Por Yovi-Girl @ 0:14 | Bruce Springsteen
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Cynthia
Cynthia, when you come walkin' by
you're an inspiring sight
Cynthia, you don't smile or say hi
but baby that's alright
'Cause I don't need to hold you or taste your kiss
I just like knowin', Cynthia,
you existin a world like this
Cynthia, when you pass it seems
like this whole town drops
Cynthia, or maybe it's just me, baby,
and these fools stuck here punchin' this clock
Well you give us a reason to stop just for a while
Stop, stand and salute your style
Well now you ain't the finest thing I'll never have
And when you go the hurt you leave,
baby, it ain't so bad
There ain't a man in this whole town
who'd say you ain't fine
You hear them guys talkin', tell me baby do you mind
Well you make us happy, honey, when we feel sad
To see something so good in a world gone bad
There's still Cynthia
Cynthia, no one knows your number,
no one knows where you live
Cynthia, I wonder do you understand
this strange thing you give
Well baby is it your style, the mystery in your smile
Or just how cool you walk in a world
gone wild. Tell me if you will, Cynthia
Well I gotta be pretty naive to believe in you
I know you ain't ever gonna be my dream come true
That's alright, I got other dreams
as good as you, Cynthia
Yeah now baby, now this ain't no come-on
Just walk on, Cynthia, walk on
You make me holler, yeah, yeah, alright
I said yeah, yeah, alright
Well she's a yeah, yeah, alright
I said yeah, yeah, alright
My Love' not Let you Down
At night I go to bed but I just can't sleep
I got something running around my head
that just won't keep. In the silence I hear
my heart beating, time slippin' away
I got a time bomb ticking deep inside of me
I gotta tell you what I wanna say
I keep searching for you, darling
Searching everywhere I go
And when I find you there's gonna be
just one thing that you gotta know
My love will not let you down
My love will not let you down
At night I walk the streets looking for romance
But I always end up stumbling in a half-trance
I search for connection in some new eyes
But they're hard for protection
from too many dreams passed by
I see you standing across the room
watching me without a sound
Well I'm gonna push my way through that crowd,
I'm gonna tear all your walls down
Tear all your walls down
My love will not let you down
My love will not let you down
Well hold still now darling, hold still for God's sake
'Cause I got me a promise I ain't afraid to make
My love will not let you down
My love will not let you down
This Hard Lard
Hey there mister can you tell me
What happened to the seeds I've sown
Can you give me a reason, sir,
as to why they've never grown
They've just blown around from town to town
Back out on these fields
Where they fall from my hand
Back into the dirt of this hard land
Well me and my sister
From Germantown we did ride
We made our bed, sir
from the rock on the mountainside
We been blowin' around from town to town
Lookin' for a place to stand
Where the sun burst through the clouds
and fall like a circle
A circle of fire down on this hard land
Now even the rain it don't come 'round
Don't come 'round here no more
And the only sound at night's the wind
Slammin' the back porch door
Yeah it stirs you up like it wants to blow you down
Twistin' and churnin' up the sand
Leavin' all them scarecrows lyin'facedown. In the dirt of this hard land
From a building up on the hill
I can hear a tape deck blastin' "Home on the Range"
I can hear them Bar-M choppers
Sweepin' low across the plains
It's me and you, Frank, we're lookin' for lost cattle
Our hooves twistin' and churnin' up the sand
We're ridin' in the whirlwind
searchin' for lost treasure
Way down south of the Rio Grande
We're ridin' 'cross that river in the moonlight
Up onto the banks of this hard land
Hey, Frank, won't you pack your bags
and meet me tonight down at Liberty Hall
Just one kiss from you, my brother
And we'll ride until we fall
Well sleep in the fields
We'll sleep by the rivers
And in the morning we'll make a plan
Well if you can't make it stay hard,
stay hungry, stay alive if you can
And meet me in a dream of this hard land
Frankie
Dark weekends in the sun out on Chelsea Road
Descending the stairs, Frankie, my one
Check your makeup in the mirror
c'mon babe let's go
We'll dance 'round this dirty town
'til the night is all done
Let all the finer things sleep alone tonight
Let all the minor kings
lose their thrones tonight
Don't worry about us, baby, we'll be alright
Well everybody's dying,
this town's closing down
They're all sittin' down at the courthouse
waiting for 'em to take the flag down
I see strange flashes in the sky up above
Gonna spend the night at the drive-in
with the one that I love
At dusk the stars all appear on the screen
Yeah, just like they do each night in my dreams
But tonight's no dream, Frankie,
I can feel myself too
Well now and forever my love is for you
Walk softly tonight little stranger
Yeah into these shadows we're passing through
Talk softly tonight, little angel
You make all my dream worlds come true
Well lately I've been standing out
in the freezing rain
Readin' them want ads out on Chelsea Road
I'm winging down the street
in search of new games
Hustling through these
nightlights' diamond glow
Well Frankie I don't know what I'm gonna find
Maybe nothing at all,
maybe a world I can call mine
Shining like these streetlights
down here on the strand
Bright as the rain in the palm of your hand
Walk softly tonight, little stranger
Into the shadows where lovers go
Talk softly to me, little angel
Whisper your secrets so soft and low
TV Movie
I woke up last night shaking from a dream
Fot in that dream I died
My wife rolled over and told me
That my life would be immortalized
Not in some major motion picture
Or great American novel, you see
No, they're gonna make a TV movie out of me
CHORUS
Well now, it's one two three you take the money
Yeah it's as easy as A B C
Yeah they're gonna make a TV movie out of me
Well They can change my name or they can leave it
They can change my story too
Or they can make me black or Chinese
And do things that I never do
They're gonna give my life a whole new ending
And put me in prime time first-run
And when it's over, what I did there
will be what I done
Now I don't want my name in a history book
Nobody's ever gonna see
No, they're gonna make a TV movie out of me
CHORUS
Well I'm a shoe-in for sponsor
Goodyear blimp and radial wheels
Somebody had a meeting somewhere
Somehow somebody made a deal
Well I was one of them kinds of stories
That everybody liked to see
Yeah they're gonna make a TV movie out of me
Now I don't want no inscription on my gravestone
No long soliloquy
No they're gonna make a TV movie out of me
CHORUS
Stand on It
Well Jimmy Lee was hookin' 'round the far turn
of a funky southern Florida dirt track
He had mud caked on his goggles
and a screamin' 350 stacked up on his back
Well as he passed the stands
he was feelin' all tuckered out
When through the roar of his engine
he heard somebody shout: "Stand on it,
come on boy, stand on it"
Mary Beth started to drift, she hit the
shift but she just couldn't get a hand on it
Racin' some Red Hill boys, she had the
deed to the ranch and a grand on it
With eight grand
blowin' hot on the red line
She blew past a hitchhiker out on Route 39
He hollered "Stand on it,
go 'head baby, stand on it"
CHORUS
Well now when in doubt and you can't figure it out
Just stand on it
Well, if your mind's confused,
you don't know what you're gonna do
Well buddy, stand on it
Well if you've lost control of the situation at hand
Go grab a girl; go see a rock and roll band
And stand on it
Come on man, stand on it
Well now Columbus he discovered America
even though he hadn't planned on it
He got lost and woke up one morning
when he's about to land on it
He wouldn't of got out of Italy, man that's for sure,
Without Queen Isabella standing on the shore
Shouting "Stand on it,
go ahead man, stand on it"
CHORUS
Bobby was leadin' the pack, he settled back
and he got ready for the long haul
Well fifty yards from the finish line somebody
roared up and they blew him into the wall
Well he rolled over twice, lucky to survive
Layin' in the back of the ambulance
more dead than alive
Somebody shouted "Man, you call that drivin'?
Why didn't you stand on it"
Lion's Den
You broke my heart, tore it apart
Thought it was cute, thought it was smart
But now I'm back and I've got the strength of ten
So I got a message for you my friend
CHORUS
I'm Daniel waitin' in the lion's den
Daniel waitin' for that lion to come
Daniel waitin' in the lion's den
Dum dum dee dum dum dee dee dum dum
That old lion's mean and long in the tooth
And like you, baby, he's out on the loose
Messin' hearts up time and time again
Now it's the time for that messin' to end
CHORUS
At night I hear you out prowling around
Tearing guys up, scaring 'em down
Now all that growling's gonna come to no end
'Cause I'm just bidding my time,
my little friend
CHORUS
Car Wash
Well my name is Catherine LeFevre
I work at the Astrowash on Sunset and Vine
I drop my kids at school in the morning
And I pick them up at Mary's just 'fore suppertime
CHORUS
Well I work down at the car wash
For a dollar and a dime
And mister, I hate my boss
It's at the car wash I'm doing my time
Pick up my water bottle and my towel, sir
And I take 'em one by one
From Mercedes to VW's
I do 'em all and I don't favor none
CHORUS
Well someday I'll sing in a night club
I'll get a million-dollar break
A handsome man will come here
with a contract in his hand, and say "Catherine,
this has all been some mistake"
CHORUS
Rockaway the Days
Billy got out of prison but he wasn't right
Some like to drink or gamble, Billy liked to fight
He tracked back to his home state of Maryland
Went to his mom's mobile home
where she took him in, alright
CHORUS
Rockaway the days, rockaway the nights
Gimme something to last me, baby,
'til the morning light
I ain't lookin' for trouble,
I ain't looking for a fight
Honey rockaway these days,
rockaway these nights
Well at a picnic one Sunday Billy met Mary Dove
Mary loked at Billy, Billy fell in love
Billy swore to Mary he'd always love her so
They were married in the valley
where the river flows, alright
CHORUS
At a roadside bar Billy argued with a young man
And he settled that argument with a razor in his hand
With blood on his shirt back to Mary he did run
She sighed "Billy, oh Billy, what have you done?"
He ran to his ma's trailer
but the lights were dim
He pounded on the door, she wouldn't let him in
Up the road to a neighbor's house he drew near
They said "Billy go away, we don't want
no trouble 'round here"
Billy stole a car and headed out on the road
Pocket full of pills and his brain on overload
Seen some lights in his rearview mirror,
panicked and gave her the gun
Wrapped himself 'round
a telephone pole way out on 101
Well Billy got cut out by the highway patrol
Just lay there with the cars passing on slow
Sheriff told Billy's ma that Billy died
She buried his body by the riverside, alright
CHORUS
Well rich man want the power and the seat on the top
Poor man want the money that the rich man got
Honey tonight I'm feeling so tired and unsure
Come on in Mary, shut the light, close the door
CHORUS
Brothers under the Bidges (83)
Every spring when the weather gets warm
They come pourin' into town
straight off of them farms
Driving 455s running hard and strong
They'd scratch built in them tool sheds all winter long
'Neath the trestles drinkin' the beer and the wine
Now some came on run, some just to pass the time
With the brothers under the bridges
Me and Tommy we was just fourteen,
didn't have our licenses yet
Our walls were covered with
pictures of cars we'd get
We'd listen and wait for that highway
to rumble and quake. As they drove in through
town when the weekend'd break
Bringin' girls with that distant look in their eyes
Now together 'neath the trestless, they'd be laughing in the night .With the brothers under the bridges
Well me and my brother'd hitched a ride
in Joey's pickup to the edge of town
And we watched from the tall grass as the
challenges were made and the duels went down
We'd hitchhike back home, sneak in,
get in bed before our mom'd come
And we'd lay there in the night talkin'
about how we might someday be one
Yeah someday run with
the brothers under the bridges
Well now I hear a cry in the distance
and the sound of marching feet come and gone
Well I'm stittin' down here by this highway
figuring, figuring just where I belong
Tonight up on Signal Hill
I watch a young man in a red shirt
walking through a night so still
Put his jacket 'round his girl
as the autumn wind send a chill
Through the brothers under the bridges
Man at the Top
Here comes a fireman, here comes a cop
Here comes a wrench, here comes a car hop
Been going on forever, it ain't ever gonna stop
Everybody wants to be the man at the top
CHORUS
Everybody wants to be the man at the top
Everybody wants to be the man at the top
Aim your gun, son, and shoot your shot
Everybody wants to be the man at the top
Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief
Doctor, lawyer, Indian chief
One thing in common they all got
Everybody wants to be the man at the top
CHORUS
Man at the top says it's lonely up there
If it is man, I don't care
From the big white house to the parking lot
Everybody wants to be the man at the top
Here comes a banker, here comes a businessman
Here comes a kid with a guitar in his hand
Dreaming of his record in number-one spot
Everybody wants to be the man at the top
Pink Cadillac
You may think I'm foolish
For the foolish things I do
You may wonder how come I love you
When you get on my nerves like you do
Well baby you know you bug me
There ain't no secret 'bout that
Well come on over here and hug me
Baby I'll spill the facts
Well honey it ain't your money
'Cause baby I got plenty of that
I love you for your pink Cadillac
Crushed velvet seats
Riding in the back
Oozing down the street
Waving to the girls
Feeling out of sight
Spending all my money
On a Saturday night
Honey I just wonder what you do
there in back of your pink Cadillac
Pink Cadillac
Well now way back in the Bible
Temptations always come along
There's always somebody tempting somebody
into doing something they know is wrong
Well they tempt you, man, with silver
And they tempt you, sir, with gold
And they tempt you with the pleasures
That the flesh does surely hold
They say Eve tempted Adam with an apple
But man I ain't going for that
I know it was her pink Cadillac
Crushed velvet seats
Riding in the back
Oozing down the street
Waving to the girls
Feeling out of sight
Spending all my money
On a Saturday night
Honey I just wonder what it feels like
in the back of your pink Cadillac
Now some folks say it's too big
and uses too much gas
Some folks say it's too old
and that it goes too fast
But my love is bigger than a Honda
It's bigger than a Subaru
Hey man there's only one thing
and one car that will do
Anyway we don't have to drive it
Honey we can park it out in back
and have a party in your pink Cadillac
Two for the Road
It's one for the money and one for the show
I got one kiss for you honey so come on let's go
I didn't see it coming but girl now I know
It takes one for the running
but two for the road
One thousand dreams whispered in the dark
But a dream's just a dream in one empty heart
It takes more than one to rev it up and go
So let's get it running,
we're two for the road
Two one-way tickets and a diamond ring
Hell it don't matter what the rain might bring
When this world treats you hard and cold
I'll stand beside you, we're two for the road
When you're alone my love'll shine the light
Through the dark and starless night
I'll hold you close and never let you go
C'mon now girl 'cause we're two for the road
Well it's two to get ready, babe, c'mon let's go
Me and you, girl, we're two for the road
Janey dont you Lose Heart
You got your book baby with all your fears
Let me, honey, and I'll catch your tears
I'll take your sorrow if you want me to
Come tomorrow that's what I'll do
Listen to me
CHORUS
Janey don't you lose heart
Janey don't you lose heart
Janey don't you lose heart
Janey don't you lose heart
Well you say you got no new dreams to touch
You feel like a stranger babe who knows too much
Well you come home late and get undressed
You lie in bed, feel this emptiness
Well listen to me
CHORUS
'Til every river runs dry
Until the sun honey's torn from the sky
'Til every fear you've felt burst
free and gone tumblin' down into the sea
Listen to me
CHORUS
When you Need Me
When you need me call my name
'Cause without you my life
just wouldn't be the same
If you want me come sunny skies or rain
When you need me just call my name
If you miss me, I'll be there
To brush the sunlight from your hair
I'll be there to guide you
when trouble walks beside you
If you need me I'll be there
And when this dirty world has been cold to you
I got two strong arms waitin' to hold you
And when those mean days come along
We'll stand together and we'll take 'em on
So if you need me just call my name
When you need me call my name
'Cause without you my life just isn't the same
'Cause when this world kicked me around
You picked me up off the ground
So if you need me I'll be there
The Wish
Dirty old street all slushed up in the rain and snow
Little boy and his ma shivering outside
a rundown music store window
That night on top of a Christmas tree
shines one beautiful star
And lying underneath a brand-new Japanese guitar
I remember in the morning, ma,
hearing your alarm clock ring, I'd lie
in bed and listen to you gettin' ready for work
The sound of your makeup case on the sink
And the ladies at the office, all lipstick,
perfume and rustlin' skirts
And how proud and happy you always looked walking home from work
If pa's eyes were windows into
a world so deadly and true
You couldn't stop me from looking
but you kept me from crawlin' through
And if it's a funny old world, mama,
where a little boy's wishes come true
Well I got a few in my pocket
and a special one just for you
It ain't no phone call on Sunday, flowers
or a mother's day card
It ain't no house on a hill
with a garden and a nice little yard
I got my hot rod down on Bond Street,
I'm older but you'll know me in a glance
We'll find us a little rock 'n roll bar
and baby we'll go out and dance
Well it was me in my Beatle boots,
you in pink curlers and matador pants
Pullin' me up on the couch to do
the twist for my uncles and aunts
Well I found a girl of my own now, ma,
I popped the question on your birthday
She stood waiting on the front porch
while you were telling me to get out there
and say what it was that I had to say
Last night we all sat around laughing
at the things that guitar bought us
And I layed awake thinking 'bout
the other things it's brought us
Well tonight I'm takin's requests here in the kitchen
This one's for you, ma,
let me come right out and say it
It's overdue, but baby, if you're looking for
a sad song, well I ain't gonna play it
The Honeymooners
Two kids get married, same old thing
Folks congratulate you, church bells ring
Who's got the ring, who's gonna pay the priest
Get your name in the paper,
picture or two at least
And at the reception all the old records play
"Where you gonna live, are you gonna
take her away?". In a corner my new nephew's showin' me his knife. You swore that
you'd love her for the rest of your life
Went to kiss you at the altar we bumped heads
Honeymoon night we figured
we best shake on it instead
Dressed kinda funny, laughin' we hop in bed
You can swear it on your feet,
you can swear it on your head
Come mornin' my new famlily's
sitting on the front porch swing
Smilin' kinda funny, nobody says a thing
My new brother-in-law's throwin'
a football, he tosses me a pass
We all sit down on the front stoop,
everybody happy at last
Lucky Man
Running down the highway half past eleven
Waitin' for my odometer to roll
straight sevens. I'm a lucky man
I went to see the gypsy the other night
She looked in my palm looked me in the eye
Said you're a lucky man
Some folks got fortune some got eyes of blue
What you got will always see you through
You're a lucky man
Pa went from the army to the factory
to the killing yard
I make my living with my hands
behind the wheel of this car
I'm a lucky man
Messin' with me man wouldn't be wise
Roll them dice son - ah snake eyes
I'm a lucky man
Had a girl in Calgary I gave her up
Man that love thing was messin' with my luck
I'm a lucky man
I'll wake up tomorrow morning in another state
Kiss me now baby before it's too late
If you wanna kiss a lucky man.
I don't miss no girl
I don't miss no home
He travels fastest who travels alone
He's a lucky man
A man with the world in the palm of his hands
CD4
Leavin' Train
When I asked you if everything is alright
You whisper "Don't worry"
and you shut out the light
Now black is black
in this bed we're laying
And I wanna believe
the words that you're saying
CHORUS
But your eyes look like a leavin' train
They keep on dragging me down
Your eyes look like a leavin' train
They keep on draggin'
They keep on draggin'
They keep on draggin' me down
Well I did anything just to try
to get close to you
I took it step by step
like a man's supposed to
Tell me now, is this my
is this my contrition
To have the love that I longed
for fill me with suspicion
CHORUS
Now it's tellin' time,
oh my little sister
Now can I believe the words,
the words of love you whisper
Is my train in vain,
has my soul gone to waste
Am I just a victim of,
a victim of my lost faith
CHORUS
Seven Angels
Seven angels got my number
Since I fell in love with you
Seven angels got my number
They're all telling me what to do
First angel says "Go on and love her"
Second angels says
"Ain't you tired of being alone?"
Third angel says "Do the right thing, meat"
Fourth angels says "Check that other little angel walkin' on down the street"
Seven angels got my number
Since I fell in love with you
Seven angels got my number
They're all telling me what to do
Fifth angels says "Don't worry
love's waitin' 'round the corner for you, son"
Sixth angel says "You better hurry
it don't take long for the good to get gone"
Walkin' on wings all sexy and blue
Seventh angel says I'm a fool
I got seven angels calling on my pride
Seven devils crawling around inside
Seven angels tellin' me which way to turn
One kiss and my soul wanna burn
Seven angels got my number
Since I fell in love with you
Seven angels got my number
They're all telling me what to do
The earth's so lonely, sad and blue
And without love, your soul's dyin'
Sixth angel says to believe you
When you say you'll never leave me cryin'
Seventh angel says you're lyin'
Gave it a Name
In the fields of the lord
Stood Abel and Cain
Cain slew Abel 'neath the black rain
At night he couldn't stand the guilt
or the blame. So he gave it a name
So he gave it a name
So he gave it a name
Billy got drunk, angry at his wife
He hit her once, he hit her twice
At night he'd lie in bed, he couldn't
stand the shame. So he gave it a name
So he gave it a name
So he gave it a name
Pa told me "Son, one thing I know is true
Poison snake bites you,
you're poison too"
At night I can feel that poison
runnin' 'round my veins
SAD EYES
Every day here you come walking
I hold my tongue, I don't do much talking
You say you're happy and you're doin' fine
Well go ahead, baby, I got plenty of time
Sad eyes never lie
Sad eyes never lie
Well for a while I've been watching you steady
Ain't gonna move 'til you're good and ready
You show up and then you shy away
But I know pretty soon you'll be walkin' this way
Sad eyes never lie
Sad eyes never lie
Baby don't you know I don't care
Don't you know that I've been there
Well if something in the air feels a little unkind
Don't worry darling, it'll slip your mind
I know you think you'd never be mine
Well that's okay, baby, I don't mind
That shy smile's sweet, that's a fact
Go ahead, I don't mind the act
Here you come all dressed up for a date
Well one more step and it'll be too late
Blue blue ribbon in your hair
Like you're so sure I'll be standing here
My Lover Man
You treated me hard and made my heart ache
I know you're only human,
and men they make mistakes
Your life with her turned to black
And now you want our love back
Well come into my arms and fall, my lover man
Was it a gypsy's curse or a hex sign
Or was it just that simple thing
that led you from these arms of mine
Oh yes, I've had the days
To grow used to your foolish ways
And what is it really, after all, my lover man
I can see the change in your eyes
There's no need to apologize
We stood at the wishing well
Our dreams like coins into the water fell
The water so cold and black
There was no going back
I don't mean to cause you hurt or cause you pain
Life is short and love's a dirty game
Now there's no need for our game to end
Come close and we'll begin to find our
beautiful selves again, my lover man
My lover man
My lover man
Over the Rise
I walk along the levee to see the gypsy man
The dirt 'neath my feet baby's turnin' to
quicksand. He looked into my palm,
then looked me in the eye and told me you were gone, gone over the rise
Once we stood together at the wishing well
Our wishes like dreams, baby, into the water fell
Oh then I kissed your lips
but when I looked into your eyes
They were gone, gone over the rise
Tonight the blackbirds fly low on the water's edge
Oh we walked this path not knowing where it led
Now at the bottom of the river deep
lies something shiny and gold
Is a promise that love couldn't keep
same as a promise broken
Well I woke last night to the sound of rain
The wind rustling branches against the window pane
I searched the pillow beside me for the tears
we cried. Baby they were gone,
gone over the rise
When the Lights go Out
Now you say you have a friend,
you trust him with your life
You trust him with your money,
you trust him with your kids
You'd even trust him with your wife
You better watch what's goin' on
when the lights are out
When the night is dark,
when there ain't nobody lookin' around
Yeah when the lights are out,
down in this dirty little town
Well now the world is dark and funny,
better listen up to what I say
You ain't gonna know what's going on by
what you see in the light of day
You gotta watch what's goin' on
when the lights are out
When the night is dark, when there ain't nobody lookin' around. Yeah when the lights are out
in this dirty little town
Now you swear that she trusted you
Within reason I understand
But you kept slippin' in late at night
And in the mornin' you had that smell on your hands
Well now the world is turning, Rome is burning
Me, I'm watching and I'm learning
They say sure as God's hand
and the tickin' of the clock
The lord's light'll shine under every slimy rock
Well last night I slept the sleep of fear
And I heard God's voice whisper in my ear
He said you better watch what's going on
when the lights are out
When the night is dark,
when there ain't nobody lookin' around
Yeah when the lights are out,
down in this dirty little town
Loose Change
Met her at a friendly little bar down along the coast
She said it was her birthday
so we had us a nice little toast
Drove around for a while, smoked a few cigarettes
Took her back to my place, she slipped off her
party dress. She sat for a while
on the edge of the bed just talkin'
Loose change in my pocket
Loose change in my pocket
Pint of gin in my boot cuff,
I'm drivin' for a drink and a dance
Sittin' on the next stool,
miss a little time on her hands
Yeah I knew she was trouble,
but trouble sure was lookin' fine
And when I pulled her close
what I knew kinda slipped my mind
We lay in bed and watched the moon
come up crawling
Loose change in my pocket
Loose change in my pocket
I pour another drink, wait for the night to get through
Stars are burning in that black void
so far away and blue
Now I'm sittin' at a red light
I feel somethin' tickin' way down
The night's moving like a slow train
crawling through this shithole town
Got my bags packed in the back
and I'm tryin' to get going again
But red just goes to green and green goes
red and then, then all I hear's the clock
on the dash tick-tocking
Loose change in my pocket
Loose change in my pocket
Trouble in Paradise
You do the drying, I'll do the dishes
Who'll do the crying when
all the wishes don't come true
You do the washing, I'll do the folding
Whose heart is breaking
When whose arms are holding someone new
Sittin' on a peaceful lake sunnin'
Didn't hear the roar of the waterfall coming
When it's all a storybook story
When it's all so easy and nice
Here comes trouble in paradise
You did the dusting, I did the sweeping
You did the driving oh
and I did the sleeping a little too long
On a picnic 'neath the sky so blue
We didn't see the rain and heartache coming through
When it's all an old black and white movie
And you're sure you've seen the ending twice
Here comes trouble in paradise
You sais everything was fine
I'm sorry, baby, I didn't see the signs
Oh so beautifully you read your lines
But in a play where the hero has no vice
And love comes without a price
So does trouble in paradise
Don't matter who did the dusting
or who did the sweeping
Who did the trusting or who did the cheating
when it's all gone
Laying in a field on a summer's day
Waitin' for those grey skies to clear away
Knowing all love's glory and beauty
Can vanish before you think twice
Leaving trouble in paradise
Now we share the laughing, we share the joking
We do the sleeping with one eye open
Happy
Some need gold and some need diamond rings
Or a drug to take away the pain that living brings
A promise of a better world to come
When whatever here is done
I don't need that sky of blue
All I know's since I found you,
I'm happy when I'm in your arms
Happy, darling, come the dark
Happy when I taste your kiss
I'm happy in a love like this
There's a house upon a distant hill
Where you can hear the laughter of children ring
Guardian angels, they watch from above
Watching over the love that they bring
But at night I feel the darkness near,
I awake and I find you near
I'm happy with you in my arms
I'm happy with you in my heart
Happy when I tatse your kiss
I'm happy in love like this
In a world of doubt and fear, I wake
at night and reach to find you near
Lost in a dream, you caught me as I fell
I want more than just a dream to tell
We're born in this world, darling,
with few days and trouble never far behind
Man and woman circle each other in a cage
A cage that's been handed down the line
Lost and running 'neath
a million dead stars
Tonight let's shed our skins
and slip these bars
Happy in each other's arms
Happy, baby, come the dark
Happy in each other's kiss
I'm happy in a love like this
Par Man, part Monkey
They prosecuted some poor sucker
in these United States
For teaching that man descended from the apes
They could settled that case without a fuss or fight
If they'd seen me chasin' you, sugar,
through the jungle last night
They'd called in that jury and a one two three said
Part man, part monkey, definitely
Well the church bell rings
from the corner steeple
Man in a monkey suit swears he'll do no evil
Offers his lover's prayer but his soul lies
Dark and driftin' and unsatisfied
Well hey bartender, tell me what do you see
Part man, part monkey, looks like to me
Well the night is dark, the moon is full
The flowers of romance exert their pull
We talk a while, my fingers slip
I'm hard and crackling like a whip
Well did God make man in a breath of holy fire
Or did he crawl on up out of the muck and mire
Well the man on the street believes
what the bible tells him so
Well you can ask me, mister, because I know
Tell them soul-suckin' preachers
to come on down and see
Part man, part monkey, baby that's me
Goin' Cali
Well he'd been hearing too many
voices and feelin'a little off-rack
Like there was something big pressing
down on his back. So he called up his friends
and they said come on out west
It's a place where a man
can really feel his succes
So he pulled his heart and soul down off the shelf
Packed them next to the faith that he'd lost
in himself. Said his good-byes and
when the dirty work was done
he turned his wheels into the fading sun
For seven days and nights
like a black-top bird he sped
Maintained radio silence 'cept for in his head
And just like his folks did back in '69
he crossed the border at Needles and heard
the promised land on the line
Now where the Transcontinental dumps into the sea
There's a bar made up to look like 1963
Girl in the corner eyed him like a
hungry dog a bone. As he brushed
the desert dust off that Mercedes chrome
Bartender said "Hey, how's it hangin', tiger?"
He had a shot of tequila,
smiled and whispered "lighter"
He went down to the desert city
where the rattlesnakes play
And left his dead skin
by the roadside in the noon of day
Sun got so hot it almost felt like friend
It could burn out every trace of where you been
There was a woman he'd met
in a desert song
A little while later a son come along
Looked at that boy's smile and called it home
And that night as he lay in bed
the only voice he heard was his own
Back in your Arms
In my dream our love was lost,
I lived by luck and fate
I carried you inside of me,
prayed it wouldn't be too late
Now I'm standin' on this empty road
where nothin' moves but the wind
Once I was your treasure
and I saw your face in every star
But the promises we make at night,
oh that's all they are
Unless we fill them with faith and love
they're empty as the howlin' wind
And honey I just wanna be back in your arms
Back in your arms again
You came to me with love and kindness
But all my life I've been a prisoner of my own blindness
I met you with indifference
and I don't know why
Now I wake from my dream,
I wake from my dream to this world
Where all is shadow and darkness
and above me a dark sky unfurls
And all the love I've thrown away
and lost I'm longin' for again. Now darlin'
I just wanna be back in your arms
Back in your arms again
Brothers under the Bridge
Saigon, it was all gone
The same Coke machines
As the streets I grew on
Down in a mesquite canyon
We come walking along the ridge
Me and the brothers under the bridge
Campsite's an hour's walk
from the nearest road to town
Up here there's too much brush and canyon
For the CHP choppers to touch down
Ain't lookin' for nothin', just wanna live
Me and the brothers under the bridge
Come the Santa Ana's, man,
that dry brush'll light
Billy Devon got burned up in his own campfire
one winter night
We buried his body in the white stone
high up along the ridge
Me and the brothers under the bridge
Had enough of town and the street life
Over nothing you end up on the wrong end
of someone's knife
Now I don't want no trouble
And I ain't got none to give
Me and the brothers under the bridge
I come home in '72
You were just a beautiful light
In your mama's dark eyes of blue
I stood down on the tarmac,
I was just a kid
Me and the brothers under the bridge
Come Veterans' Day I sat in the stands
in my dress blues
I held your mother's hand
When they passed with the red, white and blue
One minute you're right there ...
and something slips...
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