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| 1. |
| 5:05 | 
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He woke to the sound of the birds in the morning
Felt charged with a new lease of life Time to break out of his present surroundings A mother, a child and a wife He'd not said good-bye to his last thread of childhood It lay just beyond his front gate So he packed just a few things And he packed in his job And he prayed he'd not left it too late He turned and he said "Well we always have time, Time on our side And there's time for this boy to turn back" Joy held his heart As he took to the road Cast all his sorrow To the breeze Knew in his heart It was the right thing to do For he had to search out His belief Spring came and fall went The year ran away Love, hate and heartache ran too Felt himself drift Into memories of home And the loneliness he lived on through He turned and he said "Well we always have time, Time on our side And there's time for this boy to turn back" And he'd learnt about life But he'd lost out on love He was no longer only a boy There were lines on his face From the sun and the wind But no lines there through Laughter or joy Shoes full of holes But with fire in his soul He walked down the dirt beaten track Mother was gone But his wife and child were living on And they cried "It's the boy who came back" Goodbye through the evening Goodbye through the night Goodbye through the dreams Through the sleep Goodbye to our yesterdays Hello tomorrow It seems we were destined to meet He turned and he said "Well we always have time, Time on our side And there's time for this boy to turn back" |
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| 2. |
| 3:13 |
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Oh you have the saddest eyes
That I have ever seen Secret sorrows of a heart That breaks so easily Don't let me catch you crying Don't let me catch you crying Watching through the pane of glass The final silent scenes You became a fading face In morning's half forgotten dream Don't let me catch you crying Just hear the sad breeze sighing You have You have You have the first ice of winter I have the first rain of summer You have the sad signs of sorrow I have to leave you tomorrow Words on a torn piece of paper Escape from the window forever Memories don't seem to matter When crushed under heel in the gutter Oh you have the saddest eyes That I have ever seen Secret sorrows of a heart That breaks so easily Don't let me catch you crying Just hear the sad breeze sighing You have You have I wander out along the rain washed streets Blinded with tears And kicking cans Wrecked and wild With an ever-crushing loneliness Feverish and tousled With an ever-crushing love I know I won't find any answers here I know my pleading voice bounds back an echo It ricochets back down the cavernous alley Hey don't be a stranger Sad how misguided and confused We suffer inside Stumbling from one shaky stepping stone To another Reaching out for a blind, blind love Reaching out for a blind, blind love Small we fall easy prey to self-pity Wishing I was with you on the other side Maybe tomorrow I'll join you in Paradise Maybe tomorrow I'll join you in Paradise |
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| 3. |
| 5:06 |
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She was always alone
Kept herself under lock and key Just her sorrows for all to see She would break up and cry for me Throw her away Blow the ash from the ashtray Leave her alone to play Leave her alone to pray And now you wonder why I put out the flame to die I'll hold on to my mystery Secrets that make up me In what's real and fantasy Tenderness is a weakness It tears down your fortresses Makes you easy access Tenderness is a weakness It makes you so vulnerable He was always alone Told me he liked it best that way Just a victim of circumstance Just a loser who'd lost his chance Truth, love and lies They were all and the same to him But he'd never given in To the ultimate sin And now you wonder why I put out the flame in my eyes I'll hold on to my mystery Secrets that make up me In what's real and fantasy Tenderness is a weakness It tears down your fortresses Makes you easy access (and I guess that) Tenderness is a weakness It makes you so vulnerable To that sick dangerous feeling We all know as love I cried for you I even lied for you I died a thousand times for you I committed endless crimes for you I sold my soul to some Devil To do with what he will Now I'll lock up my heart And throw away the key Love have no part in my destiny Love have no part in my destiny |
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| 4. |
| 3:47 |
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Try hard to make the world look bright today
Try hard to make my nightmares go away Try hard to keep the fear away The cold of day, try hard Try hard to play the games the world would like you to play But people, they don't really listen Their smiles are the keys to the prison I'll call on the angels, to hold my head softly They'll always remember . . . Stories of Johnny Try hard to make my anger go away Try hard to make my money last the day (no way) Try hard to keep away the pain Stop the rain, try hard Try hard to fly a thousand miles away But people, they don't really listen Their smiles are the keys to the prison I'll call on the angels, to hold my head softly They'll always remember . . . Stories of Johnny My smoky lover . . . will close my eyes forever Stories of Johnny |
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| 5. |
| 4:12 |
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There are times
You can't help but to cry And time won't heal By and by There are times You can't hold back the tears And hurt won't heal With the years But, I will always love you Always love you Always you and no-one else but you There are times When the world is cruel And I won't be there for you There are times You can't hold back the tears And hurt will heal With the years I will always love you Always love you Always you and no-one else but you When storms come our way When tides wash away When storms come our way When tides wash away I will always love you Always love you Love you love you love you love you Always love you |
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| 2:17 | 
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| 7. |
| 3:40 |
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There are many who have laid with me
Then got up and walked away from me And played around with me like I was a game Every night was a one night fling When I'd given them everything They never even asked me for my name God they never even asked me for my name Now I've found real love Make no mistake about it Now that I feel love I just can't live without it So if you love me The way I love you Why can't we spend our lives as one My reputation was all over town As a woman who was passed around I knew every wrong way to go Seen every room with a bed inside it And every habit I've tried, I tried it But from now on I say hell no No but from now on I say hell no Now I've found real love Make no mistake about it Now that I feel love I just can't live without it So if you love me The way I love you Why can't we spend our lives as one Why can't we spend our lives as one |
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| 8. |
| 3:41 |
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Well it seems you have a heart
I saw it once so I know it's true You let it out on Sundays when You let it beat me black and blue When you went and stole my heart I saw it go so I know it's true It was a ruby, ruby, ruby red It was the most precious gift I could give to you It was as red as the sun in the evening sky It was as red as the fire in a panther's eye It was as red as the rose under the summer sun Like a fire from a killer's gun Ruby, ruby red Shine a light onto this boy's bed There's a street lamp glowing in my head Oh, Ruby, ruby, ruby red Well it seems you have a soul You let it go so I know it's true It was a ruby, ruby, ruby red It keeps me warm when I'm feeling sad and blue Well you went and stole my heart I saw it go so I know it's true I wrapped it up in a bouquet of barbed wire It was the wickedest gift I could give to you It was as red as the sun in the evening sky It was as red as the fire in a panther's eye It was as red as the rose under the summer sun Like a fire from a killer's gun Ruby, ruby red Shine a light onto this boy's bed There's a street lamp glowing in my head Oh, Ruby, ruby, ruby red Oh just like Johnny Rio baby I need to be desired I give up looking for my past For the ones I left behind Ruby red, ruby red, hey, hey, hey Ruby, ruby red Shine a light onto this boy's bed There's a street lamp glowing in my head Oh, Ruby, ruby, ruby red It was the most precious jewel I could give to you Colour me red when I'm feeling blue The colour of a kiss In a young girl's dream The mark of a guillotine A drop of blood from a single thorn Red wet sheets in the afternoon A red light leading to my tomb Ruby red all around my room Ruby, ruby red Oh shine a light onto this boy's bed Oh, ruby, ruby, ruby red |
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| 9. |
| 3:09 |
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First I saw you
Love in a silk black slip In dark waters Sinking like a ship Trouble on your lips Murder in your song Song of a mean man Lovers come and gone Oh Melancholy Rose Oh Melancholy Rose Come souls' midnight We'll both sail away Leaving red sunsets To end our passion play Bitter allows Tingles on the tongue Body and soul Lovers come and gone Oh Melancholy Rose Oh Melancholy Rose Always running away Black Sobraine hair Turning cigarette ash grey Sprawled across troubled beds Hands outstretched Reaching for the pills In lonely rundown motels Life, love, men Dust to dust Disaster after disaster Must be some dark kiss on your lips A promise of heaven or hell in your song Tomorrow it'll all be gone be gone Oh Melancholy Rose Lovers come and gone Oh Melancholy Rose Love has come and gone Oh Melancholy Rose Murder in your song |
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| 10. |
| 4:30 |
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Well now I've been on my own for many a year
Seems like I'll never get loved Got me a hand on this brother of mine And I'm gonna get me the rub Turn me the lights down to a purple glow Put Bessie Smith on the wail Bring me the five young daughters And help my ship to set sail Mother Fist never gets angry Mother Fist she never gets bored I don't have to feed her I just have to need her She cries give me the word When I'm downtown in Barcelona When I'm pissed or when I'm pissed off Mother Fist just gives me her tender kiss And some of her sexy stuff And I lock my door from the inside Turn my mind to sweet sweet pain And I wail just like Yma Sumac Mother Fist she never complains Mother Fist never gets angry Mother Fist she never gets bored I don't have to feed her I just have to need her She cries give me the word Now I don't care if I'm in a prison In confinement solitary A soldier lost in the legion Or a sailor out on the sea A beggar, thief or a rich man A gunman mercenary A one legged crook An Armenian cook As long as my mother's with me Mother Fist never gets angry Mother Fist she never gets bored I don't have to feed her I just have to need her She cries give me the word |
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