Slow Train (1971 outtake)

How can you live in such a state?

Your mind is empty and you're full of hate

The things you say and the things you do

Mark you down as a helpless fool

I know, I know, I know, I know

It's gonna be all right through the night

Tomorrow comes and you're full of shame

Oh baby! You play the crying game

Aaaah...

Gonna be a long time baby

Before we get it sorted out all right

I'll drag you off to Utopia, baby

We'll end up heading south

I need, I need, I need to know

If you're gonna do me right

If you do the things I ask of you

I'll tell the world tonight

He he he he hee... All right

You do me right, you do me wrong

Tell me, where do I belong?

You do me up, you do me down

I accept it all without a frown

You live like a woman in a fantasy

Ha ha I admire you from my tree

You drain my life and you drain my brain

I end up running back again

I love, I love, I love the funny ways

Oh you throw me in a daze

If you ever left me woman

I'd destroy myself, sure as hell

Aaaah...

We're gonna ride a slow train baby

And take all the whistle stops - oh yes we are

We'll pull down the blinds while the carriage grinds

And the engine grunts and pops

Well there's a city, Jamie cryin' 'bout the fussin' goin' on

So I'll burn her Times to ash

Well there's a lot to live but there's a lot to give

Ready! Steady! Smash!

Alright! Yeah! Uh mmh!

You just got to be out of your head

When you say you're good looking from bottom to top

Well I'll be waiting, to give her the rent

When you pass 'til you say you want a sock hop

Well there's a nightmare howling like there's something going on

And it's going to aim the pain

Oh, just like me he fell in love

Ah now he feels the pain

Aaaah....

Gonna ride a slow train baby

And take all the whistle stops - oh yes we are

We'll pull down the blinds while the carriage grinds

Engine grunts and pops

Well there's a city, Jamie cryin' 'bout the fussin' goin' on

So I'll burn her Times to ash

And there's a lot to live and there's a lot to give

Ready! Steady! Smash!