Crawlin’

Your dress is hangin’ on a hook on the doorMy jeans are lying in a pile on the floor, yeahFlat on my back, tryin’ to catch my breathWhen we were rockin’ tonightI thought that we were gonna rock to death But what’s that in your eyes?I’m no longer paralyzedHere we go again Crawlin’, you come […]


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I’m Eighteen

Lines form on my face and handsLines form from the ups and downsI’m in the middle without any plansI’m a boy and I’m a man I’m eighteenand I don’t know what I wantEighteenI just don’t know what I wantEighteenI gotta get awayI gotta get out of this placeI’ll go runnin in outer spaceOh yeah I […]


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Shoe Salesman

I know a shoe salesmanHe’s an acquaintance of mineOne day he showed me someMarks on his arm in a lineI did not know what to say"Do you think those freckles will stay?" I need a popsicleDo you want lemon or limeI’ve got a special todayIf you’ve got the timeWinking, she poked me in the side"Well, […]


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Nurse Rozetta

I’m a shepherd for the pentecostI got my scriptures and my wires crossedI got no kids and I got no homeThey want us holy men to live alone Since I’ve been here for a little stayI see Rozetta day by dayShe turns my head makes me coughI want to tear my collar off I just […]


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Long Way To Go

We still got a long way to goWe still got a long way to goWe all got a long way to go What’s keeping us apart isn’t selfishnessWhat’s holding us together isn’t loveListen to the man who’s beenTouched all his lifeYes he’s the one they call the fool Where is the saviour of the sidewalk […]


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Department Of Youth

We’re in trouble all the timeYou read about us all in the papersWe walk around and bump into walls – a blind delegationAnd we ain’t afraid of high powerWe’re bullet proofAnd we’ve never heard of EisenhowerMissile power, justice or truth We’re the Department of YouthYour new Department of YouthWe’re the Department of YouthJust me and […]


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Return Of The Spiders

Well, stop.. look, and listenThere are ants that are gathered hereWith my hands raised to speakBut you all won’t hearNo, you all won’t hearWe all won’t hear Let me in your living doorLet me in, knock knock I said, who’s thereWell, it’s me they’re reaching inAnd I’m coming after youI’m coming after youComing after you […]


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Millie And Billie

Billie I wonder why are we insaneWill we ever get betterWill we stay the sameBillie I’m worried Millie don’t worryNo one knows our painBeing in love is crazy not alone that wayI know you’re worried today God made love crazy so he wouldn’t feel aloneHe was thinking of us he was thinking of usGod made […]


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Raped And Freezin’

Finally got a ride, some old broad down from Santa Fe.She was a real go-getter.She drawled so sweetly, "I think, child, that things’ll get better."We pulled off the highway, night black as a widow."Yes, I read the Bible," she said, "I wanna know of you." Hey, I think I’ve got a live one,Hey, I think […]


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