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high school seemed like such a blur, i didn't have much interest in sports or school elections. and in class i dreamed all day, about a rock 'n' roll weekend. and the girl in the front of the room, so close yet so far y'know she never seemed to notice that this silly school-boy crush wasn't just pretend. chorus: life goes by so fast, you only want to do what you think is right. close your eyes and then it's past; (it's the) story of my life. and i went down to my old neighborhood, the faces have all changed, there's no one left to talk to. and the pool hall i loved as a kid is now a seven eleven. i went downtown to look for a job, i had no training, no experience to speak of. i looked at the holes in my jeans and turned and headed back. chorus: life goes by so fast, you only want to do what you think is right. close your eyes and then it's past; (it's the) story of my life. good times come and good times go, i only wish the good times would last a little longer. i think about the good times we had and why they had to end. so i sit at the edge of my bed, i strum my guitar and i sing an outlaw love song. wonderin' bout what you're doin' now and when you're comin' back. some people like to gamble, but you, you always lose. some people like to rock 'n' roll, you're always singin' the blues you gotta nasty disposition, no one really knows the reason why, you gotta bad, bad reputation, gonna hang your head down and cry... you got bad, bad luck bad, bad luck you got bad, bad luck bad, bad luck thirteen's my lucky number, to you it means stay inside. black cat done crossed my path, no reason to run and hide. you're looking through a cracked mirror, no one really knows the reason why. your enemies are gettin' nearer, gonna hang down your head and cry... you got bad, bad luck bad, bad luck you got bad, bad luck bad, bad luck some people go to church on sundays, others they pray at home. you tell them that there ain't no god, that they're better off standin' alone. you're always scratchin' at the eight ball, no one really knows the reason why. you get to the top and then you fall, gonna hang down your head and cry... under my thumb the girl who once had me down under my thumb the girl who once pushed me around it's down to me the difference in the clothes she wears down to me, the change has come, she's under my thumb ain't it the truth babe? under my thumb the squirmin' dog who's just had her day under my thumb a girl who has just changed her ways it's down to me, yes it is the way she does just what she's told down to me, the change has come she's under my thumb ah, ah, say it's alright under my thumb a siamese cat of a girl under my thumb she's the sweetest, hmmm, pet in the world it's down to me the way she talks when she's spoken to down to me, the change has come, she's under my thumb ah, take it easy babe yeah it's down to me, oh yeah the way she talks when she's spoken to down to me, the change has come, she's under my thumb yeah, it feels alright under my thumb her eyes are just kept to herself under my thumb, well i i can still look at someone else it's down to me, oh that's what i said the way she talks when she's spoken to down to me, the change has come, she's under my thumb say, it's alright. say it's all... say it's all... take it easy babe take it easy babe feels alright take it, take it easy babe. well, i'm goin' to a place where the tough guys go and come out even tougher. a place where a man don't show his feelings, a place where a man don't cry. well they say i'm being punished and they say i can be reformed but some day i'll return. did they really think that this time it would work. you knew all along it wouldn't oh, i'm prison bound i did a crime one too many times. it's on the outskirts of town, by the railroad tracks where the country moon shines. oh, i'm prison bound tell my girl i'll be back one day. oh, i'm prison bound i may never know any other way. well, they take away my freedom of expression or action johnny says i'll walk the line with three hots and a cot and a lot of talk with lock-up, concrete, and steel. well it's cold and it's clammy man, it's colder than a pimp's heart but i've gotta do my time there's a lesson to be learned here but what a price to pay. you know, i may never learn oh, i'm prison bound i did a crime one too many times. it's on the outskirts of town, by the railroad tracks where the country moon shines. oh, i'm prison bound tell my girl i'll be back one day. oh, i'm prison bound i may never know any other way. mommy's little monster dropped out of school, mommy's little monster broke all the rules. he loves to go out drinking with the boys, he loves to go out and make some noise. he doesn't wanna be a doctor or a lawyer get fat & rich. he's 20 years old & he quit his job, unemployment pays his rent! his brothers & sisters have tasted sweet success, his parents condemn him, say "his life's a mess!" he's mommy's little monster, he's not afraid to admit it. he's mommy's little monster, don't wake him in a fit! mommy's little monster shoots methadrine, mommy's little monster had sex at 15 she left home for the streets, she couldn't deal with all that heat. she had fun with the boys in the band, in her eyes it will never end. her dad asked what happened to her face, it could have happened in any place! her eyes are a deeper blue, she likes her hair that color too. she can even wear a dress, that doesn't mean she'll ever confess. she's mommy's little monster she's mommy's little monster she's mommy's little monster don't take her life away! an emotional outbreak, stepped on by people's feet, controlling panic, who'll be the next one in line, a nervous disturbance, there's a sniper on the top of the roof, the masses of people, fitting through one single door i'll be vigilant, i'll be silent yes, know one will know. you want something for nothing, a toast on your grave!! "i just wanna give you the creeps!!" run and hide when i'm on the streets, your fears and your tears i'll taunt you in your sleep!! "i just wanna give you the creeps!!" well i'm in another state, another state of mind, i wish that i could be there right next to her this road leads to this, & this one leads to that, her voice sends shivers down my spine. these scars in my flesh, i'm bruised and i'm bloodied only she know the pain that i've been thru. talk to her a thousand miles away, there's tears in her eyes. if i make it back i'm gonna show her, she's the one for me - hitch a ride on the wild side, it's real hell on wheels. there's gonna be a fight tonite, i know. another city we can't find, another city left buried behind. as i picture her, the cities burn away. i've been in love, but now i'm waiting don't ever want to worry about a thing i sit at home and i wonder will i rise or will i go under let it be me - if you're lonely let it be me - your one and only let it be me - to satisfy you let it be me - if you're feelin' blue i've seen you around but you don't know me i've watched your life but can't always see i'll try and i'll try girl to love you and when we die you will have loved too let it be me - if you're lonely let it be me - your one and only let it be me - to satisfy you let it be me - if you're feelin' blue you know your friends talk bad about me your folks say it's not supposed to be you know girl your life is going by fast try to make it last let it be me - if you're lonely let it be me - your one and only let it be me - to satisfy you let it be me - if you're feelin' blue well, i walked man i walked through some pain today well, i guess today was my turn to hurt well, why not you know i'm not any different and no pain means no gain i've heard them say well i used to think that life was so ugly live fast, die young leave a pretty corpse but now i see things so much different and life seems sometimes pretty to me uninvited feelings they come without warning and they stay too long i don't wanna feel, and if i run they'll be twice as strong. i wait for a warning, i'm waiting for some kind of sign, i try to separate , try to separate my body from my mind. i watch the clock as the second hand slowly goes strolling by. i don't want to feel when a loved one's time comes to die i wait for a warning, i'm waiting for some kind of sign i try to separate, try to separate my body from my mind. cold feelings in the night you know, this feeling just ain't right. and though i try i just can't hide cold feelings in the night yeah i got faith, but sometimes fear it just weighs too much i don't want to feel, cold winds blowin' through me with an icy touch. i wait for a warning, i'm waiting for some kind of sign. i try to separate, try to separate my body from my mind. cold feelings in the night you know, this feeling just ain't right. and though i try i just can't hide cold feelings in the night well i love the sound when i smash the glass, if i get caught they're gonna kick my ass. my mommy's worried about the way i drink, my daddy can't deal with the way i think. they wake me up, tell me, "to get to work," i slam the door, say, "shut up you jerk." i can't wait til the show tonite, when i'm with my friends every things alright... they're telling me, but i'm telling them. "i'll do it my way, & i'll always win." "when the sun goes down i'm ready to play, it doesn't matter what anybody says!" well i love the sound when i smash the glass, if i get caught they're gonna kick my ass. my girls stands very close to me, that's just where i want her to be. they say it costs $6 to get in this shack, i'll go around & sneak in the back. i hope the police don't show up here, then we'll have to hide out of fear when i was young, i was so full of fear i hid behind anger, held back the tears it was me against the world, i was sure that i'd win the world fought back, punished me for my sins i felt so alone, so insecure, i blamed you instead and made sure i was heard and they tried to warn me of my evil ways but i couldn't hear what they had to say i was wrong, self destruction's got me again i was wrong, i realized now that i was wrong and i think about my loves, well i've had a few i'm sorry that i hurt them, did i hurt you too i took what i wanted, put my heart on the shelf how can ya love me when you don't love yourself it was me against the world, i was sure that i'd win the world fought back, punished me for my sins and they tried to warn me of my evil ways but i couldn't hear what they had to say i grew up fast, i grew up hard something was wrong from the very start i was fighting everybody, i was fighting everything but the only one that i hurt was me i got society's blood running down my face somebody help me get outta this place how could someone's bad luck last so long until i realized that i was wrong atom bomb, tnt new disease, poor city flying over hiroshima, 1945 the city looks small from way up here i wonder who'll survive atom bomb, tnt new disease, poor city a blinding flash hotter than the sun dead bodies lie across the path the radiation colors the air finishing one by one children are taught to hate, parents just couldn't wait some are rich and some are poor, others will just suffer more have you ever been ashamed and felt society try to keep you down? i begin to watch things change and see them turn around turn around, they'll try to keep you down turn around, turn around don't drag me down ignorance like a gun in hand, reach out to the promised land your history books are full of lies, media-blitz gonna dry your eyes have you ever been afraid, and felt society try to keep you down? i begin to watch things change & see them turn around ignorance like a gun in hand reach out to the promised land your history books are full of lies, media -blitz gonna dry your eyes you're eighteen wanna be a man your granddaddy's in the ku klux klan taking two steps forward and four steps back gonna go to the white house and paint it black well it's been ten years, and a thousand tears and look at the mess i'm in - a broken nose and a broken heart, an empty bottle of gin well i sit and i pray in my broken down chevrolet - while i'm singin' to myself there's got to be another way take away, take away take away this ball and chain i'm lonely and i'm tired and i can't take any more pain take away, take away never to return again take away, take away take away this ball and chain well i've searched and i've searched to find the perfect life - a brand new car and a brand new suit i even got me a little wife - but wherever i have gone i was sure to find myself there - you can run all your life but not go anywhere take away, take away take away this ball and chain i'm lonely and i'm tired and i can't take any more pain take away, take away never to return again take away, take away take away this ball and chain well i'll pass the bar on the way to my dingy hotel room - i spent all my money been drinkin' since a half past noon - i'll wake there in the mornin' or maybe in the county jail - times are hard getting harder i'm born to lose and destined to fail take away, take away take away this ball and chain i'm lonely and i'm tired and i can't take any more pain take away, take away never to return again take away, take away take away this ball and chain love is a burning thing and it makes a fiery ring bound by wild desire i fell into a ring of fire i fell into a burning ring of fire i went down, down, down and the flames went higher and it burns, burns, burns the ring of fire the ring of fire i fell into a burning ring of fire i went down, down, down and the flames went higher and it burns, burns, burns the ring of fire the ring of fire the taste of love is sweet when hearts like ours meet i fell for you like a child oh, but the fire went wild i fell into a burning ring of fire i went down, down, down and the flames went higher and it burns, burns, burns the ring of fire the ring of fire i fell into a burning ring of fire i went down, down, down and the flames went higher and it burns, burns, burns the ring of fire the ring of fire and it burns, burns, burns the ring of fire the ring of fire |
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