Ain't no talking to this man Ain't no pretty other side Ain't no way to understand The stupid words of pride It would take an acrobat And I already tried all that So I'm going to let him fly Going to let him fly
Things can move at such a pace The second hand just waved goodbye You know the light has left his face But you can't recall just where or why So there was really nothing to it I just went and cut right through it I said I'm going to let him fly
There's no mercy in a live wire No rest at all in freedom Of the choices we are given It's no choice at all The proof is in the fire You touch before it moves away But you must always know how long to stay And when to go
And there ain't no talking to this man He's been trying to tell me so It took a while to understand The beauty of just letting go 'Cause it would take an acrobat And I already tried all that I'm going to let him fly I'm going to let him fly, fly I'm going to let him fly, fly I'm going to let him fly
It's funny how a morning turns a love to shame Disguised and disfigured and you thought I tasted like rain There's nothing here but a shadow, nothing here Now you know, now you know, now you know, now you know There's nothing here but the shadow, and now you know
I spit, I spit in the eye I tear, tear out my heart And I scatter the bits I stay unseen by the light I stay untold by the truth I am sold by a lie By this I am able In all of my travels To make these memories quit But tonight I clearly recall every little bit
I can chew like a cannibal, I can yell like a cat I've even had you believing that I really, really like it like that, like that, like that But there was never a moment, not a moment Now you know, now you know, now you know, now you know You ever got within a hundred million miles of my soul
I spit, I spit in the eye I tear, tear out my heart And I scatter the bits I stay unseen by the light I stay untold by the truth I am sold by a lie By this I am able In all of my travels To make these memories quit But tonight I clearly recall every little bit
Every little bit Every little bit Every little Every little bit
You left open the window to the morning and the winter walked in Reality fired her wooden bullet, splintered under our skin They say I'm walking on freedom, this is freedom Now I know, now I know now I know, now I know, know I still don't blame you for leaving, baby, it's cold living with ghosts
I spit, I spit in the eye I tear, tear out my heart And I scatter the bits I stay unseen by the light I stay untold by the truth I am sold by a lie By this I am able In all of my travels To make these memories quit But tonight I clearly recall every little bit
Every little bit, every little bit Every little bit, every little bit Every little bit, every little bit Every little bit, every little bit Every little bit, every little bit Every bit, bit, bit
You were so cruel And I hated being your fool So I got a little bit more mud on my face But the years will bring A bigger scheme of things And make a pretty memory out of my disgrace
I don't believe there is such a thing as saying too much, oh no There are those who like to look and those who ain't afraid to touch
But oh, baby, don't you know that The time will do the talking Years will do the walking I'll just find a comfy spot and I’ll wait it out The time will do the talking Years will do the walking Time will tell you, baby, what you can't hear now
Well, we dig our heels in And I wonder who's going to win this Who is going to win it or wear it out? I change the lock on the door I learn how to take a little more I can outrun all of the devils there but never the doubt, no, no
Try not to throw all your money into twenty-twenty vision, oh no For the world won't wait on politics or indecision
Baby, don't you know that The time will do the talking Years will do the walking I'll just find a comfy spot and I’ll wait it out Yes, the time will do the talking Years will do the walking Time will tell you, baby, what you can't hear now
Can you hear the voice inside you? Yeah, it calls you back to where you belong, oh no Can you see the one beside you there? Who's been standing there all along?
Baby, well, you were so cruel And I hated being your fool So I got a little bit more mud on my face But the years will bring The bigger scheme of things And make a pretty memory out of my disgrace
The time will do the talking Years will do the walking I'll just find a comfy spot and I’ll wait it out, yes, I will now The time will do the talking Years will do the walking Time will tell you, baby, what you can't hear now Oh the time will tell you, baby, what you can't hear now Oh the time will tell you, baby, what you can't hear now
We were drinking like the Irish But we were drinking scotch Bartender turns on a movie Everybody turned to watch And every single eye was gleaming When they reached the final scene Well, at least mine did Here's looking at you, kid
You know it's a mad mission Under difficult conditions Not everybody makes it to the loving cup It's a mad mission But I got the ambition Mad, mad mission, sign me up
I think I've seen the look before Yes, it's kind of non-committal It says come hither, baby But then he's hard wood to whittle It says it don't mean a thing But still somehow it does He'd like you to join the club that likes to say There's no such thing as love
It's a mad mission Under difficult conditions Not everybody makes it to the loving cup It's a mad mission But I got the ambition Mad, mad mission, sign me up
Sometimes you find yourself flying low at night Flying blind and looking for any sign of light You're cold and scared and all alone You'd do anything just to make it home
It's a mad mission Under difficult conditions Not everybody makes it to the loving cup It's a mad mission But I got the ambition Mad, mad mission, sign me up Sign me up
You know you've done enough when every bone is sore You know you've prayed enough when you don't ask any more You know you're coming to some kind of understanding When every dream you've dreamed has passed and you're still standing
Mama says god tends to every little skinny sheep So count your ribs and say your prayers and get to sleep Nothing is louder to god's ears than a poor man's sorrow Daddy is poor today and he will be poor tomorrow
Hey, that's the poor man's house Everybody, get a look at the poor man's house Everywhere they went before must have turned them out And now they're living in a poor man's house
There's nothing like poverty to get you into heaven They got a lot of wine and fish up there and the bread's unleavened They got a lot of ears that heard a whip go crack Lots of missing toes and fingers and scars upon their backs
Daddy's been working too much, for days and days and doesn't eat And he never says much but I think this time it's got him beat And it isn't that he isn't strong or kind or clever Your daddy's poor today and he will be poor forever
Hey, that's the poor man's house Those kids are living in a poor man's house They walk to school with the soles of their shoes worn out And come home in the evening with the poor man's house
What are you chopping that wood for? Why are you growing that corn? Mama's sewing a brand new shirt And you're wearing the one that's torn And I guess it's for someone else's kid Who wasn't born in a poor man's house A poor man's house
Hey, take a look at that house Everybody, we're living in a poor man's house Seems like everywhere we go they find us out Find out that we've been living in a poor man's house
We are swimming with the snakes at the bottom of the well So silent and peaceful in the darkness where we fell But we are not snakes and what's more we never will be And if we stay swimming here forever we will never be free
I heard them ringing the bells in heaven and hell They got a secret they're getting ready to tell It's falling from the skies, it's calling from the graves Open your eyes, boy, I think we are saved Open your eyes, boy, I think we are saved
Let's take a walk on the bridge, right over this mess Don't need to tell me a thing, baby, we've already confessed And I raised my voice to the air and we were blessed It's hard to give, it's hard to get But everybody needs a little forgiveness
We are calling for help tonight on a thin phone line As usual we're having ourselves one hell of a time And the planes keep flying right over our heads no matter how loud we shout "Hey, hey, hey!" And we keep waving and waving our arms in the air but we're all tired out
I heard somebody say today's the day A big old hurricane, she's blowing our way Knocking over the buildings, killing all the lights Open your eyes, boy, we made it through the night Open your eyes, boy, we made it through the night
Let's take a walk on the bridge, right over this mess Don't need to tell me a thing, baby, we've already confessed And I raised my voice to the air and we were blessed It's hard to give, it's hard to get It's hard to live, baby, but still I think it's the best bet, hey, yeah Hard to give, and I'm never going to forget But everybody needs a little forgiveness Everybody needs a little forgiveness
You first found me in my holding pen Stopped to take a look and stuck your finger in I bit one off and you came back again and again, hey Then the nice people let me out one day And you told me how to act and what to say But you never get what you wanted that way Did you, baby?
Oh no, you never get what you want You never get what you want And I don't think it's my fault You never get what you want Do you, baby?
Everything's always such a mystery Including your sad little history Do you still think someone should take responsibility and pay Oh no, no, ever since I've know you you've walked that walk You've broken all the records, now you've broken all the clocks, all the clocks And every time it breaks my heart to hear you talk this way, this way
You never get what you want You never get what you want And I don't think it's my fault You never get what you want Do you, baby?
Everybody's been sad, everybody's been tragic Whole lot of hard times, whole little bit of magic These bitter, bitter fruits and these endless hallways Ah they're killing us, baby, we got to walk away, walk away, walk away, walk a-
You never get what you want You never, never get what you want You spend your whole time thinking about why I'm so deranged But, honey, why don't you think about that for a change?
Oh no, you never get what you want You never get what you want Your whole damn life You never get what you want Not your whole damn life You never get what you want And I don't think it's my fault You never get what you want Do you, baby? Do you, baby? Do you, baby? Do you, baby?
Sweet Lorraine, a fiery-haired and brown-eyed schemer Who came from a long line of drinkers and dreamers Who knew that sunshine don't hold up to dark Whose businesses fail, who sleep in the park
Lorraine, who spoke of paintings in Paris And outlandish things to her family just to scare us Whose heart went poking where it shouldn't ought Whose mother could only spit at the thought Lorraine, sweet Lorraine
Her father would tear out like a page of the bible Then he'd burn down the house to announce his arrival Her mother was working and never was home Lorraine carved out a little life of her own
Lorraine started working, Lorraine went to school Her mother threw stones at her on the day that she moved Now isn't that a very strange thing to do For someone who never really wanted you Lorraine, sweet Lorraine
Her daddy called her a slut and a whore On the night before her wedding day The very next morning, oh, at the church Well, her daddy gave Lorraine away, Lorraine away Lorraine, sweet Lorraine
In the battle of time, in the battle of will It's only your hope and your heart that gets killed And it gets harder and harder, Lorraine, to believe in magic When what came before you is so very tragic Lorraine, sweet Lorraine
She sees him laying in The bed alone tonight The only thing a-touching him Is a crack of light Pieces of her hair are wrapped Around and 'round his fingers And he reaches for her side For any sign of her that lingers
And she says you are not alone Laying in the light Put out the fire in your head And lay with me tonight
One of them bullets went straight for The jugular vein There were people running, a flash of light Then everything changed Nothing really matters in the end You know all the worries sever Don't be afraid for me, my friend One day we all fall down forever
And you are not alone Laying in the light Put out the fire in your head And lay with me tonight
The wedding date was June Just like any other bride She loved him like no one before It was good to be alive Sometimes that can slip away as fast As any fingers through your hands So you let time forgive the past And go and make some other plans
And you are not alone Laying in the light Put out the fire in your head And lay with me tonight
You are not alone Laying in the light Put out the fire in your head And lay with me tonight
Diamonds, roses I need Moses To cross this sea of loneliness, part this red river of pain I don't necessarily buy any key to the future or happiness But I need a little place in the sun sometimes or I think I will die
But everywhere is somewhere and nowhere is near Everybody got somebody with their wine and their beer So I'm just this tragic figure in the corner over here With an empty apartment and a best friend who is a queer
Every time I see him he smiles And tells me how well he is walking these miles But he never ever asks a single thing about me If I die he'd hear about it eventually
Diamonds, roses I need Moses To cross this sea of loneliness, part this red river of pain
An everywhere is somewhere and nowhere is near Everybody got somebody with their wine and their beer So I'm just this tragic figure in the corner over here Go home to an empty apartment and call a best friend who is queer
Diamonds, roses, I need Moses To cross this sea of loneliness, part this red river of pain To cross this sea of loneliness, part this red river of pain To cross this sea of loneliness, part this red river of pain, of pain
I'm over here and it's cold I'm writing recipes for growing old Growing old, mean and alone Oh, baby, pick up the phone
This pain in my heart Has been with me through the ages And I walk IT around like a very old friend It goes everywhere I go It's been everywhere I've been There's something shiny in my pocket It's the key to my heart Why don't you unlock it?
I write the book on loneliness I write the poem on pain I'm the obituary in the newspaper Lying out in the pouring rain
It used to be, babe, good between us I don't know how to explain We used to be Adonis and Venus Now we're the water flowing down the drain
Don't wanna be bad Don't wanna lie Don't wanna make you mad And I don't wanna die Knowing we're apart for the rest of our lives Cuts through me like a knife I been eating your crops like a big old locust Now I wanna be a little more in focus
I write the book on loneliness I write the poem on pain I'm the obituary in the newspaper Lying out in the pouring rain
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I write the book on loneliness I write the poem on pain I'm the obituary in the newspaper Lying out in the pouring rain
Oh...
And the obit....oh And the obit....oh And the obit....everyday
I've been down this road before I walk out the door Leave you on the floor
Sometimes you run and hide Your foolish pride's What keeps me from Giving you more
So the best thing I can give to you Is for me to go Leave you alone Cause you got growin' up to do
Someday I'll return when its time For payment in kind The church bells will chime
You'll stand before me surrounded by lights Dressed in white You throw flowers in the air this night
But the best thing I can give to you Is for me to go Leave you alone You got growin' up to do
Looks like the rain's pouring down on me It's drowning me now And all I want is to come back home And this old corduroy coat is not keeping me dry But I can't think of what else to try
That's why the best thing I can give to you Is for me to go Leave you alone You got growin' up to do
Yeah, the best thing I can give to you is for me to go Leave you alone You got growin' up to do
Occurred to me the other day You've been gone now a couple years Well, I guess it takes while For someone to really disappear And I remember where I was When the word came about you It was a day much like today The sky was bright, and wide, and blue
And I wonder where you are And if the pain ends when you die And I wonder if there was Some better way to say goodbye
Today my heart is big and sore It's tryin' to push right through my skin I won't see you anymore I guess that's finally sinkin' in 'Cause you can't make somebody see By the simple words you say All their beauty from within Sometimes they just look away
But I wonder where you are And if the pain ends when you die And I wonder if there was Some better way to say goodbye
