The Rock

There's a high wind blowin, & the stars are shining bright, Oh what a night, this is gonna be-- I think I'll let the world sleep without me. I got one eye open, one eye closed. & My thin body's trembling beneath the bedclothes, My hearts beatin' against the roof of my mouth --It's almost time to get out of this house. I got one hand on the radio, one hand on the wheel, I got my right foot on the floorboard,-- & I'm preparing to kill or be killed. There's a high wind blowin', & the stars are shining bright. & The rain upon the tarmac, --helps me sail through the traffic lights, I'm heading down to the dock of the bay, --to feel the power of the waves, I'm gonna move up close to that wind, & Wrestle with the thoughts solitude always brings. Y'see I'm stuck between hell & the deep blue sea, & I know that water's sucked under better man than me, I was just another western guy, --with desires that couldn't be satisfied, So one day, I asked the angels for inspiration, --but the devil bought me a drink, & He's been buying them ever since, He's had the liquor on my tongue --feel like the sea upon the sand, He's had me signing confessions --from this shaking hand, He's had me struggling to hang onto hope-- Like a drunken sailor in a tugboat With a bottle of vodka in my overcoat, & My dog eared bible lost--overboard Y'see he tricked me into temptation, So I've tricked him into this confrontation, I never said I was the man I appeared to be Not the flesh wrapped around the bones of necessity. Or the soul on fire--scribbling thoughts for posterity. I'm gonna have little lucifer, runnin' off to purgatory, --with his tail between his legs, I'm gonna teach him a lesson --he ain't ever gonna forget. All the vultures & crows are fixin up some tombstones But they won't be chewing the meat off my bones. There's a high wind blowin' & the stars are shining bright. Me & him are gonna have a little knife fight, --in the bowels of the big city skyline, Oh this feelin' inside runs dark & deep --Tonight my hearts not thumping --A Mercy Beat I was just another western guy, With desires that couldn't be--satisfied.

Everywhere you want I always go I always give in because, babe, you know You just say so, cause you give me that feeling inside That I know, I must be right It's the singer, not the song It's not the way you give in willingly Others do it without thrilling me Giving me that, same old, feeling inside That I know, I must be right It's the singer, not the song The same old places and the same old songs We've been going there for much too long There's something wrong and it gives me that feeling inside That I know, I must be right It's the singer, not the song It's the singer, not the song It's the singer, not the song

Baby, I feel good From the moment I rise Feel good from morning Till the end of the day Till the end of the day Yeah, you and me We live this life From when we get up Till we go sleep at night You and me we're free We do as we please, yeah From morning, till the end of the day Till the end of the day Yeah, I get up And I see the sun up And I feel good, yeah 'Cause my life has begun You and me we're free We do as we please, yeah From morning, till the end of the day Till the end of the day Till the end of the day Till the end of the day You and me we're free We do as we please, yeah From morning, till the end of the day Till the end of the day Till the end of the day Till the end of the day Till the end of the day Till the end of the day

I saw the light, I saw the light No more darkness, no more night Now I? m so happy, no sorrow in sight Praise the Lord, I saw the light I wandered so aimless, my heart filled with sin I wouldn? t let my dear Savior in Then Jesus came like a stranger in the night Praise the Lord, I saw the light I saw the light, I saw the light No more darkness, no more night Now I? m so happy, no sorrow in sight Praise the Lord, I saw the light Just like a blind man I wandered alone Worries and fears, I claimed for my own Then like the blind man that God gave back his sight Praise the Lord, I saw the light I saw the light, I saw the light No more darkness, no more night Now I? m so happy, no sorrow in sight Praise the Lord, I saw the light I was a fool to wander and stray Straight is the gate and narrow the way Now I have traded the wrong for the right Praise the Lord, I saw the light I saw the light, I saw the light No more darkness, no more night Now I? m so happy, no sorrow in sight Praise the Lord, I saw the light

The sky is her blue eyes Begin to open The storm is upon me But I'm chasin the sun And she's got me down on my knees Tryin' to crawl Through all of the winter Through all of the fall and yea yaa She's like a sweet summer A sweet summer day And I can't let her I can't let her go to waste She's like a sweet summer day I want to breathe in her air I want to crash through the waves Into her fields where These memories are made, yea yaa She's like a sweet summer A sweet summer day And I can't let her I can't let her go to waste She's like a sweet summer day Ohh ohh ohh ohh ohh ohh Now there's no turnin' back Lost somewhere deep inside of you The clouds have been lifted And you're breakin' through, ohh She's like a sweet summer A sweet summer day, aye aye aye Now I can't let her I can't let her go to waste (No no no) She's like a sweet summer, sweet summer day, aye aye aye I cannot let her I cannot let her go to waste She's like a sweet summer day (Ooo ooo) She's like a sweet summer day (Ooo ooo) She's like a sweet summer day (Ooo ooo) She's like a sweet summer day (Ooo ooo) She's like a sweet summer day (Ooo ooo) (Ohh)

I have heard the big music And I'll never be the same Something so pure Just called my name I have drowned in the big sea Now I find I'm still alive And I'm coming up for ever Shadows all behind me, ecstacy to come I have Climbed the big tree Touched the big sky I just stuck my hand up in the air And everything came into colour Like Jazz mana from sweet, sweet chariots I have seen the big mountain And I swear I'm halfway there (You'll never get there, you'll never get there, you'll never get there) But I will, I will always climb the mountain Because... I have heard the big music And I'll never be the same Something so pure Has called my name