River

I went out walking the other day
Seen a little girl crying along the way
She'd been hurt so bad said she'd never love again
Someday your crying girl will end
And you'll find once again

Two hearts are better than one
Two hearts girl get the job done
Two hearts are better than one

Once i spent my time playing tough guy scenes
But i was living in a world of childish dreams
Someday these childish dreams must end
To become a man and grow up to dream again
Now i believe in the end

Two hearts are better than one...

Sometimes it might seem like it was planned
For you to roam empty hearted through this land
Though the world turns you hard and cold
There's one thing mister that i know
That's if you think your heart is stone
And that you're rough enough to whip this world alone
Alone buddy there ain't no peace of mind
That's why i'll keep searching till i find my special one

Two hearts are better than one...

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 kingstone again

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...

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 ride out of that 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 nineteen 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
On 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
Down to the river, my baby and i
Oh down to the river we ride

I got a 007 watch and it's a one and only
It's got a i-spy beeper that tells me when you're lonely
I got a batmobile so i can reach ya' in a fast shake
When your world's in crisis of an impendin' heartbreak

Now don't you call james bond or secret agent man
Cause they can't do it, like i can
I'm a rocker, baby, i'm a rocker - every day
I'm a rocker, baby, i'm a rocker

If you're hanging from a cliff or you're tied to the tracks, girl
Columbo split and you can't find kojak
True love is broken and your tears are fallin' faster
You're sufferin' from a pain in your heart
Or some other natural disaster

Now i don't care what kind of shape you're in
If they put up a roadblock, i'll parachute in
I'm a rocker, baby, i'm a rocker - i'm in love
I'm a rocker, baby, i'm a rocker - every day
I'm a rocker, baby, i'm a rocker - with you

So you fell for some jerk who was tall, dark and handsome
Then he kidnapped your heart and now he's holdin' it for ransom
Well, like a mission impossible i'm gonna go and get it back
You know i would'a taken better care of it, baby, than that

Sometimes i get so hot girl, well, i can't talk
But when i'm with you i cool off , and i walk
I'm a rocker, baby, i'm a rocker, and i talk
I'm a rocker, baby, i'm a rocker, every day
I'm a rocker, baby, i'm a rocker, every day

When i lost you honey sometimes i think
I lost my guts too
And i wish god would send me a word send me something i'm afraid to lose
Lying in the heat of the night like prisoners all our lives
I get shivers down my spine and all
I wanna do is hold you tight

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I swear i'll drive all night just to buy you some shoes
And to taste your tender charms
And i just wanna sleep tonight again in your arms

Tonight there's fallen angels and they're waiting for us down in the street
Tonight there's calling strangers, hear them crying in defeat.
Let them go,
Let them go,
Let them go,
Do their dances of the dead (let'em go right ahead)
You just dry your eyes girl,
And c'mon c'mon c'mon let's go to bed,
Baby, baby, baby

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There's machines and there's fire waiting on the edge of town
They're out there for hire but baby they can't hurt us now
Cause you've got,
You've got,
You've got,
You've got my love,
You've got my love
Through the wind,
Through the rain,
The snow, the wind,
The rain
You've got,
You've got my,
My love heart and soul

Hey, little dolly with the blue jeans on
I wanna ramrod with you honey, till half-past dawn
Let your hair down sugar and pick up this beat
Come on and meet me tonight down on bluebird street
I've been working all week, i'm up to my neck in hock
Come saturday night i let my ramrod rock

She's a hot stepping hemi with a four on the floor
She's a roadrunner engine in a '32 ford
Late at night when i'm dead on the line
I swear i think of your pretty face when i let her unwind
Well look over yonder see them city lights
Come on little dolly 'n' go ramroddin' tonight

Come on, come on, come on little baby
Come on, come on let's shake it tonight
Come on, come, come on little sugar
Dance with your daddy and we'll go ramroddin' tonight

Hey, little dolly won't you say you will
Meet me tonight up on top of the hill
Well just a few miles cross the county line
There's a cute little chapel nestled down in the pines
Say you'll be mine little girl i'll put my foot to the floor
Give me the word now sugar, we'll go ramroddin' forever more

Do you still say your prayers little darlin' do you go to bed at night
Prayin' that tomorrow, everything will be alright
But tommorow's fall in number in number one by one
You wake up and you're dying you don't even know what from

Well they shot you point blank you been shot in the back
Baby point blank you been fooled this time little girl that's a fact
Right between the eyes baby, point blank right between the pretty lies that
They tell
Little girl you fell

You grew up where young girls they grow up fast
You took what you were handed and left behind what was asked
But what they asked baby wasn't right you didn't have to live that life,
I was gonna be your romeo you were gonna be my juliet
These days you don't wait on romeo's you wait on that welfare check and on all the pretty things that you can't ever have and on all the promises

That always end up point blank, shot between the eyes
Point blank like little white lies you tell to ease the pain
You're walkin' in the sights, girl of point blank
And it's one false move and baby the lights go out

Once i dreamed we were together again baby you and me
Back home in those old clubs the way we used to be
We were standin' at the bar it was hard to hear
The band was playin' loud and you were shoutin' somethin' in my ear
You pulled my jacket off and as the drummer counted four
You grabbed my hand and pulled me out on the floor
You just stood there and held me, then you started dancin' slow
And as i pulled you tighter i swore i'd never let you go

Well i saw you last night down on the avenue
Your face was in the shadows but i knew that it was you
You were standin' in the doorway out of the rain
You didn't answer when i called out your name
You just turned, and then you looked away like just another stranger waitin' to get blown away

Point blank, right between the eyes
Point blank, right between the pretty lies you fell
Point blank, shot right through the heart

Yea point blank, you've been twisted up till you've become just another part of it
Point blank, you're walkin' in the sights
Point blank, livin' one false move just one false move away
Point blank, they caught you in their sights
Point blank, did you forget how to love, girl, did you forget how to fight.
Point blank they must have shot you in the head
Cause point blank, bang bang baby you're dead.

I see you walking, baby, down the street
Pushing that baby carriage at your feet
I see the lonely ribbon in your hair
Tell me i am the man for whom you put it there

You never smile girl, you never speak
You just walk on by, darlin' week after week
Raising two kids alone in this mixed up world
Must be a lonely life for a working girl

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Little girl, i wanna marry you
Oh yeah, little girl, i wanna marry you
Yes i do
Little girl, i wanna marry you

Now honey, i don't wanna clip your wings
But a time comes when two people should think of these things
Having a home and a family
Facing up to their responsibilities
They say in the end true love prevails
But in the end true love can't be no fairytale
To say i'll make your dreams come true would be wrong
But maybe, darlin', i could help them along

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My daddy said right before he died
That true, true love was just a lie
He went to his grave a broken heart
An unfulfilled life, makes a man hard

Oh, darlin'
There's something happy and there's something sad
'bout wanting somebody, oh so bad,
I wear my love darlin', without shame
I'd be proud if you would wear my name

Well papa go to bed now it's getting late
Nothing we can say is gonna change anything now
I'll be leaving in the morning from st. mary's gate
We wouldn't change this thing even if we could somehow
`cause the darkness of this house has got the best of us
There's a darkness in this town that's got us too
But they can't touch me now and you can't touch me now
They ain't gonna do to me what i watched them do to you

So say goodbye it's independence day
It's independence day all down the line
Just say goodbye it's independence day
It's independence day this time

Now i don't know what it always was with us
We chose the words and yeah we drew the lines
There was just no way this house could hold the two of us
I guess that we were just too much of the same kind

Well say goodbye it's independence day
All boys must run away come independence day
So say goodbye it's independence day
All men must make their way come independence day

Now the rooms are all empty down at frankie's joint
And the highway she's deserted down to breaker's point
There's a lot of people leaving town now
Leaving their friends their homes
At night they walk that dark and dusty highway all alone

Well papa go to bed now it's getting late
Nothing we can say can change anything now
Because there's just different people coming down here now
And they see things in different ways
And soon everything we've known will just be swept away

So say goodbye it's independence day
Papa now i know the things you wanted that you could not say
But won't you just say goodbye it's independence day
I swear i never meant to take those things away