Six foot six he stood on the ground. He weighed two hundred and thirty five pounds. But I saw that giant of a man brought down to his knees by love. He was the kind of a man that would gamble on luck.
All In All. (Music & Lyrics: Dave Shadow). . All In All. You Make Your Choise. You Grab My Head. And Freeze My Voice. You Want Me Right To Give Me Pain.
There's a star spangled banner waving somewhere. In a distant land so many miles away. Only Uncle Sam's great heroes get to go there. That is also where I want to live someday.
Blue and white hotel light photographs cars and courage. The overgrown hills kiss the warm yellow sky. The long flight home and the long goodbye. . Vacant rooms but the car park is full again.
About the time I put myself in fairly decent shape there you are again. About the time I go to bed and finally fall asleep there you are again. About the tim that I stop seeing your face everywhere and I think that I may live again.
Lately the birds have started to fly. Away from the town and into the sky. . I'm over here you're over there. I'm holding my breath 'cause I know. That you care about the small things.
Take the motorway to the ocean I've made up my mind. Bring me to the place where you're hiding from all the bumps in the night. Send me a postcard from your own heart of all the things that you see.
I was sittin' in the terminal waitin' for my load. When a greenhorn driver came in off of the road. I heard him tell that foreman get my little pink slip.
Slow down the light's green. Speed up the mysteries. The ghost of your masterpiece. Breathes now like the trees. Begging please. . 'Cause if you feel love in the city tonight.
When I see the water come and clear beside a shore. When all the guns are silent and the sky is clear once more. When the bugles fill the air with victory's swet song.
Hey are you really gonna take off. Are you really gonna fly sitting in the pilot seat. . Hey are you really gonna fight fires. Are you really gonna drive your engine in the morning.
The streets are dark and empty and you walk them all alone. You think about your love affair and wonder what went wrong. You go to bed each night and pray you'll never see the dawn.
The lighthouse is open the storm's been exposed to the sea. I called the cab ride over to rescue me. The lines at the station cast shadows like a Michigan stream.
Ghost trains grey tracks and a crooked skyline. Red dust clouds carry shadows from a distant light. A million different ways to get to your destination.
Up in the morning out to the fields I work like a devil for my pay. But that lucky old sun ain't got nothing to do but roll around heaven all day. Well I fuss with my woman and I toil for my kids I sweat till I'm wrinkled and gray.
I wont let you down 'cause you stopped my thoughts. The scenery around you becomes your war. Strangers in the room pictures on the wall inside your eyes.
Good evening friend hey you're lookin' good I'm happy about your prosperity. But before you ask how I'm a gettin' along well I'm down on my luck temporarily.
The talk of the town was a secret to me I was the last one to see. It's funny how blind a heart in love can be. Yes the talk of the town was a secret to me.
Headin' back to sugerland U.S.A.. I been so lonesome ever since I went away. This time, I'm a going back to stay. With my sugar in sugerland U.S.A.. .
Life is looking up again she's back where she belongs. And my old heart is on the man she was gone so long. From loneliness to happiness my life I rearrange.