From the recording Retrospective
Lyrics
All or Nothing
Clash tune playing on the radio
Don’t know if to go or to stay
Old man rocking in an empty place
Thinks he’s gonna slip away
Young girl singing in a coffee house
Man she’s got a smile on her face
Chord change riding on the harmony
Lifts her up out of the place
Chorus
Seems like all or nothing
Always down to black and white
Feels like all or nothing
Lying alone in the night
Old friend sitting in a restaurant
Trying to make it be all right
Cold words coming from a smiling face
Guess it’s got to be the light
Jet plane leaving for a southern place
Find a warm latitude
Sand man walking on an empty beach
Matching up the old and new
Chorus
Heat moon rising in the eastern sky
Bounces off waves in the night
Straight line stretching out far and wide
Going to the left and right
Big storm coming in across the bay
Power line starting to hum
Song man staring at an empty screen
Waiting for the words to come