-------- 1976 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers -------- -------- American Girl -------- [Verse 1] Well, she was an American girl Raised on promises She couldn't help thinkin' that there Was a little more to life somewhere else After all, it was a great big world With lots of places to run to And if she had to die tryin', she Had one little promise she was gonna keep [Chorus] Oh yeah, all right Take it easy, baby Make it last all night (Make it last all night) She was an American girl [Verse 2] Well, it was kinda cold that night She stood alone on her balcony (Ooh) Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by Out on 441 like waves crashin' on the beach And for one desperate moment there He crept back in her memory God, it's so painful when something that is so close Is still so far out of reach [Chorus] Oh yeah, all right Take it easy, baby Make it last all night (Make it last all night) She was an American girl (Ooh) -------- 1976 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers -------- -------- Anything That's Rock 'N' Roll -------- Some friends of mine and me stayed up all through the night Rocking pretty steady till the sky went light And didn't go to bed Didn't go to work I picked up the telephone Told the boss he was a jerk Your mama don't like it when you run around With me But we got to hip your mama That you got to live free Don't need her. Don't need school You don't like your daddy and you don't like rules So, come on baby let's go Don't you hear the rock 'n' roll playing on the radio Sound so right? Girl your better grab hold Everybody's got to know Anything that's rock 'n' roll's fine [x2] Oh oo oh my little baby I'm a little bit shaking I'm a little bit crazy But I know what I want I want to it right now While the electric guitars are playing way up loud (Chorus) -------- 1976 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers -------- -------- Breakdown -------- [Verse] It's alright if you love me It's alright if you don't I'm not afraid of you runnin' away honey I get the feeling you won't Say there ain't no sense in pretending Your eyes give you away Something inside you is feeling like I do We said all there is to say [Chorus] Baby Breakdown, go ahead and give it to me Breakdown, honey, take me through the night (Take me, baby, breakdown, ooh) Breakdown, now I'm standin' here, can't you see? Breakdown, it's alright It's alright, it's alright [Chorus] Breakdown, go ahead and give it to me Breakdown, honey, take me through the night (Take me, baby, breakdown, ooh) Breakdown, now I'm standin' here, can't you see? Breakdown, it's alright It's alright, it's alright -------- 1976 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers -------- -------- Fooled Again (I Don't Like It) -------- Strange voice on the telephone Telling me I better leave you alone Why don't somebody say what's going on Uh oh I think I been through this before Looks like I'm the fool again Looks like I'm the fool again I don't like it I don't like it Look out! You never said you had no number two I need to know about it if you do If two is one I might as well be three It's good to see you think so much of me (Chorus) I don't like it (x3) -------- 1976 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers -------- -------- Hometown Blues -------- Baby can't wait, baby got to go Got to do a number on a late night show Do a little song, do a little dance Going to make the best of her big chance [Chorus] It don't really matter if she don't or if she do Just trying to make the best of the hometown blues Blues I got to friend, got to little girl Say she's the best in the whole wide world Said it's so good, said it so unreal Might not last, but it's no big deal (Chorus) Baby, save me, save me Save me with your sweet smile Honey, I really need you To help me kill a little bit of time All of the girls run with the crowd They go wild when the lights go down They got to little money, little in a dream Want to be the queen of their little scene Don't really matter if they don't or if they do They're trying to make the best of the hometown blues Blues Blues (x4) -------- 1976 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers -------- -------- Luna -------- White light cut a scar in the sky Thin line of silver The night was all clouded with dreams Wind made me shiver Black and yellow pools of light Outside my window Luna come to me tonight I am a prisoner Luna glide down from the moon The clouds are all silver and black Floating around me Luna come into my eyes Luna surround me With black and yellow pools of light Fall by my window Luna come to me tonight I am a prisoner Luna glide down from the moon The clouds are all silver and black Floating around me Luna come into my eyes Luna surround me With black and yellow pools of light Fall by my window Luna come to me tonight I am a prisoner Luna glide down from the moon -------- 1976 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers -------- -------- Mystery Man -------- Don't hide from me baby Shame on you Incognito baby you're so crude I don't mind Take my hand Baby I want to be your mystery man Yeah you got ruby lipstick Too much rouge And dime store jewelry Cheap perfume I don't mind, take my hand Honey I want to be your mystery man You know I do, you know I do Oh you know I do, you i do Yeah you know I do, you know I do Baby you know I do, you know I do (Chorus) -------- 1976 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers -------- -------- Rockin' Around (With You) -------- Why be lonely Why be blue You got me babe, I got you And I can't stop thinking about you How I dig rocking around with you I was waiting You came through You knew no one else will do (Chorus) You know I dig rocking around [x3] -------- 1976 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers -------- -------- Strangered in the Night -------- Well it was dark at midnight There was hardly any moon And no one really saw much No one was really sure But something didn't seem right Something was kind of queer A roar turned into whispers Everyone stood there As the sound split the night They ran hiding from the light Like strangers in the night [x2] Well I didn't see no shotgun I didn't see no knife But I saw this crazy black guy With the demon in his eye And I heard him say "white man" I've seen that silver cue You don't remember me well But I remember you (Chorus) Well the knife just left his fingers As the black guy took his aim White guy's head exploded The black guy howled in pain Then everybody scattered I heard some woman scream God damn you old black bastard You've blown away my dreams (Chorus) -------- 1976 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers -------- -------- The Wild One, Forever -------- Well, the moon sank as the wind blew And the street lights slowly died Yeah they call you the wild one Said stay away from her Said she couldn't love no one if she tried But then something I saw in your eyes Told me right away That you were going to have to be mine The strangest feeling came over me down inside No matter what it takes I'll never get over how good it felt When you finally held me I will never regret baby Those few hours linger on in my head forever Well it's too bad but I want you To know I understand Yeah it's been a long time But I don't mind, yeah it's all right I understand (Chorus) -------- 1978 You're Gonna Get It -------- -------- Baby's a Rock 'N' Roller -------- My baby is a rock 'n' roller My baby is a rock 'n' roller Yeah, that's all she ever wants to be So why you trying to come on with this sophistication? She don't want to know about your education Man, she don't care about the United Nations My baby's gone on a rhythm sensation That's all she ever wants to be My baby is a rock 'n' roller Well, she can't take them stupid friends of yours She ain't going to go through all of that no more She don't want to be no dentist assistant Man, she got the rhythm and she can't resist it That's all she ever wants to be My baby is a rock 'n' roller My baby is a rock 'n' roller My baby is a rock 'n' roller My baby is a rock 'n' roller -------- 1978 You're Gonna Get It -------- -------- Hurt -------- [Verse 1] I walked to the window, turned out the light Looked at the city, went back through the night Yeah I stood in the darkness, stood all alone Thank God for California, thank God I'm going home [Chorus] That's right you hurt me, baby, hurt me good Hurt me like no one else ever could Cut me down the middle, face down in the dirt And we both know it's too late to save it Bet you feel proud about it, baby You taught me how to hurt, that's right [Verse 2] DC-10, 10:45 Halfway to L.A., red in the eyes Might be the devil, might just be his friend It don't make no difference, you ain't getting me again [Chorus] That's right you hurt me, baby, hurt me good Hurt me like no one else ever could Cut me down the middle, face down in the dirt And we both know it's too late to save it Bet you feel proud about it, baby You taught me how to hurt, that's right -------- 1978 You're Gonna Get It -------- -------- I Need to Know -------- [Verse 1] Well, the talk on the street says you might go solo Good friend of mine saw you leavin' by your back door [Chorus] I need to know (I need to know) I need to know (I need to know) If you think you're gonna leave, then you better say so I need to know (I need to know) I need to know (I need to know) Because I don't know how long I can hold on If you're making me wait, if you're leadin' me on I need to know (I need to know) I need to know (I need to know) [Verse 2] Who would've thought that you'd fall for his line All of a sudden, it's me on the outside [Chorus] I need to know (I need to know) I need to know (I need to know) If you think you're gonna leave, then you better say so I need to know (I need to know) I need to know (I need to know) Because I don't know how long I can hold on If you're making me wait, if you're leadin' me on I need to know (I need to know) I need to know (I need to know) [Chorus] Baby, I need to know (I need to know) I need to know (I need to know) If you think you're gonna leave, then you better say so I need to know (I need to know) I need to know (I need to know) Because I don't know how long I can hold on If you're making me wait, if you're leadin' me on I need to know (I need to know) I need to know (I need to know) Baby, I need to know -------- 1978 You're Gonna Get It -------- -------- Listen to Her Heart -------- [Verse 1] You think you're gonna take her away With your money and your cocaine You keep thinking that her mind is gonna change But I know everything is okay [Chorus] She's gonna listen to her heart It's gonna tell her what to do She might need a lot of loving But she don't need you [Verse 2] You want me to think that I'm being used You want her to think it's over You can't see it doesn't matter what you do Buddy, you don't even know her [Chorus] She's gonna listen to her heart It's gonna tell her what to do She might need a lot of loving But she don't need you [Bridge] And you just can't creep up behind her And you can't understand that she's my girl She's my girl [Chorus] Yeah, she's gonna listen to her heart It's gonna tell her what to do She might need a lot of loving But she don't need you -------- 1978 You're Gonna Get It -------- -------- Magnolia -------- From a table across the room She was signaling me with her eyes I walked over to be introduced I said hello, she just smiled And said I know a place not too far from here Where we could get away for a while Yeah, that's when she kissed me and told me her name I never did tell her mine Magnolia I remember the smell of the wind through the suite Magnolia And I know that she's out there somewhere in the world She's forgotten me, but I remember her Magnolia Well her lips were as warm As that wet southern night Her eyes were as black as the sky And I wondered aloud Just what I had done right As I lay there with her by my side Then she took hold my hand As she looked up at me And said now I must tell you goodbye And there in the moonlight As I watched her leave I felt a chill down inside Magnolia I remember the smell of the wind through the suite Magnolia And I know that she's out there somewhere in the world She's forgotten me, but I remember her Magnolia -------- 1978 You're Gonna Get It -------- -------- No Second Thoughts -------- She threw down her golden band Crushed it with her feet into the sand Took her silent partner by the hand Yeah yeah oh yeah yeah Somewhere near the edge of town She said she was torn and turned around "Can you help me cast this evil down?" Yeah yeah oh yeah yeah We'll drive for the line now There's nothing to be lost You and I will cross over With no second thoughts Dreams fade, hope dies hard She cups her eyes and looks out at the stars Says, I feel we've travelled very far Yeah yeah oh yeah yeah (x3) -------- 1978 You're Gonna Get It -------- -------- Restless -------- I don't need to belong to no one I don't belong at all Got my face in a corner Got my back to the wall Yea pretty baby, I'm restless, restless Restless through and through I'm restless, restless You look restless too I'm a hair-trigger lover And I can't face up to nothing I'm impatient with the wind But I'm waiting here for something Pretty baby, I'm restless, restless Restless through and through I'm restless, restless You look restless too Restless sleep, twisted dreams Moving targets, silent screams Restless city, restless street Restless you, restless me I'm a face out the window I'm a black satin sheet And I can't stay warm I stay out in the street Yea pretty baby, I'm restless, restless Restless through and through I'm restless, restless You look restless too -------- 1978 You're Gonna Get It -------- -------- Too Much Ain't Enough -------- Looks like you got a little more to lose now Little more at stake I see you had a hard time Living with the change You got me on the line Now trying to call your bluff You just won't be satisfied Too much ain't enough It ain't enough It ain't enough Yeah, you're standing by the telephone Waiting for the word And ever since that bathroom scene There's been a slight concern I'm trying to make this easy, baby You seem to like things rough You just can't be satisfied Too much ain't enough It ain't enough Too much ain't enough Too much ain't enough Come on baby, I'm down on my knees Guess some little pill just can't be pleased Little Miss Queen of Hearts You're a strange thing Why you want to make so vague? I'm wandering through this mess you made To see what I can save I'm living on the line now Trying to call your bluff But you just won't be satisfied Too much ain't enough It ain't enough -------- 1978 You're Gonna Get It -------- -------- When the Time Comes -------- This might sound strange, might seem dumb Depends on the side that you take it in from Depends on the time, depends on the day Depends on a lot of things, who can say I just want to let you know that I will stand by you Through whatever might come, wherever you run Will you stand by me when the time comes? Baby do you understand? Am I making this clear? Are you tuning me out 'cause I'm coming off weird? Well I don't care, that's all right That's okay, I don't mind I just want to let you know that I will stand by you Through whatever might come, wherever you run Will you stand by me when the time comes? This ain't the right time to say what's on my mind I know, but I look in your eyes And there is no real life at all Baby, hold on And someday soon you'll come around You'll know where I can be found When your heart feels right, seek me out We can talk more then babe, but right now I just want to let you know that I will stand by you Through whatever might come, wherever you run Will you stand by me when the time comes? -------- 1978 You're Gonna Get It -------- -------- You're Gonna Get It -------- I don't want you no more Ain't going to give any more than you give to me I don't want you, it's too hard Can't try any harder than you tried for me You're gonna get it, babe I should have quit it, babe, but you look so good Yeah you do you do you do you do I kept thinking something might change, but I was just a fool Go on, go to somebody else like you do it to me I don't want you, can't crawl I can't crawl any further You never crawled for me You're gonna get it, babe Yeah should have quit it, babe, but you look so good Yeah you do you do you do you do I kept thinking something might change, but I was just a fool You're gonna get it, babe You're gonna get it, babe You're gonna get it, babe You're gonna get it, babe -------- 1979 Damn The Torpedoes -------- -------- Century City -------- [Verse 1] Sometimes I want to leave you Sometimes I want to go Right back where I came from Back where I belong But it never lasts for too long Always goes away Well, I still don't look for reasons That's much too hard these days [Pre-Chorus 1] Why worry about the rain? Why worry about the thunder? Honey, Century City's got everything covered [Verse 2] Well your mama gave you loving Mama held you near Baby, Mama can't do nothing Honey, Mama just ain't here And you can pretend all you want to But that won't work no more No, you can't run back to Daddy Yeah, you tried that once before [Pre-Chorus 2] Why worry about your father? Why worry about your mother? Honey Century City's got everything covered [Chorus] We're going to live in (Century City) Go ahead and give in (Century City) Like modern men, modern girls We're going to live in the modern world Whoa! [Guitar Solo] [Chorus] We're going to live in (Century City) Go ahead and give in (Century City) Like modern men, modern girls We're going to live in the modern world [Verse 3] Sometimes I get discouraged Sometimes I feel so down Sometimes I get so worried But I don't know what about But it works out in the long run Always goes away And I've come now to accept it As a reoccurring phase [Pre-Chorus 3] Don't worry about the rain Don't worry about the thunder Honey, Century City's got everything covered [Outro] We're going to live in (Century City) We're going to live in (Century City) We're going to live in (Century City) We're going to live in (Century City) -------- 1979 Damn The Torpedoes -------- -------- Don't Do Me Like That -------- [Verse 1] I was talking with a friend of mine Said a woman had hurt his pride Told him that she loved him so, and Turned around and let him go Then he said, "You better watch your step Or you're gonna get hurt yourself Someone's gonna tell you lies Cut you down to size" [Chorus] Don't do me like that Don't do me like that What if I love you, baby? Don't do me like that Don't do me like that Don't do me like that Someday I might need you, baby Don't do me like that [Verse 2] Listen, honey, can you see? Baby, you would bury me If you were in the public eye Giving someone else a try And you know you better watch your step Or you're gonna get hurt yourself Someone's gonna tell you lies Cut you down to size [Chorus] Don't do me like that Don't do me like that What if I love you, baby? Don't, don't, don't, don't Don't do me like that Don't do me like that What if I need you, baby? Don't do me like that [Bridge] 'Cause somewhere deep down inside Someone is saying "Love doesn't last that long" I got this feeling inside Night and day And now I can't take it no more [Verse 2] Listen, honey, can you see? Baby, you would bury me If you were in the public eye Giving someone else a try And you know you better watch your step Or you're gonna get hurt yourself Someone's gonna tell you lies Cut you down to size [Chorus] Don't do me like that Don't do me like that What if I love you, baby? Don't, don't, don't, don't Don't do me like that Don't do me like that I just might need you, honey Don't do me like that Wait! Don't do me like that Don't do me like that Baby, baby, baby Don't, don't, don't, don't Don't do me like that Don't do me like that Baby, baby, baby Oh, oh, oh! -------- 1979 Damn The Torpedoes -------- -------- Even the Losers -------- [Intro: Marcie Campbell] It's just the normal noises in here! [Verse 1] Well, it was nearly summer, we sat on your roof Yeah, we smoked cigarettes, and we stared at the moon And I showed you stars you never could see It couldn't have been that easy to forget about me Baby, time meant nothing, anything seemed real Yeah, you could kiss like fire, and you made me feel Like every word you said was meant to be But it couldn't been that easy to forget about me [Chorus] Baby, even the losers Get lucky sometimes Even the losers Keep a little bit of pride They get lucky sometimes [Guitar Solo] [Bridge] Two cars park on the overpass Rocks hit the water like broken glass I shoulda known right then it was too good to last God, it's such a drag when you're living in the past [Chorus] Baby, even the losers Get lucky sometimes Even the losers Keep a little bit of pride They get lucky sometimes Baby, even the losers Get lucky sometimes Even the losers Keep a little bit of pride Yeah, they get lucky sometimes [Outro] Baby, even the losers Get lucky sometimes Even the losers Get lucky sometimes Oh, oh, oh, oh! Even the losers Get lucky sometimes Oh, oh! Oh! Even the losers Get lucky sometimes Baby, even the losers Get lucky sometimes -------- 1979 Damn The Torpedoes -------- -------- Here Comes My Girl -------- [Verse 1] You know sometimes, I don't know why But this old town just seems so hopeless I ain't really sure, but it seems I remember the good times Were just a little bit more in focus But when she puts her arms around me I can somehow rise above it Yeah, man, when I got that little girl standin' right by my side You know, I can tell the whole wide world to shove it, hey! [Chorus] Here comes my girl Here comes my girl Yeah, and she looks so right She is all I need tonight [Verse 2] Every now and then I get down to the end of the day I have to stop and ask myself why I've done it It just seems so useless to have to work so hard And nothin' ever really seems to come from it And then she looks me in the eye and says, "We're gonna last forever" And man, you know I can't begin to doubt it No, 'cause it just feels so good, and so free, and so right I know we ain't never gonna change our minds about it, hey! [Chorus] Here comes my girl Here comes my girl Yeah, and she looks so right She is all I need tonight [Bridge] Watch her walk [Verse 3] Every time it seems like there ain't nothin' left no more I find myself having to reach out and grab hold of something Yeah, I just catch myself wondering, waiting, and worrying About some silly little things that don't add up to nothin' And then she looks me in the eye and says, "We're gonna last forever" And man, you know I can't begin to doubt it No, 'cause it just feels so good, and so free, and so right I know we ain't never gonna change our minds about it, hey! [Chorus] Here comes my girl Here comes my girl Yeah, and she looks so right She is all I need tonight [Outro] That's right That's right Oh! -------- 1979 Damn The Torpedoes -------- -------- Louisiana Rain -------- [Verse 1] Well, it was out in California by the San Diego sea That was when I was taken in, and it left its mark on me Yeah, she nearly drove me crazy with all those China toys And I know she really didn't mean a thing to any of those sailor boys [Chorus 1] Louisiana rain is falling at my feet Baby, I'm noticing the change as I move down the street Louisiana rain is soaking through my shoes I may never be the same when I reach Baton Rouge [Verse 2] South Carolina put out its arms for me Right up until everything went black somewhere on Lonely Street And I still can't quite remember who helped me to my feet Thank God for the longneck bottle the angel's remedy [Chorus 2] Louisiana rain is falling just like tears Running down my face, washing out the years Louisiana rain is soaking through my shoes I may never be the same when I reach Baton Rouge [Guitar Solo] [Harmonica Solo] [Verse 3] Well, I never will get over this English refugee Singing to the jukebox in some all-night beanery Yeah he was eating pills like candy and chasing them with tea You should have seen him lick his lips at old black Molly B [Chorus 1] Louisiana rain is falling at my feet Baby I'm noticing the change as I move down the street Louisiana rain is soaking through my shoes I may never be the same when I reach Baton Rouge [Chorus 2] Louisiana rain is falling just like tears Running down my face, washing out the years Louisiana rain is soaking through my shoes I may never be the same when I reach Baton Rouge -------- 1979 Damn The Torpedoes -------- -------- Refugee -------- [Verse 1] We got somethin', we both know it We don't talk too much about it Ain't no real big secret all the same Somehow we get around it [Pre-Chorus] Listen, it don't really matter to me, baby You believe what you want to believe [Chorus] You see, you don't have to live like a refugee (Don't have to live like a refugee) [Verse 2] Somewhere, somehow, somebody Must have kicked you around some Tell me why you wanna lay there And revel in your abandon [Pre-Chorus] Honey, it don't make no difference to me, baby Everybody's had to fight to be free [Chorus] You see, you don't have to live like a refugee (Don't have to live like a refugee) No baby, you don't have to live like a refugee (Don't have to live like a refugee) [Bridge] Baby, we ain't the first I'm sure a lot of other lovers been burned Right now this seems real to you But it's one of those things You got to feel to be true [Verse 3] Somewhere, somehow, somebody Must have kicked you around some Who knows, maybe you were kidnapped Tied up, taken away, and held for ransom [Pre-Chorus] Honey, it don't really matter to me, baby Everybody's had to fight to be free [Chorus] You see, you don't have to live like a refugee (Don't have to live like a refugee) No, you don't have to live like a refugee (Don't have to live like a refugee) You don't have to live like a refugee (Don't have to live like a refugee) -------- 1979 Damn The Torpedoes -------- -------- Shadow of a Doubt (A Complex Kid) -------- [Verse 1] There goes my baby There goes my only one I think she loves me But she don't want to let on [Chorus 1] Yeah, she likes to keep me guessing She's got me on the fence With that little bit of mystery She's a complex kid And she's always been so hard to figure out Yeah, she always like to leave me with a shadow of a doubt Oh! [Verse 2] Sometimes at night, I Wait around 'til she gets out She don't like working She says she hates her boss [Chorus 2] But she's got me asking questions She's got me on defense With that little certain something She's a complex kid And she's always been so hard to get around Yeah, she always likes to leave me with a shadow of a doubt [Bridge] Just a shadow of a doubt She seldom keeps me running I'm trying to figure out If she's leading up to something Oh! [Guitar Solo] [Verse 3] And when she's dreaming Sometimes she sings in French But in the morning She don't remember it [Chorus 3] But she's got me thinking about it Yeah, she's got me on the edge With that little bit of mystery She's a complex kid And she's always been so hard to live without Yeah, she always like to leave me with a shadow of a doubt [Outro] Well, a shadow of a doubt A shadow of a doubt -------- 1979 Damn The Torpedoes -------- -------- What Are You Doin' In My Life? -------- [Verse 1] Well, you followed me all around New York City Trying to make people think I wanted you with me I can only hope that they didn't believe you I can't figure out why I got to deal with you [Chorus] What are you doing in my life? What are you doing in my life? What are you doing in my life? I didn't ask for you [Verse 2] I don't know how you got my telephone number Probably some jerk trying to put me under Some friend of a friend of a friend of mine Baby, who you trying to fool when you tell those lies? [Chorus] What are you doing in my life? What are you doing in my life? What are you doing in my life? I didn't ask for you [Bridge] Well, this is all a little too much to believe You're putting my name all around in the street Honey, where did you think this was going to lead? Baby, will you tell me what you want from me? [Guitar Solo] Oh! [Bridge] Well, this is all a little too much to believe You're putting my name all around in the street Honey, where did you think this was going to lead? Baby, will you tell me what you want from me? [Verse 3] Well, you're the last woman in the world that thrills me Now you got my girlfriend trying to kill me Honey, my friends think that I've gone crazy Can't you figure out that you ain't my baby? [Chorus] What are you doing in my life? What are you doing in my life? What are you doing in my life? I didn't ask for you -------- 1979 Damn The Torpedoes -------- -------- You Tell Me -------- [Verse 1] Baby, I heard thunder I woke up, middle of the night Baby, I saw fire I went left, I went right [Chorus] So you tell me what you want me to do This might be over, honey, it ain't through Let me know when you're finished with me What you want me to be Baby, you tell me Honey, you tell me [Verse 2] Baby I don't understand this But that's all right, I can take a little pain I've been winning and losing Baby, I've been in and out of the rain [Chorus] So you tell me what you want me to do This might be over, honey, it ain't through Let me know when you're finished with me What you want me to be Baby, you tell me Honey, you tell me [Bridge] Well you put me through your paces and your twists Until I felt like dying, I, I Yeah, the last thing that I needed Was to finally realize that you were lying, I, I [Guitar Solo] [Chorus] So you tell me what you want me to do This might be over, honey, it ain't through Let me know when you're finished with me What you want me to be Baby, you tell me Honey, you tell me [Outro] Baby, you tell me Will you tell me? Oh! -------- 1981 Hard Promises -------- -------- A Thing About You -------- I'm not much on mystery Yeah you got to be careful what you dream I thought this might pass with time Yeah I thought I was satisfied But oh baby let me tell you, I got a thing about you Baby let me tell you, I got a thing about you It don't matter what you say It don't matter what you do I, I, I, got a thing about you Somewhere deep in the middle of the night Lovers hold each other tight Whisper in their anxious ears Words of love that disappear (Chorus) Baby you hold some strange control over me Yeah it's so wild it hypnotizes me (Chorus) -------- 1981 Hard Promises -------- -------- A Woman in Love (It's Not Me) -------- [Intro] She laughed in my face, told me goodbye Said, "Don't think about it, you can go crazy Anything can happen, anything can end Don't try to fight it, don't try to save me" [Chorus] She's a woman in love, she's a woman in love And he's going to break her heart to pieces She don't want to see She's a woman in love, but it's not me [Verse 1] Well alright, do what you want Don't try to talk, don't say nothing She used to be the kind of woman You have and you hold, she could understand the problem She let the little things go [Chorus] She's a woman in love, she's a woman in love And he's going to break her heart to pieces She don't want to know She's a woman in love, she can't let go [Bridge] Time after time, night after night She would look up at me And say she was lonely I don't understand the world today I don't understand what she needed I gave her everything she threw it all away on nothin' [Chorus] She's a woman in love She's a woman in love And he's gonna break her heart to pieces She don't wanna see She's a woman in love, but it's not me She's a woman in love -------- 1981 Hard Promises -------- -------- Insider -------- You've got a dangerous background And everything you've dreamed of Yeah you're the Dark Angel It don't show when you break up And I'm the one who oughta' know I'm the one left in the dust Yeah I'm the broken-hearted fool Who was never quite enough I'm an insider, I been burned by the fire And I've had to live with some hard promises I've crawled through the briars, I'm an insider It's a circle of deception It's a hall of strangers It's a cage without a key You can feel the danger And I'm the one who oughta' know I'm the one you couldn't trust I'm the lonely silent one I'm the one left in the dust (Chorus) I'll bet you're his masterpiece I'll bet you're his self-control Yeah you'll become his legacy His quiet world of white and gold And I'm the one who oughta know I'm the one you left to rust Not one of your twisted friends I'm the one you couldn't love (Chorus) -------- 1981 Hard Promises -------- -------- Kings Road -------- Well they put me out on the old Kings Road I didn't know which way to go There was people all around Wearing funny looking clothes Some boys, some girls, some I don't know I didn't know which way to go I'm a new world boy on the old Kings Road Rockabilly music was in the air I looked in the door, they said "Come over here" They had socks and shirts and underwear That I'd seen before, but I don't know where (Chorus) A Pakistani man said, "Listen here Let me fix you up before you go back there You can't get 'em in the USA Not in New York City, not in West LA." I thought about it, said, "I don't know I'm a new world boy on the old Kings Road" -------- 1981 Hard Promises -------- -------- Letting You Go -------- I used to think that when this was all over You might feel different about me Yeah I always knew, one day you'd come around Now I wonder if dreams are just dreams Whoa oh Whoa oh oh I'm having trouble Letting you go Whoa oh Whoa oh oh I'm having trouble Letting you go Baby look out your window It's raining on your summer home You're by the fire keeping warm and dry There's no one as honest as those in pain Oh honey can't you see me? Will you Let me inside? Whoa oh Whoa oh oh I'm having trouble Letting you go Whoa oh Whoa oh oh I'm having trouble Letting you go And it's a restless world An uncertain time You said hope was getting hard to find But time rolls on, days go by What about the broken ones? What about the lonely ones? Oh honey I'm having trouble letting you go It's off in the distance, somewhere up the road There's some easy answers for the tears you've cried And it makes me uneasy, makes me feel different Do you get scared when you close your eyes? Whoa oh Whoa oh oh I'm having trouble Letting you go Whoa oh Whoa oh oh I'm having trouble Letting you go -------- 1981 Hard Promises -------- -------- Nightwatchman -------- I'm the nightwatchman I make the rounds I'm the nightwatchman I gotta' keep my nose to the ground Oh, this ain't no job for a man like me Yeah, I got potential, I could be just what you need Yeah, You got to think about the pros and cons Listen here, could be right, and ya' could be wrong 'Cause I'm the nightwatchman, I am security I'm the nightwatchman, how safe do you wanna' be? I'll just sit around at night and listen to the radio Yeah, when we get real bored I might have a little smoke Yeah, I got a permit to wear this .38 But listen my life's worth more than the minimum wage (Chorus) I'm the nightwatchman, I am security I'm the nightwatchman, how safe do you wanna' be I'm the nightwatchman (x3) How safe do you wanna' be? -------- 1981 Hard Promises -------- -------- Something Big -------- It didn't feel like Sunday Didn't feel like June When he met his silent partner in that lonely corner room That over looked the marquee Of the Plaza all-adult And he was not looking for romance Just someone he could trust And it wasn't no way to carry on It wasn't no way to live But he could put up with it for a little while He was working on something big Speedball rang the night clerk Said, "Send me up a drink" The night clerk said "It's Sunday man, wait a minute Let me think There's a little place outside of town that might Still have some wine" Speedball said, "Forget it, can I have an outside line? (Chorus) It was Monday when the day maids Found the still made bed All except the pillows that lay stacked Up at the head And one said, "I know I've seen his face I wonder who he is? The other said, "Probably just another clown Working on something big" -------- 1981 Hard Promises -------- -------- The Criminal Kind -------- You got a criminal mind You got criminal looks Boy you better look out You're going to get hooked Don't you ever feel guilty When you come up short Man you better be careful You're going to get caught 'Cause you're the criminal kind You're the criminal kind Man what you going to do? Where you going to hide? They're calling you a sickness, disease of the mind Man what you going to do? You're the criminal kind Don't you ever get tired? Don't you ever want to quit? Yeah it's been a long time, and you still don't fit Dog tags on the mirror, hanging down from a chain Give up little sister, this ain't going to change (Chorus) Yeah, and that little girl you used to know Just don't come around no more Now she ain't there to watch the door She don't want to die in no liquor store I hope they all made money, I hope they all get rich Yeah, I hope they give hell, to every son-of-a-bitch That put a man on the carpet Or stuck him out on the line Whatever let him get a taste of the criminal life (Chorus) -------- 1981 Hard Promises -------- -------- The Waiting -------- [Verse 1] Oh baby, don't it feel like heaven right now? Don't it feel like something from a dream? Yeah, I've never known nothing quite like this Don't it feel like tonight might never be again? Baby, we know better than to try and pretend Honey no one coulda ever told me 'bout this [Refrain] I said yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah [Chorus] The waiting is the hardest part Every day you see one more card You take it on faith, you take it to the heart The waiting is the hardest part [Verse 2] Well yeah, I might have chased a couple women around All it ever got me was down Then there were those that made me feel good But never as good as I feel right now Baby, you're the only one that's ever known how To make me wanna live like I wanna live now [Refrain] I said yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah [Chorus] The waiting is the hardest part Every day you get one more yard You take it on faith, you take it to the heart The waiting is the hardest part [Bridge] Oh, don't let it kill you baby, don't let it get to you Don't let it kill you baby, don't let it get to you I'll be your bleedin' heart, I'll be your cryin' fool Don't let this go too far, don't let it get to you [Refrain] Yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah [Chorus] The waiting is the hardest part Every day you get one more yard You take it on faith, you take it to the heart The waiting is the hardest part Yeah, the waiting is the hardest part [Outro] Ooh Is the hardest part Ooh Is the hardest part Ooh -------- 1981 Hard Promises -------- -------- You Can Still Change Your Mind -------- It's going to be another hard night You want to take it all alone You want to face up to the trouble You want to face up to your soul And baby you can have it any way you want it You just get a little lost from time to time Sometimes it gets a little crazy somewhere down inside But you can still change your mind You can change your feelings Everybody wants all the world can give 'em Everybody wants to get all they can get Everybody's waiting on something that hasn't come yet And you can hide it for a little while honey You can try and just lose it for awhile Then it's going to do something to you somewhere down inside (Chorus) Oh and it gets harder by the minute girl Oh it gets harder every day Listen to me darling, oh you don't have to wait It's alright, you can still change your mind Just hold tight, everything's going to be alright If you can change your mind You can change your feeling -------- 1982 Long After Dark -------- -------- A One Story Town -------- I'm for standing up, I'm breaking free I don't want fate handed down to me Yeah I'm for moving on to try another town Time ain't changing nothing, take a look around Oh, I'm lost in a one story town Where everything's close to the ground Yeah the same shit goes down Nothing turns around It's a one story town She was only seventeen, but I held her to her word Had to push her luck and thought she couldn't burn No it didn't hurt me when she had to leave She had a faraway feeling, wasn't part of me Oh, I'm lost in a one story town Where everything's close to the ground Yeah the same shit goes down Nothing turns around It's a one story town Yeah, I'm lost in a one story town Where everything's close to the ground Yeah the same shit goes down Nothing turns around It's a one story town -------- 1982 Long After Dark -------- -------- A Wasted Life -------- I know you're walking down a lonely street I know you can't get out of the heat Baby, it's alright, don't have a wasted life I know you have to feel a little used up And no one can give you enough Baby, hold on tight, don't have a wasted life I love you too much Don't have a wasted life I love you too much Don't have a wasted life Don't have a wasted life They give it to you from the time you're born You keep trying to make one more score Baby, alright, you got to stand and fight So when you're lonely and you feel let down You can call me, I'll come around and treat you nice Don't have a wasted life I love you too much Don't have a wasted life I love you too much They give it to you from the time you're born Someone's got to put the pressure on Baby, alright, you got to stand and fight So when you're lonely and you feel let down You can call me, I'll come around and treat you nice Don't have a wasted life I love you too much Don't have a wasted life I love you too much Don't have a wasted life I love you too much Don't have a wasted life Don't have a wasted life -------- 1982 Long After Dark -------- -------- Between Two Worlds -------- I got a dirty, dirty feeling that I just can't shake Yeah my brain keeps burning and my body just aches Yea I know a woman's body is only flesh and bone A woman's body is only flesh and bone How come I can't let go? I'm between two worlds I said oh yeah (oh yeah) out of my mind I'm between two worlds There's lot of talk about the danger zone There's adventure novels about taking to the road Yea I know a woman's body is only flesh and bone I know a woman's body is only flesh and bone How come I can't let go? I'm between two worlds Yea I know a woman's body is only flesh and bone A woman's body is only flesh and bone How come I can't let go? I'm between two worlds I said oh yeah (oh yeah) out of my mind I'm between two worlds Oh yea yea out of my mind I'm between two worlds I'm between two worlds I'm between two worlds I'm between two worlds Oh yea yea out of my mind I'm between two worlds -------- 1982 Long After Dark -------- -------- Change of Heart -------- Well I fought for you I fought too hard To do it all again, babe It's gone too far You never needed me You only wanted me around It gets me down There's been a change Yeah there's been a change of heart Said there's been a change You pushed just a little too far You made it just a little too hard There's been a change of heart I'll get over you It won't take long I've stood in your gallery Seen what's hanging from the walls You were the moon and sun You're just a loaded gun now It gets me down There's been a change Yeah there's been a change of heart Said there's been a change You pushed just a little too far You made it just a little too hard There's been a change of heart What we've had all along Looks like we finally found the turning point Oh me oh my Looks like it's time for me to kiss it goodbye Kiss it goodbye There's been a change Yeah there's been a change of heart Said there's been a change You pushed just a little too far You made it just a little too hard There's been a change of heart -------- 1982 Long After Dark -------- -------- Deliver Me -------- Every woman and every man Knows the feeling so well Those times when the heart just can't understand The times when you never can tell So deliver me, deliver me Baby, take this heart, set it free Take this chance, take this dream Baby, take this heart, deliver me Well, I was born with something down inside of me And it's carried me over, delivered me Yeah delivered me, I'm standing at your gate Just out of reach of the hands of fate So deliver me, deliver me Baby, take this heart, set it free Take this chance, take this dream Baby, take this heart, deliver me Sometimes I wonder if this is worth the trouble Sometimes I wonder if this is worth the fight I never have made my mind up about it I've just decided to let it all ride, let it all ride, let it all ride So deliver me, deliver me Baby, take this heart and set it free Take this chance, take this dream Baby, take this heart, deliver me Baby, take this heart, deliver me Baby, take this heart, deliver me -------- 1982 Long After Dark -------- -------- Finding Out -------- There's something wrong, I can't get my finger on it I must be looking over something Sometimes at night, I've had to fight with this emptiness It's been so hard to see there's something more than this I'm finding out, I'm finding out Yeah it look a little time to get what love was about But honey, I'm coming around I'm finding out I've had enough of all this hardcore loneliness I don't think pain is so romantic I'm just a working man, I feel each day go by I couldn't understand I was too weak to fight I'm finding out, I'm finding out Yeah it look a little time for me to stand up and shout But honey, I'm coming around I'm finding out I have to thank you, baby, honey I must confess You have pulled me from this river of loneliness Baby, I'm finding out Yeah it look a little time to get what love was about But honey, I'm coming around I'm finding out I'm finding out -------- 1982 Long After Dark -------- -------- Straight into Darkness -------- There was a little girl, I used to know her I still think about her time to time There was a moment when I really loved her Then one day the feeling just died We went straight into darkness Out over the line Yeah straight into darkness Straight into night I remember flying out to London I remember the feeling at the time Out the window of the 747 Man, there was nothing, only black sky We went straight into darkness Out over the line Yeah straight into darkness Straight into night Oh give it up to me, I need it Girl, I know a good thing when I see it Baby, wrong or right, I mean it I don't believe the good times are over I don't believe the thrill is all gone Real love is a man's salvation The weak ones fall, the strong carry on Straight into darkness Out over the line Yeah straight into darkness Straight into night We went straight into darkness Out over the line We went straight into darkness Straight into night -------- 1982 Long After Dark -------- -------- The Same Old You -------- Hey, I remember you back in '72 With your David Bowie hair and your platform shoes Your part-time job selling fast food But out on the street, you was nobody's fool Baby, way down deep, it's the same old you Way down deep, you ain't hiding the truth Just for a minute, you had me fooled But baby, way down deep, it's the same old you Well you can walk through the city on fire You can try and turn away from the truth Living life like a young politician Sure of yourself and bulletproof But baby, way down deep, it's the same old you Way down deep, you ain't hiding the truth Just for a minute, you had me confused Baby, way down deep, it's the same old you We could buy a '62 Cadillac Put a Fender amplifier in the back Drive straight to the heart of America Turn up to ten, let that sucker blast Baby, way down deep, it's the same old you Way down deep, you ain't hiding the truth Just for a minute, you had me fooled Baby, way down deep, it's the same old you Same old you Yeah -------- 1982 Long After Dark -------- -------- We Stand a Chance -------- Stand back from me, honey Because I don't know what I might do next No I'm surprised by this, frightened by this Nothing ever got me so out of my head, baby We stand a chance Baby, we stand a chance Yeah, and I could be wrong, but you never know We could stand the chance of a real love Oh, God knows I love you, God knows I do Baby, will you let me just prove it to you? Come here to me, baby, come here to me now I want to talk to you, talk to you and tell you somehow That we stand a chance Baby, we stand a chance Yeah, and I could be wrong, but you never know We could stand the chance of a real love I'm so moved, I'm so changed Baby, my whole world is a fountain of flame Baby, we stand a chance Baby, we stand a chance Yeah, and I could be wrong, but you never know We could stand a chance of a real love I'm so moved, I'm so changed Baby, my whole world is a fountain of flame Baby, we stand a chance Baby, we stand a chance Yeah, and I could be wrong, but you never know We could stand a chance of a real love -------- 1982 Long After Dark -------- -------- You Got Lucky -------- [Intro] One, two [Verse 1] You better watch what you say You better watch what you do to me Don't get carried away Girl, if you can do better than me [Pre-Chorus] Go Yeah, go But remember [Chorus] Good love is hard to find Good love is hard to find You got lucky, babe You got lucky, babe When I found you [Verse 2] You put a hand on my cheek And then you turned your eyes away If you don't feel complete If I don't take you all of the way [Pre-Chorus] Then go Yeah, go But remember [Chorus] Good love is hard to find Good love is hard to find You got lucky, babe You got lucky, babe When I found you [Instrumental Break] [Pre-Chorus] Yeah, go Just go But remember [Chorus] Good love is hard to find Good love is hard to find You got lucky, babe You got lucky, babe When I found you -------- 1985 Southern Accents -------- -------- Dogs On the Run -------- Well we come with what was on our backs Yeah, when the leaves had died and all turned black Back when the wind was cold and blew them around When we laid our blankets on the ground Yeah and I woke up feeling hungry Looking straight into the sun And left a cold night on the ground Like a dog on the run I fell overboard and washed up on a beach Let waves and sand roll over me I was helped to the home of a young bleached blonde Who said "Honey, I discovered early in life There's ways of getting anything I want" Some of us are different It's just something in our blood There's no need for explanations We're just dogs on the run It's just dogs on the run Yes, the room was painted blue and grey All my meals came to me on a silver tray Yeah she would laugh and light my cigarettes She said "honey ain't it funny how a crowd gathers around Anyone living life without a net?" Yea how they'll beg you for the answer But it won't ever be enough There's no way you could ever tell 'em It's just dogs on the run It's just dogs on the run It's just dogs on the run, babe Like a dog on the run Like a dog on the run Like a dog Like a dog Like a dog on the run Yeah -------- 1985 Southern Accents -------- -------- Don't Come Around Here No More -------- [Intro] Hey! Hey! [Chorus] Don't come around here no more Don't come around here no more Whatever you're looking for Hey! Don't come around here no more I've given up, stop I've given up, stop Ah, ah, ah, ooh-ooh I've given up, stop, on waiting any longer I've given up, on this love getting stronger [Post-Chorus] Don't come around here no more Don't come around here no more Don't come around here no more Don't come around here no more [Chorus] I don't feel you anymore You darken my door Whatever you're looking for Hey! Don't come around here no more I've given up, stop I've given up, stop Ah, ah, ah, ooh-ooh I've given up, stop, you tangle my emotions I've given up, honey please, admit it's over [Post-Chorus] Hey! Don't come around here no more Don't come around here no more Don't come around here no more Hey! Don't come around here no more [Bridge] Stop walking down my street Don't come around here no more Who did you expect to meet? Don't come around here no more Whatever you're looking for Hey! Don't come around here no more Hey! [Outro] Honey please (Honey please) Don't come around here no more Whatever you're looking for Don't come around here no more -------- 1985 Southern Accents -------- -------- It Ain't Nothin' to Me -------- We got a man on the moon (it ain't nothin' to me) We got more comin' soon (it ain't nothin' to me) Got natives in New Guinea with gold in their teeth Might mean somethin' to you (it ain't nothin' to me) But when you dance, I can go right with you Yeah when you dance, I can go right with you We got smilin' politicians (it ain't nothin' to me) Got songs from rich musicians (it ain't nothin' to me) Called Tokyo long distance and the queen came for tea Might mean somethin' to you (it ain't nothin' to me) But when you dance, I can go right with you Yeah when you dance, I can go right with you I got a dog on my leg (it ain't nothin' to me) I'm walkin' on eggs (it ain't nothin' to me) Missionaries walkin' backwards, touch 'em and they bleed Might mean somethin' to you (it ain't nothin' to me) 'Cause when you dance, I can go right with you When you dance, I can go right with you Yeah when you dance, I can go right with you Yeah when you dance, I just go Everyone has a message (it ain't nothin' to me) For avoiding the wreckage (it ain't nothin' to me) Got gypsies at home watchin' Jerry Falwell on TV Might mean somethin' to you (it ain't nothin' to me) Oh, nothin' to me (it ain't nothin' to me) It ain't nothin' to me (it ain't nothin' to me) Yeah (it ain't nothin' to me) Absolutely (it ain't nothin' to me) Infinitum (It ain't nothin' to me) Oh yes, that's really somethin' (It ain't nothin' to me) (It ain't nothin' to me) (It ain't nothin' to me) Oh yes, that's really somethin' (It ain't nothin' to me) (It ain't nothin' to me) -------- 1985 Southern Accents -------- -------- Make It Better (Forget About Me) -------- Honey, I want to make it better, baby Honey, I want to make it good again Baby, I want to make it better, girl Yeah better for you and me Honey, wait and see I know its been a long, long time But it's going to be alright Honey, you mustn't let it drag you down When there's a lot a fools around And anything I can do, honey I'm going to do it for you I want to make it better, baby Listen, I want to make it good again Baby, good for you and me Baby, please believe That anything I can do You know I'm going to do it for you (Forget about me, forget about these eyes) (Forget about me, say good-bye) There was too much rain, too much humidity Tell me why you did what you did to me? Honey, you're the judge, there ain't no jury And I'm just an innocent boy, used to being guilty (Forget about me, forget about these eyes) (Forget about love, say good-bye good-bye) (Forget about me, forget about these eyes) (Forget about love, say good-bye good-bye) (Forget about me, forget about these eyes) (Forget about love, say good-bye good-bye) I'm gonna make it better, babe 'Cause tonight gonna make it good again Yea I wanna make it alright Wanna make it alright -------- 1985 Southern Accents -------- -------- Mary's New Car -------- Mary got a brand new car Mary got a brand new set of wheels Now everyone here is so charged Man, you don't know how good it feels And we want to go where she goes We want to listen to her radio Mary got a brand new car Mary got the one she was saving for Now everyone here is so charged Many never looked so good before And we want to go where she goes We want to listen to her radio Can we ride? Mary, can we ride? Can we ride? Mary, can we ride? Can we ride? Mary, can we ride? Can we ride? Mary, can we ride? Mary got a brand new car Mary got a brand new set of wheels Now everyone here is so charged Man, you don't know how good it feels And we want to go where she goes We want to listen to her radio Mary got a brand new car Mary got a brand new car Mary got a brand new car Mary got a brand new car Mary got a brand new car Mary got a brand new car -------- 1985 Southern Accents -------- -------- Rebels -------- Honey, don't walk out, I'm too drunk to follow You know you won't feel this way tomorrow Well, maybe a little rough around the edges Or inside a little hollow I get faced with some things sometimes That are so hard to swallow, hey! I was born a rebel, down in Dixie On a Sunday mornin' Yeah with one foot in the grave And one foot on the pedal I was born a rebel, born a rebel She picked me up in the mornin' And she paid all my tickets Then she screamed in the car Left me out in the thicket Well I never would've dreamed That her heart was so wicked Yeah but I keep coming back 'Cause it's so hard to kick it, hey, hey, hey I was born a rebel, down in Dixie On a Sunday mornin' Yeah with one foot in the grave And one foot on the pedal I was born a rebel, born a rebel Even before my father's father They called us all rebels As they burned our cornfields And left our cities leveled I can still feel the eyes of those blue-bellied devils Yeah, when I'm walking round at night Through the concrete and metal, hey, hey, hey I was born a rebel, down in Dixie On a Sunday mornin' Yeah with one foot in the grave And one foot on the pedal I was born a rebel, born a rebel I was born a rebel, down in Dixie On a Sunday mornin' Yeah with one foot in the grave And one foot on the pedal I was born a rebel, born a rebel Hey hey hey -------- 1985 Southern Accents -------- -------- Southern Accents by Tom Petty -------- There's a southern accent, where I come from The young'uns call it country, the yankees call it dumb I got my own way of talkin, but everything is done With a southern accent where I come from Now that drunk tank in Atlanta is just a motel room to me Think I might go work Orlando If them orange groves don't freeze I got my own way of workin' but everything is run With a southern accent where I come from For just a minute there I was dreaming For just a minute it was all so real For just a minute she was standing there with me There's a dream I keep having where my mama comes to me And kneels down over by the window and says a prayer for me I got my own way of prayin' but everyone's begun With a southern accent where I come from I got my own way of livin' but everything gets done With a southern accent where I come from -------- 1985 Southern Accents -------- -------- Southern Accents -------- [Verse 1] There's a southern accent, where I come from The young 'uns call it country The Yankees call it dumb [Chorus] I got my own way of talkin' But everything is done, with a southern accent Where I come from [Verse 2] Now that drunk tank in Atlanta's Just a motel room to me Think I might go work Orlando If them orange groves don't freeze [Chorus] I got my own way of workin' But everything is run, with a southern accent Where I come from [Bridge] For just a minute there I was dreaming For just a minute it was all so real For just a minute she was standing there, with me [Verse 3] There's a dream I keep having Where my mama comes to me Then kneels down over by the window And says a prayer for me [Chorus] I got my own way of prayin' But every one's begun With a southern accent Where I come from [Instrumental Break] [Chorus] I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from -------- 1985 Southern Accents -------- -------- Spike -------- Look out, another one, just like the other ones Another bad-ass, another troublemaker I'm scared, ain't you boys scared? I wonder if he's going to show us what bad is? Boys, we got a man with a dog collar on Maybe we ought to throw old Spike a bone? Here's another misfit, another Jimmy Dean Bet he's got a motorbike, what do y'all think? That it would be good if we get a ride on it If he ain't too mad about the future Maybe we ought to help him see The future ain't what it used to be Listen Hey Spike, what do you like? Hey Spike, what do you like? Hey Spike, what do you like? Hey Spike, you're scaring my wife Hey Spike, tell us about life Could you tell me about life? I might need need a dog collar too, boy He might make me say say I might say, might say -------- 1985 Southern Accents -------- -------- The Best of Everything -------- [Verse 1] She probably works in a restaurant That's what her mama did But I don't know if she ever really could've put up with it Or maybe she sings in a nightclub 'Cause sometimes she used to sing But I don't know if it ever amounted to anything So listen honey [Chorus] Wherever you are tonight I wish you the best of everything, in the world And honey I hope you found Whatever you were looking for [Verse 2] Yeah and it's over before you know it It all goes by so fast Yeah, the bad nights last forever And the good nights don't ever seem to last And man, we never had the real thing But sometimes we used to kiss Back then we didn't understand What we were caught up in So listen honey [Chorus] Wherever you are tonight I wish you the best of everything, in the world And honey I hope you found Whatever you were looking for, yeah baby Wherever you are tonight I wish you the best of everything, in the world And honey I hope you found Whatever you were looking for -------- 1989 Full Moon Fever -------- -------- A Face in the Crowd -------- [Verse 1] Before all of this ever went down In another place, another town [Chorus] You were just a face in the crowd You were just a face in the crowd Out in the street, walking around A face in the crowd [Verse 2] Out of a dream, out of the sky Into my heart, into my life [Chorus] And you were just a face in the crowd You were just a face in the crowd Out in the street, thinking out loud A face in the crowd [Verse 2] Out of a dream, out of the sky Into my heart, into my life [Chorus] And you were just a face in the crowd You were just a face in the crowd Out in the street, walking around A face in the crowd [Outro] A face in the crowd A face in the crowd A face in the crowd -------- 1989 Full Moon Fever -------- -------- A Mind with a Heart of Its Own -------- [Verse 1] I remember her standing in the tall grass and cattails Away from the windows at the end of the day Watch the men from the landing with tall hats and coat-tails She'd never look different, but something would change [Chorus] A mind with a heart of its own A mind with a heart of its own Yeah, a mind with a heart of its own [Verse 2] Well, the man out to end us had a hurricane business He'd raise them from babies all by his-self But his teenage accountant had become surrounded He drank up the party and everyone left [Chorus] A mind with a heart of its own A mind with a heart of its own Yeah, a mind with a heart of its own [Verse 3] Well I been to Brooker, and I been to Micanopy I been to St. Louis too, I been all around the world I've been over to your house And you've been over sometimes to my house I've slept in your treehouse My middle name is Earl [Chorus] A mind with a heart of its own A mind with a heart of its own Yeah, a mind with a heart of its own A mind with a heart of its own A mind with a heart of its own Yeah, a mind with a heart of its own -------- 1989 Full Moon Fever -------- -------- Alright for Now -------- Goodnight baby, sleep tight, my love May God watch over you from above Tomorrow I'm working, what would I do? I'd be lost and lonely if not for you So close your eyes We're alright for now I've spent my life traveling, spent my life free I could not repay all you've done for me So sleep tight, baby Unfurrow your brow And know I love you We're alright for now We're alright for now -------- 1989 Full Moon Fever -------- -------- Depending On You -------- I ain't ever gonna let you down All you got to do is trust me I would never make you some clown Baby, why won't you trust me? You give up so easily I don't know why you can't see I'm depending on you Don't let me down I'm depending on you Baby, if you can't change the world Maybe you should just change yourself You used to be such a sweet young girl Why you wanna be someone else? You give up so easily I don't know why you can't see I'm depending on you Is it too late now? I'm depending on you You give up so easily I don't know why you can't see I'm depending on you Don't let me down I'm depending on you Yea I'm depending on you Is it too late now? I'm depending on you I'm depending on you I'm depending on you Is it too late now? I'm depending on you -------- 1989 Full Moon Fever -------- -------- Feel A Whole Lot Better -------- [Verse 1] The reason why, oh, I can't say I had to let you go, baby, and right away After what you did, I can't stay on And I'll probably feel a whole lot better when you're gone [Verse 2] Baby, for a long time, you had me believe That your love was all mine and that's the way it would be But I didn't know that you were putting me on And I'll probably feel a whole lot better when you're gone Oh, when you're gone [Verse 3] Now I gotta say that it's not like before And I'm not gonna play your games any more After what you did, I can't stay on And I'll probably feel a whole lot better when you're gone [Outro] Yeah, I'll probably feel a whole lot better when you're gone Oh, when you're gone Oh, when you're gone Oh, when you're gone -------- 1989 Full Moon Fever -------- -------- Free Fallin' -------- [Verse 1] She's a good girl, loves her mama Loves Jesus and America too She's a good girl, crazy 'bout Elvis Loves horses and her boyfriend too It's a long day, livin' in Reseda There's a freeway, runnin' through the yard And I'm a bad boy, 'cause I don't even miss her I'm a bad boy for breakin' her heart [Chorus] And I'm free, free fallin' Yeah I'm free, free fallin' [Verse 2] All the vampires, walkin' through the valley Move west down Ventura Boulevard And all the bad boys are standing in the shadows And the good girls are home with broken hearts [Chorus] And I'm free, I'm free fallin' Yeah I'm free, free fallin' (Free fallin', I'm-a free fallin', I'm-a Free fallin', I'm-a free fallin', I'm-a) [Verse 3] I wanna glide down over Mulholland I wanna write her name in the sky I'm gonna free fall out into nothin' Gonna leave this world for a while [Chorus] Now I'm free, free fallin' (Free fallin', I'm-a free fallin', I'm-a Free fallin', I'm-a free fallin', I'm-a) Yeah I'm free, free fallin' (Free fallin', I'm-a free fallin', I'm-a Free fallin', I'm-a free fallin', I'm-a) [Outro] (Free fallin', I'm-a free fallin', I'm-a) Yeah I'm free, free fallin' Oh! (Free fallin', I'm-a free fallin', I'm-a) Free fallin' (Free fallin', I'm-a free fallin', I'm-a) And I'm free, oh, free fallin' (Free fallin', I'm-a free fallin', I'm-a Free fallin', I'm-a free fallin', I'm-a) Free fallin' (Free fallin', I'm-a free fallin', I'm-a) -------- 1989 Full Moon Fever -------- -------- I Won't Back Down -------- [Verse 1] Well, I won't back down No, I won't back down You can stand me up at the gates of hell But I won't back down No, I'll stand my ground Won't be turned around And I'll keep this world from draggin' me down Gonna stand my ground And I won't back down [Chorus] I won't back down Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out I won't back down Hey I will stand my ground And I won't back down [Verse 2] Well I know what's right I got just one life In a world that keeps on pushin' me around But I'll stand my ground And I won't back down [Chorus] I won't back down Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out I won't back down Hey, I will stand my ground (I won't back down) And I won't back down [Instrumental Break] [Chorus] I won't back down Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out I won't back down Hey, I won't back down I won't back down Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out I won't back down Hey, I will stand my ground (I won't back down) And I won't back down (I won't back down) No, I won't back down -------- 1989 Full Moon Fever -------- -------- Love Is a Long Road -------- [Verse 1] There was a girl I knew She said she cared about me She tried to make my world The way she thought it should be [Refrain] Yeah, we were desperate then To have each other to hold [Chorus] But love is a long, long road Yeah, love is a long, long road [Verse 2] There were so many times I would wake up at noon Yeah, with my head spinning 'round I would wait for the moon [Refrain] And give her one more chance To try and save my soul [Chorus] But love is a long, long road Yeah, love is a long, long road [Verse 3] Yeah, it was hard to give up Some things are hard to let go Some things are never enough I guess I only can hope [Refrain] For maybe one more chance To try and save my soul [Chorus] But love is a long, long road Yeah, love is a long, long road [Chorus] Love is a long, long road Yeah, love is a long, long road -------- 1989 Full Moon Fever -------- -------- Runnin' Down a Dream -------- [Verse 1] It was a beautiful day, the sun beat down I had the radio on, I was drivin' Trees went by, me and Del were singin' little Runaway I was flyin' [Chorus] Yeah, runnin' down a dream that never would come to me Workin' on a mystery, goin' wherever it leads Runnin' down a dream [Verse 2] I felt so good, like anything was possible Hit cruise control and rubbed my eyes The last three days the rain was unstoppable It was always cold, no sunshine [Chorus] Yeah, runnin' down a dream that never would come to me Workin' on a mystery, goin' wherever it leads Runnin' down a dream [Bridge] I rolled on, the sky grew dark I put the pedal down to make some time There's something good waitin' down this road I'm pickin' up whatever's mine [Chorus] I'm runnin' down a dream that never would've come to me Workin' on a mystery, goin' wherever it leads Runnin' down a dream Yeah, I'm runnin' down a dream that never would've come to me Workin' on a mystery, goin' wherever it leads I'm runnin' down a dream [Guitar Solo] -------- 1989 Full Moon Fever -------- -------- The Apartment Song -------- I used to live in a two-room apartment Neighbors knocking on my wall Times were hard, I don't wanna knock it I don't miss it much at all Oh yeah I'm alright I just feel a little lonely tonight I'm okay most of the time I just feel a little lonely tonight Well, I used to need your love so badly Then I came to live with it Lately I get a faraway feeling And the whole thing starts again Oh yeah I'm alright I just feel a little lonely tonight I'm okay most of the time I just feel a little lonely tonight [Instrumental bridge] Oh yeah I'm alright I just feel a little lonely tonight I'm okay most of the time I just feel a little lonely tonight -------- 1989 Full Moon Fever -------- -------- Yer So Bad -------- [Verse 1] My sister got lucky, married a yuppie Took him for all he was worth Now she's a swinger dating a singer I can't decide which is worse [Chorus] But not me baby, I've got you to save me Oh, yer so bad, best thing I ever had In a world gone mad, yer so bad [Verse 2] My sister's ex-husband can't get no lovin' Walks around dog-faced and hurt Now he's got nothin', head in the oven I can't decide which is worse [Chorus] But not me baby, I've got you to save me Oh, yer so bad, best thing I ever had In a world gone mad, yer so bad [Chorus] Oh, but not me baby, I've got you to save me Oh, yer so bad, best thing I ever had In a world gone mad, yer so bad [Chorus] Oh, yer so bad, best thing I ever had In a world gone mad, yer so bad -------- 1989 Full Moon Fever -------- -------- Zombie Zoo -------- [Verse 1] All down the street, they're standing in line With white lipstick and one thing on their minds Hey little freak with the lunch pail purse Underneath the paint, you're just a little girl [Chorus] Dancin' at the Zombie Zoo Dancin' at the Zombie Zoo Painted in a corner and all you wanna do Is dance down at the Zombie Zoo [Verse 2] Cute little dropout, how come you pack a rod? Is your mother in a clinic? Has your father got no job? Sometimes you're so impulsive, you shaved off all your hair You look like Boris Karloff and you don't even care [Chorus] You're dancin' at the Zombie Zoo Dancin' at the Zombie Zoo Painted in a corner and all you wanna do Is dance down at the Zombie Zoo [Verse 3] She disappears at sunrise I wonder where she goes until the night Comes fallin' down again You show up with your friends, half-alive [Chorus] Dancin' at the Zombie Zoo Dancin' at the Zombie Zoo [Bridge] Well, you can make a big impression or go through life unseen You might wind up restricted and over seventeen It's so hard to be careful, so easy to be led Somewhere beyond the pavement, you'll find the living dead [Chorus] Dancin' at the Zombie Zoo Dancin' at the Zombie Zoo Painted in a corner and all she wants to do Is dance down at the Zombie Zoo [Verse 3] She disappears at sunrise I wonder where she goes until the night Comes fallin' down again You show up with your friends, half-alive [Chorus] Dancin' at the Zombie Zoo Dancin' at the Zombie Zoo Painted in a corner and all she wants to do Is dance down at the Zombie Zoo Dance down at the Zombie Zoo Get down at the Zombie Zoo -------- 1991 Into The Great Wide Open -------- -------- All Or Nothin' -------- [Verse 1] Your daddy was a Sergeant Major You didn't wanna, but he made you Wipe his brass from time to time It left a picture in your mind You know? You know? [Chorus] You want it all, you want it all All or nothin', you want it all [Verse 2] Here am I, a fallen arrow My load is wide, my street is narrow My skin is thicker, my heart is tougher I don't mind workin', but I'm scared to suffer You know? You know? [Chorus] You want it all, you want it all All or nothin', you want it all or nothin' [Verse 3] Sweet chariots of L.A. swing low At twilight time, the smog makes a rainbow So keep one eye on the weather You had it good, you wanted better You know? You know? [Chorus] You want it all, you want it all All or nothin', you want it all All or nothin', nothin', all All or nothin', nothin', woah You want it all, you want it all All or nothin', nothin', nothin' no All or nothin' -------- 1991 Into The Great Wide Open -------- -------- All the Wrong Reasons -------- [Verse 1] Trouble blew in on a cold, dark wind It came without no warning And that big ol' house went up for sale They were on the road by morning Oh, the days went slow into the changing season Oh, out in the cold for all the wrong reasons [Verse 2] Well, she grew up hard and she grew up fast In the age of television And she made a vow to have it all It became her new religion Oh, down in her soul, it was an act of treason Oh, down they go for all the wrong reasons [Verse 3] Where the sky begins, the horizon ends Despite the best intentions And a big old man goes up for sale He becomes his own invention Oh, the days go slow into the changing season Oh, bought and sold for all the wrong reasons [Outro] Oh, down they go for all the wrong reasons -------- 1991 Into The Great Wide Open -------- -------- Built to Last -------- [Verse 1] Somewhere out my doorway Somewhere down my block I can hear her heartbeat in rhythm with my clock [Verse 2] I want her more than diamonds I want her more than gold I want her more than anything anyone could hold [Chorus] We were built to last on until forever The world is changing fast, but our love was built to last [Verse 3] She has followed me down Along some empty streets She has followed me where the rain would fall in sheets [Verse 4] And I know I've been changing Changing like the wind I was feeling burned out, I got tired of it [Chorus] We were built to last on until forever The world is changing fast, but our love was built to last [Verse 5] So come to me, my darling Hold me while I sleep I know you feel lost, but you're not in too deep [Chorus] We were built to last on until forever The world is changing fast, but our love was built to last We were built to last on until forever The world is changing fast, but our love was built to last -------- 1991 Into The Great Wide Open -------- -------- Into the Great Wide Open -------- [Verse 1] Eddie waited 'til he finished high school He went to Hollywood, got a tattoo He met a girl out there with a tattoo, too The future was wide open They moved into a place they both could afford He found a night club he could work at the door She had a guitar and she taught him some chords The sky was the limit [Chorus] Into the great wide open Under them skies of blue Out in the great wide open A rebel without a clue [Verse 2] The papers said Ed always played from the heart He got an agent and a roadie named Bart They made a record and it went in the charts The sky was the limit His leather jacket had chains that would jingle They both met movie stars, partied and mingled Their A&R man said, "I don't hear a single" The future was wide open (Oh) [Chorus] Into the great wide open Under them skies of blue Out in the great wide open A rebel without a clue Into the great wide open Under them skies of blue Into the great wide open A rebel without a clue (Ayy) -------- 1991 Into The Great Wide Open -------- -------- Kings Highway -------- [Verse 1] When the time gets right, I'm gonna pick you up And take you far way from trouble, my love Under a big ol' sky out in a field of green There's gotta be something left for us to believe [Chorus] Oh, I await the day Good fortune comes our way And we ride down the Kings Highway [Verse 2] No, you can't hide out in a six-gun town We wanna hold our heads up, but we gotta stay down I don't wanna end up in a room all alone Don't wanna end up someone that I don't even know [Chorus] Lover, I await the day Good fortune comes our way And we ride down the Kings Highway Yeah, I await the day Good fortune comes our way And we ride down the Kings Highway Yeah, I await the day Good fortune comes our way And we ride down the Kings Highway -------- 1991 Into The Great Wide Open -------- -------- Learning to Fly -------- [Verse 1] Well, I started out down a dirty road Started out all alone And the sun went down as I crossed the hill And the town lit up, the world got still [Chorus] I'm learning to fly but I ain't got wings Coming down is the hardest thing [Verse 2] Well, the good old days may not return And the rocks might melt and the sea may burn [Chorus] I'm learning to fly (Learning to fly) But I ain't got wings (Learning to fly) Coming down (Learning to fly) Is the hardest thing (Learning to fly) [Verse 3] Well, some say life will beat you down Break your heart, steal your crown So I've started out for God knows where I guess I'll know when I get there [Chorus] I'm learning to fly around the clouds But what goes up (Learning to fly) Must come down [Outro] I'm learning to fly (Learning to fly) But I ain't got wings Coming down is the hardest thing I'm learning to fly (Learning to fly) Around the clouds But what goes up (Learning to fly) Must come down I'm learning to fly (Learning to fly, learning to fly) I'm learning to fly (Learning to fly, learning to fly) (Learning to fly, learning to fly) -------- 1991 Into The Great Wide Open -------- -------- Makin' Some Noise -------- [Verse 1] When I was a young boy, I was working for the state I wasn't making much money, I was staying out late I'd go down at nighttime, played music in the bars Take my breaks out underneath the stars [Chorus 1] I was making some noise I was a working boy Up at the top of my voice Saying, "Look at me mama I'm making some noise" [Verse 2] I had to rock the boat, I had to shake the tree To see what would fall down on me I thought, "Maybe I can make it, if I never give in I been down before, I ain't going down again" [Chorus 2] I'm making some noise I've been a worried boy Up at the top of my voice Saying, "Look at me mama, I'm making some noise" [Verse 3] From across the canyon, a guitar plays Through an amplifier on a long delay It was an old melody, I recognized the song I had an amplifier too, so I played along [Chorus 3] I'm making some noise I'm still a working boy At the top of my voice Saying, "Look at me mama I'm making some noise" [Chorus 4] I'm making some noise I been a long-gone boy At the top of my voice Saying, "Look at me mama I'm making some noise" [Outro] I'm making some noise I'm making some noise -------- 1991 Into The Great Wide Open -------- -------- Out in the Cold -------- [Verse 1] The day fell down, the air got cold I walked out in the street Daydreamed for a mile or two Staring at my feet Like a workin' boy out of luck Fallin' through the cracks Night rolled in, I turned back home A hard wind at my back [Chorus] I'm out in the cold (Out in the cold) Body and soul (Out in the cold) There's nowhere to go (Out in the cold) I'm out in the cold (Out in the cold) [Verse 2] Well, I woke up, my brain was stunned I could not come around I reached out to grab my keys And tumbled to the ground I thought of you, starry-eyed I wonder where we stand Did I just fall from your arms Down into your hands? [Chorus] I'm out in the cold (Out in the cold) Body and soul (Out in the cold) There's nowhere to go (Out in the cold) I'm out in the cold (Out in the cold) [Bridge] I'm out Standin' in a doorway I'm out Walkin' around Hands in my pockets [Chorus] I'm out in the cold (Out in the cold) Body and soul (Out in the cold) With nowhere to go (Out in the cold) I'm out in the cold (Out in the cold) -------- 1991 Into The Great Wide Open -------- -------- The Dark of the Sun -------- [Verse 1] In the dark of the sun Will you save me a place? Give me hope, give me comfort Get me to a better place [Verse 2] I saw you sail across a river Underneath Orion's sword In your eyes, there was a freedom I had never known before [Chorus] Hey, yeah, yeah In the dark of the sun We will stand together Yeah we will stand as one In the dark of the sun [Verse 3] Past my days of great confusion Yeah, past my days of wondering why Will I sail into the heavens Constellations in my eyes? [Chorus] Hey, yeah, yeah In the dark of the sun We will stand together Yeah we will stand as one Hey, yeah, yeah In the dark of the sun We will stand together Yeah we will stand as one In the dark of the sun Hey, yeah, yeah In the dark of the sun Oh, in the dark of the sun -------- 1991 Into The Great Wide Open -------- -------- Too Good to Be True -------- [Verse 1] Her imagination ran wild Could this really happen to me? She could barely hold back the tears [Chorus] It was too good to be true It was too good to be true It was too good to be true [Verse 2] Everything that she'd waited for Everything that she'd dared to dream Suddenly was outside her door [Chorus] It was too good to be true It was too good to be true It was too good to be true [Bridge] There was no talk of giving in And just as hope was wearing thin Her eyes were like a child again Too good to be true [Verse 3] Morning on the outskirts of town Sitting in the traffic alone You don't know what it means to be free [Chorus] And it was too good to be true It was too good to be true It was too good to be true Too good to be true -------- 1991 Into The Great Wide Open -------- -------- Two Gunslingers -------- [Verse 1] Two gunslingers walked out in the street And one said, "I don't want to fight no more" And the other gunslinger thought about it And he said, "Yeah, what are we fighting for?" [Chorus] I'm takin' control of my life I'm takin' control of my life I'm takin' control of my life now Right now, oh yeah [Verse 2] Well, the crowd that assembled for the gunfight were let down Everyone hissed and booed and a stranger told his missus "That's the last one of these gunfights You're ever gonna drag me to" [Chorus] I'm takin' control of my life I'm takin' control of my life I'm takin' control of my life now Right now, oh yeah [Verse 3] Well, the two gunslingers went ridin' out of town And were never heard from no more And there ain't been a gunfight for a long time Maybe never, but nobody knows for sure [Chorus] I'm takin' control of my life I'm takin' control of my life I'm takin' control of my life now Right now, oh yeah Now, right now, oh yeah Now, right now, oh yeah -------- 1991 Into The Great Wide Open -------- -------- You and I Will Meet Again -------- [Verse 1] You and I will meet again When we're least expecting it Somewhere in some far-off place I will recognize your face I won't say goodbye, my friend For you and I will meet again [Verse 2] I heard you singing to no one I saw you dancing all alone One day you belong to me Next day I just wouldn't know One day all the rules will bend And you and I will meet again [Bridge] I've got a feeling I've got a feeling so strong Maybe someday our roads will cross [Verse 3] A red-winged hawk is circling The blacktop stretches out for days How could I get so close to you And still feel so far away? I hear a voice come on the wind Saying you and I will meet again [Outro] I don't know how, I don't know when But you and I will meet again -------- 1994 Wildflowers -------- -------- A Higher Place -------- We gotta get to a higher place And we gotta leave by night Before that river takes us down We gotta find somewhere that's dry We gotta run like we've never run Or we're gonna lose the light If we don't get to a higher place and find somebody Can help somebody, might be nobody no more Well, I fool myself and I don't know why I thought we could ride this out I was up all night making up my mind But now I've got my doubts I got my eye on the waterline Trying to keep my sense of humor (Chorus) We gotta get to a higher place And I hope we all arrive together We gotta get to a higher place If we want to survive the weather I remember walking with her in town Her hair was in the wind I gave her my best kiss She gave it back again When I add up what I've left behind I don't want to lose no more (Chorus) -------- 1994 Wildflowers -------- -------- Cabin Down Below -------- Come on go with me, babe Come on go with me, girl Baby, let's go To the cabin down below I got a radio Put it on soft and low Baby, let's go To the cabin down below Well, I've had my eye on you For a long, long time I'm watching everything you do Baby, you're gonna be mine (Chorus) Time's been moving slow Since we both got here Come on, slide a little closer Let me whisper in your ear Well I got a radio Turn it on soft and low Baby, let's go To the cabin down below Oh, baby, let's go To the cabin down below Baby, let's love In the cabin down below -------- 1994 Wildflowers -------- -------- Crawling Back to You -------- Waiting by the side of the road For day to break so we could go Down into Los Angeles With dirty hands and worn out knees Ooh, I keep crawlin' back to you Ooh, I keep crawlin' back to you The ranger came with burning eyes The chambermaid awoke surprised Thought she'd seen the last of him She shook her head, let him in (Chorus) Hey baby, there's somethin' in your eyes Tryin' to say to me That I'm gonna be alright if I believe in you It's all I want to do It was me and my sidekick He was drunk and I was sick We were caught up in a barroom fight 'Til an Indian shot out the lights I'm so tired of being tired Sure as night will follow day Most things I worry about Never happen anyway (Chorus x2) I keep crawlin' back to you -------- 1994 Wildflowers -------- -------- Don't Fade On Me -------- I remember you so clearly The first one through the door I return to find you drifting Too far from the shore I remember feeling this way You can lose it without knowing You wake up and you don't notice Which way the wind is blowing So don't fade No, don't fade on me You were the one who made things different You were the one who took me in You were the one thing I could count on Above all, you were my friend So don't fade Don't fade on me Well your clothes hang on a wire And the sun is overhead But today you are too weary To even leave your bed Was it love that took you under? Or did you know too much? Was it something you could picture But never could quite touch? Don't fade No, don't fade on me So don't fade Don't fade on me -------- 1994 Wildflowers -------- -------- Hard On Me -------- It's all I can do To keep that little girl smiling And keep my faith alive Takes all I got to hold on to tomorrow And you want to make it hard Yeah, you want to make it hard on me Some other time I'd be understanding You were supposed to be The friend that I needed when I was down and now (Chorus) Maybe if I tried, I could turn the other cheek Maybe, but how big do I have to be (Chorus) (Bridge) I need someone To put their arm around me Shelter me from all harm Just as I find something to believe in (Chorus) -------- 1994 Wildflowers -------- -------- Honey Bee -------- (Spoken Intro) Alright, here we go This a little number we call "Give me some sugar, little honey Natural bee" Come on now, give me some sugar Give me some sugar, little honey bee Don't be afraid, not gonna hurt you I wouldn't hurt my little honey bee (That's right) (Come on) Don't say a word about what we're doin' Don't say nothin', little honey bee Don't tell your momma, don't tell your sister Don't tell your boyfriend, little honey bee She like to call me king bee She like to buzz 'round my tree I call her honey bee I'm a man in a trance I'm a boy in short pants When I see my honey bee Well I've got something to say (Buzz awhile!) Look here now, peace in the valley Peace in the valley with my honey bee Don't say a word 'bout what we're doin' Don't say nothin', little honey bee She give me her monkey hand And a Rambler sedan I'm the king of Milwaukee Her juju beads are so nice She kissed my third cousin twice I'm the king of Pomona Well I've got something to say (Come on) (That's right) (Everybody) (Go again) (Everybody) (Go again) (That's right) -------- 1994 Wildflowers -------- -------- House in the Woods -------- I'm goin' down to the house in the woods See my little darlin' I'm goin' down, out in the fields With summertime comin' And oh, my love, what can I do What can I do but love you? For the rest of my days, the rest of my nights What can I do but love you, babe? Summertime falls on the house in the woods Back by the power lines I ain't got a neighbor for nine or ten miles Back in the tall pines And hey, now, baby, what can I do? What am I gonna do but trust you? The rest of my nights, the rest of my days What can I do but love you, babe? Hey, now, baby, what can I do? What am I gonna do but love you? The rest of my days, the rest of my nights What could I do but love you, babe? -------- 1994 Wildflowers -------- -------- It's Good to Be King -------- [Verse 1] It's good to be king, if just for a while To be there in velvet, yeah, to give 'em a smile It's good to get high and never come down It's good to be king of your own little town Yeah, the world would swing, oh, if I were king Can I help it if I still dream time to time? [Verse 2] It's good to be king and have your own way Get a feeling of peace at the end of the day And when your bulldog barks and your canary sings You're out there with winners, it's good to be king Yeah, I'll be king when dogs get wings Can I help it if I still dream time to time? [Verse 3] It's good to be king and have your own world It helps to make friends, it's good to meet girls A sweet little queen who can't run away It's good to be king, whatever it pays Excuse me if I have some place in my mind Where I go time to time -------- 1994 Wildflowers -------- -------- Only a Broken Heart -------- Here comes that feeling I've seen in your eyes Back in the old days, before the hard times But I'm not afraid anymore It's only a broken heart I know the place where you keep your secrets Out of the sunshine, down in a valley But I'm not afraid anymore It's only a broken heart What would I give to start all over again To clean up my mistakes Stand in the moonlight, stand under heaven Wait for an answer, hold out forever But don't be afraid anymore It's only a broken heart (Bridge) I know your weakness, you've seen my dark side The end of the rainbow is always a long ride But I'm not afraid anymore -------- 1994 Wildflowers -------- -------- Time to Move On -------- It's time to move on, time to get going What lies ahead, I have no way of knowing But under my feet, baby, grass is growing It's time to move on, it's time to get going Broken skyline, movin' through the airport She's an honest defector Conscientious objector Now her own protector Broken skyline, which way to love land Which way to something better Which way to forgiveness Which way do I go (Chorus) Sometime later, getting the words wrong Wasting the meaning and losing the rhyme Nauseous adrenaline Like breakin' up a dogfight Like a deer in the headlights Frozen in real time I'm losing my mind (Chorus) -------- 1994 Wildflowers -------- -------- To Find a Friend -------- (Take 4) 1, 2, 3, 4 In the middle of his life He left his wife And ran off to be bad Boy, it was sad But he bought a new car Found a new bar And went under another name Created a whole new game And the days went by like paper in the wind Everything changed then changed again It's hard to find a friend It's hard to find a friend Meanwhile then His wife's boyfriend moved in and Took over the house Everybody was quiet as a mouse And it changed their lives Changed their plans Slowly they grew apart Boy, it woulda broke your heart And the days went by like paper in the wind Everything changed then changed again It's hard to find a friend It's hard to find a friend And the days went by like paper in the wind Everything changed then changed again It's hard to find a friend It's hard to find a friend And the days went by like paper in the wind Everything changed then changed again It's hard to find a friend It's hard to find a friend -------- 1994 Wildflowers -------- -------- Wake Up Time -------- You follow your feelings You follow your dreams You follow the leader Into the trees And what's in there waiting Neither one of us knows You gotta keep one eye open The further you go You never dreamed you'd go down on one knee, but now Who could've seen you'd be so hard to please somehow? You feel like a poor boy A long way from home You're just a poor boy A long way from home And it's wake-up time Time to open up your eyes And rise And shine You spend your life dreaming Running round in a trance You hang out forever And still miss the dance And if you get lucky You might find someone To help you get over The pain that will come Yeah, you were so cool back in high school, what happened? You were so sure not to have your spirits down But you're just a poor boy Alone in this world You're just a poor boy Alone in this world And it's wake-up time Time to open up your eyes And rise And shine Well, they think it's lucky A boy finds a girl To help him to shoulder The pain in this world And if you follow your feelings You follow your dreams You might find the forest There in the trees Yeah, you'll be all right, it's just gonna take time, and now Who could have seen you'd be so hard to please somehow? You're just a poor boy A long way from home You're just a poor boy A long way from home And it's wake-up time Time to open up your eyes And rise And shine 'Cause it's wake-up time Time to open up your eyes And rise And shine -------- 1994 Wildflowers -------- -------- Wildflowers -------- [Chorus] You belong among the wildflowers You belong in a boat out at sea Sail away, kill off the hours You belong somewhere you feel free [Verse 1] Run away, find you a lover Go away somewhere all bright and new I have seen no other Who compares with you [Chorus] You belong among the wildflowers You belong in a boat out at sea You belong with your love on your arm You belong somewhere you feel free [Verse 2] Run away, go find a lover Run away, let your heart be your guide You deserve the deepest of cover You belong in that home by and by [Chorus] You belong among the wildflowers You belong somewhere close to me Far away from your trouble and worry You belong somewhere you feel free You belong somewhere you feel free -------- 1994 Wildflowers -------- -------- You Don't Know How It Feels -------- [Produced by Rick Rubin] [Verse 1] Let me run with you tonight I'll take you on a moonlight ride There's someone I used to see But she don't give a damn for me [Chorus 1] But let me get to the point, let's roll another joint And turn the radio loud, I'm too alone to be proud You don't know how it feels You don't know how it feels to be me [Verse 2] People come, people go Some grow young, some grow cold I woke up in between A memory and a dream [Chorus 2] So let's get to the point, let's roll another joint And let's head on down the road, there's somewhere I gotta go You don't know how it feels You don't know how it feels to be me [Verse 3] My old man was born to rock He's still tryin' to beat the clock Think of me what you will I've got a little space to fill [Chorus 2] So let's get to the point, let's roll another joint And let's head on down the road, there's somewhere I gotta go You don't know how it feels You don't know how it feels No, you don't know how it feels to be me You don't know how it feels You don't know how it feels No, you don't know how it feels to be me -------- 1994 Wildflowers -------- -------- You Wreck Me -------- [Verse 1] Tonight we ride, right or wrong Tonight we sail, on a radio song Rescue me, should I go down If I stay too long in trouble town [Chorus] Oh, yeah, you wreck me, baby Yeah, you break me in two But you move me, honey Yes, you do [Verse 2] Now and again, I get the feeling Well, if I don't win, I'm a-gonna break even Rescue me, should I go wrong If I dig too deep, if I stay too long [Chorus] Oh, yeah, you wreck me, baby Yeah, you break me in two But you move me, honey Yes, you do [Verse 3] I'll be the boy in the corduroy pants You'll be the girl at the high school dance Run with me, wherever I go And just play dumb, whatever you know [Chorus] Oh, yeah, you wreck me, baby Yeah, you break me in two But you move me, honey Yes, you do You wreck me, baby Yeah, you break me in two Oh, but you move me, honey Ah, yes, you do -------- 1996 Shes The One -------- -------- Airport (Instrumental) -------- (Instrumental) -------- 1996 Shes The One -------- -------- Angel Dream (No. 2) -------- [Verse 1] I dreamed you, I saw your face Cut my lifeline when drifting through space [Chorus 1] I saw an angel, I saw my faith I can only thank God it was not too late [Verse 2] Over mountains, I floated away Across an ocean, I dreamed her name [Chorus 2] I followed an angel down through the gates I can only thank God it was not too late [Bridge] Sing a little song of loneliness Sing one to make me smile Another round for everyone I'm here for a little while [Verse 3] Now I'm walking this street on my own But she's with me everywhere I go [Chorus 3] Yeah, I found an angel, I found my place I can only thank God it was not too late I can only thank God it was not too late I can only thank God it was not too late -------- 1996 Shes The One -------- -------- Angel Dream (No. 4) -------- [Verse 1] I dreamed you I saw your face Caught my lifeline When drifting through space [Chorus 1] I saw an angel I saw my faith I can only thank God it was not too late [Verse 2] Over mountains I floated away 'Cross an ocean I dreamed her name [Chorus 2] I followed an angel Down through the gates I can only thank God it was not too late [Bridge] Sing a little song for loneliness Sing one to make me smile Another round for everyone I'm here for a little while [Verse 3] Now I'm walking This street on my own But she's with me Everywhere I go [Chorus 3] Yeah, I found an angel I found my place I can only thank God it was not too late I can only thank God it was not too late I can only thank God it was not too late -------- 1996 Shes The One -------- -------- Asshole -------- [Verse 1] Your brains went black When she took back her love And put it out into the sun The birds did fly When the heavens all went dry And the cigarettes were smoking by themselves [Chorus] She'll do anything She'll do anything She'll do anything To make you feel like an asshole [Verse 2] Call her name She looks the same as you With question marks stretched across her skin She dangles carrots Makes you feel embarrassed To be the fool you know you are [Chorus] She'll do anything She'll do anything She'll do anything To make you feel like an asshole -------- 1996 Shes The One -------- -------- California -------- California's been good to me Hope it don't fall into the sea Sometimes you got to trust yourself It ain't like anywhere else It ain't like anywhere else It's time to roll, I'm all done It's time we better hit the road I got work later on It's time we better hit the road [Chorus] Sundown, red skies Nobody's been around Sundown, blue eyes I kinda like this party town California's treated me good I pray to God that the hills Don't fall into the sea Sometimes you got to trust yourself It ain't like anywhere else (x3) -------- 1996 Shes The One -------- -------- Change the Locks -------- [Verse 1] I changed the lock on my front door So you can't see me anymore And you can't come inside my house And you can't lie down on my couch I changed the lock on my front door [Verse 2] I changed the number on my phone So you can't call me up at home And you can't say those things to me That make me fall down on my knees I changed the number on my phone [Verse 3] Yes I changed the kind of car I drive So you can't see me when I go by And you can't chase me up the street And you can't knock me off of my feet I changed the kind of car I drive [Verse 4] I changed the kind of clothes I wear So you can't find me anywhere You can't spot me in a crowd And you can't call my name out loud I changed the kind of clothes I wear [Verse 5] I changed the tracks underneath the train So you can't find me ever again And you can't trace my path And you can't hear me laugh And honey, I'm laughing all the time [Verse 6] I changed the name of this town So you can't follow me down And you can't touch me like before And you can't make me want you more I changed the name of this town [Outro] I changed the lock on my front door I changed the number on my phone I changed the kind of car I drive I changed the kind of clothes I wear I changed the tracks underneath the train I changed the name of this town I changed the name of this town I changed the name of this town -------- 1996 Shes The One -------- -------- Climb That Hill -------- Something threw me in the dirt Kind of got my feelings hurt Weed was burning somewhere down the wind I had to get up and climb that hill again Little Lucy is such a doll Like to climb her garden wall But she only sees me as a friend I got to get up and climb that hill again I got to bury my pride Drag this line over that hill one more time Got to get up in the morning Make my way over that hill again I got to bury my pride Drag this line over that hill one more time Got to get up in the morning Make my way over that hill again Tempers flare and the words are spoken You close one door and another opens You hear the music and you're wondering You got to get up and climb that hill Get up and climb that hill You got to get up and climb that hill again -------- 1996 Shes The One -------- -------- Grew Up Fast -------- [Verse 1] We grew up fast And no one seemed to notice We grew up fast And we grew up alone Mom and Dad Were never what we wanted We grew up fast And we grew up alone We grew up alone [Chorus] Well, you know who I am So don't treat me like I'm someone else Well, you know what I am So don't treat me like I'm someone else You never act like that with no one else [Verse 2] We grew up last When lies were just a fact of life Grew up mad Cause we never had a home We faced the past And forgave the revolution We grew up smashed And we grew up alone We grew up alone [Bridge] Hey, my brother I got no fight with you, I just can't lie down Hey, my brother I got no fight with you, I just can't lie down No, I just can't lie down, I just can't lie down [Chorus] Well, you know who I am So don't treat me like I'm someone else Well, you know what I am So don't act like I'm something else [Chorus] Well, you know who I am So don't treat me like I'm someone else You know where I am So don't act like I'm somewhere else You never talk like that to no one else You never scream like that for no one else You never suck like that for no one else Oh! -------- 1996 Shes The One -------- -------- Hope On Board -------- (Instrumental) -------- 1996 Shes The One -------- -------- Hope You Never -------- I hope you never fall in love Hope you never get your heart broken I hope you never fall in love With somebody like you I hope you never give a damn Hope you never lose your perspective I hope you never fall in love With somebody like you I wish you well I wish you everything and more Forgive my ignorance I was starting to ramble on and on Starting to ramble on and on I hope you never need no one Hope you treasure your independence I hope you never fall in love With somebody like you I wish you well I wish you everything and more Forgive my ignorance I was starting to ramble on and on Starting to ramble on and on I hope you never give a damn Hope you never get your heart broken I hope you never fall in love With somebody like you I hope you never fall in love With somebody like you -------- 1996 Shes The One -------- -------- Hung Up and Overdue -------- I'm so hung up I'm going to go see her tonight I'm so hung up I can't get her out of my mind Could be just stars in my eyes Could be this one happened twice We're overdue for a dream-come-true Long time nothing new We're overdue for a dream-come-true She said she's going To move to California one day Said she's going Out on safari to stay She's tired of her job and the snow We both need somewhere to go (Chorus) I'm so hung up on her now I'm so strung out on her now A gift from the sun to the moon I hope something changes soon (Chorus x2) -------- 1996 Shes The One -------- -------- Supernatural Radio -------- If there's going to be trouble tonight You can meet me at the usual place If there's going to be a fight tonight Remember what you said to my face Oh and darling Too many words have been spoken I don't want to get my heart broken Like lovers do No more songs tonight I'm driving to the break of day No more words tonight We've got enough to throw away Oh and darling Now that we two are together Don't dream this could go on forever Like lovers do I can hear you singing on my supernatural radio I hear you singing on my supernatural radio Oh and darling Too many words have been spoken I don't want to get my heart broken Like lovers do 100 million watts Yeah, I'm picking up a signal Yeah, it's 100 million watts raw power I can hear Jesus singing on my supernatural radio -------- 1996 Shes The One -------- -------- Walls (Circus) -------- [Intro] A-one, two, three, four [Verse 1] Some days are diamonds Some days are rocks Some doors are open Some roads are blocked Sundowns are golden Then fade away And if I never do nothing I'll get you back some day [Chorus] 'Cause you got a heart so big It could crush this town And I can't hold out forever Even walls fall down [Verse 2] And all around your island There's a barricade That keeps out the danger That holds in the pain Sometimes you're happy Sometimes you cry Half of me is ocean Half of me is sky [Chorus] But you got a heart so big (Heart so big, big) It could crush this town (Crush this town, town) And I can't hold out forever Even walls fall down (Yes they do) [Instrumental Break] [Verse 3] Some things are over Some things go on Part of me you carry Part of me is gone [Chorus] But you got a heart so big (Heart so big, big) It could crush this town (Crush this town, town) And I can't hold out forever Even walls fall down Baby, you got a heart so big (Heart so big, big) It could crush this town (Crush this town, town) And I can't hold out forever Even walls fall down -------- 1996 Shes The One -------- -------- Walls (No. 3) -------- [Verse 1] Some days are diamonds Some days are rocks Some doors are open Some roads are blocked [Verse 2] And sundowns are golden Then fade away And if I never do nothing I'm coming back some day, 'cause [Chorus] You got a heart so big It could crush this town And I can't hold out forever Even walls fall down [Verse 3] All around your island There's a barricade That keeps out the danger That holds in the pain [Verse 4] And sometimes you're happy And sometimes you cry Half of me is ocean Half of me is sky, but [Chorus] You got a heart so big It could crush this town And I can't hold out forever Even walls fall down [Verse 5] And some things are over Some things go on Part of me you carry And part of me is gone, but [Chorus] You got a heart so big It could crush this town And I can't hold out forever Even walls fall down [Chorus] You got a heart so big It could crush this town And I can't hold out forever Even walls fall down -------- 1996 Shes The One -------- -------- Zero from Outer Space -------- I've been wrapped up in confusion I've been tied down to my bed Suffering some illusion I'm out of my fucking head It's insane to my brain I ran away And now, hey, hey, hey I'm a zero from outer space Well, I know you think I'm joking I don't mean the things I say Like I could but I won't If I would anyway It's insane to my brain I ran away (Chorus) You think that you're above me You think that you're so big Well, I saw you kick that dog When the wind blew off your wig It's insane to my brain I ran away (Chorus x2) Yes, I am -------- 1999 Echo -------- -------- About to Give Out -------- Ricky and Dicky standing in the sun Out there on that highway and the dog wouldn't run Ricky rolled a number, Dicky raised the hood Time we hit Daytona, I was feeling pretty good Oh Mama, I'm about to give out Oh Mama, I'm about to give out I'm Davey Crockett in a coonskin town Oh Mama, I'm about to give out Karaoke Katie drove the crowd wild Every time she'd sing they'd come in for miles Curtain came up, Katie came on Drinking like a lumberjack and singing "Delta Dawn" Oh Mama, I'm about to give out Oh Mama, I'm about to give out I'm Davey Crockett in a coonskin town Oh Mama, I'm about to give out Yeah, I hit town hard last night Abraham and Moses, some other friends of mine Moses started drinking, he got a little rude We woke up in the bushes, beat to Hell and nude Oh Mama, I'm about to give out Oh Mama, I'm about to give out I'm Davey Crockett in a coonskin town Oh Mama, I'm about to give out I'm Roy Rogers in a one-horse town Oh Mama, I'm about to give out I'm about to give out I'm about to give out -------- 1999 Echo -------- -------- Accused of Love -------- You speak to me in natural harmony Like we both grew up with nothing And I can't believe my own memory But it one day could be coming And I don't even know the wrong I've done And I don't even care anymore All I know is I believe that you and me Forever will stand accused of love Watched the sun go down behind London Town I was burnt, stood up in Mayfair I caught a train, black car through the rain From the trust that hung betrayed there And I don't even know the wrong I've done And I don't even care anymore All I know is I believe that you and me Forever will stand accused of love Well, the attorney grins, the witness is drug in With his face half hid in shadow Sworn to God and State, the truth arrives too late And defense goes out the window And we don't even know the wrong we've done And we don't even care anymore All I know is I believe that you and me Forever will stand accused of love Will stand accused of love Will stand accused of love -------- 1999 Echo -------- -------- Billy the Kid -------- Well, I heard you in the back room Your friends had a laugh on me Passed my name through the cantina Yeah, your face was hard to read Something in your demeanor Should have given you away But I was desperate for a friend I was getting used to making mistakes Well, I went down hard Like Billy the Kid Yeah, I went down hard Yeah, but I got up again I remember you, my baby I remember you so well And your house out in the suburbs You had your wishing well They say be careful who you believe Be careful who you trust Did you smile when you pulled the trigger That dropped me in the dust? Well, I went down hard Like Billy the Kid Yeah, I went down hard Yeah, but I got up again Well, you caught me in the bedroom Cotton fever in a sweat I was fighting for recovery But I wasn't giving up yet You offered no assistance Yeah, you looked at me and you lied Yeah, though it really stunned me When you went to the other side Well, I went down hard Like Billy the Kid Yeah, I went down hard Oh, but I got up again I went down hard Like Billy the Kid I went down hard Oh, but I got up again I went down hard Like Billy the Kid I went down hard Yeah, I got up again -------- 1999 Echo -------- -------- Counting On You -------- I want you to be my little lover I want you to be my power glide Oh, oh, oh, little girl, don't misunderstand me 'Cause there's a rumor going around Somebody's going to let me down And I don't know what it's all about Or if it's true I'm counting on you I want you to drive my El Dorado I want you to fly my aeroplane Oh, oh, oh, little girl, don't misunderstand me 'Cause there's a rumor going around Somebody's going to let me down And I don't know what it's all about Or if it's true I'm counting on you Counting on you Well, I saw your reflection in the river And I swear I heard you in the wind Oh, oh, oh, little girl, don't misunderstand me 'Cause there's a rumor going around Somebody's going to let me down And I don't know what it's all about Or if it's true I'm counting on you Counting on you Counting on you Oh, oh, oh Counting on you Counting on you -------- 1999 Echo -------- -------- Echo -------- Put down your things and rest a while You know we've both nowhere to go Yeah, Daddy had to crash He's always halfway there, you know And no, I don't pretend there's any more of that They say one day, you'll look up and laugh And hear the same sad echo when you walk Yeah, the same sad echo when you talk loud and clear It's the same as the same sad echo around here I promise you this winter I will worship you like gold And ride your train forever Electric fortunes to be told And I don't want to question or even celebrate All the joy you took and then gave back too late It's the same sad echo when you lie It's the same sad echo when you try to be clear It's the same as the same sad echo around here Well, I woke up right here in a pool of sweat And with a box of pills and you Yeah and I'm going to keep my head I'm going to keep my cool, I'm so in love with you Yes and in another world, nothing was like this There may have been a girl, there never was a kiss The poison came in liquid She was naked all the time And no one could explain it It was all between the lines And I don't seem to trust anyone no more It could be faith, but I'm just not sure It's the same sad echo every day Yeah the same sad echo another way when you call It's the same as the same sad echo most of all Oh well, you just got tired, you just gave in You took it hard, then you just quit You let me down, you dropped the ball You fell on your face most of all And I don't want to mean anything to you And I don't want to tempt you to be true It's the same sad echo coming down It's the same sad echo all around in my ears It's the same as the same sad echo around here -------- 1999 Echo -------- -------- Free Girl Now -------- I remember when you were his dog I remember you under his thumb Yeah baby, when he would call Every time, you had to come Hey, baby, you're a free girl now Hey, baby, you're a free girl now I remember when he was your boss I remember him touching your butt I remember you counting your blessings Yeah honey, you had to keep your mouth shut Hey, baby, you're a free girl now Hey, baby, you're a free girl now Yeah, well all right Honey, put your sugar down Dazzle, dazzle the moon above Lay your victim down No longer will you be a slave No longer will you have to crawl No longer will you suffer No longer will you stall One day you'll live for a reason One day you'll be gone No more when you walk from the table No longer will you bow down Hey, baby, you're a free girl now Hey, baby, you're a free girl now Hey, baby, you're a free girl now Hey, baby, you're a free girl now -------- 1999 Echo -------- -------- I Don't Wanna Fight -------- I got a hole in my head I got a hole in my head I'd be better off dead I got a hole in my head I don't wanna fight I don't wanna fight I don't wanna fight I'm a lover, lover, lover You're always laughing at me You're always laughing at me Yeah, when nothing's really funny You're always laughing at me (Chorus) You got a pretty face You got a pretty face But it's such a waste You got a pretty face (Chorus) -------- 1999 Echo -------- -------- Lonesome Sundown -------- She's a lonely girl lost in the world Got love in her eyes for me She's a sweet young thing Brings me dreams in a box she made for me Lonesome sundown This is gonna be hard It's a lonesome sundown This is gonna be hard I know, so don't let go This is gonna be hard I'll never let you down This love I've found, it means too much to me And I stand accused outside the law But you are all I need Lonesome sundown This is gonna be hard It's a lonesome sundown This is gonna be hard I know, so don't let go This is gonna be hard Redemption comes to those who wait Forgiveness is the key And I wish you love and I wish you hope Please believe in me Lonesome sundown This is gonna be hard It's a lonesome sundown This is gonna be hard I know, so don't let go This is gonna be hard -------- 1999 Echo -------- -------- No More -------- No more No more I ain't going to do it no more It used to be a big deal But I ain't going to do it If it ain't real Big money Big plans You stand with a ticket in your hand You don't play, you can't win But I ain't going to do it 'Til I feel it again When I see that sun go down My mind begins to clear Sure was a hard time It sure was a hard time, my dear No more No more I ain't going to do it no more It used to be a big deal But I ain't going to do it If it ain't real No, I ain't going to do it If it ain't real -------- 1999 Echo -------- -------- One More Day, One More Night -------- One more night, God, I've had to fight To keep my line of sight on what's real One more day, I fear I've lost my way I don't know how to say what I feel Someone better hurry, I'm all alone I keep breaking down, breaking down, you know? No one ever taught me to be on my own Yeah, I keep breaking down, breaking down, you know? One more night, my eyes reflect the light In the distance, something bright appears One more day, it's too hard to explain What goes on in my brain is not clear Someone better hurry, I'm all alone I keep breaking down, breaking down, you know? No one ever taught me to be on my own Yeah, I keep breaking down, breaking down, you know? So hold on one more night Hold out one more day Hold on one more night Hold out one more day There'll be one more night and things will be made right Again I'll hold you tight, my dear One more day and I'll collect my pay And soon be far away from here -------- 1999 Echo -------- -------- Rhino Skin -------- You need rhino skin If you're going to begin To walk through this world You need elephant balls If you don't want to crawl On your hands through this world Oh my love, if I reveal Every secret I've concealed How many thoughts would you steal? How much of my pain would you feel? You need eagles wings To get over things That make no sense in this world You need rhino skin If you're gonna pretend You are not hurt by this world If you listen long enough You can hear my skin grow tough Love is painful to the touch Must be made of stronger stuff You need rhino skin To get to the end Of the maze through this world You need rhino skin Or you're gonna give in To the needles and pins Arrows of sin Evils of men You need rhino skin -------- 1999 Echo -------- -------- Room at the Top -------- [Verse 1] I got a room at the top of the world tonight I can see everything tonight I got a room where everyone Can have a drink and forget those things That went wrong in their life [Chorus] I got a room at the top of the world tonight I got a room at the top of the world tonight I got a room at the top of the world tonight And I ain't coming down, I ain't coming down [Verse 2] I got someone who loves me tonight I got over a thousand dollars in the bank and I'm alright Look deep in the eyes of love, look deep in the eyes of love And find out what you were looking for [Chorus] I got a room at the top of the world tonight I got a room at the top of the world tonight I got a room at the top of the world tonight And I ain't coming down, no I ain't coming down (Yeah) [Bridge] I wish I could feel you tonight, little one You're so far away I want to reach out and touch your heart Yeah like they do in those things on TV, I love you Please love me, I'm not so bad And I love you so [Chorus] I got a room at the top of the world tonight I got a room at the top of the world tonight I got a room at the top of the world tonight And I ain't coming down, no I ain't coming down, no I ain't coming down -------- 1999 Echo -------- -------- Swingin' -------- Well, she was standing by the highway In her boots and silver spurs Gonna hitchhike to the yellow moon When a Cadillac stopped for her And she said, "Hey, nice to meet you Are you goin' my way?" Yeah, that's when it happened The world caught fire that day And she went down swingin' Yeah, she went down swingin' Well, she was over twenty-one In trouble with the law And it didn't faze her none She called her mother-in-law And said "I need a little money I know I can count on you After that night in Vegas And the hell that we went through" We went down swingin' Like Benny Goodman Yeah, we went down swingin' Yes, we did Moonlight on the interstate She was 'cross the Georgia line Looked out the window feeling great Yeah, it had to come in time And she said, "I'm never going back" She said, "At last, I'm free I wish Ma could see me now She'd be so proud of me" She went down swingin' Like Glenn Miller Yeah, she went down swingin' Like Tommy Dorsey Yeah, she went down swingin' Like Sammy Davis She went down swingin' Like Sonny Liston -------- 1999 Echo -------- -------- This One's for Me -------- This one's for me, this one's for me Not for anyone else, I need it, you see I threw all I had into the sea Now I want a little back, this one's for me Lover, I found the mistakes I've made Will follow me down into my grave So much has gone by, so many to please Well this one I'll keep, this one's for me And you don't even know what you've got 'Til it's walking away Yeah, you don't even know what you've had 'Til it laughs in your face Some other time, some other day We'll sing this again some other way So much has gone by, don't know where to start Well this one I'll keep here in my heart And you don't even know what you want Until it's walking away Yeah, you don't even know what you had 'Til it laughs in your face This one's for me, this one's for me Not for anyone else, I need it, you see I threw all I had into the sea Now I want a little back, this one's for me And you don't even know what you've got 'Til it's walking away Yeah, you don't even know what you've had 'Til it laughs in your face -------- 1999 Echo -------- -------- Won't Last Long -------- You and me been over this ground Over this ground before I can't explain I can't explain I can't explain anymore Oh it's hard to watch you go I'm down but it won't last long I'm down but it won't last long Don't let me down Don't let me down Don't let me down like this It's not the same Over and over Over and over again Yeah, this is not my day [Chorus) Half my brain has gone away Half my brain has gone So far away (Chorus) Don't shake me up Don't burn me out I'm hurt and you won't let me in Yeah, this is not my day (Chorus) -------- 2002 The Last DJ -------- -------- Blue Sunday -------- She took a rolled up twenty out of her pocket And paid for my cigarettes We were friends at first sight In the 7-11 light She said, "Here, lemme cover it" And I rode shotgun all that night She drove and never made a sound I asked if there was anything wrong She said, "Nothing worth talking 'bout" It's a blue Sunday Down the interstate Yeah a blue Sunday Blue with shades of grey Her backseat could've been a hotel I slept for a thousand years Every now and then, she'd laugh out loud for no reason I pretended not to hear And rolled my jacket up under my head And stretched my body out Couldn't be too far in front of her daddy's bloodhounds But I ain't gonna worry now It's a blue Sunday Down the interstate Yeah a blue Sunday Blue with shades of grey A blue Sunday We never met before It's a blue Sunday When it's time to leave, you go -------- 2002 The Last DJ -------- -------- Can't Stop The Sun -------- Well you may take my money You may turn off my microphone But you can't steal What you can't feel Can't stop the sun from shining Shining down and down and down And you may think you control things But there will be more just like me Who won't give in Who'll rise again Can't stop the world from turning Turning round and round and round Hey mister business man Be sure to wash your hands Be careful where you stand Because life goes on and on and on Life goes on and on and on And you may think it's all over But there will be more just like me Who won't give in Who'll rise again Can't stop a man from dreaming Dreaming on and on and on -------- 2002 The Last DJ -------- -------- Dreamville -------- [Verse 1] Going down to Lillian's music store To buy a black diamond string Gonna wind it up on my guitar Gonna make that silver sing [Chorus] Like it was Dreamville A long time ago, million miles away All the trees were green in Dreamville [Verse 2] I keep waking up all by myself With a bluejay in my brain Flapping his wings, making me sing It was just about to rain [Chorus] Like it was Dreamville where I was born Light years from here And the air smelled good in Dreamville In Dreamville [Chorus] Like it was Dreamville A long time ago, light years from here And the trees were green in Dreamville [Bridge] Riding with my mama to Glen Springs pool The water was cold, my lips were blue There was rock and roll across the dial When I think of her, it makes me smile [Chorus] Like it was Dreamville A long time ago, million miles away All the trees were green in Dreamville In Dreamville Yeah, it was Dreamville A long time ago, light years from here And the air smelled good in Dreamville In Dreamville -------- 2002 The Last DJ -------- -------- Have Love, Will Travel -------- [Verse 1] You never had a chance, did you, baby So good looking, so insecure And now you say you can't remember When the lines you drew began to blur [Pre-Chorus] Yeah, when all of this is over Should I lose you in the smoke I want you to know you were the one [Chorus] And may my love travel with you everywhere Baby, may my love travel with you always [Verse 2] Maggie's still trying to rope a tornado Joe's in the backyard trying to keep things simple And the lonely DJ's digging a ditch Trying to keep the flames from the temple [Pre-Chorus] Oh, and if perhaps I lose you In the smoke down the road I want you to know you were the one [Chorus] And may my love travel with you everywhere Yeah, may my love travel with you always [Verse 3] How 'bout a cheer for all those bad girls And all the boys that play that rock and roll They love it like you love Jesus It does the same thing to their souls [Pre-Chorus] And when all of this is over Should I lose you in the smoke I want you to know you were the one [Chorus] And may my love travel with you everywhere Yeah, may my love travel with you always [Chorus] Baby, may my love travel with you everywhere Yeah, may my love travel with you always -------- 2002 The Last DJ -------- -------- Joe -------- My name's Joe, I'm the CEO Yeah I'm the man makes the big wheels roll I'm the hand on the green-light switch You get to be famous, I get to be rich Go get me a kid with a good-looking face Bring me a kid can remember his place Some hungry poet son-of-a-bitch He gets to be famous, I get to be rich Or bring me a girl, they're always the best You put 'em on stage and you have 'em undress Some angel whore who can learn a guitar lick Hey! Now that's what I call music! Well, they'll come looking for money when the public gets bored But we'll fight 'em with lawyers they could never afford Yeah, I'll make her look like a spoiled little bitch She gets to be famous, I get to be rich Or bring me a girl, they're always the best You put 'em on stage and you have 'em undress Some angel whore who can learn a guitar lick Hey! Now that's what I call music! So burned-out Johnny thinks the books are shifty What good is that alky to me when he's fifty? Well we could move catalog, if he'd only die quicker Send my regards to the gig and a case of good liquor He gets to be famous, I get to be rich He gets to be famous, I get to be rich My name's Joe, I'm the CEO I'm the man that makes the big wheels roll -------- 2002 The Last DJ -------- -------- Like A Diamond -------- Madmen crawl across the wall Knight gets away, the kings all fall Queens chase men and saints all sin And good things all must end But she goes on forever She goes on forever She's gonna shine forever Like a diamond in the sunlight Big full moon above the road I'm a long long way from tomorrow Gotta light my way down this highway To get to her 'Cause she goes on forever She goes on forever Yeah, she's gonna shine forever Like a diamond in the sunlight Deacons steal and Ma can't feel If you're lonely and behind the wheel When the ground gives way You have to pray to the unknown And hope it's real But she goes on forever She goes on forever Yeah, she's gonna shine forever She goes on forever She goes on forever Yeah, she's gonna shine forever Like a diamond in the sunlight -------- 2002 The Last DJ -------- -------- Lost Children -------- Lord, please watch over all these lost children Born to chase the hurricane Please shine some light down on those who wander Filled with hunger and pain Please raise the wind for all those out sailing On an ocean alone Lord, shine a light on all these lost children Far away from their home Lord, keep an eye on all these lost children Swept away in the wind Please shine some light down on all those traveling Lead them home again -------- 2002 The Last DJ -------- -------- Money Becomes King -------- If you reach back in your memory A little bell might ring About a time that once existed When money wasn't king If you stretch your imagination I'll tell you all a tale About a time when everything Wasn't up for sale There was this cat named Johnny Who loved to play and sing When money wasn't king We'd all get so excited When John would give a show We'd raise the cash between us And down the road we'd go To hear him play that music It spoke right to my soul Every verse a diamond And every chorus gold The sound was my salvation It was only everything Before money became king Well, I ain't sure how it happened And I don't know exactly when But everything got bigger And the rules began to bend And the TV taught the people How to get their hair to shine And how sweet life can be If you keep a tight behind And they raised the cost of living And how could we have known They'd double the price of tickets To go see Johnny's show? So we hocked all our possessions And we sold a little dope And went off to rock and roll We arrived there early In time to see rehearsal And John came out and lip-synched His new lite-beer commercial And as the crowd arrived As far as I could see The faces were all different There was no one there like me They sat in golden circles And waiters served them wine And talked through all the music And to John paid little mind And way up in the nosebleeds We watched upon the screen They'd hung between the billboards So cheaper seats could see Johnny, rocked that golden circle And all those VIP's And that music that had freed us Became a tired routine And I saw his face in close-up Trying to give it all he had And sometimes his eyes betrayed him You could see that he was sad And I tried to rock along with him But I slowly became bored Could that man on stage with everything Somehow need some more? There was no use in pretending No magic left to hear All the music gave me Was a craving for lite-beer As I walked out of the arena My ears began to ring And money became king -------- 2002 The Last DJ -------- -------- The Last DJ -------- [Verse 1] Well, you can't turn him into a company man You can't turn him into a whore And the boys upstairs just don't understand anymore Well, the top brass don't like him talking so much And he won't play what they say to play And he don't want to change what don't need to change [Chorus] And there goes the last DJ Who plays what he wants to play And says what he wants to say Hey, hey, hey And there goes your freedom of choice There goes the last human voice And there goes the last DJ [Verse 2] Well, some folks say they're gonna hang him so high Because you just can't do what he did There's some things you just can't put in the minds of those kids As we celebrate mediocrity all the boys upstairs want to see How much you'll pay for what you used to get for free [Chorus] And there goes the last DJ Who plays what he wants to play And says what he wants to say Hey, hey, hey And there goes your freedom of choice And there goes the last human voice And there goes the last DJ [Bridge] Well, he got him a station down in Mexico And sometimes it will kinda come in And I'll bust a move and remember how it was back then [Chorus] And there goes the last DJ Who plays what he wants to play And says what he wants to say Hey, hey, hey And there goes your freedom of choice There goes the last human voice And there goes the last DJ -------- 2002 The Last DJ -------- -------- The Man Who Loves Women -------- He's the man who loves women Women, women, women He's the man who loves women And falling in love everyday When he sees a senorita It's a sure thing that he'll heed her He's the man who loves women And falling in love everyday But in the morning when she wakes up He'll be far away Keeping his secrets safe Hey hey hey hey But in the morning when she wakes up He'll be far away Keeping his secrets safe Hey hey hey hey Ah ah ah Babe, babe, babe, babe, babe, babe, i love you He's quite prepared to mingle Comes on like he's single He's the man who loves women And falling in love's just his way And one of these days he's going to pay For falling in love everyday Oh stay away, he's the man who loves women (x3) -------- 2002 The Last DJ -------- -------- When A Kid Goes Bad -------- You got a different kind of look in your eye Something about you that I don't recognize These things are talked about in quiet tones I never saw a person so all alone Some mama's crying Some daddy's sad When a kid goes bad Make you wonder What made him mad When a kid goes bad When a kid goes bad Bad Bad When a kid goes bad You're built for innocence, you're built for joy Suddenly evil's all that you enjoy But if you shoot at everyone you see Well, you can't be my friend 'cause you might shoot at me Some mama's crying Some daddy's sad When a kid goes bad Make you wonder What made him mad When a kid goes bad When a kid goes bad Bad Bad When a kid goes bad Somewhere along the way, did we let you down? Did you cry out for help and none was around? Don't try to tell me that you don't know the score Are you so shut down, you can't feel anymore? Some mama's crying Some daddy's sad When a kid goes bad Make you wonder What made him mad When a kid goes bad When a kid goes bad Bad Bad When a kid goes bad -------- 2002 The Last DJ -------- -------- You And Me -------- Take a look At what I got I can't promise You a lot But you and me And the road ahead I can't change You from yourself You gotta want it All that's left Is you and me And the road ahead Wherever that wind might blow Wherever that river rolls You know I will go with you Looking over The mountain's crown The water roars And tumbles down Like you and me And the road ahead Wherever that wind might blow Wherever that river rolls You know I will go with you Just you and me And the road ahead And the road ahead -------- 2006 Highway Companion -------- -------- Ankle Deep -------- Well, they raised that horse to be a jumper He was owned by a Midwest Bible thumper His preacher was a Louisiana drummer Took all winter to get through the summer The fieldhand hit the switch and stumbled Outside the big engine roared and rumbled The stolen horse spooked and tumbled She didn't speak for a week, just kinda mumbled Ankle deep in love Ankle deep in love Ankle deep in love Ankle deep in love He was caught up in a lie he half believed Found her hiding high in the family tree Washed his hands and put her cross his knee She said, "Daddy, you been a mother to me" Ankle deep in love Ankle deep in love Ankle deep in love Ankle deep in love -------- 2006 Highway Companion -------- -------- Big Weekend -------- There's some friends that I know Living in this town And I've come far to see them I'm gonna track 'em down They live in a brick house Painted white and brown Left a tip for the maid And I packed up my guitar Drop my key on the counter Rented a car Gonna hook up with 'em later And go hit the bar I need a big weekend Kick up the dust I need a big weekend If you don't run you rust Well I may shake your hand But I won't know your name The joke in your language Don't come out the same There's times when I'm down and There's nothing to blame (Chorus) I can work I can travel Sleep anywhere Cross every border with nothing to declare You can look back babe But it's best not to stare (Chorus) -------- 2006 Highway Companion -------- -------- Damaged by Love -------- She don't care about time Time gets in her way Fades into the wind Days roll into days She's got nothing to hide And she hides it so well Keeps broken dreams To fix up and sell Damaged by love, damaged by love So young, and damaged by love There's rain on the road And the faithful have gone In a crowd all alone Walking 'round in a song Damaged by love, damaged by love So young, and damaged by love Eyes down at my door And she holds out her hand I love you so deep But you can't understand Damaged by love, damaged by love So young, and damaged by love So young, and damaged by love -------- 2006 Highway Companion -------- -------- Down South -------- [Verse 1] Headed back down South Gonna see my daddy's mistress Gonna buy back her forgivness Pay off every witness One more time down South Sell the family headstones Drag a bag of dry bones Make good on my back loans [Chorus] So if I come to your door Let me sleep on your floor I'll give you all I have and a little more [Verse 2] Sleep late down South Look up my former mentors Live off yankee winters Be a landlord and a renter Create myself down South Impress all the women Pretend I'm Samuel Clemens Wear seersucker and white linens [Chorus] So if I come to your door Let me sleep on your floor I'll give you all I have and a little more [Verse 3] Spanish moss down South Find the heroes of my childhood Who now can do me no good Carve their names in dogwood Chasin' ghosts down South Spirits cross the dead fields Mosquitoes hit the windshield All document remain sealed [Chorus] So if I come to your door Let me sleep on your floor I'll give you all I have and a little more I'll give you all I have and a little more -------- 2006 Highway Companion -------- -------- Flirting with Time -------- A coyote ran across the road On the move without a home A flash of light reminded me of you This could well be your last stand Hold the sunlight in your hand Spread your fingers, feel the sand fall through I've done all I can do, now it's up to you You're flirting with time baby Flirting with time, but maybe Time baby, is catching up with you Shadowmen talk a real good game Every punchline has your name You cried out and no one came to you I've done all I can do, now it's up to you You're flirting with time baby Flirting with time, but maybe Time baby, is catching up with you Should be more to learn from this Can't say I know what it is No difference tween a hit or miss It's true I've done all I can do, now it's up to you You're flirting with time baby Flirting with time, but maybe Time baby, is catching up with you Repeat 2X -------- 2006 Highway Companion -------- -------- Jack -------- You say what you want to Jack, I'm gonna get my baby back Trouble came right away, now you say she's gone to stay Cough it up, hit the street, left without a word to me Oh Oh, you don't know, how that girl could touch my soul You say what you want to Jack, I'm gonna get my baby back Suddenly you know my name, say there's only me to blame It's gonna rain, its gonna shine, gotta stay between the lines Rollin down a lonely road, you say I should let it go Wish you would come on down, if you need I'll come around You say what you want to Jack, I'm gonna get my baby back Used to have a son named Joe, where he gone to I don't know Maybe down in Mexico, livin off of Pattie's door If you give me half a chance, I will make her sing and dance I'm gonna give her all my soul, I'm gonna play her Rock'n Roll You say what you want to Jack, I'm gonna get my baby back You say what you want to jack, I'm gonna get my baby back -------- 2006 Highway Companion -------- -------- Night Driver -------- There's a shadow on the moon tonight I swear I see your face up there with the satellites Looking down from outer space Me, I'm drifting home again Headlights in my eyes Fighting sleep with windows down Worn out from long goodbyes [Chorus] Night driver drifting home again Night driver drifting home again You offered up no history when you blew into town You remain a mystery, no information found I speed dial the judgment call The near miss hits the ground The new king hides behind the throne refusing to be crowned [Chorus] Night driver drifting home again Night driver drifting home again High tide rumbles, PCH My tires losing track Helicopter circling, wiping overhead Now I sit and count the days and try to fill my time There's a shadow on the moon tonight The dollar gets a dime [Chorus] Night driver drifting home again Night driver drifting home again -------- 2006 Highway Companion -------- -------- Saving Grace -------- [Verse 1] I'm passing sleeping cities Fading by degrees Not believing all I see to be so I'm flying over backyards Country homes and ranches Watching life between the branches below [Chorus] And it's hard to say Who you are these days But you run on anyway Don't you, baby? You keep running for another place To find that saving grace [Verse 2] I'm moving on alone Over ground that no one owns Past statues that atone for my sins There's a guard on every door And a drink on every floor Overflowing with a thousand amens [Chorus] And it's hard to say Who you are these days But you run on anyway Don't you, baby? You keep running for another place To find that saving grace Don't you, baby? (Oh) [Verse 3] You're rolling up the carpet Of your father's two-room mansion No headroom for expansion no more And there's a corner of the floor They're telling you it's your's You're confident but not really sure [Chorus] And it's hard to say Who you are these days But you run on anyway Don't you, baby? You keep running for another place To find that saving grace Don't you, baby? You keep running for another place To find that saving grace Don't you, baby? -------- 2006 Highway Companion -------- -------- Square One -------- [Verse 1] Had to find some higher ground Had some fear to get around You can't say what you don't know Later on won't work no more Last time through, I hid my tracks So well I could not get back Yeah, my way was hard to find Can't sell your soul for peace of mind [Chorus] Square one, my slate is clear Rest your head on me my dear It took a world of trouble, it took a world of tears It took a long time to get back here [Bridge] Try so hard to stand alone Struggle to see past my nose Always had more dogs than bones I could never wear those clothes It's a dark victory You won and you also lost Told her you were satisfied But it never came across [Chorus] Square one, my slate is clear Rest your head on me my dear It took a world of trouble, it took a world of tears It took a long time to get back here [Chorus] Square one, my slate is clear Rest your head on me my dear It took a world of trouble, it took a world of tears It took a long time to get back here Square one, my slate is clear Rest your head on me my dear It took a world of trouble, it took a world of tears It took a long time to get back here -------- 2006 Highway Companion -------- -------- The Golden Rose -------- Well, The Golden Rose sailed with a broken man Going South Got on board with a woman to lead him around By the mouth And it's goodbye, Golden Rose Yeah, it's goodbye, Golden Rose Well, the captain who swears if he speaks at all Wears a gun Got a first mate who's never quite on the ball For his son And it's goodbye, Golden Rose Yeah, it's goodbye, Golden Rose Wish I was back in her arms again Wish I was holding her tight Wish I was back in her arms again Safe from the night She stood on the shore and she waved to me "Come back home" Many a-night I would think of her All alone And it's goodbye, Golden Rose Yeah, it's goodbye, Golden Rose -------- 2006 Highway Companion -------- -------- This Old Town -------- Living free is gaining on me Can't keep ahead of my dreams My relief turned out a thief Smooth as rocks in the stream [Chorus] This old town is a sad affair You be glad you're not there It ties your hands, it spikes your drink I'd say more, but I can't think Lazy Jim took a bottle with him Tried to flag down a train Left a note, couldn't read what he wrote A light came on in my brain [Chorus] This old town is a sad affair You be glad you're not there It ties your hands, it spikes your drink I'd say more, but I can't think The hills are gold Mornings are cold Don't know a soul on the street I keep to myself like everyone else Nobody says much to me Go to bed, fight thoughts in my head In the time between wake and sleep Rats to kill, contracts to fill It's on ice, but it won't keep [Chorus] This old town is a sad affair You be glad you're not there It ties your hands, it spikes your drink I'd say more, but I can't think This old town is a sad affair You be glad you're not there It ties your hands, it spikes your drink I'd say more, but I can't think -------- 2006 Highway Companion -------- -------- Turn This Car Around -------- Save a dream for me Words hang in the air Her demons take the dare Above the lonely feather circles to the ground The house don't make a sound Turn this car around (x2) I'm goin back Green and gray and auburn Gliding down the sky The devil winks an eye A figure in the doorway Shouldering the blame This ain't without a name Turn this car around (x2) I'm goin back (x2) Yeah! Hey! The king and queen are loaded Falling off to sleep The ground begins to creep Rockets in the tail lights Red burns into night Rolling out of sight Turn this car around (x2) I'm goin back Turn this car around (x2) I'm goin back -------- 2008 Mudcrutch -------- -------- Bootleg Flyer -------- I'm a bootleg flyer, and I work alone I'm a radar hider, turn your head and I'm gone Gonna set her down easy on a dirt road. I'm gonna land her on sand. Moonshine on the Redwood Forest with money across my hand I'm a bootleg flyer, oh oh oh I'm a bootleg flyer, cargo in the back I'm a tree-top glider, I never leave the track Thrown over napalm, I've flown under fire and I go rain or sun In a world where no one knows me, I'm a motherless son I'm a bootleg flyer, oh oh I'm a bootleg flyer, and I work alone I got wings for hire, drop my load and I'm gone I'm a bootleg flyer and I work alone I'm a tree-top glider. Drop my load and I'm gone -------- 2008 Mudcrutch -------- -------- Crystal River -------- [Verse 1] Crystal river Got a woman on the other side Crystal river Got a woman on the other side [Chorus] And nothin' can touch me here Nothin' can touch me here Nothin' can touch me here On crystal river [Verse 2] I love her I swear by the diamond sky I love her I swear by the diamond sky [Chorus] And nothin' can touch me here And nothin' can touch me here And nothin' can touch me here On crystal river [Verse 3] I'm dreamin' Dreamin' where the water's wide Crystal river Got a woman on the other side [Chorus] And nothin' can touch me here Nothin' can touch me here No, nothin' can touch me here On crystal river [Verse 4] She's sleeping Sleeping by the waterside She's sleeping Out there on that bank she lies [Chorus] And nothin' can touch me here Nothin' can touch me here No, nothin' can touch me here On crystal river -------- 2008 Mudcrutch -------- -------- House Of Stone -------- That woman Lives in a house of stone You better not cuss You better not roam She'll put you out On your ass all alone That woman Lives in a house of stone Fair lady Give a drunkard a chance Got a brand new suit I got two pair of pants Easy on the eyes And I love to dance I could dance right now If you give me the chance I'm waiting for a man But he hasn't shown I'm on the corner freezing Through my bones Give me one more week I'll make good that loan To that woman Up in that house of stone The deacons in her church Say to leave me alone They say my brain Is in the twilight zone And maybe I sin But I ain't high tone I'm after that girl In that house of stone I'm after that girl In that house of stone -------- 2008 Mudcrutch -------- -------- June Apple -------- Wish I was a June apple Hanging on a tree Every time my true love pass Take a bite of me Take a bite of me my love Take a bite of me Every time my true love pass Take a bite of me You ride the old grey mare I'll ride the roan You get there before I do Leave my gal alone Train on the island Heard that whistle blow Thought I heard my true love say Yonder comes my beau Going 'cross the mountain I'm going in a swing And when I get to the other side I'll hear my true love sing Don't you hear that banjo sing I wish that gal was mine Can't you hear that banjo sing I wish that gal was mine Charlie he's a nice young man Charlie he's a dandy Charlie he's a nice young man Feeds the girls on candy Goin' down to the river to feed my sheep Going down to the river Charlie Going down to the river to feed my sheep Feed them on Barley -------- 2008 Mudcrutch -------- -------- Lover Of The Bayou -------- Catfish pie in gris gris bag I'm the lover of the bayou Pack your doorstep with a half wet rag I'm the lover of the bayou I was raised and swam with the crocodile Snake-eye taught me the Mojo style Sucked and weaned on chicken bile I'm the lover of the bayou I learned the key to the master lock Learned to float in the water clock Learned to capture the lightning shock I'm the lover of the bayou And I got cat's an' teeth and hair for sale I'm the lover of the bayou And there are zombies on your tail I'm the lover of the bayou I cooked a bat in a gumbo pan I drank the blood from a rusty can Turned me into the Hunger Man I'm the lover of the bayou, yeah -------- 2008 Mudcrutch -------- -------- Oh Maria -------- Oh Maria Hey Maria with your kind eyes Laugh through the day time. Night comes, she cries I am just a rider on this rough road Driving some smoke up from old Mexico Oh Maria, whiskey and rye. Walking up the stairs with a man twice her size If I had money, I'd buy her a rose. Dress her in gold from her head to her toes Yeah Maria sparkles like sunlight on a lake. Every time she passes by, it's all that I can take. Maria, oh oh oh. Maria, oh oh oh Oh Maria stays out of the sun. Waits for the rain to fall down on her tongue. Hey Maria, give me a smile. Let me come over and stay for awhile Yeah Maria sparkles like sunshine on a lake. Every time she passes by, it's all that I can take. Maria, oh oh oh. Maria, oh oh oh Maria, oh oh oh. Maria, oh oh oh Yeah Maria, send me a smile. Let me come over and stay for awhile -------- 2008 Mudcrutch -------- -------- Orphan Of The Storm -------- An orphan of the storm She moved to Houston To live below That copper colored sky Louisiana girl Born into losing The skyline of the city Made her cry (Chorus) So lord send me down A fallen angel With a miracle to perform And I ain't the kind Who gives up But I'm so tired of rain Lord I'm just an Orphan of the storm She'd lived there before When she was using Now she's standing on The same old street again Yeah that hurricane It blew her back to Houston Had to give into The devil's howling wind (Chorus) --- Now somewhere down the line There must be salvation She thought it through 20 years ago But sin spoke A constant invitation It was in her veins And wouldn't let her go (Chorus 2x) -------- 2008 Mudcrutch -------- -------- Queen Of The Go-Go Girls -------- Darlin' you know I'm leavin' in the mornin' And it's true I might not be comin' back But you don't need to go into mournin' Because for love you will never lack 'Cause you're the Queen of the Go-Go Girls You're laughin' while you work But I don't ever seem to get the joke You're smilin' at all the guys In the shadows where they lurk Gazing through their cigarette smoke Well I've had a good time hangin' with you baby In your fantasy world I've learned a lot And I can't say that I won't miss you baby And all the royal treatment that I got Well, I guess I'll be goin' now I'm leavin' But I won't forget the way you treated me Don't give me too much of that cryin' I know you'll be happy that you're free 'Cause you're the Queen of the Go-Go Girls You're laughin' while you work But I don't really see what's so funny You're smilin' at all the guys In the shadows where they lurk So I'll just have to see you later honey Yeah you're smilin' at all the guys In the shadows where they lurk So I'll just have to see you later honey -------- 2008 Mudcrutch -------- -------- Scare Easy -------- My love's an ocean, you better not cross it Yeah, I've been the distance and I need some rest Yeah, I had somebody once and damn if I lost her I've been running like a man possessed [Chorus] I don't scare easy Don't fall apart when I'm under the gun You can break my heart and I ain't gonna run I don't scare easy for no one [Verse 2] Yeah, I'm a loser at the top of my game I should've known to keep an eye on you Now I got a sky that ain't never the same Yeah, I got a dream that don't ever come true [Chorus] I don't scare easy Don't fall apart when I'm under the gun You can break my heart and I ain't gonna run I don't scare easy for no one [Verse 3] Sun going down on a canyon wall I got a soul that ain't never been blessed Yeah, and I'm a shadow at the back of the hall Yeah, I got a sin I ain't never confessed [Chorus] I don't scare easy Don't fall apart when I'm under the gun You can break my heart and I ain't gonna run I don't scare easy for no one I don't scare easy Don't fall apart when I'm under the gun You can break my heart and I ain't gonna run I don't scare easy for no one -------- 2008 Mudcrutch -------- -------- Shady Grove -------- Shady Grove, my little love Shady Grove, I say Shady Grove, my little love I'm bound to go away Cheeks as red as blooming rose And eyes are the prettiest brown She's the darling of my heart Sweetest lil' girl in town I wish I had a big fine horse And corn to feed him on And Shady Grove to stay at home And feed him while I'm gone Went to see my Shady Grove Standing in the door Her shoes and stockin's in her hand And her little bare feet on the door When I was a little boy I wanted a Barlow knife Now I want little Shady Grove To say she'll be my wife (Chorus) -------- 2008 Mudcrutch -------- -------- Six Days On The Road -------- Well, I pulled out of Pittsburgh I'm rollin' down the Eastern Seaboard I've got my diesel wound up She's running like she never did before There's a speed zone ahead, all right I don't see a cop in sight Six days on the road and I'm gonna see my baby tonight I've got ten forward gears And a Georgiea overdrive I'm taking little white pills My eyes are open wide Well I just passed a 'Jimmy' and a 'White I've been passin' everything in sight Six days on the road and I'm gonna see my baby tonight Well it seems like a month Since I kissed my baby good-bye Could have a lot of women But I'm not like some other guys I could find one to hold me tight But I could never believe it's right Six days on the road and I'm gonna see my baby tonight Well the I.C.C. is checking down the line I'm a little overweight and my log's three days behind But nothing bothers me tonight I can dodge them scales all right Six days on the road and I'm gonna see my baby tonight Well my rig's a little old That don't mean she's slow And the smoke's rolling black as coal Well my hometown's coming in sight If you think I'm happy you're right Six days on the road and I'm gonna see my baby tonight Six days on the road and I'm gonna see my baby tonight Six days on the road and I'm gonna see my baby tonight -------- 2008 Mudcrutch -------- -------- The Wrong Thing To Do -------- Well, my daddy took me campin' Out under the stars Left me by the fire While he hit the bars And I broke my finger On a trailer hitch Mamma called daddy That son of a bitch, alright Well a hundred miles to go You draggin' your ass I'm in a Japanese car That ain't gonna last And you forever drivin' On the wrong side of the road Wearing dungarees That your mother stole (Chorus) Well my mamma loved me But my daddy don't I'm tryin' to work it all out But I probably won't I got a woman waiting At the top of the stairs It's the wrong thing to do But I don't care --- Well she was blond and tall She was 23 Born into the world To get the best of me And she never paid back Half what she stole She wanted my money So I gave her my soul (Chorus) --- Well I was flying half mast On the 4th of July In a bar in Lake City With a western tie And I was thinkin' hard About changin' my name And headed for Miami When the daylight came (Chorus) -------- 2008 Mudcrutch -------- -------- This Is A Good Street -------- This is a good street We never walked it You never held my hand as we crossed it We never stopped along here to light a cigarette This is a good street This is a good house It wasn't our home It never scuffed you here on this threshold I never waited for you by the window This is a good house This is a good room You never slept here You can't betray the faith that is kept here And then no more tears will be wept here This is a good room This is a good bed, we never laid here You can't erase the love that was made here And a love that's love will not fade here This is a good bed This is a good heart and you can't take it You can bend it, bruise it and shake it But no my dear you can't break it This is good heart This is a good bed This is a good room This a good house This is a good street This is a good street This is a good street -------- 2008 Mudcrutch -------- -------- Topanga Cowgirl -------- I see her riding, see her riding every day I see her riding, see her riding every day Well, she's my Topanga Cowgirl Comes at sunset every day Pacific Ocean between the rocks and the sky Pacific Ocean between the rocks and the sky And my Topanga Cowgirl waves her hand as she rides by It's Golden Hour for the shoot-down on the sand It's Golden Hour for the shoot-down on the sand Yes, and my Topanga Cowgirl holds the reins in her right hand My Topanga Cowgirl My Topanga Cowgirl -------- 2010 Mojo -------- -------- Candy -------- I sure like that candy I don't go for them turnip greens I sure like that candy I don't go for them turnip greens So when you put it on the table Oh mama think about me Well I don't drink Coca Cola But I sure like the old moonshine Well I don't drink Coca Cola But I sure like the old moonshine Yeah we drink it from a fruit jar With my little baby by my side Well I don't much like walking But I love my Eldorado ride I ain't never cared a thing about walking But I love my Eldorado ride Yeah we run it round the cornfield With my little baby by my side (Chorus) -------- 2010 Mojo -------- -------- Don't Pull Me Over -------- [Verse 1] Don't pull me over, Mr. Policeman Don't pull me over, Mr. Policeman [Chorus] And what I've got to do don't hurt anyone And where I've got to go won't hurt anyone [Verse 2] Don't pull me over, I've got mouths to feed Don't pull me over, they depend on me [Chorus] What I've got to say won't hurt anyone What I've got to do won't hurt anyone [Bridge] When the moonlight turns to blue light Makes me so afraid Let me go, leave me alone Until I'm home and safe [Instrumental] [Verse 3] Don't pull me over, let me pass on by Don't pull me over, should be legalized [Outro] Don't pull me over, Mr. Policeman Don't pull me over, Mr. Policeman Please, please Mr. Policeman Please, please Mr. Policeman -------- 2010 Mojo -------- -------- First Flash Of Freedom -------- [Verse 1] On our first flash of freedom I called out your name Love, it is hard, like an overdue train We felt so much more Than our hearts could explain On our first flash of freedom [Verse 2] A fistful of glory, a suitcase of sin The language you dream in When you count to ten You go to the edge And you always give in On your first flash of freedom [Verse 3] Down every canyon and mountain we fall We laugh at our shadows Tall on the wall Your brain is so full But you can't keep it all On your first flash of freedom [Verse 4] Across ancient bridges Through a town with no name Across painted hills That no rich man can claim Run the wild mustangs That nothing could tame On your first flash of freedom On your first flash of freedom -------- 2010 Mojo -------- -------- Good Enough -------- [Verse 1] She was hell on her mama Impossible to please She wore out her daddy Got the best of me And there's something about her That only I can see And that's good enough [Verse 2] You're barefoot in the grass And you're chewing sugarcane You got a little buzz on You're kissing in the rain And if a day like this Don't ever come again Well that's good enough [Chorus] Good enough for me Good enough for right now (yeah) Good enough for me Good enough for right now (yeah) (Instrumental interlude) [Verse 3] God bless this land God bless this whiskey I can't trust love It's far too risky If she marries into money She's still going to miss me And that's good enough Gonna have to be good enough (instrumental) -------- 2010 Mojo -------- -------- High In The Morning -------- Boy that bottle belongs to the devil Better leave it on the shelf Could be the old man wants it for himself (Chorus) Boy that woman belongs to the captain Better let her go her way Before the captain got something to say (Chorus) Boy that power belongs to the devil Better leave that power alone Could be the devil gonna want it for his own Well it hurts my heart to see a young man fall Hurt me to my bones To see him high in the morning and by evening See him gone To see him high in the morning and by evening See him gone -------- 2010 Mojo -------- -------- I Should Have Known It -------- [Verse 1] I shoulda known it, I shoulda seen Leave it to you to treat me mean Every promise was just a runaround I shoulda known it, yeah, you're gonna let me down [Chorus] Well, it's over now, you see That's the last time you're gonna hurt me [Verse 2] I shoulda known it, hard to believe It was all right there in front of me Sold down the river, left for dead Yeah, you're putting ideas in another man's head [Chorus] Well, it's over now, you see That's the last time you're gonna hurt me [Bridge] Thanks for nothing, yeah, thanks a lot Go ahead, baby, take all I got [Chorus] And it's over now, ya see That's the last time you're gonna hurt me Yeah [Outro] That's the last time you're gonna hurt me -------- 2010 Mojo -------- -------- Jefferson Jericho Blues -------- Well poor Tom Jefferson, he loved the little maid out back Midnight creeping out to the servant's shack Kept a secret under the bed wrapped in a burlap sack Well, I drove all day and night out to Jericho But in my second mind, I knew it was time to go Yeah and I still get nervous every time that bugle blows Well she ain't no good for me, but I just can't let go If I sit here thinking, my thoughts will overflow And I can't keep from crying, can't keep time from moving slow -------- 2010 Mojo -------- -------- Let Yourself Go -------- [Verse 1] Rain on the river, I'm soaking wet Waiting on a friend who ain't come yet And he might not get here for three or four days Got to make a little bit go a long way [Verse 2] I've got a blond-headed woman who likes to come around Cute little hippy girl lives in town Brings a bag of records and she plays 'em 'til dawn Give me little loving then she got to go home [Chorus] When times are hard When you start feeling low Let yourself go When the river's rising And the world feels cold Let yourself go Let yourself go [Verse 3] I got a 442 sittin' in the sun Well it'd been ten years since she used to run Man, she was a beauty in '69 But there ain't no more coming down the line [Chorus] When times are hard And you start feeling low Let yourself go When the river's rising And your world feels cold Let yourself go Honey, let yourself go Let yourself go -------- 2010 Mojo -------- -------- Lover's Touch -------- Oh my love, give me chills and fever Send a signal to my receiver Hard living killing me I need that woman set me free And I want her I want her so much 'Cause she got the lover's touch Feel sold out Water getting higher Living on the shoreline Staring at the fire (Chorus) I hear her voice When I'm all alone Gives me comfort So soft and low (Chorus) -------- 2010 Mojo -------- -------- No Reason To Cry -------- All I'm wanting is to see you And to hold you once again And see the sun color your hair And see the tall grass blow in the wind Overcome me, bitter sweetness Put me under a magic spell Overcome me, all my sadness Lead me on and wish me well There's no reason to cry There's no reason to cry It's alright So overtake me, my sweet lover Let me kiss your honey lips Could be the only thing that's real Could be when you get sad your memory slips (Chorus) -------- 2010 Mojo -------- -------- Running Man's Bible -------- You're with me tonight on this dark highway We've run it together so many times We've run it for money, we've run it for music We've run it to pay for our innocent crimes I took on my father and I'm still walking Took on all comers in some shape or form And I see with the eyes of something wounded Something still standing after the storm Here's one to glory and survival And staying alive It's the running man's bible I been next in line, I been next to nothing Been next to bystanders who should have said something It was not in my vision, it was not in my mind To return from a mission a man left behind Here's one to glory and survival And staying alive It's the running man's bible I don't speak of the times I've nearly died I don't speak of outlasting those who are gone Or the things I've done I care not to remember Or the desperate measures that might have been wrong Honey, here's one to glory, here's to bad weather And all the hard things we've been through together Here's to the golden rule and survival And to staying alive, it's the running man's bible Here's one to glory and survival And staying alive It's the running man's bible -------- 2010 Mojo -------- -------- Something Good Coming -------- I'm watching the water Watching the coast Suddenly I know What I want the most And I want to tell you Still I hold back I need some time Get my life on track I know that look on your face But there's something lucky about this place And there's something good coming For you and me Something good coming There has to be And I'm thinking about mama And about the kids And the way we lived And the things we did How she never had a chance Never caught a break And how we pay for our big mistakes I know so well the look on your face And there's something lucky about this place There's something good coming Just over the hill Something good coming I know it will And I'm in for the long run Wherever it goes Riding the river Wherever it goes And I'm an honest man Work's all I know You take that away Don't know where to go And I know that look that's on your face There's something lucky about this place There's something good coming For you and me Something good coming There has to be -------- 2010 Mojo -------- -------- Takin' My Time -------- Taking my time I'm slowing down a little bit Taking my time Slowing down a little bit Yeah when I was a young boy Honey, my fuse was lit Yeah when I was a young boy Honey, my fuse was lit Losing my way To something stronger than me Losing my way To something stronger than me Scares me to think about What's on the road after me Yeah it scares me to think about What's on the road after me -------- 2010 Mojo -------- -------- The Trip To Pirate's Cove -------- I took my few belongings We headed out to Pirate's Cove In my buddy's old Defender We ran until the gas got low We were flying close to heaven Everything was starting to glow Driving into sunset Rolling 'cause we had to roll I think he was a preacher But lord I can't recall his name He was running out of wind But talking to me just the same He said five I'll get you ten But boy you've got to stay in the game Yeah you got to let it ride Or you've only got yourself to blame We lost a wheel in Santa Cruz So we partied with some motel maids My friend said I don't like mine So what do you say we trade She was a part of my heart Now she's just a line in my face They let us go with a warning Said we'd book you, but we don't have a case My friend said take her with you To leave her here would be a crime But let's get outta Santa Cruz All i got is a Canadian dime I got a friend in Mendocino And it's gettin' close to harvest time And she was kinda cute If a little past her prime On the trip to Pirate's Cove (x2) Driving into sunset Driving into sunset -------- 2010 Mojo -------- -------- U.S. 41 -------- My daddy came a-marching Over the hill at dawn Had to make that wage, man That's how we got along My daddy's life was working Working all day long Put food on the table And the children sang a song Yes, the children sang a song My grandad's name was Parkwood Wore a coat of green Took a wife in '31 Drove the big machine My daddy load the lumber Put it on the truck Used to see him walking home on U.S. 41 That's right, U.S. 41 All my life's been working Out the door and gone Got to make that overtime Keep us moving on Need a drink of water To get out of the sun Burning up to make that wage on U.S. 41 That's right, U.S. 41 The boss man owns the business Keeps it going strong Blowing like a hurricane And work like nothing's wrong We got to keep on moving Until the bell gon' ring Fill her up with kerosene And let that lady sing Whoa now, let that lady sing His given name was Lucky His wife's name Annie Brown Run outside the law And they chased him right on down Lucky faced the lawman The captain drew his gun They cut him with a sling blade On U.S. 41 That's right, U.S. 41 -------- 2014 Hypnotic Eye -------- -------- All You Can Carry -------- I saw a ghost by the road tonight And then my mind ran away with me I had a vision in the changing light Something saying that it's time to leave Take what you can, all you can carry Take what you can and leave the past behind Take what you can, all you can carry Take what you can and leave the past behind We gotta run I saw the flames come across the ridge Falling ashes in the northern wind You and I have burned every bridge And now we've got to save our souls again Take what you can, all you can carry Take what you can and leave the past behind Take what you can, all you can carry Take what you can and leave the past behind We gotta run There's something moving in the dark outside I gotta face it when it hits the light No one can say I didn't have your side No one can say I left without a fight Take what you can, all you can carry Take what you can and leave the past behind Take what you can, all you can carry Take what you can and leave the past behind We gotta run -------- 2014 Hypnotic Eye -------- -------- American Dream Plan B -------- [Verse 1] I'm gon' make my way through this world someday I don't care what nobody say American dream, political scheme I'm gon' find out for myself someday But I'm half-lit, I can't dance for shit But I see what I want, I go after it And my girl's alright, treats me nice Sayin' nothin', but a woman puts out that light [Chorus] I got a dream, I'm gonna fight 'til I get it I got a dream, I'm gonna fight 'til I get it right 'Til I get it right [Verse 2] Oh well, my baby no doubt dreams further out Makin' moves to get us someway someday Well, my honey don't trip, shoots from the hip Tell me everything gon' be OK [Chorus] I got a dream, I'm gonna fight 'til I get it I got a dream, I'm gonna fight 'til I get it right 'Til I get it right [Bridge] Well, my mama's so sad, daddy's just mad 'Cause I ain't gon' have the chance he had My success is anybody's guess But like a fool, I'm bettin' on happiness [Chorus] I got a dream, I'm gonna fight 'til I get it I got a dream, I'm gonna fight 'til I get it right Got a dream, I'm gonna fight 'til I get it I got a dream, I'm gonna fight 'til I get it right 'Til I get it right -------- 2014 Hypnotic Eye -------- -------- Burnt Out Town -------- Yeah! I was walking down the street the other day A woman stopped me She said: why are you looking so down in the mouth? And I told her This is a burnt out town It's full of dirty looks There's ashes on Main Street And the mayor is cooking the books Even my best friends Are turning into crooks Yeah this is the burnt out town New Emperor, same clothes They dancing on glass ceilings While the filthy money flows Yes and here I am stealing gas, with a garden hose Yeah! Take that, honey! This is a burnt out town The city fathers have come to blows It's out of their realm of reality The truth's indecent when exposed Yeah, it's the burnt out town It's going down but no one knows Yeah, it's the burnt out town Ain't dead but getting close -------- 2014 Hypnotic Eye -------- -------- Fault Lines -------- See those fault lines Lay down like land mines It's hard to relax A promise broken The ground breaks open Love falls through the cracks And I've got a few of my own I've got a few of my own fault lines Running under my life Running under my life I'm alone here I play the odds, dear I go where I please Down the road A man I know might not be me And I've got a few of my own I've got a few of my own fault lines Running under my life Running under my life On the high-wire, above the wildfire An odd acrobat On faulty cable, still he's able Not to fall flat And I've got a few of my own I've got a few of my own fault lines Running under my life Running under my life -------- 2014 Hypnotic Eye -------- -------- Forgotten Man -------- Well I feel like a forgotten man I understand the dark When it hangs upon the water When the wolves and dogs all bark Well I feel like a forgotten man I feel like a forgotten man Well I feel like a four letter word I know what few can do How angry words can pierce the heart How a soul can sink so low I feel like a forgotten man yes I feel like a forgotten man Well I feel like I'm forever damned Since our love is gone No lust, no rage, no wicked thoughts Just pain, that lingers on I feel like a forgotten man I feel like a forgotten man yes I feel like a forgotten man -------- 2014 Hypnotic Eye -------- -------- Full Grown Boy -------- I like to move on sure and easy Like a cat creeps through the grass And the full moon seems to know me 'Cause I've found myself at last And I'm a full-grown boy And there's laughter on the hillside From voices far away How am I gonna tell her that I love her? When this might not be the day And I'm a full-grown boy Hey, my mind floats away Yeah, and I'm changing every day Can you see her in the firelight Hear how soft and low she sings How am I gonna tell her that I love her? When words don't mean a thing And I'm a full-grown boy -------- 2014 Hypnotic Eye -------- -------- Power Drunk -------- Who's gonna come and take this badass down? Who's gonna come burn this other playhouse down? Can you see me against the sun Crying out to reach someone He's power drunk Yeah, look at his eyes Better sober up It's the truth within him makes a good man rise God protect us from the thoughts in some men's minds God protect us from the pain he leaves behind Now you see him against the sky Believing in his own lies And he's power drunk Yeah, look at his eyes Better sober up It's the truth within him makes a good man rise [Guitar Interlude] Pin on a badge and a man begins to change Starts believing that there's nothing out of his range You and I are left in the wind In the wake of a rich man's sin And he's power drunk Yeah, look at his eyes Better sober up It's the truth within him makes a good man rise Make a good man rise -------- 2014 Hypnotic Eye -------- -------- Red River -------- She's got a 3D Jesus in a picture frame Got a child she never named She shakes a snake above her hair Talks in tongues when there's no one there So meet me tonight by the Red River Where the water is clear and cold Meet me tonight by the Red River And look down into your soul Look down into your soul She's got a rosary and a rabbit's foot A black cat bone that keeps her good A tiger tooth and a gris-gris stick Still it don't do the trick So meet me tonight by the Red River Where the water is clear and cold Meet me tonight by the Red River And look down into your soul Look down into your soul I'm gonna walk her down to Gypsytown Find the spirit queen I've seen around Paint her body up in mud and clay Let the river wash it all away So meet me tonight by the Red River Where the water is clear and cold Meet me tonight by the Red River And look down into your soul Look down into your soul Look down into your soul -------- 2014 Hypnotic Eye -------- -------- Shadow People -------- Shadow people, what's in their head? In the car next to you, when the light turns red Could be thinking of love, might be thinking of hate I guess it pretty much could go either way Shadow people, in shadow land That one's thinking of great art And eloquent words That one's strapped on a gun And joined up with the herd That one's saving up water Got some food stored away For the war that is coming on the judgment day Shadow people, in shadow land And this one carries a gun for the USA He's a 21st Century man And he's scary as hell 'Cause when he's afraid He'll destroy everything he don't understand Well I ain't on the left And I ain't on the right I ain't even sure I got a dog in this fight In my time of need In my time of grief I feel like a shadow's falling over me Like shadow people, in shadow land Shadow people, in shadow land Waiting for the sun to be straight overhead 'Til we ain't got no shadow at all -------- 2014 Hypnotic Eye -------- -------- Sins Of My Youth -------- You will find no wicked way in me Look me over, you will see You will find no weary change I'm worn and wounded, but still the same Oh, let me tell you the truth I love you more, than the sins of my youth When the past gets up in your face Memories slide out of place All those things that were hidden away Ain't so bad in the light of day Oh, let me tell you the truth I love you more, than the sins of my youth You say you love me, wish you liked me more I'm no angel, that's for sure Said you forgive me each time I was caught But you still paint me as something I'm not Oh, let me tell you the truth I love you more, than the sins of my youth I love you more, than the sins of my youth -------- 2014 Hypnotic Eye -------- -------- U Get Me High -------- I remember feeling like this I think it was as a child Inspiration at my fingertips Imagination running wild Ohhh ohhh, you get me high You get me high You give me something so deep You get me high I remember feeling this way You can lose it without knowing You wake up and you don't know which way The wind is blowing Ohhh ohhh, you get me high You get me high You give me something so deep You get me high I ain't afraid of what people say Ain't afraid of the great deception Every bad dream comes my way Turned to smoke on closer inspection Ohhh ohhh, you get me high You get me high You give me something so deep You get me high You get me high You get me high You give me something so deep You get me high -------- 2016 Mudcrutch 2 -------- -------- Beautiful Blue -------- The shadows from the footlights made you fifty foot tall I watched you as the music bounced around the hall You called me in the morning and sent your car for me I stumbled as I kissed you dropping ashes in your tea I wanna wrap you up in a beautiful blue I wanna wrap you up in a beautiful blue Oh, I wanna wrap you up in a beautiful blue I do, I do Around you there's a color A shade unlike the rest You're laughing and you're easy The way I know you best (Chorus) Gonna move outside the city I know some friends out there In a tree with painted bottles Watch the sun dance on your hair (Chorus x2) -------- 2016 Mudcrutch 2 -------- -------- Beautiful World -------- Woke up this morning I was thinking about it I was thinking about a life Yeah the one that we're livin' And the one that we're given And the things that turn out right Like the stars above me And the sun that's shining I don't always understand But with you beside me And the love to guide me I guess I'll make my stand It's a beautiful world So hold me tight I had to fight Every day of my life It's a beautiful world Take it for granted That I'm off to the ocean Floating around the sea So much before me And there's so much behind me In this world of mystery (Chorus) Many a man has been broken Feeling what I feel for you Many a promise been spoken Over youuu...over youuuu... Over youuu...over youuuu... Woke up this morning I was thinking about it I was thinking about the life Yeah the one that we're livin' And the one that we're given And the things that turn out right (Chorus) So hold me tight I had to fight every day of my life It's a beautiful world -------- 2016 Mudcrutch 2 -------- -------- Dreams of Flying -------- [Verse 1] See the bright lights of Memphis I got a friend, lives down there [Pre-Chorus] And I don't know If I'll go back again Givin' up is like dying [Chorus] I get dreams of flying... I get dreams of flying... [Verse 2] What ya do lies behind us Better roll your window down [Pre-Chorus] And let it go Crashing down the road Truth is it ain't worth lying [Chorus] I get dreams of flying... I get dreams of flying... [Verse 3] Got a diamond on my finger Got a sapphire through my ear [Pre-Chorus] And for all I know I might go back again See what's in there hiding... [Chorus] I get dreams of flying... Oh, I get dreams of flying... [Chorus] Yeah, I get dreams of flying... Oh, I get dreams of flying... Oh -------- 2016 Mudcrutch 2 -------- -------- Hope -------- You gimme hope You give me violins You set me free You forgive my sins And one day I'll Pay you back For showing me The world ain't bla-a-ack You give me hope You help me even out Without tryin' You take away my doubt I know, I gotta friend When I'm lost in the wi-i-ind YEAH!....OH! You give me hope That there's another side You give me dreams You gimme back my pride One day I'll Pay you back For showing me The world ain't bla-a-ack YEAH (ya gimme hope) YEEEAH (ya gimme hope) And I need it... Oh and I need it... (ya gimme hope) (ya gimme hope) Owwww! -------- 2016 Mudcrutch 2 -------- -------- Hungry No More -------- [Verse 1] Won't be there when winter comes I ain't holding out my hands Over a fire in a can, over a fire in a can Goliath was tall, King David was small You can't live on nothin' at all You can't live on nothin' at all [Chorus] And I ain't gon' be hungry no more No, I ain't gon' be hungry no more [Verse 2] This town broke my heart, and then just carried on Like nothin' happened at all Like nothin' happened at all [Chorus] And I ain't gon' be hungry no more No, I ain't gon' be hungry no more [Bridge] Nobody cry for me, ain't nothin' to it now The world will turn somehow The world will turn somehow [Chorus] And I ain't gon' be hungry no more No, I ain't gon' be hungry no more No more -------- 2016 Mudcrutch 2 -------- -------- I Forgive It All -------- [Verse 1] Take my horse down to the water, let him graze awhile Take my horse down to the water, let him graze awhile I have not been down these roads since I was a child I ain't broke and I ain't hungry, but I'm close enough to care I ain't broke and I ain't hungry, but I'm close enough to care Send my things to my niece, Laura, she'll keep 'em for me there [Chorus] I forgive it all, I forgive it all With her, I forgive it all [Verse 2] There ain't no money in this deal, I just tag along There ain't no money in this deal, I just tag along Some things I feel right, somebody else thinks wrong [Chorus] I forgive it all, I forgive it all With her, I forgive it all [Verse 3] People are what people make em', and that ain't gonna change People are what people make 'em, and that ain't gonna change There ain't nothing you can do, nothing you could rearrange [Chorus] But I forgive it all, I forgive it all With her, I forgive it all With her, I forgive it all -------- 2016 Mudcrutch 2 -------- -------- Save Your Water -------- Well you're right that no one informed ya' I guess I should have warned ya', it's all a contest And you said they all wanted to hide ya' But when they got deep inside ya', it's a big mess And you know me better now and you see I'm in the middle And you don't know why or how but you sold me down your river And I'm just plain old sandwiched in between So save your water woman I won't drink out of your stream Well the shouts of a thousand disciples and the brass Winchester rifles, brought the house down And I know that I don't concern you, but life's got a way it can burn you, ya' lose the high ground (Chorus) You're a match that I have burned, you're a page that I have turned, and you know the rest And I'd never steal your water, it was your whining boss-man's daughter, your half-brother confessed (Chorus) Yeah, save your water woman I won't drink out of your stream -------- 2016 Mudcrutch 2 -------- -------- The Other Side of the Mountain -------- (Tom Leadon) I'm over here missing you today Are you feeling the same way too? Sometimes it seems like you're so far away And I just don't know what I can do On the other side of the mountain Where I long, I long to be, to be with you But this mountain that's there between us Makes it so hard, so hard to see To see it through (Tom Petty) The life we had grows distant now You let me in so close, so long When your spirit moves 'round the room I can't help but do the right thing wrong If I could only find a way I'd be headed over there to your side But until the mountain moves I can only pray And you know I won't be satisfied (Chorus) (Petty) If I could slide through these bars I'd go back and cross that burning bridge Just to hold you in my arms I'd find a way to grab that rocky ridge (Chorus) -------- 2016 Mudcrutch 2 -------- -------- Trailer -------- [Verse 1] I graduated high school, I bought her a trailer In a little park by the side of the road I coulda had the Army, I coulda had the Navy But no, I had to go for a mobile home [Chorus] Yes, I gave it all to you, babe All to you and that trailer, too, babe [Verse 2] I kept up my interest, I kept up my payments She never said goodbye, I never asked why Man, we used to dance to Lynyrd Skynyrd Aw, she used to look so good at times [Chorus] Yes, I gave it all to you, babe Wasn't room in that trailer for two, babe [Bridge] I can't find a band-aid that gives me an answer That shines any light on the way things went I get by on my own time, I ain't cut out for workin' I ain't cut out for nothin', it pays my rent [Chorus] I guess, I gave it all to you, babe All to you, and that trailer, too, babe Oh -------- 2016 Mudcrutch 2 -------- -------- Victim of Circumstance -------- Rollin' down easy Highway 49 Out of body and out of mind I might get lost I might be found Ain't no way of knowin' I'm California bound Ridin' with the breeze Through the dogwood trees Rollin' down easy (easy) Baby won't you please Give me one more chance Give me one more chance I'm just a victim of circumstance Yeah, rollin' down easy, low on gas Pedal to the metal trying to make it last I might get stranded New Mexico Slash my tires and air is runnin' low (Chorus x 2) -------- 2016 Mudcrutch 2 -------- -------- Welcome To Hell -------- Welcome to Hell, population me Local attraction, the heartbreak sea The smell in the air, of night bloom and despair By the dry wishing well Ah, welcome to Hell A plain little house, on a plain little road At the corner of Done, and Where'd It All Go? Time crawls by, with a shudder and moan It don't look like much But it's a heck of home Ah, welcome to Hell Population two Little old me, and the lack of you See the hole in the bed Where you no longer sleep In the chamber of promises We just couldn't keep What ever happened to the sweet little heaven Where we lived and loved so long? Where in the world are the man and the woman Who danced to their favorite song? Gone, gone, gone to Hell Even the devil wept Uh, when he heard The depth of our unhappiness Then he dried a tear And he sighed "Aw well Where do you think you are boy? Welcome to Hell" (Repeat verses 4 & 5) Every lonely soul Has a sad story to tell "Where do you think you are boy? Welcome to Hell" "Where do you think you are boy? Welcome to Hell"