Bob Seger
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Against The Wind
It seems like yesterday
But it was long ago
Janey was
lovely, she was the queen of my nights
There in the darkness with the radio
playlng low
And the secrets that we shared
The mountains that we moved
Caught like a wildfire out of control
Till there was nothing left to burn and
nothing left to prove
And I remember what she said to me
How she swore that it
never would end
I remember how she held me oh so tight
Wish I didn’t know
now what I didn’t know then
Against the wind
We were runnin’ against the wind
We
were young and strong, we were runnin’
Against the wind
And the years rolled slowly past
And I found myself alone
Surrounded bv stranners I thought were my friends
I found myself further and
further from my home
And I guess I lost my way
There were oh so many roads
I was living to run and running to live
Never worried about paying or even
how much I owed
Moving eight miles a minute for months at a time
Breaking
all of the rules that would bend
I began to find myself searchin’
Searching for shelter again and again
Against the wind
A little something
against the wind
I found myself seeking shelter against the wind
Well those drifters days are past me now
I’ve got so much
more to think about
Deadlines and commitments
What to leave in, what to
leave out
Against the wind
I’m still runnin’ against the wind
Well
I’m older now and still
Against the wind
Always in My Heart
I think of you and I together
I picture you and I as one
When we sit there in
The firelight baby
When we wake to the morning sun
And though you may leave me
We’re never apart
You’re always in my heart
When you’re standing at the window
With the moonlight in
your hair
And you turn and smile
My favorite smile
I just have to stop
and stare
And babe when you hold me
I go off the chart
You’re always in
my heart
Stay with me stay
Stay with me babe forever
Be by my
side
Lets spend our lives together
I picture you and I together
I think of you and I for years
And if you’re ever lost or worries baby
I’ll be there to calm your fears
I
think that I’ve loved you
Right from the start
Always in my heart
Always in my heart
Famous Final Scene
Think in terms of bridges burned
Think of seasons that must
end
See the rivers rise and fall
They will rise and fall again
Everything must have an end
Like an ocean to a shore
Like a river to a
stream
Like a river to a stream
It’s the famous final scene
And how you
tried to make it work
Did you really think it could
How you tried to make
it last
Did you really think it would
Like a guest who stayed too long
Now it’s finally time to leave
Yes, it’s finally time to leave
Take it
calmly and serene
It’s the famous final scene
It’s been coming on so long
You were just the last to know
It’s been a long time since you’ve smiled
Seems like oh so long ago
Now the stage has all been set
And the nights
are growing cold
Soon the winter will be here
And there’s no one warm to
hold
Now the lines have all been read
And you knew them all by heart
Now you move toward the door
Here it comes the hardest part
Try the handle
of the road
Feeling different feeling strange
This can never be arranged
As the light fades from the screen
From the famous final scene
Like a Rock
Stood there boldly
Sweatin’ in the sun
Felt like a
million
Felt like number one
The height of summer
I’d never felt that
strong
Like a rock
I was eighteen
Didn’t have a care
Working for peanuts
Not a dime to spare
But I was lean and
Solid everywhere
Like a rock
My hands were steady
My eyes were clear and bright
My
walk had purpose
My steps were quick and light
And I held firmly
To
what I felt was right
Like a rock
Like a rock, I was strong as I could be
Like a rock,
nothin’ ever got to me
Like a rock, I was something to see
Like a rock
And I stood arrow straight
Unencumbered by the weight
Of
all these hustlers and their schemes
I stood proud, I stood tall
High
above it all
I still believed in my dreams
Twenty years now
Where’d they go?
Twenty years
I
don’t know
Sit and I wonder sometimes
Where they’ve gone
And sometimes late at night
When I’m bathed in the
firelight
The moon comes callin’ a ghostly white
And I recall
Recall
Like a rock. standin’ arrow straight
Like a rock, chargin’
from the gate
Like a rock, carryin’ the weight
Like a rock
Lihe a rock, the sun upon my skin
Like a rock, hard against
the wind
Like a rock, I see myself again
Like a rock
Mainstreet
I remember standing on the corner at midnight
Trying to get
my courage up
There was this long lovely dancer in a little club downtown
I loved to watch her do her stuff
Through the long lonely nights she filled
my sleep
Her body softly swaying to that smoky beat
Down on mainstreet
In the pool halls, the hustlers and the losers
I used to
watch ’em through the glass
Well I’d stand outside at closing time
Just to
watch her walk on past
Unlike all the other ladies, she looked so young and
sweet
As she made her way alone down that empty street
Down on mainstreet
And sometimes even now, when I’m feeling lonely and beat
I
drift back in time and I find my feet
Down on mainstreet
Down on
mainstreet
Old Time Rock Roll
Just take those old records off the shelf
I’ll sit and
listen to ’em by myself
Today’s music aln ’t got the same soul
I like that
old time rock ’n’ roll
Don’t try to take me to a disco
You’ll never even
get me out on the
In ten minutes I’ll be late for the door
I like that old
time rock’n’ roll
Still like that old time rock’n’ roll
That kind of music
just soothes the soul
I reminisce about the days of old
With that old time
rock ’n’ roll
Won’t go to hear them play a tango
I’d rather hear some
blues or funky old soul
There’s only sure way to get me to go
Start
playing old time rock ’n’ roll
Call me a relic, call me what you will
Say
I’m old-fashioned, say I’m over the hill
Today’ music ain’t got the same soul
I like that old time rock ’n’ roll
Still like that old time rock’n’ roll
That kind of music
just soothes the soul
I reminisce about the days of old
With that old time
rock ’n’ roll
Beautiful Loser
He wants to dream like a young man
With the wisdom of an
old man.
He wants his home and security,
He wants to live like a sailor at
sea.
Beautiful loser, where you goona fall?
You realize you just can’t
have it all.
He’s your oldest and your best friend,
If you need him,
he’ll be there again.
He’s always willing to be second best,
A perfect
lodger, a perfect guest.
Beautiful loser, read it on the wall
And realize,
you just can’t have it all.
...you can’t have it all, you can’t have it all,
Oh, oh, ... can’t have it all.
He’ll never make any enemies,
He won’t complain if he’s
caught in a freeze.
He’ll always ask, he’ll always say please.
Beautiful loser, never take it all
’cause it’s easier,
faster when you fall,
You just don’t need it all
Oh, oh, ... you just
don’t need it all.
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László Zoltán 2013
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