Lyrics
Rough Diamond Child
When I was a baby sitting on her knee
Son no matter what you may become
Don’t you ever forget where you come from
One day you will have your chance to shine
You’re gonna shine
Rough Diamond Child (x4)
Everybody said I was no good
Girl you were the only one to see
You said there was something more to me
One day you will have your chance to shine
You’re gonna shine
Rough Diamond Child (x4)
Vintage Wine
Please believe me, there’s no axe to grind
Our love’s an open door
But it could be much more
It could be so sublime
It could improve with time
Just like fine vintage wine
While you’re sleeping, laying in your bed
I am weeping, over things unsaid
This love of ours could be
Oh so magical
A glass half empty
Can be a glass half full
Of love like vintage wine
Good together, will get better yet
Our love’s an open door
But it could be much more
It could be so sublime
It could improve with time
Just like fine vintage wine
Love like vintage wine
Love like vintage wine
Love like vintage wine
Love like vintage wine
Yours For a Song
I knew we’d get together before long
It was clear that first morning that a new, new day was dawning
So please be mine and I’ll be yours, yours for a song
Every woman I’ve ever loved has done me wrong
From New York to San Francisco to old Hong Kong
They all had the recipe on how to make a fool of me
So please be mine and I’ll be yours, yours for a song
In the cold cold light of day can you be true
If you can then this man will be true to you
‘Cause I’ve been lied to, I’ve been used
I’ve been mistreated and I’ve been abused
So now I’m yours yours yours, yours for a song
Yes...
I am...
I’ll be yours, yours, yours............. yours for a song
I'll Get To You
I’ll get to you, I won’t be happy ‘til I do
And then I’ll keep you satisfied, way down inside
I’ll get to you, I won’t be happy ‘til I do.
When I walk by, I see you giving me the eye
And then I know it won’t be long before our love grows strong
When I walk by, I see you giving me the eye.
No other miss, ever made me feel like this
When you wear your hair so long, it really turns me on
No other miss, ever made me feel like this.
Jenny Lee
But if you come back home, I’ll never drink again
I’d give it all away, if you just come back here
But none so great as driving you away
So hear my plea, little Jenny Lee
I’m gonna change my ways, just wait and see
Make no mistake, you got to hang on tight
Tell her my love, for her has grown
Last time I saw her, she was walkin’ slow
Down to catch the bus, to where I don’t know.
Outside Looking In
I see all my old buddies, all settled down
Here on the outside, just looking in
You take the time, you need to unwind
But I never notice, all those exit signs
Next time you see me, you will know my state of mind.
How Long?
How long before he knows for sure, he ain’t go nothing left to lose
How long, how long; how long can one many carry on
Hoping, praying and pleading; pleading for his woman to come back home
That she can’t ‘phone and she can’t write a letter,
Can’t get no kind of message through to me
How far, how far; how far is the sun from you and I
If you can see the stars tonight baby, I’ll write my love across the sky
To keep me tied to a love that’s sinkin’, down to the bottom of the
Deep blue sea
How deep, how deep, how deep; how deep can the darkest ocean be
I wonder is it deep enough, to drown my misery
Nobody
Nobody ever turned your whole world upsidedown
You ain’t been there, you don’t know nothing about me
Who was it, made you wish that you had never been born
I did the things I was supposed to do
I worked two jobs, I did the graveyard shift
You read the book, I was the one who wrote it
Nobody, ever made you feel the way I do
Get A Job
Bought myself a guitar and I was playin’ just great
I got me some flares and a paisley body shirt
Then my old man came up and said something that really hurt
Go get a job, go get a job
He said quit acting like a jerk, everybody got to work
Go get a job
I said “baby lets set a date”, she said “no-we gotta wait”
I said “what do you mean” she said “think of all the things we need
Like a colour TV, and a washing machine”
Go get a job, go get a job
She said “baby don’t be a jerk, everybody got to work
Go get a job”.
One time we were wailing on this one-night stand
The joint got busted and I went before the judge
He said “son now listen hear I’ve just about had enough”
Go get a job, go get a job
He said “son don’t be a jerk, everybody got to work”
Go get a job
Insomniac
I toss and turn and roll around
I drink hot milk and I count sheep
Still I cannot get to sleep
Think about you night a day
I’ve lost weight, my eyes are black
I am an insomniac
Insomniac
Listen to the late late show
Dawn is breaking bright outside
Still my eyes are open wide
I miss the way you tuck me in
I miss your bark, I miss your bite
I miss the way you say goodnight
Out Of My Reach
Your lips are calling me
At the end of the day, it’s always the same
You are always just out of my reach
Saying you longed to be free
We talked and we talked, the whole night away
But you were always just out of my reach
Sometimes you kiss me goodnight
But at the end of the day, it’s always the same
You are always just out of my reach.
Living On Borrowed Time
I said “your daughter’s misbehaving and she’s living on borrowed time”
When she was a young girl, we didn’t do the things we should
You don’t need to have no, delivery to the door
Don’t start conversation, everywhere you go
But you’re livin’ on borrowed time, ‘cause you don’t know wrong from right.
Holding Pattern
And I ain’t gonna touch down, until it’s me you’re
thinking of
Me and my jet, can fly all night
So when your runway is clear, turn on the landing lights
We can reach Mach two, if I show you what to do
But to reach Mach three little girl, you got to hold on tight
to me
Demolition Man
Everything’s near gone, ‘cept the back door swingin’ in
the breeze
And our empty picture frame, Lord you know that really
hurt
Now just a broken down reminder, of the love that once
was ours
He cares nothing for lost love, and he don’t care ‘bout
memories
Run With Me
It breaks this old heart to see
You deserve a better lovin’ man
Come on baby run with me
You just don’t need misery
You don’t need the way he puts you down
Come on baby run with me
Are you gonna wake up wrong?
Or are you gonna wake up far from here
Lovin’ me so strong?
Blues Is The Truth
They can be all wrong, they can be all right
They can be your only friend
Think you’ve lost them they’ll be back again
Can be the worst ‘ole feeling you ever had
They can talk to you, just like a man
Right alongside you walking hand in hand
It’s been the same for every man
Not a lot that you can do
Blues is the truth, coming at you
Same old thing all around the world
They can be your baby’s other man
If you’re a gambler they’re a losing hand
See ‘em when you’re driving caught in the headlight
Hear ‘em in the sound of a lonesome whistle blow
See ‘em in a tail-light as you watch her go.
Don't Say Goodbye
If we should cry, I just won’t know what to do
Beyond the sky, we’ll meet anew
Don’t say goodbye
I curse my eyesight, for such a heartrending view
The day that I die, I’ll be looking for you
Don’t say goodbye
We walked and talked, down a little country lane
Where all hearts are new, we’ll meet again
Don’t say goodbye.
Yes Or No
I just want to know, is it yes or is it no?
I just want to know, when I get to see you again
My mind won’t rest, I can’t let you go
I jumped back out of bed and I came straight round here
To prove to you baby I ain’t goin’ nowhere
Oh darling, see me standing down below
I just want to know, is it yesr or is it no?
I love the way you move, and I love the way you hold me
tight
Short Memory
When you were broke and hungry, who gave you their last
dime
You said that you’d love me, until the day you die
Some kind of short memory, to forget the love I’ve shown
You say you don’t love me, you’re moving out on your
own
And when you fall in love, the biggest gamble of all
Lost At Sea
You’ll find me down on the coast
I’ll be gazing out at the shining sea
That’s the time I miss you the most
Every journey comes to an end
And there are some things we’ll never know
Though it helps us to pretend
In the blue around me
And if I’m asked where you are gone
I’ll say you’re lost at sea
Every star that shines will one day die
Every journey comes to an end
In the blue before me
And if I’m asked where you are gone
I’ll say you’re lost at sea
Though I know not where you are gone
I’ll say you’re lost at sea
As the sun sinks down like a submarine
You’ll find me down on the coast
Guitar Man
Left my good woman too
To travel halfway around the world
And play these old songs for you
The highway is my best friend
I make your town an hour before the show
And I’m gone as soon as it ends
Y’all know I’m a guitar man
I’m a guitar man, I’m a guitar man
And I’ll play this guitar as long as I can
See me down New Mexico
Frisco to Chicago, it’s all the same
Every old place I go
Bird's Eye Blues
I was flyin’ all over town, looking down with my bird’s
eye
house
I saw your bedroom light go on, then your bedroom
light went out
So pack your bags and leave, before a righteous man
does wrong
I've Got To Go
I’m so tired and I’ve got to go
Dear Lord take me home
I’m so tired and I’ve go to go
I’ve done the best I could, but now I’m done for good
I’m so tired and I’ve go to go
I believe in all you do, I place all my faith in you
…….
Now it’s time to let it be, you have always stood by me
……..
Let the waves wash over me, take me down to the sea
……..
Out Of Here
Look for me, and I’ll be gone
I’ve had it with you…I’m out of here
But when you drink you don’t know what you do
Tried to pull your knife on me
Lovin’ you has kept me poor
You're Too Young
The whole world can see you’re too young for me
I’m goin’ home
You know it’s wrong
Feels so good
We got to stop
Don’t you know
Phone Line
All the way back home
When I get to the receiver, honey you better be all alone
Thought you sounded strange
You said it was just because you was oh so far away
Be found
Must be a storm somewhere tonight and the lines must all be down
The operator tells me that the ‘phone is off the hook
You Got The Blues
You just don’t want to get up, to face the day ahead
When you don’t want to eat, ‘cause your bread don’t taste like bread
Your coffee tastes like poison, and your corn’s like shots of lead
Everytime you’d rather, be in another man’s shoes
Them I’m here to tell you, and it may not come as news
But you got the blues
And you got a letter from the bank, sayin’ no more will be lent
When your man or woman, don’t treat you like they should
Does it make you feel like leavin’, and goin’ away for good
Does it make you stop and think, of good times long ago
When you see young happy lovers, strollin’ arm in arm
Do you ever stop to wonder, just where your love has gone
My Bird Won't Sing
The sun still shines and the grass still grows
It’s a curious thing
My bird won’t sing
My cat still howls whenever the full moon shows
Wake up every mornin’, to the same ole sun
I turn on the TV., to catch the same ole news
Bermuda Triangle
My time has come, to disappear
Some heavy trouble, is on its way
You know I love you but I just can’t stay
That triangle holds no fear, ‘cause I sure aim to disappear
I’m far away, yet I’m all around
‘I’m watching you, I’m keeping near
When lightning strikes, you might just see me reappear
Kick off my shoes, and cool my feet
String up a hammock, ‘tween two trees
Let all my trouble just hang out in the breeze
Wheeler Dealer
Can you hear me? I’m warning you don’t touch my happy home
And it made her feel alright
But at the gates of paradise
Her blood runs fire and ice
Just like a gambler, on a losing steak who won’t quit playing
Like some sweet poison, a poison so that she don’t eat or sleep
Empty Train (Blues)
I said it sure is good to see you, but they said man you know you’ve changed
I drove out to my old house, but it did not seem the same
It’s an empty train I ride
But as the years went passing by, that proved to be a lie
I thought that my old life, would always be there
Why Can't You Be True?
I sneeked up so I could see
Through the door of the local bar
You were sat there on some man’s knee
Same way as you
Why can’t you be true
Don’t I always stand by you
Forget about your new friends
‘cause they don’t care ‘bout you
In your friend’s new Cabriolet
Your hair blowing in the wind
Don’t you care about what people say
Beyond Jupiter
Don’t scream and shout at me
I know that we ain’t got no money
Do you think I really meant this to be?
Tomorrow I’ll find me a job
Tomorrow we’ll drink fine wine
The wind is now set to change
Everything gonna be just fine
There’s a space ship out beyond Jupiter
I seen it on TV
Ain’t it great what they can do these days
With all that technology, is there space for you and me out there
When you no longer say
You’d trade all of your tomorrows
For a single yesterday
Someone should have warned me
Put my fist clean through the door
And all of this late night walkin’
Is driving me up the wall
Cold Blue Moon
Don’t that blue moon look so cold, just like some orphaned child
My mind’s a runaway train, on a one-track line down hill
The howling of the wind, is calling my soul back home
Outlaw
I’d shoot and kill, I’d rob and I’d steal
I’d take a man’s money, I’d take a man’s wife
Take my love on the run, no fear for my life
I slept one eye open, and I rode out alone
I new every creek, every waterhole
And every time, a miner struck gold
I know I was to blame, the whole world knew my name
I was and Outlaw!
Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw!
How I locked three troupers, in their own gaol
I still sleep in the ditch, on the roadside
Reigns in my hand, saddled ready to ride
I don’t have the right, to live for this long
When the wind’s on the range, and the moon is just right
Look out there for me, in the ghostly light
Ain't No Justice
I don’t know what to do no more
Ain’t no justice, ‘specially when you’re poor
He didn’t know, if they gonna let her go
He said come back, when you got more dough
In five years, you will be set free
But you take what you need and they throw away the key
We don’t have decent clothes to wear
Ain’t no justice and no one seems to care
Tore my lovin’ home apart
I don’t know, what to do no more
Ain’t no justice, ‘specially when you’re poor
I Won't Leave
Talk it through until we get it right
I will be your shoulder to lean on
When all your so-called friends have come and gone
In your darkest night I’ll hold your hand
You’ve been let down many times before
Now I’m right here to even up the score
When you find it hard to carry on
I’m on hand to help you to be strong
When the words won’t come I’ll still be here
I’ll hold you close and lay to rest your fears
I’ll be with you all the time
I can’t make myself more clear
I will never, ever leave
Cook and clean and soothe your aching head
I will do most anything for you
Just one thing that I will never do
Nobody Hears Me Crying
Nobody hears me crying, nobody hears me crying
Keep them to myself, nothing else I can do
In the dead of night, cold wind all ‘round my door
Cold chill around my heart, cold rain about to fall
Nobody hears me crying, nobody hears me crying
Nobody hears me crying, nobody hears me crying
Up All Night Thinking
Up all night thinking, but I still don’t know which way to go
I believe I’ve got to leave, but I love, but I love my baby so
I’ve always been lonesome, ever since I was just a boy at school
Now that I’m grown and need a friend, please, please, please tell me what I’m supposed to do
When you first came to me, baby you were just, you were just a child
I never knew you’d be such a woman and I was out every night running wild
Keep Your Motor Running
Keep your motor running baby, I want to check your oil
I got the dipstick handy and the radiator’s ‘bout to boil
She got twin carburettors of the kind I like to tune
Keep that motor running baby, morning night and afternoon
Hangs on in the turns and she knows what’s what
Her plugs are firing and her points are good
Everything’s sure fine underneath that hood
Keep your motor running baby, I want to check your oil
I got the dipstick handy and the radiator’s ‘bout to boil
Slip you out of neutral straight, on into overdrive
She’ll slip you out of neutral, straight on into overdrive
Keep that motor running baby, morning noon or night it’s alright
Hangs on in the turns and she knows what’s what
Her plugs are firing and her points are good
Everything’s sure fine underneath that hood
Keep your motor running baby, I want to check your oil
I got the dipstick handy and the radiator’s ‘bout to boil
The Bottle
Acting strange, hyper-ventilating
Stress has got me, reeling and rocking
Tensions got me down, something shocking
Get into the bottle, slip into the bottle
I’m sick and tired of not working for Uncle Bob
Man down there says ‘you aint got what it takes’
I said ‘why not give me a try just give me a shake’
Get into the bottle, slip into the bottle
Get into the bottle, slip into the bottle
I need, what the bottle do for me
I’m feeling below par, I want to ride in your Jaguar
She says ‘I don’t know but I’ve been told
Weather man says it’s turning cold’
Get into the bottle, slip into the bottle
Get into the bottle, slip into the bottle
Get into the bottle, slip into the bottle