I know where the cops hang out When I come home late at nightSo then, I know whenTo cruise or take it lightI know, I knowI know when the radio's wrongAnd when the weather man is jiveI've seen the newsStill it's good...

When my shift is overAnd I'm headed homeI don't listen to the radioI like to be alone, I like to be alone I've had my fill of peopleAnd all that factory noiseI listen to the engineIt's a sound that I enjoyIt's a...

Dodging the blues, but the blues were gaining fastRiding the news, knowing news just doesn't lastHeaven come seven with the rolling of the bonesAh, but winning never feels like going homeHe's thick at the bottom, thin...

When I grow up I want to be a treeWant to make my home with the birds and the beesAnd the squirrels, they can count on meWhen I grow up to be a treeI'll let my joints get stiff, put my feet in the groundTake the...

I dreamed of Judy Garland and of her bottled bluesResting in a dressing room, shaking star dust from her shoesShe spoke of her beginnings at Metro-Goldwyn-MayerAnd of touching millions with no one really thereA child...

Like my watch, I'm a little slowAnd I don't always go when I'm s'posed toI'll take my time and still change my mindAnd I'll stop if you drop meLike my cup, I'm a little drySo please take the time to fill meTake out my...

(1) Take this as a warningTo stay away from meBecause the man that you used to knowIs not the man that you're going to seeSomeday we may laugh at thisSomeday we may be friendsBut for now you can keep your distanceStay...

I'm the latest apparitionCutting slices in the nightI come through without permissionMoving in and out of human sightI'm the tapping on your shoulderI'm the raven in the stormI'll take shelter in your raftersI'm the...

I lost my car to the Riverside DriveLast seen headed up the Upper West side138th Street or 139What's yours is theirsWhat's theirs was mineNow it's gone for partsIt's gone for funIt's gone for sureAsk anyoneNo, they're...

I saw the champ running down by the riverWith his trainer and his stretch limousineI don't recall the year but it was late in his careerWhen he was featured in those glove magazinesThey never leave the ring before...

I couldn't bribe a wino on what I used to makeMy Fortune was as sure as the windBut I was free to wonder and time was on my handsIt was mine to burn and to bendChorus:Freedom for freedomCall that an even schemeGive me...

I grew up beneath the treesNot far from the refineriesAimed at the sky like smoking gunsI learned to walk, I learned to run awayIn tracing back our historyIt's a wonder how we came to beA love driven through a dozen...

I worked at a placeWhere the bands came throughSome of them rang falseAnd some rang trueI'd stick aroundAfter they playedTo see how legends are madeThere's just a fewThat stand out in my mindSome of them still rollAnd...

These birds don't sing in the rainThey're waiting for the sun to shineBut I'm a man and a man-made thingAnd I can sing out anytimeI can sing in the treesI'll sing before the rivers riseMaybe make you believeThat we...

So I wonder how she's doingI hate it when the rumors flyThey give off such a strange sense of missionWing your helplessness on highBut she would never run from strangersShe sang alone like a bell will tollWay above...

It's half price off on last year's modelsThere's a geeseful sky and roads of potholesThe town is lean and getting leanerThere is a rank and file demeanorCountless souls in unkind placesWearing fixed and angry facesI...

My name is EdgarAnd I am a party manI come from a party townI come in my party vanI bet I could make you laughHey would you like a beerI got some in the chest outsideIt's a little warm in hereWhere are you going nowOh...

She looks best movingOr standing stillI can't make up my mindI guess I always willLast Saturday nightWent out of my headOr I stayed right here at homeAnd went right to bedI slept like a babyOr I was up all...

I once said I knewBut I don't know no moreWhat once was strong and trueIs now just stiff and soreMaybe it's a phase I'm going throughStill I'd like to face this phase with youChorusIf there's love in your heartAt...

Jack's crows are loud in the morningThey're critical of other birdsFarmers don't appreciate 'emThough they don't say it in so many wordsJack's crows Jack's crowsWhere everybody's fromAnd nobody goesThat's where you're...

This neighborhood is full of muttsBarking kids and argumentsPeople yell from block to blockAnd quiet down by 10 O'clockThey blow their horns in a kind of codeAnd gun their engines in the roadWith both hands they check...

Night is a woman who embraces meI am never lonely in her armsDeep in her heart I am free from harmThe moon and the stars are her ancient charmsShe gives to me the gift of less to seeNight is a woman who embraces meI...

Jamie ran aground out in OhioWife left for the great unknownHe says he's gonna take to the high roadShe will find a place aloneHe says he just could not make her happyThat he never tried so hard beforeHe'd wake up...

I walk where the bottles breakAnd the blacktop still comes back for moreI walk where the bottles breakAnd the blacktop still comes backI live where the neighbors yellAnd their music comes up through the floorI live...

They're growing houses in the fields between the townsAnd the Starlight drive-in movie's closing downThe road is gone to the way it was beforeAnd the spaces won't be spaces anymoreTwo more farms were broken by the...

I'm from New JerseyI don't expect too muchIf the world ended todayI would adjustI'm from New JerseyNo I don't talk that wayI watched too much TVWhen I was youngI'm from New JerseyMy mom's ItalianI've read those mafia...

Am I a fool at this late dateTo heed a voice that says,You can be greatI heard it young, now I hear it againIt says, you can be better than you've ever beenChorus:Don't want to waste what I have to giveIn all of the...

I've passed the foregone conclusionsMy hand's sore from carrying the world aroundI crack the art of self-delusionI'm out hanging off the edge of townChorusIn the joint of no returnI hope that you will find me thereAnd...

Your heart is brokenYour world is a bitter placeYour confidence shakenYour faith erasedWhat you depend onIs up in the airYou want to move forwardWith no forward thereYour husband left youNo good reason whyHe wants a...

Sometimes I'm an idiotMany of you know that by nowSometimes I am notBut this is not as clear somehowSo I go about my workMaking my mistakes out loudMaybe everybody's failuresAre in earshot of the crowdI'm sailing down...

I never lived anywhere I didn't mind leavingI never knew anyplace I didn't want to goShort on the give, long on receivingI never knew anything I didn't want to knowI liked the towns, I liked the peopleBut the brown...

I see a penny and I pick it upIf not the moneyI could use the luckAnd if it's face downI turn it overHead for Wood AvenueBetween Inman and New DoverBack in my home townGas is cheaper where I'm fromBut the driving's...

While they fish out the fisheriesI wish on the wisheriesMixed up in the mysteriesEvery night every nightI pedal hope now from port to portI never stay at the last resortI'm not tall but I never come up shortI always...

I've never done it said the circus clownSee this is really my noseI ran away back in junior highGot this job and these clothesYou know I started out an altar boySo that retarded me someI've been saving up and down for...

They talk of getting out of the valleyOut of the valley here belowMaybe ride the river and run off'Cause there's no place left to goThey talk of taking the sunshineTaking their bright eyes awayMaybe make a move for...

Hey bud is that your sister or is it that she can't see so good?I've been all around this world and I've never understoodWhat makes a woman love, what makes somebody careThere ought to be some logic but I don't see...

When her sweet summer love had turned and goneHe put a bigtime Moses lonesome onHe got back the ring with the note she'd sentWhen he tried to make it permanentLove was one big storm moving down the lineShe didn't...

You know I work all day for moneyAnd I fight all night for loveI'm somewhere between what I've gotAnd baby what I'm dreaming ofYou know that bees they go for honeyAnd the grapes they go for wineI did too until I...

He's never been far from troubleTrouble is as loyal as a dogHe drinks in the muddy waterAnd he sleeps in the hollow logHis troubles all have mirrorsAnd they double up the sizeHis problems all have patchesAnd they...

Don't be petty, don't be triteI'm feeling pretty good nowI'm doing alrightMemories are wrongThey never did play fairIf it's all in the pastWhy doesn't it stay thereI got older, I just didn't get wiseBred for the...

She never let her roots go brownShe kept moving them from town to townLike she was running from a restless soundThat would use her name in vainBack then she was the one to knowWe didn't like it but we loved her soIt...

Wisdom exists though it's not commonly foundIt's got the lonesomest howl of any dog in the poundWisdom persists, Wisdom swings freeWhat once worked for you, will not work for meWisdom will stick, it's a permanent...

They say that when it comes to choosing heroesIt's best to pick the ones who aren't aroundIf you choose among the livingYou tend to have misgivingsWhen your hero lets you downHe might have a bad night in your townAnd...

I've been high and mighty low and scaredAbout all the how's it goingAnd though not exactly unawareIt's a family we're growingI have watched her body changing shapeThe new eating, craving patternsIt seems everything is...

I've spent most of my life as a luxuryNow I've taken the role of necessityI was taking my time but a new day's comeI've been waking up to a little more dayI've been taking my walks with a little more swayI was taking...

If I could forget to breatheForget to breathe entirelyIt's happened down through historyAnd surely I could lose my headSome night I could drink too muchAnd take it off and just forgetAnd I will learn all languagesI...

There's a party down at Kale'sVinnie Charles is out of jail againHis ex's will be thereAnd his daughter Nida has bought him an easy chairHe kicked the cocaine in the canAn eightball a day is not cheap for any manHis...

If all my luck ran out tomorrowI'd have to say that I have had my shareEnough to balance out the sorrowEnough to say that I'm a little scared'Cause this is not what I expectedI did not expect to feel this goodI always...

I used to think joy was the break between sorrowsLike peace was the break between warsI'm still partly new now but mostly olderAnd I cannot say I'm so sureChorus 1I never trusted happiness as far as I could throw...

Brown shirts here in the white houseBrown shirts up on top of the hillBrown shirts can you hear them marchingI swear they are marching stillBrown shirts for the good of the countryBrown shirts pride all over the...

Trouble comes fastAnd leaves too slowThat's how I knewThat she would finally goIt's all dragged on nowFar too longThe rooms were too smallAnd words too strong, soChorus:Can you understand my joy?Can you understand my...

I don't feel like a train anymoreI feel like the trackAnd if you want to change your luckPut a penny on my backNow my feet go everywhereThey're tying up the landThere was sorrow in my switchesNow the rust is in my...