Next to Me
Don't want no drunks standing next to me
Don't want to share in their misery
Put them all in some sanctuary
Don't want them next to me
Don't want no losers in my neighbourhood
The prices drop and it don't look good
I 'd lock them all up if I could
Not in my neighbourhood
Chorus
So I 'll walk away from here
Find a place where the air is clear
Cos. I cant make them disappear
Don't want them next to me
Don't want to look at some poor old man
Who tries to get by the best he can
He's got no money but who gives a dam
Not for that poor old man
The crippled child in her wheelchair
I turn away when I see her there
Lets hide them all away somewhere
Don't want to see her there
Chorus
Don't want no beggars knocking at my door
why should I give what I worked hard for
I'm tired of hearing all about the poor
Don't want them at my door
And all them homeless on the street
I'd make them all work for their keep
Instead of begging for the food they eat
Don't want them on my street.
Chorus
Don't want no drunks standing next to me
Don't want to breath in their misery
Put them all in some sanctuary
Don't want them next to me
Don't want them next to me
Don't want them next to me
Hesitation Blues
Hesitation stockings hesitation shoes
Lord almighty got my hesitation blues
Tell me how long must I have to wait
Can I get you now or must I hesitate
I've never been to heaven but I've been told
Old Saint Peter knows how the jelly rolled
Tell me how long must I have to wait
Can I get you now or must I hesitate
Standing on the corner with a Dollar in my hand
Looking for a woman who's looking for a man
Tell me how long must I have to wait
Can I get you now or must I hesitate
Nickel is a nickel a dime is a dime
Got a house full of kids one of them must be mine
Tell me how long must I have to wait
Can I get you now or must I hesitate
Repeat 2nd & 1st verse
Remember the Morning
Remember the morning that we sang our songs
And the sun was beating down
Something in the air made the people stare
And they gathered all around
The sound of strings set the town on fire
Playing San Francisco Bay
I couldn't hear the music in my ears
Passing through that town today
I heard the sound of a Guitar playing
Round a camp fire in the night
And there's clapping hands and laughter
And the cider tastes all right
And we'll feed the fire with branches
Fallen of the nearby trees
And the singing that was heard from miles around
Must have travelled by the breeze
I think I'm going back I hear music playing
And the cars are passing by
Its been raining fast
But its stopped at last
And the trees have kept us dry
And we'll go to sleep close together
With our blankets on the ground
I think I'm going back just to see it again
But its hard to turn around
I think I'm going back just to see it again
But its hard to turn around
The Hardest Part
I can't see you till the wars over
Till all the fighting stops
Hope I can return again someday
But many will be lost
Please say you'll think of me
Out in some foreign land
Fighting for my country
With a gun in my hand
I'm only waiting for the day
I can come home to you and say I love you
And though there's fear in my heart
Being without you is the hardest part. Marianne
My train is waiting for me
To take me to a far off shore
To a place I've never heard of
in the middle of a bloody war
And we'll stand together
Answering a battle call
There will be no returning
Till we either win or fall
I'd rather stay here in your arms
Missing you will do me much more harm
And over on the other side
There's young boys wishing they could hide away
Marianne Repeat 1st & 2nd verse,
chorus.
Time To Move Along
Oh the time has come for me to move along
I've been hanging round and I'm running out of songs
Its been good till now but I think you ought to know
I'm a little tired and I really got to go
Well we had good times and I'm sorry it must end
I'll have you in my thoughts and I hope we can be friends
I've got no regrets and you've been good to me
But its over now I'm sure you will agree
Chorus
Nothing lasts forever we change along the way
People come then fade into the dark
Some will last forever up until their dying day
And others never make it from the start
And so I'll leave before we start to cry
I'd rather do it quickly I've never liked good-byes
Please don't think the worst of me for being what I am
Its just as hard for me you know I've done the best I can
Repeat chorus and 3rd verse
If I Fall In Love With You
Can I help it if I fall in love with you
can I help it if I think of only you
do you want me to walk away come back again someday
if you don't mind I think I 'd rather stay around
There was a time when I would cry at night for you
and now I lie awake until the morning new
Its getting harder all the time
so when will you be mine
If you don't answer I think I'm gonna cry again
Chorus
I've been through this all before you can't fool me now
Can't you see that I will see through you somehow
If you can't make up your mind then I will understand
Can't you see that Ill be sad without you near
and I don't mind telling you just how I feel
Its a long way I have come I don't wanna run
I feel sure that someday your gonna love me too
Repeat chorus and 1st verse
The Stars In Your Eyes
I saw the stars in your eyes
I saw the sunshine behind you
and I saw the dreams that take you away
and I'd search a lifetime to find you
I know the love that you give
and beauty that always surrounds you
Here in my nights and here in my days
The light that shines around you
I feel the warmth from your arms
I feel the warmth when your near me
I feel the strength that breaks out inside
and words of love so you can hear me
I need you here in my life
I need your love to surround me
Here in my nights and here in my days
and here in my arms forever
You Don't Need Me
We've been thinking about you here
And we're sorry we let you go
Now your living your life of fear
And we know.
Do you think I come here for fun
This really is no joke
Everybody want to help you, but you just run
Chorus
I think I'd better be going unless I'm going to stay all day
you found me now you don't need me
I'm just standing in your way
Well, you bought yourself a needle
Its easy in this state
And you love all those around you
Its only living that you hate
Are you getting tired of looking
For a new place on that vein
When your body aches and your minds all gone
Will you hold your head the same.
Chorus
And I'm tired of the things you say
When you talk of what the future holds
But you're never going to see the day anyway
Chorus repeated
I think I'd better be going unless I'm going to stay all day
You found me the same as yesterday
you didn't need me anyway
Remember Me
Remember me
I'm the one who moved away
So many years ago
When we were young
You asked me not to leave
But there was so much more I'd planned to see
Now was that very wrong of me
Would you believe me
If I told you, that I have thought about you many times
But can you blame me
Cos., I would never have blamed you
If you had done the same thing to
Chorus
And now I've come back to this town
here all my friends have settled down
They tell me your married now
With children to your name
There the things we talked about
Or was it just a game
So its good to see you
Please don't walk away
There are so many things that we can say
Before we take our leave
But not the way it was before
And we'll be friends again once more
Repeat chorus
Remember me I'm the one who let you down
So many years ago when we were young
You asked me not to leave
But there was so much more I'd planned to see
Now was that very wrong of me
Now was that very wrong of me
The Night All Hell Broke Out
There's been heat wave over London
that's set the streets on fire
frustration burning in the gutter
kids scream with hot desire
as black and white present their anger
and police retaliate
a boy lies bleeding on the pavement
the name of this game is hate
Chorus
And you can hear them shout
lets change something's about
the night all hell broke out
Now action taken was expected
A riot squad display
out on the streets and set for battle
to drive those kids away
the time for talking never started
it never worked before
A hero falls for law and order
to even up the score
Chorus
The morning sun shines over London
The morning papers count the cost
but who can understand the reasons
for this urban holocaust
who ever thought the streets in England
could be a battle ground
but until we learn to live together
there's fire all around
Chorus
Nowhere to Run
There's no way out as far as I can see
You lost your way and you're not fooling me
Sold to the highest bid
God knows what else you did
You're on your way to being exposed
So many people put their trust in you
you pay them back with the things you do
with power at your command
you played the devils hand
But now you find you're out on your own.
Chorus
And the higher you climb the harder you fall
And there's nowhere to run
nowhere at all
Those so called friends you've got by your side
They'll turn their backs on you and run to hide
And drop you like a shot
When you are not so hot
But they're no better than you are -Chorus
And now its time to face the music,
put yourself down on the line
You have one chance and you must use it
To save yourself for the last time - 1st verse,
Chorus
The Man Who Understands
Chorus
I am the man who understands
all of your thoughts are in my hands
I'll always be at your command
I am the man who understands
You are a friend second to none
in all the world you are the one
and when you say its time to run
just think of all things we've done
Fill me a glass to ease the pain
and fill it time and time again
when others go we will remain
and it will always be the same Chorus
If I could carry you away
I wouldn't wait another day
of all the games that people play
this is the one that's here to stay
And if there was another time
when I was yours , and you were mine
we never even saw the sign
I'll follow you right down the line
Chorus
Come Back Baby
Hey come back baby
Momma please don't go
How much I love you
You'll never know
So come back baby
Lets talk it over one more time
I love you baby
God knows I do
I don't want nobody else but you
So come back baby
Lets talk it over one more time
If I could holler like a mountain jack
I'd climb that mountain
Call my baby back
So come back baby
lets talk it over one more time
Repeat 1st verse
Troubled In Mind
Troubled in mind and I'm blue
I won't be blue always
The suns gonna shine on my back door some day
Troubled in mind that's true
I've almost lost my mind
no life worth living and I feel like dying,
Gonna lay my head down
on some lonesome railway line.
And let the 2.19 train pacify my mind
repeat 2nd verse
Troubled in mind and I'm blue
My heart is beating slow
I never had no trouble like this before
repeat 1st verse