A little ditty bout Jack and Diane
Two American kids grown up in the heartland
Jack, he's gonna be a football star
Diane debutante, back seat of Jacky's car
Suckin'on chili dog outside the Tasty Freeze
Diane sittin'on Jacky's lap, he got his hands between her knees
Jacky says "Hey Diane, lets run off behind a shady tree"
Dribble off those Bobby Brooks, let me do what I please, sayin'
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Ooh yeah, Life goes on
Long after the thrill of livin' is gone, sayin'
Ooh yeah, Life goes on
Long after the thrill of livin' is gone
Jack, he sits back, collects his thoughts for a moment
Scratches his head and does his best James Dean
"Well there Diane, we gotta run off to the city"
Diane says, "Baby we ain't nothing", but Jacky says
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Gonna let it rock, let it roll.
Let the Bible belt come and save my soul
Holdin'on to sixteen as long as you can
Change is comin' 'round real soon, make us women and men
Ooh yeah, Life goes on
Long after the thrill of livin' is gone
Ooh yeah, Life goes on
Long after the thrill of livin' is gone
A little ditty bout Jack and Diane
Two American kids doin' the best they can
I was dreaming of the past.
And my heart was beating fast,
I began to lose control,
I began to lose control,
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I didn't mean to hurt you,
I'm sorry that I made you cry,
I didn't want to hurt you,
I'm just a jealous guy,
I was feeling insecure,
you might not love me any more,
I was shivering inside,
I was shivering inside,
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Whistle
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I was trying to catch your eyes
Thought that you was trying to hide
I was swallowing my pain
I was swallowing my pain
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Oh where, oh where, can my baby be?
The Lord took her away from me
She's gone to heaven, so I've got to be good
So I can see my baby when I leave this world
We were out on a date in my daddy's car
We hadn't driven very far
There in the road, straight ahead
A car was stalled, the engine was dead
I couldn't stop, so I swerved to the right
I'll never forget the sound that night
The screamin’ tires, the bustin' glass
The painful scream that I heard last
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When I woke up the rain was pourin' down
There were people standin' all around
Something warm flowing through my eyes
But somehow I found my baby that night
I lifted her head, she looked at me and said
“Hold me darling, just a little while”
I held her close, I kissed her our last kiss
I found the love that I knew I had missed
Well now she's gone even though I hold her tight
I lost my love, my life, that night
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Oh, oh, oh . . . Yeah, yeah, yeah (Big Finish)
G, Em, C, D (all the way through)
She sits alone by a lamppost
Trying to find a thought that’s escaped her mind
She says dad’s the one I love the most
But stipe’s not far behind
She never lets me in Only tell me where’s she’s been
When she’s had too much to drink
I say that I don’t care I just run my hands through her dark hair
and then I pray to god You gotta help me fly away
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(And just...) Let her cry...if the tears fall down like rain
Let her sing...if it eases all her pain
Let her go...let her walk right out on me
And if the sun comes up tomorrow Let her be...let her be.
This morning I woke up alone Found a note by the phone
Saying maybe, maybe I’ll be back some day
I wanted to look for you
You walked in I didn’t know just what I should do
So I sat back down and had a beer and felt sorry for myself.
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Last night I tried to leave Cried so much I could not believe
She was the same girl I Fell in love with long ago
She went in the back to Get high
I sat down on my couch and cried
Yelling oh mama please Help me Won’t you hold my hand.
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Verse: G9, D9, C9, G9
Chorus: C9, G9, C9, G9, D9 . . . C9, G9, D9, C9, G9
When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
And when the broken hearted people
Living in the world agree
There will be an answer, let it be
For though they may be parted
There is still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be
Yeah there will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
And when the night is cloudy
There is still a light that shines on me
Shine on until tomorrow, let it be
I wake up to the sound of music,
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
Yeah let it be, let it be Let it be, yeah let it be
Oh there will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be Let it be, yeah let it be
Oh there will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be Ah let it be, yeah let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
Verse: G, D, Em, C, G, D, C, G
Chorus: Em, D, C, G, D, C, G
Just because I'm losing Doesn't mean I'm lost
Doesn't mean I'll stop Doesn't mean I will cross
Just because I'm hurting Doesn't mean I'm hurt
Doesn't mean I didn't get what I deserved
No better and no worse
I just got lost
Every river that I tried to cross
Every door I ever tried was locked
Ohhh and I'm...
Just waiting 'til the shine wears off
You might be a big fish
In a little pond
Doesn't mean you've won
'Cause along may come a bigger one
And you'll be lost
Every river that you tried to cross
Every gun you ever held went off . . . Ohhh and I'm...
Just waiting 'til the firing stops . . . Ohhh and I'm...
Just waiting 'til the shine wears off . . .Ohhh and I'm...
Just waiting 'til the shine wears off
Verse: Em, C, G, D
Pre-Chorus (transition): C, G . . .
Chorus: D, C, G, D, C, G, D, C, G, D, C, G, D
I remember standin' on the corner at midnight, tryin' to get my courage up
There was this long, lovely dancer in a club downtown
I used to love to watch her do her stuff
Through the long, lonely nights, oh she filled my sleep
Body swayin' softly to that smoky beat
Down on Main Street
Down on Main Street
In the pool halls, the hustlers and the losers
Used to watch 'em through the glass
Well, I'd stand outside at closing time
Just to watch her walk on past
Unlike all the other ladies, she looked so young and sweet
As she made her way alone down that empty street
Down on Mainstreet
Down on Mainstreet
Sometimes even now, when I'm feeling lonely and beat
I drift back in time and I find my feet
Down on Mainstreet
Down on Mainstreet
Down on Mainstreet
You're always dancing down the street
With your suede blue eyes
And every new boy that you meet
He doesn't know the real surprise
[Here she comes again)
When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky, ooh
She'll make you flip
(Here she comes again)
When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky
I kinda like the way she dips
Oh, she's my best friend's girl
Well, she's my best friend's girl, girl
But she used to be mine
You got your nuclear boots
And your drip dry glove
Ooh, when you bite your lip
It's some reaction to love, o-ove, o-ove
(Here she comes again)
When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky, yeah
I'll make you flip
(Here she comes again)
When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky
(Here she comes again)
I kinda like the way, I like the way she dips
Oh, she's my best friend's girl
Well, she's my best friend's girl, girl
But she used to be mine
I was a little too tall Could've used a few pounds
Tight pants points hardly renown
She was a black-haired beauty with big dark eyes
And points all her own sitting way up high
Way up firm and high
Out past the cornfields where the woods got heavy
Out in the back seat of my '60 Chevy
Workin' on mysteries without any clues
Workin' on our night moves
Tryin' to make some front page drive-in news
Workin' on our night moves
In the summertime In the sweet summertime
We weren't in love, oh no, far from it
We weren't searchin' for some pie in the sky summit
We were just young and restless and bored
Livin' by the sword
And we'd steal away every chance we could
To the backroom, to the alley or the trusty woods
I used her, she used me But neither one cared
We were gettin' our share
Workin' on our night moves
Tryin' to lose the awkward teenage blues
Workin' on our night moves
And it was summertime, sweet summertime summertime
And oh the wonder
We felt the lightning
And we waited on the thunder Waited on the thunder
I awoke last night to the sound of thunder
How far off I sat and wondered
Started humming a song from 1962
Ain't it funny how the night moves
When you just don't seem to have as much to lose
Strange how the night moves
With autumn closing in
Big Finish
Left a good job in the city,
Workin' for The Man ev'ry night and day,
And I never lost one minute of sleepin',
Worryin' 'bout the way things might have been.
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Big wheel keep on turnin',
Proud Mary keep on burnin',
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river.
Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis,
Pumped a lot of pain down in New Orleans,
But I never saw the good side of the city,
'Til I hitched a ride on a river boat queen.
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If you come down to the river,
Bet you gonna find some people who live.
You don't have to worry 'cause you have no money,
People on the river are happy to give.
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Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river.
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river.
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river.
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