I still got my voice left, I can take it anywhere I go
if there's an original thought out there, I could use it right now
Ain't complaining 'bout what I got; Seen better times, but who has not?
Too many thoughts get in the way in the day
You don't need a weather man; To know which way the wind blows
I have dined with kings, I've been offered wings, And I've never been too impressed.
And they're breaking down the distance; Between right and wrong.
Run your fingers down my spine; Bring me a touch of bliss
Don't you know there's nothing new that's under the sun?; Well, there ain't no man righteous, no not one.
Just do your thing, you'll be king; If dogs run free.
I'm going back to New York City; I do believe I've had enough
Let me ask you one question; Is your money that good
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free,; Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands,; With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves,; Let me forget about today until tomorrow.
Then I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin',; But I'll know my song well before I start singin'
Darkness at the break of noon
Lookin' at my shadow watching the colors up above
Give me a string bean, I'm a hungry man.
I'm in a cowboy band
I've paid the price of solitude, but at last I'm out of debt.
If you're looking for assistance, babe,; Or if you just want some company; Or if you just want a friend you can talk to,; Honey, come and see about me.
Have you got some unfinished business?; Is there something holding you back?; Are you thinking for yourself; Or are you following the pack?
Will I ever learn that there'll be no peace, that the war won't cease; Until He returns?
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
Now, don't crowd me, lady; Or I'll fill up your shoe
And I'll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it
I see people who are supposed to know better standin' around like furniture.
Boys in the street beginning to play; Girls like birds flying away
I just can't fit; Yes, I believe it's time for us to quit
It's for myself and my friends my stories are sung.
And every time you get this close; It makes me want to scream
This time tomorrow I'll know you better; When my memory is not so short.
What good am I if I know and don't do,; I If I see and don't say, if I look right through you
Mama, take this badge off of me
When you think that you lost everything; You find out you can always lose a little more
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.
She got a weird sense of humor that's all her own
Never could learn to drink that blood; And call it wine
One more cup of coffee 'fore I go; To the valley below
Your temperature's too hot for taming
Well, I wake in the morning, Fold my hands and pray for rain.; I got a head full of ideas, That are drivin' me insane.
In the home of the brave
Jefferson turnin’ over in his grave
I'm walking through streets that are dead
It's so impossible to even learn the tune.
Now all the criminals in their coats and their ties; Are free to drink martinis and watch the sun rise
Don't follow leaders; Watch the parkin' meters
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here,; All the pigeons gonna run to him.
He got an all girl orchestra and when he says; "Strike up the band," they hit it
And I can't let go, won't let go, and I can't let go no more.
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.
Don't you cry and don't you die and don't you burn
I'd never say; That I done it the way; That you'd have liked me to.
All the people we used to know; Are an illusion to me now
Reality has always had too many heads
You're the one I've been looking for,; You're the one that's got the key.; But I can't figure out whether I'm too good for you; Or you're too good for me.
Mona Lisa musta had the highway blues; You can tell by the way she smiles
Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats; Too noble to neglect; Deceived me into thinking; I had something to protect
Every day of the year's like playin' Russian roulette
I wouldn't be ashamed to be seen with you anywhere.
I can't provide for you no easy answers,; Who are you that I should have to lie?