I was nineteen when I came to town, they called it the Summer of Love They were burning babies, burning flags. The hawks against the doves I took a job
Jack-knife with a precious load spills its guts all over the road Excuse me, I had to smile, lost my grip, too, for a while It's easy there, steady now
Small Mac, Big Mac, burger and fries Shove `em in boxes all the same size Easy on the mustard, heavy on the sauce Double for the fat boy, he eats like
first class on the Belfast B But when she sailed she sailed without me In Needle Pete's I got my last tatoo In bleeding letters of red and blue For Mary
In my nightmare everything's wrong I'm waiting for love, but you come along You smile, you wave, you kiss me, Ciao But you seem too happy to see me somehow
I ride in your slipstream. I wear your reflection I echo your heartbeat in the wind You might say that we're lovers. You might say that we're strangers
Let me rock you in my arms I'll hold you safe and small A refugee from the seraphim In your rich-girl rags and all Did your dreams die young, were they
When I said those things I was out of my mind I was trying to be mean and cruel and unkind Don't take it to heart There's another man inside me wants
What a fool I was. What a thin disguise. Brando mumble, Mingus eyes Was a time she fell, but then she got wise Brando mumble, Mingus eyes I never had
Oh I've got a little car and she might go far She's the mistress of my heart now She's a '65 with an overdrive And I fixed her in every part now Two
Oh Shane and Dixie, they were two-bit crooks They wanted to be famous like you read in books Shane had the brain and Dixie had the looks for glory As
If she's not here by now, then I guess she's not coming If she's not here by now, then I guess she don't care Oh waiter, I won't waste your time anymore
You're going to give yourself away, one of these nights Your gaze of compassion, just a little too right Your hug of encouragement's a little too tight
