Middle of the Road

In the middle of the road,
Is trying to find me.
I'm standing in the middle of life with my pains behind me.

But, I got a smile
For everyone I meet.
Long as you don't try dragging my bay,
Or dropping a bomb on the street.

Come on baby,
Get in the road.
Come on now,
In the middle of the road, yeah.

In the middle of the road,
You see the darnest things.
Like fat cats driving around in jeeps through the city,
Wearing big diamond rings and silk suits.
Past corrugated tin shacks holed up with kids and
Man I don't mean a Hampstead nursery.
But when you own a big chunk of the bloody third world,
The babies just come with the scenery.

Come on baby,
Get in the road.
Come on now,
In the middle of the road, yeah.

One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six.

In the middle of the road,
Is my private cul de sac.
I can't get from the cab to the curb,
Without some little jerk on my back,
Don't harass me kid,
Can't you tell I'm going home, I'm tired as hell,
I'm not the cat I used to be,
I've got a kid, I'm thirty-three baby.
Get in the road.
Come on now,
In the middle of the road.

Back on the Chain Gang

I found a picture of you.
Oh, what hijacked my world at night.
To a place in the past,
We've been cast out of.
Oh, now we're back in the fight.
We're back on the train yeah,
Oh, back on the chain gang.

Circumstance beyond our control,
Oh, the phone, the TV and the News of the World.
Got in my house like a pigeon from hell.
Oh, threw sand in our eyes descending like flies.
Oh, put as back on the train yeah,
Oh,
Back on the chain gang.

The powers that be,
Force us to live like we do.
Bring me to my knees,
When I see what they've done to you.

When I die as I stand here today,
Knowing that deep in my heart,
They'll fall to ruin one day,
For making us part.

I found a picture of you.
Those were the happiest days of my life.
Like a break in the battle was your part
Oh, in the wretched life of a lonely heart.
Now we're back on the train,
Oh, back on the chain gang.

Time the Avenger

Nobody's perfect,
Not even a perfect stranger.
Oh, but what a gal,
She was such a perfect stranger.
And you're the best in your field,
In your office,
With your girls, desk and leather chair.
Thought that time was on your side,
Not, it's time the avenger.

Nobody is permanent,
Everything is on loan here.
Even your wife and kids,
Could be gone next year.
And with what you have left,
You'll be forever, under pressure to support her.
And a lover who looks strangely,
Like time the avenger.

Time, time hear the bells chime.
Over the harbor in the city,
Time, one more vodka and lime,
To help paralyze that little
Tick, tick tick tick ...

Nobody's perfect,
Not even a perfect gent.
When you properly took the A train,
I wonder where your manners were.
You were standing at the station,
In your briefcase was your aftershave and underwear.
Can you hear the whistle blow,
Sounds like time the avenger.

Time, time hear the bells chime.
Over the harbor in the city.
Time kill another bottle of wine,
To help paralyze that little
Tick, tick tick tick ...

Watching the Clothes

Oh, Saturday night,
Mmm, everyone's having fun.
I'm at the laundromat,
Trying to get my washing done.

Like I've done before,
Time and time again.
Watching the clothes go 'round,
Another week sees its end.
Watching the clothes go 'round (x4)

Oh, I've been working hard,
Mmm, trying to make some money.
Would you like sour cream,
On your potato, honey.
I've been kissing ass,
Trying to keep clean.
Serving the middle class,
Yeah, it's a clean routine.
Watching the clothes go 'round (x4)

The dirty whites,
Mmm, getting whiter.
The dirty colors,
Getting brighter.
The dirty delicates,
Do the final rinse.
There goes my Saturday night,
I go without a fight.
Watching the clothes go 'round (x4)

Show Me

Show me the meaning of the word.
Show me the meaning of the word.
Cuz I've heard so much about it.
They say you can't live without it.

Welcome to the human race,
With its war, diseases and brutality.
You with your innocence and grace.
Restore some pride and dignity to our world in decline.
Welcome to the special place,
And our heart of stone that is cold and grey.
You with your angel face,
Keep the despair at bay, and send it away.

Show me the meaning of the word.
Show me the meaning of the word.
Cuz I've heard so much about it.
I don't want to live without it.

Oh,
I want love, I want love.
I want love.

Welcome here from outer space,
The Milky Way's still in your eyes.
You find yourself a hopeless case,
One who is seeking perfection on Earth, some kind of rebirth.

Show me the meaning of the word.
Show me the meaning of the word.
Cuz I've heard so much about it.
Don't make me live without it.

Oh, love.
I want love. I want
Love.

Thumbelina

Hush little baby
Don't you cry
When we get to Tucson
You'll see why

We left the snowstorms
And the thunder and rain
For the desert sun
We're gonna be born again

What's important
In this world
A little boy
A little girl

Hush little darling
Go to sleep
Look out the window
And count the sheep

That dot the hillsides
In the fields of wheat
Across America
As we cross America

What's important
Here today
The broken line
On the highway

All the love in the world for you, girl
Thumbelina, in a great, big scary world
All the love in the world for you, girl
Take my hand, and we'll make it through this world

Hush little baby
My poor little thing
You've been shuffled about
Like a pawned wedding ring

It must seem strange
Love was here then gone
And the Oklahoma sunrise
Becomes the Amarillo dawn

What's important
In this life
Ask the man
Who's lost his wife

My City Was Gone

I went back to Ohio
But my city was gone
There was no train station
There was no downtown
This whole town had disappeared
All my favorite places
My city had been pulled down
Reduced to parking spaces
Ay, oh, where did you go, Ohio

I went back to Ohio
But my family was gone
I stood on the back porch
But there was nobody home
I was stunned and amazed
My childhood memories
And the sun swirled past
Like the wind through the trees
Ay, oh, where did you go, Ohio

I went back to Ohio
But my pretty countryside
Had been paved down the middle
By a government that has no pride
The farms of Ohio
Had been replaced by shopping malls
And Muzak filled the air
From Seneca to Cuyahoga Falls
Ay, oh, where did you go, Ohio.

It's a Thin Line Between Love and Hate

It's a thin line, between love and hate.
It's a thin line, between love and hate.

It's 5 o'clock in the morning,
And you're just getting in.
Knock on the door,
A voice sweet and low says,
'Who is it?'
She opens up the door and lets you in
Never once asked where you've been
She says,
'Are you hungry, did you eat yet?'
'Let me hang up your coat, pass me your hat.'
All the time she's smiling, neve once raises her voice

It's 5 o'clock in the morning,
You don't give it a second thought.

It's a thin line, between love and hate.
It's a thin line, between love and hate.

Sweetest woman in the world,
Could be the meanest woman in the world
If you make her that way.
You keep hurting her,
She'll keep being quiet,
She might be holding something inside,
And really hurt you one day.

I see you in the hospital,
Bandaged from foot to head.
In a state of shock,
Just that much from being dead.
You couldn't believe a girl would do something like this,
You didn't think the girl had the nerve
But here you are,
I guess actions speak louder than words.

It's a thin line, between love and hate.
It's a thin line, between love and hate.

I Hurt You

I've been crying, like a woman.
Cuz I'm mad, mad, mad like a man.
You've been in the SS, in '43
You would have been kicked out, for cruelty.
I hurt you,
Cuz you hurt me.
So I hurt you,
Cuz you hurt me.

I've been wondering,
About your dependency.
Your idea of defiance,
Is a modern day mystery.
Your arms and chest are cold,
When your back is on fire.
And the only time you've come clean,
Is when you're talking to your buyer.
I hurt you,
Cuz you hurt me.
So I hurt you,
Cuz you hurt me.

Forget our philosophies,
We admired when we were young.
And our popular points of view,
Can't mean much.
Nothing, or something, or anything.
If we can't say I love you.

Happy Birthday darling,
Thank you for the schooling.
Your correction mistress warned me
Man she wasn't foolin'.
Never trust a user with your television overnight.
Don't try to paint your masterpiece under artificial light.
I hurt you,
Cuz you hurt me.
So I hurt you,
Cuz you hurt me.

2000 Miles

He's gone,
2000 miles,
Is very far.
The snows falling down.
It's colder day by day.
I miss you.
The children were singing,
He'll be back at Christmas time.

And these frozen and silent nights,
Sometimes in a dream,
You appear.
Outside under the purple sky,
Diamonds in the snow,
Sparkle.
Our hearts were singing,
It felt like Christmas time.

2000 miles.
Is very far through the snow
I'll think of you
Wherever you go.

He's gone,
2000 miles,
Is very far.
The snows falling down,
It's colder day by day.
I miss you.
I can hear people singing,
It must be Christmas time.
I hear people singing,
It must be Christmas time.

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