Most of your life can be out of sight
Withdraw from the darkness and look to the light
Where everyone’s free
At least that’s the way it’s supposed to be
We just keep on keeping on
We just keep on keeping on
Out of the darkness, into the light
Leaving the scene of the crime
Either I’m wrong or I’m perfectly right every time
Sometimes I lie awake, night after night
Coming apart at the seams
Eager to please, ready to fight
Why do I go to extremes?
Lil’Johnny Walker caught a bullet last night
Running from the guitar store,
He took a left down the alley, I guess he shoulda gone right. Now he ain’t taking nothin’ no more, more more
Everybody knows it’s a hard time,
I look at you all see the love there that’s sleeping
While my guitar gently weeps
I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping
Still my guitar gently weeps.
This old guitar taught me to sing a love song,
It showed me how to laugh and how to cry,
It introduced me to some friends of mine,
And brightened up some days,
It helped me make it through some lonely nights,
Oh, what a friend to have on a cold and lonely night.
The guitar almost played itself
There was nothing I could do
It was getting hard to tell
Just who was playing who
When I finally put it down
I couldn’t catch my breath
My hands were shaking
And I was scared to death
'Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play
And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate
Baby, I’m just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
I shake it off, I shake it off
I don’t want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
I don’t want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day
He says, “Son, can you play me a memory?
I’m not really sure how it goes
But it’s sad and it’s sweet and I knew it complete
When I wore a younger man’s clothes.”
In a soldier’s stance, I aimed my hand at the mongrel dogs who teach
Fearing not that I’d become my enemy in the instant that I preach
My existence led by confusion boats, mutiny from stern to bow
Ah, but I was so much older then, I’m younger than that now
Wooden ships on the water, very free, and easy
Easy, you know the way it’s supposed to be
Silver people on the shoreline let us be
Talk’n 'bout very free, and easy
Horror grips us as we watch you die
All we can do is echo your anguished cries
Stare as all human feelings die
We are leaving, you don’t need us
A gathering of angels appeared above my head
They sang to me this song of hope and this is what they said
They said come sail away come sail away
Come sail away with me
Well, it’s not far down to paradise, at least it’s not for me
And if the wind is right you can sail away and find tranquility
Oh, the canvas can do miracles, just you wait and see.
Believe me.
And daddy won’t you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
Well, I’m sorry my son, but you’re too late in asking
Mister Peabody’s coal train has hauled it away
Cat’s in the cradle,
And the silver spoon,
Little boy blue and the man in the moin,
When you coming home, Dad?
I don’t when, but we’ll get together then…Son
We’ll have a goodtime then…
People, let me tell you 'bout my best friend
He’s a warm hearted person who’ll love me till the end
People, let me tell you bout my best friend
He’s a one boy cuddly toy, my up, my down, my pride and joy
You’re not the only cherry delight that was left out in the night,
And gave up without a fight.
You’re not the only cuddly toy that was ever enjoyed by any boy.
I just wanna be your teddy bear…
Cover me with velvet kisses,
Rock me on and on,
And whisper softly to me “You want to be my babydoll?”
Our love is a strong love, baby, we give it all and still receive,
And so with empty arms we must still believe.
All souls last forever, so we need never fear goodbye–
A kiss when I must go–
No tears–
In time … we kiss hello.