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Baby i - don't need you loving no more
Baby i - don't need your kisses no more
Baby i - don't need your tender touch
Baby i

Baby i - don't need your tender kiss
Baby i - you'll never miss
Baby i - don'y want you round me no more
Baby i

'cause i got someone new
Somebody better than you
Somebody who'll be true
Somebody better than you

(repeat all - both verses and chorus- one time)

Hey baby
Well she's vicious as a razor
Resting on your mainline
She's brutal as an ace
Laid on the table at just the right time
She's like a devil-woman
But she's locked in over-drive
Her eyes are cold stone
But she's backed by a power-glide
She's sweet, she's educated
She knows about history, geometry
She's so fine

Oh she says i ain't got the love
I ain't got the time
Ain't gonna give you no kiss
Ain't gonna hand ya
All i want's a ride, sweet william
All i want's a ride
And it's oh baby, oh baby
Won't you come, don't you wanna go for a ride?
I'll get in my car and burn it up
Now switch on the radio and turn it up
And we're gonna be burning down a straight load
I want some love and i got to truck along

Well she's vicious as a razor
Resting on your mainline
She's brutal as an ace
Laid on the table at just the right time
She's like a devil-woman
But she's locked in over-drive
Her eyes are cold stone
But she's backed by a power-glide
She's so educated
She's got a nice mama, she got a nice pop
She's so fine

Oh and the boys say she swings a silver rodthe kids call her angel
Some kids call her god down on lover's lane
Be my baby
Won't you be my lover
Come on baby
I said hey baby

The moltitude assembled and tried to make the noise
The black blind poet generals
And restless loud white boys
But time grew thin and the axis
Was left somehow incomplete
Where instead of child lions
We found aging junkie sheep
How many wasted have i seen signed "hollywood or bust"
Left to ride them ever ghostly arizona gusts
Oh, cheerleader tramps and kids with big amps
Sounding in the void
High society vamps and ex-heavyweight champs
Mistaking soot for soil

So break me now big mama
As old faithful breaks the day
Believe me, my good linda,
The aurora will shine your way
The confederacy, she's in my name now
And the hounds are held at bay
The axis needs a stronger arm
Do you feel your muscles play?

The doorstep blanket weaver
Madonna she's pushing bells
From house to house to house to house
Giving last kisses and wishing well
To every gypsy, mystic and all star hero
That the kids might find the place
Who've been lost forever to papa and mama
On their weekends out in space
Now the sons they search for fathers
But their fathers have all gone
The lost souls search for saviors
But saviours don't last long
Those aimless, questionless renegade brats
Who live their lives in songs
They run the length of a candle
In a goodnight whisper and a puff they're gone
So break me now big mama
As old faithful breaks the day
Believe me, my good linda,
The aurora will shine your way
The confederacy, she's in my name now
And the hounds are held at bay
The axis needs a stronger arm
Do you feel your muscles play?

The missions are filled with hermits looking for a friend
The terraces are filled with cat-men looking for a way in
There are orphans junked on silver mountains
Lost in celestial alleyways
They wait for that old tramp dog man moses
He takes in all the strays
"now, don't grow on empty legends
Or lonely cradle songs
'cause billy the kid was just a bowery boy
Who made his living twirling his guns"
The night she's long, she's lanky
She speaks in her mother tongue
And lullabies the refugees
With an amplifier's hum

So break us now big mama
As old faithful breaks the day
Believe me, my sweet linda,
Oh, help is sure on the way
The confederacy, she's in my name now
And the hounds are held at bay
The axis needs a stronger arm
Do you feel your muscles play?
The confederacy, she's in my name now
And the hounds are held at bay
The axis needs a stronger arm
Do you feel your muscles play?

Wise men say only fools rush in
But i can't help falling in love with you
Shall i say would it be a sin
'cause i can't help falling in love with you

Like the river flows
Flowing to the sea
Darling so it goes
Some things were meant to be

Take my hand, take my whole life too
'cause i can't help falling in love with you
No, i can't help falling in love with you

sunday matinee
In a one dog town
You're two seats away
I move two seats down
Wipe the tears from your eyes
The first kiss i stole
I walk you home
The credits roll

Fade to black
Fade to black
Fade to black
Fade to black

I hear my voice
On the telephone
But i'm just running
The same old business
I feel like i'm off
Somewhere so alone
Just watching us both
Running the distance
Watching us both
Slowly pull back

Fade to black
Fade to black
Fade to black

I come home
Clothes all over the place
You're crying in the corner
Makeup running down your face
Your case is packed
The fight starts
I (?????) cursin'
Baby is this the scene
Which we been rehearsin'
Is this the one
Or have i lost track
Waitin' for us
To fade to black

Fade to black
Fade to black
Fade to black

A face wet with shame
Eyes filled with hurt
I scream out your name
You rip my shirt

A small bungalow
A late afternoon
The sunlight falls
Like a bright veil
A camera pans
An empty room
The picture dissolves
Slowly pulls back
Fade to black
Fade to black
Fade to black

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, darling
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
There behind the morning clouds
I'll take the faith 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
And 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

Shrieks of sheiks as they run across the movie screen
A thousand sand-dune soldiers led by an arabian queen
And the harem girls move like fancy (clancy's) dancers
In my dirty dreams
And i wake up on the floor clutching the bed-lamp
And mama comes in, she screams
"hey you been out with that tramp again last night
You know that silver-sequined arab black bitch
The one that mama don't like ?"
But mama she sings me moontime melodies
With this great top 40 hook
She shrugs her shoulders, she don't care
Papa just stares and says "mary, look the girl's alright
The girl's alright"

And there's a tenseness in the air he turns and says
Don't you know, can't you feel it "tell me son, what's the word ?"
Because there's something hanging there 'cos you know he can't hear it
Pull back the mist and reveal it but don't go near it
And even if you fear what you near it's criticized as too absurd
Don't conceal it even the animals fear it
'cos if what mama feels is too real papa says "fetch me my flashlight,
Son"
She just claims she don't feel it and she stumbles out the front door

So come out from behind your bunkers
'cos the lift-off's been a bust
Oh papa's gone and mama's dead
And buried in my rocket dust
You're alone now for the first time
Don't worry, 'cos that's all right
All fear will completely disappear
Come the arabian night

Well the soundman smiles and turns the dials
To set the meter readin' rising
He pulls the singer's voice from out of his pocket
To see if the audience likes it
Oh and in the very first row sits sweet jenny rue
With a bell on her shoe and she wants him to make it
He flicks a switch but jenny moves too fast
And the audience sways to the sound of her shotgun blast
The manager comes running out from behind stage and says
Check the band's arms for bullet holes
Make that man roll up his sleeves"
The drummer shoots himself with cyanide
And then asks to be relieved
And me, i say "well, it's too crazy in here
Which is the stage door out, i gotta get up tomorrow morning for work"
And the promoter says "man, once you're in they all lead out
What's the matter man, ain't you heard ?
There's a war going on on the outside
And i'm paying you to sing like a bird
So get in and get tough or get up and get out
Because things aren't too tight"
I said "don't worry, man, everything's gonna loosen up
Come the arabian night"
Come the arabian night

So i get back in my bed
But outside my window i hear another gang fight
It's duke and the boys against the devil's best man
And both sides have drawn their knives
And duke he's a well-known knife-fighter
And with one quick jab he brings the devil down
He smiles 'cos he knows there's a high bounty on devils
In any god-fearin' town
Well they say duke sold the devil to some priest in pennsylvania
To exhibit on his altar christmas night
But the devil's eyes they still burn red with fire
As long as duke walks upright
And he swears there's a going to be a showdown
Come sundown on the arabian night

From nowhere through the caravan
Round the campfire light
Lovely woman in motion
With hair as dark as night
Her eyes were like that of a cat in the dark
That hypnotized me with love
She was a gypsy woman
She was a gypsy woman
She was a gypsy woman
She was a gypsy woman
She was a gypsy woman

She danced around and round
Guitar's melody
From the fire her face was aglow
How she enchanted me
I'd like to hold her near
And kiss her hair and whisper in her ear
I love you gypsy woman
I love you gypsy woman
I love you gypsy woman
I love you gypsy woman

All through the caravan
She was dancing with all the men
Waiting for the rising sun
Everyone was having fun
Hated to see her go
Knowing that she'll never know
That i love her
That i love her

I love you gypsy woman
I love you gypsy woman
I love you gypsy woman
I love you gypsy woman

Whoever compared it to part monkey part man hit the nail on the head. it has that same kind of dark, mysterious sound. the vocals are soft and understated, somewhat reminiscent to those on if i should fall behind or pony boy. the song is sung with that nasally twang bruce has grown so fond of lately.

Father, i have come.
To tell you about somethin' i done.
Well as the night reared its light head
Into a baby's sun,
We rolled down into the town
From where the black throats come.

And you know there was a robb'ry.
There was a holdup.
Ooh, there was a shootout.
And there was a killin'.
And there's blood on my hands.
Today i killed a man.

Well now, sister, you know me well.
And you ask me well, how it was i felt.
Well, she had an appetite for lovin'
Only a fadin' beauty could posses.
She knew just what she wanted
And she wouldn't take less.

I figured it was a small town.
It was at sundown.
It was just a small crowd of people around.
Oh! but he wouldn't put his guns down.
No, he wouldn't put his guns down.
Oh, he wouldn't put his guns down.
Now his blood's on my hands.
Today i killed a man.

And, papa, you showed me the beauty of buckshot.
Well, that song a bullet sings as she whistles.
And showed me the story of the self-loading pistol.

Well now, father. i have come.
To tell you about somethin' i done.
He had a widow, runnin' through town screamin'.
He had a brother, and his tears were streamin'.
Now i'm movin' on the border
With a rifle on my shoulder.

'cuz, daddy, you showed me the beauty of buckshot.
The love song a bullet sings as she whistles.
And showed me the glory of the self-loading pistol.

And i just come to tell ya,
That it don't hurt no more.
No, it don't hurt no more,
'cuz your son, he's an outlaw.
Oh, your son, he's an outlaw.
Yes, your son, he's an outlaw.
Oh, your son, he's an outlaw.
Now, your son, he's an outlaw.
Oh, your son, he's an outlaw.
And this blood feels good on my hands.
Today i killed a man.

Where the creek runs shallow and sandy
The moon swoops over the stars
------- straight into my arms
I'm going to get birth naked and bury my old soul
And dance on it's grave
Dance on his grave

It's a long time coming
A long time coming my dear
But now it's here

My daddy was a stranger
Lived in a hotel downtown
When i was a kid
He was just somebody i'd see around
Somebody i'd see around

It's a long time coming
A long time coming my dear
But now it's here

Down below and pulling on my shirt
I got some kids of my own
But if i had one wish kids
That your mistakes would be your own
Your sins would be your own

It's a long time coming
A long time coming my dear
But now it's here

I am laying under the arms of cassiopeia
The sword of orion sweeps
It's me and you rosie
Crackling like crossed wires
I listen to you breathing in your sleep

The sparks of the fire are left burning
Lie 2 kids in sleeping bags
I reach under your shirt and feel your belly
There's another one kicking inside
I promise i ain't going to fuck it up this time

Little girl in these changing times
You got to move on or left behind
Every day is a battle again
And the state of future looks so damned
... ... allright
And if you get it right
...
...
...
Well you just got to fight for what you want
You got to fight for what you want 2x
For what you want

...
Every guide (or better 'guy'?) leaves you so confused
... which way to turn
...
Oh yeah ...
All night ...
... ... with that stone

Remember that
You got to fight for what you want 3x
For what you want
...
Got to fight for what you want
You got to fight for what you want

She drew out all her money out of the southern trust
And put her little boy aboard a greyhound bus
Leaving louisiana for the golden west
Down came the tears from her happiness
Her own little son name 'o johnny b. goode
Was gonna make some motion pictures out in hollywood

Bye, bye, bye, bye
Bye, bye, bye, bye
Bye bye johnny
Good bye johnny b. goode

She remembered taking money out from gathering crop
And buying johnny's guitar at a broker shop
As long as he would play it by the railroad side
And wouldn't get in trouble he was satisfied
But never thought that there would come a day like this
When she would have to give her son a goodbye kiss

Going
Bye, bye, bye, bye
Bye, bye, bye, bye
Bye bye johnny
Good bye johnny b. goode

She finally got the letter she was dreaming of
Johnny wrote and told her he had fell in love
As soon as he was married he would bring her back
And build a mansion for 'em by the railroad track
So every time they heard the locomotive roar
They'd be a' standin', a' wavin' by the kitchen door

Howling
Bye, bye, bye, bye
Bye, bye, bye, bye
Bye bye johnny
Good bye johnny b. goode

(woargh = aend-of-backstreets type full throated growl)
Yeah girl
Now won't you come on out tonight
Girl, where the stars will shine real bright
Well i gotta get that feeling
Yeah i wanna get that feeling
Woargh* back again
Yeah, back again tonight
There's something in the air
Tonight
Ain't got money but i don't care
I gotta get that feeling
I wanna get that feeling
And before the night is through
You're gonna get that feeling too

Hold me in your arms and baby take everything
Let the light shine, and if we (dare to ???)...
Yeah,yeah,yeah tonight
Well there's something in the air,
And tonight, yeah, we ain't got money but i don't care
We gotta get that feeling
Yeah, we gotta get that feeling
Woargh* back again
Wooooaaaaarrrrggghh
(di-di-di-di-da-woooahs to fade)

They broke your toys this morning, henry
Rode your board right into dust
Surrounded you with strangers who you could not trust
And then they had the gall
To write your name up on the girls' room wall
And send you out to maria
Who spoke of babies and all
And wanted to shoot your joy
It's a hard world when you're the new kid in town
Ain't it, henry boy

Well the north side is for diamond-studded woman
Subtly selling their wares
And the west side is for debutantes
And would be millionaires
Oh the east side is for lost boys
Who know their moves too well
The south side is for gamblers, henry boy
The train stops once for hell
It's a hard world when they're forcing you
To live your life out on broadway
But henry i'm sure you're gonna like it well

The constellation she points to gate eleven
That's where you got your connections
Let me take a look inside my magic book
I don't think you're beyond my inventions
Oh these doctor's appendages i'm giving you for wings
I'm sure it'll meet the occasion
I'm gonna mix you some magic, you'll spittin' sparks
And ready for the invasion

Oh and the milky way's a trip for dippers
They saw ya coming a mile away
In the amusement park you'll get clipped by rippers
Hiding behind candy 'cades
In the alleyway you'll get ripped by strippers
All who know your name
In the stalls sit the soldier-boy kisserson leave for just a day
And henry couldn't take it
He's gonna be a submariner
Riding underground for the pope
Gonna stand on the corner of broadway
And scream: "up 'scope"

Some men need riches and lots of money to spend
Some men need power to hold over other men
But not me baby, girl you can believe
I'm telling you my darling

You're, you're all i need
You're, you're all i need
You're, you're all i need
In this world, girl

Some men need fine clothes, big diamond rings
To feel like somebody some men need expensive things
But i feel like somebody, girl, every time you look at me
I don't need nothing to remind me that

You're, you're all i need
You're, you're all i need
You're, you're all i need
In this world, girl

Some men need a fine home on a far hillside
Some men need a big car to show off as they ride
Some men need a pretty woman just to walk by their side
And some men need to see the fear in another man's eyes
But all i need baby, is all i can see
When you wrap your loving arms around me

You're, you're all i need
You're, you're all i need
You're, you're all i need
You're, you're all i need
In this world, girl

I heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight
Gonna hold my baby as tight as i can
Tonight she'll know i'm a mighty man
I heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight

Oh, lead me in the alley behind the barn
Don't be afraid, i'll do you no harm
Baby, bring my rockin' shoes
'cause tonight i'm gonna rock away all my blues
Have you heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight

Well, elder brown, deacon jones,
They've left their happy home
They'll be there, just you wait and see
A-jumpin' and a-stompin' at the jubilee
Hey man, there's good rockin' tonight

Sweet lorraine, sioux city sue,
Sweet georgia brown, caledonia, too
They'll be there jumpin' like mad
Hey, sister, ain't you glad
We got the news there's good rockin' tonight

Since my baby left me
I found a new place to dwell
Down at the end of lonely street at heartbreak hotel
I get so lonely baby
I get so lonely
I get so lonely i could die

Although it's always crowded
I still can find some room
Where those broken hearted lovers
Cry away their gloom, oh!
I get so lonely
I get so lonely
Get so lonely i could die

Bellhop's tears keep flowing
Desk clerk dressed in black
They been so long on lonely street
They ain't never comin' back
I get so lonely
I get so lonely
Get so lonely i could die

If your baby leaves you
And you have a tale to tell
Just take a walk
Down lonely street to heartbreak hotel
I get so lonely baby
I get so lonely
I get so lonely i could die

I hear the guitars ringing out there
Ringing out down union street
I hear the lead singer shouting out yeah
And i wanna be a slave to the beat
And tonight i wanna break my chains
Somebody break my heart
Somebody shake my brains
Downtown they're singing what i wanna hear
It's the sound little girl thats ringing in my ear

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

Get off from work and i grab something to eat
I turn the corner and i drive down your street
Little gray houses, mama, 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 want to feel, feel the crowd
And when i tell you that i love you
I wanna shout it out loud
Shout it out loud
Shout it out loud

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.....wanna.....be
Where the bands are

I am native american

Ho ka hey wah nah (steven and bruce)
Ho ka hey wah nah woh
Ho ka hey wah nah
Ho ka hey wah nah woh
Ho ka hey wah nah
Ho ka hey wah nah woh

(editors note: the above is war cry of the lakota(sioux) meaning
"let's go - now")

Life was forever when we were young (steven)
The land was protected for everyone (bruce)
Forever as long as the rivers run (both)
But now the water no longer comes (steven)

And now all that remains (both)
Is darkness a poisoned earth
And now before it's too late
We must provide our own new birth

Chorus:
I am native american
I am native american

The question of honor you must decide (bruce)
The soul of the nation has been denied (steven)
Our dreams have been stolen before our eyes (both)
How do you say there's no tomorrow to a child? (bruce)

>from us there is much to learn (both)
There is so much you've forgotten
You can't change me
Try and understand i am proud of who i am

Chorus:
I am native american
I am native american

We must try and remember what we're here for (steven)
You will suffer the darkness alone no more (bruce)
You will have the strength of all of us
Gathered here today (both)
That is something they can never take away (bruce)

Chorus:
I am native american
I am native american

Ho ka hey wah nah (steven and bruce)
Ho ka hey wah nah woh

Repeat 7 more times til fade

An echo fades of sounds once heard
By thousands brought together for
His ringing voice, a soul that stirred
The faithful to a mighty roar.

For twenty years upon the stage
For twenty years upon the stage
The passion deep within his soul
Brought forth the anger and the rage
His vision locked upon one goal.

The promises of rock and roll could
Break the chains upon his life,
Guitar in hand he vowed he would
Be free from pain and inner strife.

He shook the rafters in the halls
And brought the faithful to their feet,
His river coursed through mighty walls
Across this land, down every street.

With flag unfurled he took the word
Across the seas to hungry youth
Who raised their hands when e'er they heard
His cries for faith, and hope, and truth.

Today he stands with inner peace
A man content with home and health,
Upon his brow a jagged crease
A symbol of success and wealth.

The thunder of his younger days
Has passed, and now his words reveal
A calmer soul in many ways
Fulfilled with satisfactions real.

His arms upraised against the light
He stands alone, his eyes look toward
The ground below, a bird in flight
Still searching for his true reward.

His mission done, he finds retreat
With children and a loving wife,
His body tired from the heat
The price he pays for touring life.

But deep within the longings stir
The music runs within him still,
His passions for the times that were
Are stronger than his iron will.

And all of us who know the man
Will come together when he cries
The message we all understand
The thunder in us never dies.

How many roads must a man walk down
Before you can call him a man
Yes 'n how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand
Yes and how many times must the cannonballs fly
Before they're forever banned
The answer my friend is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind

Yes and how many years can a mountain exist
Before it is washed to the sea
Yes and how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free
Yes and how many times can a man turn his head
And pretend that he just doesn't see
The answer my friend is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind

Yes and how many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky
Yes and how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry
Yes and how many deaths will it take 'till he knows
That too many people have died
The answer my friend is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind

May god bless and keep you always
May your wishes all come true
May you always do for others
And let others do for you
May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb on every rung
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young

May you grow up to be righteous,
May you grow up to be true
May you always know the truth
And see the lights surrounding you
May you always be courageous
Stand upright and be strong
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young

May your hands always be busy
May your feet always be swift
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift
May your heart always be joyful
May your song always be sung
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young

Do you like good music ?
Sweet soul music ?
How must i strike her
Sometime
Oh yeah

Spotlight out on this ring
Sing and laugh-laugh-laugh
Sing and laugh-laugh-laugh
Tonight
Oh yeah

Spotlight on the big man
Don't he look great ?
He lost a lot of weight
Oh yeah, oh yeah

Spotlight on you now
You sure look fine
Moving down the line
Come on
Yeah yeah

Spotlight on me now
I sure look good
Feeling so fine now
That's right
Oh yeah

Spotlight on the band now
Sure rocking fine you
Working on that line you
Come on come on
Yeah yeah

Well don't move
Why don't you listen to what i'm saying
And hey you
You better get up if you plan to be staying
Get loose
You got to listen to what the band is playing
Oh tonight
There's action in the street all night
We're bopping to the big beat, go
Get up off your seat and roll

At school
The girls you know their dancing, mister 's just my speed
And hey cool
If action is the thing you need
Well don't fool
The kid's satisfaction guaranteed
Oh tonight
There's action in the street all night
We're bopping to the big beat, go
Get up off your seat and roll

Well hey man
Yeah don't let the little girl sigh
Understand
If you just move your body side to side
Raise your hand
Shout until you're satisfied
Oh tonight
There's action in the street all night
We're bopping to the big beat, go
Get up off your seat and roll

Some folks are born made to wave the flag
Ooh, they're red, white and blue
And when the band plays "hail to the chief"
They point the cannon right at you

It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no senator's son
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate son

Some folks are born silver spoon in hand
Lord they don't help themselves
But when the taxman comes to the door
Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale

It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no millionaire's son
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate son

Some folks inherit star spangled eyes
Ooh, they send you down to war
And when you ask them "how much should we give ?"
They only answer more! more! more!

It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no military's son
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate son

It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one, no no
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate son

After the music had stopped
I still heard it playing
I moved a little closer to hear
The words she was saying
She said i'll never break your heart
I'll never try to fake it
My love is here for you
All you have to do is take it
Kisses sweeter than wine
My little girl so fine

The night seemed to say it was right
But could i believe her
My heart said, it's time to go
But my eyes wouldn't leave her
There's always somebody trying to break your heart
Somebody trying to take it
My little girl tried so hard
To help me make it
Kisses sweeter than wine
My little girl so fine

Oh, oh, oh, oh, sha la la
Oh, oh, sha la la
So fine
Oh, oh, oh, oh, sha la la
Oh, oh, sha la la
So fine

When we danced
I forgot everything and whispered
Hold me tight
Take a chance
On what tomorrow brings
Won't you be mine, be mine
Be mine tonight

We walked away laughing together
Into the night for ever and ever and ever
Now i know
I'll never break me baby's heart
I'll never try to fake it
I'll give her all my love
All she has to do is take it
Kisses sweeter than wine
My little girl so fine
Kisses sweeter than wine
My little girl so fine
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Kisses sweeter than wine
My little girl so fine

Oh, oh, oh, oh, sha la la
Oh, oh, sha la la
So fine

You'd better watch out, you'd better not cry
You'd better not pout, i'm telling you why
Santa claus is coming to town
Santa claus is coming to town
Santa claus is coming to town

He's making a list, he's checkin' it twice
He's gonna find out whose daughter you're nice
Santa claus is coming to town
Santa claus is coming to town
Santa claus is coming to town

He sees you when you're sleeping
He knows if you're awake
He knows if you've been bad or good
(so you'd) better be good for goodness sake
Better be good for goodness sake

You'd better watch out, you'd better not cry
You'd better not pout, i'm telling you why
Santa claus is coming to town
Santa claus is coming to town
Santa claus is coming to town

He sees you when you're sleeping
He knows if you're awake
He knows if you've been bad or good
(so you'd) better be good for goodness sake
Better be good for goodness sake

You'd better watch out, you'd better not cry
You'd better not pout, i'm telling you why
Santa claus is coming to town
Santa claus is coming to town
Santa claus is coming to town

(released on a 45rpm)

Long as i remember
The rain been falling down
Clouds of myst'ry pourin'
Confusion on the ground

Good men through the ages
They try to find the sun
But i wonder, still i wonder
Who'll stop the rain

I went down virginia
Seekin' shelter from the storm
Just caught up in the fable
I watched the tower grow
Five-year plan and new deals
Wrapped in golden chains
Still i wonder, yes i wonder
Who'll stop the rain

Heard the singers playin'
How we cheered for more
The crowd had rushed together
Tryin' to keep warm
Still the rain keeps falling
Fallin' through the years

And i wonder, still i wonder
Who'll stop the rain
I wanna know, baby i wanna know

It was christmas eve, i was standin' in the parking lot
Of "fabulous girls, nude - nude - nude"
In the car next to me there was a young lady givin' a blow-job
To a man in a santa claus suit
His beard was crooked, his hat askew
Embarrassed, i turned to go
When from the back seat of that mazda i heard somebody shout "oh baby, don't
Stop"

And a merry "ho-ho-ho"

When i walked inside, i ordered a beer and a double shot of whisk
And in three minutes i had fallen in love
The dj announced "ladies and gentlemen, from forth worth, texas: lady godiva"
And i sat and worshipped 'neath the angel above
At the end of her set she brushed her hair
Came and sat on the stool to my right
And said "will you buy me a drink?"
My heart beats fast, my trousers grew tight
And wittily i replied "uhhh...."

She showed me a picture of her kid
Said during the day she's an art student
She dances six nights a week for slobs and idiots like this
Of course, present company excluded.

On donner, on dancer, on comet, on blitzen
I'm lost in the valley of the supervixens
Worshippin' at the feet of the goddess above
I'm a pilgrim in the temple of love, ma, just a pilgrim in the temple
Of love

Well then santa came stumblin' in, and somebody shouted
"hey santa, where's your elves?"
He sat down on the stool to my left
And the bartender took a vodka bottle of the shelf
He asked if mrs. claus had called
To tell her he worked on the late shift at the mall
And he was sorry, but he just got through
I turned and i asked him:
"how's the kid this year, santa?"
Beneath his breath he whispered "a merry fuck you"

Well then the owner come over and he was a short gfat ugly guy
With a funny kind of pushed-in face
He shook my hand and said it was the first time
They'd ever had a real superstar in this place
Lady godiva bought me a few drinks
And words came out of my mouth
What they were, i couldn't guess
But it was something about showgirls, lapdancing, motley crue
You can guess the rest

Well i walked outside, snow was falling
I had some toys to put together - it was christmas time
Santa followed me into the parking lot
And threw up on the hood of the car next to mine
I gave him my handkerchief, pulled out onto the highway
And as i sat at the light
I swear i saw a sleigh with a dozen of reindeers
Pull up out of the parking lot and cut across the mall
And a voice shouted "merry christmas to all you assholes
And to all a good fucking night!"

The way your heart beats when i hold you tight
The way you sigh when we kiss goodnight
The way the wind blows through the trees
Well hey, that's the way you belong to me

The way you warm me baby when i'm cold
The way you make me want you body and soul
The way the rivers run to the sea
Well hey, that's the way you belong to me

The way you soothe me when i'm in pain
The way you make the blood rush in my veins
The way the winds rush through the trees
Well hey, that's the way you belong to me

When i lose faith you take my hand
The way you make me feel like i'm a man
The way the sun belongs to the sea
Well hey, that's the way you belong to me

The way you make me feel like i belong
And if i could girl though i know it'd be wrong
I'd lock you deep inside
'till the last rains fall
And hide you from the emptiness of it all

Sometimes at night i lie awake
I pull you close and feel each breath you take
The way the rivers belong to the seas
Well hey, that's the way you belong to me
Well hey, that's the way you belong to me

We fell in love and i made you the world
I spent all my time tryin' to satisfy you, girl
Just one thing that i can't figure out [?]
Closer i get, farther baby i am out [?]

30 days, 30 days out
Well i'm six days runnin' but i'm 30 days out
30 days, 30 days out
With every kiss you leave a little shadow of doubt

The roof was leakin' honey where we live
And i'm wonderin' what's that something that you won't give
I started loving you but i gotta stop
You got me mostly waitin' for that other shoe to drop

30 days, 30 days out
You keep me six days runnin' but i'm 30 days out
30 days, 30 days out
With every kiss you leave a little shadow of doubt

Tried to talk about what's goin' on
You just smile and tell me "baby there ain't nothin' wrong"
In your smile there's a sign in red
It said "thousand miles of hard road dead ahead"

30 days, 30 days out
Yeah i'm six days runnin' but i'm 30 days out
30 days, 30 days out
With every kiss you leave a little shadow of doubt

30 days, 30 days out
Well i'm six days runnin' but i'm 30 days out
30 days, 30 days out
With every kiss you leave a little shadow of doubt

The crops are all in, the peaches are rotting
The oranges are piled in their creosote dumps
They're flying you back to the mexico border
To pay all your money to wade back again

My father's own father, he waded that river
They took all the money he made in his life
My brothers and sisters they work in the fruit trees
They rode the truck till they took down and died

Good-bye to my juan, good-bye rosalita
Adios mes amigos, jesus e maria
You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane
And all they will call you will be "deportee"

Some of us are illegal, and some are not wanted
Our work contract's out and we have to move on
Six hundred miles to the mexican border
They chase us like rustlers, like outlaws, like thieves.

We died in your hills. we died on your deserts.
We've died in your mountains, and died on your plains.
We've died 'neath your trees, and we've died in your bushes.
Both sides of the river, we've died just the same.

Good-bye to my juan, good-bye rosalita
Adios mes amigos, jesus e maria
You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane
And all they will call you will be "deportee"

The skyplane caught fire over los gatos canyon
A fireball of lightning that shook all our hills
Who were all these dear friends all scattered like dry leaves?
The radio says they were just deportees.

Is this the best way we can grow our big orchards?
And is this the best way we can grow our good fruit?
To fall like dry leaves and rot on the top soil,
And be known by no name except "deportee".

Good-bye to my juan, good-bye rosalita
Adios mes amigos, jesus e maria
You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane
And all they will call you will be "deportee"

I was born down by the river
Where the dirty river flows
And the cool wind cut through me
It cut right through my clothes
And the anger and the yearning
Like fever in my veins
Set the fire burning

She came down from knightstown
With her hands hard from the line
From the first time i laid eyes on her
I knew that she's be mine
Her father was a lawman
He swore he'd shoot me dead
'cause he knew i wanted jeannie
And i'd have her like i'd said

Jeannie needs a shooter, shooter like me
Jeannie needs a shooter
Jeannie needs a shooter, shooter on her side
Jeannie needs a shooter
Jeannie needs a shooter
Jeannie needs a shooter

We met down by the river
On the final day in may
And when i leaned down to kiss her
She did not turn away
I drew out all my money
And together we did vow
To meet that very evening
And to get away somehow

Jeannie needs a shooter, shooter like me
Jeannie needs a shooter
Jeannie needs a shooter, shooter on her side
Jeannie needs a shooter
Jeannie needs a shooter
Jeannie needs a shooter

The night was cold and rainy
Down by the borderline
I was riding hard to meet her
When a shot rang out behind
As i lay there in the darkness
With a pistol by my side
Jeannie and her father
Rode off into the night

Jeannie needs a shooter

Well night after lonely night
My head don't touch the bed
I'm on a two-lane black-top
Cruisin' in my rocket sled
I'm on the prowl
Yeah i'm on the prowl
Well i'm looking for a gal, gal, gal
Hey, hey, hey, i'm on the prowl

There's only one thing that i'm certain
Every mile, mile, mile
Keep a-searchin', serachin', serachin'
For a wild, wild, child
I'm on the prowl
I'm on the prowl
I'm looking for a gal, gal, gal
Hey, hey, hey, i'm on the prowl

They got a name for dracula
And frankenstein's son
They ain't got no name now (mister)
For this monster (thing that) i've become
I'm on the prowl
I'm on the prowl
I'm looking for a gal, gal, gal
Hey, hey, hey, i'm on the prowl

I keep lookin'
I keep searchin'
I keep searchin'
I keep searchin'
Only one thing that i'm certain
Every mile, mile, mile
I keep searchin', searchin', searchin', searchin', searchin'

In the morning i check my mirror
And i hang my head and cry
But at night i get a burning, burning, burning deep inside
I'm on the prowl
I'm on the prowl
I'm looking for a gal, gal, gal
Hey, hey, hey, i'm on the prowl

In the morning i check my mirror
And i hang my head and cry
But at night i get a burning, burning, burning, burning, burning. burning

There's only one thing that i'm certain
Every while, while, while
While my heart is hurtin', hurtin'
Every mile, mile, mile
I gotta keep searchin', searchin', searchin', searchin', searchin'

Your scrapbook's filled with pictures
Of all your leading men
Oh baby don't put my picture
In there with them

Oh don't make us some little girl's dream
That can not ever really ever come true
Baby don't do it to me
I won't do it to you

You see all the romantic movies
You dream and take the boy's home
But when the action fades girl
You're left there all alone

----------?
----------?
----------?
---------to see the late late show

----------?
--------do it?
--------to him to her?
---make you cry like you do girl

Now every night you go out looking
For true love's satisfaction
But in the morning you always end up
Settling for just lights, camera, action

In another cameo role
With some bit play you're befriending
You're gonna go broken hearted
Looking for that happy ending

Well girl you're gonna you're gonna end up
Just another lonely ticket sold
Crying alone in the theater
At the end of the show

Don't make us some little girl's dream
That can not ever really ever come true
Baby don't do it to me
I won't do it to you
Yeah, i won't do it to you

The screen door slams, christine's (angelina's) dress waves
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
Roy orbison singing for the lonely
(hey) that's me (babe) and i want you only
Don't turn me home again
I just can't face myself alone (in that mirror) again tonight
Don't run back inside, you know just what i'm here for
So you're scared and you're thinking
That maybe you (we) ain't that young anymore
Show a little faith (well woman) there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty but hey (baby, ah) you're alright
And that's alright with me

This 4/4 she's gonna overheat
Make up your mind girl i gotta get her back out on the street
I know you're lonely like me so baby don't try and fake it
I'm no prince and i can't lay the stars at your feet
But i got this old car and she's pretty tough to beat
There's plenty of room in my front seat, baby if you wanna take it

Oh roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair
It's like the rushing touch, the dirty wings them highway angels wear
Well tonight we're gonna find out how it feels
I'm gonna trade in your wings - for wheels
Climb in back, heaven's waiting down on the tracks
Ah, mama, come take my hand (well now try hard chrissie to understand)
We're gonna ride all the way to the promised land
Oh i'm gonna dance all the way, dance all the way
(babe if you're born with nothing in your hands
Hey it's your only chance)
Well i don't know but baby i've been told
There's something waiting for us, down that dirty road
Oh take a chance, take a chance, take a chance
(oh i wish you would come
So leave what you've lost, leave what's grown old on thunder road)

Well now i bought this guitar and i learned how to make it talk
I got my car parked out back if you're ready to take that long walk
From your front porch to my front seat
Well i think we could take it all babe, just you and me
Climb in back baby, the ride's for free
Oh come take my hand, we're gonna ride all the way to the promised land
We'll dance all the way
Oh baby i don't know but i've been told
There's something waiting for us, down that dirty road
If we take our chance, take our chance

Now the season's over and i feel it getting cold
I wish i could take you to some sandy beach where we'd never grow old
Ah but baby you know that's just jive
But tonight's bustin' open and i'm alive
Oh do (baby) whay you can to make me feel like a man
But this 4/4/2's gonna overheat
Make up your mind girl, i gotta get her back out on the street
I know you're lonely like me, oh so don't fake it
And maybe i can't lay the stars at your feet
But i got this old car and she's pretty tough to beat
There's plenty of room in my front seat
Oh if you think you can make it, climb in (so christine climb in)
This is town full of losers and baby i was born to win

Monday morning runs to sunday night
Screaming slow me down before the new year dies
It won't take much to kill a lovin' smile
And every mother with a baby cryin in her arms singin
Give me help, give me strength
Give a soul a night of fearless sleep
Give me love, give me peace
Don't you know these days you pay for everything
Got high hopes

Comin from the cities, comin from the wild
I see a breathless army breakin like a cloud
It's gonna smother love it's gonna shoot your hopes
Before the meek inherit they'll learn to hate themselves
Singin
Give me help, give me strength
Give a soul a night of fearless sleep
Give me love, give me peace
Don't you know these days you pay for everything
Got high hopes

So tell me someone what's the price
I wanna buy some time and maybe live my life
I wanna have a wife i wanna have some kids
I want to look in their eyes and know they're gonna stand a chance
Singin
Give me help, give me strength
Give a soul a night of fearless sleep
Give me love, give me peace
Don't you know these days you pay for everything
Got high hopes

I was there
When you needed someone
Look now baby
And see what we have undone
Oh i did most of the talking
But you were the one who lied

Bye bye baby
Out love is tumbling down
I can't be hanging around
Love on the wrong side of town
Oh baby

You were gone
When i needed you by my side
There was no one
To dry the tears from my eyes
Oh you were the one who cheated
But i was the one who cried

Bye bye baby
Out love is tumbling down
I can't be hanging around
Love on the wrong side of town

Bye bye baby
Out love is tumbling down
I can't be hanging around
Love on the wrong side of town

Bye bye baby
Love on the wrong side of town
Bye bye baby
Bye bye darling
Bye bye baby

I'm proud new jersey is my home
Yeah said i'm proud now new jersey is my home
Well they're breaking out the tractors to build more interstates
They're moving out my neighbors all across the garden state

I'm proud new jersey is my home
Yeah said i'm proud now new jersey is my home
They're closing all the factories making people lose their jobs
While the fat cats get rich living high upon the hog

I'm proud new jersey is my home
Yeah said i'm proud now new jersey is my home
Yeah they're grooving down at freehold this bird's left in line (?)
? ain't what the people had in mind

I'm proud new jersey is my home
Yeah said i'm proud now new jersey is my home

I'm proud new jersey is my home
Yeah so proud that new jersey is my home
Yes we're not gonna take it gonna make that final stand
'cuz you know we ain't ever gonna let them destroy the promised land

Yeah, yeah, yeah

New jersey is my home
New jersey is my home
New jersey is my home and i like it
Yeah i'm going down the garden state parkway i'm passing my hometowns
I'm going here to get my friends gonna mess around this town

Yeah, yeah

(southside johnny and the asbury jukes (better days)
Written by bruce

I know what it's like to have failed baby
With the whole world lookin' on
I know what it's like to have been so sure
Wake up and find it all gone

Now you've got no reason to trust me
And tonight my confidence is a little rusty
It's getting late
And if you don't feel leavin' alone
Well maybe i can walk you baby
All the way home

Our old fears and failures
Well they do linger (oh yes they do)
Like the shadow of that ring
That was on your finger
Well those days darling,
Those days are dead and gone
Oh i could walk you baby
All the way home

Now there's things no one can rearrange
We both have yesterdays that we can't change
It's closing time - bartender's ringing last call
These days i don't stand on pride and
I've learned how to take a fall
Now the time has come
And if your first choice - he's gone
Well that's alright baby
'cause i can walk you all the way home
All the way home
All the way home

Pack up your bags
Don't look back
There's a little place
Out 'cross the the railroad tracks
If you're broken-hearted
And you don't know what to do
But they got a place down there that's just for you

Club soul, club soul city, yeah yeah yeah
Club soul, club soul city, oh yeah

There's a waitress at the back bar
Goes with the the guy that runs the place
She's got hair like a weeping willow
And tears running down her face
She's seen a lot of guys like you coming around
Looking for something that they've lost
Or trying to lose something that they've found
Down at

Club soul, club soul city, yeah yeah yeah
Club soul, club soul city, oh yeah

So if you're down on your spirit
And there ain't no-one who cares
If you're lost and you're lonely
You won't be lonely down there
You can't miss it, it's just up the highway
On the front door there's a sign that says
Restricted to the losing kind

Club soul, club soul city, yeah yeah yeah
Club soul, club soul city, oh yeah
Club soul, club soul city, yeah yeah yeah
Club soul, club soul city, oh yeah

I was born right here on randolph st. in freehold
Here, right behind that big red maple in freehold
Well, i went to school right here, got laid, and had my first beer in freehold
Well, my folks both lived and worked right here in freehold
I remember running up the street past the convent and church here in freehold
Chased my daddy down in these bars, first fell in love with this guitar
Here in freehold

Well, i had my first kiss at the ymca canteen on friday night
Maria espinosis tell me where are you tonight?
You were 13 but way ahead of your time, i walked home with a limp but i felt
Fine that night in freehold
Well, the girls at freehold regional they looked pretty fine
Had my heart broke at least a half dozen times
I wonder if they miss me, if they still get the itch
If they'd dump me if they knew i'd strike it rich
Straight out of freehold

Well, tex rest in peace, and marion gave us kids a hand in freehold
George and i started up a little rock and roll band in freehold
Well, we learned pretty quick how to rock, i'll never forget the feeling
Of that first 5 bucks in my pocket that i earned in freehold
I got outta here really hard and fast in freehold
Everyone wanted to kick my ass back there in freehold
Well, if you were different, black or brown
It was a bit of a red neck town back then in freehold

Well, something broke my daddy's back in freehold
In '69 he left and he never come back to freehold
Said, once he drove to california, 3000 miles in 3 days
Called my relatives some dirty names and drove straight out of freehold
My sister had her first little baby at 17 in freehold
Well, people they can be pretty mean
Honey, you had a rough road to go, but you ain't made of nothin' but soul
I love you more than you'll ever know
We both survived freehold

Well, my buddy mike, he's the mayor now in freehold
I remember when we used to have a lot more hair in freehold
Well, i left and swore i'd never walk these streets again, jack
Tonight all i can say is, holy shit i'm back, back in freehold
Well, this summer everything was green in freehold
Rode my kids on the fire engine through the streets of freehold
I showed 'em where daddy was born and raised, and first felt the sun on his
Face
There in freehold
I still got a lot of good friends right here in town
I can usually find me a free beer somewhere, with offers of free meals i am
Blessed...
Should i go crazy, blow all my money and ruin my life,
Well at least i'll never go hungry, i guess, here in freehold

Well, i got a good catholic education here in freehold
Led to an awful lot of masturbation here in freehold
Father, it was just something i did for a smile
Hell, i still get a good one off once in a while
And dedicate it to freehold
Don't get me wrong, i ain't puttin' nobody down
Hell, in the end it all just goes and comes around
It's one hell of a town
Freehold....

Grab your ticket and your suitcase
Thunder's rolling down the tracks
Don't know where you're goin'
Sky is turnin' black
Well darlin' if you're weary
Lay your head upon my chest
We'll take what we can carry
And we'll leave behind the rest

Big wheels rolling through fields
Where sunlight streams
Meet me in a land of hope and dreams

Well i will provide for you
Ya and i will stand by your side
You'll need a good companion darlin'
For this part of the ride
Ya leave behind your sorrows
Ya this day at last
Tomorrow they'll be sunny skies
And all this darkness past

Big wheels rolling through fields
Where sunlight streams
Meet me in a land of hope and dreams

This train
Carries saints and sinners
This train
Carries losers and winners
This train
Carries whores and gamblers
This train
Carries midnight ramblers
This train
Carries broken hearted
This train
Carries souls departed
This train
Dreams will not be thwarted
This train
Faith will be rewarded
This train
Carries fools and kings
This train
Hear the big wheels singing
This train
Bells of freedom ringing

When you dance
I hear the music rocking everywhere
When you dance
I see the lights shining through your hair
When you dance
The band is blowing like a hurricane
When you dance
You look so fine but you don't know my name

Come near baby, don't be afraid
Just one taste won't do
I can't hold back one more day
Sugar i know i got to dance with you

When you dance
Your smile ain't hiding what you're thinking of
When you dance
Your body trembles like you're making love
When you move, baby
My soul is aching and my blood runs hot
Run into me now
My heart is breaking, shaking what you got

Come near baby, don't be afraid
Just one taste won't do
I can't hold back one more day
Sugar i know i got to dance with you

Shake 'em down now

Come near baby, don't be afraid
Just one taste won't do
I can't hold back one more day
Sugar i know i got to dance with you

Oh yeah baby
When you dance
I hear the music rocking everywhere
When you dance, baby
This time you tumble, honey, i don't care
When you dance

Get up stand up, stand up for your right
Get up stand up, don't give up the fight

Preacher man don't tell me
Heaven is under the earth
I know you don't know
What life is really worth
It's not all that glitters is gold
Half the story has never been told
So now you see the light
Stand up for your right

Get up stand up, stand up for your right
Get up stand up, don't give up the fight

Most people think
Great god will come from the sky
Take away everything
And make everybody feel high
But if you knew what life is worth
You could look for yours on earth
And now you've seen the light
Stand up for your rights

Get up stand up, stand up for your right
Get up stand up, don't give up the fight

We're sick and tired of your easing kissing
Gone to die and go to heaven in jesus name
We know and we understand
Almighty god is a living man
You can fool some people sometimes
But you can't fool all the people all the time
And we've seen the light
We're gonna stand up for our rights

They're grazin' the field
Covered with tar
Can't get a price
To see my way clear
I'm sitting down
At the sugarland bar
It might as well bury
My body right here

Tractors and combines
Out in the cold
Sheds piled high
With the wheat we ain't sold
Silos filled with
Last year's crops
If something don't break me
We'll gonna drop

Well my wife got another
Coming in july
She's just laid up in bed
All she does is cries, cries, cries
Tommy, oh tommy
I'm so alone
Tommy, oh tommy
Oh! won't you stay home

Pa' don't say nothing
Except when it rains
He sits by the window
Listening to the sound of passing trains
Roaring out of the night
Carrying an empty load
We got a whole lot of grain
That ain't got nowhere to go

Well, if prices
Don't get no higher
I'll fill this dustbin with gasand set these fields on fire
Sit out on a ridge
Where the bluebirds fly
And watch the flame rise up
Against this sugarland sky

I pick you up with flowers
When you get off from work
It's like you don't even care
It's like i'm some kind of jerk
I take you out on a date
And then you won't even kiss me
Boy when i ain't around
I'll bet you don't even miss me

I don't know why
I love you like i do
I try and try
You treat me like a fool
It makes me want to cry
It makes me feel so blue
But i just do, baby, i just do

I call you up
Just to pass the time
Soon as you hear my voice
You disconnect the line
And when i call you back
Your mother says you ain't home
Cindy i know that's you on the other end of this phone
Oh in this world
There ain't another like you
My little candy girl
So hard-hearted and cruel
I think that's what
Keeps me coming back
I'm a fool for you cindy and i like it like that

I came to get you last night
Cindy, at quarter to six
Your daddy came to the door
He said cindy got sick
She got sent home from work
With a note from the nurse
And my very presencewould make your condition worse
But it ain't your health
'cause well you sure look fine
Little girl it's something else
That's on my mind
Well you can give it to me
'cause if it's good enough for you
It's good enough for me

I don't know why
I love you like i do
You make me cry
And feel like such a fool
I guess i like it
When you hurt me this way
You dish it out and i just put it away

I was born right here on randolph street in freehold
Here right behind that big red maple in freehold
Well, i went to school right here
Got laid and had my first beer
In freehold

Well, my folks always lived and worked right here in freehold
I remember running up the street, past the condo to the church here in
Freehold
Chase my daddy down in these bars
First fell in love with this guitar
Here in frehold

Well, i had my first kiss at the ymca canteen on a friday night
Maria espenoza tell me where are you tonight?
You were 13 but way ahead of your time
I walked home with a limp but i felt fine
That night in freehold

Well, the girls at freehold regional they looked pretty fine
And my heart broke at least half a dozen times
I wonder if they miss me, they still get the itch
Would they have dumped me if they knew i'd strike it rich?
Straight out of freehold

Well, tex, rest in peace, and marion gave us kids a hand in freehold
George and me started up a little rock and roll band in freehold
Well, we learned pretty quick how to rock it
I'll never forget the feeling of that first 5 bucks in my pocket
That i earned in freehold

Well, i got outta here really hard and fast in freehold
Everybody wanted to kick my ass back there in freehold
Well, if you were different, black or brown
It was a bit of a redneck town
Back then in freehold

Well, something broke my daddy's back in freehold
In '69 he left and he never come back to freehold
'cept once he drove from california, 3000 miles in three days
Called my mothers relatives some dirty names
And pulled straight out of freehold

My sister had her first little baby at 17 in freehold
Well people they can be pretty mean
Honey, you had a rough road to go, but you ain't made of nothin' but soul
I love you more than you'll ever know
We both survived freehold

Well, my buddy mike, well, he's the mayor now in freehold
I remember when we used to have a lot more hair in freehold
Well, i left and swore i'd never walk these streets again, jack
Tonight all i can say is "holy shit, i'm back!"
Back in freehold

Well, this summer everything was green in freehold
Rode my kids on the fire engine through the streets of freehold
I showed 'em where their dad was born and raised
And first felt the sun on his face
There in freehold

Well, i still got a lot of good friends right here in town
I can usually find me a free beer somewhere
With offers of free meals i am blessed
Should i go crazy, blow all my money and ruin my life, well, at least i'll
Never go hungry i guess
Here in freehold

Well, i got a good catholic education here in freehold
Led to an awful lot of masturbation here in freehold
Father, it was just something i did for a smile
Hell, i still get a good one off once in a while
And dedicate it to freehold
Don't get me wrong, i ain't puttin' anybody down
Hell, in the end it all just goes and comes around
It's one hell of a town, freehold!

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 *(?)*
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

Every day i <can't believe> i wanna be around you
Gotta gotta gotta gotta be, i wanna be with you
What i want ... baby, ...
But god, i just can't stop and let you go

And i can't leave you
Tonight!
All i wanna do is kiss your lips
Tonight!
All i ...fingertips
Tonight!
...
Tonight tonight tonight tonight tonight
Woah, tonight.

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Come on come on come on come back, baby, ...
And i've got ...
Well i ...
When i ...
And i...

Tonight!
Tonight!
All i wanna do is kiss your lips
Tonight!

Tonight!
Tonight tonight tonight tonight tonight
Woah, tonight

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Tonight!

Tonight!

Tonight!
Tonight tonight tonight tonight tonight

Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight

Rainy night down in the engine house
Sleepin' just as still as a mouse
A man came along and chase us out in the rain
Well was that a vigilante man?

Stormy days, we pass the time away
Sleeping in some good warm place
A cop come along we give him a little race
Say was that a vigilante man?

Well tell me why does a vigilante man
Tell me why does a vigilante man
Carry that sawed off shotgun in his hands
To shoot his brothers and sisters down that no good vigilante man

Well i ramble around from town to town
Yeah i ramble around from town to town
Yeah and they run us around like a wild herd of cattle lord
Is that your vigilante man?

Well tell me why does a vigilante man
Tell me why does a vigilante man
Carry that club in his hands
Would he beat an innocent man down that no good vigilante man

How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, and how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

How many years can a mountain exist
Before it is washed to the sea
Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head,
Pretending he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

Once upon a time you dressed so fine
You threw the bums a dime in your prime
Didn't you
People called say beware doll
You're bound to fall
You thought they were all
Kidding you
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hanging it out
Now you don't talk so loud
Now you don't seem so proud
About having to be scrounging
For your next meal

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be without a home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone

You've gone to the finest school
Allright miss lonely
But you know you only used to get
Juiced in it
Nobody's ever taught you
How to live in the street
And now you're gonna have to get
Used to it
You say you never compromise
With the mystery tramp
But now you realize
He's not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And say do you want to do
Make a deal

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your homewith no direction home
A complete unknown
Like a rolling stone

You never turned around to see the frowns
On the jugglers and the clowns
When they all did tricks for you
You never understood that it ain't no good
You shouldn't let other people
Get your kicks for you
You used to ride on the chrome horse
With your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a siamese cat
Ain't it hard when you discover that
He really wasn't where it's at
After he took from you everything
He could steal

How does it feel
How does it feel
To hang on your home
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone

Princess on the steeple
And all the pretty people
They're drinking thinking
That they got it made
Exchanging all precious gifts
But you'd better
Take a diamond ring
You'd better pawn it babe
You used to be so amused
At napoleon in rags
And the language that he used
Go to him now he calls you
You can't refuse
When you ain't got nothing
You got nothing to lose
You are invisible nowyou got no secrets to conceal

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your home
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone

Johnny works in a factory and billy works downtown
Terry works in a rock 'n' roll band looking for that million-dollar sound
Me i got a little job down in darlington but some nights i don't go
Some nights i go to the drive-in and some night i stay home

You see i followed that dream just like those guys do way up on the screen
With a built-up challenger down route 9
Through the dead ends and all the bad scenes
And when the promise was broken i cashed in a few of my old dreams

You see i built that challenger by myself
But i needed money and so i sold it
And i lived a secret i should have kept to myself
But i got drunk one night and i told it
All my life i fought that fight
The one that i can't ever win
And everyday it just gets harder to live
The dreams i'm believing in
Thunder road
Oh baby you were so right
Thunder road
There's something dying on the highway tonight

Well now my daddy taught me how to walk quiet
And how to make my peace with the past
And i learned real good to tighten up inside
And i don't say nothin' unless i'm asked

When the promise is broken you go on livin'
But it takes something from down in your soul
Like when the truth is spoken
And it don't make no difference
Something in your heart turns cold

You see i followed that dream, me and some guys
Through the dead ends and all the two-bit bars
When the promise was broken
I was drunk and far away from home
Sleeping with a stranger in the back seat of a borrowed car
Thunder road
And when it washes away with the rain
Thunder road
You learn to walk among the remains
Thunder road
I remember when me and terry we'd always say
Thunder road
We were gonna take it all
And throw it all
Away

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
Look out!
Help up without a gun
Help up without a gun
Help up without a gun

(some man) drew eight hundred dollars (doing off a
Squeeze)
Ain't got nowhere to go and nothing to eat
(driving up so blow us) better sign here son
Watch out!
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 the time
If i don't break the limit tryin' 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

Well every night i see a light up in your window
But every night you won't answer your door
But although you won't ever let me in
From the street i can see your silhouette sittin' close to him
What must i do
What does it take
To get you to

Talk to me
Until the night is over
Talk to me
Well until the night is over, yeah yeah yeah
I got a full week's pay
And baby i've been working hard each day
I'm not asking for the world you see
I'm just asking girl
Talk to me

Well late at night i hear the music that you're playing soft and low
Yes and late at night i see the two of you swayin', so close
I don't understand darling what was my sin
Why am i down here below while you're up there with him
What did i do
What did i say
What must i pay
To get you to

Talk to me
Until the night is over
Talk to me
Well until the night is over, yeah yeah yeah
I got a full week's pay
And baby i've been working hard each day
I'm not asking for the world you see
I'm just asking girl
Talk to me
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I don't understand darling what was my sin
Why am i down here below while you're up there with him
What did i do
What did i say
What must i pay
To get you to

Talk to me
Until the night is over
Talk to me
Well until the night is over, yeah yeah yeah
I got a full week's pay
And baby i've been working hard each day
I'm not asking for the world you see
I'm down on my bended knees
I'm just asking darling please won't you
Talk to me

Times are tough there baby there
It's getting tougher now
This world is rough honey it's
Just getting rougher now

Their on top there baby
Just tryin' to score-well
Seen enough, honey i don't
Wanna see no more
Drop on down and cover me
On down and cover me

Sometimes girl i just wanna
Leave it all behind us, yeah
Hold me in your arms tonight let's
Let our love blind us, yeah

Inside i feel the pain that
The hatred and the sorrow
I wanna shut the light, baby
C'mon and shut the door
Drop on down and cover me
On down and cover

I just wanna close my eyes and
Let your love surround me
I wanna close my heart to
To this world around me

The anger and the heartlessness
All the good things guilty
Come closer baby
Now-closer still now
Drop on down and cover me
On down and cover me

Well, i dreamed i was a gypsy riding the land
With a tambourine and a gypsy queen and a rainbow caravan
??? ???? yeah, but i won't be
Stealing diamonds from the rich men to throw in the sea

Singing look to the land 'cause the land is the key
Keep an eye on the lake, yeah and an eye on the sea

Yes, i dreamed i was a cabin boy on that american clipper line
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Oh bring flowers for the captain that they may not wilt
On the ??? ????? (yeah, allright)

Yes i dreamed i was the captain of a river queen
Carressing mississippi waters down to new orleans
Just a riverboat captain that's what i want to be
Won't you come on now i'll let you ride my ??

Singin' look towards the river for the river's the key
Keep an eye on the river and an eye on the sea (and you know it's allright)

Where the sun shines i will go mama take my hand
I wanna bring you to the lake
And the wild wind blows and the mountains grow and the people know
Yes they know you must let the river flow, let the river go

Where the river flows i will follow, where the sun shines i must go
Now mama, take my hand i wanna bring you to the lake
Where the wild wind blows and the people know
And the mountains grow, yes they grow
And the river flows, gotta let the river flow

Yes i dreamed i was a river flowing free
And i dreamed that ?? just flow naturally
Yes i dreamed i was a crystal mountain stream
Running down the biggest mountain you've ever seen, singin'

Look towards the river for ?????
Keep an eye on the river and an eye on the sea

Dreamed i was your lover 'cause that's what i wanna be
I dreamed that every night you dreamed only of me
We'll walk together by the sea hand in hand
I'd tell you you were my only woman and i'll be your only man, singin'

Look towards the lovers for they are the key
Keep an eye on the lovers and an eye on the war machine

She's a broken winged angel
Refugee from things her mama knew
And she's done everything the bible say not to do
Well i don't know if she believes in jesus
The good book, or even satan you see
I'm just trying to get her to believe in me
Oh, 'cause when i see her face
No matter where i am i'm in the right place
And the girls i left behind
Oh, they never satisfied me, it's so true
But baby, baby, you do
She's the belle of eighth street
High society's midnight vamp
Oh, she's my queen and i'm her tramp
Yes she's a free falling flyer
And she flows whichever way that the wind blows
And she's the only woman i never knew
Who could teach me more about me, bind me in chains
And still let me be free
My heart swells up inside
Starts beating like i'm gonna die
And my body breaks in pain
As she falls down on me like the rain
It's only her and my songs that keep me from going insane
And i guess i'm one of those people
Who measures love in pain
You see, i never had too much personal success
And to me there's nothing sweeter
Than a teardrop of rain
I just love that feeling of sadness
Oh and it worries me so ...

She's my west side angel
She looks so funky in her hollywood wing
And she knows how i stumble when i talk
So she says: "don't talk, babe, just sing"
And i have seen her body in candle glow
In the deep heart of the night
When you finally let loose of everything
Oh, and she loves me like such a good woman
And still, oh, she's just a sweet young thing
And i know this might sound crazy
Or just the words of a young fool
But i swear i'd be on the floor
And she ever walked out the door
I swear i'd wish that she would shoot me first
And i know that sounds insane but sometimes i believe it's true
And that's what scares me worst

'cause i dance for her
Take any chance for her
And i play for her
Lord god knows i play for her
And i need for her
And i bleed for her

She's leaving, she's leaving
Everybody knows
She's leaving, she's leaving
And i feel like such a fool
She left me standing here just two feet tall
I just don't know how she could do it
In front of our friends and all
She had better things to do and bigger plans
I thought we could make it with just us two
But i guess we can't
'cause she can't
And i'm only one man
But i love her

It's winter
Suddenly it's winter
And i feel so cold inside
It's different
It could've been so different
If only she didn't feel that need to lie
What's the matter girl
Didn't you think i was that strong
That you couldn't tell me
What was going on

Vibes man in the alley, play me your spitball serenade,
And a deeper blue and you'll be playing in your grave.
Save your notes, spend them on your blues, boy.
Help your darlin' yearlin' blues, boy.
Hit the church note, ring it!
Vibes man sing the trashcan hear your junkman singing.

Fish lady, don't you bait those tenement walls.
Don't take corner boys because they're too easy.
You were born black and blue,
You didn't have to wait for somebody to hit you.

Take my arm, i'll move with you down broadway.
Take my arm, oh honey, i'll walk with you down broadway.
I'm the young man and i'll be proud,
And i can talk real loud.
And i'm from out of town, too.

Won't you come home with me.
Won't you come home with me.
But no, cause she won't take a train,
Oh, she won't take that train.
Oh, she won't take a train.
Oh, she won't take that train.
She won't take a train.
Oh, she won't take that train.
Oh, she won't take a train.
Oh, she won't take that train.
You won't take the train.
She won't take the train.

Cause she's afraid those tracks are gonna slow her down.
And when she turns around,
I'm gonna be gone like the ???????

Well it's saturday night in new jersey
And you're feeling kinda wet
Now the summer heat is getting you worried
So you try to look as innocent as you can as you sweat
And you've got a woman on the other side of the law
But it ain't cool to go see her yet
Because her ex-old man's a city cop
Who thinks he's auditioning for dragnet
So you stand on the corner looking kinda torn
And in the blue light lounge
Where death was born
The jazz musician blows his horn

You pop a letter to your baby in richmond
'cause you're feeling pretty down
She's kinda small but at least she's a rich one
Oh, and she needs you real bad
And sometimes that's all that counts
You had a teenage band and flying hands
And oh, you was pretty big, you were pretty big in the
South
But you passed out on stage and flew into a rage
And someone tried to revive you
Mouth to mouth
You felt a pain in your chest
As you passed the crown
And in the blue light lounge
The lights went down
And the audience slipped silently out of town

Well now the atheist he burns you for laughing out loud
Because he can't understand what you're saying
And the word's out when they pushed him in the hole
Everybody knows that he went out praying
Oh, now the park is dark but the sidewalk's bright
And alive with the light of the living
Oh and mama can i walk you home tonight
'cause it's a big bad city
And this boy's got a lot for the givingi'm stranded in the jungle
First stage witness at a company killing
I'm clutching my high school diploma, shuffling my feet
Promised sixty bucks a week
And guaranteed top billing
Well you can live a life of love in new york
Only if you don't, if you don't love living
And i met this taxi driver who drives me around town
Telling tales of his back seat women

And out on the corner there's no room to move
'cause everybody's trying so hard to groove
And in the blue light lounge
The jazz musician plays his blues

Here she comes, walking down the street
You know she's walking just like she's walking to come and see
Oh she's so young
And she's so fine
I know what's on your mind, know what you want to do
But if you mess with her, i'm gonna mess with you
You better watch your step, you better stay in line

This little girl is mine, oh oh
This little girl is mine, oh oh
This little girl is mine, this little girl, this little girl is mine
Oh oh this little girl is mine
This little girl is mine, oh oh
This little girl is mine, this little girl, this little girl is mine

Well if the world were mine to do with what i want to do, sir
Well i'd wrap it up in a bow and giver it all to her
Yeah and all of my love, all of the time
You know i'd hold her tight, i'd never let her go
And late at night you know i'd love her so
Yeah i'd treat her right, so she'd never mind
That

This little girl is mine, oh oh
This little girl is mine, oh oh
This little girl is mine, this little girl, this little girl is mine

Hey ! you better watch out
I'm telling you the score
Or you're gonna be sweeping your broken heart up off the floor
Oh and that ain't all
I'm telling you my friend

I know what's on your mind, know what you wanna do
But if you mess with her, i'm gonna mess with you
You like the way she moves, you like to watch her walk
You better listen up, 'cause man this ain't just talk
You better watch your step, you better stay in line

This little girl is mine, oh oh
This little girl is mine, oh oh
This little girl is mine, this little girl, this little girl is mine
Oh oh this little girl is mine
This little girl is mine, oh oh
This little girl is mine, this little girl, this little girl is mine

This little girl is mine, oh oh
This little girl is mine, oh oh
This little girl is mine, this little girl, this little girl is mine
Oh oh this little girl is mine
This little girl is mine, oh oh
This little girl is mine, this little girl, this little girl is mine

Well i've been walking through midnight
And there's no trace of dawn
I'm stuck in this moonlight
It's leading me on
My body's on fire
And i can't stand the pain
This burning desire
I feel once again

Now i'm fighting with madness
As i move down the street
Surrounded by sadness
I can't take this heat
The streetlamps are glowing
Like coals in the mist
Their lights keep me moving
I just can't resist

Now there's peace in this valley
But none in my mind
Like a drunk in an alley
I'm stumbling blind
With no destination
At an unholy speed
I must keep on moving
Try to walk off this need

Well you flash your tongue like diamonds
You tied me to your wildcat schemes
And you forced me into a power dive
And left your mark on my jeans
And i hear the word on your soldiers
And i hear the word on jesus too
I heard the word on the country
But i never heard the word on you

Your love was like a machine gun
I wore your bugle in my belt
And i was your kid glove lover
All the cards were yours
You always dealt
And i stood before your soapbox
Noiseless and shoeless
Playing my pantry boy's games
You had your hands raised up to the sky
Shouting oh sunday deity
Oh big daddy longlegs
Come down and bless your sister please
You were shoutin' orders about the construction
Going on down the highway
You were namin' names, blamin' blames
And you blamed me

You wore your heart like a challenge
Far and apart for anyone who came
Open and wide like the river
With rocks on both sides to keep the water tame
But i heard the word on your high tides
And i felt the pain when i tried
To rip your flood gates wide
And pull your body on over to my side
Where we both could hide
But you heard about the freedom ride
And you heard about the highway crew
Who could cut the light a little bit faster than you
So you left me just your shoes

And i hear the word on jesus
And i hear the word on his marching troop
And i hear the word on the country
But i never heard the word on you

Verse 1:
I worked hard, baby, night and day
The things i had somebody took away
They took away everything i earned
But there's one lesson that'a i have learned

Chorus:
You got to hold on, little girl, to what you've got (4x)

Verse 2:
I been pushed and i been knocked down
But i picked myself right back up off the ground
And baby there's one thing that i have found
Fighting's the only way's to stand your ground

Chorus:
You got to hold on, little girl, to what you've got (4x)

Bridge:
I've been used, i've been abused
I've had, baby, my regrets
I've been lost, i paid the cost
But there's one thing i ain't gonna forget

Verse 3:
I've heard some hard lines, i've seen some cryin' times
Bad luck and trouble they been friends of mine
Got to stand straight and stare right at your face (fate?)
And play it hard before it's too late

Chorus:
You got to hold on, little girl, to what you've got (8x)

The moonlight dances on her face
I got my lips ????
I'm living the life of a lie
It was for me, for me that she died

That's what you get for loving me (repeated 4 times)

???? [whole line unintelligible]
True love, unhappiness
I fall down on my knees and i cry
It's my way of saying goodbye

That's what you get for loving me (repeated 5 times)

The moonlight is ?? on the ???
As i ??? (into my?) head
And i, i'm gonna cry
It's my way of saying goodbye

That's what you get for loving me (repeat to fade)

41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots

41 shots, and we'll take that ride
Across this bloody river to the other side
41 shots, they cut through the night
You're kneeling over his body in the vestibule
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)
Ain't 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 now on these streets charles
You got to understand the rules
Promise me if an officer stops you'll always be polite
Never ever run away and promise mama you'll keep your hands in sight

Cause 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

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)

41 shots and we'll take that ride
Across this bloody river to the other side
41 shots my boots caked in mud
We're baptized in these waters and in each other's 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)
No secret my friend
You can get killed just for living in
You can get killed just for living in
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

Tweeter and the monkey man were hard up for cash,
They stayed up all night selling cocaine and hash,
To an undercover cop who had a sister named jan.
For reasons unexplained she loved the monkey man.

Tweeter was a boy scout 'fore she went to vietnam,
And found out the hard way, nobody gives a damn.
They knew that they found freedom just across the jersey line,
So they hopped into a stolen car, took highway 99.

And the walls came down,
All the way to hell.
Never saw them when they're standing,
Never saw them when they fell.

The undercover cop never liked the monkey man,
Even back in childhood he wanted to see him in the can.
Jan got married at fourteen to a racketeer named bill,
She made secret calls to the monkey man from a mansion on the hill.

It was out on thunder road, tweeter at the wheel,
They crashed into paradise, they could hear them tires squeal.
The undercover cop pulled up and said "everyone of you's a liar,
If you don't surrender now it's gonna go down to the wire."

And the walls came down,
All the way to hell.
Never saw them when they're standing,
Never saw them when they fell.

An ambulance rolled up, a state-trooper close behind,
Tweeter took his gun away and messed up his mind.
The undercover cop was left tied up to a tree,
Near the souvenir stand, by the old abandoned factory.

Next day the undercover cop was hot in pursuit,
He was taking the whole thing personal, he didn't care about the loot.
Jan had told him many times, "it was you to me who taught
In jersey anything's legal, as long as you don't get caught".

And the walls came down,
All the way to hell.
Never saw them when they're standing,
Never saw them when they fell.

Some place by rahwey prison they ran out of gas,
The undercover cop had cornered them, said,
"boy you didn't think this could last?"
Jan jumped out of bed, said, "there's someplace i gotta go".
She took the gun out of the drawer, said, "it's best that you don't know".

The undercover cop was found face down in a field,
The monkey man was on the river bridge, using tweeter as a shield.
Jan said to the monkey man, "i'm not fooled by tweeter's curl,
I knew him long before he became a jersey girl."

And the walls came down,
All the way to hell.
Never saw them when they're standing,
Never saw them when they fell.

Now the town of jersey city is quieting down again,
I'm sitting in a gambling club called the lion's den.
The tv set was blown up, every bit of it is gone,
Ever since the nightly news showed that the monkey man was on.

I guess i'll go to florida and get myself some sun,
There ain't no more opportunity here, everything's been done.
Sometimes i think of tweeter, sometimes i think of jan,
Sometimes i don't think about nothing but the monkey man.

And the walls came down,
All the way to hell.
Never saw them when they're standing,
Never saw them when they fell.