Patty Larkin

It was on a summer's evening
the air was still and calm
I dove out to the highway
where a traveler's soul belongs

I could hear the highway crying
that lonesome road did wail
I took off for the horizon
like I'd spent my life in jail
like I'd been in jail

I drove faster and faster
the tires wuld not slow
just one more mile
then after
it's homeward I will go
it's back home I'll go

then the darkness did surround me
a cold fog settled in
it was my eyes and the headlights
who'd seen where we had been
who knew where we'd been

then the road rose up to meet me
and gathered me in it's arms
whispered to me sweetly
I'll keep you safe from harm
you'll never know harm

leave your home leave your family
leave them all behind
there are golden fields
and valleys
the kind that poets rhyme

run and tell my little sister
her hair is flowing red
tell her that I miss her and
I'm anything but dead
tell her i'm not dead

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Written By PATTY LARKIN
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Don't stand in my way
Well I'm taking these legs for a spin 'round the block
And I'm gonna look up all those friends I forgot
Cause I know there's a laugh in my throat that got caught
At a stoplight just down the street

Don't stand in my way
Well I know London Bridges are all falling down
And it's gonna be hard to find a way across town
But I'm gonna jump off this old merry-go-round
And I'm flagging a taxi

Don't listen the din rising behind you
Look at life like a train wreck and one finds you
Light a match and your fear of fire will
Burn you down

Don't stand in my way
Gonna climb up and see if this table top spins
Gonna haul out my old Red Accordion
Cause you can't play a polka on ten violins
Who cares if I don't know how

Don't stand in my way
Cause they don't make a scotch tape to patch up ths hole
And if God didn't want us to he wouldn't have made rock 'n 'roll
Better put on your coat cause it's sure gettin cold
And we'll take it all outside

Pay attention to the moon rising behind you
Look at life like a tragedy and it will blind you
I'll make a fool of myself maybe that will
remind you how

Get off of your soapbox when you're
Talking to me
Get off of your white horse and you're
How it should be

I want to show you my hands are strong
And my hands want to tear you apart
Tear you apart to prove that you are wrong
And to take a look at your heart heart

Turn off that constant noise baby
You're gonna hurt someone
You aim your mouth at me like you're
Pointing a gun

I want to show you my tongue is strong
And my teeth want to tear you apart
Tear you apart to prove that you are wrong
And to take a look at your heart heart

That's me I'm right behind you
Making sure you never rest
Four walls they do not hide you
I see through your nakedness

I want to show you my mind is strong
And I've half a mind to tear you apart
Tear you apart to prove that you are wrong
You should take a look at your heart heart

I saw you
I saw you as you drove away
You checked yourself
You checked yourself in the rear view mirror
And I thought
I thought that you were looking at me

The boulevard was dressed in a jogging suit
All of those beautiful people and me and you
Cup of joe you let go of a five dollar bill
It don't make sense but some things never will
My mom and dad bought a house for what he
Bought that car
So we tear him apart to try to figure out
Who we are
Walk down Venice Beach with some time to kill
We don't fit in no place and we never will

I trusted you
I trusted you
Poured my heart out like a friend
But Great Garbo found out in the end
Who's who

Down at the diner the polished chrome still gleams
And they turn and stare at you like you're
A girl James Dean
Conversation so cool that you catch a chill
Where friends are fashion
And fashion is a need to fill

I trusted you
I trusted you
Poured my heart out like a friend
But Greta Garbo found out in the end
Who's who

Drop me at the corner of 5th and bonvivant
With the radio playing you can't always get what you want
I watch you drive away like it's no big deal
You won't see my wave and you never will

I trusted you
I trusted you
But Greta Garbo found out in the end
Who's who

I trusted you
I trusted you
But Greta Garbo found out in the end
Who's who

He was not too hard to handle
So she gave him the kindness of her hand
He had the smooth skin of a girl
And he moved like water through the sand
Out along the green fields
He said I do she said I will
Looking forward
Headed for the coast of Brazil

Through the eye of a curtained window
She framed the portrait of her world
She'd watch as the sun stood waiting
She called herself a shadow of a girl
Autumn kissed the summer
She packed her things in the morning chill
Left the lace in the window waving
Headed for the coast of Brazil

He lived the life of a beggar
But he was born a banker's only son
He was born an angel without wings
To the lady of Spain in old San Juan
Down at the harbor
They held their breath and stood still
Then they boarded a slow boat
Headed for the coast of Brazil

Pray for the faithful
Pray for the dream that never rests
Pray for the pilgrims
Pray for the hope inside the breast
Pray for the good ones
Heaven never has it's fill
Pray for the ones still waiting
Headed for the coast of Brazil
Pray for the ones still waiting
Headed for the coast of Brazil

do you mind if I change in here she said
I said no go right ahead
you're the star
you can hang your sweaty little
black leather dress
right here on my guitar
I said my what big eyes you have
what big teeth
what tattoos
what big scars
she took a bite out of me
I said feet come on take me to my car

you don't say no
with an empty belly
and a barbed wire bonnet on a wolf
hangin' at your door
you don't say no
with an empy belly
and a barbed wire bonnet on it
you don't say no
with an empty belly
and a barbed wire bonnet on a wolf
hangin' at your door
you don't say no
with an empty belly
and a barbed wire bonnet on it

I was doing handstands on the bandstand
at the shimmy shimmy coco bop bar
everybody had a phone in their pocket
everybody had a greasy charm
mr. big and the pistols
kissy kissy baby
this was bizarre
they huffed and they puffed
they blew me away
like a ten cent cigar

you don't say no
with an empty belly
and a barbed wire bonnet on a wolf
hangin' at your door
you don't say no
with an empy belly
and a barbed wire bonnet on it
you don't say no
with an empty belly
and a barbed wire bonnet on a wolf
hangin' at your door
you don't say no
with an empty belly
and a barbed wire bonnet on it

wolves dressed up in sheepskin
dressed up in sequins and a hat
you can never be too paranoid
miss bette davis said that
look out little girls and boys
talk about your toys
talk about your cool cats
all the better to eat you with
all the better to beat it
I said that

you don't say no
with an empty belly
and a barbed wire bonnet on a wolf
hangin' at your door
you don't say no
with an empty belly
and a barbed wire bonnet on it
you don't say no
with an empty belly
and a barbed wire bonnet on a wolf
hangin' at your door
you don't say no
with an empty belly
and a barbed wire bonnet on it

I asked my love
to be my bride
and live a life
of ease
hand in hand
and side by side
we'd each
do as we
please

I have a rock
in my backyard
that sits beneath
a tree
I climb its back
it's warm and hard
and I can feel
the breeze

wait till
the honeymoon's over
believe me
I believe you'll
never leave
me

I lost a part
of the afternoon
along a windowsill
I chased it down
in an old red cart
and I'm looking for it
still

we live our life
by the ocean walk
in the tall grass
by the sea
long amber light
your lips unlock
this is where
I want to be

wait till
the honeymoon's over
believe me
I believe you'll
never leave
me

you and me baby
we're impossible
who'd have thought that we could
you and me babe
we're nobody's fools
we are nothing but good
you and me babe
we're something else
who's to say we're not
you and me babe when all else fails
we will have what we want

this is all I wanted
all I've waited for

you and me babe
we fell down laughing
couldn't get out fast enough
who's to say there's a
right or wrong way
we don't believe in that stuff
you and me took a breath of air
and spit out all the dust
others tire of their love affairs
leave 'em there to rust

this is all I wanted
all I've waited for
this is all I wanted
all I've waited for

you and me baby
we know everything
and we have been everywhere
you and me babe we
grew a couple of wings
and flew away on a dare
you and me
in a silent room
we prayed for what we got
forever after will be too soon
cause we will have what we want

this is all I wanted
all I've waited for
this is all I wanted
all I've waited for

we are surrounded by so much water
that we might as well get a boat
or we could swim like Neptune's daughters
to the other side of the moat

coming up for air
rising to a very new
somewhere
coming up for air
on the last breath around

we are sleeping in a canyon
where the walls rise up to the sky
we could reach the rim by standing
and begin to breathe with a sigh

coming up for air
rising to a very new
somewhere
coming up for air
on the last breath around

we are swaying like a willow
that is weeping over the view
we could wave goodbye
and fly into the hills
and into the blue

coming up for air
rising to a very new
somewhere
coming up for air
on the last breath around

on the last breath around
on the last breath around