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Nobody's waiting
I have walked, I have walked across many a desert
I have talked and talked, but very few heard
It's been a beautiful ride, and a little bit of pain
But if I could, mister, I'd do it again
Ooh Nobody's waiting for me
Minutes after I was born, my daddy left us behind
And then I grew up the ever moving kind
Ma said who am I to try to hold you back
I up and left her, just like that
Ooh Nobody's waiting for me
Nobody's waiting
I've travelled and I've made friends
Nobody's waiting
With old pirates and highwaymen
Nobody's waiting
I have roamed with luck by my side
Nobody's waiting
And a little broken heart deep inside
So will you please give me shelter, give me shelter tonight
Just a few hours' sleep, and come daylight
I'll put on my walking shoes and I'll be gone
A new track will lead me to the horizon
Ooh Nobody's waiting for me
This side
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I'd work on swaying scaffoldings
I'd walk on crooked stilts
Hang myself upside down
From the steepest cliffs
I'd forget my name
Tear my own soul apart
I'd fall to my knees and beg
To make you open your arms
Open your arms
This side
I know you'll hear them say
I'm vile and faithless
And the stinky sewer
Is the place I love best
But this is a rose
From my own backyard
To make you see me through
And make you open your arms
The Alabama witches
Will start a new storm
They'll try to make me wish
I had never been born
The meanest medicine men
Will use their evil charms
To keep me from making
You open your arms
But when I come knocking on your door
Like so many strangers did before
When I come knocking on your door
Standing naked, like they never did
Leaving all my shame behind
Will you give me a sign
Rented limousine
This side
Hey girl, will you get in
My rented limousine
Hey girl, will you get in
My rented limousine
The rain's picking up and you've got no place to go
It's warm inside behind my tainted windows
We can watch the world but they can't see through
You can see misery, but it can't touch you
Hey brother, do you want to get in
Hey brother, my rented limousine
Hey brother, do you want to get in
Hey brother
I see you hesitate but you've got nothing to fear
Come and take a ride, it's only friends in here
We'll pick you up outside the palace where the big wheels book their rooms
Give these leather seats a try
Don't you let your chance go by
We gotta bring it back by tomorrow noon
So will you get in ?
It's rented
It's dented
It's scented
It's a rented, dented, scented limousine
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This side
Sweet wine
Sitting with a friend in a West End bar
He said we've been doing pretty good so far
But how much time have we got left
Till we can't do nothing by ourselves
How much longer till my brain's so gone
I don't even recognize my son
Don't you think about it sometimes
You're in a hospital bed, and you hear the bells chime
Yeah, we met at seventeen
But my motto's always been
Gimme some sweet wine, and time to make time
Drugs and girls, and something new to learn
Electricity and a magic potion
My daily dose of inspiration
A cover band was playing that night
Taking requests in the red spotlight
Sending waves of joy to the crowd
Me and my friend, we had to talk loud
He said, I've never been the worried kind
But these days, life's been unkind
I wake up in the morning with a floppy dick
When it used to stand proud and stiff
Well, I guess my fate is set
But I'm not giving up yet
Gimme some sweet wine, and time to make time
Drugs and girls, and something new to learn
Electricity and a magic potion
My daily dose of inspiration
It's a birthday song
So come and sing along
Gimme some sweet wine, and time to make time
Drugs and girls, and something new to learn
Electricity and a magic potion
My daily dose of inspiration
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Ocean crackling in the distance
We stood side by side
Staring at the blue thunderstorm
Electrified
It took but a second
She'd understand
When I was in joy
When I was in pain
Renda knew
Closed blinds in her bedroom
She taught me how to give
Doubt broke in unexpected
She said I should believe
It took but a sigh
A longing in the eye
We never spoke much
We barely touched
Renda knew
This side
Renda knew
We listened to music from the south
With a taste of blood and iron in our mouths
Let the blues ring in the room
In the fading afternoon
She took an old guitar
And a worn out raincoat
She lit out one day
She didn't leave a note
Renda said
Never ever judge
If I betray you someday
Don't hold a grudge
Renda knew
Asking for too much
This side
I want a roof above my head
I wish I could sleep in a bed
Three meals a day everyday
And money that's here to stay
Sounds reasonable enough
But they say I'm asking for too much
I want to kiss your marmalade lips
I want to lay my hands on your hips
Walk with you hand in hand
I'd be so proud to be your man
Sounds reasonable enough
But you say I'm asking for too much
I don't need my own jet plane
No, I won't take a trip
With a flock of billionaires
On a cruising ship
I won't end up sunbathing
Drinking French bubbles
All I want is my fair share
Am I asking for trouble ?
Am I supposed to feel satisfied
Am I supposed to walk the line
I want to get what I deserve
Don't want to beg for what I earn
Sounds reasonable enough
But I'm told I'm asking for too much
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30 000 years
This side
For thirty thousand years
I've been standing in this water
I've felt the stream
Slip through my fingers
I've been flying with doves
I've seen from miles above
The mountain tops so bright
It ain't no trick of the light
I'm in the air
I'm everywhere
I'm in the air
I've been running in these woods
I've been looking for food
Crawling on the ground
Never making a sound
I've been the game and the hunter
The moose and the trapper
I've been hiding neath the rocks
I've been a bat and then a fox
I'm in the air…
One day the sky swallowed me
Then spat me back on the ground
I took the long way down
I fell like the purest rain
My ashes and dust mixed with rain
I've been swimming in this river
A fish with lungs
I've been the lowest notes
Off the holy drums
The hills been talking to me
And I to them
I've made the voices rise
From the canyon's bottom
I'm in the air…
Saw you naked
This side
I saw you naked, yes I did
I saw you naked, yes I did
You were standing in the river
When I happened to pass by
I hid into the bushes
I couldn't believe my eyes
I saw you naked, yes I did
I saw you naked, yes I did
In the curves of your back
I saw your secret tattoo
A little devil in a red heart
Oh my, was it really you ?
Hair soaking wet
Make-up running down
Pretty white breasts
Little girl, you've grown
I saw you naked, yes I did
I saw you naked, yes I did
What would your mama say
If she heard what you do
While she kneels down in church to pray
You're sunbathing in the nude.
(She don't know but …)
I saw you naked, yes I did
I saw you naked, yes I did
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Now you've seen our faces, you want to touch our skins
Slip your hands neath our shirts, kiss our chins
You take another step, you take a deeper breath
You're so close I can feel you on the back of my neck
So you want to know us, and share our universe
Come on in
This is getting dangerous, will you take a risk
Would you lose yourself in this ghostly mist
Cause it's been a long ride, but you made it through
Now we're finding out we're scared too
You want to know us, and share our universe
Come on in
Welcome to the shelter, welcome to the nest
We'll dance a little while, and then we can rest
Leave your chastity behind, you gotta give it all
We can take care of you body and soul
It's our voices you hear, they're real and plain
You're almost there, now, grab our hands
So you want to know us, and share our universe
Come on in
Come on in
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This side
Melody town
Brothers and sisters, and you my friends
We've got so much left to understand
The mystery lies somewhere up ahead
It's there for the taking, don't you be afraid
Cause there's a world of darkness and ignorance
And there's a world of rhythm and manic dance
Where you can try to fix what has been broken
And you can get back what has been stolen
So take me down
I want to hear the sound
Of Melody Town
Tonight I need some healing, I need some feeling
So let's follow this path where it's leading
I want to be good to you as you are to me
But I can't do it in this rotting city
So will you take me down
I wanna hear the sound
Of Melody Town