Well i left my home down on the rural route Told my pa i was going stepping out And get the honky tonk blues Stopped into every place in town This city life has really got me down I got the honky tonk blues Went out last night i wore out my shoes Woke up […]
Oh my god, i can’t believe my eyes Underneath that ghostly pale is that you Someone in your shape shouldn’t be driving Someone in your shape shouldn’t be doing anything at all You should see yourself in the mirror With your leather lips and your snakeskin shoes Do you have to shout in my ear […]
I’ve been phoning night and morning I heard you say “tell him i’m not home” Now you’re confessing, but i’m still guessing I’ve been your fool for so so long Girl don’t lie, just to save my feelings Girl don’t cry, and tell me nothing’s wrong Girl don’t try to make up phony reasons I’d […]
It used to make me so fed up People always asking me What will you be when you grow up You’re gonna need security Spent a little time in school Wishing i was somewhere else Having fun and acting cool I just want to be myself And i finally found a home Where i’ll never […]
Sometimes in my bed at night I curse the dark and a pray for light And sometimes, the light’s no consolation Blinded by a memory Afraid of what it might do to me And the tears and the sweat only mock my desperation Don’t you know me i’m the boy next door The one you […]
I want a new drug One that won’t make me sick One that won’t make me crash my car Or make me feel three feet thick I want a new drug One that won’t hurt my head One that won’t make my mouth too dry Or make my eyes too red One that won’t make […]
Went uptown to see my cousin Plays guitar, sounds like a chainsaw buzzin’ In the crowd, i see his mom and dad I said "hey, hey uncle, man your son is bad" But sometimes, sometimes bad is bad Cool is a rule, but, sometimes, bad is bad. Across the street, a neon sign All you […]
Two o’clock this morning If she should come a calling I couldn’t dream of turning her away And if it got hot and hectic I know she’d be electric I’d let her take her chances with me You see, the gets what she wants ’cause she’s heart and soul She’s hot and cold She’s got […]
New york, new york, is everything they say And no place that i’d rather be Where else can you do a half a million things All at a quarter to three When they palt their music, ooh that modern music They like it with a lot of style But t’s still that same old back […]
