Select from the titles on the right to read the lyrics for each song.
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1. dynamite
took a long walk on the sidewalk
where the bakery talk from the newsman got away
i intended to pretend i was alive
and with them all today
but i missed your kiss this mornin' with no warnin'
you were up and out my door
and that's usually just the way i like it
but today you up and left me wanting more oh, we're just like dynamite
blowin' up all night
i've read love letter bombs big enough to know
that we're just like dynamite
another explosion
i'll keep you loaded up as long as you love me
when we met she was long and lean, a fine nineteen
the boys said they saw her in a magazine before
but who am i to chase it, i'm too wasted
i'll just wait but the door
but then i said don't go baby, take a walk with me
today
oh you beautiful crutch, you know it would be so
clutch
if you would stay
we're just like dynamite
blowin' up all night
i've read love letter bombs big enough to know
that we're just like dynamite
another explosion
i'll keep you loaded up as long as you love me
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2. strange way
i wander if i'm ever gonna wake up
and find that shadow gone
cause anyway there aint been any sunshine around here
that triangular circular love thing
called a heart is torn in two
but you'd never notice from standin' near
oh and i could go on
but i know that
in a strange way
i'll love you forever
cause the same thing always happens every night
i know you're just around the corner
your life out of order
and in a strange way, i'll love you forever
i was thinkin' about that coldwater romance
the night before the night we met
and although it was a pretty pink moment
and a night that the town cannot forget
i could go on...
usually everything makes or breaks a girl
but nothin's broken you
you got one for money, two for show
i never really wanted to let you know but
in a strange way
i'll love you forever
cause the same thing always happens every night
i know you're just around the corner
your life out of order
and in a strange way, i'll love you...
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3. rollin’ on high times, low times
fast times, lord we’ve seen some slow times
but i never had a lover who could keep it undercover
like you
no, i never had a lover who could keep it undercover
like you
thought i had one life
but like christmas it’s a wonderful life
a little tangled and jack-knifed
oh, but i like it that way and we’re
rollin’ on, rollin’ on, rollin’ on
on time, off time
we’ve had our down, all our hang around time
but i never had a lover who could keep it undercover
like you
no, i never had a lover who could keep it undercover
like you
stop
your hidden garden in your front yard,
your lovely backyard
it makes it oh so hard
oh but i like it that way… and we’re
rollin’ on, rollin’ on, rollin’ on
they showed me the line and i crossed it, jack
stirred some poison and i tossed it back
had the antidote but i lost, smack
down on the floor is where i’m at
with my zig-zags
and my fresh new bag
i’m anti-shwag
cause i believe there’s a one way to get me high
we’re rollin’ on, rollin’ on, rollin’ on
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4. wasted jamie i’m grooving on the inside with wasted jamie
i truly never knew anyone could phase me
soon i’m gonna tell her that she’s drivin me crazy
and i’m grooving on the inside with wasted jamie
all summer, i waited till i played it right
so half-faded on a wednesday night
i stumbled on a brand new song
now i’m wondering, how i’m gonna make it through
anotherday without you, how am i gonna get along
cause i’m grooving on the inside with wasted jamie
i truly never knew anyone could phase me
soon i’m gonna tell her that she’s drivin me crazy
and i’m grooving on the inside with wasted jamie
and when sunday comes along, i’ll be traveling on
but i’m trying to find the words to make you stay
but the harder that i try, you won’t even meet my eye
so here’s to you, i’ll be true, it’s the only way
and now i’m grooving on the inside with wasted jamie
i truly never knew anyone could phase me
soon i’m gonna tell her that she’s drivin me crazy
and i’m grooving on the inside with wasted jamie
i’ll be strong, i’ll wait for you all night long
girl i’d never do you wrong, do you wrong
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5. hummingbird billy hummingbird billy saw red
said all that he could say
to take that gold away from them
and make it come his way
grabbed that cash and ducked out
went down the road from where he lucked out
spent half his heart and got a whole lot
and now billy got mad clout
cause we all need something
to make it through today
and then again tomorrow
cause we’re all lost somewhere
and that where we’ll stay
newfound friends and old loose ends
somehow found their way
there’s no more rest in billy’s nest
billy, he got to play
one new life, two new homes
he got three new shiny cars
with four girlfriends his mama done said
billy don’t you play too hard
but we all need something mama
to make it through today
and then again tomorrow
cause we’re all lost somewhere
and that where we’ll stay
humming billy saw red
and blue flashing lights
thanks to old friends and new loose ends
a silver bullet took his life
you see one of billy’s girlfriends
didn’t like the other three
oddly enough she got mad
and took it out on poor billy
up in billy heaven
life’s never been so good
he got more riches and a lot more bitches
than he ever thought he would
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6. fade away i know, that i'll go crazy without you
but without you is how i must go
and i played a round of poker with three blind mice
took a bullet in my belly and i cheated death twice
so i know, oh good lord i know
all i really know
is that i'm fading, i'm fading away
fading, i'm fading away
fading, i'm fading away
and i....
well i don't claim to know the meaning of a wife
but i lost a lover who could've been my life before
and i can't understand why you treat me so bad
after all of the good times and smiles i had before
i guess that was all before
yes that was all before...
is that i'm fading, i'm fading away
fading, i'm fading away
fading, i'm fading away
and i....
know that these arms
will reach for you girl
and i'll keep holdin' on, holdin' on to you
yah, i'll keep holding on, holdin' on to you
cause no matter where i go, no matter what i do
i'm alone, i'm alone
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7. stop well it may be, they do nothin’ for you
and it may be, that they may not love you
it may be they’ll be waitin’ for you
and it may be they’ll be hatin’ on you
you better stop, turnaround now
don’t shoot your brother down
you better stop, turnaround now
don’t shoot your brother down
are we gainin’ while we’re fallin’ behind
are we gonna catch that rabbit in time
are we gonna live together alone
armageddon is a waitin’ by the telephone
you better stop, turnaround now
don’t shoot your brother down
you better stop, turnaround now
don’t shoot your brother down
calm down, don’t make a sound
listen to the word that’s goin’ round town
it’s the same thing that made ‘em sing
back when war had the world by a string
throw your arms around my arms
brother don’t you diss me
hold on, don’t drop the bomb
all because you missed me
you better stop, turnaround now
don’t shoot your brother down
you better stop, turnaround now
don’t shoot your brother down
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8. one thing so many places we could go
take the train down to mexico
lay around and watch a show
but you and i both know
that at the end of the day
or even when the day is new
there's always one thing
i can count on with you
even if our plans don't turn out
the way we thought they would
you make doin' nothing feel so good
we could do a raindance
sail away to the south of france
set out to find more reasons for romance
but you and i both know
that at the end of the day
or even when the day is new
there's always one thing
i can count on with you
even if our plans don't turn out
the way we thought they would
you make doin' nothing feel so good
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9. rocking chair heaven, seems so far away
and gettin’ in right now don’t look too good for me
but inevitably, we all will see
that it all depends on where we’ll be
when the lights go down and the audience starts to
leave
but when my soul floats away
and god takes my breath away
all the signs of life have come and gone
don’t you take my rockin’ chair
just keep it rockin right there
someone’s right behind me to rock on
steppin’ up, to shine after i go
to be the one to sit down in my place
could be my son, could be someone
who will do the things that i have done
to turn the audience on and the lights back to the
stage
then when my soul floats away
and god takes my breath away
all the signs of life have come and gone
don’t you take my rockin’ chair
just keep it rockin’ right there
someone’s right behind me to rock on
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10. nonstop lady she’s a poor girl livin on a rich block in the city
all the way up and down she looks so pretty
so can you tell me how
now… everything seemed just a little bit shady
everybody’s says i got a runaround baby but
i’ve got something nobody’s ever had
i got a nonstop lady
who aint afraid of doin’ bad
like a fool standing here at the gates of heaven
knock, knock, knockin on the door at eleven
she’s a little bit evil
but the only angel i never had
she’s a nonstop lady
who aint afraid of doin’ bad
they’re probably right telling me it’s wrong to stay
but i learned something sweet along the way
i get home whenever and she don’t ever get mad
i got a nonstop lady
who aint afraid of doin’ bad
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11. hotel love behind the flowers in the place i stay
she breathed in and took my breath away
i was a stranger in a denver hotel lounge
she sat across from me on a crushed white velvet couch
we shared red wine till our lips turned blue
talking all about the crazy things that people do
at the hotel love
the taxis bring the high heels home at night
the piano man sings an old love song or two
and we sing along like hotel lovers do
there’s an old man sittin’ by the window pane
he knows the old love song from his wedding day
he thinks back to his vegas honeymoon
and how they danced all night in that hotel ballroom
as the old man thinks a young man drinks
a drink too big for him but it’s alright
cause it’s summertime and his date is fine
and her husband well he sleeps all night
at the hotel love
the taxis bring the high heels home at night
the piano man sings an old love song or two
and we sing along like hotel lovers do
as the moon falls down on another room in town
the candles burn and the doorlocks turn to crime
till checkout time
at the hotel love
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