18 Tracks

Wished we ran and lived as one
In another world my little one
Where strange trees and dark rivers run
I told a dream to you

Now outside the streets of pain
And the childhood games we play
Have faded away

But my baby, she has restless nights
She has restless nights
My baby, she has restless nights

On late night movie screens
Young lovers look so sure
Lost in wide awake dreams
That they can't afford

Once i held you in my arms
On a bed of stone
Now we have grown (but darling)

Well my baby she has restless nights
She has restless nights
My baby she has restless nights

Wished we ran and lived as one
A different world my little one
Where strange trees and dark rivers run
I told a dream to you

Now outside the streets of pain
But here inside my heart
It all falls apart

But my baby, she has restless nights
She has restless nights
My baby, she has restless nights

But my baby, she has restless nights
She has restless nights
My baby, she has restless nights

(from the video "blood brothers")

You said once i was your treasure, and i saw your face in every store
The promises we make at night, oh that's all they are
Unless we fill them with faith and love they're emty as a howlin' wind.
Now darlin' i just wanna be

Back in your arms, back in your arms again..
Back in your arms, back in your arms again.
Back in your arms, back in your arms again.

You came to me with love and kindness, but all my life i've been a prisoner
Of my own blindness
I met you with indifference, and i don't know why.

Now i wake from my dream, i wake from my dream to this world.
Where all the shadow and darkness and a dark sky unfurls.
And all the love i've thrown away and lost, honey i'm longing for again.
Now there's nothing that i wouldn't do if i could be

Back in your arms, back in your arms again.
Back in your arms, back in your arms again.
Back in your arms, back in your arms again.
Back in your arms

(alternative firstverse)

In my dream my love was lost, i lived by luck and faith.
I carried you inside of me, and praied it wouldn't be to late.
Now i'm standin' on this empty road, where nothin' moves but the wind...

Well ever since you were a little girl
You set the rules in your little world
But girls grow up and throw their toys away
You're a big girl now but you still wanna play
(girl we're living)
You dress them up the way you want to
(girl we're living)
You make them do just what you want them to do
(girl we're living)
Once i thought we had a love that was true
But i'm just another doll in your dollhouse to you
We're living in a dollhouse
We're living in a dollhouse
Girl we're living in a dollhouse
You may feel safe and sound
But your dollhouse, girl, is falling down

It's all been neatly arranged in your mind
Every detail fits your own design
Every room is perfectly in place
But i can see the sadness, baby, on your face
You had a plan and darling like a child
You thought it's down to fashion, down to style
But your little dreamhouse is runnin' wild
Before your very eyes we're shrinking down to size
We're living in a dollhouse
We're living in a dollhouse
Girl we're living in a dollhouse
We may feel safe and sound
But our dollhouse, girl, is falling down

Everything's as you dreamed it would be
But there's something wrong that you can't see
Room by room you keep looking for some little flaw
A crack somewhere in your dollhouse wall
Something, girl, that will explain away
The hurt you feel, darling, when we play

Your little dolls they got a grip on you
Until you're just another doll in your dollhouse too
We're living in a dollhouse
Girl, we're living in a dollhouse
Oh we're living in a dollhouse
We may feel safe and sound
But our dollhouse, girl, is falling down
Oh we're living in a dollhouse
Girl, we're living in a dollhouse
Yeah we're living in a dollhouse

When you need me call my name
'cause without you my life just wouldn't be the same
If you want me come sunny skies or rain
When you need me just call my name

If you miss me, i'll be there
To brush the sunlight from your hair
I'll be there to guide you when trouble walks beside you
If you need me i'll be there
And when this dirty world has been cold to you
I got two strong arms waitin' to hold you
And when those mean days come along
We'll stand together and we'll take 'em on
So if you need me just call my name

When you need me call my name
'cause without you my life just isn't the same
'cause when this world kicked me around
You picked me up off the ground
So if you need me i'll be there

You may think i'm fooling
For the foolish things i do
You may wonder how come i love you
When you get on my nerves like you do
Well baby, you know you bug me
There ain't no secret about that
Well come on over here and hug me
And, baby, i'll spill the facts
Well, honey it ain't your money
Cause baby i got plenty of that

I love you for your pink cadillac
Crushed velvet seats
Riding in the back, oozing down the street
Waving to the girls
Feeling out of sight
Spending all my money on a saturday night
Honey, i just wonder what you do there in back of your pink cadillac
Pink cadillac

Well now way back in the bible, temptations always come along
There's always somebody tempting you
Somebody into doing something they know is wrong
Well they tempt you man with silver and they tempt you sir with gold
And they tempt you with the pleasures that the flesh does surely hold
They say eve tempted adam with an apple
Man i ain't going for that

I know it was her pink cadillac
Crushed velvet seats
Riding in the back, oozing down the street
Waving to the girls
Feeling out of sight
Spending all my money on a saturday night
Honey, i just wonder what you do there in back of your pink cadillac

Now some folks say it's too big and uses too much gas
Some folks say it's too old and that it goes too fast
But my love is bigger than a honda, it's bigger than a subaru
Hey man there's only one thing and one car that will do
Anyway we don't have to drive it honey, we can park it out in back
And have a party in your pink cadillac

Dark weekends in the sun, out on chelsea row
Descending the stairs, frankie my love
Check your make-up in the mirror
Come on, baby, let's go
We'll dance round this dirty town
'till the night is all done
Then all the finer things sleep alone tonight
Then all the minor kings lose their thrones tonight
Don't worry about me baby, i'll be alright

There's machines and there's fire
On the outside of town
Young boys for hire
Waiting to blow us all down
There are strange flashes in the sky up above
I'll spend the night at the movies
With my secret love
At dusk the stars all appear on the screen
Just like they do each night in my dreams
But tonight's no dream, frankie
I can feel myself move
Living and dying
Like i was born to do

Walk softly tonight little angel
I wanna be alone with you
Talk softly to me tonight angel
Make all my dream-world come true

I remember standing in the freezing rain
Reading them "want" ads out on chelsea row
Winging down the street in search of new games
Hustling through the night packs where the actors go
Frankie they are crazy, let's run and hide

In the darkness there'll be hidden worlds that shine
When all of the glory in this desperate land
Will rise like raindrops in the palm of our hands
Rise like the rain
Let your sadness rise
Walk softly tonight little angel
Into the shadows where the lovers go
Talk softly tonight angel
Whisper your secrets so soft and low

Bishop danced with a thumbscrew woman
Did a double-quick back-flip and slid across the floor
The catholic traffic flowed freely across the river
And fiddlestick fiddled quick out the front door
Baby dumpling, mama's in the back tree
If the bough breaks mama might fall
Little sad and only, baby don't be lonely
Mama knows 'rithmetic, knows how to take a fall
Mama knows 'rithmetic, knows how to take a fall
And the kids are crying
Flapjacks, make'em fat, early in the morning
Little jack, grab your hat
Hear the breakfast call
Muskrat, bad old cat, kick him in the fireplace
There's someone in the kitchen blowing dinah on their
Horn
There's someone in the kitchen blowing dinah like they're
Born

Maverick daddy got one-night prize
The glides like a monkey-mule kickin' on the backslide
Over hill, over hill, daddy don't you spill now
Papa got a switch-stick, he's pumping little bill
Papa got a switch-stick, he's pumping little bill
And bill, he's crying
Tomahawk, tomahawk, daddy better duck out
The mohawks, the mohawks, they're still out there in the woods
Molatar, okenah, running through my dreams now

With fire on their fingertips and injun's screams
Fire on their fingertips and feathers made of moonbeams
Early in the morning the cannoneer cried
I seem the sailor's warning in the western sky
Oh mountain man, if you can, cut me down a fir tree
Branches full of candlesticks for baby and me
And my darling cried, she said, honey, the weather vane
Lately it's been pointin' the way to heaven
Scatterbrains, scatterbrains, watch out where you fall champagne, champagne,
A round for all the old choirboys
They're bustin' off the altar chasing
Dinah through the hall
They're bustin' off the altar chasing
Dinah through the hall

And like kids they're crying
Flapjacks, make 'em fat, early in the morning
Little jack, grab your hat
Hear the breakfast call
Muskrat, bad old cat, kick him in the fireplace
There's someone in the kitchen blowing
Dinah on their horn
There's someone in the kitchen blowing
Dinah like they're born.

The skulls met the pythons
Down at the first street station
Alliance has been made in alleyways
All across the nation
These boys live off the milk of a silver jet
And the love of sweet young women
The pythons are down from old englishtown
And they 're looking to do some living

Well the leader of the pythons
Is a kid they just call zero
Now terry's pop says these kids
Are some kind of monsters
But terry says "no, pop
They're just plain heroes"

Zero and terry had found a love
That burned like wild fire
Now terry's dad understood
That this zero was no good
A tramp, a thief and a liar

Well from out of the darkness
That breaks the dawn
Zero rode like twilight
He said "tonight's the night
Blind terry come on
Terry come on
Tonight is the night
Pack your bags baby"

And together they ran like reindeers
Through the streets
Well like tomorrow the earth
Is gonna catch on fire

Now terry's dad hired some troopers
To kill zero and bring terry back home
They caught up in the night, like firelightthem starlight troopers....
Zero marches through terry's field
They met the pythons down on route nine
But they refused to yield
Now the pythons fought with blazed guns
And the troopers with swords of light
And zero and terry they ran away
And the gang fought all through the night

Now some folks say
Zero and terry got away
Other said they were caught and brought back
Ah, still young pilgrims to this day
Go to that spot way down by the railroad tracks
Where the troopers met the pythons
Old timers cry on a hot august night
If you look hard enough, if you try
You'll see zero and terry and all the pythons
Just hiking them streets up in the sky.

Met her at a friendly little bar down along the coast
She said it was her birthday so we had us a nice little toast
Drove around for a while, smoked a few cigarettes
Took her back to my place, she slipped off her party dress
She sat for a while on the edge of the bed just talkin'
Loose change in my pocket
Loose change in my pocket

Pint of gin in my boot cuff, i'm drivin' for a drink and a dance
Sittin' on the next stool, miss a little time on her hands
Yeah i knew she was trouble, but trouble sure was lookin' fine
And when i pulled her close what i knew kinda slipped my mind
We lay in bed and watched the moon come up crawling
Loose change in my pocket
Loose change in my pocket

I pour another drink, wait for the night to get through
Stars are burning in that black void so far away and blue

Now i'm sittin' at a red light i feel somethin' tickin' way down
The night's moving like a slow train crawling through this shithole town
Got my bags packed in the back and i'm tryin' to get going again
But red just goes to green and green goes red and then
Then all i hear's the clock on the dash tick-tocking
Loose change in my pocket
Loose change in my pocket

You broke my heart, tore it apart
Thought it was cute, thought it was smart
But now i'm back and i've got the strength of ten
So i got a message for you my friend

Chorus:
I'm daniel waitin' in the lion's den
Daniel waitin' for that lion to come
Daniel waitin' in the lion's den
Dum dum dee dum dum dee dee dum dum

That old lion's mean and long in the tooth
And like you, baby, he's out on the loose
Messin' hearts up time and time again
Well it's time for that messin' to end

(chorus)

At night i hear you out prowling around
Tearing guys up, scaring 'em down
Now all that growling's gonna come to no end
'cause i m just biding my time, my little friend

(chorus)

Seven angels got my number
Since i fell in love with you
Seven angels got my number
They're all telling me what to do
First angel says "go on and love her"
Second angel says "ain't you tired of being alone?"
Third angel says "do the right thing, meat"
Fourth angel says "check that other little angel walkin' on down the street"

Seven angels got my number
Since i fell in love with you
Seven angels got my number
They're all telling me what to do
Fifth angel says, "don't worry
Love's waitin' 'round the corner for you, son"
Sixth angel says "you better hurry
It don't take long for the good to get gone"
Walkin' on wings all sexy and blue
Seventh angel says i'm a fool
I got seven angels calling on my pride
Seven devils crawling around inside
Seven angels tellin' me which way to turn
One kiss and my soul wanna burn

Seven angels got my number
Since i fell in love with you
Seven angels got my number
They're all telling me what to do
The earth's so lonely, sad and blue
And without love, your soul's dyin'
Sixth angel says to believe you
When you say you'll never leave me cryin'
Seventh angel says you're lyin'

I met a little girl and i settled down
In a little house out on the edge of town
We got married, and swore we'd never part
Then little by little we drifted from each other's heart

At first i thought it was just restlessness
That would fade as time went by and our love grew deep
In the end it was something more i guess
That tore us apart and made us weep

And i'm driving a stolen car
Down on eldridge avenue
Each night i wait to get caught
But i never do

She asked if i remembered the letters i wrote
When our love was young and bold
She said last night she read those letters
And they made her feel one hundred years old

And i'm driving a stolen car
On a pitch black night
And i'm telling myself i'm gonna be alright
But i ride by night and i travel in fear
That in this darkness i will disappear

I had a dream
My love would last forever
I had a dream
Tonight my dream come true
And if you'll hold me tight
We'll be riders on the night
Oohh, rendez-vous, i want a rendez-vous

And when i told you, girl,
How much i liked you
I got a feeling that you liked me, too
And if you'll hold me tight
We'll be riders on the night
Oohh, rendez-vous, i want a rendez-vous

I got a feeling that we should stay together
'cause i think our love could be forever
Because i had a dream
My love would last forever
I had a dream
Tonight my dream come true
And if you'll hold me tight
We'll be riders on the night
Oohh, rendez-vous, i want a rendez-vous

You deserve so much more than this, girl
'cause i'm running on the power
And living on the promise
In your last kiss
Because i had a dream
My love would last forever
I had a dream
Tonight my dream come true
And if you'll hold me tight
We'll be riders on the night
Oohh, rendez-vous, i want a rendez-vous

Mary queen of arkansas, it's not too early for dreamin'
The sky is grown with cloud seed sown and a bastard's love can be redeeming
Mary, my queen, your soft hulk is reviving
No, you're not too late to desecrate, the servants are just rising
Well i'm just a lonely acrobat, the live wire is my trade
I've been a shine boy for your acid brat and a wharf rat of your state
Mary, my queen, your blows for freedom are missing
You're not man enough for me to hate or woman enough for kissing

The big top is for dreamers, we can take the circus all the way to the
Border
And the gallows wait for martyrs whose papers are in order
But i was not born to live to die and you were not born for queenin'
It's not too late to infiltrate, the servants are just leavin'

Mary queen of arkansas, your white skin is deceivin'
You wake and wait to lie in bait and you almost got me believin'
But on your bed mary i can see the shadow of a noose
I don't understand how you can hold ma so tight and love me so damn loose

But i know a place where we can go, mary
Where i can get a good job and start all over again clean
I got contacts deep in mexico where the servants have been seen

We met out on open streets
When we had no place to go
I remember how my heart beat
When you said "i love you so"
Then little by little
We choked out all the life that out love could hold
No, no

It was like we held a noose
And baby without check
We pulled it a little tighter around our necks
Each one waiting for the other
Darling to say when
Now baby you can leave me tonight on the loose end

We didn't count tomorrows
We took what we had and baby we ran
There was no place for sorrow
Every place we went i held your hand
And when the night closed in
I was sure your kisses told me all i had to know
But oh no

It was like we held a noose
And baby without check
We pulled 'til it grew tighter around our necks
Each one waiting for the other
Darling to say when
Oh baby you can leave me tonight on the loose end

Our love has fallen around us
Like we said it never would
We saw it happen to all the others
But to us it never would
Well how could something so bad, darling
Come from something that was so good
I don't know

But it was like we held a noose
And baby without check
We pulled 'til it grew tighter around our necks
Each one waiting for the other
Darling to say when
Oh baby you can leave me tonight on the loose end

On a loose end

Your scrapbook's filled with pictures
Of all your leading men
Well baby don't me picture in there with them
Don't make me some little girl's dream
That can never come true
Oh baby, don't do it to me
I won't do it to you

Mary lou, i'm not like all those other guys
Mary lou, i won't fill pretty head with their pretty lies
Mary lou, and dreams that never, never, never ever will
Come true
Mary lou, i don't deserve to hurt and make you cry like
You do

You seen all the romantic movies
You dream to take the boys home
But when the action fades you're left all alone
You deserve more than this, oh your love that can grow
And not playing outtakes, girl, from some late-late show,
No no
Mary lou, you're not like all those others girls
Mary lou, so afraid to shake up that real world

Every night you go out lookin' for
True love's satisfaction
But you'll end up setting for just lights, camera, action
In another cameo role with some bit-player you befriended
You're gonna go broken-hearted
Lookin' for that happy ending

Mary lou, i know all those movies too
Mary lou, now one wants the dreams, baby, more than i do
But mary lou, you're gonna end up
Baby just another ticket stub
Mary lou, cryin' alone in the theatre
As the credits roll

Well she drew out all her money from the southern trust
And put her little boy on the greyhound bus
Leaving memphis with a guitar in his hand
With a one way ticket to the promised land
Hey little girl with the red dress on
There's party tonight down in memphis down
I'll be going down there if you need a ride
The man on the radio says elvis presley's died

We drove to memphis the sky was hard and black
Up over the ridge came a white cadillac
They drawed out all his money and they laid him in the back
A woman cried from the roadside "oh he's gone, he's gone"
They found him slumped up against the drain
With a whole lotta trouble running through his veins

Bye bye johnny
Johnny bye bye
You didn't have to die
You didn't have to die

(all aboard!
Train i ride...
Sixteen coaches long)

Just like a woman (bob dylan/bob dylan)

Nobody feels any pain
Tonight as i stand inside the rain
Everybody knows
That baby has got me closed
But lately i see her ribbons and her bows
Have fallen from her curls

She takes just like a woman, yes she does
She makes love just like a woman, yes she does
And she aches just like a woman
But she breaks just like a little girl

Queen mary she's my friend
Yes i believe i'll go see her again
Nobody has to guess
That baby can't be blessed
'till she finally sees
That she's like all the rest
With her fog her amphetamine and her pearls

It was raining from the first
And i was dying there of thirst
So i came in here
And your long time curse hurts
But what's worse
Is this pain in here
I can't stay in here
Ain't it clear that i just can't fit
Yes i believe it's for us to quit
When we meet again introduced as friends
Please don't let on that you knew me when
I was hungry and it was your world

Ah you fake just like a woman, yes you do
You make love just like a woman, yes you do
And you ache just like a woman
But you break just like a little girl

Here comes a lawyer,here comes a cop.
Here comes a rich, here comes a car-hop.
Goin' on forever, ain't ever gonna stop.
Everybody wants to be the man at the top.
Everybody wants to be the man at the top.
Everybody wants to be the man at the top.
Well, name your gun, son, shoot your shot.
Everybody wants to be the man at the top.

Now rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief.
Doctor, lawyer, indian chief.
Don't ever start to ask them why.
Everybody wants to be the man at the top.
Everybody wants to be the man at the top.
Everybody wants to be the man at the top.
Well, name your gun, son, shoot your shot.
Everybody wants to be the man at the top.
All right (all right). oh yeah (oh yeah)
All right now (all right). oh yeah (oh yeah)

Man at the top says it's lonely up there.
If it is man, i don't care. build a big white house.
Build a parking lot. everybody wants to be the man at the
Top.

Here comes a banker, here comes a businessman.
Here comes a kid with a guitar in his hand.
Dreamin' of his record in number one spot.
Everybody wants to be the man at the top.
Everybody wants to be the man at the top.
Everybody wants to be the man at the top.
Well, name your gun son, shoot your shot.
Everybody wants to be the man at the top.
Say right now (all right). say yeah now (oh yeah)
Say right...who's the man at the top?
Who's the man at the top, now?

Dirty old street, all slushed up in the rain and snow.
Little boy and his ma,
Standin' outside a run-down music store window.
On top of the christmas tree shines one beautiful star,
And lyin' underneath, a brand new japanese guitar.

I remember in the mornin' ma, hearin' your alarm clock ring.
I'd lie awake and listen to you gettin' ready for work,
The sound of your makeup case on the sink.
And the ladies at the office, all silk stockin's and rustlin' skirts.
And how proud and happy you always looked, walkin' home from work.

Well if pa's eyes were windows, into a world so deadly and true,
You couldn't stop me from lookin', but you kept me from crawlin' through.
Well it's a funny old world ma,
Where a little boy's wishes come true.
Well i got a few in my pocket, and a special one just for you.

It ain't no phone call on sunday, flowers, or a mother's day card.
It ain't no house on the hill, with a garden and a nice little yard.
I got my hot rod down on bond street,
I'm older but you'll know me at a glance.
We'll find us a rock 'n roll bar, baby we'll go out and dance.

Well it was me in my beatle boots, you in pink curlers and matador pants,
Gettin' up in the livin' room, to do the twist for my uncles and aunts.
Well i got a girl of my own now ma,
Yeah, we're doin' ok.
And i've been workin' up the nerve, to say what it is i got to say.

Last night we sat around laughin', at all those things that guitar brought
Us,
And i laid awake thinkin' about the other things it's brought.
Well tonight i'm takin's requests here in the kitchen,
This one's for you, let me come right out and say,
That if you're lookin' for a sad song, well, i'm not gonna play

>from a tin roof top
The little boy did watch
The procession down through town
Through the museum
Where daniel walked with the devil
With them boys from the underground
Where the giants of science
Fight for tight control
Over the wild lands of new mexico
Sam houston's ghost's in texas
Fighting for his soul
And the town folks rest uneasy
Beneath the guns of kid cole
And the kid says: "hey, where's santa ana
He who could romance the dumb into talking
Take a chance with me tonight my contessa,
If it don't work out, i ain't lame, i can walk"

Now some folks they just can't take it
To the streets of this town
But sam easily can, and he lays his money down
Them cats in from the canyon
Strut their stuff in town
But there's only secret sinners here
Lord, there's only secret thieves
Only a fool would try to save
What the desert chose to leave
And now, hey there senorita,
With your playboys in their spanish bandanas
French cream won't soften them bullets baby
French kisses will not break your heart

Oh, painted night, set free with light
Glows outside the rainbow saloon
Match embraces with a spanish lady
Beneath a graduation moon
No more colleges, no more coronations
Some punk's idea of a teenage nation
Has forced santa ana to change his stationfrom soldier to cartoon
And the giants of science
Spend their days and nights
Not with wives, not with lovers
But searching for the lights
They started in the desert on their helicopter flights
Just to be lost in the dust and the night

Ah, hey my contessa
In your juke joint rides
You always bring candy for the kids
Come waltz with me tonight senorita
'cause only fools are alone on a night like this

There's flying angels on your fire escape
They lie to your mama for you, try to keep you safe
You're with them fire alley virgins on a midnight vamp
Lost your heart on main street to a beautiful tramp
You lost your mind
She's sent from above
You're so young and in love
So young and in love
So young and in love
So young and in love
So young and in love

Rat traps filled with soul crusaders
They're soppin' 'n' boppin' 'n' moppin' with little melvin and the invaders
Missy's on the dance floor doin' her stuff
Leroy's dancin' doin' the continental strut
Sent from above
So young and in love
So young and in love
So young and in love
So young and in love

Everybody's reelin' when the band hits the ceilin'
Don't you know you wanna go
The kids start rockin' when the boys start knockin'
And everybody wants to go
Let's go!

Joint's shut down but you don't wanna go home
You're in the shady side of town and you're all alone
Papa's chewin' your ear off, you ain't got no cash
Mama's chewin' your ear off 'bout hangin' out with trash
So fine, sent from above
So young and in love
So young and in love
So young and in love
So young and in love

You do the drying, i'll do the dishes
Who'll do the crying when all the wishes don't come true
You do the washing, i'll do the folding
Whose heart is breaking
When whose arms are holding someone new
Sittin' on a peaceful lake sunnin'
Didn't hear the roar of the waterfall coming
When it's all a storybook story
When it's all so easy and nice
Here comes trouble in paradise

You did the dusting, i did the sweeping
You did the driving oh and i did the sleeping a little too long
On a picnic 'neath the sky so blue
We didn't see the rain and heartache coming through
When it's all an old black and white movie
And you're sure you've seen the ending twice
Here comes trouble in paradise

You said everything was fine
I'm sorry, baby, i didn't see the signs
Oh so beautifully you read your lines
But in a play where the hero has no vice
And love comes without a price
So does trouble in paradise

Don't matter who did the dusting or who did the sweeping
Who did the trusting or who did the cheating when it's all gone
Laying in a field on a summer's day
Waitin' for those gray skies to clear away
Knowing all love's glory and beauty
Can vanish before you think twice
Leaving trouble in paradise

Now we share the laughing, we share the joking
We do the sleeping with one eye open

I hear the guitars ringin' out
Ringin' out down union street
I hear the lead singer shoutin' out, girl
I wanna be a slave to the beat
Yeah, tonight i wanna break my chains
Somebody break my heart
Somebody shake my brains
Downtown there's something that i wanna hear
There's a sound, little girl, keeps ringing in my ear

Chorus:
I wanna be where the bands are
I wanna be where the bands are
Where the bands are
I wanna be where the bands are
I get off from work and i grab something to eat
I turn the corner and i drive down your street
Little gray houses darling looks like nowhere
But hey i know you're hiding in there
Come on out for just a little while
You know that heart of stone, girl, it just ain't your style
Tonight i wanna feel the beat of the crowd
And when i tell you that i love you
I wanna have to shout it out loud
Shout it out loud

(chorus)

I hear the guitars ringin' out again
Ringin' on down union street
I hear the lead singer shoutin' out and girl
I wanna be a slave to the beat
And i want something that'll break my chains
Something to break my heart
Something to shake my brains
There's a rocker's special on tonight
So meet me on down
'neath the neon lights

(chorus)

You got your book baby with all your fears
Let me honey and i'll catch your tears
I'll take your sorrow if you want me to
Come tomorrow
That's what i'll do
Listen to me

Janey don't you lose heart
Janey don't you lose heart
Janey don't you lose heart
Janey don't you lose heart

Well you say you got no new dreams to touch
You feel like a stranger babe who knows too much
You come home late and get undressed
You lie in bed and feel this emptiness
Well listen to me

Janey don't you lose heart
Janey don't you lose heart
Janey don't you lose heart
Janey don't you lose heart

Till every river it runs dry
Until the sun's torn from the sky
Till every feel you've felt burst free
Gone tumblin' down into the sea

Listen to me
Janey don't you lose heart
Janey don't you lose heart
Janey don't you lose heart
Janey don't you lose heart

I walk along the levee to see the gypsy man
The dirt 'neath my feet baby's turnin' to quicksand
He looked into my palm, then looked me in the eye
And told me you were gone, gone over the rise

Once we stood together at the wishing well
Our wishes like dreams, baby, into the water fell
Oh then i kissed your lips but when i looked into your eyes
They were gone, gone over the rise

Tonight the blackbirds fly low on the water's edge
Oh we walked this path not knowing where it led
Now at the bottom of the river deep lies something shiny and golden
Is a promise that love couldn't keep same as a promise broken*

Well i woke last night to the sound of rain
The wind rustling branches against the window pane
I searched the pillow beside me for the tears we cried
Baby they were gone, gone over the rise

Last night i dreamed he was runnin' through the avalanche
Tears streamed your pretty face all burned red
Once your dead its done and not much remains
Down the highway another stranger comes
You gotta take em baby when they come

Little girl put on your red dress
Cause we're goin' out on the town tonight
And when i hold this switchblade
Lets be sure some fools gonna want to fight

You gotta take em baby as they come
You gotta take em
Take em as they come girl
Take em as they come girl
Take em as they come girl
Take em baby as they come

God save the rider in the black night
Save the man who taught that it was right
To do what they have dreamt of
So we come what we have become
You gotta take em baby when they come

Little girl gone are birthdays
Faded away into the clear blue night
And all the promises we made
Lie shattered and broken in the morning light

You gotta take em baby when they come
You gotta take em
Take em as they come girl
Take em as they come girl
Take em as they come girl
Take em baby as they come

I know your heart is breakin'
I can feel it too girl
Though my finger on the trigger is shakin'
There's just one thing you could do girl

There's winners and losers
All the same from the other side
But we could choose here girl
We could try, couldn't we hon
To take em baby when they come

Take em as they come girl
Take em as they come girl
Take em as they come girl
Take em baby as they come

Take em as they come girl
Take em as they come girl
Take em as they come girl
Take em baby as they come
Take em baby as they come
Take em baby as they come
Take em baby as they come
Take em baby as they come

Cynthia, when you come walkin' by
You're an inspirin' sight
Cynthia, you don't smile or say "hi"
But baby that's alright
'cause i don't need to hold you
Or taste your kiss
I just like knowin' cynthia, you exist at all
In a world like this
Cynthia, when you pass it seems
Like this whole town drops
Cynthia, maybe it's just me babe
Some fool stuck here watchin' the clock
Well, you give us a reason to start whisper "why"
To stop singin', baby, and salute your style
Yeah cynthia

Well now you ain't the finest thing i'll never have
And when you go the hurt you leave
Well, baby, it ain't so bad
No it ain't cynthia
Yeah there ain't a man in this whole town
Who'll say you ain't fine
D'you hear them guys talkin'
Tell me, baby, do you mind
Well you make us happy, honey, when we feel sad
To see sump'n'so good, in a world gone bad
There's still cynthia, oh yeah

Cynthia, no one knows your number
No one knows where you live
Cynthia, i wonder do you understand
This strange thing you give
Yeah, well baby, is it your style
The mystery in your smile
Or just how cool you walk
In a world gone wild
Ah tell me if you will, cynthia
Well i gotta be pretty naive to believe in you
I know you ain't ever gonna be my dream come true
That's alright, i gotta dream
That's as good as you, cynthia
Oh now baby, this ain't no come-on
It's a walk on, walk on
Oh that's right, oh yeah
Mmmm, you make me holier
Yeah, yeah, alright
I said yeah, yeah, alright
Well she's a yeah, yeah, alright
I said yeah, yeah, alright
Well it's a yeah, yeah, alright
Well she's a yeah, yeah, alright
I said yeah, yeah, alright

Hey there mister can you tell me what happened to the seeds i've sown
Can you give me a reason sir as to why they've never grown
They've just blown around from town to town

Till they're back out on these fields
Where they fall from my hand
Back into the dirt of this hard land

Now me and my sister from germantown
We did ride
We made our bed sir from the rock on the mountainside
We been blowin' around from town to town
Lookin for a place to stand
Where the sun burst through the cloud
To fall like a circle
Like a circle of fire down on this hard land

Now even the rain it don't come 'round
It don't come 'round here no more
And the only sound at night's the wind
Slammin' the back porch door
It just stirs you up like it wants to blow you down
Twistin' and churnin' up the sand
Leavin' all them scarecrows lyin' face down
Face down in the dirt of this hard land
From a building up on the hill
I can hear a tape deck blastin' "home on the range"
I can see them bar-m choppers
Sweepin' low across the plains
It's me and you frank we're lookin' for lost cattle
Our hooves twistin' and churnin' up the sand
We're ridin' in the whirlwind searchin' for lost treasure
Way down south of the rio grande
We're ridin' cross that river
In the moonlight
Up onto the banks of this hard land

Hey frank won't ya pack your bags
And meet me tonight down at liberty hall
Just one kiss from you my brother
And we'll ride until we fall
Well sleep in the fields
We'll sleep by the rivers and in the morning
We'll make a plan
We'll if you can't make it
Stay hard, stay hungry, stay alive
If you can
And meet me in a dream of this hard land

Hey bus driver keep the change,
Bless your children, give them names,
Don't trust men who walk with canes,
Drink this and you'll grow wings on your feet
Broadway mary, joan fontaine, advertiser on a downtown train
Christmas crier bustin' cane, he's in love again.

Where dock worker's dreams mix with panther's schemes to someday own the rodeo
Tainted women in vistavision perform for out-of-state kids at the late show.

Wizard imps and sweat sock pimps, interstellar mongrel nymphs
Rex said that lady left him limp. love's like that (sure it is).
Queen of diamonds, ace of spades newly discovered lovers of the everglades
They take out a full page ad in the trades to announce their arrival
And mary lou she found out how to cope, she rides to heaven on a gyroscope
The daily news asks her for the dope
She says "man, the dope's that there's still hope"

Senorita, spanish rose, wipes her eyes and blows her nose
Uptown in harlem she throw a rose to some lucky, young matador.

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Every day here you come walking
I hold my tongue, i don't do much talking
You say you're happy and you're doin' fine well go ahead, baby, i got plenty of time
Sad eyes never lie
Sad eyes never lie

Well for a while i've been watching you steady
Ain't gonna move 'til you're good and ready
You show up and then you shy away
But i know pretty soon you'll be walkin' this way
Sad eyes never lie
Sad eyes never lie

Baby don't you know i don't care
Don't you know that i've been there
Well if something in the air feels a little unkind
Don't worry darling, it'll slip your mind

I know you think you'd never be mine
Well that's okay, baby, i don't mind
That shy smile's sweet, that's a fact
Go ahead, i don't mind the act
Here you come all dressed up for a date
Well one more step and it'll be too late
Blue blue ribbon in your hair
Like you're so sure i'll be standing here


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'til the end
Just me and you baby
Just me and you girl
And i remember you even back then
And i remember you from back then
And i remember back then that i swore that for you i'd drive all night
Anytime, anyplace
That for you i'd drive all night
Anytime, anyplace
That for you i'd drive all night
Anytime, anyplace
That for you i'd drive all night
Through the wind
Through the rain
Through the snow
Just to buy you some shoes
Just to check you out
Just to kiss that pretty face
Just to taste your tender charms
Just to sleep
Just to sleep
In your arms

Babe, maybe you wasn't even listening
Maybe you wasn't even listening
But i remember you promised that you'd never go anyplace without me
You swore that you'd never go anyplace without me
You promised that you'd never leave without me
You swore that you'd never leave without me
And like everything else
And everybody else from back then you promised
And baby you lied
Baby you lied
Baby you lied
Baby you lied
Little girl you lied

So now you've come back
So now you've come back
So now you've come back
But just what makes you think that it's so easy
Just what makes you think
That it's so easy
Just to stop
To stop
To stop
To stop
To stop
To stop
To stop
To stop
To stop
To stop
To stop
To stop
To stop


Hiding on the backstreets

I had skin like leather and the diamond-hard look of a cobra
I was born blue and weathered but i burst just like a supernova
I could walk like brando right into the sun
Then dance just like a casanova
With my blackjack and jacket and hair slicked sweet
Silver star studs on my duds like a harley in heat
When i strut down the street i could feel its heartbeat
The sisters fell back and said "don't that man look pretty"
The cripple on the corner cried out "nickels for your pity"
Them downtown boys sure talk gritty
It's so hard to be a saint in the city

I was the king of the alley i could talk some trash
I was the prince of the paupers crowned downtown at the beggar's bash
I was the pimp's main prophet i kept everything cool
A backstreet gambler with the luck to lose
And when the heat came down it was left on the ground
The devil appeared like jesus through the steam in the street
Showin' me a hand i knew even the cops couldn't beat
I felt his hot breath on my neck as i dove into the heat
It's so hard to be a saint when you're just a boy

And the sages of the subway sit just like the living dead
As the tracks clack out the rhythm their eyes fixed straight ahead
They ride the line of balance and hold on by just a thread
But it's too hot in these tunnels you can get hit up by the heat
You get up to get out at your next stop but they push you back down in your seat
Your heart starts beatin' faster as you struggle to your feet
Then you're outa that hole and back up on the street
And them south side sisters sure look pretty
The cripple on the corner cries out "nickels for your pity"
And them downtown boys sure talk gritty
It's so hard to be a saint in the city

At night i go to bed
But i just can't sleep
I got something runnin' around my head
Ooh that just won't keep

In the silence i hear my heart beatin'
Time slippin' away
I got a time bomb tickin' deep inside of me
Girl all i want to say

I keep searchin' for you darlin'
Searchin everywhere i go
And when i find you there's gonna be just one thing that you gotta know

One thing you gotta know

My love, love, love, love, love, love, will not let you down
My love, love, love, love, love, love, will not let you down

At night i walk the streets lookin' for romance
But i always end up stumblin' in a half trance
I search for a connection in some new eyes
That hardly protect you from too many dreams passed by

I see you standin, across the room watchin' me without a sound
I'm gonna push my way through that crowd
I'm gonna tear your holy walls down
Tear all your walls down

My love, love, love, love, love, love, will not let you down
My love, love, love, love, love, love, will not let you down
My love, love, love, love, love, love, will not let you down
My love, love, love, love, love, love, will not let you down

Well hold still now darlin'
Hold still for god's sake
Cause i got me a promise
I ain't afraid to make (i ain't afraid to make)

My love, love, love, love, love, love, will not let you down
My love, love, love, love, love, love, will not let you down
My love, love, love, love, love, love, will not let you down
My love, love, love, love, love, love, will not let you down
My love, love, love, love, love, love, will not let you down
My love, love, love, love, love, love, will not let you down
My love, love, love, love, love, love, will not let you down
My love, love, love, love, love, love, will not let you down