Stay Warm (Roll Up Your Sleeves)

Last night I had a dream We were inseparably entwined Like a piece of rope made out of two pieces of vine Held together, holding each other With no one else in mind Like two atoms in a molecule Inseparably combined But then I woke from the dream To realize I was alone A tragic event, I must admit But let's not be overblown I'm gonna try to write a love song Just a sad pathetic moan And maybe I just need a change Maybe I just need a new cologne But now I look at love Like being stabbed in the heart You torture each other from day to day And then one day you part Most of the time it's misery But there's some joy at the start And for that I'd say it's worth it Just use a blade that's short and sharp on me And if love is just a game Then how come it's no fun? If love is just a game How come I've never won? I guess maybe it's possible I might be playing it wrong And that's why every time I roll the dice I always come undone

When I was a young boy My mama said to me "There's only one girl in this world for you And she probably lives in Tahiti" (Go the whole wide world Go the whole wide world Just to find her) Or maybe she's in the Bahamas Where the Caribbean Sea is blue Weeping in the tropical moonlit night Because nobody's talkin' 'bout you I'd go the whole wide world Go the whole wide world Just to find her I'd go the whole wide world Go the whole wide world To find out where they hide her Am I hanging around in the rain right here Trying to pick up a girl? Why are my eyes filling up with these lonely tears When there's girls all over the world? Is she lying on some tropical beach somewhere Underneath a tropical sun? Pining away in a heatwave there Hoping that I won't be long I should be lying on that sunswept beach with her Caressing her warm brown skin And then in a year or maybe not quite We'll be sharing the same next of kin I'd go the whole wide world I'd go the whole wide world Just to find her

Can I sit next to you? Can you sit next to me? Get the stars outta your eyes Come and bring them to me I been down so long I've been working on a plan, yeah It's just that I been down so long I gotta get me mine when I can Can I sit next to you? Can you sit next to me? I walk to Memphis alone ‘Cos you'd do it for me Oh, I know you would All of the kicks from the sticks All the kicks that we knew I put all that aside Concentrate on you All the kicks from the sticks All the hits that we took All the stitches we got All our brains so cooked Someday I'm gonna get where you wanna I've been down so long Been down but now I gotta get lifted up I'm gonna walk a tightrope Gonna get kicks every night No one's holding me back No one's changing my mind Get the stars outta your eyes Come and sit next to me Under Tennessee skies Down on South Front Street I’ve been working on a plan, yeah I’ve been down so long Been down but now I gotta get lifted up

Roll up your sleeves We're headin' for winter, I know The nights will get colder And I'll make my bed Make sure I'm all fed and asleep And wake when we're older It's slower But I can wait it out Form in an orderly queue Outside your house Roll up your sleeves for winter And I can wait till summer When you're warmer Roll up your sleeves We're headin' for winter, I know The nights will get colder And I'll make my bed Make sure I'm all fed and asleep And wake when we're older It's slower But I can wait this out Form in an orderly queue Outside your house I'm not even kidding Roll up your sleeves for winter And I can wait till summer When you're warmer Stay calm, stay calm, stay calm Stay calm, stay calm, stay calm Stay calm, stay calm, stay calm Keep warm Keep warm

I'll go, I'll go, I'll go, I'll go for you I'll fight, I'll fight, I'll fight, I'll fight for you I'll kill, I'll kill, I'll kill, I'll kill for you I will, I will, I will I'll go, I'll go, I'll go, I'll go for you I'll fight, I'll fight, I'll fight, I'll fight for you I'll die, I'll die, I'll die, I'll die for you I will, I will, I will And if I die, I'll die, I'll die alone On some forgotten hill abandoned by the mill All my blood will spring and spill I'll thrash the air and then be still You'll wake with a start from a dream And know that I am gone You'll feel it in your heart But not for very long You'll rise each day as planned Your will is your command And stand each Sunday A hymnal steady in your hand And you'll sing to yourself The rising, falling melody That you could never read Without the choirs' lead Still alone and lost indeed Your soul will not be free I will go, I will go, I will go And in war's waters I will wade And I will know without remorse or regret The fairness of our trade For you to live I took your place A deal was made and I was paid And the goal as I was told Was a place where my body could be laid And you will steer your life And die old in better homes surrounded By your peers without suffering or fear Grandchildren far and near And none will shed a tear For the love no longer here I'll go, I'll go, I'll go I'll go for you I will I'll fight, I'll fight, I'll fight I'll fight for you, I will, I will, I will I'll kill, I'll kill, I'll kill I'll kill for you I will I'll die, I'll die, I'll die I'll die for you, I will, I will, I will And if I die, I'll die I'll die alone like Jesus on a cross My faith cannot be tossed And my life will not be lost If my love Comes across

I'm a man on fire Walking through your street With one guitar And two dancing feet Only one desire That's left in me I want the whole damn world To come dance with me Oh, come dance with me Over murder and pain Come and set you free Over heartache and shame I wanna see our bodies burning like the old big sun I wanna know what we've been learning and learning from Everybody want safety (safety, love) Everybody want comfort (comfort, love) Everybody want certain (certain of) Everybody but me I’m a man on fire Walking down your street With one guitar And two dancing feet Only one desire That’s left in me I want the whole damn world To come and dance with me Oh, yeah Come dance with me Over heartache and rage Come set us free Over panic and strange I wanna see our bodies burning like the old big sun I wanna know what we've been learning and learning from Everybody want romance (romance, love) Everybody want safety (safety, love) Everybody want comfort (comfort, love) Everybody but me I’m a man on fire Walking down your street With one guitar And two dancing feet Only one desire Instilled in me I want the whole damn world To come and dance with me

The perfect place may never exist, may never exist The perfect time might be years and years away The city is overweight and it's pressing on the pair of us We scowl and sweat beneath the overbearing crush But I still want to be here, want to be here I still want to be here, want to be here And I would live in a devil's ditch just to be near you I still want to be here, want to be here There is shit all over the street outside our house now Junk fiends dance at the bus stop next to the rodeo clowns Nowhere to run to so we hide like mislaid infants Fuck these faceless homes and everyone who lives in them But I still want to be here, want to be here I still want to be here, want to be here And I would live in a shallow pit just to be near you I still want to be here I still want to be here, want to be here I would live in a devil's ditch just to be near you I still want to be here

It might be impractical To seek out a new romance We won't know the actual If we never take the chance I'd love to collapse with you And ease you against this song I think we're compatible I see that you think I'm wrong But anytime will do, my love Anytime will do No choice of words will break me from this rule Anytime will do, my love Anytime will do What choice of words will take me back to you? Your love makes a fool of you You can't seem to understand Our heart doesn't play by rules And love has its own demands But I'll be there to take care of you If ever you should decide But you don't want to waste your life In the middle of a lovesick lullaby But anytime will do, my love Oh, my reddest rose Caldera, set it off How your fire grows, hermosa Caldera glistening Through your fussed blows Careen your caldera, set it off As your body flows, the second hand flashes, passes Over your skin like time Any time will do, my love Anytime will do, my love No choice of words will break me from this rule What choice of words will take me back to you?

Why are you looking lost When you’re standing right beside me You were turning off Open up your eyes, you’re sleeping And you’re dreaming You’re dreaming You’re dreaming Never mind the time I’m up all night with the Century Ghosts They don’t have a mind They would never think of leaving And we’re dreaming We’re dreaming We’re dreaming All these scenes of shattered glass All your systems in collapse On the screen they move so fast It’s just like life But we’re dreaming I got Metal in my blood Dancing around to the magnets What about our love So hard to start in a violent age And I don’t wanna I don’t wanna live in this place anymore Everybody cries Everybody needs some comfort From dreaming Dreaming Dreaming I want to change my whole life And forever in this place Is just a day Just a day All these scenes of shattered glass All your systems in collapse On the screen they move so fast It’s just like life But we’re dreaming Another scene, more shattered glass Every system in collapse A billion screens they move so fast But that’s not life You’re dreaming Dreaming It’s in the blood