1. SAVING ME



Some men come from nothing
Some men will not bend
Some will do the bleeding
Til the bitter end

If i was an angel
I could make it rain
Up upon the wild wild wood
Like brother cain

Some men come from nothing
Some men will not bend
Some will do the bleeding
Til the bitter end

If i was an angel
I could make it rain
Up upon the wild wild wood
Like brother cain

And the devils and the clowns
Whiskey rye and cinders
She's the one

Save me from falling
Come and save my mortal soul
Save me from drowning
Oh baby I don't know
Which way to go

No one comes to see me
No one knows my name
I'm the lonely stranger
A visitor by name
No no no
Turn me around
Whiskey rye and ginger
Devil wears a crown
My only crime is sinning
I'm homeward bound
Hold me tighter before I drown

Save me from falling
Come and save my mortal soul
Save me from drowning
And save my mortal soul

Sometimes baby now
I gotta hear you calling

Save me from falling
Come and save my mortal soul
Save me from drowning
And save my mortal soul





2. ON THE WATERFRONT



Ever the dreamer baby
Well I don't need nobody
I don't need no girl
Going back to party town
Going way back in the sun
I see trouble coming
I'd watch your back
I see blood a-running

Down on the waterfront
Marlon and me
Out on the waterline
Skipping stones to the sea
Down on the waterfront
Marlon and me
Out on the waterline
Skipping stones to the sea

Well I've sold out forever
Sold my bit of peace
I got lost in something babe
All that paint and grease

I see trouble coming
I'd watch your back
I see blood a-running

Down on the waterfront
Marlon and me
Out on the waterline
Tossing stones to the sea
Down on the waterfront
Just you and me
Just rolling stones now
Toss them out to sea





3. HELL DRIVER



Now picture this
Here's a story
God rides down to Mexico
Got no friends and no one I know
A cactus sign at the end of the street
A mariachi and a one way beat

Hey hell driver looking for a midnight rider
Baby stuck down in mexico all night long

Hey hell driver looking for a midnight rider
All night all night long
Chiquita all night long

Music playing flamenco beat
There's a cactus sign on my street
Hey hombre let me take you home
Sweet chiquita all alone

Hey hell driver looking for a midnight rider
No lo bebas tequila
Not tonight

Hey hell driver looking for a midnight rider
All night long
My chiquita

Oh baby baby
Can I please come home
I got a pocket full here now of pretty pretty stones
I sold my soul down in puerto viato last week
Down on my luck
I ain't got a winning streak

Struck inside a roadhouse
I got a midnight tan
Sold my soul in puerto viato anything I can
Here in my darkness I can feel the rain
Sitting in this jailhouse
Come on baby feel the pain





4. STOP BREAKING DOWN



Just leave another message
Pin it on your door
Don't hold your breath boy
She don't live here no more
The telephones disconnected
Papers fall out the box
The manager won't speak to me
Someone's changed the locks

Stop breaking down
Lisa don't live here no more
Stop breaking down
She's will always be your beautiful

She's in every hotel room
It looks and smells the same
One night in simi valley
Was washed up in the rain
The cell phones ringing dead
There's no one here to call
I ring missing persons now
They turn me to the wall

Stop breaking down
Lisa don't live here no more
Stop breaking down
She's will always be your beautiful
Stop breaking down
Lisa don't live here no more
Stop breaking down
She's will always be your beautiful





5. ROCK READY



Call me the king of memphis
You can call me the tupelo rose
This here guitar is singing now
Like the mississipi flows

It ain't about the money
It ain't about the fame
This is rock
There ain't no chain

You can put me down
You can help me up
I'm used to living on self made luck
I'm rock'n'roll ready
Behind the driving wheel
Tupelo on tennesse
No petticoats or thrills
I'm rock'n'roll ready
Behind the driving wheel
I cut my teeth on the old steel mill

The lights go up
The stage comes down
I'm undefeated
Who's gonna wear my crown
I'm going to hollywood to sell my vest
I'm gonna do what I do best

It ain't about the money
It ain't about the fame
This is rock
There ain't no chain

You can put me down
You can help me up
I'm used to living on self made luck
I'm rock'n'roll ready
Behind the driving wheel
Tupelo on tennesse
No petticoats or thrills
I'm rock'n'roll ready
Behind the driving wheel
Plays like an old saw mill





6. LIVING PROOF



Rock this down
Ruff this place
I see sugar all over your face
She gives softly
She gives mine
She make love like a capital crime

Hand me down my shiny shoes
And mohair suit that's news
I'm giving up my weekend
I'm fixing up a fuse
Give me up molasses
Put me on the roof
Call me up barumba
I'm a living proof

Shake shake
Shake this town

I jump willy
I jump mine

I jump baby she can spin on a dime
Cool her up or you can cool her down
She move me crazy
She do the brown
Murder of crowns
The laying on of hands
Driving in the dead zone
With no map or plans

Give me up molasses
Put me on the roof
Call me up barumba
I'm a living proof

Shake shake
Shake this town

Walk any mountain
I don't care
Big brown bear
Ha ain't going nowhere

You made some sugar on it
Show me the walk
Give me that sweet southern talk





7. CAN'T BUY A THRILL



This prayer is for wisdom
This one here's for grace
In peter's land of never never
Exploding stars and space

Candy's gone into hiding
Sandy's out on bail
Out in the open market now
Everything's for sale

If the girls and drugs don't get you
The liquor surely will
This one's for jody
Can't buy a thrill

If this old world don't beat you
I swear on my last pill
Con't get around much
Can't buy a thrill

It's cold in english winter
It's cold in english sun
Curled up tight in my room
With old steely gun
Photos and paper cuttings
Adorn the walls and floor
The telephones rings endlessly
No one answers anymore

If the girls and drugs don't get you
The liquor surely will
This one's for jody
Can't buy a thrill

If this old world don't beat you
I swear on my last pill
Con't get around much
Can't buy a thrill

No one coming by much
No one coming here
Only the wild eyed stranger
Trading on my fear
Out across the distance
Beating on my door
I hear mamas footsteps now
Bolting up the door





8. FORSAKEN



Well I guess i never saw it coming
Guess I never had a chance
Now I see your love light
Fading baby
Didn't ever think I'd lose your romance
Baby I've always loved you
Maybe I could've shown you more

The kids the house and everything
Pushed you to walking out the door
This empty house
This empty room
The still and quiet
There's no more moon
The traffic sounds pass the freeway sign
Another drink
I'm losing time

Hold her tightly and don't let her go
Hold her forever
Just let it show

The daily chore the daily news
The daily work the daily blues
The days the months the months to years
Until I see the dying tears

Was a little belief and I know I am looking for a miracle
The sands of time is running out
A little world a little doubt

Hold her forever
Just let it show
Hold her tightly and don't let her go

This empty house
This empty room
The still and quiet
There's no more moon
The traffic sounds pass the freeway sign
Another drink
I'm losing time

The daily chore the daily news
The daily work the daily blues
The days the months the months to years
Until I see the dying tears





9. VILLAINS AND THIEVES



Two guns went down to Texas
Got two guns on the run
This town is full of money honey
That's how the west was won
Ain't nothing but money
Money is the honey
Gonna take it and run run run
A suitcase full of money
Lulu's earrings through her nose
Tattoos say come love me now
Wearing her mama's wedding clothes

Villains and thieves
Honky tonk jam in a moonshine can
Villains and thieves
Cowboys with cars
Mamas playing a tune on my guitar

I've got a black diamond cadillac
Baby's painting her toes
I've got the world sitting at my feet
Sharp shoes and a brand new nose

Villains and thieves
Honky tonk jam in a moonshine can
Villains and thieves
Cowboys with cars
Mamas playing a tune on my old guitar

Semprini sings tonight
He has magic hands
He's sings like a bird now
And he's going to go down the pan





10. STRANGER IN TOWN



Mr walking tall
This is an early call
It's judgement day
Mr talking fool
All roads lead to you
There gonna be hell to pay

If the fish don't eat you
Oh the money will
If I don't beat you
Someone will

There's a stranger in town
There's a stranger in town

Mr shoestring
He's the class
There's 3.57
Gonna shove it up your

Mr high society
Swinging from a tree now
Hanging on a gibbet
Mr walking talk
His accomplices
Everybody's here
Take no blow
Everybody's at the party
Everybody's knows your name
So sweet the hangman's singing
Sometimes you gotta fall
Down down down

Everybody's at the party
Everybody's knows your name
So sweet the hangman's singing
This time I know your game
You gotta kill them now





11. DANCING WITH ST. PETER



She spun herself on this cotton reel
I'd turn away but my blood won't spill
She'd hide away inside a confession box
While a chinaman cuts up the rocks

You may pound your fist at the wall
And you may die for no cause at all
You may worship this meddlesome man
Led to the slaughter
A sacrificial lamb

Love feeds you
Love bleeds you
Slpis right through your hands
Love scars you
Behold or be damned

She ain't here she's away
She's dancing with st. Peter
She won't be back again
She's dancing with st. Peter

The devil drives a mercedes benz
It's a tacky motif
His means to an end
He wears her youth like a feather in his cap
While jiving down to that peruvian rap

He's the man of the moment
She's the one of a kind
As life as in death your coil will unwind
So don't call yourself misunderstood
Cos underneath we're all damaged goods

Love finds you
Love blinds you
Slpis right through your hands
Love scars you
Behold or be damned

She ain't here she's away
She's dancing with st. Peter
She won't be back again
She's dancing with st. Peter

There's a sign in the night sky
Some supernova
It's climbing so high
That's alright now
I'm stepping over