If you want I'll be by your side
And if you don't maybe suicide
And it's my love that'd kill me dear
If you won't hold me and have me near
But don't you fret and don't be scared
Cuz baby I'm a millionaire
I'll make you a star and I'll make you a Queen
I'll put your face in all the magazines
Okay so I lied and none of that's true
But not having you is making me blue
And I want you for the rest of my life
Yes, I want you to be my wife
I'll give you a ring and a home sweet home
And if you want you'll be free to roam
But not far I'm begging you please
Begging you please upon my bended knees
If you don't love me I'll kill myself!
If you don't love me I'll kill myself!
I need you more than a sailor needs a breeze
I need you more than an Eskimo freeze
I need your loving more than money or air
And if you don't love me baby that's not fair
Cuz I'll be good to you in every way
I'll give you loving baby everyday
A loving that's good a loving that's all right
a loving like an oven on the coldest night
If you don't love me I'll kill myself! |
I hurt you a lot You said that you loved me
As you packed your bags to go
Then you call on the phone to say that you miss me,
Then why did you go away
Let it go or let it stay I guess I know what you're saying
It gets so cold while you're away
That's why I hoped you'd be staying
But now you're leaving on a northern bound train
I know you're leaving on a northern bound train
This lonely feeling seems to hit me the same
Since you're leaving on a northern bound train
I guess I'll dream until I see you again
Or buy a ticket for myself upon a northern bound train
The further you run the less you were leaving
When you come back home to stay
The deeper in love the harder the crying when she is gone Away |
When I was younger I was torn and frayed and lonely
Knew I had to move Gotta hit the road
Someday I would move and hide out where no one would ever catch
me
Cuz those'r bound to move gotta hit the road
Called for the hobo but he was no where to be found
He must be lost down on Straylin Street
Spent all my time chasing no where getting higher
Found out I was no where and it hit me hard
Thought I'd jump a train and head out for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
But the brakeman passed me by cuz he was blind
Called for the brakeman but he was no where to be found
He must be lost down on Straylin Street
So can't you help, help, help a man like me
I said can't you help, help, help a man like me
Or are you lost down on Straylin Street
I hit the road with my bag full of my laundry
I carried my book in my right hand
Kerouac got his words that reach
For the young and the ramble hearted
Cuz those'r bound to move gotta hit the road
Called for the writer but he was no where to be found
He must be lost down on Straylin Street |
Like you I've been hurt Seen my face in the dirt
But I never reacted like you
The last time we met You seemed so upset
When you left town you did not say bye
Then I heard you'd been seen way down in Eugene
Working as a factory slave
And though the life that you took came from no storybook
You spent it before it was saved
On the Fourth of July See the sparks in the sky
When you're sick of the trying And you're tired of the crying
Then the Fourth of July Is a good day to die
They'll celebrate each year
Your independence from here
If you only had Just a glimmer of hope
Then I know you'd have done some great things
But you tossed out your gift And it's making me wish
I'd been there when you found yourself down
But you turned to no one But a bullet and a gun
And the bang blended in with the day
And I sit here and I drink
It still hurts me to think of the sad songs that we used to
play
On the Fourth of July See the sparks in the sky
When you're sick of the trying And you're tired of the crying
Then the Fourth of July Is a good day to die
They'll celebrate each year Your independence from here |
So my money is gone The funny paper never treated me wrong
I'm zig-zaggin' away
I'm not begging I'm just singing to say
I've got my faith in you to make it all come true
Every step that I make My destination gets more phony and fake
It's too true don't you know
That when you're down there's only one way to go
And I've got my faith in you to make it all come true
And it's left me hollow and colder Than I've ever been before
Can't you lift this weight from my shoulder no more
I'm burnt and my ashes they smolder
In a pile down upon your floor
Don't you open a window let me blow out your door
Because I've got my faith in you to make it all come true
I got my faith in you |
Doctor Grey was on the Ferris wheel
Missed the concert in the park
Left his children at the old folks home
Paints self portraits in the dark
Plays his Mozart loud Cuts the coupons out
He thanks psychology for paying
But that pension plan's got less to give than he ever wanted
He's just a two steppin' monkey
A two steppin' monkey's all he'll ever be
And I'm just a two steppin' monkey too
So let's put him in the zoo with you and me
Billy Campbell revved his engine up
Hit the strip on a Friday night
Parked his truck outside the convenience store
Walked inside and shot the clerk
Found some time to kill Thrills were hard to find
Now it's hard time in the pen
But that jail cell's got less to give than he ever wanted
He's just a two steppin' monkey
A two steppin' monkey's all he'll ever be
And I'm just a two steppin' monkey too
So let's put him in the zoo with you and me
The rent was paid again too late this week
And Mr. Maxwell's got his tie too tight
Thought it might change the way his girlfriend felt
To see him dressing up at night
He's got his cigarettes and his amphetamines
He's got his coffee in the morning
But that construction site's got less to give than he ever
wanted
He's just a two steppin' monkey
A two steppin' monkey's all he'll ever be
And I'm just a two steppin' monkey too
So let's put him in the zoo with you and me. |
With your sunspot stopwatch renegade savior stances
You say to take your chances
Or else you break your branches as you climb to that top shelf
Tuna melt buckle up your seat belt Rickie Lee Jones
And everything that you think you own
Is fool's gold and ancient fossil stones
You got more than you need but you need a lot more than some
do
Look at your cigarette burn thru
The things that you can't undo if you try
Well that's tough luck King Tut Daffy Duck never got old babe
They'll bury you with gold yeah
Is that enough to hold you for today
I got to hand it to you Why do you do what you do
It's times like this I'm glad that I ain't you
You think you got the devil on retreat but
he's back up on his feet and he's looking for you
With your monkey wrench you dig a trench
Don't you see the lights they're shining
Shut up and quit your whining
Four star restaurants dining in the shade
Then your mini skirt'll hit the dirt
And baby you'll be crying and bleedin'
You'll bite the hand that's feeding
And then you're back there pleading for your soul
I got to hand it to you Why do you do what you do
It's times like this I'm glad that I ain't you
You think you got the devil on retreat but
he's back up on his feet and he's looking for you |
For me You'd swim the sea For you I would too
Ain't much to ask for Ain't much to give but
I know ours is a love that could forgive
Won't come to that babe If you could have faith in me
just like I got my faith in you
But having faith is the hardest thing to do
Yeh, it's the hardest thing to do
To me You are an anchor and a key To you
I would give my heart for free
Ain't much to ask for Ain't much to give but
I know ours is a love that could forgive
Won't come to that babe, if you could have faith in me
Just like I got my faith in you
But having faith is the hardest thing to do
It's the hardest thing to do
And I'm doing it now for you And it's the hardest thing to do
If we Decide that we cannot be together
I know I'll think of you wherever I go
And it's the hardest thing to do |
It's tearing in the place where my heart once stood
And missing you baby ain't doing me good
It's gnawing and gnashing like teeth in my head
And there's times in the night I'd feel better off dead
So I am over you tell me what good does it do
Cuz I'm drunk and drinking at Hattie's at a quarter to two
Cuz I'm over you
He's serving you drinks he's dishing up smiles
When it's bar time baby those minutes mean miles
Well he's a watchdog girl don't you understand
That while he's barking up your tree the boy's got new plans
So I am over you tell me what good does it do
Cuz I'm drunk and drinking at Hattie's at a quarter to two
So I am over you tell me what good does it bring
I empty the bottles I fill up the ashtrays and sing
Cuz I am over you And you're over me
When we look at the truth It's ugly we see
When I read to you baby from the book that you wrote
I got a choked up feeling in the back of my throat
Was it a love sick virus or the knot in my noose
You say your backpack's heavy bitch set the bricks loose
So I am over you |
Davy's got a lesson Learned it the hard way
He's now a broken hearted man And he hasn't got a word to say
He roll like a fence post He stand like a tire
He's been thrown to the lions Says he wanna join the rodeo
And it's a doggone shame that he's a dog on a chain
He says he'll find a way back Maybe buy a Cadillac
He wants a place to call his own
And his finger nails are turning black
He fly like a night stand Run like an old clock
He bought himself a six string
If you listen you can hear him rock
And it's a doggone shame that he's a dog on a chain
Some say he'll make it thru while others claim he's just a
fool
And it's a doggone shame that he's a dog on a chain |
I got in late last night My hotel room was stale and cold
I closed the blinds and looked for a movie
Turned up the heat and put the scotch on ice
Picked up the phone and I dialed your number
Felt a relief when I heard your voice
We talked for an hour, three hours difference
I could not sleep so I called you back
I'm not calling to say I love you
I'm not calling to say I care
I'm not calling to say I want you here
I think by now those things are clear to us both
But I tell you everyday
Cuz it makes me feel better babe
I woke up the telephone was ringing
I thought it'd be the housekeeper with a gripe
Then I heard your voice and it simply soothed me
Sayin' honey did you sleep all right
Are you calling to say you love me
Are you calling to say you care
Are you calling to say you want me there
In your bed when you wake up
Well I do too And I'll tell you everyday
Cuz it makes me feel better babe
Yeah it makes me feel better babe |
