So your home town's bringing you down Are ya drowing in the small talk and the chatter Or you gonna step into line like your daddy done Punching the time and driving lifes long letter
You've been howing at the moon like a slack jaw fool And breaking every rule they can throw on But one of these days it's gonna be right soon You'll find your legs and go and stay gone
Young man full of big plans and thinking about tomorrow Young man going to make a stand You beg, steal you borrow Ya beg ya steal ya borrow
Well all the friends that you knew in school They used to be so cool and they just bore you Well look at them now, already pulling the plow So quick to take to pain and some moarn you
Young man full of big plans and thinking about tomorrow Young man going to mak a stand You beg steal you borrow You beg you steal you borrow
Dreaming of the day You're gonna pack your bags Put the miles away Oh, just grab your girl and go Where no one knows you What will all the old folks say?
So the home town's bringing you down Are you drowing in the small talk and the chatter? Or you gonna step into line like your daddy done Punching the time and driving lifes long letter
Young man full of big plans and thinking about tomorrow Young man going to make a stand You beg, steal you borrow You beg you steal you bor
No food on my table. And no shoes to go on my feet. No food on my table. And no shoes to go on my feet. My children cry for mercy. They got no place to call your own.
Hard times, hard times. Hard times seem like a jealous thing. Hard times, hard times. Hard times seem like a jealous thing. If someone don't help me. And I just can't be around three months long.
No shoes on my feet. And no food to go on my table. Oh no, too sad. Children crying for bread.
Gravity is working against me And gravity wants to bring me down
Oh I'll never know what makes this man With all the love that his heart can stand Dream of ways to throw it all away
Oh Gravity is working against me And gravity wants to bring me down
Oh twice as much ain't twice as good And can't sustain like a one half could It's wanting more That's gonna send me to my knees [repeat]
Oh gravity, stay the hell away from me And gravity has taken better men than me (now how can that be?)
Just keep me where the light is Just keep me where the light is Just keep me where the light is C'mon keep me where the light is C'mon keep me where the light is Oh... where the light is! [repeat]
Times are hard You're afraid to pay the fee So you find yourself somebody Who can do the job for free When you need a bit of lovin' Cause your man is out of town That's the time you get me runnin' And you know I'll be around
I'm a fool to do your dirty work Oh yeah I don't wanna do your dirty work No more I'm a fool to do your dirty work Oh yeah
Light the candle Put the lock upon the door You have sent the maid home early Like a thousand times before Like the castle in its corner In a medieval game I foresee terrible trouble And I stay here just the same
Well I lost all I was And it's more than I've tried to be This living here with you And there's no one here besides me And it don't come easy And it don't come too hard But I always wind up Always standing here with you
Things just stay the same People just don't grow so fast And where once I was a child I've found I just can't stay like that
You say it doesn't matter If things just stay the same You say it doesn't matter And then maybe stay the same Or when It really doesn't matter If I really was to blame Really was to blame And sad that it shows
Stand up straight at the foot of your love I'll lift my shirt up Stand up straight at the foot of your love I'll lift my shirt up
I was carried to Ohio in a swarm of bees I never married but Ohio don't remember me
Lay my head on the hood of your car I take it too far Lay my head on the hood of your car I take it too far
I still owe money to the money to the money I owe I never thought about love When I thought about home I still owe money to the money to the money I owe The floors are falling out from everybody I know
I'm on a bloodbuzz Yes I am I'm on a blood buzz I'm on a bloodbuzz God I am I'm on a blood buzz
I was carried to Ohio in a swarm of bees I never married but Ohio don't remember me
I still owe money to the money to the money I owe I never thought about love When I thought about home I still owe money to the money to the money I owe The floors are falling out from everybody I know
I'm on a bloodbuzz Yes I am I'm on a blood... buzz I'm on a bloodbuzz God I am I'm on a blood... buzz
The sheep that was cut Cut for blood Was opened The sheep that was cut Cut for blood Was opened and dried Sheep that was cut and cut for blood Was opened and dried And stretched out Sheep that was cut and cut for blood Was opened, dried and stretched out Hung on the wall The sheep that was cut Cut for blood Was opened The sheep that was cut Cut for blood Was opened and dried Sheep that was cut and cut for blood Was opened and dried And stretched out Sheep that was cut and cut for blood Was opened, dried and stretched out Hung on the wall
Can you believe it? I've won no medals in this love game. Ive been resting on my laurels. Im a bad loser. Im a yard off my pace. Mmmm I smell rubber and I soon discovered that youre gone for good. My indiscretions made a bad impression. Guess I was misunderstood.
I thought you needed my loving, but it's my heart that you stole. I thought you wanted my money, but you plundered my soul. (Plundered my soul)
I started asking around but your friend's pretty lips were sealed. I wrote a letter full of trite confessions about wounds that heal. I heard some gossip, you've become an alcoholic, youre dryin out. So I phoned every clinic in the yellow pages, not a trace I found.
I thought you needed my loving, but it's my heart that you stole. I thought you wanted my money, but you plundered my soul. (You plundered my soul)
I hate quittin but Im close to admittin Im a sorry case. But on quiet reflection, my sad rejections not a total disgrace. But I do miss your quick repartee and the smile that lights up your face. You'll be a hard act to follow. A bitter pill to swallow. You'll be tough, oh youre tough to replace.
I thought you wanted my loving, but it's my heart that you stole. You were the trick up my sleeve. My ace in the hole. I thought you wanted my money, but you plundered my soul. Oh plundered my soul. Oh yeah! (You plundered my soul) You plundered my soul. Yeah! Yeah! (You plundered my soul)
There was light in the room. Then you left and it was through. Then the frost started in my toes and fingertips.
and it spread and it spread into my heart. and it spread and it spread into my heart.
Then for I don't know how long, I settled in to doing wrong. and as the wind fills the sail, came the thought to hurt myself.
and it spread and it spread into my home. and it spread and it spread into my song.
well there are no lines. separating the truth from the lies. Then you came back from space, with a brand new laugh and a different face. You took my hand and held it up, and shot my arm full of love.
and it spread and it spread into the world and it spread and it spread into the world.
well there are no lines. separating the truth from the lies.
I'm a wanted man, wanted man... I'm wanted, I'm a wanted man... Oh yeah... yeah... ah honey, I'm a wanted man
I'm a wanted man in California, I'm a wanted man in Buffalo I'm a wanted man in Kansas City, I'm a wanted man in Ohio I'm a wanted man in Mississippi, they want me in old Cheyenne Wherever you may look tonight, you will see this wanted man
I might be in Colorado or Georgia by the sea, Working for some man who may not know at all who I might be If you ever see me comin' and you know justa who I am, Don't breathe a word to no one buddy, 'cause I'm a wanted man
Wanted man in Albuquerque, wanted man in Syracuse, Wanted man in Tallahassee, wanted man in Baton Rouge, Wanted man in Arizona, wanted man in Galveston, Wanted man in El Dorado, this wanted man's in great demand
If you ever catch me sleepin', just see the price flashin' 'bove my head, Well take look again my friend, that's a gun pointed at your head
Wanted man by Lucy Watson, wanted man by Jesse Brown, Wanted man by Nellie Johnson, wanted man in this next town
Wanted man by the Boller(?) Sisters, wanted man by Kid Galahad Hey Darlin' don't you tell me you don't want me, cause I'm a wanted man
A wanted man who's lost his will to live, a wanted man who won't lay down, There's a woman kneelin' on my grave, pushin' daisies in the ground
Wanted man in the Windy City, wanted man in Tennessee, Wanted man in Broken Arrow, wanted man in Wounded Knee Wanted man in Jackson Town, Wanted man in El Passo, I got bounties on my head in towns I wouldn't ever think to go
Wanted Man in Arizona, wanted man in Louisville, Wanted man deep in Death Valley, wanted man up in the Hollywood Hill
If the Devil comes collectin', cause he doesn't know I'm a wanted man, he'd better wear a six gun on his hip and hold another in his hand
If you love the wanted man, you best hold him while you can, cause you're gonna wake up one mornin' and find the man you wanted, he is gone
Wanted man in New York City, wanted man in San Anton' Wanted man down in Lorado, wanted man in Tupelo Wanted man in the state of Texas, wanted man in the state of Maine This wanted man's in the state of leavin' ya baby, jumpin' on a midnight train
Wanted man in every courthouse, wanted man in a many saloons, Wanted man is a ghost in hundred homes, a shadow in a thousand rooms
Wanted man down in St. Louis, wanted man in New Orleans Wanted man in Mussel(?) Bay, wanted man in Cripple Creek Wanted man in Detroit City, wanted man in San Anton' But there's one place I'm not wanted lord, it's the place that I call home
Wanted man... Wanted man... If the devil comes collectin' he better hold a six gun in his hand
Load the car and write the note Grab your bag and grab your coat Tell the ones that need to know We are headed north
One foot in and one foot back But it don't pay, to live like that So i cut the ties and i jumped the tracks For never to return
Ah Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in Are you aware the shape I'm in My hands they shake my head it spins Ah Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in
When at first I learned to speak I used all my words to fight With him and her and you and me Oh but its just a waste of time Yeah its such a waste of time
That woman shes got eyes that shine Like a pair of stolen polished dimes She asked to dance I said it's fine I'll see you in the morning time
Ah Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in Are you aware the shape im in My hands they shake my head it spins Ah Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in
Three words that became hard to say I and love and you What you were then, I am today Look at the things I do
Ah Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in Are you aware the shape I'm in My hands they shake my head it spins Ah Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in
Dumbed down and numbed by time and age Your dreams to catch the world, the cage The highway sets the travelers stage All exits look the same
Three words that became hard to say I and love and you I and love and you I and love and you
I'll wind off the river Smoke stacks fade to black This town's my own, ridin'free and alone And I'm not looking back Maybe I know some people Maybe I break some rules But this is the street, I've got to compete Baby, I ain't no fool
So I take a little bad with the good It ain't just black and white You've got to deal with the real Oh, living on the edge of the night
Every wild desire Beckons from the dark I've made my bed but I can't rest my head While I still swim with sharks Everyone needs something Sometimes they don't know why But so much good's been misunderstood In the blink of the eye
So I take a little bad with the good It still ain't black and white You've got to deal with the real Oh, living on the edge of the night
You say that you don't like it Or maybe it's just my life So you live yours and I'll keep mine Rolling like a wheel through the city On the edge of the night
And when the black rains down On this cold gray town I'll be waiting Waiting at the edge of the night Oh, living on the edge of the night Oh, living on the edge of the night
There's a red house over yonder, that's where my baby stays. There's a red house over yonder, baby, that's where my baby stays. Well, I ain't been home to see my baby in about ninety nine and one half days, 'bout time I see her.
Wait a minute, something's wrong. The key wont unlock the door. Wait a minute, something's wrong, baby. The key wont unlock the door. I got a bad, bad feeling that my baby don't live here no more.
I might as well go on back down, Go back 'cross yonder over the hill. I might as well go back over yonder Way back yonder 'cross the hill, (That's where I come from) 'Cos if my baby don't love me no more. I know her sister will!
The big silence is here again The big silence is here again tonight Will the love ever come back? Will the love ever come back? I know I've been pushing you away I know it's been going on for days Those awkward little things So endearing Those awkward little things Wear on me See, what we got here is a tired love What we got here is a lazy love It mooches around the house Can't wait to go out What it needs, it just grabs It never asks We sit and watch the divide widen We sit and listen to our hearts crumble With our only chance to jump Neither of us had the guts Maybe we're just too proud To say it out loud The big silence is here again tonight The big silence is here again tonight
