I’ll learn to work the saxophone
I’ll play just what I feel
Drink scotch whiskey all night long
And die behind the wheel
Whiskey river, take my mind
Don’t let her memory torture me
Whiskey river, don’t run dry
You’re all I got, take care of me
Heaven is a place where good men go
Maybe it’s a place that I won’t know
Heading down that whiskey trail
Mama told me not to run, 'cause I might fall
But never was the kind to listen much at all
Heading down that whiskey trail
Damn that old whiskey trail
Red, red wine,
Stay close to me,
Don’t leave me alone…
Don’t fall away
And leave me to myself
Don’t fall away
And leave love bleeding in my hands
In my hands again
And love lies bleeding in my hand
Oh it kills me to think of you with another man
I was playing rock and roll and you were just a fan
But my guitar couldn’t hold you
So I split the band
Love lies bleeding in my hands
How many men will choose to run with the mad dog
How many more will have to die at his bloody hand
And who will shield our children from this plague that kills our land…
Mad dogs and Englishmen
Go out in the midday sun
The Japanese don’t care to
The Chinese wouldn’t dare to
Hindus and Argentines sleep
Firmly from twelve to one
But Englishmen detest a siesta
It’s just an old war,
Not even a cold war.
Don’t say it in Russian,
Don’t say it in German,
Say it in broken English,
Say it in broken English.
WAR!
What is it good for?
Absolutely nuthin’…
This-ism, that-ism, ism, ism, ism,
All we are saying,
Is give peace a chance
We are the folk song army
Every one of us cares
We all hate poverty, war, and injustice
Unlike the rest of you squares
People all over the world are shouting end the war and the band played on.
Round and round and around we go, where the world’s headed nobody knows.
Great googa mooga, can’t you hear me talkin’ to you, just a
Ball of Confusion that’s what the world is today
Let me hear you, let me hear you, let me hear you
The eastern world, it is explodin’,
Violence flarin’, bullets loadin’,
You’re old enough to kill but not for votin’,
You don’t believe in war, but what’s that gun you’re totin’,
And even the Jordan river has bodies floatin’,
But you tell me over and over and over again my friend,
Ah, you don’t believe we’re on the eve of destruction.
Well, I went to a dance just the other night
Everybody there was there
I said over and over and over again
This dance is gonna be a drag
I said over and over and over again
This dance is gonna be a drag
I said over and over and over again
This dance is gonna be a drag
There is a party
Everyone is there
Everyone will leave
At exactly the same time
It’s hard to imagine that
Nothing at all
Could be so exciting
Could be this much fun
Turn out the lights
The party’s over
They say that all
Good things must end
Call it a night
The party’s over
And tomorrow starts
The same old thing again
One dog was not invited,
And this aroused his ire.
He strode into the party,
And loudly shouted, “Fire!”
The dogs got all excited
And did not stop to look,
But grabbed the nearest asshole
Down from the nearest hook.
I drive really slow in the ultra fast lane
While people behind me are going insane
I’m an asshole (he’s an asshole, what an asshole)
I’m an asshole (he’s an asshole, such an asshole)
They were rushing down that freeway
Messed around and got lost
They didn’t care, they were just dyin’ to get off
And it was life in the fast lane
Surely make you lose your mind
Life in the fast lane
Life in the fast lane
Everything all the time
Life in the fast lane