Oh!

I have known her and chew me to the bone
A thousand faces and still she stands alone
But I can't change her
Oh cause she likes it that way
She got one foot on my heart
And she got one in my brain.


She's a nightmare
Yeah, she's a nightmare
Oh no, she's a nightmare
Hey, she's a nightmare.


Inside her, Lord late at night
A-rolling through the backstreets
Of your life
Well you never see her in the light of day
Cause she's a wide, wide range of breeding strange.


She's a nightmare
She's a nightmare
Oh what a nightmare
Oh no, she's a nightmare.


Late at night, when you lay sleeping
Your nightmare comes creeping around.


I have known her from the depth of fear
I have had her lower lightning here
But I wouldn't change her
Because I like her that way
Cause she's a wide, wide range of breeding strange.


She's a nightmare
She's a nightmare
Oh what a nightmare
She's a nightmare
Oh she's a nightmare
Oh what a nightmare
I know she's a nightmare
I know, I know she's a nightmare, oh!


She's a nightmare
Oh she's a nightmare
I know, an obscene nightmare
Yeah, she's a nightmare
Ooh!

Well, Lord, I got to raise a fuss
Lord, I got to raise a holler
About working all summer
Just to try to earn a dollar

Well, Lord, I tried to call my baby
I tried to get a date

Sometimes I wonder
What I'm-a gonna do
Lord, there ain't no cure
For the Summertime Blues

Well, my mom and poppa told me:
"Son, you got to make some money
Well, if you want to use the care
To go riding next Sunday"

Well Lord, I didn't go to work
I told the boss I was sick
He said

Sometimes I wonder
What I'm a gonna do
Lord, there ain't no cure
For the Summertime Blues

I got to take three weeks
I got to have a fine vacation
I got to take my problem
To the United Nations

I done told my congressman
And he said, quote, dig this, boy

Sometimes I wonder
What I'm a gonna do
Lord, there ain't no cure
For the Summertime Blues

I got to take three weeks
I got to have a fine vacation
I got to take my problem
To the United Nations

I done told my congressman
And he said, quote
Take this, boy

Sometimes I wonder
What I'm a gonna do
Lord, there ain't no cure
For the Summertime Blues

Oh, hey, ain't no cure

Blood runs hot around your neck
No matter what you do
The evening's cold, The nighttime sweats
The strangest colors of blue.


You want it hard
You want it fast
You give it all you got
Make no mistake
The time will last
Just give it your best shot.


They say we're young and we don't know
They say we don't have a clue
The price you pay to live your life
The shit they toss to you!


You want it hard
You want it fast
You give it all you got
Make no mistake
The time will last
Just give it your best shot.


Ride with me to the sun
Ride with me to the dawn
Ride on!
Ride on!
Ride on!
Ride with me to the dawn.


The blood runs hot all down your legs
No matter what you do
The price you pay to live your life
The shit they toss to you!


You want it hard
You want it fast
You give it all you got
Make no mistake
The time will last
Just give it your best shot.


Ride with me to the dawn
Ride with me into the sun
Ride on!
Ride on!
Ride on!
Ride with me for the dawn.

Sit-in' by the TV, sittin' drinkin' my wine
My friends all say that I'm wasting time
I'm gonna wait right here just to get the right meat
I been waiting for hours, I can wait all week.


I'm not talkin' 'bout love
Not talkin' 'bout war
Get what I need from the girl next door!


Been watchin' cartoons on the TV screen
What I'm looking for is long and lean
A ticket to ride, I want my feet in the air
I'm gonna tell my baby that I just don't care.


I'm not talkin' 'bout love
Not talkin' 'bout war
Get what I need from the girl next door!


Yeah, get what I need! Oh yeah! Oh!


Been runnin' down the scene with my gasoline
I'm feeling nasty and mighty mean
Said outta my way cause I'm runnin' hot
I got to show my baby just what I got.


I'm not talkin' 'bout love
Not talkin' 'bout war
Take what I need from the girl next door!
I'm not talkin' 'bout love
Not talkin' 'bout war
Take what I need from the girl next door!
I'm not talkin' 'bout love
Not talkin' 'bout war
Get what I need from the girl next door!


Yeah I get what I need from that mojo, yeah!


Oh!

Relax your mind
Lord let it take
An electric explosion
I said a strong earthquake
And then on a freeway
Just let it take you away, child
Far away
Oh yeah, come over
Come back in my big automobile
And Babylon.


I'll give you a shove
Why don't you take a rush
Let me hear you cry
From a deafening hush
Just let it take you away
Far Away
Yeah, yow, come over, big automobile, big automobile
Babylon.


Now the blues ain't nothing
But a good man feeling bad
Yeh-yeh, Yeah!
I know that the blues ain't nothing, ain't nothing baby
But a, but a good man, but a good man, but a good man feeling bad
And I just ain't the kind
That goes around feeling sad
Hey! Oh, no, not me baby, no way!


Say why don't you take a shove
Oh, come on and take a rush
Let me hear you cry
From a deafening hush
Let it take you away
Far away
Oh yeah, stick it in the fire baby
I want big automobile
Big automobile, baby
Babylon.


Ow!

My mama told me when I was born
She said the city is gonna be your soil
Raise all eight children
Work all your life
Pray you don't die by some stranger's knife.


You're living in the heart
Yeah, the heart of the city
Yeah!


We all live on that city floor
Winos, widows, hags, and whores
You butcher bankers and you millionaires
We all know what goes on down there.


You're living in the heart
Yeah, the heart of the city
You're living in the heart
Yeah, the heart of the city.


Things get tough, I just don't care
I let the night time take me anywhere
Yeah, take me anywhere, I don't care, no.


Things get rough, I just don't care
I let the night time take me anywhere
No, take me downtown, take me to the heart of the city, baby.


No, you tell in your cold slip
Your mind has snapped and your heart goes in
You know it's real and it ain't no shit
When you get down to the heart of it.


You're living in the heart
Yeah, the heart of the city
Yeah baby, go down to the heart
Yeah, the heart of the city
Ow!
You're living in the heart
Yeah, the heart of the city
Straight from the heart
Straight from the heart of the city

Alright!

A cold, cold darkness
And past confusion
Is quickly calling
Yeah, all of my illusions

Now won't somebody
Tell me what's wrong
Tell me what's wrong with me.

From within
The magic madness
I could feel deep in my heart
A little bit of gladness

Now won't somebody
Tell me what's wrong
Tell me what's wrong with me.

Won't somebody
Tell me what's wrong
I been searchin'
Searchin' so long
Oh, won't somebody
Oh, won't somebody
Tell me what's wrong with me.

Alright!

Won't somebody
Tell me what's wrong
I been searchin'
Whoa so goddamn long
Oh, won't somebody
Oh, won't somebody
Tell me what's wrong with me.

And then from out
Of a mystic dream
There came an angel
She spread her wings.

Now don't nobody
Tell me what's wrong
Tell me what's wrong with me.

I been sitting over here on Parchment Farm
I been sitting over here on Parchment Farm
I been sitting over here on Parchment Farm
Ain't ever done nobody no wrong.


Oh Lord, I bet I'll be here for the rest of my life.
Oh Lord, I bet I'll be here for the rest of my life.
Oh Lord, I bet I'll be here for the rest of my life.
All I did was shoot my wife.
She was no good!


I done picking that cotton in a leather foot sack.
I done picking that cotton in a leather foot sack, yes I have.
I done picking that cotton in a leather foot sack.
A goddamn shotgun at my back.


I been sitting over here on Parchment Farm
Ain't ever done nobody no wrong, no!


I done sitting over here on the longest time.
I been sitting over here on the longest time.
I done sitting over here on the longest time.
All I did was drink my wine.


I swear I'll be here for the rest of my life.
Yeah, I know I'll be here for the rest of my life.
I know I'll be here for the rest of my life.
All I did was shoot your wife.
She was no good, you can take my word for it!


I been sitting over here on Parchment Farm
I been sitting over here on Parchment Farm
I been sitting over here on Parchment Farm
All I did was shoot my arm.
Oh, no!