gave my brother a call it had been too long since we last saw each other gave my brother advice in case I'm going soft its been too long since we last saw each other what's going on brother? what's going on there's no sense in some people they go through this world so mad there's no sense with some people they go through this world so mad gave my brother a call it had been too long since we last saw each other he was talking all kinds of shit so i got down to the bottom of it I told him that ain't no good you better shape up for ship out or I'll come down and knock you good he listened he learned he'll be fine some people go through the world so mad and I cant understand nothing worth fighting over nothing worth dying for nothing I wanna hear anymore gave my brother a call it had been too long since we last saw each other gave my brother advice in case I'm going soft (gave my brother a call) its been too long since we last saw each other (too long, too long, too long) what's going on brother? what's going on? but this world's too small and I cant spend it all on you you're gonna have to get tall walk on and get the hell through always got time to call time to call always got time to call

first came the crash then came the fall the bills are stacked to my ears in the hall first came the fight and then the smash the cops are clearing us out of the stalls they're not my monkeys it’s not my circus but the way they make their money makes me feel very nervous like I've fallen through the surface spin the records round in circles it’s very fine edition for my latest purchase they went in, we went out nobody home generation jones i'm slipping up i'm staying in generation jones they went in, we went out nobody home generation jones first I saw heaven then I saw hell then I saw you come into the room, the walls went parallel first I said nothing then you got bored so we spilled across the carpet and we found where it was stored I took it easy I took it slow But anymore than this and I'll be sinking down below like I've fallen through the surface spin the records round in circles it’s a very fine edition for my latest purchase [interlude] they went in, we went out nobody home generation jones i'm slipping up i'm staying in generation jones they went in, we went out nobody home generation jones lost my money but not my hope come on round to my place and we'll really play for broke got some time but not much left you can try to send me letters but that's not where they're addressed I miss you baby but that’s not bad the worst thing all about it is it’s not the worst you’ve had they went in, we went out nobody home generation jones i'm slipping up i'm staying in generation jones

my friends live down by union station and I'd see em there every weekend take the train and I'd go anywhere got caught up in a situation with no easy escape I was playing angles and got tangled in red tape I saw the flag coming down at the end of the track so I rolled myself up and I took a step back took the plane to the train to the bus to the street and my feet will take me where we're gonna meet you cannot fail if you ride the rails you cannot fail if you ride the rails took the plane to the train to the bus to the street and my feet will take me where we're gonna meet found myself running without any plans I knew the rail lines like the back of my hand so I went up to the station laid my cash at the stand always an option never as planned took the plane to the train to the bus to the street and my feet will take me where we're gonna meet you cannot fail if you ride the rails you cannot fail if you ride the rails took the plane to the train to the bus to the street and my feet will take me where we're gonna meet got caught up in a situation with no easy escape I was playing angles and got tangled in red tape I saw the flag coming down at the end of the track so I rolled myself up and I took a step back took the plane to the train to the bus to the street and my feet will take me where we're gonna meet you cannot fail if you ride the rails you cannot fail if you ride the rails took the plane to the train to the bus to the street and my feet will take me where we're gonna meet

you know of jugular jake that mean old snake who sold his soul out at the pier I said hell with it all I'll see you next fall and we got the hell out of there the dead central valley where I have lived for far too long and too slow the valley'd be sweeter if you come and meet her where the mountains let their winds blow you may have met lewis he once knew us hung out in my house all the time whipped out a knife one drunk angry night and we threw his ass out on a dime the dead central valley where I have lived for far too long and too slow the valley'd be sweeter if you come and meet her where the mountains let their winds blow [interlude] you know joaquin jim the man who did in an entire army regiment out in the desert when there weren't no desert now there ain't nothing left the dead central valley where I have lived for far too long and too slow the valley'd be sweeter if you come and meet her where the mountains let their winds blow wont you come and see me on route 58 down by the valley trucking stop? the old snelling highway runs longer than hell but it saves us some time to talk [interlude] get out of the valley go the hell home there's places that you ought to be you can go back to the river any time that you'd like but its not the same as it seemed the dead central valley where I have lived for far too long and too slow the valley'd be sweeter if you come and meet her where the mountains let their winds blow I said, the valley'd be sweeter (valley'd be sweeter) if you come and meet her (valley would be) where the mountains let their winds blow (blow) the valley'd be sweeter if you come and meet her where the mountains let their winds blow

if i cant get there by walking, baby, i aint going if i cant make me some money, baby, i aint growing this woman i got i swear lord she fills me with a drive she got me sweating more than i thought id ever survive i been chewed up and spit out and i been used and though i aint yet old im sure ill get there too might take a few months or so before you know that ill be waiting for that woman make a mess outta me little couch hopping, ill make it on my knees ten miles a day lord, it aint hard to get to me this woman i got lord she run me to the bone but every time i call her up she sure to answer the phone find yourself in the city, know well have us a time i'll put out my cigarettes, quit drinking all your wine i'll get my best shirt on and keep myself wide awake til you blow down my door make my whole house shake i wonder how many times a day that you will cross my mind i keep myself waiting, lord, cause patience is hard to find so write me a letter leave it by my windowsill and i'll send you a card from god knows wherever, i will asking the conductor if she'll please give me a hand and if the flight attendant could pray for me when i land cause i gotta get a move on lord i cant wait all night find myself slowing down might learn to put up a fight baby gonna blow down baby gonna blow down my door baby gonna blow down my door blow down, blow down, blow down, my door well i was walking to the bar again, half-knowing she would wait my feet were flying left and right, it wasnt even late i keep my wits about me but she sweeps me off the floor i only came for one or two but she ordered me five more know this hungry woman, and lord does she know me ive been working up the courage, and keeping it real easy walk into the doorway and she takes me by the waist i guess i took it easy but i took it at her pace its not that i mind it none, or that i disagree but i know when i see her, she is seeing right through me my railroad heart cant help it if she has cut the breaks im opening the throttle and making some mistakes i'll ask the conductor if she'll give me a hand and if the flight attendant pray for me when i land i gotta get a move on, lord i cant wait all night find myself slowing down might learn to put up a fight shes gonna blow, shes gonna blow shes gonna blow down my door, down my door, down my door, blow down my door

you don't know me I don't know you plus ca change more comes thru my river's dry your ocean's blue plus ca change no interview you don't owe me I don't owe you but there's a loan which I accrue oh I accrue I accrue that I accrue I accrue spark in the night flash in the pan cant see tomorrow no weatherman you don't know me I don't know you plus ca change more comes thru your river's dry my ocean's blue plus ca change no interview you don't owe me I don't owe you but there's a loan which I accrue spark in the night flash in the pan cant see tomorrow no weatherman

its a city of mutes its a valley of dogs there's no room for a person to breathe or to walk tell me whats the next move tell me baby whats the move cant make sense of this place not at all cant get out of the city til i'm dead if you're free, you can call any time at all, any time at all sell me, a handful of pearls tell me, i'm part of the world no room for a pause take a breath, take a walk tell me, whats the next move tell me, baby whats the next move?

I was thinking of your life and I was thinking of mine a good thing in a bad place the right thing at the wrong time that's the way it goes said I let it down easy thought I left it for good but a good thing in a bad place gets me misunderstood I was thinking of calling and I was fixing to write a good thing in a bad place the right idea at the wrong time I was working up the courage I was drinking it down I had so many chances shot so many down good thing in a bad place right thing at the wrong time good thing in a bad place right thing at the wrong time good thing in a bad place right thing at the wrong time good thing in a bad place right thing at the wrong - good thing in a bad place right thing at the wrong time good thing in a bad place right thing at the wrong time good thing in a bad place right thing at the wrong time good thing in a bad place right -

in the ocean in the deep blue who's coming for you when my luck's all dried up when heartbeat's all broke when i find myself hanging on my very last rope its a joke i'm a drunk don't care much where I drop its a joke i'm a drunk don't care much where I drop in the ocean (don't care where I drop) in the deep blue (don't care where I drop) who's coming for you (don't care where I drop) when my luck... when my luck's all dried up when heartbeat's all broke when i find myself hanging on my very last rope when i'm drifting at sea who's gonna find me? (don't care much where I drop) who's gonna find me? (don't care much where I drop) who's gonna find me? (don't care much where I drop) don't care much where I drop don't care much where I drop

I’ll be leaving The day I’m done my work I’ll be leaving The day I’m done it all One day coming soon One day coming soon I’ll be breathing the day I learn to fly I’ll be breathing the day I learn to die I’ll be breathing One day coming soon One day coming soon I’ll be sleeping when I lighten my load I’ll be sleeping when I lay down my head I’ll be sleeping One day coming soon One day coming soon I’ll be leaving the day I’m done my work I’ll be leaving the day I’m done it all I’ll be leaving One day coming soon One day coming soon I’ll be breathing the day I learn to fly I’ll be breathing the day I lay down to die I’ll be breathing One day coming soon One day coming soon I’ll be sleeping the day I lay down my head I’ll be sleeping until the day I am dead I’ll be sleeping One day coming soon One day coming soon