Lying here in the darkness
I hear the sirens wail
Somebody’s going to emergency
Somebody’s going to jail
If you find somebody to love in this world
You better hang on tooth and nail
The wolf is always at the door
In a New York minute
Everything can change
It comes down to reality
And it’s fine with me 'cause I’ve let it slide
Don’t care if it’s Chinatown or on Riverside
I don’t have any reasons
I’ve left them all behind
I’m in a New York state of mind
Gonna lay down my sword and shield
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside
Gonna lay down my sword and shield
Down by the riverside
Ain’t gonna study war no more.
Hit the road Jack and don’t you come back no more, no more, no more, no more.
Hit the road Jack and don’t you come back no more.
What you say?
So come on Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
'Cause fire is the devil’s only friend
But it’s all right now, in fact it’s a gas
But it’s all right
I’m Jumpin’ Jack Flash, it’s a gas, gas, gas
So thank you for writing the best songs
Thank you for righting a few wrongs
You’re a savage gift on a wayward bus
But you stepped down and you sang to us
And get you down to the harbor now
Most of the sour grapes are gone from the bough
Ghosts of Johanna will visit you there
And the winds of the old days will blow through your hair
I write the songs that make the whole world sing
I write the songs of love and special things
I write the songs that make the young girls cry
I write the songs, I write the songs
We come from the water
Living in the water
Go back to the water
Turn the world around
Take me to the river, drop me in the water
Take me to the river, dip me in the water
Washing me down, washing me down
Take me down to my boat on the river
I need to come down, need to come down
Take me down to my boat on the river
And I won’t cry out anymore
Dead sea make it float
One sip from the salty wine
Dead sea make you choke
Let’s ride the Tiger down river Euphrates
Let’s ride the Tiger
And I didn’t see this one coming, now I’m in too deep
I didn’t see this one coming, now I’m in too deep
I think I’ll just keep swimming down, down, down
There’s no point in trying to reach dry ground
I’m drowned
I’m drowned
It’s only water
In a stranger’s tear
Looks are deceptive but distinctions are clear
A foreign body
And a foreign mind
Never welcome in the land of the blind
Should we take a cab home Jesus
Man, we can hoof it from here
I know you can walk on the water
But can you walk on this much beer
Are you drinkin’ with me Jesus
I can’t see you very clear
Jesus, won’t you help me find my way?
Won’t you send me some money in the mail?
Jesus, won’t you let me drink one more?
It helps me to ignore how much I’ve failed
Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?
My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends,
So Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?
Well if I had money, I’d tell you what I’d do
I go downtown buy a Mercury or two
Crazy bout a Mercury
Lord I’m crazy bout a Mercury
I’m gonna buy me a Mercury & cruise it up & down the road
I got a friend on high
and he feels my pain
but I still got this dust
flowin’ through my veins
and I wanna have faith
and I wanna know grace
but it’s hard to break through
when the rent’s overdue
But I’ve been walking through the night, and the day
Till my eyes get weary and my head turns grey
And sometimes it seems maybe God’s gone away
Forgetting the promise that we’ve heard him say
And we’re lost out here in the stars.