1. ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS

Guess it's just the same old story
Fool I didn't have a chance
She took me like a house that's burning
Never gave a second glance
Eat 'em up let 'em go and you never
Let your feelings show
She ain't here and you're asking why
Life's a bitch and then you die
Come on lover just let go
Is there something I should know

Was it just one of those nights
Something you don't remember, yeah
Just one of those crazy nights
Something I don't remember

Sitting at the bar drinking beer
Happy hour's over and love's cost me dear
The piano player sits at his stool
He's playing "Feelings" ain't life cruel
Uptown downtown life's a river
And I wish I could drown
I could still hear those loving sighs
A lesson learnt love's just a lie

I know I made a big mistake
With love there's no even break
There's a price you have to pay
I got the bill when I heard you say

(Was it) just one of those nights (baby)
Something I don't remember
Just one of those crazy nights
Something you don't remember

Was it just one of those nights, baby
Something I don't remember
Just one of those crazy nights
Something I don't remember

(Was it) just one of those nights (baby)
Something I don't remember
Just one of those crazy nights
Something you don't remember


2. LONG GONE

Skulking in the mean streets whispering in the halls
Redlight bandits on the corner give no quarter calls
Infectious garbage fills the streets
And in their eyes you know
A thin blue line bends and breaks stop the overflow

Fan the flames of the city's heat
In dark corners hiding never seen
Desperation and the trouble flares
Alarm guns ring running scared

And you're long gone, down in this hell
Long gone down in this hell
So baby won't you hold me tight
Let your softness fill my night
In your eyes I can see the fear
This town never sheds a tear
We're gonna be /out someday/walking away

Keep on looking for a holy one,
Some kind of hero or a prophet to come
Visionaries dance your night away
There's no tomorrow living for today
But you're long gone down in this hell
Long gone down in this hell

I saw the stars come out tonight so lonely and immune
Summer rain kissed the streets that bleed like open wounds
Patrol cars sweep the avenues down on Forty Eighth
While faces in dark doorways wait around the hate

Fan the flames of the city's heat
In dark corners hiding never seen
Desperation and the trouble flares
Alarm guns ring running scared

Baby better walk away
Baby better walk away
We'll be busting out someday
(x2)


3. AIN'T LIFE SWEET

Kick out the cat / turn back the clock
Ain't life sweet baby look what I got
They took the TV honey
Oh babe now they took the car
I skipped the bills yeah
And I've been drinking at the bar

Ain't life a treat, it ain't so sweet
When you're down on down - down on down

The bank's foreclosing
And there's a foot inside my door
The telephone's not ringing
And I can't take it anymore

I'm off the track - my last six pack
And I'm down on down - going down
Ain't life a treat it ain't so sweet
When you're going down - down on down

Hit me shorty

My God the kids are screaming
And the help she ain't been paid
My baby upped and left me
Well I hope she's getting laid

Ain't life a treat it ain't so sweet
When you're down on down - going down
I'm just bad luck looks like I got stuck
Down on down - down on down

I took it to the limit, now I'm really in it
Going down - right on down
Just like the I.R.S. oh, more is less
Going down - down on down