Taxi Cab, Taxi Cab, at the light Won't you take me on a ride through this city of night I got some money and I'm feeling fine I ain't in no hurry so just
The way your heart beats when I hold you tight The way you sigh when we kiss goodnight The way the wind blows through the trees Well hey, that's the way
In the room where fortune falls On a day when chance is all In the dark of fierce exile I felt the grace of your smile Honey, you're my lucky day Baby
He was born a little baby on the Appalachian Trail At six months old he'd done three months in jail Here at the bank in his diapers and his little bare
Johnny works in a factory Billy works downtown Terry works in a rock and roll band Looking for that million dollar sound I got a job down in Darlington
Out here the nights are long, the days are lonely I think of you and I'm working on a dream I'm working on a dream Now the cards I've drawn's a rough
Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho! I was standing by the river Where the cold black water runs I was standing by the river Where the cold black water runs
Where the cold wind blows Tomorrow never knows Where your sweet smile goes Tomorrow never knows You and me we've been standing in my den Waiting for
With you I don't hear the minutes ticking by I don't feel the hours as they fly I don't see the summer as it wanes Just a subtle change of light upon
Well surprise, surprise, surprise Yeah surprise, surprise, surprise Well surprise, surprise, come on open your eyes And let your love shine down Well
There's a wonderful world where all you desire And everything you've longed for is at your fingertips Where the bittersweet taste of life is at your lips
Sun down, sun down They're taking all the tents down Where have you gone my handsome Billy? Sun down, sun down The carnival trains leave town Where are
We met down in the valley, where the wine of love and destruction flows There in that curve of darkness where flowers of temptation grow I left the rest
There's a pillar in the temple where I carved your name There's a soul sitting sad and blue Now the remedies you've taken are all in vain Let me show
I was tryin' to find my way home But all I heard was a drone Bouncing off a satellite Crushin' the last lone American night This is radio nowhere, is
You can't sleep at night You can't dream your dream Your fingerprints on file Left clumsily at the scene Your own worst enemy has come to town Your own
White roses and misty blue eyes Red mornings and nothing but grey skies A cup of coffee, your heart shot clean through Jacket you bought me gone daisy
A letter come blowin' in On an ill wind Somethin' 'bout me and you Never seein' one another again And what I knew had come Stars struck deaf and dumb