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Oh what a beautiful morning,
Oh what a beautiful day,
I've got a wonderful feeling,
Everything's going my way.

All the cattle are standing like statues,
All the cattel are standing like statues,
They don't turn their heads as they see me ride by.
But a little brown mav'rick is winking her eye.

Oh what a beautiful morning,
Oh what a beautiful day,
I've got a wonderful feeling,
Everything's going my way.

All the sounds of the earth are like music,
All the sounds of the earth are like music,
The breeze is so busy it don't miss a tree,
And an ol' Weepin' Willer is laughin' at me.
Oh what a beautiful morning,
Oh what a beautiful day,
I've got a wonderful feeling,
Everything's going my way.

here comes the rain again
falling on my head like a memory
falling on my head like a new emotion
i want to walk in the open wind
i want to talk like lovers do
i want to dive into your ocean
is it raining with you?

talk to me like lovers do
walk with me like lovers do
talk to me like lovers do

Rain, rain, go away
Come again some other day
We want to go outside and play
Come again some other day

When I look into your eyes
I can see a love restrained
But darlin' when I hold you
Don't you know I feel the same
'Cause nothin' lasts forever
And we both know hearts can change
And it's hard to hold a candle
In the cold November rain
We've been through this such a long long time
Just tryin' to kill the pain
But lovers always come and lovers always go
An no one's really sure who's lettin' go today
Walking away
If we could take the time to lay it on the line
I could rest my head
Just knowin' that you were mine
All mine
So if you want to love me
then darlin' don't refrain
Or I'll just end up walkin'
In the cold November rain

Do you need some time...on your own
Do you need some time...all alone
Everybody needs some time...on their own
Don't you know you need some time...all alone
I know it's hard to keep an open heart
When even friends seem out to harm you
But if you could heal a broken heart
Wouldn't time be out to charm you

Sometimes I need some time...on my
own Sometimes I need some time...all alone
Everybody needs some time...on their own
Don't you know you need some time...all alone

And when your fears subside
And shadows still remain, ohhh yeahhh
I know that you can love me
When there's no one left to blame
So never mind the darkness
We still can find a way
'Cause nothin' lasts forever
Even cold November rain


Don't ya think that you need somebody
Don't ya think that you need someone
Everybody needs somebody
You're not the only one
You're not the only one

they don't know how old i am, they found armour in my belly
from the 16th century, conquistador,
i think they don't know how old i am, they found armour in my belly
passion out of machine-revving tension,
lashing out at machine-revving tension,
brushing by the machine revving tension

morning broke out the backside of a truck-stop
the end of a line a real, rainbow-likening, luck stop
where you could say I became chronologically " ed up"
put ten bucks in just to get the tank topped off then,
i found a place it's dark and it's rotted
it's a cool, sweet kinda-place where the copters won't spot it
and i destroyed the map, i even thought i forgot it, however, every-day i'm dumping the body
it'd be better for us if you don't understand
it'd be better for me if you don't understand yea

and i found a place it's dark and it's rotted
it's a cool, sweet kinda-place where the copters won't spot it
and i destroyed the map, i even thought i forgot it, however, every-day i'm dumping the body
it'd be better for us if you don't understand
it'd be better for us if you don't understand
it'd be better for me if you don't understand

let me out let me out let me out let me out let me out let me out let me out

i am an only child born of the wild
riddled to spend my time defending my land
you are the only one born in the sun
riddled to spend your time defending my plan

dead dog on the highway
median cats are growling at me
i turn my lights on brighter
i'm counting through the night ride

and it's one more life for the taker
chickenman chickenman
one more song for the maker
chickenman chickenman

on the road to athens
i saw a dead dear on the highway
i slipped into a desert
five prairie dogs and a rabbit

i was running down on queen street
saw a woman on the sidewalk
she was beaten by a stranger
danger danger danger

and it's one more life for the taker
chickenman chickenman chickenman hold my hand
one more song for the maker
hold my hand chickenman

i was on the road to austin
i met a man on the highway
he sold me junk and conversation
he was wise and dirty from the weather

i said darkness into darkness
all the carnage of my journeys
makes it harder to be living
he said it's a long road to be forgiven

and it's one more life for the taker
chickenman chickenman chickenman hold my hand
one more song for the maker
chickenman chickenman chickenman hold my hand

i am an only child born of the wild
riddled to spend my time defending my land
you are the only one born in the sun
riddled to spend your time defending my plan

Me debunk an American myth?
And take my life in my hands?
Where the Great Plains begin at the hundredth meridian
At the hundredth meridian where the Great Plains begin

Driving down a corduroy road,
Weeds standing shoulder high
Ferris wheel is rusting off in the distance

[Chorus]

At the hundredth meridian
At the hundredth meridian
At the hundredth meridian where the great plains begin

Left alone to get gigantic
Hard, huge, and haunted
A generation so much dumber than it's parents
Came crashing through the window

A raven strains along the line of the road
Carrying a muddy, old skull the wires show their approval
Off down the distance

[Chorus]

I remember, I remember buffalo And I remember Hengelo
It would seem to me
I remember every single  ing thing I know
[
If I die of Vanity, promise me, promise me
That if they bury me some place I don't want to be
That you'll dig me up and transport me
Unceremoniously away from the swollen city breeze, garbage bag trees
Whispers of disease, and acts of enormity
And lower me slowly, sadly, and properly
Get Ry Cooder to sing my eulogy

[Chorus]
Where the Great Plains begin at
The hundredth meridian
At the hundredth meridian where the Great Plains begin

Driving down a corduroy road,
Weeds standing shoulder high
Ferris wheel is rusting off in the distance

[Chorus]

At the hundredth meridian
At the hundredth meridian
At the hundredth meridian where the great plains begin

Left alone to get gigantic
Hard, huge, and haunted
A generation so much dumber than it's parents
Came crashing through the window

A raven strains along the line of the road
Carrying a muddy, old skull the wires show their approval
Off down the distance

[Chorus]

I remember, I remember buffalo And I remember Hengelo
It would seem to me
I remember every single  ing thing I know

If I die of Vanity, promise me, promise me
That if they bury me some place I don't want to be
That you'll dig me up and transport me
Unceremoniously away from the swollen city breeze, garbage bag trees
Whispers of disease, and acts of enormity
And lower me slowly, sadly, and properly
Get Ry Cooder to sing my eulogy

[Chorus]

i'm still young but i know my days are numbered
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and so on
but a time will come when these numbers have all ended
and all i've ever seen will be forgotten

won't you come to my funeral when my days are done
life's not long so i hope when i am finally dead and gone
that you'll come around
when i am lowered into the ground

when my coffin is sealed and i'm safely six feet under
perhaps my friends will see fit then to judge me
and when they pause to consider all my blunders
i hope they won't be too quick to begrudge me

won't you come to my funeral when my days are done
life's not long so i hope when i am finally dead and gone
that you'll come around
when i am lowered into the ground

if i should die before i wake up
i pray that the lord my soul should take but
my body my body
that's your job

well i can't be sure where i'm headed after i'm dead
to heaven, hell or beyond to that great vast
but if i can i would like to meet my maker
there's one or two things i'd sure like to ask

won't you come to my funeral when my days are done
life's not long so i hope when i am finally dead and gone
that you'll come around
when i am lowered into the ground

Welcome to my nightmare
I think you're gonna like it
I think you're gonna feel like you belong
A nocturnal vacation
Unnecessary sedation
You want to feel at home 'cause you belong

Welcome to my nightmare
Welcome to my breakdown
I hope I didn't scare you
That's just the way we are when we come down
We sweat and laugh and scream here
'cuz life is just a dream here
You know inside you feel right at home here

Welcome to my breakdown
Whoa
You're welcome to my nightmare
Yeah

Welcome to my nightmare
I think you're gonna like it
I think you're gonna feel that you belong
We sweat laugh and scream here
'cuz life is just a dream here
You know inside you feel right at home here
Welcome to my nightmare
Welcome to my breakdown
Yeah

mother do you think they'll drop the bomb?
mother do you think they'll like this song?
mother do you think they'll try to break my balls?
oooh ahhh mother should i build a wall?

mother should i run for president?
mother should i trust the government?
mother will they put me in the firing line?
ooh ahh is it just a waste of time?

hush now baby baby don't you cry
mother's gonna make all of your nightmares come true
mother's gonna put all of her fears into you
mother's gonna keep you right here under her wing
she won't let you fly but she might let you sing
mother's gonna keep baby cozy and warm
ooh baby ooh baby ooh baby
of course mother's gonna help build the wall

mother do you think she's good enough for me?
mother do you think she's dangerous to me?
mother will she tear your little boy apart?
ooh ahh mother will she break my heart?

hush now baby baby don't you cry
mother's gonna check out all your girlfriends for you
mother won't let anyone dirty get through
mother's gonna wait up until you get in
mother will always find out where you've been
mother's gonna keep baby healthy and clean
ooh baby ooh baby ooh baby
you'll always be baby to me

mother did it need to be so high?

Everytime that I look in the mirror
All these lines on my face gettin’ clearer
The past is gone
It went by like dust to dawn
Isn’t that the way
Everybody’s got their dues in life to pay

I know what nobody knows
Where it comes and where it goes
I know it’s everybody’s sin
You got to lose to know how to win

Half my life is in books’ written pages
Live and learn from fools and from sages
You know it’s true
All the things come back to you

Sing with me, sing for the years
Sing for the laughter, sing for the tears
Sing with me, if it’s just for today
Maybe tomorrow the good lord will take you away
(x2)

Dream on, dream on
Dream yourself a dream come true
Dream on, dream on
Dream until your dream come true
Dream on, dream on, dream on...

Sing with me, sing for the years
Sing for the laughter and sing for the tears
Sing with me, if it’s just for today
Maybe tomorrow the good lord will take you away

i had a dream, oh my
crazy dream
anything i wanted to know
anyplace i needed to go

hear my song now
people don't you listen now
sing along
you don't know what you're missing now
any little song that you know
everything that's small has to grow
and it all grows

california sunlight
sweet calcutta rain
honolulu starbright
the song remains the same
ooh ooh ohhhh

sing out hare hare
dance the hoochie coo
city lights are oh so bright
as we go sliding sliding
sliding sliding

ahhhhhhh

Dancing days are here again, As the summer evenings grow
I got my flower, I got my power,
I got a woman who knows.

I said it's alright, You know it's alright
I guess it's all in my heart
You'll be my only, my one and only
Is that the way it should start?
Crazy ways are evident
In the way that you're wearing your clothes
Suppin' buzz is precedent, As the evening starts to glow.

You told your mamma I'd get you home
But I didn't tell her I had no car
I saw a lion he was standing alone
With a tadpole in a jar.

I said it's alright, You know it's alright
I guess it's all in my heart
You'll be my only, my one and only
Is that the way it should start?
Crazy ways are evident
In the way that you're wearing your clothes
Suppin' buzz is precedent, As the evening starts to glow.

Dancing days are here again
As the summer evening grows
You are my flower, you are my power
You are my woman who knows.

I said it's alright, You know it's alright
I guess it's all in my heart
You'll be my only, my one and only
Is that the way it should start?
Crazy ways are evident
In the way that you're wearing your clothes
Suppin' buzz is precedent, As the evening starts to glow.

the queen of light took her bow and then she turned to go
the prince of peace embraced the gloom and walked the night alone
oh dance in the dark of night
sing to the morning light

the dark lord rides in force tonight and time will tell us all
oh throw down your plow and hoe
rest not to lock your homes

side by side we braved the night of the darkest of them all

i hear the horses of thunder down in the valley below
i'm waiting for the angels of avalon
waiting for the eastern glow

the apples of the valley hold the seas of happiness
the ground is rich from tender care repay do not forget
no no
dance in the darkest night
sing to the morning light

the apples turn to brown and black the tyrant's face is red
oh war is the common cry
pick up your swords and fly

the sky is filled with good and bad that mortal's never know

oh well the ride is long
the beads of time pass slow
tired eyes on the sunrise
waiting for the eastern glow

the pain of war cannot exceed the woes of the aftermath
the drums will shake the castle walls the ringwraiths ride in black
ride on
sing as you raise your bow
shoot straighter than before

no comfort has the fire at night that lights the face so cold
dance in the dark of night
sing to the morning light

the magic runes are writ in gold to bring the balance back
bring it back

at last the sun is shining
the clouds of blue roll by
with flames from the dragon of darkness
the sunlight blinds his eyes

Hello, I’ve waited here for you, everlong
Tonight, I throw myself into and out of the red, out of her head she sang

Come down and waste away with me, down with me
Slow how, you wanted it to be, I’m over my head, out of her head she sang
And I wonder when I sing along with you if everything could ever feel this real forever
If anything could ever be this good again

The only thing I’ll ever ask of you
You’ve got to promise not to stop when I say when she sang

Breathe out, so I can breathe you in, hold you in
And now, I know you’ve always been out of your head, out of my head I sang
And I wonder when I sing along with you if everything could ever feel this real forever
If anything could ever be this good again

The only thing I’ll ever ask of you
You’ve got to promise not to stop when I say when she sang

And I wonder if everything could ever feel this real forever
If anything could ever be this good again
The only thing I’ll ever ask of you
You’ve got to promise not to stop when I say when

don't wanna be an actor pretending on the stage
don't wanna be a writer with my thoughts out on the page
don't wanna be a painter cause everyone comes to look
don't wanna be anything where my life's an open book

a dream it's true
but i'll see it through
if i could be
wasting my time
with you

don't wanna be a farmer working in the sun
don't wanna be a outlaw always on the run
don't wanna be a climber reaching for the top
don't wanna be anything where i don't know when to stop

a dream it's true
but i'll see it through
if i could be
wasting my time
with you

so if i'm inside your head
don't believe what you might have read
you'll see what i might have said
to hear it

come waste your time with me
come waste your time with me
come waste your time with me
come waste your time with me

in between dim hours
in between dull days
i'm out counting flowers
i'm still chasing faith
mistake me for a pilot
mistake me for a face you know
consider this old conscience
let no trouble come my way

wasting time, you'd understand
wasting time
wasting time, we'll make our plans
wasting time

it's you alone i wish to free
on you alone i'll focus
it's not the change i wish to believe
this coming of the locusts
skipping like a skimming stone
skimming the bad chapters
swimming thru your tides alone
swimming on your laughter, we're after

wasting time, you'd understand
wasting time
wasting time, let's take the chance
wasting time

you and i, we understand
time is not for making
but just because we don't have a clue
doesn't mean we're faking, we're wasting

wasting time, you'd understand
wasting time
wasting time, we'll make our plans
wasting time

ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
you fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way
kicking around on a piece of ground in your hometown
waiting for someone or something to show you the way

tired of lying in the sunshine
staying home to watch the rain
but you are young and life is long
and there is time to kill today
and then one day you find
ten years have got behind you
no one told you when to run
you missed the starting gun

so you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking
racing around to come up behind you again
the sun is the same in a relative way but you're older
shorter of breath and one day closer to death

every year is getting shorter
never seem to find the time
plans that either come to naught
or half a page of scribbled lines
hanging on in quiet desperation is the english way
the time is gone
the song is over
thought i'd something more to say

home
home again
i like to be here when i can
when i come home cold and tired
it's good to warm my bones beside the fire
far away across the field
the tolling of the iron bell
calls the faithful to their knees
to hear the softly spoken magic spells

Big man, pig man, ha ha charade you are.
You well heeled big wheel, ha ha charade you are.
And when your hand is on your heart,
You're nearly a good laugh,
Almost a joker,
With your head down in the pig bin,
Saying "Keep on digging."
Pig stain on your fat chin.
What do you hope to find.
When you're down in the pig mine.
You're nearly a laugh,
You're nearly a laugh
But you're really a cry.

Bus stop rat bag, ha ha charade you are.
You  ed up old hag, ha ha charade you are.
You radiate cold shafts of broken glass.
You're nearly a good laugh,
Almost worth a quick grin.
You like the feel of steel,
You're hot stuff with a hatpin,
And good fun with a hand gun.
You're nearly a laugh,
You're nearly a laugh
But you're really a cry.

Hey you, Whitehouse,
Ha ha charade you are.
You house proud town mouse,
Ha ha charade you are
You're trying to keep our feelings off the street.
You're nearly a real treat,
All tight lips and cold feet
And do you feel abused?
.....! .....! .....! .....!
You gotta stem the evil tide,
And keep it all on the inside.
Mary you're nearly a treat,
Mary you're nearly a treat
But you're really a cry.

"Buddy you're a boy make a big noise
Playin' in the street gonna be a big man some day
You got mud on yo' face
You big disgrace
Kickin' your can all over the place
Singin'

'we will we will rock you
We will we will rock you'

Buddy you're a young man hard man
Shoutin' in the street gonna take on the world some day
You got blood on yo' face
You big disgrace
Wavin' your banner all over the place

'we will we will rock you'
Singin'
'we will we will rock you'

Buddy you're an old man poor man
Pleadin' with your eyes gonna make you some peace some
Day
You got mud on your face
You big disgrace
Somebody better put you back into your place

'we will we will rock you'
Singin'
'we will we will rock you'
Everybody
'we will we will rock you'
'we will we will rock you'
Alright"

Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar.
You're gonna go far,
You're gonna fly high,
You're never gonna die,
You're gonna make it if you try;
They're gonna love you.
Well I've always had a deep respect,
And I mean that most sincerely.
The band is just fantastic,
that is really what I think.
Oh by the way, which one's Pink?
And did we tell you the name of the game, boy,
We call it Riding the Gravy Train.

We're just knocked out.
We heard about the sell out.
You gotta get an album out.
You owe it to the people.
We're so happy we can hardly count.
Everybody else is just green,
Have you seen the chart?
It's a helluva start,
It could be made into a monster
If we all pull together as a team.
And did we tell you the name of the game, boy,
We call it Riding the Gravy Train.

cher was a waitress at the only joint in town
she had a reputation as a girl who'd been around
down main street after midnight brand new pack of cigs
a fresh one hangin from her lips a beer between her legs
she rides down to the river to meet with all her friends
the road goes on forever and the party never ends

sonny was a loner older than the rest
he was goin in the navy but couldn't pass the test
so he hung around town and sold a little pot
the law caught wind of sonny and one day he was caught
but he was back in business when they set him free again
the road goes on forever and the party never ends

sonny's playin eight ball at the joint where cher works
when some drunken out of towner put his hand up cher's skirt
sonny took his pool cue laid the drunk out on the floor
put a dollar in her tip jar and walked on out the door
she's running right behind him, reachin for his hand
the road goes on forever and the party never ends

they jumped into his pickup sonny jammed it down a gear
sonny looked at cher said let's get on outta here
the stars were high above em the moon was in the east
the sun was settin on em when they reached miami beach
they got a hotel by the water and a quart of bombay gin
the road goes on forever and the party never ends

they soon ran out of money, but sonny knew a man
who knew some cuban refugees who dealt in contraband
sonny met the cubans in a house just off the route
with a briefcase full of money and a pistol in his boot
the cards were on the table when the law came busting in
the road goes on forever and the party never ends

the cubans grabbed the goodies, sonny grabbed the jack
broke the bathroom window and climbed on out the back
cher drove the pickup through the alley on the side
where a lawman tackled sonny and was reading him his rights
she stepped out in the alley with a single shot 410
the road goes on forever and the party never ends

they left the lawman lying, they made their getaway
got back to the motel just before the break of day
sonny gave her all the money and blew her a little kiss
if they asked you how this happened say i forced you into this
she watched him as his taillights disappeared around the bend
the road goes on forever and the party never ends

it's main street after midnight just like it was before
21 months later at the local grocery store
cher buys a paper and a cold six pack of beer
the headlines read that sonny is going to the chair
she pulls back on main street in her new mercedes benz
the road goes on forever and the party never ends

i have run i have crawled
i have scaled these city walls
these city walls
only to be with you

but i still haven't found what i'm looking for

well here i am again in this mean old town
and you're so far away from me
where are you when the sun goes down
you're so far away from me

so far away from me
so far i just can't see
you're so far away from me
you're so far away from me

i'm tired of making love babe all alone
when you're so far away from me
tired of making out on the telephone
cause you're so far away from me

you're so far away from me
so far i just can't see
you're so far away from me
you're so far away from me

aboard a craft bereft of oar
i float upstream to find lenore
abducted by a bandit or a queen from some forgotten war

and mindful of his larval craze
the rhinothropic microgaze
ignored it and to my amazement moved to paris in twelve days

this is the work of the guelah papyrus
stranded for a moment on the ocean of osiris
absorbing all she can for every member of her clan
expanding exponentially like some recursive virus

she take me on i never fail
to ride on the redundant rail
cause though i know she's switched a track there's always one to take me back

and through the bedroom door intrude
a fretful frown to spoil the mood
cause though i never really stand that tall
she tilt my frame she watch me fall

this is the work of the guelah papyrus
stranded for a moment on the ocean of osiris
absorbing all she can for every member of her clan
expanding exponentially like some recursive virus

so maybe i could be a fly
and feed arachnid as i die
and view the ritual from within the silken tunnels that they spin

and through the bedroom door intrude
a fretfull frown to spoil the mood
cause though i never really stand that tall
she tilt my frame she watch me fall

this is the work of the guelah papyrus
stranded for a moment on the ocean of osiris
absorbing all she can for every member of her clan

this is the work of the guelah papyrus
stranded for a moment on the ocean of osiris
absorbing all she can for every member of her clan

i returned a bag of groceries accidentally taken off the shelf before the expiration date
i came back as a bag of groceries accidentally taken off the shelf before the date stamped on myself

did a large procession wave their torches as my head fell in the basket?
and was everybody dancing on the casket?
now it's over i'm dead and i haven't done anything that i want
or i'm still alive and there's nothing i want to do

i will never say the word procrastinate again
i'll never see myself in the mirror with my eyes closed
i didn't apologize for when i was eight
and i made my younger brother have to be my personal slave

did a large procession wave their torches as my head fell in the basket?
and was everybody dancing on the casket?
now it's over i'm dead and i haven't done anything that i want
or i'm still alive and there's nothing i want to do

so i won't
sit at home
and you won't
see my head in the window
and i won't
be around
ever anymore
and i'll be up there on the wall at the store

i returned a bag of groceries accidentally taken off the shelf before the expiration date
i came back as a bag of groceries accidentally taken off the shelf before the date stamped on myself

did a large procession wave their torches as my head fell in the basket?
and was everybody dancing on the casket?
now it's over i'm dead and i haven't done anything that i want
or i'm still alive and there's nothing i want to do

now it's over i'm dead and i haven't done anything that i want
or i'm still alive and there's nothing i want to do

Dear mother,
Can you hear me whining?
It's been three whole weeks
Since that I have left your home
This sudden fear has left me trembling
Cause now it seems that I am out here on my own
And I'm feeling so alone

Pay attention to the cracked streets
And the broken homes
Some call it the slums
Some call it nice
I want to take you through
a wasteland I like to call
my home
Welcome To Paradise

A gunshot rings out at the station
Another urchin snaps and left dead on his own
It makes me wonder why I'm still here
For some strange reason it's now
Feeling like my home
And I'm never gonna go

Pay attention to the cracked streets
And the broken homes
Some call it slums
Some call it nice
I want to take you through
a wasteland I like to call
my home
Welcome To Paradise

i sit around and watch the tube but nothing's on
change the channels for an hour or two
twiddle my thumbs just for a bit
i'm sick of all the same old s***
in a house with unlocked doors
and i'm !%%@#ing lazy

bite my lip and close my eyes
take me away to paradise
i'm so damn bored i'm going blind
and i smell like s***

peel me off this velcro seat and get me moving
i sure as hell can't do it by myself
i'm feeling like a dog in heat
bored indoors from the summer street
i locked the door to my own cell
and i lost the key

bite my lip and close my eyes
take me away to paradise
i'm so damn bored i'm going blind
and i smell like s***

i've got no motivation
where is my motivation
no time for motivation
smoking my inspiration

come gather round people wherever you advertise
and admit that the 60's sells chryslers and fries
and accept it that money don't talk but it lies
if your bottom line is worth saving
then you better start skimming all the anthems we've known
for the stocks they are exchanging

there's something happening here
what it is is an ad for a beer

i guess you'd say what can make me feel this way
my beer, my beer, my beer
talking bout my beer

songs that sell soaps and sell cars and sell lifestyles
anthems of freedom now corporate sieghiels
songs that bring back all those sweet memories
thanks mitsubishi and who needs trees

when i'm downsized, lost my healthcare
when i'm feeling sad
i simply remember my favorite songs
and then i don't feel so

bad about ads and my culture they're taking
bad about products that didn't need making
bad that they're buying the soul of my youth
to sell me their s*** well it's slightly uncouth

when i'm lonesome or nostalgic
feel i'm gonna cry
i simply remember my favorite songs
and then i break down and buy

i'm goin up the country where a man can be free
goin up the country where a man can be free
i'm going to someplace where there's no goddam pepsi

an action seeker on an empty street
just an alley creeper light on his feet
a young fighter screaming with no time for doubt
with the pain and anger can't see a way out
it ain't much i'm asking
i heard him say
gotta find me a future
MOVE OUTTA MY WAY

i want it all
i want it all
i want it all
and i want it now

listen all you people come gather round
gonna get me a gameplan
gonna shake it to the ground
just give me what i know is mine
people do you hear me
just give me a sign
it ain't much i'm asking
if you want the truth
here's to the future
for the dreams of youth

i want it all
i want it all
i want it all
and i want it now

i'm a man with a one track mind
so much to do in one lifetime
not a man for compromise and where's and why's and living lies
i'm living it all
and i'm giving it all
to you

it ain't much i'm asking if you want the truth
here's to the future
hear the cry of youth

i want it all
i want it all
i want it all
and i want it now

momma, just killed a man
put a gun against his head
pulled my trigger now he's dead
momma, life has just begun
but now i've gone and thrown it all away
momma ooh ooh
didn't mean to make you cry
if i'm not back again this time tomorrow
carry on
carry on
as if nothing really matters

too late
my time has come
sent shivers down my spine
body's aching all the time
good bye everybody
i've got to go
gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
momma ooh ooh
i don't wanna die
sometimes i wish i'd never been born at all

traveling in a fried out combie
on a hippie trail, head full of zombie
i met a strange lady she make me nervous
she took me in a made me breakfast
and she said

do you come from the land down under?
where women glow and men plunder
can't you hear can't you hear the thunder?
you better run you better take cover

buying bread from a man in brussels
who was 6 foot 4 and full of muscle
i said do you speak my language?
he just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich
and he said

i come from the land down under
where women glow and men plunder
can't you hear can't you hear the thunder?
you better run you better take cover

living in a den in bombay
with a slack jaw and not much to say
i said to the man are you trying to tempt me?
because i come from the land of plenty
and he said

do you come from the land down under?
where women glow and men plunder
can't you hear can't you hear the thunder?
you better run you better take cover

i'm fixing a hole where the rain leaks in
and stops my mind from wandering
where it will go
where it will go

i'm fixing the cracks that ran from the door
and kept my mind from wandering
where it will go

and it really doesn't matter
if i'm wrong i'm right
where i belong i'm right
where i belong
see the people standing there
who disagree and never win
and wonder why they don't get in my door

i seen you knocking at my cellar door
i love you baby can i have some more
gone gone the damage done

i hit the city and i lost my band
i seen the needle take another man
gone gone the damage done

i sing the song because i love the man
i know that some of you don't understand
milk blood to keep from running out

i seen the needle and the damage done
a little part of it in everyone
but every junkie's like the setting sun

janie's got a gun
janie's got a gun
dog days just begun
now everybody is on the run
tell me now it's untrue
what did he put her through?
he jacked a little bitty baby
the man has got to be insane
they say the spell that he was under
the lightning and the thunder
knew that someone had to stop the rain

run away
run away from the pain yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
run away
run run away yeah yeah yeah

janie's got a gun
janie's got a gun
her dog days just begun
now everybody is on the run
what did her daddy do?
it's janie's last i.o.u.
she had to take him down easy
and put a bullet in his brain
she said cause nobody believes me
the man was such a sleaze
he ain't never gonna be the same

Every light is burnin’
In a house across town.
She’s pacin’ by the telephone
In her faded flannel gown.
Askin’ for miracle,
Hopin’ she’s not right,
Prayin’ it’s the weather
That’s kept him out all night.
And the thunder rolls.
And the thunder rolls.

The thunder rolls
And the lightnin’ strikes.
Another love grows cold
On a sleepless night,
As the storm blows on
Out of control
Deep in her heart
The thunder rolls.

She’s waitin’ by the window
When he pulls into the drive
She rushes out to hold him
Thankful he’s alive
But on the wind and rain
A strange new perfume blows
And the lightnin’ flashes in her eyes
And he knows that she knows
And the thunder rolls
And the thunder rolls

The thunder rolls
And the lightnin’ strikes.
Another love grows cold
On a sleepless night,
As the storm blows on
Out of control
Deep in her heart
The thunder rolls.

She runs back down the hallway
To the bedroom door
She reaches for the pistol
Kept in the dresser drawer
Tells the lady in the mirror
He won’t do this again
Cause tonight will be the last time
She’ll wonder where he’s been

the long and winding road that leads to your door
will never disappear
i've seen that road before
it always leads me here
lead me to your door

the wild and windy night
that the rain washed away
has left a pool of tears
crying for the day
why leave me standing here
let me know the way

many times i've been alone
and many times i've cried
anyway you'll never know
the many ways i've tried

but still they lead me back
to the long winding road
you left me standing here
a long long time ago
don't leave me standing here
lead me to your door

not to touch the earth
not to see the sun
nothing left to do but run run run let's run

house upon the hill
moon is lying still
shadows in the trees
witnessing the wild breeze
come on baby run with me

run with me
run with me
run with me
let's run

the mansion is warm at the top of the hill
rich are the rooms and the comforts there
red are the arms of luxurious chairs
and you won't know a thing till you get inside

the president's corpse in the driver's car
the engine runs on glue and tar
come on along not going very far
to the east to meet the czar

run with me
run with me
run with me
let's run

some outlaws live by the side of the lake
the minister's daughter's in love with the snake
who lives in a well by the side of the road
wake up girl we're almost home

we should see the gates by morning
we should be inside by evening
sun sun sun
burn burn burn
moon moon moon
i will see you
soon
soon
soon

i am the lizard king
i can do anything

well i been down so goddam long that it looks like up to me
yeah i been down so very damn long that it looks like up to me
why don't one you people
come on and set me free

i say warden warden warden won't you break your lock and key
warden warden warden won't you break your lock and key
come along here mister
and let the poor boy be

i said baby baby baby won't you get down on your knees
baby baby baby won't you get down on your knees
come on little darlin
give your love to me

well i been down so goddam long that it looks like up to me
i been down so very damn long that it looks like up to me
well why don't one you people
come on
come on
come on and set me free

for america i went to vietnam
agent orange has a hold on me still
the freedom movement made me an organizer
while i was studying on the GI bill
luck of the leader is to be locked up
25 years counting 8 in the hole
i am not famous
i'm not mandela
but i am imprisoned in a jail
my name is geronimo ji jaga
and my soul is not for sale

computer programmer was my occupation
i heard about civil rights down in the south
i could not keep my mind on my programs
i had to use my heart and my mouth
i lived in harlem i was a black panther
i looked for answers for my people
i am not famous
i'm not mandela
but i am imprisoned in this jail
my name is sundiata acoli
and my soul is not for sale

down at the market no one talks about it
on the tv you won't see this tale
but if you can see me then they must free me
so won't you please lift up the veil

they call me terrorist for conspiring
against the government and companies
who strip mine, pollute and destroy
in puerto rico they do as they please
they like to talk about freedom fighters
but not in their own back yards
they took my sister and me
we're doing 83
and there will be no bail
my name is ida luz rodriguez
and my country's not for sale

driving cab is a good way to pay the rent
for a journalist who tells the truth
they been after me since i been after them
no i did not waste my youth
in philadelphia police won't help ya
except to beat you to the punch
they beat my brother
there was another
shot the policeman
but i'm doing the time
my name is mumia abu jamal
and the system is the crime

down at the market no one talks about it
on the tv you won't see this tale
but if you can see me then they must free me
so won't you please lift up the veil

once proud nations reduced to reservations
government goons come to terrorize
we had a duty to defend our families
from corruption, guns and lies
the FBI came they played that old game
divide and conquer to maintain their power
i am not famous
i am not mandela
but i am imprisoned in a jail
my name is leonard, leonard peltier
and this land is not for sale

down at the market no one talks about it
on the tv you won't see this tale
but if you can see me then they must free me
so won't you please lift up the veil

if you can see me then they must free me
so won't you please lift up the veil

well beat the drum and hold the phone
the sun came out today
we're born again there's new grass on the field
rounding third and headed for home
it's a brown eyed handsome man
anyone can understand the way i feel

oh put me in coach
i'm ready to play today
put me in coach
i'm ready to play today
look at me
i can be
centerfield

wish i was back on old rocky top
down in the tennessee hills
ain't no smoggy smoke on rocky top
ain't no telephone bills
once i had a girl on rocky top
half bear, other half cat
wild as a mink but sweet as soda pop
i still dream about that

rocky top you'll always be
home sweet home to me
good old rocky top
rocky top tennessee
rocky top tennessee

once two strangers climbed old rocky top
lookin for a moonshine still
strangers don't come down from rocky top
reckon they never will
corn won't grow at all on rocky top
soil's too rocky by far
that's why the folks on rocky top
get their corn from a jar

rocky top you'll always be
home sweet home to me
good old rocky top
rocky top tennessee
rocky top tennessee

i've had years of cramped up city life
trapped like a duck in a pen
all i know is it's a pity life
can't be simple again

rocky top you'll always be
home sweet home to me
good old rocky top
rocky top tennessee
rocky top tennessee

the wheel is turning and you can't slow down
can't let go and you can't hold on
can't go back and you can't stand still
if the thunder don't get you then the lightning will

won't you try just a little bit harder
couldn't we try just a little bit more
won't you try just a little bit harder
couldn't we try just a little bit more

round round robin run round
gotta get back where you belong
little bit harder, a little bit more
a little bit harder than you gone before

the wheel is turning and you can't slow down
you can't let go and you can't hold on
can't go back and you can't stand still
if the thunder don't get you then the lightning will

small wheel turning by the power in the rod
big wheel turn by the grace of god
every time that wheel turns round
bound to cover just a little more ground

oh i'm going down to mississippi
yes i'm going down a southern road
and if you never see me again
remember that i had to go
remember that i had to go

it's a long road down to mississippi
it's a short road back the other way
if the cops pull you over to the side of the road
well you won't have nothing to say
no you won't have nothing to say

there's a man waiting down in mississippi
and he's waiting with a rifle in his hand
and he's looking down the road for an out of state car
and he thinks that he's fighting for his land
yes he thinks that he's fighting for his land

and he won't know the clothes that i'm wearing
and he doesn't know the name that i own
but his god is large and his hate is hard
and he knows i'm coming down the road
yes he knows i'm coming down the road

oh it's not for the glory that i'm leaving
it's not trouble that i'm looking for
but there's lots of good work that's calling me down
and the waiting won't do no more
no the waiting won't do no more

don't call me the brave one for going
no don't pin a medal to my name
for even if there was any choice to make
i'd be going down just the same
i'd be going down just the same

for someone's gotta go to mississippi
just as sure as there's a right and a wrong
and even though you say that the time will change
that time is just too long
that time is just too long

so i'm going down to mississippi
oh i'm going down a southern raod
and if you never see me again
remember that i had to go
remember that i had to go

well in 1814 we took a little trip
along with colonel jackson down the mighty mississip
we took a little bacon and we took a little beans
and we met the bloody british in the town of new orleans

we fired our guns and the british kept a comin
there wasn't quite as many as there was awhile ago
we fired once more and they began to runnin
down the mississippi to the gulf of mexico