Pledging My Time
- Well, early in the morning
- 'Til late at night
- I got a poison headache
- But I feel all right
- I'm pledging my time to you
- Hopin' you'll come through too.
- Well, the hobo got you high
- He came to me natur'ly
- After he stole my baby
- Then he wanted to steal me
- But I'm pledging my time to you
- Hopin' you'll come through too.
- Won't you come with me baby ?
- I'll take you where you wanna go
- And if I don't work out
- You'll be the first to know
- I'm pledging my time to you
- Hopin' you'll come through too.
- Well, the room is so stuffy
- I can hardly breathe
- Ev'rybody's gone but me and you
- And I can't be the last to leave
- I'm pledging my time to you
- Hopin' you'll come through too.
- Well, they sent for the ambulance
- And one was sent
- Somebody got lucky
- But it was an accident
- Now, I'm pledging my time to you
- Hopin' you'll come through too.
Visions Of Johanna
- Ain't it just like the night to play tricks when you're tryin' to be so quiet ?
- We sit here stranded, though we're all doin our best to deny it
- And Louise holds a handfull of rain, tempting you to defy it
- Lights flicker from the opposite loft
- In this room the heat pipes just cough
- The country music station plays soft
- But there's nothing really nothing to turn of
- Just Louise and her lover so entwined
- And these visions of Johanna that conquer my mind.
- In the empty lot where the ladies play blindman's bluff with the key chain
- And the all-night girls they whisper of escapades out on the D-train
- We can hear the night watcman click his flashlight
- Ask himself if it's him or them that's really insane
- Louise she's all right she's just near
- She's delicate and seems like the mirror
- But she just makes it all too concise and too clear
- That Johanna's not here
- The ghost of electricity howls in the bones of her face
- Where these visions of Johanna have now taken my place.
- Now, little boy lost, he takes himself so seriously
- He brags of his misery, he likes to live dangerously
- And when bringing her name up
- He speaks of a farewell kiss to me
- He's sure got a lotta gall to be so useless and all
- Muttering small talk at the wall while I'm in the hall
- Oh, how can I explain ?
- It's so hard to get on
- And these visions of Johanna they kept me up past the dawn.
- Inside the museums, Infinity goes up on trial
- Voices echo this is what salvation must be like after a while
- But Mona Lisa musta had the highway blues
- You can tell by the way she smiles
- See the primitive wallflower freeze
- When the jelly-faced women all sneeze
- Hear the one with the mustache say, "Jeeze
- I can't find my knees"
- Oh, jewels and binoculars hang from the head of the mule
- But these visions of Johanna, they make it all seem so cruel.
- The peddler now speaks to the countess who's pretending to care for him
- Saying, "Name me someone that's not a parasite and I'll go out and say a prayer for him"
- But like Louise always says
- As she, herself prepares for him
- And Madonna, she still has not showed
- We see this empty cage now corrode
- Where her cape of the stage once had flowed
- The fiddler, he now steps to the road
- He writes ev'rything's been returned which was owed
- On the back of the fish truck that loads
- While my conscience explodes
- The harmonicas play the skeleton keys and the rain
- And these visions of Johanna are now all that remain.
One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)
- I didn't mean to treat you so bad
- You shouldn't take it so personal
- I didn't mean to make you so sad
- You just happened to be there, that's all
- When I saw you say goodbye to your friends and smile
- I thought that it was well understood
- That you'd be comin' back in a little while
- I didn't know that you were sayin' goodbye for good.
- But sooner or later one of us must know
- But you just did what you're supposed to do
- Sooner or later one of us must know
- That I really did try to get close to you.
- I couldn't see what you could show me
- Your scarf had kept your mouth well hid
- I couldn't see how you could know me
- But you said you knew me and I believed you did
- When you whispered in my ear
- And asked me if I was leavin' with you or her
- I didn't realize just what I did hear
- I didn't realize how young you were.
- But sooner or later one of us must know
- But you just doing what you're supposed to do
- Sooner or later one of us must know
- That I really did try to get close to you.
- I couldn't see when it started snowin'
- Your voice was all that I heard
- I couldn't see where we were goin'
- But you said you knew and I took your word
- And then you told me later as I apologized
- That you were just kiddin' me, you weren't really from the farm
- And I told you, as you clawed out my eyes
- That I never really meant to do you any harm.
- But sooner or later one of us must know
- But you just did what you're supposed to do
- Sooner or later one of us must know
- That I really did try to get close to you.
I Want You
- The guilty undertaker sighs
- The lonesome organ grinder cries
- The silver saxophones say I should refuse you
- The cracked bells and washed-out horns
- Blow into my face with scorn
- But it's not that way
- I wasn't born to lose you
- I want you, I want you
- I want you so bad
- Honey, I want you.
- The drunken politician leaps
- Upon the street where mothers weep
- And the saviors who are fast asleep
- They wait for you
- And I wait for them to interrupt
- Me drinkin' from my broken cup
- And ask for me
- Open up the gate for you
- I want you, I want you
- Yes, I want you so bad
- Honey, I want you.
- Now all my fathers they've gone down
- True love they've been without it
- But all their daughters put me down
- 'Cause I don't think about it.
- Well, I return to the Queen of Spades
- And talk with my chambermaid
- She knows that I'm not afraid
- To look at her
- She is good to me
- And there's nothing she doesn't see
- She knows where I'd like to be
- But it doesn't matter
- I want you, I want you
- Yes, I want you so bad
- Honey, I want you.
- Now your dancing child with his Chinese suit
- He spoke to me, I took his flute
- No, I wasn't very cute to him - Was I ?
- But I did though because he lied
- Because he took you for a ride
- And because time was on his side
- And because I ..
- I want you, I want you
- Yes, I want you so bad
- Honey, I want you.
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
- Well, I see you got your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat
- Yes, I see you got your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat
- Well, you must tell me, baby
- How your head feels under somethin' like that
- Under your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat.
- Well, you look so pretty in it
- Honey, can I jump on it sometime ?
- Yes, I just wanna see
- If it's really that expensive kind
- You know it balances on your head
- Just like a mattress balances
- On a bottle of wine
- Your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat.
- Well, if you wanna see the sun rise
- Honey, I know where
- We'll go out and see it sometime
- We'll both just sit there and stare
- Me with my belt
- Wrapped around my head
- And you just sittin' there
- In you brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat.
- Well, I asked the doctor if I could see you
- It's bad for your health, he said
- Yes, I disobeyed his orders
- I came to see you
- But I found him there instead
- You know, I don't mind him cheatin' on me
- But I sure wish he'd take that off his head
- Your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat.
- Well, I see you got a new boyfriend
- You know, I never seen him before
- Well, I saw him
- Makin' love to you
- You forgot to close the garage door
- You might think he loves you for your money
- But I know what he really loves you for
- It's your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat.
Just Like A Woman
- Nobody feels any pain
- Tonight as I stand inside the rain
- Ev'rybody knows
- That Baby's got new clothes
- But lately I see her ribbons and her bows
- Have fallen from her curls
- She takes just like a woman, yes she does
- She makes love just like a woman, yes she does
- And she aches just like a woman
- But she breaks just like a little girl.
- Queen Mary, she's my friend
- Yes, I believe I'll go see her again
- Nobody has to guess
- That Baby can't be blessed
- Till she finally sees that she's like all the rest
- With her fog, her amphetamine and her pearls
- She takes just like a woman, yes she does
- She makes love just like a woman, yes she does
- And she aches just like a woman
- But she breaks just like a little girl.
- It's was raining from the first
- And I was dying there of thirst
- So I came in here
- And your long-time curse hurts
- But what's worse
- Is this pain in here
- I can't stay in here
- Ain't it clear that.
- I just can't fit
- Yes, I believe it's time for us to quit
- When we meet again
- Introduced as friends
- Please don't let on that you knew me when
- I was hungry and it was your world
- Ah, you fake just like a woman, yes you do
- You make love just like a woman, yes you do
- Then you ache just like a woman
- But you break just like a little girl.
Most Likely You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine
- You say you love me
- And you're thinkin' of me
- But you know you could be wrong
- You say you told me
- That you wanna hold me
- But you know you're not that strong
- I just can't do what I done before
- I just can't beg you any more
- I'm gonna let your pass
- And I'll go last
- Then time will tell just who has fell
- And who's been left behind
- When you go your way and I go mine.
- You say you disturb me
- And you don't deserve me
- But you know sometimes you lie
- You say you're shakin'
- And you're always achin'
- But you know how hard you try
- Sometimes it gets so hard to care
- It can't be this way ev'rywhere
- And I'm gonna let you pass
- Yes, and I'll go last
- Then time will tell who has fell
- And who's been left behind
- When you go your way and I go mine.
- The judge, he holds a grudge
- He's gonna call on you
- But he's badly built
- And he walks on stilts
- Watch out he don't fall on you.
- You say you're sorry
- For tellin' stories
- That you know I believe are true
- You say ya got some
- Other kinda lover
- And yes, I belive you do
- You say my kisses are not like his
- But this time I'm not gonna tell you why that is
- I'm just gonna let you pass
- Yes, and I'll go last
- Then time will tell who has fell
- And who's been left behind
- When you go your way and I go mine.
Temporary Like Achilles
- Standing on your window honey
- Yes, I've been here before
- Feeling so harmless
- I'm looking at your second door
- How come you don't send me no regards ?
- You know I want your lovin'
- Honey, why are you so hard ?
- Kneeling 'neath your ceiling
- Yes, I guess I'll be here for a while
- I'm trying' to read your portrait, but
- I'm helpless, like a rich man's child
- How come you send someone out to have me barred ?
- You know I want your lovin'
- Honey, why are you so hard ?
- Like a poor fool in his prime
- Yes, I know you can hear me walk
- But is your heart made out of stone, or is it lime
- Or is it just solid rock ?
- Well, I rush into your hallway
- Lean against your velvet door
- I watch upon your scorpion
- Who crawls across your circus floor
- Just what do you think you have to guard ?
- You know I want your lovin'
- Honey, but you're so hard.
- Achilles is in your alleyway
- He don't want me here
- He does brag
- He's pointing to the sky
- And he's hungry, like a man in drag
- How come you get someone like him to be your guard ?
- You know I want your lovin'
- Honey, but you're so hard.
Absolutely Sweet Marie
- Well, your railroad gate, you know I just can't jump it
- Sometimes it gets so hard, you see
- I'm just sitting here beating on my trumpet
- With all these promises you left for me
- But where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?
- Well, I waited for you when I was half sick
- Yes, I waited for you when you hated me
- Well, I waited for you inside of the frozen traffic
- When you knew I had some other place to be
- Now where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?
- Well, anybody can be just like me, obviously
- But then, now again, not too many can be like you, fortunately.
- Well, six white horses that you did promise
- Were fin'ly delivered down to the penitentiary
- But to live outside the law, you must be honest
- I know you always say that you agree
- But where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?
- Well I don't know how it happened
- But the river-boat captain he knows my fate
- But ev'rybody else, even yourself
- They're just gonna have to wait.
- Well, I got the fever down in my pockets
- The Persian drunkard, he follows me
- Yes, I can take him to your house but I can't unlock it
- You see, you forgot to leave me with the key
- Oh, where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?
- Now, I been in jail when all my mail showed
- That a man can't give his address out to bad company
- And now I stand here lookin' at your yellow railroad
- In the ruins of your balcony
- Wond'ring where you are tonight, sweet Marie ?
4th Time Around
- When she said
- I cried she was deaf
- And she worked on my face until breaking my eyes
- Then said, "What else you got left"
- It was then that I got up to leave
- But she said, "Don't forget
- Everybody must give something back
- For something they get".
- I stood there and hummel
- I tapped on her drum and asked her how come
- And she buttoned her boot
- And straightened her suit
- Then she said, "Don't get cute"
- So I forced my hands in my pockets
- And felt with my thumbs
- And gallantly handed her
- My very last piece of gum.
- She threw me outside
- I stood in the dirt where ev'ryone walked
- And after finding I'd
- Forgotten my shirt
- I went back and knocked
- I waited in the hallway, she went to get it
- And I tried to make sense
- Out of that picture of you in your wheelchair
- That leaned up against ...
- Her Jamaican rum
- And when she did come, I asked her for some
- She said, "No dear"
- I said, "Your words aren't clear
- You'd better spit out your gum"
- She screamed till her face got so red
- Then she fell on the floor
- And I covered her up and then
- Thought I'd go look through her drawer.
- And when I was through
- I filled up my shoe
- And brought it to you
- And you, you took me in
- You loved me then
- You didn't waste time
- And I, I never took much
- I never asked for your crutch
- Now dont ask for mine.
Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands
- With your mercury mouth in the missionary times
- And your eyes like smoke and your prayers like rhymes
- And your silver cross, and your voice like chimes
- Oh, who do they think could bury you ?
- With your pockets well protected at last
- And your streetcar visions which you place on the grass
- And your flesh like silk, And you face like glass
- Who among them do they think could carry you ?
- Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands
- Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes
- My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums
- Should I put them by your gate
- Oh, sad-eyed lady, should I wait ?
- With your sheets like metal and your belt like lace
- And your deck of cards missing the jack and the ace
- And your basement clothes and your hollow face
- Who among them can think he could outguess you ?
- With your silhouette when the sunlight dims
- Into your eyes where the moonlight swims
- And your match-book songs and your gypsy hymns
- Who among them would try to impress you ?
- Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands
- Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes
- My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums
- Should I put them by your gate
- Oh, sad-eyed lady, should I wait ?
- The kings of Tyrus with their convict list
- Are waiting in line for their geranium kiss
- And you wouldn't know it would happen like this
- But who among them really wants just to kiss you ?
- With your childhood flames on your midnight rug
- And your Spanish manners, and your mother's drugs
- And your cowboy mouth and your curfew plugs
- Who among them do you think could resist you ?
- Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands
- Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes
- My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums
- Should I leave them by your gate
- Oh, sad-eyed lady, should I wait ?
- Oh, the farmers and the businessmen they all did decide
- To show you the dead angels that they used to hide
- But why did they pick you to sympathize with their side ?
- How could they ever mistake you ?
- They wished you'd accepted the blame for the farm
- But with the sea at your feet and the phony false alarm
- And with the child of a hoodlum wrapped up in your arms
- How could they ever, ever persuade you ?
- Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands
- Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes
- My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums
- Should I leave them by your gate
- Oh, sad-eyed lady, should I wait ?
- With your sheet-metal memory of Cannery Row
- And your magazine-husband who one day just had to go
- And your gentleness now, which you just can't help but show
- Who among them do you think would employ you ?
- Now you stand with your thief, you're on his parole
- With your holy medallion which your fingertips fold
- And your saintlike face and your ghostlike soul
- Who among them do you think could destroy you ?
- Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands
- Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes
- My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums
- Should I leave them by your gate
- Oh, sad-eyed lady, should I wait ?
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