Just a hard luck boy from a hard luck town. Hard luck story that's goin' around. You can make a fool wear a crown. Prop him up but he falls back down, fall back down.
I recognize the symptoms, but I don't know the cure. Your feelings are so useless, banging your head out on the wall. Well I went through the station, if I could have a chance.
Let go this ribbon of darkness now. And like a drunk I'll go fall, laughing down. You could tell me I'm no different. But I hear the full moon call my name.
Ohh, the games people play now. Every night and every day now. Never meaning what they say now. Never saying what they mean. . Know they while away the hours.
Spent some time feelin' inferior. Standin' in front of my mirror. Combed my hair in a thousand ways. But I came out lookin' just the same. . Daddy said, "Son you better see the world.
Sally's working at the dunk n dine. Say's she hates but she has a good time. Come in to work drunk on wine. Hash browns and coffee make a man feel fine.
Baby, started talking crazy. Crazy like from a dream. I'm pointing a finger right at you. And I said baby, "What in the hell. Is that supposed to mean?".
Well, I listen for your footsteps. Comin' up the drive. Well, I listen for your footsteps. But they don't arrive. . Just a waitin' for your knockin'. On my own front door.
The "no smoking" light's on. The captain comes on the phone. If we start to fall, it won't bother me at all. Just plant my bones deep in the heart of dixie, yeah.
Don't let this dream stop, it feels so right. Nothing means nothing when the dark turns light. Let me wander crazy and stumble back through the night.
Stuffed my heart in a bag and I slammed the back door. If I get home, it'd be a home no more. Took off runnin' in the middle of the night. I was aimed for anything that felt half right.
You're drivin' me crazy, crazy as the night is long. And I would ride off east into the setting sun. If you said that's where I belong. Baby, I'd go to Rawalpindi, I'd go to Istanbul.
All these sleeping dreams crack my spine. Eighteen wheels start to scream and whine. Dreamed you was out on that one way line. Come back baby it's cool inside.
Can't stand the pain. Can't stand the pain, anymore. Can't stand the pain. Can't stand the pain, anymore. . Well, I'm lookin' for you baby and I don't know why.
I was ready for this life right from the very start. Lights, camera action ,. this life will never fall apart. . Imma do it big. show the world what I'm made of.
I'm gonna bring down the hammer, swing it righteous wrong or right. . Well I held on like a child to a dream ? ? ?. One thousand ? ? ? , just bought and sold.
I had an ocean of promises. That never came true. I had a mountain of hope baby. Sailed right off into the blue. Thought I had everything I want. But then the truth comes clear.
(learn c5 and g5 and you can play the entire song). . You got me tied down with battleship chains. Fifty foot long and a two ton anchor. Tied down with battleship chains.
Get myself a window seat. Strap myself in,. Listen to the whining of the southbound dc-10. Driver come on now. I bet she's waiting at the gate. I got the 'mats on my walkman.
One, two, three, get it. . Livin' with my back against the wall. Nowhere but forward to fall. Well, I close my eyes, somebody will catch my breath. Oh my Lord, let's get on board.