Open up and let me in
Can't you see about the shape i'm in
i need your loving, it must be soon
I know you really can be so cruel

I could be wrong and i could be right
You're gonna keep me waiting all the night
I'm breaking up now, can't you tell
i've been awake since i don't know when

I may be right and i may be wrong
You're gonna leave me waiting all night long
That's not the way it ought to be
Come on, baby, won't you see by me

I have waited, what's it gonna be
In your world then, who's replacing me
Can't you see just where you're placing me

Open up and let me in
DO something about the shape i'm in
I need your loving and it must be soon
I know you really can be so cruel

You can't rub me out and cross me off your list
Try to clean the slate just like i don't exist
Till it seems that i am nowhere to be seen
If you wanna talk about it baby
You'll know just where i'll be

You can freeze me out but you'll never win
You think you won't melt but the ice is thin
Sometimes i sit down and try to work it out
But i keep on holding, baby
And you keep on holding out

I could be so free, that's the way i ought to be
I'll just wait and see
'Cos you've passed that jinx on me

First you freeze me out and then you freeze me in
I try to sort it out but where do i begin
But today i think that i've got used to you
If you're looking for me, baby
You will know where i'm going to

You can freeze me out and cross me off your list
Try to clean the slate just like i don't exist
Till it seems that i am nowhere to be seen
If you wanna talk about it,baby
You'll know just where i'll be

I could be so free, that's the way i ought to be
I'll just wait and see
'Cos you've cast your spell on me

Well, it ain't too good
The way you treat your man
It's less than good
It sure ain't kind
It's your mistake
You'll see in time
When i'm gone, when i'm gone

Well, it's been so long
Since i felt that glow
The flame was bright
But it's burning low
I should be gone
But i'm slow to go
Serves me right,serves me...

It doesn't seem clear
What happens from here and now
You've called the tune, but maybe soon
Someone must pay for the piper

Well, it ain't too late
To change your mind
for it's time you know
just where i stand
Well, let me know
'Cos i got plans
From now on, from now on, from now on

Take your foot off the brakes
But you won't stop my souped-up Ford
Well, you can set your watch 'cos i won't stop
I've got my foot to the floor
Well, this greedy jeep don't need no sleep
Eats all the gas that you can pour
It's a front-wheel drive and it sounds like a bee-hive
Good lord, that's for sure

I'm blowing town, not breaking down
Can't you hear that sound, those wheels on the ground
I'm on my way, i can't stay
Make no mistake, i'm pulling out today

Hit that spot on the dial and wait for a while
Till those tubes are all a-glow
Got to be nice to the wheel, you need nerves of steel
But you know that is no joke

Well, i guararntee you'll feel higher
On those pneumatic tyres
'Cos they sure grip the road
Keep that engine clean, feed it good gasoline
Good Lord that's for sure

I'm blowing town, i won't be breaking down
I'm moving down, hear those wheels hitting the ground
I'm on my way, i sure can't stay
Make no mistake, I'm leaving this town today

No highway cop's gonna make me stop what i've started
'Cos i won't be free till i get up
and go where my heart is

You know what it takes to try
To catch up to my souped-up Ford
Well, make no mistake by applying the brakes
When i say "All aboard"
Well, you can roll up the sidewalk
And end all the small talk
When i shift them gears
'Cos i won't be back till i head down the track
A thousand miles from here

I'm feeling bought and sold
You're just a 3 card trickster
That's something i should've known
All the good's sure gone bitter
Hear me now, hear me right

You think you've got it made
You think you've got my number
You'd better check again
You don't intend to stay here
Hear me now, hear me right

It's time wasting checking upon you
You're high-flying, you'll be crash-landing soon

Repeat

You want your world my friend
I think those days are numbered
I've had it up to here
Everything's come asunder
Hear me now, hear me right
I'm feeling bought and sold
you're just a 3 card trickster
That's something i should've known
All the good's sure gone bitter
Hear me now, hear me right

Well, i take what i want, i'm a bad go-getter
Yeah, that's what i am
I never lose and i ain't no quitter
'Cos i take what i want
And baby, i want you

Well, i've been watching you walk by
And i haven't said one word, not one word
But now i'm out to get you, baby,
And i'm gonna make you my girl, my loving girl
'Cos i take what i want

Gonna pick you up now, baby, and carry you away
So you'd better pack up now, baby, pack it up today
Well here i am, i'm just a big bad man
When i walk away, baby, you'll be holding my hand

I take what i want
Well, i'm a bad go-getter
Yeah, that's what i am
I never lose and i ain't no quitter
'Cos i take what i want
And baby, i want you

Gonna pick you up now, baby, and carry you away
So you'd better pack up now, baby, pack it up today
Well here i am, i'm just a big bad man
When i walk away, baby, you'll be holding my hand

I take what i want
Well, i'm a bad go-getter
That's what i am
I never lose and i ain't no quitter
'Cos i take what i want
And baby, i want you

Lost at sea like a sailor
You found me, you were my saviour

Tossed about, like a coaster
The reef was near but you came closer
Reaching out, i don't know how
Raise the sails and leave and take me straight home
I can almost see the distant shoreline

Caught in tides, friends of no-one
Winds which lie drove me straight on
Who knows when but i was spared

I ain't no doctor, i ain't no doctor's son
But i'll fill your prescription
Till the real doctor comes, till the real doctor comes
I ain't no sailor, ain't no sailor's son
But i'll be your navigator
Till the marines hit town, till the marines hit town

I'm a handyman, an all around man
I'm a handyman, all around man
And when your husband comes
That's when the handyman's gonna scram

I ain't the DA, ain't the DA's son
But i'll talk to the jury
And i'll see justice done,I'll see justice done

Handyman, i'm a handyman
An all around man, all around man
I ain't no astronaut, from Cape Kennedy i don't come
Just step inside my rocket ship
I''ll take you circling round the sun
We'll head off for Pluto, Venus and Mars
Step inside, baby, i'll take you very far

I'm a handyman, an all around man
An all around man, an all around man
And when your husband comes
That's when the handyman is gonna scram

When i was a cowboy, out on the Western Plain
When i was a cowboy, out on the Western Plain
Well, i made half a million
Working hard on the bridle reins

Come a cow-cow yicky, come a cow-cow yicky,yicky yea

What was the greatest battle ever on the Western Plain
What was the greatest battle ever on the Western Plain
When me and a bunch of cowboys rode into Jesse James

Come a cow-cow yicky, come a cow-cow yicky,yicky yea

Now when me and a bunch of cowboys rode into Jesse James
When me and a bunch of cowboys rode into Jesse James
Well, the bullets were a-flying just like a shower of rain

Come a cow-cow yicky, come a cow-cow yicky,yicky yea

What was the greatest battle ever on Bunker Hill
What was the greatest battle ever on Bunker Hill
When me and a bunch of cowboys rode into Buffalo Bill

Come a cow-cow yicky, come a cow-cow yicky,yicky yea

Takes a fool to know how i feel
Feel like a fish running out a spinning reel
Bite on a hook and you'll know just what i mean
That's what it's like at the bottom
That's what it's like at the bottom

It took time to come and make you see
Life ain't what it appears to be
It's the luck of the draw and the old spinning wheel
Like a message in a bottle
Like a message in a bottle

Watching the sky with, tears in my eyes
I feel lonely
Time's flying by, but i start to smile
It's not easy

Takes a fall to land you on your knees
Kick that ball if it lands right at your feet
Watch it fly, high above the trees
Till it lands in tomorrow
Till it lands in tomorrow
Till it lands in tomorrow

Do you read me, won't you tell me?
If you read me, then please believe me, when I say
Yes I've been waiting, seems like forever
I've been waiting, my situation ain't got much better
Well I've been waiting, the situation don't get much better

You don't do unto others as you do unto me,
Well, why am I the only one that treats you this way?
Well, you got that something and it's hard to specify,
I can't diagnose that look in your eyes.

You don't do unto me, like I know you could
 Why am I the only one who's misunderstood?
Ashes to ashes, and it's dust to dust,
Well, if you won't take me then I guess the devil must.

I've been hurting, my hearts been burning,
I've been hurting, but I've been learning, just the same
Well, I've been waiting, seems like forever
While I've been waiting,
my situation ain't got much better
While I've been waiting,
the situation ain't got much better
I've been waiting,
the situation don't get much better

Well, I was born on the side of a road
A gap in the hedge, did you hear what I said?
Born in a house with no slates,
But I wouldn't switch, I didn't have a stitch.
Always been out on a limb,
I've been hard to mend like a kick in the shins
You only see me smile when I eat up a country mile

Born on the green light, a mission to move,
Something to groove, an itch in my shoes,
I heard the wail of the train
From a burning stack and I jumped on the back
We'll the engineer threw the switch
And got to my brain, I've never been the same
You'll only see me smile when I eat up a country mile

Gotta make tracks, gotta loose some rust,
Grease my heels, I'll race to bust,
Don't blink your eye or you wont see me again

Well I was born on the spoke of a wheel,
Not part of a set and I'm runnin' yet
I ran before I could walk,
The price of the fare was hardly ever there
I saw an eighteen-wheeler move
And I couldn't choose, I just had to cruise,
You'll only see me smile when I eat up a country mile

Well I was born on the wrong side of the road,
A gap in the hedge, did you hear what I said?
Born in a house with no slates
But I wouldn't switch, I didn't have a stitch.
I've always been out on a limb,
I've been hard to mend like a kick in the shins

Gotta make tracks, gotta raise the dust,
Grease my heels, I'll race to bust,
Don't blink an eye or you won't see me again

You are a Moonchild and pretty soon child
I've got that feeling I'm gonna make you smile forever
If I can
Just give me a sign and I'll show you my plan

You are a blue child, forever true child
You know I'll try to paint the skies blue forever
If I can.
Just give me a sign and I'll show you my plan.

Tell me why you look so sad,
Time slips by like grains of sand
Just put your future in my hands

You are a Moonchild and pretty soon child
I've got the feelin I'm gonna make you smile forever.
If I can.
Just give me a sign and I'll show you my plan,
Just give me a smile and I'll show you my plan,
Just give me a sign and I'll show you my plan.

Well, the rain ain't fussy about where it lands,
It'll find you no matter where you stand
It's gonna rain brother, and it's gonna rain hard
When the blues comes calling with it's calling card

It ain't so funny when you'd rather die,
Ain't no pleasure when that girl don't reply
To your love sick letter that you wrote in tears
About feeling so bad for a million years.

Watch out brother, be alert,
Whatever you do, don't show that hurt
Don't show that hurt.

I've been subjected, I've been so distressed
Come back baby, to clean up this mess,
Clean up this mess.

It ain't so funny when you'd rather die,
Ain't no pleasure when that girl don't reply
To your lovesick letter that you wrote in tears
About feeling so bad for a million years.

Yeah, the rain ain't fussy about where it falls,
It rains on one like it rains on all
But when it falls brother, it's gonna rain hard
When the blues comes calling with it's calling card

Watch out brother, be alert,
Whatever you do, don't show that hurt,
Don't show that hurt.

I'll admit you're gone - when I think I'm able
Just like the song, you turned all the tables
Now I know I'm wrong, life is hard to shoulder
I won't last too long, each day is getting colder

Falling constantly, shadows haunting me
Moving silently, day by day
Watching hopefully, waiting anxiously
That you might hear me, someday.
That's what I pray
That's all I pray
I'm gonna be ok, it's gonna be okay

Looking ahead, nothing but blue days
But somehow I keep hanging on.
I should spend sometime looking for new ways
'Cos blue days have taken quite a toll

The journey we were on - can't believe it's over
I can feel the storm but I can't run for cover
Where di I belong I just keep on searchin'
I want to see the dawn of the day when stop hurting

Falling constantly, shadows haunting me
Moving silently, day by day.
Watching hopefully, anxiously
That you might hear me, someday.
That's what I pray
That's all I pray,
It's gonna be ok, I'm gonna be okay

My baby's got a secret agent
to watch me like a hawk,
Well, my baby's got a secret agent
to watch me like a hawk
He know each time I leave my house,
He know each time I move around

Secret agent, won't you please take my advice?
Secret agent, secret agent
Won't you please head my advice?
You crossed me ounce, don't cross me twice
I'm going to cut you down to size

I'll make that man turn in his badge in the mornin'
I slip around but I'm to quick to catch in the morning
I'll make that man turns in his badge
I'll slip around him, I'm too quick to catch
No jealous woman is gonna keep tabs on me

 Well she's got a secret agent,
and he's breathing down my spine,
Yes, she's got a secret agent
and he's breathing down my spine,
He must like working overtime
I think I'm always hard to find.

Secret agent, secret agent,
gonna have a show down before long
Won't you listen, secret agent
We're gonna have a show down before long
I know you pack a fourty-four,
I hope you know just what it's for
I hope you know just what it's for
Just keep my shadow from my door
 

Shake it, baby, before it shakes you,
Get it, baby, and let it take you where you want it to
Don't say maybe, that just won't do,
You say I'm crazy
But this music's got me feeling good.

I know it's fever, but I don't need no cure
You're the doctor,
I'm your patient that's for sure,
I'm your patient that's for sure.

Hear it, baby, sneakin' on through,
You'll know it, baby, when that rhythm
gets inside your shoes.
Now don't say maybe, you know it's good for you
Don't drive me crazy
Just tell me what you're gonna do.

Don't run baby, I'm telling you
And it's too late, baby,
Because this rhythm's creeping up on you,
You know it's creeping up on you.

We got a Jackknife Beat,
Sounds like an ice cream truck rolling down a back street
We got the whole thing going like a pneumatic drill
The guitar man's playing like he's fit to kill

We got a Jackknife Beat,
A killer of a backbeat,
Syphon off the syrup, let it take a back seat
What's cooking in the kitchen has come to a boil
What's brewing in the basement's bound to overspill

Shake it baby, before it shakes you,
Get it, baby, and let it take it to where you want it to.
Don't say maybe, you know that won't do
You say I'm crazy
But this music's got me feeling good

You call it fever, but I got the cure
Yeah, your the doctor
And I'm your patient that's for sure,
I'm the patient that's for sure.

I've cried enough tears to fill up an ocean,
Surely you see that my worlds been broken?
Here I am, where are you?
Help me please, help me through.
Here I am, where are you?
All my days are edged in blue

You made up your mind and nothing can change it,
You want to be free but I can't rearrange it,
Here I am, where are you?
Tell me please, what to do,
All my days are edged in blue

I'd go anywhere, if I thought you'd be there
'Cos I've made up my mind that's where I belong.
I traveled the world 'cos I couldn't be told,
Told by my heart that you really had gone.

Our lines got crossed through all things unspoken.
A tangle of knots not easily opened,
Here I am, where are you?
All my days are edged in blue.
Help me please, pull me through
Here I am, where are you?
Can't you see I'm edged in blue.

Well don't care if I get arrested
'Cos tonight they'll need more than a ball and chain
I don't care whose interested,
I'm coming into town just the same

I've been alone, I've been feeling blue,
I think I need a little drink or two,
Be my friend, tell me where the place is
Where the whiskey flows and the dices roll till dawn?

My baby's done me wrong you must have guessed it,
My heart's slow I think it must be told
That I don't want ot know where East or West is
'Cos pretty soon I won't feel the cold.

When I'm walking down mainstreet, feeling no pain
Along comes a cop, he can take my name
And explain to me what a federal case is,
I'm mixing the barley with the grape again

Bright city lights, make me feel alright,
I'm right or wrong and tomorrow never comes.
I don't care if i get investigated
And the city fathers they all black my name.
I'm pretty sure you can smell the traces,
For tomorrow morning, I'll take all the blame.

I've been feeling bad and feeling blue
I think I need a little whiskey or two,
God, brother, you look like you could do with it too
(That's true)
Tonight I'll sleep on a walking-cane

I don't care if I get arrested
Cause tonight they'll need more than a ball and chain.
I don't care whose interested,
I'm coming into town just the same

I've been feeling alone and I've been feeling blue.
I think I need a little drink or two.
Be my friend, tell me where the place is
Where the whiskey flows and the dices roll till dawn
  
 

1.Shin Kicker

Well, it's a shin-kick morning
Gotta kickstart the day
Wind up my machine and I'll be on my way.

Well, a burning fever
Woke me up at the dawn
I didn't have a choice, I had to carry on.

Well, my engine's overheating
And I'm running out of gas
I only got two speeds and it's slow and fast.

Well, I got to find a town that's got some action
Got to find a place stays open late
Right away.

Well, I got to find a town that's got more action
Got to find a place stays open late
Right away.

C.C. Mama
Motorcycle queen
I'm gonna catch up with you with my lightning wheels.

It's cold black coffee
Eggs and grease
Stop in at the truckstop, I don't want to sleep.

Well, it's a shin-kick morning
I'm gonna turn up the heat
I'm racing all the truckers and I got them beat

2.Brute Force & Ignorance

Brute Force & Ignorance
Just hit town
looking like survivors
From the lost and found
Brute Force & Ignorance,
have come to play
A one night stand at 8 o'clock
Then they'll be on their way

This old town's exploding
And the mayor's uptight
He'd like to make it to the show
but he knows it's not his night
he's got to be beholding
to his legal spouse
But she's put the thumbscrews on him
and snuck out of the house

There she goes!

The picture on the poster
Raised an eyebrow or two
At 55 to 7
Lord, you should've seen the queue.
City slicks and country hick
They came one and all
The traffic-light girl and the downhome kids
Assembled at the hall.

Brute Force & Ignorance
Yes that's the name,
the young folks gonna miss them,
Now they've gone away.
Well the show got so crazy,
Today they took the billboard down,
I'll never forget the scene last night
When the band was escorted out of town.

This little town's back in slow motion,
i'm sad to say,
After the confusion,
it'll never be the same.
Well,i took a walk down Main Street
Just to pass the time,
And i still could hear that music
Rolling through my mind.

Brute Force & Ignorance,
Well they sure hit town,
And if you want to find them, buddy,
They're down at the Lost and Found.

3.Cruise On Out

Well, the Cat-man will be playin'
you ought to make it there
when that drummer hits a rimshot
and almost busts his snare
you put on your cat clothes
and, I will put on mine
together pretty baby,
 we're gonna groove on down the line

Won't you cruise on out with me?
Come on cruise on out with me
 
Well, the Catman will be playing
come on and get your share
I got transportation
and i can get you there
Well i know your daddy's anxious
that you tow the line
guess he's gonna blow his stack
if you don't get home on time

Won't you cruise on out with me ?
Come on cruise on out with me
 
Well, this feline band will pick it
just as long as you will stay
the boys in the band would play all night
if they could but have their way
You're gonna dress up to the 'nines'
and look like somethin' else
i'm gonna pull my alligator shoes
out from under the bed

Come on cruise on out with me
won't you cruise on out with me?

When that fat man plays his upright
he'll freeze you at the knees
this man's in full control
Of eight-seven and one half keys
 in this full-scale commotion
the pace won't never drop
you 'd better retire gracefully
if you're too pooped to pop

Come on cruise on out with me
won't you cruise on out with me?

Well, that Catman will be playin'
you oughta make it there
when that drummer hits a rim shot
and almost busts the snare
you put on your cat clothes
and i will put on mine
together pretty baby
we're gonna step on down the line

won't you cruise on out with me
come on cruise on out with me
won't you cruise on out,
cruise on out ,
cruise on out with me (3 times)

4.Cloak & Dagger

She's got that cloak and dagger,
Sidewalk swagger,
Silent danger in her style.
An air of mystery,
you know it hit me,
When i saw those flashing lights.

Oh no, don't you run and hide,
Lord,i feel hypnotised.

Use no small-town chatter,
She got the moonlight manner,
Your slight of hand, tricks of the lights.
Ain't no pretender,
She's a real contender,
Snakes and ladders ain't her style.

Oh no, don't you drive me wild,
Well, i'm feeling so mystified.

I got that awkward stammer,
I just sort of stand there,
Some crazy feeling cramps my style.
I should know better,
She's a real upsetter,
But that moonlight manner's got my mind.

Oh Yeah, you know you drive me wild,
And yeah, i feel hypnotised.

5.Overnight Bag

Packed my things in an overnight bag,
Toothbrush, a guitar, got no tail to drag.
Gonna leave, on the next passing breeze.

My heart is heavy, as a sky full of rain,
Mind full of notions, that I just can't explain.
Reasons why, just can't be supplied.

Trapped by a heartache, and framed by my will,
Sentenced to wander, so much time to kill,
Hear me plea, and rescue me.

Packed my sorrows in an overnight bag,
But I'll be gone much longer than that,
Who knows when, we'll meet again.

Too many sleepless nights, put my soul on edge,
And so many restless moods, lay heavy in my head.

Too many sleepless nights, put my soul on edge,
And so many restless moods, lay heavy in my head.

Wrote down my thoughts, and I sealed them in hope,
Sent them to you in a blue envelope,
Not received, it seems to me.

I had some things that I wanted to say,
But my chance, well it just flew away,
On the breeze, like some mystery

6.Shadow Play

In the flimsy light, it's midnight,
And stars collide.
Shadows run, in full flight
To run, seek and hide.
I'm still not sure what part I play
In this shadow play, this shadow play.

In the half light, on this mad night
I hear a voice in time.
Well, I look back, see a half-smile
Then it's gone from sight.
Won't you tell me how I can find my way
In this shadow play, this shadow play.
Shadow Play, this shadow play.

Sounds come crashing
Can I hear laughing?
All those lights just blaze away.
I feel a little strange inside
A little bit of Jekyll, a little Mr. Hyde.

Sounds come crashing
Can I hear laughing?
All those lights just blaze away.
I feel a little strange inside
A little Dr. Jekyll, a little Mr. Hyde.

Thoughts run wild,
free as a child into the night,
Across the screen a thin beam
Of magic light.
Things, they just don't look the same
In this shadow play, this shadow play
Shadow play, shadow play.
I can't run away from this shadow play

7.The Mississippi Sheiks

I saw the Mississippi Sheiks
On the corner of the street,
Or was it just a dream?
Like i've been travelling in a time machine.

So come along with me back to the southern streets.
  
I saw old Peg-leg Howell
His gang were making quite a sound,
I heard Bo Carter wail
And a git-fiddle combo play.

Come along and see the Mississippi Sheiks.

What you got to lose?
Can't you hear me calling, calling you?
Tell me why should you stall?
You'll never live at all,
Till you've done that Georgia crawl

Well,i hear you, little girl,
You say you've been all round this world,
From Moscow to Abilene
But there's one place you've yet to see

So come along and see the Mississippi Sheiks.
  

8.Last Of The Independants

I caught the Red-Eye at midnight
In the nick of time
On the seven four seven
We soon were flying high.
Lord, I had no time to lose
Things were getting hot
Only I know where we stashed the loot
The mob wants to know the spot.

They got the muscle in from Cleveland
The fire-power from Detroit
They missed me in New Jersey
Though things got pretty tight.

Caught my scent in Richmond
At the Hotel Savoy
But I got out the laundry shute
And went to Chicago, Illinois.

I'm the Last of the Independants
Yeah, they're searching coast to coast
Only I know where we hid the loot
Eleven years ago.

I caught the Red-Eye at midnight
In the nick of time
On the seven four seven
We soon were high and wide.
The moon was laughing at me
like it did not have a care
But I just smiled right back and said
'You ain't going anywhere'.

Well, I want out of the rackets
And the numbers game
'Cos when you cross the big boss
You only got yourself to blame.
I won't sing like a canary
And I won't go naming names.
I don't need police protection
I'll play it my own way.

I'm the Last of the Independants
Well, I play by my own rules.
Yes, I'm the Last of the Independants
The Syndicate, well, it don't approve.

Well, I'm the Last of the Independants
Well, I got to keep on the move.
Well, I'm the Last of the Independants
Well, I got no time to lose
Time to lose.

9.FUEL TO THE FIRE

Had me a whiskey, and I chased it.
Got me some trouble, gonna face it.
But if I had a trump card, I would place it.
That's for sure.

I had a dream, but I can't trace it.
I call out your name, so you might hear
But it only adds fuel to the fire.
In my soul.

If I could just re-write the pages.
Wake up at peace, with the way it is.
I don't want to live in this world, if you can't grace it.
Anymore. Anymore, yeah.

Friends try to raise my spirits higher.
But there's no dulling this strong desire.
They don't feel the heat of the fire.
In my soul. In my soul.

Had me a whiskey, and I chased it.
Got me some trouble, gonna face it.
But if I had a trump card, I would place it.
At your door.

I want to plant a star on the sky
One you can find at the end of the night
I wanna climb a ladder to space
and leave without trace
cause now is the time
Things are gonna be so clear
Well I'm light years from here
in some other space
Let me take a tear from your eye
and leave it behind stay by my side
Won't you follow me
Where i'm bound
Time's for borrowing now
Won't you follow me
time is tight
Before things swallow me down
I've been locked in this cage
gonna break away before it's too late
I'm gonna rewrite the page take the stage
and live tomorrow today
You'll find the dreams you mislaid
They wanna runaway
all the due's have been paid
Yes it's time to depart
Go with your heart follow the flame
Won't you follow me
Where i'm bound
Time's for borrowing now
Won't you follow me
time is tight
Before things swallow me down
Won't you follow me
Where i'm bound
Time's for borrowing now
Won't you follow me
time is tight
Before things swallow me down
Won't you follow me
Where i'm bound
Time's for borrowing now

Now ain't it strange that I feel like Philby,
There's a stranger in my soul
I'm lost in transit in a lonesome city
I can't come in from the cold

I'm deep in action on a secret mission
Contact's broken down
Time drags by, I'm above suspicion,
There's a voice on the telephone

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 2x

Well it sure is dark in this clockwork city
Contact's never gonna show
I've got a code which can't be broken,
My eyes never seem to close
Well, I'm standing here in the silent city
Shadows falling down
I'n disconnected but I don't need pity,
The night's gonna burn on slow.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 2x

Now ain't it funny that I feel like Philby,
A stranger on a foreign shore.
I've got my plans and I must move quickly,
There's a knock upon the door.
Still in transit and I'm close to danger,
My cover can't be blown,
It's getting strange and it's getting crazy,
Tell me, what is going on?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 2x

Four o'clock and nothing's moving,
Six o'clock and the daylight's stirring,
Morning comes, must be moving on.
All night long my mind's been burning,
Makes me feel such a long, long way from home, home

Now ain't it strange that I feel like Philby,
There's a stranger in my soul
I'm lost in transit in a lonesome city
I can't come in from the cold

Well you always were a problem
Always running wild
Trouble is your middle name
You know you're the wayward child
You always get your feet wet
You always play with knives
Watch that you don't cut yourself
You know you're the wayward child
They call you the wayward child
Well you've always gone your own way
Sometimes you play with fire
Well can you run forever
Before you run right out of time
Will you run right out of time
Nothing's gonna change you
It ain't no use
Well who is gonna tame you
Tie you in a noose
Well no one's gonna change ya
Ain't no use
And no one's gonna tame you
Tie you in a noose
Well you always were a problem
Never meek and mild
Life is just a street fight
Well you know you're the wayward child
You always get your feet wet
You always play with knives
Watch that you don't cut yourself
You know you're the wayward child x3

I need a keychain
to lock up all this trouble
I need a fast train
leaving on the double
I'm going some place
that's hard to follow
Got that feeling
that i should be long gone
I'm as bad as i can get
I'm playing Russian roulette
I need a keychain
baby right now
I'm playing no games
this ain't no water pistol
Ain't it insane
there's no chance of missing
No one holds me
you ain't got my number
If you see me
just run for cover
Well i'm as wild as i can get
I'm playing Russian roulette
I got no keychain
,baby, right now
Well I'm in a guided missile
and i'm lost in the sky
I won't be returning untill
things feel right
I got a poison pen letter
Ain't that all i need
some pretty woman's
trying to make a ghost of me
I got a keychain
to lock up all my sorrow
i need some fast plane
I'm leaving in a hurry
I'm going some place
where you can't follow
I got that feeling
that i shouldn't be long gone
I'm as mad as i can get
i'm playing Russian roulette
Need a keychain, baby, of mine

Well, I'm hanging around the depot, boys,
Trying to get a job,
I'm so sick and tired of being laid off,
No silver lining, no rainbow's end,
Bills in my mailbox, that's all they ever send,
All they ever send.

Well, I'm hanging around the corner, boys,
Holding up the wall,
Feeling kinda sloppy, waiting for a call.
Running out of patience, running out of cool,
Don't turn on the radio, I don't want to hear the news,
Don't want to hear the news.

Well, you sure look good, baby, sure look neat,
Sure make sense from your head to your feet,
You don't want to know me now, but you're gonna change your mind,
I'm going to Fat City, gonna do things in style.

Well, you sure look good, baby, sure look neat,
Sure make sense from your head to your feet,
Making all the ice melt when you walk down the street,
Making all the ice melt when you walk down the street.
You don't want to know me now, but you're gonna change your mind,
I'm going to Fat City, gonna do things in style.

Well, my motor won't run man,
I'm sure it's on the blink,
Ain't had no gasoline since God knows when,
I'm waiting for that woman, ain't she ever gonna show?
Don't keep me waiting, I got some place else to go,
Some place else to go.

Well, I'm hanging round the depot, boys,
Can't get a job,
I'm so sick and tired of being laid off,
No silver lining, no rainbow's end,
Blues in my mailbox, that's all they ever send,
All they ever send,
All they ever send.

Well, like a bad penny you have turned up again,
You're in my sights, there's a mist on my lens.
I think you know how it was when I tripped and fell,
Well, you double-dealed me, baby and I broke like a shell.

Like a bad penny you've sure lost the glow
But I'm out of reach, your smile's sure gone cold.
Well, it can't ever be like it was then,
Well, don't you fool with me, baby,
Don't you mess with my plans.
Some stormy nights, your memory haunts me,
You won't go away.

Well, like a bad penny you have turned up in the change,
Try to fit into the picture, you can't get inside the frame.
I think you know I'm still sore, but I'm on the mend,
Times sure have changed, it won't happen again.

Well, like a bad penny spins around and around,
Well, you won't know what's gone wrong when it all falls down,
You got to learn from now on to stop playing games,
You ought to keep on moving, you got to spin on your way.

Some lonely nights, I hear you calling,
Won't you go away?

Well, like a bad penny you have turned up again,
You're in my sights, there's a mist on my lens.
I think you know how it was when I tripped and fell,
Well, you double-dealed me, baby, I cracked like a shell.

Well i just hit town
and I flew in the by the seat of my pants
Well i just touched down
and got me some crazy plans
I'm an ace i'm a deuce
I'm a buzzin all over the land
And it ain't no use
to change the way i am, the way i am
Ah Yeah
Well i just touched base
been in motion for a hundred days
I'm wound up like a motor or a rocket
in outer space
I'm an ace i'm a deuce won't you put my mind at ease
Well i can't slow it down
got to take some more of these, more of these
Won't you give me the green light
give me a chance to move
Turn on your love light, you know that i approve
Well i just touched ground
and i got in by the seat of my pants
I ain't broken down but i found
a new place to land
I'm an ace i'm a deuce I'm a crazy free-range man
And it ain't no use to change my open plan,my open plan
Well I'm feelin' kinda crazy, what to go on a mad-cap spree
Step on my air-brakes, I gotta let off some steam
I'm an ace i'm a deuce
I'm flying all over the land
And it ain't no use to change the way i am x2

Well i fly off the handle
a little too quick
Guess you could call me a nervous man
For the last week or two
It don't take too much
to make me wanna raise my hand
Well it's one of those days
when you'd rather not be
so low down and dirty
your luck's out to sea
Well i fly off the handle
a little too fast
You know friends think I look like an angry man
like bad memory turned up again
I find it hard not to raise my hand
Well it's one of those towns
Where you'd rather not stay
come back and see it
some other day
Well it's one of those nights
when you know you're alone
feeling half crazy
just body and soul
Well my cat won't scratch
or show its claws
It just prowls around the house all day
for the last night or two
I can't eat or drink
I think i'm gonna fade away
Well it's one of those days
When you'd rather not be
so low down and lonesome
your luck's out to sea

Well she's nothing much
but she looks like a gangster's moll
Well there ain't no doubt about it
I know she ran with Mad Dog Coll
She's the driver of the getaway car
Public enemy No.1
She's fact and she's fiction
All wrapped up into one
Sound, lights and vision
Street car collisions and all
We got the G-men on a mission,
They can't catch up at all
Won't you have that motor twitchin'
for Public enemy No.1
Well the marked man unmarked car
Waiting out in the cold
Got his work cut out
Well a travel guide to a shooting star
is the only clue we left about
It's a battle of wits, a psyche-out
Synchronised tension's taking hold
It's a battle of wits, a psyche-out
Synchronised tension's taking hold, taking hold
B-girl oh B-girl
Be my permanent alibi
Well you got to keep your eyes peeled
stay alert at the wheel tonight
Keep the key in the ignition
we won't get no remission this time
Won't you have that motor twitchin'
When i come running by

Signals

Who's that calling way out there?
I've got your signal, loud and clear.
In the distance a light is near,
Through the night, sharp as a spear.
My mind sees all the things my eyes can't see
What are you trying to say to me?

I've got your signal, I feel your signal.

Everything seems very strange,
And now you're not that far away.
I feel so calm, I don't feel fear,
Behind that light I know you're there.
My ears hear sounds I've never heard before;
Tell me what you've really come here for.

I've got your signal, feel your signal.

There's a beacon flashing in the distant night,
Don't feel time passing right before my eyes.

Is my dreaming beyond control?
I feel these movements here below.
Is this the end, or is there more?
I'll stay suspended for evermore.
My eyes hear all the things my heart can't se~
What are you trying to do to me?

I've got your signal, feel your signal.

There's a beacon flashing in the distant sky,
Don't feel time passing right before my eyes.

Who's that calling from way out there?
Got your signal, loud and clear.
In the distance I know you're there,
Through the night, sharp as a spear.
My mind sees all the things my eyes can't see,
What are you trying to say to me?

Well, I've got your signal, I've got your signal,
Feel your signal.

The Devil Made Me Do It

Well, the devil made me do it, do it, do it,
The devil made me trip and fall.
The devil drove me to it, to it, to it,
Till I had no chance at all.

What did I do that was so bad
To go and get myself arrested?
Just in town to have some fun
But I ended up in the trash can.
There I was in the witness stand,
My eyes turned towards the jury,
Trying to recall what went wrong last night
But it won't come right back to me.

Yeah, the devil made me do it, do it, do it,
The devil made me trip and fall.
Well, the devil drove me to it, to it, to it,
Till I had no mind at all.

The lawyer said, "Son, won't you plead the fifth
And don't speak unless requested".
Using all the words at his command,
His skills were sorely tested.
Then, to my complete surprise,
They went and called a hostile witness;
The devil himself, well he took the stand
And that's where my case rested.

Well, the devil drove me to it, to it, to it,
The devil made me trip and fall.
Well, the demon drove me to it, to it, to it,
Till I had no chance at all.

What did I do that was so bad
To go and get myself arrested?
Well, I was just in town to have some fun
But I ended up in the trash can.
There I was in the witness box,
My eyes turned towards the jury,
Trying to recall what went wrong last night
But it won't come back to me.

Well, the devil made me do it, do it, do it,
The devil made me trip and fall.
Well, the devil drove me to it, to it, to it,
Till I had no mind at all.

The devil drove me to it, to it, to it,
The devil made me trip and fall.
The devil drove me to it, to it, to it,
Till I had no chance at all.

Well, the devil drove me to it, to it, to it,
The devil made me trip and fall.
Well, the demon drove me to it, to it, to it,
Till I had no chance at all,
Till I had no chance at all,
Till I had no mind at all.

Double Vision

You give me double vision, strange transmission,
When you walk in the room.
Tongue-tied feeling, can't see the ceiling;
You've turned out the moon.

Tell me, darling, what you're trying to do.

You give me double vision, strange condition,
When you act that way.
I'm walking sideways, my nights become days,
But I feel okay.

Tell me, darling, what you're trying to do.

You give me double vision, soul transmission,
When you act so cruel.
My mind is reeling, can't see the ceiling,
'Cos you've turned out the moon.

Tell me, mama, what you're trying to do.
You got me jumpin' like a man with the voodoo.

Tell me, darling, what you're trying to do.
You got me crazy like a man with the voodoo.

Easy Come, Easy Go

From easy come and easy go,
Now you're not so carefree.
You found the thorn behind the rose,
You took it, oh, so badly.

Lost inside yourself,
You've gotta break out soon.
You've gotta try again
To hear a brand new tune.

Once easy come and easy go,
You just hear sad notes lately.
You used to fly and chase the wind,
I don't know you lately.

Don't take it, oh, so bad,
Things are gonna change.
Don't make it, oh, so sad,
The sun will shine again.

Please don't lock me out,
What's it all about?
I'll change it all completely.
Won't you let me in,
Don't you need a friend?
If I can help, just call me.

I'm easy come and easy go,
Don't paint it all so sadly.
Before you know the light will shine,
Don't burn out completely.

Locked inside yourself,
You've gotta break out soon.
Come on and try again,
And hear a different tune.

Big Guns
Well, you think you're sitting pretty
But you're sitting on a powder keg.
Well, you think you're standing steady
But you're weak as a matchstick leg.
Well, there's a rumble in the city,
There's a call out for your head.
Now isn't it a pity
Your future's just a lump of lead.

But now you're running scared, you've got no place to run;
You're caught between the law and the Big Guns.

Well, it's a long way from the pool halls,
Through the rackets and the petty crime.
Well, you thought you were a tough one
But you've bitten off too much this time.
You've stepped on the wrong toes,
Now look who you've upset.
You walked on the wrong toes,
You've got your picture on the police gazette.

Well, now you're running scared, you've got no place to run;
Yor're caught between the law and the Big Guns.

Your backis against a wall, you don't like it there at all.
Now you!re too proud to fall, you got no friends you can call.

Well, you never felt so gritty,
The sweat's pouring down your back.
You're like a tiger in the jungle
And you can't find your way back.
You hadn't played your cards right,
You hadn't seen the signs,
Well, you tried to run the whole game,
Now you've come to the end of the line.

Well, now you're running scared, you've got no place to run;
Now you're face to face with the Big Guns.

Jinxed

My heart's in trouble, my soul's on fire,
My mind is aching for my one desire.
This heavy weather, will it never seem to end,
I start to wonder will my poor heart ever men

I don't know what I'm supposed to think;
This must be some kind of jinx.

My line's been tapped, my mail's been screened
I could be wrong but that's the way I feel.
Everything I try just crumbles before I start,
Feel like a lost child, searching in the dark.

Will I swim or will I sink;
This must be some kind of jinx.

You've got your heart locked up
And you've thrown away the key.
Feel like I'm sinking down
Into the endless sea.

My heart's uneasy, my soul's on fire.
You're the ice - please put out this fire.
This crazy weather, will it never seem to end
It's getting harder with all the bad news that

I don't know what I'm supposed to think;
This must be some kind of jinx.
I don't care what anybody thinks,
'Cos this must be some kind of jinx.
Will I swim or will I sink;
This must be some kind of jinx.

Bourbon

Well, he's drinking down the bourbon like it was soda pop,
Trying to quell a feeling he knows ain't gonna stop;
He's mortgaged out his blood for one more chance to breath~

He had the D. T. 's for breakfast, the shakes till noon,
He picked up his bag and left his motel room;
His head is held high but his heart is on its knees.

Well, he packed his guitar and his bar-room tan,
Gotta get some miles behind him as fast as he can;
Another destination, some P!ace else to play.

Well, he left a life behind him in some old trailer park.
They tried to make it work; it was ruined from the start.
He had to shake the rust; it became time to leave.

It's a honky-tonk engagement,
But there's no better place to play.
His face feels like crazy pavement,
It's getting more lined every day.

Well, he's gonna write a letter and try to explain.
She says he's too old to have these growing pains,
But something keeps him moving, living on through the night

But as the night approaches, a change is in the air,
His heart is pumping fast, he's got no cares.
The music befriends him, it can take him anywhere.

It's a honky-tonk engagement,
But there's no better place to play.
His mind feels like crazy pavement,
He's getting crazed out every day.

Well, he's drinking down the bourbon like it was soda pop,
Trying to quell a feeling he knows ain't gonna stop;
He's mortgaged out his blood for one more chance to play.

He had the D. T's for breakfast, the chills till noon,
He packed his guitar and left his motel room;
His head is held high but his heart is on its knees.

Ride On Red, Ride On

Well I left my home in Vicksburg and startet travelling north
Made it to New Orleans as the bus was taking off
The citizens' committee was giving away the fare
Saying, "If you don't like the south, boy, just ride on outta here"
Ride on, ride on Red, ride on
Gonna ride off to my freedom
And make those Northern States my home.

We made it into Shreveport, where we were supposed to eat
I got myself a sandwich and ate it on the street
Ride on, Louisianna Red, ride on
Gonna ride on to your freedom
And make those Northern States your home.

We made it into Little Rock, we made another state
took the whole of the U.S. army to make one school integrate
Ride on, ride on Red, ride on
Gonna ride on to your freedom
And make those Northern States your home.

Well I live here in New York and I am doing fine
Have myself a ball above the Mason-Dixon line
Ride on, ride on Red, ride on
Gonna ride on to my freedom
And make those Northern States my home.

Loose Talk

Loose talk from up-tight people
Looking out for blood to draw.
Just keep cool, don't let it phase you,
All that stuff ain't worth a straw.

Tight talk from stay-put people,
Aimed to hurt, aimed to wound.
Step on your toes, step on your fingers,
Just don't take it, now don't be fooled.

Don't let them know where you're going,
Don't play their games or they'll snow you in.
Call on me if they derail you,
Call on me 'cos I won't lock you in.

Don't let them know where you're going,
Don't play their games 'cos they'll snow you in.
Call on me if they derail you,
Stay with me 'cos I won't lock you in.

Double-talking, double-meaning
Tight-rope tactics to trip you up.
Don't play their games, go where your heart says,
Keep on pushing, you'll get there yet.

Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah.

Hellcat

Well there's a hellcat, loose cat, hear it wail
It can stop you down the street, you cannot get away
Welll it's gonna get to you, got the demon power
You got to run, run, brother you know your soul's on fire
You got to run, run, brother you know your soul's on fire.

Well there's a strange, strange feeling chilling your hands
A shadow in your doorway, freeze you where you stand
You play your dice with the devil, now it's much too late
Well don't you know you got a hellcat on your trail.

The sound that haunts you from the dark will dawn
Don't go away no more when the morning comes
There's a step on the stairs, a storm in your sails
That you know you got a hellcat by the tail
Yeah, you've done and got a hellcat on your trail.
Oh yeah.

Well there's a hellcat, loose cat, hear it moan
Stalking your shadow all night long
It's the darkest feeling this side of hell
Well don't you know you've got a hellcat by the tail
You know you've got a hellcat by the tail.
Well hellcat.
Well hellcat.
Well hellcat.
Well hellcat.

They say this town will kill you
They say this town ain't got no soul
This town could take a child's smile
And turn it into stone
But don't you think I know that
This place has cut me to the bone
Trouble crawling up your back
Fear just eats your soul

You say this town will eat you up
You say this town ain't got no heart
You try to learn all your lines
And you try to play the part
With all this double dealing
I tell you brother, you get smart
Hear in Kickback City
You're lost before you start

People in subways look half-dazed to me
Renting tomorrow
Investing in sorrow
No belief

Faces in side sides streets, hiding like angels from grace
Selling your sorrow
Renting tomorrow
You're out of place

They say this town will kill you
They say this town ain't got no soul
They'll set you up and pull the switch
'Till you've unraveled on the floor
But I won't let it beat me
Though trouble's knocking on my door
Somehow it's just your smile
that keeps me coming back for more
Here in Kickback City
Feel I'm going down slow
Here in Kickback City
Feel I'm going down slow

Give me till monday, that's only a day or two
Give me till monday, that's only a da or two
I'll pay you back with interest, if it's the last thing I do, Yeah
I'll pay you back with interest, if it's the last thing I do, Yeah

Give me till monday, that's only a day away
Give me till monday, that's only a day away
I'm down on my knees, got one foot in the grave
I'm down on my knees, got one foot in the grave

I've got the Loanshark Blues
I've got the Loanshark Blues
Give me an offer I can't refuse

My wife needs shoes
The kids must eat
Feel so cold, I can't feel my feet
Can't get my hands on one thin dime
Gonna turn to a life of crime
No work here, so I'll walk the street
Sign on the door, feel I'm beat
I know you run Pier 15
You got a grip on all my dreams

I got the Loanshark Blues
The Loanshark Blues
Give me an offer I can't refuse

Give me till monday, that's only a day or two
Give me till monday, it's only a day or two
I'll pay you back with interest, if it's the the last thing I do, Yeah
I'll pay you back with interest, if it'd the last thing I do, Yeah

I got the Loanshark Blues
The Loanshark Blues
Give me an offer I can't refuse

The roof's got holes, see the sky'
I can't get straight, and I have tried
I'm in your debt, I'm well aware
I'll break the law 'cause I don' care
Living on a knife edge I have been
Moving' on down with the longshoremen
On the docks we're locked out again

I got the Loanshark Blues
The Loanshark Blues
Give me an offer I can't refuse

I got the Loanshark Blues
The Loanshark Blues
Give me an offer I can't refuse

There's a body in the bay
The cops are taking it away
They said this case was closed
It only shows you that - never know
So who they gonna get when the troubles got to stop
Here's my card
I'm the Contintental Op

Jane Doe in the bay
Now that's exhibit 'A'
Bloodstains on the dress of the millionairess
But I saw you leavin' town
I'm gonna have to track you down
Just like a hound
You slipped through the web
And you might have dodged the Feds
But who they gonna get when you've out foxed the cops
Here's my number
I'm the Continental Op

Call the agency, we never close
First consultation is free
Check my reputation, check my pose
But first check my fee

There's a menace on the streets
Offering infants sweets
Don't give this man a ride
Lock your car from the inside
He's suspect No. 1
But I guess his race is run
He left a set of prints
He's not as smart as he thinks
'Cause who they gonna get when the trouble's gotta stop
Here's my card
I'm the Continental Op

There's a body in the bay
The cops have taken it away
They say this case was closed
It only shows that you never know
Bruises 'round the neck
When they did a body check
I saw you leaving town
I'll track you down like a hound
Who they gonna get when you've outfoxed the cop
Here's my card
I'm the Continental OP

Yeah, who they gonna get when you've out foxed they cops
Here's my badge
I'm the Continental OP

AIN'T NO SAINT
I ant no saint
I can't turn the other cheek
I ain't no saint
But you can cool my temper
By the words you speak

I'll tell you straight from the shoulder
Straight from the hip
I'm falling over, she makes the pieces fit
If I get arrested or in some legal twist
She talks to the judge and gets the case dismissed

I ain't no saint
Won't make it through the pearly gates
I feel alright down hear lord
I think heaven's gonna have to wait

She doesn't tell me how to make a living
Don't lock her love up with a key
If I'm down my head is spinning
Don't call a doctor or a priest

I ain't no saint
Won't tow the party line
I ain't no saint
But you get my nomination
Every single time

I ain't no saint
Won't make it through the pearly gates
I feel alright down here, Lord
I think heavens gonna have to wait

I'll tell you straight from the shoulder
Straight from the hip
I feel alright down here, Lord
I think Heavens gonna have to wait

What I see just takes the heart from me
It's all okay they keep telling me
Some how I fell like it's Failsafe Day
You know it almost feels like Failsafe Day

It's not the time don't go sad on me
Yeah we can run, the illusion is free
Let's not throw this chance away
You know it's almost Failsafe Day

And deep inside I hear that something
Like a silent scream
And In the night I hear that rumbling
Keep on hoping it's a dream

Wish there was time to borrow or steal
'Cause there's this stranger in the air I breath
Deep down it feels like Failsafe Day
There gonna fade us all away

Deep inside I hear that something
Like a silent scream
The Voice inside just tells me one thing
Keep on hoping boy it's just a dream

What I see just chills the hear in me
It's okay but the keep on fooling me
You know it's just Failsafe Day
Somehow it feels like Failsafe Day
You know it's almost Failsafe Day
They're gonna fade it all away

Soft-soped on the road to hell
So many times I've tripped and fell
No chances left
The sky is falling down on me

One step from the demons' fire
Can't stop the train
The flames are getting higher
Too late to save me
The wall is coming down on me

Broken wishes, broken dreams
Close to the edge
I cut it lean
No regrets
The angels gonna cry on me

Push the tempo, push the time
No excuses, not this time
No way out
The ground is opening up on me

Can you feel the heat
Coming from the street
Pour rain down on me

They tried to keep me on a long thin chain
Thanks but no thanks just the same
You saw it coming
The devil has got a jump on me

Lost soul on the road to Hell
Wind up the motor and ring the bell
No stooping now
The pains coming down on me

Straight time on the road to hell
No mercy time at the wishing well
No running back
Angels gonna cry for me

I'm breaking rocks and I'm doing time
She's on the street with a friend of mine
I drove the car
I took the fall
I walk the cell, at night I cry till dawn
At night I cry till dawn
The days are long but time will pass
I'm breaking out, I soon will get my chance

I'm in a cell, it's 9 by 10
She's living it up on champagne and wine
I took the rap
But I'll get loose after a while
Get loose after a while
Deep in the night just like a child
I walk the cell, my mind is running wild

I'm going numb from to much waiting
"till my dying day
I'll suffocate from too much hating
There'll be hell to pay

I'm going rot from to much waiting
'Till my dying day
My soul is bruised, my heart is shaking
There'll be hell to pay

I'm digging, ditches I'm breaking stones
Sewing mailbags, ain't no fun,
Bread and water, my life is complete
Hold my breath
'Till i'm back on the streets
Back out on the streets

Revenge is sweet, or so they say
Just watch your step, I'm breaking out today
Revenge is sweet, or so they say
Just watch your step, I'm breaking out today

The dirty tricks department is working overtime
Trying to stop the candidate from getting in this time
With the silken fist
Now you've crossed the company
With a Judas kiss
They've got you on the list

We'll your friends in low places
Have tightened up the screws
They made this town a nightmare
You're trapped, what can you do
The quality of mercy
Is really out of reach
Don't call on the ones you peeled
Practice what you preach
The Wheels are now in motion, all the traps are set
Under this commotion, will walk into this mess
The stars intoxicated, - they're at the staring gate
He may never make it to the planned T.V debate
He can't fight off the big bucks of the old brigade
He's gotta watch his step
In this smear capmgain

They called a snap election in the summer heat
The town is reeling backwards
Like a drunk man on the street

Feed those lies
Bend those minds at any price
Foul or fair
As long as it's not there
Election time

Don't believe the papers, it's not anybody's race
He's not a rank beginner, it's not a children's game
He's got my nomination, if he breaks through the chains
Or they'll shoot him down on main street in this
Smear Canpgain

Just watch the party faithful fuel the dream machine
They've fuged up all the issues
Eat the scandal sheet
The dirty tricks department is nearly half insane
Trying to stop the candidate with a
Smear Campgain

Well I'm goin' Down The Road
Stop in Fanny Mays
Gonna tell Fany what I heard her boyfriend say

Don't start me talkin'
I'll tell you everything I know
I'm gonna break up this signifying', cause somebody's got to go

Jack gave his wife two dollars
To go down town to get some market
Ol' George stops her
He knocked her down
And blackend her eye
She gets back home tells her husband a lie

Don't start me talkin'
I'll tell you everything I know
I'm gonna break up this signifin' cause somebody got go

She borrowed some money
To go to the beauty shop
She honked his horn
She began to start
She said bay take me 'round the block
I'm going to the beauty shop
To have my hair socked

Don't start me talkin'
I'll tell you everytjhing I know
I'm gonna break up this signifin' cause somebody got to go

SEVEN DAYS
  
Seven days of thunder
Eight days of rain
The feeling that I'm under
Is like a ball 'n' chain
Like a ball 'n chain

Just round the cornered know a store
Gonna take in my razor
Buy a 44
And I'll come knocking
Knocking on your door
The feeling in my head
I like all-out-war
Third world war

And if they catch me
You can sit beside me
There's plenty room to spare
You are the reason I'm in this fix
 Will you cry for me
When they throw that switch
Throw that switch
  
This time they'll lock me
up for sure
Throw away the key
When they slam the door

City to city, town to town
Seven days' running
Will they track me down
Will they track me down

It seems to me I've been down this way before
' Seems to me I I've been all tore down before
Tears in your eyes, babe
Don't fool me anymore

I must admit, my race is run
I must admit, it's a case of hit and run
Don't look for me baby
'Cause I'm circling 'round the sun

Feel six feet under, feel like a drowning man
Feel six foot under, feel like a drowning man
Man overboard, and you won't lend a hand

Seems to me you've gone for broke this time
Seems to me you've gone for broke this time
Hung, drawn and quarted
You've hung me on the line

NO PEACE FOR THE WICKED
  
No peace for the wicked
No way, no how If you've gone and did it
You gotta pay somehow
No use complaining
'Bout the hand that feeds
Now you know it's raining
How come you talk to me
How come you talk to me,

Well your friends in high places
Won't bail you out this time
With all your social grace
It's like a pantomime
Feeling so uneasy
You can't tell friend from foe
Your always looking back
To see who's coming through the door

You're like aloaded heater
Just about to go off the street
You need a baby-sitter
To pick you up if you can't stand the heat

You sold protection
Fed the common fear
Took yes for an answer
You didn't see the tears
Collecting from the loanshark

Well, they sprung me out of Quentin,
I'm back on the mob's payroll
They can buy my body
Sure they can't buy my soul.
I'm working out of Stockton
I''m weighing in at two -o -one
But there's a man in the front row
Sent down by the mob with a gun.

For 'Kid Gloves',I'm back out on the street.
'Kid Gloves', the master to the beat
'Kid Gloves', I'll do anything but dive.

We'll the bought me out of Quentin.
They've gone and placed their bets.
I've got to throw the fight
Just to save my neck.
Saying 'yes' to the set up
Made me feel so cheap
But the street felt so good
Now I've only got myself to beat

A deal is a deal
But you know I just can't win
The mob oughta know
My conscience is wearing thin

For 'Kid' Gloves, I'm back in the ring
'Kid ' Gloves, I'll fight anything
'Kid" Gloves, I'll do anything but dive.

'Kid Gloves', I'm back on the street
'Kid" Gloves the master to beat
"Kid" Gloves, Ill do anything but cry,

'Kid' Gloves, I'm back on my feet
"Kid" Gloves, The master to beat
"Kid" Gloves, I'll do anything but cry

"Kid" Gloves, I'm back in the ring.
"Kid Gloves, I'll fight anything
"Kid Gloves" I'll do anything but dive

Well, they burned me out of Quentin,
They've gone and placed their bets
I've got to throw a fight
Just to save my neck.
Saying yes to the set up
Made me feel so cheap
But the street felt so good
Now I've only got myself to beat

"Kid Gloves, I'm back out on the street
"Kid' Gloves, the master to beat
'Kid' Gloves, I'll do anything but dive

'Kid' Gloves, I'm back in the ring
"Kid" Gloves, I'll fight anything
'Kid' Gloves, I'll do anything but cry

"Kid Gloves, I'm faster on my feet
"Kid Gloves, the master to beat
'Kid" gloves, I'll do anything but dive

Well, it's a straight line as the crow flies
To a heaven hear on earth
And if you make time, it's a cool drive.
Head down to the coast
If your taste runs to the gumbo,
Don't know where to go,
Let me introduce you to
The King of Zydeco

If you're head leaks like a strainer,
The sea comes to your door,
A strange sound from the juke-joint,
A mile just down the road
Believe it when you hear it,
The sound of a 'rubbing board' board,
Let me introduce you to The King of Zydeco

Move it over
Open up that line
Roll it over,
Buddy, I'm insane.

You wont feel like a stranger,
You've found a second home
You cant get out of your tree there
When the music hits your soul.
Bye-Bye 'Big Brother'
"Cause I'm going away
I wanna listen to the man
They call Clifton Cheniere.

Feel like a statistic,
Feeling shrink-wrapped up too.
It's dun-time baby
You been to long in school.
Head down to the place
Near to Thibodoux
Let me introduce you to
The King of Zydeco
Move that semi
Buddy, I'm insane.
It's now or never
I can't touch the brakes.

Well, it's a stone's throw from the Bayou
And I can see the sign,
Shining like a beacon
Right on through the night.
No more airs and graces,
Gotta catch the show,
Let me introduce you to
The King of Zydeco.

Well, a hurricane is on it's way
Across the Bible belt
Just watch the sway of the sugar cane
Move from right to left

I must be gone when the morning comes,
Must be heading west.
I could hang around, go down in the storm
It's anybody's guess

Still can't find you
Still can't find you
Well, sorrow is my middle name
And I'll tell you something else.
Since you've been gone
I've been broken down

Been hanging 'round this lonesome town
Feeling less and less
What is gonna happen here
Is anybody's guess
Still can't find you
Still can't find you
Who's gonna hide you
Well, a Terraplane just passed my way
Wont give me a ride
Standing on the freeway
The wind is rising high

I could make it out, there is no doubt
But can't leave you behind
Still, I cannot find you
Still, cannot find you
What can I do?

I went down to the station. .
Leaned against the door,
Went down to the station,
Leaned against the door
I knew it wa the Empire Stae Express,
I could tell by the way she blows.

I asked the depot agent,
"Please let me ride the blinds"
Asked the depot agent,
"Please let me ride the blinds"
He said, "Son, I wouldn't mind
.But the Empire State ain't mine"

You know that Empire State,
She rides on eastern time.
That Empire State,
Rides on Eastern time,
She's the 'rollingingest' baby,
On the New York Cental line.

It was a mean ol' fireman
And a low down engineer.
It wa a cruel fieman
And a low-down engineer
That tok my woman away
And left me standing here.

Yes, the engineer blew the whistle,
The fireman rang the bell
The engineer blew the the whistle,
The fireman rang the bell
It was a cruel fireman
And a low-down engineer
Tha t took my woman away
And left poor me standing here

Yes, the engineer blew the whistle
The fireman rang the bell
The engineer blew the whistle,
The fireman rang the bell.
My woman's on board,
She's waving me fare-thee-well.

I'm gonna tell you
What that mean ol' train will do.
I'm gonna tell you
What that mean ol' train will do.
They'll take your woman away
And shoot black smoke back at you.

They'll take your woman away
And shoot black smoke back at you.

Walked in this morning
Feeling half-way like a ghost.
Walked in this morning
Feeling half-way like a ghost.
My face looked like marble,
My blood burned just like toast.
Face looked like marble,
My blood burned just like toast.

If I had some sense,
I'd tear that building down.
If I had some sense,
I'd tear that building down.
No more gin house,
Smiles instead of frowns.
No more gin house,
Give you smiles instead of frowns.

Came home this morning,
Found her crying by the door.
Came home this morning,
Found her crying by the door.
Make my promise,
Won't barrel-house no more.
You've got my word,
Won't barrel-house no more.

Came home this morning,
Looking half-way like a ghost.
Came home this morning,
Looking half-way like a ghost.
My face looked like marble,
My blood burned just like toast.
Face looked like marble,
My blood burned just like toast.

HEAVEN'S GATE
You're feeling haunted,
See those shadows on the shades?
You're stalking 'round the room,
Your name is on the blade.
The darkness 'round your neck
Is like a metal claw,
Who is gonna save you?
Who will hear you call?

You'll never get to Heaven,
Putting money in the plate.
Can't bribe St. Peter
When you're at Heaven's gate.
Right now you wonder
How crazy things can be,
You delt your own hand,
Five-card destiny

Roller-coaster feeling
from the floor
Someone stole the key
Out of your door.

Just what you needed,
Shadow on the blinds
Feel so somersalted,
Trying to keep your sense of time.
Lightning on the windows.
Just to seal your fate
Who is gonna save you
When Your at Heaven's Gate

I'm walkin' wounded,
Got my heart ina sling
I've been injected
Till I feel nothing
You got me hurting
Where it gets me most
If I had some sense
I'd move back to the southern coast

I'm truly wounded
Like a fox in a snare
I feel inspected
'Cause I'm caught in your glare.
You've done your damage,
Are you sure that you're through?
Don't cross me anymore,
I've had enough of of you.

Like sleepwalkin'
Like an unlit fuse
I'm breaking out , baby,
Got no time to loose.

You're like a Slumming Angel
Lost on the wrong side of town.
Just want to see the pictures,
Tell your man, 'turn down the sound'
You're acting wise but you're not afraid
'round here you might get blown away
Like a Slummming Angel,
Lost on the wrong side of town

Slumming Angel,
Lost on the wrong side of town
I saw you sak thee poor kid
To take the time to show you back
Don't burn your wings
Flying to high
Around here you just
Might end up
Dying
Like a Slumming Angel
Lost on the wrong side of town
Don't you know our way around?

Straiht out of heaven
Don't you know where you stand?
Take off those rose colored glasses,
This is no wonderland

You're like a Slumming Angel
Lost on the wrong side of the tracks
Saw you ask the poor boy
To show you the way back
Go home to your Daddy
Where you ought to go
Thinngs have changed around here
Do't you know
You're like a Slumming Angel
Lost on the wrong side of town
Slumming Angel,
Let me show you around.

1.LAUNDROMAT

What do you think of that
I'm sleeping down at the laundromat
if you should pass you should drop my bag

but I don't have no clothes to clean
to put inside the machine
but it was the craziest place I have ever been

oh, come around and meet my friends
they'll be there with me right through to the end(twice)

say I told you so
maybe bad times come and go
you don't know that right now well then you'll never know

what do you think of that
I'm on the street like an old straycat
if you should look for me you'd know exactly where to go

oh, come around and meet my friends
they'll be there with me to the end, put me to the end

what do you think of that
I'm sleeping down at the laundromat
if you should pass by drop right in

but I don't have no clothes to clean
to put inside the machine
It was the craziest place I have ever been

well, come around and meet my friends
they'll be there with me right through to the end(twice)

2.JUST THE SMILE

Just the smile that is spreading all over her face
Could warm up the room and set fire to the place
Yes it could, you know it could
Now the fog is clinging all over the town
put one foot in front, then you might just fall down -
on the ground. She's in town
Like the rain that is falling all over the land
She cools down my mind when she touches my hand
Feels so good yes so good
Just the smile that is spreading all over her face
it could warm up the room and set fire to the place
yes it could, you know it could

3.I FALL APART

Like a cat that's playing with a ball of twine
that you call my heart
oh, but baby is it so hard
to tell the two apart
and so slowly you unwind me
'til I fall apart

I'm only living for the hour
that I see your face
when that happens I don't
wanna be no other place
'til the end of time
you'll be on my mind

I don't mind waiting for your love
for of time I've got plenty of
rain or shine please bring out your love
make it shine like the stars above

I'm only living for the moment
when I hear your voice
oh, I'm waiting
I don't have any choice
and the day is long
so won't you come where you should be

like a cat that's playing with a ball of twine
that you call my heart
oh baby, is it so hard
to tell the two apart
and so slowly you unwind it
'til I fall apart

4.WAVE MYSELF GOODBYE

Well I don't know anymore
I don't know why I feel so sore
I only know I love you more
I feel so blue I think I'll wave myself goodbye
The people say you fade away
>From my mind you wouldn't stay
But you get stronger there everyday
You know I feel so alone I think I'll wave myself goodbye
This time next time it's all the same
I'll just go on playin a losin game
Until one day baby I´ll even forget your name
Someday someday
It takes a fool too long to see
Can´t make out the wood for the trees
I must have been blind as I could be
But now I feel so blue I think I'll wave myself goodbye
Well I don't know anymore
I've lost you for sure
I only know I want you more
I feel so blue I think I'll wave myself goodbye

5.HANDS UP

Hands up reach for the sky
And I will tell you why
This is just a game I'm playin
You won't feel the same I'm betting now
Get up you know this time
That you made up your mind
Think of all the dreams you're chasin
Think of all the time you're wastin now
My world is upside down
My inside is inside out
I'm hangin to a leaf that's shakin
That´s hangin to a branch that's breakin off now
Go out into the night
Left to the sky
You´ll walk out the shoes you're wearin
Might even lose your blues, no tellin now
 

6.SINNER BOY

City streets and rolling cars
the only sound you can hear
but you know you might be wrong
just look right over here
back up against the wall
hands on the bottle
you're gonna walk on by
but then he crys you gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta..

take that sinner boy home
wrap him up, keep him warm
he won't do you no harm
take him home right away
he's got no place to stay
let him walk right inside your home

go on and ask him his name
let him try to explain
what the world done him wrong
tell the man, lift him up
take away the paper cup
one more inside him won't do him no good
sinner boy

take that sinner boy home
wrap him up, keep him warm
he won't do you no harm
take him home right away
he's got no place to stay
let him walk right inside your home

take that sinner boy home
wrap him up, keep him warm
he won't do you no harm
 

7.FOR THE LAST TIME

You've done me wrong for the last time
you've sung your song, now I've gone and do sing mine
out loud, so loud like the (..)

you've played around for the last time
you've shown your claws, now I've gone and do show mine
watch out, I feel about in the night

you went around since the very first day
you've had your moment now I'm gonna have my play
so long, I'll be gone in the night

you've put me down for the very last time
I hit the floor but I got up on the count of night
good bye, don't cry when I'm gone
 

8.IT'S YOU

When the days begin to climb on me
and I begin to feel that I can't please
there's only one thing I can do
call on the one who pulls me through
that is you, yeah you

when I'm lost in some old lonely town
and there ain't no sound of you around
a voice comes whispering through my ear
and I can almost feel you here
so near, so near

when the nights begin to drag me down
and there ain't nobody else around
there's only one place I must be
close to you, you close to me
to me, to me

when the days begin to climb on me
and I begin to feel that I can't please
there's only one thing I can do
call on the one who pulls me through
that is you, yeah you
call on the one who pulls me through
that is you, yeah you
 

9.I'M NOT SURPRISED

I'm not surprised you didn't take the time to write me
I'm not surprised you didn't take the time to call
but baby, you know it really shook me
when, baby, I heard you're not coming back at all

I'm not surprised you didn't stop the thing about me
I'm not surprised you let me vanish from your mind
but baby, you know it overtook me
when my friend said you're gonna leave me here behind

why must it be, why must it be
why must it be, why must it be

I'm not surprised you started out without me
I'm not surprised you even stopped to care
but baby, if you must desert me
when you go don't talk about me when I'm not there
  
 

10.CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S TRUE

Can't believe it's true, I can't believe it's true
baby where are you, baby where are you

in the night I'm walking in my sleep
a lonely man who just can't get no peace
oh how I wish I just could see your face
then I would wipe the floor place by place

clock on the wall, why do you bother to chime at all
clock on the wall, why does this have to happen at all

in the day I'm walking on the street
hear the sound, steps walking after me
that's just trouble, follow with me about
that is one thing I can't do without

clock on the wall, why do you bother to chime at all
spot on the wall, did I really see it moving at all

can't believe it's true, I can't believe it's true
I wonder where are you, I wonder where are you

and in the night I'm talking in my sleep
the things I say I just can't repeat
don't need no fingerprints to know
you've got your hands on my very soul

clock on the wall, why do you bother to chime at all
clock on the wall, why does this have to happen at all
 

BONUS TRACKS (ONLY ON THE REMASTERED CD)

11.GYPSY WOMAN

The gypsy woman told me
you were your mother's bad luck child
the gypsy woman told me
you were your mother's bad luck child
you're having a good time now
you'll be having trouble after a while

Went to see the gypsy woman
to have my fortune told
she said run right home right away
and look through your keyhole
the gypsy woman told me
you were your mother's bad luck child
you're having a good time now
you'll be having bad times after a while

I believed everything the gypsy woman told me
every single word she said
i ran right home right away
and looked through my keyhole
another man in my bed
the gypsy woman told me
you were your mother's bad luck child
you're having a good time now
you'll be having bad times after a while

12.IT TAKES TIME

Everytime baby i got you on my mind
little by little i watch my love slow down
yeah yeah do you know what it means to be alone
today you're laughing baby
tommorow you could be crying

Well you live for the day
you're goin on your own
you got a little child here now come on and try to make it home
yeah yeah do you know what it means to be alone
today you're laughing woman
tomorrow you could be crying

Live for the day you're goin on your own
You got a little child here now come on and try and make it home
yeah do you know what it means to be alone
today you're laughing woman
tomorrow you could be crying
yeah yeah do you know what it means to be alone
today you're laughing woman
tomorrow you could be crying
  

1.I'M NOT AWAKE YET

I'm not awake yet i haven't opened my eyes
I haven't been late yet
i'm gonna be on time
for today's the day that you are coming back
and i can't wait to see you materialise
how much can i take now before i break inside
how long will it take now before i realise
that i can't live without you by my side
and nothing else will leave me satisfied
I've looked at my heart now and i trusted my eyes
i made that mistake now ain't gonna make it twice
but time can put the man on the other side
and i can't wait to see what's left behind
i'm not awake yet i haven't opened my eyes
I haven't been late late yet
gonna be on time ,gonna be on time
gonna be on time,but todays the day that you are coming back
and i can't wait to see you materialise

2.USED TO BE

Baby i no longer wanna be
just a thorn in your side
Tell me what you gave me baby
and i will give you back
The troubles you gave to me
Gonna wrap em up in a box
tie 'em up with string
send 'em back to you
They no longer mean a thing to me

Better get used to bein' my used to be

Baby i no longer wanna be
just a cushion for your pride
here's my badge back baby
This man's gotta ride away
Before you make me change my mind
I'll be gone before you notice that i'm not around
You'll look everywhere baby
but i just won't be found

Better get used to being my used to be

I used to be the hands of your clock baby
But i always knew in time
I'd no longer be the key to your lock baby
and you would change your mind

I used to be the hands of your clock baby
But i always knew in time
I'd no longer be the key to your lock baby
and you would suddenly change your mind

Baby i remember a time
when you really used to try
But nowadays baby
you can't even look me in the eye
Your love is drifting with the tide
Well i ain't gonna blame you
if you ain't gonna blame me
I'll just move on down
i'm sure that you'll agree

 get used to bein' my used to be

Well i ain't gonna blame you
if you ain't gonna blame me
I'll just move on down the line
i'm sure that you'll agree
 better get used to bein' my used to be

3.DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M GOING

I don't know where i'm going
i don't know where i've been
cause i haven't seen my baby
since i don't know when

I'm walking down that long road
with a smile up on my face
i'm broken hearted
but you won't see a trace

Feeling disconnected
These blues are out to kill
sweap them in the corner
put 'em in the bin

Allright so you don't sympathise
i don't expect that you should
Walk right for one day you might
run into this patch of grey clouds too

Allright so you don't sympathise
i don't expect that you should
Stay bright for one day you might
run into this patch of grey clouds too

Gravel in my pockets
from the places i have been
The soles of my shoes are paper thin
I got sand here in my pockets
from the place that i come from
That's where i'm going
so i'll say so long

4.MAYBE I WILL

Running through a pool of rain
I think i'll do it one more time again
I hope i always feel this way
maybe i will

Searching for a piece of ground
where i can lay my body down
with the earth for a pillow under my head

Wake up in the morning
it's a brand new day
And though it seems the same
it's different from yesterday
Then i read the leaves
and put my cup away

Running down a country lane
Looking on a a field of grain
Just to see you smile
makes me feel alive again

Opening another door
I'll see what i have not seen before
Maybe i'll find what i'm looking for

Running through a pool of rain
I think i'll do it one more time again
I hope i always feel this way
maybe i will
maybe i will

5.WHOLE LOTTA PEOPLE

A whole lotta people talking,
trying to make sense
Seems everybody's living on a barbed wire fence
Whole lotta people too proud to call
'Cause it won't get no help at all

Everybody's waiting for the good news day
But it seems so far away
Wonder if it's ever gonna come
'Cause the way it's been
The restless one

Lot of things have gotta change
If it's not already too late
But it is worth the wait
So, let's not hang our heads
The light will shine one day
(Ohhww!)

Lot of things have gotta change
If it's not already too late
But it is worth the wait
So, let's not hang our heads
The light will show through yet
(Yeahh!)

Now listen, Baby, and listen well
I've got only one thing to tell
Don't you worry about people telling lies
They're only catching flies

A whole lotta people talking,
trying to make sense
Seems everybody's living on a barbed wire fence
Whole lotta people too proud to call
'Cause it won't get no,
cause it won't get no,
cause it won't get no
help at all,
help at all

6.IN YOUR TOWN

Look out baby, your man is back in town
Look out baby, I won't stand no messin' round.

The first man I wanna see is the Chief of Police
Bring that man right over here,
I wanna speak my piece
I wanna cause no trouble, no fuss, no fight
But look out man, you know this is Saturday night.

The second man I wanna see is the old Fire Chief
Bring that man right over here
Stand him right in front of me
I wanna cause no trouble, no fuss, no fight
See this match, I'm gonna set this place a light
so look out

You come along baby and ask me where i've been
The third man I wanna see is the old D.A.
He was the man who sent me away
22 years 23 days 24 minutes i was locked away
You come along baby and ask me where i've been
Having a little holiday up in Sing Sing

Sing Sing
Sing Sing
When i came out i couldn't feel a,
i couldn't feel a, i couldn't feel a thing
I couldn't feel a thing, I couldn't feel a thing
feel a thing,feel a thing
Feel a thing

Now i'm back
In your town
In your town
In your town
In your town

7.SHOULD'VE LEARNT MY LESSON

Should've learnt my lesson
long long time ago
Should've learnt my lesson
long long time ago
Bored like a mule
i've always learnt my lesson slow

Should have listened
taken my friends advice
Should have listened
to my best friends and to my eyes
They said "you must be prepared to lose"
If you choose to chance the dice

Well i'm feeling
about as tired as a bad pair of shoes
When you don't fit
then you know it's time to move
But if you had my troubles you'd be cryin too

My first mistake
was when i thought that you'd be true
 My first mistake
was when i thought that you'd be true
now i realise that was a foolish thing to do

8.THERE'S A LIGHT

There's a light that shines on me
ever since you came to me
It won't go,it won't go away
Now i know that you're gonna stay
Now that i know
your love means so much more to me now

Come here now baby
Now look what you've done to me now
I don't pray for what could have been
I feel i'm flyin naturally

I can fly but i won't go away
In your sky that's where i wanna stay

Come here now baby
Now look what you've done to me now
If i don't show would you know
where to look for me now

I do not stare absently
Counting waves up on the sea
Now i know where i wanna stay
There ain't no hard decisions to make
 

Come here now baby
Now look what you've done to me now
If i don't show would you know
who to send for me now

There's a light (x3)

9.OUT OF MY MIND

Well you took me out of my mind baby
You took me out of my head
My friends have gone to look for me
I ain't been seen yet

No i ain't disappeared
i'm only over here
Well you found me out of my skull baby
staring at the stars
You will appear now just in time
to what i was looking for
I had no place to run
Did not have anyone

Well i wonder
why the day is so bright
What can the reason be
You light up the darkest night
like a pearl out of the sea

Hope it can always be
but i must wait and see
Give me some of your love baby
That is all i need
Tell me what it's all about
Tell me what you see

Where have you been so long
My tears have dried and gone
Where have you been so long
all my blues have gone

Well you took me out of my mind baby
You took me out of my head
My friends have gone to look for me
I ain't been seen yet

No i ain't disappeared
i'm only over here

No i ain't disappeared
i'm only over here
 

10.CREST OF A WAVE

Well you can ride on the crest of a wave
if that's where you want to be
But does the look on your face
mean you're really feeling happy
or do you feel like you're standing on a wooden leg
or a poor man much too proud to beg
or a page from a book
that can't be read at all

Can't you see by the way
that they are talking
that it's time for you
to pick up your grip start walking
cause they want to see your long legs flying
go to the place where the earth meets the sky
and don't stop to turn around and wave goodbye at all

They won't be satisfied
till you're out of their sight
But i wonder how will they feel
With a deck of cards
and you're not around to deal Yeh

They won't be satisfied
till you're out of their sight
But i wonder how will you feel
With a deck of cards
and you're not around to deal
you're not around to deal

Well they say it's a lie,
 it's a joke that you are living
but you know one thing they don't
you won't give in
cause you're like a cat who's chaisin' its tail
makes a million circles but you're gonna fail
sometimes you just don't understand

Well you can ride on the crest of a wave
if that's where you want to be
But does the look on your face
mean you're really feeling happy
or do you feel like you're standing on a wooden leg
or a poor man much too proud to beg
or a page from a book
that can't be read at all

or do you feel that you're standing on a wooden leg
or a poor man much too proud to beg
or a page from a book
that can't be read at all ,read at all

BONUS TRACK (ONLY ON THE REMASTERED CD)

11.PERSUASION

Well i don't need too much persuasion
when i'm in your arms this way
Well i don't need a sense of occasion
I'm ready any day
Well just tell me your location
and i will get to you
There will be no hesitation
i'll be right there out of the blue
perfection you seem to me
this connection we ought to seal
my emotions i can't conceal
you're heart I'll steal away
I won't put up to much of a struggle
when you look that way
but i know that i'm in trouble
my defence just melts away
Well i think that i'm in heaven
when you knock on my door
well i start to seeing double
my resistance is way down low
A perfection you seem to be
this connection we ought to seal
my emotions i can't conceal
you're heart I'll steal away
heart I'll steal away
Well i don't need to much persuasion
when i'm in your arms this way
Well i don't need a sense of occasion
I'm ready any day
Won't you tell me your location
and i will get to you
There will be no hesitation
i'll be right there out of the blue
perfection you seem to be
this connection we ought to seal
my emotions i can't conceal
you're heart I'll steal away
you're heart I'll steal away
that's right

MESSIN' WITH THE THE KID

What's this I hear that's going all around town?
The people are sayin' you gonna put the kid down
Lordy, what're you doing?
You can call it what you want,
I call it messin' with the kid.

You told me you loved me
You told me a lie,
I love you woman till the day I die
Lordy, what're you doin
You can call it what you want
I call it messin' with the kid

You took the kids' car and drove all around town
Tellin' everybody you're gonna put me down,
Lordy, what're you doing
You can call it what you want
I call it messin' with the kid

Messin' with the kid
Messin' with the kid
Messin' with the kid
Messin' with the kid
You can call it what you want,
I call it messin' with the kid

You told me you loved me
You told me a lie
I love you woman till the day I die

Take my car and drive all around town,
Tellin' everybody you gonna put me down
Lordy what're you doing,
Call it what you want
I call it messin' with the kid
Messin' with the kid
Messin' with the kid
Messin with the kid
Messin' with the kid
Messin' with the kid

LAUNDROMAT

What do you think of that?
I'm sleeping down at the Laundromat
If you should pass by
Be sure to drop right in

Well I don't have no clothes to clean
To put inside the machine
It's the craziest place I have ever been.
Come 'round and meet my friends,
They'll be there with me
With me to the end,, with me to the end, with me to the end

You say I told you so.
But baby bad times come and go
If you don't know that by now,
Then you'll never know

Well I don't have no clothes to clean
To put inside the machine.
It's the craziest place I have ever been
Well come 'round and meet my friends
They'll be there with me,
With me to the end, with me to the end, with me to the end

You say I told you so
But, baby, bad times come and go
If you don't know that by now
Then you'll never know.

What do you think of that
I'm on the street like an old stray cat
If you should look for me
You'll know exactly where to go
Come round and meet my friends
They'll be there with me
With me to the end, with me to the end, with me to the end

I COULD'VE HAD RELIGION

I could've had religion, I could've had religion
But my little girl wouldn't let me pray
I swear to the world she drove my spirit away
She drove my spirit away, drove my spirit away

I could've had , I could've had religion
But my little girl wouldn''t let me pray
I tell the truth, she drove my spirit away
She drove my spirit away

I could've been, I could've been a preacher,
But I changed my mind the other night
The woman I have now, she would not treat me right
She would not treat me right

I've been a bad man, as bad can be
Gonna pray to the Lord above to send his blessing on me
I want some mercy, you gotta set my soul free
Set my soul free, Please..

I could've had, I could've had religion
But my little girl wouldn't let me pray.
Well, demon woman, you sent the devil my way,
You sent the devil my way.

Oh Lord above please send my fire,
Send your mercy right down to me.
That woman set the devil on me,
She set the devil on me,
She set the devil on me,
She set the devil on me.

Could've had religion

PISTOL SLAPPER BLUES

Well I'd know my dog
Anywhere i hear him bark
Well I'd know my rider, if I seen her in the dark

Ain't it cold-blooded murder
When you say you don't love me?
We'll, that's alright , woman
You gonna need my help someday

You didn't say you didn't love me
When you where stretched out across my bed.
You drinkin' moonshine whiskey
And talkin' all outta your head

Ain't but two kinda people
In this world that I can't stand.
That a lying woman, and a cheatin', knockin' man

We'll I feel like slapping
My pistol in your face
I'm gonna let the graveyard be your resting place

Well I'd know my dog
Anywhere I hear him bark
I'd know my rider, if I seen her in the dark

GOING TO MY HOMETOWN

Mama's in the kitchen baking up a pie
Daddy's in the back yard "Get a job son,
You know you ought to try"

I packed up my bag, I headed down the road,
I got me a job from Henry Ford
But I made a mistake, I moved much too far
And know I know what the lonesome blues are...
I'm getting lonesome, I'm getting blue
I need someone to talk to
I'm getting lonesome, I'm getting blue,
Let me tell you where I'm going to...

Yes I'm going to my hometown
I don't care even if I have to walk
Yes I'm going to my hometown
I don't care even if I have to walk
I gotta move on now baby, I got no more time left to talk

Yes I'm going to my hometown,
Sorry but I can't take you..
Yes I'm going to my hometown
Sorry but I can't take you
Only got one ticket ,you know I just can't afford two.
Take me home.

The day I left,
You know the rain was pouring down,
The day I left
You know the rain was pouring down
I'm going home again baby,
I believe the sun's gonna come on out
Let's go home, boy, let's go home

Yes I'm going to my hometown
You know baby I gotta go
Going to my hometown
You know I just have to go.
I really love you woman
I'll see you in a year, maybe no, maybe yes.

Going to my hometown
I'm going to my hometown
Going to my hometown,
Going to my hometown
Going to my hometown

IN YOUR TOWN

Look out baby, your man is back in town
Look out baby, I won't stand no messin' round.
The first man I wanna see is the Chief of Police
Bring that man right over here,
Stand him right in front of me

I wanna cause no trouble, no fuss, no fight
But look out man, you know it's Saturday night.
The second man I wanna see is the old Fire Chief
Bring that man right over here
Stand him right in front of me

I wanna cause no trouble, no fuss, no fight
But see this match, I might set this whole place a light
The third man I wana see is the old D.A.
Bring that man right over here, don't let him get away
He was the man who locked me inside
All my young years rot until I died
Four bare walls, one cold floor
That's all they gave me, they would give me no more.

Now you come along baby, ask me how I've been
I've been up the river to a place they call Sing Sing
Sing Sing,
Sing Sing.

Mama and papa wrote me to say "Hey son,
Please write and tell us how you're getting on"
"Dear son they said the rumors all around town
There gonna lock you up some more years
For something you ain't done

Picked up my pen and I wrote right home,
'Dear mama and papa, now listen to your son,
They've taken my Twenty-two years, twenty-three days.
Twent-four minutes
They made it 99 years
I might die in here'

On cellblock three, make no mistake,
We've had it up to the teeth,
We've had all that we can take
We got some rope, a grapling hook
And late at night we're gonna make that jump
It's only forty feet down that wall
And if we hit the highway
Wegot an hour before were missed at all

Going to pick up a ride from a pickup truck
When we hit town'
When we hit town
Everybody better duck

Now I'm back in your town
In your town
In your town

Now I'm back in your town
In your town
In your town
I'm back in your town

BULLFROG BLUES

Well did you ever?
Well did you ever?
Well did you ever?

Well did you ever wake up
With them bullfrogs on your mind?
Well did you ever wake up
with them bullfrogs on your mind?
You had to sit there laughin'
Laughin' just to keep from crying

My mother got em
My father got em
My sister got em
My brother got em
I woke up this morning, my grandmother had them too
Well don't you know about that, I got the bullfrog blues
Bullfrog

My mother got em
My father got em
My sister got em
My brother got em
I woke up this morning, my grandmother had them too
Don't you know about that, I got the bullfrog blues

Called up my doctor, was not feeling so well
Well I called up my doctor, was not feelin so well
He looked inside his bag and said "Well! Well..."

You don't need no doctor, you don't need no pill
You don't need no doctor, you don't need no pill
Just take my advice, it'll surely cure your ills

Head on down to New Orleans
The prettiest place you've ever seen
Head on down to the river bend
That's where the music never ends
OPen your ears, don't you feel good
Get yourself one helluva shot of rythm 'n' blues

Go on down to New Orleans
The greatest place you've ever been
Get on down to the river bend
Dig the music of the Cajun bands
Honky tonk piano, make you feel good
Open your ears to rythm 'n' blues

Well did you ever wake up
With them bullfrogs on your mind?
Well did you ever wake up
With them Bullfrogs on your mind?
You had to sit there laughin'
Laughin' just to keep from crying.

Well did you ever wake up
with that one woman on your mind?
Well did you ever wake up
with that one woman on your mind?
You had to sit there laughin'
Laughin just to keep from cryin'

Well I lost my shirt at a card game in which I never had a chance
Well I lost my shirt at a card game in which I never had a chance
The deck was marked, the game was rigged,
You could not tell at a glance.

Well, Lost my job on the weekend and I was back out on the street
Well, I lost my job on the weekend and I was back out on the streets
No way to get a dollar, but I spent it at the roulette wheel

Well I walk on hot coals, sleep on a bed of nails
Walk on thin ice, skate on razor blades
Got my little girl beside me no matter what else fails.

Well I spent it all down at the race track
All the way my horsre led the field
Well I spent it all down at the race track
All the way my horse led the field
But it was a hoax, the mare was doped,
a length to win she fell down on her knees

Gonna throw away my lucky penny, rabbit's foot and gypsy ring
Gonna throw away my lucky penny, rabbit's foot and gypsy ring
not gonna gamble on my baby,
on this loosing streak I might not win

Well I walk on hot coals, sleep on a bed of nails
Walk on thin ice, skate on razor blades
Got my little girl beside me no matter what else fails

Well I walk on hot coals, sleep on a bed of nails
Walk on thin ice, skate on razor blades
Got my little girl beside me no matter what else fails

Were you raise by the river
Down by the low, low land
Where the air is dark and sinister
In the nigh there's no safe place to stand
Hid in the reeds are eyes that peek, voices i can't understand
Flamingos flying endlessly
To the silent sky

Daughter of the Everglades
You never made it clear
 Daughter of the Everglades
If you want to be here
Child of the river
I never saw your tears

Well you looked like your mama
Before you walked, you swam
Learnt to makes snake tails stew
From your daddy, a crazy talkin' fisherman
In this place there is no law, the river makes all the rules
What they are I found ot
When I came back to look for you

Daughter of the Everglades
Why did you bring me here?
Daughter of the everglades
My love has turned to fear
Child of the river
Let me feel you near

Well you laughed in the
But I new after a year
That you'd cry in the city
I should have not brought you here
So far from the Bayou, down in the low. low land
Don't know why you left me
But now I understand

Take me back to the river
Down in the smoky ground
Where snakes crawl you don't cheat
By the river you live by now
I the swell of the river, the river sails so proud
I should have gone there with you
But now they tell me you have drowned.

Daughter of the Everglades
I can feel you near
Daughter of the Everglades
I know I'll find you hear
Child of the river
I can't see for tears

Daughter of the Everglades
I want ot feel you near
Daughter of the Everglades
I must find you here
Child of the river
I can't see for my tears

If you got money in the bank
don't let your woman draw it out
"Cos she'll take all your money and
Then she'll kick you out

I had money
And a fast Cadillac car
But I made a big mistake, let my baby know where they are
And she took all my possessions
And then she threw me out

Now young man
Head my advice
I'll tell it once
And then I'll tell it twice
Keep an eye on your old lady anytime
That you go stepping out

There's only one woman
That I hate more
You know who that is?
Why that's my mother
My baby's fast
 But her mother's even faster on the draw

My baby
My little baby,
I believe she's gonna jump and shout
When I walk down to the bank
And draw all of my money out

Well if you got money in the bank
Don't let your woman draw it out
'Cos she'll take all your money out
And the she'll throw you out

Anyone can tell you lies, like one and one are two
And then call round and tell that "Im not right for you"
Hands off,
You're gonna hear me saying,
Hands off,
Things sure need some changing,
Hands off,
We'd all be much better

Anyone can tell you lie like one and are two
And all cal 'round and tell "that I'm not right for you"
Hands off,
I've had enough interrogation
Hands off,
Do you hear what I say?

Hands off,
Oh do you need persuading?
Hands off,
I've had enough interrogation.
Hands off,
D' you hear what I say?

You know that I'm a peaceful man, now as a general rule
That's the way I'd like to keep it.
If I had to choose,
Hands off.
Now here's the situation,
Hands off.
My girl needs consideration,
Hands off.
Did you hear what I say?

There's people letter-writing until the ink turns green
Trying to ruin reputation, send it to a magazine,
Hands off.
Now here's the situation,
Hands off.
My girl needs consideration,
Hands off.
We'd all be better off then.

Hands off,
Now here's the situation,
Hands off.
My girl needs consideration,
Hands off.
Did you hear what I say?

Hands off,
Now here's the situation,
Hands off.
My girl needs consideration,
Hands off.
Did you hear what I say?

Hands off,Off
Now here's the situation
Hands off,
Did you hear what I say

Well that sounds like the nigh train,
Blowing its stack
Spreadin' its wheels all
Over the track.
I arrived this morning , won't be here for long
As fast as a shooting star,
That's what them eight wheels are for
Come on and jump aboard
It's a mean peace of transport, baby
You know that's no joke

On board the aging gambler
Smiles as he peels
The seal off a new deck,
Then he quietly deals
Hands a round the table, from the bottom he slips three
Watch yourself, if you play this game
Fastest card game on wheels.
Won't you be there when it leaves?
Can't you hear me talkin' darlin?
Together we can race the breeze

It shines out a light,
In the deepest darkest night
To make us feel alright
To make us feel alright
I've prayed every nigh
That you will want to go there too.
Come on darlin',
lets go

Night is over
Dawn begins to crack,
Sounds like a hen hatching
In a chicken shack
Late last night I heard a lonely cry,
Heard the brown owl howling
In a moonless sky
Come on..
Can't you hear me talkin' baby?
Together we can race the breeze.

Old engine driver
Never stepped on the ground,
Got no degree in geography
But he's been around.
Knows all the back-lines, eyes can hardly see.
Don't tell this man to slow down
Cause he don't know what you mean.
Alright,
Won't you be there when it leaves?
Can't you hear me cryin' honey?
Together we can race the breeze.

It shines out a light,
In the darkest night
To make us feel alright,
To make us feel alright.
I've prayed every night
You will wanna go there too.

Well that sounds like the night train,
Blowing its stack
Spreadin' its wheels all
Over the track.
I arrived here this morning, but not for long
As fast as a shooting star,
That's what them eight wheels are for.
Together we can race the breeze.
Don't you hear me talkin' baby?
Be there when it leaves.
Don't you hear me talkin' honey?
We can race the breeze.
Hear me talkin' baby,
We can race the breeze

He was the seventh son of a seventh son
People claimed that he could cure anyone

He had the power there is no doubt
From his healing hands the light shone all about
No magic potion or mystic words,
His eyes stared at you, no sound was heard

People came from north and south
To see this faith healing man, see what he was all about
Cured the young and cured the old
Soon the whole nation knew his name

Seventh son of a seventh son
Is it to late
Now that I've come?
Seventh son of a seventh son
Is it to late?
You know why I've come

Outside his door where queues ten deep,
Soon this faith healing man could get no sleep.
On the street they milled outside
Soon this man had to spend his days inside

He cured a woman who could not speak
And you know the blind child? Now he can see
Never asked for payment or took anything from them
Faith healing man was not the same

One day a man with a big cigar
Drove into town in a long, long silver car.
He made a deal, said thin boy would go far,
Said he'd make this faith healing country boy into a movie star.

The seventh son of a seventh son
He moved away from this small town
To the city he soon came
He looked up in lights, saw his name.

See all the people who knew him well,
As though he was still here, the stories they all tell
About the time he made the lame boy walk
But know you have to pay hear him talk

One day he returned from the city of lights
You know something had happened there, his powers had died
But know he says he won't cure no more
Faith healin' man you have returned

Seventh son of a seventh son
Is it to late? You know why I've come
Seventh son of a seventh son,
To be cured
Well half went up with those big city lights
Seventh son of a seventh son

If I had a reason I'd tell you what it is,
Must I explain how I feel
I've tried and I've tried to make it so clear
But my time is just wasted I fear

Well it's only an old song but it serves it's purpose so well
By the cry in your voice Im can tell
When you sing there's a feeling behind the words
That brings it all back again

I'm reaching, I'm reaching, while you slip away
I'm searching for words I can say
I'm listening, I'm listening, tryin' not to hear
You say that we might met one day

There's a picture that's faded and curling from it's frame
Of a face that smiles patiently,
It might smile forever to make me feel better
But I might just bust it and see.

Oh I'm reaching, I'm reaching while you slip away,
I'm searching for words I can't say.
I'm listening, I'm listening tryin' not to hear
You say that we might meet some day

There's answers to questions that we both wanna know
But those answers keep evading me
There's rhymes and there's reasons,
There's rights and there's wrongs
For being what you are to me.

If I had a a reason I'd tell you what it is
Would you do the same thing for ne?
"Cause the minute you go there's one thing I know,
That day will mean nothing to me.
 

Tattoo'd lady, bearded baby
They're my family
When I was lonely
Something told me where I could always be
Where I could push the penny, if you've got any
You'll meet me down at the shooting gallery
You know I'm a fair ground baby
Wonder what made me fall for the pearly queen

Well, I spent my youth under canvas roof
As I roamed from town to town
I'm not foolin' when I say I got no schoolin'
Never liked the class-bell sound

From inside the caravan, I hear the fair-ground band
Sounding good as they can be
You know I can't be found, if you look around
Tomorrow we'll be gone by dawn, oh yeah

Now hear it on the loudspeaker say
The fire eater is a real fine sight to see
You know he's a death cheater
Some kind of central heater
Be sure to save a seat for me
Let me tell you 'bout
Wicked Sadie, she's no baby
The law came and tried to close her side show down
But soon she had the DA cheering
The police chief wearing her garter for a crown

Oh, I spent my youth under canvas roof
As I roamed from town to town
I'm not foolin' when I say I got no schoolin'
Never liked the school-bell sound

From the caravan, I hear the fair-ground band
Sounding really good as they can be
You know I can't be found and if you look around
Tomorrow I'll be gone by dawn

Tattoo'd lady, bearded baby
They're my family
When I was lonely
Something told me where I could always be
Where I could push the penny, we have any
You'll meet me down at the shooting gallery
Fair ground baby
Wonder what made me fall for the pearly queen
 

If I was a cradle then you'd let me rock
If I was a pony then you'd let me trot
If I was the atom then you'd split me into three
But when I want to see you, baby
How come you lock your door on me?

If I was a baby you wouldn't let me fall
If I was an outlaw you wouldn't have me caught
If I was a tiger you wouldn't have me caged
If I was somebody else you would act your age

You'll miss out if you leave me out of your day and night
I will try to make you see and hear what I got to say
It's all about me and you, alright

If I was a blind man then you'd make me see
If I was a deaf man you'd give me hears to hear
If I was a lame man you'd give me legs to walk
But if you were true to me, baby
You would listen when I talk

If I was a cradle then you'd let me rock
If I was a pony then you'd let me trot
If I was the atom then you'd split me into three
But when I want to see you, baby
How come you lock your door on me?
 

People talk about her
Like she was a diamond on a shelf
People talk about her
Like she was a diamond on a shelf
Well, I got 20:20 vision
I can see that for myself

I got a high steppin', baby
You know she's really 'bout as good as gold
I got a high steppin', baby
You know she's really good as gold
She can make my grandpa
Feel like he's six years old

I got 20:20 vision and that's all I need
Enough to keep my baby here by me

Well, you know my little baby
She buzz something like a bumble bee
Well, you know my little baby
She buzz like a bumble bee
And I won't complain
If she comes 'round here and stings me
Sting me!

I got 20:20 vision and that's all I need
Enough to keep my baby good company

You know my little baby
I'd recognise her anywhere
If I seen her in a crowd
I'd recognise her anywhere
She can even make my grandpa
Get up outta his wheelchair

All the boys hang around her
But she says she don't love no-one else
All the boys hang around
But she says she don't love no-one else
Well, I got 20:20 vision
I can see that for myself
I got 20:20 vision
I can see that for myself
 

They don't make them like you anymore, that's for sure
And when they made you
They made sure they threw away the mould
It comes as no surprise to me
That I wanna be in your vicinity

If I stand close to you, I'm not sure if I'm really there
With my feet on the ground but my head's lost in the air
Oh, how I wish you could see
That I'd love to be in your vicinity

Where would I go, what would I do
If you should run from me?
How does it show when you're to lose
Will you explain to me?
There's something growing
There's something showing
There's something won't let me be

Where would I go, what would I do
If you should run from me?
How does it show when you're to lose
Will you explain to me?
There's something growing
There's something showing
There's something won't let me be

They don't make them like you anymore, that's for sure
And when they made you
They made sure they threw away the mould
Oh, how I wish you could be
I wanna be in your vicinity

Well, I've heard that one day
Everything comes to him who waits
Well, that may be so, but you know it might be too late
Oh, how I'd love to see
That I wanna be in your vicinity
 

Well, I've been living like a trucker for a month or more
Well, I'm steaming like a diesel that cannot feel its throes
Well, I'm closing all the windows, keeping out the rain
But I'm not complaining, in fact I'd do it all again
I'm a ramblin' man, cannot stop a travellin' man

I've been singing for my supper but I never get to eat
Well, I queue up at the dinner but I cannot find a seat
Well, I've been livin' like a gypsy, feelin' like a king
Really feel like singin', you know that's the mood I'm in
I'm a ramblin' man, some kind a travellin' man

You'll never catch me working nine to five
That's for some people but me, I wanna ride
All around the world, to the planet's end
I've seen some places, but more I ain't seen yet

Lose an hour, gain an hour, somewhere on the map
Flyin' through the time-zones, another plane to catch
Why I've always gotta see what's on the other side
So I pack my bags, get on my way, catch my train and ride

I've been living like a hawker in days both hot and cold
Well, I'm sleepin' if I have to, before the wagons roll
Well, I've been hopin' and I've been prayin' since I was last here
Tell your mama not to worry, come on baby, get on up here
I'm a ramblin' man, some kind a travellin' man

Well, I've been living like a trucker for a month or more
Well, I'm steaming like a diesel that cannot feel its throes
Well, I'm closing all the windows, keeping out the rain
But you won't hear me complaining, in fact I'd do it all again
I'm a travellin' man, some kind a ramblin' man
Yes, I'll do it all again, I'll do it all again, baby
Travellin' man, travellin' man
 

I could sleep on a clothes line as easy as pie
I can't keep my eyes open, no matter how I try
I got to sit down, I can't stay on my feet
I been up all night, I been walkin' the street, oh yeah

Looking for my baby
But everywhere I've gone
They tell me I've just missed you
It's gone on too long

Well, I'd go up on a mountain and I'd fight a wild cat
Walk over Niagara and all the way back
Get lost in the jungle and I'd live up a tree
That's what I would once do if you would stay with me, oh yeah

Looking for you, baby
Gone from pillar to post
Everywhere I just missed you, baby
About a minute at the most

Well, I've been looking for you, baby
In every cafe, diner and bar
All the faces there they know you
And they say you can't have gone too far
But you've gone far enough, baby
I found out you've done me wrong
Don't ask to know who's the fool
I won't be the one

Well, I could sleep on the tail-plane of a jumbo jet
Walk over the ocean and I'd never once get wet
Go skatin' on an iceberg and that's what I would once do
Every dime and dozen times just to hear you say "I love you"

Looking for you, baby
But everywhere I go
They tell me I just missed you, baby
About a minute at the most

Well, I could sleep on a clothes line as easy as pie
I can't keep my eyes open, no matter how I try
I got to sit down, I can't stay on my feet
I been up all night, I been walkin' the street, yeah

Looking for you baby
But everywhere I've gone
They tell me I've just missed you, baby
No, it's gone on too long, yeah
Gone on too long, baby
 

Tell me who's that coming
Not walking or running
Cool as the mountain breeze
Well, that song she's humming
Could make my guitar start strumming
Automatically

Tell me who's that speaking
Make my heart start beating
Really wanna make it pound
Well, those words she's saying
Could make even the devil start praying
On his knees down upon the ground

She's always had just what it took
To read me like I was an open book
There's something burning deep inside of me
And she's the only one who can set me free

Tell me who's that coming
Not hitching or thumbing
Looking straight at me
Well, I sure am gunning
You know she's the one and
I guess she'll always be

Well, tell me who's that coming
Not walking but running
Cool as the mountain breeze
Well, that song she's humming
Could make this guitar start strumming
Automatically

She's always had just what it took
To read me like I was an open book
There's something burning deep inside of me
And she's the only one who can set me free
 

This hotel bar is full of people
The piano man is really laying it down
Even the old bartender is a high as a steeple
So why tonight should I wear a frown?

The joint is jumping all around me
And my mood is really not in style
Right now the blues want to surround me
But I'll break out after a while

Well, I'm a million miles away, I'm a million miles away
Sailing like a driftwood on a windy bay
Yes, I'm a million miles away, I'm a million miles away
Sailing like a driftwood on a windy bay

Why ask how I feel
Well, how does it look to you?
I feel hook line and sinker
I lost my captain and my crew

I'm standing on the landing
And there's no one there but me
That's where you'll see me
Looking out on the deep blue sea

There's a song on the lips of everybody
There's a smile all around the room
There's conversation overflowing
So why must I sit here in the gloom?

This hotel bar has lost its people
The piano man has caught the last bus home
The old bartender is asleep in the corner
So why must I still be here, I don't know
Let me tell you

I'm a million miles away, I'm a million miles away
Sailing like a driftwood on a windy bay
I'm a million miles away, I'm a million miles away
Sailing like a driftwood on a windy bay
Yes, I'm a million miles away, I'm a million miles away
Sailing like a driftwood on a windy bay
Well, I'm a million miles, I'm a million miles, I'm a million miles
Sailing like a driftwood on a windy bay
 

Admit it baby, you've gone and broke your word
Now ain't it crazy, I believed every word I've heard
Imagine baby, we were just like one
But that's it baby, I believe you've had your fun

I'm mad when I'm mad and I'm mad with you right now
I'm mad when I'm mad and I'm mad with you right now

Yeah, someone told me time and time again
To watch you closely, but I didn't heed a word they said
Now something matter, but I know in time
You'll go your way and walk right out of my mind

Who cooled your goose, who took the wind out of your sails?
Who cooled your goose, who took the wind out of your sails?

You blew it baby, now look what you've done
You made me fall down, now you wanna run
Supposin' baby, we had just now met
Well, I guess I'd fall again, so why should I have some regrets?

Just a fool for you baby, you know I just can't say no
Just a fool for you baby, you know I just can't say no

Tattoo'd lady, bearded baby
They're my family
When I was lonely
Something told me where I could always be
Where I could push the penny, if you've got any
You'll meet me down at the shooting gallery
You know I'm a fair ground baby
Wonder what made me fall for the pearly queen

Well, I spent my youth under canvas roof
As I roamed from town to town
I'm not foolin' when I say I got no schoolin'
Never liked the class-bell sound

From inside the caravan, I hear the fair-ground band
Sounding good as they can be
You know I can't be found, if you look around
Tomorrow we'll be gone by dawn, oh yeah

Now hear it on the loudspeaker say
The fire eater is a real fine sight to see
You know he's a death cheater
Some kind of central heater
Be sure to save a seat for me
Let me tell you 'bout
Wicked Sadie, she's no baby
The law came and tried to close her side show down
But soon she had the DA cheering
The police chief wearing her garter for a crown

Oh, I spent my youth under canvas roof
As I roamed from town to town
I'm not foolin' when I say I got no schoolin'
Never liked the school-bell sound

From the caravan, I hear the fair-ground band
Sounding really good as they can be
You know I can't be found and if you look around
Tomorrow I'll be gone by dawn

Tattoo'd lady, bearded baby
They're my family
When I was lonely
Something told me where I could always be
Where I could push the penny, we have any
You'll meet me down at the shooting gallery
Fair ground baby
Wonder what made me fall for the pearly queen
 

If I was a cradle then you'd let me rock
If I was a pony then you'd let me trot
If I was the atom then you'd split me into three
But when I want to see you, baby
How come you lock your door on me?

If I was a baby you wouldn't let me fall
If I was an outlaw you wouldn't have me caught
If I was a tiger you wouldn't have me caged
If I was somebody else you would act your age

You'll miss out if you leave me out of your day and night
I will try to make you see and hear what I got to say
It's all about me and you, alright

If I was a blind man then you'd make me see
If I was a deaf man you'd give me hears to hear
If I was a lame man you'd give me legs to walk
But if you were true to me, baby
You would listen when I talk

If I was a cradle then you'd let me rock
If I was a pony then you'd let me trot
If I was the atom then you'd split me into three
But when I want to see you, baby
How come you lock your door on me?
 

People talk about her
Like she was a diamond on a shelf
People talk about her
Like she was a diamond on a shelf
Well, I got 20:20 vision
I can see that for myself

I got a high steppin', baby
You know she's really 'bout as good as gold
I got a high steppin', baby
You know she's really good as gold
She can make my grandpa
Feel like he's six years old

I got 20:20 vision and that's all I need
Enough to keep my baby here by me

Well, you know my little baby
She buzz something like a bumble bee
Well, you know my little baby
She buzz like a bumble bee
And I won't complain
If she comes 'round here and stings me
Sting me!

I got 20:20 vision and that's all I need
Enough to keep my baby good company

You know my little baby
I'd recognise her anywhere
If I seen her in a crowd
I'd recognise her anywhere
She can even make my grandpa
Get up outta his wheelchair

All the boys hang around her
But she says she don't love no-one else
All the boys hang around
But she says she don't love no-one else
Well, I got 20:20 vision
I can see that for myself
I got 20:20 vision
I can see that for myself
 

They don't make them like you anymore, that's for sure
And when they made you
They made sure they threw away the mould
It comes as no surprise to me
That I wanna be in your vicinity

If I stand close to you, I'm not sure if I'm really there
With my feet on the ground but my head's lost in the air
Oh, how I wish you could see
That I'd love to be in your vicinity

Where would I go, what would I do
If you should run from me?
How does it show when you're to lose
Will you explain to me?
There's something growing
There's something showing
There's something won't let me be

Where would I go, what would I do
If you should run from me?
How does it show when you're to lose
Will you explain to me?
There's something growing
There's something showing
There's something won't let me be

They don't make them like you anymore, that's for sure
And when they made you
They made sure they threw away the mould
Oh, how I wish you could be
I wanna be in your vicinity

Well, I've heard that one day
Everything comes to him who waits
Well, that may be so, but you know it might be too late
Oh, how I'd love to see
That I wanna be in your vicinity
 

Well, I've been living like a trucker for a month or more
Well, I'm steaming like a diesel that cannot feel its throes
Well, I'm closing all the windows, keeping out the rain
But I'm not complaining, in fact I'd do it all again
I'm a ramblin' man, cannot stop a travellin' man

I've been singing for my supper but I never get to eat
Well, I queue up at the dinner but I cannot find a seat
Well, I've been livin' like a gypsy, feelin' like a king
Really feel like singin', you know that's the mood I'm in
I'm a ramblin' man, some kind a travellin' man

You'll never catch me working nine to five
That's for some people but me, I wanna ride
All around the world, to the planet's end
I've seen some places, but more I ain't seen yet

Lose an hour, gain an hour, somewhere on the map
Flyin' through the time-zones, another plane to catch
Why I've always gotta see what's on the other side
So I pack my bags, get on my way, catch my train and ride

I've been living like a hawker in days both hot and cold
Well, I'm sleepin' if I have to, before the wagons roll
Well, I've been hopin' and I've been prayin' since I was last here
Tell your mama not to worry, come on baby, get on up here
I'm a ramblin' man, some kind a travellin' man

Well, I've been living like a trucker for a month or more
Well, I'm steaming like a diesel that cannot feel its throes
Well, I'm closing all the windows, keeping out the rain
But you won't hear me complaining, in fact I'd do it all again
I'm a travellin' man, some kind a ramblin' man
Yes, I'll do it all again, I'll do it all again, baby
Travellin' man, travellin' man
 

I could sleep on a clothes line as easy as pie
I can't keep my eyes open, no matter how I try
I got to sit down, I can't stay on my feet
I been up all night, I been walkin' the street, oh yeah

Looking for my baby
But everywhere I've gone
They tell me I've just missed you
It's gone on too long

Well, I'd go up on a mountain and I'd fight a wild cat
Walk over Niagara and all the way back
Get lost in the jungle and I'd live up a tree
That's what I would once do if you would stay with me, oh yeah

Looking for you, baby
Gone from pillar to post
Everywhere I just missed you, baby
About a minute at the most

Well, I've been looking for you, baby
In every cafe, diner and bar
All the faces there they know you
And they say you can't have gone too far
But you've gone far enough, baby
I found out you've done me wrong
Don't ask to know who's the fool
I won't be the one

Well, I could sleep on the tail-plane of a jumbo jet
Walk over the ocean and I'd never once get wet
Go skatin' on an iceberg and that's what I would once do
Every dime and dozen times just to hear you say "I love you"

Looking for you, baby
But everywhere I go
They tell me I just missed you, baby
About a minute at the most

Well, I could sleep on a clothes line as easy as pie
I can't keep my eyes open, no matter how I try
I got to sit down, I can't stay on my feet
I been up all night, I been walkin' the street, yeah

Looking for you baby
But everywhere I've gone
They tell me I've just missed you, baby
No, it's gone on too long, yeah
Gone on too long, baby
 

Tell me who's that coming
Not walking or running
Cool as the mountain breeze
Well, that song she's humming
Could make my guitar start strumming
Automatically

Tell me who's that speaking
Make my heart start beating
Really wanna make it pound
Well, those words she's saying
Could make even the devil start praying
On his knees down upon the ground

She's always had just what it took
To read me like I was an open book
There's something burning deep inside of me
And she's the only one who can set me free

Tell me who's that coming
Not hitching or thumbing
Looking straight at me
Well, I sure am gunning
You know she's the one and
I guess she'll always be

Well, tell me who's that coming
Not walking but running
Cool as the mountain breeze
Well, that song she's humming
Could make this guitar start strumming
Automatically

She's always had just what it took
To read me like I was an open book
There's something burning deep inside of me
And she's the only one who can set me free
 

This hotel bar is full of people
The piano man is really laying it down
Even the old bartender is a high as a steeple
So why tonight should I wear a frown?

The joint is jumping all around me
And my mood is really not in style
Right now the blues want to surround me
But I'll break out after a while

Well, I'm a million miles away, I'm a million miles away
Sailing like a driftwood on a windy bay
Yes, I'm a million miles away, I'm a million miles away
Sailing like a driftwood on a windy bay

Why ask how I feel
Well, how does it look to you?
I feel hook line and sinker
I lost my captain and my crew

I'm standing on the landing
And there's no one there but me
That's where you'll see me
Looking out on the deep blue sea

There's a song on the lips of everybody
There's a smile all around the room
There's conversation overflowing
So why must I sit here in the gloom?

This hotel bar has lost its people
The piano man has caught the last bus home
The old bartender is asleep in the corner
So why must I still be here, I don't know
Let me tell you

I'm a million miles away, I'm a million miles away
Sailing like a driftwood on a windy bay
I'm a million miles away, I'm a million miles away
Sailing like a driftwood on a windy bay
Yes, I'm a million miles away, I'm a million miles away
Sailing like a driftwood on a windy bay
Well, I'm a million miles, I'm a million miles, I'm a million miles
Sailing like a driftwood on a windy bay
 

Admit it baby, you've gone and broke your word
Now ain't it crazy, I believed every word I've heard
Imagine baby, we were just like one
But that's it baby, I believe you've had your fun

I'm mad when I'm mad and I'm mad with you right now
I'm mad when I'm mad and I'm mad with you right now

Yeah, someone told me time and time again
To watch you closely, but I didn't heed a word they said
Now something matter, but I know in time
You'll go your way and walk right out of my mind

Who cooled your goose, who took the wind out of your sails?
Who cooled your goose, who took the wind out of your sails?

You blew it baby, now look what you've done
You made me fall down, now you wanna run
Supposin' baby, we had just now met
Well, I guess I'd fall again, so why should I have some regrets?

Just a fool for you baby, you know I just can't say no
Just a fool for you baby, you know I just can't say no