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Lyrics: Early Songs

•RUN AROUND BABE

•DON'T PITY ME BABE

•I AIN'T GOT THE BLUES

•WHEN IT FALLS, IT FALLS ALL OVER YOU

•THE RENT IS ALWAYS DUE

•EXTRA, EXTRA

•SELL OUT

RUN AROUND BABE

Run around babe,

I'm only losing my mind

Run around babe,

Don't try to be

Something you weren't meant to be

If you are not loving me

I'll know it's because

You want to be free

Oh, oh, run around babe,

Oh, oh, run around babe.

When we were young

We left our worries behind

When we were young

Left not to be

The worry is back on me

And it's not hard to see

That that's the way it has to be

Oh, oh, run around babe,

Oh, oh, run around babe.

Run around babe,

I'm only losing my mind

Run around babe,

Don't try to be

Something you weren't meant to be

If you are not loving me

I'll know it's because

You want to be free

Oh, oh, run around babe,

Oh, oh, run around babe.

DON'T PITY ME BABE

Young Pegi just died today

And I guess nobody even knows the case

But the way the story goes

She just ran out of clothes

No will this world

Just for the peg down

Last words, can't talk

And then she wrote.

Some people can't stand no rain

When it's cloudy outside

You can't see the sun

But on a bright and sunny day

The people all go away

Except one

Oh no don't pity me babe

I know I'm alright

O yeah, I'm alright.

Don't see no tears around me

I don't take too much stock

In the things people say

I'm not saying that they're wrong

They've just been standing around too long

Gone bad,

Oh no, don't pity me babe

I know I'm alright

O yeah, I'm alright.

Can't ride my broom no more

'Cause the landlady's taken

To sweeping the floor

I guess I'll go back to my place

And occupy a little space

John Doe,

Oh no, don't pity me babe

I know I'm alright

O yeah, I'm alright.

The streets are crammed, can't walk

Might find somebody and talk

I can't find nobody who

Say boo, guess who

'Cause that street is paved with aires

And everybody is putting on theirs

Can't breathe

Oh no, don't pity me babe

I know I'm alright

O yeah, I'm alright.

He's standing outside my door

But he won't ring the bell

And he's just to scared to knock

And he's puzzled

And he's young

And he's doing what's already been done

One more

Oh no, don't pity me babe

I know I'm alright

O yeah, I'm alright.

Oh no, don't pity me babe

I know I'm alright.

I AIN'T GOT THE BLUES

Well, I'm a little light-headed

But my body feels the same

And it feels like fallin' on down

And find another name

But the sand in my shoes

May trickle to my brain

Well, I ain't got the blues

But something more tame

Oh yeah, something more tame

Oh yeah, something more tame.

Well the sound of the drums

Is pounding in my head

Like ten thousand dancers

With bodies full of lead

And I feel like a bull

With an eye-full of red

Well, I ain't got the blues

But something better bred

Oh yeah, something better bred

Oh yeah, something better bred.

If tomorrow sees another

Kind of farm I know

Well, the people and the soldiers

And the gypsies groan

It would be like a wonder

And I cannot let it go

Well, I ain't got the blues

But something more slow

Oh yeah, something more slow

Oh yeah, something more slow.

But the people in the cities

And the other ones too

Ain't got too many wonders

That they're not tied to

And I can't help but feeling

As I'm wearing straight through

Well, I ain't got the blues

But something more true

Oh yeah, something more true

Oh yeah, something more true.

WHEN IT FALLS, IT FALLS ALL OVER YOU

Selling papers on the corner,

I saw a man yesterday.

I asked him if he'd wanna

Tell me what made him this way.

He said, when it's born, it's warm,

Then it gathers strength in lies,

When it falls, it falls all over you.

He used to pick his friends.

They left him in the end.

An easy thing to lose,

The right to pick and choose.

When it's born, it's warm,

Then it gathers strength in lies,

When it falls, it falls all over you.

He said he left his wife,

The back-bone of his life.

Another came along,

But now I guess she's gone.

When it's born, it's warm,

Then it gathers strength in lies,

When it falls, it falls all over you.

I think I used to see

That old man on TV,

Can you be the same?

It seems like such a shame.

When it's born, it's warm,

Then it gathers strength in lies,

When it falls, it falls all over you.

The world he thought he knew,

Has better things to do.

As I went on my way

I thought I heard him say:

When it's born, it's warm,

Then it gathers strength in lies,

When it falls, it falls all over you.

THE RENT IS ALWAYS DUE

You're still the child

Suspended in space

Crying out to you

Beckons you to yet another fine place

Where the trials of life are few

Who says you are coming on

Don't think you're living long

They won't remember you

The rent is always due.

The cloudy men

Who take their place

And stand in line

They do

Know not of

The satin face

That separates them from you

Just put your blue jeans on

Grab your guitar and write a song

Don't think I'm kidding you

The rent is always due.

She rides a broom

With gold-plated straw

And flutters around

And dies

The Brylcream fools

Just standing on

Digesting all their lives

But then you walk along

And she starts coming on

Beneath her melting broom

The rent is always due.

EXTRA, EXTRA

Selling papers on the corner,

I saw a man yesterday.

I asked him if he'd wanna

Tell me what made him this way.

He said, when it's born, it's warm,

Then it gathers strength in lies,

When it falls, it falls all over you.

SELL OUT

Five cheat card thief, misled skinhead,

Tell me where it's at?

Is it cool to bring it up again?

Will I blow my cat?

Misplaced tinselface, weekend pretend,

Am I on your track?

I would love to live close to you,

Could I bring my cat?

Cowgirl, sailor,

Do you know who you are?

Cowgirl, sailor,

Do you know who you are?

Overfed premed, outfront gaspump,

Will I fix my car?

Pinch yourself when I smile at you,

Baby, I'm a star!

Turned on, tuned in, cop out, sell out,

Do you know who you are?

I took the time to try to fit you in,

Was I off too far?

Cowgirl, sailor,

Do you know who you are?

Cowgirl, sailor,

Do you know who you are?

Lyrics: Buffalo Springfield Songs

Song List

•NOWADAYS CLANCY CAN'T EVEN SING

•FLYING ON THE GROUND IS WRONG

•BURNED

•DO I HAVE TO COME RIGHT OUT AND SAY IT

•OUT OF MY MIND

•MR. SOUL

•EXPECTING TO FLY

•BROKEN ARROW

•ON THE WAY HOME

•IT'S SO HARD TO WAIT

•I AM A CHILD

Other non-Album songs from this period:

•DOWN TO THE WIRE (see Decade)

•ONE MORE SIGN

•THERE GOES MY BABE

NOWADAYS CLANCY CAN'T EVEN SING

Who's that stomping all over my face?

Where's that silhouette I'm trying to trace?

Who's putting sponge in the bells I once rung

And taking my gypsy before she's begun

To singing the meaning of what's in my mind

Before I can take home what's rightfully mine.

Joinin' and listenin' and talkin' in rhymes

Stoppin' the feeling to wait for the times.

Who's saying baby, that don't mean a thing,

'Cause nowadays Clancy can't even sing.

And who's all hung-up on that happiness thing?

Who's trying to tune all the bells that he rings?

And who's in the corner and down on the floor

With pencil and paper just counting the score?

And who's trying to act like he's just in between?

The line isn't black, if you know that it's green.

Don't bother looking, you're too blind to see

Who's coming on like he wanted to be.

Who's saying baby, that don't mean a thing,

'Cause nowadays Clancy can't even sing.

And who's coming home on the old nine-to-five?

Who's got the feeling that he came alive,

Though havin' it, sharin' it ain't quite the same

It ain't no gold nugget, you can't lay a claim

Who's seeing eyes through the crack in the floor

There it is baby, don't you worry no more

Who should be sleepin', but is writing this song

Wishin' and a-hopin' he weren't so damned wrong.

Who's saying baby, that don't mean a thing,

'Cause nowadays Clancy can't even sing.

FLYING ON THE GROUND IS WRONG

Is my world not falling down

I'm in pieces on the ground

And my eyes aren't open

And I'm standing on my knees

But if crying and holding on

And flying on the ground is wrong

Then I'm sorry to let you down,

But you're from my side of town

And I miss you.

Turn me up or turn me down

Turn me off or turn me round

I wish I could have met you in a place

Where we both belong

But if crying and holding on

And flying on the ground is wrong

Then I'm sorry to let you down,

But you're from my side of town

And I miss you.

Sometimes I feel like I'm just a helpless child

Sometimes I feel like a kid.

But baby, since I have changed

I can't take nothing home.

City lights at a country fair

Never shine but always glare

If I'm bright enough to see you,

You're just to dark to care.

But if crying and holding on

And flying on the ground is wrong

Then I'm sorry to let you down,

But you're from my side of town

And I miss you.

BURNED

Been burned and with both feet on the ground,

I've learned that it's painful comin' down.

No use runnin' away, and there's no time left to stay.

Now I'm finding out that it's so confusin',

No time left and I know I'm losin'.

Flashed and I think I'm fallin' down,

Crashed, and my ears can't hear a sound.

No use runnin' away, and there's no time left to stay.

Now I'm finding out that it's so confusin',

No time left and I know I'm losin'.

Now I'm finding out that it's so confusin',

No time left and I know I'm losin'.

Burned and with both feet on the ground.

I've learned that it's painful comin' down.

No use runnin' away, and there's no time left to stay.

Now I'm finding out that it's so confusin',

No time left and I know I'm losin'.

DO I HAVE TO COME RIGHT OUT AND SAY IT

Do I have to come right out and say it,

Tell you that you look so fine?

Do I have to come right out and ask you to be mine?

If it was a game I could play it,

Trying to make it but I'm losing time

I got to bring you in, you're overworking my mind.

Indecision is crowding me,

I have no room to spare

And I can't believe she cared

Like a dream she has taken me

And now I don't know where

And a part of me is scared

The part of me I shared

Once before.

Do I have to come right out and say it,

Tell you that you look so fine?

Do I have to come right out and ask you to be mine?

Indecision is crowding me,

I have no room to spare

And I can't believe she cared

Like a dream she has taken me

And now I don't know where

And a part of me is scared

The part of me I shared

Once before.

Do I have to come right out and say it, girl

Tell you that you look so fine?

Do I have to come right out and ask you to be mine?

If it was a game I could play it,

Trying to make it but I'm losing time

I got to bring you in, you're overworking my mind.

Do I have to come right out and say it, girl

Tell you that you look so fine?

OUT OF MY MIND

Out of my mind

And I just can't take it anymore

Left behind

By myself and what I'm living for

All I hear are screams from outside the limousines

That are taking me

Out of my mind

Through the keyhole in an open door

Happy to find

That I don't know what I'm smiling for

Tired of hanging on,

If you've missed me, I've just gone

Cause they're taking me

Out of my mind

And I just can't take it anymore

Left behind

By myself and what I'm living for

All I hear are screams from outside the limousines

That are taking me

Out of my mind

MR. SOUL

Oh, hello Mr. Soul, I dropped by to pick up a reason

For the thought that I caught that my head is the

event of the season

Why in crowds just a trace of my face could seem

so pleasin'

I'll cop out to the change, but a stranger is putting

the tease on.

I was down on a frown when the messenger

brought me a letter

I was raised by the praise of a fan who said

I upset her

Any girl in the world could have easily known

me better

She said, You're strange, but don't change,

and I let her.

In a while will the smile on my face turn to

plaster?

Stick around while the clown who is sick does

the trick of disaster

For the race of my head and my face is moving

much faster

Is it strange I should change? I don't know, why

don't you ask her?

EXPECTING TO FLY

There you stood on the edge of your feather,

Expecting to fly.

While I laughed, I wondered whether

I could wave goodbye,

Knowin' that you'd gone.

By the summer it was healing,

We had said goodbye.

All the years we'd spent with feeling

Ended with a cry,

Babe, ended with a cry,

Babe, ended with a cry.

I tried so hard to stand

As I stumbled and fell to the ground.

So hard to laugh as I fumbled

And reached for the love I found,

Knowin' it was gone.

If I never lived without you,

Now you know I'd die.

If I never said I loved you,

Now you know I'd try,

Babe, now you know I'd try.

Babe, now you know I'd try,

Babe.

BROKEN ARROW

The lights turned on and the curtain fell down,

And when it was over it felt like a dream,

They stood at the stage door and begged for a

scream,

The agents had paid for the black limousine

That waited outside in the rain.

Did you see them, did you see them?

Did you see them in the river?

They were there to wave to you.

Could you tell that the empty quivered,

Brown skinned Indian on the banks

That were crowded and narrow,

Held a broken arrow?

Eighteen years of American dream,

He saw that his brother had sworn on the wall.

He hung up his eyelids and ran down the hall,

His mother had told him a trip was a fall,

And don't mention babies at all.

Did you see him, did you see him?

Did you see him in the river?

He were there to wave to you.

Could you tell that the empty quivered,

Brown skinned Indian on the banks

That were crowded and narrow,

Held a broken arrow?

The streets were lined for the wedding parade,

The Queen wore the white gloves, the county of song,

The black covered caisson her horses had drawn

Protected her King from the sun rays of dawn.

They married for peace and were gone.

Did you see them, did you see them?

Did you see them in the river?

They were there to wave to you.

Could you tell that the empty quivered,

Brown skinned Indian on the banks

That were crowded and narrow,

Held a broken arrow?

ON THE WAY HOME

When the dream came

I held my breath with my eyes closed

I went insane,

Like a smoke ring day

When the wind blows

Now I won't be back till later on

If I do come back at all

But you know me, and I miss you now.

In a strange game

I saw myself as you knew me

When the change came,

And you had a

Chance to see through me

Though the other side is just the same

You can tell my dream is real

Because I love you, can you see me now.

Though we rush ahead to save our time

We are only what we feel

And I love you, can you feel it now.

IT'S SO HARD TO WAIT

I just can't seem to get movin'

Love me enough to begin

And I'll never forget you

I hope that you care

More than a little for me

It's so hard to wait.

If I should stand and stare

Don't be alarmed at me

It's so hard to wait.

I just can't seem to get movin'

Love me enough to begin

And I'll never forget you.

I AM A CHILD

I am a child, I'll last a while.

You can't conceive of the pleasure in my smile.

You hold my hand, rough up my hair,

It's lots of fun to have you there.

God gave to you, now, you give to me,

I'd like to know what you learned.

The sky is blue and so is the sea.

What is the color, when black is burned?

What is the color?

You are a man, you understand.

You pick me up and you lay me down again.

You make the rules, you say what's fair,

It's lots of fun to have you there.

God gave to you, now, you give to me,

I'd like to know what you learned.

The sky is blue and so is the sea.

What is the color, when black is burned?

What is the color?

I am a child, I'll last a while.

You can't conceive of the pleasure in my smile.

ONE MORE SIGN

No, I'm not gonna to hide my feelings

Couldn't if I tried

No, I'm not holding them inside

Holding back is so close to stealing

Though we both have tried

We could lose it all if we lied.

Someday it's later than

The feelings we have now

It's of the ground

I've always played around

But now I don't know how.

Listen easy because I'm saying

What I mean this time

Sharing words I always said were mine

I was breezy, now I'm swaying

Like the tree we climbed

Asking you to give me one more sign.

THERE GOES MY BABE

The end has come

The sky has lost it's sun

The harm is done

He was the only one

There goes my babe

There goes what might have been

There goes my babe

In the cool morning rain

And now my heart

Lies empty and still again

If he were here

I'd long to hold him near

But now it's clear

The price of love is dear

There goes my babe

There goes what might have been

There goes my babe

In the cool morning rain

And now my heart

Lies empty and still again

Lyrics: Neil Young

Song List

•THE LONER

•IF I COULD HAVE HER TONIGHT

•I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU

•THE OLD LAUGHING LADY

•HERE WE ARE IN THE YEARS

•WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY LIFE?

•I'VE LOVED HER SO LONG

•THE LAST TRIP TO TULSA

Other non-Album songs from this period:

•SUGAR MOUNTAIN (see Decade)

THE LONER

He's a perfect stranger,

Like a cross of himself and a fox.

He's a feeling arranger

And a changer of the ways he talks.

He's the unforeseen danger

The keeper of the key to the locks.

Know when you see him,

Nothing can free him.

Step aside, open wide,

It's the loner.

If you see him in the subway,

He'll be down at the end of the car.

Watching you move

Until he knows he knows who you are.

When you get off at your station alone,

He'll know that you are.

Know when you see him,

Nothing can free him.

Step aside, open wide,

It's the loner.

There was a woman he knew

About a year or so ago.

She had something that he needed

And he pleaded with her not to go.

On the day that she left,

He died, but it did not show.

Know when you see him,

Nothing can free him.

Step aside, open wide,

It's the loner.

IF I COULD HAVE HER TONIGHT

All of a sudden she was on my mind

I wasn't ready for her kind

And she was taking her time.

What if she came to me

Would she be kind?

And if she stayed with me

Do you think that she'd like to do anything

I would, or would she leave me?

Lately I've found myself losing my mind

Knowing how badly I need her

It's something hard to find.

What if she came to me

Would she be kind?

And if she stayed with me

Do you think that she'd like to do anything

I would, or would she leave me?

If I could have her tonight

Does she want to go?

Look at those eyes

Does she want it?

If I could have her tonight

If I could have her tonight.

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU

I've been looking for a woman to save my life

Not to beg or to borrow

A woman with the feeling of losing once or twice

Who knows how could it be tomorrow?

I've been waiting for you

And you've been coming to me

For such a long time now

Such a long time now.

I've been waiting for you

And you've been coming to me

For such a long time now

Such a long time now.

THE OLD LAUGHING LADY

Don't call pretty Peggy, she can't hear you no more

Don't leave no message 'round her back door.

They say the old laughing lady been here before

She don't keep time, she don't count score.

You can't have a cupboard if there ain't no wall.

You got to move there's no time left to stall.

They say the old laughing lady dropped by to call

And when she leaves, she leaves nothing at all.

See the drunkard of the village falling on the street.

Can't tell his ankles from the rest of his feet.

He loves his old laughing lady 'cause her taste is so sweet.

But his laughing lady's loving ain't the kind he can keep.

There's a fever on the freeway, blacks out the night.

There's a slipping on the stairway, just don't feel right

And there's a rumbling in the bedroom and a flashing of light

There's the old laughing lady, everything is all right.

HERE WE ARE IN THE YEARS

Now that the holidays have come

They can relax and watch the sun

Rise above all of the beautiful things

They've done.

Go to the country take the dog

Look at the sky without the smog

See the world laugh at the farmers feeding hogs

Eat hot dogs.

What a pity

That the people from the city

Can't relate to the slower things

That the country brings.

Time itself is bought and sold.

The spreading fear of growing old

Contains a thousand foolish games

That we play.

While people planning trips to stars

Allow another boulevard to claim

A quiet country lane

It's insane.

So the subtle face is a loser

This time around.

Here we are in the years

Where the showman shifts the gears

Lives become careers

Children cry in fear

Let us out of here!

WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY LIFE?

When we were living together

I thought that I knew you would stay.

Still when you left me

I tried to pretend we could make it some way.

I don't care if all of the mountains

Turn to dust in the air.

(What did you do to my life?)

It isn't fair that I should

Wake up at dawn

And not find you there

(What did you do to my life?)

It's hard enough losing

Without the confusion of knowing I tried.

But you've made your mind up

That I'll be alone now there's nothing to hide.

I don't care if all of the mountains

Turn to dust in the air.

(What did you do to my life?)

It isn't fair that I should

Wake up at dawn

And not find you there

(What did you do to my life?)

I'VE LOVED HER SO LONG

She's a victim of her senses

Do you know her?

Can you see her in the distance

As she tumbles by?

Veteran of a race that should be over

Can you hear her sigh?

With wings to fly

She rolls along

Doing it wrong.

Oh, I've loved her so long

There's a place that I know

We could go get away for a while

I can bring her the peace

That she needs

Give her reason to smile.

Oh, I've loved her so long

THE LAST TRIP TO TULSA

Well, I used to drive a cab, you know

I heard a siren scream

Pulled over to the corner

And I fell into a dream

There were two men eating pennies

And three young girls who cried

The West coast is falling,

I see rocks in the sky.

The preacher took his bible

And laid it on the stool.

He said: with the congregation running,

Why should I play the fool?

Well, I used to be a woman, you know

I took you for a ride,

I let you fly my airplane

It looked good for your pride.

'Cause you're the kind of man you know

Who likes what he says.

I wonder what's it's like

To be so far over my head.

Well, the lady made the wedding

And she brought along the ring.

She got down on her knees

And said: Let's get on with this thing.

Well, I used to be a folk singer

Keeping managers alive,

When you saw me on a corner

And told me I was jive.

So I unlocked your mind, you know

To see what I could see.

If you guarantee the postage,

I'll mail you back the key.

Well I woke up in the morning

With an arrow through my nose

There was an Indian in the corner

Tryin' on my clothes.

Well, I used to be asleep you know

With blankets on my bed.

I stayed there for a while

'Til they discovered I was dead.

The coroner was friendly

And I liked him quite a lot.

If I hadn't 've been a woman

I guess I'd never have been caught.

They gave me back my house and car

And nothing more was said.

Well, I was driving down the freeway

When my car ran out of gas.

Pulled over to the station

But I was afraid to ask.

The servicemen were yellow

And the gasoline was green.

Although I knew I couldn't

I thought that I was gonna scream.

That was on my last trip to Tulsa

Just before the snow.

If you ever need a ride there,

Be sure to let me know.

I was chopping down a palm tree

When a friend dropped by to ask

If I would feel less lonely

If he helped me swing the axe.

I said: No, it's not a case of being lonely

We have here,

I've been working on this palm tree

For eighty seven years

I said: No, it's not a case of being lonely

We have here,

I've been working on this palm tree

For eighty seven years

He said: Go get lost!

And walked towards his Cadillac.

I chopped down the palm tree

And it landed on his back.

Lyrics: Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Song List

•CINNAMON GIRL

•EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE

•ROUND & ROUND (IT WON'T BE LONG)

•DOWN BY THE RIVER

•THE LOSING END (WHEN YOU'RE ON)

•RUNNING DRY (REQUIEM FOR THE ROCKETS)

•COWGIRL IN THE SAND

CINNAMON GIRL

I wanna live with a cinnamon girl

I could be happy the rest of my life

With a cinnamon girl.

A dreamer of pictures I run in the night

You see us together, chasing the moonlight,

My cinnamon girl.

Ten silver saxes, a bass with a bow

The drummer relaxes and waits between shows

For his cinnamon girl.

A dreamer of pictures I run in the night

You see us together, chasing the moonlight,

My cinnamon girl.

Pa sent me money now

I'm gonna make it somehow

I need another chance

You see your baby loves to dance

Yeah...yeah...yeah.

EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE

I think I'd like to go back home

And take it easy

There's a woman that I'd like to get to know

Living there

Everybody seems to wonder

What it's like down here

I gotta get away from this day-to-day running around,

Everybody knows this is nowhere.

Everybody, everybody knows

Everybody knows.

Every time I think about back home

It's cool and breezy

I wish that I could be there right now

Just passing time.

Everybody seems to wonder

What it's like down here

I gotta get away from this day-to-day running around,

Everybody knows this is nowhere.

Everybody, everybody knows

Everybody knows.

ROUND & ROUND (IT WON'T BE LONG)

Round and round and round we spin,

To weave a wall to hem us in,

It won't be long, it won't be long

How slow and slow and slow it goes,

To mend the tear that always shows.

It won't be long, it won't be long.

It's hard enough losin' the paper illusion you've hidden inside,

Without the confusion of findin' you're usin' the crutch of the lie

To shelter your pride when you cry.

Round and round and round we spin,

To weave a wall to hem us in,

It won't be long, it won't be long

How slow and slow and slow it goes,

To mend the tear that always shows.

It won't be long, it won't be long.

Now you're movin' too slow and wherever you go there's

another beside.

It's so hard to say no to yourself and it shows that

you're losing inside,

When you step on your pride and you cry.

Round and round and round we spin,

To weave a wall to hem us in,

It won't be long, it won't be long

How slow and slow and slow it goes,

To mend the tear that always shows.

It won't be long, it won't be long.

How the hours will bend through the time that you

spend till you turn to your eyes,

And you see your best friend looking over the end

and you turn to see why,

And he looks in your eyes and he cries.

Round and round and round we spin,

To weave a wall to hem us in,

It won't be long, it won't be long

How slow and slow and slow it goes,

To mend the tear that always shows.

It won't be long, it won't be long.

DOWN BY THE RIVER

Be on my side, I'll be on your side, baby

There is no reason for you to hide

It's so hard for me staying here all alone

When you could be taking me for a ride.

Yeah, she could drag me over the rainbow, send me away

Down by the river I shot my baby

Down by the river,

Dead, oh, shot her dead.

You take my hand, I'll take your hand

Together we may get away

This much madness is too much sorrow

It's impossible to make it today.

Yeah, she could drag me over the rainbow, send me away

Down by the river I shot my baby

Down by the river,

Dead, oh, shot her dead.

Be on my side, I'll be on your side, baby

There is no reason for you to hide

It's so hard for me staying here all alone

When you could be taking me for a ride.

Yeah, she could drag me over the rainbow, send me away

Down by the river I shot my baby

Down by the river,

Dead, oh, shot her dead.

THE LOSING END (WHEN YOU'RE ON)

I went into town to see you yesterday but you were not home.

So I talked to some old friends for a while before

I wandered off alone.

It's so hard for me now

But I'll make it somehow,

Though I know I'll never be the same.

Won't you ever change your ways,

It's so hard to make love pay

When you're on the losing end,

And I feel that way again.

Well, I miss you more than ever, since you've gone I

can hardly maintain.

Things are different round here every night, my

tears fall down like rain.

It's so hard for me now

But I'll make it somehow,

Though I know I'll never be the same.

Won't you ever change your ways,

It's so hard to make love pay

When you're on the losing end,

And I feel that way again.

RUNNING DRY

(Requiem for the Rockets)

Oh, please help me, oh please help me,

I'm livin' by myself.

I need someone to comfort me,

I need someone to tell.

I'm sorry for the things I've done,

I've shamed myself with lies,

But soon these things are overcome

And can't be recognized.

I left my love with ribbons on

And water in her eyes.

I took from her the love I'd won

And turned it to the sky.

I'm sorry for the things I've done,

I've shamed myself with lies,

My cruelty has punctured me

And now I'm running dry.

I'm sorry for the things I've done,

I've shamed myself with lies.

But soon these things are overcome

And can't be recognized.

COWGIRL IN THE SAND

Hello cowgirl in the sand

Is this place at your command

Can I stay here for a while

Can I see your sweet sweet smile

Old enough now to change your name

When so many love you is it the same?

It's the woman in you that makes you want to play

this game.

Hello ruby in the dust

Has your band begun to rust

After all the sin we've had

I was hopin' that we turn back

Old enough now to change your name

When so many love you is it the same

It's the woma

Lyrics: After The Goldrush

Song List

•TELL ME WHY

•AFTER THE GOLDRUSH

•ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART

•SOUTHERN MAN

•TILL THE MORNING COMES

•DON'T LET IT BRING YOU DOWN

•BIRDS

•WHEN YOU DANCE I CAN REALLY LOVE

•I BELIEVE IN YOU

•CRIPPLE CREEK FERRY

Other non-Album songs from this period:

•EVERYBODY'S ALONE

•DANCE, DANCE, DANCE

•BAD FOG OF LONELINESS

•SEA OF MADNESS

TELL ME WHY

Sailing heart-ships thru broken harbors

Out on the waves in the night

Still the searcher must ride the dark horse

Racing alone in his fright.

Tell me why, tell me why

Is it hard to make arrangements with yourself,

When your old enough to repay but young enough to sell?

Tell me lies later, come and see me

I'll be around for a while.

I am lonely but you can free me

All in the way that you smile

Tell me why, tell me why

Is it hard to make arrangements with yourself,

When your old enough to repay but young enough to sell?

Tell me why, tell me why

AFTER THE GOLDRUSH

Well, I dreamed I saw the knights

In armor coming,

Saying something about a queen.

There were peasants singing and

Drummers drumming

And the archer split the tree.

There was a fanfare blowing

To the sun

That was floating on the breeze.

Look at Mother Nature on the run

In the nineteen seventies.

Look at Mother Nature on the run

In the nineteen seventies.

I was lying in a burned out basement

With the full moon in my eyes.

I was hoping for replacement

When the sun burst thru the sky.

There was a band playing in my head

And I felt like getting high.

I was thinking about what a

Friend had said

I was hoping it was a lie.

Thinking about what a

Friend had said

I was hoping it was a lie.

Well, I dreamed I saw the silver

Space ships flying

In the yellow haze of the sun,

There were children crying

And colors flying

All around the chosen ones.

All in a dream, all in a dream

The loading had begun.

They were flying Mother Nature's

Silver seed to a new home in the sun.

Flying Mother Nature's

Silver seed to a new home.

ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART

When you were young and on your own

How did it feel to be alone?

I was always thinking of games that I was playing.

Trying to make the best of my time.

But only love can break your heart

Try to be sure right from the start

Yes only love can break your heart

What if your world should fall apart?

I have a friend I've never seen

He hides his head inside a dream

Someone should call him and see if he can come out.

Try to lose the down that he's found.

But only love can break your heart

Try to be sure right from the start

Yes only love can break your heart

What if your world should fall apart?

I have a friend I've never seen

He hides his head inside a dream

Yes, only love can break your heart

SOUTHERN MAN

Southern man better keep your head

Don't forget what your good book said

Southern change gonna come at last

Now your crosses are burning fast

Southern man

I saw cotton and I saw black

Tall white mansions and little shacks.

Southern man when will you pay them back?

I heard screamin' and bullwhips cracking

How long? How long?

Southern man better keep your head

Don't forget what your good book said

Southern change gonna come at last

Now your crosses are burning fast

Southern man

Lily Belle, your hair is golden brown

I've seen your black man comin' round

Swear by God I'm gonna cut him down!

I heard screamin' and bullwhips cracking

How long? How long?

TILL THE MORNING COMES

I'm gonna give you till the morning comes

Till the morning comes, till the morning comes.

I'm only waiting till the morning comes

Till the morning comes, till the morning comes.

DON'T LET IT BRING YOU DOWN

Old man lying by the side of the road

With the lorries rolling by,

Blue moon sinking from the weight of the load

And the building scrape the sky,

Cold wind ripping down the allay at dawn

And the morning paper flies,

Dead man lying by the side of the road

With the daylight in his eyes.

Don't let it bring you down

It's only castles burning,

Find someone who's turning

And you will come around.

Blind man running through the light of the night

With an answer in his hand,

Come on down to the river of sight

And you can really understand,

Red lights flashing through the window in the rain,

Can you hear the sirens moan?

White cane lying in a gutter in the lane,

If you're walking home alone.

Don't let it bring you down

It's only castles burning,

Just find someone who's turning

And you will come around.

Don't let it bring you down

It's only castles burning,

Just find someone who's turning

And you will come around.

BIRDS

Lover, there will be another one

Who'll hover over you beneath the sun

Tomorrow see the things that never come

Today

When you see me

Fly away without you

Shadow on the things you know

Feathers fall around you

And show you the way to go

It's over, it's over.

Nestled in your wings my little one

This special morning brings another sun

Tomorrow see the things that never come

Today

When you see me

Fly away without you

Shadow on the things you know

Feathers fall around you

And show you the way to go

It's over, it's over.

WHEN YOU DANCE I CAN REALLY LOVE

When you dance,

Do your senses tingle?

Then take a chance?

In a trance,

While the lonely mingle

With circumstance?

I've got something to tell you, you make it show.

Let me come over, I know you know

When you dance I can really love.

I can love, I can really love, I can really love

Like a mountain that's growing a river that rolls

Let me come over, I know you know

When you dance I can really love.

When you dance,

Do your senses tingle?

Then take a chance?

In a trance,

While the lonely mingle

With circumstance?

I've got something to tell you, you make it show.

Let me come over, I know you know

When you dance I can really love.

I BELIEVE IN YOU

Now that you found yourself losing your mind

Are you here again?

Finding that what you once thought was real

Is gone, and changing?

Now that you made yourself love me

Do you think I can change it in a day?

How can I place you above me?

Am I lying to you when I say

That I believe in you

I believe in you.

Coming to you at night I see my questions

I feel my doubts

Wishing that maybe in a year or two

We could laugh and let it all out

Now that you made yourself love me

Do you think I can change it in a day?

How can I place you above me?

Am I lying to you when I say

That I believe in you

I believe in you.

CRIPPLE CREEK FERRY

Hey, hey Cripple Creek ferry

Butting through the overhanging trees

Make way for the Cripple Creek ferry

The waters going down it's a mighty tight squeeze.

All alone the captain stands

Hasn't heard from his deck hands.

The gambler tips his hat and walks towards the door.

It's the second half of the cruise.

And you know he hates to lose.

Hey, hey Cripple Creek ferry

Butting through the overhanging trees

Make way for the Cripple Creek ferry

The waters going down it's a mighty tight squeeze.

EVERYBODY'S ALONE

If you're looking for me

You'll find me resting in the shade

Of the mountains and trees

Beneath the cool summer breeze

And I don't mind if you stay

Everybody's alone

People talking to me

Someone saying that I'm not the same

That's not so easy to be

But when I'll learn to be free

I wonder if I'll miss the pain

Everybody's alone

All I want you to know

Is that I love you so much

I can hardly stand it

When everybody's alone

Everybody's alone

DANCE, DANCE, DANCE

Never thought love had a rainbow on it

Used to think a cloud was a nightmare

That was up until I first met you

Now I go around hoping you care.

Dance, dance, feel it all around you

Dance, dance, dance,

Never thought love had a rainbow on it

See the girl dance

See the girl dance.

Mississippi mud never touched her fingers

California sand lies in her hand

Love her more than life as the daylight lingers

Early in the morning I'll be her man.

Dance, dance, feel it all around you

Dance, dance, dance,

Mississippi mud never touched her fingers

See the girl dance

See the girl dance.

BAD FOG OF LONELINESS

Bad fog of loneliness

Put a cloud on my single-mindedness

I dream of sweet caress

From you.

What makes tomorrow guess

What makes me take from me, and put aside the rest

I dream of sweet caress

From you.

So long woman I am gone

So much pain to go through

Come back maybe I was wrong

Bad fog of loneliness

Put a cloud on my single-mindedness

I dream of sweet caress

From you.

SEA OF MADNESS

How can I bring you

To the Sea of Madness

I love you so much

It's gonna bring me sadness

I've never seen you

Through these eyes before

Now I don't believe it

I think I'll take it

Or leave it.

All I need

Is your sweet sweet loving

Fill my life with happiness

All I want is your heart

Every time I think of you

Mine falls apart.

I went to heaven

And I stood at the crossroads

I'll love you tomorrow

As sure as the wind blows

Silver rain

On the mountain clover

Washes away

Until the music is over.

Lyrics: Time Fades Away

•TIME FADES AWAY

•JOURNEY THRU THE PAST

•YONDER STANDS THE SINNER

•L.A.

•LOVE IN MIND

•DON'T BE DENIED

•THE BRIDGE

•LAST DANCE

Other non-Album songs from this period:

•LONELY WEEKEND

•SWEET JONI

TIME FADES AWAY

Fourteen junkies too weak to work

One sells diamonds for what they're worth

Down on pain street, disappointment lurks

Son, don't be home too late.

Try to get back by eight

Son, don't wait till the break of day

'Cause you know how time fades away.

Time fades away

You know how time fades away.

All day presidents look out windows

All night sentries watch the moonglow

All are waiting till the time is right

Son, don't be home too late

Try to get back by eight

Son, don't wait till the break of day

'Cause you know how time fades away.

Time fades away

You know how time fades away.

Back in Canada I spent my days

Riding subways through a haze

I was handcuffed, I was born & raised

Son, don't be home too late

Try to get back by eight

Son, don't wait till the break of day

'Cause you know how time fades away.

Time fades away

You know how time fades away.

Thirteen junkies too weak to work

One sells diamonds for what they're worth

Down on pain street disappointment lurks.

Son, don't be home too late

Try to get back by eight, eight

Son, don't wait till the break of day

'Cause you know how time fades away.

Time fades away

You know how time fades away.

Time fades away

You know how time fades away

JOURNEY THRU THE PAST

When the winter rains come pourin' down

On that new home of mine,

Will you think of me and wonder if I'm fine?

Will your restless heart come back to mine

On a journey thru the past.

Will I still be in your eyes and on your mind?

Now I'm going back to Canada

On a journey thru the past

And I won't be back till February comes

I will stay with you if you'll stay with me,

Said the fiddler to the drum,

And we'll keep good time on a journey thru the past.

When the winter rains come pourin' down

On that new home of mine,

Will I still be in your eyes and on your mind?

YONDER STANDS THE SINNER

Well, you heard about the Great Pretender?

I went to see him and he's not the same

Down by the club on the parking lot cinders

I was to meet him and play his game.

Yonder stands the sinner

He calls my name without a sound.

I saw his face in the attic window

Yellin' down through the broken pane

Sinner man! What you got to run for?

Church bells rang when he said that name.

Yonder stands the sinner

He calls my name without a sound.

Well, I was about as scared as I could be.

I went and hid behind the nearest tree.

Peeked out from behind the branches.

Sinner!

Yonder stands the sinner

He calls my name without a sound

To get down.

I guess you heard about the Great Pretender?

I went to see him and he's not the same.

I guess you heard about the Great Pretender?

I went to see him and he's not the same.

L.A.

In a matter of time,

There'll be a friend of mine

Gonna come to the coast,

You're gonna see him

Up close for a minute or two

While the ground cracks under you.

By the look in your eyes

You'd think that it was a surprise

But you seem to forget

Something somebody said

About the bubbles in the sea

And an ocean full of trees.

And you now, L.A.

Uptight, city in the smog, city in the smog.

Don't you wish that you could be here too?

Well, it's hard to believe

So you get up to leave

And you laugh at the door

That you heard it all before

Oh it's so good to know

That it's all just a show for you.

But when the suppers are planned

And the freeways are crammed

And the mountains erupt

And the valley is sucked

Into cracks in the earth

Will I finally be heard by you.

L.A.

Uptight, city in the smog, city in the smog.

Don't you wish that you could be here too?

LOVE IN MIND

Woke up this morning with love in mind

It was raining outside but my love still shined

Kept me warm till my plane touched the sky

And I've seen love make a fool of a man

He tried to make a loser win.

But I've got nothing to lose I can't get back again.

Man made rules been holdin' back my love

Can't hold it back no more.

Churches long preach sex is wrong

Jesus where is nature gone?

What am I doing here?

Woke up this morning with love in mind

It was raining outside but my love still shined

Kept me warm till my plane touched the sky

DON'T BE DENIED

When I was a young boy,

My mama said to me

Your daddy's leavin' home today,

I think he's gone to stay.

We packed up all our bags

And drove out to Winnipeg.

When we got to Winnipeg

I checked in to school.

I wore white bucks on my feet,

When I learned the golden rule.

The punches came fast and hard

Lying on my back in the school yard.

Don't be denied, don't be denied.

Well pretty soon I met a friend,

He played guitar.

We used to sit on the steps at school

And dream of being stars.

We started a band,

We played all night.

Don't be denied, don't be denied.

Oh Canada

We played all night

I really hate to leave you now

But to stay just wouldn't be right.

Down in Hollywood

We played so good

The businessmen crowded around

They came to hear the golden sound

There we were on the Sunset Strip,

Playing our songs for the highest bid.

We played all night

The price was right.

Don't be denied, don't be denied.

Well, all that glitters isn't gold

I know you've heard that story told.

And I'm a pauper in a naked disguise

A millionaire through a business man's eyes.

Oh friend of mine

Don't be denied.

THE BRIDGE

The bridge, we'll build it now

It may take a lot of time

And it maybe lonely but

Ooh baby, ooh baby.

The bridge was falling down

And that took a lot of lies

And it made me lonely

Ooh baby, ooh baby.

The bridge was falling.

One day, when you talked to me

I saw myself again

And it made me love you.

Ooh baby, ooh baby.

And love came running down

Like a river on your skin

And you let me in.

Ooh babe, ooh babe.

You let me in

The bridge, we'll build it now

It may take a lot of time.

LAST DANCE

Wake up! It's a Monday morning

No time left to say goodbye

Can't breathe and the lights are changing.

You can live your own life

Making it happen

Working on your own time

Laid back and laughin'

Oh no, oh no.

Headlights, make it home by sundown

Feeling that the day is through

Return back to where you come from

You can live your own life

Making it happen

Working on your own time

Laid back and laughin'

Oh no, oh no.

You wake up in the mornin'

And the sun's comin' up.

Its been up for hours and hours and hours

And hours and hours and hours

It's been up for hours and hours and hours

And you light up the stove

And the coffee cup, its hot.

And the orange juice is cold, cold, cold

Monday morning,

Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up

Its time to go,

Time to go to work.

You can live your own life

Making it happen

Working on your own time

Laid back and laughin'

Oh no, oh no.

No, no, no.

LONELY WEEKEND

Come along and say you will,

Be the one to change the meaning

Of the writing on the wall

The lonely politician is lying in the hall.

Come along and say you can,

Be the one to take this feeling,

I'll never understand,

Why walk around the center

With a nail through your hand?

It's another way to run,

It's a lonely weekend

And what have you done?

You know you got a reason to run, babe

You know you got a reason to hide, babe

Come along and say you will,

Be the one to change the meaning

Of the writing on the wall

The lonely politician is lying in the hall.

It's another way to run,

It's a lonely weekend

And what have you done?

You know you got a reason to run, babe

You know you got a reason to hide, babe.

Come along and say you can,

Be the one to take this feeling,

I'll never understand,

Why walk around the center

With a nail through your hand?

SWEET JONI

Sweet Joni from Saskatoon

There's a ring for your finger

It looks like the sun

But it feels like the moon

Sweet Joni from Saskatoon

Don't go, don't go too soon.

Who lives in an old hotel,

Near the ancient ruins.

Only time can tell,

Time can tell.

Go easy, the doorman said

The floor is slippery,

So watch your head.

This message read.

Sweet Joni from Saskatoon

There's a ring for your finger

It shines like the sun

But it feels like the moon.

Sweet Joni from Saskatoon

Don't go, don't go too soon.

Lyrics: On The Beach

•WALK ON

•SEE THE SKY ABOUT TO RAIN

•REVOLUTION BLUES

•FOR THE TURNSTILES

•VAMPIRE BLUES

•ON THE BEACH

•MOTION PICTURES

•AMBULANCE BLUES

Other non-Album songs from this period:

•WINTERLONG (see Decade)

•LOVE ART BLUES

•HAWAIIAN SUNRISE

WALK ON

I hear some people been talkin' me down,

Bring up my name, pass it 'round.

They don't mention happy times

They do their thing, I'll do mine.

Ooh baby, that's hard to change

I can't tell them how to feel.

Some get stoned, some get strange,

But sooner or later it all gets real.

Walk on, walk on,

Walk on, walk on.

I remember the good old days,

Stayed up all night gettin' crazed.

Then the money was not so good,

But we still did the best we could.

Ooh baby, that's hard to change

I can't tell them how to feel.

Some get stoned, some get strange,

But sooner or later it all gets real.

Walk on, walk on,

Walk on, walk on.

SEE THE SKY ABOUT TO RAIN

See the sky about to rain, broken clouds and rain.

Locomotive, pull the train, whistle blowing

through my brain.

Signals curling on an open plain, rolling down the track again.

See the sky about to rain.

Some are bound for happiness, some are bound to glory

Some are bound to live with less, who can tell your story?

See the sky about to rain, broken clouds and rain.

Locomotive, pull the train, whistle blowin'

through my brain.

Signals curlin' on an open plain, rollin' down the

track again.

See the sky about to rain.

I was down in Dixie Land, played a silver fiddle

Played it loud and then the man broke it down the middle.

See the sky about to rain.

REVOLUTION BLUES

Well, we live in a trailer at the edge of town

You never see us 'cause we don't come around.

We got twenty five rifles just to keep the population down.

But we need you now, and that's why I'm hangin' 'round.

So you be good to me and I'll be good to you,

And in this land of conditions I'm not above suspicion

I won't attack you, but I won't back you.

Well, it's so good to be here, asleep on your lawn.

Remember your guard dog? Well, I'm afraid that he's gone.

It was such a drag to hear him whining all night long.

Yes, that was me with the doves, setting them free

near the factory

Where you built your computer, love.

I hope you get the connection, 'cause I can't take the rejection

I won't deceive you, I just don't believe you.

Well, I'm a barrel of laughs, with my carbine on

I keep 'em hoppin', till my ammunition's gone.

But I'm still not happy, I feel like there's something wrong.

I got the revolution blues, I see bloody fountains,

And ten million dune buggies comin' down the mountains.

Well, I hear that Laurel Canyon is full of famous stars,

But I hate them worse than lepers and I'll kill

them in their cars.

FOR THE TURNSTILES

All the sailors with their seasick mamas

Hear the sirens on the shore,

Singin' songs for pimps with tailors

Who charge ten dollars at the door.

You can really learn a lot that way

It will change you in the middle of the day.

Though your confidence may be shattered,

It doesn't matter.

All the great explorers

Are now in granite laid, <---in

Granite Lake?

Under white sheets for the great unveiling

At the big parade.

You can really learn a lot that way

It will change you in the middle of the day.

Though your confidence may be shattered,

It doesn't matter.

All the bushleague batters

Are left to die on the diamond.

In the stands the home crowd scatters

For the turnstiles,

For the turnstiles.

VAMPIRE BLUES

I'm a vampire, babe, suckin' blood from the earth

I'm a vampire, baby, suckin' blood from the earth.

Well, I'm a vampire, babe, sell you twenty barrels worth.

I'm a black bat, babe, bangin' on your window pane

I'm a black bat, baby, bangin' on your window pane.

Well, I'm a black bat, babe, I need my high octane.

Good times are comin', I hear it everywhere I go

Good times are comin', I hear it everywhere I go.

Good times are comin', but they sure comin' slow.

I'm a vampire, babe, suckin' blood from the earth

I'm a vampire, baby, suckin' blood from the earth.

Well, I'm a vampire, babe, sell you twenty barrels worth.

Good times are comin'.

ON THE BEACH

The world is turnin', I hope it don't turn away,

The world is turnin', I hope it don't turn away.

All my pictures are fallin' from the wall where I

placed them yesterday.

The world is turnin', I hope it don't turn away.

I need a crowd of people, but I can't face them day to day,

I need a crowd of people, but I can't face them day to day.

Though my problems are meaningless, that don't

make them go away.

I need a crowd of people, but I can't face them day to day.

I went to the radio interview, but I ended up alone

at the microphone,

I went to the radio interview, but I ended up alone

at the microphone.

Now I'm livin' out here on the beach, but those

seagulls are still out of reach.

I went to the radio interview, but I ended up alone

at the microphone.

Get out of town, think I'll get out of town,

Get out of town, think I'll get out of town.

I head for the sticks with my bus and friends,

I follow the road, though I don't know where it ends.

Get out of town, get out of town, think I'll get out of town.

'Cause the world is turnin', I don't want to see it turn away.

MOTION PICTURES

Motion pictures on my TV screen,

A home away from home, livin' in between

But I hear some people have got their dream.

I've got mine.

I hear the mountains are doin' fine,

Mornin' glory is on the vine,

And the dew is fallin', the ducks are callin'.

Yes, I've got mine.

Well, all those people, they think they got it made

But I wouldn't buy, sell, borrow or trade

Anything I have to be like one of them.

I'd rather start all over again.

Well, all those headlines, they just bore me now

I'm deep inside myself, but I'll get out somehow,

And I'll stand before you, and I'll bring a smile to

your eyes.

Motion pictures, motion pictures.

AMBULANCE BLUES

Back in the old folky days

The air was magic when we played.

The riverboat was rockin' in the rain

Midnight was the time for the raid.

Oh, Isabela, proud Isabela,

They tore you down and plowed you under.

You're only real with your make-up on

How could I see you and stay too long?

All along the Navajo Trail,

Burn-outs stub their toes on garbage pails.

Waitresses are cryin' in the rain

Will their boyfriends pass this way again?

Oh, Mother Goose, she's on the skids

Sure ain't happy, neither are the kids.

She needs someone that she can scream at

And I'm such a heel for makin' her feel so bad.

I guess I'll call it sickness gone

It's hard to say the meaning of this song.

An ambulance can only go so fast

It's easy to get buried in the past

When you try to make a good thing last.

I saw today in the entertainment section

There's room at the top for private detection.

To Mom and Dad this just doesn't matter,

But it's either that or pay off the kidnapper.

So all you critics sit alone

You're no better than me for what you've shown.

With your stomach pump and your hook and

ladder dreams

We could get together for some scenes.

I never knew a man could tell so many lies

He had a different story for every set of eyes.

How can he remember who he's talkin' to?

'Cause I know it ain't me, and I hope it isn't you.

Well, I'm up in T.O. keepin' jive alive,

And out on the corner it's half past five.

But the subways are empty

And so are the cafes.

Except for the Farmer's Market

And I still can hear him say:

You're all just pissin' in the wind

You don't know it but you are.

And there ain't nothin' like a friend

Who can tell you you're just pissin' in the wind.

I never knew a man could tell so many lies

He had a different story for every set of eyes

How can he remember who he's talking to?

Cause I know it ain't me, and hope it isn't you.

LOVE ART BLUES

I've got the love art blues

Don't know which one to choose

There's really something to lose,

With these love art blues.

I went and played too hard,

And I lost my mind.,

Oh, these love art blues

Leave me a heavy one.

My songs are all so long

And my words are all so sad

Why must I choose

Between the best things I ever had.

I spilled my promise cup

I really don't know why

Now the distance lies

Between you and I.

My songs are all so long

And my words are all so sad

Why must I choose

Between the best things I ever had.

I've got the love art blues

Don't know which one to choose

There's really something to lose,

With these love art blues.

I went and played too hard.

HAWAIIAN SUNRISE

Pretty Maui Mama

Lying over the water

With my sun in your eyes

When you hear the melody play

It changes every day

Oh, Hawaiian sunrise

Once when we were there

We had relaxing times,

Thought we might settle down.

But the music called me

And my friends have much to spread around,

We moved from town to town.

Hawaiian sunrise.

And in the morning when you rise,

Will you look in my son's eyes?

I know you do.

Pretty Maui Mama

Lying over the water

With my moon in your eyes

From my hotel window in the clouds

I love you right out loud.

Ohm Hawaiian sunrise.

And in the morning when you rise,

Will you look in my son's eyes?

I know you do.

Lyrics: Zuma

Song List

•DON'T CRY NO TEARS

•DANGER BIRD

•PARDON MY HEART

•LOOKIN' FOR A LOVE

•BARSTOOL BLUES

•STUPID GIRL

•DRIVE BACK

•CORTEZ THE KILLER

•THROUGH MY SAILS

DON'T CRY NO TEARS

Don't cry no tears around me

'Cause when all the water's gone

The feeling lingers on

Old true love ain't too hard to see

Don't cry no tears around me.

Well I wonder who's with her tonight?

And I wonder who's holding her tight?

But there's nothing I can say

To make him go away

Old true love ain't too hard to see

Don't cry no tears around me.

There's nothing I can say

To make him go away

Old true love ain't too hard to see

Don't cry no tears around me

Don't cry no tears around me.

DANGER BIRD

Danger bird, he flies alone

And he rides the wind back to his home

Although his wings have turned to stone

And we used to be so calm

Now I think about you all day long

That's the moment that he cracked

'Cause you've been with another man

long ago in the museum with his friends.

Here you are and here I am.

The jailbird takes the raps

And he finds himself spread-eagled on the tracks

But the training that he learned will get him

nowhere fast.

And I know we should be free

With the rain pounding on his back he recalls

But freedom's just a prison to me

the moment that he cracked long ago in the museum

'Cause I lied to keep it kind with his friends

When I left you far behind.

And like those memories the rain keeps pounding

down, down, down

And though these wings have turned to stone

I can fly fly fly away.

Watch me fly above the city

Like a shadow on the sky.

Fly, fly, fly.

PARDON MY HEART

It's a fallen situation

When all eyes are turned in

And a love isn't flowing

The way it could have been.

You brought it all on

Oh, but it feels so wrong

You brought it all on

No, no, no, I don't believe this song

You brought it all on.

It's a sad communication

With little reason to believe

When one isn't giving

And one pretends to receive.

You brought it all on

Oh, but it feels so wrong

You brought it all on

No, no, no, I don't believe this song

You brought it all on.

Pardon my heart

If I showed that I cared

But I love you more than moments

We have or have not shared.

You brought it all on

Oh, and it feels so good

You brought it all on

When love flows the way that it should

You brought it all on.

It feels so good

You feel good.

LOOKIN' FOR A LOVE

I've been looking for a lover

But I haven't met her yet

She'll be nothing like I pictured her to be

In her eyes I will discover

Another reason why

I want to live and make the best of what I see.

Where the sun hits the water

And the mountains meet the sand

There's a beach that I walk along sometimes

And maybe there I'll meet her

And we'll start to say 'hello'

And never stop to think of any other time.

Looking' for a love that's right for me

I don't know how long it's going to be

But I hope I treat her kind

And don't mess with her mind

When she starts to see the darker side of me.

Looking' for a love that's right for me

I don't know how long it's going to be

But I hope I treat her kind

And don't mess with her mind

When she starts to see the darker side of me.

I've been looking for a lover

But I haven't met her yet

She'll be nothing like I pictured her to be

In her eyes I will discover

Another reason why

I want to live and make the best of what I see.

BARSTOOL BLUES

If I could hold on to just one thought

For long enough to know

Why my mind is moving so fast

And the conversation is slow.

Burn off all the fog

And let the sun through to the snow

Let me see your face again

Before I have to go.

I have seen you in the movies

And in those magazines at night

I saw you on the barstool when

You held that glass so tight.

And I saw you in my nightmares

But I'll see you in my dreams

And I might live a thousand years

Before I know what that means.

Once there was a friend of mine

Who died a thousand deaths

His life was filled with parasites

And countless idle threats.

He trusted in a woman

And on her he made his bets

Once there was a friend of mine

Who died a thousand deaths.

STUPID GIRL

You're just a stupid girl

You really got a lot to learn

Start living again

Forget about remembering

You're such a stupid girl.

You're such a beautiful fish

Floppin' on the summer sand

Lookin' for the wave you missed

When another one is close at hand

You're such a stupid girl.

I saw you in Mercedes Benz

Practicing self-defense

You got it pretty good I guess

I couldn't see your eyes

You're really stupid, girl.

You're such a stupid girl.

DRIVE BACK

Whatever gets you through the night

That's all right with me

When it's time to say goodbye

I have to make you see

You won't know me

I won't call you

I won't be there

To remind you

What you told me

When I showed you

In the morning

Let me know you'll

Drive back to your old town

I wanna wake up with no-one around

Drive back to your old town.

If somebody

Is haunting your mind

Look in my eyes

Let me hide you

From yourself and

All your old friends

Every good thing

Comes to an end.

Drive back, drive back, drive back.

Drive back to your old town

I wanna wake up with no-one around

Drive back to your old town.

CORTEZ THE KILLER

He came dancing across the water

With his galleons and guns

Looking for the new world

In that palace in the sun.

On the shore lay Montezuma

With his coca leaves and pearls

In his halls he often wondered

With the secrets of the worlds.

And his subjects gathered 'round him

Like the leaves around a tree

In their clothes of many colors

For the angry gods to see.

And the women all were beautiful

And the men stood straight and strong

They offered life in sacrifice

So that others could go on.

Hate was just a legend

And war was never known

The people worked together

And they lifted many stones.

They carried them to the flatlands

And they died along the way

But they built up with their bare hands

What we still can't do today.

And I know she's living there

And she loves me to this day

I still can't remember when

Or how I lost my way.

He came dancing across the water

Cortez, Cortez

What a killer.

THROUGH MY SAILS

Still glaring from the city lights

Into paradise I soared

Unable to come down

For reasons I'd ignored.

Total confusion,

Disillusion

New things I'm knowin'.

I'm standing on the shoreline

It's so fine out there

Leaving with the wind blowing

But love takes care.

Know me, know me

Show me, show me

New things I'm knowin'.

Wind blowing through my sails

It feels like I'm gone

Leaving with the wind blowing

Through my sails.

Lyrics: Homegrown

(unreleased album)

This album was never released, but a number of the songs have appeared on other albums.

•BAREFOOT FLOORS

•DEEP FORBIDDEN LAKE (see Decade)

•LOVE IS A ROSE (see Decade)

•HOMEFIRES

•SEPARATE WAYS

•NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW

•DAY AND NIGHT WE WALK THESE AISLES

•STRINGMAN (see Unplugged)

•GIVE ME STRENGTH

•GOODBYE DICK

BAREFOOT FLOORS

Sleep, baby sleep,

I know your day has been oh so long

Sleep, baby sleep,

I know your day has been oh so long

The night falls at your feet

Now the day feels so complete

Compared to darkness

Sleep, baby sleep.

Talk, baby talk

Sweet talk is all it's made of

Talk, baby talk

Sweet talk is all it's made of

Promises of the morning ways,

New beginnings for another

Day to spend together

Talk, baby talk.

Love, baby love

Has got me walkin' on these

Barefoot floors

Love, baby love

Has got me walkin' on these

Barefoot floors

Find the light

Surrounding you

Sleep the night 'til morning's dew

I will be here for you

Love, baby love.

HOMEFIRES

I'm not the same man

I was a while ago

I've learned some new things,

I hope that it shows.

I'm free to give my love,

But you're not the one I'm thinking of,

So for me the wheels are turning

Got to keep the homefires burning.

I'll walk these borders

In search of a line,

Between young lovers

Who live separate lives.

How long can this go on?

I can hear another song,

Late at night when I've been drinking

Substitute comes at me wining.

How long can this go on?

I can hear another song,

Late at night when I've been drinking

Substitute comes at me winking.

I'm not the same man

I was a while ago

I've learned some new things,

I hope that it shows.

I'm free to give my love,

But you're not the one I'm thinking of.

SEPARATE WAYS

I won't apologize

The light shone from in your eyes

It isn't gone,

It will soon come back again.

Though we go our separate ways

Lookin' for better days

Sharin' our little boy,

Who grew from joy back then.

And it's all because of that love we knew

That makes the world go round.

Separate ways, separate ways.

Me for me, you for you

Happiness is never through

It's only a change of plan

And that is nothing new.

As we go our separate ways.

Lookin' for better days

Sharin' our little boy,

Who grew from joy back then.

And it's all because of that love we knew

That makes the world go round.

And it's all because of the love we knew

It makes the world go round.

Separate ways, separate ways.

NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW

Once I was in love

Now, it seems that time

Is better spent

Searching than in finding

But no one seems to know.

So don't say you lose,

Don't say you lose,

Don't say you win,

And no one else will know,

No one else will know.

When you're down you gather strength

To leave the ground

And when you're high

It makes you weak and you fall back down.

Once I was in love

Now, it seems that time

Is better spent

Searching than in finding

But no one seems to know.

DAY AND NIGHT WE WALK THESE AISLES

Day and night we walk these aisles

In the same old movie show

And look for someone to feel for a while.

There's matinees on Saturdays

When we sit in the velvet chairs

Popcorn boxes fly through the air.

Sad movies, they make you cry

Sad movies make you wonder why

You ever came.

Do something to me,

Don't make me wait

Stab something through me,

Don't cry out the good things

That I appreciate.

Day and night we walk these aisles

In the same old movie show

And look for someone to feel for a while

The light's go on, the movie's gone

And the manager's up there

He says he doesn't care

And we take our money back.

Sad movies, they make you cry

Sad movies make you wonder why

You ever came.

GIVE ME STRENGTH

A lonely man I know myself to be

It's not as bad as some things I have seen.

The picture painted here is not a dream

The only reality is the way it seems.

The happier you fly

The sadder you fall

The laughter in your eyes

Is never all.

Give me strength to move along.

Give me strength to leave my sweetheart.

I'm riding down swept road in my old car

The moon is almost full except for stars.

The party ended long before the night

She made me feel alive and that's all right.

The happier you fly

The sadder you fall

The laughter in your eyes

Is never all.

Give me strength to move along.

Give me strength to leave while she's gone.

The happier you fly

The sadder you fall

The laughter in your eyes

Is never all.

Give me strength to move along.

GOODBYE DICK

Goodbye Dick, goodbye Dick.

________________________

But I saw you walkin the White House lawn.

Goodbye Dick, goodbye Dick.

Goodbye Rosemary, goodbye Rosemary.

I saw you take your typewriter out of the White House door

No one wants you to type here anymore

Goodbye Rosemary, goodbye Rosemary.

Lyrics: American Stars'n'Bars

Song List

•THE OLD COUNTRY WALTZ

•SADDLE UP THE PALOMINO

•HEY BABE

•HOLD BACK THE TEARS

•BITE THE BULLET

•STAR OF BETHLEHEM

•WILL TO LOVE

•LIKE A HURRICANE

•HOMEGROWN

Other non-Album songs from this period:

•LADY WINGSHOT

THE OLD COUNTRY WALTZ

They were playing that old country waltz

In this empty bar echoin' off the wall.

When I first got the bad news that you set me free,

The band played the old country waltz to me.

Well, I loved, and I lost, and I cried

The day that the two of us died.

Ain't got no excuses, I just want to ride

While the band plays the old country waltz.

Out the window the moon shines

On the roofs of the cars

While I knock down tequila and salt

And the band plays the old country waltz.

And we're playin' it, that old country waltz

In this empty bar echoin' off the wall.

Ain't got no excuses, we just want to play

That good old country waltz.

I ain't got no excuses, I just want to play

That good old country waltz.

SADDLE UP THE PALOMINO

Oh, oh, Carmelina,

The daughter of the wealthy banker.

Since she came to town all my friends are gone,

And I'm stuck out here with melody.

Saddle up the palomino, the sun is going down.

The way I feel, this must be real.

If you can't cut it, don't pick up the knife.

There's no reward in your conscience stored

When you're sleepin' with another man's wife.

Saddle up the palomino, the sun is going down.

The way I feel, this must be real.

I wanna lick the platter, the gravy doesn't matter.

It's a cold bowl of chili when love lets you down,

But it's the neighbor's wife I'm after.

Saddle up the palomino, the sun is going down.

The way I feel, this must be real.

HEY BABE

Hey babe, say you're mine, all mine.

I need it oh so bad.

Hey babe, hey babe.

I know that all things pass.

Let's try to make this last.

Oh, can you see my love shining for you?

Hey babe, can I count on you

To see me through?

Hey babe, hey babe.

All I need is your love

And the stars above.

Oh, can you see my love shining for you?

Hey babe, say you're mine, all mine.

I need you oh so bad.

Hey babe, hey babe.

I know that all things pass.

Let's try to make this last.

Oh, can you see my love shining for you?

Hey babe, I know that all things pass.

Let's try to make this last.

HOLD BACK THE TEARS

Hello, my old friend.

It's good to see you smiling.

You've been around so long, you must be strong.

And single life really has its fine points,

Like friends to help you out when things go wrong.

Hold back the tears

That you've been cryin'.

Push off the fears

When they come around.

Hold back the tears,

And keep on trying.

Just around the next corner

May be waiting your true love.

Two lying fools,

And then four cryin' eyes,

Counting on one another to survive.

Crazy love must surely have this pain,

If getting up means going down again.

Hold back the tears

That you've been cryin'.

Push off the fears

When they come around.

Hold back the tears,

And keep on trying.

Just around the next corner

May be waiting your true love.

BITE THE BULLET

There's a bar hall queen down in Charlotte town.

I'd sure like to see her when the sun goes down.

I swear her hair is midnight black.

And I can't wait till I get back.

Carolina queen,

She's a walking love machine.

I'd like to make her scream,

When I bite the bullet.

Bite the bullet.

Born and raised at the top of the South.

You know she knows what it's all about.

Good old boys are coming from miles around.

Wanna watch that bullet lay 'em down.

Carolina queen,

She's a walking love machine.

I'd like to make her scream,

When I bite the bullet.

Bite the bullet.

There's a bar hall queen down in Charlotte town.

I'd sure like to see her when the sun goes down.

Good old boys are coming from miles around.

Wanna watch that bullet lay 'em down.

Carolina queen,

She's a walking love machine.

I'd like to make her scream,

When I bite the bullet.

Bite the bullet.

STAR OF BETHLEHEM

Ain't it hard when you wake up in the morning

And you find out that those other days are gone?

All you have is memories of happiness

Lingerin' on.

You might wonder who can I turn to

On this cold and chilly night of gloom

The answer to that question

Is nowhere in this room.

All your dreams and your lovers won't protect you,

They're only passing through you in the end.

They'll leave you stripped of all that they can get to,

And wait for you to come back again.

You might wonder who I can turn to

On this cold and chilly night of gloom

The answer to that question

Is nowhere in this room.

Yet still a light is shining

From that lamp on down the hall.

Maybe the star of Bethlehem

Wasn't a star at all.

WILL TO LOVE

It has often been my dream

To live with one who wasn't there

Like an ocean fish who swam upstream

Through nets, by hooks, and hungry bears.

When the water grew less deep

My fins were aching from the strain

I'm swimming in my sleep

I know I can't go back again.

Got the will to love, the will to love.

I'll never lose it, never lose the will to love,

Never lose the will.

It's like something from up above.

I can be like a fire in the night

Always warm and giving off light

But there comes a time when I shine too bright

Oh, I'm just a fire in the night.

And now my fins are in the air

And my belly's scraping on the rocks

I still think someone really cares

And I'll keep swimming till I stop.

Got the will to love, the will to love.

I'll never lose it, never lose the will to love,

Never lose the will.

It's like something from up above.

I'm like a singer on the stage

With the golden lights and liquid rage

Down from the mountains to the sea

Cool running love keeps cleansing me.

It keeps my gills from getting dry

But it distorts things in my eyes

Sometimes I see what really isn't there

Like my true lover, and I care.

Got the will to love, the will to love.

I'll never lose it, never lose the will to love,

Never lose the will.

It's like something from up above.

Sometimes I ramble on and on

And I repeat myself till all my friends are gone

And get lost in snow and drown in rain

And never feel the same again.

I remember the ocean from where I came

Just one of millions all the same

But somewhere someone calls my name

I'm a harpoon dodger, and I can't, won't be tamed.

Got the will to love, the will to love.

I'll never lose it, never lose the will to love,

Never lose the will.

It's like something from up above.

Baby, if I see boredom in your eyes

I'll know my river has run dry

But I won't turn back with that lonely tide

I bought that ticket and I'll take that ride.

If we meet along the way

Please sway beside me, let us sway together

Our tails together and our fins and mind

We'll leave this water and let our scales shine

In the sun above and the sky below

So all the water and earth will know

It has often been my dream

To live with one who wasn't there.

LIKE A HURRICANE

Once I thought I saw you in a crowded hazy bar,

Dancing on the light from star to star.

Far across the moonbeam I know that's who you are,

I saw your brown eyes turning once to fire.

You are like a hurricane

There's calm in your eye.

And I'm gettin' blown away

To somewhere safer where the feeling stays.

I want to love you but I'm getting blown away.

I am just a dreamer, but you are just a dream,

You could have been anyone to me.

Before that moment you touched my lips

That perfect feeling when time just slips

Away between us on our foggy trip.

You are like a hurricane

There's calm in your eye.

And I'm gettin' blown away

To somewhere safer where the feeling stays.

I want to love you but I'm getting blown away.

You are just a dreamer, and I am just a dream.

You could have been anyone to me.

Before that moment you touched my lips

That perfect feeling when time just slips

Away between us on our foggy trip.

You are like a hurricane

There's calm in your eye.

And I'm gettin' blown away

To somewhere safer where the feeling stays.

I want to love you but I'm getting blown away.

HOMEGROWN

Homegrown's all right with me.

Homegrown is the way it should be.

Homegrown is a good thing.

Plant that bell and let it ring.

The sun comes up in the morning,

Shines that light around.

One day, without no warning,

Things start jumping up from the ground.

Well, homegrown's all right with me.

Homegrown is the way it should be.

Homegrown is a good thing.

Plant that bell and let it ring.

LADY WINGSHOT

When you see the golden trigger

Stand before your eyes

By the time you stop to figure

Lady Wingshot flies away.

You are so inviting

And I feel so in tune with you.

Your draw is fast as lightning

My eyes are captured by your moves.

You ride in three-ring splendor

I find I'm rising with the crowd

Too small for you to see me

Although I'm yelling right out loud.

When you see the golden trigger

Stand before your eyes

By the time you stop to figure

Lady Wingshot flies away.

You are so inviting

And I feel so in tune with you.

Your draw is fast as lightning

My eyes are captured by your moves.

My my, Lady Wingshot

Why can't you slow down in a crowd.

Bye bye, Lady Wingshot,

Each blow is ringing true and loud.

Lyrics: Decade (non-previously released songs)

The songs listed here are ONLY those that had not appeared on previously officially released albums.

Song List

•DOWN TO THE WIRE

•SUGAR MOUNTAIN

•WINTERLONG

•DEEP FORBIDDEN LAKE

•LOVE IS A ROSE

•CAMPAIGNER

DOWN TO THE WIRE

Every time you touch her sets your hands on fire,

And every thing you've got is all that she requires.

And you hang on, hang on, hang on to the words of a liar.

You can feel it getting down to the wire.

All the hurt you thought was gone has now returned,

And every thing she's laughing at is all you learned.

And you let go, let go, let go, 'cause you know you're getting tired.

Can you feel it getting down to the wire?

Take the time to close your eyes and look around,

'Cause anyone who helped you out can let you down.

And look out, look out, look out, the voice is now the choir.

Can you feel it getting down to the wire?

SUGAR MOUNTAIN

Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain

With the barkers and the colored balloons,

You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain

Though you're thinking that you're leaving there too soon,

You're leaving there too soon.

It's so noisy at the fair

But all your friends are there

And the candy floss you had

And your mother and your dad.

Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain

With the barkers and the colored balloons,

You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain

Though you're thinking that you're leaving there too soon,

You're leaving there too soon.

There's a girl just down the aisle,

Oh, to turn and see her smile.

You can hear the words she wrote

As you read the hidden note.

Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain

With the barkers and the colored balloons,

You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain

Though you're thinking that you're leaving there too soon,

You're leaving there too soon.

Now you're underneath the stairs

And you're givin' back some glares

To the people who you met

And it's your first cigarette.

Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain

With the barkers and the colored balloons,

You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain

Though you're thinking that you're leaving there too soon,

You're leaving there too soon.

Now you say you're leavin' home

'Cause you want to be alone.

Ain't it funny how you feel

When you're findin' out it's real?

Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain

With the barkers and the colored balloons,

You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain

Though you're thinking that you're leaving there too soon,

You're leaving there too soon.

Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain

with the barkers and the colored balloons,

You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain

Though you're thinking that you're leaving there too soon,

You're leaving there too soon.

WINTERLONG

I waited for you, Winterlong

You seem to be where I belong.

It's all illusion anyway.

If things should ever turn out wrong

And all the love we have is gone,

It won't be easy on that day.

Waiting to follow

Through the dreamlight of your way

Is not so easy for me now.

Half the time has passed away

Things we thought of yesterday

Come back now, come back now.

Waiting to follow

Through the dreamlight of your way

Is not so easy for me now.

Half the time has passed away

Things we thought of yesterday

Come back now, come back now.

I waited for you Winterlong

You seem to be where I belong.

DEEP FORBIDDEN LAKE

On the lake, the deep forbidden lake,

The old boats go gliding by,

And the leaves are falling from the trees

And landing on the logs and I

See the turtles heading for the bog

And falling off the log.

They make the water splash,

And feeling no backlash,

They climb the happy banks.

On the boats, the old and creaky boats,

The shoreline goes gliding by,

And the wind, there was a dying breeze,

Is making the banners fly.

See the colors, floating in the sky,

The pride of the captain's eye,

As he glides

His slender craft inside

And opens up the door.

On the coast, the long and tempting coast,

The cards on the table lie,

And a speech, so eloquent in reach,

Was made by a passerby,

Passing by the way between

Here and left behind.

And it ripples through the crowds

Who run and cast their doubts

In the deep forbidden lake.

Yes, it echoes through the crowds

Who run and cast their doubts

In the deep forbidden lake.

LOVE IS A ROSE

Love is a rose but you better not pick it

It only grows when it's on the vine.

A handful of thorns and you'll know you've missed it

You lose your love when you say the word "mine".

I wanna see what's never been seen,

I wanna live that age old dream.

Come on, lads, we can go together

Let's take the best right now,

Take the best right now.

I wanna go to an old hoe-down

Long ago in a western town.

Pick me up cause my feet are draggin'

Give me a lift and I'll hay your wagon.

Love is a rose but you better not pick it

It only grows when it's on the vine.

A handful of thorns and you'll know you've missed it

You lose your love when you say the word "mine".

Mine, mine.

Love is a rose, love is a rose.

CAMPAIGNER

I am a lonely visitor.

I came to late to cause a stir,

Though I campaigned all my life towards that goal.

I hardly slept the night you wept

Our secret's safe and still well kept

Where even Richard Nixon has got soul.

Even Richard Nixon has got

Soul.

Traffic cops are all color blind.

People steal from their own kind.

Evening comes to early for a stroll.

Down neon streets the streaker streaks.

The speaker speaks, but the truth still leaks,

Where even Richard Nixon has got soul.

Even Richard Nixon has got it,

Soul.

The podium rocks in the crowded waves.

The speaker talks of the beautiful saves

That went down long before he played this role

For the hotel queens and the magazines,

Test tube genes and slot machines

Where even Richard Nixon got soul.

Even Richard Nixon has got it,

Soul.

Hospitals have made him cry,

But there's always a free way in his eye,

Though his beach just got to crowded for his stroll.

Roads stretch out like healthy veins,

And wild gift horses strain the reins,

Where even Richard Nixon has got soul.

Even Richard Nixon has got

Soul.

I am a lonely visitor.

I came to late to cause a stir,

Though I campaigned all my life towards that goal.

Lyrics: Comes A Time

Song List

•GOIN' BACK

•COMES A TIME

•LOOK OUT FOR MY LOVE

•LOTTA LOVE

•PEACE OF MIND

•HUMAN HIGHWAY

•ALREADY ONE

•FIELD OF OPPORTUNITY

•MOTORCYCLE MAMA

GOIN' BACK

In a foreign land

There were creatures at play

Running hand in hand

Leading nowhere to stay

Driven to the mountains high

They were sunken in the cities deep

Livin' in my sleep.

I feel like goin' back

Back where there's nowhere to stay

When fire fills the sky

I'll still remember that day

These rocks I'm climbin' down

Have already left the ground

Careening through space.

I used to build these buildings

I used to walk next to you

Their shadows tore us apart

And now we do what we do

Driven to the mountains high

Sunken in the cities deep

Livin' in our sleep.

I feel like goin' back

Back where there's nowhere to stay.

COMES A TIME

Comes a time when you're driftin'

Comes a time when you settle down

Comes a light feelin's liftin'

Lift that baby right up off the ground.

Oh, this old world keeps spinning round

It's a wonder tall trees ain't layin' down

There comes a time.

You and I we were captured

We took our souls and we flew away

We were right we were giving

That's how we kept what we gave away.

Oh, this old world keeps spinning round

It's a wonder tall trees ain't layin' down

There comes a time.

LOOK OUT FOR MY LOVE

There's a lot to learn

For wastin' time

There's a heart that burns

There's an open mind.

Look out for my love, look out for my love

You own it

You own it now

You own it.

There's a weight on you

But you can't feel it

Livin' like I do

It's hard for you to see it.

Was I hurt too bad

Can I show you daylight

How could I be sad

When I know that you might.

Look out for my love, look out for my love

Look out for my love, look out for my love.

Look out for my love

It's in your neighborhood

I know things are gonna change

But I can't say bad or good.

Silver wings of mornin'

Shinin' in the gray day

While the ice is formin'

On a lonely runway.

Hydraulic wipers pumpin'

'Til the window glistens

Somethin' sayin' somethin'

No one seems to listen.

Men with walkie-talkies

Men with flashlights wavin'

Up upon the tower

Time reads daylight savings.

I'm home again to you babe

You know it makes me wonder

Sittin' in the quiet slipstream

In the thunder.

Look out for my love, look out for my love

Look out for my love, look out for my love.

LOTTA LOVE

It's gonna take a lotta love

To change the way things are.

It's gonna take a lotta love

Or we won't get too far.

So if you look in my direction

And we don't see eye to eye,

My heart needs protection

And so do I.

It's gonna take a lotta love

To get us thru the night.

It's gonna take a lotta love

To make things work out right.

So if you are out there waitin'

I hope you show up soon,

'Cause my heart needs relatin'

Not solitude.

Gotta lotta love

Gotta lotta love.

It's gonna take a lotta love

To change the way things are.

It's gonna take a lotta love

Or we won't get too far.

It's gonna take a lotta love

To change the way things are.

It's gonna take a lotta love

Or we won't get too far

PEACE OF MIND

You know it takes a long, long time

You love her so and still you know

That you will never want to let her go

Unless you leave her first

Then you come out on top

But, still there's just one thing

You haven't got.

Peace of mind

Like when you treated her kind

It's hard to face that open space.

You know it takes a long, long time

When first you gave and shared your soul

Showed her all those things that take their toll

She knows your weak spot

But, she still gets you hot

So you do it again

Reveal what lies within.

And go for peace of mind

Like when you treated her kind

It's hard to face that open space.

You're lookin' for peace of mind

Anywhere you can find

Still searchin' for peace of mind.

You know it takes a long, long time

You know it takes a long, long time.

HUMAN HIGHWAY

I come down from the misty mountain

I got lost on the human highway

Take my head refreshing fountain

Take my eyes from what they've seen.

Take my head and change my mind

How could people get so unkind.

I come down from the crooked mansion

I went lookin' for the D.J.'s daughter

Since that day I heard it mentioned

That my name is on the line.

Now, my name is on the line

How could people get so unkind.

Now, my name is on the line

How could people get so unkind.

I come down from the misty mountain

I got lost on the human highway

Take my head refreshing fountain

Take my eyes from what they've seen.

Take my head and change my mind

How could people get so unkind.

ALREADY ONE

What can I do, what can I say

Running down this suspicious highway

I can't forget how love let me down

And when we meet it still gets in my way.

But we're already one

Already one

Now only time can come between us

'Cause we're already one

Our little son won't let us forget.

Your laughing eyes, your crazy smile

Every time I look in his face

I can't believe how love lasts a while

And looks like "forever" in the first place.

But we're already one

Already one

Now only time can come between us

'Cause we're already one

Our little son won't let us forget.

In my new life I'm travelin' light

Eyes wide open for the next move

I can't go wrong 'til I get right

But I'm not fallin' back in the same groove.

But we're already one

Already one

Now only time can come between us

'Cause we're already one

Our little son won't let us forget.

FIELD OF OPPORTUNITY

I've been wrong before

And I'll be there again

I don't have any answers my friend

Just this pile of old questions

My memory left me here

In the field of opportunity

It's plowin' time again.

I'm going' back to my house

But I'm not goin' now

It's too early to be leaving here, somehow

Let me bore you with this story

"How my lover let me down"

While I borrow seeds of sadness

From the ground.

In the field of opportunity

It's plowin' time again.

There ain't no way of telling

Where these seeds will rise or when

I'll just wait around 'til springtime

And then, I'll find a friend

In the field of opportunity

It's plowin' time again.

When I'm all done cultivatin'

I'll be rockin' on the porch

Tryin' to picture you and where you are

And there'll be no hesitatin'

When Cupid lights the torch

With those headlights comin' down the hill

Between the stars.

In the field of opportunity

It's plowin' time again.

There ain't no way of telling

Where these seeds will rise or when

I'll just wait around 'til springtime

And then, I'll find a friend

In the field of opportunity

It's plowin' time again.

MOTORCYCLE MAMA

Motorcycle Mama

Won't you lay your big spike down

Motorcycle Mama

Won't you lay your big spike down

I always get in trouble when you bring it round

Motorcycle Mama

Won't you lay it down.

I'm runnin', I'm runnin', I'm runnin'

Down the proud highway

Yeah, I'm runnin', I'm runnin', I'm runnin'

Down the proud highway

And as long as I keep movin'

I won't need a place to stay.

Motorcycle Mama

Won't you lay your big spike down

Motorcycle Mama

Won't you lay your big spike down

I always get in trouble when you bring that round

Motorcycle Mama

Won't you lay it down.

Well I'm here to deliver

I hope you can read my mail

I just escaped last night

From the memory county jail

I see your box is open

And you flag is up

My message is ready

If there's time enough.

Motorcycle Mama

Won't you lay your big spike down

Motorcycle Mama

Won't you lay your big spike down

I always get in trouble when you bring it round

Motorcycle Mama

Won't you lay it down.

Lyrics: Rust Never Sleeps

Song List

•MY MY, HEY HEY (OUT OF THE BLUE)

•THRASHER

•RIDE MY LLAMA

•POCAHONTAS

•SAIL AWAY

•POWDERFINGER

•WELFARE MOTHERS

•SEDAN DELIVERY

•HEY HEY, MY MY (INTO THE BLACK)

Other non-Album songs from this period:

•THE PRICE THAT YOU PAY

MY MY, HEY HEY (OUT OF THE BLUE)

My my, hey hey

Rock and roll is here to stay

It's better to burn out

Than to fade away

My my, hey hey.

Out of the blue and into the black

They give you this, but you pay for that

And once you're gone, you can never come back

When you're out of the blue and into the black.

The king is gone but he's not forgotten

This is the story of a Johnny Rotten

It's better to burn out than it is to rust

The king is gone but he's not forgotten.

Hey hey, my my

Rock and roll can never die

There's more to the picture

Than meets the eye.

Hey hey, my my.

THRASHER

They were hiding behind hay bales,

They were planting in the full moon

They had given all they had for something new

But the light of day was on them,

They could see the thrashers coming

And the water shone like diamonds in the dew.

And I was just getting up, hit the road before it's light

Trying to catch an hour on the sun

When I saw those thrashers rolling by,

Looking more than two lanes wide

I was feelin' like my day had just begun.

Where the eagle glides ascending

There's an ancient river bending

Down the timeless gorge of changes

Where sleeplessness awaits

I searched out my companions,

Who were lost in crystal canyons

When the aimless blade of science

Slashed the pearly gates.

It was then I knew I'd had enough,

Burned my credit card for fuel

Headed out to where the pavement turns to sand

With a one-way ticket to the land of truth

And my suitcase in my hand

How I lost my friends I still don't understand.

They had the best selection,

They were poisoned with protection

There was nothing that they needed,

Nothing left to find

They were lost in rock formations

Or became park bench mutations

On the sidewalks and in the stations

They were waiting, waiting.

So I got bored and left them there,

They were just deadweight to me

Better down the road without that load

Brings back the time when I was eight or nine

I was watchin' my mama's T.V.,

It was that great Grand Canyon rescue episode.

Where the vulture glides descending

On an asphalt highway bending

Thru libraries and museums, galaxies and stars

Down the windy halls of friendship

To the rose clipped by the bullwhip

The motel of lost companions

Waits with heated pool and bar.

But me I'm not stopping there,

Got my own row left to hoe

Just another line in the field of time

When the thrashers comes, I'll be stuck in the sun

Like the dinosaurs in shrines

But I'll know the time has come

To give what's mine.

RIDE MY LLAMA

Remember the Alamo

When help was on the way

It's better here and now,

I feel that good today.

I'd like to take a walk

But not around the block

I really got some news

I met a man from Mars.

He picked up all my guitars

And played me traveling songs.

And when we got on ship

He brought out something for the trip

And said, It's old but it's good

Like any other primitive would.

I'm gonna ride my llama

From Peru to Texarkana

I wanna ride him good

In my old neighborhood

I'm gonna ride him good

In my old neighborhood.

And when we got on ship

He brought out something for the trip

And said, It's old but it's good

Like any other primitive would.

POCAHONTAS

Aurora borealis

The icy sky at night

Paddles cut the water

In a long and hurried flight

From the white man to the fields of green

And the homeland we've never seen.

They killed us in our tepee

And they cut our women down

They might have left some babies

Cryin' on the ground

But the firesticks and the wagons come

And the night falls on the setting sun.

They massacred the buffalo

Kitty corner from the bank

The taxis run across my feet

And my eyes have turned to blanks

In my little box at the top of the stairs

With my Indian rug and a pipe to share.

I wish a was a trapper

I would give thousand pelts

To sleep with Pocahontas

And find out how she felt

In the mornin' on the fields of green

In the homeland we've never seen.

And maybe Marlon Brando

Will be there by the fire

We'll sit and talk of Hollywood

And the good things there for hire

And the Astrodome and the first tepee

Marlon Brando, Pocahontas and me

Pocahontas.

SAIL AWAY

I could live inside a tepee

I could die in Penthouse thirty-five

You could lose me on the freeway

But I would still make it back alive.

As long as we can sail away

There'll be wind in the canyon

Moon on the rise

As long as we can sail away.

See the losers in the best bars

Meet the winners in the dives

Where the people are the real stars

All the rest of their lives.

As long as we can sail away

There'll be wind in the canyon

Moon on the rise

As long as we can sail away.

There's a road stretched out between us

Like a ribbon on the high plain

Down from Phoenix through Salinas

'Round the bend and back again.

As long as we can sail away

There'll be wind in the canyon

Moon on the rise

As long as we can sail away

As long as we can sail away.

POWDERFINGER

Look out, Mama, there's a white boat comin' up the river

With a big red beacon, and a flag, and a man on the rail

I think you'd better call John,

'Cause it don't look like they're here to deliver the mail

And it's less than a mile away

I hope they didn't come to stay

It's got numbers on the side and a gun

And it's makin' big waves.

Daddy's gone, my brother's out hunting in the mountains

Big John's been drinking since the river took Emmy-Lou

So the Powers That Be left me here to do the thinkin'

And I just turned twenty-two

I was wonderin' what to do

And the closer they got,

The more those feelings grew.

Daddy's rifle in my hand felt reassurin'

He told me, Red means run, son, numbers add up to nothin'

But when the first shot hit the docks I saw it comin'

Raised my rifle to my eye

Never stopped to wonder why.

Then I saw black,

And my face splashed in the sky.

Shelter me from the powder and the finger

Cover me with the thought that pulled the trigger

Think of me as one you'd never figured

Would fade away so young

With so much left undone

Remember me to my love,

I know I'll miss her.

WELFARE MOTHERS

People, pick up on what I'm puttin' down now

Welfare mothers make better lovers

Down at every Laundromat in town now

Welfare mothers make better lovers

While they're washin' you can hear this sound now

Welfare mothers make better lovers

Divorcee!

Hard to believe that love is free now

Welfare mothers make better lovers

Out on the street with the whole family now

Welfare mothers make better lovers

Hard to believe that love is free now

Welfare mothers make better lovers

Divorcee!

People, pick up on what I'm puttin' down now

Welfare mothers make better lovers

Down in every Laundromat in town now

Welfare mothers make better lovers

While they're washin' you can hear this sound now

Welfare mothers make better lovers

Divorcee!

SEDAN DELIVERY

Last night I was cool at the pool hall

Held the table for eleven games

Nothing was easier than the first seven

I beat a woman with varicose veins.

She stopped to see herself in the mirror

Fix her hair and hide heir veins

And she lost the game.

Next day I went to the dentist

He pulled some teeth and I lost some blood

We'd like to thank you for the cards you sent us

My wives and I were all choked up.

I recall how Caesar and Cleo

Made love in the Milky Way

They needed boats and armies to get there

I know there's a better way.

I saw the movie and I read the book

But when it happened to me

I sure was glad I had what it took

To get away.

Gotta get away, gotta get away

I'm making another delivery

Of chemicals and sacred roots

I'll hold what you have to give me

But I'll use what I have to use.

The lasers are in the lab

The old man is dressed in white clothes

Everybody says he's mad

No one knows the things that he knows.

No one knows, no one knows

I'm sleepin' in every hallway

I just can't accept the stares

I'm using too many covers

I'm warm now so I don't care.

I'm thinkin' of no one in my mind

Sedan delivery is a job I know I'll keep

It sure was hard to find.

Hard to find. hard to find

HEY HEY, MY MY (INTO THE BLACK)

Hey hey, my my

Rock and roll can never die

There's more to the picture

Than meets the eye.

Hey hey, my my.

Out of the blue and into the black

You pay for this, but they give you that

And once you're gone, you can't come back

When you're out of the blue and into the black.

The king is gone but he's not forgotten

Is this the story of Johnny Rotten?

It's better to burn out 'cause rust never sleeps

The king is gone but he's not forgotten.

Hey hey, my my

Rock and roll can never die

There's more to the picture

Than meets the eye.

THE PRICE THAT YOU PAY

If you wake up in the morning light

Something doesn't seem or know is right

Lay back and let your feeling show

Come on and let the people know

Oh, that's the price that you pay

Oh, that's the price that you pay.

Just ____________________ money

Your baby _______________________

________________________________

Now come on boys, ________________

Oh, that's the price that you pay

Oh, that's the price that you pay.

Oh, that's the price that you pay

Oh, that's the price that you pay.

Bad news is just an excuse

Get down and let yourself keep loose

Go on and live for tomorrow

So much spent today in sorrow

Oh, that's the price that you pay

Oh, that's the price that you pay.

Lyrics: Hawks And Doves

•LITTLE WING

•THE OLD HOMESTEAD

•LOST IN SPACE

•CAPTAIN KENNEDY

•STAYIN' POWER

•COASTLINE

•UNION MAN

•COMIN' APART AT EVERY NAIL

•HAWKS & DOVES

Other non-Album songs from this period:

•TURBINE

LITTLE WING

All her friends call her Little Wing

But she flies rings around them all

She comes to town when the children sing

And leaves them feather as if they fall

She leaves her feathers as if they fall

Little Wing, don't fly away

When the summer turns to fall

Don't you know some people say

The winter is the best time of them all

Winter is the best of all.

THE OLD HOMESTEAD

Up and down the old homestead

The naked rider gallops through his head

And although the moon isn't full

He still feels the pull.

Out on the floor where the cowboys dance

Approaching slowly at a glance

Here comes the shadow of his stance

The reins are fallin' from his hands.

Why do you ride that crazy horse?

Inquires the shadow with little remorse

Just then a priest comes down the stairs

With a sack of dreams and old nightmares.

Who are you, the rider says

You dress in black but you talk like a Fed

You spout ideas from books that you read

Don't you care about this guy's head?

Just then the sound of hoofbeats was heard

And the sky was darkened by a prehistoric bird

Who flew between the unfulfilled moon

And the naked rider, to a telephone booth.

We'll call the moon and see what's up

I've got some change in this little tin cup

We'll say that the shadow is growin' dim

And we need some light to get back to him

Just one call should do it all

I'll carve this number on the wall

With my beak.

Flying feathers were all around

The air was filled with a ringing sound.

Two more birds, the second and the third

Came down from the sky to deliver the word.

Where have you been, they said to the first

Get back to the clouds, we're dying of thirst

There's not enough time to make that call

Let's ditch this rider, shadow and all.

The sky was filled with the beautiful birds

Still on the ground some crying was heard

With his dime in his hand and his hand on the dial

His ears were sweating as he forced a smile.

Hoofbeats beating across the range

He rode through the night with his cup of change

Tired and beaten he fell into slumber

But up in the sky they still had his number.

Up and down the old homestead

The naked rider gallops through his head

And although the moon isn't full

He still feels the pull,

Still feels the pull.

LOST IN SPACE

Live with me, live with me

Live with me.

Lost in space

I heard you were lost in space

That's such a lonely place for you to be.

Out of control

Singin' with too much soul

I heard you got out on parole

Workin' for the queen.

Gardening again

Landscape again

Keepin' all the grounds around her clean

Workin' for the queen.

Don't take out the magic pen

Don't draw on the infinity board

Your buildings, if they rise again

Would do much better on the ocean floor

They'll never feel the way they did before

They did before.

Out on the ocean floor, out on the ocean floor

What could be stranger than the unknown danger

That lies on the ocean floor?

Breakers crash on the beach

I count them like lambs in my sleep

They come at me steady

They know I'm not ready

They pound on my mattress door

Have they got a big one in store.

Losing you

I heard I was losing you

That's not the only thing that I got to lose

I got to lose

The deep see blues

Look at these blues

The deep see blues

Live with me, live with me.

CAPTAIN KENNEDY

I am a young mariner headed to war

I'm thinkin' 'bout my family and what it was for

There's water on the wood and the sails feel good

And when I get to shore I hope that I can kill good.

My father was a sailor named Captain Kennedy

He lost his wooden schooner to the Germans on the sea

Exploded on the water for everyone to see

And humiliate that American Captain Kennedy.

I saw him in Nassau in 1971

His strength was failin' but he still ran a run

He worked 'til his fingers wore to the bone

To buy that wooden schooner and sail on his own.

He was known in the islands as hundred foot iron

That steel hull freighter was passin' its time

And time flew by faster with life on the sea

And the days grew shorter for Captain Kennedy.

I am a young mariner headed to war

I'm thinkin' 'bout my family and what it was for

There's water on the wood and the sails feel good

And when I get to shore I hope that I can kill good.

STAYIN' POWER

Our love, baby, feels so right

When you're smilin' in the morning light

I ain't leavin' no way

'Cause we got stayin' power

You and I

Stayin' power through thick and thin.

Stayin' power

You and I

Stayin' power through thick and thin.

Gold and diamonds say you're mine

But true love opens the gates of time

And as we go on our way

We got stayin' power

You and I

Stayin' power through thick and thin

Stayin' power

You and I

Stayin' power through thick and thin.

COASTLINE

Down on the coastline, Highway One

People headin' out for the sun

That's where I found you, long time ago.

You're my angel, you're my queen

You're my best friends in between

We don't back down from no trouble

We do get up in the mornin'.

Oooweee, baby, what a night

That old moon sure is shinin' bright

We'll be dancin' 'til the mornin' comes.

High on the mountain top above the clouds

No wonder we get a little loud

We don't back down from no trouble

We do get up in the mornin'.

UNION MAN

I'm proud to a union man

I make those meetings when I can, yeah

I pay my dues ahead of time

When the benefits come I'm last in line, yeah.

I'm proud to be a union man.

Every fourth Friday at 10 am

There's a local meeting of the A F of M, yeah!

This meeting will now come to order

Is there any new business?

Yeah, I think 'Live music are better'

Bumper stickers should be issued.

What was that?

'Live music is better' bumper stickers

Should be issued

The gentleman says

'Live music is better' bumper stickers

Should be issued

All in favor of what he said

Signify by sayin' "ay"

Ay!

If, however, you are opposed

Signify by saying "no".

I'm proud to be a union man.

COMIN' APART AT EVERY NAIL

It's awful hard to find a job

On one side the government, the other the mob

Hey, hey ain't that right

The workin' man's in for a hell of a fight.

Oh, this country sure looks good to me

But these fences are comin' apart at every nail.

Way up on the old dew line

Some of the boys were feelin' fine

A big light flashed across the sky

But somethin' else went slippin' by

Meanwhile at the Pentagon

The brass was a wonderin' what went wrong.

Oh, this country sure looks good to me

But these fences are comin' apart at every nail.

Hey hey, ain't that right

The workin' man's in for a hell of a fight.

Oh, this country sure looks good to me

But these fences are comin' apart at every nail.

HAWKS & DOVES

Ain't getting old, ain't getting younger though

Just getting used to the lay of the land

I ain't tongue-tied, just don't got nothin' to say

I'm proud to be livin' in the U.S.A.

Ready to go, willin' to stay and pay

U.S.A., U.S.A.

So my sweet love can dance another free day

U.S.A., U.S.A.

In history we painted pictures grim

The devil knows we might feel that way again

The big wind blows, so the tall grass bends

But for you don't push too hard my friend.

Ready to go, willin' to stay and pay

U.S.A., U.S.A.

So my sweet wife can dance another free day

U.S.A., U.S.A.

Got people here down on their knees and prayin'

Hawks and doves are circlin' in the rain

Got rock and roll, got country music playin'

If you hate us, you just don't know what you're sayin'.

Ready to go, willin' to stay and pay

U.S.A., U.S.A.

So my sweet love can dance another free day

U.S.A., U.S.A.

TURBINE

The summer ends and the winter winds

Begin to holler all around the bend.

We will smile and sail away

This won't be no sadness day

When the winter winds greet the trees back there.

We can watch the turbine turning in the wind

Up on the ridge line, before the fog rolls in.

Falling leaves in the autumn air

People feeling good everywhere

When the winter winds greet the trees back there.

We can watch the turbine blowing in the wind

Up on the ridge line, before the fog rolls in.

We will smile and sail away.

This won't be no sadness day

When the winter winds greet the trees back there.

Lyrics: RE*AC*TOR

•OPERA STAR

•SURFER JOE AND MOE THE SLEAZE

•T-BONE

•GET BACK ON IT

•SOUTHERN PACIFIC

•MOTOR CITY

•RAPID TRANSIT

•SHOTS

OPERA STAR

So your girlfriend slammed the door shut

In your face tonight, but that's all right

Then she took off to the opera

With some highbrow from the city lights

Well, you grew up on a corner

You never missed a moonlit night.

Some things never change, they stay the way they are.

You were born to rock, you'll never be an opera star

Some things never change, they stay the way they are.

So you stay out all night

Gettin' fucked up in that rock and roll bar

And you never get tired

'Cause your drugs are in a little jar.

You were born to rock, you'll never be an opera star.

Some things never change, they stay the way they are.

I was born to rock!

So your girlfriend slammed the door shut

In your face tonight, but that's all right

Then she took off to the opera

With some highbrow from the city lights

Well, you grew up on a corner

You never missed a moonlit night.

Some things never change, they stay the way they are.

You were born to rock, you'll never be an opera star.

SURFER JOE AND MOE THE SLEAZE

Here's a story about Surfer Joe

He caught the big one, but he let it go

There's somebody satisfied with winning.

Back on the boardwalk there's Moe the Sleaze

Sells good things and aims to please

He's almost even but he doesn't mind a handout.

Come on down for a pleasure cruise

We're all going on a pleasure cruise

Come on down for a pleasure cruise

Plenty of women, plenty of booze.

Give your ticket to Moe the Sleaze

He's the one that's weak in the knees

His pants are baggy, but you can see them shaking.

I'll introduce you to Surfer Joe

He may be there, I really don't know

We can smoke garfong and watch him ride the big one.

Come on down for a pleasure cruise

We're all going on a pleasure cruise

Come on down for a pleasure cruise

Plenty of women, plenty of booze.

Come on down, come on down

Come on down, come on.

Here's a story about Surfer Joe

He caught the big one, and he let it go

There's somebody satisfied with winning.

Here's a story about Surfer Joe

He caught the big one, and he let it go

He's somebody satisfied with winning.

He's somebody.

T-BONE

Got mashed potatoes, ain't got no T-bone.

GET BACK ON IT

Think I'll get back on the highway

I hope I'll see you soon

Get back on it, get back on it

Think I'll get back on the highway

I hope I'll see you soon

Get back on it, get back on it

I may be late in comin' though

I got some things I gotta do

Don't let me see your tail lights

I pull a heavy load

Get back on it, get back on it

Don't let me see your tail lights

I pull a heavy load

Get back on it, get back on it

There ain't no way to stop it though

Oh, it might explode.

It's too late for General Custer

Too late for Robert E. Lee

Get back on it, get back on it

It's too late for General Custer

Too late for Robert E. Lee

Get back on it, get back on it

But I'll get back on the highway

Before it's too late for me

Get back on it, get back on it.

Think I'll get back on the highway

I hope I'll see you soon

Get back on it, get back on it

Think I'll get back on the highway

I hope I'll see you soon

Get back on it, get back on it

I may be late in comin' though

I got some things I gotta do.

SOUTHERN PACIFIC

Down the mountainside

To the coastline

Past the angry tide

The mighty diesel whines.

And the tunnel comes

And the tunnel goes

Round another bend

The giant drivers roll.

I rode the Highball

I fired the Daylight

When I turned sixty-five

I couldn't see right.

It was Mr. Jones,

We've got to let you go

It's company policy

You've got a pension though.

Roll on, Southern Pacific

On your silver rails

Roll on, Southern Pacific

On your silver rails

Through the moonlight.

I put in my time

Now I'm left to roll

Down the long decline.

I ain't no brake man

Ain't no conductor

But I would be though

If I was younger.

Roll on, Southern Pacific

On your silver rails

Roll on, Southern Pacific

Roll on, on your silver rails.

MOTOR CITY

My old car keeps breaking down

My new car ain't from Japan

There's already too many Datsuns

In this town.

Another thing that's bugging me

Is this commercial on TV

Says that Detroit can't make good cars any more.

Motor City.

Who's driving my car?

Who's driving my car now?

Who?

My army jeep is still alive

Got locking hubs and four wheel drive

Ain't got no radio, ain't got no mag wheels

Ain't got no digital clock

Ain't got no clock.

The paint job is lookin' blue

The white walls are missing too

But I guess until I get my car back

This will do.

Who's driving my car now?

Who?

Who's driving my car now?

RAPID TRANSIT

Rapid transit.

Public service.

I'm standing in my line.

Melt down.

Containment.

I'm standing in my line

Hang ten pipeline, let's go trippin'

Every wave is new until it breaks.

Go!

Secret service

Public enemy

I'm standing in my line

Hang ten pipeline, let's go trippin'

Hang ten pipeline, no way rockin'

Every wave is new until it breaks.

Go!

SHOTS

Shots

Ringing all along the borders can be heard

Striking out like a venom in the sky

Cutting through the air faster than a bird

In the night.

Children

Are lost in the sand, building roads with little hands

Trying to join their father's castles together again

Will they make it? Who knows where or when

Old wounds will mend?

Machines

Are winding their way along, looking strong

Building roads and bringing back loads and loads

Of building materials

In the night

Men

Are trying to move the borders on the ground

Lines between the different spots that each has found

But back home another scene was going down

In the night.

Lust

Comes creepin' through the night to feed on hearts

Of suburban wives who learned to pretend

When they met their dream's end

In the night.

Shots

I hear shots, I keep hearing shots

I keep hearing shots

I hear shots.

Shots

I hear shots, I keep hearing shots

I keep hearing shots

I hear shots.

But I'll never use your love,

You know I'm not that kind

And so if you give your heart away

I promise to you

Whatever we do

That I will always be true.

Lyrics: Trans

Song List

•LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE

•COMPUTER AGE

•WE R IN CONTROL

•TRANSFORMER MAN

•COMPUTER COWBOY (AKA SYSCRUSHER)

•HOLD ON TO YOUR LOVE

•SAMPLE AND HOLD

•LIKE AN INCA

Other non-Album songs from this period:

•IF YOU GOT LOVE

•SOUL OF A WOMAN

•LOVE HOTEL

•AFTER BERLIN

•RAININ' IN PARADISE

LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE

See somebody walkin' down the street

Hangin' head and a-shufflin' feet

Don't take much to see

What they've been thinkin' of.

What makes you hypnotized?

What puts a tear in your eye?

What makes you have to choose?

What brings you the blues?

A little thing called love

A little thing called love.

Only love puts a tear in your eye

Only love makes you hypnotized

Only love makes you choose

Only love brings you the blues.

Wait a minute now, honey

Don't be sad

This may be the best love you ever had

That don't mean that you had enough

A little thing called love

A little thing called love.

Only love puts a tear in your eye

Only love makes you hypnotized

Only love makes you choose

Only love brings you the blues.

A little thing called love

A little thing called love.

COMPUTER AGE

Cars and trucks

Fly by me on the corner

But I'm all right

Standin' proud before the signal

When I see the light

I know I'm more than just a number.

And I stand before you

Or else we just don't see the other

Computer age computer age

Computer age.

Bikes and vans

Fly by me on the desert

But I'm all right

Standing out here in the hot sun

When I see the light

I feel like more than just a number

And I stand before you

Or else we just don't see the other

Computer age computer age

Computer age.

Precious metal lines

Molded into highways

Running through me

So microscopically

Days and nights

Weeks and months and seasons

Rolling through me

So chronologically.

Computer age computer age

Computer age.

I need you

To let me know that there's a heartbeat

Let it pound and pound

And I'll be flying like a free bird

And you need me

Like ugly needs a mirror

And day by day

This horizon's getting clearer

Computer age computer age

Computer age.

WE R IN CONTROL

We control the data banks

We control the think tanks

We control the flow of air.

We're controlling traffic lights

We control computer flights

We control the chief of staff.

We control the TV sky

We control the FBI

We control the flow of heat.

Computer age in harm's way.

We will prevail and perform our function

C.C.T.B.

We're controlling

We control.

We're controlling

We control.

We control you floor to floor

We control you door to door

We're controlling while you sleep

Computer age in harm's way.

We will prevail and perform our function

C.C.T.B.

Computer age in harm's way.

We will prevail and perform our function

C.C.T.B.

We are in control, we are in control, we are in control.

Chemical computer thinking battery.

TRANSFORMER MAN

Transformer man, transformer man

You run the show

Remote control

Direct the action with the push of a button

You're a transformer man

Power in your hand

Transformer man, transformer man.

Transformer man, transformer man

Sooner or later you'll have to see

The cause and effect

So many things still left to do

But we haven't made it yet

Every morning when I look in your eyes

I feel electrified by you. Oh yes.

Transformer man, transformer man

Transformer man

Still in command

You're eyes are shining on a beam

Through the galaxy of love

Transformer man, transformer man

Unlock the secrets

Let us throw off the chains that

Hold you down.

Transformer man, transformer man

Sooner or later you'll have to learn

The cause and effect

So many things still left to do

But we haven't made it yet

Every morning when I look in your eyes

I feel electrified by you. Oh yes.

Transformer man, transformer man

COMPUTER COWBOY (AKA SYSCRUSHER)

Well, his cattle each have numbers

And they all eat in a line

When he turns the floodlights on each night

Of course the herd looks perfect!

Computer Cowboy.

Well, he rides the range 'til midnight

And the wild coyotes yowl

As he trots beneath the floodlights

And of course the rhythm is perfect!

Computer Cowboy.

Ride along computer cowboy

To the city just in time

To bring another system down

And leave your alias behind:

Computer syscrusher.

Crusher. Syscrusher.

Syscrusher.

Come a ky ky yippee yi yippee yi ay

Come a ky ky yippee yi ay.

Come a ky ky yippee yi yippee yi ay

Come a ky ky yippee yi ay.

Computer syscrusher.

HOLD ON TO YOUR LOVE

Hold on to your love

Though you may feel tired and blue.

The things you say,

The things you dream you might do,

Come true if you

Hold on to your love.

How long the day?

How dark the night spent apart?

Is this the way to learn?

Go your own way

Although you may break a heart

Don't let it start

Hold on to your love.

The things you say,

The things you dream you might do,

If only you hold on to your love.

Hold on to your love.

SAMPLE AND HOLD

Sample and Hold

Hair: Blonde

Eyes: Blue

Weight: 110

Disposition: Even

Mood Code: Rotary Adjustable

I need a unit to sample and hold

But not the angry one

A new design, new design.

I need a unit to sample and hold

But not the lonely one

A new design, new design.

I need a unit to sample and hold

But not the lonely one

A new design, new design.

Sample and hold.

We'll send it out right away

Satisfaction guaranteed.

Please specify

The color of skin and eye

We know you'll be happy.

Don't hesitate to give us a call

We know you'll be satisfied

When you energize

And see your unit come alive

We know you'll be happy.

I need a unit to sample and hold

But not the lonely one, the lonely one, the lonely one

Sample and hold.

Weight: 110.

Perfection in every details

Fabricated from the curl of the hair

To the tip of the nail

Because our units never fail

We know you'll be happy.

I need a unit to sample and hold.

Don't hesitate to give us a call

We know you'll be satisfied

When you energize

And see your unit come alive

We know you'll be happy.

I need a unit to sample and hold.

We know you'll be happy 110

We know you'll be happy

We know you'll be happy.

But not the lonely one

A new design, new design

Perfection in every detail, new design

Sample and hold.

LIKE AN INCA

Said the condor to the preying mantis

We're gonna lose this place just like we lost Atlantis

Brother we got to go sooner than you know

The Gypsy told my fortune, she said that nothin' showed.

Who put the bomb on the sacred altar?

Why should we die if it comes our way?

Why should we care about a little button

Being pushed by someone we don't even know?

Well. I wish I was an Aztec,

Or a runner in Peru

I would build such beautiful buildings

To house the chosen few

Like an Inca from Peru.

If you want to get high, build a strong foundation

Sink those pylons deep now and reach for the sky

If you want to get lost in the jungle rhythm

Get down on the ground and pretend you're swimmin'.

If you want to put ice in the lava river

First you must climb, then you must stand and shiver

Brother we got to go sooner than you know

The Gypsy told my fortune, the Gypsy told my fortune,

The Gypsy told my fortune, she said that nothing showed

Well I wish I was an Aztec,

Or a runner in Peru

I would build such beautiful buildings

To house the chosen few

Like an Inca from Peru.

Said the condor to the preying mantis

We're gonna lose this place just like we lost Atlantis

Brother we got to go sooner than you know

The Gypsy told my fortune, the Gypsy told my fortune,

The Gypsy told my fortune, she said that nothin' showed.

Who put the bomb on the sacred altar?

Why should we die if it comes our way?

Why should we care about a little button

Being pushed by someone we don't even know?

Well. I wish I was an Aztec,

Or a runner in Peru

I would build such beautiful buildings

To house the chosen few

Like an Inca from Peru.

I feel sad, but I feel happy

As I'm coming back to home

There's a bridge across the river

That I have to cross alone

Like a skipping rolling stone

Like an Inca.

IF YOU GOT LOVE

When you walk in a room

You hold your head up high

You talk to people eye to eye

There's nothing to hide

You're feeling so complete inside

Your heart feels so complete inside

'Cause you got love.

If you got love

You know you got it

If you got love

Can't live without it

If you got love

The world you're walking in

Is at your command

You're staring in the face of scorn

You know your spirit can't be torn

You're living like a satellite

Maintain your distance through the night

You know that something isn't right

Your heart tells you it's just not right

'Cause you got love.

If you got love

You know you got it

If you got love

Can't live without it

If you got love

The world you're walking in

Is at your command.

If you got love

The world you're walking in

Is at your command

If you got love

To share

If you got love

To share.

SOUL OF A WOMAN

You can't help nobody, until you help yourself

Nobody's going to help you better than somebody else.

You know a man needs a woman right by his side.

A man needs a woman right by his side.

She keeps him warm at night, he keeps her satisfied.

Soul of a woman, soul of a man

A perfect combination ever since the world began.

Soul of a woman

Soul of a woman, soul of a man.

You can't help nobody, until you help yourself

Nobody's going to help you better than somebody else.

You know a man needs a woman right by his side.

A man needs a woman right by his side.

She keeps him warm at night, he keeps her satisfied.

Soul of a woman, soul of a man

A perfect combination ever since the world began.

Soul of a woman

Soul of a woman, soul of a man.

LOVE HOTEL

If you travel with

Those who know you well

I can recommend

Stay at Love Hotel.

Every room a hallway

Softly sell

Don't get stranded on the lift

Of the Love Hotel

Love Hotel, Love Hotel, Love Hotel.

Don't deny yourself

It wants simple truth

Ring for give and take

As the floor and room.

Every room a hallway

Who can tell

Don't get stranded by the lift

Of the Love Hotel

Love Hotel, Love Hotel, Love Hotel.

Every room a hallway

Softly sell

Don't get stranded by the lift

Of the Love Hotel

Love Hotel, Love Hotel.

AFTER BERLIN

Just like a young boy running down the road

I'm singing out the same old song

Can't go back the way I started from

The road goes on and on

Won't you help me, help me, help me, help me,

Help me, help me, help me, help me,

Take my way on home

Help me make my way on home

After Berlin.

Lights are shining in the German sky

Cosmic walls between the moon and I

Don't know where I started from

So won't you take me, take me, take me, take me,

Take me, take me, take me, take me,

Just the way I am

Ah, take me, just the way I am

After Berlin.

All day cruising down the corridor

Seeing things I never seen before

Tomorrow morning in old Berlin

Where they lock you out or lock you in

Won't you save me, save me, save me, save me,

Save me, save me, save me, save me,

From the final day

Save me from the final day

After Berlin.

Just like a young boy running down the road

I'm singing out the same old song

I can't go back the way I used to go

The road goes on and on

Won't you help me, help me, help me, help me,

Help me, help me, help me, help me,

Find my way back home

Won't you help me make my way on home

After Berlin.

Help me, help me, help me, help me.

RAININ' IN PARADISE

It's rainin' in paradise

Here come the clouds

There's a big wind blowin' through town

The rooster crows

But we're sleepin' in past dawn

It's rainin' in paradise

When you chase the sun

Chase it half way around the world

The rainbow comes

When you least expect it to.

It's rainin' in paradise

Sun comes up

Sun comes up.

When you chase the sun

Chase it half way around the world

The rainbow comes

When you least expect it to

It's rainin' in paradise

Lyrics: EVERYBODY’S ROCKIN’

•PAYOLA BLUES

•WONDERIN'

•KINDA FONDA WANDA

•JELLYROLL MAN

•CRY, CRY, CRY

•EVERYBODY'S ROCKIN'

Other non-Album songs from this period:

•DEPRESSION BLUES (see Lucky 13)

•GET GONE (see Lucky 13)

•DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE AWAY FROM ME (see Lucky 13)

•COLOR BY NUMBERS

•WE'RE GONNA ROCK FOREVER

•YOUR LOVE

•SO TIRED

PAYOLA BLUES

This one's for you Al Freed,

Wherever you go, whatever you do

'Cause the things they're doing today

Will make a saint out of you

Payola blues.

I've got the payola blues

Even though I already paid my dues.

Listen to me Mr. D.J., hear what I've got to say

If a man is making music, they ought to let his record play.

Payola blues

No matter where I go

I never hear my record on the radio.

Well, here's three thousand, that ought to get it on.

Well, thanks a lot man! I love your new song.

Payola blues

No matter where I go

I never hear my record on the radio.

And it goes like this.

I got a brand new record company, new manager too.

Got a great new record, I can't get through to you.

Payola blues

No matter where I go

I never hear my record on the radio.

How about this new Mercedes Benz, that ought to get it on.

Well, thanks a lot man! I'll play it all day long.

Payola blues

No matter where I go

I never hear my record on the radio.

I've got the payola blues, payola blues

I'm paying those payola blues

No matter where I go

I never hear my record on the radio.

WONDERIN'

I've been walking all night long

My footsteps made me crazy

Baby, you've been gone so long

I'm wonderin' if you'll come home

I'm hopin' that you'll be my baby

I'm wonderin' if I'll be alone

Knowin' that I need you to save me.

I've been talking all day long

To keep my heart from sadness

Baby, you've been gone so long

I'm wonderin' if you'll come home

I'm hopin' that you'll be my baby

I'm wonderin' if I'll be alone

Knowin' that I need you to save me.

I'm wonderin', I'm wonderin',

I'm wonderin', I'm wonderin'.

Well, I'm knowin' that I need you to save me

Knowin' that I need you to save me.

I'm wonderin', I'm wonderin'.

KINDA FONDA WANDA

Well, I went with Mary Lou

Tried Peggy Sue

Had a date with Donna

And Barbara Ann too

But I'm kinda fonda Wanda.

Kinda fonda Wanda.

Yeah, I'm kinda fonda Wanda.

'Cause Wanda always wanna, wanna, wanna.

Well, I went out with Jenny

Took out skinny Minnie

Long tall Sally

And short fat Fanny.

But I'm kinda fonda Wanda.

Kinda fonda Wanda.

Yeah, I'm kinda fonda Wanda.

'Cause Wanda always wanna, wanna, wanna.

Did the bop with Miss Ann

The swim with Mary Ann,

The stroll with Betty Lou

Screwed runaround Sue

But she wasn't as good as Wanda,

No, she'll never be as good as Wanda.

I'm kinda fonda Wanda.

'Cause Wanda always wanna, wanna, wanna.

Wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna.

Kinda fonda Wanda.

Yeah, I'm kinda fonda Wanda.

'Cause Wanda always wanna, wanna, wanna.

Wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna.

JELLYROLL MAN

Well, if you've got the craving for some jellyroll

You've got to have it right now

Well, if you've got the craving for some jellyroll

You've got to have it right now

I'm your jellyroll man

I've got to have it right now.

I'm your jellyroll man

I've got to have it right now.

Well, if you've got the craving for some rock 'n' roll

You've got to have it right now

Well, if you've got the craving for some rock 'n' roll

You've got to have it right now

I'm your jellyroll man

I've got to have it right now.

I'm your jellyroll man

I've got to have it right now.

CRY, CRY, CRY

Cry, cry, cry, cry, cry, cry,

Cry, cry, cry, cry, cry, cry.

Well, old man river just keeps on rollin'

On down the line

Like my tears just keep on flowin'

All the time

Can't you hear me cry.

Cry, cry, cry, cry, cry, cry,

Cry, cry, cry, cry.

Well, somewhere there's a rainbow for me,

I know it's my time

I am getting so tired

Of standing in this light

Can't you hear me cry.

Boo, hoo, hoo, boo, hoo, hoo,

Boo, hoo, hoo, boo, boo, hoo,

Boo, hoo, hoo, cry, cry, cry.

Boo, hoo, hoo, boo, hoo, hoo,

Cry, cry, cry, cry.

EVERYBODY'S ROCKIN'

When grandma and grandpa get out on the floor

They rock until they drop and then they rock some more

Yeah, everybody's rockin', well, everybody's rockin'

Everybody's rockin', rockin' to the dancin' beat.

From the shaky city down to New Orleans

The Golden Gate to the Bronx and Queens

Everybody's rockin', yeah, everybody's rockin',

Well, everybody's rockin', rockin' to the dancin' beat.

When Ronnie and Nancy do the bop on the lawn

They're rockin' in the White House all night long.

Everybody's rockin', everybody's rockin',

Everybody's rockin', rockin' their blues away.

Everybody's rockin', rockin' their blues away

Everybody's rockin', rockin' all night and day.

Everybody's rockin', everybody's rockin'

Yeah, everybody's rockin', everybody's rockin'

Everybody's rockin', rockin' to the dancin' beat.

Everybody's rockin', dancin' to the rockin' beat.

COLOR BY NUMBERS

Someone wants to blow up the planet

Johnny wants to find out why

Johnny did a show in St. Louis

Love came through the sky.

Oh yeah, they were camped out,

Waiting for the sun to rise

Oh yeah, Johnny sang out

Love into the sky.

Johnny found a place out in Texas

Waiting for him to come

Made himself a reservation

And hope came, in the gun.

Oh yeah, he was flying,

Waiting for the sun to rise

Oh yeah, color by numbers

Waiting for the sun to rise.

Johnny did some time in the army

Johnny did a stint in Vietnam.

Now he can't forget it,

His mind is confused, slipping from his twisted hand.

Oh yeah, he's still back there

With one hand on the gun

Oh yeah, he's still back there

Waiting for the rising sun.

Now Johnny likes to go down the highway

The wind singing in his ears

Right up as most things go whirring by

By day everything looks clear.

Oh yeah, Johnny ride on

Gonna find a special home

Oh yeah, down the highway

Looking for the rising sun.

WE'RE GONNA ROCK FOREVER

Down the highway, all across the nation

Trucks are moving rough, we pass the break of day

Sure looks like we're all gonna rock forever.

Rock, rock, rock.

After midnight you see the big trucks rolling

Pushing metal on down the super slab

Sure hard to tell from here where we are going

Rock, rock, rock.

Do it inside, do it outside, baby

Do it over again in the same old way

From now on we're all gonna rock together.

Rock, rock, rock.

Sure looks like we're all gonna rock forever.

The way we just keep rolling on and on

Yeah, sure looks like we're all gonna rock forever.

Rock, rock, rock.

YOUR LOVE

Your love is good to me

I should be standing tall

And walking proud

Your eyes keep looking out

And your heart keeps beatin' on

Oh yeah, without your love I would surely die.

Some night when I'm alone

I get to wonder what's been shown

And your love is like a light

Showing me the way through the night

Oh yeah, without your love I would surely die.

Your love is good to me

Good to you I try to be

Don't leave me, babe

Yeah, if I get the blues

My love you'll never loose

Don't ever take away your love.

Your love, your love.

SO TIRED

Time for me to show my hand

Let them know just who I am

'Cause I've been down and back again.

I'm so tired of talking to strangers,

Close my eyes and I see the danger

I feel like making some changes.

So tired of talking to strangers,

Close my eyes and I see the danger

I feel like making some changes.

Lyrics: Old Ways

Song List

•THE WAYWARD WIND

•GET BACK TO THE COUNTRY

•ARE THERE ANY MORE REAL COWBOYS

•ONCE AN ANGEL

•MISFITS

•CALIFORNIA SUNSET

•OLD WAYS

•MY BOY

•BOUND FOR GLORY

•WHERE IS THE HIGHWAY TONIGHT?

Other non-Album songs from this period

Some of these were on the original Old Ways (sometimes known as "Old Ways 1") album that was rejected by Geffen. Others are part of a set of out-takes that's become known as "Old Ways 3".

•AMBER JEAN

•RAZOR LOVE

•GOOD PHONE

•SILVER AND GOLD

•HILLBILLY BAND

•NOTHING IS PERFECT

•GREY RIDERS

•BEAUTIFUL BLUEBIRD

•LEAVIN’ THE TOP 40 BEHIND

•TIME OFF FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR

•YOUR LOVE AGAIN

THE WAYWARD WIND

In the lonely shack by the railroad track

I spent my younger days

And I guess the sound of the outward bound

Made me a slave to my wanderin' ways.

And the wayward wind is a restless wind

A restless wind that yearns to wander

And I was born the next of kin

The next of kin to the wayward wind.

Oh, I met him down in the border town

He vowed we'd never part

Though he tried his best to settle down

Now I'm all alone with a broken heart.

And the wayward wind is a restless wind

A restless wind that yearns to wander

And I was born the next of kin

The next of kin to the wayward wind.

And the wayward wind is a restless wind

A restless wind that yearns to wander

And I was born the next of kin

The next of kin to the wayward wind.

GET BACK TO THE COUNTRY

When I was a younger man

Got lucky with a rock 'n' roll band

Struck gold in Hollywood

All that time I knew I would

Get back to the country

Back where it all began

Get back to the country

Back in the barn again.

Now when we hit the road

Big buses and trucks unload

After the curtain falls

Load up and then we all

Get back to the country

Back where it all began

Get back to the country

Back on the road again.

When I was a younger man

Got lucky with a rock 'n' roll band

Struck gold in Hollywood

All that time I knew I would

Get back to the country

Back where it all began

Get back to the country

Back in the barn again.

ARE THERE ANY MORE REAL COWBOYS

Are there any more real cowboys

Left out in these hills?

Will the fire hit the iron

One more time?

And will one more dusty pick-up

Coming rolling down the road

With a load of feed before the sun gets high?

Well, I hope that working cowboy never dies.

Not the one that's snortin' cocaine

When the honky-tonk's all closed

But the one that prays for more rain

Heaven knows

That the good feed brings the money

And the money buys the clothes

Not the diamond sequins shining on TV

But the kind the working cowboy really needs.

Are there any more country families

Still working hand in hand

Trying hard to stay together

And make a stand?

While the rows and rows of houses

Come creepin' up on the land

Where the cattle graze and an old grey barn still stands

Are there any more real cowboys in this land?

ONCE AN ANGEL

Once an angel

Always an angel

You're as close to heaven

As I'll ever be

It's been six years now

Since my ring slipped on your finger

And those years have made

A better man out of me.

Once an angel

Always an angel

You're as close to heaven

As I'll ever be.

There've been times when

I've treated you so badly

I've done things I know

You'll never understand.

But you take me back

Turn your eyes towards the window

Where you hide the tears

You don't want me to see.

Once an angel

Always an angel

You're as close to heaven

As I'll ever be.

Once an angel

Always an angel

You're as close to heaven

As I'll ever be.

You're as close to heaven

As I'll ever be.

MISFITS

Up in that new space station

Living Kennedy's dream

There was an automatic camera

Shooting elephantine.

Well the crew was relaxing

Before the video screen

Watching old re-runs

Of Mohammed Ali.

The voice of Houston callin'

Brought them back to the scene

Except the sky is fallin'

Do you know what that means?

Out on that Texas sidewalk

Through the hotel mezzanine

There walked a see-thru' hooker

To a suite with two TVs.

But by the elevator

She began to sneeze

With an attack so uncontrolled

It brought her to her knees.

And then the hotel doctor

With nurse and stethoscope

Announced the worst is over

But for her there is no hope.

Way down in South Dakota

On the Needles Highway

There's a lone red rider

On the road today.

And though his war is over

He's fightin' on anyway

Although he's seldom sober

He's drinking whisky all day.

Down in that old box canyon

Where only misfits can go

He rides with no companion

But saloon and rodeo.

Up in that new space station

Living Kennedy's dream

There's an automatic camera

Shooting elephantine.

Well the crew is relaxing

Before the video screen

Watching old re-runs

Of Mohammed Ali.

The voice of Houston callin'

Brought them back to the scene

Except the sky is fallin'

Do you know what that means?

CALIFORNIA SUNSET

I remember long ago

How I wondered where I'd go

While the blizzards, cold wind and snow

Pounded outside my window.

California sunset

Going down in the West

All the colors in the sky

Kiss another day goodbye.

Land of beauty, space and light

Land of promise, land of might

You're my home now and it's true

California, here's to you.

California sunset

Going down in the West

All the colors in the sky

Kiss another day goodbye.

California sunset

Going down in the West

All the colors in the sky

Kiss another day goodbye.

The golden state!

OLD WAYS

Old ways, it sure is hard to change 'em

Come what may

It's hard to teach a dinosaur a new trick

Lately I've been finding out

I'm set in my ways

Old ways, can be your ball and chain.

Oh, I'm gonna stop that grass

And give up all this drinking

Really gonna make my life last

Clean up my whole way of living

Up until the party last night

I was a different man

But old ways got their way again.

The economy was getting so bad

I had to lay myself off

Well, working was a habit I had

So I kept showin' up anyway

Then one day things turned around

I got my back pay

Old ways comin' through again.

I got old ways.

MY BOY

Why are you growin' up so fast

My boy?

Oh, you'd better take your time.

Why are you growin' up so fast

My son?

Almost time to live your dream

My boy.

Oh, you'd better take your time.

Almost time to make some plans

My son.

Vacation gone, school is out,

Summer ends year in year out.

Oh, you'd better take your time

My boy.

I thought we had just begun.

Why are you growin' up so fast

My son?

Vacation gone, school is out,

Summer ends year in year out.

Why are you growin' up so fast

My boy?

Why are you growin' up so fast

My son?

BOUND FOR GLORY

Out on the trans-Canada highway

There was a girl hitchhiking with her dog

Fireflies buzzin' round her head

Like candles in the fog.

He was three miles down the road

Tryin' to stay up, but he knew that he couldn't

She was looking for a ride through the night

But out there, who wouldn't.

They were bound for glory

Bound for living on the edge

They were bound for each other

Like two comets heading for a bed.

She had a new way of living

New way of looking at life

He had an '84 International and two kids

He left back home with his wife.

He was tired of writin' letters to himself

And living in the dark

She was open to suggestions

And some say she had a broken heart.

He had everything he wanted

'Til it all turned out to be a job

One fallen asleep trucker

And a girl hitchhiking with her dog.

They were bound for glory

Bound for living on the edge

They were bound for each other

Like two comets heading for a bed.

She had a new way of living

New way of looking at life

He had an '84 International and two kids

He left back home with his wife.

Out on the trans-Canada highway

The sun came climbing up the cab

By the time it hit the window they were wakin' up

From what little sleep they had.

When that heat hit the blankets

They were looking for love at second sight

Just starin' in each others' eyes

Findin' it in the mornin' light.

They were bound for glory

Bound for living on the edge

They were bound for each other

Like two blankets layin' on a bed.

She had a new way of living

New way of looking at life

He had an '84 International and two kids

He left back home with his wife.

WHERE IS THE HIGHWAY TONIGHT?

I would be feelin' so low

She'd have a new place to go

She'd take me in her arms

And show me all her charms

Until my troubles were gone.

Then when I left her behind

Never a tear could I find

Just a haunting melody

Comin' back to me

Where is the highway tonight?

Where are those old days and crazy nights?

Now the house is all quiet and still

Coyote house on the hill

How far did I go

Before we said hello

Where is the highway tonight?

Darlin', you'll always be mine

I'll never treat you unkind

But a haunting melody

Keeps comin' back to me

Where is the highway tonight?

Where are those old days and crazy nights?

A haunting melody

Keeps comin' back to me

Where is the highway tonight?

AMBER JEAN

Every morning got sun to shine

Every day got plenty of time

Every night there's a moon so fine

There for you, my Amber Jean.

Still some lines that should get crossed

Still some coins that might be tossed

Still some love that hasn't been lost

There for you, my Amber Jean.

Amber Jean, oh, Amber Jean,

Prettiest eyes I've ever seen.

Every morning got sun to shine

Every day got plenty of time

Every night there's a moon so fine

There for you, my Amber Jean.

RAZOR LOVE

I got to bet that your old man

Became fascinated with his own plans

Turned you loose, your mama too

There wasn't a thing that you could do.

I got faith in you, it's the kind of love

That cuts clean through.

I got faith in you, it's a razor love

And it's true.

And you really made my day

With the little things you say

Right now I'm looking through the window at a silhouette

Trying to find something I can find yet

Imagination is my best friend

Got to watch out for the greedy hand, greedy hand

Make a living like a rolling stone

On the road there's no place like home

Silhouettes on the window.

Who was it made your eyes flicker like that

Tell me baby, where do get a man

I came to you with open arms

And I really took you down the track

Now all I've got for you is the kind of love

That cuts clean through.

All I got for you is razor love

That cuts clean through.

You really made my day

With the little things you say

Right now I'm looking through the window at a silhouette

Trying to find something I can find yet

Imagination is my best friend

Got to watch out for the greedy hand, greedy hand

Make a living like a rolling stone

On the road there's no place like home

Silhouettes on the window.

I got to bet that your old man

Became fascinated with his own plans.

GOOD PHONE

Back in the days of covered wagons

A man had his own way

Whether talkin' to a woman

Or crossing the U.S.A.

No telephones were ringing

No angry words exchanged.

I wish I was back in the saddle now

Riding on the range.

Let your fingers do the walking

Call me up some time

I'm listed under Broken Hearts

Looking for a good time.

I can't reach out and touch you

You're hung up on the line

I'm your disconnected number now

And you're a private line.

Well, I used to be so happy,

When you gave good 'phone.

I could call you up from anywhere

For a little bit of home

But now my heart is aching

After every call

By the way you talk you'd think

You never gave good 'phone at all.

Let your fingers do the walking

Call me up some time

I'm listed under Broken Hearts

Looking for a good time.

I can't reach out and touch you

You're hung up on the line

I'm your disconnected number now

And you're a private line.

Let your fingers do the walking

Call me up some time

I'm listed under Broken Hearts.

Looking for a good time.

I can't reach out and touch you

You're hung up on the line

I'm your disconnected number now

And you're a private line.

SILVER AND GOLD

Workin' hard every day

Never notice how the time slips away

People come, seasons go

We got something that never gets old.

I don't care if the sun don't shine

And the rain keeps pouring down on me and mine

'Cause our kind of love

Just never seems to get old

It's better than silver and gold.

I used to have a treasure chest

Got so heavy that I had to rest

I let it slip away from me

Didn't need it anyway.

So I let it slip away.

I don't care if the sun don't shine

And the rain keeps pouring down on me and mine

'Cause our kind of love

Just never seems to get old

It's better than silver and gold.

I don't care if the sun don't shine

And the rain keeps pouring down on me and mine

'Cause our kind of love

Just never seems to get old

It's better than silver and gold.

Better than silver and gold

It's better than silver and gold.

HILLBILLY BAND

There was an ill wind blowing

Through my hair last night

That froze me in my blue jeans.

I couldn't find a light

I know that something's coming

I can feel it in my bones

Thank God for those old country boys,

I ain't out here alone.

My friends all tell me

I got daggers in my eyes

There's an anger in my heart

That they don't realize

I'm mad as hell at something

That I don't understand

Thank God I'm on the road tonight

With this old hillbilly band.

Thank God I'm on the road tonight

With this old hillbilly band.

We may not be good looking

But we sure get outta hand

Was that The Devil's stagecoach

Flying over the Rio Grande?

Thank God I'm on the road tonight

With this old hillbilly band.

I swear that The Devil

Came visiting me last night

Surrounded my old stagecoach

With his eerie light

He was pounding on my windows

Rattling my wheels

I may not be The Devil

But I know just how he feels.

Thank God I'm on the road tonight

With this old hillbilly band.

We may not be good looking

But we sure get outta hand

Was that The Devil's stagecoach

Flying over the Rio Grande?

Thank God I'm on the road tonight

With this old hillbilly band.

NOTHING IS PERFECT

There's plenty of food on the table

Lots of love in the house

The children all do what they're able to do

We got so much to be happy about.

I got a woman standing beside me

She really knows how to stand by her man

She's strong and she's soft and she's honest to me

She really helps me to be a good man.

But nothing is perfect in God's perfect plan

Look in the shadow to see

He only gave us the good things so we'd understand

What life without them would be.

There's plenty of wheat on the prairies

Lots of coal in the mines

We got soldiers so strong they can bury their dead

And still not go back shooting blind.

There's women and men on the workforce

Doing forty hours plus overtime

So the hostages held at the airport

Can come home to something worthwhile.

But nothing is perfect in God's perfect plan

Look in the shadow to see

He only gave us the good things so we'd understand

What life without them would be.

And there's plenty of food on the table

Lots of love in the house

The children all do what they're able to do

We got so much to be happy about.

I got a woman standing beside me

She really knows how to stand by her man

She's strong and she's soft and she's honest to me

It really helps me to be a good man.

But nothing is perfect in God's perfect plan

He only gave us the good things so we'd understand.

No, nothing is perfect in God's perfect plan.

GREY RIDERS

The night was cold

And the wind was howling

I was awaken by the sound

Of hoof beats pounding.

Outside the window, on the ground

Our hound dog was growling

Grey Riders flew across my lawn

I looked again and they all were gone.

That voice was calling

And it cut through the night

Come on boys, let her go.

Up on a hill

They rode in one long column

They were freezing with the chills

Of the new day dawning.

Their hair long and grey

They heard just one voice calling

Grey Riders on the morning sky,

The sun made diamonds of their road-weary eyes.

That voice is calling

And it cut through the night

Come on boys, let her go.

The night was cold

And the wind was howling

I was awaken by the sound

Of hoof beats pounding.

Outside the window, on the ground

Our hound dog was growling

Grey Riders flew across my lawn

I looked again and they all were gone.

That voice was calling

And it cut through the night

Come on boys, let her go.

BEAUTIFUL BLUEBIRD

One mornin' when I was ridin'

In my old pickup truck

A beautiful bluebird came flyin' down

My eyes caught the color

As it lead me down the road

Dippin' and bobbin' in the sun

I've never seen that blue before

'cept in one place

And she's not here with me right now

So I followed all the way

To the top of the hill

That's where she kept on climbin' Lord

Someday I will

Beautiful bluebird

See how she flies

Looks like she's always goin' home

If heaven had a window

Where the sun came shinin' through

Like a beautiful bluebird

I'd come flyin' back to you

Well it kind of struck me funny

Sort of made me smile

After all these years on this old road

How God could show me somethin'

Never say a word

There's so much that I don't know

I've never seen that blue before

Except in one place

And she's not here with me right now

I followed all the way to the top of the hill

That's where she kept on climbin' Lord

And someday I will

Beautiful bluebird

See how she flies

Looks like she's always goin' home

If heaven had a window

Where the sun came shinin' through

Like a beautiful bluebird

I'd come flyin' back to you

Beautiful bluebird

See how she flies

Looks like she's always goin' home

If heaven had a window

Where the sun came shinin' through

Like a beautiful bluebird

I'd come flyin' back to you

LEAVIN’ THE TOP 40 BEHIND

Here comes another day

And another

I got so many ills and pills

I'm about to smother

Hit 39, leavin' the top 40 behind

Holdin' on to what I got

I tried to tell myself

It doesn't matter

It's just the time of life

Another rung in the ladder

Each morning I

Look in her sky-blue eyes

The downside of life looks better

That old man standin' on the corner

He should be proud of those lines on his face

'cos either he's been laughin' too much

Or feelin' too much pain

Here comes another day

And another

I sure am glad

I got you for a lover

Hit 39, leavin' the top 40 behind

Holdin' on to what I got

That old man standin' on the corner

He should be proud of those lines on his face

'cos either he's been smilin' too much

Or feelin' too much pain

Here comes another day

And another

I sure am glad

I got you for a lover

Hit 39, I'm leavin' the top 40 behind

Holdin' on to what I got

Hit 39, leavin' the top 40 behind

Holdin' on to what I got

TIME OFF FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR

My brother went to prison

He's in Kingston doin' time

He got seven years for sellin'

What I've been smokin' all my life

Time off for good behavior

But the boy don't feel too good

Locked behind those steel bars

I don't know if he should

Yeh a few years ago they called me

Back home to get a big award

They also called my brother

But they made him say "My Lord"

They locked me up in a Hall of Fame

And threw away the keys

But when they put my brother away

It really did somethin' to me

Now I'm guilty as hell for sayin'

"Boy you better go back home"

You know you'll get a fair shake there

We're running all alone

When he called me up from the border

With the Mounties on his tail

I said go back to Canada

We can raise the bail

Now I get these letters

From a cell with no TV

He says he's outside one hour

And inside twenty three

Time off for good behavior

But the boy don't feel too good

Locked behind those steel bars

I don't know if he should

Now I'm guilty as hell for sayin'

"Boy you better go back home"

You know you'll get a fair shake there

We're running all alone

When he called me up from the border

With the Mounties on his tail

I said go back to Canada

We can raise the bail

My brother went to prison

He's in Kingston doin' time

He got seven years for sellin'

What I've been smokin' all my life

YOUR LOVE AGAIN

I don't wanna bring you down

I don't wanna change you

All I want is

Your love again

You and I want different things

But we need each other

All I want is

Your love again

Love is always changin' faces

Who knows what it means

The whole World is tryin' to find

The answer to its' dreams

Why should we lose what we got

We could rearrange it

All I want is

Your love again

I don't wanna break your heart

I just wanna hold you

All I want is

Your love again

You and I knew from the start

Now we gotta make it happen

All I need is

Your love again

When you walked into my life

On the heels of a dream

I thought I saw in your eyes

A little bit of me

I don't wanna change your life

I just wanna share it

All I want is

Your love again

All I want is

Your love again

Lyrics: Landing On Water

Song List

•WEIGHT OF THE WORLD

•VIOLENT SIDE

•HIPPIE DREAM

•BAD NEWS BEAT

•TOUCH THE NIGHT

•PEOPLE ON THE STREET

•HARD LUCK STORIES

•I GOT A PROBLEM

•PRESSURE

•DRIFTER

Other non-Album songs from this period:

•INTERSTATE (see Broken Arrow)

WEIGHT OF THE WORLD

I used to carry the weight of the world

On my back

I never trusted my friends or my girl

Can you imagine that

I used to shuffle my feet

When I walked I hung my head down low

Kept to myself all my private thoughts

But when I met you girl.

I dropped the weight of the world

Weight of the world

I dropped the weight of the world

Weight of the world.

I knew some people used to dance all night

But not me

I never knew if it was wrong or right

To be so free

I used to close my eyes

And try to hide from the light of love

Spent all my time with the darkness inside

But when I met you girl.

I dropped the weight of the world

Weight of the world

I dropped the weight of the world

Weight of the world.

I was alone for all of my life

Until you came my way

I dropped the weight of the world

Weight of the world

I dropped the weight of the world

Weight of the world.

VIOLENT SIDE

Here comes the night

Here comes the anger

Hidden so deep inside

No one can see

Behind these eyes

There walks a stranger

Wandering through the dark

Following me.

Control the violent side

Control the violent side.

Electric light

Shining on your block

Sayin' to everyone

The power is on

While your alarm

Set up for safety

Keeps out invaders who come

But still can't control.

Control the violent side

Control the violent side.

Got to fight to control the violent side

Every day and night

I've got to fight to control it.

HIPPIE DREAM

Take my advice

Don't listen to me

It ain't paradise

But it used to be

There was a time

When the river was wide

And the water came running down

To the rising tide

But the wooden ships

Were just a hippie dream

Just a hippie dream.

Don't bat an eye

Don't waste a word

Don't mention nothin'

That could go unheard

'Cause the tie-dye sails

Are the screamin' sheets

And the dusty trail

Leads to blood in the streets

And the wooden ships

Are a hippie dream

Capsized in excess

If you know what I mean.

Just because it's over for you

Don't mean it's over for me

It's a victory for the heart

Every time the music starts

So please don't kill the machine

Don't kill the machine

Don't kill the machine.

Another flower child goes to seed

In an ether-filled room of meat-hooks

It's so ugly

So ugly.

BAD NEWS BEAT

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Have you heard the news

I lost my baby to another man

I got a bulletin of news

Late breaking story that I don't understand

Should I call her up late

Should I ask her how she really feels

Should I try to make a date

For a time when we can touch

And feel.

She' so on fire

She's my desire.

I've got the bad news beat

And my reception is loud and clear

I've got a man in the street

Telling me what I don't want to hear

I've got an eye in the sky

Taking pictures that I don't want to see

She's got a brand new guy

Looks like she's never coming back

To me.

She' so on fire

She's my desire.

I've got an eye in the sky

I've got a man in the street

I've got the bad news beat

TOUCH THE NIGHT

Out on the road the traffic slowed down to a crawl

Strobe lights flashin' on the overpass

The tangled steel could not reveal what no one saw

Or how he walked away without a scratch

He thought of her and walked along the exit ramp

He touched the night between two old street lamps.

And every one will touch the night

And every one will touch the night.

Imagine blue dissolve into the empty night

Slowly fadin' no one answerin'

She walked away and left him standing all alone

Between the shadows of his memory

And those who loved and lost will know the way it feels

To touch the night without the one you love.

And every one will touch the night

And every one will touch the night.

PEOPLE ON THE STREET

People on the street need a place to go

Walkin' with the beat if it's not too slow

When the night's dark shadow falls

On the sidewalk scenes and the concrete canyon walls.

People on the street need a place to go

People on the street need a place to go.

Walkin' through the night up and down the avenue

Lookin' for a place,

A place to go,

A place to go.

There's a muffled scream from the alley scene

From the alley scene comes a muffled scream

And the siren wails while the system fails

In the steaming heat people walk in the street

People can't run and hide

If you want to feel good then you gotta feel good inside.

People on the street need a place to go

People on the street need a place to go.

Rising through the grates come the fumes of industry

Floating to the sky

Keep walkin' with the beat, walkin' with the beat

When the night's dark shadow falls

On the sidewalk scenes and the concrete canyon walls.

People on the street need a place to go

People on the street need a place to go.

HARD LUCK STORIES

Don't tell me hard luck stories

And I won't tell you mine

Don't tell me hard luck stories

And I won't tell you mine.

Every time you're feelin' fine

Got another good one on the line

It slips away,

You feel it slip away, slip away.

I don't want no more from you

Won't do what you want me to

Turn me loose

Come on turn me loose, turn me loose.

Every time I'm feelin' good

The phone rings and I knock on wood

Hoping that it won't be you

Calling like you always do.

All you ever seem to say is

How much bad luck came your way

You won't try to start again

You just count on your old friends.

Don't tell me hard luck stories

And I won't tell you mine

Don't tell me hard luck stories

And I won't tell you mine.

Now you call up every day

Got no money no place to stay

That girl made a mess of you

You got what was comin' too.

Build her up and let her down

Tastin' everythin' in town

Treat her right, you never

Treat her right, treat her right.

Now she's gone and you're alone

Bite your fingers to the bone

Slip away,

You feel it slip away, slip away.

You don't know what's goin' on

How you lost it, what went wrong

What ever happened to

The love that you once knew.

Don't tell me hard luck stories

And I won't tell you mine

Don't tell me hard luck stories

And I won't tell you mine.

I GOT A PROBLEM

I got a problem I can't explain

It's hard to solve it, I can't lose face

They all try to help me, but I can't see the light.

Me and my shadow are so in despair

'Cause we keep hurtin' someone who cares

Every time we talk about it I break out in a cold sweat

There must be some way outta here, but I can't find it yet.

I got a problem that's so intense

I try to fight it, but there's no defense.

Every time we talk about it I break out in a cold sweat

There must be some way outta here, but I can't find it yet.

I got a problem, I got a problem

Every time we talk about it I break out in a cold sweat.

PRESSURE

A funny thing happened yesterday

I felt the pressure in a brand new way

It kept hitting me from all directions

I got this feeling I was cracking up

My knees were shaking and I couldn't close my eyes

I fought to gain control and make corrections

A funny thing happened yesterday

I felt the pressure in a TV way.

Don't feel, don't feel

Feel pressure from me

Don't feel, don't feel

No pressure from me

Don't feel, don't feel

Feel pressure from me.

You watch the box and the video jocks

If you could talk that could even be you up there

That's why you need max head room

Too much pressure for peace on earth

Too much tryin' to get your money's worth

Too much dying

The Eldorado, the Mercedes Benz

The job security that never ends.

Don't feel, don't feel

Feel pressure from me

Don't feel, don't feel

No pressure from me

Don't feel, don't feel

Feel pressure from me

Don't feel, don't feel

No pressure from me.

I feel the pressure building every night

One of these days I'm gonna go out like a light

Oh, baby

I feel the pressure building every night

One of these days I'm gonna go out like a light.

DRIFTER

I'm just a drifter

I'll stay until you try to tie me down

I'm not a quitter, baby

I'd like to stay and see the whole thing go down.

Don't try to tell me

What I gotta do to fit

Don't try to rescue me,

I'm gonna go with my ship.

What about you, did I ever take a thing from you?

What about me, how do I know that your love is true?

What about you, how can I count on you to count on me?

I like to drive my car

If I've got someplace to go

I like to feel the wheel

Put down the top and let it roll.

Don't try to fence me in,

Don't try to slow me down

Don't try to speed me up,

Or tie my feet down to the ground.

What about you, did I ever take a thing from you?

What about me, how do I know that your love is true?

What about you, how can I count on you to count on me?

I'm just a drifter

I'll stay until you try to tie me down

Don't try to rescue me,

Don't try to rescue me

I like to feel the wheel,

I like to feel the wheel

I like to feel the wheel.

Lyrics: Life

Song List

•MIDEAST VACATION

•LONG WALK HOME

•AROUND THE WORLD

•INCA QUEEN

•TOO LONELY

•PRISONERS OF ROCK 'N' ROLL

•CRYIN' EYES

•WHEN YOUR LONELY HEART BREAKS

•WE NEVER DANCED

Other non-Album songs from this period:

•THE ROAD OF PLENTY

•WELCOME TO THE BIG ROOM

•LAST OF A DYING BREED

•I WONDER WHY

MIDEAST VACATION

I used to watch "Highway Patrol"

Whittlin' with my knife

But the thought never struck me

I'd be black and white for life

I was raised on law and order

I a community of strife

Became a restless boarder

And I never took a wife.

I went lookin' for Khaddafi

Aboard Air Force One

But I never did find him

And the C.I.A. said Son,

You'll never be a hero

Your flyin' days are done

It's time for you to go home now

Stop sniffin' that smokin' gun.

I was travellin' with my family

In the Mideast late one night

In the hotel all was quiet

The kids were out like little lights

Then the street was filled with jeeps

There was an explosion to the right

They chanted "Death to America"

I was feelin' like a fight.

So I ran downstairs

And out into the street

Someone kicked me in the belly

Someone else kissed my feet

I was Rambo in the disco

I was shootin' to the beat

When they burned me in effigy

My vacation was complete.

LONG WALK HOME

If you see Liberty tell her I will

Buy her windows on the hill

Laud her flowers on the sill

Till they grow higher and higher.

If Liberty was a little girl

Watching all the flags unfurl

Standing at the big parade

How would she like us now?

We balance the power

From hour to hour

Giant guns rage

It's such a long walk home

It's such a long walk home.

From Vietnam to old Beirut

If we are searching for the truth

Why do we feel that double-edged blade

Cutting through our hand.

America, America

Where have we gone?

It's such a long walk home

It's such a long walk home.

We balance the power

From hour to hour

Giant guns rage

It's such a long walk home

It's such a long walk home.

AROUND THE WORLD

Boy and girl fall in love

Dreamin' under stars above

Meanwhile push comes to shove

Around the world.

Leaders fall, leaders rise

Terror wears a thin disguise

Not much room for compromise

Around the world.

Surfers from seven seas

Sharing with the submarines

Experts count war machines

Around the world.

People sweat in planted fields

Students study what is real

Someone builds a laser shield

Around the world.

Fashion change, style change

Fashion change, style change.

Hey! What's that you got on?

You're sure looking good tonight!

Where'd you pick that up anyway?

Wow! You're looking beautiful!

Hey! You are somethin' else tonight, so skin tight.

Yeah! Come on, lets go out! Come On!

Why do we have to hate

Why do we incinerate

Why don't we illuminate

Around the world.

Why don't we illuminate

Around the world.

INCA QUEEN

Once there was an Inca Queen

She gazed at her sundial

All around her workers raised

Golden idols to her smile

The waiting years weren't hard to see

Behind the tears of Mercury.

She spoke of silver from the sky

And many floating safety boats

To pick them up when they would fly

Far above their dreams and hopes

And they a mountain city raised

Where their queen above the clouds

Could watch out.

Inca Queen has, Inca Queen has, Inca Queen has come

Inca Queen has, Inca Queen has, Inca Queen has come.

Out in the jungle the drums were heard: Inca Queen has come

From the biggest elephant to the smallest bird: Inca Queen has come

She spoke of silver from the sky, Inca Queen has come

To pick them up when they would fly, Inca Queen has come.

Once there was an Inca Queen

She gazed at her sundial

All around her workers raised

Golden idols to her smile

And though the air was thin and cold

Soon the day would come the queen had told.

Inca Queen has, Inca Queen has, Inca Queen has come.

TOO LONELY

Too lonely, too lonely

Too lonely to fall in love

Too lonely, too lonely

Too lonely to fall in love.

I got a key chain

Good luck charm

I drive a fast car

Got a strong arm.

Too lonely, too lonely

Too lonely to fall in love

Too lonely, too lonely

Too lonely to fall in love.

She's got the big lips

She's got the tight dress

Working for a big tip

She don't go for less.

She's too lonely, too lonely

Too lonely to fall in love

Too lonely, too lonely

Too lonely to fall in love.

She wears a fur coat

She's got a gold ring

Comes from a good home

Lookin' for a new thing.

She's too lonely, too lonely

Too lonely to fall in love

Too lonely, too lonely

Too lonely to fall in love.

PRISONERS OF ROCK 'N' ROLL

People tell us that we play to loud

But they don't know what our music's about

We never listen to the record company man

They try to change us and ruin our band.

That's why we don't wanna be good

We're prisoners of rock and roll.

When were jammin' in our old garage

The girls come over and it sure gets hot

We don't wanna be watered down

Takin' orders from record company clowns.

That's why we don't wanna be good

We're prisoners of rock and roll.

CRYIN' EYES

Who's gonna dry your cryin' eyes?

Who's gonna wake you up to that big surprise?

Who's gonna dry your cryin' eyes?

You say that all your life you've been a free bird

There's been nobody over you

And you always have to have the last word

Because one feels better than two.

Who's gonna dry your cryin' eyes?

Who's gonna wake you up to that big surprise?

Who's gonna dry your cryin' eyes?

You say your life's like riding on a fast train

It's easy to see far away

But right up close it's just a blurry haze

Flyin' by from day to day.

Who's gonna dry your cryin' eyes?

WHEN YOUR LONELY HEART BREAKS

When your lonely heart breaks

Don't sit counting your mistakes

Don't be waiting for love to come back

Don't be wastin' time

Don't be lost in crime

When your lonely heart breaks

When your lonely heart breaks.

What's your problem, she's gone

You're still movin', movin' on

You got memories, she got strong

There's a lot of things

That aren't gone

When your lonely, lonely heart breaks

When your lonely heart breaks.

When your lonely heart breaks

Don't be cryin' for good times you had

When your lonely heart breaks.

When your lonely heart breaks

Don't sit counting your mistakes

Don't be waiting for love to come back

Don't be wastin' time

Don't be lost in crime

When your lonely, lonely heart breaks

When your lonely heart breaks.

WE NEVER DANCED

Between heaven and earth

There's a ballroom floor

Where the couples glide

In the evermore.

Floating through the clouds

Dancing in the rain

Eyes that see no lies

Hearts that feel no pain.

Hope it's not too late

We were more than friends

I can hardly wait

'Til we meet again.

If you don't really know

Where you want to go

It makes no difference

Which road you take.

Hope it's not too late

We were more than friends

I can hardly wait

'Til we meet again.

We never danced

We never danced the night away.

We never danced

We never danced the night away.

THE ROAD OF PLENTY

One day a visitor took a trip through my town

We all were dancin' till he took his beat away

Come to think of it, he thought of every last detail

Slipped out late one night

Completely out of sight

Left his message etched into my brain.

And when the gates are closed on The Road of Plenty

The fist comes poundin' down you feel it everyday

It's hard to really know if you are full or empty

Here it comes again

You think I'm your old friend

But now we're not so easily found.

Me and my old Corvette, we were flying

through the night

Chasin' my blonde lover down skyline

She saw the tail lights flash to avoid the crash

It was way too late

When I hit the brakes

And we went spinnin' with a screeching sound.

I was talkin' to my friend, tellin' him I lucked out

He smiled at me and said I'm glad you feel that way

And when I wrote that down on a piece of paper

Beneath a garbage heap

Down upon the street

A Mariachi band began to play.

Up in the gold hotel, the money hits the table

The heavies are all there, that's why the deal goes down

With beautiful women all dressed in diamonds

and sable

Down upon the street

Beside a garbage heap

A Mariachi band began to play.

In Eldorado town there lives a great bullfighter

His eyes are screamin' blue, his hair is red as

blood

And when the gate goes up, the crowd gets so

excited

Then he comes dancin' out

Dressed in gold lami

He kills the bull and lives another day.

WELCOME TO THE BIG ROOM

Welcome to the big room

Everything's alright.

People, welcome to the big room

'Cause everything's alright.

It's alright, It's alright, It's alright.

Don't have no cameras in the big room

Too much for one lens to see.

Don't allow no cameras in the big room.

Too much for one lens to see.

It's alright, It's alright, It's alright.

There's always tellers in the big room.

Every day and every night.

There's always tellers in the big room.

Every day and every night.

It's alright, It's alright, It's alright.

There's always dancing in the big room,

Every day and every night.

There's always dancing in the big room,

Every day and every night.

It's alright, It's alright, It's alright.

There's always tellin' in the big room,

Every day and every night.

There's always tellin' in the big room,

Every day and every night.

It's alright, It's alright, It's alright.

Yeah, people, welcome to the big room

Everything's alright.

People, welcome to the big room

Everything's alright.

It's alright, It's alright, It's alright.

Yeah, people, welcome to the big room

Leave your troubles at the door.

People, welcome to the big room

Leave your troubles at the door.

It's alright, It's alright, It's alright.

LAST OF A DYING BREED

I hate to say the farmer

Was the last of a dying breed

Living off the land

And taking what he needs

Don't say much for the future

When a family can't survive

I'd hate to say the farmer

Was the last of his kind.

In the struggle for power

Not one man's voice was sound

But the foundation of the conglomerate

Is firmly in the ground.

Yeah, we want to feed the world

But for power and for greed

And they'll cut off the supply

Until they get what they need.

Well, I'd hate to say the farmer

Was the last of a dying breed

Living off the land

And taking what he needs.

Don't say much for the future

When a family can't survive.

I'd hate to say the farmer

Was the last of his kind.

They'll be ploughing down the White House

And be planting for next year.

I WONDER WHY

For the love of man

Who could understand

What goes on

What is right and what is wrong

Why the angels cry

And the heaven's sigh

When a child is born to live

But not like you and I.

Let the angels ring the bells

In the holy hall

May they hear the voice

That calls to them

For the love of man

Who will understand

It's alright

I know it's alright.

Down the dusty road

To the forest church

Let wander there

Let me wonder why

On the ocean wave

In the billowing sky

Let wander there

Let me wonder why.

Let the angels ring the bells

In the holy hall

Let them hear the voice that calls.

For the love of man

Who will understand

It's alright

But I wonder why.

I wonder why.

Lyrics: American Dream

American Dream

•AMERICAN DREAM

•NAME OF LOVE

•THIS OLD HOUSE

•DRIVIN' THUNDER

•FEEL YOUR LOVE

•NIGHT SONG

AMERICAN DREAM

I used to see you on every T.V.

Your smiling face looked back at me.

I used to see you on every T.V.

Your smiling face looked back at me.

Then they caught you with the girl next door,

People's money piled on the floor,

Accusations that you try to deny,

Revelations and rumors begin to fly.

Now you think about reaching out

Maybe get some help from above.

Now you think about reaching out

Maybe get some help from above.

Reporters crowd around your house.

Going through your garbage like a pack of hounds,

Speculating what they may find out,

It don't matter now, you're all washed up.

You wake up in the middle of the night.

Your sheets are wet and your face is white,

You tried to make a good thing last,

How could something so good, go bad, so fast?

American dream, American dream

American dream, American dream.

Don't know when things went wrong,

Might have been when you were young and strong.

Don't know when things went wrong,

Might have been when you were young and strong.

Reporters crowd around your house.

Going through your garbage like a pack of hounds,

Speculating what they may find out,

It don't matter now, you're all washed up.

Don't know when things went wrong,

Might have been when you were young and strong.

American dream, American dream.

Don't know when things went wrong,

Might have been when you were young and strong.

American dream, American dream.

NAME OF LOVE

You who rule upon the land,

You hold the future in your hand,

When you take your people down the road,

Before another bomb explodes.

Can you do it in the name of love?

And when you sail upon the sea

This one's for you, this one's for me.

Before another missile flies

You who soar into the sky

Can you do it in the name of love?

And so I shout it around the world

To every boy and every girl,

Yeah, I shout it around the world

To every boy and every girl,

Can you do it in the name of love?

THIS OLD HOUSE

Midnight, that old clock keeps ticking,

The kids are all asleep and I'm walking the floor.

Darlin' I can see that you're dreaming,

And I don't wanna wake you up

When I close the door.

This old house of ours is built on dreams

And a businessman don't know what that means.

There's a garden outside she works in every day

And tomorrow morning a man from the bank's

Gonna come and take it all away.

Lately, I've been thinking 'bout daddy,

And how he always made things work, when the

chips were down,

And I know I've got something inside me

There's always a light there to guide me

To what can't be found.

This old house of ours is built on dreams

And a businessman don't know what that means.

There's a swing outside the kids play on every day

And tomorrow morning a man from the bank's

Gonna come and take it all away.

Take it all away, take it all away, take it all away.

Remember how we first came here together?

Standing on an empty lot, holding hands.

Later, we came back in the moonlight

And made love right where the kitchen is,

Then we made our plans.

This old house of ours is built on dreams

And a businessman don't know what that means.

There's a garden outside she works in every day

And tomorrow morning a man from the bank's

Gonna come and take it all away.

Take it all away, take it all away, take it all away.

DRIVIN' THUNDER

(STEPHEN STILLS & NEIL YOUNG)

People put me down, say that I'm a fool

But I got news for them

I ain't never going back to driving school.

And I ain't too good with numbers

And I've just run out of fuel

Here comes another corner baby

Let me demonstrate my slide rule.

Drivin' thunder, rollin' down the highway

Just one way to go, just one way to go.

Just one way to go, hey hey, and that's my way.

I stopped into the courthouse

I had to pay some bills

Got talking with the judge

About the finer points of my driving skills.

He said Son, you only drive that way

Tryin' to get your thrills

But bear in mind your driver's license

Ain't never been no license to kill.

Drivin' thunder, rollin' down the highway

Just one way to go, just one way to go.

Just one way to go, hey hey, and that's my way.

Driving school,

Slide rule,

Driving skills,

License to kill.

Drivin' thunder, rollin' down the highway

Just one way to go, just one way to go.

Just one way to go, hey hey, and that's my way.

FEEL YOUR LOVE

High on a balcony, right where we used to be,

This city dancing like a sparkling sea.

I wanna catch a wave, I wanna swim to shore.

Walk on that same beach like I did before.

I really want the sun, want the sun to rise,

I really want to end the night.

I really wanna feel, wanna feel your love.

I wanna feel your love.

I think of our old friends, I count my enemies.

I hear you tell me how I don't know love.

I wanna feel your love, I wanna lay right down.

Wish I was swimming in the sound of love.

I really want the night, want the night to end.

I really want the sun to rise.

I really wanna feel, wanna feel your love.

I wanna feel your love.

And now the night is still, the mansion on the hill,

The children sleeping in their endless dreams.

I wanna feel your love, I wanna feel your love,

I wanna feel your love, feel your love, feel your love.

I wanna feel your love, I wanna feel your love,

I wanna feel your love, feel your love, feel your love.

NIGHT SONG

(STEPHEN STILLS & NEIL YOUNG)

Tell me where

Does it say

When you're lost you stay that way

Why a forest of fools getting in the way

Cannot hear, cannot fade with the nightsong.

Nightsong, from my heart

Why can't we

Sing this nightsong.

All alone

I reflect on my demons in the night

Some are wise,

Some are good

Some are not so bright

I can't hear

Sing along with the nightsong.

Nightsong, from my heart

Why can't we

Sing this nightsong.

Why not keep on singing anyway?

Run away

I don't know what it was

Led you astray

Just because you're too much like I am anyway

I will come

You can't hide

From the nightsong.

Nightsong, from my heart

Why can't we

Sing this nightsong.

Why not keep on singing anyway?

Lyrics: This Note's For You

•TEN MEN WORKIN'

•THIS NOTE'S FOR YOU

•COUPE DE VILLE

•LIFE IN THE CITY

•TWILIGHT

•MARRIED MAN

•SUNNY INSIDE

•CAN'T BELIEVE YOUR LYIN'

•HEY HEY

•ONE THING

Other non-Album songs from this period:

•I'M GOIN' ON A DOWNHILL SLIDE

•FIND ANOTHER SHOULDER

•HIGH HEELS

•HELLO LONELY WOMAN

•BAD NEWS

•IT'S A CRIME OF THE HEART

•WALKING AFTER MIDNIGHT

•ORDINARY PEOPLE

•DOGHOUSE

•FOOL FOR YOUR LOVE

•PASSENGER

•SIXTY TO ZERO

•AIN'T IT THE TRUTH (see Lucky 13)

TEN MEN WORKIN'

We are men at work

We got a job to do

We gotta keep you rockin'

To keep your soul from the blue.

Well, we work all day

Then we work all night

We got to keep you dancin'

Gotta make you feel alright.

Ten men workin', ten men workin' tonight.

We gotta dig the groove

We're gonna hammer the blues

You can't sit down

'Cause we got a job to do.

We gotta dig the groove

We're gonna hammer the blues

You can't sit down

'Cause we got a job to do.

Ten men workin', ten men workin' tonight.

We are men at work

We got a job to do

We gotta keep you rockin'

To keep your soul from the blue.

Well, we work all day

Then we work all night

We got to keep you dancin'

Gotta make you feel alright.

Ten men workin', ten men workin' tonight.

We gotta dig the groove

We're gonna hammer the blues

You can't sit down

'Cause we got a job to do.

We gotta dig the groove

We're gonna hammer the blues

You can't sit down

'Cause we got a job to do.

Ten men workin', ten men workin' tonight.

THIS NOTE'S FOR YOU

Don't want no cash

Don't need no money

Ain't got no stash

This note's for you.

Ain't singin' for Pepsi

Ain't singin' for Coke

I don't sing for nobody

Makes me look like a joke

This note's for you.

Ain't singin' for Miller

Don't sing for Bud

I won't sing for politicians

Ain't singin' for Spuds

This note's for you.

Don't need no cash

Don't want no money

Ain't got no stash

This note's for you.

I've got the real thing

I got the real thing, baby

I got the real thing

Yeah, alright.

COUPE DE VILLE

I got a coupe de ville

I got a bed in the house

Where you once lived.

I had a few cheap thrills

But they cost me a lot more

Than I could give.

I got a right in this crazy world

To live my life like anyone else

How long can I carry this monkey around

All by myself.

If I can't have you

I don't want nothin' else

If I can't have you

I don't want nothin' else.

Well, I hit the wall

Woke up this mornin'

And I hit the wall.

Yeah, I hit the wall

Woke up this mornin'

And I hit the wall.

I got a right in this crazy world

To live my life like anyone else

How long can I carry this monkey around

All by myself.

If I can't have you

I don't want nothin' else

If I can't have you

I don't want nothin' else.

LIFE IN THE CITY

People sleepin' on the sidewalks

On a rainy day

Families livin' under freeways

It's the American way

Starvin' in the city

While the farm goes to seed

Murder in the home

And crime on the streets.

Don't that trouble you brother?

Don't that trouble you pal?

Don't that trouble you sister?

Well, that's life in the city.

All our old hangouts

Are boarded up and closed

Or being sold to someone

Nobody knows

I got a woman that loves me

And I love her so

She's all dressed up now

With nowhere to go.

Don't that trouble you brother?

Don't that trouble you pal?

Don't that trouble you sister?

Well, that's life in the city.

That's life in the city.

Listen to me people

Hear what I have to say

Ever since I was knee high

I rocked my blues away

But people sleepin' on the sidewalks

And families in need

Murder in the home

And crime on the streets.

Don't that trouble you brother?

Don't that trouble you pal?

Don't that kill you sister?

Well, that's life in the city.

TWILIGHT

The sun is setting on the long road home

And I've been gone too long

My little girl's waitin' by the front door

I count the minutes till I hold you once more.

Making love to you while time stands still

I may be dreamin', but I always will

'Cause I'll be holding you

When the twilight falls.

Don't be lonely, don't be sad

'Cause you're the best thing that I ever had

And true love is so hard to find

And we were lookin' for such a long time.

Making love to you while time stands still

I may be dreamin', but I always will

'Cause I'll be holding you

When the twilight falls.

Don't be sad, you're the best thing that I ever had.

The sun is settin' on the long road home.

MARRIED MAN

Well, I'm a married man

Respect my happy home

I'm a married man

Respect my happy home

Don't tempt me baby

Stop singin' stop singin'

Your old song.

Well, I work all day

Take my money back home

Yeah. I work all day

Take my money back home

I ain't got time to party

Ain't got time for you

No more.

Well, I'm a married man

Respect my happy home

I'm a married man

Respect my happy home

Don't tempt me baby

Stop singin' stop singin'

Your old song.

Well, I'm a married man.

SUNNY INSIDE

Don't need drugs, don't want money

You come along and shook me honey

All I want is you right by my side

With our love taken care of

From now on I ain't scared of

Lonely nights, I can kiss those days good-bye.

Although we walk in the rain

My heart feels sunny inside

With you babe.

Long blonde hair, blue blue eyes

Come on baby, please don't cry

Talk to me, let me know it's alright.

Although we walk in the rain

My heart feels sunny inside

With you babe.

Feel sunny inside

Sunny inside.

All day long I will sing my song to you

All day long I can sing this song to you.

CAN'T BELIEVE YOUR LYIN'

Daylight breaks and I go to bed

And I find myself worryin' about things you said

Oh honey, I can't believe your lyin'

But you tell me things

Things I know aren't true.

You have changed my life

In too many ways.

Well, I lost my job thinkin' about you

Now there's another man workin' in my place

Oh honey, I can't believe your lyin'

But you tell me things

Things I know aren't true.

You have changed my life

In too many ways.

You have changed my life

In too many ways.

Well, my money's gone and so are you

My friends all tell me I have been a fool

Oh honey, I can't believe your lyin'

But you tell me things

Things I know aren't true.

You have changed my life

In too many ways.

HEY HEY

Well, I've seen some women

They put your soul on ice

They want a piece of the action

But they never let you roll the dice.

That's the kind of woman

Bring a good man down

That's the kind of woman

I don't want around

Hey hey.

I got a woman that dances

She knows how to jump and shout

Now she don't wanna use me

'Cause she knows how it wears me out.

Yeah, she's the woman

With the magic touch

She don't want to lose me

'Cause she loves me too much

Hey hey.

Hey hey, my woman looks good to me

Hey hey, my woman looks good to me.

Yeah, she knows how to please me

She knows how to set me free.

Get off of that couch

Turn off that M.T.V.

Get off of that couch

Turn off your M.T.V.

Hey hey, my woman looks good to me.

ONE THING

When I try to tell you one thing

You don't listen

When I try to tell you one thing

You don't care.

I think we're headed for a heartache

That's my suspicion

I think we're headed for a heartache

That's how I feel.

And I don't want

The silent treatment

And I don't need

To feel the chill.

You know a body feels empty

With no love inside

Yeah, a body feels empty

With no love at all.

I think we're headed for a heartache

That's my suspicion

I think we're headed for a heartache

That's how I feel.

One of these days

You're gonna wake up and I'll be gone

You'll open your eyes

And see the truth.

When I try to tell you one thing

You don't listen

When I try to tell you one thing baby

You don't care.

I'M GOIN' ON A DOWNHILL SLIDE

Well, I'm goin', I'm goin'

Goin' on a downhill slide.

I'm goin', I'm goin'

Goin' on a downhill slide.

Things feel so easy

I'm never gonna change my mind.

I'm goin', I'm goin', I'm goin'.

Well, ride me babe

Hang on to my hat

Ride me babe

Hang on to my hat

I'll howl like a wolf

Scream like an alley cat.

I'm goin', I'm goin', I'm goin'.

Don't wanna change my mind.

Don't wanna reel it in.

Don't wanna stop this slidin' honey

That's the shape I'm in.

I'm goin', I'm goin' on a downhill slide.

Things feels so easy

I'm never gonna change my mind.

I'm goin', I'm goin', I'm goin'.

Goin', goin', goin', goin', goin'.

I'm goin' on a downhill slide.

Watch me now, watch me now.

Goin', goin', goin', goin', goin'.

FIND ANOTHER SHOULDER

I told you babe once before

Don't want you hangin' around my door

You better find another shoulder

Find another shoulder

'Cause honey, I don't love you anymore.

I told you babe, you're no good,

Don't want you messin' up my neighborhood.

You better find another shoulder

Find another shoulder, babe

Find another shoulder

'Cause honey, I don't love you anymore.

Ah, here's your ticket for the coast, start light,

Leave here baby, stay out of sight.

You better find another shoulder

Find another shoulder

'Cause honey, I don't love you anymore.

Find another shoulder

You better find another shoulder

'Cause honey, I don't love you anymore.

I told you baby, once before

Don't want you messin' outside my door

You better find another shoulder

Find another shoulder

'Cause honey, I don't love you anymore.

HIGH HEELS

Now, New York City on a Friday night

A lot of things happenin', a lot of bright lights.

Saw a pretty woman all dressed in red

She turned to me and this is what she said

She said, Honey I got the blues

I got the blues from ridin' all night in these high heel shoes.

Well, she took me to the corner that she called her home

Turned around and we were all alone.

Come on in, she said with a smile

Come on in and we can rest a while.

Well, Honey I got the blues

I got the blues from ridin' all night in these high heel shoes.

I said, Listen here, honey, I been around

You ain't foolin' me, 'cause I know what you've found.

She bent kinda low and then she tickled my lips.

She said, Listen here, son. I'm gonna give you a tip

Honey I got the blues

I got the blues from ridin' all night in these high heel shoes.

HELLO LONELY WOMAN

Well, hello lonely woman

Won't you take a walk with me.

I know a place where we can go

Grab a bite to eat.

Hello lonely woman.

Are you feelin' all right?

Well, you look just like heaven

On a clear clear night.

Well, I know you're a lonely woman

And I know what's on your mind

I won't ask you any favors

I'm familiar with your kind.

I know you need me

Like a river needs rain

I won't ask you any favors

Until I pass this way again.

Well, hello lonely woman

Won't you take a walk with me.

I know a place where we can go

Grab a bite to eat.

Hello lonely woman.

Are you feelin' all right?

Well, you look just like heaven

On a clear clear night.

Well, I know you're a lonely woman

And I know what's on your mind

I won't ask you any favors

I'm familiar with your kind.

I know you need me

Like a river needs rain

I won't ask you any favors

Until I pass this way again.

BAD NEWS

Bad news is come to town

He's walking three feet off the ground

He's ordering another round.

Bound by his own ideas,

Lost, doesn't know where she is found.

Bad news is fighting mad

He went and lost the biggest prize he ever had

But a prizefighter can't be sad

When he smiles under golden lights and lamps

Taking daylight fights again and again.

Bad news is come to town

He's walking three feet off the ground

He's ordering another round.

Bound by his own ideas,

Lost, doesn't know where she is gone.

Bad news is fighting mad

He went and lost the biggest prize he ever had

But a prizefighter can't be sad

When he smiles under golden lights and lamps

Taking daylight fights again and again.

Bad news is come to town.

IT'S A CRIME OF THE HEART

When I think about love

Honey, you always come across my mind

Is it the way that you hold me

Or the way that you told me love is blind

Well, it's a crime of the heart

These things I'm thinking to myself

But I can't forget you, babe

Just can't seem to think of nothing else.

Got a woman at home

A family to feed

Three fine children

They think the Lord of me

Now I'm standing at the crossroads

Looking for a sign of true love.

Well, I heard that song

Says girls just wanna have fun

Well, I guess I bought my ticket, honey

'Cause it feels as if the ride has just begun

Well, there's two kinds of love

One is wrong and one is right

But I can't forget you baby

Can't forget the way you hold me tight.

I got a woman at home

A family to feed

Three fine children

They think the Lord of me

Well, I'm standing at the crossroads

Looking for a sign of true love.

When I think about women

Honey, you always come across my mind

Is it the way that you told me

The way you told me love is blind

Well, it's a crime of the heart

These things I'm thinking to myself now

Can't forget you, babe

Can't forget the way you make me feel.

I got a woman at home

A family to feed

Three fine children

At the crossroads

Looking for a sign of true love.

WALKING AFTER MIDNIGHT

There's a face in the window

Lookin' back at me

There's a face in the window

I just can't see.

That face in the window

Keeps haunting me.

I went walking after midnight

Up and down the street

I went walking after midnight

Up and down the street

When I stopped for a smoke

I heard shuffling feet.

Well, I stopped for a smoke

What did I see?

A face in the filter

Lookin' back at me.

Ah, listen to me baby

Hear what I have to say.

Yeah, listen to me baby

Hear what I have to say.

These midnight blues

They won't go away

These midnight blues

Won't go away.

Yeah, I stopped for a smoke

What did I see?

A face in the filter

Lookin' back at me.

I'm walking after midnight

Well, I'm walking after midnight.

ORDINARY PEOPLE

In a dusty town a clock struck high noon, two

men stood face to face.

One wore black and one wore white, but of fear

there wasn't a trace.

Two hundred years later two hot rods drag

through the very same place,

And a half a million people

Moved in to pick up the pace, a factory full of people.

Makin' parts to go to outer space, a train load of people.

They were aimin' for another place, out of town people.

There's a man in the window with a big cigar,

says everything's for sale.

The house and the boat and the railroad car, the

owner's gotta go to jail.

He acquired these things from a life of crime, now

he's selling them to raise his bail.

He was rippin' off the people.

Sellin' guns to the underground, tryin' to help the people.

Lose their ass for a piece of ground, rippin' off the people.

Skimmin' the top when there was no one around,

tryin' to help the people.

He was dealing antiques in a hardware store but

he sure had a lot to hide.

He had a backroom full of the guns of war and a

ton of ammunition besides.

Well, he walked with a cane, kept a bolt on the

door with five pit bulls inside,

Just a warning to the people

Who might try to break in at night, protection

from the people.

Selling safety in the darkest night, tryin' to help the people.

Get the drugs to the street all right, ordinary people.

Well, it's hard to say where a man goes wrong,

might be here and it might be there.

What starts out weak might get too strong, if you

can't tell foul from fair.

But it's hard to judge from an angry throng of

hands stretched into the air,

The vigilante people.

Takin' law into their own hands, conscientious

people.

Crackin' down on the druglord's land,

government people.

Confiscatin' all the dealer's land, patch-of-ground people.

Down at the factory, they're puttin' new windows in.

The vandals made a mess of things, and the

homeless just walked right in.

Well, they worked here once, and they live here

now, but they might work here again,

They're ordinary people.

And they're livin' in a nightmare, hard workin' people.

And they don't know how they go there, ordinary people.

And they think that you don't care, hard workin' people.

Down on the assembly line, they keep puttin' the

same thing out.

But the people today, they just ain't buyin',

nobody can figure it out.

Well, they try like hell to build a quality end,

they're workin' hard without a doubt,

They're ordinary people.

And the dollar's what it's all about, hard workin' people.

But the customers are walkin' out, Lee Iacocca people.

Yeah, they look but they just don't buy, hard workin' people.

Two out of work models and a fashion slave try to

dance away the Michelob night.

The bartender poured himself another drink,

while two drunks sat watchin' the fight.

The champ went down, then he got up again, and

then he went out like a light,

He was fightin' for the people.

But his timing wasn't right, for Las Vegas people

Who came to see a Las Vegas fight, high rollin' people.

Takin' limos though the neon night, fightin' for the people.

And then a new Rolls Royce and a company car

they went flyin' down the street.

Each one tryin' to make it to the gate before

employees manned the fleet.

The trucks full of products for the modern home,

set to roll out into the street

Of downtown people.

Tryin' to make their way to work, nose-to-the-

stone people.

Some are saints, and some are jerks, hard workin' people.

Stoppin' for a drink on the way to work, alcoholic people.

Yeah Yeah, they're takin' it one day, one day at a time.

Out on the railroad track, they're cleanin' up number nine.

They're scrubbin' the boiler down, well, she really

is lookin' fine.

Awe, she's lookin' so good, they're gonna bring her

back on line,

Ordinary people.

They're gonna bring the good things back, nose-

to-the stone people.

Put the business back on track, ordinary people.

I got faith in the regular kind, hard workin' people,

Patch-of-ground people.

DOGHOUSE

Well, I came home late one night

And much to my surprise

I was thrown right across the kitchen floor

She hit me right between the eyes.

Now I'm living in the doghouse, doghouse

Doghouse, doghouse,

Doghouse, doghouse.

I was out with a friend of mine

We were feeling mighty fine

And we sure was movin' fast

And I didn't make it back on time

And she put me in the doghouse, doghouse

Doghouse, doghouse,

Doghouse, doghouse.

I had a big tall red with one of my friends

He was feeling mighty fine

When I came home late that night

She hit me right between the eyes

And she put me in the doghouse, doghouse

Doghouse, doghouse,

Doghouse, doghouse.

She put me in the doghouse,

Doghouse, doghouse,

I'm living in the doghouse,

Doghouse, doghouse,

Doghouse, doghouse.

So if you find yourself in a party mood

Let your conscience be your guide

Don't be like me and let Lefty win

Or you'll find yourself outside

Living in the doghouse, doghouse

Doghouse, doghouse,

Doghouse, doghouse.

FOOL FOR YOUR LOVE

All through the lonesome night I tossed and I turned

Lost in these dreams of you since the day I learned

How could you give yourself to another man

A fool for your love, fool for your love.

Fool for your love.

Look how your eyes have changed, all the love has gone

Where did I lose you babe, what did I do wrong

How could you give yourself to another man

I'm a fool for your love, fool for your love.

Fool for your love.

Now you won't say goodbye,

But you don't want to stay

I never thought that I

Would lose you this way.

A fool for your love.

All through the lonesome night I tossed and I turned

Lost in these dreams of you since the day I learned

How could you give yourself to another man

A fool for your love, fool for your love.

Fool for your love.

A fool for your love, I hold on your love.

I'm just a fool in love with you.

I'm a fool, fool for your love

I'm just a fool for your love

I'm a fool for you.

PASSENGER

I'm just a passenger on this old freight train

I ride the boxcar through the night

I doesn't matter where I might get off

I doesn't matter where I lie.

I've been to cities, I've been to countries

I've left a lover in many towns

I don't care if I ever get back to

Where I'd already been around.

I'm like an eagle, I like to fly high

I'm like a snake, I like to lay low

I'm like a black man, I'm like a white man

Maybe a red man, I don't know.

I'm just a passenger on this old freight train

I ride the boxcar through the night

I doesn't matter where I might get off

I doesn't matter where I lie.

SIXTY TO ZERO

All the champs and the heroes

They got a price to pay

They go from sixty to zero

In the split of a hair

They see the face in the window

They feel a shadow out there

They've got the places they can go

They've got the people who stare

They've got to walk in their shoes

They've got to see what they see

They've got the people around them

Getting too much for free

All the pimps and the dealers

All the food they can eat

All the screamers and squealers

When they walk down the street

Yeah.

He's just a rich old man

He never cared for anyone

He likes to count his possessions

He's been a miser from penny one

He never cared for his children

Never cared for his wife

Never made anyone happy

That's the way he lived his life

And one day in the sunshine

He got a bolt from the blue

Unloaded all of his possessions

Sold his investments too

And now he lives with the homeless

Owns 900 hospital beds

He prefers to remain nameless

It's publicity he dreads

Yeah.

There's a judge in the city

He goes to work every day

Spends his life in the courthouse

Keeps his perspective that way

But I respect his decision

He's got a lot on his mind

He's pretty good with the gavel

A little heavy on the fines

One day there was this minstrel

Who came to court on a charge

That he blew someone's head off

Because his amp was too large

And the song he was singin'

Was not for love but for cash

Well, the judge waived the charges

He fingered his mustache

Yeah.

Well, there's a clown in a carnival

He rode a painted horse

He came from somewhere out west

He was very funny of course

But that is not what I noticed

It was the incredible force

With which he held his audience

While he rode on his horse

His jokes were not that off-color

His smile was not that sincere

His show was that not that sensational

Reasons for success were not clear

But he still made big money

One day the circus was his

Now he's married to the acrobat

And they're training their kids

Yeah.

Now the jailhouse was empty

All the criminals were gone

The gate was left wide open

And a buck and fawn

Were eating grass in the courtyard

When the warden walked in

And took a rifle from the prison guard

And said to him with a grin

To shoot those deer would be stupid, sir

We already got 'em right here

Why not just lock the gates and keep them

With intimidation and fear?

But the warden pulled the trigger

And those deer hit the ground

He said Nobody'll know the difference

And they both looked around.

Yeah.

Well, the cop made the showdown

He was sure he was right

He had all of the lowdown

From the bank heist last night

His best friend was a robber

And his wife was a thief

All the children were murderers

They couldn't get no relief

The bungalow was surrounded

When a voice loud and clear

Come out with your hands up

Or we're gonna blow you out of here

There was a face in the window

TV cameras rolled

And they cut to the announcer

And the story was told.

Yeah.

Well, the artist looked at the producer

The producer sat back

He said What we have got here

Is a pretty good track

But we don't have a vocal

And we still don't have a song

If we could get this thing accomplished

Nothin' else could go wrong

So he balanced the ashtray

And he picked up the phone

And said Send me a songwriter

Who's drifted far from home

And make sure that he's hungry

And make sure he's alone

And send me a cheeseburger

And a new Rolling Stone

Yeah.

Well, the Sioux and Dakota

They lost all of their land

And now a basketball player

Is trying to lend them a hand

Maybe someday he'll be president

He's quite a popular man

But now the chief has reservations

And the white man has plans

There's opposition in Congress

The bill is up against cash

There's really no way of predicting

If it will fly or it will crash

But that's the nature of politics

That's the name of the game

That's how it looks in the tepee

Big winds are blowing again

Yeah.

There's still crime in the city

Said the cop on the beat

I don't know if I can stop it

I feel like meat on the street

They paint my car like a target

I take my orders from fools

Meanwhile some kid blows my head off

Well, I play by their rules

So now I'm doing it my way

I took the law in my own hands

Here I am in the alleyway

A wad of cash in my pants

I get paid by a ten year old

He says he looks up to me

There's still crime in the city

But it's good to be free

Yeah.

Now I come from a family

That has a broken home

Sometimes I talk to my daddy

On the telephone

When he says that he loves me

I know that he does

But I wish I could see him

Wish I knew where he was

But that's the way all my friends are

Except maybe one or two

Wish I could see him this weekend

Wish I could walk in his shoes

But now I'm doin' my own thing

Sometimes I'm good, then I'm bad

Although my home has been broken

It's the best home I ever had

Yeah.

Well, I keep getting younger

My life's been funny that way

Before I ever learned to talk

I forgot what to say

I sassed back to my mummy

I sassed back to my teacher

I got thrown out of Sunday School

For throwin' bibles at the preacher

Then I grew up to be a fireman

I put out every fire in town

Put out everything smoking

But when I put the hose down

The judge sent me to prison

Gave me life without parole

Wish I never put the hose down

Wish I never got old.

Lyrics: Freedom

Song List

•ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD

•CRIME IN THE CITY (SIXTY TO ZERO PART 1)

•DON'T CRY

•HANGIN' ON A LIMB

•ELDORADO

•THE WAYS OF LOVE

•SOMEDAY

•WRECKING BALL

•NO MORE

•TOO FAR GONE

Other non-Album songs from this period:

•COCAINE EYES

•HEAVY LOVE

ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD

There's colors on the street

Red, white and blue

People shufflin' their feet

People sleepin' in their shoes

But there's a warnin' sign on the road ahead

There's a lot of people sayin' we'd be better off dead

Don't feel like Satan, but I am to them

So I try to forget it, any way I can.

Keep on rockin' in the free world,

Keep on rockin' in the free world

Keep on rockin' in the free world,

Keep on rockin' in the free world.

I see a woman in the night

With a baby in her hand

Under an old street light

Near a garbage can

Now she puts the kid away, and she's gone to get a hit

She hates her life, and what she's done to it

There's one more kid that will never go to school

Never get to fall in love, never get to be cool.

Keep on rockin' in the free world,

Keep on rockin' in the free world

Keep on rockin' in the free world,

Keep on rockin' in the free world.

We got a thousand points of light

For the homeless man

We got a kinder, gentler,

Machine gun hand

We got department stores and toilet paper

Got styrofoam boxes for the ozone layer

Got a man of the people, says keep hope alive

Got fuel to burn, got roads to drive.

Keep on rockin' in the free world,

Keep on rockin' in the free world

Keep on rockin' in the free world,

Keep on rockin' in the free world.

CRIME IN THE CITY (SIXTY TO ZERO PART 1)

Well, the cop made the showdown

He was sure he was right

He had all of the lowdown

From the bank heist last night

His best friend was the robber

And his wife was a thief

All the children were killers

They couldn't get no relief

The bungalow was surrounded

When a voice loud and clear

Said, Come on out with your hands up

Or we'll blow you out of here.

There was a face in the window

The TV cameras rolled

Then they cut to the announcer

And the story was told.

The artist looked at the producer

The producer sat back

He said, What we have got here

Is a perfect track

But we don't have a vocal

And we don't have a song

If we could get these things accomplished

Nothin' else could go wrong.

So he balanced the ashtray

As he picked up the phone

And said, Send me a songwriter

Who's drifted far from home

And make sure that he's hungry

Make sure he's alone

Send me a cheeseburger

And a new Rolling Stone.

Yeah.

There's still crime in the city,

Said the cop on the beat,

I don't know if I can stop it

I feel like meat on the street

They paint my car like a target

I take my orders from fools

Meanwhile some kid blows my head off

Well, I play by their rules

That's why I'm doin' it my way

I took the law in my hands

So here I am in the alleyway

A wad of cash in my pants

I get paid by a ten year old

He says he looks up to me

There's still crime in the city

But it's good to be free.

Yeah.

Now I come from a family

That has a broken home

Sometimes I talk to Daddy

On the telephone

When he says that he loves me

I know that he does

But I wish I could see him

I wish I knew where he was

But that's the way all my friends are

Except maybe one or two

Wish I could see him this weekend

Wish I could walk in his shoes

But now I'm doin' my own thing

Sometimes I'm good, then I'm bad

Although my home has been broken

It's the best home I ever had

Yeah.

Well, I keep gettin' younger

My life's been funny that way

Before I ever learned to talk

I forgot what to say

I sassed back to my mom

I sassed back to my teacher

I got thrown out of Bible school

For sassin' back at the preacher

Then I grew up to be a fireman

Put out every fire in town

Put out anything smokin'

But when I put the hose down

The judge sent me to prison

He gave me life without parole

Wish I never put the hose down

Wish I never got old.

DON'T CRY

Don't cry my sweet girl

Nothin' I say is written in stone

Don't cry my sweet love

You won't really be alone.

I'll help you pack your things

I'll walk with you out to the car

I'll hold on to the ring

I won't forget the way things are.

My sweet love.

Your disappointed eyes

Are haunting me like my big lies

I see you glaring now

I see you staring in the fire.

My sweet love.

Don't cry my sweet girl

Nothin' I say is written in stone

Don't cry my sweet love

You won't really be alone.

My sweet love, my sweet love.

Don't cry my sweet girl

You won't really be alone

Don't cry my sweet girl

You won't really be alone

Don't cry my sweet girl

You won't really be alone.

HANGIN' ON A LIMB

Though the river flows

Gently to the sea

He was on the shore

Rooted like a tree

She was here and there

Riding on the waves

Through it all she heard his call

And gave it all she gave.

And though their love was hangin' on a limb

She taught him how to dance and start again

And though their love was hangin' on a limb

She taught him how to dance.

And when the melody

Through the window called

It echoed in the courtyard

And whispered in the halls

He played it through the night

She knew he had to go

There was something about freedom

He thought he didn't know.

And though their love was hangin' on a limb

She taught him how to dance and start again

And though their love was hangin' on a limb

She taught him how to dance.

Though the river flowed

Gently to the sea

He was on the shore

Rooted like a tree

She was here and there

Riding on the waves

Through it all she heard his call

And gave it all she gave.

And though their love was hangin' on a limb

She taught him how to dance.

ELDORADO

In the crystal ball

The gypsy sees the villa

The riders on the hill

The fire in the fields

She sees the mission bell

Swinging in the silence

Now the shooting starts

The bullets pierce the hearts

The seqoritas crying at the well.

Up in the Gold Hotel

The money hits the table

The heavies all are there

That's why the deal's goin' down

Beautiful women all dressed in

Diamonds and sable

Down upon the street

Beside a garbage heap

A Mariachi band begins to play.

Somewhere a blues guitar

Plays echoes in the alleyway

The Tijuana dawn

Claims another day

The golden sun

Rises on the runway

The pilot understands

The money changes hands

Inside the jet the briefcase snaps. Goodbye.

In Eldorado town

There lives a great bullfighter

His eyes are screaming blue

His hair is red as blood

And when the gate goes up

The crowd gets so excited

And he comes dancin' out

Dressed in gold lami

He kills the bull and lives another day.

THE WAYS OF LOVE

You are my special one

Made my heart come all undone

We've been havin' too much fun

Now someone else

Will sleep with tears

When he hears

What we've done.

Oh, the ways of love

Oh, the ways of love.

Hear my song and hear my heart

We'll be gone when the music starts

Then we'll never be apart

Just you and I

Go flyin' by

No one to cry

That we're gone.

Oh, the ways of love

Oh, the ways of love.

You are my special one

Made my heart come all undone

We've been havin' too much fun

Now someone else

Will sleep with tears

When he hears

What we've done.

Oh, the ways of love

Oh, the ways of love.

SOMEDAY

Wake up all you sleeping beauties

More are being born while you rest

They're pipin' music in

We all have to sin

Someday

We all have to sin

Someday.

Rommel wore a ring on his finger

He only took it off when he flew his plane

Once he told me why

He said we all have to fly

Someday

We all have to fly

Someday.

The T.V. preacher can't be bothered

With those petty things

He stays a step removed so they say

He's pipin' music in

We all have to sin

Someday

We all have to sin

Someday.

Workin' on that great Alaska pipeline

Many men were lost in the pipe

They went to fuelin' cars

How smog might turn to stars

Someday

Smog might turn to stars

Someday.

Hold me baby, put your arms around me

Give me all the love you have to give

Tomorrow won't be late

We won't have to wait

Someday

We won't have to wait

Someday.

WRECKING BALL

My life's an open book

You read it on the radio

We got nowhere to hide

We got nowhere to go

But if you still decide

That you want to take a ride

Meet me at the wrecking ball

Wrecking ball

Wear something pretty and white

And we'll go dancin' tonight

Meet me at the wrecking ball

Wrecking ball

Wear something pretty and white

And we'll go dancin' tonight.

I see your smoky eyes

Right across the bar

I've seen that look before

Shining from star to star

Though I can't take that chance

If you got time for one dance

Meet me at the wrecking ball

Wrecking ball

Wear something pretty and white

And we'll go dancin' tonight

Meet me at the wrecking ball

Wrecking ball

Wear something pretty and white

And we'll go dancin' tonight.

The restless line of cars

Goes stretchin' down the road

But I won't telephone

'Cause you might say hello

What is it makes me feel this way?

What is it makes me want to say

Meet me at the wrecking ball

Wrecking ball

Wear something pretty and white

And we'll go dancin' tonight

Meet me at the wrecking ball

Wrecking ball

Wear something pretty and white

And we'll go dancin' tonight.

NO MORE

Livin' on the edge of night

You know the sun won't go down slow

You don't know which drug is right

Can't decide which way you wanna go

I feel the way you feel

'Cause not so long ago

It had a hold on me

I couldn't let it go

It wouldn't set me free

No more, no more, no more.

Seemed like the easy thing

To let it go for one more day

Like singin' the same old song

And twistin' the words

In a different way

Where did the magic go

I searched high and low

I can't find it no more

I can't get it back

I can't find it no more

No more, no more, no more, no more.

Searchin' for quality

Havin' to have the very best

Now scroungin' for quantity

Never havin' time

To do the test

That's how the story goes

Can't put it down

Till the last page

I can't put it down

I can't put it down.

TOO FAR GONE

When I woke up you were gone

And the sun was on the lawn

Empty pillow with perfume on

I smelled it.

Well, we met in my favorite bar

Took a ride in my old car

But I still don't know how

We made it home.

Was I too far gone

Too far gone

For you.

We had drugs and we had booze

But we still had something to lose

And by dawn I wanted

To marry you.

With our attitudes by day

And our secret dreams by night

Can we really live our lives

That way.

Am I too far gone

Too far gone

For you.

Was I too far gone

Too far gone

For you.

COCAINE EYES

Ain't a day goes by, I don't burn a little bit of my soul

Scored some friends along the way

Did what I did, said what I had to say

And I'd do it all again if I had to today

When all is said and done

I'm the one.

It's a long hard road when your friends start to leave you behind

It's a long hard road when you try to find peace of mind

Some might go for poison

And some go for too much stuff

Some just go to sleep at night

And forget to wake up.

Cocaine eyes

Can't hide your face

It's no surprise

You lose the race

Again.

Ain't a day goes by, I don't burn a little bit of my soul

Scored some friends along the way

Did what I did, said what I had to say

And I'd do it all again if I had to today

'Cause when all is said and done

I'm the one.

I'm the one, yeah.

Cocaine eyes

It won't hide your face

It's no surprise

You lost the race

Once again

My old friend.

HEAVY LOVE

I may not mystify you

In your search for higher love

I may just slip right by you

With your eyes turned up above.

We may not compromise

I may not suit your taste tonight

My love

But as the time goes by

You might think that I'm all right

My love, my heavy love.

A noise, your phone is ringing

Or is that someone at your door

Inside your head I'm singing

Inside your heart I cry for more.

You may not hear me calling

You may not feel me bawling out

My love

But heavy rocks are falling

Heavy love is coming down

My love, my heavy love.

A noise, your phone is ringing

Or is that someone at your door

Inside your head I'm singing

Inside your heart I dig for more.

We may not compromise

I may not suit your taste tonight

My sweet love

But as the time goes by

You might think that I'm all right

My love, my heavy love.

My heavy love.

Lyrics: Ragged Glory

Song List

•COUNTRY HOME

•WHITE LINE

•F!*#IN' UP

•OVER AND OVER

•LOVE TO BURN

•MANSION ON THE HILL

•DAYS THAT USED TO BE

•LOVE AND ONLY LOVE

•MOTHER EARTH

Other non-Album songs from this period:

•DON'T SPOOK THE HORSE

COUNTRY HOME

I don't like to go down to flats

'Cause I can't park on a hill

Instead getting a rolling start

I have to pay the bill.

I guess I need that city life

It sure has lots of style

But pretty soon it wears me out

And I have to think to smile.

I'm thankful for my country home

It gives me peace of mind

Somewhere I can walk alone

And leave myself behind.

It's only someone else's potatoes

You pickin' someone else's patch

And if you go down there anyway

It very seldom lasts.

I found that out once long ago

And it sure got me confused

I still don't know which way to go

To lose those old spud blues.

I'm thankful for my country home

It gives me peace of mind

Somewhere I can walk alone

And leave myself behind.

WHITE LINE

I came to you, when I needed a rest

You took my love, and put it to the test

I saw some things, that I never would have guessed

Feel like a railroad, I pulled a whole load behind.

That old white line is friend of mine

And it's good time we've been making

Right now I'm rollin' down the open road

And the daylight will soon be breaking.

I was adrift on a river of pride

It seemed like such a long easy ride

You were my raft but I let you slide

I've been down but I'm coming back up again.

And I'm rollin' down the open road

Where the daylight will soon be breaking

Right now I'm thinking 'bout these things that I know

But it's good time that we've been making.

F!*#IN' UP

Mindless drifter on the road

Carry such an easy load

It's how you look, and how you feel

You must have a heart of steel.

Why do I keep fuckin' up?

I can see you on a hill

Comatose but walking still

Curves beneath your flowing gown

Only I could bring you down.

Why do I keep fuckin' up?

Dogs that lick and dogs that bite

Hounds that howl through the night

Broken leashes are all over the floor

Keys left hanging in a swinging door.

Why do I keep fuckin' up?

Keep fuckin' up!

OVER AND OVER

At night when the sky is clear and the moon is

shining down

My heart goes running back to you

I love the way you open up and let me in

So I go running back to you,

Over and over again.

Over and over again my love

Over and over again with you

Over and over again my love

Over and over again with you.

Remember the nights of love and that moment on

the beach

That wasn't really too long ago

But we paid the price of time, and now it's out of reach

And so the broken circle go,

Over and over again

Over and over again my love

Over and over again with you

Over and over again my love

Over and over again with you.

Somewhere in a fire of love, our dreams went up in smoke

We danced beneath silver rain

Upon the fields of green, where time was just a joke

And now the feeling's just the same,

Over and over again.

Over and over again my love

Over and over again with you

Over and over again my love

Over and over again with you.

LOVE TO BURN

Late one night I was walking in the valley of hearts.

A spirit came to me and said: You gotta move to start

You gotta take the first step

You gotta grow to be tall

And then she me told something, something that I'll

never forget.

You got love to burn.

You better take your chance on love.

You got to let your guard down

You better take a chance,

A chance on love.

Take chance on love

On love.

In the valley of hearts there's a house full of

broken windows

And the lovers inside just quarrel all the time

Why'd you ruin my life?

Where you takin' my kid?

And they hold each other saying: How did it come to this?

You got love to burn.

You better take your chance on love.

You got to let your guard down

You better take a chance,

A chance on love.

Take chance on love

On love.

Late one night I was walking in the valley of hearts.

A spirit came to me and said: You gotta move to start

You gotta take the first step

You gotta grow to be tall

And then she me told something, something that

I'll never forget.

MANSION ON THE HILL

Well, I saw an old man walking in my place

And he looked at me, it could have been my face

He's words were kind but he's eyes were wild

He said: I got load to love, but I want one more child.

There's a mansion on the hill

Psychedelic music fills the air

Peace and love live there still

In that mansion on the hill.

Around the next bend, take the highway to the sun

Or the rocky road, it really don't matter which one

I was in hurry but that don't matter now

'Cause I have to get off that road of tears somehow.

There's a mansion on the hill

Psychedelic music fills the air

Peace and love live there still

In that mansion on the hill.

DAYS THAT USED TO BE

People say don't rock the boat, let things go their own way

Ideas that once seem so right, now have gotten hard to say

I wish I could talk to you, you could talk to me

'Cause there very few of us left my friend

From the days that used to be.

Seem like such a simple thing to follow one's own dream

But possessions and concession are not often what they seem

They drag you down and load you down in disguise of security.

But we never had to make those deals

In the days that used to be.

Talk to me, my long lost friend, tell me how you are

Are you happy with your circumstance, are you

driving a new car

Does it get you where you wanna go, with a seven

year warranty

Or just another hundred thousand miles away

From days that used to be.

LOVE AND ONLY LOVE

Long ago in the book of old,

Before the chapter where dreams unfold

A battle raged on the open page,

Love was a winner there overcoming hate

Like a little girl who couldn't wait.

Love and only love will endure

Hate is everything you think it is

Love and only love will break it down

Love and only love, will break it down

Break it down, break it down.

Tomorrow is a long long time if you're a memory

Trying to find peace of mind

Spirit come back to me,

Give me strength and set me free

Let me hear the magic in my heart.

Love and only love will endure

Hate is everything you think it is

Love and only love will break it down

Love and only love, will break it down

Break it down, break it down.

Long ago in the book of old,

Before the chapter where dreams unfold

A battle raged on the open page,

Love was a winner there overcoming hate

Like a little girl who couldn't wait.

Love and only love will endure

Hate is everything you think it is

Love and only love will break it down

Love and only love.

MOTHER EARTH

Oh, Mother Earth,

With your fields of green

Once more laid down by the hungry hand

How long can you give and not receive

And feed this world ruled by greed

And feed this world ruled by greed.

Oh, ball of fire

In the summer sky

Your healing light, your parade of days

Are they betrayed by the men of power

Who hold this world in their changing hands

They hold the world in their changing hands.

Oh, freedom land

Can you let this go

Down to the streets where the numbers grow

Respect Mother Earth and her giving ways

Or trade away our children's days

Or trade away our children's days.

Respect Mother Earth and her giving ways

Or trade away our children's days.

DON'T SPOOK THE HORSE

If you want to go riding in the tall green grass,

Try to not spook the horse.

If you want to pet that old hound dog,

Make sure he ain't rolled in shit.

There's a pretty little girl, and she's living down there,

Down on her daddy's farm.

If you're going to mess around with that chick,

Be sure to close the barn door.

Try to not spook the horse.

Make sure she ain't rolled in shit.

There's a field of green and an old red barn

Deep in the valley of hearts.

If you want to go riding in the tall green grass

Try to not spook the horse.

Lyrics: Harvest Moon

Song List

•UNKNOWN LEGEND

•FROM HANK TO HENDRIX

•YOU AND ME

•HARVEST MOON

•WAR OF MAN

•ONE OF THESE DAYS

•SUCH A WOMAN

•OLD KING

•DREAMIN' MAN

•NATURAL BEAUTY

Other non-Album songs from this period:

•LIVE TO RIDE

•HITCHHIKER

•PHILADELPHIA

UNKNOWN LEGEND

She used to work in a diner

Never saw a woman look finer

I used to order just to watch her float across the floor

She grew up in a small town

Never put her roots down

Daddy always kept movin', so she did too.

Somewhere on a desert highway

She rides a Harley-Davidson

Her long blonde hair flyin' in the wind

She's been runnin' half her life

The chrome and steel she rides

Collidin' with the very air she breathes

The air she breathes.

You know it ain't easy

You got to hold on

She was an unknown legend in her time

Now she's dressin' two kids

Lookin' for a magic kiss

She gets the far-away look in her eyes.

Somewhere on a desert highway

She rides a Harley-Davidson

Her long blonde hair flyin' in the wind

She's been runnin' half her life

The chrome and steel she rides

Collidin' with the very air she breathes

The air she breathes.

FROM HANK TO HENDRIX

From Hank to Hendrix

I walked these streets with you

Here I am with this old guitar

Doin' what I do.

I always expected

That you should see me through

I never believed in much

But I believed in you.

Can we get it together

Can we still stand side by side

Can we make it last

Like a musical ride?

From Marilyn to Madonna

I always loved your smile

Now we're headed for the big divorce

California-style.

I found myself singin'

Like a long-lost friend

The same thing that makes you live

Can kill you in the end.

Can we get it together

Can we still stand side by side

Can we make it last

Like a musical ride?

Sometime it's distorted

Not clear to you

Sometimes the beauty of love

Just comes ringin' through.

New glass in the window

New leaf on the tree

New distance between us

You and me.

Can we get it together

Can we still walk side by side

Can we make it last

Like a musical ride?

YOU AND ME

Open up your eyes

See how life time flies

Open up and let the light back in.

Open up your heart

Let the lovin' start

Open up and let the light back in.

I was thinking of you and me

Makin' love beneath the tree

And now I wonder could it be.

Thinkin' 'bout the times we had

Some were good and some were bad

Guitar fightin' the T.V.

I was thinkin' 'bout you and me

I was thinkin' of you and me

I was thinkin' 'bout you and me.

Lookin' at you just the other night

Dancin' in the evening light

True love conquers all.

Old man sittin' there

Touch of grey, but he don't care

When he hears his children call.

I was thinkin' 'bout you and me

I was thinkin' 'bout you and me.

Open up your eyes

See how life time flies

Open up and let the light back in.

HARVEST MOON

Come a little bit closer

Hear what I have to say

Just like children sleepin'

We could dream this night away.

But there's a full moon risin'

Let's go dancin' in the light

We know where the music's playin'

Let's go out and feel the night.

Because I'm still in love with you

I want to see you dance again

Because I'm still in love with you

On this harvest moon.

When we were strangers

I watched you from afar

When we were lovers

I loved you with all my heart.

But now it's gettin' late

And the moon is climbin' high

I want to celebrate

See it shinin' in your eye.

Because I'm still in love with you

I want to see you dance again

Because I'm still in love with you

On this harvest moon.

WAR OF MAN

The little creatures run in from the cold

Back to the nest just like the days of old

There in the safety of a mother's arms

The warmth of ages, far away from harm again.

Ears ringin' from the battle fire

The tired warrior aims a little higher

The black falcon or the little sparrow

The healing light or the flash of the barrel.

No one wins

It's a war of man,

No one wins

It's a war of man.

Silver mane flyin' in the wind

Down through the planets on the run again

No one knows where they're runnin' to

But every kind is comin' two by two.

Out on the delta where the hoofbeats pound

The daddy's runnin' on the frozen ground

Can't smell the poison as it follows him

Can't see the gas and machines, it's a war of man.

No one wins

It's a war of man,

No one wins

It's a war of man.

The windows open and the little girl dreams

The sky's her playground as she mounts her steed

Across the heavens to the other side

On wings of magic does the little girl ride.

The baby creatures run in from the cold

Back to the nest just like the days of old

There in the safety of a mother's arms

The warmth of ages, far away from harm again.

No one wins

It's a war of man,

No one wins

It's a war of man,

No one wins.

ONE OF THESE DAYS

One of these days,

I'm gonna sit down and write a long letter

To all the good friends I've known

And I'm gonna try

And thank them all for the good times together.

Though so apart we've grown.

One of these days,

I'm gonna sit down and write a long letter

To all the good friends I've known

One of these days, one of these days, one of these days,

And it won't be long, it won't be long.

And I'm gonna thank,

That old country fiddler

And all those rough boys

Who play that rock 'n' roll

I never tried to burn any bridges

Though I know I let some good things go.

One of these days,

I'm gonna sit down and write a long letter

To all the good friends I've known

One of these days, one of these days, one of these days,

And it won't be long, it won't be long.

From down in L.A.

All the way to Nashville,

From New York City

To my Canadian prairie home

My friends are scattered

Like leaves from an old maple.

Some are weak, some are strong.

One of these days,

I'm gonna sit down and write a long letter

To all the good friends I've known

One of these days, one of these days, one of these days,

And it won't be long, it won't be long.

One of these days, one of these days, one of these days,

And it won't be long, it won't be long.

SUCH A WOMAN

You are such a woman to me

And I love you

Our love with live

Until the end of all time.

No one else can kill me like you do

No one else can fill me like you do

And no one else can feel our pain.

Love is a healer

And I love you.

No one else can fill me like you do

No one else can kill me like you do

And I love you.

You are such a woman to me.

OLD KING

King went a-runnin' after deer

Wasn't scared of jumpin' off the truck in high gear

King went a-sniffin' and he would go

Was the best old hound dog I ever did know.

I had a dog and his name was King

I told the dog about everything

There in my truck the dog and I

Then one day the King up and died.

Then I thought about the times we had

Once when I kicked him when he was bad

Old King sure meant a lot to me

But that hound dog is history.

King went a-runnin' after deer

Wasn't scared of jumpin' off the truck in high gear

King went a-sniffin' and he would go

Was the best old hound dog I ever did know.

That old King was a friend of mine

Never knew a dog that was half as fine

I may find one, you never do know

'Cause I still got a long way to go.

I had a dog and his name was King

I told the dog about everything

Old King sure meant a lot to me

But that hound dog is history.

King went a-howlin' after deer

Wasn't scared of jumpin' off the truck in high gear

King went a-sniffin' and he would go

Was the best old hound dog I ever did know.

DREAMIN' MAN

I'm a dreamin' man, yes, that's my problem

I can't tell when I'm not being real.

In the meadow dusk I park my Aerostar

With a loaded gun and sweet dreams of you.

I'll always be a dreamin' man

I don't have to understand

I know it's alright.

I see your curves and I feel your vibrations

You dressed in black and white, you lost in the mall

I watch you disappear past Club Med Vacations

Another sleepless night, a sun that won't fall.

I'll always be a dreamin' man

I don't have to understand

I know it's alright.

Now the night is gone, a new day is dawning

And our homeless dreams go back to the street

Another time or place, another civilization

Would really make this life feel so complete.

I'll always be a dreamin' man

I don't have to understand

I know it's alright.

Dreamin' man

He's got a problem

Dreamin' man

He's got a problem

Dreamin' man.

NATURAL BEAUTY

On the roller coaster ride

That my emotions have to take me on

I heard a newborn baby cry

Through the night.

I heard a perfect echo die

Into an anonymous wall of digital sound

Somewhere deep inside

Of my soul.

A natural beauty should be preserved like a

monument to nature

Don't judge yourself too harsh, my love

Or someday you might find your soul endangered

A natural beauty should be preserved like a

monument to nature.

Amazon

You had so much and now so much is gone

What are you gonna do

With your life?

What a lucky man.

To see the earth before it touched his hand

What an angry fool

To condemn.

One more night to go

One more sleep upon your burning banks

A greedy man never knows

What he's done.

A natural beauty should be preserved like a

monument to nature

Don't start yourself too short, my love

Or someday you might find your soul endangered

A natural beauty should be preserved like a

monument to nature.

Went to the rodeo today

I saw the cowgirls lined up on the fence

A brand new Chevrolet

A brand new pair of seamless pants.

We watched the moment of defeat

Played back over on the video screen

Somewhere deep inside

Of my soul.

A natural beauty should be preserved like a

monument to nature.

LIVE TO RIDE

Live to ride, ride my dream machine

Good conditions sometime are a screen

Running from the daily grime

He was, he was a friend of mine

Gonna take a long, long time

But this thing will fade away

Running from the daily grime

He was, he was a friend of mine.

Live to ride, ride in the lonesome wind

Cross the line, you can't come back again

Never let a dream machine

Gather dust in your garage

Gonna take a long, long time

But this thing will fade away

Running from the daily grime

He was, he was a friend of mine.

Gonna take a long, long time

But this thing will fade away

Running from the daily grime

He was, he was a friend of mine.

Live to ride, ride my dream machine.

HITCHHIKER

When I was a hitchhiker on the road

I had to count on you

But you needed me to ease the load

And for conversation too

Or did you just drive on through.

You didn't see me in Toronto

When I first tried out some hash

Smoked some then and I'll do it again

If I only had some cash

Only had some cash.

Then I tried amphetamines

And my head was in a glass

Taped underneath the speedometer wires

Of my '48 Buick's dash.

But I knew that wouldn't last.

Then came California

Where I first saw open water

In the land of opportunity

I knew I was getting hotter

I knew I was getting hotter.

But the neon lights

And the endless nights

The neon lights

And the endless nights

The neon lights

And the endless nights

The neon lights

And the endless nights

They took me by surprise

The doctor gave me valium

But I still couldn't close my eyes

I still couldn't close my eyes.

Then came paranoia

And it ran away with me

I couldn't sign my autograph

Or appear on TV

Or see or be seen

See or be seen

Or see or be seen.

Living in the country

Sounded good to me

Smoking grass while the summer lasts

In the real organic sea

Where everything was green

Everything was green.

Then we had a kid and we split apart

I was living on the road

A little cocaine went a long long way

To ease that different load

But my head did explode

My head did explode.

I wish I was an Aztec

Or a runner in Peru

I would build such beautiful buildings

To house the chosen few

Like an Inca from Peru.

When I was a hitchhiker on the road

I had to count on you

But you needed me to ease the load

And for conversation too

Or did you just drive on

Did you just drive on

Did you just drive on through.

Or did you just drive on

Did you just drive on

Did you just drive on through.

PHILADELPHIA

Sometimes I think that I know

What love's all about

And when I see the light

I know I'll be all right.

I've got my friends in the world,

I had my friends

When we were boys and girls

And the secrets came unfurled.

City of brotherly love

Place I call home

Don't turn your back on me

I don't want to be alone

Love lasts forever.

Someone is talking to me,

Calling my name

Tell me I'm not to blame

I won't be ashamed of love.

Philadelphia,

City of brotherly love.

Brotherly love.

Sometimes I think that I know

What love's all about

And when I see the light

I know I'll be all right.

Philadelphia.

Lyrics: Sleeps With Angels

Song List

•MY HEART

•PRIME OF LIFE

•DRIVEBY

•SLEEPS WITH ANGELS

•WESTERN HERO

•CHANGE YOUR MIND

•BLUE EDEN

•SAFEWAY CART

•TRAIN OF LOVE

•TRANS AM

•PIECE OF CRAP

•A DREAM THAT CAN LAST

MY HEART

Down in the valley the sheperd sees

His flock is close at hand

And in the night sky a star is falling down

>From someone's hand

Somewhere, somehwere,

I gotta get somewhere

It's not too late, it's not too late

I've got to get somewhere

This time I will take the lead somehow

This time you won't have to show me how

When dreams come crashing down like trees

I don't know what love can do

When life is hanging in the breeze

I don't know what love can do

My heart, my heart

I've got to keep my heart

It's not too late, it's not too late

I've got to keep my heart

My love, I will give to you, it's true

Although I'm not sure what love can do

Somehwere, somewhere

I've got to get somewhere

It's not too late, it's not too late

I've got to get somewhere

Somewhere someone has a dream come true

Somehow someone has a dream come true

PRIME OF LIFE

Shadows climb up the garden wall

Upon the green the first leaf falls

It's the prime of life and the king and queen

Step out into the sun, (Oh yeah)

Are you feeling all right

Not feeling too bad myself

Are you feeling all right, my friend?

Footsteps run down the castle hall

To the rooms of the paper doll

It's the prime of life, where the spirit grows

And the mirror shows both ways (Oh yeah)

Are you feeling all right

Not feeling too bad myself

Are you feeling all right, my friend?

When I first saw your face

It took my breath away

When I first saw your face

It took my breath away

Shadows fly up the garden wall

Upon the green the first leaf falls

It's the prime of life and the king and queen

Step out into the sun (Oh yeah)

Are you feeling all right

Not feeling too bad myself

Are you feeling all right, my friend?

DRIVEBY

It's a random kind of thing

Came upon a delicate flower

I can't believe a machine gun sings

Driveby, driveby, driveby, driveby

Well he borrowed his girlfiend's car

Went out riding with the boys

Now she's gone like a shooting star

Driveby, driveby, driveby, driveby

Now she's gone like a shooting star

Trail of dreams Tragic trail of fire

Now she's gone like a shooting star

Driveby, driveby, driveby, driveby

Well you feel invincible

It's just a part of life

There's a feud going on and you don't know

Driveby, driveby, driveby, driveby

SLEEPS WITH ANGELS

She wasn't perfect

She had some trips of her own

He wasn't worried

At least he wasn't alone (Too late)

He sleeps with angels (Too soon)

He's always on someone's mind

He sleeps with angels (Too late)

He sleeps with angels (Too soon)

She was a teen queen

She saw the dark side of life

She made things happen

But when he did it that night

She ran up phone bills

She moved around from town to town (Too late)

He sleeps with angels (Too soon)

He's always on someone's mindHe sleeps with angels

He sleeps with angels

WESTERN HERO

Frontier town, home of the westren hero

Frontier justice, dealt with the iron hand

He wore a long coat to the ground

He wore big boots that made a sound

He wore a six gun on his hip

But now he doesn't carry it

Sure enough, he was a western hero

On the deck, sighting an old Jap zero

And on the shores at Normandy

He fought for you, he fought for me

Across the land and on the sea

But now he's just a memory

And in the distance, the rocket's red glare

The bombs burst in the air

This time we're never going back

Through the years he changed somehow

He's different now

Open fire, here comes the western hero

Standing there, big money in his hand

Sure enough, he was a western hero, Sure enough

CHANGE YOUR MIND

When you get weak, and you need to test your will

When life's complete, but there's something missing still

Distracting you from this must be the one you love

Must be the one whose magic touch can change your mind

Don't let another day go by without the magic touch

Distracting you (change your mind)

Supporting you (change your mind)

Embracing you (change your mind)

Convincing you (change your mind)

When you're confused and the world has got you down

When you feel used and you just can't play the clown

Protecting you from this must be the one you love

Must be the one whose magic touch can change your mind

Don't let another day go by without the magic touch

Protecting you (change your mind)

Restoring you (change your mind)

Revealing you (change your mind)

Soothing you (change your mind)

You hear the sound, you wait around and get the word

You see the picture changing everything you've heard

Destroying you with this must be the one you love

Must be the one whose magic touch can change your mind

Don't let another day go by without the magic touch

Destroying you (change your mind)

Embracing you (change your mind)

Protecting you (change your mind)

Confining you (change your mind)

Distracting you (change your mind)

Supporting you (change your mind)

Distorting you (change your mind)

Controlling you (change your mind)

Change your mind (change your mind)

Change your mind, change your mind (change your mind)

Change your mind (change your mind)

The morning comes and there's an odor in the room

The scent of love, more than a million roses bloom

Embracing you with this must be the one you love

Must be the one whose magic touch can change your mind

Don't let another day go by without the magic touch

Embracing you (change your mind)

Concealing you (change your mind)

Protecting you (change your mind)

Revealing you (change your mind)

Change your mind, change your mind (change your mind)

Change your mind (change your mind)

Change your mind, change your mind (change your mind)

Change your mind (change your mind)

Change your mind, change your mind

Change your mind

Change your mind, change your mind

Change your mind

Change your mind, change your mind

BLUE EDEN

Embracing, distorting, supporting, comforting

Convincing you, consoling you

Controlling you, destroying you

All over you

I know someday we'll meet again

We come and go that way my friend

It's part of me, it's part of you

You feel invincible, it's just a part of life

SAFEWAY CART

Like a Safeway cart rolling down the street

Like a sandal mark on the Savior's feet

Just keep rolling on it's a ghetto dawn

Baby looks so bad with her TV eyes

Going, going, gone and the picture cries

It's a ghetto dawn

Baby looks so bad with her TV eyes

Going, going, gone and the picture cries

Baby looks so bad with her TV eyes

Like a Safeway cart rolling down the street

Past the Handy mart to the Savior's feet

Going, going, gone and the picture cries

Baby looks so sad

Baby looks so bad

It's a ghetto dawn

Like a Safeway cart rolling down the street

Like a sandal mark on the Savior's feet

Just keep rolling on to a ghetto dawn

TRAIN OF LOVE

Train of love

Racing from heart to heart

Running late

Still in the lonely part

This train will never run me down

But only take me where I'm bound

It's part of me and part of you

I'll always be a part of you

Sail along, sail along silver moon

Don't be blue

Throw shadows in my room

I know in time we'll meet again

We come and go that way, my friend

It's part of me and part of you

I'll always be a part of you

"To love and honor 'til death do us part"

Repeat after me

This train is never going back

When the lonesome whistle blows

No one knows, no one knows

Train of love, Train of love

It's part of me, it's part of you

Train of love

TRANS AM

Trans Am

The wagons in the valley had pulled up for the night

Seth said "go get the plow out Merle, this place looks just right"

By then they were surrounded, by dawn they all were dead

I heard this from the old Trans Am, up the road ahead

That cowboy just kept talking, I thought I heard him say

He used to ride the Santa Fe before the tracks were laid

Trans Am

A nasty wind was blowing through the gates of Eden Park

One was swinging and one was hanging,

and the street lights all were dark

It crawled along the boulevard with two wheels on the grass

That old Trans Am was dying hard, but still had lots of gas

The golden gate was open wide, the sun came shining through

Where once the angels stood and cried everything was new

Trans Am

Global manufacturing, hands across the sea

The hotel filled with dealers, everything was free

Before the competition, ahead of all the rest

The product was presented, it clearly was the best

The power link was ruptured, the hotel shook and rolled

The old Trans Am just bounced around and took another road

Trans Am

An old friend showed up at the door

The mile posts flying by

He said come on, I said what for

He said I'll show you why

I got a call from north of here

They said some girl's broke down

There's good money in it for you and me

If we can get her back to town

She's somewhere north of Barstow

Lost on 66

An old Trans Am by the side of the road

That needs a headlight fixed

Trans Am

PIECE OF CRAP

Tried to save the trees

Bought a platsic bag

The bottom fell out

It was a piece of crap

Saw it on the tube

Bought it on the phone

Now you're home alone

It's a piece of crap

I tried to plug in it

I tried to turn it on

When I got it home

It was a piece of crap

Got it from a friend

On him you can depend

I found out in the end

It was a piece of crap

I'm trying to save the trees

I saw it on TV

They cut the forest down

To build a piece of crap

I went back to the store

They gave me four more

The guy told me at the door

It's a piece of crap

A DREAM THAT CAN LAST

I feel like I died and went to Heaven

The cupboards are bare but the streets are paved with gold

I saw a young girl who didn't die

I saw a glimmer from in her eye

I saw the distance, I saw the past

And I know I won't awaken, it's a dream that can last

I feel like I died and went to Heaven

The cupboards are bare but the streets are paved with gold

And all the lights were turned down low

And no one wondered or had to go

Out on the corner the angels say

There is a better life for me someday

I feel like I died and went to Heaven

The cupboards are bare but the streets are paved with gold

Lyrics: Mirror Ball

Song List

•SONG X

•ACT OF LOVE

•I'M THE OCEAN

•BIG GREEN COUNTRY

•TRUTH BE KNOWN

•DOWNTOWN

•WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY

•PEACE AND LOVE

•THROW YOUR HATRED DOWN

•SCENERY

•FALLEN ANGEL

SONG X

Hey ho away we go

We're on the road to never

Where life's a joy for girls and boys

And only will get better

Hey ho away we go

We're on the road to never

Romeo and Juliet

The doctor and his case

Without a plan they left the van

And there were laid to waste

Hey ho away we go

We're on the road to never

The priest was there with sandy hair

Religion by his side

He saw his law was broken

The punishment was applied

Hey ho away we go

Along the road to never

Hey ho away we go

We're on the road to never

[solo]

He held her hand and wished her well

Although his heart was aching

The cameras rolled

The print was bold

The holy war was breaking

It's hey ho away we go

We're on the road to never

Where life's a joy for girls and boys

And only will get better

Hey ho away we go

Along the road to never

Hey ho away we go

We're on the road to never

Hey ho away we go

Along the road to never

Hey ho away we go

We're on the road to never

[solo]

The priest was there with sandy hair

Religion by his side

He saw his law was broken

The punishment was applied

ACT OF LOVE

The fruit of love was in the future

Around the corner and over the hill

The act of love was slowly pounding

Slowly pounding

The holy war was slowly building

Heroes leaving for the great crusade

Seek reward in the ever after

Ever after

Don't wanna have to lose you baby

Don't want to have to take you back

You know I'll never lose you baby

Abuse you baby

Use you baby

You know I'll always help you baby

But I just can't do that

I know I said I'd help you baby

Here's my wallet

Call me sometime

Act of love

The fruit of love was in the future

Around the corner and over the hill

The act of love was slowly pounding

Slowly pounding

Act of love

I'M THE OCEAN

I'm an accident

I was driving way too fast

Couldn't stop though

So I let the moment last

I'm for rollin'

I'm for tossin' in my sleep

It's not guilt though

It's not the company I keep

People my age

They don't do the things I do

They go somehwere

While I run away with you

I got my friends

And I got my children too

I got her love

She's got my love too

I can't hear you

But I feel the things you say

I can't see you

But I see what's in my way

Now I'm floatin'

Cause I'm not tied to the ground

Words I've spoken

Seem to leave a hollow sound

On the long plain

See the rider in the night

See the chieftain

See the braves in cool moonlight

Who will love them

When they take another life

Who will hold them

When they tremble for the knife

Voicemail numbers

On an old computer screen

Rows of lovers

Parked forever in a dream

Screaming sirens

Echoing across the bay

To the old boats

From the city far away

Homeless heroes

Walk the streets of their hometown

Rows of zeros

On a field that's turning brown

They play baseball

They play football under lights

They play card games

And we watch them every night

Need distraction

Need romance and candlelight

Need random violence

Need entertainment tonight

Need the evidence

Want the testimony of

Expert witnesses

On the brutal crimes of love

I was too tired

To see the news when I got home

Pulled the curtain

Fell into bed alone

Started dreaming

Saw the rider once again

In the doorway

Where she stood and watched for him

Watched for him

I'm not present

I'm a drug that makes you dream

I'm an aerostar

I'm a cutlass supreme

In the wrong lane

Trying to turn against the flow

I'm the ocean

I'm the giant undertow

I'm the ocean

I'm the giant undertow

I'm the ocean

I'm the giant undertow

I'm the ocean

BIG GREEN COUNTRY

Across the plain flew the lone grey rider

Leather bang pounding on his back

Above the clouds the moon was climbing higher

A pack of wolves wanted their money back

With folded arms the chief stood watching

Painted braves slipped down the hill

In his ears the spirit talking

As they closed in

For an easy kill

At the house the door was wide open

Wind blew curtains off the rod

She was waiting and hoping

She was praying to her god

He was luckier than most men

He was barely in his prime

As she stood their in the doorway

Her long dress flowing

Would he make it this time

[solo]

Over the hill in the big green country

That's the place where the cancer cowboy rides

Pure as the driven snow before it got him

Sometimes I feel like he's all right

Sometimes I feel like a piece of paper

Sometimes I feel like my own name

Sometimes I feel different later

Sometimes I feel

I feel just the same

[solo]

TRUTH BE KNOWN

Saw your friend working in this hotel

Says he used to know you when

And your dreams

Lucky as they seemed

They all turned their back on him

Truth be known

Way I feel tonight

Living in this back street town

'Bout my dreams

They all seem to fade

As soon as I put my money down

Truth be known

When the fire that once was your friend

Burns your fingers to the bone

And your song meets a sudden end

Echoing through right and wrong

Truth be known

DOWNTOWN

There's a place called Downtown

Where the hippies all go

And they dance the charleston

And they do the limbo

Yeah the hippies all go there

'Cause they want to be seen

It's like a room full of pictures

It's like a psychedelic dream

Downtown

Let's go downtown

Downtown at night

Downtown

Let's have a party

Downtown at night

Yeah it's right around the corner

Up and down the hill

When you hear the band playin'

It's gonna give you a chill

Give your money to the gateman

Young blood in his eye

Hold on to your baby

When you slip into the sky

Downtown

Let's go downtown

Downtown tonight

Downtown

Hear the band playin'

Downtown all right

[solo]

Jimi's playin' in the back room

Led Zeppelin on stage

There's a mirror ball twirlin'

And a note from Page

Like a water-washed diamond

In a river of sin

Goin' down like a whirlpool

When you get sucked in

Downtown

Let's go downtown

Downtown tonight

Downtown

Hear the band playin'

Downtown all right

[solo]

Downtown

Let's go downtown

Downtown tonight

Downtown

Let's have a party

Downtown all right

[solo]

WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY

Can't forget what happened yesterday

Though my friends say don't look back

I can feel it coming through me

Like an echo

Like a photograph

PEACE AND LOVE

Peace and love

Flying so high

Peace and love

Too young to die

Peace and love

Now you decide

Stay for the children

You don't really want to go

Can't feel it pulling like you did

Peace and love

Only a ride

Strength is gone

Dying inside

Tell me now

What did you find

Found love in the people

Livin' in a sacred land

Found love in the people

Peace and love

[Vedder:]

Found love (found ...?)

Saw my mistake

Broke walls of pain to walk again

I saw the dream

I saw the wake

We shared it all

But not the take

Peace and love

Lennon's goodbye

Over Now

Living in time

A broken bell

A nursery rhyme

Deserted by heroes

Strangers in your own land

No way to deny you

Peace and love

[Vedder:]

I took it all

I took the oath

I took it all

Til I had most

I took what's left

I gave it breath

I had it all once

I gave it back

[solo]

THROW YOUR HATRED DOWN

Here in the conscious world

We place our theories down

Why man must bring us to our knees

Before he sees the weakness of his sinful plan

The power in his hand

Will never touch a friend

Throw your hatred down

[solo]

Meanwhile in the underworld

The weaknesses are seen

By peasants and presidents

Who plan the counter-scheme

Children in the schoolyard

Finish choosing teams

Divided by their dreams

While a TV screams

Throw your weapons down

[solo]

The wheel of fortune

Keeps on rollin' down

The street that's paved with sinful plans

There but for circumstance

May go you or I

Dressed in gold lame

Find a place to stay

Throw your hatred down

Throw your weapons down

[solo]

SCENERY

Looking at the grave

At the scenery around you

Home of the brave

Sometimes they leave you like they found you

Sometimes they worship you

Sometimes they tear your houses down

Sometimes they comfort you

Sometimes they spread your life around

Nothing you can see

That they won't try to give you

Land of the free

Where the legend will outlive you

When you earn their trust

When you are truly in danger

Where greed and lust

Have never been a stranger

[solo]

Home of the brave

That's where heroes need protection

Media images slaves

Live by random selection

You sell your heart

But that's not the price of freedom

Where things are useful

Only when you need them

Where will you go

When you need to make some changes

Who will you love

In a world of constant strangers

I'll go with you

If you want to take a hero home

I'll stay behind

If you want to take a hero home

Looking at the grave

At the scenery around you

Home of the brave

Sometimes they leave you like they found you

[solo]

Home of the brave

FALLEN ANGEL

Fallen angel

Who's your saviour tonight

You're surrounded by these walls and neon lights

Hungry people move like waves behind the beat

Where's the big drum

Where's the feel of body heat

Where's the big drum

Where's the feel of body heat

Lyrics: Broken Arrow

Song List

•BIG TIME

•LOOSE CHANGE

•SLIP AWAY

•CHANGING HIGHWAYS

•SCATTERED

•THIS TOWN

•MUSIC ARCADE

•BABY WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO

•INTERSTATE (bonus song on LP)

BIG TIME

Gonna leave the pain behind

Gonna leave the fools in line

Gonna take the magic potion

Gettin' in an old black car

Gonna take a ride so far

To the land of sun tan lotion

Gonna take it state by state

Til I hit the golden gate

Get my feet wet in the ocean

I'm still living in the dream we had,

For me it's not over...

Walkin on the bridge on day

Lookin out across the bay

I saw a rippling in the water

Once a big ship had passed

I borrowed a traveller's glass

And focused on the ocean's daughter

Kind of like a wave confused

Dancing in the sunset hews

She waved to me and called me over

I'm still living in the dream we had,

For me it's not over...

Talkin' bout a friend of mine

Talkin' bout a gold mine

Richest vein in any mountain

Talkin' bout the enemy

Inside of me

Talkin' bout that youthful fountain

Talkin' bout you and me

Talkin' bout eternity

Talkin' bout the big time

I'm still living in the dream we had,

For me it's not over...

LOOSE CHANGE

I built a house of cards

Built a house of rain

Built a house of love

It's hard to build again

Built a road to reason

Built a road to fate

Built a road to the promised land

Right up to the gate

Loose change in my pocket

Future in my hand

Too many distractions

For me to understand

Too many distractions

Got to get back home

Get into something solid

Get out of the zone

Some roads bring renewal

Some roads hide and wait

Some roads promise everything

And steal your fuel away

Loose change in my pocket

Future in my hand

Too many distractions

For me to understand

Some roads I been flyin'

Some roads I crashed

Some roads I been sleepin' on

Some roads I got back

Some roads I been runnin'

Some roads I was stopped

Some roads I been walkin down

Some roads I was lost

SLIP AWAY

She lives in the TV sky

She lives in such pain

She rides in a bulletproof

Stretch limousine

The smoke in the barroom nights

The faces in the window

The sound of the harbor horn

She recognized

And when the music started

She just slipped away

Just like a river rollin' down

And when the music started

She just slipped away

High on a windy hill

The turbine did whine

Low in the valley chill

A baby was cryin'

Impossible to take the time

The moment is here

Cry out from behind the pines

A voice comin' near

And when the music started

She just slipped away

Just like a river rollin' down

And when the music started

She just slipped away

CHANGING HIGHWAYS

We're changing highways

In heavy traffic

See the lights turn

To something graphic

With my suitcase and my brew

I come in your room

Hello hello

Is that you stranger

Is this our music

Up in you manger?

And is this your exit too?

We're changing highways

SCATRERED

I'm a little bit high

I'm a little bit low

Hear you name wherever I go

I'm a little bit wrong

I'm a little bit right

Hear your name all day and night

When the music calls

I'll be there

No more sadness

No more cares

Let's think about living

Let's think about life

Like a comet painted on the sky

Like an old soul

Over darkness you'll fly

I'm a little bit here

I'm a little bit there

I'm a little scattered everywhere

I'm a little bit up

I'm a little bit down

I hear your name all over this town

(chorus)

THIS TOWN

I'm not asleep when I'm lyin' down

I'm asleep when I' walkin' around

This town

Some people think that it's not OK

To sleep around and kiss the hours away

This town

It's OK

MUSIC ARCADE

Have you ever been lost

Have you ever been found out

Have you ever felt all alone

At the end of the day

Yeah I'm talkin' bout gettin' down

Take it easy - there's no one around

Just a mirror and you and me

And the TV sky

I was walkin down main street

Not the sidewalk but main street

Dodgin' traffic with flyin' feet

That's how good I felt

Took a spin in the laundromat

Played a game in the music arcade

Kept winnin' while the band played

That's how good I felt

(chorus)

Have you ever been singled out

By a hungry man

You're listening to the radio

He's washin' your window

When you look in those vacant eyes

How does it harmonize

With the things that you do?

That's how good I felt

(chorus)

There's a comet in the sky tonight

Makes me feel like I'm alright

I'm movin' prety fast

For my size

I really didn' mean to stay

As long as I have

So I'll be movin' on

BABY WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO

(though not by Neil, it will be added here)

INTERSTATE (bonus song on LP)

Children are laughing in the sun

I count the voices one by one

But I'm not there to share the fun

I'm out on the interstate

I can hear a soft voice calling

Calling me to bring my guitar home.

I'm happy singing in a crowd

The lights are bright, the music's loud

I like to look in every face

But out on the interstate

I can hear a soft voice calling

Calling me to bring my guitar home.

Out in the dusty desert wind

The fox goes looking for a friend

She sees a light around the bend

I'm out on the interstate

I can hear a soft voice calling

Calling me to bring my guitar home.