A hundred miles from her is where I need to be
And a hundred miles from now I’m gonna hit my knees
Say I miss you ooh I love you and I’m sorry
And if she can find the way to take me back
I’ll spend the rest of my life making up for the past
All my answers, All my hopes, All my fears
Are a hundred miles from here
Happy and I’m smiling
Walk a mile to drink your water
You know I’d love to love you
And above you there’s no other
We’ll go walking out
While others shout of war’s disaster
Oh, we won’t give in
Let’s go living in the past
Yesterday there was so many things I was never told
Now that I’m startin’ to learn I feel I’m growing old
‘Cause yesterday’s got nothin’ for me
Old pictures that I’ll always see
Time just fades the pages in my book of memories
Mem’ries,
Light the corners of my mind
Misty water-colored memories
Of the way we were
Thanks for the memory
Of sentimental verse
Nothing in my purse
And chuckles
When the preacher said
For better or for worse
How lovely it was
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The only one who could ever reach me
Was the son of a preacher man
The only boy who could ever teach me
Was the son of a preacher man
Yes he was, he was, ooh yes he was
Reuben James one dark cloudy day
They brought you from the field
And to your lonely crambox
Came just a preacher
Me and the rain
Just to sing one last refrain to Reuben James
I’m the man in the box
Buried in my shit
Won’t you come and save me, save me
Feed my eyes, can you sew them shut?
Jesus Christ, deny your maker
God is a Concept by which
we measure our pain
I’ll say it again
God is a Concept by which
we measure our pain
First we find the answer, then we take the blame,
Shade…shaded pain,
We put on all the masks, then we play the game,
Shade…shaded pain.
Who’s got the pain when they do the mambo?
Who’s got the pain when they go “Ugh”?
Who’s got the pain when they do the mambo?
I dunno who – do you?
I can’t dance tonight
Oh everybody’s movin but I’m tired
I can’t dance tonight
I try to keep it movin but I but I but I
I can’t dance the pain away
I can’t dance the pain away
I can’t dance the pain
They’re pickin’ up the prisoners and puttin 'em in a pen
And all she wants to do is dance, dance
Rebels been rebels since I don’t know when
And all she wants to do is dance
Molotov cocktail, the local drink
And all she wants to do is dance, dance
They mix 'em up right in the kitchen sink
And all she wants to do is dance
The warden threw a party in the county jail
The prison band was there and they began to wail
The band was jumpin’ and the joint began to swing
You should’ve heard them knocked out jailbirds sing
Let’s rock, everybody, let’s rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin’ to the Jailhouse Rock
"I’m not in your town to stay, "
Said a lady old and gray
To the warden of the penitentiary
“I’m not in your town to stay
And I’ll soon be on my way
I’m just here to get my baby out of jail
Oh warden,
I’m just here to get my baby out of jail”
If they try to hold me for trial
I’ll stay out of gaol by paying my bail
And after I’ll go to the court of appeal saying:
“You’ve done me wrong,” it’s the same old song forever
Done me wrong - same old song - done me wrong
Done me wrong - same old song - done me wrong
It’s lonely out tonight
And the feelin’ just got right for a brand new love song
Somebody done somebody wrong song
Hey, wontcha play another somebody done somebody wrong song
And make me feel at home while I miss my baby, while I miss my baby
Tonight, tonight, the world is full of light
With suns and moons all over the place
Tonight, tonight, the world is wild and bright
Going mad, shooting sparks into space
Today, the world was just an address
A place for me to live in, no better than all right
But here you are and what was just a world is a star
Tonight
Good night, good night
Sleep well and when you dream
Dream of me
Tonight
Lonely is the night when you find yourself alone
Your demons come to light and your mind is not your own
Lonely is the night when there’s no one left to call
You feel the time is right, say the writing’s on the wall