unknown

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

He used to pick his friends.
They left him in the end.
An easy thing to lose,
The right to pick and choose.
When it's born, it's warm,
Then it gathers strength in lies,
When it falls, it falls all over you.

He said he left his wife,
The back-bone of his life.
Another came along,
But now i guess she's gone.
When it's born, it's warm,
Then it gathers strength in lies,
When it falls, it falls all over you.

I think i used to see
That old man on tv,
Can you be the same?
It seems like such a shame.
When it's born, it's warm,
Then it gathers strength in lies,
When it falls, it falls all over you.

The world he thought he knew,
Has better things to do.
As i went on my way
I thought i heard him say:
When it's born, it's warm,
Then it gathers strength in lies,
When it falls, it falls all over you.

Well, hello lonely woman
Won't you take a walk with me.
I know a place where we can go
Grab a bite to eat.

Hello lonely woman.
Are you feelin' all right?
Well, you look just like heaven
On a clear clear night.

Well, i know you're a lonely woman
And i know what's on your mind
I won't ask you any favors
I'm familiar with your kind.

I know you need me
Like a river needs rain
I won't ask you any favors
Until i pass this way again.

Well, hello lonely woman
Won't you take a walk with me.
I know a place where we can go
Grab a bite to eat.

Hello lonely woman.
Are you feelin' all right?
Well, you look just like heaven
On a clear clear night.

Well, i know you're a lonely woman
And i know what's on your mind
I won't ask you any favors
I'm familiar with your kind.

I know you need me
Like a river needs rain
I won't ask you any favors
Until i pass this way again.

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.

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.

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.

You can't help nobody, until you help yourself
You can't help nobody, until you help yourself
Nobody's going to help you better than somebody else.

You know a man needs a woman right by his side.
A man needs a woman right by his side.
She keeps him warm at night, he keeps her satisfied.

Soul of a woman, soul of a man
A perfect combination ever since the world began.
Soul of a woman
Soul of a woman, soul of a man.

You can't help nobody, until you help yourself
You can't help nobody, until you help yourself
Nobody's going to help you better than somebody else.

You know a man needs a woman right by his side.
A man needs a woman right by his side.
She keeps him warm at night, he keeps her satisfied.

Soul of a woman, soul of a man
A perfect combination ever since the world began.
Soul of a woman
Soul of a woman, soul of a man.

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.

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.

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.

If you wake up in the morning light
Something doesn't seem or know is right
Lay back and let your feeling show
Come on and let the people know
Oh, that's the price that you pay
Oh, that's the price that you pay.

Just ____________________ money
Your baby _______________________
________________________________
Now come on boys, ________________
Oh, that's the price that you pay
Oh, that's the price that you pay.

Oh, that's the price that you pay
Oh, that's the price that you pay.

Bad news is just an excuse
Get down and let yourself keep loose
Go on and live for tomorrow
So much spent today in sorrow
Oh, that's the price that you pay
Oh, that's the price that you pay.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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?

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.

When i think about love
Honey, you always come across my mind
Is it the way that you hold me
Or the way that you told me love is blind
Well, it's a crime of the heart
These things i'm thinking to myself
But i can't forget you, babe
Just can't seem to think of nothing else.

Got a woman at home
A family to feed
Three fine children
They think the lord of me
Now i'm standing at the crossroads
Looking for a sign of true love.

Well, i heard that song
Says girls just wanna have fun
Well, i guess i bought my ticket, honey
'cause it feels as if the ride has just begun
Well, there's two kinds of love
One is wrong and one is right
But i can't forget you baby
Can't forget the way you hold me tight.

I got a woman at home
A family to feed
Three fine children
They think the lord of me
Well, i'm standing at the crossroads
Looking for a sign of true love.

When i think about women
Honey, you always come across my mind
Is it the way that you told me
The way you told me love is blind
Well, it's a crime of the heart
These things i'm thinking to myself now
Can't forget you, babe
Can't forget the way you make me feel.

I got a woman at home
A family to feed
Three fine children
At the crossroads
Looking for a sign of true love.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.