XX       XX  ALBUMSXX

Shinkicker

Well, it's a shin-kick morning
Gotta kickstart the day
Wind up my machine and I'll be on my way.

Well, a burning fever
Woke me up at dawn
I didn't have no choice, I had to carry on.

Well, my engine's overheating
And I'm running out of gas
I only got the two speeds and it's slow and fast.

Well, I got to find a town that's got some action
Got to find a place stays open late
Right away.

C.C. Mama
Motorcycle queen
I'm gonna catch up with you with my lightning wheels.

It's cold black coffee
Eggs and grease
Stop in at the truckstop, I don't want to sleep.

Well, it's a shin-kick morning
I'm gonna turn up the heat
I'm racing all the truckers and I got them beat
BRUTE FORCE & IGNORANCE

Brute Force & Ignorance
just hit town
looking like survivors
found and lost and found
Brute force & ignorance have come to play
a one night stand at in 8 o'clock
Then they'll be on their way

This old town's exploding
And the mayor's uptight
He'd like to make it to the show
but he knows it's not in his night
he's got to be beholding
to his legal spouse
But she's put the thumbscrews on him
and snuck out of the house

There she goes

Picture on the poster
Raised an eyebrow or two
At fifty five to seven
Lord, you should've seen the queue.
City slick and country hick
They came one and all
The traffic-light girl and the downhome kids
Assembled in the hall.

Shadow Play

In the flinty light, it's midnight
And stars collide.
Shadows run, in full flight
To run, seek and hide.
I'm still not sure what part I play
In this shadow play, this shadow play.

In the half light, on this mad night
I hear a voice in time.
Well, I look back, see a half-smile
Then it's gone from sight.
Won't you tell me how I can find my way
In this shadow play, this shadow play.

Sounds come crashing
And I hear laughing
All those lights just blaze away.
I feel a little strange inside
A little bit of Jekyll, a little Mr. Hyde.

Sounds come crashing
Can I hear laughing?
All those lights just blaze away.
I feel a little strange inside
A little Dr. Jekyll, a little Mr. Hyde.

Thoughts run wild, free as a child
Into the night.
Across the screen a thin beam
Of magic light.
Things they just don't look the same
In this shadow play, this shadow play
Shadow play, shadow play.
I can't run away from this shadow play

Last Of The Independants


I caught the Red-Eye at midnight
In the nick of time
On the seven four seven
And we soon were flying high.
Lord, I had no time to lose
Things were getting hot
Only I know where we stashed the loot
The mob wants to know the spot.

They got the muscle in from Cleveland
The fire-power from Detroit
They missed me in New Jersey
Though things got pretty tight.

Caught my scent in Richmond
At the Hotel Savoy
But I got out the laundry shute
And went to Chicago, Illinois.

I'm the Last of the Independants
Yeah, they're searching coast to coast
Only I know where we hid the loot
Eleven years ago.

I caught the Red-Eye at midnight
In the nick of time
On the seven four seven
We soon were high and wide.
The moon was laughing at me like it did not have a care
But I just smiled right back and said
'You ain't going anywhere'.

Well, I want out of the rackets
And the numbers game
'Cos when you cross the big boss
You only got yourself to blame.
I won't sing like a canary
And I won't go naming names.
I don't need police protection
I'll play it my own way.

I'm the Last of the Independants
Well, I play by my own rules.
Yes, I'm the Last of the Independants
The Syndicate, well, it don't approve.

Well, I'm the Last of the Independants
Well, I got to keep on the move.
Well, I'm the Last of the Independants
Well, I got no time to lose
Time to lose.

FUEL TO THE FIRE 

(anthem-like instrumental intro)

Had me a whiskey, and I chased it.
Got me some trouble, gonna face it.
Well if I had a trump card, I would place it.
That's for sure.  Yeah.

I had a dream, but I can't trace it.
I call out your name, so you might hear it
But it only adds fuel to the fire.
In my soul.  Yeah.

(short instrumental)

If I could just re-write the pages.
Wake up with peace, with the way it is.
I don't want to live in this world, if you can't grace it.
Anymore. Anymore, yeah.

(instrumental--superb!  Some of Rory's best ever playing and then he says a little "yeah")

Friends try to raise my spirits higher.
But there's no dulling this strong desire.
They don't feel the heat of the fire.
In my soul.  In my soul.

Had me a whiskey, and I chased it.
Got me some trouble, gonna face it.
Well if I had a trump card, I would place it.
Yeah, at your door.  Yeah, yeah...aw..

(instrumental with anthem-like fade)
________________________