(1995)
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Song List and Lyrics
1. FREE FLOWS THE WINE
2. MADE TO LOVE YOU
3. NEVER SAY GOODBYE
4. SOLITAIRE
5. THE SWEETEST THING
6. THE BLIND LEADING THE BLIND
7. TURNING AWAY
8. CAST IN STONE
9. LORELEI
10. THE DEEP END
11. THERE’S GOT TO BE A WAY TO DO IT
ALL
12. THAT’S ALL |
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FREE
FLOWS THE WINE
You're over the fear of rejection,
You found out you're really all right.
You're shinin' your shoes 'cause
you know you'll see her tonight
You borrow the car from your brother.
You burn up the telephone line.
At last you are certain you'll show her a very good time.
CHORUS
Free flows the wine.
Free flows the wine.
Free flows the wine,
High flies the dove,
What a feeling to love
And to be loved.
The woman says money means nothing.
She gives you the keys to her laugh.
You know not to question good fortune
that falls on your path.
That night you look down on the city.
You can see that you're worth more than one.
And two is the elegant number when love's just begun.
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You wait till your planet stops spinnin'.
You can't believe love is so kind.
You wipe all the tears from the eyes
that were always so blind.
And out where your mother lies buried,
You're wishing that she could have known
All of the love that can flow from a heart made of stone.
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MADE
TO LOVE YOU
CHORUS
Everything's made out of somethin'.
Nothin' comes out of the blue.
You were made from the clay of love,
And I was made to love you.
I was made to love you.
I look a lot like my daddy,
But mama was my guiding light.
I'm just a chip off of two old blocks,
Tryin' to make sense out of life.
I've got no sense of direction,
But I can carry a tune.
I'm a little mom and pop and just a little
Water, fire, sun and the moon.
CHORUS
An oak tree's made from an acorn,
A diamond is made outta coal.
Cars are made out of rubber and steel,
Frogs are made from tadpoles.
The sun was made to shine brightly,
The moon reflects all of its light.
You were made with a light of your own
And your fire burns inside me tonight.
CHORUS
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NEVER
SAY GOODBYE
Standing on the mainline,
Waitin' for my ride to come.
A chilly rain is fallin',
My hands are cold, my mind is numb.
It's anybody's highway
Rollin' through the plains.
Statues of the weary
Thumbin' in the rain.
A beaten race of people...
Tired of standin', doomed to run.
Crazy eyes are gleamin',
A stranger holds a light to you.
Neon walls are screamin',
She always seemed so right to you.
The mattress looks like heaven,
Lyin' on the floor.
Somebody else is watchin',
Just outside the door.
One moment's terrible pleasure...
The stranger says, "Good night" to you.
BRIDGE
I've got to beat this demon down,
Find myself a brand new town.
When that last train leaves, babe,
Ride it all the way to the sky...
CHORUS
Never say goodbye,
Never say goodbye,
When that last train leaves, babe,
Never say goodbye.
You're locked up in your memory,
Things ain't like they used to seem.
You don't fit the master pattern,
You're just a flicker on a silver screen.
You've talked to all the people,
Practiced being kind,
But they're busy being careful,
Beautiful and blind,
And they're lookin' right through you
As you break out all the windows
of their dreams.
BRIDGE
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SOLITAIRE
You broke a promise
And left me alone.
This was the house of love
Now nobody's home.
I've worked my heart
Right down to the bone,
Playing solitaire.
I've got this notion
She's gone for keeps.
My heart keeps breaking
While my body sleeps.
It gets so lonesome
Between the sheets,
Playing solitaire.
CHORUS
Solitaire...
I cheat now and then.
Solitaire...
But I never win.
I'm goin' slightly crazy
But I don't care
I'm playin' solitaire.
I've got no aces
And I've got no queens;
I get my kicks from
Poker machines.
She's comin' back....
No, it's only a dream.
I'm playin' solitaire.
CHORUS
(Replace "I'm goin' slightly crazy"
with "I'm goin' soft and lazy".)
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THE
SWEETEST THING
CHORUS
You're the sweetest thing
This side of the river.
You're the sweetest thing
This side of home.
You're the prettiest little girl
These tired old eyes have ever seen.
Cozie, my love,
I've been away too long.
I've been far away, lovin' in old Missouri.
I've danced all night in the hills
of Tennessee.
But most of all, I love my
Carolina island home
And those good old boys that grew up
there with me.
I want to be where the Spanish moss
is swaying,
And the oak trees move so slow
in the island breeze.
I want to be where they call me
by my first name, "Willie",
And no one tries to make a fool of me.
CHORUS
Trouble, my friend, you make me feel
so silly;
Your big green eyes just about wore me
down, down, down.
Trouble my friend, you can't fool
your old pal, Willie, anymore,
And just as soon as I'm through
with supper
I'll be leavin' town.
Mama, my dear, your body's so bent
and broken;
Your soft grey eyes grow dimmer
day by day.
I'll chop your wood and keep that
fireplace roaring all night long,
Till the whistle blows to carry you
down the way.
Cozie and me, we watch that sun
set slowly;
The sun that saw a billion years go by;
The same old sun that comes up
every morning over the ocean,
And colors them evenin' clouds
for Cozie and I.
CHORUS
(At Chorus' end, repeat
"Cozie, my love, I’ve been away too long.)
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THE
BLIND LEADING THE BLIND
It's a long shot, but we'll make it.
It's a bad road, but we'll take it.
There's a wild look in your brown eyes,
And there's a dark moon behind
stormy skies,
But we'll find our way together,
We're the blind leadin' the blind
leadin' the blind.
The cards are marked and the deck
is stacked.
These are loaded dice, you gotta
watch your back.
We're takin' on the great unknown.
Hoppin' freights...Movin' on...
But we'll find our way together
Like the blind leadin' the blind
leadin' the blind.
CHORUS
We were strangers gettin' off our knees,
And love was born in a time of need.
We vowed to crawl through darkest times,
And love was all we'd ever find.
There's no love like blind love,
And there's no life without love.
So we'll close our eyes and
hold our breath
While we walk the line between
life and death.
We'll find our way together,
We're the blind leadin' the blind
leadin' the blind.
We'll find our way together,
We're the blind leadin' the blind
leadin' the blind.
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TURNING
AWAY
When it feels like the end of the line.
And your heart beats way out of time,
And your ivory tower crumbles
before your eyes,
When the light that always shines true
Somehow isn't shinin' on you,
And your house don't feel like a home
You can come into mine.
When your bankbook forfeits your last,
And the movers drive away
with your past,
And you cast your fate to the chill
of the driving rain,
You'll awake and not find me there,
You might believe I don't really care.
I'm just not the kind
Who can easily share in your pain.
CHORUS
I will not be turning away.
I will not be turning away.
When the light that always shines true
Somehow isn't shinin' on you,
I will not be turning away.
I'm the wail of a train passing by.
I'm the high vapor trail in the sky.
I'm the wake of a south-bound ship
out on the gulf.
I'm sailing the tears that you cried,
I'm riding the winds of your sigh,
I'm just not the kind
Who can easily offer my love.
CHORUS
(Repeat: When the light that always
shines true...etc.)
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CAST
IN STONE
Willie was a problem,
A problem on the run.
Didn't hate nobody,
Couldn't love no one.
Didn't wave no bible,
Didn't tote no gun.
Had a way with the women
Like a true angry son.
Willie took a likin'
To some dangerous ways.
Burnin' up the highway
Like the sun's angry rays.
Couldn't feel nothin'
But the passin' of days.
He was always the lead man
In his own passion play.
CHORUS
He was ridin' like a runaway train
Made of blood, flesh and bone.
Raised to get by without love,
He was cast in stone...
Cast in stone.
He was tired when they found him,
All alone and afraid,
No love to console him,
No friends had he made.
Hearts had been broken,
Games had been played,
With a stone for a soul
And a life of charade.
CHORUS
In his own passion play.
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LORELEI
She was the only real friend I had.
She made me well when the times
were bad.
Into my life she put the sunshine
Where once there was darkness.
She was the only woman I loved.
She gave me pleasure, more than enough.
Into my eyes she put the vision
Where once there was darkness.
CHORUS
Lorelei, Lorelei,
Is there no place in your heart for me?
Let your love light
Brighten my way tonight,
In times like these, yeah, the road
gets rough.
I'm like the next man, I need to be loved.
I need the touch of one soothing hand
Where once there was nothing.
CHORUS
BRIDGE
If you remember all the good times
Don't the bad times fade away?
If you call me, I will answer,
And live again that day.
CHORUS
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THE
DEEP END
I've got a rainbow tied around my finger
To remind me to get out of the rain.
I've got a wishbone from
a rich man's table.
Maybe I'll get lucky, but some turkey's
day is done.
I see old catfish swimmin' in the river.
He can show me the way back
to the farm.
I got a rabbit's foot hangin' swingin'
from the mirror.
As luck would have it some rabbit
lost a pitchin' arm.
CHORUS
I got Jesus Christ in the middle
of the night,
And a cardboard box to sleep in.
I got the county police
and the golden fleece,
But I sure could use a real friend.
I think I'm goin' off the deep end.
I got a moonbeam spread
across my table,
But I can't hold on to things
I love the best.
I got a horseshoe nailed
above the doorway.
I can't find no peace and my horse
can't get no rest.
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CHORUS 2
I got Vincent Price in my dreams at night,
And I ain't got a pot to piss in.
I see war and peace on these
one-way streets
But I sure could use a real friend,
I think I'm going off the deep end.
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THERE’S
GOT TO BE A WAY TO DO IT ALL
I promised Eloise I'd never leave her.
I said no one could ever take her place.
But now I do believe I must deceive
that poor girl
Every time I see a pretty face.
There's something to be said
for bein' faithful,
Faithful like that city limit sign,
Where I last saw Eloise as I departed.
So much to do, so little time.
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There's got to be a way to do it all.
There's got to be a way to do it all.
Before they bring me out
For one last curtain call,
There's got to be a way to do it all.
You know they say that you cannot
take it with you,
And time will erase everything
you've done.
They said that your reward
lies somewhere
Past the borderline,
I can't believe that's true for everyone.
I'm goin' down to Jamaica,
takin' you with me.
Then I'm goin' to China or Algiers.
I'll do it all and more if I can make it,
If it takes all of my years.
CHORUS
FINAL CHORUS (LINES 3 & 4)
I'm gonna take a look
At that old mushroom cloud.
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THAT’S
ALL
You better go, pretty baby,
to the grocery store.
We drank up all the wine
and we need some more.
The weatherman said
we're gonna get some snow,
So let's lay up in the cabin
and watch the wind blow.
CHORUS
Find you a girl to love you all day...
Treat her like a woman,
she'll never run away.
I'll never live again with my back
to the wall.
I just love my my music, my woman,
that's all.
I said I love my music, my woman,
that's all.
Music's like a log, you can kick it around.
Ringin' through the woods,
what a beautiful sound.
A woman's like a tree with her arms
in the air...
Fingers like the wind runnin'
through her hair.
What's all this talk about a promised land?
If I had a hole in my bucket I would
understand.
I can see the ocean, I can see the sky
But I don't need to know what's beyond
your eyes.
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If you're headed to the top
you can't never look back,
Unless you get real lazy like
my old friend, Jack.
When I want to have fun I lay down i
n the creek...
Take my guitar, my woman, and my cats,
and I stay all week.
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