Back In 72

Bob Seger Back In 72 Lyrics
1.Midnight Rider

Words:greg allman
Music:greg allman

I got to run to keep from hidin'

And i'm bound to keep on ridin'

I got one more silver dollar

But i'm not gonna let them catch

The midnight rider

I got only the clothes i'm wearin'

And the road goes on forever

I got one more silver dollar

And i'm not gonna let them catch

The midnight rider

I own all the clothes i'm wearin'

Some old bed i'll soon be sharin'

Got me one more silver dollar

And i'm not gonna let them catch

The midnight rider

Not gonna let 'em catch me

Not gonna let 'em catch me

Not gonna let 'em catch me

Not gonna let 'em catch me

Not gonna let 'em catch me

Not gonna let 'em catch me

Not gonna let 'em catch me

Not gonna let 'em catch me

Come on

Keep on riding

Keep on riding

Keep on riding

Midnight, midnight rider


2.So I Wrote You A Song

Words:bob seger
Music:bob seger

I woke up with this feeling

There was something i wanted to say

So i wrote you a song.

Lately girl i've been dreamin'

Dreamin' 'bout you all through the day

So i wrote you a song.

Hope the words will be right

When i see you tonight,

You'll know how i feel.

I'm no longer alone,

Think i've found me a home

And i think it's real.

I woke up with this feeling

Haven't felt it for quite some time,

So i wrote you a song.

All these thoughts i've been dreaming

Somehow i've got to make them right,

Got to make them belong.

Everytime that you're here

Everytime that you're near

Everything is real.

I'm no longer alone,

Think i've found me a home,

And i think it's real,

So i wrote you a song.


3.The Stealer

Words:fraser and rogers
Music:fraser and rogers

I went down to the center of town

Beneath my feet was the burning ground

Just stood on the corner as sexy as could be

Said 'hey good looking, walk away with me'

I said 'yeah, i'm your stealer,

Come to steal your love.'

Sun was shining, the world was bright,

I said, 'tell me darling, where you gonna be tonight?'

'goin' around the corner, where the music's loud.

I'm tired of the city, gonna cat me around.'

And i said 'yeah, i'm your stealer,

I come to steal your love.'

I come to

I come to steal

Goin' around the corner, where the music's loud.

I'm tired of the city, gonna cat me around.

And i said 'yeah, i'm your stealer

I come to steal your love.

I'm stealin'...let me steal now... come steal it...

Come steal it... come steal it...


4.Rosalie

Words:bob seger
Music:bob seger

She's quite the mediator

A smoother operator you will never see

She'll see you later

And no one dares disuade her openly

She knows music

And no music till you see

She's got the power

Of loyal teens - queen rosalie

Rosalie... rosalie...rosalie

She's got the classics

Comes from all the corners, corners of the world

So fatastic

She's everybody's little record girl

She knows music

No music till you see

She's got the power... got the power, rosalie...rosalie...
rosalie

From chattanooga to good bogalloosa

You can hear them fine

She makes her choices

And it may be best to smilin' when it's choosin' time

Knows music

No music till you see

She's got the power, got the tower, rosalie...rosalie...rosalie

Knows music...knows music...knows music

Rosalie...rosalie


5.Turn The Page

on a long and lonesome highway, east of omaha.
You can listen to the engine moaning out it's one lone song
You can think about woman, or the girl you knew the night
before,
But your thoughts will soon be wandering, the way they always
do.
When your riding sixteen hours and there's nothing much to do
And you don't feel much like riding, you just wish the trip was
through.
Say, here i am, on the road again. there i am, up on the stage.
Here i go, playing star again.
There i go, turn the page.
Well you walk into a restaurant, strung out from the road,
You can feel the eyes upon you as your shaking off the cold
You pretend it doesn't bother you, but you just want to explode.
Most times you can't hear em talk, other times you can.
Oh the same old cliche, as that woman on her a man
You always see my number, you don't dare make a stand.
Here i am, on the road again. there i am, up on the stage.
Here i go, playing star again.
There i go, turn the page.
Out there in the spotlight your a million miles away,
Every ounce of energy, you try and give away,
As the sweat pours out your body like the music that you play.
Later in the evening as you lie awake in bed,
With the echo from the amplifiers ringing in your head,
You smoke the days last cigarette, remembering what she said.
Now here i am, on the road again. there i am, up on the stage.
Here i go, playing star again.
There i go, turn the page.
Here i am, on the road again. there i am, up on the stage.
Ah here i go, playing star again.
There i go, there i go.


6.Back In 72

Words:bob seger
Music:bob seger

Went out in norfork hung on a short short

Livin' with a bottle of wine

To music, ladies and burned out babies

I was tryin' to write a couple of lines

Sherriff gribbs with his grim ad libs

Spoutin' 'bout the crime in the streets

And women were screamin' and some were dreamin'

'bout the crowd between the sheets

You know that music died, hurt my pride

Somehow i got through, back in '72

Somehow we made it to baton rouge

We stayed inside for a week

We weren't in town for no mardi gras

So we decided to sleep

Houston, yes, was a good old guest

Tho knows how bad we wanted to play

But we got homesick for lincoln park

(imagine that) and then we just couldn't stay

Tricky dick, he played it slick

Something i was afraid he'd do

Back in '72 , oh, '72

Then all our new born philosophers

Out went to alert the world

Then some psuedo-intellectuals

Even got it unfurled

Takin' notes on that harvard course

And got me on a bottle of seed

It was so hip to be negative

So square to try and leave

When the waters cleared, it was what we feared

We learned nothin' new,

Back in '72

'72

'72

In '72

Back in '72

Back in '72 back in '72,...


7.Neon Sky

Words:bob seger
Music:bob seger

There's the neon sky that i know so well

There's the smoky room where i chose to dwell

Though i hear your heart many miles away

The neon sky tells me i must stay

Through the windy field of another land

I have seen your face, girl, i have held your hand

Though i should be there, with you there today

The neon sky knows that i must stay

Cause the devil's red, but his money's green

That's where i'm from, oh, that's where i've been

On a dusty stage, many years ago,

I chose my road, still i hope you know

That there'll come a day with the neon sky

When we'll walk into the sun, you and i

Yes so he calls, beckons unto me

From the empty hall, from the galleries

And so i must go, leave you here today

Cause the neon sky orders me away

Yes, the devil's red, but his money's green

That's where i'm from, oh, that's where i've been


8.I've Been Workin'


9.I've Got Time

Words:bob seger
Music:bob seger

I was born at the break of dawning

In the last days of the last great war

My father was not in the fighting

And my mother never had to mourn

I was raised, raised and taught to hurry

I've been hurrying and worrying all my days

But now as i'm getting older

I think i'm learning how to run the race

And with you by my side, your heart close to mine,

I've got time

I used to wake up every morning

And lie there far too long

I had no reason for living

Everything i did was wrong

With you, and your faith in me,

Oh, how you made my whole life shine

And i've got time

You, and your faith in me,

Little girl, you made my whole life shine

And i've got time