Mark Farner

Hey ...

Ohhhh ...

Oh, happy birthday America.
Lord knows you ain't no sweet sixteen.
But, we love you 'cause you're beautiful America.
We still beleive in the American dream.

We better all keep remembering this land now.
This land full of people been' gettin' their kicks Lord, Lord.
I think we all better pick up the sticks.
In 1976.

God put man on this planet.
But man forgot that he was heaven sent.
Man takes the planet for granted.
I thought American people would 'a had more sense.

We better keep all remembering this land now.
This land full of people bent on gettin' their kicks Lord, Lord.
I think we all better pick up the sticks.
In 1976.

Hey ...

We better keep all remembering this land now.
This land full of people bent on gettin' their kicks Lord, Lord.
I think we all better pick up the sticks.
In 1976.

Aimless lady, is this your home town?
Tell me baby,
tell me where you're bound.
When our eyes met,
you were in the very first row.
I couldn't even guess your name,
but I just had to know.

You were meant for me,
would you grab your coat and flee?
You were a mystery, but you just had to be ...
An aimless lady.
Aimless lady.
Aimless lady.

Should I try, and satisfy, you lady?
Ain't no lie, now we'll get by, my baby.
If you can stand, a real good man, now lady,
Take my hand, and understand, me baby.

Take your time, you're doing fine, now lady.
You got yours, and I got mine, now baby.
Can you see, the way to be, now lady.
Stay with me, and set me free, now baby.

Aimless lady.
Aimless lady.
Aimless lady.

You're mine aimless lady.
Yeah, aimless lady.
You're mine aimless lady.
Mine, aimless lady.
Oooo ...

I ain't got nobody since she left me.
And i don't know why, but i'm startin' to cry.
I ain't got nobody since she left me.
And i can't figure out how i'm gonna' get by.
I ain't got nobody since she left me.
I don't know why, i been down all season,
I ain't got nobody since she left me.
'cause there ain't no reason for the girl to be leavin' me.


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I don't know how i'll ever get by without you.
Nobody, no ... nobody.
I'm startin' to realize my fate.
Nobody, no ... nobody.
I'm ready to make up and give another try to live with you.
Nobody, no ... nobody.
I hope for our love and us, it's not too late ... too late.
Nobody, nobody.


I ain't got nobody since she left me.
Oh, and i don't really think that she'll ever come back.
I ain't got nobody since she left me.
If she don't come back, i'll have a love attack.
I ain't got nobody since she left me.
And my tears are like rain, fallin' down on my face.
I ain't got nobody since she left me.
'cause i know she's the girl that i'll never replace.


Chorus


Chorus

I can't tell ya' how to run your life,
To get along with one another.
Everybody knows what's wrong and what's right,
But, you can't trust your own brother, yeah.


Everybody wants to be your friend,
All the chicks, they call you honey.
But don't trust them 'till the very end,
'Cause all they're after is your money.


All they want is all your money.
All they're after is your money.
... is your money.
All they want is,
All your money.
All they want is ...


Don't it scare ya',
When they take such good care of ya',
And all you've got is money?
Before they fool ya',
Please, let me school ya',
All you've got is money.


(various screams)

If you find yourself looking for someone
To make good the bad things that you've done.
Do you think you're looking straight ahead?
And, will you find the answer when you're dead?

Well, then you should listen now to me.
And, I'll tell you how I think it should be.
No one tells you why you're here to live.
This is why it's you who must forgive.

No! You can't kill your brother ...
No! Because you love each other.
No! You can't steal his pennies ...
No! 'Cause you didn't leave him any.

Ahhhhhh ... Ahhhhhh ...
Ahhhhhh ... Ahhhhhh ...

And if reason tells you not to live,
But you feel there's something left to give.
You can't leave this place until it's done,
So you'll see one more rising of the sun.

Sun ...
Sun ... You're gonna' see it one more time.
Sun ... Oh you can't get away from it.
Sun ... You're gonna see it, oh, one more time

If you find yourself looking for someone
To make good the bad things that you've done.
Do you think you're looking straight ahead?
And, will you find the answer when you're dead?


Well, then you should listen now to me.
And, I'll tell you how I think it should be.
No one tells you why you're here to live.
This is why it's you who must forgive.


No! You can't kill your brother ...
No! Because you love each other.
No! You can't steal his pennies ...
No! 'Cause you didn't leave him any.


Ahhhhhh ... Ahhhhhh ...
Ahhhhhh ... Ahhhhhh ...


And if reason tells you not to live,
But you feel there's something left to give.
You can't leave this place until it's done,
So you'll see one more rising of the sun.


Sun ...
Sun ... You're gonna' see it one more time.
Sun ... Oh you can't get away from it.
Sun ... You're gonna see it, oh, one more time

Are you ready? You can trust me all the way.
Are you ready? Well, then let me hear you say
That you're ready, and the world will know it's right.
Yes, you're ready, and you know it's out of sight.

Now you're ready, well, then what you waitin' for?
If you're ready, you just open up your door
'Cause I'm ready, for everything you got.
Yes, I'm ready, come and get it while it's hot.

Are you ready? You can trust me all the way.
Are you ready? Well, then let me hear you say
That you're ready, and the world will know it's right.
Yes, you're ready, and you know it's out of sight.


Now you're ready, well, then what you waitin' for?
If you're ready, you just open up your door
'Cause I'm ready, for everything you got.
Yes, I'm ready, come and get it while it's hot.

I'm in love with the girl that I'm talking about
I'm in love with the girl I can't live without
I'm in love but I sure picked a bad time
To be in love
To be in love

Well, let her be somebody else's queen
I don't want to know about it
There's too many others that know what I mean
And that's why I got to live without it

I'm in love with the girl I'm talking about
I'm in love with the girl I can't live without
I'm in love but I feel like I'm wearin' it out
I'm in love but I must have picked a bad time to be in love
A bad time to be in love
A bad time to be in love
A bad time to be in love

All the stories coming back to me
From my friends and the people I don't want to see
The things they say I know just couldn't be true
At least not until I hear it from you

'Cause I still love the little girl I'm talking about
I'm in love with the girl I can't live without
I'm in love but I feel like I'm wearin' it out
I'm in love but I must have picked a bad time to be in love
A bad time to be in love
A bad time to be in love
A bad time to be in love

You know that I love the little girl I'm talking about
I'm in love with the girl I can't live without
I'm in love but it feels like I'm wearin' it out
I'm in love but I must have picked a bad time to be in love
A bad time to be in love
A bad time to be in love
A bad time to be in love

I wanna' grab you by those big buns ...
Sooo ... tight, sooo ... tight.
I wanna' grab you by those big buns ...
Those big buns. Sooo ... tight.

Whooo ... wheee!

You there, comin' up the stair, the feelin' is ice-blue cold.
Shake, it's more than I can take, I'm startin' to lose control.
Watch out, what's that noise, there's somebody at the door.
It must be Black Licorice, she come back to make me cry some more.


Time, ain't on my side, I'm losin' it more each day.
Licorice, licorice.
She's got evil in her eyes, and catnip is her taste.
Licorice, licorice.
She wraps me up in her slender legs, her hot black skin to mine.
Licorice, licorice.
Ple ... ple ...please, don't touch me, oh, I know I'm dead this time.


Oh, oh, yeah ... Licorice, yeah, Black Licorice.
Licorice, licorice.
Licorice, yeah, Black Licorice.
Licorice, licorice.
Licorice, Black Licorice.
Licorice, licorice.
Licorice, yeah, Black Licorice.


Licorice.
Licorice.
Licorice.
Licorice.


Licorice, yeah, Black Licorice.
Licorice, licorice.
Licorice, yeah, Black Licorice.
Licorice, licorice.
Licorice, licorice, Black Licorice.
Licorice, licorice.
Licorice, woah, Black Licorice.

[MARK FARNER]

Life is too short now, to live it half way.
I'm cryin' for my cousin, who died yesterday.
He never had a chance, no, not to express his views.
I swear that he's leaving it, to the rest of you.

Oh he ...

CHORUS
lived his life of freedom, exactly the way that he wanted to.
But there's always that one thing, we never do count on.
You was born for it to happen to you ...

... oooo-oooo, oooo-oooo
oooo-oooo
He was on a motorcycle, in a side car.
They was just outside of town, they hadn't ridden far.
Out to have a good time, on a bike they built.
How was they to know it, that night that he'd be killed.

Oh he ...
CHORUS

... oooo-oooo, oooo-oooo
oooo-oooo
oooo-oooo
oooo-oooo

Oh he ...
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Yes he ...
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... oooo-oooo, oooo-oooo
oooo-oooo
oooo-oooo
oooo-oooo

COPYRIGHT ' 1976 CRAM RENRAFF

Everybody's laughin', loud as it can be,
But please don't point your finger, especially not at me.
'Cause I'm not tryin' to be somebody, I just do what I can,
But you just keep on laughin', call yourself a man!

I'm not lookin' for somebody, to defend my case.
I've been scorned by more than one,
so stop this paper chase.
If you can't accept me, just for what I am,
Go ahead, reject me, call yourself a man!

Tell me who you're foolin', is it not yourself?
Go ahead, be cool, and, I'll just be myself.
And if you can't accept me, just for what I am,
Go ahead, reject me, call yourself a man!

Everybody's laughin' loud as it can be
But please don't point your finger, especially not at me
'Cause I'm not tryin' to be somebody, just do what I can
But you just keep on laughin', call yourself a man
I'm not lookin' for somebody to defend my case
I've been scorned by more than one so stop this paper chase
If you can't accept me just for what I am
Go ahead reject me, call yourself a man
Tell me who you're foolin', is it not yourself?
Go ahead be cool and, I'll just be myself
And if you can't accept me just for what I am
Go ahead reject me, call yourself a man

(Open mike in the studio ...)
LSD Duckblind.
Alright. Wait a minute ...
(False start ...)
I ...
(Starting over ...)
One, ... ... Two, ... ...
One, ... Two, ...
One, Two, Three, Four.

I ... went to a dance, ah, just the other night.
Other night, other night, other night.
The dance they was doin' there,
it was out of sight.
Out-a-sight, out-a-sight, out-a-sight.
I knew right away, yeah,
that there was nothing to it.
Nothin' to it, nothin' to it, nothin' to it.
I could tell right away, oh boy,
even I could do it.
Even I could do it, I could do it, I could do it.

Well, first step: you got to move to the left.
Second step: you got to go for yourself.
Third step: well, you're doin' alright.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!

Grab yourself a partner,
then you start it movin' too.
To and fro, to and fro, to and fro.
The next thing you know, hey,
you want to do it some more.
Do it some more, do it some more,
do it some more.
I knew right away, yeah,
that there was nothing to it.
Nothin' to it, nothin' to it, nothin' to it.
I could tell right away, oh boy,
even I could do it.
Even I could do it, I could do it, I could do it.

Yeah, first step: you got to move to the left.
Second step: you got to go for yourself.
Third step: well, you're doin' alright.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!

You grab yourself a partner,
then you start it movin' too.
To and fro, to and fro, to and fro.
You get out on the floor
and start doin' it some more.
Do it some more, do it some more,
do it some more.
I knew right away, yeah,
that there was nothing to it.
Nothin' to it, nothin' to it, nothin' to it.
I could tell right away, oh boy,
even I could do it.
Even I could do it,
I could do it, I could do it.

I went to a dance just the other night.
Other night, other night, other night.
The dance they was doin', yeah,
it was out of sight.
Out-a-sight, out-a-sight, out-a-sight.
I knew right away, yeah,
there was nothing to it.
Nothin' to it, nothin' to it, nothin' to it.
I could tell right away, oh boy,
even I could do it.
Even I could do it, I could do it, I could do it.

I went to the dance.
I went to the dance.

Ahhh ... Ahhh ...
Ah, Ah, Ahhh ... Ahhh ...

The heat of a summer day,
poundin' down on my back,
Work like a dog in the sunlight,
tryin' to pay the people back.
I killed a man in the spring time;
Had to work hard just to make a dime,
To buy my baby the things that she needs.
I guess I didn't think twice,
and now I have to pay the price,
For killing a man of another creed.

Ahhh ... Ahhh ...
Ah, Ah, Ahhh ... Ahhh ...

I guess I'll have to be strong,
the rest of my life can't be too long.
I know I'll die some day, and be going far away,
And you won't remember the things that I've done.
I feel a shedding tear, it's only been a year,
But I know I'll be dead when the evening comes.

Ahhh ... Ahhh ...
Ah, Ah, Ahhh ... Ahhh ...

I guess I'll have to be strong,
the rest of my life can't be too long.

Ahhh ... Ahhh ...
Ah, Ah, Ahhh ... Ahhh ...

Goin' down that country road,
Leavin' behind that heavy load.
Gettin' away from the city life,
Society causes too many fights.


CHORUS
Down my country road.
Down my country road, oh.
Down my country road.
Down my country road, road, road.


Too much killin' and too many wars,
Women and children must be shuttin' their doors.
Protect your country and for this you must die,
They take your life but they don't tell you why.


CHORUS

You win or lose a penny.
What does it matter any.
We all are gamblers just by livin'.

You hold a hopeless token.
Even though your heart is broken.
'Cause you've nothin' left for the love you're givin'.

*Caught in the crossfire.
Caught in the crossfire ... of love.
Caught in the crossfire.
Caught in the crossfire ... of love.

Caught in the crossfire.
Caught in the crossfire.

You played your hand at poker.
But do you understand this joker.
Who shot down all your hopes and dreams.

Why do they always hurt you.
You think they won't but you know they're sure to.
Can't trust a soul no more it seems.

*Repeat

Caught in the crossfire.
Caught in the crossfire.

You caught your love red handed.
Been stuck up like a bandit.
Crossfire.

Low down dirty underhanded.
Just ain't right can't understand it.
Crossfire.

*Repeat

Caught in the crossfire.
Caught in the crossfire.
Caught in the crossfire.

Ohhh, people why don't you come in here
and let me talk to you a while.
That's right, step right up
and listen to a concerned citizen speak his piece.

I'll tell you a little something that my daddy told to me.
My basic fundamentals if you want to be free.
'Cause son, there's somthing wrong internally.
So, if you want your freedom son.
Don't want your country to be overrun.
You got to keep America number one.

*My daddy told me "Son, don't let 'em take your gun.
That's what they tryin' to do.
Son, don't let 'em take your gun.
They're takin' your Bill of Rights away from you."
My daddy said "Son, don't let 'em take your gun.
That's what they tryin' to do.
Son, don't let 'em take your gun.
Don't let 'em take your gun away from you."

Ohhh, this year is our anniversary.
Two hundred years, people we've been free.
Won't be nobody takin' over our land.
If everybody's brother's got a gun in his hand.
I'm tellin' you we learned to fight for justice.
We're willing to die for freedom.
Hand in hand.
You got to understand.
We are American men.

Said they want your gun.
Said they want your gun.
Send 'em on the run.
Send 'em on the run.
Hip-hurray for fun.
Hip-hurray for fun.
If they do we're done.
If they do we're done.

*Repeat

I think I'm headed for a terrible accident.
Made more plans than anyone who ever paid their rent.
I'm not stupid and I might be havin' too much pride.
Surgeon general has determined that I may as well die.


Jesus are you watching or have you gone blind.
Evil souls are upon us and we're surely runnin' out of time.


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I tried religion and some holy roller steals my tenth.
In the grave yard I ain't strong enough to jump the fence.
Some men they say they got more soul than both my shoes.
Makes me wonder can we ever stop payin' dues.


I might be workin' on a scene that I can never act.
Everybody's gonna think that my mind is cracked.
I don't care because it's my right to win or lose.
Makes me wonder can we ever stop payin' dues.


Crazy, am I crazy for wanting so much more.
My mind says I can't ever give up but I still can't be sure.


CHORUS


Can we ever stop payin' dues.
Can we ever stop payin' dues.
Can we ever stop payin' dues.

Seems I got to have a change in scene,
'Cause every night I have the strangest dreams.
Imprisoned by the way things used to be, yeah,
Left here on my own or so it seems.
I got to leave before I start to scream,
'Cause somebody locked the door and took the key.

[Chorus]
Feelin' alright? I'm not feelin' too good myself.
Feelin' alright? I'm not feelin' too good myself.

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh.

Baby, you sure took me on one big ride,
And, even now I sit and wonder why.
Then, when I think of you, I start to cry,
I know I can't get upset and I must keep dry.
I got to stop believin' in all your lies,
'Cause I got too much to do before I die.

[Chorus]

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh.

[Chorus]

Oh, yeah.

[Chorus]

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh.

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Seems I got to have a change in scene,
'Cause every night I have the strangest dreams.
Imprisoned by the way things used to be, yeah,
Left here on my own or so it seems.
I got to leave before I start to scream,
'Cause somebody locked the door and took the key.


CHORUS
Feelin' alright? I'm not feelin' too good myself.
Feelin' alright? I'm not feelin' too good myself.


Oooo, Oooo, Oooo, Oooo, Oooo-ooo.


Baby, you sure took me on one big ride,
And, even now I sit and wonder why.
Then, when I think of you, I start to cry,
I know I can't get upset and I must keep dry.
I got to stop believin' in all your lies,
'Cause I got too much to do before I die.


CHORUS


Oooo, Oooo, Oooo, Oooo, Oooo-ooo.


CHORUS


Oh, yeah.


CHORUS


Oooo, Oooo, Oooo, Oooo, Oooo-ooo.

Seems I got to have a change in scene,
'Cause every night I have the strangest dreams.
Imprisoned by the way things used to be, yeah,
Left here on my own or so it seems.
I got to leave before I start to scream,
'Cause somebody locked the door and took the key.

[Chorus]
Feelin' alright? I'm not feelin' too good myself.
Feelin' alright? I'm not feelin' too good myself.

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh.

Baby, you sure took me on one big ride,
And, even now I sit and wonder why.
Then, when I think of you, I start to cry,
I know I can't get upset and I must keep dry.
I got to stop believin' in all your lies,
'Cause I got too much to do before I die.

[Chorus]

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh.

[Chorus]

Oh, yeah.

[Chorus]

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh.

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Oooo-oooo, oooo-oooo
Oooo-oooo, oooo-oooo
Oooo-oooo, oooo-oooo
Oooo-oooo, oooo-oooo, oooo-oooo, oooo-oooo, oooo-oooo
(repeat to fade)

I wrote the words of freedom,
I've even sung the song.
But freedom is for children,
'Cause they don't understand what's wrong.


The children are so very lucky,
'Cause they're not old enough to know.
Not old enough to realize,
But they'll find out as they grow.


The children are so very lucky,
But, on the other hand, who's gonna' save the land?
The children are so very lucky,
But man's invention is gonna' be the prevention of their life.


This song is nearly over,
And so's the world and the day.
There's something missin',
But who will listen enough to do what it will take?


Freedom is for children. Why can't it be for me?
Freedom is for children. Why can't it be for me?


Freedom is for children. Why can't it be for me?
Freedom is for children. Why can't it be for me?
Freedom is for children. Why can't it be for me?

Got to get it together.
Got to get it together.
Got to get it together.
Got to get it together.
Got to get it together.
Get together now, baby.
Got to get it together.
Get it, get it, get it together.
Got to get it together.
I'll tell you right now, get it together.
Got to get it together.
Everybody has to get it.
Got to get it together.
and so on ...

Got to get it together.
Got to get it together.
Got to get it together.
Got to get it together.
Got to get it together.
Get together now, baby.
Got to get it together.
Get it, get it, get it together.
Got to get it together.
I'll tell you right now, get it together.
Got to get it together.
Everybody has to get it.
Got to get it together.
and so on ...

Oooo, oooo, oooo.
Oooo, oooo, oooo.

Oooo, a storm is threatenin', my very life today.
If I don't get some shelter, oh, I'm gonna' fade away.

CHORUS
War children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away.
War children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away.

Oooo, see the fire sweeping, up every street today.
Burns like a red-coal carpet, mad bull lost it's way.

CHORUS

Rape, murder, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away.
Rape, murder, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away.
Rape, murder, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away.

Oooo, a storm is threatenin', my very life today.
If I don't get some shelter, oh, I'm gonna' fade away.

War children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away.
It's just a shot away, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away.

I said a love sister, it's just a kiss away, it's just a kiss away.
It's just a kiss away, it's just a kiss away, kiss away, kiss away.

CHORUS

CHORUS

Love sister, it's just a kiss away, it's just a kiss away.
Love sister, it's just a kiss away, it's just a kiss away.
War children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away.
Love sister, it's just a kiss away, it's just a kiss away.
War children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away.
Love sister, it's just a kiss away, it's just a kiss away.
(repeat alternation to fade)

I've been in love for a short time.
I had a little trouble makin' up my mind.
Somthin' got in my way, babe.
I find it really hard for me to say.
I know that my head was hot, girl.
Hot enough to hit the spot that makes you trot.
But, girl I ain't no liar.
Gonna' set your little heart on fire. Yeah.

I've had my hit and miss, girl.
I'm ready now to settle right down to this.
I hope that your love is true, babe.
As true as the love I hold for you.
There's one thing that I'd say, girl.
I love you for ever and a day.
Now, girl I ain't no liar.
I'm gonna' set your little heart on fire. Yeah.

*'Cause when I'm thinking of you.
Thinkin' about you.
My heart beats faster I'm goin' for the pastor.
I got me a love and I'm gonna' make it last, girl.
Girl.
'Cause when I think about you.
Thinkin' about you.
My heart beats faster I'm goin' for the pastor.
I got me a love and I'm gonna' make it last, girl.

Ohhhhh ...

I really think you're brave, babe.
For cuttin' loose that bloodthirsty Dave the knave.
Now Davey, his love was strong, babe.
But, you're better off with a love that's long.
You never have to be alone, girl.
'Cause I'll be there when you come back home.
Now, girl I ain't no liar.
I'm gonna' set your little heart on fire. Ahh, ohh ...

*Repeat

Oh I don't know now baby, just what it is you got.
But whatever it is now babe, I sure do like it a lot.
I like all the good things you gave me, baby late last night.
I like the things you been givin' me, oh mama now you're treatin' me right, yeah.


CHORUS
Good things, good things, my baby's been treatin' me right.
Good things, good things happen to me every night.


Come a little bit closer baby, and rub off some of your stuff.
Until I holler and scream now baby, I just ain't had it enough.
Ain't had enough of the good things you gave me, baby late last night.
Ain't had enough of what you're givin' me, oh mama now you're treatin' me right, yeah.


CHORUS


CHORUS


CHORUS


CHORUS


Good things, good things, good things, good things.
Good things, good things, good things, good things.
Good things, good things, good things, good things.
Good things, good things, good things, good things.
Good things, good things, good things, good things.
(to fade)

Come on over to my side, it's where you wanna' be.
Come on over to joy ride, and let your morals be.
Ain't no way to deny it, if it's in your soul.
You don't know 'till you try it, baby, let the good times roll.

Let me taste your life. Let me fill your stream.
Let me make you feel it right now, just lay back and dream.
Got this thing on the move, it's beginin'.
Got a strange kind of feeling, under my skin.

I hear my baby knockin', at my front door.
She knows what I got, she wants some more.
And when it's all over, I start to come down.
Think of the restin' place, I'll leave the ground

I been gettin' lonely, too much these days.
I been gettin' lonely, I guess I better get away.
But where can I go that's real? Life's a stage on a ferris wheel.
And the actors are all fighting just to see who gets the lead in the play.


Oh, no, no.
I gotta' find me a better day.


Talk about down, I feel so lonely.
Talk about down, I'm startin to worry.
Don't really want to be all alone. I can't get along with the chicks at home.
The world just don't seem right, my head is spinnin', and I hate what's goin' down.

You gotta' find me a better day.


Oh, gotta' find me a better day.
Gotta' find me a better day.
You gotta' find me a better day.
Gotta' find me a better day.
Gotta' find me a better day.
Gotta' find me a better day.
You gotta' find me a better day.
Gotta' find me a better day.
Gotta' find, gotta' find,
Gotta' find me a better day.
Gotta' find, gotta' find,
Gotta' find,
Gotta' find me a better day.
Gotta' find me a better day.
Gotta' find me a better day.
Gotta' find me a better day.
Gotta' find me a better day.
(repeat to fade)

Once I had a little girl,
sometimes I think about her,
But, buddy, you know she's not really there.
When memories do call,
I just, I just can't live without her
But tryin' all the time is so hard to bear.

*Heartbreaker, can't take her,
Heartbreaker, bringing me down.
Heartbreaker, can't take her,
Heartbreaker, bringing me down.

I don't cry no more, I live while I'm flying,
But I'll think back, and you can hear me say:

*Repeat

Once I had a little girl
Sometimes I think about her
But buddy, you know
She's not really there

When memories do call
I just, I just can't live without her
But trying all the time is so hard to bear

Heartbreaker, can't take her
Heartbreaker, bringing me down
Heartbreaker, can't take her
Heartbreaker, bringing me down

I don't cry no more
I live while I'm flying
But I'll think back
And you can hear me say

Heartbreaker, can't take her
Heartbreaker, bringing me down
Heartbreaker, can't take her
Heartbreaker, bringing me down

내게도 어여쁜 여인이 있었지
때로는 그녀 생각을 해
하지만 친구, 자네도 알잖아
그녀는 떠나고 없어

그 추억이 밀려 오면
난 그녀 없이 살 수 없어
항상 이런 식으로는 견딜 수 없어

가질 수 없는 매정한 사람
나를 절망에 빠뜨린 무정한 사람
가질 수 없는 매정한 사람
나를 절망에 빠뜨린 무정한 사람

더 이상 울지 않아
취한 채 살아 가겠지만
내가 추억을 떠올리면
당신도 내 말을 들을 수 있을거야

가질 수 없는 매정한 사람
나를 절망에 빠뜨린 무정한 사람
가질 수 없는 매정한 사람
나를 절망에 빠뜨린 무정한 사람



오래 전 이 밴드를 처음 접했을 땐 이름에 포함된 funk란 단어 때문에 funk 밴드로 오인할 뻔도 했지만 그와는 별 상관 없는 하드락 밴드죠. 이들이 이런 밴드 이름을 갖게 된 건 별다른 이유에서가 아니라, 출신 지역인 미시간에 위치한 유명한 'Grand Trunk Railroad'를 패러디해서 이름을 지었기 때문이라는군요.
핵심 멤버는 기타리스트와 송라이터를 겸하는 Mark Farner와 드러머 Don Brewer입니다. 이전에 지방 밴드에서 함께 호흡을 맞춘 사이라고 합니다. 무명이던 이들은 1969년 아틀란타 팝페스티발에서 무료로 공연을 하고 있었는데 레코드 관계자 눈에 띄여 곧바로 계약을 하고 데뷔작을 발표합니다. 그 데뷔작에서 수록된 이들의 대표곡 중 하나입니다. 후반부 연주에서 거슬리는 하울링이 몇 번 들리는데 라이브라서 그런게 아니라 원래 그렇게 녹음이 된 것 같네요.

I live while I'm flying

Once I had a little girl
Sometimes I think about her
But buddy, you know
She's not really there

When memories do call
I just, I just can't live without her
But trying all the time is so hard to bear

Heartbreaker, can't take her
Heartbreaker, bringing me down
Heartbreaker, can't take her
Heartbreaker, bringing me down

I don't cry no more
I live while I'm flying
But I'll think back
And you can hear me say

Heartbreaker, can't take her
Heartbreaker, bringing me down
Heartbreaker, can't take her
Heartbreaker, bringing me down

내게도 어여쁜 여인이 있었지
때로는 그녀 생각을 해
하지만 친구, 자네도 알잖아
그녀는 떠나고 없어

그 추억이 밀려 오면
난 그녀 없이 살 수 없어
항상 이런 식으로는 견딜 수 없어

가질 수 없는 매정한 사람
나를 절망에 빠뜨린 무정한 사람
가질 수 없는 매정한 사람
나를 절망에 빠뜨린 무정한 사람

더 이상 울지 않아
취한 채 살아 가겠지만
내가 추억을 떠올리면
당신도 내 말을 들을 수 있을거야

가질 수 없는 매정한 사람
나를 절망에 빠뜨린 무정한 사람
가질 수 없는 매정한 사람
나를 절망에 빠뜨린 무정한 사람



오래 전 이 밴드를 처음 접했을 땐 이름에 포함된 funk란 단어 때문에 funk 밴드로 오인할 뻔도 했지만 그와는 별 상관 없는 하드락 밴드죠. 이들이 이런 밴드 이름을 갖게 된 건 별다른 이유에서가 아니라, 출신 지역인 미시간에 위치한 유명한 'Grand Trunk Railroad'를 패러디해서 이름을 지었기 때문이라는군요.
핵심 멤버는 기타리스트와 송라이터를 겸하는 Mark Farner와 드러머 Don Brewer입니다. 이전에 지방 밴드에서 함께 호흡을 맞춘 사이라고 합니다. 무명이던 이들은 1969년 아틀란타 팝페스티발에서 무료로 공연을 하고 있었는데 레코드 관계자 눈에 띄여 곧바로 계약을 하고 데뷔작을 발표합니다. 그 데뷔작에서 수록된 이들의 대표곡 중 하나입니다. 후반부 연주에서 거슬리는 하울링이 몇 번 들리는데 라이브라서 그런게 아니라 원래 그렇게 녹음이 된 것 같네요.

I live while I'm flying

Once I had a little girl
Sometimes I think about her
But buddy, you know
She's not really there

When memories do call
I just, I just can't live without her
But trying all the time is so hard to bear

Heartbreaker, can't take her
Heartbreaker, bringing me down
Heartbreaker, can't take her
Heartbreaker, bringing me down

I don't cry no more
I live while I'm flying
But I'll think back
And you can hear me say

Heartbreaker, can't take her
Heartbreaker, bringing me down
Heartbreaker, can't take her
Heartbreaker, bringing me down

내게도 어여쁜 여인이 있었지
때로는 그녀 생각을 해
하지만 친구, 자네도 알잖아
그녀는 떠나고 없어

그 추억이 밀려 오면
난 그녀 없이 살 수 없어
항상 이런 식으로는 견딜 수 없어

가질 수 없는 매정한 사람
나를 절망에 빠뜨린 무정한 사람
가질 수 없는 매정한 사람
나를 절망에 빠뜨린 무정한 사람

더 이상 울지 않아
취한 채 살아 가겠지만
내가 추억을 떠올리면
당신도 내 말을 들을 수 있을거야

가질 수 없는 매정한 사람
나를 절망에 빠뜨린 무정한 사람
가질 수 없는 매정한 사람
나를 절망에 빠뜨린 무정한 사람



오래 전 이 밴드를 처음 접했을 땐 이름에 포함된 funk란 단어 때문에 funk 밴드로 오인할 뻔도 했지만 그와는 별 상관 없는 하드락 밴드죠. 이들이 이런 밴드 이름을 갖게 된 건 별다른 이유에서가 아니라, 출신 지역인 미시간에 위치한 유명한 'Grand Trunk Railroad'를 패러디해서 이름을 지었기 때문이라는군요.
핵심 멤버는 기타리스트와 송라이터를 겸하는 Mark Farner와 드러머 Don Brewer입니다. 이전에 지방 밴드에서 함께 호흡을 맞춘 사이라고 합니다. 무명이던 이들은 1969년 아틀란타 팝페스티발에서 무료로 공연을 하고 있었는데 레코드 관계자 눈에 띄여 곧바로 계약을 하고 데뷔작을 발표합니다. 그 데뷔작에서 수록된 이들의 대표곡 중 하나입니다. 후반부 연주에서 거슬리는 하울링이 몇 번 들리는데 라이브라서 그런게 아니라 원래 그렇게 녹음이 된 것 같네요.

I live while I'm flying

Once I had a little girl
Sometimes I think about her
But buddy, you know
She's not really there

When memories do call
I just, I just can't live without her
But trying all the time is so hard to bear

Heartbreaker, can't take her
Heartbreaker, bringing me down
Heartbreaker, can't take her
Heartbreaker, bringing me down

I don't cry no more
I live while I'm flying
But I'll think back
And you can hear me say

Heartbreaker, can't take her
Heartbreaker, bringing me down
Heartbreaker, can't take her
Heartbreaker, bringing me down

내게도 어여쁜 여인이 있었지
때로는 그녀 생각을 해
하지만 친구, 자네도 알잖아
그녀는 떠나고 없어

그 추억이 밀려 오면
난 그녀 없이 살 수 없어
항상 이런 식으로는 견딜 수 없어

가질 수 없는 매정한 사람
나를 절망에 빠뜨린 무정한 사람
가질 수 없는 매정한 사람
나를 절망에 빠뜨린 무정한 사람

더 이상 울지 않아
취한 채 살아 가겠지만
내가 추억을 떠올리면
당신도 내 말을 들을 수 있을거야

가질 수 없는 매정한 사람
나를 절망에 빠뜨린 무정한 사람
가질 수 없는 매정한 사람
나를 절망에 빠뜨린 무정한 사람



오래 전 이 밴드를 처음 접했을 땐 이름에 포함된 funk란 단어 때문에 funk 밴드로 오인할 뻔도 했지만 그와는 별 상관 없는 하드락 밴드죠. 이들이 이런 밴드 이름을 갖게 된 건 별다른 이유에서가 아니라, 출신 지역인 미시간에 위치한 유명한 'Grand Trunk Railroad'를 패러디해서 이름을 지었기 때문이라는군요.
핵심 멤버는 기타리스트와 송라이터를 겸하는 Mark Farner와 드러머 Don Brewer입니다. 이전에 지방 밴드에서 함께 호흡을 맞춘 사이라고 합니다. 무명이던 이들은 1969년 아틀란타 팝페스티발에서 무료로 공연을 하고 있었는데 레코드 관계자 눈에 띄여 곧바로 계약을 하고 데뷔작을 발표합니다. 그 데뷔작에서 수록된 이들의 대표곡 중 하나입니다. 후반부 연주에서 거슬리는 하울링이 몇 번 들리는데 라이브라서 그런게 아니라 원래 그렇게 녹음이 된 것 같네요.

I live while I'm flying

I can see you comin' mama,
yes, you're movin' on down the line.
I can see you comin' mama,
yes, you're movin' on down the line.
You done have left a thousand men,
and they're all back there cryin'.

She's a high falootin' woman,
and she just can't do no wrong.
She's a high falootin' woman,
and she just can't do no wrong.
She's gonna' cry some day,
and I know it can't be too long.

She's got hips like a honey,
and, Lord, she can make 'em move.
She's got hips like a honey,
and, Lord, she can make 'em move.
And she'll do anything,
to make you get in her groove.

Lord have mercy on you woman,
and your wicked soul.
Lord have mercy on you woman,
and your wicked soul.
'Cause that high falootin' woman,
gonna' live 'till she's a hundred years old.

Ain't no doctor,
who can help the way I feel.
Once you got her,
boy, she let's you know it's real.

Learn to love her,
or the opposite is right.
To rise above her,
you'll be so high you're out of sight

Feel so good, yeah!
That you never want to come down.
But you should,
yeah! If you want to stay around.

High On A Horse


Ain't no doctor, who can help the way I feel.
Once you got her, boy, she let's you know it's real.


Learn to love her, or the opposite is right.
To rise above her, you'll be so high you're out of sight


Feel so good, yeah! That you never want to come down.
But you should, yeah! If you want to stay around.

High On A Horse


Ain't no doctor, who can help the way I feel.
Once you got her, boy, she let's you know it's real.


Learn to love her, or the opposite is right.
To rise above her, you'll be so high you're out of sight


Feel so good, yeah! That you never want to come down.
But you should, yeah! If you want to stay around.

Well, did you ever have something, you want the whole wide world to know about?
It's that something I must tell you, that you just can't live without.
Ten times your fingers, and double your toes,
That's how much I love you and how much it shows.


CHORUS
You know that I am ... hooked on love.
I'll tell you what I am ... hooked on love.
Believe me when I say it ... hooked on love.
Hooked on love, ohhhh ...


My brothers and sisters, hear what I say.
I'm gonna' love you, to my dying day.
When I tell you that I love you, well, at least I tried.
I want you to believe me, this ain't no lie.


CHORUS


Satisfy my need in life, now, let me hear you say.
You'll be lovin' me alright, until your dyin' day.
Just say it a little bit louder now, I'm startin' to get in your groove, yeah.
You've got nothing to worry about, your love is on the move.
I hope some day the light of love shines bright upon your face.
I don't care who you are, I love the human race.


Satisfy my need in life, now, let me hear you say.
You'll be lovin' me alright, until your dyin' day.
Just say it a little bit louder now, I'm startin' to get in your groove, yeah
You've got nothing to worry about, your love is on the move.
I hope some day the light of love shines bright upon your face.
I don't care who you are, I love the human race.


CHORUS (with variations)


CHORUS (with variations)


CHORUS (with variations)


CHORUS (with variations)

Well, did you ever have something,
you want the whole wide world to know about?
It's that something I must tell you,
that you just can't live without.
Ten times your fingers, and double your toes,
That's how much I love you and how much it shows.

*You know that I am ... hooked on love.
I'll tell you what I am ... hooked on love.
Believe me when I say it ... hooked on love.
Hooked on love, ohhhh ...

My brothers and sisters, hear what I say.
I'm gonna' love you, to my dying day.
When I tell you that I love you, well, at least I tried.
I want you to believe me, this ain't no lie.

*Repeat

Satisfy my need in life, now, let me hear you say.
You'll be lovin' me alright, until your dyin' day.
Just say it a little bit louder now,
I'm startin' to get in your groove, yeah.
You've got nothing to worry about,
your love is on the move.
I hope some day the light of love
shines bright upon your face.
I don't care who you are, I love the human race.

Satisfy my need in life, now, let me hear you say.
You'll be lovin' me alright, until your dyin' day.
Just say it a little bit louder now,
I'm startin' to get in your groove, yeah
You've got nothing to worry about,
your love is on the move.
I hope some day the light of love
shines bright upon your face.
I don't care who you are, I love the human race.

*Repeat (with variations)

*Repeat (with variations)

*Repeat (with variations)

*Repeat (with variations)

I've got this good lookin' woman back home,
let me tell ya'
She cooks good and she looks good,
and she just can't do no wrong.
She cooks me cornbread in the morning,
she's my dinner and my midnight snack.
She sits up and she begs,
and she even rolls over on her back.

*Please don't tell me that's the way that it goes,
'cause I've tried hard and I know.
I ain't been playin' in your back yard,
'cause I got my baby and she loves me so.

She don't treat me mean,
and she loves my machine, yeah.
I digs her 'cause she's funky,
and she sure keeps it clean, now.
I'm a loafer, she's my chauffeur,
and she sure likes to drive me, uh-huh.
I lay my life on the line,
and she steps right up besides me, yeah.

*Repeat

I don't have to sing the blues no more.
A girl like mine is hard to find for sure.
She lays it on me each and every night.
She's my pleasure and my world's delight.

I don't have to sing the blues no more.
A girl like mine is hard to find for sure.
She lays it on me each and every night.
She's my pleasure and my world's delight.

Hey Baby so now you're goin', is your mind relieved?
Did you get what you wanted and have some fun playin' make believe?
I have never lost so much pleasure, so it's hard to be nice.
Hey Baby feel my hand, ain't it cold as ice?


CHORUS
'Cause I fell for your love, when I was out of my mind.
I fell for your love, and now you tell me it's time.
To kiss it away, to stand here and say, good-bye.


Can't you understand the way I live?
Half a love is all that I can give.
Lonely ladies and empty faces for a long long time.
And you might be one baby when we meet again and I'll still try to make you mine.


CHORUS


I fell for your love when I was out of my mind.
I fell for your love when love was so hard to find.
I gave you my heart and now you tell me it's time,
To give up my love when it's so damn hard to find.


Love is so hard to find.
Love is so hard to find.
Love is so hard to find.
I'm so lonely baby.
Love is so hard to find.
Them empty faces, all I wanted was you.
Love is so hard to find.


I gave you my heart and now you tell me it's time,
Love is so hard to find.
To stand and say good-bye.
Love is so hard to find.
Love is so hard to find.
Love is so hard to find.
When it's so damn hard to find.
Love is so hard to find.
I fell for your love when I was out of my mind.
(and so on to fade)

Everybody, listen to me,
And return me, my ship.
I'm your captain, I'm your captain,
Although I'm feeling mighty sick.

I've been lost now, days uncounted,
And it's months since I've seen home.
Can you hear me, can you hear me,
Or am I all alone.

If you return me, to my home port,
I will kiss you mother earth.
Take me back now, take me back now,
To the port of my birth.

Am I in my cabin dreaming,
or are you really scheming,
To take my ship away from me?

You'd better think about it,
I just can't live without it.
So, please don't take my ship from me.
Yeah, yeah, yeah ...

I can feel the hand, of a stranger,
And it's tightening, around my throat.
Heaven help me, Heaven help me,
Take this stranger from my boat.

I'm your captain, I'm your captain,
Although I'm feeling mighty sick.
Everybody, listen to me,
And return me, my ship.

I'm your captain, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'm your captain, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'm your captain, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'm your captain, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

I'm getting closer to my home ...
I'm getting closer to my home ...
I'm getting closer to my home ...
I'm getting closer to my home ...
Ohhhh ...

I'm getting closer to my home ...
I'm getting closer to my home ...
I'm getting closer to my home ...
I'm getting closer to my home ...
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Everybody, listen to me
And return me my ship
I'm your captain, I'm your captain
Though I'm feeling mighty sick

I've been lost now for days uncounted
And it's months since I've seen home
Can you hear me? Can you hear me?
Or am I all alone?

If you return me to my home port
I will kiss you, Mother Earth
Take me back now, take me back now
To the port of my birth

Am I in my cabin dreaming?
Or are you really scheming
To take my ship away from me?
You'd better think about it
I just can't live without it
So please don't take my ship from me
Yeah, yeah, yeah

I can feel the hand of a stranger
And it's tightening 'round my throat
Heaven help me, heaven help me
Take this stranger from my boat

I'm your captain, I'm your captain
Though I'm feeling mighty sick
Everybody, listen to me
And return me my ship

I'm your captain
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm your captain
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm your captain
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm your captain
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I'm getting closer to my home
I'm getting closer to my home
I'm getting closer to my home
I'm getting closer to my home

I'm getting closer to my home
I'm getting closer to my home
I'm getting closer to my home
I'm getting closer to my home

I'm getting closer to my home
I'm getting closer to my home
I'm getting closer to my home
I'm getting closer to my home

I'm getting closer to my home
I'm getting closer to my home
I'm getting closer to my home
I'm getting closer to my home

I'm getting closer to my home
I'm getting closer to my home
I'm getting closer to my home
I'm getting closer to my home

I'm getting closer to my home
I'm getting closer to my home
I'm getting closer to my home
I'm getting closer to my home

I'm getting closer to my home
I'm getting closer to my home
I'm getting closer to my home
I'm getting closer to my home

Hey, hey, mama; mama,
what you tryin' to do?
You keep on talkin' to me,
'till your face turns blue.
Well, do you think I'm a young boy,
yet to make up my mind?
Well, I'm just castin' all my toys,
I'm gonna' leave what's behind me, behind.
I'm gonna' leave what's behind me, behind.

I saw an old high school friend,
just the other day,
He didn't ask me how I'd been,
he asked me "how was my pay?"
Now, do you call this a friendship,
judging from what he said?
If you do, I've a real tip:
ain't nobody gonna' know about my bread.
Ain't nobody gonna' know about my bread.

If you got somebody, that you can trust to the very end,
I said if you do, I want to be like you,
'cause you sure got a real good friend.
You sure got a real good friend.
Friend ...
Friend ...

Hey, hey, mama; mama, what you tryin' to do?
You keep on talkin' to me, 'till your face turns blue.
Well, do you think I'm a young boy, yet to make up my mind?
Well, I'm just castin' all my toys, I'm gonna' leave what's behind me, behind.
I'm gonna' leave what's behind me, behind.


I saw an old high school friend, just the other day,
He didn't ask me how I'd been, he asked me "how was my pay?"
Now, do you call this a friendship, judging from what he said?
If you do, I've a real tip: ain't nobody gonna' know about my bread.
Ain't nobody gonna' know about my bread.


If you got somebody, that you can trust to the very end,
I said if you do, I want to be like you, 'cause you sure got a real good friend.
You sure got a real good friend.
Friend ...
Friend ...

I'm sitting here lonely like a broken man.
I serve my time doin' the best I can.
Walls and bars they surround me.
But, I don't want no sympathy.

No baby, no baby,
All I need is some tender lovin'.
To keep me sane in this burning oven.
And, when my time is up, you'll be my reefer.

Life gets worse on God's green earth.
Be my reefer, got to keep smokin' that thing.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

I said now baby ... baby ...,
let me smoke it ... smoke it ...
Makes me feel good ... feel good,
yes, I feel good ... ahhhhh ...
Yes, I feel alright ... feel alright ...,
yes, I feel alright ... feel alright ...
Yes, I feel alright ... Ahhhhh ...
Ohhhhh ...

Ice cold water is runnin' through my veins.
They try and drag me back to work again.
Pain and blisters on my mind and hands.
I work all day making up burlap bags.

The oats they're feeding me are driving me wild.
I feel unhappy like a new born child.
Now, when my time is up, you wait and see.
These walls and bars won't keep that stuff from me.

No, no, baby,
Won't keep that stuff from me.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

I need you right now mama.
I need you right now baby.
Right by my side, honey.
All night long.

Make me feel alright ...
Yes, all ..., yes, all ..., yes, all ... alright.

You better come on up and get down with me.
I'll make you feel real good, just you wait and see.

Make me feel alright ..., yes, I feel alright ...
Yes, all ..., yes, all ..., yes, alright.

I'm sitting here lonely like a broken man.
I serve my time doin' the best I can.
Walls and bars they surround me.
But, I don't want no sympathy.

No baby, no baby,
All I need is some tender lovin'.
To keep me sane in this burning oven.
And, when my time is up, you'll be my reefer.

Life gets worse on God's green earth.
Be my reefer, got to keep smokin' that thing.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

I said now baby ... baby ..., let me smoke it ... smoke it ...
Makes me feel good ... feel good, yes, I feel good ... ahhhhh ...
Yes, I feel alright ... feel alright ..., yes, I feel alright ... feel alright ...
Yes, I feel alright ... Ahhhhh ...
Ohhhhh ...

Ice cold water is runnin' through my veins.
They try and drag me back to work again.
Pain and blisters on my mind and hands.
I work all day making up burlap bags.

The oats they're feeding me are driving me wild.
I feel unhappy like a new born child.
Now, when my time is up, you wait and see.
These walls and bars won't keep that stuff from me.

No, no, baby,
Won't keep that stuff from me.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

I need you right now mama.
I need you right now baby.
Right by my side, honey.
All night long.

Make me feel alright ...
Yes, all ..., yes, all ..., yes, all ... alright.

You better come on up and get down with me.
I'll make you feel real good, just you wait and see.

Make me feel alright ..., yes, I feel alright ...
Yes, all ..., yes, all ..., yes, alright.

Rising, setting,
been trying to get into the sun, yeah.
Wanting, getting,
gonna' get more, baby, when I'm done.

All my life I had been waiting,
then you turn me on.
Now there'll be no hesitating,
I'm getting into the sun.

Growing, knowing,
you learn more everyday, yeah.
Needing, succeeding,
sun, don't go away.

Things are changing for the better,
now I'm not afraid.
I'll be writing you a letter,
'cause I just got paid.

Growing, knowing,
you learn more everyday, yeah.
Needing, succeeding,
sun, don't go away.

Things are changing for the better,
now I'm not afraid.
I'll be writing you a letter,
'cause I just got paid.

Rising, setting, been trying to get into the sun, yeah.
Wanting, getting, gonna' get more, baby, when I'm done.


All my life I had been waiting, then you turn me on.
Now there'll be no hesitating, I'm getting into the sun.


Growing, knowing, you learn more everyday, yeah.
Needing, succeeding, sun, don't go away.


Things are changing for the better, now I'm not afraid.
I'll be writing you a letter, 'cause I just got paid.


Growing, knowing, you learn more everyday, yeah.
Needing, succeeding, sun, don't go away.


Things are changing for the better, now I'm not afraid.
I'll be writing you a letter, 'cause I just got paid.

I miss her face, but the girl left seven years ago.
Guess I never should've let her go.
That's how I feel because I love her so.
But I'm afraid that she will never know.

She just couldn't wait,
she said she couldn't wait
'til "some day."
She just couldn't wait,
my baby just couldn't wait, no.
She said she couldn't wait 'til "some day,"
'til "some day."

Oh, tell me now,
where do the broken-hearted go from here.
You missed her love
and now you're steering clear.
I ain't afraid of nothin' but my fear.
The fear that she might see this rollin' tear.

She just couldn't wait,
she said she couldn't wait 'til Sunday.
She just couldn't wait,
my baby just couldn't wait, no.
She just couldn't wait,
my baby just couldn't wait, no.

Oh she couldn't wait
'til Sunday no, 'til Sunday.
She just couldn't wait,
my baby just couldn't wait, no.
She said she couldn't wait 'til Sunday.
She just couldn't wait,
my baby just couldn't wait, no.
She said she just couldn't wait.
You know she just couldn't wait, no.
She said she couldn't wait
til Sunday, 'til Sunday.
Oh, Oh...

A long, long time ago there lived an Indian boy,
When he came upon this Earth he brought his family joy.
A paranoid young brave was he, inside his frame was some misery,
He heard the other warriors talking angrily 'bout the white man taking over his country.


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What he didn't know, is that some day his ma would be crying.
What he didn't know, is that some day his tribe would be dying.
What he didn't know, is that some day his father'd be gone.
What he didn't know, is that some day he'd be all alone.


None of the stories in the schoolbooks said it, the truth is gone and they're tryin' to forget it.
The history books are all one-sided, the truth is gone and their trying to hide it.
Who had the land 'till we came around? The Indian made his life from the ground.
And what about the boy that this story's about? Where his tee-pee once stood there now is a town.


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He was the loneliest rider on the plain.
He was the loneliest rider on the plain.
He was the loneliest rider on the plain.

You say that this is the end,
And I feel the knife cut off my right hand.
You may not care right now,
But if it's over, it's done and I won't turn around.


Love is dyin'.
There ain't no use in cryin'.


You oughta know me better than that,
I really love you if that's where it's at.
I really love you but I won't be back,
Oh how I love you, I love you but I won't be back.


A dreamer of dreamers I have always been,
And this time there won't be no givin' in.
Chances are we could change our minds,
But I don't think I can make it another time.


Love is dyin'.
There ain't no use in cryin'.


You oughta know me better than that,
I really love you if that's where it's at.
I really love you but I won't be back,
Oh how I love you, I love you but I won't be back.


Love is dyin'.
There ain't no use in cryin'.


I really love you if that's where it's at.
I really love you but I won't be back,


Love is dyin'.
There ain't no use in cryin'.