Building the Perfect Beast
Album - 1984 - Debaser id 15127

Nobody on the road
Nobody on the beach
I feel it in the air
The summer's out of reach
Empty lake, empty streets
The sun goes down alone
I'm drivin' by your house
Though I know you're not home

But I can see you
Your brown skin shinin' in the sun
You got your hair combed back
And your sunglasses on, baby
I can tell you
My love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone

I never will forget those nights
I wonder if it was a dream
Remember how you made me crazy
Remember how I made you scream
Now I don't understand what happened to our love
But, babe, I'm gonna get you back
I'm gonna show you what I'm made of

I can see you
Your brown skin shinin' in the sun
I see you walkin' real slow
And you're smilin' at everyone
I can tell you
My love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone

Out on the road today
I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac
A little voice inside my head said
"Don't look back, you can never look back"
I thought I knew what love was
What did I know
Those days are gone forever
I should just let 'em go, but

I can see you
Your brown skin shinin' in the sun
You got the top pulled down
And the radio on, baby
I can tell you
My love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone

I can see you
Your brown skin shinin' in the sun
You got that hair slicked back
And those Wayfarers on, baby
I can tell you
My love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone

They're picking up the prisoners
And putting 'em in the pen
And all she wants to do is dance, dance
Rebels been rebels since I don't know when
And all she wants to do is dance

Molotov cocktail, the local drink
And all she wants to do is dance, dance
They mix 'em up right in the kitchen sink
And all she wants to do is dance

Crazy people walking round
With blood in their eyes
And all she wants to do
Is dance, dance, dance

Wild-eyed pistol wavers
Who ain't afraid to die
And all she wants to do is
And all she wants to do is
Dance and make romance

She can't feel the heat
Coming off the street
She wants to party
She wants to get down
All she wants to do is
All she wants to do is dance

Well, the government bugged
The men's room in the local disco lounge
And all she wants to do is dance, dance
To keep the boys from selling
All the weapons they could scrounge
And all she wants to do is dance

Now but that don't keep the boys
From making a buck or two
And all she wants to do is dance, dance
They still can sell the army
All the drugs that they can do
And all she wants to do is
And all she wants to do is
Dance and make romance

Well, we barely made the airport
For the last plane out
As we taxied down the runway
I could hear the people shout
They said, don't come back here, yankee
But if I ever do, I'll bring more money
Cause all she wants to do is
Dance and make romance

Never mind the heat
Coming off the street
She wants to party
She wants to get down
All she wants to do is
All she wants to do is dance
And make romance
All she wants to do is dance

Let's go down to the Sunset Grill
We can watch the working girls go by
Watch the "basket people"
Walk around and mumble
Stare out at the auburn sky

There's an old man there from the Old World
To him, it's all the same
Callls all his customers by name

Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill

You see a lot more meanness in the city
It's the kind that eats you up inside
Hard to come away with anything
That feels like dignity
Hard to get home with any pride

These days a man makes you somethin'
And you never see his face
But there is no hiding place

Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill

Respectable little murders pay
They get more respectable every day
Don't worry girl
I'm gonna stick by you
And someday soon
We're gonna get in that car
And get outta here

Let's go down to the Sunset Grill
Watch the girls go by
Watch the "basket people"
Walk around and mumble
Gaze out at the auburn sky

Maybe we'll leave come springtime
Meanwhile, have another beer
What would we do without
All these jerks anyway?
Besides, all our friends are here

Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill