Give me a name More than a flame More than a metaphor What are you waiting for? An open door? Show me your face Set it in place Empty the reservoir What are you waiting for My Troubador?

Cherry, I'd like to love you Cherry, will you love me too? Someday I will take you away That's all I want to do I'll love you forever, Cherry Will you love me too? Sweet as a morning sunrise Fresh as a mountain dew Someday I will love you Cherry, will you love me too? I need you forever Cherry, will you need me too? I'll love you forever Cherry, will you love me too? Cherry, will you love me too?

Just below San Diego Tijuana land of broken dreams Senoritas dancing in the moonlight Flashing Spanish dark eyes Everyone, it seems They say, "Hey, gringo! Can you take us across the border Just tell them I'm your daughter Loco, loco" Down the backstreets Through the alleys All the young men Stand with pride They guard the palace To the kingdom Called Tijuana Their heritage they decide They say, "Hey, gringo! Can you take us across the border We'll work for just a quarter On the other side" They say, "Hey, gringo! Can you take us across the border We'll work for just a quarter On the other side"

How can you put me through these changes Why do you do me like you do It ain't no way I love-a-dee love nobody but you Let him go out and get with strangers Don't you turn my love to hate Ain't no man can love you like I can, and I do How can you put me through these changes Why do you do me like you do It ain't no way I love-a-dee love nobody but you How can you put me through these changes Why do you do me like you do

Monday morning comes too early Work my back to the bone All day Monday I keep thinking "Weekend's coming, gonna go home" Tuesday I hate, oh Tuesday Ain't no girls on the streets Tuesday it ain't good for nothing Drinking beer and watching TV Friday, Friday evening Come on Friday, it's been too long Friday, Friday evening Come on Friday, I wanna go home Friday, Friday evening Come on Friday, it's been too long Friday, Friday evening Come on Friday, I wanna go home Wednesday's hump day, hump day's Wednesday Over the hump, the week's half-gone If I had my pay on Wednesday I'd hang out, the hump day's gone Thursday, you know I feel better I can see the end in sight Think I'll write myself a letter Help myself through the night Friday, Friday evening Come on Friday, it's been too long Friday, Friday evening Come on Friday, I wanna go home Friday, Friday evening Come on Friday, it's been too long Friday, Friday evening Come on Friday, I wanna go home

Low-light moonlight comes through my window But these steel bars spoil the view You know that jailer thinks I'm guilty He don't know that I'm passing through Ain't no service in this prison Ain't no women I can see Doin' my time now, I been waiting For that jailer, set me free Lord that jailer, walks around here Like he owns my very soul You know that jailer's got the key Be so easy, let me go