Put a dead cat on the railroad tracks When the wolf bains blooming by the tressel Get the eyeball of a rooster, stones from a ditch Wash 'em down with bilge water Say you'll never snitch Take the buttons from a yellow jacket Feather from a buzzard Blood from the bounty hunters, cold black heart Catch the tears of a widow in a thimble made of glass Tell your mama and your papa They can kiss your ass Poison all the water in the wishin' well Hang all them scarecrows from a sycamore tree And burn down them honeymoons and put 'em in a pillow case Wait next to the switch blades at the amusement park for me Strangle all the Christmas carols, scratch out all you prayers Tie 'em up with barbed wire, push them down the stairs I'll whittle you a pistol Keepin' nightmares off your blinds Them sons of bitches always seem to sneak up from behind Syphon all the gas from your daddy's pickup truck Fill up Jonny's T-Bird, I got a couple bucks Put on little perfume and ribbon in your hair Be careful that you don't wake up the hounds Tear a bolt of lightning from the side of the sky Throw her in the cedar chest If you want me, I'll tell you why Bring the gear shift knob from a 49 mere Lie down here beside me, let me hold you in the dirt You're gonna tremble Tear the throat out of the night Sink your teeth into my shoulder Dig your nails into my back Tell that little girl to let go of my sleeve You'll be a woman when I catch you Come baby, fall in love with me With my double barrel shotgun A whole box of shells We'll celebrate the 4th of July We'll do a hounfred miles an hour spendin' someone elses dough Drive all the way to Reno on the wrong side of the road Wrong side of the road On the wrong side of the road Wrong side of the road Wrong side of the road Wrong side of the road

I can't seem to learn not to love you You get to me everytime You're someone I just can't say no to And you're so good at changing my mind Here I go down that wrong road again Goin' back where I've already been Even knowin' where it will end Here I go down that wrong road again Though I've seen the web that you're weavin' You and your soft easy lies Before I stop to think I'm believin' And I'm fallin' for you one more time Here I go down that wrong road again Goin' back where I've already been Even knowin' where it will end Here I go down that wrong road again Here I go down that wrong road again Goin' back where I've already been Even knowin' where it will end Here I go down that wrong road again (fading)

There's a black cat down on the quayside. Ship's lights, green eyes glowing in the dark. Two young cops handing out a beating: Know how to hurt and leave no mark. Down in the half-lit bar of the hotel There's a call for the last round of the day. Push back the stool, take that elevator ride. Fall in bed and kick my shoes away. Rocks on the road. Can't sleep through the wild sound of the city. Hear a car full of young boys heading for a fight. Long distance telephone keeps ringing out engaged: Wonder who you're talking with tonight. Who you talking with tonight? Rocks on the road. Tired plumbing wakes me in the morning. Shower runs hot, runs cold playing with me. Well, I'm up for the down side, life's a bitch And all that stuff: So come and shake some apples from my tree. Have to pay for my minibar madness. Itemised phone bill overload. Well now, how about some heavy rolling? Move these rocks on the road. Crumbs on the breakfast table. And a million other little things to spoil my day. Now how about a little light music To chase it all away? To chase it all away. There's a black cat down on the quayside. Ship's lights, green eyes glowing in the dark. Two young cops handing out a beating: Know how to hurt and leave no mark. Down in the half-lit bar of the hotel There's a call for the last round of the day. Push back the stool, take that elevator ride. Fall in bed and kick my shoes away. Kick my shoes away, kick my shoes away. Rocks on the road.

The heater's on The windows are thin I'm trying hard to keep this warmth in I turn to her, she's sound asleep Someplace I don't know Doesn't matter how far you've come You've always got further to go I tried to tell you, yeah I can only say it when we're apart About this storm inside of me And how I miss your quiet, quiet, quiet heart Two hours on My eyes are open There's bad blood between us And what did I say that made you cry? Our dream won't die Doesn't matter how far you come You've always got further to go I tried to tell you, yeah I can only say it when we're apart About this storm inside of me And how I miss your quiet, quiet, quiet heart What is that light? That small red light Scorpio rising Doesn't matter how far you come You've always got further to go I tried to tell you, yeah I can only say it when we're apart About this storm inside of me And how I miss your heart I, I tried to tell her, yeah I can only say it when we're apart About this storm inside of me And how I miss her quiet, quiet, quiet heart

Round and round, up and down Through the streets of your town Every day I make my way Through the streets of your town And don't the sun look good today? (Shine) But the rain is on its way (shine) Watch the butcher shine his knives (shine) And this town is full of battered wives Round and round, up and down Through the streets of your town Every day I make my way Through the streets of your town And I ride your river under the bridge (shine) And I take your boat out to the ridge (shine) 'Cause I love that engine roar (shine) But I still don't know what I'm here for Round and round, up and down Through the streets of your town Every day I make my way Through the streets of your town They shut it down They closed it down They shut it down They pulled it down Round and round, up and down Through the streets of your town Every day I make my way Through the streets of your town Round and round, up and down Through the streets of your town Every day I make my way Through the streets of your town Round and round, up and down Through the streets of your town Every day I make my way Through the streets of your town Round and round, up and down Through the streets of your town

A white moon appears Like a hole in the sky, The mangroves go quiet. In la Brisa de la Palma A teenage Rasputin Takes the sting from a gin, "When a woman learns to walk She's not dependent anymore A line front her letter May 24 And out on the bay The current is strong A boat can go lost. But I didn't know someone Could be so lonesome Didn't know a heart Could be tied up And held for ransom. Until you take your shoes And go outside, stride over stride. Walk to that tide because The door is open wide. Turned the fan off And went for a walk By the lights down on Shield Street. The birds in the trees Open their wings ... He goes home again. He dreams resistance, They talk commitment, Things change over long distance. Took the shirt off his back The eyes from his head And left him for dead. But I didn't know someone Could be so lonesome Didn't know a heart Could be tied up And held for ransom. Until you take your shoes And go outside, stride over stride, Walk to that tide because The door is open wide. Little lies, they'll take your pride. Until you take your shoes And go outside. stride over stride, Walk to that tide because The door is open wide. Stride over stride Walk to that tide. Bye, Bye Pride. Because the door is open wide. The door is always open wide. The door is always open wide.

I'd never met her type she ignored me and that's alright Never to be friends or my body lie on her floor Her father works Her mother works in exports But that's of no importance at all I don't mind I don't mind To chase her A fools dream I'm 104 degrees With a Head Full of Steam All waitings up I'm on that team That says go forward With a Head Full of Steam She plays hard to get along with But she might drop by She never had a nickname But then nor have I I don't mind I don't mind To chase her A fools dream I'm 104 degrees With a Head Full of Steam All waitings up I'm on that team That says go forward With a Head Full of Steam Steam Steam Oh, I just want to know I'd never met her type She locked the door and the key Opened the windows for the neighbours to see Her climb on my knee To chase her A fools dream I'm 104 degrees With a Head Full of Steam All waitings up I'm on that team That says go forward With a Head Full of Steam Go Forward Go forward now Go forward Go forward now

Just pulled out of a train station we're moving sideways I'm sitting here with three other people in the carriage Passing churches, passing stations, a bustling complex I see a sequence 22 rivers out my window Pushing you away from me Pushing you away from me The skyscrapers the cloud scratchers The sandwich maker the trollycar pusher Pushing you away from me Pushing you away from me Etterzhausen, Frankfurt Central, here comes a city And why do people who read Dostoevsky always look like Dostoevsky? A crowded train, a silent night The country's black and the cities are bright On this flight, through the night On this flight, historic night

Dressed in a white shirt with my hair combed straight Here in my black shoes and me without a date Me without hindsight, me without When will change come, just like spring rain Falling down like sheets (Falling down like sheets) Coming down like love (Coming down like love) Falling at my feet (Falling just like) Spring rain Standing on the lawn with cousins and child brides Caught for the camera on their best sides Being caught forewarned their best sides When will change come just like spring rain Falling down like sheets (Falling down like sheets) Coming down like love (Coming down like love) Falling at my feet (Falling just like) Spring rain Driving my first car, my elbow's in the breeze With all these people that I never, never need These people are excited by their cars I want surprises just like spring rain Falling just like sheets (Falling just like sheets) Coming down so hard (Coming down so hard) Falling at my feet (Falling just like) Spring rain Coming down like love (Coming down like love) Falling here so smooth (Falling here so smooth) Falling in that groove (Falling just like) Spring rain Falling down like love (Falling, falling) Coming down so hard (Falling down) You hear it fall falling down Spring rain Falling just like love (Falling, falling) Falling down so hard (Falling down) You hear it fall falling down