The case was pulled from under the bed She made a call to a sympathetic friend And made arrangements The door was closed there was a note I couldnt be bothered Maybe Ill choke No more engagements
With where have you beens And faraway frowns Trying to be good By not being round And here in the bar The piano mans found Another nail for my heart
That stupid old bug That kills only love I want to be good Is that not enough
So play me the song That makes it so tough Another nail for my heart Then play me that song That makes it so tough Another nail for my heart
I had excuses those little boy lies That she computed by watching my eyes And told me firmly
She couldnt stand it Im bad on her heart She dropped her makeup and I found the bar Now it concerns me
I've had a bad time Now love is resigned Ive been such a fool Ive loved and goodbyed
So here in the bar The piano mans found Another nail for my heart And here in the bar The piano mans found Another nail for my heart
Hold that chrysalis in your palm, see it split and change It won't do you any harm, it's just trying to rearrange It was born to live a day, now it flies up from your hand It's beautiful, it's the one they call your ever-loving man
Wolves have carried your babies away, oh your kids drip from their teeth The nights are long and the day is bitter cold beyond belief You spread yourself like a penitent upon the mad vibrating sand And through your teeth arrange to meet your midnight man
Everybody's coming round to my place Everybody's coming round to my place Everybody's coming round, oh baby, don't you see Everybody wanna be your midnight man
Don't disturb me as I sleep, treat me gently when I wake Don't disturb me when I sleep even though your body aches Even though your body aches to serve at his command Between the wars she still adores her ever-loving man
Close your eyes, sleep in him, dream of your lost sons and daughters Me, I'll raise up the dorsal fin, and glide up and down the waters I'll glide up and down the waters, then I'll walk upon the land And call them out, the ones who doubt your midnight man
Everybody's coming round to my place Everybody's coming round to my place Everybody's coming round, oh baby, don't you see Everybody wants to be your midnight man
It's early in the morning and I don't know what to do It's early in the morning and I can't believe it's true It's early in the morning and it's happening again I called you once, I called you twice, ain't I your midnight man?
Everybody's coming round to my place Everybody's coming round to my place Everybody's coming round, oh baby, don't you see Everybody wants to be your midnight man
Everybody's coming round Everybody's coming round Everybody's coming round To be your midnight man To be your midnight man
There aint no reason things are this way. Its how they always been and they intend to stay. I can't explain why we live this way, we do it everyday. Preachers on the podium speakin of saints in seance, Prophets on the sidewalk beggin for change, Old ladies laughing from the fire escape, cursing my name. I got a basket full of lemons and they all taste the same, A window and a pigeon with a broken wing, You can spend your whole life workin for something Just to have it taken away. People walk around pushing back their debts, Wearing pay checks like necklaces and bracelets, Talking bout nothing, not thinking bout death, Every little heartbeat, every little breath. People walk a tight rope on a razors edge Carrying their hurt and hatred and weapons. It could be a bomb or a bullet or a pen Or a thought or a word or a sentence.
There Ain't no reason things are this way. It's how they always been and they intend to stay I dont know why I say the things I say, but I say them anyway. But love will come set me free Love will come set me free,I do believe Love will come set me free, I know it will Love will come set me free, yes.
Prison walls still standing tall, Some things never change at all. Keep on buildin prisons, gonna fill them all, Keep on buildin bombs, gonna drop them all. Working your fingers bear to the bone, Breaking your back, make you sell your soul. Like a lung thats filled with coal, suffocatin slow. The wind blows wild and I may move, The politicians lie and I am not fooled. You don't need no reason or a three piece suit to argue the truth. The air on my skin and the world under my toes, Slavery stitched into the fabric of my clothes, Chaos and commotion wherever I go, love I try to follow.
Love will come set me free Love will come set me free, I do believe Love will come set me free, I know it will Love will come set me free, yes.
There ain't no reason things are this way Its how they always been and they intend to stay I can't explain why we live this way, we do it everyday.
Why don't you come out the guards have gone they forgot their purpose and shuffled their lungs have come feel the sun
Why don't you come out the dogs lie sleeping their lips they twitch with the chills in their dreams they come feel the sun
Why don't you come out and exact your revenge and the liers and wasters that call themselves friends for to forgive is overrated as they need but your affiance so come feel the sun
Why don't you come out we are missing your wife and babies that just want to hold you so come feel the sun touch your fears make everything the same as it was.
We lived in a time and a world of our own Making up the rules as we went along Just one coat between us and we never felt cold We were never gonna get old
Playing cards 'till the sun came up, rollin' dice Down to the club and listen to the blues all night Girls out on the corner get lonely now and then We'd never be that free again
It's been a long time since we laughed together It's been a long time since we cried Raise your glass for the comrades we've lost My friend it's been a long, long time
Workin' just enough to pay the rent Money got made, baby, money got spent Sleeping when we had nothin' left to do Under the boardwalk and up on the roof
We never quite fit, baby, we never played the game Came out explodin' like a runaway train Up all night talkin' about dreams of better days Ain't it funny how some things don't change?
It's been a long time since we laughed together It's been a long time since we cried Raise your glass for the comrades we've lost My friend it's been a long, long time
We lived in a time and a world of our own Making up the rules as we went along Just one coat between us and we never felt cold We were never gonna get old
It's been a long time since we laughed together It's been a long time since we cried Raise your glass for the comrades we've lost My friend it's been a long, long time
I was dressed for success But success, it never comes And I'm the only one who laughs At your jokes when they are so bad And you're jokes are always bad But they're not as bad as this Chorus:
Come join us in a prayer We'll be waiting, waiting where Everything's ending here And all the sterile striking it Defends an empty dock you cast away And rain upon your forehead Where the mist's for hire If it's just too clear Let's spend our last 1/4 stance randomly Go down to the outlet once again Painted portrait of minions and slaves Crotch mavens and one night plays Are they the only ones who laugh? At the jokes when they are so bad And the jokes are always bad But they're not as bad as this
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And all the spanish candles unsold Have gone away to this And a "run-on piece of mount on" Trembles, shivers runs down the freeway I guess she spent her last quarter randomly I guess a guess is the best I'll do
