You have all you need When you're held by me Don't pine for what's not And whatever will be You search all your life Stealing all you find And you stare at your own hands Not the hands they entwine

'Cause silence isn't golden When I'm holding it inside An I've seen what I have seen Don't damn me when I speak a piece of my mind 'Cause I've been where I have been I put the pen to the paper 'Cause it's all a part of me Be it a song or a casual

(Why?, why?, why?) Mama been laid off Papa been laid off Billy can't get a job Don't let them stay home and listen to the blues (Why?, why?) My brother's been laid off For more than two years now Oh, can't get a job

Well, I'm crazy 'bout my baby She's the only one for me Got a pretty woman, lives way down in Tennessee Well, I've got a pretty woman lives way down in Tennessee Well, I want to see you, baby, I don't have my train fare Yes, I want to see you, baby, I

Happy New Year May we all have a vision now and then Of a world where every neighbor is a friend May we all have our hopes, our will to try If we don't we might as well lay down and die No more champagne And the fireworks are through Here we are, me and

Mister Sandman, bring me a dream Make it the cutest that I've ever seen Then tell her that my lonesome nights are over Mister Sandman, I'm so alone Don't have nobody to call my own Please turn on your magic beam Mister Sandman, bring us a dream Give her

Cry for love I cry for love I don't think I'm supposed to It's something wrong with me, maybe I'm not Sometimes I wonder why I even I shouldn't have to cry for love You take me in, I take you back Baby, what's the problem?

You can have the house Girl all I want you to leave me is alone You can have the money You can have every penny that I will make from this here song Don't act surprised it ain't like you didn't know It's been a long long time comin' and it's time for me

I don't wanna die, So you're gonna have to. I don't wanna die No I don't wanna die So you're gonna have to Blood is getter hotter Body's getting colder I've told you once, I'm the only one who holds her

All I know is everybody loves me Feels just like I don't try Looks so good I might die Swaying to my own sound Flashes in my face now And you don't have to make a sound