You need some money in a hurry But things ain’t right You try to beg and borrow maybe start a fight Your friends don’t wanna know you they just pass you by So they couldn’t be your friends because they wouldn’t lie Sit down shut up don’t dare to cry […]
Will all your money Buy you forgiveness Keep you from sickness Or keep you from cold? Will all your money Keep you from madness Keep you from sadness When you’re down in the hole? ‘Cause you’ll be down in the gutter You’ll be bummin’ for cigarettes Bummin’ for nylons In […]
Connection, I just can’t make no connection. But all I want to do is to get back to you. Everything is going in the wrong direction. The doctor wants to give me more injections. Giving me shots for a thousand rare infections And I don’t know if he’ll let me […]
In the sweet old country where I come from Nobody ever works Yeah nothing gets done We hang fire, we hang fire You know marrying money is a full time job I don’t need the aggravation I’m a lazy slob I hang fire, I hang fire Hang fire, put it […]
I live in an apartment on the ninety-ninth floor of my block And I sit at home looking out the window I’magining the world has stopped Then in flies a guy who’s all dressed up like a Union Jack And says, I’ve won five pounds if I have his kind […]
I was driving home early Sunday morning through Bakersfield Listening to gospel music on the colored radio station And the preacher said, "You know you always have the Lord by your side" And I was so pleased to be informed of this that I ran Twenty red lights in his […]
Well, baby used to stay out all night long She made me cry, she done me wrong She hurt my eyes open, that’s no lie Tables turn and now her turn to cry Because I used to love her, but it’s all over now Because I used to love her, […]
Little Indian girl, where is your mama? Little Indian girl, where is your papa? He’s fighting in the war in the streets of Masaya All the children were dead, except for the girl who said "Please Mister Gringo, please find my father" Lesson number one that you learn while you’re […]
Congratulations Congratulations Well done, my friend You’ve done it again You’ve gone and broken another heart Yeah, you’ve torn it apart You’ve done it before Hope to do it some more You’ve got it down to a fine art Remember the first time You tried to do it to me […]
I am waiting, I am waiting (oh yeah, oh yeah) I am waiting, I am waiting (oh yeah, oh yeah) Waiting for someone to come out of somewhere Waiting for someone to come out of somewhere You can’t hold out, you can’t hold out Oh yeah, oh yeah You can’t […]
Been keeping cool Been lying low Been dancing smooth And dancing slow Keeping myself to myself My nose is clean But I’m a man Not a machine All get together and feel alright All get together and rock all night All get together and feel alright Okay Get ready For […]
Tried to trail you last night, baby, trail you in my car But I was afraid of what I was looking for And little by little I’m losin’ my love for you Yeah, little by little I’ve found out you was untrue Alright, Keith, come on, now Well I try […]
I was twenty one naive Not cynical, I try to please Her wit, her speech, her repartee I’mpressed me almost instantly She went all the way All the way down She went all the way, all the way She showed me love a hundred ways How she pimped and how […]
Got a sweet black angel, Got a pin up girl, Got a sweet black angel, Up upon my wall. Well, she ain’t no singer And she ain’t no star, But she sure talk good, And she move so fast. But the gal in danger, Yeah, de gal in chains, But […]
My spirit is winging My soul is free I’m doing my drinking In good company The music’s screaming My feet are flying Everybody’s laughing And nobody’s crying Sneak suspicion It drags me down A nagging feeling Going round Hearts for sale Going cheap Hearts for sale Lovers’ leap My belly’s […]
