If you like to pretend
that you’ll never get old
you got what it takes
to rock 'n roll
Now he’s too old to Rock’n’Roll but he’s too young to die.
I’m not scared of dying,
And I don’t really care.
If it’s peace you find in dying,
Well then let the time be near.
Tears they flow, but why am I crying
After all I’m not afraid of dying
Don’t I believe that there never is an end?
Until the cold ground swallows me
Me and Idea go running free
There’s never going to be an end
A million atoms can’t pretend
Millions, all moving forward
Millions, all babbling crossword
Millions, all flow as water
Millions, all bright with laughter
Laugh, laugh, I thought I’d die
It seemed so funny to me
It’s a little bit funny, this feeling inside
I’m not one of those who can easily hide
I don’t have much money but boy if I did
I’d buy a big house where we both could live
Money don’t get everything, it’s true
what it don’t get, I can’t use
That clinking
Clanking sound of
Money money money money money money
She has that razor sadness that only gets worse
With the clang and the thunder of the Southern Pacific going by
As the clock ticks out like a dripping faucet
Till you’re full of rag water and bitters and blue ruin
Listen to the mandolin rain
Listen to the music on the lake
Oh, listen to my heart break every time she runs away
Ooh, she’s a little runaway
Daddy’s girl learned fast all those things he couldn’t say
Here I go once again
With my suitcase in my hand
And I’m running away down River Road
We’d go down to the river
And into the river we’d dive
As I went down in the river to pray
Studying about that good ol’ way.
Ooh love, ooh lover boy
What’re you doin’ tonight, hey boy
Everything’s all right, just hold on tight
That’s because I’m a good old-fashioned lover boy
All of my love
All of my kissin’
You don’t know what you’ve been a-missin’
Oh boy, when you’re with me
Oooo, you’ll wait a long time for me.
Oooo, you’ll wait a long time…
I’m not in love, so don’t forget it;
It’s just a silly phase I’m goin’ through
You say you’re lookin’ for someone who’ll pick you up each time you fall
To gather flowers constantly and to come each time you call
A lover for your life an’ nothing more
But it ain’t me, babe