Once upon a time you dressed so fine
You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?
People'd call, say, "Beware doll, you're bound to fall"
You thought they were all kiddin' you
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hangin' out
Now you don't talk so loud
Now you don't seem so proud
About having to be scrounging for your next meal.
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be without a home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
You've gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely
But you know you only used to get juiced in it
And nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street
And now you find out you're gonna have to get used to it
You said you'd never compromise
With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
He's not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And ask him do you want to make a deal?
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
You never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers and the clowns
When they all come down and did tricks for you
You never understood that it ain't no good
You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you
You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat
Ain't it hard when you discover that
He really wasn't where it's at
After he took from you everything he could steal.
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
They're drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made
Exchanging all kinds of precious gifts and things
But you'd better lift your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it babe
You used to be so amused
At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used
Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse
When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose
You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal.
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Fly so swift the rain won't lift
The gate won't close the railings froze
Get your mind on wintertime
You ain't going nowhere
Ooowe, ride me high
Tomorrow's the day my bride's gonna come
Oh oh, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair?
I don't care how many letters they sent
The morning came, the morning went
Pack up your money pick up your tent
You ain't going nowhere
Ooowe, ride me high
Tomorrow's the day my bride's gonna come
Oh oh, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair?
Buy me a flute and a gun that shoots
Tailgates and substitutes
Strap yourself to a tree with roots
You ain't going nowhere
Ooowe, ride me high
Tomorrow's the day my bride's gonna come
Oh oh, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair?
Now Ghengis Kahn he could not keep
All his kings supplied with sleep
We'll climb that hill
No matter how steep when we get up to it
Ooowe, ride me high
Tomorrow's the day my bride's gonna come
Oh oh, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair?
Ooowe, ride me high
Tomorrow's the day my bride's gonna come
Oh oh, are we gonna fly
Well, the comic book and me, just us, we caught the bus
The poor little chauffeur, though, she was back in bed
On the very next day, with a nose full of pus
Yeah, heavy and a bottle of bread
Yeah, heavy and a bottle of bread
Yeah, heavy and a bottle of bread
It's a one-track town, just brown and a breeze too
Pack up the meat, sweet, we're headin' out
For Wichita in a pile of fruit
Get the loot, don't be slow, we're gonna catch a trout
Get the loot, don't be slow, we're gonna catch a trout
Get the loot, don't be slow, we're gonna catch a trout
Now, pull that drummer out from behind that bottle
Bring me my pipe, we're gonna shake it
Slap that drummer with a pie that smells
Take me down to California, baby
Take me down to California, baby
Take me down to California, baby
Yes, the comic book and me, just us, we caught the bus
The poor little chauffeur, though, she was back in bed
On the very next day, with a nose full of pus
Yeah, heavy and a bottle of bread
Yeah, heavy and a bottle of bread
Stranded out in the night
Eliza took me down
To see the widow give
Rain to the town
It's against the law
To be a tonic man
But the widow knows
She's got the upper hand
So I went on in
Feelin' kinda wheezy
You know she soothes my mind, boys
She rocked me kinda slow and easy
All day and all night
Pick a card before you go
It's a long trip to Mexico
Eliza waiting by the door
I can't stay here anymore, no, no, no, no
Then she took a pill
She washed her feet in the mud
She said, "Look out son
You know, I just ordered a flood
For forty days and forty nights"
Then I dropped my shoes
Eliza called my name
She said it looked to her
Like it's gonna rain
Then the cotton king
He came in chokin'
And the widow laughed and said
"I ain't jokin'"
"Take once for all"
She said, "Now don't you tease me
I just fell in love, boy
So rock me kinda slow and rock me kinda easy"
Sweet William said
With a drunken head
"If I had a boat
I'd help y'all float"
Eliza stood there watching
William in a trance
As the widow [Incomprehensible]
The St.Vitus dance
But just then an old man
With a boat named, 'Breezy'
Said, "You can ride with Clyde, boys
If you rock it kinda slow and rock it kinda easy
Perhaps you think the Creator sent you here to dispose of us as you see fit
If I thought you were sent by the creator
I might be induced to think you had a right to dispose of me
Do not misunderstand me
But understand me fully with reference to my affection for the land
I never said the land was mine to do with as I choose
The one who has a right to dispose of it is the one who has created it
I claim a right to live on my land
And accord you the privilege to return to yours
Brother we have listened to your talk
Coming from our father the great White Chief at Washington
And my people have called upon me to reply to you
And in the winds which pass through these aged pines
We hear the moanings of their departed ghosts
And if the voice of our people could have been heard
That act would never have been done
But alas though they stood around they could neither be seen or heard
Their tears fell like drops of rain
I hear my voice in the depths of the forest
But no answering voice comes back to me
All is silent around me
My words must therefore be few
I can now say no more
Ollie told me, I'm a fool
So I walked on down the road a mile
Went to the house that brings a smile
Sat upon my grandpa's knee
And what do you think he said to me?
When you awake, you will remember everythin'
You will be hangin' on a string from your
When you believe you will relieve on the soul
That you were born up to grow old and never know
Ollie showed me the fork in the road
You can take to the left or go straight to the right
Use your days and save your nights
Careful where you step and watch whacha eat
Sleep with the light and you got it beat
When you awake you will remember everythin'
You will be hangin' on a string from your
When you believe you will relieve on the soul
That you were born up to grow old and never know
Ollie warned me, it's mean old world
The street don't greet you, yes, it's true
What am I supposed to do?
Read the writin' on the wall
I heard it when I was very small
When you awake, you will remember everythin'
You will be hangin' on a string from your
When you believe you will relieve on the soul
That you were born up to grow old and never know
Wash my hands in lye water
I got a date with the Captains daughter
You can go and tell your brother
We sure gonna love one another, oh yea
May be right and you might be wrong
I ain't gonna worry all day long
Snow's gonna come and the frost gonna bite
My old car froze up last night
Ain't no reason to hang my head I could wake up in the
Mornin' dead
Ohh ohh ohh
Ohh ohh ohh
If I thought it would do any good
There's gonna be a change of season
Indian summer look around and it's gone
Why you wanna save the best for last
We grow up so slowly and grow old so fast
We don't talk about forever
We just catch it while we can
And if I grab on to the moment
Don't let it slip away out of my hand
Chorus:
What about now
Forget about tomorrow
It's too far away
What about now
Close your eyes
Don't talk of yesterday
It's too far away, too far away
What about now
I'm coming out of the shadows
I'm getting of of this one way street
Blue memories they just gather dust
Leave them in the rain they turn into rust
Did you see the march to freedom
Did you ever see savannah moon
All the people walking in a line
said to the man, is it my time?
Chorus
In the walk of a lifetime
When you know it's the right time
I can't wait until the ship comes in
I can't wait starting all over again
The errors of a wise man
Got my motor runnin'
Little girl, are you comin'
Keep your candle burning bright
Soon as you are ready
Hold that ladder steady
Come tread softly through the night
Don't leave me in the dark
Like a ghost rider in your yard
Carving our names in bark
Along the boulevard
I'd be a bushwhacker
Even be your hijacker
Keep your candle burning bright
When we cross that railroad track
There'll be no turning back
Come tread softly through the night
Don't leave me sitting here
Up on top of your fence
I'm like an alley cat up here
Without a lick of sense
Volcano, I'm about to blow
Volcano, gonna overflow
Volcano, look out below
Don't leave me empty handed
Like a villain in the woods
Prowling around the grounds
Trying to make off with the goods
Volcano, I'm about to blow
Volcano, gonna overflow
What a town what a town what a town
I fall in love every time I turn around
I looked to my left, looked to my right
And what do I see?
All the young girls dreaming, old ones scheming
Call girls calling after me
What a town what a town what a town
I fall in love every time I turn around
The music was playin, the people were swayin
Keepin the beat
In the alley, where they all rally
On them old cobblestone streets
What a town what a town what a town
I fall in love every time I turn around
Now I'm going home, I'm all alone
I'm putting my day to an end
So many places, so many faces
All of these people my friends
What a town what a town what a town
Over by the wildwood
Hot summer night
We lay in the tall grass
til the mornin' light
If I had my way I'd never
get the urge to roam
A young man serves his country
and an old man guards the home
Never gave a second thought
Never crossed my mind
What's right and what's not
I'm not the judgin' kind
I could take the darkness oh
Storms in the skies
But we all got certain trials
burnin' up inside
Don't send me no distant salutations
or silly souvenirs from far away
Don't leave me alone in the twilight
Twilight is the loneliest time a day
Don't put me in a frame upon the mantel
'Fore memories turn dusty old and grey
Don't leave me alone in the twilight
We can talk about it now
It's that same old riddle
Only starting from the middle
I'd fix it but I don't know how
Well, we could try to reason
But you might think it's treason
One voice for all
Echoing along the hall
Don't give up on father clock
We can talk about it now
Come, let me show you how
To keep the wheels turnin' you've got to
Keep the engine churnin'
But did you ever milk a cow
I had the chance one day
But I was all dressed up for Sunday
Everybody, everywhere
Do you really care
Pick up your heads and walk
We can talk about it now
It seems to me we've been holding something
Underneath our tongues
I'm afraid if you ever got a pat on the back
It would likely burst your lungs
Oh, stop me if I should sound
Kinda down in the mouth
But I'd rather be burned in Canada
Than to freeze here in the south
Pulling that eternal plough
We've got to find a sharper blade
Or have a new one made
Rest awhile and cool your brow
Don't you see there's no need to slave
The whip is in the grave
No salt, no trance
It's safe now to take a backward glance
Because the flames have turned to chalk
We can talk about it now
When your arms are empty, got nowhere to go
Come on out and catch the show
There'll be saints and sinners
You'll see losers and winners
All kinds of people you might want to know
Once you get it, you can't forget it
W.S. Walcott medicine show
You know he always holds it in a tent
And if you're looking for the real thing
He can show you where it went
There's a young faith healer, he's a woman stealer
He will cure by his command
When the music's hot then you might have to stand
To hear the Klondike Klu Klux Steamboat Band
Don't you sweat it, you can't forget it
W.S. Walcott medicine show
I'd rather die happy than not die at all
For a man is a fool who will not heed the call
Gonna see Miss Brer Foxhole
Bright diamonds at her teeth
She is pure gold down underneath
She's a rock and roll singer and a true dead ringer
For something like you ain't never seen
Once you get it, you can't forget it
W.S. Walcott medicine show
W.S. Walcott medicine show
Intro: Em C Em C
Em C
With eyes of fire
Em C
No one can see
Em C
The smoke from the sweet grass
Em C
Covers me
Em C Em C (Guitar solo)
Em C
I am drawn
Em C
I am drawn to her
Em C
Like a moth to flame
Am C
She leads me down
Em C Am C
Unbound
Em C
I am lost
Em C
I am lost
Em C
Has anybody seen me
I am lost
Oh nothing is forgotten
Only left behind
Wherever I am
She leads me down
Em C
Unbound
No borders
No fences
Em C
No walls
No borders
No fences
Em C Am
Unbound
Em C Am C (sequence repeated)
Oh, listen for the night chant
Oh, listen for the night chant
Em C
Like a moth to flame
Am C
She leads me down
Em C
Unbound
No borders
No fences
Em C
Unbound
No borders
No fences
Em C Am C
Unbound
This was the way of it
Let the story fires be lighted
Let our circle be strong and full of medicine
Hear me
This is my dream song that I'm singing for you
This is my power song that is taking me to the edge
This is rock medicine
The talking tree
The singing water
Listen
I am dancing underneath you
This was the way of it
It is a river
It is a chant
It is a medicine story
It is what happened long ago
It is a bead in a story belt
It is what has been forgotten
It is the smell of sweetgrass and cedar
And prayers lifted to sky father
It is a way, a tradition
The way it was always done by the people
It is a feeling of warmth
The sound of voices
Listen
Tura lura lural
Tura lura lie
Tura lura lural
Hush don't you cry
Tura lura lural
Tura lura lie
Tura lura lural
That's an Irish lullaby
Often in dreams I've wondered
Back to that cot again
And I feel her arms huggin' me
Just like when she held me then
And I hear her voice a hummin'
To me as in days or yore
When she used to rock me
Yeah and she used to rock me
Outside the kitchen door
That's why I'm singing now right now
Tura lura lural
Tura lura lie
Tura lura lural
Hush don't you cry
Tura lura lural
Tura lura lie
Tura lura lural
Man that song I'm singin' is just an Irish lullaby
D Bm A
Tough Mama, meat shaking on your bones
D Bm A
I'm gonna take you down to the river and get you stoned.
Bm A
Papa's on the highway with that steel driving crew
Bm F#m Em G
Sister's in the big house her working days are through
C G A
Tough Mama, can I blow a little smoke on you?
Dark Beauty, Won't you move it on over and make some room?
It's my duty to bring you down to the field where the flowers bloom.
Ashes in the furnace, dust on the rise,
You came through it all the way, flyin' through the skies.
Dark Beauty With that long night's journey in your eyes.
Sweet Goddess, born of a blinding light and a changing wind,
Now, don't be modest, you know who you are and where you've been.
Jack the Cowboy went up north He's buried in your past.
The Lone Wolf went out drinking That was over pretty fast.
Sweet Goddess Your perfect stranger's comin' in at last.
Silver Angel, with the badge of the lonesome road sewed in your sleeve,
I'd be grateful if this golden ring you would receive. Today on the
countryside it was a-hotter than a crotch, I stood alone upon the ridge
and all I did was watch. Sweet Goddess It must be time to carve another
notch.
I'm crestfallen, the world of illusion is at my door,
I ain't haulin' any of my lambs to the marketplace anymore.
The prison walls are crumblin', there is no end in sight,
I've gained some recognition but I lost my appetite.
Bb Dm Gm
Last night the constellations
Bb Dm Gm
Watched me walk at half past twelve
Bb D7 Gm
With some people you donæ° see the whole picture all at once
C7 F
Like you fill in the gaps in the stars all by yourself
And who has time in this world of worries,
Drives you crazy makes you mad,
When you make the mistake just a little too late,
You're missing something now that you never knew you had.
Gm D7 Gm C
So how do I answer these blues you say I've got
Bb Dm Gm Eb F Bb
Too soon gone, too soon gone
Gm D7 Gm C
Time makes me pay for these memories I've bought
Bb Dm Gm Eb F Bb
Too soon gone, too soon gone
Eb F# Bb
No one lives forever
Eb D Gm C
Who would want to
Bb Dm Gm Eb F Bb
But you're too soon gone, too soon gone
Bb Dm Gm Eb F Bb
Too soon gone, too soon gone
Pretty soon now all this ice will melt,
And buds will get ready to break.
But every leaf that grows,
In the language that it knows,
Says that winter will return now and these trees are gonna shake.
So how do I answer these blues you say I've got?
Too soon gone, too soon gone.
Time sweeps me forward, as memory is caught.
Too soon gone, too soon gone.
Too much of nothin' can make a man feel ill at ease
But one man's temper might rise, while the other man's temper might freeze
In the days of long confessions, we can not mock a soul
When there's too much of nothin', no one has control
Say hello to Valerie, say hello to Marion
Send them all my salary on the waters of oblivion
Too much of nothin' can make a man abuse a king
He can walk the streets and boast like most but he don't know a thing
It's all been done before, it's all been written in the book
But when it's too much of nothin', nobody should look
Say hello to Valerie, say hello to Marion
Send them all my salary on the waters of oblivion
Too much of nothin' can turn a man into a liar
It can cause some man to sleep on nails, another man to eat fire
Everybody's doin' somethin', I heard it in a dream
But when it's too much of nothin', it just makes a fella mean
Say hello to Valerie, say hello to Marion
Itæ¯ impatience thatæ¯ holding back the clocks
Itæ¯ a life of dates and documents
The soul searchers wheel and deal
If youæ®e looking for repentance
Theyæ£l hand you down a sentence
Far away in Pittsburg or Paris
Loveæ¯ for sale and so reasonably priced
The answers are few and far between
It just bed sheets, my friend
Theyæ®e blowin?in the wind
Chorus
Tombstone, Tombstone I know your face
One day Iæ£l meet you down at that special place
The hard-earned wisdom of the night is all for hire
And I canæ° tell a shooting star from a bird on fire
Tombstone, Tombstone
Tombstone, Tombstone
Thereæ¯ a pump organ that lives on air
I can hear it from the market place
Pallid mourners in the crowd
Some are withered but alive
Where a burnin?past can find
The parishioners pour into the square
Thinking there before his grace go I
By they are mum with deafened ears
The neediest of sinners
Will forget it before dinner
Chorus
Tombstone, Tombstone
I know your face
One day Iæ£l meet you down at that special place
The hard-earned wisdom of the night is all for hire
And I canæ° tell a shooting star from a bird on fire
Tombstone, Tombstone
Tombstone, Tombstone
Are you the jailer or will you set me free
How many misdemeanors can one felony
Tombstone
Chorus
Tombstone, Tombstone
I know your face
One day Iæ£l meet you down at that special place
The hard-earned wisdom of the night is all for hire
And I canæ° tell a shooting star from a bird on fire
Tombstone, Tombstone
Tombstone, Tombstone
[Incomprehensible] to kingdom come
Sadly told his only son
"Just be careful what you do
It all comes back on you"
False witness spread the news
Somebody's gonna lose
Either she or me or you
Nothing we could do
So don't you say a word
Or reveal a thing you've learned
Time will tell you well
If you truly, truly fell
Tarred and feathered, yeah
Thistles and thorns
One or the other, he kindly warns
Now you look out the window
Tell me, what do you see?
I see a golden calf pointing back at me
I been sitting in here for so darn long
Waitin' for the end to come along
Holy roaster on the brink
I take a chance, swim or sink
False witness, cast an evil eye
Said I cannot tell a lie
[Incomprehensible] and saints don't bother me
I'm not alone you see
Don't you say a word
Or reveal a thing you've heard
Time will tell you well
If you truly, truly fell
Tarred and feathered, yeah
Thistles and thorns
One or the other, he kindly warns
Now you look out the window
Tell me what do you see?
I have wondered, I have worried
And I've walked a complicated line
I have hungered, I have hurried
And I've almost lost my mind
Feelin happiness, does not have to be
A smile of regret, that's left from behind
Had no choice, and could not speak a word
But the picture is fading, and I'm tired of waiting ...
There'll be faces at the doorway
Torn between the right and the wrong
And the road I have followed
Left me to sing an older man's song
Had no choice, and could not speak a word
Well you can tell everybody down in ol' Frisco
Tell 'em Tiny Montgomery says hello
Now every boy and girl's gonna get their bang
'Cause Tiny Montgomery's gonna shake that thing
Tell everybody down in ol' Frisco
That Tiny Montgomery's comin' down to say hello
Skinny Moo and [Incomprehensible] Frank
They're all gonna taken down by the [Incomprehensible]
One bird book and a buzzard and a crow
Tell 'em all that Tiny's gonna say hello
Scratch your dad, do that bird
Suck that pig and bring it on home
Think that dream and nose that dope
Tell 'em all that Tiny says hello
Now he's king of the drunks an' he squeezes, too
Watch out, Lester, take it, Lou
Join the monks, the C.I.O.
Tell 'em all that Tiny Montgomery says hello
Now grease that gig and play it blank
Gonna go on out and gas that dog
Trick on in flower that small
Take it on down begin to grow
Now play it at low and pick it up
Take it on in, in a bowl cup
Three-legged man and a hot-lipped hoe
Tell 'em all Montgomery says hello
Ladies and Gentlemen we have a party down in ol' Frisco
The many roads I've covered
The many trails I've burned
But when our paths did cross, love
My whole world made a turn
And we've got time to kill
What a thrill, June and July
We've got all our love
Buckets of the tears that we cried
Now we don't cry no more
Gonna bolt the door
Don't know what we've got
But it feels like a lot
We don't need no more
When my day's work is done
We can take in a jamboree
But I just wanna sit down by the fire
With my love right here beside me
And we've got time to kill
Catskill, sweet by and by
We've got all our love
The sky above, the twinkle in your eye
Now where the wheel might roll
Is where my love and I shall go
We're gonna plant the seed
There ain't nothing we need
We found our own rainbow
My love wants to have her fortune read
And I know that she's in a hurry
If we go along the straight and narrow road
You don't even have to worry
We've got time to kill
Standin' still, go on, give it a try
We've got all our love
Mountains of the trees are so high
We don't need no big car
Don't eat no caviar
When we come to rest
We take to the nest
If your memory serves you well
We're going to meet again and wait
So I'm going to unpack all my things
And sit before it gets too late
No man alive will come to you
With another tale to tell
And you know that we shall meet again
If your memory serves you well
This wheel's on fire
Rolling down the road
Just notify my next of kin
This wheel shall explode
If your memory serves you well
I was going to confiscate your lace
And wrap it up in a sailor's knot
And hide it in your case
If I knew for sure that it was yours
And it was oh so hard to tell
And you know that we shall meet again
If your memory serves you well
This wheel's on fire
Rolling down the road
Just notify my next of kin
This wheel shall explode
If your memory serves you well
You'll remember that you're the one
That called on them to call on me
To get you your favors done
And after every plan had failed
And there was nothing more to tell
And you know that we shall meet again
If your memory serves you well
This wheel's on fire
Rolling down the road
Just notify my next of kin
I was thinkin' out loud
Talking to myself
I was up on a cloud
There was nobody else
No, no, no I did not call
I never was allowed
To speak up at all
I was just thinkin' out loud
Transylvania Train, circus never came
Heroes are all gone
No trampoline, fell without a scream
Who's looking for a job? Oh oh
Before I realized, I was hypnotized
Flashback to the past
Cross eyed jack, monkey on his back
Knew it would not last
Room service gone off duty
Bellman has retired
This hotel is a beauty
Even the house dick's been fired
Then the sky came crashing down
Knocked me off this cloud
When I fell to the ground
I took my bucket down to the well
There's a [unverified] woman, sweet mystery
She let the rope fall down in the well
Like it was meant to be
She put the jug upon her head
Walked with her back to the wind
I followed her tracks the moment she said
"Why don't you come in?"
She killed the light
She dropped her glove
She said, "Are you looking for trouble
Or looking for love, love, love?"
I woke in the morning dying of thirst
Headed straight back to the well
There she was with a jug on her head
The rope had just fell
The well in her eyes was deep and black
With no question or answer
She wiped my brow and I followed her back
To the Tropic of Cancer
She killed the light
She dropped her glove
She said, "Are you looking for trouble
Unfaithful servant
I hear you leavin' soon in the mornin'
What did you do to the lady
That she's gonna have to send you away?
Unfaithful servant
You don't have to say you're sorry
If you done it just for the spite
Or did you do it just for the glory?
Like a stranger you turned your back
Left your keys and gone to pack
Bear in mind who's to blame an' all the shame
She really cared, the time she spared and the home you shared
Unfaithful servant
I can hear the whistle blowin'
Yes, that train is comin' and soon you'll be goin'
Let us not bow our heads for we won't be complainin'
Life has been good to us all even when that sky is rainin'
To take it like a grain of salt is all I can do, it's no one's fault
Makes no difference if we fade away
It's just as it was, it's much too cold for me to stay
Goodbye to that country home
So long to a lady I have known
Farewell to my other side
I'd best just take it in stride
Unfaithful servant
You'll learn to find your place
I can see it in your smile
And yes, I can see it in your face
The memories will linger on
The good old days they're all gone
Oh, lonesome servant can't you see
When obstruction blocks my way
I walk down that narrow way
till I can see the light of day
shining at the world
G C D7
and I realise that something here sure is wrong
G C G
The stones I throw will free all men
Make him walk proud through this righteous land
C C G
He will know which way to go
D7 G
I will show him by the stones that I throw
Don't build walls and barricades
So a man can't have his say
And barking dogs can't block my way
From taking my brothers hand
and something makes me want to stand up and do what's right
The stones I throw will free all men
Make him walk proud through this righteous land
He will know which way to go
I will show him by the stones that I throw
{last time}
G/// D7/G/ Eb7/// ////
Ab Db Ab
The stones I throw will free all men
Make him walk proud through this righteous land
Ab Db Ab
He will know which way to go
Eb Ab
I will show him by the stones that I throw
Now when the rumor comes to your town
It grows and grows, where it started no one knows
Some of your neighbors will invite it right in
Or maybe it's a lie, even if it's a sin they'll repeat the rumor again
Close your eyes, hang down your head
Until the fog rolls away, let it roll away
Open up your arms and feel the good
'Cause it's comin', a brand new day
Big men, little men turned into dust
Or maybe it was all in fun, they didn't mean to ruin no one
Could there be someone, here among this crowd
Who's been abused, had his name so misused and his privacy refused?
Close your eyes, hang your head
Until the fog rolls away, let it roll away
Open up your arms and feel the good
'Cause it's comin', a brand new day
Now all you vigilantes wanna make a move
Or maybe they won't, you know I sure hope they don't
For whether this rumor proves true or false
You can forgive or you can regret but he will never ever forget
Close your eyes, hang down your head
Until the fog rolls away, let it roll away
Open up your arms and feel the good
The ladies would put the baskets on the table
And the men would sit beneath a shady tree
The children would listen to a fable
While something else came through to me
The river got no end
Just roll around the bend
Then pretty soon the women would all join in
On the river hymn
The whole congregation was standing
On the banks of the river
We are gathered here
To give a little thanks thanks
The voice of the rapids will echo
And ricochet like an old water well
Who'd ever want to let go
Once you sit beneath its spell
It's dark and wide and deep
Towards the sea it creeps
I'm so glad I brought along my mandolin
To play the river hymn
You can ride on it or drink it
Poison it or damn it fish in it and wash in it
Swim in it and you can die in it
Run you river, run
Son, you ain't never seen yourself
No crystal mirror can show it clear come over here instead
Son, you ain't never eased yourself
Till you laid it down in a river bed
If you hear a lonesome drone
It's as common as a stone
And gets louder as the day grows dim
That's the river hymn
The whole congregation was standing
On the banks of the river
We are gathered here
I left my home in Norfolk Virginia
California on my mind
I boarded that Greyhound,
Rode in into Raliegh on across Caroline
Stopped in Charlotte to by pass Rockhill
We never was a minute late
We were ninty miles out of Atlanta by sundown
Rollin' out of Georgia state
We had motor trouble that turned into a struggle
Halfway across Alabam
And that bow broke down
And left us stranded in downtown Birmingham
Right away I bought a through train ticket
Got across Mississippi clean
And I was on that Midnight Flyer out of Birmingham
Smokin' into New Orleans
Somebody help me get out of Louisiana
Help me get to Houston Town
strum
1 & 2 & 3 & 4
V ^ V ^ ^ V
There are people there who care a little 'bout me
And won't put the poor boy down
Georgia born, they bought me a silk suit
And put luggage in my hand
And woke up high over Albuquerque
On a jet to the promised land
Workin' on a T-bone ala cartee
Flyin' over to the Golden State
When the pilot told us in thirteen minutes
He would set us at the terminal gate
Swing low chariot, come down easy
Taxi to the terminal door
Cut your engines and cool your wings
And let me make it to the telephone
Los Angeles, give me Norfolk Virginia
Tidewater four ten o nine
Tell all the folks back home
It's the promised land callin'
Virgil Caine is the name and I served on the Danville train
'Til Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive
By May the tenth, Richmond had fell
It's a time I remember, oh so well
The night they drove old Dixie down
And the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
And the people were singing
They went, "La, la, la"
Back with my wife in Tennessee, when one day she called to me
"Virgil, quick, come see, there go the Robert E.Lee"
Now I don't mind choppin' wood, and I don't care if the money's no good
Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest
But they should never have taken the very best
The night they drove old Dixie down
And the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singing
They went, "La, la, la"
Like my father before me, I will work the land
And like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand
He was just eighteen, proud and brave, but a Yankee laid him in his grave
I swear by the mud below my feet
You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat
The night they drove old Dixie down
And the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singing
They went, "Na, na, na"
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
And the people were singing
Julie and little John Tyler lived in the house next door
We would be the great triangle and to this we swore
Julie was my sweetheart, little John was my cohort
And all the wild horses in the world couldn't keep us apart
Once we went for a swim in the noonday sun
And promised to return before the moon struck one
Julie came runnin' through the pasture, she was screamin' at the sky
She fell down to her knees and the tears did fly
Little John was stung by a snake over by the lake
And it looked like he's really, really hurt, he was lyin' in the dirt
Oh, we went it as fast as we could run
But we lost little John as the moon struck one
I was vacant, Julie was a bird with a broken wing
We were always afraid, what tomorrow might bring
We'll drive down to Durango, up and leave this place
And maybe forget the triangle with a change of pace
The car broke down when we had just begun
There was something strange
In the sky tonight
I was left standing
With three moons shining
CHORUS:
Just on the outskirts of civilization
Just on the outskirts of civilization
Indians have always seen the lights
Since the beginning of time
They drew pictures on the rocks
Of our relatives from the sky
Just on the outskirts of civilization
Catch the light
Just on the outskirts of civilization
Where the sun goes at night
CHORUS
I hear no longer
The song of the women
I hear no longer
The cry of the bird
I see no more
The white smoke rising
Only the low hum from the lights is still heard
It's the last waltz
The last waltz with you
But that don't mean
The dance is over
It's the last waltz
The last waltz was through
But that don't mean
That the party is over
Oh, the last waltz
The last waltz with you
But that don't mean
The dance is over
It's the last waltz
The last waltz
The last waltz was through
But that don't mean
Oh yes, I'm the great pretender
Pretending that I'm doing well
My need is such, I pretend too much
I'm lonely but no one can tell
Oh yes, I'm the great pretender
Adrift in a world of my own
I play the game, but to my real shame
You left me to dream all alone
Too real is this feeling of make believe
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal
Oh yes, I'm the great pretender
Just laughing and gay like a clown
I seem to be what I'm not, you see
I'm wearing my heart like a crown
Pretending that you're still around
Too real is this feeling of make believe
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal
Oh yes, I'm the great pretender
Just laughing and gay like a clown
I seem to be what I'm not, you see
I'm wearing my heart like a crown
*These are the People of the Longhouse
These are the People that you tried to break
These are the People of the Pines
Who Follow the Code of Handsome Lake
He drank your poison, swallowed your fire
And lay with fever four long years
He received a vision so inspired
Three messengers with painted faces appeared
On the Allegheny river at a place called Burnt House
The code was shared for the very first time
By a Seneca chief, they call Handsome Lake
With a Wounded Heart and a sober mind
*Repeat
**We are the People of the Longhouse
We are the People that you couldn't break
We are the People of the Sacred Pipe
Who Follow The Code of Handsome Lake
When the Dark Moon had come to live in your soul
Get in touch with your creator, you are not alone
These are the words
That he had spoken two hundred years ago
And today they still ring true
Like they're carved in stone
When Native life was hurled into the pit
By way of the Canon, Rum, and Greed
Oh a great fire was burned, to let the smoke rise
And show the Six Nations the code was still alive
Way Down Deep in the Bush
We Oh hi ne oh he oh we oh we we
(section repeats 4 times)
* Repeat
Dm Dm7/C G A
They should have known that trouble was brewing
Dm Dm7/C Asus4 A
They should have seen what the old men knew
Bb F/A
They should have shut us down
Gm Dm
When the hail fell to the ground
Eb Bb/D C A
From a cloudy sky of baby blue
Three o'clock on a cold, cold morning
The big bell wailed as if on cue.
A woman's scream was heard
And the news came afterwards
"It's a blow out down in Number Two!"
Dm/B F/C
Down in Jericho Kentucky
A/C# Dm
The mines have all caved in
Bb E/G# A C
Down in Jericho
Broken hearts don't mend
E7 D#maj7 D
Tear stained eyes of kin
Bb C# F A A/C#
Never ever seen what the future might have been
The hat lamps burned with a flame like lightning
The coal dust blanketed the morning dew.
The young ones looked for kin
And the blind man, he looks grim.
'Cause he sees there's nothing that he can do.
They pumped up the mud and they chunked out water,
They scratched the earth till it turned to sand
And a half mile down below
It's a lost cause the miners know
Meet your maker, boys, the time's at hand.
Down in Jericho, Kentucky
The mines have all caved in
Down in Jericho.
Broken hearts don't mend
Tears stained eyes of kin
Never ever seen
What their future might have been.
The fire boss's hands are clean as a whistle
The fat cat knows he's a company man
But he should have bowed down his head
When they hauled out all the dead
But it's business, boys, start 'em up again.
Down in Jericho, Kentucky
The mines have all caved in
Down in Jericho.
Broken hearts don't mend
Tears stained eyes of kin
Never ever seen
What their future might have been.
Broken hearts don't mend
Tears stained eyes of kin
Never ever seen
You how long I've waited
I waited for so long
It needs a place I'm going
That's my home
Princie, how do you do?
They all greeted too
Others have done so too
That's my home
(bridge)
It matters a difference
If it's a one-room set
Any time that I get back
I still like it like that
And we got blues that match the sky
And love hurts like a fly
Until the day I die
That's my home
(bridge)
And friends say, "How do you do?"
We all greeted too
Others have done so too
That's my home
That's my home
Look over yonder, Apollo at a distance
You can hear his music if you listen to the wind (blow)
I want to be there - I want to be right there
Bear witness, I'm wailing like the wind
Come bear witness, the half-breed rides again
In these hands, I've held the broken dream
In my soul, I'm howling at the moon
Testimony, testimony
Declare yourself - I will testify
Testimony, testimony
Speak the truth, I will testify
I had a revelation like runaway horses
Took to the road with a carnival show (roll on)
Those golden days on Smokey Mountain
Playing guitar in a one man band
Bear witness, I'm howling at the moon
Come bear witness, I've danced among the ruins
In these shoes, I've walked a crooked mile
All my life I been searching for the nightbird
Testimony, testimony
Declare yourself - I will testify
Testimony, testimony
Speak the truth, I will testify
Are you ready to take the heat
Are you ready to blow the steam
Are you ready to bag the street
You got nothing to lose - but your chains
For forty days and forty nights
I come across the desert
Apollo right by mide side (rave on)
Bear witness, I'm wailing like the wind
Come bear witness, the half-breed rides again
In these hands, I've held the broken dream
In my soul, I'm howling at the moon
Testimony, testimony
Declare yourself - I will testify
Testimony, testimony
We carried you in our arms on Independence Day
And now you'd throw us all aside and put us all away
Oh, what dear daughter 'neath the sun could treat a father so?
To wait upon him hand and foot and always tell him "No"
(Chorus:)
Tears of rage, tears of grief
Why must I always be the thief?
Come to me now, you know we're so low
And life is brief
It was all very painless
When you went out to receive
All that false instruction
Which we never could believe
And now the heart is filled with gold
As if it was a purse
But, oh, what kind of love is this
Which goes from bad to worse?
(Chorus)
We pointed you the way to go
And scratched your name in sand
Though you just thought it was nothing more
Than a place for you to stand
I want you to know that while we watched
You discovered no one would be true
And I myself was among
The ones who thought
It was just a childish thing to do
She walks alone down a sleazy backstreet
Around a corner, up an alley to a dead end
There under a small blue light
She enters an unmarked doorway
(A low heartbeat, a low pounding escapes into the night)
This is a place she goes to fulfill a very basic need
Something people have been doing since the dawn of man
To communicate without talking
If she needs something
She makes a gesture with her hand
And mouths what she wants
She wants to make a connection
A certain kind of connection
No this is not about something from the black market
This is about no questions
This is about smoke and sweat and beats
This is about no message
CHORUS:
Take your partner by the hand
He's a woman, she's a man
What's so hard to understand
Take your partner by the hand
Mona in the promised land
Take your partner by the hand
Keep it simple if you can
Take your partner by the hand
At the club they circle around some sex goddess like vultures
Flashbulbs popping
Like bees around their queen
She is completely indifferent to all the commotion
And orders some mango tango ice cream by sign language
She's approached by some wild-eyed poet drunk with love
I like her easy refusal, the way she shakes her head
She lives these days in the attic of an old dance hall
That's been shut down for years
And swears there's times when she can hear feet shuffling below
And can see the shadows swaying, moving to the music
CHORUS (first half)
Elevator going up
Fifth floor
Lady's handbags, shoes, leather accessories, and electronics
Wait a minute, where am I, on this elevator to nowhere
Going up, going down
Then like a hallucination
I saw her out of the corner of my eye
Studying some shoes very carefully
She definitely had a particular purpose for these shoes in mind
Then as quickly as she appeared, she disappeared
Back into the slash and burn of New York
Ah, stuck in traffic
Crosstown, the stress of not moving
She described it as like being locked in a car
With a madman behind the wheel
And the radio tuned to static
Alone in the shadows, of a willow tree
I watched from the dark
As you crossed through the park
Coming closer to me
Those brief moments return of the day we first met
The time we shared with that special care
Free from all jealousy
There must be a distant place
Far from every wrong face
Tears won't fall by chance
On this sweet romance ...
Where the light of the moon, and the lay of the land
Brightened the way of so many nights
Helping us understand
The line that we crossed, to climb those hills
Gave us the strength to never fear
The hurting talk folks want to hear
There must be a different place
Far from every wrong face
Tears won't fall by chance
On this sweet romance ...
When they hear, of our last goodbye
They'll have to seek another dream to surprise
With desperate lies
As we parade, far from these streets
We'll be side by side, livin life in pride
With love's lullabye
There must be a distant place
Far from every wrong face
Tears won't fall by chance
Didn't we break the silence
Didn't we fear the storm
Didn't we move the earth
Didn't we shoot for the sky
And didn't we catch the fire
And didn't we call upon the spirits
And didn't we fall together
And didn't we die for love
Days on the run, Nights in hiding
Hoping that you were, The healing inside me
Breathe in the sweet fire of love
I'm not afraid anymore
Sweet, sweet fire
I'm not alone
Breathe in the sweet fire of love
I'm not the same anymore
The sweet fire of love
D C A
D C Am
Didn't we cross new waters
Didn't we mix new blood
Didn't we build brand new bridges
Didn't we hold back the flood
Broken idols by the side of the road
They didn't fall on the side of the law
Am D
Here she comes a-shining like a light
Am D
Here she comes salvation in the night
Days on the run
Nights in hiding
Hoping that you were
The healing inside me
Breathe in the sweet fire of love
I'm not afraid anymore
Sweet, sweet fire
I'm not alone
Breathe in the sweet fire of love
I'm not the same anymore
The sweet fire of love
Didn't we shine like silver
Didn't we bear the cross
Didn't we bring down the hammer
Didn't we beat on the drum
Here she comes a-shining like a light
(Days on the run)
Here she comes salvation in the night
(Nights in hiding)
I'm giving up the ghost
(Hoping that you were)
I'm giving up the ghost
(The healing inside me)
Breathe in the sweet fire of love
I'm not afraid anymore
Sweet, sweet fire
I'm not alone
Breathe in the sweet fire of love
I'm not the same anymore
You know the girl you love she don't treat you right sometimes
You know the girl you love she don't treat you right sometimes
Well, that's the stuff you gotta watch because your girl is a liar.
You know, the girl you love stays out all night long,
Yeah, the girl you love, she stays out all night long.
That's the stuff you gotta watch because your girl's treatin' you wrong.
I need my hat, go get my coat,
Uncle Zak found out baby you don't want it anymore.
That's the stuff you gotta watch
That's the stuff you gotta watch
That's the stuff you gotta watch if you don't wanna lose your girl.
You know the girl's no good but don't you make no change.
Oh, the girl's no good but don't you make no change.
That's the stuff you gotta watch 'cause you're justified all the same.
She spends your dough, she drinks your gin
And if she rode round the corner then she's ready to go again.
That's the stuff you gotta watch
That's the stuff you gotta watch
That's the stuff you gotta watch if you don't wanna lose your girl.
Well, that's the stuff you gotta watch if you don't wanna lose your girl.
Yeah, that's the stuff you gotta watch if you don't wanna lose your girl.
Sightseer in the middle of the night
Looking for action, something real tight
But can you make it when we turn on the lights
Of the city?
Street walker in the middle of the day
Been up all night trying to earn your pay
Mama, told you when you ran away
It's not easy, there's no pity in the city
I've been on this corner so long
But it's no one's guess who's the next blonde
But before you know it, it'll be gone
But I ain't complaining, don't get me wrong
It's not easy in the city
Street walker in the middle of your life
Every day is like shooting dice
You carry yourself like you carry a knife
In the city
Fast talker in the middle of the street
Trying to hustle everyone that you meet
Sooner or later everybody gets beat
I would try my finger and I would try my hand
At any fool game in this man's land
But don't you talk about this dear friend of mine
I ain't never been let down so you'd be wastin' time
I would scratch and steal and I would maim a man
I would even run a bounty across the other county
Don't you talk about a dear old friend of mine
I gave it all of my money but it makes me feel fine
Yeah, you know you won't give me no peace of mind
Try to understand, I just wanna feel good all the time
Don't you talk about a dear old friend of mine
And I know that you are sweet and more than double fine
Everybody said you oughta marry that rich man down the line
But if I had to make a choice I wouldn't change my mind
Honey, you just ain't as sweet as my strawberry wine
Oh no, no no no
Yeah, you caught me when I was down a-sleepin' in the park
Climbin' up the walls and laughin' in the dark
But I heard that you'd been talkin' about a dear old friend of mine
Never tasted anything as sweet as my strawberry wine
No no no
Yeah, I would scratch and steal and I would maim a man
I would even run a bounty across the other county
But don't you [incomprehensible] talk about a dear old friend of mine
Never tasted anything as sweet as my strawberry wine
In circles we gather
Moonlight fires are kindled
Sending it back
We just make it go back
Beating hearts, beating hearts
Come as one, come as one
This is Indian country
This is Indian country
Together we dance
All the first nations
There's no chance
We ever gonna give up
Beating hearts, beating hearts
Come as one, come as one
This is Indian country
This is Indian country
(Intertribal)
Going home, going home
To a nation, six nations
To all the faces I did not know
Beating hearts, beating hearts
Come as one, come as one
This is Indian country
This is Indian country
Ongwehonwe - Intertribal
Ever had a hot date one night
Couldn't wait, they won't get you too far
In the middle of a good night
Have you ever got a ride in the back seat of your car?
Stand up, have you ever been there?
Stand up, identify
Stand up, tell us all about it
Stand up, and testify
Ever met a woman, a late night woman
Party till your money was gone
Smiling Mona Lisa loaded up your Visa
Took the bartender home
Stand up, have you ever been there?
Stand up, identify
Stand up, tell us all about it
Stand up, and testify
Thought I was a He-Man, do it just for me, man
I know just what to do
Thought I was a hero, she rated me a zero
Honey, you ain't through
Stand up, have you ever been there?
Stand up, identify
Stand up, tell us all about it
Stand up, and testify
Stand up, stand up
Stand up, stand up
Stand up, tell us all about it
Stand up, identify
Stand up, have you ever been there?
Sonny got caught in the moonlight
A wanted man with a haunted heart
Sonny found out the hard way
Playing for keeps, loser weeps
He said he'd come back when the lion sleeps
Struck by lightning, the fire is dying
And she called out your name
Sudden thunder, the sky is crying
Can't tell the tears from the rain
Sonny got caught in the moonlight
Paint graffiti on the subway wall
Sonny got lost in the blue night
They stood like statues, legs spread wide
Catch him in the crossfire and take him by surprise
Struck by lightning, the fire is dying
And she called out your name
Sudden thunder, the sky is crying
Can't tell the tears from the rain
Can't tell the tears from the rain
Most my life I've been running
Paint a portrait of a fool
With my heart in my hands
They've come to take me down
Sonny got caught in the moonlight
By the power that can turn the tide
I heard three shots around midnight
Driven by the passion, running from the heat
No questions asked ... he's just a kid from the street
Struck by lightning, the fire is dying
And she called out your name
Sudden thunder, the sky is crying
Can't tell the tears from the rain
Yeah, I can see it now
The distant red neon shivered in the heat
I was feeling like a stranger in a strange land
You know where people play games with the night
God, it was too hot to sleep
I followed the sound of a jukebox coming from up the levee
All of a sudden I could hear somebody whistling
Fromright behind me
I turned around and she said
"Why do you always end up down at Nick's Cafe?"
I said "I don't know, the wind just kind of pushed me this way."
She said "Hang the rich."
Catch the blue train
To places never been before
Look for me
Somewhere down the crazy river
Somewhere down the crazy river
Catch the blue train
All the way to Kokomo
You can find me
Somewhere down the crazy river
Somewhere down the crazy river
Take a picture of this
The fields are empty, abandoned '59 Chevy
Laying in the back seat listening to Little Willie John
Yea, that's when time stood still
You know, I think I'm gonna go down to Madam X
And let her read my mind
She said "That Voodoo stuff don't do nothing for me."
I'm a man with a clear destination
I'm a man with a broad imagination
You fog the mind, you stir the soul
I can't find, ... no control
Catch the blue train
To places never been before
Look for me
Somewhere down the crazy river
Somewhere down the crazy river
Catch the blue train
All the way to Kokomo
You can find me
Somewhere down the crazy river
Somewhere down the crazy river
Wait, did you hear that
Oh this is sure stirring up some ghosts for me
She said "There's one thing you've got to learn
Is not to be afraid of it."
I said "No, I like it, I like it, it's good."
She said "You like it now
But you'll learn to love it later."
I been spellbound - falling in trances
I been spellbound - falling in trances
You give me shivers - chills and fever
Soap box preacher standing on the corner
And all the people they would gather round
You speak of faith with a blaze of glory
But those that fear they wanna knock you down
Nobody knows where you live
Where do you go in the naked night
All of the prophets that come before you
They can hear your lonesome cry
When you're out there in the night
All alone
When you're staring in the light
At the end of the road
Chorus:
In those proud shoes, coming on up the alley
In those proud shoes, walks all over the sky
Then he tipped his hat just like Don Quixote
And said don't let the rapture pass you by
Heard a bugle blowing in the misty morning
What a haunting sound over Times Square
Heard of the ghost of 52nd Street
Looked out the door but no one was there
Out in the cold Harlem rain
I went looking for this minstrel man
Played me a song to ease the pain
With a Salvation Army band
When you're out there on the dark
All alone
When you're sleeping in the park
At the end of the road
Chorus
In the neon wilderness and the ashphalt jungle
He carries his cross of passion
Through the wreckage and the rumble
Chorus:
In those proud shoes, coming on up the alley
In those proud shoes, walks all over the sky
Then he tipped his hat just like Don Quixote
And said don't let the rapture
Don't let the rapture pass you by
Went to the movie matinee
To see the Blue Coats try to get away
From a smoke signal, above the trees
A smoke signal, shifting in the breeze
Some folks think it's make believe
Other folks ain't so naive
About a smoke signal, could see it coming
A smoke signal, hear the drums drumming
You don't believe what you read in the paper
You can't believe the stranger at your door
You don't believe what you hear from your neighbor
Your old neighborhood, ain't even there no more
Indian maid will plant the seed
And cultivate a whole new breed
There's a smoke signal, over your head
A smoke signal, you know what it said?
When they're torn out by the roots
Young brothers join in cahoots
And send the smoke signal, near and far
A smoke signal, no matter where you are
You don't believe what they say on the radio
You can't believe what you see on the video
Living in the shadow of a doubt today
Still waiting for the smoke to clear away
Tried to get in touch with you
Tried to get my message through
By smoke signal, honey, do ya read me
A smoke signal, call me if you need me
There you were all in white
Standing out in the broad daylight
Lookin' like a smoke signal from Heaven above
A smoke signal, oh, my love
You don't believe what you read in the paper
You can't believe the stranger at your door
You don't believe what you hear from your neighbor
It's all small town talk, you know how people are
They can't stand to see, someone else
Doing what they want to
And it's small town talk, they tell alot of lies
Make some people crazy
Never realize that they're sinkin
We're all the same people, tryin to live together
And we're tryin to make something work
Now who are we to judge one another?
No ... that could cause alot of hurt ...
You can't believe everything you hear
And only half of what you see
And if you're going to believe in anyone
Oh - you gotta believe in me
And it's small town talk, you know how people are
They can't stand to see, someone else
Doing what they want to
And it's small town talk, it's a well known fact
You don't ever know how one might react
For the life we chose in the evening we rose
Just long enough to be lovers again
And for nothing more, the world was too sore to live in
Sad old ships, a morning eclipse
I spent my whole life guessing
Then I turned from the sun and saw everyone searching
The hoot owl and his song, will bring you along
Where else on earth would you wanna go?
We can leave all this hate, before it's too late
Why would we wanna come back at all?
Cobwebs on my pillow, I'm found in the willow
I'd spend my whole life sleeping
To be called by noon is to be called too soon today
The storm is passed, there is peace at last
I'll spend my whole life sleeping
Now there's not a sound, no one to be found anywhere
The shepherd and his sheep will wind you to sleep
Where else on earth would you wanna go?
To a land of wonder when you go under
She broke down, on a highway
Miles from nowhere, it had no number
She was lost, a long way from home
She was fed up with the routine
She got trouble with her man
She blew town with a vengeance
Painted desert, peyote rain
Lord, don't let me go insane
Skinwalker, skinwalker
Who am I, who are you
I was only passing through
Skinwalker, skinwalker
A strange encounter to be sure
He was wicked he was pure
Hear him calling, he's calling for you
Come with me into the mystic
Come with me into the night
We can live, live forever
Painted desert, peyote rain
Lord, don't let me go insane
Skinwalker, skinwalker
Through your eyes I can see
you have left your mark on me
Skinwalker, skinwalker
Painted desert, peyote rain
Lord, don't let me go insane
Skinwalker, skinwalker
He takes you to a sacred place
and drinks a tear off your face
Skinwalker, skinwalker
Talk to the spirits
Talk to the wind
Skinwalker, skinwalker
Intro: A D A D A D A D
A D A D
I want to lay down beside you
I want to hold your body close to mine
Like a grape that grows ripe in the sunshine
A D A
There comes a time when we must sip the wine
I can tell by lookin ... that you're not mine girl
I believe everything I told you was true
There's a child here that wants to start livin
And you know that this child will get it's start
from me and you
D E A
Close your eyes ... and don't you think of nothing
D E A
Let your thoughts remain here inside this room
F#m A
Lay your head beside me on my pillow
D E A
And I will share this night with you
A D
We must sip the wine ... till it feels alright
A D
We must sip the wine ... into the night
A D
We must sip the wine ... together ...
When I got back to my hometown
I saw the ghosts of yesterday
And my godmother bless her soul
She still lives down this way
Remember when I was just a kid
And she would tell a story
Of the rainbow
Rainbow
I come to you with an empty heart
It's locked and I've lost the key
Now she was old and almost blind
But she sees more than you or me
With her cane pointed towards the sky
She said I'll know if you've heard
The silence between the words
Of the rainbow
Rainbow
No one knows
Where the rainbow goes
Walk down the long road
Your back against the wind
Where you can lose yourself again
I've been down the old road
But that was long ago
I want you to walk with me
When the rains come again
And shine this light over you
Rainbow
That's the sign of the rainbow
Walk on down the hard road
That's buried in your soul
And you can feel the light within
Go upon the mountain
That's painted in the sky
I want you to ride with me
When the rains come again
And I will carry you home
Walkin to the rainbow
The halo of the sun
And you will dance the song of light
I could see forever
High upon the hill
I want you to walk with me
When the rains come again
And shine this light over you
Rainbow
Intro: Am Am/G D E
Am Am/G D E
E Am Am/G DE A5 Am
Soldier of fortune
He's a man of war
Just can't remember
What he's fighting for
Start a revolution
Right before your eyes
When you hear the big bang
Don't you be surprised
C C/E
Showdown at big sky
F D7
Darkness at high noon
C C/E
Showdown at big sky
F D7
That day may be soon
People, people
Can you hear the sound
F D7
From every village and every town
Let the bells ring out
Hear the bells ring in
Let the bells ring out
Keep them ringing, ringing
Can't predict the future
Can't forget the past
Feels like any moment
Could be the last
All you believers
Standing inside this room
Can't you see it coming
Shooting out across the moon
Save this place
In the valley of tears
By the river of time
From weapons race
In the Book of David
In the holy Bible
When it's laid to waste
It will be written
By the children of Eden
I said save this place
And the Holy Ghost
Showdown at big sky
Darkness at high noon
Showdown at big sky
That day may be soon
People, people
Can you hear the sound
From every village and every town
Let the bells ring out
Hear the bells ring in
Let the bells ring out
Keep them ringing, ringing
Save this place
In the valley of tears
By the river of time
From weapons race
In the Book of David
In the holy Bible
When it's laid to waste
It will be written
By the children of Eden
I said save this place
And the Holy Ghost
Showdown at big sky
Darkness at high noon
Kiss tomorrow goodbye
That day could be soon
Give us strength
Give us wisdom
And give us the morals
Let the bells ring out
Hear the bells ring in
Let the bells ring out
Keep them ringing, ringing
Let the bells ring out
Hear the bells ring in
Let the bells ring out
Trouble on the waterfront
Evil in the air
When the Chinatown patrol came down
To bring a little order there
They came in undercover
To the laundry's back room
And right there before their eyes
Was a Shanghai saloon
Shoot out in Chinatown
They lined them up against the wall
They're gonna turn the place upside down
Till you won't recognize it at all
Streets were wide open
'Til the break of dawn
'Twas Frisco in its heyday
Imported from Hong Kong
For about five dollars
Or one thousand yen
You could gamble n ramble in a brothel
Or take it to the opium den
Shoot out in Chinatown
They nailed up every door
They're gonna level it to the ground
And close it up for evermore
Confucius had once stated
All across the land
Below the surface, crime and love
They go hand in hand
The fire dragons burn
Buddha's lost his smile
But swears that we will meet again
In just a little while
Shoot out in Chinatown
They lined them up against the wall
They're gonna turn the place upside down
From outside the open window
How the faithful was gathered to sing
As the tears swelled up inside me
Still down in a mournful rain.
And all sands of time stood still
As the procession climbed the hill
And off in the distance it's a mother run away
The father turned to say
Somebody shine a light, show me the way
Take me through the night to the break of day.
Won't you shine a light so I can see,
Lift up these chains of darkness and set me free.
Lookin' through the open window
I can see where I went wrong.
I quit searching for the rainbow,
I forgot where I belong.
Then the darkness dips around me
And I have no strength to fight
Though I'll search for those who love me
I'll search for the one above me
Just like I said
Somebody shine a light, show me the way,
Take me through the night to the break of day.
Won't you shine a light so I can see,
Lift up these chains of darkness and set me free.
And all sands of time stood still
As the echo crossed my window sill.
I heard it plain as day, I could hear 'em sing,
I'm trying to find the way,
Somebody shine a light, show me the way
Make it through the night to the break of day.
Won't you shine a light so I can see,
Lift up these chains of darkness and set me free.
Shine a light, show me the way
Take me through the night to the break of day.
Shine a light so I can see
Lift up these chains of darkness and set me free.
Shine a light so I can see
Well, it's an ill wind that blows no good
And it's a sad one that won't love like I know it should
And oh, how lonesome you must be
And it's a shame if you don't share your love with me
It's a heartache when love is gone
But it's bad, even sad, later on
Oh, there's no one blinder than he who won't see
And it's a shame if you don't share your love with me
Well, I can't help it when she is gone
You must try to forget, oh, you must live on
And I know it's a good thing to love someone
But it's bad, even sad, when it's not returned
And oh, how lonesome you must be
And it's a shame if you don't share your love with me
I see the people standing on the shore
I see the big chief standing on the shore
I ask my mama what they're crying for
I saw a black cloud hanging in the sky
I saw a big black cloud hanging in the sky
I ask my papa when will it roll by
Oh we're standing on the edge of the world
Oh we're standing out here
On the edge of the world
Chorus:
Come on brother we gonna shake this town
Come on sister we gonna shake this town
Come on children we gonna shake this town
Down to the ground
Can't draw no water no more
From the drinking well
Can't grow no corn no more out here on my land
We're at the mercy of the government man
Then I followed you followed you we did pray
How can you promise me promise me
Come what may
Where you gonna turn to on a judgement day
Oh we're standing on the edge of the world
Oh we're standing out here
On the edge of the world
Chorus
I know I want you, I'm tired of cryin
I can't help the way you feel
No time like the present, let's not waste a minute
I can give it, and I can take it..how bout you?
I just wanna make it up ... don't wanna fake it
I just wanna shake it up ... shake it shake it shake it
Now the bottles empty, storms passin over
I've been alone here too long in my room
There's no fields of clover
No white clouds driftin over
I wanna be where the sun shines on you
I just wanna make it up, don't wanna fake it
I just wanna shake it up ... shake it shake it shake it
If you think I'm crazy, or just a bit too lazy
Well that ain't been my main excuse
I don't wanna hide, these feelings inside me
I just wanna share them all with you
I just wanna make it up, don't wanna fake it
I used to smoke, I used to drink
I used to smoke, drink, and dance the hoochie-coo
I used to smoke and drink
Smoke and drink and dance the hoochie-coo, oh yeah
But now I'm standin' on this corner
Prayin' for me and you
That's why I'm saved, saved
I'm saved, saved
People, let me tell you 'bout a kingdom come
You know, I'm saved, saved
I'm saved, saved
I can preach, until you're deaf and dumb
I'm in that soul savin' army
Beatin' on that big bass drum, oh yeah
I used to cuss, I used to fuss
I used to cuss, fuss and boogie all night long
I used to cuss and fuss
Cuss and fuss and boogie all night long
But now, I'm standin' on this corner
I know, right from wrong
That's why I'm saved, saved
I'm saved, saved
People, let me tell you 'bout a kingdom come
You know, I'm saved, saved
I'm saved, saved
I can preach, until you're deaf and dumb
I'm in that soul savin' army
Beatin' on that big bass drum, oh yeah
I used to lie, lie
I used to cheat, cheat
I used to lie, lie, cheat, cheat and step on people's feet
I used to lie and cheat
Lie and cheat and step on people's feet, oh yeah
But now I'm steppin' on the glory
Salvation is my beat, oh yeah
Because I'm saved, saved
I'm saved, saved
People, let me tell you about a kingdom come
You know, I'm saved, saved
Oh, saved, saved
I can preach until you're deaf and dumb
I'm in that soul savin' army
Beatin' on that big bass drum, oh yeah
That's why I'm saved, saved
I'm saved, saved
I'm saved, saved
I'm saved, saved
Saved
Saved
Saved
Why do men go crazy
When a woman wears her dress so tight?
Why do men go crazy
When a woman wears her dress so tight?
Well, it must be the same old thing
That makes a tomcat fight all night
Why do all of the men try to run
A big legged woman down?
Why do all of the men try to run
A big legged woman down?
Well, it must be the same old thing
That makes a bulldog love a hound
Well, it's the same thing
Well, it's the same old thing
Better tell me who is to blame
Well, the whole world is a-fighting all about that same thing
What makes you feel so good
When your baby gets down her evening gown?
What makes you feel so good
When your baby gets down her evening gown?
Well, it must be the same old thing
That makes a preacher man lay his Bible down
Well, it's the same thing
Well, it's the same old thing
Better tell me who is to blame
You know we have a million stories to tell
I'm just one of a million or more stories that could be told
Chorus:
Sacrifice your freedom
Sacrifice your prayer
Take away your language
Cut off all your hair
Sacrifice the loved ones
Who always stood by me
Stranded in the wasteland
Set my spirit free
My name is Leonard Peltier
I am a Lakota and Anishnabe
And I am living in the United States penitentiary
Which is the swiftest growing
Indian reservations in the country
I have been in prison since 1976
For an incident that took place on the Oglala-Lakota Nation
There was a shoot-out between members of the American Indian Movement
And The FBI and the local Sheriffs State Troopers
Two agents were killed and one Indian was murdered
Three of us were charged with the deaths of the FBI agents
My co-defendants were found not-guilty by reasons of self-defense
My case was separated and I was found guilty before a jury of non-Indian
people
The prosecutor stated that they did not know who killed their agents
Nor did he know what participation Leonard Peltier may have played in it
But someone has to pay for the crime
There's a lot of nights that I lay in my cell
And I can't understand why this hell this hell and this terror
That I have been going through for twenty-one years hasn't ended
Chorus
But yet I know in my heart that someone has to pay sacrifice
To make things better for our people
The sacrifice I have made when I really sit down to think about it
Is nothing compared to what our people a couple hundred years ago
Or fifty years ago or twenty-five years ago have made
Some gave their lives
Some had to stand there and watch their children die in their arms
So the sacrifice I have made is nothing compared to those
I've gone too far now to start backing down
I don't give up
Not 'til my people are free will I give up
And if I have to sacrifice some more
Wrote a letter this mornin'
Put it in your hat
'Cause no one to read it
And I know you knew that
I bought a joke, a trick or two
Just to bring and show you
Caught ya with the trickster too
Sometimes I wonder how ya knew
A hypnotist, fancy talker
Ruben Remus ain't no doctor
I knew the man and tried to remember
Just where it was that I'd seen his face
Long ago, in a movie show
He was like that man singin' bass
Knew him by his nursery rhyme
The 'Story Of The Rabbit Man'
Fell right in and said to him
"I'd like to help you if I can"
I know the film would only shock ya
Ruben Remus ain't no doctor
He only needed what you had
Asked for nothing more
Said he'd like to take you on
But it's been done before
You couldn't see he's a travelin' man
And he cannot take your hand
It's very hard to understand
Why his songs were never banned
Guess the man would never knock ya
Ruben Remus ain't no doctor
No one seen ya since he's been gone
It's been a day, maybe more
I took a walk in your yard
And knocked on your back door
Why don't you let me in?
I'm not the man who did ya in
Is Mr. Remus still your friend?
You say you don't remember him
Turn me down, would ya?
Well, I've got news for you
Turn me down would ya? Can't ya tell
Hang around, Willie boy
Don't you raise the sails anymore
It's for sure, I've spent my whole life at sea
And I'm pushin' age seventy three
Now there's only one place that was meant for me
Oh, to be home again
Down in Old Virginny
With my very best friend
They call him 'Ragtime Willie'
We're gonna soothe away the rest of our years
We're gonna put away all of our tears
That big rockin' chair won't go nowhere
Slow down, Willie boy
Your heart's gonna give right out on you
It's true, and I believe I know what we should do
Turn the stern and point to shore
The seven seas won't carry us no more
Oh, to be home again
Down in Old Virginny
With my very best friend
They call him 'Ragtime Willie'
I can't wait to sniff that air
Dip'n snuff, I won't have no care
That big rockin' chair won't go nowhere
Hear the sound, Willie boy
The flyin' Dutchman's on the reef
It's my belief, we've used up all our time
This hill's to steep to climb
And the days that remain ain't worth a dime
Oh, to be home again
Down in Old Virginny
With my very best friend
They call him 'Ragtime Willie'
Would a been nice just to see the folks
Listen once again to the stale jokes
That big rockin' chair won't go nowhere
I can hear somethin' callin' on me
And you know where I want to be
Oh Willie don't you hear that sound
Oh to be home again down in Old Virginny
I just want to get my feet back on the ground
Oh to be home again down in Old Virginny
I'd love to see my very best friend
They call him 'Ragtime Willie'
I believe old rockin chair's got me
Ring your bell change your number
Run like hell you can't hide from thunder, oh no
Ring your bell get in the wind
You and me gonna make some medicine
Run that rebel across the tracks
With the mounties on his trail
He was taught
Don't get caught at the mercy of the man
Land in jail
Meet me, madam, on the high road
We gonna blow the man down
I've been totin' a heavy load
And I'm rarin' to clown mess around
Ring your bell shake your tower
Pump your well yurn on your power
I'm gonna ring your bell slide on in
You and me gonna make some medicine
Smoky bars and souped up cars
Where we drowned all sorrow
Renegade woman
Love me like there's no tomorrow
Left to borrow
Bloodhounds comb the back streets
With the ramrod close behind
Asphalt justice you gonna find
My ass across that border line
Ring your bell sound the chime
Open up your shell get on the line
Come on, ring your bell gimme some skin
Blue misty morning, an empty street in Ol' Paree
She appeared like the angel of destiny
He spent a lifetime tryin' to reach beyond that rainbow
And found when you look down it gives you vertigo
The dancehall is deserted where lonely worlds collide
This must be where dreams explode before your very eyes
While the world outside grows more insane
Bein' with you, I feel no pain
True like blue, right as rain
Right as rain
I hope real soon, I'll be hearing from 'ya
I'll be in the wings, I'll be cheering for you
Funny how people think your life is so complete
When it's really you who envies the man on the street
I must've strayed from a path wandering through the catacombs
And you came along to guide my restless spirit home
I can't tell you why, no, I wouldn't try to explain
Bein' with you, I feel no pain
True like blue, right as rain
Right as rain
It's all in the cards, it's all in the game
Bein' with you, I feel no pain
True like blue, right as rain
Den mannen kom fra en helt annet tid
Som et gjenskinn fra en ild som brant en gang
Den mannen ble en venn av mitt liv
Så blei han stille og så blei han en sang
Og hvem skal dømme?
Månen steig og sank
og glassene blei tømt
Vi er; vi drømmer
Så blir det daggry
Og drømmene er drømt
Den dagen var som en helt vanlig dag
Du veit; en sånn dag da ikke noe skjer
Så ringer noen et sted langt borte fra
Og sier at han som var her, han er ikke mer
Og hvem skal dømme?
Månen steig og sank
og glassene blei tømt
Vi er; vi drømmer
Så blir det daggry
Og drømmene er drømt
Den mannen var fra en helt annet tid
Den tida som alle mine sanger kommer fra
Det skreik en fugl, noen skyer drev forbi
Men ellers var det en helt vanlig dag
Og hvem skal dømme?
Månen steig og sank
og glassene blei tømt
Vi er; vi drømmer
Så blir det daggry
Og drømmene er drømt
Så blir det daggry
Og drømmene er drømt
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That man came from a whole other time
Like reflections of a fire that burned long ago
That man became my friend for life
Then he was silenced, and so became a song
And who should judge?
The moon rose and fell
and the glasses were emptied
We are, we dream
then the dawn comes
and our dreams are dreamt
That day was just like any other day
You know, a day when nothing much happens
Then someone calls from a place far away
and says that he who was here, he isn't anymore
And who should judge?
The moon rose and fell
and the glasses were emptied
We are, we dream
then the dawn comes
and our dreams are dreamt
The man was from a whole other time
The time where all my songs come from
A bird cried, some clouds drifted by
But otherwise, it was a completely ordinary day
And who should judge?
The moon rose and fell
and the glasses were emptied
We are, we dream
then the dawn comes
and our dreams are dreamt
Then the dawn comes
When you grow up on blue highways
And that's what you call home
All the people would stop and stare
At this old orphan of the road
In the beginning they did not believe me
But they believe me now
Tell my mama and tell my papa
I wish they could see me now
Chorus:
I'm coming back
For the resurrection
For the resurrection
I'm coming back
For the resurrection
For the resurrection
You're an outcast in a land of strangers
And that'a a cardinal sin
Make a break for the outside world
And they won't let you in
If you get lost out on Coney Island
Tell all my friends hello
That's where I learned the rules of the game
They taught me all I know
Chorus
You were drowning in a sea of laughter
Tears were in your eyes
When you found out what you were after
I could see your spirit rise
Now it's so cold in your doorway that I can hardly breathe
You know I wanna lay down but I'm afraid I'll freeze
I've spent my last lone dollar getting in the shape that I'm in
And runnin' from the border just as fast as I can
Well, last September I was on a roll
Now I'm out here trying to save my soul
You've got the cure, you hold the key
You've got the remedy
Once I was blind, now I see
You got the remedy
I believe you got in something just like a stingray
And when you turn on your moves you put the hurt on me
Well, I might get better but I won't get well
Until I'm over the line and I'm under your spell
I'm like a spider crawlin' up your wall
Hear something funny, it's my matin' call
You've got the cure, you hold the key
You've got the remedy
Once I was blind, now I see
You got the remedy
Been knocking on your window, a-peeking through the blinds
Honey, come here a-runnin', won't you take your time
And now I ain't no preacher man, I ain't no preacher's son
But I'll be singing Hallelujah when I see you come
I left my mind at the fork in the road
I' m out here haulin' a heavy load
You've got the cure, you hold the key
You've got the remedy
Once I was blind, now I see
You got the remedy
You've got the cure, you hold the key
You've got the remedy
It goes to show, it's plain to see
Pay no mind to his messed up hair
Pay no mind to the clothes he wears
It's just the hours he's been keepin'
Ain't been doing too much sleeping
They dyed his hair and hid his feathers
And told him he was Latin
'Til he came chanting down the street
Like a cannibal in Manhattan
CHORUS:
Rattlebone
Rattlebone
Shake it for the war chief
All night long
Rattlebone
Rattlebone
Sweet medicine
To each his own
One sky above
One earth below
One sky above us
One earth below
CHORUS
Here's where we go off the map
Out past the power lines
Up that little side road without a sign
Hidden from the mainstream
The keepers of the ancient future
Keepers of the drum
They don't preserve it
They live it
Rattlebone
Rattlebone
Shake it for the war chief
All night long
Rattlebone
Rattlebone
Get down on your knees
And praise the dawn
You say you're leaving, ain't comin' back
There's nothing I can say to make you unpack
It's gonna rain down tears, rain down tears
You need a shelter somewhere, somewhere
When you're out there, in this world alone
There's gonna be many alike, you'll miss your happy home
It's gonna rain down tears, rain down tears
You'll need a shelter somewhere, somewhere
One empty sag, the look on your face
When you come back darling, someone's in your face
It's gonna rain down tears, rain down tears
Catch a taxi to the fountainhead
Blinking neon penny arcade
A young Caruso on the fire escape
Painted face ladies on parade
A newsboy on the corner
Singing out headlines
And a fiddler selling pencils
The sign reads, 'Help the blind'
Comin' up the lane callin'
Workin' while the rain's fallin'
Ragman, your song of the street
Keeps haunting my memory
Music in the air
I hear it ev'rywhere
Rags, bones with old city songs
Hear them, how they talk to me
Trolley car rings out the morning
The whistle blows at noon
A cat fight breaks open the night
While watch dogs bay at the moon
A preacher on an orange crate
With a salvation army band
And clicking along the cobbled stones
Well that's the sound of the ice cream man
Comin' up the lane callin'
Workin' while the rain's fallin'
Ragman, your song of the street
It keeps haunting my memory
Music in the air
I hear it ev'rywhere
Rags, bones and old city songs
Hear them, how they talk to me
The organ grinder and his monkey
Still walkin' the same old beat
The shoe-shine boy slappin' leather
He puts the rhythm in your feet
Strollin' by the churchyard
List'nin' to the Sunday choir
With voices rising to the heavens
Like sirens screaming to a fire
Comin' up the lane callin'
Workin' while the rain's fallin'
Ragman, your song of the street
It keeps haunting my memory
Music in the air
I hear it ev'rywhere
Rags, bones and old city songs
Rag mama rag, I can't believe it's true
Rag mama rag, what did you do?
I crawled up to the railroad track
Let the four nineteen scratch my back
Shag mama shag now, what's come over you
Rag mama rag, I'm a pulling out your gag
Gonna turn you a loose like an old caboose
Got a tail, I need a drag
I ask about your turtle
And you ask about the weather
Well, I can't jump the hurdle
And oh, you can't get together
And we could be relaxing in my sleeping bag
But all you want to do for me, mama
Is a rag mama rag, there's nowhere to go
Rag mama rag, come on risen up the bow
Rag mama rag, where do you roam?
Rag mama rag, bring your skinny little body back home
It's dog eat dog and cat eat mouse
You can rag mama rag all over my house
Hail stones beatin' on the roof
The bourbon is a hundred proof
It's you and me and the telephone
Our destiny is quite well known
We don't need to sit and brag
All we gotta do is
Rag mama rag, mama rag
Rag mama rag, where do you roam?
Well, I've already had two beers
I'm ready for the broom
Please, Mrs. Henry, won't you
Take me to my room?
I'm a good ol' boy
But I've been sniffin' too many eggs
Talkin' to too many people
Drinkin' too many kegs
Please, Mrs. Henry, Mrs. Henry, please
Please, Mrs. Henry, Mrs. Henry, please
I'm down on my knees an' I ain't got a dime
Well, I'm groanin' in a hallway
Pretty soon I'll be mad
Please, Mrs. Henry, won't you
Take me to your dad?
I can drink like a fish
I can crawl like a snake
I can bite like a turkey
I can slam like a drake
Please, Mrs. Henry, Mrs. Henry, please
Please, Mrs. Henry, Mrs. Henry, please
I'm down on my knees an' I ain't got a dime
Now, don't crowd me, lady
Or I'll fill up your shoe
I'm a sweet bourbon daddy
An' tonight I am blue
I'm a thousand years old
I'm a generous bomb
I'm T-boned and punctured
I've been known to be calm
Please, Mrs. Henry, Mrs. Henry, please
Please, Mrs. Henry, Mrs. Henry, please
I'm down on my knees an' I ain't got a dime
Now, I'm startin' to drain
My stool's gonna squeak
If I walk too much farther
My crane's gonna leak
Look, Mrs. Henry
There's only so much I can do
Why don't you look my way
An' pump me a few?
Please, Mrs. Henry, Mrs. Henry, please
Please, Mrs. Henry, Mrs. Henry, please
Out of this world
Out of this mind
Out of this love for you
Out of this world
Out of the blue
Out of this love for you
Sometimes I don't know you
You're like someone else
But that's alright
I'm a stranger here myself
She don't shed a tear
When I walk out that door
She knows, she knows
I'll be coming back for more
Out of this world
Out of this mind
Out of this love for you
Out of this world
Out of the blue
Out of this love for you
It's in the cards
It's written in the stars
It's in the wee-wee hours
In some lonely bar
If she don't stay up all night
And walk the floor
She knows damn well
I'll be coming back for more
Out of this world
Out of this mind
Out of this love for you
Out of this world
Out of the blue
Out of this love for you
For you, you, you
For you, you, you
I had a hard time waking this morning
I got a lotta things on my mind
Like those friends of yours, they keep bringing me down
Just hangin' round all the time
I've had a hard time waking most mornings
And it's been that way for a month or more
And you've had things your way now I've got to say
I'm on my way out the door
Why don't you get right, try to get right, baby?
You haven't been right with me
Why don't you get right, try and get right, baby?
Don't you remember how it used to be?
You had a hard time waking this morning
And I can see it in your empty eyes
But there's no need for talking or walking round the block
Just to figure out the reason why
I have a hard time handing out warnings
I'll just slide on out the door
'Cuz I'm tired of everything being beautiful, beautiful
And I ain't coming back no more
But don't you get right, try to get right, baby?
You haven't been right with me
Why don't you get right, try and get right, baby?
Now there's a certain thing
That I learned from Jim
That he'd always make sure I'd understand
And that is that there's a certain way that all must swim
If we expect to live off of the fat of the land
Open the door, Rachel
I've heard it said before
Open the door, Rachel
I've heard it said before
But I ain't gonna hear it said no more
Now there's a certain thing
That I learned from my friend, Mouse
That fella who never blushes
And that is that one must always flush out his house
If he don't expect to be housing flushes
Open the door, Rachel
I've heard it said before
Open the door, Rachel
I've heard it said before
But I ain't gonna hear it said no more
"Take care of all of your memories", said Mick
"For you cannot relive them
And remember when you're out there
Tryin' to heal the sick
That you must always first forgive them"
Open the door, Rachel
I've heard it said before
Open the door, Rachel
I've heard it said before
Down the street the dogs are barkin'
And the day is a-gettin' dark.
As the night comes in a-fallin',
The dogs 'll lose their bark.
An' the silent night will shatter
From the sounds inside my mind,
For I'm one too many mornings
And a thousand miles behind.
From the crossroads of my doorstep,
My eyes they start to fade,
As I turn my head back to the room
Where my love and I have laid.
An' I gaze back to the street,
The sidewalk and the sign,
And I'm one too many mornings
An' a thousand miles behind.
It's a restless hungry feeling
That don't mean no one no good,
When ev'rything I'm a-sayin'
You can say it just as good.
You're right from your side,
I'm right from mine.
We're both just too many mornings
Once upon a time, everything I thought of
Somehow seemed to rhyme
The wise were always old
And the young were always showed
But very early on, I was spun a different hand
Tried to get along, just by knowin right from wrong
The best offer is a helping hand
Everyone needs the promised land
And whether you're young or old
Never ever let yourself get put on hold
I would sit on grandps's knee..just to wear his hat
And listen to the tales
From his world of make believe..
As the child comes of age, leave him alone
To turn the page
Luck is the spine..a broken promise of another's mind
Straight goods really are what money cannot buy
Choose your side, and walk with pride
I stand in awe and I shake my face
You break your promise all over the place
You promised to love me but what do I see
Just you comin' and spillin' juice over me
Odds and ends, odds and ends
Lost time is not found again
Now, you take your file and you bend my head
I never can remember anything that you said
You promised to love me but what do I know
You're always spillin' juice on me like you got someplace to go
Odds and ends, odds and ends
Lost time is not found again
Now, I've had enough, my box is clean
You know what I'm sayin' and you know what I mean
From now on you'd best get on someone else
While you're doin' it, keep that juice to yourself
Odds and ends, odds and ends
Nothing was delivered
And I tell this truth to you
Not out of spite nor anger
But simply because it's true
Now, I hope you won't object to this
Giving back all of what you owe
The fewer words you have to waste on this
The sooner you can go
Nothing is better, nothing is best
Take heed of yourself, get plenty of rest
Nothing was delivered
But I can't say I sympathize
With what your fate is going to be
Yes, for telling all those lies
Now you must provide some answers
For what you sold that's not been received
And the sooner you come up with them
The sooner you can leave
Nothing is better, nothing is best
Take heed of yourself, get plenty of rest
Now you know nothing was delivered
And it's up to you to say
Just what you had in mind
When you made everybody pay
No, nothing was delivered
Yes and someone must explain
That as long as it takes to do this
Then that's how long as you'll remain
Nothing is better, nothing is best
You got lost in the crowd
The waves of people in Chinatown
Can't get behind this mystery
Do you believe everything you see
Just a shadow in the streetlight
Just a shadow on the wall
A silhouette, face in the darkness
I've been waiting for the call
Chorus:
We'll go marching in the night parade
We'll be marching in the night parade
I combed the streets like cloak and dagger
I put the word out on the waterfront
We were living hard, living fast
Outrunning ghosts from the past
Just a shadow in the moonlight
Just a shadow on the wall
A silhouette, the kiss of death
Did somebody take the fall
Chorus
Mary, Mary, Mary I'm knocking on your door
Mary, Mary sanctuary can't see you no more
From out of the past a stranger came
And carried you away
I stood on the corner, the scene of the crime
And I could here her say
Chorus
We're living in a street opera
Are we just living in a street opera
Chorus
Walking the night beat
The rhythm of the street
Moving to the heartbeat of the city
I don't think I could tell you when
I'll be coming back this way again
Got no way of knowin, how far I'll be goin
Or how long I might be stayin
Been puttin it off too long
Time to be movin on
There's so much that I'd like to see ...
You might catch me down in New Mexico
Got some folks there that I used to know
But I'd be wastin time, you know just what I'd find
More of the same that made me leave there
Been puttin it off too long, time to be movin on
And there's so much that I'd like to see ...
If I go back to New Mexico
And all of those people that I used to know
I'd be wastin time, you know just what I'd find
More of the same that made me leave there
Been puttin it off too long, time to be movin on
Train arrive 16 coaches long
Train arrive 16 coaches long
Well, that long black train
Got my baby and gone
Train, train, rolling round the bend
Train, train, rolling round the bend
Well, it took my baby
Away from me again
Come down to the station
Meet my baby at the gate
Asked the station master
If the train's running late
He said "If you're a-waiting
On the four forty four
I hate to tell you, son
That train don't stop here anymore"
Train, train, rolling down, down the line
Train, train, rolling down the line
Well, it took my baby
And left poor me behind
Heard that whistle blowing
It was the middle of the night
When I got down to the station
The train was pulling out of sight
Mystery train smoking down the track
Mystery train smoking down the track
Well, I don't want no ride
Everyone has a song
God gave us each a song
That's how we know who we are
Everyone has a song
We have come, heat the drum
The land trembles with dancing
We have come, bang the drum
The land trembles with dancing
CHORUS:
Making a noise in this world
Making a noise in this world
You can bet your ass
I won't go quietly
Makin' a noise in this world
I don't want your promise
I don't want your whiskey
I don't want your blood on my hands
Only want what belongs to me
I think you thought I was gone
I think you thought I was dead
You won't admit that you was wrong
Ain't there some shit that should be said
CHORUS
The Indian dancers stop and stare at him
Like he was bad weather
He keeps dancing
And knocks loose an eagle feather
The drums stop
This is the kind of silence that frightens white men
CHORUS
Well, I'm starin' at my Sony, a-drinkin' Kirun beer.
I had a nickel in my pocket when it all came clear.
I hopped into my Honda, it's a little bitty car.
And I'm drivin' down to meet you at the Sushi Bar.
But don't tell me I'm crazy until you hear my plan.
I'm gonna buy two tickets and move to Japan.
I'm gonna move to Japan,
I'm gonna move to Japan.
So if you've got no job and runnin' out of dough,
And they moved the factory down to Mexico,
Just pack your bags and don't forget your Kimona,
And you'll be followin' me, honey, all the way to Yokohama.
We're gonna move to Japan,
We're gonna move to Japan.
Tokyo's got the neon.
I put a pot of green tea on.
Akira Kurosawa,
Sapporo Okinawa.
Girls with almond eyes,
Eatin' seaweed and rice.
It's the land of tradition,
But I'm a man on a mission.
When we get to Japan we're gonna do our part,
We're gonna love Japan with all of our heart.
From the unemployment line I see lots to be done
And they're taking all hands in the land of the risin' sun.
And I love my mom and my apple pie,
But sayonara Uncle Sam, hello Samurai.
We're gonna move to Japan,
We're gonna move to Japan,
We're gonna move to Japan,
Hey, we're gonna move to Japan,
The home of the working man.
Well, that big dumb blonde
With her wheel gorged
Turtle, that friend of theirs
With his checks all forged
And his cheeks in a chunk
With his cheese in the cash
They're all gonna be there
At that million dollar bash
Ooh, baby, ooh ee
Ooh, baby, ooh ee
It's that million dollar bash
Ev'rybody from right now
To over there and back
The louder they come
The bigger they crack
Come now, sweet cream
Don't forget to flash
We're all gonna meet
At that million dollar bash
Ooh, baby, ooh ee
Ooh, baby, ooh ee
It's that million dollar bash
Well, I took my counselor
Out to the barn
Silly Nelly was there
She told him a yarn
Then along came Jones
And emptied the trash
Ev'rybody went down
To that million dollar bash
Ooh, baby, ooh ee
Ooh, baby, ooh ee
It's that million dollar bash
Well, I'm hittin' it too hard
My stones won't take
I get up in the mornin'
But it's too early to wake
First it's hello, goodbye
Then push and then crash
But we're all gonna make it
At that million dollar bash
Ooh, baby, ooh ee
Ooh, baby, ooh ee
It's that million dollar bash
Well, I looked at my watch
I looked at my wrist
I punched myself in the face
With my fist
I took my potatoes
Down to be mashed
And I made it over
At that million dollar bash
Ooh, baby, ooh ee
Ooh, baby, ooh ee
Mahk Jchi
Mahk jchi tahm buooi yahmpi gidi
Mahk jchi taum buooi kan spewa ebi
Mahk jchi tahm buooi yahmpi gidi
Mahk jchi taum buooi kan spewa ebi
Mahmpi wah hoka yee monk
Tahond tani kiyee tiyee
Gee we-me eetiyee
Nanka yaht yamoonieah wajitse
Nanka yaht yamoonieah wajitse
Hey yah eh yah eh yah
Hey yah oh way-hee-tah-ah
Hey yah hey yah hey yah
Look out, Cleveland, the storm is comin' through
And it's runnin' right up on you
Look out, Houston, there'll be thunder on the hill
Bye bye, baby, don't you lie so still
Was Wedn'sday evenin' when first we heard the word
It did not come by train nor bird
T'was when Ben pike stepped down to say
"This old town's gonna blow away"
Look out, Cleveland, the storm is comin' through
And it's runnin' right up on you
Look out, Houston, there'll be thunder on the hill
Bye bye, baby, don't you lie so still
Chain lightnin', frightnin' as it may seem
Must not be mistaken for just another dream
Justice of the peace don't know his own fate
But you'll go down in the shelter late
Look out, Cleveland, the storm is comin' through
And it's runnin' right up on you
Look out, Houston, there'll be thunder on the hill
Bye bye, baby, don't you lie so still
Hidin' your money won't do no good, no good
Build a big wall, you know you would if you could, yeah
When clouds of warnin' come into view
It'll get the ol' woman right outta of her shoe
Look out, Cleveland, the storm is comin' through
And it's runnin' right up on you
Look out, Houston, there'll be thunder on the hill
Long-distance operator
Place this call, it's not for fun
Long-distance operator
Please place this call, you know it's not for fun
I gotta get a message to my baby
You know, she's not just anyone
There are thousands in the phone booth
Thousands at the gate
There are thousands in the phone booth
Thousands at the gate
Everybody wants to make a long-distance call
But you know they're just gonna have to wait
If the call comes from Louisiana
Please, let it ride
If the call comes from Louisiana
Please, let it ride
This phone booth's on fire
It's getting hot inside
Everybody wants to be my friend
But nobody wants to get higher
Everybody wants to be my friend
But nobody wants to get higher
Long-distance operator
Ten years ago on a cool dark night
There was someone killed 'neath the town hall light
There were few at the scene and they all did agree
That the man who ran looked a lot like me
The judge said "Son, what is your alibi?
If you were somewhere else then you won't have to die"
I spoke not a word although it meant my life
I had been in the arms of my best friend's wife
She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave where the night winds wail
Nobody knows, no and nobody sees
Nobody knows but me
The scaffold was high and eternity neared
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
But sometimes at night when the cold wind moans
In a long black veil she cries over my bones
She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave where the night winds wail
Nobody knows, no and nobody sees
Lonesome Suzie never got the breaks
She's always losing and so she sits and cries and shakes
It's hard just to watch her and if I touch her
Oh, poor Suzie, I'm wonderin' what to do
She just sits there, hoping for a friend
I don't fit here but I may have a friend to lend
Maybe I mistook her but I can't overlook her
Must be someone who can pull her through
Anyone who's felt that bad could tell me what to say
Even if she'd just get mad
She might be better off that way
And where is all the understanding
Her problems can't be that demanding
Why is it she looks my way
Every time she starts to cry?
Lonesome Suzie, I can't watch you cry no longer
If you can use me until you feel a little stronger
I guess just watching you has made me lonesome too
I pulled out for San Anton'
I never felt so good
My woman said she'd meet me there
And of course I knew she would
The coachman, he hit me for my hook
And he asked me my name
I give it to him right away
Then I hung my head in shame
Lo and behold! Lo and behold!
Lookin' for my lo and behold!
Get me outta here, my dear man
I come in Pittsburgh
At six-thirty flat
I found myself a vacant seat
An' I put down my hat
What's the matter, Molly dear
What's the matter with your mound?
What's it to ya, Moby Dick?
This is chicken town
Lo and behold! Lo and behold!
Lookin' for my lo and behold!
Get me outta here, my dear man
I bought my girl a herd of moose
One she can call her own
Well, she came out the very next day
See where they had flown
I'm goin' down to Tennessee
Get me a truck or somethin'
I wanna save my money
And rip it up
Lo and behold! Lo and behold!
Lookin' for my lo and behold!
Get me outta here, my dear man
Now I come in on a ferris wheel
An' the boys I sure was slick
I come in like a ton of bricks
Laid a few tricks on 'em
Goin' back to Pittsburgh
Count up to thirty
Round that horn and ride that herd
Gonna thread up
Lo and behold! Lo and behold!
Lookin' for my lo and behold!
I'm gonna buy, buy, buy you a sheepskin coat
I'm gonna string red rubies 'round your throat
Gently down the stream I will row your boat
'Cause you know we're only livin' in a dream
I'm gonna play, play, play this game for keeps
I'm gonna wake you softly from your sleep
With a heart so warm and a love so deep
You know we're only livin' in a dream
Life goes round like a wheel
You never know if it's real
Time rolls by like a train
Let it burn, turn up the flame
We gonna live, live, live and never stop
Gonna give give give my very best shot
'Cause what I need is what you got
And you know we're only livin' in a dream
I'm gonna take, take, take good care of you
We're gonna make sweet love the whole night through
I'm gonna turn your cloudy sky into blue
You can walk on the water, drown in the sand
You can fly off a mountaintop if anybody can
Run away, run away--it's the restless age
Look away, look away--you can turn the page
Hey, buddy, would you like to buy a watch real cheap
Here on the street
I got six on each arm and two more round my feet
Life is a carnival--believe it or not
Life is a carnival--two bits a shot
Saw a man with the jinx in the third degree
From trying to deal with people--people you can't see
Take away, take away, this house of mirrors
Give away, give away, all the souvenirs
We're all in the same boat ready to float off the edge of the world
The flat old world
The street is a sideshow from the peddler to the corner girl
Life is a carnival--it's in the book
Life is a carnival--take another look
Hey, buddy, would you like to buy a watch real cheap
Here on the street
I got six on each arm and two more round my feet
Life is a carnival--believe it or not
I am the owl who stands alone
The lonesome wild, I call my home
Just like the workman when his day is done
I can't wait for that sinking sun
Let the night fall, ooh, let the night fall
Please, please, let the night fall
Let it fall on me, let it fall on me
I am the owl who calls upon the night
I am the eyes that abandon the light
When no one's there and the dogs bark
I'm the voice howling in the dark
Let the night fall, ooh, let the night fall
Please, please, let the night fall
Let it fall on me, let it fall on me
I am the owl, old and wise
The lord of wood with silent eyes
The cock screams at the first spark of dawn
That's my cue and I'll be moving on and on
And let the night fall, ooh, let the night fall
Please, please, let the night fall
Let it fall on me, ohh
Let the night fall, ooh, let the night fall
Please, please, let the night fall
Let it fall on me
Let the night fall
Let the night fall
I'm the talk of the neighbourhood,
Cause I don't do what I should.
I don't care what people say,
I'm gonna do things my way.
Chorus:
I think I growing,
A A7
I've got my own thing goin'
Leave me alone x2
B7 A7
Trouble! Fight!
B7 A7
Almost every night.
B7 A
Bad man don't come around,
B7 A7
Or I'm gonna lay your body down, down.
People don't understand
Just what bugs this man.
Don't tell me what to do,
Or I'll put you down too.
Chorus.
Who robbed the cradle? Who robbed the grave?
Who's the one that asked to be saved?
No, no answer came
I moved to the country that cried of shame
I left my home and found a name
No, nobody could explain
"Have mercy" cried the blacksmith
"How're you gonna replace human hands?"
"Found guilty" said the judge
"For not being in demand"
Frozen fingers at the keyboard
Could this be the big reward
No, no answer came
Brought up everybody to see for themselves
And they wouldn't believe it from no one else
No, nobody could explain
"Dead tongue" said the poet
To the daughter of burlesque
Cocteau, Van Gogh and Geronimo
They used up what was left
"Cry wolf" said the martyr
"I don't believe I'm alive"
"You're the hero" said the mute
I went down to Duffy's bar with depression on my mind
Just to blow off a little steam and try to unwind
Times were getting tough with no relief in sight
Last straw I lost my job, next straw your life
Knock on, knockin' lost John
The great depression was going strong
Hard times comin' on
Long gone, knockin' lost John
Born on the south side, got my schoolin' at the pool hall
Saturday night we get back to back, Sunday mornin', wall to wall
Never seen nothing like it, people jumpin' out of windows and going mad
That's not half as bad as losin' what you never had
Back in 1929, it was livin' hell
Crime was on the rise when the bottom fell
Keepin' poverty pocket high upon the hill
Corn in the fields
Listen to the rice when the wind blows 'cross the water
King harvest has surely come
I work for the union
'Cause she's so good to me
And I'm bound to come out on top
That's where she said I should be
I will hear every word the boss may say
For he's the one who hands me down my pay
Looks like this time I'm gonna get to stay
I'm a union man, now all the way
The smell of the leaves
From the magnolia trees in the meadow
King harvest has surely come
Dry summer, then comes fall
Which I depend on most of all
Hey, rainmaker can't you hear my call?
Please let these crops grow tall
Long enough I've been up on skid row
And it's plain to see, I've nothin' to show
I'm glad to pay those union dues
Just don't judge me by my shoes
Scarecrow and a yellow moon
And pretty soon a carnival on the edge of town
King harvest has surely come
Last year this time, wasn't no joke
My whole barn went up in smoke
My horse Jethro, well he went mad
And I can't ever remember things bein' so bad
Then there comes a man with a paper and a pen
Tellin' us our hard times are about to end
And then if they don't give us what we like
He said, "Men, that's when you gotta go on strike"
Corn in the fields
Listen to the rice when the wind blows 'cross the water
I got the key to the highway
Packed up and bound to go
I'm gonna leave here running
'Cause walking is 'most too slow
I'm going back down to the border
Where I'm much better off
'Cause you ain't done nothing
But drive a good man away from home
So give me one more
One more kiss, baby, just before I go
I'll be back out on the highway
That's the only place I know
And when the moon creeps over my room
Honey I'll be on my way
I'm gonna roam this old highway
Until the break of day
I got the key to the highway
Packed up and bound to go
I'm gonna leave here running
'Cause walking is 'most too slow
Well, it's so long, so long, baby
I must say goodbye
I gotta roam, roam this highway
Katie's been gone since the spring time
She wrote one time and sent her love
Katie's been gone for such a long time now
I wonder what kind of love she's thinkin' of
Dear Katie, if you can hear me
I can't wait to have you near me
Dear Katie, since you caught that bus
Well, I don't know how things are with us
I'm still here and you're out there
Katie laughed when I said I was lonely
She said, "There's no need to feel that way"
Katie said that I was her only one
But then I wonder why she didn't wanna stay
Dear Katie, if I'm the only one
How much longer will you be gone?
Oh, Katie, won't you tell me straight
How much longer do I have to wait?
I'll believe you but please come through
I know it's wrong to be apart this long
You should be here, near me
Katie's been gone
And now her face is slowly fading from my mind
She's gone to find some newer places
Left the old life far behind
Dear Katie, don't you miss your home?
I don't see why you had to roam
Dear Katie, since you've been away
I lose a little something every day
I need you here but you're still out there
Dear Katie, please drop me a line
Just write, love, to tell me you're fine
Oh, Katie, if you can hear me
I just can't wait to have you near me
I can only think, where are you, what you do
Jupiter Hollow Northern ights
Cast a glow through the window late last night
I went to follow through the sycamore
When I found myself in a place I'd never been before
There was a unicorn and a dragon queen
Beneath the burgundy sky
I saw an old soldier singin' a love song
He had the distance in his eye
Livin' in another world, livin' in another time
Like a comet I was hurled, oh, livin' in another world
Jupiter Hollow so far, so near
Like a time machine take you out to a different year
Phoebus Apollo played on his lyre
While we danced to the music of the sphere
And as the moon went down and the sun came up
With the mercury risin' too
'T was then the prophet said the secret of the dead
I'll whisper it to you
Livin' in another world, livin' in another time
Like a comet I was hurled, oh, livin' in another world
Jupiter Hollow in the midnight sun
Well, no man of dreams was ever more outdone
Where the swallows circle over head
And muses gather by the river of the tears we shed
Just like a pioneer in the new frontier
I don't know where to begin
Because nobody cares when a man goes mad
And tries to free the ghost within
Livin' in another world, livin' in another time
Jemima surrender, I'm gonna give it to you
Ain't no pretender, gonna ride in my canoe
If I were a barker in a girly show
Tell ya what I'd do
I'd lock the door, tear my shirt, and let my river flow
Oh, oh, sweet Jemima won't you come out tonight?
The ground is so warm and the moon is so bright
Jemima surrender, that's all ya have to do
I'll bring over my fender, and I'll play all night for you
There's a bird on my head and his mouth won't talk
You know he laughs just like a goose
But looks like a hawk
Jemima, you know what I'm tryin' to say
Meet me in front and we'll fly away
You can change your name
You can find a new walk
You can change a lock, it's all the same
You don't have to give out
If you'll only give in
You can jump and shout
But can't you see girl, that I'm bound to win
Jemima surrender, I'm gonna give it to you
Ain't no pretender, gonna see my tattoo
I hand you my rod and you hand me that line
That's what you do
And now, we ain't doin' much fishin', or drinkin' any wine
Sweet Jemima, if I were king
Oh, Jawbone, when did you first go wrong?
Oh, Jawbone, where is it you belong?
Three time looser, you'll never learn
Lay down your tools before you burn
You keep on runnin' and hidin' your face
Spreadin' your heat all over the place
I'm a thief and I dig it
Upon a beef, I'm gonna rig it
I'm a thief and I dig it
Oh, Jawbone, why don't you sit and moan?
Oh, Jawbone, you know that it's stone for stone
Sneak through the night upon your toes
To look in your eye, it never shows
Your name upon the post office wall
Put you on edge 'cause they wrote it too small
I'm a thief and I dig it
Upon a beef, I'm gonna rig it
I'm a thief and I dig it
Oh, Jawbone, revenge stays on your mind
Oh, Jawbone, you been doin' too much time
Pull off a job with an inside man
Who needs the cash and likes your plan
Then you will know just who to thank
When you land right back in the tank
I'm a thief and I dig it
I'm upon a beef, I'm gonna rig it
I'm a thief and I dig it
Oh, Jawbone, why don't you go on home?
Oh, Jawbone, where is it you belong?
Boostin', goin' out on the Lam
You know that you'll steal anything that you can
Temptation stands just behind that door
So what you wanna go and open it for?
I'm a thief and I dig it
Upon a beef, I'm gonna rig it
Stopped by a diner, and the blond behind the counter
Asked if she could help in any way
I could tell by her smile, her number I could dial
If i was in the need of company
I asked her for some Java
Instead she brought a cup of chickory
A taste of Java, is like a volcanic rush
Nobody's gonna stop me from drinkin too much
Costs many more than you care to pay
But money is nothin, compared to a fired-up day
Don't try to cheat, it's impossible to beat
the only pick-me-up that's here to stay
Java Blues ... coffee's got me
Java Blues ... coffee coffee coffee
Java Blues ... well the coffee's got me
Java Blues ... coffee coffee coffee
You know that I'll stay high
Drinkin coffee till I die
Java blues
Won't you boil me water ... fill up my cup
You know it takes alot to keep me up
Down in Bolivia ... the people are insane
They want as much for Java as they do for cocaine
Don't try to cheat, it's impossible to beat
The only pick-me-up that's here to stay
Java Blues ... coffee's got me
Java Blues ... coffee coffee coffee
Java Blues ... you don't know what it does to me
Java Blues ... coffee coffee coffee
You know that I'll stay high
Drinkin coffee till I die
The general rode for sixteen days
The horses were thirsty and tired
On the trail of a renegade chief
One he'd come to admire
The soldiers hid behind the hills
That surrounded the village
And he rode down to warn the chief
They'd come to conquer and pillage
Lay down your arms
Lay down your spear
The chief's eyes were sad
But showed no sign of fear
(chorus)
It is a good day to die
Oh my children dry your eyes
It is a good day to die
He spoke of the days before the white man came
With his guns and whisky
He told of a time a long time ago
Before what you call history
The general couldn't believe his words
Nor the look on his face
But he knew these people would rather die
Then have to live in this disgrace
What law have I broken
What wrong have I done
That makes you want to bury me
Upon this trail of blood
(chorus)
We cared for the land and the land cared for us
And that's the way it's always been
Never asked for more never asked too much
And now you tell me this is the end
I laid down my weapon
Laid down my bow
Now you want to drive me out
With no place left to go
(chorus)
And he turned to his people and said dry your eyes
We've been blessed and we are thankful
Raise your voices to the sky
Welcome to my country
Welcome to my home
You could stay forever
You won't leave it alone
Welcome to the bush
Take what you may need
When shove comes to push
You want me to leave
CHORUS:
I can't let go of the painted desert
I can't let go of the old way
I can't let go of the homeland
It's in the blood I can't let go
I can stand up through your destruction
My voice will tremble
My hands will shake
Yes I can stand up through your destruction
I won't break
I won't break
I could hear the voices
I could hear the voices
I could hear the voices
Coming through the night
CHORUS
Sweat it out, sweat it out
Let it out, let it out
Sweat it out
Let it out
Get it outa my head
CHORUS:
I can't let go of the painted desert
I can't let go of the old way
I can't let go of the ancient ways
It's in the blood I can't let go
it's in the blood
Once I walked through the halls of a station
Someone called your name
In the streets I heard children laughing
They all sound the same
Wonder could you ever know me
Know the reason why I live?
Is there nothing you can show me
Life seems so little to give
Once I climbed up the face of a mountain
And ate the wild fruit there
Fell asleep until the moonlight woke me
And I could taste your hair
Isn't everybody dreaming?
Then the voice I hear is real
Out of all the idle scheming
Can't we have something to feel?
Once upon a time, they used me indeed
Tomorrow never came
I could sing the sound of your laughter
Still I don't know your name
Must be some way to repay you
Out of all the good you gave
If a rumor should delay you
Blues stay away from me
Blues why don't you let me be
I don't know why you keep a-hauntin' me
True love was never meant for me
True love was never meant for me
It seems somehow we never can agree
My life is full of misery
And dreams are like a memory
They're bringing back your love that used to be
I got a teardrops so many I can't see
And years don't mean a thing to me
But time goes by and still I can't be free
Blues stay away from me
You hear me, blues why don't you let me be
I don't know why you keep a-haunting me
No, I don't know why you keep a-haunting me
I never thought I'd need you
But now I find I'm wrong.
D D7
Come on back, sweet mama,
C G
Back where you belong.
I've gambled over this town
And find that I can't win,
D D7 G
Come on back and pick me up again.
Chorus:
B C D7 D (B,C,D can be played as single notes.)
Now if I lose,
Let me lose.
I don't care
How much I lose.
If I lose a hundred dollars,
While I'm tryin' to win a dime,
D D7 G
My baby, she got money all the time.
Of all the other girls I know,
None can take your place,
Cause when I get into a jam,
They just ain't in the race.
So come on back home, babe,
Let's take another round,
With you here by my side, baby,
The deal just can't go down.
Well, I'm ready, I'm willing and I'm able
To rock and roll all night
I'm ready, I'm willing and I'm able
To rock and roll all night
Come on, pretty baby
We're gonna rock it, gonna roll it
Till tomorrow night
'Cause I'm ready, uh, huh, huh
And I'm willing, uh, huh, huh
I'm willing and I'm able
So you better come and go with me
We're gonna rock and roll
Until tomorrow about three
Talking on the phone is not my speed
Don't send me no letters 'cause I can't read
Don't be long 'cause I'll be gone
We're gonna rock and roll all night long
'Cause I'm ready and I'm willing and I'm able
To rock and roll all night
I'm ready, I'm willing and I'm able
To rock and roll all night
Come on, pretty baby
We're gonna rock it, gonna roll it
Till tomorrow night
Talking on the phone is not my speed
Don't send me no letters 'cause I can't read
Don't be long 'cause I'll be gone
We're gonna rock and roll all night long
Well, I'm ready, I'm willing and I'm able
To rock and roll all night
I'm ready, I'm willing and I'm able
To rock and roll all night
Come on, pretty baby
We're gonna rock it, gonna roll it
I can't wheel
I can't deal
Since you walked out on me, yeah
Holy smoke, what you doing to me, me?
I can't eat
And I can't sleep
Since you walked out on me, yeah
Holy cow, what you doing, child, child?
Holy cow, what you doing, child?
What you doing, what you doing, child?
Holy smoke, well, it ain't no joke
No joke, hey, hey, hey
First my boss
The job I lost
Since you walked out on me, yeah
Holy smoke, what you doing to me, me?
Walking the ledge
Nerves on edge
Since you walked out on me, yeah
Holy cow, what you doing to me, child?
Holy cow, what you doing, child?
What you doing, what you doing, child?
Holy smoke, well, it ain't no joke
No joke, hey, hey, hey
Holy cow, what you doing, child?
What you doing, what you doing, child?
Holy smoke, well, it ain't no joke
The sun was going down
Over Echo Park
Wet raven hair
Glowing in the dark
And that's when the fever would rise
And lord what a look in her eyes
From the moment that she blows out the light
We'd be lost in the forever night
Chorus:
Hold back the dawn
Hold back the dawn
Won't you raise up your hand
And hold back the dawn
I dreamt if I could lay you upon this
bed of straw
We may break the rules but we don't
break the law
Come across but the river's too wide
Come across but the river's too high
Over by the fountain where we meet
I will lay silver roses at your feet
Chorus
Now I have seen a painting
Old and hanging in a frame
And that painting was of you
Now how can you explain
From another place in time
Done many years ago
Why I'm haunted by this vision
Guess we'll never know
Then she turned and whispered in my ear
Can you feel my heart beat
Chorus
Won't you raise
Won't you raise up
Won't you raise up your hand
And hold back the dawn
There was a chill that night in the hobo jungle
Over the train yard lay a smooth coat of frost
And although nobody here really knows where they're goin'
At the very same time nobody's lost
In the fire went out and the night grew still
This old man lay frozen on the cold, cold ground
He was a stray bird and the road was his callin'
Ridin' the rods, sleepin' under the stars
Playin' the odds from a rollin' box car
She attended the funeral in the hobo jungle
Long were they lovers though never could they wed
Drifters and rounders and little distant friends
Here I lie without anger or regret, I'm in no one's debt
Man goes nowhere, everything comes like tomorrow
But she took that last ride there by his side
He spent his whole life pursuing the horizon
Ridin' the rods, sleepin' under the stars
He don't love you and he'll break your heart
Just like you're breaking mine
Then he'll take all of your love
And leave you behind
I know the name of his game
Says sweet words like falling rain
Do you believe that he loves you?
Do you really think that he loves you?
Girl I just want you to know
He don't love you and he'll break your heart
He got money and a big fine car
He'll buy your heart's desire
But pretty soon he'll put you down
Put your feet flat on the ground
Stick with me, stay with me
We'll have love the way it ought to be
Do you believe that he loves you?
Do you really think that he loves you?
Girl I just want to tell you
He don't love you and he'll break your heart
Make you cry telling lies
I hope you'll realize mmmm...
He don't love you and he'll break your heart
Just like I said he'd do
Then you'll finally find out
He don't care for you
You didn't know which way to go
But like I told you woman long time ago
Do you believe that he loves you?
Do you really think that he loves you?
Oh you can't believe that he loves you
Oh he'll put you down
Havana moon
Havana moon
Havana moon
Havana moon
All alone with a jug of rum
Sittin' waiting for the boat to come
Along the line they quietly dock
The boat she's late since twelve o-clock
And watch the tides come breezing in
Below the moon but high they went
Havana moon
Havana moon
Havana moon
Havana moon
Still all alone, I open a rum
I wonder when the boat should come
American girl comes back to me
We sail away across the sea
The dock in New York, the building is high
We'll find a home up in the sky
Havana moon
Havana moon
Havana moon
Havana moon
Still all alone, sipping on a rum
Still wonder when the boat should come
And bring my love, oh sweet little thing
She rocks 'n' rolls, she can dance and sing
She holds me tight, and she touches my lips
I had the clothes, and my heart she flips
Havana moon
Havana moon
Havana moon
Mama, she done told me
She didn't like this rock and roll
But mama, mama, please
Mama, you just don't know
I don't want to hang up my rock and roll shoes
I don't want to hang up my rock and roll shoes
I get an old time feeling
Every time I hear the blues
They told me, "Get a job
And set yourself a goal"
But can't they understand
I just want to rock and roll
I don't want to hang up my rock and roll shoes
I don't want to hang up my rock and roll shoes
Something happens to me
Every time I hear the blues
I will do my homework
I'll clean the yard every day
I will even do the dishes
I'll do anything you say
That say that rock and roll
It'll soon fade away
But I just want to tell you
Rock and roll is here to stay
I don't want to hang up my rock and roll shoes
I don't want to hang up my rock and roll shoes
I get a good time feeling
Every time I hear the blues
Some might even say
It put the devil in my soul
But that's a bunch of shit
I just want to rock and roll
I don't want to hang up my rock and roll shoes
I don't want to hang up my rock and roll shoes
My feets got to move now
I think I'll go on back to Shenandoah
She said that she'd meet me by the fork in the road
I jump start my one eyed Ford
I'm heading for the pow-wow
I follow red path that leads to you
(chorus)
I gave my love a golden feather
I gave my love a heart of stone
And when you find a golden feather
It means you'll never lose your way back home
Should I paint my face
Should I pierce my skin
Does this make me a pagan
Sweating out my sins
We ate the sacred mushroom
And waded in the water
Howling like coyotes
At the naked moon
(chorus)
In the autumn night
When there's no wind blowin'
I could hear the stars falling in the dark
When you find what's worth keeping
With a breath of kindness
Blow the rest away
I'm going down to Rose Marie's
She never does me wrong
She puts it to me plain as day
And gives it to me for a song
It's a wicked life but what the hell
How everybody's got to eat
And I'm just the same as anyone else
When it comes to scratching for my meat
Goin' to Acapulco, goin' on the run
Goin' down to see some girl
Goin' to have some fun, yeah
Goin' to have some fun
Now whenever I get up
And can't find what I need
I just make it down to Rose Marie's
And get something quick to eat
It's not about way to make a living
And I ain't complanin' none
But I can plough my plum and drink my rum
And then go on home and have my fun
Goin' to Acapulco, goin' on the run
Goin' down to see some girl
Goin' to have some fun, yeah
Goin' to have some fun
Now, if someone offers me a joke
I just say, "No thanks"
I try to tell it like it is
And keep away from pranks
Well, other time you know when the well breaks down
I just go pump on it some
Rose Marie, she likes to go to big places
And just sit there waitin' for me to come
Goin' to Acapulco, goin' on the run
Goin' down to see some girl
Goin' to have some fun, yeah
Hide in the bayou under the gun
Been to the house of the rising sun
Come down here trying to make a connection
Must have a bad sense of direction
Chorus:
Go back go back to your woods
Go back go back go back to your woods
Carry a torch and an old stiletto
The sound of thunder all over the ghetto
One-eyed jacks and king with the axe
Come from the wrong side of the tracks
Chorus
When the night goes down on Storyville
If the women don't get ya, the music will
Catch a thrill
You come down here in a four piece suit
Pork pie hat and the alligator boots
Keep jerking rabbits outta your hat
Now can ya pull a disappearing act
Chorus
When the night goes down on Storyville
If the women don't get ya, the music will
Catch a thrill
Intro: D A/c# Bm G D G Em A
D A/c# Bm G D G A D
G D A Bm G D Asus A
G D A Bm G D A D (play twice)
G D A Bm
They come to me and they start to cry
G D Asus A
Say you gotta do something about that guy
G D A Bm
They say take this sword, I say thanks a lot
G D A D
But I do alright with this sling I got
G D A Bm
Someone gimme a stone, gimme a stone, gimme a stone
G D Asus A
Someone gimme a stone, gimme a stone
G D
Stone that I can hold
A Bm
Stone that I can throw
G D A D
Someone gimme a stone, someone gimme a stone
Never had to fight such a real big man
Just gimme a stone and Iæ£l do what I can
See how he laughs when I put out his eye
And there heæ£l fall and there heæ£l die
Someone gimme a stone ...
G D
Absalom, Absalom
A Bm
Would I die for you my son
G D
I would have it all undone
Asus A
The way it all came down
G D
When I look at you my son
A Bm
I see myself when I was young
G D
Saddest thing I ever done
A D
Was put you in the ground
Crow has brought the message
to the children of the sun
for the return of the buffalo
and for a better day to come
You can kill my body
You can damn my soul
for not believing in your god
and some world down below
You don't stand a chance
against my prayers
You don't stand a chance
against my love
They outlawed the Ghost Dance
but we shall live again,
we shall live again
My sister above
She has red paint
She died at Wounded Knee
like a later day saint
You got the big drum in the distance
blackbird in the sky
That's the sound that you hear
when the buffalo cry
You don't stand a chance
against my prayers
You don't stand a chance
against my love
They outlawed the Ghost Dance
but we shall live again,
we shall live again
Crazy Horse was a mystic
He knew the secret of the trance
And Sitting Bull the great apostle
of the Ghost Dance
Come on Comanche
Come on Blackfoot
Come on Shoshone
Come on Cheyenne
We shall live again
Come on Arapaho
Come on Cherokee
Come on Paiute
Come on Sioux
Get up Jake, it's late in the mornin'
The rain is pourin', we got work to do
Get up Jake, there's no need a lyin'
You tell me that you're dyin' but I know it's not true
Now, me and Jake, we work down on the river
On the ferry Baltimore
And when Jake don't rise up in the mornin'
People lined up all along the shore
Get up Jake, it's late in the mornin'
The rain is pourin', we got work to do
Get up Jake, there's no need a lyin'
You tell me that you're dyin' but I know it's not true
Crap game will take you to the cleaners
Rye whiskey to the grave
River Woman, don't you come no closer
'Cause me and Jake got no time to save, oh, oh
Get up Jake, it's late in the mornin'
The rain is pourin', we got work to do
Get up Jake, there's no need a lyin'
You tell me that you're dyin' but I know it's not true
Dirty Dan, he came up from Savannah
Carried a mean streak in his eye
Now, him and Jake both wanted Annabella
I guess one man here has got to die
Get up Jake, it's late in the mornin'
The rain is pourin', we got work to do
Get up Jake and no need a yin'
Georgia, hmm Georgia the whole day through
There's that old sweet song that keeps you Georgia, on my mind
Oh Georgia, hmm Georgia, the song of you
Comes as sweet and clear just like moonlight through the pines
Other arms reach out for me
And other eyes have smile tenderly
But still in peaceful dreams I see
That the road, the road leads back to you
Oh hey Georgia, ooh Georgia, no peace, no peace I find
And there's still this old sweet song that keeps you, Georgia, on my mind
There's that old sweet song that keeps you, Georgia, on my mind
May God bless and keep you always
May your wishes all come true
May you always do for others
And let others do for you
May you build a ladder to the stars
Climb on every rung
And may you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young
May you grow up to be righteous
May you grow up to be true
May you always know the truth
And see the lights surrounding you
May you always be courageous
Stand upright and be strong
And may you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young
May your hands always be busy
May your feet always be swift
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift
May your heart always be joyful
May your song always be sung
And may you stay, yeah, forever young
Forever young, forever young
High and lonesome out on Times Square
Haven't got a dime, ain't got a prayer
Deliver us, Lord, from this golden calf
People only want what they cannot have
Forbidden fruit
That's the fruit that you'd better not taste
Forbidden fruit
You've got one life that you'd better not waste
How can I walk with this ball and chain?
How can I land in this hurricane?
Or is this part of man's evolution
To be torn between truth and illusion?
Forbidden fruit
That's the route that you'd better not take
Forbidden fruit
Just watch out for the sign of the snake
You got the picture but missed the drift
About me workin' the graveyard shift
I never went in for no burglary
But there's a stranger inside of me
Forbidden fruit
Don't you shoot the whole works away
Forbidden fruit
It's too high of a price to pay
Little brother got caught in the web
He ran off and joined the living dead
Been through the mill, seen the cross on the hill
He sold his soul just for a thrill
Forbidden fruit
In hot pursuit out on a limb
Forbidden fruit
Your whole world is closing in
How can you hear with a bad connection?
You can't see when there's no reception
Just keep your distance, don't fool with taboo
'Cause it'll overtake and undertake you
Forbidden fruit
That's the fruit that you'd better not taste
Forbidden fruit
Ferdinand standing in the tower
Thinkin' how to get the power
Empress knows that it would cost her
For Ferdinand The Impostor
Came to me to make a deal
Dressed like General Butterfield
Couldn't wait to thank him for
The stuffed birds and rubber door
Donated to him from the poor
It's just his game
And he carries no shame
But he done nobody wrong
He knew he didn't belong
But he went along
Looking to see if there's somebody
Else he'd like to be
Benny the Barber, Luke and me
Passed out tickets cautiously
To see the burning of the soup
Down at Lucy's chicken coop
Then of course Ferdinand
Started out doing Charlie Chan
That last atlas honky's fall
He says he's gonna do them all
A voice just said he's not for real
But it's just his game
And he carries no shame
But he done nobody wrong
He knew he didn't belong
But he went along
Lookin' to see if there's somebody
Else he'd like to be, mainly free
It's hard, oh, don't you know?
To be somebody that you don't even know
But he's friendly, yes he's kind
I can't help wonderin'
Why they'd want to change his mind?
I got a message in the mail
Ferdinand was thrown in jail
I left the snow with Abigail
Went on down to fix his bail
Locked in a gunny sack
His hands were tied behind his back
He claimed he was a Doukhobor
But they never heard of that in Baltimore
The police said
He'd better go home
And he went back alone
Back to the snow
But still he done nobody wrong
He just didn't belong but he went along
Lookin' to see if there's somebody
Are you out there
Can you hear me
Can you see me in the dark
I don't believe it's all for nothing
It's not just written in the sand
Sometimes I thought you felt too much
And you crossed into the shadowland
And the river was overflowing
And the sky was fiery red
You gotta play the hand that's dealt ya
That's what the old man always said
Fallen Angel
Casts a shadow up against the sun
If my eyes could see
The spirit of the chosen one
In my dream the pipes were playing
In my dream I lost a friend
Come down Gabriel and blow your horn
'Cause some day we will meet again
Fallen Angel
Casts a shadow up against the sun
If my eyes could see
The spirit of the chosen one
All the tears
All the rage
All the blues in the night
If my eyes could see
You kneeling in the silver light
Fallin', fallin', fallin' down
Fallin', fallin' down
Fallin', fallin', fallin' down
Fallin', fallin' down
Fallen Angel
Casts a shadow up against the sun
If my eyes could see
The spirit of the chosen one
All the tears
All the rage
All the blues in the night
If my eyes could see
You kneeling in the silver light
If you're out there can you touch me
Can you see me I don't know
If you're out there can you reach me
Take a silver dollar and put it in your pocket never let it slip away
Always be a man not a boy gone astray, astray
When you get half crazy from the August heat or on a frozen
Rotted road, with no one to complain to about your achin' feet
You're gonna walk that endless highway
Walk that highway till you die
All you children goin' my way
Better tell your home life sweet goodbye
When I see a detour up ahead I leave it far behind
Who knows what you're apt to find there
With the cost of livin', and the price of dying'
Look like to me this time I wont be buyin'
You're gonna walk that endless highway
Walk that highway till you die
All you children goin' my way
Better tell your home life sweet goodbye
When they get a scapegoat by the throat
It's hard labor and cold beans if you get away
You'll be eatin' from the poison peanut machine
I sing by night, wander by day
I'm on the road and it looks like I'm here to stay
You're gonna walk that endless highway
Walk that highway till you die
All you children goin' my way
Better tell your home life sweet goodbye
Goodbye
Chorus:
I'm driftin' away
Down a long dark highway
I looked back once
I can't look anymore
And if you find me
On some lonesome shore
You wouldn't have
To look for more
You touched a dream
You broke a heart
Now wasn't that a shame
Heaven must know
I gave all i could
Can't give you more
Please don't stand outside
Of my door
Chorus:
I'm driftin' away
Down a long dark highway
I looked back once
I can't look anymore
And if you find me
On some lonesome shore
You wouldn't have
To look for more
You call on the phone
You say you're alone
What am i supposed
To do about that
Words they can cut
Cut deep like a knife
Right to the core
Please don't stand outside
Of my door
Chorus:
I'm driftin' away
Down a long dark highway
I looked back once
I can't look anymore
And if you find me
On some lonesome shore
You wouldn't have
To look for more
Don't write me a letter
I don't want to know
Don't say you've found
Somebody new
If it's somebody else
Don't tell me who, why, or
What for
Please
Don't stand
Outside of my door
Chorus:
I'm driftin' away
Down a long dark highway
I looked back once
I can't look anymore
And if you find me
On some lonesome shore
You wouldn't have
To look for more
And if you find me
On some lonesome shore
You wouldn't have
Yes, I went down to the river on a Saturday morn
I was lookin' around just to see who is born
I found a little chicken, down on his knees
I went up and yelled to him, "Please, please, please"
She said, "Don't ya tell, Henry, don't ya tell, Henry
Don't ya tell, Henry, Apple's got your fly"
Yes, I went down to the beanery at half past twelve
I was lookin' around, just to see myself
I looked high an' low an' I looked above
But who did I see but the one I love
She said, "Now, don't ya tell, Henry, don't ya tell, Henry
Don't ya tell, Henry, Apple's got your fly"
Yeah, I went down to the [Incomprehensible] house the other night
I was lookin' around, I was outta sight
I looked at that horse an' a snoring mule
I looked for a cow and I saw me a few
They said, "Don't ya tell, Henry, don't ya tell, Henry
Don't ya tell, Henry, Apple's got your fly"
Yeah, I went down to the river on a Saturday morn
I lookin' around just to see who was born
I found a little chicken, a-down on his knees
I went up and yelled to him, "Please, please, please"
She said, "Don't ya tell, Henry, don't ya tell Henry
Baby don't you do it, don't do it
Don't you break my heart
Pleeeeease don't do it, don't you break my heart
A sacrifice would make you happy if nothing for myself
Now you wanna leave me for the love of someone else
My pride is all gone whether I'm right or wrong
I need you baby to keep on keepin' on
You know I'm trying to my best
Oh i'm trying to do my best
Don't do it, don't you break my heart
Pleeeeease don't do it, don't you break my heart
My biggest mistake was loving you too much and letting you know
Now you got me where you want me and you won't let me go
If my heart was made of glass well then you'd surely see
How much heartache and misery, girl, you've been causing me
While I've been trying to do my best
Well I've tried to do my best
Don't do it, don't you break my heart
Pleeeeease don't do it, don't you break my heart
Go down to the river and there I be
I'm gonna jump in girl, but you don't care bout me
Open up your eyes
Can't ya see I love ya?
Open up you heart, girl
Can't ya see I need ya?
Oh baby don't do it, do it, do it
Don't you break my heart
Pleeeeease don't do it don't you break my heart
My biggest mistake was loving you too much and letting you know
Now you got me where you want me and you won't let me go
If my heart was made of glass well then you'd surely see
How much heartache and misery, girl, you've been causing me
While I've been trying to do my best
You know I've tried to do my best
Don't do it, don't you break my heart
In this dusty little railroad town
Smack in the heart of the bible belt
Where nothing ever changes
While nothing remains the same
When first I saw the raven
Lean against the wind
I said who's the girl
With the tattoo on her skin
I followed her home
She lives down by the water
My friend Teddy told me
She's the Frenchman's daughter
On this day of reckoning
I'm riding shotgun with you
Tangled twisted strands of love
Hanging from above
Chorus:
I'm burnin for you
Burnin for you
We were first time lovers
In a secret rendezvous
Burnin, burnin
Burnin for you
When I come knocking on her front door
The neighbour said she don't live there no more
Well she moved from the country
down to the city
Where the scene was dark
And the street was gritty
In the hustle and bustle and all the commotion
She got addicted to the locomotion
On this day of reckoning
By the old wooden bridge
I wait for you
Tangled twisted strands of love
Hanging from above
Chorus
I remember the smell of the burning leaves
And we were making love
She was like a young Georgia O'Keefe
From another time
In an old abandoned railroad shack
On should never go
Where anything can happen
When the zephyr blows
On this day of reckoning
I'm calling to you
Tangled twisted strands of love
Hanging from above
Chorus
The phone rings she said
I can't tell you where I'm calling from
Cause my papa's on the lam
For something shady that he's done
There hangs a tale of love
For the first time
Davy's on the road again
Wearin' different clothes again
Davy's turning handouts down
To keep his pockets clean
All his goods are sold again
His word's as good as gold again
Sez if you see Jean now ask her please to pity me
Jean and I we moved along
Since the day - down in the hollow
When the mind went driftin' on
And the feet were soon to follow
Davy's on the road again
Wearin' different clothes again
Davy's turning handouts down
To keep his pockets clean
Sayin' his goodbyes again
Wheels are in his eyes again
Sez if you see Jean now ask her please to pity me
Downtown in the big town
Gonna set you back on your heels
With a mouth full of memories
And a lot of stickers for my windshield
Shut the door
Cut the light
Davy want be home tonight
You can wait till the dawn rolls in
You won't see our Davy again
Davy's on the road again
Wearin' different clothes again
Davy's turning handouts down
To keep his pockets clean
Sayin' his goodbyes again
Wheels are in his eyes again
Sez if you see Jean now ask her please to pity me
Downtown in the big town
Gonna set you back on your heels
With a mouth full of memories
And a lot of stickers for my windshield
Shut the door
Cut the light
Davy want be home tonight
You can wait till the dawn rolls in
Never gonna kiss those ruby red lips
Of the sweetest girl in town.
I'm never gonna ask her if she'll marry me
'Cause I know she'll turn me down.
Because I'm just a country boy
And money have I none
Oh, but I've got silver, silver in the stars
And gold in the morning sun
Never could afford no store-bought ring
With a sparkly diamond stone.
All I have to offer is a love that's true,
It's the only one I own.
And I'm just a country boy
And money, money have I none.
Oh, but I've got silver, silver in the stars
And gold in the morning sun.
Ain't gonna marry in the fall,
Never gonna marry in the spring
'Cause I am in love with a pretty little girl
That wears a diamond ring.
And I'm, I'm just a country boy
And money, money have I none.
Oh, but I've got silver, silver in the stars
After a while we took in the clothes
Nobody said very much
Just some old wild shirts and a couple pairs of pants
Which nobody really wanted to touch
Mama came in and picked up a book
An' papa asked her what it was
Someone else asked, "What do you care?"
Papa said, "Well, just because?"
Then they started to take back their clothes
Hang 'em on the line
It was January the thirtieth
And everybody was feelin' fine
That next day everybody got up
Seein' if the clothes were dry
The dogs were barking, a neighbor passed
Mama, of course, she said, "Hi"
"Have you heard the news?" he said with a grin
"The Vice President's gone mad"
"Where?", "Downtown", "When?", "Last night"
"Hmm, say, that's too bad"
"Well, there's nothing we can do about it", said the neighbor
"It's just something we're gonna have to forget"
"Yes, I guess so", said Ma
Then she asked me if the clothes was still wet
I reached up, touched my shirt
And the neighbor said, "Are those clothes yours?"
I said, "Some of them, not all of them"
He said, "Ya always help out around here with the chores?"
I said, "Sometime, not all the time"
Then my neighbor he blew his nose
Just as papa yelled outside
"Mama wants you to come back in the house
And bring them clothes"
Well, I just do what I'm told, so I did it, of course
I went back in the house and mama met me
Come down to the manger, see the little stranger
Wrapped in swaddling clothes, the prince of peace
The wheels start turning, torches start burning
And the whole wise men journey from the east
How a little baby boy bring the people so much joy
Son of a carpenter, Mary carried the light
This must be Christmas, must be tonight
A shepherd on the hillside, went over my flock I bide
On a cold winter night, a band of Angels sing
In a dream I heard a voice say, "Fear not, come rejoice
It's the end of the beginning, praise the new born King"
How a little baby boy bring the people so much joy
Son of a carpenter, Mary carried the light
This must be Christmas, must be tonight
I saw it with my own eyes, written up in the skies
But why a simple herdsmen such as I
And then it came to pass, he was born at last
Right below the star that shines on high
How a little baby boy bring the people so much joy
Son of a carpenter, Mary carried the light
This must be Christmas, must be tonight
Son of a carpenter, Mary carried the light
This must be Christmas, must be tonight
Be tonight, be tonight
Be tonight, be tonight
We n' de ya ho, We n' de ya ho,
We n' de ya, We n' de ya Ho ho ho ho,
He ya ho, He ya ho, Ya ya ya
Translation - We n' de ya ho
Freely translated: "A we n'" (I am), "de" (of), "Yauh" --the-- (Great Spirit), "Ho" (it is so).
Written as: A we n' de Yauh ho (I am of the Great Spirit, Ho!).
Change is then, change is now
Change is what, change is how
Change is this and change is that
Change is where change is at
Change is good
Change is yes, change is no
Change is everywhere you go
Change is right, change is wrong
Change is here, change is gone
Change is good
You can change your life
Find a new way to go
You can change your world
You don't even know
Life's a long road
Lighten up your load
Change is good
You can run but you can't hide
From the things you feel inside
You can laugh or you can cry
Kiss all your tears goodbye
All you got to do
Is try and try you should
Change is good
Change is high, change is low
Changes come and changes go
Change is this and change is that
Change is where change is at
Change is good
You can pine your life away
Let others pass you by
You can climb a mountain high
Like an eagle in the sky
All you got to do
Is try and try you should
Change is good
Change is never done
Something better has begun
A change is gonna come
Sometimes life can hit so hard
It can knock you off your feet
Leave you stranded by the side of the road
Livin' on the street
I've been down that path before
From the bottom to the top
I kept pushin' for something more
And I didn't know how to stop
Save me from the madness
Save me from myself
Save me from the sadness
Of losing someone else
Carry me carry me
Carry me carry me
Carry me home
Carry me home
When I'm down
You lift me up
When I'm out you reel me in
You have come to change my blood
Forgive me for my sins
Carry me carry me
Carry me carry me
Carry me home
Carry me home
Save me from the darkness
Save me from the hardness
Carry me carry me
Carry me home
Just the other night
I saw a haunted man
He had a beautiful raincoat
I felt a pain of terrific sadness for him
Then I realized I was watching myself
Six months down the road
You know God
Only gives you
The things you sort out
Never the big stuff
That way he can make sure
That you stick around until
The end of the party
Carry me carry me
Carry me carry me
Carry me home
Carry me home
Save me from the darkness
Save me from the hardness
Carry me carry me
Carry me carry me
She reads the leaves and she leads the life
That she learned so well from the old wives
And it's so strange to arrange it
You know I would not change it
But hear me if you're near me, can I just rearrange it?
The watchman covers me with his remedy
I can't see and it's hard to feel
I think his magic might be real
And I can't get to you from your garden gate
You know it's always locked by the magistrate
And he don't care why you cry
You know he thinks it's just a lie
To get out, I don't doubt that you'd make a try
And if the good times get you through
I know the dogs won't bother you
We'll be gone in moonshine time
I've got a place they'll never find
You know I do believe in your hexagram
But can you tell me how they all knew the plan?
Now, did you trip or slip on their gifts?
You know we're just a con
You knew it, so why did you do it?
I've been hiding in the dark
So now, I must be on my way
I guess you really have to stay
Inside the mission laws
G D
Who else is gonna bring you
Em C
A broken arrow
G D
Who else is gonna bring you
Em C
A bottle of rain
G Em F C
There he goes, moving across the water
G Em F C
There he goes turning my whole
world around
Do you feel what I feel
D G Em
Can we make that so it's part of the deal
C /d G /f#
I gotta hold you in these arms of steel
Em D D7
Lay your heart on the line ... this time
I wanna breathe when you breathe
When you whisper like that hot
summer breeze
Count the beads of sweat that cover me
Didn't you show me a sign, this time
Who else is gonna bring you
A broken arrow
Who else is gonna bring you
A bottle of rain
There he goes, moving across the water
There he goes turning my whole
world around
Can you see what I see
Can you cut behind the mystery
I will meet you by the witness tree
Leave the whole world behind
I want to come when you call
I'll get to you if I have to crawl
They can't hold me with these iron walls
We've got mountains to climb
Who else is gonna bring you
A broken arrow
Who else is gonna bring you
A bottle of rain
There he goes, moving across the water
There he goes turning my whole
I tried to reach you
On Valentine's Day
But how can I reach you
When you're so far away
Don't make me a victim
Don't make me the clown
With my arms reaching out
And my head hanging down
Chorus:
We can't go on
Touching the flame
Breakin the rules
Of the game
I bring you this cross
I carved out of wood
I'm just trying to tell you
That I'd change if I could
Grew up on the west side
Never even been to the east side
Don't know what they do with their lives
Over there - over there
We can't go on
Hiding the pain
Breakin the rules
Of the game
We can't go on
Living in shame
Breakin the rules
Brainwash..what a price to pay
Brainwash..when there ain't no other way
Crossed ideas and twisted fear
Chosen channels of a million tears
Strains the mind, night after night
And the price ain't really right
Brainwash..on the road to a cosmic spark
Rub ya and scrub ya until you're raw
Snake oils on the boil
And the master pitch is in a coil
Give it up with your hands in the air
No way you're ever goin nowhere
Brainwash..pick yourself up off the ground
Brainwash..saddle up on the merry-go-round
There once was a colt and they called it Morris
And it could not stop the flying horse
Thoroughbred on the wings of reason
Past the sky..the masterpiece of freedom
Old man go to the river
To drop his bale of woes
He could go if he wanted to
It's just a boat to row you know, whoa
listen to me now...
Chorus:
Blue river keep right on rollin'
All along the shoreline
Keep us safe from the deep
And the dark
We don't want to stray too far
I spent the day with my old dog mo
Walkin' down an old dirt road
What he's thinkin' about
I don't know
But for him i bet the time
Just goes so slow
He's just a dog you know
Listen to me now...
Chorus:
Blue river keep right on rollin'
All along the shoreline
Keep us safe from the deep
And the dark
Don't want to stray too far
Young man stands with his ax in his hand
Believin' that the crops are all in
Firewood stacked ten by ten
For the wife, the folks, the kids
And all of the kin
And a friend...
Chorus:
Blue river keep right on rollin'
All along the shoreline
keep us safe from the deep
And the dark
We don't want to stray too far
We don't want to stray too far
Seen the arrow on the door post
Saying, "This land is condemned"
All the way
From New Orleans to Jerusalem
I traveled through East Texas
Where many martyrs fell
And I know one thing, nobody can sing
Them blues like blind Willie McTell
Well, I heard the hoot-owl singing
As they were taking down the tents
The stars above all the barren trees
Were his only audience
Yeah, them charcoal gypsy maidens
Can strut their feathers well
And I know one thing, nobody can sing
Them blues like blind Willie McTell
See them big plantations a-burning
Can't you hear the cracking of the whips?
Smell that sweet magnolia blossom blooming
See the ghosts of the slavery ships
Well, I can hear them tribes a-moanin'
I can hear the undertaker's bell
And I know one thing, nobody can sing
Them blues like blind Willie McTell
There's a woman, she's standing by the river
She is with some fine young handsome man
See he's all dressed just like a squire
He's got bootleg whiskey in his hand
Yeah, there's a chain-gang out on the highway
And I can hear them rebels yell
And I know one thing, nobody can sing
Them blues like blind Willie McTell
God, oh God is in Heaven
And we all want what is His
But the power and greed, the corruptible seed
Seems to be all that there is
Hey, hey, I'm a-gazing out the window
Of the St. James Hotel
And I know one thing, nobody can sing
Them blues like blind Willie McTell
Hey, hey, I know one thing, nobody can sing
Chorus:
N.C. G
Let's go out (let's go out)
In a Blaze of Glory
G D
All good things must end
G C
Like three heros in a story
G D
Lets go out like we came in
In a Blaze of Glory
G C
Here we are, and we're broken-hearted
G D
Thought this love could never end
G C
Now we fell hard once we got started
G D G
Fallin' out like we fell in
(Chorus)
G C
Let's not try to hurt each other
G D
That could be a big mistake
G C
Let's just try to act like brothers
G D G
One more time for old-time's sake
I ain't no cowboy
I just look like one
And I ain't no prisoner
But I'm on the run from these chains
And I'm just between trains
I ain't no loner
I just work alone
There ain't no place
Where there's a home I could claim
And I'm still between trains
Still between trains
CHORUS
I've got to let it roll
I've got to let it ride
I can never show
What's really going on inside
If I'm too young to learn
Or too old to change
I guess I'll always be
Between trains
I ain't no soldier
But I've been to war
I done some killin'
All I kill anymore are these pains
And I'm just between trains
Just passin' through
Never stayed this long in one place
So when I'm gone just lay my remains
Somewhere between trains
Somewhere between trains
Bessie was more than just a friend of mine
We shared the good times with the bad
Now many a year has passed me by
I still recall the best thing I ever had
Now, I'm goin' down the road to see Bessie
Oh, see her soon
I'm just goin' down the road to see Bessie Smith
When I get there I'm wonderin' what she'll do
All the crazy things I had to try
Well, I tried them all and then some
But if you're lucky one day you'll find out
Where it is you're really comin' from
Now, I'm goin' down the road to see Bessie
Oh, see her soon
I'm just goin' down the road to see Bessie Smith
And when I get there I'm wonderin' what she'll do
Now in my day I've made some foolish moves
But back then, I didn't worry 'bout a thing
Now and again I still wonder to myself
Was it her sweet love or the way that she could sing
And now I'm goin' down the road to see Bessie
Oh, see her soon
I'm just goin' down the road to see Bessie Smith
I've told you once, now you should know
The reason that I'm coming down.
There ain't no time to repeat again;
Just need to bring it around.
We had a beautiful thing going,
You couldn't see things my way.
We had a beautiful thing going,
Something just got in our way.
And I told you once that it was rough.
I looked on you as my friend,
Because that did not seem to be good enough,
And now it's time to begin.
We've got a beautiful thing going,
I hope that's the way it will stay.
We've got a beautiful thing going,
Oh baby, why do you bacon fat?
Oh baby, why do you bacon fat?
Well, I told you what baby
I don't go for that
Well alright, yeah alright
Yeah, oh, bacon fat
Yeah, c'mon and do the
Bacon fat
Well alright, yeah alright
Oh, bacon fat
Yeah, c'mon and do the
Bacon fat
One more time, yeah
If I never saw you
You'd still live in my dreams
Calling out from stages
And music magazines
?If I were a painter
You'd be green and gold
Carved out of matches
But broken out of stone
?Taken from the fire of your fiddle
Words of unspoken, blinding truth
If I couldn't see it, I was lost in my youth
But I'm going back to Memphis - after you.
?If I could have seen you
With blood on your bones
Poison in your fingers
But music in your soul
?You could have been my lover
Taught me everything I know
But now we are your children
Your flowers in the snow
?But all you ever wanted was to see the heart of the city, oh
And all you ever got was hand to mouth
So I know you'll be walking for a long, long time
Cause you're going back to Memphis - heading South.
?Brothers till the night came
And whispered in the pines
Tempting me with secrets
To play a game with time
?Now I feel you in the walls
And I know you're in the air
And it's just like I can touch you
You're living everywhere
?But all you ever wanted was to be in the heart of the city, oh
And all you ever got was handed out
So I know we'll be walking for a long, long time
Cause we're going back to Memphis - heading South
Capo on 2nd Fret (below are just chord shapes), actual chords are:
(F#m=(Em), A=(G), D=(C), E=(D), E7=(D7), Bm=(Am))
Em G C G
Well, they blew up the chicken man in Philly last night
Em G C G
And they blew up his house, too.
Em G C G
Down on the boardwalk they're ready for a fight
Em G C G
Gonna see what them racket boys can do.
Em G C G
Now there's trouble busin' in from outta state
Em G C G
And the D.A. can't get no relief.
Em G C G
Gonna be a rumble on the promenade
Em G D
And the gamblin' commissioner's hangin' on by the skin of his teeth.
Em G C G
Everything dies, baby that's a fact
Em G C G
But maybe everything that dies some day comes back.
Em G C G
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty
Em G C G
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City.
Well, I got a job and I put my money away
But I got the kind of debts that no honest man can pay.
So I drew out what I had from the Central Trust
And I bought us two tickets on that Coast City bus.
Everything dies, baby that's a fact
But maybe everything that dies some day comes back.
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City.
Am C
Now our luck may have died and our love may be cold
D Em
But with you forever I'll stay.
Am C
We'll be goin' out where the sands turn to gold
D D7
But put your stockings on 'cause it might get cold.
Oh, everything dies, baby that's a fact
But maybe everything that dies some day comes back.
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City.
Now I've been a-lookin' for a job, but it's hard to find
There's winners and there's losers
And I am South of the line.
Well, I'm tired of gettin' caught out on the losin' end
But I talked to a man last night,
Gonna do a little favor for him.
Well, everything dies, baby that's a fact
But maybe everything that dies some day comes back.
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City.
Oh, meet me tonight in Atlantic City,
Old man sailin' in a dinghy boat down there
Old man down is baitin' a hook on there
Gonna pull man down on a suckling hook
Gonna pull man into the suckling brook
Oh yeah
Now he's underneath that apple suckling tree, oh yeah
Under that apple suckling tree, oh yeah
That's underneath that tree
There's gonna be just you and me
Underneath that apple suckling tree
Oh yeah
I push him back and I stand in line, oh yeah
Then I hush my Sadie and stand in line, oh yeah
Then I hush my Sadie and stand in line
I get on board in two-eyed time
Oh yeah
Under that apple suckling tree, oh yeah
Under that apple suckling tree, oh yeah
Underneath that tree
There's just gonna be you and me
Underneath that apple suckling tree
Oh yeah
Now who's on the table, who's to tell me? Oh yeah
Who's on the table, who's to tell me? Oh yeah
Who should I tell, oh, who should I tell?
The forty-nine of you like bats out of hell
To our elders who teach us of our creation and our past
So we may preserve mother earth for ancestors yet to come
We are the land
To our brothers and sisters and all living things across mother earth
Her beauty we've destroyed
And denied the honor the Creator has given each individual
The truth lies in our hands
Gm C Gm C
He was born in the belly of the country, over East of Eden, yeah.
Gm C Gm C
Confused by the big city blues, he didn't know who's life he's leading, no.
Cm F Cm F
Put yourself behind the wheel and see if you can get that feel, oh;
Gm C Gm C
move faster by night, yeah, move faster by night, mm.
Am D Am D
The windows were all shattered, and the body was all battered
Eb F Gm
American roulette, stake your life upon it.
Eb F Gm
American roulette, same eyes, same eyes.
Eb F Gm7
American roulette.
Gm C
Take the boy and put him in a mansion; paint the windows black.
Give him all the women that he wants, put a monkey on his back.
Cm F Cm7 F
All of your so called friends, a-take you where the sidewalk ends, I said.
Can't sleep at night, no, can't sleep at night, mm.
A D A D
God please save his soul; he was the king of rock and roll.
Eb F Gm
American roulette, stake your life upon it,
Eb F Gm
American roulette, same eyes, same eyes.
Eb F Gm7
American roulette.
Gm C
They say you didn't have a chance in hell, for the american dream.
There's a thousand young blondes out there try'n to make itto the silver screen.
Cm F Cm7 F
But she had the walk, the look, the heart that shook the world, Read about it.
Some like it hot, boy. Some like it cool, mm.
A D A D
Too much for her to handle, another scandal, she burned the candle.
Eb F Gm
American roulette, stake your life upon it,
Eb F Gm
American roulette, same eyes, same eyes.
Eb F Gm7
American roulette.
(After soloing)
A D A D
Say a prayer for the lost generation, who spin the wheel out of desperation.
Eb F Gm
American roulette, stake your life upon it,
Eb F Gm
American roulette, same eyes, same eyes.
Eb F Gm7
I went on the river for money, I sold my old rotten shack
For a rusty tanker leaking oil, and the burning sun was on my back
Traveled up the ragin' river, I watched the jungle burn
And in the reddenin' twilight, I wondered would I ever return.
Ridin' on a river of dreams,
Broken dreams.
I'm ridin' on a river of dreams.
Amazon, Amazon,
Is it heaven or hell?
Amazon.
An eagle flew above us, I felt the breezes blow.
Fish with teeth like ivory, waited down below.
On shore they cut and hammered, and fenced them in with wire.
While ancient fires in the jungle, burned our souls like fire.
Ridin' on a river of dreams,
Somebody's dreams.
I'm ridin' on a river of dreams.
Amazon, Amazon,
Is it Heaven or hell ?
Amazon.
What kind of creature's gonna rise up from these ashes?
What's gonna fly in the moonlight feathers aglow?
What kind of rain could come in from these sorrows?
Nobody knows, nobody knows.
At dawn we crossed the rapids, a place where few men go.
I felt the desolation, where nothing seemed to grow.
When I got my wages, I hung my head and cried.
I could not stop these visions, that swept in like the tide.
Ridin' on a river of dreams,
Broken dreams.
I'm ridin' on a river of dreams.
Amazon, Amazon,
Is it Heaven or hell ?
Amazon.
I wanna hear pitter patter
Climb up your ladder, now
It's time for you to dream away
'Cause for a big day that you've been through
You've done all the things that you wanted to do
All la glory, I'm second story
Feel so tall like a prison wall
I'm lookin' for a star bright
To shine down your light, now
And keep the little one safe and warm
'Cause to her it's just a fantasy
And to me it's all a mystery
All la glory, I'm second story
Feel so tall like a prison wall
And before the leaves all turn brown
Before they fall to the ground
You will find the harmony, wait and see
Listen to the serenade
Little girl, promenade, now
You've got the sunshine in your hand
And maybe on a one sweet day
You'll walk that Milky Way
All la glory, I'm second story
Akua tuta, akua tuta
Akua tuta tshekuan kaminekuin
Akua tuta
Naketuenta kiei tshin tshekuan
kanetaunekuin
Hey, hey, hey
Akua tuta
Akua tuta tshekuan kakunuene mekuin ?
Akua tuta
Naketuanta kiei tshin tshekuan kauitshikuin
Hey, hey, hey
Akua tshe tessinnu
Akua tuta nete kiei tshin kanetaunekuin
Akua tshe mushumenut
Akua kiei tshukumenut eshei
Akua tshe tuassimenut
Akua kiei tsheshimenut eshei
I know the desert could hold all the love
That I feel in my heart for you
Just like the ocean that started to roll
My love, it could be comin' to you
Ain't that a lot of love for one heart to hold
Ain't that a lot of love for one heart to hold
If the cook in the kitchen had a touch as hot as yours
It wouldn't need a fire
I can't think of a word that describes you better
Than indescribable
Ain't that a lot of love for one heart to hold
Ain't that a lot of love for one heart to hold
If the bees only knew how sweet you were, darling
They would shut up their honey comb
If the birds could hear how sweet your voice is
They'd pack up and fly away
Ain't that a lot of love for one heart to hold
Ain't no more cane on the Brazos
Ooh, ooh, ooh
It's all been ground down to molasses
Ooh, ooh, ooh
You should've been on the river in nineteen and ten
Ooh, ooh, ooh
They were drivin' the women just like they drove the men
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Go down Old Hannah, don't you rise no more
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Don't you rise up 'til Judgment Day's for sure
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ain't no more cane on the Brazos
Ooh, ooh, ooh
It's all been ground down to molasses
Oh, ooh, ooh
Captain, don't you do me like you done poor old Shine
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Well ya drove that bully 'til he went stone blind
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Wake up on a lifetime, hold up your own head
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Well, you may get a pardon and then you might drop dead
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ain't no more cane on the Brazos
Ooh, ooh, ooh
It's all been ground down to molasses
I ain't got no home
No place to roam
I ain't got a home
No place to roam
I'm a lonely boy
I ain't got a home
I ain't got no sister
I ain't got a brother
I ain't got a father
Not even a mother
I'm a lonely boy
I ain't got a home
Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo
Well, I got a voice
And I love to sing
I can sing like a bird
And I can sing like a frog
I'm a lonely boy
I ain't got a home
I ain't got a girl
I ain't got a son
I ain't got no kin
I ain't got no one
I'm a lonely frog
I ain't got a home
Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo
Madam, take me in
Let me be your friend
Won't you take me in
Let me be your friend
I'm a lonely boy
I ain't got a home
I was born by the river in a little tent
And just like this river I've been running ever since
It's been a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will
It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die
'Cause I don't know what's out there beyond the sky
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will
And then I go to my brother
And I ask him to help me please
And he just winds up knockin' me
Back down on my knees
There were times when I thought I could not last for long
But now I think I'm able to carry on
It's been a long, been a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will
It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die
'Cause I don't know what's out there beyond the sky
It's been a long, such a long time coming
And I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will
You got me spinning
You got me spinning like a spinning top
You got me hoping
Hoping this love will never stop
(Refrain)
You gave your love to me, and all my dreams
Your love is making me believe in me
You got me burning
You got me burning like a pile of steam
You got me ruuning
Got me running like a pile of steam
(Refrain)
You got me knowing
Knowing that you in my life I'd spend
You got me rolling
Rolling like a river around the bend
You got me turning
Turning around like a spinning top
You know you got me knowing
Ole told me, I'm a fool
So I walked on down the road a mile
Went to the house that brings a smile
Sat upon my grandpa's knee
And what do you think he said to me?
(Chorus:)
When you awake you will remember everything
You will be hangin' on a string from your...
When you believe, you will relieve the only soul
That you were born with to grow old and never know
Ole showed me the fork in the road
You can take to the left or go straight to the right,
Use your days and save your nights
Be careful where you step, and watch what ya eat,
Sleep with a light and you got it beat
(Repeat Chorus)
Ole warned me, it's a mean old world,
The street don't greet ya, yes, it's true
But what am I supposed to do
Read the writing on the wall
I heard it when I was very small
(Repeat Chorus)
Wash my hands in lye water
I got a date with the Captain's daughter
You can go and tell your brother
We sure gonna love one another all night
You may be right and you might be wrong
I ain't gonna worry all day long
Snow's gonna come and the frost gonna bite
My old car froze up last night
Ain't no reason to hang my head
I could wake up in the mornin' dead
And if I thought it would do any good
I was born to the sounds of Elvis
I was born to the sounds of Radio
Somethin's got me and it won't let go
Somethin's got me and it will not let me go!
I remember the big brown stereo,
turntable, and an eight track player
Somethin's hit me and it won't let go
Somethin's hit me and it will not let me go!
* Rock, Rock , Shoo-Bop
Baby I'm startin' a Band
this tradition
Rockin' with
Rock, Rock, Be-Bop
Everybody's startin' a Band
as fast as they can?
Puts a smile on my face
when I think back
All my dreams weren't dreamin'after all
Somethin' hit me when I heard them songs
