I feel like Jack the Rabbit
In the shadow of the hawk
Got to keep on runnin'
Can't afford to walk
If I stand here like a statue
Waitin' all alone
You'll chisel my heart
Like it's made of stone
So I've got to keep on runnin'
Time to stand is through
Wish I knew who I'm runnin' from
And who
I'm runnin' to
Wish I knew
Sometimes life is heaven
Sometimes it's hell
Sometimes it's too damned
Confusin' to tell
I ain't got the answer
My life's like a riddle
And I seem to be stuck
Somewhere in the middle
So I've got to keep on runnin'
Time to stand is through
Wish I knew who I'm runnin' from
Or who
I'm runnin' to
On one end is the devil
On the other end is you
Wish I knew who I'm runnin' from
Or who
I'm runnin' to
Wish I knew
Wish I knew
I can't afford to lose this race
When there's so much at stake
I'm runnin' faster than my tears
With every step I take
This road I'm runnin'
Bound to take its toll
I'll pay with my heart
Or I'll pay with my soul
But I've got to keep on runnin'
Time to stand is through
Wish I knew who I'm runnin' from
Or who
I'm runnin' to
On one end is the devil
On the other end is you
Wish I knew who I'm runnin' from
Or who
I'm runnin' to
I wish I knew
Wish I knew
If it weren't for friction
I'd still be in the dark
Dreaming of your flame
And longing for the spark
Sifting through the ashes
Of another cold desire
The afterglow reminds me
We really had a fire
But I couldn't stand the heat
When the truth began to burn
Until I'd gone beyond
The point of no return
Sheila
Forever is another time
When I'm still yours
And you're still mine
Sheila
Together is a state of mind
In a distant land
Our hearts can't find
Sheila
There'll never be another time
Like forever
Forever
Caught in the embrace
Of a memory attack
You step out of the shadows, Baby
And I'm always taken back
To the shelter of your arms
When every day was dear
Being lonely only proves
I can't get there from here
Sheila
Forever is another time
When I'm still yours
And you're still mine
Sheila
Together is a state of mind
In a distant land
Our hearts can't find
Sheila
There'll never be another time
Like forever
Forever
If you were in my future
Love would be for real
Not imaginary moments
That I keep trying to steal
Sheila
Forever is another time
When I'm still yours
And you're still mine
Sheila
Together is a state of mind
In a distant land
Our hearts can't find
Sheila
There'll never be another time
Like forever
Forever
Someone wants a piece of you
Never let'em pay
What you don't give to'em
Time takes any way
Had I known what Love was worth
I could've saved the tears
Might have come in handy
For Souvenirs
Didn't see her coming
'Til my head turned in surprise
Thinking I must know her
But it was a thin disguise
She'd padded up her innocence
And tightly cinched her fears
She left a little room, though
For Souvenirs
Oh, I still go to pieces
But I don't go as often
Those placeless times in space
Where all the edges soften
When she took me away
To where I couldn't send her
I knew she'd leave me
Something to remember
I wanted more than one
Until I found the one I wanted
Her memory's a ghost now
Though I'm still pretty haunted
What we gave each other
Ain't exactly clear
Prob'ly comes under the heading
Of Souvenirs
If all those bits and pieces
Add up through the years
I must have a small fortune
In Souvenirs
As the silver pearls of light
Slide down my window
I watch a stream of cars go by
Like shadows melting in the night
I listen to the sound of splash and whirl
I listen through the rain
To the whole wide world
I sit back down and loosen the shoes of my dreams
And I pick on my guitar
As I sit waiting by the phone
Tonight I'm more than single
Tonight I am alone
And if I could hold you with my heart
Like you were the guitar in my arms
I wouldn't have to play so long
My hands could feel the pain
If I could hold you with my heart
Like you were the guitar in my arms
I wouldn't be here in the dark
Playing pieces of the rain
A man who won't turn back
Will not know how to stop
Try living at the bottom
If you think that it's so lonely at the top
It's all puppet moves in pantomime
Who's voice is this that sings?
I think I'm on my own
'Til I feel your mem'ry pullin' on the strings
And if I could hold you with my heart
Like you were the guitar in my arms
I wouldn't have to play so long
My hands could feel the pain
If I could hold you with my heart
Like you were the guitar in my arms
I wouldn't be here in the dark
Playing pieces of the rain
I can see your face
Float out of the blue
Staring off into space
Wonderin' if you ever knew
Every piece I play
I play a piece of you
And if I could hold you with my heart
Like you were the guitar in my arms
I wouldn't have to play so long
My hands could feel the pain
If I could hold you with my heart
Like you were the guitar in my arms
I wouldn't be here in the dark
Playing pieces of the rain
Ever since I've known you
You've been on the run
One hand is a wheel
And the other is a gun
A smile that's been twisted
By restrained tears
Eyes that keep flashing
'Tween the road and the mirrors
Always trying to close the distance
Trying to outrun the years
Self-made cannibals
Love it rare and raw
But leave your old bones
For a child to gnaw
Or you'll go to the dogs
Like sheep to the shears
If you can't tell the difference
'Tween the bull and the steers
You'll never close the distance
You won't outrun the years
It's the dream of flight
That makes a baby crawl
It's the waters of the heart
Make swimmers of us all
'Til we run out of love
Then we drown as we fall
Denatured by electrons
Dazzled by technique
The less you have to say
The more you'll need to speak
You'll pray that delusion
Overtakes your fears
'Til you're the blind man who sees
What the deaf man hears
You may yet close the distance
But you won't outrun the years
You may yet close the distance
But you won't outrun the years
The man who stole the water
Will swim forever more
But he'll never reach the land
On that golden shore
That faint white light
Will haunt his heart
'Til he's only a memory
Lost in the dark
Dig your hole in the ground
All the way down to hell
'Til there ain't no more water
In the well, well, well
When you're down on your knees
With nothin' left to sell
Try diggin' a little deeper
The water used to run
So clear and so fresh
Now poison creeps through it
That withers the flesh
The man sells us back our water
Like we're fish on his line
Tryin' to turn our blood
Into his wine
Dig your hole in the ground
All the way down to hell
'Til there ain't no more water
In the well, well, well
When you're down on your knees
With nothin' left to sell
Try diggin' a little deeper
In the well, well, well
Take care of your body
Like you care for your soul
Take care you don't dig your self
Into a hole
'Til you've paid the price
You don't know the worth
Of the air and the water
The fire and the Earth
Dig your hole in the ground
All the way down to hell
'Til there ain't no more water
In the well, well, well
When you're down on your knees
With nothin' left to sell
Try diggin' a little deeper
In the well, well, well
The man who stole the water
Will swim forever more
But he'll never reach the land
On that golden shore
No matter who is dealin'
It's still pretty much the same
Even when you're losin'
You're still playin' the game
Some will call your bluff
Some'll call themselves friends
And some who don't need you
Never call you again
They tell me
All my friends
Are going to be strangers
They'll come as they have gone
They tell me
All my friends
Are going to be strangers
Travelin' on
Travelin' on and on
Temporary heroes
With their pockets full of fame
In search of perfect women
With straight teeth and no last names
Who come on dressed in hunger
Looking for someone to bleed
Longing for a lover
Whose love is like their need
They tell me
All my friends
Are going to be strangers
They'll come as they have gone
They tell me
All my friends
Are going to be strangers
Travelin' on
Travelin' on and on
And though you are a stranger
You will always be a friend
We're travelers on a highway
We may never ride again
I often smile and wonder
What each of us will do
We might get rich and famous
End up being strangers, too
They tell me
All my friends
Are going to be strangers
They'll come as they have gone
They tell me
All my friends
Are going to be strangers
Travelin' on
Travelin' on and on and on
And on and on and on and on...
A wall full of pictures
Faces in frames
Like windows that stare from the past
Lifetimes in mem'ry
Behind every pane
Reflections that flow through the glass
Some things unspoken
You wish you had said
Hang in the air like a debt
Those sentences serve
To remind you again
How much of love is regret
And those
Hard Words
Are easy to say
They roll off the tongue
They drive love away
Hard Words
All ways leave their mark
Whenever they're thrown
They go straight to the heart
Hard as a stone
But those Hard Words are never as hard
As being alone
As being alone
I talk to those pictures
I tell them I care
And sometimes the years disappear
I say what I'd say as though I were there
Words I couldn't say while they were here
And those old photographs
That hang on the wall
If they could speak
I know they'd recall
"I love you"
Were the hardest words of all
I'm fading like film in the sun
Going back to the days that were
Days I lived on the run
Days between me and her
Days I fashioned from dreams
Over time begin to unravel
Their fabric comes apart at the seems
The mind wanders, but it won't really travel
I was working on my record then
Thought I was a wanted man
You know, the Road and the Outlaw Code
That's how it all began
You can try to beat the odds
By never keeping score
You can meet the Stranger's stare
You can always face the door
But you can't be an Outlaw
If you ain't wanted anymore
The soft goods of a young girl's hand
The distraction of a song
There are some things for which I stand
And many for which I long
Once I stole an angel's charms
When I didn't really care
She fluttered vainly against my arms
'Til her wings began to tear
As the tears rolled down her cheek
She began to come apart
Such a moving target's hard to hit
But I aimed straight for the heart
And I knew that flight was hopeless
The moment her wings tore
If you don't know where to stop
What were you running for?
You can take some one for granted
And leave them truly poor
But you can't be an Outlaw
If you ain't wanted anymore
No, you can't be an outlaw
If you ain't wanted anymore
The revolver starts to turn around
It points at the crux of the matter
The Truth awaits without a sound
Deceit fills the void with chatter
I've left a trail behind me
You'll hear it on the tape
If you really want to find me
I never will escape
If you can't leave the past behind
It catches up with you before
You can be the baddest apple
I mean rotten to the core
You can be a twisted madman
You can always be a whore
But you can't be an Outlaw
If you ain't wanted anymore
No, you can't be an Outlaw
If you ain't wanted anymore
I feel like a prisoner
My life must be my crime
I'm a link in a chain
Awaiting reason and rhyme
If you can't give me the Word
Please give me the Sign
Don't leave me here forever
Working on this line
Warden, send me home
When I've served my time
Working on and on and on
This Cosmic Chain Gang
Until my soul is numb
Awaiting Sorrow's passing
As I wait for Love to come
Abandon all desire
There's nothing you will lack
With nothing to defend
There's nothing to attack
We're all too many futures
But there ain't no turnin' back
When your heart begins to give
Let love take up the slack
And when you hear that train a-comin'
Brother, help me line this track
Working on and on and on
This Cosmic Chain Gang
Until my soul is numb
Awaiting Sorrow's passing
As I wait for Love to come
I see so many prisoners
Lost within their pain
We are all linked together
In a never-ending chain
Working on and on and on
This Cosmic Chain Gang
Until our souls are numb
Awaiting Sorrow's passing
As we wait for Love to come
