Everybody's goin' away
Said they're movin' to LA
There's not a soul I know around
Everybody's leavin' town
Some caught a freight, some caught a plane
Find the sunshine, leave the rain
They said this town's a waste of time
I guess they're right, it's wastin' mine
Some gotta win, some gotta lose
Good time Charlie's got the blues
Good time Charlie's got the blues
Ya know my heart keeps tellin' me
You're not a kid at thirty-three
Ya play around, ya lose your wife
Ya play too long, you lose your life
I got my pills to ease the pain
Can't find a thing to ease the rain
I'd love to try and settle down
But everybody's leavin' town
Some gotta win, some gotta lose
Good time Charlie's got the blues
Good time Charlie's got the blues
Good time Charlie's got the blues
Heard a woman screamin' in the alley
Cryin', Lord, won't your come and rescue me
Seems that I have got myself in trouble
Looks like murder in the third degree
When he picked me up he was a sailor
But when he got me here he was a cop
He said, I think it's time you learned a lesson
I said, Man, ain't it time your learned to stop
Drive on, Driver
We're goin' for a ride
We're runnin' into trouble
And we're goin' to collide
In his pants he had a deadly weapon
But his silver bullet would not shoot
He slugged me till he'd gotten what he wanted
Ain't it strange the way you find a substitute
He said, That's all there is, it's over
I said, You're wrong, Man, it's just about to start
I keep a blade for sentimental reasons
And in a rage I drove it through his heart
Someone run and find a straight policeman
Tell him I have killed a crooked one
I won't wait you may be gone forever
Leave me with the bullets and the gun
When you give a hungry man a license
To do most ever that he please
He'll lead you the point of desperation
And then he'll want to drive you to your knees
If I had never heard Drive On Driver before and I heard the song today, I could easily assume that it was written within the last year or two. Could you?
Prisoners of the heart in search of love and peace
Hung in desperation, longing for release
I'm just a traveler, angel, you're my ride
Take me past the place I've passed the last time that I died
Angel spread your wings, I want to fly away with you
Take me in your arms, I know you're dying to
Fly away forever, fly away forever, fly away forever
Angel spread your wings
Angel comes into my room, it's dark and so is she
Wants to know if she can take me soaring out to sea
Lying in her darkness like a child awaiting birth
Angel comes and takes me for everything I'm worth
Angel spread your wings, I want to fly away with you
Take me in your arms, I know you're dying to
Fly away forever, fly away forever, fly away forever
Angel spread your wings
Angel spread your wings, I want to fly away with you
Spread your wings and take me
Spread your wings and make me
I know, I know, I know, I know you're dying to
Fly away forever, fly away forever, fly away forever
Angel spread your wings
One day I was thinkin' 'bout the Babe
And the memories he left behind of the Old Ball Game
Shame of it is, they're almost gone
But there're still a few pieces
I can recall
The catcher says to Ruth
You know it's just a game
You win you lose
But it's all the same
The Babe would turn and say
You know, you're right
But I still love to play
And Ruth she turns to me
And wonders where I am
And where I'd be if she didn't care
I return to Ruth to say
I'd be all right, baby
But I'd still love to play
The pitcher throws at Ruth
He can't afford to miss
He held the ball
Like a stolen kiss
And the Babe just let it fly
And apologized like he'd hurt the guy
Mad Ruth just loves to bitch
You can't afford the miss
You make your deal
As you steal a kiss
And she never said goodbye
She really loved the game
Hardly knew the guy
Mad Ruth, you should have known the Babe
He loved the things he'd never had
And he made you happy
As he made you sad
The Babe here in my head
Seems like he never left
I heard the news like someone deaf
It was nineteen-forty-eight
He'd played a game
But he'd made it great
Mad Ruth sits on the couch
In someone else's room
"I win, you lose
It's just a game", she'll say
You know, she's right
But I'd still love to play
I can't stand to read the papers
seems like all the news is bad
and an empty anger keeps me
from being really sad.
These are strange times we live in
and hard games we play
wager very carefully and play 'em as they lay.
Don't play no cards ain't in your hand
Don't play no cards ain't in your hand
So long Harry Truman
goddamn it's hard to find an honest man
No longer sure of waking
No longer sure of sleep
A prisoner bound by promises
He knew he could not keep
And someone said 'let's hang him
For he is a fool'
Ah but tell me just how was it
That he came to rule?
Don't play no cards ain't in your hand
Don't play no cards ain't in your hand
So long Harry Truman goddamn it's hard to find an honest man
So long, Harry Truman, goddamn it's hard to find an honest man
So long Harry Truman
So long Harry Truman
Goddamn it's hard to find an honest man
Never trust an enemy
and never cheat a friend
Just doing what you think is right
Usually works out in the end
And the president thought of Truman
When he knew the end was near
You can pass it on for quite a while
But it's true the buck stops here
Don't play no cards ain't in your hand
Don't play no cards ain't in your hand
So long Harry Truman goddamn it's hard to find an honest man
So long, Harry Truman, goddamn it's hard to find an honest man
They're putting up a building down on Main Street
Paid for with all those truckers' dues
But the man who laid the first stone on the corner
Had the Jimmy Hoffa Memorial Building Blues
Now some say Jimmy's down in Argentina
Others tell you that he simply changed his name
And a surgeon made him look a bit like Nixon
But aside from that he's still pretty much the same
Where's Jimmy? Where's Jimmy?
That's a question I know we all would love to know
Where's Jimmy? Where's Jimmy?
He's gone to where those good ol' boys all go
Now the gang that runs the union said to Jimmy
Here's what we're all prepared to do
We're gonna build the Boys a brand new union building
And we want you to dedicate it, too
But I heard a rumor down at the dedication
From the kinda guy who has a nose for news
He said Jimmy died of terminal cement poisoning
And the Jimmy Hoffa Memorial Building Blues
They said, Here's a thing you men can all be proud of
They laid a horseshoe wreath upon the cornerstone
They said, Here's to freight and the Great American Freeway
And the man who helped us make it all our own
Where's Jimmy? Where's Jimmy?
That's a question I know we all would love to know
Where's Jimmy? Where's Jimmy?
He's gone to where those good ol' boys all go
She passes through the door it falls behind her
A fly’s wings curl burning in the air
A rainbow rises from a frozen cup of coffee
The elephant is sitting in the chair
The Bookworm is eating his way through the funnies
The Dumplings sit giggling in delight
The morning is waiting for Elektra
But Elektra is mourning for the knight
And I’m falling
As I usually do
When recalling
All that’s left of you
The lady’s lover is chattering in the corner
Chewing on the holey sole of his shoe
The Dancer’s still singing from his poster
But he’s slowly fading from black to blue
Urantia is rising in the distance
The Adjuster is waiting in the dawn
Another shooting star has fallen
And when they don’t come back, they’re gone
When they don’t come back they’re gone
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