High Stakes & Dangerous Men

Skulking in the mean streets whispering in the halls
Redlight bandits on the corner give no quarter calls
Infectious garbage fills the streets and in their eyes you know
A thin blue line bends and breaks stop the overflow

* fan the flames of the city's heat
In dark corners that you never seen
Desperation when the trouble flares
/alarm guns ring/ ["well i'm gonna scream"] running scared

And you're long gone, down in this hell
Long gone down in this hell
So baby won't you hold me tight
Let your softness fill my night
We've got a dream don't let it slip away
In your eyes i can see the fear
This town never sheds a tear
We're gonna be /out someday/walking away

People looking for the holy one,
Some kind of hero or a prophet to come
Visionaries dance the night away

There's no tomorrow living for today
But you're long gone down in this hell
Long gone down in this hell

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I saw the stars come out tonight so lonely and immune
Summer rain kissed the streets that bleed like /open wounds/ ["old balloons"]
Patrol cars sweep the avenues down on forty eighth
While faces in dark doorways wait to arouse the hate

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** baby better walk away
Baby better walk away
We'll be busting out someday

** repeat

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Daylight's rising across the plains
This rig is streaking like a hellbound train
I smuggle whiskey, i smuggle gin
Where there's a need well i just truck on in

I'm a gambling man, son of a gun
I'll take the risks now baby i'll make the run
Wanna get home now, back in the saddle
Ain't gonna drive this kinda grade a cattle

Daylight's rising across the plains
This rig is streaking like a hellbound train
Albuquerque now, new mexico
This .???.. one night show, yeah


* (and i'm) one step closer to the devil
One step further from the law
Lord i guess i'm just on borrowed time
But i'm one step closer to the
One step closer to the borderline

18 hours on this one long shift
Wanna hear the sweet sound of my tailgate lift
Lord i'm dying out on this road
Wanna see my baby, help me unload

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Rolling stock now, shifting steel
Got a woman with a touch to heal
Diesel, dust and my wheels are humming
So close to home, can you feel me coming

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To the borderline...
To the borderline

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* repeat
To the borderline...
To the borderline...

Wheels are rollin' down on home

Guess it's just the same old story
Fool i didn't have a chance
She took me like a house that's burning
Never gave a second glance
Eat 'em up let 'em go and you never
Let your feelings show
She ain't here and you're asking why
Life's a bitch and then you die
Come on lover just let go
Is there something i should know

Was it just one of those nights
Something you don't remember, yeah
Just one of those crazy nights
Something i don't remember

Sitting at the bar drinking beer
Happy hour's over and love's cost me dear
The piano player sits at his stool
He's playing "feelings" ain't' life cruel
Uptown downtown life's a river
And i wish i could drown
I could still hear those loving sighs
A lesson learnt love's just a lie

I know i made a big mistake
With love there's no even break
There's a price you have to pay
I got the bill when i heard you say

* (was it) just one of those nights (baby)
Something i don't remember
Just one of those crazy nights
Something you don't remember

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Was it just one of those nights, baby
Something i don't remember
Just one of those crazy nights
Something i don't remember

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Kick out the cat / turn back the clock
Ain't life sweet baby look what i got
They took the tv honey
Oh babe now they took the car
I skipped the bills yeah
And i've been drinking at the bar

Ain't life a treat, it ain't so sweet
When you're down on down / down on down

The bank's foreclosing
And there's a foot inside my door
The telephone's not ringing
And i can't take it anymore

I'm off the track / my last six pack
And i'm down on down / going down
Ain't life a treat it ain't so sweet
When you're going down / down on down

Hit me shorty

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My god the kids are screaming
And the help she ain't been paid
My baby upped and left me
Well i hope she's getting laid

Ain't life a treat it ain't so sweet
When you're down on down / going down
I'm just bad luck looks like i got stuck
Down on down / down on down

I took it to the limit, now i'm really in it
Going down / right on down
Just like the i.r.s. oh, more is less
Going down / down on down

Is she waiting now
Do you think she really really cares
Is she standing and looking with her hope
Her fingers through her hair

Looking at the future you and me baby
Life lately don't seem like wonderland
Nothing here nothing coming in
Money goes like a wino's gin
Slips through my hands

* (and) i know it ain't easy
I get drunk like a fool
There's a promise i made you darling now
Just one golden rule

** hold on to this love
'cos i don't want to lose you
Hold on to this love
'cos i don't want to lose you

When the lights go down
Do you think she really really cares
As she's lying there with her arms around you
A strange affair

Looking at the lights on lakeshore drive
In the windy city now
Will our love stay alive
Last night i held you in my arms
You looked and said "baby, we will survive"

And i know it ain't easy
'cos life gets so cruel
And there's a promise i made you darling now
Just one golden rule

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Where you gonna go, who you gonna run to
Who you gonna see tonight babe
What you gonna wear, who you gonna know
Who you gonna see tonight my baby
From the back of a one dollar down
Did you ever think i wouldn't be around
This ain't a stand off ain't no fight
But where you gonna be sleeping tonight?

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** repeat and fade out

I'm every man here in disguise
Lie cheat and give you a spoonful of lies
I'm a high toned mother with an axe to grind
Come a little closer honey, see what you find

Your worst nightmares all rolled in one
I'll find you sure as the rising sun
Don't make a noise it's understood
'cos this ain't no story like red riding hood

I'm your back door man, i'm your back door man oh yeah
I'm your back door man, come on babe, and i'll take you where i can

Systematically i choose at will
But with you there's an obscene thrill
It's funny now how you can't say no
It's the smell of fear that you love so

I'm your back door man, i'm your back door man, oh yeah,
I'm your back door man baby, just take it where you can

This first kiss has a touch of ice
Now how's that feel, it ain't so nice
Blackhearted mamma i've something new
Oh lord look what i've turned into

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I'm your back door man, i'm your back door man

I'm your back door man, i'm your back door man

Quit my job at the 7-11
3-d vision and a glance of heaven
Picked up my six string began to play
Just one touch and it started to say

All your dreams will come true
Lovely mansion with a pool so blue
A red ferrari and a model for a wife
Oh yes it looks i was born for the good life

* running up the highway looking for something
Looking for something i can't see
Running up the highway looking for something
Looking for something i can't see

A thousand motels waiting to trash
Tv dinners, well i love that bash
And if you eddie, just say hi
This party's open so drop on by

All your dreams will come true
A sunny haven from the inland revenue
Hot nights in paris a chance to dance
Since i signed up i've been living in a trance

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I'm feeling sick like dawn of the dead
I've got marines marching through my head
John-boy walton, he's so nice
So come in this must be paradise

All your dreams will come true
That lovely mansion with its pool so blue
A red ferrari and a model for a wife
Oh yes it looks i was born for the good life

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