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CHASING 1
STRANDED 3
HEINZ 57 4
FREEDOM 9
AGINST THE GRAIN
IT'S JUST GOING AGINST THE GRAIN ME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET TO YOU YOU SEE I'VE GOT MONEY I'VE GOT A REAL FINE CAR AND YOU AND ME TOGETHER WE COULD BE BIG STARS BUT IT'S GOING AGAINST THE GRAIN ME TRYING TO WORK IT OUT ABOUT HOW TO GET TO YOU Back to Top
CHASING
IF I COULD RULE THE WORLD FOR JUST ONE DAY I KNOW I'D BE JUST AND HERE'S WHAT I'D SAY CHASE AWAY ALL SORROW AND SADNESS TOO WE CAN BE HAPPY JUST ME AND YOU WE'RE SAILING INTO THE FUTURE GUIDED BY THE PAST WE'RE CONSTANTLY CHANGING BUT THINGS CAN LAST THINGS LIKE LOVE AND DEVOTION TOO THINGS IN THE MATERIAL WORLD JUST WON'T DO YOU KNOW TODAY WILL ALWAYS BE MODERN TIMES WE HAVE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN JUST ME AND YOU I LOVE THAT YOU LOVE ME AND I ALWAYS HAVE I'VE KNOWN YOU FOREVER AND I ALWAYS WILL Back to Top
CONFUSION STREET
I HAVE A HEART THAT JUST AIN'T FEELING I HAVE WOUNDS THAT JUST ARN'T HEALING I HAVE A HOUSE BUT I HAVE NO HOME I HAVE YOU BUT STILL I'M ALONE I DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO ME THIS IS NOT WHO I SET OUT TO BE I HAVE TO PULL IN ALL THE SLACK I HAVE TO FIGHT HARD TO KEEP IT ON TRACK Back to Top
DONT BURN THE BRIDGE
SO NOW YOU SAY ITS OVER, SHE JUST DOSNT CARE YOUVE MADE UP YOUR MIND, ITS DESTINATION ANYWHERE IT ALWAYS COMES TO THIS, ALWAYS ENDS UP IN A FIGHT AND YOU HAD ENOUGH OF THIS GAME, FIGHT OR FLIGHT ITS TIME TO GET AWAY, GET AWAY FROM THIS PAIN AND YOUVE MADE UP YOUR MIND, YOU WONT GO BACK THERE AGAIN GOT TO SAVE YOURSLEF, THE ONE SURE THING THAT YOU KNOW SO YOU LIGHT THE FUSE, ALL BRIDGES BACK HAVE TO GO WELL JUST DONT BURN THE BRIDGE, IM TELLING YOU YOULL WANT TO CROSS OVER AGAIN WHEN THE LIGHT IS NEW JUST DONT BURN THE BRIDGE, IM TELLING YOU YOULL WANT TO SEE HERE AGAIN WHEN THIS FEELING IS THROUGH YOUR IN RETREAT, YOUVE GOT TO GET AWAY YOU GOT TO SAVE YOURSELF, YOU GOT TO HAVE IT YOUR WAY WHO WAS WRONG? WHO WAS RIGHT? NONE OF THAT MATTERS AT ALL TONIGHT YOUVE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS FEELING , ENOUGH OF THIS PAIN YOUVE MAKE UP YOUR MIND YOU WONT SEE HER AGAIN GOT TO SAVE YOURSELF, FROM THE MERCILESS FOE THE FUSE ALREADY LIT, ALL BRIDGES HAVE TO GO Back to Top
STRANDED
THE BIG CITY LIFE HAD BEEN GETTING US DOWN SO WE TOOK THE ACTION WE LEFT THE BIG TOWN THERE WAS JUST TOO MUCH NOISE TOO MANY STREETS PLASTIC FLOWERS AND CONTRETE TREES SO WE SET OUR SAILS AND CAUGHT THE FIRST BREEZE DRIFTED FOR AWHILE ACROSS AN ENDLESS SEA A HURICANE BLEW US AWAY ONE NIGHT BUT WHEN IT ALL WAS OVER TO OUR DELIGHT WE WERE STRANDED SHIPWRECKED ON A DESERT ISLAND WE WERE STRANDED SHIPWRECKED JUST HERE AND ME NOW THE LIFE HERE IS GOOD WE GOT ROOM TO BREATH WE GOT REAL FLOWERS AND WE GOT REAL TREES THEY'LL BE LOOKING FOR US SOON BUT WE'LL JUST RUN AWAY WE'RE NOT GOING BACK WE'VE DECIDED TO STAY WE'LL STAY STRANDED SHIPWRECKED ON THIS DESERT ISLAND STANDED SHIPWRECKED JUST HERE AND ME INST. Back to Top
Give It All You Got
there is no pity for the lazy no love for minds that are hazy and If you think your something special go out and get yourself a medal me I've been living under the gun I should have been a rock star when I was young now all I got is bill to pay and they don't seem to want to go away I'M WAITING FOR THE PAIN TO GO AWAY SOME SAY ITS HERE TO STAY BUT LIKE A DRUNKEN FOOL I'M DROWNING IN A BOTTOMLESS POOL Buts whats the use in giving in why do I care If I loose or win Its either sink or learn to swim I think I'm gonna go for it Ill give it all I got Give it all I got I know for sure its the only way Ill give it all I got Give it all I got I know for sure its the only way. Back to Top
HEINZ 57
WELL HE'S A HEINZ 57' HE MAY NEVER GET TO HEAVEN AND HE WON'T STOP DRINKING HIS WINE AND HES GOT BAD BREATH DAMM NEAR CLOSE TO DEATH And He STILL CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY ALL THE FREINDS WHO SAY THEY NEED HIM ARE ONLY TRYING TO BLEED HIM HE'S GOT FIRST CLASS COMPANY AND WHY THE COPS ON HIS SIDE GIVE HIM FREE TAXI RIDES TO HIS CELL AT THE LOCAL CONSTABULARY BUT THERE'S A FLEE BITTEN HOUND WHO HELPS KEEP HIS MIND SOUND THEY TALK TO EACH OTHER ALL DAY AND HE SEE'S THE YOUNG GIRLS BLOSUM MAN IT SURE IS AWSUM BUT HE'S JUST TO OLD TO GIVE EM A TRY HE HAD A GIRL BUT NOW SHE'S GONE SHE SAID SHE COULDN'T GO ON IF HE WOULDN'T CHANGE HIS WAYS SHE said he had TO CHOOSE EITHER HER OR THE BOOZE HE WAS ALONE THE VERY NEXT DAY AND THE DOCTORS WANT TO KNOW HIM AND THE CIRUS WANTS TO SHOW HIM AND SOME THINK HIS MIND IS FRYED BUT HE'S A FOOL FOR THE STAGE SPECTACLE OF THE AGE AND HE DOSN'T EVEN HAVE TO TRY CAUSE HE'S A HEINZ 57' AND MAY NEVER GET TO HEAVEN BUT HE'LL KEEP ON GIVIN IT A TRY Back to Top
WHERE I WANT TO BE
REMEMBERING MY DAYS WHERE I'D GO WALKING IN THE WINTER RAIN SOMETIMES A COLD WIND BLOWING SOMEITMES IT WAS SNOWING I HAD THE THOUGHT KNOWING ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE I WAS GOING THAT I WAS OFF TO FIND THE PLACE WHERE I WANT TO BE PLACES WOULD CHANGE AND I'D BE WALKING IN THE SUMMER SUN THEN WITH LEAVES FALLING ALL ROUND I'D BE WALKING BENEATH A BLACKENING SKY AND ALL THE TIME GROWING INTO WHO I WANT TO BE SOLO Back to Top
JUST A PENNY MAR 2003
I AM A MILLIONAIRE, I GOT A LIMOUSENE I GOT A LOT OF MONEY, AND I'M LIVING MY DREAM I GOT A CHAFFEUR TO DRIVE ME HOME THE MAID IS THERE TO GREET ME, THEN I GO TO BED ALONE BUT JUST ONE PENNY, WILL LAST ME A LONG TIME WHEN I AM DEAD JUST ONE PENNY, WILL LAST ME A LONG TIME WHEN I AM DEAD I'D TRADE ALL MY PENNIES FOR JUST ONE TRUE LOVE INSTEAD MY FRIENDS ARE ALL BOUGHT AND PAID FOR, IF I WANT I'LL BUY SOME MORE I'M THE KING OF MY CASTLE, WHO COULD ASK FOR MORE BUT JUST ONE PENNY, WILL LAST ME A LONG TIME WHEN I AM DEAD JUST ONE PENNY, WILL LAST ME A LONG TIME WHEN I AM DEAD I'D TRADE ALL MY PENNIES FOR JUST ONE TRUE LOVE INSTEAD SO I PILE IT UP AND I STASH IT AWAY I'M SAVING ALL MY CASH FOR THAT RAINY DAY JUST KEEP ON PILING IT UP, MAKIN SURE THERE'S ENOUGH YOU NEVER KNOW, THINGS CAN GET TOUGH BUT JUST ONE PENNY, WILL LAST ME A LONG TIME WHEN I AM DEAD JUST ONE PENNY, WILL LAST ME A LONG TIME WHEN I AM DEAD I'D TRADE ALL MY PENNIES FOR JUST ONE TRUE LOVE INSTEAD Back to Top
LIVING IN THE 80′S
I WENT TO THE WELFARE OFFICE AND I STOOD MYSELF IN LINE BUT BUY THE TIME I GOT TO SEE THE MAN IT WAS CLOSING TIME I GOT NO DIME IN MY POCKET WEARING MY SHOES OUT ON THE STREET YEAH I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT BUT ALL I FIND IS MISERY I GOT NO FOOD FOR MY BELLY I GOT NOTHING TO EAT AND IF THING AIN'T GOING BAD ENOUGH I GOT NO PLACE TO SLEEP SOLO WELL I'LL JUST SMOKE THIS LAST CIGGARETT I JUST CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL SO BAD LIKE A CONDEMED MAN FEEL LIKE IT'S GONNA BE MY LAST Back to Top
LOST IN THE PAST
I'M LOST IN THE PAST I CAN'T FIND MY WAY HOME IT'S BE TEN YEARS TO THIS DAY THAT I'VE BEEN LIVING YESTERDAY WON'T YOU PLEASE HELP ME FIND MY WAY HOME Back to Top
NOT BROKE DOWN YET
IM NOT BROKE DOWN YET, YES IM GOOD FOR ANOTHER MILE IM NOT BROKE DOWN YET, YES IM GOOD FOR ANOTHER MILE I GOT TO KEEP OF DRIVING KEEP ON DRIVING TO THE END OF THE LINE WELL MY TIRES ARE BALD AND THIS OLD CARS ON ITS VERY LAST HORSE WELL MY TIRES ARE BALD AND THIS OLD CARS ON ITS VERY LAST HORSE BUT I GOT TO KEEP ON DRIVING KEEP ON DRIVING TILL THE END OF THE COURSE.. YEAH - SEE MY BABY SMILE Back to Top
THE COUCH
WELL I GET UP EARLY EACH MORNING IT'S THE SAME THING EVRY DAY PLANS ARE MADE TO GO OUT AND I SET OUT UPON MY WAY I MAKE IT DOWN MY HALLWAY BUT BEFORE I REACH THE DOOR MY QUILTED CUSHIONED SWEETHEART CALLS ME BACK FOR MORE SO I SIT DOWN ON MY COUCH I MUST BE IN LOVE WITH THIS COUCH FEELS LIKE I'M MARRIED TO MY COUCH TILL DEATH DO US PART....I'M STAYING WITH MY COUCH SO IT SIT DOWN IN POSITION I GIVE UP ALL CONTROL THE COURSE HAS BEEN WELL CHARTED I'VE BEEN THIS WAY BEFORE I'VE GOT BLACK AND WHITE AND COLOR JED CLAMPET JOHN WAYNE TOO I PUSH THE MAGIC BUTTON EVRY VISION IS SOMETHING NEW CHOURS 1/2 TIME NOW THE DAY HAS TURNED TO NIGHT TIME I'VE REGAINED SOME CONTROL MY THUMB IS REALLY TIRED MY EYES ARE ON THE BLINK THERE'S A STRANGE BUZZ IN MY HEAD I WANT TO TURN IT OFF BUT I AM STILL NOT MASTER AND IT WILL BRING ME TO MY KNEES SO IT SIT THERE ON MY COUCH I'M IN LOVE WITH MY COUCH IT'S NOT A COMFORTABL COUCH BUT I CAN'T I CAN'T I CAN'T DO WITHOUT Back to Top
traveling MAN
PAUL8BEE @1987
Am F G
I NEED TO BRUSH THE DUST FROM MY MIND
F G Am
IT FEELS LIKE I'VE BEEN LEFT BEHIND
F G
I'M GONNA PUSH THE NEEDLE INTO THE RED
F G Am
I'M GONNA START I'M GONNA GET MYSELF A HEAD
Am F G
THERE'S A PROMISE THAT I HAVE TO KEEP
F G Am
I'VE GOT TO STAY OUT OF THE DEEP
F G
SOMEONE WAITS JUST TO HELP ME ALONG
F G Am G .. G sus©4 .. G
PICK ME UP WHEN I'M NOT STRONG AND THATS RIGHT
C C .. Bb .. C
I GOTTA MOVE
C Bb C
I'M GONNA TAKE IT JUST A STEP AT A TIME
F G Am
AND I KNOW THAT I CAN DO BETTER
F G Am G .. Gsus©4 .. G
BETTER THAN I DID BEFORE
SOLO
Am F G
I'LL GET A GRIP BEFORE I LOOSE THE MOTION
F G Am
SWIM OR BE DROWN IN THE OCEAN
F G
I'LL PICK A TRAIN THAT'S ON THE RIGHT TRACK
F G Am G..Gsus©4..G
I'M GONNA REEL IN ALL OF THE SLACK AND THAT'S RIGHT
CHOURS
SOLO
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WALK ROUND THE BLOCK
GOING FOR A WALK, A WALK AROUND THE BLOCK GOING FOR A WALK, A WALK AROUND THE BLOCK I HOPE SEE THAT GIRL WHO WALKS HER DOG THAT GIRL SHE IS SO HOT I HOPE I SEE THAT GIRL I BETTER GO ITS ALMOST 5 OCKLOCK Back to Top
FREEDOM
WELL I WENT TO THE BAR, BUT I DIDN’T GET FAR
NOW WAS THAT TOO MUCH BOOZE, OR JUST NOTHING TO LOOSE
I’M TALKING FREEDOM, AND I WANT SOME MORE
I’M TALKING FREEDOM, AND I NEED SOME MORE
I WAS SMOKING, AND I’M NOT JOKING
I WAS ON THE FLOOR, SCREAMING I WANT SOME MORE
I’M TALKING FREEDOM, I GOT TO HAVE SOME MORE
I’M TALKING FREEDOM , AND I NEED SOME MORE
SO I BOUGT A BAG, BUT IT WAS FULL OF RAG
NOW I’M HERE ALONE, AND NOT EVEN STONED
I’M TALKING FREEDOM , AND I NEED SOME MORE
I’M TALKING FREEDOM, I GOT TO HAVE SOME MORE
WELL I BUILD IT UP, AND THEN I TEAR IT DOWN
I SAVE MY CASH AND THEN I HIT THE TOWN
I’M ALWAYS THERE, I AM NEVER HERE
I WON’T TAKE ADVICE, BUT I’LL KEEP THINGS FAIR
I’M IN A BIND AND I NEED TO UNWIND
ONCE I GOT MY FREEDOM, NO ONE CAN EVERY BRING ME DOWN
AND I’M GONE
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