Take away my inhibitions Take away my solitude Fire me up with your resistance Put me in the mood Storm the walls around this prison Leave the inmates Free the guards Deal me up another future From some brand new deck of cards Take the chip off of my shoulder Smooth out all the lines...
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Just take those old records off the shelf I'll sit and listen to 'em by myself Today's music ain't got the same soul I like that old-time rock 'n' roll Don't try to take me to a disco You'll never even get me out on the floor In ten minutes I'll be late for the...
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You always won, everytime you placed a bet You're still damn good, no one's gotten to you yet Everytime they were sure they had you caught You were quicker than they thought You'd just turn your back and walk You always said, the cards would never do you wrong The trick you said was never...
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She stood there bright as the sun on that California coast He was a midwestern boy on his own She looked at him with those soft eyes, so innocent and blue He knew right then he was too far from home He was too far from home She took his hand and she led him...
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I'm gonna tell you a story 'bout Mary Lou You know the kind of woman make a fool of you She make a young man itch She man an old man faint The way she took my money was a crying shame Mary Lou she took my watch and chain Mary Lou she took my...
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"Tell me quick" said Old McFee "What's this all have to do with me?" "I've spent all my time at sea a loner." "Is there something else I should know?" "Something hidden down below the level of your conversation?" Well he turned away before the answer Though I yelled aloud he refused to hear It...
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If the sun Ain't shinin bright And the moon the moon Won't shine for you tonight If thr stars in the sky gone away And you feel Feelin real slow down today If life gets hard to understand And the whole thing is getting out of hand Come to Poppa Come see your poppa If...
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I remember standing on the corner at midnight Trying to get my courage up There was this long lovely dancer in a little club downtown I loved to watch her do her stuff Through the long lonely nights she filled my sleep Her body softly swaying to that smoky beat Down on Mainstreet In the...
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She packed up her bags and she took off down the road Left me here stranded with the bills she owed She gave me a false address Took off with my American Express Sunspot Baby She sure had me way outguessed She left me here stranded like a dog out in the yard Charged up...
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The crowd without a face Begins to fill the space In the arena Flashlights at his feet The lion from the street Awaits the Christians A single strobe ignites the night The smoke begins to rise A sea of staring eyes Gaze on the sunburst His weapon at his side He flashes it with pride...
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