A spirit came to haunt me through a sleepless night
To show me all the dreams that never made it through to light
and thoughts of old acquaintance were howling through my mind
Like the memories of a girl I should never have left behind
If you can't save my body, Lord, please don t let my spirit go
I know that I'm dying, Lord, but please don't let me die alone

Send me down an angel, the Devil wants my soul
And I may have been a sinner but I've payed all that I owed
Never got to praying the way that you have shown
And I spent my days the only way I've Known
On the Devil's Road

Now I'm tearing up photographs, ripping op the past
Hiding from a memory that has found me at last
I'm burying secrets, covering lies
running from a nightmare burning through my eyes
If you can't save my body, Lord, please don't let my spirit go
I know that I'm dying Lord, but please don't let me die alone

Send me down an angel, the Devil wants my soul
And I may have been a sinner but I've payed all that I owed
Never got to praying the way that you have shown
And I spent my days the only way I've Known
On the Devil's Road

Now I'll cry for all the days that I let slip into the night
And the nights that I watched wither till they'd fallen from my sight
For all the things I wish I'd done and all I've never seen
I spent forty years of wasting time now time has wasted me
And if you can't save my body, Lord, please don't let my spirit go
I know that I'm dying Lord, but please don't let me die alone

Send me down an angel, the Devil wants my soul
And I may have been a sinner but I've payed all that I owed
Never got to praying the way that you have shown
And I spent my days the only way I've Known
On the Devil's Road

Another broken silence, another burst of violence
as we tear each other apart for the last time
These love-stained walls will crumble & fall
as you take what's yours, take what's mine take it all

We deserve so much more, much more than we have
much more than we gave, was it all in vain
We will say goodbye but the scars will remain
We will not change...

And these dreams that we've held in hands,
these plans that slipped through our fingers like sand
we stand with nothing between us but tears and lies
for the years that we've buried each other inside

We had this cross to bear, we've had these chains
That held us together but held us restrained
And lay shattered and broken when the final hour came
We will not change

We built us a castle, we built us a home
to shelter our love from the lies, from all of our wrong
but the candle burns fast when the fire is strong
We could have saved ourselves but we are too far gone

And I watched it grow, I will watch it fall
As we tear it down wall by wall
And scatter the ashes we burned with the words that we say
We will not change...

We can't shake the blame, we can't clear our names
It will always be this way, always be this way

We will not change...

This is all that I have he said,
This is all that I hold
For all the years, the sweat & the tears
This is all that I show
This is all that I feel he said
This is all that I know
And this bitterness rises, burns inside me
When I think of how I let it all go
Let is go, let it go, let it go now
Let it go, let it go, let it go now

This is all that I leave you my son
This is all that you will receive
But the seed of life, of all that I've loved
Is planted in this field
And I see him now
My father dear
A broken man, he held out his hands
said "All that I leave you is here"
And I let it all go, let it go, let it go
Let it go, let it go, let it go now,

So take this field and take these ploughs
I stand alone. But I'm standing proud
Of all I've earned, the soil I've turned
The crops I've burned & the life I've learned
with a fire in my heart & a sword in my hand
It can only be right but I don't understand
Why I must fight to keep this land
you've taken everything that I have
Let it go, let it go, let it go now...
Let it go, let it go let it go now...

look a my face
How can I look the same
When I'm torn inside
And I'm wrecked with pain
How can you hide in this bitterness
How can you feel the shame
How can you say you were playing
This was never a game

He was a friend and now I hate him
Can't you see what you've done to me?
He was a friend and now I hate him
But as long as you're happy

Now all emotions lie in tatters
Left abandoned at your side
When they struggle with your words
Until they find a place to hide
All that is tender has been broken
All that is innocent has died
And I will never laugh again
And you will never see me smile

He was a friend and now I hate him
Can't you see what you've done to me?
He was a friend and now I hate him
And I'll burn in this jealousy

How I remember the 12th November
The day she went sailing away from me
She woke one morning with foreign shores calling
Sailed out across the western sea

And the rains came down
And the wind she howled
The ship left the quayside, Maggie left my side
and I never saw her again

I could say I'm sorry but you know I lied
I could say I loved you but I never tried

Oh Maggie, Oh Maggie
it was a lonely day
Oh Maggie, Oh Maggie
I wish you'd have stayed

The snow came a falling, the hours were calling
With never a letter, a line or a word
And all that she'd seen, all the places she'd been to
Or where she was heading well I never knew

And then home with the driving snow
There came a letter from Mexico
Saying "I don't know when I'll be coming home again
When there's so touch here now to hold me

I could say I'm sorry but you know I lied
could say I loved you but I never tried

Your shoes & your clothes still lie on the floor
Your books and you poems still hide in my drawer
All the pictures you painted still hang on my wall
Oh Maggie, Oh Maggie they've never meant more

And I still remember like it was, yesterday
the girl that I lost for words I couldn't say

Oh Maggie, Oh Maggie
it was a lonely day
Oh Maggie, Oh Maggie
I wish you'd have stayed

Oh mother pray your children never live the way I do
There's no money in these pockets
There's no glory for this fool
I never felt like Kerouac but I live the way I choose
when you've nothing left to hold you know you've nothing left to lose

Talk to me
My mother always cried
Talk to me
My father left my side

I never found the lord above & I never prayed too well
but I found a taste for bourbon then I found a way to hell

Talk to me
My mother always cried
Talk to me
My father left my side

These places are just memories these people are just dreams
And no one gives a shit or is that just the way it seems
My heart has gone, my bones are weak don t leave me in this place
you'll never see me here again and you'll soon forget my face

Talk to me
My mother always cried
Talk to me
My father left my side

Pull your chairs up closer all you traveling men
And pour yourselves another drink I've got a tale to tell
I've had my hour of glory, I've had my hour of pain
But they soon forget your story
And they soon forget your name
I built her out in Silvertown in a burned out factory
And we sailed her out of North Reach
For the whole damn world to see

And oh, she breaks my heart now
She's all tied down in chains
She was the prettiest ship I ever saw
And the Queen of the South was her name

I sailed her out of Mexico
To San Francisco Bay
Carried whisky out of Oakland
To the port of Adelaide
Bought diamonds out of Cairo
Gold from Bombay
And we rode her into Capetown
Right through a hurricane

And the money went down & the cards dealt round
With the beer & the wine
We staggered & fell as drunk as hell
Lost & blind

And oh, she breaks my heart now
She's all tied down in chains
She was the prettiest ship I ever saw
And the Queen of the South was her name

I met a little showgirl down in Galveston
I could have got married but I had to sail on
I told her I was leaving vever told her why
And I left her there drowning
In the river she cried

Oh, there are times I think of her
But I was just so young
The night was falling the sea was calling
And I had to sail on
And it breaks my heart to remember
I left her crying in the rain
But I was leaving on the prettiest ship
And the Queen of the South
Was her name

You can call it a shame
You can call it a crime
No need for me to explain
No need for you to cry
We heard a hundred stories
And we told a hundred lies
Our hearts have broke a hundred times
And a hundred tears we've cried

Oh, & it seems that I don't love you anymore
and the letters that you wrote me they still leave me so unsure

And we could pretend
That I was never gone
And we could pretend
There was nothing wrong
But all I can remember
Was a feeling I was holding on
Holding on to something
Something that was long, long gone

Oh, & I screamed that I don't love you anymore
But the letters that you wrote me they still leave me so unsure

You say you're tired of lying
And I'm tired of believing you
You say you're tired of crying
And In, tired of deceiving you
So I'll gather my things, I'll soon be gone
There'll be nothing left behind of me
Just a head full at worthless memories
And the pictures to remind me

Well some I've torn, some I've burned
Some I choose in keep
But the letters that you wrote me
Still keep me from my sleep

You had the years of a woman but the face of a child
And a picture of pain in your eyes
And a Fire that burned so deep in your soul
Left you scarred and empty inside

But how could they tame you when your heart was so free
Oh, how could they change you
Gypsy

All that your mother left you was a broken home
And all you remember were tears in her eyes
All that your father left you were broken bones
And the bruises you try to hide

But how could they tame you when your heart was so free
Oh, how could they change you
Gypsy

Well I watched as you tore & I watched as you clawed
At the chains of pain tied around you
I cried for the shame you were never really lost
But no-one had ever tried in find you
Oh,I felt you shiver & I watched you wither
And I saw the colour fall from your face
A girl so precious, a girl so dear
Broken so young, was such a damn waste

But how could they tame you when your heart was so free
Oh, how could they change you
Gypsy

Remember when we fell in love Johnny, Johnny
Remember when we fell in love on a cold December day

You smiled oh so sweetly
And I courted you so proudly
You fell in love completely
And you stole my heart away

Remember on our wedding day Johnny, Johnny
Remember on our wedding day you swore we'd never part

We married in the summer
And your dress was all a flowing
I swore I'd never leave you
And then I broke your heart

Remember when you left me, oh Johnny, Johnny
Remember when you left me, and you swore you were coming home

My soul it was a searching
And the road it was a calling
I knew I'd be returning
But still I had to go

I've been waiting seven years now Johnny Johnny
I've been waiting seven years now, & I swear I love you still

Well I wandered high & I wandered low
I traveled all of this country
I never found a girl like you
And I swear I never wiIl

You stand like a statue, by the light of the moon
Too tired to talk, too cold to move
There is nothing left pure, there is nothing left true
We will leave it this way, there is nothing left so say but goodbye
Say goodbye...

We travelled too fast, we travelled too far
Jumped too many lights. crashed too many cars
And It's my wounds that bleed yeah & I'll bear the scars
You can bury my name & I will carry the blame for it all
For it all...
I broke all the window's,
I'm battering doors
Ripping up fences,
pulling down walls
There's nothing left here, only beggars and whores
I've given all that I can cause I don't give a damn anymore
Anymore

I can see it in your eyes, there is no doubt
the words fill my mouth but I just can't tear them out
I can see it in your eyes, there is no doubt
the words fill my mouth but I just can't, I just can't

You stand like a statue, 'neath a falling sky
Too tired to talk, too cold to cry
love lies in ruins, the ruin of lies
I will leave you, I will leave you, I will leave you,
say goodbye

Well here I sit by the harbour
The smell of seafood in the air
Remembering the promises & dreams that I once held
Could we have grown too old to care?

There was a time when we would wander
Down by the river hand in hand
There was a time when we made love upon the shore
And sink a bottle as the sun drowned

When the water's high & the seagulls fly in numbers
And the fishing boats will rock upon the waves
The sun will shine it's healing light down on you and I
And we will feel so young again

When bitter words are Iong forgotten
And only gentle thoughts remain
You won't wonder, & I won't question
And it will feel like the first time

When the water's high & the seagulls fly in numbers
And the fishing boats will rock upon the waves
The sun will shine it's healing light down on you and I
And we will feel so young again

You were always looking for the reasons
And I was holding out the blame
But we will scramble through this confusion
And I'll be waiting for that day

When the water's high & the seagulls fly in numbers
And the fishing boats will rock upon the waves
The sun will shine it's healing light down on you and I
And we will feel so young again

I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.
No, I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.
Well, I wake in the morning,
Fold my hands and pray for rain.
I got a head full of ideas
That are drivin' me insane.
It's a shame the way she makes me scrub the floor.
I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.

I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more.
No, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more.
Well, he hands you a nickel,
He hands you a dime,
He asks you with a grin
If you're havin' a good time,
Then he fines you every time you slam the door.
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more.

I ain't gonna work for Maggie's pa no more.
No, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's pa no more.
Well, he puts his cigar
Out in your face just for kicks.
His bedroom window
It is made out of bricks.
The National Guard stands around his door.
Ah, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's pa no more.

I ain't gonna work for Maggie's ma no more.
No, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's ma no more.
Well, she talks to all the servants
About man and God and law.
Everybody says
She's the brains behind pa.
She's sixty-eight, but she says she's twenty-four.
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's ma no more.

I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.
No, I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.
Well, I try my best
To be just like I am,
But everybody wants you
To be just like them.
They sing while you slave and I just get bored.
I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.