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Jack of diamonds is a gambling man
He played the tables whenever he can Take some advice boy stay clean stay out of his way Little Jeannie is a dancing queen She's been shaking it since she was sixteen Skips across the tables acting out her passion play It wasn't for money, it's only a chance You take a gamble, got shot for romance Chains, chains pulling you down Chain of love that turns your world around Chains chains pulling you down Chain of love that turns your world around Without a warning Jeannie took off one night Jack got so mean boy, he just had to fight He died on the floor someone else evens the score Back on the tables Jeannie's romance had died That one look of love that told her a lie And for her there's no waves crashing on seashores It wasn't for money, it's only a chance You take a gamble, got shot for romance Chains, chains pulling you down Chain of love that turns your world around Chains chains pulling you down Chain of love that turns your world around Chains chains...chains chains... |
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Skulking in the mean streets whispering in the halls
Redlight bandits on the corner give no quarter calls Infectious garbage fills the streets and in their eyes you know A thin blue line bends and breaks stop the overflow Fan the flames of the city's heat In dark corners that you never seen Desperation when the trouble flares Alarm guns ring, running scared And you're long gone, down in this hell Long gone down in this hell So baby won't you hold me tight Let your softness fill my night We've got a dream don't let it slip away In your eyes I can see the fear This town never sheds a tear We're gonna be out someday People looking for a holy one Some kind of hero or a prophet to come Visionaries dance the night away There's no tomorrow living for today But you're long gone down, in this hell Long gone down in this hell I saw the stars come out tonight so lonely and immune Summer rain kissed the streets that bleed like open wounds Patrol cars sweep the avenues down on forty eighth While faces in dark doorways wait to arouse the hate Fan the flames of the city's heat In dark corners that you never seen Desperation when the trouble flares Well I'm gonna scream, running scared And you're long gone, down in this hell Long gone down in this hell So baby won't you hold me tight Let your softness fill my night We've got a dream don't let it slip away In your eyes I can see the fear This town never sheds a tear We're gonna be walking away Baby better walk away Baby better walk away We'll be busting out someday |
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Who's dressed to kill, out to thrill
Waiting for you tonight Well I'll kneel down to the ground Waiting for the warning sound Something's got to bite And I'm looking for a wild rose In the heat of the night Waiting for a show Looking for a wild rose In the heat of the night Waiting for a show And the wild, the willing and the innocent Are down, down in the jungle tonight As the jackal tracks every step you make Watching, waiting for the one chance to bite Time was right, the sassy light In the final dangerous game Trap set in the net Feel my hands start to sweat Ooooh I'm taking aim And I'm looking for a wild rose In the heat of the night Waiting for a show Looking for a wild rose In the heat of the night Waiting for a show And the wild, the willing and the innocent Are down, down in the jungle tonight As the jackal tracks every step you make Watching, waiting for the one chance to bite Cold black steel, your last meal The hand of fate has come Phone taps, blueprint maps Making my move in style Public Enemy Number One And I'm looking for a wild rose In the heat of the night Waiting for a show Looking for a wild rose In the heat of the night Waiting for a show And the wild, the willing and the innocent Are down, down in the jungle tonight As the jackal tracks every step you make Watching, waiting for the one chance to bite |
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Living inside a bottle
Strung out on a line Caught in life's rough and tumble Blind leading the blind I wish there was an answer But she's got such an easy way And you know you can't leave her And you know you can't stay Oh, it's killing me Oh, love's a mystery Oh, it's killing me Oh, love's a mystery We're hiding from the small talk And hiding all the pain With our backs against the wall Is all this love in vain Oh, it's killing me Oh, love's a mystery Oh, it's killing me Oh, love's a mystery When I'm with you you know I try so hard Not to love you but I keep up my guard Every single day that goes by Are we fooling ourselves living a lie Please tell me now it's no secret Is this surrender with defeat Do you let love pass you by Walk to a different beat Oh, it's killing me Oh, love's a mystery Oh, it's killing me Oh, love's a mystery Oh, it's killing me Oh, love's a mystery Oh, it's killing me Oh, love's a mystery Oh, it's killing me Oh, love's a mystery Oh, it's killing me Oh, love's a mystery |
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All the boys hangin' out down in the parking lot
The night riders giving all they've got While the girls look so good at looking bad Out strutting dressed in the latest fad Valentino looks for something new Escapes for the night and waits his cue And I love the way they make their move Yes I love the way they're makin' moves Kids clothe armour hands like battle dress Got his act down, some kind of feeling And tonight they're gonna make the run Downtown, call the garrison From the back roads through the alleys it screams You gotta get a feeling mean, mean, mean And I love the way they make their move Yes I love the way they're makin' moves Rockface going nowhere fast Some gonna make it, some don't even last Just one night they don't give a damn I'm the star, hides another sham There's no silver and there's no gold It's just that one shot before they're old And I love the way they make their move Yes I love the way they're makin' moves Ooooh I love, I just love the way they're makin' moves Makin' moves Makin' moves |
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Sarah has her dreams and makes her plans
To get what she wants when she can A little bit of heaven was all she asked for In those silent moments deep in the night She'd find herself make it feel all right Hungers for the bright life and something more With her young heart so gently beating A secret rendezvous lovers meeting Out in the night, out in the night night night night Played on the radio, heard on the news Baby's gone lost they found her shoes You can turn out the light You better turn out the light You go walking on the wild side Learn how to run 'cause you can't hide Better steel yourself away Another page, another day In your lonely heart Beating out in the dark Lonely heart And beneath the lights and rock 'n' roll band Electric guitars, one night stands Are you giving away, giving away With hungry and oh so desperate eyes The souls who get hurt believe in their lies You only betray, only betray Yeah, yeah, yeah And now you cry yourself to sleep Against the odds you wanted to beat You never say no, never say no no no no Left with the promises that you swore The price you pay is the love you tore Now where did it go, where did it go You go walking on the wild side Learn how to run 'cause you can't hide Better steel yourself away Another page, another day In your lonely heart Beating out in the dark Lonely heart |
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You wake up in the morning
Look for a clue, something new Turn on the radio and it's as dead As the visions dying in your head And when you were young You had big ideas no hidden fears You had your heroes they were walkin' tall Now your devotion seems comical So now you got older And the world's got colder than it used to be Every day gets longer and turns into the darker night Down in the gutter nothing seems to matter 'cause you're history Couldn't get it, I couldn't get it right You played the game as children Didn't understand life's not so grand Love hurts you and you could feel the lonely, lonely lonely one Some people get it easy They got it made, so unafraid You'll be the fool and find the winner, he's gonna take it all So now you got older And the world's got colder than it used to be Every day gets longer and turns into the darker night Down in the gutter nothing seems to matter 'cause you're history I couldn't get it, I couldn't get it right So now you got older And the world's got colder than it used to be Every day gets longer and turns into the darker night Hey you got older And the world's got colder than it used to be Every day gets longer and turns into the darker night Down in the gutter nothing seems to matter 'cause you're history I couldn't get it, I couldn't get it right No, no, no, no I couldn't get it, I couldn't get it right |
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Hey babe what we gonna do
No look behind me glances Straight time this time We'll take our chances Darling it's been so long Every lonely hour Laud the sinner pulls the trigger And the world turns sour Whisper on the wind Locked in silence Profession of violence Whisper on the wind Locked in silence Profession of violence Try to pick up the pieces Maybe move away But the lifer Was only yesterday Down the halls of justice The echoes never fade Notches on my gun Another debt is paid Whisper on the wind Locked in silence Profession of violence Whisper on the wind Locked in silence Profession of violence |
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I'm the writer got a front page cover
Hot gossip 'bout who's with their latest lover I write all chapters by the second scene I call the shots, don't need a Fleet Street team I am a writer and I'm the news You cross me you know you're gonna lose I'll do the story if you're dead or alive If seconds out or if you're gonna take a dive Slip out the news or a piece of scandal Don't toe the line, 'cause nothing's too hot to handle I am the writer and I'm the news If you cross me you know you're gonna lose Yeah you're gonna lose I am a writer and I am the news If you cross me you know you're gonna lose And where you are it's because of me 'Cause overnight you know it don't come free I'll put you up there or I'll bring you down 'Cause nothing moves without me in this town I am a writer and I am the news If you cross me you know you're gonna lose Boy you're gonna lose I said you're gonna lose I write the news I am the news Got to, got to lose Oh yeah you're gonna lose So don't step on my blue suede shoes |
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It's another night out on the avenue
Looking for something, something that you knew And you're wondering where she is Now there's now there's no more rendezvous *you're left out here on this cold stark street With the sound of lovers as they tango and meet Their sweet surrender with a promise and a kiss Where's that girl, the one you miss Those ooh la la la girls in their skirts they go rushing by They look around and give you that come on With their dreamy dreamy eyes Then you never stop to count your mistakes That one blind moment with no give and take Is lost in every stranger's face you see If there's a loser that loser's me ** please put a little love back into my life Won't you please put a little love back into my life Every night's another night you keep looking back Trying to fill the spaces hours and the minutes and the missing gaps * repeat ** repeat Every shadow's like a ghost that comes and haunts you Angel of the night plays her tricks today it's true With every step, every step you see her slip away Not just today It's another night out on the avenue Looking for something, something that you knew * repeat ** repeat and fade |
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I heard you tiptoe in last night
Cross the porch stars were bright Past my room and into yours Sliding locks and chaining doors * you'll get love My kind of love (you'll get love) / (I'll give you love) The love you give to me (yeah) I see the men that come and go Through a hole that doesn't show Every day we pass in the hall I'm like a picture on the wall * repeat I hear your giggles and little sighs Close my eyes and fantasize But as you're sleeping a room away In the dark you hear the jackal play * repeat |
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Lights turn red to green
I haven't been spotted I seen Four more blocks and I'm safe Make it clean without a chase There's something special, certain feeling I can't blow this one for sure I've been nervous, anxious and edgy This one's the last one there'll be no more What I've got to do tonight Take the car and meet the man downtown It's easy darling, working away Before the word's got around * and I'll do it all for you, oh yes I will This time I'm coming through, oh yeah I said I'm burning, I been rolling This car's turned up to make it fly Don't worry darling just get ready Tonight we're gonna be going out in style If anyone comes calling around Don't answer 'cause you're my alibi So just trust me, kiss me and love me Chasing the golden mile * repeat * repeat |
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Ruby darling's got a crazy walk
The boys love her with that dirty, dirty talk Singles bar with the broken light Easy touch, a lady of the night * ruby darling I need you Cross my heart and promise to be true ** and you tell me that you can't change Your life's been set, prearranged Hold on tight 'til the morning light "cause We belong to the night Well-known face in every door Street kids come and try to make a score Patrol car stopped talk for a while But they let you go with a warning and a smile * repeat ** repeat ** repeat Life goes on down the streets Contacts made where the gay boys come to meet Keep saying it's your last night Give up this life for me without a fight * repeat ** repeat twice |
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Two lovers in a desperate game
She holds him close but their love's in vain And the married man that you laid Goes back home to his own charade She puts her faith in every word he said Tender moments in a motel bed When you press the point he says we'll see But then walks to his mystery * so darling you tell me it's a wild world You gotta take a little pain and How long will love last that you can Never, never explain ** do you just Let it rain, let it rain Don't stop those tears falling again just Let it rain, let it rain Now you see that love's just a game In his arms time goes so fast But stolen love will never last You try to keep him though you know it's wrong This kind of love can only last so long * repeat ** repeat * repeat ** repeat & fade |
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Terri every time we talk we just disagree
Every chance we had is passing by The simple things you say all drift away into the night So don't let me know what I can't see * Terri is it over again Lost in love Everybody laughing at me With eyes like a child You smile when you hit the tide Holding me captive For the world to see Every now and then I'd see that wild look in your eyes It's in all the long shots that we tried We used to hold on tight, run for the night How far we'd go we couldn't see * repeat Every day goes by we get further and further away Conversations end with nothing much to say Maybe we've made a mistake it's too late we'll never know We can't change it girl 'cause I just have to go * repeat On these lonely nights I reach out for your love This empty room feels cold and bare Then I'll try the phone and swallow my pride It's no good we've tried and tried * repeat |
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I hear the jukebox on it's full playback
Her high-heeled shoes go clickity-clack Sweet, sweet suzy dress way low Does a dance just to let you know * you wanna feel it, feel it Breaks your heart if you don't leave her alone Feel it, feel it it's one quick walk out in the danger zone ** oooh, it's a love that makes you burn Oooh, well a promise that you can see Ooh every head she can she turns Ooh (well that's love) (when you get that love to keep) The boys' in danny's bar and grill Swapping stories on the old cheap thrill But you pick up the air as she walks in She'll never talk much or try it again * repeat ** repeat Every night she makes you dream a little more With a smile that opens every door In her eyes you'll see the promises One kiss tells everything * repeat ** repeat Some girls you live with and some you need This one's the girl that's gonna make you bleed See her strut she moves from head to toe What you ain't got she'll never know *repeat **repeat and fade |
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Kids are cruising on the old shoreline
Goodbye-girls killing time Feel like soldiers we couldn't wait Running wild, rushing to our fate * we kept dreaming, kids are dreaming Sleeping rough out on brighton's beach A step from the law just out of reach ** we kept dreaming, dreaming me and you *** got a plan we couldn't blow Nobody cares, nobody knows Made a stand and played a show Nobody cares, nobody knows Hiding in the wrecks of burned out cars Found a compass on the promenade Gangs assemble in the old arcade By looking cool we thought we had it made * repeat We ran wildly against the tide Nothing much just our teenage pride ** repeat *** Repeat Down the alleys to the old stage door They heard the band coming through the floor Eric burdon and the animals played In our minds the impression's made ** repeat *** repeat and fade mixing ** and *** |
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