Come gather 'round, friends And I'll tell you a tale Of when the red iron ore pits ran plenty But the cardboard filled windows And old men on the benches Tell you now that the whole town is empty In the north end of town My own children are grown But I

Do do do do Come on the risin' wind, We're goin' up around the bend There's a place up ahead and I'm goin' Just as fast as my feet can fly Come away, come away if you're goin' Leave the sinkin' ship behind

I love the ocean And you light the fire The one desire And you shall always know Look in your heart and you'll find home A long day out on the road The clock winds down and the sun gets low Nature's singing in the late daylight And she'll keep on singing

Where to go and what to do Wasted hours that you make new All those wasted hours we used to know Spent the summers staring out the window The wind it takes you where it wants to go At first they built the road then they built the town That's why we're

I've been too long in the wind Too long in the rain Taking any comfort that I can Looking back and longing for The freedom of my chains And lying in your loving arms again If you could see me now The one who said that she'd rather roam The one who said

I like to sit beside the fire When the light is going down I like to hear the wild wind blow outside my door I have so much left to remember I have so much left to forget And I know I just don't have to search for more But you want to change my world

The wind of life and air from above smells of death. Angels sing of the end. Nothing you say and nothing you try can change time. Human race prepares to die

I pull my blue jeans on, I pull my old blue jeans on When I wake up in the mornin' light I pull on my jeans and I feel all right You and me, we'll go motorbike ridin' in the sun And the wind and the rain I got money in my pocket, I got a tiger in my tank

(I'm a slacker) - never did I have a lotta dough (I'm a slacker) - smoking pot and watching videos (I'm a slacker) - go whichever way the wind blows Those just tuning in, I'm just lettin you know (I'm a slacker) - everytime I take a look around (I'm a

I concentrate on you. Whenever skies look gray to me And trouble begins to brew, Whenever the Winter winds become too strong, When fortune cries "Nay! Nay!" to me And people declare "You're through!", Whenever the blues become my only song, On your smile