The Collection lyrics

Somewhere a red-eyed waitress glances
At another movie magazine
Down on the corner there's a grocery boy
Stuffin' boxes fulla hungry dreams
Someone is cleanin' up the offices
One window burnin' in the dark
Somebody's cryin' is there any way in hell
To light a comet from a single spark
Workin' so hard I can't remember much
About the freedom I been workin' for

I ain't livin' here no more, I ain't even keepin' score
It's too late to change, it's over, I'm drownin' in a sea of tears
Nothin' I can say to you makes any difference
There ain't nothin' I can do, none of it's makin' sense
Standing on the outside - I'm lookin' in at you
Standing on the outside
Standing on the outside - I'm running out of time
Standing on the outside

The sirens are screaming and the fires are howling
Way down in the valley tonight
There's a man in the shadows with a gun in his eye
And a blade shining oh so bright
There's evil in the air and there's thunder in the sky
And a killer's on the bloodshot streets
Oh and down in the tunnel where the deadly are rising
Oh I swear I saw a young boy
Down in the gutter

I sold my soul to rock 'n' roll,
When it didn't cost a thing
Stacks of scratched up 45's
And taught myself how to sing
What does it take to be a rock 'n' roll hero,
Just like the king
Livin' your life in a blaze of glory,
Burnin' it up in a smoke filled club
Givin' your soul to the world
Like a rock 'n' roll hero,
A soldier of fortune in the night
Like a rock 'n' roll hero,

Under your protective wing I walked into the light
And a thousand angry demons up and took flight
I went running through the fields with that fever in my veins
And the rain came crashing down and tried to clear my name
Above my head, all in red, I could see you
Leaning down on me you said you're not running out
You said you're leaving now, I will find you
There is no way out

Once a beautiful Miss America,
married Mr. Right.
Had a little baby girl,
born on a stormy night.

But that was once upon a time,
now it's a brand new world.
Gimmee the future, gimmee the future,
gimmee the future with a modern girl.

Somewhere just between the past
and somethin' dawnin' new.
There's a break in the chain,
there's a skip in the clock,
girl that's where I'm gonna find you.

It's getting cold, it's getting dark
The nights are longer everyday
The air is heavy and the clouds will never burn away
And we've been waiting here so long
That we've forgotten what it's like
To run into the fire lookin' straight into the
Straight into the light
Your soul is tryin' to run but all your body does is crawl
And if you don't have anywhere to go

If it takes them so long, so long to say yes,
Why don't they just say no
We don't need anyone to be put to the test,
Why don't they let us be
Livin' for the right to be, livin' for the right
Livin' for the right to be, livin' for the right
Livin' for the right to be free
We needed a plan, we needed defenses,
They couldn't raise a smile
As the world looked down, they raided our senses,

Into each life a little sunlight wants to shine
Let me tell your fortune life that once was mine
She was a special girl and she meant the world to me
And I gave her everything
When I found her, I'd been looking everywhere
And when I lost her, I was lost beyond despair
Dreams are hard to touch, could it be I love her too much
Bottom line is she was fine in every way

Phonecall:
This is one of the neighbors from down the street.
This racket of this music has been goin' on all afternoon
And I'm sick and tired of it. If it doesn't stop I'm calling the police!
You got me on the run, you got it your way
Now I'm feeling pretty good and I'm beginning to sweat
Your love is so fine, it's got me feelin' alright
Going out of my mind, I got to have you tonight

Hey Ricky, now mine is empty
How about one for you
We could set it out together
Seems tomorrow's overdue
Captain Video, done went home
One pilot laid to rest
And dragon ladies talk that talk
About who loves who - who loves best

Silver bullets in the jukebox
Spin another round
Everybody at the back of the line
It's midnight at the lost and found
Midnight at the lost and found

And the band began to play, without a song they'd lose their way
A song of love and custom dreams, a song of yesterday
When they danced, when they danced,
Her skirts were lifted high
She felt the music in his arms, the danger in his eyes
And a woman said no, and a man said but I love you so
And a woman moved closer, and a man said
Take my love into your heart