Human Touch

I rode through forty nights of the gospels rain
'neath black sky pouring snakes, frogs, and a love in vain
You were down where the river runs wide
Baby, let me be your soul driver

Well if something in the air feels a little unkind
Don't worry darling, oh it'll slip your mind
I'll be your gypsy joker your shotgun rider
Baby let me be your soul driver

Well now no one knows which way love's wheel turns
We may get rich or crash and burn
This fortune weight or just the black hand of fate
This love rushes over us and its ghostly voice

If the angels are unkind or if the seasons are dark
Or if in the air love just falls apart
Well then here's to our destruction
Baby let me be your soul driver
Yea here's to our destruction
Baby let me be your soul driver

Well you can go out with him
Play with all of his toys
But takin' care of you darlin'
Ain't for one of the boys

Oh there's somethin' in your soul
That he's gonna rob
And lovin' you baby lovin' you darlin'
Lovin' you woman is a man's man's job
Lovin' you's a man's job baby
Lovin' you's a man's job
Lovin' you's a man's job baby
Lovin' you's a man's job

Well now his kisses may thrill
Those other girls that he likes
But when it comes to treatin'
A real woman right
Well of all of his tricks
No they won't be enough
'cause lovin' you baby lovin' you woman
Lovin' you darlin' is a man's man's job
Lovin' you's a man's job baby
Lovin' you's a man's job
Lovin' you's a man's job baby
Lovin' you's a man's job

You're dancin' with him he's holding you tight
I'm standing here waitin' to catch your eye
Your hand's on his neck as the music sways
All my illusions slip away

Repeat riff from intro twice

Now if you're lookin' for a hero
Someone to save the day
Well darlin' my feet
They're made of clay
But i've got something in my soul
And i wanna give it up
But gettin' up the nerve
Gettin' up the nerve
Gettin' up the nerve is a man's man's job
Lovin' you's a man's job baby
Lovin' you's a man's job
Lovin' you's a man's job woman
Lovin' you's a man's job

My soul went walkin' but i stayed here
Feel like i been workin' for a thousand years
Chippin' away at this chain of my own lies
Climbin' a wall a hundred thousand miles high
Well i woke up this morning on the other side
Yeah yeah this is the long goodbye
Hey yeah this is the long goodbye

Same old faces it's the same old town
What once was laughs is draggin' me now
Wailin' on rain hangin' on for love
Words of forgiveness from some god above
Ain't no words of mercy comin' from on high
Oh no just a long goodbye
Yeah yeah just one long goodbye

Well i went to leave twenty years ago
Since then i guess i been packin' kinda slow
Sure did like that admirin' touch
Guess i like'd it a little too much

The moon is high and here i am
Sittin' here with this hammer in hand
One more drink oughta ease the pain
Starin' at that last link in the chain
Well let's raise our glass and let this hammer fly
Hey yeah this is the long goodbye
Hey yeah this is the long goodbye

I was your big man i was your prince charming
King on a white horse hey now look how far i've fallen
I tried to trick you yeah but baby you got wise
You cut me cut me right down to size
Now i'm just a fool in gloria's eyes

Swore i'd get you back i was so sure
I'd get you back like i done so many times before
A little sweet talk to cover over all of the lies
You came runnin' back but to my surprise
Well there was somethin' gone in gloria's eyes

Well in the dark when it was just me and you
I asked the question that i knew the answer to
Is that a smile my little dolly on the shelf
Tell me is that a smile
Of is it something else?

Now i work hard to prove my love is true
Now i work hard and i bring it on home to you
At night i pray as silently you lie
Some day my love again will rise
Like a shining torch in gloria's eyes

I was your big man your prince charming
King on a white horse now look how far i've fallen

Mr. trouble come walkin' this way
Year gone by feels like one long day but i'm alive
And i'm feelin' all right
Well i run that hard road outta heartbreak city
Built a roadside carnival out of hurt and self-pity, it was all wrong
Well now i'm moving on
Ain't no church bells ringing
Ain't no flags unfurled
It's just me and you and the love we're bringing

Into the real world
Into the real world

I built a shrine in my heart, isn't pretty to see
Made out of fool's gold memory and tears cried
Now i'm headin' over the rise
I'm searchin' for one clear moment of love and truth
I still got a little faith but what i need is some proof tonight
I'm lookin' for it in your eyes

Ain't no church bells ringing
Ain't no flags unfurled
Just me and you and the faith we're bringing into the real world
Into the real world

Well tonight i just wanna shout
I feel my soul waist deep and sinking into this black river of doubt
I just wanna rise and walk along the riverside
And when the morning comes baby i don't wanna hide
I'll stand right at your side with my arms open wide

(killer guitar solo here)

Well tonight i just wanna shout
I feel my soul waist deep and sinking into this black river of doubt
I just wanna rise and walk along the riverside
'til the morning comes
I'll stand right by your side

I wanna find some answers i wanna ask for some help
I'm tired of running scared baby let's get our bags packed
We'll take it here to hell and heaven and back
And if love is hopeless, hopeless at best
Come on put on your party dress, it's ours tonight
And we're goin' with the tumblin' dice

Ain't no church bells ringing
Ain't no flags unfurled
It's just me and you and the hope we're bringing into the real world
Well into the real world
Oh into the real world

I bought a bourgeois house in the hollywood hills
With a truckload of hundred thousand dollar bills
Man came by to hook up my cable tv
We settled in for the night my baby and me
We switched 'round and 'round 'til half-past dawn
There was fifty-seven channels and nothin' on

Well now home entertainment was my baby's wish
So i hopped into town for a satellite dish
I tied it to the top of my japanese car
I came home and i pointed it out into the stars
A message came back from the great beyond
There's fifty-seven channels and nothin' on

Well we might'a made some friends with some billionaires
We might'a got all nice and friendly if we'd made it upstairs
All i got was a note that said "bye-bye john
Our love is fifty-seven channels and nothin' on"

So i bought a .44 magnum it was solid steel cast
And in the blessed name of elvis well i just let it blast
'til my tv lay in pieces there at my feet
And they busted me for disturbing the almighty peace
Judge said "what you got in your defense son?"
"fifty-seven channels and nothin' on"

I can see by your eyes friend you're just about gone
Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on...

Said you'd give me just a little kiss
And you'd rock me for a little while
Well you'd slip me just a piece of it
Listen up little child
I want it all or nothin' at all
I want it all or nothin' at all

Said you'd take me for a little dance
If you had a little time on your hands
Well all i do is push and shove
Just to get a little piece of your love
I want it all or nothin' at all
I want it all or nothin' at all

Well now i don't wanna be greedy
But when it comes to love there ain't no doubt
You just ain't gonna get what you want
With one foot in and one foot out
You got to give it all or nothin' at all
All or nothin' at all

Now i only got a little time
So if you're gonna change your mind
Then shout out what you're thinking of
If what you're thinkin' of is love
I want it all or nothin' at all
I want it all or nothin' at all