John Mellencamp

Sweet belly of the moment You've realized you've changed And everything you are after Well, has gone down the drain You're nothing more than just a drifter As you walk down your road Not exactly the picture You thought you'd be sending home All these places...

It's not a graceful fall from dreams to the truth There's not a lot of hope here if you got nothing to lose When it feels no good, when you're flat on the ground Yeah, the future's not bright when you're falling down 'Cause I'm sick of life, yeah, it's ea...

Well west of Zion They got a hot spot brewing Handcuffs and kisses For the people who live there Guitar player's playing Cinderella saying Hey boys get that spoon to my nose And we'll run through the midnight air [Chorus:] Night, night, whoa night dancin' He...

Hey Jesus, can You give me a ride back home? I've been out here in this world too long on my own I won't bother You no more if You can just get me in the door Hey Jesus, can You give me a ride back home? When I started out I was so young and so strong I just...

Run in circles again tonight Hump the moon again tonight Gonna wear my dancin' shoes out tonight Gonna have myself a big time again tonight [Chorus:] Again tonight Again tonight Again tonight Girl's got lightning Underneath her skirt Boys try to touch it For...

Well, our hearts beat like thunder I don't know why they don't explode You got your hands in my back pockets And Sam Cooke's singin' on the radio You say that I'm the boy who can make it all come true Well, I'm tellin' ya that I don't know if I know what to do...

I wish you love And happiness I guess I wish you All the best I wish you don't Do like I do And ever fall in love with Someone like you Cause if you fell Just like I did You'd probably walk around the block like a little kid. But kids don't know They can only...

Another sad sad day The world's KO'd again And I used to always say No one could hit, like my old man Do you really have to be so tough Is it necessary to talk so (son of a bitchin) rough Hey ain't there some place I could fit in Could I find a little action...

I had a face so cute made a young girl cry And I could blow 'em away with just a wink of my eye I got all dolled up on a Saturday night Can't find a lady so I'll start a fight Hey but ain't that the American Dream But at School the young boys would assemble d...

Some people say I'm obnoxious and I'm lazy Some people say I take advantage of the younger girls and they're right Some people say should have been taught a few more manners at home Some say I'm chauvinistic better of just to leave me alone I don't know w...

Stuck inside a jigsaw Of the Midwestern modern midtown ?? Feeling like a trophy that The old man's been passing around Just another suit back ?? From a old time college degree And when I walked by I heard 'em Saying he was something to see [Chorus:] Well now...

We see it on TV, we get calls on the phone By the prophets of doom, they won't leave us alone. The planet is dying and there's no time to spare. They spend all our days sowing seeds of despair. We get enough bad news to harden our hearts. This fear that we fee...

They like to get you in a compromising position They like to get you there and smile in your face They think, they're so cute when they got you in that condition Well I think, it's a total disgrace CHORUS: I fight authority, authority always wins I fight auth...

Baltimore Oriole Took a look at the mercury, forty below. No life for a lady To be draggin’ her feathers around in the snow. Leavin’ me blue, off she flew To the Tangipahoa, Where the two-timin’ Jaybird Met the divine Miss O. I’d like to ruffle his plumage...

No songs on the stereo That we could sing with anymore. No dance that I can do That would not embarrass you. A sound bite here and there With no reason for me to care. It's just beige to beige, That's all it is these days, Little windows for you to crawl thro...

When paradise is no longer fit for you to live in And your adolescent dreams are gone Through the days you feel a little used up And you don't know where your energy's gone wrong It's just your soul feelin' a little downhearted Sometimes life is too ridiculous...

You used to raise your voice so that it could be heard. You used to shout out your orders, and your word was the final word. Do as I say and not as I do. They've taken your picture off the wall. How does it feel to be the big daddy of them all? You used to ch...

Well it's another hot day In Lima, Mississippi. Evan played the harmonica, And the old group sang. Some are laughin', some are crying' Most are still relyin' on the old (damn tar ?). Yeah in Shannon County, No one's overworked today. There ain't no us...

Spend a lot of time tryin' to grow up Guess I got a lot of growin' up to do Used to tell me sit down, hey shut up Guess they don't know what I was goin' through But I've loved me some girls And I've broken me some hearts A cast in Nova in my own right As I see...

[Chorus:] Babe break me off a piece of your love Once it's on I can't seem to get enough So keep it up Keep it comin' uh What Break me off some baby You're wicked, Baby So do what's right Break me off a piece of that love tonight Like a steel guitar that I lo...

Let's get to the point now Just because we've got the same mom and dad That don't mean I'm your keeper That don't mean I owe anything to you You don't care for me And man, I don't think that much of you Cause we're brothers, brothers, brothers I don't approve...

I was courting a Southern belle. Her daddy was a rich 'un, too. Sports car outside her door, She was pretty good looking, too. You call me up, want me to come over When the servants are all in bed. And she said, "Daddy's on a flight tonight. Does that put any...

Tony Jones stabbed Alice Jones On their first anniversary Down in Dallas, Texas In a small apartment With nobody present. He pulled out a knife And he stuck it to her. He left her bleeding On the floor in the kitchen With cake on her fingers And her wedding ri...

Hey, don't I know you from somewhere Yeah, it was down in New Orleans In one of those back-street bars in the quarter Between Desire and Honalee You were dancin' with a friend of Michael's I remember how we met You were talkin' to ol' Jimmy And you lit my ciga...

Well I was out on the town I was out cruising around Looking for a suitable bitch To throw down on the ground I was out looking for a cheap shot Well you ain't got nothing but cheap shots a lot Oh ho yea, give me another cheap shot Oh ho yea, give me another...

A million young poets Screamin' out their words To a world full of people Just livin' to be heard Future generations Ridin' on the highways that we built I hope they have a better understanding Check it out Goin' to work on Monday Check it out Got yourself a...

Well I lived on the outskirts of town In an eight room farmhouse, baby When my brothers and friends were around There was always somethin' doin' Had me a couple of real nice girlfriends Stopped by to see me every once in a while When I think back about those d...

Well I've lived and breathed and been disbelieved In these small town streets too long I've been up with the winners and down with the sinners And hung on this corner 'til dawn And my hands they have been tied To a life I've been denied I'm just a small town b...

Well I've lived and breathed and been disbelieved In these small town streets too long I've held nothin' but aces and been many places And hung on the corner 'til dawn But my hands have been tied To a life I've been denied I'm just a small town boy bein' used...

China girl, I met you on the sea sand. You touched me with your cool hand. Your perfume's in the wind. China girl, your daddy tells you white lies To keep you from by blue eyes. To know me is no sin. [Chorus:] And I won't break you, China girl, If you take m...

There may come a day when you grow weary Troubled waters stain the paper cup From other venues, other voices carry Spilled dreams soaking into thirsty dust Maybe then and there you'll find another Lover with a blank and empty heart Filled with breath and old...

I may not be a pillar in my town Or have the kind of job you think that I should. I know you see me out running around with a couple of people You think are no good. I've tried to clean it up a couple of times, but I'm a Backslidin' fool when it comes to walk...

She spends all our money And then she tells me I’m too tight She calls me Sunny Cause she thinks that I’m so bright She likes her love in the morning I like it at night Gee it’s a clumsy ol’ world Gee it’s a clumsy ol’ world She don’t eat meat But she smokes...

Ha! I don't care ha about your past I just want ho our love to last dee I don't care darlin' about your faults huh I just want to satisfy your pulse Oh When you kiss me When you mess me Hold my hand Make me understand I break out - in a cold sweat Ho! uh!...

Well I heard the bells of freedom once As I was coming down the road Coming down the road And I followed that echo wherever it would go As I was coming down the road But there always seemed to be trouble in my path I found my hands tied behind my back As I was...

Country gentleman walked a crooked mile, Got our money in his pocket. Did it all with a very handsome smile. Now, he's livin' it up in a great big office. He ain't a-gonna help no poor man. He ain't a-goona help no poor man. He ain't a-gonna help no poor man....

Well, the county fair left quite a mess in the county yard Kids with eyes as big as dollars rode all the rides Strip artists and con artists put on quite a show And made some money then left town Where they went I don't know? Hey, all you suckers I heard a fa...

Hey Hey America You're some kind of crazy island You're a place where dreams can grow And there's history in your mansions Good fortune in your plantings You're well respected we all know Hey Hey America Let's check your children And see what they might know...

She's got tights on her legs She's got a floppy French hat Voodoo in her eyes An endangered species on her back She talks about the movies She likes to talk about art She can show you a good time But you'll never touch her heart [Chorus:] Mama why do I alway...

Some people ain't no damn good You can't trust 'em you can't love 'em No good deed goes unpunished And I don't mind bein' their whippin' boy I've had that pleasure for years and years No no I never was a sinner--tell me what else can I do Second best is what y...

My baby is a cry cry baby She sits on my lap and balls My baby is a top mechanic She works with my nuts and tool She'll do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it She'll go down, she'll go down 

Hey Poppi yea ho Hey Poppi yea ho Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Lay low proud Poppi Lay low proud Poppi (shout it out) He's from the deep south (shout it out) Pass Christian Mississippi Where the cane breaks are burnin' every night Lay low proud Poppi (shout it out) [...

I Want You to Dance Naked So I Can See Ya I'd Like To Get To Know Ya You Dont Have To Act Naughty Spin Around, And Round Spin Around, Round And Round I Want You To Dance Naked I Promiss I Wont Touch You I Promiss To Tell No One I Want You To Dance Naked Spi...

Office girls, they pass me by. They don't know my name. Put me on the danger list, Just too wild to tame. Take the drinks off of the table. Throw my guitar out the door. Set my sights on some new sunrise. Help my feet to the floor. [Chorus:] I ain't lookin'...

Be careful How you walk These days are evil Look how you talk I hear there are people that are listening This mystery Is up to you So you be careful What you do I know There are people who are wondering These are the days of farewell Halfway undecided That's...

I got a letter this morning how do you reckon it read? "hurry the gal you love is dead"? i got a letter this morning i'm wonderin' how you reckon it read he say, "hurry, hurry" "on account that gal you love is dead" i grabbed up my suitcase i took off down t...

Daylight is leaving And the night is closing in In just a few hours The sleeplessness begins again My head feels thick And I'm unable to think I guess I'll wait 'til tomorrow And see what it brings I have a little hope left And I guess that's someplace to star...

Now There's a man you'll hear about Most anywhere you go, And his holdings are in Texas And his name is Diamond Joe. And he carries all his money In a diamond-studded jar. He never took much trouble With the process of the law. I hired out to Diamond Joe, bo...

Do you believe in magic in a young girl's heart How the music can free her, whenever it starts And it's magic, if the music is groovy It makes you feel happy like an old-time movie I'll tell you about the magic, gonna free her soul It's like trying to tell a s...

Well I see you've got a new boyfriend Got your mixed up husband too I got 25 dollars in my pocket Want me to spend it all on you But I know that you cheat on all of us That's just the way that you do Hey, girl, I don't care where you've been I know, I've been...

Don’t forget about me When you’re holding someone else’s hand Remember we had dreams and plans Don’t forget about me Don’t forget about me Please don’t make me a used-to-be Someone lost in your history Don’t forget about me I know the thrill of love...

I bring you renegade stories And you tell me I'm crazy and wild You say that I lack maturity Stop actin' like a child But you know I am a liar And my promises only get in my way You feel so good, when you're in my arms Ain't there one right thing I can say To...

This getting older Ain't for cowards This getting older Is a lot to go through Ain't a gonna need this body Much longer Ain't a gonna need this body Much more Well I can't see much Like I used to And I can't run like the wind I don't sleep more Than just a fe...

Dear Mr. President I live in the suburbs It's a long way from Washington , D.C. Had me a job Workin' for wages Till the company moved out And they forgot about me Can't draw unemployment For some unknown reason My kids are hungry I've got four mouths to feed I...

Well now, baby meet me in the bottom, bring me my running shoes Well now, baby meet me in the bottom, bring me my running shoes Well, I'll come out the window, I won't have time to lose. When you see me streaking by, please don't be late When you see me strea...

Pre-war matador Save your broken bones Golden rule, he's such a fool In the streets alone Slow burn, taciturn Nothing left to say Column five, sympathize It's easier that way Just want to be a big boy Pushin' some Jim-jims around But it's hard to be a dreamer...

Well I ain’t been baptized I ain’t got no church No friend in Jesus And what makes matters worse I’ve lost myself Into the dark Scared and alone With no love in my heart Each day of sorrow Brings me closer to goodbye If I weren’t so afraid I’d la...

Well me and my son of only fourteen A finer young gentleman you’ve never seen We went out walking on Easter Eve Just to pass some time together Well he asked me some questions of things that I’d done But I kept it good natured, we were just having fun And we...

Diane and Jack went to the movies They went to see Richard Pryor Screamin' on his knees for his lover How could have I been wrong about you? How could I have been so wrong about you? Eden is burning I can see it from my window Better take it to the water Eden...

(Sally in the roses) I woke up today Everything's on my shoulders I never told her Such emotional love I hear what you say Yes I owe ya But I don't know ya And I smash soldiers with love I'll come there today To your station It's recreation This passing noti...

In the shadows of the smokestacks Through the black snow that lay on the land Walked home one winter morning With my life's savings in my hand Maryanne, she's fixin' up some breakfast Got the lights on, on the Christmas tree Sittin' there lookin' up at an ange...

Be yourself, boys Let's get this show on the road Well I'm up every morning by 6:08 Take the Voltswagon bus up the interstate Feel Charlie Manson just like ... I'm diggin' real hard for some money to spend Well it ain't that bad if the summer's free I got my...

Farewell Angelina, the bells of the crown Are being stolen by bandits, I must follow the sound The triangle tingles, the music plays slow But farewell Angelina, the night is on fire, and I must go There is no use in talking and there's no need for blame There...

I wish I could give you an answer As to when life really begins I wish I could tell you where we went When our days here come to an end Wish I could see the future The same way I see the past Wish I could draw a conclusion Why nothing here seems to last I can...

When I think of all the wrong I've done I can't believe it's me that I'm talking about I bet the same goes for you There is plenty of goodness in this world I hope some day to find it all I hope the same goes for you I hope the same goes for you Thank God fo...

I'm navigating my way down Freedom's Road Trying to make my way back home I got my foot to the floor But she must need bleeding This car just don't want to roll Freedom's Road must be under construction Sometimes you wonder what kind of freedom they're talking...

He was a good lookin' guy. Stood about six foot three, Long brown hair As nice as he could be. Everybody liked him But he didn't have a clue, He looked silly as hell In those funny French shoes. You know the type Without any heels, Leather soles, Kind of a sl...

Cain told Abel, "Brother, you'd better get busy We got watermelon burnin' up out there in the sun" Abel said, "Cain, brother, you're drivin' me silly Raisin' up this fruit trader bull, you know it ain't no fun" We're just yellin' in the dark We're just pissin...

As the sound bounds in the street And you settle down to your back seat And the movement seems to be ....... And all the jokes that you use to poke At all the dopes you were once seen with And every word that you had ?? Was looking up to you for a reason And...

Don't look at me, don't touch me Keep your mind straight ahead Don't get no funny ideas about me Or you'll wish that you were dead That's what I'm thinking she must be thinking The girl I spent 53 bucks on last night She gives me a look from the corner of her...

Ghost towns along the highway Guess no one wants to live around here any more Ghost towns along the highway Listen to the wind blow through the Cracks on the boarded-up doors But our love keeps on moving To the nearest faraway place I guess no one believes in...

Oh, a storm is threat'ning My very life today If I don't get some shelter Oh yeah, I'm gonna fade away War, children, it's just a shot away It's just a shot away War, children, it's just a shot away It's just a shot away Ooh, see the fire is sweepin'...

Ain't no golden gates gonna swing open Ain't no streets paved in natural pearl Ain't no angel with a harp come singin' Leastways not that I know of in this world In these days of uncertain futures Who knows what the masters might do They got their big deals g...

Good girls don't stay for breakfast They know it's in poor taste Good girls won't blow your evening With small talkin' chit chat just a waste [Chorus:] I don't wanna walk with you And I don't wanna talk with you And I don't wanna be with you 'till the night t...

It's rainin' on me Watch the cab drive you away I see the night bein' eatin' up By just another day I guess I'd better accept That we just didn't have a lot to say Except goodnight I guess it's goodnight The city workers Cleanin' up the streets An old man wra...

Was a dark stormy night As the train rattled on All the passengers had gone to bed Except a young man with a baby in his arms Who sat there with a bowed-down head The innocent one began crying just then As though its poor heart would break One angry man said,...

Everything is slower here, everybody's got a union card They get up on Sunday and go to church of their choice Come back home cook out in the backyard And they call this the Great Midwest Where the cornfields row and flow They're all 5 years ahead of their ti...

You can laugh and joke and make fun of your friends, Spin in the middle when your troubles begin, Take it nice and easy and always pretend That you're cool.........so cool..........so cool. Say, "i'm gunna hold onto that a while and i will and i'll be tame",...

One man Does his work He's not satisfied Not at all Feels like That he is being used His self respect starts to fall His frustration Runnin' very very high He takes it out On the one he loves Because it's safe And who they gonna tell And he hates the cold-bloo...

Barry Barry, he's with Mary Look like they could fly Grandma's off her medicine I think that I know why People standing naked Outside in the yard Power ball slot machine Looking for the winning card Tryin' to get my mind straight now It's a little bit narrow b...

She's one of those Sunday afternoon walkers Who searches down the rich dick So here comes, speak this way baby Ain't no tongue some kinda a trick So shake that kick, ooh shake that kick Shavin' your underarms I got my eyes on your ... If I could just get your...

Ah, ah, ah, ah, hey hey hey, yeah Ah, ah, ah, ah, hey hey hey, yeah Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more Hit that road Jack and don't you come back no more I said baby baby don't treat me so mean Your the meanest old woman that I ever seen I gues...

Sonny's out strolling, ambling slowly Washed in amber street lights A Mexican wind blows in Takin' ahold of Angelina's hair and her halo Motors runnin' muffling the sound Of street talk, a big deal's goin' down [Chorus:] It's another hot night In a cold town...

Drivin' down on a dry summer's day Old Route 66 and I was just a kid Met a pretty little Indian girlalong the way Got her into my car and tried to give her a kiss I'll give you beads and wampum Whatever it takes girl, to make you trade She jumped into the bac...

This land today, shall draw its last breath And take into its ancient depths This frail reminder of its giant, dreaming self While I, with human-hindered eyes Unequal to the sweeping curve of life Stand on this single print of time CHORUS: Human wheels spin r...

When I was a young boy Said put away those young boy ways Now that I'm gettin' older, so much older I long all those young boy days With a girl like you With a girl like you Lord knows there are things we can do, baby Just me and you Come on and make it Hurt...

I love the things that scare most folks to death But I ain't ever satisfied I'll stay till the end or till I'm gasping my last breath But I ain't ever satisfied No, I am never satisfied I can pretty much come and go as I like But I ain't ever satisfied Hey, w...

I need a lover that won't drive me crazy I need a lover that won't drive me crazy I need a lover that won't drive me crazy Some girl that knows the meaning of a Hey hit the highway Well I've been walkin' the streets up and down Racing through the human jungle...

I am your crazy driver Honey I'm sure to steer you so wrong I'm a dieing in this story I'm only livin' to sing this song I need somebody baby You need somebody baby too I need somebody baby Just like you, Just like you And I'm losing on my feelings And I'm r...

I Saw Momma Kissin ol' Santa Claus underneath the mistletoe last night and she did not hear me creep down the stairs to have a peek why she thought that i was tucked up in my bedroom fast asleep well let me tell you that i saw momma tickle ol'santa claus und...

Holly told me, "You better give me a child" I said, "Holly, there's no way We don't even like each other all that much We couldn't make it one more day" She said, "You better look out, buster The next time you see me you're gonna pay" I said, "Holly, I'm not r...

If I die sudden Please don't tell anyone There ain't nobody that needs to know That I'm gone Just put me in a pine box Six feet underground Don't be calling no minister I don't need one around Well, my grandma she told me She'd be waiting at the gate She sai...

Well in my time of dyin' Don't want nobody to mourn All I want for you to do Is take my body home Well well well so I can die easy Well well well Well well well so I can die easy Jesus gonna make up Jesus gonna make up Jesus gonna make up my dyin' bed Well me...

Well I'm a middle-aged teenager I'm a man of angst and leisure Doin' the best that I can do My problems are incorrect I've always got it around my neck Hey I'm just like you Yeah I've done some good and I've done some bad But the most fun that I ever had Was s...

I stand here a black man I have no history I was brought up in East Chicago And I grew up on the streets The chains around the playground were the chains around my heart The brand upon my shoulder Well it reminds you who you are And it all comes true Yes it a...

Well, it don't scare me none, I've been there before, Sideswiped an old Oak tree In a rusted-out old Ford. Shot at guys who were shootin' back In the Second World War, And it don't scare me none I've been there before. Well I fell in love with a woman Who did...

Virginia's in the bath house sayin', "Don't drink the water," And I'm already in the swimmin' pool. The woman in the straw hat said, "The meat ain't worth eatin'," And sunbathin' here, baby, ain't so cool. There's a hole in the ozone and the rats all got cance...

A little ditty about Jack and Diane Two American kids growin' up in the heartland Jackie's gonna be a football star Diane's debutante in the backseat of Jackie's car Suckin' on a chili dog outside the tastee freeze Diane's sittin' on Jackie's lap He's got his...

I'd like to buy you a cabin cruiser And we could sail around with our time I'd like to get you, a southern mansion And we could burn it down, down to the ground But I'm movin on down To Jackamo Road On my way thru Georgia And all the points unknown Yeah, I'm...

Is this your life, Jackie Brown? Poorly educated and forced to live on the poor side of town. Is this your daughter, Jackie Brown? This pretty little girl In the worn out clothes That have been hand-me down. Is this your wife, Jackie Brown? With sad blue eyes,...

So you went to a party at Jacqueline Onassis If you're so smart why don't you wear glasses So you can see what you're doin' to me So you can see what you're doin' to me So you can see what tomorrow might bring Underneath your breath you know I heard you cussi...

The warden threw a party in the county jail. The prison band was there and they began to wail. The band was jumpin' down they began to swing. You should've heard those jailbirds sing. Let's rock, everybody, let's rock. Everybody in the whole cell block was dan...

An all white jury hides the executioners face See how we are, me and you? Everyone here needs to know their place Let's keep this blackbird hidden in the flue Oh, Jena Oh, Jena Oh, Jena Take your nooses down So what becomes of boys that cannot think straight...

Jerry's yelling at the man in the Moon He's right outside of my window He acts like a madman from time to time I hope he brings it to a crescendo soon Jerry's yelling at the man in the moon Jerry's yelling at the man in the moon Jerry rides his skateboard dow...

Look what Jim Crow's done and gone Went and changed his name Don't know what he's going by these days But he's still actin' the same You can call it what you want to But it's still a minstrel show You can call it what you want to But it's still Jim Crow Jim's...

I don't accommodate nobody I just take care of myself Gotta house down on a dusty road I don't need nobody else I gotta wife and some kids I don't know where they're at I know many, many people But I ain't got no friends Well, I used to have some values Now...

Well who's that a writing? John The Revelator Who's that a writing? John The Revelator Who's that a writing? John The Revelator A book of the seven seals. Tell me what's John a writing? Ask The Revelator What's John a writing? Ask The Revelator What's John a...

They call me Junior. I live here on the street. I earn two hundred dollars a week. I'd like to say "Hey, thanks a lot." I know I'm missin' something But I don't know what it is That I don't got. I sit here watchin' The people down below. I try to imagine The...

Bobie Doll and Big Jim Picato Call me up every single day They don't work and they don't want to Come on down to some Damn Cafe Bobie Doll tells me "live in the moment" Don't get too far ahead - don't live in the past I blink my eyes and the moment is over I...

As my time goes by On the mean, cruel earth Trying to find some peace A little something to believe in How can things go so wrong In such a beautiful world Why are so many people crying Where's humanity gone And every time it gets so dark There's nothing for m...

He was born on the fourth day of July So his parents called him Independence Day He married a girl named Justice who gave birth To a son called Nation Then she walked away Independence he would daydream and he'd pretend That someday him and Justice and Nation...

In a hand painted night, me and Gypsy Scotty are partners At the Hotel Flamingo, wearin black market shoes This loud Cuban band is crucifying John Lennon No one wants to be lonely, no one wants to sing the blues She's perched like a parrot on his tuxedo shoul...

[Talking:] (One time only, (gulp) if you don't Get it right this time, tough shit, tough shit, Everybody ready, tell me when, say when your Rolling here, a one, a two, a one, two, three, die) I press my face to the window I ran my fingers through my hair I wa...

Guilty 'till proven innocent. I'm thinking about the government Wondering where the money went. Into outer space, I guess. Lying cs's everywhere. Pretty boys in their underwear. Statue of Liberty. Who really cares About freedom. Singin' about l-u-v baby, luv...

You feel so good, Lafayette, now I've come to greet you Tell all my friends I've come back again I couldn't stay away, I was gone only a day But I'm comin' back to my sweet Lafayette I'm goin' down to Lafayette, I don't care how long I'm gone It's so hard to...

Someday this will all be over Nothing lasts forever Thank god for change I love you now, we should stay together No one's crying about a single thing Large world turning Live while you can Live while you can Large world turning Live while you can Live while y...

A cold day in December And I'm still here alone I look through my window and I surrender Should be gone But I've not place to go Last chance to get up Last chance to go Last chance to get up and go Last chance to get up Last chance to go Last chance to get up...

I preach my dear friends you are about to receive on John Barley Corn, nicotine and the temptations of Eve. [John doesn't sing/say this first verse] No parking by the sewer sign Hotdog my razor broke Water dripping up the spout But (hey) I don't care - Let it...

Hello girls and boys As you sit in your carpeted bedrooms With your stereos on and on Playin' with those hundred dollar toys Built to occupy your minds So you don't notice your future's are gone And as you race on through the streets tonight Lookin' for some l...

Life is hard anyway you cut it Life is sweet, like a berry from a tree Life is temptation, Baby, every single day Life is hard Life is funny, I don't mean ha-ha It's not always sunny, when it needs to be Life is frightening, nothing lasts forever Life is hard...

Once upon a time you dressed so fine You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you People' d call, say, beware doll, you're bound to fall You thought they were all kiddin you You used to laugh about everybody that was hangin' out Now you don't talk so l...

She calls me up and says: "Baby it's a lonely ol' night. I don't know I'm just so scared and lonely, All at the same time, Nobody told us it was gonna work out this way No, no, no, no, no I guess they knew we'd work it out in our own way'' Chorus: It's a lo...

Seems like once upon a time ago I was where I was supposed to be My vision was true and my heart was too There was no end to what I could dream I walked like a hero into the setting sun Everyone called out my name Death to me was just a mystery I was too busy...

Well, we're droppin' our bombs In the southern hemisphere And people are starving That live right here And they're tearing down walls In the name of peace And they're killing each other In the Middle East [Chorus:] But love and happiness Have forgotten our na...

Let’s suppose you lived over here Let’s suppose I lived right over there Let’s suppose we shared a kiss On a night like this Let’s suppose we went too far In the back seat of your car Let’s suppose we fell in love Like two turtle doves And let’s suppose we got...

Riding in the park with your golden tan You got your new tattoo half devil half man Straddlin' a stallion made of chrome and steel Spittin' out fire this cat's for real He'll be a lovin' mother for ya, don't you know He'll be a lovin' mother for ya, don't you...

This ain't no make believe I ain't foolin around this time You can believe what you want to believe It's a sin the way we've wasted our time Make me feel like I wanna feel Baby tear this pain from my heart Make me feel like I wanna feel Make me feel like I di...

The old paper mill stinks up the beaches As I walk along the ocean shore. I'm just a plain man, thoughts full of creases, Haven't accomplished much, but I dream of more. Mansions in heaven, I see myself walking with the King. The angels are descending to wrap...

Martha say she don't need no stinking man making no decisions for her. She don't need his money, she don't need him between the sheets, She ain't gonna sleep on the edge of the bed for no stinking man. And that's the way she lives 'cause I saw her last night P...

I'm not following your frame of mind Complaining about this life all the time Surely something good here, as the world spins by Could you please stop being so and so mean? This will never work out that's what you say It's the end of the world again yesterday...

I met my girl She was livin' in the melting pot I touched her skin It was greasy from the melting pot Get yourself a weapon Cause they slice you up in the melting pot Well, I don't really have time to talk But I wish you lots of luck in the melting pot [Choru...

Well I hear in Miami they have a lot of girls Who toast their flesh in the sun Living on allowances they receive from the old man at home To keep up appearances to have fun [Chorus:] Hey baby Living in Miami I know you're hip to those hotel alibis I know you'...

On a Greyhound thirty miles beyond Jamestown He saw the sun set on the Tennessee line He looked at the young man who was riding beside him He said I'm old kind of worn out inside I worked my whole life in the steel mills of Gary And my father before me I helpe...

There's a band playing down the street we could see, yeah Movie showing down at the Von Lee A church supper with Grandma and Grandad Let's go out and have ourselves the best time we've ever had Say goodnight, my Miss Missy Goodnight, it's time to go home Hey,...

The president he's a pretty nice guy I'd like to take him out to dinner sometime Drive around in his motorcade Talk about those bills that ain't been paid and maybe later on, just for fun, We'll shoot off his submachine gun We'll shoot out the sky, shoot out t...

Wish I had an aeroplane I'd fly away up yonder 'Til I could write me the perfect song It'd be a song for the people It'd be a song that everybody could sing along If you needed a ride You'd have one If you needed a friend I'd be your best one If you got afrai...

Sweet love standing at my gate Oh, my sweet love It sure would feel good to feel good again Oh, my sweet love You say that you need me, you'll always believe me Oh, my sweet love That our love is forever, we'll always be together Oh, my sweet love You say yo...

(Night Slumming - burp 123) Well good evening to, the dirty bordellos And good evening to, the girls who work uptown And say hello, well hello, to the gay young fellows Who make their love, on the meat rack In their sister's gowns Well I ain't no king, but I...

Give me twenty-five dollars And drive me around downtown Solve all my problems Don’t let me lose what I’ve found Give me good lovin’ And seal it with a kiss Then drop me off where the music’s loud But it won’t get no better than this Take me to a party Where...

Well my wife she took off to Memphis With some fella from our little town My mother’s at home up in Baltimore And my daddy is down in the ground It gets awfully cold here in the winter Hot and humid in the summer time I got laid off on account there’s no work...

We started out With a sin and a lie And moved on to 'what's in it for me,' And when trouble washed up, hell, we just let it flow by And our kindness just washed out to sea. They say Jesus died On the old rugged cross To save you from people like me And Daddy,...

If you believe Won't you please raise your hands Let's hear your voices Let us know where you stand Don't shout from the shadows Cause it won't mean a damn Now more than ever [Chorus:] Now more than ever The world needs love Not just a slogan But the world ne...

Pretty woman, walkin' down the street. Pretty woman, the kind I'd like to meet, Pretty woman, I don't believe you. You're not the truth. No one could look as good as you. Mercy Pretty woman, won't you pardon me. Pretty woman, I couldn't help but see, Pretty w...

I can stand beside Ideals I think are right And I can stand beside The idea to stand and fight I do believe There's a dream for everyone This is our country There's room enough here For science to live And there's room enough here For religion to forgive An...

She had a dream And boy it was a good one So she chased after her dream With much desire But when she got too close To her expectations Well the dream burned up Like paper in fire Paper in fire Stinkin' up the ashtrays Paper in fire Smokin' up the alleyways...

Come on baby take a ride with me I'm up from Indiana down to Tennessee Everything is cool as can be In a peaceful world People know this world is a wreck We're sick and tired of being politically correct If I see through it now but I didn't at first The hypoc...

Well, gonna do a dance and it goes like this (Pap shoo ah, papa papa shoo ah) And the name of the dance is the peppermint twist (Pap shoo ah, papa papa shoo ah) On a night like this, the peppermint twist (Pap shoo ah, papa papa shoo ah) Round and round, up an...

There's a black man with a black cat livin' in a black neighborhood He's got an interstate runnin' through his front yard You know he thinks that he's got it so good And there's a woman in the kitchen cleanin' up the evenin' slop And he looks at her and says,...

You may drive around in your town Ina brand new shiny car Your face in the wind your haircut's in And your friends think you're bizarre You may find a cushy job and I hope that you go far But if you really want to taste some cool success You better learn to pl...

Never wanted to be no pop singer, Never wanted to write no pop songs. Never had no weird hair to get my songs over. Never wanted to hang out after the show. Pop singer (writing) of pop songs. Never wanted to have my picture taken. Now, who would want to look...

We rode our horses in the city Didn't we love living there Now it's gone to those more beautiful 'Cause younger is always so pretty The marmalade the bed we made Seemed to stretch out into forever And we tried to stay together Yeah we tried to stay together Y...

God gave Moses a few little rules And he said I want you to pass them around Take a look at those old tools I can't believe the shit that's going down You're supposed to have a good time But I think you take it a little too far Watchin' your life in vista-visi...

Oow, hahaha ha Well now to live in this world Sometimes you gotta get touch I got me a bunch of boys when the going gets rough Someone to lean on when their calling my bluff Someone to ..... Talking about R. Gang, R. Gang, R. Gang, R. Gang, R. Gang, R. Gang T...

They come from the cities and they come from the smaller towns beat up cars with guitars and drummers goin crack boom bam R O C K in the USA R O C K in the USA R O C K in the USA yeah yeah rockin in the USA they said goodbye to their families said goodbye t...

Scarecrow on a wooden cross Blackbird in the barn Four hundred empty acres that used to be my farm I grew up like my daddy did My grandpa cleared this land When I was five I walked the fence while grandpa held my hand Rain on the scarecrow Blood on the plow T...

A weh-aheh-aheh-ell The little things you say and do Make me want to be with you-oo-ooo Rave on It's a crazy feelin' An-a I know it's got me reelin' When you say, 'I love you' Rave on (Dum-diddly dum diddly dum) (Diddly, diddly, diddly) The way you...

This time I’m leavin’ And I ain’t-a kiddin’ Walkin out the door For evermore You see the devil He’s right behind me Whistling in my ear It’s time to go You know the devil He thinks he’s got me But he ain’t got me No Goin’ to get my baby She in Chicago Wrapped...

Well there’s blood on the hands of the rich politicians Red is the color of the sand and the sea Blood on the hands of an arrogant nation Who start all the bleeding over their policies So she blamed it all on whispering secrets She blamed it on the moon and t...

Got my hands on a little bit of dough So I went to the grocery store And got some steaks to go Went by and picked up my gal, Teddi Jo We had ourselves a picnic Beside a dirt road [Chorus:] Rooty toot toot Rooty toot toot We had it made in the shade Like a bal...

All the leaves are green All my friends are gone I'm livin' in my hometown I can barely get along I feel sorry for myself That's an easy thing to do I feel sorry for the world I feel sorry for you Yes I am a pitiful sight I can't even get one thing right [Cho...

Little girl disappeared and gone From the rural route Seven days missing something's wrong On the rural route Amber alert all over the nation From the rural route Two lane highway full of cops On the rural route Rural route Police dogs howl from wire cages On...

Oh Sad Lady do you curse your name And how many times have you been ashamed Crazy Lady letting your emotions show It's hard being a woman knowing what you know Oh Sad Lady were you born in vain Nothing to live for and no one to blame Ain't no use in screaming...

Save some time to dream Save some time for yourself Don’t let your time slip away Or be stolen by somebody else Save some time for those you love For they’ll remember what you gave Save some time for the songs you sing And the music that you’ve made Could it...

You ain't goin' nowhere Gonna sit by this pool until you fall in Didn't know what you were getting into When you walked in to this room now did you kid We got some girls over here We got some boys over there And they're here just for your fun So have some dinn...

Can you shelter me From this anxiety Hey baby don't look me in the eye 'Cause I'm sexually shy shy shy Sexually shy shy shy I don't know why With other girls I'm fine But with you baby I'm shy shy shy I hate for you to see me like this 'Cause nowhere else in...

Homicide on the edge of town, and no one said it be easy Sure has its ups and downs, and Garfield is laughing Sitting in a dark room, making love with Sylvannia No so called friends around, cigarettes and champagne Gonna make me a big star, oh haven't you hea...

Two veteran lovers french kiss in the doorway Their ears are cold but their hearts are so warm A country band playin' down the street just a little ways They're whiskey wild, they keep it up until dawn [Chorus:] Small Paradise I glad to see everything's alrig...

Well I was born in a small town And I live in a small town Prob'ly die in a small town Oh, those small communities All my friends are so small town My parents live in the same small town My job is so small town Provides little opportunity Educated in a small...

Someday, someday But I don't know when Someday, someday But I don't know when Brother brother oh brother Why are you walking down this road here This is the road of madness and trouble And it's paved with intolerance, ignorance and fear Someday, someday But...

Someday the rains will fall When you expect it least Someday the rains will fall When I first come down here from the country Came to the fork in the road One way went nowhere And the other, it carried a heavy load Someday the rains will fall When yo...

Never give an inch, that's what I say, son. When it's too tough for everybody else, Hell, it's just right for me. Now, my lips are bleeding From the selfish things that I've done, And my heart it lies at the bottom of the ocean. Sometimes a great notion... Wa...

I got stones in my passway And my road seem dark as night I got stones in my passway And my road seem dark as night I have pains in my hearts They have taken my appetite I have a bird to whistle And I have a bird to sing Have a bird to whistle And I have a bi...

Well I'm all gassed up The Car is waitin' outside I got three more hours on this loser's job And then I'll be ready to ride I got this cowboy comin' with me This guy's name is Jeffrey Jack He can shoot the eyes out of a pool ball He can get the young girls int...

Exotic cars scream down the sunset of dreams On a hot sunny afternoon I'm in a hot dog stand With a strange love holding my hand And we're both playin' it real cool It's the summer of love It's the summer of love, Baby It's the summer of love Leastways, I'm h...

You see this kind of chick in every town. Whenever there's a scene she's always hanging around She's so naive and innocent, she looks with all She's only fourteen but she knows how to draw. Now now now baby now Super........supergirl, yeah Super........superg...

Go on and admit it You can't take it anymore So why don't you quit it Your scratching off again Can't you see it Well the whole thing was such a surprise I know you and your hear crazy notions Your pretty girls and no devotions Down by the ocean middle class...

Suzanne was the jewel keeper. In a word she stole all the jewels And she took them to a foreign land Which was strictly against all the rules, And she wore them all proudly Like a tiara crown on her head. She slept with them at night. Suzanne and the jewels in...

I was loud and a little sad. She was visiting from Atlanta, Georgia. She had come to spend the summer with her dad. I thought she was very pretty. We would kiss and hold hands Every night by the football field. Her body was tan From the afternoons by the publi...

Now, Right now, Look at the place I` m in, When i think about things that i could have done It´s impossible for me tp pretend. But i see it now as the lights grow dim and the world starts to close its eyes. i just wanted to say goodnight, Sweet Suzanne. I hear...

You've been checking some girls heart For some tenderness But all you found this far Her credit card eyes and some pretentiousness Tell her you're gonna have to pass If she don't like it she can kiss your ass Cos all you wanted anyway Was your take home pay T...

Put your life on the table Stick your money on the line Create the situation there, one more time Your name it means nothing And the dreams that we live ?? And now you don't care if she is, the girl from next door She's never been known for nothing, but a mot...

Oh yeah Well she started out, just to be a dancer Gonna make her livin' dancin' In the Broadway shows So she hitchhiked cross the country From Pasaroba to the Big Red Apple Where your dreams are made Your debts must be paid on time Well she wasn't used to liv...

I read your letter, darlin' Tears filled my eyes All of the promises you made were nothing but lies So I turned your photograph around face to the wall And when I dim the lights in my room tonight Teardrops will fall Teardrops will fall tonight Tears I can't...

Let me say thank-you to those who love many Let me say thank-you to those who still play fair Hallelujah, the meek shall inherit Let me say thank-you to all you people out there, out there Let me say grace for those who don't feel they matter May God look down...

I like my heroes To be honest and strong I wear t-shirts And blue jeans I try to understand All the cultures of this world I’m an American from the Midwest When I speak I have a southern drawl I mind my manners most of the time When you come down here Stop a...

I know you and you know me We met many years ago In the halls of some ivy covered university Where we both used to go Now we stand outside the Denmark hotel With Japanese men in their business suits It's midnight you're talking to some Frenchman About who does...

Why do I think there's nobody out there? No one who wants me and no one who knows. I wait in this place, no one can see me. After all this time could I be so alone? I walk through this old town and still feel lonely. The wind plays sad songs high in the trees....

Why does the sun go on shining Why does the sea rush to shore Don't they know it's the end of the world 'Cause you don't love me any more Why do the birds go on singing Why do the stars glow above Don't they know it's the end of the world It ended when I lost...

As I run through this life Sometimes it breaks my heart Seein' old people goin' downtown Stumblin' their way through the dark And the little babies cry For their mothers' warmth Sometimes I feel so helpless I don't know where to start [Chorus:] And the face o...

I've ridden down Sunset I drank expensive wine I've been married 2 dozen times Raised ten children on a workman's pay And I'm glad to say I've enjoyed everyday Of the full catastrophe of life I've sat in courtrooms had people call me names I've been to London...

Well I don't like it when I see your eyes dartin' Back and forth across the room And I don't like it when I see you doin' dances Baby that I ain't used to [Chorus:] But that's the kind of fella I am That's the kind of fella I am I'm a jealous kinda fella And...

We passed upon the stair, we spoke of was and when Although I wasn't there, he said I was his friend Which came as some surprise I spoke into his eyes I thought you died alone, a long long time ago Oh no, not me I never lost control You're face to face With T...

Suzanne divorced her husband She got the keys to the car and the home But her friends were really his friends No one stops by to see her much anymore So one night she goes back down to the old haunts That once upon a time were her own She didn't know nobody ou...

Before you go to sleep And close your eyes I'd like to kiss you One more time Touch your lips Perhaps your soul I'll be still and say no more Oh tell me do you feel the same way I do Well the night was sweet You filled the air Your gentle hands touched me eve...

Well the West End now The West End then Went by the other day Just to see my friend His house was dark His socks were thin I told him let’s get out the West End For my whole life I’ve lived down in the West End But it sure has changed here Since I was a kid...

And now I must face The crowd once again The curtain is calling And the show must begin The lights grow dim on the floor And they call me the whore, oh yeah They call me the whore They call me the whore They call me the whore 

Henry worked at Sears or somehwhere, Theo did, too. They both got themselves a van together; Nineteen seventy-two, Ford. Drove around all night long playing music very, very loud. Big noise, all the time; Little legends in a little town. Moments of time they...

They're so tough They like to make us feel little They like to make us feel small And keep us down 'Til we feel no good at all Then they tell us that we're stupid That we got no sense at all They'll ke away the spark Keep us in the dark Make us feel we have...

It’s not my nature To be nostalgic at all I sat by the phone last night Waiting for you to call It’s been decades since I spoke to you I just wanted to say I’ve been thinking about you Did you get my message I left the other afternoon Your young girl’s voice...

Please be quiet, everyone's asleep Stella's locked her door and she's requested some peace She teaches the English at the American school She teaches imaginary numbers and the golden rule She says it's hard to worry about the future When your past is knocking...

I've had a lot of girls in my life They never meant that much to me A good time was always had by all But those good times, they were fleeting memories I used to lie to them and then I'd kiss them But I kept them an arm's length away Well hey man now you know...

In these long, hot summer days, Need a way to cool ourselves down. Pop off the top of that Chevrolet, Drive through the carwash, laugh And fall around. Smokin' the old Ducados the old man got down in Spain. Eatin' eggs and French fries on the side. Ride that...

Sometimes fly a little high, Then you know better dig yourself. Sometimes get a little lost, Then you know you got to find yourself. Happens to everyone and Lord, I don't know why. I want, I want, I need, I need. I want, I want to live, To see it all, Laugh,...

I was watching a movie the other night on T.V. The actress reminded me of you Her attitude, the way that she smiled She was doin' a part girl, like you used to do I do believe you played it better If it wasn't better, it was just as strong I would've called yo...

They are master and slave. We are sunlight and shadow. All roads to the river. I am lost. I am saved. I'm beloved and betrayed. All roads to the river. And the river runs wide, And the river runs deep And I spit in the eye Of safe company. When I dive right d...

Eight years of peace and prosperity Scandal in the White House An election is what we need From coast-to-coast to Washington So America voted on a president No one kept count On how the election went From Florida to Washington Goddamn, said one side And the...

Well I get up in the morning Have a smoke, have a drink Then I get dressed I don't want to get to work too late 'Cause that bossman he's a real mean son-of-a-bitch Everything is so fast and so crazy But the day still slowly slips on by And when that five o'clo...

Sister help me take this pain from my heart. Help me stand up and find out what is right. Don't want to exist here in the dark When the gates of Eden offer so much light. But there's too much to think about, Too many problems in my brain. Yeah, there's too mu...

Well its hard to be cool when your still in High School You got the old man jacking you around And he tells you what to do Gives your opinions to you And you feel like just some kinda clown And the old lady is bitchin Why do you clean up all the kitchen What...

Well there's a pain in my side But I keep traveling on Bring peace to this troubled land It's dark out here I can't read those signs Bring peace to the troubled land Hurricane on the horizon Judgment getting closer all the time I can't find tomorrow B...

Well, she's fashionably lean Hey and she's fashionably late She'll never gonna wreck a scene She'll never break a date But now she's no drag Just watch the way that she walks She's a twentieth century fox She's a twentieth century fox She's got world, she's g...

When the sun beats down And burns the tar up on the roof And your shoes get so hot You wish your tired feet were fireproof Under the boardwalk Down by the sea On a blanket with my baby Is where I'll be (Under the boardwalk) Out of the sun (Under the boardwal...

There's a void in my heart I can't seem to fill. Been a parent, had three children And a big house on the hill. Hundred dollar in my pocket And it didn't buy a thing. Now there's a void in my heart And a hole in my dreams. Well I poured miles of concrete And...

The simple minded And the uninformed Can be easily led astray And those that cannot connect the dots Hey look the other way People believe what they want to believe When it makes no sense at all And i wish you all along the sidelines And the streets t...

Well I've been up to the mountain Seen the ashes down below I had breakfast with the wise man He told me what he thought I should know And I've been to bed with Jezebel And I found the well was deep And I'd trade in my ambitions For a warmer place to sleep We...

If you're feelin' shut down May my thoughts be with you If you're a black man bein' beat down and shoved all around May my thoughts be with you If your world's gettin' a little to tough You know our thoughts are with you Hey, I know that it's crazy out there A...

Well, I hear you downstairs You're foolin around with your fathers brother And your mother's gown All the old heroes keep comin around To find you, if you're still at home So you lie in the sun, watch your body turn to tan Your skin is oiled with the sweat o...

In the cool of the evening I don't know the reason But I long to touch Some young tender hearts sometimes So I go to this party With a bunch of me hardies They say don't get too cute Don't get too smart 'Cause these people are crazy They toot coke and drink wa...

What if I came knocking On your front door some night? Would you open the window And drop me down the key? What if I came knocking On your bedpost that same night? Would you open up your heart Or try to get the best of me? What if I came knocking On your brai...

When Jesus left Birmingham All the disciples went crazy. When Jesus left Birmingham All the people went completely nuts. They all busted out on a wild night Riding high on a golden calf. When Jesus left Birmingham All the people had themselves a big long laugh...

When you were a kid you received no good instruction And your mother was nowhere to be found The lies were yelled and the truth was seldom spoken That's what you get when Margaret comes to town She likes to keep things upside down When Margaret comes to town...

We weren't afraid of nothing Wasn't nothing we couldn't do She held her breath once for seven minutes And never turned blue She could burn a woman down If she felt she'd been unkind or if she thought she was coming on to me It drove her out of her mind [Chor...

Oh talk to me Pretty girl in the corner Tryin' out your sex appeal Oh no, it won't bother me If you talk about your TV Jims And their overkill You can be ... You can roll out of you seats I know what I want, baby But you know exactly what I need Oh run with m...

I'm tired of being grateful for a chance to take a dive I'm sick of everything I do just to keep myself alive When you cut away the skin that bears the brand Standin' in the darkness, Baby, there I am Standin' in the darkness Someone call my name out Standin'...

Pretty girls in beat up cars Throwing kisses to the soldiers Pale blue eyes and whisky bars The lines on her face say she's getting older Girl you better reach out to me Runnin' with your Weakness in the dark You hope it disappears by tomorrow On your knees a...

As you brush your shoes and stand before your mirror And you comb your hair and grab your coat and hat And you walk the streets trying to remember All those wild nights breeze through your mind And everything looks so complete When you're walking down on the...

Put your guns out on the table Throw your bullets on the floor This weary old house can't take it anymore From the ovens in the kitchen To the chains out in the dirt Rope hanging in the bedroom That's some of our dirty work The distant sleeping shadows That l...

Have you ever ridden horses through a rainstorm? Or a lion through a busy street bazarre? There are many things I'd love to turn you on to But somehow I feel they're safer where they are Yes, there's a man I know With no expression He's got none at all Yes, t...

Women seem to like me They seem to like what I have to say When they see me out in public Women seem to look my way Women seem to treat me so gracious They sing me to sleep with a song But there always seems to be a problem Women don't seem to like me long Ye...

I'm in a worn out nervous condition over you I'm in a worn out nervous condition over you I thought we were having fun We were walking in the sun baby me and you Now you give me the cheek every time we kiss And I don't know what to do so Go ahead and break m...

I've seen the Rolling Stones Forgot about Johnny Rotten Saw the Who back in '69 Saw Bobby Seal Talkin' to the Panthers Sayin' just what he had on his mind I saw Marlon Brando On a motorcycle He was actin' out rebellion I saw Rocky Stallone In an X-rated movie...

Destiny shares the eyes of the young genocides Suicides that are still alive Their success has been so well disguised, yeah And on their face, is a razors blank stare As if to know their destiny is going no where But no where is not so hard to bare Where the...

Better take a look At my circle Better take a look around Tell all my friends Better take a look At the colors of the people Young without lovers Old without friends Better say a prayer For the poor and unhealthy Better sing a song For those who don't care Le...

See the moon roll across the stars See the seasons turn like a heart Your finest days are lost to you This is your time to do what you will do Chorus Your life is now Your life is now Your life is now In this undiscovered moment Lift your head up above the c...

Here we are in the grays of winter, Here we are just me and you, Hold my hand, Lets face tomorrow, Tomorrow still holds out its hands to you This precious time we've only borrowed, The autumn winds have blown on through, A quiet thought will tell our story, T...