The Ballad of Gunga Din - Jim Croce

Woke up again To my chagrin Getting sick and tired of feeling sick and tired again I tried to write 'Cause, I got the right To make it look, as if I'm doing something, with my life Got to, find a vein It's always, the same And a drink, to ease the panic and the suffering I woke, up again Dreamt of, Gunga Din Oh, the road is long If you, stay strong You're a better man, than I You've been, beaten and flayed Probably betrayed You're a better man, than I Woke up again To my, evil twin That mirror, is fucking ugly and I'm sick and tired of looking at him Been up, all night I probably, picked a fight 'Cause I can't help it, I'm a bastard in the morning So I try, to write I think, I have the right A little drinky now and then to help me, just to see the light Just another day And it feels like, nothing's changed Oh, fuck it Oh, here I go again Oh, the road is long If you, stay strong You're a better man, than I You've been, beaten and flayed Probably betrayed You're a better man, than I What's the point, in you now? I can't chase, you know how Oh, leave me alone I've got, those Monday blues, straight from Sunday blues Oh, the road is long If you, stay strong You're a better man, than I You've been, beaten and flayed Probable betrayed You're a better man, than I La la-la la, la la-la la, la la-la la la La la-la la, la la-la la, la la-la la la Oh what are you doing, you stupid fucking idiot? Wake up! Hey!

Oggi piove Nella valle E Roncocesi ormai è alle spalle Torno a casa Come i cani A sbranare Gli aquiloni Yeah Testa o croce passa il tempo Braghe corte e poi In un lampo I ricordi Pelle d'oca E una lacrima Da mezza lira Dove sarai Casa mia Come sarai Vita mia Oh no no no Che sospesi per aria E ci giri via Come fiori Oh no no no Come piume nell'aria Portati via siamo soli Dove sarai Casa mia Come sarai Vita mia Oh no no no Che sospesi per aria E ci giri via Come fiori Oh no no no Come piume nell'aria Portati via siamo soli Na na Nainanana Na na Nainanana If you make him cry Aria siamo aria Nell'aria Solo aria And don't make him cry Testa o croce Torno piano Che quel cerco ormai È già lontano

Hear the bells ring six o'clock In three more hours I must go And catch that train out of Colorado Head for the texas rodeo Hear the bells ring seven o'clock Wish I could stay here in your arms And hold you tight like I did last night And never forget about your charms Hear the bells ring eight o'clock In one more hour I must go But if you kiss me again like that I'II say the hell with the texas rodeo Hear the bells ring nine o'clock Guess I might of missed my train So here we'll stay and here we'll lay And liste to the clock on the mantel ring

Well, out of Southern Illinois Come a down home country boy He's gonna make it in the city playin' guitar in the studio Oh, well, he hadn't been there an hour When he met a Broadway flower You know she took him for his money, and she left him in a cheap hotel Oh, well, it's easy for you to see That that country boy is me Say, and how am I gonna ever break the news to the folks back home? Well, I was gonna be a great success Things sure ended up a mess But in the process, I got messed up too But hello mama and dad, I had to call collect 'Cause I ain't got a cent to my name Well, I'm a sleepin' in the hotel doorway And tonight they say it's gonna rain And if you'd only send me some money Oh, I'll be back on my feet again Send it in care of the Sunday Mission Box number ten Well, back in Southern Illinois They're still worryin' 'bout their boy But this boy's goin' home soon as he gets the fare Because as soon as I got my bread I got a pipe upside my head You know they left me in an alley, took my money and my guitar too And hello mama and dad, I had to call collect 'Cause I ain't got a cent to my name Well, I'm a-sleepin' in the hotel doorway And tonight they say it's gonna rain And if you'd only send me some money I'll be back on my feet again Send it in care of the Sunday Mission Box number ten

Lazy days in mid July Country Sunday mornin' Dusty haze on summer highways Sweet magnolia callin' But now and then I find myself Thinkin' of the days When we were walkin' in the Alabama Rain Drive in movies, Friday nights Drinkin' beer and laughin' Somehow things were always right I just don't know what happened But now and then I find myself Thinkin' of the days When we were walkin' in the Alabama Rain We were only kids but then I never heard it said That kids can't fall in love and feel the same I can still remember the first time I told you I loved you On a dusty mid July Country summer's evenin' A weepin' willow sang its lullabies And shared its secrets But now and then I find myself Thinkin' of the days When we were walkin' in the Alabama Rain Walkin' in the Alabama Rain

I guess that it was bound to happen Was just a matter of time Now I've come to my decision And it's a one of the painful kind 'Cause now it seems that you wanted a martyr Just a regular guy wouldn't do But baby, I can't hang upon no lover's cross for you You really gotta hand it to ya 'Cause girl you really tried But for every time that we spent laughin' There were two times that I cried And you were tryin' to make me your martyr And that's the one thing I just couldn't do 'Cause baby, I can't hang upon no lover's cross for you 'Cause tables are meant for turnin' And people are bound to change And bridges are meant for burnin' When the people and memories They join aren't the same Still I hope that you can find another Who can take what I could not He'll have to be a super guy Or maybe a super god 'Cause I never was much of a martyr before And I ain't 'bout to start nothin' new And baby, I can't hang upon no lover's cross for you 'Cause tables are meant for turnin' And people are bound to change And bridges are meant for burnin' When the people and memories They join aren't the same But I hope that you can find another Who can take what I could not He'll have to be a super guy Or maybe a super god 'Cause I never was much of a martyr before And I ain't 'bout to start nothin' new And baby, I can't hang upon no lover's cross for you

Don't you know I had a dream last night That you were here with me Lyin' by my side so soft and warm And we talked a while And shared a smile And then we shared the dawn But when I woke up Oh, my dream it was gone Don't you know I had a dream last night And you were here with me Lyin' by my side so soft and warm And you said you'd thought it over You said you were coming home But when I woke up Oh, my dream it was gone I'm not the same Can you blame me Is it hard to understand I can't forget You can't change me I am not that kind of man Don't you know I had a dream last night And ev'rything was still And you were by my side so soft and warm And I dreamed that we were lovers In the lemon scented rain But when I woke up Oh, I found that again, I had been Dreamin', dreamin' again I had been dreamin,' dreamin' again