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Joe Jackson lyrics
The Man Who Wrote Danny Boy lyrics
It happened one night
At three in the morning
The devil appeared in my studio room
And he said I'm your pal
And I'll make you a deal
Blow away your struggle
And I'll take your soul for a toy
After rubbing my eyes
I looked all around me
At the half-finished drivel I'd worked on for days
And I told him my dream
Was to live for all time
In some perfect refrain
Like the man who wrote Danny Boy
And I said if you're real, then I'll ask you a question
While most of us turn into ashes or dust
Just you and that other guy go on forever
But who writes the history
And who do I trust?
He gave me a wink
And he said it was funny
How mortals would pour all their blood, sweat and tears
Onto tape, onto paper
Or into the air
To be lost and forgotten
Outside of his kind employ
Then I thought I could hear a great sound in the distance
Of whiskey-soaked singing
And laughter and cheers
And they're saying, that song could bring tears to a glass eye
So pass me the papers, I'll sign them in blood
And the smell of the brimstone was turned into greasepaint
And the roar of the crowd like the furies of hell
And I hear the applause and I hear the bells ringing
And the sound of a woman's voice from the next room
Saying come to me now
Come lay down beside me
Whatever you're doing you're too gone to see
You can't hold onto shadows, no more than to years
So be glad for the pleasures
We're young enough to enjoy
So maybe I'm drunk
Or maybe a liar
Or maybe we're all living inside a dream
You can say what you like
When I'm gone, then you'll see
I'll be down in the dark
Down underground
With Shakespeare and Bach
And the man who wrote Danny Boy
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Geraldine and John lyrics
Kinda Kute lyrics
I'm the Man lyrics
The Band Wore Blue Shirts (a true story) lyrics
Amateur Hour lyrics
Get That Girl lyrics
Friday lyrics
Sunday Papers lyrics
Is She Really Going Out With Him? lyrics
Happy Loving Couples lyrics
Throw It Away lyrics
Baby Stick Around lyrics
Look Sharp lyrics
(Do The) Instant Mash lyrics
Pretty Girls lyrics
Got The Time lyrics
Beat Crazy lyrics
One to One lyrics
In Every Dream Home (A Nightmare) lyrics
The Evil Eye lyrics
Mad at You lyrics
Crime Don't Pay lyrics
Someone Up There lyrics
Biology lyrics
Pretty Boys lyrics
Fit lyrics
Jumpin' With Symphony Sid lyrics
Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby lyrics
We The Cats (Shall Hep Ya) lyrics
San Francisco Fan lyrics
Five Guys Named Moe lyrics
Jumpin' Jive lyrics
What's The Use Of Getting Sober (When You're Gonna Get Drunk Again) lyrics
You're My Meat lyrics
Tuxedo Junction lyrics
How Long Must I Wait For You lyrics
Jack, You're Dead lyrics
You Run Your Mouth (And I'll Run My Business) lyrics
Chinatown lyrics
T.V. Age lyrics
Target lyrics
Steppin' Out lyrics
Breaking Us in Two lyrics
Cancer lyrics
Real Men lyrics
A Slow Song lyrics
Cosmopolitan lyrics
1-2-3 Go (This Town's A Fairground) lyrics
Laundromat Monday lyrics
Moonlight lyrics
Z¨Śmio lyrics
Breakdown lyrics
Moonlight Theme lyrics
Memphis lyrics
The Verdict lyrics
Cha Cha Loco lyrics
Not Here, Not Now lyrics
Go For It lyrics
Loisaida lyrics
Happy Ending lyrics
Heart of Ice lyrics
Wild West lyrics
Right and Wrong lyrics
(It's a) Big World lyrics
Precious Time lyrics
Tonight and Forever lyrics
Shanghai Sky lyrics
Fifty Dollar Love Affair lyrics
We Can't Live Together lyrics
Forty Years lyrics
Survival lyrics
Soul Kiss lyrics
The Jet Set lyrics
Tango Atlantico lyrics
Man In The Street lyrics
No Pasaran lyrics
Solitude lyrics
Will Power lyrics
Nocturne lyrics
Symphony In One Movement lyrics
Tomorrow's World lyrics
Me and You (Against the World) lyrics
Sentimental Thing lyrics
Acropolis Now lyrics
Blaze of Glory lyrics
Rant and Rave lyrics
Nineteen Forever lyrics
The Best I Can Do lyrics
Discipline lyrics
The Human Touch lyrics
Evil Empire lyrics
Goin' Downtown lyrics
Stranger Than Fiction lyrics
Jamie G. lyrics
Hit Single lyrics
It's All Too Much lyrics
When You're Not Around lyrics
The Other Me lyrics
My House lyrics
Drowning lyrics
Oh Well lyrics
Trying To Cry lyrics
The Old Songs lyrics
Nocturne No. 1 lyrics
Flying lyrics
Ever After lyrics
Nocturne No. 2 lyrics
Nocturne No. 3 lyrics
Lullaby lyrics
Only the Future lyrics
Nocturne No. 4 lyrics
Sea of Secrets lyrics
Prelude lyrics
Fugue 1 \ More is More lyrics
Angel lyrics
Tuzla lyrics
Passacaglia \ A Bud and a Slice lyrics
The Bridge lyrics
Fugue 2 \ Song of Daedalus lyrics
Prelude (in album night and day 2) lyrics
Hell Of A Town lyrics
Stranger Than You lyrics
Why lyrics
Glamour And Pain lyrics
Love Got Lost lyrics
Just Because... lyrics
Stay lyrics
Dear Mom lyrics
Happyland lyrics
Another World lyrics
Be My Number Two lyrics
Down to London lyrics
Eleanor Rigby lyrics
Fools in Love lyrics
Home Town lyrics
It's Different For Girls lyrics
King of the World lyrics
One More Time lyrics
Summer in the City lyrics
You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want) lyrics
Mood Indigo lyrics
Obvious Song lyrics
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