Out of the grey

She wakes up all alone, remembers something about a fall from grace

looks into the mirror, laughs and pulls the hair out of her face

the phone rings off the hook and the door pounds in 4/4 time

carefully she tries to go back to the scene of the crime



Down on her knees she starts to pray

give me the light of the day 

out of the grey



Had me a friend couldn't tell the night from day

he was always kind of loaded, noone ever understood a single word he said

one day he got confused, went out and pawned everything he owned

and to this very day that man still hasn't found a place he can call his home 



He says lay me down by the sand

Lord, somebody, take me by the hand

but the tide carries out by the day

so he testifies to the fray

out of the grey



Had me a friend I remember form another state

holds onto a postcard dated March 4, 1968

he says "Man, I must have missed so much could you pleazzz fill me in?"

I say forget all that buddy let's turn back the clock

we can start again



Because somewhere the best things are blessed

Back to the place of rest

Cut to the end of the play

You just take my poor tired soul and lift it out of the grey

Out of the grey!

Let me tell you about a place that I've been before

it lies behind that old locked door

it looks like a page out of paradise

but only half as good at twice the price



And I laugh at what we've become

and I smile at the way things have gone 

trying to lift the man up from his knees

trying to find the forest for the trees

the forest for the trees



Let me tell you about a friend that I once knew

I believe he lived next door to you

he held it tight inside his shell

and then one day the axe just fell



Let me tell you about another time

about the sweetest spot in its early prime

if the memory is all you lack

just open your eyes cause you can never go back.

Big Jake and slow talking Benny

took a night off from the kill

went down to the copper penny

and split without paying the bill

well... I asked the night manager

if he thought that was cool

he said no



Jake and Benny took off from the jungle

with a case of colt 45

somewhere down the line the plans got bungled

that's the last time they were seen alive

well... you get lucky once, you get lucky twice

and you're on your own

doing 50 in a 25, 50 in a 25, 50 in a 25 zone



Yeah, some people keep their hands in other people's pockets

and everybody else is on the take

man, I'd be last one around to knock it

it's just that I'm holding out for higher stakes

Well... you get lucky once, get lucky twice

 and you're on your own

doing 50 in a 25, 50 in a 25, 50 in a 25 zone



Another case of early retirement

another easy alibi

they're all lined up on the pavement

and justice comes down by and by

by and by

50 in a 25 zone

Come back to Boston as soon as you can

the whole thing ain't gone down according to the plan

morning when I wake up, I don't like what I see

late at night my dreams they are terrifying me

Well I was walking by the river in the early morning dew

singing out lines from "Cypus Avenue"

I wonder what he felt like when it all came down

come back to Boston before I hit the ground  and the winners stay confused

  they don't want to be misused  and the losers that came before

  say "I don't want to be here anymore"

Well I was standing on the backporch, I was looking at the books

poets, politicians, beauty queens and crooks

I wonder where they stood when the inspiration came

come back to Boston before I jump the train  and the winners stay confused

  they don't want to be misused  and the losers that came before

  say "I don't want to be here anymore"

yeah come to Boston or I'll meet you halfway

somewhere down the middle of the interstate

we can take it on down to some cold deserted lake

and come back to Boston before we make the same mistake

come back to Boston before we make the same mistake

come back to Boston before we make the same mistake

...... "do you remember when, we used to sing, "sha la la lala

             la la la la de da".....................(just like that)

Had to make a trade....wouldn't take it on faith

top of the line...beg, borrow, steal and a fast escape

something bout a house of bricks...solitude and a pint of gin

wait till the bricks are dry, and start all over again



  played for a fool...what can I say ? no regrets

  something about finishing school... something that you ain't learned yet

  blood! blood money!

  blood! blood money! 



Rich man drives a Lincoln...lives way uptown

says that he's been thinking... so he lays his money down

I got a big ol truck... tape deck, speakers in the back

take a walk after last call... and work it out on a sneak attack-tack yeah



  played for a fool...what can I say ? no regrets

  something about finishing school... something that you ain't learned yet

  blood! blood money!

  blood! blood money!

Black cloud rolling at the end of the sky

I know where and I know why

trouble coming up over the fence

don't bother me with the evidence



ah, corrupt they fall and gentle they sleep

dig where you stand but not too deep

I caught a ride from the city on a Saturday

turned back me heels and just slide away........



take me back to another time

I lost my soul and I lost my mind

give me a lake and a fishing boat

gimme four strong winds and that's all she wrote... slide away



and every day's like Sunday

and Sunday's always good

some people live for monday

and doing what they should..........not me!   slide away........



take me back to another time

I lost my soul and I lost my mind

give me a lake and a fishing boat

gimme four strong winds and that's all she wrote... slide away

I still remember when the flame was brand new

we'd stay warm from the heat with nothing else to do

I still remember but...

lately the flames have fallen

tried to bring me down with them

you pulled me out alive from the dying embers (2X)



now there's a thrill at the end of the hill

I had a few friends who went there for a spell

the stories pulled me close, yeah, but.......

lately I've grown tired of looking back at night

wondering why....

you pulled me out alive from the dying embers (2X)

lalalalalala.......



one night I heard the fire call my name

I felt myself moving closer to the flame

oh, I felt the heat, yeah, but....

soon the flames were falling

couldn't bring me down with them

you pulled me out alive from the dying embers(4X)

lalalalalala.......

Everyday I get another sympathy card

everyday I get another sympathy card

well, I hold them and I read them

read'em all again

everyday I get another sympathy card

yeah it seems that some people only wanna hear you cry and moan

they all know that now I ride alone

yeah



every night they roll on past my window

they shine their lights on in and then they move on real slow

and I hide in the shelter of the darkness of my room

every night they roll on past my window

and it seems that some people only wanna hear you cry and moan

they all know that now I ride alone



well there ain't no dark anger hanging round my door

ah there ain't no weepin willow that I've never seen before

oh there's just one thing left that I never seem to take

it's those knocks on my door all night long that I can't escape



every day the women just wanna hold me

man they open up their arms and jusr enfold me

and I sayyy 

baby, let's call it a night

every day the women just wanna hold me

and it seems that some people only wanna hear you cry and moan

they all know that now I ride alone

they all know that now I ride alone

they all know that now I ride alone...…

She says she's changing everything you knew her as

I see she even dyed her hair but the roots still show

cause you can't rip the claws from your back

when you've watched them grow under your skin

but she takes the bus crosstown to avoid all her friends

throws her moneydown and forgets about ends

says she's starting new but I think there's nothing left

cause you can wipe the slate but

you can't forget



she tore up all the pictures and ripped all the notes

and threw out all the things that reminded 

her of him



but she takes the bus.....etc.



and now she's almost dead because you can't describe her

she's not taking any weight, ...she's certainly learned by now



you can't forget 

you can't forget 

(6X)

Nothing is written and nothing is signed

nothing is there that could legally bind

curtains are drawn and curtains are black

curtains for those that wanna look back



why you wonderin when to call it quits

spit out the poision and get on with it

dancing, dancing blind

oh yeah, dancing, dancing blind

oh, dancing blind



tell a man he can do what he please

turn him around and bring him to his knees

I don't know much but I'll tell you one thing

you give a man a voice, you can make him sing



why you wonderin, etc........



curtains are drawn and curtains are black

yeah, curtains for those that wanna look back

I don't know much but I'll tell you one thing

go and give a a man a rope, you can make him swing



why you wonderin, etc..........

dancing blind, dancing blind, oh yeah

She says she's changing everything you knew her as

I see she even dyed her hair but the roots still show

cause you can't rip the claws from your back

when you've watched them grow under your skin

but she takes the bus crosstown to avoid all her friends

throws her moneydown and forgets about ends

says she's starting new but I think there's nothing left

cause you can wipe the slate but

you can't forget



she tore up all the pictures and ripped all the notes

and threw out all the things that reminded 

her of him



but she takes the bus.....etc.



and now she's almost dead because you can't describe her

she's not taking any weight, ...she's certainly learned by now



you can't forget 

you can't forget 

(6X)