They tell me everything is gonna be all right; But I don't know what "all right" even means
Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse
Oh what dear daughter 'neath the sun; Would treat a father so,; To wait upon him hand and foot; And always tell him, "No"?
Thought I'd shaken the wonder and the phantoms of my youth
My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums,; Should I leave them by your gate,; Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait?
How did I meet you? I don't know.
It's for myself and my friends my stories are sung.
They'll stone you when you're playing your guitar.
You can't get to glory by the raising and the lowering of no flag.; Put your goodness next to God's and it comes out like a filthy rag.
I'm T-boned and punctured; But I'm known to be calm
I'm just sitting here beating on my trumpet
Can't you make any sound?
People carry roses
Make promises by the hours
My love she laughs like the flowers
Valentines can't buy her
Don't trust me to show you beauty; When beauty may only turn to rust.
If you're lookin' to get silly; You better go back to from where you came
My feet are so tired, my brain is so wired
Heart of mine be still,; You can play with fire, But you'll get the bill
take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind
You don't need a weather man; To know which way the wind blows
Everybody's wearing a disguise; To hide what they've got left behind their eyes
Ain't complaining 'bout what I got; Seen better times, but who has not?
Well, I asked for something to eat; I'm hungry as a hog; So I get brown rice, seaweed; And a dirty hot dog
I can smile in the face of mankind.; Don't even remember what her lips felt like on mine; Most of the time.
Your loyalty is not to me; But to the stars above
Well, I'm livin' in a foreign country but I'm bound to cross the line,; Beauty walks a razor's edge, someday I'll make it mine.
All I really want to do,; Is, baby, be friends with you.
The night is pitch black, come an' make my; Pale face fit into place, ah, please!
I've been hit too hard, I've seen too much; Nothing can heal me now, but your touch
Yes, I know now, traps are only set by me; And I do not really need to be; Assured that love is just a four-letter word
You think you can hide but you're never alone,; Ask Lot what he thought when his wife turned to stone.
Truth is an arrow and the gate is narrow that it passes through
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.
'Cause he doesn't tell you jokes or fairy tales, say he's got no style.
And I, I don't mind the pain; Don't mind the driving rain; I know I will sustain; 'Cause I believe in you.
Yesterday everything was going too fast; Today, it's moving too slow
Well my house is on fire, burning to the sky
My head tells me it's time to make a change; But my heart is telling me I love ya but you're strange.
I was in your presence for an hour or so; Or was it a day? I truly don't know.
There are those who worship loneliness, I'm not one of them
Done so many evil things in the name of love, it's a crying shame; I never did see no fire that could put out a flame.
Now, when I was just a bawlin' child,; I saw what I wanted to be
Gon' walk on down that dirt road 'til I'm right beside the sun
I'm hungry and I'm irritable; And I'm tired of this bag of tricks.; At one time there was nothing wrong with me; That you could not fix.
Insanity is smashing up against my soul; You can say I was on anything but a roll; If I had a conscience, well I just might blow my top; What would I do with it anyway ; Maybe take it to the pawn shop
People disagreeing on all just about everything, yeah,; Makes you stop and all wonder why.
Whatever you gonna do,; Please do it fast.
You're so damn nonchalant; But it's your mind that I want.
Praise be to Nero's Neptune; The Titanic sails at dawn; And everybody's shouting; Which Side Are You On?
The sun's not yellow it's chicken
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?
I've paid the price of solitude, but at last I'm out of debt.
There's no one here, the gardener is gone
For all eternity I think I will remember; That icy wind that's howling in your eye.
I'm sick of love but I'm in the thick of it
Goodnight, my love, may the lord have mercy on us all.
Well, they're not showing any lights tonight; And there's no moon.
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.
Most of the time; I can't even be sure; If she was ever with me; Or if I was with her.
I wouldn't be ashamed to be seen with you anywhere.
