Away, the joker's closing in, reform and they will win, the light is fading fast I know, you know, they know, we all know, everybody's gonna burn down
The girls come crawling on all fours, banging on locked doors, high cards all the time I know, you know, they know, we all know Everybody's gonna burn down
Play me another hand, lose everything I am, until we meet again
The ace that's hiding up your sleeve will cause the world to grieve, the love you had is gone I know, you know, they know, we all know The dream in every player's heart, to win it all, not part, they lie awake at night I know, you know, they know, we all know
The game where the gamblers rule the night And get your blood they might, the joker's closin' in I know, you know, they know, we all know
The world outside don't like us much 'Cause they ain't got our classy touch But they ain't good enough to breathe This town's good air, we make 'em leave
CHORUS But it's no, no, no, you really can't do that No, no, no, down home town
No monkey business in this town Well, who do you think you're pushing 'round This town's respectable and clean Just look around, you'll see what I mean
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Down home town, down home town
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We got the best town band around, just listen to their crazy sound When they get hot they gonna blow ucedemwinnin every show Down home town, down home town
The dreamer, the unwoken fool, In dreams, no pain will kiss the brow. The love of ages fills the head. The days that linger there in prey of emptiness, of burned out dreams. The minutes calling through the years. The universal dreamer rises up above his earthly burden. Journey to the dead of night. High on a hill in Eldorado
Midnight, on the water, I saw, the ocean's daughter, Walking on a wave's chicane, Staring as she called my name. And I can't get it out of my head, No I can't get it out of my head. Now my old world is gone for dead, 'Cos I can't get it out of my
Hey Boy Blue, can't you hear all the noise. It's for you, all the town's waiting there. Let us go, there's a show like you ain't seen before. Welcome home, where you been all these years. Look around, all the crowd is in tears. It's so good to see you in
Summer days, where did you go, You've let me down so bad, Clouds fill the sky, Gone is the dream My happy hunting ground Wild buffalo played and I never saw a rainy day. But it looks like summer days ain't coming back. March April May, June and July, You took me for a fall. Big chief he lie. Cold wind blows cool, so cold to make you die. Mountain breeze, ocean bay and I never saw a rainy day. But it looks like them summer days ain't coming back. Laredo Tornado, Adios amigos. What can you do, when your dream world is gone. And your friends and lovers too. West Winter Street under the ground, The air that makes you choke, Towers of concrete, hellish go-round, Were there when I awoke. City sky, pouring down with rain That can never hope to ease the pain. And it looks like summer days ain't coming back. x 2
Me I'm just a poor boy, from across the far southland, And I've traveled many days to reach this place to mke my stand, I fell in with a merry band, and drank away the hours.
CHORUS Rollin' on, I've been rollin' on, And my head is high, from the battle won, Laid down my life for the Greenwood
The city boys, and the country boys, they come from miles around, To defy their king and country, save the poor folks from the hand, Of the thieving dukes and abbotts, and the gentry of the land.
CHORUS Rollin' on, I've been rollin' on, And my head is high, from the battle won, Laid down my life for the Greenwood
Sweet Maid marion, don't you do me no wrong, Stay on the right side, the Greenwood is your home, The dancing girls and the open fires, the wine that flows like water.
CHORUS Rollin' on, I've been rollin' on, And my head is high, from the battle won, Laid down my life for the Greenwood
Daylight comes to those who live But those who die, they never see the sun come Shining through their window pane They pass away Silly girl to be a fool You didn't play the golden rule 'Cause once you're through with one world There's another waiting there Help me, such a lonely soul In dreams To leave behind the world Mr. Kingdom, help me please To find the rainbow's end Looking from this empty room The corridors of endless gloom Go crawling through the night To meet the dawn that's on its way Oh, to sleep, per-chance to dream To live again those joyous scenes The laughter and the follies That are locked inside my head I can dream of flying high Above the city's cares and never be afraid of anyone 'Cause there ain't no one there
Painted lady, stop that closin' in on me Painted lady, you're supposed to be a dream Painted lady, you better stay away from me Painted lady, why you loosinin' my tie Painted lady, what's that twinkle in your eye Painted lady, you better stay away from me Painted lady, with your jewels and your beads Painted lady, don't you do these dirty deeds Painted lady, you better stay here with me Nobody's child 'til I saw the light of your smile Painted lady, nobody's child You have set me free Nobody's child, you came in and stayed for a while Painted lady, nobody's child You have set me free
On the seven seas there was a phantom ship acoming Shinin' in the dead of night I heard the crew a hummin' Tunes that sounded like the Rolling Stones and Leonard Cohen But they didn't know the words So I assumed that they was foreign But I heard t
Here it comes, another lonely day Playing the game, I'll sail away On a voyage of no return to see If eternal life is meant to be And if I find the key to the eternal dream The painted ladies of the Avalon Play in the sun, take to the road To the north there lies the chills of cold To the south there lies the tales untold But in between their lies, the place to close your eyes And I will stay, I'll not be back Eldorado I will be free of the world Eldorado Say goodbye, the city's heroes sing Bird on the wind Feel, feel so free Through the life upon the rooftop haze All the cheating and the broken days So through it all I see There's nothing left for me Sitting here on top of everywhere What do I Care Days never end I know the voyage's end will soon be here No eternal life is here for me And now I found the key To the eternal dream
I remember somewhere in the rain, the faces of the passers-by, staring faces, broken blinds I recall the situation clearly, standing in a crowded car, I can feel the need in me
CHORUS Hold on, nightrider baby, hold on, you're a nightrider Riding the night, searching for what is gone Never reaching the end, so you must travel on
I still see that vision of delight, while cruising on the black of night, but she keeps a step ahead Looking out the corner of her world, nobody ever knows a girl who once lived along this way
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Desolation, degradation row, go on, don't let the feeling show, she's a ten, a penny dream Faces with no name and no address keep staring in on my distress, but she kills me with her smile
So now it's getting late for those who hesitate, got no one, But they don't understand and no one hears the sound. It's like a waterfall; it's an illusion.
Love is all, waterfall, love is what you are, Pulls you in, takes you down, it's a sad affair. But you know, as you hold back the power there, Without the friends and lovers, you could never go on living.
Across the waterfall that's falling evermore down on you, Cascading through the days, and flowing on its way, That's how it has to be, just an illusion.
Love is all, waterfall, love is what you are, Pulls you in, takes you down, it's a sad affair. But you know, as you hold back the power there, Without the friends and lovers, you could never go on living.
You made a fool of me, but them broken dreams have got to end.
Hey woman, you got the blues, cos′ you ain′t got no one else to use. There′s an open road that leads nowhere, so just make some miles between here and there There′s a hole in my head where the rain comes in You took my body and played to win Ha Ha woman it′s a crying shame But you ain′t got no one else to blame
Rolled in from another town, Hit some gold too hot to settle down, But a fool and his money soon go separate ways, And you found a fool lyin′ in a daze, Ha Ha woman what you gonna do, You destroyed all the virtues that the Lord gave you, It′s so good that you′re feeling pain, But you better get yourself on board the very next train.
Evil woman how you done me wrong, But now you′re tryin′ to wail a different song, Ha Ha funny how you broke me up, you made the wine now you drink the cup I came runnin′ every time you cried, Thought I saw love smilin′ in your eyes, Ha Ha very nice to know, that you ain′t got no place left to go
