I wouldn't be ashamed to be seen with you anywhere.
I see, I see lovers in the meadow; I see, I see silhouettes in the window; I watch them 'til they're gone and they leave me hanging on ; To a shadow
And I'll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it
Sometimes I feel so low-down and disgusted
She knows there's no success like failure; And that failure's no success at all.
Everybody's doin' something,; I heard it in a dream,; But when there's too much of nothing,; It just makes a fella mean.
It was true that in his later years he would not carry a gun; "I'm around too many children," he'd say, "they should never know of one."
She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns.
Here is your throat back; Thanks for the loan
Well, if I had to do it all over again,; Babe, I'd do it all over you.
We're both just one too many mornings; An' a thousand miles behind.
You lose yourself, you reappear
Nations are angry, cursed are some,; People are expecting a false peace to come.
Why does he look so righteous while your face is so changed
I hate myself for lovin' you and the weakness that it showed; You were just a painted face on a trip down Suicide Road
I'll give you more gold; Than your apron can hold; If you'll only let your hair hang low
Pardon, monsieur," the desk clerk says,; Carefully removes his fez,; "Am I hearin' you right?"
Put your ear to the train tracks, put your ear to the ground,; You ever feel like you're never alone even when there's nobody else around?; Since the beginning of the universe man's been cursed by trouble.
I wasn't born to lose you.
Gonna take dancing lessons do the jitterbug rag; Ain't no shortcuts, gonna dress in drag; Only a fool in here would think he's got anything to prove
When he died I was hopin' that it wasn't contagious
Twenty years of schoolin' and they put you on the day shift
They say you're usin' voodoo, I seen your feet walk by themselves
There's only one step down from here, baby,; It's called the land of permanent bliss.
Well, it's always been my nature to take chances; My right hand drawing back while my left hand advances
You're gonna have to serve somebody.
Thought I'd shaken the wonder and the phantoms of my youth
Tell ev'rybody; Down in ol' 'Frisco; That Tiny Montgomery's comin'; Down to say Hello
I've still got the scars that the sun didn't heal
Now, don't crowd me, lady; Or I'll fill up your shoe
Senor, senor, let's disconnect these cables,; Overturn these tables.; This place don't make sense to me no more.
Now, when I was just a bawlin' child,; I saw what I wanted to be
What makes the wind wanna blow tonight?
The highway is for gamblers, better use your sense.; Take what you have gathered from coincidence.
People tell me it's a sin; To know and feel too much within.
Well my sense of humanity has gone down the drain
Man's ego is inflated, his laws are outdated, they don't apply no more
I was in a whirlwind, now I'm in some better place.
In the fury of the moment I can see the Master's hand; In every leaf that trembles, in every grain of sand.
You know, news of you has come down the line; Even before ya came in the door.; They say in your father's house, there's many mansions; Each one of them got a fireproof floor.
Give me a string bean, I'm a hungry man.
When we meet again; Introduced as friends; Please don't let on that you knew me when; I was hungry and it was your world.
If I shut myself off so I can't hear you cry,; What good am I?
All the people we used to know; Are an illusion to me now
Train wheels runnin' through the back of my memory
In the day of confession; We cannot mock a soul.; Oh, when there's too much of nothing,; No one has control.
You breathed on me and made my life a richer one to live,; When I was deep in poverty you taught me how to give
Gon' walk on down until I'm right beside the sun; I'm gonna have to put up a barrier to keep myself away from everyone.
If God's on our side; He'll stop the next war.
If you get close to her, kiss her once for me
Lost time is not found again
Oh, the only decent thing I did when I worked as a postal clerk; Was to haul your picture down off the wall near the cage where I used to work.; Was I a fool or not to try to protect your identity?; You looked a little burned out, my friend,; I thought it might be up to me.
When I met you, baby,; You didn't show no visible scars.
I can't provide for you no easy answers,; Who are you that I should have to lie?
Three fellas crawlin' on their way back to work,; Nobody stops to ask why.
You're the other half of what I am, you're the missing piece
Some things are too hot to touch; The human mind can only stand so much
The pump don't work; 'Cause the vandals took the handles
And the dirt of gossip blows into my face,; And the dust of rumors covers me.
