As I was riding across the Mississippi stopped there and I cried. No use for a man to keep a mighty river all dammed up inside. I jumped bail from the Sweet water County, now I'm on the run. On my
All the street lights on Main Street know my shadow. All the stars up in the sky know all my wishes. And the sidewalk on your street know my footsteps. And the stars keep tellin me I'm repetitious.
Like a bird on the wire,. Like a drunk in a midnight choir. I have tried in my way to be free. Like a worm on a hook,. Like a knight from some old fashioned book. I have saved all my ribbons for
Wake up, got another day to get through now. Got another man to see. Got to call him on the telephone. Got to find a piece of paper. . Sit down, got another letter to write. Think I'll got to ge
Of all the stupid things I could have thought. This was the worst. I started to believe. That I was born at seventeen. And all the stupid things. The letters and the broken verse. Stayed hidden
Come on you people get your dancing shoes on. Reds and yellow and pinks and blues on. Too late, too late. To stay home and sit around. . Purple leopard skin and see-through plastic. Whatever you
There's a guy going round the town. You got to check what he is puttin' down. Just one look you know the story is great. He's the guy the chicks love. And the cats can't hate He's a shape in a dra