Got a foot in the door

God knows what for

And he'll cut me down to size

Stupidity tries



Everything here is free

Everything but you and me

This painting never dries

Stupidity tries



Savannah shoulder raised a cheer

Coloring the sky with ash

Because they found some privateer

To sail across the sea of trash



The enemy is within

Don't confuse me with him

The truth is otherwise

Stupidity tries



And so I go from floor to floor

Looking for a port of call

Another drunk conquistador

Conquering the governor's ball



I couldn't think of a thing

That I hope tomorrow brings

Oh what a surprise

Stupidity tries

My pockets are empty though my wife has sent me

To the store for some cigarettes and bread

I started walking there got as far as the square

Then the smell of beer went to my head

The thing about beer it can make a man hear

Voices from days long since past

And with every third drink it'll make you think

That your youth will always last

No matter which way you move it takes a lifetime to prove

To yourself I could have been more

I got one foot in the door I just want one more

I thought of a time when my future was mine

It didn't matter what anyone said

I was handsome and strong and when I walked along

I stood erect and looked straight ahead

But then I lost my fight goin' to turned to might

Somewhere along the line I lost my will

And now I'm sittin' here my life full of beer

And I try to pretend it's not real

No matter which way you move it takes a lifetime to prove

To yourself I have been before

I got one foot in the door I just want one more

[ guitar ]

These days I barely survive on lot number five

In the mobile acres on the eastside of town

I swore this kind of life I'd never lead

I guess I let too many things get me down

If my pappy could see what they done to me

I swear he'd march down there and make it all right

But he's long since gone and I'm old enough now

I should be able to fight my own fight

No matter which way you move it takes a lifetime to prove

To yourself I could have been more

I got one foot in the door I just want one more

There's a man with the smallest of worlds in his hands

And a tear fills his eyes as he tries to hold on

Holding his world together





There's a girl in the other half of the sky

And she's wondering why her planet should sigh

Don't you want me 'round forever





The earth is too small to be divided

Sunrise, moonfall, deep in the heart

A part of everyone





And we can't wait anymore, the time has come

And those who need something more will feel the sun

We're sharing one





The earth is too small to be divided

Sunrise, moonfall, deep in the heart

A part of everyone





And we can't wait anymore, the time is now

You've got your foot in the door

Get through somehow, break through somehow





The earth is too small to be divided

Sunrise, moonfall, deep in the heart

A part of everyone

Oh, oh, oh, oh. (It's the runners)

Oh, oh, oh, oh. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, eah



Now lemme' tell you boy

I'm a little something more to deal with

Don't play me like a toy, better come with the realness. Aye

Don't wanna' test me out, don't wanna hear this engine roar

You're gonna love when i come around

You've never seen it like this before



You better be coming with the premium. (aye, aye.)

That's the way to make this one a dream to run

This right here's a classic, you gon' have to have it

If we get it running we can party till the sun comes



If you're in love make sure you've got enough oh-oh

On your marks get ready,set, oh we're going

All through the night. (til the night)

Come on let's get it up and running, up and running

I want you to take me out there

Come on let's get it up and running

Party till the morning sun



Oh, oh, oh, oh. (hey) Oh, oh, oh, oh



Now listen to me closely, if you want me to roll your way

See there's a place to go baby boo, cause i handle slightly differently, hey

This ain't no lock and key situation, you gotta push the right button to start

And if you find the right combination, you're gonna' go pretty far



You better be coming with the premium. (aye, aye.)

That's the way to make this one a dream to run

This right here's a classic, you gon' have to have it

If we get it running we gon' party till the sun comes up



If you're in love make sure you've got enough oh-oh

On your marks get ready,set, oh we're going

All through the night. (til the night)

Come on let's get it up and running, up and running

I want you to take me out there

Come on let's get it up and running

Party till the morning sun



So take me to your favorite spot, baby show me all the things that you got

Cause i'm everything you're waiting for



Come on let's get it up and running, up and running, up and running, up

Come on let's get it up and running, party till the sun comes up



If you're in love make sure you've got enough oh-oh

On your marks get ready,set, oh we're going

All through the night. (til the night)

Come on let's get it up and running, up and running

I want you to take me out there

Come on let's get it up and running

Party till the morning sun

Leaving in a cloud of burning cinders cinders from a fire of love gone out

Never looking back when she's highbolling

She's the daughter of a railroam man no doubt

Waking in a new bed every morning breaking in a new heart every night

Up and running while the world is sleeping

She's the daughter of a railroam man alright

She is long and sleek and made for moving she's outward bound at any time she can

She won't be staying long in any station she's the daughter of a railroam man



Cries out in the night when she gets lonely you can bet she won't be lonely long

On down the line someone waits her arrival and the daughter of a railroad man is gone

She is long and sleek

Chestnut hair with just a touch of gray

Shadows of a few more years on her face

That ain't the girl that I knew yesterday

Oh no, now, that's a woman

Up and running at the crack of dawn

There ain't always time to get her make up on

But she's more beautiful without it on

Oh yeah, that's a woman

She's got a grace that I don't understand

She can move mountains with those tender hands

She makes a king out of a common man

Yeah that's me, lucky me

Ohh.. ohh.. oh.. oh.. yeah..

She makes a king out of a common man

Yeah that's me

yeah that's me

In the evening when the kids are down

And I can see she's getting sleepy now

Still she finds some time for me somehow

Oh, now, that's a woman

Water gray

Through the windows, up the stairs

Chilling rain

Like an ocean everywhere



Don't want to reach for me, do you?

I mean nothing to you

The little things give you away

And now there will be no mistaking

The levees are breaking



All you've ever wanted

Was someone to truly look up to you

And six feet under water, I do



Hope decays

Generations disappear

Washed away

As a nation simply stares



Don't want to reach for me, do you?

I mean nothing to you

The little things give you away

But now there will be no mistaking

The levees are breaking



All you've ever wanted

Was someone to truly look up to you

And six feet under water, I do



All you've ever wanted

Was someone to truly look up to you

And six feet underground, now I, now I do



The little things give you away

The little things give you away

The little things give you away

The little things give you away



The little things give you away

(All you've ever wanted)

(Was someone to truly look up to you)

The little things give you away

The little things give you away

(All you've ever wanted)

(Was someone to truly look up to you)

The little things give you away



The little things give you away

(All you've ever wanted)

(Was someone to truly look up to you)

The little things give you away

The little things give you away

(All you've ever wanted)

(Was someone to truly look up to you)

The little things give you away



The little things give you away

(All you've ever wanted)

(Was someone to truly look up to you)

The little things give you away

The little things give you away

(All you've ever wanted)

(Was someone to truly look up to you)

The little things give you away

When I was a young boy, I would dream about life

And wonder just how sweet it would be

But baby, I got lucky when I met you that night

Now, you'll always have this promise from me



No matter how high I get, I'll always look up to you

You'll always be number one, I'll settle for number two

You've always been there for me, baby, I must confess

I'll always look up to you no matter how high I get



Up here on the mountain, it gets crazy sometimes

So crazy, I don't know what to do

When I've had it up to here with all of their lies

I can count on you to tell me the truth



No matter how high I get, I'll always look up to you

You'll always be number one, I'll settle for number two

You've always been there for me, baby, I must confess

I'll always look up to you no matter how high I get



You are the one that turned me around

You helped me keep my feet on the ground



No matter how high I get, I'll always look up to you

You'll always be number one, I'll settle for number two

You've always been there for me, baby, I must confess

I'll always look up to you no matter how high



No matter how high I get, I'll always look up to you

You'll always be number one, I'll settle for number two

You've always been there for me, baby, I must confess

I'll always look up to you no matter how high



No matter how high I get, I'll always look up to you

You'll always be number one, I'll settle for number two

You've always been there for me, baby, I must confess

I'll always look up to you no matter how high I get

Yeah
Yeah
I've been down so long it look like up to me
They look up to me
I got fake people showin' fake love to me
Straight up to my face, straight up to my face
I've been down so long it look like up to me
They look up to me
I got fake people showin' fake love to me
Straight up to my face, straight up to my face
Somethin' ain't right when we talkin'
Somethin' ain't right when we talkin'
Look like you hidin' your problems
Really you never was solid
No you can't son me, you won't ever get to run me
Just when shit look, outta reach, I reach back like one, three
Like one, three, yeah
That's when they smile in my face
Whole time they wanna take my place
Whole time they wanna take my place
Whole time they wanna take my place
Yeah, I know they wanna take my place
I can tell that love is fake
I don't trust a word you say
How you wanna click up after your mistakes?
Look you in the face and it's just not the same
I've been down so long it look like up to me
They look up to me
I got fake people showin' fake love to me
Straight up to my face, straight up to my face
I've been down so long it look like up to me
They look up to me
I got fake people showin' fake love to me
Straight up to my face, straight up to my face
Yeah, straight up to my face, tryna play it safe
Vibe switch like night and day, I can see ya like right away
I came up, you changed up, I caught that whole play
Since then, it's never been the same
That's when they smile in my face
Whole time they wanna take my place
Whole time they wanna take my place
Whole time they wanna take my place
Yeah, I know they wanna take my place
I can tell that love is fake
(I can tell that love is fake)
I don't trust a word you say
(I don't trust a word)
How you wanna click up after your mistakes?
(That's just what I heard)
Look you in the face and it's just not the same
I've been down so long it look like up to me
They look up to me
I got fake people showin' fake love to me
Straight up to my face, straight up to my face
I've been down so long it look like up to me
They look up to me
I got fake people showin' fake love to me
Straight up to my face, straight up to my face (skrrt)

I could lift you up

I could show you what you want to see

And take you where you want to be

You could be my luck

Even if the sky is falling down

I know that we'll be safe and sound

We're safe and sound

I could fill your cup

You know my river won't evaporate

This world we still appreciate

You could be my luck

Even in a hurricane of frowns

I know that we'll be safe and sound (safe and sound)

We're safe and sound (safe and sound)

We're safe and sound (Hold your ground)

We're safe and sound (safe and sound)

I could show you love

In a tidal wave of mystery

You'll still be standing next to me

You could be my luck

Even if we're six feet underground

I know that we'll be safe and sound

We're safe and sound

I could lift you up

I could show you what you want to see

And take you where you want to be

You could be my luck

Even if the sky is falling down

I know that we'll be safe and sound

I could lift you up

I could show you what you want to see

And take you where you want to be

You could be my luck

Even if the sky is falling down

I know that we'll be safe and sound

We're safe and sound

We're safe and sound

We're safe and sound

We're safe and sound (safe and sound)

We're safe and sound (safe and sound)

We're safe and sound (Hold your ground)

We're safe and sound (safe and sound)

We're safe and sound

I remember tears streaming down your face when I said I'll never let you go

When all those shadows almost killed your light

I remember you said don't leave me here alone

But all that's dead and gone and passed tonight

Just close your eyes, the sun is going down

You'll be alright, no one can hurt you now

Come morning light, you and I'll be safe and sound

Don't you dare look out your window, darling everything's on fire

The war outside our door keeps raging on

Hold onto this lullaby even when the musics gone, gone

Just close your eyes, the sun is going down

You'll be alright, no one can hurt you now

Come morning light, you and I'll be safe and sound

Just close your eyes, you'll be alright

Come morning light, you and I'll be safe and sound

All my life I've wondered why

I keep fighting all the tides

For a million reasons that I find

But I might, I might be all wrong

I've hit highs and I've hit lows

But somewhere down the winding road

It felt like I could lose it all

But I might, I might have been wrong

A storm like this

Can break a man like this

But when it all calms down

We're still safe and sound

All my life I've tried to find

The meaning of what's left behind

They say it's life itself but I feel

It might, it might be all wrong

A storm like this

Can break a man like this

And when it all calms down

We're still safe and sound

A storm like this

Can break a man like this

And when it all calms down

We'll be safe and sound

Even if the sky falls down

We can turn it all around

We'll escape the darkest clouds

Then we'll be safe and sound

Wherever we may go

Whatever happens down the road

However far from home

I know we won't let go

A storm like this

Can break a man like this

And when it all calms down

We'll be safe and sound

Even if the sky falls down

We can turn it all around

We'll escape the darkest clouds

Then we'll be safe and sound

A storm like this

Can break a man like this

And when it all calms down

We'll be safe and sound

In no time the storm will end

It'll be alright again

The battle scars won't matter then

But I might, I might be all wrong

Lazy just stay in bed

You're lazy just stay in bed

You don't want no money

You don't want no bread



If you're drowning you don't clutch no straw, no

If you're drowning you don't clutch no straw

You don't want to live you don't want to cry no more



Well my trying ain't done no good

I said my trying ain't done no good

You don't make no effort no not like you should



Lazy you just stay in bed

Lazy you just stay in bed

You don't want no money

You don't want no bread

It seems like you just started noticing

How noticeably bad things really are

And then you walk past this couple arguing

In a rolled up window parked car



And all that gesticulated bitterness

And all of that muffled yelling hell

It's like it just starts wafting at you

Like a big furry rat died inside of that wall kinda smell



Bad dreams like this roll in like a cold front

Thunderous thunder and lightning in tow

And your tiny little life gets even smaller

As you heed the heavens' mighty show



And I don't mean heaven like godlike

'Cause the animal I am knows very well

That nature is our teacher and our mother

And god is just another

Story that we tell



You're trying not to grasp

Not to start grasping

At straws or sticks or stones

You're trying to learn to just sit inside your sadness



Even if you're sitting there alone

'Cause just like icarus ascending

Never intending to look back

Nature's law and your tragic flaw



Send you flying into the arms of another Venus fly trap

Guzzle till the buzzing stops

Guzzle till the buzzing stops

Guzzle till the buzzing stops

You just don't love me

And I just don't care

Oh, I never said I would play fair

Something so perfect and so rare

There is no cure

There's not a prayer, a prayer

Look what I can do



I am the only perfect choice

You've met your match

I've lost my voice

And when you're gone it gets so cold

I swear I'm too young to be this old, this old

Look what I can do



Oh, I've been cheated

Covered in diamonds and covered in filth

But I'm still breathing

Oh, please stick around and I'll build



Yes, I've crawled on glass

To grasp at straws

Stuttering, staggering through

And I've pierced the last hole in my arm

To gouge out the pieces of you



And your staggering, stuttering greed

And your never ending need

And your terrible awful deeds

And your lack of truth in these things



You know the whole thing is writ

You'll always quit

You always did

To the most delusional stare

And all that I have is out

And laid bare

And laid bare

Look what I can do

Look what I can do

Look what I can do



Oh, I've been bitter

You know what's true

And you know what's right

Oh, I'm forever

Oh, just do the right thing

For once

In your life

In your life



I know that I'm a hungry lost girl

But please stick around and I'll build you a world

I'll build you a world

I'll build you a world

I never was a straight-lace, straight A student

Teacher's pet or child prodigy

I wasn't gonna get rich throwin' a football

It take too long to get a law degree



So I sat down with momma and daddy

They tried to talk some sense into my thick head

But the best advice that I ever got

Was from my sister's rock star boyfriend



Just get you a guitar and learn how to play

Cut up some jeans, come up with a name

When you're living in a world that you don't understand

Find a few good buddies, start a band

Start a band, start a band



And all those girls that were too cool to talk to,

They'll be waiting in the line out back

Might get your picture in the hometown paper

Maybe buy your momma that Cadillac



Just get you a guitar and learn how to play

Cut up some jeans, come up with a name

When you're living in a world that you don't understand

Find a few good buddies, start a band



Start a band, scrape up some money, buy a van

Learn 'Free Bird' and 'Ramblin' Man'

Never buy another beer again



So get you a guitar and learn how to play

Grow out your hair, come up with a name

With a little bit of luck you'll be packing the stands

Find a few good buddies, start a band



No need to study, start a band

Call up some buddies man, and start a band

Well, I know, you don't know the reason

An' it's cold, a sign of the season

'Cause you're old an' battered an' beaten

And we'll grow, 'til we hit the ceiling, oh



Yeah, we know we better

Get away, send a letter

Bombs away, covered in my skin

I couldn't imagine anyone else

Come up with a weekend

I couldn't imagine, why you would save yourself?



Well, it's gone and it's not returning

And your clothes and pictures are burning

'Cause you're old an' battered an' beaten

And we'll grow, 'til we hit the ceiling, oh



Yeah, we know we better

Get away, send a letter

Bombs away, covered in my skin

I couldn't imagine anyone else

Come up with a weekend

I couldn't imagine, why you would save yourself?

Eyaa



Yeah, we know we better

Get away, send a letter

Bombs away, covered in my skin

I couldn't imagine anyone else

Come up with a weekend

I couldn't imagine anyone else

You're covered in my skin

I couldn't imagine anyone else

Come up with a weekend

I couldn't imagine

Why you would save yourself?

Out in the cold, like a bundle of coal,

Little packets of darkness, wanting to grow,

Well there's nobody home,

And there's a wreck in the yard,

And maybe their coming back,

If we wish really hard, if we wish real hard now,



Won't somebody please come up with something

Cause Jesus just don't seem to be

Impartially working,

And all of the rest are really down in the ratings,

But everyone, is going to keep on waiting



Waiting for peace,

At the end of our street,

Back behind our apartments,

In our passenger seats,

Just a moment of bliss,

Of it all of the ways,

But despair and oblivion,

Of our precarious ways,

It's ours to face now!



Won't somebody please come up with something

Cause Jesus just don't seem to be

Impartially working,

And all of the rest are really down in the ratings,

But everyone, is still right here waiting



Now I know, nothing lasts forever,

So we might as well wish for a God damn fix

Of this toxic change in weather



Won't somebody please come up with something

Cause Jesus just don't seem to be

Impartially working,

And all of the others can barely stay in the running,

But everyone, is still right here waiting



Won't somebody please come up with something

Won't somebody please come up with something

Won't somebody please come up with something

Won't somebody please come up with something

Kestrels breed,

Looking further than I can see

Without tact to read,

She'd take a shine to me

Beacon don't fly too high

Beacon don't fly too high



For all your time,

Playful crime in rain

Worth it being cold,

Roofing for the lanes

A lesson lost again

A lesson lost again



Cute but I'll take the bus,

With fees and favours gone

Cracks in savers pass,

And a white that sometimes shone

Wanton borrowed gun

Wanton borrowed gun



Kestrels breed,

Looking further than I can see

Without tact to read,

She'd take a shine to me

Beacon don't fly too high

Beacon don't fly too high

Evelina, won't ya ever take a shine to that moon?

Evelina, ain't ya bothered by the bobolink's tune?

Tell me, tell me how long

Ya gonna keep delayin' the day.



Don't ya reckon it's wrong

Trifflin' with April this way?

Evelina, won't ya pay a little mind to me soon?

Wake up! wake up!



The earth is fair, the fruit is fine

But what's the use o' smellin' winter water melon

Clingin' to another fella's vine?

Evelina, won't ya roll off that vine an' be mine?

Hey Willie



Willie can you cook? Can you cook? Hey Willie

Willie can you save a dollar bill?

Willie can you sew? Can you sew? Hey Willie

Willie can you give a girl a thrill?



Willie can you ride a black-eyed stallion?

Willie can you fight a bear?

Willie can you love? Can you love? Oh Willie

Willie will you braid my hair?



Willie can you do the things I ask you?

Willie can you do them true?

Willie can, Willie can, Willie can, fair lady

If Willie takes a shine to you



Oh, Willie can you dance? Can you prance? Hey Willie

Willie can you take me to the fair?

Willie there's a moon, there's a moon, oh Willie

Willie will you say you care?



Willie can you dig a hole to China?

Willie can you climb a tree?

Willie can you kiss? Can you kiss? Oh Willie

Willie will you please kiss me?



Willie can you do the things I ask you?

Willie can you do them true?

Willie can, Willie can, Willie can, fair lady

If Willie takes a shine to you



Oh, Willie can you run? Can you run? Oh Willie

Willie can you catch a honey bee?

Willie can you sing? Can you sing? Oh Willie

Willie will you sing to me?



Willie can you try to swim the Channel?

Willie can you fly a kite?

Willie are you bold? Can you hold me Willie?

Willie will you squeeze me tight?



Willie can you do the things I ask you?

Willie can you do them true?

Willie can, Willie can, Willie can, fair lady

If Willie takes a shine to you



Willie can you do the things I ask you?

Willie can you do them true?

Willie can, Willie can, Willie can, fair lady

If Willie takes a shine to you

Don't mix your drinks

Don't mix with him

It will kill you one day

Good advice

Sound advice

Why can't you be like him, like me

Look what you could achieve



I'm coming cap in hand

Begging you to listen

Something draws me in

I just can't christen it



Don't mix your drinks

Don't mix with him

It will kill you one day

Good advice

Sound advice

You need to be like this, like me



I'm coming cap in hand

Begging you to listen

Something draws me in

I just can't christen it

I could tell the meaning of a word like serene

I got some 'O' Grades when I was sixteen

I can tell the difference between margarine and butter

I can say "Saskatchewan" without starting to stutter



But I can't understand why we let someone else rule our land

We're Cap in Hand



I could get a broken jaw from being in a fight

I know its evening when day turns to night

I can understand why Stranraer lie so lowly

They could save a lot of points by signing Hibs Goalie



But I can't understand why we let someone else rule our land

We're Cap in Hand



We fight, when they ask us

We boast, then we cower

We beg

For a piece of

What's already ours



Once I thought I could make God a bribe

So I said I was in his lost tribe

Getting handouts can be so frustrating

"Get in line son, there's five million waiting"



I can't understand why you let someone else rule your land

You're Cap In Hand.