Lyrical Response

[muppy]

Cold coolin' at a bar, and I'm lookin' for some action
Feel like Mike Jagger said, I can't get no satisfaction
The girls are all around, but none of them wanna get with me
My threads are fresh and I'm lookin' def', yo, what's up with L-O-C?

The girls is all jockin' at the other end of the bar
Havin' drinks with some no name chump
When they know that I'm the star
So I got up and strolled over to the other side of the cantina
I asked the guy, "Why you so fly?" he said, "Funky Cold Medina"
You know I'm saying
Funky Cold Medina

[WhoTom]

And like one and one don't make two
One and one make one
And I'm looking for

That free ride to me
I'm looking for you

[PastaJoe]

The mountain is high, the valley is low
And you're confused on which way to go
So I've come here to give you a hand
And lead you into the promised land, so

… come on and sit here by my side
(Ooh, ooh) come on and take a free ride

[muppy]

When he first came to the mountains his life was far away
On the road and hanging by a song
But the string's already broken and he doesn't really care
It keeps changing fast and it don't last for long

 

[SinceThe70s]

Just as I'm thinkin' about repairin' it
Some little friends come along with some
Two-string, one-string, no-string guitars
And they plug 'em all in to the back porch
And they sit around, playin' all their favorite songs
They kick it back, feelin' real good, real fine
Real full of the wine
And everything's fine, everything's beautiful, everything's great
I just feel so good y'know, I'm 70 years old
And I'm sippin' everything through a straw

[muppy]

 

Well, I'm a-running down the road
Tryin' to loosen my load
I've got seven women on my mind
Four that wanna own me
Two that wanna stone me
One says she's a friend of mine

[SinceThe70s]

They held their heads with laughs of pain
They learned from men who'd just refrain
From glancing at a mirror's face

 

Seven screaming diz-busters
Who lurked behind the rose
Cast iron for a bloodstream
And ice behind their eyes

[LeviF]

Some may be from showing up
Others are from growing up
Sometimes I was so messed up and didn't have a clue
I ain't winning no one over
I wear it just for you
I've got your name written here
In a rose tattoo

[Tuco]

And the birch trees and the pine trees behind the summer house
Well they really raise their voices when the cigarette drops from the city boy's mouth
And when they're s**t-scared that a mighty fire could start with a tiny flame
Well, you know, they call out your name
s**t-scared of a tiny flame, even the trees call your name

Edited October 26, 2023 by Tuco

[Bill from NYC]

Well, I'm on my way
To the city lights
To the pretty face
That shines her light on the city nights
And I gotta catch a noon train
I gotta be there on time
Oh, it feels so good to know she waits at the end of the line

[WhoTom]

Until then I hope you're happy, baby
And good times come your way
I'm back on the road again
I'm on my way

[DD4Bills]

Just take this song
And you'll never feel left all alone
Take me to your heart
Feel me in your bones
Just one more night
And I'm coming off this long and winding road

 

I'm on my way
I'm on my way
Home sweet home
Tonight, tonight
I'm on my way
I'm on my way
Home sweet home

[muppy]

Bruce Berry was a working man
He used to load that Econoline van.
A sparkle was in his eye
But his life was in his hands.

Well, late at night
when the people were gone
He used to pick up my guitar
And sing a song in a shaky voice
That was real as the day was long.

Tonight's the night, yes it is,
tonight's the night
Tonight's the night, yes it is,
tonight's the night.

[WhoTom]

When you sing through the verse and you end in a scream
And you swear and you curse 'cause the rhyming ain't clean
But it suddenly comes after years of delay
You pick up your guitar, you can suddenly play

[PastaJoe]

It happened one summer, it happened one time
It happened forever, for a short time
A place for a moment, an end to dream
Forever I loved you, forever it seemed

 

One summer never ends, one summer never began
It keeps me standing still, it takes all my will
And then suddenly, last summer

[muppy]

Summer time, time, time
Child, the living's easy
Fish are jumping out
And the cotton, Lord
Cotton's high, Lord so high

Your daddy's rich
And your ma is so good-looking, baby
She's a-looking good now
Hush, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
No, no, no, no, don't you cry, don't you cry

[WhoTom]

Carry on, my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more

[Bill from NYC]

Times are hard
You're afraid to pay the fee
So you find yourself somebody
Who can do the job for free
When you need a bit of lovin'
'Cause your man is out of town
That's the time you get me runnin'
And you know I'll be around

 

I'm a fool to do your dirty work
Oh yeah
I don't wanna do your dirty work
No more
I'm a fool to do your dirty work
Oh yeah

[PastaJoe]

I'll get off on Main Street, step into the crowd,
Sidewalk under my feet, yeah, traffic's good and loud
When I see my inner city child, I'll be walkin' on a cloud

'Cause I'm a fool for the city, I'm a fool for the city,
I'm a fool for the city, I'm a fool for the city

[WhoTom]

Arrows of neon and flashing marquees out on Main Street
Chicago, New York, Detroit and it's all on the same street