-------- 1973 Greetings from Asbury Park -------- -------- Blinded by the Light -------- [Verse 1] Madman drummers bummers and Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps his way into his hat With a boulder on my shoulder feelin' kinda older I tripped the Merry-go-round With this very unpleasing sneezing and wheezing the calliope Crashed to the ground [Verse 2] Some all-hot half-shot was headin' for the hot spot snappin' his fingers clappin' his hands And some fleshpot mascot was tied into a lover's knot with a whatnot in her hand And now young Scott with a slingshot finally found a tender spot and throws his lover in the sand And some bloodshot forget-me-not whispers daddy's within earshot save the buckshot turn up the band [Chorus] And she was blinded by the light Oh, cut loose like a deuce another runner in the night Blinded by the light She got down but she never got tight, but she'll make it alright [Verse 3] Some brimstone baritone anti-cyclone rolling stone preacher from the east He says, "Dethrone the dictaphone, hit it in its funny bone, that's where they expect it least" And some new-mown chaperone was standin' in the corner all alone watchin' the young girls dance And some fresh-sown moonstone was messin' with his frozen zone to remind him of the feeling of romance [Chorus] Yeah, he was blinded by the light Oh, cut loose like a deuce another runner in the night Blinded by the light He got down but she never got tight, but he's gonna make it tonight [Verse 4] Some silicone sister with her manager's mister told me I got what it takes She said I'll turn you on sonny, to something strong if you play that song with the funky break And go-cart Mozart was checkin' out the weather chart to see if it was safe to go outside And little Early-Pearly came in by her curly-wurly and asked me if I needed a ride [Verse 5] Oh, some hazard from Harvard was skunked on beer playin' backyard bombardier Yes and Scotland Yard was trying hard, they sent some dude with a calling card He said, do what you like, but don't do it here Well I jumped up, turned around, spit in the air, fell on the ground Asked him which was the way back home He said take a right at the light, keep goin' straight until night, and then boy, you're on your own [Verse 6] And now in Zanzibar a shootin' star was ridin' in a side car hummin' a lunar tune Yes, and the avatar said blow the bar but first remove the cookie jar we're gonna teach those boys to laugh too soon And some kidnapped handicap was complainin' that he caught the clap from some mousetrap he bought last night Well I unsnapped his skull cap and between his ears I saw A gap but figured he'd be all right [Chorus] He was just blinded by the light Cut loose like a deuce another runner in the night Blinded by the light Mama always told me not to look into the sights of the sun Woah, but but mama that's where the fun is [Outro] I was blinded Oh mama, oh mama I was blinded Oh mama, oh mama I was blinded by the light I was blinded I was blinded I was blinded by the light I was blinded I was blinded by the light I was blinded I was blinded -------- 1973 Greetings from Asbury Park -------- -------- Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street? -------- [Verse] Hey bus driver keep the change, bless your children, give them names Don't trust men who walk with canes Drink this and you'll grow wings on your feet Broadway Mary, Joan Fontaine, advertiser on a downtown train Oh, Christmas crier bustin' cane, he's in love again Where dock worker's dreams mix with panther's schemes to someday own the rodeo Tainted women in VistaVision perform for out-of-state kids at the late show Wizard imps and sweat sock pimps, interstellar mongrel nymphs Oh, Rex said that lady left him limp, love's like that (It sure is) Oh, queen of diamonds, ace of spades, newly discovered lovers of the everglades They take out a full page ad in the trades to announce their arrival And Mary Lou she found out how to cope, she rides to heaven on a gyroscope The Daily News asks her for the dope She says, "Man, the dope's that there's still hope" Senorita, Spanish rose, wipes her eyes and blows her nose Uptown in Harlem she throws a rose to some lucky, young matador -------- 1973 Greetings from Asbury Park -------- -------- For You -------- Princess cards she sends me with her regards Barroom eyes shine vacancy, to see her you gotta look hard Wounded deep in battle, I stand stuffed like some soldier undaunted To her Cheshire smile. I'll stand on file, she's all I ever wanted But you let your blue walls get in the way of these facts Honey, get your carpetbaggers off my back You wouldn't even give me time to cover my tracks You said, "Here's your mirror and your ball and jacks." But they're not what I came for, and I'm sure you see that too I came for you, for you, I came for you, but you did not need my urgency I came for you, for you, I came for you, but your life was one long emergency And your cloud line urges me, and my electric surges free Crawl into my ambulance, your pulse is getting weak Reveal yourself all now to me girl while you've got the strength to speak Cause they're waiting for you at Bellevue with their oxygen masks But I could give it all to you now if only you could ask And don't call for your surgeon even he says it's too late It's not your lungs this time, it's your heart that holds your fate Don't give me money, honey, I don't want it back You and your pony face and your union jack Well take your local joker and teach him how to act I swear I was never that way even when I really cracked Didn't you think I knew that you were born with the power of a locomotive Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound ? And your Chelsea suicide with no apparent motive You could laugh and cry in a single sound And your strength is devastating in the face of all these odds Remember how I kept you waiting when it was my turn to be the god ? You were not quite half so proud when I found you broken on the beach Remember how I poured salt on your tongue and hung just out of reach And the band they played the homecoming theme as I caressed your cheek They ragged, jagged melody she still clings to me like a leech But that medal you wore on your chest always got in the way Like a little girl with a trophy so soft to buy her way We were both hitchhikers but you had your ear tuned to the roar Of some metal-tempered engine on an alien, distant shore So you, left to find a better reason than the one we were living for And it's not that nursery mouth I came back for It's not the way you're stretched out on the floor Cause I've broken all your windows and I've rammed through all your doors And who am I to ask you to lick my sores And you should know that's true... I came for you, for you, I came for you, but you did not need my urgency I came for you, for you, I came for you, but your life was one long emergency And your cloud line urges me, and my electric surges free -------- 1973 Greetings from Asbury Park -------- -------- Growin' Up -------- [Verse 1] Well I stood stone-like at midnight Suspended in my masquerade I combed my hair 'til it was just right And commanded the night brigade I was open to pain and crossed by the rain And I walked on a crooked crutch I strolled all alone through a fallout zone And came out with my soul untouched [Chorus] I hid in the clouded wrath of the crowd But when they said, "Sit down," I stood up Ooh, ooh, growin' up [Verse 2] The flag of piracy flew from my mast My sails were set wing to wing I had a jukebox graduate for first mate She couldn't sail but she sure could sing I pushed B-52 and bombed them with the blues With my gear set stubborn on standing I broke all the rules, strafed my old high school Never once gave thought to landing [Chorus] I hid in the clouded warmth of the crowd But when they said, "Come down," I threw up Ooh, ooh, growin' up Work it back now [Piano Solo] [Verse 3] I took month-long vacations in the stratosphere And you know it's really hard to hold your breath I swear I lost everything I ever loved or feared I was the cosmic kid in full costume dress Well, my feet they finally took root in the earth But I got me a nice little place in the stars And I swear I found the key to the universe In the engine of an old parked car [Chorus] I hid in the mother breast of the crowd But when they said, "Pull down," I pulled up Ooh, ooh, growin' up Ooh, ooh, growin' up -------- 1973 Greetings from Asbury Park -------- -------- It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City -------- [Verse] I had skin like leather and the diamond-hard look of a cobra I was born blue and weathered but I burst just like a supernova I could walk like Brando right into the sun Then dance just like a Casanova With my blackjack and jacket and hair slicked sweet Silver star studs on my duds like a Harley in heat When I strut down the street I could feel its heartbeat The sisters fell back and said "Don't that man look pretty" The cripple on the corner cried out "Nickels for your pity" Them gasoline boys downtown sure talk gritty It's so hard to be a saint in the city I was the king of the alley, mama, I could talk some trash I was the prince of the paupers crowned downtown at the beggar's bash I was the pimp's main prophet I kept everything cool Just a backstreet gambler with the luck to lose And when the heat came down it was left on the ground The devil appeared like Jesus through the steam in the street Showin' me a hand I knew even the cops couldn't beat I felt his hot breath on my neck as I dove into the heat It's so hard to be a saint when you're just a boy out on the street And the sages of the subway sit just like the living dead As the tracks clack out the rhythm their eyes fixed straight ahead They ride the line of balance and hold on by just a thread But it's too hot in these tunnels you can get hit up by the heat You get up to get out at your next stop but they push you back down in your seat Your heart starts beatin' faster as you struggle to your feet Then you're outa that hole and back up on the street And them South Side sisters sure look pretty The cripple on the corner cries out "Nickels for your pity" And them downtown boys they sure talk gritty It's so hard to be a saint in the city -------- 1973 Greetings from Asbury Park -------- -------- Lost in the Flood -------- [Verse 1] The ragamuffin gunner is returnin' home like a hungry runaway He walks through town all alone "He must be from the fort," he hears the high school girls say This countryside's burnin' with wolfmen fairies dressed in drag for homicide They hit and run, plead sanctuary, 'neath the holy stone they hide They're breakin' beams and crosses with a spastic's reelin' perfection Nuns run bald through Vatican halls pregnant, pleadin' immaculate conception And everybody's wrecked on Main Street from drinking unholy blood Sticker smiles sweet as gunner breathes deep, his ankles caked in mud [Chorus] And I said, "Hey, gunner man, that's quicksand That's quicksand that ain't mud" Have you thrown your senses to the war Or did you lose them in the flood? [Verse 2] That pure American brother, dull-eyed and empty-faced Races Sundays in Jersey in a Chevy stock super eight He rides her low on the hip, on the side he's got Bound For Glory in red, white and blue flash paint He leans on the hood telling racin' stories, the kids call him Jimmy The Saint Well that blaze and noise boy, he's gunnin' that bitch loaded to blastin' point He rides headfirst into a hurricane and disappears into a point And there's nothin' left but some blood where the body fell That is, nothin' left that you could sell Just junk all across the horizon, a real highwayman's farewell [Chorus] And I said, "Hey kid, you think that's oil? Man, that ain't oil, that's blood" I wonder what he was thinking when he hit that storm Or was he just lost in the flood? [Verse 3] Eighth Avenue sailors in satin shirts whisper in the air Some storefront incarnation of Maria, she's puttin' on me the stare And Bronx's best apostle stands with his hand on his own hardware Everything stops, you hear five quick shots, the cops come up for air And now the whiz-bang gang from uptown, they're shootin' up the street Whoa, that cat from the Bronx starts lettin' loose, but he gets blown right off his feet Oh, and some kid comes blastin' round the corner, but a cop puts him right away He lays on the street holding his leg screaming something in Spanish Still breathing when I walked away [Chorus] And somebody said, "Hey man, did you see that? His body hit the street with such a beautiful thud" I wonder what the dude was sayin' Or was he just lost in the flood? Well, hey man, did you see that? Lord, those poor cats are sure messed up I wonder what they were gettin' into Or were they all just lost in the flood? [Outro] Were they lost, oh, tell me, tell me, man Were they lost? -------- 1973 Greetings from Asbury Park -------- -------- Mary Queen of Arkansas -------- [Chorus] Mary, Queen of Arkansas, it's not too early for dreamin' The sky is grown with cloud seed sown and a bastard's love can be redeeming Mary, my queen, your soft hulk is reviving No, you're not too late to desecrate, the servants are just rising [Verse 1] Well, I'm just a lonely acrobat, the live wire is my trade I've been a shine boy for your acid brat and a wharf rat of your state Mary, my queen, your blows for freedom are missing You're not man enough for me to hate or woman enough for kissing The big top is for dreamers, we can take the circus all the way to the border And the gallows wait for martyrs whose papers are in order But I was not born to live to die, and you were not born for queenin' It's not too late to infiltrate, the servants are just leavin' [Chorus] Mary, Queen of Arkansas, your white skin is deceivin' You wake and wait to lie in bait and you almost got me believin' But on your bed, Mary, I can see the shadow of a noose I don't understand how you can hold me so tight and love me so damn loose [Outro] But I know a place where we can go, Mary Where I can get a good job and start out all over again clean I got contacts deep in Mexico where the servants have been seen -------- 1973 Greetings from Asbury Park -------- -------- Spirit in the Night -------- [Verse 1] Crazy Janey and her mission man were back in the alley tradin' hands 'long came Wild Billy with his friend G-man all duded up for Saturday night Well Billy slammed on his coaster brakes and said anybody wanna go on up to Greasy Lake It's about a mile down on the dark side of route eighty-eight I got a bottle of rose so let's try it We'll pick up Hazy Davy and Killer Joe and I'll take you all out to where the gypsy angels go They're built like light [Chorus] And they dance like spirits in the night (All night) in the night (All night) Oh, you don't know what they can do to you Spirits in the night (All night), in the night (All night) Stand right up now and let it shoot through you [Verse 2] Well now Wild young Billy was a crazy cat and he shook some dust out of his coonskin cap He said, "Try some of this it'll show you where you're at, or at least it'll help you really feel it" By the time we made it up to Greasy Lake I had my head out the window and Janey's fingers were in the cake I think I really dug her cause I was too loose to fake I said, "I'm hurt," she said, "Honey, let me heal it" And we danced all night to a soul fairy band And she kissed me just right like only a lonely angel can [Chorus] She felt so nice, just as soft as a spirit in the night (All night) In the night (All night), Janey don't know what she do to you Like a spirit in the night (All night), in the night (All night) Stand right up and let her shoot through me [Instrumental Break] [Verse 3] Now the night was bright and the stars threw light on Billy and Davy Dancin' in the moonlight They were down near the water in a stone mud fight Killer Joe gone passed out on the lawn Well now Hazy Davy got really hurt, he ran into the lake in just his socks and a shirt Me and Crazy Janey was makin' love in the dirt singin' our birthday songs Janey said it was time to go So we closed our eyes and said goodbye to gypsy angel row, felt so right [Chorus] Together we moved like spirits in the night, all night Baby don't know what they can do to you Spirits in the night, all night Stand right up and let it shoot right through you [Outro] Like a spirit in the night, all night All night, all night All night, all night All night, all night -------- 1973 Greetings from Asbury Park -------- -------- The Angel -------- [Verse] The angel rides with hunchbacked children, poison oozing from his engine Wieldin' love as a lethal weapon, on his way to hubcap heaven Baseball cards poked in his spokes, his boots in oil he's patiently soaked The roadside attendant nervously jokes as the angel's tires stroke his precious pavement The interstate's choked with nomadic hordes In Volkswagen vans with full running boards Dragging great anchors, followin' dead-end signs into the sores The angel rides by humpin' his hunk metal whore Madison Avenue's claim to fame in a trainer bra with eyes like rain She rubs against the weatherbeaten frame and asks the angel for his name Off in the distance the marble dome reflects across the flatlands with a naked feel off into parts unknown The woman strokes his polished chrome and lies beside the angel's bones -------- 1973 The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle -------- -------- 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) -------- [Verse 1] Sandy, the fireworks are hailing over Little Eden tonight Forcing a light into all those stony faces left stranded on this warm July Down in the town, the Circuit's full of switchblade lovers, so fast, so shiny, so sharp As the wizards play down on Pinball Way on the boardwalk way past dark And the boys from the casino dance with their shirts open like Latin lovers on the shore Chasing all them silly New York virgins by the score [Chorus] And Sandy, the aurora is rising behind us This pier lights our carnival life forever Oh, love me tonight, for I may never see you again Hey, Sandy girl My, my, baby [Verse 2] Now, the greasers, ah, they tramp the streets Or get busted for sleeping on the beach all night Them boys in their high heels, ah, Sandy Their skins are so white And me, I just got tired of hanging in them dusty arcades, banging them pleasure machines Chasing the factory girls underneath the boardwalk Where they all promise to unsnap their jeans And you know that tilt-a-whirl down on the south beach drag I got on it last night and my shirt got caught And they kept me spinning, babe, didn't think I'd ever get off [Chorus] Oh, Sandy, the aurora is rising behind us This pier lights our carnival life on the water Running, laughing 'neath the boardwalk Ah, with the boss' daughter I remember, Sandy, girl Na, na, na, na, na, baby [Verse 3] Sandy, that waitress I was seeing lost her desire for me I spoke with her last night, she said she won't set herself on fire for me anymore She worked that joint under the boardwalk She was always the girl you saw bopping down the beach with the radio The kids say last night she was dressed like a star In one of them cheap little seaside bars And I saw her parked with lover boy out on the Kokomo Did you hear the cops finally busted Madame Marie For tellin' fortunes better than they do For me this boardwalk life's through, babe You ought to quit this scene, too [Chorus] Sandy, the aurora is rising behind us This pier lights our carnival life forever Oh, love me tonight and I promise I'll love you forever Oh, I mean it, Sandy, girl My, my, my, my, my baby Yeah, I promise, Sandy, girl Sha, la, la, la, la, baby -------- 1973 The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle -------- -------- Incident on 57th Street -------- Spanish Johnny drove in from the underworld last night With bruised arms and broken rhythm in a beat-up old Buick But dressed just like dynamite He tried selling his heart to the hard girls over on Easy Street But they sighed "Johnny it falls apart so easy And you know hearts these days are cheap" And the pimps swung their axes and said "Johnny you're a cheater" Well the pimps swung their axes and said "Johnny you're a liar" And from out of the shadows came a young girl's voice Said, "Johnny don't cry" Puerto Rican Jane, oh won't you tell me what's your name I want to drive you down to the other side of town Where paradise ain't so crowded There'll be action going down on Shanty Lane tonight All them golden-heeled fairies in a real bitch fight Pull .38s and kiss the girls good night Oh good night, it's alright Jane Now let them black boys in to light the soul flame We may find it out on the street tonight baby Or we may walk until the daylight maybe Well like a cool Romeo he made his moves Oh she looked so fine Like a late Juliet she knew he'd never be true But then she didn't really mind Upstairs a band was playing The singer was singing something about going home She whispered, "Spanish Johnny, you can leave me tonight But just don't leave me alone" And Johnny cried "Puerto Rican Jane Word is down the cops have found the vein" Oh them barefoot boys left their homes for the woods Them little barefoot street boys they say homes ain't no good They left the corners Threw away all their switchblade knives And kissed each other good-bye Johnny was sitting on the fire escape Watching the kids playing down the street He called down "Hey little heroes Summer's long but I guess it ain't very sweet around here anymore" Janey sleeps in sheets damp with sweat Johnny sits up alone and watches her dream on, dream on And the sister prays for lost souls Then breaks down in the chapel after everyone's gone Jane moves over to share her pillow But opens her eyes to see Johnny up and putting his clothes on She says "Those romantic young boys All they ever want to do is fight" Those romantic young boys They're calling through the window "Hey Spanish Johnny, you want to make a little easy money tonight?" And Johnny whispered: Good night, it's all tight Jane I'll meet you tomorrow night on Lover's Lane We may find it out on the street tonight baby Or we may walk until the daylight maybe Ah good night, it's all right Jane I'm gonna meet you tomorrow night on Lover's Lane Ah we can find it out on the street tonight baby Or we may walk until the daylight maybe Ah, good night, it's all right Jane I'll meet you tomorrow night on Lover's Lane Now we may find it out on, on the street tonight baby Or we may have to walk until the morning light maybe -------- 1973 The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle -------- -------- Kitty's Back -------- [Verse 1] Catlong sighs holding Kitty's black tooth She left to marry some top cat, ain't it the cold truth And there hasn't been a tally since Sally left the alley Since Kitty left with Big Pretty things have got pretty thin It's tight on this fence since them young dudes are muscling in [Verse 2] Jack Knife cries 'cause baby's in a bundle She goes running nightly, lightly through the jungle And them tin cans are exploding out in the ninety-degree heat Cat somehow lost his baby down on Bleecker Street It's sad but it sure is true Cat shrugs his shoulders, sits back and sighs Ooh, what can I do? Ooh, what can I do? Ooh, what can I do? Ooh, what can I do? [Verse 3] Catlong lies back bent on a trash can Flashing lights cut the night, dude in the white says he's the man Well you better learn to move fast when you're young or you're not long around Cat somehow lost his Kitty down in the city pound So get right, get tight, get down Well who's that down at the end of the alley? She's been gone so long Here she comes, here she comes Here she comes, here she comes Here she comes, here she comes Here she comes, here she comes [Chorus] Kitty's back in town (Here she comes now) Kitty's back in town (Oh-oh all right) Kitty's back in town (Here she comes now) Kitty's back in town (Oh-oh all right) Kitty's back in town (Here she comes now) Oh, Kitty's back in town (Oh-oh all right) Kitty's back in town (Here she comes now) Kitty's back in town (Oh-oh all right) [Verse 4] Now Cat knows his Kitty's been untrue And that she left him for a city dude But she's so soft, she's so blue When he looks into her eyes He just sits back and sighs Ooh, what can I do? Ooh, what can I do? Ooh, what can I do? Ooh, what can I do? Oh, oh, oh, oh, alright Ahahahaha (Alright, alright) [Outro] Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh alright, oh, alright Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh alright, oh, alright Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh alright, oh, alright Oh-oh-oh-oh alright, oh alright Oh-oh-oh-oh alright, oh alright Oh-oh-oh-oh alright, oh alright Oh-oh-oh-oh alright, oh alright Oh-oh-oh-oh alright, oh alright Oh-oh-oh-oh alright, oh alright -------- 1973 The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle -------- -------- New York City Serenade -------- [Verse 1] Billy, he's down by the railroad tracks Sitting low in the back seat of his Cadillac Diamond Jackie, she's so intact As she falls so softly beneath him Jackie's heels are stacked Billy's got cleats on his boots Together they're gonna boogaloo down Broadway And come back home with the loot It's midnight in Manhattan, this is no time to get cute It's a mad dog's promenade So walk tall Or baby, don't walk at all [Verse 2] Fish lady, oh, fish lady, fish lady She baits them tenement walls She won't take corner boys They ain't got no money And they're so easy I said, "Hey, baby won't you take my hand? Walk with me down Broadway Well mama, take my arm and move with me down Broadway," yeah I'm a young man, I talk real loud Yeah babe, I walk real proud for you Ah, so shake it away So shake away your street life Shake away your city life Hook up to the train And hook up to the night train Hook it up Hook up to the, hook up to the train [Verse 3] But I know that she won't take the train, no, she won't take the train No, she won't take the train, no, she won't take the train Oh, she won't take the train, no, she won't take the train Oh, she won't take the train, no, she won't take the train She's afraid them tracks are gonna slow her down And when she turns, this boy'll be gone So long, sometimes you just gotta walk on, walk on [Verse 4] Hey, vibes man, hey, jazz man, aw, play me a serenade Any deeper blue and you're playing in your grave Save your notes, don't spend 'em on the blues boy Save your notes, don't spend 'em on the darling yearling sharp boy Straight for the church note ringing, vibes man sting a trash can Listen to your junk man Aw, listen to your junk man Listen to your junk man Oh, listen to your junk man He's singing (Singing) He's singing (Singing) He's singing (Singing) All dressed up in satin, walking past the alley (Singing) He's singing, singing, singing, singing Singing, singing, singing, singing [Outro] Oh, oh, oh, oh yeah (Singing, singing, singing) Oh, oh, ooh, ooh Oh yeah Watch I'ma be a junk man Oh, watch I'ma be a junk man Come on, little girl Won't ya? Watch I'ma be a junk man -------- 1973 The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle -------- -------- Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) -------- [Verse 1] Spread out now, Rosie, doctor come cut loose her mama's reins You know playin' blind man's bluff is a little baby's game You pick up Little Dynamite, I'm gonna pick up Little Gun And together we're gonna go out tonight and make that highway run You don't have to call me lieutenant, Rosie, and I don't want to be your son The only lover I'm ever gonna need's your soft sweet little girl's tongue Ah, Rosie, you're the one [Verse 2] Dynamite's in the belfry, baby, playin' with the bats Little Gun's downtown in front of Woolworth's, tryin' out his attitude on all the cats Papa's on the corner, waitin' for the bus Mama, she's home in the window, waitin' up for us She'll be there in that chair when they wrestle her upstairs, cause you know we ain't gonna come Ah, I ain't here on business, baby, I'm only here for fun And Rosie, you're the one [Chorus] Rosalita, jump a little lighter Senorita, come sit by my fire I just want to be your lover, ain't no liar Rosalita, you're my stone desire [Verse 3] Jack the Rabbit and Weak Knees Willie, don't you know they're gonna be there Ah, Sloppy Sue and Big Bones Billy, they'll be comin' up for air We're gonna play some pool, skip some school, act real cool Stay out all night, it's gonna feel all right So Rosie, come out tonight, oh, baby, come out tonight Windows are for cheaters, chimneys for the poor Oh, closets are for hangers, winners use the door So use it Rosie, that's what it's there for [Chorus] Rosalita, jump a little lighter Senorita, come sit by my fire I just want to be your lover, ain't no liar Rosalita, you're my stone desire All right [Bridge] Now, I know your mama, she don't like me cause I play in a rock and roll band And I know your daddy, he don't dig me, but he never did understand Your papa lowered the boom, he locked you in your room I'm coming to lend a hand I'm coming to liberate you, confiscate you, I want to be your man Someday we'll look back on this and it will all seem funny But now you're sad, your mama's mad And your papa says he knows that I don't (have any money) Whoa, your papa says he knows (that I don't have any money) Whoa, so your daddy says he knows I don't have (Papa says he knows that I don't have any money) Well, tell him this is his last chance to get his daughter in a fine romance Because the record company, Rosie, just gave me a big advance [Verse 4] And my tires were slashed and I almost crashed, but the Lord had mercy And my machine, she's a dud, I'm stuck in the mud somewhere in the swamps of Jersey Well, hold on tight, stay up all night, cause Rosie, I'm comin' on strong By the time we meet the morning light, I will hold you in my arms I know a pretty little place in Southern California down San Diego way There's a little cafe where they play guitars all night and all day You can hear 'em in the back room strummin' So hold tight, baby, cause don't you know daddy's comin' Oh, everybody, so! [Chorus] Rosalita, jump a little lighter Senorita, come sit by my fire I just want to be your lover, ain't no liar Rosalita, you're my stone desire Oh, yeah -------- 1973 The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle -------- -------- The E Street Shuffle -------- [Verse 1] Sparks fly on E Street when the boy prophets walk it handsome and hot All the little girls' souls grow weak when the man-child gives them a double shot Them schoolboy pops pull out all the stops on a Friday night The teenage tramps in skintight pants do the E Street dance and everything's all right Well the kids down there are either dancing or hooked up in a scuffle Dressed in snakeskin suits packed with Detroit muscle They're doing the E Street Shuffle [Verse 2] Now those E Street brats in twilight dual flashlight phantoms in full star stream Down fire trails on silver nights with blonde girls pledged sweet 16 The newsboys say the heat's been bad since Power 13 gave a trooper all he had in a summer scuffle And Power's girl, Little Angel, has been on the corner keepin' those crazy boys out of trouble Little Angel steps the shuffle like she ain't got no brains She's deaf in combat down on Lover's Lane She drives all them local boys insane [Bridge] Little Angel says, "Oh, everybody form a line Oh, everybody form a line" [Verse 3] Sparks fly on E Street when the boy- prophets walk it, handsome and hot All the little girls' souls grow weak when the man-child gives them a double shot Little Angel hangs out at Easy Joe's, it's a club where all the riot squad goes when they're cashin' in for a cheap hustle But them boys are still on the corner, loose and doin' that lazy E Street Shuffle As them sweet summer nights turn into summer dreams Little Angel picks up Power and he slips on his jeans as they move on out down to the scene All the kids are dancing -------- 1973 The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle -------- -------- Wild Billy's Circus Story -------- [Intro] Ah-one, two, three, four [Verse 1] The machinist climbs his ferris wheel like a brave And the fire eater's lying in a pool of sweat, victim of the heatwave Behind the tent the hired hand tightens his legs on the sword swallower's blade And circus town's on the shortwave [Verse 2] Well the runway lies ahead like a great false dawn Whoa, fat lady, big mama, Missy Bimbo sits in her chair and yawns And the man-beast lies in his cage sniffing popcorn As the midget licks his fingers and suffers Missy Bimbo's scorn Circus town's been born [Verse 3] Whoa, and a press roll drummer go, ballerina to and fro Cartwheeling up on that tightrope with a cannon blast lighting flash Moving fast through the tent Mars bent, he's gonna miss his fall Oh God save the human cannonball And the flying Zambinis watch Margarita do her neck twist And the ringmaster gets the crowd to count along: "Ninety-five, ninety-six, ninety-seven" [Verse 4] A ragged suitcase in his hand, he steals silently away from the circus grounds And the highway's haunted by the carnival sounds They dance like a great greasepaint ghost on the wind A man in baggy pants, a lonely face, a crazy grin Running home to some small Ohio town Jesus send some good women to save all your clowns [Verse 5] And circus boy dances like a monkey on barbed wire And the barker romances with a junkie, she's got a flat tire And now the elephants dance real funky and the band plays like a jungle fire Circus town's on the live wire [Verse 6] And the strong man Samson lifts the midget little Tiny Tim way up on his shoulders, way up And carries him on down the midway past the kids, past the sailors To his dimly lit trailer And the ferris wheel turns and turns like it ain't ever gonna stop And the circus boss leans over, whispers into the little boy's ear "Hey son, you want to try the big top?" All aboard, Nebraska's our next stop -------- 1975 Born to Run -------- -------- Backstreets -------- [Verse 1] One soft infested summer Me and Terry became friends Trying in vain to breathe The fire we was born in Catching rides to the outskirts Tying faith between our teeth Sleeping in that old abandoned beach house Getting wasted in the heat And [Chorus 1] Hiding on the backstreets Hiding on the backstreets With a love so hard and filled with defeat Running for our lives at night on them backstreets [Verse 2] Slow dancing in the dark On the beach at Stockton's Wing Where desperate lovers park We sat with the last of the Duke Street Kings Huddled in our cars Waiting for the bells that ring In the deep heart of the night We let loose of everything To go [Chorus 2] Running on the backstreets Running on the backstreets Terry you swore we'd live forever Taking it on them backstreets together Yeah [Bridge] Endless juke joints and Valentino drag Where dancers scraped the tears Up off the street dressed down in rags Running into the darkness Some hurt bad some really dying At night sometimes it seemed You could hear the whole damn city crying Blame it on the lies that killed us Blame it on the truth that ran us down You can blame it all on me Terry It don't matter to me now When the breakdown hit at midnight There was nothing left to say But I hated him And I hated you when you went away Wa oh, wa oh [Guitar solo] [Verse 3] Laying here in the dark You're like an angel on my chest Just another tramp of hearts Crying tears of faithlessness Remember all the movies, Terry We'd go see Trying to learn to walk like the heroes We thought we had to be Well after all this time To find we're just like all the rest Stranded in the park And forced to confess To [Chorus 3] Hiding on the backstreets Hiding on the backstreets Where we swore forever friends On the backstreets until the end [Outro] Hiding on the backstreets Hiding on the backstreets Hiding on the backstreets Hiding on the backstreets Hiding on the backstreets Hiding on the backstreets Hiding on the backstreets Hiding on the backstreets Hiding on the backstreets Hiding on the backstreets Hiding on the backstreets Hiding on the backstreets Hiding on the backstreets Hiding on the backstreets Hiding on the backstreets Hiding on the backstreets Hiding on the backstreets Hiding on the backstreets It's all right We'll go hiding on the backstreets tonight Hiding on the backstreets Hiding on the backstreets Hiding on the backstreets Hiding on the backstreets Hiding on the backstreets Hiding on the backstreets Hiding on the backstreets Oh, hey, whoa, oh-oh -------- 1975 Born to Run -------- -------- Born to Run -------- In the day, we sweat it out on the streets Of a runaway American dream At night, we ride through mansions of glory In suicide machines Sprung from cages out on Highway 9 Chrome wheeled, fuel injected and steppin' out over the line Oh, baby this town rips the bones from your back It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap We gotta get out while we're young `Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run Yes, girl, we were Wendy let me in, I wanna be your friend I want to guard your dreams and visions Just wrap your legs 'round these velvet rims And strap your hands across my engines Together we could break this trap We'll run till we drop, baby we'll never go back Oh, will you walk with me out on the wire? `Cause baby I'm just a scared and lonely rider But I gotta know how it feels I want to know if love is wild, babe I want to know if love is real Oh, can you show me? [Saxophone Solo] Beyond the palace, hemi-powered drones Scream down the boulevard The girls comb their hair in rearview mirrors And the boys try to look so hard The amusement park rises bold and stark Kids are huddled on the beach in a mist I wanna die with you, Wendy, on the streets tonight In an everlasting kiss (1, 2, 3, 4) The highways jammed with broken heroes On a last chance power drive Everybody's out on the run tonight But there's no place left to hide Together, Wendy, we can live with the sadness I'll love you with all the madness in my soul Oh, someday girl, I don't know when We're gonna get to that place Where we really want to go, and we'll walk in the sun But till then, tramps like us Baby, we were born to run Oh honey, tramps like us Baby, we were born to run Come on with me, tramps like us Baby, we were born to run -------- 1975 Born to Run -------- -------- Jungleland -------- [Intro] The Rangers had a homecoming in Harlem late last night And the Magic Rat drove his sleek machine Over the Jersey state line Barefoot girl sitting on the hood of a Dodge Drinking warm beer in the soft summer rain The Rat pulls into town rolls up his pants Together they take a stab at romance And disappear down Flamingo Lane Well the maximum lawman run down Flamingo Chasing the Rat and the barefoot girl And the kids round here look just like shadows Always quiet, holding hands From the churches to the jails Tonight all is silence in the world As we take our stand down in Jungleland Well the midnight gangs assembled And picked a rendezvous for the night They'll meet 'neath that giant Exxon sign That brings this fair city light Man there's an opera out on the turnpike There's a ballet being fought out in the alley Until the local cops, cherry tops, rips this holy night The street's alive as secret debts are paid Contact's made, they vanished unseen Kids flash guitars just like switch-blades Hustling for the record machine The hungry and the hunted Explode into rock'n'roll bands That face off against each other out in the street Down in Jungleland In the parking lot the visionaries dress in the latest rage Inside the backstreet girls are dancing to the records that the DJ plays Lonely-hearted lovers struggle in dark corners Desperate as the night moves on Just one look and a whisper, and they're gone [Saxophone solo] Beneath the city two hearts beat Soul engines running through a night so tender In a bedroom locked in whispers Of soft refusal and then surrender In the tunnels uptown the Rat's own dream guns him down As shots echo down them hallways in the night No one watches when the ambulance pulls away Or as the girl shuts out the bedroom light Outside the street's on fire in a real death waltz Between what's flesh and what's fantasy And the poets down here Don't write nothing at all They just stand back and let it all be And in the quick of the night they reach for their moment And try to make an honest stand But they wind up wounded, not even dead Tonight in Jungleland -------- 1975 Born to Run -------- -------- Meeting Across the River -------- Hey, Eddie, can you lend me a few bucks And tonight can you get us a ride Gotta make it through the tunnel Got a meeting with a man on the other side Hey Eddie, this guy, he's the real thing So if you want to come along You gotta promise you won't say anything Cause this guy don't dance And the word's been passed this is our last chance We gotta stay cool tonight, Eddie Cause man, we got ourselves out on that line And if we blow this one They ain't gonna be looking for just me this time And all we gotta do is hold up our end Here stuff this in your pocket It'll look like you're carrying a friend And remember, just don't smile Change your shirt, cause tonight we got style Well Cherry says she's gonna walk Cause she found out I took her radio and hocked it But Eddie, man, she don't understand That two grand's practically sitting here in my pocket And tonight's gonna be everything that I said And when I walk through that door I'm just gonna throw that money on the bed She'll see this time I wasn't just talking Then I'm gonna go out walking Hey Eddie, can you catch us a ride? -------- 1975 Born to Run -------- -------- Night -------- [Verse 1] You get up every morning at the sound of the bell You get to work late and the boss man's giving you hell 'Til you're out on a midnight run Losing your heart to a beautiful one And it feels right as you lock up the house Turn out the lights and step out into the night [Chorus 1] And the world is busting at its seams And you're just a prisoner of your dreams Holding on for your life 'Cause you work all day to blow 'em away in the night [Verse 2] The rat traps filled with soul crusaders The circuit's lined and jammed with chromed invaders And she's so pretty that you're lost in the stars As you jockey your way through the cars And sit at the light, as it changes to green With your faith in your machine off you scream into the night [Chorus 2] And you're in love with all the wonder it brings And every muscle in your body sings as the highway ignites You work nine to five and somehow you survive 'til the night [Bridge] Well all day they're busting you up on the outside But tonight you're gonna break on through to the inside And it'll be right, it'll be right, and it'll be tonight [Chorus 3] And you know she will be waiting there And you'll find her somehow you swear Somewhere tonight you run sad and free Until all you can see is the night -------- 1975 Born to Run -------- -------- She's the One -------- [Verse 1] With her killer graces And her secret places That no boy can fill With her hands on her hips Oh and that smile on her lips Because she knows that it kills me With her soft French cream Standing in that doorway like a dream I wish she'd just leave me alone Because French cream won't soften them boots And French kisses will not break that heart of stone With her long hair falling And her eyes that shine like a midnight sun Oh she's the one She's the one [Verse 2] That thunder in your heart At night when you're kneeling in the dark It says you're never gonna leave her But there's this angel in her eyes That tells such desperate lies And all you want to do is believe her And tonight you'll try Just one more time To leave it all behind And to break on through Oh she can take you But if she wanna break you She's gonna find out that ain't so easy to do And no matter where you sleep Tonight or how far you run Oh she's the one She's the one [Bridge] Oh and just one kiss She'd fill them long summer nights With her tenderness That secret pact you made Back when her love could save you From the bitterness Oh she's the one Oh she's the one Oh she's the one Oh she's the one -------- 1975 Born to Run -------- -------- Tenth Avenue Freeze Out -------- [Intro] [Verse 1] Tear drops on the city Bad Scooter searching for his groove Seem like the whole world walking pretty And you can't find the room to move Well everybody better move over, that's all 'Cause I'm running on the bad side And I got my back to the wall Tenth Avenue freeze-out, Tenth Avenue freeze-out [Verse 2] I was stranded in the jungle Tryin' to take in all the heat they was giving The night is dark but the sidewalks bright And lined with the light of the living From a tenement window a transistor blasts Turn around the corner things got real quiet real fast I walked into a Tenth Avenue freeze-out Tenth Avenue freeze-out [Bridge] And I'm all alone, I'm all alone And kid you better get the picture And I'm on my own, I'm on my own And I can't go home [Verse 3] When the change was made uptown And the Big Man joined the band From the coastline to the city All the little pretties raise their hands I'm gonna sit back right easy and laugh When Scooter and the Big Man bust this city in half With a Tenth Avenue freeze-out, tenth avenue freeze-out Tenth avenue freeze-out -------- 1975 Born to Run -------- -------- Thunder Road -------- The screen door slams, Mary'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, and I want you only Don't turn me home again I just can't face myself alone again Don't run back inside Darling, you know just what I'm here for So you're scared and you're thinking That maybe we ain't that young anymore Show a little faith, there's magic in the night You ain't a beauty, but, hey, you're alright Oh, and that's alright with me You can hide 'neath your covers and study your pain Make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain Waste your summer praying in vain For a saviour to rise from these streets Well now I'm no hero that's understood All the redemption I can offer, girl, is beneath this dirty hood With a chance to make it good somehow Hey what else can we do now? Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair Well the night's busting open These two lanes will take us anywhere We got one last chance to make it real To trade in these wings on some wheels Climb in back, heaven's waiting down on the tracks Oh-oh come take my hand We're riding out tonight to case the promised land Oh-oh Thunder Road oh Thunder Road oh Thunder Road Lying out there like a killer in the sun Hey, I know it's late, we can make it if we run Oh, Thunder Road, sit tight, take hold Thunder Road Well I got this guitar, and I learned how to make it talk And my car's out back if you're ready to take that long walk From your front porch to my front seat The door's open but the ride it ain't free And I know you're lonely for words that I ain't spoken But tonight we'll be free, all the promises'll be broken There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away They haunt this dusty beach road in the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets They scream your name at night in the street Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet And in the lonely cool before dawn You hear their engines roaring on But when you get to the porch they're gone on the wind So Mary, climb in It's a town full of losers And I'm pulling out of here to win -------- 1978 Darkness on the Edge of Town -------- -------- Adam Raised a Cain -------- [Verse 1] In the summer that I was baptized My father held me to his side As they put me to the water He said how on that day I cried [Pre-Chorus 1] We were prisoners of love, a love in chains He was standin' in the door I was standin' in the rain With the same hot blood burning in our veins [Chorus] Adam raised a Cain Adam raised a Cain Adam raised a Cain Adam raised a Cain [Verse 2] All of the old faces Ask you why you're back They fit you with position And the keys to your daddy's Cadillac [Pre-Chorus 2] In the darkness of your room Your mother calls you by your true name You remember the faces, the places, the names You know it's never over it's relentless as the rain [Chorus] Adam raised a Cain Adam raised a Cain Adam raised a Cain Adam raised a Cain [Verse 3] In the Bible brother Cain slew Abel And East of Eden mama he was cast You're born into this life paying For the sins of somebody else's past [Pre-Chorus 3] Daddy worked his whole life for nothing but the pain Now he walks these empty rooms looking for something to blame But you inherit the sins, you inherit the flames [Chorus] Adam raised a Cain Adam raised a Cain Adam raised a Cain Adam raised a Cain Lost but not forgotten, from the dark heart of a dream Adam raised a Cain Adam raised a Cain Adam raised a Cain Adam raised a Cain Adam raised a Cain Adam raised a Cain Adam raised a Cain -------- 1978 Darkness on the Edge of Town -------- -------- Badlands -------- [Verse 1] Lights out tonight, trouble in the heartland Got a head-on collision smashin' in my guts, man I'm caught in a cross fire that I don't understand But there's one thing I know for sure girl I don't give a damn for the same old played out scenes Baby I don't give a damn for just the in betweens Honey, I want the heart, I want the soul, I want control right now You better listen to me baby [Pre-Chorus 1] Talk about a dream, try to make it real You wake up in the night with a fear so real You spend your life waiting for a moment that just don't come Well, don't waste your time waiting [Chorus] Badlands, you gotta live it everyday Let the broken hearts stand as the price you've gotta pay We'll keep pushin' till it's understood And these badlands start treating us good [Verse 2] Workin' in the fields till you get your back burned Workin' 'neath the wheel till you get your facts learned Baby I got my facts learned real good right now You better get it straight darling Poor man wanna be rich, rich man wanna be king And a king ain't satisfied till he rules everything I wanna go out tonight, I wanna find out what I got [Pre-Chorus 2] Well I believe in the love that you gave me I believe in the faith that could save me I believe in the hope and I pray that some day It may raise me above these [Chorus] Badlands, you gotta live it everyday Let the broken hearts stand as the price you've gotta pay We'll keep pushin' till it's understood And these badlands start treating us good [Guitar & Saxophone Solos] [Verse 3] For the ones who had a notion, a notion deep inside That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive I wanna find one face that ain't looking through me I wanna find one place, I wanna spit in the face of these [Chorus] Badlands, you gotta live it everyday Let the broken hearts stand as the price you've gotta pay Keep movin' till it's understood And these badlands start treating us good [Outro] Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa Badlands, whoa whoa whoa whoa Badlands, whoa whoa whoa whoa Badlands, whoa whoa whoa whoa Badlands, whoa whoa whoa whoa Badlands, whoa whoa whoa whoa -------- 1978 Darkness on the Edge of Town -------- -------- Candy's Room -------- [Verse 1] In Candy's room there are pictures of her heroes on the wall But to get to Candy's room you gotta walk the darkness of Candy's hall Strangers from the city call my baby's number and they bring her toys When I come knocking she smiles pretty she knows I wanna be Candy's boy There's a sadness hidden in that pretty face A sadness all her own from which no man can keep Candy safe [Verse 2] We kiss, my heart rushes through my brain And the blood rushes in my veins The fire rushes towards the sky And we go driving, driving deep into the night I go driving deep into the light in Candy's eyes She says baby if you wanna be wild You got a lot to learn, close your eyes Let them melt, let them fire, let them burn 'Cause in the darkness there'll be hidden worlds that shine When I hold Candy close she makes those hidden worlds mine [Guitar Solo] [Bridge] She has fancy clothes and diamond rings She has men who give her anything she wants But they don't see That what she wants is me [Outro] Oh and I want her so I'll never let her go, no no no She knows that I'd give All that I've got to give All that I want, all that I live To make Candy mine Tonight -------- 1978 Darkness on the Edge of Town -------- -------- Darkness on the Edge of Town -------- [Verse 1] Well they're still racing out at the Trestles But that blood it never burned in her veins Now I hear she's got a house up in Fairview And a style she's trying to maintain [Chorus] Well, if she wants to see me You can tell her that I'm easily found Tell her there's a spot out 'neath Abram's Bridge And tell her There's a darkness on the edge of town There's a darkness on the edge of town [Verse 2] Well everybody's got a secret, son Something that they just can't face Some folks spend their whole lives trying to keep it They carry it with them every step that they take [Chorus] Till some day they just cut it loose Cut it loose or let it drag 'em down Where no one asks any questions Or looks too long in your face In the darkness on the edge of town In the darkness on the edge of town [Verse 3] Some folks are born into a good life And other folks get it anyway, anyhow Well then I lost my money and I lost my wife Them things don't seem to matter much to me now [Chorus] Tonight I'll be on that hill 'cause I can't stop I'll be on that hill with everything I got Lives on the line where dreams are found and lost I'll be there on time and I'll pay the cost For wanting things that can only be found In the darkness on the edge of town In the darkness on the edge of town -------- 1978 Darkness on the Edge of Town -------- -------- Factory -------- [Verse 1] Early in the morning factory whistle blows Man rises from bed and puts on his clothes Man takes his lunch, walks out in the morning light It's the working, the working, just the working life [Verse 2] Through the mansions of fear, through the mansions of pain I see my daddy walking through them factory gates in the rain Factory takes his hearing, factory gives him life The working, the working, just the working life [Piano and Organ Solos] [Verse 3] End of the day, factory whistle cries Men walk through these gates with death in their eyes And you just better believe, boy Somebody's gonna get hurt tonight It's the working, the working, just the working life 'Cause it's the working, the working, just the working life -------- 1978 Darkness on the Edge of Town -------- -------- Prove It All Night -------- [Verse 1] I've been working real hard, trying to get my hands clean We'll drive that dusty road from Monroe to Angeline To buy you a gold and a pretty dress of blue Baby just one kiss will get these things for you A kiss to seal our fate tonight A kiss to [Chorus] Prove it all night, prove it all night Girl there's nothing else that we can do Said prove it all night, prove it all night And girl I'll prove it all night for you [Verse 2] Everybody's got a hunger, a hunger they can't resist There's so much that you want, you deserve much more than this But if dreams came true, oh, wouldn't that be nice But this ain't no dream we're living out through the night And girl, you want it, you take it, you pay the price to [Chorus] Prove it all night, prove it all night Prove it all night girl and call the bluff We prove it all night, prove it all night Girl, I prove it all night for your love [Saxophone and Guitar Solos] [Verse 3] Baby, tie your hair back in a long white bow Meet me in the fields behind the dynamo You hear their voices telling you not to go They made their choices and they'll never know What it means to steal, to cheat, to lie What it's like to live and die to [Chorus] Prove it all night, prove it all night There is nothing else that we can do Say prove it all night, prove it all night And girl I prove it all night for you [Outro] I prove it all night, I prove it all night I prove it all night, I prove it all night I prove it all night, I prove it all night I prove it all night, I prove it all night -------- 1978 Darkness on the Edge of Town -------- -------- Racing in the Street -------- [Verse 1] I got a sixty-nine Chevy with a three-niner-six Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor She's waiting tonight down in the parking lot Outside the Seven-Eleven store Me and my partner Sonny built her straight out of scratch And he rides with me from town to town We only run for the money got no strings attached We shut 'em up and then we shut 'em down [Chorus] Tonight, tonight the strip's just right I wanna blow 'em off in my first heat Summer's here and the time is right For racin' in the street [Verse 2] We take all the action we can meet And we cover all the northeast states When the strip shuts down we run 'em in the street From the fire roads to the interstate Now some guys they just give up living And start dying little by little, piece by piece Some guys come home from work and wash up Then go racin' in the street [Chorus] Tonight, tonight the strip's just right I wanna blow 'em all out of their seats We're calling out around the world We're going racin' in the street [Verse 3] I met her on the strip three years ago In a Camaro with this dude from L.A I blew that Camaro off my back and drove that little girl away But now there's wrinkles around my baby's eyes And she cries herself to sleep at night When I come home the house is dark She sighs "Baby did you make it all right" She sits on the porch of her daddy's house But all her pretty dreams are torn She stares off alone into the night With the eyes of one who hates for just being born For all the shut-down strangers and hot rod angels Rumbling through this promised land Tonight my baby and me we're gonna ride to the sea And wash these sins off our hands [Chorus] Tonight tonight the highway's bright Out of our way mister you best keep 'Cause summer's here and the time is right For racin' in the street -------- 1978 Darkness on the Edge of Town -------- -------- Something in the Night -------- [Verse 1] Well I'm riding down Kingsley Figuring I'll get a drink Well I turn the radio up loud So I don't have to think And I take her to the floor Looking for a moment When the world seems right And I tear into the guts Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm Of something in the night [Verse 2] Well you're born with nothing And better off that way Soon as you've got something they send Someone to try and take it away Well you can ride this road till dawn Without another human being in sight Yeah just kids wasted on Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm Something in the night [Bridge] Well nothing is forgotten or forgiven When it's your last time around And I got stuff running 'round my head That I just can't live down [Verse 3] Well we found the things we loved They were crushed and dying in the dirt We tried to pick up the pieces And get away without getting hurt But they caught us at the state line Burned our cars in one last fight And left us running burned and blind Mmm mmm mmm mmm Chasing something in the night -------- 1978 Darkness on the Edge of Town -------- -------- Streets of Fire -------- [Verse 1] When the night's quiet and you don't care anymore And your eyes are tired and there's someone at your door And you realize you wanna let go And the weak lies and the cold walls you embrace Eat at your insides and baby I ain't no liar, I walk [Chorus] Streets of fire Streets of fire Streets of fire Streets of fire [Verse 2] Now I'm wandering, the loser down the track And I'm lyin', but babe I can't go back 'Cause in the darkness I hear somebody call my name And when you realize how they tricked you this time And it's all lies but I'm strung out on the wire In these [Chorus] Streets of fire Streets of fire Streets of fire Streets of fire [Guitar Solo] [Verse 3] I live now, only with strangers I talk to only strangers I walk with angels that have no place And so don't look at my face Don't, don't come around my place 'Cause I'm strung out on the wire 'cross [Chorus] Streets of fire Streets of fire Streets of fire Streets of fire -------- 1978 Darkness on the Edge of Town -------- -------- The Promised Land -------- [Verse 1] On a rattlesnake speedway in the Utah desert I pick up my money and head back into town Driving 'cross the Waynesboro county line I got the radio on and I'm just killing time Working all day in my daddy's garage Driving all night chasing some mirage Pretty soon little girl I'm gonna take charge [Chorus] The dogs on Main Street howl 'cause they understand If I could take one moment into my hands Mister I ain't a boy, no I'm a man And I believe in a promised land [Verse 2] I've done my best to live the right way I get up every morning and go to work each day But your eyes go blind and your blood runs cold Sometimes I feel so weak I just want to explode Explode and tear this whole town apart Take a knife and cut this pain from my heart Find somebody itching for something to start [Chorus] The dogs on Main Street howl 'cause they understand If I could reach one moment into my hands Mister I ain't a boy, no I'm a man And I believe in a promised land [Guitar, Saxophone, and Harmonica Solos] [Verse 3] Well there's a dark cloud rising from the desert floor I packed my bags and I'm heading straight into the storm Gonna be a twister to blow everything down That ain't got the faith to stand its ground Blow away the dreams that tear you apart Blow away the dreams that break your heart Blow away the lies that leave you nothing but lost and brokenhearted [Chorus] The dogs on Main Street howl 'cause they understand If I could take one moment into my hands Mister I ain't a boy, no I'm a man And I believe in a promised land -------- 1980 The River -------- -------- Cadillac Ranch -------- [Verse 1] Well, there she sits buddy just a gleaming in the sun There to greet a working man when his day is done I'm gonna pack my pa and I'm gonna pack my aunt I'm gonna take them down to the Cadillac Ranch [Verse 2] Eldorado fins, whitewalls and skirts Rides just like a little bit of heaven here on earth Well buddy when I die throw my body in the back And drive me to the junkyard in my Cadillac [Chorus 1] Cadillac, Cadillac Long and dark, shiny and black Open up your engines let 'em roar Tearing up the highway like a big old dinosaur [Verse 3] James Dean in that Mercury '49 Junior Johnson runnin' thru the woods of Caroline Even Burt Reynolds in that black Trans-Am All gonna meet down at the Cadillac Ranch [Chorus 1] Cadillac, Cadillac Long and dark, shiny and black Open up your engines let 'em roar Tearing up the highway like a big old dinosaur [Verse 4] Hey, little girlie in the blue jeans so tight Drivin' alone through the Wisconsin night You're my last love baby you're my last chance Don't let 'em take me to the Cadillac Ranch [Chorus 2] Cadillac, Cadillac Long and dark, shiny and black Pulled up to my house today Came and took my little girl away -------- 1980 The River -------- -------- Crush on You -------- [Verse 1] My feet were flying down the street just the other night When a Hong Kong special pulled up at the light What was inside, man, was just c'est magnifique I wanted to hold the bumper and let her drag me down the street [Chorus] Ooh, ooh I got to crush on you Ooh, ooh I got to crush on you Ooh, ooh I got to crush on you tonight [Verse 2] Sometimes I spot a little stranger standing 'cross the room My brain takes a vacation just to give my heart more room For one kiss, darling I swear everything I would give Cause you're a walking, talking reason to live [Chorus] Ooh, ooh I got to crush on you Ooh, ooh I got to crush on you Ooh, ooh I got to crush on you tonight [Verse 3] Well now she might be the talk of high society She's probably got a lousy personality She might be a heiress to Rockefeller She might be a waitress or a bank teller She makes the Venus de Milo look like she's got no style She makes Sheena of the Jungle look meek and mild I need a quick shot, Doc, knock me off my feet Cause I'll be minding my own business walking down the street... watchout! [Chorus] Ooh, ooh I got to crush on you Ooh, ooh I got to crush on you Ooh, ooh I got to crush on you tonight -------- 1980 The River -------- -------- Drive All Night -------- [Verse 1] When I lost you, honey Sometimes I think I lost my guts too And I wish God would send me a word Send me something I'm afraid to lose Lying in the heat of the night like prisoners all our lives I get shivers down my spine, girl And all I wanna do is hold you tight [Chorus] Baby, baby, baby I swear I'll drive all night again just to buy you some shoes And to taste your tender charms And I just wanna sleep tonight again in your arms [Verse 2] Tonight there's fallen angels And they're waiting for us down in the street And tonight there's calling strangers Hear them crying in defeat Let them go, let them go Let them go do their dances of the dead (Let 'em go right ahead) You just dry your eyes And come on come on come on Let's go to bed [Chorus] Baby, baby, baby I swear I'll drive all night again just to buy you some shoes And to taste your tender charms And I just wanna sleep tonight again in your arms [Verse 3] There's machines and there's fire, baby Waiting on the edge of town They're out there for hire But baby, they can't hurt us now Cause you've got, you've got You've got my love, girl, you've got my love Through the wind, through the rain, the snow, the wind, the rain You've got, you've got my, my love Oh girl, you've got my love You've got my love Oh girl, you've got my love You've got my love Oh girl, you've got my love You've got my love, heart, and soul Heart and soul Heart and soul Heart and soul Don't worry, darling Don't cry now Baby, don't cry now No, don't cry now Oh, don't cry now Just dry your eyes, baby Dry your eyes Baby, I'll drive all night I swear I'll drive all night Through the wind Through the rain Through the snow Through the rain Through the wind Through the snow Through the rain I swear I'll drive all night I swear I'll drive all night -------- 1980 The River -------- -------- Fade Away -------- [Verse 1] Well now you say you've found another man who does things to you that I can't And that no matter what I do it's all over now Between me and you girl But I can't believe what you say No I can't believe what you say Cause baby [Chorus] I don't want to fade away Oh I don't wanna fade away Tell me what can I do what can I say Cause darling I don't wanna fade away [Verse 2] Well now you say that you've made up your mind It's been such a long, long time since it's been good with us And that somewhere back along the line you lost your love and I lost your trust Now rooms that once were so bright are filled with the coming night, darling [Chorus] I don't want to fade away Oh I don't wanna fade away Tell me what can I do what can I say Cause darling I don't wanna fade away [Verse 3] You say it's not easy for you And that you've been so lonely While other girls go out doing what they want to do You say that you miss the nights when we'd go out dancing The days when you and I walked as two Well girl I miss them too Oh I swear that I do Oh girl [Verse 4] Now baby I don't wanna be just another useless memory holding you tight Or just some other ghost out on the street to whom you stop and politely speak When you pass on by vanishing into the night Left to vanish into the night No baby [Chorus] I don't want to fade away Oh I don't wanna fade away Tell me what can I do what can I say Cause darling I don't wanna fade away No darlin' I don't wanna fade away No, I don't wanna fade away Tell me what can I do what can I say Oh darlin' I don't wanna fade away Don't make me darling I don't wanna fade away Don't make me darling I don't wanna fade away I don't wanna fade away I don't wanna fade away I don't wanna fade away -------- 1980 The River -------- -------- Hungry Heart -------- [Verse 1] Got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack I went out for a ride and I never went back Like a river that don't know where it's flowing I took a wrong turn and I just kept going [Chorus] Everybody's got a hungry heart Everybody's got a hungry heart Lay down your money and you play your part Everybody's got a hungry heart [Verse 2] I met her in a Kingstown bar We fell in love I knew it had to end We took what we had and we ripped it apart Now here I am down in Kingstown again [Chorus] Everybody's got a hungry heart Everybody's got a hungry heart Lay down your money and you play your part Everybody's got a hungry heart [Verse 3] Everybody needs a place to rest Everybody wants to have a home Don't make no difference what nobody says Ain't nobody like to be alone [Chorus] Everybody's got a hungry heart Everybody's got a hungry heart Lay down your money and you play your part Everybody's got a hungry heart -------- 1980 The River -------- -------- I Wanna Marry You -------- [Verse 1] I see you walking, baby, down the street Pushing that baby carriage at your feet I see that lonely ribbon in your hair Tell me am I the man for whom you put it there You never smile girl, you never speak You just walk on by, darling, week after week Raising two kids alone in this mixed up world Must be a lonely life for a working girl [Chorus] Little girl, I wanna marry you Oh yeah, little girl, I wanna marry you Yes I do Little girl, I wanna marry you [Verse 2] Now, honey, I don't wanna clip your wings But a time comes when two people should think of these things Having a home and a family Facing up to their responsibilities They say in the end true love prevails But in the end true love can't be some fairytale To say I'll make your dreams come true would be wrong But maybe, darling, I could help them along [Chorus] Little girl, I wanna marry you Oh yeah, little girl, I wanna marry you Yes I do Little girl, I wanna marry you [Bridge] My daddy said right before he died That true, true love was just a lie He went to his grave a broken heart An unfulfilled life, makes a man hard [Verse 3] Oh darling There's something happy and there's something sad 'Bout wanting somebody, oh so bad I wear my love darling, without shame I'd be proud if you would wear my name [Chorus] Little girl, I wanna marry you Oh yeah, little girl, I wanna marry you Yes I do Little girl, I wanna marry you Little girl, I wanna marry you Oh yeah, little girl, I wanna marry you Yes I do Little girl, I wanna marry you -------- 1980 The River -------- -------- I'm a Rocker -------- [Verse 1] I got a 007 watch and it's a one and only It's got a I-Spy beeper that tells me when you're lonely I got a Batmobile so I can reach ya' in a fast shake When your world's in crisis of an impending heartbreak [Chorus] Now don't you call James Bond or Secret Agent Man Cause they can't do it, like I can I'm a rocker, baby, I'm a rocker - every day I'm a rocker, baby, I'm a rocker [Verse 2] If you're hanging from a cliff or you're tied to the tracks, girl Columbo split and you can't find Kojak True love is broken and your tears are falling faster You're suffering from a pain in your heart or some other natural disaster [Chorus] Now I don't care what kind of shape you're in If they put up a roadblock, I'll parachute in I'm a rocker, baby, I'm a rocker - I'm in love I'm a rocker, baby, I'm a rocker - every day I'm a rocker, baby, I'm a rocker - with you [Verse 3] So you fell for some jerk who was tall, dark and handsome Then he kidnapped your heart and now he's holding it for ransom Well, like a mission impossible I'm gonna go and get it back You know I would have taken better care of it, baby, than that [Chorus] Sometimes I get so hot girl, well, I can't talk But when I'm with you I cool off, and I walk I'm a rocker, baby, I'm a rocker, and I talk I'm a rocker, baby, I'm a rocker, every day I'm a rocker, baby, I'm a rocker, every day -------- 1980 The River -------- -------- Independence Day -------- [Verse 1] Well Papa go to bed now it's getting late Nothing we can say is gonna change anything now I'll be leaving in the morning from St. Mary's Gate We wouldn't change this thing even if we could somehow Cause the darkness of this house has got the best of us There's a darkness in this town that's got us too But they can't touch me now And you can't touch me now They ain't gonna do to me What I watched them do to you [Chorus] So say goodbye it's Independence Day It's Independence Day All down the line Just say goodbye it's Independence Day It's Independence Day this time [Verse 2] Now I don't know what it always was with us We chose the words, and yeah, we drew the lines There was just no way this house could hold the two of us I guess that we were just too much of the same kind [Chorus] Well say goodbye it's Independence Day It's Independence Day all boys must run away So say goodbye it's Independence Day All men must make their way come Independence Day [Verse 3] Now the rooms are all empty down at Frankie's joint And the highway she's deserted clear down to Breaker's Point There's a lot of people leaving town now Leaving their friends, their homes At night they walk that dark and dusty highway all alone Well Papa go to bed now, it's getting late Nothing we can say can change anything now Because there's just different people coming down here now and they see things in different ways And soon everything we've known will just be swept away [Chorus] So say goodbye it's Independence Day Papa now I know the things you wanted that you could not say But won't you just say goodbye it's Independence Day I swear I never meant to take those things away -------- 1980 The River -------- -------- Jackson Cage -------- [Verse 1] Driving home she grabs something to eat Turns a corner and drives down her street Into a row of houses she just melts away Like the scenery in another man's play Into a house where the blinds are closed To keep from seeing things she don't wanna know She pulls the blinds and looks out on the street The cool of the night takes the edge off the heat [Chorus] In the Jackson Cage Down in the Jackson Cage You can try with all your might But you're reminded every night That you been judged and handed life Down in the Jackson Cage [Verse 2] Every day ends in wasted motion Just crossed swords on the killing floor To settle back is to settle without knowing The hard edge that you're settling for Because there's always just one more day And it's always gonna be that way Little girl you've been down here so long I can tell by the way that you move you belong to [Chorus] The Jackson Cage Down in Jackson Cage And it don't matter just what you say Are you tough enough to play the game they play Or will you just do your time and fade away Down into the Jackson Cage [Verse 3] Baby there's nights when I dream of a better world But I wake up so downhearted girl I see you feeling so tired and confused I wonder what it's worth to me or you Just waiting to see some sun Never knowing if that day will ever come Left alone standing out on the street Till you become the hand that turns the key down in [Chorus] Jackson Cage Down in Jackson Cage Well darling can you understand The way that they will turn a man Into a stranger to waste away Down in the Jackson Cage -------- 1980 The River -------- -------- Out in the Street -------- [Verse 1] Put on your best dress baby And darling, fix your hair up right Cause there's a party, honey Way down beneath the neon lights All day you've been working that hard line Now tonight you're gonna have a good time [Verse 2] I work five days a week girl Loading crates down on the dock I take my hard earned money And meet my girl down on the block And Monday when the foreman calls time I've already got Friday on my mind When that whistle blows Girl, I'm down the street I'm home, I'm out of my work clothes [Chorus] When I'm out in the street I walk the way I wanna walk When I'm out in the street I talk the way I wanna talk When I'm out in the street When I'm out in the street [Verse 3] When I'm out in the street, girl Well, I never feel alone When I'm out in the street, girl In the crowd I feel at home The black and whites they cruise by And they watch us from the corner of their eye But there ain't no doubt girl, down here We ain't gonna take what they're handing out [Chorus] When I'm out in the street I walk the way I wanna walk When I'm out in the street I talk the way I wanna talk Baby, out in the street I don't feel sad or blue Baby, out in the street I'll be waiting for you When the whistle blows Girl, I'm down the street I'm home, I'm out of my work clothes [Chorus] When I'm out in the street I walk the way I wanna walk When I'm out in the street I talk the way I wanna talk When I'm out in the street Pretty girls, they're all passing by When I'm out in the street From the corner, we give them the eye Baby, out in the street I just feel all right Meet me out in the street, little girl, tonight Meet me out in the street Meet me out in the street Meet me out in the street Meet me out in the street Meet me out in the street Meet me out in the street I'm talking out in the street Meet me out in the street Meet me out in the street Meet me out in the street I'm talking out in the street -------- 1980 The River -------- -------- Point Blank -------- Do you still say your prayers, little darling? Do you go to bed at night Praying that tomorrow Everything will be alright? But tomorrows fall in number In number one by one You wake up and you're dying You don't even know what from Well, they shot you point blank You been shot in the back Baby, point blank You been fooled this time, little girl, that's a fact Right between the eyes Baby, point blank Right between the pretty lies that they tell Little girl, you fell You grew up where young girls They grow up fast You took what you were handed And left behind what was asked But what they asked, baby, wasn't right You didn't have to live that life I was gonna be your Romeo You were gonna be my Juliet These days you don't wait on Romeos You wait on that welfare cheque And on all the pretty little things that you can never have And all the promises That always end up point blank Shot between the eyes Point blank Like little white lies you tell to ease the pain You're walking in the sights, girl Of point blank And it's one false move And baby, the lights go out Once I dreamed we were together again Baby, you and me Back home in those old clubs The way we used to be We were standing at the bar It was hard to hear The band was playing loud And you were shouting something in my ear You pulled my jacket off And as the drummer counted four You grabbed my hand And pulled me out on the floor You just stood there and held me Then you started dancing slow And as I pulled you tighter I swore I'd never let you go Well, I saw you last night Down on the avenue Your face was in the shadows But I knew that it was you You were standing in the doorway Out of the rain You didn't answer When I called out your name You just turned and then you looked away Like just another stranger waiting to get blown away Point blank Right between the eyes Point blank Right between the pretty lies you fell Point blank Shot straight through the heart Yeah, point blank You've been twisted up 'Til you've become just another part of it Point blank You're walking in the sights Point blank Living one false move Just one false move away Point blank They caught you in their sights Point blank Did you forget how to love, girl? Did you forget how to fight? Point blank They must have shot you in the head 'Cause point blank Bang bang, baby, you're dead -------- 1980 The River -------- -------- Ramrod -------- [Verse] Hey, little dolly with the blue jeans on I want to ramrod with you honey, till half-past dawn Let your hair down mama and pick up this beat Come on and meet me tonight down on Bluebird Street I've been working all week, I'm up to my neck in hock Come Saturday night I let my ramrod rock She's a hot stepping hemi with a four on the floor She's a roadrunner engine in a '32 Ford Late at night when I'm dead on the line I swear I think of your pretty face when I let her unwind Well look over yonder see them city lights Come on little dolly 'n' go ramrodding tonight [Bridge] Come on, come on, come on little baby Come on, come on let's shake it tonight Come on, come on, come on little sugar Dance with your daddy and we'll go ramrodding tonight [Outro] Hey, little dolly won't you say you will Meet me tonight up on top of the hill Well just a few miles cross the county line There's a cute little chapel nestled down in the pines Say you'll be mine little girl I'll put my foot to the floor Give me the word now sugar, we'll go ramrodding forever more -------- 1980 The River -------- -------- Sherry Darling -------- [Verse 1] Your Mamma's yapping in the back seat Tell her to push over and move them big feet Every Monday morning I gotta drive her down to the unemployment agency Well this morning I ain't fighting tell her I give up Tell her she wins if she'll just shut up But it's the last time that she's gonna be riding with me [Chorus] You can tell her there's a hot sun beating on the black top She keeps talking she'll be walking that last block She can take a subway back to the ghetto tonight Well I got some beer and the highway's free And I got you, and baby you've got me Hey, hey, hey what you say Sherry Darling [Verse 2] Now there's girls melting on the beach And they're so fine but so far out of reach Cause I'm stuck in traffic down here on 53rd street Now Sherry my love for you is real But I didn't count on this package deal And baby this car just ain't big enough for her and me [Chorus] You can tell her there's a hot sun beating on the black top She keeps talking she'll be walking that last block She can take a subway back to the ghetto tonight Well I got some beer and the highway's free And I got you, and baby you've got me Hey, hey, hey what you say Sherry Darling [Verse 3] Well let there be sunlight, let there be rain Let my broken heart love again Sherry we can run with our arms open wide before the tide To all the girls down at Sacred Heart And all you operators back in the Park Say hey, hey, hey what you say Sherry Darling Say, hey, hey, what you say Sherry Darling Say, hey, hey, hey, what you say Sherry Darling -------- 1980 The River -------- -------- Stolen Car -------- I met a little girl and I settled down In a little house out on the edge of town We got married, and swore we'd never part Then little by little we drifted from each other's hearts At first I thought it was just restlessness That would fade as time went by and our love grew deep In the end it was something more I guess That tore us apart and made us weep And I'm driving a stolen car Down on Eldridge Avenue Each night I wait to get caught But I never do She asked if I remembered the letters I wrote When our love was young and bold She said last night she read those letters And they made her feel one hundred years old And I'm driving a stolen car On a pitch black night And I'm telling myself I'm gonna be alright But I ride by night and I travel in fear That in this darkness I will disappear -------- 1980 The River -------- -------- The Price You Pay -------- [Verse 1] 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 night 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 [Verse 2] Now they'd come so far and they'd waited so long Just to end up caught in a dream where everything goes wrong Where the dark of night holds back the light of the day And you've gotta stand and fight for 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 [Verse 3] 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 [Outro] 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 men fallen away to the price you pay, and girl before the end of the day I'm going to tear it down and throw it away -------- 1980 The River -------- -------- The River -------- [Harmonica intro] [Verse 1] I come from down in the valley Where, mister, when you're young They bring you up to do like your daddy done Me and Mary we met in high school When she was just seventeen We'd ride out of this valley down to where the fields were green [Chorus 1] We'd go down to the river And into the river we'd dive Oh, down to the river we'd ride [Verse 2] Then I got Mary pregnant And man, that was all she wrote And for my nineteenth birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat We went down to the courthouse And the judge put it all to rest No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle No flowers, no wedding dress [Chorus 2] That night we went down to the river And into the river we'd dive Oh, down to the river we did ride Ah-yah [Harmonica solo] [Verse 3] I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company But lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy Now all them things that seemed so important Well, mister, they vanished right into the air Now I just act like I don't remember And Mary acts like she don't care [Bridge] But I remember us riding in my brother's car Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir At night on them banks I'd lie awake And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take Now those memories come back to haunt me They haunt me like a curse Is a dream a lie if it don't come true Or is it something worse [Chorus 3] That sends me down to the river Though I know the river is dry That sends me down to the river tonight Ah-yah-yah Down to the river My baby and I Oh, down to the river we ride Ah-yah-ay [Ad-libs] Ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh Ooh Ooh, ooh Ooh [Instrumental outro until fade-out] -------- 1980 The River -------- -------- The Ties That Bind -------- [Verse 1] You been hurt, and you're all cried out, you say You walk down the street pushing people outta your way You packed your bags and all alone you wanna ride You don't want nothing, don't need no one by your side You're walking tough, baby, but you're walking blind To the ties that bind [Chorus] The ties that bind Now you can't break the ties that bind [Verse 2] Cheap romance, it's all just a crutch You don't want nothing that anybody can touch You're so afraid of being somebody's fool Not walking tough baby, not walking cool You walk cool, but darling, can you walk the line And face the ties that bind? [Chorus] The ties that bind Now you can't break the ties that bind [Bridge] Whoa, I I'd rather feel the hurt inside Yes, I would darling Than know Know the emptiness your heart must hide Yes, I would, darling Yes, I would, darling Yes, I would, baby [Saxophone Solo] [Verse 3] You sit and wonder just who's gonna stop the rain Who'll ease the sadness? Who's gonna quiet your pain? It's a long dark highway and a thin white line Connecting, baby, your heart to mine We're running now, but, darling, we will stand in time To face the ties that bind [Chorus] The ties that bind Now you can't break the ties that bind You can't forsake the ties that bind Whoa -------- 1980 The River -------- -------- Two Hearts -------- [Verse 1] I went out walking the other day Seen a little girl crying along the way She'd been hurt so bad said she'd never love again Someday your crying, girl will end And you'll find once again [Chorus] Two hearts are better than one Two hearts girl get the job done Two hearts are better than one [Verse 2] Once I spent my time playing tough guy scenes But I was living in a world of childish dreams Someday these childish dreams must end To become a man and grow up to dream again Now I believe in the end [Chorus] Two hearts are better than one Two hearts girl get the job done Two hearts are better than one [Verse 3] Sometimes it might seem like it was planned For you to roam empty hearted through this land Though the world turns you hard and cold There's one thing mister, that I know That's if you think your heart is stone And that you're rough enough to whip this world alone Alone buddy there ain't no peace of mind That's why I'll keep searching till I find my special one [Chorus] Two hearts are better than one Two hearts girl get the job done Two hearts are better than one Two hearts are better than one Two hearts girl get the job done Two hearts are better than one Two hearts are better than one Ooh -------- 1980 The River -------- -------- Wreck on the Highway -------- [Verse 1] Last night I was out driving Coming home at the end of the working day I was riding alone through the drizzling rain On a deserted stretch of a county two-lane When I came upon a wreck on the highway [Verse 2] There was blood and glass all over And there was nobody there but me As the rain tumbled down hard and cold I seen a young man lying by the side of the road He cried, "Mister, won't you help me please?" [Verse 3] An ambulance finally came and took him to Riverside I watched as they drove him away And I thought of a girlfriend or a young wife And a state trooper knocking in the middle of the night To say your baby died in a wreck on the highway [Verse 4] Sometimes I sit up in the darkness And I watch my baby as she sleeps Then I climb in bed and I hold her tight I just lay there awake in the middle of the night Thinking 'bout the wreck on the highway -------- 1980 The River -------- -------- You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) -------- [Verse 1] Yesterday I went shopping buddy down to the mall Looking for something pretty I could hang on my wall I knocked over a lamp before it hit the floor I caught it A salesman turned around said, "boy, you break that thing you bought it" [Chorus] You can look but you better not touch boy You can look but you better not touch Mess around and you'll end up in dutch boy You can look but you better not, no you better not, no you better not touch [Verse 2] Well I came home from work and I switched on Channel 5 There was a pretty little girly looking straight into my eyes Well I watched as she wiggled back and forth across the screen She didn't get me excited she just made me feel mean [Chorus] You can look but you better not touch boy You can look but you better not touch Mess around and you'll end up in dutch boy You can look but you better not, no you better not, no you better not touch [Verse 3] Well I called up Dirty Annie on the telephone I took her out to the drive-in just to get her alone I found a lover's rendezvous, the music low, set to park I heard a tapping on the window and a voice in the dark [Chorus] You can look but you better not touch boy You can look but you better not touch Mess around and you'll end up in dutch boy You can look but you better not, no you better not, no you better not touch -------- 1982 Nebraska -------- -------- Atlantic City -------- [Verse 1] Well, they blew up the chicken man in Philly last night And they blew up his house, too Down on the boardwalk, they're getting ready for a fight Gonna see what them racket boys can do Now there's trouble busing in from out of state And the D.A. can't get no relief Gonna be a rumble out on the promenade And the gambling commission's hanging on by the skin of its teeth [Chorus] Well, now, everything dies, baby, that's a fact But maybe everything that dies someday comes back Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty And meet me tonight in Atlantic City [Verse 2] Well, I got a job and tried to put my money away But I got debts that no honest man can pay So I drew what I had from the Central Trust And I bought us two tickets on that Coast City bus [Chorus] Well, now, everything dies, baby, that's a fact But maybe everything that dies someday comes back Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty And meet me tonight in Atlantic City [Bridge] Now, our luck may have died, and our love may be cold But with you, forever, I'll stay We're going out where the sand's turning to gold So put on your stockings, baby, 'cause the night's getting cold [Chorus] And everything dies, baby, that's a fact But maybe everything that dies someday comes back [Verse 3] Now I been looking for a job, but it's hard to find Down here, it's just winners and losers and "Don't get caught on the wrong side of that line" Well, I'm tired of coming out on the losing end So, honey, last night, I met this guy, and I'm gonna do a little favor for him [Chorus] Well, now, everything dies, baby, that's a fact But maybe everything that dies someday comes back Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty And meet me tonight in Atlantic City -------- 1982 Nebraska -------- -------- Highway Patrolman -------- [Verse 1] My name is Joe Roberts, I work for the state I'm a sergeant out of Perrineville Barracks Number 8 I always done an honest job--as honest as I could I got a brother named Frankie, and Frankie ain't no good Now, ever since we was young kids, it's been the same comedown I get a call on the shortwave: Frankie's in trouble downtown Well, if it was any other man, I'd put him straight away But when it's your brother, sometimes, you look the other way [Chorus 1] Me and Frankie laughing and drinking, nothing feels better than blood on blood Taking turns dancing with Maria as the band played "Night of the Johnstown Flood" I catch him when he's straying, like any brother would A man turns his back on his family, well, he just ain't no good [Verse 2] Well, Frankie went in the army back in 1965 I got a farm deferment, settled down, took Maria for my wife But them wheat prices kept on dropping 'til it was like we were getting robbed Frankie came home in '68, and me, I took this job [Chorus 2] Yeah, we're laughing and drinking, nothing feels better than blood on blood Taking turns dancing with Maria as the band played "Night of the Johnstown Flood" I catch him when he's straying, teach him how to walk that line A man turns his back on his family, he ain't no friend of mine [Verse 3] Well, the night was like any other, I got a call 'bout quarter to nine There was trouble in a roadhouse out on the Michigan line There was a kid lying on the floor, looking bad, bleeding hard from his head There was a girl crying at a table, and it was Frank, they said Well, I went out and I jumped in my car, and I hit the lights Well, I must've done one hundred and ten through Michigan County that night It was out at the crossroads, down 'round Willow Bank Seen a Buick with Ohio plates; behind the wheel was Frank Well, I chased him through them county roads 'Til a sign said "Canadian border, five miles from here" I pulled over on the side of the highway and watched his taillights disappear [Chorus 1] Me and Frankie laughing and drinking, nothing feels better than blood on blood Taking turns dancing with Maria as the band played "Night of the Johnstown Flood" I catch him when he's straying, like any brother would A man turns his back on his family, well, he just ain't no good -------- 1982 Nebraska -------- -------- Johnny 99 -------- Well they closed down the auto plant in Mahwah late last month Ralph went out lookin' for a job but he couldn't find none He came home too drunk from mixin' Tanqueray and wine He got a gun shot a night clerk now they call'm Johnny 99 Down in the part of town where when you hit a red light you don't stop Johnny's wavin' his gun around and threatenin' to blow his top When an off-duty cop snuck up on him from behind Out in front of the Club Tip Top they slapped the cuffs on Johnny 99 Well the city supplied a public defender but the judge was Mean John Brown He came into the courtroom and stared poor Johnny down Well the evidence is clear gonna let the sentence son fit the crime Prison for ninety eight and a year and we'll call it even Johnny 99 A fist fight broke out in the courtroom they had to drag Johnny's girl away His mama stood up and shouted "Judge don't take my boy this way" Well son you got any statement you'd like to make Before the bailiff comes to forever take you away Now judge, judge I got debts no honest man could pay The bank was holdin' my mortgage and takin' my house away Now I ain't sayin' that made me an innocent man But it was more 'n all this that put that gun in my hand Well your honor I do believe I'd be better off dead And if you can take a man's life for the thoughts that's in his head Then won't you sit back in that chair and think it over judge one more time? And let 'em shave off my hair and put me on that execution line -------- 1982 Nebraska -------- -------- Mansion on the Hill -------- There's a place out on the edge of town, sir Rising above the factories and the fields Now ever since I was a child I can remember That mansion on the hill In the day you can see the children playing On the road that leads to those gates of hardened steel Steel gates that completely surround, sir The mansion on the hill At night my daddy'd take me and we'd ride Through the streets of a town so silent and still Park on a back road along the highway side Look up at that mansion on the hill In the summer all the lights would shine There'd be music playing people laughing all the time Me and my sister, we'd hide out in the tall corn fields Sit and listen to the mansion on the hill Tonight down here in Linden Town I watch the cars rushing by far from the mill There's a beautiful full moon rising Above the mansion on the hill -------- 1982 Nebraska -------- -------- My Father's House -------- [Verse] Last night I dreamed that I was a child Out where the pines grow wild and tall I was trying to make it home through the forest Before the darkness falls I heard the wind rustling through the trees And ghostly voices rose from the fields I ran with my heart pounding down that broken path With the devil snappin' at my heels I broke through the trees and there in the night My father's house stood shining hard And bright the branches and brambles tore My clothes and scratched my arms But I ran 'till I fell shaking in his arms I awoke and I imagined the hard things that pulled us apart Will never again Sir tear us from each other's hearts I got dressed and to that house I did ride from out on the road I could see Its windows shining in light I walked up the steps and stood on the porch a woman I didn't recognize came and spoke to me Through a chained door I told her my story and who I'd come for She said "I'm sorry son but no one by that name Lives here anymore" My father's house shines hard and bright It stands like a beacon calling me in the night Calling and calling so cold and alone Shining 'cross this dark highway Where our sins lie unatoned -------- 1982 Nebraska -------- -------- Nebraska -------- [Verse] I saw her standing on her front lawn just twirling her baton Me and her went for a ride, sir, and ten innocent people died From the town of Lincoln, Nebraska, with a sawed-off .410 on my lap Through to the badlands of Wyoming I killed everything in my path I can't say that I'm sorry for the things that we done At least for a little while, sir, me and her we had us some fun The jury brought in a guilty verdict and the judge he sentenced me to death Midnight in a prison storeroom with leather straps across my chest Sheriff, when the man pulls that switch, sir, and snaps my poor head back You make sure my pretty baby is sittin right there on my lap They declared me unfit to live, said into that great void my soul'd be hurled They wanted to know why I did what I did Well, sir, I guess there's just a meanness in this world -------- 1982 Nebraska -------- -------- Open All Night -------- [Verse 1] I had the carburetor cleaned and checked With her line blown out she's hummin' like a turbojet Propped her up in the backyard on concrete blocks For a new clutch plate and a new set of shocks Took her down to the carwash check the plugs and points I'm goin' out tonight I'm gonna rock that joint [Verse 2] Early north Jersey industrial skyline I'm a all set cobra jet creepin' through the nighttime Gotta find a gas station gotta find a payphone This turnpike sure is spooky at night when you're all alone Gotta hit the gas baby I'm runnin' late This New Jersey in the mornin' like a lunar landscape [Verse 3] The boss don't dig me so he put me on the nightshift It takes me two hours to get back to where my baby lives In the wee wee hours your mind gets hazy Radio relay towers won't you lead me to my baby Underneath the overpass trooper hits his party light switch Goodnight good luck one two powershift [Verse 4] I met Wanda when she was employed Behind the counter at the route 60 Bob's Big Boy Fried Chicken on the front seat she's sittin' in my lap We're wipin' our fingers on a Texaco roadmap I remember Wanda up on scrap metal hill With them big brown eyes that make your heart stand still [Instrumental break] [Verse 5] 5 A.M. oil pressure's sinkin' fast I make a pit stop wipe the windshield check the gas Gotta call my baby on the telephone Let her know that her daddy's comin' on home Sit tight little mamma I'm comin' round I got 3 more hours but I'm coverin' ground [Verse 6] Your eyes get itchy in the wee wee hours Sun's just a red ball risin' over them refinery towers Radio's jammed up with gospel stations Lost souls callin' long distance salvation Hey Mr. DJ won't ya hear my last prayer Hey ho rock 'n' roll deliver me from nowhere -------- 1982 Nebraska -------- -------- Reason to Believe -------- [Verse 1] Seen a man standing over a dead dog Lying by the highway in a ditch He's looking down kinda puzzled Poking that dog with a stick Got his car door flung open He's standing out on Highway 31 Like if he stood there long enough That dog'd get up and run [Refrain] Struck me kinda funny Seemed kinda funny, sir, to me Still, at the end of every hard day People find some reason to believe [Verse 2] Now, Mary Lou loved Johnny With a love mean and true She said, "Baby, I'll work for you everyday" And bring my money home to you One day, he up and left her And ever since that She waits down at the end of that dirt road For young Johnny to come back [Refrain] Struck me kinda funny Funny, yeah, indeed How at the end of every hard-earned day People find some reason to believe [Harmonica] [Verse 3] Take a baby to the river "Kyle William," they called him Wash the baby in the water Take away little Kyle's sin In a whitewashed shotgun shack An old man passes away Take the body to the graveyard And over him, they pray [Refrain] Lord, won't you tell us Tell us--what does it mean? At the end of every hard-earned day People find some reason to believe [Verse 4] Congregation gathers Down by the riverside Preacher stands with a bible Groom stands waiting for his bride Congregation gone and the sun sets Behind a weeping willow tree Groom stands alone and watches the river rush on So effortlessly [Refrain] Wondering Where can his baby be Still, at the end of every hard-earned day People find some reason to believe -------- 1982 Nebraska -------- -------- State Trooper -------- [Verse 1] New Jersey turnpike, ridin' on a wet night 'Neath the refinery's glow, out where the great black rivers flow License, registration, I ain't got none But I got a clear conscience 'bout the things that I done [Chorus] Mister state trooper, please don't stop me Please don't stop me, please don't stop me [Verse 2] Maybe you got a kid, maybe you got a pretty wife The only thing that I got's been botherin' me my whole life [Chorus] Mister state trooper, please don't stop me Please don't stop me, please don't stop me [Verse 3] In the wee, wee hours, your mind gets hazy Radio relay towers gon' lead me to my baby Radio's jammed up with talk show stations It's just talk, talk, talk, talk, till you lose your patience [Chorus] Mister state trooper, please don't stop me [Outro] Hey, somebody out there, listen to my last prayer Hi ho silver-o, deliver me from nowhere Hi ho -------- 1982 Nebraska -------- -------- Used Cars -------- [Verse] My little sister's in the front seat with an ice cream cone My ma's in the backseat sittin' all alone As my pa steers her slow out of the lot for a test drive down Michigan Avenue Now my ma she fingers her wedding band And watches the salesman stare at my old man's hands He's tellin' us all 'bout the break he'd give us if he could but he just can't Well if I could I swear I know just what I'd do Now mister the day the lottery I win I ain't ever gonna ride in no used car again Now the neighbors come from near and far As we pull up in our brand new used car I wish he'd just hit the gas and let out a cry and tell 'em all they can kiss our asses goodbye My dad he sweats the same job from mornin' to mornin' Me I walk home on the same dirty streets where I was born Up the block I can hear my little sister in the front seat blowin' that horn The sounds echo'in all down Michigan Avenue Now mister the day my number comes in I ain't ever gonna ride in no used car again -------- 1984 Born in the U.S.A. -------- -------- Bobby Jean -------- [Verse 1] Well, I came by your house the other day Your mother said you went away She said there was nothing that I could have done There was nothing nobody could say Me and you, we've known each other Yeah, ever since we were sixteen I wished I would have known I wished I could have called you Just to say "Goodbye, Bobby Jean" [Verse 2] Now you hung with me when all the others turned away turned up their nose We liked the same music We liked the same bands We liked the same clothes We told each other that we were the wildest The wildest things we'd ever seen Now I wished you would have told me I wished I could have talked to you Just to say "Goodbye, Bobby Jean" [Bridge] Now we went walking in the rain Talking about the pain from the world we hid Now there ain't nobody, nowhere, nohow Gonna ever understand me the way you did [Verse 3] Well maybe you'll be out there on that road somewhere In some bus or train traveling along In some motel room there'll be a radio playing And you'll hear me sing this song Well if you do, you'll know I'm thinking of you And all the miles in between And I'm just calling one last time, not to change your mind But just to say "I miss you baby. Good luck. Goodbye, Bobby Jean" -------- 1984 Born in the U.S.A. -------- -------- Born in the U.S.A. -------- [Verse 1] Born down in a dead man's town The first kick I took was when I hit the ground You end up like a dog that's been beat too much 'Til you spend half your life just coverin' up [Chorus] Born in the U.S.A I was born in the U.S.A I was born in the U.S.A Born in the U.S.A [Verse 2] Got in a little hometown jam So they put a rifle in my hand Sent me off to a foreign land To go and kill the yellow man [Chorus] Born in the U.S.A I was born in the U.S.A I was born in the U.S.A I was born in the U.S.A [Verse 3] Come back home to the refinery Hiring man says, "Son if it was up to me" Went down to see my V.A. man He said, "Son, don't you understand" [Verse 4] I had a brother at Khe Sanh Fighting off the Viet Cong They're still there, he's all gone He had a woman he loved in Saigon I got a picture of him in her arms now [Verse 5] Down in the shadow of the penitentiary Out by the gas fires of the refinery I'm ten years burning down the road Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go [Chorus] Born in the U.S.A I was born in the U.S.A. now Born in the U.S.A I'm a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A. now Born in the U.S.A Born in the U.S.A Born in the U.S.A I'm a cool rockin' Daddy in the U.S.A. now -------- 1984 Born in the U.S.A. -------- -------- Cover Me -------- [Verse 1] The times are tough now, just getting tougher This old world is rough, it's just getting rougher Cover me, come on baby, cover me [Chorus 1] Well I'm looking for a lover who will come on in and cover me [Verse 2] Promise me baby you won't let them find us Hold me in your arms, let's let our love blind us Cover me, shut the door and cover me [Chorus 1] Well I'm looking for a lover who will come on in and cover me [Chorus 2] Outside's the rain, the driving snow I can hear the wild wind blowing Turn out the light, bolt the door I ain't going out there no more [Verse 3] This whole world is out there just trying to score I've seen enough; I don't want to see any more Cover me, come on and cover me [Chorus 1] Well I'm looking for a lover who will come on in and cover me [Chorus 2] Outside's the rain, the driving snow I can hear the wild wind blowing Turn out the light, bolt the door I ain't going out there no more [Chorus 1] Well I'm looking for a lover who will come on in and cover me Well I'm looking for a lover who will come on in and cover me Well I'm looking for a lover who will come on in and cover me [Outro] Come on baby Come on baby Come on baby -------- 1984 Born in the U.S.A. -------- -------- Dancing in the Dark -------- [Verse 1] I get up in the evening And I ain't got nothing to say I come home in the morning I go to bed feeling the same way I ain't nothing but tired Man, I'm just tired and bored with myself Hey there baby, I could use just a little help [Chorus 1] You can't start a fire You can't start a fire without a spark This gun's for hire Even if we're just dancing in the dark [Verse 2] Message keeps getting clearer Radio's on and I'm moving 'round the place I check my look in the mirror I wanna change my clothes, my hair, my face Man, I ain't getting nowhere I'm just living in a dump like this There's something happening somewhere Baby, I just know that there is [Chorus 1] You can't start a fire You can't start a fire without a spark This gun's for hire Even if we're just dancing in the dark [Bridge] You sit around getting older There's a joke here somewhere and it's on me I'll shake this world off my shoulders Come on, baby, the laugh's on me [Verse 3] Stay on the streets of this town And they'll be carving you up all right They say you gotta stay hungry Hey, baby, I'm just about starving tonight I'm dying for some action I'm sick of sitting 'round here trying to write this book I need a love reaction Come on now, baby, gimme just one look [Chorus 2] You can't start a fire Sitting 'round crying over a broken heart This gun's for hire Even if we're just dancing in the dark You can't start a fire Worrying about your little world falling apart This gun's for hire Even if we're just dancing in the dark [Outro] Even if we're just dancing in the dark Even if we're just dancing in the dark Even if we're just dancing in the dark Hey, baby [Outro Saxophone Solo] -------- 1984 Born in the U.S.A. -------- -------- Darlington County -------- [Verse 1] Driving in to Darlington County Me and Wayne on the Fourth of July Driving in to Darlington County Looking for some work on the county line We drove down from New York City Where the girls are pretty but they just want to know your name Driving in to Darlington City Got a union connection with an uncle of Wayne's We drove 800 miles without seeing a cop We got rock and roll music blasting off the t-top, singing [Chorus] Sha la la, sha la la la la Sha la la la, la la la Sha la la, sha la la la la Sha la la la, la la la [Verse 2] Hey little girl, standing on the corner Today's your lucky day for sure, all right Me and my buddy, we're from New York City We got $200; we want to rock all night Girl, you're looking at two big spenders Why, the world don't know what me and Wayne might do Our pa's each own one of the World Trade Centers For a kiss and a smile, I'll give mine all to you Come on baby, take a seat on my fender It's a long night, and tell me, what else were you gonna do? Just me and you, we could [Chorus] Sha la la, sha la la la la Sha la la la, la la la Sha la la, sha la la la la Sha la la la, la la la [Verse 3] Little girl, sitting in the window Ain't seen my buddy in seven days County man tells me the same thing He don't work and he don't get paid Little girl, you're so young and pretty Walk with me and you can have your way And we'll leave this Darlington City For a ride down that Dixie Highway [Bridge] Driving out of Darlington County My eyes seen the glory of the coming of the Lord Driving out of Darlington County Seen Wayne handcuffed to the bumper of a state trooper's Ford [Chorus] Sha la la, sha la la la la Sha la la la, la la la Sha la la, sha la la la la Sha la la la, la la la Sha la la, sha la la la la Sha la la la, la la la Sha la la, sha la la la la Sha la la la, la la la Sha la la, sha la la la la Sha la la la, la la la Sha la la, sha la la la la Sha la la la, la la la -------- 1984 Born in the U.S.A. -------- -------- Downbound Train -------- [Verse] I had a job, I had a girl I had something going, mister, in this world I got laid off down at the lumber yard Our love went bad. Times got hard Now I work down at the carwash Where all it ever does is rain Don't you feel like you're a rider on a downbound train? She just said "Joe, I gotta go. We had it once. We ain't got it any more." She packed her bags left me behind She bought a ticket on the Central Line Nights as I sleep, I hear that whistle whining I feel her kiss in the misty rain And I feel like I'm a rider on a downbound train Last night I heard your voice You were crying, crying. You were so alone You said your love had never died You were waiting for me at home Put on my jacket, I ran through the woods I ran 'till I thought my chest would explode There in the clearing, beyond the highway In the moonlight, our wedding house shone I rushed through the yard. I burst through the front door My head pounding hard, up the stairs I climbed The room was dark. Our bed was empty Then I heard that long whistle whine And I dropped to my knees, hung my head, and cried Now I swing a sledge hammer on a railroad gang Knocking down them cross ties, working in the rain Now don't it feel like you're a rider on a downbound train? -------- 1984 Born in the U.S.A. -------- -------- Glory Days -------- [Intro] Yeah Uh Wooh Huh [Verse 1] I had a friend was a big baseball player Back in high school He could throw that speedball by you Make you look like a fool boy Saw him the other night at this roadside bar I was walking in, he was walking out We went back inside sat down had a few drinks But all he kept talking about was [Chorus] Glory days, well they'll pass you by Glory days, in the wink of a young girl's eye Glory days, glory days [Verse 2] Well there's a girl that lives up the block Back in school she could turn all the boy's heads Sometimes on a Friday I'll stop by And have a few drinks after she put her kids to bed Her and her husband Bobby well they split up I guess it's two years gone by now We just sit around talking about the old times She says when she feels like crying She starts laughing thinking bout [Chorus] Glory days, well they'll pass you by Glory days, in the wink of a young girl's eye Glory days, glory days [Missing Verse] My old man worked 20 years on the line And they let him go Now everywhere he goes out looking for work They just tell him that he's too old I was 9 nine years old and he was working at the Metuchen Ford plant assembly line Now he just sits on a stool down at the Legion hall But I can tell what's on his mind [Missing Chorus] Glory days yeah goin back Glory days aw he ain't never had Glory days, glory days [Verse 3] In fact I think I'm going down to the well tonight And I'm gonna drink till I get my fill And I hope when I get old I don't sit around thinking about it But I probably will Yeah, just sitting back trying to recapture A little of the glory yeah Well time slips away and leaves you with nothing, mister, but Boring stories of [Chorus] Glory days, well they'll pass you by Glory days, in the wink of a young girl's eye Glory days, glory days -------- 1984 Born in the U.S.A. -------- -------- I'm Goin' Down -------- [Verse 1] We sit in the car outside your house you're quiet I can feel the heat coming around I go to put my arm around you And you give me a look like I'm way out of bounds Well, you let out one of your bored sighs Well, lately when I look into your eyes [Chorus] I'm goin' down, down, down, down I'm goin' down, down, down, down I'm goin' down, down, down, down I'm goin' down, down, down, down [Verse 2] We get dressed up, and we go out, baby, for the night We come home early burning, burning in some fire fight I'm sick and tired of you setting me up, yeah Setting me up just to knock-a knock-a knock-a me down Down, down, down [Chorus] I'm goin' down, down, down, down I'm goin' down, down, down, down I'm goin' down, down, down, down I'm goin' down, down, down, down [Verse 3] I pull you close now, baby, but when we kiss, I can feel a doubt I remember back when we started My kisses used to turn you inside out I used to drive you to work in the morning Friday night I'd drive you all around You used to love to drive me wild, yeah But lately girl you get your kicks from just driving me down Down, down, down [Chorus] I'm goin' down, down, down, down I'm goin' down, down, down, down I'm goin' down, down, down, down I'm goin' down, down, down, down -------- 1984 Born in the U.S.A. -------- -------- I'm on Fire -------- [Verse 1] Hey, little girl, is your daddy home? Did he go away and leave you all alone? I got a bad desire [Chorus] Oh, oh, oh I'm on fire [Verse 2] Tell me now, baby, is he good to you? And can he do to you the things that I do? Oh no, I can take you higher [Chorus] Oh, oh, oh I'm on fire [Verse 3] Sometimes it's like someone took a knife, baby, edgy and dull And cut a six-inch valley through the middle of my skull At night, I wake up with the sheets soakin' wet And a freight train runnin' through the middle of my head Only you can cool my desire [Chorus] Oh, oh, oh I'm on fire Oh, oh, oh I'm on fire Oh, oh, oh I'm on fire [Outro] Ooh-ooh, ooh Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh -------- 1984 Born in the U.S.A. -------- -------- My Hometown -------- I was eight years old and running with a dime in my hand Into the bus stop to pick up a paper for my old man I'd sit on his lap in that big old Buick And steer as we drove through town He'd tousle my hair and say "Son, take a good look around This is your hometown." This is your hometown This is your hometown This is your hometown In '65 tension was running high at my high school There was a lot of fights 'tween the black and white There was nothing you could do Two cars at a light on a Saturday night In the back seat there was a gun Words were passed, then a shotgun blast Troubled times had come to my hometown To my hometown To my hometown To my hometown Now Main Street's whitewashed windows and vacant stores Seems like there ain't nobody wants to come down here no more They're closing down the textile mill across the railroad tracks Foreman says "These jobs are going, boys And they ain't coming back To your hometown." To your hometown To your hometown To your hometown Last night me and Kate, we laid in bed Talking about getting out Packing up our bags maybe heading south I'm thirty-five, we got a boy of our own now Last night I sat him up behind the wheel, and said "Son take a good look around This is your hometown." Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen -------- 1984 Born in the U.S.A. -------- -------- No Surrender -------- [Verse 1] Well, we busted out of class Had to get away from those fools We learned more from a three-minute record, baby Than we ever learned in school Tonight I hear the neighborhood drummer sound I can feel my heart begin to pound You say you're tired and you just want to close your eyes And follow your dreams down [Chorus] Well we made a promise we swore we'd always remember No retreat, baby, no surrender Like soldiers in the winter's night with a vow to defend No retreat, baby, no surrender [Verse 2] Well, now young faces grow sad and old And hearts of fire grow cold We swore blood brothers against the wind I'm ready to grow young again And hear your sister's voice calling us home Across the open yards Well maybe we'll cut someplace of our own With these drums and these guitars [Chorus] Well we made a promise we swore we'd always remember No retreat, baby, no surrender Like soldiers in the winter's night with a vow to defend No retreat, baby, no surrender [Verse 3] Now on the street tonight the lights grow dim The walls of my room are closing in There's a war outside still raging You say it ain't ours anymore to win I want to sleep beneath Peaceful skies in my lover's bed With a wide open country in my eyes And these romantic dreams in my head [Chorus] Well we made a promise we swore we'd always remember No retreat, baby, no surrender Like soldiers in the winter's night with a vow to defend No retreat, baby, no surrender -------- 1984 Born in the U.S.A. -------- -------- Working on the Highway -------- [Verse 1] Friday night's pay night, guys fresh out of work Talking about the weekend, scrubbing off the dirt Some heading home to their families, some looking to get hurt Some going down to Stovall wearing trouble on their shirts I work for the county out on 95 All day I hold a red flag and watch the traffic pass me by In my head I keep a picture of a pretty little miss Someday, mister, I'm gonna lead a better life than this [Chorus] Working on the highway, laying down the blacktop Working on the highway, all day long I don't stop Working on the highway, blasting through the bedrock Working on the highway, working on the highway [Verse 2] I met her at a dance down at the union hall She was standing with her brothers, back up against the wall Sometimes we'd go walking down the union tracks One day I looked straight at her and she looked straight back So I'm [Chorus] Working on the highway, laying down the blacktop Working on the highway, all day long I don't stop Working on the highway, blasting through the bedrock Working on the highway, working on the highway [Verse 3] I saved up my money and I put it all away I went to see her daddy but we didn't have much to say "Son, can't you see that she's just a little girl? She don't know nothing about this cruel, cruel world." We lit out down to Florida, we got along all right One day her brothers came and got her and they took me in a black-and-white The prosecutor kept the promise that he made on that day And the judge got mad, and he put me straight away I wake up every morning to the work bell clang Me and the warden go swinging on the Charlotte County road gang I'm... [Chorus] Working on the highway, laying down the blacktop Working on the highway, all day long I don't stop Working on the highway, blasting through the bedrock Working on the highway, working on the highway Working on the highway, laying down the blacktop Working on the highway, all day long I don't stop Working on the highway, blasting through the bedrock Working on the highway, working on the highway -------- 1987 Tunnel of Love -------- -------- Ain't Got You -------- [Verse 1] I got the fortunes of heaven in diamonds and gold I got all the bonds baby that the bank could hold I got houses 'cross the country honey end to end And everybody buddy wants to be my friend Well I got all the riches baby any man ever knew But the only thing I ain't got, honey, I ain't got you [Verse 2] I got a house full of Rembrandt and priceless art And all the little girls, they wanna tear me apart When I walk down the street, people stop and stare Well, you'd think I might be thrilled but baby I don't care 'Cause I got more good luck honey than old King Farouk But the only thing I ain't got, baby, I ain't got you [Bridge] I got a big diamond watch sittin' on my wrist I try to tempt you, baby, but you just resist I made a deal with the devil, babe, I won't deny Until I got you in my arms, I can't be satisfied [Verse 3] I got a pound of caviar sitting home on ice I got a fancy foreign car that rides like paradise I got a hundred pretty women knockin' down my door And folks wanna kiss me I ain't even seen before I been around the world and all across the seven seas Been paid a king's ransom for doin' what comes naturally But I'm still the biggest fool, honey, this world ever knew 'Cause the only thing I ain't got, baby, I ain't got you -------- 1987 Tunnel of Love -------- -------- All That Heaven Will Allow -------- [Verse 1] I got a dollar in my pocket There ain't a cloud up above I got a picture in a locket That says 'Baby, I love you' Well, if you didn't look then, boys Then fellas, don't go lookin' now Well here she comes a-walkin' All that heaven will allow [Verse 2] Say hey there, Mister Bouncer Now all I wanna do is dance But I swear I left my wallet Back home in my workin' pants C'mon Slim, slip me in, man I'll make it up to you somehow I can't be late, I got a date With all that heaven will allow [Chorus] Rain and storm and dark skies Well now they don't mean a thing If you got a girl that loves you And who wants to wear your ring So c'mon, Mister Trouble We'll make it through you somehow We'll fill this house with all the love All that heaven will allow [Verse 3] Now some may wanna die a young man Young and gloriously Get it straight now, mister Hey buddy, that ain't me 'Cause I got something on my mind, yeah That sets me straight and walkin' proud [Outro] And I want all the time All that heaven will allow Yeah I want all the time All that heaven will allow -------- 1987 Tunnel of Love -------- -------- Brilliant Disguise -------- [Verse] I hold you in my arms as the band plays What are those words whispered, baby, just as you turn away I saw you last night out on the edge of town I wanna read your mind to know just what I've got in this new thing I've found [Chorus] So tell me what I see when I look in your eyes Is that you, baby, or just a brilliant disguise? [Verse 2] I heard somebody call your name from underneath our willow I saw something tucked in shame underneath your pillow Well I've tried so hard, baby, but I just can't see What a woman like you is doing with me [Chorus] So tell me who I see when I look in your eyes Is that you, baby, or just a brilliant disguise? [Bridge] Now look at me, baby Struggling to do everything right And then it all falls apart When out go the lights I'm just a lonely pilgrim I walk this world in wealth I want to know if it's you I don't trust 'Cause I damn sure don't trust myself [Verse 3] Now you play the loving woman, I'll play the faithful man But just don't look too close into the palm of my hand We stood at the altar, the gypsy swore our future was right But come the wee wee hours, well maybe, baby, the gypsy lied [Chorus] So when you look at me, you better look hard and look twice Is that me, baby, or just a brilliant disguise? [Verse 4] Tonight our bed is cold I'm lost in the darkness of our love God have mercy on the man Who doubts what he's sure of -------- 1987 Tunnel of Love -------- -------- Cautious Man -------- [Verse] Bill Horton was a cautious man of the road He walked lookin' over his shoulder and remained faithful to its code When something caught his eye, he'd measure his need And then very carefully he'd proceed Billy met a young girl in the early days of May It was there in her arms, he let his cautiousness slip away In their lovers' twilight as the evening sky grew dim He'd lay back in her arms and laugh at what had happened to him On his right hand, Billy'd tattooed the word "love", on his left hand was the word "fear" And in which hand he held his fate was never clear Come Indian summer, he took his young lover for his bride And with his own hands built her a great house down by the riverside Now Billy was an honest man, he wanted to do what was right He worked hard to fill their lives with happy days and loving night Alone on his knees in the darkness for steadiness he'd pray For he knew in a restless heart the seed of betrayal lay One night Billy awoke from a terrible dream callin' his wife's name She lay breathing beside him in a peaceful sleep a thousand miles away He got dressed in the moonlight and down to the highway he strode When he got there, he didn't find nothing but road Billy felt a coldness rise up inside him that he couldn't name Just as the words tattooed 'cross his knuckles he knew would always remain At their bedside, he brushed the hair from his wife's face as the moon shone on her skin so white Filling their room in the beauty of God's fallen light -------- 1987 Tunnel of Love -------- -------- One Step Up -------- [Verse 1] Woke up this morning, the house was cold Checked out the furnace, she wasn't burnin' Went out and hopped in my old Ford Hit the engine but she ain't turnin' We've given each other some hard lessons lately But we ain't learnin' We're the same sad story, that's a fact One step up and two steps back [Verse 2] Bird on a wire outside my motel room But he ain't singin' Girl in white outside a church in June But the church bells, they ain't ringing I'm sittin' here in this bar tonight But all I'm thinkin' is I'm the same old story, same old act One step up and two steps back [Verse 3] It's the same thing night on night Who's wrong, baby? Who's right? Another fight and I slam the door on Another battle in our dirty little war When I look at myself I don't see The man I wanted to be Somewhere along the line I slipped off track I'm caught movin' one step up and two steps back [Verse 4] There's a girl across the bar I get the message she's sendin' Mmm she ain't lookin' too married And me, well, honey I'm pretending Last night I dreamed I held you in my arms The music was never-ending We danced as the evening sky faded to black One step up and two steps back One step up and two steps back One step up and two steps back [Outro] Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh -------- 1987 Tunnel of Love -------- -------- Spare Parts -------- [Verse 1] Bobby said he'd pull out, Bobby stayed in Janey had a baby, it wasn't any sin They were set to marry on a summer day Bobby got scared and he ran away Jane moved in with her ma out on Shawnee Lake She sighed, "Ma sometimes my whole life feels like one big mistake" She settled in in a back room, time passed on Later that winter, a son come along [Chorus] Spare parts and broken hearts Keep the world turnin' around [Verse 2] Now Janey walked that baby across the floor night after night But she was a young girl and she missed the party lights Meanwhile in South Texas in a dirty oil patch Bobby heard about his son bein' born and swore he wasn't ever goin' back [Chorus] Spare parts and broken hearts Keep the world turnin' around [Bridge] Janey heard about a woman over in Calverton Put her baby in the river, let the river roll on She looked at her boy in the crib where he lay Got down on her knees, cried till she prayed [Verse 3] Mist was on the water, low run the tide Janey held her son down at the riverside Waist deep in the water, how bright the sun shone She lifted him in her arms and carried him home As he lay sleeping in her bed, Janey took a look around at everything Went to a drawer in her bureau and got out her old engagement ring Took out her wedding dress, tied that ring up in its sash Went straight down to the pawn shop man and walked out with some good cold cash [Chorus] Spare parts and broken hearts Keep the world turnin' around -------- 1987 Tunnel of Love -------- -------- Tougher Than the Rest -------- [Verse 1] Well, it's Saturday night You're all dressed up in blue I been watching you awhile Maybe you been watching me, too So somebody ran out Left somebody's heart in a mess Well, if you're looking for love Honey, I'm tougher than the rest [Verse 2] Some girls, they want a handsome Dan Or some good-lookin' Joe on their arm Some girls like a sweet-talkin' Romeo Well, 'round here, baby I learned you get what you can get So if you're rough enough for love Honey, I'm tougher than the rest [Bridge] The road is dark And it's a thin thin line But I want you to know I'll walk it for you any time Maybe your other boyfriends Couldn't pass the test Well, if you're rough and ready for love Honey, I'm tougher than the rest [Verse 3] Well, it ain't no secret I've been around a time or two Well, I don't know baby maybe you've been around too Well, there's another dance All you gotta do is say yes And if you're rough and ready for love Honey, I'm tougher than the rest If you're rough enough for love Baby, I'm tougher than the rest -------- 1987 Tunnel of Love -------- -------- Tunnel of Love -------- Fat man sitting on a little stool takes the money from my hand While his eyes take a walk all over you Hands me the ticket, smiles and whispers good luck with her Cuddle up, angel, cuddle up, my little dove We'll ride down, baby, into this tunnel of love I can feel the soft silk of your blouse And them soft thrills in our little fun house Then the lights go out and it's just the three of us You, me and all that stuff we're so scared of Gotta ride down, baby, into this tunnel of love There's a crazy mirror showing us both in 5-D I'm laughing at you, you're laughing at me There's a room of shadows that gets so dark, brother It's easy for two people to lose each other In this tunnel of love It ought to be easy, ought to be simple enough Man meets a woman and they fall in love But this house is haunted and the ride gets rough You've got to learn to live with what you can't rise above If you want to ride on down in through this tunnel of love Tunnel of love Tunnel of love Tunnel of love -------- 1987 Tunnel of Love -------- -------- Two Faces -------- [Verse] I met a girl and we ran away I swore I'd make her happy every day And how I made her cry Two faces have I [Verse] Sometimes, mister, I feel sunny and wild Lord, I love to see my baby smile Then dark clouds come rolling by Two faces have I [Bridge] One that laughs, one that cries One says hello, one says goodbye One does things I don't understand Makes me feel like half a man [Verse] At night I get down on my knees and pray Our love will make that other man go away But he'll never say goodbye Two faces have I [Verse] Last night as I kissed you 'neath the willow tree He swore he'd take your love away from me He said our life was just a lie And two faces have I Well go ahead and let him try -------- 1987 Tunnel of Love -------- -------- Valentine's Day -------- [Verse 1] I'm driving a big, lazy car Rushin' up the highway in the dark I got one hand steady on the wheel And one hand's tremblin' over my heart It's pounding, baby, like it's gonna bust right on through And it ain't gonna stop till I'm alone again with you [Verse 2] A friend of mine became a father last night When we spoke, in his voice, I could hear the light Of the skies and the rivers, the timberwolf in the pines And that great jukebox out on Route 39 They say he travels fastest who travels alone But tonight I miss my girl, mister, tonight I miss my home [Bridge] Is it the sound of the leaves left blown by the wayside That's got me out here on this spooky old highway tonight? Is it the cry of the river with the moonlight shining through? That ain't what scares me, baby, what scares me is losin' you [Verse 3] They say if you die in your dreams, you really die in your bed But, honey, last night I dreamed my eyes rolled straight back in my head And God's light came shinin' on through I woke up in the darkness scared and breathin' and born anew It wasn't the cold river bottom I felt rushing over me It wasn't the bitterness of a dream that didn't come true It wasn't the wind in the grey fields I felt rushing through my arms No, no, baby, baby, it was you [Outro] So hold me close, honey, say you're forever mine And tell me you'll be my lonely valentine -------- 1987 Tunnel of Love -------- -------- Walk Like a Man -------- [Verse] I remember how rough your hand felt on mine On my wedding day And the tears cried on my shoulder I couldn't turn away Well so much has happened to me That I don't understand All I can think of is being five years old following behind you at the beach Tracing your footprints in the sand Trying to walk like a man By Our Lady of the Roses We lived in the shadow of the elms I remember ma draggin' me and my sister up the street to the church Whenever she heard those wedding bells Well, would they ever look so happy again The handsome groom and his bride As they stepped into that long black limousine For their mystery ride Well, tonight you step away from me And alone at the altar I stand And as I watch my bride coming down the aisle I pray For the strength to walk like a man Well, now the years have gone and I've grown From that seed you've sown But I didn't think there'd be so many steps I'd have to learn on my own Well, I was young and I didn't know what to do When I saw your best steps stolen away from you Now I'll do what I can I'll walk like a man And I'll keep on walkin' -------- 1987 Tunnel of Love -------- -------- When You're Alone -------- [Verse 1] Times were, though love was not enough So you said, "Sorry, Johnny, I'm gone, gone, gone" You said my act was funny But we both knew what was missing, honey So you lit out on your own Now that pretty form that you've got, baby Will make sure you get along But you're gonna find out some day, honey [Chorus] When you're alone, you're alone When you're alone, you're alone When you're alone, you're alone When you're alone, you ain't nothing but alone [Verse 2] Now I was young and pretty on the mean streets of the city And I fought to make 'em my home With just the shirt on my back, I left and swore I'd never look back And, man, I was gone, gone, gone But there's things that'll knock you down you don't even see coming And send you crawling like a baby back home You're gonna find out that day, sugar [Chorus] When you're alone, you're alone When you're alone, you're alone When you're alone, you're alone When you're alone, you ain't nothing but alone [Verse 3] I knew some day your runnin' would be through And you'd think back on me and you And your love would be strong You'd forget all about the bad and think only of all the laughs that we had And you'd want to come home Now it ain't hard feelings or nothing, sugar That ain't what's got me singing this song It's just nobody knows, honey, where love goes But when it goes it's gone gone [Chorus] When you're alone, you're alone When you're alone, you're alone When you're alone, you're alone When you're alone, you ain't nothing but alone -------- 1992 Human Touch -------- -------- 57 Channels (And Nothin' On) -------- [Verse 1] I bought a bourgeoise house in the Hollywood hills With a truckload of hundred thousand dollar bills Man came by to hook up my cable TV We settled in for the night my baby and me We switched 'round and 'round 'til half-past dawn: There was fifty-seven channels and nothin' on [Chorus] Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on [Verse 2] Well now home entertainment was my baby's wish So I hopped into town for a satellite dish I tied it to the top of my Japanese car I came home and I pointed it out into the stars A message came back from the great beyond: There's fifty-seven channels and nothin' on [Chorus] Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on [Middle 8] Well we might'a made some friends with some billionaires We might'a got all nice and friendly if we'd made it upstairs All I got was a note that said, "Bye-bye, John Our love's fifty-seven channels and nothin' on," [Chorus] Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on [Verse 3] So I bought a .44 magnum, it was solid steel cast And in the blessed name of Elvis well I just let it blast 'Til my TV lay in pieces there at my feet And they busted me for disturbin' the almighty peace Judge said, "What you got in your defense son?" "Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on," [Chorus] Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on [Outro] I can see by your eyes, friend, you're just about gone Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on -------- 1992 Human Touch -------- -------- All or Nothin' at All -------- [Verse] Said youd give me just a little kiss And youd rock me for a little while Well youd slip me just a piece of it Listen up little child I want it all or nothin' at all I want it all or nothin' at all Said youd take me for a little dance If you had a little time on your hands Well all I do is push and shove Just to get a little piece of your love I want it all or nothin' at all I want it all or nothin' at all Well now I dont wanna be greedy But when it comes to love there ain't no doubt You just ain't gonna get what you want With one foot in bed and one foot out You got to give it all or nothin' at all All or nothin' at all Now I only got a little time So if youre gonna change your mind Then shout out what youre thinkin of [Outro] If what youre thinkin of is love I want it all or nothin' at all I want it all or nothin' at all I want to have it all or nothin at all I want it all or nothin' at all I want it all or nothin' at all I want to give it all or nothin at all -------- 1992 Human Touch -------- -------- Cross My Heart -------- [Verse] First time I crossed my heart I was beggin' baby please At your bedside down on my knees When I crossed my heart When I crossed my heart When I crossed my heart Pretty baby over you Second time I crossed my heart Rain came in from the south I was lyin' there with something sweet and salty in my mouth When I crossed my heart When I crossed my heart When I crossed my heart Pretty darlin' over you Well you may think the world's black and white And you're dirty or you're clean You better watch out you don't slip Through them spaces in between Where the night gets sticky And the sky gets black I grabbed you baby you grabbed me back And we crossed our hearts We crossed our hearts Yeah I crossed my heart Little boys little girls They know their wrongs from their rights Once you crossed your heart You ain't ever supposed to lie Well life ain't nothin' But a cold hard ride I ain't leavin' 'til I'm satisfied I cross my heart Yeah I cross my heart Well I cross my heart pretty darlin' over you -------- 1992 Human Touch -------- -------- Gloria's Eyes -------- [Verse] I was your big man I was your prince charming King on a white horse hey now look how far I've fallen I tried to trick you yeah but baby you got wise You cut me cut me right right down to size Now I'm just a fool in Gloria's eyes Swore I'd get you back I was so sure I'd get you back life I done so many times before A little sweet talk to cover over all of the lies You came runnin' back but to my surprise Well there was somethin' gone in Gloria's eyes Well in the dark when it was just me and you I asked the question that I knew the answer to Is that a smile my little dolly on the shelf Tell me is that a smile Or is it somethin' else? Now I work hard to prove my love is true Now I work hard and I bring it on home to you At night I pray as silently you lie Some day my love again will rise Like a shining torch in Gloria's eyes I was your big man I was your prince charming King on a white horse now look how far I've fallen -------- 1992 Human Touch -------- -------- Human Touch -------- You and me we were the pretenders We let it all slip away In the end what you don't surrender Well the world just strips away Girl ain't no kindness in the face of strangers Ain't gonna find no miracles here Well you can wait on your blessings darlin' But I got a deal for you right here I ain't lookin' for prayers or pity I ain't comin' 'round searchin' for a crutch I just want someone to talk to And a little of that human touch Just a little of that human touch Ain't no mercy on the streets of this town Ain't no bread from heavenly skies Ain't nobody drawin' wine from this blood It's just you and me tonight Tell me in a world without pity Do you think what I'm askin's too much ? I just want something to hold on to And a little of that human touch Just a little of that human touch Oh girl that feeling of safety you prize Well it comes with a hard hard price You can't shut off the risk and pain Without losin' the love that remains We're all riders on this train So you been broken and you been hurt Show me somebody who ain't Yeah I know I ain't nobody's bargain But hell a little touchup And a little paint... You might need somethin' to hold on to When all the answers they don't amount to much Somebody that you can just talk to And a little of that human touch Baby in a world without pity Do you think what I'm askin's too much ? I just want to feel you in my arms And share a little of that human touch... -------- 1992 Human Touch -------- -------- I Wish I Were Blind -------- [Verse 1] I love to see the cottonwood blossom In the early spring I love to see the message of love That the bluebird brings But when I see you walkin' with him Down along the strand I wish I were blind When I see you with your man [Verse 2] I love to see your hair shining In the long summer's light I love to watch the stars fill the sky On a summer night The music plays you take his hand I watch how you touch him as you start to dance And I wish I were blind When I see you with your man [Guitar Solo] [Verse 3] We struggle here but all our love's in vain Oh these eyes that once filled me with your beauty Now fill me with pain And the light that once entered here Is banished from me And this darkness is all baby that my heart sees And though this world is filled With the grace and beauty of God's hand Oh I wish I were blind When I see you with your man [Instrumental Outro] -------- 1992 Human Touch -------- -------- Man's Job -------- [Verse 1] Well you can go out with him Play with all of his toys But takin' care of you darlin' Ain't for one of the boys Oh there's somethin' in your soul That he's gonna rob [Chorus] And lovin' you baby lovin' you darlin' Lovin' you woman is a man's man's job Lovin' you's a man's job baby Lovin' you's a man's job Lovin' you's a man's job baby Lovin' you's a man's job [Verse 2] Well now his kisses may thrill Those other girls that he likes But when it comes to treatin' A real woman right Well all of his tricks No they won't be enough [Chorus] 'Cause lovin' you baby lovin' you woman Lovin' you darlin' is a man's man's job Lovin' you's a man's job baby Lovin' you's a man's job Lovin' you's a man's job baby Lovin' you's a man's job [Verse 3] You're dancin' with him he's holding you tight I'm standing here waitin' to catch your eye Your hand's on his neck as the music sways All my illusions slip away Now if you're lookin' for a hero Someone to save the day Well darlin' my feet They're made of clay But I've got somethin' in my soul And I wanna give it up [Chorus] But gettin' up the nerve Gettin' up the nerve Gettin' up the nerve is a man's man's job Lovin' you's a man's job baby Lovin' you's a man's job Lovin' you's a man's job woman Lovin' you's a man's job -------- 1992 Human Touch -------- -------- Pony Boy -------- [Chorus] Pony boy pony boy Won't you be my pony boy Giddy-up giddy-up giddy-up whoa My pony boy [Verse 1] Ride with me ride with me Won't you take a ride with me Underneath the starry sky My pony boy O'er the hills and through the trees We'll go riding you and me [Chorus] Pony boy pony boy Won't you be my pony boy Giddy-up giddy-up giddy-up whoa My pony boy [Verse 2] Down into the valley deep 'Neath the eaves we will sleep Sky of dreams up above My pony boy [Chorus] Pony boy pony boy Won't you be my pony boy Giddy-up giddy-up giddy-up whoa My pony boy Pony boy pony boy Won't you be my pony boy Giddy-up giddy-up giddy-up whoa My pony boy -------- 1992 Human Touch -------- -------- Real Man -------- [Verse 1] Took my baby to a picture show Found a seat in the back row Sound came up lights went down Rambo he was blowin' 'em down I don't need no gun in my fist baby All I need is your sweet kiss To get me feelin' like a real man [Chorus] Feelin' like a real man Well you can beat on your chest Hell any monkey can But you got me feelin' like a real man Oh feelin' like a real man [Verse 2] Me and my girl Saturday night Late movie on channel five The girls were droppin' they're droppin' like flies To some smooth talkin' cool walkin' private eye I ain't got no nerves of steel But all I got to know is if your love is real [Chorus] Feelin' like a real man Well you can beat on your chest Hell any monkey can But you got me feelin' like a real man Oh feelin' like a real man [Verse 3] Oh feelin' like a real man I ain't no fighter that's easy to see And as a lover I ain't goin' down in history But when the lights go down and you pull me close Well I look in your eyes and there's one thing I know Baby I'll be tough enough If I can find the guts to give you all my love Then I'll be feelin' like a real man [Chorus] Feelin' like a real man Well you can beat on your chest Hell any monkey can But you got me feelin' like a real man Oh feelin' like a real man -------- 1992 Human Touch -------- -------- Real World -------- [Verse 1] Mister trouble come walkin' this way Year gone past feels like one long day But I'm alive and I'm feelin' all right Well I run that hard road outta hearbreak city Built a roadside carnival out of hurt and self-pity It was all wrong well now I'm movin' on [Chorus] Ain't no chuch bells ringing Ain't no flags unfurled Just me and you and the love we're bringing Into the real world Into the real world [Verse 2] I built a shrine in my heart it wasn't pretty to see Made out of fool's gold memory and tears cried Now I'm heading over the rise I'm searching for one clear moment of love and truth I still got a little faith But what I need is some proof tonight I'm lookin' for it in your eyes [Chorus] Ain't no chuch bells ringing Ain't no flags unfurled Just me and you and the love we're bringing Into the real world Into the real world [Verse 3] Well tonight I just wanna shout I feel my soul waist deep and sinking Into this black river of doubt I just wanna rise and walk along the riverside And when the morning comes baby I don't wanna hide I'll stand right at your side with my arms open wide Well tonight I just wanna shout I feel my soul waist deep and sinking Into this black river of doubt I just want to rise and walk along the riverside 'Til the morning comes I'll stand right by your side I wanna find some answers I wanna ask for some help I'm tired or running scared Baby let's get our bags packed We'll take it here to hell and heaven and back And if love is hopeless hopeless at best Come on put on your party dress it's ours tonight And we're going with the tumblin' dice [Chorus] Ain't no chuch bells ringing Ain't no flags unfurled Just me and you and the love we're bringing Into the real world Into the real world [Outro] Oh into the real world -------- 1992 Human Touch -------- -------- Roll of the Dice -------- [Verse] Well I've been a losin' gambler Just throwin' snake eyes Love ain't got me downhearted I know up around the corner lies My fool's paradise In just another roll of the dice All my elevens and sevens been comin' up Sixes and nines But since I fell for you baby Been comin' on changin' times They're waitin' over the rise Just another roll of the dice I've stumbled and I know I made my mistakes But tonight I'm gonna be playin' for all of the stakes Well it's never too late so come on girl The tables are waiting You and me and lady luck well tonight We'll be celebrating Drinkin' champagne on ice In just another roll of the dice High-rollers lay down your bets and I'll raise 'em Well I know the odds ain't in my favor Maybe I'm just a clown throwin' down Lookin' to come up busted I'm a thief in the house of love And I can't be trusted Well I'll be makin' my heist In just another roll of the dice Just another roll of the dice Move on up Come on seven Roll me baby In this fool's heaven -------- 1992 Human Touch -------- -------- Soul Driver -------- [Verse] Rode through forty nights of the gospels' rain Black sky pourin' snakes frogs And love in vain You were down where the river grows wider Baby let me be your soul driver Well if something in the air feels a little unkind Don't worry darlin' It'll slip your mind I'll be your gypsy joker your shotgun rider Baby let me be your soul driver Now no one knows which way love's wheel turns Will we hit it rich Or crash and burn Does fortune wait or just the black hand of fate This love potion's all we've got One toast before it's too late If the angels are unkind or the season is dark Or if in the end Love just falls apart Then here's to our destruction Baby let me be your soul driver -------- 1992 Human Touch -------- -------- The Long Goodbye -------- [Verse] My soul went walkin' but I stayed here Feel like I been workin' for a thousand years Chippin' away at this chain of my own lies Climbin' a wall a hundred miles high Well I woke up this morning on the other side Yeah yeah this is the long goodbye Hey yeah this is the long goodbye Same old faces it's the same old town What once was laughs is draggin' me now Waitin' on rain hangin' on for love Words of forgiveness from some God above Ain't no words of mercy comin' from on high Oh no just a long goodbye Yeah yeah just one long goodbye Well I went to leave twenty years ago Since then I guess I been packin' kinda slow Sure did like that admirin' touch Guess I liked it a little too much The moon is high and here I am Sittin' here with this hammer in hand One more drink oughta ease the pain Starin' at that last link in the chain Well let's raise our glass and let the hammer fly [Outro] Hey yeah this is the long goodbye Hey yeah this is the long goodbye Kiss me baby and we're gonna fly Hey yeah this is the long goodbye Yeah yeah this is the long goodbye Hey yeah this is the long goodbye Kiss me baby cause we're gonna ride Yeah yeah this is the long goodbye -------- 1992 Human Touch -------- -------- With Every Wish -------- [Verse] Ol' catfish in the lake we called him Big Jim When I was a kid my only wish was to get my line in him Skipped church one Sunday rowed out and throw'd in my line Jim took that hook pole and me right over the side Went driftin' down past old tires and rusty cans of beer The angel of the lake whispered in my ear "Before you choose your wish son You better think first With every wish there comes a curse" I fell in love with beautiful Doreen She was the prettiest thing this old town'd ever seen I courted her and I made her mine But I grew jealous whenever another man'd Come walkin' down the line And my jealousy made me treat her hard and cruel She sighed "Bobby oh Bobby you're such a fool Don't you know before you choose your wish You'd better think first 'Cause with every wish there comes a curse" These days I sit around and laugh At the many rivers I've crossed But on the far banks there's always another forest Where a man can get lost Well there in the high trees love's bluebird glides Guiding us 'cross to another river on the other side And there someone is waitin' with a look in her eyes And though my heart's grown weary And more than a little bit shy Tonight I'll drink from her waters to quench my thirst And leave the angels to worry With every wish -------- 1992 Lucky Town -------- -------- Better Days -------- [Verse 1] Well my soul checked out missing as I sat listening To the hours and minutes tickin' away Yeah just sittin' around waitin' for my life to begin While it was all just slippin' away I'm tired of waitin' for tomorrow to come Or that train to come roarin' 'round the bend I got a new suit of clothes a pretty red rose And a woman I can call my friend [Chorus] These are better days baby Yeah there's better days shining through These are better days baby Better days with a girl like you [Verse 2] Well I took a piss at fortune's sweet kiss It's like eatin' caviar and dirt It's sad funny ending to find yourself pretending A rich man in a poor man's shirt Now my ass was draggin' when from a passin' gypsy wagon Your heart like a diamond shone Tonight I'm layin' in your arms carvin' lucky charms Out of these hard luck bones [Chorus] These are better days baby These are better days it's true These are better days There's better days shining through [Verse 3] Now a life of leisure and a pirate's treasure Don't make much for tragedy But it's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin And can't stand the company Every fool's got a reason for feelin' sorry for himself And turning his heart to stone Tonight this fool's halfway to heaven and just a mile outta hell And I feel like I'm comin' home [Chorus] These are better days baby There's better days shining through These are better days Better days with a girl like you [Outro] These are better days baby These are better days it's true These are better days Better days are shining through -------- 1992 Lucky Town -------- -------- Book of Dreams -------- [Verse] I'm standing in the backyard Listening to the party inside Tonight I'm drinkin' in the forgiveness This life provides The scars we carry remain but the pain slips away it seems Oh won't you baby be in my book of dreams I'm watching you through the window With your girlfriends from back home You're showing off your dress There's laughter and a toast From your daddy to the prettiest bride he's ever seen Oh won't you baby be in my book of dreams In the darkness my fingers slip across your skin I feel your sweet reply The room fades away and suddenly I'm way up high Just holding you to me As through the window the moonlight streams Oh won't you baby be in my book of dreams Now the ritual begins 'Neath the wedding garland we meet as strangers The dance floor is alive with beauty Mystery and danger We dance out 'neath the stars ancient light into the darkening trees Oh won't you baby be in my book of dreams -------- 1992 Lucky Town -------- -------- If I Should Fall Behind -------- [Verse 1] We said we'd walk together Baby come what may That come the twilight Should we lose our way If as we're walking a hand should slip free I'll wait for you And should I fall behind Wait for me [Verse 2] We swore we'd travel darlin' side by side We'd help each other stay in stride But each lover's steps fall so differently But I'll wait for you And if I should fall behind Wait for me [Harmonica Solo] [Verse 3] Now everyone dreams of a love lasting and true But you and I know what this world can do So let's make our steps clear that the other may see And I'll wait for you If I should fall behind Wait for me [Verse 4] Now there's a beautiful river in the valley ahead There 'neath the oak's bough soon we will be wed Should we lose each other in the shadow of the evening trees I'll wait for you And should I fall behind Wait for me Darlin' I'll wait for you Should I fall behind Wait for me -------- 1992 Lucky Town -------- -------- Leap of Faith -------- [Verse 1] All over the world the rain was pourin' I was scratchin' where it itched Oh heartbreak and despair got nothing but boring So I grabbed you baby like a wild pitch [Chorus] It takes a leap of faith to get things going It takes a leap of faith you gotta show some guts It takes a leap of faith to get things going In your heart you must trust [Verse 2] Now your legs were heaven your breasts were the altar Your body was the holy land You shouted "jump" but my heart faltered You laughted and said "Baby don't you understand ?" [Chorus] It takes a leap of faith to get things going It takes a leap of faith you gotta show some guts It takes a leap of faith to get things going In your heart you must trust [Verse 3] Now you were the Red Sea I was Moses I kissed you and slipped into a bed of roses The waters parted and love rushed inside I was Jesus' son sanctified Tonight the moon's looking young but I'm feelin' younger 'Neath a veil of dreams sweet blessings rain Honey I can feel the first breeze of summer And in your love I'm born again [Chorus] It takes a leap of faith to get things going It takes a leap of faith you gotta show some guts It takes a leap of faith to get things going In your heart you must trust -------- 1992 Lucky Town -------- -------- Living Proof -------- [Verse 1] Well now on a summer night in a dusky room Come a little piece of the Lord's undying light Crying like he swallowed the fiery moon In his mother's arms it was all the beauty I could take Like the missing words to some prayer that I could never make In a world so hard and dirty so fouled and confused Searching for a little bit of God's mercy I found living proof [Verse 2] I put my heart and soul I put 'em high upon a shelf Right next to the faith the faith that I'd lost in myself I went down into the desert city Just tryin' so hard to shed my skin I crawled deep into some kind of darkness Lookin' to burn out every trace of who I'd been You do some sad sad things baby When it's you you're tryin' to lose You do some sad and hurtful things I've seen living proof [Bridge] You shot through my anger and rage To show me my prison was just an open cage There were no keys no guards Just one frightened man and some old shadows for bars [Verse 3] Well now all that's sure on the boulevard Is that life is just a house of cards As fragile as each and every breath Of this boy sleepin' in our bed Tonight let's lie beneath the eaves Just a close band of happy thieves And when that train comes we'll get on board And steal what we can from the treasures treasures of the Lord It's been a long long drought baby Tonight the rain's pourin' down on our roof Looking for a little bit of God's mercy I found living proof -------- 1992 Lucky Town -------- -------- Local Hero -------- [Verse] I was driving through my hometown I was just kinda killin' time When I seen a face staring out of a black velvet painting From the window of the five and dime I couldn't quite recall the name But the pose looked familiar to me So I asked the salesgirl "Who was that man Between the doberman and Bruce Lee ?" She said "Just a local hero" "Local hero" she said with a smile "Yeah a local hero he used to live here for a while" I met a stranger dressed in black At the train station He said "Son your soul can be saved" There's beautiful women nights of low livin' And some dangerous money to be made There's a big town 'cross the whiskey line And if we turn the right cards up They make us boss the devil pays off And them folks that are real hard up They get their local hero Somebody with the right style They get their local hero Somebody with just the right smile Well I learned my job I learned it well Fit myself with religion and a story to tell First they made me the king then they made me pope Then they brought the rope I woke to a gypsy girl sayin' "Drink this" Well my hands had lost all sensation These days I'm feeling all right 'Cept I can't tell my courage from my desperation From the tainted chalice Well I drunk some heady wine Tonight I'm layin' here But there's something in my ear Sayin' there's a little town just beneath the flood line Needs a local hero Somebody with the right style Lookin' for a local hero Someone with the right smile Local hero local hero she said with a smile Local hero he used to live here for a while -------- 1992 Lucky Town -------- -------- Lucky Town -------- [Verse 1] House got too crowded, clothes got too tight And I don't know just where I'm going tonight Out where the sky's been cleared by a good hard rain There's somebody callin' my secret name [Chorus] I'm going down to Lucky Town Going down to Lucky Town I wanna lose these blues I've found Down in Lucky Town Baby, down in Lucky Town [Verse 2] Had a coat of fine leather and snakeskin boots But that coat always had a thread hangin' too loose Well, I pulled it one night and to my surprise It led me right past your house and on over the rise [Chorus] I'm going down to Lucky Town Down to Lucky Town I'm gonna lose these blues I've found Down in Lucky Town Baby, down in Lucky Town [Verse 3] I had some victory that was just failure in deceit Now the joke's comin' up through the soles of my feet I been a long time walking on fortune's cane Tonight I'm sleepin' lightly and feelin' no pain Well here's to your good looks baby now here's to my health Here's to the loaded places that we take ourselves When it comes to luck you make your own Tonight I got to dirt on my hands but I'm building me a new home [Outro] Baby, down in Lucky Town Down in Lucky Town I'm gonna lose these blues I've found Down in Lucky Town Baby, down in Lucky Town I'm going down to Lucky Town Down to Lucky Town I'm gonna lose these blues I've found Down in Lucky Town Baby, down in Lucky Town I'm going down to Lucky Town Down to Lucky Town I'm gonna lose these blues I've found Down in Lucky Town Baby, down in Lucky Town -------- 1992 Lucky Town -------- -------- My Beautiful Reward -------- [Verse] Well I sought gold and diamond rings My own drug to ease the pain that living brings Walked from the mountain to the valley floor Searching for my beautiful reward Searching for my beautiful reward From a house on a hill a sacred light shines I walk through these rooms but none of them are mine Down empty hallways I went from door to door Searching for my beautiful reward Searching for my beautiful reward Well your hair shone in the sun I was so high I was the lucky one Then I came crashing down like a drunk on a barroom floor Searching for my beautiful reward Searching for my beautiful reward Tonight I can feel the cold wind at my back I'm flying high over gray fields my feathers long and black Down along the river's silent edge I soar Searching for my beautiful reward Searching for my beautiful reward Searching for my beautiful reward Searching for my beautiful reward -------- 1992 Lucky Town -------- -------- Souls of the Departed -------- [Verse 1] On the road to Basra stood young Lieutenant Jimmy Bly Detailed to go through the clothes of the soldiers who died At night in dreams he sees their souls rise Like dark geese into the Oklahoma skies [Chorus] Well this is a prayer for the souls of the departed Those who've gone and left their babies brokenhearted This is a prayer for the souls of the departed [Verse 2] Now Raphael Rodriguez was just seven years old Shot down in a schoolyard by some East Compton Cholos His mama cried "My beautiful boy is dead" In the hills the self-made men just sighed and shook their heads [Chorus] Well this is a prayer for the souls of the departed Those who've gone and left their babies brokenhearted This is a prayer for the souls of the departed [Verse 3] Tonight as I tuck my own son in bed All I can think of is what if it would've been him instead I want to build me a wall so high nothing can burn it down Right here on my own piece of dirty ground Now I ply my trade in the land of king dollar Where you get paid and your silence passes as honor And all the hatred and dirty little lies Been written off the books and into decent men's eyes -------- 1992 Lucky Town -------- -------- The Big Muddy -------- [Verse 1] Billy had a mistress down on 'A' an 12th She was that little somethin' that he did for himself His own little secret didn't hurt nobody Come the afternoon he'd take her wadin' [Chorus] Waist deep in the big muddy Waist deep in the big muddy You start out standing but end up crawlin' [Verse 2] Got in some trouble and needed a hand from a friend of mine This old friend he had a figure in mind It was nothing illegal just a little bit funny He said "C'mon don't tell me that the rich don't know Sooner or later it all comes down to money" [Chorus] And you're waist deep in the big muddy Waist deep in the big muddy You start on higher ground but end up crawlin' [Verse 3] Well I had a friend said "You watch what you do Poison snake bites you and you're poison too" How beautiful the river flows and the birds they thing But you and I we're messier things They're ain't no one leavin' this world buddy Without their shirttail dirty Or their hands a little bloody [Outro] Waist deep in the big muddy Waist deep in the big muddy You start on higher ground but end up somehow crawlin' Waist deep in the big muddy Waist deep in the big muddy Waist deep in the big muddy Woo! Woo -------- 1995 The Ghost of Tom Joad -------- -------- Across the Border -------- [Verse 1] Tonight my bag is packed Tomorrow I'll walk these tracks That will lead me across the border Tomorrow my love and I Will sleep beneath auburn skies Somewhere across the border We'll leave behind my dear The pain and sadness we found here And we'll drink from the Bravo's muddy water Where the sky grows gray and wide We'll meet on the other side There, across the border [Verse 2] For you I'll build a house High upon a grassy hill Somewhere across the border Where pain and memory Pain and memory have been stilled There, across the border And sweet blossoms fill the air Pastures of gold and green Roll down into cool clear waters And in your arms beneath open skies I'll kiss the sorrow from your eyes There, across the border [Bridge] Tonight we'll sing the songs I'll dream of you, my corazon And tomorrow my heart will be strong And may the saints blessing and grace Carry me safely into your arms There, across the border [Outro] For what are we Without hope in our hearts That someday we'll drink from God's blessed waters And eat the fruit from the vine I know love and fortune will be mine Somewhere across the border -------- 1995 The Ghost of Tom Joad -------- -------- Balboa Park -------- He lay his blanket underneath the freeway As the evening sky grew dark Took a sniff of toncho from his coke can And headed through Balboa Park Where the men in their Mercedes Come nightly to employ In the cool San Diego evening The services of the border boys He grew up near the Zona Norte With the hustlers and smugglers he hung out with He swallowed their balloons of cocaine Brought them across to the Twelfth Street strip Sleeping in a shelter If the night got too cold Running from the migra Of the border patrol Past the salvage yard across the train tracks And in through the storm drain They stretched their blankets out beneath the freeway And each one took a name There was X-man and Cochise Little Spider, his sneakers covered in river mud They come north to California End up with the poison in their blood He did what he had to for the money Sometimes he sent home what he could spare The rest went to high-top sneakers and toncho And jeans like the gavachos wear One night the border patrol swept Twelfth Street A big car come fast down the boulevard Spider stood caught in its headlights Got hit and went down hard As the car sped away, Spider held his stomach Limped to his blanket beneath the underpass Lie there tasting his own blood on his tongue Closed his eyes and listened to the cars rushing by so fast -------- 1995 The Ghost of Tom Joad -------- -------- Dry Lightning -------- [Verse 1] I threw my robe on in the morning Watched the ring on the stove turn red Stared hypnotized into a cup of coffee Pulled on my boots and made the bed Screen door hanging off its hinges Kept banging me awake all night As I look out the window The only thing in sight [Chorus] Is dry lightning on the horizon line Just dry lightning and you on my mind [Verse 2] I chased the heat of her blood Like it was the holy grail Descend beautiful spirit Into the evening pale Her appaloosa's Kicking in the corral smelling rain There's a low thunder rolling Across the mesquite plain [Chorus] Is dry lightning on the horizon line Just dry lightning and you on my mind [Bridge] I'd drive down to Alvarado Street Where she'd dance to make ends meet I'd spend the night over my gin As she'd talk to her men Well, the piss yellow sun Comes bringing up the day She said "Ain't nobody can give nobody What they really need anyway" Well, you get so sick of the fighting You lose your fear of the end But I can't lose your memory And the sweet smell of your skin [Chorus] Is dry lightning on the horizon line Just dry lightning and you on my mind -------- 1995 The Ghost of Tom Joad -------- -------- Galveston Bay -------- [Verse] For fifteen years Le Bin Son Fought side by side with the Americans In the mountains and deltas of Vietnam In '75 Saigon fell and he left his command And brought his family to the promised land Seabrook, Texas and the small towns in the Gulf of Mexico It was delta country and reminded him of home He worked as a machinist, put his money away And bought a shrimp boat with his cousin And together they harvested Galveston Bay In the morning before the sun come up He'd kiss his sleeping daughter Steer out through the channel And cast his nets into the water Billy Sutter fought with Charlie Company In the highlands of Quang Tri He was wounded in the battle of Chu Lai Shipped home in '68 There he married and worked the gulf fishing grounds In a boat that had been his father's In the morning he'd kiss his sleeping son And cast his nets into the water Billy sat in front of his TV as the South fell And the communists rolled into Saigon He and his friends watched as the refugees came Settled on the same streets and worked the coast they'd grew up on Soon in the bars around the harbor was talk Of America for Americans Someone said "You want them out, you got to burn them out" And brought in the Texas Klan One humid Texas night there were three shadows on the harbor Come to burn the Vietnamese boats into the sea In the fire's light shots rang out Two Texans lay dead on the ground Le stood with a pistol in his hand A jury acquitted him in self-defense As before the judge he did stand But as Le walked down the courthouse steps Billy said "My friend you're a dead man" One late summer night Le stood watch along the waterside Billy stood in the shadows His Ka-Bar knife in his hand And the moon slipped behind the clouds Le lit a cigarette, the bay was still as glass As he walked by Billy stuck his knife into his pocket Took a breath and let him pass In the early darkness, Billy rose up Went into the kitchen for a drink of water Kissed his sleeping wife Headed into the channel And cast his nets into the water Of Galveston Bay -------- 1995 The Ghost of Tom Joad -------- -------- Highway 29 -------- [Verse 1] I slipped on her shoe, she was a perfect size seven I said "There's no smoking in the store ma'am." She crossed her legs and then We made some small talk that's where it should have stopped She slipped me her number, I put it in my pocket My hand slipped up her skirt, everything slipped my mind In that little roadhouse On Highway 29 [Verse 2] It was a small town bank it was a mess Well, I had a gun you know the rest Money on the floorboards, shirt was covered in blood And she was crying, her and me we headed south On Highway 29 [Verse 3] In a little desert motel the air was hot and clean I slept the sleep of the dead, I didn't dream I woke in the morning, washed my face in the sink We headed into the Sierra Madres across the border line The winter sun shot through the black trees I told myself it was all something in her But as we drove I knew it was something in me Something that had been coming for a long, long time And something that was here with me now On Highway 29 [Outro] The road was filled with broken glass and gasoline She wasn't saying nothing, it was just a dream The wind come silent through the windshield All I could see was snow, sky and pines I closed my eyes and I was running I was running then I was flying -------- 1995 The Ghost of Tom Joad -------- -------- My Best Was Never Good Enough -------- [Verse 1] "Every cloud has a silver lining, every dog has his day" She said "Now don't say nothing If you don't have something nice to say The tough now they get going when the going gets tough" [Chorus] But for you, my best was never good enough [Verse 2] "Now don't try for a home run, baby If you can get the job done with a hit Remember, a quitter never wins And a winner never quits The sun doesn't shine on a sleeping dog's ass" And all the rest of that stuff [Chorus] But for you, my best was never good enough [Verse 3] "If God gives you nothing but lemons, then you make some lemonade The early bird catches the fucking worm, Rome wasn't built in a day Now life's like a box of chocolates You never know what you're going to get Stupid is as stupid does," and all the rest of that shit Come on pretty baby, call my bluff [Chorus] But for you, my best was never good enough -------- 1995 The Ghost of Tom Joad -------- -------- Sinaloa Cowboys -------- [Verse 1] Miguel came from a small town In northern Mexico He came north with his brother Luis To California three years ago They crossed at the river levee When Luis was just sixteen And found work together in the fields of the San Joaquin [Verse 2] They left their homes and family Their father said, "My sons, one thing you will learn For everything the north gives It exacts a price in return" They worked side by side in the orchards From morning until the day was through Doing the work the hueros wouldn't do [Verse 3] Word was out some men in from Sinaloa Were looking for some hands Well, deep in Fresno county There was a deserted chicken ranch There in a small tin shack On the edge of a ravine Miguel and Luis stood cooking methamphetamine [Bridge] You could spend a year in the orchards Or make half as much in one ten-hour shift Working for the men from Sinaloa Ah, but if you slipped The hydriodic acid Could burn right through your skin They'd leave you spitting up blood in the desert If you breathed those fumes in [Verse 4] It was early one winter evening As Miguel stood watch outside When the shack exploded Lighting up the valley night Miguel carried Luis's body over his shoulder Down a swale to the creek side And there in the tall grass Luis Rosales died [Verse 5] Miguel lifted Luis' body Into his truck, and then he drove To where the morning sunlight fell On a eucalyptus grove There in the dirt he dug up ten thousand dollars All that they'd saved Kissed his brother's lips and placed him in his grave -------- 1995 The Ghost of Tom Joad -------- -------- Straight Time -------- [Verse 1] Got out of prison back in '86 and I found a wife Walked the clean and narrow Just trying to stay out and stay alive Got a job at the rendering plant, it isn't going to make me rich In the darkness before dinner comes Sometimes I can feel the itch [Chorus] I got a cold mind to go tripping across that thin line I'm sick of doing straight time [Verse 2] My uncle's at the evening table Makes his living running hot cars Slips me a hundred dollar bill says "Charlie you best remember who your friends are" [Chorus] I got a cold mind to go tripping across that thin line I'm sick of doing straight time [Bridge] Eight years in it feels like you're going to die You get used to anything Sooner or later it just becomes your life [Verse 3] Kitchen floor in the evening tossing my little babies high Mary's smiling but she's watching me out of the corner of her eye Seems you can't get any more than half free I step out onto the front porch and suck the cold air deep inside of me [Chorus] I got a cold mind to go tripping across that thin line I'm sick of doing straight time [Bridge] In the basement hunting gun and a hacksaw Sip a beer and thirteen inches of barrel drop to the floor [Outro] Come home in the evening, can't get the smell from my hands Lay my head down on the pillow and Go drifting off into foreign lands -------- 1995 The Ghost of Tom Joad -------- -------- The Ghost of Tom Joad -------- [Verse 1] Men walking along the railroad tracks Going someplace, there's no going back Highway patrol choppers coming up over the ridge Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge Shelter line stretching around the corner Welcome to the new world order Families sleeping in the cars in the southwest No home, no job, no peace, no rest [Chorus] Well the highway is alive tonight But nobody's kidding nobody about where it goes I'm sitting down here in the campfire light Searching for the ghost of Tom Joad [Verse 2] He pulls a prayer book out of his sleeping bag Preacher lights up a butt and he takes a drag Waiting for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last In a cardboard box beneath the underpass You got a one-way ticket to the promised land You got a hole in your belly and a gun in your hand Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock Bathing in the city's aqueduct [Chorus] Well the highway is alive tonight Where it's headed, everybody knows I'm sitting down here in the campfire light Waiting on the ghost of Tom Joad [Verse 3] Now Tom said, "Mom, wherever there's a cop beating a guy Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries Where there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air Look for me, Mom, I'll be there Wherever somebody's fighting for a place to stand Or a decent job or a helping hand Wherever somebody's struggling to be free Look in their eyes, Ma, and you'll see me" [Chorus] Well the highway is alive tonight But nobody's kidding nobody about where it goes I'm sitting down here in the campfire light With the ghost of old Tom Joad -------- 1995 The Ghost of Tom Joad -------- -------- The Line -------- I got my discharge from Fort Irwin Took a place on the San Diego county line Felt funny being a civilian again It'd been some time My wife had died a year ago I was still trying to find my way back whole Went to work for the INS on the line With the California border patrol Bobby Ramirez was a ten-year veteran We became friends His family was from Guanajuato So the job, it was different for him He said, "They risk death in the deserts and mountains Pay all they got to the smugglers rings We send them home, and they come right back again Carl, hunger is a powerful thing." Well, I was good at doing what I was told Kept my uniform pressed and clean At night I chased their shadows Through the arroyos and ravines Drug runners, farmers with their families Young women with little children by their sides Come night we'd wait out in the canyons And try to keep them from crossing the line Well, the first time that I saw her She was in the holding pen Our eyes met and she looked away Then she looked back again Her hair was black as coal Her eyes reminded me of what I'd lost She had a young child crying in her arms I asked, "Senora, is there anything I can do?" There's a bar in Tijuana Where me and Bobby drink alongside The same people we'd sent back the day before We met there, she said her name was Louisa She was from Sonora and had just come north We danced, and I held her in my arms And I knew what I would do She said she had some family in Madera county If she, her child and younger brother could just get through At night, they come across the levee In the searchlight's dusty glow We'd rush them in our Broncos Force them back down into the river below She climbed into my truck She leaned toward me and we kissed As we drove, her brother's shirt slipped open And I saw the tape across his chest We were just about on the highway When Bobby's jeep come up in the dust on my right I pulled over and let my engine run and stepped out into his lights I felt myself moving My gun resting beneath my hand We stood there staring at each other As off through the arroyo she ran Bobby Ramirez, he never said nothing Six months later, I left the line I drifted to the central valley And took what work that I could find At night I searched the local bars And the migrant towns Looking for my Louisa With the black hair falling down -------- 1995 The Ghost of Tom Joad -------- -------- The New Timer -------- He rode the rails since the Great Depression Fifty years out on the skids He said "You don't cross nobody You'll be all right out here kid" Left my family in Pennsylvania Searching for work I hit the road I met Frank in East Texas In a freight yard blown through with snow From New Mexico to Colorado California to the sea Frank, he showed me the ropes, sir Just until I could get back on my feet I hoed sugar beets outside of Firebaugh I picked the peaches from the Marysville trees They bunked us in a barn just like animals Me and a hundred others just like me We split up come the springtime I never seen Frank again Except one rainy night, he blew by me on a grainer Shouted my name and disappeared in the rain and wind They found him shot dead outside of Stockton His body lying on a muddy hill Nothing taken, nothing stolen Somebody killing just to kill Late that summer, I was rolling through the plains of Texas A vision passed before my eyes A small house sitting track-side With the glow of the savior's beautiful light A woman stood cooking in the kitchen Kid sat at a table with his old man Now I wonder, does my son miss me Does he wonder where I am? Tonight I pick my campsite carefully Outside the Sacramento yard Gather some wood and light a fire In the early winter dark Wind whistling cold I pull my coat around me Heat some coffee and stare out into the black night I lie awake, I lie awake, sir With my machete by my side My Jesus, your gracious, love and mercy Tonight I'm sorry could not fill My heart like one good rifle And the name of who I ought to kill -------- 1995 The Ghost of Tom Joad -------- -------- Youngstown -------- [Verse 1] Here in northeast Ohio Back in eighteen-o-three James and Dan Heaton Found the ore that was lining Yellow Creek They built a blast furnace Here along the shore And they made the cannonballs That helped the Union win the war [Chorus] Here in Youngstown Here in Youngstown My sweet Jenny I'm sinking down Here darling in Youngstown [Verse 2] Well, my daddy worked the furnaces Kept them hotter than hell I come home from 'Nam, worked my way to scarfer A job that would suit the devil as well Taconite coke and limestone Fed my children and made my pay The smokestacks reaching like the arms of God Into a beautiful sky of soot and clay [Chorus] Here in Youngstown Here in Youngstown My sweet Jenny I'm sinking down Here darling in Youngstown [Verse 3] Well, my daddy come on the Ohio works When he come home from World War Two Now the yard's just scrap and rubble He said "Them big boys did what Hitler couldn't do" These mills they built the tanks and bombs That won this country's wars We sent our sons to Korea and Vietnam Now we're wondering what they were dying for [Chorus] Here in Youngstown Here in Youngstown My sweet Jenny I'm sinking down Here darling in Youngstown [Verse 4] From the Monongahela valley To the Mesabi iron range To the coal mines of Appalachia The story's always the same Seven hundred tons of metal a day Now sir, you tell me the world's changed Once I made you rich enough Rich enough to forget my name [Chorus] Here in Youngstown Here in Youngstown My sweet Jenny I'm sinking down Here darling in Youngstown [Outro] When I die I don't want no part of heaven I would not do heaven's work well I pray the devil comes and takes me To stand in the fiery furnaces of hell -------- 2002 The Rising -------- -------- Countin' on a Miracle -------- [Verse 1] It's a fairytale so tragic There's no prince to break the spell I don't believe in magic But for you, I will, for you I will If I'm a fool, I'll be a fool Darling, for you [Chorus] I'm counting on a miracle Baby, I'm counting on a miracle Darling, I'm counting on a miracle To come through [Verse 2] There ain't no storybook story There's no never-ending song Our happily ever after Darling Forever come and gone I'm moving on If I'm going to believe I'll put my faith Darling, in you [Chorus] I'm counting on a miracle Baby, I'm counting on a miracle Darling, I'm counting on a miracle To come through [Verse 3] Sleeping beauty awakes from her dream With her lover's kiss on her lips Your kiss was taken from me Now all I have is this [Bridge] Your kiss, your kiss, your touch, your touch Your heart, your heart, your strength, your strength Your hope, your hope, your faith, your faith Your face, your face, your love, your love Your dream, your dream, your life, your life [Verse 4] I'm running through the forest With this wolf at my heels My king is lost at midnight When the tower bells peal We've got no fairytale ending In God's hands our fate is complete Your heaven's here in my heart Our love's this dust beneath my feet Just this dust beneath my feet If I'm going to live I'll lift my life Darling, to you [Chorus] I'm counting on a miracle Baby, I'm counting on a miracle Darling, I'm counting on a miracle To come through I'm counting on a miracle Baby, I'm counting on a miracle Darling, I'm counting on a miracle To come through I'm counting on a miracle Baby, I'm counting on a miracle Darling, I'm counting on a miracle To come through I'm counting on a miracle Baby, I'm counting on a miracle Darling, I'm counting on a miracle To come through -------- 2002 The Rising -------- -------- Empty Sky -------- [Verse 1] I woke up this morning I could barely breathe Just an empty impression In the bed where you used to be I want a kiss from your lips I want an eye for an eye I woke up this morning to an empty sky [Chorus] Empty sky, empty sky I woke up this morning to an empty sky Empty sky, empty sky I woke up this morning to an empty sky [Verse 2] Blood on the streets Yeah, blood flowing down I hear the blood of my blood Crying from the ground [Chorus] Empty sky, empty sky I woke up this morning to an empty sky Empty sky, empty sky I woke up this morning to an empty sky [Verse 3] On the plains of Jordan I cut my bow from the wood Of this tree of evil Of this tree of good I want a kiss from your lips I want an eye for an eye I woke up this morning to an empty sky [Chorus] Empty sky, empty sky I woke up this morning to an empty sky Empty sky, empty sky I woke up this morning to an empty sky -------- 2002 The Rising -------- -------- Further On (Up the Road) -------- [Verse 1] Where the road is dark and the seed is sowed 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 [Verse 2] Got on my dead man's suit and my smiling 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 [Chorus 1] Further on up the road Further on up the road Where the way's dark and the night is cold One sunny morning we'll rise I know And I'll meet you further on up the road [Verse 3] Now I've been out in the desert, just doing my time Searching through the dust, looking for a sign If there's a light up ahead, well brother I don't know But I got this fever, burning in my soul So let's take the good times as they go And I'll meet you further on up the road [Chorus] Further on up the road Further on up the road Further on up the road Further on up the road 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 -------- 2002 The Rising -------- -------- Into the Fire -------- [Verse 1] The sky was falling And streaked with blood I heard you calling me Then you disappeared into the dust Up the stairs, into the fire Yeah, up the stairs, into the fire I need your kiss But love and duty called you some place higher Somewhere up the stairs, into the fire [Chorus] May your strength give us strength May your faith give us faith May your hope give us hope May your love give us love May your strength give us strength May your faith give us faith May your hope give us hope May your love give us love [Verse 2] You gave your love to see In fields of red and autumn brown You gave your love to me And lay your young body down Up the stairs, into the fire Yeah, up the stairs, into the fire I need you near But love and duty called you some place higher Somewhere up the stairs, into the fire [Chorus] May your strength give us strength May your faith give us faith May your hope give us hope May your love give us love May your strength give us strength May your faith give us faith May your hope give us hope May your love give us love May your strength give us strength May your faith give us faith May your hope give us hope May your love give us love [Verse 3] It was dark, too dark to see You held me in the light you gave You lay your hand on me Then walked into the darkness of your smoky grave Up the stairs, into the fire Yeah, up the stairs, into the fire I need your kiss But love and duty called you some place higher Somewhere up the stairs into the fire [Chorus] May your strength give us strength May your faith give us faith May your hope give us hope May your love give us love May your strength give us strength May your faith give us faith May your hope give us hope May your love bring us love May your strength give us strength May your faith give us faith May your hope give us hope May your love bring us love May your strength give us strength May your faith give us faith May your hope give us hope May your love bring us love May your love bring us love -------- 2002 The Rising -------- -------- Let's Be Friends (Skin to Skin) -------- [Verse 1] I been watching you a long time Trying to figure out where and when We been moving down that same line Time is now maybe we could get skin to skin [Chorus] Don't know when this chance might come again Good times got a way of coming to an end Don't know when this chance might come again Good times got a way of slipping away Let's be friends, baby, let's be friends [Verse 2] I know we're different you and me Got a different way of walking The time has come to let the past be history Yeah, if we could just start talking [Chorus] Don't know when this chance might come again Good times got a way of coming to an end Don't know when this chance might come again Good times got a way of slipping away Let's be friends, baby, let's be friends [Bridge] Do, do do doo do do do doo Do, do do doo do do do doo Do, do do doo do do do doo Let's be friends Do, do do doo do do do doo Do, do do doo do do do doo Do, do do doo do do do doo Let's be friends [Verse 3] There's a lot of talk going around you Let them talk, you know you're the only one There's a lot of walls need tearing down Together we could take them down one by one [Chorus] Don't know when this chance might come again Good times got a way of coming to an end Don't know when this chance might come again Good times got a way of slipping away Let's be friends, baby, let's be friends -------- 2002 The Rising -------- -------- Lonesome Day -------- [Verse 1] Baby, once I thought I knew Everything I needed to know about you Your sweet whisper, your tender touch I didn't really know that much Joke's on me, but it's going to be okay If I can just get through this lonesome day [Chorus] Lonesome day [Verse 2] Hell's brewing, dark sun's on the rise This storm will blow through, by and by House is on fire, vipers in the grass Little revenge and this too shall pass This too shall pass, darling, yeah I'm going to pray Right now, all I got is this lonesome day [Chorus] Lonesome day [Bridge] It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah [Verse 3] Better ask questions before you shoot Deceit and betrayal's a bitter fruit It's hard to swallow, come time to pay That taste on your tongue don't easily slip away Thy kingdom come, I'm going to find my way Yeah, through this lonesome day [Chorus] Lonesome day Lonesome day Lonesome day [Bridge] It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah [Chorus] Lonesome day Lonesome day Lonesome day -------- 2002 The Rising -------- -------- Mary's Place -------- [Verse 1] I got seven pictures of Buddha The prophet's on my tongue Eleven angels of mercy Sighing over that black hole in the sun My heart's dark but it's rising I'm pulling all the faith I can see From that black hole on the horizon I hear your voice calling me [Pre-Chorus] Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain, let it rain Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain [Chorus] Meet me at Mary's place, we're going to have a party Meet me at Mary's place, we're going to have a party Tell me how do we get this thing started? Meet me at Mary's place Meet me at Mary's place [Verse 2] Familiar faces around me Laughter fills the air Your loving grace surrounds me Everybody's here Furniture's out on the front porch Music's up loud I dream of you in my arms I lose myself in the crowd [Pre-Chorus] Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain, let it rain Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain [Chorus] Meet me at Mary's place, we're going to have a party Meet me at Mary's place, we're going to have a party Tell me, how do you live broken-hearted? Meet me at Mary's place Meet me at Mary's place [Bridge] Meet me at Mary's place Meet me at Mary's place [Verse 3] I got a picture of you in my locket I keep it close to my heart This light shining in my breast Leading me through the dark Seven days, seven candles In my window, light your way Your favorite record's on the turntable I drop the needle and pray Band's counting out midnight Floor's rumbling loud Singer's calling up daylight And waiting for that shout from the crowd Waiting for that shout from the crowd[x5] [Pre-Chorus] Turn it up, turn it up, turn it up, turn it up Turn it up, turn it up, turn it up [Chorus] Meet me at Mary's place, we're going to have a party Meet me at Mary's place, we're going to have a party Tell me how do we get this thing started? Meet me at Mary's place Meet me at Mary's place Meet me at Mary's place Meet me at Mary's place Meet me at Mary's place Meet me at Mary's place Oh, meet me at Mary's place Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain, let it rain Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain -------- 2002 The Rising -------- -------- My City of Ruins -------- [Verse 1] There is a blood red circle On the cold dark ground And the rain is falling down The church door's thrown open I can hear the organ's song But the congregation's gone [Chorus 1] My city of ruins My city of ruins [Verse 2] Now the sweet bells of mercy Drift through the evening trees Young men on the corner Like scattered leaves The boarded-up windows The empty streets While my brother's down on his knees [Chorus 1] My city of ruins My city of ruins [Chorus 2] Come on, rise up! Come on, rise up! Come on, rise up! Come on, rise up! Come on, rise up! Come on, rise up! [Verse 3] Now's 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 Tell me how do I begin again? [Chorus 1] My city's in ruins My city's in ruins [Bridge] Now with these hands With these hands With these hands With these hands I pray Lord With these hands With these hands I pray for the strength, Lord With these hands With these hands I pray for the faith, Lord With these hands With these hands We pray for your love, Lord With these hands With these hands We pray for the lost, Lord With these hands With these hands We pray for this world, Lord With these hands With these hands We pray for the strength, Lord With these hands With these hands We pray for the strength, Lord With these hands With these hands Come on, come on [Chorus 2] Come on, rise up! Come on, rise up! Come on, rise up! Come on, rise up! Come on, rise up! Come on, rise up! Come on, rise up! Come on, rise up! Come on, rise up! Come on, rise up! -------- 2002 The Rising -------- -------- Nothing Man -------- [Verse 1] I don't remember how I felt I never thought I'd live To read about myself In my hometown paper How my brave young life Was forever changed In a misty cloud of pink vapor [Chorus] Darling, give me your kiss Only understand I am the nothing man [Verse 2] Around here everybody acts the same Around here everybody acts like nothing's changed Friday night club meets at Al's Barbecue The sky is still the same unbelievable blue [Chorus] Darling, give me your kiss Come and take my hand I am the nothing man [Verse 3] You can call me Joe Buy me a drink and shake my hand You want courage I'll show you courage you can understand Pearl and silver Resting on my night table It's just me Lord, pray I'm able [Chorus] Darlin' with this kiss Say you understand I am the nothing man I am the nothing man -------- 2002 The Rising -------- -------- Paradise -------- [Verse 1] Where the river runs to black I take the schoolbooks from your pack Plastics, wire and your kiss The breath of eternity on your lips In the crowded marketplace I drift from face to face I hold my breath and close my eyes I hold my breath and close my eyes [Hook] And I wait for paradise And I wait for paradise [Verse 2] The Virginia hills have gone to brown Another day, another sun going down I visit you in another dream I visit you in another dream I reach and feel your hair Your smell lingers in the air I brush your cheek with my fingertips I taste the void upon your lips [Hook] And I wait for paradise And I wait for paradise [Verse 3] I search for you on the other side Where the river runs clean and wide Up to my heart, the waters rise Up to my heart, the waters rise I sink beneath the river cool and clear Drifting down, I disappear I see you on the other side I search for the peace in your eyes [Hook] But they're as empty as paradise They're as empty as paradise [Outro] I break above the waves I feel the sun upon my face -------- 2002 The Rising -------- -------- The Fuse -------- [Verse 1] Down at the court house they're ringing the flag down Long black line of cars snaking slow through town Red sheets snapping on the line With this ring will you be mine [Chorus] The fuse is burning Shut out the lights The fuse is burning Come on let me do you right [Verse 2] Trees on fire with the first fall's frost Long black line in front of Holy Cross Blood moon rising in a sky of black dust Tell me baby, who do you trust? [Chorus] The fuse is burning Shut out the lights The fuse is burning Come on let me do you right [Verse 3] Tires on the highway hissing that something's coming You can feel the wires in the tree tops humming Devil's on the horizon line Your kiss and I'm alive Quiet afternoon in the empty house On the edge of the bed, you slip off your blouse The room is burning with the noon sun Your bittersweet taste on my tongue [Chorus] The fuse is burning Shut out the lights The fuse is burning Come on let me do you right -------- 2002 The Rising -------- -------- The Rising -------- [Verse 1] Can't see nothing in front of me Can't see nothing coming up behind Make my way through this darkness I can't feel nothing but this chain that binds me Lost track of how far I've gone How far I've gone, how high I've climbed On my back's a sixty pound stone On my shoulder, a half-mile line [Chorus] Come on up for the rising Come on up, lay your hands in mine Come on up for the rising Come on up for the rising tonight [Verse 2] Left the house this morning Bells were ringing and filled the air I was wearing the cross of my calling On wheels of fire, I come rolling down here [Chorus] Come on up for the rising Come on up, lay your hands in mine Come on up for the rising Come on up for the rising tonight [Bridge] There's spirits above and behind me Faces gone black, eyes burning bright May their precious blood bind me Lord, as I stand before your fiery light [Verse 3] I see you Mary in the garden In the garden of a thousand sighs There's holy pictures of our children Dancing in a sky filled with light May I feel your arms around me May I feel your blood mix with mine A dream of life comes to me Like a catfish dancing on the end of the line [Bridge] Sky of blackness and sorrow (A dream of life) Sky of love, sky of tears (A dream of life) Sky of glory and sadness (A dream of life) Sky of mercy, sky of fear (A dream of life) Sky of memory and shadow (A dream of life) Your burning wind fills my arms tonight Sky of longing and emptiness (A dream of life) Sky of fullness, sky of blessed life (A dream of life) [Chorus] Come on up for the rising Come on up, lay your hands in mine Come on up for the rising Come on up for the rising tonight -------- 2002 The Rising -------- -------- Waitin' on a Sunny Day -------- [Verse 1] It's raining, but there ain't a cloud in the sky Must have been a tear from your eye Everything will be okay Yeah funny, I thought I felt a sweet summer breeze Must have been you sighing so deep Don't worry, we're going to find a way [Chorus] I'm waiting, waiting on a sunny day Gonna chase the clouds away Yeah I'm waiting on a sunny day [Verse 2] Without you, I'm working with the rain falling down I'm half a party in a one dog town I need you to chase these blues away Without you, I'm a drummer girl that can't keep a beat Ice cream truck on a deserted street I hope that you're comin' to stay [Chorus] I'm waiting, waiting on a sunny day Gonna chase the clouds away Waiting on a sunny day [Outro] Hard times, baby well they come to us all Sure as the ticking of the clock on the wall Sure as the turning of the night into day Your smile girl, brings the morning light to my eyes Lifts away the blues when I rise I hope that you're coming to stay [Chorus] Cause I'm waiting, waiting on a sunny day Gonna chase the clouds away Waiting on a sunny day -------- 2002 The Rising -------- -------- Worlds Apart -------- [Intro] x2 La la la la la La la la la la La la la La la la la la [Verse 1] I hold you in my arms, yeah that's when it starts I seek faith in your kiss and comfort in your heart Taste the seed upon your lips, lay my tongue upon your scars When I look into your eyes and we stand worlds apart La la la la la La la la la la La la la La la la la la [Verse 2] Where the distant oceans sing and rise to the plains In this dry and troubled country, your beauty remains Down from the mountain roads where the highway rolls to dark Beneath Allah's blessed rain, we remain worlds apart La la la la la La la la la la La la la La la la la la [Bridge] Sometimes the truth just ain't enough Or is it too much in times like this Let's throw the truth away, we'll find it in this kiss In your skin upon my skin in the beating of our hearts May the living let us in before the dead tear us apart La la la la la La la la la la La la la La la la la la [Outro] We'll let blood build a bridge over mountains draped in stars I'll meet you on the ridge between these worlds apart We've got this moment now to live, then it's all just dust and dark Let's let love give what it gives Let's let love give what it gives Let's let love give what it gives Let's let love give what it gives Let's let love give what it gives Let's let love give what it gives -------- 2002 The Rising -------- -------- You're Missing -------- [Verse 1] Shirts in the closet, shoes in the hall Mama's in the kitchen, baby and all Everything is everything Everything is everything But you're missing [Verse 2] Coffee cups on the counter, jackets on the chair Papers on the doorstep, you're not there Everything is everything Everything is everything But you're missing [Verse 3] Pictures on the nightstand, TV's on in the den Your house is waiting, your house is waiting For you to walk in, for you to walk in But you're missing, you're missing You're missing, when I shut out the lights You're missing, when I close my eyes You're missing, when I see the sun rise You're missing [Bridge] Children are asking if it's alright Will you be in our arms tonight? [Verse 4] Morning is morning, the evening falls I got Too much room in my bed, too many phone calls How's everything, everything? Everything, everything But you're missing, you're missing God's drifting in heaven, devil's in the mailbox I got dust on my shoes, nothing but teardrops -------- 2005 Devils & Dust -------- -------- All I'm Thinkin' About -------- [Intro] One, two, three, four [Verse 1] Blind man waving by the side of the road In a flatbed Ford carrying a heavy load Sweet thing sipping on a blueberry wine On a flat black highway down in Carolina Black bird slipping in a sky of blue [Chorus] All I'm thinking about is you, baby All I'm thinking about is you, honey All I'm thinking about is you, baby All I'm thinking about is you There ain't nothing in this world I can do about it All I'm thinking about is you [Verse 2] Little boy carrying a fishing pole Little girl picking berries from off of the vine Brown bag filled with a little green toad We hook him through the the lip and throw him off with a line Your sweet brown legs got me feeling so blue [Chorus] All I'm thinking about is you, baby All I'm thinking about is you, honey All I'm thinking about is you, baby All I'm thinking about is you There isn't nothing in this world I can do about it All I'm thinking about is you [Verse 3] Black car shiny on a Sunday morn Mama go to church now, Mama go to church now Friday night and Daddy's shirt is torn Daddy's going downtown, Daddy's going downtown Ain't no one understand the sweet thing you do [Chorus] All I'm thinking about is you, baby All I'm thinking about is you, honey All I'm thinking about is you, baby All I'm thinking about is you Ain't nothing in this world I can do about it All I'm thinking about is you [Verse 4] Field turned up, the seed is sowed Rain coming in from over across the road Big black curtain coming across the field Blind will see, the lame will be healed Brown-eyed girl, turn my back on you, now it's lonely [Chorus] All I'm thinking about is you, baby And all I'm thinking about is you All I'm thinking about is you All I'm thinking about is you There ain't nothing in this world take away these blues All I'm thinking about is you [Chorus] All I'm thinking about is you All I'm thinking about is you Honey, all I'm thinking about is you Yeah, all I'm thinking about is you Ain't nothing in this world I can do about it All I'm thinking about is you -------- 2005 Devils & Dust -------- -------- All the Way Home -------- [Verse] I know what it's like to have failed, baby With the whole world looking on I know what it's like to have soared And come crashin' like a drunk on a barroom floor Now you've got no reason to trust me My confidence is a little rusty But if you don't feel like being alone Baby, I could walk you all the way home Well now our old fears and failures, oh baby, they do linger Like the shadow of that ring that was on your finger Those days, they've come and gone Baby, I could walk you all the way home Love leaves nothin' but shadows and vapor We go on, as is our sad nature, baby Now it's some old Stones' song the band is trashin' But if you feel like dancin', baby, I'm askin' It's coming on closing time Bartender, he's ringin' last call These days I don't stand on pride I ain't afraid to take a fall So if you're seein' what you like Maybe your first choice, he's gone Well, that's all right Baby, I could walk you all the way home Baby, I could walk you all the way home -------- 2005 Devils & Dust -------- -------- Black Cowboys -------- Rainey William's playground was the Mott Haven streets Where he ran past melted candles and flower wreaths Names and photos of the young black faces Whose death and blood consecrated these places Rainey's mother said, "Rainey, stay at my side For you are my blessing, you are my pride It's your love here that keeps my soul alive I want you to come home from school and stay inside" Rainey'd do his work and put his books away There was a channel showed a Western movie everyday And that brought him home books on the black cowboys of the Oklahoma range The Seminole scouts that fought the tribes of the Great Plains Summer come and the days grew long Rainey always had his mother's smile to depend on Along the street of stray bullets, he made his way To the warmth of her arms at the end of each day Come the fall, the rain flooded these homes Here in Ezekiel's valley of dry bones It fell hard and dark to the ground It fell without a sound Lynette took up with a man whose business was the boulevard Whose smile was fixed in a face that was never off guard In the pipes 'neath the kitchen sink, his secrets are kept In the day, behind drawn curtains in the next bedroom he slept And she got lost in the days The smile Rainey depended on dusted away The arms that held him were no more his own He lay at night his head pressed to her chest listening to the ghost in her bones In the kitchen, Rainey slipped his hand between the pipes From a brown bag pulled five hundred dollar bills and stuck it in his coat side Stood in the dark at his mother's bed Brushed her hair and kissed her eyes In the twilight, Rainey walked to the station on streets of stone Through Pennsylvania and Ohio, his train drifted on Through the small towns of Indiana, the big train crept As he lay his head back on the seat and slept He woke and the towns gave way to muddy fields of green Corn and cotton and endless nothing in between Over the rutted hills of Oklahoma, the red sun slipped and was gone The moon rose and stripped the earth to its bone -------- 2005 Devils & Dust -------- -------- Devils & Dust -------- [Verse 1] I got my finger on the trigger But I don't know who to trust When I look into your eyes There's just devils and dust We're a long, long way from home, Bobbie Home's a long, long way from us I feel a dirty wind blowing Devils and dust [Chorus] I got God on my side And I'm just trying to survive What if what you do to survive Kills the things you love Fear's a powerful thing, baby It can turn your heart black, you can trust It'll take your God-filled soul And fill it with devils and dust [Verse 2] Well, I dreamed of you last night In a field of blood and stone The blood began to dry The smell began to rise Well, I dreamed of you last night, Bobbie In a field of mud and bone Your blood began to dry And the smell began to rise [Chorus] We've got God on our side We're just trying to survive What if what you do to survive Kills the things you love Fear's a powerful thing It'll turn your heart black, you can trust It'll take your God-filled soul Fill it with devils and dust It'll take your God-filled soul Fill it with devils and dust [Verse 3] Now every woman and every man They want to take a righteous stand Find the love that God wills And the faith that He commands I've got my finger on the trigger And tonight faith just ain't enough When I look inside my heart There's just devils and dust [Chorus] Well, I've got God on my side And I'm just trying to survive What if what you do to survive Kills the things you love Fear's a dangerous thing It will turn your heart black, you can trust It'll take your God-filled soul Fill it with devils and dust Yeah it'll take your God-filled soul Fill it with devils and dust -------- 2005 Devils & Dust -------- -------- Jesus Was an Only Son -------- [Verse] Well, Jesus was an only son As he walked up Calvary Hill His mother Mary walking beside him In the path where his blood spilled Jesus was an only son In the hills of Nazareth As he lay reading the Psalms of David At his mother's feet A mother prays, "Sleep tight, my child, sleep well For I'll be at your side That no shadow, no darkness, no tolling bell Shall pierce your dreams this night" In the garden at Gethsemane He prayed for the life he'd never live He beseeched his Heavenly Father to remove The cup of death from his lips Now there's a loss that can never be replaced A destination that can never be reached A light you'll never find in another's face A sea whose distance cannot be breached Well, Jesus kissed his mother's hands Whispered, "Mother, still your tears For remember the soul of the universe Willed a world and it appeared" -------- 2005 Devils & Dust -------- -------- Leah -------- [Verse] I wanna build me a house on higher ground I wanna find me a world where love's the only sound High above this road filled with shadow and doubt I want to shoulder my load and figure it all out With Leah I walk this road with a hammer and a fiery lantern With this hand, I've built and with this, I've burned I want to live in the same house, beneath the same roof Sleep in the same bed, search for the same proof As Leah I got something in my heart I been waiting to give I got a life I wanna start, one I been waiting to live No more waiting, tonight I feel the light, I say the prayer I open the door, I climb the stairs -------- 2005 Devils & Dust -------- -------- Long Time Comin' -------- [Verse 1] Out where the creek turns shallow and sandy And the moon comes skimming away the stars Wind in the mesquite comes rushing over the hilltops Straight into my arms, straight into my arms I'm riding hard carrying a catch of roses A fresh map that I made Now I'm going to get birth naked and bury my old soul And dance on its grave and dance on its grave [Chorus] It's been a long time coming, my dear It's been a long time coming, but now it's here Yea, now it's here [Verse 2] Well my daddy, he was just a stranger Lived in a hotel downtown When I was a kid, he was just somebody Somebody I'd see around, somebody I'd see around Well now down below and pulling on my shirt Yeah I got some kids of my own If I had one wish for you in this god forsaken world, kid It'd be that your mistakes will be your own That your sins will be your own [Chorus] It's been a long time coming, my dear It's been a long time coming, but now it's here And now it's here Whoa [Verse 3] Out 'neath the arms of Cassiopeia Where the sword of Orion sweeps It's me and you, Rosie, crackling like crossed wires And you breathing in your sleep And you breathing you in your sleep Well there's just a spark of a campfire left burning Two kids in a sleeping bag beside Reach 'neath your shirt, put my hands across your belly and feel Another one kicking inside And I ain't gonna fuck it up this time [Chorus] It's been a long time coming, my dear It's been a long time coming, but now it's here And now it's here It's been a long time coming, my dear It's been a long time coming, but now it's here And now it's here [Outro] Whoa -------- 2005 Devils & Dust -------- -------- Maria's Bed -------- [Verse 1] Been on a barbed wire highway 40 days and nights I ain't complaining, it's my job and it suits me right I got a sweet soft fever rushing around my head I'm gonna sleep tonight in Maria's bed [Verse 2] Got on a dead man's suit and a smiling skull ring Lucky graveyard boots and a song to sing I keep my heart in my work, my troubles in my head And I keep my soul in Maria's bed [Refrain] Hey, hey Hey, hey [Verse 3] I been up on sugar mountain, 'cross the sweet blue sea I walked the valley of love and tears and mystery I got run out'a luck and gave myself up for dead And I drank the cool clear waters from Maria's bed [Refrain] Hey, hey Hey, hey [Verse 4] She gave me candy stick kisses 'neath a wolf-dog moon One sweet breath and she'll take you, mister, to the upper room I was burned by the angels, sold wings of lead Then I fell in the roses and sweet salvation of Maria's bed [Verse 5] I been out in the desert, yeah, doing my time Sifting through the dust for fool's gold, looking for a sign Holy man said "Hold on, brother, there's a light up ahead" Ain't nothing like a light that shines on me in Maria's bed [Outro] Well I'll take my blessings at the riverhead I'm living in the light of Maria's bed Hey, hey Hey, hey Hey, hey -------- 2005 Devils & Dust -------- -------- Matamoros Banks -------- [Verse 1] For two days the river keeps you down Then you rise to the light without a sound Past the playgrounds and empty switching yards The turtles eat the skin from your eyes, so they lay open to the stars Your clothes give way to the current and river stone Till every trace of who you ever were is gone And the things of the earth, they make their claim That the things of heaven may do the same [Chorus] Goodbye, my darling For your love, I give God thanks Meet me on the Matamoros Meet me on the Matamoros Meet me on the Matamoros banks [Verse 2] Over rivers of stone and ancient ocean beds I walk on twine and tire tread Pockets full of dust, my mouth filled with cool stone The pale moon opens the earth to its bones [Chorus] I long, my darling, for your kiss For your sweet love, I give God thanks The touch of your loving fingertips Meet me on the Matamoros Meet me on the Matamoros Meet me on the Matamoros banks [Verse 3] Your sweet memory comes on the evening wind I sleep and dream of holding you in my arms again The lights of Brownsville across the river shine A shout rings out, into the silty red river, I dive [Chorus] I long, my darling, for your kiss For your sweet love, I give God thanks A touch of your loving fingertips Meet me on the Matamoros Meet me on the Matamoros Meet me on the Matamoros banks -------- 2005 Devils & Dust -------- -------- Reno -------- She took off her stockings I held them to my face She had your ankles I felt filled with grace "Two hundred dollars straight in Two-fifty up the ass" she smiled and said She unbuckled my belt, pulled back her hair And sat in front of me on the bed She said, "Honey, how's that feel Do you want me to go slow?" My eyes drifted out the window And down to the road below I felt my stomach tighten As the sun bloodied the sky And sliced through hotel blinds I closed my eyes Sunlight on the Amatitlan Sunlight streaming through your hair In the Valle de dos Rios The smell of mock orange filled the air We rode with the vaqueros Down into cool rivers of green I was sure the work and the smile coming out 'neath your hat Was all I'll ever need Somehow all you ever need's Never quite enough, you know You and I, Maria, we learned it's so She slipped me out of her mouth "You're ready," she said She took off her bra and panties Wet her fingers, slipped it inside her And crawled over me on the bed She bought me another whisky Said "here's to the best you ever had" We laughed and made a toast It wasn't the best I ever had, not even close -------- 2005 Devils & Dust -------- -------- Silver Palomino -------- [Intro] A mother dies, leaving her young son To come to terms with the loss In remembrance of Fiona Chappel For her sons Tyler and Oliver [Verse] I was barely 13 years old She came out of the Guadalupe's on a night so cold Her coat was frosted diamonds in the sallow moon's glow My silver palomino Sixteen hands from her withers to the ground I lie in bed and listen to the sound Of the west Texas thunder roll My silver palomino I track her into the mountains she loved Watch her from the rocks above She'd dip her neck and drink from the winter flows My silver palomino Our mustaneros were the very best, sir But they could never lay a rope on her No corral will ever hold The silver palomino In my dreams, bareback I ride Over the pradera low and wide As the wind sweeps out the draw Across the scrub desert floor I'd give my riata and spurs If I could be forever yours I'd ride into the serrania where no one goes For my silver palomino Summer drought come hard that year Our herd grazed the land so bare Me and my dad had to blowtorch the thorns off the prickly pear And mother, your hand slipped from my hair Tonight I wake early the sky is pearl, the stars aglow I saddle up my red roan I ride deep into the mountains along a ridge of pale stone Where the air is still with the coming snow As I rise higher, I can smell your hair The scent of your skin, Mother, fills the air Midst the harsh scrub pine that grows I watch the silver palomino -------- 2005 Devils & Dust -------- -------- The Hitter -------- Come to the door, Ma, and unlock the chain I was just passing through and got caught in the rain There's nothing that I want, nothing that you need say Just let me lie down for 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 I fought in the dockyards and with the money that I made The fight was my home and blood was my trade Baton Rouge, Ponchatoula and Lafayette town They payed me their money, Ma, I knocked the man down Well I did what I did, yeah it come easily Restraint and mercy, Ma, were always strangers to me I fought champion Jack Thompson in a field full of mud Rain poured through the tent to the canvas and mixed with our blood In the twelfth, slipped my tongue over my broken jaw And I stood over him and pounded his bloodied body into the floor Well the bell rang and rang and still I kept on Until I felt my glove leather slip between 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 I took my good share, Ma, I have no regrets I took the fix at the state armory with big John McDonald From high in the rafters, I watched myself fall As they raised his arm, my stomach twisted, and the sky it went black I stuffed my bag with their good money and never looked back Understand, in the end, Ma, every man plays the game Well if you know anyone different then speak out his name Ma, if my voice now, you don't recognize Well just open the door and look into your dark eyes I ask of you nothing, not a kiss, not a smile Just open the door and let me lie down for a while Now the gray rain is falling and my ring fightin's done So in the work fields and alleys, I take all who'll come If you're a better man than me, then just step to the line And show me your money and speak out your crime There's nothing I want, Ma, nothing that you need say Just let me lie for a while and I'll be on my way Well tonight in shipyard, a man draws a circle in the dirt I move to the center and I take off my shirt I study him for the cuts, the scars, the pain, man, no time can erase I move hard to the left and I strike to the face -------- 2006 The Seeger Sessions -------- -------- Bring 'Em Home -------- If you love this land of the free Bring 'em home, bring 'em home Bring them back from overseas Bring 'em home, bring 'em home It will make the politicians sad, I know Bring 'em home, bring 'em home They wanna tangle with their foe Bring 'em home, bring 'em home They wanna test their grand theories Bring 'em home, bring 'em home With the blood of you and me Bring 'em home, bring 'em home Now we'll give no more brave young lives Bring 'em home, bring 'em home For the gleam in someone's eyes Bring 'em home, bring 'em home The men will cheer and the boys will shout Bring 'em home, bring 'em home Yeah and we will all turn out Bring 'em home, bring 'em home The church bells will ring with joy Bring 'em home, bring 'em home To welcome our darlin' girls and boys Bring 'em home, bring 'em home We will lift their voice and song Bring 'em home, bring 'em home Yeah, when Johnny comes marching home Bring 'em home, bring 'em home Bring 'em home, bring 'em home Bring 'em home, bring 'em home Bring 'em home, bring 'em home Bring 'em home, bring 'em home Bring 'em home, bring 'em home Bring 'em home, bring 'em home Bring them back from overseas Bring 'em home, bring 'em home Bring 'em home, bring 'em home Bring 'em home, bring 'em home Bring 'em home, bring 'em home Bring 'em home, bring 'em home If you love this land of the free Bring 'em home, bring 'em home Bring them back from overseas Bring 'em home, bring 'em home Bring 'em home, bring 'em home Bring 'em home, bring 'em home Bring 'em home, bring 'em home Bring 'em home, bring 'em home Bring them back from overseas Bring 'em home, bring 'em home -------- 2006 The Seeger Sessions -------- -------- Buffalo Gals -------- [Verse] As I was walking down the street Down the street, down the street A pretty girl I chanced to meet And we danced by the light of the moon [Chorus 1] Buffalo girls won't you come out tonight Come out tonight, come out tonight Buffalo girls won't you come out tonight And we'll dance by the light of the moon [Chorus 2] I danced with a girl with a hole in her stocking And he knees was knocking and her shoes was rocking I danced with a girl with a hole in her stocking And we danced by the light of the moon [Chorus 1] Buffalo girls won't you come out tonight Come out tonight, come out tonight Buffalo girls won't you come out tonight And we'll dance by the light of the moon [Chorus 2] I danced with a girl with a hole in her stocking And he knees was knocking and her shoes was rocking I danced with a girl with a hole in her stocking And we danced by the light of the moon [Chorus 1] Buffalo girls won't you come out tonight Come out tonight, come out tonight Buffalo girls won't you come out tonight And we'll dance by the light of the moon -------- 2006 The Seeger Sessions -------- -------- Erie Canal -------- [Verse 1] I've got a mule and her name is Sal Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal She's a good old worker and a good old pal Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal We hauled some barges in our day Filled with lumber, coal, and hay We know every inch of the way From Albany to Buffalo [Chorus] Low bridge, everybody down Low bridge, yeah we're coming to a town And you'll always know your neighbor And you'll always know your pal If you ever navigated on the Erie Canal [Verse 2] We'd better look around for a job, old gal Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal You can bet your life I'll never part with Sal Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal Get up mule, here comes a lock We'll make Rome about six o'clock One more trip and back we'll go Right back home to Buffalo [Chorus] Low bridge, everybody down Low bridge, yeah we're coming to a town And you'll always know your neighbor And you'll always know your pal If you ever navigated on the Erie Canal [Verse 3] Where would I be if I lost my pal Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal I'd like to see a mule good as my Sal Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal A friend of mine once got her sore Now he's got a broken jaw Because she let fly with an iron toe And kicked him back to Buffalo [Chorus] Low bridge, everybody down Low bridge, yeah we're coming to a town And you'll always know your neighbor And you'll always know your pal If you ever navigated on the Erie Canal Low bridge, everybody down Low bridge, yeah we're coming to a town And you'll always know your neighbor And you'll always know your pal If you ever navigated on the Erie Canal Low bridge, everybody down Low bridge, yeah we're coming to a town And you'll always know your neighbor And you'll always know your pal If you ever navigated on the Erie Canal -------- 2006 The Seeger Sessions -------- -------- Eyes on the Prize -------- [Verse 1] Paul and Silas bound in jail Had no money to go their bail Keep your eyes on the prize Hold on Paul and Silas thought They was lost Dungeon shook and The chains come off Keep your eyes on the prize Hold on Freedom's name is mighty sweet And soon we're going to meet Keep your eyes on the prize Hold on I got my hand on the gospel plow Won't take nothing for My journey now Keep your eyes on the prize Hold on [Chorus] Hold on, Hold on Keep your eyes on the prize Hold on [Verse 2] Only chain that a man can stand Is that chain of hand and hand Keep your eyes on the prize Hold on I'm going to board That big Greyhound Carry the love from Town to town Keep your eyes on the prize Hold on [Chorus] Hold on, Hold on Keep your eyes on the prize Hold on [Verse 3] The only thing I did was wrong Was staying in the Wilderness too long Keep your eyes on the prize Hold on The only thing we did was right Was the day we started to fight Keep your eyes on the prize Hold on [Chorus] Hold on, Hold on Keep your eyes on the prize Hold on Hold on, Hold on Keep your eyes on the prize Hold on Hold on, Hold on Keep your eyes on the prize Hold on [Outro] Haven't been to heaven But I been told Streets up there are Paved with gold -------- 2006 The Seeger Sessions -------- -------- Froggie Went a Courtin' -------- Mr. Frog went a courting and he did ride, uh-huh Froggie went a courting and he did ride, uh-huh Froggie went a courting and he did ride A sword and a pistol by his side, uh-huh He went down to Miss Mousey's door, uh-huh He went down to Miss Mousey's door, uh-huh He went down to Miss Mousey's door Where he'd often been before, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh He took Miss Mouse upon his knee, uh-huh Said, "Miss Mouse, will you marry me?" uh-huh Said, "Miss Mouse will you marry me?" uh-huh Without my uncle Rat's consent I wouldn't marry the president, huh-uh, huh-uh, huh-uh" Well, Uncle Rat, he gave his consent, uh-huh Yeah, Uncle Rat, he gave his consent, uh-huh Ole Rat he gave his consent And the weasel wrote the publishment, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh Well now where will the wedding supper be? Uh-huh Where will the wedding supper be? Uh-huh Well where will the wedding supper be? Way down yonder in a hollow tree, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh Yeah the first come in was a flying moth, uh-huh First come in was a flying moth, uh-huh First come in was a flying moth Who laid out the tablecloth, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh Well the next to come in was a junie bug, uh-huh The next to come in was a junie bug, uh-huh Next to come in was a junie bug She brought the whiskey in a water jug, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh Next to come in was a big black snake, uh-huh Next to come in was a big black snake, uh-huh Next to come in was a big black snake Chased them all into the lake, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh Little piece of cornbread laying on a shelf, uh-huh Little piece of cornbread laying on a shelf, uh-huh Little piece of cornbread laying on a shelf If you want any more, you can sing it yourself, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh Yip, go! [The next verses are from older versions of the song, and show the original story ending] Next to come in was the old gray cat, uh-huh Next to come in was the old gray cat, uh-huh Next to come in was the old gray cat Swallowed the mouse and ate up the rat, uh-huh Mr. Frog went hopping up over the brook, uh-huh Mr. Frog went hopping up over the brook, uh-huh Mr. Frog went hopping up over the brook A lily-white duck come and swallowed him up, uh-huh A little piece of cornbread laying on a shelf, uh-huh A little piece of cornbread laying on a shelf, uh-huh A little piece of cornbread laying on a shelf If you want any more, you can sing it yourself, uh-huh -------- 2006 The Seeger Sessions -------- -------- How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live -------- [Verse 1] Well, the doctor comes 'round here with his face all bright And he says, "In a little while, you'll be alright" All he gives is a humbug pill A dose of dope and a great big bill Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live? [Verse 2] "Me n' my old school pals had some mighty high times down here And what happened to you poor black folks, well, it just ain't fair" He took a look around, gave a little pep talk Said, "I'm with you"; then he took a little walk Tell me how can a poor man stand such times and live? [Verse 3] There's bodies floatin' on Canal and the levees gone to hell Martha, get me my sixteen gauge and some dry shells Them who's got, got out of town And them who ain't got left to drown Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live? Go 'head! [Instrumental] [Verse 4] Got family scattered from Texas all the way to Baltimore Yeah, and I ain't got no home in this world no more Gonna be a judgment, that's a fact A righteous train rollin' down this track Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live? Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live? Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live? -------- 2006 The Seeger Sessions -------- -------- How Can I Keep from Singing? -------- [Verse] My life goes on in endless song Above earth's lamentation I hear the real, though far off hymn That hails the new creation What though the tempest loudly roars I hear the truth, it lives What though the darkness round me close Songs in the night, it gives When tyrants tremble, sick with fear And hear their death-knell ringing When friends rejoice both far and near [Chorus] How can I keep from singing? [Bridge] No storm can shake my inmost calm While to that rock I'm clinging Since love is Lord in Heaven and Earth [Chorus] How can I keep from singing? -------- 2006 The Seeger Sessions -------- -------- Jacob's Ladder -------- [Chorus] We are climbing, Jacob's ladder We are climbing, Jacob's ladder We are climbing, Jacob's ladder Yeah, we're brothers, sisters, all [Verse 1] Every rung goes higher and higher Every rung goes higher and higher Every rung goes higher and higher We are brothers, sisters, all Every new rung just, just makes us stronger Every new rung just, just makes us stronger Every new rung just, just makes us stronger Yeah, we are brothers and sisters, all [Chorus] We are climbing, Jacob's ladder We are climbing, Jacob's ladder We are climbing, Jacob's ladder Yeah, we're brothers, sisters, all [Verse 2] We are climbing higher and higher We are climbing higher and higher We are climbing higher and higher Yeah, we are brothers and sisters and all [Chorus] We are climbing, Jacob's ladder We are climbing, Jacob's ladder We are climbing, Jacob's ladder Yeah, we're brothers, sisters, all -------- 2006 The Seeger Sessions -------- -------- Jesse James -------- [Verse 1] Jesse James was a lad that killed many a man He robbed the Glendale train He stole from the rich and he gave to the poor He'd a hand and a heart and a brain Well it was Robert Ford, that dirty little coward I wonder how he feel For he ate of Jesse's bread and he slept in Jesse's bed Then he laid poor Jesse in his grave [Chorus] Well, Jesse had a wife to mourn for his life Three children now they were brave Well, that dirty little coward that shot Mr. Howard He laid poor Jesse in his grave [Verse 2] Jesse was a man, a friend to the poor He'd never rob a mother or a child There never was a man with the law in his hand That could take Jesse James alive It was on a Saturday night and the moon was shining bright They robbed the Glendale train And people they did say over many miles away It was those outlaws, they're Frank and Jesse James [Chorus] Well, Jesse had a wife to mourn for his life Three children now they were brave Well, that dirty little coward that shot Mr. Howard He laid poor Jesse in his grave [Verse 3] Now the people held their breath when they heard of Jesse's death And wondered how he ever came to fall Robert Ford,It was a fact,He shot Jesse in the back While Jesse hung a picture on the wall Now Jesse went to rest with his hand on his breast The devil will be upon his knee He was born one day in the County Clay And he came from a solitary race [Chorus] Well, Jesse had a wife to mourn for his life Three children now they were brave Well, that dirty little coward that shot Mr. Howard He laid poor Jesse in his grave -------- 2006 The Seeger Sessions -------- -------- John Henry -------- Well, John Henry was a little baby Sitting on his daddy's knee He picked up a hammer and A little piece of steel And cried, "Hammer's going to Be death of me, Lord, Lord Hammer's going to be the death of me" Now the captain he Said to John Henry "I'm going to bring that Steam drill around I'm going to bring that Steam drill out on these tracks I'm going to knock that Steel on down, God, God I'm going to knock that Steel on down" John Henry told his captain "Lord, a man is nothing but a man But before I let that steam drill Beat me down I'm going to die with a hammer In my hand, Lord, Lord I'll die with a hammer in my hand" John Henry driving On the right side That steam drill driving On the left Says, "Before I let your Steam drill beat me down I'm going to hammer Myself to death, Lord, Lord I'll hammer my fool self to death" Well captain said to John Henry "What is that storm I hear?" John Henry said, "That Is no storm captain That's just my hammer In the air, Lord, Lord That's just my hammer in the air" John Henry said to his shaker "Shaker, why don't you sing? Because I'm swinging thirty pounds From my hips on down Yeah, listen to my cold steel Ring, Lord Lord Listen to my cold steel ring" John Henry he hammered In the mountains His hammer was striking fire But he worked so hard It broke his heart John Henry laid down his hammer And died, Lord, Lord John Henry laid down his hammer and died Well, now John Henry He had him a woman By the name of Polly Ann She walked out to those tracks Picked up John Henry's hammer Polly drove steel like a man, Lord, Lord Polly drove that steel like a man Well every, every Monday morning When a blue bird he began to sing You could hear John Henry From a mile or more You could hear John Henry's hammer Ring, Lord, Lord You can hear John Henry's hammer ring You can hear John Henry's hammer Ring, Lord, Lord You can hear John Henry's hammer ring -------- 2006 The Seeger Sessions -------- -------- Mrs. McGrath -------- "Mrs. McGrath," the sergeant said "Would you like to make a soldier Out of your son, Ted? With a scarlet cloak and a big cocked hat Mrs. McGrath, wouldn't you like that?" With your too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa, with your too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Mrs. McGrath lived on the shore And after seven years or more She spied a ship come into the bay With her son from far away "Oh, Captain dear, where have you been Have you been out sailing on the Mediterranean Have you news of my son Ted Is he living or is he dead?" With your too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa, with your too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Now then came Ted without any legs And in their place, two wooden pegs She kissed him a dozen times or two And said, "My God, Ted, is it you?" "Now were you drunk or were you blind When you left your two fine legs behind? Or was it walking upon the sea That bore your two fine legs away?" With a too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa, with a too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa With a too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa, with a too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa "No, I wasn't drunk and I wasn't blind When I left my two fine legs behind A cannonball on the fifth of May Tore my two fine legs away" "Ah, Teddy, boy," the widow cried "Your two fine legs were your mother's pride Them stumps of a tree won't do at all Why didn't you run from the cannonball?" With a too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa, with a too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa With a too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa, with a too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa "Well, foreign wars, I do proclaim Live on only blood and a mother's pain I'd rather have my son as he used to be Then the King of America and his whole Navy" With a too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa, with a too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa With a too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa, with a too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa With a too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa, with a too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa -------- 2006 The Seeger Sessions -------- -------- My Oklahoma Home -------- [Verse 1] When they opened up the strip I was young and full of zip I wanted some place to call my home And so I made the race and I staked me out a place And settled down along the Cimarron [Chorus] It blowed away (blown away), it blowed away (blown away) My Oklahoma home, it blown away Well it looked so green and fair when I built my shanty there My Oklahoma home, it blown away [Verse 2] Well I planted wheats and oats, got some chickens and some shoats Aimed to have some ham and eggs to feed my face Got a mule to pull the plow, I got an old red muley cow And I also got a fancy mortgage on this place [Chorus] Well it blowed away (blown away), it blowed away (blown away) All the crops that I've planted blown away Well you can't grow any grain if you ain't got any rain Everything except my mortgage blown away Come on! [Verse 3] Well it looked so green and fair when I built my shanty there I figured I was all set for life I put on my Sunday best with my fancy scalloped vest Then I went to town to pick me out a wife [Chorus] She blowed away (blown away), she blowed away (blown away) My Oklahoma woman blown away Mister, as I bent to kiss her, she was picked up by a twister My Oklahoma woman blown away [Verse 4] Well then I was left alone just listening to the moan Of the wind around the corners of my shack So I took off down the road, yeah, when the south wind blowed I traveled with the wind upon my back [Chorus] I blowed away (blown away), I blowed away (blown away) Chasing that dust cloud up ahead Well once it looked so green and fair and now it's up in the air My Oklahoma farm is over head Come on! [Verse 5] And now I'm always close to home, it don't matter where I roam For Oklahoma dust is everywhere Makes no difference where I'm walking, I can hear my chickens squawking I can hear my wife a-talking in the air It blowed away (blown away), it blowed away (blown away) Yeah my Oklahoma home is blown away But my home Sir, is always near, it's up here in the atmosphere My Oklahoma home is blown away Come on! [Verse 6] Well I'm a roam'n Oklahoman but I'm always close to home And I'll never get homesick until I die 'Cause no matter where I'm found, my home's all around My Oklahoma home is in the sky [Chorus] It blowed away (blown away), it blowed away (blownd away) And my farm down on Cimarron But now all around the world wherever the dust is swirled There is some from my Oklahoma home It blowed away (blown away), it blowed away (blown away) Yeah my Oklahoma home is blown away Yeah it's up there in the sky in that dust cloud over n' by My Oklahoma home is blown away Yeah! Let me see that horn now, thank you! Come on one more time! [Chorus] Well it's blown away (blown away), blown away (blown away) Oh my Oklahoma home is blown away Yeah it's up there in the sky in that dust cloud over n' by My Oklahoma home is the sky Yeah! -------- 2006 The Seeger Sessions -------- -------- O Mary Don't You Weep -------- [Instrumental Intro] [Verse 1] Well if I could, I surely would Stand on the rock where Moses stood Pharaoh's army got drowned Oh Mary, don't you weep [Chorus] Oh Mary, don't you weep no more Oh Mary, don't you weep no more Pharaoh's army got drowned Oh Mary, don't you weep [Verse 2] Well, Mary wore three links of chain On every link was Jesus' name Pharaoh's army got drowned Oh Mary, don't you weep [Chorus] Oh Mary, don't you weep no more Oh Mary, don't you weep no more Pharaoh's army got drowned Oh Mary, don't you weep [Verse 3] Well one of these nights about twelve o'clock This old world is going to rock Pharaoh's army got drowned Oh Mary, don't you weep [Verse 4] Well, Moses stood on the Red Sea shore Smote the water with a two-by-four Pharaoh's army got drowned Oh Mary, don't you weep [Chorus] Oh Mary, don't you weep no more Oh Mary, don't you weep no more Pharaoh's army got drowned Oh Mary, don't you weep [Verse 5] Well, old Mister Satan, he got mad Missed that soul that he thought he had Pharaoh's army got drowned Oh Mary, don't you weep [Verse 6] Brothers and sisters, don't you cry There'll be good times by and by Pharaoh's army got drowned Oh Mary, don't you weep [Chorus] Oh Mary, don't you weep no more Oh Mary, don't you weep no more Pharaoh's army got drowned Oh Mary, don't you weep [Verse 7] God gave Noah the rainbow sign No more water, but fire next time Pharaoh's army got drowned Oh Mary, don't you weep [Chorus] Oh Mary, don't you weep no more Oh Mary, don't you weep no more Pharaoh's army got drowned Oh Mary, don't you weep [Chorus] Oh Mary, don't you weep no more Oh Mary, don't you weep no more Pharaoh's army got drowned Oh Mary, don't you weep -------- 2006 The Seeger Sessions -------- -------- Old Dan Tucker -------- Now Old Dan Tucker was a fine old man Washed his face in a frying pan Combed his hair with a wagon wheel And died with a toothache in his heel Get out the way, Old Dan Tucker You're too late to get your supper Get out the way, Old Dan Tucker You're too late to get your supper Now Old Dan Tucker come to town Riding a billy goat, leading a hound The hound dog barked and billy goat jumped And landed old Tucker on a stump Get out the way, Old Dan Tucker You're too late to get your supper Get out the way, Old Dan Tucker You're too late to get your supper Now Old Dan Tucker got drunk and fell In the fire and kicked up holy hell A red-hot coal got in his shoe And oh my Lord, the ashes flew Get out the way, Old Dan Tucker You're too late to get your supper Get out the way, Old Dan Tucker You're too late to get your supper Now Old Dan Tucker come to town Swinging them ladies all around First to the right and then to the left Then to the girl that he loved best Get out the way, Old Dan Tucker You're too late to get your supper Get out the way, Old Dan Tucker You're too late to get your supper Get out the way, Old Dan Tucker You're too late to get your supper Get out the way, Old Dan Tucker You're too late to get your supper -------- 2006 The Seeger Sessions -------- -------- Pay Me My Money Down -------- [Verse 1] I thought I heard the Captain say Pay me my money down Tomorrow is our sailing day Pay me my money down [Chorus] Oh, pay me, oh, pay me Pay me my money down Pay me or go to jail Pay me my money down [Verse 2] As soon as the boat was clear of the bar Pay me my money down The captain knocked me down with a spar Pay me my money down [Chorus] Oh, pay me, oh, pay me Pay me my money down Pay me or go to jail Pay me my money down [Verse 3] If I'd been a rich man's son Pay me my money down I'd sit on the river and watch it run Pay me my money down [Chorus] Oh, pay me, oh, pay me Pay me my money down Pay me or go to jail Pay me my money down [Verse 4] I wish I was Mr Gates Pay me my money down They'd haul my money in in crates Pay me my money down [Chorus] Oh, pay me, oh, pay me Pay me my money down Pay me or go to jail Pay me my money down [Verse 5] Well 40 nights, nights at sea Pay me my money down Captain worked every last dollar out of me Pay me my money down [Chorus] Oh, pay me, oh, pay me Pay me my money down Pay me or go to jail Pay me my money down Oh, pay me, oh, pay me Pay me my money down Pay me or go to jail Pay me my money down -------- 2006 The Seeger Sessions -------- -------- Shenandoah -------- [Verse 1] Oh Shenandoah, I love your daughter Away you rolling river I'll take her across the water [Chorus] Away, bound away Across the wide Missouri [Verse 2] My Shenandoah, I long to meet you Away you rolling river I'll not deceive you [Chorus] Away, bound away Across the wide Missouri [Verse 3] For seven years I've been a roller Away you rolling river Seven years I've been a roller [Chorus] Away, bound away Across the wide Missouri [Verse 4] Shenandoah, I love your daughter The way you rolling river I'll take her across the water [Chorus] Away, bound away Across the wide Missouri -------- 2006 The Seeger Sessions -------- -------- We Shall Overcome -------- One, two, three, four Hey we shall overcome, we shall overcome We shall overcome someday Darling here in my heart, yeah I do believe We shall overcome someday Well we'll walk hand in hand, we'll walk hand in hand We'll walk hand in hand someday Darling here in my heart, yeah I do believe We'll walk hand in hand someday Well we shall live in peace, we shall live in peace We shall live in peace someday Darling here in my heart, yeah I do believe We shall live in peace someday Well we are not afraid, we are not afraid We shall overcome someday Yeah here in my heart, I do believe We shall overcome someday Hey we shall overcome, we shall overcome We shall overcome someday Darling here in my heart, I do believe We shall overcome someday We shall overcome someday -------- 2007 Magic -------- -------- Devil's Arcade -------- [Verse 1] Remember the morning we dug up your gun The worms in the barrel, the hanging sun Those first nervous evenings of perfume and gin The lost smell on your breath as I helped you get it in The rush of your lips, the feel of your name [Chorus] The beat in your heart, the devil's arcade [Verse 2] You said "Heroes are needed, so heroes get made" Somebody made a bet, somebody paid The cool desert morning and nothing to save Just metal and plastic where your body caved The slow games of poker with Lieutenant Ray In the ward with the blue walls, a sea with no name Where you lie adrift with the heroes of the devil's arcade [Bridge] You sleep and you dream, your buddies Charlie and James And wake with a thick desert dust on your skin Voice says "Don't worry, I'm here Just whisper the word tomorrow in my ear" House on a quiet street, a home for the brave A glorious kingdom with the sun on your face Rising from a long night as dark as the grave On a thin chain of next moments and something like faith On a morning to order, a breakfast to make A bed draped in sunshine, a body that waits For the touch of your fingers, the end of the day [Outro] The beat of your heart The beat of your heart The beat of your heart The beat of your heart The beat of your heart The beat of your heart The beat of your heart The slow burning away Of the bitter fires of the devil's arcade -------- 2007 Magic -------- -------- Girls in Their Summer Clothes -------- [Verse 1] Well the street lights shine Down on Blessing Avenue Lovers they walk by Holding hands two by two A breeze crosses the porch Bicycle spokes spin around Jacket's on, I'm out the door Tonight I'm going to burn this town down [Chorus] And the girls in their summer clothes In the cool of the evening light The girls in their summer clothes Pass me by [Verse 2] Kid's rubber ball smacks Off the gutter underneath the lamp light Big bank clock chimes Off go the sleepy front porch lights Downtown the store's alive As the evening's underway Things been a little tight But I know they're going to turn my way [Chorus] And the girls in their summer clothes In the cool of the evening light The girls in their summer clothes Pass me by [Verse 3] Frankie's Diner's Over on the edge of town Neon sign spinning round Like a cross over the lost and found Fluorescent lights Flicker above Bob's Grill Shaniqua brings a coffee and asks "fill?" And says "penny for your thoughts now my poor Bill" She went away She cut me like a knife Had a beautiful thing Maybe you just saved my life In just a glance Down here on Magic Street Love's a fool's dance I haven't got much sense but I still got my feet [Chorus] And the girls in their summer clothes In the cool of the evening light The girls in their summer clothes Pass me by And the girls in their summer clothes In the cool of the evening light The girls in their summer clothes Pass me by [Outro] La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la -------- 2007 Magic -------- -------- Gypsy Biker -------- [Verse 1] The speculators made their money on the blood you shed Your momma's pulled the sheets up off your bed Profiteers on James Street sold your shoes and clothes Ain't nobody talking because everybody knows We pulled your cycle up back the garage and polished up the chrome Our gypsy biker coming home [Verse 2] Sister Mary sits with your colors, but Johnny's drunk and gone This old town's been rousted, which side you on? They would march up over the hill, this old fool's parade Shouting victory for the righteous for you must hear the grace Aren't nobody talking, but just waiting on the phone Gypsy biker coming home [Bridge] We rode into the foothills, Bobby brought the gasoline We stood around the circle as she lit up the ravine The spring hot desert wind rushed down on us all the way back home [Verse 3] To the dead, well it don't matter much about who's wrong or right You asked me that question, I didn't get it right You slipped into your darkness, now all that remains Is my love for you brother, life's still unchanged To them that threw you away, you ain't nothing but gone My gypsy biker's coming home And now I'm out counting white lines Counting white lines and getting stoned My gypsy biker's coming home Whoa! [Outro] La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la -------- 2007 Magic -------- -------- I'll Work for Your Love -------- [Verse 1] Pour me a drink, Theresa, in one of those glasses you dust off And I'll watch the bones in your back like the stations of the cross Around your hair, the sun lifts a halo, at your lips a crown of thorns Whatever the deal's going down, to this one I'm sworn [Chorus] I'll work for your love, dear I'll work for your love What others may want for free I'll work for your love [Verse 2] The dust of civilizations and love's sweet remains Slip off of your fingers and come drifting down like rain The pages of Revelation lie open in your empty eyes of blue I watch you slip that comb through your hair and this, I promise you [Chorus] I'll work for your love, dear I'll work for your love What others may want for free I'll work for your love [Verse 3] Well tears they fill the rosary, at your feet my temple of bones Here in this perdition, we go on and on Now I see your pieces crumbled and our book of faith's been tossed And I'm just down here searching for my own piece of the cross In the late afternoon sun fills the room with a mist in the garden before the fall I watch your hands smooth the front of your blouse and seven drops of blood fall [Chorus] I'll work for your love, dear I'll work for your love What others may want for free I'll work for your love What others may want for free I'll work for your love What others may want for free I'll work for your love -------- 2007 Magic -------- -------- Last to Die -------- [Verse 1] We took the highway till the road went black We marked 'Truth Or Consequences' on our map A voice drifted up from the radio We saw the voice from long ago [Chorus] Who'll be the last to die for a mistake The last to die for a mistake Whose blood will spill, whose heart will break Who'll be the last to die for a mistake [Verse 2] The kids asleep in the backseat We're just counting the miles you and me We don't measure the blood we've drawn anymore We just stack the bodies outside the door [Chorus] Who'll be the last to die for a mistake The last to die for a mistake Whose blood will spill, whose heart will break Who'll be the last to die for a mistake [Bridge] The wise men were all fools What to do [Verse 3] The sun sets in flames as the city burns Another day gone down as the night turns And I hold you here in my heart As things fall apart [Verse 4] A downtown window flushed with light Faces of the dead at five (faces of the dead at five) A martyr's silent eyes Petition the drivers as we pass by [Chorus] Who'll be the last to die for a mistake The last to die for a mistake Whose blood will spill, whose heart will break Who'll be the last to die Who'll be the last to die for a mistake The last to die for a mistake Darling your tyrants and kings form the same fate Strung up at your city gates And you're the last to die for a mistake -------- 2007 Magic -------- -------- Livin' in the Future -------- [Verse 1] A letter come blowing in On an ill wind Something about me and you Never seeing one another again And what I knew had come Stars struck deaf and dumb Like when we kissed That taste of blood on your tongue [Chorus] Don't worry, darling No baby, don't you fret We're living in the future And none of this has happened yet Don't worry, darling No baby, don't you fret We're living in the future And none of this has happened yet [Verse 2] Woke up election day Sky's gunpowder and shades of grey Beneath the dirty sun I whistle my time away Then just about sundown You come walking through town Your boot heels clicking like The barrel of a pistol spinning round [Chorus] Don't worry, darling No baby, don't you fret We're living in the future And none of this has happened yet Don't worry, darling No baby, don't you fret We're living in the future And none of this has happened yet [Verse 3] The earth, it gave away The sea rose towards the sun I opened up my heart to you It got all damaged and undone My ship Liberty sailed away On a bloody red horizon The groundskeeper opened the gates And let the wild dogs run [Verse 4] Alone I limp through town A lost cowboy at sundown Got my monkey on a leash Got my ear tuned to the ground My faith's been torn asunder Tell me is that rolling thunder Or just the sinking sound Of something righteous going under [Chorus] Don't worry, darling No baby, don't you fret We're living in the future And none of this has happened yet Don't worry, darling No baby, don't you fret We're living in the future And none of this has happened yet None of this has happened yet None of this has happened yet None of this has happened yet None of this has happened yet [Outro] Na na na na Na na na na Na na na na Na na na na Na na na na Na na na na Na na na na Na na na na Na na na na Na na na na Na na na na Na na na na Na na na na Na na na na -------- 2007 Magic -------- -------- Long Walk Home -------- [Verse 1] Last night I stood at your doorstep Tryna figure out what went wrong You just slipped something into my palm, and you were gone I could smell the same deep green of summer Above me the same night sky was glowing In the distance I could see the town where I was born [Chorus] It's gonna be a long walk home Hey, pretty darling, don't wait up for me Gonna be a long walk home A long walk home [Verse 2] In town, I pass Sal's grocery Barbershop on South Street I looked in their faces They're all rank strangers to me Well Veteran's Hall high upon the hill Stood silent and alone The diner was shuttered and boarded With a sign that just said, "Gone" [Chorus] It's gonna be a long walk home Hey, pretty darling, don't wait up for me Gonna be a long walk home Hey, pretty darling, don't wait up for me Gonna be a long walk home It's gonna be a long walk home [Verse 3] Here everybody has a neighbor Everybody has a friend Everybody has a reason to begin again My father said, "Son, we're lucky in this town It's a beautiful place to be born It just wraps its arms around you Nobody crowds you, and nobody goes it alone" "Your flag flying over the courthouse Means certain things are set in stone Who we are, what we'll do and what we won't" [Chorus] It's gonna be a long walk home Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me Gonna be a long walk home Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me Gonna be a long walk home It's gonna be a long walk home It's gonna be a long walk home Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me Gonna be a long walk home Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me Gonna be a long walk home It's gonna be a long walk home It's gonna be a long walk home -------- 2007 Magic -------- -------- Magic -------- [Verse 1] I got a coin in my palm I can make it disappear I got a card up my sleeve Name it and I'll pull it out your ear I got a rabbit in my hat If you want to come and see This is what will be This is what will be [Verse 2] I got shackles on my wrists Soon I'll slip 'em and I'll be gone (Slip 'em and be gone) Chain me in a box in the river And I'll rise singing this song Trust none of what you hear (Trust none of what you hear) And less of what you see This is what will be This is what will be [instrumental] (slip 'em and be gone) (I'll cut you in half) [Verse 3] I got a shiny saw blade (Shiny saw blade) All I needs a volunteer I'll cut you in half While you're smilin' ear to ear And the freedom that you sought's Drifting like a ghost amongst the trees This is what will be This is what will be [Verse 4] Now there's a fire down below But it's coming up here So leave everything you know Carry only what you fear On the road the sun is sinkin' low There's bodies hanging in the trees This is what will be This is what will be -------- 2007 Magic -------- -------- Radio Nowhere -------- [Verse 1] I was trying to find my way home But all I heard was a drone Bouncing off a satellite Crushing the last lone American night [Chorus 1] This is radio nowhere Is there anybody alive out there? This is radio nowhere Is there anybody alive out there? [Verse 2] I was spinning around a dead dial Just another lost number in a file Dancing down a dark hole Just searching for a world with some soul [Chorus 1] This is radio nowhere Is there anybody alive out there? This is radio nowhere Is there anybody alive out there? Is there anybody alive out there? [Chorus 2] I just want to hear some rhythm I just want to hear some rhythm I just want to hear some rhythm I just want to hear some rhythm [Bridge] I want a thousand guitars I want pounding drums I want a million different voices speaking in tongues [Chorus 1] This is radio nowhere Is there anybody alive out there? This is radio nowhere Is there anybody alive out there? [Verse 3] I was driving through the misty rain Just a-searching for a mystery train Bopping through the wild blue Trying to make a connection with you [Chorus 1] This is radio nowhere Is there anybody alive out there? This is radio nowhere Is there anybody alive out there? [Chorus 2] I just want to hear some rhythm I just want to hear some rhythm I just want to hear your rhythm I just want to hear your rhythm I just want to hear your rhythm I just want to hear your rhythm I just want to hear your rhythm I just want to hear your rhythm -------- 2007 Magic -------- -------- Terry's Song -------- [Verse 1] Well they built the Titanic to be one of a kind But many ships have ruled the seas They built the Eiffel Tower to stand alone But they could build another if they please Taj Mahal, the pyramids of Egypt are unique I suppose But when they built you, brother they broke the mold [Verse 2] Now the world is filled with many wonders under the passing sun And sometimes something comes along and you know it's for sure the only one The Mona Lisa, the David, the Sistine Chapel, Jesus, Mary, and Joe And when they built you, brother, they broke the mold When they built you, brother, they turned dust into gold When they built you, brother, they broke the mold [Verse 3] They say you can't take it with you, but I think that they're wrong Because all I know is I woke up this morning, and something big was gone Gone into that dark ether where you're still young and hard and cold Just like when they built you, brother, they broke the mold [Verse 4] Now your death is upon us and we'll return your ashes to the earth And I know you'll take comfort in knowing you've been roundly blessed and cursed But love is a power greater than death, just like the songs and stories told And when she built you, brother, she broke the mold That attitude's a power stronger than death, alive and burning her stone cold When they built you, brother -------- 2007 Magic -------- -------- You'll Be Comin' Down -------- [Verse 1] White roses and misty blue eyes Red mornin's and nothing but grey skies A cup of coffee, your heart shot clean through Jacket you bought me gone dazy grey-blue You're smiling now but you'll find out They'll use you up and spit you out now Your head's spinning in diamonds and clouds But pretty soon it turns out [Chorus] You'll be coming down now baby You'll be coming down What goes around it comes around and You'll be coming down [Verse 2] Easy street, a quick buck, and true lies Smiles as thin as those dusky blue skies A silver plate of pearls my golden child It's all yours at least for a little while You'll be fine long as your pretty face holds out Then it's going to get pretty cold out An endless stream of stars shooting by You got your hopes on high [Chorus] You'll be coming down now baby You'll be coming down What goes around it comes around and You'll be coming down [Bridge] For a while you'll go sparkling by Just another pretty thing on high... [Verse 3] Like a thief on Sunday morning It all falls apart with no warning Satin sky's gone candy-apple green The crushed metal of your little flying machine [Chorus] You'll be coming down now baby You'll be coming down What goes around it comes around and You'll be coming down -------- 2007 Magic -------- -------- Your Own Worst Enemy -------- [Verse 1] You can't sleep at night You can't dream your dream Your fingerprints on file Left clumsily at the scene [Bridge] Your own worst enemy has come to town Your own worst enemy has come to town [Verse 2] Yesterday the people were at ease Baby you slept in peace You closed your eyes and saw her You knew who you were [Chorus] And your own worst enemy has come to town Your own worst enemy has come Your world keeps turning round and round But everything is upside down Your own worst enemy has come to town [Verse 3] There's a face you know Staring back from the shop window The condition you're in Now you just can't get out of this skin [Bridge] Ah ah ah Ah ah ah Ah ah ah Hooo [Verse 4] The times they got too clear So you removed all the mirrors Once the family felt secure Now no one's very sure [Chorus] Your own worst enemy has come to town Your own worst enemy's come Everything is falling down Your own worst enemy has come to town Your own worst enemy has come Everything is falling down Your own worst enemy has come to town Your own worst enemy has come to town Your flag it flew so high It drifted into the sky -------- 2009 Working on a Dream -------- -------- Good Eye -------- [Verse] I was standing by the river Where the cold black water runs I was standing by the river Where the cold black water runs I had my good eye to the dark And my blind eye to the sun I had all of the riches I had each and every one I had all of the riches I had each and every one I had my good eye to the dark And my blind eye to the sun Well I swore you were my darling Yeah, you were the only one Since I swore you were my darling You were the only one Had my good eye to the dark And my blind eye to the sun -------- 2009 Working on a Dream -------- -------- Kingdom of Days -------- [Verse 1] With you I don't hear the minutes ticking by I don't feel the hours as they fly I don't see the summer as it wanes Just a subtle change of light upon your face [Chorus] Walk away, walk away, walk away, walk away This is our kingdom of days [Verse 2] I watched the sun as it rises and sets I watched the moon trace its arc with no regret My jacket around your shoulders, the falling leaves The wet grass on our backs as the autumn breeze drifts through the trees [Chorus] Walk away, walk away, walk away, walk away This is our kingdom of days [Verse 2] I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I do You whispered "then prove it, then prove it, then prove it, to me baby blue" When I count my blessings and you're mine for always We laughed beneath the covers And count the wrinkles and the grays [Outro] Sing away, sing away, sing away, sing away Sing away, sing away, my darling, we'll sing away This is our kingdom of days This is our kingdom of days This is our kingdom of days This is our kingdom of days This is our kingdom of days -------- 2009 Working on a Dream -------- -------- Life Itself -------- [Verse 1] We met down in the valley, where the wine of love and destruction flows There in that curve of darkness where the flowers of temptation grow I left the rest for the others it was you and nothing else You felt so good to me, baby, as good as life itself [Chorus] You were life itself, rushing over me Life itself, the wind in the black elms Life itself, in your heart and in your eyes I can't make it without you [Verse 2] I knew you were in trouble, and anyone could tell You carried your little black book from which all your secrets fell You squandered all your riches, your, your beauty and your wealth Like you had no further use for, for life itself [Chorus] You were life itself, rushing over me Life itself, the wind in the black elms Life itself, in your heart and in your eyes I can't make it without you [Verse 3] Why the things that we treasure most slip away in time? Until to the music we grow deaf and to God's beauty blind Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart? Until we fall away in our own darkness, stranger to our own hearts [Chorus] You were life itself, rushing over me Life itself, the wind in the black elms Life itself, in your heart and in your eyes I can't make it without you So here's one for the road, here's one to your health [Chorus] You were life itself, rushing over me Life itself, the wind in the black elms Life itself, in your heart and in your eyes I can't make it without you -------- 2009 Working on a Dream -------- -------- My Lucky Day -------- [Verse 1] In the room where fortune falls On a day when chance is all In the dark of fierce exile I felt the grace of your smile [Chorus] Honey, you're my lucky day Baby, you're my lucky day Well I lost all the other bets I made Honey, you're my lucky day [Verse 2] When I see strong hearts give way To the burdens of the day To the weary hands of time Where fortune is not kind [Chorus] Honey, you're my lucky day Baby, you're my lucky day Well I lost all the other bets I made Honey, you're my lucky day [Verse 3] I've waited at your side I've carried the tears you've cried But to win, darling we must play So don't hide your heart away [Chorus] Honey, you're my lucky day Baby, you're my lucky day Well I lost all the other bets I made Honey, you're my lucky day -------- 2009 Working on a Dream -------- -------- Outlaw Pete -------- [Verse 1] He was born a little baby on the Appalachian Trail At six months old he'd done three months in jail He robbed a bank in his diapers and his little bare baby feet All he said was "Folks, my name is Outlaw Pete." [Chorus] I'm Outlaw Pete! I'm Outlaw Pete! Can you hear me? [Verse 2] At twenty-five a mustang pony he did steal And they rode around and 'round on heaven's wheel Father Jesus, I'm an outlaw, killer and a thief And I slow down only to sow my grief [Chorus] I'm Outlaw Pete! I'm Outlaw Pete! Can you hear me? [Verse 3] He cut his trail of tears across the countryside And where he went, women wept and men died One night he woke from a vision of his own death Saddled his pony and rode her deep into the West Married a Navajo girl and settled down on the res And as the smoke fell he held that beautiful daughter to his chest [Chorus] I'm Outlaw Pete! I'm Outlaw Pete! Can you hear me? [Verse 4] Out of the East on an Irish stallion came Bounty Hunter Dan His heart quickened and burdened by the need to get his man He found Pete peacefully fishing by the river, pulled his gun and got the drop He said, "Pete, you think you've changed, but you have not" He cocked his pistol, pulled the trigger and shouted, "Let it stop!" He drew a knife from his boot, threw it, and pierced Dan through the heart Dan smiled as he lay in his own blood dying in the sun And whispered in Pete's ear, "We cannot undo these things we've done" [Chorus] You're Outlaw Pete! You're Outlaw Pete! Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me? [Verse 5] For forty days and nights Pete rode and did not stop Till he sat high upon an icy mountain top He watched a hawk on a desert updraft slip and slide Moved to the edge and dug his spurs deep into his pony's side Some say Pete and his pony vanished over the edge Some say they remain frozen high upon that icy ledge The young Navajo girl washes in the river, skin so fair And braids a piece of Pete's buckskin chaps into her hair [Extended Chorus] Outlaw Pete! Outlaw Pete! Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me? -------- 2009 Working on a Dream -------- -------- Queen of the Supermarket -------- [Verse 1] There's a wonderful world where all you desire And everything you've longed for is at your fingertips Where the bittersweet taste of life is at your lips Where aisles and aisles of dreams await you And the cool promise of ecstasy fills the air At the end of each working day she's waiting there [Chorus 1] I'm in love with the Queen of the Supermarket As the evening sky turns blue A dream awaits in aisle number two [Verse 2] With my shopping cart I move through the heart Of a sea of fools so blissfully unaware That they're in the presence of something wonderful and rare The way she moves behind the counter Beneath her white apron her secret remains hers As she bags the groceries her eyes so bored And sure she's unobserved [Chorus 1] I'm in love with the Queen of the Supermarket There's nothing I can say Each night I take my groceries and I drift away And I drift away [Verse 3] Guidance from the gods above At night I pray for the strength to tell her When I love I love I love I love her so Take my place in the check-out line For one moment her eyes meet mine I'm lifted up, lifted up, lifted up, lifted up [Chorus 1] I'm in love with the Queen of the Supermarket Though her company cap covers her hair Nothing can hide the beauty waiting there The beauty waiting there [Chorus 2] I'm in love with the Queen of the Supermarket I'm in love with the Queen of the Supermarket [Verse 4] As I lift my groceries in to my car I turn back for a moment and catch a smile That blows this whole fucking place apart [Chorus 2] I'm in love with the Queen of the Supermarket I'm in love with the Queen of the Supermarket I'm in love with the Queen of the Supermarket I'm in love with the Queen of the Supermarket -------- 2009 Working on a Dream -------- -------- Surprise, Surprise -------- [Chorus] Well surprise, surprise, surprise Yeah surprise, surprise, surprise Well surprise, surprise, come on open your eyes And let your love shine down Well surprise, surprise, surprise Yeah surprise, surprise, surprise Well surprise, surprise, come on open your eyes And let your love shine down [Verse 1] Well today is your birthday We've traveled so far we two So let's blow out the candles on your cake And we'll raise a glass or two And when the sun comes out tomorrow It'll be the start of a brand new day And all that you have wished for I know will come your way [Chorus] Well surprise, surprise, surprise Yeah surprise, surprise, surprise Well surprise, surprise, come on open your eyes And let your love shine down [Verse 2] In the hollow of the evening, as you lay your head to rest May the evening stars scatter a shining crown upon your breast In the darkness of the morning, as the sky struggles to light May the rising sun caress and bless your soul throughout your life [Chorus] Well surprise, surprise, surprise Yeah surprise, surprise, surprise Well surprise, surprise, come on open your eyes And let your love shine down Well surprise, surprise, surprise Yeah surprise, surprise, surprise Well surprise, surprise, come on open your eyes And let your love shine down [Outro] Surprise, surprise, come on open your eyes And let your love shine down -------- 2009 Working on a Dream -------- -------- The Last Carnival -------- [Chorus] Sundown, sundown They're taking all the tents down Where have you gone my handsome Billy? [Bridge] Sundown, sundown The carnival train's leaving town Where are you now my darling Billy? [Verse 1] We won't be dancing together on the high wire Facing the lions with you at my side anymore We won't be breathing the smoke in the fire On a midway Hanging from the trapeze, my wrists waiting for your wrists Two daredevils high upon the wall of death You throwing the knife that lands inches from my heart Sundown Moon rise, moon rise, the light that was in your eyes is gone away Daybreak, daybreak, the thing in you that made me ache has gone to stay We'll be riding the train without you tonight The train that keeps on moving Its black smoke scorching the evening sky A million stars shining above us like every soul living and dead Has been gathered together by God to sing a hymn Over your bones [Chorus] Sundown, sundown They're taking all the tents down Where have you gone my handsome Billy? -------- 2009 Working on a Dream -------- -------- The Wrestler -------- [Verse 1] Have you ever seen a one trick pony in the field, so happy and free? If you've ever seen a one trick pony then you've seen me Have you ever seen a one-legged dog making its way down the street? If you've ever seen a one-legged dog then you've seen me [Chorus] Then you've seen me I come and stand at every door Then you've seen me I always leave with less than I had before Then you've seen me Bet I can make you smile when the blood, it hits the floor Tell me, friend, can you ask for anything more? Tell me can you ask for anything more? [Verse 2] Have you ever seen a scarecrow filled with nothing but dust and weeds? If you've ever seen that scarecrow then you've seen me Have you ever seen a one-armed man punching at nothing but the breeze? If you've ever seen a one-armed man then you've seen me [Chorus] Then you've seen me I come and stand at every door Then you've seen me I always leave with less than I had before Then you've seen me Bet I can make you smile when the blood, it hits the floor Tell me, friend, can you ask for anything more? Tell me can you ask for anything more? [Bridge] These things that have comforted me, I drive away This place that is my home, I cannot stay My only faith's in the broken bones and bruises I display [Outro] Have you ever seen a one-legged man trying to dance his way free? If you've ever seen a one-legged man then you've seen me -------- 2009 Working on a Dream -------- -------- This Life -------- [Verse 1] A bang then stardust in your eyes A billion years for just this night In a way it will be alright A blackness then the light of a million stars As you slip into in my car The evening sky strikes sparks [Chorus 1] This life, this life and then the next With you I have been blessed What more can you expect [Verse 2] At night at my telescope alone This emptiness I've roamed Searching for a home The stars, a brief string of shining charms Rushing in right out of our arms Into the drifting dark [Chorus 2] This life, this life and then the next With you I have been blessed What more can you expect This life, this life and then the next I finger the hem of your dress My universe at rest [Bridge] We reach for starlight all night long But gravity is too strong Chained to this earth we go on and on and on and on and on Then a million sighs cresting were you stood A beauty in the neighborhood This lonely planet never looked so good [Chorus 2] This life, this life and then the next With you I have been blessed What more can you expect This life, this life and then the next I finger the hem of your dress My universe at rest -------- 2009 Working on a Dream -------- -------- Tomorrow Never Knows -------- [Verse] Where the cold wind blows Tomorrow never knows Where your sweet smile goes Tomorrow never knows You and me we've been standing in my den Waiting for that time to come Where the green grass grows Tomorrow never knows In the field your long hair flows Down by the tail end of the tracks Beneath the water tower I carried you on my back Over the rusted spikes of that highway of steel When no more thunder sounds Where the time goes Tomorrow never knows Where he who waits for the day's riches will be lost In the whispering tide Where the river flows Tomorrow never knows -------- 2009 Working on a Dream -------- -------- What Love Can Do -------- [Verse 1] There's a pillar in the temple Where I carved your name There's a soul sitting sad and blue Now the remedies you've taken Are all in vain [Chorus 1] Let me show you what love can do Let me show you what love can do [Chorus 2] Darling I can't stop the rain Or turn your black sky blue Well let me show you what love can do Let me show you what love can do [Verse 2] Well now our truth lay shattered We stood at world's end There's a dead sun rose in view As if any of this matters, a kiss my friend Let me show you what love can do Let me show you what love can do [Chorus 2] Darling we can't stop this train When it comes crashing through But let me show you what love can do Let me show you what love can do [Verse 3] On the bench you lie all is nails and rust And the love you've given's turned ashes and dust When the hope you've gathered's drifted to the wind It's you and I now, friend (you and I now, friend) You and I now, friend Here our memory lay corrupted and our city lay dry Let me make this vow to you Here where it's blood for blood and an eye for an eye [Chorus 1] Let me show you what love can do Let me show you what love can do [Outro] Here we bear the mark of Cain But let the light shine through Let me show you what love can do Let me show you what love can do Let me show you what love can do Let me show you what love can do -------- 2009 Working on a Dream -------- -------- Working on a Dream -------- [Verse 1] Out here the nights are long, the days are lonely I think of you and I'm working on a dream I'm working on a dream Now the cards I've drawn's a rough hand, darling I straighten the back and I'm working on a dream I'm working on a dream Come on! [Chorus] I'm working on a dream Though sometimes it feels so far away I'm working on a dream And I know it will be mine someday [Verse 2] Rain pouring down, I swing my hammer My hands are rough from working on a dream I'm working on a dream Let's go! [Chorus] I'm working on a dream Though sometimes it feels so far away I'm working on a dream And I know it will be mine someday I'm working on a dream Though sometimes it feels so far away I'm working on a dream And I know it will be mine someday [Verse 3] The sun rise come, I climb the ladder The new day breaks and I'm working on a dream I'm working on a dream I'm working on a dream I'm working on a dream Hey! [Chorus] I'm working on a dream Though sometimes it feels so far away I'm working on a dream And I know it will be mine someday I'm working on a dream Though sometimes it feels so far away I'm working on a dream And I know it will be mine someday -------- 2010 The Promise -------- -------- Ain't Good Enough for You -------- [Verse 1] Well you don't like, don't like the way I walk And you don't like, don't like the way I talk You criticize about me endlessly Logic defies how you get stuck with me And you complain about the clothes I wear And you explain there's other boys out there You complain my car makes too much noise And you cry I'm always out with the boys [Chorus] Whoa whoa (whoa whoa whoa whoa) I give up little darling (whoa whoa little darling) Yeah no matter what I do, girl you know it's true Ain't good enough for you [Verse 2] You complain the way I love you at night You explain I'm really not your type If we go out, you say I'm such a bore If we stay in, you say what are we living for I don't understand, there's nothing I can do There ain't no way I can satisfy you End of the night I lean in for a kiss Here comes the pitch, a swing and a miss [Chorus] Whoa whoa whoa whoa (whoa whoa whoa whoa) I quit little darling (whoa whoa little darling) Yeah no matter what I do, well you know it's true Ain't good enough for you, hey! Hey! (Come on boys!) Whoa whoa whoa whoa (whoa whoa whoa whoa) Hey hey little darling (whoa whoa little darling) No matter what I do, girl you know it's true Ain't good enough for you [Verse 3] I tried to change, I got a job in sales I bought a shirt uptown in Bloomingdale's And babe I tried to make the latest scene Hitting cool just like Jimmy Iovine I bought a record with all the latest grooves A book of love with all the latest moves I bought some flowers and I waited at your door And you came out, didn't want to see me no more [Chorus] Whoa whoa whoa (whoa whoa whoa whoa) I quit little darling (whoa whoa little darling) Yeah no matter what I do, girl you know it's true Ain't good enough for you Hey! Hey! Hey! No matter what I do, girl you know it's true Ain't good enough for you Aww no matter what I do, girl you know it's true Ain't good enough for you Whoaaa! -------- 2010 The Promise -------- -------- Because the Night (The Promise) -------- Take me now baby here as I am Hold me close, try and understand Desire is hunger is the fire I breathe Love is a banquet on which we feed Come on now try and understand The way I feel when I'm in your hands Take my hand come undercover They can't hurt you now Can't hurt you now, can't hurt you now Because the night belongs to lovers Because the night belongs to lust Because the night belongs to lovers Because the night belongs to us Have I doubt when I'm alone Love is a ring, the telephone Love is an angel disguised as lust Here in our bed until the morning comes Come on now try and understand The way I feel under your command Take my hand as the sun descends They can't touch you now Can't touch you now, can't touch you now Because the night belongs to lovers Because the night belongs to lust Because the night belongs to lovers Because the night belongs to us With love we sleep With doubt the vicious circle Turns and burns Without you I cannot live Forgive, the yearning burning I believe it's time, too real to feel So touch me now, touch me now, touch me now Because the night belongs to lovers Because the night belongs to lust Because the night belongs to lovers Because the night belongs to us Because tonight there are two lovers If we believe in the night we trust Because tonight there are two lovers Because the night belongs to lust Because the night belongs to lovers Because the night belongs to us -------- 2010 The Promise -------- -------- Breakaway -------- [Verse 1] Sonny abandoned his car last night Had a meeting on the docks with a light blue Monterrey To breakaway Sonny was playing all his cards last night In a hotel room he dealt his life away To breakaway [Chorus] Now the promises and the lies they demand it Let the hearts that have been broken stand as the price you pay To breakaway, oh, breakaway, oh Ronde, Ronde, Ronde, Ronde Ray To breakaway [Verse 2] Janie slipped from behind the bar last night Cashed out and walked onto streets rainy and grey To breakaway Janie slid into a car last night (Sha la la la, sha la la la) In a parking lot she gave her soul away (Sha la la la, sha la la la, sha la la la, sha la la la) To breakaway (Sha la la la, sha la la la) [Chorus] Now the promises and the lies they demand it Let the hearts that have been broken stand as the price you pay To breakaway, oh, breakaway, oh Ronde, Ronde, Ronde, Ronde Ray To breakaway [Verse 3] Bobby lay 'neath a sheet of stars last night His back on blacktop still warm from the heat of the day From breakaway Bobby went down hard last night (Sha la la la, sha la la la) Saw a shooting star as the evening light slipped away (Sha la la la, sha la la la, sha la la la, sha la la la) From breakaway (Sha la la la, sha la la la) [Chorus] Now the promises and the lies they demand it Let the hearts that have been broken stand as the price you pay To breakaway, oh, breakaway, oh Ronde, Ronde, Ronde, Ronde Ray From breakaway (Sha la la la, sha la la la) [Outro] Oh breakaway (Sha la la la, sha la la la) Oh breakaway (Sha la la la, sha la la la) Oh breakaway (Sha la la la, sha la la la) -------- 2010 The Promise -------- -------- Candy's Boy -------- [Verse] Well in Candy's room there are pictures of her savior on the wall But to get to Candy's room you've gotta walk the darkness of Candy's hall Strangers from the city call my baby's number and they bring Candy toys But when I come knockin' she smiles pretty She knows tonight I'm gonna be Candy's boy Well in the olden days when the Mongolian gangs rode herd out on Route 9 We'd go riding in the rain runnin' south way down through the pines Weekends in the sun in that cheap motel down by the dynamo We loved each other till there was nothin' left And drove that old car as hard and fast as she would go Well like a cold winter wind blowing in babe I needed you But Candy's got a man who takes care of her better than I do Well there's machines and there's fire Waiting for us on the edge of town And there's some roughboys for hire And they're waiting to blow me and Candy down It's all right 'cause they can't touch us now they'll never destroy My sweet love for I will forever be Candy's boy My sweet love for I will forever be Candy's boy -------- 2010 The Promise -------- -------- City of Night -------- [Verse] Taxi Cab, Taxi Cab, at the light Won't you take me on a ride through this city of night I got some money and I'm feeling fine I ain't in no hurry so just take your time Some people wanna die young and gloriously But Taxi Cab driver, well that ain't me I got a cute little baby down at 12th and Vine And she opens for business just about closing time Ah hey hey, ah hey hey City of night, city of night And I don't believe what I see in this street I don't know how people 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 take my fare Ah hey hey, ah hey hey City of night, city of night I'm riding tonight to see my sugar girl You know she wears that dress without a care in the world Yeah she got come loving that's as bright as the sun And she brings it with her man when she comes Hey, hey, city of night Ah-hey, ah-hey, city of night Ride on -------- 2010 The Promise -------- -------- Come On (Let's Go Tonight) -------- [Verse] Put on your black dress baby, and put your hair up right There's a party way down in Factory Town tonight I'll be going down there if you need a ride Come on, come on, let's go tonight How many men fail, their dreams denied They walk through these streets with death in their eyes Now the man on the radio says "Elvis Presley died" Come on, come on, let's go tonight Well now some came to witness, now some came to weep Drawn by death's strange glory, they stood in the street Drawn together forever in the promise of an endless sleep Come on, come on, let's go tonight [Outro] Baby, come on, come on, let's go tonight Da da da da da da da Da da da da da da da Da da da da da da da -------- 2010 The Promise -------- -------- Fire -------- [Verse 1] I'm driving in my car I turn on the radio I'm pulling you close You just say no You say you don't like it But girl I know you're a liar Cause when we kiss Ooooh, Fire [Verse 2] Late at night I'm takin' you home I say I wanna stay You say you wanna be alone You say you don't love me But you can't hide your desire And when we kiss Oh, Fire Fire [Bridge] You got a hold on me right from the start A grip so tight, I couldn't tear it apart My nerves all jumpin' Actin' like a fool Well your kisses they burn But your heart stays cool [Verse 3] Romeo and Juliet Samson and Delilah You can bet Their love they couldn't deny Your words say split But your words they lie When we kiss Mmmmmm, Fire Fire [Guitar Solo] [Saxophone Solo] [Bridge] You got a hold on me right from the start A grip so tight, I couldn't tear it apart My nerves all jumpin' Actin' like a fool Your kisses they burn But your heart stays cool [Verse 3] Romeo and Juliet Samson and Delilah You can bet Their love they couldn't deny Your words say split But your words they lie When we kiss Mmmmmm, Fire Fire [Outro] Fire, Fire, Fire, Fire -------- 2010 The Promise -------- -------- Gotta Get That Feeling -------- [Verse 1] Hey girl, now won't you come on out tonight Yeah girl, now where the stars will shinin' bright Yeah I gotta get that feeling Yeah we gotta get that feeling Whoa back again Yeah back again [Chorus] Tonight, you know there's something here in the air Tonight, we ain't got money but we don't care Just gotta get that feeling Yeah I wanna get that feeling Before the night is through I want you to get that feeling too [Verse 2] Hold me in your arms, the night will take care of us Come the rain or storms, the love will be there for us Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah Da da da da da da da Da da da da da da da Da da da da da da da [Chorus] Tonight, well there's something in the air And tonight, yeah we ain't got money but I don't care Yeah we gotta get that feeling Yeah we gotta get that feeling Whoa back again Whoaaa Say say say say Do do hum do do do Do do hum do do do Do do hum do do do Do do hum do do do Do do hum do do do Do do hum do do do Do do hum do do do [Outro] Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah Do do hum do do do Do do hum do do do Do do hum do do do Whoaaa yeah Do do hum do do do Do do hum do do do Do do hum do do do Whoaaa yeah Do do hum do do do -------- 2010 The Promise -------- -------- It's a Shame -------- [Verse 1] Well I walk the way you want me to And I'll talk the way you want me to And I've tried to do all I can just to please you Well I work hard every day for you And I brought home all my pay for you And I've cried my tears through the rain night and again [Chorus] And oh whoa girl, it's a shame Oh whoa girl, it's a doggone shame We worked so hard, but it's all in vain Oh whoa girl, it's a shame [Verse 2] Now I bought your gold and diamond rings And I brought you home your pretty things And I thought I'd shown all the love I had for you, yes I did But as hard as I try it all falls through Well maybe I was born to be just your fool Trying to satisfy your every desire, each need you require [Chorus] Well oh whoa girl, it's a shame Oh whoa girl, it's a doggone shame I worked so hard, but it's all in vain Oh whoa girl, it's a shame [Bridge] Someone now! Whoa! Whoaaa, whoa-hoo Whoa [Chorus] Oh whoa girl, it's a shame Oh girl, it's a doggone shame We worked so hard, but it's all in vain Oh whoa girl, it's a shame Oh whoa girl, it's a shame Oh girl, it's a doggone shame I worked so hard, but it's all in vain Oh whoa, girl it's a shame [Fades Out] -------- 2010 The Promise -------- -------- One Way Street -------- [Verse] If the sun should fall from the sky tomorrow If the rain brings the tears to your eye, I would share your sorrow But you must go if you can't take the heat, our love was fine, our love was sweet But we was walking on the wildside, runnin' down a one way street Well I'm not with all those guys, who rode out in your eyes Sometimes, ya sometimes, I can't forget your lines But hold the train, just come today, and for your wrong, well you must pay And we're walkin' on the wildside, runnin' down a one way street If I'm old my darlin' eye, I must confess That this can't be love, no I must be a man possessed When I look in your eyes so bright, your walkin' and your dress fits you just right But we were walking on a dead end, running down a one way street Well their's a man, could change the things, he feels inside If for once I, could turn and make it swallow some of my pride But for the wrongs, oh yes we must pay, so its bye bye baby today And we'll go walking on that wildside, runnin' down a one way street Yeah when I think, of all the girls, that I have I missed Well I know I, would give them up, for just one kiss That's nn..we, we are the same kind, and to leave you baby, I have to go blind [Outro] Oh when we're walking on the wildside, running down a one way street Oh oh yes we are, we'll keep walking on that bad side, running down that one way street Ohh yes we will, we'll keep walking on that bad side, running down a one way street -------- 2010 The Promise -------- -------- Outside Looking In -------- [Verse 1] It's all over now, the thing we had I ain't sorry, babe, I just feel mad You walk real pretty and you talk real fine But night after night babe I'm on the line My life's the same story Again and again I' m on the outside looking in On the outside looking in [Verse 2] Well everyday just brings the same You go out looking for some strange new games Pretty soon them games ain't fun anymore And it's something else that you're looking for You've got all the answers, you and your friends And I'm on the outside looking in Yes I'm on the outside looking in [Verse 3] Now you've got the pretty things you want The sins of the angels baby they will haunt Those pretty eyes that they all adore But baby not me, not anymore I do what I want to I'll be what I am I'm on the outside looking in [Outro] Yeah I'm on the outside looking in (I'm on the outside looking in) Baby yes I am (I'm on the outside looking in) Ah baby yes I am (I'm on the outside looking in) Well baby I'm on the outside looking in -------- 2010 The Promise -------- -------- Racing in the Street ('78) -------- [Verse 1] Got a '32 Ford, she's a 318 Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor She's waiting tonight down in the parking lot Outside the Seven-Eleven store Me and my partner Sonny built her straight out of scratch And he rides with me from town to town We only run for the money got no strings attached We shut 'em up and we shut 'em down Tonight tonight the strips just right I wanna blow 'em all out of their seats Well come on out around the world We're goin' racin' in the street [Verse 2] Well we take all the action we can meet And we cover all the northeast states And when the strip shuts down we run 'em in the street From the back roads to the turnpike gates Well now some guys they do it for the money Other guys do it cause they don't know what else they can do Well and they just hang around in an empty home Waking up in a world that somebody else owns And tonight tonight the strip's just right I wanna blow 'em off in my first heat Well now summer's here and the time is right For racin' in the street [Verse 3] Well I met her on the strip three years ago In a Camaro with this dude from L.A And I blew that Camaro off my back And I stole that little girl away But now there wrinkles round my baby's eyes And she cries herself to sleep at night And when I come home the house is dark She sighs "hey baby did you make it all right?" She sits on the porch of her daddy's house Oh but honey your pretty dress is torn She stared off alone into the night With the eyes of one who hates for just being born For all the blown-off strangers and hot rod angels Stumbling through this promised land Tonight my baby and me we're gonna ride to the sea And wash these sins off our hands Tonight tonight the strip's just right I wanna blow 'em off in my first heat Well come on out the time is right We're goin' racin' in the street -------- 2010 The Promise -------- -------- Rendezvous -------- [Verse] I had a dream our love would last forever I had a dream tonight my dream comes true And if you'll hold me tight We'll be riders, girl, on the night Ooh, I want a rendezvous Haven't I told you, girl, how much I like you I got a feeling that you like me too Well if you hold me tight We'll be riders, girl, on the night Ooh, I want a rendezvous You deserve so much more than this, girl Well I'm riding on the power and livin' on the promise in your last kiss Because I had a dream our love would last forever I had a dream tonight my dream comes true And if you'll hold me tight We'll be riders, girl, on the night [Outro] Ooh, ooh, rendezvous I want a rendezvous I want a rendezvous -------- 2010 The Promise -------- -------- Save My Love -------- Now there's something coming through the air that softly reminds me Tonight I'll park out on the hill and wait until they find me Here slipping through the ether, a voice is coming through So keep me in your heart tonight and I'll save my love for you So turn up your radio and darling dial me in close We're riding on the airwaves and we're traveling coast to coast Over river and highway your voice comes clear and true Though we're far apart tonight, I'll save my love for you Hold me in your arms and our doubts won't break us If we open up our hearts, love won't forsake us Let's let the music take us and carry us home There's a prayer coming through the air like a shot straight through my heart Tearing open the evening sky, tearing me apart Now I'll ride that signal down the line till I'm home again with you So turn up your radio and I'll save my love for you Turn up your radio and I'll save my love for you -------- 2010 The Promise -------- -------- Someday (We'll Be Together) -------- [Verse 1] Your voice comes calling through the mist I awake from a dream and my heart begins to drift Tonight we're on our own Tonight we're all alone Oh-oh, tonight [Chorus] Someday we'll be together And the night will fall around us This love will last forever Someday we'll be together Together [Verse 2] I can't sleep so I lay awake listenin' to the sounds of the city below I get dressed and walk the streets but I got nowhere to go Tonight it's you I miss Tonight my only wish is Oh-oh, tonight [Chorus] Someday we'll be together And the night will fall around us This love will last forever Someday you'll be mine [Bridge] Tonight we're on our own Tonight we're all alone Oh-oh, tonight [Outro] Someday we'll be together And the night will fall around us This love will last forever Someday you'll be mine Woah-whoaaa Someday you'll be mine Woah-whoaaa (this love will last forever) Someday you'll be mine (Someday we'll be together) (The night will fall around us) (This love will last forever) (Someday you'll be mine) (Someday we'll be together) [Fades Out] -------- 2010 The Promise -------- -------- Spanish Eyes -------- [Verse] 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 Realize 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 -------- 2010 The Promise -------- -------- Talk to Me -------- [Verse 1] Well every night I see a light shine in your window And every night you won't answer when I come knocking at your door Your daddy won't ever let me in And I see from the street your silhouette sittin' close to him What must I do What does it take To get you to [Chorus] Oh, Talk to me Well until the night is over Hey little girl want you talk to me Well until the night is over, 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 [Verse 2] Well late at night I hear the music softly playing Yes and late at night I see the two of you softly swayin' I don't understand darling what was my sin Why am I down here below your arms are open to him What did I do What did I say What must I pay To get you to [Chorus] Talk to me Well until the night is over Little girl won't you Talk to me Just until it's all over, yeah 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 darling Talk to me Oh oh, well alright [Verse 3] I don't understand darling what was my sin Why am I down here below and your arms are open to him What did I do What did I say What must I pay To get you to [Chorus] Talk to me Just until the night is over Little girl you 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 Oh I'm just, Well I'm just asking darling please And baby I'm down on my knees To get you to talk to me Well until the night is over Little girl want you talk to me until it's all over Come on darling and talk to me Well until it's all over Little girl want you talk to me Well until it's all over Well it's all, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, sad, sad, yeah Talk to me until it's all over Come on and talk to me Until it's all over Talk to me Until it's all over Ma, ma baby I got'a know -------- 2010 The Promise -------- -------- The Brokenhearted -------- [Verse] Well darling, oh won't you come a little closer I promise pretty darling, I didn't know what I was saying And now I'm praying that you won't say it's over Come here pretty baby and rest your head upon my shoulder Just one kiss and we started Now don't leave me to the brokenhearted, the brokenhearted, the brokenhearted And tell me that you need me Well now baby, the lonely nights keep growing longer And my love for you just keeps growing stronger Like a wheel of chance so endlessly turning My fate lay in your hands, my heart forever burning In a sweet fire your kiss started Now don't leave me to the brokenhearted, the brokenhearted, the brokenhearted And tell me that you love me Tell me that you want me, girl The cruel mistakes I've made, the hard price that I've paid For the good times and for laughter Girl, I should've known for the indifference that I've shown I'd pay forever after And darling, now all I'm trying to say is passion And love, they have a way of slipping into blackness Uncared for of slipping away The deck is cut, the cards turned, the hand is played And all we ever hope for burns to ashes and drifts away Now don't let our love slip into this darkness Don't leave me to the brokenhearted, the brokenhearted, the brokenhearted And tell me that you love me Tell me that you need me Tell me that you need me Tell me that you need me Tell me that you need me Tell me that you need me Tell me that you need me Yeah tell me that you love me Tell me that you love me Tell me that you love me And come on now daring Say it right now baby Say it right now darling Tell me that you love me [Fades Out] -------- 2010 The Promise -------- -------- The Little Things (My Baby Does) -------- [Verse] The way she kisses so tenderly The way she gives her love to me I been felt by the graces and angels up above The little things my baby does The little things my baby does The little things my baby does That make me love her The way she sighs when I hold her tight Good times and bad will be alright Faces on the street they push hard and they shove Disappear with the little things my baby does The little things my baby does The little things my baby does I know I love her The soft summer breeze fills her every sigh Her eyes are bluer than the summer sky I been felt by the graces and angels up above The little things my baby does The little things my baby does The little things my baby does That make me love her And when the night closes in I'm drifting and I can't find a friend On the wings of the angels I'm saved by her love The little things my baby does The little things my baby does The little things my baby does That make me love her The little things my baby does The little things my baby does The little things my baby does The little things my baby does [Fades Out] -------- 2010 The Promise -------- -------- The Promise -------- [Verse] Johnny works in a factory And Billy works downtown Terry works in a rock and roll band Looking for that million dollar sound And I got a little job down in Darlington But some nights I don't go Some nights I go to the drive-in Or some nights I stay home I followed that dream Just like those guys do up on the screen And I drove a Challenger down Route 9 Through the dead ends and all the bad scenes And when the promise was broken I cashed in a few of my dreams Well now I built that Challenger by myself But I needed money and so I sold it I lived a secret I shoulda kept to myself But I got drunk one night and I told it All my life, I fought this fight The fight that no man can ever win Every day it just gets harder to live The dream I'm believing in [Chorus] Thunder Road Oh baby, you were so right Thunder Road There's something dying down on the highway tonight [Verse] I won big once and I hit the coast Oh, but somehow I paid the big cost Inside I felt like I was carrying the broken spirits Of all the other ones who lost When the promise is broken You go on living, but it steals something from down in your soul Like when the truth is spoken, and it don't make no difference Something in your heart turns cold [Chorus] Thunder Road Is for the lost lovers and all the fixed games Thunder Road For the tires rushing by in the rain Thunder Road Me and Billy we'd always sing Thunder Road We were gonna take it all and throw it all away -------- 2010 The Promise -------- -------- The Way -------- [Verse] 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 Hmmmmm Hmmmmm Hmmmmm Hmmmmm Hmmmmm Hmmmmm [Fades Out] -------- 2010 The Promise -------- -------- Wrong Side of the Street -------- [Verse] Ah-One, two, three, four 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 Yeah, light on 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 If you can't take the heat, what can I do? Well, you and your poetry and your cuckoo world Behind your face hides the face of a modern girl Yeah, on the other side of the street Yeah, you've got the look as if you own the world Therefore, you go out there and they say that you can earn Baby, on this side of the street Well, you're tired of everyday bringing the same and so you Go out looking for some strange new games Well pretty soon you don't know the score anymore All right! Oh, I know you danger that your desire brings And I know the strangeness that you'll find Waiting and you'll see straighter then for you and for me Yeah Well turn on the end and baby turn off the lamps There'll be an end, darling, to your endless night On the wrong side of the street Yeah and everyday, well, it just brings the same You started looking for some other strange new game On the wrong side of the street Well, your desires for your sweet confusion I'll walk away then, I don't buy your delusions I'll see, open your eyes and see, girl All right -------- 2012 Wrecking Ball -------- -------- Death to My Hometown -------- [Verse 1] Well, no cannonball did fly, no rifles cut us down No bombs fell from the sky, no blood soaked the ground No powder flash blinded the eye No deathly thunder sounded [Chorus] But just as sure as the hand of God They brought death to my hometown They brought death to my hometown, boy [Verse 2] Now, no shells ripped the evening sky, no cities burning down No army stormed the shores for which we'd die No dictators were crowned I awoke on a quiet night, I never heard a sound [Chorus] The marauders raided in the dark They brought death to my hometown, boys Death to my hometown [Verse 3] They destroyed our families, factories And they took our homes They left our bodies on the plains The vultures picked our bones So listen up, my sonny boy, be ready when they come For they'll be returning sure as the rising sun Now get yourself a song to sing and sing it till you're done Sing it hard and sing it well Send the robber barons straight to hell The greedy thieves who came around And ate the flesh of everything they found Whose crimes have gone unpunished now Who walk the streets as free men now [Outro] They brought death to our hometown, boys Death to our hometown, boys Death to our hometown, boys Death to our hometown -------- 2012 Wrecking Ball -------- -------- Easy Money -------- [Chorus] You put on your coat, I'll put on my hat You put out the dog, I'll put out the cat You put on your red dress for me tonight honey We're going on the town now Looking for easy money [Verse] There's nothing to it mister You won't hear a sound When your whole world comes tumbling down And all them fat cats, they'll just think it's funny I'm going on the town now, looking for easy money I got a Smith & Wesson 38 I got a hell fire burning and I got me a date Got me a date on the far shore Where it's bright and sunny I'm going on the town tonight, looking for easy money [Chorus] You put on your coat, I'll put on my hat You put out the dog, I'll put out the cat You put on your red dress for me tonight honey We're going on the town now Looking for easy money -------- 2012 Wrecking Ball -------- -------- Jack of All Trades -------- [Verse 1] I'll mow your lawn, clean the leaves out your drain I'll mend your roof to keep out the rain I'll take the work that God provides I'm a Jack of all trades, honey, we'll be alright [Verse 2] I'll hammer the nails and I'll set the stone I'll harvest your crops when they're ripe and grown I'll pull that engine apart and patch her up 'til she's running right I'm a Jack of all trades, we'll be alright [Verse 3] The hurricane blows, brings a hard rain When the blue sky breaks, it feels like the world's gonna change We'll start caring for each other like Jesus said that we might I'm a Jack of all trades, we'll be alright [Verse 4] The banker man grows fat, the working man grows thin It's all happened before and it'll happen again It'll happen again, yeah, they'll bet your life I'm a Jack of all trades, darling, we'll be alright [Verse 5] Now sometimes tomorrow comes soaked in treasure and blood Here we stood the drought, now we'll stand the flood There's a new world coming, I can see the light I'm a Jack of all trades, we'll be alright [Verse 6] So you use what you've got and you learn to make do You take the old, you make it new If I had me a gun, I'd find the bastards and shoot 'em on sight I'm a Jack of all trades, we'll be alright I'm a Jack of all trades, we'll be alright -------- 2012 Wrecking Ball -------- -------- Land of Hope and Dreams -------- [Intro] (Whoa, whoa-whoa, this train) (I'm ridin' this train) (Don't you wanna ride) (This train, this train) (This train, this train) (Whoa-whoa, get on, get on, get on, get on, get on) [Verse 1] Grab your ticket and your suitcase Thunder's rolling down this track Well, you don't know where you're going now But you know you won't be back Well, darling if you're weary Lay your head upon my chest We'll take what we can carry Yeah, and we'll leave the rest [Chorus] Well, big wheels roll through fields where sunlight streams Meet me in a land of hope and dreams [Verse 2] Well, I will provide for you And I'll stand by your side You'll need a good companion now For this part of the ride Yeah, leave behind your sorrows Let this day be the last Well, tomorrow there'll be sunshine And all this darkness past [Chorus] Well, big wheels roll through fields where sunlight streams Meet me in a land of hope and dreams [Bridge] This train carries saints and sinners This train carries losers and winners This train carries whores and gamblers This train carries lost souls I said this train, dreams will not be thwarted This train, faith will be rewarded This train, hear the steel wheels singing This train, bells of freedom ringing [Saxophone solo] [Verse 3] Yes, this train carries saints and sinners This train carries losers and winners This train carries whores and gamblers This train carries lost souls I said, this train carries broken-hearted This train, thieves and sweet souls departed This train carries fools and kings thrown This train, all aboard I said, now this train, dreams will not be thwarted This train, faith will be rewarded This train, the steel wheels singing This train, bells of freedom ringing [Verse 4] Come on this train People get ready You don't need no ticket All you gotta do is Just get onboard Onboard this train (This train, now) [Outro] People get ready You don't need no ticket (Oh now, no, you don't) You don't need no ticket You just get onboard (People get ready) You just thank the Lord (People get ready) You just thank the Lord (People get ready) You just thank the Lord (People get ready) (Come on this train, people get ready) (Come on this train, people get ready) -------- 2012 Wrecking Ball -------- -------- Rocky Ground -------- [Intro: Alan Lomax] I'm a soldier... soldier... [Chorus: Michelle Moore] We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground [Verse 1: Bruce Springsteen] Rise up, shepherd, rise up Your flock has roamed far from the hill The stars have faded, the sky is still The angels are shouting "Glory hallelujah" [Chorus: Moore] We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground [Verse 2: Springsteen] Forty days and nights of rain washed this land Jesus said the money changers in this temple will not stand Find your flock, get them to higher ground The floodwater's rising, we're Canaan bound [Chorus: Moore and (Lomax)] We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground (I'm a soldier...) [Verse 3: Springsteen] Tend to your flock or they will stray We'll be called for our service come judgment day Before we cross that river wide The blood on our hands will come back on us twice (I'm a soldier...) [Verse 4] -------- 2012 Wrecking Ball -------- -------- Shackled and Drawn -------- [Verse 1] Gray morning light spits through the shade Another day older, closer to the grave Closer to the grave and come the dawn I woke up this morning shackled and drawn [Chorus] Shackled and drawn, shackled and drawn Pick up the rock son, carry it on I'm trudging through the dark in a world gone wrong I woke up this morning shackled and drawn [Verse 2] I always loved the feel of sweat on my shirt Stand back son and let a man work Let a man work, is that so wrong? I woke up this morning shackled and drawn [Chorus] Shackled and drawn, shackled and drawn Pick up the rock son, carry it on What's a poor boy to do in a world gone wrong? I woke up this morning shackled and drawn [Verse 3] Freedom's, son, a dirty shirt The sun on my face and my shovel in the dirt A shovel in the dirt keeps the devil gone I woke up this morning shackled and drawn [Chorus] Shackled and drawn, shackled and drawn Pick up the rock son, carry it on What's a poor boy to do but keep singing this song? I woke up this morning shackled and drawn [Verse 4] Gambling man rolls the dice, workingman pays the bill It's still fat and easy up on banker's hill Up on banker's hill, the party's going strong... Down here below we're shackled and drawn [Chorus] Shackled and drawn, shackled and drawn Pick up the rock son, carry it on I'm trudging through the dark in a world gone wrong I woke up this morning shackled and drawn Shackled and drawn, shackled and drawn Pick up the rock son, carry it on What's a poor boy to do but keep singing this song? I woke up this morning shackled and drawn [Outro: Cindy Mizelle] I want everybody to stand up I want everybody to stand up and be counted tonight You know we got to pray together I want you to stand up I want everybody to stand up and be counted tonight -------- 2012 Wrecking Ball -------- -------- This Depression -------- [Verse 1] Baby, I've been down, but never this down I've been lost, but never this lost [Chorus] This is my confession I need your heart In this depression I need your heart [Verse 2] Baby, I've been low, but never this low I've had my faith shaken but never hopeless [Chorus] This is my confession I need your heart In this depression I need your heart [Verse 3] I haven't always been strong, but never felt so weak All of my prayers, gone for nothing I've been without love, but never forsaken Now the morning sun, the morning sun is breaking [Chorus] This is my confession I need your heart In this depression I need your heart This is my confession I need your heart In this depression I need your heart This is my confession I need your heart In this depression I need your heart -------- 2012 Wrecking Ball -------- -------- We Are Alive -------- [Verse 1] There's a cross up yonder on Calvary Hill There's a slip of blood on a silver knife There's a graveyard kid down below Where at night the dead come to life Well above the stars they crackle and fire A dead man's moon throws seven rings We'd put our ears to the cold grave stones This is the song they'd sing [Chorus] We are alive And though our bodies lie alone here in the dark Our spirits rise To carry the fire and light the spark To stand shoulder to shoulder and heart to heart [Verse 2] A voice cried I was killed in Maryland in 1877 When the railroad workers made their stand Well, I was killed in 1963 One Sunday morning in Birmingham I died last year crossing the southern desert My children left behind in San Pablo Well they've left our bodies here to rot Oh please let them know [Chorus] We are alive And though our bodies lie alone here in the dark Our souls will rise To carry the fire and light the spark To stand shoulder to shoulder and heart to heart [Verse 3] Let your mind rest easy Sleep well my friend It's only our bodies that betray us in the end Well I awoke last night in the dark and dreamy deep From my head to my feet my body's gone stone cold There were worms crawling all around me My fingers scratching at an earth black and six foot low Alone in the blackness of my grave Alone I'd been left to die Then I heard voices calling all around me The earth rose above me My eyes filled with sky [Chorus] We are alive And though our bodies lie alone here in the dark Our spirits rise To carry the fire and light the spark To stand shoulder to shoulder and heart to heart -------- 2012 Wrecking Ball -------- -------- We Take Care of Our Own -------- I been knocking on the door that holds the throne I been looking for the map that leads me home I been stumbling on good hearts turned to stone The road of good intentions has gone dry as a bone [Chorus] We take care of our own We take care of our own Wherever this flag's flown We take care of our own From Chicago to New Orleans, from the muscle to the bone From the shotgun shack to the Superdome There ain't no help, the cavalry stayed home There ain't no one hearing the bugle blowin' [Chorus] We take care of our own We take care of our own Wherever this flag's flown We take care of our own [Bridge] Where're the eyes, the eyes with the will to see Where're the hearts that run over with mercy Where's the love that has not forsaken me Where's the work that set my hands, my soul free Where's the spirit that'll reign, reign over me Where's the promise from sea to the shining sea Where's the promise from sea to the shining sea Wherever this flag is flown Wherever this flag is flown Wherever this flag is flown [Chorus] We take care of our own We take care of our own Wherever this flag's flown We take care of our own We take care of our own We take care of our own Wherever this flag's flown We take care of our own -------- 2012 Wrecking Ball -------- -------- Wrecking Ball -------- I was raised outta steel Here in the swamps of Jersey Some misty years ago Through the mud and the beer The blood and the cheers I've seen champions come and go So if you've got the guts mister Yeah, if you got the balls If you think it's your time Then step to the line And bring on your wrecking ball Bring on your wrecking ball Bring on your wrecking ball C'mon and take your best shot Let me see what you got Bring on your wrecking ball Now, my home's here in these meadowlands Where mosquitoes grow big as airplanes Here where the blood is spilled The arena's filled and giants played their games So raise up your glasses And let me hear your voices call 'Cause tonight all the dead are here So bring on your wrecking ball Bring on your wrecking ball Bring on your wrecking ball C'mon and take your best shot Let me see what you got Bring on your wrecking ball Yeah, we know that come tomorrow None of this will be here So hold tight to your anger Hold tight to your anger Hold tight to your anger And don't fall to your fears Now, when all this steel and these stories Drift away to rust And all our youth and beauty Has been given to the dust When the game has been decided And we're burnin' down the clock And all our little victories and glories Have turned into parking lots When your best hopes and desires Are scattered to the wind And hard times come and hard times go and Hard times come and hard times go and Hard times come and hard times go and Hard times come and hard times go and Hard times come and hard times go Yeah, just to come again Bring on your wrecking ball Bring on your wrecking ball C'mon and take your best shot Let me see what you got Bring on your wrecking ball Bring on your wrecking ball Bring on your wrecking ball C'mon and take your best shot Let me see what you got Bring on your wrecking ball -------- 2012 Wrecking Ball -------- -------- You've Got It -------- [Verse 1] No one ever found it Ain't no school ever taught it No one ever made it Ain't no one ever bought it [Chorus] But baby, you've got it Baby, you've got it C'mon and give it to me [Verse 2] Ain't no one can break it Ain't no one can steal it Ain't no one can fake it You just know it when you feel it [Chorus] But baby, you've got it Baby, you've got it C'mon and give it to me [Verse 3] You can't read it in a book You can't even dream it Honey, it ain't got a name You just know it when you see it [Chorus] But baby, you've got it Yeah baby, you've got it C'mon and give it to me [Verse 4] Well, now, listen up my reckless love It's precious so don't waste it Can't tell you what God made it of But I know it when I taste it [Chorus 2] Baby, you've got it Yeah baby, you've got it [Verse 5] You got it in your bones and blood Yeah, you're realer than real ever was [Chorus] Baby, you've got it Yeah baby, you've got it C'mon and give it to me -------- 2014 High Hopes -------- -------- American Skin (41 Shots) -------- [Intro] (41 shots) (41 shots) (41 shots) (41 shots) [Verse 1] 41 shots and we'll take that ride Across the bloody river to the other side 41 shots cut through the night You're kneeling over his body in the vestibule Praying for his life [Chorus] 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 (It ain't no secret) No secret, my friend You can get killed just for living in your American skin [Post-Chorus] (41 shots) (41 shots) (41 shots) (41 shots) [Verse 2] 41 shots, Lena gets her son ready for school She says, "On these streets, Charles You've got to understand the rules If an officer stops you promise me you'll always be polite And that you'll never ever run away Promise Mama, you'll keep your hands in sight" [Chorus] 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 (It ain't no secret) No secret, my friend You get killed just for living in your American skin [Post-Chorus] (41 shots) (41 shots) (41 shots) (41 shots) [Guitar Solo] [Chorus] Is it a gun? Is it a knife? Is it in your heart? Is it in your eyes? It ain't no secret (It ain't no secret) It ain't no secret (It ain't no secret) It ain't no secret (It ain't no secret) [Verse 3] 41 shots and we'll take that ride Across this bloody river to the other side 41 shots I got my boots caked in this mud We're baptized in these waters (We're baptized in these waters) And in each other's blood (And in each other's blood) [Chorus] 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 (It ain't no secret) No secret my friend You get killed just for living in You get killed just for living in You get killed just for living in your American skin [Outro] 41 shots 41 shots 41 shots 41 shots 41 shots 41 shots 41 shots 41 shots 41 shots (You get killed just for living) 41 shots (You get killed just for living) 41 shots (You get killed just for living) 41 shots (You get killed just for living) 41 shots (You get killed just for living) 41 shots (You get killed just for living) 41 shots (You get killed just for living) 41 shots (You get killed just for living) -------- 2014 High Hopes -------- -------- Down in the Hole -------- [Verse 1] Sun comes every morning but it ain't no friend I get dressed and I go back again The rain it keeps on falling on twisted bones and dirt I'm buried to my heart here in this hurt [Chorus] The fire keeps on burning You're waiting in the cold Down in the hole [Verse 2] Dark and bloody autumn pierces my heart The memory of your kiss tears me apart The sky above is turning, the world below's gone gray I thought that I could turn and walk away [Chorus] The fire keeps on burning I'm working in the cold Down in the hole [Bridge] Radio's crackling with the headlines Wind in the phone lines The sun upon your shoulder Empty city skyline The day rips apart A dark and bloody arrow pierced my heart [Instrumental Break] [Verse 3] I got nothing to hide this sky of sunshine The things you left behind I wake to find my city's gone to black Days just keep on falling Your voice it keeps on calling I'm going to dig right here until I get you back [Chorus] The fires keep on burning I'm here with you in the cold Down in the hole (Down in the hole) (Down in the hole) -------- 2014 High Hopes -------- -------- Dream Baby Dream -------- [Intro] Dream baby dream Dream baby dream Dream baby dream Come on and dream baby dream Come on and dream baby dream [Verse 1] We got to keep the light burning Come on, we gotta keep the light burning Come on, we gotta keep the light burning Come on, we gotta keep the light burning Come on and dream baby dream [Verse 2] Gotta keep the fire burning Come on, gotta keep the fire burning Come on, we gotta keep the fire burning Come on and dream baby dream [Verse 3] Come open up your heart Come on and open up your heart Come on and open up your heart Come on dream on, dream baby dream [Verse 3] Come open up your heart Come on and open up your heart Come on and open up your heart Come on dream on, dream baby dream [Verse 4] Come on, we gotta keep on dreaming Come on, we gotta keep on dreaming Come on, we gotta keep on dreaming Come on dream on, dream baby dream [Verse 5] Come on darling and dry your eyes Come on baby and dry your eyes Come on baby and dry your eyes Come on dream on, dream baby dream [Verse 6] Yeah I just want to see you smile Now I just want to see you smile Yeah I just want to see you smile Come on dream on, dream baby dream [Verse 3] Come open and up your heart Come on and open up your heart Come on and open up your heart Come on dream on, dream baby dream [Verse 4] Yeah I just want to see you smile Now I just want to see you smile Yeah I just want to see you smile Come on dream on, dream baby dream [Verse 6] Yeah I just want to see you smile Yeah I just want to see you smile Yeah I just want to see you smile Come on dream on, dream baby dream [Verse 3] Come on and open up your heart Come on and open up your heart Come on and open up your heart Come on dream on, dream baby dream [Outro] Come on dream on, dream on baby Come on dream on, dream on baby Come on dream on, dream on baby Come on dream on, dream baby dream -------- 2014 High Hopes -------- -------- Frankie Fell in Love -------- [Verse 1] Good morning, good morning The church mouse is snoring News is out all over town Frankie fell in love [Verse 2] Wake up, boys, wake up You drunken choir boys, shake it up Our Juliet says her Romeo's been found Frankie fell in love [Chorus] World peace gonna break out From here on in, we're eating take out She ain't gonna be cooking for the likes of us Somebody call mama and just tell her Frankie fell in love [Verse 3] Einstein and Shakespeare Sitting having a beer Einstein trying to figure out the number that adds up to this Shakespeare said, "Man it all starts with a kiss" Einstein is scratching Numbers on his napkin Shakespeare said, "Man, it's just one and one make three Ah, that's why it's poetry" [Chorus] World peace gonna break out From here on in, we're eating take out She ain't gonna be cooking for the likes of us Somebody call mama and just tell her Frankie fell in love [Bridge] Glory, glory, it's the same old story Kid, there ain't nothing anybody can do It's going to happen to you just like Frankie fell in love [Verse 4] Good evening, good evening The church mouse is sleeping News is out all over town Frankie fell in love -------- 2014 High Hopes -------- -------- Harry's Place (Ft. Tom Morello) -------- [Verse 1] Downtown hipsters drinking up the drug line Down in the kitchen, working in the coal mine Got a special sin, mister, you can't quite confess Messy little problem, maybe baby need a new dress Razor-back diamond you shine too hard Need a hammer help you handle little trouble in your backyard [Chorus] Bring it on down to Harry's Place Bring it on down to Harry's Place [Verse 2] When Harry speaks it's Harry's streets, in Harry's house it's Harry's rules You don't want to be around, brother, when Harry schools Harry's car, Harry's wife, Harry's dogs run Harry's town Your blood and money spit shines Harry's crown You don't fuck with Harry's money, you don't fuck Harry's girls These are the rules, this is the world [Chorus] When you bring it on down to Harry's Place Bring it on down to Harry's Place [Bridge] You need a little shot of something to improve your health A taste of that one little weakness you allow yourself You're looking for the key of that box you locked yourself in Just step up to the line and be one of Harry's friends [Saxophone Solo] [Verse 3] Shithole on the corner, no light, no sign Nobody on the street except the deaf, dumb, and blind Mayor Conner's on the couch, Father McGowan's at the bar Chief Horton's at the door checking who the fuck you are Seesaw Bobby dressed in drag and Mr. Nice Carry me into the back room, dim the lights My arms strapped to the table, a thousand angels spinning up the room A voice whispers in my ear, "We do what we must do" [Chorus] When we bring it on down to Harry's Place Bring it on down to Harry's Place Bring it on down to Harry's Place Bring it on down to Harry's Place [Outro] Nobody knows his number, nobody knows his name If he didn't exist, it'd all go on just the same Bring it on down to Harry's Place Bring it on down to Harry's Place Bring it on down to Harry's Place Bring it on down to Harry's Place -------- 2014 High Hopes -------- -------- Heaven's Wall -------- [Intro] (Raise your hands, raise your hands, raise your hands) (Raise your hands, raise your hands, raise your hands) (Raise your hands, raise your hands, raise your hands) (Raise your hands, raise your hands, raise your hands) (Raise your hands, raise your hands, raise your hands) (Raise your hands, raise your hands, raise your hands) [Verse 1] There was a woman waiting at the well Drawing water beneath a desert sky of blue She said "He'll heal the blind, raise the dead Cure the sickness out of you" [Verse 2] Come on men of Gideon Come all men of Saul Come all sons of Abraham Waiting outside heaven's wall [Chorus] Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand And together we'll walk into Canaan land Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand [Verse 3] He saw the watcher at the city gates Jonah in the belly of a whale He watched you walk your ragged mile His mercy it did not fail [Chorus] Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand And together we'll walk into Canaan land Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand [Bridge] Lai lai-lai lai, lai lai-lai lai, lai lai-lai lai, lai lai-lai lai [Instrumental Break] [Chorus] Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand And together we'll walk into Canaan land Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand And together we'll walk into Canaan land Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand And together we'll walk into Canaan land Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand [Instrumental Break] [Chorus] Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand And together we'll walk into Canaan land Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand -------- 2014 High Hopes -------- -------- High Hopes -------- [Verse 1] Monday morning runs to Sunday night Screaming slow me down before the new year dies Well it won't take much to kill a loving smile And every mother with a baby crying in her arms, singing [Pre-Chorus] Give me help, give me strength Give a soul a night of fearless sleep Give me love, give me peace Don't you know these days you pay for everything [Chorus] Got high hopes I got high hopes Got high hopes I got high hopes [Verse 2] Coming from the city, coming from the wild I see a breathless army breaking like a cloud They're going to smother love, they're going to shoot your hopes Before the meek inherit they'll learn to hate themselves [Pre-Chorus] Give me help, give me strength Give a soul a night of fearless sleep Give me love, give me peace Don't you know these days you pay for everything [Chorus] Got high hopes I got high hopes I got high hopes I got high hopes [Guitar Solo] [Pre-Chorus] Give me help, give me strength Give a soul a night of fearless sleep Give me love, give me peace Don't you know these days you pay for everything [Chorus] Got high hopes Got high hopes I got high hopes Got high hopes [Verse 3] Tell me someone, what's the price I want to buy some time and maybe live my life I want to have a wife, I want to have some kids I want to look in their eyes and know they'll stand a chance [Pre-Chorus] Give me help, give me strength Give a soul a night of fearless sleep Give me love, give me peace Don't you know these days you pay for everything [Chorus] I got high hopes Got high hopes I got high hopes Got high hopes Got high hopes I got high hopes I got high hopes I got high hopes -------- 2014 High Hopes -------- -------- Hunter of Invisible Game -------- [Verse 1] I hauled myself up out of the ditch And built me an ark of gopher wood and pitch Sat down by the roadside and waited on the rain I am the hunter of invisible game [Verse 2] Well, I awoke last night to the heavy clicking and clack And a scarecrow on fire along the railroad tracks There were empty cities and burning plains I am the hunter of invisible game [Verse 3] We all come up a little short, and we go down hard These days I spend my time skipping through the dark Through the empires of dust, I chant your name I am the hunter of invisible game [Verse 4] Through the bone yard rattle and black smoke, we rolled on Down into the valley where the beast has his throne There I sing my song, and I sharpen my blade I am the hunter of invisible game [Verse 5] Strength is vanity, and time is illusion I feel you breathing, the rest is confusion Your skin touches mine, what else to explain I am the hunter of invisible game [Verse 6] Now pray for yourself and that you may not fall When the hour of deliverance comes on us all When our hope and faith and courage and trust Can rise or vanish like dust into dust There's a kingdom of love waiting to be reclaimed I am the hunter of invisible game [Outro] I am the hunter of invisible game I am the hunter of invisible game -------- 2014 High Hopes -------- -------- Just Like Fire Would -------- [Verse 1] One night in a motel room Eyes cast like steel I drank the wine that they left on my table I knew the morning was too far [Verse 2] I smoked my last cigarette I stay only to defy The night was dark and the land was cold Now it's frozen right to the bone [Chorus] Just like fire would, I burn up Just like fire would Just like fire would, I burn up [Verse 3] 500 miles I've gone today Tomorrow's 500 more Outside my window the world passes by, it's Stranger than a dream [Chorus] Just like fire would, I burn up Just like fire would Just like fire would, I burn up [Verse 4] I go to work and I earn my pay, Lord My sweat it falls to the ground I see you now but we may never meet again child The ice is hanging on the door [Instrumental Bridge] [Verse 1] One night in a motel room Eyes cast like steel I drank the wine that they left on my table I knew the morning was too far [Chorus] Just like fire would, I burn up Just like fire would Just like fire would, I burn up Just like fire would, I burn up Just like fire would Just like fire would, I burn up -------- 2014 High Hopes -------- -------- The Ghost of Tom Joad (Electric Studio Version) (Ft. Tom Morello) -------- [Verse 1: Bruce Springsteen] Men walking along the railroad tracks Going someplace, there's no going back Highway patrol choppers coming up over the ridge Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge Shelter line stretching around the corner Welcome to the new world order Families sleeping in the cars in the southwest No home, no job, no peace, no rest [Chorus: Bruce Springsteen] Well the highway is alive tonight But nobody's kidding nobody about where it goes I'm sitting down here in the campfire light Searching for the ghost of Tom Joad [Verse 2: Tom Morello] He pulls a prayer book out of his sleeping bag Preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag Waiting for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last In a cardboard box beneath the underpass You got a one-way ticket to the promised land You got a hole in your belly and a gun in your hand Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock Bathing in the city's aqueduct [Chorus: Both] Well the highway is alive tonight Where it's headed, everybody knows I'm sitting down here in the campfire light Waiting on the ghost of Tom Joad [Guitar Solos] [Verse 3: Bruce Springsteen, Tom] Now Tom said, "Mom, wherever there's a cop beating a guy Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries Where there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air Look for me, Mom, I'll be there Wherever somebody's fighting for a place to stand Or a decent job or a helping hand Wherever somebody's struggling to be free Look in their eyes, Ma, and you'll see me" [Chorus: Both] Well the highway is alive tonight Where it's headed, everybody knows I'm sitting down here in the campfire light With the ghost of old Tom Joad Well the highway is alive tonight But nobody's kidding nobody about where it goes I'm sitting down here in the campfire light With the ghost of old Tom Joad With the ghost of old Tom Joad With the ghost of old Tom Joad -------- 2014 High Hopes -------- -------- The Wall -------- [Verse 1] Cigarettes and a bottle of beer This poem that I wrote for you This black stone and these hard tears Are all I got left now of you I remember you in your Marine uniform laughing Laughing at your ship out party I read Robert McNamara says he's sorry [Verse 2] Your high boots and striped T-shirt Ah Billy you looked so bad Yeah, you and your rock-n-roll band You were best thing this shit town ever had Now the men who put you here eat with their families In rich dining halls And apology and forgiveness got no place here at all At the wall [Verse 3] I'm sorry I missed you last year I couldn't find no one to drive me If your eyes could cut through that black stone Tell me would they recognize me? For the living time it must be served, the day goes on Cigarettes and a bottle of beer Skin on black stone [Verse 4] On the ground dog tags and wreaths of flowers With ribbons red as the blood Red as the blood you spilled in the Central Highlands mud Limousines rush down Pennsylvania Avenue Rustling the leaves as they fall And apology and forgiveness got no place here at all Here at the wall -------- 2014 High Hopes -------- -------- This Is Your Sword -------- [Verse 1] Brothers and sisters listen to me These are the few things that I leave to thee This sword of our fathers with lessons hard taught This shield strong and sturdy from battles well fought [Chorus] This is your sword, this is your shield This is the power of love revealed Carry them with you wherever you go And give all the love that you have in your soul [Verse 2] The times they are dark, darkness covers the earth This world's filled with the beauty of God's work Hold tight to your promise, stay righteous, stay strong For the days of miracles will come along [Chorus] Now this is your sword, this is your shield This is the power of love revealed Carry it with you wherever you go And give all the love that you have in your soul [Bridge] In the days of despair you can grow hard Till you close your mind and empty your heart If you find yourself staring in the abyss Hold tight to your loved ones and remember this [Verse 3] This shield will protect your sacred heart This sword will defend from what comes in the dark Should you grow weary on the battlefield Do not despair our love is real [Chorus] This is your sword, this is your shield This is the power of love revealed Carry it with you wherever you go And give all the love that you have in your soul And give all the love that you have in your soul -------- 2019 Western Stars -------- -------- Chasin' Wild Horses -------- [Verse 1] Guess it was somethin' I shouldn't have done Guess I regret it now Ever since I was a kid Tryin' to keep my temper down is like Chasin' wild horses, chasin' wild horses Chasin' wild horses [Verse 2] Left my home, left my friends I didn't say goodbye I contract out to the BLM Up on the Montana line Chasin' wild horses, chasin' wild horses [Bridge 1] We're out before sunup In after sundown There's two men in the chopper Two under saddle on the ground In the evenings we'd hop in the pickup Head into town for a drink Make sure I work 'til I'm so damn tired Way too tired to think [Verse 3] You lose track of time It's all just storms blowin' through You come rollin' 'cross my mind Your hair flashin' in the blue Like wild horses, just like wild horses Just like wild horses [Bridge 2] Fingernail moon in a twilight sky Ridin' high grass of the switchback I shout your name into the canyon The echo throws it back [Verse 4] The winter snow whites out the plains 'Til it can turn me blind The only thing up here I've found Is tryin' to get you off my mind Chasin' wild horses, chasin' wild horses Chasin' wild horses, chasin' wild horses -------- 2019 Western Stars -------- -------- Drive Fast (The Stuntman) -------- [Verse 1] I got two pins in my ankle and a busted collarbone A steel rod in my leg, but it walks me home At nine, I climbed high into the boughs of our neighborhood's tallest tree I don't remember the fear, just the breeze [Chorus] Drive fast, fall hard, I'll keep you in my heart Don't worry about tomorrow, don't mind the scars Just drive fast, fall hard [Verse 2] At nineteen, I was the king of the dirt down at the Remington draw I liked the pedal and I didn't mind the wall 'Midst the roar of the metal I never heard a sound I was looking for anything, any kind of drug to lift me up off this ground [Chorus] Drive fast, fall hard, I'll keep you in my heart Don't worry about tomorrow, don't mind the scars Just drive fast, fall hard [Verse 3] We met on the set of this B picture that she made She liked her guys a little greasy, 'neath her pay grade We headed down to Baja in the desert, we made our stand of it Figured maybe together we could get the broken pieces to fit [Chorus] Drive fast, fall hard, keep me in your heart Don't worry about tomorrow, don't mind the scars Just drive fast, fall hard, I'll keep you in my heart Don't worry about tomorrow, don't mind the scar Just drive fast, fall hard [Outro] I got two pins in my ankle and a busted collarbone A steel rod in my leg, but it walks me home -------- 2019 Western Stars -------- -------- Hello Sunshine -------- [Verse 1] Had enough of heartbreak and pain I had a little sweet spot for the rain For the rain and skies of grey Hello sunshine, won't you stay? [Verse 2] You know I always liked my walking shoes But you can get a little too fond of the blues You walk too far, you walk away Hello sunshine, won't you stay? [Verse 3] You know I always loved a lonely town Those empty streets, no one around You fall in love with lonely, you end up that way Hello sunshine, won't you stay? [Verse 4] You know I always liked that empty road No place to be and miles to go But miles to go is miles away Hello sunshine, won't you stay? [Verse 5] And miles to go is miles away Hello sunshine, won't you stay? Hello sunshine, won't you stay? Hello sunshine -------- 2019 Western Stars -------- -------- Hitch Hikin' -------- Thumb stuck out as I go I'm just travelin' up the road Maps don't do much for me, friend I follow the weather and the wind I'm hitch hikin' all day long Got what I can carry and my song I'm a rolling stone just rolling on Catch me now 'cause tomorrow, I'll be gone Family man gives me a ride Got his pregnant Sally at his side Yes indeed, sir, children are a gift Thank you kindly for the lift I'm hitch hikin' all day long Trucker gears his engine down Says, "Climb on up, son, I'm highway-bound" Dashboard picture of a pretty girl I'm ridin' high on top of the world I'm hitch hikin' all day long Gearhead in a souped-up '72 Wants to show a kid just what this thing'll do Telephone poles and trees go whizzin' by Thank you, pal, she sure can fly I'm hitch hikin' all day long I'm hitch hikin' all day long I'm hitch hikin' all day long -------- 2019 Western Stars -------- -------- Moonlight Motel -------- [Verse 1] There's a place on a blank stretch of road where Nobody travels and nobody goes and the Deskman says these days 'round here Where two young folks could probably up and disappear into Rustlin' sheets, a sleepy corner room Into the musty smell Of wilted flowers and lazy afternoon hours At the Moonlight Motel [Verse 2] Now the pool's filled with empty, eight foot deep Got dandelions growin' up through the cracks in the concrete Chain-link fence half-rusted away Got a sign, says, "Children, be careful how you play" Your lipstick taste and your whispered secret I promised I'd never tell A half-drunk beer and your breath in my ear At the Moonlight Motel [Refrain 1] Well then, it's bills and kids and kids and bills And the ringing of the bell Across the valley floor through the dusty screen door Of the Moonlight Motel [Verse 3] Last night I dreamed of you, my lover And the wind blew through the window and blew off the covers Of my lonely bed, I woke to something you said That it's better to have loved, yeah, it's better to have loved As I drove, there was a chill in the breeze And leaves tumbled from the sky and fell On a road so black as I backtracked To the Moonlight Motel [Refrain 2] She was boarded up and gone like an old summer song Nothing but an empty shell I pulled in and stopped into my old spot [Outro] I pulled a bottle of Jack out of a paper bag Poured one for me and one for you as well Then it was one more shot poured out onto the parking lot To the Moonlight Motel -------- 2019 Western Stars -------- -------- Sleepy Joe's Cafe -------- [Verse 1] There's a place out on the highway 'cross the San Bernardino line Where the truckers and the bikers gather every night at the same time At seven the band comes in and locals dance the night away At Sleepy Joe's Cafe [Verse 2] I drive on down from the big town Friday when the clock strikes five As the red sun sets in the ocean, I start to come alive Summer girls in the parking lot slap on their makeup and they flirt the night away At Sleepy Joe's Cafe [Verse 3] Joe came home in '45 and took out a G.I. loan On a sleepy little spot an Army cook could call his own He married May, the highway come in, they woke up to find They were sitting on top of a pretty little gold mine [Verse 4] Saturday night the lights are bright as the folks pour in from town Joe keeps the blues playin', at the bar May lays the beers down I come through the door and feel the workweek slip away See you out on the floor and Monday morning's a million miles away [Outro] At Sleepy Joe's Cafe Sleepy Joe's Cafe Sleepy Joe's Cafe -------- 2019 Western Stars -------- -------- Somewhere North of Nashville -------- [Verse 1] Came into town with a pocketful of songs I made the rounds but I didn't last long Now I'm out on this highway with a bone-cold chill Somewhere north of Nashville [Verse 2] I lie awake in the middle of the night Makin' a list of things that I didn't do right With you at the top of a long page filled Here, somewhere north of Nashville [Bridge] For the deal I made, the price was strong I traded you for this song [Verse 3] We woke each morning with hearts filled Bluebird of love on the windowsill Now the heart's unsteady, and the night is still All I've got's this melody, and time to kill Here, somewhere north of Nashville Here, somewhere north of Nashville Here, somewhere north of Nashville -------- 2019 Western Stars -------- -------- Stones -------- [Chorus] I woke up this morning with stones in my mouth Said those were only the lies you've told me Those are only the lies you've told me [Verse 1] I pulled my collar to the wind and spit them on the ground You said those are only the lies you've told me Those are only the lies you've told me [Pre-Chorus] Sat on the edge of our bed in the sun I felt them gather on my tongue [Chorus] I woke up this morning with stones in my mouth You said those are only the lies you've told me Those are only the lies you've told me [Verse 4] The dirt-brown winter field A thousand black crows cover the ground You say those are only the lies you've told me Those are only the lies you've told me The autumn wind blows through the trees As the dark leaves come tumbling down You say those are only the lies you've told me Those are only the lies you've told me [Pre-Chorus] I walk a highway washed in sun I feel weight gather on my tongue [Chorus] I woke up this morning with stones in my mouth You said those are only the lies you've told me Those are only the lies you've told me [Refrain] Those are only the lies you've told me (Only the lies you've told me) Those are only the lies you've told me (Only the lies you've told me) Those are only the lies you've told me (Only the lies you've told me) Those are only the lies you've told me [Outro] I woke up this morning with stones in my mouth -------- 2019 Western Stars -------- -------- Sundown -------- [Verse 1] I'm 25 hundred miles from where I wanna be It feels like a hundred years since you've been near to me I guess what goes around, baby, comes around Just wishing you were here with me, in Sundown [Verse 2] Sundown ain't the kind of place you want to be on your own It's all long, hot, endless days and cold nights all alone I drift from bar to bar, here in lonely town Just wishing you were here with me, come sundown [Bridge] In Sundown the cafes are filled with lovers passing time In Sundown all I've got's trouble on my mind [Verse 3] So I work all day out here on the county line I tell myself it's all just gonna work out in time When summer's through, you'll come around That little voice in my head's all that keeps me from sinking down Come Sundown [Outro] When summer's through, you'll come around That little voice in my head's all that keeps me from sinking down Come Sundown -------- 2019 Western Stars -------- -------- The Wayfarer -------- [Verse 1] It's the same sad story, love and glory goin' 'round and 'round It's the same old cliche, a wanderer on his way, slippin' from town to town Some find peace here on the sweet streets, the sweet streets of home Where kindness falls and your heart calls for a permanent place of your own [Chorus] I'm a wayfarer, baby, I drift from town to town When everyone's asleep and the midnight bells sound My wheels are hissin' up the highway, spinning 'round and 'round [Verse 2] You start out slow in a sweet little bungalow, something two can call home Then rain comes fallin', the blues come calling, and you're left with a heart of stone Some folks are inspired sitting by the fire, slippers tucked under the bed But when I go to sleep I can't count sheep for the white lines in my head [Chorus] I'm a wayfarer, baby, I roam from town to town When everyone's asleep and the midnight bells sound My wheels are hissin' up the highway, spinning 'round and 'round [Bridge] Where are you now, where are you now? Where are you now? [Chorus] I'm a wayfarer, baby, I roam from town to town When everyone's asleep and the midnight bells sound My wheels are hissin' up the highway, spinning 'round and 'round [Outro] I'm a wayfarer, baby I'm a wayfarer, baby I'm a wayfarer, baby (Wayfarer, baby) I'm a wayfarer, baby (Wayfarer, baby) I'm a wayfarer, baby (Wayfarer, baby) I'm a wayfarer, baby (Wayfarer, baby) I'm a wayfarer, baby (Wayfarer, baby) I'm a wayfarer, baby (Wayfarer, baby) -------- 2019 Western Stars -------- -------- There Goes My Miracle -------- [Verse 1] Sunrise, sundown The streets gone golden brown Auburn skies above I'm searching for my love I'm searching for my love [Chorus] There goes my miracle Walking away, walking away There goes my miracle Walking away, walking away [Verse 2] Moonlight, moon bright Where's my lucky star tonight? The streets lost in lamp light Then suddenly inside Suddenly inside [Chorus] There goes my miracle Walking away, walking away There goes my miracle Walking away, walking away [Bridge] Look what you've done Look what you've done Look what you've done, ah Look what you've done (Look what you've done) Look what you've done (Look what you've done) Look what you've done, ah Look what we've done (Look what we've done) Look what we've done (Look what we've done) Look what we've done, ah [Verse 3] Heartache, heartbreak Love gives, love takes The book of love holds its rules Disobeyed by fools Disobeyed by fools [Chorus] There goes my miracle Walking away, walking away There goes my miracle Walking away, walking away Walking away, walking away [Outro] There goes my miracle Sunrise, sundown -------- 2019 Western Stars -------- -------- Tucson Train -------- [Verse 1] I got so down-and-out in 'Frisco Tired of the pills and the rain I picked up, headed for the sunshine I left a good thing behind Seemed all of our love was in vain Now my baby's coming in on the Tucson train [Verse 2] I come here lookin' for a new life One I wouldn't have to explain To that voice that keeps me awake at night When a little peace would make everything right If I could just turn off my brain But now my baby's coming in on the Tucson train [Bridge] We fought hard over nothin' We fought till nothin' remained I've carried that nothin' for a long time Now I carry my operator's license And spend my days just runnin' this crane And my baby's coming in on the Tucson train [Verse 3] Hard work'll clear your mind and body The hard sun will burn out the pain If they're lookin' for me, tell 'em, buddy I'm waitin' down at the station Just prayin' to the five-fifteen I'll wait all God's creation Just to show her a man can change Now my baby's coming in on the Tucson train [Outro] On the Tucson train On the Tucson train Waitin' on the five-fifteen Here she comes -------- 2019 Western Stars -------- -------- Western Stars -------- [Verse 1] I wake up in the morning, just glad my boots are on Instead of empty in the whispering grasses Down the Five at Forest Lawn On the set, the makeup girl brings me two raw eggs and a shot of gin Then I give it all up for that little blue pill That promises to bring it all back to you again [Chorus] Ride me down easy, ride me down easy, friend Tonight the western stars are shining bright again [Verse 2] Here in the canyons above Sunset, the desert don't give up the fight A coyote with someone's Chihuahua in its teeth skitters 'cross my veranda in the night Some lost sheep from Oklahoma sips her Mojito down at the Whiskey Bar Smiles and says she thinks she remembers me from that commercial with the credit card [Chorus] Hell, these days there ain't no more, now there's just again Tonight the western stars are shining bright again [Verse 3] Some days I take my El Camino, throw my saddle in and go East to the desert where the charros, they still ride and rope Our American brothers cross the wire and bring the old ways with them Tonight the western stars are shining bright again [Verse 4] Once I was shot by John Wayne, yeah, it was towards the end That one scene's bought me a thousand drinks, set me up and tell it for you, friend Here's to the cowboys, riders in the whirlwind Tonight the western stars are shining bright again And the western stars are shining bright again [Chorus] Tonight the riders on Sunset are smothered in the Santa Ana winds And the western stars are shining bright again C'mon and ride me down easy, ride me down easy, friend 'Cause tonight the western stars are shining bright again [Outro] I woke up this morning just glad my boots were on -------- 2020 Letter to You -------- -------- Burnin' Train -------- [Verse 1] Zero's my number Time is my hunter I wanted you to heal me But instead you set me on fire We were out over the borders I washed you in holy water We whispered our black prayers And rose up in flames [Refrain] Take me on your burnin' train Take me on your burnin' train [Verse 2] White sun burnin' Black wings beatin' I ran my fingers 'cross the hollow of your stomach As you lay breathing With our shared faith Rising dark and decayed Take me and shake me from this mortal cage [Refrain] Take me on your burnin' train Take me on your burnin' train [Bridge] Something's shining in the light 'neath your breast The thick smell of you on my chest [Verse 3] On your bed of thorns I brought you shining gifts Wiped the sweat from your brow And I touched your lips Sheets stained with sweat Outside the endless rain Darlin' I'm blessed in your blood And marked by Cain [Refrain] Take me on your burnin' train Take me on your burnin' train Take me on your burnin' train -------- 2020 Letter to You -------- -------- Ghosts -------- [Verse 1] I hear the sound of your guitar Comin' in from the mystic far Stone and the gravel in your voice Come in my dreams and I rejoice [Pre-Chorus] It's your ghost Moving through the night Spirit filled with light I need, need you by my side Your love and I'm [Chorus] Alive, I can feel the blood shiver in my bones I'm alive and I'm out here on my own I'm alive and I'm coming home [Verse 2] Old buckskin jacket you always wore Hangs on the back of my bedroom door Boots and the spurs you used to ride Click down the hall but never arrive [Pre-Chorus] It's just your ghost Moving through the night Spirit filled with light I need, need you by my side Your love and I'm [Chorus] Alive, I can feel the blood shiver in my bones I'm alive and I'm out here on my own I'm alive and I'm coming home [Verse 3] Old Fender Twin from Johnny's Music downtown Still set on 10 to burn this house down Count the band in then kick into overdrive By the end of the set we leave no one alive [Pre-Chorus] Ghosts runnin' through the night Our spirits filled with light I need, need you by my side Your love and I'm alive [Verse 4] I shoulder your Les Paul and finger the fretboard I make my vows to those who've come before I turn up the volume, let the spirits be my guide Meet you brother and sister on the other side [Chorus] I'm alive, I can feel the blood shiver in my bones I'm alive and I'm out here on my own I'm alive and I'm coming home Yeah I'm coming home [Outro] One, two, one two three four -------- 2020 Letter to You -------- -------- House of a Thousand Guitars -------- The blood moon shines across the vale Bells ring out through churches and jails I tally my wounds and count the scars Here in the house of a thousand guitars The criminal clown has stolen the throne He steals what he can never own May the truth ring out from every small-town bar We'll light up the house of a thousand guitars Well it's alright, yeah it's alright Meet me, darlin', come Saturday night All good souls from near and far Will meet in the house of a thousand guitars Here the bitter and the bored Wake in search of the lost chord That'll band us together for as long as there's stars Here in the house of a thousand guitars Well it's alright, yeah it's alright Meet me, darlin', come Saturday night Brother and sister, wherever you are We'll meet in the house of a thousand guitars So wake and shake off your troubles, my friend We'll go where the music never ends From the stadiums to the small-town bars We'll light up the house of a thousand guitars House of a thousand guitars, house of a thousand guitars Brother and sister, wherever you are We'll rise together till we find the spark That'll light up the house of a thousand guitars Well it's alright, yeah it's alright Meet me, darlin', come Saturday night All the souls from near and far We'll meet at the house of a thousand guitars A thousand guitars, a thousand guitars A thousand guitars, a thousand guitars A thousand guitars, a thousand guitars A thousand guitars, a thousand guitars -------- 2020 Letter to You -------- -------- If I Was the Priest -------- [Verse 1] There's a light on yonder mountain And it's calling me to shine There's a girl over by the water fountain And she's asking to be mine And Jesus is standing in the doorway In a buckskin jacket, boots and spurs so fine He says, "We need you son tonight up in Dodge City 'Cause there's just too many outlaws trying to work the same line" [Chorus] Now if Jesus was a sheriff and I were a priest If my lady was an heiress and my Mama was a thief If Papa rode shotgun on the Fargo line There's still too many bad boys trying to work the same line [Verse 2] Well sweet Virgin Mary runs the Holy Grail saloon Well for a nickel she'll give you whiskey and a personally blessed balloon And the Holy Ghost is the host with the most, he runs the burlesque show Where they'll let you in for free and they hit you when you go Mary serving Mass on Sunday and she sells her body on Monday To the bootlegger who paid the highest price He don't know he got stuck with a loser, she's a stone junkie what's more she's a user She's only been made once or twice by some kind of magic [Chorus] If Jesus was a sheriff and I were a priest If my lady was an heiress and my Mama was a thief And Papa rode shotgun on the Fargo line There's still too many outlaws trying to work the same line [Verse 3] Well things ain't been the same in heaven since Big Bad Bobby came to town He's been known to down eleven, then ask for another round Me I've got scabs on my knees from kneeling way too long It's about time I played the man, took a stand where I belong And I forget about the old friends and the old times There's just too many new boys trying to work the same line [Chorus] Well if Jesus was a sheriff and I were a priest If my lady was an heiress and my Mama was a thief And Papa rode shotgun on the Fargo line There's just too many outlaws trying to work the same line [Verse 4] Well there's a light on yonder mountain And it's calling me to shine There's a girl over by the water fountain She's asking to be mine Jesus is standing in the doorway Six gun drawn and ready to fan Said, "We need you tonight son up in Dodge City" Told him I was already overdue for Cheyenne [Chorus] If Jesus was the sheriff and I were a priest If my lady was an heiress and my Mama was a thief And Papa rode shotgun on the Fargo line There's still too many bad boys trying to work the same line If Jesus was the sheriff and I were a priest If my lady was an heiress and my Mama was a thief And Papa rode shotgun on the Fargo line There's still too many bad boys trying to work the same line [Outro] If Jesus was the sheriff and I was a priest -------- 2020 Letter to You -------- -------- I'll See You in My Dreams -------- [Verse 1] The road is long and seeming without end The days go on, I remember you my friend And though you're gone and my heart's been emptied it seems I'll see you in my dreams [Verse 2] I got the old guitar here by the bed All your favorite records and all the books that you read And though my soul feels like it's been split at the seams I'll see you in my dreams [Chorus] I'll see you in my dreams when all our summers have come to an end I'll see you in my dreams, we'll meet and live and laugh again I'll see you in my dreams, yeah around the river bend For death is not the end And I'll see you in my dreams [Instrumental Break] [Chorus] I'll see you in my dreams when all our summers have come to an end I'll see you in my dreams, we'll meet and live and laugh again I'll see you in my dreams, yeah around the river bend For death is not the end And I'll see you in my dreams See you in my dreams See you in my dreams Go! [Outro] And I'll see you in my dreams -------- 2020 Letter to You -------- -------- Janey Needs a Shooter -------- [Verse 1] Well Janey's got a doctor who tears apart her insides He investigates her and silently baits her sighs He probes with his fingers but knows her heart only through his stethoscope His hands are cold and his body's so old Janey turns him down like dope [Chorus] Janey needs a shooter now A shooter like me on her side Janey needs a shooter now A shooter man who knows her style The way that I know her style [Verse 2] Well Janey's got a priest, from his marble pulpit he smiles He provides consolation and he hears her confession at any time In the pages of his Bible, he holds from what Janey hides And with her doors open wide, she begs, "Come inside" But he's been frozen so long on the outside [Chorus] Janey needs a shooter now A shooter like me on her side Janey needs a shooter now A shooter man who knows her style The way that I know her style [Verse 3] Well Janey's got a cop who lives around the block And checks on her every night And her skin would turn pale as the siren he'd wail outside When he knew I was inside Janey's small and sometimes he scared her So I held her real close, she was more saint than a ghost And told her I so long had been prepared for her [Chorus] Janey needs a shooter now A shooter like me on her side Janey needs a shooter now A shooter man who knows her style Janey needs a shooter now A shooter like me on her side Janey needs a shooter now A shooter man who knows her style The way that I know her style A man who knows her style The way that I know her style A man who knows her style The way that I know her style A man who knows her style The way that I know her style A man who knows her style The way that I know her style A man who knows her style The way that I know her style A man who knows her style The way that I know her style -------- 2020 Letter to You -------- -------- Last Man Standing -------- [Verse 1] Faded pictures in an old scrapbook Faded pictures that somebody took When you were hard and young and proud Backed against the wall, running raw and loud [Verse 2] Snakeskin vest and a sharkskin suit Cuban heels on your boots You kick in the band and side-by-side You take the crowd on their mystery ride [Verse 3] Knights of Columbus and the Fireman's Ball Friday night at the Union Hall Black-leather clubs all along Route 9 You count the names of the missing as you count off time [Chorus] Rock of ages lift me somehow Somewhere high and hard and loud Somewhere deep into the heart of the crowd I'm the last man standing now I'm the last man standing now [Saxophone Solo] [Chorus] Out of school and out of work Thrift-store jeans and flannel shirts The lights go down and you face the crowd The last man standing now [Verse 4] Lights come up at the Legion Hall Pool cues go back up on the wall Pack your guitar and have one last beer With just the ringing in your ears [Chorus] Rock of ages lift me somehow Somewhere high and hard and loud Somewhere deep into the heart of the crowd I'm the last man standing now I'm the last man standing now I'm the last man standing now -------- 2020 Letter to You -------- -------- Letter to You -------- [Verse 1] 'Neath a crowd of mongrel trees I pulled that bothersome thread Got down on my knees, grabbed my pen and bowed my head Tried to summon all that my heart finds true And send it in my letter to you Whoa! [Verse 2] Things I found out through hard times and good I wrote 'em all out in ink and blood Dug deep in my soul and signed my name true And sent it in my letter to you [Chorus] In my letter to you I took all my fears and doubts In my letter to you All the hard things I found out In my letter to you All that I found true And I sent it in my letter to you [Instrumental] [Verse 3] I took all the sunshine and rain All my happiness and all my pain The dark evening stars and the morning sky of blue And I sent it in my letter to you And I sent it in my letter to you [Chorus] In my letter to you I took all my fears and doubts In my letter to you All the hard things I found out In my letter to you All that I found true And I sent it in my letter to you I sent it in my letter to you -------- 2020 Letter to You -------- -------- One Minute You're Here -------- [Verse 1] Big black train comin' down the track Blow your whistle long and long One minute you're here Next minute you're gone [Verse 2] I lay my penny down on the rails As the summer wind sings its last song One minute you're here Next minute you're gone [Bridge] Baby baby baby I'm so alone Baby baby baby I'm coming home [Verse 3] Autumn carnival on the edge of town We walk down the midway arm-in-arm One minute you're here Next minute you're gone [Verse 4] I thought I knew just who I was And what I'd do but I was wrong One minute you're here Next minute you're gone [Bridge] Red river running along the edge of town On the muddy banks I lay my body down This body down [Verse 5] Footsteps cracklin' on a gravel road Stars vanish in a sky as black as stone One minute you're here Next minute you're gone One minute you're here Next minute you're gone One minute you're here -------- 2020 Letter to You -------- -------- Rainmaker -------- [Verse 1] Parched crops dying 'neath a dead sun We've been praying but no good comes The dog's howling, home's stripped bare We've been worried but now we're scared [Verse 2] People come for comfort or just to come Taste the dark sticky potion or hear the drums Hands raised to Yahweh to bring the rain down He comes crawlin' 'cross the dry fields like a dark shroud [Chorus] Rainmaker, a little faith for hire Rainmaker, the house is on fire Rainmaker, take everything you have Sometimes folks need to believe in something so bad, so bad, so bad They'll hire a rainmaker [Verse 3] Rainmaker says white's black and black's white Says night's day and day's night Says close your eyes and go to sleep now I'm in a burnin' field unloadin' buckshot into low clouds [Chorus] Rainmaker, a little faith for hire Rainmaker, the house is on fire Rainmaker, take everything you have Sometimes folks need to believe in something so bad, so bad, so bad They'll hire a rainmaker [Bridge] Slow moving wagon drawing through a dry town Painted rainbow, crescent moon, and dark clouds Brother patriot, come forth and lay it down Your blood brother for king and crown For your rainmaker [Verse 4] They come for the smile, the firm handshake They come for the raw chance of a fair shake Some come to make damn sure, my friend This mean season's got nothin' to do with them [Verse 5] They come 'cause they can't stand the pain Of another long hot day of no rain 'Cause they don't care or understand What it really takes for the sky to open up the land [Chorus] Rainmaker, a little faith for hire Rainmaker, the house is on fire Rainmaker, take everything you have Sometimes folks need to believe in something so bad, so bad, so bad They'll hire a rainmaker Rainmaker Rainmaker Rainmaker -------- 2020 Letter to You -------- -------- Song for Orphans -------- [Verse 1] Well the multitude assembled and tried to make the noise Them black blind poet generals and restless loud white boys But time's grew thin and the axis grew somehow incomplete Where instead of child lions we had aging junkie sheep [Verse 2] Well how many wasted have I seen signed "Hollywood or bust" And left to ride the ever ghostly Arizona gusts Cheerleader tramps and kids with big amps sounding in the void High society vamps, ex-heavyweight champs mistaking soot for soil [Chorus] So break me now big Mama as Old Faithful breaks the day Believe me my good Linda, the aurora will shine the way The confederacy's in my name now, the hounds are held at bay The axis needs a stronger arm, do you feel your muscles play [Verse 3] Well the doorstep blanket weaver, Madonna pushes bells From house to house I see her giving last kisses and wishing well To every gypsy mystic hero that the kids might find a place Who get lost forever to mom and pop on their weekends out in space [Verse 4] Well sons they search for fathers, but the fathers are all gone The lost souls search for saviors, but saviors don't last long Those aimless questless renegade brats who live their lives in song They run the length of a candle, with a goodnight whisper and they're gone [Chorus] So break me now big Mama as Old Faithful breaks the day Believe me my good Linda, the aurora will shine the way The confederacy's in my name now, the hounds are held at bay The axis needs a stronger arm, do you feel your muscles play Yeah! [Verse 5] Well the missions are filled with hermits, they're looking for a friend The terraces are filled with cat-men just looking for a way in Those orphans jumped on silver mountains lost in celestial alleyways They wait for that old tramp Dog Man Moses, he takes in all the strays [Verse 6] Now don't you grow on empty legends or lonely cradle songs Billy the Kid was just a bowery boy who made a living twirling his guns The night she's long and lanky and she speaks in a mother tongue She lullabies the refugees with amplifier's hum [Chorus] So break me now big Mama as Old Faithful breaks the day Believe me my good Linda, the aurora will shine the way The confederacy's in my name now, the hounds are held at bay The axis needs a stronger arm, do you feel your muscles play The confederacy's in my name now, the hounds are held at bay The axis needs a stronger arm, do you feel your muscles play -------- 2020 Letter to You -------- -------- The Power of Prayer -------- [Verse 1] In the afternoon 'neath the summer sun We'd lie by the lake till the evening comes I run my fingers through your sun-streaked hair Baby, that's the power of prayer [Verse 2] Summer nights, summer's in the air I stack the tables with the chairs It's closing time, then you're standing there Baby, that's the power of prayer [Chorus] It's a fixed game without any rules An empty table on a ship of fools I'm holding hearts, I'll play the pair Darling, it's just the power of prayer [Instrumental Break] [Chorus] It's a fixed game without any rules An empty table on a ship of fools I'm holding hearts, I'll play the pair I'm goin' all in 'cause I don't care They say that love, love comes and goes But darling, what what do they know? I'm reaching for heaven, we'll make it there Darling, it's just the power of prayer Baby, it's just the power of prayer Darling, it's just the power of prayer [Verse 3] Last call, the bouncer shuts the door "This Magic Moment" drifts across the floor As Ben E. King's voice fills the air Baby, that's the power of prayer