Lyrics

In my area there is a chain of being
and the most of the attentions is paid to lower things
Around here the rule is good faith
you choose your friends carefully and you're safe.
Well it's just goes to show
how wrong you can be
They say he was in a good position
a man of pride and ambition.
In this world there is one equation
the harder you work, the better is your station
Well tonight on the news I heard them say:
the man in the plaza had a resume.

Lyrics

and here it goes again
oh it's looking good again
oh no, I can't, can't, can't really conquer
oh it's enough to make we want to shout again
hey, it's a sure thing baby oh yeah
well it's a sure thing baby
you know it is

here it comes again
oh I can't, I can't start to fall again
oh no I don't, don't, don't know where it comes from
so it hits me again, again, again and again
oh yeah, it's a sure thing baby
well it's a sure thing baby
you know it is right

oh now listen, listen!

I can hear the bells again
oh the things are looking good again
oh no I can't can't can't know where it come from
it's enough to make me shout
again and again oh yeah
it's a sure thing baby
it's a sure thing baby, you know it is
I can hear the bells again (7X)

Lyrics

I'm just standing here waiting
for you to come clean
I'm just standing here waiting
for you to come clean
I'd ask you what you want
but I don't think you'd know what I mean

Something happens and they call you on the telephone
something's missing and you know they want leave you alone
I'm not worried about you
don't worry about me
I'm not worried about you
why should I be?

I got a phone call from your mother
she wants to know where you have been
I got a phone call from your mother
she wants to know where you have been
I say ... ah ....I don't know where she is been

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She shows a scar where her face met his ring
She remembers the pain but she forgot his name
ah, it's alright it really didn't mean a thing

textbook case of a mistreated daughter
who's been told about some better offers
She agrees but she can't forget her father
....... then she remembers what she said
he had teeth like a vise and hands like a muzzle
he wasn't polite but he had a way with words
on the day that he left she was honestly puzzled.

Lyrics

I dreamed last night I was born a hundred years ago
But when I woke up I was lost with only one place to go
When you smile, I don't know what to do
Cause I could lose everything in a minute or two

It's not fair to put you against all of the years behind me
But history kind of pales when you and you are aligned

When you smile, I don't know what to do
Cause I could lose everything in a minute or two
And it seems like the end of the world
When you smile

Well there's never been a man who's been anymore than bones in sack
But it doesn't take much to hold the possibilities back

When you smile, I don't know what to do
Cause I could lose everything in a minute or two
And it seems like the end of the world
When you smile

When you smile, I don't know what to do
Cause I could lose everything in a minute or two
And it seems like the end of the world
Yes, it seems like the end of the world
Yes, it seems like the end of the world
When you smile
When you smile
When you smile
When you smile

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Yeah you say it's a waste
oh not to learn from the States
yeah it's really a shame

oh and the stars that you show
yeah might as well gives to show
oh and it's nothing to me

Ch.:
and I really don't know
cause I don't wanna know
yeah tell me when it's over
tell me when it's over
oh let me know when it stop

oh there must be some kind of answer
yeah but the question was closed
ah you got really imagination man

Ch.: and I really don't know...
(2X)

and I really don't know
and I really don't know
and I really don't know
cause I don't wanna know

Lyrics

Yeah
it's been written in stone
you're gone and you're not coming home
but I know that it's true
and there's really not a lot I can do
but baby
I'm still holding on to you
I'm still holding on to you

Wow yeah
you know what people say
they say the man gives a little
and then he takes it away
but I know that it's true
and there's really not a lot I can do
but baby
I'm still holding on to you
I'm still holding on to you
yeah I'm still holding on
(guitar)

I said last night
I dreamed they came for my soul
yeah the room was hot
and her skin was cold
Oh no no no
and I heard them called my name

I'll still be waiting for you
still holding on to you
oh carry me down that row
still holding on to you
down where the angels won't go
still holding on to you
I'll still be waiting for you
still holding on to you
oh carry me down that row
still holding on to you
down where the angels won't go
still holding on to you

Lyrics

Yeah you say it's a waste
oh not to learn from the States
yeah it's really a shame

oh and the stars that you show
yeah might as well gives to show
oh and it's nothing to me

Ch.:
and I really don't know
cause I don't wanna know
yeah tell me when it's over
tell me when it's over
oh let me know when it stop

oh there must be some kind of answer
yeah but the question was closed
ah you got really imagination man

Ch.: and I really don't know...
(2X)

and I really don't know
and I really don't know
and I really don't know
cause I don't wanna know

Lyrics

My baby wants to go the place
where she first made love
My baby wants to go the place
where she first made love
well take her down to the liquor store
wipe out everything that came before
what else can I do for daddy's girl

My baby wants to wear the ring
that her mama wore
My baby wants to wear the ring
that her mama wore
oh well I'll take you all over
this God forsaken world
cover your pretty neck with pearls
what else can I do for daddy's girl
yeah come come come wow
ah ah ah
I believe...
(guitars)

My baby wants the kind of man
that married ma
My baby wants the kind of man
that married ma
come on baby don't you know
gonna take you where you never been before
what else can I do for daddy's girl
yeah

you know that I'm tired of feeling horny
and I love you so
gonna do you like you never been done before
what else can I do to daddy's girl
come on
what else can I do to daddy's girl
yeah yeah yeah
to daddy's girl
well yeah yeah oh to daddy's girl

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If you ever saw me
walking around
swear I'd try to disappear
I wouldn't make a sound
Then something
got me on the run
it's gonna be the last time
I let you hold my gun

Your bullet's got my name on
ah ah
Your bullet's got my name on it
gotta run away
run run away
(guitars)

I had a dream
I was all alone
I had a mouth
but I couldn't speak
Then something
tried to turn my head
It was someone just like you
had me by the throat again

Your bullet's got my name on
ah ah
Your bullet's got my name on it
gotta run away

Your bullet's got my name on it
gotta run away
run run away
(guitars)

I thought I knew the answer
It was just a clue
Another trigger I couldn't pull
And then something
came in my room last night
they aimed
they fired
and I got lucky

Your bullet's got my name on
ah ah
Your bullet's got my name on it
gotta run away
run run away

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I dreamed last night I was born a hundred years ago
But when I woke up I was lost with only one place to go
When you smile, I don't know what to do
Cause I could lose everything in a minute or two

It's not fair to put you against all of the years behind me
But history kind of pales when you and you are aligned

When you smile, I don't know what to do
Cause I could lose everything in a minute or two
And it seems like the end of the world
When you smile

Well there's never been a man who's been anymore than bones in sack
But it doesn't take much to hold the possibilities back

When you smile, I don't know what to do
Cause I could lose everything in a minute or two
And it seems like the end of the world
When you smile

When you smile, I don't know what to do
Cause I could lose everything in a minute or two
And it seems like the end of the world
Yes, it seems like the end of the world
Yes, it seems like the end of the world
When you smile
When you smile
When you smile
When you smile

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I've got a Page One story buried in my yard
I've got a troubled mind
I'm going down to the medicine show

If I've got to choose between doing trouble
And doing time
I'm going down to the medicine show

I've got a one way ticket on the 8:06
To the outskirts of town
I'm going down to the medicine show

And I'll say, "hey conductor
Now dontcha stop until you hear that gypsy sound
I'm going down to the medicine show

But I know that it's hard to be a decent man
When you stop finding reasons for everything
But tonight I'll find some answers
Down at the medicine show

I'm gonna find me that gypsy girl
That likes to dance and cry
When I go down to the medicine show

And we're gonna lay that burden down
Beneath that lonesome gypsy sky
When I go down to the medicine show

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Oh keep your hands on the shades baby
no one gonna care
when the moon goes dead
oh I might have said something sometime
but I don't care what I might have said
we're gonna take it
move it
sand it down
we're gonna send it back from where it came
oh yeah yeah
gonna be all right
it's gonna be all right
I feel it, want it, know it
yeah I say yeah yeah yeah
it's gonna be all right
(guitar)

I got some John Coltrane on the stereo baby
make it feel all right
I got some fine wine in the freezer mama
I know what you like
I gonna take it, turn it, set it loose
we gonna learn about love on a three ply rug
hah
Gonna be all right
It's gonna be all right
I feel it
gonna be all right
(guitars,guitars,guitars)

Don't tell me anymore bout the
civilized world baby
it's just you and me
Oh what do I gotta do to show you
the way that it's gonna be
Gonna take it, move it, [sand] it down
gonna send it back to burn in flame
gonna be all right
it's gonna be all right
yeah
shhh it's gonna be all right
oh yeah yeah yeah all right

I got some John Coltrane on the stereo baby
make it feel all right
I got some fine wine in the freezer mama
I know what you like
I got some John Coltrane on the stereo baby
make it feel all right
I got some fine wine in the freezer mama
I know what you like
I got some John Coltrane on the stereo baby
make it feel all right
I said a man works hard all day
he can do what he wants to
At night
come on, come on...
(hopefully crowd goes wild here)

she said Hold me tight
I don't think that's what you want
I don't think that's what you want
She said Hold me tight
I don't think that's what you want
Don't think that's what you want
Hold me tight, hold me tight
hold me tight, hold me tight
Gonna be all right

Lyrics

Matthew with the pug nose
Caught me with his sister in the wheatfield
Got a couple buddies
Tied me up and threw me in his Oldsmobile
I said "Matthew are you crazy?"
As he started closing in for the kill
Matthew slowed the Olds to 10
Left me here to die in Merrittville

There's a game they play in the summertime
There's a game they play when it's hot outside
And I wonder why
They left me here in Merrittville

Sally with the narrow hips
Cut the rope and said that she could clear my head
She led me to the dirt path
All the way back to her daddy's shed
I said, "Sally who'd believe
That we'd have to come so far for a thrill."
Sally let me go that night
Weak, tired and spent in Merrittville

William with the holy book
Stopped me as I stumbled down the road today
He said "Get on your knees, boy.
It's time you learned the right way to pray"
I said "William, I had no idea
That the lord had such a will
William drove his point across
And left me here to burn in Merrittville

Lyrics

Yeah
it's been written in stone
you're gone and you're not coming home
but I know that it's true
and there's really not a lot I can do
but baby
I'm still holding on to you
I'm still holding on to you

Wow yeah
you know what people say
they say the man gives a little
and then he takes it away
but I know that it's true
and there's really not a lot I can do
but baby
I'm still holding on to you
I'm still holding on to you
yeah I'm still holding on
(guitar)

I said last night
I dreamed they came for my soul
yeah the room was hot
and her skin was cold
Oh no no no
and I heard them called my name

I'll still be waiting for you
still holding on to you
oh carry me down that row
still holding on to you
down where the angels won't go
still holding on to you
I'll still be waiting for you
still holding on to you
oh carry me down that row
still holding on to you
down where the angels won't go
still holding on to you

Lyrics

The word from outside
and she is on the ledge again
drawing a card
and threatening everything
I'm here wandering
where I got in
Everybody says I don't care
but I'm just trying to remember
the days of wine and roses
The priest from the parish
is looking for persuasion
the man with the notepad
wants verification
somebody says this was my creation
Her mother says it's your fault
you never looked after her
Her father arranging to
get back the furniture
I'm here wandering
what the reasons were.