With your mercury mouth in the missionary times, And your eyes like smoke and your prayers like rhymes, And your silver cross, and your voice like chimes, Oh, who among them do they think could bury you? With your pockets well protected at last, And your streetcar visions which you place on the grass, And […]
Early in the mornin’ Early in the mornin’ I’m callin’ you to I’m callin’ you to Please come home Yes, i guess i could make it without you If i just didn’t feel so all alone Don’t let me down Don’t let me down I won’t let you down I won’t let you down No […]
When she said, "don’t waste your words, they’re just lies," I cried she was deaf. And she worked on my face until breaking my eyes, Then said, "what else you got left?" It was then that i got up to leave But she said, "don’t forget, Everybody must give something back For something they get." […]
Well, your railroad gate, you know i just can’t jump it Sometimes it gets so hard, you see I’m just sitting here beating on my trumpet With all these promises you left for me But where are you tonight, sweet marie? Well, i waited for you when i was half sick Yes, i waited for […]
Standing on your window, honey, Yes, i’ve been here before. Feeling so harmless, I’m looking at your second door. How come you don’t send me no regards? You know i want your lovin’, Honey, why are you so hard? Kneeling ‘neath your ceiling, Yes, i guess i’ll be here for a while. I’m tryin’ to […]
You say you love me And you’re thinkin’ of me, But you know you could be wrong. You say you told me That you wanna hold me, But you know you’re not that strong. I just can’t do what i done before, I just can’t beg you any more. I’m gonna let you pass And […]
Nobody feels any pain Tonight as i stand inside the rain Ev’rybody knows That baby’s got new clothes But lately i see her ribbons and her bows Have fallen from her curls. She takes just like a woman, yes, she does She makes love just like a woman, yes, she does And she aches just […]
Well, i see you got your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat Yes, i see you got your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat Well, you must tell me, baby How your head feels under somethin’ like that Under your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat Well, you look so pretty in it Honey, can i jump on […]
Oh, the ragman draws circles Up and down the block. I’d ask him what the matter was But i know that he don’t talk. And the ladies treat me kindly And furnish me with tape, But deep inside my heart I know i can’t escape. Oh, mama, can this really be the end, To be […]
The guilty undertaker sighs, The lonesome organ grinder cries, The silver saxophones say i should refuse you. The cracked bells and washed-out horns Blow into my face with scorn, But it’s not that way, I wasn’t born to lose you. I want you, i want you, I want you so bad, Honey, i want you. […]
