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Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody
I Ain't
Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody
Snowflakes falling on the
crowded room and the leaves are dying
Dying in the bedroom, crying
in the bedroom
I can feel it on the
rooftops, I hear two lovers sighing
One's got four eyes,
another's wearing a disguise
Oh, baby
try whether you're leaving me or not
Even keep going if you're
drugged, beaten or shot
Ain't gonna go to hell for
anybody
Ain't gonna go to hell for
anybody
Ain't gonna go to hell for
anybody
Not today, not tonight, not
tomorrow, no way
In the cold blue dress you
say 'adios amigos'
I proved it for a while, I
could make you smile
I can hear the footsteps of
the battered ego
Flaws in your make-up,
beginning to break up
Well child don't you
understand
Be a part of your children
and I can't be your man
Ain't gonna go to hell for
anybody
Ain't gonna go to hell for
anybody
Ain't gonna go to hell for
anybody
Not today, not tonight, not
tomorrow, no way
Smoke arises for ever, on a
one-way ticket to burn
A place reserved for the
Devil
And for all those that done
evil
A place of darkness and
shame, you can never return
You can make believe I'm
gone but can you hear it babe?
From
I can see two judges sitting
in a hospital room
I keep on believing. I knew
you were leaving
Shot my pony down and your
breaking my heart
Even got to keep going if
you're drugged beaten or shot
Ain't gonna go to hell for
anybody
Ain't gonna go to hell for
anybody
Ain't gonna go to hell for
anybody
Not today, not tonight, not
tomorrow, no way
Snowflakes falling on the
crowded room and the leaves are dying
Hunted on the river, so cold
I could shiver
I can hear two lovers on the
rooftops, I can hear them sighing
One's got four eyes, another
is wearing a disguise
Oh why are you leaving,
you're going for my heart
You're leaving me baby with
your legs far apart
Ain't gonna go to hell for
anybody
Ain't gonna go to hell for
anybody
Ain't gonna go to hell for
anybody
Not today, not tonight, not
tomorrow, no way
Well I bought me a guitar
Put it in tune
Went out there in the month
of June
Bought a hot dog and smelled
it
And I smelled the crowd
Everybody was a-down on this
side of a cloud
There was a holy cow and a
medicine man
And a sacred cow and an iron
jaw that wouldn't break
Well I tell you the story of
how to become
An All American Boy
Instead of a bum
Pound on the drum from five
to six
You'll be rocking and rollin
and beating on bricks
It's a good job to have if
you're not working
Clean your stuff and come up
tight
Gotta wish for it and that's
right
Go for a train on a whiskey
jar
Guzzle it up, here you are
Pick it up, now hit it
And the girls wiggle
Yes, I've been making them
all jump up and down
And mingle in the socks
And their britches
Oh, you'll find that soon
You'll be in the itches
Itches all over
Itch in your pants
Itch while you dance
Itching on down to the south
of
Well, I know a boy of yesterday
He became a guitar and he
floated away
In the summer and in the
fall
Everyone said he was having
a ball
Kicking up hot shit over the
ocean
He took himself a notion
To put some of that lotion
in his beat up guitar
Put it on him then
He's not very far
Next time you call him a
star
Down the road boy
They call him slim
They don't care if they're
carrying him
Just a minute now, you'll
see what I mean
Here he come
now
Well sooner or later a boss
gonna come
He gonna take a look at ya,
look at your drum
Drink this sonny, it comes
in a cup
Yeah, he'll take you out to
his farm
Where he's fixing it up
Girls don't giggle out there
on the mountain
Well, sooner or later you're
bound to meet his wife
You'll come and have the
time of your life
She's there and in her way
She sure does like the
things you play
Well, you want to know about
the manager soon
We'll take you outside
'cause he knows you can croon
He'll buy you new clothes, a
new pair of shoes
You'll be walking with the
big drum blues
You're a fine drummer now, you always knew you could be
Well I bought me a guitar
Put it in tune
Went out there in the month
of June
Was a hot dog night and a
[stick in a roar]
Everybody was a-down on this
side
There was a holy cow (holy
Cow)
Mean Cow (mean cow)
Double jaw (double Jaw)
Cow (Cow)
Well I'll tell you a story
about how to become
An All American Boy
You can beat on a drum
Beat on a drum from five to
six
You'll be rock and rollin'
soon gettin' your kicks
It's a good job (good job)
Joinin' the band (joinin'
the band)
Wave your hand (wave your
hand)
Clean your hand and come up
tight
Roll a smoke and down at
night
[Hold on] a train on a
whiskey jar
Settle it down, there you
are
Hold it steady, pick it up
now
Now hit it (making the girls
giggle)
Yes, you'll be makin' them
little girlies giggle
You'll be makin' them all
just jump up and down and wiggle
In their socks, in their
britches
All you'll find that soon
you'll be itches
Itches all over
Itch in your pants, itch
while you dance
Itchin'
on down [to the corn' of/till they goin' to?]
Well, I know a boy that
yesterday
He become a guitar and he
floated away
He played his [bows] and he
played them all
He's just on there havin' a
ball
Kicking a hot storm up over
the ocean
He took himself a notion
He got some lotion and he
put it on his guitar
Put it on him
Next time you do it you can
call him Jim
Down the road boy
They call him slim
They don't care if they're
carry him
Just a minute now, you'll
see what I mean
(Uncle Sam...in this land...rippin' up draft cards, an' all that-)
Well sooner or later a man's
gonna come
He gonna take a look at ya,
look at your drum
He be
a man and he'll take you home
Yeah, he'll take you out to
his farm
He'll give you a good un
He'll give it to ya
Well, he -
(Girls don't giggle no more)
Well, sooner or later you're
bound to meet his wife
And you'll come in have the
time of your life
Just pickin' up gum, pickin'
up a star
Pickin' up and goin' and
goin' to the bar
You and yur manager
(Pickin' my nose)
Well, you'll want to know
about the manager soon
He'll take you outside and
put you on the moon
He'll buy you new clothes, a
new pair of shoes
You'll be walking 'way with
the big drum blues
You'll be a fine drummer,
pick 'em as they comin'
Dog a-hummin'.
If the farmer has no silo
And his fuel cost runs up high
Well, that's just how much I would love you
if you'd just only let me try
in some nice young up-to-date kitchen
let us get aquainted, dear
and them old floor-birds would just quit eatin'
And just grin from ear to ear
Two floor birds and a prudent baby chick, yes
that's me
That ain't much to bust
But restriction causes damage
And damage causes lust
So, poor little girl, come blow this horn
Hard as any horn might seem
It's very easily done, actually
All you have to do is dream.
Well, the whole back-strappers are a dime a
dozen
And I can get a cup for a nickle
Yes, but look what an earful I get and it's all
awful too
Everytime I try to go get me a little tickle
So, give me one sweet loaf of bread
just one sweet loaf, I'll fill it up and I'll be gone
Yes, just like some of these old floor birds
who fly from dawn to dawn
who fly from dawn to dawn
who fly from dawn to dawn
who fly from dawn to dawn
Take
#2
If the farmer has no silo
And his fuel cost runs him up very high
Well, that's just how much I'd love you
if you'd just only let me try
In some nice young up-to-date kitchen
Let us get aquainted, dear
Then them old
floor-birds will just quit eatin'
And just grin from ear to ear
Two floor birds and a prudent baby chick
Yes, that ain't much to bust
But restriction causes damage
And damage causes lust.
So, poor little girl, come blow this horn
Hard as any hole might seem
It's very easily done, actually
All you have to do is dream.
Well, those old whole back-strappers are a dime
a dozen
And I can get a cup for a nickle
Yes, but look what an earful I get, and it's
awful too,
Everytime I try to go get a little tickle
Give me just one sweet loaf of bread
Fill it up, and I'll be gone
Just like some old floor-bird
who just flies from dawn to dawn (yes...)
flies from dawn to dawn (look at that old floor-bird, he just...)
flies from dawn to dawn (look at that crazy floor-bird, he just...)
flies from dawn to dawn (what a floor-bird, he...)
flies from dawn to dawn.
I stood by
I stood by you
Stood by her
Oh don't be untrue
It's already there
for to see the one
oh now she rode
She's almost done
Almost done
Almost done
You're the one
[Oh not I know]
It might not do
It's already done
for light and blue
Almost done
almost done
but I don't stand missed
but you're the one
oh you're the child
I'm a-trustin' you
to trust me down
just trust me too
Take
#2
All the night
fortune don't last
Gonna be lucky,
more than in the past
It's already there,
Already new
Oh, trust in me,
I'll trust in you
So goodbye
[sob me the pros] :-)
[or: "save me the prose"?]
goodbye baby
would you hold me close
hold me close
or say goodbye
[moon up by night]
in [the empty] the sky
Well, I looked as far as I could see, baby
I looked as far as I could see, baby
Well, I looked as far as I could see,
All mankind in misery,
Baby, won't you be my baby?
Well, I looked east, I looked west, baby
I looked east, I looked west, baby
Well, I looked east, I looked west
There was nothing I could see that I liked the
best
Baby, won't you be my baby?
[Go down the land], drop your heavy load, baby
Go down the land, drop your load, baby
Go down the land, drop your load,
Just don't look back,
it's a dead end road
Baby, won't you be my baby?
Now east and west the fire will rise, baby
east and west the fire will rise, baby
east and west the fire will rise
Shut your mouth, close your eyes,
Baby, won't you be my baby?
Oh, [I been off] savin' your time, baby
I ain't tryin' to mess, I'll just save your
time, baby���
I ain't tryin' to mess, just save your time,
but it's your life, it's not mine
Baby, won't you be my baby?Tenderly William kissed his
wife.
Her knuckles were white on
the kitchen knife
And the swan on the river
goes gliding by.
Lady Margaret's pillow is
wet with tears.
No-one has touched her in
twenty years.
And the swan on the river
goes gliding by.
The swan on the river goes
gliding by.
The doctor gave Sally a sad
surprise.
A
seven pound baby with no eyes.
And the swan on the river
goes gliding by.
Little Billy Brown will
shake with fright.
He has a new father every
night.
And the swan on the river
goes gliding by.
The swan on the river goes
gliding by.
My father will drink, my
mother will mope.
The girl I'm in love with
takes dope.
And the swan on the river
goes gliding by.
The swan on the river goes
gliding by.
Oh, when will the swan begin
to sing?
For
we are weary of everything.
And the swan on the river
goes gliding by.
The swan on the river goes
gliding by.
Tenderly William kissed his
wife.
Then he opened her head with
a butcher knife.
And the swan on the river
went gliding by.
Lady Margaret's pillow was
wet with tears.
Nobody's been on it in
twenty years.
And the swan on the river goes
gliding by.
The swan on the river goes
gliding by.
Little Billy Brown will
shake with fright.
He's got a new daddy and
mommy every night.
And the swan on the river
goes laughing by.
The swan on the river goes
laughing by.
"I've got a sad
surprise" the doctor said
"A twenty pound baby
without any head"
The
swan on the river went lookin' ......
Well
big black train, coming down the line
Well
big black train, coming down the line
Well
you got my woman, you bring her back to me
Well
that cute little chick, I the girl that I want to see
Well
I�ve been waiting for a long, long time
Well
I�ve been waiting for a long, long time
Well
I�ve been looking for my baby
Searchin�
down the line
Well
here comes the train, yeah it�s coming down the line
Well
here comes the train, yeah it�s coming down the line
Well
you see my bay is finally coming home
Blessed is the name of the Lord forever
Wisdom and might are his��������������� x2 or x3
Are his, yes are his
Blessed is the name of the Lord forever
Wisdom and might are his��������������� x2
18/11 '79
When he move his face upon the water
Sit up high on a throne
Like him there is no other ����������
He's God all by himself alone
Well to the just he will be faithful
[let it rain fire and]
brimstone down�����������������������
But he did not destroy
Till
19/11 '79
When he move his face upon the water
Sit up high on a throne
With him there is no other ����������
He's God all by himself alone
Well to the just he will be faithful
[hittin' on/he won't]
drive you out of town
But he did not destroy
Till
20/11 '79
When he move his face upon the water
Sit up high on a throne
Like him there is no other ����������
He's God all by himself alone
Way back down in the days of Noah
He'd drive you out of the town
But he did not destroy
Till
21/11 '79
Well [...]
Sit up high on a throne
He will not share his glory
He's God all by himself alone
[Well jumpin'] in the days of Noah
[sending] fire and
brimstone down
But he did not destroy
Till
[Well in
King on his own time clock
Like him there is no other ����������
And, hey, he will not be mocked
16/1 '80
When he move his face upon the water
Sit up high on a throne
Like him there is no other ����������
He's God all by himself alone
Well, in the time by the days of Noah
[...] the dark
But not one drop of water fell
Till Noah was safely in the ark
23/1 '80
When he move his face upon the water
Sit up high on a throne
Like him there is no other ����������
He's God all by himself alone
Listen, back in the days of Noah
[... faithful of
the/after] dark
But not one drop of water fell
Till Noah was safely in the ark
Blessed is the name of the Lord forever
Wisdom and might are
His
Well He moved His face on the water
He sits up high on the throne
Like Him there is no other
He is God all by Himself alone
...
...
... singing the blues
And He can renew your mind
Well He ... upon the peoples
... He's got His own time clock
He will not share His glory
And He will not be mocked
Way back in the days of Noah
They found Him faithful at the dock
Remember not one drop of water fell
Til Noah was safely in the ark
Well He always will forewarn you
Before He rains fire and brimstone down
He did not destroy
Until
He made the mountains
He made the sea
He made the way of salvation
for you and me
Well I'm bound to lose, bound to win
bound to walk to th e road again
Bound to lose, bound to win
bound for a-walkin' to the road again
Well, I'm just one of them ramblin' men
Ramblin' since I don't know when.
Here I come, and I'm-a gone again
You might think I got no end.
Bound to lose, I'm bound to win
I'm bound for a-walkin' to the road again
Bound to lose, I'm bound to win
bound for a-walkin' to the road again
I want another
Da da da da
Oh so sweet
Hold it down
You better keep it neat
Turn it over
It was so complete
I took it down and said
Oh, oh have a seat
But I don't live down
On
No more, no more, no more,
no more
No, I don't live down
On
Lordy-Town
You better keep it sweet
Put all your loving apples
On your feet
I don't even mind
If you want to scratch your
feet
You can bag it
Down in bitter sweet
I don't beat the meat
I like like my feet
Ain't no sleet
On my
No.
A
happiness'll get you
The girls they won't forget
you
Down on
Here they come now
Here they come now
Here they come now
Here they come now
All them
little girls
I went down looking for
I looked so high
It nearly took me off-a my
feet
Oh, babe let me tell you,
Mr Bartender
I'll have another
Oh, let me tell you
Let me have another
Talk to your brother, mother
I want a
Mr Bartender
I'll have another
I got a woman in
I got a woman in
Woman that's done stole my
heart,
She lives up in
I say
I certainly do enjoy
The first time that I went
there,
They treated me so fine.
Man alive, I'm telling you,
I thought the whole darn
town was mine.
Up in
I say
I certainly do enjoy
Well, I didn't have a home
on Friday,
And
on a Saturday too.
Man alive, I'm telling you,
They'll know just what to do
up in
Up in
I say
I certainly do enjoy
Well, I've been a whole
lotta places,
There's nothin' I ain't
done,
But when it comes to women,
boy,
I got only one.
She's up in
I say
Yes, I certainly do enjoy
There is a city of gold
Far from the rat race
Eat's at you're soul
Far from the confusion
And these bars that hold
There is a city of gold
There is a country of light
Raised up in glory
Angels wear white
Never know darkness
Never know night
There is a country of light
There is a city of love
Far from this world
And the stuff dreams are
made of
Beyond the sunset
Stars high above
There is a city of love
There is a city of hope
Don't need no doctor
Don't need no dope
I'm ready and willing
Throw down a rope
There is a city of hope
There is a city of gold
Far from this madness
And the bars that hold
Peace for your spirit
Rest for your soul
There is a city of gold
Well you heard about
Pharao's army
Tramping through the mud
Heard about the Hebrew
children
Redeemed by blood
Same spirit running in you
That raised Christ from the
dead
If you're quick and you know
about it
Then let him under your head
Cover down, cover down, break through
Cover down, cover down, break through
We need that protection
Of the full armour of the
Lord
The word of God is more
powerful
Sharper than any double
sided sword
The hammer of salvation
The blade of righteousness
Genesis to revelation
Repent and confess
Cover down, cover down, break through
Cover down, cover down, break through
Wake up early in the morning
Turning from side to side
Something giving you the
warning
You can't run and you can't
hide
Demands are laid upon you
Burdens you can't bear
Sins you can't even remember
Are always waiting to greet
you there
Cover down, cover down, break through
Cover down, cover down, break through
You got an image of yourself
But you have built it all
alone
It's got to come tumbling down
Just like the walls of stone
You will be separated
>From everything you seem
to be
You think you'll be
liberated
But the grave won't set you free
Cover down, cover down, break through
Cover down, cover down, break through
Cover down, cover down, break through
Cover down, cover down, break through
I cross the green mountain, I sit by the stream
Heaven blazing in my head, I dreamt a monstrous
dream
Something came up out of the sea
Swept through the land of the rich and the free
I look into the eyes of my merciful friend
And then i ask myself, is this the end?
Memories linger, sad yet sweet
And I think of the souls in heaven who will
meet
Altars are burning with flames far and wide
The foe has crossed over� from the other side
They tip their caps� from the top of the hill
You can feel them come, more brave blood to
spill
Along the dim Atlantic line
the ravaged land lies for miles behind
The light's coming forward and the streets are
broad
All must yield to the avenging God
The world is old, the world is gray
Lessons of life, can�t be learned in a day
I watch and I wait, and I listen while I stand
To the music that comes from a far-better land
Close the eyes of our captain, peace may he
know
His long night is done,
the great leader is laid low
He was ready to fall, he was quick to defend
Killed outright he was, by his own men
It�s the last day�s last hour, of the last
happy year
I feel that the unknown world is so near
Pride will vanish and glory will rot
But virtue lives and cannot be forgot
The bells of leavening have rung
There�s blasphemy on every tongue
Let �em say that I walked in fair nature�s light
And that I was loyal to truth and to right
Serve God and be cheerful, look upward, beyond
Beyond the darkness of masks, the surprises of
dawn
In the deep green grasses of the blood stained
world
They never dreamed of surrenderin�, they fell
where they stood
Stars fell over
You�re walkin� in dreams, whoever you are
Chilled are the skies, keen as the frost
The ground�s froze
hard and the morning is lost
A letter to mother came today
Gunshot wound to the breast is what it did say
But he�ll be better soon,
he�s in a hospital bed
But he�ll never be better - he�s already dead
I�m ten miles outside the city, and I�m lifted
away
In an ancient light, that is not of day
They were calm, they were blunt, we knew �em
all too well
We loved each other more than we ever dared to
tell
Come gather 'round you
people, a story I will tell,
About a night not long ago,
you all remember well.
I tell it to you straight
and true, I tell it like friend.
All about the fearful night,
we thought the world would end.
I was walking down the
sidewalk not causing any harm
The radio reported it
sounded with alarm
The Russian ships were
sailing all out across the sea.
We all feared by daybreak it
would be World War Number Three.
I was worried about an
argument I had the day before
Over some small matter, I'm
sure it was nothin' more.
But just a day ago, how it
wrinkled up my brow.
The same thing today seem so
unimportant now.
Sometime she said I'm slow
She said it about me but
it's too soon to know
Don't mind leaving,
wondering why
Whosoever told it, told a
dirty lie
Well, I'll tell you one more
to
Take what is
you with you when you go
Now I'll tumble, tumble and
die
Whosoever told it, told a
dirty lie
Already seen your dirty mate
Sure find it harder to
concentrate
I'll be beloved, times too
slow
But make sure you take her
with you when you go
I'll love it and leave it,
the sun go down
Pray for the rain for miles
around
I'll never leave it to
wonder why
Whosoever told you, told a
dirty lie
Oh, they time you and I'm
telling you
I'd be watching, baby no
matter what you do
And I'll leave alone, you're
far too slow
Just make sure you take her
with you when you go
I want to leave, my feet's
soaking wet
I long to leave but I ain't
found you yet
And I know baby, telling you
why
Whosoever
told me, told a dirty lie
Dearest let us not drift
apart
It wouldn't be wise, it
wouldn't civilized
It wouldn't be smart, time
heals a broken heart
You've been hurt, you've been left in the dirt
But you still look brand new
to me
Don't ever take yourself
away
Don't ever take yourself to
a place where I can't find you
Don't ever take yourself
away
I will never leave you I
will never deceive you
I'll be right there waiting
behind you
Dearest, you're the answer
to my prayers
Words can't express if my
heart would confess
What you mean to me
Dearest I believe that
you're the best
I don't have to feel you to
know that you're real
You're more than a dream to
me
Don't ever take yourself
away
Don't ever take yourself to
a place where I can't find you
Don't ever take yourself
away
I will never leave you I
will never deceive you
I'll be right there waiting
behind you
Dearest you're the
__________ __________
You're perfect for me
You're the one I hoped for
Dearest I think we've only
just begun
Wherever I be I want you next to me
At the end when my race has
been run
Don't ever take yourself
away
Don't ever take yourself to
a place where I can't find you
Don't ever take yourself
away
I will never leave you I
will never deceive you
I'll be right there waiting
behind you
Dearest I think you're the
one
I can't imagine anybody
doing more to me than you do
Dearest if it's your heart
that I won
There's no need for blame
And no need to be ashamed
Of that place where we stand
in the sun
Don't ever take yourself
away
Don't ever take yourself to
a place where I can't find you
Don't ever take yourself
away
I will never leave you I
will never deceive you
I'll
be right there waiting behind you
Hands off your feet, baby,
this is this
This is what I can't be
Often it hurt me honey,
looking at you but
You're looking at me too
Because a dollar is a dollar
And the downtown boys play
rough
Go all the way back, baby
Tell 'em enough is enough
__________ on the gutter baby, which is which but
I'd rather be lucky than be
rich
Off with the money honey
that is true, but I'm
Satisfied with you
Because a dollar is a dollar
And the downtown boys play
rough
Go all the way back, baby
Tell 'em enough is enough
Most of the city, honey's,
soakin' wet,
But there's no more gold you
can get
Now __________ __________
I'm facin' the wall but
Baby, you took it all
Because a dollar is a dollar
And the downtown boys play
rough
You tell 'em baby,
That enough is enough
Got a gold mining fever
baby, which is which but
I'd rather be lucky than be
rich
Go off with the money honey,
that is true, but I'm
Satisfied with you
Because a dollar is a dollar
And the downtown boys play
rough
Go all the way back, baby
Tell
'em enough is enough
Talking about fear, hate,
envy and jealousy
It's like a fire, all over
the world
I'm talking about fear,
hate, envy and jealousy
It's like a fire, all over
the world.
You know the wicked have
sold their souls for gold
And everybody knows their
wealth is in the sky
And the very, very, very sad
part about it all
There ain't nothing that
nobody gonna survive.
I'm talking about fear,
hate, envy and jealousy
It's like a fire, all over
the world.
I'm talking about fear,
hate, envy and jealousy
It's like a fire, all over
the world.
Don't push the button, yeah,
of envy and jealousy
It's like a fire, all over
the world.
I'm talking about fear,
hate, envy and jealousy
It's like a fire, all over
the world.
Don't push that
Don't push the button, y'all
Don't push it
Don't push the button, y'all
You make the world go boom
Make the world go boom, boom
You make the world go boom
Make
the world go boom, boom
Ain't got no girl, got no
place to go
She was here yesterday but
she's gone today
Even took my fur slippers
away
Oh - ain't got no fur
slippers now
Oh - ain't got no fur
slippers now
Where did she go, where
could she be
Maybe to a movie show maybe
she's watching TV
She was here yesterday,
that's all I can say
All that I know she took my
fur slippers away
Oh - ain't got no fur
slippers now
Oh - ain't got no fur
slippers now
Now cannot go outside the
ground is too hard
Where can I go, can't even
go in my backyard
Can't drive my car nowhere I
don't wanna get in, too
I sure miss them fur
slippers as much as I miss you
Oh - ain't got no fur
slippers now
Oh - ain't got no fur
slippers now
Goodbye Holly, Holly goodbye
Your wife's gonna miss you
Your baby's gonna cry
Goodbye Holly, Holly so long
All your good times have
passed now and gone
Pat Garrett he shot you with
a Colt .44
He dropped you 'cross the
table
Now you're gone for ever
more
Goodbye Holly, Holly goodbye
Your wife's gonna miss you
Your baby's gonna cry
Goodbye Holly, Holly so long
All your good times have passed now and gone
I can manipulate people as well as anybody
Force 'em and burn 'em
Twist 'em and turn 'em
I can make believe I'm in love with almost anybody
Hold 'em and control 'em
Squeeze 'em and tease 'em
All that satisfies the fleshy needs
I've been down that road
I know what it needs
But I ain't gonna go to hell for anybody
I ain't gonna go to hell for anybody
I ain't gonna go to hell for anybody
Not today, not tonight, not tomorrow, no never
No way!
I can persuade people as well as anybody
I got the vision,
But it caused division
I can twist the truth as well as anybody
I know how to do it
I've been all the way through it
But it don't suit my purpose and it ain't my goal
To gain the whole world
But give up my soul
But I ain't gonna go to hell for anybody
I ain't gonna go to hell for anybody
I ain't gonna go to hell for anybody
Not for father, not for mother, not for sister, not for father
No way!
I can twist the truth around as well as anybody
Wine 'em and dine 'em
Fool 'em and rule 'em
I can rob and steal from people as well as anybody
I know how to do it
But it don't suit my purpose and it ain't my goal
To gain the whole world
But give up my soul
But I ain't gonna go to hell for anybody
I ain't gonna go to hell for anybody
I ain't gonna go to hell for anybody
Not for father, not for mother, not for sister, not for father
No way!
Smoke arises for ever, on a one-way ticket to burn
A place reserved for the Devil
And for all those that done evil
A place of darkness and shame, you can never return
I can influence people as well as anybody
I can cause division,
Can cause division
I can mislead people as well as anybody
Burn 'em and roll 'em
Rob 'em and hold 'em
Won't get my story in tricks or cards
I can see through man's delusions, I can see through his facades
But I ain't gonna go to hell for anybody
I ain't gonna go to hell for anybody
I ain't gonna go to hell for anybody
Not today, not tonight, not tomorrow, no never
No way!
I can write and steal from people as well as anybody
Know all the devices
Paid a lot of prices
I can influence people as well as anybody
Go right up to 'em
I know how to do 'em
Don't need to depend on tricks or on cards
I can see through man's delusions, I can see through his facades
But I ain't gonna go to hell for anybody
I ain't gonna go to hell for anybody
I ain't gonna go to hell for anybody
Not today, not tonight, not tomorrow, no never
No way!
Why I can't leave her I don't know
Well she leads me where she goes
I can't find her nowhere
Well she needs me here
Honey I just can't hear her walking
I just can't hear her talk
Though sometimes you know I will
And when it comes my way
I'll just be left standing night and day
I will call her and say
That I don't try, try, I try but she cried
And I can't leave her behind
�[it's] alright in my
head, but I can't slumber
and its too high for me to count, I
can't get the number
I'm a fool for you
yes I'm a fool for you
Well, you hear my
celebrate, oh its story
but they're all too vain for me, all
they want is glory
I'm a fool for you
I'm a fool for you
well its lonely in my days how can I
believe
and its all in my heart but I just
can't receive, yeah hear me now
It's crazy down in
love ridin' all around
it's the rain it come down like a me
it's underground
I'm a fool for you
yeah I'm a fool for you
well it's lonely in my dead but I just
don't believe
andt it's to harden in my pride but I
cant recieve, oh hear me now
when I come back when I don't make my
return
yeah the heart shall rise, everybody
shall burn
yes, I'm a fool for you
I'm a fool for you
Things all crashing there, she's all too tight
In my neighbourhood, she cried both day and night
I know it - 'cause he was there
It's a milestone, but she's down on her luck
And she's daily saloonin' but to make hard-earned buck
Now and then ...
I believe she'd stop him if she wants time to care
I believe that she may look upon the side who
used to care
And I go by the Lord anywhe re, she's on my way
But I don't belong there
No, I don't belong to her, I don't belong to
every choir
She's my Christ-forsaken angel, but she don't hear me cry
She's the long-hearted mystic and she can't carry on
When I'm there she's alright, but then he's not when I'm gone
Heaven knows that the answers she knows con no-one
She's the way, for sale and beautiful, she's mine for the one
And I lost her, hesitating, by temptation as it runs
But she don't holler me, I'm not there, I'm gone
Now I'll cry tonight like I cried the night before
And I'm leased on the highs but I'll dream about the door
It's alone, she's forsaken by her fate, worse
to tell
"It don't have approximation", she smiled "fare thee
well"
Now, my all-decent lady, I was born to love her
But she knows that the kingdom waits so high above her
And I run, but I race, but it's not too fast to stay on
But I got the fever, I'm not there, I'm gone
Well it's all about diffusion as I cry for her veil
I don't need anybody now beside me to tell
And it's all affirmation I receive, but it's not
She's alone, pardon, beauty, but she don't like
the spot
And she calls ...
Yes, she's gone like the rainbow that was shining yesterday
But now she's home beside me, and I'd like her here to stay
She's a lone forsaken beauty, and it's 'Don't trust anyone'
And I wish I was beside her, but I'm not there, I'm gone
Well it's too hard to stay here and I don't want to leave
It's so bad, or confusing, but she's hard too hard to leave
It's a load, it's a crime, the way she moulds
me around
But she told, phoned to hate me, but it's down to make a clown
Yes, I believe that it's rightful, Oh I believe
it in my mind
I've been told, like I said, when I ___________ before, carry on the
grind
Yes, his old gypsy told her, like I said "Carry on"
I wish I was there to help her, but I'm not there, I'm gone
She's all right and she's all too tight
In my neighborhood she cried both day and night
I know it - because he was there
It's a milestone, but she's down on her luck
And she's daily saloonin' but to making hard to buck
Now and then ...
I believe that she's stopping if she wants time to care
I believe that she'd look upon him deciding to care
And I go by the law, anyway she's on my way
But I don't belong there
No I don't belong to her, I don't belong to everybody
She's my Christ-forsaken angel, but she don't hear me cry
She's a long-hearted mystic and she can't carry on
When I'm there she's alright, but then she's not when I'm gone
Heaven knows that the answers she's don't calling no one
She's the way for sailing beautiful, she's mine
for the one
And I lost a heavy __________ by temptation as it runs
But she don't honor me, I'm not there I'm gone
Now I'll cry tonight like I cried the night before
And I'm leased on the house but I dream about the door
She's alone, she's forsaken by a fate worse to
tell
It don't have __________ she's my old fare-thee-well
Now when I __________ I was born to love her
But she knows that the kingdom waits so high above her
And I run, but I race, but it's not too fast or slow
But I don't perceive her, I'm not there I'm gone
Well it's all about ....... and I cry for her bell
I don't need anybody now beside me to tell
And it's all admiration I receive, but it's not
She's a lone parting beauty, but she don't like the spot
If she won't
Yes she's gone like the rainbow that was shining yesterday
But now she's home beside me and I'd like her here to stay
She's a form-forsaking beauty and it don't trust anyone
I wish I was beside her, but I'm not there I'm gone
Well it's too heart-forsaking and I don't want to believe
It's __________ but she's hard, too hard to leave
It's alone, it's a crime, the way she won't be
around
______________________________
Yes, I believe that it's rightful, oh I believe it in my mind
I've been told, like I said <when I> before "carry on the
grind"
And this old gypsy told her, like I said "carry on"
I wish I was there to help her, but I'm not there I'm gone
I will love him, I will serve him� I will glorify his name,
I
will love him
I
will serve him
I
will glorify His name
He
came [on East out of] Galilee
And
disappeared [like when he taught]
He
came down onto his own
His
own knew him not
But
as for me,
I will love him, I will serve him� I will glorify his name,
I
will love him
I
will serve him
I
will glorify His name
[He
said when the fig tree was blooming]
He
would be at the gate
He
was talking 'bout the state of Israel
From
nineteen fourty-eight
And
the time is near, and
I
will love him
I
will serve him
I
will glorify His name
When
He was down conceived [here]
His
mother didn't know what she carried
Took
an angel of the lord
to
tell her what she done carry
Carry
for all mankind, that
I
will love him
I
will serve him
I
will glorify His name
I
will glorify His name��������������������
Did
anybody say it was gonna be easy?
Nobody
said, [but you] couldn't complain
The
God of the world tried to drive me crazy
Even
Peter denied Him
Standin'
right beside Him
took
Him out and falsely tried Him
Eventually
crucified him
Who am I to say I wouldn't do the same?
[....]
who repaired the roof
[tried
to tilt] against the grain
When
Herod found out that he was born
He
had every boy child slain
Hey,
let's all pray
I
will love him
I
will serve him
I
will glorify His name
You got me in a corner
You got me against the wall
I got nowhere to go
I got nowhere to fall
Take back your insurance
Baby, nothin's guaranteed
Take back your acid rain
Let your T.V. bleed
You're jammin' me, you're jammin' me
Quit jammin' me
Baby, you can keep me painted in a corner
You can walk away, but it's not over
Take back your angry slander
Take back your pension plan
Take back your ups and your downs of your life
In raisin- land
Take back Vanessa Redgrave
Take back Joe Piscopo
Take back Eddie Murphy
Give 'em all some place to go
You're jammin' me, you're jammin' me
Quit jammin' me
Baby, you can keep me painted in a corner
You can walk away, but it's not over
Take back your Iranian torture
And the apple in young Steve's eye
Yeah, take back your losing streak
Check your front wheel drive
Take back
Take back
Take back that country club
They're tryin' to build outside my door
You're jammin' me, you're jammin' me
Quit jammin' me
Baby, you can keep me painted in a corner
You can walk away, but it's not over
Jesus is the one!!
Jesus is the one!!
It ain't Mr. Truman
It ain't Mr. Blue
It ain't Mr. President
Mister Me or Mister You
Jesus is the one!!
Jesus is the one!!
Well, you're looking over yonder
But what do you see
That does not mean that
They're comin' for you, they're comin' for me
Jesus is the one!!
Jesus is the one!!
Well, it ain't Mr. Reagan
That can raise a bed
It ain' t Mr. Rockefeller
That can raise the dead
Jesus is the one!!
Jesus is the one!!
It ain't Mr. Vallee
It ain't a fortune star
It ain't Mr. Roosevelt
That can heal your broken heart
Jesus is the one!!
Jesus is the one!!
Now that they are gone you know the truth it can be told
They were sacrificed lambs in the market place sold
Julius and Ethel, Julius and Ethel
Now that they are gone you know the truth it can come out
They were never proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt
Julius and Ethel, Julius and Ethel
The people thought they were guilty at the time
Some even said there hadn't been any crime
Julius and Ethel, Julius and Ethel
People look upon this couple with contempt and doubt
But they loved each other right up to the time they checked out
Julius and Ethel, Julius and Ethel
Eisenhower was president, Senator Joe was King
Long as you didn't say nothing you could say anything
Julius and Ethel, Julius and Ethel
Now some they blamed the system, some they blamed the man
Now that it is over, no one knows how it began
Julius and Ethel, Julius and Ethel
Every Kingdom got to fall even the third reich
Man can do what he pleases but not for as long as he like
Julius and Ethel, Julius and Ethel
Well they say they gave the secrets of the Atom Bomb away
Like no one else could think of it, it wouldn't be here today
Julius and Ethel, Julius and Ethel
Someone says the fifties was the age of great romance
I say that's just a lie, it was when fear had you in a trance
Julius and Ethel, Julius and Ethel
Love rescue me
Come forth and speak to me
Raise me up and don't let me fall
No man is my enemy
My own hands imprison me
Love rescue me
Many strangers have I met
On the road to my regret
Many lost who seek to find themselves in me
They ask me to reveal
The very thoughts they would conceal
Love rescue me
And the sun in the sky makes a shadow of you and I
Stretching out as the sun sinks in the sea
I'm here without a name in the palace of my shame
Love rescue me
In the cold mirror of a glass
I see my reflection pass
I see the dark shades of what I used to be
I see the purple of her eyes
The scarlet of my lies
Love rescue me
And the sun in the sky makes a shadow of you and I
Stretching out as the sun sinks in the sea
I'm hanging by my thumbs
I'm ready for whatever comes
Love rescue me
Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow
Yet I will fear no evil
I have cursed thy rod and staff
They no longer comfort me
Love rescue me
I've conquered my past
The future is here at last
I stand on the entrance
To a new world I can see
The ruins to the right of me
Will soon have lost sight of me
Love rescue me
When I'd ask why the painting was deadly
Nobody could pick up my sign
'Cept for the cook she was always ready
But she'd only ask what's on your mind
She'd say that especially when it was raining
I'd say "Oh, I don't know"
But then she'd press and I'd say "See that painting,
Do you think it's been done by van Gogh?".
The cook she said call her Maria
She'd always point for the slim boy to come forth
Saying he treat ?????? it's
his own idea
And he also makes trips to the North
Have you ever seen his naked 'Cathleen'
I'd say "Oh no, why does it show?"
And she'd whisper in my ear that he's a half breed
And I'd say "It's fine but can he paint like van Gogh?"
I can't remember his name, he never gave it
When I always figured he could go home
Till when he gave me his card and said "Save it"
I could see by his eyes he was alone
And it was sad how his four leaf clover,
Drawn on his calling card showed
That it was given back to him a millon times over,
And it most definiteley was not done by van Gogh.
You know she often came just to please me
Though I sensed she could not understand
And she made a thing out of it by saying "Go easy,
He's a straight, but he's a very crooked straight man"
And I'd say, "Does the girl in the calendar doubt it?
And by the way is it Marilyn Monroe?"
But she just spit softly and said "Why do you wanna know about
it?"
And I'd say "I was just wondering if she ever sat for van
Gogh"
It was either her or the straight man who introduced me
To Jeanette, Camilla's friend
Who later on falsely accused me
Of stealing her locket and her pen
And I said "I don't have the locket"
She said "You'd steal pictures of everybody's mother, I know"
And I said "There's no locket, no picture of any mother I would pocket,
Unless it's been done by van Gogh"
Camilla's house, it's stood on the outskirts
How strange to see the chandeliers destroy
While patiently he fills her coffee
Of foxhunts and ????
I wish I could remember that movie just a little bit better,
All I remember about it was that it starred Gregory Peck.
He was shot down in the back by a hungry kid trying to make a name for himself.
The townspeople wanted to crush that kid down and string him up by the
neck.
Well the Sheriff beat that boy to a bloody pulp,
As the dying gunfighter lay in the sun and gasped for his last breath.
"Turn him loose, let him go, let him say
he outdrew me fair and square.
I want him to feel what it's like to every moment face his death".
Well I keep seeing this stuff and it just comes a-rolling in,
And it blows right through me like a ball and chain.
You know I can't believe we've lived so long and are still so far apart.
Your memory keeps callin' after me like a rollin' train.
I can still see the day that you came to me on the painted
desert
In your busted-down Ford and your platform heels.
I could never figure out why you choose that particular place to meet,
Ah, but you were right. It was perfect, as I got in behind the wheel.
We drove that car all night until San Antone
And we slept near the
Way down in
I stayed there a while, 'till the whole place it started to feel like
Mars.
Well, I'm driving this car and the sun is comin' up over the
Somethin' about it reminds me of you, like when she sings "Baby,
let the good times roll".
But I'm too over the edge to remember the things we used to talk about
or do,
And she's the one to remind me, she knows this car would go out of
control.
Danville Girl with your
Teeth like pearls, shining like the moon above.
Danville Girl take me all around the world.
Danville Girl, you're my honey love.
Well, we crossed the Panhandle and then we headed out towards
Rushin' down where Henry Porter used to live, he owned the wrecking lot
outside of town,
We could see Ruby in the window, as we came rolling up in a trail of
dust.
She said "Henry's not here, he took off, but you all can come in
and stay a while".
Well she told us times were tough but we never knew how bad off she was.
You know she would change the subject every time money came up.
You know her eyes were filled with so much sadness,
she was so disillusioned with everything,
She said "Even the swap meets around here are getting pretty
corrupt".
"How far are you all going?" Ruby asked us with a sigh.
"We're going all the way 'till the wheels fall off and burn.
Till the sun peels the paint and the seat covers fade and the water
moccasin dies".
Ruby just smiled and said "Ah, you know, some babies never
learn".
I keep trying to remember that movie though, and it does keep comin'
back,
But I can't remember what part I played or who I was supposed to be.
All I can remember about it is it's starring
Gregory Peck and he was in it,
And everything he did in it reminded me of me. Yeah!
Danville Girl with your
Teeth like pearls, shining like the moon above.
Danville Girl take me all around the world.
Danville Girl, you're my honey love.
Well, they were looking for somebody with a pompadour.
I was crossing the street when they opened fire.
I didn't know whether to duck or to run so I ran.
Sounded to me like I was bein' chased by the
Well, you saw my picture in the Corpus Christi Tribune, underneath it
said
'A man with no alibi'.
You went out on a limb to testify and you said I was with you. Ah, yes
you did!
And I watched you break down in front of the judge and cry.
It was the best acting I ever saw you do.
I've always been the emotional person but this time it was asking too
much.
If there's an original thought out there, Oh, I could use it right now!
Yeah, I feel pretty good, but you know I could feel a whole lot better,
oh yes I could,
If you were just here by my side to show me how.
Well, I'm standing in line in the rain to see a movie starring Gregory
Peck.
Oh yes I am, but it's not the one that I had in mind.
He's got a new one out now, you know it just don't look the same,
But I'll see him anyway and I stand in line.
Danville Girl with your
Teeth like pearls, shining like the moon above.
Danville Girl take me all around the world.
Danville Girl, you're my honey love.
You know, it's funny how people just want to believe what's convenient.
Nothing happens on purpose, it's an accident if it happens at all.
And everything that's happening to us seems like it's happening without
our consent,
But we're busy talking back and forth to our shadows on an old stone
wall.
Oh, you got to talk to me now baby, tell me about the man that you used
to love,
And tell me about your dreams, just before the time you passed out. Oh,
yeah!
Tell me about the time that our engine broke down and it was the worst
of times,
Tell me about all the things that I couldn't do
nothin' about.
There was a movie I seen one time, I think I sat through it twice.
I don't remember who I was or what part I played.
All I remember about it was it was starring Gregory Peck.
But that was a long time ago, and it was made in the shade.
Teeth like pearls, shining like the moon above.
Danville Girl take me all around the world.
Danville Girl, you're my honey love.
Ah, she's walking in the morning
Honey you come home
I'm on my way since long ago
You just can't know
If you have to come home I'll try
If I have to but I'll be crying
What If I'm troubled
Well, I can be unkind
I'll try to __________
Can't come in
And I'll walk away to find
Her in the morning
I'll try to maybe
Try to help if I can
And I'll be there but I just can't find you
The queen of his diamonds
And the jack his knave
Won't you dig my grave
With a silver spade?
And forget my name.
I'm twenty years old.
That's twenty years gone.
Can't you see me crying,
Can't you see me dying,
I'll never reach twenty-one ...
Well I walk into your life, and I take a vacant seat
Just to catch you scandalize every one you meet
Where's your re........sponsibility
Where's your re........sponsibility
Well you try to tell me this and you tell me that
You tell me everything, except for where it's at.
Take your re, take your reeeeeesponsibility
Take your re........sponsibility
>From off the coast of
You're shooting off your mouth, and you're closing all the doors
To some re, reeeeeesponsibility
Ooh re........sponsibility
My friends would say forget him, but I was so in love
I can't believe the lord has sent you from above
With no re, with no reeeeeesponsibility
Ooh re, ah, re........sponsibility
I Think I'll feel better in the morning when you're gone
In all the time I've known you, you have only
done me wrong
With no re, with no reeeeeesponsibility
Ooh re, ah, re........sponsibility
How do we move
Move by faith
How do we move
Move by faith
How do we move
Move by faith
By faith, by faith, oh Lord
How do we see
Move by faith
How do we see
Move by faith
How do we see
Move by faith
By faith, by faith, oh Lord
How do we love
Move by faith
How do we love
Move by faith
How do we love
Move by faith
By faith, by faith, oh Lord
How do we stand
Move by faith
How do we stand
Move by faith
How do we stand
Move by faith
By faith, by faith, oh Lord
How do we walk
Move by faith
How do we walk
Move by faith
How do we walk
Move by faith
By faith, by faith, oh Lord
You mistreat me baby
I can't see no reason why
You know that I would kill for you
And I'm not afraid to die
But you treat me like a stepchild
Am I your stepchild?
I want to turn and walk all over you
But my heart just won' t let you be
I'm nervous in your company
And my knees get weak
Both my eyes get misty
And my tongue can't speak
You treat me like a stepchild
Like a stepchild
I wanna turn, hide away
But I just can't let you be
You know we go back a long way baby
You know that it's true
I pulled you out of dope scenes
Orgies and jam sessions too
You treat me like a stepchild
Like a stepchild
I want to turn and walk all over you
But my heart just won't let you be
Am I Your Stepchild?
You treat me mean girl
And then you treat me rough
I give you all my loving
And it's never quite enough
You treat me like a stepchild
What do you think, am I your stepchild?
I wanna turn and walk all ove r you
But my heart says no, just let her be
I crawl across the desert for you girl
And you say "So what?"
Bring you all the diamonds from the mine
And I find that your door is shut
You treat me like a stepchild
Am I your stepchild?
I wanna turn and walk away from you
But I just can't let you be
What's the matter with you baby
Have you lost your point of view
Well you try to tell me one person
That's taken advantage of you
You treat me like a stepchild
You think that's right?
You treat me like a stepchild
I wanna turn and walk all over you
But my heart says no, just let her be
You ain't so good in arithmetic, baby
You don't know how to count
When it comes to spending money
It's never the right amount
But baby, you know, two and two is four
Baby, that'll be the day,
But in love, crazy love, you get straight A!
In history, you don't do too well
You don't know how to read
You could confuse Geronimo
With Johnny Appleseed
And if you don't know who Thomas
Well, baby, that's OK,
But in love, crazy love, you get straight A!
You could fall off the honor roll
You wouldn't need a shove
But you graduate with honors
From the school of love, well ....
You aren't doing too well in Geography
Baby, you can never read a map
And if you're doing, the teacher talks,
It's a time you take a nap
You thought that
Baby, that's OK
But in love, crazy love, you get straight A!
You could fall off the honor roll
Baby, you wouldn't need a shove
But you graduate with honors
>From the school of love, well ....
You don't know much about Geography
Baby, you can't read a map
Every time the teacher starts to talking
Baby, you take a nap
You might think
But, baby, that's OK
But in love, crazy love, you get straight A!
This is all about what the Devil is. Some people say that there is no Devil ...
Well, sometimes you can't see him so good,
When he hides his head in his snow white hood,
And rides to kill with his face well hid
And then goes home to his wife and kids.
Wonder if his kids know who he is?
Well, he wants you to hate, he wants you to fear,
He wants you to fear something that's not even there,
He'll give you your hate, he'll give you his
lies,
He'll give you the weapons to run out and die.
And you give him your soul.
I came down to
Got out and started walking around,
I's up around Sixty-Second Street,
All of a sudden comes a cop on his beat,
Said my hair was too long, said my boots were too dirty,
Said my hat was un-American, said he'd throw me in jail.
So I got out on a subway and took a seat
Got out on forty-second street
I met this fellow named Delores there
He started rubbin' his hands thru my hair
I figured somethin' was wrong so I ran through 10 hot dog stands,
4 movie houses and a couple a dancing studios to get back on the subway
train.
The wind it blew me north and south
It blew me in a coffee house
I met this fellow with sun glasses on
He told me he sung folksongs
I believed him 'cause he was wearin' sun glasses.
He sung "Scarlet Ribbons" 'bout ten times or more
He sung "Michael row the boat ashore"
He sung "Where do all the flowers go?"
There was no folksong he didn't know
The ones he didn't know he didn't like anyway.
On
I went in to get out of the cold
Found out after I entered
The place was called the
Owned by Izzy Young - he's always in the back - of the center.
They got real records and real books
Anybody can walk in and look
You don't have to own a Cadillac car
Or a nine-hundred and fifty-two dollar guitar
Do like most people do - walk in - walk around - walk out.
But that's not the way you see
That ain't the way it oughta be
There's just one way a lookin' at it
You shouldn't take this place for granted
That'll always be here.
So go down and buy a record or a book
Don't just walk around and look
You can do that when you go uptown
When you come down here you're on common ground
Common people ground - common guitar people ground
WE NEED EVERY INCH OF IT!
I knew a boy named Hugh Brown
He's the laziest man in town
Got up this morning and combed his hair
He's so lazy, he just don't go anywhere
He just kinda opens his door and walks out
And looks around and walks away
Well, he sprained his arm combing his hair
I don't think that's quite really fair
He lays in bed all the time
I don't think that's very right
He's such a lazy bastard
You know it was raining the other day,
I mean the other night,
And Hugh Brown said
And Hugh Brown, he's so lazy that,
He said to me "Bob, it's raining on my bed"
And I says "Oh" - and he says
"Yeah" - and I says "Oh"
Hugh Brown never closed the window
Oh, that's the end.
The very thought of you, oh what it can do
So deep in my mind, I'm so intertwined with
The very thought of you
The very thought of you, oh what it can do
Can't put it down, for I am bound to
The very thought of you
Don't you see the page that flies from the book from which it's torn
In the street of flame where you call my name
Just as soon as I am born
The very thought of you, oh what it can do
I'm changing shape, but I can't escape from
The very thought of you
Don't you see the page that flies from the book from which it's torn
In the street of flame where you call my name
Just as soon as I am born
The very thought of you, oh what it can do
I'm changing shape, but I can't escape from
The very thought of you
There's a thief on the cross his chances are slim
There's a thief on the cross I wanna talk to him
Well everybody's been diverted
Everybody's looking the other way
Everybody's attention is divided
Well they may not afford to wait
There's a thief on the cross his chances are slim
There's a thief on the cross I wanna talk to him
Wanna ask him 'bout his mother
Wanna ask him 'bout his ways
Wanna ask him 'bout to talk to himself
If it's time it didn't go too well
There's a thief on the cross his chances are slim
There's a thief on the cross I wanna talk to him
Well, everybody's not too excited
Don't be too surprised
Head for the town and you can see it well
And it's rising in his eyes
There's a thief on the cross his chances are slim
There's a thief on the cross I wanna talk to him
Now there's winning, ruling and readin'
Everybody goes sinning by the rules
There's a secret to excite you
Whether
There's a thief on the cross his chances are slim
There's a thief on the cross I wanna talk to him
I'm troubled and I don't know why
I'm troubled and I don't know why
There's trouble on my mind
And it's driving me blind
I'm troubled and I don't know why
What did the newspaper tell?
What did the newspaper tell?
Well it rolled in the door
And it bounced on the floor
And thing's ain't going too well
What did the television squawk?
What did the television squawk?
Well it roared and it boomed
And it bounced around the room
And it didn't say nothing at all
What did the movie screen lecture?
What did the movie screen lecture?
Well, it sank and it rose
And it took off all it's clothes
And I left in the middle of the picture
I'm troubled and I don't know why
I'm troubled and I don't know why
There's trouble on my mind
And it's driving me blind
I'm troubled and I don't know why
Try me
Try me, little girl,
We could raise a family
Well they treat you like a dummy,
well they treat you like a slave
Nothin' bout what you said, it's all
what you gave
Try me
Try me
Try me, little girl,
We could raise a family
Well, they treat so low
�[at the time I'll ring out of way]
�[Oh, nika tho
nika, three's gotta you gonna way]
Oh, well it's three in the morning,
I get no room
Based on cell she is sittin' on room
Try me
Try me
Try me, little girl,
We
gonna raise a family
Waiting to get beat
On a dark and lonely street
Pay time 'round, pay back down
Waiting to get beat
Waiting to get beat
Waiting like a piece of meat
The switch is on, the plan is gone
Waiting to get beat
You're playin' around with daddy, baby
When you should have quit
Nobody messes up one of these boys
And get away with it
Waiting to get beat
Can't sleep, can't eat
Getting rude, getting bold
Getting ready to be rolled
Waiting to get beat
Setting a match to the house that you live in
And falling for the first clown you see
One day there'll be a knock on the door
And you know who it'll be
Waiting to get beat
Playing with a heart that will cheat
Getting pretty, getting ripped
Getting dressed to get whipped
Waiting to get beat
What kind of friend is this
Who goes behind my back
What kind of friend is this
Shows up every place I am
She can make it long, but she don't
She's laying low but you know
She'd rather lay in the morning
Making it on my bed
Oh, what kind of friend is this
What kind of friend is this
Making everyone around
What kind of friend is this
Listening to everything I found
She's tough on board
When she goes down
Late at night
Walk around
Well, she ain't good looking
But she keeps on turtledoving in
The backyard bed
Tell me what kind of friend is this
She don't love and she don't hug
You know she's going to be a dog
She don't and she don't
Her heart's beating and she knows she's wrong
What kind of friend is this
What kind of friend is this
Makes you hightail to and fro
What kind of friend is this
Wants to go wherever I go
Gad darned shame
Don't care for me
My old lady if she could only see
Tell me what kind of friend is this
Oh, happy I, I mean you for me
Cause I'm true
But I know in the end
When the clock's worked through and through
Because I know loving means
Nearly everything that I need
Who loves you more, who loves you true?
Oh, baby I do.
Don't you know that I'm beside
But I need to know if dark and wide
Cause a door is ajar and
it leads to the rock I know
Baby before you go
Say that I all over you
And you know it, you know it too
So honey me, offer me, I've been through and through
Oh yeah, but if you, because
I wish to know, and I didn't care
You're the answer to my every prayer
Who loves you more, who loves you true?
Oh baby you know I do.
Yes if you do well, up and out the door
I'm said she's there just like before
Who loves you well, who'll take you there?
Who'll watch you through, I will watch you through
And I shall fulfill my soul, if you're the one
Face the day, and the brightening sun
Who loves you more, who loves you true?
Oh baby I do.
Well, you're perfect to me, ah can't you see
And I'll bring you there, for you to be
All being well, holding up and I thought you should know
Oh baby before you go.
Talk to me, say it well
Cause you're the answer to my every prayer
Who loves you more, who loves you true?
Oh baby I do.
Stick by me, stick by my bones
Till you get aged, until you get old
Stick by me closer, tell me one I put, I know it's true
And I'll take you through.
But, swear by me, fortune and bold
Climb in your head deep in your heart and soul
Who loves you more, who loves you true?
Oh baby I do.
Now the ruins are barely rolling
And the animals can't agree
On all the bushes in the nations
But nobody feels sorry for me
If I lost everything of all the cities
Yeah, but I can't help this smog
The day I feel it
She sure is standing
But the holy book is written
Oh, what page
They are all there
And as for a natural warning
But nobody done yet understand
Just like Pharao and his armies
They were made of solid bread, yeah
That old bad wolf's gonna howl his way to morning's
Hold to some big cavern
I would sit and wait, calling my children out there
But I just don't mean to hesitate
And if I was a missionary leader
I would attempt to laugh and rage
Yet the wild wolf he's still bubbling under
And not a babe
Rain on the ground, windshield wipers movin',
Water on the ground, sure don't feel like groovin'.
Working on a guru,
Working on a guru,
Working on a guru, before the sun goes down.
Rain all around, I need me an umbrella.
Water on the ground, I am that kind of fella.
Looking for a guru,
Working on a guru,
Working on a guru, before the sun goes down.
Walking on the street, I need me an umbrella.
Just to keep it sweet, I am that kind of fella.
Looking for a guru,
Working on a guru,
Working on a guru, before the sun goes down.
Play it again ...
Rain on the ground, windshield wipers movin',
Water all around, I sure don't feel like groovin'.
I'm working on a guru,
Yes, I'm working on a guru,
But I'm working on a guru, before the sun goes down.
Working on a guru,
Working on a guru,
Well, it's true, it could be you ...
I'm working on a guru.
�
You want to talk to me
You got many things to say
You want the spirit to be speaking to
But your lust for comfort gets in the way
I can read it in your eyes
What your heart will not reveal
And that old evil burden that's been dragging you down
About to grind you beneath the wheel
Yonder comes sin
Walking like a man, talking like an angel
Yonder comes sin
Proud like a peacock, swift like an eagle
Look at your feet see where they've been to
Look at your hands, see what they've been into
Can you take it on the chin
Yonder comes sin
See this woman standing next to me
She's foreign to you sight
Well, her eyes may be different color than mine
But her blood is red and her bones are white
You've been seeking them eternal spiritual things
But your fifty-dollar smile confirms
That you're still trying to buy your way into the dreams
Of them whose body will be food for worms
Yonder comes sin
Ready and steady, willing and able
Yonder comes sin
Standing on the chair, standing on the table
Look at your feet see where they've been to
Look at your hands, see what they've been into
Let me take it on the chin
Yonder comes sin
I say "See them six white horses honey"
You say "I don't even see one"
You say "Point them out to me, love"
I say "Listen honey, I've got to run"
My brother's blood is crying from the grave
But you cannot hear the voice
I stand in jeopardy every hour
Wondering what reason you have to rejoice
Yonder comes sin
Down on your knees, down into the ditches
Yonder comes sin
Vomiting up jewels, vomiting up riches
Look at your feet see where they've been to
Look at your hands, see what they've been into
Ain't no room tonight at the inn
Yonder comes sin
Jeremiah preached repentance
To those who would turn from hell
But the critics all gave him such bad reviews
Put him down at the bottom of the well
But he kept on talking, and anyway
As the people were put into chains
Weren't nobody there to say "Bon
voyage"
Nor shatter any bottles of champagne
Yonder comes sin
Cracking that whip, dressed up in feathers
Yonder comes sin
Put a knife in your back while talking about the weather
Look at your feet see where they've been to
Look at your hands, see what they've been into
Can you take it on the chin
Yonder comes sin
High cost of survival
Gets a little higher than you expect
When you're trying to get along with your enemies
And still maintain your self- respect
As a child you knew all there was to know
It just couldn't get expressed
Now it scares me to see what you accept as good
At one you wouldn't have settled forless than the best
Yonder comes sin
Way down deep and dirty, not a day under thirty
Yonder comes sin
Tasting like peaches, hanging on like leaches
Look at your feet see where they've been to
Look at your hands, see what they've been into
So masculine, so feminine
Yonder comes sin
You turn your back on the hard truth
Just to fatten up your purse
Sings of an unrighteous world
Dare the same thing as a curse
No kingdom made of human hands can stand
Too bad about MacBeth
In order to possess that corruptible crown
Gotta make a deal with Mr Death
Yonder comes sin
Can you comprehend it, can you understand it
Yonder comes sin
It rules the airways, it rules the planet
Look at your feet see where they've been to
Look at your hands, see what they've been into
Take off that sheepish green
Yonder comes sin
There's a place down in your soul
Where the law can never touch
You do most likely what you please
And not think about too much
I'll be down the line when morning comes
And that I pulled the hood up for you
So that you could see real good your uninvited guest
_________________________
Yonder comes sin
It's a pleasure to meet ya, nice to have known ya
Yonder comes sin
It wants to kill you, it wants to own you
Look at your feet see where they've been to
Look at your hands, see what they've been into
Being pulled in all directions by the wind
Yonder comes sin
Come you phoney super-patriotic people that say
That hating and fearing is my only way
That this here country has got to be
You're thinking of yourselves, you ain't thinking of
me.
You're not thinking of any George Washington
You're not thinking of any Thomas Jefferson
But you say that you are and you lie and mislead
For your aims for yourself
and your greed.
Don't speak to me of your patriotism
When you throw the Southern black boy in prison
And you say that the only good niggers are the ones
that have died
Don't think I'd ever stand on your side.
Though you make it so hard for me to love
My face will never feel the slap of your glove
My hands will never buy the cards that you play
My feet will never walk down the road that you lay.
Get out in the open, stop standing afar
Let the whole world see what a hypocrite you are
I ain't joking and it ain't no
gag
You bin hiding too long behind the American flag.