Uptown got it’s hustlers The bowery got it’s bums 42nd street got big jim walker He’s a pool-shootin’ son of a gun Yeah, he big and dumb as a man can come But he stronger than a country hoss And when the bad folks all get together at night You know they all call big […]
Well, i had just got out from the county prison Doin’ ninety days for non-support Tried to find me an executive position But no matter how smooth i talked They wouldn’t listen to the fact that i was a genius The man say, "we got all that we can use." Now i got them steadily depressin’, […]
If i could save time in a bottle The first thing that i’d like to do Is to save every day Till eternity passes away Just to spend them with you If i could make days last forever If words could make wishes come true I’d save every day like a treasure and then, Again, […]
Once we were lovers But somehow things have changed Now we’re just lonely people Tryin’ to forget each other’s names Now we’re just lonely people Tryin’ to forget each other’s names What came between us? Maybe we were just too young to know But now and then I feel the same, And sometimes at night […]
Gonna tell you a story that you won’t believe But i fell in love last friday evenin’ With a girl i saw on a bar room t.v. screen Well i was just gettin’ ready to get my hat When she caught my eye and i put it back And i ordered myself a couple o’ […]
Oh rapid roy that stock car boy He too much too believe You know he always got an extra pack of cigarettes Rolled up in his t-shirt sleeve He got a tattoo on his arm that say "baby" He got another one that just say "hey" But every sunday afternoon he is a dirt track […]
Photographs and memories Christmas cards you sent to me All that i have are these To remember you Memories that come at night Take me to another time Back to a happier day When i called you mine But we sure had a good time When we started way back when Morning walks and bedroom […]
Operator, oh could you help me place this call You see the number on the matchbook is old and faded She’s livin’ in l.a. With my best old ex-friend ray A guy she said she knew well and sometimes hated Isn’t that the way they say it goes But let’s forget all that And give […]
Well things were spinnin’ round me And all my thoughts were cloudy And i had begun to doubt all the things that were me Been in so many places You know i’ve run so many races And looked into the empty faces of the people of the night And something is just not right, ’cause […]
