Everything's
Going To Work Out
(Joe Grushecky / Bruce Springsteen)
Don't ever lose
your faith in me
Because I will never let you down
If I have to work seven
days a week
And drive myself into the ground
I will always take good care
of you
No matter what I'll be there - I'll be there for you
And I know that,
Everything's
going to work out right
Everything's going to work out right
Grab your hat
and hold on tight
Everything's going to work out right
There's been some
hard times but we made it through
Didn't know where our next meal was coming
from
As long as you got me and I got you
Through thick and thin until kingdom
come
And I will always take good care of you
No matter what I'll be there
- I'll be there for you
And I know that,
Everything's going to work out
right
Everything's going to work out right
Grab your hat and hold on tight
Everything's
going to work out right
Everything's going to work out
There ain't no doubt
Time
for you to stop your crying
Good things are coming
There can be no denying
it
And I will always take good care of you
No matter what I will be there
- I'll be there for you
And I know that,
Everything's going to work out
right
Everything's going to work out right
Grab your hat and hold on tight
Everything's
going to work out right 
I'm
Not Sleeping
(Joe Grushecky / Bruce Springsteen)
I never go out, I just
stay at home
Change my address and disconnect the phone
Turn off the TV
because it bothers me
I've seen all, seen all I want to see
And if my friends
ask where I've been
Just say I don't know what's become of him
Well
I'm not sleeping
I'm only resting my eyes
I'm not sleeping
I'm only taking
my time
Well it's so hard, so hard to be responsible
Knowing everything,
everything that's possible
When the bad wind when it comes blowing in
I'll
pack my things and I'll move on again
Feed the rich, fool the poor
Stack
the bodies outside my door
Cause I'm not sleeping
I'm only resting
my eyes
Well I'm not sleeping
I'm only taking my time
The world
outside is such a dangerous place
That I don't dare, I don't dare show my face
They
got my number, they know where I live
I've got no more to say, I've got no
more to give
But I'm not sleeping
Yea I'm not sleeping
Another
night comes drawing near
I lock my doors and then I disappear
But I'm
not sleeping
I'm only resting my eyes
Well I'm not sleeping
I'm only
taking my time
I'm not sleeping
Cheap
Motel
(Joe Grushecky / Bruce Springsteen)
I've been drifting from state
to state
From town to town chasing my fate
Working just enough to sleep
and eat
A man never knows who he might meet
At a cheap motel - cheap
motel
Where I've been I'll never tell
Riding down the highway bound straight
for hell
And check into a cheap motel
I had a girl once but it didn't
work out
She wasn't happy traveling about
She expected too much of me
She
wanted a home and security
Instead of cheap motels - cheap motels
Where
I've been I'll never tell
Riding down the highway bound straight for hell
And
check into a cheap motel - a cheap motel
From the Motel Six in Tucson,
Arizona
To the Do Drop In in Lawton, Oklahoma
Going to spend my winters
in New Mexico
Where the nights are long and the days are slow
The nights
are long and the days are slow
The cops come knocking one day at dawn
And
I got arrested for building a bomb
Two days later they cleared the cell
And
drove me back to this cheap motel
Cheap motel, cheap motel
Where I've
been I'll never tell
Riding down the highway bound straight for hell
And
check into a cheap motel
Soul
Survivor
(Joe Grushecky/Bill Toms/Rick Witkowski)
Staring out my window
I'm
thinking about you
Staring out my window
Down a lonely avenue
Somewhere
a song is playing
I don't recognize the tune
I used to know every word they
were singing
It all ended much too soon
Say a prayer for the soul survivor
The
sounds echo down an empty street
Say a prayer for the soul survivor
My heart's
beating rhythm
And my soul still believes
I hear the train rolling
Rolling
down the tracks
Those days are gone forever
There's no way they're coming
back
I can hear the whistle blowing
I can hear a baby cry
It's time we
should be going
But I just can't say goodbye
Say a prayer for the soul
survivor
Sounds echo down an empty street
Say a prayer for the soul survivor
My
heart's beating rhythm
And my soul still believes
Mustang Sally
Slow
your mustang down
Touch
The Rain
(Joe Grushecky)
Time goes by so quickly
I can't even stop
to think
So I got up early this morning
While everyone was still asleep
And
I thought about his passing
And how things will never be the same
And when
I hear my own kids laughing
I can feel the father's pain
I want to
touch the rain
I want to kiss the sky
I want to live it up
Live it up
until I die
I want to laugh out loud
I want to ease the pain
I want to
hold the child
I want to touch the rain
I want to touch the rain
I
spent my time out on the streets
Chasing rainbows and searching for gold
I
tried to find salvation in between the sheets
As your sweet mysteries unfold
And
I found I didn't know a thing
All my old ways didn't amount to much
I was
searching for a lover to wash me clean
Until I was saved by her sweet touch
I want to touch the rain
I want to kiss the sky
I want to live it up
Live
it up until I die
I want to laugh out loud
I want to ease the pain
I
want to hold the child
I want to touch the rain
I want to touch the rain
Gone
But Not Forgotten
(Joe Grushecky/Bill Toms)
I woke up this morning
And
I was all alone
I could still smell her on my sheets
She packed her things
She
packed her things and she was gone
I guess it's going to be one of those weeks
She's gone but she's not forgotten
Like a cool breeze on a hot summer night
She's
gone but she's not forgotten
And she blew right out of my life
I could
have tried
I could have tried just a little harder
I could have changed
just a little bit
I could have paid the price
I could have paid the price
to keep her
The strong stay on - but the weak just quit
She's gone
but she's not forgotten
Like a cool breeze on a hot summer night
She's gone
but she's not forgotten
And she blew right out of my life
She blew right
out of my life
1945
(Joe
Grushecky / Bruce Springsteen)
John's father was a preacher
Who taught
him "Thou shalt not kill"
But when the draft notice came in August
Father
pronounced it as God's will
He boot camped in Mississippi
Not far from New
Orleans
They drilled him and they trained him
And marched him straight into
the sea
Just knowing she was waiting
Helped him to survive
And when
he came close to dying
Helped him stay alive
Now he's coming home - it's
1945
John met her on his furlough
His brother was going out with her
best friend
She took him home to meet her parents
John asked if he could
see her again
First date was to the movies
Drove her home to say goodbye
to the family
She promised she would write him
When he shipped out for overseas
Just knowing she was waiting
Helped him to survive
And when he came
close to dying
Helped him stay alive
Now he's coming home - it's 1945
He got wounded south of Paris
In the summer of '44
They patched him
up in England
Sent him back to the war
He remembers the day it ended
But
he can't recall the place
He took her picture from his helmet
And just stared
into her face
Just knowing she was waiting
Helped him
to survive
And when he came close to dying
Helped him to survive
Now
he's coming home - it's 1945
It's
A Hell of A Life
(Joe Grushecky)
I grew up in Greene County in a tin
covered shotgun shack
Daddy said anyone who had a brain had already gone
And
they weren't coming back
I remember mama leaving and as she walked out the
door
She said, "I love you all dearly, I just can't stand no more"
It's a hell of a life
In the summer in this county when the wells all run
dry
It's a hell of a life
Lying here sweating in bed listening to the wild
dogs cry
And dreaming of angels and castles in the sky
And praying for rain
and help from on high
If wishes had wings you know I would fly
Away from
this life
It's a hell of a life
When the mines closed down
The jobs
that were left kept us barely alive
So I dropped out of school and joined the
marines in 1965
I volunteered for Vietnam and got tore up twice
I came back
to Greene County looking for work and a wife
It's a hell of a life
In
the summer in this county when the wells all run dry
It's a hell of a life
Lying
here sweating in bed listening to the wild dogs cry
And dreaming of Elvis and
Graceland in the sky
And praying for rain and help from on high
If wishes
had wings you know I would fly
Away from this life
It's a hell of a life
I remember mama leaving and as she walked out the door
She said "I
love you all dearly, I just can't stand no more"
It's a hell of a
life
Well, it's a hell of a life
Feeling
Better Now
(Joe Grushecky)
I used to walk around with my head in the
clouds
Searching for what I don't know
Something I could never find
Yeah
I've been knocked around
I used to dress in hand me downs
Some people used
to laugh at me
But it don't matter - I don't mind
Suddenly I feel just
like a new man
Because I've found better things to do
I'm feeling better
now
I'm feeling better now
I'm feeling better - feeling you
I never
dined on French cuisine
I never drove in a limousine
I never had any cash
Some
people called me poor white trash
I used to live in a trailer park
Never
went out until after dark
I said goodbye to all that mess
I just changed
my address
Suddenly I feel just like a new man
Because I've found better
things to do
I'm feeling better now
I'm feeling better now
I'm feeling
better now - feeling you
Excuse me if I appear to be having so much fun
I
apologize it's just a state of mind
I've got a feeling that it's only just
begun
I tried acting sad but it's a waste of time
Suddenly I feel just
like a new man
Because I found better things to do
I'm feeling better now
I'm
feeling better now
I'm feeling better - feeling you
Idiot's
Delight
(Joe Grushecky / Bruce Springsteen)
I met up with St. Peter
He
was working at the pearly gates
He said I can't let you in now son
You're
going to have to wait
So just sit back and take it easy
And kick off both
your shoes
And grab yourself a beer
While I watch the evening news
The
jackals leave here laughing as they slip into the night
How did something so
beautiful turn into an idiot's delight
He said what makes them all so
stupid
Oh what I cannot tell
Maybe I should go down there
And show them
just a little hell
But would they get the message
Would anybody learn
Such
a might effort
For such a small return
The jackals leave here laughing
as they slip into the night
How did something so beautiful turn into an idiot's
delight
He said sometimes I get so angry
My blood begins to boil
I
must of put my seed
Into some mutant type of soil
They don't understand
a thing
And they ain't got no respect
But they sure do keep me laughing
man
So what the heck
The jackals leave here laughing as they slip into the
night
How did something so beautiful turn into an idiot's delight
In
Our Little Room
(Joe Grushecky)
I always wondered what you see in me
When
you could have any man you want
I know now you always believed in me
And
this is what you got
A little house on a city street
Two angels upstairs
who are sound asleep
A true heart forever yours to keep
All these things
mean a lot
In our little room
In our little room
I'll make love
to you
In our little room
All those old dreams seem so far away
Replaced
by bills that are hard to pay
Seems like I never have enough time to play
I'm
searching for new songs I can sing
So baby turn the blanket down
And
I promise that I won't make a sound
Who knows when our next chance will come
around
But I won't change a thing
In our little room
In our little
room
I'll make love to you
In our little room
Innocence
Is Beautiful
(Joe Grushecky)
Hey kids time for bed now
You've played
so hard the whole day through
Don't try to put it off any longer
Mama's
wore out and I am too
A goodnight kiss will do
Your innocence is beautiful
Hey kids time for a bedtime story
Let's forget about the birds and bees
We'll
talk about it before you get married
If you ask me now I just might be
Less
than truthful
Your innocence is beautiful
Little girl, little boy
Don't
you know you are your daddy's joy
And I pray to make this moment last
Cause
time is slipping by too fast
Hey kids I really love your Mother
You
once were a sparkle in her eyes
Someday I'll tell you about when we were younger
How
we were wild
How we did fly
How all our dreams came true
Your innocence
is beautiful
So beautiful | 
