ROUGH NIGHT IN JERICHO


From the seaport down to this dirty town, skyline's lost its glow;
I beat my feet to the city streets and man I'm up to here with snow.
You can't subtract all the friends you've been from the friends that you
do not know;
Take a message to Joshua: rough night in Jericho, baby, rough night in
Jericho.

The Bible didn't save me man I did it mostly for myself;
Salvation's not the kind of thing you ought to leave for someone else.
You can't divide all the things you've seen by the things you cannot
show;
Take a message to Joshua: rough night in Jericho, baby, rough night in
Jericho.

Take a message to Rahab, tell her to show;
Take a message to Joshua: rough night in Jericho.

From the seaport down to this dirty town, Skyline's lost its glow;
I beat my feet to the city streets and man I'm up to here with snow.
You can't divide all the things you've been by the things you do not
know;
Take a message to Joshua: rough night in Jericho, baby, rough night in
Jericho.

Take a message to Rahab, tell her to show;
Take a message to Joshua: rough night in Jericho.

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MAXIMELIENNE

Maximelienne, the sunset sings, tired ladies go;
Restless down the streets of dreams that only prophets know.

Max, you know I've heard it said that only children see;
Grown-ups like to laugh sometimes, but then how else could it be,
Maximelienne.

Maximelienne, the morning shines like a million sheets of gold;
And I haven't got the words that the poets never told.

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DOWN ON MAMA
Bruce Murdoch

Wake up in the mornin', gotta go somewhere;
Starting with a daydream, and it ended with a prayer.
And when I go down on mama, she pick me back up again;
Mama, pick me back up again.

Sometimes she get me growlin', she make me all mean inside;
Then she gets this reaction, the kind that I can't hide.
And when I go down on mama, she pick me back up again;
Yes indeed, Mama, she pick me back up again.

I'm coming home from the tavern, my condition is not pure;
Mama found the places that regulate my temperature.
And when I go down on mama, she pick me back up again;
Mama, she pick me back up again.

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(CAN I) COME ACROSS TO YOU

1. It's hard to talk when you know someone, baby, and I do;
It's hard to come across but when I can, come across to you.
Me who's passed through countless hands,
I've been that way before; I don't want it anymore,
Can I come across to you? Can I come across to you?

2. I'm using space to keep my temperature down, not to get upset;
Though I know that's like a hurricane, acting nondescript.
On a bankrupt stagecoach line, the line and I are left with these
thoughts we can't express.
Can I come across to you? Can I come across to you?

3. Your lips are priceless, there's no diamonds worth, the gates of patient prose;
It was you who got the door unlocked, when my heart was froze.
Jack and ace, they embrace this place, I've got nothing to demand, I'm simply offering my hand.
Can I come across to you? Can I come across, can I come across to you?

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