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Every step of the way, we walk the line
Your days are numbered, so are mine Time is piling up, we struggle and we stray We're all boxed in, nowhere to escape City's just a jungle, more games to play Trapped in the heart of it, tryin' to get away I was raised in the country, I been working in the town I been in trouble ever since I set my suitcase down Got nothing for you, I had nothing before Don't even have anything for myself anymore Sky full of fire, pain pouring down Nothing you can sell me, I'll see you around All my powers of expression and thoughts so sublime Could never do you justice in reason or rhyme Only one thing I did wrong Stayed in Mississippi a day too long Well, the devil's in the alley, mule's in the stall Say anything you wanna, I have heard it all I was thinking about the things that Rosie said I was dreaming I was sleeping in Rosie's bed Walking through the leaves, falling from the trees Feeling like a stranger nobody sees So many things that we never will undo I know you're sorry, I'm sorry too Some people will offer you their hand and some won't Last night I knew you, tonight I don't I need something strong to distract my mind I'm gonna look at you till my eyes go blind Well I got here following the southern star I crossed that river just to be where you are Only one thing I did wrong Stayed in Mississippi a day too long Well my ship's been split to splinters and it's sinking fast I'm drowning in the poison, got no future, got no past But my heart is not weary, it's light and it's free I've got nothing but affection for all those who sailed with me Everybody's moving, if they ain't already there Everybody got to move somewhere Stick with me baby, stick with me anyhow Things should start to get interesting right about now My clothes are wet, tight on my skin Not as tight as the corner that I painted myself in I know that fortune is waiting to be kind So give me your hand and say you'll be mine Well, the emptiness is endless, cold as the clay You can always come back, but you can't come back all the way Only one thing I did wrong Stayed in Mississippi a day too long |
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| 2. |
| 3:35 |
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Most of the time, I'm clear focused all around
Most of the time, I can keep both feet on the ground I can follow the path, I can read the signs Stay right with it when the road unwinds I can handle whatever I stumble upon I don't even notice she's gone Most of the time Most of the time, it's well understood Most of the time, I wouldn't change it if I could I can't make it all match up, I can hold my own I can deal with the situation right down to the bone I can survive, I can endure And I don't even think about her Most of the time Most of the time, my head is on straight Most of the time, I'm strong enough not to hate I don't build up illusion 'till it makes me sick I ain't afraid of confusion no matter how thick I can smile in the face of mankind Don't even remember what her lips felt like on mine Most of the time Most of the time, she ain't even in my mind I wouldn't know her if I saw her, she's that far behind Most of the time, I can't even be sure If she was ever with me or if I was with her Most of the time, I'm halfway content Most of the time, I know exactly where it all went I don't cheat on myself, I don't run and hide Hide from the feelings, that are buried inside I don't compromise and I don't pretend I don't even care if I ever see her again Most of the time |
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| 3. |
| 2:12 |
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Fat man lookin' in a blade of steel
Thin man lookin' at his last meal Hollow man lookin' in a cottonfield For dignity Wise man lookin' in a blade of grass Young man lookin' in the shadows that pass Poor man lookin' through painted glass For dignity Somebody got murdered on New Year's Eve Somebody said dignity was the first to leave I went into the city, went into the town Went into the land of the midnight sun Searchin' high, searchin' low Searchin' everywhere I know Askin' the cops wherever I go Have you seen dignity? Blind man breakin' out of a trance Puts both his hands in the pockets of chance Hopin' to find one circumstance Of dignity I went to the wedding of Mary-Lou She said "Don't want nobody see me talkin' to you" Said she could get killed if she told me what she knew About dignity I went down where the vultures feed I would've got deeper, but there wasn't any need Heard the tongues of angels and the tongues of men Wasn't any difference to me Chilly wind sharp as a razor blade House on fire, debts unpaid Gonna stand at the window, gonna ask the maid Have you seen dignity? Drinkin' man listens to the voice he hears In a crowded room full of covered up mirrors Lookin' into the lost forgotten years For dignity Met Prince Phillip at the home of the blues Said he'd give me information if his name wasn't used He wanted money up front, said he was abused By dignity Footprints runnin' cross the sliver sand Steps goin' down into tattoo land I met the sons of darkness and the sons of light In the border towns of despair Got no place to fade, got no coat I'm on the rollin' river in a jerkin' boat Tryin' to read a note somebody wrote About dignity Sick man lookin' for the doctor's cure Lookin' at his hands for the lines that were And into every masterpiece of literature for dignity Englishman stranded in the blackheart wind Combin' his hair back, his future looks thin Bites the bullet and he looks within For dignity Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed Dignity never been photographed I went into the red, went into the black Into the valley of dry bone dreams So many roads, so much at stake So many dead ends, I'm at the edge of the lake Sometimes I wonder what it's gonna take To find dignity |
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| 5:56 |
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I don't care what you do, I don't care what you say
I don't care where you go or how long you stay Someday baby, you ain't gonna worry po' me any more Well you take my money and you turn it out You fill me up with nothin' but self doubt Someday baby, you ain't gonna worry po' me any more When I was young, driving was my crave You drive me so hard, almost to the grave Someday baby, you ain't gonna worry po' me any more I'm so hard pressed, my mind tied up in knots I keep recycling the same old thoughts Someday baby, you ain't gonna worry po' me any more So many good things in life that I overlooked I don't know what to do now, you got me so hooked Someday baby, you ain't gonna worry po' me any more Well, I don't want to brag, but I'm gonna wring your neck When all else fails I'll make it a matter of self respect Someday baby, you ain't gonna worry po' me any more You can take your clothes put 'em in a sack You goin' down the road, baby and you can't come back Someday baby, you ain't gonna worry po' me any more I tried to be friendly, I tried to be kind I'm gonna drive you from your home, just like I was driven from mine Someday baby, you ain't gonna worry po' me any more Living this way ain't a natural thing to do Why was I born to love you? Someday baby, you ain't gonna worry po' me any more |
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| 7:33 |
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Some of us turn off the lights and we live
In the moonlight shooting by Some of us scare ourselves to death in the dark To be where the angels fly Pretty maids all in a row lined up Outside my cabin door I've never wanted any of them wanting me 'Cept the girl from the Red River shore Well, I sat by her side and for a while I tried To make that girl my wife She gave me her best advice and she said "Go home and lead a quiet life." Well, I've been to the east and I've been to the west And I've been out where the black winds roar Somehow, though, I never did get that far With the girl from the Red River shore Well, I knew when I first laid eyes on her I could never be free One look at her and I knew right away She should always be with me Well, the dream dried up a long time ago Don't know where it is anymore True to life, true to me Was the girl from the Red River shore Now I'm wearing the cloak of misery And I've tasted jilted love And the frozen smile upon my face Fits me like a glove But I can't escape from the memory Of the one that I'll always adore All those nights when I lay in the arms Of the girl from the Red River shore Well, we're living in the shadows of a fading past Trapped in the fires of time I've tried not to ever hurt anybody And to stay out of a life of crime And when it's all been said and done I never did know the score One more day is another day away From the girl from the Red River shore Well, I'm a stranger here in a strange land But I know this is where I belong I'll ramble and gamble for the one I love And the hills will give me a song Though nothing looks familiar to me I know I've stayed here before Once, a thousand nights ago With the girl from the Red River shore Well, I went back to see about it once Went back to straighten it out Everybody that I talked to had seen us there Said they didn't know who I was talking about Well, the sun went down on me a long time ago I've had to fall back from the door I wish I could have spent every hour of my life With the girl from the Red River shore Now, I've heard of a guy who lived a long time ago A man full of sorrow and strife Whenever someone around him died and was dead He knew how to bring 'em on back to life Well, I don't know what kind of language he used Or if they do that kind of thing anymore Sometimes I think nobody ever saw me here at all 'Cept the girl from the Red River shore |
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| 5:29 |
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The river whispers in my ear
I've hardly a penny to my name The heavens have never seemed so near All of my body glows with flame The tempest struggles in the air And to myself alone I sing It could sink me then and there I can hear the echoes ring I tried to find one smiling face To drive the shadow from my head I'm stranded in this nameless place Lying restless in a heavy bed Tell me straight out if you will Why must you torture me within? Why must you come down off of your high hill? Throw my fate to the clouds and wind Far away in a silent land Secret thoughts are hard to bear Remember me, you'll understand Emotions we can never share You trampled on me as you passed Left the coldest kiss upon my brow All of my doubts and fears have gone at last I've nothing more to tell you now I walk by tranquil lakes and streams As each new season's dawn awaits I lay awake at night with troubled dreams The enemy is at the gate Beneath the thunder blasted trees The words are ringin' off your tongue The ground is hard in times like these Stars are cold, the night is young The rocks are bleak, the trees are bare Iron clouds go floating by Snowflakes fallin' in my hair Beneath the gray and stormy sky The evenin' sun is sinkin' low The woods are dark, the town isn't new They<i>ll drag you down, they'll run the show Ain't no telling what they'll do Tell ol' Bill when he comes home Anything is worth a try Tell him that I'm not alone That the hour has come to do or die All the world I would defy Let me make it plain as day I look at you now and I sigh How could it be any other way?</i> |
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| 7. |
| 4:12 |
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In the lonely night
In the blinking stardust of a pale blue light You're comin' thru to me in black and white When we were made of dreams. You're blowing down the shaky street, You're hearing my heart beat In the record breaking heat Where we were born in time. Bridge #1: Not one more night, not one more kiss, Not this time baby, no more of this, Takes too much skill, takes too much will, It's revealing. You came, you saw, just like the law You married young, just like your ma, You tried and tried, you made me slide You left me reelin' with this feelin'. On the rising curve Where the ways of nature will test every nerve, You won't get anything you don't deserve Where we were born in time. Bridge #2: You pressed me once, you pressed me twice, You hang the flame, you'll pay the price, Oh babe, that fire Is still smokin'. You were snow, you were rain You were striped, you were plain, Oh babe, truer words Have not been spoken or broken. In the hills of mystery, In the foggy web of destiny, You can have what's left of me, Where we were born in time. |
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| 5:43 |
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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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| 3:11 |
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Broken lines, broken strings
Broken threads, broken springs Broken idols, broken heads People sleeping in broken beds Ain't no use jiving, ain't no use joking Everything is broken Broken bottles, broken plates Broken switches, broken gates Broken dishes, broken parts Streets are filled with broken hearts Broken words never meant to be spoken Everything is broken Seem like every time you stop and turn around Something else just hit the ground Broken cutters, broken saws Broken buckles, broken laws Broken bodies, broken bones Broken voices on broken phones Take a deep breath, feel like you're choking Everything is broken Every time you leave and go off someplace Things fall to pieces in my face Broken hands on broken ploughs Broken treaties, broken vows Broken pipes, broken tools People bending broken rules Hound dog howling, bull frog croaking Everything is broken |
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| 4:01 |
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Well I wandered alone
Through a desert of stone And I dreamt of my future wife My sword's in my hand And I'm next in command In this version of Death called Life My plate and my cup Are right straight up I took a rose from the hand of a child When I kiss your lips The honey drips I'm gonna have to put you down for a while Every day we meet On any old street And you're in your girlish prime The short and the tall Are coming to the ball I go there all the time Behind every tree There's something to see The river is wider than a mile I tried you twice You can't be nice I'm gonna have to put you down for a while Here come the nurse With money in her purse Here come the ladies and men You push it all in And you've no chance to win You play 'em on down to the end I'm laying in the sand Getting a sunshine tan Moving along, riding in style From my toes to my head You knock me dead I'm gonna have to put you down for a while I count the years And I shed no tears I'm blinded to what might have been Nature's voice Makes my heart rejoice Play me the wild song of the wind I found hopeless love In the room above When the sun and the weather were riled You're as fine as wine I ain't handing you no line I'm gonna have to put you down for a while All the merry little elves Can go hang themselves My faith is as cold as can be I'm stacked high to the roof And I'm not without proof If you don't believe me, come see You think I'm blue I think so, too In my words you'll find no guile The game's gotten old The deck's gone cold And I'm gonna have to put you down for a while The game's gotten old The deck's gone cold And I'm gonna have to put you down for a while |
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| 6:46 |
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High water risin'
Risin' night and day All the gold and silver Are being stolen away Big Joe Turner lookin' East and West From the dark room of his mind He made it to Kansas City Twelfth Street and Vine Nothing standing there High water everywhere High water risin' The shacks are slidin' down Folks lose their possessions Folks are leaving town Bertha Mason shook it, broke it Then she hung it on a wall Says, <i>"You're dancin' with whom they tell you to Or you don't dance at all."</i> It's tough out there High water everywhere I got a cravin' love for blazing speed Got a hopped up Mustang Ford Jump into the wagon, love Throw your panties overboard I can write you poems Make a strong man lose his mind I'm no pig without a wig I hope you treat me kind Things are breakin' up out there High water everywhere High water risin' Six inches 'bove my head Coffins droppin' in the street Like balloons made out of lead Water pourin' into Vicksburg Don't know what I'm going to do <i>"Don't reach out for me,"</i> she said <i>"Can't you see I'm drownin' too?"</i> It's rough out there High water everywhere Well, George Lewis told the Englishman The Italian and the Jew "You can't open your mind, boys To every conceivable point of view." They got Charles Darwin trapped out there on Highway Five Judge says to the High Sheriff <i>"I want him dead or alive Either one, I don't care."</i> High Water everywhere The Cuckoo is a pretty bird She warbles as she flies I'm preachin' the Word of God I'm puttin' out your eyes I asked Fat Nancy for something to eat She said, "Take it off the shelf. As great as you are, man You'll never be greater than yourself." I told her I didn't really care High water everywhere I'm getting' up in the morning I believe I'll dust my broom Keeping away from the women I'm givin' 'em lots of room Thunder rolling over Clarksdale Everything is looking blue I just can't be happy, love Unless you're happy too It's bad out there High water everywhere |
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