I was standing on the corner
When I heard my bulldog bark
He was barking at the two men who were gambling
In the dark
If you like to gamble, I tell you I’m your man,
You win some, lose some, it’s all the same to me,
The pleasure is to play, makes no difference what you say,
I don’t share your greed, the only card I need is
The Ace Of Spades
You gotta know when to hold 'em, know when fold 'em, know when to walk away, know when to run…
Just walk away, Renee,
You won’t see me follow you back home,
The empty sidewalks on my block are not the same,
You’re not to blame.
If you see me walking down the street
And I start to cry each time we meet
Walk on by, walk on by
The only one I know, never cries, never opens her eyes
The only one I know, wide awake and then she’s away
The only one I see, is mine when she walks down our street
The only one I see, has carved her way into me
I am walking the floor over you…
No use for you to cry
I’ll see you by and by
‘Cause I’m walkin’ to New Orleans
On a train called the ‘City of New Orleans’…
What am I doin’ hangin’ round?
I should be on that train and gone
I should be ridin’ on that train to San Antone
What am I doin’ hangin’ round?
Dallas, got a soft machine;
Houston, too close to New Orleans,
New York’s got the ways and means;
But just won’t let you be, oh no.
Philadelphia freedom.
Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose.
I’m free as a bird now…
My high-flying bird has flown from out my arms.
I thought myself her keeper; she thought I meant her harm.
She thought I was the archer; a weather-man of words.
But I could never shoot down my high-flying bird.
Bird, bird, bird, bird is the word…
I wanna fly like an eagle
To the sea
Fly like an eagle
Let my spirit carry me
I want to fly like an eagle
'Till I’m free
Oh, Lord, through the revolution
And you can cage the songbird
But you can’t make her sing
And you can trap the free bird
But you’ll have to clip her wings
Cause she’ll soar like a hawk when she flies
But she’ll dive like an eagle when she dies
People seem to think I’m superman
But I watch for the love
I’m living in the day of the eagle
The eagle not the dove
Superman or Green Lantern ain’t got a-nothin’ on me
I can make like a turtle and dive for your pearls in the sea, yeah
A you-you-you can just sit there a-thinking on your velvet throne
'Bout all the rainbows a-you can a-have for your own