Lyrics

I'm gonna get me on the ride up Come and get me - can I have a little more on my voice? I'm gonna get me on the ride up On the top of the hill I'm only goin' to the top of the hill New corn yellow and slaughterhouse red The birds keep singing, baby, after you're dead I'm gonna miss you plenty, big old world With your abalone earrings and your mother of pearl Stop and get me on the ride up Stop and get me on the ride up Stop and get me on the ride up I'm only goin' to the top of the hill I'm only goin' to the top of the hill I need your moon to be the sky against Don't get your trouser button stuck on the fence Diego red and bedlam money are fine Why don't you come up here and see me sometime? Stop and get me on the ride up Stop and get me on the ride up Stop and get me on the ride up I'm only goin' to the top of the hill I'm only goin' I'm only goin' I'm only goin' to the top of the hill There's very little leeway I seen a mattress on the freeway The moon rises over Dog Street Jefferson said everything's reet Have all the lights burned out on heaven again? I'll never roll the number 7 again I'm made of bread and I'm on an ocean of wine I hear all the birdies on the phone just fine Stop and get me on the ride up Stop and get me on the ride up Stop and get me on the ride up I'm only goin' I'm only goin' I'm only goin' to the top of the hill, hey! Black joke and the bean soup The big sky and the Ford Coupe Old maid and the dry bones Red Rover and the Skinny Bones Jones 47 mules to pull this train We're getting married in the pouring rain You need your differential and plenty of oil You load the wagon 'til the end of the world Stop and get me on the ride up Stop and get me on the ride up Stop and get me on the ride up I'm only goin' I'm only goin' I'm only goin' to the top of the hill I'm only goin' to the top of the hill, hey! Hey! Hey! If I had it all to do all over again I'd try to rise above the laws of man Why don't ya gimme 'nother sip of your cup Turn a Rolls Royce into a chicken coop, uh huh Stop and get me on the ride up Stop and get me on the ride up Stop and get me on the ride up I'm only goin' I'm only goin' I'm only goin' to the top of the hill I'm only goin' to the top of the hill Stop and get me on the ride up Stop and get me on the ride up I'm only goin' to the top of the hill (Waits laughs)