Skyscraper

When the fire burns

'Neath a zombie moon

You feel the winds of change

Oh the drums will tell the tune

And you know it's true, baby



Can you feel the heat

Of the setting sun

Burning up the street

This beat has got mixed blood

And I know it too



But now her mama's got the eyes

Like she's workin' on a heartattack

A fella never can tell

And I'm about to go bananas

With the "When ya comin' back?"



So we're hittin' the road

And we're pumpin' thunder

Mama look out for down below

Get the show on the road

It's a feeling we're under

You can feel it right down

To your Knucklebones



One of these dark nights

As the story goes

There's some dirty work

To be done down by the crossroads

And I know it's true



Ain't no use waitin'

For your invitation

King Kong never had it so clean

We'll do the fat cat shake

We'll have our cake and eat it too

You could never, no, no, no, never

Beat this squeeze!



Because we're hittin' the road

And we're pumpin' thunder

Mama, look out for down below

Get the show on the road

It's really no wonder

You can feel it right down

To your Knucklebones



Must be the heat

Uh oh, uh oh

Stop dreamin' and start drivin' Stevie!

Rockin' steady in her daddy's car

She got the stereo with the big guitars

And that's all right

All right



I got the itch and a restless soul

She gone with the wind

Gonna go for broke tonight

And that's all night



Girl, we've been meant for this

Since we were born

No problems now the coast is clear

It's just the calm before the storm



This must be just like livin' in paradise

And I don't want to go home



Suzy, Suzy, girl, for cryin' out loud

You got all the right moves

You make me eat my heart out nightly

And that's all right with me!



No special favors

Make it out to cash

We'll spend it later

Got to make this romace last

That's it, that's it



Some folks say "easy come is easy go"

And some folks say

But one night ain't enough for me

Girl, hang on tight and don't let go



This must be just like livin' in paradise

And I don't want to go home

And I ain't ever goin' home

Talk about meanwhile back at the ranch

The ugly ducklings learn to dance

Spirits rising

Might need more

Gonna blow this whole town out the back door



Give 'em hell tonight

Go west young man...aww right!

We'll burn the bridges if we please

Or forever you can hold my peace



A little taste, I can't stop

Tastes as sweet as soda pop

All dressed up and ready for the top



Yes I got to have it, got to have it

Got to have it an' that's my Bottom Line



Yes I got to have it, got to have it

Got to have it, have it one more time



Yes I got to have it, got to have it

Got to have it, an' that's my Bottom Line



Got to have it Got to have it

Got to have it, baby!



You wanna feel 100 proof?

I got news for you!!!

I seem some folks fall

And a couple fly

And some of them just dies



Ain't nothing's once upon a time

Got a rosy future and a big behind

Might get lucky...nevermind

I hear beginnings do it all the time!!



Yes I got to have it, got to have it

Got to have it an' that's my Bottom Line



Yes I got to have it, got to have it

Got to have it, have it one more time



Yes I got to have it, got to have it

Got to have it, an' that's my Bottom Line



Got to have it Got to have it

Got to have it, baby!

I can hear the sound

Of the North Star calling

Turn your high beams on

Stay on my wing

I'm falling

And spinning

And turning

This is ultra-glide

The beginnings of great things

Cannot be seen by your naked eye



Crack the skies like lightnin'

Mama's little sonic boom

Is simply frightening

I'm a skyscraper



Float like a butterfly

Acrobatic

Sting, like a B-52

Dramatic

And the radar,

the radar locks on you

No static



Can I reach it now

I'm not up here often

God only knows

And he ain't talkin'



Skyscraper

Time rolls on

An' that's as it should be

Here and gone

Seems to move so quickly



Man, we was happy in our restless hearts

It was heaven right here on Earth

Yeah, we were laughin' as we reached for the stars

And we had some for what it was worth



Those were good times

Damn Good times



Hey take a look at this picture

Can you believe that was you?

And who's that standing there in the corner?

Not me!!!

Ahh, the crazy things we used to do



Sure we was acting like a couple of kids

Good to remember, you know that it is

I still feel it like the sun on my skin

Maybe that's better



Cause these are good times

Damn Good times

Talkin' about good times

Damn Good times



So it's one for the money

But that don't make no show...no, no

Count to three and I'll be ready

To follow that road (Yes I will)



I see it comin'

Yeah, and this one is ours

We got heaven right here on Earth

Ain't nothin' like it

When you're reaching for stars

And you grab one

For what it is worth



You can tell 'em

We'll be havin' good times

Damn Good times

I'm talkin' good times (yessir)

Damn Good times

I see ya shake and shimmy

Cross the burger shop floor

I never seen a woman move so slow

I'm dyin' French fryin' by the seat of my pants

Take a bite of double fries

Swear to God it make ya late for the dance



One shot for the real go-getter

Silly rabbit, you know just what it takes



A hot dog and a shake

That's what you're hungry for

A hot dog and a shake



My stomach's makin' noise we're having dinner late

Cuz I gotta be kept in a cool dry place

Just like any bowl of cherries

When the cream is risin' to the top

You find your real bottom line is

When your spine snap crackle and pops, pal



Give me one to go

Hey buddy, take a number

She can't say no to what it takes



A hot dog and a shake

That's what you're hungry for

A hot dog and a shake



I'm more than just a victim of a hungry heart

Kiss me quick I'm double-parked



Just like any bowl of cherries

When the cream is risin' to the top

You find your real bottom line is

When your spine snap crackle and pops, pal



Give me one to go hey buddy, take a number

She can't say no to what it takes



A hot dog and a shake

That's what you're hungry for

A hot dog and a shake

She looks like Monroe

It's a good impersonation

From start to finish

It's her better side

Head over heels

Yeah, he feels a strange sensation

Excedrin headache Number 65



That's the trouble with love

That's the trouble with war

You never get what you came for



Stand up, stand up

The more you do it

The less you fall down



Stand up, stand up

Put your head in the clouds

And your feet on the ground



Stand up, stand up

For the time of your life

You turn it up loud

Stand up, stand up



What kind of fashion

Is this flash infatuation

Is all this admiration mutual?

Need no lessons in emotional starvation

That look in her eyes is too good to be true



So now you got a good reason

Yeah, but you just gotta learn

It's what makes the world turn



Stand up, stand up

The more you do it

The less you fall down



Stand up, stand up

Put your head in the clouds

And your feet on the ground



Stand up, stand up

For the time of your life

You turn it up loud

Stand up, stand up

Those eyes burn holes

Into the starry night

And when her sleepy eyes are open wide

You can fairly dance beneath her light

And I'd love to get to know the natives

But I'm only flesh and blood

She'll share your joys but not your sorrows

Mistress of the coming flood



Hina

Cool upon the silent sea

Hina

Isn't she the moon queen

Hina

Whisp'rin' in my dreams

You must come back to me!



And the tides rise and a distant sigh

Falls on deaf ears

Her vision makes you every inch a king

King for a million years

And she loves you when you're leaving

But she'll leave you if you stay

She says, "Don't tell me that you love me...

You'll hate me for hearing it

Once I drift away"



Hina

I can hear you softly cry

Hina

Your storms are lullabies

Hina

I'll whisper in your dreams

Till you come back to me



Come back

But she will never stay

Come back

And you must never wait

Never wait, never wait, never wait...



Hina!

Is this just a passing fancy

Or another passing game

Is this just a little something

That fallen angels play?

I've had a million fantasies

But that was make believe

Baby, open up this door

before I freeze



Girl stop complaining you're afraid of the dark

We'll go the distance I don't think it's so far



I think it's perfect, perfect, Perfect Timing

Baby, perfect, but I wanna know for sure



Well, I tried to send a message

Yes I tried the telephone

But I guess that I ain't lucky

And my cards say no one's home

If the cards are on the table

That's a calculated risk

That's if accidental angels do exist



Just for a moment if you think that moment's right

Let's not lose that moment tonight



Cause we've got perfect, perfect, Perfect Timing

Perfect, but I wanna know for sure



I'm thinking that this is the right time

I'm hoping you feel the same

Cause the light at the end of the tunnel

Is the front of an on-coming train!

Seems like everything I like

Will make me sick or poor or fat (says who?)

Oh you beautiful doll save one for me

And try not to laugh (who's got the time?)

Who'll hold your horses?

Now you see 'em now you don't

Now I've seen everything

(Least everything I want)



Tasty, very sweet

Honey, for the life of me

Tell me baby please

Who's that unexpected company?



So, it's up the road

Turn right next Thursday

Think that's where I'm gone

I ain't drownin' I'm just waving

Ain't even worth a song



Take one for yourself now, Billy

Don't be shy



Yeah, look at them hard hats work!



We was makin' something of it

And "X" did mark the spot

But "Y"'s a crooked letter

I forgot

But not me Chief

I'm just radar

I don't talk in front of the kids

I know the difference

See, the meek shall inherit shit



I'd wait for her parade

While she's out doin' Yankee Doodle

Thought I had it made

But the gravy train was late as usual



And it's up the road

Turn right next Thursday

Think that's where I'm gone

I ain't drownin' just waving

Ain't even worth a song



See ya in the funny papers

Guess that's where I'll be

They say two fools born a minute



Modulate daddy, Modulate



Sizzlin' to the top!



Up, up, up, up

Up the road turn right next Thursday

Think that's where I'm gone

I ain't drownin' just wavin'

Ain't even worth a little song



See ya in the funny papers

Guess that's where I'll be

If there's two fools born a minute

I'm all three...



Wait a minute



(Two fools born a minute)



Wait a minute, wait a minute,

What time is it? Uh oh!

(Three fools born a minute)

I knew I had company in here!

Where's the drummer?

(Four fools born a minute)

Wait a minute, wait a minute

I don't know how many people

Can get in the back here

Billy, you gotta drive



(Five fools born a minute)

No, no we can't let Stevie drive

(Six fools born a minute)

That's right, don't be starin' at your stereo, fool

Shit, I gotta be home

Before the end of the record, man!