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Blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Madman drummers bummers
Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat
In the dumps with the mumps as ... |
Born down in a dead mans town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
You end up like a dog thats been beat too much
Til you spend half your life just coverin up
Born in the U.S.A
I was born in the U.S.A
I was born in the U.S.A
Born in the U.S.A
Got in a little hometown jam
So they put a rifle in my hand
Sent m... |
In the day, we sweat it out on the streets
Of a runaway American dream
At night, we ride through mansions of glory
In suicide machines
Sprung from cages out on Highway 9
Chrome wheeled, fuel injected and steppin out over the line
Oh, baby this town rips the bones from your back
Its a death trap, its a suicide rap
We go... |
There comes a time when we heed a certain call
When the world must come together as one
There are people dying
And its time to lend a hand to life
The greatest gift of all
We cant go on pretending day by day
That someone, somewhere will soon make a change
We are all a part of Gods great big family
And the truth, you kn... |
I get up in the evening
And I aint got nothing to say
I come home in the morning
I go to bed feeling the same way
I aint nothing but tired
Man, Im just tired and bored with myself
Hey there baby, I could use just a little help
You cant start a fire
You cant start a fire without a spark
This guns for hire
Even if were j... |
Hey, little girl, is your daddy home?
Did he go away and leave you all alone?
I got a bad desire
Oh, oh, oh
Im on fire
Tell me now, baby, is he good to you?
And can he do to you the things that I do?
Oh no, I can take you higher
Oh, oh, oh
Im on fire
Sometimes its like someone took a knife, baby, edgy and dull
And cut ... |
The screen door slams, Marys dress sways
Like a vision, she dances across the porch as the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
Hey, thats me, and I want you only
Dont turn me home again
I just cant face myself alone again
Dont run back inside
Darling, you know just what Im here for
So youre scared, and youre... |
Madman drummers bummers and Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat
In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps his way into his hat
With a boulder on my shoulder feelin kinda older I tripped the
Merry-go-round
With this very unpleasing sneezing and wheezing the calliope
Crashed to the ground
Some all-hot... |
I come from down in the valley
Where, mister, when youre young
They bring you up to do like your daddy done
Me and Mary we met in high school
When she was just seventeen
Wed ride out of this valley down to where the fields were green
Wed go down to the river
And into the river wed dive
Oh, down to the river wed ride
Th... |
Take me now, baby, here as I am
Pull me close, try and understand
Desire is hunger is the fire I breathe
Love is a banquet on which we feed
Come on now try and understand
The way I feel when Im in your hands
Take my hand come undercover
They cant hurt you now
Cant hurt you now, cant hurt you now
Because the night belon... |
Well, they blew up the chicken man in Philly last night
And they blew up his house, too
Down on the boardwalk, theyre getting ready for a fight
Gonna see what them racket boys can do
Now theres trouble busing in from out of state
And the D.A. cant get no relief
Gonna be a rumble out on the promenade
And the gambling co... |
Got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack
I went out for a ride and I never went back
Like a river that dont know where its flowing
I took a wrong turn and I just kept going
Everybodys got a hungry heart
Everybodys got a hungry heart
Lay down your money and you play your part
Everybodys got a hungry heart
I met her in a K... |
The Rangers had a homecoming in Harlem late last night
And the Magic Rat drove his sleek machine
Over the Jersey state line
Barefoot girl sitting on the hood of a Dodge
Drinking warm beer in the soft summer rain
The Rat pulls into town rolls up his pants
Together they take a stab at romance
And disappear down Flamingo ... |
Get in my backseat, honeypie
And Ill wear your sadness like its mine
Cause its just good to feel whats been missing
Yeah, its bad when its good to always be missing
But a girl like you
Could rip me out of my head
Black tears on your cheek
I want them in my bed
Ill take you out of the city
Honey, right into the shadow
B... |
Yeah
Uh
Wooh
Huh
I had a friend was a big baseball player
Back in high school
He could throw that speedball by you
Make you look like a fool boy
Saw him the other night at this roadside bar
I was walking in, he was walking out
We went back inside sat down had a few drinks
But all he kept talking about was
Glory days, w... |
Lights out tonight, trouble in the heartland
Got a head-on collision smashin in my guts, man
Im caught in a cross fire that I dont understand
But theres one thing I know for sure girl
I dont give a damn for the same old played out scenes
Baby I dont give a damn for just the in betweens
Honey, I want the heart, I want t... |
I was eight years old and running with a dime in my hand
Into the bus stop to pick up a paper for my old man
Id sit on his lap in that big old Buick
And steer as we drove through town
Hed tousle my hair and say Son, take a good look around
This is your hometown.
This is your hometown
This is your hometown
This is your ... |
I was bruised and battered, I couldnt tell what I felt
I was unrecognizable to myself
I saw my reflection in a window, I didnt know my own face
Oh brother are you gonna leave me wastin away
On the Streets of Philadelphia
I walked the avenue, til my legs felt like stone
I heard the voices of friends vanished and gone
At... |
Well, they blew up the Chicken Man in Philly last night
And they blew up his house too
Down on the boardwalk theyre ready for a fight
Gonna see what them racket boys can do
Now theres trouble busin in from outta state
And the D.A. cant get no relief
Gonna be a rumble on the promenade
And the gamblin commissioners hangi... |
One soft infested summer
Me and Terry became friends
Trying in vain to breathe
The fire we was born in
Catching rides to the outskirts
Tying faith between our teeth
Sleeping in that old abandoned beach house
Getting wasted in the heat
And
Hiding on the backstreets
Hiding on the backstreets
With a love so hard and fille... |
Well, youre up all night
And your heads down low
If you can see your own kite
You know a burden aint a bust
You are the only way to trust ya
No no no
Its only fair it burns up in that rust
Lay down, Martha
Lay down the holy banner flag
Hold out, Martha
Help is surely on its way
And its not right
Dont bask in the glory... |
Men walking along the railroad tracks
Going someplace, theres no going back
Highway patrol choppers coming up over the ridge
Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge
Shelter line stretching around the corner
Welcome to the new world order
Families sleeping in the cars in the southwest
No home, no job, no peace, no rest
... |
Shell let you in her house
If you come knocking late at night
Shell let you in her mouth
If the words you say are right
If you pay the price
Shell let you deep inside
But theres a secret garden she hides
Shell let you in her car
To go driving around
Shell let you into the parts of herself
That will bring you down
Shell... |
Tear drops on the city
Bad Scooter searching for his groove
Seem like the whole world walking pretty
And you cant find the room to move
Well everybody better move over, thats all
Cause Im running on the bad side
And I got my back to the wall
Tenth Avenue freeze-out, Tenth Avenue freeze-out
I was stranded in the jungle
... |
I got a sixty-nine Chevy with a three-niner-six
Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor
She’s waiting tonight down in the parking lot
Outside the Seven-Eleven store
Me and my partner Sonny built her straight out of scratch
And he rides with me from town to town
We only run for the money, got no strings attached
We shut ’... |
I saw her standing on her front lawn just twirling her baton
Me and her went for a ride, sir, and ten innocent people died
From the town of Lincoln, Nebraska, with a sawed-off .410 on my lap
Through to the badlands of Wyoming I killed everything in my path
I cant say that Im sorry for the things that we done
At least f... |
My heart belongs to you
So what could I do
To make you feel Im down with
You see me hangin around
But you dont know how you make me feel for you, and
I try to make some sense of this
I know it could be serious
I dream about just holding you
what is a girl supposed to do?
I love you
I want you
Youre the one that I... |
We sit in the car outside your house youre quiet
I can feel the heat coming around
I go to put my arm around you
And you give me a look like Im way out of bounds
Well, you let out one of your bored sighs
Well, lately when I look into your eyes
Im goin down, down, down, down
Im goin down, down, down, down
Im goin down, ... |
Theres a light on yonder mountain
And its calling me to shine
Theres a girl over by the water fountain
And shes asking to be mine
And Jesus is standing in the doorway
In a buckskin jacket, boots and spurs so fine
He says, We need you son tonight up in Dodge City
Cause theres just too many outlaws trying to work the sam... |
Well I stood stone-like at midnight
Suspended in my masquerade
I combed my hair til it was just right
And commanded the night brigade
I was open to pain and crossed by the rain
And I walked on a crooked crutch
I strolled all alone through a fallout zone
And came out with my soul untouched
I hid in the clouded wrath of ... |
Spread out now, Rosie, doctor come cut loose her mamas reins
You know playin blind mans bluff is a little babys game
You pick up Little Dynamite, Im gonna pick up Little Gun
And together were gonna go out tonight and make that highway run
You dont have to call me lieutenant, Rosie, and I dont want to be your son
The on... |
Part A: Waltzing Matilda
Waltzing Matilda whipped out her wallet
Sexy boys smiled in dismay
She took out four twenties cause she liked round figures
Everybodys queen for a day
Oh babe, Im on fire and you know I admire your body
Why dont we slip away?
Although Im sure youre certain, its a rarity me flirtin
Sha la la la ... |
Well theyre still racing out at the Trestles
But that blood it never burned in her veins
Now I hear shes got a house up in Fairview
And a style shes trying to maintain
Well, if she wants to see me
You can tell her that Im easily found
Tell her theres a spot out neath Abrams Bridge
And tell her
Theres a darkness on the ... |
Cant see nothing in front of me
Cant see nothing coming up behind
Make my way through this darkness
I cant feel nothing but this chain that binds me
Lost track of how far Ive gone
How far Ive gone, how high Ive climbed
On my backs a sixty pound stone
On my shoulder, a half-mile line
Come on up for the rising
Come on up... |
Crazy Janey and her mission man were back in the alley tradin hands
long came Wild Billy with his friend G-man all duded up for Saturday night
Well Billy slammed on his coaster brakes and said anybody wanna go on up to Greasy Lake
Its about a mile down on the dark side of route eighty-eight
I got a bottle of rose so le... |
When you need me call my name
Cause without you my life just wouldnt be the same
If you want me come sunny skies or rain
When you need me just call my name
If you miss me, Ill be there
To brush the sunlight from your hair
Ill be there to guide you when trouble walks beside you
If you need me Ill be there
And when this ... |
I wake up in the morning, just glad my boots are on
Instead of empty in the whispering grasses
Down the Five at Forest Lawn
On the set, the makeup girl brings me two raw eggs and a shot of gin
Then I give it all up for that little blue pill
That promises to bring it all back to you again
Ride me down easy, ride me down... |
Im ridin in your car
You turn on the radio
Youre pullin me close
I just say no
I say I dont like it
But you know Im a liar
Cause when we kiss, ooh, fire
Late at night
Youre takin me home
You say you want to stay
I say I want to be alone
I say I dont love you
But you know Im a liar
Cause when we kiss, ooh, fire
You had ... |
Man walks along the railroad track
Hes goin some place and theres no turnin back
The Highway Patrol chopper comin up over the ridge
Man sleeps by a campfire under the bridge
The shelter line stretchin around the corner
Welcome to the New World Order
Families sleepin in their cars out in the Southwest
No job, no home, n... |
New Jersey turnpike, ridin on a wet night
Neath the refinerys glow, out where the great black rivers flow
License, registration, I aint got none
But I got a clear conscience bout the things that I done
Mister state trooper, please dont stop me
Please dont stop me, please dont stop me
Maybe you got a kid, maybe you got ... |
Forty-one shots and well take that ride
Across the bloody river to the other side
Forty-one shots cut through the night
Youre kneeling over his body in the vestibule
Praying for his life
Is it a gun? Is it a knife?
Is it a wallet? This is your life
It aint no secret
It aint no secret
No secret, my friend
You can get ... |
Well, its Saturday night
Youre all dressed up in blue
I been watching you awhile
Maybe you been watching me, too
So somebody ran out
Left somebodys heart in a mess
Well, if youre looking for love
Honey, Im tougher than the rest
Some girls, they want a handsome Dan
Or some good-lookin Joe on their arm
Some girls like a ... |
Neath a crowd of mongrel trees I pulled that bothersome thread
Got down on my knees, grabbed my pen and bowed my head
Tried to summon all that my heart finds true
And send it in my letter to you
Whoa!
Things I found out through hard times and good
I wrote ’em all out in ink and blood
Dug deep in my soul and signed my n... |
On a rattlesnake speedway in the Utah desert
I pick up my money and head back into town
Driving cross the Waynesboro county line
I got the radio on and Im just killing time
Working all day in my daddys garage
Driving all night chasing some mirage
Pretty soon little girl Im gonna take charge
The dogs on Main Street howl... |
Sandy, the fireworks are hailing over Little Eden tonight
Forcing a light into all those stony faces left stranded on this warm July
Down in the town, the Circuits full of switchblade lovers, so fast, so shiny, so sharp
As the wizards play down on Pinball Way on the boardwalk way past dark
And the boys from the casino ... |
Well Janeys got a doctor who tears apart her insides
He investigates her and silently baits her sighs
He probes with his fingers but knows her heart only through his stethoscope
His hands are cold and his bodys so old
Janey turns him down like dope
Janey needs a shooter now
A shooter like me on her side
Janey needs a s... |
Well, we busted out of class
Had to get away from those fools
We learned more from a three-minute record, baby
Than we ever learned in school
Tonight I hear the neighborhood drummer sound
I can feel my heart begin to pound
You say youre tired and you just want to close your eyes
And follow your dreams down
Well we made... |
The road is long and seeming without end
The days go on, I remember you my friend
And though youre gone and my hearts been emptied it seems
Ill see you in my dreams
I got the old guitar here by the bed
All your favorite records and all the books that you read
And though my soul feels like its been split at the seams
Il... |
Im driving in my car
I turn on the radio
Im pulling you close
You just say no
You say you dont like it
But girl I know youre a liar
Cause when we kiss
Ooooh, Fire
Late at night
Im takin you home
I say I wanna stay
You say you wanna be alone
You say you dont love me
But you cant hide your desire
And when we kiss
Oh, Fir... |
I had a job, I had a girl
I had something going, mister, in this world
I got laid off down at the lumber yard
Our love went bad. Times got hard
Now I work down at the carwash
Where all it ever does is rain
Dont you feel like youre a rider on a downbound train?
She just said Joe, I gotta go. We had it once. We aint got ... |
I hold you in my arms as the band plays
What are those words whispered, baby, just as you turn away
I saw you last night out on the edge of town
I wanna read your mind to know just what Ive got in this new thing Ive found
So tell me what I see when I look in your eyes
Is that you, baby, or just a brilliant disguise?
I ... |
Big black train comin down the track
Blow your whistle long and long
One minute youre here
Next minute youre gone
I lay my penny down on the rails
As the summer wind sings its last song
One minute youre here
Next minute youre gone
Baby baby baby
Im so alone
Baby baby baby
Im coming home
Autumn carnival on the edge of t... |
Its raining, but there aint a cloud in the sky
Must have been a tear from your eye
Everything will be okay
Yeah funny, I thought I felt a sweet summer breeze
Must have been you sighing so deep
Dont worry, were going to find a way
Im waiting, waiting on a sunny day
Gonna chase the clouds away
Yeah Im waiting on a sunny ... |
My name is Joe Roberts, I work for the state
Im a sergeant out of Perrineville Barracks Number 8
I always done an honest job—as honest as I could
I got a brother named Frankie, and Frankie aint no good
Now, ever since we was young kids, its been the same comedown
I get a call on the shortwave: Frankies in trouble downt... |
Where the road is dark and the seed is sowed
Where the gun is cocked and the bullets cold
Where the miles are marked in the blood and gold
Ill meet you further on up the road
Got on my dead mans suit and my smilin skull ring
My lucky graveyard boots and a song to sing
I got a song to sing, it keeps me out of the cold
A... |
In the summer that I was baptized
My father held me to his side
As they put me to the water
He said how on that day I cried
We were prisoners of love, a love in chains
He was standin in the door I was standin in the rain
With the same hot blood burning in our veins
Adam raised a Cain
Adam raised a Cain
Adam raised a Ca... |
With her killer graces
And her secret places
That no boy can fill
With her hands on her hips
Oh and that smile on her lips
Because she knows that it kills me
With her soft French cream
Standing in that doorway like a dream
I wish shed just leave me alone
Because French cream wont soften them boots
And French kisses wil... |
The ragamuffin gunner is returnin home like a hungry runaway
He walks through town all alone
He must be from the fort, he hears the high school girls say
This countrysides burnin with wolfmen fairies dressed in drag for homicide
They hit and run, plead sanctuary, neath the holy stone they hide
Theyre breakin beams and ... |
Well, I came by your house the other day
Your mother said you went away
She said there was nothing that I could have done
There was nothing nobody could say
Me and you, weve known each other
Yeah, ever since we were sixteen
I wished I would have known
I wished I could have called you
Just to say Goodbye, Bobby Jean
Now... |
Well brunettes are fine man
And blondes are fun
But when it comes to getting a dirty job done
Ill take a red headed woman
A red headed woman
It takes a red headed woman
To get a dirty job done
Well listen up stud your lifes been wasted
Till youve got down on your knees and tasted
A red headed woman
A red headed woman
I... |
Driving in to Darlington County
Me and Wayne on the Fourth of July
Driving in to Darlington County
Looking for some work on the county line
We drove down from New York City
Where the girls are pretty but they just want to know your name
Driving in to Darlington City
Got a union connection with an uncle of Waynes
We dro... |
There is a blood red circle
On the cold dark ground
And the rain is falling down
The church doors thrown open
I can hear the organs song
But the congregations gone
My city of ruins
My city of ruins
Now the sweet bells of mercy
Drift through the evening trees
Young men on the corner
Like scattered leaves
The boarded-up ... |
Take me now, baby, here as I am
Hold me close, and try and understand
Desire is hunger is the fire I breathe
Love is a banquet on which we feed
Come on now, try and understand
The way I feel under your command
Take my hand, as the sun descends
They cant hurt you now
Cant hurt you now
Cant hurt you now
Because the night... |
Zero’s my number
Time is my hunter
I wanted you to heal me
But instead you set me on fire
We were out over the borders
I washed you in holy water
We whispered our black prayers
And rose up in flames
Take me on your burnin’ train
Take me on your burnin’ train
White sun burnin’
Black wings beatin’
I ran my fingers ‘cross... |
Well the multitude assembled and tried to make the noise
Them black blind poet generals and restless loud white boys
But times grew thin and the axis grew somehow incomplete
Where instead of child lions we had aging junkie sheep
Well how many wasted have I seen signed Hollywood or bust
And left to ride the ever ghostly... |
The times are tough now, just getting tougher
This old world is rough, its just getting rougher
Cover me, come on baby, cover me
Well Im looking for a lover who will come on in and cover me
Promise me baby you wont let them find us
Hold me in your arms, lets let our love blind us
Cover me, shut the door and cover me
We... |
Had enough of heartbreak and pain
I had a little sweet spot for the rain
For the rain and skies of grey
Hello sunshine, wont you stay?
You know I always liked my walking shoes
But you can get a little too fond of the blues
You walk too far, you walk away
Hello sunshine, wont you stay?
You know I always loved a lonely t... |
Princess cards she sends me with her regards
Barroom eyes shine vacancy, to see her you gotta look hard
Wounded deep in battle, I stand stuffed like some soldier undaunted
To her Cheshire smile. Ill stand on file, shes all I ever wanted
But you let your blue walls get in the way of these facts
Honey, get your carpetbag... |
In Candys room there are pictures of her heroes on the wall
But to get to Candys room you gotta walk the darkness of Candys hall
Strangers from the city call my babys number and they bring her toys
When I come knocking she smiles pretty she knows I wanna be Candys boy
Theres a sadness hidden in that pretty face
A sadne... |
Well they closed down the auto plant in Mahwah late last month
Ralph went out lookin for a job but he couldnt find none
He came home too drunk from mixin Tanqueray and wine
He got a gun, shot a night clerk; now they callm Johnny 99
Down in the part of town where when you hit a red light you dont stop
Johnnys wavin his ... |
I got no time for the corner boys
Down in the street making all that noise
Or the girls down on the avenue
Cause tonight I wanna be with you
Tonight Im gonna take that ride
Across the river to the Jersey side
Take my baby to the carnival
And Ill take her on all the rides
Cause down the shore everythings all right
You a... |
You and me we were the pretenders
We let it all slip away
In the end what you dont surrender
Well the world just strips away
Girl aint no kindness in the face of strangers
Aint gonna find no miracles here
Well you can wait on your blessings darlin
But I got a deal for you right here
I aint lookin for prayers or pity
I ... |
Thumb stuck out as I go
Im just travelin up the road
Maps dont do much for me, friend
I follow the weather and the wind
Im hitch hikin all day long
Got what I can carry and my song
Im a rolling stone just rolling on
Catch me now cause tomorrow, Ill be gone
Family man gives me a ride
Got his pregnant Sally at his side
Y... |
Parched crops dying neath a dead sun
Weve been praying but no good comes
The dogs howling, homes stripped bare
Weve been worried but now were scared
People come for comfort or just to come
Taste the dark sticky potion or hear the drums
Hands raised to Yahweh to bring the rain down
He comes crawlin cross the dry fields ... |
Ive been working real hard, trying to get my hands clean
Well drive that dusty road from Monroe to Angeline
To buy you a gold and a pretty dress of blue
Baby, just one kiss will get these things for you
A kiss to seal our fate tonight
A kiss to
Prove it all night, prove it all night
Girl, theres nothing else that we ca... |
I hear the sound of your guitar
Comin in from the mystic far
Stone and the gravel in your voice
Come in my dreams and I rejoice
Its your ghost
Moving through the night
Spirit filled with light
I need, need you by my side
Your love and Im
Alive, I can feel the blood shiver in my bones
Im alive and Im out here on my own
... |
Fat man sitting on a little stool takes the money from my hand
While his eyes take a walk all over you
Hands me the ticket, smiles and whispers good luck with her
Cuddle up, angel, cuddle up, my little dove
Well ride down, baby, into this tunnel of love
I can feel the soft silk of your blouse
And them soft thrills in o... |
Dirty old street all slushed up in the rain and snow
Little boy and his ma shivering outside a rundown music store window
That night on top of a Christmas tree shines one beautiful star
And lying underneath a brand-new Japanese guitar
I remember in the morning, ma, hearing your alarm clock ring
Id lie in bed and listen... |
Last night I dreamed that I was a child
Out where the pines grow wild and tall
I was trying to make it home through the forest
Before the darkness falls
I heard the wind rustling through the trees
And ghostly voices rose from the fields
I ran with my heart pounding down that broken path
With the devil snappin at my hee... |
In the afternoon neath the summer sun
Wed lie by the lake till the evening comes
I run my fingers through your sun-streaked hair
Baby, thats the power of prayer
Summer nights, summers in the air
I stack the tables with the chairs
Its closing time, then youre standing there
Baby, thats the power of prayer
Its a fixed ga... |
You get up every morning at the sound of the bell
You get to work late and the boss mans giving you hell
Til youre out on a midnight run
Losing your heart to a beautiful one
And it feels right as you lock up the house
Turn out the lights and step out into the night
And the world is busting at its seams
And youre just a... |
You meet me in the night
With tears falling down
Come let me dry them for you
I wish I could tell a story
Chase away all those ghosts
You got inside of you
A story of heroes who fight on at any cost
Of a kingdom of love
To be won or lost
Well fight here together
til victory is won
Come take my hand til morning comes
Ju... |
The blood moon shines across the vale
Bells ring out through churches and jails
I tally my wounds and count the scars
Here in the house of a thousand guitars
The criminal clown has stolen the throne
He steals what he can never own
May the truth ring out from every small-town bar
Well light up the house of a thousand gu... |
Every day here you come walking
I hold my tongue, I dont do much talking
You say youre happy and doing fine
Well go ahead, baby, I got plenty of time
Because sad eyes never lie
Because sad eyes never lie
Well, for a while Ive been watching you steady
Aint gonna move til youre good and ready
You show up and then you shy... |
When the nights quiet and you dont care anymore
And your eyes are tired and theres someone at your door
And you realize you wanna let go
And the weak lies and the cold walls you embrace
Eat at your insides and, baby, I ain’t no liar, I walk
Streets of fire
Streets of fire
Streets of fire
Streets of fire
Now Im wanderin... |
I thought I heard the Captain say
Pay me my money down
Tomorrow is our sailing day
Pay me my money down
Oh, pay me, oh, pay me
Pay me my money down
Pay me or go to jail
Pay me my money down
As soon as the boat was clear of the bar
Pay me my money down
The captain knocked me down with a spar
Pay me my money down
Oh, pay... |
Faded pictures in an old scrapbook
Faded pictures that somebody took
When you were hard and young and proud
Backed against the wall, running raw and loud
Snakeskin vest and a sharkskin suit
Cuban heels on your boots
You kick in the band and side-by-side
You take the crowd on their mystery ride
Knights of Columbus and t... |
Seen a man standing over a dead dog
Lying by the highway in a ditch
Hes looking down kinda puzzled
Poking that dog with a stick
Got his car door flung open
Hes standing out on Highway 31
Like if he stood there long enough
That dogd get up and run
Struck me kinda funny
Seemed kinda funny, sir, to me
Still, at the end of... |
Well Im riding down Kingsley
Figuring Ill get a drink
Well I turn the radio up loud
So I dont have to think
And I take her to the floor
Looking for a moment
When the world seems right
And I tear into the guts
Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
Of something in the night
Well youre born with nothing
And better off that way
Soon as youv... |
Well Papa go to bed now its getting late
Nothing we can say is gonna change anything now
Ill be leaving in the morning from St. Marys Gate
We wouldnt change this thing even if we could somehow
Cause the darkness of this house has got the best of us
Theres a darkness in this town thats got us too
But they cant touch me ... |
What is this land America so many travel there
Im going now while Im still young my darling meet me there
Wish me luck my lovely Ill send for you when I can
And well make our home in the American land
Over there all the woman wear silk and satin to their knees
And children dear, the sweets, I hear, are growing on the t... |
Your Mammas yapping in the back seat
Tell her to push over and move them big feet
Every Monday morning I gotta drive her down to the unemployment agency
Well this morning I aint fighting tell her I give up
Tell her she wins if shell just shut up
But its the last time that shes gonna be riding with me
You can tell her t... |
Ahh, sun city
Sun city
South Africa
South Africa
Were rockers and rappers united and strong
Were here to talk about South Africa we dont like whats going on
Its time for some justice its time for the truth
Weve realized theres only one thing we can do
We gotta say
I, I, I, I, I, I
Aint gonna play sun city
Oh, no, no,... |
Hey little girl, is your daddy home?
Will he go away and leave you all alone?
I got a bad desire
Oh, oh, oh, Im on fire
Tell me now baby, is he good to you?
Does he do to you the things that I do?
Oh no, I can take you higher
Oh, oh, oh, Im on fire
Sometimes its like someone took a knife, baby, edgy and dull
And cut a ... |
Billy, hes down by the railroad tracks
Sitting low in the back seat of his Cadillac
Diamond Jackie, shes so intact
As she falls so softly beneath him
Jackies heels are stacked
Billys got cleats on his boots
Together theyre gonna boogaloo down Broadway
And come back home with the loot
Its midnight in Manhattan, this is ... |
Theres a place on a blank stretch of road where
Nobody travels and nobody goes and the
Deskman says these days round here
Where two young folks could probably up and disappear into
Rustlin sheets, a sleepy corner room
Into the musty smell
Of wilted flowers and lazy afternoon hours
At the Moonlight Motel
Now the pools f... |
I had the carburetor cleaned and checked
With her line blown out shes hummin like a turbojet
Propped her up in the backyard on concrete blocks
For a new clutch plate and a new set of shocks
Took her down to the carwash check the plugs and points
Im goin out tonight Im gonna rock that joint
Early north Jersey industrial... |
Here in northeast Ohio
Back in eighteen-o-three
James and Dan Heaton
Found the ore that was lining Yellow Creek
They built a blast furnace
Here along the shore
And they made the cannonballs
That helped the Union win the war
Here in Youngstown
Here in Youngstown
My sweet Jenny Im sinking down
Here darling in Youngstown
... |
Hey, Eddie, can you lend me a few bucks
And tonight can you get us a ride
Gotta make it through the tunnel
Got a meeting with a man on the other side
Hey Eddie, this guy, hes the real thing
So if you want to come along
You gotta promise you wont say anything
Cause this guy dont dance
And the words been passed this is o... |
I had skin like leather and the diamond-hard look of a cobra
I was born blue and weathered but I burst just like a supernova
I could walk like Brando right into the sun
Then dance just like a Casanova
With my blackjack and jacket and hair slicked sweet
Silver star studs on my duds like a Harley in heat
When I strut dow... |
The Lyrics dataset parsed from Genius. This dataset is designed to generate lyrics with HuggingArtists. Model is available here.
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How to load this dataset directly with the datasets library:
from datasets import load_dataset
dataset = load_dataset("huggingartists/bruce-springsteen")
An example of 'train' looks as follows.
This example was too long and was cropped:
{
"text": "Look, I was gonna go easy on you\nNot to hurt your feelings\nBut I'm only going to get this one chance\nSomething's wrong, I can feel it..."
}
The data fields are the same among all splits.
text: a string feature.| train | validation | test |
|---|---|---|
| 960 | - | - |
'Train' can be easily divided into 'train' & 'validation' & 'test' with few lines of code:
from datasets import load_dataset, Dataset, DatasetDict
import numpy as np
datasets = load_dataset("huggingartists/bruce-springsteen")
train_percentage = 0.9
validation_percentage = 0.07
test_percentage = 0.03
train, validation, test = np.split(datasets['train']['text'], [int(len(datasets['train']['text'])*train_percentage), int(len(datasets['train']['text'])*(train_percentage + validation_percentage))])
datasets = DatasetDict(
{
'train': Dataset.from_dict({'text': list(train)}),
'validation': Dataset.from_dict({'text': list(validation)}),
'test': Dataset.from_dict({'text': list(test)})
}
)
@InProceedings{huggingartists,
author={Aleksey Korshuk}
year=2021
}
Built by Aleksey Korshuk
For more details, visit the project repository.