Hang On St.
Christopher
Hang on st. christopher through the smoke and the oil Buckle
down the rumble seat let the radiator boil got an overhead
downshift and a two dollar grill got an 85 cabin on an 85 hill Hang
on st. christopher on the passenger side open it up tonight the devil can
ride hang on st. christopher with a barrel house dog kick me up mt.
baldy throw me out in the fog tear a hole in the jack pot drive a stake
through his heart do a 100 on the grapevine do a jump on the start hang
on st. christopher now don't let me go get me to reno and bring it in low,
yeah hang on st. christopher with the hammer to the floor put a hi ball in
the crank case nail a crow to the door get a bottle for the
jockey gimme a 294 there's a 750 norton
bustin down january's door hang on st. christopher on the passenger
side open it up tonight the devil can ride hang on st. christopher now
don't let me go get to me reno got to bring it in low put my baby on the
flat car got to burn down the caboose get 'em all jacked up on
whiskey then we'll turn the mad dog loose hang on st. christopher on the
passenger side open it up tonight the devil can ride
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I'm going straight to the top oh yea up where the air is fresh
and clean I'm going straight up to the top if you know me, you know what I
mean I can't let sorrow try and pull ol' Frankie down live for
tomorrow I have found you I'm going straight up to the top up where the
air is fresh and clean i know that I will never stop, oh no until I know
I'm wild and free just like a champagne bubble pop pop pop I'm like
those birdies high up in the trees I can't let sorrow pull ol' Frankie
down live for tomorrow I have found you I'm going straight up to the
top oh yeah up where the air is fresh and clean
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Mary's on the black top There's a husband in the dog
house In the middle of a shakedown She got quiet as a church
mouose She found Raleigh's on the dashboard Sugar daddy caught a
polocar Ain't no solitary tap dance way down here I swear I's
riding on a field mouse we were dancin' in the slaughterhouse If you
swing along the beltway then you skid along the all day cause I went a
little crazy and I sat upon a high chair And I'm smokin like a
diesel way out here Blow wind blow - blow me away here - blow wind blow
(repeat)
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Rusted brandy in a diamond glass everything is made from
dreams time is made from honey slow and sweet only the fools know what it
means temptation, temptation, temptation oh, temptation, temptation, I
can't resist I know that she is made of smoke but I've lost my way she
knows that I am broke so that I must play temptation, temptation,
temptation oh, whoa, temptation, temptation, I can't resist Dutch pink and
Italian blue she is waiting there for you my will has disappeared now
my confusion's oh so clear temptation, temptation, temptation whoa, whoa,
temptation, temptation
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The bats are in the belfry the dew is on the moor where are the
arms that held me and pledged her love before and pledged her love
before Chorus: It's such a sad old feeling the fields are soft and
green it's memories that I'm stealing but you're innocent when you
dream when you dream you're innocent when you dream Running through the
graveyard we laughed my friends and I we swore we'd be together until
the day we died until the day we died Repeat chorus I made a golden
promise that we would never part I gave my love a locket and then I
broke her heart and then I broke her heart Repeat chorus
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Tonight I'll shave the mountain I'll cut the hearts from pharoahs I
pull the road off of the rise tear the memories from my eyes and in the
morning I'll be gone I drink 1000 shipwrecks tonight I'll steal your
paychecks I paint the sheets across my bed the birds will all fly from my
head and in the morning I'll be gone take every dream that's
breathing find every boot that's leaving shoot all the lights in the
cafe and in the morning I'll be gone I bet 1000 dollars I have a french
companion I tie myself below the deck I pull the rope around my
neck and in the morning I'll be gone it takes a life to win her there
is a drum of bourbon 800 pounds of nitro his boots are thunder as he
plays theree is a stone inside it tonight his bones will ride it I'll
need a tent to hide it and in the morning I'll be gone and in the morning
I'll be gone and in the morning I'll be gone
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If you want money in your pocket and a top hat on your head a
hot meal on your table and a blanket on your bed well today is grey
skies tomorrow is tears you'll have to wait til yesterday is here Well
I'm going to New York City and I'm leaving on a train and if you want to
stay behind and wait til I come back again well today is grey
skies tomorrow is tears you'll have to wait til yesterday is here If
you want to go where the rainbows end you'll have to say goodbye all
our dreams come true baby up ahead and it's out where your memories
lie well the road's out before me and the moon is shining bright what I
want you to remember as I disappear tonight today is grey
skies tomorrow's tears you'll have to wait til yesterday is
here
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Please Wake Me
Up
I put my chips on her shoulder running in the carnival time she
bought the things that I told her they made her eyes sparkle and
shine together we'll ring in the new year I know that she'll be my
queen and if I fall asleep in your arms please wake me up in my
dreams Her out-fit was all made of vinyl like nothing I've ever
seen when our divorces are final She'll fit right into my scheme next
to the pawnshop's a chapel I'll show you just what I mean and if I fall
asleep in your arms please wake me up in my dreams
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Dream away the tears in your eyes Dream away your sorrows Dream
away all your goodbyes Dream away tomorrow I promise when the sun comes
up I promise I'll be true and just like before the band starts to
play they always play your favorite tune and dream awawy when everyone's
gone dream away your grey skies tooo dream away and nothing is
wrong dreams have wishes that are waiting for you and up ahead the road is
turning turning for you and me and just like before the band starts to
play now there's that twinkle in your eye and dream away
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More Than
Rain
It's more than rain that falls on our parade tonight it's more
than thunder it's more than thunder it's more than a swindle this crooked
card game it's more than sad times it's more than sad times none of our
pockets are filled with gold nobody's caught the boquet there are no dead
presidents we can fold nothing is going our way and it's more than goodbye
I have to say to you it's more than woe-be-gotten grey skies
now
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When you walk through the garden you gotta watch your back well
I beg your pardon walk the straight and narrow track if you walk with
Jesus he's gonna save your soul you gotta keep the devil way down in
the hole he's got the fire and the fury at his command well you don't
have to worry if you hold on to Jesus hand we'll all be safe from
Satan when the thunder rolls just gotta help me keep the devil way down
in the hole All the angels sing about Jesus' mighty sword and they'll
shield you with their wings and keep you close to the lord don't pay heed
to temptation for his hands are so cold you gotta help me keep the
devil way down in the hole
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Straight To the Top
(Vegas)
I'm going straight to the top oh yea up where the air is fresh
and clean I'm going straight up to the top if you know me, you know what I
mean I can't let sorrow try and pull ol' Frankie down live for
tomorrow I have found you I'm going straight up to the top up where the
air is fresh and clean i know that I will never stop, oh no until I know
I'm wild and free just like a champagne bubble pop pop pop I'm like
those birdies high up in the trees I can't let sorrow pull ol' Frankie
down live for tomorrow I have found you I'm going straight up to the
top oh yeah up where the air is fresh and clean
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I'll tip the newsboy I'll get a shine I'll ride this
dream to the end of the line I'm goin places I'll take a ride Up to
the Riverside I'll take NY I'll let it happen I'll pop the cork tear
off the wrappin' I'll make a splash on the Hudson that's how I will
arrive Hey, do you have two tens for a five? Roll out the carpet Strike
up the band break into the best champagne when I land Beat the parade
drum hit all the bars I want the moon and stars But I'll take
NY I'll make it happen Blow out the candlels tear off the
wrappin' And I know someday they'll have to name a street after
me right next door to old Franklin D
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All night long on the broken glass livin in a medicine
chest mediteromanian hotel back sprawled across a roll top desk the
monkey rode the blade on an overhead fan they paint the donkey blue if you
pay I got a telephone call from Istanbul my baby's coming home
today will you sell me one of those if I shave my head get me out of town
is what fireball said never trust a man in a blue trench coat never drive
a car when you're dead Saturday's a festival Friday's a gem dye your
hair yellow and raise your hem follow me to beulah's on dry creek
road I got to wear the hat that my baby done sewed take me down to buy a
tux on red rose bear got to cut a hole in the day I got a telephone
call from Istanbul my baby's coming home today
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Crest fallen sidekick in an old cafe never slept with a dream
before he had to go away there's a bell in the tower Uncle Ray bought a
round don't worry about the army in the cold cold ground now don't be a
cry baby when there's wood in the shed there's a bird in the
chimmney and a stone in my bed when the road's washed out they pass
the bottle around and wait in the arms of the cold cold ground cold
cold ground there's a ribbon in the willow and a tire swing rope and a
briar patch of berries takin over the slope the cat'll sleep in the
mailbox and we'll never go to town til we bury every dream in the cold
cold ground cold cold ground gimme a Winchester rifle and a whole box of
shells blow the roof off the goat barn let it roll down the hill the
piano is firewood times square is a dream I find we'll lay down together
in the cold cold ground cold cold ground cold cold ground call the cops
on the Breedloves bring a bible and a rope and a whole box of rebel and
a bar of soap make a pile of trunk tires and burn 'em all down bring a
dollar with you baby in the cold cold ground cold cold ground take a
weathervane rooster throw rocks at his head stop talking to the
neighbors til we all go dead beware of my temper and the dog that I've
found break all the windows in the cold cold ground cold cold
ground
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Well I broke down in E. St. Louis On the Kansas City line and I
drunk up all my money that I borrowed every time and I fell down at the
derby and now the night's black as a crow It was a train that took me away
from here but a train can't bring me home What made my dreams so
hollow was standing at the depot with a steeple full of swallows that
could never ring the bell and I come ten thousand miles away with not one
thing to show well it was a train that took me away from here but a train
can't bring me home I remember when I left without bothering to
pack you know I up and left with just the clothes I had on my back now
I'm sorry for what I've done and I'm out here on my own well it was a
train that took me away from here but a train can't bring me
home
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The bats are in the belfry the dew is on the moor where are the
arms that held me and pledged her love before and pledged her love
before Chorus: It's such a sad old feeling the fields are soft and
green it's memories that I'm stealing but you're innocent when you
dream when you dream you're innocent when you dream Running through the
graveyard we laughed my friends and I we swore we'd be together until
the day we died until the day we died Repeat chorus I made a golden
promise that we would never part I gave my love a locket and then I
broke her heart and then I broke her heart Repeat chorus
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