"Caught a train from Alexandria Just a broken man in flightRunning scared with his devils Saying prayers all through the nightOh but mercy can't find himNot in the shadows where he callsForsaking all his better angels That's how every empire falls"

“Sometimes my old heart is like a washing machine It bounces around 'til my Soul comes cleanAnd when I'm clean and hung out to dryI'm gonna make you laugh until you cry”

“Why just before last ChristmasMy baby went awayAnd I find it real surprisingFor myself to hear me sayThat everything is coolEverything's okay”

“I wish you love - and happiness I guess I wish - you all the bestI wish you don't - do like I doAnd never fall in love with someone like youCause if you fell - just like I didYou'd probably walk around the block like a little kidBut kids don't know - they can only guess...”

“We are the lonely all togetherAll together we're all aloneWe are the lonely all together All together we're all alone”

“Sam Stone came homeTo the wife and familyAfter serving in the conflict overseas.And the time that he served,Had shattered all his nerves,And left a little shrapnel in his knees. But the morphine eased the pain,And the grass grew round his brain,And gave him all the confidence he lacked,With a purple heart and a monkey on his back.There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes,Jesus Christ died for nothin I suppose.”

“God bless this kitchen said the knick-knack chef The dinner's almost ready Go and wash yourselfJimmy's growing up now and Wanda's growing old The time is growin' shorter the nights are long and coldC'mon, baby, spend the night with me.Sneaking in the closet and through the diaryNow, don't you know all he saw was all there was to seeThe whole town saw Jimmy on the six o'clock newsHis brains were on the sidewalk and blood was on his shoes”