The Hooters

Freedom has its ups and downs
Walk the streets of lonesome town
Try to find some company
Somebody who will talk to me

Well I'm here all alone
A wind blows home
We'll find it someday
There's no reason to cry
For days gone by
Oh, Karla, we can make it if we try

Hurricanes and Cadillacs
They run you down and don't look back
Oh where can my salvation be
A tender touch to comfort me

But I'm here all alone
A wind blows home
We'll find it someday
There's no reason to cry
For days gone by
Oh, Karla, we can make it if we try

No matter how the wind may blow
You belong to me
Like the mountains to the sky
And you know when I close my eyes
You're the one I see
Oh, Karla, we can make it if we try

Old man river's on the rise
Wash the circles from my eyes
Hurricane is on its way
You can call it Karla
Karla with a k

It's a sleepless night, she's callin' your name
It's a lonely ride, I know how you want her
Again and again, you're chasin' a dream yeah
But Johnny my friend, she's not what she seems

Johnny B, how much there is to see
Just open your eyes and listen to me
Straight ahead, a green light turns to red
Oh why can't you see, oh Johnny B

And when you drive her home, is she sittin' real close
Does she make you weak, well that's the way that she wants you
You're strung out again, she's taken you over
You've been here before, why can't you let go

Johnny B, how much there is to see
Just open your eyes and listen to me
Straight ahead, a green light turns to red
Oh why can't you see, oh Johnny B

And when she calls your name, my sweet Johnny B
You can drive all night and you know she'll be waiting
To love you again, her kiss is her poison
Forever inside you, wherever you go

Johnny B, how much there is to see
Just open your eyes and listen to me
Straight ahead, a green light turns to red
Oh why can't you see, oh Johnny B

Johnny B, how much there is to see
Just open your eyes and listen to me
Straight ahead, a green light turns to red
Oh why can't you see, oh Johnny B

Oh, can't you see, oh, Johnny B
Oh, can't you see

Well I pass him by on the street each day
Brother, don't you walk away
He's about my size and about my age
Brother, don't you walk away
Down a different road, might've been my friend
Brother, don't you walk away
But you never know how the road will bend...

Brother, don't you walk, Brother, don't you walk away
Brother, don't you walk away
Tell me why it so hard to say
Brother, don't you walk away

When you sleep all night on a pillow of stone
Brother, don't you walk away
Do you dream of finding your way back home
Brother, don't you walk away
Well some might say these are better days
Brother, don't you walk away
But a cardboard box is your home these days...

Brother, don't you walk, Brother, don't you walk away
Brother, don't you walk away
Tell me why it so hard to say
Brother, don't you walk away

Now the wind blows hard through the holes in your cap
Brother, don't you walk away
While I'm safe inside here in luxury's lap
Brother, don't you walk away

So you walk this land in your worn out shoes
Brother, don't you walk away
Well if this land's mine, is it your land too...

Brother, don't you walk, Brother, don't you walk away
Brother, don't you walk away
Tell me why it so hard to say
Brother, don't you walk away

So you look at me with a look so real
Brother, don't you walk away
As I turn away from the things I feel
Brother, don't you walk away
Even here and now as I lie awake
Brother, don't you walk away
Tell me how much difference can one man make

Brother, don't you walk, Brother, don't you walk away
Brother, don't you walk away
Tell me, why is it so hard to say
Brother, don't you walk away

Brother, don't you walk, Brother, don't you walk away
Brother, don't you walk away
Tell me, why is it so hard to say
Brother, don't you walk away

Tell me, why is it so hard to say
Brother, don't you walk away...

See the stars that shine and give us light
One less star is in the sky tonight
Words alone won't keep our tears away
But I know that star will shine again someday

And heaven laughs when we say good-bye
It ain't so far to the other side
Someday soon we will meet again
Say it over and over and over 'til then

Dream tonight about a last embrace
Close my eyes and I will see your face
Dreams alone won't keep our tears away
But in my heart I know we'll meet again someday

And heaven laughs when we say good-bye
It ain't so far to the other side
Someday soon we will meet again
Say it over and over and over 'til then

And so we laugh when we say good-bye
It ain't so far to the other side
And heaven knows we will meet again
Say it over and over and over again

From everlast to everlasting
From sea to shining sea
How much did we take from each other
Here's one from the heart and more one for free

And heaven laughs when we say good-bye
It ain't so far to the other side
Someday soon we will meet again
Say it over and over and over 'til then

And so we laugh when we say good-bye
It ain't so far to the other side
And heaven knows we will meet again
Say it over and over and over again

Say it over and over and over again...

Picture yourself in a boat on a river,
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly,
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes.

Cellophane flowers of yellow and green,
Towering over your head.
Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes,
And she's gone.

Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
Ah... Ah...

Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain
Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies,
Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers,
That grow so incredibly high.
Newspaper taxis appear on the shore,
Waiting to take you away.
Climb in the back with your head in the clouds,
And you're gone.

Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
Ah... Ah...

Picture yourself on a train in a station,
With plasticine porters with looking glass ties,
Suddenly someone is there at the turnstile,
The girl with kaleidoscope eyes.

Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
Ah... Ah...

Give me what you can tonight
Time is all we have to play
Tell me you can't live without me
Tell me every day by day by day
Nothing lasts forever, only fades away
Day by day

Give me what you can tonight
I'm back tomorrow anyway
Show me some appreciation
Show me every day by day by day
The chance you gotta take's the price you gotta pay
Day by day

And if you break down, I will remind you
Of what you were yesterday
You can break down, I'll be behind you
Day by day

Here we are on the battlefield
A civil war is all each other feels
You say blue and I say gray
But we know love ain't love if it fades away
Don't let it fade away

Just leave these troubles behind
And break down all the battle lines
Open up your eyes girl, we're fightin' on the same side

Here we are on the battlefield
Wounded by the words that cut so deep
I can't give if you won't take
Maybe we're just afraid that it's too late
I know it's not too late

Just leave these troubles behind
And break down all the battle lines
Open up your eyes girl, we're fightin' on the same side

We're both soldiers of the heart
Fightin' for the dream that fell apart
We both know this war is real
Surrender to the way we used to feel
I miss the way we used to feel

Just leave these troubles behind
And break down all the battle lines
Open up your eyes girl, we're fightin' on the same side

If you miss the train I'm on You'll know that I am gone You can hear the whisle blow a hundred miles A hundred miles a hundred miles A hundred miles a hundred miles You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles Not a shirt on my back not a penny to my name And the land that I once loved is not my own Lord I'm one Lord I'm two Lord I'm three Lord I'm four Lord I'm five hundred miles Away from home A hundred tanks along the square One man stand to stop them there Someday, soon the tide upturns I'll free I'll free I'll free I'll come home to my country Someday soon the tide uptrun and I'll free If you miss the train I'm on You'll know that I am gone You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles Lord I'm one Lord I'm two Lord I'm three Lord I'm four Lord I'm five hundreds miles Away from home Lord I'm five hundreds miles away from home I'll be free I'll free I'll come home to my country Lord I'm five hundred miles away from home Hum hum hum hum hum hum You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles

Surrender into the night
Silently take my hand
Nobody knows what's inside us
Nobody understands
They handed us down a dream
To live in this lonely town
But nobody hears the music
Only the echo of a hollow sound

Where do the children go
Between the bright night and the darkest day
Where do the children go
And who's that deadly piper who leads them away

Together we make our way
Passengers on a train
Whisper a secret forever
Promises in the rain
We're leaving it all behind
While castles are falling down
We're going where no one can find us
And if there's a heaven
We'll find it somehow

Where do the children go
Between the bright night and the darkest day
Where do the children go
And who's that deadly piper who leads them away

A thought in my head (I think) of something to do
Expressions tell everything, I see one on you
When I was invisible, I needed no light
You saw right through me (you said) was I out of sight?

My love, she comes in colors
You can tell her from the clothes she wears

When I was in England town, the rain fell right down
I looked for you everywhere, I could not be found
A thought in my head (I think) of something to do
Expressions tell everything, I see one on you

My love, she comes in colors
You can tell her from the clothes she wears

Hush, little baby, don't cry like that,
God's gonna buy you a Cadillac
He's chosen you to do his will,
You can spread the word
In your coupe de ville.
So jump in the river and learn to swim,
God's gonna wash away all your sins
And if you still can't see the light,
God's gonna buy you a satellite.

Look to the heavens and see it shine,
Heal the sick and lead the blinds
Tune it in and hear it say,
It's counting down to judgement day.
So jump in the river and learn to swim,
God's gonna wash away all your sins
And if you still can't see the light,
God's gonna buy you a satellite.

Hey, satellite man, your time has come,
Your word received by everyone
And should you fall, well, that's okay,
You love the ones that you betray.
So jump in the river and learn to swim,
God's gonna wash away all your sins
And when at last you see the light,
God's gonna buy you a satellite.
So jump in the river and learn to swim,
God's gonna wash away all your sins
And when at last you see the light,
God's gonna buy you a satellite.
And when at last you see the light,
God's gonna buy you a satellite.

God's gonna buy you a satellite

Look to the heavens and see it shine.

Holy Moses met the Pharaoh
Yeah, he tried to set him straight
Looked him in the eye, Let my people go
Holy Moses on the mountain
High above the golden calf
Went to get the Ten Commandments
He's just gonna break them in half
All you zombies hide your faces
All you people in the street
All you sittin' in high places
The pieces gonna fall on you
No one ever spoke to Noah
They all laughed at him instead
Working on his ark, working all by himself
Only Noah saw it coming
Forty days and forty nights
Took his sons and daughters with him
Yeah, they were the Israelites
All you zombies hide your faces
All you people in the street
All you sittin' in high places
The rain's gonna fall on you

Holy father, what's the matter
Where have all your children gone
Sitting in the dark,
Living all by themselves
You don't have to hide anymore
All you zombies show your faces
All you people in the street
All you sittin' in high places
The pieces gonna fall on you
All you zombies show your faces
All you people in the street
All you sittin' in high places
The rain's gonna fall on you

Nervous night time on my hands
Private invasion of the promised land
Two on the run that's you and me
Maybe we can make it through this emergency
Oh, nervous night, African queen,
We said so many things we didn't mean
Maybe another day, maybe it'd be alright
Oh, nervous night

Right outside shiny and clean
A million vegetables I must be dreaming on my
Window ledge can I crawl through
Look out, look out below, I'm coming for you

Oh, nervous night, African queen,
We said so many things we didn't mean
Maybe another day, maybe it'd be alright
Oh, nervous night, oh, nervous night

I try to speak my senses fail
But you're just laughing
While the sirens wail
All around the world in the Globe Hotel
If Isabella has her way
It's gonna be a nervous day as well
Oh, nervous night, African queen,
We said so many things we didn't mean
Maybe another day, maybe it'd be alright
Oh, nervous night

Oh, nervous night, African queen,
We said so many things we didn't mean
Maybe another day, maybe it'd be alright
Oh, nervous night, oh, nervous night
Oh, nervous night, oh, nervous night
Oh, nervous night, oh, nervous night
Oh, nervous night, oh, nervous night
Oh, nervous night, oh, nervous night

She was a be-bop baby on a hard day's night
She was hangin' on Johnny,
He was holdin' on tight
Well, I could feel her
Coming from a mile away
There was no use talking,
There was nothing to say
When the band began to play and play
And we danced, like a wave
On the ocean, romanced
We were liars in love and we danced
Swept away for a moment by chance
Yeah, we danced and danced and danced
I met my be-bop baby at the Union Hall
She could dance all night
And shake the paint off the walls
But when I saw her smile
Across a crowded room
Well, I knew we'd have to
Leave the party soon
As the band began to play out of tune
And we danced, like a wave
On the ocean, romanced
We were liars in love and we danced
Swept away for a moment by chance
Yeah, we danced and danced and danced
And we danced

The endless beat, she's walking my way
Hear the music fade when she says
Are we getting too close,
Do we dare to get closer
The room is spinning
As she whispers my name
And we danced, like a wave
On the ocean, romanced
We were liars in love and we danced
Swept away for a moment by chance
Yeah, we danced and danced and danced
And we danced, like a wave
On the ocean, romanced
We were liars in love and we danced
Swept away for a moment by chance
Yeah, we danced and danced and danced
And danced and danced and danced and danced
And we danced, and we danced

Did you think I could ever forget
The night by the arlington flame
In the silence I heard it
Through streets so deserted
You whispered and called me by name

Did you think I could ever forget
That powerful look in your eye
Where Lincoln stood strong there
You held me so long there that night
On the fourth of July

I hope and I pray that you'll be here with me
When the mountains that rise tumble into the sea
And the kingdoms that come set us free on our way
Hope you'll be here with me
Home on Washington's day

Now when this world and that world collide
And the powers that be hit you low
When you're feeling so small in the face of it all
And you're lost on eternity row

When the wars that men wage are all through
And their monuments put on display
Tell the hungry and stranded
The poor empty handed
We'll meet them on Washington's day

I hope and I pray that you'll be here with me
When the mountains that rise tumble into the sea
And the kingdoms that come set us free on our way
Hope you'll be here with me
Home on Washington's day

Did you think I could ever forget
The night by the arlington flame
Where the monuments laugh over thousands of years
You whispered and called me by name

And when the sun goes down
At the end of the day
You know I'll always remember
You who were tender to me
On Washington's day

I hope and I pray that you'll be here with me
When the mountains that rise tumble into the sea
And the visions that come are the visions that stay
Hope you'll be here with me
Home on Washington's day