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Well the prize was right there underneath our eyeballs
And when it all came down we were looking for the pitfalls
Until Junie said babe better get yourself to going
We were so far gone we had no way of knowing
Everybody went low
Everybody went low
Everybody went low
She was pretty as a junebug jumpy as a nerve end
When she pulled the rug out my tires started swerving
I was driving through the living room driving through the basement
Looking for the lowest spot in the pavement
Everybody went low
Everybody went low
Everybody went low
Everybody went low
Nothing there to live up to
There's no place further down
Turn it off or turn around
While I was coming up for air I heard somebody breathing
It was Juniebug praying harder than a heathen
She was smiling like the soul survivor in a lifeboat
Said if I jump in Junie you think this thing will still float
Everybody went low
Everybody went low
Everybody went low
Everybody went low
Repeat
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If I could go back to love's first blush
Oh my lordy it would be a big rush
But I know you can't go back
You gotta keep moving that's a natural fact
So here we are still in love
I swear to you honey by the stars above
It's an old man's dreams that a young man fears
Well I learned that honey just hangin' round here
I'm proud of my mistakes
And all the love and the trouble that I ever did make
I never mean to hurt no one
And when I did it wasn't any fun
But all the roads lead me straight to you
It's all good every little thing that you do
It gets me going just to have you near
Well I learned that honey just hangin' around here
Round here a man has to stand up tall
Round here a man has gotta learn to crawl
Got to go to the bottom to see the top
It's a one way ticket and it never does stop
If I could go back I'd be alone
Cause there's nothing back there just dust and bones
I guess it's you and me
Stumbling to the twenty-first century
My mind's half gone but I don't care
Ain't thinking ahead I'm just getting there
And if you want you can help me steer
Well I learned that honey just hangin' round here
Well I learned that baby just hangin' round here
Well I learned that honey just hangin' round here
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You met her there on a New York City stair
You were throwing up on your shoes
Trying to write the great book
Well it really had you shook
With a bad case of wintertime blues
So you dragged her down to the ragged side of town
Shaped a taxi to carry her home
And she left her handkerchief
There beside you on the seat
As if to emphasize that you were all alone
It smelled like springtime and you were just a boy
And all the lilacs in Ohio
All the lilacs in Ohio
There you go
In the city streets with the dirty winter snow
All the lilacs in Ohio
She is the love story you speak of
When you talk to Sam at the bar
Yeah close but no cigar
You might see your own ass in a double whiskey glass
But you cannot erase her smile
And you'll never write it down
Never find her in this town
Of phantom dreams and fingernail files
It was springtime and you were just a boy
And all the lilacs in Ohio
All the lilacs in Ohio
There you go
In city streets with the dirty winter snow
All the lilacs in Ohio
You pin her handkerchief to clean white linen sheets
And you unmake your bed and crawl in
You imagine her there and you're tangled in her hair
And she smells like flowers again
And it's springtime and you were just a boy
And All the lilacs in Ohio
All the lilacs in Ohio
There you go
In the city streets with the dirty winter snow
All the lilacs in Ohio
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I thought we were gonna make that bridge what do I know
Me and my expectations was always high
"Like a Rolling Stone" was playing on the radio
It made you cry
But we got by
My old friend
You make me feel young again
My old friend
You're just as pretty as you were back then
A Corvair with no floorboards a Gibson Hummingbird
Driving south to the mouth of the river Song
Patchouli oil and motor oil
And you knew all the words
Now you're looking fine
In the hook-up line
My old friend
You make me feel young again
You're just as pretty as you were back then
You got kids I've got kids
And they all want to know
Just what is what like when we were young
I tell them I'm no different now
Just late for the show
So grab your "aqualung"
The loading has begun
My old friend
You make me feel young again
My old friend
You're just as pretty as you were back then
My old friend
My old friend
My old friend
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I know a place
Where the dogs Ain't barking
I know a place
Where the sun don't shine
I know a place
Where the gosts do the talking
In the back of my mind
In the back of my mind
I know a place
Little thirteen-year-old cousin
Blood running high
Got a knife in his hand
No daddy would do
Those things to his mama
So he opened that blade
And he stuck that man
I know a place
I know a place
I know a place
And it goes no further
Than where you are
When you leave it behind
One piece of advice
From one son to another
Get out of your mind
Get out of your mind
I know a place
I know a place
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There's something broken in my heart
Oh it was nothing you done
There's something broken in my heart
I guess that's just the way it comes
There's something broken in my heart
Something i just can't fix
There's something broken
Something broken in my heart
I've tried every powder and every pill
To put it back together somehow
Rode high with the fool up on the hill
Come down with the draft horse and the plow
I've been to the land of milk and honey
And honey I'm broke down now
There's something broken
Something broken in my heart
I'm gonna go downtown tonight and find me a woman
Try to keep those jagged from my mind
And if I don't start a fight I'll just keep running
'Till I break on through into the morning light
There's something broken in my heart
Oh it was nothing you done
There's something broken in my heart
I know I'm not the only one
There's something broken in my heart
Something i just can't fix
There's something broken
Something broken in my heart
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It ain't like I'm so tough
You shook me to the heart
You shook me sure enough
You turned my whole world upside down
I tried to run away but I just ran aground
On the rock of your love
On the stone hard truth
On the rock of your love
I found my living proof
You pierced through armor plated steel
You pierced me to my soul
You forced me to be real
I feel the strength of twenty men
When I am in your arms
I smash those fears again
On the rock of your love
On the stone hard truth
I found my living proof
I'm crashing like a wave tonight
Upon your distant shore
I have found the solid ground
That I've been looking for
On the rock of your love
On the stone hard truth
On the rock of your love
I found my living proof
On the rock of your love
I found my living proof
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I would have thought time would erase
I'll never get over you
The feelin's lost in your embrace
I'll never get over you
But still I try
And still I cry
Still I'm wonderin' why
CHORUS:
I'll never get over you
I'll never get over you
I'll never get over you
I tell myself my heart will find
A way to get over you
When I've already lost my mind
Tryin' to get over you
The voice goes on
The feeling's long
But still sleep never comes
REPEAT CHORUS
So now I've met the enemy
Trying to get over you
A shroud of rain, a memory
Trying to get over you
I recognize
Those crazy eyes
And still they're tellin' me lies
REPEAT CHORUS
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Thank god the tiki bar is open
Thank god the tiki torch still shines
Thank god the tiki bar is open
Come on in and open up your mind
I was out on a leave of absence
From any resemblance to reality
I felt like a rocket launched to the great blue yonder
From the boys down at Kennedy
I was driving by his majesty's court hotel
Where the sign said praise his name
I was tired and alone i couldn't see too well
But I don't think that he was to blame
Thank god the tiki bar is open
Thank god the tiki torch still shines
Thank god the tiki bar is open
Come on in and open up your mind
There's a full moon over Daytona beach
And my suntan dream is still out of reach
And the strip malls are robbing me blind
Well his name was Mr. Dale Earnhardt
And he drove the black number three
Now the king is gone but he'll not be forgotten
Nor his like will we ever see
Thank god the tiki bar is open
Thank god the tiki torch still shines
Thank god the tiki bar is open
Come on in and open up your mind
I know a drink ain't no solution
I ain't had one in seventeen years
But if that tiki bar was closed tonight
Well i might just disappear
Thank god the tiki bar is open
Thank god the tiki torch still shines
Thank god the tiki bar is open
Come on in and open up your mind
Thank god the tiki bar is open
Thank god the tiki torch still shines
Thank god the tiki bar is open
Come on in and open up your mind
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There's a mad little kid at the top of the stair
And his eyes they gather no light
And his mom and his dad they're too high to care
As his cries drift off in the night
And I've been that kid yeah it's true
And I've been both of those parents too
I'm ashamed when I've lost my way
But I'd do anything just to come home to you
It's the twilight that captures the sorrow of time
In between the life and the lived
I press on through the darkness so thoroughly blind
To a light a new morning gives
And it sparkles like each new tomorrow
I drank up my last yesterday
Tasted sweet joy and bittersweet sorrow
And I'd do anything just to come home to you
There's a meanness inside and it shivers my bones
That's the thing about mercy I guess
There's no man so wicked he cannot come home
Nor so good he passes each test
As the fires of memories burn me
The grace of your love returns me
To this most traveled of highways
Where I'd do anything just to come home to you
I would do anything just to come home to you
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Friends of mine they don't hear
Clocks ticking all around their ears
They don't expect a thing
Bridges moving while the river sings
Long lost love
Where do we go from here
Farther stars
Different atmospheres
The river sings us back from the time
Drawn to heaven with a voice so fine
Final joys final cries
On and off like starlight in her eyes
Long lost love
Where do we go from here
Farther stars
Different atmospheres
You know your poetry kept me up all night
Like you I didn't have the heart to die
Still so many things left to say
Long lost love
Where do we go from here
Death's the truth and death's a lie
Love is your only alibis
Mary you'll forget this soon
Where we were and when we sang this tune
Long lost love
Where do we go from here
Farther stars
Different atmospheres
Long lost love
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