Well, I'm a runnin' down the road, tryin' to loosen my load,
I've got seven women on my mind:
Four that wanna own me, two that wanna stone me,
One says she's a friend of mine.
Take it easy, take it easy,
Don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy.
Lighten up while you still can, don't even try to understand,
Just find a place to make your stand and take it easy.

Well, I'm a standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona
And such a fine sight to see:
It's a girl, my Lord, in a flat bed Ford
Slowin' down to take a look at me.
Come on, baby, don't say maybe.
I gotta know if your sweet love is gonna save me.
We may lose and we may win though we will never be here again.
So open up, I'm climbin' in, so take it easy.

Well, I'm a runnin' down the road, tryin' to loosen my load,
Got a world of trouble on my mind.
Lookin' for a lover who won't blow my cover,
She's so hard to find.
Take it easy, take it easy,
Don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy.
Come on, baby, don't say maybe.
I gotta know if your sweet love is gonna save me.
Oh, we got it easy,
We oughta take it easy.

Raven hair and ruby lips,
Sparks fly from her finger tips.
Echoed voices in the night,
She's a restless spirit on an endless flight.

Woo-hoo, witchy woman, see how high she flies.
Woo-hoo, witchy woman, she got the moon in her eyes.

She held me spellbound in the night,
Dancing shadows and firelight.
Crazy laughter in another room
And she drove herself to madness with a silver spoon.

Woo-hoo, witchy woman, see how high she flies.
Woo-hoo, witchy woman, she got the moon in her eyes.

I know you want to love her but let me tell you, brother,
She's been sleepin' in the devil's bed.
There's some rumors goin' round, someone's underground,
She can rock you in the night until your skin turns red.

Woo-hoo, witchy woman, see how high she flies.
Woo-hoo, witchy woman, she got the moon in her eyes.

I like the way your sparklin' earrings lay
Against your skin so brown
And I wanna sleep with you in the desert tonight
With a million stars all around.

'Cause I got a peaceful easy feelin’
And I know you won't let me down
'Cause I'm already standin' on the ground.

And I found out a long time ago
What a woman can do to your soul.
Ah, but she can't take you anywhere
You don't already know how to go.

And I got a peaceful easy feelin’
And I know you won't let me down
'Cause I'm already standin' on the ground.

I get this feelin' I may know you
As a lover and a friend
But this voice keeps whispering in my other ear
Tells me I may never see you again.

'Cause I get a peaceful easy feelin
And I know you won't let me down
'Cause I'm already standin',
I'm already standin',
Yes, I'm already standin' on the ground.

Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
You been out ridin' fences for so long now,
Oh, you're a hard one, I know that you got your reasons,
These things that are pleasin' you can hurt you somehow.

Don't you draw the queen of diamonds, boy, she'll beat you if she's able
You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet.
Now it seems to me some fine things have been laid upon your table,
But you only want the ones you can't get.

Desperado, oh, you ain't gettin' no younger,
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home,
And freedom, oh freedom, well, that's just some people talkin'
Your prison is walkin' through this world all alone.

Don't your feet get cold in the wintertime?
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine,
It's hard to tell the nighttime from the day.
You're losin' all your highs and lows,
Ain't it funny how the feelin' goes away?

Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
Come down from your fences, open the gate
It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you.
You better let somebody love you,
Let somebody love you
You better let somebody love you,
Before it's too late.

It's another tequila sunrise,
Starin' slowly 'cross the sky,
Said goodbye.

He was just a hired hand,
Workin' on the dreams he planned to try,
The days go by.

Every night when the sun goes down,
Just another lonely boy in town,
And she's out runnin' 'round.

She wasn't just another woman,
And I couldn't keep from comin' on,
It's been so long.

Oh, and it's a hollow feelin',
When it comes down to dealin' friends,
It never ends.

Take another shot of courage,
Wonder why the right words never come,
You just get numb.

It's another tequila sunrise,
This old world still looks the same,
Another frame.

Instrumental

Well, I heard some people talkin' just the other day
And they said you were gonna put me on a shelf.
But let me tell you I got some news for you
And you soon find out it's true
And then you'll have to eat your lunch all by yourself.

'Cause I'm already gone
And I'm feelin' strong.
I will sing this vict'ry song.
Woo-hoo-hoo-o, my my, woo-hoo-hoo-o.

The letter that you wrote me made me stop and wonder why
But I guess you felt like you had to set things right.
Just remember this, my girl, when you look up in the sky
You can see the stars and still not see the light, that's right.

And I'm already gone
And I'm feelin' strong.
I will sing this vict'ry song.
Woo-hoo-hoo-o, my my, woo-hoo-hoo-o.

Well, I know it wasn't you who held me down.
Heaven knows it wasn't you who set me free.
So oftentimes it happens that we live our lives in chains
And we never even know we have the key.

But me, I'm already gone
And I'm feelin' strong.
I will sing, I will sing this vict'ry song
'Cause I'm already gone.

Yes, I'm already gone
And I'm feelin' strong.
I will sing this vict'ry song
'Cause I'm already gone.

Yes, I'm already gone,
Already gone all right
Already gone
Already gone...

Every night I'm lyin' in bed
Holdin' you close in my dreams,
Thinkin' about all the things that we said
And comin' apart at the seams.
We try to talk it over but the words come out too rough.
I know you were tryin' to give me the best of your love.

Beautiful faces and loud empty places,
Look at the way that we live.
Wastin' our time on cheap talk and wine
Left us so little to give.
That same old crowd was like a cold dark cloud
That we could never rise above
But here in my heart I give you the best of my love.

O-O-O-Oh sweet darlin’ you get the best of my love
You get the best of my love
O-O-O-Oh sweet darlin’ you get the best of my love
You get the best of my love

I'm goin' back in time and it's a sweet dream,
It was a quiet night and I would be all right
If I could go on sleeping.

But every mornin' I wake up and worry
What's gonna happen today.
You see it your way and I see it mine
But we both see it slippin' away.
You know we always had each other, baby, I guess that wasn't enough.
Oh, but here in my heart I give you the best of my love.

O-O-O-Oh sweet darlin’
You get the best of my love (The best of my love)
O-O-O-Oh sweet darlin’
You get the best of my love (The best of my love)
O-O-O-Oh sweet darlin’ every night and day
You get the best of my love (The best of my love)
O-O-O-Oh sweet darlin’ oo-oo-oo oo-oh
You get the best of my love (The best of my love)
O-O-O-Oh sweet darlin’
You get the best of my love (The best of my love)
O-O-O-Oh sweet darlin’ you get the best of my love
You get the best of my love (The best of my love)
O-O-O-Oh sweet darlin’ mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm
You get the best of my love (The best of my love)
O-O-O-Oh sweet darlin’ you got it
You get the best of my love (The best of my love)
...

James Dean, James Dean, I know just what you mean.
James Dean, you said it all so clean
And I know my life would look alright
If I could see it on the silver screen.

You were the low down rebel if there ever was
Even if you had no cause.
James Dean, you said it all so clean
And I know my life would look alright
If I could see it on the silver screen.

We'll talk about a low-down bad refrigerator,
You were just too cool for school.
Sock hop, soda pop, basketball and auto shop,
The only thing that got you off was breakin' all the rules.

James Dean, James Dean, so hungry and so lean.
James Dean, you said it all so clean
And I know my life would look alright
If I could see it on the silver screen.

Little James Dean up on the screen
Wond'rin' who he might be.
Along came a Spyder, picked up a rider,
Took him down the road to eternity.

James Dean, James Dean, you bought it sight unseen.
James Dean, James Dean, you bought it sight unseen.
You were too fast to live, too young to die, bye bye.
You were too fast to live, too young to die, bye bye.
Bye bye, too fast to live, too young to die
Bye bye, too fast to live, too young to die
Bye bye, too fast to live, too young to die
Bye bye, too fast to live, too young to die
Too fast to live, too young to die
Oo-oo-oo-oo too fast to live, too young to die
Bye bye too fast to live, too young to die
Oh, James Dean too fast to live, too young to die

Well, my time went so quickly, I went lickety-splitly
Out to my ol' fifty-five.
As I pulled away slowly feelin' so holy
God knows I was feelin' alive.

And now the sun's comin' up,
I'm ridin' with Lady Luck,
Freeway cars and trucks.
Stars beginning to fade
And I lead the parade
Just a wishin' I'd stayed a little longer.
Lord, don't you know the feelin's gettin' stronger.

Six in the mornin' gave me no warnin',
I had to be on my way.
Now the cars are all passin' me, trucks are all flashin' me,
I'm headed home from your place.

And now the sun's comin' up,
I'm ridin' with Lady Luck,
Freeway cars and trucks.
Stars beginning to fade
And I lead the parade
Just a wishin' I'd stayed a little longer.
Lord, don't you know the feelin's gettin' stronger.

Well, my time went so quickly, I went lickety-splitly
Out to my ol' fifty-five.
As I pulled away slowly feelin' so holy
God knows I was feelin' alive.

And now the sun's comin' up, yes it is,
I'm ridin' with Lady Luck,
Freeway cars and trucks.
Freeway cars and trucks
Ridin' with Lady Luck.
Freeway cars and trucks
Ridin' with Lady Luck.
Freeway cars and trucks
Ridin' with Lady Luck.

Oo, Midnight Flyer,
Engineer, won't you let your whistle moan.
Oo, Midnight Flyer,
I paid my dues and I feel like trav'lin' on.

A runaway team of horses ain't enough to make me stay,
So throw your rope on another man and pull him down your way.
Make him into someone to take the place of me,
Make him every kind of fool you wanted me to be.

Oo, Midnight Flyer,
Engineer, won't you let your whistle moan.
Oo, Midnight Flyer,
I paid my dues and I feel like trav'lin' on.

Maybe I'll go to Santa Fe, maybe San Antone,
Any town is where I'm bound any way to get me gone.
Don't think about me, never let me cross your mind
'Cept when you hear that midnight lonesome whistle whine.

Oo, Midnight Flyer,
Engineer, won't you let your whistle moan.
Oo, Midnight Flyer,
I paid my dues and I feel like trav'lin' on.

Oo, Midnight Flyer,
Engineer, won't you let your whistle moan.
Oo, Midnight Flyer,
I paid my dues and I feel like trav'lin' on,
I paid my dues and I feel like trav'lin' on.

Cruisin' down the center of a two-way street,
Wond'rin' who is really in the driver's seat.
Mindin' my bus'ness, along comes big brother,
Says, "Son, you better get on one side or the other."

WO-OH I'm out on the border,
WO-OH I'm walkin' the line.
WO-OH Don't you tell me 'bout your law and order,
I'm tryin' to change this water to wine.

After a hard day I'm safe at home
Foolin' with my baby on the telephone,
Out of nowhere somebody cuts in and says,
"Hmm, you in some trouble, boy, we know where you been."

WO-OH I'm out on the border,
WO-OH I thought this was a private line.
WO-OH Don't you tell me 'bout your law and order,
I'm tryin' to change this water to wine.

Never mind your name just give us your number
Mm, never mind your face just give us your card
Mm, and we wanna know whose wing are you under?.
You better step to the right or we can make it hard.

WO-OH I'm stuck on the border.
WO-OH All I wanted was some peace of mind.
WO-OH Don't you tell me 'bout your law and order,
I'm tryin' to change this water to wine.

On the border
On the border
On the border
On the border
On the border leave me be, I'm just walking this line
I'm out on the border
On the border all I wanted was some peace of mind, peace of mind
I'm out on the border
On the border can't you see I'm tryin' to change this water to wine
I'm out on the border
On the border don't you tell me 'bout your law and order
I'm out on the border I'm sick and tired of all your law and order
On the border say goodnight in here
I'm out on the border
On the border
I'm out on the border...

City girls just seem to find out early
how to open doors with just a smile.
A rich old man, she won't have to worry,
she'll dress up all in lace, and go in style.
Late at night a big old house gets lonely,
I guess every form of refuge has its price.
And it breaks her heart to think her love is only
given to a man with hands as cold as ice.
So she tells him she must go out for the evening
to comfort an old friend, he's feeling down.
But he knows where she's going as she's leaving,
she is headed for the cheatin' side of town.

CHORUS: You can't hide your lyin' eyes
and your smile is a thin disguise.
I thought by now you'd realize
there ain't no way to hide your lyin' eyes.

On the other side of town a boy is waiting
with fiery eyes and dreams no one could steal.
She drives on through the night anticipating,
'Cause it makes her feel the way she used to feel.
She rushes to his arms, they fall together,
she whispers that it's only for a while.
She swears that soon she'll be coming back for ever,
she pulls away and leaves him with a smile.

CHORUS

She gets up and pours herself a strong one
and stares out at the stars up in the sky,
another night, it's gonna be a long one,
she draws the shade and hangs her head to cry.
She wonders how it ever got this crazy,
she thinks about a boy she knew in school.
Did she get tired, or did she just get lazy?
She's so far gone she feels just like a fool.
My oh my, you sure know how to arrange things,
you set it up so well, so carefully.
Ain't it funny how your life didn't change things,
you're still the same old girl you used to be.

CHORUS

There ain't no way to hide your lyin' eyes.
Funny, you can't hide your lyin' eyes.

One of these nights
one of these crazy old nights
we're gonna find out, pretty mama,
what turns on your lights.
The full moon is calling' the fever is high,
and the wicked wind whispers and moans.
You got your demons, you got desires.
well, I got a few of my own.

Oo, someone to be kind to in between the dark and the light.
Oo, coming right behind you, swear I'm gonna find you one of these nights.

One of these dreams, one of these lost and lonely dreams,
now we're gonna find one, girl, one that really screams.
I've been searching for the daughter of the devil himself
I've been searching for an angel in white.
I've been waiting for a woman who's a little of both,
and I can feel her but she's nowhere in sight.

Oo, loneliness will bind you in between the wrong and the right.
Oo, coming right behind you, swear Ilm gonna find you one of these nights.

One of these nights, in between the dark and the light,
coming right behind you, swear I'm gonna find you,
get you, baby, one of these nights,
one of these nights, one of these nights.
I can feel you, I can feel you one of these nights.
Coming right behind you, swear I'm gonna find you one of these nights.
It gets so dark, so dark and cold and lonely one of these nights,
one of these crazy, crazy, crazy nights.
One of these nights, swear I'm gonna find you, coming right behind you,
one of these nights, one of these nights.

All alone at the end of the evening
and the bright lights have faded to blue,
I was thinking about a woman who might have loved me,
and I never knew.
You know. I've always been a dreamer,
spent my life runnin' 'round,
and it's so hard to change,
can't seem to settle down,
but the dreams I've seen lately
keep on turning out and burning out and turning out the same.

So put me on a highway and show me a sign,
and take it,to the limit one more time.
You can spend all your time making money,
you can spend all your love making time.

If it all fell to pieces tomorrow, would you still be mine?
And when you're looking for your freedom,
nobody seems to care,
and you can't find the door,
can't find it anywhere.
When there's nothing to believe in,
still you're coming back, you're running back, you're coming back for more.

So put me on a highway
and show me a sign,
and take it to the limit one more time.
Take it to the limit, take it to the limit, take it to the limit one more time.
Take it to the limit, take it to the limit, take it to the limit one more time.
Take it to the limit, take it to the limit, take it to the limit one more time..
Take it to the limit, take it to the limit, take it to the limit one more time..

Same dances in the same old shoes,
some habits that you just can't lose.
There is no telling what a man might use
after the thrill is gone.
The flame rises but it soon descends,
empty pages and a frozen pen,
you're not quite lovers and you're not quite friends
after the thrill is gone, boy, after the thrill is gone.
What can you do when your dreams come true
and it's not quite like you planned? Oh,
what have you done to be losing the one,
you held it so tight in your hand.

Well, time passes and you must move on,
half the distance takes you twice as long.
So you keep on singing for the sake of a song
after the thrill is gone.
You're afraid you might fall out of fashion
and you're feeling cold and small, oh,
any kind of love without passion,
ah, it ain't no kind of loving at all.
Same dances in the same old shoes,
you get too careful with the steps you choose.
You don't care about winning but you don't wanna lose
after the thrill is gone, after the thrill is gone,
after the thrill is gone, after the thrill is gone.

On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy, and my sight grew dimmer
I had to stop for the night
There she stood in the doorway;
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself,
'This could be Heaven or this could be Hell'
Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor, I thought I h eard them say...


Refrain:
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place (such a lovely place)
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year, you can find it here


Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, She got the Mercedes bends
She's got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, that she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat.
Some dance to remember, some dance to forget
So I called up the Captain, 'Please bring me my wine'
He said, 'We haven't had that spirit here since 1969'
And still those voices are calling from far away
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say...


Refrain:
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely Place (such a lovely face)
They’re livin' it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise, bring your alibis


Mirrors on the ceiling, the pink champagne on ice
And she said 'We are all just prisoners here, of our own device'
And in the master's chambers, they gathered for the feast
They stab it with their steely knives, but they just can't kill the beast
Last thing I remember, I was running for the door
I had to find the passage back to the place I was before
'Relax' said the nightman, ‘We are programmed to receive.
You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave’

He was a hard-headed man he was brutally handsome
And she was terminally pretty
She held him up and he held for ransom
In the heart of the cold, cold city
He had a nasty reputation as a cruel dude
They said he was ruthless said he was crude
They had one thing in common: they were good in bed
She'd say, "Faster, faster. "The lights are turning red."

Life in the fast lane
Surely make you lose your mind
Life in the fast lane

Eager for action and hot for the game
The coming attraction, the drop of a name
They knew all the right people; They took all the right pills
They threw outrageous parties; They paid heavenly bills
There were lines on the mirror, lines on her face
She pretended not to notice she was caught up in the race
Out every evenin' until it was light
He was too tired to make it; she was too tired to fight about it.

Life in the fast lane surely make you lose your mind
Life in the fast lane
Life in the fast lane everything all the time
Life in the fast lane

Blowin' and burnin' blinded by thirst
They didn't see the stop sign; Took a turn for the worst
She said, "Listen, baby. You can hear the engine ring.
"We've been up and down this highway; haven't seen a god-damn thing."
He said, "Call the doctor. I think I'm gonna crash."
"The doctor say he's coming but you gotta pay in cash."
They were rushing down that freeway; messed around and got lost
They didn't care they were just dyin' to get off.

And it was life in the fast lane
Surely make you lose your mind
Life in the fast lane
Life in the fast lane everything all the time
Life in the fast lane

Well, baby, there you stand
With your little head down in your hand.
Oh my God, you can't believe it's happening again.
Your baby's gone and you're all alone and it looks like the end.

And you're back out on the street
And you're tryin' to remember.
How do you start it over? You don't know if you can.
You don't care much for a stranger's touch but you can't hold your man.

You never thought you'd be alone
This far down the line
And I know what's been on your mind,
You're afraid it's all been wasted time.

The autumn leaves have got you thinking
About the first time that you fell.
You didn't love the boy too much,
No no, you just loved the boy too well.
Farewell.

So you live from day to day
And you dream about tomorrow, oh.
And the hours go by like minutes and the shadows come to stay.
So ya take a little something to make them go away.

And I could have done so many things, baby,
If I could only stop my mind
From wond'rin' what I left behind
And from worryin' 'bout this wasted time.

Ooh, another love had come and gone.
Ooh, and the years keep rushing on.
I remember what you told me before you went out on your own:
Sometimes to keep it together we got to leave it alone.

So you can get on with your search, baby,
And I can get on with mine.
And maybe someday we will find
That it wasn't really wasted time.

What kind of love have you got?
You should be home but you're not.
A room full of noise and dangerous boys
Still make you thirsty and hot.
I heard about you and that man.
There's just one thing I don't understand.
You say he's a liar and he put out your fire,
How come you still got his gun in your hand?

Victim of love, I see a broken heart.
You got your stories to tell.
Victim of love, it's such an easy part
And you know how to play it so well.

Some people never come clean,
I think you know what I mean, oh.
You're walkin' the wire, pain and desire,
Lookin' for love in between.
Tell me your secrets, I'll tell you mine.
This ain't no time to be cool.
And tell all your girlfriends, your "been around the world" friends
That talk is for losers and fools.

Victim of love, I see a broken heart.
I could be wrong but I'm not, no, I'm not.
Victim of love, we're not so far apart.
Show me what kind of love have you got.

Victim of love, I see a broken heart.
I could be wrong but I'm not.
Victim of love, we're not so far apart.
What kind of love have you got?

Victim of love, you're just a victim of love.
I could be wrong but I'm not, no, I'm not.
Victim of love, now you're a victim of love.
What kind of love have you got?
What kind of love have you got?
What kind of love have you got?

She came from Providence, the one in Rhode Island
Where the old world shadows hang heavy in the air.
She packed her hopes and dreams like a refugee,
Just as her father came across the sea.

She heard about a place people were smilin',
They spoke about the red man's way, how they loved the land.
And they came from everywhere to the Great Divide
Seeking a place to stand or a place to hide.

Down in the crowded bars out for a good time,
Can't wait to tell you all what it's like up there.
And they called it paradise, I don't know why.
Somebody laid the mountains low while the town got high.

Then the chilly winds blew down across the desert,
Through the canyons of the coast to the Malibu
Where the pretty people play hungry for power
To light their neon way and give 'em things to do.

Some rich man came and raped the land, nobody caught 'em,
Put up a bunch of ugly boxes, and Jesus, people bought 'em.
And they called it paradise, the place to be,
They watched the hazy sun sinking in the sea.

You can leave it all behind and sail to Lahaina
Just like the missionaries did so many years ago.
They even brought a neon sign: "Jesus is Coming",
Brought the white man's burden down, brought the white man's reign.

Who will provide the grand design, what is yours and what is mine?
'Cause there is no more new frontier, we have got to make it here.
We satisfy our endless needs and justify our bloody deeds
In the name of destiny and in the name of God.

And you can see them there on Sunday morning
Stand up and sing about what it's like up there.
They called it paradise, I don't know why.
You call some place paradise - kiss it goodbye.

There's talk on the street, it sounds so familiar.
Great expectations, everybody's watching you.
People you meet they all seem to know you,
Even your old friends treat you like you're something new.
Johnny-come-lately, the new kid in town,
Everybody loves you, so don't let them down.

You look in her eyes, the music begins to play.
Hopeless romantics, here we go again.
But after a while you're looking the other way.
It's those restless hearts that never mend.
Johnny-come-lately, the new kid in town,
Will she still love you when you're not around?

There's so many things you should have told her
But night after night you're willing to hold her,
Just hold her tears on your shoulder.

There's talk on the street, it's there to remind you
That it doesn't really matter which side you're on.
You're walking away and they're talking behind you.
They will never forget you till somebody new comes along.

Where you been lately? There's a new kid in town.
Everybody loves him, don't they? Now he's holding her
And you're still around, oh my my.
There's a new kid in town,
Just another new kid in town.

Oo-hoo, everybody's talking 'bout the new kid in town.
Oo-hoo, everybody's walking like the new kid in town.
There's a new kid in town, I don't want to hear it
There's a new kid in town, I don't want to hear it
There's a new kid in town
There's a new kid in town
There's a new kid in town, everybody's talking
There's a new kid in town, people started walking
There's a new kid in town
There's a new kid in town
(Repeat & Fade)

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Somebody's gonna hurt someone
Before the night is through
Somebody's gonna come undone
There's nothin' we can do

Everybody wants to touch somebody
If it takes all night
Everybody wants to take a little chance
And make it come out right

There's gonna be a heartache tonight
A heartache tonight, I know
There's gonna be a heartache tonight
A heartache tonight, I know
Lord, I know

Some people like to stay out late
Some folks can't hold out that long
But nobody wants to go home now
There's too much goin' on

This night is gonna last forever
Last all, last all summer long
Sometimes before the sun comes up
The radio is gonna play that song

There's gonna be a heartache tonight
A heartache tonight, I know
There's gonna be a heartache tonight
A heartache tonight, I know
Lord, I know

There's gonna be a heartache tonight
The moon's shinin' bright
So turn out the light
And we'll get it right
There's gonna be a heartache tonight
A heartache tonight, I know

Somebody's gonna hurt someone (somebody)
Before the night is through
Somebody's gonna come undone
There's nothin' we can do (everybody)

Everybody wants to touch somebody
If it takes all night
Everybody wants to take a little chance
And make it come out right

There's gonna be a heartache tonight
A heartache tonight, I know
There's gonna be a heartache tonight
A heartache tonight, I know
Let's go

We can beat around the bushes
We can get down to the bone
We can leave it in the parkin' lot
But either way there's gonna be a -
Heartache tonight, a heartache tonight,
I know
Oh, I know
There'll be a heartache tonight
A heartache tonight, I know

Out in the shiny night the rain was
Softly falling
The tracks that ran down the boulevard
Had all been washed away
Out of the silver light the past came
Softly calling
And I remembered the times we spent
Inside the Sad Cafe

Oh, it seemed like a holy place
Protected by amazing grace
And we would sing right out loud
The things we could not say
We thought we could change this world
With words like "love" and "freedom"
We were part of the lonely crowd
Inside the Sad Cafe

Oh, expecting to fly
We would meet on that beautiful shore
In the sweet by and by

Some of their dreams came true
Some just passed away
And some of them stayed behind
Inside the Sad Cafe

The clouds rolled in and hid that shore
Now that Glory Train, it don't
Stop here no more

Now I look at the years gone by
And wonder at the powers that be
I don't know why fortune smiles on some
And lets the rest go free

Maybe the time has drawn the faces I recall
But things in this life change very
Slowly if they ever change at all
There's no use in asking why
It just turned out that way
So meet me at midnight, baby
Inside the Sad Cafe
Why don't you meet me at midnight, baby
Inside the Sad Cafe

Look at us baby, up all night
Tearing our love apart
Aren't we the same two people who lived
Through years in the dark? Ooh-oh
Every time I try to walk away
Somethin' makes me turn around and stay
And I can't tell you why
When we get crazy, it just ain't right
(Try to keep your head, little girl)
Girl, I get lonely too
You don't have to worry, just hold on tight
(Don't get caught in your little world)
'Cause I love you

Nothin's wrong as far as I can see
We make it harder than it has to be
And I can't tell you why -no, baby
I can't tell you why
I can't tell you why

Every time I try to walk away
Somethin' makes me turn around and stay
And I can't tell you why, no, no, baby
I can't tell you why
I can't tell you why
I can't tell you why

I used to hurry a lot, I used to worry a lot,
I used to stay out till the break of the day.
Oh that didn't git it, it was high time, I quit it,
I just couldn't carry on that way.
Oh, I did some damage, I know it's true.
Didn't know I was so lonely till I found you.

Who can go the distance?
We'll find out in the long run.
In the long run
We can handle some resistance
If our love is a strong one.
Is a strong one
People talkin' about us, they got nothin' else to do.
When it all comes down we will still come through
In the long run.
Ooh I want to tell you it's a long run.

You know I don't understand why you don't treat yourself better,
Do the crazy things that you do.
When all the debutantes in Houston, baby,
Couldn't hold a candle to you.
Did you do it for love, did you do it for money?
Did you do it for spite, did you think you had to, honey?

Who is gonna make it?
We'll find out in the long run.
In the long run
I know we can take it
If our love is a strong one.
Is a strong one
Well we're scared but we ain't shakin',
Kinda bent but we ain't breakin'
In the long run.
Ooh I want to tell you it's a long run.

Somewhere out on that horizon
Out beyond the neon lights
I know there must be something better
But there's nowhere else in sight

It's survival in the city
When you live from day to day
City streets don't have much pity
When you're down down that's where you stay

I was born here in the city
With my back against the wall
Nothing grows and life ain't very pretty
No-one's there to catch you when you fall

But somewhere out on that horizon
Far away from the neon sky
I know there must be something better
And I can't stay another night

Tell us what you gonna do tonight, mama
There must be someplace you can go
In the middle of the tall drinks and the drama
There must be someone you know
God knows you're lookin' good enough
But you're so smooth and the world's so rough
You might have somethin' to lose
Oh no, pretty mama
What you gonna do in those shoes?

Got those pretty little straps
Around your ankles
Got those shiny little chains
Around you heart
You got to have your independence
But you don't know just where to start
Desperation in the singles bar
All those jerk-offs in their fancy cars
You can't believe your reviews
Oh no, you can't do that
Once you've started wearin' those shoes

They're lookin' at you, leanin' on you
Tell you anything you wanna hear
They give you tablets of love

They're waitin' for you, got to score you
Handy with the shovel and so sincere
Ooooo, they got the kid gloves

You just want someone to talk to
They just wanna get their hands on you
You get whatever you choose
Oh no, you can't do that
Once you've started wearin' those shoes

Oh no, you can't do that
Once you've started wearin' those shoes

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I was standing
All alone against the world outside
You were searching
For a place to hide
Lost and lonely
Now you've given me the will to survive
When we're hungry...love will keep us alive

Don't you worry
Sometimes you've just gotta let it ride
The world is changing
Right before your eyes
Now I've found you
There's no more emptiness inside
When we're hungry...love will keep us alive

I would die for you
Climb the highest mountain
Baby, there's nothing I wouldn't do

Now I've found you
There's no more emptiness inside
When we're hungry...love will keep us alive

I would die for you
Climb the highest mountain
Baby, there's nothing I wouldn't do

I was standing
All alone against the world outside
You were searching
For a place to hide
Lost and lonely
Now you've given me the will to survive
When we're hungry...love will keep us alive
When we're hungry...love will keep us alive
When we're hungry...love will keep us alive

I turn on the tube and what do I see
A whole lotta people cryin' "Don't blame me"
They point their crooked little fingers at everybody else
Spend all their time feelin' sorry for themselves
Victim of this, victim of that
Your momma’s too thin and your daddy's too fat

Get over it
Get over it
All this whinin' and cryin' and pitchin' a fit
Get over it, get over it

You say you haven't been the same since you had your little crash
But you might feel better if they gave you some cash
The more I think about it, Old Billy was right
Let's kill all the lawyers - kill 'em tonight
You don't want to work; you want to live like a king
But the big, bad world doesn't owe you a thing

Get over it
Get over it
If you don't want to play, then you might as well split
Get over it, get over it

It's like going to confession every time I hear you speak
You're makin' the most of your losin' streak
Some call it sick, but I call it weak

You drag it around like a ball and chain
You wallow in the guilt; you wallow in the pain
You wave it like a flag, you wear it like a crown
Got your mind in the gutter, bringin' everybody down
Bitch about the present and blame it on the past
I'd like to find your inner child and kick its little ass

Get over it
Get over it
All this bitchin' and moanin' and pitchin' a fit
Get over it, get over it
Get over it
Get over it
It's gonna stop sometime, so why don't you quit
Get over it, get over it

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