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[death tribble]

While I'm far away from you, my baby,

I know it's hard for you, my baby,

Because it's hard for me, my baby,

And the darkest hour is just before dawn -

 

Each night before you go to bed, my baby,

Whisper a little prayer for me my baby.

And tell all the stars above

This is dedicated to the one I love.

 

Love can never be exactly like we want it to be.

I could be satisfied knowing you love me.

There's one thing I want you to do especially for me -

And it's something that everybody needs.

 

While I'm far away from you, my baby,

Whisper a little prayer for me, my baby,

Because it's hard for me, my baby,

And the darkest hour is just before dawn.

 

If there's one thing I want you to do especially for me

Then it's something that everybody needs...

 

Each night before you go to bed, my baby,

Whisper a little prayer for me, my baby,

And tell all the stars above -

This is dedicated to the one I love.

This is dedicated (to the one I love)

This is dedicated to the one I love

This is dedicated (to the one I love)

This is dedicated...

[death tribble]

"...you keep pouring into one glass and you're never changing the straw."

"And now to sing this lovely ballad, here is...Mama Cass."

 

Stars shining bright above you;

Night breezes seem to whisper 'I love you'.

Birds singing in the sycamore tree.

Dream a little dream of me.

 

Say nighty-night and kiss me;

Just hold me tight and tell me you'll miss me.

While I'm alone, blue as can be,

Dream a little dream of me.

 

Stars fading but I linger on, dear -

Still craving your kiss.

I'm longing to linger till dawn, dear,

Just saying this...

 

Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you -

Sweet dreams that leave all worries behind you.

But in your dreams, whatever they be,

Dream a little dream of me.

 

Stars fading but I linger on, dear -

Still craving your kiss.

I'm longing to linger till dawn, dear,

Just saying this...

 

Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you -

Sweet dreams that leave all worries far behind you.

But in your dreams, whatever they be,

Dream a little dream of me.

[death tribble]

Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?

My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.

Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends,

So Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz ? 

 

Oh Lord, won't you buy me a color TV ?

Dialing For Dollars is trying to find me.

I wait for delivery each day until three,

So oh Lord, won't you buy me a color TV ? 

 

Oh Lord, won't you buy me a night on the town ?

I'm counting on you, Lord, please don't let me down.

Prove that you love me and buy the next round,

Oh Lord, won't you buy me a night on the town ? 

 

Everybody !

Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?

My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends,

Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends,

So oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz ? 

 

That's it !

[death tribble]

I told Mary about us.

I told her about our great sin.

Mary cried and forgave me,

Then Mary took me back again,

Said if I wanted my freedom

I could be free ever more.

But I don't want to be,

And I don't want to see

Mary cry anymore.

 

Oh, Devil Woman,

Devil Woman, let go of me.

Devil Woman, let me be,

And leave me alone.

I want to go home.

 

Mary is waitin' and weepin'

Down in our shack by the sea.

Even after I've hurt her,

Mary's still in love with me.

Devil Woman it's over,

Trapped no more by your charms,

Cause I don't want to stay.

I want to get away.

Woman let go of my arm.

 

Oh, Devil Woman,

Devil Woman, let go of me.

Devil Woman, let me be,

And leave me alone.

I want to go home.

 

Devil Woman, you're evil,

Like the dark coral reef.

Like the winds that bring high tides,

You bring sorrow and grief.

You made me ashamed to face Mary.

Barely had the strength to tell.

Skies are not so black.

Mary took me back.

Mary has broken your spell.

 

Oh, Devil Woman,

Devil Woman, let go of me.

Devil Woman, let me be,

And leave me alone.

I want to go home.

 

Runnin' along by the seashore,

Runnin' as fast as I can.

Even the seagulls are happy,

Glad I'm comin' home again.

Never again will I ever

Cause another tear to fall.

Down the beach I see

What belongs to me,

The one I want most of all.

 

Oh, Devil Woman,

Devil Woman, don't follow me.

Devil Woman let me be,

And leave me alone.

I'm goin' back home.

[Greywind]

Silently the morning mist is lying on the water, captive moonlight waiting for the dawn.
Softly like a baby's breath, a breeze begins to whisper.
The sun is coming quick you must be dawn.

Smiling like a superstar the morning comes in singing, the promise of another sunny day.
And all the flowers open up to gather in the sunshine, I do believe that summer's here to stay.

And do you care what's happening around you,
do your senses know the changes when they come?
Can you see yourself reflecting in the seasons, can you understand the need to carry on?

Riding on the tapestry of all there is to see, so many ways and oh, so many things.
Rejoicing in the differences, there's no one just like me.
Yet as different as we are, we're still the same.

And oh, I love the life within me, I feel a part of everything I see.
And oh, I love the life around me, a part of everything is here in me.
A part of everything is here in me, a part of everything is here in me.

[Greywind]

You see 'em comin' at you every night
Strung on pretension, they fall for you at first sight
You know their business, you think it's a bore
They make you restless, it's nothin' you ain't seen before
Get around town, spend your time on the run
You never let down, say you do it for fun
Never miss a play, though you make quite a few
You give it all away - everybody wants you

You crave attention, you can never say "no"
Throw your affections any way the wind blows
You always make it, you're on top of the scene
You sell the copy like the cover of a magazine
Puttin' on the eyes 'til there's nobody else
You never realize what you do to yourself
The things that they see make the daily reviews
You never get free - everybody wants you

Everybody knows you
Everybody snows you
Everybody leads you, needs you, bleeds you

Nights of confusion and impossible dreams
Days at the mirror, patchin' up around the seams
You got your glory, you paid for it all
You take your pension in loneliness and alcohol
Say goodbye to conventional ways
You can't escape the hours, you lose track of the days
The more you understand, seems the more like you do
You never get away - everybody wants you

[Greywind]

One life I'm gonna live it up
I'm takin' flight said I'll never get enough.
Stand tall I'm young and kinda proud
I'm on top as long as the music's loud.
If you think I'll sit around as the world goes by
You're thinkin' like a fool 'cause it's a case of do or die.
Out there is a fortune waitin' to be had
If you think I'll let it go you're mad
You've got another thing comin'.

That's right here's where the talkin' ends
Well listen this night there'll be some action spent.
Drive hard I'm callin' all the shots
I got an ace card comin' down on the rocks.

If you think I'll sit around while you chip away my brain
Listen I ain't foolin' and you'd better think again.
Out there is a fortune waitin' to be had
If you think I'll let it go you're mad
You've got another thing comin'.

In this world we're livin' in we have our share of sorrow
Answer now is don't give in aim for a new tomorrow.

Oh so hot no time to take a rest yeah
Act tough ain't room for second best.
Real strong got me some security
Hey I'm a big smash I'm goin' for infinity yeah.

[death tribble]

I know where its at

I know where its at (I know where its at)

I know where its at

I know where its at (I know where its at)

I know (I know) I know where its at

 

(I know where it's at)

If you wanna have a good time

(I know where it's at)

If you know you've got something on your mind

(I know where it's at)

If you know that you wanna get on down

(I know where it's at)

Don't deny, don't be shy - just come around

 

I've been watching you and I know you like to party, baby

And you know that, that sounds really good to me, yeah

Everybody wants to hang out at my party, baby

don't you know that this is the only place to be

(Don't you wanna come and see, yeah)

 

If you know that you wanna get on down (wanna get on down)

No need to worry cos All Saints will be around

So if you're feeling kinda low, oh baby don't

Cos I'll be here right (right here) by your side (your side) ready to flow

 

(I know where it's at)

If you wanna have a good time

(I know where it's at)

If you know you've got something on your mind

(I know where it's at)

If you know that you wanna get on down

(I know where it's at)

Don't deny, don't be shy - just come around

I know where it's at

 

Move around and get on down do what you wanna, baby

You've gotta be good, you've gotta be good and ready to go

I know you've been waiting for my party all your lifetime, baby

Everybody in the whole world wants to know

Everybody wants to know

 

Can't you see that there's no one on the streets

Cos everybody knows it's where they've got to be

 

(I know where it's at)

If you wanna have a good time

(I know where it's at)

If you know you've got something on your mind

(I know where it's at)

If you know that you wanna get on down

(I know where it's at)

Don't deny, don't be shy - just come around

 

1, 2, 3, 4, 'Saints in da house

You know where its at, hahaha ha

You know where its at, hahaha ha

 

Well if you know that you like to party and you wanna get on down

Let me tell you, baby, that you've come to the right town 

Cos its party time you've gotta get your groove up

I know you wanna dance from night to dawn

 

Baby, got it going on, I don't see nothing wrong

You dance pretty hot, and I know you like my song

So move it, like that, rat-a-tat-tat,

Now we'll confirm that you know where its at

Just come around

 

(I know where it's at)

If you wanna have a good time (Oh yeah)

(I know where it's at)

If you know you've got something on your mind (You got something on your mind)

(I know where it's at)

If you know that you wanna get on down (Wanna get on down)

(I know where it's at)

Don't deny, don't be shy - just come around (Just come around)

 

(I know where it's at)

If you wanna have a good time (Oh yeah)

(I know where it's at)

If you know you've got something on your mind (You got something on your mind)

(I know where it's at)

If you know that you wanna get on down

(I know where it's at)

Don't deny, don't be shy - just come around

 

If you know that you wanna get down there

If you know that you wanna get down there

If you know that you wanna get down there

If you know that you wanna get down there

Just come around

[death tribble]

Someone told me long ago
There's a calm before the storm
I know, it's been comin' for some time
When it's over, so they say
It'll rain a sunny day
I know, shinin' down like water

I want to know, have you ever seen the rain ?
I want to know, have you ever seen the rain ?
Comin' down on a sunny day

Yesterday, and days before
Sun is cold and rain is hard
I know, been that way for all my time
'Til forever, on it goes
Through the circle, fast and slow
I know, it can't stop, I wonder

I want to know, have you ever seen the rain ?
I want to know, have you ever seen the rain ?
Comin' down on a sunny day

Yeah !

I want to know, have you ever seen the rain ?
I want to know, have you ever seen the rain ?
Comin' down on a sunny day

 

[death tribble]

Here I lie

In a lost and lonely part of town

Held in time

In a world of tears I slowly drown

Goin'home

I just can't make it all alone

I really should be holding you

Holding you

Loving you loving you

 

Tragedy

When the feeling's gone and you can't go on

It's tragedy

When the morning cries and you don't know why

It's hard to bear

With no-one to love you you're

Goin' nowhere

Tragedy

When you lose control and you got no soul

It's tragedy

When the morning cries and you don't know why

It's hard to bear

With no-one beside you you're

Goin' nowhere

 

Night and day

There's a burning down inside of me

Burning love

With a yearning that won't let me be

Down I go

And I just can't take it all alone

I really should be holding you

Holding you

Loving you loving you

 

Tragedy

When the feeling's gone and you can't go on

It's tragedy

When the morning cries and you don't know why

It's hard to bear

With no-one to love you you're

Goin' nowhere

Tragedy

When you lose control and you got no soul

It's tragedy

When the morning cries and you don't know why

It's hard to bear

With no-one beside you you're

Goin' nowhere

 

Tragedy...

[death tribble]

There was something in your voice,

That was telling me don't be too sure,

Arousing my suspicions,

I have never felt before,

I thought we had it made,

I thought you'd never go away.

 

But now you're suddenly like a stranger,

And you're leaving our love behind,

Of all the things I was ever planning for,

This was the last thing on my mind.

 

When I looked into your eyes,

There was something you weren't telling me,

But in my confusion I just couldn't see,

If there was any doubt,

I thought that we would work it out.

 

But now you're suddenly like a stranger,

And you're leaving our love behind,

Of all the things I was ever planning for,

This was the last thing on my mind.

 

There was something in your voice,

That was telling me don't be too sure,

Arousing my suspicions,

I have never felt before,

I thought we had it made,

I thought you'd never go away.

 

But now you're suddenly like a stranger,

And you're leaving our love behind,

Of all the things I was ever planning for,

This was the last thing on my mind.

 

But now you're suddenly like a stranger,

And you're leaving our love behind,

Of all the things I was ever planning for,

This was the last thing on my mind

[Greywind]

Step right up and don't be shy
Because you will not believe your eyes
She's right here, behind the glass
You know you're gonna like her 'cause she's got class

You can look inside another world
You get to talk to a pretty girl
She's everything you dream about

(But don't fall in love) She's a beauty
(She's one in a million girls) She's a beauty
(Why would I lie?) Why would I lie?

You can say anything you like
But you can't touch the merchandise
She'll give you every penny's worth
But it will cost you a dollar first

You can step outside your little world
(Step outside your world)
You can talk to a pretty girl
She's everything you dream about

(But don't fall in love) She's a beauty
(She's one in a million girls) One in a million girls
(Why would I lie?) Why would I lie?
(But don't fall in love) If you do, you'll find out she don't love you
(She's one in a million girls) One in a million girls
(Why would I lie?) Now why would I lie? Uh

(Step outside your world)

(But don't fall in love) She's a beauty
(She's one in a million girls) One in a million girls
(Why would I lie?) Now why would I lie?
(But don't fall in love) If you do, you'll find out she don't love you
(She's one in a million girls) One in a million girls
(Why would I lie?) Why would I lie?

(But don't fall in love)
(She's one in a million girls)
(Why would I lie?)

[Greywind]

I never knew there'd come a day
When I'd be saying to you
Don't let this good love slip away
Now that we know that it's true

Don't, don't you know the kind of man I am
No, said I'd never fall in love again
But it's real and the feeling comes shining through

I'm so caught up in you
Little girl
That I never did suspect a thing
So caught up in you
Little girl
That I never wanna get myself free
And baby it's true
You're the one
Who caught me, baby you taught me
How good it could be

It took so long to change my mind
I thought that love was a game
I played around enough to find
No two are ever the same

You made me realize the love I'd missed
So hot, love I couldn't quite resist
When it's right, the light just comes shining through

I'm so caught up in you
Little girl
You're the one that's got me down on my knees
So caught up in you
Little girl
That I never wanna get myself free
And baby it's true
You're the one
Who caught me, baby you taught me
How good it could be

Fill your days and your nights
No need to ever ask me twice, oh no
Whenever you want me
And if ever comes a day
When you should turn and walk away, oh no
I can't live without you

I'm so caught up in you

Yeah, yeah, yeah

And if ever comes a day
When you should turn and walk away, oh no
I can't live without you

I'm so caught up in you
Little girl
You're the one that's got me down on my knees
So caught up in you
Little girl
That I never wanna get myself free
And baby it's true
You're the one
Who caught me, baby you taught me
How good it could be
Little girl
You're the one that's got me down on my knees
So caught up in you
Little girl
That I never wanna get myself free
And baby it's true
You're the one
Who caught me and taught me
You got me so caught up in you

[Greywind]

She makes her move at midnight
She's got the magic touch
The little girl is dangerous
Just a bit too much

In the midnight hour
About the stroke of twelve
She'll be stepping out
She's gonna raise some hell
And it's her move
She's holding that wild card
Gotta make her move
She'll make your life so hard
High heel sneakers
Head to toe in lace
Such a dangerous body
With a little girl's face

Little Miss Dangerous
Little Miss Dangerous tonight
She's my little Miss Dangerous
Looks so dangerous tonight
Oh yes she is

Looking for trouble, looking for sex
Walking on the wild side, she's so complex
She's on fire (fire), the heat is coming on
The girls on fire (fire), she burns all night long
High heel sneakers
Head to toe in lace
Such a dangerous body
With a little girl's face

Little Miss Dangerous
Little Miss Dangerous tonight
She's my little Miss Dangerous
So dangerous tonight
Oh yes she is

Little Miss Dangerous
Little Miss Dangerous tonight
She's my little Miss Dangerous
Dangerous tonight
Oh yes she is

Little Miss Dangerous
Little Miss Dangerous
Little Miss Dangerous
She's so dangerous
She got that
Dangerous
She got that dangerous
Little Miss Dangerous
Dangerous
She's my little Miss Dangerous
She's my little Miss Dangerous

[Greywind]

I just look at you and I'm hypnotized
Like I'm drowning now, drowning in your eyes
You are beautiful, past imagining
And I want you more, more than anything

And I cannot speak, and I've lost my sight
All my senses gone, lost in you tonight
And I want your love
Be my lady, be my lady, be my lady

Do I ask too much, do I want too much
Want to know you now, want to feel your touch
You just look at me, feel the fire start
Want to make you burn, want to touch your heart

And I cannot speak, and I've lost my sight
All my senses gone, lost in you tonight
And I want your love
Be my lady, be my lady, be my lady, lady
C'mon girl

Got a racing heart and my mind's a roar
Never felt like this, never loved before
And it's dangerous, I would willingly
Burn to ashes now, if you'll stay with me

And I cannot speak, and I've lost my sight
All my senses gone, lost in you tonight
And I want your love
Be my lady, you know I love you now
Be my lady
Won't you be my lady

[Greywind]

Walk softly through the desert sands
Careful where you tread
Underfoot are the visions lost
Sleeping not yet dead

Hang on - Winds starting to howl
Hang on - The beast is on the prowl
Hang on - Can you hear the strange cry
Winds of change are blowing by

Mountains crumble and cities fall
Don't come to an end
Just lie scattered on the desert floor
Waiting for the wind

You got your life planned carefully
But you left out one detail
The hidden hand deals just one round
And the winds of change prevail

Walk softly through the desert sand
Old dreams lead the way
Nothing new in the sands of time
Just changes every day

Hang on - It's starting again
Hang on - There's no shelter from the wind
Hang on - Like a fire from the sky
Winds of change are blowing by

[Greywind]

Home in the valley
Home in the city
Home isn't pretty
Ain't no home for me

Home in the darkness
Home on the highway
Home isn't my way
Home I'll never be

Burn out the day
Burn out the night
I can't see no reason to put up a fight
I'm living for giving the devil his due

And I'm burnin', I'm burnin', I'm burnin' for you
I'm burnin', I'm burnin', I'm burnin' for you

Time is the essence
Time is the season
Time ain't no reason
Got no time to slow

Time everlasting
Time to play B–sides
Time ain't on my side
Time I'll never know

Burn out the day
Burn out the night
I'm not the one to tell you what's wrong or what's right
I've seen suns that were freezing and lives that were through

But I'm burnin', I'm burnin', I'm burnin' for you
I'm burnin', I'm burnin', I'm burnin' for you

Burn out the day
Burn out the night
I can't see no reason to put up a fight
I'm living for giving the devil his due

And I'm burnin', I'm burnin', I'm burnin' for you
I'm burnin', I'm burnin', I'm burnin' for you
I'm burnin', I'm burnin', I'm burnin' for you
I'm burnin', I'm burnin', I'm burnin' for you

[Greywind]

Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more

Ah

Once I rose above the noise and confusion
Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion
I was soaring ever higher, but I flew too high

Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man
Though my mind could think I still was a mad man
I hear the voices when I'm dreaming,
I can hear them say

Carry on my wayward son,
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more

Masquerading as a man with a reason
My charade is the event of the season
And if I claim to be a wise man,
Well, it surely means that I don't know

On a stormy sea of moving emotion
Tossed about, I'm like a ship on the ocean
I set a course for winds of fortune,
But I hear the voices say

Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more no!

Carry on,
You will always remember
Carry on,
Nothing equals the splendor
Now your life's no longer empty
Surely heaven waits for you

Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry,
Don't you cry no more,

No more!

[death tribble]

Baby, when I think about you, I think about love

Darlin', don't live without you and your love

If I had those golden dreams of my yesterdays

I would wrap you in the Heaven 'til I'm dyin' on the way

 

Feel like makin'

Feel like makin' love

Feel like makin' love

Feel like makin' love

Feel like makin' love to you

 

Baby, if I think about you, I think about love

Darlin' if I live without you, I live without love

And if I had the sun and moon, we will shine them

I would give you both night and day of satisfyn'

 

Feel like makin'

Feel like makin' love

Feel like makin' love

Feel like makin' love

Feel like makin' love to you

 

And if I had those golden dreams of my yesterdays

I would wrap you in the Heaven 'til I'm dyin' on the way

 

Feel like makin'

Feel like makin' love

Feel like makin' love

Feel like makin' love

Feel like makin' love to you

 

Well I feel like makin' love

Well I feel like makin' love

Well I feel like makin' love

Feel like makin' love to you

 

Well I feel like makin' love

Well I feel like makin' love

Well I feel like makin' love

Feel like makin' love to you

 

Well I feel like makin' love

Well I feel like makin' love

Well I feel like makin' love

Feel like makin' love to you

 

Well I feel like makin' love

[Greywind]

Now if you're feelin' kinda low 'bout the dues you've been paying
Future's coming much too slow
And you want to run but somehow you just keep on stayin'
Can't decide on which way to go
Yeah, yeah, yeah

I understand about indecision
But I don't care if I get behind
People livin' in competition
All I want is to have my peace of mind, yeah, whoa

Now you're climbin' to the top of the company ladder
Hope it doesn't take too long
Can'tcha you see there'll come a day when it won't matter?
Come a day when you'll be gone, whoa

I understand about indecision
But I don't care if I get behind
People livin' in competition
All I want is to have my peace of mind

Take a look ahead, take a look ahead, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Now everybody's got advice they just keep on givin'
Doesn't mean too much to me
Lots of people out to make-believe they're livin'
Can't decide who they should be, whoa

I understand about indecision
But I don't care if I get behind
People livin' in competition
All I want is to have my peace of mind

Take a look ahead, take a look ahead, look ahead

[Greywind]

I follow the Moskva
Down to Gorky Park
Listening to the wind of change
An August summer night
Soldiers passing by
Listening to the wind of change

The world is closing in
Did you ever think
That we could be so close, like brothers
The future's in the air
I can feel it everywhere
Blowing with the wind of change

Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
in the wind of change

Walking down the street
Distant memories
Are buried in the past forever
I follow the Moskva
Down to Gorky Park
Listening to the wind of change

Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow share their dreams
With you and me
Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
in the wind of change

The wind of change
Blows straight into the face of time
Like a stormwind that will ring the freedom bell
For peace of mind
Let your balalaika sing
What my guitar wants to say

Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow share their dreams
With you and me
Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
in the wind of change

[death tribble]

I see the bad moon a-rising
I see trouble on the way
I see earthquakes and lightning
I see bad times today

Don't go around tonight
Well, it's bound to take your life
There's a bad moon on the rise

I hear hurricanes a-blowing
I know the end is coming soon
I fear rivers overflowing
I hear the voice of rage and ruin

Don't go around tonight
Well, it's bound to take your life
There's a bad moon on the rise

All right

Hope you got your things together
Hope you are quite prepared to die
Looks like we're in for nasty weather
One eye is taken for an eye

Well, don't go around tonight
Well, it's bound to take your life
There's a bad moon on the rise

Don't go around tonight
Well, it's bound to take your life
There's a bad moon on the rise

 

[Michael Hopcroft]

I looked out across

The river today

I saw a city in the fog

And an old church tower

Where the seagulls play

Saw the sad shire horses 

Walking home in the sodium light

Saw two priests on the ferry

October geese on a cold winter's night

And all this time

The river flowed

Endlessly,

To the sea.

 

Two priests came round 

Our house tonight

One young, one old, 

To offer prayers for the dying, 

To serve the final rite

One to learn, one to teach 

Which way the cold wind blows

Fussing and flapping in priestly black 

Like a murder of crows

 

And all this time

The river flowed

Endlessly,

To the sea.

 

If I had my way

I'd take a boat from the river

And I'd bury the old man

I'd bury him at sea

 

Blessed are the poor 

For they shall inherit the earth

One is better to be poor 

Than a fat man in the eye of a needle

As these words were spoken 

I swear I hear the old man laughing

What good is a used up world,

And how could it be worth having?

 

And all this time

The river flowed

Endlessly,

To the sea.

 

All this time 

The river flowed

Father, if Jesus exists,

Then how come he never lived here?

Yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah

 

Teachers told us

The Romans built this place

They built a wall and a temple on the edge of the 

Empire garrison town

They lived and they died

They prayed to their gods

But the stone gods did not make a sound

And their empire crumbled

Till all that was left

Were the stones the workmen found

 

And all this time the river flowed

In the falling light of a northern sun

If I had my way 

I'd take a boat from the river

Men go crazy in congregations

They only get better one by one

One by one

One by one, by one

One by one

 

I looked out across

The river today

I saw a city in the fog

And an old church tower

Where the seagulls play

Saw the sad shire horses 

Walking home in the sodium light

Two priests on the ferry

October geese on a cold winter's night

[death tribble]

Billy-Ray was a preacher's son

And when his daddy would visit he'd come along

When they gathered round and started talkin'

That's when Billy would take me walkin'

A-through the backyard we'd go walkin'

Then he'd look into my eyes

Lord knows to my surprise

 

The only one who could ever reach me

Was the son of a preacher man

The only boy who could ever teach me

Was the son of a preacher man

Yes he was, he was

Ooh, yes he was

 

Being good isn't always easy

No matter how hard I try

When he started sweet-talkin' to me

He'd come and tell me everything is all right

He'd kiss and tell me everything is all right

Can I get away again tonight ?

 

The only one who could ever reach me

Was the son of a preacher man

The only boy who could ever teach me

Was the son of a preacher man

Yes he was, he was

(Ooh...) Lord knows he was

Yes he was

 

How well I remember

The look that was in his eyes

Stealin' kisses from me on the sly

Takin' time to make time

Tellin' me that he's all mine

Learnin' from each other's knowing

Lookin' to see how much we've grown

 

And the only one who could ever reach me

Was the son of a preacher man

The only boy who could ever teach me

Was the son of a preacher man

Yes he was, he was

Ooh, yes he was

 

The only one who could ever reach me

He was the sweet-talking son of a preacher man

The only boy who could ever teach me

I kissed the son of a preacher man

The only one who could ever move me

The sweet-lovin' son of a preacher man

The only one who could ever groove me

Ahh, ooh, ahh....

[death tribble]

You made a fool of me, but them broken dreams have got to end

Hey woman, you got the blues, cos' you ain't got no one else to use
There's an open road that leads nowhere
So just make some miles between here and there
There's a hole in my head where the rain comes in
You took my body and played to win
Ha Ha woman it's a crying shame
But you ain't got nobody else to blame

E-evil Woman, E-evil Woman, E-evil Woman, Evil Woman

Rolled in from another town
Hit some gold too hot to settle down
But a fool and his money soon go separate ways
And you found a fool lyin' in a daze
Ha Ha woman what you gonna do
You destroyed all the virtues that the Lord gave you
It's so good that you're feeling pain
But you better get your face on board the very next train

E-evil Woman, E-evil Woman, E-evil Woman, Evil Woman

Evil woman how you done me wrong
But now you're tryin' to wail a different song
Ha Ha funny how you broke me up
You made the wine now you drink the cup
I came runnin' every time you cried
Thought I saw love smilin' in your eyes
Ha Ha very nice to know, that you ain't got no place left to go

 

E-evil Woman, E-evil Woman, E-evil Woman, Evil Woman