Held Up Without A Gun
I was out driving, just taking it slow Looked at my tank it was reading low Pulled in an Exxon station out on Highway One Look out! Held up without a gun Held up without a gun Held up without a gun I was just a fool with a guitar out on the street Ain't got nowhere to go and nothing to eat Man with a cigar said "Sign here son" Watch out! Held up without a gun Held up without a gun Now it's a sin and it oughta be a crime You know it happens buddy all the time If I don't break the limit tryin' to have a little fun Held up without a gun Held up without a gun Held up without a gun Held up without a gunThe Big Payback
I bought a scooter and I rented a shack Out in the sun by the railroad track I got a job and I'm a-breakin' my back Workin' and workin' for the big payback I keep a puttin' and a puttin' out I keep a sweatin' like a' all get out I work so long that I'm a losin' track Waitin' and waitin' on the big payback Well, it's a wham, bam, thank you ma'am, God damn, look out Sam It's a gone-dead train rumblin' down this track They got your neck in the noose, you're draggin' long in back Chasin' and chasin' the big payback Oh what my foreman does well I don't know He just throws me a shovel and yells "Go, Bobby, Go" Oh well-a all day long he's just a busy wise crack While I'm sweatin' and sweatin' for the big payback Well, it's a wham, bam, thank you ma'am, God damn, look out Sam It's a gone-dead train rumblin' down this track They got your neck in the noose, your hands are tied up in back And you're a-workin' and workin' for the big payback I quit that job, and Mister I ain't goin' back Got me a knife and she's a long and black I'll tell you how I make the peace at night, Mack Down in the alley of the big payback I go a wham, bam, thank you ma'am, God damn, c'mon man You're a gone-dead train rumblin' down this track I got your neck in the noose and I don't give a damn, Jack I'm on that long lost highway of the big paybackShut Out The Light
The runway rushed up at him, as he felt the wheels touch down He stood out on the blacktop, and took a taxi into town. He got off down on Main Street, and went into a local bar Bought a drink and found a seat in the corner in the dark She called up her mama to make sure the kids were outa' the house She checked herself out in the dining room mirror, and undid an extra button on her blouse He felt her lyin' next to him and the clock said 4 am He was starin' at the ceilin' he couldn't move his hands CHORUS: Oh mama, mama, mama don't go away, I've got the shakes and I'm gonna be sick, throw your arms around me in the cold dark night, Hey now mama don't shut out the light, don't you shut out the light Well on his porch they stretched a banner, that said Johnny Welcome Home Bobby pulled his Ford outa' the garage and they polished up the chrome His mama said Johnny oh Johnny, I'm so glad to have you back with me His boss said he was sure he'd give in his job back at the factory (CHORUS) Well deep in a dark forest, a forest filled with rain Beyond a stretch of Maryland pines there's a river without a name In the cold black water, Al Johnson out here stands He stares across the lights of the city and dreams of where he's been.Johnny Bye-Bye
(Chuck Berry & Bruce Springsteen) She drew out all her money from the Southern Trust And put her little boy on a Greyhound bus Leaving Memphis with a guitar in his hand On a one-way ticket to the promised land Hey little girl with the red dress on There's a party tonight down in Memphis town I'll be going down there if you need a ride The man on the radio says Elvis Presley's died We drove down into Memphis, the sky was hard and black Up over the ridge came a white Cadillac They'd drawn out all his money and they laid him in the back A woman cried from the roadside "Ah he's gone, he's gone" They found him slumped up against the drain With a whole lot of trouble running through his veins Bye-bye Johnny Johnny bye-bye You didn't have to die You didn't have to dieStand On It
Welt Jimmy Lee was hookin' 'round the far turn of a funky southern Florida dirt track He had mud caked on his goggles and a screamin' 350 stacked UP on his back we as he passed the stands tie was feelin' all tuckered out When through the roar of his engine he heard somebody shout "Stand on it, come on boy, stand on it" Mary Beth started to drift, she hit the shift but she just couldn't get a hand on it Racin' some Red Hill boys, she had the deed to the ranch and a grand on it With eight grand blowin' hot on the red line She blew past a hitchhiker out on Route 39 He hollered "Stand on it, go 'head, baby, stand on it CHORUS: Well now when in doubt and you can't figure it out Just stand on it If your mind's confused, you don't know what you're gonna do Well buddy, stand on it Well if you've lost control of the situation at hand Go grab a girl and go see a rock and roll band And stand on it Come on man, stand on it Well now Columbus he discovered America even though he hadn't planned on it He got lost and woke up one morning when he's about to land on it He wouldn't of got out of Italy, man that's for sure Without Queen Isabella standing on the shore Shoutin' "Stand on it, go ahead man, stand on it" (CHORUS) Bobby was leadin' the pack, he settled back and he got ready for the long haul Well fifty yards from the finish line somebody roared Lip and they blew him into the wall Well he rolled over twice, lucky to survive Layin' in the back of the ambulance more dead than alive Somebody shouted "Man, you call that drivin'? Why didn't you stand on it"Janey Don't You Lose Heart
You got your book with all your fears Let me, honey, and I'll catch your tears I'll take your sorrow if you want me to Come tomorrow that's what I'll do Listen to me CHORUS: Janey don't you lose heart Janey don't you lose heart Janey don't you lose heart Janey don't you lose heart Well you say you got no new dreams to touch You feel like a stranger who knows too much Well you come home late and get undressed You lie in bed, feel this emptiness Well listen to me (CHORUS) 'Til every river runs dry Until the sun honey's torn from the sky 'Til every fear you've felt burst free And's gone tumblin' down into the sea Listen to me (CHORUS)Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
You'd better watch out, you'd better not cry You'd better not pout, I'm telling you why Santa Claus is coming to town Santa Claus is coming to town Santa Claus is coming to town He's making a list, he's checkin' it twice He's gonna find out whose daughter you're nice Santa Claus is coming to town Santa Claus is coming to town Santa Claus is coming to town He sees you when you're sleeping He knows if you're awake He knows if you've been bad or good (so you'd) better be good for goodness sake Better be good for goodness sake You'd better watch out, you'd better not cry You'd better not pout, I'm telling you why Santa Claus is coming to town Santa Claus is coming to town Santa Claus is coming to town He sees you when you're sleeping He knows if you're awake He knows if you've been bad or good (so you'd) better be good for goodness sake Better be good for goodness sake You'd better watch out, you'd better not cry You'd better not pout, I'm telling you why Santa Claus is coming to town Santa Claus is coming to town Santa Claus is coming to townMerry Christmas Baby
Bring it Down, band! Now , I just came here tonight to say I just wanna say ... I just wanna say ... Merry Christmas baby, you surely treat me nice Merry Christmas baby, you surely treat me nice I feel just like I'm living in paradise Now listen Now you see, I feel real good tonight And I got music on the radio And I feel good tonight And I got music on the radio And I feel just like I wanna kiss you Underneath my wihstle-toe But now listen Santa came down chimney, half past three With lots of nice little presents for my baby and me Merry Christmas baby, you surely treat me nice And I feel like I'm living, just living in paradise Come on boys Well now Santa came down chimney, half past three With lots of nice little presents for my baby and me Merry Christmas baby, you surely treat me nice And I feel like I'm living, just living in paradise And I just came down to say ... merry Christmas baby I just wanna say ... merry Christmas baby I just wanna say ... merry Christmas baby I just wanna say ... merry Christmas baby And happy new year too Oh yeah Play it boys go ! Merry Christmas, happy new yearLucky Man
Runnin' down the highway half-past eleven Waitin' for my odometer to roll straight sevens I'm a lucky man I went to gee the gypsy the other night She looked in my palm, looked me in the eye And said "You're a lucky man" "Some folks got fortune, some got eyes of blue What you got will always see you through You're a lucky man" Pa went from the army to the factory to the killin' yard I make my living with my hands 'hind the wheel of this car I'm a lucky man Messin' with me, man, it wouldn't be wise Roll them dice, son ah! snake eyes I'm a lucky man Had a girl in Calgary, I gave her up Man, that love thing was messin' with my luck And I'm a lucky man I'll wake up tomorrow morning in another state Kiss me now, baby, before it's too late If you wanna kiss a lucky man I don't miss no girl, I don't miss no home He travels fastest who travels alone He's a lucky man A man with the world in the palm of his handsTwo For The Road
It's one for the money and one for the show I got one kiss for you honey so come on let's go I didn't see it coming but girl now I know It takes one for the running but two for the road One thousand dreams whispered in the dark But a dream's just a dream in one empty heart It takes more than one to rev it up and go So let's get it running, we're two for the road Two one-way tickets and a diamond ring Hell it don't matter what the rain might bring When this world treats you hard and cold I'll stand beside you, we're two for the road When you're alone my love'll shine the light Through the dark and starless night I'll hold you close and never let you go C'mon now girl 'cause we're two for the road Well it's two to get ready, babe, c'mon let's go Me and you, girl, we're two for the roadRoulette
We left the toys out in the yard I took my wife and kids and I left my home unguarded We packed what we could into the car No one here knows how it started Suddenly everything was just so out of control Now I want some answers, mister I need to know I hear all the talk but I don't know what you're sayin' But I think I got a good idea of the game that you're playin' Roulette, that's the name Roulette, that's the game now Roulette, I don't believe what they're sayin' Roulette, everybody's playin' I grew up here on this street Where nothing moves, just a strange breeze In a town full of worthless memories There's a shadow in my backyard I got a house full of things that I can't touch Well all those things they won't do me much good now I was a fireman out at Biker'S, I did my job Mister I've been cheated, I feel like I've been robbed I'm the big expendable, my life's just canceled null and void Well what you gonna do about your new boy Roulette, you're playin' with my life Roulette, with my kids and my wife Roulette, every day the stakes get bigger Roulette, a different finger on the trigger Down by the river that talks The night speaks in searchlights And shortwave radios squawk The Police patrol the streets But I've left behind the man I used to be Everything he believed and all that belonged to me I tried to find my way out to somewhere where I thought it'd be safe They stopped me at the roadblock they put up on the interstate They put me in detention but I broke loose and then I ran They said they just want to ask me a few questions but I think they had other plans Now I don't know who to trust and I don't know what I can believe They say they want to help me but with the stuff they keep on sayin' I think those guys just wanna keep on playin Roulette, with my life Roulette, with my kids and my wife Roulette tile bullet's in the chamber Roulette, who's the unlucky stranger Roulette, surprise, you're dead Roulette, the gun's to your head Roulette, the bullet's spinning in the chamber Roulette, pull the trigger, feel the click No further dangerBe True
Your scrapbook's filled with pictures of all your leading men Well baby don't put my picture in there with them Don't make us some little girl's dream that can't ever come true That only serves to hurt and make you cry like you do Well baby don't do it to me and I won't do it to you You see all the romantic movies, you dream and take the boys home Put when the action fades you're left all alone You deserve better than this, little girl can't you see you do Do you need somebody to prove it to you Well you prove it to me and I'll prove it to you Now every night you go out looking for true love's satisfaction But in the morning you end up settling for just lights, camera, action And another cameo role with some bit player you're befriending You're gonna go broken-hearted looking for that happy ending Well girl you're gonna end up just another lonely ticket sold Cryin' alone in the theater as the credits roll You say I'll be like those other guys Who filled your head with pretty lies And dreams that can never come true Well baby you be true to me And I'll be true to youChimes Of Freedom
(Bob Dylan) Well, far between sundown's finish and midnight's broken toll We ducked inside the doorway, thunder crashin' As majestic bells of boats struck shadows in the sun; Sayin', it may be the chimes of freedom flashin' Flashin' for the warriors whose strength is not to fight; Flashin' for the refugees on their unarmed road of flight. And for each and every underdog soldier in the night We gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin' Well, in the city's melted furnace unexpectedly we watched With faces hidden here while the walls were tightenin' As the echo of the wedding bells before the blowing rain; Dissolved into the wild bales of lightnin' Yeah, tollin' for the rebel, yeah, tollin' for the raked Tollin' for the luckless, the abandoned and forsaked. Yeah, tollin' for the outcasts burnin' constantly at stakes And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin' Oh yeah! And then through a cloud-like curtain in a far off corner flashed There's a hypnotic, splattered mist was slowly liftin' Well, electric light still struck like arrows Fired but for the ones condemned to drift or else be kept from driftin' Well, tollin' for the searching ones on this speechless, secret trail For the lonesome haunted lovers with too personal a tale. And for each young heart for each channeled soul misplaced inside a jail Yeah, we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin' Well, starry eyed and laughin' I recall when we were caught, Trapped by an old track of vows for the hands suspended As we listened one last time, and we watched with one last look Spellbound and swallowed "Has the tollin' ended?" Yeah, tollin' for the achin' ones whose wounds cannot be nursed For the countless, confused, accused, misused strung out ones at worst. And for every hung out person in the whole wide universe We gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin' Uh uh uh...Part Man, Part Monkey
They prosecuted some poor Sucker in these United States For teaching that man descended from the apes They coulda settled that case without a fuss or fight If they'd seen me chasin' you, sugar, through the jungle last night They'da called in that jury and a one two three said Part man, part monkey, definitely Well the church bell rings from the corner steeple Man in a monkey suit swears he'll do no evil Offers his lover's prayer but his soul lies Dark and driftin' and unsatisfied Well hey bartender, tell me whaddaya see Part man, part monkey, looks like to me Well the night is dark, the moon is full The flowers of romance exert their pull We talk awhile, my fingers slip I'm hard and crackling like a whip Well did God make man in a breath of holy fire Or did he crawl on up out of the muck and mire Well the man on the street believes what the Bible tells him so Well you can ask me, mister, because I know Tell them soul-suckin' preachers to come on down and see Part man, part monkey, baby that's me30 Days Out
We fell in love and I made you the world I spent all my time tryin' to satisfy you, girl Just one thing that I can't figure out Closer I get, farther baby I am out 30 days, 30 days out Well I'm six days runnin' but I'm 30 days out 30 days, 30 days out With every kiss you leave a little shadow of doubt The roof was leakin' honey where we live And I'm wonderin' what's that something that you won't give I started loving you but I gotta stop You got me mostly waitin' for that other shoe to drop 30 days, 30 days out You keep me six days runnin' but I'm 30 days out 30 days, 30 days out With every kiss you leave a little shadow of doubt Tried to talk about what's goin' on You just smile and tell me "Baby there ain't nothin' wrong" In your smile there's a sign in red It said "Thousand miles of hard road dead ahead" 30 days, 30 days out Yeah I'm six days runnin' but I'm 30 days out 30 days, 30 days out With every kiss you leave a little shadow of doubt 30 days, 30 days out Well I'm six days runnin' but I'm 30 days out 30 days, 30 days out With every kiss you leave a little shadow of doubtPink Cadillac
You may think I'm foolish For the foolish things I do You may wonder how come I love you When you get on my nerves like you do Well baby you know you bug me There ain't no secret 'bout that Well come on over here and hug me Baby I'll spill the facts Well honey it ain't your money 'Cause baby I got plenty of that I love you for your pink Cadillac Crushed velvet seats Riding in the back Oozing down the street Waving to the girls Feeling out of sight Spending all my money On a Saturday night Honey I just wonder what you do there in back Of your pink Cadillac Pink Cadillac Well now way back in the Bible Temptations always come along There's always somebody tempting Somebody into doing something they know is wrong Well they tempt you, man, with silver And they tempt you, sir, with gold And they tempt you with the pleasures That the flesh does surely hold They say Eve tempted Adam with an apple But man I ain't going for that I know it was her pink Cadillac Crushed velvet seats Riding in the back Oozing down the street Waving to the girls Feeling out of sight Spending all my money On a Saturday night Honey I just wonder what it feels like in the back Of your pink Cadillac Now some folks say it's too big And uses too much gas Some folks say it's too old And that it goes too fast But my love is bigger than a Honda It's bigger than a Subaru Hey man there's only one thing And one car that will do Anyway we don't have to drive it Honey we can park it out in back And have a party in your pink CadillacBlood Brothers (Alt. Version)
Once we were kids playin' king of the mountain on the end World came chargin' up the hill, and we were women and we were men Yeah we stood by others side each one fightin' for the other And we swore until we died we'd always be blood brothers Now the hardness of the world slowly grinds your world away Makin' nothin' but a fool's joke out of promises made It's a long and dirty ride, and there ain't much cover No one runnin' by your side my blood, my blood brother Through the houses of the dead past those fallen in their tracks Always movin' ahead and never lookin' back Now the moons dirty light shines 'cross the highway unfurled And this love burns inside me like the last light in the world And the night is shinin' bright like some mystery uncovered I'll keep movin' through the dark with you in my heart my blood brotherHigh Hopes
Monday morning runs to Sunday night Screaming slow me down before the new year dies Won't take much to kill a lovin' smile And every mother with a baby cryin in her arms sings Give me help, give me strength Give a soul a night of fearless sleep Give me love, give me peace Don't you know these days you pay for everything Got high hopes Comin' from the city, comin' from the wild I see a breathless army breakin' like a cloud They're gonna smother love, they're gonna shoot your hopes Before the meek inherit, they'll learn to hate themselves Give me help, give me strength Give a soul a night of fearless sleep Give me love, give me peace Don't you know these days you pay for everything Got high hopes So tell me someone now, what's the price I wanna buy some time and maybe live my life I wanna have a wife I wanna have some kids I want to look in their eyes and know they stand a chance Give me help, give me strength Give a soul a night of fearless sleep Give me love, give me peace Don't you know these days you pay for everything Got high hopesWithout You
Monday, I go to work Tuesday, can't find my shirt Wednesday, I'm feelin' blue I'm helpless, darlin' Without you, without you Without you, without you Thursday, everything's fine Friday, I'm out of my mind Saturday, Sunday too It's hopeless, darlin' Without you, without you Without you, without you Each and every night of the week I toss and turn in my sleep Worryin' if you're all right Wonderin' where you are tonight Monday, I go to work Tuesday, can't find my shirt Wednesday, I'm feelin blue I'm helpless, darlin' Without you, without you Without you, without you Each and every night of the week I toss and turn in my sleep Wonderin' if you're all right Wonderin' where you are tonight Monday, I go to work Tuesday, I can't find my shirt Wednesday, I'm feelin blue I'm helpless, darlin' Without you, without you Without you, without you Thursday, everything's fine Friday, I'm out of my mind Saturday, Sunday too I'm helpless, darlin' Without you, without you Without you, without youMissing
Woke up this morning, there was a chill in the air Went to the kitchen, my cigarettes were lying there Jacket hung on the chair, the way I left it last night Everything was in place, everything seemed alright But you were missing, missing Last night I dreamed the sky went black You were drifting down, couldn't get back Lost in trouble, so far from home I reached for you, my arms were like stone Oh, but you were missing, missing... missing Searched for something to explain In the whispering rain and the trembling Tell me baby, where did you go You were here just a moment ago At nights I still hear your footsteps fall I can hear your voice moving down the hall Drifting thru the bedroom I lie awake but I don't move