Six o'clock alarm bell rings and you roll out of bed Hope a cup of coffee shake the cobwebs out of your head Seven days a week man it's all the same You're going through the motions, chasing the flame Put on the same dirty green suit you wore yesterday and you walk downstairs Take a deep breath two parts gasoline and one part air See the rich man running trying to catch that train Boy pulls on your sleeve and says mister, mister could you spare a little change
You shake your head as you look around You see that Love just left town, love just left town, love just left town love just...
Now you're standing on a dirty street corner in the middle of the day People rushing by you ain't nobody got nothing to say Lights turning red, lights turning green Streets are full of taxicabs, trash trucks and limousines Damn limousines
You shake your head as you look around You see that Love just left town, love just left town, love just left town love just...
Feel a little angry, feel a little mean Like you're staring at a wall, staring at a wall of t.v. screens And some fool's gone and turned the volume way up loud You're one of the millions, just another boy lost in the crowd
And you shake your head as you look around Oh now you shake your head as you look around You see that Love just left town, love just left town, love just left town love just...
Six o'clock alarm bell rings and you roll out of bed Just hope a cup of coffee shake the cobwebs out of your head Love left town Love left town Oh love left town Oh now your love left town Love left town Oh love left town Six o'clock alarm bell rings and you roll out of bed Love left town
Everybody's moving, moving around Searching, searching from a town to town High and low, living on the run Everybody's searching Lord For the place in the sun
New York to Tokyo, L.A. to Rome Birmingham to Bethlehem, it's all my home I'm the wanderer,the wandering one And I've spent my life searching Lord for the place in the sun place in the sun
Well people think that love just grows on trees Well they never had it like you and me It's a rough road, this road we run But you and me baby we're gonna find that Place in the sun Place in the sun Lord, place in the sun
When the day is done I'm gonna run, gonna run, gonna run When the day is done I'm gonna run, gonna run, gonna run For the place in the sun Place in the sun Oh, place in the sun
Everybody's moving, moving around Searching, searching from a town to town High and low, living on the run Everybody's searching Lord For the place in the sun
Half of this morning and most of last night I've been taking tally on the last years of my life I've been pretty righteous but God only knows A couple of calls were not even close At least my indiscretions were sweeter than most
Oh, those loving arms, those sweet, sweet loving arms
Count the bad, count the good And all I wouldn't change even if I could I used to stumble back when I was young And I'm still stumbling but now it's a lot more fun And I'm falling, I'm falling, I flew too close to the sun
To get your loving arms, your loving arms, your loving arms Your sweet, sweet loving arms To get to your loving arms, your loving arms, your loving arms Your sweet, sweet loving arms
Empty pockets, motel beds Airline tickets, words better left unsaid Strange kisses get the ghost What I miss is what she'll never know Everyday another mountain, another mountain to climb
To get to your loving arms, your loving arms, your loving arms Your sweet, sweet loving arms To get to your loving arms, your loving arms, your loving arms Your sweet, sweet loving arms
And the world could be perfect even if we are not If everything is forgiven even if not forgot And when the morning comes a breaking And I call out your name, my heart will be running
Oh, running to get to your loving arms, your loving arms, your loving arms Your sweet, sweet loving arms To get to your loving arms, your loving arms, your loving arms Your sweet, sweet loving arms
To get to your loving arms, your loving arms, your loving arms Your sweet, sweet loving arms Your loving arms, your loving arms, your loving arms Your sweet, sweet loving arms To get to your loving arms
All these little victories, yeah All these little victories, yeah
Look at the angel high up above the ground She must've burned her wings now afraid to come down Far below things are looking bad Lines have got crossed and the world's gone mad today I'm stuck in Texas and I'm trying to reach L.A.
All these little victories, yeah All these little victories, yeah
Well, it seems to me the older we get The more we see, the more we forget The way history goes round and round It's kinda funny but right now I don't feel like laughing out loud
All these little victories, yeah All these little victories, yeah
We thought we come so far But we're yet to win the war, yet to win the war
But I wish that angel, high in the air would cry to God all mightiest [Incomprehensible] got to Pasadena Would watch that go down cynically well, okay, okay, okay, okay You see I'm stuck in Texas and I'm trying to reach L.A.
All these little victories, yeah All these little victories, yeah All these little victories, yeah Oh, all these little victories, yeah
All these little victories, yeah (But we are yet to win the war) All these little victories, yeah (But we are yet to win the war)
(All these little victories, yeah) But we are yet to win the war (All these little victories, yeah) But we are yet to win the war
(All these little victories, yeah) But we are yet to win the war (All these little victories, yeah)
There's a house on fire across town today the neighborhood's a' glowing in the beautiful light Somebody's life just went up in flames set of saucers and the picture frames embers turn to ashes to mud in tomorrow's rain
I heard the sirens calling like a pack of hounds And I crawled up on the roof to look around The flames were closer than I thought Somebody I know just as likely as not And embers turn to ashes right before your very nose
There's a hole in the river I'll jump through Any hole in the river to make it back to you
Well now a careless flame and a faulty wire It's been the cause of many a house on fire Starts out slow and it spreads all around Floors give way and the walls come down Embers turn to ashes, scatter on tomorrow's wind
There's a hole in the river I'll jump through Any hole in the river to make it back to you There's a hole in the river I'll jump through Any hole in the river to make it back to you
The ashes of a lifetime they scatter on the wind Land upon the river, the river where we used to swim I'm gonna crawl back on the roof while I've still got time And look out over that horizon line See if there's anything fresh and new Out there for me and you And I'll try to find the road to get there straight and true
There's a hole in the river I'll jump through Any hole in the river to make it back to you Hole in the river I'll jump through Any hole in the river to make it back to you Make it back to you Make it back to you Back to you
They're calling up numbers now Try to hide but how Close your eyes, and just pretend we're runaways How many boys and men Will it take to win and how many wish they could be runaways How many tomorrows do we have How much precious time How much precious time
Pick a lucky star Be it near or far Just pretend on the long nights that I've gone away I can see it too And wish the same as you A different star for every long night that I've gone away How many tomorrows do we have How much precious time How much precious time How many tomorrows do we have How much precious time
Here's a button off my coat And a lace from my shoe Use them if you ever feel Your heart start breaking in two How many tomorrows do we have How much precious time How much precious time How many tomorrows do we have How much precious time How much precious time How many tomorrows How much precious time How many tomorrows How much precious time How many tomorrows How much precious time How many tomorrows How much precious time How many tomorrows do we have
Too many nights, nothing to do Drive out to the levee and I think about you I think about my coat hanging on your door I think about your dress lying on the floor
You say you don't love me Well I think you might Meet me on the levee tonight
Backtalk and rumors all around town I say the word, your new man coming around Betty told Jimmy and Jimmy told me Now I'm standing on the levee I just cannot believe
You say you don't love me Well I think you might So meet me on the levee tonight
Old Man River running wild and free He found his lover between the devil And the deep blue sea Ain't that a little like you and me Just a little like you and me
I know your lips, the cut of your hair The shape of your hips, baby I've been there Deep in your heart, beneath your breast I know you know which one is the best
You say you don't love me Well I think you might Meet me on the levee tonight Meet me on the levee tonight
Too many nights, nothing to do Drive out to the levee and I think about you Think about my coat hanging on your door And I think about your dress. It was lying on the floor
You say you don't love me but you might Meet me on the levee tonight You say you don't love me Well I think you might And I'll prove it on the levee tonight Meet me on the levee tonight
