Heart of mine be still,; You can play with fire, But you'll get the bill
If I had wings and I could fly,; I know where I would go.
Try to be pure at heart, they arrest you for robbery,; Mistake your shyness for aloofness, your shyness for snobbery
There's some people that; You don't forget,; Even though you've only seen'm; One time or two.
Oh, ev'ry thought that's strung a knot in my mind,; I might go insane if it couldn't be sprung.
And every one of them words rang true; And glowed like burnin' coal; Pourin' off of every page; Like it was written in my soul from me to you
I don't know why I love her but I just can't stop
Because something is happening here; But you don't know what it is; Do you, Mister Jones?
I'm sick of love but I'm in the thick of it
Man's ego is inflated, his laws are outdated, they don't apply no more
Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed; Dignity never been photographed
Some things last longer than you think they will; There are some kind of things you can never kill
Don't have to look no further, you're the soul of many things.
It's all been designed, he said, "To make you lose your mind,; And when you go back to find it, there's nothing there to find."
It's the ways of the flesh to war against the spirit; Twenty-four hours a day you can feel it and you can hear it; Using all the devices under the sun.
Well, it's always been my nature to take chances; My right hand drawing back while my left hand advances
In the home of the brave
Jefferson turnin’ over in his grave
your pleasure knows no limits
Well, I spied a girl and before she could leave,; "Let's go and play Adam and Eve."; I took her by the hand and my heart it was thumpin'; When she said, "Hey man, you crazy or sumpin',; You see what happened last time they started."
Your temperature's too hot for taming
Someone else is speakin' with my mouth, but I'm listening only to my heart.
Oh, baby, that god you been prayin' to; Is gonna give ya back what you're wishin' on someone else
When I'm all alone; In the great unknown,; I'll remember you.
And they're breaking down the distance; Between right and wrong.
Those are the hills of hell-fire my love; Where you and I will unite
I see people who are supposed to know better standin' around like furniture.
Everything passes,; Everything changes,; Just do what you think you should do.
Roses are red, violets are blue; And time is beginning to crawl
Somethin' there is about you that I can't quite put my finger on.
My feet are so tired, my brain is so wired
You can pound on the President's gate; But you oughta know by now it's gonna be too late.
We're going all the way 'til the wheels fall off and burn
I'll see you later when I'm not so out of my head,; Maybe next time I'll let the dead bury the dead.
I like the cool way you look at me,; Everything about you is bringing me; Misery.
I was in your presence for an hour or so; Or was it a day? I truly don't know.
And, when I was through; I filled up my shoe; And brought it to you.
She lit a burner on the stove and offered me a pipe; "I thought you'd never say hello," she said; "You look like the silent type."
How long can I stay drunk on fear out in the wilderness?
And you never ask questions; When God's on your side.
Something there is about you that brings back a long forgotten truth
I'm glad to see you're still alive, you're lookin' like a saint.
Thought I'd shaken the wonder and the phantoms of my youth
Do you know where we're headin'?; Lincoln County Road or Armageddon?
Either I'm too sensitive or else I'm gettin' soft.
She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns.
Once I had mountains in the palm of my hand,; And rivers that ran through ev'ry day.
Oh what dear daughter 'neath the sun; Would treat a father so,; To wait upon him hand and foot; And always tell him, "No"?
I'm in love with a woman who don't even appeal to me
I been hangin’ on threads
I been playin’ it straight
Now, I’ve just got to cut loose
Before it gets late
My love for her is taking such a long time to die
I finally realize there's no room for regret
Twenty years of schoolin' and they put you on the day shift
May you always know the truth; And see the lights surrounding you.
When you know as well as me; You'd rather see me paralyzed
Don't you cry and don't you die and don't you burn
On the rising curve,; Where the ways of nature will test every nerve,; You won't get anything you don't deserve,; Where we were born in time.
The door has closed forevermore
If indeed there ever was a door
