Huns & Dr Beeker

I once jumped a southbound train it was in my younger years
and if I caused my mama pain well I’m sorry for her tears
I know I had a restless heart but something was amiss
so I ran away to make my start it was on a day like this

I knew a girl in Illinois and I hungered for her kiss
any day with her to be enjoyed well that’s a day I could not miss
but when I wound up on her road I found that she had gone
a lonely heart is a heavy load but I kept movin’ on

sometimes I feel so paralyzed sometimes I feel so strong
it’s like I’m bein’ hypnotized by the need to move along
if I have a restless heart again if something is amiss
if I make a brand new start again it will be a day like this
it will be a day like this

little bit ‘o rain falls on the Dew Drop Inn
barkeep asks the regulars about how their day has been so far until now
it’s a long way up the mountain to that little country bar
and anybody sitting there can tell you just how far they came

chorus:
and oh it’s a long way home
it’s a long way down the mountain on a long and winding road
like the love song to your door

so many people so many come and go
some I’ve never seen before and some I think I know so well for so long
and it’s they who try and tell me that I should let you be
I tell them that I have but then I know that they know me so well for so long

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I never should’ve left you but I knew I couldn’t dance
and I’d wind up on your doorstep if I thought I had the chance to be
with you again

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little bit ‘o rain falls on the Dew Drop Inn
barkeep asks the regulars about how their day has been so far until now

turn the lights down low and put some music on
‘cause you know that we’re alone for the first time in such a long time
and as we softly sway I’m lost in your caress
of all the good things that have happened to me you know you are the best

and in the candlelight I see the girl I new
so long ago it seems as though I’ve been looking at that face forever
and I know who you are you’re the one who brings me happiness
of all the good things that have happened to me you know you are the best

I could not ask for more than what I have right here
this tiny piece of time where we can bind our beating hearts together
and when this moment ends I hope I’m haunted by its tenderness
of all the good things that have happened to me you know you are the best
of all the good things that have happened to me you know you are the best

I know you’re hurtin’ I’m hurtin’ too
I wish there was something I could do
no one can see us in our world of pain
I feel like we’re drowning in the rain

chorus:
cry me a river and I’ll cry one for you
‘cause sometimes cryin’ is all we can do

maybe tomorrow won’t be the same
maybe we’ll find some other way
miracles happen now and again
we’ve got to hold on until then

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sometimes when I look at you you’re not even there
you’re lost in the emptiness the pain and despair

no one can see us in our world of pain
I feel like we’re drowning in the rain

I’m a mover I’m a shaker I’m a company man
got my Palm Pilot out and I’m workin’ my plan
my notebook’s a crankin’ everyday of the week
crunchin’ numbers for the board with my big spreadsheet

got my ducks in a row that’s the bottom line
don’t matter what happens just as long as I get mine
I’m buildin’ my resume that’s what it’s for
I’m lookin’ for an office with my name on the door

chorus:
company man I’m a company man
climbin’ up the ladder just as quick as I can
get out of my way or you’ll have footprints on your back
‘cause this boy’s got it all he’s on the fast track

got an MBA got a trophy wife
and that Beemer in the showroom’s lookin’ mighty nice
I’m buyin’ up suits with a tailored fit
I’m jumpin’ through hoops for anything I can get

there’s this really sweet house a hundred feet across
an hour away it’s owned by my boss
but that’s ok ‘cause if things go right
I’ll be movin’ on in about a month from tonight

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I’m a big player and I play for keeps
I know the rules of the game and they don’t come cheap
I’ll do what it takes to get to the top
ain’t nothin’ in this world is gonna make me stop

think you’re not a loser think again
I told them you are that’s the way it is friend
they don’t know you from Adam but they know me
and they know the corporate world is my destiny

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stoke more coal the captain cried to me
as I shoveled from the darkness to a flame too hot to see
the steamship needs to go and so we need more coal for steam
the keeper of the flame the keeper of the flame

but in another life atop a tower by the sea
I would keep a watchful eye whenever duty called to me
with all my words unspoken I would guide you just the same
the keeper of the flame the keeper of the flame

I’m burnin’ deep inside from standin’ still
so I come and go at will a million places in my mind
I have no single home so forever I shall roam across this mighty ocean
the one we know as time

I will whisper to you softly as sleep comes to set you free
while you’re driftin’ through the worlds that only you will ever see
I will light another candle when this one ceases to be
the keeper of the flame the keeper of the flame

stoke more coal the captain cries to me
as I shovel from the darkness to a flame too hot to see
in the shadows of a steamship I have found myself a name
the keeper of the flame the keeper of the flame
the keeper of the flame

ghosts of days gone by dance through my memory
like waves out on the beach come crashing in
they stumble and they fall just before they hit the wall
and I wonder if they’ll ever rise again

I will climb the hills up to the ancient cottage
and pretend that we have settled in that place
I will listen to the storms that belong nowhere but there
I will close my eyes and gaze upon your face

chorus:
but oh if you tell it to me slowly
I will listen and I will not say a word
for I admit to feelin’ mighty lonely
no matter what it is you may have heard

do not wonder why it is I could not have you
I tell myself to wonder not the same
I’d tell you if I could I would make you mine for good
instead I find me whispering your name

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