[00:14.75]Back in the old folky days
[00:22.14]The air was magic when we played.
[00:29.35]The riverboat was rockin' in the rain
[00:36.31]Midnight was the time for the raid.
[00:43.73]Oh, Isabela, proud Isabela,
[00:51.40]They tore you down and plowed you under.
[00:59.13]You're only real with your make-up on
[01:06.53]How could I see you and stay too long?
[01:13.74]All along the Navajo Trail,
[01:21.50]Burn-outs stub their toes on garbage pails.
[01:28.75]Waitresses are cryin' in the rain
[01:35.85]Will their boyfriends pass this way again?
[01:43.52]Oh, Mother Goose, she's on the skids
[01:51.23]Sure ain't happy, neither are the kids.
[01:58.57]She needs someone that she can scream at
[02:06.22]And I'm such a heel for makin' her feel so bad.
[02:13.87]I guess I'll call it sickness gone
[02:21.08]It's hard to say the meaning of this song.
[02:28.49]An ambulance can only go so fast
[02:35.90]It's easy to get buried in the past
[02:43.24]When you try to make a good thing last.
[03:58.77]I saw today in the entertainment section
[04:06.11]There's room at the top for private detection.
[04:13.66]To Mom and Dad this just doesn't matter,
[04:21.07]But it's either that or pay off the kidnapper.
[04:28.76]So all you critics sit alone
[04:36.09]You're no better than me for what you've shown.
[04:43.58]With your stomach pump and your hook and ladder dreams
[04:51.07]We could get together for some scenes.
[05:59.54]Well, I'm up in T.O. keepin' jive alive,
[06:07.03]And out on the corner it's half past five.
[06:14.23]But the subways are empty
[06:17.95]And so are the cafes.
[06:21.74]Except for the Farmer's Market
[06:25.36]And I still can hear him say:
[06:29.38]You're all just pissin' in the wind
[06:36.99]You don't know it but you are.
[06:44.19]And there ain't nothin' like a friend
[06:51.09]Who can tell you you're just pissin' in the wind.
[07:44.07]I never knew a man could tell so many lies
[07:51.49]He had a different story for every set of eyes
[07:59.09]How can he remember who he's talking to?
[08:06.44]'Cause I know it ain't me, and hope it isn't you.