Once i thought i knew Everything i needed to know about you Your sweet whisper, your tender touch But i didn’t really know that much Joke’s on me, it’s gonna be okay If i can just get through this lonesome day Hell’s brewin’ dark sun’s on the rise This storm’ll blow through by and by…
 
In the room where fortune falls On a day when chance is all In the dark of fierce exile (fears exile?) I felt the grace of your smile Honey you’re my lucky day Baby you’re my lucky day When i lost all the other bets i made Honey you’re my lucky day When i see…
 
Monday morning runs to sunday night Screaming slow me down before the new year dies Well it won’t take much to kill a loving smile And every mother with a baby crying in her arms, singing Give me help, give me strength Give a soul a night of fearless sleep Give me love, give me…
 
Well, i had the carburetor, baby, cleaned and checked With her line blown out she’s hummin’ like a turbojet Propped her up in the backyard on concrete blocks For a new clutch plate and a new set of shocks Took her down to the carwash, check the plugs and points Well, i’m goin’ out tonight….
 
Out here the nights are long the days are lonely I think of you and i’m working on a dream I’m working on a dream The cards i’ve drawn’s a rough hand darlin’ I straighten my back and i’m working on a dream I’m working on a dream I’m working on a dream Though sometimes…
 
I was eight years old and running with a dime in my hand Into the bus stop to pick up a paper for my old man I’d sit on his lap in that big old buick And steer as we drove through town He’d tousle my hair and say son take a good look around,…
 
Men walking along the railroad tracks Going someplace there’s no going back Highway patrol choppers coming up over the ridge Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge Shelter line stretching round the corner Welcome to the new world order Families sleeping in their cars in the southwest No home no job no peace no…
 
I hold you in my arms as the band plays What are those words whispered, baby, just as you turn away I saw you last night out on the edge of town I wanna read your mind to know just what i’ve got in this new thing i’ve found So tell me what i see…
 
I’ve been working real hard, trying to get my hands clean We’ll drive that dusty road from monroe to angeline To buy you a gold and a pretty dress of blue Baby, just one kiss will get these things for you A kiss to seal our fate tonight A kiss to Prove it all night,…
 
Madman drummers bummers and indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps his way into his hat With a boulder on my shoulder feelin’ kinda older i tripped the Merry-go-round With this very unpleasing sneezing and wheezing the calliope Crashed to the ground Some all-hot…