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Sleeping in a yellow cab
My head against the barrier Lost 'em as we touched St. Anne Stepped from the ferryboat there Looked around the terminal Paid the toll And split the fare Wake me up Oh, wake me before Union Square Got a couple numbers to call Tryin' to wrack my brains But I can't think of the name Or the hotel at all We're off to see America We're asking for directions, yes We're off to see America We're tumbling in our chariot Speeding over soaking streets Tides of the destitute wail Coughing up a lung of steam Rise from the underground rail Never felt so far away Up till now I was green Wake me up Oh, wake me before Union Square Got a couple numbers to call Tryin' to wrack my brains But I can't think of the name Or the hotel at all We're off to see America We're asking for directions, yes We're off to see America We're tumbling in our chariot What a slender thread I've been clinging to All these cracks for me To slip into We're off to see America |
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And the point of my life is what
What if it doesn't add up And the trouble was all for naught Chalk it to the state of the world Revelations are soon forgot If only humankind was not so heartless now Heartless now It's hard to love your fellow man However, can I help myself From harboring such evil And the reason of pain is clear Never learned the lesson of bliss All the riches to squander here If only humankind was not so selfish now Selfish now It's hard to love your fellow man However, can I help myself From harboring such evil And the point of the stars is to shine Shine a little light in our way When the fear in my heart leads me blind Even in the light of the day Come stumbling out Oh If only humankind was not so heartless now Heartless now It's hard to love your fellow man However, can I help myself From harboring such evil |
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I'm movin' with the strength of a spear
I'm cruisin' with the past in my mirror Done leveling my city of ghosts Cool ashes, like it's all that she wrote Shake off the sadness soot It's doin' me good Embrace the solitude It's doin' me good I'm darting through the traffic alone Dim shadows carve the streets that I roam Bewitching is the need to be held I try to fight it But I'm under that spell Knee deep in sadness soot It's doin' me good Embrace the solitude That's welcoming us Face the night And all its fireworks Wrap yourself up In the silence Birthing dreams of love and hurt Aborted by the city of sirens Face the night Face the night alone I'm swimming with the weight of my heart Upstream to where the green river parts Two directions force my will to decide Shall I drift before I swim for my life? Shake off the sadness soot We're gathering rust Embrace the quiet flood That's welcoming us Shake off the sadness Shake off the sadness Shake off the sadness |
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Holding on for dear life
Dodging arrows What a strange elation in my bones Bit the dust and tasted Imperfection What a sweet confection I have known And they can't take that away No, they can't take that away 'Cause the gods make sure We all get a taste Signing off I saw the correspondent Throw his crap back in the van Still with pride While having grown despondent Journalism broke that man And they can't take that away No, they can't take that away 'Cause the gods make sure We all get a taste Wooden wheels and dust Up ride the bandits Gunning for some treasure trove If you could store their joy And jubilation And take it in a jug back home But they can't take that away No, we can't take that away But the gods make sure We all get a taste And they can't take that away No, they can't take that away 'Cause the gods make sure We all get a taste |
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Shangri-La
Out on the west side In the blinding light Oh, why Where they swing their arms Out by the roadside Like a baby doll Oh, why Damn, this floor is thumpin' Spring released and My little girlfriend's hanging light I feel the blood rush Pumpin', haulin' Late July Fire in the dance hall Honey, where am I? Stuck to the wall Out on the rim of space Up by the bandstand Don't I know my place? Always Damn, this floor is thumpin; Spring released and My little girlfriend's hanging light I feel the blood rush Pumpin', haulin' My little girlfriend She's a-hanging light Pale eyes Don't show your weakness On the town tonight Oh, why? Pale heart Don't cut your write up Can't ya, can't decide Oh, why would ya? Damn, this floor is thumpin' Spring released and My little girlfriend's hanging light |
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On a sea of untapped leagues
Rocking to and fro, I dreamed Far below there was a monster Golden-finned with confidence Churns the muddy floor alive Drowns the voices in the water Lazily drowning Ferry me downstream Lazily drowning Not a care in the world In the blink of an hour Races a lifetime Lazily drowning Not a care in the world Not a caring world A raft of waves to ride A torch of ice to lead Where the currents cool meander And these strange persuasive tides Draw me closer still tonight On my voyage of surrender Lazily drowning Ferry me downstream Lazily drowning Not a care in the world In the blink of an hour Races a lifetime Lazily drowning Not a care in the world Not a caring world Onyx slivers catch the light Still a slave in heaven's eye But I'm soon to be delivered For the tales that we've been fed Only leave ya dumb and deaf To the gospel of the river Lazily drowning Ferry me downstream Lazily drowning Not a care in the world |
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Of all the fishes in the sea
So ghostly, white, and glittering Nobody's ever stole my heart And took it down to the ocean dark Nobody's ever meant that much to me Judge and my jury, hear my plea No woman's ever held the reins on me No warden's ever held that key Not a soul on Cell Block Three Nobody but her come to set me free I rattle on for miles Put it on a page You let me tap away And I'll rattle on for days and days and days Nobody hits home the way ya do Nobody makes sense out of my blues Nobody makes me laugh that hard Or hurts me so till I see stars Nobody holds a candle up to you Nobody knows best how to shine my crown Or the ease it takes to knock it down Nobody's ever been that true None of the funkies on the midnight crew I found something there that I'm afraid to lose I rattle on for miles Put it on a page You let me tap away And I'll rattle on for days and days and days Nobody's gonna piss me off so bad It's a certain power that you have Never one to just recoil 'Fore ya bring my blood to a boil Nobody like a lover makes you feel so sad Nobody like a lover Nobody like a lover makes ya feel so sad |
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High time to mobilize
The work we'll do High time to synchronize Gather our crew A secret battlefield Lies within you War is the cost Of fighting off the truth Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa We're gonna fight the good fight Well, no one's dragging you along On a Saigon summer night Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa You're gonna come to realize When your belly's in the trench Then your heart's gotta mobilize I'll be a spy for hire I'll plant the bug Eavesdrop on sweet desire Go undercover But you must promise To stop fighting off the truth Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa We're gonna fight the good fight Well, no one's dragging you along On a long, long summer night Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa You're gonna come to realize When your belly's in the trench Then your heart's gotta mobilize My enemy grows stronger As I pace the floor and wonder how I've let it come this way My enemy is part of me The last one that I wish to meet In battle face to face Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa |
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Gunning for a miracle
One they can't take away Found it in a skinny girl Might have been half his age Betty likes to push his buttons And Marco, he lose his cool Call each other good for nothin' Yet when the war is through They crawl out the fire escape And take sweet time making up Beautiful dreamers Beautiful ones Carla, she's a true romantic Living her life in verse And Daniel was her live-in love When everything turned for worse Could have been a chance relation Both of them lonely souls Struggle with the big decisions Both of them growing old Now and then They break their vows To spend these nights alone Beautiful dreamers Beautiful ones Beautiful dreamers Odd ones All of us trapped in the webs we've spun Beautiful Venus Love, love All of us flying too close to the sun Close the sun And, honey, what of you and I? How will they tell our story? Maybe like a movie script Seen through an open doorway And as the camera pulls away We could have been anybody Beautiful dreamers Beautiful ones |
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Dare ya draw me closer still
And let me be the wild witness to the kill See how the stars abide Showing no resistance Late into the night Bluer than the winter wind that howls On a sleepless lake Me, I'm under no duress Offering my throat before a hungry lioness Hear how the jungle whines And beats a violent drum along With these blues of mine Bluer than the winter wind that howls On a sleepless lake Where the light and shadows bend I walk your silent haunts Along the Michigan Grief, banished by the glow Electric dying autumn Has a color all of its own Bluer than the winter wind that howls On a sleepless lake |
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Here it begins
April chimes tangled in the wind Timing's everything and all that friend Thunder erupts On the lake Pull the anchor up And make for the shore Count the seconds 'tween the lightning and the roar Timing's everything and so much more Harmony blows in for us Not for long Before it's on to other songbook pages Wilting yellow in the sun You'll love again Keep on tellin' you The ship is comin' in Timing's everything and all that friend All that friend All that friend All that friend |
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