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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.

First performance at the catalyst club, may 1997.


We live in a modern world
With communication between boy and girl
Oh yeah
But under the stars above
We just don't recognize
The power of love is free

We gotta change
We gotta change
We gotta change how we feel
We gotta change
We gotta change

When anger has closed the door
My eyes go blind and i can see inside
I hurt you and you hurt me
Which crimes of love in the first degree
Oh yeah

We gotta change
We gotta change
We gotta change how we feel
We gotta change
We gotta change

We live in a modern world
With communication between boy and girl
Oh yeah
But when there are clouds above
We just don't recognise
The power of love is free

We gotta change
We gotta change
We gotta change how we feel
We gotta change
We gotta change

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

All through the lonesome night i tossed and i turned
Lost in these dreams of you since the day i learned
How could you give yourself to another man
A fool for your love, fool for your love.
Fool for your love.

Look how your eyes have changed, all the love has gone
Where did i lose you babe, what did i do wrong
How could you give yourself to another man
I'm a fool for your love, fool for your love.
Fool for your love.

Now you won't say goodbye,
But you don't want to stay
I never thought that i
Would lose you this way.

A fool for your love.

All through the lonesome night i tossed and i turned
Lost in these dreams of you since the day i learned
How could you give yourself to another man
A fool for your love, fool for your love.

Fool for your love.
A fool for your love, i hold on your love.
I'm just a fool in love with you.

I'm a fool, fool for your love
I'm just a fool for your love
I'm a fool for you.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Down the highway, all across the nation
Trucks are moving rough, we pass the break of day
Sure looks like we're all gonna rock forever.
Rock, rock, rock.

After midnight you see the big trucks rolling
Pushing metal on down the super slab
Sure hard to tell from here where we are going
Rock, rock, rock.

Do it inside, do it outside, baby
Do it over again in the same old way
From now on we're all gonna rock together.
Rock, rock, rock.

Sure looks like we're all gonna rock forever.
The way we just keep rolling on and on
Yeah, sure looks like we're all gonna rock forever.
Rock, rock, rock.

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.

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.

How can i bring you
To the sea of madness
I love you so much
It's gonna bring me sadness
I've never seen you
Through these eyes before
Now i don't believe it
I think i'll take it
Or leave it.

All i need
Is your sweet sweet loving
Fill my life with happiness
All i want is your heart
Every time i think of you
Mine falls apart.

I went to heaven
And i stood at the crossroads
I'll love you tomorrow
As sure as the wind blows
Silver rain
On the mountain clover
Washes away
Until the music is over.

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.

One mornin' when i was ridin'
In my old pickup truck
A beautiful bluebird came flyin' down
My eyes caught the color
As it lead me down the road
Dippin' and bobbin' in the sun
I've never seen that blue before
'cept in one place
And she's not here with me right now
So i followed all the way
To the top of the hill
That's where she kept on climbin' lord
Someday i will

Beautiful bluebird
See how she flies
Looks like she's always goin' home
If heaven had a window
Where the sun came shinin' through
Like a beautiful bluebird
I'd come flyin' back to you

Well it kind of struck me funny
Sort of made me smile
After all these years on this old road
How god could show me somethin'
Never say a word
There's so much that i don't know
I've never seen that blue before
Except in one place
And she's not here with me right now
I followed all the way to the top of the hill
That's where she kept on climbin' lord
And someday i will

Beautiful bluebird
See how she flies
Looks like she's always goin' home
If heaven had a window
Where the sun came shinin' through
Like a beautiful bluebird
I'd come flyin' back to you

Beautiful bluebird
See how she flies
Looks like she's always goin' home
If heaven had a window
Where the sun came shinin' through
Like a beautiful bluebird
I'd come flyin' back to you

Every time you touch her sets your hands on fire,
And every thing you've got is all that she requires.
And you hang on, hang on, hang on to the words of a liar.
You can feel it getting down to the wire.

All the hurt you thought was gone has now returned,
And every thing she's laughing at is all you learned.
And you let go, let go, let go, 'cause you know you're getting tired.
Can you feel it getting down to the wire?

Take the time to close your eyes and look around,
'cause anyone who helped you out can let you down.
And look out, look out, look out, the voice is now the choir.
Can you feel it getting down to the wire?

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

Once i was in love
Now, it seems that time
Is better spent
Searching than in finding
But no one seems to know.

So don't say you lose,
Don't say you lose,
Don't say you win,
And no one else will know,
No one else will know.

When you're down you gather strength
To leave the ground
And when you're high
It makes you weak and you fall back down.

Once i was in love
Now, it seems that time
Is better spent
Searching than in finding
But no one seems to know.

Come along and say you will,
Be the one to change the meaning
Of the writing on the wall
The lonely politician is lying in the hall.

Come along and say you can,
Be the one to take this feeling,
I'll never understand,
Why walk around the center
With a nail through your hand?

It's another way to run,
It's a lonely weekend
And what have you done?
You know you got a reason to run, babe
You know you got a reason to hide, babe

Come along and say you will,
Be the one to change the meaning
Of the writing on the wall
The lonely politician is lying in the hall.

It's another way to run,
It's a lonely weekend
And what have you done?
You know you got a reason to run, babe
You know you got a reason to hide, babe.

Come along and say you can,
Be the one to take this feeling,
I'll never understand,
Why walk around the center
With a nail through your hand?

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.