I used to carry
The weight of the world
On my back
I never trusted
My friends or my girl
Can you imagine that
I used to shuffle my feet
When I walked
I hung my head down low
Kept to myself
All my private thoughts
But when I met you girl.

I dropped the
Weight of the world
Weight of the world
I dropped the
Weight of the world
Weight of the world.

I knew some people
Used to dance all night
But not me
I never knew
If it was wrong or right
To be so free
I used to close my eyes
And try to hide
From the light of love
Spent all my time
With the darkness inside
But when I met you girl.

I dropped
The weight of the world
Weight of the world
I dropped
The weight of the world
Weight of the world.

I was alone
For all of my life
I was alone
For all of my life
I was alone
For all of my life
I was alone
For all of my life
Until you came my way
I dropped
The weight of the world
Weight of the world
I dropped
The weight of the world
Weight of the world.

Here comes the night
Here comes the anger
Hidden so deep inside
No one can see
Behind these eyes
There walks a stranger
Wandering through the dark
Following me.

Control the violent side
Control the violent side
Control the violent side
Control the violent side.

Electric light
Shining on your block
Sayin' to everyone
The power is on
While your alarm
Set up for safety
Keeps out invaders who come
But still can't control.

Control the violent side
Control the violent side
Control the violent side
Control the violent side.

Got to fight to control
The violent side
Every day and night
I've got to fight
To control it.

Take my advice
Don't listen to me
It ain't paradise
But it used to be
There was a time
When the river was wide
And the water
Came running down
To the rising tide
But the wooden ships
Were just a hippie dream
Just a hippie dream.

Don't bat an eye
Don't waste a word
Don't mention nothin'
That could go unheard
'Cause the tie-dye sails
Are the screamin' sheets
And the dusty trail
Leads to blood
In the streets
And the wooden ships
Are a hippie dream
Capsized in excess
If you know what I mean.

Just because
It's over for you
Don't mean
It's over for me
It's a victory
For the heart
Every time
The music starts
So please
Don't kill the machine
Don't kill the machine
Don't kill the machine.

Another flower child
Goes to seed
In an ether-filled
Room of meat-hooks
It's so ugly
So ugly.

Have you heard the news
I lost my baby to another man
I got a bulletin of news
Late breaking story
That I don't understand
Should I call her up late
Should I ask her
How she really feels
Should I try to make a date
For a time when we can touch
And feel.

She' so on fire
She's my desire.

I've got the bad news beat
And my reception
Is loud and clear
I've got a
Man in the street
Telling me what
I don't want to hear
I've got an eye in the sky
Taking pictures that
I don't want to see
She's got a brand new guy
Looks like she's
Never coming back
To me.

She' so on fire
She's my desire.

I've got an
Eye in the sky
I've got a
Man in the street
I've got
The bad news beat
I've got
The bad news beat

Out on the road
The traffic slowed
Down to a crawl
Strobe lights flashin'
On the overpass
The tangled steel
Could not reveal
What no one saw
Or how he walked away
Without a scratch
He thought of her
And walked along
The exit ramp
He touched the night
Between two
Old street lamps.

And every one
Will touch the night
And every one
Will touch the night
And every one
Will touch the night.

Imagine blue
Dissolve into
The empty night
Slowly fadin'
No one answerin'
She walked away
And left him standing
All alone
Between the shadows
Of his memory
And those who loved
And lost will know
The way it feels
To touch the night
Without the one
You love.

And every one
Will touch the night
And every one
Will touch the night
And every one
Will touch the night.

People on the street
Need a place to go
People on the street
Need a place to go
Walkin' with the beat
If it's not too slow
Walkin' with the beat
If it's not too slow
When the night's
Dark shadow falls
On the sidewalk scenes and
The concrete canyon walls.

People on the street
Need a place to go
People on the street
Need a place to go.

Walkin' through the night
Up and down the avenue
Lookin' for a place,
A place to go,
A place to go.

There's a muffled scream
From the alley scene
From the alley scene
Comes a muffled scream
And the siren wails
While the system fails
In the steaming heat
People walk in the street
People can't run and hide
If you want to feel good then
You gotta feel good inside.

People on the street
Need a place to go
People on the street
Need a place to go.

Rising through the grates
Come the fumes of industry
Floating to the sky
Keep walkin' with the beat,
Walkin' with the beat
Keep walkin' with the beat,
Walkin' with the beat
Keep walkin' with the beat,
Walkin' with the beat
When the night's
Dark shadow falls
On the sidewalk scenes and
The concrete canyon walls.

People on the street
Need a place to go
People on the street
Need a place to go.

Don't tell me hard luck stories
And I won't tell you mine
Don't tell me hard luck stories
And I won't tell you mine.

Every time you're feelin' fine
Got another good one on the line
It slips away,
You feel it slip away, slip away.

I don't want no more from you
Won't do what you want me to
Turn me loose
Come on turn me loose,
Turn me loose.

Every time I'm feelin' good
The phone rings
And I knock on wood
Hoping that it won't be you
Calling like you always do.

All you ever seem to say is
How much bad luck came your way
You won't try to start again
You just count
On your old friends.

Don't tell me hard luck stories
And I won't tell you mine
Don't tell me hard luck stories
And I won't tell you mine.

Now you call up every day
Got no money no place to stay
That girl made a mess of you
You got what was comin' too.

Build her up and let her down
Tastin' everythin' in town
Treat her right, you never
Treat her right, treat her right.

Now she's gone and you're alone
Bite your fingers to the bone
Slip away,
You feel it slip away, slip away.

You don't know what's goin' on
How you lost it, what went wrong
What ever happened to
The love that you once knew.

Don't tell me hard luck stories
And I won't tell you mine
Don't tell me hard luck stories
And I won't tell you mine.

I got a problem
I can't explain
It's hard to solve it,
I can't lose face
They all try to help me,
But I can't see the light.

Me and my shadow
Are so in despair
'Cause we keep hurtin'
Someone who cares
Every time we talk about it
I break out in a cold sweat
There must be
Some way outta here,
But I can't find it yet.

I got a problem
That's so intense
I try to fight it,
But there's no defense.

Every time we talk about it
I break out in a cold sweat
There must be
Some way outta here,
But I can't find it yet.

I got a problem,
I got a problem
I got a problem,
I got a problem
Every time we talk about it
I break out in a cold sweat.

A funny thing
Happened yesterday
I felt the pressure
In a brand new way
It kept hitting me
From all directions
I got this feeling
I was cracking up
My knees were shaking and
I couldn't close my eyes
I fought to gain control
And make corrections
A funny thing
Happened yesterday
I felt the pressure
In a TV way.

Don't feel, don't feel
Feel pressure from me
Don't feel, don't feel
No pressure from me
Don't feel, don't feel
Feel pressure from me.

You watch the box
And the video jocks
If you could talk that
Could even be you up there
That's why you need
Max head room
Too much pressure
For peace on earth
Too much tryin'
To get your money's worth
Too much dying
The Eldorado,
The Mercedes Benz
The job security
That never ends.

Don't feel, don't feel
Feel pressure from me
Don't feel, don't feel
No pressure from me
Don't feel, don't feel
Feel pressure from me
Don't feel, don't feel
No pressure from me.

I feel the pressure
Building every night
One of these days I'm gonna
Go out like a light
Oh, baby
I feel the pressure
Building every night
One of these days I'm gonna
Go out like a light.

I'm just a drifter
I'll stay until you
Try to tie me down
I'm not a quitter, baby
I'd like to stay and see
The whole thing go down.

Don't try to tell me
What I gotta do to fit
Don't try to rescue me,
I'm gonna go with my ship.

What about you, did I ever
Take a thing from you?
What about me, how do I know
That your love is true?
What about you,
How can I count on you
To count on me?

I like to drive my car
If I've got someplace to go
I like to feel the wheel
Put down the top
And let it roll.

Don't try to fence me in,
Don't try to slow me down
Don't try to speed me up,
Or tie my feet
Down to the ground.

What about you, did I ever
Take a thing from you?
What about me, how do I know
That your love is true?
What about you,
How can I count on you
To count on me?

I'm just a drifter
I'll stay until
You try to tie me down
Don't try to rescue me,
Don't try to rescue me
I like to feel the wheel,
I like to feel the wheel
I like to feel the wheel.