Don't know where i'm going
Don't know where i'm going

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Every Dog Has Its Day

Well I’ve drunk to drown, on every ocean I’ve been 
Lake Tanganyika, where the crocodiles swim 
Halifax, Nova Scotia to Van Diemen’s land 
Well I drank with the Sultan, down the Suez Canal

Cause Every Dog Has Its Day 
Like every woman, she gets her own way 
And if there’s a ship that sails tonight 
I’ll captain that too, just to be there with you

Well there was old Jerry Rooney, who was mad as a mule 
Spillblood Maloney had a head like one too 
That night on the bridge, with my shovel in hand 
Well he threatened to kill me, for sure he picked the wrong man

Cause Every Dog Has Its Day 
Like every woman, she gets her own way 
And if there’s a ship that sails tonight 
I’ll captain that too, just to be there with you

Well there was mutiny in Lagos, aboard the mean ship Skondi 
Ten or twelve days in prison, till the bastards set me free 
McCloskey you’re free

Cause Every Dog Has Its Day 
Like every woman, she gets her own way 
And if there’s a ship that sails tonight 
I’ll captain that too, just to be there with you

Now I love the sea and she wants me back 
So I leave this ol’ harbor, with the wind at my back 
Goodbye mother Theresa, I hope the kids settle down 
I must head for the Chinas, pray to God I don’t drown

For Every Dog Has Its Day 
Like every woman, she gets her own way 
And if there’s a ship that sails tonight 
I’ll captain that too

Cause Every Dog Has Its Day 
Like every woman, she gets her own way 
And if there’s a ship that sails tonight 
I’ll captain that too, just to be there with you

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Selfish Man

I don’t eat I just devour, everyone in every hour 
All is me, is all I need and that’s all that I care 
Propelled through all this madness, by your beauty and my sadness 
I’ll never change or rearrange, till I’ve finished what I’ve started.

And life leads me here 
It shows me, I have never really loved no one but me 
Like the time, you slipped through my hands 
I’ll never understand why I’m such a Selfish Man

Walk around me not before me 
I’ll pretend not to ignore ye 
But I’ll compromise if I realize you can do something for me 
I’m ugly and you know it, but you think that I’m a poet 
So I’ll keep the rhyme if I feel in time, it gets me where I’m going

And life leads me here 
It shows me, I have never really loved no one but me 
Like the time, you slipped through my hands 
And I’ll never understand 
No I’ll never understand, why I’m such a Selfish Man

All I heard was an unearthly silence 
Apart from the violence, explode in my head 
Where all at once was this moment of beauty 
No more since it slew me, no never again, again, again

No I’ll never understand 
No I’ll never understand, why I’m such a Selfish Man

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If I Ever Leave This World Alive

If I ever leave this world alive
I'll thank you for the things you did in my life
If I ever leave this world alive
I'll come back down and sit beside your feet tonight
Wherever I am you'll always be
More than just a memory
If I ever leave this world alive

If I ever leave this world alive
I'll take on all the sadness
That I left behind
If I ever leave this world alive
The madness that you feel will soon subside
So in a word don't shed a tear
I'll be here when it all gets weird
If I ever leave this world alive

So when in doubt just call my name
Just before you go insane
If I ever leave this world
Hey I may never leave this world
But if I ever leave this world alive

She says I'm okay; I'm alright,
Though you have gone from my life
You said that it would
Now everything should be alright
Yeah should be alright

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Black Friday Rule

I want to believe in myself once again 
So I dream of a man whose hopes never end 
To kiss with a girl who’s as lovely as you 
I’d give you my heart, if you gave me the truth

And for every tear that is lost from an eye 
I’d dig me a well where no man could destroy 
I want to believe in a freedom that’s bold 
But all I remember is the freedom of old

Well I lost me a wife, so I found me a plane 
Flew all the way to California 
This mess in my head is a mess getting out 
Ya drink too much coffee, I drink too much stout

But after a while, when my mouth’s not so dry 
I’ll dance up a storm, sure life’s looking fine 
But as darkness falls, I return to my bed 
Don’t ask me more questions, don’t fuck with my head

I’ve been down in this world, down and almost broken 
Like thousands of people, left standing in their shoe 
I’ve been down in this world, down and almost broken 
As thousands they grieve, as the Black Friday rule

The buildings they shake but my heart it beats still 
Oh mother of Jesus, I feel pretty ill 
I want to go home where my feet both feel safe 
But there ain’t no jobs in the old free state

So I must remain in my new adopted land 
I’m doing the best, Hell I’m doin’ all I can 
So next time you see me, don’t ask for my name 
For I am the King and sure long may I reign

I’ve been down in this world, down and almost broken 
Like thousands of people, left standing in their shoe 
I’ve been down in this world, down and almost broken 
As thousands they grieve, as the Black Friday rule

I’ve been down in this world, down and almost broken 
Like thousands of people, left standing in their shoe 
I’ve been down in this world, down and almost broken 
As thousands they grieve, as the Black Friday rule

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Delilah

I saw the light on the night that i passed by her window
I saw the flickering shadows of love on her blind
She was my woman

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