Start the Car
          (Jude Cole)

          Well I'm tired of the pressure
          So tired of the pace
          Just wanna grab you baby, and get out of this place
          I got no chance of makin' it, working downtown
          I'm just walkin' slow and talkin' low
          And tired of going down, down, down

          Start the car, we gotta move
          This ain't no living, this ain't no groove
          It's been a long hard road
          Come on baby, let's drive it home
          Start the car

          We started out for paradise
          But this ain't no promised land
          And this ain't no kind of living for an honest working man
          Well there's people dying on the streets
          Sure don't make the news
          While others livin' up on the hill
          Singin' the white boy blues

          Start the car, we gotta move
          This ain't no living, this ain't no groove
          This city's rich, or dirt poor
          But somewhere waiting there's something more
          Start the car

          Now we're going out with dignity
          We're going out with style
          Gonna lay down that hammer baby
          And make our own road across the miles
          'Cause I can't take this town one more day

          Start the car, we gotta move
          This ain't no living, this ain't no groove
          This city's rich, or dirt poor
          But somewhere waiting, there's gotta be something more
          Start the car
          It's been a long hard road
          Better come on baby
          Let's drive it home
          Start the car
 

          Save me from the dark of night
          I'm drifting lilke a satellite
          Miles from understanding
          Where this love will end
          Heaven let your light fall down on me

          Now I'm over-thinking
          Love can't be this hard
          We seem to be spinning worlds apart

          Sometimes truth is hard to touch
          We give too little, expect too much
          Promises forever
          Hiding in our eyes
          Worlds of chances passing by

          Now I'm over-thinking
          Love can't be this hard
          We seem to be drifting worlds apart
          You could wait forever
          Lord I can't do that
          Spend a lifetime looking back
          Now I'm over-thinking
          Love can't be this hard
          We seem to be spinning worlds apart
          You could wait forever
          Lord I can't do that
          Spend a lifetime looking back
          Now I'm overthinking
          Love can't be this hard
          We seem to be spinning...worlds apart
 

          I asked her where we stood
          She said Johnny, this ain't no good
          You made the highway your home
          And I'm just tired of livin' alone
          So you go your way
          And I'll go mine
          And maybe one day you'll find what you're looking for
          Down the open road
          Down the open road

          I've been down this road many a time
          And Lord I've tried to find
          Some peace of heart, some peace of mind
          But this road just winds and winds...

          There's a crazy lady with high-heeled shoes
          She could take away my homesick blues
          And lately I feel a little crazy too
          Yes I do, Ma'am, yes I do
          Got a dobule sleeper
          I'm hell on wheels
          Come on sweet thing, show me how love feels
          Down the open road
          Down the open road

          She don't break down, she don't run cold
          She's got heart and soul like a pot of gold
          Sees the white lines, when I'm driving blind
          A hundred more miles and she's right on time

          Right on time
 

          Walking up Broadway
          Face down in the wind
          The mission bells ring
          As the night falls in
          If I had a car
          Man I'd fill it up and drive
          Where the bright lights shine
          And the strong survive

          You know I call myself a writer
          But I never get paid
          Send letters back home
          And tell 'em all I got it made
          They're standing in line
          To hear the songs that I write
          Like the one about the loser
          Singing' just another night

          It's just another (just another)
          Just another night
          Ain't got myself a girl
          I ain't even had a bite
          There's people on the west side livin' life right
          But down here in this neighborhood
          It's just another (just another night)

          Took the Illinois Central
          To the California shore
          Looking for a life
          With a little bit more
          But brother in one year
          The only pleasure I've found
          Was a pretty senorita
          Down in Tijuana town

          It's just another (just another)
          Just another night
          Ain't got myself a girl
          I ain't even had a bite
          There's people on the west side
          Livin' it up right
          But down here in this neighborhood
          It's just another (just another night)

          Last night I heard a shotgun firin'
          Through my house it rang
          Local boy shot by a southside gang
          You know there ain't no justice in the streets of the
          deprived
          Just a place on the corner where you thank God you're
          alive

          It's just another (just another)
          Just another night
          Ain't got myself a girl
          I ain't even had a bite
          There's people on the west side
          Livin' life right
          But down here in this neighborhood
          It's just another
          Just another night
 

          Something about the way
          Your eyes lately
          Look up and down
          And everywhere but me
          Something about tonight
          I know is missing
          And I know it's more than insecurity
          After all, all the time we've spent together
          Don't you think I'd feel something?

          If I have to read your mind
          Maybe we're just wasting time
          Tell the truth
          You know my heart is in your hand
          So give it up or make a stand
          Tell the truth
          C'mon tell the truth

          There's no sense in going on this way, baby
          You know it's time to say what you mean
          There's no sense in going out
          Trying to replace
          A love that never came clean
          After all the time we've spent together
          Don't you think it's worth something?

          If I have to read your mind
          Maybe we're just wasting time
          Tell the truth
          You know my heart is in your hand
          So give it up or make a stand
          Tell the truth
          C'mon tell the truth

          Let's start it over, or call it over somehow
          (Start it over or call it over)
          Just bring your love back to me baby, somehow

          So if you want to be mine
          Baby, let's stop wasting time
          Just tell the truth
          'Cause you know my heart is in your hand
          So give it up or take stand
          Just tell the truth

          Let's start it over, or call it over somehow
          (Start it over or call it over)
          Just bring your love back to me baby, somehow
 

          Sunset on the river
          Down in the old watertown
          Hear the train whistle blowin'
          Oh, I'm right there now

          I was just a young boy
          Going nowhere soon
          With a dream and a beat-up six-string
          You're just howling at the moon
          Oh, I'm right there now

          Rise above the darkness
          Sail above the clouds
          Faith keep me from falling
          And I swear I won't look down
          Oh, I'm right there now

          At seventeen, the town was changing
          Factories were shutting down
          But we were rock and roll stars
          To all the watered-down bars
          And teenage brides in wedding gowns
          Oh, I'm right there now

          Rise above the darkness
          Sail above the clouds
          Faith keep me from falling
          And I swear I won't look down
          Oh, I'm right there now

          And way down the road
          As I walk the road again
          Only time is lost

          I can still remember
          Driving home in the driving rain
          Past highway signs and Rock Island lines
          California dreamin'
          Oh, I'm right there now

          Rise above the darkness
          Sail above the clouds
          Faith keep me from falling
          And I swear I won't look down
          Oh, I'm right there now
 

          I left home on a southbound train
          One September in the pouring rain
          A midnight flyer, and a girl named Lori Rose
          Mama said son it won't last
          She'll be gone when you're out of cash
          Hey mom, I need a ride back home

          All your life you run to love
          You give your heart then it's not enough
          Buy hey babe, that's the way it goes

          So Romeo in a G.T.O.
          Met Juliette at the drive-in show
          Midnight dreamin' down the Texas coast
          We stopped to wish upon a star
          She stole my breath, she stole my car
          But hey baby, it's just the way it goes

          Every time that your heart breaks
          You swear you won't make the same mistakes
          But hey baby, that's the way it goes
          First your money, then your clothes

          Oh no, love ain't cheap
          There's a toll booth up on Lover's Leap
          Sweet romance take a chance
          Come and dance with me

          I'm ridin' out on a southbound train
          Just a Romeo in the pouring rain
          But hey baby, that's the way it goes
          First your money, then your clothes

          Slow down, slow down now
          Hey mom, slow down, when you roll down
          'Cause I'm low down now
 

          Poetry and angels
          Flowers and perfume
          You fill your house with pretty things
          Pretty things hide the bitter truth
          Well there's a fire on the mountain
          Burning out of control
          And you're standing at the top now
          With nowhere left to go

          So lock your doors up tight
          And say a prayer tonight
          You know it's hard to keep the demons down
          When it comes around

          In the darkness of your room
          While you're drinking to your past
          And livin' your cartoon
          Deep down in the gutter
          They're calling your name
          When it comes around

          And you were such a pretty woman
          Those were the days
          One thing's for sure in this town, baby
          Being pretty pays
          But all the fame and riches
          Gonna turn out to be fool's gold
          When you look to find shelter in
          The ones you bought and sold

          So sad, so alone
          It cuts right to the bone
          When you find out how it feels to hit the ground
          When it comes around

          In the darkness of your room
          While you're drinking to your past
          And livin' your cartoon
          Deep down in the gutter
          They're calling your name
          When it comes around

          Turn it off, man, I've seen too much
          You better look over your shoulder, honey
          You're losin' your touch
          Deep down in the gutter
          Or up on the stage
          One day it comes around

          It comes around & around & around

          So lock your doors up tight
          Say a little prayer tonight
          You know it's hard to keep the demons down
          When it comes around

          In the darkness of your room
          While you're drinking to your past
          And livin' your cartoon
          Deep down in the gutter
          They're calling your name
          One day it comes around

          Turn it off, man, I've seen too much
          You better look over your shoulder, honey
          You're losin' your touch
          Deep down in the gutter
          Or up on the stage
          One day it comes around
 

          Why you wanna break me down
          Every time I come around
          You've done all a woman can
          To make me feel like half a man
          But something in the sky above
          Keeps lifting my heart to love
          Oh yeah, yeah
          So boby, open up that door
          'Cause I'm standing in the rain
          Beggin' for more

          Blame it on fate, blame it on blind love
          But I can't give up on you
          You can blame it on fate, blame it on blind love,
          But I can't give up on you
          Blame it on fate, blame it on blind love
          But I can't give up on you
          No I can't give up on you

          Why you wanna play this game
          Pretending to forget my name
          Through these lonely eyes I see
          You ain't so happy being free
          And something in the skies of blue
          Is telling me you're gonna want me too

          You can blame it on fate, blame it on blind love,
          But I can't give up on you
          If you're making me wait, I'm standing in line love
          'Cause I can't give up on you
          Blame it on fate, blame it on blind love
          But I can't give up on you
          No I can't give up on you

          There's something in the skies above
          That keeps filling my heart with love, love, love

          You can blame it on fate, blame it on blind love,
          But I can't give up on you
          If you're making me wait, I'm standing in line love
          But I can't give up on you
          Blame it on fate, blame it on blind love
          But I can't give up on you
          No I can't give up on you
 

          I had a woman
          She had a child
          It lasted one summer
          Till this young heart ran wild
          It seems there is nothing
          In this world that binds
          When you're trying to find
          Your place in the line

          I can remember
          Back in high school days
          Living for freedom
          And not for the A's

          So I sat in the poolhall
          On graduation day
          Hoping someday I'd find
          My place in the line

          Ooh, a place in the line
          Ooh, a place in the line

          I wouldn't worry
          Mama would say
          Your kind of troubles, son
          They just go with the age
          And those words of wisdom
          Still ring in my ears
          As I struggle to find
          My place in the line
          'Cause I'm still trying to find
          My place in the line

          Ooh, a place in the line
          Someday I'll find
          Ooh, a place in the line
          Ooh, a place in the line