I'm not one to look behind I know that times must change But over there in Barrytown they do things very strange And though you're not my enemy I like things like they used to be And though you'd like some company I'm standing by myself Go play with someone else I can see by what you carry that you come from Barrytown
Don't believe I'm taken in by stories I have heard I just read the Daily News and swear by every word And don't think that I'm out of line For speaking out for what is mine I'd like to see you do just fine But look at what you wear And the way you cut your hair
I can see by what you carry that you come from Barrytown
In the beginning we recall that the word was hurled Barrytown people got to be from another world
Leave me or I'll be just like the others you will meet They won't act as kindly if they see you on the street And don't you scream or make a shout It's nothing you can do about It was there where you came out It's a special lack of grace I can see it in your face
I can see by what you carry that you come from Barrytown
Read me the letter baby, do not leave out the words. Stories and cigarettes ruined lives of lesser girls and I wanna know.. Cos I want you to know... And it's a strange condition A day in prison, it's got me out of my head and I don't know what I came for... Send me the money, baby.. Do not leave out the wage.. You know you're the best thing ever to come out of this place... Hey I want you to know.. Cos' I gotta know.. And it's a strange condition A day in prison, it's got me out of my head and I don't know what I came for, and I want you to know... (repeat) So leave out the others, baby... Say I'm the only one... Cut out the uniforms and settle with the sun Hey I want you know, cos I gotta know... It's a strange condition and life in prison It's got me out of my head and I don't know what I came for.. And I want you to know...cos I gotta know. alright
Your everlasting summer You can see it fading fast So you grab a piece of something That you think is gonna last You wouldn't know a diamond If you held it in your hand The things you think are precious I can't understand
: Are you reelin' in the years Stowin' away the time Are you gatherin' up the tears Have you had enough of mine
You been tellin' me you're a genius Since you were seventeen In all the time I've known you I still don't know what you mean The weekend at the college Didn't turn out like you planned The things that pass for knowledge I can't understand
I spend a lot of money And I spent a lot of time The trip we made in Hollywood Is etched upon my mind After all the things we've done and seen You find another man The things you think are useless I can't understand
A world become one Of salads and sun Only a fool would say that A boy with a plan A natural man Wearing a white stetson hat Unhand that gun begone There's no one to fire upon If he's holding it high He's telling a lie
: I heard it was you Talkin' 'bout a world Where all is free It just couldn't be And only a fool would say that
The man in the street Draggin' his feet Don't wanna hear the bad news Imagine your face There is his place Standing inside his brown shoes You do his nine to five Drag yourself home half alive And there on the screen A man with a dream
Anybody on the street Has murder in his eyes You feel no pain And you're younger Then you realize
I never seen you looking so bad my funky one You tell me that your superfine mind has come undone
: Any major dude with half a heart surely will tell you my friend Any minor world that breaks apart falls together again When the demon is at your door In the morning it won't be there no more Any major dude will tell you
Have you ever seen a squonk's tears? Well, look at mine The people on the street have all seen better times
I can tell you all I know, the where to go, the what to do You can try to run but you can't hide from what's inside of you
I found you sitting on a suitcase crying Beneath my feet I feel the rumble of a subway train And I laugh out loud 'Cause it's the one thing I hadn't been trying The train came in breathless The passenger's restless You say, "Baby, you'll never change" You gotta get gone You gotta get going Hey, the world ain't slowin' down For no one It's a carnival calling out to you And it sounds like a song It hits you like scripture You paint the picture With colors squeezed from your hand Weren't you the kid Who just climbed on a merry-go-round Hey, look, the world ain't slowin' down Out on the sidewalk The pigeons do the moonwalk I'll be dancing like Fred Astaire The lampposts are rockin' The whole town is talking Like a fool in a barber's chair And I get the sensation It's joy and frustration Like getting caught by a drop of cold rain Freedom can numb you When there's no place to run to It feels just like Novocain You gotta get gone You gotta get going Hey, the world ain't slowin' down For no one You packed up all your handbags You're throwing off the sandbags I let go when you stepped free I didn't want to lose you You said, "You didn't choose to -- It's just how your karma came" But thanks for the vision, And the twenty-twenty wisdom It hit me like a south-bound train You gotta get gone You gotta get going Hey, the world ain't slowin' down For no one
Hope unkown. Sometimes just waking is surreal. I walk right through the nameless ones. I know that hope's unknown. Sometimes the water feels so real. As I walk through it fills my lungs, my god, I'm drowning. This day never seems to end. This pain, never. The rage I will not let go. I hear them calling. I feel them gnawing out holes through flawless souls. So alone. Sometimes I swear that I can hear the taunting of the voiceless ones. I fear that I alone fear those ceased to feel they're alone inside of this place. I am the misplaced. Now every face, it looks familiar... then every face would melt away until.. now everyone, do you know, I know your deception?
When we met light was shed Thoughts free flow you said you?ve got something Deep inside of you A wind chime voice sounds, sway of your hips round rings true It goes deep inside of you These secret garden beams Changed my life so it seems Fall breeze blows outside, I don?t break stride Thoughts are warm, and they go Deep inside of you And I never felt alone, till I met you
Friends say I?ve changed, I don?t listen cause I live to be Deep inside of you Slide of her dress, shouts in darkness I?m so alive I?m deep inside of you You said boy make girl feel good But still Deep inside I?ve never felt alone Till I met you I?m alright on my own And then I met you And I?d know what to do if I just knew what?s coming
I would change myself if I could I?d walk with my people if I could find them, and I?d say that I?m sorry to you I?m sorry to you And I don?t wanna call you, but then I wanna call you cause I don?t wanna crush you but I feel like crushing you and it?s true I took for granted you were with me I breathe by your looks and you look right through me But we were broke and didn?t know it We were broke and didn?t know it We were broke and didn?t know it We were broke and didn?t know
Something?s gone you withdraw and I?m not strong like before I was Deep inside of you I can go nowhere I burn candles and stare at a ghost Deep inside of you And some great need in me Starts to bleed I?ve lost myself, there?s nothing left, it?s all gone Deep inside of you Deep inside of you Deep inside of you
In the mornin you go gunnin' For the man who stole your water And you fire till he is done in But they catch you at the border And the mourners are all singin' As they drag you by your feet But the hangman isn't hangin' And they put you on the street
*You go back Jack do it again Wheel turnin' 'round and 'round You go back Jack do it again
When you know she's no high climber Then you find your only friend In a room with your two timer And you're sure you're near the end Then you love a little wild one And she brings you only sorrow All the time you know she's smilin' You'll be on your knees tomorrow cryin'
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Now you swear and kick and beg us That you're not a gamblin' man Then you find you're back in Vegas With a handle in your hand Your black cards can make you money So you hide them when you're able In the land of milk and honey You must put them on the table
