Playlist Bruce Hornsby And The Range

bruce hornsby and the range - the way it is

Standing in line making time
Waiting for the welfare dime
'Cause they can't buy a job
a man in a silk suit hurries by
As he catches the poor old ladies' eyes
Just for fun he says "Get a job"

That's just the way it is
Some things will never change
That's just the way it is
But don't you believe them

They say hey little boy you can't go
Where the others go
'Cause you don't look like they do
Said hey old man how can you stand
To think that way
Did you really think about it
Before you made the rules
He said, Son

That's just the way it is
Some things will never change
That's just the way it is
But don't you believe them

Well they passed a law in '64
To give those who ain't got a little more
But it only goes so far
Because the law don't change in another's mind
When all it sees is the hiring time
Is the line on the color bar

That's just the way it is
Some things will never change
That's just the way it is
But don't you believe them

bruce hornsby and the range - a night on the town

How you gonna reckon with a God like this?
When you gonna face what you can't dismiss?
What you gonna say to the, soul kiss that is my God?
Fearsome like the sag in a fat man's chair
Sweeter than a patch of romaine hair
How do you define what you can't compare?
This is, my God

And there's no use explaining
What can't be contained

I'm not following a God I can lead around
I can't tame this Deity
And that's why Jesus is the final answer
To who I want my God to be
He's who I want my God to be, yeah

How you gonna reckon with a God this great?
Why you wanna measure what you can't equate?
What you gonna say to the checkmate that is my God?
Stronger than the burn of an aftershave
Tender as a burger in the microwave
Rarer than the air in an empty grave
This is, my God

And there's no use explaining
What can't be contained

I'm not following a God I can lead around
I can't tame this Deity
And that's why Jesus is the final answer

To who I want my God to be
He's who I want my God to be, yeah

How we gonna work this out?
To fabricate a God like this? No doubt
We'd end up worshiping a Christ of our own design
But Jesus doesn't fit that profile
His ways aren't mine

I'm not following a God that's imagined
Can't invent his Deity
And that's why Jesus is the final answer
To who I want my God to be
He's who I want my God to be

I'm not following a God I can lead around
I can't tame this Deity
And that's why Jesus is the final answer
To who I want my God to be, yeah

I'm not following a God I can lead around
I can't tame this Deity
And that's why Jesus is the final answer
To who I want my God to be
He's who I want my God to be, yeah

He's who I want my God to be
He's who I want my God to be

bruce hornsby and the range - big rumble

B. R. Hornsby

Cocked and ready oh here I stand
Anticipating the laying on of hands
Might be frivolous, may be profound
But it feels like deliverance going down

Hey now, come on around
The big rumble is coming down
Go tell it on the mountainside
Over the hills and across the sky
Hey now, watch out, run
Big rumble is about to come
Go tell it to the people there
Over the hills and everywhere

The young girls screaming as the gym rat speaks
Might see some walk-on on a shooting streak
Big snake charmers and medicine men
Some like Daniels in the lion's den

Hey now, come on around
The big rumble is coming down
Go tell it on the mountainside
Over the hills and across the sky
Hey now, watch out, run
Big rumble is about to come
Go tell it to the people there
Over the hills and everywhere

A man with a ball as a saviour too
A strange conception of the holy truth
The biggest and the baddest of Moses too
Works for some, maybe me and you

Hey now, come on around
The big rumble is coming down
Go tell it on the mountainside
Over the hills and across the sky
Hey now, watch out, run
Big rumble is about to come
Go tell it to the people there
Over the hills and everywhere

bruce hornsby and the range - across the river

B. R. Hornsby/John Hornsby

She moved back around here thirty-five weeks ago today
Oh down the lane
At night she walks on the banks and remembers how she
Dreamed of rowing away
And how she left one day
She left with a driven look in her eyes
Came back around with it still inside
They said give it some time and you'll forget about it too
We know they always do
Well I know

Some fine day
You will find your way Across the river
Row down slow
There's a long way to go
Across the river

She was proud and so strong
And she tried not to listen to idle talk
Downtown where she walked
They sit around and they say
That she came back with her tail between her legs
Like they always said she would

Well I hear it's better on the other side
They say you'll never do it so don't even try
Well you may be beaten downwith your closed mind
But don't try and make it mine
Well I know

Some fine day
You will find your way Across the river
Row down slow
There's a long way to go
Across the river

"Your wild days are through" is what they said
I dreamed she came, when I was down and
I walked where she led

Standing on the shore
She looks to the west with a look of longing
To where the grass seems greener
There's a hard and distant prize
It probably won't happen but I think I'll try
Well even if it doesn't happen for me
It still beats hanging around here
Well I know

Some fine day
You will find your way Across the river
Row down slow
There's a long way to go
Across the river

bruce hornsby and the range - big swing face

Shortcut to part of Bruce Hornsby Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - A Night On The Town Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Across The River Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Another Day Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Barren Ground Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Big Rumble (ANTHONY J MERRIMAN) Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Big Stick Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Big Swing Face Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Carry The Water Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Cartoons and Candy Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - China Doll Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Country Doctor Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Cruise Control Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Defenders of the Flag Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Down the Road Tonight Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Every Little Kiss Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Fields of Gray Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Fire On The Cross Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Harbor Lights Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Hot House ball Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - I Will Walk With You Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Jacob's Ladder Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Long Tall Cool One Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Look Out Any Window Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Lost Soul Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Mandolin Rain Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - No Home Training Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Nobody There But Me Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - On The Western Skyline Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Passing Through Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Pastures of Plenty Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Place Under the Sun Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Rainbow's Cadillac Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Set Me In Motion Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - So Out Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Special Night Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Spider Fingers Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Stander on the Mountain Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Sticks and Stones Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Stranded on Easy Street Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Swing Street Lyrics
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bruce hornsby and the range - another day

B. R. Hornsby

Woke up this morning looking at the screen
There's a couple of men talking
I'm not sure what they mean
There's a conversation many men running wild
We learn about the world while they're fighting in the aisles

Here we go
What do you say, what do you know
You've got your life and you watch it away
It's just another day in this old town
So get down

Home Shopping Channel's got us by the eyes
Scrambling to the phones ordering porcelain flies
Talk to the women talk to the wives
Everybody's buying important things for their lives

Here we go
What do you say, what do you know
You've got your life and you watch it away
It's just another day in this old town
So get down

He's a high performance engine with Jesus as the fuel
Old father's handing out forty acres and a mule
Preaching the word of prosperity
Make a little more money they might just put you on t.v.

Here we go
What do you say, what do you know
You've got your life and you watch it away
Ain't no big thing it's just another day
Ain't no big thing so let it ring
Let it ring George

Turn off the lights honey then turn off the set
Life around here don't make a lot of damn sense
As I closed my eyes I saw in my mind
Somebody selling me a nickle for a dime

Here we go
What do you say, what do you know
You've got your life and you watch it away
It's just another day in this old town
So get down, ain't no big thing so let it ring
In this old town so get down
It's another day so go ahead
Go ahead
Everybody go

bruce hornsby and the range - barren ground

B. R. Hornsby/John Hornsby

There were people living in a green valley
Found a way to make a lot of money
Made the green turn gradually gray
They figured they could do whatever they wanted
Everything would be alright
But scars don't always heal away
And the sons and the daughters got diamonds and gold
But they were given a land where
Strong roots never take hold

Good seed don't grow
On the barren ground
Good things don't come along
As you just sit dreaming on
Good seed don't grow
On the barren ground
Say everything fades away
There you are still around
What'll you do where will you go

Ther was a ship along the coast
Carrying a load of black money
In the sound near the northern lights
When the ship set sail
The crew looked for guidance
In the bottom of an empty glass
Then the captain said "pour me another rye"
Then the water turned black as that cold winter's night

Good seed don't grow
On the barren ground
Good things don't come along
As you just sit dreaming on
Good seed don't grow
On the barren ground
Say everything fades away
There you are still around
What'll you do where will you go

bruce hornsby and the range - big stick

I'm driving down the highway
Headed to the range
Gonna knock 'em out stong
But I'm feeling no pain

Got an old brown bag
Big stick in the back
Where the grass don't grow
Gonna take a few hacks

There's a place for you if you're just like me
Armchair greens chillin at the TV
Have another cool one
but it won't hurt
Got myself a big stick
swingin in the dirt

Got a two bit job
with a little bit of pay
But I feel no pressure
Couple lessons today

Working on the swing
And talkin' trash
Take another good hit
Try to make it last

There's a place for you
If you're just like me
Armchair boys yelling at the TV
Twenty points in a row
I'm getting shirts
Got myself a big stick swingin' in the dirt

Bet a five dollar nasaw
And all you got's two
Well a five foot gimme
Make a man out of you

Well I got my dreams
And they just don't stop
Well a big man, big shot
Make her on top

Well, there's a place for you if you're just like me
Armchair greens chillin' at the TV
Have another cool one
But it won't hurt
Got myself a big stick
Swingin in the dirt

Repeat chorus

bruce hornsby and the range - carry the water

B. R. Hornsby

Some live life with eyes that don't see
They look away at the time of your greatest need
Some talk, some'll just do, some turn their back
Turn around and just walk away I know I've done that
Lonely Days and lonely nights
Easy to be cynical never put yourself on the line
I'd like to reach out well why don't I
Take the load up off your back I'd like to try

Let me carry your water
Let me carry the weight
I will bear your burden
Let me carry the load

Working hard sweating all day in the long hot sun
Feel alone with the heavy load you're not the only one
Bossman say time to jump we say how high
If you need a hand getting off your feet baby I'll try

I want to cover you the the sea on the sand
Easy to be cynical never take a stand
Easy for me not to give a damn
I'll ask you to call for me and I'll give you a hand

Let me carry your water
Let me carry the load
I will shoulder your burden
Let me carry the load

Lonely nights and lonely days
You wait for someone to come along and sweep you away
I'll put myself out there it just might feel good
I don't always do that but I think I should

bruce hornsby and the range - cartoons and candy

Shortcut to part of Bruce Hornsby Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - A Night On The Town Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Across The River Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Another Day Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Barren Ground Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Big Rumble (ANTHONY J MERRIMAN) Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Big Stick Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Big Swing Face Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Carry The Water Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Cartoons and Candy Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - China Doll Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Country Doctor Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Cruise Control Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Defenders of the Flag Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Down the Road Tonight Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Every Little Kiss Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Fields of Gray Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Fire On The Cross Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Harbor Lights Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Hot House ball Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - I Will Walk With You Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Jacob's Ladder Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Long Tall Cool One Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Look Out Any Window Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Lost Soul Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Mandolin Rain Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - No Home Training Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Nobody There But Me Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - On The Western Skyline Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Passing Through Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Pastures of Plenty Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Place Under the Sun Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Rainbow's Cadillac Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Set Me In Motion Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - So Out Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Special Night Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Spider Fingers Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Stander on the Mountain Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Sticks and Stones Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Stranded on Easy Street Lyrics
Bruce Hornsby - Swing Street Lyrics
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bruce hornsby and the range - china doll

B. R. Hornsby

You lie over there in a bed with iron rails
Like a frightened child in the cold light, so frail
Things were going so well,just rolling along
Now, just when you think you got it all made,
You think it's all gone

China Doll, I've got something for you
A few good words, a hand to help you get through
May not be much, but now it's all that I can do
Lay down your weary head
Do whatever you gotta do

Put on your strong face when they're in the room
Can't show signs of weakness; an unspoken rule
Put on your strong face, act like nothing's wrong
We can be so helpless, helpless and so strong

China Doll, I've got something for you
A few good words, a hand to help you get through
May not be much, but now it's all that I can do
To ease your worried mind
Do something to get through

We bend and break, so fragile, it's true
I say everything'll be alright but I don't have a clue
They say faith is a crutch, well whatever works for you
In a world where you never know
I'll be there for you,
I'll be there for you...

China Doll, I've got something for you
A few good words, a hand to help you get through
May not be much, but now it's all that I can do
Lay down your weary head
Do whatever you gotta do

bruce hornsby and the range - country doctor

B. R. Hornsby

Deep down in the south county
Over where the paper mill runs
Lived a man, a young country doctor
With the perfect wife and sons
Well he worked his days
And Sundays he'd pray
And nobody knew
Why the wife slowly withered away

I saw the country doctor, to ask him what
was wrong with me
He was caught unaware, accidental and devil may care
Behind the curtain I see, two shadows in front of me
Oh nobody know the trouble I've seen

My guess, there was another woman
And with the kids and the money there was a lot to lose
He said she had an rare affliction
And he was doing all he could do
And we all believed him
Felt so sorry and then
I thought once he was a fine man
Now I don't remember when

I saw the country doctor, to ask him what
was wrong with me
He was caught unaware, accidental and devil may care
Behind the curtain I see, bottles unmarked in front of me
Whoa nobody knows the trouble I've seen

I saw the country doctor, in a place he didn't see me
Way out in the middle of the night where he thought
no one could see
Over there in the parlor room, making eyes,
hands roaming free
Someone soon must know, the trouble I've seen

Did you think about the young ones
One day they'll know it was you
And if they let you off one day
Who then will you turn to
And my wife remembers one thing
She said I remember kind of strangely
At a friends wedding one time
It was a look that he gave me

bruce hornsby and the range - cruise control

B. R. Hornsby

It's been a long time coming, this feeling I've got
That things'll always go your way, such a long shot
Been so deep in the hole, never thought i'd come out
Anything can happen, I know that now

One slip, one fall
A turn of the head can change it all
A step ahead, a step behind
A blink of an eye at the wrong time

North, South, East and West
Spin the wheel and hope for the best
No regrets and it's on we roll
Put it in drive and set the cruise control

Walk tall and away you go
Wheels roll and the whistle will blow
Many miles oh I may roam
Put it in drive and set the cruise control

He was holding on, he trusted me, then he slipped away
He fell hard and now I've just got myself to blame
When he smiled at me finally I came around
you can't worry, you never know so don't beat yourself down

One slip, one fall
A turn of the head can change it all
A step ahead, a step behind
A blink of an eye at the wrong time

North, South, East and West
Spin the wheel and hope for the best
No regrets and it's on we roll
Put it in drive and set the cruise control

Walk tall and away you go
Wheels roll and the whistle will blow
Many miles oh I may roam
Put it in drive and set the cruise control

In my darkest hour, my longest day
Oh my mind was a prison
I could feel it taking me down to stay
Then I said "Forget this", it's out of your hands anyway

North, South, East and West
Spin the wheel and hope for the best
Many miles oh I may roam
Put it in drive and set the cruise control

Wheels roll and the whistle will blow
Walk tall and away you go
No regrets and it's on we roll
Put it in drive and set the cruise control

Put it in drive and set the cruise control

Oh where I go I'll go I just don't know
Pick myself up and roll, roll
Up ahead can't see it all
Take it slow, let the cards fall

bruce hornsby and the range - defenders of the flag

B. R. Hornsby/John Hornsby

It's coming any day said the captain
It's coming any day now cried the priest
The people in high places may defend you
But son you better hope they keep the peace

Can't you hear them calling
Can't you see them shine
The city halls are falling
The defenders drink their wine
And when the party's over
Their stomachs start to sag
Defenders, Defenders of the flag

The congregation's waiting at the altar
They can't find the preacher anywhere
They found him with the new girl from the choir
Where they store the boxes of the book of prayer

If these guys are the good ones
I don't want to know the bad
You wonder how it happened
They just picked it up from dad
While faded old glory is hanging like a rag
Defenders, defenders of the flag

The flag is flying high over the courthouse
The wheels of justice never stood a chance
The judge is down at Charlie's on his lunch hour
Checking out the picture show from France

Carrying a fifth of whiskey
In a dirty paper bag
Threw the ball to home
But they always missed the tag
Faded old glory hanging like a rag
Defenders, defenders of the flag

bruce hornsby and the range - down the road tonight

B. R. Hornsby/John Hornsby

There's a place
A local roadside shack
A poor man's Paris with a parking lot in the back
There's a girl there
She knows how to unwind
She don't talk much but she knows just how to act
I said - Don't tell me she don't love me
The money's just a mere formality

Every day, Every night
Somethings going on, something's going on
Down the road over yonder
Any place, any time when I'm fading
My love lies waiting
Down the road tonight

When I was younger
All the older boys
Would drive me way out past the county fair
They'd laugh and point out
This roadside trailer
And say something wild's going on over there
They said - What they're doing
Don't mean nothing to you now
But someday it'll mean everything

There were movies in the parlor
They were dealing one-eyed jacks
And when I said I loved her
She said - Just keep coming back

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