More song lyrics 8

The preacher talked with me and he smiled
He said, Come and walk with me, come on walk one more mile
Now for once in my life I'm alone
And I ain't got a dime
There's no time for the phone

I've just gotta get a message to you, hold on, hold on,
One more hour and my life will be through, hold on, hold on.

Don't you feel it growing, day by day
People getting ready for the news
Some are happy, some are sad
Oh, we got to let the music play

What the people need
Is a way to make 'em smile
It ain't so hard to do if you know how
Gotta get a message
Get it on through
Oh now mama, don't you ask me why

Whoa, listen to the music
Whoa, listen to the music
Whoa, listen to the music
All the time

When you're alone and life is making you feel lonely
You can always ho
Downtown
When you've got worries,all the noise and hurry
Seems to help , I know
Downtown

Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city
Linger on the sidewalk where the neon lights are proud
How can you lose
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles,forget all yourcares

Oh Lord, wish my bed wasn't silken sheets so tight
I got to keep my strength up got to do a show tonight
I'll have a cup of coffee while I'm taking in the news
No need to have a shave 'cause I'm gonna sing the blues
Well, I think I'll get a massage, maybe lose a little fat
So I'll have to go downtown in my brand new Cadillac
My valet comes and dresses me, I light a big cigar
Because I like to look like Nimrod when I'm riding in my car
Can blue men sing the whites
Or are they hypocrites for singing, woo, woo, wooh?

Fergus sings the blues
In bars of twelve or less
I'm a stranger to the land
To this wilderness
All things are possible
But happen less and less
This is my country, these are my reasons

Cos I look in the mirror
And it throws back a question....

Tell me, can this white man sing the blues?

Let's dance
Put on your red shoes and dance the blues
Let's dance
To the song they're playin' on the radio
Let's sway
While color lights up your face
Let's sway
Sway through the crowd to an empty space
If you say run
I'll run with you
And if you say hide
We'll hide
Because my love for you
Would break my heart in two
If you should fall into my arms
And tremble like a flower

Shall we dance
Or keep on moving
Shall we dance
And walk on air
Shall we give in to despair
Or Shall we dance with never a care
Life is short
We're growing older
Don't you be an also ran
You'd better dance little lady
Dance little man
Dance whenever you can

What shall we use to fill the empty spaces
Where waves of hunger roar?
Shall we set out across the sea of faces
In search of more and more applause?
Shall we buy a new guitar?
Shall we drive a more powerful car?
Shall we work straight through the night?
Shall we get into fights?
Leave the lights on?
Drop bombs?
Do tours of the east?
Contract disease?
Bury bones?
Break up homes?
Send flowers by phone?
Take to drink?
Go to shrinks?
Give up meat?
Rarely sleep?
Keep people as pets?
Train dogs?
Race rats?
Fill the attic with cash?
Bury treasure?
Store up leisure?
But never relax at all
With our backs to the wall!

So, take a look at me now
Well, there's just an empty space
And there's nothing left here to remind me
Just the memory of your face
Now, take a look at me now
'Cause there's just an empty space
But to wait for you is all I can do
And that's what I've got to face
Take a good look at me now
'Cause I'll still be standing here
And you comin' back to me is against all odds
It's the chance I've gotta take

How can you just leave me standing
Alone in a world that's so cold
Maybe I'm just too demanding
Maybe I'm just like my father , too bold
Maybe your just like my mother
She's never satisfied
Why do we scream at each other
This is what it sounds like
When doves cry

On the banks of the river stood Running Bear, young Indian brave
On the other side of the river stood a lovely Indian maid
Little White Dove was her name such a lovely sight to see
But their tribes fought with each other so their love could never be.

Running Bear loved Little White Dove
With a love as big as the sky
Running Bear loved Little White Dove
With a love that would not die.

They'll love us, won't they?
They feed us, don't they?
Oh, who would think a boy and bear
Could be well accepted everywhere?
It's just amazing how fair people can be
Oh, who needs money
When you're funny?
The great attraction everywhere
Will be Simon Smith and his dancing bear
It's Simon Smith and the amazing dancing bear

And when I was 12 years old, my daddy took me to the circus
The greatest show on earth
There were clowns and elephants, dancing bears
And a beautiful lady in pink tights flew high above our heads
And as I sat there watching
I had the feeling that something was missing
I don't know what, but when it was all over
I said to myself, "Is that all there is to the circus?"
Is that all there is?
Is that all there is?
If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is

Don't you love farce?
My fault I feel
I thought you'd want what I want
Sorry my dear
But where are the clowns
There ought to be clowns
Quick send in the clowns

What a surprise
Who could forsee
I've come to feel about you
What you felt for me
Why only now when I see
That you drifted away
What a surprise
What a cliche

Isn't it rich
Isn't it queen
Losing my timing
This late in my career
And where are the clowns
Quick send in the clowns
Don't bother they're here

My makeup is dry and it clags 'round my chin
I'm drowning my sorrows in whiskey and gin
The lion tamers whip doesn't crack anymore
The lions they won't fight and the tigers won't roar

So, let's go and drink to the death of a clown
Won't someone help me to break up this crown
Let's all drink to the death of a clown
Let's all drink to the death of a clown

Well, if friends with their fancy persuasion
Don't admit that it's part of a scheme
But I can't help but have my suspicions
'Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem
And you said you was never intending
To break up our scene this way
But there ain't any use in pretending
It could happen to us any day
How long has this been going on?
How long has this been going on?

It's been awhile
Though I think I made you smile
I been singin' my song
Thinkin' I was wrong
But now I know
You know it takes so long
Though you're feelin' strong
And you gave me a sign
Made me feel like going on

I, I don't have to worry
You don't have to care
I don't have to worry
Cause' you will always be there

And it's been awhile
Since I could hold my head up high
And it's been awhile
Since I first saw you
And it's been awhile
Since I could stand on my own 2 feet again
And it's been awhile
Since I could call you

And everything I can't remember
As fkd up as it all may seem
The consequences that are rendered
I've stretched myself beyond my means

And if it's bad
Don't let it get you down, you can take it
And if it hurts
Don't let them see you cry, you can make it
Hold your head up, woman
Hold your head up, woman
Hold your head up, woman
Hold your head high

She's walking down the street
Blind to every eye she meets
Do you think you'll be the guy
To make the queen of angels sigh

Hello I love you
Won't you tell me your name
Hello I love you
Let me jump in your game
Hello I love you
Won't you tell me your name
Hello I love you
Let me jump in your game

She holds her head up high
Like a statue in the sky
Her arms are wicked and her legs are long
When she moves my brain screams out this song

There she stood in the street
Smiling from her head to her feet
I said, "Hey, what is this, now baby?", maybe
Maybe she's in need of a kiss
I said, "Hey, what's your name baby?
Maybe we can see things the same
Now don't you wait or hesitate
Let's move before they raise the parking rate"
Ow!
All right now, baby, it's all right now
All right now, baby, it's all right now

I don't care if you hurt me some more
I don't care if you even the score
You can knock me and I dont care
You can mock me and I do to care
You can rock me just about anywhere
It's alright

Cause you're all I got tonight
You're all I got tonight
You're all I got tonight
I need you tonight
Indeed you tonight

Is this a game you're playin'
I don't understand what's goin' on
I can't see through your frown
First you're up then you're down
You're keepin' me from someone
I want to know
But I need you tonight
(Need you tonight)
Yes, I need you tonight
(Need you tonight)
And I'll show you a sunset
If you'll stay with me 'til dawn
It's the same old situation
Every word so finely placed
Runnin' around
My concentration
Is the feelin' that I've just got to
Break out and say

Lay, lady, lay
Lay across my big brass bed
Lay, lady, lay
Lay across my big brass bed
Whatever colors you have
In your mind
I'll show them to you
And you'll see them shine
Lay, lady, lay,
Lay across my big brass bed
Stay, lady, stay
Stay with your man awhile
Until the break of day
Let me see you make him smile
His clothes are dirty but his hands are clean
And you’re the best thing that he’s ever seen
Stay, lady, stay
Stay with your man awhile

When I die and they lay me to rest
Gonna go to the place that's the best
When I lay me down to die
Goin' up to the spirit in the sky
Goin' up to the spirit in the sky (spirit in the sky)
That's where I'm gonna go when I die (when I die)
When I die and they lay me to rest
I'm gonna go to the place that's the best