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And the caravan is on its way
I can hear the merry gypsies play
Mama, mama, oh will you never run away?
She laughs playing with her radio
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
And the caravan has all my friends
And they will stay with me until the end
Gypsies robbing sleep in the road
Tell me everything i need to know
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
Turn up your radio
Let me hear your song
Switch on your electric light
So we can get down to what is really wrong
Because i long just to hold you tight
So that i can feel you
Sweet lady, oh mother night
I shall revere you
Turn it up
Turn it up
Little bit higher radio
Turn it up

I was born in the jungle
With the sickening smell of cinnamon in the air
I was born in a white hole and i can't believe the colors here
They stalk on a circle
I've never been blessed with elephant's memory
I'm riding a red line nowhere

Refrain

If it takes 40 years for the gun to be paid for
If it takes 40 years i'll put the money away
If it takes 40 years to get the things that i need sir
If it takes 40 years i'll walk the thunder and the rain

I was born in a good home
Where the rising cost of raising children
Was not a factor and you can't believe the things it does to me
I feel with the white noise (?)
Well i never did much of anything anyway
Jump n a big train nowhere
On a big train nowhere

Refrain

I wanna buy me a good heart, and a conscience, maybe raise some children
I wanna get me a good wife, and god and god and god and god
And i'll start me a new life with a six foot color television
I'll start me a new life somewhere

I was born on a warm night
On the right coast, southeastern america
Dead on arrival, but you can't believe the things you hear
I'll fly me a white plane over water over blue and green and land in the
Ocean somewhere

Who built the ball that is this earth?
Gave me life, and water for my thirst.
Home for a heart till death from birth
And we're only love, at it's best or worst.

Love calling your name
I will live on
Calling your name

Who wrote the pages of our lives?
In black and white, and taught me wrong from right
It's your heart that held you tight
But we're only love
Spin me around and round and round

Love calling your name
I will live on
Calling your name

And the world seems like my enemy
The waterfall of frowns
And the wave of life will capture me
And i'm falling down upon love

C'mon now darling
I'm falling falling down on love
I'm falling down, falling down on love
I'm falling down on love

If i had a dollar
For every time
You broke my heart,
Messed up my mind

Well i'd be the richest man
I'd be the richest man
...in the world

If bad times paid interest
I'd have you to thank
I'd be driving a new car,
Have money in the bank

I'd be the richest man
I'd be the richest man
...in the world

Baby..money can't buy love
The kind i dream of is so hard to find
For a good womans touch in the morning when i rise
Well baby i'd give up every single dime

Money cant buy love
The kind i dream of is so hard to find
For a good woman's touch in the mrning when i rise
Baby i'd give up every single dime

If teardrops were diamonds from the african mines
If heartaches were silver
My whole life would shine
And i'd be the richest man
I'd be the richest man
...in the world

Baby.

I'm an outcast that no one can save anymore
And the days of my youth, have all long gone by now
I was the kind of boy the devil would offer a smoke or a drink to
Or a ride downtown to some god forsaken land

One sunday morning at dawn you know they baptized my soul
But they held me down so long christ i almost drowned
Yeah i was the kind of boy who never learned to smile
So i kicked and i screamed
'till i tore myself lose from all these great big hands oh yeah

Chorus:
Wiseblood knows how to walk the way the wind blows
Wiseblood hears grace whisper right behind

My mommma, she turned around and said
"little boy you better wake up....cause your a walking dead"
Oh she was the kind a girl who never touched a smoke or a drink
She just smoldered like an empty church left to burn in the wind

Hey now bulldog, don't you rush in with your eyes wild.
Hey there big bear, take a moment to decide.
All these angels scared to walk the wire line.
"stand tall, angels", says the bulldog with a smile.

They get you in a corner shut your eyes
They come at you at night.
They get you in a corner shut your eyes
They come at you at night.
One less bell to warn ya
One more chance to say goodbye.

I don't think i understand you.
I don't really think i do.
I don't think i understand you.
I don't really think i do.

Hey louise what's the barrier between love and me?
And how far is it from long and need?
What are you supposed to mean to me?
What do you mean to me?

They get you in a corner shut your eyes
They come at you at night.
They get you in a corner shut your eyes
They come at you at night.
One less bell to warn ya
One more song to play
I'm going back to california
Gonna get your chance to say goodbye

Hey matthew is anybody mean to you?
And don't you harbor points of view?
Secretly believe you're due?

I don't think i understand you.
I don't really think i do.
I don't think i understand you.
I don't really think i do.

Well ya got one less bell to warn ya
One more song to play
I'm going back to california
Gonna get your chance to say goodbye
One less bell to warn ya
One last chance to say goodbye.

Good morning baby, guess you wanna touch me now
You wanna put your hands on my face
Tell me you love me,
Tell me you need me
Don't say you love me
Don't say anything...
'cause i am not that kind of man, i'm much less than you think i am...

So many people are just like jesus,
They drag all this weight, you can't see anything better...
Don't know where they've been
Or where they are
Well tell me what the hell's the reason when we never get anywhere...
But you want me to say "hey, it's okay..."
But i'm so dizzy baby, just get the hell away from me...

How can you breathe?
How can you see?
I can't even sleep when you're with me...
I'm sick of summertime
I know, all of the best things in life are unkind
To be everything i could be, anything
But all the time i'm thinking, "if i only had a pair of wings..."
But you want touch me
Just get your hands off me
Don't touch me
And baby, i can't see that you see

How can you see?
How can you breathe?
I can't feel a thing when you're with me...

I can't take it this way, i hope you understand,
Don't you fucking touch me
I can hardly stand to look at you

How can you breathe?
How can you see?
How can you breathe?
How can you see?
I can't even sleep when you're with me
How can you breathe?
How can you see?
I can't feel...
I can't feel a thing...
Can't feel a thing...
Can't feel a thing...
Can't feel a thing...

It's crazy but often clear
But often clear
We shimmer and disappear
In color, in black and white
Black and white
We slowly fade out of sight

But these days were lit by lightning
These lights all were white

It's crazy but somehow clear
Somehow clear
We ride in silence out of fear
We spoke and soon come alive
Come alive
We prefer the silence of the blind

But these days were lit by lightning
These lights all were white
These days were lit by lightning
Of sharp,light,sharp,white,light,hard,good,white

We're crazy but often kind
Often kind
Enrage and in violence blind
You gather, and that alone
That alone
We race in small circles home

But these days were lit by lightning
These lights are were white
These days were lit by lightning
Of sharp, white, light

These days were lit by lightning
These lights are were white
These days were lit by light

Wake up, maggie, i think i got some-thing to say to you:
It's late september and i really should be back at school.
I know i keep you amused, but i feel i'm being used.
Oh, maggie, i couldn't have tried any more.
You lured me away from home, just to save you from being alone.
You stole my heart and that's what really hurts.
The morning sun, when it's in your face really shows your age.
But that don't worry me none; in my eyes you're everything.
I laughed at all of your jokes, my love you didn't need to coax,
Oh, maggie i couldn't have tried any more.
You lured me away from home, just to save you from being alone.
You stole my soul that's a pain i can do without.
All i need was a friend to lend a guiding hand.
But you turned into a lover and mother what a lover your wore me out.
All you did was wreck my bed, and in the morning kick me in the head,
Oh, maggie i couldn't have tried any more.
You lured me away from home, 'cause you did'nt want to be alone.
You stole my heart i couldn't leave you if i tried.
I suppose i could collect my books and get back to school.
Or steal my daddy's cue and make a living out of playing pool.
Or find myself a rock and roll band that needs a helping hand,
Oh, maggie, i wish i'd never seen your face.
You made a first class fool out of me,
But i'm as blind as a fool can be.
You stole my heart, but i love you anyway.
Maggie, i wish i never seen your face.
I'll get on back home one of these days.

She said hey
Smoke at three
Georgia moonlight
It's three a.m.
I've been driving all night
Got a funny air
Red-brown hair
In the porch light
She said 'we're open all night
So won't you come inside
It's gonna be alright'

She said child
I said i'm a little bit unstable
She said 'honey, i will help you if i'm able
There's a bottle of relief on the table
And we're open all night
So won't you come inside
It's gonna be alright'

She said 'i was born the year the rockets landed
Circa 1969 and i got stranded
Yeah, but the comet's getting close
And i can't stand it.'
She said 'we're open all night
So won't you come inside
It's gonna be alright'

She said hey
Smoke at three
Georgia moonlight
It's eight a.m.
I've been drinking all night
And there is nothing i will not do to make it alright
She said 'we're open all night
So won't you come inside
It's gonna be alright'

Gonna get out on the road tonight
I got a hollow in my head


Checking it up,
Baby,one more time for you
Checking it up,
Until the pot hits the sky


It's like i think
I'm sick of cocaine
Got a feeling like
It's running in my brains


Checking it up,
Baby,one more time for you
Checking it up,
Until the pot hits the sky
Even the best best years
Leave a lot to be desired
When they pass you by


All these seasons
All this time
(is getting passed?)
Until they leave you
All behind
Lay me down in the circle
Where the spotlight shines
All this pleasure gets me high


Some people will cut you
Untill you're bleeding
But not me
I just want to do it to myself


Checking it up,
Baby,one more time for you
Checking it up,
Until the pot hits the sky
Even the best years
Are a waste of time
But,baby,i'm a big star now


All these seasons,
All this time
(is getting passed?)
Until they leave you
All behind
Lay me down in a circle
Where the spotlight shines
All this pleasure gets me high


All these seasons,
All this time
(is getting passed?)
Until they leave you
All behind
Lay me down in the circle
Where the spotlight shines
(looking?) back on the people
Who draw the line
Put your faith in the answers
That you can find
Hit the (?) (phone?) running down
That highway line
Say a prayer for the ones
You left behind
All this pleasure gets me high


I don't want to give it back......

She had four white stallions coming up around the bend
Four strong angels at her command to send
Four more seasons, for all thats broken to mend

I got four good reasons why i cant go back there again

She had skin like a statue, milky white and pure
Carved by an artist who's hand is demure
Got a mind like a sabre
Razor sharp and sure

God how i hate myself for still wanting her

Tell me its nicer dreaming, visions soft and sure
No way to find theres nothing left to me and her
Nothing more but a heart still at war

She had four white stallions coming up around the bend
Four strong angels already sent
Four more seasons for all thats broken to mend...

Put on your bad self
Get out your party dress
And fix up your makeup
Try to make a good impression

This is a new world
We're all the same here
Well, maybe not the same
But you know what i mean

I've got everything that you want
I've got everything and
Someday i'll be president
And i've got everything that you want
I've got everything
Except the single thing you really need

Separate love from addiction
It's not the same
I know i see desperation pulling my strings

Hey, eliza, now what do you want?
I play piano, and i sing like a hummingbird
And, oh, i forgot that
Hummingbirds don't sing
It doesn't matter really
You know what i mean

I've got everything that you want
I've got everything
And it's a brand new world, eliza
I've go everything that you want
I've got everything
Except the single thing you really need

Set away blood and rejection
I know i see the generation staring back at me
Wasted away
Wasting my time
This picture you see
Is nothing like the one you wanted painted of me

Well, i deserve this
That's all right with me
(??) you should know (??)
It wouldn't be the first time
You know, it's happened a couple of times before
Man, i don't even expect much anymore
But anyway
It's not as if i were waiting for you to come and make it all okay

Seperate between blood and rejection
I know i see visions of people running over me
Yeah, wasted away
Wasting my time
This picture you see
Is nothing like the one i wanted painted of me

Put on your bad self
Get out your party dress
And fix up your makeup
Try to make a good impression

They're wakin' up mama 'cause everybody else has got ____
She makes a little action with her head. rolls over
And she says she's gonna sleep for a couple of minutes more
I've said "i'm sorry" to mama for the cold hear___
I've said "i'm sorry", by now, at least once to j____"
She says, "i've forgotten what i'm supposed to do
And it slips my mind what i'm supposed to say?
I'm getting older and older and older
And always a little farther out of the way
You look into her eyes and it's more than you hear
In august and everything after, you get a little ____

I stumbled into washington square just as the sun b____
I walked across the lawn to the cathedral
And lay down in the shadow of st. ___
I'm just one of three late model children waiting for the king
But there ain't no sign of elvis in san fransisco
It's just me, and i'm playing this rock and roll thing
She wants to be just like me
I want every damn thing i can see.
One day you're daddy's little angel,
Next day you're everything he wanted you to be
They dress you up in white satin
And they give you your very own pair of wings
In august and everything after, i'm after everything.