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Lyrics: Early Songs

      
     RUN AROUND BABE 
     --------------- 
     Run around babe, 
     I'm only losing my mind 
     Run around babe, 
     Don't try to be 
     Something you weren't meant to be 
     If you are not loving me 
     I'll know it's because 
     You want to be free 
     Oh, oh, run around babe, 
     Oh, oh, run around babe. 
      
     When we were young 
     We left our worries behind 
     When we were young 
     Left not to be 
     The worry is back on me 
     And it's not hard to see 
     That that's the way it has to be 
     Oh, oh, run around babe, 
     Oh, oh, run around babe. 
      
     Run around babe, 
     I'm only losing my mind 
     Run around babe, 
     Don't try to be 
     Something you weren't meant to be 
     If you are not loving me 
     I'll know it's because 
     You want to be free 
     Oh, oh, run around babe, 
     Oh, oh, run around babe. 
      
      
     DON'T PITY ME BABE 
     ------------------ 
     Young Pegi just died today 
     Young Pegi just died today 
     And I guess nobody even knows the case 
     But the way the story goes 
     She just ran out of clothes 
     No will this world 
     Just for the peg down 
     Last words, can't talk 
     And then she wrote. 
      
     Some people can't stand no rain 
     Some people can't stand no rain 
     When it's cloudy outside 
     You can't see the sun 
     But on a bright and sunny day 
     The people all go away 
     Except one 
     Oh no don't pity me babe 
     I know I'm alright 
     O yeah, I'm alright. 
      
     Don't see no tears around me 
     Don't see no tears around me 
     I don't take too much stock 
     In the things people say 
     I'm not saying that they're wrong 
     They've just been standing around too long 
     Gone bad, 
     Oh no, don't pity me babe 
     I know I'm alright 
     O yeah, I'm alright. 
      
     Can't ride my broom no more 
     Can't ride my broom no more 
     'Cause the landlady's taken 
     To sweeping the floor 
     I guess I'll go back to my place 
     And occupy a little space 
     John Doe, 
     Oh no, don't pity me babe 
     I know I'm alright 
     O yeah, I'm alright. 
      
     The streets are crammed, can't walk 
     Might find somebody and talk 
     I can't find nobody who 
     Say boo, guess who 
     'Cause that street is paved with aires 
     And everybody is putting on theirs 
     Can't breathe 
     Oh no, don't pity me babe 
     I know I'm alright 
     O yeah, I'm alright. 
      
     He's standing outside my door 
     He's standing outside my door 
     But he won't ring the bell 
     And he's just to scared to knock 
     And he's puzzled 
     And he's young 
     And he's doing what's already been done 
     One more 
     Oh no, don't pity me babe 
     I know I'm alright 
     O yeah, I'm alright. 
      
     Oh no, don't pity me babe 
     I know I'm alright. 
      
      
     I AIN'T GOT THE BLUES 
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     Well, I'm a little light-headed 
     But my body feels the same 
     And it feels like fallin' on down 
     And find another name 
     But the sand in my shoes 
     May trickle to my brain 
     Well, I ain't got the blues 
     But something more tame 
     Oh yeah, something more tame 
     Oh yeah, something more tame. 
      
     Well the sound of the drums 
     Is pounding in my head 
     Like ten thousand dancers 
     With bodies full of lead 
     And I feel like a bull 
     With an eye-full of red 
     Well, I ain't got the blues 
     But something better bred 
     Oh yeah, something better bred 
     Oh yeah, something better bred. 
      
     If tomorrow sees another 
     Kind of farm I know 
     Well, the people and the soldiers 
     And the gypsies groan 
     It would be like a wonder 
     And I cannot let it go 
     Well, I ain't got the blues 
     But something more slow 
     Oh yeah, something more slow 
     Oh yeah, something more slow. 
      
     But the people in the cities 
     And the other ones too 
     Ain't got too many wonders 
     That they're not tied to 
     And I can't help but feeling 
     As I'm wearing straight through 
     Well, I ain't got the blues 
     But something more true 
     Oh yeah, something more true 
     Oh yeah, something more true. 
      
      
     WHEN IT FALLS, IT FALLS ALL OVER YOU 
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     Selling papers on the corner, 
     I saw a man yesterday. 
     I asked him if he'd wanna 
     Tell me what made him this way. 
     He said, when it's born, it's warm, 
     Then it gathers strength in lies, 
     When it falls, it falls all over you. 
      
     He used to pick his friends. 
     They left him in the end. 
     An easy thing to lose, 
     The right to pick and choose. 
     When it's born, it's warm, 
     Then it gathers strength in lies, 
     When it falls, it falls all over you. 
      
     He said he left his wife, 
     The back-bone of his life. 
     Another came along, 
     But now I guess she's gone. 
     When it's born, it's warm, 
     Then it gathers strength in lies, 
     When it falls, it falls all over you. 
      
     I think I used to see 
     That old man on TV, 
     Can you be the same? 
     It seems like such a shame. 
     When it's born, it's warm, 
     Then it gathers strength in lies, 
     When it falls, it falls all over you. 
      
     The world he thought he knew, 
     Has better things to do. 
     As I went on my way 
     I thought I heard him say: 
     When it's born, it's warm, 
     Then it gathers strength in lies, 
     When it falls, it falls all over you. 
      
      
     THE RENT IS ALWAYS DUE 
     ---------------------- 
     You're still the child 
     Suspended in space 
     Crying out to you 
     Beckons you to yet another fine place 
     Where the trials of life are few 
     Who says you are coming on 
     Don't think you're living long 
     They won't remember you 
     The rent is always due. 
      
     The cloudy men 
     Who take their place 
     And stand in line 
     They do 
     Know not of 
     The satin face 
     That separates them from you 
     Just put your blue jeans on 
     Grab your guitar and write a song 
     Don't think I'm kidding you 
     The rent is always due. 
      
     She rides a broom 
     With gold-plated straw 
     And flutters around 
     And dies 
     The Brylcream fools 
     Just standing on 
     Digesting all their lives 
     But then you walk along 
     And she starts coming on 
     Beneath her melting broom 
     The rent is always due. 
      
      
     EXTRA, EXTRA 
     ------------ 
     Selling papers on the corner, 
     I saw a man yesterday. 
     I asked him if he'd wanna 
     Tell me what made him this way. 
     He said, when it's born, it's warm, 
     Then it gathers strength in lies, 
     When it falls, it falls all over you. 
      
      
     SELL OUT 
     -------- 
     Five cheat card thief, misled skinhead, 
     Tell me where it's at? 
     Is it cool to bring it up again? 
     Will I blow my cat? 
     Misplaced tinselface, weekend pretend, 
     Am I on your track? 
     I would love to live close to you, 
     Could I bring my cat? 
      
     Cowgirl, sailor, 
     Do you know who you are? 
     Cowgirl, sailor, 
     Do you know who you are? 
     Do you know who you are? 
      
     Overfed premed, outfront gaspump, 
     Will I fix my car? 
     Pinch yourself when I smile at you, 
     Baby, I'm a star! 
     Turned on, tuned in, cop out, sell out, 
     Do you know who you are? 
     I took the time to try to fit you in, 
     Was I off too far? 
      
     Cowgirl, sailor, 
     Do you know who you are? 
     Cowgirl, sailor, 
     Do you know who you are? 
     Do you know who you are?
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