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Lyrics: Life

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Other non-Album songs from this period:

      
      
     MIDEAST VACATION 
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     I used to watch "Highway Patrol" 
     Whittlin' with my knife 
     But the thought never struck me 
     I'd be black and white for life 
     I was raised on law and order 
     I a community of strife 
     Became a restless boarder 
     And I never took a wife. 
      
     I went lookin' for Khaddafi 
     Aboard Air Force One 
     But I never did find him 
     And the C.I.A. said Son, 
     You'll never be a hero 
     Your flyin' days are done 
     It's time for you to go home now 
     Stop sniffin' that smokin' gun. 
      
     I was travellin' with my family 
     In the Mideast late one night 
     In the hotel all was quiet 
     The kids were out like little lights 
     Then the street was filled with jeeps 
     There was an explosion to the right 
     They chanted "Death to America" 
     I was feelin' like a fight. 
      
     So I ran downstairs 
     And out into the street 
     Someone kicked me in the belly 
     Someone else kissed my feet 
     I was Rambo in the disco 
     I was shootin' to the beat 
     When they burned me in effigy 
     My vacation was complete. 
      
      
     LONG WALK HOME 
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     If you see Liberty tell her I will 
     Buy her windows on the hill 
     Laud her flowers on the sill 
     Till they grow higher and higher. 
      
     If Liberty was a little girl 
     Watching all the flags unfurl 
     Standing at the big parade 
     How would she like us now? 
      
     We balance the power 
     From hour to hour 
     Giant guns rage 
     It's such a long walk home 
     It's such a long walk home 
     It's such a long walk home. 
      
     From Vietnam to old Beirut 
     If we are searching for the truth 
     Why do we feel that double-edged blade 
     Cutting through our hand. 
      
     America, America 
     Where have we gone? 
     It's such a long walk home 
     It's such a long walk home 
     It's such a long walk home. 
      
     We balance the power 
     From hour to hour 
     Giant guns rage 
     It's such a long walk home 
     It's such a long walk home 
     It's such a long walk home. 
      
      
     AROUND THE WORLD 
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     Boy and girl fall in love 
     Dreamin' under stars above 
     Meanwhile push comes to shove 
     Around the world. 
      
     Leaders fall, leaders rise 
     Terror wears a thin disguise 
     Not much room for compromise 
     Around the world. 
      
     Surfers from seven seas 
     Sharing with the submarines 
     Experts count war machines 
     Around the world. 
      
     People sweat in planted fields 
     Students study what is real 
     Someone builds a laser shield 
     Around the world. 
      
     Fashion change, style change 
     Fashion change, style change 
     Fashion change, style change. 
      
     Hey! What's that you got on?  
     You're sure looking good tonight! 
     Where'd you pick that up anyway?  
     Wow! You're looking beautiful! 
     Hey! You are somethin' else tonight, so skin tight. 
     Yeah! Come on, lets go out! Come On! 
      
     Why do we have to hate 
     Why do we incinerate 
     Why don't we illuminate 
     Around the world. 
      
     Why don't we illuminate 
     Why don't we illuminate 
     Around the world. 
      
      
     INCA QUEEN 
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     Once there was an Inca Queen 
     She gazed at her sundial 
     All around her workers raised 
     Golden idols to her smile 
     The waiting years weren't hard to see 
     Behind the tears of Mercury. 
      
     She spoke of silver from the sky 
     And many floating safety boats 
     To pick them up when they would fly 
     Far above their dreams and hopes 
     And they a mountain city raised 
     Where their queen above the clouds  
     Could watch out. 
      
     Inca Queen has, Inca Queen has, Inca Queen has come 
     Inca Queen has, Inca Queen has, Inca Queen has come. 
      
     Out in the jungle the drums were heard: Inca Queen has come 
     From the biggest elephant to the smallest bird: Inca Queen has come 
     She spoke of silver from the sky, Inca Queen has come 
     To pick them up when they would fly, Inca Queen has come. 
      
     Once there was an Inca Queen 
     She gazed at her sundial 
     All around her workers raised 
     Golden idols to her smile 
     And though the air was thin and cold 
     Soon the day would come the queen had told. 
      
     Inca Queen has, Inca Queen has, Inca Queen has come. 
      
      
     TOO LONELY 
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     Too lonely, too lonely 
     Too lonely to fall in love 
     Too lonely, too lonely 
     Too lonely to fall in love. 
      
     I got a key chain 
     Good luck charm 
     I drive a fast car 
     Got a strong arm. 
      
     Too lonely, too lonely 
     Too lonely to fall in love 
     Too lonely, too lonely 
     Too lonely to fall in love. 
      
     She's got the big lips 
     She's got the tight dress 
     Working for a big tip 
     She don't go for less. 
      
     She's too lonely, too lonely 
     Too lonely to fall in love 
     Too lonely, too lonely 
     Too lonely to fall in love. 
      
     She wears a fur coat 
     She's got a gold ring 
     Comes from a good home 
     Lookin' for a new thing. 
      
     She's too lonely, too lonely 
     Too lonely to fall in love 
     Too lonely, too lonely 
     Too lonely to fall in love. 
      
      
     PRISONERS OF ROCK 'N' ROLL 
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     People tell us that we play to loud 
     But they don't know what our music's about 
     We never listen to the record company man 
     They try to change us and ruin our band. 
      
     That's why we don't wanna be good 
     That's why we don't wanna be good 
     We're prisoners of rock and roll. 
      
     When were jammin' in our old garage 
     The girls come over and it sure gets hot 
     We don't wanna be watered down 
     Takin' orders from record company clowns. 
      
     That's why we don't wanna be good 
     That's why we don't wanna be good 
     We're prisoners of rock and roll. 
      
     We're prisoners of rock and roll. 
      
      
     CRYIN' EYES 
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     Who's gonna dry your cryin' eyes? 
     Who's gonna wake you up to that big surprise? 
     Who's gonna dry your cryin' eyes? 
      
     You say that all your life you've been a free bird 
     There's been nobody over you 
     And you always have to have the last word 
     Because one feels better than two. 
      
     Who's gonna dry your cryin' eyes? 
     Who's gonna wake you up to that big surprise? 
     Who's gonna dry your cryin' eyes? 
      
     You say your life's like riding on a fast train 
     It's easy to see far away 
     But right up close it's just a blurry haze 
     Flyin' by from day to day. 
      
     Who's gonna dry your cryin' eyes? 
      
      
     WHEN YOUR LONELY HEART BREAKS 
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     When your lonely heart breaks 
     Don't sit counting your mistakes 
     Don't be waiting for love to come back 
     Don't be wastin' time 
     Don't be lost in crime 
     When your lonely heart breaks 
     When your lonely heart breaks. 
      
     What's your problem, she's gone 
     You're still movin', movin' on 
     You got memories, she got strong 
     There's a lot of things  
     That aren't gone 
     When your lonely, lonely heart breaks 
     When your lonely heart breaks. 
      
     When your lonely heart breaks 
     Don't be cryin' for good times you had 
     When your lonely heart breaks. 
      
     When your lonely heart breaks 
     Don't sit counting your mistakes 
     Don't be waiting for love to come back  
     Don't be wastin' time 
     Don't be lost in crime 
     When your lonely, lonely heart breaks 
     When your lonely, lonely heart breaks 
     When your lonely heart breaks. 
      
      
     WE NEVER DANCED 
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     Between heaven and earth 
     There's a ballroom floor 
     Where the couples glide 
     In the evermore. 
      
     Floating through the clouds 
     Dancing in the rain 
     Eyes that see no lies 
     Hearts that feel no pain. 
      
     Hope it's not too late 
     We were more than friends 
     I can hardly wait 
     'Til we meet again. 
      
     If you don't really know 
     Where you want to go 
     It makes no difference 
     Which road you take. 
      
     Hope it's not too late 
     We were more than friends 
     I can hardly wait 
     'Til we meet again. 
      
     We never danced 
     We never danced 
     We never danced the night away. 
      
     We never danced 
     We never danced 
     We never danced the night away. 
      
      
     THE ROAD OF PLENTY 
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     One day a visitor took a trip through my town 
     We all were dancin' till he took his beat away 
     Come to think of it, he thought of every last detail 
     Slipped out late one night 
     Completely out of sight 
     Left his message etched into my brain. 
      
     And when the gates are closed on The Road of Plenty 
     The fist comes poundin' down you feel it everyday 
     It's hard to really know if you are full or empty 
     Here it comes again 
     You think I'm your old friend 
     But now we're not so easily found. 
      
     Me and my old Corvette, we were flying through the night 
     Chasin' my blonde lover down skyline 
     She saw the tail lights flash to avoid the crash 
     It was way too late 
     When I hit the brakes 
     And we went spinnin' with a screeching sound. 
      
     I was talkin' to my friend, tellin' him I lucked out 
     He smiled at me and said I'm glad you feel that way 
     And when I wrote that down on a piece of paper 
     Beneath a garbage heap 
     Down upon the street 
     A Mariachi band began to play. 
      
     Up in the gold hotel, the money hits the table 
     The heavies are all there, that's why the deal goes down 
     With beautiful women all dressed in diamonds and sable 
     Down upon the street 
     Beside a garbage heap 
     A Mariachi band began to play. 
      
     In Eldorado town there lives a great bullfighter 
     His eyes are screamin' blue, his hair is red as blood 
     And when the gate goes up, the crowd gets so excited 
     Then he comes dancin' out 
     Dressed in gold lami 
     He kills the bull and lives another day. 
      
      
     WELCOME TO THE BIG ROOM 
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     Welcome to the big room 
     Everything's alright. 
     People, welcome to the big room 
     'Cause everything's alright. 
     It's alright, It's alright, It's alright. 
      
     Don't have no cameras in the big room 
     Too much for one lens to see. 
     Don't allow no cameras in the big room. 
     Too much for one lens to see. 
     It's alright, It's alright, It's alright. 
      
     There's always tellers in the big room. 
     Every day and every night. 
     There's always tellers in the big room. 
     Every day and every night. 
     It's alright, It's alright, It's alright. 
      
     There's always dancing in the big room, 
     Every day and every night. 
     There's always dancing in the big room, 
     Every day and every night. 
     It's alright, It's alright, It's alright. 
      
     There's always tellin' in the big room, 
     Every day and every night. 
     There's always tellin' in the big room, 
     Every day and every night. 
     It's alright, It's alright, It's alright. 
      
     Yeah, people, welcome to the big room 
     Everything's alright. 
     People, welcome to the big room 
     Everything's alright. 
     It's alright, It's alright, It's alright. 
      
     Yeah, people, welcome to the big room 
     Leave your troubles at the door. 
     People, welcome to the big room 
     Leave your troubles at the door. 
     It's alright, It's alright, It's alright. 
      
      
     LAST OF A DYING BREED 
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     I hate to say the farmer 
     Was the last of a dying breed 
     Living off the land 
     And taking what he needs 
     Don't say much for the future 
     When a family can't survive 
     I'd hate to say the farmer 
     Was the last of his kind. 
      
     In the struggle for power 
     Not one man's voice was sound 
     But the foundation of the conglomerate 
     Is firmly in the ground. 
     Yeah, we want to feed the world 
     But for power and for greed 
     And they'll cut off the supply 
     Until they get what they need. 
      
     Well, I'd hate to say the farmer 
     Was the last of a dying breed 
     Living off the land 
     And taking what he needs. 
     Don't say much for the future 
     When a family can't survive. 
     I'd hate to say the farmer 
     Was the last of his kind. 
      
     They'll be ploughing down the White House 
     And be planting for next year. 
      
      
     I WONDER WHY 
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     For the love of man 
     Who could understand 
     What goes on 
     What is right and what is wrong 
     Why the angels cry 
     And the heaven's sigh 
     When a child is born to live 
     But not like you and I. 
      
     Let the angels ring the bells 
     In the holy hall 
     May they hear the voice 
     That calls to them 
     For the love of man 
     Who will understand 
     It's alright 
     I know it's alright. 
      
     Down the dusty road 
     To the forest church 
     Let wander there 
     Let me wonder why 
     On the ocean wave 
     In the billowing sky 
     Let wander there 
     Let me wonder why. 
      
     Let the angels ring the bells 
     In the holy hall 
     Let them hear the voice that calls. 
     For the love of man 
     Who will understand 
     It's alright 
     But I wonder why. 
      
     I wonder why. 
     I wonder why. 
     I wonder why. 
     I wonder why. 
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