Well, I don't have to be no doctor, babe,; To see that you're madly in love.
The drinks are ready and the dogs are going to war
She still lives inside of me, we've never been apart.
There's only one step down from here, baby,; It's called the land of permanent bliss.
The sky is trembling, And I must leave.
Sooner or later, one of us must know; That I really did try to get close to you
If you get close to her, kiss her once for me
Try to be pure at heart, they arrest you for robbery,; Mistake your shyness for aloofness, your shyness for snobbery
How can I explain?; Oh, it's so hard to get on
I still can remember the way that you smiled
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
Now all the criminals in their coats and their ties; Are free to drink martinis and watch the sun rise
Something there is about you that brings back a long forgotten truth
It's for myself and my friends my stories are sung.
I was all right 'til I fell in love with you
We pointed out the way to go; And scratched your name in sand,; Though you just thought it was nothing more; Than a place for you to stand.
Just like you I'm wondrin' what I'm doin' here.; Just like you I'm wondrin' what's goin' on.
In order to deal in this game, got to make the queen disappear,; It's done with a flick of the wrist.
If I could only turn back the clock to when God and her were born
So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late.
People are crazy and times are strange
But I mean no harm nor put fault, On anyone that lives in a vault, But it's alright, Ma, if I can't please him.
Won't you descend from the throne, from where you sit?
Just do your thing, you'll be king; If dogs run free.
He said his name was Columbus; I just said, "Good luck."
When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose
All I really want to do,; Is, baby, be friends with you.
And the words that are used; For to get the ship confused; Will not be understood as they're spoken.
You could make me cry if you don't know.
It's all been designed, he said, "To make you lose your mind,; And when you go back to find it, there's nothing there to find."
Our conversation was short and sweet; It nearly swept me off-a my feet.
I been hangin’ on threads
I been playin’ it straight
Now, I’ve just got to cut loose
Before it gets late
Just what do you think you have to guard?
The walls of pride are high and wide; Can't see over to the other side; It's such a sad thing to see beauty decay; It's sadder still, to feel your heart torn away
Through the wild cathedral evening the rain unraveled tales
You're so damn nonchalant; But it's your mind that I want.
Well, if I had to do it all over again,; Babe, I'd do it all over you.
I'm glad to see you're still alive, you're lookin' like a saint.
The night passed away so quickly; It always does when you're with me.
She knows there's no success like failure; And that failure's no success at all.
Thought I'd shaken the wonder and the phantoms of my youth
Put my tears in a bottle
Screw the top on tight
My feet are so tired, my brain is so wired
Senor, senor, let's disconnect these cables,; Overturn these tables.; This place don't make sense to me no more.
Has the record been breaking,; Did the needle just skip
Well, I spied a girl and before she could leave,; "Let's go and play Adam and Eve."; I took her by the hand and my heart it was thumpin'; When she said, "Hey man, you crazy or sumpin',; You see what happened last time they started."
If dogs run free, why not me; Across the swamp of time?
They say ev'rything can be replaced
Glamorous nymph with an arrow and bow
And now the heart is filled with gold; As if it was a purse.; But, oh, what kind of love is this; Which goes from bad to worse?
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here,; All the pigeons gonna run to him.
You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you
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.
I thought somehow that I would be spared this fate
Whatever you wanted; Slipped out of my mind
Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed; Dignity never been photographed
The world of illusion is at my door
Truth is an arrow and the gate is narrow that it passes through
I still believe she was my twin, but I lost the ring.
