A thousand empty windows
And only half the lights are out
I wonder what these people’s lives
What they might be all about
Do they got a lover
And could they have a family
Or could it be they’re just as lonesome
As you and me
I wanna shout out
Shout out loud
Why don’t you all
Just come on out
And we can tear it all down
White lights burning
Down an empty avenue
I wonder if their driver
found someone he can go on home to
I wanna shout out
Shout out loud
Why don’t you all
Just come on out
And we can tear it all down
Everybody’s got a part in the game
everybody’s got a cross they can claim
And everybody’s got somebody to blame
But we must all find our own way
I wanna shout out
Shout out loud
I wanna shout out
Shout out loud
I wanna shout out
Shout out loud
It ain’t no jive
I was burnin’ alive
whenever you walked in the room
It happened so quickly
I was feelin’ so sickly
like a lover who lost his muse
The sharks in the tank
the man in the bank
He wants my money to loan
I can’t understand
what the hell is his plan
I ain’t even got a home
Ain’t got a home
The girl on the street
with holes in her feet
looks through eyes of a clown
She don’t look mad
just feelin’ kinda sad
so I just walk around
I reassess,
she’s down on her luck,
she’s reading a book of lies
I don’t know when I’ll be comin’ home, baby
but I sure can sympathize
Can sympathize
Angels spread their wings
On all the dirty things
You do
She drops to the floor
her head’s by the door
her bible is by her side
Heaven is callin’
the new world is fallin’
and she ain’t got a single person left
to confide
No one to confide
I sympathize
Can sympathize
I don’t want to be a martyr in this war
Don’t want to hear the same excuses anymore
That everything’s a threat
And it’s only gonna get worse if we let it
Don’t want to blame the rich for what they got
or point a finger at the poor
for what they have not
To the politician and a priest
we’re in the belly of the beast
because we fed it
Freedom is seldom found
By beatin’ someone to the ground
Tellin’ them how everything is gonna be now
Now if the tables were turned
tell me how you would feel
Somebody busted up into your house
telling you to stay still
While the leaders will deny defeat
The innocent lay testifyin’, dyin’ in the street
Freedom is seldom found
By beatin’ someone to the ground
And tellin’ them how everything is gonna be
Freedom is seldom found
By beatin’ someone to the ground
And tellin’ them how
everything is gonna be now
You speak of love
But you ain’t no lover
You were a friend
But more like a brother
As the miles passed beneath me
The sounds made so sweetly
came to an end
And no man can deny her
But now you’re a liar
And you’ve no room left to defend
When I left, I should have known better
The kind of man that you are
You’d have to get her
And I know you got a lot of pain
That’s born inside you
But instead of growing stronger
You let it divide you
How could you be so careless
How could you be so careless
And the waves that are crashing
True lies and passion
Washing on your shore
A line has been crossed
A true love’s been lost
That I can’t get back anymore
And I’m sure
That we both still love her
It’s a shame we both lost her
And in turn lost each other
But a trust has been broken
And words have been spoken
But it can’t mend
And no man can deny her
As you laid beside her
I hope it felt good my friend
How could you be so careless
How could you be so careless
How could you be so careless
With her heart
I don’t know if I can do this alone
Oh after all our sweet love has flown
I’ve been runnin’
I’ve been skipping like a stone
And I don’t know if I can do this alone
When I met her she was standing by a door
I ain’t never seen a light like that before
Now she’s left me for something more sure
And I don’t know if I can do this anymore
Lovers will come
Lovers will go
And it’s a rare seed
from which true love might grow
And if you see her won’t you please say hello
’Cause I don’t know if I can do this alone
Somethin’ gotta give with the way I’m livin’
seems I’m gettin’ down everyday
The more I strive, the less I’m alive
and seems I’m gettin’ further away
Oh well all my superstitions
and my crazy suspicions
of the people that I care about
I been doin’ more screamin’
than I been doin’ dreamin’
and I think it’s time I figure it out
Baby I need a plan
To understand
That life ain’t only supply and demand
I been goin’ joggin’ in the park after dark
draggin’ ’round with me my ball and chain
Took southern skies to make me realize
that I’m causin’ myself this pain
The woman that I’m lovin’
yeah I’m pushin’ and shovin’
getting further on by the day
And I can’t understand
how the heart of this man
ever let it end up this way
Baby I need a plan
To understand
That life ain’t only supply and demand
When the road gets dark and lonesome dear
You can find me here
But honey you don’t know where I am
You need a friend
Life ain’t easy
in fact I know it’s sleazy
when you’re the big man in town
Shakin’ religions
makin’ decisions
you never get to slow on down
Well your wife and your baby
You tell them yeah well maybe
“I’ll meet y’all at a weekend resort”
But your eyes on the prize
you can’t realize
your little girl’s life’s so short
Brother you need a plan
To understand
That life ain’t only supply and demand
Yeah sister you need a plan
To understand
That life ain’t only supply and demand
You better figure it out now
You know you ain’t comin’ back down
You better figure it out now
You know you ain’t comin’ back down
Sweet Pea, apple of my eye
Don’t know when and I don’t know why
You’re the only reason
I keep on coming home
Sweet Pea, what’s all this about
Don’t get your way,
all you do is fuss and pout
You’re the only reason
I keep on coming home
I’m like the Rock of Gibraltar
I always seem to falter
and the words just get in the way
I know I’m gonna crumble
I’m tryin’ to stay humble
But I never think before I say
Sweet Pea, keeper of my soul
I know sometimes I’m out of control
You’re the only reason I keep on comin’
You’re the only reason I keep on comin’
You’re the only reason I keep on comin’ home
I been workin’ on a night train
Drinkin’ coffee takin’ cocaine
I’m out here on my night train
Tryin’ to get her safely home
Well in a little country station
Somewhere out in the midwest
I see the people out there waiting
Heart beating in my chest
And I’m thinking ’bout a woman
Who I put no one above
I’m not lookin’ to replace her
Just need someone to love
While I’m out here on my night train
Drinkin’ coffee takin’ cocaine
I’m out here on my night train
Tryin’ to get her safely home
Well I’m livin’ in the city
Where the noise it never stops
Hammers pounding on the pavement
Whistles from traffic cops
Nobody looks you in the eye here
Walkin’ ’round with clenched fists
I been searchin’ for a simple place
Don’t know if it exists
Sunrise out there callin’ my name
I can see her movin’
I can see her movin’
Well at a certain time of night now
I become one with the wind
Where there isn’t a beginning
And there is no end
Oh and everything is flowing
Everything is on time
I know that we’re all going
To the end of the line
And I’m out here on my night train
Drinkin’ coffee takin’ cocaine
I’m out here on my night train
Tryin’ to get her safely home
Yeah I’m out here on my night train
Drinkin’ coffee takin’ cocaine
I’m out here on my night train
Tryin’ to get her safely home
Farewell my sweet
Well the time now has come
and the road has begun
to move beneath my feet
A good thing’s come to an end
Well I hope through the pain
and the heartache and strain
that we can still remain friends
Somethin’ ’bout a southern girl
make me feel right
In the Mississippi morning
she’s an angel in flight
In a blink of an eye
she’ll be out of your sight
Somethin’ ’bout a southern girl
Your soft melody
Well I swear that I heard
from a lost mockingbird
stuck up in a tree
You got a lot goin’ on
Even though I’m not here
please don’t shed any tears
for me dear when I’m gone
Somethin’ ’bout a southern girl
make me feel right
In the Mississippi morning
she’s an angel in flight
In the blink of an eye
she’ll be out of your sight
Somethin’ ’bout a southern
Girl I never meant to leave you lonely
It was only in your mind
Girl I never meant to leave you lonely
It was only a matter of time
Somethin’ ’bout a southern girl
make me feel right
In the Mississippi morning
she’s an angel in flight
In the blink of an eye
she’ll be out of your sight
Somethin’ ’bout a southern
Somethin’ ’bout a southern girl
Saturday night and my head is spinning
I wonder whose heart I’ve been sinning for
A cold rain blows on my window
A soft scent gone from my pillow
One more step that I been takin’
Yes and one more heart
I don’t need no more breakin’ of
The red lights how they all
burnin’ down the highway
I remember when the wind had blown my way
The wind blew down my line
The wind blew down my line
The man on the street
each day I’m passin’
A small bite to eat
is all he’s been askin’ for
Cold stares is all he’s been yielding
Now I know that empty feeling
The wind blew down my line
The wind blew down my line
I come from a long line of pain
My family’s suffered greatly for my gain
I think a lot about
how my daddy died
so I would not live without
His heart lives in my song
Where the melody comes
and just as quickly
the melody is gone
I’m back alone
Far from home
Now my momma’s on her own
I try to call her
and see her when I’m home
And after all that she’s been through
All the doctors say
there ain’t nothing we can do
Her heart lives in my song
Where the melody comes
and just as quickly
the melody is gone
And I’m back alone
Far from home
There’s a bird outside my window
takes his song where he goes
and he leaves it there
Like a dead man’s rocking chair
Tonight I’m feelin’ lost and
Headed down the highway
out to Boston
I get the sense that I might lose it
But thank God tonight
for the light I got in music
’Cause my heart lives in this song
Where the melody comes
and just as quickly
the melody is gone
And I’m back alone
Far from home