Driving through the south
No need to stop for gas
That's all taken care of
By the gas man
Some of it is very beautiful
And some of it has scars
And some of it is ugly
As a bigot in a bar
Driving through the south by car
Me and Bonn and Charlie B
The night makes us stop
By the side of the road for tea
I stare up in the distance
A branding iron is stuck up in the night sky
It's in the shape of America
And it's in flames
But I'm not sure why
Into the cornfields
Into the cornfields
And we know a secret
It happened some time ago
A woman killed a man here
She was in a traveling show
Burlesque you could say
With breasts and body beautiful
But serpents appeared from her shoulder blades
That's why the people come
Into the cornfields
Into the cornfields
Into the cornfields
We don't we don't we don't want to go
We're in Virginia now
It's so beautiful and green
Hill and valleys and opens skies
Yes it's the best we've ever seen
We're still sitting by the roadside
Waitin' for a sign
Yeah me and Bonn and Charlie B
Together for a time
Into the cornfields
Into the cornfields
Into the cornfields
We don't we don't we don't want to go
Into the cornfields
Into the cornfields
Into the cornfields
We don't we don't we don't want to go back there
She Keeps Me Dreaming
I cried when she left town
I knew why she was leaving
My fault, I cut the ground
From under her feet
Now I look at myself in the mirror
It's hard to find me in there
Seems she took back what she came with
Leaving me bare
She keeps me dreaming
I look to the sky
And I miss you
She keeps me dreaming
Week days I cut the grass
In wide fields and gardens
The dandelions that grow so fast
Say that she loves me not
Love they say enslaves the soul
And passion burns like a demon
I'm on this lost road
And my heart's so cold
Led by the sun
She keeps me dreaming
I look to the sky
And I miss you
She keeps me
She keeps me...
She keeps me dreaming
I can't say why
And I miss you
She keeps me dreaming
And I look to the sky
And I miss you
She keeps me dreaming
Can't Take This Town
There's a woman in the mirror fixing her lips
There's a man in the bathroom looking for tips
I park the car and no-one to pay
And one pizza later it's towed away
I can't take this town
I just don't believe it
I can't take this town
I better love it or leave it
I can't take this town
I just don't believe it
I can't take this town
I better love it or leave it
Sitting eating dinner just the other day
Not my friends I didn't know what to say
A woman leaned over said you gotta have hits
And all I could do was stare at her
I can't take this town
I just don't believe it
I can't take this town
I better love it or leave it
I can't take this town
I just don't believe it
I can't take this town
I better love it or leave it
Caught in a crossfire a child goes down
No-one saw a thing or heard a sound
Life is cheap or so it would appear
Try telling his mama she can't stop the tears
I can't take this town
I just don't believe it
I can't take this town
I better love it or leave it
I can't take this town
I just don't believe it
I can't take this town
I better love it or leave it
I can't take this town
I just don't believe it
I can't take this town
I better love it or leave it
I can't take this town
I just don't believe it
I can't take this town
I better love it or leave it
Walk Amongst His Ruins
So many people try to analyse
Try to understand
Some people laugh and denigrate
Dismiss him out of hand
I have lived in wonder
At his ramblin' and his doings
Just for one day I'd like to walk amongst his ruins
Some take him seriously and never got the joke
And never see the truth in all the fun he pokes
Since I was a boy and heard the strange crooning
And just for one day I'd like to walk amongst his ruins
Painful things laid bare with a simple turn of phrase
Like a faithful friend you've never met
You've known him all your days
Sometimes as I drive along
He grates on my ears
Other times he catches me
Reduces me to tears
Yes I have lived in wonder at his ramblings and his doings
Just for one day I'd like to walk amongst his ruins
Such a naughty, naughty boy
As boys often are
Although he so elusive
He's never very far
Last time I saw him I can't remember what I was doing
Just recall thinking what a brilliant ruin
Hold Onto My Hand
You say you don't believe in sorrow
Then why are you so sad?
There's no need to fear tomorrow
It's never quite that bad
You have such heart
You're the precious one
And you will have your day
I know there is no justice now
There's nothing left to say
If you don't believe in the setting sun
If you've lost your faith in the holy one
If you're feeling like you need a friend
You can hold on
Yes you can hold on
Hold on to my hand
Don't let go
If you're with the one you care for
And you wake in the middle of the night
If she's the one you hold a prayer for
You keep that candle bright
If her body's weak
But her heart is strong
If you feel the heat
As the day is long
If you're just a boy
Trying to be a man
You can hold on
Yes you can hold on
Hold on to her hand
She will understand
I have no explanation
Why this train it just rolls along
Why it pulls into this particular station
And stays just a little too long
If I miss the train as it pulls away
Cos' I drank too much and slept into the day
If I run alongside and reach out my arm
Will you hold on
Yes will you hold on
Yes will you hold on
Hold on to my hand
Hold on to my hand
Hold on to my hand
If you don't believe in the holy one
If you've lost your faith in the setting sun
If you're feeling like you need a friend
You can hold on
Yes you can hold on
Hold on to my hand
Yeah, yeah
Keep On Walking
Keep on walking, keep on walking,
keep on walking
Across the miles
Keep on walking, keep on walking,
keep on walking
Across the miles
Maybe we'll get there, then again maybe we won't
It doesn't even really matter
There's so many things to do and see along the way
Keep on walking, keep on walking,
keep on walking
Across the miles
Keep on walking, keep on walking,
keep on walking
Across the miles
And maybe you'll get there, and then again maybe you won't
It doesn't even really matter
Cos there's so many things to do and see along the way
Dream On (In The Night)
I don't mind love in the morning
I don't mind it late at night
Make love on the weekend yeah
Always makes me feel alright
Doesn't matter about the weather
It's always still fun
I like it when you wear your leather
And it's one on one
Don't stop what it is you're doing
You know I love your little game
Don't stop what it is you're doing
Your body's driving me insane
I don't mind love in the summer
Yeah underneath the sun
Don't mind if its cold in winter yeah
I can take it on the run
Let's stop into this hotel
Let's make some faces turn
We'll laugh until we're senseless
And our bodies will burn
Dream on in the night
Make me feel alright
Dream on in the night
You're my woman
I love it when you call me
You say you'll wait for me tonight
You move in slow motion towards me
From darkness into the light
Let's do it on your back step
Where the air is clean and free
You've got a ladder in your fishnet
And it's because of me
Don't stop what it is you're doing
You know I love your nasty game
Don't stop what it is you're doing
Your body's driving me insane
Let's drive towards the sunset
Let's make these four wheels turn
Let's hope this road is endless
And our bodies will burn
Dream on in the night
Make me feel alright
Dream on in the night
You're my woman
Dream on in the night
Make me feel alright
You know my weakness
Dream on in the night
You're my woman
Boy Boy
Boy was a dog he was my friend
And in the end I lost him
Sail on, sail on then, my Boy friend
Boy didn't like Italian men
And he would sometimes bite them
Chew on, chew on them, my Boy friend
Boy never played with small children
He would have rather chased them
Chase on, chase on then, my Boy friend
Boy never chased sticks or played games
He thought that they were beneath him
Howl on, howl on then, my Boy friend
Boy was a dog he was my friend
And in the end I lost him
Sail on, sail on then Sail on, sail on then
My Boy friend
Conversation
Never ever been to New York City
Don't know if I ever will
Some of my friends say I should go there
I think I'll just hang around here until
Never could stand to take a telling
Even when I knew I stood wrong
Used to get up early in the morning
It's funny the things you do when you're young
Oh no, it's almost time to go
Think I'll step outside into the sun
Hey hey, it's almost midday
I wanna have a band before the winter comes
Watched a super test yesterday morning
Don't they all look pretty in their creams
Wearing hats that look like motorbike helmets
Tell me what happened to all the gentlemen?
Think I'll go get drunk this time on Friday
Going home I'll sing a sad old tune
Just enough so I feel friendly
I'll be OK if I make it to my room
Oh no, it's almost time to go
Think I'll step outside and take in some sun
Hey hey, it's almost midday
Hope to have a band before the winter comes
Melbourne Song
I think I'll head up north again
Maybe get back when
The weather's fine
And you are mine
And you will be like the gentle breeze
And we will live at ease
I've never been out west you know
But I might go there
Just to share
A drink or two
With some friends I knew
It's you that I love
I can't get enough
And I'll get back to you
If you want me to
I've never been to Mexico
But I might just buy a sombrero
Get up and go
Lie around in the sun till evening comes
And we'll cruise into town
And throw tequilas down
I think I'll buy a panel van head up the coast
Maybe get a tan
Get stuck behind a caravan
The land was stripped bare
Just nothin' there so we headed down
Back to Melbourne town
Said I don't know why
I don't know why I always stay here
It's you that I love
I can't get enough
And I'll get back to you
If you want me to
Sometimes I Wish
Sometimes I wish I was born in another time
A long long time ago
Things were much harder then
But I like the clothes they wore
And the way they did their hair
At least they took some care
Then they all went off to war
You can never have it all
Sometimes I wish I was born in another time
Say 1924
People didn't have much money then
In fact most folks were poor
But what about those cars
And the sound of those guitars
And the voice of Old King Cole
Soothed me to my soul
Sometimes I wish I was born in another time
Say 1754
I'd go drinking with old Robbie Burns
Whose words are made of gold
Oh Christ we need him now
Said a talking Ayrshire cow
Now he's drifted up to heaven
He was only 37
Just a young man really
Cut down in his prime
Sometimes I wish I was born in another time
Long long time ago
Things were much harder then
But I like the clothes they wore
And the way they did their hair
At least they showed some flair
And they all went off to war
You can never have it all
You can never have it all
You can have some things some of the time
You can have most things nearly all the time
But you can't have it
All of the time
Go Ask And Old Man
Go ask an old man
See what he's got to say
Don't ask your teachers
Weren't much good anyway
Nothing really matters
As time drifts on by
Drop in the ocean
A shot in the sky
Don't stray from the narrow
Keep your hands clean
It seems very silly
If you know what I mean
You worry and worry
Never really know why
Wake in the morning
As trams roll on by
I have a lover
So I can't complain
For me there's no other
We play silly games
And though she is not here
I'm never alone
She's inside my pocket
And inside the phone
I'm going to Scotland
That's where I'm from
I'll probably not stay there
Cause it's not very warm
We followed our father
Cause father knows best
With rhyme a good reason
And my wheezing chest
So go ask an old man
See what he's got to say
If he falls in the gutter
Be on your way
Nothing really matters
As time drifts on by
You give your love presents
You laugh and you cry
Sea Dogs
Over seas and far away
Heave away boys
Sea dogs sail their lives away
Heave away boys
Ghosts of sea dogs at break of day
Crusty beards and coats of grey
Weigh the anchor let's be away
From this day on we're carried by the wind
Over seas and far away
Heave away boys
Sea dogs sail their lives away
Heave away boys
Creaky decks and ruthless men
Ruled by the lash where some met their end
The old world was new in all directions then
Conquered by a few at the loss of so many
Over seas and far away
Heave away boys
Sea dogs sail their lives away
Heave away boys
Over seas and far away
Heave away boys
Sea dogs sail their lives away
Heave away boys
'Crusty beards and bloodshot eyes
Squint up at the sun
Horizons hold fast and seduce the sea dogs over
Some live to tell tall tales
And some never returned
Leaving only their dreams
Carried by the sea'