I'm down looking for upness
the cold watching for heat
there's a trick go fill his cupness
that's life on Rosacoke Street
some girls they are a-selllin'
till they get back on their feet
but Lee he ain't a-tellin'
ahh that's life on Rosacoke Street
hmm hmm
some fuzz laying for hours
he's ripped from head till feet
his wife they will send some flowers
ahh that's life on Rosacoke Street
some hype looks for his mother
some swish walks on his beat
somehow they care for eachother
ahh that's life on Rosacoke Street
that's life on Rosacoke Street
you tell 'em the rest
You were born by a railroad track
Never knew your ma and your pa ain't comin' back
Had to make your way the best you can
But you didn't have to steal from another man
Run boy run boy run boy run they're gonna get you boy run boy run
They're gonna catch you boy run boy run run boy run boy run boy run
Think you're a man cause you're twenty one
Shot a man for nothin' and away you run
Wanted in most every state from here to Tennessee
If you're caught you'll do your runnin' hangin' from a tree
Run boy run boy run boy run...
Storm clouds lookin' down from the sky
And hangman's noose swingin' on a tree near by
The words on that tombstone that won't be read by you
Says his runnin's done at twenty one he won't see twenty two
Run boy run boy run boy run...
She rolls like a river
she bathes in the sand
she’s ice for a woman
she’s fire for a man
She’ll beat you at poker
she’ll cheat you at dice
she’s got an ace up her sleeve
she makes you believe when
she’s in love she’ll sacrifice.
She’s hard as a diamond
she’s soft as a breeze
you think she’s an altar
you get down on your knees
She’ll beat you at poker
she’ll cheat you at dice
she’s got an ace up her sleeve
she make you believe when
she’s in love she’ll sacrifice.
She’ll pull on your robe
she’ll make your bell ring
she’ll teach you about sharks
they don’t feel a thing
She’ll beat you at poker
she’ll cheat you at dice
she’s got an ace up her sleeve
she make you believe when
she’s in love she’ll sacrifice.
Sacrifice girl!
Male:
Young woman share your fire with me.
My heart is cold, my soul is free.
I am a stranger in your land.
A wandering man, call me sand.
Female:
Oh sir my fire is very small.
It will not warm thy heart at all.
But thee may take me by the hand.
Hold me and I'll call thee sand
Male:
Young woman share your fire with me.
My heart is cold, my soul is free.
I am a stranger in your land.
A wandering man, call me sand.
Female:
At night when stars light up the sky.
Oh sir I dream my fire is high.
Oh taste these lips sir if you can.
Wandering man, I call thee sand.
Female:
Oh sir my fire is burning high.
If it should stop sir I would die.
A shooting star has crossed my land.
Wandering man.
Male
She whispered sand.
Female:
(Whispers) Sand.
Male:
Young woman shared her fire with me.
Now warms herself with memory.
I was a stranger in her land.
A wandering man, she called me sand.
Female:
He was a stranger in my land.
A wandering man.
Male:
She called me sand.
Sand Hill Anna and the Russian mouse
up on Gotland shooting grouse
Sand Hill said you son of a gun
you got six and I got none
Sand Hill said I want my share
what’s right is right and what’s fair is fair
and the birds in the sacks where two in the air
and that Sand Hill was some kind of poet
The Russian mouse then threw a fitch
what you shot is what you get
And Sand Hill said you wanna bet
'cause I’m a social democrat
who won the last elections common
know no local here but majority
Palme, we adore you. Palme, we voted for you now all the world can see
you’re coming all utensil majority
The Russian mouse laid down her gun
Said listen girl the time has come
'cause one of us is gonna fall
it’s seven birds or none at all
Sand Hill said I'm not to come to violence with anyone
so take them birds but don’t forget
I’m a social democrat
we got to help you overdevelop folks
Palme, we adore you. Palme we voted for you
Now all the world can see
you’re coming all utensil majority
Then Sand Hill sat down on a stone
said here I’m gonna make my home
and write my memoirs fast and clean
as soon as I learn to spell Phil Dean
Palme, we adore you. Palme, we voted for you
Now all the world can see
you’re coming on all utensil majority
Humm
She called me sand.
