Gypsy's dance around the campfire, shook their tambourinesThey were waiting for the dust of an outlaw, Sundown was his nameAs the midnight hour grew closer, and the sky begins to fallYou can see their shadow by the light of the moonThey had heard the gypsys callOoh, ooh, Hurry Sundown
We belong to the light, we belong to the thunderWe belong to the sound of the words we've both fallen underWhatever we deny or embrace for worse or for betterWe belong, we belong, we belong together
You told me that your 20 years have gone by much too fast
And you’ve been hoping this year will be better than the last
You said you’ve been waging a war against the loneliest of nights
With the strongest drinks and longest lines
It’s not that big a surprise
That you’re feeling more dead than alive
I'm headed down a highway got a suitcase by my side
Blue skies hangin' over my head I got five hundred miles to ride
I'm goin' down to Memphis town to play a late night show
I hope the people are ready there 'cause the boys are all ready to go
Well, I'm a whiskey rock-a-roller
That's what I am
Women, whiskey and miles of travelin'
Is all I understand
Is it any wonder I reject you first?
Fame, fame, fame, fame
Is it any wonder you are too cool to fool? (fame)
Fame, bully for you, chilly for me
Got to get a rain check on pain (fame)
Yes indeed, here we are!
At Saint Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast
Where I stole the mar-juh-reen
An' widdled on the Bingo Cards in lieu of the latrine
I saw a handsome parish lady
Make her entrance like a queen
Why, she was totally chenille
And her old man was a Marine
As she abused a sausage pattie
And said why don't you treat me mean?
(Hurt me, hurt me, hurt me, oooooh!)
At Saint Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast
(Hah! Good God! Get off the bus!)
Where I stole the mar-juh-reen
I've been swimmin' in a sea of anarchy
I've been living on coffee and nicotine
I've been wondering if all the things I've seen
Were ever real, were ever really happening (Really happening)
Everyday is a winding road
I get a little bit closer
Everyday is a faded sign
I get a little bit closer
Everyday is a winding road
I get a little bit closer
Everyday is a faded sign
I get a little bit closer to feeling fine
Well I don't care about history Rock, rock, rock 'n roll high school
'Cause that's not where I wanna be Rock, rock, rock 'n roll high school
I just wanna have some kicks I just wanna get some chicks Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock 'n roll high school
In a dark and lonely corner, all the time in Dark-side innSits a local barstool warrior, talking to his ginTreating past decisions, he motions for a shotIs he doomed to be a man this world forgot?
And we play from ten to two, but we work from noon to fourTry to make a guarantee, try to make points on the doorNo one tells us what to do, no one tells us where to goOne more bottle for this happy hour hero
Well, the kids are all hopped up and ready to go
They're ready to go now
They got their surfboards and they're going to the discotheque a-go-go
But she just couldn't stay, she had to break away
Well New York City really has it all oh yeah, oh yeah
Sitting in traffic on the Tappan Zee
Fifty million people out in front of me
Trying to cross the water but it just might be a while
Rain's coming down I can't see a thing
Radio's broken so I'm whistling
New York to Nyack feels like a hundred miles
It's not right, It's not fair
I'm still a mess, And you still don't care
I go to work, I come back home
But you're still gone, And I'm still alone
And the little red light's not blinking
No, no the little red light's not blinking
No, no the little red light's not blinking
On my big black plastic Japanese cordless phone
Oh no
(RIP Adam Schlesinger)
Take this job and shove itI ain't working here no moreMy woman done left and took all the reasonsI was working forYou better not try to stand in my way'Cause I'm walkin' out the doorTake this job and shove itI ain't working here no more