Hey hey, my my
Rock and roll can never die
There's more to the picture
Than meets the eye.
Hey hey, my my.

Out of the blue
And into the black
You pay for this,
But they give you that
And once you're gone,
You can't come back
When you're out of the blue
And into the black.

The king is gone
But he's not forgotten
Is this the story
Of Johnny Rotten?
It's better to burn out
'cause rust never sleeps
The king is gone
But he's not forgotten.

Hey hey, my my
Rock and roll can never die
There's more to the picture
Than meets the eye.

Well, the cop made the showdown
He was sure he was right
He had all of the lowdown
From the bank heist last night
His best friend was the robber
And his wife was a thief
All the children were killers
They couldn't get no relief
The bungalow was surrounded
When a voice loud and clear
Said, Come on out
With your hands up
Or we'll blow you out of here.
There was a face in the window
The TV cameras rolled
Then they cut to the announcer
And the story was told.

The artist looked at the producer
The producer sat back
He said, What we have got here
Is a perfect track
But we don't have a vocal
And we don't have a song
If we could get
These things accomplished
Nothin' else could go wrong.
So he balanced the ashtray
As he picked up the phone
And said, Send me a songwriter
Who's drifted far from home
And make sure that he's hungry
Make sure he's alone
Send me a cheeseburger
And a new Rolling Stone.
Yeah.

There's still crime in the city,
Said the cop on the beat,
I don't know if I can stop it
I feel like meat on the street
They paint my car like a target
I take my orders from fools
Meanwhile some kid
Blows my head off
Well, I play by their rules
That's why I'm doin' it my way
I took the law in my hands

So here I am in the alleyway
A wad of cash in my pants
I get paid by a ten year old
He says he looks up to me
There's still crime in the city
But it's good to be free.
Yeah.

Now I come from a family
That has a broken home
Sometimes I talk to Daddy
On the telephone
When he says that he loves me
I know that he does
But I wish I could see him
I wish I knew where he was
But that's the way
All my friends are
Except maybe one or two
Wish I could
See him this weekend
Wish I could walk in his shoes
But now I'm doin' my own thing
Sometimes I'm good, then I'm bad
Although my home has been broken
It's the best home I ever had
Yeah.

Well, I keep gettin' younger
My life's been funny that way
Before I ever learned to talk
I forgot what to say
I sassed back to my mom
I sassed back to my teacher
I got thrown out of Bible school
For sassin' back at the preacher
Then I grew up to be a fireman
Put out every fire in town
Put out anything smokin'
But when I put the hose down
The judge sent me to prison
He gave me life without parole
Wish I never put the hose down
Wish I never got old.

How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

How many years can a mountain exist
Before it's washed to the sea?
Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head,
Pretending he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

People, pick up
On what I'm puttin' down now

Welfare mothers
Make better lovers

Down at every
Laundromat in town now

Welfare mothers
Make better lovers

While they're washin'
You can hear this sound now

Welfare mothers
Make better lovers

Divorcee!

Hard to believe
That love is free now

Welfare mothers
Make better lovers

Out on the street
With the whole family now

Welfare mothers
Make better lovers

Hard to believe
That love is free now

Welfare mothers
Make better lovers

Divorcee!

People, pick up
On what I'm puttin' down now

Welfare mothers
Make better lovers

Down in every
Laundromat in town now

Welfare mothers
Make better lovers

While they're washin'
You can hear this sound now

Welfare mothers
Make better lovers

Divorcee!

Late one night I was walking
In the valley of hearts.
A spirit came to me and said:
You gotta move to start
You gotta take the first step
You gotta crawl to be tall
And then she me told something,
Something that
I'll never forget.

You got love to burn.
You better
Take your chance on love.
You got to let your guard down
You better take a chance,
A chance on love.
Take chance on love
On love.

In the valley of hearts there's
A house full of broken windows
And the lovers inside just
Quarrel all the time
Why'd you ruin my life?
Where you takin' my kid?
And they hold each other saying:
How did it come to this?

You got love to burn.
You better take your chance
On love.
You got to let your guard down
You better take a chance,
A chance on love.
Take chance on love
On love.

Late one night I was walking
In the valley of hearts.
A spirit came to me and said:
You gotta move to start
You gotta take the first step
You gotta crawl to be tall
And then she me told something,
Something that
I'll never forget.

I wanna live
With a cinnamon girl
I could be happy
The rest of my life
With a cinnamon girl.

A dreamer of pictures
I run in the night
You see us together,
Chasing the moonlight,
My cinnamon girl.

Ten silver saxes,
A bass with a bow
The drummer relaxes
And waits between shows
For his cinnamon girl.

A dreamer of pictures
I run in the night
You see us together,
Chasing the moonlight,
My cinnamon girl.

Pa sent me money now
I'm gonna make it somehow
I need another chance
You see your baby loves to dance
Yeah...yeah...yeah.

Well, I saw an old man
Walking in my place
And he looked at me,
It could have been my face
His words were kind
But his eyes were wild
He said: I got load to love,
But I want one more child.

There's a mansion on the hill
Psychedelic music fills the air
Peace and love live there still
In that mansion on the hill.

Around the next bend,
Take the highway to the sun
Or the rocky road,
It really don't matter
Which one
I was in hurry
But that don't matter now
'Cause I have to get off
That road of tears somehow.

There's a mansion on the hill
Psychedelic music fills the air
Peace and love live there still
In that mansion on the hill.

Mindless drifter on the road
Carry such an easy load
It's how you look,
And how you feel
You must have
A heart of steel.

Why do I keep fuckin' up?

I can see you on a hill
Comatose but walking still
Curves beneath
Your flowing gown
Only I could
Bring you down.

Why do I keep fuckin' up?

Dogs that lick
And dogs that bite
Hounds that howl
Through the night
Broken leashes
Are all over the floor
Keys left hanging
In a swinging door.

Why do I keep fuckin' up?

Keep fuckin' up!

He came dancing across the water
With his galleons and guns
Looking for the new world
In that palace in the sun.

On the shore lay Montezuma
With his coca leaves and pearls
In his halls he often wondered
With the secrets of the worlds.

And his subjects
Gathered 'round him
Like the leaves around a tree
In their clothes of many colors
For the angry gods to see.

And the women all were beautiful
And the men stood
Straight and strong
They offered life in sacrifice
So that others could go on.

Hate was just a legend
And war was never known
The people worked together
And they lifted many stones.

They carried them
To the flatlands
And they died along the way
But they built up
With their bare hands
What we still can't do today.

And I know she's living there
And she loves me to this day
I still can't remember when
Or how I lost my way.

He came dancing across the water
Cortez, Cortez
What a killer.

Look out, Mama,
There's a white boat
Comin' up the river
With a big red beacon,
And a flag,
And a man on the rail
I think you'd better call John,
'Cause it don't
Look like they're here
To deliver the mail
And it's less than a mile away
I hope they didn't come to stay
It's got numbers on the side
And a gun
And it's makin' big waves.

Daddy's gone,
My brother's out hunting
In the mountains
Big John's been drinking
Since the river took Emmy-Lou
So the powers that be
Left me here
To do the thinkin'
And I just turned twenty-two
I was wonderin' what to do
And the closer they got,
The more those feelings grew.

Daddy's rifle in my hand
Felt reassurin'
He told me,
Red means run, son,
Numbers add up to nothin'
But when the first shot
Hit the docks I saw it comin'
Raised my rifle to my eye
Never stopped to wonder why.
Then I saw black,
And my face splashed in the sky.

Shelter me from the powder
And the finger
Cover me with the thought
That pulled the trigger
Think of me
As one you'd never figured
Would fade away so young
With so much left undone
Remember me to my love,
I know I'll miss her.

Long ago in the book of old,
Before the chapter
Where dreams unfold
A battle raged
On the open page,
Love was a winner there
Overcoming hate
Like a little girl
Who couldn't wait.

Love and only love
Will endure
Hate is everything
You think it is
Love and only love
Will break it down
Love and only love,
Will break it down
Break it down, break it down.

Tomorrow is a long long time
If you're a memory
Trying to find peace of mind
Spirit come back to me,
Give me strength and set me free
Let me hear the magic in my heart.

Love and only love
Will endure
Hate is everything
You think it is
Love and only love
Will break it down
Love and only love,
Will break it down
Break it down, break it down.

Long ago in the book of old,
Before the chapter
Where dreams unfold
A battle raged
On the open page,
Love was a winner there
Overcoming hate
Like a little girl
Who couldn't wait.

Love and only love
Will endure
Hate is everything
You think it is
Love and only love
Will break it down
Love and only love.

There's colors on the street
Red, white and blue
People shufflin' their feet
People sleepin' in their shoes
But there's a warnin' sign
On the road ahead
There's a lot of people sayin'
We'd be better off dead
Don't feel like Satan,
But I am to them
So I try to forget it,
Any way I can.

Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world.

I see a woman in the night
With a baby in her hand
Under an old street light
Near a garbage can
Now she puts the kid away,
And she's gone to get a hit
She hates her life,
And what she's done to it
There's one more kid
That will never go to school
Never get to fall in love,
Never get to be cool.

Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world.

We got a thousand points of light
For the homeless man
We got a kinder, gentler,
Machine gun hand
We got department stores
And toilet paper
Got styrofoam boxes
For the ozone layer
Got a man of the people,
Says keep hope alive
Got fuel to burn,
Got roads to drive.

Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world.

Once I thought I saw you
In a crowded hazy bar,
Dancing on the light
From star to star.
Far across the moonbeam
I know that's who you are,
I saw your brown eyes
Turning once to fire.

You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye.
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer
Where the feeling stays.
I want to love you but
I'm getting blown away.

I am just a dreamer,
But you are just a dream,
You could have been
Anyone to me.
Before that moment
You touched my lips
That perfect feeling
When time just slips
Away between us
On our foggy trip.

You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye.
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer
Where the feeling stays.
I want to love you but
I'm getting blown away.

You are just a dreamer,
And I am just a dream.
You could have been
Anyone to me.
Before that moment
You touched my lips
That perfect feeling
When time just slips
Away between us
On our foggy trip.

You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye.
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer
Where the feeling stays.
I want to love you but
I'm getting blown away.

Farmer John, I'm in love with you daughter
Yeah, the one with champagne eyes.
I love the way she walks, I love the way she talks
I love the way she wiggles, she wiggles when she walks

Farmer John, I'm in love with you daughter
Yeah, the one with champagne eyes
Ooaah

Farmer John, I'm in love with you daughter
Yeah, the one with champagne eyes.
I love the way she walks, I love the way she talks
I love the way she moves, she moves she is moving, moving

Farmer John, I'm in love with you daughter (whoa)
Yeah the one, with champagne eyes.

Farmer John, I'm in love with you daughter (whoa)
Yeah the one, with champagne eyes.

Tonight's the night,
Tonight's the night
Tonight's the night,
Tonight's the night
Tonight's the night,
Tonight's the night
Tonight's the night,
Tonight's the night.

Bruce Berry was a working man
He used to load that Econoline van.
A sparkle was in his eye
But his life was in his hands.

Well, late at night
When the people were gone
He used to pick up my guitar
And sing a song in a shaky voice
That was real as the day was long.

Tonight's the night, yes it is,
Tonight's the night
Tonight's the night, yes it is,
Tonight's the night.

Early in the mornin'
At the break of day
He used to sleep
Until the afternoon.
If you never heard him sing
I guess you won't too soon.

'Cause people let me tell you
It sent a chill
Up and down my spine
When I picked up the telephone
And heard that he'd died
Out on the mainline.

Tonight's the night,
Tonight's the night
Tonight's the night,
Tonight's the night.

Bruce Berry was a working man
He used to load that Econoline van.
Well, early in the morning
At just about the break of day
He used to sleep
Until the afternoon.

Tonight's the night, yes it is,
Tonight's the night
Tonight's the night,
Tonight's the night
Tonight's the night,
Tonight's the night
Tonight's the night,
Tonight's the night.

It's too dark
To put the keys
In my ignition,
And the mornin' sun is yet
To climb my hood ornament.
But before too long I might
See those flashing red lights
Look out, mama,
'cause I'm comin' home tonight.

Think I'll
Roll another number
For the road,
I feel able to get under any load.
Though my feet
Aren't on the ground,
I been standin' on the sound
Of some open-hearted people
Goin' down.

I'm not goin' back
To Woodstock for a while,
Though I long to hear
That lonesome hippie smile.
I'm a million miles away
From that helicopter day
No, I don't believe
I'll be goin' back that way.

Think I'll
Roll another number
For the road,
I feel able to get under any load.
Though my feet
Aren't on the ground,
I been standin' on the sound
Of some open-hearted people
Goin' down.