| Stan Ridgway lyrics
Call of the west lyrics
He got the high sign so he jumped a bus
Along the roads that wind on through
The hot Mojave and the Jericho
He'd start his whole life anew
And what he left behind he hadn't valued
Half as much as some things
He never knew
Right around sundown...
He got dropped off on a street in town
Where a grey old man looked him up and down and said
";Son, this ain't no western movie matinee
You're a long way off from yippie-yi-yay
'Cause I can tell at a glance you're not from 'round these parts
You've got a green look about'cha¨C¨Cthat's a gringo for starts
Sometimes the only thing a western savage understands
Are whiskey and rifles and an unarmed man
Like you";
";So you gotta keep on the move!
Don't let that fancy paint job fool you!";
Then the old timer pulled him close and said
You've got a long way, I know
You've got a longer drive ahead
Through the bones of the buffalo
Through the claims of the western dead, and¨C¨C
Just like the spokes of a wheel
You'll spin 'round with the rest
You'll hear the drums and the brush of steel
You'll hear the call of the west, call of the west
You'll hear the call of the west, call of the west
spoken
Harshly awakened by the sound of six rounds of light-caliber rifle fire
Followed minutes later by the booming of nine rounds from a heavier rifle
But you can't close off the wilderness
He heard the snick of a rifle bolt
And found himself peering down the muzzle
Of a weapon held by a drunken liquor store owner
";There's a conflict,"; he said, ";there's a conflict
Between land and people
The people have to go
They've come all the way out here to make mining claims
To do automobile body work
To gamble
Take pictures
To not have to do laundry
To own a mini-bike
Have their own CB radios and air conditioning
Good plumbing for sure
And to sell Time/Life books and to work in a deli
To have a little chili every morning
And maybe... maybe to own their own gas stations again
And take drugs
Have some crazy sex
But above all, above all, to have a fair shake
To get a piece of the rock and a slice of the pie
And spit out of the window of your car and not have the wind blow it back in your face";
Now, from the high timberline to the deserts dry
Who'll risk dangling on some hangman's tree
To stake their claims on these prarie plains
While they say this lunch is not had for free?
Just like the spokes of a wheel
Who'll spin 'round with the rest
They'll hear the drums and the brush of steel
And I'll hear the call of the west, call of the west
(Yippie-yi-yo, yippie-yi-yo-ki-yay, yippie-yi-yo-ohh-ohh)
I'll hear the call of the west, call of the west
(Yippie-yi-yo, yippie-yi-yo-ki-yay, yippie-yi-yo-ohh-ohh)
I'll hear the call of the west, call of the west
(Yippie-yi-yo, yippie-yi-yo-ki-yay, yippie-yi-yo-ohh-ohh)
I'll hear the call of the west, call of the west
(Yippie-yi-yo, yippie-yi-yo-ki-yay, yippie-yi-yo-ohh-ohh)
spoken/shouted:
I used to be somebody!
I used to be somebody, do you hear me?
Do you hear me? I've been there!
I used to be somebody, god damn you!
I've been there before!
Don't walk away!
Well, you¨C¨Cyou wanted unleaded?
Unleaded¨C¨Cthat's next pump over, so keep on movin', okay?
No, it's out of order.
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End of an era lyrics
Longarm lyrics
Invisible man lyrics
The good, the bad, and the ugly \ hang 'em high lyrics
Can't make love lyrics
The passenger lyrics
Full of tension lyrics
Me and my dad lyrics
This way out lyrics
Good times lyrics
Animal day lyrics
Red light lyrics
Back in flesh lyrics
Call box (1-2-3) lyrics
Two minutes till lunch lyrics
Tse tse fly lyrics
Crack the bell lyrics
Factory lyrics
Look at their way lyrics
Hands of love lyrics
Mexican radio lyrics
They don't want me lyrics
On interstate 15 lyrics
Tomorrow lyrics
Lost weekend lyrics
Spy world lyrics
Pick it up (and put it in your pocket) lyrics
Walkin' home alone lyrics
Salesman lyrics
Twisted lyrics
Rio greyhound lyrics
Foggy river lyrics
End of the line lyrics
Can't stop the show lyrics
The big heat lyrics
Pile driver lyrics
Camouflage lyrics
Stormy side of town lyrics
Nadine lyrics
Drive, she said lyrics
Heat takes a walk lyrics
Goin' southbound lyrics
Peg and pete and me lyrics
Newspapers lyrics
Calling out to carol lyrics
The last honest man lyrics
A mission in life lyrics
Lonely town lyrics
Dogs lyrics
Can't complain lyrics
Watch your step lyrics
I wanna be a boss lyrics
Mouthful of sand lyrics
Snaketrain lyrics
Right through you lyrics
The gumbo man lyrics
Harry truman lyrics
Venus is hell lyrics
O.k.? lyrics
Bad news at the dynamite ranch lyrics
Beyond tomorrow lyrics
Jack talked lyrics
The roadblock lyrics
Overlords lyrics
Uba's house of fashions lyrics
Police call lyrics
New blue mercedes lyrics
Hell in a handbasket lyrics
Mr. smith lyrics
Old bent coin lyrics
My exclusive sex club lyrics
Triangle head lyrics
Back towards diamond bar lyrics
Bel air blues lyrics
Highway song lyrics
Time wave zero lyrics
Big american problem lyrics
Gone the distance lyrics
Knife and fork lyrics
Down the coast highway lyrics
Stranded lyrics
Wild bill donovan lyrics
Man of stone lyrics
Pink parakeet lyrics
Underneath the big green tree lyrics
As i went out one morning lyrics
Crystal palace lyrics
Big dumb town lyrics
Luther played guitar lyrics
Hear that bird lyrics
Mission bell lyrics
Deep blue polka dot lyrics
Train of thought lyrics
Murray's steakhouse story lyrics
Sweet pig alley lyrics
Valerie is sleeping lyrics
Mickey the priest lyrics
Mama had a stove lyrics
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Picasso's tear lyrics
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