You need some money in a hurry But things ain’t right You try to beg and borrow maybe start a fight Your friends don’t wanna know you they just pass you by So they couldn’t be your friends because they wouldn’t lie Sit down shut up don’t dare to cry Things will get better if […]
Will all your money Buy you forgiveness Keep you from sickness Or keep you from cold? Will all your money Keep you from madness Keep you from sadness When you’re down in the hole? ‘Cause you’ll be down in the gutter You’ll be bummin’ for cigarettes Bummin’ for nylons In the American Zone You’ll be […]
Connection, I just can’t make no connection. But all I want to do is to get back to you. Everything is going in the wrong direction. The doctor wants to give me more injections. Giving me shots for a thousand rare infections And I don’t know if he’ll let me go Connection, I just can’t […]
In the sweet old country where I come from Nobody ever works Yeah nothing gets done We hang fire, we hang fire You know marrying money is a full time job I don’t need the aggravation I’m a lazy slob I hang fire, I hang fire Hang fire, put it on the wire We’ve got […]
I live in an apartment on the ninety-ninth floor of my block And I sit at home looking out the window I’magining the world has stopped Then in flies a guy who’s all dressed up like a Union Jack And says, I’ve won five pounds if I have his kind of detergent pack I said, […]
I was driving home early Sunday morning through Bakersfield Listening to gospel music on the colored radio station And the preacher said, "You know you always have the Lord by your side" And I was so pleased to be informed of this that I ran Twenty red lights in his honor Thank you Jesus, thank […]
Well, baby used to stay out all night long She made me cry, she done me wrong She hurt my eyes open, that’s no lie Tables turn and now her turn to cry Because I used to love her, but it’s all over now Because I used to love her, but it’s all over now […]
Little Indian girl, where is your mama? Little Indian girl, where is your papa? He’s fighting in the war in the streets of Masaya All the children were dead, except for the girl who said "Please Mister Gringo, please find my father" Lesson number one that you learn while you’re young Life just goes on […]
Congratulations Congratulations Well done, my friend You’ve done it again You’ve gone and broken another heart Yeah, you’ve torn it apart You’ve done it before Hope to do it some more You’ve got it down to a fine art Remember the first time You tried to do it to me My girl won’t fall Just […]
I am waiting, I am waiting (oh yeah, oh yeah) I am waiting, I am waiting (oh yeah, oh yeah) Waiting for someone to come out of somewhere Waiting for someone to come out of somewhere You can’t hold out, you can’t hold out Oh yeah, oh yeah You can’t hold out, you can’t hold […]