LEARNING
TO FLY
Well I started out down a dirty
road
Started out all alone
And the sun went down as I crossed
the hill
The town lit up the world got still
I'm learning to fly but I ain't
got wings
Comin' down is the hardest thing
Well the good old days may not return
And the rocks might melt, and the
sea may burn
I'm learning to fly but I ain't
got wings
Comin' down is the hardest thing
Well some say life will beat you
down
Break your heart, steal your crown
So I started out for God knows
where
But I guess I'll know when I get
there
I'm learning to fly around the clouds
But what goes up must come down
I'm learning to fly but I ain't
got wings
Comin' down is the hardest thing
I'm learning to fly around the
clouds
But what goes up must come down
I'm learning to fly
I'm learning to fly
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KINGS
HIGHWAY
When the time gets right
I'm gonna pick you up
And take you far away
From trouble my love
Under a big old sky
Out in a field of green
There's gotta be something
Left for us to believe
Oh, I await the day
Good fortune comes our way
And we'll ride down the King's
Highway
Yeah Yeah
N o you can't hide out
In a six gun town
We want to hold our heads up
But we gotta stay down
I don't want to end up
In a room all alone
Don't want to end up someone
That I don't even know
Lover I await the day
Good fortune comes our way
And we'll ride down the King's
Highway
Yeah Yeah
Lover I await the day
Good fortune comes our way
And we'll ride down the King's
Highway
Yeah Yeah
Lover I await the day
Good fortune comes our way
And we'll ride down the King's
Highway
Yeah Yeah
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INTO
THE GREAT WIDE OPEN
Eddie waited till he finished high
school
He went to Hollywood, got a tattoo
He met a girl out there with a
tattoo too
The future was wide open
They moved into a place they both
could afford
He found a nightclub he could work
at the door
She had a guitar and she taught
him some chords
The sky was the limit
Into the great wide open,
Under them skies of blue
Out in the great wide open,
A rebel without a clue
The papers said Ed always played
from the heart
He got an agent and a roadie named
Bart
They made a record and it went
in the charts
T he sky was the limit
His leather jacket had chains that
would jingle
They both met movie stars, partied
and mingled
Their A&R man said "I don't
hear a single"
The future was wide open
Into the great wide open,
Under them skies of blue
Out in the great wide open,
A rebel without a clue
Into the great wide open,
Under them skies of blue
Out in the great wide open,
A rebel without a clue
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TWO
GUNSLINGERS
Two gunslingers, walked out in the
street
And one said "I don't wanna fight
no more"
And the other gunslinger thought
about it
And he said, "yeah what are we
fighting for?"
I'm takin' control of my life,
I'm takin' control of my life
I'm takin' control of my life now,
Right now, oh yeah
Well the crowd that assembled
For the gun fight were let down
Everyone hissed and booed
And a stranger told h is Mrs.
That's the last one of these gunfights
You're ever gonna drag me to
I'm takin' control of my life,
I'm takin' control of my life
I'm takin' control of my life now,
Right now, oh yeah
Well the two gunslingers
Went ridin' out of town and
Were never heard from no more
And there ain't been a gun fight
For a long time, maybe never
But nobody knows for sure
I'm takin' control of my life,
I'm takin' control of my life
I'm t akin' control of my life
now,
Right now, oh yeah
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IN
THE DARK OF THE SUN
In the dark of the sun
Will you save me a place
Give me hope, Give me comfort
Get me to a better place
Saw you sail across a river
Underneath Orion's sword
In your eyes there was a freedom
I had never known before
Hey yeah yeah
In the dark of the sun
We will stand together
Yeah we will stand as one
Oh in the dark of the sun
Past my days of great confusion
Past my days of wondering why
Will I sail into the heavens
Constellations in my eyes
Hey yeah yeah
In the dark of the sun
We will stand together
Yeah we will stand as on e
Oh in the dark of the sun
Hey yeah yeah
In the dark of the sun
We will stand together
Yeah we will stand as one
Oh in the dark of the sun
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ALL
OR NOTHIN'
Your daddy was a Sgt. Major
You didn't wanna, but he made you
Wipe his brass from time to time
It left a picture in your mind
You know? You know?
You want it all, you want it all,
All or nothin'
Here am I a fallen arrow
My load is wide, my street is narrow
My skin is thicker, my heart is
tougher
I don't mind workin', but I'm scared
to suffer
You know? You know?
You want it all, you want it all,
All or nothin'
Sweet chariots of L.A. swing low
At twilight time the smog makes
a rainbow
So keep one eye on the weather
You had it good, you wanted better
You know? You know?
You want it all, you want it all,
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ALL
THE WRONG REASONS
Trouble blew in on a cold dark wind
It came without no warnin'
And that big ol' house went up
for sale
They were on the road by morning
The days went slow into the changing
season
Out in the cold for all the wrong
reasons
Well she grew up hard, and she grew
up fast
In the age of television
And she made a vow to have it all
It became her new religion
Down in her soul, it was an act
of treason
Down they go, for al l the wrong
reasons
Where the sky begins the horizon
ends
Despite the best intentions
And a big old man goes up for sale
He becomes his own invention
The days go slow, into the changing
season
Bought and sold for all the wrong
reasons
Down they go for all the wrong
reasons
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TOO
GOOD TO BE TRUE
Her imagination ran wild
Could this really happen to me?
She could barely hold back the
tears
It was too good to be true
It was too good to be true
It was too good to be true
Everything that she'd waited for
Everything that she'd dared to
dream
Suddenly was outside her door
It was too good to be true
It was too good to be true
It was too good to be true
There was no talk of giving in
And just as hope was wearing thin
Her eyes were like a child again
Too good to be true
Morning on the outskirts of town
Sitting in the traffic alone
You don't know what it means to
be free
It was too good to be true
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OUT
IN THE COLD
The day fell down, the air got cold
I walked out in the street
Daydreamed for a mil e or two
Staring at my feet
Like a workin' boy, out of luck
Fallin' through the cracks
Night rolled in, I turned back
home
A hard wind at my back
I'm out in the cold (out in the
cold)
Body and soul (out in the cold)
There's nowhere to go (out in the
cold)
I'm out in the cold (out in the
cold)
Well I woke up
My brain was stunned
I could come around
I reached out to grab my keys
Tumbled to the ground
I thought of you
Starry eyed
I wondered where we stand
Did I just fall from your arms
Down into your hands
I'm out in the cold (out in the
cold)
Body and soul (out in the cold)
There's nowhere to go (out in the
cold)
I'm out in the cold (out in the
cold)
I'm out
Standin' in a doorway
I'm out
Walkin' around
Hands in my pockets
I'm out in the cold (out in the
cold)
Body and soul (out in the cold)
There's nowhere to go (out in the
cold)
I'm out in the cold (out in the
cold)
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YOU
AND I WILL MEET AGAIN
You and I will meet again
When we're least expecting it
One day in some far off place
I will recognize your face
I won't say good-bye my friend
For you and I will meet again
I heard you singing to no one
I saw you dancing all alone
One day you belonged to me
Next day I just wouldn't know
Someday all the rules will bend
And you and I will meet again
I've got a feeling
I've got a feeling so strong
Maybe someday our paths will cross
A red-winged hawk is circling
The blacktop stretches out for
days
How could I get so close to you
And still feel so far away?
I hear a voice come on the wind
Sayin' you and I will meet again
I don't know how, I don't know
when
But you and I will meet again
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MAKIN'
SOME NOISE
When I was a young boy
I was workin' for the state
I wasn't makin' much money
I was stayin' out late
Go down at nighttime and
Play music in the bars
Take my breaks out underneath the
stars
I was makin' some noise
I was a workin' boy up at the top
of my voice
Sayin' "Look at me mama I'm makin'
some noise"
I had to rock the boat, I had to
shake the tree
To see what'd fall down on me
I thought "Maybe I can make it
if I never give in
I been down before, I ain't goin'
down again"
I'm makin' some noise
I been a worried boy up at the
top of my voice
Sayin' "Look at me mama I'm makin'
some noise"
From across the canyon a guitar
plays
Through an amplifier on a long
delay
It was an ol d melody I recognized
the song
I had an amplifier too, so I played
along
I'm makin' some noise, I'm still
a working boy
Up at the top of my voice
Sayin' "Look at me mama I'm makin'
some noise"
I'm makin' some noise, I been a
long gone boy
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BUILT
TO LAST
Somewhere out my doorway
Somewhere down my block
I can hear her heartbeat
In rhythm with my clock
I want her more than diamonds
I want her more than gold
I want her more than anything
Anyone could hold
We were built to last
On until forever
The world is changing fast
Oh, But our love is built to last
She has followed me down
Along some empty streets
She has followed me where
The rain would fall in sheets
And I know I've been changing
Changing like the wind
I was feeling burned out
I got tired of it
We were built to last
On until forever
The world is changing fast
Oh, But our love is built to last
So come to me my darling
Hold me while I sleep
I know you feel lost
But you're not in too deep
We were built to last
On until forever
The world is changing fast
Oh, But our love is built to last
Yeah our love was built to last
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