LYRICS: LEFT HAND SMOKE
PARADISE BLUES
I'm
a-packin' my bags
I'm gonna leave this place
I don't want no kisses goodbye
I
don't want to leave a trace
Those were good times we had, mama
But I've
lost my hunger for the chase
But
I'll see you again
When we're white, winged, and free
And we're no longer
these foolish
Broken things we seem to be
Oh, there we will be whole again
Yes, all the wise agree
Turn around,
baby
Oh, you know that good lord is smilin'
ANNIE
Was
on some hazy winter
When all hope was gone
New York City time
Told
me I should be movin' on When I met up with a peach
By the name of
sweet Annie
She said she didn't believe
In giving love unconditionally
With the back drop of the avenue
She glided like a dove
And said,
"I think you're in love
With the idea of being in love" I said, "Oh,
that's just the way of the world
As far as I can see
But we can make it
through
If we live passionately" Annie
You're a stone cold blue
Annie
It seems the world follows after you
You know all I can say is a-hey,
hey, hey
Annie
I will shelter you She taught me how to breathe
And laugh and love aloud
She said I'd be a good man
If I wasn't so damn
proud I said, "Take me as I am!"
But she took another man
She
said, "I have got some livin' to do
But I'll hold you when I can" Annie
You're a stone cold blue
Annie
It seems the world follows after you
You know all I can say is a-hey, hey, hey
Annie
I will shelter you I
want to give you shelter I offered up my soul to you
And you lost it
in the storm
I need some place to hide away
Like a blanket, soft and warm
But in a distant rush of summer fire
You'll see my love is true
So float on through your broken world
And someday I'll rescue you In
a distant rush of summer fire
You'll see that love is true
So float on,
float on, float on girl
And someday I'll rescue you Annie
You're
a stone cold blue
Annie
It seems the world follows after you
You know
all I can say is a-hey, hey, hey,
Annie
I will shelter you
ANOTHER GYPSY ROSE
So you close your eyes
And step out into summer
With a confidence
From all you've ever known
But do you remember
Being stranded on the corner
And just how
it felt to be alone? Hold me close, Gypsy Rose
'Cause good times come
and good times go
Hold me close, don't let go
After all, you don't know
It might be a songbird
It might be your radio When you're shakin' off
that summer
Like the way you bid an old friend goodbye
And although you
might not see them again
Wasn't it a great time to be alive? Well,
it all melts away, mama
To Friday night dancin'
Romancin' yourself out
of the storm
Ring them bells, baby
And remember yourself, lady
And
the way you rage against a closing door
Hold me close Gypsy Rose
The sun is crashing into the coast
Just as fast as it came, well, it soon
may go
And after all, you don't know
It might be a songbird
It might
be your radio Rage on
PLAY IT FOR ME
A man bends over a faded
guitar
On a summer day
He says this is the finest way, by far
To pass
the time away And, you know, I'm tired of loves songs
But, you know,
they move the night along
Remember the sweet sound
Of the wild and winsome
melody That I play
Pass the time away
When you need it, you can't
defeat it
Time gets turned lonesome
As I play Crowds of people
in their brand new clothes
You try to touch them but they scatter like crows
You can only hope they'll be caught in the throes
Of the wild and winsome
melody That I play
Pass the time away
When you need it, you can't
defeat it
Time gets turned lonesome
As I play Oh, and I know how
feels
What you've been kickin' through
Oh, but I live my life
Oh,
one life
And it's all mine
All you love shall remain So long, bye-bye
So long, dry your eyes
Let's bring it back
To where you call home
Let's bring it back
To where we belong
Oh, it's all right
Let's bring
it back
To when it meant something
Do you remember? I say
Oh! Oh! Oh! Play it for me
Oh! Oh! Oh! Play it for me
I know Lord, nothing
is free
Oh, Play it for me Then one fine morning, you'll see
You
are home
TEMPORARY LOVIN'
A December evening
In a warm bedroom
She holds me close
By the light
of the moon I think that I could love you
But I'll be leavin' soon
She says, "It's cold in the world outside"
I say, "I'll be warmer soon
In another room" Now you've got
Shakin' hands and a fragile heart
And you thought I loved you
From the very start
The temporary kind of
lovin'
Ain't the kind that keeps you reelin'
Still you roll and say
You don't care Another evening
Of another day
She's reeled me in
Now she pushes me away I think that I could love you
But I ain't got
long stay
You know I love you more and more
When you push me away Now
I've got
Shakin' hands and a fragile heart
And I thought you loved me
From the very start
The temporary kind of lovin'
Ain't the kind that
keeps me reelin'
Still I roll and say
I don't care So many faces
So many possibilities
Let's toast to you and I
Let's exchange some pleasantries
We'll talk of old devotions
And of our common frailty
But remember
if it's not me it'll be you
If not you, it'll be me
It's a shame Everybody's
Got two hands and one fragile heart
And it hurts just as much
When it
gets torn apart
The temporary kind of lovin'
Ain't the kind that keeps
us reelin'
Still we roll and say
"I don't care"
"I don't care"
"I don't care" If you ask me I won't share
How much I care
I don't
dare
WAKE ME UP
It's funny how you spend your life waiting
Waiting for a moment to last
And the more time you spend thinking about the future
The more you're blown
back into the past Ah, the wind blows and the heart grows harder
And
the leaves they shake the way young lovers do
Oh, and I'm on the back steps
thinking do I miss it yet?
Well, yes I do Ain't it funny that what
alludes you
Is the thing that controls you
Over and over? I saw
you in a midnight conversation
But my love was born long, long ago
It
was hatched in a teenage reverie, in the dawn of another age
It's as timeless
as a street covered in snow Well, now I'm babbling, broken down, drunk
and dirty
And when you need a friend it's too late to make one
And I think
of all the ghosts who haunt these twenty blocks I can't put a finger on
one
They don't go walkin' in the hot sun
They burned out in the long run
Yes, I swear Wake me up
Like the wretch I was on Sunday
Wake me
up
I've been sleepin' for too long
And you never may know
The one
who loves you so
Wake me up in a bed where I belong Wake me up
Like the wretch I was on Sunday
Wake me up
I've been sleepin' for too
long
And you never may know
The world that loves you so
Wake me up
in a bed where I belong
BLOOD RUNS HOT
I was picked up
HEY MAMA
Oh, I got a guitarROLL AWAY
Hey, it's the nighttime, can't you see?
And I am slippin' in and out of daydreams
It's as warm atop this cobblestone
As it's ever been this quarter century
Too bad I've got dates to keep
And the promise of a better destiny I
want to roll away
Let me roll away I walked around London town
And I was weak and weary as the rain came down Thought I must be about
21
Not getting' younger, but I'm not done
Still I can dream of a perfect
sun
Way down yonder where the naked women run Let me roll away
I want to roll away To a better day
Let me roll away On a burnt-out,
bustling street
Too bad my mind don't follow my feet
But that's all right,
there's work to do
Get up, child, the world don't wait for you
I say no,
lay a poor boy down And let him roll away
Let him roll away
A feather
in the wind
On a breezy day Roll on
LET THE WIND RIDE
It's shady on the front
porch tonight
All around you there's a freedom
From all the reasons not
to feel all right
And be caught up in the music
As you gently rock and
sway You say you're gonna get there, someday
If you could just break
away
From the front porch and the oak tree and the promenade
But I say
give it up, give it up, give it up Let it roll I want to move you
Let
it roll I want to groove you
Let the wind ride, groovin' you
Let it roll
I want to move you
Let it blow right through you
Let the wind ride And
cool you when you begin to fight
So overcome by all that's whipping through
the night
This street it moves like music
And you're caught up in the
sway I guess I'm asking you to think twice
'Cause what you want requires
a sacrifice
Well it is so lovely, but it has a price
You've got to give
it up, give it up, give it up Let it roll I want to move you
Let it
roll I want to groove you
Let the wind ride, groovin' you
Let it roll
I want to move you
Let it blow right through you
Let the wind ride Let
it cool you
Let it remove you
Let it ride, let it ride
Let it cool
you Oh, you can't get something for nothin'
You've got to give up something
So give it up, give it up, give it up Let it roll I want to move you
Let it roll I want to groove you
Let the wind ride, groovin' you
Let it
roll I want to move you
Let it blow right through you
Let the wind ride
Oh, let it roll
Let it roll, baby
Let it roll
Let it roll,
baby
Give yourself completely
I'll give myself, too
Let it all fall
away
When the wind blows on a summer day
Just let the wind ride