You jump in front of my car when you, you know all the time that Ninty miles an hour, girl, is the speed I drive You tell me it’s alright, you don’t mind a little pain You say you just want me to take you for a ride
You’re just like crosstown traffic So hard to get through to you Crosstown traffic I don’t need to run over you Crosstown traffic All you do is slow me down And I’m tryin’ to get on the other side of town
I’m not the only soul who’s accused of hit and run Tire tracks all across your back I can see you had your fun But darlin’ can’t you see my signals turn from green to red And with you I can see a traffic jam straight up ahead
You’re just like crosstown traffic So hard to get through to you Crosstown traffic I don’t need to run over you Crosstown traffic All you do is slow me down And I got better things on the other side of town Yeah! yeah! Crosstown traffic Look out Look out baby Coming through Crosstown traffic Yeah! look out crosstown traffic yeah look out Look out look out baby crosstown traffic Yeah, look out What’s that in the street? Crosstown traffic Yeah, look out Crosstown traffic Yeah look out
Well, the night I was born Lord I swear the moon turned a fire red The night I was born I swear the moon turned a fire red Well my poor mother cried out “lord, the gypsy was right!” And I seen her fell down right dead (Have mercy)
Well, mountain lions found me there waitin’ And set me on a eagles back Well, mountain lions found me there, And set me on a eagles wing (Its’ the eagles wing, baby, what did I say) He took me past to the outskirts of infinity, And when he brought me back, He gave me a venus witch’s ring Hey! And he said “Fly on, fly on” Because I’m a voodoo chile, baby, voodoo chile Hey!
Well, I make love to you, And lord knows you’ll feel no pain Say, I make love to you in your sleep, And lord knows you felt no pain (Have mercy) ‘Cause I’m a million miles away And at the same time I’m right here in your picture frame (Yeah! What did I say now) ‘Cause I’m a voodoo chile Lord knows I’m a voodoo chile
Well my arrows are made of desire From far away as Jupiters sulphur mines Say my arrows are made of desire, desire From far away as Jupiters sulphur mines (Way down by the Methabe Sea, yeah) I have a humming bird and it hums so loud, You think you were losing your mind, hmmm...
Well I float in liquid gardens And Arizona new red sand (Yeah) I float in liquid gardens Way down in Arizona red sand
Well, I taste the honey from a flower named Blue, Way down in California And the n New York drowns as we hold hands
‘Cause I’m a voodoo chile Lord knows I’m a voodoo chile Yeah!
It sure was a long long long hot summer night As far as my eyes could see Well my heart was way down in a cold cold winter storm.
Well my darlin’ where can you be? Where can you be baby? Where can you be?
There was three sugar walls and a two candy cane windows But the serious mood melted ah all those insight Everybody’s on fire but I’m uh snowin’ in a cold blizzard.
Where are you on this ah hot cold summer? Where are you on this ah hot cold summer? Where are you on this ah hot cold summer night?
Around about this time the telephone blew its horn across the room Scared little Annie clean out of her mind and I tell ya Roman the Candle he peeps out of his peekaboo hide and seek And grabbed little Annie from the ceiling just in time And the telephone keeps on screamin’. Yeah yeah yeah!
Yeah, yeah, yeah!
Hello said my shaked voice, well how you doin’ I start to stutter look ah can’t cha tell I’m ah doin’ fine There was my baby talkin’ she’s way down ‘cross the border.
She says I’m gonna hurry to ya I’ve been a fool And I’m tired of cryin’ Said I’m tired Jimi.
Yes a long long long hot summer night As far as my eyes could see But I can ah feel the heat comin’ on as my baby’s gettin’ closer.
I’m so glad that my baby’s comin’ to rescue me So glad that my baby’s comin’ to rescue me So glad that my baby’s comin’ to rescue me Rescue, rescue me, rescue Rescue me, rescue Rescue, rescue, What’d I say Rescue me, rescue me Rescue, rescue me, rescue Rescue me
Well I realize that I’ve been hypnotized, I love your gypsy eyes I love your gypsy eyes Alright!
Hey! Gypsy.
Way up in my tree I’m sitting by my fire Wond’rin’ where in this world might you be And knowin’ all the time you’re still roamin’ in the country side Do you still think about me? Oh my gypsy.
Well I walked right on to your rebel roadside The one that rambles on for a million miles Yes I walk down this road searchin’ for your love and ah my soul too But when I find ya I ain’t gonna let go.
I remember the first time I saw you The tears in your eyes look like they’re tryin’ to say Oh little boy you know I could love you But first I must make my get away Two strange men fightin’ to the death over me today I’ll try to meet cha by the old highway. Hey!
Well I realize that I’ve been hypnotized, I love your gypsy eyes I love your gypsy eyes I love your gypsy eyes I love your gypsy eyes Alright!
I’ve been searchin’ so long my feet have made me lose the battle Down against the road my weary knees they got me Off to the side I fall but I hear a sweet call My gypsy eyes is comin’ and I’ve been saved.
Oh I’ve been saved That’s why I love you uh Said I love you Hey! Love you uh Lord I love you Hey!
The morning is dead And the day is, too There’s nothing left here to meet me But the velvet moon All my loneliness I have felt today It’s like a little more than enough To make a man throw himself away
And I continue To burn the midnight lamp Alone
Now the smiling portrait of you Is still hangin’ on my frowning wall It really doesn’t, really doesn’t bother me too much at all It’s just the ever falling dust That makes it so hard for me to see That forgotten earring layin’ on the floor Facing coldly towards the door
I continue To burn the midnight lamp Lord, alone
Loneliness is such a drag
So here I sit to face That same old fire place Gettin’ ready for the same old explosion Goin’ through my mind And soon enough time will tell, About the circus in the wishing well And someone who will buy and sell for me Someone to toll my bell
But I continue To burn the midnight lamp Lord, alone Darlin’ can’t ya hear me callin’ you? So lonely Gonna have to blow my mind Lonely
Hey man, take a look out the window ‘n’ see what’s happ’nin’ Hey man, it’s rainin’ It’s rainin’ outside man Aw, don’t worry ‘bout that Everything’s gonna be everything We’ll get into somethin’ real nice you know Sit back and groove on a rainy day Yeah Yeah I see what you mean brother, lay back and groove.
Rainy day, dream away Ah let the sun take a holiday Flowers bathe an’ ah see the children play Lay back and groove on a rainy day.
Well I can see a bunch of wet creatures, look at them on the run The carnival traffic noise it sings the tune splashing up ‘n’ Even the ducks can groove rain bathin’ in the park side pool And I’m leanin’ out my window sill diggin’ ev’rything And ah and you too.
Rainy day, rain all day Ain’t no use in gettin’ uptight Just let it groove its own way Let it drain your worries away yeah Lay back and groove on a rainy day hey Lay back and dream on a rainy day
Rainy day, rain all day Ain’t no use in gettin’ uptight Just let it groove its own way Let it drain your worries away yeah Lay back and groove on a rainy day hey Lay back and dream on a rainy day Lay back and groove on a rainy day Lay back Oh yeah !
Lay back and groove on a rainy day Lay back and groove on a rainy day Lay back and dream on a rainy day Lay back and groove on a rainy day Lay back and dream on a rainy day Lay back and, lay back, lay back, lay back and groove.
Ooh Aaaah !
Lay back and groove on a rainy day Lay back and groove on a rainy day Lay back and groove on a rainy day Lay back and groove on a rainy day Lay back and dream on a rainy day.
Look at the sky turn a hell fire red Somebody’s house is burnin’ down down, down down Down, down, down.
Well I asked my friend where is that black smoke comin’ from ? He just coughed and changed the subject and said oh wa I think it might snow some So I left him sippin’ his tea an’ I jumped in my chariot And rode off to see just why and who could it be this time.
Sisters and brothers daddys mothers standin’ ‘round cryin’ When I reached the scene the flames were makin’ a ghostly whine So I stood on my horse’s back an’ I screamed without a crack I say oh baby why’d you burn your brother’s house down ?
Hey ! Hey ! Hey ! Hey !
Look out the sky turn a hell fire red Lord Somebody’s house is burnin’ down down, down down Look out the sky turn a hell fire red Lord Somebody’s house is burnin’ down down, down down down.
Well someone stepped from the crowd he was nineteen miles high He shouts retired and disgusted so we paint red through the sky I said the truth is straight ahead so don’t burn yourself instead Try to learn instead of burn, hear what I say, yeah, yeah.
So I fin’ly rode away but I’ll never forget that day ‘Cause when I reached the valley I looked way down cross the way A giant boat from space landed with eerie grace And came and taken all the dead away.
Hey ! Hey ! Hey ! Hey !
What’d I say. Look at the sky turn a hell fire red Lord Somebody’s house is burning down down, down down Look at the sky turn a hell fire red Lord Somebody’s house is burning down down, down down Look at the sky, look at the sky.
There must be some kind of way out of here Said the joker to the theif There’s too much confusion I can’t get no relief Business men they drink my wine Plowmen dig my earth None will level on the wine Nobody of it is worth
No reason to get exited The thief he kindly spoke There are many here among us Who feel that life is but a joke But you and I we’ve been through that And this is not our fate So let us stop talking falsely now The hour’s getting late Hey
All along the watchtower The princess kept the view While all the women came And went bare feet servants too Outside in the cold distance A wild cat did growl Two riders were aproaching And the wind began to howl
Hey Oh All along the watchtower Hear you sing around the watch Gotta beware gotta beware I will Yeah, Oh baby All along the watchtower
There must be some kind of way out of here Said the joker to the thief There's too much confusion I can't get no relief Businessmen, they drink my wine Plowmen dig my earth None will level on the line Nobody offered his word, hey!
No reason to get excited The thief, he kindly spoke There are many here among us Who feel that life is but a joke, but, uh But you and I, we've been through that And this is not our fate So let us not talk falsely now The hour's getting late, hey!
Hey
All along the watchtower Princes kept the view While all the women came and went Barefoot servants too Well, uh, outside in the cold distance A wild cat did growl Two riders were approaching And the wind began to howl, hey!
You jump in front of my car when you, you know all the time that Ninty miles an hour, girl, is the speed I drive You tell me it's alright, you don't mind a little pain You say you just want me to take you for a ride You're just like crosstown traffic So hard to get through to you Crosstown traffic I don't need to run over you Crosstown traffic All you do is slow me down And I'm tryin' to get on the other side of town I'm not the only soul who's accused of hit and run Tire tracks all across your back I can see you had your fun But darlin' can't you see my signals turn from green to red And with you I can see a traffic jam straight up ahead You're just like crosstown traffic So hard to get through to you Crosstown traffic I don't need to run over you Crosstown traffic All you do is slow me down And I got better things on the other side of town Yeah! yeah! Crosstown traffic Look out Look out baby Coming through Crosstown traffic Yeah! look out crosstown traffic yeah look out Look out look out baby crosstown traffic Yeah, look out What's that in the street? Crosstown traffic Yeah, look out Crosstown traffic Yeah look out