129K Songs to Orphans lyric book Songs to Orphans lyric book Tokyo (And The Band Played) The moon (hook) hung like a shadow on a rung over Shanghai The soldier boys (firemen) were returning home screaming Banzai And the kids are still playing their games (And the reindeeers played games) Getting hustled and rustled out in the rain (And got hurt in the rain) As I sat inside listening to the broadcast Oh save my soul sweet rock 'n' roll (Now blow me down, Tokyo) Cause I'm sinkin' fast And then the band played, out of nowhere, it was alright Well now the legendary chaplin of the fightin' 51st Was gettin' ready to go I said: "Padre, do you know a cheap virgin who likes to tango ?" He said "You can try Linda Lee (Rosalie), around the corner and across the sea Oh word is out, word is out she's fast " Oh blow me down now Linda (bust me down now Rosie) Cause I'm sinkin' fast Yes and them cats are sure gettin' fat down in the train yard And the Sandman brings 'em dreams to ship out in boxcars The union says hold, break out the dice, (and) break the gold It's lunchtime at last And old Big (Stage) Mama said : "George Raft's tonight on the late show" She sits straddlin' a kitchen chair, really gung-ho She shivers with chills, wet with her slot-card thrills Hypnotically lost in the glass And we all sigh with the sunrise (And the sun rises and we all sigh) And we watch the credits pass And the little blue dot went away And then the morning cloak fell down like a hoax over Sleepytown Them garbage truck vigilantes were out making their last rounds The inheritor he sipped his beer and poked fun at the queer And the bell rings A horn blows And he's outside pumpin' gas But things were moving so slow tonight So the kid goes back inside the station And turns on his radio To his local AM station And the band played, on the radio, it was alright ARABIAN NIGHTS Shrieks of Sheikhs as they run across the movie screen A thousand sand-dune soldiers led by an Arabian Queen And the harem girls move like fancy (Clancy's) dancers In my dirty dreams And I wake up on the floor clutching the bed-lamp And Mama comes in, she screams "Hey you been out with that tramp again last night You know that silver-sequined Arab black bitch The one that Mama don't like ?" But Mama she sings me moontime melodies With this great Top 40 hook She shrugs her shoulders, she don't care Papa just stares and says "Mary, look the girl's alright The girl's alright" And there's a tenseness in the air He turns and says Don't you know, can't you feel it "Tell me son, what's the word ?" Because there's something hanging there 'Cos you know he can't hear it Pull back the mist and reveal it But don't go near it And even if you fear waht you near It's criticised as too absurd Don't conceal it Even the animals fear it 'Cos if what Mama feels is too real Papa says "Fetch me my flashlight, son" She just claims she don't feel it And she stumbles out the front door So come out from behind your bunkers 'Cos the lift-off's been a bust Oh Papa's Gone and Mama's dead And buried in my rocket dust You're alone now for the first time Don't worry, 'cos that's all right All fear will complete;y disappear Come the Arabian Night Well the soundman smiles and turns the dials To set the meter readin' rising He pulls the singer's voice from out of his pocket To see if the audience likes it Oh and in the very first row sits sweet Jenny Rue With a bell on her shoe and she wants him to make it He flicks a switch but Jenny moves too fast And the audience sways to the sound of her shotgun blast The manager comes running out from behind stage and says Check the band's arms for bullet holes Make that man roll up his sleeves" The drummer shoots himself with cyanide And then asks to be relieved And me, I say "Well, it's too crazy in here Which is the stage door out, I gotta get up tomorrow morning for work" And the promotor says "Man, once you're in they all lead out What's the matter man, ain't you heard ? There's a war going on on the outside And I'm paying you to sing like a bird So get in and get tough or get up and get out Because things aren't too tight" I said "Don't worry, man, everything's gonna loosen up Come the Arabian Night" Come the Arabian Night So I get back in my bed But outside my window I hear another gang fight It's Duke and the boys against the Devil's best man And both sides have drawn their knives And Duke he's a well-known knife-fighter And with one quick jab he brings the Devil down He smiles 'cos he knows there's a high bounty on Devils In any God-fearin' town Well they say Duke sold the Devil to some priest in Pennsylvania To exhibit on his altar Christmas Night But the Devil's eyes they still burn red with fire As long as Duke walks upright And he swears there's a going to be a showdown Come sundown on the Arabian Night Oh on the Arabian Night BISHOP DANCE Bishop danced with a thumbscrew woman Did a double-quick backflip and slid across the floor The Catholic traffic flowed freely 'cross the river And Fiddlestick fiddled quick out the front door Oh baby dumpling, Mama's in the back tree If the bough breaks, Mama might fall Little sad and only, baby don't be lonely Mama knows 'rithmetic, knows how to take a fall Mama knows 'rithmetic, knows how to take a fall And the kids are crying "Flapjacks, make 'em fat" early in the morning Little Jack, grab your hat, hear the breakfast call Mukrat, bad old cat, kick him in the fire-place There's someone in the kitchen blowin' Dinah on their horn There's someone in the kitchen blowin' Dinah like they're born Well Maverick Daddy got a one-night bride She glides like a monkey-mule kickin' on the backslide Over hill, over hill, Daddy don't you spill now Papa's got a switch-stick, he's pumpin' little Bill Papa's got a switch-stick, he's pumpin' little Bill And Billy he's crying: "Tomahwak, Tomahwak, Daddy'd better duck out The Mohwaks, the Mohawks, they're still out there in the woods Minotak, Okenak, running through my dreams now With fire on the fingertips and indian's screams Fire on the fingertips and feathers made of moonbeams" Well early in the morning the cannonneer cries I seen the sailor's warning in the western skies Oh mountain man if you can, cut me down a fir tree With branches full of candlesticks for baby and me And my darling cries, she said "Honey, the weather vane, lately, it's been pointin' the way to heaven" Scatterbrains, Scatterbrains, watch out where you fall Champagne, champagne, a round for all the old choir boys They're bustin' off the altar chasin' Dinah through the hall They're bustin' off the altar chasin' Dinah through the hall And like kids they're crying "Flapjacks, make 'em fat" early in the morning Little Jack, grab your hat, hear the breakfast call Mukrat, bad old cat, kick him in the fire-place There's someone in the kitchen blowin' Dinah on their horn There's someone in the kitchen blowin' Dinah like they're born COWBOYS OF THE SEA They ride beneath the waves at twenty thousand leagues On stallions stitched to seaweed strands, so smiling, so smiling They herd the fishes of the deep, they ride for you and me They ranch the rich and the sunken soil at the bottom of the sea. And in the dead of night alive and sleep I hear them calling me Them deep sea desperados, the midnight maelstrom freaks The cowboys of the sea On wings of sleep I pierce the deep and ride like a hurricane In midnight still I paid my bill and I turned my back on the land With the help of old paint that seaweed nag it's just Jesse James and me We ride the depths and ride the banks at the bottom of the sea. Oh and with a seaman's grip on navigation with some fired hired hands We ride out to confront the nation and lend a cowboy's hand We do the dolphins dance duet, my mermaid maid and me Then I ride into the blue sunset at the bottom of the sea And with a seaman's grip on submarining and some aqualung outlaws Our guns are made of solid dreaming and bullets from a broken cause. Oh and with hand held high to touch the sky a good Texas Ranger I'll be But sometimes I feel like a lone stranger, 'midst the cowboys of the sea Oh and man above he cannot make love, he must rape his mother the sea And because of his greed we're a vanishing breed We cowboys of the sea HENRY BOY They broke your toys this morning, Henry Rode your board right into dust Surrounded you with strangers who you could not trust And then they had the gall To write your name up on the girl's room wall And send you out to Maria Who spoke of babies and all And wanted to shoot your joy It's hard world when you're the new kid in town Ain't it, Henry Boy Well the North Side is for diamond-studded women Subtly selling their wares And the West Side is for debutantes And would-be millionaires Oh the East Side is for lost boys Who know their moves too well The South Side is for gamblers, Henry The train stops once for Hell It's a hard world when they're forcing you To live your life out on Broadway But Henry I'm sure you're gonna like it well The constellation she points out to Gate Eleven That's where you got your connection Let me take a look inside my magic book I don't think you're beyond inventions Oh these doctor's appendages I'm giving you for wings I'm sure it'll meet the occasion I'm gonna mix you some magic, you'll be spittin" sparks Oh and the Milky Way's a trip for dippers They saw ya coming a mile away In the amusement park you'll get clipped by rippers Hiding behind candy 'cades In the alleyway you'll get ripped by strippers All who know your name In the stalls sit the soldier-boy kissers Oh leave for just one day And Henry couldn't take it He's gonna be a submariner Riding underground for the Pope Gonna stand on the corner of Broadway And scream "Up 'scope !" HEY SANTA ANA >From a tin rooftop the little boy did watch The procession down through town Through the museum where Daniel walked the Devil With them boys from the underground Where the giants of science fight for tight control Over the wild kids in North Mexico Sam Houston's still in Texas fighting for his soul And the towns rest so uneasy under the strains of revolt Crying, Hey Santa Ana, you could romance the dumb into talking Take a chance with me, Contessa If it don't work out, I ain't lame, I'm good at walking Now some folks they can't can't just take it To the streets of this dusty little town But Sam easy can and he lays the money down Then the cats come in from the Canyon and strut their stuff in town But there's only secret sinners here Lord, there's only secret thieves Only a fool would try to save What the desert chose to leave And I said, Hey, hey lady With your negroes in their Spanish bandanas French cream ain't gonna soften her boots And French kisses ain't gonna break her heart Now painted night set free with light Glows outside the Rainbow Saloon I match embraces with a Spanish lady 'neath a graduation moon No more colleges no more coronations Some punk's idea of a teenage nation Has forced Santa Ana to change his station from soldier to cartoon And the giants of science spend their days and nights Not with wives, not with lovers, but searching for the lights That they spotted in the desert on their helicopter flights But they were lost in the dust and the night They cried, Hey Santa Ana In his juke joint rides he always brings candy for the kids Waltz with me tonight senorita 'Cos only fools are alone in a night like this JAZZ MUSICIAN Well it's Saturday night in New Jersey And you're feeling kinda wet Now the summer heat is getting you worried So you try to look as innocent as you can as you sweat And you've got a woman on the other side of the law But is ain't cool to see her yet Because her ex-old man's city cop Who thinks he's auditioning for Dragnet So you stand on the corner looking kinda torn And in the Blue Light Lounge Where death was born The Jazz Musician blows his horn You pop a letter to your baby in Richmond 'Cause you're feeling kinda down She's kinda small but at least she's a rich one Oh, and she needs you real bad And sometimes that's all that counts You had a teenage band and flying hands And oh, you was pretty big, you were pretty big in the South But you passed out on stage and flew into a rage And someone tried to revive you mouth to mouth You felt a pain in your chest As you passed the crown And in the Blue Light Lounge The lights went down And the audience slipped silently out of town Well now the atheist he burns you for laughing out loud Because he can't understand what you're saying And the word's out when they pushed him in the hole Everybody knows that he went out praying Oh, now the park is dark and the sidewalks bright And alive with the light of the living Oh and mama can I walk you home tonight 'Cause it's a big, bad city I'm stranded in the jungle First stage witness at a company killing I'm clutching my high school diploma, shuffling my feet Promised sixty bucks a week And guaranteed top billing Well you can live a life of love in New York Only if you don't, if you don't love living And I met this taxi driver who drives me around town Telling tales of his back seat women And on the corner there's no room to move 'Cause everybody's trying so hard to groove And in the Blue Light Lounge The Jazz Musician plays his blues MARIE Marie, she comes to me in the twillight When the cold wind blows down across the river So cold, the fishermen cry She rapes me in a rage of rainbow violence Till my bare nerves they sing Like the strings of a violin And the room seeps into a savage silence Soaked in colours, red as blood, blue as night And Marie, she skins me alive Carves her initials in my side Lures me with her purrs And cuts me with her knife And the horses pound like thunder They bolt like lightning on her range She feels she's going under And zeros in the rein She's so strange Well, Marie, you know, she's the queen of all the stallions And I'm her prince of mules And one of her principal fools Marie, she's got the claws of a falcon And she's perched on my shoulder And slowly digging in But she, oh she can be so strange sometimes Like at night [....] Or when the neighbours come to dine Marie, she skins me alive Burns her initials in my hide And then leaves me all alone Branded to the bone And my heart pounds like her horses Oh, stampeding on the ranch Marie knows all the sources And she shoots me with her pain And for her, I take it, Lord, down in my veins And I watch her dance like some berserk fairy All across the concrete prairies of Bleeker Street Marie she can be so strange But she's the only lonely cowgirl on my range (ranch ?) NO NEED She's a broken-winged angel Refugee from things her mama knew And she's done everything the Bible said not to do Well I don't know if she believes in Jesus The good book, or even Satan you see I'm just trying to get her to believe in me Oh 'cause when I see her face No matter where I am I'm in the right place And the girls I left behind Oh they never satisfied me, it's so true But baby, baby, you do She's the bells of Eight Street High society's midnight vamp Oh she's my queen and I'm her tramp Yes she's a free falling flyer And she flows whichever way that the wind blows And she's the only woman I ever knew Who could teach me more about me, bind me in chains And still let me be free My heart swells up inside Starts beating like I'm gonna die And my body breakes in pain As she falls down on me like the rain It's only her and my songs that keep me from going insane And I guess I'm one of those people Who measure love in pain You see, I've never had too much personal succes And to me there's nothing sweeter Than a teardrop of rain I just love that feeling of sadness Oh it worries me so [...] She's my West Side angel She looks so funky in her Hollywood wing And she knows how I stumble when I talk So she says: "Don't talk, babe, just sing" And I have seen her body in candle glow In the deep heart of the night When you finally let loose of everything Oh and she loves me like such a good woman And still, oh, she's a sweet young thing And I know this might sound crazy or just the words of a young fool But I swear I'd be on the floor If she ever walked out the door I swear I'd wish that she would shoot me first And I know that sounds insane but sometimes I believe it's true And that's what scares me the worst 'Cause I dance for her Take any chance for her And I play for her Lord God knows I play for her And I need for her And I bleed for her SEASIDE BAR SONG Well Billy bought a Chevy '40 Coupe Deluxe Chrome wheels, stick shift Give her gas, pop the clutch Little girls on the corner Like a diamond they shine Someday Billy I'm gonna make 'em all mine Hey girl you wanna ride in Daddy's Cadilac 'Cause I love the way your long hair falls down your back Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley's at the seaside bar We'll run barefoot in the sand, listen to his guitar You say your mama's gonna meet you when the morning comes And your papa's gonna beat you 'cause he knows you're out on the run I'm gonna live a life of love and tonight you're the one The highway is alive tonight So baby do not be frightened There's something 'bout a pretty girl on a sweet summer night That gets this boy excited The radio man finally understands and plays you something you can move to You lay back easy [...] Your girls leans over and says "Daddy, can you turn that radio up any louder ?" Ah, the juke joint's hummin' Everybody came down Little Willy and his Soul Boom Puttin' all that stuff down Well don't let that daylight steal your soul Get in your wheels and roll, roll, roll, roll, roll, roll Mama's gonna meet you when the morning comes And your daddy's gonna beat you 'cause he knows you're out on the run But I don't care I'm gonna live and laugh and love while the night's still young SHE'S LEAVING She's leaving, She's leaving Everybody knows She's leaving, She's leaving And I feel like such a fool She left me standing here just two feet tall I just don't know how she could do it In front of our friends and all She had better things to do and bigger plans I thought we could make it with just us two But I guess we can't 'Cause she can't And I'm only one man But I love her It's winter Suddenly it's winter And I feel so cold inside It's different It could have been so different If only she didn't feel that need to lie What's the matter girl Didn't you think I was that strong That you couldn't tell me What was going on... SONG FOR THE ORPHANS The multitude assembled and tried to make the noise Them blank blind poet generals and restless loud white boys But times grew thin and the axis was left somehow incomplete Where instead of child lions They found ageing junkie sheep How many wasted have I seen, signed Hollywood or bust Oh left to ride those ever ghostly Arizona gusts Oh cheerleader tramps and kids with big amps Sounding helpless in the void High society vamps and ex-heavyweight champs Mistaking soot for soil So break me now big mama As Old Faithful breaks the day Believe me my good Linda Let the Aurora shine the way The Confederacy she's in my name now And the hounds are held at bay Oh the axis needs a stronger arm Do you feel your muscles play The doorstep blanket weaver, Madonna pushes bells From house to house I see her giving last kisses and wishing well To every gypsy, mystic and all-star hero That the kids might find a place Who've been lost to true fathers and mothers On their time travels deep in space Now the sons return for fathers But the fathers are all gone The lost souls search for saviours But saviours don't last long Those aimless questless renegade brats Who live their lives in songs They run the length of a candle And in a goodnight whisper and a puff are gone So break me now big mama As Old Faithful breaks the day Believe me my good Linda Help is on the way The Confederacy she's in my name now And the hounds are held at bay Oh the axis needs a stronger arm I can feel your muscles play The Misions are filled with hermits looking for a friend The terraces are filled with cat-men looking for a way in And orphans abandoned on silver mountains Or junked in celestial alleyways Wait for that old tramp Dog Man Moses 'Cause he takes in all the strays He told me:"Don't grow on empty legends or lonely cradle songs 'Cause Billy The Kid was just a Bowery boy Who made a living twirling his guns" And the night she'll be long and lanky And she'll speak in a Mother tongue And then he lullabied the refugees With an amplifier's hum So break me now big mama As Old Faithful breaks the day Believe me my good Linda Help is on the way The Confederacy she's in my name now And the hounds are held at bay Oh the axis needs a stronger arm Do you feel your muscles play Do you feel your muscles play SOUTHERN SON Born on the Hudson, twenty-two years gone Bred and raised in the City From my daddy's knee I learned the Union songs But Grandma sang lullabies of Dixie And though the Northern winter fill my heart with joy It's a Southern sun that shines down On this Yankee boy Mama dreamed of Paris nights And boatin' on the Seine She said, we're gonna make it there too Soon as Papa comes home again And she'd speak to me in broken French Dressed like a painting of Lautrec's In the night she'd clutch me to her breast And say, we'll make it out of here yet And though the Parisienne women Strut so fine down the Eiffel mall It's a Southern one I sing my songs for Well with a local bunch of do-good boys And an old man from the West We crossed the land in a caravan Yes we travelled with the best With circus acts and vaudeville hacks And a Mississippi Delta Queen She told me the news and sold me her blues In an alley in New Orleans And though the Western plains are still stained With the blood of great cowboys It's a Southern sun That shines down on this Yankee boy STREET QUEEN She got high class She rides around in a cut down Chevy machine With eyes of (certified) plate glass And legs like a limousine She comes stocked with sass And to ride her you'd better be mean She's the baddest thing this town's ever seen Street Queen Well she got a turbine angine mama, with maximum thrust Cadillac hips, she's the best on the strip She knows how to use a clutch She comes on shiny and black And, boys, to hit her you'd better be tough Oh she's the slickest thing that (this town's) I've ever seen Street Queen And you can always tell, ah mama, when she's (in town) around You can hear that engine roarin' She says "Come on, get in Hey baby you wanna go for a ride ?" And oh she sets your mind soarin' And the boys they jump back As that engine unwinds And I'm glued to my seat, mama As I watch that speedometer climb Oh, she moves so fast she's almost obscene Street Queen Well if you're gonna come streakin' down my street, baby Like an angel with them Chevy wings If you're gonna come streakin' down my street, baby Like an angel with them Chevy wings Well you better watch out, Street Queen 'Cause you're messin' with the King THE WORD Well you flash your tongue like diamonds You tied me to your wildcat schemes And you forced me into a power dive And left your mark on my jeans And I hear the word on your soldiers And I hear the word on Jesus too I heard the word on the country But I never heard the word on you Your love was like a machine gun I wore your bugle in my belt And I was your kid glove lover All the cards were yours You always dealt And I stood before your soapbox Noiseless and shoeless Playing my pantry boy's games You had your hands raised up to the sky Shouting Oh Sunday deity Oh Big Daddy Longlegs Come down and bless your sister please You were shoutin' orders about the construction Going on down the highway You were namin' names, blamin' blames And you blamed me You wore your heart like a challenge Far and apart for anyone who came Open and wide like the river With rocks on both sides to keep the water tame But I heard the word on your high tides And I felt the pain when I tried To rip your flood gates wide And pull your body on over to my side Where we both could hide But you heard about the freedom ride And you heard about the Highway Crew Who could cut the light a little bit faster than you So you left me just your shoes And I hear the word on Jesus And I hear the word on his marching troop And I hear the word on the country But I never heard the word on you THUNDERCRACK Well her brains they rattle and her bones they shake Oh she`s an angel from the Inner Lake Her brains they rattle and her bones they shake Oh she`s an angel from the Iner Lake Don`t dance with her Henry don`t you dance with her Jake Oh she's an angel from the Inner Lake She gives me more loving than a poor man can take Oh she`s an angel from the Inner Lake Thundercrack, baby`s back This time she`ll tell me how she really feels And bring me down to her lightning shack You can watch my partner reeling She moves up, she moves back Out on the floor there ain't no one cleaner She does this thing she calls the Jump Back Jack She's got the heart of a ballerina Straight from the Bronx, hung off the line She slips, she slides, she slops, she bops, she bumps, she grinds Even the old dancehall hacks from the West side of the tracks Move in close to catch her timing She moves up and then she moves back Out on the floor there ain't no one cleaner She does this thing she calls the Jump Back Jack She's got the heart of a ballerina She ain`t no little girl, she ain`t got no curls her hair ain`t brown and her eyes ain't either Round and round and round and round and round and round and round Round and round and round and round and round and round and round My heart's wood, she`s a carpenter She's an angel in the night, what she does is alright Dance with me partner Dance with me partner Dance with me partner, till the dawn (all night) Thundercrack, baby`s back This time she`ll tell me how she really feels And bring me down to her lightning shack You can watch my partner reeling She moves up, she moves back Out on the floor there ain't no one cleaner She does this thing she calls the Jump Back Jack She's got the heart of a ballerina She has parents, she has religion, she has sisters She ain`t no little girl, she ain`t got no curls her hair ain`t brown and her eyes ain't either Round and round and round and round and round and round and round Round and round and round and round and round and round and round And around she whirls My heart's wood, she`s a carpenter She's an angel in the night, what she does is alright Dance with me partner Dance with me partner Dance with me partner, till the dawn (all night) TWO HEARTS IN TRUE WALTZ TIME Well the first frame finds her running But the night pushes her deep within the tunnel She camouflages herself in dayglo paint And she sings her love songs through a funnel And she clings to the walls like a cat who calls The shots for life and for death Wearing nothing but the make-up she uses To try and cover up for herself Well if she can't hide her sword She gives no terms for surrender 'Cause she's living the Third World War The Tunnel Police, they steadily increase The search for where she hides her kid She swings on avine across the State Line they measured the length of her skid She nevr goes back to do something she didn't Or undo something she did Smoke streams from the street And the night is complete With a long and fiery belch She's just another Orphan Annie cartoon and a Raquel Welch She rides like Caesar, brandishing a whip On the hood of his squad car As the siren wails she silently sails Leaving footprints in the tar Oh she breaks with the dawn And by morning she's gone Leaving nothing but another night She returns to her home Like a dog returns to a bone Another unsatisfied wife And there's little Booth Secure from the truth He wants her more than he's got the guts to say 'Cause as she needs to be real He needs to conceal The realness of his place So he sings a little song And in a chiffon sarong She performs a black ballet in space But she's another flop with a fancy name And he's just another cop with a pretty face So together they commit the ultimate crime Two hearts locked in true waltz time THUNDERCRACK Well her brains they rattle and her bones they shake Oh she`s an angel from the Inner Lake Her brains they rattle and her bones they shake Oh she`s an angel from the Iner Lake Don`t dance with her Henry don`t you dance with her Jake Oh she's an angel from the Inner Lake She gives me more loving than a poor man can take Oh she`s an angel from the Inner Lake Thundercrack, baby`s back This time she`ll tell me how she really feels And bring me down to her lightning shack You can watch my partner reeling She moves up, she moves back Out on the floor there ain't no one cleaner She does this thing she calls the Jump Back Jack She's got the heart of a ballerina Straight from the Bronx, hung off the line She slips, she slides, she slops, she bops, she bumps, she grinds Even the old dancehall hacks from the West side of the tracks Move in close to catch her timing She moves up and then she moves back Out on the floor there ain't no one cleaner She does this thing she calls the Jump Back Jack She's got the heart of a ballerina She ain`t no little girl, she ain`t got no curls her hair ain`t brown and her eyes ain't either Round and round and round and round and round and round and round Round and round and round and round and round and round and round And around she whirls My heart's wood, she`s a carpenter She's an angel in the night, what she does is alright Dance with me partner Dance with me partner Dance with me partner, till the dawn (all night) Thundercrack, baby`s back This time she`ll tell me how she really feels And bring me down to her lightning shack You can watch my partner reeling She moves up, she moves back Out on the floor there ain't no one cleaner She does this thing she calls the Jump Back Jack She's got the heart of a ballerina She has parents, she has religion, she has sisters She ain`t no little girl, she ain`t got no curls her hair ain`t brown and her eyes ain't either Round and round and round and round and round and round and round Round and round and round and round and round and round and round And around she whirls My heart's wood, she`s a carpenter She's an angel in the night, what she does is alright Dance with me partner Dance with me partner Dance with me partner, till the dawn (all night) VISITATION AT FORT HORN Behind the wals where heat lightning falls On five starred gnat-faced princess The buffalo man shoots at the tin cats Turns and shouts "Children, blow your bridges" On death row halls where dustmen stall Where time's an enemy and a friend At night jackals crawl from the cracks in the walls And salvation is never spoken Morning sickness breaks the garrison gate The cavalry cries for treason The soldier strokes his pony and goes to shine the Captain's sword In this young boy's eyes lie reason And the sergeant bursts in and cries "I caught a prisoner, Captain, A prisoner, what ho !" The Captain looks up and says "Let her go" "But Captain, she patrols the light ships that patrol the sea around The rainbow tips, whose bagpiper wail unbroken She haunts the nigth and the dawnin' light On her sounds and words your cavalry chokin' " The Captain says "Have no fear, boys For what you hear Because danger can't be spoken " The whirlwind crackles and I hear the rustle of shackles From the stockade door bursts Merlin His eyes red, and swollen, like they've been pushed into the sun His robes aflame and burnin' He jumps a horse, tries to get away But he gets caught in his eyes, tangled in his eyes He falls to the ground, his neck is broken His spirit rises high in the western sky The magician lies an empty token the sergeant walks over and kicks his body And says "Captain, he's dead - What shall we do with him ?" The Captain says "Hang him For though his live moments on this earth are well spent And I can se his body is sure well bent It's magic that must be broken " Now night cradles low The penniless weed plays wrath felt in the Captain's corner With anvil spread wide, the Captain glides Each blow to scare her, not to hurt her She spits "what truth" at the Captain's boots But he holds his rage suspended The sergeant comes in stinkin' of soldier's gin And cries "Captain, the storm she blows unending" Oh and the lightning cracked and the sky was hacked By dagger rain it was torn And the yard was charged into a raging sea And the Captain ran crazily For the first time in his life, in the Captain's heart Fear was born The Captain storms out on the stoop, panic strikes He sees Merlin's hung body stretched by the neck Silhouetted on his door The sergeant screams "Captain, look high, look to the sky !" Some whirling, swirling emission ... But the Captain falls to his knees crying silent pleas 'Cause he knows, he knows, and he thinks to himself "A Magician..." ZERO AND BLIND TERRY The Skulls have met the Pythons Down at the first Street Station Alliances have been made in alleyways All across the nation These boys live off the milk of a silver jet And the love of sweet young women The Pythons are down from old Englishtown And they're looking to do some living Well the leader of the Pythons Is the kid they just call Zero Now Terry's pop says these kids Are some kind of monsters But Terry says "No, Pop (Daddy) They're just plain heroes " Zero and Terry had found a love That burned like wild fire Now Terry's daddy understood That this Zero was no good A tramp, a thief, and a liar Well from out of the darkness That breaks the dawn Zero rode like twillight He said tonight's the night Blind Terry come on Terry come on Tonight's the night Pack your bags baby And together they ran like raindeers Through the streets Well like tomorrow the earth Is gonna catch on fire Now Terry's dad hired some troopers To kill Zero and bring Terry back home They caught up in the night, like firelight Them starlight troopers, with their guns that are ... Zero marches through Blind terry's field They met the Pythons down on Route Nine But they refused to yield Now the Pythons fought with blazed guns And the Troopers with swords of light And Zero and Terry they ran away And the gang fought all through the night Now some folks say That they got away Other said they were caught and brought back Ah, still young pilgrims to this day Go to that spot way down by the railroad tracks Where the Troopers met the Pythons Old-timers cry on a hot August night If you look hard enough if you try You'll see Zero and Terry and all the Pythons Just hiking them streets up in the sky ACTION IN THE STREETS Well don't move Why don't you listen to what I'm saying And hey you You better get up if you plan to be staying Get loose You got to listen to what the band is playing Oh tonight There's action in the street all night We're boppin' to the big beat - go Get up off your seat and roll At school The girls you know their dancing, mister's, just my speed And hey cool If action is the thing you need Well don't fool The kid's satisfaction guaranteed Oh tonight There's action in the street all night We're boppin' to the big beat - go Get up off your seat and roll Well hey man Yeah don't let the little girl sigh Understand If you just move your body side to side Raise your hand Shout until you're satisfied Oh tonight There's action in the street all night We're boppin' to the big beat - go Get up off your seat and roll RICKIE WANTS A MAN (OF HER OWN) Well look out Mama your little girl she has changed She cut her baby curls and she's got her act rearranged Look out Daddy what she needs now, she can't find at home Oh Rickie wants a man of her own She wants a man of her own Rickie wants a man of her own Mama says her little girl won't talk to her anymore She just goes in her room, turns on the radio and shuts the door She's got her own bathroom, TV, stereo, extension phone Oh but Mama, Rickie wants a man of her own She wants a man of her own Rickie wants a man of her own Well Daddy says when he drops her off Friday night at the gym She slides way down in the front seat So the kids won't see her with him She don't do no work She won't tell nobody when she's coming home And she makes poor Daddy wait down on the corner At midnight all alone Well Daddy's pullin' out his hair He says that girl ain't got no direction She don't care to bring her girlfriends home to pass Daddy's inspection Now we're left peeking through the curtains Everytime that we hear a horn blow Well I guess Rickie wants a man of her own Mama says :Son, talk to her, she'll listen to you" Yeah, she listens real nice and she does what she wants to do Well Daddy says "She wears her jeans so tight Well, you change 'em or you're stayin' home" Ah but Daddy, Rickie wants a man of her own She wants a man of her own Rickie wants a man of her own She's almost grown Rickie wants a man of her own She wants a man of her own Rickie wants a man of her own CINDY I pick you up with flowers When you get off from work It's like you don't even care It's like I'm some kind ofjerk I take you out on a date And then you won't even kiss me Boy when I ain't around I'll bet you don't even miss me I don't know why I love you like I do I try and try You treat me like a fool It makes me wanna cry It makes me feel so blue But I just do, baby I just do I call you up Just to pass the time Soon as you hear my voice You disconnect the line And when I call you back Your mother says you ain't home Cindy I know that it's you At the other end of this phone Oh in this world There ain't another like you My little candy girl So hard-hearted and cruel I think that's what Keeps me coming back I'm a fool for you Cindy And I love you like that I came to get you last night Cindy at a quarter to six Your daddy came to the door He said Cindy got sick She got sent home from work With a note from the nurse And that my very presence Would make your condition worse But it ain't your health 'Cause wll you sure look for fine Little girl it's something else That's on my mind Whatever you've got Well you can give it to me 'Cause if it's good enough for you It's good enough for me I don't know why I love you like I do You make me cry And feel like such a fool I huess I like it When you hurt me this way You dish it out and I just put it away DON'T LOOK BACK Cold rain running down the front of my shirt I'm flat on my back wheels in the dirt Angel makes her face up out on baker Street She's straddlin; the shifter in my front seat There's nothing to lose It's a set-up (heartbreak) The deck's stacked So put your foot to the floor And darling don't look back Well making night tracks through the blazing rain Blow them pistons, work (move) in the fast lane White line burning, pockets full of cash Angel writes her name in lipstick on my dash There's nothing to lose It's a set-up (except a heartbreak) (just a bad break) The deck's stacked (baby we're back) Tonight we'll blow off the doors (Put your foot to the floor) And honey we won't look back (And darling don't look back) We held it in our hearts in the puring rain We made it through the heart of a hurricane We tore it apart and put it together again We'll wash out sins, girl down in the sea Angel won't you believe in love for me (Come on meet me tonight darlin' out in the street) We'll move with the city in the dark You got to walk it talk it in your heart There's nothin' to lose It's a set-up (just a heartache) The deck's stacked So put your foot to the floor (and) darling Tonight we'll blow out (off) the doors darling (baby) Put your foot to the floor (we're gonna even the score) And darling don't look back (honey we won't look back) Don't look back Ah, baby, don't look back FRANKIE Dark weekends in the sun, out on Chelsea Row Descending the stairs, Frankie my love Check your make-up in the mirror Come on, babe, let`s go We`ll dance round this dirty town Till the night is all done Let all the finer things sleep alone tonight Let all the minor kings lose their thrones tonight Don`t worry about me baby, I`ll be alright There`s machines and there`s fire On the outside of town Young boys for hire Waiting to blow us all down There are strange flashes in the sky up above I`ll spend the night at the movies With my secret love At dusk the stars all appear on the screen Just like they do each night in my dreams But tonight`s no dream, Frankie I can feel myself move Living and dying Like I was born to do Walk softly tonight little angel (stranger) I wanna be alone with you Talk softly to me tonight angel Make all my dream world(s) (dreams) come true I remember standing in the freezing rain Reading them "Want Ads" out on Chelsea Row Winging down the street in search of new games Hustling through the night packs where the actors go Frankie they are crazy, let`s run and hide (Frankie tonight we`ll leave it all behind) In the darkness there`ll be hidden worlds that shine When all of the glory (fury ?) in this desperate land Will rise like raindrops in the palm of our hands Walk softly tonight little angel Into the shadows where lovers go Talk softly to me tonight angel Whisper your secrets so soft and low... I WANNA BE WITH YOU So let the frozen sands crumble, crumble and fall Yeah that's all right, i don;t mind at all Well let it all tumble right into the sea Yeah that's all right, that's fine with me Since you came down the line I don't sleep at night I got one thing on my mind And so every day, every night I wanna be with you I wanna be with you That's what I wanna do 'Cause you're so out of sight I wanna be with you I wanna be with you Well I lost my job at the Texaco station Instead of pumping gas I dreamed of you I got thrown out of my house I got such a bad reputation 'Cause all I wanna do is be seen with you They gave me my pay and said walk I don't care what they ask Go ahead and let 'em all talk Until the world falls apart I wanna be with you I wanna be with you That's what I wanna do Until they rip out my heart I wanna be with you I wanna be with you That's what I wanna do Bedtime, hold tight, love me just a little bit All night, a little bit more Tonight, tonight,... Oh I don't know, I don't know I don't understand it You ain't pretty at all But I come when you whisper I run when you call And bay I can't stand it And baby that's all Ridin' by your side in my car Oh, oh, I wanna be with you I wanna be with you Darling, don't you know Oh, oh, I wanna be with you I wanna be with you Because I love you so BYE BYE JOHNNY Well she drew out all her money from the Central trust And she put her little boy on the Greyhound bus Leavin' Memphis with aguitar in his hand On a one-way ticket to the promised land Now hey little girl with your red dress on There's a party tonight down in Memphis town I'll be going down there if you need a ride Come on, come on, let's go tonight How many have fallen with their dream denied Now tell me baby are you lonesome tonight 'Cause the man on the radio says Elvis Presley died Come on, come on, let's go tonight Down in Dixie tonight the sky is hard and black Comin' up over the ridge one long white Cadillac They stand along the roadside waitin' in the heat Bound together forever in the promise of an endless sleep Well they found him slumped up against the drain With a whole lot of nothin' runnin' through his veins Well bye-bye Johnny, Johnny bye-bye You didn't have to die, you didn't have to die LINDA LET ME BE THE ONE Midnight boys are outside Scrapin' tears up off the street Standing guard over the window Where the lonely Linda sleeps There's a kid named Eddie Walks like an angel in defeat The ashes of a romance come Traces Linda's name in a seat Calls Linda will you let me be the one Linda will you, hey let me be the one Linda will you let me be the one Linda will you let me be the one In a room full of contenders Shadow boxin', Eddie's strong Till he drops through a feigned surrender To the canvas draped in scarves Stole from Linda's bedroom The night he laid at her feet And the midnight boys were wasted Down on King Street He calls out Linda will you let me be the one Linda will you, hey let me be the one Linda will you let me be the one Linda will you let me be the one Midnight's base is St Mary's Midnight boys hide from the rain Stay with the stolen sisters Till the streets are dry again Talking fast cars and chrome parts Different worlds and strange girls Empty homes, busted hearts And kneeling with Linda in the dark Linda will you let me be the one Linda will you, hey let me be the one Linda will you let me be the one LOOSE ENDS We met out on open streets When we had no place to go I remember how my heart beat When you said "I love you so" Then little by little We choked out all the life that out love could hold No, no It was like we held a noose And baby without check We pulled it a little tighter around our necks Each one waiting for the other Darling to say when Now baby you can leave me wonight on the loose end We didn't count tomorrows We took what we had and baby we ran There was no place for sorrow Every place we went I held your hand And when the night closed in I was sure your kisses told me all I had to know But oh no It was like we held a noose And baby without check We pulled it a little tighter around our necks Each one waiting for the other Darling to say when Well baby you can leave me tonight on the loose end Our love has fallen around us Like we saaid it never would We saw it happen to all the others But to us it never would Well how could something so bad, darling Come from something that was so good I don't know But it's like we held a noose And baby without check We pulled it a little tighter around our necks Each one waiting for the other Darling to say when Well baby you can leave me tonight on the lose end On a loose end OUTSIDE LOOKIN' IN It's over now the thing we had I ain't sorry babe, I just feel mad You walk real pretty and you talk real fine Night after night you wrote the lines My life's the same story Again and again I'm on the outside lookin' in On the outside lookin' in Hey, make-believe ain't real I don't doubt the way I feel You walk real pretty and you talk real sweet Well baby I was born in the driving seat My life's the same story Again and again I'm on the outside lookin' in The outside lookin' in Yes I'm on the outside lookin' in It's over now the thing we had I ain't sorry babe, I just feel mad You walk real pretty and you talk real fine Night after night you wrote the lines My life's the same story Beginning to end Beginning to end I'm on the outside lookin' in On the outside lookin' in Yes I'm on the outside lookin' in Yes I am Yes I guess I am Baby I'm on the outside lookin' in THE PROMISE I Johnny works in a factory and Billy works downtown Terry works in a rock 'n' roll band looking for that million-dollar sound Me I don't do nothing much, I spend a lot of time alone Some nights I go to the drive-in and some night I stay home You see I followed that dream just like those guys do way up on the screen With a built-up Challenger down route 9 Through the dead ends and all the bad scenes And when the promise was broken I cashed in a few of my old dreams You see I built that Challenger by myself But I needed money and so I sold it And I lived a secret I should have kept to myself But I got drunk one night and I told it All my life I fought that fight The one that I can't ever win And everyday it just gets harder to live The dreams I'm believing in Thunder Road I stay up every morning until it turns light Thunder Road There's something dying on the Highway tonight Well now I won big once and I hit the coast Oh but somehow I paid the big cost Inside I felt like I was carrying the broken spirits Of all the other ones who lost When the promise is broken you go on livin' But it takes something from down in your soul Like when the truth is spoken And it don't make no difference Something in your heart turns cold You see I followed that dream, me and some guys Through the dead ends and all the two-bit bars When the promise was broken I was drunk and far away from home Sleeping with a stranger in the back seat of a borrowed car Thunder Road Here's one for the lost lovers and all the fixed games Thunder Road Here's one for the tyres rushin' by in the rain Thunder Road I remember when me and Billy we'd always say Thunder Road We were gonna take it all And throw it all Away THE PROMISE II Johnny works in a factory and Billy works downtown Terry works in a rock 'n' roll band looking for that million-dollar sound Me I got a little job down in Darlington but some nights I don't go Some nights I go to the drive-in and some night I stay home You see I followed that dream just like those guys do way up on the screen With a built-up Challenger down route 9 Through the dead ends and all the bad scenes And when the promise was broken I cashed in a few of my old dreams You see I built that Challenger by myself But I needed money and so I sold it And I lived a secret I should have kept to myself But I got drunk one night and I told it All my life I fought that fight The one that I can't ever win And everyday it just gets harder to live The dreams I'm believing in Thunder Road Oh baby you were so right Thunder Road There's something dying on the Highway tonight Well now my Daddy taught me how to walk quiet And how to make my peace with the past And I learned real good to tighten up inside And I don't say nothin' unless I'm asked When the promise is broken you go on livin' But it takes something from down in your soul Like when the truth is spoken And it don't make no difference Something in your heart turns cold You see I followed that dream, me and some guys Through the dead ends and all the two-bit bars When the promise was broken I was drunk and far away from home Sleeping with a stranger in the back seat of a borrowed car Thunder Road And when it washes away with the rain Thunder Road You learn to walk among the remains Thunder Road I remember when me and Terry we'd always say Thunder Road We were gonna take it all And throw it all Away RESTLESS NIGHTS Wished we ran and lived as one In another world my little one Where strange trees and dark rivers run I told a dream to you Now outside the streets of pain And the childhood games we play Have faded away But my baby, she has restless nights She has restless nights My baby, she has restless nights On late night movie screens Youngs lovers look so sure Lost in wide awake dreams That they can't afford Once I held you in my arms On a bed of stone Now we have grown (But darling) Well my baby she has restless nights She has restless nights My baby she has restless nights Wished we ran and lived as one A different world my little one Where strange trees and dark rivers run I told a dream to you Now outside the streets of pain But here inside my heart It all falls apart But my baby, she has restless nights She has restless nights My baby, she has restless nights But my baby, she has restless nights She has restless nights My baby, she has restless nights (With thanks to Andy Kessler) ROULETTE We left the toys out in the yard I took my wife and kids and I left my home unguarded We packed what we could into the car No one here knows how it started Suddenly everything was so out of control Now I want some answers, mister, I need to know I hear all the talk, but I don't know what you're sayin' But I think I got a good idea of the game that you're playing Roulette, that's the name Roulette, that's the game now Roulette, I don't believe what they're sayin' Roulette, and everybody's playin' I grew up here on these streets where nothing moves, just a strange breeze In a town full of worthless memories there's a shadow in my backyard I got a house full of things that I can't touch Well all those things won't do me much good now I was a fireman out at Riker's, I did my job Mister I've been cheated, I feel like I've been robbed I'm the big expendable, my liufe's just cancelled null and void But what you're gonna do about your new boy Roulette, you're playin' with my life Roulette, with my kids and my wife Roulette, everyday the stakes get bigger Roulette, a different finger on the trigger Down by the river that talks the night speaks in searchlightas And shortwave radios squawk, the police patrol the streets But I've left behind the man I used to be, everything he believed and all that belonged to me I tried to find my way out to somewhere where I thought it'd be safe They stopped me at the roadblock they put up on the interstate They put me in detetntion but I broke loose and then I ran They said they want to help me but I think they had other plans Now I don't know who to trust and I don't know what I can believe They say they want to help me but with the stuff they keep on sayin' I think those guys just wanna keep on playin' Roulette, with my life Roulette, with my kids and my wife Roulette, the bullet's in the chamber Roulette, who's the unlucky stranger Roulette, surprise, you're dead Roulette, the gun's to your head Roulette, the bullet's spinning in the chamber Roulette, pull the trigger, feel the click No further danger SHE'S SO FINE (RIDE ON SWEET WILLIAM) Hey bay She's vicious as a razor Resting on your mainline She's brutal as an ace Laid on the table at just the right time She's like a devil-woman But she's locked in over-drive Her eyes are cold stone But she's backed by a power-glide She's sweet, she's educated She knows about history, geometry She's so fine Well the boys down there say She swings the silver rod Some kids call her angel All the boys call her God, down on Lover's Lane Well the kids down in houston Say she's cold but dynamite Ah they know that lady wears them blue jeans oh so tight She gets in my car and the highway bursts to life And way down on E Street That only happens once or twice She's sophisticated She's a lady, you know what I mean ? She's so fine Oh she says I ain't got the love I ain't got the time Ain't gonna give you no kiss Ain't gonna hand ya All I want's a ride, Sweet William All I want's a ride, Sweet William And it's oh baby, oh baby Won't you come, don't you wanna go for a ride I'll get in my car and burn it up Now switch on the radio and turn it up And we're gonna be burnin' down a straight load I want some love and I got to truck along (travel along) Well she's vicious as a razor Resting on your mainline She's brutal as an ace Laid on the table at just the right time She's like a devil-woman But she's locked in overdrive Her eyes are cold stone But her body's backed by a power-glide She's so educated She's got a nice mama She's got a nice pop She's so fine Oh and the boys say she swings a silver rod The kids call her Angel Some kids call her God, down on Lover's Lane Be my bay Won't you be my lover Come on bay I said hey baby SPANISH EYES Little Christine We're takin' one more run Secret heart, when the time has begun Come to part And hey, you're the one And now we know My heart is sold And though we tried You took me with your Spanish eyes Hey badlands Realise That someone else is yearnin' Special Sunday night And baby there's time Time enough to cry With all our sad stories And all the bad that we've done And all the times we rode for glory And ... And you took me with your Spanish eyes [section omitted] Stretch out baby And call your daddy home Cause I'm runnin' tonight Couldn't be all alone Yes I know how something died But baby it was just for kicks It was just for fun Even with all the bad that we done They can't say we didn't try And I fell for your Spanish Eyes Saturday night special Waitin' in the streets Oh come on Talk to me, my sweet And I'll try to make it complete this time Come close and let me dry your eyes Let me try to turn the leis ... And let me kiss your Spanish eyes Let me kiss your Spanish eyes Let me kiss your Spanish eyes Let me kiss your Spanish eyes Come here, baby TAKE EM AS THEY COME I still have three wheels runin' through the airplanes Tears stream her pretty face all burned red Once you're dead not much remains Down the highway another stranger comes You gotta take 'em as they come Little girl put on your red dress 'Cause we're goin' out on the town tonight And when I hold this switchblade Be sure some fool is gonna want to fight You gotta take 'em as they come You gotta take 'em Take 'em as they come, girl Take 'em as they come, girl Take 'em as they come, girl Take 'em baby as they come God save the rider in the black night Save the man who taught that it was right To do what we have begun You gotta take 'em when they come Little girl gone are birthdays Faded away into the clear blue night And all the promises we made Lie shattered and broken in the morning light You gotta take 'em baby when they come You gotta take 'em Take 'em as they come, girl Take 'em as they come, girl Take 'em as they come, girl Take 'em baby as they come I know your heart is breaking I can feel it too, girl Though my finger on the trigger is shaking There's just one thing we can do girl Winners and losers All look the same from the other side But we could choose here, kid We could try, couldn't we,hon ? Take 'em baby when they come Take 'em Take 'em as they come, girl Take 'em as they come, girl Take 'em as they come, girl Take 'em baby as they come THE WAY The way your heart beats when I hold you tight The way you sigh when we kiss goodnight The way the wind blows through the trees Well hey, that's the way you belong to me The way you warm me baby when I'm cold The way you make me want you body and soul The way the rivers run to the sea Well hey, that's the way you belong to me The way you soothe me when I'm in pain The way you make the blood rush in my veins The way the wind rush through the trees Well hey, that's the way you belong to me When I lose faith you take my hand The way you make me feel like I'm a man The way the sun belongs to the sea Well hey, that's the way you belong to me The way you make me feel like I belong And if I could girl though I know it'd be wrong I'd lock you deep inside till the last rains fall And hide you from the emptiness of it all Soemtimes at night I lie awake I pull you close and feel each breath you take The way the rivers belong to the seas Well hey, that's the way you belong to me Well hey, that's the way you belong to me ALL I NEED Some men need riches and lots of money to spend Some men need power to hold over other men But not me baby, girl you can believe I'm telling you my darling You're, you're all I need You're, you're all I need You're, you're all I need In this world, girl Some men need fine clothes, big diamond rings To feel like somebody some men need expensive things But I feel like somebody, girl, every time you look at me I don't need nothing to remind me that You're, you're all I need You're, you're all I need You're, you're all I need In this world, girl Some men need a fine home on a far hillside Some men need a big car to show off as they ride Some men need a pretty woman just to walk by their side And some men need to see the fear in another man's eyes But all I need baby, is all I can see When you wrap your loving arms around me You're, you're all I need You're, you're all I need You're, you're all I need You're, you're all I need In this world, girl ANGELYNE He was a bouncer in a joint called Tony's Body Shop She was a night cashier down at the Stop 'n' Shop He was kinda good-lookin' And she was kinda fun They met 'neath that big oak tree Out where the river runs Little Angelyne, little Angelyne As the sun goes down and the moonlight shines Back of a greyhound bus sit two lovers entwined Just Big Bill and little Angelyne She was just in from Texas, didn't know her way around So he took her to a roadhouse on the edge of town In the beerhall light she looked so fine And so he popped the question that was on his mind It was a simple affair, only a friend or two Preacher asked if they did, they said they do She bought two tickets with her Dady's American Express And hopped a greyhound bus in her wedding dress Little Angelyne, little Angelyne As the sun goes down and the moonlight shines Back of a greyhound bus sit two lovers entwined Just Big Bill and little Angelyne In a six dollar motel with the honey bun With seven glorious days in the Nevada sun He played the tables, she pumped the slots full of dimes They came back broke but they had a good time Now many fell aprt in the years come and gone But Big Bill and little Angel they'd last on and on They held together when the times grew thin A little boy that looked like her, and a girl that looked like him So mister don't you pay it no mind Let the sun go down and the moonlight shine Back of a greyhound bus sit two lovers entwined Just Big Bill and little Angelyne Little Angelyne, little Angelyne As the sun goes down and the moonlight shines Back of a greyhound bus sit two lovers entwined Just Big Bill and little Angelyne Little Angelyne, little Angelyne As the sun goes down and the moonlight shines Back of a greyhound bus sit two lovers entwined Just Big Bill and little Angelyne CLUB SOUL CITY Pack up your bags Don't look back There's a little place Out 'cross the the railroad tracks If you're broken-hearted And you don't know what to do But they got a place down there that's just for you Club Soul, Club Soul City, yeah yeah yeah Club Soul, Club Soul City, oh yeah There's a waitress at the back bar Goes with the the guy that runs the place She's got hair like a weeping willow And tears running down her face She's seen a lot of guys like you coming around Looking for something that they've lost Or trying to lose something that they've found Down at Club Soul, Club Soul City, yeah yeah yeah Club Soul, Club Soul City, oh yeah So if you're down on your spirit And there ain't no-one who cares If you're lost and you're lonely You won't be lonely down there You can't miss it, it's just up the highway On the front door there's a sign that says Restricted to the losing kind Club Soul, Club Soul City, yeah yeah yeah Club Soul, Club Soul City, oh yeah Club Soul, Club Soul City, yeah yeah yeah Club Soul, Club Soul City, oh yeah DEDICATION Well way back in the Bible time A cat named Noah built an ocean liner Everybody laughed whent hey told him why But when the rain came, Noah was high and dry 'Cause he had Dedication baby through and through Dedication like I give to you Dedication girl every way Dedication girl every day Well Admiral Byrd and some eskimos They took a little trip to the old North Pole When they said it was a miracle they made it back Well they said that wasn't any miracle, Jack Dedication baby through and through Dedication like I give to you Dedication girl every way Dedication girl every day Well now there was a movie star out in Hollywood He met a little girl, they got along real good He tried to split but the chick said "Buddy, not so fast Ain't gonna wrap me on your arms, then wrap me in some cash" Now it was on TV every word they said If you didn't see it man, you must have been late She got on the witness pedestal without care She turned to the judge and this is what she said Dedication judge every way Dedication judge in every way I need some Dedication judge that can't be spent A little dedication judge to pay the rent Dedication baby through and through Dedication like I give to you Dedication girl every way Dedication girl every day D-E-D-I-C-A-T-I-O-N D-E-D-I-C-A-T-I-O-N D-E-D-I-C-A-T-I-O-N THE FEVER (Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes) When I get home from my job, I turn on my TV But I can't keep my mind on the show When I lay down at night, I don't get no sleep So I turn on the radio But lord, the only thing I hear is you whisp'rin' in my ear Them words that you used to say Well now the days grow longer, my love grows stronger And the fever gets worse every day I got the fever for this girl He's got the fever, oh he's got the fever, nothing that a boy can do When he's got the fever for a girl He's got the fever, oh he's got the fever Left this little boy blue I can remember coming home, see you standing at the stove With the dishes on the table, dinner ready to go Well maybe out to a movie show Something that you like to see Because you were my sun in the morning, you were my moon at night When I think about you, makes me feel alright Well now the days grow longer, the love just grows stronger And the fever gets so bad at night He's got the fever, oh he's got the fever, nothing that a boy can do When he's got the fever for a girl He's got the fever, oh he's got the fever Left this little boy blue All right FROM SMALL THINGS (BIG THINGS ONE DAY COME) (Dave Edmunds) At sixteen she quit highschool To make her fortune in the promised land She got a job behind the counter In an all-night hamburger stand She wrote faithfully home "Dear Mama Now Mama don't you worry none From small things, Mama, Big things one day come" It was late one Friday He pulled in out of the dark He was tall and handsome First she took his order, then she took his heart They bought a house on the hillside Where little feet soon would run "From small things, Mama, Big things one day come" Oh but love is fleeting It's sad but it's true When your heart is beating You don't wanna hear the news She packed her bags And with a Wyoming County real estate man She went down to Tampa In an Eldorado Grande She wrote back, "Dear Mama Life is just heaven in the sun From small things, Mama, Big things one day come" Wel she shot him dead On a sunny Florida road When they caught her all she said Was she couldn't stand the way he drove Back home lonesome Johnny Prays for his baby's parole He waits high on the hillside Where the Wyoming rivers flow At his feet, and almost grown now A blue-eyed daughter and a handsome son "From small things, Mama, Big things one day come Yes, from small things, Mama, Big things one day come" HOLD ON (Gary U.S.Bonds) I worked hard, bay, night and day The things I had, somebody took away They took away everything I earned But ther's one lesson that I have learned You've got to hold on, little girl, to what you've got You've got to hold on, little girl, to what you've got You've got to hold on, little girl, to what you've got You've got to hold on, little girl, to what you've got I've been pushed and I've been knocked down But I picked myself right back up off the ground And baby there's one thing that I have found Fighting is the only way so stand your ground You've got to hold on, little girl, to what you've got You've got to hold on, little girl, to what you've got You've got to hold on, little girl, to what you've got You've got to hold on, little girl, to what you've got I've been used, I've been abused I've had, baby, my regrets I've been lost, I paid the cost But there's one thing I ain't forget I've heard some hard lines, I've seen some crying times Bad luck and trouble, they been friends of mine Got to stand straight and stare right at your fate And play it hard before it's too late And then just hold on, little girl, to what you've got You've got to hold on, little girl, to what you've got You've got to hold on, little girl, to what you've got You've got to hold on, little girl, to what you've got You've got to hold on, little girl, to what you've got You've got to hold on, little girl, to what you've got You've got to hold on, little girl, to what you've got You've got to hold on, little girl, to what you've got IF I WERE THE PRIEST (Allan Clarke) Well there's a light on yonder mountain And it's calling me to shine There's a girl over by the water fountain And she's asking to be mine And ain't that Jesus he's standing in the doorway With a buckskin jacket, boots and spurs, so really fine He says "We need you up in Dodge City, son 'Cause there's oh so many bad boys (just too many outlaws) Tryin' to work the same line. " Well now if Jesus was the sheriff and I were the priest If my lady was an heiress and my mama was a thief Oh and Papa rode shotgun for the Fargo line There's still too many outlaws (bad boys) Tryin' to work the same line Now old sweet Virgin Mary She runs the Holy Grail Salloon Where for a nickel they'll give you whiskey And a personally blessed balloon And the Holy Ghost, he's the host with the most He runs the burlesque show Where they let you in for free But oh hit you for your soul when you go And Mary serves Mass on Sunday And then she sells her body on Monday To the bootleggers who'll pay the highest price But he don't know he got stuck with a loser Mary's a stone junkie what's more she's a boozer And she's only been made once or twice By some kind of magic Well things ain't been the same in heaven Ever since big bad Bobby came to town He's been known to down eleven And then ask for another round And me I got scabs on my knees From kneeling way too long I gotta take a stand, be the man, up where you belong And forget about the old friends and the old times Because there's just too many new boys Tryin' to work the same line Well now if Jesus was the sheriff and I were the priest If my lady was an heiress and my mama was a thief Oh and Papa rode shotgun for the Fargo line There's still too many outlaws (bad boys) Tryin' to work the same line Now there's a light on yonder mountain And it's calling me to shine There's a girl by the water fountain And she's asking to be mine And Jesus he's standing in the doorway With his six-guns drawn, and ready to fan He says "We need you son, up in Dodge City" But I'm already overdue in Cheyenne JEANNIE NEEDS A SHOOTER (Warren Zevon) I was born down by the river Where the dirty river flows And the cool wind cut through me It cut right through my clothes And the anger and the yearning Like fever in my veins Set the fire burning She came down from Knightstown With her hands hard from the line From the first time I laid eyes on her I knew that she's be mine Her father was a lawman He swore he'd shoot me dead 'Cause he knew I wanted Jeannie And I'd have her like I'd said Jeannie needs a shooter, shooter like me Jeannie needs a shooter Jeannie needs a shooter, shooter on her side Jeannie needs a shooter Jeannie needs a shooter Jeannie needs a shooter We met down by the river On the final day in May And when I leaned down to kiss her She did not turn away I drew out all my money And together we did vow To meet that very evening And to get away somehow Jeannie needs a shooter, shooter like me Jeannie needs a shooter Jeannie needs a shooter, shooter on her side Jeannie needs a shooter Jeannie needs a shooter Jeannie needs a shooter The night was cold and rainy Down by the borderline I was riding hard to meet her When a shot rang out behind As I lay there in the darkness With a pistol by my side Jeannie and her father Rode off into the night Jeannie needs a shooter LITTLE GIRL SO FINE (Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes) After the music had stopped I still heard it playing I moved a little closer to hear The words she was saying She said I'll never break your heart I'll never try to fake it My love is here for you All you have to do is take it Kisses sweeter than wine My little girl so fine The night seemed to say it was right But could I believe her My heart said, it's time to go But my eyes wouldn't leave her There's always somebody trying to break your heart Somebody trying to take it My little girl tried so hard To help me make it Kisses sweeter than wine My little girl so fine Oh, oh, oh, oh, sha la la Oh, oh, sha la la So fine Oh, oh, oh, oh, sha la la Oh, oh, sha la la So fine When we danced I forgot everything and whispered Hold me tight Take a chance On what tomorrown brings Won't you be mine, be mine Be mine tonight We walked away laughing together Into the night for ever and ever and ever Now I know I'll never break me baby's heart I'll never try to fake it I'll give her all my love All she has to do is take it Kisses sweeter than wine My little girl so fine Kisses sweeter than wine My little girl so fine Oh, oh, oh, oh Kisses sweeter than wine My little girl so fine Oh, oh, oh, oh, sha la la Oh, oh, sha la la So fine LOVE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF TOWN (Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes) I was there When you needed someone Look now baby And see what we have undone Oh I did most of the talking But you were the one who lied Bye bye baby Out love is tumbling down I can't be hanging around Love on the wrong side of town Oh baby You were gone When I needed you by my side There was no one To dry the tears from my eyes Oh you were the one who cheated But I was the one who cried Bye bye baby Out love is tumbling down I can't be hanging around Love on the wrong side of town Bye bye baby Out love is tumbling down I can't be hanging around Love on the wrong side of town Bye bye baby Love on the wrong side of town Bye bye baby Bye bye darling Bye bye baby LOVE'S ON THE LINE (Gary U.S.Bonds) Tell me baby Have we lost everything that we had before What do you do in the day When I walk out the door I can see you made up your mind And I know our love's on the line Love's on the line, our love's on the line Love's on the line, our love's on the line Love's on the line, our love's on the line With each passing day I gotta watch more and more what I say to you I can feel your eyes looking through me As I sit at the table at dinnertime I can feel our love's on the line Love's on the line, our love's on the line Love's on the line, our love's on the line Love's on the line, our love's on the line I watch our kids Growin' up, going to school Is there anything else for us now Are we both just fools Wasting our precious time At night we lay in bed But it's like you're not even there There's something real bad Going wrong somewhere Last night I heard you cry And I know our love's on the line Love's on the line, our love's on the line Love's on the line, our love's on the line Love's on the line, our love's on the line Love's on the line Songs To Orphans (part 3, 13) ON THE PROWL (with Cats On A Smooth Surface) Well night after lonely night My head don't touch the bed I'm on a two-lane black-top Cruisin' in my rocket sled I'm on the prowl Yeah I'm on the prowl Well I'm looking for a gal, gal, gal Hey, hey, hey, I'm on the prowl There's only one thing that I'm certain Every mile, mile, mile Keep a-serachin', serachin', serachin' For a wild, wild, child I'm on the prowl I'm on the prowl I'm looking for a gal, gal, gal Hey, hey, hey, I'm on the prowl They got a name for Dracula And Frankenstein's son They ain;t got no name now (Mister) For this monster (thing that) I've become I'm on the prowl I'm on the prowl I'm looking for a gal, gal, gal Hey, hey, hey, I'm on the prowl I keep lookin' I keep searchin' I keep searchin' I keep searchin' Only one thing that I'm certain Every mile, mile, mile I keep searchin', searchin', searchin', searchin', searchin' In the morning I check my mirror And I hang my head and cry But at night I get a burning, burning, burning deep inside I'm on the prowl I'm on the prowl I'm looking for a gal, gal, gal Hey, hey, hey, I'm on the prowl In the morning I check my mirror And I hang my head and cry But at night I get a burning, burning, burning, burning, burning. burning There's only one thing that I'm certain Every while, while, while While my heart is hurtin', hurtin' Every mile, mile, mile I gotta keep searchin', searchin', searchin', searchin', searchin' OUT OF WORK (Gary U.S.Bonds) 8 a.m. I'm up and my feet beating on the sidewalk Down at the unemployment agency, all I get is talk I check the want ads but there just ain't nobody hiring What's a man supposed to do when he's down and he's Out of work I need a job, I'm out of work I'm unemployed, I'm out of work I need a job, I'm out of work I go to pick my girl up Her name is Linda Brown Her dad invites me in He tells me to sit down The small talk that we're making Is going pretty smooth But then he drops a bomb "Son, what d'ya do ?" I'm out of work I need a job, I'm out of work I'm unemployed, I'm out of work I need a job, I'm out of work Hey Mr President I know you got your plans You're doing all you can now to aid the little man We got to do our best to whip that inflation down Maybe you got a job for me just driving you around I'm out of work These hard times, they're enough To make a man lose his mind I'm out of work Up there you got a job but down here below I'm out of work I need a job, I'm out of work I'm unemployed, I'm out of work I need a job, I'm out of work I'm out of work I'm out of work I'm out of work I'm out of work I'm out of work I'm out of work I'm out of work PROTECTION (Donna Summer) Night after night I keep holding on You say you love me Then you leave me so lonely Baby I don't believe a word you're sayin' I think it's all some evil game you're playin' Still all day long all I do is think about you You got me believin' that I can't live without you Well if you want it, here's my confession Baby I can't help it, you're my obsession Protection, that's what I need I need protection, baby, from your love Protection, that's what I need I need protection, baby, from your love I wait at home by the telephone When I call your house, baby, you're not there Knock on the door and I rush down the stairs When I open up, baby, you're not there When we're together When we're together and you put your arms around me You keep my mind Forever, ever in doubt You want me believin' That, baby, I can't live without Protection, that's what I need I need protection, baby, from your love Protection, that's what I need I need protection, baby, from your love We stand alone, at my window And stare out, at the shadows down below I mfeel your fingers on my face I want to stay, I want to run away Protection, that's what I need I need protection, baby, from your love Protection, that's what I need I need protection, baby, from your love RENDEZVOUS (Gary U.S.Bonds/Greg Khin) I had a dream our love would last forever I had a dream, tonight my dream comes true So meet me at midnight (So if you'll love me tight) We'll be riders, girl, on the night Rendezvous Haven't I told (showed) you, girl, how much I like you I got a feeling that you like me too And (so) if you'll love me tight We'll be riders, girl, on the night I wanna rendezvous We deserve so much more than this girl 'Cause I'm riding on the power And livin on the promise In your last kiss Because I had a dream our love would last forever I had a dream, tonight my dream comes true So if you'll hold me tight We'll be riders, girl, on the night Rendezvous I wanna rendezvous I wanna rendezvous I wanna rendez, I wanna rendez I wanna rendezvous SAVIN' UP (Clarence Clemons & The Red Bank Rockers) You may have diamonds You may have pearls You may think you got it baby Over all the other girls But honey you ain't got nothing And I'll tell you why If you're empty as a soul can be, baby Deep down inside You better start savin' up For the things that money can't buy You better start savin' up For the things that money can't buy You better start savin' up For the things that money can't buy You better start savin' up For the things that money can't buy You may have a big backyard And ruby rings And my love's just a second-place runner, honey To your fancy things But what you got to hold on to When the lights go down You come lookin' for me baby But I ain't nowhere around You better start savin' up For the things that money can't buy You better start savin' up For the things that money can't buy You better start You need a strong man, baby To love and understand you A man who ain't afraid, sugar To get some dirt on his hands for you And when you're feeling so down-hearted And all you wanna do is cry Ah, just come on, take my hand, baby Together you and I We could start savin' up For the things that money can't buy We'd better start savin' up For the things that money can't buy You better start savin' up For the things that money can't buy You better start savin' up For the things that money can't buy Songs To Orphans (part 3, 18) TALK TO ME (Southisde Johnny & The Asbury Jukes) Well every night I see a light up in your window But every night you won't answer your door But although you won't ever let me in From the street I can see your silhouette sittin' close to him What must I do What does it take To get you to Talk to me Until the night is over Talk to me Well until the night is over, yeah yeah yeah I got a full week's pay And baby I've been working hard each day I'm not asking for the world you see I'm just asking girl Talk to me Well late at night I hear the music that you're playing soft and low Yes and late at night I see the two of you swayin', so close I don't understand darling what was my sin Why am I down here below while you're up there with him What did I do What did I say What must I pay To get you to Talk to me Until the night is over Talk to me Well until the night is over, yeah yeah yeah I got a full week's pay And baby I've been working hard each day I'm not asking for the world you see I'm just asking girl Talk to me Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I don't understand darling what was my sin Why am I down here below while you're up there with him What did I do What did I say What must I pay To get you to Talk to me Until the night is over Talk to me Well until the night is over, yeah yeah yeah I got a full week's pay And baby I've been working hard each day I'm not asking for the world you see I'm down on my bended knees I'm just asking darling please won't you Talk to me THIS LITTLE GIRL (Gary U.S.Bonds) Here she comes, walking down the street You know she's walking just like she's walking to come and see Oh she's so young And she's so fine I know what's on your mind, know what you want to do But if you mess with her, I'm gonna mess with you You better watch your step, you better stay in line This little girl is mine, oh oh This little girl is mine, oh oh This little girl is mine, this little girl, this little girl is mine Oh oh this little girl is mine This little girl is mine, oh oh This little girl is mine, this little girl, this little girl is mine Well if the world were mine to do with what I want to do, sir Well I'd wrap it up in a bow and giver it all to her Yeah and all of my love, all of the time You know I'd hold her tight, I'd never let her go And late at night you know I'd love her so Yeah I'd treat her right, so she'd never mind That This little girl is mine, oh oh This little girl is mine, oh oh This little girl is mine, this little girl, this little girl is mine Hey ! You better watch out I'm telling you the score Or you're gonna be sweeping your broken heart up off the floor Oh and that ain't all I'm telling you my friend I know what's on your mind, know what you wanna do But if you mess with her, I'm gonna mess with you You like the way she moves, you like to watch her walk You better listen up, 'cause man this ain't just talk You better watch your step, you better stay in line This little girl is mine, oh oh This little girl is mine, oh oh This little girl is mine, this little girl, this little girl is mine Oh oh this little girl is mine This little girl is mine, oh oh This little girl is mine, this little girl, this little girl is mine This little girl is mine, oh oh This little girl is mine, oh oh This little girl is mine, this little girl, this little girl is mine Oh oh this little girl is mine This little girl is mine, oh oh This little girl is mine, this little girl, this little girl is mine TRAPPED AGAIN (Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes) Here I am baby, right where you found me Trying to break these chains that surround me If I look a little different, it's because I've changed Half-painted pictures are all that remains I can't let my past mistakes Let 'em bring me down I ain't waitin' on no angel of mercy I've tried my best and I can't help myself And I'm trapped again And I can't get out without losing you And I'm trapped again Why can't you feel what I'm going through I'm trapped again I need an answer girl, can't you see I'm trapped again Come and rescue me Monday morning came so fast What a fool to think that dreams would last Close my eyes and it's still so clear Remember the night girl, the world disappeared Can't let the hand of fate Let it drag me down I can't get no angel of mercy I cam to stay but I got swept away And I'm trapped again And I can't get out without losing you And I'm trapped again Why can't you feel what I'm going through I'm trapped again I need an answer girl, can't you see I'm trapped again Come and rescue me Can't let the hand of fate Let it drag me down I can't get no angel of mercy I cam to stay but I got swept away And I'm trapped again And I can't get out without losing you And I'm trapped again Why can't you feel what I'm going through I'm trapped again I need an answer girl, can't you see I'm trapped again Come and rescue me And I'm trapped again And I can't get out without losing you And I'm trapped again Why can't you feel what I'm going through I'm trapped again WHEN YOU DANCE (Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes) When you dance I hear the music rocking everywhere When you dance I see the lights shining through your hair When you dance The band is blowing like a hurricane When you dance You look so fine but you don't know my name Come near baby, don't be afraid Just one taste won't do I can't hold back one more day Sugar I know I got to dance with you When you dance Your smile ain't hiding what you're thinking of When you dance Your body trembles like you're making love When you move, baby My soul is aching and my blood runs hot Run into me now My heart is breaking, shaking what you got Come near baby, don't be afraid Just one taste won't do I can't hold back one more day Sugar I know I got to dance with you Shake 'em down now Come near baby, don't be afraid Just one taste won't do I can't hold back one more day Sugar I know I got to dance with you Oh yeah baby When you dance I hear the music rocking everywhere When you dance, baby This time you tumble, honey, I don't care When you dance YOU MEAN SO MUCH TO ME (Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes with Ronnie Spector) When she comes to me, like a childhood song Or an old time friend, I haven't seen in so long When she sings to me it's like a robin's song She can be so sweet (She can sing so sweet) No, she won't do me no wrong When he comes to me in the dark of night I'm scared and lonely, he can make it alright When he sings to me, soft and low I cry, oh daddy, please don't let this little girl go You mean so much to me baby You know you're drivin' me crazy You mean so much to me baby Oh, I want you for my girl Oh yes I do Sometimes she's like a baby playing with a toy Sometimes she's so much woman She makes me feel like a little boy When she comes to me and she's all alone I cry, hey baby, please don't do me no wrong (And she cries, oh daddy, make me strong) And that's when She means so much to me baby (You mean so much to me baby) You know you're drivin' me crazy You mean so much to me baby Oh, I want you for my girl (guy) Oh baby, I love you so, yes I do Oh baby, don't ever let me go, oh no, no When I wake up in the morning and you're by my side I know we got a love that will never die In the cool of the evening, when you give me that sign You know I ain't leavin', oh we got a love so fine You mean so much to me baby You know you're drivon' me crazy You mean so much to me baby Oh I want you for my, -mmm, baby Oh I want you for my, -ooh, baby I want you for my girl YOUR LOVE (Gary U.S. Bonds) She promises to be yours forever and always And you're too young to know it don't work out that way When she kisses you and your heart skips And you're ten feet off the ground Soon you'll be crying and that when you'll have found That Your love is gonna let you down, boy Your love is gonna let you down Your love is gonna let you down, boy Your love is gonna let you down Well it's kisses and sweet talk When she first starts coming round But soon tears start falling down You say every day she makes your dreams come true But soon those very dreams will be the death of you Well Your love is gonna let you down, boy Your love is gonna let you down Your love is gonna let you down, boy Your love is gonna let you down No cold denials, no-one really lied It was time spent, promise inplied And suddenly you see something new in her eyes And in that moment you realise Lately you've been walking the streets at night Like an empty shadow in the morning light Like an empty shadow that's suddenly found That your love is gonna let you down Your love is gonna let you down, boy Your love is gonna let you down Your love is gonna let you down, boy Your love is gonna let you down Appendix: Songs covered by other artists (Thanks to Matt Allan & Paul Limbrick) All I Need Gary US Bonds Angelyne Gary US Bonds Because The Night Patti Smith Group/Starsound Blinded By The Light Allan Clarke/Manfred Mann Born To Run Allan Clarke/Joe Piscopo/MBAs/FGTH Club Soul City Gary US Bonds Dedication Gary US Bonds E Street Shuffle Bette Midler Factory Arizona Smoke Revue Fever Southside Johnny/Alan Rich/Dean Ford/ Pointer Sisters Fire Pointer Sisters/Robert Gordon/Starsound/ Shakin' Stevens For You Greg Kihn/Manfred Mann/Duessenberg/Janne Anderson Pop (Swedish 'Till Dei') 4th Of July Asbury Park (Sandy) Hollies From Small Things... Dave Edmunds Growin' Up David Bowie/Heroes/Any Trouble/Alvin Stardust Hearts Of Stone SSJ Highway Patrolman Johnny Cash Hold On Gary US Bonds Hungry Heart Andy Hamilton(Superchart Sax instrumental) If I Were The Priest Allan Clarke Jeannie Needs A Shooter Warren Zevon Johnny 99 Johnny Cash Little Girl So Fine SSJ Love On The Wrong Side Of Town SSJ Love's On The Line Gary US Bonds Out Of Work Gary US Bonds Protection Donna Summer Racing In The Street Paul Hand/Emmylou Harris Rendezvous Greg Kihn/Gary US Bonds Saint In The City David Bowie Savin' Up CC & The Red Bank Rockers Seaside Bar Song Little Bob Story (Sancious) (S)He's The One Rhonda Spirit In The Night Manfred Mann Streets Of Fire Dicktool Co. Summer On Signal Hill CC & The Red Bank Rockers Talk To me SSJ Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out 1/2 Japanese The Price You Pay Emmylou Harris This Little Girl Gary US Bonds Trapped Again SSJ When You Dance SSJ You Mean So Much To Me SSJ & Ronie Spector Your Love Gary US Bonds Live Covers Only (Unrecorded) Because The Night Marianne Faithful Born To Run DBs Cadillac Ranch Warren Zevon Candy's Room Queen City Kids Don't Look Back The Knack Factory Flying Pickets Fire CC &The Red bank Rockers/Cher/Klystron/ Link Wray/Ronnie Milsap From Small Things CC &../Beaver Brown/Cats On A Smooth Surface Hungry Heart Darlene Love/Screemers/Malurt Johnny Bye Bye Iron City Houserockers On The Prowl Cats On A Smooth Surface Open All Night Cats On A Smooth Surface Paradise By The C CC & The Red Bank Rockers Pink Cadillac Bette Midler Ramrod Cats On A Smooth Surface Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out CC & The Red Bank Rockers The Ties That Bind Eddie & The Hot Rods Thundercrack Beaver Brown You Can Look Cats On A Smooth Surface All the Way Home Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes Club Soul City Killer Joe Summer on Signal Hill Killer Joe Reason to Believe The Beat Farmers Atlantic City The Reivers State Trooper Cowboy Junkies Mansion on the Hill Emmylou Harris Tougher than the Rest Emmylou Harris Born to Run Emmylou Harris Tougher than the Rest Everything but the Girl This Little Girl The Persuasions If I Should Fall Behind Dion Pink Cadillac Natalie Cole Pink Cadillac Carl Perkins Born in the USA Stanley Clarke (2 released versions) Don't Look Back The Knack (officially released, 1992) Light of Day Joan Jett (aka the Barbusters) The Big Payback Mojo Nixon Thunder Road John Berry Cadillac Ranch Nitty Gritty Dirt Band From Small Things... Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Dancing in the Dark Big Daddy Fire Southside Johnny Dancing in the Dark Tina Turner Hungry Heart Rod Stewart Because the Night 10000 Maniacs (scheduled for release, 10/26) Man at the Top Nils Lofgren A LOVE SO FINE (PARADISE BY THE SEA) Well there's sparklin' angels on your fire-escape tonight They line them up for you trying to keep you safe But with them fire alley burglars on a midnight vamp You lost your heart on Main Street to a beautiful tramp That's all right, I don;t mind `Cause I got (you got) a love so fine A love so fine, me and my baby A love so fine, me and my baby A love so fine The rat's traps are filled with soul crusaders Everybody's popping and hopping and jumping At Little Melvin and The Invaders You're out on the floor and you can't get up Your baby's out there dancing and struttin' that Continental Strut She looks so good, she looks so fine (she blows your mind) Oh we (you) got a love so fine A love so fine A love so fine A love so fine Everybody's reeling when the band hits the ceiling Don't you know you just wanna go The boys start (joint gets) rockin', your knees start knockin' Everybody party, go Let's go The bar's closed down (It's 3 o'clock and the bar's closed) You walk to the shady side of town all alone (Well you walk along with your) Papa's screaming at you, he wants some cash (baby to the dirty side of town) Mama's chewing you (me) off about hanging out with (alley) trash That's allm right, oh you don't mind 'Cause you've got a love so fine, oh me and my baby A love so fine A love so fine A love so fine BORN TO RUN In the day we sweat it out on the streets Of a runaway American dream At night we stop and tremble in heat With murder in our dreams (schemes) Sprung from cages on Highway 9 Chrome wheel, fuel injected And steppin' out over the line Baby this town rips the bones from your back It's a death trap, (it's) a suicide rap We gotta get out while we're young 'Cause tramps like us, baby, We were born to run So close your tires eyes little one And crawl within my reach Oh and wrap your legs round these velvet rims And we'll ride tonight on the beach Out where the surfers, sad, wet and cold As they watch the skies There'll be a silence to match their own Oh will you walk (with me) Wendy out on the wire 'Cause I'm just a scared and lonely rider But I gotta know how it feels I wanna know if love is wild (baby) I wanna know if love is real Oh yes I do Well outside the Palace the hemi-powered drones Scream down the Boulevard The girls comb their hair in custom mirrors And the boys try to look so hard Like animals [acing in a black dark cage Senses on overload They're gonna end this night in a senseless fight And then watch the world explode The Highway's jammed with broken heroes And a loneliness in their eyes Everybody's (out) on the run tonight But there's no place where you could hide We gotta live with the sadness Drive through the madness Oh burstin' off the radio Oh well maybe someday girl I'll get us somewhere We'll get to that place we really wanna go And we'll walk in the sun But till then Tramps like us Baby we were born to run CANDY'S ROOM/CANDY'S BOY (slow version) In Candy's room There are pictures of her saviours on the wall But to get to Candy's room You gotta walk the darkness of Candy's hall Strangers from the city call my baby's number And they bring Candy toys But when I come knocking She smiles pretty She knows tonight I'm gonna be Candy's boy Well in the olden days When the Mongolian gangs rode out on Route 9 We'd go ridin' in the rain Running south Way down through the pines Weekends in the sun in that cheap motel Down by the dynamo We loved each other Till there was nothin' left And drove that old car As hard and fast as she would go Well like a cold wind blowing And babe I needed you But Candy's got a man Who takes care of her Better than I do Well there's machines and there's fire Waiting for us on the edge of town And there's some boys for hire And they're waitin' to blow me and Candy down It's alright 'cause they can't touch us now, babe, you see But I know in the end that I will forever be Candy's boy CIRCUS SONG The machinist climbs his ferris wheel liek a brave And the fire eater's lyin' in a pool of sweat victim of the heatwave Behind the tent the leatherboy tightens his legs On the sword swallower's blade Circus town's on the shortwave Well now (and) the runway lies ahead like a great false dawn Oh fat lady, Missy Bimbo, sits in her chair and yawns And the man-beast lies in his cage sniffin' popcorn The midget licks his fingers and suffers Missy Bimbo's scorn The circus town's been born Oh and a (the) press-roll drummer go, ballerina to-and-fro Cart-wheelin' up on (across) the tightrope (And) with a cannon blast, lightning flash, moving fast through The tent Mars bent, he's gonna miss his fall Oh God save the human cannonball And the flying Zambini's watch Marguerita do her neck twist (And) the ringmaster gets the crowd to count along Ninety-five, ninety-six,....ninety-seven And behind the tent half bent money spent With his wet face fallin' (make-up drippin') on the ground With a half-smile half-frown goin' down Oh Jesus sent some sweet women to save all the clowns And circus boy dances like a monkey on barbed wire And the barker romances with a junkie, she's got a flat tyre And the elephants dance real funky, and the band plays like a jungle fire Circus town's on the live wire Samson lifts the midget up above the liars Hear the liars, they're outside crying Hear the liars, they're inside sighing Hear the liars, listenin' to the barker Hear the liars, watching the centre ring Oh hear the liars, up on the trapeze Oh hear the liars, feel their fire Oh hear the liars, feel their fire Oh hear the liars, they're all scared of dying Well anybody wants to try the big top All aboard, Nebraska's our next stop THE FAST SONG (CANDY'S ROOM) The night rushes in through the door Kids running across the floor Those guys aim it'll tear this town down And blow it into the sea Man that's alright with me 'Cause I don't care anymore She, she who is everything The fever that she brings She's got everything And I've got caught Wasting my life so bad Just looking for the facts Sometimes I Feel like I'm walking dazed The blood rushes in my veins I can hear it flow She lives in a world of dreams come true But she don't know like I do Not like I do 'Cause I was nothing Over and over again Alone when the nights roll in, without her She's a miracle in diamond rings She has men who bring her anything she wants But they don't see That what she wants is me Oh and I want her so I'll never let her go Me, walking ikn the room Alone when the nights roll in Without her, without her, without her JUNGELAND (early version) Well the Rangers had a home-coming in Harlem late last night And the Magic Rat piloted his sleek machine across the Jersey State Line Barefoot girl sits drinking warm beer on the hood of an old Dodge In the soft summer rain Rat rolls up his pants, together they'd make a stab at romance And move down Flamingo Lane Well now the maximum lawmen they run down the Flamingo chasing the Rat And the barefoot girl But the kids they live like shadows in empty doorways (But they live like shadows in the vacant doorways) Always silent, holding hands The Rat pulls her close (The Rat pulls Mary close) And from the churches to the jails there is silence in the world (all is silent in the world) For tonight they'd take their chance Down here in Jungleland Well ther's a crazy kind of light tonight Brighter than the one that sparkles for prophets Brighter than the Giant Exxon sign that brings this fair city light There's an opera out on the Turnpike, there's a ballet being fought outside the alley Well the cops they let their faces show and rips this holy night The streets alive with tough-kid Jets in Nova-light machines Boys flash guitars like bayonets and rip holes in their jeans Then the hungry and the haunted explode into rock 'n' roll bands They face off against each other when they meet Down here in Jungleland The streets's on fire in a classic death waltz Between the masters of flesh and fantasy The poets down here don't write nothin' at all, they just stand and and let it a ll be And in the quick of the night they reach for their moment to make an honest stan d But they wind up wounded, not rightly dead, down here in Jungleland - yes they d o Oh beneath the city their hearts beat, soul cool engines tired and brave Oh as the young (jungle) girls stand by fire angels fallen in the city In the tunnels of machines they'll hear the screams Drowned out by the roarin' trains Them rats above, oh locked in love The Rat saves her from the edge of an on-coming train That Angel rides a... Down here in Jungleland - oh yes they do They hear the animals sing - oh oh oh Alternative verses: =================== In the parking lots the visionairies are dressed in the latest rage As the Spanish Angels dance soft and low in a blacked arcade But the lights are so bright as he crosses the room The band moves into the song He takes her hand, looks in her eyes and they're gone - gone In the tunnel of machines the Rat chases his dreams On that forever (lasting) burning light So the barefoot girl crawls into bed, shakes her head And with a kiss and a sigh she shuts out all the light Beneath the city their hearts beat, soul cool engines silent and... Oh until the girls cry like silent angels in Port Authority halls In the tunnel of machines they'll hear the screams Drowned out by the roarin' train And layers above, oh locked in love The Rat reappears on Flamingo Lane Then an angel rises from the sands And disappears - down in Jungleland LET'S GO TONIGHT (JOHNNY BYE BYE) Hey little girl with the red dress on There's a party tonight down in ... Yeah and I'm goin' if you need a ride Come on, come on, let's go tonight Well baby the dreamers .... They ride down the streets with death in their eyes And the new world's defeat, baby, it eats your eyes Come on, come on, let's go tonight I said come on, come on, let's go tonight Well a man ... And he lost his wife He walks down the streets babe, with death in his eyes Well everybody wants heaven But nobody wants to die Come on, come on, let's go tonight Baby, come on, come on, let's go tonight I said come on, come on, let's go tonight NEW YORK SONG (NEW YORK CITY SERENADE) Oh Blackie's down by the railroad tracks (Shotgun Black, he's down by the railroad tracks) He sinks (he's sittin') low in the back seat of his Cadillac And Diamond Jackie, she's so intact She falls like an angel beneath him (She freezes like ice beneath Shotgun's attck) Now Jackie's heels are stacked (Oh Diamond's shoes are shellac) She got cleats on her boots Together they're gonna boogaloo down Broadway And come back (home) with the loot Because it's midnight in Manhattan This is no time to get cute It's a mad dogs' (madcap) promenade Singing a New York City serenade Oh well ain't Jackie pretty, ain't she sweet Her fate lies at midnight between her teeth She got a dirty big (old) daddy who through all the years (tears) (whose fist pump like gears) Has supplied her with hope and kept her in fear Well now he's a lone privateer working down on the docks He was born in 1943 and almost died of the shock Now he comes home and drags her to some deep side joint Where all night long those (the eternal) punks they rock Until she breaks down and falls, soft (so helpless) like a child Cryin' "New York City, you're so wild" And in the night air you hear cryin' Oh now the girls say anything, those girls say (cry) anything He was born on the border of that Kansas line When he broke into town the weather vane was hot, ninety degrees (it was the summer in '63) He swore he'd bust (break) that monster to his knees Now some folks said he was the master of the universe Some people say he was the holder of the cosmic keys Oh and his throat was choked with lightning From some childhood disease And with a tommygun blast he got the people screamin' Till he falls helpless (and he lies empty) in Times Square Just like streets scum Cryin' "New York City kills young" Cryin' "New York City kills young" And from a tenement window you hear cryin' (a baby cries) POINT BLANK (alternative) Well say your prayers little darling and go to sleep tonight Pray that come tomorrow everything will be alright But tomorrow falls in number, you're numbered one by one Look up girl you're dying, and you don;t even know what from Well baby, point blank, right between the eyes, they got you Point blank, right between them pretty lies that they sell Point blank, right between the eyes, baby Point blank, right between them pretty lies that they sell They fed you and they raised you and then one day you learned All the things that baby wants, baby has to earn So you work all day until you broke apart And then all them pretty things you like Well you will never have, 'cause darling Point Blank, they shot you from behind, baby Point Blank, the joke's on you, they got you girl this time They've got you in their sights, baby Point Blank, one false move and baby the lights go out Day turns to night time And night turns to day There's no time, no time for living All things just fade away, but you go on And you run, you keep your place, your number You run for your life But baby no-one survives untouched No-one survives untouvhed, no-one survives Hearts full of anger eyes filled with hate You see them on the street, you try to turn your eyes away But little girl, this time it's too late You hear their voices at night as you lock the door There'll be no sleep tonight for baby She don't believe them lies anymore And she stumbles into the morning Tryin' for her usual fix But baby them old distractions They just ain;t got the kicks no more And so you pack your pistol And you go out lookin' for someone But you're stuck in the middle girl You don't know where to aim the gun They got yhou caught, they got you in their sights, baby Point blank, they got you in their sights, baby Point blank, one false move and baby the lights go out Well right between the eyes, baby Point blank, right between them pretty lies that they tell Point blank, they got you in their sights, baby Point blank, one false move and baby the lights go out Point blank, right between the eyes, oh oh oh oh Point blank, right between them pretty lies that they sell Point blank, point blank Point blank, right between them pretty lies that they sell Point blank, they've got you in their sights, baby Point blank, one false move Baby the lights go out RACING IN THE STREET I got a '32 Ford she's a 318 Fuelie heads and a hurst on the floor And she'll be sitting tonight down in the parking lot At the 7-11 store Me and my partner Sonny built her straight outta scrap (scratch) And he rides with me from town to town We only run for the money, ain't no strings attached We shut 'em up and we shut 'em down And tonight, tonight the strip's just right I wanna blow 'em all out of their seats So come on out around the world We're going racing in the street Well we take all the action we can meet And we cover all the Northeast States When the strip shuts down we run 'em in the street From the backroads to the turnpike gates Well now some guys do it for the money And other guys do it 'cause they don't know what else they can do And me I just didn't have nothing left at home I got tired of waking up in a world somebody else owned And so tonight, tonight the strip's just right I wanna blow 'em off in my forst heat Summer's here and the time is right For going racing in the street Well I met her on the strip three years ago She was in a Camaro with this dude from LA And I blew that Camaro off my back And I stole that little girl away But now there's wrinkles round my baby's eyes And she cries herself to sleep at night When I come and the house is dark She whispers, hey baby did you make it alright Honey tonight tonight the strip's just right Baby you'll blow 'em all outta their seats And so come on out now, the time is right (little one and) We'll go racing in the street Yes come on out now little one And we'll go dying in the street Yes come on out now little one And we'll go dying in the street Well it really is the truth (true) Baby what else can we do Racing in the street Racing in the street Racing in the street Racing in the street Racing in the street SAD EYES Baby I remember you Baby I remember you Standin' on the corner Standin' on the corner Of Richmond (Kingsley) Avenue With your hair all up high With your hair all up high With your hair all up high With an eye for every boy That was passin' you by And I swore that for you I'd drive For you little girl I'd drive All night long Little girl I'd drive all night long Little girl I'd drive all night long Just to buy you some shoes And to taste your tender charms To have you hold me in your arms For just one kiss And a look from your sad eyes Yeah just one look from your pretty sad eyes I could tell you'd been crying Cry cry cry Darlin' you'd been crying And me I was so ready to be your fool I though somehow I could stop your cryin' Maybe somehow I could stop your cryin' But I didn't know how That baby you'd been lyin' Baby you'd been lyin' Little girl you'd been lyin' Little girl you'd been lyin' Little girl you'd been lyin' But now you're back Well baby I'm back too And I'm gonna say some things About me, about you We got to stop Little girl we got to stop Little girl we got to stop Little girl we got to stop Little girl we got to stop Little girl we got to stop Little girl we got to stop Little girl we got to stop Little girl we got to STOP SHE'S THE ONE With her killer graces And her secret places That no boy can fill With her hands on her hips Wearing that smile on her lips Because she knows how (that) it kills me With her soft French cream Well she's a young boy's dream And all the girls wanna rip her apart (Yeah,) but French cream won't soften those (her) boots And French kisses will not soften her heart With a smile that shines upon me One that burns just like the sun Oh, she's the one Well it was not distance And it was not length That brought down that wondergirl It was a date last night and a lover's fight That messed up baby's worlf (In a mixed-up baby's world) And you were with me in New York That time we pushed real hard and baby I got beat You ran and left me wasted Wasted, burning right there in the street With a smile that shines down on me(A ghost like dust,oh baby with that smile) One that burns just like the sun (Oh you were born to run) Oh, oh she's the one We hated your ma, we hated your pa We hated the kids, we hated the cops I hated the lies and I hated the truth that ran us down Most of all I hated the town and (for) what they did I hated the way they made us live I hated him for his fancy ways And I hated you when you went away Oh, she's the one Oh, she's the one Now you're back and you're huddled in the corner And hey, please save me like a child(Where you hated me baby,just like a child) Get back on your feet, come out into the street Where love was dangerous and wild Remember all the movies All them movies, baby That we'd go see Tryin' to learn how to walk Talk, talk rough Just like all the heroes We thought we had to be Smile that smile upon me (A smile that shines upon me) One that burns just like the sun Oh, she's the one Oh, she's the one SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT Well I'm riding down Kingsley, figuring I'll get a drink I turn the radio way up loud, so I don't have to think Then I take her to the floor Looking for a moment when the world seems right And I tear into the guts of something in the night I picked this chick up hitch-hiking She hung her head out the window and she screamed She said she was looking for someplace to go To die or be redeemed She said, well you can ride this road till dawn Without another human being in sight Everybody's gone lookin' for something in the night She said she was born with nothing Said she was better off that way Soon as you got something They send somebody to come along and try and take it away She wants me to push this old car Says together, me and her, we can make it clean Make it fast make it out of sight We can surrneder to the justice of something in the night And I know that nothing is forgotten or forgiven You only got one time around And there's stuff running round my head I can't live with or live down And inside all the Big Boys and the Players Sit around the table and mumble about some big wrong or right While kids like us rumble - over something in the night And then we found the things we loved They were crushed and dying in the dirt Me and her we tried to pick up, pick up some of the pieces And get away without getting hurt - should've known Because they caught us at the State line Burned our cars in one last fight And then they sent us running blind into the swamps Chasing something in the night Alternative final verses ------------------------ And now all them people out on the Island They better lock up their doors and take their children by the hand Because tonight the Devil will walk these streets like a king Better bring along some switchblades in case that old fool wants to fight You can tell him I'll be waiting in my room with all the light out Crazy with that something in the night Tonight me and that little girl we're gonna love each other Till we got nothing left to show We're gonna push my old car as hard and as fast as she will go For all the ones caught laughing in the face of the Devil Who went when the moment was right Somewhere we'll surrender to the beauty Of something in the night STREETS OF FIRE When the night's quiet and you don't care anymore And your eyes are tired and there's someone at your door And you realise you gotta let go And there's four tyres callin' in the morning On weak lies but babe I ain;t no liar We got streets of fire Streets of fire Streets of fire Streets of fire I'm wandering a loser down these tracks And I'm dying but babe I can't go back 'Cause in the darkness I hear somebody call my name And when you realise how they tricked you this time And it's all lies but I'm strung out on the wire In these streets of fire Streets of fire Streets of fire I live now, only with strangers I talk to only strangers 'Cause we know, you, yeah me and you girl, we know We know what it's all about now, baby And don't look in my face - don't 'Cause I'm strung out on the wire In these streets of fire, yeah Streets of fire Streets of fire Streets of fire Streets of fire THE TIES THAT BIND Tonight I'll pack my bags Late tonight I'll ride There will be nothing No-one at my side There's just a cold dark highway And a thin white line Will lead my to the ties that bind The ties that bind The ties that bind No man can break the ties that bind But in that lonely hour Right before the sun Baby, gotta believe You're the only one Because this strength in my heart Is all I got to remind me No man can forsake the ties that bind The ties that bind The ties that bind No man can break the ties that bind Tonight I'll pack my bags Late tonight I'll ride There will be no-one No-one at my side There's just a cold dark highway And a thin white line Will lead somewhere to the ties that bind VIBES MAN Vibes man in the alley Play me your spitball serenade Any deeper blue and you'll be playing in your grave Save your notes Spend 'em on your blues boy Help your darlin' yearlin' blues boy Hit the church note, ring it Vibes man, sting a trashcan Hear your junkman [junk made ?] singing Fish Lady, don't bait those tenement walks Don't take corner boys Because they're too easy You were born black and blue You didn't have to wait for somebody to hit you Take my arm, I'll move with you down Broadway Take my arm, oh honey I'll walk with you down Broadway I'm a young man and I'll be proud And I can talk real loud And I'm from out of town too Won't you come home with me Won't you come home with me But no, 'cause she won't take a train No she won't take that train oh no She won't take that train oh no She won't take that train oh no She won't take that train oh no Oh she won't take that train Lord she won't take that train Oh she won't take that train oh no She won't take that train She won't take that train 'Cause she's afraid those tracks are gonna slow her down And when she turns around I'm gonna be gone Like the notes in any man's song WALKING IN THE STREET Oh Billy stares at Cherry in the hall And walks out into the rain so blessed and tall Standin' on the corner with a gun underneath his coat Beneath the stars on the street Oh on Lexington Avenue they stand Velvet aces they case the promised land Reachin' out across the hoods with both hands Oh, tryin' to catch a ride Tonight we're lovers in the cold Running past the graveyards in the snow Walking in the street with nowhere to go And it's no, no, no Oh and the getaway driver waits outside the store He pulls away just as Billy runs out the door Oh and Billy won't run anymore, no, no, no Oh baby I can;t lay the stars at your feet Oh but I think we could take it all, just you and me Oh come on, you'll see, there's a lot of room For you baby, in this front seat Tonight we're lovers on that road (in the snow) Running past the graveyards in the snow Walking in the street with nowhere to go And it's oh, oh, oh WINGS FOR WHEELS (THUNDER ROAD) The screen door slams, Chritine's (Angelina's) dress waves Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays Roy Orbison singing for the lonely (Hey) that's me (babe) and I want you only Don't turn me home again I just can;t face myself alone (in that mirror) again tonight Don't run back inside, you know just what I'm here for So you're scared and you're thinking That maybe you (we) ain;t that young anymore Show a little faith (well woman) there's magic in the night You ain't a beauty but hey (baby, ah) you're alright And that's alright with me This 4/4 she's gonna overheat Make up your mind girl I gotta get her back out on the street I know you're lonely like me so baby don't try and fake it I'm no prince and I can;t lay the stars at your feet But I got this old car and she's pretty tough to beat There's plenty of room in my front seat, baby if you wanna take it Oh roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair It's like the rushing touch, the dirty wings them highway Angels wear Well tonight we're gonna find out how it feels I'm gonna trade in your wings - for wheels Climb in back, heaven's waiting down on the tracks Ah, mama, come take my hand (Well now try hard Chrissie to understand) We're gonna ride all the way to the promised land Oh I'm gonna dance all the way, dance all the way (Babe if you're born with nothing in your hands Hey it's your only chance) Well I don;t know but baby I've been told There's something waiting for us, down that dirty road Oh take a chance, take a chance, take a chance (Oh I wish you would come So leave what you've lost, leave what's grown old on Thunder Road) Well now I bought this guitar and I learned how to make it talk I got my car parked out back if you're ready to take that long walk From your front porch to my front seat Well I think we could take it all babe, just you and me Climb in back baby, the ride's for free Oh come take my hand, we're gonna ride all the way to the promised land We'll dance all the way Oh baby I don;t know but I;ve been told There's something waiting for us, down that dirty road If we take our chance, take our chance Now the season's over and I feel it getting cold I wish I could take you to some sandy beach where we'd never grow old Ah but baby you know that's just jive But tonight's bustin' open and I'm alive Oh do (baby) whay you can to make me feel like a man But this 4/4/2's gonna overheat Make up your mind girl, I gotta get her back out on the street I know you're lonely like me, oh so don;t fake it And maybe I can;t lay the stars at your feet But I got this old car and she's pretty tough to beat There's plenty of room in my front seat Oh if you think you can make it, climb in (So Christine climb in) This is town full of losers and baby I was born to win