Love Sick I'm walkin' through streets that are dead Walkin', walkin' with you in my head My feet are so tired My brain is so wired And the clouds are weepin'. Did I hear someone tell a lie? Did I hear someone's distant cry? I spoke like a child You destroyed me with a smile While I was sleepin'. I'm sick of love that I'm in the thick of it This kind of love, I'm so sick of it. I see, I see lovers in the meadow I see, I see silhouettes in the window I'll watch them 'til they're gone And they leave me hangin' on To a shadow. I'm sick of love, I hear the clock tick This kind of love, ah, I'm love sick. Sometimes the silence can be like thunder Sometimes I wanna take to the road and plunder Could you ever be true I think of you And I wonder. I'm sick of love, I wish I'd never met you I'm sick of love, I'm tryin' to forget you. Just don't know what to do I'd give anything to Be with you. Dirt Road Blues Gonna walk down that dirt road 'Til someone lets me ride Gonna walk down that dirt road 'Til someone lets me ride If I can't find my baby I'm gonna run away and hide. Well, I've been pacin' 'round the room Hopin' maybe she'd come back Pacin' 'round the room Hopin' maybe she'd come back Well, I've been praying for salvation Layin' 'round in a one-room country shack. Gonna walk down that dirt road Until my eyes begin to bleed Gonna walk down that dirt road Until my eyes begin to bleed 'Til there's nothing left to see 'Til the chains have been shattered and I've been freed. But I've been at my shadow I been watchin' the colors up above Lookin' at my shadow Watchin' the colors up above Rolling through the rain and hail Lookin' for the sunny side of love. Gonna walk on that dirt road 'Til everything becomes the same Gonna walk down that dirt road 'Til everything becomes the same I'll keep on walkin' 'til I hear her holler at my name. Standing In The Doorway I'm a-walkin' through the summer nights The jukebox playing low Yesterday everything was goin' too fast Today it's moving too slow. I got no place left to turn I got nothing left to burn Don't know if I saw you If I would kiss you or kill you It probably wouldn't matter to you anyhow You left me standin' in the doorway cryin' I got nothing to go back to now. The light in this place is so bad Makin' me sick in the head All the laughter is just makin' me sad The stars have turned cherry red. I'm strummin' on my gay guitar Smokin' a cheap cigar The ghost of our old love has not gone away Don't look it like it will any time soon You left me standin' in the doorway cryin' Under the midnight moon. Maybe they'll get me, and maybe they won't But not tonight and it won't be here There are things I could say but I don't I know the mercy of God must be near. I've been ridin' the midnight train Got ice water in my vein. I would be crazy if I took you back It would go up against every rule You left me standin' in the doorway cryin' Sufferin' like a fool. When the last rays of daylight go down Buddy you're older or more I can hear the church bells ringin' in the yard I wonder who they're ringin' for? I know I can't win But my heart just won't give in. Last night I danced with a stranger But she just reminded me you were the one. You left me standin' in the doorway cryin' In the dark land of the sun. I'll eat when I'm hungry Drink when I'm dry And live my life on the square And even if the flesh falls off of my face I know someone will be there to care. It always meaned so much, even the softest touch. I see nothin' to be gained by any explanation There's no words that need to be said You left me standin' in the doorway cryin' Blues wrapped around my head. Million Miles You took a part of me that I really miss I keep askin' myself how long it can go on like this You told yourself a lie - that's alright, mama, I told myself one too I've tried to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you. You took the silver, you took the gold You left me standin' out in the cold People ask about you, I didn't tell them everything I knew Well, I've tried to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you. I'm driftin' in and out of dreamless sleep Throwin' all my memories in a ditch so deep Did so many things I never did intend to do Well, I've tried to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you. I need your love so bad, turn your lamp down low I need every bit of it for the places that I go Sometimes I wonder 'til it's just what it's all coming to Well, I've tried to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you. Well, I don't dare close my eyes and I don't dare wink Maybe in the next life I'll be able to hear myself think Feel like talkin' to somebody but I just don't know who Well, I've tried to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you. Yes, the last thing you said before ya hit the street Gonna find me a janitor to sweep me off my feet I said, "That's all right, mamma, you, you do what you gotta do" Well, I've tried to get closer, I'm still a million miles from you. Rock me, pretty baby, rock me all at once Rock me for a little while, rock me for a couple of months And I'll rock you too I'm tryin' to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you. Well, there's voices in the night tryin' to be heard I'm sittin' here listening to every mind-pollutin' word I know plenty of people put me up for a day or two Yes, I'm tryin' to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you. Trying To Get To Heaven The air is getting hotter, there's a rumblin' in the skies I've been wading through the high muddy water With the heat risin' in my eyes Every day your memory grows dimmer It dosn't haunt me like it did before I've been walking through the mirror to nowhere Tryin' to get to heaven before they close the door. When I was in Missouri they would not let me be I had to leave there in a hurry I only saw what they let me see You broke a heart that loved you Now you can seal up the book and not write anymore I've been walkin' that lonesome valley Tryin' to get to heaven before they close the door. People on the platforms, waitin' for the trains I can hear their hearts a-beatin' Like pendulums swinging on chains When you think that you've lost everything You find out you can always lose a little more I'm just goin' down the road feeling bad Tryin' to get to heaven before they close the door. I'm goin' down the river, down to New Orleans They tell me everything is gonna be all right But I don't know what all right even means I was ridin' in a buggy with Miss Mary Jane Miss Mary Jane got a house in Baltimore I've been all around the world, boys And I'm tryin' to get to heaven before they close the door. Gonna sleep down in the parlor and relive my dreams I close my eyes and I wonder If everything is as hollow as it seems Some trains don't pull no gamblers No midnight ramblers, like they did before I've been to sugar town, I shook the sugar down Now I'm tryin' to get to heaven before they close the door. 'Til I Fell In Love With You Well my nerves are exploding and my body's tense I feel like the whole world gonna end up against the fence I've been hit too hard, seen too much Nothing can heal me now but your touch I just don't know what I'm gonna do I was all right 'til I fell in love with you. Well, my house is on fire, burnin' to the sky Well, I thought it would rain but the clouds passed by And I feel like I'm comin' to the end of my way I know God is my shield and he won't lead me astray Still, I don't know what I'm gonna do I was all right 'til I fell in love with you. Boys in the street beginnin' to play Girls like birds, flyin' away When I'm gone you will remember my name I'm gonna win my way to wealth and fame Yet I just don't know what I'm gonna do I was all right 'til I fell in love with you. Well, junk's pilin' up, takin' up space My eyes feel like they've fallen off my face Sweat pourin' down, I'm starin' at the floor I'm thinkin' about that girl who won't be back no more I just don't know what to do I was all right 'til I fell in love with you. Well, I'm tired of talkin', I'm tired of tryin' to explain My attemps to please ya, they were all in vain Tomorrow night before the sun goes down If I'm still among the livin' I'll be Dixie bound Still, I just don't know what I'm gonna do I was all right, 'til I fell in love with you.