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When i was a hitchhiker on the road
I had to count on you
But you needed me to ease the load
And for conversation too
Or did you just drive on through.

You didn't see me in toronto
When i first tried out some hash
Smoked some then and i'll do it again
If i only had some cash
Only had some cash.

Then i tried amphetamines
And my head was in a glass
Taped underneath the speedometer wires
Of my '48 buick's dash.
But i knew that wouldn't last.

Then came california
Where i first saw open water
In the land of opportunity
I knew i was getting hotter
I knew i was getting hotter.

But the neon lights
And the endless nights
The neon lights
And the endless nights
The neon lights
And the endless nights
The neon lights
And the endless nights
They took me by surprise
The doctor gave me valium
But i still couldn't close my eyes
I still couldn't close my eyes.

Then came paranoia
And it ran away with me
I couldn't sign my autograph
Or appear on tv
Or see or be seen
See or be seen
Or see or be seen.

Living in the country
Sounded good to me
Smoking grass while the summer lasts
In the real organic sea
Where everything was green
Everything was green.

Then we had a kid and we split apart
I was living on the road
A little cocaine went a long long way
To ease that different load
But my head did explode
My head did explode.

I wish i was an aztec
Or a runner in peru
I would build such beautiful buildings
To house the chosen few
Like an inca from peru.

When i was a hitchhiker on the road
I had to count on you
But you needed me to ease the load
And for conversation too
Or did you just drive on
Did you just drive on
Did you just drive on through.

Or did you just drive on
Did you just drive on
Did you just drive on through.

I've got the love art blues
Don't know which one to choose
There's really something to lose,
With these love art blues.

I went and played too hard,
And i lost my mind.,
Oh, these love art blues
Leave me a heavy one.

My songs are all so long
And my words are all so sad
Why must i choose
Between the best things i ever had.

I spilled my promise cup
I really don't know why
Now the distance lies
Between you and i.

My songs are all so long
And my words are all so sad
Why must i choose
Between the best things i ever had.

I've got the love art blues
Don't know which one to choose
There's really something to lose,
With these love art blues.

I went and played too hard.

Well i hate to say the farmer was the last of a dying breed
Living off the land and taking what he needs
Don't say much for the future when a family can't survive
I hate to say the farmer was the last of his kind

In the struggle for parity, not one man's voice can sound
Cuz the foundation of the conglomerate is firmly in the ground
Yeah they wanna feed the world, but for power and for greed
Then they'll cut off the supply until they get what they need

Well i dreamed i saw a dustbowl where the farmers used to live
Earth was flying thru the sky, it had nothing left to give
Tractors were burning on the white house lawn
Just woke up one morning and the farmers all were gone

Well i hate to say the farmer was the last of a dying breed
Living off the land and taking what he needs
Don't say much for the future when a family can't survive
I hate to say the farmer was the last of his kind

Don't say much for the future when a family can't survive
I hate to say the farmer was the last of his kind

Well, i'm goin', i'm goin'
Goin' on a downhill slide.
I'm goin', i'm goin'
Goin' on a downhill slide.
Things feel so easy
I'm never gonna change my mind.

I'm goin', i'm goin', i'm goin'.

Well, ride me babe
Hang on to my hat
Ride me babe
Hang on to my hat
I'll howl like a wolf
Scream like an alley cat.

I'm goin', i'm goin', i'm goin'.

Don't wanna change my mind.
Don't wanna reel it in.
Don't wanna stop this slidin' honey
That's the shape i'm in.

I'm goin', i'm goin' on a downhill slide.
Things feels so easy
I'm never gonna change my mind.

I'm goin', i'm goin', i'm goin'.

Goin', goin', goin', goin', goin'.

I'm goin' on a downhill slide.

Watch me now, watch me now.

Goin', goin', goin', goin', goin'.

Every morning got sun to shine
Every day got plenty of time
Every night there's a moon so fine
There for you, my amber jean.

Still some lines that should get crossed
Still some coins that might be tossed
Still some love that hasn't been lost
There for you, my amber jean.

Amber jean, oh, amber jean,
Prettiest eyes i've ever seen.

Every morning got sun to shine
Every day got plenty of time
Every night there's a moon so fine
There for you, my amber jean.

Sometimes i think that i know
What love's all about
And when i see the light
I know i'll be all right.

I've got my friends in the world,
I had my friends
When we were boys and girls
And the secrets came unfurled.

City of brotherly love
Place i call home
Don't turn your back on me
I don't want to be alone
Love lasts forever.

Someone is talking to me,
Calling my name
Tell me i'm not to blame
I won't be ashamed of love.

Philadelphia,
City of brotherly love.
Brotherly love.

Sometimes i think that i know
What love's all about
And when i see the light
I know i'll be all right.
Philadelphia.

Someone wants to blow up the planet
Johnny wants to find out why
Johnny did a show in st. louis
Love came through the sky.

Oh yeah, they were camped out,
Waiting for the sun to rise
Oh yeah, johnny sang out
Love into the sky.

Johnny found a place out in texas
Waiting for him to come
Made himself a reservation
And hope came, in the gun.

Oh yeah, he was flying,
Waiting for the sun to rise
Oh yeah, color by numbers
Waiting for the sun to rise.

Johnny did some time in the army
Johnny did a stint in vietnam.
Now he can't forget it,
His mind is confused, slipping from his twisted hand.

Oh yeah, he's still back there
With one hand on the gun
Oh yeah, he's still back there
Waiting for the rising sun.

Now johnny likes to go down the highway
The wind singing in his ears
Right up as most things go whirring by
By day everything looks clear.

Oh yeah, johnny ride on
Gonna find a special home
Oh yeah, down the highway
Looking for the rising sun.

For the love of man
Who could understand
What goes on
What is right and what is wrong
Why the angels cry
And the heaven's sigh
When a child is born to live
But not like you and i.

Let the angels ring the bells
In the holy hall
May they hear the voice
That calls to them
For the love of man
Who will understand
It's alright
I know it's alright.

Down the dusty road
To the forest church
Let wander there
Let me wonder why
On the ocean wave
In the billowing sky
Let wander there
Let me wonder why.

Let the angels ring the bells
In the holy hall
Let them hear the voice that calls.
For the love of man
Who will understand
It's alright
But i wonder why.

I wonder why.
I wonder why.
I wonder why.
I wonder why.

Sweet joni from saskatoon
There's a ring for your finger
It looks like the sun
But it feels like the moon

Sweet joni from saskatoon
Don't go, don't go too soon.

Who lives in an old hotel,
Near the ancient ruins.
Only time can tell,
Time can tell.

Go easy, the doorman said
The floor is slippery,
So watch your head.
This message read.

Sweet joni from saskatoon
There's a ring for your finger
It shines like the sun
But it feels like the moon.

Sweet joni from saskatoon
Don't go, don't go too soon.

Believe me,
When i tell you
That a love true
Isn't hard to find.

'cause i found mine
And she's so fine
Like a lifeline
From across the sea.

None of the neighbors
Remember names,
They only see the faces
With destinations still unnamed.
It's hard to leave the traces
For someone to follow.

Young pegi just died today
Young pegi just died today
And i guess nobody even knows the case
But the way the story goes
She just ran out of clothes
No will this world
Just for the peg down
Last words, can't talk
And then she wrote.

Some people can't stand no rain
Some people can't stand no rain
When it's cloudy outside
You can't see the sun
But on a bright and sunny day
The people all go away
Except one
Oh no don't pity me babe
I know i'm alright
O yeah, i'm alright.

Don't see no tears around me
Don't see no tears around me
I don't take too much stock
In the things people say
I'm not saying that they're wrong
They've just been standing around too long
Gone bad,
Oh no, don't pity me babe
I know i'm alright
O yeah, i'm alright.

Can't ride my broom no more
Can't ride my broom no more
'cause the landlady's taken
To sweeping the floor
I guess i'll go back to my place
And occupy a little space
John doe,
Oh no, don't pity me babe
I know i'm alright
O yeah, i'm alright.

The streets are crammed, can't walk
Might find somebody and talk
I can't find nobody who
Say boo, guess who
'cause that street is paved with aires
And everybody is putting on theirs
Can't breathe
Oh no, don't pity me babe
I know i'm alright
O yeah, i'm alright.

He's standing outside my door
He's standing outside my door
But he won't ring the bell
And he's just to scared to knock
And he's puzzled
And he's young
And he's doing what's already been done
One more
Oh no, don't pity me babe
I know i'm alright
O yeah, i'm alright.

Oh no, don't pity me babe
I know i'm alright.

Pretty maui mama
Lying over the water
With my sun in your eyes
When you hear the melody play
It changes every day
Oh, hawaiian sunrise

Once when we were there
We had relaxing times,
Thought we might settle down.
But the music called me
And my friends have much to spread around,
We moved from town to town.
Hawaiian sunrise.

And in the morning when you rise,
Will you look in my son's eyes?
I know you do.

Pretty maui mama
Lying over the water
With my moon in your eyes
From my hotel window in the clouds
I love you right out loud.
Ohm hawaiian sunrise.

And in the morning when you rise,
Will you look in my son's eyes?
I know you do.

No, i'm not gonna to hide my feelings
Couldn't if i tried
No, i'm not holding them inside
Holding back is so close to stealing
Though we both have tried
We could lose it all if we lied.

Someday it's later than
The feelings we have now
It's of the ground
I've always played around
But now i don't know how.

Listen easy because i'm saying
What i mean this time
Sharing words i always said were mine
I was breezy, now i'm swaying
Like the tree we climbed
Asking you to give me one more sign.

You're still the child
Suspended in space
Crying out to you
Beckons you to yet another fine place
Where the trials of life are few
Who says you are coming on
Don't think you're living long
They won't remember you
The rent is always due.

The cloudy men
Who take their place
And stand in line
They do
Know not of
The satin face
That separates them from you
Just put your blue jeans on
Grab your guitar and write a song
Don't think i'm kidding you
The rent is always due.

She rides a broom
With gold-plated straw
And flutters around
And dies
The brylcream fools
Just standing on
Digesting all their lives
But then you walk along
And she starts coming on
Beneath her melting broom
The rent is always due.

I am a lonely visitor.
I came too late to cause a stir,
Though i campaigned all my life towards that goal.
I hardly slept the night you wept
Our secret's safe and still well kept
Where even richard nixon has got soul.
Even richard nixon has got
Soul.

Traffic cops are all color blind.
People steal from their own kind.
Evening comes to early for a stroll.
Down neon streets the streaker streaks.
The speaker speaks, but the truth still leaks,
Where even richard nixon has got soul.
Even richard nixon has got it,
Soul.

The podium rocks in the crowded waves.
The speaker talks of the beautiful saves
That went down long before he played this role
For the hotel queens and the magazines,
Test tube genes and slot machines
Where even richard nixon got soul.
Even richard nixon has got it,
Soul.

Hospitals have made him cry,
But there's always a free way in his eye,
Though his beach just got to crowded for his stroll.
Roads stretch out like healthy veins,
And wild gift horses strain the reins,
Where even richard nixon has got soul.
Even richard nixon has got
Soul.

I am a lonely visitor.
I came too late to cause a stir,
Though i campaigned all my life towards that goal.

On the lake, the deep forbidden lake,
The old boats go gliding by,
And the leaves are falling from the trees
And landing on the logs and i
See the turtles heading for the bog
And falling off the log.
They make the water splash,
And feeling no backlash,
They climb the happy banks.

On the boats, the old and creaky boats,
The shoreline goes gliding by,
And the wind, there was a dying breeze,
Is making the banners fly.
See the colors, floating in the sky,
The pride of the captain's eye,
As he glides
His slender craft inside
And opens up the door.

On the coast, the long and tempting coast,
The cards on the table lie,
And a speech, so eloquent in reach,
Was made by a passerby,
Passing by the way between
Here and left behind.
And it ripples through the crowds
Who run and cast their doubts
In the deep forbidden lake.

Yes, it echoes through the crowds
Who run and cast their doubts
In the deep forbidden lake.

Winding paths through tables and glass
First fall was new
Now watch the summer pass
So close to you.

Too late to keep the change,
Too late to pay,
No time to stay the same
Too young to leave.

No pass out sign on the door set me thinking
Are waitresses paying the price of their winking?
While stars sit in bars and decide what their drinking,
They drop by to die 'cause it's faster than sinking.

Too late to keep the change,
Too late to pay,
No time to stay the same
Too late to keep the change,
Too late to pay,
No time to stay the same
Too young to leave.

Find out that now was the answer
To answers that you gave later
She did the things that we both did before, now,
But who forgave her.

If i could stand to see her crying
I would tell her not to care.
When she learns of all your lyin'
Will she join you there?

Country girl i think you're pretty,
Got to make you understand,
Have no lovers in the city,
Let me be your country man.
Got to make you understand.

Come to see her in the river
She'll be there to wave to you
In the hope that you'll forgive her
She will join you there.

Find out that now was the answer to answers that you gave later
She did the things that we both did before now and who forgave her?

Now you see how down you've fallen
Now you hear your conscience call
Thank yourself alone for not stalling
I'm not there to call

Call me a fool, 'cause i need her and see her but now you're now
Something inside you will tell you
I'm wise to what you're spreading round.

If i could stand to see her cryin'
I would tell her not to care
When she learns of all your lyin'
Will she join you there?

Find out that now was the answer to answers that you gave later.

There was an ill wind blowing
Through my hair last night
That froze me in my blue jeans.
I couldn't find a light
I know that something's coming
I can feel it in my bones
Thank god for those old country boys,
I ain't out here alone.

My friends all tell me
I got daggers in my eyes
There's an anger in my heart
That they don't realize
I'm mad as hell at something
That i don't understand
Thank god i'm on the road tonight
With this old hillbilly band.

Thank god i'm on the road tonight
With this old hillbilly band.
We may not be good looking
But we sure get outta hand
Was that the devil's stagecoach
Flying over the rio grande?
Thank god i'm on the road tonight
With this old hillbilly band.

I swear that the devil
Came visiting me last night
Surrounded my old stagecoach
With his eerie light
He was pounding on my windows
Rattling my wheels
I may not be the devil
But i know just how he feels.

Thank god i'm on the road tonight
With this old hillbilly band.
We may not be good looking
But we sure get outta hand
Was that the devil's stagecoach
Flying over the rio grande?
Thank god i'm on the road tonight
With this old hillbilly band.

I told you babe once before
Don't want you hangin' around my door
You better find another shoulder
Find another shoulder
Find another shoulder
'cause honey, i don't love you anymore.

I told you babe, you're no good,
Don't want you messin' up my neighborhood.
You better find another shoulder
Find another shoulder, babe
Find another shoulder
'cause honey, i don't love you anymore.

Ah, here's your ticket for the coast, start light,
Leave here baby, stay out of sight.
You better find another shoulder
Find another shoulder
Find another shoulder
'cause honey, i don't love you anymore.

Find another shoulder
Find another shoulder
You better find another shoulder
'cause honey, i don't love you anymore.

I told you baby, once before
Don't want you messin' outside my door
You better find another shoulder
Find another shoulder
Find another shoulder
'cause honey, i don't love you anymore.

When you see the golden trigger
Stand before your eyes
By the time you stop to figure
Lady wingshot flies away.

You are so inviting
And i feel so in tune with you.
Your draw is fast as lightning
My eyes are captured by your moves.

You ride in three-ring splendor
I find i'm rising with the crowd
Too small for you to see me
Although i'm yelling right out loud.

When you see the golden trigger
Stand before your eyes
By the time you stop to figure
Lady wingshot flies away.

You are so inviting
And i feel so in tune with you.
Your draw is fast as lightning
My eyes are captured by your moves.

My my, lady wingshot
Why can't you slow down in a crowd.
Bye bye, lady wingshot,
Each blow is ringing true and loud.

By stephen stills & neil young


Know you got to run,
Know you got to hide
Still there is a great life
Lingerin' deep within your eyes.

Open up, open up, baby let me in.

You expect for me to love you
When you hate yourself, my friend.

Everybody, i love you
Everybody, i do
Though your heart is in anger
I need your love to get through
When i tell you i love you
You can believe that it's true

Everybody, i love you
Everybody, i do.

I'm not the same man
I was a while ago
I've learned some new things,
I hope that it shows.

I'm free to give my love,
But you're not the one i'm thinking of,
So for me the wheels are turning
Got to keep the homefires burning.

I'll walk these borders
In search of a line,
Between young lovers
Who live separate lives.

How long can this go on?
I can hear another song,
Late at night when i've been drinking
Substitute comes at me winking.

How long can this go on?
I can hear another song,
Late at night when i've been drinking
Substitute comes at me winking.

I'm not the same man
I was a while ago
I've learned some new things,
I hope that it shows.

I'm free to give my love,
But you're not the one i'm thinking of.

My brother went to prison
He's in kingston doin' time
He got seven years for sellin'
What i've been smokin' all my life
Time off for good behavior
But the boy don't feel too good
Locked behind those steel bars
I don't know if he should

Yeh a few years ago they called me
Back home to get a big award
They also called my brother
But they made him say "my lord"
They locked me up in a hall of fame
And threw away the keys
But when they put my brother away
It really did somethin' to me

Now i'm guilty as hell for sayin'
"boy you better go back home"
You know you'll get a fair shake there
We're running all alone
When he called me up from the border
With the mounties on his tail
I said go back to canada
We can raise the bail

Now i get these letters
From a cell with no tv
He says he's outside one hour
And inside twenty three
Time off for good behavior
But the boy don't feel too good
Locked behind those steel bars
I don't know if he should

Now i'm guilty as hell for sayin'
"boy you better go back home"
You know you'll get a fair shake there
We're running all alone
When he called me up from the border
With the mounties on his tail
I said go back to canada
We can raise the bail

My brother went to prison
He's in kingston doin' time
He got seven years for sellin'
What i've been smokin' all my life

Now, new york city on a friday night
A lot of things happenin', a lot of bright lights.
Saw a pretty woman all dressed in red
She turned to me and this is what she said
She said, honey i got the blues
I got the blues from ridin' all night in these high heel shoes.

Well, she took me to the corner that she called her home
Turned around and we were all alone.
Come on in, she said with a smile
Come on in and we can rest a while.
Well, honey i got the blues
I got the blues from ridin' all night in these high heel shoes.

I said, listen here, honey, i been around
You ain't foolin' me, 'cause i know what you've found.
She bent kinda low and then she tickled my lips.
She said, listen here, son. i'm gonna give you a tip
Honey i got the blues
I got the blues from ridin' all night in these high heel shoes.

Bad news is come to town
He's walking three feet off the ground
He's ordering another round.
Bound by his own ideas,
Lost, doesn't know where she is found.

Bad news is fighting mad
He went and lost the biggest prize he ever had
But a prizefighter can't be sad
When he smiles under golden lights and lamps
Taking daylight fights again and again.

Bad news is come to town
He's walking three feet off the ground
He's ordering another round.
Bound by his own ideas,
Lost, doesn't know where she is gone.

Bad news is fighting mad
He went and lost the biggest prize he ever had
But a prizefighter can't be sad
When he smiles under golden lights and lamps
Taking daylight fights again and again.

Bad news is come to town.

It's rainin' in paradise
It's rainin' in paradise
It's rainin' in paradise
Here come the clouds
There's a big wind blowin' through town
The rooster crows
But we're sleepin' in past dawn
It's rainin' in paradise
It's rainin' in paradise
When you chase the sun
Chase it half way around the world
The rainbow comes
When you least expect it to.
It's rainin' in paradise
It's rainin' in paradise
It's rainin' in paradise

Sun comes up
Sun comes up.

When you chase the sun
Chase it half way around the world
The rainbow comes
When you least expect it to
When you least expect it to
When you least expect it to
It's rainin' in paradise
It's rainin' in paradise
It's rainin' in paradise

When you walk in a room
You hold your head up high
You talk to people eye to eye
There's nothing to hide
You're feeling so complete inside
Your heart feels so complete inside
'cause you got love.

If you got love
You know you got it
If you got love
Can't live without it
If you got love
The world you're walking in
Is at your command

You're staring in the face of scorn
You know your spirit can't be torn
You're living like a satellite
Maintain your distance through the night
You know that something isn't right
Your heart tells you it's just not right
'cause you got love.

If you got love
You know you got it
If you got love
Can't live without it
If you got love
The world you're walking in
Is at your command.

If you got love
The world you're walking in
Is at your command
If you got love
To share
If you got love
To share.

love is a rose but you better not pick it
Only grows when it's on the vine
Handful a thorns and you know you've missed it
Lose your love when you say the word mine

I want to see whats never been seen,
I want to live an angels dream
Boys and girls lets get together
And do the best right now

I want to go to a old hoe-down
Long ago in a western town
Pick me up, my feet are draggin'
Give me a lft and i'll hay your wagon

Love is a rose but you better not pick it
Only grows when it's on the vine
Handful a thorns and you know you've missed it,
Lose your love when you say the word mine

I want to see whats never been seen
I want to live and angels dream
Boys and girls lets get together
And do the best right now.
And do the best right now.

If you're looking for me
You'll find me resting in the shade
Of the mountains and trees
Beneath the cool summer breeze
And i don't mind if you stay
Everybody's alone
Everybody's alone

People talking to me
Someone saying that i'm not the same
That's not so easy to be
But when i'll learn to be free
I wonder if i'll miss the pain
Everybody's alone
Everybody's alone

All i want you to know
Is that i love you so much
I can hardly stand it
When everybody's alone
Everybody's alone
Everybody's alone
Everybody's alone

Here comes another day
And another
I got so many ills and pills
I'm about to smother
Hit 39, leavin' the top 40 behind
Holdin' on to what i got

I tried to tell myself
It doesn't matter
It's just the time of life
Another rung in the ladder
Each morning i
Look in her sky-blue eyes
The downside of life looks better

That old man standin' on the corner
He should be proud of those lines on his face
'cos either he's been laughin' too much
Or feelin' too much pain

Here comes another day
And another
I sure am glad
I got you for a lover
Hit 39, leavin' the top 40 behind
Holdin' on to what i got

That old man standin' on the corner
He should be proud of those lines on his face
'cos either he's been smilin' too much
Or feelin' too much pain

Here comes another day
And another
I sure am glad
I got you for a lover
Hit 39, i'm leavin' the top 40 behind
Holdin' on to what i got

Hit 39, leavin' the top 40 behind
Holdin' on to what i got

In a dusty town a clock struck high noon, two men stood face to face.
One wore black and one wore white, but of fear there wasn't a trace.
Two hundred years later two hot rods drag through the very same place,
And a half a million people
Moved in to pick up the pace, a factory full of people.
Makin' parts to go to outer space, a train load of people.
They were aimin' for another place, out of town people.

There's a man in the window with a big cigar, says everything's for sale.
The house and the boat and the railroad car, the owner's gotta go to jail.
He acquired these things from a life of crime, now he's selling them to raise his bail.
He was rippin' off the people.
Sellin' guns to the underground, tryin' to help the people.
Lose their ass for a piece of ground, rippin' off the people.
Skimmin' the top when there was no one around, tryin' to help the people.

He was dealing antiques in a hardware store but he sure had a lot to hide.
He had a backroom full of the guns of war and a ton of ammunition besides.
Well, he walked with a cane, kept a bolt on the door with five pit bulls inside,
Just a warning to the people
Who might try to break in at night, protection from the people.
Selling safety in the darkest night, tryin' to help the people.
Get the drugs to the street all right, ordinary people.

Well, it's hard to say where a man goes wrong, might be here and it might be there.
What starts out weak might get too strong, if you can't tell foul from fair.
But it's hard to judge from an angry throng of hands stretched into the air,
The vigilante people.
Takin' law into their own hands, conscientious people.
Crackin' down on the druglord's land, government people.
Confiscatin' all the dealer's land, patch-of-ground people.

Down at the factory, they're puttin' new windows in.
The vandals made a mess of things, and the homeless just walked right in.
Well, they worked here once, and they live here now, but they might work here again,
They're ordinary people.
And they're livin' in a nightmare, hard workin' people.
And they don't know how they go there, ordinary people.
And they think that you don't care, hard workin' people.

Down on the assembly line, they keep puttin' the same thing out.
But the people today, they just ain't buyin', nobody can figure it out.
Well, they try like hell to build a quality end, they're workin' hard without a doubt,
They're ordinary people.
And the dollar's what it's all about, hard workin' people.
But the customers are walkin' out, lee iacocca people.
Yeah, they look but they just don't buy, hard workin' people.

Two out of work models and a fashion slave try to dance away the michelob night.
The bartender poured himself another drink, while two drunks sat watchin' the fight.
The champ went down, then he got up again, and then he went out like a light,
He was fightin' for the people.
But his timing wasn't right, for las vegas people
Who came to see a las vegas fight, high rollin' people.
Takin' limos though the neon night, fightin' for the people.

And then a new rolls royce and a company car they went flyin' down the street.
Each one tryin' to make it to the gate before employees manned the fleet.
The trucks full of products for the modern home, set to roll out into the street
Of downtown people.
Tryin' to make their way to work, nose-to-the-stone people.
Some are saints, and some are jerks, hard workin' people.
Stoppin' for a drink on the way to work, alcoholic people.
Yeah yeah, they're takin' it one day, one day at a time.

Out on the railroad track, they're cleanin' up number nine.
They're scrubbin' the boiler down, well, she really is lookin' fine.
Awe, she's lookin' so good, they're gonna bring her back on line,
Ordinary people.
They're gonna bring the good things back, nose-to-the stone people.
Put the business back on track, ordinary people.
I got faith in the regular kind, hard workin' people,
Patch-of-ground people.

Down the mountainside
To the coastline
Past the angry tide
The mighty diesel whines.

And the tunnel comes
And the tunnel goes
Round another bend
The giant drivers roll.

I rode the highball
I fired the daylight
When i turned sixty-five
I couldn't see right.

It was mr. jones,
We've got to let you go
It's company policy
You've got a pension though.

Roll on, southern pacific
On your silver rails
On your silver rails
Roll on, southern pacific
On your silver rails
Through the moonlight.

I put in my time
I put in my time
Now i'm left to roll
Down the long decline.

I ain't no brake man
Ain't no conductor
But i would be though
If i was younger.

Roll on, southern pacific
On your silver rails
On your silver rails
Roll on, southern pacific
Roll on, on your silver rails.

Live to ride, ride my dream machine
Good conditions sometime are a screen
Running from the daily grime
He was, he was a friend of mine
Gonna take a long, long time
But this thing will fade away
Running from the daily grime
He was, he was a friend of mine.

Live to ride, ride in the lonesome wind
Cross the line, you can't come back again
Never let a dream machine
Gather dust in your garage
Gonna take a long, long time
But this thing will fade away
Running from the daily grime
He was, he was a friend of mine.

Gonna take a long, long time
But this thing will fade away
Running from the daily grime
He was, he was a friend of mine.

Live to ride, ride my dream machine.

Run around babe,
I'm only losing my mind
Run around babe,
Don't try to be
Something you weren't meant to be
If you are not loving me
I'll know it's because
You want to be free
Oh, oh, run around babe,
Oh, oh, run around babe.

When we were young
We left our worries behind
When we were young
Left not to be
The worry is back on me
And it's not hard to see
That that's the way it has to be
Oh, oh, run around babe,
Oh, oh, run around babe.

Run around babe,
I'm only losing my mind
Run around babe,
Don't try to be
Something you weren't meant to be
If you are not loving me
I'll know it's because
You want to be free
Oh, oh, run around babe,
Oh, oh, run around babe.

The summer ends and the winter winds
Begin to holler all around the bend.
We will smile and sail away
This won't be no sadness day
When the winter winds greet the trees back there.

We can watch the turbine turning in the wind
Up on the ridge line, before the fog rolls in.
Falling leaves in the autumn air
People feeling good everywhere
When the winter winds greet the trees back there.

We can watch the turbine blowing in the wind
Up on the ridge line, before the fog rolls in.
We will smile and sail away.
This won't be no sadness day
When the winter winds greet the trees back there.

Five cheat card thief, misled skinhead,
Tell me where it's at?
Is it cool to bring it up again?
Will i blow my cat?
Misplaced tinselface, weekend pretend,
Am i on your track?
I would love to live close to you,
Could i bring my cat?

Cowgirl, sailor,
Do you know who you are?
Cowgirl, sailor,
Do you know who you are?
Do you know who you are?

Overfed premed, outfront gaspump,
Will i fix my car?
Pinch yourself when i smile at you,
Baby, i'm a star!
Turned on, tuned in, cop out, sell out,
Do you know who you are?
I took the time to try to fit you in,
Was i off too far?

Cowgirl, sailor,
Do you know who you are?
Cowgirl, sailor,
Do you know who you are?
Do you know who you are?

One day a visitor took a trip through my town
We all were dancin' till he took his beat away
Come to think of it, he thought of every last detail
Slipped out late one night
Completely out of sight
Left his message etched into my brain.

And when the gates are closed on the road of plenty
The fist comes poundin' down you feel it everyday
It's hard to really know if you are full or empty
Here it comes again
You think i'm your old friend
But now we're not so easily found.

Me and my old corvette, we were flying through the night
Chasin' my blonde lover down skyline
She saw the tail lights flash to avoid the crash
It was way too late
When i hit the brakes
And we went spinnin' with a screeching sound.

I was talkin' to my friend, tellin' him i lucked out
He smiled at me and said i'm glad you feel that way
And when i wrote that down on a piece of paper
Beneath a garbage heap
Down upon the street
A mariachi band began to play.

Up in the gold hotel, the money hits the table
The heavies are all there, that's why the deal goes down
With beautiful women all dressed in diamonds and sable
Down upon the street
Beside a garbage heap
A mariachi band began to play.

In eldorado town there lives a great bullfighter
His eyes are screamin' blue, his hair is red as blood
And when the gate goes up, the crowd gets so excited
Then he comes dancin' out
Dressed in gold lami
He kills the bull and lives another day.

Good lookin' milly's got a gun in her hand
But she don't know how to use it.
Sooner or later she'll have to take a stand
And she ain't about to lose it.
All the towns people gather around
They've come to see what's going down
Although no one hears a sound
There's another poor man falling down.
Falling down, falling down.
Falling down, falling down.

On this lazy shore
Standing at the edge of you.
Could those dreams of yours be true
Or did you, did you, did you
Pushed it over the end?
How much time did you spend?
Pushed it over the end.

Good lookin' milly's into politics now
And things are looking much better
She keeps ten men in her garage
Knitting her fine sweaters.
At the end of a weary day
She feels hard and she looks hard.
Although no one hears a sound
There's another poor man falling down.
Falling down, falling down.
Falling down, falling down.

I came back for more
And found you waiting at the door
And far inside your walls i called
Did you, did you, did you
Pushed it over the end?
How much time did you spend?
Pushed it over the end.

How much love did you spend?
Pushed it over the end.

If you travel with
Those who know you well
I can recommend
Stay at love hotel.

Every room a hallway
Softly sell
Don't get stranded on the lift
Of the love hotel
Love hotel, love hotel, love hotel.

Don't deny yourself
It wants simple truth
Ring for give and take
As the floor and room.

Every room a hallway
Who can tell
Don't get stranded by the lift
Of the love hotel
Love hotel, love hotel, love hotel.

Every room a hallway
Softly sell
Don't get stranded by the lift
Of the love hotel
Love hotel, love hotel.

Bad fog of loneliness
Put a cloud on my single-mindedness
I dream of sweet caress
From you.

What makes tomorrow guess
What makes me take from me, and put aside the rest
I dream of sweet caress
From you.

So long woman i am gone
So much pain to go through
Come back maybe i was wrong

Bad fog of loneliness
Put a cloud on my single-mindedness
I dream of sweet caress
From you.