SEA FEVER

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And they want you in their arms tonight And their need for you has become their plight And they wander down the avenue And I wonder what they mean to you

If living is easy Why lie like a dog for a justice that stands as it falls? Blood may become one more five-letter word And there's nobody left you can call

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Don't let life leave you feeling betrayed Push your way through the crowd with a sway Don't feel shame as you bend low to pray Cos it's alright it's alright And the women will sing you their songs There are so many ways you can go wrong And the sweetness will still come along And it's alright it's alright

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I know that heroes they die where they fall And a spark shows a dry summer fire So much believing and so little trust From a King with a court on his mind

And your soul survives And your diamonds shine And my tears have dried in your blinding light

Don't let life leave you feeling betrayed Carve your way through the crowd with a swathe Don't feel shame as you bend down to pray Cos it's alright it's alright And the women will sing you their songs There are so many ways you can go wrong But the sweetness may still come along And it's alright it's alright

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Paramount 1009

What if I said to you Honey, come by? Grab a cab there’s liquor here Paramount 1009 Detroit feels like my home tonight And you know I’m crazy

What if I said to you Honey, come by? Brave the rain Come and stay Paramount 1009 San Francisco’s cold tonight And you know I’m crazy

But you say you’ve found In the desert outside Someone to love and to hold inside And you must be free And away from my pride Never to cry or be hurt inside

What if I said to you Honey, come by? Tennessee is full of rain And you know I can’t drive Grab a cab there’s liquor here Paramount 1009 And you know I’m crazy

But you say you’ve found in the desert outside Someone to love and to hold inside And you must be free and away from my pride Never to cry or feel hurt inside

No longer trusted Tired broke and busted

What if I said to you Honey, come by? Grab a cab There’s liquor here Detroit feels like home tonight

High On The Rhythm

Dust blowing down around Four Corners The light is fading and the whiskey bars are full And its all been a little too rough

We’ve been high on the rhythm But low on the magic of love

I ain’t staying at the Chelsea hotel I ain’t playing at the Bluebird night and day And it’s all been a little too rough

We’ve been high on the rhythm But low on the magic of love

Last night I had a shot at heaven Hard by the liquor store lights Last time they tried to make us happy Slammers, smoke, and valium smiles

Last shot to get some time together Just drop it and the colours come in waves And its all been a little too rushed

We’ve been high on the rhythm But low on the magic of love

Last night I had a shot at heaven Hard by the liquor store lights Last town they tried to make us happy Slammers smoke and valium smiles

You ask me how did I define that pearly light shining in your eyes I play the blue-note and the alibi so fine

Next up a little Kansas juke-joint Some honey’s trying to make you want to stay But its all been a little too rough We’ve been high on the rhythm Low on the magic of love

Sea Fever

Well I must go down to the seas again To the lonely sea and sky And all I ask is a tall ship And a star to sail her by

Well I must go down to the seas again For the call of the running tide Is a wild call and a clear call That may never be denied

And all I ask is a windy day And the white clouds flying And the flung spray and the blown spume And the seagulls sadly cry

Well I must go down the seas again To the vagrant gypsy life To the gull's way and the whale's way Where the wind’s like a whetted knife

And the wheels kick And the wind is strong And you see the white sails shake And a grey mist on the sea’s face As the wild dawn breaks

And all I ask is a merry yarn From a fellow rover And a quiet sleep and a sweet dream When the long day is over

Someone Else

I never meant to lose you I never dreamed we'd say goodbye And I can't take my heart broken My soul stolen I've just got to walk on by

It's easy to forget What we ever came here for Waiting on a strange file in exile Writing for a stone so cold

You know it's hard out on the highway You know the canyons ring with whispers cruel And do you wake as often in the night Now someone else is making love to you? And is it raining in Chicago? (St Louis, Sonoma, Virginia) And does the thunder sing a song there too? And do you cry as often in the night Now someone else is making love to you?

You knew that I would choose you And how I'd call your name at night And how I'd fall for soft-spoken soul tokens Falling from your Creole slide

It's easy to forget now What we ever came here for Waiting on a strange file in exile Writing for a stone so cold You taught me how to laugh I know I heard a freight train sigh I heard her blow a thousand miles And now it's come to leaving time

I never meant to lose you I never dreamed we'd say goodbye Now I'm strung out and my heart’s broken, my soul’s stolen I've just got to walk on by

Handle With Care

Handle with Care she told me My halo can't take too much more The sun is half up its bedtime I'm taking you back to your door

Heavenly child don't turn the wrong way And hear what I say when I tell you There’s two sets of gates marked sinners and saints And I've made mistakes

An angel like you could carry me up to the sky While you can still choose you'd better off leave me behind I've met angels like you who think they can turn me around But your tiny wings won't lift me up off the ground

10 years ago you should have seen me Drunk and abusing my friends Your angel face reminds me Of someone I lost way back then

Heavenly child don't take this the wrong way I'm saying what I'm saying cos I love you There’s two sets of gates marked sinners and saints You’re not coming my way

Heavenly child don't turn the wrong way Take my advice and just leave Go find some saint cos that's what I ain't And you deserve better

An angel like you could carry me up to the sky While you can still choose you'd better off leave me behind I've met angels like you who think they can turn me around But your tiny wings won't lift this weight off the ground

Michigan Life

Anybody can tell you if you're out on the street You’re gonna have to be built for speed Any hustler can turn you cos you’re seeking belief angel And they're just trading sweet release Anybody can see you been down on your knees for most of your life Anybody can see I been dreading this evening for most of my life

Beth is out on the street and she's working those dates again She's had nothing to taste for 48 hours or more Dragging juice from the tracks And he's braining the chambermaids See how they run

I bet you never believed them When they said it was easy, this vagrant life You’ve been out on the street And now you need to retreat If just for one night Anybody can see I've been down on my knees for most of my life Anybody can see you've been dreading this evening for most of your life

Beth is out on the street and she's working those dates again She's had nothing to taste for 48 hours or more Dragging juice from the tracks And he's braining the chambermaids See how they run

I saw a face in a window on Michigan Avenue I heard a voice in the rush and the sigh of the lakeshore wind I remember the light in your wine on a winter's day Where have you gone?

I saw a face in a window on Michigan Avenue I was riding a cab with a Detroit voodoo queen I remember the light in your wine on a winter's day Where have you gone?

I Will Be There

If you find yourself crying and your way's unclear If you’re sick of the talking, talk that only leads to tears If you were ever to call me well lord I'd heed your prayer If you ever did want If you ever did need me I'd be there

If you're lost in the Badlands don't feel no fear If you’re alone in the Delta dawn darling I'm still here If you take to the mountaintop I'm sure to hear your prayer If you ever did want if you ever did need me I will be there

To hear you bawl like a child You sing a song about emptiness To sing a song about loneliness And I would crawl the wire tonight To feel the warmth of your tenderness To feel the touch of your soft caress

I never knew when I met you, ten years ago That there'd be something inside of me that would not let you go And in a shimmer of heat haze I watched your taillights disappear But I knew in my heart if you ever did call me I'd be there

And now I bawl like a child I sing a song about emptiness I sing a song about loneliness And I would crawl the county line To feel the warmth of your tenderness To feel the touch of your soft caress

If you ever did If you ever did Well now I trawl the gulf shoreline Still searching for your lights And I would crawl the wire tonight Just to feel your touch on mine

If you ever did wonder I still care If you ever do need me angel I will be there

Five Days A Week

Standing outside on 6th Avenue Down with the smokers I'm waiting for you And the cold wind blows Cupping the matchbook between frozen hands Bend to the flame and we've both learned to make These three minutes last so long

We both know we must go

And it's alright by me Cos I have you five days a week And it's all we'll ever be

Meet for our last a quarter till five Then back on the train to our ordinary lives Does he know? Does it show? Saturday Sunday alone in my room 48 hours that can't pass too soon We both know this can't go on

Monday calls and again I fall But it's alright by me Cos I have you five days a week And it's all I'll ever see

And my dream's like a smoke ring rising Keeps me hoping can't stop hoping Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday All day

Whipping Boy

You're the whipping boy And it's what you do And nobody plays that game As good as you And you take for him And you give to her And you show your lights With a flash of fur

You're the whipping boy And your back is scarred And your lady lingers in the chamber dark And your King is crazed And the leeches feed And your fingertips Tingle with deceit

Make love so fine Your love is Angel Dust you spread the spell Soft limbs entwined I curse the day I ever slept beside you

Whipping boy you feed it They told you you need it Whipping boy they hurt you They twist and desert you

And you take for him And you give to her And your diamonds are deep In the Crowns cracked earth

Make love so fine Your love is Angel Dust you spread the spell Soft limbs entwined I curse the day I ever slept beside you

Whipping boy you feed it They told you they need it Whipping boy they hurt you They twist and desert you

Berber Gold

Stories in patterns on the high desert floor Can only be read from the sky Leave love songs for me in the silt out on the reef And drink scarlet warm from the south

And so like the flower gropes blind for the sun A glimpse of the dogwood is enough And gypsies are crying out their salt tears of silver for

The floor of heaven to strike chimes at midnight On bells forged of pure Berber gold With diamond shivers the coal black river Winds somewhere safe in your soul

Sing with the witches and the bands of barbed wire But don’t stray too far from control Stare from the cloud capped towers at sunshine in the chords And see how the pageant grows cold

And so like the flower gropes blind for the sun A glimpse of the dogwood is enough And Venus is crying out her salt tears of silver for

The floor of heaven to strike chimes at midnight On bells forged of pure Berber gold With diamond shivers the proud black river Winds somewhere deep in your soul