In order to deal in this game, got to make the queen disappear,; It's done with a flick of the wrist.
Time is a jet plane, it moves too fast;
Oh, but what a shame if all we've shared can't last.
You could ride like Annie Oakley,; You could shoot like Belle Starr.
I don't need no alibi when I'm spending time with you.; I've heard all of them rumors and you have heard 'em too.
And every one of them words rang true; And glowed like burnin' coal; Pourin' off of every page; Like it was written in my soul from me to you
I got nothing left to burn
Searching for my double, looking for; Complete evaporation to the core
Well, if I had to do it all over again,; Babe, I'd do it all over you.
Nations are angry, cursed are some,; People are expecting a false peace to come.
We heard the Sermon on the Mount and I knew it was too complex,; It didn't amount to anything more than what the broken glass reflects.
You can pound on the President's gate; But you oughta know by now it's gonna be too late.
Took a stranger to teach me, to look into justice's beautiful face; And to see an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
I like the cool way you look at me,; Everything about you is bringing me; Misery.
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Forget the dead you've left, they will not follow you.
Now, don't crowd me, lady; Or I'll fill up your shoe
Let the wind blow low, let the wind blow high.; One day the little boy and the little girl were both baked in a pie.
We're both just one too many mornings; An' a thousand miles behind.
And you never ask questions; When God's on your side.
Now, when I was just a bawlin' child,; I saw what I wanted to be
Are you still my friend, baby, show me a sign
All the tired horses in the sun; How'm I supposed to get any ridin' done? Hmm.
I fought with my twin, that enemy within, 'til both of us fell by the way.
Three fellas crawlin' on their way back to work,; Nobody stops to ask why.
My feet are so tired, my brain is so wired
How does it feel
That's how it is when things disintegrate
In the smoke of the twilight on a milk-white steed,; Michelangelo indeed could've carved out your features.
She was born in spring, but I was born too late
Put my tears in a bottle
Screw the top on tight
Just what do you think you have to guard?
Well, he can be fascinating, he can be dull,; He can ride down Niagara Falls in the barrels of your skull.
Everybody's doin' something,; I heard it in a dream,; But when there's too much of nothing,; It just makes a fella mean.
Go melt back into the night, babe,; Everything inside is made of stone.; There's nothing in here moving, An' anyway I'm not alone.
I've been hit too hard, I've seen too much; Nothing can heal me now, but your touch
It was then that I got up to leave; But she said, "Don't forget,; Everybody must give something back; For something they get."
Someday, everything is gonna be smooth like a rhapsody
I can change, I swear, oh, oh,; See what you can do.; I can make it through,; You can make it too.
Well, the road is rocky and the hillside's mud; Up over my head nothing but clouds of blood
Sooner or later, one of us must know; That I really did try to get close to you
Well, it's always been my nature to take chances; My right hand drawing back while my left hand advances
Dark Beauty; Meet me at the border late tonight
The drinks are ready and the dogs are going to war
So take heed, take heed of the western wind
When you cease to exist, then who will you blame?; I've tried my best to love you, but I cannot play this game; Your best friend and my worst enemy is one and the same
Since every pleasure's got an edge of pain; Pay for your ticket and don't complain
Now, a very great man once said; That some people rob you with a fountain pen.; It didn't take too long to find out; Just what he was talkin' about.
Something there is about you that brings back a long forgotten truth
Saw you drift into infinity and come back again
Some things are too hot to touch; The human mind can only stand so much
Oh ev'ry foe that ever I faced
The cause was there before we came.
Well my nerves are exploding and my body's tense; I feel like the whole world got me pinned up against the fence
Lovin' you is the one thing I'll never regret.
Wallflower, wallflower; Take a chance on me.; Please let me ride you home.
Won't you dance with me?; I'm fallin' in love with you.
Pardon, monsieur," the desk clerk says,; Carefully removes his fez,; "Am I hearin' you right?"
Well, I got a harmonica job, begun to play,; Blowin' my lungs out for a dollar a day.
