Hallelujah

I am a preacher with a message for my people
Over the world, scratching on the ground
Looking for the peace that nobody has found

I am a spokesman for a better way of living
Love is the word and it can be heard
If you are young the message can be sung

Let me hear you sing, Hallelujah

Oh tell it to the man who's power is the sermon on the wall
Tell it to the man who says you can misjudge them all
Tell it 'till it can be heard above the wailing of the crowd
Tell it on the field of war and hope you'll soon be justified

There is a better way of life and it's not so hard to find
If you live and let the people in your world speak its mind

I am the pupil who sells his life for freedom
All over the world and it can be heard
If you are young the message can be sung

Hallelujah

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Break my back with hard lovin'
Take my hand and keep movin'
Don't slow down we're nearly there now
Oh can you stand the pain
I'm a hard lovin' man

What's your name?  It's alright now
Trick or treat we're uptight now
Wanna feel ya I wanna hear ya
Oh here we go again
I'm a hard lovin' man

Come back here it's not over
Can't you see there's still time girl
I can last make if fast now
Oh gotta catch a train
I'm a hard lovin' man

she walked into the room
her hand upon her hip
said look out boy
i'll make your backbone slip
she looked straight at me
the devil in her eye
i knew what i was getting but took it by surprise
no fooling
she really knocked the stuffing out of me
some woman a hard lovin' woman
she chewed me up and spat me out

some woman
she's a hard lovin' woman
some woman a hard lovin' woman

she didn't wear nothing but a smile
  upon her face
licking her lips but i had the taste
her temperature was rising
i was coming to the boil
her fires were burning
  she was pouring on the oil
i do not jest she really took me to the cleaners
some woman
i felt just great when she pulled her 38's

it started with a smile
it turned into a laugh
it ended with a scream
i said enough's enough
never heard a word she wouldn't let go
a man's a man and every woman ought to know
and there i was
and she was dancing
some woman here we go again

When I was younger, so much younger than today
Never needed anybody's help in any way
But now these days are gone, I'm not so self-assured
Now I find I've changed my mind, opened up the door

Help me if you can, I'm feeling down
But I do appreciate you're being round
Help me get my feet back on the ground
Won't you please help me?

And now my life has changed in oh so many ways
My independance seems to vanish in the haze
But every now and then I feel so insecure
Now I know I need you like I've never done before

Help me if you can, I'm feeling down down
But I do appreciate you're being round me
Help me get my feet back on the ground
Won't you please help me, my love?

Help! I need somebody
Help! Now just anybody
Help! I need someone
Help!

Won't you please help me, my love?
Help me, baby! Help me!

***

Watch him ride into the sunset
He'd have the little fat guy right along his side
Echoing off the canyon, Hey Cisco from Pancho
N' pretty soon the black sombrero would reply
Hey Pancho, what's happening, mi amigo
It's getting somewhere near the end, this winding trail
When we've raced around the corner for the final dusty time
Mr Renaldo 'n' Carillo's going to jail

What they doing to my friend
What they doing to my man
Don't matter when, I'll stay to the end
Hey Cisco, let's go out in style
Going down together
Going down together
Going down together
Going down

Can't open no more supermarkets
Duncan's sombrero's hanging up there with his guns
Some cigarro sucking slag under a chip Hollywood chandelier
Says "Cisco kid, you know your day is done"
Let me know how you are doin', Mr Renaldo
If you need me I could be a friend for life
There don't seem any point, we should throw 'way all these years
Why don't we saddle up and ride out one more time

What they doing to my friend
What they doing to my man
Don't matter when, I'll stay to the end
Hey Cisco, let's go out in style
Going down together
Going down together
Going down together
Going down

What they doing to my friend
What they doing to my man
Don't matter when, I'll stay to the end
Hey Cisco, let's go out in style

What they doing to my friend
What they doing to my man
Don't matter when, I'll stay to the end
Hey Cisco, let's go out in style
Going down together
Going down together
Going down together
Going down

Hey Joe! Where you going with that gun in your hand?
Hey Joe! Now tell me where you going with that gun in your hand?

I'm going down shoot my lady
'Cos I caught her messing 'round with another man
Yes I'm going down to shoot my lady
'Cos I caught her messing 'round with another man

Hey Joe! I heard you shot your woman down - Yes you did!
Hey Joe! I heard you shot your woman down, right down to the ground

Yeah, yes I did! I shot her
You know I shot her 'cos I caught her messing 'round town
Yes i did! I shot her
I shot my woman 'cos she was messing 'round town
I gave her the gun - I shot her!

Ooh hey Joe! Tell me where you gonna run to... now?
Hey Joe! C'mon tell me where you gonna run to?

Now don't you worry about me
I'm going way down south
Way down south where I'm gonna be free
Alright I'm going way down south, way down south
Maybe outside Mexico way
I'm gonna run oh yeah

Well I'm a rock and roll preacher
Not a Sunday school teacher
You ain't no shady lady
But I love the way you strut your stuff
You're a snow queen looking mean
Tryin' to make it on the scene
I guess you love it
'Cause I always see you hanging' around

You're a high ball shooter
You make it easy to see
High ball shooter
You sure ripped the low ones off me

A magnet brought you to me
Told me your name was Jo
You said you liked my music
And you really did enjoy the show
Now I wanna play piano
But my fingers don't agree
They're busy on you woman
And I feel your fingers workin' on me

You're a high ball shooter
You make it easy to see
High ball shooter
You sure ripped the low ones off me

It's time to leave you honey
I know you're feeling sad
Don't you cry now baby
You know that only makes me mad
I see you everywhere I go
Every town and place
I can't recall your name
But I know I won't forget your sweet face

You're a high ball shooter
You make it easy to see
High ball shooter
You sure ripped the low ones off me
'Cause you're a high ball shooter
You make it easy to see
High ball shooter
You sure ripped the low ones off me

Oah nobody gonna take my car
I'm gonna race it to the ground
Nobody gonna beat my car
It's gonna break the speed of sound

Oh it's a killing machine
It's got everything
Like a driving power
Big fat tyres and everything
I love it and I need it, I bleed it
Yeah it's a wild hurricane
Alright hold tight, I'm a highway star

Nobody gonna take my girl
I'm gonna keep her to the end
Nobody gonna have my girl
She stays close on every bend

Oh she's a killing machine
She's got everything
A moving mouth
Body control and everything
I love her an' I need her, I seed her
Yeah she turns me on
Alright hold tight, I'm a highway star

Nobody gonna take my head
I got speed inside my brain
Nobody gonna steal my head
Now that I'm on the road again

Oh I'm in heaven again
I've got everything
Like a moving ground
An open road and everything
I love it and I need it, I seed it
Eight cylinders all mine
Alright hold tight, I'm a highway star

Nobody gonna take my car
I'm gonna race it to the ground
Nobody gonna beat my car
It's gonna break the speed of sound

Oh it's a killing machine
It's got everything
Like a driving power
Big fat tyres and everything
I love it and I need it, I bleed it
Yeah it's a mad hurricane
Alright hold tight, I'm a highway star
I'm a highway star
I'm a highway star

You're sweeter than the morning
When the sun is shining down on me
There is nothing you can say
That could make me go away you see
But you keep saying to me baby

Hold on--I feel I'm getting ready
Hold on--I feel I'm rockin' steady
Hold on--I'm gonna make it with you woman
Hold on--You got to gimme some love, gimme some love

I held back before
But your love took me easily
You got the power
I knew was gonna creep up on me
The more I give
Your love keeps comin' on strong
Although it's mine now
I know it won't be for long
There's something in the saying
That a woman needs a little more time
I'm getting tired of waiting for you
Giving me some kind of sign

Hold on--I've got to love you when I want to
Hold on--You've got to love me when I want you to
Hold on--I ain't gonna let you leave me baby
Hold on--No never no more

I know the game you're playing
And I guess you think I'm easily led
You think the words you're saying
Are really going through my head
I'm gonna take you home
And give you all I can
I'll prove to you, baby
That really I'm a man

Hold on--I know I'm feeling ready
Hold on--I know I'm rockin' steady
Hold on--Guess I've made it with you woman
Hold on--I've got you giving me love

Something that you give me
Keeps me hangin' on
No use me stayin'
There's nothing to be done
I'm gonna take you home
And give you all I can
I'll prove to you woman
That really I'm a man

Hold on--I only want to take you higher
Hold on--You are the root of my desire
Hold on--C'mon baby light my fire
Hold on

Called to Madonna
To give me a line
She said boy what have you done
Passing your time with a holy man
Talking about the moon and sun
But I can't tell the difference
Between the fool and wise
Show me a river to follow
Away from all these lies

I've been on my own so long
Won't you lend me your hand
I've been picking up my bones too long
Won't you understand

Called to the captain
To put me ashore
For it looked like no man's land
Is this the way to follow
I cried as I shook his hand
He told me had no answer
He didn't really hold the key
I am a simple man
Was all he said to me

I've been on my own so long
Won't you lend me a hand
I've been out in the cold too long
Won't you understand
I've been on the road so long
Won't you lend me your hand
I've been out in the cold too long
Won't you understand

Heard my mother crying
She was calling out my name
Whisper in the dark night
Saying who's to blame
The hour glass keeps turning
With not enought sand to see
I am a holy man
So don't you bother me

I've been on my own so long
Won't you lend me your hand
I've been pickin' up my bones too long
Won't you understand
I've been on my own so long
Won't you lend me your hand
I've been out in the cold too long
Won't you understand?

In a dark and sweaty room in '69
  tables turning
Dancing girls, silly girls, all kinds of girls
  and it was loud
Tuning up to madness in the back room
  candles burning
Present the Stinking Hippy and throw the
  naked thunder to the crowd
In the Hungry Daze

The long and lonely highway drags along
  it's going nowhere
Sickness and disease and mad
  corruption
  something's going wrong
The mountain's getting cold and lonely
  the trees are bare
We all came out to Montreux
  but that's another song
You've heard it all before
In hungry daze

Along the Mountain Road to do some
  drinking
  and now we're mobile again
Different girls, laughing girls, forever
  girls
  and it's so loud
The crew have lost again
  they are beaten men
The winning team united
  living for the crowd
These are the hungry daze

Naa na na naa na na naa na na naa
Naa na na naa na na naa na na naa

I got a certain little girl, she's on my mind
No doubt about it, she looks so fine
She's the best girl that I ever had
Sometimes she's gonna make me feel so bad

Naa na na naa na na naa na na naa
Naa na na naa na na naa na na naa

Hush hush - I thought I heard her calling my name now
Hush hush - She broke my heart but I love her just the same now
Hush hush - I thought I heard her calling my name now
Hush hush - I need your love and I'm not to blame now

Love love - They got it early in the morning
Love love - They got it late in the evening
Love love - Well I want that needing
Love love - Oh I gotta get ahead of it

She's got a love like quicksand
Only took one touch of her hand
Blow my mind and I'm in so deep
That I can't eat and I can't sleep

Naa na na naa na na naa na na naa
Naa na na naa na na naa na na naa

Listen...

Hush hush - I thought I heard her calling my name now
Hush hush - She broke my heart but I love her just the same now
Hush hush - Thought I heard her calling my name now
Hush hush - I need that love and I'm not to blame now

Love love - They got it early in the morning
Love love - They got it late in the evening
Love love - Ooh I want that needing
Love love - Hey I gotta get ahead of it

Naa na na naa na na naa na na naa
Naa na na naa na na naa na na naa
Naa na na naa na na naa na na naa