From the recording GREATEST HITS
Lyrics
I’ve got a hustle on down to the boulevard
I ain’t got time to play
I’m trying to find a sunshine girl
To brighten up my day
I see her on the corner of Bourbon and Rye
With a white tooth lipstick grin
And with the wink of an Eye and a casual lie
She’s got me hooked again
I’ve got my back turned standing in the alleyway
Shooting candy from the east
I can’t decide to take a ride
With the beauty or the beast
So I ride my needle into paradise
Along the lines of love
And there’s a preacher man yelling from the balcony
He’s got a message from above
He talks about Jesus and the clothes he wore
And he begs us to be ashamed
He says God knows all about loneliness
But he swears he’s not to blame
What can I do with hideaway and cry
I’m caught in the middle of a hurricane’s eye
Twenty two years and not a moment
I Can turn back and live again
Well, I’ve seen worse days, but I don’t know when
Except sometimes when I’ll stop and I’ll think about you now and then
But I’ll pick up my guitar and I’ll pick up my pen
And I’ll blow my thoughts away
With thirty two bars of ignorant noise
Some talk about love and dangerous boys
We’re just children playing with adult adults toys
We’re all babies
Where were you when I reached the end
A shoulder to cry on or an ear to bend
I didn’t want to love you just needed a friend
And you left me
Well, I’ve seen worse days, but I don’t know when
Except sometimes when I’ll stop and I’ll think about you now and then
But I’ll pick up a lady or I’ll pick up my pen
And I’ll blow my thoughts away
With 32 bars of ignorant noise
Some talk about love and dangerous boys
We’re just children playing with adult adults toys
We are all babies