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HIGH STAKES You Got Touchdowns And Homeruns And Instant Replays Quick Stops And Shopping Malls And Six Lane Highways You Got Million Dollar Lotteries And No Cut Contracts Health Spas And Doctors And Computers To Get Your Facts But You Better Win When You Lay Your Money Down Cause They Don't Like Losers In This High Stake Gambling Town You Got Rock Stars And Quarterbacks And Hollywood Dreams Colas And Surfboards And Chauffeured Limousines You Got Gold Medal Winners And Five Minute Meals Candidates And Comedians And Wall Street Deals But You Better Win When You Lay Your Money Down Cause They Don't Like Losers In This High Stake Gambling Town You Got Credit Cards And Videos And Satellite TV Dunk Shots And Lawyers And Insurance Companies You Got Evangelists And Stock Cars And Organized Crime Skinheads And Deadheads And Protest Signs But You Better Win When You Lay Your Money Down Cause They Don't Like Losers In This High Stake Gambling Town You Got Headphones And Blue Jeans And Miracle Miles Hotels And Theme Parks And Newsmen Who Smile You Got Hit Songs And Hit Shows And Horse Racing Bets Hot Tubs And Playgirls And Special Effects But You Better Win When You Lay Your Money Down Cause They Don't Like Losers In This High Stake Gambling Town

CONCRETE LOVE Hot Sun Shining Down Lunch Hour's Daily Parade I Sit Above This Town Construction That's My Trade Pretty Girls Passing By I See Them Come I See Them Go When There's One That Catches My Eye I Put My Lips Together And Blow She Works The Office Across The Way I Noticed Her Just Last Week The Way She Moves Is A Game She Plays Sometimes She Smiles At Me Come On Baby Give Me A Sign You Know What I'm Thinking Of In This World Of Changing Minds I'll Give Ya Some Concrete Love

NEVER FELL FROM LOVE THE EASY WAY Skyscraper Lights Flashing Through The Night Skipping On A Street So High Saxophone Singing In A Midnight Breeze Taxi Cabs Flying By Whoa What Can I Do What Can I Say Whoa Never Fell From Love The Easy Way Faces In The Window Of An All Night Stand Reflections On A Last Trick Show High Heel Boys Clicking Out Their Aim Subway Trains Running Below Whoa What Can I Do What Can I Say Whoa Never Fell From Love The Easy Way Laughing With You Talking With You Baby Tell Me Who Was That Ghost Making Love Beneath Angel Wings Didn't You Know I Dreamed The Most Girl Couldn't You See The Morning Rain Trembles Through The Trees Daylight Sneaking Up The Block On A Park Bench An Old Man Sleeps Footsteps Still Pounding My Heart Whoa What Can I Do What Can I Say Whoa Never Fell From Love The Easy Way

HALLELUJAH CHILD Standing At The Station Waiting On Salvation But There's Nothing Happening Here Just Some Crooked Politicians Thieving Morticians Preachers Pushing Bibles Of Fear Dealers On The Street Sun Going Down In The Rain Another Smoking Gun Another Cross Burning In Flames Hey, Hey, Hey Sing Hallelujah Child Hallelujah Child Propaganda And Hatred, Phonies And Hypocrites Burning Out Every Single Spark Sometimes I Need A Flood Light, Sometimes I Need A Search Light Sometimes It Gets This Dark Rebel On The Corner You Know He's Standing All Alone For In The Halls Of Justice There's Just Ain't Nobody Home Hey, Hey, Hey Sing Hallelujah Child Hallelujah Child Well This Train Leaves Tomorrow, Beg, Steal Or Borrow Where It Goes That's Where I'm Bound Like Some Old Gunslinger Like Some Old Blues Singer I'm Going Where I Can't Be Found So Don't Look Back Baby Dry Those Tears Of Pity From Your Eyes On This Road To Freedom Everyday You Got To Fight To Survive Hey, Hey, Hey Sing Hallelujah Child Hallelujah Child

SAD STREETS Tell Me Baby Are You Near Me Can You Hear Me Was It So Long Ago That I Held You On These Sad Streets Where Hearts Meet And Get Lost In The Snow Well Time It Has Passed The Years I Can't Count As I Stand In The Wind With A Horse Trying To Mount These Loves Come And Go Leave Nothing To Show But These Wounds How We Use Them Confuse Them With What We Must Do Ah My Own Words I Do Mean Well But It's Hard To Tell Just What Gets Through I Lay Down At Night On The Roads That Lead To The Cities Of Fortunes To The Valleys Of Need I Know What I See But I Just Can't Believe Do You Love Me Shall I Stay Here Are My Reasons Clear Or Shall I Go My Heart Leaps With The Sirens The Sacred Dreams The Mindless Control The Rebel Lays Dead With A Gun By His Side Drunken And Tortured They Call It Suicide But I Can't Understand These Holes In His Hands You Send Flowers To The Grave Yard But His Ashes Are Buried In The Sea You Live In Poverty Your Eyes Grow Sad Your Mind Gets Mad You Must Take Your Leave But The Fire Is Raging On The Mask Of The Bandit Who Understood Nothing Until He Was Stranded And Somebody Says Just Get Out Of The Way You're In The Barroom You're In The Mirror You Tried To Love Her You Got Reasons To Drink You Are Loneliness You Are The Hero You Kiss The Widows You Got Reasons To Sink Your Eyes Get Blackened From Just Hanging Around You Look For Your Face But It's Gone Underground You'd Hide In The Forest But They've Got Your Address You Try To Sleep On A Bed Too Soft To The Sound Of Locks You Follow The Trials All These People They Do Work Hard You Send Your Regards Every Once In A While Around And Around My Head Starts To Spin He Gives You To Me I Give Her To Him Can There Be Any Chance For A Second Romance Tell Me Baby Are You Near Me Can You Hear Me Was It So Long Ago That I Held You On These Sad Streets Where Hearts Meet And Get Lost In The Snow I Drifted, You Missed It I Resisted, You Kissed It We Fell From The Place Where No One Existed And Now These Wheels Are All That I Feel

EARLY ONE MORNING Hanging Around The Corner When I Was Just A Kid Looking For What To Do I Ran Into The Holy Man I Ran Into The Voodoo Man I Ran Into Everything But The Truth Early One Morning I Stood Out On The Road Early One Morning The Dice Began To Roll Working A Job Straight Out Of School Hanging Around Those Late Night Joints Boss Man Comes Near I Couldn't Help But Sneer Man Can You Tell Me What's The Point Early One Morning I Stood Out On The Road Early One Morning The Dice Began To Roll Looking In Your Eyes Girl Is Breaking My Heart Tell Me What You Want Me To Do I Give It To You All Night Until You're Feeling Alright But You Know That Never Will Do Early One Morning I Stood Out On The Road Early One Morning The Dice Began To Roll

THOSE DAYS I Said Come Here Baby And Talk To Me You Know The Rain Is Falling Outside This Window She Said Hush Now Child Don't You Know You're Just Lucky A Girl Like Me 'Got Other Places To Go Then She Smiled And Said Baby Don't Look So Worried You Know I Know What It Is That Gets You High So Baby Be Cool There's Nobody Here To Fool Besides Those Days Have Passed Us By I Said Please Girl You Don't Have To Be Talking That Way You Know We Both Can't Be That Far Gone Things Can't Be That Bad She Said You Boys From The North Sure Talk A Lot Of Nonsense You Just Keep It Up You'll Be Driving Me Mad Then She Kicked Off Her Shoes Said Baby Who Are You Kidding You Know I Can See A Distant Light In Your Eyes So Baby Be Real There's Nothing Here To Steal Besides Those Days Have Passed Us By Outside The Rain Kept Falling As We Fell Into Each Others Arms For A Moment I Swear I Heard Her Heart Calling Ah But In The Next Somehow It Was Gone From A Dream I Woke Up To See Her Dressing The Stars Outside Beginning To Shine She Said You Know My Name Baby You Got My Number You Just Call Me Anytime But Don't Be Expecting This And Don't Be Expecting That And Don't Be Looking For A Place To Whimper Or Cry You Know What I'm Saying Baby You Know What I Mean Besides Those Days Have Passed Us By

CRAZY Crazy Crazy I Got This All Night Job Working Out On The Interstate Selling Gasoline And Oil, Cigarettes And Beer, Souvenirs And Junk Food I Meet People From Everywhere In Almost Every Kind Of Imaginable State I Know Most Are Just Tired From Driving So I Try To Keep It Cool Truck Drivers Come In Strung Out Sometimes I Slip Them Some Caffeine Pills Cause I Know What It's Like To Be Dodging The Law On That All Night Drive Tourists Come In With Their Blushing Excitable Young Daughters I Find It Kind Of Funny How Young Girls Can Sense Something Different About Some Guys Crazy Crazy I Used To Play In A Rock And Roll Band In All The Clubs Up And Down This Coast But That Gets Old When You Don't Make No Money And The Fun Wears Out If You Know What I Mean Now I Don't Even Listen To The Radio And I'll Be Damned If I Watch Them Dumb Videos I Prefer The Sounds Of The Rain And The Color Of My Own Dreams I Got An Ex Wife And Daughter Living Somewhere But I Don't Know Where Sometimes If I Don't Look At Their Pictures I Can Remember To Forget What They Look Like I Got A Few Friends But Not Too Many But I Don't Think I'm Missing Out On Anything Anyway For The Way I Am For The Way Things Are You Could Say I'm Doin Alright Crazy Crazy My Boss Says I Should Open Up More And Try To Be Friendlier To People He Says It's A Tough Tough World Out There And They Need All The Smiles They Can Get I Say Look At Me Man Can't You See I'm Trying To Be The Friendliest Person In The World But I Was Born This Way I Can't Help It If I'm A Little Frayed Around The Edge Well A Couple Of Weeks Ago This Guy Walks In With A Shotgun And Held Me Up All The Cops Nodded Their Heads When One Cop Said I Was Lucky I Didn't Get Blown Away But I Wasn't Afraid Cause I Knew That Guy Wasn't Gonna Pull The Trigger Cause I Could Tell That He Could Tell We Were Brothers In Some Kind Of Strange Way Crazy Crazy Well I Guess You're Wondering How A Guy Like Me Can Keep Anything Together Well I Find Most People Want To Believe In Something And Are So Easy To Fool I Mean Just Ask Any Preacher Or Politician Or Salesman Down Your Street And Anyway I'm Not Greedy I Don't Steal Well Except For Maybe A Beer Or Two Well I Got This Girl Friend Waiting For Me Tonight When My Shift Is Through Sometimes We Drive Down To The Beach And Just Lay There While The Sun Comes Up Light A Few Cigarettes Drink Some Wine And Watch Those Freighters Crawl On Down The Coast Then Maybe We Go Back To My Place And Get Real Lazy And Make Some Love Crazy Crazy

WHATCHA DOING She's Out On The Street Standing On Heels She's Looking For Adventure She's Looking For A Deal She's Another In A Long Line Of Girls From Texas She's Looking For That Road That Leads To Excess I Said Hey Whatcha Doing I Said Hey Whatcha Doing He's Got Himself A Car He's Got Himself A Gun He's Somebody's Darling He's Somebody's Son But His Eyes Are On Fire From All This Madness About He's A Badge Of Trouble Ready To Bust Some Heads Out I Said Hey Whatcha Doing I Said Hey Whatcha Doing Doing To Me Well You're Selling Me Lies You're Selling Me Hate You Keep Me In Line With All Your Monkey Fate I Can't Believe All Your Laws I Can't Believe All Your Money Can't Believe How You Make All This Killing Seem Funny I Said Hey Whatcha Doing I Said Hey Whatcha Doing Doing To Me Well One Of These Days One Of These Nights I'm Gonna Make Up My Mind I'm Gonna Get It Right I'm Gonna Shed This Skin Going Back To The Well Gonna Find A New Heaven Find A New Hell I Said Hey Whatcha Doing I Said Hey Whatcha Doing Doing To Me

NEED I SAY MORE Bum On The Corner He's Chewing On Gum Don't Care If You're Bright Baby Don't Care If You're Dumb Don't Care If You Stay Don't Care If You Go Don't Care About Your Business Baby Or The People That You Know He Don't Care About What's Wrong He Don't Care About What's Right He's Just Looking For Something Baby To Make It Through The Night Bars On The Window Locks On The Door Temperature's Dropping Baby Need I Say More We're All Gonna Die Like It Or No? You Can Keep The Blindfold On Girl But You Still Hear The Shots They Can Hit You When You're Sleeping Hit You When You're Awake Cut You Into A Million Pieces Baby Bury You At The Bottom Of The Lake You Can Run To The Mountains You Can Bow Down And Pray But You're Only Free Now Baby As Long As You Pay Refugees On The High Seas Bodies On The Shore Pig Meat On The TV Baby Need I Say More Bum On The Corner Now He's Chewing On A Rat Don't Care If You're Sexy Baby Whether You're Skinny Or Fat Don't Care About No Bossman No Gossip Magazines Don't Care About No Boyfriend Baby Or All His Criminal Little Schemes He Ain't Looking For Salvation Ain't Asking You To Think He Just Wants A Quarter Baby He Just Wants A Drink Church Bells Tolling On The Streets Of The Poor Times Are Hard Baby Need I Say More

I'M GOING DOWN Oh Pretty Baby Please Understand For Your Love Girl I Do What I Can But Something's Wrong Here Something's Wrong For Sure I Get This Feeling I Don't Fit Here Anymore I'm Going Down I'm Going Down Baby Oh Sweet Honey You Know It's True All These Nasty Things That People Will Do I Look Around Baby I Can't Keep It Straight My Temperature's Rising Feel The Crushing Of The Weight I'm Going Down I'm Going Down Baby Well Maybe Someday I Will Make It Maybe Someday This Thing I'll Shake It But Till Then Girl It's The Way It's Got To Be I Don't Want To Hurt Nobody Nobody But Me I'm Going Down I'm Going Down Baby I'm Going Down Baby

DANCE WITH ME GIRL The Sun Is On The Highway Moon Sitting Sideways Dance With Me Girl I've Been In The Headlines Another Man Out Of Time Dance With Me Girl Don't Turn A Cold Shoulder I Can't Get Much Older Dance With Me Girl Amuse Me For Awhile I've Come A Ragged Mile Dance With Me Girl I Was Born Inland Just Another Victim Grew Up On The Backstreets Running From The Heat Hands On The Trigger Until One I Pulled Her Now I'm In The Bright Lights Fighting For My Life I Know The Man Is Coming But I'm Tired Of This Running Dance With Me Girl Just A Song On The Jukebox Let's Make This Old House Rock Dance With Me Girl

ANGELOU There's An Ill Wind Blowing Across The Plain I Mean Somewhere Down Near Texas Towards A Town With No Name Where The Vultures Prey Upon The Broken Wheel Where The Terminally Ill Come To Get Healed Where The Graves Are Dug With Names Already Marked Where Jesus Christ Waits Glowing In The Dark Where They Take Dead Aim When They Get You In Their Sights Where They Drop You Like A Stone In The Middle Of The Night Angelou Angelou Them Good Ole Boys In Their Pickup Trucks Drinking On Their Beer And Pissing On Their Luck While The Latest Mandate Rolls Across The Land Where The Science Of Control Has Gotten Out Of Hand Where The Air Is Rotten Where The Kingsnakes Crawl Where The Minimum Wage Has Made Slaves Of Us All Where A Kid Is Taught Not To Think To Much Where A Girl Is Betrayed By A Lovers Touch Angelou Angelou I Was Standing In Line When I Heard The News A Girl Of Nineteen With A Couple Of Tattoos I Grabbed My Gun I Hit The Interstate I Drove All Night But I Arrived Too Late I Stood On The Hill And Watched The Battle Below While The Media Gathered And The Souvenirs Sold And I Watched With Horror When The Flames Touched The Sky Couldn't Believe My Ears Couldn't Believe My Eyes Angelou Angelou Now The Desert Is Cold The Sun Has Set I'm Stoned On Peyote And There's Liquor On My Breath Don't Know What I'm Saying Barely Know What I'm Doing Seems Like Everything Here Has Fallen Down In Ruins From The Lines On My Face To All Of The Tears I've Cried From A Few Lousy Good Deeds To A Lifetime Of Lies Never Felt So Helpless Never Felt So Torn Thinking About You Baby And The Day You Were Born Angelou Angelou

THE SAILOR Well I Told That Girl Right Before I Left We All Do Things In This Life We Regret With Sadness She Watched Me From Her Door Walk Down That Path Along That Rocky Shore Now Many A Year Has Passed And Gone And Like All Good People I'm Sure She's Pushed On And I've Sail These Oceans Far And Wide Well I Guess I'm Bound To Sail Them Til I Die So Gather 'Round Boys The Night Is Young And There's Still A Lot Of Drinking To Be Done Let's Raise A Glass To All These Memories And One For Her Wherever She May Be

MR. BLUE Early In The Morning Late At Night Can't Get Her Out Of My Sight Do You Know What I Mean Mr. Blue Soft Summer Rain On The City Street I Can Still Feel My Heart Skipping A Beat Ah You Should Of Seen Her Mr. Blue How Can You Paint The Colors Of The Rainbow Where Do You Begin To Try How Can You Predict Which Way The Wind Blows When The Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Hanging Around This Old Neighborhood Ain't Nobody Here Never Come To No Good Well I Almost Did Mr. Blue How Can You Paint The Colors Of The Rainbow Where Do You Begin To Try How Can You Predict Which Way The Wind Blows When The Smoke Gets In Your Eyes The Joint's Empty It's Time To Go Guess I Better Have Me One More For The Road Well Here's To You Mr. Blue

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