Don't be late for school again boy I think me, I want life I think me, I want a house and a wife I want to shimmy-shimmy-shimmy Through the break of dawn yeah Don't be late for school again girl Education, fornication, in you are go Education

Homesick tired All alone in a big city Why should ev'rybody pity me, Nighttime's falling, folks are a singin', they dance till break of day Dear Old Southland with it's dreamy songs Takes me back there where I belong How I'd love to be in mammy's arms

I get so lonely, i get so lonely i could die I get so lonely baby I get so lonely Since my baby left me, i found a new place to dwell Down at the end of lonely street at heartbreak hotel Though the place is crowded, you still can find some room Where

A car has killed a friend down in Chicago, thousand miles away J.B Lenoir is dead and it's hit me like a hammer blow J.B had a struggle playin' unappreciated blues in vain When I read the news, night came early in my day I cry inside my heart that the

They build me up, to break me down, But the world still turns around But the world still turns around. They wanna build me up to break me down They show love when I was heard up They wanna build me up, Postpone my attempt to kill my bars, Well you better

Come, break me down Bury me, bury me What if I wanted to break What would you do? I am finished with you Look in my eyes You're killing me, killing me All I wanted was you Break me down

Don't call me daughter, not fit to The picture kept will remind me Don't call me The shades go down Alone, listless Breakfast table in an otherwise empty room Young girl, violence Center of her own attention The mother reads aloud, child tries to

Doo-doo-doo we're on to you Underneath the shaker knit he's a brick wall Tearing her down, talking her down under your breath Making a mess, see she is happy you want to break it You the number one wet blanket Falling for the creep the body leech here he

Hoping I don't come around Kick me when I'm on the ground (on the ground) They beat me up and break me down Kick me when I'm on the ground Beat me up and break me down Don't give me no comic book Sad looks no more Please don't use those same Excuses you

Innervision I need to seek my Your sacred silence Losing all violence It's never too late to reinvent the bicycle Small breaks for the new Giving you life Giving you force Well, I have a home