Take my advice
It doesn't get easier watching the golden orbs floating out of the bars
And into space there's Frank Sinatra on the Juke box
Pause in the ketchup your face in the reflection in the mirror
He walked through the rocks, you know
He walked through the scorpion dust
He walks on the beach and now he walks
And he keeps walking 'til he's out of reach
Every generation watches the princes of their nation
File away until the Son of Man every, every Madonna means so little to the next one
We ran together down the Santa Monica Boulevard oh baby
You look so hard, so fine
And my second-hand capella all that night I said Oo hoo... I said Oo hoo oo hoo
There you are in your write dress shirt most of all I think I loved your hands
I loved them so much that it hurt and all the bartenders knew your name
And all the pimps knew your car and we lay by the Nazz
And we were blessed yes, we are
You tell them I was there hey I was there man I was there
When Jesus walked I was there when Jesus walked
Now I don't know what happened, what happened was Babylon and that little Sheba
With her siren song and the planets swirling
Where no one's ugly and everyone's square no one's ugly and everyone's square
There's no such place I heard such peach when he played those traps
I heard such peace when He looked out at the map
And it ran through me and echoed into another time and space and place
And it ran through me way on back in time way on up is fine
Way one back in time was on up is fine way on back in time
Take my advice and go throw it away it's gonna do you no good until you blow for good
Cause you are there man you are there don't you know
You are there where Jesus walked, every generation, yeah the princes of their nation
Well, I'm ugly, too. No, no you're not beautiful, no, you're ugly too
Cause you've been travelling in so many universes and you manifest here
It's difficult to see who you are
Brother I didn't realize that you were talking to me until you broke that bread and I saw that you were
Where have you been that you don't know what's been going on here in Jerusalem
Haven't you heard, haven't you heard about the Nazarene, you know
We thought we were gonna set Israel free
I Was There
Rickie Lee Jones
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Lyrics by Rickie Lee Jones
7th Day A Face In The Crowd A Lucky A Lucky Guy A stranger's car A Stranger's Car A Tree On Allenford After Hours After Hours (Twelve Bars Past Goodnight) Altar Boy Alter Boy Atlas Marker (Aviator) (Live) -- with Bill Frisell Atlas Marker (Bruce Mix-Demo) Atlas' Marker Atlas's Marker Atlas' Marker Autumn Leaves Autumn Leaves -- With Rob Wasserman Autumn Leaves [*] Away From The Sky Bayless Street Beat Angels Bitchenostrophy Bonfires Bonfires In Hell Bye Bye Blackbird Carried Into Redemption Catch The Wind Chuck E.'s in Love Chuck E's In Love Chuck E's In Love Chuck Es In Love Circle In The Sand Circle in the Sand [Instrumental] Cloud Of Unknowing Comfort You Comin' back to me Comin' Back To Me Company Coolsville Cycles Danny's all-star joint Danny's All-Star Joint Dat Dere Deep Space Don't let the sun catch you crying Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying Donkey Ride Driving Away Drunk On The Striped Table Easter Parade Easy Money Elvis Cadillac Evening Of My Best Day Falling Up Finale; (A Spider In The Circus Of The Falling Sta... Firewalker Flying Cowboys For No One Gethsemane Ghetto Of My Mind Ghost Train Ghostyhead Gloria Gravity Haunted Hey Bub Hi-Lili-Hi-Lo Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo Horses Howard I can't get started I Scare Myself I Won't Grow Up I Won't Grow Up I'll be seeing you I'll Be Seeing You Infinity It Hurts It Must Be Love It Takes You There Jolie Jolie Juke Box Fury Juliette Just My Baby Lamp Of The Body Lap Dog Last Chance Texaco Lazy River Leaving Through The Forest Path Letters From The 9Th Ward / Walk Away Rene Letters from the 9th Ward / Walk Away Renee Liner Notes Little Mysteries Little Yellow Town Living It Up Love Is Gonna Bring Us Back Alive Love Junkyard Low Spark High Heeled Boys Low Spark of High Heeled Boys Lush Life Magazine Masterpiece Matters Mink Coat At The Bus Stop More at the striped table My Funny Valentine My One And Only Love Night Train Nobody Knows My Name Old Enough On His Jeweled Floor On Saturday Afternoons In 1963 On The Street Where You Live One Hand One Heart One Hand, One Heart Outside The Great Divide Pink Flamingos Pirates ( So Long Lonely Avenue ) Pirates (So Long Lonely Avenue) Pirates (So Long, Lonely Avenue) Play With Fire Prelude to Gravity Rainbow Sleeves Rainbow Sleeves [From the Color of Money] Reason To Believe Rebel Rebel Remember Me? Road Kill Rodeo Girl Runaround Running From Mercy Sailor Song Satellites Satellites (Demo) Scary Chinese Movie Second Chance Second Time Around Seems Like A Long Time Show Biz Kids Skeleton Skeletons Skeletons [Live] Smile So Long Someone To Watch Over Me Something Cool Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most St. James Infirmary Stewart's coat Stewart's Coat StJames Infirmary Sunny Afternoon Sunshine Superman Makin' Whoopee! -- with DrJohn Sympathy For The Devil Tell somebody (repeal the patriot act now) Tell Somebody (Repeal The Patriot Act) Tell Somebody (Repeal The Patriot Acts Now) The Albatross The Ballad Of The Sad Young Men The Evening of My Best Day The Horses The Last Chance Texaco The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys The Real End The Returns The Second Time Around The Unsigned Painting The Unsigned Painting/The Weird Beast The Weight The Weird Beast Tigers Traces Of The Western Slopes Tried To Be A Man Trouble Man Ugly Man Under The Boardwalk Up A Lazy River Up From The Skies Vessel Of Light Walk Away Renee We Belong Together Weasel And The White Boys Cool Where I Like It Best Wild Girl Woody And Dutch On The Slow Train To Peking Young Blood Youngblood
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