The Essential (2003) _______________________________________________________________________ BLINDED BY THE LIGHT Madman drummers bummers and Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps his way into his hat With a boulder on my shoulder feelin' kinda older I tripped the merry-go-round With this very unpleasing sneezing and wheezing the calliope crashed to the ground Some all-hot half-shot was headin' for the hot spot snappin' his fingers clappin' his hands And some fleshpot mascot was tied into a lover's knot with a whatnot in her hand And now young Scott with a slingshot finally found a tender spot and throws his lover in the sand And some bloodshot forget-menot whispers daddy's within earshot save the buckshot turn up the band And she was blinded by the light. Cut loose like a deuce Another runner in the night. Blinded by the light She got down but she never got tight, but she'll make it alright Some brimstone baritone anticyclone rolling stone preacher from the east He says: "Dethrone the dictaphone, hit it in its funny bone, that's where they expect it least" And some new-mown chaperone was standin' in the corner all alone watchin' the young girls dance And some fresh-sown moonstone was messin' with his frozen zone to remind him of the feeling of romance Yeah he was blinded by the light. Cut loose like a deuce Another runner in the night. Blinded by the light He got down but she never got tight, but he's gonna make it tonight Some silicone sister with her manager's mister told me I got what it takes She said I'll turn you on sonny to something strong if you play that song with the funky break And go-cart Mozart was checkin' out the weather chart to see if it was safe to go outside And little Early-Pearly came in by her curly-wurly and asked me if I needed a ride Oh, some hazard from Harvard was skunked on beer playin' backyard bombardier Yes and Scotland Yard was trying hard, they sent a dude with a calling card, he said, do what you like, but don't do it here Well I jumped up, spit in the air, fell on the ground, asked wich was the way back home He said take a right at the light, keep going straight until right, and then boy you're on your own And now in Zanzibar a shootin' star was ridin' in a side car hummin' a lunar tune Yes, and the avatar said blow the bar but first remove the cookie jar, we're gonna teach those boys to laugh too soon And some kidnapped handicap was complaining that he caught the clap from some mousetrap he bought last night Well I unsnapped his skull cap and between his ears I saw a gap but he'd figured he'd be all right He was just blinded by the light. Cut loose like a deuce Another runner in the night. Blinded by the light Mama always told me not to look into the sights of the sun Oh but mama that's where the fun is _______________________________________________________________________ FOR YOU Princess cards she sends me with her regards Barroom eyes shine vacancy, to see her you gotta look hard Wounded deep in battle, I stand stuffed like some soldier undaunted To her Cheshire smile. I'll stand on file, she's all I ever wanted But you let your blue walls get in the way of these facts Honey, get your carpetbaggers off my back You wouldn't even give me time to cover my tracks You said "Here's your mirror and your ball and jacks" But they're not what I came for, and I'm sure you see that too I came for you, for you, I came for you, but you did not need my urgency I came for you, for you, I came for you, but your life was one long emergency And your cloud line urges me, and my electric surges free Crawl into my ambulance, your pulse is getting weak Reveal yourself all now to me girl while you've got the strength to speak 'Cause they're waiting for you at Bellevue with their oxygen masks But I could give it all to you now if only you could ask And don't call for your surgeon even he says it's too late It's not your lungs this time, it's your heart that holds your fate Don't give me money, honey, I don't want it back You and your pony face and your union jack Well take your local joker and teach him how to act I swear I was never that way even when I really cracked Didn't you think I knew that you were born with the power of a locomotive Able tomleap tall buildings in a single bound? And your Chelsea suicide with no apparent motive You could laugh and cry in a single sound And your strength is devastating in the face of all these odds Remember how I kept you waiting when it was my turn to be the god? You were not quite half so proud when I found you broken on the beach Remember how I poured salt on your tongue and hung just out of reach And the band they played the homecoming theme as I caressed your cheek They ragged, jagged melody she still clings to me like a leach But that medal you wore on your chest always got in the way Like a little girl with a traphy so soft to buy her way We were both hitchhikers but you had your ear tuned to the roar Of some metal-tempered engine on an alien, distant shore So you, left to find a better reason than the one we were living for And it's not that nursery mouth I came back for It's not the way you're stretched out on the floor 'Cause I've broken all your windows and I've rammed through all your doors And who am I to ask you to lick my sores? And you should know that's true I came for you, for you, I came for you, but you did not need my urgency I came for you, for you, I came for you, but your life was one long emergency And your cloud line urges me, and my electric surges free _______________________________________________________________________ SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT Crazy Janey and her mission man were back in the alley tradin' hands 'Long came Wild Billy with his friend G-man all duded up for Saturday night Billy slammed on his coaster brakes and said anybody wanna go on up to Greasy Lake It's about a mile down on the dark side of Route 88 I got a bottle of rose so let's try it We'll pick up Hazy Davy and Killer Joe and I'll take you all out to where the gypsy angels go They're built like light And they dance like spirits in the night (all night) in the night (all night) Oh you don't know what they can do to you Spirits in the night, in the night Stand up now and let it shoot through you Well now Wild Billy was a crazy cat and he shook some dust out of his coonskin cap He said "Trust some of this it'll show you where you're at or at least it'll help you really feel it" By the time we made it up to Greasy Lake I had my head out the window and Janey's fingers in the cake I think I really dug her `cause I was too loose to fake I said "I'm hurt" she said "Honey let me heal it" And we danced all night to a soul fairy band And she kissed me just right like only a lonely angel can She felt just right just like as sweet as a spirit in the night In the night baby don't know what she do to you Spirits in the night, in the night Stand up now and let her shoot right through you Now the night grew bright and the stars threw light in Billy and Davy Dancin' in the moonlight We were down near the water in a stone mud fight Killer Joe'd passed out on the lawn Well Hazy Davy got really hurt he crawled into the lake in just his socks and a shirt Me and Crazy Janey were makin' love in the dirt singin' our birthday songs Janey said "Hey little brother don't you think it's time now we go" So we closed our eyes and said goodbye to gypsy angel row felt just right Together we moved like spirits in the night, all night Baby don't know what it do to you Spirits in the night, all night Stand up now and let it shoot right through you _______________________________________________________________________ 4TH OF JULY, ASBURY PARK (SANDY) Sandy, the fireworks are hailin' over Little Eden tonight, Forcin' a light into all those stoney faces left stranded on this warm July, Down in town the circuit's full of switchblade lovers so fast, so shiney, so sharp, As the wizards play down on Pinball Way on the boardwalk way past dark, And the boys from the casino dance with their shirts open like Latin lovers on the shore, Chasin' all them silly New York virgins by the score. Sandy, the aurora is risin' behind us, Those pier lights, our carnival life forever, Oh love me tonight for I may never see you again, Hey, Sandy girl, my baby. Now the greasers, they tramp the streets or get busted for sleepin' on the beach all night, Them boys in their high heels, ah Sandy, their skins are so white, And me, I just got tired of hangin' in them dusty arcades bangin' them pleasure machines, Chasin' the factory girls underneath the boardwalk where they all promised to unsnap their jeans, And you know that tilt-a-whirl down on the south beach drag, I got on it last night and my shirt got caught, And it kept me spinnin', they didn't think I'd ever get off. Sandy, the aurora is risin' behind us, Those pier lights, our carnival life on the water, Runnin' laughin' underneath the boardwalk with the boss's daughter, I remember, Sandy girl, my baby. Sandy, the waitress I was seein' lost her desire for me, I spoke with her last night, she said she won't set herself on fire for me anymore, She worked that joint under the boardwalk, she was always the girl you saw boppin' down the beach with the radio, Kids say last night she was dressed like a star in one of the cheap little seaside bars and I saw her parked with her loverboy out on the Kokomo, Did you hear, the cops finally busted Madame Marie for tellin' fortunes better than they do, For me, this boardwalk life is through, you ought to quit this scene too. Sandy, the aurora is risin' behind us, Those pier lights, our carnival life forever, Oh, love me tonight and I promise I'll love you forever, Oh, I mean it Sandy girl. _______________________________________________________________________ ROSALITA (COME OUT TONIGHT) Spread out now Rosie, doctor come cut loose her mama's reins, You know playin' Blind Man's Bluff is a little baby's game, You pick up Little Dynamite, I'll pick up Little Gun And together we're gonna go out tonight and make that highway run You don't have to call me lieutenant, Rosie, and I don't want to be your son, The only lover I'm ever gonna need's your soft, sweet little girl's tongue, And Rosie, you're the one. Dynamite's in the belfry, baby, playin' with the bats, Little Gun's downtown in front of Woolworth's tryin' out his attitude on all the cats, Papa's on the corner waitin' for the bus, Mama, she's home in the window, waitin' up for us, She'll be there in that chair when they wrestle her upstairs cause you know we ain't gonna come, I ain't here on business, baby, I'm only here for fun And Rosie, you're the one. Rosalita, jump a little higher Senorita, come sit by my fire I just want to be your lover, ain't no liar Rosalita, you're my stone desire. Jack the Rabbit and Weak Knee Willie, don't you know they're gonna be there, Sloppy Sue and Big Bone Billy, they'll be coming up for air, We're gonna play some pool, skip some school, act real cool, stay out all night, it's gonna feel alright, So Rosie come out tonight, little baby come out tonight Windows are for cheaters, chim'neys for the poor, Closets are for hangers, winners use the door, So use it Rosie, that's what it's there for. Rosalita, jump a little higher Senorita, come sit by my fire I just want to be your lover, ain't no liar Rosalita, you're my stone desire. Now I know your mama, she don't like me cause I play in a rock and roll band, And I know your daddy, he don't dig me but he never did understand, Your papa lowered the boom, he locked you in your room I'm comin' to lend a hand, I'm comin' to liberate you, confiscate you, I want to be your man Some day we'll look back on this and it will all seem funny But now you're sad, your momma's mad, and your papa says he knows that I don't have any money and your papa says he knows that I don't have any money and your papa says he knows that I don't have any money Well tell him this is his last chance to get his daughter in a fine romance, Cause Rosie the record company just gave me a big advance. And my tires were slashed and I almost crashed but the Lord had mercy, And my machine, she's a dud, out stuck in the mud somewhere in the swamps of Jersey Well hold on tight, stay up all night, cause Rosie I'm comin' on strong, By the time we meet the morning light I will hold you in my arms I know a pretty little place in Southern California, down San Diego way, There's a little cafe, where they play guitars all night and day You can hear them in the back room strummin', so hold tight baby cause don't you know daddy's comin' Everybody sing. Rosalita, jump a little higher Senorita, come sit by my fire I just want to be your lover, ain't no liar Rosalita, you're my stone desire. _______________________________________________________________________ THUNDER ROAD The screen door slams, Mary's dress sways Like a vision she dances across the porch. As the radio plays Roy Orbison singing for the lonely Hey that's me and I want you only Don't turn me home again, I just can't face myself alone again Don't run back inside, darling you know just what I'm here for So you're scared and you're thinking That maybe we ain't that young anymore Show a little faith, there's magic in the night You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright Oh and that's alright with me You can hide 'neath your covers and study your pain Make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain Waste your summer praying in vain For a saviour to rise from these streets Well now I'm no hero, that's understood All the redemption I can offer, girl, is beneath this dirty hood With a chance to make it good somehow Hey what else can we do now? Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair Well the night's busting open This two lanes will take us anywhere We got one last chance to make it real To trade in these wings on some wheels Climb in back: Heaven's waiting on down the tracks Oh-oh come take my hand Riding out tonight to case the promised land Oh-oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road, Lying out there like a killer in the sun Hey I know it's late we can make it if we run Oh Thunder Road, sit tight take hold, Thunder Road Well I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk And my car's out back if you're ready to take that long walk From your front porch to my front seat The door's open but the ride it ain't free And I know you're lonely and there's words that I ain't spoken But tonight we'll be free, all the promises'll be broken There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away They haunt this dusty beach road In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets They scream your name at night in the street Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet And in the lonely cool before dawn You hear their engines roaring on But when you get to the porch they're gone On the wind, so Mary climb in It's a town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win. _______________________________________________________________________ BORN TO RUN In the day we sweat it out in the streets of a runaway American dream At night we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines Sprung from cages out on highway 9, Chrome wheeled, fuel injected and steppin' out over the line Baby this town rips the bones from your back It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap We gotta get out while we're young 'Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run Wendy let me in I wanna be your friend I want to guard your dreams and visions Just wrap your legs round these velvet rims and strap your hands across my engines Together we could break this trap We'll run till we drop, baby we'll never go back Will you walk with me out on the wire 'Cause baby I'm just a scared and lonely rider But I gotta find out how it feels I want to know if love is wild, girl I want to know if love is real Beyond the Palace hemi-powered drones scream down the boulevard The girls comb their hair in rearview mirrors And the boys try to look so hard The amusement park rises bold and stark Kids are huddled on the beach in a mist I wanna die with you Wendy on the streets tonight In an everlasting kiss The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive Everybody's out on the run tonight but there's no place left to hide Together Wendy we'll live with the sadness I'll love you with all the madness in my soul Someday girl I don't know when we're gonna get to that place Where we really want to go and we'll walk in the sun But till then tramps like us baby we were born to run _______________________________________________________________________ JUNGLELAND The rangers had a homecoming in Harlem late last night And the Magic Rat drove his sleek machine over the Jersey state line Barefoot girl sitting on the hood of a Dodge Drinking warm beer in the soft summer rain The Rat pulls into town rolls up his pants Together they take a stab at romance and disappear down Flamingo Lane Well the Maximum Lawman run down Flamingo chasing the Rat and the barefoot girl And the kids round here look just like shadows always quiet, holding hands From the churches to the jails tonight all is silence in the world As we take our stand down in Jungleland The midnight gang's assembled and picked a rendezvous for the night They'll meet `neath that giant Exxon sign that brings this fair city light Man there's an opera out on the Turnpike There's a ballet being fought out in the alley Until the local cops, Cherry Tops, rips this holy night The street's alive as secret debts are paid Contacts made, they vanished unseen Kids flash guitars just like switch-blades hustling for the record machine The hungry and the hunted explode into rock'n'roll bands That face off against each other out in the street down in Jungleland In the parking lot the visionaries dress in the latest rage Inside the backstreet girls are dancing to the records that the D.J. plays Lonely-hearted lovers struggle in dark corners Desperate as the night moves on, just a look and a whisper, and they're gone Beneath the city two hearts beat Soul engines running through a night so tender in a bedroom locked In whispers of soft refusal and then surrender in the tunnels uptown The Rat's own dream guns him down as shots echo down them hallways in the night No one watches when the ambulance pulls away Or as the girl shuts out the bedroom light Outside the street's on fire in a real death waltz Between flesh and what's fantasy and the poets down here Don't write nothing at all, they just stand back and let it all be And in the quick of the night they reach for their moment And try to make an honest stand but they wind up wounded, not even dead Tonight in Jungleland _______________________________________________________________________ BADLANDS Lights out tonight trouble in the heartland Got a head-on collision smashin' in my guts man I'm caught in a crossfire that I don't understand But there's one thing I know for sure I don't give a damn For the same old played out scenes I don't give a damn For just the in-betweens honey I want the heart I want the soul I want control right now talk about a dream Try to make it real you wake up in the night With a fear so real spend your life waiting For a moment that just don't come Well don't waste your time waiting Badlands you gotta live it every day Let the broken hearts stand As the price you've gotta pay We'll keep pushin' till it's understood And these badlands start treating us good Workin' in the field till you get your back burned Workin' `neath the wheels till you get your facts learned Baby I got my facts learned real good right now You better get it straight darling Poor man wanna be rich, rich man wanna be king And a king ain't satisfied till he rules everything I wanna go out tonight, I wanna find out what I got Now I believe in the love that you gave me I believe in the faith that could save me I believe in the hope and I pray that some day It will raise me above these Badlands you gotta live it every day Let the broken hearts stand As the price you've gotta pay We'll keep pushin' till it's understood And these badlands start treating us good For the ones who had a notion, a notion deep inside That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive I wanna find one face that ain't looking through me I wanna find one place, I wanna spit in the face of these Badlands you gotta live it every day Let the broken hearts stand As the price you've gotta pay We'll keep pushin' till it's understood And these badlands start treating us good _______________________________________________________________________ DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN They're still racing out at the Trestles But that blood it never burned in her veins Now I hear she's got a house up in Fairview And a style she's trying to maintain Well if she wants to see me You can tell her that I'm easily found Tell her there's a spot out 'neath Abram's Bridge And tell her there's a darkness on the edge of town Everybody's got a secret Sonny Something that they just can't face Some folks spend their whole lives trying to keep it They carry it with them every step that they take Till some day they just cut it loose Cut it loose or let it drag 'em down Where no one asks any questions Or looks too long in your face In the darkness on the edge of town Some folks are born into a good life Other folks get it anyway anyhow I lost my money and I lost my wife Them things don't seem to matter much to me now Tonight I'll be on that hill 'cause I can't stop I'll be on that hill with everything I got Lives on the line where dreams are found and lost I'll be there on time and I'll pay the cost For wanting things that can only be found In the darkness on the edge of town _______________________________________________________________________ THE PROMISED LAND On a rattlesnake speedway in the Utah desert I pick up my money and head back into town Driving cross the Waynesboro county line I got the radio on and I'm just killing time Working all day in my daddy's garage Driving all night chasing some mirage Pretty soon little girl I'm gonna take charge The dogs on Main Street howl 'cause they understand If I could take one moment into my hands Mister I ain't a boy no I'm a man And I believe in a promised land I've done my best to live the right way I get up every morning and go to work each day But your eyes go blind and your blood runs cold Sometimes I feel so weak I just want to explode Explode and tear this town apart Take a knife and cut this pain from my heart Find somebody itching for something to start The dogs on Main Street howl 'cause they understand If I could take one moment into my hands Mister I ain't a boy no I'm a man And I believe in a promised land There's a dark cloud rising from the desert floor I packed my bags and I'm heading straight into the storm Gonna be a twister to blow everything down That ain't got the faith to stand its ground Blow away the dreams that tear you apart Blow away the dreams that break your heart Blow away the lies that leave you nothing but lost and brokenhearted The dogs on Main Street howl 'cause they understand If I could take one moment into my hands Mister I ain't a boy no I'm a man And I believe in a promised land _______________________________________________________________________ THE RIVER I come from down in the valley Where mister, when you're young They bring you up to do like your daddy done Me and Mary we met in high school When she was just seventeen We'd drive out of this valley down to where the fields were green We'd go down to the river And into the river we'd dive Oh down to the river we'd ride Then I got Mary pregnant And, man, that was all she wrote And for my 19th birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat We went down to the courthouse And the judge put it all to rest No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle No flowers, no wedding dress That night we went down to the river And into the river we'd dive Oh down to the river we did ride I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company But lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy Now all them things that seemed so important Well mister they vanished right into the air Now I just act like I don't remember Mary acts like she don't care But I remember us riding in my brother's car Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir At night on them banks I'd lie awake And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take Now those memories come back to haunt me They haunt me like a curse Is a dream a lie if it don't come true Or is it something worse, that sends me Down to the river though I know the river is dry That sends me down to the river tonight Down to the river My baby and I Oh down to the river we ride _______________________________________________________________________ HUNGRY HEART Got a wife and kids in Baltimore Jack I went out for a ride and I never went back Like a river that don't know where it's flowing I took a wrong turn and I just kept going Everybody's got a hungry heart Everybody's got a hungry heart Lay down your money and you play your part Everybody's got a hungry heart I met her in a Kingstown bar We fell in love I knew it had to end We took what we had and we ripped it apart Now here I am down in Kingstown again Everybody's got a hungry heart Everybody's got a hungry heart Lay down your money and you play your part Everybody's got a hungry heart Everybody needs a place to rest Everybody wants to have a home Don't make no difference what nobody says Ain't nobody like to be alone Everybody's got a hungry heart Everybody's got a hungry heart Lay down your money and you play your part Everybody's got a hungry heart _______________________________________________________________________ NEBRASKA I saw her standin' on her front lawn just twirlin' her baton Me and her went for a ride sir and ten innocent people died From the town of Lincoln Nebraska with a sawed-off .410 on my lap Through to the badlands of Wyoming I killed everything in my path I can't say that I'm sorry for the things that we done At least for a little while sir me and her we had us some fun The jury brought in a guilty verdict and the judge he sentenced me to death Midnight in a prison storeroom with leather straps across my chest Sheriff when the man pulls that switch sir and snaps my poor neck back You make sure my pretty baby is sittin' right there on my lap They declared me unfit to live said into that great void my soul'd be hurled They wanted to know why I did what I did Well sir I guess there's just a meanness in this world _______________________________________________________________________ ATLANTIC CITY Well, they blew up the chicken man in Philly last night Now, they blew up his house, too Down on the boardwalk they're gettin' ready for a fight Gonna see what them racket boys can do Now, there's trouble bustin' in from outta state And the D.A. can't get no relief Gonna be a rumble out on the promenade And the gamblin' commission's hangin' on by the skin of his teeth Well now, ev'rything dies, baby, that's a fact But maybe ev'rything that dies someday comes back Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty And meet me tonight in Atlantic City Well, I got a job and tried to put my money away But I got debts that no honest man can pay So I drew what I had from the Central Trust And I bought us two tickets on that Coast City bus Now, baby, ev'rything dies, honey, that's a fact... But maybe ev'rything that dies someday comes back Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty And meet me tonight in Atlantic City Now our luck may have died and our love may be cold But with you forever I'll stay We're goin' out where the sand's turnin' to gold Put on your stockin's baby, 'cause the night's getting cold And maybe ev'rything dies, baby, that's a fact But maybe ev'rything that dies someday comes back Now, I been lookin' for a job, but it's hard to find Down here it's just winners and losers and don't get caught on the wrong side of that line Well, I'm tired of comin' out on the losin' end So, honey, last night I met this guy and I'm gonna do a little favor for him Well, I guess everything dies, baby, that's a fact... But maybe ev'rything that dies someday comes back Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty And meet me tonight in Atlantic City _______________________________________________________________________ Born IN THE U.S.A. Born down in a dead man's town The first kick I took was when I hit the ground You end up like a dog that's been beat too much Till you spend half your life just covering up Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A. I was born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A. Got in a little hometown jam So they put a rifle in my hand Sent me off to a foreign land To go and kill the yellow man Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A. I was born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A. Come back home to the refinery Hiring man said "Son if it was up to me" Went down to see my V.A. man He said "Son, don't you understand" I had a brother at Khe Sahn Fighting off the Viet Cong They're still there, he's all gone He had a woman he loved in Saigon I got a picture of him in her arms now Down in the shadow of the penitentiary Out by the gas fires of the refinery I'm ten years burning down the road Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A., I'm a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A., Born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A., I'm a cool rocking Daddy in the U.S.A. _______________________________________________________________________ GLORY DAYS I had a friend was a big baseball player back in highschool He could throw that speedball by ya, make you look like a fool Saw him the other night at this roadside bar I was walking in he was walking out We went back inside, sat down, had a few drinks, but all we kept talking about Glory Days, yeah they'll pass you by Glory Days, in the wink of a young girl's eye Glory Days, glory days There's this girl that lives up the block, back in school she could turn all the boys heads Sometimes on Friday I'll stop by and have a few drinks after she put her kids to bed Her and her husband Bobby, well they split up, I guess it's two years gone by We just sit around talking about the old times, she says when she feels like crying she starts laughing thinking about Glory Days, yeah they'll pass you by Glory Days, in the wink of a young girl's eye Glory Days, glory days Think I'm going down to the well tonight and I'm gonna drink till I get' my fill I hope when I get older I don't sit around thinking about it, but I probably will Yeah just sitting back trying to recapture a little of the glory of Well the time slips away and leaves you with nothing, mister, but boring stories of Glory Days, yeah they'll pass you by Glory Days, in the wink of a young girl's eye Glory Days, glory days All right boys keep it rocking now We gonna go home now Let's go! _______________________________________________________________________ DANCING IN THE DARK I get up in the evening, and I ain't got nothing to say I come home in the moring, I go to bed feeling the same way I ain't nothing but tired, man I'm just tired and bored with myself Hey there baby, I could use just a little help You can't start a fire, you can't start a fire without a spark This gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark Message keeps getting clearer, radio's on and I'm moving round the place I check my look in the mirror I wanna change my clothes my hair my face Man I ain't getting nowhere just sitting in a dump like this There's something happening somewhere baby I just know that there is You can't start a fire, you can't start a fire without a spark This gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark You sit around getting older there's a joke here somewhere and it'on me I'll shake this world off my shoulders come baby this laughs on me Stay on the streets of this town and they'll be carving you up alright They say you got to stay hungry hey baby I'm just about starving tonight I'm dying for some action I'm sick of sitting 'round here trying to write this book I need a love reaction come on now baby give me just one look You can't start a fire, you can't start a fire without a spark This gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark _______________________________________________________________________ TUNNEL OF LOVE Fat man sitting on a little stool Takes the money from my hand while his eyes take a walk all over you Hands me the ticket smiles and whispers good luck Cuddle up angel cuddle up my little dove We'll ride down baby into this tunnel of love I can feel the soft silk of your blouse And them soft thrills in our little fun house Then the lights go out and it's just the three of us You me and all that stuff we're so scared of Gotta ride down baby into this tunnel of love There's a crazy mirror showing us both in 5-D I'm laughing at you you're laughing at me There's a room of shadows that gets so dark brother It's easy for two people to lose each other in this tunnel of love it ought to be easy ought to be simple enough Man meets woman and they fall in love But the house is haunted and the ride gets rough And you've got to learn to live with what you can't rise above if you want to ride on down in through this tunnel of love _______________________________________________________________________ BRILLIANT DISGUISE I hold you in my arms as the band plays What are those words whispered baby just as you turn away I saw you last night out on the edge of town I wanna read your mind and know just what I've got in this new thing I've found So tell me what I see when I look in your eyes Is that you baby or just a brilliant disguise I heard somebody call your name from underneath our willow I saw something tucked in shame underneath your pillow Well I've tried so hard baby but I just can't see What a woman like you is doing with me So tell me what I see when I look in your eyes Is that you baby or just a brilliant disguise Now look at me baby struggling to do everything right And then it all falls apart when out go the lights I'm just a lonely pilgrim I walk this world in wealth I want to know if it's you I don't trust 'cause I damn sure don't trust myself Now you play the loving woman I'll play the faithful man But just don't look too close into the palm of my hand We stood at the alter the gypsy swore our future was right But come the wee wee hours maybe baby the gypsy lied So when you look at me you better look hard and look twice Is that me baby or just a brilliant disguise Tonight our bed is cold I'm lost in the darkness of our love God have mercy on the man Who doubts what he's sure of _______________________________________________________________________ HUMAN TOUCH You and me we were the pretenders We let it all slip away In the end what you don't surrender Well the world just strips away Girl, ain't no kindness in the face of strangers Ain't gonna find no miracles here Well you can wait on your blesses my darling I got a deal for you right here I ain't looking for praise or pity I ain't coming 'round searching for a crutch I just want someone to talk to And a little of that Human Touch Just a little of that Human Touch Ain't no mercy on the streets of this town Ain't no bread from Heavenly skies Ain't nobody drawing wine from this blood It's just you and me tonight Tell me, in a world without pity Do you think what I'm askin's too much I just want something to hold on to And a little of that Human Touch Just a little of that Human Touch Oh girl that feeling of safety that you prize Well it comes at a hard hard price You can't shut off the risk and the pain Without losing the love that remains We're all riders on this train So you've been broken and you've been hurt Show me somebody who ain't Yeah, I know I ain't nobody's bargain But, hell, a little touch up and a little paint... You might need something to hold on to When all the answers, they don't amount to much Somebody that you could just to talk to And a little of that Human Touch Baby, in a world without pity Do you think what I'm askin's too much I just want to feel you in my arms Share a little of that Human Touch Feel a little of that Human Touch Give me a little of that Human Touch _______________________________________________________________________ LIVING PROOF Well now on a summer night in a dusky room Come a little piece of the Lord's undying light Crying like he swallowed the fiery moon In his mother's arms it was all the beauty I could take Like the missing words to some prayer that I could never make In a world so hard and dirty so fouled and confused Searching for a little bit of God's mercy I found living proof I put my heart and soul I put 'em high upon a shelf Right next to the faith the faith that I'd lost in myself I went down into the desert city Just tryin' so hard to shed my skin I crawled deep into some kind of darkness Lookin' to burn out every trace of who I'd been You do some sad sad things baby When it's your you 're tryin' to lose You do some sad and hurtful things I've seen living proof You shot through my anger and rage To show me my prison was just an open cage There were no keys no guards Just one frightened man and some old shadows for bars Well now all that's sure on the boulevard Is that life is just a house of cards As fragile as each and every breath Of this boy sleepin' in our bed Tonight let's lie beneath the eaves Just a close band of happy thieves And when that train comes we'll get on board And steal what we can from the treasures of the Lord It's been along long drought baby Tonight the rain's pourin' down on our roof Looking for a little bit of God's mercy I found living proof _______________________________________________________________________ LUCKY TOWN House got too crowded clothes got too tight And I don't know just where I'm going tonight Out where the sky's been cleared by a good hard rain There's somebody callin' my secret name I'm going down to Lucky Town Going down to Lucky Town I wanna lose these blues I've found Down in Lucky Town Down in Lucky Town Had a coat of fine leather and snakeskin boots But that coat always had a tread hangin' loose Well I pulled it one night and to my surprise It led me right past your house and on over the rise I'm going down to Lucky Town Down to Lucky Town I'm gonna lose these blues I've found Down in Lucky Town Down in Lucky Town I had some victory that was just failure in deceit Now the joke's comin' up through the soles of my feet I been a long time walking on fortune's cane Tonight I'm steppin' lightly and feelin' no pain Well here's to your good looks baby now here's to my health Here's to the loaded places that we take ourselves When it comes to luck you make your own Tonight I got dirt on my hands but I'm building me a new home Down in Lucky Town Down in Lucky Town I'm gonna lose these blues I've found Down in Lucky Town _______________________________________________________________________ STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA I was bruised and battered and I couldn't tell What I felt I was unrecognizable to myself I saw my reflection in a window I didn't know My own face Oh brother are you gonna leave me Wastin' away On the streets of Philadelphia I walked the avenue 'till my legs felt like stone I heard the voices of friends vanished and gone At night I could hear the blood in my veins Black and whispering as the rain On the streets of Philadelphia Ain't no angel gonna greet me It's just you and I my friend My clothes don't fit me no more I walked a thousand miles Just to slip this skin The night has fallen, I'm lyin' awake I can feel myself fading away So receive me brother with your faithless kiss Or will we leave each other alone like this On the streets of Philadelphia _______________________________________________________________________ THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD Men walkin' 'long the railroad tracks Goin' some place, there's no goin' back Highway Patrol choppers comin' up over the ridge Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge Shelter line stretchin' round the corner Welcome to the new world order Families sIeepin' in their cars in the southwest No home, no Job, no peace, no rest The highway is alive tonight But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes I'm sitting down here in the campfire light Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad He pulls prayer book out of his sleepin' bag Preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag Waitin' for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass Got a one way ticket to the promised land You got a hole in your belly and a gun in your hand sleeping on a pillow of solid rock Bathing in the city aqueduct The highway is alive tonight Where it's headed everybody knows I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light Waitin' on the ghost of Tom Joad Now Tom Said; "Mom, wherever there's a cop beatin' a guy Wherever a hungry new born baby cries Where there's a fight 'gainst the blood and hatred in the air Look for me mom I'll be there Wherever there's somebody fightin' for a pIace to stand Or decent job or a helpin' hand Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free Look in their eyes mom you'll see me." Well the highway is alive tonight But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes I'm sitting down here in the campfire light Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad _______________________________________________________________________ THE RISING Can't see nothin' in front of me Can't see nothin' coming up behind I make my way through this darkness I can't feel nothing but this chain that binds me Lost track of how far I've gone How far I've gone, how high I've climbed On my back's a sixty pound stone On my shoulder a half mile of line Come on up for the rising Come on up, lay your hands in mine Come on up for the rising Come on up for the rising tonight Left the house this morning Bells ringing filled the air Wearin' the cross of my calling On wheels of fire I come rollin' down here Come on up for the rising Come on up, lay your hands in mine Come on up for the rising Come on up for the rising tonight Li li li li li li li li li Li li li li li li li li li Li li li li li li li li li Li li li li li li li There's spirits above and behind me Faces gone black, eyes burnin' bright May their precious blood bind me Lord, as I stand before your fiery light Li li li li li li li li li Li li li li li li li li li Li li li li li li li li li Li li li li li li li I see you Mary in the garden In the garden of a thousand sighs There's holy pictures of our children Dancin' in a sky filled with light May I feel your arms around me May I feel your blood mix with mine A dream of life comes to me Like a catfish dancin' on the end of my line Sky of blackness and sorrow (a dream of life) Sky of love, sky of tears (a dream of life) Sky of glory and sadness (a dream of life) Sky of mercy, sky of fear (a dream of life) Sky of memory and shadow (a dream of life) Your burnin' wind fills my arms tonight Sky of longing and emptiness (a dream of life) Sky of fullness, sky of blessed life Come on up for the rising Come on up, lay your hands in mine Come on up for the rising Come on up for the rising tonight Li li li li li li li li li Li li li li li li li li li Li li li li li li li li li Li li li li li li li Li li li li li li li li li Li li li li li li li li li Li li li li li li li li li Li li li li li li li _______________________________________________________________________ MARY'S PLACE I got seven pictures of Buddha The prophet's on my tongue Elven angels of mercy Sighin' over the black hole in the sun My heart's dark but it's risin' I'm pullin' all the faith I can see From that black hole on the horizon I hear your voice calling me Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain, let it rain Meet me at Mary's place, we're gonna have a party Meet me at Mary's place, we're gonna have a party Tell me how do we get this thing started Meet me at Mary's place Familiar faces around me Laughter fills the air Your loving grace surrounds me Everybody's here Furniture's out on the front porch Music's up loud I dream of you in my arms I lose myself in the crowd Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain, let it rain Meet me at Mary's place, we're gonna have a party Meet me at Mary's place, we're gonna have a party Tell me how do you live broken-hearted Meet me at Mary's place I got a picture of you in my locket I keep it close to my heart It's a light shining in my breast Leading me through the dark Seven days, seven candles In my window lighting your way Your favorite record's on the turntable I drop the needle and pray (turn it up) Band's countin' out midnight (turn it up) Floor's rumblin' loud (turn it up) Singer's callin' up daylight (turn it up) And waitin' for that shout from the crowd (turn it up) Waitin' for that shout from the crowd (turn it up) Waitin' for that shout from the crowd (turn it up) Waitin' for that shout from the crowd (turn it up) Waitin' for that shout from the crowd (turn it up) Waitin' for that shout from the crowd Turn it up, turn it up, turn it up Turn it up, turn it up, turn it up, turn it up Meet me at Mary's place, we're gonna have a party Meet me at Mary's place, we're gonna have a party Tell me how we get this thing started Meet me at Mary's place Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain, let it rain, let it rain _______________________________________________________________________ LONESOME DAY Baby once I thought I knew Everything I needed to know about you Your sweet whisper, your tender touch I didn't really know that much The joke's on me, it's gonna be okay If I can just get through this lonesome day Lonesome day Hell's brewing, dark sun's on the rise This storm will blow through bye and bye House on fire, vipers in the grass A little revenge and this too shall pass This too shall pass darling, yeah I'm gonna pray Right now, all I got's this lonesome day Lonesome day It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah It's alright, It's alright... Better ask questions before you shoot This seed of betrayal's a bitter fruit It's hard to swallow comes the end of day That taste on your tongue don't easily slip away Thy kingdom come I'm gonna find my way Yeah, through this lonesome day Lonesome day Lonesome day Lonesome day It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah It's alright, its' alright, it's alright, now Lonesome day Lonesome day Lonesome day _______________________________________________________________________ AMERICAN SKIN (41 SHOTS) 41 Shots, 41 Shots, 41 Shots, 41 Shots 41 Shots, 41 Shots, 41 Shots, 41 Shots 41 shots, we'll take that ride 'Cross this bloody river To the other side 41 shots, cut through the night You're kneeling over this body in the vestibul Praying for his life Is it a gun, is it a knife Is it a wallet, this is your life It ain't no secret, it ain't no secret It ain't no secret, it ain't no secret No secret my friend You can get killed just for living In your American skin 41 Shots, 41 Shots, 41 Shots, 41 Shots 41 shots, Lena gets her son ready for school She says "On these streets, Charles You've got to understand the rules If an officer stops you Promise me you'll always be polite, That you never ever run away Promise Mama you'll keeps your hands in sight" Well, is it a gun, is it a knife Is it a wallet, this is your life It ain't no secret, it ain't no secret It ain't no secret, it ain't no secret No secret my friend You can get killed just for living In your American skin 41 Shots, 41 Shots, 41 Shots, 41 Shots 41 Shots, 41 Shots, 41 Shots, 41 Shots Well, is it a gun, is it a knife Is it in your heart, is it in your eyes It ain't no secret, it ain't no secret It ain't no secret, it ain't no secret It ain't no secret, it ain't no secret 41 shots, we'll take that ride 'Cross this bloody river To the other side 41 shots, and my boots caked in this mud We're baptized in these waters (baptized in these waters) And in each others blood Is it a gun, is it a knife Is it a wallet, this is your life It ain't no secret, it ain't no secret It ain't no secret, it ain't no secret It ain't no secret, it ain't no secret No secret my friend You can get killed just for living You can get killed just for living You can get killed just for living You can get killed just for living In your American skin 41 Shots, you can get killed just for living 41 Shots, you can get killed just for living 41 Shots, you can get killed just for living 41 Shots, you can get killed just for living 41 Shots, you can get killed just for living 41 Shots, you can get killed just for living 41 Shots, you can get killed just for living _______________________________________________________________________ LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS Grab your ticket and your suitcase, thunder's rollin' down the track You don't know where you're goin', now, but you know you won't be back Well, darlin' if you're weary, put your head upon my chest We'll take what we can carry and we'll leave the rest Well, big wheels roll through fields where sunlight streams Well, meet me in a land of hope and dreams Well, I will provide for you and I'll stand by your side You'll need a good companion, now, for this part of the ride Well, leave behind your sorrows, let this day be the last Well, tomorrow there'll be sunshine and all this darkness past Well, big wheels roll through fields where sunlight streams Well, meet me in a land of hope and dreams Well, this train, carries saints and sinners This train, carries losers and winners This train, carries whores and gamblers This train, carries lost souls This train, dreams will not be thwarted This train faith will be rewarded This train, hear the steel wheels singin' This train, bells of freedom ringin' Well, this train, carries saints and sinners This train, carries losers and winners This train, carries whores and gamblers This train, carries lost souls This train, carries broken hearted This train, thieves and sweet souls departed This train, carries fools carries kings yeah All aboard I say this rain, dreams will not be thwarted This train, faith will be rewarded This train, hear the steel wheels singin' This train, bells of freedom ringin' Well, this train, carries saints and sinners This train, carries losers and winners This train, carries whores and gamblers This train, carries lost souls I say this train, carries broken hearted This train, thieves and sweet souls departed This train, carries fools carries kings yeah This train, all aboard I say this rain, dreams will not be thwarted This train, faith will be rewarded This train, hear the steel wheels singin' This train, bells of freedom ringin' I say, this train Come on this train Come on this train Let me see your hands Oh, this train Come on this train Come on this train Come on, come on, come on, come on This train _______________________________________________________________________ FROM SMALL THINGS (BIG THINGS ONE DAY COME) At sixteen she quit high school To make a fortune in the Promised Land She got a job behind the counter In an all-night hamburger stand She rode faithfully home to Mama Now, Mama don't you worry none From small things, Mama, big things one day come It was late one Friday He pulled in out of the dark He was tall and handsome First she took his order, then she took his heart They bought a house up on the hillside Where little feet soon would run From small things, Mama, big things one day come Oh, but love is bleeding It's sad but it's true When your heart is beating You don't want to hear the news She packed her bags And with a Wyoming County Interstate map She drove down to Tampa In an Eldorado Grand She wrote back, Dear Mama Life is just heaven in the sun From small things, Mama, big things one day come Well, she shot him dead on a sunny Florida road When they caught her all she said Was she couldn't stand the way he drove Back home lonesome Johnny waits for his baby's parole He waits high on the hillside Where the Wyoming rivers roll And his seed have almost grown now To a daughter and a handsome son From small things, Mama, big things one day come _______________________________________________________________________ THE BIG PAYBACK I bought a scooter and I rented a shack Out in the sun, by the railroad track I got a job and I'm a-breakin' my back Workin' and workin' for the big payback I keep a puttin' and a puttin' out I keep a sweatin' like a' all get out I work so long that I'm a losin' track Waitin', waitin' on the big payback Well, it's a wham, bam, thank you ma'am, god damn, look out Sam It's a gone-dead train rumblin' down this track They got your neck in the noose, you're draggin' long in back Chasin' and chasin' the big payback Oh what my foreman does well I don't know He just throws me a shovel and yells "Go, Bobby, Go" Oh well-a all day long he's just a busy wise crack While I'm sweatin' and sweatin' for the big payback Well, it's a wham, bam, thank you ma'am, god damn, look out Sam It's a gone-dead train rumblin' down this track They got your neck in the noose, your hands are tied up in back And you're a-workin' and workin' for the big payback I quit that job, and Mister I ain't goin' back Got me a knife and she's a long and black I'll tell you how I make the peace at night, Mack Down in the alley of the big payback I go a wham, bam, thank you ma'am, god damn, c'mon man You're a gone-dead train rumblin' down this track I got your neck in the noose and I don't give a damn, Jack I'm on that long lost highway of the big payback I'm on that long lost highway of the big payback I'm on that long lost highway of the big payback _______________________________________________________________________ HELD UP WITHOUT A GUN I was out driving, just taking it slow Looked at my tank it was reading low Pulled in an Exxon station out on Highway One Help up without a gun Help up without a gun Some damn fool with a guitar walks in off the street Ain't got nowhere to go and nothing to eat Man with a cigar says sign here son Help up without a gun Help up without a gun Now it's a sin and it oughta be a crime You know it happens buddy all of the time Try to make a living try to have a little fun Help up without a gun Help up without a gun Help up without a gun Help up without a gun _______________________________________________________________________ TRAPPED Well it seems like I'm caught up in your trap again And it seems like I'll be wearin' the same ol' chains Good will conquer evil and the truth will set you free Then I know someday I'll find the key Then I know somewhere I'll find the key Well it seem like I've been playin' the game way too long And it seems the game I played has made you strong Well when the game is over, I won't walk out a loser And I know that I'll walk out of here again And I know that someday I'll walk out of here again But now I'm trapped...Oh yeah! Trapped...Oh yeah yeah! Trapped...Oh yeah! Trapped...Oh yeah! Now it seems like I've been sleepin' in your bed too long And it seems like you've been meanin' to do me harm But I'll teach my eyes to see beyond these walls in front of me And someday I'll walk out of here again Yeah I know someday I'll walk out of here again But now I'm trapped...Oh yeah! Trapped...Oh yeah yeah! Trapped...Oh yeah! Trapped...Oh yeah! Well it seem like I've been playin' the game way too long And it seems the game I played has made you strong Because I'm trapped...Oh yeah! Trapped...Oh yeah yeah! Trapped...Oh yeah yeah! Trapped...Oh yeah! I'm trapped...Oh yeah yeah! Trapped...Oh yeah yeah Trapped...Oh yeahhhhhh Trapped....oh yeahhhh I'm trapped. _______________________________________________________________________ NONE BUT THE BRAVE Tonight down on Union Street I'm thinkin' back, baby, to you and me To the way you used to be And your words come back to me From passing cars Their voices sing out In empty bars where guitars ring out We'd be the lucky one to get out You said, None baby but the brave No one baby but the brave Oh strong enough to save something From what they gave None baby but the brave No one baby but the brave Now in dreams these nights I see you my friend The way you were back then Ah, on a night like this I know that girl no longer exists Except for a moment in some stranger's eyes Or in a nameless girl In cars rushin' by That's where I find you tonight And in my heart it still survives To none, baby, but the brave No one baby but the brave Oh strong enough to save Something from the love they gave Yeah, none baby but the brave No one baby but the brave Now tonight once more I search Every face on that crowded floor Looking for I don't know what for Something that ain't there no more There's a girl standin' by the band She reminds me of you And I asked her to dance As the drummer counts his play I take her hand and we move away And tonight, now I'll see old friends Caught in things they got no chance to win Just gettin' beaten, and then playin' again 'Till their strength gives out Or their hearts give in Who's that man who thinks He can decide whose dreams will live And who(se) shall be pushed aside Did he ever walk down this streets at night And looked into the eyes Baby, of none, baby, but the brave No one baby but the brave No, none baby but the brave No one baby but the brave No one baby,no one but the brave _______________________________________________________________________ MISSING Woke up this morning, there was a chill in the air Went to the kitchen, my cigarettes were lying there Jacket hung on the chair, the way I left it last night Everything was in place, everything seemed alright But you were missing, missing, missing... Last night I dreamed the sky went black You were drifting down, couldn't get back Lost in trouble, so far from home I reached for you, my arms were like stone Oh, but you were missing, missing... missing Searched for something to explain In the whispering rain and the trembling leaves Tell me baby, where did you go You were here just a moment ago At nights I still hear your footsteps fall I can hear your voice moving down the hall Drifting through the bedroom I lie awake but I don't move _______________________________________________________________________ LIFT ME UP I don't need your answered prayers Or the chains your lover wears I don't need your rings of gold Or the secrets that you hold Lift me up, Lift me up and I'll fall with you lift me up Let your love lift me up I don't need your sacred vow Or the promise tomorrow brings Veiled behind the morning clouds I'll take the fate the daylight brings Lift me up, darling Lift me up and I'll fall with you lift me up Let your love lift me up When the morning bright Lifts away this night In the light above We will find our love, we will find our love Your skin, your hand upon my neck This skin, your fingers on my skin This kiss, this heartbeat, this breath This heart, this heart, this wilderness Lift me up, darling Lift me up and I'll fall with you lift me up Let your love lift me up _______________________________________________________________________ VIVA LAS VEGAS Hey blackjack dealer, Hit me man! Bright lights city gonna set my soul gonna set my soul on fire I got a whole lotta money that's ready to burn so get those stakes up high There's a thousand pretty women just-a waiting out there They're all living just the devil may care And I'm just a devil with love to spare So Viva Las Vegas I wish that there were more than twenty-four hours in a day Even if there were forty more I wouldn't sleep a minute away There's blackjack, poker, and roulette wheel A fortune won and lost on every deal All you need is money and nerves of steel Viva Las Vegas Well viva Las Vegas with the neon flashing And the walls crashing all your hopes down the drain Yea viva Las Vegas turning day into nighttime Turning night into daytime if you seen it once you'll never be the same again I'm gonna be on the run I'm gonna have me some fun if it costs me my very last dime If I wind up broke, well, I'll always remember that I had me a swinging time I'm gonna give it everything I got Lady Luck I want you let the dice stay hot Let me shoot a seven with every shot Viva Las Vegas Busted! Hey man, you going anywhere near Vegas? _______________________________________________________________________ COUNTY FAIR Every year when summer comes around They stretch a banner 'cross the main street in town You can feel somethin's happenin' in the air Well, from Carol's house up on Telegraph You can see the lights going up out in Soldiers Field Getting ready, for the county fair County fair, county fair, Everybody in town'll be there So come on, hey we're goin' down there (hey) Little girl with the long blond hair Come win your daddy one of them stuffed bears Baby, down at the county fair Now you'll be hangin' tight when we hit the top And that rollercoaster's ready to drop And your braggin', how you wasn't even scared Well baby you know I just love the sound Of that pipe organ on the merry-go-round Baby, down at the county fair County fair, county fair, Everybody in town'll be there So come on, hey we're goin' down there (hey) Little girl with the long blond hair Come win your daddy one of them stuffed bears Baby, down at the county fair At the north end of the field they set up a stand And they got a little rock and roll band People dancin' out in the open air It's James Young and the Immortal Ones Two guitars, (baby) bass and drums Just rockin', down at the county fair (well) County fair, county fair, Everybody in town'll be there So come on, hey we're goin' down there Little girl with the long blond hair Come win your daddy one of them stuffed bears Baby, down at the county fair Now it's getting late before we head back to town We let that fortune wheel spin around Come on mister tell me what's waiting out there On my way out I steal a kiss in the dark Hope I can remember where our car's parked Baby, out at the county fair Now off down the highway there's the last stream of cars We sit a while in my front yard With the radio playin' soft and low I pull Carol close to my heart And I lean back and stare up at the stars Oh I wish, I'd never have to let this moment go _______________________________________________________________________ CODE OF SILENCE There's a code of silence That we don't dare speak There's a wall between us So high and so deep We keep pretending That there's nothing wrong That there's a code of silence And it can't go wrong Is the truth so elusive So elusive, you'll see That it ain't enough, baby To bridge the distance between you and me There's a list of grievance A hundred miles long There's a code of silence And it can't go on Well you walk with your eyes open But your lips, they remain sealed All the promises we made are broken Fearing truth, feeling fear Now, I need to know now, darlin', if you know what's going on So come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on Well you walk with your eyes open But your lips remained sealed All the promises we made are broken Feeling the truth, fearing the fear supposed to be the same as the first time through Now, I need to know now, darlin', if you know what's going on So come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on There's a code of silence That we don't dare speak There's a wall between us So high and so deep You keep pretending That there's nothing wrong There's a code of silence And it can't go on (can't go on) Can't go on _______________________________________________________________________ DEAD MAN WALKING There's a pale horse comin' And I'm gonna ride it I'll rise in the mornin' My fate Decided I'm a dead man walkin' I'm a dead man walkin' In St. James Parish I was born and christened I've got my story Mister ain't no need for you to listen It's just a dead man talkin' Once I had a job, I had a girl Between our dreams and actions lies this world In the deep forest Their blood and tears rushed over me All I could feel was the drugs and the shotgun And my fear up inside me I'm a dead man talkin' Neath the summer sky, my eyes went black Sister I won't ask for forgiveness My sins are all I have Now the clouds above my prison Move slowly across the sky Theres a new day comin' And my dreams are full tonight. _______________________________________________________________________ COUNTIN' ON A MIRACLE It's a fairytale so tragic There's no prince to break the spell I don't believe in magic But for you I will, Yeah for you I will If I'm a fool, I'll be a fool Darlin' for you Well I'm countin' on a miracle Baby I'm countin' on a miracle Darlin, I'm countin on a miracle To come through There ain't no storybook story There's no never-ending song Our happily ever after Darlin' Forever come and gone Yeah, I'm movin' on I'm gonna believe I'll put my faith Darlin' in you Well, I'm countin' on a miracle Baby, I'm countin' on a miracle Darlin', I'm countin' on a miracle To come through Sleepin' Beauty awakes from her dream Lover's kiss on her lips Your kiss was taken from me Now all I have is this Your kiss, your kiss, your touch, your touch Your heart, your heart, your strength, your strength Your hope, your hope, your faith, your faith Your face, your face, your love, your love Your dream, your dream, your life, your life I'm runnin' through the forest With the wolf at my heels My king is lost at midnight When the tower bells peal We've got no fairytale ending In God's hands our fate is complete Your heaven's here in my heart Our love's this dust beneath my feet Just this dust beneath my feet If I'm gonna live I'll lift my life Darlin' to you Well, I'm countin' on a miracle Baby, I'm countin' on a miracle Darlin, I'm countin on a miracle To come through Well, I'm countin' on a miracle Baby, I'm countin' on a miracle Darling, I'm countin on a miracle To come through Well, I'm countin' on a miracle Baby, I'm countin' on a miracle Darling, I'm countin on a miracle To come through Well, I'm countin' on a miracle... _______________________________________________________________________