Travelln' in the dar..... ar-ar-ark,
Can't see a thing, Travelln' in the dark.
Travelln' in the dar..... ar-ar-ark,
Can't see a thing, Travelln' in the dark.
What you gonna do when you can't seem to understand?
How ya' gonna feel when your woman's with another man?
Travelln' in the dar..... ar-ar-ark,
Can't see a thing, Travelln' in the dark.
Travelln' in the dar..... ar-ar-ark,
Can't see a thing, Travelln' in the dark.
What makes you think that you're ever gonna understand?
What's goin' on in the mind of another man?
--- Lead Guitar ---
Travelln' in the dar..... ar-ar-ark,
Can't see a thing, Travelln' in the dark.
Travelln' in the dar..... ar-ar-ark,
Can't see a thing, Travelln' in the dark.
What you gonna do when you can't seem to understand?
Put their shoulders to the big wheel. work their fingers
to the bone
Take their pleasures in the future, put it down and bring
it home
Walk around into the sundown, looking for an honest man
Gentle people seeing too much, aching to be wat they can
Chorus
Angels, tired angels
Tired down inside their shoes
All wanting grace
They live again rhythym lines on the king of Gondor's
face
Children, gentle children
Gentle leaving to the wars
They found their place
And live again their rhythym lives on the king of
Gondor's face
Sinking down into the lame words, overflowing with their
sorrows
Praying for it all to cease fire, saturated with desire
Standing up to all the brave men, laughing hollow at the
day's end
Walking back and give a handshake, this is just another
Mississippi Queen
If you know what I mean
Mississippi Queen
She taught me everythin'
Way down around Vicksburg
Around Louisiana way
Lived a Cajun lady
Aboard the Mississippi Queen
You know, she was a dancer
She moved better on wine
While the rest of them dudes
Were'a gettin' their kicks
Boy, I beg your pardon, I was gettin' mine
Mississippi Queen
If you know what I mean
Mississippi Queen
She taught me everythin'
This lady she asked me
If I would be her man
You know that I told her
I'd do what I can
To keep her lookin' pretty
Buy her dresses that shine
While the rest of them dudes
Were makin' their bread
Boy I beg your pardon, I was losin' mine
You know, she was a dancer
She moved better on wine
While the rest of them dudes
Were'a gettin' their kicks
Boy I beg your pardon, I was gettin' mine
Standin' on my pillow
Talkin' to the moon
Wadin' in the ocean
I'm sendin' for you soon
Reachin' for the handle
Achin' in my head
Woven in the bedsheets
And then I will understand
Yeah!
Sun comes over the city
Time goes in its hand
Politicians are screamin'
There's a time and a little to spare
Leanin' out of the window
Runnin' from the gun
Caught in webs of invention
It's the blood, it's the blood of the sun
Hidin' in the ocean
With the sunshine at my side
To leave the hard road behind me
There's a light on the road that I ride
Thunder down in the valley
Rainbow 'round the moon
To leave the city behind me
I'm sendin' for you soon
The Laird is arriving
He ran to the east
He stood in the courthouse
Pleading his case
His crime was a passion
An aching for peace
And he´s not alone
And he´s not alone
And he´s not alone
And he´s not alone
Let my people go
His soul is on paper
Freshly changed
And white men they keep him
Oh and not changing
And he´s not around, yeah
And he´s not around
He´s not around
He´s not around, yeah
(West,Pappalardi-Collins,Laing)
Never in my life
Did I find a girl like you
Never in my life
Did I find a girl like you
When I wake up in the morning
You make me feel so good
Bringin' me a shot of whiskey
And a little bit of lovin' too
For the first time in my life
I finally found someone like you
For the first time in my life
I finally found someone like you
And when I'm at home at night time
Man it feels so good
Knowin' my baby's waitin'
And I love her dress tight too
Hey hey hey hey yeah yeah yeah
Never in my life
Did I find a girl like you
Never in my life
Did I find a girl like you
When I get around to thinkin'
About the way she do
I don't want to leave her
Freight train
Why am I, I'm arriving late tonight
And the world is turning
'Round and 'round the sun
All the places spinning by and by, one by one
Coming home, I'm on time
Been gone such a long time
Goodbye travelling
So long to the boys in the band
Goodbye travelling
So long to the boys in the band
We play tunes today
Leaving memory of yesterday
All the circles widen, getting in the sun
All the seasons spinning, all the days one by one
Comin' back before long
Comin' back 'til I, I'm gone
Goodbye travelling
So long to the boys in the band
Goodbye travelling
I'm gonna write a little letter,
Gonna mail it to my local dj.
It's a rockin' rhythm record
I want my jockey to play.
Roll over Beethoven, I gotta hear it again today.
You know, my temperatures risin'
And the jukebox blows a fuse.
My heart's beatin' rhythm
And my soul keeps on singin' the blues.
Two island swans mated for life,
And his faithful heart would not consider any other
wife.
For three years peaceful joy midst the rushes of the
pond,
Proud and gentle was the loving of the last two island
swans.
Their love was like a circle, no beginning and no end,
With his lady by his side a treasure and best friend.
And the pond was all so peaceful with the rising of the
sun,
Young and free like the island breeze their life was
just begun.
'Til a dread day in November when the searing cold did
start,
Stalked the hunter with his bow, he put an arrow
through her heart.
Husband come to my side let your feathers warm my pain,
For I feel I will not spend another day with you again.
And the cold winds blow,
He was brave but he's laid low.
By her body in the isle of mist,
I saw him give her one last cold kiss,
One last cold kiss.
Of swans the people talk of only one in this days tide,
They brought him twenty ladies he would take no other
bride.
They say he will not move from the place where she did
fall,
Once so proud he's beaten now, he will not speak at
all.
And the cold winds blow,
He was brave but he's laid low.
By her body in the isle of mist,
I saw him give her one last cold kiss,
Sitting on a rainbow looking at the world
Standing by the roadside waiting for my girl
Earning time and let it pay
When the sunshine's on its way
This ie what you'll hear my say
Riding on a jet plane
Higher than a bird
Looking out the window
Don't believe a word
Earning time, earning pay
When the sunshine's on its way
West,Pappalardi-Collins,Gardos,Knight,Laing)
Open your heart and let the sunshine in
Sun is shining on my world
Open your heart, let the sunshine in
This job is spent with you
While i'm passin' through this life
Sun is in my shoes
Wrap my dreams in silver paper
Use them on some rainy morning
And they'll tell you what to do
Gonna give them all to you
Open your heart and let the sunshine in
Open your heart, let the sunshine in
Open up your heart and let the sunshine in
Open your heart and let the sunshine in
Life is what you're reaching through
When your path is spied
You'll be satisfied
Wait until some rainy morning
Give it all to you
Gonna wrap up my dreams in silver paper
Use it on some rainy morning
It'll tell you what to do
Open your heart and let the sunshine in
Open your heart, let the sunshine inOpen your heart, let the sunshine in
Oh can you tell me Oh how the joy
Passed from his childhood That's not my boy
I see he's finished, he's run his race
We're not his family that's not his face
We taught him well And from his youth
He knew he always Must know the truth
He left his country to go to war
When he returned, he'd found we closed the door
Chorus
But we never dreamed when he was leaving
That he would taste the flowers of evil
I know his habit was not so bad
When for fifty dollars it could be had
But now he' home to his promised land
And what he needs got to cost a Grand
When he'd been home for six month's time
My son he told me, he'd made up his mind
He's re-enlisted for three years more
It's too expensive to stop this war
[ Chorus ]
Oh can you tell me Oh how the joy
Passed from his childhood That's not my boy
He's re-enlisted for three years more
sittin' in a blue room,
starrin' at the wall.
tryin' to get into, anything at all
cigarettes taste funny,as I sink into my bed
dreams of milk and honey, are running thru my head
look at me lord, listen and see
look at me lord, listen and see
girl you say you love me,
but the truth is in your eyes
your heart for me is empty
and your lips are givin' lies
and it seems i'm in a blue room,
spendin' all my time
tryin' so to catch you
I'm a crossroader.
Speedin' from town to town.
I'm a crossroader.
Speedin' from town to town.
I never ride the main highway.
So nobody can slow me down.
I'm always trav'lin'.
Just a taste outside the law.
I'm always trav'lin'.
Just a taste outside the law.
If you come lookin' for some trouble
I'm the man that you'relookin' for.
When things ain't movin' fast enough
I gotta' pick up and move
When things ain't movin' fast enough
I gotta' pick up and move
They say it ain't no way for a man to be livin'.
I see her sailing on her silver wings,
With hands that move like little trees.
Alive and bending in my raging storm,
To a heartbeat, my lady lives for me.
To a heartbeat, my lady lives for me.
Out of the country to my city life,
All wrapped in dreams she wears like pearls,
She dances to the music that I play for her,
And my lady is the softness in my world.
And my lady is the softness in my world.
Comin'... back...... from the Moun-tain,
My Lady waits for me.... My Lady waits for me.
In paint and ribbons and her coloured shells,
All she imagines for my days,
And weaves a life that is feeling good for me,
And my lady, hears every note I play.
And my lady, hears every note I play.
My rooms are filled with all she's made by hand,
My songs are filled with all her rhymes,
My heart is filled with the work that we've been doin'
And the children we'll be havin' all in good time.
And the children we'll be havin' all in good time.
Comin'... back...... from the Moun-tain,
Don't look around 'cause I'm never comin' back.
It's High time, you saw the last of me.
You know I was a wand'rer, I'd forgotten where to go,
I had no place to lay my head or rest my heavy load.
Don't look around 'cause I'm never comin' back.
It's High time, you saw the last of me.
-(4X)-
Lord, how she changed my mind.
Lord she changed my life.
Workin' all day long, singin' for my food,
Baby, you know that I've got everything I need.
I've given all I can, the rest belongs to me,
Time was it didn't matter just who I had to be.
Don't look around 'cause I'm never comin' back.
It's High time, you saw the last of me.
-(4X)-
Lord, how she changed my mind.
You know she changed my life.
2X "A" ........ Changes to "E"
--- Guitar Lead/Jam ---
Workin' all day long, singin' for my food,
Baby, you know that I've got everything I need.
I've given all I can, the rest belongs to me,
Time was it didn't matter just who I had to be.
Don't look around 'cause I'm never comin' back.
It's High time, you saw the last of me. Yaaaa!
Lord, how she changed my mind.
can see you baby from a thousand miles away,
And I know you love me, no matter what you say.
I can tell you baby, where you belong,
By my side at the end of the day, when the work is
done.
I can tell when you been sleepin' all day in bed,
And I know what drives you, out of your head.
I can feel your heart beatin' through a cememt wall,
An' I know you'll come runnin', when ever I call.
Can't fool me (no, no, no)
Can't fool a man who's been around,
You can't leave me (no, no, no)
Without me knowin' where you're goin'
Can't get away.........
Oh, I can touch, every breath you take,
And I know with me you can't make no mistake.
Just like butter on a hot summer's day,
I can melt you baby an' leave you that way.
If your heart was a diamond and your love was gold,
You'd be a ring on my finger, you don't need to be
told,
That it ain't no use tryin' to cheat on me,
'Cause everybody knows, where you got-ta' be.
Can't fool me (no, no, no)
Can't fool a man who's been around,
You can't leave me (no, no, no)
Without me knowin' where you're goin'
When the wagons leave the city
For the forest and further on
Painted wagon of the morning
Dusty roads where they have gone
Sometimes travelin' through the darkness
At the summer comin' home
Foreign faces by the wayside
Look as if they hadn't known
All the sand was in their eyes
And the desert that's dry
In the country town
Where the life was found
Oh, the dancing and the singing
Oh, the music when they play
Oh, the fire that they saw there
On the grave of no return
Sometimes they found it
Sometimes they kept it
Often lost it on the way
Pawnee shadow to possess him
Sometimes ride inside of day
Oh, the sand was in their eyes
And the desert that's dry
In this country town
Where the map was found
Oh, the sand was in their eye
And the desert that's dry
In this country town
Well she was born in a north woods town
Twenty-one winters ago
And she grew tired of the freezing cold
And living in the blinding snow
But this girl knew she wouldn't be there long
'Cause she had plans and dreams
And she'd seen pictures of the sunshine state
In the pages of the magazine
So she waited them tables and she used her smile
Saving every penny she can
For a one-way Dixie bound Amtrak ticket
Headed for the promised land
Her momma and daddy begged her not to go
When the day she dreamed of came
And she waved goodbye sittin' way up high
From the window of a southbound train
Now she's got a fire burnin' deep inside
Ridin' on a southbound train
And the clickity-clack of that railroad track
Only helps to fan the flames
No more worries, no more cares
She left them up in Bangor, Maine
Now she's startin' a brand new life
Ridin' on a southbound train
Whoa...
She said, 'Hello sun, good mornin' Daytona
You're sure lookin' good to me
With your ocean breeze and your tall palm trees
And your southern hospitality'
Now she's a knockout queenie in a string bikini
She's drivin' all the boys insane
And this all started with a small town dream
And a ticket on a southbound train
'Cause she had a fire burnin' deep inside
Ridin' on a southbound train
And the clickity-clack of that railroad track
Only helps to fan the flames
No more worries, no more cares
She left them up in Bangor, Maine
Yeah she likes the boys with the southern drawl
Soakin' up the sunshine, havin' a ball
She'll be the first to tell you that she owes it all
To ridin' on a southbound train
One man's life has stalled in needing.
Words out loud that want repeating.
Fathers passed to sons their craving.
Woman's loved their children saving
Kings who walk in banners waving still.
I have no heart for listening, to the men who talk of
peace.
They're putting all their nonsense in my way.
Won't you please my love, please rest your tired little
hands.
We've been talking half the night, and there's so much
more to say.
Mothers asking for this one more time, before their
babies come
They're misled in the smells of dusty tea
Someplace there is better, where time looks nothing
turned to stone
But the sun is shining yellow, and it's turned to shine
on me
Someone breathing discontent in the circling vapour
light
And frozen little soldiers guard their homeland through
the night
And the million nameless cattle, weather out just one
last time
And the heartbeat in that aching crowd no it will not
beat with mine
The answer we're all given, to the base analogy
And hither led us all into the war
The children who once laughed at this, would breath
behind the song
It's the season for re-living, but they're living in
the heart
Someone breathing discontent in the circling vapour
light
And frozen little soldiers guard their homeland through
the night
So a million nameless cattle, weather out just one last
time
And the heartbeat in that aching crowd no it will not
beat with mine
Hearts all filled of pride and passion
Sacrificed in royal nations
Stand we here in humble breeding
Save the souls who in retreating
Goodbye, little Robin-Marie
Don't try followin' me
Don't cry, little Robin-Marie
'Cause you know, I'm coming home soon
My ships' leaving on a three year tour
The next tide will take us from shore
Wind laced, gather in sail and spray
On a search for the mighty sperm whale
Fly your willow branches, wrap your body round my soul
Lay down your reeds and drums on my soft sheets
There are years behind us reaching
To the place where hearts are beating
And I know, you're the last true love I'll ever meet
And I know, you're the last true love I'll ever meet
Star buck is sharpening his harpoon
The black man is playing his tune
An old salt is sleepin' his watch away
He'll be drunk again before noon
Three years sailing on bended knee
We found no whales in the sea
Don't cry, little Robin-Marie
'Cause we'll be in sight of land soon
Fly your willow branches, wrap your body round my soul
Lay down your reeds and drums on my soft sheets
There are years behind us reaching
To the place where hearts are beating
And I know, you're the last true love I'll ever meet
(Gardos,Laing,Pappalardi-Collins,Ship,Rea) A sad reflection in everyone Who am i but you and the sun Was it me who let you walk away Were you the one Or is it were the same The simple story of a younger life What are we in time going by Happy dreams and somehow through the day We havent come so far to lose our way Look at me, i believe its true Youre a part of me Im a part of you Love is only what we come to knew The walking, breathing and all with you A crystal passing reflected in our eyes Eclipsing all the jealousy and lies Look at me, cant you see its true Im a part of you Youre a part of me Quiet as the voices in a dream Were you the one Without two shadows the things ive seen Remember the evening i let you walk away Or is it were the same Look at me, i believe its true Youre a part of me Im a part of you
For many a year I was so confused
and didnt know what to play
But then I met a man who picked up his horn
and showed me just what to say
He was skinny and lean and he kept himself clean
and he knew how to write them tunes
Then came a day when we started to play
And you know we conquered the moon
Chorus
I'm in a band
A rock and roll band
I'm in a band
We called him Beethoven and then we showed them
exactly where we wanted to go
So we started a band and toured all the land
A-rakin' in all of that dough
We smoked a few cigs and we played a few gigs
and never missed nearly a one
We covered the States and we hit the Great Lakes
And boy, did we have us some fun
(Chorus)
We had an idea so we put it in gear
and soon we were out on the road
We did it to play and they started to say
The long red, flowing through my mind
Dream here, dreamin' there
Two pieces all the time
Sobered, wisdoms in my dreams
Bits and pieces in my arms
This is always what it seems
Long red, helpin' you to find a day
Bright red, how am I gonna find a way
Bright Red
You have changed me too
Stranger now it seems somehow
Bright red has turned to blue
Long red
Tears and shades of gray
I have changed you
I have lost forever from today
Long red, helpin' you to find the day
Bright red, how am I gonna find a way
Long red
Tears and shades of gray
I have changed you
Don't look around, 'cause I'm never comin' back.
It's high time you saw the last of me.
You know I was a wanderer, I'd forgotten where to go,
I had no place to lay my head or rest my heavy load.
Don't look around 'cause I'm never comin' back.
It's high time, you saw the last of me.
Lord, how she changed my mind.
Lord she changed my life.
Now I'm workin' all day long, singin' for my food,
Baby, you know that I've got everything I need.
I've given all I can, the rest belongs to me,
Time was it didn't matter just who I had to be.
Don't look around, 'cause I'm never comin' back.
It's high time you saw the last of me.
Lord, how she changed my mind.
Lord, she changed my life.
I got another woman now, don't need you anymore.
Now I think I'll turn my back and walk away from you.
We're livin' in the country doin' everything we please,
I don't want you comin' 'round, stirrin' up a breeze.
Don't look around, 'cause I'm never comin' back.
It's high time you saw the last of me.
Lord, how she changed my mind.
Hey, you the blind man
Tell me, tell me what to (you?) see
Yeah
Hey, you the blind man
Tell me, tell me what to see
Nothing, nothing wrong outside
With what you want to see
I was struck by the blind man
? (inside)
Yeah yeah yeah
Oh oh oh
I was struck down by the blind man
? (inside)
Yeah yea yeah
He died completely empty
On a one way suicide
He died completely empty
Oh, In a one way suicide
Hey, you the blind man
You ain't have a magic (petty) bone (?)
Yeah. Yeah yeah
Hey, you the blind man
You ain't have a magic bone (?)
Oh woah
Don't tell me you got trouble
Do you remember the great train robbery?
How it all happened, back in '63
When Johnny Rainbow took his band of brave men
Went down to the crossing to meet that train
When they were sure the time was right
Fourteen men to share seven million
Bound to steal, steal it all and run
Johnny wanted to keep it peaceful
But Wilson cried and though it might have died
You know they had to turn and run
The life of a thief
Is all bits and pieces
It's out on the street
And all that it teaches
The look in the wind
And taking a gamble
The wages of sin
Are too hot to handle
(Look him in the eye)
He takes what he finds
(Look him in the eye)
Yeah, he's marking time
(Look him in the eye)
His life's on the line
No one knows where the Rainbow is hiding
He's been sure not to tip his hand
He is still living on the fruits of that bloody day
They caught some of his friends, they got some of his money
But they never could catch that man
The affairs of that night will live forever
As the law was breeched in the heart of a thief
Many legends still declare that tragic day
How the iron horse fell, oh I know so well
