Bob Seger Album

I feel the cold wind blowin' all over me
I see the dark clouds startin' to form
The trees are bare; the grass is brown
Another early winter Michigan storm

Everything I do is just a little wrong
Every day for me is the same
Everyone I know is gettin' in my face
And I only got myself to blame

I think I'm gonna wreck this heart
Wreck this heart
Wreck this heart..
After a while

Big boss tells me my work is off
My wife wants me to come home
I miss my kids.. I miss my dog
I've been spendin' too much time alone

I've got bills to pay.. promises to keep
And it's all hangin' over my head
I've got miles to go before I sleep
I'd rather be with her instead

I think I'm gonna wreck this heart
Wreck this heart
Think I'm gonna wreck this heart..
After a while

There's time to work.. time to live
There's only so much time around


And if you lean too far over the wishing well
You might fall in and drown

Am I talkin' too fast.. am I hard to hear?
Have you understood a word that I've said?
Let me put it to ya this way
And underlined in red

Order me case of your southern soul
And let me out tonight
I need a good, long ride on your rodeo
And everything will be alright

And Im gonna wreck this heart
Wreck this heart
Wreck this heart..
After a while

I'm gonna wreck this heart
I'm gonna wreck this heart
Think I'm gonna wreck this heart..
After a while

Yeah
Yeah

No matter who you are no matter what you do
There's gonna be someone wants something else from you
Yeah
This is an ancient test, it's a shiny lie
Discover somethin' pure then sit and watch it die
Yeah
No matter who you are no matter where you've been
No matter what you've done you'll have to start again
No matter who you are
Between the soaring dreams and the bottom line
So much is given up so much is left behind
Yeah


This is the price you pay, this is the beast you feed
When you abandon hope and you give in to greed

No matter who you are no matter who you've been
You'll have to sort it out and start again

No matter who you are
No matter who you are
Don't take this wrong don't let it bring you down
It's just the way things work in this great big town

Are you sorry when the lights begin to fade
Are you sorry for the promises you made
For the burden of the ones who had to fall
When you didn't read the writing on the wall

It was Forty years ago when I was young
And the jungle not the desert heard the guns
Someone said they had a secret plan
And the rest of us were told to understand

Well I don't want this
No I don't want this
I have had enough
No More

Tomorrow is the price for yesterday
A billion waves won't wash the truth away
Someday you'll be ordered to explain
No one gets to walk between the rain

And I don't want this
No I don't want this
I have had enough
No More

No I don't want this
No I don't want this
I have had enough
No More

No More

You're old enough to know better as soon
as you can see
This world is out to get you the way it's gotten me
It starts out in the morning then moves to afternoon
By the time you reach the evenin' you're
barkin' at the moon
Between what you're told and what you've seen
You'll know that it's just another show

Everybody sells somethin'everybody's got game
We all keep believin' no one is to blame
The world keeps getting hotter, ice falls in the sea
We buy a bigger engine and say it isn't me
Between what we say and what we mean


It's clean far away from that machine

We talk on the phone because we're alone
And everyone knows it
We feel overdue, we want something new
And everyone knows it
It's time to join with the living, time to understand
We're all in this together, we've got to have a plan
We're facing an extinction every other day
There's got to be an answer, we've got to find a way
Between what is dead and what is green
We learn what to keep and what to burn
Between what is fair and what's obscene
It's clean far way from that machine

I will answer the wind
I will leave with the tide
I'll be out on the road
Every chance I can ride

No matter how far
No matter how free
I'll be along
If you'll wait for me

There'll be times when I rise
There'll be times when I'll fall
There'll be times when it's best
To say nothing at all

Know when you're right
I'm letting it be
I'll be around
If you'll wait for me
If you'll wait for me

And I'll fight for the right to go over that hill
If it always means something to me
I will not be persuaded
I won't be still
I'll find a way to be free

In the cool of the night
In the heat of the day
If you're ever in doubt
I'll be on my way
Straight to your side

I guarantee
I'll be around
If you'll wait for me
If you'll wait for me

I see it in your convoluted daydreams
These never ending quests we're always on
I can't believe the things we give importance to
These foolish goals we set ourselves upon

Are you gonna make this easy
Are you gonna make this rough
This world gonna make you crazy
If you never have enough
Most of what we want is just illusion
Most of what we buy won't change a thing
Most of what we're told is misdirection
Offered up to ease our suffering

Are you gonna see the wisdom
Are you gonna call this bluff
This world's gonna run you over


If you never have enough

This is a whole new thing almost like a new religion

The liights are always on the doors are never locked
We ride in on the light the shelves are overstocked

Everybody's got their own connection
Everybody's hoping they can score
Everybody's looking for perfection
Everybody wants a little more

Are you gonna be addicted
Are you gonna give it up
This world's gonna drive you under
If you never have enough

No man ever sounded so lonesomeNo man ever made you feel such painLord, it must have been a real mean bottleThat made you sing that way.
The stories you told about prisonAbout a young man gone astrayLord, it must have been a real mean bottleThat made you write the songs that way.
Chorus:A real mean bottlePoured straight from the devilIt's a miracle you're standin' here todayA real mean bottleMade you such a rebelIt must have been a real mean bottleMade you sing that way.

You spent most all your life with strangersWith a ramblin' fever in your veinsHag, it must have been a real mean bottleThat made you play the blues that way.
Chorus:A real mean bottlePoured straight from the devilIt's a miracle you're standin' here todayA real mean bottleMade you such a rebelIt must have been a real mean bottleMade you sing that way.
A real mean bottlePoured straight from the devilIt must have been a real mean bottleMade you sing that way...

The answer's in the question Will you be home late again Will you find the courage When truth come closin' in When trust is almost broken Faith is hard to find The answer's in the question Will you leave this all behind
The heart's a lonely hunter It never quite feels safe The devil's in the details The thrill is in the chase You rise and fall like water You try to stay the same The only thing that's certain Is that everything will change How will I be remembered Will my critics be unkind


The answer's in the question You must leave this all behind

I've been down in the Delta workin' these fields
Breakin my back, I need a better deal
So long Mississippi, so long Alabam
I want to face the promise of the Promised Land

I've got fevered dreams, mighty plans
I need a black top road, I need a wheel in my hands
So long Arizona, so long desert sands
I need to face the promise of the Promised Land

I'm tired of this river, these nothin' nights
I'm small towned out, I need city lights


So long Allegany, so long Olean
I need to face the promise of the Promised Land
I'll need a world of changes, I need a
brand new space
I need an Eldorado, that's got to be someplace
There's a line inside I think I've crossed
You better watch out now I'm gonna
be my own boss
So long Massachusetts, so long Framingham
I need to face the promise of the Promised Land
So long North Dakota you must understand
I need to face the promise of the Promised Land

Simplicity it works for me
It keeps me runnin' hard, and sharp and true
I focus on the basic stuff
And pretty soon I'm comin up on you
So much clutter clouds our way
Fundamentals win the day

I break you down size you up
I see a path and then I bust a move
Before you know we'll hit you babe
I finish and I'm on to somethin' new
Complex theories have thier place
I like throwdowns in your face


Its clear, when it's really really near
And its everything you need
Rise and be worthy of the prize
Get exactly what you need

Simplicity in everything
In every single thing you say and do
Don't get lost, in foggy stuff
Stay on track and let it come to you
Keep your focus on your goal
Use that iron hard control
Use your power and your speed
Get exactly what you need

You can cry if you want to, you can rage at the night
You can blame all your wounds on the workd if you like
YOu can drink from the bottle no ice and no glass
You can lie in the mornin' and say it's our last
But you won't stop there, no you won't stop there
You can tell yourself different but you won't stop there

You can study the ancients, you can learn every fact
You can follow the cycles that leave and come back
How everything changes, it's been ever thus
One day you're a comet the next day you're dust
But you won't stop there, no you won't stop there
There's always the future and you won't stop there

Tyrants and kings do their usual things
And you try to stay out of their way
Follow the truth and you'll find what you need every day

There's always tomorrow, always a chance
You can stand in the spotlight and not have to dance
You can find something solid,stronger than steel
And it might touch your heart 'cause it just
might be real
But you won't stop there, no you won't stop there
It's not in your nature and you won't stop there
No you won't stop there, no you won't stop there
There's always tomorrow so you won't stop there.

The silent fall of evening snow
Another thing you can't control
Does it chill or warm you soul tonight

You've become a mystery
Will I earn your honesty
I'll never know if we agree
If you're not here

And we travel separate roads


And we carry different loads
And in the end we stay or go

The long goodbye continues on
Through fog and rain and far beyond
You stay awhile and then you're gone again

I look into your restless eyes
You turn away it's no surprise
I wonder if it's even wise but I'm still here