CantGiveItAway Posted January 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 (edited) .................................................A soldier came home and caught his wife cheating........................She put him out, like the burning end of ah midnight cigaretteShe broke his heart, he spent his whole life tryin to forget...We watched him drink his pain away, alittle at ah timeBut he never could get drunk enough, to get her off his mindUntil the night...He put that bottle to his head, and pulled the triggerAnd finally drank away, her memory...Life is short, but this time it was biggerThen the strength he had, to get up off his knees...We found him with his face down in the pillowWith a'note that said "I'll love her till I die"...And when we buried him, beneath, the willowThe angels sang a'wiskey lullabyLalalalalalala,Lalalalalalalaaaa....Lalalalalalala,LalalalalalalaaaaThe rumors flew, but nobody knew how much she blamed herselfFor years and years, she tried to hide the wiskey on her breath...She finally drank her pain away, alittle at ah timeBut she never could get drunk enough, to get him off her mindUntil the night...She put that bottle to her head, and pulled the triggerAnd finally drank away his memory...Life is short, but this time it was biggerThen the strength she had to get up off her knees...We found her with her face down in the pillowClinging to his picture for dear life...We laid her next to him, beneath, the willowWhile the angels sang a'wiskey lullabyLalalalalalala,Lalalalalalalaaaa....Lalalalalalala,Lalalalalalalaaaa Edited September 6, 2011 by CantGiveItAway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CantGiveItAway Posted January 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 (edited) ..................................................for flander: My favorite Hank Williams song.....................................Im a'rollin' stoooooooooooooooneAll alone, and, lost...For a'life of sinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnI have paid, the cost...When I pass byyyyyyyyyyyyyyy All the people, say...Just another guyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyOn, the Lost, Highway...Just ah deck of carrrrrrrrrrrrrrrdsAnd ah jug, of wine...And a'womans liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiesMakes a'life, like mine...Oh the day we met...I went, astray...I started rollin' down...That, Lost, Highway...I was just a'kid, nearly, 22Neither good nor badJust a'kid like you...And now Im looooooooooooooost Too late, to prayLord I paid the cost...On, the Lost, Highway...Now dont you starrrrrrrrrrrrrrrtYour runnin' around...On this road of sinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnAre you sorrow bound...Take my, adviiiiiiiiiiiiiiice or you'll curse, the dayYou started rollin' down, that Lost Highway Edited September 6, 2011 by CantGiveItAway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CantGiveItAway Posted January 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 I was on my way to you, and I was worriedI was all torn up and nervous, cause I knew that you'd be goneI knocked and crossed my fingers, while I waitedAnd I couldn't hold the teardrops, when I walked away aloneIt's All Over, It's All OverMy heart echoooed, It's All OverEv'ry minute that you cry for her, is wasted dont you knowIt's All Over, It's All OverMy heart echoooooed, It's All OverStop your cryin', turn around and, let her goI'd been runnin' round in circles, like ah babyI was in a'daze because, I loved you so, I couldnt seeI was broken in amillion, little piecesWhen I saw enough to realize, you didn't care for meIt's All Over, It's All OverMy heart echoed......Ev'ry minute that you cry for her, is wasted dont you knowIt's All Over, It's All OverSo forget herStop your cryin', turn around, and let her goooo.........let her go,let her go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CantGiveItAway Posted January 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 (edited) Do they ask you why I am, or where I've been...Do they ever say, where is, the lonely friendIs my name whispered in, your bedside prayersDo you feel, a vacant spot, beside, you there...Well there's always one more path, that I must walk...And there's people I should sit down with, and talkAnd somebody might appreciate, the flowers, I could bringSo there's always, Another Song, to SingDo you tell them I was wilder then, the wind...Do you remember that I needed lots of friendsAnd that other times, I'd rather, be aloneWhere I could not be found, when I was gone...Well there's always one more canyon to exploreTo touch the things, left by those, gone, before...At the top of the tiniest hill, I can feel like, Im ah kingAnd there's always, Another Song, to Sing Edited April 13, 2011 by CantGiveItAway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CantGiveItAway Posted January 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 (edited) Theres ah S...o...u...t...h...e...r...n Accent, where I, come, fromThe young'uns, call it, country, the yannnnnnnkees, call it, dumbI got my own, way, of talkin', but evvvvvv'rything, is done...With ah S...o...u...t...h...e...r...n Accent, where I, come, from...Now that drunk tank, in Atlanta, was just a motel, room, to meI think I might go, work, Orlando, if them orange, groves, dont freezeIve got my, own, way, of workin', but evvvvvv'rything, is run...With ah S...o...u...t...h...e...r...n Accent, where I, come, from...For just a minute there, I was, dreamin'For just a minute, it was all, so realFor just a minute, she was, standing, there, with me...Theres ah dream, that I keep havin'Where my mommma, comes, to me...And she kneels down, over, by the window...And says, a prayer, for me...I got my own, way, of prayin', and evvvvvv'ryone's, begunWith ah S...o...u...t...h...e...r...n, Accent, where I, come, from...We have our, own, way, of livin', and evvvvvv'rything, is doneWith ah S...o...u...t...h...e...r...n, Accent, where I, come, from... Edited September 3, 2011 by CantGiveItAway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CantGiveItAway Posted January 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 (edited) Theres ah cross, above, the baby's bed, ah savior in, her, dreamsBut she was not delivered, then, and the baby, became, me...Theres ah light, inside, the darkened room, ah footstep, on the, stairA door that I, forever close, to leave, those memories, there...So when the shadows, lengthen ~~~~~~ Into an, evening, sunWell first theres, summer, then, Ill let you, inSeptember ~~~~~~ When It Comes ~~~~~~...I plan to crawl, outside these, walls, close my, eyes, and see...And fall, into, the heart, and arms, of those, who wait for, me...I cannot move, ah, mountain now, I can no long-er run...I cannot, be, who I was, then, in ah way, I never was...Watch the clouds, go, sailing ~~~~~~ Watch the, clock and, sunOh I watch, myself, depending onSeptember ~~~~~~ When It Comes ~~~~~~When the shadows, lengthen! And burn away the, pastThey will fly me, like, an angel to, a place, where I can, restWhen this begins, Ill let you, inSeptember ~~~~~~ When It Comes ~~~~~~ Edited September 3, 2011 by CantGiveItAway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CantGiveItAway Posted January 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 (edited) Was it better then, with our backs against the wallWere we better men, then we'd ever, been before...Say if she, came again today, would you still answer to, the call...Tell the truth my friend, dont it, matter anymore...We were simple men, by her side, when she was born......talkin' about that dreamIt was simple then, like the freedom, when you fallAnd we were smaller then you see, but soon we gathered, like a storm...They dont understand, what that thunder meant, at all ~~~Was he crucified, was he, done in by the law...Are you satisfied, that he'll never ride againSome people say he got away, they say, he never died at all...If that story's true, does it, bother you, my friend...Was it better then, with our, backs against the wall......say 2 thousand years agoWere we, better men, then we, ever been before......200 years agoSay if she came again, today, would you still, answer to the call......or tommorowTell the truth, my friend, dont it matter anymore? Edited March 22, 2012 by CantGiveItAway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CantGiveItAway Posted January 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 (edited) Ive had Choices...since the day, that I, was bornThere were voices...that told me, right from wrongIf I had, listened...No I wouldnt be here, todayLiving, and dieing, with the Choices Ive made...I was tempted...by an early age, I foundI like, drinkin'...and I never turned, it downThere were loved ones...but I turned them all, awayNow Im living, and dieing, with the Choices, Ive made...Ive had Choices...since the day, that I was bornThere were voices...that told me right, from wrongIf I had, listened...No I, wouldnt be here todayLiving, and dieing, with the Choices, Ive made......I guess Im payin'...for the things, that I have doneIf I, could go back...oh Lord knows, Id runBut Im still losin'...this game of life, I playLiving, and dieing, with the Choices, Ive made...Ive had Choices...since the day, that I, was bornThere were voices...that told me, right from wrongIf I had listened...I wouldnt be here, todayLiving, Dieing, with the, Choices, Ive made... Edited September 6, 2011 by CantGiveItAway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CantGiveItAway Posted January 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 (edited) I'm a'longgggggggggggggg wayyyyyy from homeAnd so, all alone, homesick, like I, never thought, I'd be...I'm a'longgggggggggggggg wayyyyyy from homeAnd everything, is wrong, someone, please watch, over me...I've, grown accustomed, to these feelings...The loneliness is, burning, in my, soul...Sometimes, the mind, is so, misleading...I wish I, stayed at home, like I was told...I'm a'longgggggggggggggg wayyyyyy from homeAnd so all, alone, homesick, like I never thought, I'd be...I'm a'longgggggggggggggg wayyyyyy from homeAnd everything, is wrong, someone please, watch, over me Edited March 28, 2012 by CantGiveItAway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CantGiveItAway Posted January 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 (edited) I'm a'longgggggggggggggg wayyyyyy from homeAnd so, all alone, homesick, like I, never thought, I'd be...I'm a'longgggggggggggggg wayyyyyy from homeAnd everything, is wrong, someone, please watch, over me...I've, grown accustomed, to these feelings...The loneliness is, burning, in my, soul...Sometimes, the mind, is so, misleading...I wish I, stayed at home, like I was told...I'm a'longgggggggggggggg wayyyyyy from homeAnd so all, alone, homesick, like I never thought, I'd be...I'm a'longgggggggggggggg wayyyyyy from homeAnd everything, is wrong, someone please, watch, over me Edited March 28, 2012 by CantGiveItAway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ASchwartz Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 Hi Cantgiveitaway,I am very worried that no one has responded to you posts in quite a long while. I do not know why??? I am wondering if people do not know how to respond or are not sure of what you are trying to say?Couldn't you speak directly instead of through songs?Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CantGiveItAway Posted February 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 (edited) When I was just a young boy, my daddy came to meSaid son out in this world theres alot of things thats gonna make you feel like your supposed to beYou dont have to read the good book, to be a good man just the sameAnd forget about the money, it aint brought nothin to your daddy but painIt Aint EasyIt Aint Eeeeaaasy...............But you'll be alrightNow its 15 years laterNow Im out on the roadAnd its been 4 years to the day he died and they wont even play him on the radioAnd I think I found my way alright without him here to catch me now and againI just keep on movin' along, keepin' my mind on my song and try to figure out loveAnd It Aint EasyIt Aint Eeeeaaasy................But I'll be alrightAny other fool, any other fool would throw, this away...Any other fool, yeahI wanna take a minute to thank you, for all the, things that youve doneYou gave me a light, in the dark of the night, when there was no place to HIDE nowhere to runIt Aint EasyIt Aint Easy is it babeIt Aint EeeeaaasyIt Aint Eeeeeeaaaaasy.........................But we'll be alright!!! Edited March 28, 2013 by CantGiveItAway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luna- Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 ^ I liked this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CantGiveItAway Posted February 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 (edited) In my own way I'm a believerIn my own way, right or wrong...I don't talk to much about it, its something I keep working onI don't have, to much to build on, my faith has never, been that strong...There is a man there in that buildingHes a holy man, they say...He keeps talkin' about tomorrow, while I keep struggling with todayHe preaches hell, fire and brimestone, and heaven seems, so far away...I Do Believe! in a higher power, one that loves us one and allNot someone, to solve my problems, or to catch me when I, fallS/he gave us all, a mind to think with, and to know whats right or wrongS/he is that inner spirit........that keeps us strong........In my own way Im a believer...But not in voices I cant, hear...I can feel its loving presence, one I never, have to fear...But I should live life at its fullest, just as long, as I am, here Edited March 26, 2013 by CantGiveItAway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CantGiveItAway Posted February 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 (edited) So it comes, to the, end of the dayAnd, Im checkin out of my hotel room, to-dayIts been 2 years, since Ive, seen your faceGirl beside me, reminds me how you tasteSince I seen you Ive been, beatin down and bruisedEveryday Im feelin, more and more misusedI never thought that I would be without your loveYears gone by, youre still the one Im thinkin' ofSweet Savannah you, shine so brightMay the evening bring your, favorite niiiiiiiiiiightSweet Savannah you been gone so longBut Ive got to move onIts gettin cold I put my jacket on your backWe smoke ah cigarette, the last one in the packI still remember, exactly what you saidThat you had demons, that you couldnt put to beeeeddddNow Im leavin yeah, Im movin out westAnd its time for us, to lay our history to restI still remember, ah teardrop in your eyeBut you know, I couldnt stand to see you criiiiiiiiiiiie ohSweet Savannah...........shine so brightMay the evening bring your favorite, niiiiiiiiiightSweet Savannah youve been gone so longBut Ive got to move on.....................................Where to go on this hollywood nightWhere this counter culture, cultivates, an emptiness insideWould it be different, if you were still here in my lifeWould I be sober.............and would you be my wifeSweet Savannah', you, shine so brightMay the evening bring your, favorite niiiiiiiiiiightSweet Savannah you been gone so longBut Ive got to be movin on Edited March 1, 2011 by CantGiveItAway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CantGiveItAway Posted February 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 (edited) Aint it kinda funnyAint it just the way it goesAint you gettin betterRunnin out a'timeMakin' pretty music, Makin' pretty musicCloser to your feelingsWhere I was.........workin' on the reasonRunning on ah rhyme, Running on ah rhymeHeadin' for the highway, rollin' like ah riverSoaring like an eagle, skipping like ah stoneComin' from the heartbeat, nothin' but the truth nowEverything is sweeterCloser To The Bone..........Aint afraid of moonlightAint afraid of freedomLove'll make you crazy, but your soul'll keep you saneSingin' to the starlight, over the horizonOpen to the pleasure, equal to the painHeadin' for the highway, rollin' like ah riverSoaring like an eagle, skipping like ah stoneComin' from the heartbeat, nothin' but the truth nowEverything is sweeterCloser To The Bone Edited March 26, 2011 by CantGiveItAway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CantGiveItAway Posted February 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 (edited) When I look into your eyes, I can see a love restrainedBut when I hold you, don't you know I feel the same...Nothin' lasts, forever, and we both know hearts can changeCause its hard to hold, the candle, in the cold November Rain...We been through this such a long long time, just tryin to kill the painBut lovers always come and lovers always go and noone's really sure who'll let it go, today...Walking awayCause when you take the time to lay it on the line I can rest my head just knowin that you were mine...All MineSo if you wanna love me, then darlin' dont refrainOr I'll just end up walkin, in the cold November RainI'll just end up walkin, in the cold November RainYou can find me, walkin, again and again and again and again and againI know, I'll just keep on walkin, again and again and again and again and again and again and againIf you wanna love me, then darlin' dont refrainI'll just keep on walkin, in the cold November Rain Edited August 31, 2011 by CantGiveItAway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CantGiveItAway Posted February 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 Virgie!Your house, was always warmAnd my bed, was always ready, when I came...Virgie!In the middlllle of the night, you would welcome, friends of mine, without a nameAnd you could always hear and see, the turnin of, the keyAnd your laughing voice to me, was like a song...Virgie!Your spirit's sweet and freeIs livin still, with me, though you are gone......Virgie!You spoke softly and kindAnd you'd never say, a word, to criticize...Virgie!Your children love you so, more than we, ever let you, realizeAnd day or night I knew, that I could bring my cares, to youAnd when I was wrong, you'd never, put me down...Virgie!Theres so much I could say, but I cant, find the wayTo write it down......Cant find the way, to, write it down...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CantGiveItAway Posted February 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 (edited) Another lifetime, livin a longgg night...Im watching the sunrise, before I lay, down to sleepLivin at parties, watchin my 20'sHittin my 30's, let me go...But thats all Ive, been living forWhen theres nothin left, to lose, anymore...If theres a door, I'll go throughAnd walk, right into, my lonesome blues...Runnin' my friends off, I cheat and I, get caughtThey tell me that Im, lost, but I dont care, anymoreIm having a free mind, living a free lifeKnowin' that my flight, is gonna crash and burn..............................................With a bag, a bottle, and this old guitarIn the back of, some bus, on the road...Im living the high life, with nothing to showBut a low, thats letting, me go...Your herooooooes turn out, to be assholesThe light, that your chasing, in the tunnel, is a train...The singers in key, guitars in tuneAnd the song, is still are slipping, away...The lights, of the city, paint a stage in the nightFor two hearts, breaking in timeWhile the horses are cursed, with freedom, in mindAnd a hunger, left burning, inside...Your herooooooes, turn out, to be assholes...The light in the tunnel, that your chasing, is a trainSingers in key, the guitars in tuneAnd the songs, still slipping, away...And slowly, nothing else matters...As the white, and the black...Become gray Edited March 5, 2013 by CantGiveItAway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CantGiveItAway Posted March 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 (edited) Ive been up, and down and outAnd I have been aroundAnd I felt good, more times, then I felt badLovin' you felt better, then Ive ever, known beforeLosin' you, is the worst pain, that Ive had...But it comes and goes, its like a blue wind blowYes it goes and comes, but now Im livin' someAnd today my high didn't get any lowerAnd my low didnt fall anymoreBut sometimes when I drop my guard everybody, knooooooOOWSCause I cant control the feeling, and there aint much sign of healin'Cause when the pain is there, it always shows, but it comes and goes...In my mind, Im holding you, and, loving you againI hear you laugh, and I feel you, cling to meAlthough its over, Im still holdin' on, alittle bitAnd theres alot of pain, in the memories...But it comes and goes, its like a blue wind blowYes it goes and comes, but now Im livin' someAnd today my high didn't get any lowerAnd my low didnt fall anymoreBut sometimes when I drop my guard everybody, everybody knowsCause I cant control the feelin', and there aint much sign, of healin'Cause when, the pain is there, it always shows, but it comes and goes Edited July 11, 2011 by CantGiveItAway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CantGiveItAway Posted March 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 (edited) We all come in from the cold, we come down from the wildAnd everybody warms themselves to a different fireAnd sometimes we get burned, you think sometimes we'd learnThe one you love is the one that should take you higherYou aint got noone you better go back out and find em......Just like children hidin' in the closet can't tell whats goin on outsideAnd were so far off the beaten path we get takin' for a rideBy a parlor trick or some words of wit, a hidden hand up a sleeve to thinkThat the one you love could hurt you now is alittle hard to believeBut ev'rybody's darlin' sometimes BITES the hand that feedsWhen I look around, everybody always bringin' me downWell is it them or me well I just can't see but there ain't no peace to be foundBut if someone really cared, well they'd take the time to spareA moment to try, and understand, another one's despair........Breakdown...Breakdown................!!!!!................I've come to know the cold, I think of it as homeWhen there ain't enough of me, to go around, Id rather be left aloneBut if I call you while I have it, Im outa love and I gotta have itIf you give it to me, if I fit your needs, like when we both knew we got itNow the damage done, and were back out on the runFunny how ev'rything was Roses when we held onto the GunsJust because your winnin' dont mean your the lucky one..............!!!!!..............There GOES>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the challenger, being chased by the blue blue meanies on wheelsThe vicious traffic squad cars are after our lone driverThe last American hero, the electric sintar, the demigod, the super driver of the GOLDEN west!Two nasty Nazi cars are close behind the beautiful lone driverThe police cars are getting closer-closer......CLOSER to our soul hero in his SOUL mobileYea baby!They about to strike, they gonna get himSMASH!!SCRAPE!!The last beautiful, free soul, on this, planet......But.....It is written"If the Evil, Spirit, arms the Tiger, with claws, Brahman, provided wings, for the Dove" Edited September 6, 2011 by CantGiveItAway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CantGiveItAway Posted March 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 (edited) Like a bird, on a wireLike a drunk, in a midnight choirI have tried, in my way, to be free...Like a fish, on a hookLike a knight, in some old fashioned bookI have saved, all my ribbons, for thee...And if I, if I have been, unkind!I just hope you....................will let it go byAnd if I, if I, have been, untrue!I hope you know..................it was never, to youLike a baby, still bornLike a beast, with his hornI have torn, everyone, who reached out to me...But I swear, by this song, and by all that I have done wrongI'll, make it all up, to thee...I saw a young man, leaning on, his wooden', crutch!He called out to me..................Dont ask, for so muchAnd a young woman, leaning in, her DARKENED, door!She cried out, to me.................why not ask, for moreLike a bird, on a wireLike a drunk, in a midnight choirI have tried, in my way, to be free... Edited March 26, 2011 by CantGiveItAway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CantGiveItAway Posted March 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 (edited) I know that hearts were lovin, long before I, was hereAnd I'm not the first, to ever cry, in my bed, or in my beerThere were songs before there was radio, of love that stays, and love that goesThey were writing, melancholy tunes, and tearful words that rhyme...Before my time........Before my timeThere were songs, in old dusty books, of love, thats always beenSweet lovers in, thier glory, who are now gone with the windOld fashioned love words spoken thenKeep comin' back around, againNothin's changed, except the names, their love burned, just like mine...Before my time........Before my timeAnd in the dim of, yesterday, I can clearly seeThat flesh and blood, cried out to someone, as it does in meAnd there was some old song that said, I love you, till I die...Before my time........Before my timeBut what the old time masters had, is what I feel, for youLove is love, and doesnt change, in a century or two If someway, they had seen and knewHow it would be, for me and youThey'd wish for love like yours, and they would wish for love like mine...Before my time........Before my time Edited July 11, 2011 by CantGiveItAway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CantGiveItAway Posted March 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 (edited) How many times, have...........you heard someone, sayIf I had, his money, I could do things, my way...But little, they know...........that its so hard, to findOne rich man in ten, with ah Satisfied MindOnce I was winnnnning, in fortune, and fameEverything, that I dreamed for, to get a start in lifes game...Then suddenly, it happened, I lost every dimeBut Im richer, by far, with ah Satisfied MindMoney cant buyiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii back, your youth when your oldOr a friend, when youre lonely, or ah love, thats grown cold...The wealthiest, person, is a pauper at timesCompared to the man, with ah Satisfied MindWhen life has ended...........and my time has run outMy friends, and my loved ones, will leave theres no doubtBut theres one thing, for certain...........when it comes, my timeI wanna leave this old world, with ah Satisfied Mind Edited July 11, 2011 by CantGiveItAway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CantGiveItAway Posted March 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 (edited) I am the entertainer, I know just where I standAnother serenader, Another long haired bandToday I am your champion, I may have won your heartBut I know the game youll forget my nameI wont be here in another year, if I dont stay on the chartsI am the entertainer, had to pay my priceThings I didnt know at first, I learned by doing twiceBut still they come to haunt me, still they want their saySo I learned to dance with a hand in my pants Rub my neck and just write'em a check, and they'll go on their wayI am the entertainer, been all around the worldI played all kinds of places, made all kinds of girlsCant remember faces, I dont remember namesBut what the hell its just as wellCause after awhile and athousand miles, it all becomes the sameI am the entertainer, I come to do my showYou heard my latest record spin, on the radioWell it took me years to write it, the best years of my lifeIts a beautiful song but it ran to longIf you wanna have a hit you better make it fit, so they cut it down to 3:05.......................................Im sittin in the railway station now, lookin' for my, destinationOn a tour of one-night stands, my suitcase, and guitar in handAnd every stop, is neatly planned, for a poet, and a one-man, bandHomeward Bound, I wish I was, Homeward BoundHome, where my thoughts escapin', Home, where my musics playin'Home, where my love lies, waiting, silently for meEvery day's an endless dream, of cigarettes, and magazines....And each town looks the same to me, the movies and the factoriesAnd every stranger's face, I see, reminds me, that I long to be, homeward bound Hooommeward Bound, I wish I was, Hooommeward BoundHome, where my thoughts escapin', Home, where my musics playin'Home, where my love lies, waiting, silently for meTonight I'll sing my songs again, I'll play the game, and pretend....But all my words come back to me, in shades of, mediocrityLike emptiness and harmony, I need someone to comfort meHomeward Bound!, I wish I was, Homeward Bound!Home!, where my thoughts escapin', Home!, where my musics playin'Home!, where my love lies, waiting, silently for me Edited February 7, 2012 by CantGiveItAway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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