unknown

A lonely man i know myself to be
It's not as bad as some things i have seen.
The picture painted here is not a dream
The only reality is the way it seems.

The happier you fly
The sadder you fall
The laughter in your eyes
Is never all.

Give me strength to move along.
Give me strength to leave my sweetheart.

I'm riding down swept road in my old car
The moon is almost full except for stars.
The party ended long before the night
She made me feel alive and that's all right.

The happier you fly
The sadder you fall
The laughter in your eyes
Is never all.

Give me strength to move along.
Give me strength to leave while she's gone.

The happier you fly
The sadder you fall
The laughter in your eyes
Is never all.

Give me strength to move along.
Give me strength to move along.
Give me strength to move along.

Never thought love had a rainbow on it
Used to think a cloud was a nightmare
That was up until i first met you
Now i go around hoping you care.

Dance, dance, feel it all around you
Dance, dance, dance,
Never thought love had a rainbow on it
See the girl dance
See the girl dance.

Mississippi mud never touched her fingers
California sand lies in her hand
Love her more than life as the daylight lingers
Early in the morning i'll be her man.

Dance, dance, feel it all around you
Dance, dance, dance,
Mississippi mud never touched her fingers
See the girl dance
See the girl dance.

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'.

Just like a young boy running down the road
I'm singing out the same old song
Can't go back the way i started from
The road goes on and on
Won't you help me, help me, help me, help me,
Help me, help me, help me, help me,
Make my way on home
Help me make my way on home
After berlin.

Lights are shining in the german sky
Clouds make walls between the moon and i
Don't know where i started from
So won't you take me, take me, take me, take me,
Take me, take me, take me, take me,
Just the way i am
Ah, take me, just the way i am
After berlin.

I'll be cruising down the corridor
Seeing things i never seen before
Tomorrow morning in old berlin
Where they lock you out or lock you in
Won't you save me, save me, save me, save me,
Save me, save me, save me, save me,
From the final day
Save me from the final day
After berlin.

Just like a young boy running down the road
I'm singing out the same old song
I can't go back the way i used to go
The road goes on and on
Won't you help me, help me, help me, help me,
Help me, help me, help me, help me,
Find my way back home
Won't you help me make my way on home
After berlin.

Help me, help me, help me, help me.
Help me, help me, help me, help me.

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.

Bonus track only on lp (and b-side of a single)


Children are laughing in the sun
I count the voices one by one
But i'm not there to share the fun
I'm out on the interstate
I can hear a soft voice calling
Calling me to bring my guitar home.

I'm happy singing in a crowd
The lights are bright, the music's loud
I like to look in every face
But out on the interstate
I can hear a soft voice calling
Calling me to bring my guitar home.

Out in the dusty desert wind
The fox goes looking for a friend
She sees a light around the bend
I'm out on the interstate
I can hear a soft voice calling
Calling me to bring my guitar home.

Selling papers on the corner,
I saw a man yesterday.
I asked him if he'd wanna
Tell me what made him this way.
He said, when it's born, it's warm,
Then it gathers strength in lies,
When it falls, it falls all over you.

Well, i came home late one night
And much to my surprise
I was thrown right across the kitchen floor
She hit me right between the eyes.
Now i'm living in the doghouse, doghouse
Doghouse, doghouse,
Doghouse, doghouse.

I was out with a friend of mine
We were feeling mighty fine
And we sure was movin' fast
And i didn't make it back on time
And she put me in the doghouse, doghouse
Doghouse, doghouse,
Doghouse, doghouse.

I had a big tall red with one of my friends
He was feeling mighty fine
When i came home late that night
She hit me right between the eyes
And she put me in the doghouse, doghouse
Doghouse, doghouse,
Doghouse, doghouse.

She put me in the doghouse,
Doghouse, doghouse,
I'm living in the doghouse,
Doghouse, doghouse,
Doghouse, doghouse.

So if you find yourself in a party mood
Let your conscience be your guide
Don't be like me and let lefty win
Or you'll find yourself outside
Living in the doghouse, doghouse
Doghouse, doghouse,
Doghouse, doghouse.

I won't apologize
The light shone from in your eyes
It isn't gone,
It will soon come back again.

Though we go our separate ways
Lookin' for better days
Sharin' our little boy,
Who grew from joy back then.

And it's all because of that love we knew
That makes the world go round.
Separate ways, separate ways.
Separate ways, separate ways.

Me for me, you for you
Happiness is never through
It's only a change of plan
And that is nothing new.

As we go our separate ways.
Lookin' for better days
Sharin' our little boy,
Who grew from joy back then.

And it's all because of that love we knew
That makes the world go round.
And it's all because of the love we knew
It makes the world go round.
Separate ways, separate ways.
Separate ways, separate ways.

If you want to go riding in the tall green grass,
Try to not spook the horse.

If you want to pet that old hound dog,
Make sure he ain't rolled in shit.

There's a pretty little girl, and she's living down there,
Down on her daddy's farm.

If you're going to mess around with that chick,
Be sure to close the barn door.

Try to not spook the horse.
Make sure she ain't rolled in shit.

There's a field of green and an old red barn
Deep in the valley of hearts.

If you want to go riding in the tall green grass
Try to not spook the horse.

Try to not spook the horse.
Try to not spook the horse.

Goodbye dick, goodbye dick.
But i saw you walkin the white house lawn.
Goodbye dick, goodbye dick.
Goodbye rosemary, goodbye rosemary.
I saw you take your typewriter out of the white house door
No one wants you to type here anymore
Goodbye rosemary, goodbye rosemary.

The statue of liberty is breathing in the air
Atlantis is waiting down below.
Late at night, flashing lights are sighted in the air.
It's no secret, what everybody knows.
It really don't matter much, which way i go.
But remember to pull over in the storm.

Have you seen the evening coconut
Bobbing on the bay?
Standing on the water's edge of stone
Someone there besides you
To hear the words you say
To show you things your eyes have never known.

Evening coconut, evening coconut
Evening coconut, evening coconut
Evening coconut, evening coconut
Evening coconut, evening coconut
Evening coconut, evening coconut

The statue of liberty is breathing in the air
While atlantis is waiting down below.
Late at night, flashing lights are sighted in the air.
It's no secret, what everybody knows.

Evening coconut, evening coconut
Evening coconut, evening coconut
Evening coconut, evening coconut
Evening coconut, evening coconut

Trans am
The wagons in the valley had pulled up for the night
Seth said "go get the plow out merle, this place looks just right"
By then they were surrounded, by dawn they all were dead
I heard this from the old trans am, up the road ahead
That cowboy just kept talking, i thought i heard him say
He used to ride the santa fe before the tracks were laid
Trans am

A nasty wind was blowing through the gates of eden park
One was swinging and one was hanging,
And the street lights all were dark
It crawled along the boulevard with two wheels on the grass
That old trans am was dying hard, but still had lots of gas
The golden gate was open wide, the sun came shining through
Where once the angels stood and cried everything was new
Trans am

Global manufacturing, hands across the sea
The hotel filled with dealers, everything was free
Before the competition, ahead of all the rest
The product was presented, it clearly was the best
The power link was ruptured, the hotel shook and rolled
The old trans am just bounced around and took another road
Trans am

An old friend showed up at the door
The mile posts flying by
He said come on, i said what for
He said i'll show you why
I got a call from north of here
They said some girl's broke down
There's good money in it for you and me
If we can get her back to town
She's somewhere north of barstow
Lost on 66
An old trans am by the side of the road
That needs a headlight fixed
Trans am

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.

Time for me to show my hand
Let them know just who i am
'cause i've been down and back again.

I'm so tired of talking to strangers,
Close my eyes and i see the danger
I feel like making some changes.

So tired of talking to strangers,
Close my eyes and i see the danger
I feel like making some changes.

Your love is good to me
I should be standing tall
And walking proud
Your eyes keep looking out
And your heart keeps beatin' on
Oh yeah, without your love i would surely die.

Some night when i'm alone
I get to wonder what's been shown
And your love is like a light
Showing me the way through the night
Oh yeah, without your love i would surely die.

Your love is good to me
Good to you i try to be
Don't leave me, babe
Yeah, if i get the blues
My love you'll never loose
Don't ever take away your love.
Your love, your love.
Your love, your love.

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.

The night was cold
And the wind was howling
I was awaken by the sound
Of hoof beats pounding.

Outside the window, on the ground
Our hound dog was growling
Grey riders flew across my lawn
I looked again and they all were gone.

That voice was calling
And it cut through the night
Come on boys, let her go.

Up on a hill
They rode in one long column
They were freezing with the chills
Of the new day dawning.

Their hair long and grey
They heard just one voice calling
Grey riders on the morning sky,
The sun made diamonds of their road-weary eyes.

That voice is calling
And it cut through the night
Come on boys, let her go.

The night was cold
And the wind was howling
I was awaken by the sound
Of hoof beats pounding.

Outside the window, on the ground
Our hound dog was growling
Grey riders flew across my lawn
I looked again and they all were gone.

That voice was calling
And it cut through the night
Come on boys, let her go.

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.

Day and night we walk these aisles
In the same old movie show
And look for someone to feel for a while.
There's matinees on saturdays
When we sit in the velvet chairs
Popcorn boxes fly through the air.

Sad movies, they make you cry
Sad movies make you wonder why
You ever came.
Do something to me,
Don't make me wait
Stab something through me,
Don't cry out the good things
That i appreciate.

Day and night we walk these aisles
In the same old movie show
And look for someone to feel for a while
The light's go on, the movie's gone
And the manager's up there
He says he doesn't care
And we take our money back.

Sad movies, they make you cry
Sad movies make you wonder why
You ever came.

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.

Back in the days of covered wagons
A man had his own way
Whether talkin' to a woman
Or crossing the u.s.a.
No telephones were ringing
No angry words exchanged.
I wish i was back in the saddle now
Riding on the range.

Let your fingers do the walking
Call me up some time
I'm listed under broken hearts
Looking for a good time.
I can't reach out and touch you
You're hung up on the line
I'm your disconnected number now
And you're a private line.

Well, i used to be so happy,
When you gave good 'phone.
I could call you up from anywhere
For a little bit of home
But now my heart is aching
After every call
By the way you talk you'd think
You never gave good 'phone at all.

Let your fingers do the walking
Call me up some time
I'm listed under broken hearts
Looking for a good time.
I can't reach out and touch you
You're hung up on the line
I'm your disconnected number now
And you're a private line.

Let your fingers do the walking
Call me up some time
I'm listed under broken hearts.
Looking for a good time.
I can't reach out and touch you
You're hung up on the line
I'm your disconnected number now
And you're a private line.

Welcome to the big room
Everything's alright.
People, welcome to the big room
'cause everything's alright.
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright.

Don't have no cameras in the big room
Too much for one lens to see.
Don't allow no cameras in the big room.
Too much for one lens to see.
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright.

There's always tellers in the big room.
Every day and every night.
There's always tellers in the big room.
Every day and every night.
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright.

There's always dancing in the big room,
Every day and every night.
There's always dancing in the big room,
Every day and every night.
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright.

There's always tellin' in the big room,
Every day and every night.
There's always tellin' in the big room,
Every day and every night.
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright.

Yeah, people, welcome to the big room
Everything's alright.
People, welcome to the big room
Everything's alright.
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright.

Yeah, people, welcome to the big room
Leave your troubles at the door.
People, welcome to the big room
Leave your troubles at the door.
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright.

neil young
Lets roll


I know i said i love you
I know you know its true
I got to put the phone down
And do what we got to do
One's standing in the aisle way
Two more at the door
We got to get inside there
Before they kill some more

Time is runnin out

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

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

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.

There's a world you're living in
No one else has your part
All god's children in the wind
Take it in and blow hard.

Look around it, have you found it
Walking down the avenue?
See what it brings, could be good things
In the air for you.

We are leaving. we are gone.
Come with us to all alone.
Never worry. never moan.
We will leave you all alone.

In the mountains, in the cities,
You can see the dream.
Look around you. has it found you?
Is it what it seems?

There's a world you're living in
No one else has your part
All god's children in the wind
Take it in and blow hard.

The end has come
The sky has lost it's sun
The harm is done
He was the only one
There goes my babe
There goes what might have been
There goes my babe
In the cool morning rain
And now my heart
Lies empty and still again

If he were here
I'd long to hold him near
But now it's clear
The price of love is dear
There goes my babe
There goes what might have been
There goes my babe
In the cool morning rain
And now my heart
Lies empty and still again

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.

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.

I waited for you, winterlong
You seem to be where i belong.
It's all illusion anyway.

If things should ever turn out wrong
And all the love we have is gone,
It won't be easy on that day.

Waiting to follow
Through the dreamlight of your way
Is not so easy for me now.

Half the time has passed away
Things we thought of yesterday
Come back now, come back now.

Waiting to follow
Through the dreamlight of your way
Is not so easy for me now.

Half the time has passed away
Things we thought of yesterday
Come back now, come back now.

I waited for you winterlong
You seem to be where i belong.

Well, i'm a little light-headed
But my body feels the same
And it feels like fallin' on down
And find another name
But the sand in my shoes
May trickle to my brain
Well, i ain't got the blues
But something more tame
Oh yeah, something more tame
Oh yeah, something more tame.

Well the sound of the drums
Is pounding in my head
Like ten thousand dancers
With bodies full of lead
And i feel like a bull
With an eye-full of red
Well, i ain't got the blues
But something better bred
Oh yeah, something better bred
Oh yeah, something better bred.

If tomorrow sees another
Kind of farm i know
Well, the people and the soldiers
And the gypsies groan
It would be like a wonder
And i cannot let it go
Well, i ain't got the blues
But something more slow
Oh yeah, something more slow
Oh yeah, something more slow.

But the people in the cities
And the other ones too
Ain't got too many wonders
That they're not tied to
And i can't help but feeling
As i'm wearing straight through
Well, i ain't got the blues
But something more true
Oh yeah, something more true
Oh yeah, something more true.

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.

I don't wanna bring you down
I don't wanna change you
All i want is
Your love again

You and i want different things
But we need each other
All i want is
Your love again

Love is always changin' faces
Who knows what it means
The whole world is tryin' to find
The answer to its' dreams

Why should we lose what we got
We could rearrange it
All i want is
Your love again

I don't wanna break your heart
I just wanna hold you
All i want is
Your love again

You and i knew from the start
Now we gotta make it happen
All i need is
Your love again

When you walked into my life
On the heels of a dream
I thought i saw in your eyes
A little bit of me

I don't wanna change your life
I just wanna share it
All i want is
Your love again

All i want is
Your love again

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.

All the champs and the heroes
They got a price to pay
They go from sixty to zero
In the split of a hair
They see the face in the window
They feel a shadow out there
They've got the places they can go
They've got the people who stare
They've got to walk in their shoes
They've got to see what they see
They've got the people around them
Getting too much for free
All the pimps and the dealers
All the food they can eat
All the screamers and squealers
When they walk down the street
Yeah.

He's just a rich old man
He never cared for anyone
He likes to count his possessions
He's been a miser from penny one
He never cared for his children
Never cared for his wife
Never made anyone happy
That's the way he lived his life
And one day in the sunshine
He got a bolt from the blue
Unloaded all of his possessions
Sold his investments too
And now he lives with the homeless
Owns 900 hospital beds
He prefers to remain nameless
It's publicity he dreads
Yeah.

There's a judge in the city
He goes to work every day
Spends his life in the courthouse
Keeps his perspective that way
But i respect his decision
He's got a lot on his mind
He's pretty good with the gavel
A little heavy on the fines
One day there was this minstrel
Who came to court on a charge
That he blew someone's head off
Because his amp was too large
And the song he was singin'
Was not for love but for cash
Well, the judge waived the charges
He fingered his mustache
Yeah.

Well, there's a clown in a carnival
He rode a painted horse
He came from somewhere out west
He was very funny of course
But that is not what i noticed
It was the incredible force
With which he held his audience
While he rode on his horse
His jokes were not that off-color
His smile was not that sincere
His show was that not that sensational
Reasons for success were not clear
But he still made big money
One day the circus was his
Now he's married to the acrobat
And they're training their kids
Yeah.

Now the jailhouse was empty
All the criminals were gone
The gate was left wide open
And a buck and fawn
Were eating grass in the courtyard
When the warden walked in
And took a rifle from the prison guard
And said to him with a grin
To shoot those deer would be stupid, sir
We already got 'em right here
Why not just lock the gates and keep them
With intimidation and fear?
But the warden pulled the trigger
And those deer hit the ground
He said nobody'll know the difference
And they both looked around.
Yeah.

Well, the cop made the showdown
He was sure he was right
He had all of the lowdown
From the bank heist last night
His best friend was a robber
And his wife was a thief
All the children were murderers
They couldn't get no relief
The bungalow was surrounded
When a voice loud and clear
Come out with your hands up
Or we're gonna blow you out of here
There was a face in the window
Tv cameras rolled
And they cut to the announcer
And the story was told.
Yeah.

Well, the artist looked at the producer
The producer sat back
He said what we have got here
Is a pretty good track
But we don't have a vocal
And we still don't have a song
If we could get this thing accomplished
Nothin' else could go wrong
So he balanced the ashtray
And he picked up the phone
And said send me a songwriter
Who's drifted far from home
And make sure that he's hungry
And make sure he's alone
And send me a cheeseburger
And a new rolling stone
Yeah.

Well, the sioux and dakota
They lost all of their land
And now a basketball player
Is trying to lend them a hand
Maybe someday he'll be president
He's quite a popular man
But now the chief has reservations
And the white man has plans
There's opposition in congress
The bill is up against cash
There's really no way of predicting
If it will fly or it will crash
But that's the nature of politics
That's the name of the game
That's how it looks in the tepee
Big winds are blowing again
Yeah.

There's still crime in the city
Said the cop on the beat
I don't know if i can stop it
I feel like meat on the street
They paint my car like a target
I take my orders from fools
Meanwhile some kid blows my head off
Well, i play by their rules
So now i'm doing it my way
I took the law in my own hands
Here i am in the alleyway
A wad of cash in my pants
I get paid by a ten year old
He says he looks up to me
There's still crime in the city
But it's good to be free
Yeah.

Now i come from a family
That has a broken home
Sometimes i talk to my daddy
On the telephone
When he says that he loves me
I know that he does
But i wish i could see him
Wish i knew where he was
But that's the way all my friends are
Except maybe one or two
Wish i could see him this weekend
Wish i could walk in his shoes
But now i'm doin' my own thing
Sometimes i'm good, then i'm bad
Although my home has been broken
It's the best home i ever had
Yeah.

Well, i keep getting younger
My life's been funny that way
Before i ever learned to talk
I forgot what to say
I sassed back to my mummy
I sassed back to my teacher
I got thrown out of sunday school
For throwin' bibles at the preacher
Then i grew up to be a fireman
I put out every fire in town
Put out everything smoking
But when i put the hose down
The judge sent me to prison
Gave me life without parole
Wish i never put the hose down
Wish i never got old.