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Freedom came my way that night
just like a jet plane IN and out of sight I was hauling ass at a million miles an hour wondering how hard I'd hit When they came into the station they said I was bad beyond repair But I got no qualms with my situation say here I am So say cheri cheri won't you dare to say cheri cheri won't you dare to leave a message and your number please Tie them up all my old fantasies Put them in a big red bow and send them care of me I'm taking a chance on the wind I'm packing all my bags Taking a mistake I gotta make then I'm glory bound So I packed it up and I went to the winds and I lived out of a VW bus for a year or two Ain't nothing but a pipe dream and my guitar livin off of apple fields and old cigars Diggin this microphone checking it out every night all alone the car battery is dead again so I got my head dead set against it So say cheri cheri won't you dare to say cheri cheri won't you dare to leave a message and your number please Take the time to want to satisfy me Take all those fantasies and send them care of me Chorus |
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| 2. |
| 4:00 |
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I will always love you
Uncertainty I love you Spacious skies I love you I'll find new ways to love you All these miles of ghostly west The Hopis lost to Spain Now belong to me I'm the American I could be a cowboy Or just a hired hand Twisters come in April And rearrange the land Pick me up and throw me west A thousand miles from home Dreaming up my fix I'm the American Abilene, old New Mexico High and dry Flagstaff Arizone Cool water Sipping silver stream This is my American dream I know a squaw in Winslow Who swears by candlelight She said she'd leave the back door Open tonight Three weeks pay will keep me off The wrong side of the law Dreaming up my fix Getting somewhere quick I'm the American And I'll always love you |
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| 4:05 |
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Seems you got me in your spell once more
Must be there's a storm on the way You taught me to know when you're near In your glance Recall my shady days of youth Stealing altar wine and microphones Not so blindly fueling my need As rock and roll fueled my dreams You know rock and roll fueled my dreams Back then you saw me as this child In great need of the wildest sin How sweet your grace I stumbled in And how completely you waved As I laughed in your face Oh my Maria Oh my Maria How you stood for strength and sanity Now is there someone poking holes in thee I see now why you called me near Maria my song can you hear I know you see the silence on the sidewalk And the anger in the street And the voices of all these children Coming up to my feet And we sing your song in vain As some preacher sees his reign Come down Maria Oh my sweet, Maria In the silence on the hill You know I'll be dreaming of you still Maria, oh my Maria I sing for my Maria I sing for my Maria |
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| 5. |
| 4:37 |
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Hey little jail bait
Tell me a story Let me bum a smoke and we can chat a while I only need a moment One moment in your glory Before you get off and make your change Talking 'bout a woman that hasn't felt a day in a while Talking 'bout a woman that just can't say no She needs another lover like she needs another dose in her blood Talking 'bout a woman whose name is Candy She's so fine She's waiting on the backstreet line Like a Lost angel Not long for this world Don't usually get emotional Don't usually show my vein she said Only when I sing or when I'm making tracks And sweatin's just my mean way To show me where I am And to tell me where I need to be And through those eyes If she wore her disguise I'd see through it and say Come in from the rain girl Talking 'bout a woman she loves me like a dog loves a bone Talking 'bout a woman I just can't let go I need her as my lover like I need another hole in my head I'm talking 'bout a woman I know Candy She's so fine But she's shaking on that backstreet line Like a loose cannon Ashamed to explode In the middle of my day In the night When will I learn To let you go You're my Candy You're my Lost angel Not long for this world |
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| 4:21 |
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Every single time I come to this town
It brings out the worst in me Decadence dries deep in the root of mine eyes To bring out a thirst in me Bust in to Burbank and buy a big beef jerky on Barham Stare into the stockyard Life in this car out on the road can be so easy Then in the evenin' time, there's a welcome sight In my lazy dreams I'm still hopin', still hopin', still hopin' to find The best in me is the beast in me The best in me is the beast in me The best in me is the beast in me The best in me is the beast in me Hansel and Gretel turnin' tricks for the big bad wolf on Sunset In front of the health food store See 'em linin' up in their Range Rovers and their Mercedes For some peek a boo with the queen of hearts And as the sun goes down in that purple sky What passes for stars comes out I'm still hopin', still hopin', still hopin' to find The beast in me is the best in me The beast in me is the best in me The beast in me is the best in me The beast in me is the best in me The beast in me is the best in me The beast in me is the best in me The beast in me is the best in me The beast in me is the best in me I dreamed I saw Jesus on the sidewalk Of Sodom burnin' sage he told me "LA you're my desert rose, forgive me your age I've done with my twenties but there's a reason to live Swear I found it in the picks and pans of People magazine" The best in me is the beast in me The best in me is the beast in me The best in me is the beast in me The best in me is the beast in me The best in me is the beast in me The best in me is the beast in me The best in me is the beast in me The best in me is the beast in me I made good my escape in my Geo Prism The little red rental that could I was prayin' no more hair would grow on my palms As I drove away from the sign, it said "Welcome to Hollywood" Oh, it's the beast in me comin' on through It's the best in me shinin' on through Mama had told me, watch out for the beast in me But mama, mama it's okay Yeah, the beast in me, oh, it's the best in me Oh, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah The beast in me is the best in me The beast in me is the best in me The beast in me is the best in me ... |
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| 4:26 |
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| 4:17 |
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| 3:45 |
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You cuddle the cats
Pet all the pups I'm left here playing the fool Love how they look Love how they play Apparently animals rule So I howl at the moon And I beg and do tricks for you What's the matter, baby? Ain't I an animal, too? I hunt like a hawk Purr like a kitten Almost as loyal as your dog Kiss me tonight Pretend I'm your prince I will gladly be your big bull frog And I howl at the moon And I'll beg and do tricks for you Oh, what's that child? Is there no satisfying you? Maybe if I howl Maybe if I howl Will that do it for you? Apparently you want someone who won't talk back to you That ain't me child That ain't me Now I sing like a bird Run like a stallion Mean as your pit-bull in June But you're causin' me pain You're pullin' on my chain And that ain't something I'd be doin' I ain't gonna howl at the moon for you And I ain't gonna beg, I ain't gonna roll over too 'Cause I found out yesterday All my friends the information they've been saying to me That I'm too much animal for you Too much animal for you |
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| 4:02 |
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Hold me tight don't say goodnight
And I'll let you know that I care Stay a little longer Don't let me be And I'll comfort you from the storm It's been a long night Tomorrow's another day Call me when you find out the answer And I'll hope and I'll pray To a power That'll keep me from going insane In the meantime Teenage lovers caught up in this dance Pain's the price of this young romance How was I such a young fool to know Lord knows we got no direction from home baby So I say this prayer Take hold of me Blessed powers that be Love keep us together Down with the rain came the news That our wild ways would bring us a baby boy Wash away all those innocent dreams As the whole world turns upside down on me And here I pray To some power they say Is gonna keep me from going insane I don't think so child I can't be strong unless I'm by your side My weakness tells me to run for the hills Responsibility beckons me To think I'd dreamed that your kiss would set me free I've never been so wrong Take hold of me Blessed powers that be Love keep us together There cries a child So deep in the night He needs a father somebody to set things right I'm the one to love to hold him tight To discount my love a serious oversight Higher power has brought us together I know She will keep us together wherever we go Even if I live a thousand miles away My love is pure, strong, it's here to stay Together forever and a day |
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| 3:07 |
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How's about a cup
Not coffee okay tea That's fine with me Meet at 8:15 All right 6:30's fine Just be with me Anytime of day Anyplace you say Just look like you do Oh it's my lucky day I am here to stay with you I'm diggin me diggin you Diggin me diggin you Later at the thrift store Shopping for a gift for you I could ask you back there Behind the rack of shoes What 's that over there Such a pretty pair That's us in the blue mirror Such a vintage view Posing here with you I'm diggin me diggin you Diggin me diggin you All of my life I've been holding on All of these years I've been waiting So patiently All of this time I've been holding out For only you We meet at 3pm by the ATM on Saturday You pick out the show Then it's off we go to the matinee You'll be who you want I'll be who you want I'll be your Ray Liotta It's my lucky day I am here to stay with you I'm diggin me diggin you |
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The other night I had a crazy dream
'Bout a man in a fishing hat selling magazines All the way from Kingston he'd worked his way down I bought him a drink on the night they kicked him out of town He said, "You know I don't like the way I am." "No, I don't like the way I am." And I saw an old fisherman out swayin' on a dock Swigging a jug of something and a string of fish that he had caught His wife had left him just a week before She packed up her bags and waltzed on out the door She said, "You know I don't like the way I am." "No, I don't like the way I am." And then she cried And you and me walked down the shores of our youth Chasing the sunrise, challenging the truth It's all so distant now I've seen too many lies Turning my vision into crumbling demise Makes me wanna say You know I don't like the way I am No, I don't like the way I am But I'm gonna change the way I am I'm gonna change the way I am |
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