Yes, she's 36 in the bust, 28 in the waist,
44 in the hip, she got a real crazy leg
You upsets me baby, yes, you upsets me baby
Yes, I'm telling you people she's something fine,
that you really outta see
Well, she's not too tall, complexion is fair,
man she knocked me out the way she wears her hair
You upsets me baby, Yes, you upsets me baby
Like being hit by a fallen tree,
woman, woman what you do to me
Well I, tried to describe her, it's hard to start
I better stop now because I got a weak heart
You upsets me, well, you upsets me baby
Well like being hit by a fallen tree,
woman, what you do to me
Well I, tried to describe her, it's hard to start
I better stop now because I got a very weak heart
You upsets me baby, yes, you upsets me baby
Well I've been hit by a fallen tree,
woman, what you do to me
Woke up dreaming I was gonna die
Woke up dreaming I was gonna die
Cuz my baby said her
Said her last goodbyes
Reached out for her and she was not there
Reached out for her and she was not there
Lord, I miss her body
And her long brown hair
Hard rain falling, river flood
Black cat bawling, moon dripping blood
Woke up dreaming I was gonna die
All my sins have found me
It's my turn to cry
Yeah
Devil's rising, you don't have a chance
Devil's rising, you don't have a chance
Well there's fiddles playing
Shake your bones and dance
I just want to live another day
I just want to live another day
To see that brown-haired woman
Coming back this way
Well I'm wild about you Baby
and you just don't treat me right
Yes I'm wild about you darling
and you just wont treat me right
leave home early in the moring
And you saty out all night
Yes you leave me baby and you say away all night long
Yes you leave me darling
And you stay away all night long
Keep me weare and crying now baby
And I hope you come back home
Yes you leave me baby and you know you done me wrong
Yes you leave me baby and I know you done me wrong
I turn over on my pillow and I hope you come back home
Yea good bye now baby
I Hope I never see you know more
Yea good night my baby
Hope I never see you know more
you start doing me wrong now child
just like the girl I had befor
yea lission to me baby
Cause you know I'm the man
Yea lission to me baby
Cause you know I'm the man
Gonna get me cupple women
I'm no candle that can be blowin out in the wind
I'm no suffering like, the game I'm in
I'm no street walker, I got fire and brimstone
Sorry to disturb you, and your happy home
*All bets are off now, when the fire hits the sea
I'm gonna lay it on you child, bring it all to me
I'm no penny pusher still have my pride
I did you wrong baby, took you for a ride
I'm no rosetta stone, I learned my lessons
By the way baby thank you for the sessions
*repeat
I'm no carpet that you can walk all over
When I say it's done baby, I mean it's over
I don't know a bottle not filled with wine
I moved down to the quarry and I did my time
*repeat
The world is cold tonight
But everything will be alright
She walks into the room
Stars to know her light
Chorus:
When she dances
I see where my only chance is
I feel my whole life start, babe
When she loves me
You know she really loves me
She takes it to the heart
The club is closing down
But will we still hang around
To hear another tune
And feel this love we found
Chorus
The night's so fine
The rose is mine
She's dancing just for me
I see with every move she makes
How good it's gonna be
Chorus
Nobody's left to love me
So I wander this earth alone
Nobody's left to love me
So I wander this earth alone
Ain't got no money babe
No place to call my own
I'm going to leave you here now
Sure it's on the beach of something
I'm off to find fortune and fame
I'm as serious as a loaded gun
Nobody's left to love me
So I wander this earth alone
But I ain't got no money babe
No place to call my own
Ooo yeaahh!
Mother earth comes calling
As I lye here dead at night
I guess my gun was loaded
I saw the flash with my own eyes
Now that my wandering is over
My throat is dry
My knees are weak
It's so damned hot
I can't even speak
Walk in my shadow
I can't take it anymore
When I get you in the shadows
I gonna show you what it's for
Yes, I know baby
That's a shady kind of deal
I just want to find out
How you feel
Walk in my shadow
I ain't gonna take it anymore, oh yes
When I get you in the shadows
I'm gonna give you what's in store, yes I am
Yes, I know you say, I'm stupid
It just wouldn't be cool
Well, I can tell you baby that I
I ain't no fool
Walk in my shadow
I can't take it anymore
When I get you in the shadows
I'm gonna lay you on the floor
When I get you in the shadows
I'm gonna give you what's in store
Maybe I was wishin’, for a little bit more
Even though I didn’t want to be the one to kick down
that door
Baby I was prayin’, a prayin’ to believe
There was something for - something more - out there
waiting for me
‘Cuz maybe I’m crazy, for chasing that dream
It hasn’t been easy, like some make it seem
I can’t help but feeling, my best is yet to be
Cuz somewhere there’s something better waiting for me
Should I just be happy, with nowhere to go?
And no mystery calling me to the great unknown?
Should I keep pretending, pretending to see?
To live a lie - live and die - no that just ain’t me
‘Cuz maybe I’m crazy, for chasing that dream
It hasn’t been easy, like some make it seem
I can’t help but feeling, the best is yet to be
Cuz somewhere there’s something better waiting for me
You can call me greedy - come along or leave me
There’s somewhere that I gotta go yeah
But I don’t know the reason, but that’s what keeps me
breathin’
It’s the only thing I’ve ever known -- yeah!
(Lead Break)
Maybe I’m crazy, for chasing that dream
It hasn’t been easy, like some make it seem
I can’t help but feeling, my best is yet to be
Cuz somewhere there’s something better waiting for me
No it hasn’t been easy, like some make it seem…
Yeah I’m crazy for chasin’ that dream…
No that just ain’t me…
Like some make it seem…
If I lived and breathed before you loved me,
I don’t recall.
If I walked around at all I was in bits and pieces,
Of a jagged heart.
You kissed me and every piece back into place,
Every pain got erased.
Held me up to the sunlight,
Now it feels like:
No one ever left me out in the rain,
Cold words that remained unspoken.
I never got lost, spent years in the dark,
‘Cuz you’re here now my heart’s unbroken.
When I see you smile, feel my soul again - I’m
unbroken.
If I doubted the power of love baby,
Now I understand.
I thank God for everyday that you touch me like heaven,
Inside your warm hands.
In this world sometimes the only thing that’s real,
Is the way you make me feel.
Baby the change is day to night - I swear it’s like:
No one ever left me out in the rain,
Cold words that remained unspoken.
I never got lost, spent years in the dark,
‘Cuz you’re here, now my heart’s unbroken.
When I see you smile, feel my soul again - I’m
unbroken.
I still see the night, fell into your eyes,
And when we made love it felt like the first time.
No one ever left me out in the rain…
No one ever left me out in the rain,
Cold words that remained unspoken.
I never got lost, spent years in the dark,
‘Cuz you’re here, now my heart’s unbroken.
When I see you smile, feel my soul again - I’m
Well I just can't win - there's no place to turn,
I keep makin' the same mistakes and never seem to
learn.
There's no place to go - no place to stay.
Trouble waitin' for me baby every day.
I've got trouble waiting, yeah I've got trouble
waiting.
With every corner and every which way, There's trouble
waiting every day.
I'm all tangled up - yes it's a shame,
I ain't got nobody but myself to blame.
I've got trouble waiting, yeah I've got trouble
waiting.
With every corner and every which way, There's trouble
waiting every day.
I want to point the finger - blame somebody else.
Then there's three more fingers pointing right back at
myself.
I've got trouble waiting, yeah there's trouble waiting.
‘Round every corner and every which way, Trouble
waiting every day.
Yeah there's trouble waiting - every day.
Yeah there's trouble waiting - every day.
From every corner and every which way,
Travellin' south on my way back home
Travellin' south on my way back home
Got no money for the telephone
So tired, think I'm goin' to lay down
So tired, think I'm goin' to lay down
Gotta hundred miles 'fore I reach the next town
Gonna leave this town, ain't no back no more
Gonna leave this town, ain't no back no more
Goin' to Texas only place I know
So tired, think I'm goin' lay down
So tired, think I'm goin' lay down
Gotta a hundred miles 'fore I reach the next town
Guitar Solo
Gonna leave this town, ain't no back no more
Gonna leave this town, ain't no back no more
Goin' to Texas only place I know
So tired, think I'm goin' lay down
So tired, think I'm goin' lay down
Three times a fool and I love you so
Time went on and I had to let you go
But I’m trying real hard
Baby it’s so hard to do…
It’s so hard to be nice
When you treat me the way you do.
You’ve never been loved like I love you now
Mistreat me baby but I love you anyhow
‘Cause I’m trying real hard
Baby it’s so hard to do...
Baby it’s so hard to be nice
When you treat me the way you do
Might not be a bad thing to bring some change
Might bring sunshine and it might bring rain
‘Cause I’m trying real hard
Baby it’s so hard to do…
Baby it’s so hard to be nice
How come twenty four hours, Baby sometimes seem to slip
into days?
Oh twenty-four hours, Baby sometimes seem to slip into
days
A minute seems like a lifetime, baby when I feel this
Sittin, lookin at the clock, time moves so slow
I've been watchin for the hands to move
Until I just can't look no more
How come twenty four hours, Baby sometimes seems to
slip into days?
A minute seems like a lifetime, Baby when I feel this
way.
To sing a song for you, I recall you used to say
"Oh baby this one's for we two", Which in the end is
you anyway
How come twenty four hours, Baby sometimes slip into
days?
A minute seems like a lifetime, baby when I feel this
way.
There was a time that I stood tall, In the eyes of
other men
But by my own choice I left you woman, And now I can't
get back again
How come twenty-four hours, sometimes slip into days?
A minute seems like a lifetime, Baby when I feel this
A minute seems like a lifetime
Down by the river
That's where I broke down and cried
Down by the river
That's where I lay down and died
Going down to the river
For as long as I can stand
Mama told me "Son,"
as she took a hold of my hand
"Water runs so deep,
Deep as all my pain,"
Down by the river, honey
Lord, can I be saved?
I said down by the river
That's where I broke down and cried
I said down by the river
That's where I broke down and cried
I said down by the river
Heartaches soaked in wine
I'm just lookin' for redemption
For that wanderin' soul of mine
Pull me to my knees
As I drown in the pouring rain
Down by the river, honey
I still see your face
Sometimes around midnight
They'd come knocking at my door
I said sometimes around midnight,
Hell hounds found what they're looking for
Well those flashing lights told me
Didn't have to say a word
Someone took my baby
Someone took away my world
All they found was a letter
I should never have let her go
The river's the only witness
The only one who knows
And the wind whispers her name
And all the lonesome years
Water turns to whiskey
I drown in my own tears
Down by the river
I see my life in flames
Down by the river honey
I call out your name
I call out your name
Do you know what it means to walk alone?
And what it means to be, be by yourself?
Do you know what it means when there?s no one to bring you good news?
Then you know, you know the meaning of the blues
Do you know what it means to cry alone?
And what it means to cry by yourself?
Do you know what it means to love a woman you can?t own?
If you do, then you know the meaning of the blues
I?ve been weeping and weeping,
Moaning and moaning,
Crying and sighing all the day
I?ve been hiding my tears
Feel like dying
Wishing love would come to stay
And do you know what it means when the lord is taken away?
I cry, oh I cry
Oh I cry everyday
Yes I know what it means to walk alone
And how it feels to walk by myself
Yes I know what it means to love a woman you can?t own
Yes I do,
I know the meaning of the blues
Yes I know the meaning of the blues
I hold out hope
But it stalls
Soon, the last curtain falls
A hundred years of past has spoken
All the great warriors
Are sown into history?s flag
Like a book of the seven seals
Of the heroes (hero's?) past
Through fires, revolutions
Dust storms and conclusions
Will the show go on tonight?
For one more time
I fight on,
Fight on,
I?m the last matador of Bayonne
For tomorrow this place falls
Into silence
There?s a path
Traveled by many
Say one more prayer for my family
Like a ship without a sail
Cast adrift
I fight on,
Fight on
I?m the last matador of Bayonne
A hundred years of past
Who killed John Henry , In the battle of sinners and saints
Who killed John Henry , In the battle of sinners and saints
Take this hammer carry it to the Captain , Tell him why i'm gone
Take this hammer carry it to the Captain , Tell him i'm goin' home
I don't want your cold iron shackles around my leg
I don't want your cold iron shackles around my leg
Who killed John Henry , In the battle of sinners and saints
Who killed John Henry , In the battle of sinners and saints
I'm a long way from Colorado , A long way from my home...
Get the hammer that killed John Henry , Won't kill me no more
Gimme the hammer that killed John Henry , Cos it won't kill me
Gimme the hammer that killed John Henry , Cos it won't kill me
Who killed John Henry , In the battle of sinners and saints
Who killed John Henry , In the battle of sinners and saints
Take this hammer carry it to the Captain , Tell him i'm goin' home
Take this hammer carry it to the Captain , Tell him why i'm gone
I'm a wanted man with the Captain
I'm a wanted man in the shackles
I'm a wanted man in the shackles I'm a wanted man ...
Who killed John Henry , In the battle of sinners and saints
Who killed John Henry , In the battle of sinners and saints Ohhh Ohhh
Featuring: John Hiatt, Joe Bonamassa
I woke up in a hotel, didn't know what to do
I turned the TV on, wrote a letter to you
The news was talkin' 'bout a dead man upon the interstate
Seems they lookin' for a Cadillac with Tennessee plates
Well since I left California baby, things have gotten worse
Seems the land of opportunity for me is just a curse
Tell that judge in Bakersfield, my trial I'll have to wait
They're lookin' for a Cadillac with Tennessee plates
It was somewhere in Nevada, it was cold outside
She was shiverin' in the dark, so I offered her a ride
Three bank jobs later, four cars hotwired
We crossed the Mississippi like an oil slick fire, Yeah!
Yeah If they'd known what we was up to they wouldn't let us in
Now we landed in Memphis like original sin
Elvis Presley Boulevard to the Graceland gates
Oh, see we're lookin' for a Cadillac with Tennessee plates
Man, there must have been a dozen of them parked in that garage
There wasn't one Lincoln and there wasn't one Dodge
Wasn't one Japanese model or make
Just pretty, pretty Cadillacs' with Tennessee plates
She saw him singing once when she was seventeen
And ever since that day she's been living in between
I was never king of nothin' but that wild weekend
Anyway he wouldn't care, hell he gave them to his friends
This ain't no hotel I'm writin' you from
The Tennessee prison up at Brushy Mountain
Where yours sincerely's doin' five to eight
Tamp 'em up solid, so they won't come down
Tamp 'em up solid, buddy, so they won't come down
Tamp 'em up solid, so they won't come down
Tamp 'em up solid, buddy, so they won't come down
Baby, when you marry your railroad man
Every day'll be pay day, dollar bill in your hand
Baby, in your hand, baby, in your hand
Baby, in your hand, baby, in your hand
Mary and the baby laying in the bed
Thinking about the money that I ain't made
So tamp 'em up solid so they won't come down
Tamp 'em up solid, buddy, so they won't come down
Captain called the water boy and the water boy laughed
Captain kicked the water boy yelling, ";Yes, yes, yes";
So tamp 'em up solid, so they won't come down
Tamp 'em up solid, buddy, so they won't come down
And you can do it, and you can do it, and you can do it
Yes I’m takin’ the hit, payin’ the price;
Sometimes in love the ending ain’t nice.
Just layin’ me down, (need help here),
I’m crying all night, yes I’m takin’ the hit.
Hey it’s my problem, I’m not blaming you;
And I wasn’t love, you’re just passing through.
And I won’t complain, your kiss wasn’t calm,
Something has moved you, you’re moving on.
I’m feelin’ so bad just to think about you.
You’re not coming back there’s nothin’ I can do.
‘Cuz I’m takin’ the hit, payin’ the price;
Sometimes in love the ending ain’t nice.
Just layin’ me down, (need help here),
I’m crying all night, yes I’m takin’ the hit.
(Lead Break)
I lie to myself, someday I won’t care,
Each day I wake up and you’re still there.
I’m hiding the truth, from people I see,
Know something’s wrong and it’s killin’ me.
I’m feeling so bad just to think about you,
You’re not coming back there’s nothin’ I can do.
Yes I’m takin’ the hit, payin’ the price;
Sometimes in love the ending ain’t nice.
Just layin’ me down, (need help here),
I’m crying all night, yes I’m takin’ the hit.
Yes I’m takin’ the hit, payin’ the price,
Sometimes in love the ending ain’t nice.
Just layin’ me down, (need help here),
Featuring: Vince Gill, Joe Bonamassa
Mayday, man over board
I?ve fallen in love with you
Baby, won't you save me?
'Cause without you I just won't pull through
Sweet Rowena, won't you call my number?
Sweet Rowena, won't you call my name?
Throw me a line, I'm going under
And my heart is going up in flames
SOS, I'm in distress
Drown in a pool of tears
Angel, tell me how you feel?
Spending your time up in here
Sweet Rowena, won't you dial my number?
Sweet Rowena, won't you call my name?
Throw me a line, I'm going under
And my heart is going up in flames
911 no need to come
Just cancel my emergency (oh my emergency baby)
The sweetest thing, Lord, I've ever seen
Is snuggled right here next to me
Sweet Rowena, she dialed my number
Sweet Rowena, she called my name
Pull back the covers, I'm going under (going under baby)
And my house is going up in flames (up in flames)
Sweet Rowena, she dialed my number (call my number baby)
Sweet Rowena, she called my name
Pull back the covers, I?m going under (going under now)
Lord the house is going up in flames (oh in flames yes)
Gonna buy me a bucket and a hammer of nails
Board up the windows and head for the trails
And that's what I get for sticking my chin out
Well a kick in the teeth and a mind full of doubt
I brought this on for my own hands
The precious disgrace from my own hands
If I could freeze time in my own hands
Story of a quarryman
Left my home with the shirt on my back
Built my empire on a dry haystack
To break it down a one by one
And back in Cali and tired and alone
I brought this on by my own hands
The precious disgrace from my own hand
If I could freeze time in my own hands
Story of a quarryman
Traces of life blowing in the sand
The cornerstone of my piece of dry land
So hand me that hop and some of that wine
I'll drink you away by the end of this line
I brought this on by my own hands
The precious disgrace from my own hands
If I could freeze time in my own hands
Story of a quarryman
All that I have, is all that you've given me
Did you never worry, that I'd come to depend on you
I gave you all my love, that I had in me
Now that I've found you lied, I can't believe it's true
Wrapped in his arms, I see you across the street
I can't help but wonder, if he knows what's going on
You talk about that love, but you don't know how it feels
When you realise, that you're not the only one
You'd better Stop, before you tear me all apart
You'd better Stop, before you go and a break my heart
Oh whoa, you'd better Stop...
Time after Time, I've tried to walk away
But it's not that easy, when your soul is torn in two
So I resign myself, to it every day
Now all I can do, is leave it up to you
You'd better Stop, before you tear me all apart
You'd better Stop, before you go and a break my heart
Oh whoa, you'd better stop
You better Stop if you love me
Oh it's time to be sorry
No it won't last forever
I can't believe you walked out on me
You'd better Stop, before you tear me all apart
You'd better Stop, before you break my lonely heart
Whoa whoa you better, whoa whoa
Whoa oh you better Stop
Look upon the mountain
Waiting on a train
Baby, I know I was wrong
And it still happened again
Waiting on my destiny
Learning from my inabilities
Who was wrong and
Who was right and
Do we even know why we're fighting
So take your eyes off of me
Look upon the churning sea
Driving towards the daylight
Running from the midnight
Trying to get my way home
Running from the spotlight
Trying to find the daylight
Trying to get back home
Rusted string on my old guitar
Speaks volumes of who you are
So never did I think it was you
It was me one of the chosen few
Who will it be oh the next time
Hopefully one with more sense of mind
So where did you go oh we will see
It's the story of you and me
Driving towards the daylight
Running from the midnight
Trying to get my way home
Running from the spotlight
Trying to find the daylight
Trying to get back home
Driving towards the daylight
Running from the midnight
Trying to get my way home
Running from the spotlight
Trying to find the daylight
Trying to get back home
Driving towards the daylight
Running from the midnight
Trying to get my way home
Running from the spotlight
Trying to find the daylight
Hey, hey, hey, yeaahh, you are, you're so fine
Hey, hey, hey, yeaahh, you will finally be mine
Steal your heart away, Baby!
Steal your heart awaayy, yeaahh!
I want to steal your heart away
Yes I do... and I have to say...
Hey, hey, hey, yeaahh, I aint asking about your man
Hey, hey, hey, yeaahh, I want to hold you as tight as I can
Steal your heart away, Baby!
Steal your heart awaayy, yeaahh!
I want to steal your heart away
Yes I do... and I have to say...
Well my, my momma told me
When I was five years old
You want to be stone killer son,
When you grow up, and get your own soul
Steal your heart away, Baby!
Steal your heart awaayy, yeaahh!
I want to steal your heart away
Yes I do... and I have to say...
Hey, hey, hey, yeaahh, you are, you're so fine
Hey, hey, hey, yeaahh, you will finally be mine
Steal your heart away, Baby!
Steal your heart awaayy, yeaahh!
I want to steal your heart away
I used to work and take the salary
In a home up near a factory
But it did not take me too long
To lace up my boots and say, so long
Long Spanish boots on a so long
I took a day job in Bethlehem
I nearly threw in the towel
But it did not take me too long
To lace up my boots and say, so long
High Spanish boots on a so long, hey, yeah
I took a Spanish haberdashery
Restored it with 15th century tapestry
Oh, Mr. Nesbitt got the best of me
So I strapped on my boots and said, so long
So many roads, so many trains to ride
So many roads, so many trains to ride
I"ve got to find my baby before I'm satisfied
I was staring out my window, when I heard that whistle blow
I was staring out my window, when I heard that whistle blow
I thought it was a street light, by the way it glowed
It was a mean old fireman, and a cruel engineer
It was a mean old fireman, and a cruel engineer
Yes it took my baby, oh and left me standing here
So many roads, so many trains to ride
So many roads, so many trains to ride
I was under the impression that everything was cool,
I get the feeling now I’m played for a fool.
So it’s like that, so it’s like that.
How easy it is - you break my heart again.
There’s a train that’s runnin’ and I’m tied to the
tracks,
The things you say it’s too late to take them back.
So it’s like that, so it’s like that.
How easy it is - you break my heart again.
Oh yeah…
(Lead Break)
You took my best possession to the corner to hock it,
I keep on feelin’ your hands are in my pocket.
So it’s like that, so it’s like that.
How easy it is - you break my heart again.
So it’s like that, so it’s like that.
How easy it is - you break my heart again.
There?s a slow train coming
It?s movin? on down the line
Steel wheels on iron rails
Tonight I?m fixin? to die
Woo, I hope you don?t mind pretty mama
Woo-hoo, hope you don?t mind if I go
?Cause when the steam from the slow train rises
I ain?t gonna see you anymore
There?s a slow train coming
Coming right on time
Smokestacks and bottle lightning
This jumper on the line
Woo, I can?t do without it anymore pretty mama
Yes, I can?t do it without it anymore
?Cause when the steam from the slow train rises
I ain?t gonna see you anymore
There?s a slow train coming
To march us home from war
With my leather boots and my haversack
Sure can take it no more
Woo, I cried for her baby when I saw you there
Woo-hoo, I cried for her just the same
?Cause when the steam from the slow train rises
I?m gonna cry for you just the same
Well there?s a slow train coming
Carrying the mighty worker hordes
Eighteen days in the cotton field
Enough to put a man out of (?)
Woo, It?s time to move on pretty mama
Woo-hoo, Yes it?s time to move on as I go
As the steam from my slow train rises
Sloe Gin, sloe Gin
Tryin' to wash away the pain inside
Well I'm sick and I'm all done in
And I'm standing in the rain
And I feel like I'm gonna cry
I'm so damn lonely
And I ain't even high
I'm so damn lonely
And I feel like I'm gonna die
Mayday, mayday I've been shot down
Over the stormy sea
Well I feel that I'm drifting away
Can not seem to get a grip on me
Well. I can't even try
I'm so damn lonely
Ain't even high
I hate to go home alone,
But what else is new?
I'm so damn lonely
I hate to go home alone,
But what else is new?
I'm so damn lonely…
You stand and bleeding people pass me by
No matter if you live
No matter if you die
Sloe Gin, sloe Gin
Tryin' to wash away the pain inside
Well I'm sick and I'm all done in
I'm standing in the rain
And I feel like I'm gonna cry
I'm so damn lonely
Ain't even high
Seagull you fly across the horizon into the misty morning
sun.
Nobody asked you where you are going, Nobody knows where
you're from
There is a man asking a Question, is it a really the end
of the world?
Seagull you must have known for a long time; the shapes
of things to come.
Now you fly through the sky, never asking why
And you fly all around, until somebody shoots you down
na na nana na, na na nanana na
Seagull you fly across the horizon into the misty morning
sun.
Nobody asked you where you are going. Nobody knows where
you're from
Now you fly through the sky, never asking why.
And you fly all around, until somebody shoots you down.
nanana na, na na nanana na
Gonna fly away tomorrow. Fly away.
Leave it to my sorrow. Hey yeah.
Gonna fly away, leave it to my sorrow,
"You know I Wish I was in Richmond
You know I Do , I wish I was Back Home
You know I Wish I was in Richmond
The Land I was Raised , The Place i've Always Known
And now i'm waiting in New York City
The Rain is Falling , No one seems to see
And all The Salesman , They take Notice
Forget the rushing lives , For the rushing brides to be
You know I Wish I was in Richmond
You know I Do , I Wish I was Back Home
She Didn't Change Me , She Forgave Me
So now it's Time , Time For Me to Leave
Like Broken Glass in my Broken Hands
I'm Broken Down , This I Do Believe
You know I Wish I was in Richmond
You know I Do I Wish I was Back Home
You know I Wish I was in Richmond
The Land I was Raised , The Place i've Always known
As a Frost Comes , I've Learned Some
Not to Make the same Mistakes Again
Laws are Learned , As Rule Books Burn
But what i do know , Leads to still my Friend
I'm Going Back , Back to Richmond
You know I am , You know i'm Going Home
I'm Going Back , Back to Richmond
So long, oh how I hate to see you go
So long, oh how I hate to see you go
And the way that I gonna miss you
I guess you will never know
We've been together so long, to have to separate this way
We've been together so long, to have to separate this way
I'm gonna let you go ahead on baby
Pray that you'll come back home some day
You said you once had loved me,
but now I guess you have changed your mind
You said you once had loved me,
but now I guess you have changed your mind
Why don't you reconsider baby
I'm gonna leave my home, I ain't gonna see my baby
I'm gonna leave my home, I ain't gonna see my baby
Precious night, corner of the valley, listen to the wind scene
But you were not the one who was shattered
Now your calling back to me
I've been gone, who knows where
My life will lead, I give you all my love
All my soul, now I'm growing cold
I'm gonna leave my home, I ain't gonna see my baby
I'm gonna leave my home, I ain't gonna see my baby
Holding down, trying to tell myself life is what it seems
So you want that bad ass house that means nothing to me
You couldn't make up your mind, when we slept in the same bed
Now your back, now your crying
Tell me it's all in my head
I'm gonna leave my home, I ain't gonna see my baby
I'm gonna leave my home, I ain't gonna see my baby
Yea tonight all about forgiveness, that's what you see
But you refuse to answer, make peace for what you did
Broken hearts don't matter, gonna live my life instead
I was always there for you, but you left me feeling dead
I'm gonna leave my home, I ain't gonna see my baby
I've never been wrong
But you're the only one I trust to show me the way
I always hear your voice
And in my dreams I hear you calling
Out my name
What is it about you?
Some kind of light shines from your face
And I can't turn away
I?m like a prisoner
Captured in your eyes,
I?ve been taken
I?ve been hypnotized
I?m like a prisoner
Captured in your eyes
Oh I?ve been taken
I?ve been hypnotized
Well eyes say everything
You want to keep me here forever, and I can't escape
One minute's so sincere,
Then you completely turn against me
And I?m afraid
And you don't have to say you love me,
'Cause if you want me now, I'll stay
And I can't turn away
I'm like a prisoner
Captured in your eyes
I've been taken,
Taken by surprise
I'm like a prisoner
Captured in your eyes
Oh I've been taken
I've been hypnotized
I'm like a prisoner
Captured in your eyes
I've been taken,
I?ve been hypnotized
I'm like a prisoner
Captured in your eyes
Oh I've been taken
I've been hypnotized
I?m like a prisoner
I?m like a prisoner
I?m like a prisoner
Captured in your eyes
Oh I?ve been taken,
Sparkle as the tears come
They glitter as they fall
You sacrifice your love
For the wonder of it all
But I will, and you won’t
And I deal, and you don’t, yeah
Chorus:
Livin’ on pain and sorrow
Until you find another way
Livin’ on pain and sorrow
Until I find another way
Where’s your silver lining?
Where’s your long lost friend?
The emptiness is shining
From somewhere deep within
But I will, and you won’t
And I deal, and you don’t yeah
(Chorus 2x)
No I...go on
It’s your life baby
'Til you find another way
Go on...oh yeah
Pain and sorrow
Pain and sorrow
Pain and sorrow
Find another way
My head is spinnin' around
And I'm thinkin' my thoughts of you
Whoa baby, I'm thinkin' about you
Well I get so mixed up now baby
And I don't know what to do
Oh baby, I don't know what to do
I'm gonna pack it up
I'm gonna give it up
I'm gonna put you right out of my mind
I'm gonna pack it up, yeahhhh
Hey I tried my best to understand
You keep sayin' it'll work out fine
But baby, it'll work out fine
Every time I try to talk to you baby
You tell me you ain't got time
But baby, yeah you don't have time
I'm gonna pack it up
I'm gonna give it up
I'm gonna put you right out of my mind
I'm gonna pack it up, yeahhhh
After all we been through together
Why did it end this way
But baby, it did
I put all my trust in you baby
Believe every word I say
Oh baby, every word I say
I'm gonna pack it up
I'm gonna give it up
I'm gonna put you right out of my mind
I'm gonna pack it up, yeahhhh
I'm gonna put you right out of my mind
I'm gonna pack it up
One of these days boy , i'm gonna see my woman
I'm gonna see my children , children on their knee
Gonna run up to my woman , and hold her in my arms
With tears in her eyes , she said i'm glad you're free
She's coming down the road boy , i said she's coming down the road
She's got her Red dress on , yeah she's got her Red dress on
She's coming down the road boy , with her bags down low
Said she's coming down the road boy ,
she's got her bags down low , hey yeah
Oh One of these days , i'll be coming home soon girl
, i'll be coming on home
One of these days boy , i'll be coming on home
One of these days boy , i'm gonna see my baby
Gonna see my baby , coming down the road
Gonna have my Pardon , Pardon in her Apron oh Lord
Wanna see The Governer , she said Release my Man
Hey One of these days , i'll be coming home soon girl
, i'll be coming on home
I'll be coming down the road boy , with my bags down low
Somebody told me that you had changed,
Since the day my life has become estranged.
Well that’s ok, you just put on that face,
But in your heart I know of another place.
So here we are, now we’re just worlds apart,
But were we any closer at the start?
Something so alone, you want somebody,
But you’re still on your own.
(Oh baby) Now that the feeling’s gone,
I believe that I’ve done no wrong.
‘Cuz I’ve tried hard to get you back baby,
But you just wouldn’t cut me no slack.
Now that it’s gone, now that we’ve walked away,
Now that we’ve both started a brand new day.
I’m lookin’ back - I’m lookin’ at your face,
I’m lookin’ and all I see is empty space.
So here we are, now we’re just worlds apart,
But were we any closer at the start?
Something so alone, you want somebody,
But you’re still on your own.
Oh baby, now that the feeling’s gone,
I believe that I’ve done no wrong.
‘Cuz I’ve tried hard to get you back baby,
But you just wouldn’t cut me no slack.
But I gotsta’ have ya,
Now that I know the cost baby.
Something’s gonna change my mind,
But I don’t have the luxury of time no more.
Oh, no more time baby...
(Short Lead Break)
Now that the feeling’s gone,
I believe that I’ve done no wrong.
‘Cuz I’ve tried hard to get you back baby,
But you just wouldn’t cut me no slack.
Now that the feeling’s gone,
I believe that I’ve done no wrong.
‘Cuz I’ve tried hard to get you back baby,
But you just wouldn’t cut me no slack.
Oh no…
Just wouldn’t cut me no slack now…
Now that the feeling’s gone…
Oh no more time baby…
Baby woke up nervous
She was sweating from the steam heat
She kicked off the covers
Fever burning bright, paranoia night
Five alarm alert repeats
This city never beats you
But it buries you so deep
'Cause there ain't no love,
Ain't no love on the street
Baby's breathing deeply
She's listening to her heart beat
She walks into the kitchen
Dishes in the sink
Doesn't even matter
Maybe read a magazine
And the colored girls go
Whoop-de-doop-de-doop-de-doop-
Doop-de-doop-de-doop
'Cause there ain't no love,
Ain't no love on the street
Baby needs a frame of reference
Some other place to go
An all night launderette
Light a cigarette
Jump an usherette
Babe's an all night diner
She's got a trucker's appetite
'Cause there ain?t ain't no love,
When the evening, evening sun goes down
You're gonna find me somewhere hanging around, yeah
But the night life ain't no good life
But it is my life, yes, it is
Oh, many people just like you and me
They be a dreaming of old used to be's
Saying the night life ain't no good life
Hey, but it's my life
Oh, listen to the blues
Listen to the way they're playing
Yeah, listen to the blues
Listen to what they're saying
Night life, baby, is just another scene
In this old world, world of broken dreams
I've said that the night life ain't no good life
Hey, but it is my life
I've said that the night life ain't no good life
But it's my life, hey, yeah
I've said that the night life ain't no good life, people
But it's my life, ooh, yeah
And now I'm older now than I used to be
And now I paid my dues and I spent my time
And there's nothing that I haven't seen
And oh, I still think about you every night
The rain's coming down
I'm standing in the street
I thought I knew it all
Baby I don't know a thing
Chorus:
I tried to put you in your place
I told you many lies
And I never meant to hurt you baby, yeah
I said a lot of things
But I'll never say goodbye
And when a pretty girl smiles at me
And I can't think of anything to say
Makes me think about you and me
Makes me think of how everything has changed
The rain's coming down
A-comin' down on me
I thought I knew it all
Baby I don't know a thing
(Chorus)
Oh, never say goodbye, ah yeah
Yeah I never say goodbye
(Chorus)
Never say goodbye, oh no
Three days of snow in Birmingham
Thought you might wonder where I am
Rang out your number all night long
Ain't no comfort, telephone
Ran out and caught a midnight flight
Thought a little love would make it all right
Landlord said you moved away
Left me all your bills to pay
Look out baby, never make your move too soon
Left me with all your credit cards
This life in Vegas sure ain't hard
I ran it up to fifty grand
Cashed it in and in my hand
That kind of word can get around
And make a lost love come up found
I hear you knocking at my door
You're not living here no more
Look out baby, never make your move too soon
I've been to Spain, Tokyo, Africa, Ohio
I never tried to make the news
I'm just a man who plays the blues
I take my lovin' everywhere
I come back, and still don't care
One love ahead, one behind
One on my arm and one on my mind
Birds flying high, you know how I feel
Sun in the sky, you know how I feel
Breeze drifting on by, and you know how I feel
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life for me
And I'm feelin' good
Fish in the sea, you know how I feel
River runnin' free, you know how I feel
Blossom on the tree, you know how I feel
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life for me
And I'm feelin' good
Dragonfly out in the sun, you know what I mean don't'cha know
Butterflies having fun, you know what I mean
Sleeping peace when the day is done, that's what I mean
It's an old world
It's a new world
It's a bold world
For me
Stars when you shine, you know how I feel
Scent of a pine, you know know how I feel
Oh freedom is mine, and I know how I feel
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life for me
And I'm feelin' good
Yes I'm feelin' good oh oh
Mmmmmmm Mmmmmm
I’m in a dream I’m flying over hills,
I see it shining in the hay.
There’s something golden in my hands,
And then I go and let it slip away.
With eyes that are broken, my feelings are spoken.
It’s time for the waters to break.
I know where I should be, and I’m gonna make it there.
I won’t let you be my mistake.
The days go by like chapters from a book,
I’m skipping pages to the end.
There’s a story that I’ll never know,
The one about the man who makes amends.
With eyes that are open, my feelings are spoken.
It’s time for the waters to break.
I know where I should be, and I’m gonna make it there.
I won’t let you be my mistake.
The moment’s uncovered, I must seize the day.
This goal that I hold high - won’t let it be lost for
all time.
With eyes that are open, my feelings are spoken.
It’s time for the waters to break.
I know where I should be, and I’m gonna make it there.
I won’t let you be my mistake.
With eyes that are broken, my feelings are spoken.
It’s time for the waters to break.
I know where I should be, and I’m gonna make it there.
I won’t let you be my mistake.
West on 80 and it won't take too long,
'Til the road starts climbing up to mountain time.
The girl I know there, she lives free and easy,
And she shows me wonders and she takes my mind.
Be like you baby,
I wanna be there
To settle on up about my life
And that girl is waiting, but she won't wait too long,
Drove all night to that clear blue sky.
And she's wild as eagles,
She's as sweet as honeysuckle,
Her life's flowing like a mountain stream.
And she takes me somewhere,
And it's good to be there,
And she pulls me into her bright golden wing.
Bright golden wing.
West on 80 and it won't take too long,
'Til the road starts climbing up to mountain time.
The girl I know there, she lives free and easy,
And she shows me wonders and she takes my mind.
And she's wild as eagles,
She's as sweet as honeysuckle,
Her life's flowing like a mountain stream.
And she takes me somewhere,
And it's good to be there,
And she pulls me into her bright golden wing.
I can feel it in the wind blow
I can feel love flow
And I'll be there when the morning comes, yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I got a problem burning through my veins,
I got a tattoo on my arm with your name.
A Ragin' virus burnin' through my skin,
Can you tell me why this has to end?
I didn't mean to hurt anyone.
I didn't mean to she'd no, she'd no blood yeah.
Maybe I was trippin' baby, you know what I mean,
Maybe that someday you'll believe in me yeah.
Maybe you'll believe in me...
I miss you, I hate you, 'Cuz I feel you,
I don't want to but I need you.
I miss you, I hate you, 'cuz I feel you,
I don't want to but I but I need you baby.
I've been seein' demons and I've been seein' saints,
I've tried pretendin' that I'm somebody that I ain't.
I could be the beggar down upon his knees,
But I've seen the truth - It's gonna set me free yeah.
Baby you will set me free...
I miss you, I hate you, 'Cuz I feel you,
I don't want to but I need you.
I miss you, I hate you, 'cuz I feel you,
I don't want to but I but I need you.
(Lead Break)
I miss you, I hate you, 'Cuz I feel you,
I don't want to but I need you.
I miss you, I hate you, 'cuz I feel you,
I don't want to but I but I need you.
I miss you, I hate you, 'Cuz I feel you,
I miss you - I miss you baby.
I don't care what nobody say
I'm a man of a many words
I can speak things to you darlin', my dear
That I swear that you never heard
I rap strong and I know it right along
Come on mama let me turn you on
Say it baby
Alright
When I grab my game and call your name
You would never be the same
In the midnight hours when I dream of you
I swear that you'll call my name
I rap strong when I know it right along
Come on mama let me turn you on
Tell me baby
Alright, child
I was hauled off to jail late last night
With no one to push my bail
I rapped strong to the judge early this morning
And the judge put the cops in jail
I rap strong and I know it right along
Come on mama let me turn you on
Let me tell you baby
Oh, let me turn you on
tell me baby
And I don't care what nobody say
I'm a man of a many words
I can speak things to you darlin' my dear
that swear that you never heard
I rap strong and I know it right along
Come on mama let me turn you on
tell me baby
Oh, let me turn you on, now babe
tell me baby
Look over yonder's wall, hand me down my walking cane
Look over yonder's wall, hand me down my walking cane
Yes I'm lookin out your window, here comes your man
Darlin I know your man went to war
Leave you was kinda rough, I don't know how many men he killed
But I believe it was enough
Look over yonder's wall, hand me down my walking cane
Yes I'm lookin out your window, here comes your man
Well I know your man went to war
Leave you was kinda rough, I don't know how many men he killed
But it was enough
Look over yonder's wall, hand me down my walking cane
Yes I'm lookin out your window, here comes your man
Look over yonder's wall, hand me down my walking cane
Look over yonder's wall, hand me down my walking cane
Hello long distance
put my baby on the line.
Hello long distance
put my baby on the line.
Ive got to talk to my girl
and tell her what I have on my mind.
Ive never been so lonesome,
and Ive never been so blue.
Ive never been so lonesome,
and I aint never felt so blue.
Its been a long time baby,
Since I had a letter from you.
Well send me some money baby.
Please dont talk no trash.
What I need from you baby
Less talk, and a lot of cash.
Hello long distance
put my baby on the line.
Ive got to talk to my girl
Edna million in a drop dead suit
Dutch pink on a downtown train
Two dollar pistol but the gun won't shoot
I'm in the corner on the pouring rain
Sixteen men on a dead man's chest
I been drinking from the broken cup
Two pairs of pants and a mohair vest
I'm full of bourbon and I can't stand up
Hey little bird, fly away home
Your house is on fire, your children alone
Hey little bird, you fly away home
Your house is on fire, your children alone
Schiffer broke a bottle on Morgan's head
I'm stepping on the devil's tail
Across the stripes of a full moon's head
All through the bar's of a Cuban jail
Bloody finger's on a purple knife
Flamingo drinking from a cocktail glass
I'm on the lawn with someone else's wife
Admire the view from the top of the mast
Hey little bird, fly away home
Your house is on fire, your children alone
Hey little bird, fly away home
Your house is on fire, your children alone
Yellow sheets on a Hong Kong bed
Stazybo horn and a slingerland ride
To the carnival is what she said
A couple hundred dollars makes it dark inside
Edna million in a drop dead suit
Dutch pink on a downtown train
Two dollar pistol but the gun won't shoot
I'm in the corner on the pouring rain
Hey little bird, fly away home
Your house is on fire, your children alone
Hey little bird, fly away home
Your house is on fire, Children Alone
Hey little bird, fly away home
Your house is on fire, children alone
Hey little bird, fly away home
Hey Mr Jelly Roll Baker , Can i please be your slave
When i'm Dead and Gone , i'm gonna Rise up from the Grave
For your Sweet Jelly Roll , The Best Jelly Roll in Town
You're the only Man Baking , and i'm gonna keep my Damper
Down
Well can i Place an Order for Three Weeks Ahead
I'd Rather have my Jellies , Than some 'ol Big Bed
'Cos i'm Crazy 'bout that Jelly , The Best Jelly Roll in
Town
You're the only Man Baking , and i'm gonna keep you're
Damper Down
You Can Take All my Women , you can talk even more
I Gotta Brand New Secret , you can't catch at all
I'm a Jelly Roll Baker , I Bake The Best Jelly Roll in
Town
I'm The Only Man Baking and i'm gonna keep my Damper Down
I wish you could see me
All broken down this way
But even if you saw me, baby
I know I still couldn't make you stay
Couldn't make you stay
You know about the high cost of loving
But someday, someday
You're gonna have to pay
Gonna have to pay
Oh, a woman like you needs fine things
And I knew it from the start
And I don't have much to offer
Just this old broken heart, hey baby
Just this old broken heart
But if heartaches were nickels
I wouldn't be here crying in the dark
If wine and pills were hundred dollar
Bills, I might keep you satisfied
And if broken dreams were limousines
I might take you for a ride
And all I can do is think of you
And wish you were here by my side
Yes, if heartaches were nickels
I'd be the richest fool alive
If wine and pills were hundred dollar
Bills, I might keep you satisfied
Oh if broken dreams were limousines
I might take you for a ride
But all I can do is think of you
And wish you were here by my side
Oh, if heartaches were nickels
I'd be the richest fool alive
I know a place where the dogs ain't barking
I know a place where the sun don't shine
I know a place where the girls do the talking
In the back of my mind, in the back of my mind
I know a place, little thirteen year old cousin
Blood running high, got a knife in his hand
No daddy wouldn't do, yeah, those things to his mama
So he opened that blade and he stabbed that man
He opened that blade and he stabbed that man
I know a place and it goes no further
Than where you are, when you leave it behind
One piece of advice from one son to another
Get out of your mind, get out of your mind
Get out of your mind, yeah
Got no ceiling, but the sky
Like the world babe, just rolling by
I don't live anywhere, I live everywhere
This road is my home
There's nin to five's, pretty odds
There was never babe, even cuts,
Don't live anywhere, I live everywhere
This road is my home
The clamorers and glamors
Of the city, I don't need them
As long as I live, let me hold on to my freedom
It's crossed my mind, now and then
Little too late babe, go back and start again
Don't live anywhere, I live everywhere
This road is my home
Solo
The clamour and glamours
Of the city, I don't need them
As long as I live, let me hold on to my freedom
It's crossed my mind, now and then
Little too late babe, go back and start again
Don't live anywhere, I live everywhere
This road is my home
Gonna make my own way, gonna head downtown,
Walk around, settle down, find me a proper drink,
Don't need a helmet to get me through life,
I walk across the water, blame it on foolish pride.
(Chorus)
Lifting me up, tearing me down,
All you give me is indecision the classic run-around,
Bringing me higher, keeping me whole,
Now I feel I've been living, living in a dustbowl.
Diamonds and pearls, you're that kinda girl,
You size me up to break me down while you're sipping on your Crown Royal,
I'll give you shelter, babe, it's your call,
It's hard to find the truth within when you are living in your own zone.
(Chorus)
Lifting me up, tearing me down,
All you give me is indecision the classic run-around,
Bringing me higher, keeping me whole,
Now I feel I've been living, living in a dustbowl.
Find in deception, the same kinda pain,
If all that's left for me to lose, is meant for you to gain,
Playing it close, stealing your time,
Who cares anyway, I've gone the extra mile.
(Chorus)
Lifting me up, tearing me down,
All you give me is indecision the classic run-around,
Bringing me higher, keeping me whole,
Now I feel I've been living, living in a dustbowl.
Living in a dustbowl
The song was originally done by Delta Bluesman Charley
Patton. Not sure if JB used them exactly,
But I found two versions. Have at it...
High Water Everywhere Part I
Well, backwater done rose all around
Sumner now, drove me down the line
Backwater done rose at Sumner,
Drove poor Charley down the line
Lord, I'll tell the world the water,
Done crept through this town
Lord, the whole round country,
Lord, river has overflowed
Lord, the whole round country,
Man, is overflowed
You know I can't stay here,
I'll go where it's high, boy
I would goto the hilly country,
But, they got me barred
Now, look-a here now at
Leland
River was risin' high
Look-a here boys around Leland tell me,
River was raisin' high
Boy, it's risin' over there, yeah
I'm gonna move to
Greenville
Fore I leave, goodbye
Look-a here the water now, Lordy,
Levee
Broke, rose most everywhere
The water at Greenville and Leland,
Lord, it done rose everywhere
Boy, you can't never stay here
I would go down to
Rosedale
But, they tell me there's water there
Now, the water now, mama,
Done took Charley's town
Well, they tell me the water,
Done took Charley's town
Boy, I'm goin' to
Vicksburg
Well, I'm goin' to Vicksburg,
For that high of mine
I am goin' up that water,
Where lands don't never flow
Well, I'm goin' over the hill where,
Water, oh don't ever flow
Boy, hit Sharkey County and everything was down in Stovall
But, that whole county was leavin',
Over that
Tallahatchie
Shore
Boy, went to Tallahatchie and got it over there
Lord, the water done rushed all over,
Down old Jackson road
Lord, the water done raised,
Over the Jackson road
Boy, it starched my clothes
I'm goin' back to the hilly country,
Won't be worried no more
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High water everywhere (Part 2)
Written by: Charley Patton
Backwater at
Blytheville
Backed up all around
Backwater at Blytheville, done took Joiner town
It was fifty families and children come to sink and drown
The water was risin' up at my friend's door
The water was risin' up at my friend's door
The man said to his women folk, "Lord, we'd better go"
The water was risin', got up in my bed
Lord, the water was rollin', got up to my bed
I thought I would take a trip, Lord, out on the big ice sled
Oh, I can hear, Lord, Lord, water upon my door,
You know what I mean, look-a here
I hear the ice, Lord, Lord, was sinkin' down,
I couldn't get no boats there, Marion City gone down
So high the water was risin' our men sinkin' down
Man, the water was risin' at places all around,
Boy, they's all around
It was fifty men and children come to sink and drown
Oh, Lordy, women and grown men drown
Oh, women and children sinkin' down
Lord, have mercy
Featuring: Glenn Hughes, Joe Bonamassa
Well my maker
Must've been a hard heartbreaker
And I?ll tell you why
Said my maker
Must?ve been a hard heartbreaker (until you)
I'll tell you why
I'm breaking my own heart
Tryin' to love a faker
I tell your soul, hmm
Just like a blind, blind man
My little house is on fire
Just like a blind man
My little house is on fire
I'm burning my own eyes out
Tryin? to reach the door
Well the sun is shining (well the sun it was shining)
But it sure don't seem to reach my heart (hmm my heart is cold, it is)
Well the sun is shining (well the sun is shining)
But it sure don?t seem to reach my heart (reach my heart)
But I was cold
I'm wasting my whole life
Tryin? to make a new start
To make a new start
Hmm,
Gonna make a new start
Gonna make a new start
Gonna make a new start
I have my bad days, have my good days too
They all coincide with my new attitude yeah
And pretty baby to the blues I sing - it’s my only
teacher
Just headaches to a heartbreak
Never meant to (need help here)
I feel like I’ve been used, never want to see you again
Chorus:
But it’s bittersweet (and)
Interesting what the world brings
I know that now
I’m gonna have my say
This is time when I turn the page
Headaches to heartbreaks
I’m from the old school, like the old rules
Don’t care anymore what you’re gonna do
Just shake up the system, I really wanna listen to you
A friend of mine, past his prime
Struggled for a chance to make a dime
Now for no reason he committed treason again
(Chorus)
[Solo]
(Repeat 1st Verse)
The shape that i'm in
Never let her down a day in my life
Tree's all around me
As i see the time pass me by
Never trade you for the world
Never do the things i used to
I guess it's not good enough
This i see
But I'll remember happier times
Life it hits me
Comes faster now day by day
Places that i've been
Are not the place i wanna be
Never trade you for the world
Never do the things i used to
I guess it's not good enough
This i see
And i'll remember happier times
Friday comes and goes
I guess i won't talk to you anymore
So many things unsaid
So many things i wanna say
Never trade you for the world
Never do the things i used to
I guess it's not good enough
This i see
But I'll remember happier times
It’s already written that
Today will be one to remember
The feeling’s the same as
Being outside of your door
Chorus:
Had to cry today
Well I saw your sign
And I missed you there
I’m taking the chance to see
The wind in your eyes while I listen
You say you can’t reach me
But you want everyone to be free
You're nothin' but a dirty dirty old man
You do your thinkin' with a one track mind
Keep talkin' 'bout heavens glory
On your face is a different story
Clean up your rap your story's gettin' dirty
Wash out your mouth
Your lies are gettin' rusty
Can't believe nothin' you say
I'm around and I see what you do
You know you're funkier than a mosquito's tweeter
You got a mouth like a herd of boll weevils
Same ol' game, same ol' thing
You never changed
Alway's rappin' 'bout the same ol' thing yeah!
Blowin' minds is a thing of the past
You blew your chance that's why it never last
You wanna be a graduated mother
But in reality you're just another brother
You think you're slick
You can't stand a lot of greasin'
Things you do ain't never really pleasin'
Can't believe nothin' you say
I'm a around and I see what you do
You know you're funkier than a mosquito's tweeter
You got a mouth like a herd of boll weevils
Same ol' game, same ol' thing
Alway's rappin' always rappin'
'Bout the same ol' thing yeah!
You put yourself upon a big stool
There's nothin' worse than an educated fool
Talkin' sex is your favourite conversation
Peace and love is a famous generation
What's in your head has really really started
Showing your conversations all gettin' boring
Can't believe nothin' you say
I'm around and I see whay you do
You know you're a funkier than a mosquito's tweeter
You got a mouth like a herd of boll weevils
Same ol' game, same ol' game
Same ol' thing, same ol' thing
Alway's rappin', alway's rappin'
Your mind's set on leavin'
To a house down a one way street
Say you're gonna lock up all the doors
And throw away the key
Oh, but don't burn down the bridge, darlin'
You just might wanna come back
'Cause the grass ain't no greener
On the other side of the track
Oh, you counted me out, before I could get to bat
All the things are out-ta the Chevrolet
Tomorrow night be drivin' a Cadillac
But don't burn down the bridge, darlin'
You just might wanna come back
'Cause the grass ain't no greener
On the other side of the track
All your so called friends
Taught you how to cheat an' lie
Now it seem like you gonna jump
From the fryin' pan to the fire
Oh, but don't burn down your bridge, darlin'
You just might wanna come back
'Cause the grass ain't no greener
So here's my situation for all the world to see
Gone is my innocence, all that's left is me
Rising up just to tear me down
I can be your perfect stranger but just not now
Insomnia drains my life
Gone is the stranger from a forgotten time
Fly me out of the window sill
No, it ain't about my life and it ain't about my will
Warring superstitions, joy and inhibitions
I've been around a long time, I can't lie to myself
Dirt in my pocket, dirt on my shoes
Makes a grown man wicked, it's an easy man's blues
Dirt on my conscience, dirt over you
Leaves a good man walking, it's a blind man's blues
Lost in a daze as I find myself
Looking for new ways to find a way out
'Cause and effect makes me drown a desire
Tempted by my fate of a virgin fire
Warring superstitions, joy and inhibitions
I've been around a long time, I can't lie to myself
Dirt in my pocket, dirt on my shoes
Makes a grown man wicked, it's an easy man's blues
Dirt on my conscience, dirt over you
Leaves a good man walking, it's a blind man's blues
Dirt on my conscience, dirt over you
Makes a good man walking, it's an easy man's blues, yeah
Don't have no trial held against me baby,
Before I have a chance to explain my side.
Don't have no trial held against me baby,
Before I have a chance to explain my side.
Although there's just some rumors just a flyin',
I want you to believe - I can testify.
Goin' to live life on my own,
Not gonna catch that train.
Got this blues in my soul,
And I don't feel ashamed.
Because it's my current situation,
My current situation must change.
Cuz all I really need,
All I really need are some new ways.
(Lead Break)
Goin' to live life on my own,
I'm not gonna catch that train.
Got this blues in my soul,
And I don't feel ashamed.
Because it's my current situation,
My current situation must change.
All I really need...
All I really need...
If I was a cradle, would you let me rock?
If I was a pony, would you let me trot?
If I was an atom, swimmin’ in the trees,
If I go out my cell phone’s dead would you put you dogs
on me?
If I was a baby, would you let me fall?
If I was an outlaw, would you have me caught?
If I was a tiger, would you have me caged?
If I was somebody else, would you act your age?
You’ll miss out if you’re, getting high - no thank you.
Pray it doesn’t happen, this time I’ll make you see it.
You and I gotta say, this is about me and you, yeah.
(Lead Break)
If I was a nightlight, would you let me see?
If I was anchor, it’d be news to me.
I was a maybe, giving you next call,
If I tell you the truth now baby,
Listen when I talk!
Down here in New Orleans, prayin’ for holy water,
To rain on down, rain on down on me.
I got to tell you how I feel,
And I don’t care as long as it’s a side that’s real.
Like a dark cloud that casts no shade,
Seven days pass I still pray for rain.
I want to see things my way;
I will add colour and shape.
Now I’m frozen in time, bound by convictions,
Obey the trust - things I learned long ago.
Please now spare me, spare me your old folklore,
All I really want are things they were before.
Like a dark cloud that casts no shade,
Seven days pass I still pray for rain.
I want to see things my way;
I will add colour and shape.
(Lead Break)
Like a dark cloud that casts no shade,
Seven days pass I still pray for rain.
I want to see things my way;
I will be be who I am and see things my way;
I will add colour and shape.
Hey everybody talk about it, burning hell burning hell
Ain't no hell but a burning hell
When I die, Where I go
Ain't nobody know
Burning hell burning hell
Burning hell burning hell
I went down to see Deacon Jones
Who was down at the church house
I got down on my bended knee
And I prayed and I prayed
Deacon Jones pray for me
Went down to the church house
Got down at my bended knee
And I begged Deacon Jones
Would you pray for me
He said sir take my hand
Said sir take my hand
Ain't no hell but a burning hell
No hell but a burning hell
No hell but a burning hell
Burning hell
Ain't no hell but a burning hell
Ain't no hell but a burning hell
When I die where I go
Ain't nobody knows
Ain't no hell but a burning hell
No hell but a burning hell
No hell but a burning hell
Burning hell
Hey everybody talks about it, burning hell burning hell
Ain't no hell but a burning hell
When I die where I go
Ain't nobody knows
Burning hell burning hell
Burning hell burning hell
Burning hell burning hell
Burning hell
Don't know where I'm going
Jeah
Nobody knows
You sit in your big house baby
You drive your fancy car
You treat me like I'm not there
But I guess that's who you are
*I'm on the bridge to better days
Better days are coming now
Tired of asking all my friends
Please help me once more
This old life that I'm leading
Got me down the floor
*I'm on the bridge to better days
Better days are coming now
Better days are coming now
Better days are coming now
Gonna be a matter of time
You know the sun will rise
Used to say it was in my head
I was led along instead
*I'm on the bridge to better days
Better days are coming now
Better days are coming now
I don't know too much about love baby now
but I sure think I got it bad yeah.
I don't know too much about love baby now
but I sure think I got it bad yeah.
Some people say love is just a gamble
Oh whatever it is about to drive me mad yeah.
Yeah, lookout...
I sit here in my lonely room now
Tears flowin' down my eyes.
As I sit here in my lonely room now
Tears flowin' down my eyes.
I wonder how you can treat me so low down and dirty.
You know what?
Your heart must be made out of ice yeah.
(Lead Break)
Sometimes I get so worried baby now
you know I wanna sit down and cry myself to sleep.
Sometimes I get so worried baby now
you know I wanna sit down and cry myself to sleep
‘Cause I don't know too much about love babe
But I sure think I...sure think I...got it bad yeah.
I'm so down and blue
On this as black as night
I have evil, evil on my mind
I am the ghost of the man that stands before you
Painting the silver line, nothing left to do
Blue and Evil
Gonna make a wreck of me
Blue and evil
So I take a drink, ease my evil mind
Love brings a sadness, felt at the break of day
Like climbing this mountain, trying to break away
Between the truth and the stone, lies reciprocity
A new day brings rising, but now I'm getting mean
Blue and Evil
Gonna make a wreck of me
Blue and evil
So I take a drink, ease my evil mind
See nothing but colors light through a broken glass
Now it's time for reckoning, I know you didn't read
The way the life is down on me, I can hardly breath
Blue and Evil
Gonna make a wreck of me
Blue and evil
I'm only and I hate it child
Blue and Evil
Gonna make a wreck of me
Blue and evil
Ooo so I take a drink and ease my evil mind
Gonna make a mess of me
Blue and evil
Blue and evil
Blue and evil
No one Care's about me , No i ain't even got a Friend
Well my Baby's gone and left me , When will my Troubles
Black Night is Falling , Oh i hate to be alone
Well i'm crying for my Baby , Another day is Gone
Got no one to talk with , To tell my Troubles to
I Don't even know the Minute Baby since i Lost You
Black Night is Falling , Oh and i hate to be alone
Well i'm Crying for my Baby , Another day is Gone
Well my Mother Had the troubles , My Father had them too
My Brother Slipped away yeah ,And I Don't even know what
to do
Black Night is Falling yeah , Oh i hate to be alone
Well i'm Crying for my Baby , Well i'm Crying for my Baby
Well I'm a man of the mountain
I'm just made of dirt
Of this Earth I traveled
Like a shepherd and his herd
[Chorus:]
And I said hang on, hang on
Black lung heartache
I sleep in a modest house
These green hills I mind
And if I plow tend my children
Who will be by the side?
[Chorus:]
And I said hang on, hang on
Black Lung Heartache
I've shed many tears
Seems I can?t shed no more
You can see them on the table
You can see 'em on the floor
[Chorus Variation:]
Now I said hang on, hang on
Black lung heartache
I've seen many men
They become hard as nails
Carrying the hammers like keys to a jail
[Chorus Variation:]
Now I said hang on, hang on
Black lung heartache
Now I said so long, so long
Like a bird on a wire
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free
Like a worm on a hook
Like a knight from an old fashioned book
I have saved all my ribbons with thee
And if I have been unkind
I hope that you will just let it all go by
And if I have been untrue
I hope that you know it was never to you
Like a baby stillborn
Like a beast with his horn
I have torn everyone who reached out for me
But I swear by this song
By all I have done wrong
I'll make it all up to you
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch
He called out to me " Don't ask for so much "
And a young man leaning on his darkened door
He cried out to me " Hey, why not ask for more "
Like a bird on a wire
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I wanna go there, I wanna climb
Now I don't know about no law, I don't see no crime
Ain't no reason, ain't no rest
I wanna get down to the woman and get undressed
And I can't stand it, I can't stand it
I can't wait to see them walls falling down
So tell me Jesus, why they run
Is it by the weight of the woman, the weight of the gun?
Got fifty minutes now and I just don't care
I'm gonna take this off already when I get there
And I can't stand it, I can't stand it
I can't wait to see them walls falling down
And I can't stand it, I can't stand it
I can't wait to see them walls falling down
No where tomorrow, a Sunday rhyme
You know all good things come in their due time
Put 'The Ball Peen Hammer', 'Right Thru' That Door'
And I don't pretend to understand no more
I can't stand it and I can't stand it
I can't wait to see them walls falling down
I can't stand it, I can't stand it
Baby if you think I'm crazy about you
You gotta change your mind (x2)
I woke up this morning 'bout half past four
Somebody knocking at my back door
If you think I'm crazy about you
You gotta change your mind
You better change your mind
*repeat
Whatcha doin mama, you'll do it again
I'm setting out bout half past ten
If you think I'm crazy about you
You gotta change your mind
I mean you better change your mind
*repeat
In front of the jury with my eyes full of tears
For beatin up my gal I got forty five years
If you think I'm crazy about you
You gotta change your mind
I mean you better change your mind
*repeat
My gal likes liquor, like rye and gin
But can't get a whisky drink, but man, she thinks she
If you think I'm crazy about you
You gotta change your mind
I mean, you better change your mind
I'm gonna leave my girl you should see
She is so fine
It's Better Athens to Athens
Kinda day and night
I'm gonna go into town
Going to try to flag a ride
It's Better Athens to Athens
Kinda day and night
I'm gonna watch the sun come up
Fires gonna rise
It's Better Athens to Athens
Kinda day and night
It's Better Athens to Athens
If I get to heaven
The first thing I'll do
Before I meet my maker
I'm gonna ask around for you
All of heaven gotta know
The beauty of the truth
I'll tap an angel on the shoulder
And I'll be asking around for you
I'm sure you found a place up there
Where we all can sit and talk a while
Play some cards and drink black coffee
I'd love to see you smile
If I get to heaven know
Oh I'm praying that I do
I'll be the first thing I do
I'll tap an angel on the shoulder
And I'll be asking around for you
I'm sure you found a place up there
Where we all can sit and talk a while
Play some cards and drink black coffee
I'd love to see you smile
If I get to heaven know
Oh I'm praying that I do
I'll be the first thing I do
I'll tap an angel on the shoulder
And I'll be asking around for you
I'll tap an angel on the shoulder
And I'll be coming around
As the crow flies baby
And I ain't so far from you
As the crow flies baby
And I ain't so far from you
Well I don't have wings
And I can't get home like I want to
In a dream last night
Well I heard you call my name
In a dream last night
Well I heard you call my name
Well I took it as an omen
And I jumped on that next train
Oh whoa
Well you don't know baby
How I miss your sweet caress
Well you don't know baby
How I miss your sweet caress
When I'm in your lovin' arms
And I swear I'm at my very best
Poor little baby
You've got your lover, she's a girl
Poor little baby
You've got caught up in the world
I've got to say you lost your way
You're a woman, another kind of woman
Another kind of love
You just pile on your misery
Now you have failed
But deep down inside yourself
See if you can tell
Poor little baby
You've got caught up in the world
I got to say you've lost your way
You're a woman, another kind of woman
Another kind of love, hey yeah
I can show you a brand new world
Now you'll never be satisfied
When there's nowhere to run, baby
There's nowhere to hide
Poor little baby
You've got caught up in the world
I've got to say you've lost your way
You're a woman, another kind of woman
Our first and last night togheter,
And we had some fun.
We were walking trough the trees yeah,
And I kissed you once
Well I wanna see you soon,
But I wonder how yeah.
It's a new day yesterday,
But it's an old day now.
It's been a long time looking for a game to play,
But my luck turned so bad now,
That it turned out this way.
But I had to meet you baby,
Just when I thought I found you.
It's a new day yesterday,
But it's an old day now.
- solo -
It's been a long time looking for a game to play,
But my luck turned so bad now,
That it turned out this way.
Well I wanna see you soon,
But I wonder how yeah.
It's a new day yesterday,
But it's an old day now.
It was a new day yesterday,
But it's an old day now.
It was a new day yesterday yeah,
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