1. |
RainMaker
04:42
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RAINMAKER
Chorus
RainMaker – Pour your magic today…
RainMaker – Wash my sad tidings away.
Make me feel good about lyin’ in bed…
Drown this black heart…Paint the whole planet red.
RainMaker – Pour your magic on me.
Verse I
I did not recognize you – when you rode into town.
Pretty girls loved you – small children frowned.
A smooth carpetbagger – grabbing all you could take –
A charlatan…a hustler – a cheater…a fake –
RainMaker, RainMaker…Little ones know who you are.
Chorus II
RainMaker – Cast your illusion today…
RainMaker – Wash all my sorrow away.
Make me feel good when I wallow in sadness –
Drown all my pain – deception and madness –
RainMaker – Don’t pour your trouble on me.
(Now) Here comes trouble…
Solo
Verse II
It’s the end of the day – and now everyone knows –
When you swallow a lie, the greed and the jealousy grows.
Leading the faithful – on a sinister track –
Like lambs to the slaughter – now these fools can’t turn back –
RainMaker, RainMaker, flooding their future away.
Chorus III
RainMaker – Pouring destruction today…
RainMaker – The pied piper led us astray.
Designer of evil – promoter of lies –
Truth contradictor – you love alibis –
RainMaker…….
Mind manipulator – adding water to the wine –
Bold calculator – you’ve been here for all time –
RainMaker – Pouring your trouble on me…
You’re nothin’ but trouble…
(Rain)….RainMaker – (Rain)….RainMaker – (Rain)….RainMaker – (Rain)….RainMaker
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2. |
Arielle
03:56
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3. |
Big Max
03:54
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“Big Max”
Verse 1
Big Max! Big Max!
Big Max blew into town with a heater strapped to his side-
Says he’s gonna make Ricki Hart his bride – Big Max!
Max loves to dance in the cool night air
With the moonlight shinin’ on Ricki’s hair –
He fancies himself as some Fred Astaire.
But all’s not well in the kingdom tonight –
The veins in his neck are stretched a little too tight –
Max is smilin’ too much – somethin’ just ain’t right – Big Max!
Max said, “Boys, it’s goin’ down today –
I’m blowin’ that sneaky Sammy Spectre away!”
Once they were pals, but Sammy stole his gal
And now there’s gonna be hell to pay.
Chorus
Max arrives in Fire & Thunder –
Ready to loot – pillage & plunder –
And I wonder whose spell he’s under?
Verse 2
Sammy cried, “I’m tellin’ you, Max
This time you just don’t know your facts…
But I’m not goin’ down – you’re not takin’ her back!” – Big Max!
That night Max drove to the east side of town
In a gangster hat filled with eider down
And he shot Sammy dead in his dressing gown.
Chorus
Verse 3
Now Ricki lives in a west coast town
In a waterfront condo and a satin gown
And she waits for Max when the sun goes down – Big Max!
Max and Ricki dance in the cool night air
While the telephone rings on a poolside chair –
Max answers the call, but there’s no one there…
Chorus
Better run – better hide – better let her go -
‘Cause Max is comin’ gonna get you for sure –
And you know there’s gonna be hell to pay today.
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4. |
Goodbye
04:28
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GOODBYE
Verse I
Here we are again – still the same old friends –
As if there hasn’t been a year gone by.
In many ways, we both found what we need.
Though we could never stay together, you’re forever part of me.
It feels so real to hold you once again – when you touch me
And I feel the fire, there’s nothing I desire.
The mirror tells me all the time gone by –
But you, and the air I breathe, is all I need tonight.
Chorus I
I’ll love you ‘til the day I die –
I never want to say Goodbye.
I love you – and it’s killing me to see you cry –
I don’t want to say Goodbye.
Verse II
Now I wonder, will it ever feel the same?
Or when you take another lover, is it just ill-gotten gain?
The honesty is lost –
Someone’s heart gets broken and you can’t repay the cost.
Chorus II
I’ll love you ‘til the day I die –
I never want to say Goodbye.
I love you – and it’s killing me to see you cry –
I don’t want to say Goodbye –
I never want to say Good…
Bridge
“By and by, you’ll forget about each other.”
That’s what I hear people say.
But time hasn’t been kind – and each memory stirs another –
Then the anger fades to pain, but when you touch me,
All the feelings are real again.
Verse III
So hold me, but don’t ever call us friends –
Because sometimes friendships end, and I couldn’t stand that pain.
Feeling numb helps hide the emptiness and fears.
I might cry, but it won’t be all my tears.
Chorus II
I’ll love you ‘til the day I die –
I never want to say Goodbye.
I love you – and it’s killing me to see you cry –
I don’t want to say Goodbye –
I never want to say Goodbye.
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5. |
Boys Will Be Boys
05:20
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BOYS WILL BE BOYS
Verse 1
Joe and I and brother Bill – High atop Watertower Hill –
It’s cold and windy in the freezin’ drivin’ rain.
The platform that the tower stands on –
It’ll keep us dry but won’t keep us warm –
So we stand there teeth a’chatterin’ waitin’ for the train.
The Special rolls through about 10 o’clock –
She always blows the whistle but she never stops –
Her destination is 40 miles down the line.
There’s a city of tents on each side of the track
Where the gambler wages on the old Blackjack –
In a railroad camp, that’s the way men spend their time.
Chorus
Boys Will Be Boys – Too young for girls, too old for toys –
What we gonna do with all of our time?
Explore the world – and see the sights –
Get out of chores – stay up all night –
‘Cause havin’ fun is always on our minds –
‘Cause havin’ fun is always on our minds.
Verse 2
The three of us figured, as young boys do,
That we’d have some fun when the Special rolled through –
Take a rope and tie it through the eye of a tent.
And we’d stretch it across the other side of the track –
Hook it to the mess tent while the cook’s out back
Then Joe said “We’d better move!” so away we went.
And then a rumblin’ sound out of the night let us know the time just right –
Our plan would be complete in a minute or so.
And that train is movin’ it’ll thunder by and it jerked those tents up into the sky –
It’s more than just a prank – it’s a Wild West Show!
Chorus
Bridge
Lord, it’s always on my mind –
Lord, it’s always on my mind.
Verse 3
Pots & pans flew everywhere – the cook was screamin’ & pullin’ his hair –
“I swear, when I catch those Boys, I’ll skin ‘em alive!”
There were clothes & cards all over the track – socks & shoes & old hard tack –
A Bible…. and a broken pocket knife.
But the sight that I remember best – the memory above the rest –
Was the railroad boss and the look upon his face.
He knows it’s me, of that I’m sure – and if he catches us, we will all endure a
Switchin’ on our behinds he will place.
Double Chorus
Double Bridge
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6. |
Bones Along the Trail
03:04
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7. |
The Fortress
03:35
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“The Fortress”
Verse 1
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God,
A bulwark never failing;
Our helper He amid the flood
Of mortal ills prevailing.
For still our Ancient Foe
Doth seek to work us woe;
His craft and power are great,
And armed with cruel hate,
On Earth is not his equal.
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8. |
Midnight Sun
02:55
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9. |
In My Mind
03:09
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IN MY MIND
Verse I
In My Mind, nothin’ has changed –
The angels never took you away…
And life is fine – In My Mind.
In our time, we were the best –
Lovers there could ever be –
Two of a kind – In My Mind.
Chorus I
In my dreams, we still go on –
Sometimes life leaves love behind.
Now I’m resigned to live this life In My Mind.
Verse II
I travel back – back In My Mind –
To where all of the children played.
Innocent times – In My Mind.
The dock and hot fun – music and sun –
An afternoon perfectly done.
Jenny looked fine – In My Mind.
Chorus II
In my dreams, we still go on –
Sometimes life leaves love behind.
Now I’m resigned to live this life In My Mind.
In my dreams – she still goes on –
Sometimes lovers get left behind.
Now I’m resigned to keep her love In My Mind.
Bridge-Instrumental
Verse III
In My Mind, nothin’ has changed –
The angels never took you away…
And life is fine – In My Mind.
In our time, we were the best –
Lovers that could ever be –
Two of a kind – In My Mind.
Chorus II
In my dreams, we still go on –
Sometimes life leaves love behind.
Now I’m resigned to live this life In My Mind.
In my dreams – she still goes on –
Sometimes lovers get left behind.
Now I’m resigned to keep her love In My Mind.
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10. |
Some Sunday Morning
03:45
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11. |
In Any Event
03:31
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12. |
What Love Can Do
03:08
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13. |
Hungry For Love
03:14
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14. |
I'm So Slow
04:18
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15. |
Dance
02:54
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16. |
Moe's Art
01:36
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Instrumental
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