I remember when I was a little girl, our house caught on fire I'll never forget the look on my father's face as he gathered me up In his arms and raced through the Burning building out on the pavement And I stood there shivering in my pajamas And watched the whole world go up in flames And when it was all over I said to myself Is that all there is to a fire? 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 And when I was twelve years old My daddy took me to the circus, the greatest show on Earth There were clowns and elephants and 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 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 And then I fell in love With the most wonderful boy in the world We'd take long walks by the river or Just sit for hours gazing into each other's eyes We were so very much in love Then one day he went away and I thought I'd die, but I didn't And when I didn't I said to myself Is that all there is to love? Is that all there is, is that all there is? If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep I know what you must be saying to yourselves If that's the way she feels about it why doesn't she just end it all? Oh, no, not me, I'm not ready for that final disappointment Because I know just as well as I'm standing here talking to you That when that final moment comes and I'm Breathing my last breath, I'll be saying to myself 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

You're there I'm here Let's dance My dear What's your name? How do you do? What's the game? Hallelujah I saw a girl The way she moved It changed the way I see the world And that girl is you And this is for real How do you do? I sing Hallelujah You're there I'm here But let's dance My dear What's your name? How do you do? What's the game? Oh, Hallelujah I saw a girl And the way she moved It changed the way I see the world That girl is you And this is for real How do you do? Oh, Hallelujah You're there And I'm here Let's dance My dear What's your name? How do you do? And your game Hallelujah

Boys, I'm mellow as a honeydew, yeah That cat is high Look at that look in his eye Oh man, he's high Yes, higher than a kite That cat is high Look at that look in his eye Man, I wouldn't lie The cat's higher than a kite Now when you see him stumblin' Bubbed in and down the street You know that cat's been drinkin' Got no shoes upon his feet Man he's high I said that cat is high Yes, he's high Man, he's higher than a kite That cat is high Look at that look in his eye Man, I wouldn't lie That cat's higher than a kite Boys, he's high Just look at them two black eyes You know I wouldn't lie He's higher than the sky When you see him tippin' Round and round the block Know that cat he's very beat Hip clean down to his socks That cat is high Boys, I wouldn't lie Oh my, oh my He's higher than a kite, yeah Shoot the liquor to me, John Boy When you see him stumblin' Up and down the street You know that cat's been drinkin' Got no shoes upon his feet Man, he's high Yes, he's high, my, oh my I want the home cookin' mama with the fryin' pan I know that cat's high, yeah

Ow! Cat's droolin' on the bar stool Shake your hips and crack your whips Cheap seventeen and trashed out You went too far, been a bitch you are Your reputation's in the bathroom It's on the wall and down the hall I hear you're cheatin' with my teacher After school, tell me what you do? When you know You always get the boys you like Play nice then stick them with your knife Take off your insecure disguise Is that you, crawlin' up my stairs? Is that you? (Is that you, crawlin' up my stairs?) Is that you, lookin' half way dead? Write on the mirror with your lipstick Much too vain, got scattered brains You used me just enough to get off Act your age, get off your stage When you know You always get the boys you like Play nice then stick them with your knife Take off your insecure disguise Is that you, crawlin' up my stairs? Is that you? (Is that you, crawlin' up my stairs?) Is that you, lookin' half way dead? Is that you? (Is that you, lookin' half way dead?) Is that you, with your long black hair? Ow! You always get the boys you like Play nice then stick them with your knife You always get the boys you like Play nice then stick them with your knife Take off your insecure disguise Is that you, crawlin' up my stairs? Is that you? (Is that you, crawlin' up my stairs?) Is that you, lookin' half way dead? Is that you? (Is that you, lookin' half way dead?) Is that you (Is that you?) with your long black hair? Is that you, crawlin' up my stairs? (Is that you?) Is that you? (Is that you, crawlin' up my stairs?) Oh, baby Is that you (Is that you?) lookin' half way dead? Is that you? (Is that you, lookin' half way dead?) Oh, baby Is that you (Is that you?) with your long black hair? Is that you? (Is that you with your long black hair?) Oh, baby, is that you? (Is that you crawlin' up my stairs?) Oh, baby, is that you? (Is that you baby half way dead?) Oh, baby, is that you?

Because I always feel like running Not away, because there is no such place Because, if there was I would have found it by now Because it's easier to run Easier than staying and finding out you're the only one Who didn't run Because running will be the way your life and mine Will be described As in "the long run" Or as in having given someone "A run for his money" Or as in "running out of time" (Time, time, time, time, time) Because running makes me look like everyone else Though I hope there will ever because for that Because I will be running in the other direction Not running for cover Because if I knew where cover was I would stay there and never have to run for it Because the thing I fear cannot be escaped Eluded, avoided, hidden from, protected from, gotten away from Not without showing the fear as I see it now Because closer, clearer, no sir, nearer Because of you and because of that nice That you quietly, quickly be causing (Because I always feel like running) And because you're going to see me run soon And because you're going to know why I'm running then You'll know then Because I'm not going to tell you now (Because I always feel like running)

This is called The Vulture And a lot of people think it's a poem And after they hear me sing it they're sure it's a poem But, uh We're gonna take a shot at it anyway Remember this is a feel like thing Do whatever you feel like If you feel like clapping your hands You can do that Standing in the ruins Oh, of another black man's life Or flying through the valley There, separating day and night "I am death", cried the vulture "Yes, for the people of the light" Charon brought his raft Then came from a sea that sails on souls I saw the scavenger departing Oh, taking warm hearts to the cold He knew the ghetto was a haven For the meanest creature ever known In a wilderness of heartbreak Yes and a desert of despair Evil's clarion of justice Oh, shrieks a cry of naked terror He's taking babies from their mamas And leaving grief beyond compare You see the vulture coming And he's flying circles in your mind There'll be no escaping For he will follow close behind Only promised me a battle Yeah, a battle for your soul and mine Your soul and mine He's taking babies from their mamas And he's leaving Leaving Leaving Leaving Leaving Thank you, that's called The Vulture

And from the Indians who welcomed the pilgrims And to the buffalos who one ruled the plain Like the vultures circling beneath the dark clouds Looking for the rain Looking for the rain Just like the cities staggered on the coastline Livin' in a nation that just can't take much more Like the forest buried beneath the highway Never had a chance to grow Never had a chance to grow And now It's winter Seem like winter in America The time when all of the healers done been killed Or they been betrayed But the people know All of the them know it's winter Seem like winter in America And ain't nobody fighting, Because nobody knows what to save Save your soul Lord know it's winter in America The Constitution, a noble piece of paper would free society, It struggled but then died in vain And now Democracy is ragtime on the corner Hoping for rain It's been hoping for some rain And I see the robins perched in barren treetops They're watching last-ditch racists marching across the floor And may peace sign that vanished in our dreams Never had a chance to grow Never had a chance to grow And somebody won't know till it's winter It's cold as like winter in America This the time when all of the healers done been killed Or they been betrayed People know, all the people know it's winter Yeah, it feel like winter in America The truth is there ain't nobody fighting Because nobody know what to save Winter in America It's winter, It's cold as like winter in America This the time when all of the healers done been killed Or they been betrayed People know, some know It's winter Yeah, it seem like winter in America The truth is there ain't nobody fighting, Because nobody know what to save Nobody fighting, nobody fighting Nobody knows, nobody knows What to do, what to do The truth is there ain't nobody fighting, Because nobody knows what to save

Thank you for the song, for your accomodation capital The accomodation that we come throughout a song it's called, Washington D.C. And just as you think, you heard it all that come with a little bit force When you hear this, soon i'll keep improve, say Symbols of democracy, pinned up against the coast Outhouse of bureaucracy, surrounded by a moat Citizens of poverty are barely out of sight Overlords escape their evening with brothers of the night Morning come and bring the tourists, craning rubber necks Catch a glimpse of the cowboy making the world a nervous wreck It's a mass of irony for all the world to see It's the nation's capital, it's Washington D.C. It's the nation's capital It's the nation's capital It's the nation's capital, it's Washington D.C. (Mmmh) May not have the glitter or the glamour of L.A. May not have the history or the intrigue of Pompeii But when it comes to making music, and sure enough making news People who just don't make sense and people making do It's a ball of contradictions, pulling different ways Between the folks who come and go, and one's who've got to stay It's a mass of irony for all the world to see It's the nation's capital, it's Washington D.C. It's the nation's capital It's the nation's capital I'm talking about the capital, it's Washington D.C. Seems to me, it's still in light time people knifed up on 14th street Makes me feel it's always the right time for them people Showing up and coming clean Did make the one seem kind of numb Again, it's the nation's capital It's the nation's capital I'm talking about the capital, it's Washington D.C. (Mmh) Symbols of democracy, pinned up against the coast Outhouse of bureaucracy, surrounded by a moat Citizens of poverty are barely out of sight Overlords escape here in the brothers of the night Morning come and bring the tourists, craning rubber necks Catch a glimpse of the cowboy making the world a nervous wreck It's a mass of irony for all the world to see It's the nation's capital, it's Washington D.C. It's the nation's capital It's the nation's capital I'm talking about the capital, it's Washington D.C. It's the nation's capital I'm talking about the capital, feel anything the capital It's Washington D.C. It's the biggest capital, sure and I'm sing it's the capital The punishment is capital in Washington D.C. Say, somebody say, somebody say Where you going?, what you do? It's the nation's capital, sure you don't feel the capital? I'm talking about the capital, a-aha-aha Say, yeah, go about but, I don't care but Washington D.C. Thank very much, thank you, thank you very much appreciated

Because I always feel like running Not away because there's no such place Because if there was, I would've found it by now Because it's easier to run Easier than staying and finding out You're the only one who didn't run Because running will be the way Your life and mine will be described As in "the long run" Or as in having given someone a "run for his money" Or as in "running out of time" Because running makes me look like everyone else Though I hope there will never be cause for that Because I will be running in the other direction Not running for cover Because if I knew where cover was I would stay there and never have to run for it Not running for my life Because I have to be running for something of more value To be running and not in fear Because the thing I fear cannot be escaped Eluded, avoided, hidden from, protected from, gotten away from Not without showing the fear as I see it now Because closer, clearer, no sir, nearer Because of you and because of that nice That you quietly, quickly be causing And because you're going to see me run soon And because you're going to know why I'm running then You'll know then Because I'm not going to tell you now