(Verse 1)
Little Sissie sells her love to strangers
she’s been on the street since she turned thirteen
just another lonely night in the city
on the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
(Chorus)
Someplace to be somebody
Someplace, to stand up tall
Someplace to be somebody
Someplace where I don’t have to crawl
(Verse 2)
Mister Ferdy use to work in the factory
now he’s sleeping in a cardboard box
just another lonely night in the city
one more Homeless in the Land of the Lost (I’m lookin’ for)
(Chorus)
Someplace to be somebody
Someplace, to stand up tall (I’m lookin’ for)
Someplace to be some body
Someplace where I don’t have to crawl
(Bridge)
Open your heart, open your door
No one is rich, if someone is poor
(Verse 3)
Diamond Darryl was a Prince and a Brother
shot and murdered on the streets of the hood
just another lonely night in the city
one more precious life that came to no good (I’m lookin’ for)
(Chorus)
Someplace to be somebody (Got to find someplace)
Someplace to stand up tall (Stand up tall)
Someplace to be somebody (Got to be somebody)
Someplace where I don’t have to crawl
(Bridge)
Open your heart (You ought to), open your door
(No one is) No one is rich (If someone), if someone is poor
(You’ve got to) Open your heart (You’ve got to), open your door
(No one is rich) No one is rich (If some one), if someone is poor
(Verse 4)
Crazy Charlie walks the block in circles
screams at all the cars and talks to the wind
just another lonely night in the city
in every city there are hundreds like him (I’m lookin’ for)
(Chorus)
Someplace to be somebody (Got to find someplace)
Someplace to stand up tall (Stand up tall)
Someplace to be somebody (Got to be somebody)
Some place where I don’t have to crawl
(Bridge)
Open your heart (You’ve got to), open your door
(No one is rich) No one is rich (If someone), if some one is poor
(It’s time to) Open your heart (It’s time to), open your door
(No one is) No one is rich (If someone), if someone is poor
(I got to tell you now to) Open your heart (I got to tell you now to), open your door
(I got to tell you tell you) No one is rich (If someone), if someone is poor
(Chorus)
Someplace to be somebody
Someplace to stand up tall (I’m lookin’ for)
Someplace to be somebody
Someplace where I don’t have to crawl
Someplace to be somebody…
(Verse 1)
Well they threw me out of my new house
so I rented me a room,
up above the push and shove
Tarantula Saloon,
a bed, a bath, an old photograph,
a plastic chandelier,
it’s not the end of the world, but you can see it from here…
(Verse 2)
I got magazines, I got an ice machine,
and a pay phone in the hall,
I got a fold up chair, got a Frigidaire,
I got newsprint on the walls,
got paisley drapes and a fire escape
for art and atmosphere,
it’s not the end of the world, but you can see it from here…
(Chorus)
It’s not the end of the world, but you can see it from here,
take the trail that leads you to that river of tears,
sail that sea of heartbreak, climb that mountain of fear,
it’s not the end of the world, but you can see it from here…
(Verse 3)
Oh I drank up all our furniture
and our giant screen TV,
I drank up my Ford pick-up truck
and her Mercury Capri,
I drank up all my wedding vows
which once I held so dear,
it’s not the end of the world, but you can see it from here…
(Repeat Chorus)
(Verse 4)
I got a big old bug on a ragged rug
crawlin’ out of my dirty socks,
got a pint of Jack in a paper sack
I got Star Trek on the box,
and Kirk and I are about to fly
to that Final Frontier,
it’s not the end of the world, but you can see it from here…
(Repeat Chorus Twice)
(Verse 1)
Oh the taxi came,
in the poring rain,
and it took his woman away…
now the house is locked,
and the gun is cocked,
and there’s nothin’ left to say…
oh he lost his job,
and his faith in God,
and he don’t even want ‘em back…
oh I can identify with that,
yes, I can identify with that…
(Verse 2)
Oh the dog ran away,
and the kids don’t play,
in the front yard anymore…
and the phone and the heat,
were turned off last week,
and the bills are piled on the floor…
now he drinks all day long,
and he’s got nothin’ on,
but his cowboy boots and hat…
oh I can identify with that,
yes, I can identify with that…
(Verse 3)
He was known to his friends,
as a man amongst men,
and he tried hard to be good…
and though he sometimes rolled,
a little short of the goal,
he always did the best he could…
now he walks the halls,
and he talks to the walls,
and the walls, they talk back…
oh I can identify with that,
yes, I can identify with that…
(Verse 4)
He was told as a child,
he was reckless and wild,
and he’d have to change his ways…
so he settled down,
got a job around town,
and he learned to scrimp and save…
but now he sits at home,
in the dark alone,
watchin’ cartoons of Crazy Kat…
oh I can identify with that,
yes, I can identify with that…
End.
(Verse 1)
Woke up this mornin’, low down and lonesome,
rain on the roof, wind at my door…
woke up this mornin’, beat up and broken,
head in my hands, and my heart on the floor…
(Chorus)
There is a river, it runs down the mountain,
sweethearts and sailors follow it’s call…
I rode that river into the valley,
I rode those rapids, over the falls…
(Verse 2)
How could it happen, I must be crazy,
can’t help but wonder, where’d I go wrong…
I fell in love, with a beautiful Gypsy,
one thing for certain, she’s up and gone…
(Repeat Chorus)
There is a river, it runs down the mountain,
sweethearts and sailors follow it’s call…
I rode that river into the valley,
I rode those rapids, over the falls…
(Bridge)
Over the fall-all-alls, over the falls,
I rode those rapids over the falls…
(Verse 3)
Was it the new moon, her narcotic perfume,
that spun me around, and caused me to stray…
was it the whiskey, her magic, her mystery,
that swallowed my mind, and swept me away…
(Repeat Chorus)
There is a river, it runs down the mountain,
sweethearts and sailors follow it’s call…
I rode that river into the valley,
I rode those rapids, over the falls…
(Repeat Bridge)
Over the fall-all-alls, over the falls,
I rode those rapids, over the falls…
Over the fall-all-alls, over the falls,
I rode those rapids, over the falls, over the falls…
End.
(Verse 1)
Don’t knock me babe, you know I paid my dues,
spent about twenty years as a drunkin’ fool,
I been skunked, I been dumped, I been put out in the poorin’ rain,
I been roped, I been doped, I been drug behind the Mystery Train,
so if you want to love me, love me with a love insane…
Yeah, yeah…
(Verse 2)
Don’t knock me babe, you know I done my time,
on a sea of sorrow, on an ocean of wine,
I been nailed, I been jailed, I been shackled to a ball and chain,
I been tried, I been fried, I been crucified, mangled and maimed,
so if you want to love me, love me with a love insane…
Yeah, yeah…
(Chorus)
Don’t put me down baby, I survived The Third World War…
don’t mess around baby, I been down this road before…
(Verse 3)
Don’t knock me babe, you know I’ve been the rout,
had my head kicked in, had my heart ripped out,
I been bashed, I been trashed, I been banged around upside my brain,
I been clubbed, I been mugged, I been crippled up and set aflame,
so if you wanta’ love me, love me with a love insane…
Yeah, yeah…
(Chorus)
Don’t put me down baby, I survived The Third World War…
don’t mess around baby, I can make you scream for more…
(Verse 4)
Don’t knock me babe, you know I’d die for love,
I’m that one in a million, you been dreamin’ of,
I been caught, I been shot, I been locked up in a prison of pain,
I been grabbed, I been stabbed, you know misery is my middle name,
so if you want to love me, love me with a love insane…
Yeah, yeah…
If you want to love me, love me with a love insane…
Whoa, Whoa…!!!
End.
(Verse 1)
Woke up this mornin’ with my heart full of grief,
I may go crazy if I don’t get some relief…
(Chorus)
I’m feelin’ dangerous baby, I’m feelin’ dangerous girl…
I’m feelin’ dangerous baby, I’m feelin’ dangerous girl…
(Verse 2)
My head is screaming and I’m sick in my soul,
it won’t be long before I’m out of control…
(Repeat Chorus)
I’m feelin’ dangerous baby, I’m feelin’ dangerous girl…
I’m feelin’ dangerous baby, I’m feelin’ dangerous girl…
(Bridge)
When they told me that the road was wet,
I was thinking of the night we met…
when they told me that the sky was dark,
I was thinking of your tender heart…
when they told me that your car had crashed,
I was thinking how I loved your laugh…
when they told me you were dead and gone,
I was thinking of your favorite song…
(Verse 3)
Don’t want no whiskey, I don’t want no cocaine,
just want my woman back in my arms again…
(Repeat Chorus)
I’m feelin’ dangerous baby, I’m feelin’ dangerous girl…
I’m feelin’ dangerous baby, I’m feelin’ dangerous girl…
(Repeat Bridge)
When they told me that the road was wet,
I was thinking of the night we met…
when they told me that the sky was dark,
I was thinking of your tender heart…
when they told me that your car had crashed,
I was thinking how I loved your laugh…
when they told me you were dead and gone,
I was thinking of your favorite song…
(Verse 4)
I don’t know how I’m gonna’ get through this day,
God help the man that try’s to stand in my way…
(Repeat Chorus)
I’m feelin’ dangerous baby, I’m feelin’ dangerous girl…
I’m feelin’ dangerous baby, I’m feelin’ dangerous girl…
(Instrumental – Play Bridge)
End.
(Verse 1)
I’ve been in the sun too long, everything I see looks wrong,
how can people be so blind, they all leave love behind,
how can people think so small, only make each other crawl…
(Verse 2)
I’m a man that loves his life, I believe that love is right,
I want all the world to see, what life could really be,
I want every burning thirst, satisfied upon this earth…
(Chorus)
Poison waters, desert sands,
I’m a prisoner, in this cruel land…
(Instrumental-Play Verse)
(Verse 3)
Who can say which way we came, was it from the smoke or rain,
maybe we were always here, or did we just appear,
maybe we got lost somewhere, doesn’t anybody care…
(Chorus)
Poison waters, desert sands,
I’m a prisoner, in this cruel land…
Poison waters, desert sands,
I’m a prisoner, in this cruel land…
(Verse 4) (This verse not on recording)
Just beyond the rolling dunes, I can hear the Angels croon,
I can feel the Rapture’s Rain, the end of greed and pain,
I can see the face of God, or is it just a cruel mirage…
(Chorus)
Poison waters, desert sands,
I’m a prisoner, in this cruel land…
Poison waters, desert sands,
I’m a prisoner, in this cruel land…
End.
(Chorus)
I’m your neighborhood Rock & Roller,
your morning and your midnight stroller,
I never get any older,
I’m your neighborhood Rock & Roller…
(Verse 1)
You see me struttin’ down your street,
I’m boppin’ to the neighborhood beat,
cuttin’ up the old concrete,
flyin’ on my happy feet…
(Verse 2)
I look a little strange to you,
glidin’ down your avenue,
like I been snortin’ airplane glue,
sleepin’ with a kangaroo…
(Verse 3)
Oh I’m bangin’ on an old trashcan,
I’m the leader of The Bozo Band,
I’m your local yokel mojo man,
they don’t let me in Disneyland…
(Repeat Chorus)
I’m your neighborhood Rock & Roller,
your morning and your midnight stroller,
I never get any older,
I’m your neighborhood Rock & Roller…
(Instrumental)
(Verse 4)
I’m tappin’ and a twangin’ my tune,
I sound just like the voice of doom,
I’m dressed up like a bad cartoon,
I’m right out of the rubber room…
(Verse 5)
Now you’re panicked and you’re petrified,
you’re contemplating homicide,
oh but you don’t have to run and hide,
I’m so happy just to be alive…
(Repeat Chorus Three Times)
I’m your neighborhood Rock & Roller,
your morning and your midnight stroller,
I never get any older,
I’m your neighborhood Rock & Roller…
End.
(Verse 1)
I heard you cryin’ in your sleep last night
girl you gave me such an awful fright
were you falling from a high-rise beam
or were you drowning in a quicksand dream
Ooo-hoo baby, please hear my call
I want to save you from that awful fall
ya-ya baby, reach out to me
I want to pull you up and cut you free, cut you free…
(Verse 2)
I heard you cryin’ in your sleep last night
girl you gave me such an awful fright
were you stranded on a distant star
or were you trapped behind a prison’s bars
Ooo-hoo baby, talk to me now
all I want to do is help you out
ya-ya baby, you’re free to go
but before you leave me girl, I got to know, got to know…
(Chorus)
What’s a matter with you baby…
what’s a matter with you baby…
what’s a matter with you baby…
what’s a matter with you baby…
What’s a matter with you baby…
what’s a matter with you baby…
what’s a matter with you baby…
what’s a matter with you baby…
(Musical Interlude)
(Verse 3)
Something’s happened to our love affair
we don’t laugh no more, and we don’t share
evidently something here has changed
maybe baby you don’t feel the same
Ooo-hoo baby, I’m still your friend
and we can call it quits or start again
ya-ya baby, I love you so
if you still want me girl, then let me know, let me know…
(Chorus)
What’s a matter with you baby…
what’s a matter with you baby…
what’s a matter with you baby…
what’s a matter with you baby…
What’s a matter with you baby…
what’s a matter with you baby…
what’s a matter with you baby…
what’s a matter with you baby…
(Fade Out)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah…
yeah, yeah…
yeah, yeah…
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah…
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah …
yeah, yeah…
yeah, yeah…
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah…
End.
(Verse 1)
Give me a jake-leg boogie with a rock-a-billy beat,
a cute cuddly cookie with two left feet,
a little fiddle-diddle and a what have you got,
oh babe em’ baby, that’s a Country Rock…
(Chorus)
Country Rock, Country Roll,
Country Stomp, Country Stroll,
Country Rhythm and Blues and
Swing,
Country Music’s Got
Everything…
(Verse 2)
Give me an old bandanna and some alligator boots,
a bull-riders hat and a buckskin suit,
a knock-kneed Nellie with a honky-tonk a-walk,
ba-ba-ba-baby, that’s a Country Rock…
(Chorus)
Country Rock, Country Roll,
Country Stomp, Country Stroll,
Country Rhythm and Blues and
Swing,
Country Music’s Got
Everything…
(Bridge)
Country Music’s Got Everything,
make a cathouse cry, make a church bell ring,
make an armadillo laugh, make a rattlesnake sing,
Country Music’s Got Everything…
(Musical Interlude)
(Verse 3)
Give me some real rough riders and a roadhouse bar,
some midnight ramblers and a gang of guitars,
turn it all up about a thousand watts,
b-ya-ya-by, that’s a Country Rock…
(Chorus)
Country Rock, Country Roll,
Country Stomp, Country Stroll,
Country Rhythm and Blues and
Swing,
Country Music’s Got n’
Ev-ev-evrything…
(Verse 4)
Give me a tank of tequila and some Tennessee Jack,
a sweet Señorita from across the train tracks,
lay it all on me, make it heavy and hot,
Good God All-Mighty that’s a Country Rock…
(Chorus)
Country Rock, Country Roll,
Country Stomp, Country Stroll,
Country Rhythm and Blues and
Swing,
Country Music’s Got n’
Ev-ev-evrything…
(Bridge)
Ca-ca-ca Country Music’s Got Everything,
make a cathouse cry, make a church bell ring,
make an armadillo laugh, make a rattlesnake sing,
Country Music’s Got Everything…
Country Music, Country Music, Country Music,
Good Country Music’s Got n’ Ev-ev-everything…
Ca Ca Ca Country Music, Hey, County Music, Ow Wow, Country Music, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah…
Good Country Music’s Got n’ Ev-ev-everything…
(Repeat At Will And Fade Out)
Ca Ca Ca Country Music, Country Music, Country Music,
Ca Ca, Ca Ca, Ca, Ca Ca Ca Ca Ca Ca Ca Country Music,
Country Music, Country Music, Good Country Music’s got n’ Ev-ev-everything,
Ca Ca Ca Cunt….
