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words and music by Tina Turner THERE'S A CHURCH HOUSE, GIN HOUSE, SCHOOL HOUSE, OUTHOUSE. ON U.S. 19, HEY, THE PEOPLE KEEP THE CITY CLEAN. THEY CALL IT NUTBUSH, NUTBUSH, NUTBUSH CITY, NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS. 25 IS THE SPEED LIMIT, MOTORCYCLES NOT ALLOWED IN IT. GO TO TOWN ON SATURDAY, GO TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY. UP IN ... UP IN ... NUTBUSH CITY, NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS. SAY IT AGAIN... WORK THE FIELDS ON WEEKDAYS, HAVE A PICNIC EVERY LABOR DAY. GO TO TOWN ON A FRIDAY, BE IN CH |
you mentioned la pieta the dotted line the holy flapping dress white legs carving darkness and you traced your thoughts on the tablecloth as you were speaking so when you left i grabbed the white and telling tablecloth and i carried it out into the empty streets and i laid it down to see what i could see i led my horse along the latitudes across the folds and into white and somehow along the way my horse slid off sideways and was gone forever i mourned and then forgot about it i resumed the line the latitudes and longitudes are cal |
Mobil station where I stand This old gas pump in my hand My boss don't like me, got a face like a weasel Oil on my hands and the smell of diesel Here come a big shot from the city V8 engine, she runs so pretty 'Fill her up son, unleaded I need a full tank a gas where I'm headed' Up in the front seat a pretty red head 'We're going to Vegas we're gonna get wed' 'So fill her up son, don't be staring That's a real diamond she be wearing' I'm gonna take my baby one day I'm gonna fill her up and head west I'm going find some money all ri |
There isn't room in the Inn The keeper wouldn't be my friend I could tell in his eye He'd never change his mind So, I'm left to walk in the cold The light of day is growing old But who's to blame Neither rain nor shine Chorus: That's why this is the best of me Giving up... This is the rest of me And I've had quite enough This is the best of me Giving up... You've seen enough of me To know that it's tough That is me in a scene Father, he is tall ans so serene I said I'd believe I declare a proven sigh Then I'm alone |