Outtakes

Aggiornato al 06-03-2001

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Action in the Streets

Well don't move 
Why don't you listen to what I'm saying 
And hey you 
You better get up if you plan to be staying 
Get loose 
You got to listen to what the band is playing 
Oh tonight 
There's action in the street all night 
We're boppin' to the big beat - go 
Get up off your seat and roll 

At school 
The girls you know their dancing, mister's, just my speed 
And hey cool 
If action is the thing you need 
Well don't fool 
The kid's satisfaction guaranteed 
Oh tonight 
There's action in the street all night 
We're boppin' to the big beat - go 
Get up off your seat and roll 

Well hey man 
Yeah don't let the little girl sigh 
Understand 
If you just move your body side to side 
Raise your hand 
Shout until you're satisfied 
Oh tonight 
There's action in the street all night 
We're boppin' to the big beat - go 
Get up off your seat and roll 


After the Thunder

An echo fades of sounds once heard 
By thousands brought together for 
His ringing voice, a soul that stirred 
The faithful to a mighty roar. 

For twenty years upon the stage 
For twenty years upon the stage 
The passion deep within his soul 
Brought forth the anger and the rage 
His vision locked upon one goal. 

The promises of rock and roll could 
Break the chains upon his life, 
Guitar in hand he vowed he would 
Be free from pain and inner strife. 

He shook the rafters in the halls 
And brought the faithful to their feet, 
His river coursed through mighty walls 
Across this land, down every street. 

With flag unfurled he took the word 
Across the seas to hungry youth 
Who raised their hands when e'er they heard 
His cries for faith, and hope, and truth. 

Today he stands with inner peace 
A man content with home and health, 
Upon his brow a jagged crease 
A symbol of success and wealth. 

The thunder of his younger days 
Has passed, and now his words reveal 
A calmer soul in many ways 
Fulfilled with satisfactions real. 

His arms upraised against the light 
He stands alone, his eyes look toward 
The ground below, a bird in flight 
Still searching for his true reward. 

His mission done, he finds retreat 
With children and a loving wife, 
His body tired from the heat 
The price he pays for touring life. 

But deep within the longings stir 
The music runs within him still, 
His passions for the times that were 
Are stronger than his iron will. 

And all of us who know the man 
Will come together when he cries 
The message we all understand 
The thunder in us never dies. 


All Night Long

I was born saved in heaven
It was nothing like the promised land
Raised in a good Christian house
Underneath a good Christian hand
I was schooled down and dirty
Signed a note back to town
It was there that the workers slaved all week
Waiting for payday to come around

Break out, come on if you're coming
Cause baby I just can't stay
I want to take out the walls of this joint
I want to blow this town away

Now I ain't into fast livin'
I ain't into dying young
And I ain't looking to be forgiven
For any of the stupid things that I've done

For the ones who once had a notion
A notion it was good to be alive
Feel the spark, the rush of emotion
I want to break out baby tonight

I want to dream, that I got a place

I want to scream in somebody's face
Make it seem, get out of this muddy race
All night long

Well all little kings lose their thrones tonight
All you little pretty things better learn to sleep alone tonight
It was down in the cool dirty living
With the man with the master plan
Some girl who can beg forgiveness
And a ticket to the promised land

Down where they'll tear your guts out
Making out what you're all about
making while we were blasting like a ??
I want out I want out I want out

Want out to the outside
Well I'm a small fool 
I want to shout I'm bound for nothing
I want to shout about something too

For the ones who once had a notion
It ain't no sin to be glad you're alive
I feel the heat, the rush of devotion
I want to tear out baby tonight

I wanna do what ain't ever been done
I wanna win what ain't ever been won
I wanna lose blow it all away 
I wanna lose what I've always won
Prove it all night long

I wanna know that I got a place
I wanna go where I can see your face
I wanna rock the roof off this place
I want you to know
I wanna live


A Love So Fine

Well there's sparklin' angels on your fire-escape tonight 
They line them up for you trying to keep you safe 
But with them fire alley burglars on a midnight vamp 
You lost your heart on Main Street to a beautiful tramp 
That's all right, I don;t mind 
`Cause I got (you got) a love so fine 
A love so fine, me and my baby 
A love so fine, me and my baby 
A love so fine 

The rat's traps are filled with soul crusaders 
Everybody's popping and hopping and jumping 
At Little Melvin and The Invaders 
You're out on the floor and you can't get up 
Your baby's out there dancing and struttin' that Continental Strut 
She looks so good, she looks so fine (she blows your mind) 
Oh we (you) got a love so fine 
A love so fine 
A love so fine 
A love so fine 

Everybody's reeling when the band hits the ceiling 
Don't you know you just wanna go 
The boys start (joint gets) rockin', your knees start knockin' 
Everybody party, go 
Let's go 

The bar's closed down (It's 3 o'clock and the bar's closed) 
You walk to the shady side of town all alone (Well you walk along with your) 
Papa's screaming at you, he wants some cash (baby to the dirty side of town) 
Mama's chewing you (me) off about hanging out with (alley) trash 
That's allm right, oh you don't mind 
'Cause you've got a love so fine, oh me and my baby 
A love so fine 
A love so fine 
A love so fine 


American Skin (41 Shots) 

41 shots
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41 shots
41 shots and we'll take that ride 
41 shots
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Lena gets her son ready for school
She says now on these streets charles 
You got to understand the rules 
Promise me if an officer stops you'll always be polite 
Never ever run away and promise momma 
You'll keep your hands in sight

Cause is it a gun? 
Is it a knife? 
Is it a wallet? 
This is your life 
It ain't no secret 
It ain't no secret 
The secret my friend 
You can get killed just for living in your american skin 
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots

Across this bloody river to the other side 
41 shots they cut through the night 
You're kneeling over his body in the vestibule 
Praying for his life

Is it a gun? 
Is it a knife? 
Is it a wallet? 
This is your life
It ain't no secret
It ain't no secret
Ain't no secret my friend 
You can get killed just for living in your american skin 
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots

Lena gets her son ready for school
She says now on these streets charles 
You got to understand the rules
Promise me if an officer stops you'll always be polite 
Never ever run away and promise momma 
You'll keep your hands in sight

Cause is it a gun? 
Is it a knife? 
Is it a wallet? 
This is your life
It ain't no secret get killed just for living in your american skin 
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots

Is it a gun? 
Is it a knife? 
Is it a wallet?
This is your life
It ain't no secret
It ain't no secret
It ain't no secret
41 shots and we'll take that ride

Across this bloody river to the other side 
41 shots my boots caked in mud 
We're baptized in these waters and in each other's blood
It ain't no secret

Is it a knife?
Is it a wallet?
This is your life
It ain't no secret 
It ain't no secret 
The secret my friend 
You can get killed just for living in
You can get killed just for living in
You can get killed just for living in your american skin
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
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Angel Eyes

Hey drink up all you people 
Order anything you see 
And have fun you happy people 
The laugh and the drinks on me 

Try to think that love's not around 
Still it's uncomfortably near 
My poor old heart ain't gaining any ground 
Because my angel eyes ain't here 

Angel eyes, that old Devil sent 
They glow unbearably bright 
Need I say that my love's mispent 
Mispent with angel eyes tonight 

So drink up all of you people 
Order anything you see 
And have fun you happy people 
The drink and the laughs on me 

Pardon me but I got to run 
The fact's uncommonly clear 
I got to find who's now the number one 
And why my angel eyes ain't here 
Excuse me while I disappear 


Arabian Night

Shrieks of Sheiks 
as they run across the movie screen
A thousand sand dune soldiers 
led by an Arabian Queen
And the harem girls move like fancy dancers
In my dirty dreams
And I wake up on the floor
Holding on the bed lamp

And Mama comes in, she screams
Hey, you've been out with that tramp again last night
You know that silver sequined ivory black bitch
The one that Mama don't like
But Mama, she sings me them moon time melodies
With this great top-forty hook
She shrugs her shoulders, she don't care
Papa just stares and says Mary, look
The girl's all right
The girl's all right 

And there's a tenseness in the air
Don't you know, can't you feel
'Cause there's something hanging there
Pull back the mist and reveal
And even if you fear what you hear
Don't conceal
Cause if what Mama feels is too real
She just claims she don't feel it

So, come out from behind your bunkers
'Cause the lift-off's been a bust
Oh, Papa's gone and Mama's dead
And parade in my rocket thrust
You're alone now for the first time
Well, that's all right
'Cause the fear will completely disappear
Come the Arabian Night

The soundman smiles and turns the dials
to set the meter reading rising
He pulls the singer's voice from out of his pocket
To see if the audience likes it 
Oh, and in the very first row sits sweet Jenny Roo
With a bell on her shoe and she wants him to mike it
He flicks a switch, but Jenny moves too fast
And the audience sways to the sound of her shotgun blast
The manager comes from running out behind stage
Check the band's arms for bullet holes, make them roll up their sleeves
The drummer shots himself with cyanide, then asks to be relieved
And me, I said well it's, hey it's crazy in here
Which is the stage door out of here, I got to get up tomorrow morning for work
The promoter says 'Man, once you're in, they all lead out
What's the matter man, ain't you heard

There's a war going on on the outside
And I'm paying you to sing like a bird
So get in and get tough
Or get up and get out
Because things are too tight
I told him don't worry, everything's going to loosen up
Come the Arabian Night
Come the Arabian Night

So, I get back in my bed 
But outside my window I hear another gang fight
It's Duke and the boys against the Devil's best men
And both sides have drawn their knives
But Duke, he's a well known knife fighter
And with on quick jab, he brings the devil down
He smiles because he knows there's a high bounty on devils
In any good God fearing town

Well, they say Duke sold the devil to some preacher in Pennsylvania
To exhibit on his alter Christmas night
Now, the devil's eyes, they're still red with fire
As long as Duke walks up right
And the devil swears there's going to be a showdown come sundown
On the Arabian night
Oh, the Arabian, the Arabian Night


Baby I

Baby I - Don't need you loving no more
Baby I - Don't need your kisses no more
Baby I - Don't need your tender touch
Baby I

Baby I - Don't need your tender kiss
Baby I - You'll never miss
Baby I - Don't want you round me no more
Baby I

'Cause I got someone new
Somebody better than you
Somebody who'll be true
Somebody better than you


Blood Brothers  (01-07-2000)* 

We played king of the mountain out on the end
The world come chargin' up the hill, and we were women and men
Now there's so much that time, time and memory fade away
We got our own roads to ride and chances we gotta take
We stood side by side each one fightin' for the other
We said until we died we'd always be blood brothers

Now the hardness of this world slowly grinds your dreams away
Makin' a fool's joke out of the promises we make
And what once seemed black and white turns to so many shades of gray
We lose ourselves in work to do and bills to pay
And it's a ride, ride, ride, and there ain't much cover
With no one runnin' by your side my blood brother

On through the houses of the dead past those fallen in their tracks
Always movin' ahead and never lookin' back

Now I'm out here on this road
Alone on this road tonight
I close my eyes and feel so many friends around me
In the early evening light
And the miles we have come
And the battles won and lost
Are just so many roads traveled
So many rivers crossed
And I ask God for the strength
And faith in one another
'Cause it's a good night for a ride
'Cross this river to the other side
My blood brothers

* Last song of the 2000 World Tour with some different words


Chevrolet Deluxe

I had a wife and kid, and I tried to settle down
I just wanted to live an honest life on the edge of an honest town.
But in the end they left me danglin' danglin (in the night?)
And I went crazy tryin', tryin' to walk that thin line.

Oh Chevrolet Deluxe, I bought you with all your accessories,
But mister, I can't keep my payments up
I lie awake at night and wonder if I'm tough enough
To win back the hand of Chevrolet Deluxe.

They shut the power off down at the mill (the count the third time?)
And these days when you ride down Main Street 
It's just whitewashed windows and vacancy signs
Did you ever think til the end your kids you would never believe 
That if you would leave this old town, that it would leave me.

My brother's down in Ft Bragg, been there for half a year
Man he just got into too much trouble around here.

Chevrolet Deluxe, I bought her with all the accessories,
But mister, I can't keep those payments up
Chevrolet Deluxe, I lost my heart, I lost my guts...

She was sittin' down at Highway Chevrolet out on Route 3
She was lookin'g like she was waitin' just for me
I worked all summer long and I saved my money up
And I went down and I put that money down

In the fall, Billy, (...?)
I drove him down rode down together down to Fort Bragg
In the years that he was gone (...?)
(...?) in the refinery (...?) go along

Chevrolet Deluxe, I bought her with all the accessories,
(...?)
Another year end gone, and Billy he came home
(...?)

But it was like all of a sudden there was a curse
Things got band and things got worse
Hmmm... went the power there down at the mill
Hmmm... the thrill when they shut the power down at the mill
(...?)

Chevrolet Deluxe, I bought her with all the accessories,
But I can't keep those payments up
Chevrolet Deluxe

(...?) you were so clear to see
Now when I wake in the mornging I don't know what's happening to me

Chevrolet Deluxe, I bought her with all the accessories,
Mister I can't keep those payments up
Chevrolet Deluxe you let me down took the heart right out of me

I saw her when I was 17 down at Hansen's Chevrolet
I made up my mind to get her any how, any way.
That whole summer I worked until I had enough
Then I went and put my money down on that Chevrolet Deluxe.

Chevrolet Deluxe, I bought her with all the accessories,
But mister, I can't keep those payments up
Chevrolet Deluxe, I lost my heart, she took my gut...

It don't matter what you want, it don't matter what you say,
Are you tough enough not to play the way they play.


Child Bride

Well, sometimes I dream of gettin' outta here, 
Headin' down towards them old tracks 
I swore I'd come and get her 
But I know I ain't never goin' back 

There's nights I can't sleep 
No matter how hard I try 
So from my window I watch the moonlight 
Fall on the far hillside 

I imagine I put on my jacket, 
Go down to this little roadside bar 
Pick a stranger and spin around the dance floor 
To a Mexican guitar 


Cindy

I pick you up with flowers
When you get off from work
It's like you don't even care
It's like I'm some kind of jerk
I take you out on a date
And then you won't even kiss me
Boy when I ain't around
I'll bet you don't even miss me
I don't know why
I love you like I do
I try and try
You treat me like a fool
It makes me want to cry
It makes me feel so blue
But I just do, baby, I just do
I call you up
Just to pass the time
Soon as you hear my voice
You disconnect the line
And when I call you back
Your mother says you ain't home
Cindy I know that's you on the other end of this phone
Oh in this world
There ain't another like you
My little candy girl
So hard-hearted and cruel

I think that's what
Keeps me coming back
I'm a fool for you Cindy and I like it like that
I came to get you last night
Cindy, at quarter to six
Your daddy came to the door
He said Cindy got sick
She got sent home from work
With a note from the nurse
And my very presence
Would make your condition worse
But it ain't your health
'Cause well you sure look fine
Little girl it's something else
That's on my mind
Well you can give it to me
'Cause if it's good enough for you
It's good enough for me
I don't know why
I love you like I do
You make me cry
And feel like such a fool
I guess I like it
When you hurt me this way
You dish it out and I just put it away


City of Ruins (17-12-2000) 

There's a blood red circle
On the cold dark ground
And the rain is falling down
The church doors blown open
I can hear the organ's song
But the congregation's gone

My city of ruins
My city of ruins

Now the sweet veils of mercy
Drift through the evening trees
Young men on the corner
Like scattered leaves
The bordered up windows
The hustlers and thieves
While my brother's down on his knees

My city of ruins
My city of ruins

Come on rise up!
Come on rise up!

Now there's tears on the pillow
Darling where we slept
And you took my heart when you left
Without your sweet kiss
My soul is lost, my friend
Now tell me how do I begin again?

My city's in ruins
My city's in ruins

Now with these hands
I pray Lord
With these hands
For the strength Lord
With these hands
For the faith Lord
With these hands
I pray Lord
With these hands
For the strength Lord
With these hands
For the faith Lord
With these hands

Come on rise up!
Come on rise up!
Rise up


Code of Silence 
See TooCommento a Code of Silence delle Inner Sisters

There's a code of silence,
that we don't dare speak
There's a wall between us
So high and so deep

You keep pretending that there's nothing wrong
There's a code of slience, and it can't go wrong

There's the truth that's set loose
Set loose you'll see
That it ain't enough baby,
To bridge the distance between you and me

There's a list of grievance a hundred miles long
There's a code of silence and it can't go wrong

Well you walk with your eyes open, but your lips remain sealed
All the promises we made are broken
feeling the truth, fearing the fear
Now, i didn't know what i thought, even though it was going on

So come on, come on, come on, come on

Well you walk with your eyes open, but your lips remain sealed
All the promises we made are broken
feeling the truth, fearing the fear
Now, i didn't know what i thought, even though it was going on

So come on, come on, come on, come on

There's a code of silence, that we don't dare speak
There's a wall between us, so high and so deep
You keep pretending that there's nothing wrong
There's a code of silence, and it can't go wrong


Dedication

Well way back in the Bible time
A cat named Noah built an ocean liner
Everybody laughed whent hey told him why
But when the rain came, Noah was high and dry
'Cause he had

Dedication baby through and through
Dedication like I give to you
Dedication girl every way
Dedication girl every day

Well Admiral Byrd and some eskimos
They took a little trip to the old North Pole
When they said it was a miracle they made it back
Well they said that wasn't any miracle, Jack

Dedication baby through and through
Dedication like I give to you
Dedication girl every way
Dedication girl every day

Well now there was a movie star out in Hollywood
He met a little girl, they got along real good
He tried to split but the chick said "Buddy, not so fast
Ain't gonna wrap me on your arms, then wrap me in some cash"

Now it was on TV every word they said

If you didn't see it man, you must have been late
She got on the witness pedestal without care
She turned to the judge and this is what she said

Dedication judge every way
Dedication judge in every way
I need some
Dedication judge that can't be spent
A little dedication judge to pay the rent

Dedication baby through and through
Dedication like I give to you
Dedication girl every way
Dedication girl every day

D-E-D-I-C-A-T-I-O-N
D-E-D-I-C-A-T-I-O-N
D-E-D-I-C-A-T-I-O-N


Drop on Down and Cover Me

Times are tough there baby there 
It's getting tougher now 
This world is rough honey it's 
Just getting rougher now 

Their on top there baby 
Just tryin' to score-well 
Seen enough, honey I don't 
Wanna see no more 
Drop on down and cover me 
On down and cover me 

Sometimes girl I just wanna 
Leave it all behind us, yeah 
Hold me in your arms tonight let's 
Let our love blind us, yeah 

Inside I feel the pain that 
The hatred and the sorrow 
I wanna shut the light, baby 
C'mon and shut the door 
Drop on down and cover me 
On down and cover 

I just wanna close my eyes and 
Let your love surround me 
I wanna close my heart to 
To this world around me 

The anger and the heartlessness 
All the good things guilty 
Come closer baby 
Now-closer still now 
Drop on down and cover me 
On down and cover me 


Endless Nights (English Sons)

Girl, on the edge flippin' off the lamp
There'll be an end darling to your endless night
On the other side of the street.
Yea, the light on your portrait and the light in your face
And you'll be looking for another pretty place
Baby, this side of the street.

Well, keep dreaming baby that your desire brings and girl
I know the sadness that you find in things, it's true
Well, baby if you can't take the heat, what can I do?

Well, you and your poetry and your boku (?!) world
Behind the face you hide the face of a modern girl
On the other side of the street.
Yea, you've got the look as if you owe the world
Therefore, you go out there and say what you can earn
On the wrong side of the street.

Well, you tire of every day bringing the same and so you
Go out looking for some strange new games
Well, pretty soon you don't know the score anymore.

I know the danger that your desire brings
And I know the strangeness that you'll find
Wait and it will seem straighter for you and for me.
Well, turn on the end and baby turn off the lamps
There'll be an end darling to this endless night
On the other side of the street.

Yea, and everyday - well- it just brings the same
You started looking for some very strange new games
On the wrong side of the street.
Well, you and your desires lead to confusion
Well, walk away as I don't follow your illusions
And see, open your eyes and see, girl.


Fade Away (Intro 31-12-1980)

Now my babe
My little darlin'
Come back baby
I just wanna come back into your arms again
Iwanna come back
I wanna come back darlin'
I wanna come back to you heart again
I wanna walk down a street
I wanna walk up to our house
I wanna knock upon a door
I wanna knock upon a door, girl
And callin' "open up and let me in
Open up your heart and let me in
Open up little girl and let me in
Open up your heart and let me in
I just wanna hold you
I just wanna squeeze you
I just wanna kiss you
And I wanna love you all night long
I wanna love you all night long
I wanna love you all night long
I wanna love you all night long
Listen to me baby
Listen to me baby
And open up your heart


Follow That Dream (Wise, Wiseman)

If your heart is restless, from waiting so long 
If you're tired and weary, and you can't go on 
If a distant dream is callin' you 
Then there's just one thing you can do 
Follow that dream, wherever it may lead 
Come on follow that dream, to find the love you need 
Come on follow that dream 

Now I've been searching for a heart that's free 
Searching for someone, to search with me 
'Cause I need a love, a love I can trust 
Together we' ll search for the things that come to us 
In dreams, wherever they may be 
Come on follow that dream to find the love you need 
Come on follow that dream 

Now every man has the right to live 
The right to a chance, to give what he has to give 
The right to fight for the things he believes 
For the things that come to him in dreams 
Yeah, follow that dream, wherever it may lead 
Come on follow that dream, to find the love you need 
Follow that dream, wherever it may lead 
Come on follow that dream, to find the love you need 
Come on follow that dream 
Well follow that dream 
Yeah come on and follow that dream 
Come on follow that dream, to find the love you need 


Freehold

I was born right here on Randolph street in Freehold
Here right behind that big red maple in Freehold
Well, I went to school right here
Got laid and had my first beer, in Freehold 
Well, my folks always lived and worked right here in Freehold
I remember running up the street
Past the condo to the church here in Freehold
I chased my daddy down in these bars
First fell in love with this guitar, here in Freehold
Well, I had my first kiss at the YMCA canteen on a friday night
Maria Espinosa tell me, where are you tonight?
You were 13 but way ahead of your time
I walked home with a limb but I felt fine
That night in Freehold
Well, the girls at Freehold regional they looked pretty fine
And my heart broke at least half a dozen times
I wonder if they miss me, they still get the itch
Would they have dumped me if they knew I'd strike a bridge
Straight out of Freehold
Well, Tex, rest in peace, and Marion gave us kids a hand in Freehold
George and me started up a little rock and roll band in Freehold
Well, we learned pretty quick how to rock
I'll never forget the feeling of that first 5 bucks in my pocket	
That I earned in Freehold
Well, I got outta here really hard and fast in Freehold
Everybody wanted to kick my ass back here in Freehold
Well, if you were different, black or brown
It was a bit redneck town
Back then in Freehold
Well, something broke my daddy's back in Freehold
In 69' he left and he never come back to Freehold
'Cept once he drove from California, 3000 miles in 3 days
Called my relatives some dirty names
And pulled straight out of Freehold
My sister had hers first little baby at 17 in Freehold
Well people they can be pretty mean
Honey you had a rough road to go,
But you ain't made of nothin' but soul
I love you more than you'll ever know
We both survived Freehold
Well, my buddy Mike, he's the mayor now in Freehold
I remember when we used to have a lot more hair in Freehold
Well I left and swore I'd never walk these streets again, Jack
Tonight all I can say is "Holy shit, I'm back!"
Back in Freehold
Well, this summer everything was green in Freehold
Rode my kids on the fire engine through the streets of Freehold
I showed 'em where their dad was born and raised
And first felt the sun on his face
There in Freehold
Well, I still got a lot of good friends right here in town
I can usually find me a free beer somewhere
With offers of free meals I am blessed
Should I go crazy, blow all my money and ruin my life, well, at least I'll
Never go hungry I guess, here in Freehold
Well, I got a good catholic education here in Freehold
Led to an awful lot of masturbations here in Freehold
Father, it was just something I did for a smile
Hell, I still get a good one off once in a while
And dedicate it to Freehold
Don't get me wrong, I ain't puttin' anybody down
Hell, in the end it all just goes and comes around
It's one hell of a town, Freehold!


From Small Things (Big Things Come)

At sixteen she quit high school 
To make a fortune in the Promised Land 
She got a job behind the counter 
In an all-night hamburger stand 
She rode faithfully home to Mama 
Now, Mama don't you worry none 
From small things, Mama, big things one day come 

It was late one Friday 
He pulled in out of the dark 
He was tall and handsome 
First she took his order, then she took his heart 
They bought a house up on the hillside 
Where little feet soon would run 
From small things, Mama, big things one day come 

Oh, but love is bleeding 
It's sad but it's true 
When your heart is beating 
You don't want to hear the news 
She packed her bags 
And with a Wyoming County Interstate map 
She drove down to Tampa 
In an Eldorado Grand 
She wrote back, Dear Mama 
Life is just heaven in the sun 
From small things, Mama, big things one day come 

Well, she shot him dead on a sunny Florida road 
When they caught her all she said 
Was she couldn't stand the way he drove 
Back home lonesome Johnny waits for his baby's parole 
He waits high on the hillside 
Where the Wyoming rivers roll 
And his seed have almost grown now 
To a daughter and a handsome son 
From small things, Mama, big things one day come 


Further on up the Road 

Where the road is dark
And the seat is soaked
Where the gun is cocked
And the bullet's cold
Where the miles are marked in blood and gold
I'll meet you further on up the road

Got on my dead man's suit
And my smilin' skull ring
My lucky graveyard boots
And a song to sing
I got a song to sing, keep me out of the cold
And i'll meet you further on up the road

Further on up the road
Further on up the road
Where the way is dark
And the night is cold
But one sunny morning we'll rise, I know
And i'll meet you further on up the road

Well I been out in the desert
Was doin' my time
Searching through the dust
Looking for a sign
If there's a light up ahead
Well, buddy, I don't know
But I got this fever
Burning in my soul
So let's take the good times as they come
And i'll meet you further on up the road

Further on up the road
Further on up the road
Where the way is dark
And the night is cold
One sunny morning we'll rise, I know
And i'll meet you further on up the road
One sunny morning we'll rise, I know
And i'll meet you further on up the road
Yeah i'll meet you further on up the road
Well i'll meet you further on up the road


Get That Feeling

Yeah girl
Now won't you come on out tonight
Girl, where the stars will shine real bright
Well I gotta get that feeling
Yeah I wanna get that feeling
Woargh* back again
Yeah, back again tonight
There's something in the air
Tonight
Ain't got money but I don't care
I gotta get that feeling
I wanna get that feeling
And before the night is through
You're gonna get that feeling too

Hold me in your arms and baby take everything
Let the light shine, and if we (dare to ??)...
yeah,yeah,yeah Tonight
Well there's something in the air,
And tonight, yeah, we ain't got money but I don't care
We gotta get that feeling
Yeah, we gotta get that feeling
Woargh* back again
Wooooaaaaarrrrggghh
(di-di-di-di-da-woooahs to fade) 


Henry Boy

They broke your toys this morning
Henry, rode your ford right into dust
Surrounded you with strangers
Who you could not trust
Then they have the gall
To write your name upon the girls' room wall
And send you out to Maria
Who spoke of babies and all
And wanted to shoot your joy
It's a hard world when you're the new kid in town
Ain't it, Henry boy?

Well, the North side is for diamond studded women
Subtly selling their wares
And the West side is for debutants
And would-be millionaires
Oh, the East side is for lost boys
Who know their moves too well
The Southside is for gamblers
Henry, the train stops once for hell
It's a hard world when they're forcing you to live your life out on Broadway
But Henry, I'm sure you're going to like it well

Well the constellation, she points to gate eleven
That's where you've got your connections
Let me take a look inside my magic book
I don't think you're beyond my inventions
Oh, these doctor's appendages I'm giving you for wings,
I'm sure they'll meet the occasion
I'm going to mix you some magic
You'll be spitting sparks, and ready for the invasion

Well, the Milky Way's a trip for dippers
They saw you coming a mile away
In the amusement park you'll get clipped by rippers
Hiding behind candy canes
In the alleyway, you'll get ripped by strippers
All who know your name
In the stalls, sit soldier boy kissers
On leave for just a day
And Henry couldn't take it
He's going to be submariner
Riding underground for the Pope
Gonna stand on the corner of Broadway
And scream 'Up scope!'


I'm A Coward (When It Comes To Love)
 (G.Washington, B.Springsteen/B. Springsteen)

I ain't afraid of no lions
I ain't afraid of no grizzly bear
I got in a wrestlin' match with old King Kong
He didn't even muss my hair
There's just one thing in the whole wide world
That make me doubt my stuff

I'm a coward when it comes to love

Now bring down old Hulk Hogan
King Kong Bundy too
Bring down old Big Mike Tyson
I'll show them what a real man can do
They say the tougher' get goin'
Now baby that's when the goin' get tough

But I'm a coward when it comes to love
I'm a coward when it comes to love
I'm a coward when it comes to love

You can bring on a different sexy girl

At every night of the week
Buddy that's okay
But I start tremblin', my knees get weak
Whenever I hear her say
"Do you love me baby?"
"Do you love me baby?"
"Do you love me baby?"

I got a muscle of iron
I got another muscle made of steel
But when we start kissin' 'n' huggin'
You may be the bravest man in the whole wide world
But Buddy, that ain't enough

I'm a coward when it comes to love
I'm a coward when it comes to love
I'm a coward when it comes to love


In Michigan

Well my mother rolled over and died in Michigan
My dog got hit by a truck and I cried in Michigan
I got drunk and puked up my guts in Michigan

But I'm alright, I'm alright, I'm alright, I'm alright
And man I'm riding here tonight in Michigan

I ran a race and came in dead last in Michigan
Yeah, I shot myself in the ass in Michigan
I was lookin' for someplace to feel free But they busted my for just 
being me
In Michigan

But alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright
And baby I'm riding high tonight in Michigan

I ran into a little bad luck in Michigan
I met a woman ???

Baby I'm running late but you got here one hell of a state
In Michigan
Oh Michigan


Jazz Musician

Well, it's Saturday night in New Jersey
and you're feeling kind of wet
The summer heat is getting you worried
So you look as innocent as you can as you sweat
You got a woman on the other side of the law
But it ain't cool to go see her yet
Because her ex-old man's a city cop
Thinks he's auditioning on Dragnet
So you stand on the corner looking kind of torn
And in the Blue Light Lounge where death was born
The jazz musician blows his horn

You pop a letter to your baby in Richmond
Cause you're feeling pretty down
She's kind of small, but at least she's a rich one
She needs you real bad, and sometimes that's all that counts
You had a teenage band and flying hands 
And oh, you was pretty big in the south
But you passed out on stage and flew into a rage
When someone tried to revive you mouth to mouth
You felt a pain in your chest as you passed the crowd
And in the Blue Light Lounge, the lights went down
And the audience slipped silently out of town

Well, the Atheist, he burns you for laughing out loud
'Cause he can't understand what you're saying
And the word's out, everybody knows
When they threw him in the hole, oh, he went out praying
But man, that's your record he's playing
And the park is dark, but the sidewalk's bright
and lined with the light of the living
No, and Mama won't you let me walk you home tonight
Because it's a big bad city, and this boy's got a lot for the giving

I was stranded in the jungle
First state's witness at a company killing
I'm clutching my high school diploma, shuffling my feet
They promised sixty bucks a week and top billing
Oh, you can live a life of love in New York 
But only if you don't love living
I met this taxi driver who rides me around town
He revels in telling tales of his backseat women
But now, out on the corner, there's no room to move
'Cause everyone's trying so hard to groove
And in the Blue Light Lounge, the jazz musician plays it blue


Jeannie Needs a Shooter 

I was born down by the river 
Where the dirty river flows 
And the cool wind cut through me 
It cut right through my clothes 
And the anger and the yearning 
Like fever in my veins 
Set the fire burning 

She came down from Knightstown 
With her hands hard from the line 
From the first time I laid eyes on her 
I knew that she's be mine 
Her father was a lawman 
He swore he'd shoot me dead 
'Cause he knew I wanted Jeannie 
And I'd have her like I'd said 

Jeannie needs a shooter, shooter like me 
Jeannie needs a shooter 
Jeannie needs a shooter, shooter on her side 
Jeannie needs a shooter 
Jeannie needs a shooter 
Jeannie needs a shooter 

We met down by the river 
On the final day in May 
And when I leaned down to kiss her 
She did not turn away 
I drew out all my money 
And together we did vow 
To meet that very evening 
And to get away somehow 

Jeannie needs a shooter, shooter like me 
Jeannie needs a shooter 
Jeannie needs a shooter, shooter on her side 
Jeannie needs a shooter 
Jeannie needs a shooter 
Jeannie needs a shooter 

The night was cold and rainy 
Down by the borderline 
I was riding hard to meet her 
When a shot rang out behind 
As I lay there in the darkness 
With a pistol by my side 
Jeannie and her father 
Rode off into the night 

Jeannie needs a shooter 


Land of Hope and Dreams 

Grab your ticket and your suitcase 
Thunder's rolling down the tracks 
Don't know where you're goin' 
Sky is turnin' black 
Well darlin' if you're weary 
Lay your head upon my chest 
We'll take what we can carry 
And we'll leave behind the rest 

Big Wheels rolling through fields 
Where sunlight streams 
Meet me in a land of hope and dreams 

Well, I will provide for you 
Yeah, and I will stand by your side 
You'll need a good companion, darlin' 
For this part of the ride 
You leave behind your sorrows 
Yeah, this day at last 
Tomorrow they'll be sunny skies 
And all this darkness past 

Big Wheels rolling through fields 
Where sunlight streams 
Meet me in a land of hope and dreams 

This train 
Carries saints and sinners 
This train 
Carries losers and winners 
This Train 
Carries whores and gamblers 
This Train 
Carries midnight ramblers 
This Train 
Carries broken-hearted 
This Train 
Carries souls departed 
This Train 
Dreams will not be thwarted 
This Train 
Faith will be rewarded 
This Train 
Carries fools and kings 
This Train 
Hear the big wheels singing 
This Train 
Bells of freedom ringing 


Little Things That Count

She said we could just sleep together
There'd be nothing wrong
We could just hold each other with our clothes on
I went to answer, I don't think we should
Then I heard a voice say, Yeah, I guess we could
She kissed me slightly and said you know sometimes when you're down
It's the little things that count
It's the little things that count
It's the little things

She said it was too late, and I shouldn't try to drive
She unbuttoned my shirt and whispered just close your eyes
Let me take your boots off, you know sometimes when your luck's run out
It's the little things that count
It's the little things that count
It's the little things

Her dress rode slightly as she walked
Then she pulled the covers down

I was so dry, she held a water glass to my lips
Well the polsih on her nail was chipped

She said she had a boyfriend I reminded her of
His hair was the same muddy brown,
she stuck her tongue in my mouth


Long Time Coming

Where the creek runs shallow and sandy
The moon swoops over the stars
??  straight into my arms
I'm going to get birth naked and bury my old soul
And dance on it's grave
Dance on his grave

It's a long time coming
A long time coming my dear
But now it's here

My daddy was a stranger
Lived in a hotel downtown
When I was a kid
He was just somebody I'd see around
Somebody I'd see around

It's a long time coming
A long time coming my dear
But now it's here

Down below and pulling on my shirt
I got some kids of my own
But if I had one wish kids
That your mistakes would be your own
Your sins would be your own

It's a long time coming
A long time coming my dear
But now it's here

I am laying under the arms of Cassiopeia

The sword of Orion sweeps
It's me and you Rosie
Crackling like crossed wires
I listen to you breathing in your sleep

The sparks of the fire are left burning
Lie two kids in sleeping bags
I reach under your shirt and feel your belly
There's another one kicking inside
I promise I ain't going to fuck it up this time


Looking for No. 1 (Mr. Outside)

They call him Mr. Outside
Cause he don't care
Mr. Outside
He's just havin' his fun
Mr. Outside
He's just looking out for No. 1

Well Mr. Outside
All your money and your power
Won't help you come the dark hour
Well kingdoms crumble
Unto your feet
You're lest another thief out on the street

Mr. Outside
Yeah he don't care
Mr. Outside
He's just having his fun
Mr. Outside
Oh looking out for No. 1

Dark glasses and money for hire
He got (?) and hight tension wire (?)
He got dark,dark cadillac
He got pretty little little girl in back

Mr. Outside
Oh yeah he don't care
Mr. Outside
He's just having his fun
Mr. Outside
Just looking out for No. 1

Oh little baby got no diamond ring
You cry cause you ain't got no pretty things
Them pretty things babe just look dumb
You gotta take 'em when they come

Mr. Outside
Oh lord he don't care
Mr. Outside
Oh has his fun
Mr. Outside
He's just looking out for No. 1

Mr. Outside
Oh yeah he don't care
Mr. Outside
He's just having his fun
Mr. Outside
He's just looking out for No. 1


Losin' Kind

My name is Frank Davis, drive a Dixie 109
I was out on Highway 17, just south of Camden Line
It was down there in the heart of Wilsonville where I met my fate
She was standing outside the bar room said she was waiting for a date

But I knew that that was just a line
And I knew I was messin' with a Losin' Kind

Well I knew we were both foolin'(?) and I knew that you can't win
But when the light turned green, I reached across the seat, popped the lock and she slid in
She said she liked Mexican music, she knew a place if I had the time
Well we had a few drinks and we danced a while
I pulled her close, she didn't mind

And what I knew kinda slipped my mind
And I couldn't resist her messin with a Losin' Kind

Well we drove around in my Buick, getting drunk and having fun
Well we ended up at this Best Western out on Highway 101
It was around 3 a.m. we went out to this empty little road side bar
It was there that the cash register was open 
It was there I hit that guy real hard
But I knew when I hit him for the second time
That one attracts the other when you're the Losin' Kind

Well I grabbed her hand to get out of there
And I felt like I was gonna get sick
And a half hour later the sleet started come down and that highway got pretty slick
I seen some lights in my rearview mirror I guess I panicked and gave her a gun
Well then I wrapped us around a telephone pole south on Highway 101
Well she just stumbled out on to the banks
And sat down in a pout
I kicked out the driver side window but buddy when I got out
Well all I had to greet me was a Highway Patrolman's 45 
He looked at the wreak and then he said "Son you're lucky to be alive"
"Well Sir I'll think that one over if you don't mind
Luck ain't much good to you when you're the Losin' Kind"


New Jersey is My Home

I'm proud New Jersey is my home

Yeah said I'm proud now New Jersey is my home                      
Well they're breaking out the tractors to build more interstates   
They're moving out my neighbors all across the Garden State        
                                                                   
I'm proud New Jersey is my home                                    
Yeah said I'm proud now New Jersey is my home                      
They're closing all the factories making people lose their jobs    
While the fat cats get rich living high upon the hog               
                                                                   
I'm proud New Jersey is my home                                    
Yeah said I'm proud now New Jersey is my home                      
Yeah they're grooving down at Freehold this bird's left in line (?)
? ain't what the people had in mind                                
                                                                   

I'm proud New Jersey is my home                                    
Yeah said I'm proud now New Jersey is my home                      
                                                                   
I'm proud New Jersey is my home                                    
Yeah so proud that New Jersey is my home                           
Yes we're not gonna take it gonna make that final stand             
'Cuz you know we ain't ever gonna let them destroy the promised land
                                                                     
Yeah, yeah, yeah                                                     
                                                                     
New Jersey is my home                                                
New Jersey is my home                                                
New Jersey is my home and I like it                                  

Yeah I'm going down the Garden State Parkway I'm passing my hometowns
I'm going here to get my friends gonna mess around this town         
                                                                     
Yeah, yeah                   


None But The Brave
 Testo Fornito da Sara Gentile.

Tonight down on Union Street
I'm thinkin' back, baby, to you and me
To the way you used to be
And your words come back to me
From passing cars
Their voices sing out
In empy bars where guitars ring out
We'd be the lucky one to get out
You said, none baby but the brave
No one baby but the brave
Oh strong enough to save something
From what they gave
None baby but the brave
No one baby but the brave
Now in dreams these nights I see you my friend
The way you were back then
Ah, on a night like this
I know that girl no longer exists
Except for a moment in some stranger's eyes
Or in a nameless girl
In cars rushin' by
That's where I find you tonight
And in my heart it still survives
To none, baby, but the brave
No one baby but the brave
Oh strong enough to save
Something from the love they gave
Yeah, none baby but the brave
No one baby but the brave
Now tonight once more I search
Every face on that crowded floor
Looking for I don't know what for
Something that ain't there no more
There's a girl standin' by the band
She reminds me of you
And I asked her to danceas the drummer counts his play
I take her hand and we move away
And tonight, now i'll see old friends
Caught in things they got no chance to win
Just gettin' beaten, and then playin' again
'Till their strength gives out
Or their hearts give in
Who's that man who thinks
He can decide whose dreams will live
And who(se) shall be pushed aside
Did he ever walk down this streets at night
And looked into the eyes
Baby, of none, baby, but the brave
No one baby but the brave
No, none baby but the brave
No one baby but the brave
No one baby, no one but the brave


No Need

She's a broken winged angel, refugee from things her mama knew
And she's done everything the bible said not to
I don't know if she believes in Jesus, the good book or even Satan, you see
I'm just trying to get her to believe in me
Cause when I see her face
No matter where I am, I'm in the right place
And the girls I left behind, they never satisfied me as so true
But baby, baby, you do

She the belle of eighth street, high society's midnight vamp
Oh, she's my queen, and I'm her tramp
Yes, she's a free-falling flier and she flows whichever way that the wind blows
And she's the only woman I ever knew 
Could teach me more about me by me in chains
And still let me be free
Oh and my heart swells up inside, starts beating like I'm gonna die
My body breaks in pain as she falls down on me like the rain
It's only her and my songs that keep me from going insane
And I guess I'm one of those people who measures love in pain
You see, I never had much personal success
And to me, there's nothing sweeter than a teardrop of rain
I just love that feeling of sadness, and it worries me so

She's my west side angel, she looks so funky in her Hollywood wings
And she knows I stumble when I talk, so she says don't talk at all
Babe, just sing
And I have seen her body in candle glow in the deep heart of the night when you
Finally let loose of everything
Oh, and she loves me like such a good woman, and still, Lord, she's just a
Sweet young thing
And I know this might sound crazy or unsure, or maybe just the words of a young fool
But I swear I'd be on the floor if she ever walked out the door
What's more, I wish she'd shoot me first
And I know that sounds insane, but sometimes I believe it's true
And that's what scares me worst

Because I've danced with her, taken a chance with her
And I pray for her, lord, god knows, I play for her
And I need for her, and I bleed for her 

'The news? That's not news, it's rumors with sponsors.'


On The Prowl

Well night after lonely night
My head don't touch the bed
I'm on a two-lane black-top
Cruisin' in my rocket sled
I'm on the prowl
Yeah I'm on the prowl
Well I'm looking for a gal, gal, gal
Hey, hey, hey, I'm on the prowl

There's only one thing that I'm certain
Every mile, mile, mile
Keep a-searchin', serachin', serachin'
For a wild, wild, child
I'm on the prowl
I'm on the prowl
I'm looking for a gal, gal, gal
Hey, hey, hey, I'm on the prowl

They got a name for Dracula
And Frankenstein's son
They ain't got no name now (Mister)
For this monster (thing that) I've become 
I'm on the prowl
I'm on the prowl

I'm looking for a gal, gal, gal
Hey, hey, hey, I'm on the prowl

I keep lookin'
I keep searchin'
I keep searchin'
I keep searchin'
Only one thing that I'm certain
Every mile, mile, mile
I keep searchin', searchin', searchin', searchin', searchin'

In the morning I check my mirror
And I hang my head and cry
But at night I get a burning, burning, burning deep inside
I'm on the prowl
I'm on the prowl
I'm looking for a gal, gal, gal
Hey, hey, hey, I'm on the prowl

In the morning I check my mirror
And I hang my head and cry
But at night I get a burning, burning, burning, burning, burning. burning

There's only one thing that I'm certain
Every while, while, while
While my heart is hurtin', hurtin'
Every mile, mile, mile
I gotta keep searchin', searchin', searchin', searchin', searchin'


Outside Looking In

It's over now, the thing we had 
I ain't sorry, babe, I just feel mad 
You walk real pretty and you talk real fine 
Night after night you wrote the lines 

My life's the same story 
Again and again 
I' m on the outside looking in 
On the outside looking in 

Hey, make-believe ain't real 
I don't doubt the way I feel 
You walk real pretty and you talk real sweet 
Well babe I was born in the driving seat 

My life's the same story 
Again and again 
I' m on the outside looking in 
On the outside looking in 
Yes I' m on the outside looking in 

It's over now, the thing we had 
I ain't sorry, babe, I just feel mad 
You walk real pretty and you talk real fine 
Night after night you wrote the lines 

My life's the same story 
Beginning to end 
Beginning to end 
I' m on the outside looking in 
On the outside looking in 
Yes I' m on the outside looking in 
Yes I am 
Yes I guess I am 
Baby I' m on the outside looking in 


Pilgrim in the Temple of Love (Santa Gets a Blowjob)

It was Christmas eve, I was standing in the parking lot of "Fabulous Girls - Nude, Nude, Nude"
In the car next to me there was a young lady givin' a blow job to a man in a Santa Claus suit
His beard was crooked, his hat askew embarrassed, I turned to go
When from the back seat of the mazda I heard somebody shout "oh, baby, don't stop"

And a merry "ho ho ho"

Well I walked inside, I ordered a beer and a double shot of whiskey and in three minutes I
had fallen in love
The DJ announced, "Ladies and gentlemen, from Fort Worth, Texas - lady Godiva" and I sat
and worshipped 'neath the angel above
At the end of her set she brushed her hair came and sat on the stool to my right and said "will
you buy me a drink?"
My heart beat fast, my trousers grew tight and wittily I replied "uhh...."

She showed me a picture of her kid, said during the day she's an art student
She dances six nights a week for slobs and idiots like this, of course, present company excluded

On Donner, on Dancer, on Comet, on Blitzen
I'm lost in the valley of the Supervixens
Worshippin' at the feet of the goddess above
I'm a pilgrim in the temple of love,
Ma just a pilgrim in the temple of love

Well, then Santa came stumblin' in
and somebody shouted "hey Santa, where're your elves?"
He sat down on the stool to my left and the bartender took a vodka bottle off the shelf
He asked if mrs. Claus had called, to tell her he worked the late shift at the mall and he was
sorry, but he just got through
I turned and I asked him "how's the kids this year, Santa?" 
Beneath his breath he whispered "a merry fuck you"

Well, then the owner came over and 
he was a short fat ugly guy with a 
funny kind of pushed-in face
He shook my hand and said it was the 
first time they ever had a superstar in this place
Lady Godiva bought me a few drinks and words came out 
of my mouth what they were I
couldn't guess
But it was something about showgirls, lapdancing, 
Motley Crew, you can guess the rest

On Donner, on Dancer, on Comet, on Blitzen
I'm lost in the valley of the Supervixens
Worshippin' at the feet of the goddess above
I'm a pilgrim in the temple of love,
Ma just a pilgrim in the temple of love

Well, I walked outside, snow was fallin', 
I had some toys to put together, it was Christmas time
Santa followed me into the parking lot and threw up 
on the hood of the car next to mine
I gave him my hankerchief, pulled out onto the highway and as I sat at the light
I swear I saw a sleigh with a dozen reindeer pull out of the parking lot 
And cut across to the mall and a voice shouted, 
"Merry Christmas to all, you assholes, and a good fuckin' night"

On Donner, on Dancer, on Comet, on Blitzen
I'm lost in the valley of the Supervixens
Worshippin' at the feet of the goddess above
I'm a pilgrim in the temple of love,
Ma just a pilgrim in the temple of love


Preacher's Daughter

I got a date with the preacher's daughter 
She give me life she bring me water. 
Every Sunday I watch her work 
Pretty little (siff?) in a pretty little church 
Daddy gives her nod she takes collection 
Daddy gives her nod she kneels by her side. 
Well I'd sell my soul for just one touch 
The Lord would too if he loved her half as much. 

Well I got a date with the preacher's daughter. 
Her Daddy say that the boy's no good 
Just want to raise some (coons?) out through the back woods 
Well baby better believe what your Daddy say 
Just wanna ramrod baby my life away. 
It's a long walk to heaven and a road filled with sin 
And they better open up the freeway to let me in. 

'Cuz I got a date with the preacher's daughter 
Well now I don't care what the preacher say 
Haaaaayyyy 
Well now I don't care what the preacher do 
Haaaaayyyy 
I don't care what the preacher like 
Haaaaayyyy 
I don't care what the preacher think 
Haaaaayyyy 
Leads me to water but won't let me drink. 
He leads me to water but won't let me drink. 

And now it's (whole little world?) on Saturday night 
Two boys fighting in a halo of light 
Car door flung open and a radio loud 
And everybody shouting and running around. 
Two guys bloody and one I don't know 
And all little girls shouting "Go Billy go" 
Go Billy go. 

Well just as I got the preacher's daughter ready for a light 
And (missed a VH fire?) and something ain't right. 
And like a she-devil howlin' from the gates of hell 
Goddam here come the preacher in his Coupe DeVille 
Burnin' up the backroad kicking in the dirt 
And oh baby preacher thinks he is church 
Well now your lips they shine in the willow mist 
And I swear I'd take you down (young croft?) for just one kiss 

I got a date with the preacher's daughter 
I got a date with the preacher's daughter 
And it's haaaaayyyyoooo 
I got a date with the preacher's daughter 
hmmmmm...


Protection

Night after night 
I keep holding on 
You say you love me 
Then you leave me so lonely 
Baby I don't believe a word you're sayin' 
I think it's all some evil game you're playin' 

Still all day long all I do is think about you 
You got me believin' that I can't live without you 
Well if you want it, here's my confession 
Baby I can't help it, you're my obsession 

Protection, that's what I need 
I need protection, baby, from your love 
Protection, that's what I need 
I need protection, baby, from your love 

I wait at home by the telephone 
When I call your house, baby, you're not there 
Knock on the door and I rush down the stairs 
When I open up, baby, you're not there 
When we're together 
When we're together and you put your arms around me 

You keep my mind 
Forever, ever in doubt 
You want me believin' 
That, baby, I can't live without 

Protection, that's what I need 
I need protection, baby, from your love 
Protection, that's what I need 
I need protection, baby, from your love 

We stand alone, at my window 
And stare out, at the shadows down below 
I mfeel your fingers on my face 
I want to stay, I want to run away 

Protection, that's what I need 
I need protection, baby, from your love 
Protection, that's what I need 
I need protection, baby, from your love 


Saga of the Architect Angel

The Architect angel held the straight Judah ranch
Just a dirty mile down on the border line
Where your master blasting and hustled young cattle for slaughter
And dated Judah's daughter
From the cellar ways to the attics
And all across the plains
Broke electric static
Oh, of a religious strain
And though he was not an addict 
He wore scars upon his veins
Like a young girl holds her first pimp
He held his Bible limp
Oh, from desert bars and church bazaars
The hungry slowly came
With vulgar faces 
From vulgar places 
Looking for a game
With ivory gun handles and chamber grease
And souped-up hydroplanes
With bullets burned from TV silver
Bearing great cowboys' names
Fourteen inches of gun barrel
And he was smoking from the lid
Spurs on straight black boot heels
He said "Uptown they call me the Brooklyn Kid"
And in his lonely Zenith nightmares
That's just what they did
With a holster slung low
Like a hot kid sister
Tied tight to his leg 
Like he was going to do
He was stomping a step 
He called the Brooklyn twister
With six-guns pumping, he was coming through
And his tongue hung low in the saw dust
Scrapping across the plains
He crawled up outside the Judah ranch
And started calling the angel names
Now the architect angel stood, in one hand a staff
And in the other, a gun
He held the staff high in the wind
The gun was like a piece in the sun
He started howling like a monsoon wind 
Drew fast and the job was done
That night, the moon stretched tight light down on the plains
As real cowboys sat around real campfires
And the county wolf called as if to explain to his son
The way the west was won
The way the west was won 


Sell it and They Will Come

I fell asleep on the couch last night, woke up with the TV on.
There was a woman in tight cotton exercise shorts
And a big plastic machine she was climbing on.
She said "The Abacycle guarantees ten inches off your waist,
And 50 pounds in just 3 minutes a day."
I went to bed knowing the revolution had been postponed
And everything was OK.

You can buy it, you can try it, go right ahead.
But don't be fooled folks, there's only one.
I forget the guy's name but I know somebody must have said
Sell it and they will come boys, sell it and they will come.

I switched the channels and there was Evel Knievel, I thought that he was
dead.
I found myself sitting there quietly, hanging on every word he said.
"Now folks, the Stimulator removes all pain from your life.

And the best day of your life will be when you try this little thing out."
The camera moved in as he said, "Now let me tell you ladies and gentlemen,
Pain is something old Evel knows a little about"

You can buy it, you can try it, that's what I said.
But don't be fooled folks, there's only one.
I forget that guy's name but I know somebody must have said
Sell it and they will come boys, sell it and they will come.

And a fellow comes on shouting "Free haircuts for life!",
somehow you cut your hair with a vacuum cleaner.
And then I switched the channels and there was Dionne Warwick, communing
with her psychic friends.
I watched for hours, taking warmth, comfort,
and pleasure in the things that I despise.
Touched by how much they needed me, and that gleeful desperation in their
eyes.

You can buy it, you can try it, it'll help you in bed.
But don't be fooled folks, there's only one.
I forget that guy's name but I know somebody said

Sell it and they will come boys, sell it and they will come.

So Dionne, Cher, and all my late-night friends, I drink to your health.
And Tony Little, America's personal trainer, please kill yourself.
Now I've sold a few things myself in my time, and by the way folks,
there's some t-shirts on your way outside.
Well last night I dreamed of lipstick and tight little cotton shorts
"Harder, faster", she breathed.
"One, two, three, four, five"
Ride, Sally ride, girl, ride Sally ride.

You can buy it, you can try it, it'll help you in bed.
But don't be fooled folks, there's only one.
I forget that guy's name but somebody said
Sell it and they will come boys, sell it and they will come.


She's Leaving

She's leaving, She's leaving
Everybody knows
She's leaving, she's leaving
And I feel like such a fool

She left me standing here 
Just two foot tall
I don't see how she could do it
In front of our friends and all
She had better things to do
And bigger plans
I thought we could make it with just us two
But I guess we can't
'Cause she can't
And I'm only one man
But I love her

It's winter, Suddenly it's winter
And I'm feeling cold inside
It's different, it could've been so different
If only she didn't feel that need to lie
Did you really think I would not understand
If you said you had a thing to do
For a night or two
With another man
And how could you believe
That I would not know
When you came up to say good bye
Looked me in the eye
You let it all show

Oh, and baby yes, you hurt me
Ooh, you hurt me deep inside
Yes, darling, and you hurt me
Cause I'm just a foolish boy
With this foolish pride

I ask you, I ask you
Baby, you think I'll be enough
And what you told me
Then what you showed me
Now you want me to believe you love me
But you don't you think you make that kind of tough
When you didn't even think that I was that strong
That you could really tell me
What was going on
The truth hurts, girl, yes I believe that but still
If the truth hurts, honey, the lies
They kill me


She's so Fine

Hey baby 
Well she's vicious as a razor 
Resting on your mainline 
She's brutal as an ace 
Laid on the table at just the right time 
She's like a devil-woman 
But she's locked in over-drive 
Her eyes are cold stone 
But she's backed by a power-glide 
She's sweet, she's educated 
She knows about history, geometry 
She's so fine 

Oh she says I ain't got the love 
I ain't got the time 
Ain't gonna give you no kiss 
Ain't gonna hand ya 
All I want's a ride, Sweet William 
All I want's a ride 
And it's oh baby, oh baby 
Won't you come, don't you wanna go for a ride? 
I'll get in my car and burn it up 
Now switch on the radio and turn it up 
And we're gonna be burning down a straight load 
I want some love and I got to truck along 

Well she's vicious as a razor 
Resting on your mainline 
She's brutal as an ace 
Laid on the table at just the right time 
She's like a devil-woman 
But she's locked in over-drive 
Her eyes are cold stone 
But she's backed by a power-glide 
She's so educated 
She's got a nice mama, she got a nice pop 
She's so fine 

Oh and the boys say she swings a silver rod
The kids call her angel 
Some kids call her god down on Lover's Lane 
Be my baby 
Won't you be my lover 
Come on baby 
I said hey baby 


Song to the Orphans

The multitude assembled
And tried to make the noise
Them blank blind poet generals
And restless loud white boys
But times grew thin and the axis
Was left somehow incomplete
Where instead of child lions
Was left aging junkie sheep

And how many wasted have I seen
Signed Hollywood or bust
Whoa, left to ride those ever ghostly
Arizona gusts
Oh, cheerleader tramps
And kids with big amps
Sounding helpless in the void
High society vamps 
and ex-heavyweight champs
Mistaking soot for soil

So, break me now big mama
As Old Faithful breaks the day
Believe me, my good Linda 
Let the aurora shine the way
Oh, the confederacy's, she's in my name now
And the hounds are held at bay
Oh, the axis needs a stronger arm
Do you feel your muscle play

The door step blanket weaver
Oh, Madonna pushes bells
From house to house, I see her
Giving last kisses and wishing well
To every gypsy mystic and hero
That all the babies might find a place
Who've been lost to true fathers and mothers
On their time travels deep in space

Now the sons return for fathers
But the fathers are all gone
And the lost souls search for saviors
But saviors don't last long
Those aimless, quest less renegade brats
Who live their lives in song
Run the length of a candle
And in a good night whisper 
And a puff are gone

So, break me now big mama
As Old Faithful breaks the day
Believe me, my good Linda 
Help is on the way
Oh, the confederacy's, she's in my name now
And the hounds are held at bay
Oh, the axis needs a stronger arm
I can feel my muscles play

The missions are filled with hermits
looking for a friend
The terraces are filled with cat men
looking for a way in
And orphans abandoned on silver mountains
Or junked in celestial alleyways
Wait for that old tramp dog man Moses
'Cause he takes in all the strays

He told me don't grow on empty legends, boy
Or lonely cradle songs 
'Cause Billy the Kid was just a bowery boy
who made a living twirling his gun
And this night, she'll be long and lanky
And she'll speak in a mother tongue
And then he lullabyed the refugees
With an amplifier's hum

So, break me now big mama
As Old Faithful breaks the day
Believe me, my good Linda 
Help is on the way
Oh, the confederacy's, she's in our name now
And the hounds are held at bay
The axis needs a stronger arm
Do you feel your muscles play
Do you feel your muscles play?


Spanish Eyes

Little Christine 
We're takin' one more run 
Secret heart, when the time has begun 
Come to part 
And hey, you're the one 
And now we know 
My heart is sold 
And though we tried 
You took me with your spanish eyes 

Hey badlands 
Realise 
That someone else is yearning 
Special sunday night 
And baby there's time 
Time enough to cry 
With all our sad stories 
And all the bad that we've done 
And all the times 
we've rode on for glory 
And ... 
And you took me with your spanish eyes 

Stretch out baby 
And call your daddy home 
'Cause I'm runnin' tonight 
Couldn't be all alone 
Yes I know how something died 
But baby it was just for kicks 
It was just for fun 
Even with all the bad that we done 
They can't say we didn't try 
And I fell for your Spanish eyes 

Saturday night special 
Waitin' in the sheets 
Oh come on 
Talk to me, my sweet 
And I'll try to make it complete this time
Come close and let me dry your eyes 
Let me try to turn the lies 
And let me kiss your spanish eyes 
Let me kiss your spanish eyes 
Let me kiss your spanish eyes 
Let me kiss your spanish eyes 
Come here, baby 


Street Queen

She's got high class, she rides around in a cut-down Shelby machine
She's got eyes of certified plate glass and legs just like a limousine
She come stocked with class, and to ride her you better be mean
Oh, she's the baddest thing this town's ever seen
Yeah, street queen

Well, she got a turbine engine with maximum thrust
She's got Cadillac hips, she's the best on the strip, she knows how to use clutch
She comes on shiny and black, and to hit her you've got to be in touch
Lord, she's the slickest thing this town's ever seen
Oh, Street queen

Now you can always tell when she's in town
You can hear that engine roaring
Everybody knows I wanted a queen to ride
Says get in, and she takes you soaring
Now the boys jump back as that engine unwinds
And I'm glued to my seat as I watch the speedometer climb
She moves so fast, she's almost obscene
Street Queen
Well, if you're going to come streaking down my street like an angel with
Shelby wings
If you're going to come streaking down my street, baby, like an angel with
Shelby wings
Well, you better watch out street queen, you're messing the king


Sugarland

They're grazin' the field 
Covered with tar 
Can't get a price 
To see my way clear 
I'm sitting down 
At the Sugarland Bar 
It might as well bury 
My body right here 

Tractors and combines 
Out in the cold 
Sheds piled high 
With the wheat we ain't sold 
Silos filled with 
Last year's crops 
If something don't break me 
We'll gonna drop 

Well my wife got another 
Coming in july 
She's just laid up in bed 
All she does is cries, cries, cries 
Tommy, oh Tommy 
I'm so alone 
Tommy, oh Tommy 
Oh! Won't you stay home 

Pa' don't say nothing 
Except when it rains 
He sits by the window 
Listening to the sound of passing trains 
Roaring out of the night 
Carrying an empty load 
We got a whole lot of grain 
That ain't got nowhere to go 

Well, if prices 
Don't get no higher 
I'll fill this dustbin with gas
And set these fields on fire 
Sit out on a ridge 
Where the bluebirds fly 
And watch the flame rise up 
Against this sugarland sky 


Talk To Me

Well every night I see a light up in your window 
But every night you won't answer your door 
But although you won't ever let me in 
From the street I can see your silhouette sittin' close to him 
What must I do 
What does it take 
To get you to 

Talk to me 
Until the night is over 
Talk to me 
Well until the night is over, yeah yeah yeah 
I got a full week's pay 
And baby I've been working hard each day 
I'm not asking for the world you see 
I'm just asking girl 
Talk to me 

Well late at night I hear the music that you're playing soft and low 
Yes and late at night I see the two of you swayin', so close 
I don't understand darling what was my sin 
Why am I down here below while you're up there with him 
What did I do 
What did I say 
What must I pay 
To get you to 

Talk to me 
Until the night is over 
Talk to me 
Well until the night is over, yeah yeah yeah 
I got a full week's pay 
And baby I've been working hard each day 
I'm not asking for the world you see 
I'm just asking girl 
Talk to me 
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah 

I don't understand darling what was my sin 
Why am I down here below while you're up there with him 
What did I do 
What did I say 
What must I pay 
To get you to 

Talk to me 
Until the night is over 
Talk to me 
Well until the night is over, yeah yeah yeah 
I got a full week's pay 
And baby I've been working hard each day 
I'm not asking for the world you see 
I'm down on my bended knees 
I'm just asking darling please won't you 
Talk to me 


Taxi Cab (City at Night)

Taxicab, taxicab at the light 
Won't you take me on a ride 
Through this city at night 
I got some money and I'm feelin' fine 
I ain't no hurry so just take your time 

Some people wanna die young and gloriously 
Well taxicab driver, hey that ain't me 
I got a cute little baby 
Down at 12th and Vine 
And she opens for business just about closin' time 

Ah hey hey, ah hey hey 
City at night, city at night 

I don't believe what I see in this street 
I don't know how they can take the heat 
Well baby I'm a liar, I'm a cheat 
And I don't care 
I got my money, I can't take my fare 

I'm ridin' tonight, I'm on my way 
C'mon baby... 
I can take it or live it, when it comes 
Got my baby by the light of the sun 
You know she brings it with her and then she comes 

Hey, hey, city at night 
Hey, hey, city at night 
Ride on 


That's What You Get

The moonlight dances on her face
I got my lips ????
I'm living the life of a lie
It was for me, for me that she died

That's what you get for loving me
That's what you get for loving me
That's what you get for loving me
That's what you get for loving me

???? 
True Love, unhappiness
I fall down on my knees and I cry
It's my way of saying goodbye

That's what you get for loving me
That's what you get for loving me
That's what you get for loving me
That's what you get for loving me
That's what you get for loving me

The moonlight is ?? on the ??
As I ?? (into my ??) head
And I, I'm gonna cry    
It's my way of saying goodbye

That's what you get for loving me  
That's what you get for loving me
That's what you get for loving me...


The Ballad of Self-Loading Pistol

Father, I have come.
To tell you about somethin' I done.
Well as the night reared its light head
Into a baby's sun,
We rolled down into the town
From where the Black Throats come.

And you know there was a robb'ry.
There was a hold-up.
Ooh, there was a shoot-out.
And there was a killin'.
And there's blood on my hands.
Today I killed a man.

Well now, sister, you know me well.
And you ask me well, how it was I felt.
Well, she had an appetite for lovin'
Only a fadin' beauty could posses.
She knew just what she wanted
And she wouldn't take less.

I figured it was a small town.
It was at sundown.
It was just a small crowd of people around.
Oh! But he wouldn't put his guns down.
No, he wouldn't put his guns down.
Oh, he wouldn't put his guns down.
Now his blood's on my hands.
Today I killed a man.

And, papa, you showed me the beauty of buckshot.
Well, that song a bullet sings as she whistles.
And showed me the story of the self-loading pistol.

Well now, father, I have come.
To tell you about somethin' I done.
He had a widow, runnin' through town screamin'.
He had a brother, and his tears were streamin'.
Now I'm movin' on the border
With a rifle on my shoulder.

'Cuz, daddy, you showed me the beauty of buckshot.
The love song a bullet sings as she whistles.
And showed me the glory of the self-loading pistol.

And I just come to tell ya,
That it don't hurt no more.
No, it don't hurt no more,
'Cuz your son, he's an outlaw.
Oh, your son, he's an outlaw.
Yes, your son, he's an outlaw.
Oh, your son, he's an outlaw.
Now, your son, he's an outlaw.
Oh, your son, he's an outlaw.
And this blood feels good on my hands.
Today I killed a man.


The Ballad of the Architect Angel

The architect angel held the Juda ranch.
Just a dirty mile down on the borderline.
Where he mastered blastin' and hustled young cattle for slaughter
And dated Juda's daughter.
From the cellar aways to the attics and all across the plains
Broke electric static of religious strain,
And though he was never an addict, he wore scars on his veins.
Like a young girl holds her first pimp, he held his Bible in.
From desert bars and church bazaars, the hunger slowly came
With vulgar faces from vulgar places lookin' for a game.
Well, ivory gun handles and chamber grease
And souped-up hydroplanes.
The bullets burn from TV silver, bearin' great cowboys' names.
Now with 14 inches of gun barrel, smokin' from the lid,
Spurs on straight black bootheels, he said "They call me the Brooklyn Kid."
And in his lonely Zenith nightmares, well that's just what they did.
Oh, how he played out his scenes, loaded on dreams.
Well, his holster slung low like a hot kid-sister
Tied back to his leg like he gonna do.
He was stompin' the step he called the Quickman Twister.
His six-guns were pumpin' through.
His tongue hung low like sawdust scrapin' across the plains.
He crawled up outside the Juda Ranch.
And started callin' the angel names.

And now the architect angel stood, in one hand a staff, the other a gun.
He held the staff high in the wind. The gun was like a piece in the sun.
He started howlin' like a monsoon wind. Drew fast. The job was done.
At night the moon stretched tight light 'cross the plains,
As real cowboys sat around real campfire flames,
And the county wolf called as if to explain to his son
The way the West was won.
The West was finally won.
The way the West was won.


The Fast Song

The night rushes in through the door
Kids running across the floor
Those guys aim it'll tear this town down
And blow it into the sea
Man that's alright with me
'Cause I don't care anymore

She, she who is everything
The fever that she brings
She's got everything
And I've got caught
Wasting my life so bad
Just looking for the facts
Sometimes I
Feel like I'm walking dazed
The blood rushes in my veins
I can hear it flow
She lives in a world of dreams come true
But she don't know like I do
Not like I do
'Cause I was nothing
Over and over again
Alone when the nights roll in, without her
She's a miracle in diamond rings
She has men who bring her anything she wants
But they don't see
That what she wants is me
Oh and I want her so
I'll never let her go

Me, walking in the room
Alone when the nights roll in
Without her, without her, without her


The Price You Pay (Alt. Lyrics) *

You make up your mind, you choose the 
	chance you take
You ride to where the highway ends and 
	the desert breaks
Out on to an open road you ride until the 
	day
You learn to sleep at nigth with the price 
	you pay

Now with their hands held high, they 
	reached out for the open skies
And in one last breath they built the roads 
	they'd ride to their death
Driving on through the night, unable to 
	break away
From the restless pull of the price you pay

(Chorus)
Oh, the price you pay, oh, the price you 
	pay
Now you can't walk away from the price 
	you pay

Some say forget the past
Some say dont't look back
But for every breath you take
You leave a track
And though it don't seem fair
For every smile that breaks
A tear must fall somewhere
Oh the price you pay

(Chorus)

Little girl down on the strand
With that pretty little baby in your hands
Do you remember the story of the 
	promised land
How he crossed the desert sands
And could not enter the chosen land
On the banks of the river he stayed
To face the price you pay

So let the game start, you better run you 
	little wild heart
You can run through all the nights and all 
	the days
But just across the county line, a stranger 
	passing through put up a sign
That counts the man fallen away to the 
	price you pay, and girl before the end of 
	the day,
I'm gonna tear it down and throw it away

* La strofa tradotta in corsivo è diffrente da quella comparsa su
The River. Questa versione alternativa è stata usata durante i
concerti del River Tour 1980. E' stata anche registrata in studio, ma 
le è stata preferita la versione ufficiale.


The Hitter

Come to the door ma and unlock the chain. 
Well I was just passin' through and got caught in the rain. 
There's nothing that I want, nothin' that you need say. 
Just let me lie down a while and I'll be on my way. 

I was no more than a kid when you put me on the Southern Queen. 
With the police on my back I fled to New Orleans. 
Well I fought in the dockyards for the the money that I made. 
And the fight was my home and any blood was my trade. 

Baton Rouge, Ponchatoula, and Lafayette town. 
They payed me the moon, ma, to knock the man down. 
Well I did what I did, yeah it come easily. 
For as know ma, restraint and mercy were always strangers to me. 

I fought champion Jack Thompson in a field full of mud. 
Rain poured through the tent canvas and mixed with our blood. 
In the twelfth, slipped my tounge over my broken jaw. 
And I pounded his body into the floor. 
Well the bell rang and rang and still I kept on. 
'Til I felt my glove leather slip 'tween his skin and bone. 

And the women and the money came fast and the days I lost track. 
The women red, the money green, but the numbers were black. 
I fought for the men in their silk suits to lay down their bets. 
Well I took my good share, ma, I have no regrets. 

I took the fixed staid hombre with Big Diamond Don. 
Well from high in the rafters I watched myself fall. 
He raised his arms, stomach twisted, and the sky it went black. 
I stuffed my bag with their good money, ma, and never looked back. 
Understand me and my, every man plays the game. 
Well if you know anyone 

There Never will be anyone for me but you 
Princess Di did find another man 
Prince Charles may want to live 
In another woman's underpants 
I know what he feels like 
I'v been there too 
But there will never be any other for me but you 

Will Elizabeth Taylor get married again? buddy that's the question 
Poor Larry Fertenski busted on his harly for illegal weapons possession 
I'v been that down, I'v been that crazy I'v been that much of a fool 
But there will never be any other for me but you 

Man a love that's real 
Is a love that's hard 
Like a pit bull on your ass 
In a very small backyard 
A love that's hard 
Can be a love that's true 
But there will never be any other for me but you 

Elvis and Priscilla 
Jim Baker and Tammy Fay 
Donald and Ivana once swore their love forever and a day 
I said those words 
Ya I meant 'em too 
But I swear there will never be any other for me but you no, 
Baby there will never be any other for me but you 


The Klansman
 Testo Fornito da Andrea Boido.

Word of the trouble spread around
One day a man came to my town
I was in the kitchen when my Pa let him in
He shook my hand, said, "The Klan's your friend"

Was a meetin' at Lyle Stanton's house
On the Jefferson Highway
Some, they did not listen
Some did not turn away

Said, "When the holy rain of fire
Comes tumblin' from above
It'll be a Klansman
Who stands for the land he loves"

Look away, look away now

I was ten years old when my Pa said,
Son, some day you will see
When you grow to wear the robes
Like your brother and me

When the war between the races
Leaves us in a fiery [dream]
It'll be a Klansman
Who will wipe this country clean
This, son, is my dream"


There Will Never Be Anyone For Me But You

Princess Di did find another man
Prince Charles may want to live
in another woman's underpants
I know what he feels like
I'v been there too
but there will never be any other for me but you

Will Elizabeth Taylor get married again? buddy that's the question
Poor Larry Fertenski busted on his harly for illegal weapons possession
I'v been that down, I'v been that crazy I'v been that much of a fool
But there will never be any other for me but you

Man a love that's real
is a love that's hard
like a pit bull on your ass
in a very small backyard
a love that's hard
can be a love that's true
but there will never be any other for me but you

Elvis and Priscilla
Jim Baker and Tammy Fay
Donald and Ivana once swore their love forever and a day

I said those words
ya I meant 'em too 
but I swear there will never be any other for me but you no, 
baby there will never be any other for me but you


The Way

The way your heart beats when I hold you tight 
The way you sigh when we kiss goodnight 
The way the wind blows through the trees 
Well hey, that's the way you belong to me

The way you warm me baby when I'm cold 
The way you make me want you body and soul 
The way the rivers run to the sea 
Well hey, that's the way you belong to me 

The way you soothe me when I'm in pain 
The way you make the blood rush in my veins 
The way the winds rush through the trees 
Well hey, that's the way you belong to me 
 
When I lose faith you take my hand 
The way you make me feel like I'm a man 
The way the sun belongs to the sea 
Well hey, that's the way you belong to me 

The way you make me feel like I belong 
And if I could girl though I know it'd be wrong 
I'd lock you deep inside 
'till the last rains fall 
And hide you from the emptiness of it all 

Sometimes at night I lie awake 
I pull you close and feel each breath you take 
The way the rivers belong to the seas 
Well hey, that's the way you belong to me 
Well hey, that's the way you belong to me 


The Word

Well you flash your tongue like diamonds
You tied me to your wildcat schemes
And you forced me into a power dive
And left your mark on my jeans
And I hear the word on your soldiers
And I hear the word on Jesus too
I heard the word on the country
But I never heard the word on you
                 
Your love was like a machine gun
I wore your bugle in my belt
And I was your kid glove lover
All the cards were yours
You always dealt
And I stood before your soapbox
Noiseless and shoeless
Playing my pantry boy's games
You had your hands raised up to the sky
Shouting Oh Sunday deity
Oh Big Daddy Longlegs
Come down and bless your sister please

You were shoutin' orders about the construction
Going on down the highway
You were namin' names, blamin' blames
And you blamed me

You wore your heart like a challenge
Far and apart for anyone who came
Open and wide like the river
With rocks on both sides to keep the water tame
But I heard the word on your high tides
And I felt the pain when I tried
To rip your flood gates wide
And pull your body on over to my side
Where we both could hide
But you heard about the freedom ride
And you heard about the Highway Crew
Who could cut the light a little bit faster than you
So you left me just your shoes

And I hear the word on Jesus
And I hear the word on his marching troop
And I hear the word on the country

But I never heard the word on you


Tiger Rose

Tiger Rose let me read some prose to you 
just as long as it shows my love any verse will do 
Honey, I could make you happy if you'd only let me, heaven knows 
My my Tiger Rose 

I went to work this morning on the local commuter train (or maybe locomotive train) 
Stopped back early and I peeked through the window pane 
There was a man eating from my refrigerator dressed up in my clothes 
Why why Tiger Rose? 

Called out your name and I kicked down the front door 
I grabbed him by my robe and I wrastled him across the floor 
I told you you weren't any better than all those other so and so's 
Said he wasn't any different than a thousand other Joe Blows 
Love disappears so quickly, when it goes it goes 
Why why Tiger Rose? 

Bye Bye Tiger Rose 
So long Tiger, I'm out of here baby 


Tonight

Every day I [can't believe] I wanna be around you
Gotta gotta gotta gotta be, I wanna be with you
What I want ... baby, ...
But god, I just can't stop and let you go
 
And I can't leave you 
Tonight!
All I wanna do is kiss your lips
Tonight!
All I ...fingertips
Tonight!
...
Tonight tonight tonight tonight tonight
Woah, tonight.
 
...
Come on come on come on come back, baby, ...
And I've got ...
Well I ...
When I ...
And I...
 
Tonight!
Tonight!
All I wanna do is kiss your lips
Tonight!
 
Tonight!
Tonight tonight tonight tonight tonight
Woah, tonight


Vibes Man

Vibes man in the alley, play me your spitball serenade
Any deeper blue, and you'll be playing in your grave
Save your notes, spend 'em on your blues boy
Help your darling, yearling blues boy
Hit the church note ringing
Vibes man sting a trash man
Hear your junk man singing

Fish Lady, don't you bake them tenement walls
Don't take corner boys because they're too easy
You were born black and blue
You didn't have to wait for somebody to hit you
Take my arm, I'll move with you down Broadway
Take my arm, oh honey, I'll walk with you down Broadway
I'm a young man, and I'll be proud
And I can talk real loud
And I'm from out of town, too
Won't you come home with me
Won't you come home with me

But no, cause she won't take a train
No, she won't take that train
She won't take a train
No, she won't take that train
Cause she's afraid those tracks are going to slow her down
And when she turns around, I'm going to be gone
Like the notes in any man's song


Vietnam

The runway rushed up at me, I felt the wheels touch down 
Stood out on the blacktop, and took a taxi into town 
Got off down on Main Street, to see what I recognized 
All I seen was strange faces, watchin' a stranger passin' by 

Vietnam, Vietnam, I don't man 
Back in Vietnam 

Went for my job back at the factory... down at the factory 
The only thing I heard from the man at the desk 
Is, "Son, understand if it was up to me." 
'Bout half the town's out of work 
Ain't nothin' for you here 
From the assembly line to the front-line 
But I guess you didn't hear 

You died in Vietnam, you died in Vietnam 
Now don't you understand, you died in Vietnam 

Drive down me neighborhood 
See the flags out on the porch 
So I went to see my old baby 
Down at First and Grand 
Her mama told me she ran off 
With a singer in a rock 'n' roll band 

I can see me passin' by 

You died in Vietnam, you died in Vietnam 
Boy, don't you understand, you died in Vietnam 

Take 2

The runway rushed up at me, I felt the wheels hit down 
I stood out on the blacktop, and took a taxi into town 
Got off down on Main Street, to see what I could see 
All I seen was strangers, watchin' a stranger pass by 
And no-one was stranger than me 
All I seen was strangers, watchin' a stranger pass by 
And that stranger was me

Vietnam, Vietnam, oh-no man 
Vietnam 

Went to see my baby, down on First and Grand 
To tell her I'd come home from away in Vietnam 
Her mama came to the door and told me...
Her mama told me she ran away 
With a singer in a rock 'n' roll band 
She said, "I'm sorry son, but we understand..." 

You died in Vietnam, you died in Vietnam 
Now don't you understand, you died in Vietnam 


Visitation at Fort Horn

Behind the walls, where heat lightning falls
On five-starred map-faced princes 
The buffalo man shoots at tin cans
Turns and shouts 'Children, blow your bridges'
In death row halls, where dust men stall
For time's an enemy and a friend
At night, jackals crawl from the cracks in the walls
The salvation is never spoken

Morning sickness breaks the garrison gates
The cavalry cries for treason
The soldier strokes his pony 
And goes to shine the Captain's sword
In this young boy's eyes lie reason

But then the Sergeant burst in, says
"Captain, I caught a prisoner, Captain. A prisoner, what ho?
The Captain looks up and says, 'Let her go."
'But Captain, she commands the lightships that patrol the sea around the
rainbow tips
Whose bagpipes wail unbroken
She haunts the night and the dawn and the light
On her sounds and words, your cavalry's choking'
The Captain says, 'Have no fear, boys, for what you hear
Because danger can't be spoken'

The war wind crackles and I hear the rustle of shackles
From the stockade door bursts Merlin
His eyes red and swollen, like they've been pushed into the sun
His robe's aflame and burning
He jumps a horse, tries to get away, but gets caught in his irons,
Tangled in his irons, and he falls to the ground, his neck was broken
His spirit rises high into the western sky
The magician lies an empty token

The sergeant walks over and kicks his body and says
"Captain, he's dead, uh, I think he's dead, uh, what should we do with him?'
The Captain says, 'Hang him.'
For those live moments on this earth are well-spent
And I can see his body sure well-bent
It's his magic that must be broken

And now night cradles low
The penniless weed plays raw filth in the Captain's corner
With anvils spread wide, the Captain glides
Each blow to scare her, not hurt her
She spits with truth at the Captain's boots
But he holds his rage suspended

The Sergeant comes stinking of soldiers' gin
And cries 'Captain, the storm, she blows unending'
Whoa, and the lightning cracked 
And the sky was hacked by dagger rain
It was torn, and the yard was charged into a raging sea
And the Captain ran crazily
For the first time in his life, in the Captain's heart, fear was born

So the Captain storms out on the stoop
Panics when he sees Merlin's hung body stretched by the neck
Silhouetted on his door
The sergeant screams 'Captain, look high, look to the sky
Some whirling, swirling emission'
The Captain falls to his knees, crying silent pleas 
Because he knows, he knows, 
And he thinks to himself,
'A magician'


Waitin' on the End of the World

For one deadly love like a disease 
I came to you crawlin' on my knees 
Your eyes filled with rain 
I can feel poison runnin' through my veins 

I'm waitin' 
I'm waitin' 
I'm waitin' 
Waitin' on the end of the world 

For one deadly kiss what would we give 
Your skin tremblin' neath my fingertips 
All I know is someday 
For love, baby, everybody pays 

I'm waitin' 

We hide from the truth in our hearts 
Like one look and everythin' falls apart 
Here in your arms, soft decay 
I can feel myself wastin' away 

Will you meet me in the hall 
Where light scatters and darkness falls 
Here in this feast of friends 
To break and begin again 

I'm waitin' 


Walking Through Midnight

Well I've been walking through midnight
And there's no trace of dawn
I'm stuck in this moonlight
It's leading me on
My body's on fire
And I can't stand the pain
This burning desire
I feel once again

Now I'm fighting with madness
As I move down the street
Surrounded by sadness
I can't take this heat
The streetlamps are glowing
Like coals in the mist
Their lights keep me moving
I just can't resist

Now there's peace in this valley
But none in my mind
Like a drunk in an alley
I'm stumbling blind
With no destination
At an unholy speed
I must keep on moving
Try to walk off this need


White Town

It's midnight down in sector two
Little girl walkin' dressed in innocence and cool
Only fourteen and dressed up for the score
Hold that breath now boy, he(?)
She dances, baby, to the beat
Of breaking glass and running feet

Down in White Town
Down in White Town
Down in White Town

Oh, she comes home from work and grabs something to eat
Turn the corner and walks down her street
In a row of houses, chic, shiny and dirty and grey
Disappears like the scenery in another man's play
And as she dances, oh, to the beat
Oh the trooper stickin' dresses for the number on the sheet

Down in White Town
Down in White Town
Down in White Town
Down in White Town

Yeah, Mr. Outside, you're walkin' so free
If you turn your eyes so you don't see
You act like you're the hand turns the key
And you become the hand that turns the key 

And no matter how I try I cannot understand
The way that they will turn a man
Into a stranger in his own land

Down in White Town
(repeat to fade)


Wild Kisses (I'm Gonna Treat You Right)

Well, mister, you see that girl walking down the street
That little girl, she used to turn 'em on
Wild kisses and a heart that's oh-so-sweet
In the middle of the night.
 
And now, wild kisses [wouldn't] seem to settle down
Afraid to get my feet back on the ground
...
I'm gonna meet her tonight
 
And now my wild world's tumblin' and dancin'???
true romancin'
...
Listen to me, baby
I wanna celebrate my dream, girl
I don' wan' no lonely dream, babe
I wanna give everything to my little baby tonight
 
I gotta... on the track
What she gives me -my god- she break my back
 
Wild kisses in the morning
[Wendy] gives me a ... to go on?
 
And now... like dancin'
...true romancin'
Why won't you... heart.. to try?
Listen to me, baby
I want to ..., girl
I want to...
I want to...
 
[bridge]
I don't want...
Listen to my heart, girl
I know...
 
Mister, see that girl walkin' down the street
Well that girl, she used to drive me wild
Wild kisses...
...meet her tonight
 
Wild kisses and


Wings For Wheels (Thunder Road)

The screen door slams, Christine's (Angelina's) dress waves
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
(Hey) that's me (babe) and I want you only
Don't turn me home again
I just can't face myself alone (in that mirror) again tonight
Don't run back inside, you know just what I'm here for
So you're scared and you're thinking
That maybe you (we) ain't that young anymore
Show a little faith (well woman) there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty but hey (baby, ah) you're alright
And that's alright with me

This 4/4 she's gonna overheat
Make up your mind girl I gotta get her back out on the street
I know you're lonely like me so baby don't try and fake it
I'm no prince and I can't lay the stars at your feet

But I got this old car and she's pretty tough to beat
There's plenty of room in my front seat, baby if you wanna take it

Oh roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair
It's like the rushing touch, the dirty wings them highway Angels wear
Well tonight we're gonna find out how it feels
I'm gonna trade in your wings - for wheels
Climb in back, heaven's waiting down on the tracks
Ah, mama, come take my hand (Well now try hard Chrissie to understand)
We're gonna ride all the way to the promised land
Oh I'm gonna dance all the way, dance all the way
(Babe if you're born with nothing in your hands
Hey it's your only chance)
Well I don't know but baby I've been told
There's something waiting for us, down that dirty road
Oh take a chance, take a chance, take a chance
(Oh I wish you would come
So leave what you've lost, leave what's grown old on Thunder Road)

Well now I bought this guitar and I learned how to make it talk
I got my car parked out back if you're ready to take that long walk

From your front porch to my front seat
Well I think we could take it all babe, just you and me
Climb in back baby, the ride's for free
Oh come take my hand, we're gonna ride all the way to the promised land
We'll dance all the way
Oh baby I don't know but I've been told
There's something waiting for us, down that dirty road
If we take our chance, take our chance

Now the season's over and I feel it getting cold
I wish I could take you to some sandy beach where we'd never grow old
Ah but baby you know that's just jive
But tonight's bustin' open and I'm alive
Oh do (baby) whay you can to make me feel like a man
But this 4/4/2's gonna overheat
Make up your mind girl, I gotta get her back out on the street
I know you're lonely like me, oh so don't fake it
And maybe I can't lay the stars at your feet
But I got this old car and she's pretty tough to beat
There's plenty of room in my front seat
Oh if you think you can make it, climb in (So Christine climb in)

This is town full of losers and baby I was born to win


Winter Song

From their northeast source the sour wind roars
Bear gifts fresh from the valley waters.
Hallow echoes strip Pennsylvania mountain walls
With their corsets and their old Betsy ruffle
And their slips with pearly white.
They stand bulging up against the screen door,
A banshee "Good night."
 
Summer's sweet and she brings me water,
But give me Winter, that old icy whore.
While Summer lies meek and follows orders,
Winter cries "Me!" and pulls you through the door.
 
The limp milk tramp cries metal-flake tears.
They drip like honey down  momma's leg.
You lay watchin' them off.  Eat a hole in his cloth.
He'll ask, but he don't beg.
Said I'd like to the mademoiselle
Who holds the keys to all these doors around the waist 
And rings the bell.

Summer's sweet and she brings me water,
But give me Winter, that old icy whore.
Summer lies meek and follows orders,
Winter cries "Me!" and pulls you through the door.
 
With scufflin' sound, the knot-voiced matron makes her rounds, 
Knockin' on each and every door.
With a look like white heat, she sways, salty, sweet
And leads me 'cross her Persian floor.
She squeeze' my hand and before her I stood.
I was scared.  It was dark, but it was good.
 
Summer's sweet and she brings me water,
But give me Winter, that old icy whore.
While Summer lies meek and follows orders,
Winter cries "Me!" and pulls me through her door.


You Mean so Much to Me

Well, she comes to me like a childhood soul 
Or an old time friend I ain't seen so long 
When she sings to me, it's like a loving song 
She can be so sweet, she don't do me no wrong 

You mean so much to me, baby 
You know you drive me crazy 
You mean so much to me, baby 
I want you for my girl 

Well, sometimes she's like a baby playing with a toy, 
Then she's so much woman she makes me feel like a little boy 
And when she comes to me, and she's all alone, 
And she cries: "Oh daddy, oh Daddy make me strong!" 

That's when she means so much to me baby, 
You know you drive me crazy 
You mean so much to me, baby 
I want you for my girl 


Your Love

She promises to be yours forever and always
And you're too young to know it don't work out that way
When she kisses you and your heart skips
And you're ten feet off the ground
Soon you'll be crying and that when you'll have found
That

Your love is gonna let you down, boy
Your love is gonna let you down
Your love is gonna let you down, boy
Your love is gonna let you down

Well it's kisses and sweet talk
When she first starts coming round
But soon tears start falling down
You say every day she makes your dreams come true
But soon those very dreams will be the death of you
Well

Your love is gonna let you down, boy
Your love is gonna let you down
Your love is gonna let you down, boy
Your love is gonna let you down

No cold denials, no-one really lied
It was time spent, promise implied
And suddenly you see something new in her eyes
And in that moment you realize

Lately you've been walking the streets at night
Like an empty shadow in the morning light
Like an empty shadow that's suddenly found

That your love is gonna let you down

Your love is gonna let you down, boy
Your love is gonna let you down
Your love is gonna let you down, boy
Your love is gonna let you down