as long as the world keeps a-turnin', I just keep a-turnin' too.
Build a fire, throw on logs; And listen to it hiss; And let it burn, burn, burn, burn; On a night like this.
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.
Betrayed by a kiss on a cool night of bliss; In the valley of the missing link
You speak to me; In sign language; As I'm eating a sandwich
Well, they're not showing any lights tonight; And there's no moon.
In the smoke of the twilight on a milk-white steed,; Michelangelo indeed could've carved out your features.
I looked at my watch; I looked at my wrist; I punched myself in the face with my fist
Nations are angry, cursed are some,; People are expecting a false peace to come.
God is in heaven; And we all want what's his; But power and greed and corruptible seed; Seem to be all that there is
Oh it's rush hour now; On the wheel and the plow; And the sun is going down; Upon the sacred cow.
There's always some new stranger sneakin' glances,; Some trigger-happy fool willin' to take chances
Turn your back, wash your hands,; There's always someone who understands
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.
Leaving men wholly, totally free; To do anything they wish to do but die
Handy dandy, he got a basket of flowers and a bag full or sorrow
Temptation's not an easy thing
Everybody is making love
Or else expecting rain
Once I had mountains in the palm of my hand,; And rivers that ran through ev'ry day.
If God's on our side; He'll stop the next war.
She says, "What'll it be?"; I say, "I don't know, you got any soft boiled eggs?"
As his youth now unfolds; He is centuries old; Just to see him at play makes me smile; No matter what happens to me; No matter what my destiny; Lord, protect my child
I know it looks like I'm moving, but I'm standing still
Now you stand here expectin' me to remember somethin' you forgot to say
What's lost is lost, we can't regain what went down in the flood
We always did feel the same,; We just saw it from a different point of view
Time is a jet plane, it moves too fast;
Oh, but what a shame if all we've shared can't last.
All the laughter is just making me sad
That's how it is when things disintegrate
I finally realize there's no room for regret
The angels play on their horns all day,; The whole earth in progression seems to pass by.; But does anyone hear the music they play,; Does anyone even try?
All he believes are his eyes, And his eyes, they just tell him lies
Well, if I had to do it all over again,; Babe, I'd do it all over you.
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.
Whatever you gonna do,; Please do it fast.
If you're a doctor, I need a shot of love.
The sky cracked its poems in naked wonder
Oh the fishes will laugh; As they swim out of the path; And the seagulls they'll be smiling.
Don't you cry and don't you die and don't you burn
Let's try to get beneath the surface waste, girl,; No more booby traps and bombs,; No more decadence and charm,; No more affection that's misplaced, girl
Forget the dead you've left, they will not follow you.
In order to deal in this game, got to make the queen disappear,; It's done with a flick of the wrist.
I was in your presence for an hour or so; Or was it a day? I truly don't know.
All my friends have told me; If I hang around with you; That I'll go blind
Oh, baby, that god you been prayin' to; Is gonna give ya back what you're wishin' on someone else
I just want you to know; I can see through your masks
'Twas then that I knew what he had on his mind.
I got nothing left to burn
But I will be back, I will survive,; You'll never get rid of me as long as you're alive.
Louise, she's all right, she's just near; She's delicate and seems like the mirror; But she just makes it all too concise and too clear; That Johanna's not here
I'm going back to New York City; I do believe I've had enough
We're idiots, babe.; It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves.
Now the rainman gave me two cures,; Then he said, "Jump right in."; The one was Texas medicine,; The other was just railroad gin.
The pump don't work; 'Cause the vandals took the handles
Well, anybody can be just like me, obviously; But then, now again, not too many can be like you, fortunately.
Our conversation was short and sweet; It nearly swept me off-a my feet.
I can't provide for you no easy answers,; Who are you that I should have to lie?
Just do your thing, you'll be king; If dogs run free.
