I always thought our house was haunted
But nobody said boo to me
I never did get what I wanted
Now I get what I need
It's been a slow turnin'
From the inside out
A SLOW turnin', but you come about
I'll never forget the day, we motored stately into big L.A.
The lights of the city put settlin' down in my brain
Though it's only been a month or so, that old car's buggin' us to go
We've gotta get away and get back on the road again
Me and you and a dog named boo, travellin' and livin' off the land
Me and you and a dog named boo, how I love being a free man
Laugh if you want to
Or say you don't care
If you cannot see it
You think its not there
It doesn't work that way
Peek-a-boo
I can see you
And I know what you do
So put your hands on your face
And cover up your eyes
Don't look until' I signal
So if you just put your hand in mine,
We're gonna leave all our troubles behind.
Keep on walking and don't look back.
Forget about the past now.
DON'T LOOK back, baby.
But don't look at me that way.
'Coz I'm trying to be strong.
And I'm begging you, baby
Don't you look at me that way.
'Coz if you look at me now
It just might be more that I can take.
Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself
Before you accuse me, take a LOOK at yourself
You say I've been spending my money on other women
You've been taking money from someone else
Money, get back
I'm all right, Jack, keep your hands off of my stack.
Money, it's a hit
Don't give me that do goody good bullsh$t
I'm in the hi-fidelity first class traveling set
And I think I need a Lear jet
"Oi...Get your filthy hands off my desert!"
"What 'e say?"
Brezhnev took Afghanistan.
Begin took Beirut.
Galtieri took the Union Jack.
And Maggie, over lunch one day,
Took a cruiser with all hands.
Apparently, to make him give it back.
Seems like I've always been looking for some other place
To get it together
Where with a few of my friends I could GIVE up the race
And maybe find something better
Love is but the song we sing,
And fear's the way we die
You can make the mountains ring
Or make the angels cry
Know the dove is on the wing
And you need not know why
C'mon people now,
Smile on your brother
Ev'rybody get together
Try and love one another right now
Though the world may make you hard and wild
And determine how your life is styled
When you've come to feel that you're the only child
Take good care of your BROTHER
The road is long
With many a winding turn
That leads us to who knows where
Who knows when
But I'm strong
Strong enough to carry him
He ain't heavy, he's my brother
Grandpa pissed his pants again
He don't give a damn
Brother Billy has both guns drawn
He ain't been right since Vietnam
"Sweet home Alabama"
Play that dead band's song
Turn those speakers up full blast
Play it all night long
I moved out to Langley recently
with a plain and simple dream
Want to infiltrate some third world place (Whoa)
and topple their regime
those men in black with their matching suitcases
where everything's on a need to know basis
agents got that swagger
everyone's so cloak and dagger
I'm feeling nervous but I'm really kinda wishing
for an undercover mission
that's when the red alert came on the radio
and I put my ear piece on
got my dark sunglasses on
and I had my weapon drawn
So I get my handcuffs
my cyanide pills
my classified dossier
tapping the phones like yeah
shredding the files like yeah
I memorized all the enemy spies I gotta neutralize today
yeah it's a party in the CIA
yeah it's a party in the CIA
Oh, dear, what can I do?
Baby's in black[/], and I'm feelin' blue
Tell me oh, what can I do?
I've been down hearted baby
ever since the day we met
I said I've been down hearted baby
ever since the day we met
our love is nothing but the blues, woman
baby, how BLUE can you get?
Say, when this is all over
You'll be in clover
We'll go out and spend
All a your BLUE money, blue money
Whoever we are
Wherever we're from
We shoulda noticed by now
Our behavior is dumb
And if our chances
Expect to improve
It's gonna take a lot more
Than tryin' to remove
The other race
Or the other whatever
From the face
Of the planet altogether
They call it THE EARTH
Which is a dumb kinda name
But they named it right
'Cause we behave the same...
We are dumb all over
My kid's gonna grow up
Gonna grow up to be a fool
'Cause they ain't got no more room
No more room for him in school
And everybody wanna know
Everybody wanna know
Why I'm singing the blues
I say I've been around a long time
Yes, I've really paid some dues
There were seven little Indians
Living in a brick house on Central Avenue
Gathered 'round their daddy
Tellin' stories in the living ROOM
From a slightly unrealistic point of view
On the seventh hours
On the seventh day
On the seventh month
The seven doctors say
He was born for good luck
And that you'll see
I got seven hundred dollars
Don't you mess with me
I've heard all those hard LUCK tales
From all of you U.S. males
I've heard you tell those lies about the love you've know
And I've followed those highway signs
And I've run down those thin white lines
Like those drivers this old road is all I call my own
There's people all around me but I feel so alone
I guess theyd like to help me but I have to do it on my own
I know I dont have much of a choice
Ill go out of my mind or into the night, into the night
And I don't want you to think
That you're the first one
To leave me out here on my own
No this ain't gonna be the first time
This 'ol cowboy spent the night alone
It's MY OWN fault
Treat me the way you wanna do
It's my own fault
Treat me the way you wanna do
When you were loving me little woman
At that time, I didn't love you
Do you wanna dance under the moonlight?
Squeeze me baby all through the night, oh baby, do you wanna dance?
Do you WANNA dance under the moonlight?
Squeeze me baby all through the night, oh baby, do you wanna dance?
Before this DANCE is through
I think I'll love you too
I'm so happy when you dance with me
I don't want to kiss or hold your hand
If it's funny try and understand
There is really nothing else I'd rather do
Cos I'm happy just to dance with you
Always took candy from strangers,
Didn’t wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa,
Working for the boss every night and day
I need a love to keep me HAPPY
I need a love, baby won’t ya keep me happy
Big BOSS man, can't you hear me when I call?
Big boss man, can't you hear me when I call?
You ain't so big, you just tall, that's just about all.
You got me working boss man, a workin' around the clock,
I want a little drink of whiskey, you sure won't let me stop.
Big boss man, can't you hear me when I call?
You ain't so big, you just tall, that's just about all.
Well now it's three o'clock in the morning
And I can't even close my eyes
Three o'clock in the morning baby
And I can't even close my eyes
Can't find my baby
And I can't be satisfied
I've looked around me
And my baby she can't be found
I've looked all around me, people
And my baby she can't be found
You know if I don't find my baby
I'm going down to the Golden Ground
That's where the men hang out
Goodbye, everybody
I believe this is the end
Oh goodbye everybody
I believe this is the end
I want you to tell my baby
Tell her please please forgive me
Forgive me for my sins
