Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons Packed up and ready to go Heard of some grave sites out by the highway A place where nobody knows The sound of gunfire off in the distance I'm getting used to it now Lived in a brownstone, I lived in the ghetto I've lived all over this town This ain't no party, this ain't no disco This ain't no fooling around No time for dancing, or lovey dovey I ain't got time for that now Transmit the message to the receiver Hope for an answer some day I got three passports, couple of visas Don't even know my real name High on a hillside trucks are loading Everything's ready to roll I sleep in the daytime, I work in the nightime I might not ever get home This ain't no party, this ain't no disco This ain't no fooling around This ain't no mudd club, or C.B.G.B. I ain't got time for that now This ain't no party, this ain't no disco This ain't no fooling around No time for dancing, or lovey dovey I ain't got time for that now Heard about houston? heard about detroit? Heard about pittsburgh, PA? You oughta know not to stand by the window Somebody might see you up there I got some groceries, some peanut butter To last a couple of days But I ain't got no speakers, ain't got no headphones Ain't got no records to play Why stay in college? why go to night school? Gonna be different this time? Can't write a letter, can't send a postcard I can't write nothing at all This ain't no party, this ain't no disco This ain't no fooling around I'd love you hold you, I'd like to kiss you I ain't got no time for that now Trouble in transit, got through the roadblock We blended in with the crowd We got computers, we're tapping phone lines I know that ain't allowed We dress like students, we dress like housewives Or in a suit and a tie I changed my hairstyle so many times now Don't know what I look like You make me shiver, I feel so tender We make a pretty good team Don't get exhausted, I'll do some driving You ought to get you some sleep Burned all my notebooks, what good are notebooks? They won't help me survive My chest is aching, burns like a furnace The burning keeps me alive

Here's a girl who lives on second street, she cries on every time we meet. She's the only girl, I want her to be. On the sidewalks going out tonight, the street lights make her look just right She's the only girl, I want her to be. And on the darkest nights, she occupies my time. I can't wait for the day to make her, make her mine. And the window that i saw her in afraid that I could not sleep in To save a place in your head for me. And on the darkest nights, she occupies my time. I can't wait for the day to make her, make her mine. And i'll tell you that its ok So many things i want to hear you say There's a girl who lives on second street, she cries on every time we meet. She's the only girl, I want her to be. She's the only girl, I want her to be. There's a girl who lives on second street, She's the only girl, I want her to be.

Do you know where you're going to Do you like the things that life is showing you Where are you going to Do you know? Do you get what you're hoping for When you look behind you there's no open doors What are you hoping for Do you know? Once we were standing still in time Chasing the fantasies and fear in our minds Do you know how I loved you but my spirit was free Laughing at the questions that you once asked of me Do you know where you're going to Do you like the things that life is showing you Where are you going to Do you know? Now looking back at all we've had We let so many dreams just slip through our hands Why must we wait so long before we see How sad the answers to those questions can be

They paved paradise And put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique And a swinging hot spot Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got Till it's gone They paved paradise And put up a parking lot. They took all the trees And put them in a tree museum And they charged all the people A dollar and a half just to see 'em Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got Till it's gone They paved paradise And put up a parking lot. Hey farmer farmer Put away that D.D.T. now Give me Spots on my apples But leave me the birds and the bees Please! Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got Till it's gone They paved paradise And put up a parking lot. Late last night I heard the Screen door slam And a big yellow taxi Took away my old man Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got Till it's gone They paved paradise And put up a parking lot.