Riding With The King lyrics

Dry your eyes pretty girl
I just got news from the outside world
I don’t know how they got our names
But yesterday this letter came:

Mr. and mrs. resident dweller, your lucky number is
You may already be a winner

I’ve suspected this for years
Still in all it’s good to hear
They’re pulling for us in the post
To you my dear, I raise this toast

My clothes are dirty and my shoes are worn through
And you want me to feel sorry for you
I don’t know why I try to do my best
The rules are all written, girl you’re giving me an oral test

I try to talk my way right next to you
But it seems the more I say
The less my words are ever true

Chorus:
I’ll say it with flowers on your wedding day

Who’ll take the only hearts they got
And throw them into the fire?
Who’ll risk their own self-respect
In the name of desire?
Who’ll regret every thing they’ve done
And who’ll get the bill?
Lovers will

Who’ll hurt each other all the time
And never give it a though?
Who’ll like about where they’ve been
And hope they never get caught?

Well he’s got her going up and down like a yo-yo
And she never feels better than ever, just so-so
Like a shrunken head on a rear view mirror
She rides along in his atmosphere
Like furry dice or some voodoo thing
Hes got that girl on a string

Since they tied the knot he keeps her in stitches
And when she ain’t banged up, she’s sewing his britches

I’m gonna lower my standards and raise my price
I’m gonna take your lunch and your bad advice
Until my worse idea gets the big reward
Until I get out of this raggedy ford
And into a shiny new two seater
Dress my girlfriend up like a cheetah

I’m gonna sign my checks: yours sincerely
For all the money that you hold dearly
When my ego swells and my output dwindles

Well, Harry had a good job working' for the Secret Service

He had a wife and kids at home who made him awful nervous

He'd never done a damn thing you could call experimental

And he had this aching feeling that his life was accidental

So one day he burned his pinstripe suit and his leather shoulder holster

He snapped a Polaroid and made a giant wanted poster

I heard the news from every fool in town
You got somebody new
And I never hurt so bad
The strangest fiction just came true

Crowds will gather for a twisted wreck
Well, all right stare at me
Its just another story of love
Thats turned into tragedy

What am I supposed to do
You want a toast from the man who’s lost
The man who’s doublecrossed
From cover to cover

I thought I had your number - there must be some mistake

I dialled 6 - 3 - 7 - 11 - 88

I got some geezer; said his girlfriend's on the town

I said, "I've got the wrong number," and I slammed the phone down

Thought about it for a minute 'til the anger went away

I figure every dog in town is gonna have his day

Well, I could count the teardrops, or I could wonder why

Take it easy baby
But take as much as you can
Cause I got all the sweet loving
You could possibly stand
I’ll take your tears for drinking water
Make your pain sweet company
You can lay all your burdens on my shoulder
Girl you mean that much to me

Chorus 1:
I could climb the highest mountain
To show the world I could survive
But without your lovin’ baby

A moment of steel, a dry eyed house
Did he say goodbye to you, or did you kick him out
I know you're not afraid to go alone
But this was a marriage of spirit, flesh and bone

Now what you gonna do when the planets shift
What you gonna do, gonna slit your wrists
Bleed all over the milky way
The stars in your eyes look red today

Chorus:
Cry love, cry love
The tears of an angel

We’ve talked it to death, cryin’ on the telephone.
Nights when he drinks at home, she has to whisper throught her tears.
"johnny," she says, "you’d never do these things to me."
But I can never make her see he’s wasted such precious years.
Well, "you married the wrong guy" is all I ever say.

Chorus:

Shes seen the whites of crazy eyes
Been in the camps of foreign spies
Taken lovers by surprise
The captives smile
But all the while she is wearing a disguise

Better men have been betrayed
Better men have been afraid
Shes the best trick in the trade
Just another kiss
On a long hit list and she’s got you made

I’d hoped I wouldnt haven’t to tell you
But now it begins