I gave a stranger a ride
He was wearing a coat and a tie
Out in the summer’s heat

He had a craggy old face
Carried a cardboard suitcase
A relic from another time

I could tell he lived a life
So full of strife
Sorrow and tears

I knew he had some stories to tell
He live through some hell
Spellbound was I

I knew
That when we were through
I’d be availed Of a vivid tale
Of a traveler out on the road

The man then turned his face
As if in disgrace
From the story he was about to tell

I could see
That he was never free
From his own living hell

He said when he was young
He and a friend liked to have fun
At a secret lake

But one day his friend jumped in
But before he could swim
The water started to roil

He watched from the edge of the lake
His friend all covered with snakes
Who yelled to him not to jump in
He never came up again

I got a blue soul today
Someone I knew has passed away
I got a blue soul today
Still I carry on another day

Someone called me up said have you heard
Everybody on the street’s passed the word
One of our brothers has lost the fight
Now he’s gone like a comet in the night

I got a blue soul today
Someone I knew has passed away
I got a blue soul today
Still I carry on another day

I remember when we were laughing and carrying on
We used to party until the dawn
Man we had some good times I know
Too bad in time they all got to go

25 miles from Memphis
Going up highway 61
Mississippi in my mirror
Leaving trouble
Looking for fun

I served my time out on Parchment farm
Committed for a crime
But i didnt mean no harm

People like me
Cant put it all behind them
No matter what they do
Trouble always finds them

Now memphis is in my headlights
Theres a fever in my soul
Im wound up like a jack in the box
Im ready to lose control

Oh to be free on a Saturday night
No chains on my feet
Just for one night of my
Troubled life im gonna be released

The moon he seems like a long lost friend
He follows wherever I go
I’ve got these thoughts inside of me
That only he will know
Two feral cats stalk the midnight street
They arch up their backs for a fight
A desperate scene played out in the dark
On a desperate night

Am I the only one that walks these streets alone
Am I the only one who feels so far from home

I’m out of money I’m out of luck
I’m out of favor with the folks back home
I’d rather be free than on bended knee
And so these streets I roam

Am I the only one that walks these streets alone
Am I the only one who feels so far from home

When daylight comes I must return
Like a vampire into the void
The late night streets are the only place
Where I can find any joy

Am I the only one that walks these streets alone
Am I the only one who feels so far from home

You were not my first love
But you will be my last
You mean more to me
Than memories from the past

You are my last love
Let’s make it last, love
You’re my love to my last breath
You’re my love until my death

When we spoke our vows
We said “til death do us part”
And I still know now
That you are fixed in my heart

You are my last love
Let’s make it last, love
You’re my love to my last breath
You’re my love until my death

Do you think I ever regret?
Do you think I’ll meet someone yet?
But all your fears are so absurd
Because you are the final word

I want to know your passions
I want to know your heart
I love you for your fashion
I love you for your art

I have my eye on the sparrow
I have my eye on the dove
You shot me with your arrow
You gave me wings with your love

Thrill me with all your flowing lines
Create in me a new design
Oh what a masterpiece

The skill that guides your hands
Mold in me a brave new man
I would sail the seven seas

I look out on the rooftops
The rain has left a fine gray mist
Am I high from the calvados
Am I high from your kiss?

I have walked these streets alone
A thousand or more miles from home
Then you looked my way

A tomcat up to tomfoolery
I thought you would be cool to me
You took in this scruffy stray

Woke up in the afternoon
Didn’t recognize the room
Note on the table said Had a great time
See ya in another life

If I could remember the good times that I had
Maybe I could be happy and not feel so sad

My life is just a late night binge
I’m at the point of coming unhinged
I’ll take bourbon, tequila, or gin
Anything to get back that glow again

If I could remember the good times that I had
Maybe I could be happy and not feel so sad

GLOW – I believe in it
GLOW – I’m in need of it

Ever since I was born I’ve been living on the run
Living by the skin of my teeth By every trick and every con
But I never hurt no one That didn’t hurt me first
I know that I’ll be blessed For a lifetime of being cursed.

Some say I’m guilty I’m innocent as a lamb
I mind my own business But I’m always in a jam
Some say the hangman Has got to have his day
I keep on running To FIGHT ANOTHER DAY

Tomorrow I must catch a train On my way to another town
I always pull myself up Before it pulls me down
I’ve always been hungry For the finer things
But now I’d trade it all For just one set of wings

Some say I’m guilty I’m innocent as a lamb
I mind my own business But I’m always in a jam
Some say the hangman Has got to have his day
I keep on running To FIGHT ANOTHER DAY

Nothing lasts forever
It’s a cold hard truth
Not the flowers in springtime
Nor the fantasies of youth
Everything must perish
With the sands of time
Nothing lasts forever in this life

Nothing lasts forever
Empires ruins will display
All the stoney castles
Will crumble and decay
All the mighty warriors
Will fall in the final fight
Because nothing lasts forever in this life

Nothing lasts forever
The same for you and I
One day we must burn out
Like the sun in the sky
When the stars are all fallen
Into eternal night
What will be remembered of this life

Now that you found me at the end of the world
Now you know that I’m somewhere beyond the blues
Now that you found me at the end of the world
Am I someone that you thought you knew

I know that if you stay for a drink
The moon gets in my eyes and I start to think
You were the one that made me go away
What is it that you want me to say?

Now that you found me at the end of the world
Do you want me to tell you I think about you girl
Now that you found me at the end of the world
How can you separate the oyster from the pearl?

I came here to be alone in this place by the sea
Hoping one day my soul will be free
Why did you come here after all this time
Must we return to the scene of the crime?

It’s storming its raining
What’s the use complaining
I may sink or I may drown
But I can’t let that get me down

Cause I know there’s good times still ahead
And I can’t let my heart be filled with dread

Just as the storm is peaking
The ceiling has started leaking
The thunder has started moving on
I know these clouds will soon be gone

And I know there’s good times still ahead
And I can’t let my heart be filled with dread

If I had my way
There’d be nobody fighting
There’d be nobody dying
Just a long happy life

If I had my way
There’d be nobody lying
There’d be nobody crying
Except to cry sweet tears of joy

Oh to live in an innocent world
I know its just a dream
But what else can I do

If I have my way
I’m gonna try to be much kinder
But if I ever need a reminder
I can always trust in you

Oh to live in an innocent world
I know its just a dream
But what else can I do

When you were young /and had no worries
You were never in a hurry
You knew that time would take its time with you
There were lots of fresh faced boys
Who brought you lots of toys
You were overjoyed always someone new

Now your young world has ended
All the roles you once pretended
Memories are now suspended forever in time
Welcome to your Everafter
Standing on all you’ve gathered
Will you get to keep the laughter - did the stars align?

When you were young and had no vices
Didn’t look at the prices
You threw the dice like the world was free
How you danced by the star light
Made romance by the car light
So entranced at life’s ecstasy

Now your young world has ended
All the roles you once pretended
Memories are now suspended forever in time
Welcome to your Everafter
Standing on all you’ve gathered
Will you get to keep the laughter - did the stars align?

You used to wonder what the future brings
Now there is no more surprise
You used to be in awe of everything
Now the truth is in your eyes

Outside the season is changing again
Papers are blowing in the autumn wind
The leaves on the trees have lost their cling on life

I feel blue without you
I’m so blue without you

Time races on but time stands still
I’ve got to swallow this bitter pill
I stay in place while you’re moving on

I feel blue without you
I’m so blue without you

Got nothing left to talk about
Soft sunny days are running out
Another hard winter is just around the bend
Everyday is colder than before
Its hard to be a soldier back from the war
But I don’t want you to pretend

I feel blue without you
I’m so blue without you
I feel blue without you
I’m so blue without you

Holed up in a Hollywood bar
With a bourbon on the rocks and cashews in a jar
Trying to get away from everything
From the jukebox Eddie Arnold sings

And I’m THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND
I’m back in my zone again
I’m THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND
And I know that this much heaven must be a sin

I came in on Tuesday
I planned on being a star
Now its come on Thursday
And I ended up in this bar

And I’m THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND
I’m back in my zone again
I’m THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND
And I know that this much heaven must be a sin

They offered me a walk on part
A chance to meet some celebrities
But I said that’s alright
I’ve got somewhere else to be
I’ve got to be the star Of my own fantasy

And I’m THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND
I’m back in my zone again
I’m THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND
And I know that this much heaven must be a sin

There’s a Miller High Life beer clock
Hanging on the wood panel walls
And one of those moving light pictures
That looks like Niagara Falls
I can see the water looks like its pouring out on me
I guess I’m past the point Of Sobriety.

And I’m THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND
I’m back in my zone again
I’m THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND
And I know that this much heaven must be a sin

The gardener knows that his cause is lost
In the end the weeds will wander
But the gardener still must do what he must
Until he too is tilled under
La la la la la la la la la…

The favored flowers feel so special
As they show off their bright colored petals
While the weeds just creep and set their anchor deep
Pressing on while the innocents sleep
La la la…

Still the weeds present their flowers too
Like rebels rising up to make a coup
Until the gardener through vigilant toil
Uproots the infidels from the soil
La la la…

But we cannot change the everlasting truth
The weeds have grown the deepest root
And when the gardener has turned to bone
Around his grave the weeds have grown
La la la…