Surrogates and shadowy henchmen galore. Party hacks and swift-boatin' talk-show whores. Look at all the lies it takes, the job of making kings. You can own the truth, you just gotta conceive it.
I TOLD THE WHIPPOORWILL. TOLD THE DAFFODIL. JUST HOW PRETTY YOU SMILE.. YES I TOLD THEM...ALL ABOUT YOU.. I TOLD THE LITTLE BIRD. EVERY SINGLE WORD. THAT YOU SAID WAS WORTHWHILE..
You see, I've never been here. You ask me to dance. My legs would run away before. I never wanted to know. How it would be like. To let me come through you.
Mmm, mmm. Mmm, mmm. Blue Paradise. Aah, aah. Aah, aah. . I used to be lonely. Woke up. Where the sun. Rise up in my eyes. (ooh, ahh). Baby, you. Came to me.
Born out in the country, raised out on a farm. Got my education out behind a barn. Left one Sunday morning in a driving rain. Hitchhiked to the freight yard and caught the railroad train.
I have fallen in this life. and I have lost the war with sin so many times. But the Father has a plan. And I will make it home despite who I am. . I'm not saying I'm a good man,.
Summer in Virginia is calling me back. A boy and his sweetheart I see. We strolled through the crowd on the Fourth of July. The summer when you first loved me.
Do you want to live in glory, up in glory. Oh dear friend forever more, forever more. Do you want a life eternal, life eternal. Somewhere on that golden shore.
I'm the center of attention in this bar room. 'Cause I've got the biggest heartache of the year. And each night those swingin` doors reach out to me and draw me in.
You ask me why I carry cash around with me all the time—. Don't you see all these "Yard Sale" signs?. When I flip this first edition for a cool grand.
Punch in, punch out, try to make your boss proud. Finally Friday headed down the home route. Six pack stop, it'll only take a minute. Take a quick pick ticket.
I've worn suits that didn't suit me. Shook hands I wouldn't shake. Turned screws that only screwed me. Took pills I wouldn't take. It's a hard one to swallow but I'm done trying to follow the path.
He was born a William. But he goes by Bill. He's had some big dreams. And he has them still. . Well her name's Samantha. Only he calls her Sam. They grew up together.
I got out of bed, put on my shoes. Was headed out the door. I turned around, went back inside. Took off my shoes. And put on my pants.
It's not that I don't ever wonder. How you've been, who's roof you've been under. Like it never crossed my mind. Happens every day. . Yeah when the dog barks, when the phone rings.
If I was a bird I'd be headed south right about now. Flyin' over the Florida Keys. 'Cause the ice cold words in this room. Could bring down snow in the middle of June.
I was born on a blue lane highway line. Runnin' up and down Mississippi's crooked spine. I've been gone too long. It's high time I made time for this.
That boy is baggage, draggin' you down. Shoulda left him in the lost and found. Solo so long, you're lonely now. . You're jonesing for a piece of open sky.
Baby I was bird this way. Bird and the egg are form this way. Nothing quite like this to make me feel alive. . Think back to the future past. Garden hose, green, green grass.
Scuff mark scars on the kitchen floor. A decade of dancing dug into the boards. Every scratch, part of the story it tells. A pocketknife blade in my backyard tree.