Said the fight to make ends meet Keeps a man upon his feet Holding down his job Trying to show he can’t be bought Ooh it takes every kinda people To make what life’s about, yeah Every kinda people To make the world go ’round Someone’s looking for a lead In his duty to a … Read more
Little Indian girl, where is your mama? Little Indian girl, where is your papa? He’s fighting in the war in the streets of Masaya All the children were dead, except for the girl who said “Please Mister Gringo, please find my father” Lesson number one that you learn while you’re young Life just goes on … Read more
Yes, star crossed in pleasure the stream flows on by Yes, as we’re sated in leisure, we watch it fly yeh And time waits for no one, and it won’t wait for me And time waits for no one, and it won’t wait for me Time can tear down a building or destroy a woman’s … Read more
Oh place your hands, on my hope, Run your fingers through my soul, And the way that I feel right now, Oh Lord it may go. So place your hands, on my hope, Run your fingers through my soul, And the way that we feel right now, Oh Lord it may go. Put your hands … Read more
Waiting for a girl who’s got curlers in her hair Waiting for a girl she has no money anywhere We get buses everywhere Waiting for a factory girl Waiting for a girl and her knees are much too fat Waiting for a girl who wears scarves instead of hats Her zipper’s broken down the back … Read more
I’m sittin’ in a bar peddling a jar in Jackson And on the street the summer sun it shines There’s many a bar-room queen I’ve had in Jackson But I just can’t seem to drink you off my mind It’s those Honky-Tonk women Gimme, gimme, gimme those Honky Tonk blues I laid a divorcee in … Read more
[Run] I seen you jockin J.C. cause he got a Mercedes And you know about his ladies, and all his babies You just wanna ride, and get inside And run around town, like Bonnie’n’Clyde But see the moves you’re makin, the route you’re takin Will lead to heartbreakin and I’m not mistaken You like his … Read more
You can’t feel the heat until you hold your hand over the flame You have to cross the line just to remember where it lays You won’t know your worth now, son, until you take a hit And you won’t find the beat until you lose yourself in it That’s why we won’t back down … Read more
Yeah yeah I’m gonna tell you a story that happened to me in 1980 You know sometimes I don’t know right from wrong I, oh as my mother said, “I go off my ka-zip” The psychiatrists they have the words for it, but I traded my tv and my vcr Didn’t have no use for … Read more
I. In the Valley I am born; I am me. I am new. I am free. Look at me; I am young. Sight unseen; Life unsung. My eyes have just been opened, And they’re open very wide. Images around me Don’t identify inside. Just one blur I recognize, The one that soothes and feeds. My … Read more