Baby
just believe me don't try to read me
I've got to catch the 5:05
I've
got a ragged hungry band full of stone survivors
We're out here tryin' to
keep it alive
No more favors fuckin' strangers say I owe
Don't care
about your problems baby all I want to know
How am I gonna get it
How
am I gonna get it
How am I gonna get it tonight?
I work hard enough
I'm tired of smiling at liars
I never said I'd try to set the world
on fire
Leave me alone
Got to find a better way home
I do it
all in an hour
Could you talk a little louder
I don't open my eyes until
midnight
They're screamin' to please me, got to make it look easy
'Cause
I'm fighting for my life in the spotlight
I'm dancin' in my corner but
the bell won't ring
I've got no time to argue baby but tell me one thing
How am I gonna get it
How am I gonna get it
How am I gonna get
it tonight?
I work hard enough
Tired of smiling at liars
I never
said I'd try to set the world on fire
Leave me alone
Got to find a better
way home
I hear the motor revvin' baby, I've got to go
But just before
I leave there's one thing I've got to know
How am I gonna get it
How
am I gonna get it
How am I gonna get it tonight?
I work hard enough
Tired of smiling at liars
I never said I'd try to set the world on fire
Leave me alone
Got to find a better way home
This
Time Baby's Gone For Good
Steven
Van Zandt (Blue Midnight Music)
You're
restless baby - the good is gone from your eyes
I've seen that look before
but it's different this time
I wonder how long you've been living in this
lie
I can't hold on girl
And I can't give up, no, no
I just can't
turn and walk away
The night won't make it right baby not this time
I know there's nothing left that's gonna change your mind
We played the hard
way as long as we could
But this time baby's gone for good
You're
running scared girl
You've lost what you once believed
Do you lie awake
at night do you think about me
Have you found somebody who can give you what
you need
But I can't stay here
It hurts so badly
But I can't
just turn and walk away
The night won't make it right baby not this time
I know there's nothing left that's gonna change your mind
We played
the hard way as long as we could
But this time baby's gone for good
Baby
worries, baby bleeds
Baby must have what she sees
Was it so hard couldn't
you see me
The night won't make it right baby not this time
I know
there's nothing left that's gonna change your mind
We played the hard way
but it took a little bit too long
But this time baby knows she's wrong
I
Played The Fool
Steven
Van Zandt (Blue Midnight Music)
Like
a child who's soul's a flame that needs to burn
I'm just the kind of guy
who never learns
I guess you had to go
Why was I the last to know
I
played the fool girl
I did just what you expected
I played the fool
And you're making it so hard to leave this time
I see so much when
I look in your eyes
I just can't help myself - I'm hypnotized
It's my
turn to walk away
But baby I'll be back someday
I played the fool
girl
I did just what you expected
I played the fool
And you're
making it so hard to leave this time
It's my turn to walk away
But
baby I'll be back someday
I played the fool girl
I did just what you
expected
I played the fool
And you're making it so hard to leave this
time
Take
It Inside
Steven
Van Zandt (Blue Midnight Music)
Try
to understand
Before you judge
Now I'm the kind of man
That looks
before he touch
But I ain't never touched nothin'
That didn't hit me
back
The way we live is the way we die
How bad do you want it
How hard do you try
You don't ask no questions
You don't find out why
As you watch your life pass you by
You've got to take it inside
Now
I do believe
A wound heals if you let it
I can learn to forgive
But I will never forget it
You call my name
And like a fool I'm back
again
And I'm watching you die girl
A little at a time
While
I stay hard pretending
That I don't mind
I turn my head
But I can't
deny
The hurt that I try to hide
You got to take it inside
It's
your life girl
But I can't take you there
I try to help
But you're
still nowhere
I tell myself girl
that I don't care
I still can't
let it ride
Next
To You
Steven
Van Zandt (Blue Midnight Music)
The
same old places hurt inside
But I still take that one sweet ride
Baby
when I can
The same old faces I despise
Coming 'round here tellin' lies
Sayin' they understand
I'm trying to make it baby but it's no good
I wouldn't give the satisfaction even if I could
Well there's nothing that
I wouldn't do
To get next to you
The money came - the money went
And all the time baby we knew
It wouldn't last too long
You spent your
life on easy street
Well that's one game I never beat
Because on me
it always looked so wrong
You can't walk away without getting scarred
I want it so badly I'm trying too hard
Well there's nothing that I wouldn't
do
To get next to you
You say there's nothing left to believe in
But somehow it wasn't meant to be
Oh don't you believe in me
There
is nothing that I wouldn't do
To get next to you
Trapped
Again
Steven
Van Zandt/Bruce Springsteen/John Lyon
Here
I am baby right where you found me
Trying to break these chains that surround
me
If I look a little different it's 'cause I've changed
Half-painted
pictures are all that remains
I can't let my past mistakes, let 'em bring
me down
I ain't waitin' on no angel of mercy
I tried my best, I can't
help myself
I'm trapped again
I can't get out without losing you
I'm trapped again
Why can't you feel what I'm going through
I'm trapped
again
I need an answer girl can't you see
I'm trapped again
Come
and rescue me
Monday morning came so fast
What a fool to think that
dreams would last
Close my eyes and it's still so clear
Remember the
night girl, the world disappeared
Can't let the hand of fate, let it drag
me down
I can't get no angel of mercy
I came to stay, but I got swept
away
I'm trapped again
I can't get out without losing you
I'm
trapped again
Why can't you feel what I'm going through
I'm trapped
again
I need an answer girl can't you see
I'm trapped again
Come
and rescue me
Light
Don't Shine
Steven
Van Zandt (Blue Midnight Music)
The
streets are dark tonight
The city is quiet now
It's good to be away
Those people they talk too loud
It's too early to go home
This
is no time to be alone
Something inside died today
Our last chance just
slipped away
The blues this morning came to stay
There's nothing left
to say
It's over now my friend
It's over now my friend
The child's
dreams been swept away
What fools we must have been
For good or worse
we've lost forever
What we were before
It's over - the light don't shine
no more
They came to shake my hand
I don't want them to touch me now
They said, "congratulations", but it's too late now
Where
were they when I called
How could they forget it all
Didn't you get
what you need
The fight was lost - it wasn't meant to be
It isn't as
hard for you to leave
There's no easy way for me
It's over now my
friend
It's over now my friend
The child's dreams been swept away
What fools we must have been
For good or worse we've lost forever
What
we were before
It's over - the light don't shine no more
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