Тексты песен «Stan Ridgway»

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 through the rain And I was thinkin' 'bout you then, my...

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 down, I think I see her, please, let me off the bus"...

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 father of her unborn child worked at night, with two guys...

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 ten frome tray And then I start it up again at five a.m. I...

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! dealer! deal me a hand Not like the one you just threw I'm...

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: (he was) only a hobo, but one more is gone Leaving nobody...

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 street right here Has always been my home When the sun goes...

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 mind was racing as you talked I wish that I could be as dumb...

Well, I been breakin' rocks Up on coolie number three I know it's been forever Thought you'd never hear from me The weather here is rotten Rainin' granite all the time And both moons are glowin' purple And there is no...

I can feel the life runnin' out of me workin' here at Pete's Two years ago it was just the thing Workin' cars part time every week I met 'em both at a drag race They both dressed pretty snappy that day Pete's wife Peg...

I can feel the life runnin' out of me workin' here at Pete's Two years ago it was just the thing Workin' cars part time every week I met 'em both at a drag race They both dressed pretty snappy that day Pete's wife Peg...

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 tomorrow night Inside picasso's tear In this apocalyptic...

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 To a hardened coin or a bill, the game It seems everything...

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 To a hardened coin or a bill, the game It seems everything...

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 blueprint plan to do So don't shake your headacacno, just...

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 my neck Your soul and property I still protect No this...

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 wet with rain, wash away and blur my thin blue line Chorus:...

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 want it in cash In a plain brown bag You can put it out by...

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 come on so strong You run with the hunt You don't show what's...

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, down, down, and the flames got higher And it...