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42. Greatest Hits Vol. III# ( ) 1994 Sony/CK/CK 66783
1. Tangled Up In Blue ( )
2. Changing Of The Guards ( )
3. The Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar ( )
Prayin' in the ghetto, face in the cement,
Heard the last moan of a boxer, seen the massacre of the innocent,
Felt around for the light switch, became so nauseated.
Just me and an overworked dancer, between walls that are really deteriorated.
Oh, set my affections on things above,
Let nothing stand in the way of that love,
Not even the Rock of Gibraltar!
Well, if you see her on Phantom Street,
Tell her I still think she's neat,
And that the groom's still waiting at the altar.
Highwaymen and hitmen, pushin', hellraisin', and robbery,
Mistakin' your shyness for aloofness, your silence for snobbery.
I never did get the message, I don't even know when one was sent to me,
About the madness of becoming what one was never meant to be.
Oh, set my affections on things above,
Let nothing stand in the way of that love,
Not even the Rock of Gibraltar!
Well, if you see her on Phantom Street,
Tell her I still think she's neat,
And that the groom's still waiting at the altar.
Well, what can I say about Claudette, that wouldn't come back home to haunt me.
Finally had to give her up, about the time she began to want me.
God has mercy on them who are slandered and humiliated.
I'd have done anything for that woman, if she'd only made me feel obligated.
Oh, set my affections on things above,
Let nothing stand in the way of that love,
Not even the Rock of Gibraltar!
Well, if you see her on Phantom Street,
Tell her I still think she's neat,
And that the groom's still waiting at the altar.
Locked into a time-zone, with a high-degree temperature,
Fools counting their money, wise men standing around like furniture.
There's a wall between you and what you want, you gotta leap it.
Tonight you got the power to take it, tomorrow you won't have the power to keep it.
Oh, set my affections on things above,
Let nothing stand in the way of that love,
Not even the Rock of Gibraltar!
Well, if you see her on Phantom Street,
Tell her I still think she's neat,
And that the groom's still waiting at the altar.
Looked for the answer, found a solution,
Too rich for my blood and I needed a transfusion.
Don't know what I say about Claudette, she could be in the mountains or the prairies,
She could be respectably married, or running a whorehouse in Buenos Aires.
Oh, set my affections on things above,
Let nothing stand in the way of that love,
Not even the Rock of Gibraltar!
Well, if you see her on Phantom Street,
Tell her I still think she's neat,
And that the groom's still waiting at the altar.
4. Hurricane ( )
5. Forever Young ( )
6. Jokerman ( )
7. Dignity ( )
Fat man lookin' in a blade of steel, thin man lookin' at his last meal
Hollow man lookin' in a cottonfield for dignity
Wise man lookin' in a blade of grass, young man lookin' in the shadows that pass
Poor man lookin' through painted glass for dignity
CHORUS #1:
Somebody got murdered on New Year's Eve
Somebody said dignity was the first to leave
I went into the city, went into the town
Went into the land of the midnight sun
Searchin' high, searchin' low, searchin' everywhere I know
Askin' the cops wherever I go, "Have you seen Dignity?"
Blind man breakin' out of a trance, puts both his hands in the pocket of chance
Hopin' to find one circumstance of dignity
I went to the wedding of Mary-lou, she said I don't want nobody see me talkin to you
Said she could get killed if she told me what she knew about dignity
CHORUS #2:
I went down where the vultures feed
I would've gone deeper, but there wasn't any need
Heard the tongues of angels and the tongues of men, wasn't any difference to me
Chilly wind sharp as a razor blade, house on fire, debts unpaid
Gonna stand at the window, gonna ask the maid, "Have you seen dignity?"
Drinkin' man listens to the voice he hears
In a crowded room full of covered up mirrors
Lookin' into the lost forgotten years for dignity
Met Prince Phillip at the home of the blues
Said he'd give me information if his name wasn't used
He wanted money up front, said he was abused by dignity
CHORUS #3:
Footprints runnin' cross the silver sand, steps goin' down into tatoo land
I met the sons of darkness and the sons of light, in the bordertowns of despair
Got no place to fade, got no coat, I'm on the rollin' river in a jerkin' boat
Tryin' to read a note somebody wrote about dignity
Sick man lookin' for the doctor's cure, lookin' at his hands for the lines that were
And into every masterpiece of literature for dignity
Englishman stranded in the blackheart wind
Combin his hair back his future looks thin
Bites the bullet and he looks within for dignity
CHORUS #4:
Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed, dignity never been photographed
I went into the red, went into the black, into the valley of dry bone dreams
So many roads, so much at stake, so many dead ends, I'm at the edge of the lake
Sometimes I wonder what it's gonna take to find dignity
8. Silvio ( )
9. Ring Them Bells ( )
10. Gotta Serve Somebody ( )
11. Series Of Dreams ( )
I was thinkin' of a series of dreams
were nothin' comes up to the top
everything stays down where it's wounded
and comes to a permanent stop
wasn't thinking of anything specific
like in a dream were someone wakes up and screams
nothin' too very scientific
just thinking of a series of dreams
thinking of a series of dreams
where the time and the tempo drag
and there's no exit in any direction (suddenly the gate was thrown open)
except the one you can't see with your eyes (and you're left there holding the bag)
wasn't making any great connection
wasn't falling for any intricate scheme
nothing that would pass inspection
I was just thinking of a series of dreams
dreams where the umbrella is folded
and into the path where I heard
and the cards are no good that you're holding
unless they're from another world...
In one the surface was frozen
in another I witnessed a crime
in one I was running and in another
all I seemed to be doing was crying
wasn't looking for any special assistance
nor going through any great extremes
I'd already gone the distance
just thinking of a series of dreams
dreams where the umbrella is folded
and into the path where I heard
and the cards are no good that you're holding
unless they're from another world...
I'd already gone the distance
just thinkin' of a series of dreams
just thinkin' of a series of dreams
just thinkin' of a series of dreams
12. Brownsville Girl ( )
13. Under The Red Sky ( )
14. Knockin' On Heaven's Door ( )
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