Hey I've been around I've seen it all. Love is a chain around your heart that holds you down. You're better off runnin' away before it starts. I wanted to chase my dreams, I thought freedom meant everything but.
I used to think I could stand on my own didn't need anyone else. I hid my feelings behind walls of stone just looking out for myself. I learned the hard way how this cruel world can cut a man down to size.
The distance revered. Like a spike on a ball. Like a -speck- on a ball. A circular imprint. Stepped from the light. And whispered a slogan. Invented by anyone.
It's a big job just gettin' by with nine kids and a wife. But I've been a workin' man dang near all of my life. I'll keep on workin' long as these two hands are fit to use.
Running down the road same old, same old. Oh, I know it so well I think I can drive and fly. Im steady as a wall but underneath it all. Im gonna blow the roof off one of these nights.
Chattanooga down in Chattanooga. That's where I first met her I thought that I knew her. She turned my world around she turned a country boy upside down.
I don't know how she stole it I don't even know when. I'm not sayin' there was fore thought or malicious intent. But with it in her possession she disappeared in the dark.
Well, I think I get the message. I'm not deaf and I'm not blind. But the signals that I'm getting. Have caught me by surprise. . It seems that you've decided.
There's three bedrooms. Hardwood floors and the kitchen's new. It's got everything a family needs. With a backyard view. . Ask anyone where it is. Everybody knows who used to live.
Dutch took 'em on the slow train to Peking on La Brea Avenue. To find the Stax and Sun. They were reaching to get to. They was a rapping the flat scat.
Sal was working at Nyro's nook in downtown. Selling articles of congress to these people downtown. He was pretty sleezy when I met him. A weasel in a poor boy's wool.
I say this was no game of chicken, you were aiming your best friend. That you wear like a switchblade on a chain around your neck. I think you picked this up in Mexico from your dad.
And when I see the sign that, points one way. The lot we used to pass by, everyday, yeah. . Just walk away Renee. You won't see me follow you back home.
Seen it written and I've heard it told. That a man does things for gold. Drives him crazy and it makes him old. Before his time. . Sittin' 'round waitin' for the rainbow's end.
Well come along my baby whole lotta shakin' goin' on. Well come along my baby baby you can't go wrong. We're fakin' whole lotta shakin' goin' on. Well now come along my baby we've got chicken in the barn.
What comes next. Will you be leavin' now. Will I start grievin' now. What comes next. . Love is so new to me so you better tell me. I can't seem to figure out what's goin' on.
Welcome to my world, won't you come on in miracles?. I guess, still happen now and then. Step into my heart, leave your cares behind. . Welcome to my world built with you in mind.
Well, I'm walkin' down the line, I'm walkin' down the line. I'm walkin' down the line, my feet'll be a flyin'. To tell about my troubled mind. . I got a heavy-headed gal, I got a heavy-headed gal.
(Verse 1). Yeah, w-w-w-where you goin'. Lovin' the way you look. You know this party here. It's strictly off the hook. Got Patron, got that Henny now we doin' it.
Over by the wild wood. Hot in summer night. We lay in the tall grass. 'Til the early mornin' light. . If I had my way. I'd never get the urge to roam.