Bob Seger

Plugged 16 shells from a 30-6 And the black crow flew through a hole in the sky And I spent all my buttons on an old pack mule And I made me a ladder from a pawn shop marimba And I leaned it up against a dandelion tree I leaned it up against a dandelion tree L...

Yes it's true I am a young man but I'm old enough to kill I don't wanna kill nobody but I must if you so will And if I raise my hand in question you just say that I'm a fool Cause I got the gall to ask you Can you maybe change the rules can you sta...

Jan is tired of her inhaler When she moved here from back east Still she said she'd stay beside me And she brought me a new peace I saw her smilin' in the summer sun I saw her 'neath the quiet moon I knew right then I'd never leave her She had taken me...

My name is Adam, my name is Eve I was the first man to live and breathe God made the ocean, He made it blue He told us "Don't eat forbidden fruit" Oh, He can see us, hear what we say But He was resting on that seventh day She met a serpent that afternoo...

It seems like yesterday But it was long ago Janey was lovely, She was the queen of my nights There in the darkness With the radio playlng low And the secrets that we shared The mountains that we moved Caught like a wildfire out of control Till there was noth...

Well I'm looking for a woman About five foot six Who ain't into glamour She's just into kicks Just a sweet fashion lady Stepping dynamite Who's gonna take me for granted In the heat of the night Come on baby Don't run away Look here in my f...

All of the roads I've run All of the faces I've left in my wake Hopin' to leave my mark Hopin' I gave and I didn't just take Climbing a mountain many are left behind Chasing a dream and seeing the world takes time If you were in my world If you could f...

Babe you know I love ya Yes you know I love ya I never wanna see ya go So please don't stop me No don't stop me When I try to let it show All your love, all your love Baby, I want all your love All your love, all your love Baby, I want all your love...

I think of you and I together I picture you and I as one When we sit there in The firelight baby When we wake to the morning sun And though you may leave me We're never apart You're Always In My Heart When you're standing at the window With the moonli...

Headin' out on some uncharted path you soon turn back It happens time and time again you never seem to reach the end Someone's out there on the street tonight When things go wrong He'll guarantee to make them right if the price is right Every time I l...

I see it in your convoluted daydreams These never ending quests we're always on I can't believe the things we give importance to These foolish goals we set ourselves upon Are you gonna make this easy Are you gonna make this rough This world gonna make y...

Went out in Norfork, hung on a short short Livin' with a bottle of wine With music ladies and burned out babies I was tryin' to write a couple of lines Sherriff Gribbs with his grim ad libs Spoutin' about the crime in the street And women were screamin'...

He wants to dream like a young man With the wisdom of an old man He wants his home and security He wants to live like a sailor at sea Beautiful loser Where you gonna fall? When you realize You just can't have it all He's your oldest and your...

Have you heard the news? It's all over town If you ain't heard it boys you better sit down I got the story here it's hot off the press Brace yourself now and take a deep breath Grab a hold of something Hold on tight Betty Lou's gettin' out tonight...

You're old enough to know better as soon as you can see This world is out to get you the way it's gotten me It starts out in the morning then moves to afternoon By the time you reach the evenin' you're barkin' at the moon Between what you're told and wha...

Life is like a big river sinkin' or swim, depends on you you can take or you can be a giver you're gonna get through once, a good woman loved me if you got love kinda cruel, and she left me one day now I'm cyin', she loves another gotta go alone t...

Once had a woman I used to watch her walk Said I once had a woman I used to watch her talk Yes I once had a woman in my heart in my mind You know the kind Once saw my woman with another man Once saw my woman take a hold of his hand Said I once saw my wom...

He'll seem to come on with a vengeance, You'll think that you've been wasting time. You'll think that you've been discussing history And he'll have left you far behind. Ah, but you must realize he needs you To keep himself from going blind, And when the...

Now you're gone And it's hotels and whiskey and sad luck days And I don't care if they miss me I never remember their names They say if you get far enough away You'll be on your way back home Well I'm at the station And I can't get on the train Must be blind...

Blue Monday, oh it's blue Monday Ahh it's blue Monday Got to work, rather sleep all day Here come Tuesday Poor hard Tuesday I'm so tired, ain't got no time to play Here come Wednsday I plead to myself My gal calls gotta tell her that I'm out Cause Thursday is...

Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley have you heard Mama gonna buy you a mockingbird If that mockingbird don't sing She gonna buy you a diamond ring If that diamond ring don't shine Baby gonna take it to a private eye If that private eye can't see He gonna hav...

Southern sun Ridin' high Winter nights Warm and dry You've earned your space buddy You've done your time How come you've got no Peace of mind Lots of work Everywhere Lots of money honey Gettin' your share The folks back home say They'd love to be...

It's a brand new morning of a brand new day. It's a brand new chance to make it all work out some way. Hey! It's a brand new morning and a brand new smile. It's some brand new things you just might see in a while; Then your life takes on a bright new shiny...

Nights were warm Dreams were easy No one standing overhead Conversation didn't mean much We were hungry but could not be fed Radio blasting silly little love songs We only listened for the beat Taking our chances Out there on the mean streets...

I was walkin' by the river I held my hand out to feel the rain Just a light rain Almost a sun shower Makin'all things shine again And I felt like I belonged I felt so strong As I walked on There was rhythm And there was order There was a balance...

It was a teenage wedding and the old folks wished 'em well You could see that Pierre did truly love the mademoiselle And now the young monsieur and madam have rung the chapel bell C'est la vie say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell They fin...

The nights never seem so precious The wind has never been so wild As you stand here on the shoreline Just a weathered aging child Can't hit the corners no more Feeling like a stranger on the shore Used to be, you'd never let 'em score Now you, can't hit the c...

Daughter, daughter, don't do that, don't do that But daddy, I said don't do that, alright Little cat, all alone, somewhere in the midwest Where'd you go, who'll you be, Maybe you'll turn out to be the best Who knows, who knows, come on, yeah yeah Cat c...

Chain Smokin' ah huh huh yeah Chain Smokin' ah huh huh yeah I just can't quit though (the harder I try the worse it gets) Anybody got a (?) (the more I smoke the more I need) Chain Smokin' ah huh huh yeah Chain Smokin' ah huh huh yeah And I tried but it just w...

Bob Seger Chances are you'll find me Somewhere on your road tonight Seems I always end up driving by Ever since I've known you It just seems you're on my way All the rules of logic don't apply I long to see you in the night Be with you 'til morning li...

So there You got me in your clutch again So there, so there I love your touch And that voodoo that you do so well It's got me spinnin' round and round and So let me in your world Let me in your world for a while Let me in your world so I can sing to y...

You're no angel, I'm no saint, if we were We wouldn't be in this place tonight Lost and lonely, scared and confused We both have a past, nothing to lose, tonight Well it cuts like a knife these bad luck blues We both got scars from the hell we been throu...

If the sun Ain't shining bright And the moon the moon Won't shine for you tonight If the stars in the sky gone away And you feel Feelin' real low down today If life gets hard to understand And the whole thing is getting out of hand Come to poppa Come...

Passed the old church on the edge of town Trailways bus was right on time Passed your uncle's store on main street His old truck was parked outside Everything seemed so much larger then This old town has hardly grown Has it really been ten long years No...

You can change the way you live You can make it ? You can turn it up or down You can change the things you're told You can crucify the word on a cross of gold You can crucify the word on a cross of gold Oh oh oh You can lie to every face You can use a...

Here I am, oh my time's rolling slowly by 21 years old, waiting on my turn to die Every minute Lord, every minute seems like five And if it wasn't for the window, I'd wonder if the world outside was alive Yeah, smokin cigarettes, drinkin' coffee And wai...

I got me a deuce and a quarter, babe She will ride you right Pick you up about half past nine We can ride all night I came up from the country, baby City's where I stay Got me a deuce and a quarter, babe It's all I got to say She's a Detroit made De...

Chicago Green she was the ice cube queen of blue She got a tip from Aunt Mary, said.(?somebody?) was in love with you She was so nieve,, famous for her childlike mind, I don't believe she ever opened her bedroom venetian blinds Already Eddie was unsteady...

Outside another yellow moon Punched a hole in the nighttime, yes I climb through the window and down the street Shining like a new dime The downtown trains are full With all those Brooklyn girls They try so hard to break out of their little worlds You...

Day after day I'm more confused Yet I look for the light through the pouring rain You know that's a game that I hate to lose And I'm feelin' the strain, ain't it a shame Ohh give me the beat boys and free my soul I wanna get lost in your rock n' roll And drif...

Beneath the bare light bulb above She gazed into the eyes of love Bathed in the dirty neon lights She begged him "don't go out tonight" If we work out somehow maybe We could find a way out baby And he laughed and said "I got to go" And she cried "no" Johnny J...

There's a highway a lonesome stretch of gray It runs between us and takes me far away Out in the distance always within reach There's a crossroad where all the victims meet I close my eyes and see her face It's all I want to see and deep inside It...

Evil Edna she wore sequins to the funeral Looked just like a gypsy Never shed a tear Everybody said she looked just like a hooker Everyone mistook her for the loser of the year Still the voices of the prophets Tell us we should live just so Enda did not...

I've been down in the Delta workin' these fields Breakin my back, I need a better deal So long Mississippi, so long Alabam I want to face the promise of the Promised Land I've got fevered dreams, mighty plans I need a black top road, I need a wheel in my...

I take my card and I stand in line To make a buck I work overtime Dear Sir letters keep coming in the mail I work my back till it's racked with pain The boss can't even recall my name I show up late and I'm docked It never fails I feel like just...

Last night I saw you walking Past my bed late at night, And the moon shone Through your gown. Such a fine memory, I think I'm gonna take it with me. And later as you were sleeping, Sleeping next to me, I felt your hair on my skin. Such a fine memory...

Who's gonna ride that chrome three wheeler? Who's gonna make that first mistake? Who wants to wear those gypsy leathers all the way to fire lake? Who wants to break the news about Uncle Joe? You remember Uncle Joe? He was the one afraid to cut the cake...

Some folks are born made to wave the flag Ooh, they're red, white, and blue And when the band plays hail to the chief Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord It ain't me It ain't me I ain't no senator's son, son, son It ain't me It ain't me I ain't no fortuna...

I was in the tender mercies of the breaking dawn I was somehow in a place that made me want to go along I remember thinking all of this must have a reason I remember thinking maybe I should look beyond The night came on like thunder lightning split the pu...

I still remember it was autumn and the moon was shinin' Our 60 Cadillac was roarin' through Nebraska whinin' Doin' 120 man the fields was bendin' over Headin' out for the mountains knowin' we was traveling further All our fires were blazing and the spinnin...

Golden boy take your place among the stars Light your fire cast your glow near and far Mother's eyes warm you when you sleep There's a tree by a brook in the glade There's a wave off a cape making way Galaxies rush away from you I'll be there...

This gravestone is peaceful and quiet She pulls up a chair and sits right by it The air around is gentle and warm The rose colored wreath is tattered and torn Tiny blades of grass are peeking through Drawing life from sunshine and dew Remembering his eye...

She's no good at being phony She never tells a good lie She knows just when to let me be She always knows when I'm too high She's never out in front of me Or way too for Too for behind She's always right beside me Right in the good place all the time...

I've seen two time losers running everywhere Shouting and screamin', "I was never there!" With their hands in the air Hands in the air I've seen bad news messengers avoiding kings Cheating spouses twisting their rings With their hands in the air Oooh,...

Don't you ever listen to the radio When the big bad beat comes on I know you gotta dig it child I know you can't stop Come on a little too strong I'm talkin 'bout heavy music Heavy music Heavy music Heavy music, Heavy music Don't you ever feel like go...

She's totally committed to major independence But she's a lady through and through She gives them quite a battle all that they can handle She'll bruise some She'll hurt some too But oh they love to watch her strut Oh they do respect her but They lov...

Hey gypsy where you gonna go Hey gypsy where you gonna go I am tired of this waitin' I ain't gonna wait no more Hey mama I'm your baby boy Hey mama I'm your baby boy Lets head on home I'll give you your favorite toy We've been all over town Chasin'...

Line up girls, I'll show you what to do This boat will sparkle Like a diamond when we get through By the numbers there ain't much time We're gonna start an assembly line Hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey You get the sandpaper, you get the pails Y...

I wasn't born lookin' back, I can't tell white from black Kesey next to me now darling, straighter than a railroad track I've been so high, my mind was dry I rent it out to farmers on the midnight ride That ain't all I ain't even got me a congressman I ca...

She stood there bright as the sun on that California coast He was a midwestern boy on his own She looked at him with those soft eyes, so innocent and blue He knew right then he was too far from home He was too far from home She took his hand and s...

Wally's getting' anxious thinkin' 'bout tonight Bruce is all spiffy lookin' wicked lookin' right Eddie's getting' spruced And donna's getting' loose Theyre passin' round the bottle And they're gettin' good and juiced B.g.'s winin' dinin' checkin' talent...

There's a house behind a house There's a dream behind a dream There's a heart outside a heart There's a hope behind a hope When two people know that it's time to go When do they give in At what point in time do they really find They must let it end L...

Sometimes I get impatient But she cools me without words And she comes so softly My hummin' bird And have you heard I thought my life had ended But I found that it's just begun 'Cause she gets me where, where I live I'd give her everything I've got to...

I was a rolling stone But now I've come back home I've given up that trail I feel no need to fail So take your midnight runs I'm hangin' up the guns I can't save you Angelene This endless party scene This weekend warriors dream It's gotten stale for...

My old friend Sirius is riding high tonight Shinin' down so bright on the harbor lights I wonder I wonder Who are these strangers on the street Seekin' out the heat with their eyes cast down millin' around I wonder I wonder I wonder sometimes I wonder...

I've been workin' I've been workin' so hard I've been workin' I've been workin' so hard I come home I'll make a love to you I'll make a love to you I've been grindin' I've been grindin' so long I've been grindin' I've been grindin' so long Been u...

I was born at the break of dawn In the last days of the last great war My father was not in the fighting And my mother never had to mourn I was raised, raised and taught to hurry I've been hurrying and worrying all my days But now as I'm getting older I...

If i were a carpenter And you were a lady, Would you marry me anyway? Would you have my baby? If a tinker were my trade Would you still find me, Carrin’ the pots i made, Followin’ behind me. Save my love through loneliness, Save my love for sorrow, I’m given...

In your time The innocence will fall away In your time The mission bells will toll All along The corridors and river beds There'll be sign In your time Towering waves Will crash across your southern capes Massive storms Will reach your eastern shor...

Innervenus eye, the fool performs the sky Innervenus eye, cause every little heartache whines Lord, she looked, she looked, she looked so good She looked, she looked, she looked so good Innervenus blue, the fools are not so few Innervenus blue, corporat...

It's A Mystery How the heart beats How the sun shines How our eyes meet It's A Mystery lt's a wonder How we keep from Sinking under It's A Mystery All the nonsense Set before us Supposed to shock us But it bores us All the ennui All the repla...

Just about the time I think I've had it Everything I've planned has fallen through Just about the time the whole thing's crumblin' in And I can't hold back no matter what I do And just about the time I feel like screamin' And findin' me a wall to punch ri...

Let's talk about acid in the ocean Let's look at all the dying coral reefs Let's talk about shorter growing seasons Let's talk about what we're gonna eat Say a prayer for the victims of extinction Say another for the redwood trees Say another for arctic...

You were born with a face that would let you get your way you know you're much too fine and free, Ivory Yeah you had everything you wanted child, that is until the day You've been dressed in a vest, every minute of your day You walk into a room, stand in a...

When Jesse James was a lad He killed many a man And he roamed over the Scarsdale range Robbin' from the rich And givin' to the poor He was dark and cold and full of rage Oh yes he was, sing with me Poor Jesse had a wife To mourn for his life And three...

Jody girl, Jody girl, spend your time today Watching clocks spin the hours away. Jody girl, you know the world's Goin' around all day, Thinking back to the things you used to say. Didn't he put you on a pedestal, When first you met? Sure was some honeym...

Hey, got my hands in my back pocket I'm a jumpin' Unscrewing the light from the socket And I'd rather stand than sit Puttin' all the people in the dark Tellin' everyone good night bye bye I put the sound Carryin' the truth in my back pocket My hands ar...

I think I'm going to Katmandu, That's really, really where I'm going to. If i ever get out of here, That's what I'm gonna do. K-k-k-k-k-Katmandu, I think that's where I'm going to. If i ever get out of here, I'm going to Katmandu. I got no kick against the we...

I woke up today in London As the plane was touching down And all I could think about was Monday Maybe I'd be back around If this keeps me way much longer I don't know what I would do You got to understand it's a hard life, That I'm going through [Chor...

I was walkin to the corner drug store and what should I happen to see there were picket lines and the people were a shoutin' "Down with democracy" as I strolled on by someone grabbed my arm and said "buddy where do you stand"? I said "I stand whereve...

Here we go tape rolling Sgt. Pepper take 6 He doesn't know which way to go Even though he's made the dough Lennie Johnson's lost his way Lennie Johnson's lost his way He's lost his mind (??????????????) Lennie Johnson's lost his way He spent his time...

In the heat of the day, down in mobile, alabama Workin' on the railroad with a steel drivin' hammer Tryin' to get some money, get some brand new shoes Tryin to find a lady, chase away my blues Hot and wasted lord sweatin' in the sun 'cause I'm not a forem...

I've seen the top, I've seen the view Lately I find not much is new And there's always a hill out there beyond Where I could be and where I belong Some always take, some have to win They leave you with scars again and again As they reach for the sky onl...

Stood there boldly, sweatin’ in the sun felt like a million, felt like number one at height of summer, I’d never felt that strong Like a rock I was eighteen, didn’t have a care workin’ for peanuts, not a dime to spare but I was leanin’, solid everywhere...

You can hear it if you listen If you really take the time If you listen past bravado If you listen past the wine Everyone's so busy The truth gets left behind, left behind In the light of understanding The darkness dies at dawn The winter falls behind...

When your baby up and leaves you Up and leaves you flat Don't you laugh my friend sometimes it happens just like that First you feel the anger then the sorrow will soon take control And there'll be hard times for sure Long cold lonely nights It might no...

When the sun came up this morning and she smiled her smile for me I felt it for the first time something deep inside of me So you can take your midnight ramblin' boys and you can keep your winding roads She's livin' inside my heart now Livin' inside...

Well I wish I had a nickel for every time I fell and blamed somebody else I'd give a ton of money to the ones I've hurt and I'd still be sittin' pretty well I've spent years losin' touch of what's right and what's real Caught up in these missions o...

As the sand dunes of time march on The wind blows the storms to the shore Sadness and loneliness hand in hand Lord I feel no more Loneliness is a feeling I'm lost in a world with love all around Standing there like a pillar of salt Don't know the day,...

So lonely, I'm a lonely man from Gainesville (He ain't got nowhere to go), got nowhere to go Said I don't want doin' wrong over this land (Yes his blood is growin' cold), cold, gettin colder Yeah, I believe that all the people on the street Take the time,...

Politician 'bout to make his speech Signal for attention, please Then he shuffled his notes And wiped his sweating brow I looked at my friend next to me And we don't dare agree Before this is over We'll wish we woulda left right now 'Cause it sounds l...

Well the big train keeps on rolling Rolling on down the track And the way she's moving buddy I don't believe she's a-coming back The fireman's smoking a big cigar Sipping Lafite Rothschild Bordeaux And the engineer's so happy He's just a-letting that w...

You hit the street, you feel them staring You know they hate you you can feel their eyes a glarin' Because you're different, because you're free Because you're everything deep down they wish they could be (Chorus:) You're lookin back (lookin back) they'r...

Now Louise she is an outlaw, in the year of seventy one She's got Levi bells and long straight hair She's got a gun Her folks they didn't under-stand why she could'nt Get her homework done, mmm Her father is a preacher, her mother's an ex-nun Now Louise...

When you're down and confused And you don't remember who you been talking to Concentration slips away Because your baby is so far away Well there's a rose in the fisted glove And the eagle flies with the dove And if you can't be with the one you love, ho...

There's a distant sound to the outward bound On a lonesome windy night A restless sigh as it fades away A longing at first light There's a sad resolve that it's all gone wrong Yet before you turn to go It comes to you It's really true It's your love th...

Cruisin on the grey snakes till my dyin day Checkin all the hen houses out along the way Wastin time and drikin wine Life is short and I ain't lyin Livin all I Can thru every day [Chorus:]You can call me Lucifer If you think you should Now I know I'm go...

I remember standing on the corner at midnight Trying to get my courage up There was this long lovely dancer in a little club downtown I loved to watch her do her stuff Through the long lonely nights she filled my sleep Her body softly swaying to that...

The big line moved one mile an hour So loud it really hurt The big line moved so loud It really hurt Back in '55 We were makin' thunderbirds We filled conveyors We met production Foremen didn't waste words We met production Foremen didn't waste word...

Shakey Davey's got a twelve guage in his hand It's sawed off to the limit, he's got a vague plan There's this liquor store on Madison There's another one down on Washington Square He's pretty sure no one's ever seen him down around there The first one's b...

I'm gonna tell you a story 'bout Mary Lou You know the kind of woman make a fool of you She make a young man itch She man an old man fart The way she took my money was a crying shame Mary Lou she took my watch and chain Mary Lou she took my diamond ring...

Maybe today Maybe today you'll find your love Maybe tonight You'll find the one you're dreamin' of Maybe it's time, maybe today You're gonna find your way Maybe he's here, maybe she's here Maybe this is your day Maybe today Maybe someone will touch...

They saw the lights on the horizon Out of the seas it came shinin' The buildings so high They seemed to touch the sky Miami, Oh, Miami They felt the warm breezes blowing From off the strange new ocean They reached the end safe It was a new day Miami, Oh, Miam...

I got to run to keep from hiding And I'm bound to keep on riding I've got one more silver dollar But I'm not gonna let 'em Catch the midnight, rider I don't own the clothes I'm wearing And the road goes on forever I've got one more silver dollar But I...

I was the baby brother, I was the quiet other, And I remember mother so well. I was the little stranger, I never was in danger, I could 'a had a manger, pray tell. Oh, how she could control me, When I was bad she'd scold me, Sometimes she wouldn't hold...

Here come the mountains, here come the hills Here come the valleys and Shoreline still I've seen 'em all, I know 'em well Mongrel, on the hard sell With a fortrel polyester ink well hord, Hot assed, Inkwell Lord, But I can't leave you with the blues no R...

Here come the mountains, here come the hills Here come the valleys and Shoreline still I've seen 'em all, I know 'em well Mongrel, on the hard sell With a fortrel polyester ink well hord, Hot assed, Inkwell Lord, But I can't leave you with the blues no R...

I used to be a very carefree man, A loving man of the world. Yeah, I would still be except for the time When I met ya, little girl. Say, I've tried and I've tried but I just can't. You sure got a hold on me. Ah, your good, good lovin' is makin' me faint,...

There's the neon sky that I know so well There's the smoky room where I chose to dwell Though I hear your heart many miles away The neon sky tells me I must stay Through the windy field of another land I have seen your face, girl, I have held your hand T...

Let's put a New Coat of Paint On this lonesome old town Set 'em up, set 'em up we'll be knockin' 'em down You wear a dress babe, I'll wear a tie We'll laugh at that old bloodshot moon In that burgundy sky All our scribbled love dreams Lost or thrown away Neve...

I was a little too tall Could've used a few pounds Tight pants points hardly reknown She was a black haired beauty with big dark eyes And points all her own sitting way up high Way up firm and high Out past the cornfields where the woods got heavy Out...

She says she wants to see me she's tired of stayin in She says she wants some rockin' shes got the right man I'm gonna take her ridin' Out past the edge of town Out where the wind's still racin' free on the heartland I'll be there nine tonight...

Headin' in or headin' out Standing on the shore Pause a moment to reflect Which trip costs you more Between the ever restless crowds And the silence of your room Spend an hour in no man's land You'll be leaving soon Victims come and victims go There...

No matter who you are, no matter what you do There's gonna be someone wants something else from you Yeah This is an ancient test, it's a shiny lie Discover somethin' pure, then sit and watch it die Yeah No matter who you are, no matter where you've bee...

Are you sorry when the lights begin to fade Are you sorry for the promises you made for the burden of the ones who had to fall When you didn't see the writing on the wall It was forty years ago and I was young and the jungle not the desert heard the guns...

Kick off your shoes, throw away your blues You paid your dues, Noah Summer is here, why interfere Go drink a beer, Noah You must realize that you need something Resynthesize your own ego You must recognise that life's just a circle So let's go on with t...

There's a church house, gin house, School house, outhouse. On u.s. 19, Hey, the people keep the city clean. They call it Nutbush, Nutbush, Nutbush city, Nutbush city limits. 25 is the speed limit, Motorcycles not allowed in it. Go to town on Saturday,...

Just take those old records off the shelf I'll sit and listen to them by myself Todays music ain't got the same soul I like that old time rock'n' roll Don't try to take me to a disco You'll never even get me out on the floor In ten minutes I'll be late...

Paint them a picture Jane And you can hang it on the wall Tell them it's me they see Don't tell them why I'm small If they ask you why I'm crying Just tell them someone is dying And that he was just a friend Don't let em see that you pretend Paint them...

Jan would climb up so high on the foul screen Down below I would yell to watch out When we'd play ? was always the winner He was brave never listened to me shout Afternoons playin' ball by the old wall Hidin' out and of course be the star Kept my records...

Yeah, I'm gonna tell my tale come on, Come on, give a listen Cause I was born lonely down by the riverside Learned to spin fortune wheels, and throw dice And I was just thirteen when I had to leave home Knew I couldn't stick around, I had to roam Ain't...

I still remember how I fell for you There wasn't one thing I would not do I still recall the love in your eyes Blue like the sky on a clear sunrise And it was Real At The Time Real At The Time I was yours you were mine It was Real At The Time You were...

No man ever sounded so lonesome No man ever made you feel such pain Lord, it must have been a real mean bottle That made you sing that way The stories you told about prison 'Bout a young man gone astray Lord, it must have been a real mean bottle That ma...

I saw them standing on a corner Bathed in ordinary light They turned away and started walkin' And faded off into the night Some years ago they were in fashion Tonight they couldn't get a seat They've got themselves a brand new history From Revisionism S...

From the sword of the crusader to the missionary spin From the atom of creation to the secrets deep within Illusions and delusions lead us where we shouldn't go Time to disconnect from clutter, time to hit the road Ride out to a bold new horizon Where th...

It's the age of reason for the anarchist It's a change of venue for the lobbyist It's a dream of justice buried in the grist It's a secret briefing based on need to know It's a condescending rationale from a command control Feel the sense of wonder...

When I was a little girl, I had a rag doll The only doll I've ever owned Now I love you just the way I love that rag doll But only now the love has grown And it gets stronger every way And it gets deeper let me say And it gets higher day by day Ah, do I...

So you're a little bit older And a lot less bolder Than you used to be So you used to shake 'em down But now you stop And think about your dignity So now sweet sixteens turned thirty-one You get to feelin' weary When the work days done Well all you got to d...

Took a look down a westbound road right away I made my choice Headed out to my big two-wheeler I was tired of my own voice Took a bead on the northern plains and just rolled that power on Twelve hours out of Mackinaw City stopped in a bar to have a bre...

She's quite the mediator A smoother operator you will never see She'll see you later And no one dares disobey her openly She knows music, I know music too you see She's got the power, the teen queen Rosalie Rosalie, Rosalie She's got the plastic Com...

Like the wind that carried ahab To a far, more distant shore, To a shipwreck that was certain Long before. I can see there's no use sailing Among ships i've known before. It will only bring me more, And more and more Lonely sailing nights, more, Racin...

I need some wisdom I need some truth I need some beauty I need some proof And in the meantime I need a place to hide If I had you babe I'd be satisfied Went to the ocean stood in the surf I felt the water I felt the earth I heard the angels They...

I seen you walkin' every day on your way, school I seen you talkin' to the children I seen you talkin' to, ooh yeah School teacher, yeah In the boiler beneath the building And I'm so lonely, I'm lonely, yeah Go to your parties, goin' to your meeting You...

Seen a lot of walls, seen a lot of halls Got a lot of calls, late at night Seen a lot of doors, seen a lot of floors Done a lot of chores, late at night So don't come in here walkin' So innocent and talkin' Tryin' to make conversation Cause I know and y...

No matter what you think you've done You'll find it's not enough No matter what you think you know You won't get through It's a given, L.A. law Someone's faster on the draw No matter where you hide I'm comin' after you Now matter how the race is won It...

Until you've been beside a man You don't know what he wants You don't know if he cries at night You don't know if he don't Where nothing comes easy, old nightmares are real Until you've been beside a man You don't know how he feels But once inside a wo...

Sixteen years and she lets 'em show Little bitty queen dancin' on the floor High heeled shoes keep her right on time Body makes a little boy lose his mind And she knows she can't do anything wrong Music's hot and the night is loud Rhythm from the band bu...

Well, it's shinin' brightly it's lookin' pretty right from the early morning till real real late at night it's lookin' pretty good today the dark clouds are rollin' away oh and it's shinin' brightly and I think it's gonna be okay Well it's startin' to...

"Tell me quick" said Old McFee "What's this all have to do with me?" "I've spent all my time at sea a loner." "Is there something else I should know?" "Something hidden down below the level of your conversation?" Well he turned away before the answe...

It was a curious sight to me A castle older than a redwood tree Once lived in by royalty Who taxed and raped the land Mostly now it was stone and dust Long damp halls and smells of must Faded walls and ancient rust Built on shifting sand And I wanted I...

Simplicity it works for me It keeps me runnin' hard, and sharp and true I focus on the basic stuff And pretty soon I'm comin up on you So much clutter clouds our way Fundamentals win the day I break you down size you up I see a path and then I bust a mo...

Words and music by bob seger I woke up with this feeling There was something I wanted to say So I wrote you a song. Lately girl I've been dreamin' Dreamin' 'bout you all through the day So I wrote you a song. Hope the words will be right When I see you...

Someday I know I’ll find that road And I will pay back all I’ve owed Somehow I’ll bear that heavy load Someday I know I’ve never been the best Never quite kept up with the rest But someday you’ll see I’ll reach that crest Someday And then we’ll smile...

When she's needing Today will soon be yesterday Giving all there is Tommorrow she might And remember this Not even be there Something like staying When she does what she does When she's lonely And it doesn't fit Even though you"re late You'll get by if yo...

Sometimes I move in chains But I never feel the pain I wish I could explain Sometimes Sometimes It goes so fast I try to make some moment last I watch it slippingpast Sometimes I get this infernal need I'm losing ground Gotta make up speed Right...

Somewhere tonight Someone's reaching out to someone who's refusing Someone's tired of all the reason's someone's using Someone doesn't understand Somewhere tonight Someone's thinking back to someone who got closer Someone's realizing something's really...

I've been lonely but not lonelier than Him I've been lonely but not lonelier than Him When I'm lonely still I know He'll forgive me yes it's so I've been lonely but not lonelier than Him I've been sorry not sorryer than Him I've been sorry not sorryer th...

I'm headin' to Atlanta Leavin' on a Delta plane Uh huh, all right I'm headin' to Atlanta Leavin'on a Delta plane Uh huh, good good I'll carry my trenchcoat But I sure don't think it's gonna rain Ah ah, oh no The gold is in my pockets Caps and tabs ar...

I went down to the center of the town Beneath my feet was the burning ground She stood on the corner, sexy as can be Said hey good looking walk along with me And I said yeah, huh, oh yeah I'm your stealer, come to steal your love Sun was shining, the wo...

You always won, everytime you placed a bet Youre still damn good, no ones gotten to you yet Everytime they were sure they had you caught You were quicker than they thought Youd just turn your back and walk You always said, the cards would never do you wrong Th...

The crowd without a face Begins to fill the space In the arena Flashlights at his feet The lion from the street Awaits the Christians A blinding flash of light A single strobe ignites the night The smoke begins to rise A sea of staring eyes Gaze on...

She packed up her bags and she took off down the road Left me here stranded with the bills she owed She gave me a false address Took off with my American Express Sunspot Baby She sure had me way outguessed She left me here stranded like a dog out...

You Take A Chance on an airplane You Take A Chance when you cross the street You Take A Chance when you love somebody When you're standing near the heat You Take A Chance when you're honest You Take A Chance when you tell lies You Take A Chance when you...

Empty words, falling on ears Which have never heard Hollow lies, comin' from Lost, hung-up and lonely guys Through the night, make a sight Other rider looks so true Sinnin', spinnin' tales of Lucy Blue Piercing smile filling her face For a while Clos...

Yeah hell yeah now I can hear the gypsy wind a howlin' Ain't got time to lean against your wall I gotta hit the road and keep on movin' I'm gonna roll and smoke and boogie and ball now Been abused, got my shoes, paid my dues, teachin' blues Yeah I'm goin...

Dressed up to the nines Dancin' three-quarter time The champagne is on ice No one's gonna guess In your brand new dress Girl, you sure look nice Have a good time Honey, don't look back Stone in the middle of the aftermath Don't wink, don't blink Do...

The answer's in the question Will you be home late again Will you find the courage When truth come closin' in When trust is almost broken Faith is hard to find The answer's in the question Will you leave this all behind The heart's a lonely hunter It...

This is a protest against protesters: Fearless cowards of the U.S.A. Bravely here at home they stay They watch their friends get shipped away The draft dodgers of the Yellow Beret Yellow streaks up and down their spines Men who gladly stay behind They won't f...

About the time that Daddy left to fight the big war I saw my first pistol in the general store In the general store, when I was thirteen Thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen So l asked if I could have one someday when I grew up Mama dropped a d...

Think in terms of bridges burned Think of seasons that must end See the rivers rise and fall They will rise and fall again Everything must have an end Like an ocean to a shore Like a river to a stream Like a river to a stream It's the famous fi...

Here comes old Rosie she's looking mighty fine Here comes hot Nancy she's steppin' right on time There go the street lights bringin on the night Here come the men faces hidden from the light All through the shadows they come and they go With only one...

Theres a hard moon risin on the streets tonight Theres a reckless feeling in your heart as you head out tonight Through the concrete canyons to the midtown light Where the latest neon promises are burning bright Past the open windows on the darker streets Whe...

The fireman's talkin' like heroes do You best start listenin' when he gets to you The ice is meltin' the seas are high The smoke keeps risin' and there's no more time You know you're out of time There's no more hidin' the truth away A change is comin' i...

Don't you know it doesn't matter Who you are or what you'd really like to be Cause it's all without your mind And you weren't born blind And you don't have to see Just keep it in your heart And if it takes you far It's a start man It's a start Women...

Come they told me, pa rum pum pum pum A new born King to see, pa rum pum pum pum Our finest gifts we bring, pa rum pum pum pum To lay before the King, pa rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, So, to honor Him, pa rum pum pum pum, When we come. L...

The silent fall of evening snow Another thing you can't control Does it chill or warm you soul tonight You've become a mystery Will I earn your honesty I'll never know if we agree If you're not here And we travel separate roads And we carry different...

Winners, losers and small time misusers do what they must on their own Lovers, dreamers and beautiful schemers all take the long way home some have their reasons some lose their way they all want so much to succeed how do you tell them apart the best o...

The other side of The Mountain Is where I want to be It's a far piece over The Mountain But I hope you'll go with me I grew up as a dreamer I found that dreams aren't free Now I want you here with me I've lived so long near the mountain It's almost par...

I think I've found the real love Genuine and true I think it's really come my way today babe I think it's really you I remember moments looking in your eyes Could have sworn I saw the spark of love babe Flickering inside I've been around this track And the o...

By the light of the moon To a 50's tune He pledged his love to her A girl so rare A girl so fair The girl for him for sure He could see himself getting up every mornin' For the rest of his life Just to look in those eyes so blue It was all he ever wan...

This old house was once for dancing, This old house once filled with joy. With its beauty so entrancing, Every little girl and boy. Now its halls are filled with darkness. Its rooms are dusty, cold. This old house is growing so old. Take a walk into the...

Saw you walkin' on a backstreet honey Tryin' to slip away Did you find someone to take your money And did it make your day Take a lesson from someone who's been there There are lots of roads that lead you nowhere I can see it in your blank stare baby S...

Take away my inhibitions Take away my solitude Fire me up with your resistance Put me in the mood Storm the walls around this prison Leave the inmates Free the guards Deal me up another future From some brand new deck of cards Take the chip o...

They say the sun Is gonna grow someday It's gonna get a real close And burn us all up No more traffic in the street No more road rage No more pretending Things are real tough I can't promise you tomorrow No one has the right to lie You can beg and...

And over in the teacher's home she waited by the phone For calls which never rang, and people who never sang Train man rambled dusty into town and made his daily round Train man and he comes in the night brings her no love but he's right Yes he's right...

Up with the sun, gone with the wind, She always said I was lazy. Leavin' my home, leavin' my friends, Runnin' when things get too crazy. Out on the road, out 'neath the stars, Feelin' the breeze, passin' the cars. Women have come, women have gone, Ever...

I used to smoke five packs of cigarettes a day it was the hardest thing to put them away I drank four or five bottles of wine I kept a glass in my hand all the time Breaking those habits was hard to do But nothing prepared me for the changes that you pu...

Without a warning you took my heart You took it darling, tore it apart You left me sittin' in the dark, cryin' Said your love for me was dyin' I don't believe it, I think you outta turn it up Turn on your love light, turn it on up, just a little bit I ge...

On a long and lonesome highway east of Omaha You listen to the engines moanin' out his one long one note song You'd think about the woman or the girl you knew the night before But your thoughts will be wanderin' the way they always do When you're ridin' sixtee...

I wanna be a lawyer Doctor or professor A member of the UMC I want an air conditioner Cottage on the river And all the money I can see I wanna drive a Lincoln Spend my evenings drinking The very best burgandy I want a yacht for sailing Private eye fo...

It seems like only yesterday I didn't have a clue I stood alone not knowing where to turn Now suddenly I look around and everything looks new I don't know why but I think I'm starting to learn They call it understanding (standing) A willingness to gr...

I will answer the wind I will leave with the tide I’ll be out on the road Every chance I can ride No matter how far No matter how free I’ll be alone If you’ll wait for me There’ll be times when I’ll rise There’ll be times when I’ll fall There’ll be times whe...

I know it's late, I know you're weary I know your plans don't include me Still here we are, both of us lonely Longing for shelter from all that we see Why should we worry, no one will care girl Look at the stars so far away We've got tonight, who n...

Out on those trails Out 'neath that sky Rivers of old Still rushing by Eagles still soar White mountains loom Down in those valleys West of the Moon West of the stars Far from the chase Far from the crowds Far from the pace Horses run free Winter...

Which way you gonna go To the left or to the right Gonna go up gonna go down I ain't got no clue tonight Which way you gonna run To the east or to the west To the north to the south Which way you like the best You only do things Your Way Baby Your Way...

Springtime of new years, the young thoughts see more dreams while you live on the wind, how lovely it all seems With moments yet unshared, and wishes incomplete The stars above your head, the world beneath your feet Suddenly your nights, begin to seem so l...

You can cry if you want to, you can rage at the night You can blame all your wounds on the workd if you like YOu can drink from the bottle no ice and no glass You can lie in the mornin' and say it's our last But you won't stop there, no you won't stop ther...

I feel the cold wind blowin' all over me I see the dark clouds startin' to form The trees are bare, the grass is brown Another early winter Michigan storm Everything I do is just a little wrong Every day for me is the same Everyone I know is gettin' in...

It looked like it It felt like it But in the end it was just a show With good acting Fine acting Too bad the sponsers had to go And you know who you are Poor production Poor direction All the beautiful sad cliche's The sound was bad I couldn't hear...

Sometimes I'm frail sometimes I fall My best intentions bring nothing at all and I Feel like a cloud high on a hill Making no difference imposing no will When promises scatter and don't seem to matter I know in the end you take me in Through all of this...

A gypsy wind is blowing warm tonight the sky is starlit and the time is right And still you're tellin' me you have to go Before you leave there's something you should know Yeah something you should know babe I've seen you smiling in the summer sun...