Sue, turn out the lights It's time to close up¨c¨cwe're through Gotta clear it out So let's drink up, it's past two Girl, don't push 'em out They can walk out o...

Ringin' on the telephone, pick it up and say What's a man to do with all the trouble 'round today? Heard it takes a worried man to sing a worried song Sing it n...

After the storm We'll all need to dry out And the forecast will be Sunny and fair After the storm We'll have a big parade And the smell of victory will be in th...

Remember me when it's over Remember me when it's done Remember me when it's rainin' Remember me¨c¨ci'm the one And if somewhere I let you down Or ever made you ...

With an act of faith, all the mountains would move And the rain would stop all around With an act of faith, all the dogs would stop barking And we could move ou...

Grandma is a rhino My brother is a dog I can tell it's animal day 'cause my best friend just turned into a frog Mommy is a monkey My girlfriend is a horse But I...

As I went out one morning to breathe the air around tome paine's I spied the fairest damsel that ever did walk in chains I offered her my hand, she took me by t...

Someone smashed my alarm It's got me on the edge You know it's so sharp (aaaaaaaa) And you know I won't go You know I won't go I don't wanna go (he won't go) Th...

A yellow moon hung low in the sky The snake will crawl, the raven fly And guilty hands will grip the wheel Keep on the road, no skid or peel And then I drove ri...

Runnin' down a purple shallow, goin' down somewhere Goin' down the alleyway, lookin' for a dead dog with a custard pie I am looking for a dildo in the sky And i...

My beloved movie star There's more than cold cream in your jar When eyebrows arch and lips are dry When you're alone at night, you cry Stuntmen make you feel se...

My beloved movie star There's more than cold cream in your jar When eyebrows arch and lips are dry When you're alone at night, you cry Stuntmen make you feel s...

We will be driving in little time bombs everywhere One a seat in a skyscraper with aluminum hair Therre'll be someone downstairs Collecting all our names Number...

Chorus: I've got a big american problem Somethin' that I cannot solve by myself I've got a big american problem Somethin' that I need some help from the shelf W...

Now when the city was in flame you were on the phone Sellin' fire hoses at a premium loan Yeah the bankers all smile but when you pass they frown You're just a ...

If you've got a friend that you want messed up Just meet me on the corner by the tail of the pup2 I'll be there soon if you'll wait a while It'll be just one pu...

If you've got a friend that you want messed up Just meet me on the corner by the Tail Of The Pup1 I'll be there soon if you'll wait a while It'll be just one pu...

Youth is truth they say And old is rolled away Grey is shown the door While youth just paints the floor With many colors Bright and rainbow colors Bright and ra...

I press the buttons now Voice keeps poppin' on the call box out Mop-man, do you receive? Ten-four, I gotta pull out I got an ETA, five-thirty on the dot A littl...

I press the buttons now Voice keeps poppin' on the call box out Mop-man, do you receive? Ten-four, I gotta pull out I got an eta, five-thirty on the dot A littl...

He got the high sign so he jumped a bus Along the roads that wind on through The hot mojave and the jericho He'd start his whole life anew And what he left behi...

Calling out to carol She could really twist the screws What'cha doin' monday And are you back on the booze? Now, I've been dooin' some thinkin' About colorado s...

I was a PFC on a search patrol, huntin' Charlie down It was in the jungle wars of '65 My weapon jammed and I got stuck way out and all alone And I could hear th...

Ich war ein Pfc auf einer Suchpatrouille um Charlie weg zu jagen Es war in dem Buschkrieg von '65 Meine Waffe klemmte und ich saa fest hier drauaen und ganz all...

"How you doin' bert? "Wel, not so good Charlie My back's gone out and I cut my finger kinda Gnarly The job's the same and so's the boss He's still a big ass and...

Well, I can't make love To the girls in this city 'cause the girls Say I abuse them And I won't go out With girls because Girls will fall in love with you Every...

There's a man in a booth with a quarter in there And a girl out on the runway with peroxide in her hair Move 'em in quick, they pay out And then they just sit t...

John was all present and Jim was all there And Georgie was up for promotion Not that the Army gave a bugger who they were When confronting some heathen commotio...

Kurt Weill/Bertolt Brecht/Marc Blitzstein) Performed by Stan Ridgway and the Fowler Brothers John was all present and Jim was all there And Georgie was up for ...

Hear the wind blow back those sycamore trees There's a screen test haunting my memories I've been driving down the boulevard, not much change It's the same old ...

{spoken:} thanks a lot, thanks a whole lot Lulu sends her friends They cover the mouths with one hand Well, I keep waiting here Drifting around in a dark land A...

Workin' in the sun, a-scrapin' down the tar If we made a run fer it, we wouldn't get far Shovel on a stone, diggin' deeper down Every day a good day that you ab...

Movin' kinda slow, no I never had much balance Why does everyone I know keep makin' lots a' dough I guess I'll find out soon when I get to that crystal palace i...

Swimmin' in the slime Peelin' off th' dock Baby got a purple skirt that is polka-dot Beauty in decay can be the only way when you are not Wind is blowin' strong...

One dog buries a bone and then the Other dog digs it up and finds A prize in store One dog dies and the other dogs go Dig him up a tomb, with his Name inscribed...

You walk, I'll run And follow right behind you You call, I'll come And I won't remember where I come from Over there, at the end of the bar This fish keeps swim...

There's a guard in the tower We got just one hour When we meet in the shower You'll feel my love power Chorus: Don't drop the soap for anyone else but me x3 You...

He took a drive down the coast highway Blowin' where the air was fresh and clean He had a plan that said I'll do it my way Rollin' from the desert to the sea Hi...

Sittin' right behind me I could smell her perfume It was something I smelled before Went through a red light while I spilled my drink I could feel something sti...

The end of the daydream The end of the side The end of relations The end of my mind The end of the shoreline The end of the heat The end of the cold The end of ...

Commissioned for the french film terminus You are my only confidant And my only friend Together we will share everything Until the very end Chorus: There's no o...

Now, I know I had somethin' to say But the problem is, to say somethin' Uh, you've got to say it And I still don't remember a thing Since the funny gas come out...

Tonight I'm looking for someone to tell my troubles to Some fish will swim but some fish just get caught I'm walkin' by a market and I remember me and you Feeli...

Originally published on the b-side of the camouflage single in the united kingdom Your love is colder than a foggy river Flowin' o'er a heart of stone You left ...

You were captain of the ship It was headed for rocks But you were first in the lifeboat somehow Now you're watching from shore As the passengers wave from the b...

There's something pulling on my sleeve Full of tension There's something breathing down my neck Full of tension Now if you wanna take it to the hilt You can tak...

Spoken: You know, when we were all like, uh, about this high, knee-high to a jackelope, We always figured that the fun thing to do was to go to a funzone Let's ...

In an old garage Rain is comin' down Half a block away You can hear that sound Powered up by love And electricity Makin' lots of noise And feelin' free Got a b...

Hear that train rollin' down the track Passin' by this old shack Whistle blow and it blow again Just a lonely sound comin' through the wind And on those tracks,...

Tell not a word that you heard it here But there's a big truck waitin' tonight at the pier Comin' in on an east-bound boat Now, don't be late for delivery¨c¨che...

Ocean wide and water deep Noddin' off you fall asleep No one understands their pain Look outside it's about to rain Fallin' out of a blue sky Walk the dog and s...

Night, the city Its dark and lonely streets Rain falls on my face Mixed with salty tears Confirm your happiness Everything is looking good Look down, feel the p...

On a crowded street, or from a passing car I can see the world from where I am People stand in line so they can buy their things They buy a vegetable or a can I...

John Wayne was always bald And he had a woman's name Valentino was a momma's boy He cried in his tent all night long And Harry Truman finally dropped the bom So...

I hear that bird chirpin' in the tree I wonder what he's seein' I don't see Now everybody's happy, but today I feel so wrong So I guess I'll just shut up and mo...

Everybody knows a highway song Sing it with me people¨c¨cit won't be long Underneath the stars, the devil you say What you can't sing now, you better throw away...

Here, where the air's too thick to breathe I'll hit the road now, and take my leave No-one will care, I'll slip away Into the sun Where the clouds all meet the ...

When you're out on the street, he's a face in the crowd He's a voice in the back, and he's never very loud In a tribal mask, or a business suit He'll stab your ...

I been doodlin' on this notepad And I been takin' telephone calls I can tell this job's at the end of the line And I'm ready for the fall But I been watchin' th...

CHORUS Jack talked, Jack talked like Jack talked like a man on fire Jack talked, Jack talked like Jack talked like a man on fire Jack talked like a man on fire...

Yeah, I'm drivin' down your freeway In a brand new car that I just found Oh, it was parked there in your driveway Didn't want to wake you with a sound So I push...

Chorus: I'm comin' back home to you Stuck to you like crazy glue Don't wanna go on living without Something left to shout about We'll play the game of love and ...

They all say that it's a lonely town They all say that it's a lonley town Wide open spaces, empty rooms If the weather holds out you could get there by noon Sha...

Let's go Wanted: Strong and able-bodied worker Minimum wage Fifty-eight hour week An average joe from the grand design He breaks his back for big talk He pulls...

Look at the way they're walking All these people around are givin' me looks Keep a big secret on the quiet side Where's the nearest place to hide? Chorus: Look ...

Drivin' outta vegas in their automobile She was in the back seat while he was at the wheel With the windows wide open All the money from the store, they'd gambl...

Now we were young and we were bold We were three out on the road Stayin' up all night and drivin' past the dawn Me and two from tennessee, up in lights on that ...

They say that I'm a loner They say that I'm a stooge But all I've ever wanted Was back in baton rouge We'd paddle up the river Go fishin' in a stream We'd see t...

It could have been a million years ago or maybe yesterday I crawled out of this wilderness, a debt I had to pay I must have tipped the scales somewhere way back...

Me and my dad We've got a good thing going Fishing trips, the hard way's the best Man-to-man talks, when the going gets tough The tough get going Follow me, son...

I feel a hot wind on my shoulder And the touch of a world that is older I turn the switch and check the number I leave it on when in bed I slumber I hear the rh...

Mission bell is ringin' for you No one 'round and nothin' to do Memory will fly and will fall It's something you used to write on the wall Chorus: Wrong, so wro...

Monsters of the id No longer stayin' hid And terrors of the night Are out in broad daylight No need to knock on wood Don't stop to say a prayer It won't do any ...

Can I get a light from you, Mr Smith? And do you know where the party is? I've been walking a blue streak all night long And I'm tired of looking for a place to...

Kind ladies and good gentlemen You've thrown your dollar down Walk in and please experience Feel free to stroll around We take it to the limit The competition's...

One night I was lookin' high up at the sky A shootin' star was fallin' and I didn't know why Whenever it rains like this, I think of you I am sitting here insid...

Well, now, I'm out here under guard tonight I wear the ball and chain Joined up to fight the Yankee cavalry Oh, we got here cold and hungry Then they marched us...

As I got on a city bus and found a vacant seat I thought I saw my future bride walking up the street I shouted to the driver, "hey, conductor, you must Slow dow...

She knew when she got pregnant she could finally catch a man to bring the money home Blessed with no ambition, she was tired of selling sex on the telephone The...

I work for the newspapers Any news is I always say But I don't write no daily column Talk is cheap and so's my pay And when my work day's over I pocket five or ...

Sometimes I feel like an old bent coin Comin' on down the road I'm just a face in the crowd, stuck in the cheap seats Waitin' for lady luck to show Dealer! deal...

I spied an old hobo, in the doorway he lay His face was all grounded in the cold sidewalk floor An' I guess he'd been there for the whole night or more Chorus: ...

Operator help me There's a sound out in the street And it just keeps getting louder As we speak No one here to help me And for years I've lived alone But this ...

The city streets burst at their seams And flood the earth with people's dreams But you're only concerned with some new shoe Once up Broadway, we had walked My m...

Well I been breakin' rocks up on coolie #3 I knnow it's been forever, thought you'd Never hear from me The weather up here is rotten Rainin' granite all the tim...

I can feel the life runnin out of me Workin here at petes Two years ago it was just the thing Workin cars part time every week I met em both at a drag race They...

Like a monster back from hell I sit and watch the river flow And if I lose you on a turn Or stopping at the yellow glow I'll meet you back right here Same time ...

A signal swings and the lights turn off And a missing man begins to cough And no one knows the lost ones from the found And lady luck, well, she can't explain T...

There is a big click clack machine Whose engines don't pump gasoline It's a poundin' crazy arm that works all day It's run by all the people who Have got some b...

Your pink parakeet still waits for you to free her So I've kept this cage closed tightly when I feed her Your room is locked up solid and the key's here 'round ...

Drivin' on down, take the road to the south side Radio for backup, code 2, say it's caution time I found the body, deep square in a world of crime Streets are w...

If it's the rough stuff ya want You can point yer finger at me 'cause I can dish it out good But I don't give it away for free There's a price for my vice And I...

You look them in the eye To show them you're brave But no one but me knows That you're just a slave To this part in the play You never mean what you say You co...

Love Is a burnin' thing And it makes A fiery ring I was bound by Wild desire I fell into a Ring of fire Chorus: I fell into a burnin' ring of fire I fell down, ...

Oh, down by the river where the wildflower grow All the people comin' to a carnival show Got my little brother Bobby here, so come along Oh, we gotta get there ...

Now, I've been travelin' long and hard And all over this big land And I've got somethin' here in my bag For every woman and man And nowhere is too far 'Cause I ...

Sixteens tons Some people say a man is made out of mud A poor man's made out of mud and muscle and blood Muscle and blood and skin and bones A mind that's weak...

Comin' into Southbend headin' towards the graveyard shift Blockin' off the fallen fences with my hardware grip Watchin' out and waitin' for a signal seen That c...

Spoken Hello, hello, this is monkeywrench, come in, Calling money hutch headquarters Tell smoky grayhead the « bus stopper » is a guy Tell « mister magden » to ...

Originally published on the B-side of the Camouflage single in the United Kingdom The tires roll the gutters and you can hear the beer cans crunch Two ladies si...