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I used to carry the weight of the world
On my back I never trusted my friends or my girl Can you imagine that I used to shuffle my feet When I walked I hung my head down low Kept to myself all my private thoughts But when I met you girl. I dropped the weight of the world Weight of the world I dropped the weight of the world Weight of the world. I knew some people used to dance all night But not me I never knew if it was wrong or right To be so free I used to close my eyes And try to hide from the light of love Spent all my time with the darkness inside But when I met you girl. I dropped the weight of the world Weight of the world I dropped the weight of the world Weight of the world. I was alone for all of my life I was alone for all of my life I was alone for all of my life I was alone for all of my life Until you came my way I dropped the weight of the world Weight of the world I dropped the weight of the world Weight of the world. |
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Here comes the night
Here comes the anger Hidden so deep inside No one can see Behind these eyes There walks a stranger Wandering through the dark Following me. Control the violent side Control the violent side Control the violent side Control the violent side. Electric light Shining on your block Sayin' to everyone The power is on While your alarm Set up for safety Keeps out invaders who come But still can't control. Control the violent side Control the violent side Control the violent side Control the violent side. Got to fight to control the violent side Every day and night I've got to fight to control it. |
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Take my advice
Don't listen to me It ain't paradise But it used to be There was a time When the river was wide And the water came running down To the rising tide But the wooden ships Were just a hippie dream Just a hippie dream. Don't bat an eye Don't waste a word Don't mention nothin' That could go unheard 'Cause the tie-dye sails Are the screamin' sheets And the dusty trail Leads to blood in the streets And the wooden ships Are a hippie dream Capsized in excess If you know what I mean. Just because it's over for you Don't mean it's over for me It's a victory for the heart Every time the music starts So please don't kill the machine Don't kill the machine Don't kill the machine. Another flower child goes to seed In an ether-filled room of meat-hooks It's so ugly So ugly. |
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Have you heard the news
I lost my baby to another man I got a bulletin of news Late breaking story that I don't understand Should I call her up late Should I ask her how she really feels Should I try to make a date For a time when we can touch And feel. She' so on fire She's my desire. I've got the bad news beat And my reception is loud and clear I've got a man in the street Telling me what I don't want to hear I've got an eye in the sky Taking pictures that I don't want to see She's got a brand new guy Looks like she's never coming back To me. She' so on fire She's my desire. I've got an eye in the sky I've got a man in the street I've got the bad news beat I've got the bad news beat |
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Out on the road the traffic slowed down to a crawl
Strobe lights flashin' on the overpass The tangled steel could not reveal what no one saw Or how he walked away without a scratch He thought of her and walked along the exit ramp He touched the night between two old street lamps. And every one will touch the night And every one will touch the night And every one will touch the night. Imagine blue dissolve into the empty night Slowly fadin' no one answerin' She walked away and left him standing all alone Between the shadows of his memory And those who loved and lost will know the way it feels To touch the night without the one you love. And every one will touch the night And every one will touch the night And every one will touch the night. |
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People on the street need a place to go
People on the street need a place to go Walkin' with the beat if it's not too slow Walkin' with the beat if it's not too slow When the night's dark shadow falls On the sidewalk scenes and the concrete canyon walls. People on the street need a place to go People on the street need a place to go. Walkin' through the night up and down the avenue Lookin' for a place, A place to go, A place to go. There's a muffled scream from the alley scene From the alley scene comes a muffled scream And the siren wails while the system fails In the steaming heat people walk in the street People can't run and hide If you want to feel good then you gotta feel good inside. People on the street need a place to go People on the street need a place to go. Rising through the grates come the fumes of industry Floating to the sky Keep walkin' with the beat, walkin' with the beat Keep walkin' with the beat, walkin' with the beat Keep walkin' with the beat, walkin' with the beat When the night's dark shadow falls On the sidewalk scenes and the concrete canyon walls. People on the street need a place to go People on the street need a place to go. |
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Don't tell me hard luck stories
And I won't tell you mine Don't tell me hard luck stories And I won't tell you mine. Every time you're feelin' fine Got another good one on the line It slips away, You feel it slip away, slip away. I don't want no more from you Won't do what you want me to Turn me loose Come on turn me loose, turn me loose. Every time I'm feelin' good The phone rings and I knock on wood Hoping that it won't be you Calling like you always do. All you ever seem to say is How much bad luck came your way You won't try to start again You just count on your old friends. Don't tell me hard luck stories And I won't tell you mine Don't tell me hard luck stories And I won't tell you mine. Now you call up every day Got no money no place to stay That girl made a mess of you You got what was comin' too. Build her up and let her down Tastin' everythin' in town Treat her right, you never Treat her right, treat her right. Now she's gone and you're alone Bite your fingers to the bone Slip away, You feel it slip away, slip away. You don't know what's goin' on How you lost it, what went wrong What ever happened to The love that you once knew. Don't tell me hard luck stories And I won't tell you mine Don't tell me hard luck stories And I won't tell you mine. |
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I got a problem I can't explain
It's hard to solve it, I can't lose face They all try to help me, but I can't see the light. Me and my shadow are so in despair 'Cause we keep hurtin' someone who cares Every time we talk about it I break out in a cold sweat There must be some way outta here, but I can't find it yet. I got a problem that's so intense I try to fight it, but there's no defense. Every time we talk about it I break out in a cold sweat There must be some way outta here, but I can't find it yet. I got a problem, I got a problem I got a problem, I got a problem Every time we talk about it I break out in a cold sweat. |
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A funny thing happened yesterday
I felt the pressure in a brand new way It kept hitting me from all directions I got this feeling I was cracking up My knees were shaking and I couldn't close my eyes I fought to gain control and make corrections A funny thing happened yesterday I felt the pressure in a TV way. Don't feel, don't feel Feel pressure from me Don't feel, don't feel No pressure from me Don't feel, don't feel Feel pressure from me. You watch the box and the video jocks If you could talk that could even be you up there That's why you need max head room Too much pressure for peace on earth Too much tryin' to get your money's worth Too much dying The Eldorado, the Mercedes Benz The job security that never ends. Don't feel, don't feel Feel pressure from me Don't feel, don't feel No pressure from me Don't feel, don't feel Feel pressure from me Don't feel, don't feel No pressure from me. I feel the pressure building every night One of these days I'm gonna go out like a light Oh, baby I feel the pressure building every night One of these days I'm gonna go out like a light. |
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I'm just a drifter
I'll stay until you try to tie me down I'm not a quitter, baby I'd like to stay and see the whole thing go down. Don't try to tell me What I gotta do to fit Don't try to rescue me, I'm gonna go with my ship. What about you, did I ever take a thing from you? What about me, how do I know that your love is true? What about you, how can I count on you to count on me? I like to drive my car If I've got someplace to go I like to feel the wheel Put down the top and let it roll. Don't try to fence me in, Don't try to slow me down Don't try to speed me up, Or tie my feet down to the ground. What about you, did I ever take a thing from you? What about me, how do I know that your love is true? What about you, how can I count on you to count on me? I'm just a drifter I'll stay until you try to tie me down Don't try to rescue me, Don't try to rescue me I like to feel the wheel, I like to feel the wheel I like to feel the wheel. |
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