Standing by the roadside Future in my hands Coat I'm wearing's blowing cold Turn my back to the wind Winter mist along the coast City lights closed down Your empty station there Freight line cuts the ground Freight line cuts the ground
*Crystal light shining bright Shine on down for me Moon is even passing by Trying not to see Like a fool I hit that road Did my time at sea Life was only fooling me
Oh despair, it bums my lungs Find it hard to breathe The hospital shut their gates I can't get me no peace Wicked people stand and scream Stumble the road Close my eyes, turn out the lights Haven't found a dream Haven't found a dream
Doctor doctor, please Oh, the mess I'm in Doctor doctor, please oh, the mess I'm in She walked up to me and really stole my heart And then she started to take my body apart
*Livin' lovin' I'm on the run So far away from you Livin' lovin' I'm on the run So far away from you
Doctor doctor, please Oh I'm goin' fast Doctor doctor, please, oh, I'm goin' fast It's only just a moment She's turning paranoid That's not a situation for a nervous boy
**Doctor doctor, please Oh, the mess I'm in Doctor doctor, please oh, the mess I'm in But you look so angry as I crawled across your floor She's got the strength, and I can't take any more
Seventeen a nature's queen, know what I mean Twenty one, a long one, and you can see the numbers run Now you look so peaceful, lyin' there asleep With the wings of god above you Before the spirits meet --Rock bottom, rock bottom, rock bottom * Rock bottom, rock bottom, rock bottom
Shadow work is closin' in above the lamps in your street Lucifer goes walkin' down free to meet Minutes pass so slowly by the, hands on your clock Heaven don't open when you knock * Repeat
With all darkness closin' in Will the light reveal your soul one sweet kiss on your clay cold lips Ill know sleep you'll never know Where do we go, where do we go Where do we go from here
Well, I'm struttin' up and down Tryin' to get my face in town Wonderin' the hang where To turn each time around Look in your mirror just to see my face Two way time, baby, it's no disgrace Oh my, how the times have changed Oh my, how the times have changed
Ladies used to dancin' but I move for real Lookin' for reaction, something you can feel When ya dance, I move and they look me in the eye Two way time, baby, it's no lie Oh my, how the times have changed Oh my, how the times have changed
Oh my, how the times have changed Oh my, how the times have changed
Oh my, how the times have changed Oh my, how the times have changed
Some folk built like this, some folk built like that But the way I'm built, you shouldn't call me fat Because I'm built for comfort, I ain't built for speed But I got everything all the good girls need
I don't have no diamond, and I don't have no gold But I've got a lot of lovin' and I want you to know That I'm built for comfort, I ain't built for speed But I got everything all the good girls need
Some folk built like this, some folk built like that But the way I'm built, you shouldn't call me fat Because I'm built for comfort, I ain't built for speed But I got everything all the good girls need
Some folk rip and roar, some folk b'lieve in signs But if you want me, you got to take your time Because I'm built for comfort, I ain't built for speed But I got everything all the good girls need
But I got everything all the good girls need I ... I love you baby I ... I love you baby But I got everything all of the good girls need
And I don't got no diamonds, don't have no gold Got a lot of lovin' to satisfy your soul I'm built for comfort, I ain't built for speed But I got everything all the good girls need
Heaven knows why I'm left here in this place With the sun up in my eyes Symbols of the morning comin' on With the love that's got too strong to hold If I'd been so much wiser then I would have known which path to choose Heaven help the lucky one Heaven help you
Heard the news come on the radio About the loves and the flame I'd already heard before
Baby, two years ago
Say it's too hard to return Now it seemed just like a dream I saw and already seen it On my tv screen
Now I could see all these conflicts goin' on Don't you think you could show some thanks I just might give you a standin' ovation When I'm here and gone
* Cold run "Speed Highway" was the place where we'd all go When our nerves were razor sharp, and we'd all let it roll Let it roll Let it roll, let it roll Let it roll
** Our machine's geared up, and we're really layin' it down Layin' it out, let it roll
When these wheels get rollin' Let 'em roll right over you 'Cause I'm well greased down, and I'll always win it through Let it roll, let it roll Let it roll ** Repeat * Repeat ** Repeat
Was a fast tough woman loved to play the clown You won't do nothin' about it Break a good boy's resistance down Know she's got a pistol Laid it down on me She said shoot, shoot, shoot it boy You gotta shoot it for me Convinced me that she was worth it Never knew I was her kill And two 45's would do the trick and pay the bills
*Know she's got a pistol Laid it down on me And she said shoot, shoot, shoot it boy You gotta shoot it for me
** I've really got to get a fast ride out of here Gotta get a fast ride out of here Gotta get a fast ride out of here Gotta get a fast ride out of here now
solo
Holding out in my hotel room police they finally come Had her as the prosecution, and my prints upon the gun
High flyers, wailing birds I'm so far out to sea Ships are passing every night Oh, all my boyish dreams And your every melody With the sea tides tossin' free Never, never holdin' back Rock and rollers drift by (instrumental) Turn to summer, goes so fast Seems I'll never see you One weekend and a photograph Oh, all my boyish dreams
Saturday night, we're all on the lookout for some thrills Try to catch the band's last song Backstage pass really showin' out Feel that's where I belong
Sittin' down with all the big stars at the bar I really have a rock vocation From monopedemania to schizophrenia Rise to any situation
* of old lost love, where will you go When the show is over Nobody wants to know
** We need to feel Something that's real 'cause you're losin' from the start So be careful with your heart
** Repeat
Partners in the next bed and they're dancing cheek to cheek Can't understand their highbrow conversation Yes, you're pretty, who needs a pretty face With a hot lips reputation
* Lady love to hang on Played it like a real intellectual Sweet sister your still shaking And your tragedy is never ending Silver shoes you're wearing Every window there you've ever stared in Over my head, over my head
Sidewalks of the city Every theater there you've ever played Your comic book impersonations Louise Fazenda and Buster Keaton [+++] Over my head, so it's all
** Out in the street for just one more matinee Yes, your vaudeville carries on So put a smile in front your man can see Yes, your vaudeville carries on
solo
** Repeat *
Repeat
[+++]Note: Michael Pincher verified this line with Mogg. Louise Fazenda, an American vaudeville actress, made 134 movies between 1913-1935, but the only one I could find that involved film legend Buster Keaton was "Slippery Pearls." Fazenda was married to director Hal Wallis ...
* Try to make some changes really on the line Given your religion, never ever time All the jokers laughing, queens upon the floor Don't misunderstand it, baby needs some more
Lovin' up some ransom, weapon and a gun Just your education, hard to understand Will the teenage lesion make a mark on you Make a big tome status, then we run them through
** Mother Mary could you ever really feel the same And would you try to understand a wild colonial boy
I really tried my hardest just to make you understand (what) it feels like to a boy, when he don't feel like a man But you gave me so much money And you would not understand I realize I hurt you, so I stay just as I am
* But the whole world keeps on turnin' Yes, the whole world keeps on turnin' But the whole world keeps on turnin' I just roll along
There's been one too many mornings And one too many years One of life's delinquents Who just can't take the pace
We found out the hard way I hope you understand That my life is just my habit And I had an overdose
* Repeat
I used to try, I used to try Used to cry, oh I used to cry
* In a dance band competition fox-trotting with my girl Dance, dance, dance all night Dance your life away High geared razzle dazzle, recession is the trouble Dance, dance, dance all night Dance your life away
Thirty hours on the floor and twenty partners left Dance, dance, dance all night Dance your life away Feel so tired it must be a week Nearly on my knees Dance, dance, dance all night Dance your life away
** California, you always seem to have the sun But I never really got near to it And you try your hand at anything you know Just to try and earn a dollar
* Try to make some changes really on the line Given your religion, never ever time All the jokers laughing, queens upon the floor Don't misunderstand it, baby needs some more
Lovin' up some ransom, weapon and a gun Just your education, hard to understand Will the teenage lesion make a mark on you Make a big tome status, then we run them through
** Mother Mary could you ever really feel the same And would you try to understand a wild colonial boy
* Lady love to hang on Played it like a real intellectual Sweet sister your still shaking And your tragedy is never ending Silver shoes you're wearing Every window there you've ever stared in Over my head, over my head
Sidewalks of the city Every theater there you've ever played Your comic book impersonations Louise Fazenda and Buster Keaton [+++] Over my head, so it's all
** Out in the street for just one more matinee Yes, your vaudeville carries on So put a smile in front your man can see Yes, your vaudeville carries on
solo
** Repeat *
Repeat
[+++]Note: Michael Pincher verified this line with Mogg. Louise Fazenda, an American vaudeville actress, made 134 movies between 1913-1935, but the only one I could find that involved film legend Buster Keaton was "Slippery Pearls." Fazenda was married to director Hal Wallis ...
Was a fast tough woman loved to play the clown You won't do nothin' about it Break a good boy's resistance down Know she's got a pistol Laid it down on me She said shoot, shoot, shoot it boy You gotta shoot it for me Convinced me that she was worth it Never knew I was her kill And two 45's would do the trick and pay the bills
*Know she's got a pistol Laid it down on me And she said shoot, shoot, shoot it boy You gotta shoot it for me
** I've really got to get a fast ride out of here Gotta get a fast ride out of here Gotta get a fast ride out of here Gotta get a fast ride out of here now
solo
Holding out in my hotel room police they finally come Had her as the prosecution, and my prints upon the gun
