just couldn't stop thinking about her And I died when she called me up and said She couldn't stop thinking about me Now I love her... but I never thought She
Somebody was spreading rumors 'Bout better days a comin Why was I hummin As if I knew One and the same But I just whispered your name Somebody was sayin
Took a midnight train Headed way back east Left behind some pain In hopes of finding some peace Fortunately caught one Bound for my old neighborhood
And the warden said "He won't need a cell He has the key There's no harsher sentence The man's doin life In the first degree" Some people seek to set
They tried to conquer the world with science And medieval self-reliance Neither of which behoove All that's of concern Is a groove They tried to conquer
They tried to conquer the world with guns Like a horde of Huns That had to be removed We used a secret weapon We did it with a groove They tried to
Honestly now... Either you stand for something Or you get knocked down for nothing Sister don't ache too soon I thought it was understood By everyone
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Step aside Step aside The krewe's gonna take a ride Better stand behind the barricade Here comes, here comes, here comes The big parade So make way
Blessed be the one Who needeth tongue To uncoil her speech Blessed be the one Who commandeth silence Water be still, be still Blessed be the one Who
Went to a little get-together With some old friends Not much has changed Since the last time I saw them There's a chicken in uniform Wooden leg and
you She would give of herself And ask not return or eternity And what she'd offer, listen oh my brother Is as the wind to mercury And she'd hold not
I is just what I was And am ain't who I be To love the language You got to be born On the banks of the Mississippi Ax' ya "x" what talks in tongues
you, and you're Trouble Trouble I used to not need nothin Now trouble is all I need Well Tessie loves excitement Can make a dull moment a thrill She does whatever she
Blessed be the one who needeth tongue To uncoil her speech Blessed be the one who commandeth silence Water be still, be still Blessed be the one who
, burn it up, burn it up Burn it up, burn it up She would waste not, not in struggle No other shall there ever be And what she is to love, listen, oh
