Oh, ev'ry thought that's strung a knot in my mind,;
I might go insane if it couldn't be sprung.
And you never ask questions;
When God's on your side.
The treasure can't be found by men who search
We're going all the way 'til the wheels fall off and burn
I'll remember you;
At the end of the trail,;
I had so much left to do,;
I had so little time to fail.
I could say that I'd be faithful, I could say it in one sweet, easy breath;
But to you that would be cruelty and to me it surely would be death.
Oh what dear daughter 'neath the sun;
Would treat a father so,;
To wait upon him hand and foot;
And always tell him, "No"?
It's many a guard;
That stands around smilin',;
Holdin' his club;
Like he was a king.
Now, don't crowd me, lady;
Or I'll fill up your shoe
Down the highway, down the tracks, down the road to ecstasy,;
I followed you beneath the stars, hounded by your memory,;
And all your ragin' glory.
And the dirt of gossip blows into my face,;
And the dust of rumors covers me.
don't criticize;
what you can't understand.
Boys in the street beginning to play;
Girls like birds flying away
And they're breaking down the distance;
Between right and wrong.
I'm walking through streets that are dead
They'll stone ya when you're at the breakfast table.
He said, Are you lookin' for somethin' easy to catch?;
I said, I got no money. He said, That ain't necessary.
I know God is my shield and he won't lead me astray
They don't want me around;
'Cause I believe in you.
Ain't no reason to go anywhere.
Am I no longer a part of your plans or your dreams?
Any day now, any day now,;
I shall be released.
When I met you, baby,;
You didn't show no visible scars.
Oh my name it is nothin';
My age it means less
May you build a ladder to the stars;
And climb on every rung.
Satan whispers to ya, "Well, I don't want to bore ya,;
But when ya get tired of the Miss So-and-so I got another woman for ya."
Every brain is civilized,;
Every nerve is analyzed,;
Everything is criticized when you are in need.
Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse
goodbye's too good a word, gal;
so I'll just say fare thee well
to live outside the law, you must be honest
Lookin' at my shadow watching the colors up above
When you think that you lost everything;
You find out you can always lose a little more
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 don't need a weather man;
To know which way the wind blows
But I will be back, I will survive,;
You'll never get rid of me as long as you're alive.
I wasn't born to lose you.
Some things last longer than you think they will;
There are some kind of things you can never kill
They'll stone you when you're playing your guitar.
Put my tears in a bottle
Screw the top on tight
I'm T-boned and punctured;
But I'm known to be calm
I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it
Well I don't dare close my eyes and I don't dare wink;
Maybe in the next life I'll be able to hear myself think
Someone else is speakin' with my mouth, but I'm listening only to my heart.
So long, New York.;
Howdy, East Orange.
Well my nerves are exploding and my body's tense;
I feel like the whole world got me pinned up against the fence
This time tomorrow I'll know you better;
When my memory is not so short.
Won't you come with me, baby?;
I'll take you where you wanna go.;
And if it don't work out, You'll be the first to know
Tough Mama;
Can I blow a little smoke on you?
You say my kisses are not like his,;
But this time I'm not gonna tell you why that is.
False-hearted judges dying in the webs that they spin,;
Only a matter of time 'til night comes steppin' in.
I'll give you more gold;
Than your apron can hold;
If you'll only let your hair hang low
In the home of the brave
Jefferson turnin’ over in his grave
Tell ev'rybody;
Down in ol' 'Frisco;
That Tiny Montgomery's comin';
Down to say Hello
Glamorous nymph with an arrow and bow
All my friends have told me;
If I hang around with you;
That I'll go blind
Just like you I'm wondrin' what I'm doin' here.;
Just like you I'm wondrin' what's goin' on.
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.