I remember standing on the corner
at midnight
Trying to get my courage up
There was this long lovely dancer
in a little club downtown
I loved to watch her do her stuff
Through the long lonely nights
she filled my sleep
Her body softly swaying
to that smoky beat
Down on Mainstreet
In the pool halls,
the hustlers and the losers
I used to watch 'em
through the glass
Well I'd stand outside
at closing time
Just to watch her walk on past
Unlike all the other ladies,
she looked so young and sweet
As she made her way alone
down that empty street
Down on Mainstreet
And sometimes even now,
when I'm feeling lonely and beat
I drift back in time
and I find my feet
Down on Mainstreet
Down on Mainstreet
Copright 1976 by Gear Publishing Co./ASCAP
Ship Of Fools
Words and Music by Bob Seger
"Tell me quick" said Old McFee
"What's this all have to do with me?"
"I've spent all my time
at sea a loner."
"Is there something else I should know?"
"Something hidden down below
the level of your conversation?"
Well he turned away before the answer
Though I yelled aloud
he refused to hear
It became to clear
So it went as we put out
I was left in constant doubt
Everything I asked about seemed private
The captain strolled the bridge one night
I stopped him in the evening light
To ask him would it be all right
to join him
But he stood there like some idol
And he listened like some temple
And then he turned away
All along the fateful coast
We moved silent like a ghost
The timeless sea of tireless host
possessed us
The wind came building
from the cold northwest
And soon the waves began to crest
Crashing cross the forward deck
All hands lost
I alone survived the sinking
I alone possessed the tools
On that ship of fools
Copright 1976 by Gear Publishing Co./ASCAP
We've Got Tonight
Words and Music by Bob Seger
I know it's late, I know you're weary
I know your plans don't include me
Still here we are, both of us lonely
Longing for shelter from all that we see
Why should we worry,
no one will care girl
Look at the stars so far away
We've got tonight, who needs tomorrow?
We've got tonight babe
Why don' you stay?
Deep in my soul, I've been so lonely
All of my hopes, fading away
I've longed for love,
like everyone else does
I know I'll keep searching,
even after today
So there it is girl,
I've said it all now
And here we are babe,
what do you say?
We've got tonight,
who needs tomorrow?
We've got tonight babe
Why don't you stay?
I know it's late,
I know you're weary
I know your plans don't include me
Still here we are,
both of us lonely
Both of us lonely
We've got tonight,
who needs tomorrow?
Let's make it fast,
let's find a way
Turn out the light,
come take my hand now
We've got tonight babe
Why don't you stay?
Why don't you stay?
Against the Wind
Words and Music by Bob Seger
It seems like yesterday
But it was long ago
Janey was lovely,
she was the queen of my nights
There in the darkness
with the radio playlng low
And the secrets that we shared
The mountains that we moved
Caught like a wildfire out of control
Till there was nothing
left to burn and nothing left to prove
And I remember what she said to me
How she swore that it never would end
I remember how she held me oh so tight
Wish I didn't know now
what I didn't know then
Against the wind
We were runnin' against the wind
We were young and strong,
we were runnin'
against the wind
And the years rolled slowly past
And I found myself alone
Surrounded bv strangers
I thought were my friends
I found myself further
and further from my home
And I guess I lost my way
There were oh so many roads
I was living to run and
running to live
Never worried about paying
or even how much I owed
Moving eight miles a minute
for months at a time
Breaking all of the rules
that would bend
I began to find myself searchin'
Searching for shelter again and again
Against the wind
A little something against the wind
I found myself seeking shelter
against the wind
Well those drifters days
are past me now
I've got so much more to think about
Deadlines and commitments
What to leave in, what to leave out
Against the wind
I'm still runnin' against the wind
Well I'm older now and still
Against the wind
Little Victories
Words and Music by Bob Seger
When your baby up and leaves you
Up and leaves you flat
Don't you laugh my friend
sometimes it happens just like that
First you feel the anger
then the sorrow will soon take control
And there'll be hard times for sure
Long cold lonely nights
It might not sound like much
But it'll mean a lot you'll see
Every hour you survive
will come to be
A little victory
Little victory
As you struggle through each day
Each strange new day
Feelin' lost and wounded
tryin' hard to find your way
No one there to talk it out with
Learnin' how to sleep alone
Overcomin' each new doubt
Tryin' hard just to accept it all
Everytime you keep control
when you're cut off at the knees
Everytime you take a punch
and still stand at ease
Little victories
Little victories
And when night falls
and there's no one around
The cruelest time of all
and not one sound
Listenin' to the wind blow
Listenin' to the tickin'
of the clock
Tryin' hard to forget
Tryin' hard to just accept it all
As you step out in the night
take a lesson from the trees
Watch the way they learn
to bend with each breeze
Little victories
Everytime you make it through
It's another little victory
Day by day minute by minute
Little victories
Like A Rock
Words and Music by Bob Seger
Stood there boldly
Sweatin' in the sun
Felt like a million
Felt like number one
The height of summer
I'd never felt that strong
Like a rock
I was eighteen
Didn't have a care
Working for peanuts
Not a dime to spare
But I was lean and
Solid everywhere
Like a rock
My hands were steady
My eyes were clear and bright
My walk had purpose
My steps were quick and light
And I held firmly
To what I felt was right
Like a rock
Like a rock,
I was strong as I could be
Like a rock,
nothin' ever got to me
Like a rock,
I was something to see
Like a rock
And I stood arrow straight
Unencumbered by the weight
Of all these hustlers
and their schemes
I stood proud, I stood tall
High above it all
I still believed in my dreams
Twenty years now
Where'd they go?
twenty years
I don't know
sit and I wonder sometimes
Where they've gone
And sometimes late at night
When I'm bathed in the firelight
The moon comes callin'
a ghostly white
And I recall
recall
Like a rock.
standin' arrow straight
Like a rock,
chargin' from the gate
Like a rock, carryin' the weight
Like a rock
Lihe a rock,
the sun upon my skin
Like a rock,
hard against the wind
Like a rock,
I see myself again
Like a rock
Turn the Page
On a long and lonesome highway
East of Omaha
You can listen to the engine
Moanin' out as one long song
You can think about the woman
Or the girl you knew the night before
But your thoughts will soon be wandering
The way they always do
When you're 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
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
And you feel the eyes upon you
As you're 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 clichés
Is that a woman or a man
And you always seem outnumbered
You don't dare make a stand
Out there in the spotlight
You're a million miles away
Every ounce of energy
You try to 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 echoes from the amplifiers
Ringing in your head
You smoke the day's last cigarette
Rememb'rin' what she said
Here I am, on the road again
There I am, up on the stage
Here I go, playing star again
There I go, there I go
