The Goods

I got places - I got to go

I got people - I have to see

and there’s money - I got to make

if I don’t - they won’t let me be

I just don’t know what’s in store

so I guess I better make some more

cause there’s a price that I got to pay - if I want to stay free

I got a horn that I got to play

but I love to play it anyway

and I got a song - I have to sing

that says how I feel about everything

I tell a story each and every night

about the way that I live my life

that’s the price that I got to pay - if I want to stay free

All I’m trying to do is to stay one step ahead

but all I find is I’m one step behind instead

All I’m trying to do is to stay one step ahead

but all I find is I’m one step behind instead

I’m just tryin’ to stay, to stay one little step ahead

But I’m fallin’, fallin’, fallin’ behind instead

Ow, this is what - I know how to do

the only way - I know how to be

I can’t take the place - of anyone

and no one can change places with me

I got to live the life I choose

so don’t try to walk in my shoes

it’s just the price that I got to pay - if I want to stay free

stay free

stay free

Sun was bright as a brand new dime

I had the money, I had the time

My next move was back to the land

As for the future I had it all planned

And along come the kid

along come the kid

along come the kid

that’s what he did

The dark night was thick as iron

Tryin’ to make my way down the line

My next move was hard to see

What in the world’s gonna happen to me?

When along come the kid

along come the kid

along come the kid

that’s what he did

And the kid changed everything

the kid changed everything

the kid changed everything

and nothing ever changes him

Couldn’t tell if it was night or day

Everywhere I looked was nickelback grey

No point livin’, sleepin’, or dyin’

made up my mind to just stop tryin’

Then along come the kid

along come the kid

along come the kid

that’s what he did

And the kid didn’t change a thing

the kid didn’t change a thing

the kid didn’t change a thing

and everybody changes him

Seem like the nights are gettin’ longer, Fahrenheit is sinkin’ low

The sun is mumbling excuses, it’s got somewhere else to go

Still I believe the future is bright

Gonna lie down in darkness, raise up in light

Lie down in darkness, raise up in light

Seem like the world gets tired of turning, ending up where it starts

And even when we play together, we want to play a different part

Still I believe we’ll make it all right

Gonna lie down in darkness, raise up in light

Lie down in darkness, raise up in light

Nothing ever really stays the same

When the old and new fight

There’s a change in the night

Only the morning can claim

All my sins are lyin’ deeper, patience is thin

Seems like the wait goes on forever, while hope’s gettin’ dim

Still I believe I’ll see a wondrous sight

When I lie down in darkness, raise up in light

Lie down in darkness, raise up in light

Nothing ever really stays the same

When the old and new fight

There’s a change in the night

Only the morning can claim

All my sins are lyin’ deeper, patience is thin

Seems like the wait goes on forever, while hope’s gettin’ dim

Still I believe I’ll see a wondrous sight

When I lie down in darkness, raise up in light

Lie down in darkness, raise up in light

Lie down, lie down

Raise up, raise up

Lie my body on down

Raise up in, raise up in...light

Raise up in, raise up in...light

Raise up in, raise up in...light

One button in the bank to sound the alarm

Two ways to escape that worked like a charm

Four shiny mag wheels on the getaway car

Eight stop signs and red lights to disregard

Made the rendezvous in twelve minutes time

Twenty miles away from the scene of the crime

One point eight four three million on the line

Seventeen Black and Whites in hot pursuit

Throw in the choppers and the Eye in the Sky to boot

Twenty three roads I know like the back of my hand

Three hundred twenty five horses at my command

It’s tough to get away in broad daylight

When they’re trackin’ every move by satellite

But one point eight four three million’s worth a fight

Blew through a road block east of Early’s End

I’m burnin’ oil and the heat is closin’in

Cut me off on three sides so I had to turn around

Caught in a crossfire here in this hole in the ground

I got one shell left in this forty-five

Don’t exactly know the way I’m about to die

But I got one point eight four three million reasons why

They say time waits for no man

and that’s been a problem since time began

That worn-out story keeps gettin’ told

of how the young get old and the old get cold

Seems like that tide keeps rollin’ in

and time marches over me and back again

But I‘m here to say it’s not too late

When it comes to you darling, time can wait

When you appear out of a clear blue sky

time stands still to let you pass on by

And when I get a real good look at you

time holds its breath the way I do

I know I prob’ly sound like a fool,

but you’re the exception that proves the rule

That’s why I say it’s not too late

When it comes to you darling, time can wait

I’ve lived a long time, I’ve seen some things

never sure of what tomorrow brings

They always told me love would come some day

but what a day can bring, it can take away

I know that time brings about a change,

and those words “forever after” sure sound strange 

But I’m here to say ooooo “never too late”

When it comes to us darling, time can wait

Can’t you hear my bull dog barkin’

cooped up in the house all day

if you want to see some happy tail waggin’ -

let ‘im in your yard to play

I want to put it there

I want to put it there

don’t want to leave it here

it’s got to go somewhere

I want to put it there

Just bought me a new car, baby

now I got to find me a place

let me come over to your house tonight -

and, you know, park in your space

I want to put it there

I want to put it there

don’t want to leave it here

it’s got to go somewhere

I want to put it there

I’m lookin’ to stay now darlin’

so please don’t get me wrong

you got so much there there baby

I hope we can get along

I’m lookin’ to stay now darlin’

so please don’t get me wrong

you got so much there there baby

I know we can get along

Awwww, Nature put the feelin’ in your body

your body put the feelin’ in me

I’m just tryin’ to put some of it back -

baby, can’t you see?

I want to put it there

I want to put it there

don’t want to leave it here

it’s got to go somewhere

I want to put it there

Woke up this morning, it was quarter to four

I was itching all over from head to toe

started in scratching everywhere I could

but none of that scratching did me any good

I got the itch (don’t scratch it), it’s like a curse

I got the itch (don’t scratch it), scratching only makes it worse

I got the itch, (yeah) and I’m telling you

Better not scratch no matter what I do

My buddy saw me scratching at work next day

he said “You’ll never keep your job if you act that way

I know a real good doctor who could help you a lot

I think he specializes in what you’ve got

You got the itch (don’t scratch it), it’s like a curse

you got the itch (don’t scratch it), scratching only makes it worse

you got the itch, (yeah) and I’m telling you

Better not scratch no matter what you do

I said “Doc, I got a problem, and I’ll be brief

I’ll give you all kinds of money for a little relief”

Doctor started hopping like a kangaroo

he said “I’d like to help you son, but I‘ve got it too”

I got the itch (don’t scratch it), it’s like a curse

I got the itch (don’t scratch it), scratching only makes it worse

I got the itch, (yeah) and it’s understood

scratching isn’t going to do me any good

Went to confession, got down on my knees

I said “Bless me, Father, can you help me please?”

I heard the door slide back so I bowed my head

and in a quiet little voice this is what he said:

You got the itch (don’t scratch it), it’s like a curse

you got the itch (don’t scratch it), scratching only makes it worse

you got the itch, (yeah) and I’m telling you

Thou Shalt Not Scratch no matter what you do

I’ll never lose this itch, I guess that’s true

but I found myself a woman who has got it too

We help each other out, she’s a natural peach

scratching all the places that I can’t reach

We got the itch (gotta scratch it), it’s like a curse

we got the itch (gotta scratch it), scratching only makes it worse

but if you’ve gotta scratch, I’m telling you

find yourself somebody who is scratching too

We got the itch  (don’t scratch it)

We got the itch  (don’t scratch it)

We got the itch  (don’t scratch it)

We got the itch  

Telephone keep ringin’, must be bad luck on the line

my telephone keeps ringin’, must be bad luck on the line

I don’t ever talk to good news, so there ain’t no point in tryin’

It’s prob’ly just a bill collector, askin’ when am I gonna pay

I heard that song already - not gonna hear it again today

or it’s some salesman, tryin’ - to sell me something I don’t need

every time I hear that voice - my eardrums start to bleed

Graham Bell, Mr. Graham Bell, look what you done to me

telephone bring me nothin’ but trouble, and it will not let me be

I’ve had it with my telephone, it’s not my friend at all

Had it with my telephone, it ain’t my friend at all

Wakes me up just one more time, mmmm I’m gonna rip it off the wall

I’m tired of these recordings - you know the ones I mean

can’t even hang up on ‘em, cause they’re only a machine

or maybe it’s my baby, tellin’ me she’s gonna leave

that’s a call I’d rather make than take, better to give than to receive

Oooo Telephone keeps ringin’, but I’m not gonna take the call

the way my luck’s been runnin’, not pickin’ up that phone at all

I guess you did a good thing, when you invented the telephone

you did a good thing, Mr. Graham Bell, when you invented that telephone

but all it ever did for me was prove I have to live alone

Don’t tell me my father died - cause I already took that call

don’t tell me my mother died - I already took that call

I got no sisters or brothers, my friends know they can’t get through

don’t need to hear I lost my money, cause I got that message too

Telephone keeps ringin’, and I’m just gonna let it stand

If I ever win the Lot’ry, they can send me a telegram

She’s a taker - you’ve got to give her more

you’ll do the doin’, she’s content to be done for

When they bring you the check, you’re expected to pay

took a lot of takin’ to make her this way

The girl’s not a giver, no - she’s a taker

She’s a taker - I buy her ruby stones

topaze and amethyst, so she won’t feel alone

She was warm and tender at ten years old

it took a lot of hurtin’ to turn her this cold

The girl’s not a giver, no - she’s a taker 

She’s a taker - tryin’ to protect herself

I can’t blame the girl, no, she was made that way by someone else

When it comes to lovin’, she lets you get her there

try to come along, you find that she’s nowhere

The girl’s not a giver, no - she’s a taker.

She’s a taker - I’m not gonna change her

try to be kind, only to find she stays a stranger

Nothing I can do to help her now

she’d like to be a lover but she don’t know how

Oo-wo-wo-wo the girl’s not a giver, no - she’s a taker

I got a girl that’s something to see

but she wants to show everyone instead of just me

I just want to be her everyday guy

she keeps looking around for some camera eye

She wants to be watched - she likes to be seen

she won’t do nothing but what she saw on some screen

she thinks she knows what love is all about

but she disappears when the lights go out

She watches those shows, the ones that make her feel

a camera’s gotta roll to make things real

when she hangs around with all her friends

they’re never far away from a camera lens

She wants to be watched - she likes to be seen

she won’t do nothing but what she saw on some screen

she thinks she knows what love is all about

but she disappears when the lights go out

Now I want a girl who’s camera shy

one who’s looking at me, and not some camera guy

but seems every time I get the girl home

she doesn’t know how to act when we’re really alone

She wants to be watched - she likes to be seen

she won’t do nothing but what she saw on some screen

she thinks she knows what love is all about

but she disappears when the lights go out

I guess that I’ll have to let the girl go

before I end up a prop in some reality show

but she gave me something that will never really end

cause I know just where to go to see her again

She wants to be watched - she likes to be seen

she won’t do nothing unless it’s up on some screen

she thinks she knows what love is all about

but she disappears when the lights go out

When I’m, when I’m troubled

I’ve got to face trouble like a man

but I wouldn’t worry about trouble

if you would lend me a helping hand

I can’t live, cannot live

unless you let your love come down

down in my soul

unless you let your love come down

When people spread lies about me

until nobody knows what’s true

I’ve got to keep on telling our story

and singing out the truth about you

But I can’t sing, cannot sing

unless you let your love come down

down in my soul

unless you let your love come down

A man needs water in the desert

he needs air to take a breath

I need your love to give me courage

and chase away the fear of death

but I can’t breathe, cannot breathe

unless you let your love come down

down in my soul

unless you let your love come down

There’s bells that toll out judgment

and send the spirit on its way

I hope to hear the bells that ring out joy

pealing at the break of day

Oooo I can’t live, cannot live

unless you let your love come down

down in my soul

unless you let your love come down

Don’t sleep on Santa, easin’ down your chimney tonight

don’t sleep on Santa, easin’ down your chimney tonight

Now he’s a big old man, and your chimney’s kinda tight

but he’s got something, let him get down all right

don’t sleep on Santa, easin’ down your chimney tonight

Here come old Santa, he’s got a bag of presents and toys

don’t let the whiskers fool you, he’s just like one of the boys

He got a gingerbread kitchen and a candy cane

and passin’ out goodies’ how he made his name

don’t sleep on Santa, got a bag of presents and toys

Don’t sleep on Santa, comin’ to your neighborhood

he got himself a list of everyone who’s been real good

He might nibble your cookie, but he can’t stay

he gotta make a lotta stops by Christmas day

don’t sleep on Santa, comin’ to your neighborhood

Don’t sleep on Santa, easin’ down your chimney tonight

if you blink you might miss him, but he’ll make that delivery all right

He’s quicker than you think for an elderly guy

and passin’ out goodies puts a twinkle in his eye

Dont sleep on Santa, easin’ down your chimney tonight