Alright! OK! Alright! Today I heard the whistle Of a train around the bend Today I got that feelin’ My trouble’s meant to end Today I met that freight train With this guitar by my side Yeah, I got on that freight train Well you know I’m gonna ride Now I’m tryin’ to find And I’m ridin’ the line I’m gonna make my way Alright! OK! Let’s do it! Today I heard the songbird Sing a sweet melody And today, from all my worries I believed I’d soon be free Today I climbed a mountain With this guitar in my hand I climbed up that mountain And came back down with this band, yeah! Everybody knows what I’m talkin’ about ‘Cause you can feel it I’m not talkin’ about tomorrow ‘Cause tomorrow may never come I’m not talkin’ about yesterday, baby Yesterday is gone Singin’ a song about right now Singin’ a song about today We say alright! Then we say OK, yeah! Not tomorrow! Not tomorrow! Not tomorrow! Not tomorrow! Not tomorrow! Not tomorrow! Not tomorrow! Not tomorrow! Today! Not tomorrow! Today! Not tomorrow! Today! Not tomorrow! Today! Not tomorrow! Today! Not tomorrow! Today! Not tomorrow! Today! Not tomorrow! Today! Not tomorrow! Today! Singin’ a song about today! Singin’ a song about today! Singin’ a song about today! Singin’ a song about today! Alright! OK! Alright! OK! Alright! OK! Alright! OK! Hey! Today!
I don’t think you understand I’m livin’ in a dyin’ land In the basement hellfires fume Death’s sittin’ in my livin’ room And I try, try, try To make my way I try, try, try To make my way Make my way! Some condition I been in Vermin underneath my skin Gonna go meet my old friend And shake a hand with grief again And I try, try, try To make my way I try, try, try To make my way Make my way! Well, I’ve been walkin’ all around this hollow town I’ve seen people sink on down, down into the ground Some folks wonder what lies underneath, hey! Well, I’ve seen cannibals that got rotten meat between the teeth And I try, try, try To make my way I try, try, try To make my way I try, try, try To make my way I try, try, try To make my way Make my way! I said hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Gonna make my way! Gonna make my way! C’mon every night, now C’mon every day, hey!
Half my heart’s enchanted and amused The other half is dislocated, distressed and confused Half my heart just needs you night and day The other half just needs to know you’re far, far, far away How many times are you gonna make me cry? How many times are you gonna say goodbye? Bye-bye, baby! Half my heart is a bird so high, she flies and sings The other half is a scorpion, crawls in the dirt and stings Half my heart’s been held in love so true The other half has been abandoned, misled and abused How many times are you gonna make me cry? How many times are you gonna say goodbye? What else can you take from me? I don’t even care Half my heart beats inside of me The other half’s not there, yeah! People get ready! Half of my heart This half of my heart Half of my heart This half of my heart Half of my heart This half of my heart Half of my heart Whoa, his half of my heart Half of my heart Hey, this half of my heart Half of my heart Hey, this half of my heart Half of my heart This half of my heart Half of my heart Yeah, his half of my heart Hey!
This love’s beginning to feel Like this love is the real deal This love’s the love you give This love’s the love you steal This love is waking up A heart dried up and turned black This love’s a bridge on fire Once you get there, you can’t turn back When I say I love you I mean that I love you When I say that I love you I mean that I love you When I say that I love you I mean that I love you When I say that I love you I mean that I love you This love is something most folk Just don’t understand Intangible, that means that You can’t hold that in your hand This love’s a shooting star So high up in the sky This love’s our secret wish Cross hearts and hope to die When I say I love you I mean that I love you When I say that I love you I mean that I love you When I say that I love you I mean that I love you When I say that I love you I mean that I love you When I say that I love you Yeah, you know I love you When I say that I love you Yeah, you know I love you When I say that I love you Yeah, you know I love you I say that I love you Yeah, you know I love! I say I love you I say that I love you I say I love you I say that I love you I say I love you I say that I love you I say I love you I say that I love you
Girl, I think it’s plain to see Girl, I think you were meant for me Think how happy we may be, so happy Girl, hold you so close to me Could you listen to me, please? Oh, my dear Persephone Girl, hold you in my arms so tight Girl, underneath the starry night Everything may be alright, be alright Girl, catch elusive love we might You’re my brilliant star so bright, you see My dear Persephone Could you listen to me, please? Oh, my dear Persephone Could you listen to me, please? Oh, my dear Persephone Oh, my dear Persephone Oh, my dear Persephone Oh, my dear Persephone Oh, my dear Persephone
Oh no! No! No! Oh no! No! No! Oh no! No! No! Oh no! No! No! If the stars fell from the sky Would I let you pass me by? In this cold world, oh so cruel Can anything keep me from you? No! No! Oh no! No! No! Oh no! No! No! Oh no! No! No! You can burn me into ashes I’ll be born anew Might it quiet this fire of mine? No! No! No! No! If the starlight ceased to shine? No! No! No! No! Would you not find me around? No! No! No! No! If the mountains crumbled down? No! No! Oh no! No! No! Oh no! No! No! Oh no! No! No! If you ask me swear secrecy I wouldn’t make a sound, hey! Who knows what dangers we’ll find Like Icarus on his climb You and me may reach it all If we climb so high, will we fall? No! No! Oh no! No! No! Oh no! No! No! Oh no! No! No! But if afterlife’s like bein’ by you I won’t mind at all Oh no! No! No! Oh no! No! No! Oh no! No! No! Oh no! No! No!
I'm not talkin' That's all I got to say I used to think I knew it Man, I sure outgrew it The things that really matter Don't mix with idle chatter That's one thing I can do without I'm not talkin' That's all I got to say If I say things are awful It might just be unlawful If I say things are splendid Someone might be offended That's one thing I can do without I'm not talkin' That's all I got to say The things I say at midnight I ain't gonna say in daylight I've reached the firm conclusion It only spurs confusion So don't call me baby, I'll call you I'm not talkin' That's all I got to say I used to think I knew it Man, I sure outgrew it The things that really matter Don't mix with idle chatter So don't call me baby, I'll call you
Get set and let’s begin Just plug the guitars in Well, it’s time to turn it out That’s what I’m talkin’ ‘bout Right about now, everybody! Right about now, come alive now! Right about now, alright now! Right about now, uh! C’mon, now here we go Turn on the radio Ooh, the music oozes through it Let’s get together and do it Right about now, everybody! Right about now, come alive now! Right about now, alright now! Right about now, uh! That’s right! Get set and let’s begin Just let the record spin Downtown in Rhythm City Get down to the nitty gritty Right about now, right about now! Right about now, right about now! Right about now, right about now! Right about now, right about now! Right about now, right about now! Right about now, right about now!
I’m gonna try to make you mine I’m gonna try to make you mine I’m gonna try to make you mine I’m gonna try to make you mine When I get that feelin’ inside My heart starts jumpin’, it’s electrified Maybe, baby Maybe this time Make you mine Break down and cry to Make you mine Lay down and die to Right now I’m gonna try to make you mine I’m gonna try to make you mine I’m gonna try to make you mine I’m gonna try to make you mine When I get that feelin’ inside My heart starts jumpin’, it’s electrified Maybe, baby Maybe this time Make you mine I break down and cry to Make you mine I lay down and die to Make you mine You know early in the mornin’ Make you mine And then later in the evenin’ Make you mine Make you mine When I get that feelin’ inside My heart starts jumpin’, it’s electrified Maybe, baby Maybe this time Make you mine I break down and cry to Make you mine I lay down and die to Make you mine Break down and cry to Make you mine Lay down and die to Make you mine I break down and cry to Make you mine I lay down and die to Make you mine I break down and cry to Make you mine I lay down and die to
Well, I’m down And I can’t go on Well, I’ve been suffering so Since you been gone Ever since you’ve gone Everything’s gone wrong Well, I’m lost I can’t find my way Well, each day without you, baby Is a wasted day Ever since you’ve gone Everything’s gone wrong Lost Can’t find my way Well, each day without you, baby Is a wasted day Ever since you’ve gone Everything’s gone wrong Ever since you’ve gone Everything’s gone wrong Gone wrong Gone wrong
Yeah! Alright! Everybody! Just put your hands together C’mon and move your shoes Get with the high vibration Electrocuted blues Now, there’s a white light shinin’ Around that stereo I can feel the floorboards shakin’ Now it’s about to blow, let’s go! One, two, three, four Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! You got to get it Right now before it’s gone Before it takes off Well, you got to get on Everybody here Listen to your ear You could use some music In your atmosphere, let’s go! One, two, three, four Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Guitar! Well, we don’t need to see it To believe it’s real You just got to feel it You just got to feel I said one, two, three, four Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it now! Do it now! Do it now! Do it now! Do it now! Do it now! Do it now! Do it now!
I been in the backyard Outside by the shed Fillin’ up a rusted bucket With the troubles in my head Can I hold my hand out Reachin’ for someone? Can I hold my arms up to the sky And touch that golden sun? Can I cross that river, yeah you can! Water rushin’ ‘round. yeah you can! Can I reach the other side, yeah you can! Lay my burden down? Can I bear stormy weather? Take you by the hand? Can we go together? Roam this lonesome land? Can I find light in the darkness? Find shelter in the storm? Can I wander all those miles And find my way back home? Can I cross that river, yeah you can! Water rushin’ ‘round, yeah you can! Can I reach the other side, yeah you can! Lay my burden down? Can I bear stormy weather? Take you by the hand? And can we go together? Roam this lonesome land? Can I find light in the darkness, yeah you can! Find shelter in the storm, yeah you can! Can I wander all those miles, yeah you can! And find my way back home? Hey!