I came into town at the break of dawn
vampire housewives blowin their horns,
if ya love jesus
honk if you love jesus.
my graveyard love is never done
I married that girl at the setting sun
if ya love jesus
honk if you love jesus.
CHORUS
tumbleweeds spin on the dance floor
there ain´t nobody here,
the mambo combo plays a tune
and I have no fear.
take my life take my RV
the propane's almost gone
and honk if ya love jesus is the name of this song.
I changed my hair, changed my strings,
astringent makes my face sting
if ya love jesus
honk if you love jesus.
heaven was a place I went
when all my money had been spent,
picked the lock on the pearly gates
they gave me a room at a discount rate
CHORUS
my bed was high I could fly,
I wore a tuxedo with a cowboy tie
if ya love jesus
honk if you love jesus.
came into town at the break of dawn
vampire housewives honkin their horns,
if ya love jesus
honk if you love jesus.
CHORUS
fame is dangerous
I saw my best friend die in a fight with himself,
the hurt of holding on to the lie is too much,
fame is dangerous.
fame is dangerous eats a man alive,
a starving mongrel at the side,
of many people past and present you can´t prevent,
fame is dangerous.
CHORUS
johnny lennon was so alive,
elvis presley was so alive
kennedy's sons could have survived
what really happened was, fame is dangerous.
walk down the street in peaceful demonstration,
speak to the people or rocknroll the nation,
jesus on the cross do I have to go on,
fame is dangerous.
women desire it, everyboby thinks what fun,
there's good and bad in everyone.
you get in free easy past the front door,
maybe you get in free or more.
CHORUS
you might cry while you sing the chorus,
it don't come complete with directions,
play as you go, I hear you know,
when you've arrived fame is dangerous.....
fame is dangerous
I saw my best friend die in a fight with himself
the hurt of holding on to the lie is too much,
fame is dangerous,
fame is dangerous,
fame is dangerous.
HOMETOWN WALTZ
I danced on the edge of the moon,
fell threw oceans of tears,
memories of time lost
far into the years.
people they all move on,
we walk this world alone.
dance with me for a time
for then I will be gone.
I played some guitar in england,
sang some songs in spain,
tour buses and radio,
make a man insane.
CHORUS
it seems the world got colder(older)
and the clouds have moved away,
such a long short story,
I have no place to lay,
my sleepy head down,
there's no more friends left in my hometown.
CHORUS
I left a long time ago,
moved to the edge of the west coast,
took all the savings my father had left me
and off the exit I drove.
the pavement is long since cracked
in my old hometown,
I don't seem to recognize much
they cut all the trees down.
CHORUS
the sweat is pouring down
like a silver crown on my mellow head.
neighborhood waitress working the front door
making side bets on who's gay and who´s not
life broke you down little clown,
dont give up on your man
runaway in a taxI cab with no car,
no direction.
CHORUS
searching the internet, before I forget.
what do they expect? a love song.
I don't write them but I will tonight.
I see with glasses the future,
going down, like a merry go round.
afraid of what man has made,
lemonade in the shade.
punkrock girl at the back door
gettin sick on a hardwood floor,
making side bets on who's a whore.
Summer has come as the winters friend,
I love the Doors song "THE END"
CHORUS
searching the internet, before I forget.
what do they expect? a love song.
I don't write them but I will tonight.
coffeehouse cell phone write it down,
there's no silence left in this town.
beautiful lines in her neck,
make me realize my soul's respect.
sleeping bag lady winks at me,
I got a Grand Canyon message for free.
I love to see it on the big screen,
I know you know ,what I mean.
CHORUS
searching the internet, before I forget.
what do they expect? a love song.
I don't write them but I will tonight.
CHORUS
searching the internet, before I forget.
what do they expect? a love song.
I don't write them but I will tonight.
I asked God a question what should I do?
I said a little prayer as I drove on through,
to texas from california ,new mexico,
I took the northern route threw el paso.
saw a tombstone in an old graveyard
thought about my life and the jailhouse bars,
many men have fallen many men have died
as the train whistle blows you can hear their momma's cry.
CHORUS
there's a whole lotta holes in the highway
whole lotta rain up ahead,
whole lotta holes in the highway,
thats what the good book said.
shot a man in memphis and the gun power burned,
did my time in prison what a lesson I learned.
buried his body on forgotten hill
i'm a hell bent fool i'm a sinner still.
bought a ford ranchero outside of L.A.
drove it threw the desert and I heard a voice say
"you´re gonna over heat and you'll be stranded in hell,
bathe in holy water and play the mission bell."
CHORUS
rattlesnakes dream of a future ghost town,
nobody knows where I am bound,
stars by the millions watch the angels sing
on a little white cloud near the Saturn ring.
the highway patrol sells me souveniers,
I see indian maidens in my rear view mirror,
they wave me on with their wisdom and grace
another thousand miles till I see her face.
CHORUS
HAUNTING OF WHITEROCK LAKE
(instrumental)
he stood in the corn
his suit old and worn.
down the dirt road
the farmers seeds were sewed.
CHORUS
bird fly high in this (velvet)(satin) sky.
and nobody speaks to the king,
no not a duke or a prince or a queen,
he's the king of the scarecrows,
king of the scarecrows.
hungry birds pick
at his words,
silence is his gun,
under the blazing sun.
CHORUS
rain starts to pound
his weathered face down,
he stands on a piece of wood,
trying to do some good.
CHORUS
dreams fly high
in this dusty sky,
and nobody speaks to the king,
no not a duke or a prince or a queen,
he's the king of the scarecrows
in rags of clothes,
he hears the wind blow
and God knows,
he's the king of the scarecrows.
TIME
time is calling
time only whispers,
The redwood forest grew when Christ walked.
time is relative
time is gone and
God has plenty of time.
CHORUS
i'm not trying to be sad
i'm not trying to be glad,
I carry my dreams on the
shoulders of the world.
(repeat)
time waits for someone
except the clock maker,
he's the man who fixed time.
time is on his face,
time will eat this place,
it's bound to catch up with you, time.
CHORUS
time is calling
time only whispers,
the redwood forest grew when Christ walked.
i'm not trying to be sad
i'm not trying to be glad.
I took a train from L.A.
Up the california coast to the frisco bay
twelve hours drive to the ocean side.
made reservations to get me there
ninety something dollars was my fare,
didn´t want a fly, got there friday night.
CHORUS
you were in dallas
drunk in a pay-phone bar
long distant star.
woke up early it was flea market time
six hours sleep I got a groggy mind,
i'm on a bargain hunt in the valley air.
my el camino on the 101
‘ol drive-in movie in the noonday sun,
third world for sale, and i'm feelin´ pale.
CHORUS
nobody ever called my name,
nobody said you were to blame,
guit-ar junkie with a jukebox mind
one more bullet in the chamber of time.....
santa fe train to new mexico
thought I might take it but it moved too slow,
some day i'll ride a motorcycle threw that town.
just a gunslinger just a joker who cried,
a weary truck driver on his final ride,
gonna race that train past some ‘ol ghost towns.
CHORUS
I took a train from L.A.
up the california coast to the frisco bay.
THE RIVER
the river I travel on is sad and true,
can't walk on the water baby without you.
the river is a vein of blood
flowing from my soul to you.
you quench my dreams and you smooth my skin,
my eyes are tired from this world of sin.
love me forever pray hold my hand.
the cat´s in the kitchen and the rain is on the land.
CHORUS
the river I travel on is sad and true,
can't walk on the water baby without you.
wash my back, my shoulders and my chest,
in the blue lights of springtime I get my rest.
when you´re gone sometimes I go into our room
and smell the sundress's French perfume.
CHORUS
kiss me with a child in your eyes,
love me forever little girls suprise.
and don't ya worry about you getting old ,
the river runs forever I have been told
CHORUS
can't walk on the water baby without you.
THE GHOST OF ELVIS
CHORUS
and the ghost of Elvis is flying above us,
throwing rose petals and little cheeseburgers.
the ghost of Elvis hit my head
it's made of wood and then he said,
"rock on, daddy rock on, daddy rock on”
I was singing a song that Bonnie Raitt liked
with some other songwriters I got on the mike.
the planets aligned and my chorus was said ,
electricity sparked and the power went dead.
outside somebody's car hit a telephone pole
they took out the block we were in a black hole.
the stage went dark, my prediction was right
fame was dangerous in the club that night.
CHORUS
the bartender said we must evacuate
there's fire in the walls and it's getting late,
so I took my time and packed up my guitar,
I chugged my drink and he emptied the tip jar.
I didn't think my life was really at risk,
I took my suitcase and the set list.
supernatural maybe who's to say
was it the ghost of Elvis or Stevie Ray?
CHORUS
the power's down it's 2010
time is gone and the clock is in,
the farm is bought, the guitar played,
paintings are hung in the hallways.
ballerinas are dancing in my backyard
I gambled my dreams I played the card,
we got a generator just in case
the power goes out in this desolate place.
CHORUS
SAINTS OF THE MOJAVE
(instrumental)
