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| 1. |
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I'm walking,
through streets that are dead Walking, walking with you in my head My feet are so tired My brain is so wired And the clouds are weeping Did I, hear someone tell a lie Did I, hear someone's distant cry I spoke like a child You destroyed me with a smile while i was sleeping I'm sick of love That I'm in the thick of it This kind of love I'm so sick of it I see, I see lovers in the meadow I see, I see silhouettes in the window I watch them 'til they're gone and they leave me hangin' on to a shadow I'm sick of love I hear the clock tick this kind of love I'm lovesick Sometimes the silence can be like thunder Sometimes I wanna take to the road of plunder Could you ever be true? I think of you and I wonder I'm sick of love I wish I'd never met you I'm sick of love I'm tryin' to forget you Just don't know what to do I'd give anything to be with you |
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| 2. |
| 3:36 |
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Gonna walk down that dirt road 'Til someone will let me ride
Gonna walk down that dirt road 'Til someone will let me ride If I can't find my baby I'm gonna run away and hide Well, I been pacing round the room, hoping maybe she come back pacing round the room, hoping maybe she come back Well, I been praying for salvation Laying round in a one-room country shack Gonna walk down that dirt road, until my eyes begin to bleed Gonna walk down that dirt road, until my eyes begin to bleed 'Til there's nothing left to see 'Til the chains have been shattered and I been freed But I'm looking at my shadow, I been watching the clouds up above looking at my shadow, watching the clouds up above Rolling through the rain and hail Looking for the sunny side of love Gonna walk down that dirt road 'til everything becomes the same Gonna walk down that dirt road 'til everything becomes the same I keep on walking 'til I hear her holler out my name |
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| 3. |
| 7:43 |
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I'm walkin' through the summer nights
the jukebox playing low yesterday everything was goin' too fast Today it's movin' too slow I got no place left to turn I got nothin' left to burn Don't know if I saw you if I would kiss you or kill you It probably wouldn't matter to you anyhow You left me standing in the doorway cryin' I got nothin' to go back to now. The light in this place is so bad Makin' me sick in the head All the laughter is just makin' me sad The stars have turned cherry red I'm strummin' on my gay guitar Smokin' a cheap cigar The ghost of our old love has not gone away Don't look it like it will anytime soon You left me standin' in the doorway cryin' Under the midnight moon. Maybe they'll get me and maybe they won't But not tonight and it won't be here There are things I could say, but I don't I know the mercy of God must be near I been ridin a midnight train Got ice water in my veins I would be crazy if I took you back It would go up against every rule You left me standin' in the doorway cryin' Sufferin' like a fool. When the last rays of daylight go down Buddy you're old no more I can hear the church bells ringin' in the yard I wonder who they're ringin' for I know I can't win But my heart just won't give in Last night I danced with a stranger But she just reminded me you were the one You left me standin' in the doorway cryin' In the dark land of the sun. I eat when I'm hungry drink when I'm dry And live my life on the square And even if the flesh falls off of my face I know someone will be there to care It always means so much Even the softest touch I see nothing to be gained by any explanation There's no words that need to be said You left me standin' in the doorway cryin' Blues wrapped around my head. |
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| 4. |
| 5:53 |
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You took a part of me that I really miss
I keep asking myself how long it can go on like this You told yourself a lie; that's all right mama, I told myself one too I'm trying to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you You took the silver, you took the gold You left me standing out in the cold People ask about you; I didn't tell them everything I knew Well I'm trying to get closer, but I'm still a million miles from you I'm drifting in and out of dreamless sleep Throwing all my memories in a ditch so deep Did so many things I never did intend to do Well I'm trying to get closer, but I'm still a million miles from you I need your love so bad, turn your lamp down low I need every bit of it for the places that I go Sometimes I wonder just what it's all coming to Well I'm tryin' to get closer, but I'm still a million miles from you Well I don't dare close my eyes and I don't dare wink Maybe in the next life I'll be able to hear myself think Feel like talking to somebody but I just don't know who Well, I'm tryin' to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you The last thing you said before you hit the street "Gonna find me a janitor to sweep me off my feet" I said, "That's all right mama.... you..... you do what you gotta do" Well, I'm tryin' to get closer; I'm still a million miles from you Rock me, pretty baby, rock me 'til everything gets real Rock me for a little while, rock me 'til there's nothing left to feel And I'll rock you too I'm tryin' to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you Well, there's voices in the night trying to be heard I'm sitting here listening to every mind polluting word I know plenty of people who would put me up for a day or two Yes, I'm tryin' to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you |
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| 5. |
| 5:22 |
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The air is getting hotter
There's a rumbling in the skies I've been wading through the high muddy water With the heat rising in my eyes Every day your memory grows dimmer It doesn't haunt me like it did before I've been walking through the middle of nowhere Trying to get to heaven before they close the door When I was in Missouri They would not let me be I had to leave there in a hurry I only saw what they let me see You broke a heart that loved you Now you can seal up the book and not write anymore I've been walking that lonesome valley Trying to get to heaven before they close the door People on the platforms Waiting for the trains I can hear their hearts a-beatin' Like pendulums swinging on chains When you think that you lost everything You find out you can always lose a little more I'm just going down the road feeling bad Trying to get to heaven before they close the door I'm going down the river Down to New Orleans They tell me everything is gonna be all right But I don't know what "all right" even means I was riding in a buggy with Miss Mary-Jane Miss Mary-Jane got a house in Baltimore I been all around the world, boys Now I'm trying to get to heaven before they close the door Gonna sleep down in the parlor And relive my dreams I'll close my eyes and I wonder If everything is as hollow as it seems Some trains don't pull no gamblers No midnight ramblers, like they did before I been to Sugar Town, I shook the sugar down Now I'm trying to get to heaven before they close the door |
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| 6. |
| 5:18 |
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Well my nerves are exploding and my body's tense
I feel like the whole world got me pinned up against a fence I've been hit too hard, seen too much Nothing can heal me now but your touch I just don't know what I'm gonna do I was alright 'til I fell in love with you Well, my house is on fire, burnin' to the sky Well, I thought it would rain but the clouds passed by And I feel like I'm comin' to the end of my way But I know God is my shield and he won't lead me astray Still, I don't know what I'm gonna do I was alright 'til I fell in love with you Boys in the street beginnin' to play Girls like birds, flyin' away When I'm gone you will remember my name I'm gonna win my way to wealth and fame Yet I just don't know what I'm gonna do I was alright 'til I fell in love with you Well, junk's pilin' up, takin' up space My eyes feel like they're falling off my face Sweat pourin' down, I'm starin' at the floor I'm thinkin' about that girl who won't be back no more I just don't know what to do I was alright 'til I fell in love with you Well, I'm tired of talkin', I'm tired of tryin' to explain My attemps to please ya, they were all in vain Tomorrow night before the sun goes down If I'm still among the living, I'll be Dixie bound Still, I just don't know what I'm gonna do I was alright 'til I fell in love with you |
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| 7. |
| 6:29 |
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Shadows are falling and I been here all day
It's too hot to sleep and time is running away Feel like my soul has turned into steel I've still got the scars that the sun/son? didn't/let me? heal There's not even room enough to be anywhere It's not dark yet, but it's getting there Well my sense of humanity is going down the drain Behind every beautiful thing, there's been some kind of pain She wrote me a letter and she wrote it so kind She put down in writin' what was in her mind I just don't see why I should even care It's not dark yet, but it's getting there Well I been to London and I been to gay Paris I followed the river and I got to the sea I've been down to the bottom of a whirlpool of lies I ain't lookin' for nothin' in anyone's eyes Sometimes my burden is more than I can bear It's not dark yet, but it's getting there I was born here and I'll die here, against my will I know it looks like I'm movin' but I'm standin' still Every nerve in my body is so naked and numb I can't even remember what it was I came here to get away from Don't even hear the murmur of a prayer It's not dark yet, but it's getting there |
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| 7:16 |
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I'm beginning to hear voices and there's no one around
now I'm all used up and I kind of feel turned around ?? I went to church on Sunday and she passed by and my love for her is taking such a long time to die God I'm waist deep, waist deep in the mist It's almost like, almost like I don't exist I'm 20 miles out of town, Cold Irons bound There's a wall of pride high and wide, can't see over to the other side It's such a sad thing to see such? beauty/human? decay, it's sadder still to feel your heart torn? away one look at you and I'm out of control like the universe has swallowed me whole I'm 20 miles out of town and Cold Irons bound There's too many people, too many to recall I thought some of 'em were friends of mine I was wrong about 'em all Well, the road is rocky and the hillside's mud Up over my head nothing but clouds of blood I found my own, I found my one in you but your love just hasn't proved true I'm 20 miles out of town, Cold Irons bound 20 miles out of town, Cold Irons bound ... Well the winds in Chicago have turned me to shreds reality has always had too many heads some things last longer than you think they will some kind of things you can never kill it's you and you only I'm thinking about but you can't see in, and it's hard looking out I'm 20 miles out of town, Cold Irons bound Well the fat's in the fire, and the water's in the tank and the whiskey's in the jar, and the money's in the bank I tried to love and protect you because I cared I'm gonna remember forever the joy we've shared but looking at you and I'm on my bended knee you have no idea what you do to me I'm 20 miles out of town Cold Irons bound 20 miles out of town, Cold Irons bound |
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| 9. |
| 3:33 |
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When the rain is blowing in your face
and the whole world is on your case I could offer a warm embrace to make you feel my love When evening shadows and the stars appear and there is no one there to dry your tears I could hold you for a million years to make you feel my love I know you haven't made your mind up yet but I would never do you wrong I've known it from the moment that we met no doubt in my mind where you belong I'd go hungry, I'd go black and blue I'd go crawling down the avenue Oh there's nothing that I wouldn't do to make you feel my love The storms are raging on the rolling sea and on the highway of regret the winds of change are blowing wild and free you ain't seen nothing like me yet I could make you happy, make your dreams come true nothing that I wouldn't do go to the ends of the earth for you to make you feel my love |
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| 5:48 |
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I can't wait
Wait for you to change my mind It's late I'm tryin' to walk the line Well it's way past midnight And there's some people all around Some on their way up Some on their way down The air burns and I'm tryin to think straight And I don't know how much longer I can wait I'm your man I've tried to recover the sweet love that we knew You understand That my heart can't go on beating without you Well your loveliness has wounded me I'm reeling from the blow I wish I knew what it was that keeps me loving you so I'm breathin' hard standin' at the gate And I don't know how much longer I can wait Skies are gray I'm looking for anything that will bring a happy glow Night or day It doesn't matter where I go anymore I just go If I ever saw you comin' I don't know what I might do I'd like to think I could control myself But it isn't true That's how it is When things disintegrate And I don't know how much longer I can wait I'm doomed to love you I been rollin' through stormy weather I'm thinkin' of you And all the places we could roam together It's mighty funny The end of time has just begun Oh honey, after all these years you're still the one Well I'm strollin' through the lonely graveyard of my mind I left my life with you Somewhere back there along the line I thought somehow that I would be spared this day I don't know how much longer I can wait |
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| 11. |
| 16:32 |
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Well my heart's in the Highlands gentle and fair
Honeysuckle blooming in the wildwood air Bluebelles blazing, where the Aberdeen waters flow Well my heart's in the Highland, I'm gonna go there when I feel good enough to go Windows were shakin' all night in my dreams Everything was exactly the way that it seems Woke up this morning and I looked at the same old page Same ol' rat race Life in the same ol' cage. I don't want nothing from anyone, ain't that much to take Wouldn't know the difference between a real blonde and a fake Feel like a prisoner in a world of mystery I wish someone would come And push back the clock for me Well my heart's in the Highlands wherever I roam That's where I'll be when I get called home The wind, it whispers to the buckeyed trees in rhyme Well my heart's in the Highland, I can only get there one step at a time. I'm listening to Neil Young, I gotta turn up the sound Someone's always yelling turn it down Feel like I'm drifting Drifting from scene the scene I'm wondering what in the devil could it all possibly mean? Insanity is smashing up against my soul You can say I was on anything but a roll If I had a conscience, well I just might blow my top What would I do with it anyway Maybe take it to the pawn shop My heart's in the Highlands at the break of dawn By the beautiful lake of the Black Swan Big white clouds, like chariots that swing down low Well my heart's in the Highlands Only place left to go I'm in Boston town, in some restaurant I got no idea what I want Well, maybe I do but I'm just really not sure Waitress comes over Nobody in the place but me and her It must be a holiday, there's nobody around She studies me closely as I sit down She got a pretty face and long white shiny legs She says, "What'll it be?" I say, "I don't know, you got any soft boiled eggs?" She looks at me, Says "I'd bring you some but we're out of 'm, you picked the wrong time to come" Then she says, "I know you're an artist, draw a picture of me!" I say, "I would if I could, but, I don't do sketches from memory." "Well", she says, "I'm right here in front of you, or haven't you looked?" I say," all right, I know, but I don't have my drawing book!" She gives me a napkin, she says, "you can do it on that" I say, "yes I could but, I don't know where my pencil is at!" She pulls one out from behind her ear She says "all right now, go ahead, draw me, I'm standing right here" I make a few lines, and I show it for her to see Well she takes a napkin and throws it back And says "that don't look a thing like me!" I said, "Oh, kind miss, it most certainly does" She says, "you must be jokin.'" I say, "I wish I was!" Then she says, "you don't read women authors, do you?" Least that's what I think I hear her say, "Well", I say, "how would you know and what would it matter anyway?" "Well", she says, "you just don't seem like you do!" I said, "you're way wrong." She says, "which ones have you read then?" I say, "I read Erica Jong!" She goes away for a minute and I slide up out of my chair I step outside back to the busy street, but nobody's going anywhere Well my heart's in the Highlands, with the horses and hounds Way up in the border country, far from the towns With the twang of the arrow and a snap of the bow My heart's in the Highlands Can't see any other way to go Every day is the same thing out the door Feel further away then ever before Some things in life, it gets too late to learn Well, I'm lost somewhere I must have made a few bad turns I see people in the park forgetting their troubles and woes They're drinking and dancing, wearing bright colored clothes All the young men with their young women looking so good Well, I'd trade places with any of them In a minute, if I could I'm crossing the street to get away from a mangy dog Talking to myself in a monologue I think what I need might be a full length leather coat Somebody just asked me If I registered to vote The sun is beginning to shine on me But it's not like the sun that used to be The party's over, and there's less and less to say I got new eyes Everything looks far away Well, my heart's in the Highlands at the break of day Over the hills and far away There's a way to get there, and I'll figure it out somehow But I'm already there in my mind And that's good enough for now |
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