Well- Well, you know I’m lying But don’t look at me with scorn Well, you know I’m lying But don’t look at me with scorn Well, I’m going back to Rome That’s where I was born Buy me an Italian talking parrot Keep it for my friends Buy me an Italian talking parrot Keep it for my friends Don’t talk to Italy All around its bend You can keep Madison...Learn More

Joker-man Joker-man, while ya deal wit'? Standing on the waters casting your bread While the eyes of the idol with the iron head are glowing Freedom just around the corner from you Joker-man Whoa, whoa, joker-man One of the women must sit in the shack and soak up The bus'll catch up with him The joker-man You're going to Sodom and Gomorrah But...Learn More

[Verse 1] Well, early in the morning 'Til late at night I got a poison headache But I feel alright [Refrain] I’m pledgin' my time to you Hopin' you’ll come through, too [Verse 2] Well, the hobo got too high And he came to me naturally He stole my baby Then he wanted to steal me [Refrain] And I’m pledging my time to you Hopin' you’ll come...Learn More

[Chorus] Are you ready, are you ready? Are you ready, are you ready? [Verse 1] Are you ready to meet Jesus? Are you where you ought to be? Will He know you when He sees you Or will He say, “Depart from Me”? [Chorus] Are you ready, hope you’re ready Am I ready, am I ready? Am I ready, am I ready? [Verse 2] Am I ready to lay down my life for the...Learn More

[Verse 1] 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 [Chorus] I want you, I want you I want you, so bad Honey, I want you [Verse 2] The drunken politician leaps Upon...Learn More

[Verse 1] Been so long since a strange woman has slept in my bed Look how sweet she sleeps, how free must be her dreams In another lifetime, she must have owned the world, or been faithfully wed To some righteous king who wrote psalms beside moonlight streams [Chorus] I and I In creation where one's nature neither honors nor forgives I and I One...Learn More

[Verse 1] Trust yourself Trust yourself to do the things that only you know best Trust yourself Trust yourself to do what’s right and not be second-guessed Don’t trust me to show you beauty When beauty may only turn to rust If you need somebody you can trust, trust yourself [Verse 2] Trust yourself Trust yourself to know the way that will prove...Learn More

[Chorus] Man gave names to all the animals In the beginning, in the beginning Man gave names to all the animals In the beginning, long time ago [Verse 1] He saw an animal that liked to growl Big furry paws and he liked to howl Great big furry back and furry hair “Ah, think I'll call it a bear” [Chorus] Man gave names to all the animals In the...Learn More

[Verse 1] Change my way of thinking Make myself a different set of rules Gonna change my way of thinking Make myself a different set of rules Going to put my good foot forward Stop being influenced by fools [Verse 2] So much oppression Can't keep track of it no more So much oppression Can't keep track of it no more Sons becoming husbands to their...Learn More

[Verse 1] I can't understand, she let go of my hand And left me here facing the wall I’d sure like to know why she'd go But I can't get close to her at all Though we kissed through the wild blazing nighttime She said she would never forget But now morning’s clear, it’s like I ain't here She acts like we never met [Verse 2] It’s all new to me,...Learn More

[Verse 1] Oxford Town, Oxford Town Everybody’s got their heads bowed down The sun don’t shine above the ground I am a-going down to Oxford Town [Verse 2] He went down to Oxford Town Guns and clubs followed him down All because his face was brown Better get away from Oxford Town [Verse 3] Oxford Town around the bend Come in to the door, he...Learn More

[Verse 1] God don’t make no promises that He don’t keep You got some big dreams, baby, but in order to dream you gotta still be asleep [Chorus] When you are going to wake up, when you going to wake up When you are going to wake up and strengthen the things that remain? [Verse 2] Counterfeit philosophies have polluted all of your thoughts Karl...Learn More