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LYRICS

LIVE FROM THE ROCKPILE

LOST CONTROL

I took a walk to ease the pain

Stepped back started again

Walked a mile and hung my head

Lost control, you're lost she said

You were there to push me far

Said keep true, stay the course

Help me up, help me stand

Who's gonna teach me to be a man

 

I caught a piece of a falling star

I'm trying to find my way to where you are

And if I never make it back till then

I'll never be controlled again

 

Where do I go from here

It's getting closer now I fear

Chin up boy don't shed no tears

You’re a man you keep her near

 

I caught a piece of a falling star

I'm trying to find my way to where you are

And if I never make it back till then

I'll never be controlled again

 

And I'll never get away

I'll never be the same

I won't make that mistake

And I'll show him the way

I won't let you fade

You won't ever get away

I'll never be controlled

I'm done controlling

 

I caught a piece of a falling star

I'm trying to find my way to where you are

And if I never make it back till then

I'll never be controlled again

I caught a piece of a falling star (falling star)

I'm trying to find my way to where you are

And if I never make it back till then (back till then)

I'll never be controlled again

FIGURE IT OUT

Words and music by Ben Thatcher & Michael Kerr

Nothing here to see
Just a kid like me
Trying to cuss and see
Trying to figure it out

Nothing better to do
When I'm stuck on you
And still I'm here
Trying to figure it out

Getting hard to sleep
But it is in my dreams
But it's killing me
To try and figure it out

Nothing better to do
When I'm stuck on you
And still I'm here
Trying to figure it out

I'll let it go 'cause I won't see you later
And I'm not allowed to talk it out
I said I'll come, I'll promise I won't show
But I see you trying to figure it out
I promise you, I'll take a bet on you
But you didn't know I planned it out
I said I'll go, yeah, I won't see you later
And I'm not allowed to figure it out

Nothing here to see
Just a kid like me
Trying to cuss and see
Trying to figure it out

Nothing better to do
When I'm stuck on you
And still I'm here
Trying to figure it out

I'll let it go 'cause I won't see you later
And I'm not allowed to talk it out
I said I'll come, I'll promise I won't show
But I see you trying to figure it out
I promise you, I'll take a bet on you
But you didn't know I planned it out
I said I'll go, yeah, I won't see you later
And I'm not allowed to figure it out

THE BALLAD OF CAPTAIN JACK

Lost the jam in my very first session

Kept it up just to add to the aggression

I'm on a mission to keep this consistent

I wish my second dad had've taken me fishing

Pretty girl got my stomach up a churning

Buy the drinks just to keep up the flirting

I gotta get an earning to keep up the learning

So my second dad will stop the concerning

I hope your daddy loves you

I hope your daddy cares

Cuz I need a woman

With no issues to spare

 

So baby back up against the wall and let your hair down while I stall

Take off your sweater, we'll make it better

Turn it up and change the weather

Tell me what to say, forget your sins of yesterday

Take off your sweater, take off your sweater

I promise honey it only gets better

 

Weekends hit so loosen up your tie

Party up with your girl by your side

If you're the single type and you're running out tonight

I wish you all the luck and I hope you get a bite

Might I recommend a shot to go with that

That's a pretty name mine is Captain Jack

You might have heard of me I'd like to dance certainly

I've got a reputation to keep up with the mystery

I like the way your body moves

I like the way you hold me tight

And I can see myself

Going home with you tonight

 

So baby back up against the wall and let your hair down while I stall

Take off your sweater, we'll make it better

Turn it up and change the weather

Tell me what to say, forget your sins of yesterday

Take off your sweater, take off your sweater

I promise honey it only gets better

 

Back up against the wall and let your hair down while I stall

Take off your sweater, we'll make it better

Turn it up and change the weather

Tell me what to say, forget your sins of yesterday

Take off your sweater, take off your sweater

I promise honey it only gets better

 

So go on slam the door

As our bodies hit the floor

Take off your sweater I'll make it better

Turn it up, baby feel it get wetter

Baby I can please

I gotchu begging on your knees

Take off your sweater take off your sweater

I promise honey it only gets better

CROOKED STEP

He's a crooked man with a crooked step

Leads a crooked life that fleeting

Takes a pill a day to wash away

The crookedness he’s alone and empty

Inside of him lies a great sin

Tear apart the creases and fall in

Sing along with me and you’ll start to see

That this man is you and me

 

Get an upgrade and fix your version

I am certain that its recommended by your past excursions

 

Believe me I wouldn’t lie

Ive had to say many goodbyes

But this road I’m travelling on has a cold and chilling frost

Im the captain so I pray I don’t get lost

 

Buys a diamond ring and starts to sing

A wretched tune its concerning

Fills his coffee up its his second cup

Doesn’t sleep at night needs the thrill to keep him

From slowing down to wrap his head around

That wretched tune that haunting sound

Sing along with him as loud as him

And with me so you will see

 

Get an upgrade and fix your version

I am certain that its recommended by your past excursions

Believe me I wouldn’t lie

Ive had to say many goodbyes

But this road I’m travelling on has a cold and chilling frost

Im the captain so I pray

 

Hail to the majestic son

Sway to the beat of the drum

Bet he's looking for another big street woman

Cats fallin’, screamin’, scratchin’ at the cushion

Follow through and roll me inside

Roll me inside and make me crooked

 

Get an upgrade and fix your version

I am certain that its recommended by your past excursions

Believe me I wouldn’t lie

Ive had to say many goodbyes

But this road I’m travelling on has a cold and chilling frost

Im the captain so I pray I don’t get lost

 

Believe me I wouldn’t lie

Ive had to say many goodbyes

But this road I’m travelling on has a cold and chilling frost

Im the captain so I pray I don’t get

captain so I pray I don’t get

captain so I pray I don’t get

Captain don’t let us go down and feel that crooked step

BILLS TO PAY

I had a little but a little wasn't good enough so I took it and I made a little more

I didn't make it but I took it and I drove it down down the street to the corner store

And by store I mean the pickup in the parking lot run by a dude and his little four

Kids they weren't his but to him it was a win cuz he hustled me down to the floor

 

All I wanted was a ticket cuz he told me he had fixed it to a horse that was gonna score

And as I drove away I realized that I had paid for more and now I'm just dirt poor

Now I'm down on my knees begging oh God please I need a win cuz I can't pay no more

If this horse is a quitter than I'm really in the shitter cuz my landlord says I'm out the door

 

I got bills to pay and no money saved and no place to call my home

I don't spend my days working my ass away so I guess I should have known

 

Driving to the track with my buddy in the back and this lady he was trying to score

She's a real down-towner couldn't have said it any louder and she hustles on down to the floor

And as I'm looking in the mirror they're getting busy in the rear and I drove my car into a ditch

Now I'm shit out of luck I've got to spend another buck I got to pay a guy to give me a hitch

 

I got bills to pay and no money saved and no place to call my home

I don't spend my days working my ass away so I guess I should have known

Living casually never set me free and I'm in debt right down to the bone

I'm no prodigy so there's no money for me looks like I'm living life on my own

 

Oh my God oh my God

I've been searching for something never reaching for nothing

I'm an old sick bastard case in an unfamiliar place and I'm crawling my way back through tiny cracks

Oh my God oh my God

I'm a used up canon I'll fire at nothing

So just put your faith in me and you'll finally start to see that I'm almost just like you

 

I got bills to pay and no money saved and no place to call my home

I don't spend my days working my ass away so I guess I should have known

Living casually never set me free and I'm in debt right down to the bone

I'm no prodigy so there's no money for me looks like I'm living life on my own

Looks like I'm living life on my own

Looks like I'm living life on my own

IMMIGRANT SONG

Words and music by Jimmy Page & Roger Plant

Ah-ah, ah!
Ah-ah, ah!

We come from the land of the ice and snow
From the midnight sun, where the hot springs flow
The hammer of the gods
We'll drive our ships to new lands
To fight the horde, and sing and cry
Valhalla, I am coming!

On we sweep with threshing oar
Our only goal will be the western shore

 

Ah-ah, ah!
Ah-ah, ah!

We come from the land of the ice and snow
From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow
How soft your fields so green
Can whisper tales of gore
Of how we calmed the tides of war
We are your overlords

On we sweep with threshing oar
Our only goal will be the western shore

So now you'd better stop and rebuild all your ruins
For peace and trust can win the day despite of all your losing

Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

ITCHIN' BACK

I've started itchin' back; I can't scratch

But the ones on tap say I've got that

You know you're trying too hard to fight back

When the bobbies on top tell you step back, you gotta get that rollin', don't stop trollin'

 

Till you're on your way

Walkin' on from yesterday

Keep steppin' till you earn your pay

Baby don't waste you gotta celebrate

You know you want it all

But how far are you prepared to fall

You live or die you're up against the wall

Get your head straight don't let your dreams wait for you

 

I got a ticket to the show so let's go

Keep your dial on, set for ringtone

You keep saying that you're meant for something

But your ticket comes up with nothing,

So why you rushin' tryin' to keep yourself from dyin'

 

Cuz you're on your way

Walkin' on from yesterday

Keep steppin' till you earn your pay

Baby don't waste you gotta celebrate

You know you want it all

But how far are you prepared to fall

You live or die you're up against the wall

Get your head straight don't let your dreams wait for you

 

Straighten up

I know you know that you can talk the talk

A pretty mouth but can you speak at all when your name is called

Can you tease it out

Oh baby baby can you please at all

You think you're the one but it's better to lose it all, than to never fall

You're breaking your back but its already too tall

 

Cuz you're on your way

Walkin' on from yesterday

Keep steppin' till you earn your pay

Baby don't waste you gotta celebrate

You know you want it all

But how far are you prepared to fall

You live or die you're up against the wall

Get your head straight don't let your dreams wait for you

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