• One Headlight
• 6th Avenue Heartache
• Bleeders
• Three Marlenas
• The Difference
• Invisible City
• Laughing Out Loud
• Josephine
• God Don't Make Lonely Girls
• Angel On My bike
• I Wish I Felt Nothing

 

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ONE HEADLIGHT

So long ago, I don't remember when

That's when they say I lost my only friend

Well they said she died easy of a broken heart disease

As I listened through the cemetery trees

I seen the sun comin' up at the funeral at dawn

The long broken arm of human law

Now it always seemed such a waste

She always had a pretty face

So I wondered how she hung around this place

Chorus:

Hey, come on try a little

Nothing is forever

There's got to be something better than

In the middle

But me & Cinderella

We put it all together

We can drive it home

With one headlight

She said it's cold

It feels like Independence Day

And I can't break away from this parade

But there's got to be an opening

Somewhere here in front of me

Through this maze of ugliness and greed

And I seen the sun up ahead

At the county line bridge

Sayin' all there's good and nothingness is dead

We'll run until she's out of breath

She ran until there's nothin' left

She hit the end-it's just her window ledge

(chorus)

Well this place is old

It feels just like a beat up truck

I turn the engine, but the engine doesn't turn

Well it smells of cheap wine & cigarettes

This place is always such a mess

Sometimes I think I'd like to watch it burn

I'm so alone, and I feel just like somebody else

Man, I ain't changed, but I know I ain't the same

But somewhere here in between the city walls of dyin' dreams

I think of death-it must be killin' me

(chorus)
 

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6TH AVENUE HEARTACHE

Sirens ring, the shots ring out

A stranger cries, screams out loud

I had my world strapped against my back

I held my hands, never knew how to act

Chorus:

And the same black line that was drawn on you

Was drawn on me

And now it's drawn me in

6th Avenue heartache

Below me was a homeless man

I'm singin' songs I knew complete

On the steps alone, his guitar in hand

It's fifty years, stood where he stands

Now walkin' home on those streets

The river winds move my feet

Subway steam, like silhouettes in dreams

They stood by me, just like moonbeams

Look out the window, down upon that street

And gone like a midnight was that man

But I see his six strings laid against that wall

And all his things, they all look so small

I got my fingers crossed on a shooting star

Just like me-just moved on

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BLEEDERS

Once upon a time

They called me the bleeder

Well swimmin' up this river

With sentimental fever

But this ain't my first ride

It ain't my last try

Just got to keep movin' on

If they catch me ever

They'll throw me back forever

chorus:

I guess I should be ashamed

But I forget to be vain

Well I did the best I could I guess

But everything just bleeds

They say you're only sad and lonely

And no one is impressed

I sent it off in a letter

I need somethin' better

Than a nail and a hammer

To put me back together

But this ain't my first ride

It ain't my last try

Just got to keep a-movin on

Got to keep this together

Maybe next time is never

(chorus)

Sometimes I must confess

I do feel a little over dressed

Sometimes it's hard to tell the wishing from the well

Where you threw the penny and where it fell

I guess I should I should be ashamed

But I forget to be vain

Well I did the best I could I guess

But everything just bleeds

I guess I should be ashamed

But I forget to be vain

Well I did the best I could I guess

But everything just bleeds

They say you're only sad and lonely

And no one is impressed

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Three Marlenas

Alone tonight in somebody's bed

She gone and dyed her hair red

She only went and did what she did

'Cause he would drive her home then

There's lipstick on her new dress

She hadn't even paid yet

But it doesn't matter where the money went

It wasn't how she paid 'er rent

One, two, three Marlenas

There's got to be someone we can trust

Out here among us

Now lookin' out across the city lights

She thought they'd be a good pair

Now he could make a living sellin' cars

Maybe she could work there

She's gonna pick a star in the night

And pray to make it all right

She tried so hard not to pick a kite

She always prayed to heaven lights

One, two, three Marlenas

There's got to be someone we can trust

Out here among us

One, two, three Marlenas

It's see no, speak no, hear no evil about us

The three Marlenas

Man, I think I'm gonna buy myself a Rolls

Maybe a Chevrolet

One where I can pull that top down

Just let my radio play

Now I'm headin' out on that highway

I'm goin' right out of state

Now I ain't lookin' back until I'm gone

Right through heaven's gates

One, two, three Marlenas

There's got to be someone we can trust

Out here among us

One, two, three Marlenas

Ya see no, speak no, hear no evil among us

The three Marlenas

Three Marlenas

Three Marlenas

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THE DIFFERENCE

One, two boys by the river

Down by the water

Tellin' riddles in the dark

With fireflies under the moonlight

Carvin' the insides of a tree with a knife

Ever hear the one about the boy's big sister

His best friend come along

He tried to kiss her

Chorus:

The only difference

That I see

Is you are exactly the same

As you used to be

One boy lives in a tower

With bow and arrow

And the artificial heart

With his girl

Late in the summer

He loaded the cannon

With a jealous appetite

They say that children now

They come in all ages

And maybe sometimes old men die

With little boy faces

(chorus)

repeat

You always said that you needed some

But you always had more, more than anyone
(chorus) repeat

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INVISIBLE CITY

Lookin' back at the crash site

I don't see me by the roadside

Well this heart is on wheels tonight

Straight through the ghettos

And without lights

Now every heart has a blind side

Where it learns how to improvise

Well this place is a whorehouse tonight

Cheaper lovers make expensive wives

Chorus:

But all of these horses

That you chase around

In the end they are the ones

That always bring you down

This invisible city

Where no one sees nothing

We're touching faces in the dark

Feelin' pretty is so hard

Now all of these voices

And all of these noises

With all their illusions of choices

They've come to my door

With one dozen roses

The imitation of good faith

Is how you stumble upon hate

It may have been the first of mistakes

When we held on too loosely

Then opened the gates

(chorus)

Now I try not to tell lies

But there's pressures from inside

So I've learned how to compromise

Good people for alibis

(chorus)

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LAUGHING OUT LOUD

Man, you oughta finish what you've started

You can't leave me here alive

Well I know it started as a fist fight

But you've got me covered up in hives

I don't need an invitation

The best peach is at the top of that tree

But when all this indecision reigns

So aimlessness that helps me see straight

You got me walkin' up a tightrope

With vaseline from my head to my feet

You got me lookin' into blindfolds

But I know you've got your hands all over me

So when all these imitations fail

Just don't look back 'cause I won't be there

Chorus:

Laughing out loud

When I didn't ever know just what it was all about

Laughing out loud

When I didn't ever know just why you push me around

Well I'm doing time inside a grapevine

Little things amuse little minds

Well, nothin's free except a little bit of bad advice

On how to live on only water, bread and rice

I don't need an invitation

The best peach is at the top of that tree

So when all this nighttime vision fails

I'll lose all these chains and slip out of this jail

(chorus)

repeat

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JOSEPHINE

I feel pretty good

I feel all right

And I've been thinkin' maybe

I could spend the night

I know you've been sad

I know I've been bad

But if you'd let me

Make you ribbons from a paper bag

Chorus:

Josephine

You're so good to me

And I know

It ain't easy

Josephine

You're so sweet

You must taste just like sugar & tangerines

I won't make a sound

Sleep on the ground

When you wake I will

Drive you into town

I missed your smile

Your schoolgirl style

But I never had much fun

Maybe the very first mile

(chorus)

Don't you know

I watched you walkin' home from school

Your friends on the old playgrounds

You never looked so down

Won't you come and help me with these cuts of mine?

I've disconnected my heart

And cut myself on the wires

Josephine

I know I was wrong

I knew all along

But I got so far from my home

I never thought I'd be so lonesome

(chorus)

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GOD DON'T MAKE LONELY GIRLS

Senorita

Looks like you ain't done nothing good

When it ain't supposed to do

Oh no no no no

I seen her downtown

'Bout an hour ago

Behind the glass at a peep show

I got nervous 'cause I don't know

Can she see me behind that window?

It's almost nine and I'm back in line

I can't get the girl with the Spanish tears

Out of my mind

I've got to make her mine, all mine

But somethin' is wrong

She don't belong

She oughta be back where she's from

Maybe back on this Mexico City

Man, I don't know her

But she sure is pretty

Chorus:

But God don't make lonely girls

Sure didn't want 'em in His world

God don't make lonely girls

Yeah, yeah, doo doo doo doo

Now when I make that girl all mine

I'm gonna stand by her

Once I get inside of

Her barbed wire

Once I get inside

I bet she'd look good in a brand new dress

She never felt good in her fish net

She's got to be this towns best mess

But it ain't nothin' that her face would suggest

(chorus)

I gotta make her see

I'm a guarantee

Oh, if she'd only come along with me

Well I can make her see

Gonna take a walk right through these walls

'Cause she's comin' home with me

I ain't even gonna touch her at all

Man, I'm only gonna lay awake and watch her sleep

(chorus)

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ANGEL ON MY BIKE

She knows just what I like

The angel on my bike

She found me down on a two ton anchor

Tangled up in wire

She always gets it right

The angel on my bike

I could be killed if the train goes faster

Well angel watch my life

I can't handle a care

I want, but I can't be there

While angel's a prayer

It's 45 miles on that highway

Angel double prayer

I have to sleep with my eyes on the white lines

Elvis need of repair

I only wanted to believe

That angel it's me that you need

And there's only, only one heart on that highway

Angel double prayer

I can't handle a care

I want, but I can't be there

While angel's a prayer

I can't handle a care

I want, but I can't be there

While angel's a prayer

Now it's hard time on these wheels

These fairytales

Turn to rusted steel and it's

Gettin' hard now to believe

She's seein' me

Angel, please, tell me

Can't you see

Angel it's only me

Angel it's only me

Well I can't take a care

Man, I want, but I can't be there

While angel's a prayer

I can't handle a care

Well, I want, but I can't be there

While angel's a prayer

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I WISH I FELT NOTHING

Say when you're alone

It's better 'cause nobody knows you

When no one's your friend

It's better 'cause nobody leaves you

So you turned your back

On a world that you could never have

'Cause your heart's been cracked

And everyone else's is goin' mad

Chorus:

But I hear voices

And I see colors

But I wish I felt nothing

Then it might be easy for me

Like it is for you

Now all of these people

Come up from deep holes

Pullin' you down

And it's just no use

When all the abuse follows you down

By the morning you've gone

Leavin' me here all alone

Sayin' it's no mystery

I know that nobody here needs me

(chorus)

And I know you believe that you and me don't belong here

And the worst we could do

Is keep trying to pretend we care

(chorus)

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