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The rooms were so much colder then My father was a soldier then And times were very hard When I was young I smoked my first cigarette at ten And for girls, I had a bad yen And I had quite a ball When I was young

When I was young, I used to wait On master and give him his plate And pass him the bottle when he got dry And brush away the blue tail fly Jimmy, crack corn, I don't care Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care My master's gone away

The killer awoke before dawn He put his boots on He took a face from the ancient gallery And he walked on down the hall

I want to tell you 'bout Texas radio and the big beat Comes out of the Virginia swamps Cool and slow with plenty of precision With a back beat narrow and hard to master Some call it heavenly in its brilliance Others, mean and rueful of the Western dream I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft We have constructed pyramids in honor of our escaping This is the land where the Pharaoh died

People of the earth can you hear me? Came a voice from the sky on that magical night And in the colors of a thousand sunsets They traveled through the world on a silvery light The people of the earth stood waiting Watching as the ships came one by one Setting fire to the sky as they landed Carrying to the world children of the sun Children of the sun

Let's swim to the moon, uh huh Let's climb through the tide Penetrate the evenin' that the City sleeps to hide Let's swim out tonight, love It's our turn to try Parked beside the ocean On our moonlight drive

Listen to this, and I'll tell you 'bout the heartache I'll tell you 'bout the heartache and the loss of God I'll tell you 'bout the hopeless night The meager food for souls forgot I'll tell you 'bout the maiden with wrought iron soul

There's blood in the streets, it's up to my ankles (she came) Blood in the streets, it's up to my knee (she came) Blood in the streets, the town of Chicago (she came) Blood on the rise, it's following me Think about the break of day

Yeah, along came Mr. Goodtrips Lookin' for a new a ship Come on, people, better climb on board Come on, baby, now we're goin' home Ship of fools Ship of fools

This is the end, beautiful friend This is the end, my only friend The end of our elaborate plans The end of everything that stands The end No safety or surprise The end I'll never look into your eyes again Can you picture what will be? So limitless and free Desperately in need of some stranger's hand In a desperate land

Strange days have found us And through their strange hours We linger alone Bodies confused Memories misused As we run from the day To a strange night of stone

I know you wanna leave me But I refuse to let you go If I have to beg and plead for your sympathy I don't mind, 'cause you mean that much to me

Suicide blonde was the color of her hair Like a cheap distraction for a new affair She knew it would finish before it began Wow baby I think you lost the plan You want to make her suicide blonde Love devastation, suicide blonde You want to make her suicide blonde Love devastation, suicide blonde

At school they taught me how to be So pure in thought and word and deed They didn't quite succeed For everything I long to do No matter when or where or who Has one thing in common too It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin It's a sin Everything I've ever done Everything I ever do Every place I've ever been Everywhere I'm going to It's a sin

All our times have come Here but now they're gone Seasons don't fear the reaper Nor do the wind, the sun or the rain We can be like they are Come on, baby (don't fear the reaper) Baby, take my hand (don't fear the reaper) We'll be able to fly (don't fear the reaper) Baby, I'm your man

I watch you sit and twitching With a match between your teeth You seem to have a knack of moving it It's in time to the beat Face dances tonight Fate chances moonlight Face dances tonight Fate chances moonlight

They've forgotten all about God He's the only reason we exist Yet you were the one that they said was so weird All those years ago You said it all though not many had ears All those years ago You had control of our smiles and our tears All those years ago

And I heard, as it were, the noise of thunder: One of the four beasts saying: "Come and see." And I saw. And behold, a white horse. There's a man goin' 'round takin' names. An' he decides who to free and who to blame. Everybody won't be treated all the same. There'll be a golden ladder reaching down. When the man comes around.

Going to the city, got you on my mind, Country sure is pretty, I'll leave it all behind, This is my decision, I'm coming home to stay this time 'Cause I'm a fool for the city, I'm a fool for the city, Fool for the city, I'm a fool for the city

Don't you know that it's worth every treasure on earth To be young at heart For as rich as you are it's much better by far To be young at heart And if you should survive to a hundred and five Look at all you'll derive out of being alive And here is the best part, you have a head start If you are among the very young at heart

Everybody, listen to me And return me my ship I'm your captain, I'm your captain Though I'm feeling mighty sick I've been lost now, days uncounted And it's months since I've seen home Can you hear me, can you hear me? Or am I all alone?

There'll be no strings to bind your hands Not if my love can't bind your heart There's no need to take a stand For it was I who chose to start I see no need to take me home I'm old enough to face the dawn Just call me angel of the morning, angel Just touch my cheek before you leave me, baby Just call me angel of the morning, angel Then slowly turn away from me

Well you can take it as a warning Or take it anyway you like It's the lightning, not the thunder You never know where it's gonna strike Our love's in jeopardy, baby Ooooh-ooh-oooooh Our love's in jeopardy, baby Ooooh-ooh-oooooh

And he talks to the river of lost love and dedication And silent replies that swirl invitation Flow dark and troubled to an oily sea A grim intimation of what is to be There's an unceasing wind that blows through this night And there's dust in my eyes, that blinds my sight And silence that speaks so much louder than words Of promises broken

But it was only fantasy The wall was too high as you can see No matter how he tried he could not break free And the worms ate into his brain