Warren Zevon

Oh, today I shot Ramona, Ma She ain't gonna cheat on me Two years, I've been searchin' for her Two years, she's been free Well, I found her in a dance hall in Laredo And she told me that she wanted only me And I held her in my arms the way I used to Bu...

Well, there's a certain girl I've been in love with a long, long time What's her name? I can't tell you (Ahh...) I can't reveal her name until she's mine What's her name? I can't tell you (Ahh...) I've tried to make her time and time again Still we're introduc...

The phone don't ring And the sun refused to shine Never thought I'd have to pay so dearly For what was already mine For such a long, long time We made mad love Shadow love Random love And abandoned love Accidentally like a martyr The hurt gets worse...

Sitting on the sofa Suckin' a bowl of crack Thinkin' to myself about my Angel dressed in black I know she went out hours ago I hope she's coming back So I wait here patiently for my Angel dressed in black I don't want to go out in the rain I don't w...

It used to seem to me That my life ran on too fast And I had to take it slowly Just to make the good parts last But when you're born to run It's so hard to just slow down So don't be surprised to see me Back in that bright part of town I'll be back in...

I was caught between the years Nearly cost me all my tears With my back turned, looking down the path Hit me like a ton of bricks Had to have my outlook fixed With my back turned, looking down the path People always ask me why What's the matter with me...

Was it something I did In another life? I try and try But nothing comes out right Bad Karma Killing me by degrees I took a wrong turn On the astral plane Now I keep on thinkin' My luck is gonna change Someday Bad Karma It's uphill all the way I...

Bad luck streak in dancing school Down on my knees in pain Bad luck streak in dancing school Swear to God I'll change Swear to God I'll change Swear to God I'll change Swear to God I'll change Pauline, don't make me beg Bad luck streak in dancing scho...

My baby is a basket case A bipolar mama in leather and lace Face like an angel-she's a perfect waste My baby is a basket case Dracula's daughter, Calamity Jane Smoke on the water, water on the brain She's pretty as a picture-and totally crazed My baby...

Tied down with battleship chain Fifty foot long and a two-ton anchor Tied down with battleship chain Fifty foot long with a two-ton anchor Can't use my lips to kiss nobody Kiss nobody but you I can't use my legs to chase nobody Chase nobody but you You got m...

I've been lying in a bed of coals I've been cryng out of control I roll and I tumble Every time I come down I'm too old to die young And too young to die now I've been sleeping on a bed of nails I've been bleeding - it never fails I feel every needle...

You're supposed to sit on your ass and nod at stupid things Man, that's hard to do And if you don't, they'll screw you And if you do, they'll screw you, too When I'm standing in the middle of the diamond all alone I always play to win When it comes to s...

Here's a little story that I really want to tell It's about Bo Diddley at the O.K Corral Now, Bo Diddley didn't start no mess He had a gun on his hip and a rose on his vest 'Cause Bo Diddley's a gunslinger (Bo Diddley's a gunslinger) Bo Diddley's a guns...

Hurry home early - hurry on home Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon Hurry home early - hurry on home Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon From Youngstown, Ohio, Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini A lightweight contender, like father like son He fought...

My baby's sweeter Lord, she's sweeter than apple butter My baby's sweeter You know, she's sweeter than apple butter She's lonely tonight I just brought her over from Calcutta 

I hear Mariachi static on my radio And the tubes they glow in the dark And I'm there with her in Ensenada And I'm here in Echo Park Carmelita hold me tighter I think I'm sinking down And I'm all strung out on heroin On the outskirts of town Well, I'm...

Charlie dealt in pharmaceuticals Charlie used to sell me pills Yesterday his sister called to tell me He'd been killed Some respectable doctor from Beverly Hills Shot him through the heart Charlie didn't feel a thing Neither of them did Poor kid Cha...

Far between sundown's finish an' midnight's broken toll We ducked inside the doorway, thunder crashing As majestic bells of bolts struck shadows in the sounds Seeming to be the chimes of freedom flashing Flashing for the warriors whose strength is not to fight...

I'm a crosscut saw Come on drag me across your log I'm a crosscut saw Come and drag me across your log Well I'll cut your wood so easy for you You gonna say '"hot dog" Some call me woodchoppin' Danny Some call me woodcuttin' Sam I'll cut your wood so...

I was sitting in the Hollywood Hawaiian Hotel I was staring in my empty coffee cup I was thinking that the gypsy wasn't lyin' All the salty margaritas in Los Angeles I'm gonna drink 'em up And if California slides into the ocean Like the mystics and sta...

Well, I'm gone to Detox Mansion Way down on Last Breath Farm I've been rakin' leaves with Liza Me and Liz clean up the yard Left my home in Music City In the back of a limousine Now I'm doin' my own laundry And I'm getting those clothes clean Growin'...

Some days I feel like my shadow's casting me Some days the sun don't shine Sometimes I wonder what tomorrow's gonna bring When I think about my dirty life and times One day I came to a fork in the road Folks, I just couldn't go where I was told Now they...

I like to think I've earned my reputation For rushing in where angels fear to tread I'll take you home to meet the congregation We'll all get together in my tent I make a dirty little religion out of lovin' I'll make a dirty little convert out of you I...

Disorder in the house The tub runneth over Plaster's falling down in pieces by the couch of pain Disorder in the house Time to duck and cover Helicopters hover over rough terrain Disorder in the house Reptile wisdom Zombies on the lawn staggering aro...

Don't let us get sick Don't let us get old Don't let us get stupid, all right? Just make us be brave And make us play nice And let us be together tonight The sky was on fire When I walked to the mill To take up the slack in the line I thought of my friends An...

There's a brand new shopping center seven storeys high There's bound to be a sale or two--something we can buy There's four floors of pakrking and we're sure to find a space We'll spend all the money that the government doesn't take Down in the mall...

I close my eyes, you reappear I always carry you inside, in here I fall asleep, you come to me And once again our love is real How could I have let you get away Why couldn't I have found a way to say "Tu eres el amor de mi vida [You are the love of my...

All these empty places I try so hard to fill Will I find another love? I pray to God I will Girl, we had some good times But time does not stand still It's rolling like a rockslide down a hill I've met someone I care for I know she cares for me Will...

Well, he's trying to survive up on Mulholland Drive He's got the phone in the car in his hand Everbody's trying to be a friend of mine Even a dog can shake hands He wants twenty percent 'Cause he knew you back when Now they all want a piece if the band...

Well, he went down to dinner in his Sunday best Excitable boy, they all said And he rubbed the pot roast all over his chest Excitable boy, they all said He took in the four a.m. show at the Clark Excitable boy, they all said And he bit the usherette's l...

I'm getting tired of you You're getting tired of me And it's the final act Of our little tragedy So don't feign indignation It's a fait accompli You can screw everybody I've ever known But I still won't talk to you on the phone It's a hopeless cause--t...

You can dream the American Dream But you sleep with the lights on And wake up with a scream You can hope against hope That nothing will change Grab a hold of that fistful of rain Grab a hold, grab a hold, grab a hold Grab a hold, grab a hold, grab a ho...

I can saw a woman in two But you won't want to look in the box when I do I can make love disappear For my next trick I'll need a volunteer I can pull a rabbit out of a hat I can pull it out but I can't put it back I can make love disappear For my next...

On a small Missouri farm Back when the west was young Two boys learned to rope and ride And be handy with a gun War broke out between the states And they joined up with Quantrill And it was over in Clay county That Frank and Jesse finally learned to ki...

I've got a bitter pot of je ne sais quoi Guess what-I'm stirring it with a monkey's paw Since I saw you coming out of my barber's shop In that skimpy little halter top Did you light the candles? Did you put on "Kind of Blue?" Did you use that Ivy League...

Jungle telephone Ding a dong ding ding _____ with a red mud Ching a chong ching ching Gorilla go bang bang ____________ling ling Gorilla go bang bang ____________ling ling Great white hunter He shoot gun gun Country boy baboon Him go run run Gorill...

Big gorilla at the L.A. Zoo Snatched the glasses right off my face Took the keys to my BMW Left me here to take his place I wish the ape a lot of success I'm sorry my apartment's a mess Most of all I'm sorry if I made you blue I'm betting the gorilla w...

It's 5:00 P.M. on a weekday, friend There's one of me and two million of them The whistle blows and the factories close There's a million more commuters on the access roads The brake lights flash--there's an RV crashed I'm in the passing lane going nowher...

She tells him she thinks she needs to be free He tells her he doesn't understand She takes his hand She tells him nothing's working out the way they planned She's so many women He can't find the one who was his friend So he's hanging on to half her hear...

When I was young The sky was filled with stars I watched them burn out one by one I've had my share Of disappointing love affairs And I'm no stranger to disillusionment Little darlin' If you need a helping hand If you need someone You can count on me...

He was born in Big Beaver by the borderline He started playing hockey by the time he was nine His dad took the hose and froze the back yard And Little Buddy dreamed he was Rocket Richard He grew up big and he grew up tough He saw himself scoring for the W...

If you's a hitchhikin' woman You can thumb a ride with me . . yeah If you's a hitchhikin' woman You can thumb a ride with me, yes, yes, yeah I just had my crankcase greased, mama My natural motor won't give out on me Hey, come on baby I'm gonna ride you...

I can see me bound and gagged Dragged behind the clownmobile You can treat me like a dog If you make me feel what others feel You can train me, you can drain me If you make me lose control I will be your prisoner I will be your hostage-o I will be your...

I have to leave Let me go now I dont want to be here anymore you are boring Let go of my arm I have things I have to do Im late for my train to Milan Ow, I stubbed my toe Where are my sandals? Did you take my wallet? Give It back Im not messin aroun...

I had the shit till it all got smoked I kept the promise till the vow got broke I had to drink from the lovin' cup I stood on the banks till the river rose up I saw the bride in her wedding gown I was in the house when the house burned down I may be ol...

So much to do, there's plenty on the farm I'll sleep when I'm dead Saturday night I like to raise a little harm I'll sleep when I'm dead I'm drinking heartbreak motor oil and Bombay gin I'll sleep when I'm dead Straight from the bottle, twisted again I...

You know I hate it when you put your hand inside my head (Warren sings "stick") And switch all my priorities around Why don't you go pick on someone your own size instead? Go on without me, I'll just slow you down Go on without me, I'll just slow you down...

If you told me that you loved me I would feel so proud You let me hold you honey I would holler out loud I'll never love another Even if I can Oh, come to me, baby I'm a one woman man Won't you let me, baby, Just a kinda' hang around I'll always lov...

Now, your grandma's, and my grandma's, sittin' by the fire My grandma told your grandma, "I'm gonna set your flag on fire." Hey, now (hey now) Hey now, (hey now) Iko-iko an dey (yeah) Chakko mo fino, ah-nah-ney Chakko mo fi-nah-ney Now, your flag boy...

I was born down by the river where the dirty water flows And the cold wind cut through me, it cut right through my clothes And the anger and the yearning, like fever in my veins Set the fire burning She came down from Knightstown with her hands hard from...

I'm going down to Memphis Memphis, Tennessee I'm going down to Graceland Thinking about the King Remembering him sing About those heavenly mansions Jesus mentioned Can't you just imagine Digging up the King Begging him to sing About those heavenly m...

Sweet silver angels over the sea Please come down flying low for me One time I trusted a stranger 'Cause I heard his sweet song It was gently enticing me But there was something wrong And when I turned He was gone Blinding me His song remains remindi...

Dry your eyes my little friend Let me take you by the hand Freddie get ready Rock steady When Johnny strikes up the band They'll be rocking in the projects Walking down along the strand Freddie get ready Rock steady When Johnny strikes up the band Joh...

Well, they say this place is evil That ain't why I stay 'Cause I found something That will never be nothing And I found it in L. A. It was midnight in anga I heard the DJ say There's a full moon rising Join me in L. A. wake up . . . wake up I was...

Lear jet S.W.A.T team On a midnight run With the M16 And the Ingram gun We parachute in We parachute out "Death from above" We're screaming now Where the pay is good And the risk is high It's understood We'll do or die Sten gun in hand Where the...

Down the road, down the road come My junko pardner He was loaded as he could be He was knocked down, knock down loaded And he sang this song to me Well I'd pawn my silver pen I would pawn my watch and chain I would pawn my pretty Isabella But the poor...

Shadows are falling and I'm running out of breath Keep me in your heart for awhile If I leave you it doesn't mean I love you any less Keep me in your heart for awhile When you get up in the morning and you see that crazy sun Keep me in your heart for wh...

Mama, take this badge off of me I can't use it anymore. It's gettin' dark, too dark to see And I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door. Knock, knock, knockin on heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Kn...

Pour leur plaire aux femmes Dites donc Dites-moi Madame Qu'ai-je donc Perfides ou sinceres C'est selon Quand faut s'en defaire C'est coton Avec une gueule pareille Nom de nom N' me manqu' aux oreilles Des pompons Et si je marchais a Croupetons J...

Well, I went home with the waitress The way I always do How was I to know She was with the Russians, too I was gambling in Havana I took a little risk Send lawyers, guns and money Dad, get me out of this I'm the innocent bystander Somehow I got stuc...

Mzungu Arudi Ulaya Mwa Frika Apate Uhuru (whites go back to Europe Freedom for Africa) Leave my monkey alone Leave my monkey alone Leave my monkey alone Leave my monkey alone Down in Kenya where the Masai roam And the grass grows tall on the veldt In...

When my Mama met my girl, she took me aside She's a soft-spoken woman but she speaks her mind She said "De de de de de de de de de de" Let nothing come between you De de de de de de de de de de Don't let nothing come between you" I went to see my friend...

You've got an invalid haircut It hurts when you smile You'd better get out of town Before your nickname expires It's the kingdom of the spiders It's the empire of the ants You need a permit to walk around downtown You need a license to dance Life'll k...

I worked hard, but not for the money Did my best to please I used to think it was funny 'Til I realized it was just a tease Don Quixote had his windmills Ponce de Leon took his cruise Took Sinbad seven voyages To see that it was all a ruse (That's wh...

Lord Byron had a lot of luggage He took it when he traveled far and wide He didn't get to bathe very often But he liked to change his clothes all the time I had a little friend named Mister Johnson Who always tried to be like me He rose to the heights o...

She stood beside my narrow bed to check my E.K.G. She shook her pretty little head At what's become of me I thought I glimpsed a path that led Through rhododendron days And fuchsia nights to the boatshed In which we two once lay But she gazed only at...

Gambler ambled down a country lane Looking for a game of chance She was twenty-one or two And she knew what she wanted And she wanted that gamblin' man Her parents warned her Tried to reason with her She was determined that she wanted Bill They'd all...

When I was a little boy About the age of five My Mama told me I'd be the greatest thing alive Now I'm a man Way past twenty-one Come on with me honey We'll have lots of fun I said MMM, AAAA,child, NNN That represent man That indicate I'm grown But w...

Don't bring the milk in Leave it on the porch Don't read the papers Don't mow the lawn no more Drive to the market At the break of dawn Watch 'em unload the produce Then ride right back home It's the white man's burden And it weighs a ton I'm a fami...

Everybody's restless and they've got no place to go Someone's always trying to tell them Something they already know So their anger and resentment flow But don't it make you want to rock and roll All night long Mohammed's Radio I heard somebody singing...

Hell is only half full Room for you and me Looking for a new fool Who's it gonna be? It's the Dance of Shiva It's the Debutantes ball And everyone will be there Who's anyone at all Monkey wash donkey rinse Going to a party in the center of the earth...

I started as an alter boy, working at the church Learning all my holy moves, doing some research Which led me to a cash box, labeled "Children's Fund" I'd leave the change, and tuck the bills inside my cummerbund I got a part-time job at my father's carpe...

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum Hoist the mainsail - here I come Ain't no room on board for the insincere You're my witness I'm your mutineer I was born to rock the boat Some may sink but we will float Grab your coat - let's get out of here You're my wit...

I was staying at the Marriott With Jesus and John Wayne I was waiting for a chariot They were waiting for a train The sky was full of carrion "I'll take the mazuma" Said Jesus to Marion "That's the 3:10 to Yuma My ride's here..." The Houston sky was...

Well, I went to the doctor Said, "i'm feeling kind of rough..." "Let me break it to you son, you're shit's f**ked up!" I said, "My shit's f**ked up?! Well, I don't see how!" He said, "The shit that used to work, Well, it won't work now!" I had a dream...

There's a way to live that's right for us Like Mayans in Manhattan and Los Angeles I'm scaling up, I'm breaking down And I'm doing lunch all over town Networking, I'm user friendly Networking, I install with ease Data processed, truly Basic I will uplo...

You can't find him The way is dim You feel like giving up You ache for her Rest assured It's never too late for love You say you're tired How I hate to hear you use that word Every time it hurts You say you're tired How I hate to hear you use that w...

Nighttime in the switching yard Get it out on the mainline Listen to the rhythm of the train go by Listen to the train whistle whine Nighttime in the switching yard See that train... The midnight train runs both ways Do it Doot dat doot dat doot dado...

We keep walking away for no reason at all And no one says a word We were always so busy protecting ourselves We never would have heard And the rate of attrition for lovers like us Is steadily on the rise Nobody's in love this year Not even you and I D...

I'm numb as a statue I may have to beg, borrow or steal Some feelings from you So I can have some feelings too I'm pale as a ghost You know what I love about you That's what I need the most I'm gonna beg, borrow or steal Some feelings from you I'm gonna beg,...

We left Constantinople in a thousand ninety-nine To restore the one True Cross was in this heart of mine To bring it to Jerusalem and then sail home to Rhodes We took that holy ride ourselves to know We took that holy ride ourselves to know Everyone got...

Mom and Papa bought a Chickering Every day I'd sit and play that thing I practiced hard; it was more than a whim I played with grim determination, Jim Someone called Piano Fighter I'm a holy roller, I'm a real lowrider Hold me tight, honey, hold me tight...

Grandpa pissed his pants again He don't give a damn Brother Billy has both guns drawn He ain't been right since Vietnam "Sweet home Alabama" Play that dead band's song Turn those speakers up full blast Play it all night long Daddy's doing Sister Sall...

Please stay Please stay Two words I've thought I'd never learn to say Don't go away Please stay Don't leave me here When so many things so hard to see are clear I need you near to me Will you stay with me to the end? When there's nothing left But y...

I was getting used to you You went and changed your tune Now you've got me so confused I can't tell the salt from the wound Didn't they always used to say A man ain't supposed to cry I defy you to look me in the eye And tell me you're a friend of mine...

I'd lay my head on the railroad tracks And wait for the Double "E" But the railroad don't run no more Poor, poor pitiful me Poor, poor pitiful me Poor, poor pitiful me These young girls won't let me be Lord have mercy on me Woe is me Well, I met a g...

He was an accident waiting to happen Most accidents happen at home Maybe he should've gone out more often Maybe he should've answered the phone Hip-shakin' shoutin' in gold lame' That's how he earned his regal sobriquet Then he threw it all away For a...

An icy wind burns and scars Rushes in like a fallen star Through the narrow space Between these bars Looking down on Prison Grove Dug in, hunkered down Hours race without a sound Gonna carry me to where I'm bound Looking down on Prison Grove Iron wi...

Don't the sky look funny Don't it look kinda chewed-on like Don't you feel like running Don't you feel like running from the dawn's early light Quite ugly one morning We all said goodnight It came without a warning Just a flash of light Don't you fee...

I was working part time In the five and dime My boss was Mr. McGee He told me several times That he didn't like my kind Cuz I was a bit too leisurely I was always busy Doing something close to nothing Different then the time before That's when I sa...

If you're all alone And you need someone Call me up And I'll come running Reconsider me Reconsider me If it's still the past That makes you doubt Darlin', that was then And this is now Reconsider me Reconsider me And I'll never make you sad again...

Some prayers never reach the sky Some wounds never heal They still say someday the South will rise Man, I want to see that deal I don't want to grow old gracefully I don't want to go 'til it's too late I'll be some old man in the road somewhere Kneelin...

Roland was a warrior from the Land of the Midnight Sun With a Thompson gun for hire, fighting to be done The deal was made in Denmark on a dark and stormy day So he set out for Biafra to join the bloody fray Through sixty-six and seven they fought the Con...

Got a Glock in the bedside table Machine gun leaning by the bedroom door Kevlar vest in the closet Well, I wear it when I go to the store Shadows on the window Rustling in the hedge Faces at the peephole Footsteps on the ledge If you come calling He...

I know these blues are gonna rub me raw Every single cure seems to be against the law Went and told my psychic I said "Keep it to yourself. I don't wanna hear it and don't be telling no one else." Word's out on the street Whispers in the night They co...

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We're having a party We're burning it down We're building an idol He's sad but he don't frown He's the cream of the crop So we're making him god Start writing this down When I give you the nod Them Coptic monks Knew how to keep it real That Rosicruc...

Darkness in the morning Shadows on the land Certain individuals Aren't sticking with the plan And I'm searching for a heart Searching everyone They say love conquers all You can't start it like a car You can't stop it with a gun Leaving in the eveni...

I'm a junk bond king And I'm on the run Me and a friend of mine We were headed for the sunshine I got my hands on the wheel I got gas in the tank I got a suitcase full of money From a Luxembourg bank We didn't stop 'til we got to Big Cypress Wandere...

Every day I get up in the morning and go to work And do my job-whatever I need some Sentimental Hygiene Everybody's at war these days Let's have a mini-surrender I need some Sentimental hygiene Everybody's had to hurt about it No one wants to live wit...

It wasn't the queen of diamonds that I drew first Instead I got the ace of spades reversed She quit me She up and quit me, man-yeah She quit me She up and she quit me It wasn't because I didn't treat her right-no When dawn had drawn the curtains of the...

I could hold my head up high and say that I left first Or I can hang my head and cry Tell me which is worse If you go and ask her why She might say she's not sure Trust me when I tell you I'm not good enough for her I want her to be happy I want her t...

Once upon a time these stories always start There lived a handsome prince and he had a happy heart And a princess, too--she was a beautiful kid She said she'd never leave him but she did Sometimes love is wet and cold Similar to rain, just a hard to hold...

Every touch is measured out Every word is written down Sunny skies are seldom seen In the land of few and far between And everybody wears a frown Someone lost their squirting rose There's his red nose on the ground No one's seen his painted smile He's...

I want to live alone in the desert I want to be like Georgia O'Keefe I want to live on the Upper East Side And never go down in the street Splendid Isolation I don't need no one Splendid Isolation Michael Jackson in Disneyland Don't have to share it...

All you guitar players Scalding hot And Zeke's going at it Givin' it everything he's got 'Cause anything goes Whatever it takes I might pitch a fit But I won't put on my brakes Stand in the fire, stand in the fire, Stand in the fire, stand in the fir...

She only sleeps on planes She's tired of gong nowhere She's in Yugoslavia Working on a miniseries Suzie Lightning I built a world for her Suzie lightning I need a girl from earth She's in Hungary She sends postcards home Does she think of me? I'm...

Mama, where's your pretty little girl tonight Trying to run before she can walk - that's right She's growing up She has a young man waiting She's growing up She has a young man waiting Wide eyes She'll be street-wise To the lies And the jive talk She...

Nuclear arms in the Middle East Israel is attacking the Iraqis The Syrians are mad at the Lebanese And Baghdad does whatever she please Looks like another threat to world peace For the envoy Things got hot in El Salvador CIA got caught and couldn't do...

I was born in '63 Got a little job in the factory I don't know much about Kennedy I was too busy working in the factory We got a kid that's two, we got another one due We get by the best we can do The factory's got a good medical plan And, cousin, I'm...

How're you going to make your way in the world When you weren't cut out for working When your fingers are slender and frail How're you going to get around In this sleazy bedroom town If you don't put yourself up for sale Where will you go with your scar...

Shadows falling in the noonday sun Blue feeling to the maximum Look what happens when you love someone And they don't love you The heartache The risk you run The chance you take When you love someone And the sorrow For the lonely one When the hearta...

I saw her leave the luau With the one who parked the cars And the fat one from the swimming pool They were swaying arm in arm I could hear the ukuleles playing Down by the sea She's gone with the hula hula boys She don't care about me She's gone with t...

Time marches on Time stands still Time on my hands Time to kill Blood on my hands And my hands in the till Down at the 7-11 Gentle rain Falls on me All life folds back Into the sea We contemplate eternity Beneath the vast indifference of heaven T...

When I was young, times were hard When I got older it was worse First words I ever heard: "Nobody move, nobody get hurt" It's the long arm, it's the strong arm It's the long arm of the law It's the long arm, it's the strong arm It's the long arm of the...

I had a little girl, now We crossed the state line It was more than just an overdraft We were looking at time If I do say so I can't let go And I don't take no for an answer If I do say so I can't let go And I don't take no for an answer We had to le...

Why stop now? Let's party the rest of the night! Seven o'clock, Eight o'clock, Nine o'clock. Ten You wanna go home? Why? Honey, When? We may never get this chance again! Let's party for the rest of the night! Yeah, Yeah! Oh, Yeah! Let's party for the res...

It's none of my business But if I may Remind you of the time When you did something you knew was wrong It wasn't called a crime And I'm not saying that you should give A sucker an even break I'm talking about the time That you were cruel for cruelty's...

I was counting on you To stand by me To see me through I was counting on you They moved the moon While I looked down When I looked away They changed the stars around I'm so confused Don't know what to do Don't know which way to turn I was counting...

I called up my friend LeRoy on the phone I said, Buddy, I'm afraid to be alone I got some weird ideas in my head About things to do in Denver when you're dead I was working on a steak the other day I saw Waddy in the Rattlesnake Cafe Dressed in black, tossing...

Told my little Pollyanna There's a place for you and me We'll go down to Transverse City Life is cheap and Death is free Past the condensation silos Past the all-night trauma stand We'll be there before tomorrow Pollyanna take my hand Show us endless...

If your man gets personal Go on and have your fun If your man gets personal Go on and have your fun Well you barrelhouse, baby Barrelhouse all night long I got this woman in Vicksburg People, she made out into Tennessee I got this woman in Vicksburg...

I was born down in Corpus Christi With a dram glass in my hand When I was just 15, I got a job playing rhythm With a Nashville Shaketown band I've been playing the blues so long I've been paying my dues so long I've been traveling in the lightning Trave...

I woke up this morning and fell out of bed Trouble waiting to happen Should've quit while I was ahead Trouble waiting to happen I turned on the news to the Third World War Opened up the paper to World War IV Just when I thought it was safe to be bored T...

Oh Tule, it's on account of you that I've been weeping Here behind my hand It's lonesome in my heart's land, as the sands of the desert Oh, tell me, why was it always you, who, through the changes You, who always sang and played while the green vespers ra...

Turmoil back in Moscow brought this turbulence down on me Turmoil back in Moscow brought this turbulence down on me Well you can talk about your perestroika And that's all right for you But, Comrade Schevardnadze, tell me What's a poor boy like me to do?...

I heard Woodrow Wilson's guns I heard Maria crying Late last night I heard the news That Veracruz was dying Veracruz was dying Someone called Maria's name I swear it was my father's voice Saying, "If you stay you'll all be slain You must leave now - y...

Have you seen that vigilante man? Have you seen that vigilante man? Have you seen that vigilante man? I keep hearin' his name All over this land We were hiding at the engine house We were hiding quiet as a mouse When a man came along And he chased us...

Woke up this mornin' I was feelin' around for my shoes I knew I had them Mean 'ol walkin' blues But I woke up this mornin' I was feeling around for my shoes I know I had them Mean ol' walkin' blues Don't ever let her tell you That the worried blues ain't bad...

Tell Automatic Slim Tell Razor-totin' Jim Tell Butcher knife-totin' Annie Tell Fast-talkin' Fannie When the fish heads fill the air, They'll be snuff juice everywhere Down to the Union Hall We're goin' to pitch and bawl We gonna pitch a wang dang doodl...

I am wanted dead or alive I'm wanted everywhere I've got to survive They say I am a violent man Only trying to do the best I can Dig it? I am wanted dead or alive Fifteen states I've got to survive I am wanted dead or alive I'm a new kind of man I'v...

I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fook's Going to get a big dish of beef chow mein Werewolves of London If you hear him howling around your kitchen door...

You've seen him leaning on the streetlight Listening to some song inside You've seen him standing by the highway Trying to hitch a ride Well, they tried so hard to hold him Heaven knows how hard they tried But he's made up his mind He's the restless kin...

I've got a bird that whistles I've got a bird that sings I've got a bird that . . . I've got a bird . . . I'm worried about that bird And I worry about everything And I worry when I see my subjects Bow down to the Worrier King Well. I'm hiding from the...

You met her in a Turkish town But you didn't want to bring her here You didn't want her hanging around In the Kingdom of Fear So you left her there You're a whole different person You're a whole different person You're a whole different person When yo...