cause you pain So if you want I will cover you with kisses And I will be your slave again
I need your love and understanding baby But you changed the lock on your front door If you want I will cover you with roses I want to be your slave again
I want to be your I want to be your I want to be your slave slave
You know I'm getting tired of back door loving You give me all my heart desires Lord have mercy when I slipped and fell and I broke your heart I want to be your slave again
If you want I will cover you with kisses Sweet surrender to your touch If you want take all I give I want to be your slave I want to be your slave again I want to be your slave baby
So here I am waiting to see you baby Stacking roses around your front door I miss your love I miss your loving touch now mama I want to be your slave again
I lost my heart in a moment of madness Took a chance on romance with you But you roll your dice as cold as ice Llady luck's got nothing on you It's too bad I'm all out of luck again
You deal your cards under the table Never giving nothing away You're the black queen of hearts tearing me apart Cheating on me night and day It's too bad I'm all out of luck again
Somebody throw me a life preserver 'Cause I'm going down With a cry for love A cry for love
I'm out of luck and you're no lady This game of love ain't treating me right So pour another shot double what you got Get me drunk as a skunk tonight It's too bad I'm all out of luck again
I can't run I can't hide Always on the losing side Can't you see me? Can't you hear a cry for love A cry for love A cry for love
Somebody throw me a life preserver Get me off shaky ground Call off the dogs that hound me 'Cause I'm going down With a cry for love A cry for love
When I need a hand to guide me I find you there And everything you give to me is filled with love and care You take away the memory of a thousand rainy days With promises of summer love you chase the clouds away
Now if the sky should fill with rain I know the sun will shine again
When I think of all the heartache that I've been through The many mistakes I had to make to lead me here to you All the hurt and sadness don't seem so much As the walls I built around my heart crumble when we touch
Through my life was filled with pai You show me how to love again
And now I'm never going to run never going to hide I'm living on love Never going to run never going to hide I'm living on love Nothing's going to stop me now 'Cause I'm living on love with you
So as you lay beside me I'll sing songs of love to you 'Cause everything I'm feeling babe I know you feel it too Nothing can come between us no dark clouds in the way All the love I feel for you grows stronger every day
After all is said and done I know you're the only one
In the cold light of the morning I watch the sunrise slowly dawning I close me eyes and I see you there And the silence takes my breath away I can't stand to face another day
In the evening when the sun goes down I reach out for you but you're not around You colour my world midnight blue So what's a man like me to do With all the love i feel for you?
Come and take me midnight blue Here I am I'm waiting for you When I'm troubled and all alone You shine down on me When I need sympathy sympathy
Under streetlights I walk alone Hiding in shadows from dusk till dawn The taste of your perfume on the cold night air Leaves a sadness hanging over me The thought of you won't let me be
I used to be the man for you Did everything you wanted me to So tell me, baby, what did I do wrong
I told you what you wanted to know Precious secrets never spoken before All I'm asking, where did I go wrong
Some things are better left unsaid But all I do is cry instead Now I've cried me a river Thinking how it used to be
And there've been too many tears falling And there've been too many hearts breaking in two Remember what we had together Believing it would last forever So tell me, baby, where did I go wrong
Everything I had was yours More than I have ever given before So, won't you tell me did I hurt you so bad
I guess I'm fooling myself 'Cause I want you and no one else And I can't understand Why you're doing these things to me
And there've been too many tears falling And there've been too many hearts breaking in two Remember what we had together Believing it would last forever So tell me, baby, where did I go wrong
Now my heart is breaking My whole world is shaking 'Cause I can't understand Why you're doing these things to me
And there've been too many tears falling And there've been too many hearts breaking in two Remember what we had together Believing it would last forever So tell me, baby, where did I go wrong
Where did I go wrong Where did I go wrong Where did I go wrong
I've been lied to all my life It cuts me to the bone but I've survived Lies and deceptions so hard to see When I needed you you turned you back on me
Where were you when I needed you? Everything you asked of me I tried to do
Don't lie to me Don't lie to me Do anything you want but don't lie to me
I was drowning in misery Behind your painted smile you laughed at me But I've got your number it's clear to see I wouldn't treat a dog the way you treated me
Don't lie to me Don't lie to me One thing I can't stand is when you lie to me
And all because I trusted you But lied to me you lied
I've been lied to all my life It cuts me to the bone but I survived Nothing ever changes it's still the same But one day you'll get yours in the lying game
You mean the world to me More than I can say And when I look at you It takes my breath away I look into your eyes And see the love for me Once again I realise There's nowhere else I'd rather be
And when my life is over When my time is through I'll still be loving you You're all I want Everything I need When I look at you it's easy to believe
No matter what you say No matter what you do Wherever you may go My heart will follow you
You stand beside me When my back's against the wall You cradle my uncertainty And catch me when i fall So put your arms around me Like a circle around the sun Touch me with your healing hand And show my life has just begun
Here I am, burning man Singing the song of my open soul Will time pass me? all my dreams are heaven known
I don't wanna be cheated I can't go on in a world where love is beaten
Rise up burning man Seize the wild take command Days of thunder see me shine All my dreams turn out fine
I know the suffering will end, my friend When the last note of freedom is rung throughout the land I know the hateful will burn When the last note of freedom is heard throughout the land
I know the fear of dying Heard it from a meltdown blast I know that lord have mercy It soon will pass
I know it I don't wanna be cheated I can't go on in a world where love is beaten Where love is defeated
I know the suffering will end, my friend When the last note of freedom is rung throughout the land I know the hateful will burn When the last note of freedom is heard throughout the land
I know the fear of dying Heard from a meltdown blast I know that lord have mercy It soon will pass
We need love you gotta want it so bad We need it now so run to it fast
I know it And the world will be cheated I can't go on in a world where love is defeated I know it I don't wanna be cheated I can't go on in a world where love is defeated
No, no, no, no, no, no, no Where love is defeated Can't go on in a world where love's defeated No, no, no, no, no, no, no No, no, no, no, no, no, no The last note of freedom
She got them eagle feathers and cocaine eyes She got the heat to make a dead man rise A rose in her hair, a devil may care attitude She never said she would stay by my side She only wanted to be there for the ride A bottle of wine, a couple of lines and she was there for the night
Tried to change her ways I said I'd keep her in a golden cage She said, "Oh no this ain't no place for me"
Angel of mercy, angel of greed Never stop till she get what she need She dance like Salome and curses with a Matelot tongue I said baby won't you slow down for me You got to move if you want to be free Like the wind I'm just blowing anywhere I please
Tried to change her ways I said I'd keep her in a golden cage She said, "Oh no, this ain't no place for me"
Lady, you're no lady, you're my woman Got the love I need, you are my woman Never change her ways Never keep her in a golden cage 'Cause she say, "Oh no, this ain't no place for me"
Tried to change her ways I said I'd keep her in a golden cage She said: "Oh no, this ain't no place for me"
Lady, you're no lady, you're my woman Got the love I need, you are my woman Never change her ways Never keep her in a golden cage 'Cause she say, "Oh no, this ain't no place for me" 'Cause she say, "Oh no, this ain't no place for me"
I was dreaming of the past Why do good times never last Help me Jesus, show the way I can't hold on another day
I was hungry, felling low I just couldn't make out which way to go Chasing rainbows that have no end The road is long without friend
Be my friend, be my brother Be the piper, play the call Across the seven seas of wonder Be the guardian of my soul
Just a young man looking homeward Watching the sun go down again Across the water the sun is shining But will it ever, will it ever be the same
Be my friend, be my brother Be the piper, play the call Across the seven seas of wonder Be the guardian of my soul
I need somebody, I need someone I need somebody to call my own Like a blindman I can feel the heat of the sun But like a blindman I don't know, I don't know, I don't know where it's coming from
Be my friend, be my brother Be the piper, play the call Across the seven seas of wonder Be the guardian of my soul
I need somebody, I need someone I need somebody to call my own Like a blindman I can feel the heat of the sun But like a blindman I don't know, I don't know, I don't know where it's coming from
I've been looking for shelter from the pouring rain Walking in circles coming back again Looking out of your window waiting for a while May not be the sweetest woman but I love the way you smile
Looks like I been this way before Knocking on the same old door Tell me stranger, have you seen The door locked any time?
Well you can shake it, fake it Make it feel so fine And you can always smell the roses But you know you got to draw the line
Black satin or lace, a painted face I'll get my loving, I'll leave no trace You can get your fun but it don't come free If you want you can do it with me
So follow me down, follow me down Down to Goldie's place I'll see you there
In the perfume garden, flowers on the wall Sweet smell of surrender and you can try it all You don't ask no questions, you won't get no lies You can get what you want for your pleasure and you can try it on for size
Looks like I been this way before Knocking on the same old door Tell me stranger, have you seen The door locked any time?
Well you can shake it, fake it Make it feel so fine And you can always smell the roses But you know you got to draw the line
Black satin or lace, a painted face I'll get my loving, I'll leave no trace You can get your fun but it don't come free If you want you can do it with me If you want you can do it with me If you want you can do it with me
So follow me down, follow me down Down to Goldie's place I said So follow me down, follow me down Down to Goldie's place I'll see you there So follow me down, follow me down Down to Goldie's place
All of my life I been searching, walking on easy ground The son of my father, never being pushed around I've got the lord in my shadow, the devil in my blood If you fool me, baby, I'm going to get you like a good man should
Like a gypsy, a traveller I was born A vagabond without virtue, I was blessed before the dawn I greet the morning with my back against the sun You'll never see me, baby, 'cause I'm always on the run
I got time on my side, I don't need nobody to hold me Time on my side, Sister Bluebird told me Time on my side, lean upon my shoulder I'm bound to settle down before I get much older
Born on the dark side, where the sun man never shone I never had nobody to cry when I was gone I'm always in the moonwalk, I got the drifter in my blood If you fool me, baby, I'm going to get you like a good man should
I got time on my side, I don't need nobody to hold me Time on my side, Sister Bluebird told me Time on my side, lean upon my shoulder I'm bound to settle down before I get much older
Time on my side, I don't need nobody to hold me Time on my side, Sister Bluebird told me Time on my side, lean upon my shoulder I'm bound to settle down before I get much older
Time on my side, I don't need, I don't need nobody Time on my side, I got the lord, the lord in my shadow Time on my side, lean upon my shoulder Time on my side, I don't need no one Time on my side, I got the devil, the devil in my blood Time on my side, I don't need it any more
I'm tired of bars in Boston Been feeling small in New York Scared of guns in Houston And tired of business talk
Don't want to talk about it, baby Don't want to get in no fight I just want to go to a rock androll show And shiver and shake all night
There's a riot in the Hyatt And madness in the Holiday Inn So throw your big leg over me, babe I might not feel this good again
Crazy The road can make you crazy Makes you bold And get cold Cold in your jelly roll So won't you
Take me back to sunny days again I won't be leaving until the summer ends Leave me in the company of friends I left behind me many miles away
Here, there, everywhere No doubt about it, I had my share Paid my dues, got my rock and roll shoes And thats all right?
But I never, never, never Thought I'd see the day When I'd be dancing alone So take me where the music Take me where the music play Then you can
Take me back to sunny days again I won't be leaving until the summer ends Leave me in the company of friends I left behind me many, oh so many I left behind me many miles away
