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I'm moving through some changes

I'll never be the same

Something you did touched me

There's no one else to blame

 

The love we had has fallen

The love we used to share

We've given up pretending

As if you didn't care

 

Change changing places

Root yourself to the ground

Capitalize on this good fortune

One word can bring you round

Changes

 

I look into the mirror

I see no happiness

All the warmth I gave you

Has turned to emptiness

 

The love we had has fallen

The love we used to share

You've left me here believing

In love that wasn't there

 

Change changing places

Root yourself to the ground

Word to the wise - Well you get what's coming

One word can bring you round

Changes

 

When I look into your eyes and try to find out how

There's no way to save it now

And everything I feel

Changes

Keep looking for

Changes

Changes

 

For some reason you're questioning why

I always believe it gets better

One difference between you and I

Your heart is inside your head

 

One word from you

One word from me

A clear design on your liberty

Who could believe when love has gone

How we move on like everyone

 

Only such fools

Only such jealous hearts

Only through love changes come

 

Change changing places

Root yourself to the ground

Capitalize on this good fortune

One word can bring you round

Changes

 

One road to loneliness

It's always the same

One road to happiness

It's calling your name

 

Change changing places - Changes

Root yourself to the ground

Capitalize on this good fortune

One word can bring you round

Changes

 

Change changing places

Changes

Root yourself to the ground

Word to the wise - Well you get what's coming

One word - One word can bring you round

Changes

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Who knows where the cold wind blows,
I ask my friends, but, nobody knows
Who am I to believe in love,
Oh, love ain't no stranger

I looked around an' what did I see
Broken hearted people staring at me,
All searching 'cos they still believe,
Oh, love ain't no stranger

I was alone an' I needed love
So much I sacrificed all I was dreaming of,
I heard no warning, but, a heart can tell
I'd feel the emptiness of love I know so well

Love ain't no stranger,
I ain't no stranger
Love ain't no stranger,
I ain't no stranger to love, no, no, no

Can't hold the passion of a soul in need,
I look for mercy when my heart begins to bleed
I know good loving an' I'm a friend of pain,
But, when I read between the lines it's all the same

Love ain't no stranger,
I ain't no stranger
Love ain't no stranger,
I ain't no stranger to love

So who knows where the cold wind blows,
I ask my friends, but, nobody knows
Who am I to believe in love,
Lord, have mercy,
Love ain't no stranger,
I ain't no stranger

I was alone an' I needed love
So much I sacrificed all I was dreaming of,
Can't hold the passion of a soul in need,
I look for mercy when my heart begins to bleed

Love ain't no stranger,
I ain't no stranger
Love ain't no stranger,
I ain't no stranger to love

Love ain't no stranger,
Love ain't no stranger,
I ain't no stranger...

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We're not indestructible.
Baby better get that straight
I think it's unbelievable,
How you give into the hands of fate.

Some things are worth fighting for,
Some feelings never die.
I'm not askin' for another chance,
I just wanna know why?

There's no easy way out, There's no shortcut home.
There's no easy way out, givin' in can't be wrong.

I don't wanna pacify.
I don't wanna drag you down,
But I'm feelin like a prisoner.
Like a stranger in a no name town.

I see all the angry faces,
So afraid that could be you and me;
Talkin about what might have been,
Thinkin about what used to be.

There's no easy way out. There's no shortcut home.
There's no easy way out. Givin' in can't be wrong.

Baby, baby we can shed this skin...
We can know how we feel inside.
Instead of goin' down an endless road,
Not knowin if we're dead or alive.

Some things are worth fightin' for.
Some feelings never die.
I'm not askin for another chance,
I just wanna know why?

There's no easy way out. There's no shortcut home.
There's no easy way out givin in, givin in can't be wrong, no.
There's no easy way out. There's no shortcut home.
There's no easy way out, there's no easy no easy way out.

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I been in a cave for forty days
Only a spark to light my way
I wanna give out, I wanna give in
This is our crime, this is our sin

But I still believe, I still believe
Through the pain and through the grief
Through the lives, through the storms
Through the cries and through the wars

Oh, I still believe

And flat on my back out at sea
Hopin' these waves, don't cover me
I'm turned and tossed upon the waves
When the darkness comes, I feel the grave

But I still believe, I still believe
Through the cold and through the heat
Through the rain and through the tears
Through the crowds and through the cheers

Oh, I still believe

I'll march this road, I'll climb this hill
Upon on my knees if I have to
I'll take my place up on this stage
I'll wait 'til the end of time for you like everybody else

I'm out on my own, walkin' the streets
Look at the faces that I meet
I feel like I, like I want to go home
What do I feel? What do I know?

But I still believe, I still believe
Through the shame and through the grief
Through the heartache, through the tears
Through the waiting, through the years

For people like us in places like this
We need all the hope that we can get

Oh, I still believe

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Gimme the ring, kissed and told

Gimme something that I missed (Gimme the ring)

A hand to hold, wild and what it seems(Gimme the ring)

Kill the king with love is the law

And the wheel turn round... (Gimme the ring)

Gimme dream child

And do you hear me call? (Gimme the ring)

On the loan and on the level

...Still on the floor (Gimme the ring)

Sing dream child

And do you hear at all?

 

(Sing)

(Sing)

Hey now, hey now now, sing This Corrosion to me

Hey now, hey now now, sing This Corrosion to me

Hey now, hey now now, sing This Corrosion to me

Hey now, hey now now, sing...

 

Gimme siren, child and do you hear me?

Gimme siren, child, and do you hear me call?

Sing, child, of right and wrong

Gimme things that don't last long

Gimme siren, child, and do you hear me call?

 

(Sing)

(Sing)

Hey now, hey now now, sing This Corrosion to me

Hey now, hey now now, sing This Corrosion to me

Hey now, hey now now, sing This Corrosion to me

Hey now, hey now now, sing...

 

On days like this

In times like these

I feel an animal deep inside

Heel to haunch on bended knees

Living on if and if I tried

Somebody send me... please...

Dream wars and a ticket to seem

Giving out and in

Selling the don't belong

Well, what do you say

D'you have a word for Giving Away?

Got a song for me?

 

(Sing)

(Sing)

Hey now, hey now now, sing This Corrosion to me

Hey now, hey now now, sing This Corrosion to me

Hey now, hey now now, sing This Corrosion to me

Hey now, hey now now, sing...

 

I got nothing to say I ain't said before

I bled all I can, I won't bleed no more

I don't need no one to understand

Why the blood run hold

The hired hand

On heart

Hand of God

Floodland and Driven Apart

Run cold

Turn

Cold

Burn

Like a healing hand

Like a healing hand

Like a healing hand

Like a healing hand

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Goodbye to you, my trusted friend.

We've known each other since we were nine or ten. 

Together we've climbed hills and trees.

Learned of love and ABC's,

skinned our hearts and skinned our knees.

 

Goodbye my friend, it's hard to die,

when all the birds are singing in the sky,

Now that the spring is in the air.

Pretty girls are everywhere.

Think of me and I'll be there.

 

We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun.

But the hills that we climbed

were just seasons out of time.

 

Goodbye, Papa, please pray for me,

I was the black sheep of the family.

You tried to teach me right from wrong.

Too much wine and too much song,

wonder how I got along.

 

Goodbye, Papa, it's hard to die

when all the birds are singing in the sky,

Now that the spring is in the air.

Little children everywhere.

When you see them I'll be there.

 

We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun.

But the wine and the song,

like the seasons, have all gone.

 

We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun.

But the wine and the song,

like the seasons, have all gone.

 

Goodbye, Michelle, my little one.

You gave me love and helped me find the sun.

And every time that I was down

you would always come around

and get my feet back on the ground.

 

Goodbye, Michelle, it's hard to die

when all the bird are singing in the sky,

Now that the spring is in the air.

With the flowers ev'rywhere.

I wish that we could both be there.

 

We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun.

But the stars we could reach

were just starfish on the beach

 

We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun.

But the stars we could reach

were just starfish on the beach

 

We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun,

But the wine and the song,

like the seasons, have all gone.

 

All our lives we had fun, we had seasons in the sun.

But the hills that we climbed

Were just seasons out of time....

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See the tree, how big it's grown

But friend it hasn't been too long

It wasn't big

I laughed at her and she got mad

The first day that she planted it, was just a twig

Then the first snow came

And she ran out to brush the snow away

So it wouldn't die

Came runnin' in all excited

Slipped and almost hurt herself

And I laughed till I cried

 

She was always young at heart

Kinda dumb and kinda smart and I loved her so

And I surprised her with a puppy

Kept me up all Christmas Eve two years ago

And it would sure embarrass her

When I came in from workin' late

'Cause I would know

That she'd been sittin' there and cryin'

Over some sad and silly late, late show

 

And honey, I miss you

And I'm bein' good

And I'd love to be with you

If only I could

 

She wrecked the car and she was sad

And so afraid that I'd be mad

But what the heck

Though I pretended hard to be

Guess you could say she saw through me

And hugged my neck

I came home unexpectedly

And caught her cryin' needlessly

In the middle of the day

And it was in the early Spring

When flowers bloom and robins sing

She went away

 

And honey, I miss you

And I'm bein' good

And I'd love to be with you

If only I could

 

One day while I was not at home

While she was there and all alone

The angels came

Now all I have is memories of Honey

And I wake up nights and call her name

Now my life's an empty stage

Where Honey lived and Honey played

And love grew up

And a small cloud passes overhead

And cries down on the flower bed

That Honey loved

And see the tree how big it's grown

But friend it hasn't been too long

It wasn't big

And I laughed at her and she got mad

The first day that she planted it, was just a twig

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If everybody had an ocean

Across the U. S. A.

Then everybody'd be surfin'

Like Californi-a

You'd seem 'em wearing their baggies

Huarachi sandals too

A bushy bushy blonde hairdo

Surfin' U. S. A.

 

You'd catch 'em surfin' at Del Mar

Ventura County line

Santa Cruz and Trestle

Australia's Narrabeen

All over Manhattan

And down Doheny Way

 

Everybody's gone surfin'

Surfin' U.S.A.

 

We'll all be planning that route

We're gonna take real soon

We're waxing down our surfboards

We can't wait for June

We'll all be gone for the summer

We're on surfari to stay

Tell the teacher we're surfin'

Surfin' U. S. A.

 

Haggerties and Swamies

Pacific Palisades

San Onofre and Sunset

Redondo Beach L. A.

All over La Jolla

At Wa'imea Bay.

 

Everybody's gone surfin'

Surfin' U.S. A.

 

Everybody's gone surfin'

Surfin' U.S. A.

 

Everybody's gone surfin'

Surfin' U.S. A.

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Well since she put me down I 've been out doin' in my head
Come in late at night and in the mornin' I just lay in bed

Well, Rhonda you look so fine (look so fine)
And I know it wouldn't take much time
For you to help me Rhonda
Help me get her out of my heart

Help me Rhonda
Help, help me Rhonda
Help me Rhonda
Help, help me Rhonda
Help me Rhonda
Help, help me Rhonda
Help me Rhonda
Help, help me Rhonda
Help me Rhonda
Help, help me Rhonda
Help me Rhonda
Help, help me Rhonda
Help me Rhonda yeah
Get her out of my heart

She was gonna be my wife
And I was gonna be her man
But she let another guy come between us
And it shattered our plan


Well, Rhonda you caught my eye (caught my eye)
And I can give you lotsa reasons why
You gotta help me Rhonda
Help me get her out of my heart

Help me Rhonda
Help, help me Rhonda
Help me Rhonda
Help, help me Rhonda
Help me Rhonda
Help, help me Rhonda
Help me Rhonda
Help, help me Rhonda
Help me Rhonda
Help, help me Rhonda
Help me Rhonda
Help, help me Rhonda
Help me Rhonda yeah
Get her out of my heart

Help me Rhonda
Help, help me Rhonda
Help me Rhonda
Help, help me Rhonda
Help me Rhonda
Help, help me Rhonda
Help me Rhonda
Help, help me Rhonda
Help me Rhonda
Help, help me Rhonda
Help me Rhonda
Help, help me Rhonda
Help me Rhonda yeah
Get her out of my heart

Help me Rhonda
Help, help me Rhonda
Help me Rhonda
Help, help me Rhonda
Help me Rhonda
Help, help me Rhonda
Help me Rhonda
Help, help me Rhonda

 

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The heart is a bloom

Shoots up through the stony ground

There's no room

No space to rent in this town

 

You're out of luck

And the reason that you had to care

The traffic is stuck

And you're not moving anywhere

 

You thought you'd found a friend

To take you out of this place

Someone you could lend a hand

In return for grace

 

It's a beautiful day

Sky falls, you feel like

It's a beautiful day

Don't let it get away

 

You're on the road

But you've got no destination

You're in the mud

In the maze of her imagination

 

You love this town

Even if that doesn't ring true

You've been all over

And it's been all over you

 

It's a beautiful day

Don't let it get away

It's a beautiful day

 

Touch me

Take me to that other place

Teach me

I know I'm not a hopeless case

 

See the world in green and blue

See China right in front of you

See the canyons broken by cloud

See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out

See the Bedouin fires at night

See the oil fields at first light

And see the bird with a leaf in her mouth

After the flood all the colors came out

 

It was a beautiful day

Don't let it get away

Beautiful day

 

Touch me

Take me to that other place

Reach me

I know I'm not a hopeless case

 

What you don't have you don't need it now

What you don't know you can feel it somehow

What you don't have you don't need it now

Don't need it now

Was a beautiful day

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And what costume shall the poor girl wear

To all tomorrow's parties

A hand-me-down dress from who knows where

To all tomorrow's parties

And where will she go and what shall she do

When midnight comes around

She'll turn once more to Sunday's clown

And cry behind the door

And what costume shall the poor girl wear

To all tomorrow's parties

Why silks and linens of yesterday's gowns

To all tomorrow's parties

And what will she do with Thursday's rags When Monday comes around

She'll turn once more to Sunday's clown

And cry behind the door

And what costume shall the poor girl wear

To all tomorrow's parties

For Thursday's child is Sunday's clown

For whom none will go mourning

A blackened shroud, a hand-me-down gown

Of rags and silks, a costume

Fit for one who sits and cries

For all tomorrow's parties

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You think that I don't feel love

What I feel for you is real love

In other's eyes I see reflected a hurt, scorned, rejected

Love child, never meant to be

Love child, born in poverty

Love child, never meant to be

Love child, take a look at me

 

I started my life in an old, cold, rundown tenement slum

My father left, he never even married Mom

I shared the guilt my mama knew

So afraid that others knew I had no name

 

This love we're contemplating, is worth the pain of waiting

We'll only end up hating the child we may be creating

Love child, never meant to be

Love child, by society

Love child, always second best

Love child, diff'rent from the rest

Hold on, whoa

 

I started school in a worn, torn, dress that somebody threw out

I knew the way it was to always live in doubt

To be without the simple things

So afraid my friends could see the guilt in me

Don't think that I don't need you

Don't think I don't want to please you

No child of mine'll be bearing the name of shame I've been wearin'

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Grimly fiendish plays the game that never plays

Sing out loud but never prayed

Grimly fiendish wears a coat that's black and long

He doesn't know that it's all wrong

 

Simply fiendish, a child caught in a grown up world

No lies convince the court

Once a week I could be found on the faces all the frowns

Hide and seek, tried so hard to find that crime could pay

Just for today

 

Bad lad bad boy

Bad lad bad boy

Bad lad bad boy

Bad lad bad boy

Bad lad bad boy

Bad lad bad boy

Bad lad bad boy

Bad lad bad boy

 

Let me get the story straight

You never gave me a break

It's a case of give and take

You didn't make me good you just painted me green

You made me part of your forgotten dream

 

Grimly fiendish, we'll send you just where you belong

Where the children can't be found

 

Bad lad bad boy

Bad lad bad boy

 

Hide and seek, tried so hard and just to find that crime could pay

Just for today

 

Bad lad bad boy

Bad lad bad boy

Bad lad bad boy

Bad lad bad boy

Bad lad bad boy

Bad lad bad boy

Bad lad bad boy

Bad lad bad boy

Bad lad bad boy

Bad lad bad boy

Bad lad bad boy

Bad lad bad boy

Bad lad bad boy

Bad lad bad boy

Bad lad bad boy

Bad lad bad boy

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hold my head

we'll trampoline

finally through the roof

on to somewhere near

and far in time

velouria

her covering 

travelling career

she can really move

oh velveteen!

 

my velouria, my velouria

even i'll adore you

my velouria

 

say to me

where have you been 

finally through the roof

and how does lemur skin

reflect the sea?

 

we will wade in the shine of the ever

we will wade in the shine of the ever

we will wade in the tides of the summer

every summer

every summer

every

my velouria

my velouria

 

forevergreen

i know she's here

in California

i can see the tears 

of shastasheen

 

my velouria, my velouria

even i'll adore your

my velouria

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Little Sophia Strange in ‘73

Her daddy's yelling tirades at the TV

Hey man be cool!!

Sweeping the screen - rebel freak with a twist

A skinny genie come to grant her a wish

Changes the rules

He's a real pretty thing!

But now she looks to the stars

Oh with an ache in her heart

For now the man who rocked the world

Is going home

She's reaching up for a song

Oh but the music is gone

For the man who rocked the world

Is going home

 

Big Johnny Butterfingers in ‘81

Searchin the discos for that special someone

It gets so tough

Feelin the pressure under laser lights

But his feet go magic dancin' when the song is just right

Yeah that's the stuff

Let's dance, Johnny

But now he looks to the stars

Oh with an ache in his heart

For now the man who rocked the world

Is going home

He's reaching up for a song

Oh but the music is gone

Because the man who rocked the world

Is going home

 

Spaceman blasting away into the big black sky tonight

Smiling, riding a trail of stardust home

 

Little Gangly Geeky strainin' through ‘95

Left on the outside flyin far from the hive

He don't fit in

Heart got a lesson from a stranger deranged

Said it's ok man, it's cool to be strange

Make a new spin

Seems so far away

And now I look to the stars

Oh with an ache in my heart

For now the man who rocked the world

Is going home

I wanna hear one more song

Oh let the music live on

For the man who rocked the world

Is going home
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(Riff Raff) It's astounding

Time is fleeting

Madness takes its toll...

 

(Magenta) Ahh...

 

(Riff Raff) But listen closely...

 

(Magenta) Not for very much longer...

 

(Riff Raff) I've got to keep control.

I remember doing the Time Warp.

Drinking those moments when

The blackness would hit me.

 

(Riff Raff & Magenta) And the void would be calling.

 

(Guests) Let's do the Time Warp again.

Let's do the Time Warp again.

 

(Narrator) It's just a jump to the left.

 

(Guests) And then a step to the right.

 

(Narrator) With your hand on your hips

 

(Guests) You bring your knees in tight.

But it's the pelvic thrust.
They really drive you insane.
Let's do the Time Warp again.
Let's do the Time Warp again.
 
(Magenta) It's so dreamy
Oh, fantasy free me
So you can't see me
No not at all.
In another dimension
With voyeuristic intention.
Well secluded I see all...
 
(Riff Raff) With a bit of a mind flip...
 
(Magenta) You're into a time slip...
 
(Riff Raff) And nothing can ever be the same.
 
(Magenta) You're spaced out on sensation.
 
(Riff Raff) Like you're under sedation.
 
(Guests) Let's do the Time Warp again.
Let's do the Time Warp again.
 
(Columbia) Well, I was walking down the street
Just having a think
When a snake of a guy
Gave me an evil wink.
Well it shook me up
It took me by surprise
He had a pick-up truck
And the devil's eyes
He stared at me
And I felt a change
Time meant nothing
Never would again.
 
(Guests) Let's do the Time Warp again.
Let's do the Time Warp again.
 
(Narrator) It's just a jump to the left.
 
(Guests) And then a step to the right.
 
(Narrator) With your hands on your hips.
 
(Guests) You bring you knees in tight.
But it's the pelvic thrust...
That really drives you insane
Let's do the Time Warp again.
Let's do the Time Warp again.
Let's do the Time Warp again
 
(Columbia) Ah! Oh! Oh! Yeoooww...
Ahhhh.
 
(Guests) Let's do the Time Warp again.
Let's do the Time Warp again.
 
(Narrator) It's just a jump to the left.
 
(Guests) And then a step to the right.
 
(Narrator) With your hands on your hips.
 
(Guests) You bring your knees in tight.
But it's the pelvic thrust
They really drive you insane.
Let's do the Time Warp again.
Let's do the Time Warp again.
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[Dr. Frank-N-Furter:]

How do you do

I see you've met my, faithful, handyman

He's just a little brought down

'Cause when you knocked

He thought you were the candyman

 

Don't get strung out

By the way I look

Don't judge a book by its cover

I'm not much of a man

By the light of day

But by night I'm one hell of a lover

 

I'm just a sweet transvestite

From transsexual, Transylvania

 

Let me show you around

Maybe play you a sound

You look like you're both pretty groovy

Or if you want something visual

That's not too abysmal

We could take in an old Steeve Reeves movie

 

[brad Majors:](spoken)

I'm glad we caught you at home

Could we use your phone?

We're both in a bit of a hurry

 

[Janet Weiss:](spoken) Right!
 
[brad Majors:](spoken)
We'll just say where we are
Then go back to the car
We don't want to be any worry
 
[Dr. Frank-N-Furter:]
Well you got caught with a flat
Well how 'bout that
Well babies don't you panic
By the light of the night
It'll all seem alright
I'll get you a Satanic mechanic
 
I'm just a sweet transvestite
From transsexual, Transylvania
 
Why don't you stay for the night
 
[Riff Raff:] Night!
 
[Dr. Frank-N-Furter:] Or maybe a bite
 
[Columbia:] Bite!
 
[Dr. Frank-N-Furter:] I could show you my favorite obsession
I've been making a man
With blond hair and a tan
And he's good for relieving my tension
 
I'm just a sweet transvestite
From trannsexual, Transylvania
 
Hit it! Hit it!
I'm just a sweet transvestite
 
[Chorus:] Sweet Transvestite!
 
[Dr. Frank-N-Furter:] From transsexual
 
[Chorus:] Transylvania
 
[Dr. Frank-N-Furter:] So come up to the lab
And see what's on the slab
I see you shiver with antici.....pation
But maybe the rain
Isn't really to blame
So I'll remove the cause
But not the symptom

 

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Well my name's John Lee Pettimore

Same as my daddy and his daddy before

You hardly ever saw Grandaddy down here

He only came to town about twice a year

He'd buy a hundred pounds of yeast and some copper line

Everybody knew that he made moonshine

Now the revenue man wanted Grandaddy bad

He headed up the holler with everything he had

It's before my time but I've been told

He never came back from Copperhead Road

Now Daddy ran the whiskey in a big block Dodge

Bought it at an auction at the Mason's Lodge

Johnson County Sheriff painted on the side

Just shot a coat of primer then he looked inside

Well him and my uncle tore that engine down

I still remember that rumblin' sound

Well the sheriff came around in the middle of the night

Heard mama cryin', knew something wasn't right

He was headed down to Knoxville with the weekly load

You could smell the whiskey burnin' down Copperhead Road

 

I volunteered for the Army on my birthday

They draft the white trash first,'round here anyway

I done two tours of duty in Vietnam

And I came home with a brand new plan

I take the seed from Colombia and Mexico

I plant it up the holler down Copperhead Road

Well the D.E.A.'s got a chopper in the air

I wake up screaming like I'm back over there

I learned a thing or two from ol' Charlie don't you know

You better stay away from Copperhead Road

 

Copperhead Road

Copperhead Road

Copperhead Road

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Island

I see you in the distance

I feel that your existence

Is not unlike my own

 

Island

They say no man is like you

They say you stand alone

Sometimes I feel that way, too

 

It's the need for love

Heart and soul accompaniment

Seems to make me different from you

 

Well, I've tried to book passage

But you have no ports

And I've tried to sail in, but your wind and waters

Tore my sails and broke my oars

 

Island

I see you in the moonlight

Silhouettes of ships in the night

Just make me want that much more

 

Island

I see you in all of my dreams

Maybe someday I'll have the means

To reach your distant shore

 

When the need for love

Heart and soul accompaniment

No longer males me different from you

 

Well I've tried to build bridges

But they all fell down

And I've taken to the air on wings of silver

But I always hit the ground

 

Well, I've tried to book passage

But you have no ports

And I've tried to sail in, but your wind and waters

Tore my sails and broke my oars

 

Island

I see you in the moonlight

Silhouettes of ships in the night

Just make me want that much more

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Some... say I have no direction,

that I'm a light-speed distraction,

that's a knee-jerk reaction.

 

Still this is the final frontier,

everything is so clear,

to my destiny I steer

 

This life in the stars is all I've ever known,

Stars and stardust in infinite space is my only home

 

But the moment that I hit the stage, thousands of voices are calling my name

And I know in my heart it's been worth it all of the while

And as my albums fly off of the shelves, handing out autographed pics of myself,

This life I chose isn't easy but sure is one heck of a ride

 

At the moment that I hit the stage, I hear the universe calling my name

And I know deep down in my heart I have nothing to fear

And as the solar wind blows through my hair, knowing I have so much more left to share

A wandering spirit who's tearing its way through the cold atmosphere

 

I'll fly like a comet

Soar like a comet

Crash like a comet

I'm just a comet

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I had nothing to do on this hot afternoon

but to settle down and write you a line

I've been meaning to phone you but from Minnesota

hell it's been a very long time

You wear it well

A little old fashioned but that's all right

 

Well I suppose you're thinking I bet he's sinking

or he wouldn't get in touch with me

Oh I ain't begging or losing my head

I sure do want you to know that you wear it well

There ain't a lady in the land so fine

 

Remember them basement parties, your brother's karate

the all day rock and roll shows

Them homesick blues and radical views

haven't left a mark on you, you wear it well

A little out of time but I don't mind

 

But I ain't forgetting that you were once mine

but I blew it without even tryin'

Now I'm eatin' my heart out

tryin' to get a letter through

 

Since you've been gone it's hard to carry on

I'm gonna write about the birthday gown that I bought in town

when you sat down and cried on the stairs

You knew it did not cost the earth, but for what it's worth

You made me feel a millionaire and you wear it well

Madame Onassis got nothing on you

 

Anyway, my coffee's cold and I'm getting told

that I gotta get back to work

So when the sun goes low and you're home all alone

think of me and try not to laugh and I wear it well

I don't object if you call collect

'cos I ain't forgetting that you were once mine

but I blew it without even tryin'

Now I'm eatin' my heart out tryin' to get back to you

 

After all the years I hope it's the same address

Since you've been gone it's hard to carry on

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Hidden in the mountains

Under the earth and stone

A cubic mile of perfection

A treasure no one has known

One man came upon this mother load

Built himself a thousand room chateau

 

He's the emperor of diamonds 

Master of the prize

He's got a hold on happiness

And all that money can buy

Everyday he lives in fascination

This is not an everyday temptation

 

No, it's a diamond as big as the Ritz

What you gonna do with this, tell me

Who's gonna save you when your a slave to

The diamond as big as the Ritz

 

A blessing can become a curse

If you keep it to yourself

Your own exaggeration

Is not so good for your health

It's the prophecy of the unattainable dream

If you take one look behind the shine

It doesn't always gleam

 

Everyday he lives in fascination

This is not an everyday temptation

 

It was a diamond as big as the Ritz

What you gonna do with this

Who's gonna save you when your a slave to

The diamond as big as the Ritz

 

Coal under pressure

Sparkle of treasure

Crystalline measure

Ornamental pleasure

In the corner of your eye

Make a grown man cry

All the seeds you've sown

 

Greed can crumble your castle walls

Greed can purchase you thrills

Power is a dangerous thing

It can maim it can kill

It's the prophecy of the unattainable dream

If you take one look behind the shine

It doesn't always gleam

 

It was a diamond as big as the Ritz

What you gonna do with this

Who's gonna save you when your a slave to

The diamond as big as the Ritz

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The screen door slams
Mary' dress waves
Like a vision she dances across the porch
As the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
Hey that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again
I just can't face myself alone again
Don't run back inside
Darling you know just what I'm here for
So you're scared and you're thinking
That maybe we ain't that young anymore
Show a little faith there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty but hey you're alright
Oh and that's alright with me

You can hide 'neath your covers
And study your pain
Make crosses from your lovers
Throw roses in the rain
Waste your summer praying in vain
For a saviour to rise from these streets
Well now I'm no hero
That's understood
All the redemption I can offer girl
Is beneath this dirty hood
With a chance to make it good somehow
Hey what else can we do now ?
Except roll down the window
And let the wind blow
Back your hair
Well the night's busting open
These two lanes will take us anywhere
We got one last chance to make it real
To trade in these wings on some wheels
Climb in back
Heaven's waiting on down the tracks
Oh-oh come take my hand
We're riding out tonight to case the promised land
Oh-oh Thunder Road oh Thunder Road
Lying out there like a killer in the sun
Hey I know it's late we can make it if we run
Oh Thunder Road sit tight take hold
Thunder Road

Well I got this guitar
And I learned how to make it talk
And my car's out back
If you're ready to take that long walk
From your front porch to my front seat
The door's open but the ride it ain't free
And I know you're lonely
For words that I ain't spoken
But tonight we'll be free
All the promises'll be broken
There were ghosts in the eyes
Of all the boys you sent away
They haunt this dusty beach road
In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets
They scream your name at night in the street
Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet
And in the lonely cool before dawn
You hear their engines roaring on
But when you get to the porch they're gone
On the wind so Mary climb in
It's town full of losers
And I'm pulling out of here to win

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You're the cream in my coffee, 

You're the salt in my stew. 

You will always be my necessity 

I'd be lost without you 

 

You're the starch in my collar 

You're the lace in my shoe 

You will always be my necessity 

I'd be lost without you. 

 

Most men tell love tales 

And each tale dovetails 

You know each known way 

This way is my own way 

 

You're the sail of my love boat, 

You're the captain and crew, 

You will always be my necessity 

I'd be lost without you.

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At words poetic I'm so pathetic

That I always have found it best

Instead of getting 'em off my chest

To let 'em rest, unexpressed

I hate parading my serenading

As I'll probably miss a bar

But if this ditty is not so pretty

At least it'll tell you how great you are

 

You're the top, you're the Collisseum

You're the top, you're the Louvre Museum

You're the melody from a symphony by Strauss

You're a Bendel bonnet, a Shakespeare sonnet, you're Mickey Mouse

 

You're the Nile, you're the Tower of Pisa

You're the smile of the Mona Lisa

I'm a worthless check, a total wreck, a flop

But if baby, I'm the bottom, you're the top

 

You're the top, you're Mahatma Gandhi

You're the top, you're Napoleon brandy

You're the purple light of a summer night in Spain

You're the National Gallery, you're Garbo's salary, you're cellophane

 

You're sublime, you're a turkey dinner

You're the time of the Derby Winner

I'm a toy balloon that's fated soon to pop

But if baby, I'm the bottom, you're the top

 

You're the top, you're a Waldorf salad

You're the top, you're a Berlin ballad

You're the nimble tread of the feet of Fred Astaire

You're an O'Neal drama, you're Whistler's mama, you're camembert

 

You're a rose, you're inferno's Dante

You're the nose, on the great Durante

I'm a lazy lout who is just about to stop

But if baby, I'm the bottom, you're the top

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