Away, the joker's closing in, reform and they will win, the light is fading fast I know, you know, they know, we all know, everybody's gonna burn down
The girls come crawling on all fours, banging on locked doors, high cards all the time I know, you know, they know, we all know Everybody's gonna burn down
Play me another hand, lose everything I am, until we meet again
The ace that's hiding up your sleeve will cause the world to grieve, the love you had is gone I know, you know, they know, we all know The dream in every player's heart, to win it all, not part, they lie awake at night I know, you know, they know, we all know
The game where the gamblers rule the night And get your blood they might, the joker's closin' in I know, you know, they know, we all know
I used to think she was the greatest thing I really cared, gave her a diamond ring She said she'd rather die than ever leave me Well I never saw her face since then And if the law don't get her then I will- Four little diamonds
She must be somewhere on the open road She always said she was a lonely one She gets you down with her tales of woe She took me for everything And if the law don't get her then I will Four little diamonds
Chorus: I looked around I climbed up high into the dawn But she was gone with the night I thought about the things she said And all the things we'd done But where could she run- she ran away There's just no answer to give
I keep wonderin' about her, day and night She probably thinks I was a fool- she's right She don't know it But I'm gonna keep on searchin' for that woman I'm gonna search everywhere And if the law don't get her then I will Four little diamonds
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I still hear her callin' out to me, I still listen for her endlessly But it never even crossed my mind she was a cheater I gotta find where she hides 'Cause if the law don't get her then I will Four little diamonds
Time after time, time after time The skies are darkening they grow so dim Strangers are meeting but it never ends And one day they'll remember, one day they will know
(Time after time) >From far away there comes a warning sound And no one listens but it's all around And one day they'll remember, one day they will know
Chorus: Time after time, no hiding anywhere Time after time, the visions in the air Time after time, they come from everywhere
(Time after time) Time after time Just listen to the sirens of the world They breathe a whisper waiting for the word And one day they'll remember, one day they will know
(Time after time) Time after time it is the same old story Another footstep on the trail of glory And one day they'll remember, one day they will know
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The beauty of the earth from way up high Shines like a jewel on the velvet sky And one day they'll remember, one day they will know
The skies are darkening they grow so dim Strangers are meeting but it never ends And one day they'll remember, one day they will know
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Emit retfa emit, no hiding anywhere Emit retfa emit, no visions in the air They come from everywhere
The streets, the signs are pointing all one way But you don't realize just what they say You may fight, you may run, you may know what you've done It makes me feel so sad to think what I might've had I watch the stars, I watch the sun, now I watch for anyone But it's only make believe
You work, you work, you work so hard and then Someone, someone will come around again You may think it's for real, but you know how you feel The places that I go don't feel good anymore I see it all rainbows in fall I see her face upon my wall But it's only make believe
Fly away, bluebird fly away for me To a place somewhere far across the sea Fly away, far away, don't look back, go today The waves that crash upon the sand Another place, a far off land And every day, I have to stay, but you are free You could fly away- But it's only make believe
I don't mind the pain, or the jokers' cold refrain The days pass by so slowly, I count them all again Silence of a basement, shades all closed at noon Lie awake for fear of strangers
Darkness comes on slowly, twilight is the ecstasy Like a candle burning bright, shadows dance until the night Empty rooms and chilling smiles They go on for miles and miles
Chorus: But in the evening when the sun goes down Crawl from the shadows got to get into town Where the music is playin' all across the night And every cloud disappears from sight
There goes a loser, another loser gone There goes another, another who's alone There goes a loser, another loser gone wild
I don't mind if violins don't play I won't listen to them anyway I don't care what people say Some things just can't be arranged Icy fingers touching you. Silent voices calling too What else is there to lose- I am here but where are you?
A moving stream of information That is floating on the wind The secrets never end And now they call, They sing, they play, they dance For you, from out of the blue, What can you do?
Chorus: The secret messages are calling to me endlessly They call to me across the air The messages across the atmosphere They whisper in your ear, they're calling everywhere
Where words cascade like rainbows tumbling from the sky Then I'll be there, I'll be there When messages will call to you their secrets all around Without a sound, they're all around
Chorus: Those secret messages that spill into the air from far away So far away A flowing river of illusion running with confusion Never gone - it goes on and on
The world outside don't like us much 'Cause they ain't got our classy touch But they ain't good enough to breathe This town's good air, we make 'em leave
CHORUS But it's no, no, no, you really can't do that No, no, no, down home town
No monkey business in this town Well, who do you think you're pushing 'round This town's respectable and clean Just look around, you'll see what I mean
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Down home town, down home town
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We got the best town band around, just listen to their crazy sound When they get hot they gonna blow ucedemwinnin every show Down home town, down home town
Here she comes down the street and that look is in her eye And the way she looks, if looks could kill they might All the kids down in the street run away When she goes by it's the end of the day So believe what they say, there's danger in the air
Look through a window and you'll see her standing there She's the latest of the greatest with the wind blowin' in her hair The prima donna she's back in town And you see her for miles around So believe what they say there's danger in the air
Chorus: Beware there's danger ahead The endless summer is dead Look out there's danger ahead
Monday mornin' she's already up and gone She knows what she wants and she knew it all along With her entourage on either side Just one look she can't be denied So believe what they say there's danger in the air
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She's got a reputation that's way ahead of her time She's got adulation that's way ahead of her mind Everybody runs around to please When she looks in the mirror she just has to freeze So believe what they say there's danger in the air
I remember somewhere in the rain, the faces of the passers-by, staring faces, broken blinds I recall the situation clearly, standing in a crowded car, I can feel the need in me
CHORUS Hold on, nightrider baby, hold on, you're a nightrider Riding the night, searching for what is gone Never reaching the end, so you must travel on
I still see that vision of delight, while cruising on the black of night, but she keeps a step ahead Looking out the corner of her world, nobody ever knows a girl who once lived along this way
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Desolation, degradation row, go on, don't let the feeling show, she's a ten, a penny dream Faces with no name and no address keep staring in on my distress, but she kills me with her smile
You made a fool of me But them broken dreams have got to end Hey woman you got the blues Cause you ain't got no one else to use There's an open road that leads no where So just make some miles between here and there There's a hole in my head where the rain comes in You took my body and played to win Ha, ha woman, it's a crying shame But you ain't got nobody else to blame
Evil woman, evil woman Evil woman, evil woman
Rolled in from another town Hit some gold, too hot to settle down But a fool and his money soon go separate ways And you found a fool lyin' in a daze Ha ha woman What you gonna do You destroyed all the virtues that the Lord gave you It's so good that you're feelin' pain But you better get your face board the very next train (repeat chorus)
Evil woman how you done me wrong But now you're to wail a different song Ha, ha funny how you broke me up ]You made the wine now you drink a cup I come runnin' every time you cried I thoughjt I saw love smilin' in your eyes Ha, ha very nice to know That you ain't got no place left to go (repeat chorus)
So now it's getting late, for those who hesitate, got no one But they don't understand and no one hears the sound, it's like a waterfall, it's an illusion
CHORUS Love is all, waterfall, love is what you are Pulls you in, takes you down, it's a sad affair But you know as you hold back th power the power there Without the friends and lovers you could never go on living
Across the waterfall that's falling evermore down on you Cascading through the days and flowing on its way That's how it has to be, just an illusion
Sometimes i look up high and then I think there might just be a better life. Away from all we know, that's where I wanna go, out on the wild side and I wish I was, o-oo-o-oh, a wild west hero.
Ride the range all the day till the first fading light, be with my western girl round the fire, oh, so bright. I'd be the Indians friend, let them live to be free, ridin' into the sunset, I wish I could be.
I'd ride the desert sands and through the prairie lands, try'n to do what's right. The folks would come to me, they'd say, we need you here. I'd stay there for the night. Oh, I wish I was, o-oo-o-oh, a wild west hero.
Ride the range all the day till the first fading light, be with my western girl round the fire, oh, so bright. I'd be the Indians friend, let them live to be free, ridin' into the sunset, I wish I could be.
Oh, I wish I was, o-oo-o-oh, a wild west hero. Oh, I wish I was, o-oo-o-oh, a wild west hero. Oh, I wish I was, o-oo-o-oh, a wild west hero. Oh, I wish I was, o-oo-o-oh, a wild west hero. Wish I was, o-o-oo-o-o-o-oo, a wild west hero.
Working on the road across this great big world I've been rolling like a stone, i never get back home Yes, i've been long-gone And boy, i've got the birmingham blues.
Been across the ocean to the south sea isles Yeah, i travelled to the east and west for mile and miles and miles And i've been long-gone And boy, i've got the birmingham blues.
Chorus: Across the world i've seen People and places Could be the same But with a different name.
I wouldn't change the things i do for anything But i'd just like to hear the message of the streets again Give me a ticket Cause boy, i've got the birmingham blues.
It may be kind of homely but it sure is sweet Industrial revolution put it on its feet But it's a long, long way Boy, i've got the birmingham blues.
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I'll go and stay awhile and all the folks i meet They'll say "you won't stay long, you got them travelling feet You'll soon be long-gone 'cos boy, you got the rest of the world blues!"
When the day is done And there's nowhere to run And the people of the city Have all lost and won, In your city dress, You stand and stare And you smoke another cigarette And comb your hair And the light that shines Paints a trace of sadness On the street, I wait, I can't seem to get to you.
Well, you start to sway, Check your Cartier 'Cause it's getting late, You can't afford to wait, So you move along Where it's going on And the people of the night Are playing 'till the dawn And the sun that shines Paints a trace of sadness In your eyes that cry, Wishin' and hopin'.
Sweet, sweet is the night, Now you are near. Dark, dark were the days, They disappear. Sweet, sweet is the night, Now you are near.
Well, you did your thing And you lost your wings And you hurt so bad You lost everything And the tears that fall On the city wall Will fade away with The rays of morning light That shines Paints a smile across Your pretty face I know Everything is alright, alright.
Sweet, sweet is the night, Now you are near. Dark, dark were the days, They disappear. Sweet, sweet is the night, Now you are near.
(Sweet is the night)
Sweet, sweet is the night, Now you are near. Dark, dark were the days, They disappear. Sweet, sweet is the night, Now you are near.
