Life In A Tin Can (c) 1973 Saw A New Morning All of a sudden I saw a new morning I'm locked up I want to be free Out in the courtyard and over the wall then My friends are waiting for me Sixteen people are waiting to get me Hoping to take me outside I hear the sound of the snubnose behind me I went along for the ride Wind in my face and my bones they are aching My soul must weather the storm I must run till my back it is breaking Desp'ratly I must keep on Sixteen people are waiting to get me Hoping to take me outside I hear the sound of the snubnose behind me I went along for the ride La... All of a sudden I saw a new morning I went along for the ride All of a sudden I saw a new morning All of a sudden I saw a new morning All of a sudden I saw a new morning I saw a new morning (repeat 3 more times ) I Don't Wanna Be the One It's too late to turn back now There ain't no space back there And how did I begin to lose my self control How did I begin to lose my self control There ain't a thing that you could give me With the love forever with me That's the only thing that satisfies my soul That's the only thing that satisfies my soul I don't wanna be the one Remember it was only fun Two strangers touching in the sun, it had to end I don't wanna be the guy to tell you things that make you cry You know as well as I know , you're my only friend There ain't a thing that you could give me With the love forever with me That's the only thing that satisfies my soul That's the only thing that satisfies my soul I don't wanna be the one Remember it was only fun Two strangers touching in the sun, it had to end I don't wanna be the guy to tell you things that make you cry You know as well as I know ,you're my only friend I don't wanna be the guy to tell you things that make you cry You know as well as I know you're my only friend You know as well as I know you're my only friend You're my only friend My only friend My only friend South Dakota Morning The sun shines down on a South Dakota morning And I can see their faces in my eyes I wish they were behind me My enemy can find me If only to remind me that I'm really not alone All the South Dakota mornings I have known The eagle flies on a South Dakota morning And I don't see my eagle anymore Now stranger, I must kill you You must survive, but will you I may just beat you down, but will it even up the score I think I saw the eagle just once more The rain comes down on a South Dakota morning And I can't see the sadness in my town So let it be my pillow for underneath your willow Wanna go back to you though your nothing but a town On the South Dakota grass I lay me down Living In Chicago If your happy and marching forward in your band Holding hands together, I will understand In my life I'm together on my own With my own private eggshell, and my phone If your mind is in the darkness, could you know If it suits you to be fast or far too slow Will you show me someone who may treat me kind Or is this world I live in just a frame of mind If you're living in Chicago , it's your home If you're living in Chicago , you're alone If you're happy living down on the ground Where the crippled and the blind alone can see I got a feeling God is still around And if I'm right , there must be more then this to see If your mind is in the darkness , could you know If it suits you to be fast or far too slow Will you show me someone who may treat me kind Or is this world I live in just a frame of mind And as soon as you discover where you're goin' Can I walk along the way , along the way I'm lonesome and I need somebody knowin' Just a few nice words to get me through the day If your mind is in the darkness , could you know If it suits you to be fast or far too slow And will you show me someone who may treat me kind Or is this world just a frame of mind If you're living in Chicago, it's your home If you're living in Chicago, you're alone If you're living in Chicago, it's your home If you're living in Chicago, you're alone (break) If you're living in Chicago , you're alone \ repeat 4 times and fade If you're living in Chicago , it's your home/ While I Play I cry tears of emotion to spread across the USA Ain't no sunshine cowboy in your pockets I'll make my own way , while I play Baby you forgot your living Someone covered up your eyes In my way at least I'm giving what I love Am I wise There's gonna be some confusion And there's gonna be a day You'll raise your eyes and you'll look to the skies And you'll pray , while I play I am my father's son or that is what I heard Maybe I got it wrong I didn't mean a word You got my face and I'll play your ace Pretend I haven't heard There's gonna be some confusion And there's gonna be a day You'll raise your eyes and you'll look to the skies And you'll pray , while I play I am a minstreal , that is all I want to be I'll play inside your soul I'll show you to yourself Fill your head with wild emotions A symphony in wealth There's gonna be some confusion And there's gonna be a day You'll raise your eyes and you'll look to the skies And you'll pray , while I play I will take my leave , I gotta move ontime I played inside your soul , made you sing along I will return to find out if the melody was wrong There's gonna be some confusion And there's gonna be a day You'll raise your eyes and you'll look to the skies And you'll pray , while I play My Life Has Been A Song Sweet simple song of diff'rent lights and diff'rent shades The sound of life erupts and fades and all the world must play along My life has been a song Here as I sleep, the love I dream will gently creep Inside my heart I softly keep the tune that plays too long My life has been a song Ev'ry sound in my head, ev'ry word that I said is like a melody melody That no little person like me could ever change Ev'ry sound in the street , all the cold and the heat is like a symphony symphony Which has never before been rearranged Sweet simple song of diff'rent lights and diff'rent shades The sound of life erupts and fades and all the world must play along My life has been a song Ev'ry sound in my head , ev'ry word that I said is like a melody melody That no little person like me could ever change Ev'ry sound in the street , all the cold and the heat is like a symphony symphony Which has never before been rearranged Sweet simple song of diff'rent lights and diff'rent shades The sound of life erupts and fades and all the world must play along My life has been a song Ev'ry sound in my head , ev'ry word that I said is like a melody melody That no little person like me could ever change Ev'ry sound in the street , all the cold and the heat is like a symphony symphony Which has never before been rearranged Come Home Johnny Bride I'm full of pride and my heart feels good Got news from my fam'ly up in the woods At last I can go back where I belong Sweated it all out for nine long years Couldn't believe the voice in my ears When the man saying "No hiding ,son" So I left the only folks I had known I was fifteen then, hardly grown When they found me in the swamp face down in the mud Couldn't get back and I couldn't go far Said to myself stay right where you are Done found yourself a Ma and Pa Ev'rybody said the kid's no good Come home Johnny Bride come home Johnny Bride come home We're all wrong without you How did we ever doubt you He confessed to the killing It's his role we had you filling We didn't really mean to make you sad But when you ran you made us think that you were twice as bad I left the only folks I had known I was fifteen then , hardly grown When they found me in the swamp face down in the mud Couldn't get back and I couldn't go far Said to myself stay right where you are Done found yourself a Ma and Pa Ev'rybody said the kid's no good Come Home Johnny Bride come home Johnny Bride come home We're all wrong without you How did we ever doubt you He confessed to the killing It's his role we had you filling We didn't really mean to make you sad But when you ran you made us think that you were twice as bad (repeat last verse and fade out about line 6) Method To My Madness I've played the game , still it's not worth it Like a woman in the rain I close my eyes I'm on the shelf I know myself I've seen the lights of ev'ry city Tried to work out where I am I close my mind for the day I know the way I've played the game , still it's not worth it Like a woman in the rain So I close my eyes I'm on the shelf I know my self There's never ever anybody to rely on There isn't time to count the shoulders I have cried on That's just circumstances , I must take my chances But, baby you don't know what I'm saying But I guess that's not true And you know that's true But there's a method to my madness I've played the game , still it's not worth it Like a woman in the rain So I close my eyes for the day I know the way