1. WALK ON

I hear some people been talking me down
Bring up my name, pass it 'round
They don't mention happy times
They do their thing
I'll do mine

Ooh baby, that's hard to change
I can't tell them how to feel
Some get stoned, some get strange
But sooner or later it all gets real

Walk on, walk on
Walk on, walk on

I remember the good old days
Stayed up all night getting crazed
Then the money was not so good
But we still did the best we could

Ooh baby, that's hard to change
I can't tell them how to feel
Some get stoned, some get strange
But sooner or later
It all gets real

Walk on, walk on
Walk on, walk on


2. SEE THE SKY ABOUT TO RAIN

See the sky about to rain, broken clouds and rain
Locomotive, pull the train, whistle blowing through my brain
Signals curling on an open plain, rolling down the track again
See the sky about to rain

Some are bound for happiness, some are bound to glory
Some are bound to live with less, who can tell your story

See the sky about to rain, broken clouds and rain
Locomotive, pull the train, whistle blowin' through my brain
Signals curlin' on an open plain, rollin' down the track again
See the sky about to rain

I was down in Dixie Land, played a silver fiddle
Played it loud and then the man broke it down the middle
See the sky about to rain


3. REVOLUTION BLUES

Well, we live in a trailer at the edge of town
You never see us 'cause we don't come around
We got twenty five rifles just to keep the population down
But we need you now, and that's why
I'm hanging around.
So you be good to me and I'll be good to you
And in this land of conditions
I'm not above suspicion
I won't attack you, but I won't back you

Well, it's so good to be here, asleep on your lawn
Remember your guard dog
Well, I'm afraid that he's gone
It was such a drag to hear him whining all night long.
Yes, that was me with the doves, setting them free near the factory
Where you built your computer, love
I hope you get the connection, 'cause I can't take the rejection
I won't deceive you
I just don't believe you

Well, I'm a barrel of laughs, with my carbine on
I keep them hopping till my ammunition's gone
But I'm still not happy
I feel like there's something wrong
I got the revolution blues
I see bloody fountains
And ten million dune buggies coming down the mountains
Well, I hear that Laurel Canyon is full of famous stars
But I hate them worse than lepers and I'll kill them in their cars


4. FOR THE TURNSTILES

All the sailors with their seasick mamas
Hear the sirens on the shore
Singing songs for pimps with tailors
Who charge ten dollars at the door

You can really learn a lot that way
It will change you in the middle of the day
Though your confidence may be shattered
It doesn't matter

All the great explorers
Are now in granite laid
Under white sheets for the great unveiling
At the big parade

You can really learn a lot that way
It will change you in the middle of the day
Though your confidence may be shattered
It doesn't matter

All the bushleague batters
Are left to die on the diamond
In the stands the home crowd scatters
For the turnstiles
For the turnstiles
For the turnstiles


5. VAMPIRE BLUES

I'm a vampire, babe, suckin' blood from the earth
I'm a vampire, baby, suckin' blood from the earth
Well, I'm a vampire, babe, sell you twenty barrels worth

I'm a black bat, babe, bangin' on your window pane
I'm a black bat, baby, bangin' on your window pane
Well, I'm a black bat, babe
I need my high octane

Good times are comin'
I hear it everywhere I go
Good times are comin'
I hear it everywhere I go
Good times are comin', but they sure comin' slow

I'm a vampire, babe, suckin' blood from the earth
I'm a vampire, baby, suckin' blood from the earth
Well, I'm a vampire, babe, sell you twenty barrels worth

Good times are coming


6. ON THE BEACH

The world is turning
I hope it don't turn away
The world is turning
I hope it don't turn away
All my pictures are falling
From the wall where
I placed them yesterday
The world is turning
I hope it don't turn away

I need a crowd of people, but I can't face them day to day
I need a crowd of people, but I can't face them day to day
Though my problems are meaningless, that don't make them go away
I need a crowd of people, but I can't face them day to day

I went to the radio interview, but I ended up alone at the microphone
I went to the radio interview, but I ended up alone at the microphone
Now I'm living out here on the beach, but those seagulls are still out of reach
I went to the radio interview, but I ended up alone at the microphone

Get out of town, think I'll get out of town
Get out of town, think I'll get out of town
I head for the sticks with my bus and friends
I follow the road, though I don't know where it ends.
Get out of town, get out of town, think I'll get out of town

'Cause the world is turning
I don't want to see it turn away


7. MOTION PICTURES

Motion pictures on my TV screen,
A home away from home, livin' in between
But I hear some people have got their dream.
I've got mine.

I hear the mountains are doing fine
Mornin' glory is on the vine,
And the dew is falling, the ducks are calling
Yes, I've got mine.

Well, all those people, they think they got it made
But I wouldn't buy, sell, borrow or trade
Anything I have to be like one of them
I'd rather start all over again

Well, all those headlines, they just bore me now
I'm deep inside myself, but I'll get out somehow
And I'll stand before you, and I'll bring a smile to your eyes.
Motion pictures, motion pictures


8. AMBULANCE BLUES

Back in the old folky days
The air was magic when we played.
The riverboat was rocking in the rain
Midnight was the time for the raid.

Oh, Isabela, proud Isabela,
They tore you down and plowed you under.
You're only real with your make-up on
How could I see you and stay too long

All along the Navajo Trail
Burn-outs stub their toes on garbage pails
Waitresses are crying in the rain
Will their boyfriends pass this way again

Oh, Mother Goose, she's on the skids
Shoe ain't happy, neither are the kids.
She needs someone that she can scream at
And I'm such a heel for making her feel so bad

I guess I'll call it sickness gone
It's hard to say the meaning of this song
An ambulance can only go so fast
It's easy to get buried in the past
When you try to make a good thing last

I saw today in the entertainment section
There's room at the top for private detection.
To Mom and Dad
This just doesn't matter
But it's either that or pay off the kidnapper.

So all you critics sit alone
You're no better than me for what you've shown.
With your stomach pump and your hook and ladder dreams
We could get together for some scenes.

I never knew a man could tell so many lies
He had a different story for every set of eyes.
How can he remember who he's talking to
'Cause I know it ain't me, and I hope it isn't you.

Well, I'm up in T.O. keeping jive alive,
And out on the corner it's half past five.
But the subways are empty
And so are the cafes.

Except for the Farmer's Market
And I still can hear him say
You're all just pissing in the wind
You don't know it but you are

And there ain't nothing like a friend
Who can tell you you're just pissing in the wind

I never knew a man could tell so many lies
He had a different story for every set of eyes
How can he remember who he's talking to
Cause I know it ain't me, and hope it isn't you