I was a lonely boy. Out there searching. Couldn't find much joy. Too old to fake it. Too young to hide it away. . I played the master thief. Stealing the lives of the people I'd meet.
He was feeling invulnerable. That was foolish but wonderful. But of course the first one was always free. He's got one wrist in heaven, one ankle in hell.
Take me down to the riverside. Wash me up from this dusty ride. I'll pitch my tent in a field nearby. When I see you all my spirit starts to fly. . Ah the moment comes.
By jim carroll and wayne woods. . Evangeline. My first lady,. She wears satin gloves. Since her hands got dirty. She travels here. She travels there . . ..
Each night, they surround me. With the lights and the microphones . . .. With their bodies and the mile of cable. Like a magic ring of bone. . Every night I have the same dream:.
Every time she calls I'd like to just ignore her. I think she's working both sides. It's not my paranoia. But I can't cut her loose. That girl does the act.
"Every crowd of younger has had its little games to prove if you're punk or not. My cousin in New York plays 'Chickie',. which is two cars heading towards each other at about 80 miles an hour. The first driver to swerve out of the way is of.
I hitched a ride to a desert town. (I never planned this trip). I saw my past in the sun like a tongue. (that slowly dripped). People faced me with lazarus eyes.
Day and night, the shadows move too slowly. From dark to light she promised she could know me. Remember when, I watched her on the stairway. She was drinkin' wine, and she told me what the stars say.
I smoke a cigarette. As I wait in the bath. And I wait for you. For an hour and a half. . And I go to the window. Where the sky falls down in rains. And I look across the river.
It must be strange to just fall from the stage. And snap a bone that is so close to the brain. And be attended to by so many down below. I saw a doctor tie you up from so far above.
She's an all-night all-night rental. She's a rental oriental. Suki-lee.... Oh, her eyes, yes her eyes.... You better pass her by. Suki-lee... each night she crosses.
It's when billy's whores are re to seeorkin'. They're workin' with the skeleton crew. It's when the sky over jersey. That sky starts to drain from view.
I was born in a pool, they made my mother stand. And I spat on that surgeon and his trembling hand. When I felt the light I was worse than bored. I stole the doctor's scalpel and I slit the cord.
Everything you ever wanted. Is passing with the driving rain. I died like a salamander. On my heart heavy like a chain. I been waiting here at the uptown theater.
By jim carroll. . We should have left at once. We should have never stayed. Now they have drawn the line. Now there is a barricade. Now there's a barricade.
Your uncle's scandals shook the house of lords. Your daddy's squeezed out as Chairman of the Board. No more doctors write you no more 'scripts. No more intercontinental trips.
We started off heading for the top and set our sights on the sun.. Now there's no more tears as we're standing here, and the morning light has begun..
Yesterday I felt the wind blowing around my shoulder. Feel like I'm getting older. Still I can't forget your face. . Separated by a million miles of ocean.
Man with no country. Jim Capaldi. . Man with no country. Just a guitar and a love that he sung. (he only wants to see). . Man with no country. walking along down long dusty roads.