All my sorrow, sad tomorrow
Take me back to my old home
All my cryin’, feel I’m dyin’, dyin’
Take me back, to my old home
Carry me back to old Virginny…
Southern man, better keep your head.
Don’t forget what your Good Book said.
Southern change gonna come at last.
Now your crosses are burning fast,
Southern man.
I saw cotton and I saw black,
Tall white mansions and little shacks.
Southern man, when will you pay them back?
I heard screaming and bullwhips cracking.
How long? How long?
Well I heard Mister Young sing about her
Well I heard ole Neil put her down
Well, I hope Neil Young will remember
A southern man don’t need him around any how
If you hear the song I sing
You will understand (listen!)
You hold the key to love and fear
All in your trembling hand
Just one key unlocks them both
It’s there at you command
Three doors to go through
I only want the one that leads to you
Because only one leads to you
This is your only chance at immortality
I’ll keep you safe but I will not give you the key
This is your only chance at immortality
I’ll keep you safe but I will not give you the key
Who wants to live forever?
Who wants to live forever?
Who are you? Who? Who? Who? Who?
I really want to know.
I really wanna know you
I really wanna show you the way I feel
I really want to see you
Really want to be with you
Really want to see you lord
But it takes so long, my lord
In the month called April, county called Gray,
And here’s what all of the people there say:
So long, it’s been good to know yuh;
So long, it’s been good to know yuh;
So long, it’s been good to know yuh.
This dusty old dust is a-gettin’ my home,
And I got to be driftin’ along.
I’m drifting and drifting,
Just like a ship out on the sea.
I’m drifting and drifting,
Just like a ship out on the sea.
Because I ain’t got nobody
In this world to care for me.
When life seems full of clouds an’ rain
and I am filled with naught but pain,
who soothes my thumpin’ bumpin’ brain ?
Nobody . . .
When winter comes with snow an’ sleet,
and me with hunger and cold feet,
who says " Ah, here’s two bits, go an’ eat!"
Nobody . . .
I ain’t never done nothin’ to nobody,
I ain’t never got nothin’ from nobody, no time!
And until I get somethin’ from somebody, sometime,
I don’t intend to do nothin’ for nobody, no time!
When you’re alone and life is making you lonely,
You can always go downtown.
When you’ve got worries, all the noise and the hurry
Seems to help, I know, downtown
Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city.
Linger on the sidewalk where the neon signs are pretty.
How can you lose?
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
So, go downtown!
Things will be great when you’re downtown!
No finer place for sure, downtown!
Everything’s waiting for you!
'Cause you belong to the city
You belong to the night
living in a river of darkness, beneath the neon light
You were born in the city
Concrete under your feet
It’s in your blood, its in your moves
You’re a man of the street
Watch her out there on display
Dancing in her sleepy way
And all her visions start to play
The icicles of our decay, Marlene
Drink it to Marlene
Fading flowers in her hair
She’s suffering from wear and tear
She lies in waterfalls of dreams
And doesn’t question what it means, Marlene
We drink it to Marlene
And all along the desert shore
She wanders further evermore
The only thing that’s left to try
She says to live I have to die, Marlene
We drink it to Marlene
Marlene
We drink it to Marlene
She whispers sadly, “Well I might”
And holds herself so very tight
Then jumping from an unknown height
She merges with the liquid night, Marlene
Wisteria, did you change your name again?
Those of us who knew you when can’t even find you.
Don’t go changing
To try and please me
Don’t you know that she’s just my style?
Everything about her drives me wild.
There’s still some things that you don’t understand, now.
Before you ask some girl for her hand, now,
Keep your freedom for as long as you can, now.
My Mama told me, “You’d better shop around.”