The eastern world;
It is explodin'.
Violence flarin';
Bullets loadin'.
You're old enough to kill,
But not for votin'.
You don't believe in war,
But what's that gun you're totin'?
And even the Jordan River
Has bodies floatin',
But ya tell me
Over and over and over again, my friend,
Ah, you don't believe
We're on the eve of destruction
And don't you understand
What I'm tryin' to say
And can't you feel the fears
That I'm feelin' today?
If the button is pushed,
There's no runnin' away.
There'll be no one to save
With the world in a grave.
Take a look around you, boy.
It's bound to scare you, boy
And ya tell me
Over and over and over again, my friend,
Ah, you don't believe
We're on the eve of destruction
But think of all the hate
There is in red China.
Then take a look around
To Selma, Alabama.
You may leave here
For four days in space,
But when you return
It's the same old place.
The poundin' of the drums,
The pride and disgrace.
You can bury your dead,
But don't leave a trace.
Hate your next door neighbor,
But don't forget to say grace
And tell me
Over and over and over and over again, my friend,
You don't believe
We're on the eve of destruction.
Ah, no, no, you don't believe
Eight miles high
And when you touch down
You'll find that it's
Stranger than known
Signs in the street
That say where you're goin'
Are somewhere
Just being their own
Nowhere is
There warmth to be found
Among those afraid
Of losing their ground
Rain gray town
Known for its sound
In places
Small faces unbound
Round the squares
Huddled in storms
Some laughing
Some just shapeless forms
Sidewalk scenes
And black limousines
Some living
(Roger McGuinn, Gram Parsons)
CHORUS:
He's a drug store truck drivin' man
He's the head of the Ku Klux Klan
When summer rolls around
He'll be lucky if he's not in town
Well, he's got him a house on the hill
He plays country records till you've had your fill
He's a fireman's friend he's an all night DJ
But he sure does think different from the records he plays
CHORUS
Well, he don't like the young folks I know
He told me one night on his radio show
He's got him a medal he won in the War
It weighs five-hundred pounds and it sleeps on his floor
CHORUS
He's been like a father to me
He's the only DJ you can hear after three
I'm an all night musician in a rock and roll band
And why he don't like me I can't understand
CHORUS
He'll be lucky if he's not in town
(Jackie DeShannon)
Roger McGuinn: Vocals, Guitar
Gene Clark: Vocals, Tambourine
David Crosby: Vocals, Guitar
Chris Hillman: Vocals, Bass
Michael Clarke: Drums, Percussion
Intro. (12-Strings Electric Guitar)
Don't doubt yourself babe
Let your feet stand up for your beliefs babe
I know what's running through your mind
You think you ought to capture time
Make love walk the straight and narrow
Oh,oh,oh
Don't doubt yourself gal
Let what's inside be your guide you know darn well
For all the wrongs been done to you
Is makin' you prettier so don't be blue
The life you've lived and what you've been through you're lucky
Oh,oh,oh
Don't doubt yourself when
Daylight fades and darkness begins
It's only come to show you that
You're the one who knows where it's at
The rest who think they've got it pat know nothing
Oh,oh,oh
Instrumental (12-Strings Electric Guitar)
Don't doubt yourself 'cause
At the end of your words no one applaudes
The truth is proven to be found
Harder to take the first time around
So don't you worry it's gonna be all right
Oh,oh,oh
Intro. (Electric Guitar)
Out at sea for a year
Floating free from all fear
Every day blowin' spray
In a dolphin's smile
Wind-taut line split the sky
Curlin' crest rollin' by
Floating free aimlessly
In a dolphin's smile
Rainbow's end everywhere
Full of life, free as air
Childhood's dream, have you ever seen
The crops are all in and the peaches are rotting
The oranges piled up in their creosote dumps
You're flying 'em back to the Mexican border
To spend all their money to wade back again
Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita
Adios mis amigos Jesus y Maria
You wont have a name when you ride the big airplane
All they will call you will be "deportees"
Some of us are illegal, and others not wanted
Our work contracts up and we have to move on
600 miles to that Mexican border
They chase us like outlaws, like rustlers, like thieves
Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita
Adios mis amigos Jesus y Maria
You wont have a name when you ride the big airplane
All they will call you will be "deportees"
The skyplane caught fire over Los Gatos Canyon
A fireball of lightning, shook all our hills
Who are all these friends who are scattered like dry leaves
The radio said they were just "deportees"
Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita
Adios mis amigos Jesus y Maria
You wont have a name when you ride the big airplane
All they will call you will be "deportees"
Oh, you know it makes me sad to see you feel so bad
For it happened to you many times before
But if you will come with me
Then girl you will see
That you won't have to cry any more
There's no reason to feel blue, because nobody says to you
And I will..........to see you hurt no more
I could never do you wrong cause my love for you is too strong
And you won't have to cry any more
Oh I saw you very............in your eyes
Because he told so many, many lies
Oh you know.......
To put yourself on time
Try thinking now the things we said before (we've done ?)
Just trust in loving me and girl you will see
Hello cowgirl in the sand
Is this place at your command
Can I stay here for a while?
Can I see your sweet, sweet smile?
Old enough now to change your name
When so many love you, is it the same?
It's the woman in you
That makes you wanna play this game
Hello ruby in the dust
Has your band begun to rust
After all the sin we've had
I was hopin' that we turn back
Old enough now to change your name
When so many love you, is it the same?
It's the woman in you
That makes you wanna play this game
Hello woman of my dreams
This is not the way it seems
Purple words on a gray background
To be a woman and to be turned down
Old enough now to change your name
When so many love you, is it the same?
It's the woman in you
Fat ugly fat man swam
In a red tire made of stone,
A painted lady paddled next to him
With two poodles on her lap.
Garbo quietly picked a flower
While the chauffeur won his check again,
And Barrymore took a noon day nap
And diamonds fell like rain.
Cisco Kid had a bald-headed waitress
Trapped 'neath a bed of brass.
The French cook served them chocolate ants
And some cold cuts on the grass.
Louella ripped her zebra pants
In the Polo Lounge
And Errol Flynn was not let in
Cause he was coming down
Up in Xanadu diamonds fell like rain.
Citizen Kane was king, poor Citizen Kane!
Valentino suddenly appeared
In his midnight blue tuxedo
Had a falcon on his shoulder
Eating chicken from his hands,
And Fatty Arbuckle waddled by
On way to the bath house green.
Frankenstein ate the leading lady
And licked the carcass clean
Up in Xanadu diamonds fell like rain
Antique Sandy lived in the woods
And she'd go to the stream when the weather was good
She'd take down the washing for her old man to wear
And she'd try not to get eaten by the bear
She'd fly to the market in her worn out old balloon
That she traded with the flyer for an antique silver spoon
And when she'd get home she'd cook upon the wooden stove
And she'd go to sleep and listen to the whispers of the grove
At night she dreamed of places where she lived when she was young
Where the corn strip stretched for miles like a giant serpent's tongue
Electric lights and phone bells and every light insane
Like a hundred thousand hungry miles were meeting at her brain
And I greet her in the morning when she wakes up in my arms
And I tell her that I love her and I'll keep her free from harm
I hold her close, she matters, she is all the world to me
The jukebox is playin' a honky-tonk song
"One more", I keep sayin', "and then I'll go home"
What good will it do me, I know what I'll find
An empty bottle, a broken heart and you're still on my mind
The people are dancin' and havin' their fun
And I sit here thinkin' about what you have done
To try and forget you, I've turned to the wine
An empty bottle, a broken heart and you're still on my mind
Alone and forsaken, so blue I could cry
I just sit here drinkin' till the bottle runs dry
What good will it do me, I know what I'll find
An empty bottle, a broken heart and you're still on my mind
Well, you've got a reputation for running around
Ain't gonna take your fooling, baby, you know you better settle down
Because you ain't doing nothing
You're just tearing your own reputation down
You keep on running around, you know
And you ain't doing nothing but tearing your own reputation down
Now you got a disposition, you're putting me uptight
I know you're always fishing, baby, but I won't bite
Because you ain't doing nothing
You're just tearing your own reputation down
You keep on running around, you know
And you ain't doing nothing but tearing your own reputation down
You keep tearing your own reputation down
(W. Bell)
In the beginning you really loved me
But I was blind and I could not see
But when you left me oh, how I cried
You don't miss your water till your well runs dry
Instrumental (Piano + Pedal Steel)
I was a playboy I could not be true
I couldn't believe I really loved you
But when you left me oh, how I cried
You don't miss your water till your well runs dry
Instrumental (Piano + Pedal Steel)
In the beginning you really loved me
But I was blind and I could not see
But when you left me oh, how I cried
You don't miss your water till your well runs dry
(Skip Battin and Kim Fowley)
Starlight crossed my eyes she took me by surprise
Said you'd come to town last summer brought me down
I said I'd never seen the likes of you before
She pulled a gun and not in fun I'm dyin' on the floor
You all look alike I'm sorry I don't know
You all look alike we never met before
No matter how I try to say I've never been down this way
Said I couldn't be fair 'cause you all look alike
Lyin' here and dyin' here I'm tryin' to get my strength
It's so hard to get on back when you're lyin' at full length
All the crowds and all the dogs from miles around just stare
Yhey looked at me and shed a tear I'm glad those people care
You all look alike I'm sorry I don't know
You all look alike we never met before
No matter how I try to say I've never been down this way
Said I couldn't be fair 'cause you all look alike
You all look alike I'm sorry I don't know
You all look alike we never met before
no matter how I try to say I've never been down this way
said I couldn't be fair 'cause you all look alike
Clouds so swift
Rain won't lift
Gate won't close
Railings froze
Get your mind off wintertime
You ain't goin nowhere
Whoo-ee 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 send
Morning came and morning went
Pack up your money
Pick up your tent
You ain't goin nowhere
Whoo-ee 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 goin nowhere
Whoo-ee ride me high
Tomorrow's the day
My bride's gonna come
Oh, Oh are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair
Now Genghis 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
Whoo-ee ride me high
Tomorrow's the day
My bride's gonna come
Oh, Oh are we gonna fly
Oh, the summer time is comin'
And the leaves are sweetly turnin'
And the wild mountain thyme
Blooms across the purple heather
Will you go, lassie, go?
If you will not go with me
I will surely find another
To pull wild mountain thyme
All across the purple heather
Will you go, lassie, go?
And we'll all go together
To pull wild mountain thyme
All across the purple heather
Will you go, lassie, go?
And we'll all go together
To pull wild mountain thyme
All across the purple heather
Oh, I'd rather go and journey
Where the diamond crescent's glowing and
Run across the valley
Beneath the sacred mountain
And wander through the forest
Where the trees have leaves of prisms
And break the light in colors
That no one knows the names of
And when it's time, I'll go and wait
Beside a legendary fountain
Till I see your form reflected
In it's clear and jeweled waters
And if you think I'm ready
You may lead me to the chasm
Where the rivers of our vision
Flow into one another
I will watch her dive beneath
The white cascading waters
She may beg, she may plead
She may argue with her logic
And then mention all the things I'll lose
That really have no value
In the end she will surely know
I ran to tunnel of love
You were no longer sparking clean
Well my boat got stuck in the fog
Here I used to go swim in the stream
The gates of the tunnel came closed
Whoa my ghost was standing there by the door
So I splashed back out to the street
Nothing was there anymore
Oh, the water was floating with graves
Where cotton candy should be
And get this
And girls in black robes were dancing around
And touching their fingers to me
Oh I blackened my windows with soot
And sandbagged the doors real good
And didn't emerge from hiding
Until the fallout was through
Oh, the water was floating with graves
Where cotton candy should be
And get this
And girls in black robes were dancing around
And touching their fingers to me
And touching their fingers to me
And touching their fingers to me
She'll hand to you a stick of sandalwood
A little smile and then she'll disappear
Back into a crowd of happy people
Looking like they never came from here
Strange thing, gathering of tribes
Strange thing, gathering of tribes
A Macedonian, a pilot comes
A' laughing at a German jest or joke
A friendly motorcycle angel comes
To sit and talk awhile, and share a smoke
Strange thing, gathering of tribes
Strange thing, gathering of tribes
Pretty little whirling butterfly
All the prettiest girls go dancing by
Caught up in the sound of talking drums
Lost herself out in the wheel of [Incomprehensible]
Strange thing, gathering of tribes
Tailights flickerin', as he pulled up to a truckstop
The same old crowd was hangin' out again tonight
He said, "Fill up my tank while I go check my load
It feels like it's shifting all around"
He was the kind of man, do all he could
Above all he had integrity
But he was so young
And on a ten city run
In love with a truck stop girl
As he went inside, he was merrily greeted
By the girl with whom he was in love
She held out a glass and said, "Have another
This is the last time we can meet"
With her hair piled up high and a look in her eye
That would turn any good man's blood to wine
All his eyes could see, well all his eyes could see
Was the stare from all those around him
He ran out to the lot, and climbed into his rig
And drove off without tightening down
It was a terrilble thing, to see what remained
Of the rig that poor Danny was in
And he was so young and on a ten city run
In love with a truck stop girl
But he was so young, and on a ten city run
You want to know how it will be
Me and her, or you and me
You both stand there, your long hair flowing
Your eyes are alive, your mind still growing
Saying to me what can we do now
That we both love you
I love you too and I don't really see
Why can't we go on as three?
You are afraid, embarrassed too
No one has ever said such a thing to you
Your mother's ghost stands at your shoulders
A face like ice, a little bit colder
Saying to you, you cannot do that
It breaks all the rules, you learned in school
But I don't really see
Why can't we go on as three?
We love each other, it's plain to see
There's just one answer that comes to be
Sister lovers, water brothers
And in time maybe others
So you see what we can do
Is to try something new
If you're crazy too and I don't really see
(Roger McGuinn)
Happiness hit me on the first day that we met
She was sittin' in my kitchen with a face I can't forget
She was lookin' in my direction and she calling with her eyes
I was trying to do and interview and telling them all lies
Last year in the summer with a tiffany lamp over her head
They were ask me what I thought about the 50's rock'n'roll
Then they got into a limousine and fell into a hole
I moved into the kitchen and I quickly fell in love
The warden came along and asked me what I was thinking of
Last year in the summer with a tiffany lamp over her head
Well, I grabbed her by the hand and with a few things I could
The warden said your leaving well, you've better leave for good
I made it to Tasmania to buy a devil dog
Well, we met a handsome prince who turned into a frog
Last year in the summer with a tiffany lamp over her head
Instrumental (Electric Guitar)
Now we're living out in Malibu the ocean by our side
Laying in the sunshine drifting with the tide
Well, happiness is hit me on the first day that we met
She was sittin' in my kitchen and a face I can't forget
Last year in the summer with a tiffany lamp over her head
Over her head
One day you came into my mind
And everything looked as though it was all mine
Loveliness to gaze upon
To feel your magic pulling me away
I thought I was on top of it all
Everyone else was so small
Then I knew what you wanted to do
I knew what you wanted to do
Often think of times when all your thoughts and words
Come close to making me lose my mind
Moment now recalling all the time involving minutes
That we spent alone
I thought I was on top of it all
Everyone else was so small
Then I knew what you wanted to do
I knew what you wanted to do
One day you came into my mind
And everything looked as though it was all mine
Loveliness to gaze upon
To feel your magic pulling me away
I thought I was on top of it all
Everyone else was so small
Then I knew what you wanted to do
If your memory serves you well
We were 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 comfort you
With another tale to tell
But you know that we shall meet again
If your memory serves you well
This wheel's on fire
Rolling down the road
Best 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
But it was oh so hard to tell
But you knew that we would meet again
If your memory serves you well
This wheel's on fire
Rolling down the road
Best notify my next of kin
This wheel shall explode
If your memory serves you well
You'll remember you're the one
That called on them to call on him
To get your favors done
And after every plan had failed
And there was nothing more to tell
You knew that we would meet again
If your memory serves you well
This wheel's on fire
Rolling down the road
Best notify my next of kin
Come gather round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you is worth savin'
Then you better start swimming
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a changin
Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
Keep your eyes open
The chance won't come again
Watch what you say
For the wheel's still in spin
And there ain't tellin' who that it's naming
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a changin
Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he who gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
The battle outside raging
It'll rattle your windows
And shake down your walls
For the times they are a changin
Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don't criticise
What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is rapidly aging
Get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
Oh What will you give me?
Say the sad bells of Rhymney
Is there hope for the future?
Say the brown bells of Merthyr
Who made the mine owner?
Say the black bells of Rhondda
And who killed the miner?
Say the grim bells of Blaina
Put the vandals in court
Say the bells of Newport
All would be well if, if, if, if
Say the green bells of Cardiff
Why so worried sisters? Why?
Sang the silver bells of Wye
And what will you give me?
Say the sad bells of Rhymney
Oh What will you give me?
Say the sad bells of Rhymney
Is there hope for the future?
Say the brown bells of Merthyr
Who made the mine owner?
Say the black bells of Rhondda
And who killed the miner?
(Roger McGuinn and Jacques Levy)
Sweet Mary I've got to be leavin'
Oh, I can't let you into my life
'Cause I know it would end off in grieving
And the last thing I need is a wife
When I met you I met you for pleasure
And the good times of runnin' around
Then you seemed to be so understanding
From the weight that's been draggin' me down
Then the good times are coming between us
Though you've helped me I'm burning my load
And I've never felt more like a lover
But I'm running right off of the road
Sweet Mary I've got to be leavin'
Oh, I can't let you into my life
'Cause I know it would end off in grieving
And the last thing I need is a wife
Oh, it's nothing you said or invited
And it's nothing you did that was wrong
And our love together was Heaven
And I've promised myself to be strong
Sweet Mary I've got to be leavin'
Oh, I can't let you into my life
'Cause I know it would end off in grieving
And the last thing I need is a wife
Gypsy gal, the hands of Harlem
Cannot hold you to it's heat
Your temperature's too hot for taming
Your flaming feet burn up the street
I am homeless come and take me
Into reach of your rattling drums
Let me know babe about my fortune
Down along my restless palms
Gypsy gal, you got me swallowed
I have fallen far beneath
Your pearly eyes so fast and slashing
An' your flashing diamond teeth
The night is pitch black, come and make my
Pale face fit in to place,ah, please!
I gotta know babe, I'm nearly drowning
If it's you, my lifelines trace
I been wond'rin' all about me
Ever since I seen you there
On the cliffs of your wildcat charms I'm riding
I know I'm 'round you but I don't know where
You have slayed me, you have made me
I got to laugh halfways off my heels
I got to know babe, will you surround me?
In nineteen and ninety-six we ventured to the moon
Onto the the Sea Of Crisis like children from the womb
We journeyed 'cross the great wall, plain beneath the mountain range
And there we saw the pyramid, it looked so very strange
This beacon had a field of force that circled all around
And not a man could get inside, no way could be found
It was here for thousands of years before our life began
Waiting very patiently for evolving man
When the galaxy was young they looked upon the earth
And saw that its position was promising for birth
They searched for life but finding none they left a beacon bright
Its signal had not been disturbed in the eternal light
How wise they were to choose this place, they knew when we arrived
That our atomic energy we'd harnessed and survived
I look out on the Milky Way for people of the dawn
And know that they will come some day but will our wait be long?
In nineteen and ninety-six we ventured to the moon
Onto the the Sea Of Crisis like children from the womb
We journeyed 'cross the great wall, plain beneath the mountain range
I was really good to her
But now she broke my heart
She looked so young and she seemed so sweet
But I was wrong from the start
She has a way about her
That makes her run around
Now I wonder if she'll ever
Want to settle down
Oh oh, oh oh
I waited so impatiently
It didn't do my mind any good
I never thought she would set me free
I did all the things that I should
Then all at once I looked for her
But she could not be found
Now I wonder if she'll ever
Want to settle down
Oh oh, oh oh
I didn't think that I
Would wait for her very long
But I didn't realize
My love for her was so strong
She might be going from heart to heart
She might be putting them down
The way she took me all apart
And made me the laugh of the town
She has a way about her
That makes her run around
Now I wonder if she'll ever
Want to settle down
See the sky about to rain
Locomotive pull the train
Whistle blowin through my brain
Signals curling on an open plain
Rolling down the track again
See the sky, about to rain
Some are bound for happiness
Some are bound for glory
Some are bound to live with less
Who can tell your story
See the sky about to rain
Locomotive pull the train
Whistle blowin through my brain
Signals curling on an open plain
Rolling down the track again
See the sky, about to rain
I was down in Dixie land
Played a silver fiddle
Played it loud and then the man
Broke it down the middle
How many times have you heard someone say
"If I had his money, I could do things my way?"
Little they know that it's so hard to find
One rich man in ten with a satisfied mind.
Once I was waitin' for fortune and fame
Everything that I dreamed for to get a start in life's game
Suddenly it happened, I lost every dime
But I'm richer by far with a satisfied mind
Money can't buy back your youth when you're old
Or a friend when you're lonely, or a love that's grown cold
The wealthiest person is a pauper at times
Compared to the man with a satisfied mind
When my life is ended, my time has run out
My trials and my loved ones, I'll leave them no doubt
But one thing's for certain, when it comes my time
I think that maybe I'm dreaming
I smell cinnamon and spices
I hear music everywhere
All around kaleidoscope of color
I think that maybe I'm dreaming
Maids pass gracefully in laughter
Wine coloured flowers in their hair
Last call from lands I've never been to
I think that maybe I'm dreaming
Sun's flash on a soda prism
Bright jewels on the ladies flashing
Eyes catch on a shiny prism
Hear ye the crying of the vendors
Fruit for sale wax candles for to burn
Fires flare soon it will be night fall
I think that maybe I'm dreaming
I think that maybe I'm dreaming
If I was strong then I wouldn't care
If she was here or she was there
But I guess I didn't go by the rules
'Cause she really made me look like a fool
I shouldn't have let it hurt me at all
'Cause I know the price you pay when you fall
But I couldn't believe it was true
When she told me we were through
And the reason why I cry
I wish I knew
My friends told me about her
When they saw me hold her hand
But I didn't think they knew her
So how could they understand
I couldn't hear a word they were saying
'Cause inside my head the music was playing
But I found out it was all true
When she told me we were through
And the reason why I cry
I wish I knew
I couldn't hear a word they were saying
'Cause inside my head the music was playing
But I found out it was all true
When she told me we were through
And the reason why I cry
I wish I knew
Oh yeah, I wish I knew
At a dance, I'm standing there
Suddenly approached by a lady fair
Said to me, ?It ain't no lie
If I can't have you I'd surely die?
Psychodrama city, don't need none today
My good friends say to me
?World will end soon, wait you'll see?
Said, "I don't care, won't be here
Going to Florida for a half a year?
Psychodrama city, don't need none today
Me and my friends got on a plane
One of my friends got off again
To this day don't know why
He got on at all, if he didn't really want to fly
Psychodrama city, don't need none today
Me and my friend went over my friends house to see
Me and my friends on his TV before the night is over
I saw six murders, two riots and a war
Not going to watch my friends TV, no more
There used to be a gambler who courted all around
There used to be a gambler who courted all around
He courted pretty Polly, such beauty never been found
"Pretty Polly, pretty Polly, come go along with me
Pretty Polly, pretty Polly, come go along with me
Before we get married, some pleasures to see"
She jumped up behind him and 'way they did go
She jumped up behind him and 'way they did go
Down into the valley that was far below
They went a little further and what did they spot
They went a little further and what did they spot
But a newly dug grave with a spade lying by
"Oh, Willy, hey, Willy, I'm afraid of your ways
Oh, Willy, hey, Willy, I'm afraid of your ways
I'm afraid you will lead my poor body astray"
"Pretty Polly, pretty Polly, you guessed it just right
Pretty Polly, pretty Polly, you guessed it just right
I dug all your grave the better part of last night"
Then he stabbed her in her heart till her heart's blood did flow
He stabbed her in her heart till her heart's blood did flow
Down into the grave pretty Polly did go
Now a debt to the devil, that Willy must pay
A debt to the devil, that Willy must pay
Trails of troubles,
Roads of battles,
Paths of victory we shall walk.
The trail is dusty, and my road it might be rough,
But the better roads are waiting, and boys it ain't far off
I walk down by the river, I turn my head up high
and I saw that silver lining that was hangin' in the sky.
Trails of troubles,
Roads of battles,
Paths of victory we shall walk.
The evening dust was rolling, I was walking down the track,
The was a one way wind ablowin', it was blowing at my back.
Thatevening train was rolling, the hummin' of its wheels,
My eyes they saw a better day as I looked across the fields.
Trails of troubles,
Roads of battles,
Paths of victory we shall walk.
The trail is dusty, the road it might be rough,
But the good Lord is awaiting, and boys he ain't far off.
Trails of troubles,
Roads of battles,
Paths of victory we shall walk.
Trails of troubles,
Roads of battles,
Paths of victory we shall walk.
Trails of troubles,
Roads of battles,
(Trad. Arr. and Adapt. Roger McGuinn)
Well, I had an old dog and his name was Blue
Yes, I had an old dog and his name was Blue
Well, I had an old dog and his name was Blue
Betcha five dollars he's a good dog too
Old Blue chased a possum up a hollow limb
Blue chased a possum up a hollow limb
Blue chased a possum up a hollow limb
The possum growled Blue whined at him
Bye bye blue, you good dog you
Bye bye blue, you good dog you
When old Blue died he died so hard
He shook the ground in my back yard
We lowered him down with a golden chain
And every link we called his name
Bye bye blue, you good dog you
Bye bye blue, you good dog you
My old Blue he was a good old hound
You could hear him hollerin' miles around
When I get to Heaven first thing I'll do
Is grab my horn and call for Blue
Bye bye blue, you good dog you
Bye bye blue, you good dog you
Well, I come from Alabama
With a banjo on my knee
And I'm going to Louisiana
Susannah for to see
Oh! Susannah
Oh, don't you cry for me
'Cause I come from Alabama
With a banjo on my knee
Well, it rained so hard the night I left
The weather it was dry
And it was so hot, I froze to death
Susannah, don't you cry
Oh! Susannah
Oh, don't you cry for me
'Cause I come from Alabama
With a banjo on my knee
Well, I come from Alabama
With a banjo on my knee
And I'm going to Louisiana
Susannah for to see
Oh! Susannah
Oh, don't you cry for me
Yes, I come from Alabama
With a banjo on my knee
Well, it rained so hard the night I left
The weather it was dry
And it was so hot, I froze to death
Susannah, don't you cry
Oh! Susannah
Oh, don't you cry for me
'Cause I come from Alabama
Nothing was delivered
And I tell this truth to you
Not out of spite or anger
But, simply because it's true
Now you must provide some answers
For what you sell has not been received
And the sooner you come up with them
The sooner you can leave
Nothing is better, nothing is best
Take care of your health and get plenty of rest
Nothing was delivered Just what you had in mind
When you made everybody pay
Now I hope you won't object to this
Giving back all of what you owe
And the sooner you come up with them
The sooner you can leave
Nothing is better, nothing is best
Take care of your health and get plenty of rest
Nothing was delivered
But I can't say I sympathise
With what your fate is going to be
Yes, for telling all those lies
No, nothing was delivered
Yes, and someone must explain
That as long as it takes to do this
Then that's how long you'll remain
Nothing is better, nothing is best
Falling free, me and you
Happening so graciously
You can't hurry natural harmony
Feel so free, wider than me
Seems just like the day of birth
Our first awakening to this earth
Dancing through the streets side by side
Head thrown back, arms open wide
Going home, almost gone
Merging with a grain of sand
Try hard to catch us if you can
Dancing through the streets side by side
(H. Carter)
Cursed with sorrow pain and woe
Full of feelings I can't show
Hopeless love what else for me
Is this my destiny?
God in Heaven surely meant
For every man somewhere a mate
Someone stole my love from me
Is this my destiny?
At night I toss and wonder why
I must live while others die
Prayer would be an escape for me
Is this my destiny?
Instrumental (Pedal Steel Guitar - Sneaky Pete)
At night I toss and wonder why
I must live while others die
Prayer would be an escape for me
Is this my destiny?
Is this my destiny?
Once upon a time...
There was a garden
On a high hill
Green and blossomin' round
Against the sea
And there the sun came
And the rain pourin' down
Garden grew
And flourished
And splattered bits of color on the ground
And it took shape
And symmetry
And all of life around
But there came winds
Driven and howling
There came snow
And I feared for the garden
So I built a wall
And I built another
And roofed it over
Thick and strong
And kept it from the slings and arrows
Of outrageous fortune
The killing cold could not get in
But when the sun came
And the gentle rain of spring
They could not reach the garden
Behind those walls
It would have died,
Safely, securely, died...
But as I longed
And as I learned
I tore the walls all down
Honey, when I brought you here you said that you would sing
You said that you would wing your way to fortune and fame
Now I've given everything to keep you warm and clean
I didn't bat an eye when you changed your name
I'm getting tired of hearing people
Call you someone else
I'm getting used to seeing you go in the morning
And even supper by myself
Now this Hollywood producer has offered you the world
He lets you drive his sporty new Camaro
Wonder just how many girls he's told that story to
How many dreams have gone away in sorrow
I'm getting tired of biting my nails
And pumping gasoline
I'm getting tired of waiting for you
To figure out why this city is unclean
Mae Jean run back home with me
And I'll go back to working on your daddy's farm
Mae Jean run back home with me
This wicked cities bound to do us harm
Now all this time I helped you with your promising career
I never said one word about your singing
I just want to let you know that you'll still be my star
If you say goodbye to Hollywood and do your singing in the shower
Mae Jean run back home with me
Back to where the air is clean and free
May Jean run back home with me
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.
Take me on a trip upon your magic swirlin' ship,
My senses have been stripped, my hands can't feel to grip,
My toes too numb to step, wait only for my boot heels
To be wanderin'.
I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade
Into my own parade, cast your dancing spell my way,
I promise to go under it.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.
Though you might hear laughin', spinnin', swingin' madly across the
sun,
It's not aimed at anyone, it's just escapin' on the run
And but for the sky there are no fences facin'.
And if you hear vague traces of skippin' reels of rhyme
To your tambourine in time, it's just a ragged clown behind,
I wouldn't pay it any mind, it's just a shadow you're
Seein' that he's chasing.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.
Then take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind,
Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves,
The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach,
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow.
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free,
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands,
With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves,
Let me forget about today until tomorrow.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
(Roger McGuinn and Jacques Levy)
Catfish pie in a gris-gris bag
I'm the lover of the bayou
Mark your doorstep with a half-wet rag
I'm the lover of the bayou
Raised and swam with the crocodile
Snacked-eye taught me the moyo style
Sucked and weaned on chicken bile
I'm the lover of the bayou Yeah!
Instrumental (Electric Guitar)
Well, I learned the key to the master lock
I learned to float in the water clock
I learned to capture the lightnin' shock
I'm the lover of the bayou
And I've got cats and teeth and hair for sale
I'm the lover of the bayou
Baron Samedi is on your tail
I'm the lover of the bayou
I cooked the bat in the gumbo pan
Drank the blood from a rusty can
Turned me into the hunger man
I'm the lover of the bayou Yeah!
The jury found the verdict first degree
They swore I planned her death to be
I prayed they'd sentence me to die
But they wanted me to live and I know why
So I'd do life in prison for the wrongs I've done
And I pray every night for death to come
My life will be a burden every day
If I could die, my pain might go away
With trembling hands I killed my darling wife
Because I loved her more than life
My love for her will last a long, long time
But I'd rather die than live to lose my mind
And I'll do life in prison for the wrongs I've done
And I pray every night for death to come
My life will be a burden every day
If I could die, my pain might go away
(B. Rafkin)
When I was young
I'd go down by the river
Just about a mile from my home
A million miles from everyone
My eyes could see older
As my ears could hear your song
Oh, to be wise again
Get back to your lazy waters
Never needed anyone but you
Oh, little boys are strange
No one knows they have magic
I kept it in my pocket
Concealed from everyone
But I climbed the highest tree
To sing a bird my song
Oh, to be wise again
Get back to your lazy waters
And never needed anyone but you
Instrumental (Harmonica)
We moved to the city
I said I wouldn't minds
Thought you'd stay inside me
It's easy when you're young
But as we rode away
I knew you were gone
Oh, to be wise again
Get back to your lazy waters
Never needed anyone but you
Oh, to be wise again
Get back to your lazy waters
Never needed anyone but you
Oh, to be wise again
Get back to your lazy waters
Never needed anyone but you
Lay down your weary tune, lay down
Lay down the song you strum
And rest yourself beneath the strength of strings
No voice can hope to hum
Struck by the sounds before the sun
I knew the night had gone
The morning breeze like a bugle blew
Against the drums of dawn
Lay down your weary tune, lay down
Lay down the song you strum
And rest yourself beneath the strength of strings
No voice can hope to hum
The ocean wild like an organ played
The seaweed wove and strands
The crashin' waves like cymbals clashed
Against the rocks and sands
Lay down your weary tune, lay down
Lay down the song you strum
And rest yourself beneath the strength of strings
No voice can hope to hum
The last of leaves fell from the trees
And clung to a new love's breast
The branches bare like a banjo monk
To the winds that listened the best
Lay down your weary tune, lay down
Lay down the song you strum
And rest yourself beneath the strength of strings
I thought that I had met a man who said
That he knew a man who knew what was going on
I was mistaken, was only another stranger that I knew
And I thought that I had found daylight
To guide me through my night and all this darkness
I was mistaken, was only reflections of a shadow that I saw
And I thought that I had seen someone
Who seemed at last to know the truth
I was mistaken, was only a very small child
And he was laughing, laughing in the sun
Here it comes again, it's going to happen to me
Here it comes, I should have learned to duck
She's going to say, she's going away
And I will have to live without her and survive
Here it comes, it looks just like the last wave I drowned in
Here it comes and I'm so far from shore
She's going to go and take her trinkets
And I will have to live without her and survive
Here it comes again, the night is going to fall
Here it comes, she's going to say goodbye
She's going to go and leave only me
(R. Mc Guinn)
Freaks collecting stainedglass rubies
Till a gently on a strand
Bearing looks of frenzied blankness
Slowing down their B.B. King
Middle class suburban children
Wearing costumes that reveal
Blindly follow recent pipers
With their mystical appeal for now
So I'm leavin' for the country
To try and rest my head
'Cause if I hang around this scene too long
You know babe I'll be dead
Instrumental (Electric Guitar)
All the changes superficial
Apathy still a king
Liberal reactionaries
Never doing anything for now
So I'm leavin' for the country
To try and rest my head
'Cause if I hang around this scene too long
You know babe I'll be dead
(Roger McGuinn and Jacques Levy)
If all my days was hills to climb
And circles without reason
If all I was was passing time
My life was just a season
Dares and dreams and silly schemes
And fillies running freely
I was young and no song was sung
That didn't sound appealing
I'd have my fun with a shy girl
And maybe hop a train
And I'd look back at her standing in the rain
Dirty hands and root beer stands
And money like a river
Making deals to see how it feels
To get more than you're giving
I'd have my fun with a gamblin' man
And bluff him with my face
And it's drinks for everybody in the place
If all my days was hills to climb
And circles without reason
If all I was was passing time
My life was just a season
Instrumental (Electric Guitars)
If all my days was hills to climb
And circles without reason
If all I was was passing time
My life was just a season
Shouting crowds and mummers shrouds
And people going crazy
Always said what was in their heads
It surely was amazing
I had my fun in the bullring
And never got a scar
It really wasn't hard to be a star
If all my days was hills to climb
And circles without reason
If all I was was passing time
My life was just a season
If all I was was passing time
My life was just a season
(B. Gibson and R. Neff)
Fair young maid all in her garden
Strange young man came riding by
Saying fair young maid will you marry me
And this then sir was her reply
Oh, no kind sir I cannot marry thee
For I've a love who sails the deep salt sea
Though he's been gone these seven years
Still no man shall marry me
What if he's died all in some battle slain
Or if he's drownded in the deep salt sea
What if he's found some another love
He and his new love both married be
If he's found some other love
He and his new love both married be
I wish them health and happiness
Where they now live all across the sea
He picked her up all in his arms
And kisses gave her one two and three
Saying weep no more my own true love
I am your long lost John Riley
Saying weep no more my own true love
For I'm your long lost John Riley
Oh, how is it that I could come out to you,
And be still floatin',
And never hit bottom but keep falling through,
Just relaxed and paying attention?
All my two-dimensional boundaries were gone,
I had lost to them badly,
I saw that world crumble and thought I was dead,
But I found my senses still working.
And as I continued to drop through the hole,
I found all surrounding,
To show me that joy innocently is,
Just be quiet and feel it around you.
(Bridge)
And I opened my heart to the whole universe,
And I found it was loving,
And I saw the great blunder my teachers had made,
Scientific delirium madness.
I will keep falling as long as I live,
Ah, without ending,
And I will remember the place that is now,
That has ended before the beginning ...
Oh, how is it that I could come out to you,
And be still floatin',
And never hit bottom but keep falling through,
Everybody has been burned before
Everybody knows the pain
Anyone in this place
Can tell you to your face
Why you shouldn't try to love someone
Everybody knows it never works
Everybody knows and me
I know that door that shuts
Just before you get to the dream
You see
I know all too well
How to turn, how to run
How to hide behind, a bitter wall of blue
But you die inside if you choose to hide
Oh, how is it that I could come out to you
And be still floatin'
And never hit bottom but keep falling through
Just relaxed and paying attention?
All my two-dimensional boundaries were gone
I had lost to them badly
I saw that world crumble and thought I was dead
But I found my senses still working
And as I continued to drop through the hole
I found all surrounding
To show me that joy innocently is
Just be quiet and feel it around you
And I opened my heart to the whole universe
And I found it was loving
And I saw the great blunder my teachers had made
Scientific delirium madness
Oh, I will keep falling as long as I live
Ah, without ending
And I will remember the place that is now
That has ended before the beginning
Oh, how is it that I could come out to you
And be still floatin'
And never hit bottom but keep falling through
Go 'n ride the lear jet, baby
Go 'n ride the lear jet
Go 'n ride the lear jet, baby
Go 'n ride the lear jet, baby
Go 'n ride the lear jet
Go 'n ride the lear jet, baby
Go 'n ride the lear jet, baby
Go 'n ride the lear jet
Go 'n ride the lear jet, baby
Go 'n ride the lear jet, baby
Go 'n ride the lear jet
Go 'n ride the lear jet, baby
Go 'n ride the lear jet, baby
Go 'n ride the lear jet
Go 'n ride the lear jet, baby
Go 'n ride the lear jet, baby
Go 'n ride the lear jet
Go 'n ride the lear jet, baby
Go 'n ride the lear jet, baby
Go 'n ride the lear jet
Go 'n ride the lear jet, baby
Go 'n ride the lear jet, baby
Go 'n ride the lear jet
Go 'n ride the lear jet, baby
Go 'n ride the lear jet, baby
Go 'n ride the lear jet
Go 'n ride the lear jet, baby
Go 'n ride the lear jet, baby
Go 'n ride the lear jet
Go 'n ride the lear jet, baby
Go 'n ride the lear jet, baby
(Skip Battin and Kim Fowley)
One of America's great national pastimes
Is drinkin' a Coke
Takin' a smoke
Tellin' a joke
One of America's great national pastimes
Is playin' ball
Takin' it all
And thinkin' so small
Ah, but the great taste of Coke has refreshed players
The hot and the tired the weary and the sore
The great taste of Coke has refreshed players
The hot and the tired the weary and the sore
One of America's great national pastimes
Is chocolate fudge
Carryin' a grudge
Bribing a judge
One of America's great national pastimes
Is poisoning rain
Acting insane
Inflicting pain
Ah, but the great taste of Coke has refreshed players
The hot and the tired the weary and the sore
The great taste of Coke has refreshed players
The hot and the tired the weary and the
Instrumental (Mandolin + Piano)
One of America's great national pastimes
Is the worship of speed
Planting the seeds
Takin' more than she needs
One of America's great national pastimes
Is cutting the grass
Grabbin' some ass
Living too fast
Ah, but the great taste of Coke has refreshed players
The hot and the tired the weary and the sore
The great taste of Coke has refreshed players
The hot and the tired the weary and the
(Roger McGuinn and Jacques Levy)
See the sun how bright it is
It never was before
See the sun it shines right through
My door but no ones's there
I see warm smiles I never gave
Reflecting in the air
All the things I want today
All the things I wasted on the way
See the earth how sweet it smells
I don't know how it feels
See the earth it slips beneath
My heels as I pass thru
I see tears that I never shed
In every drop of dew
All the things I want today
All the things I wasted on the way
Hear the skies singing songs I could have played
Too busy talking to prove that I was not afraid
See this dried up broken straw
It's turning to rot
See this dried up broken straw
Forgotten left behind
I see things that I never done
A blowing in the wind
All the things I want today
All the things I wasted
All the things I want today
All the things I wasted
All the things I want today
All the things I wasted on the way
I ain't lookin' to compete with you
Beat or cheat or mistreat you
Simplify you, classify you
Deny, defy, or crucify you
All I really want to do
Is baby be friends with you
No, I ain't lookin' to fight with you
Frighten you or uptighten you
Drag you down or bring you down
Chain you down or bring you down
All I really want to do
Is baby be friends with you
I don't want to fake you out
Take or shake or forsake you out
I ain't lookin' for you to feel like me
See like me or be like me
I don't want to meet your kin
Make you spin or do you in
Or select you or dissect you
Or inspect you or reject you
All I really want to do
Is baby be friends with you
Is baby be friends with you
Spoke to my girl on the phone today
She said she wish I'd come there right away
In Boston Massachusetts where she lives
Got to get there for the love she gives
Catch a plane and soon I will be gone
And I'll be in her arms before too long
In Boston Massachusetts she'll be there
And we'll be together everywhere
You see, I'm leaving 'cause I'm sad
Got a girl and I want to see her bad
You see I'm not leaving 'cause of you
I just can't stand to sit here feeling blue
Can't go on when I don't like this town
I feel so bad not having her around
In Boston Massachusetts where she lives
In the blue Canadian Rockies
Spring is silent through the trees
And the golden poppies are blooming
'Round the banks of Lake Louise
Now, oh, how my lonely heart is aching tonight
For that girl I left behind
And, oh, what I'd give if I could be there tonight
With the sweetheart who's waitin' for me
In the blue Canadian Rockies
Spring is silent through the trees
And the golden poppies are blooming
'Round the banks of Lake Louise
Across the sea they call me
And on and on a love so true
For the blue canadian rockies
And the one I love to see
The river flows, it flows to the sea
Wherever that river goes that's where I want to be
Flow river flow, let your waters wash down
Take me from this road to some other town
All he wanted was to be free
And that's the way it turned out to be
Flow river flow, let your waters wash down
Take me from this road to some other town
BRIDGE:
Flow river flow, past the shady trees
Go river go, go to the sea
Flow to the sea
The river flows, it flows to the sea
Wherever it goes that's where I want to be
Flow river flow, let your waters wash down
(R. McGuinn and J. Richards)
Pushed me off the street today
The light in my eyes gets in the way
Of the darkness you pushed me in
You say that it's a sin we're hanging around
You told me not to sing today
Yu say my music gets in the way
Cause it walks on in just as you begin
Bringing my soul brothers down
And although you're smiling
Your hate will not cease
So just face yourself babe
And leave my soul in peace
Instrumental
Well I'll stay out of your way
If you keep out of mine
If I only could let the evil go
Oh, you know we'll both go down in fire
Sitting all alone now
I took my ticket to ride
Just a matter of time now
Til i'll be up in the sky.
Coming up on me now
I'm king for a night
What's it gonna be now?
How willful things are building insight
Do you think it's really the trip that you seek?
I've got my doubts it's happened to me.
Artificial energy
Is racing in my mind
I've got a strange feeling
I'm going to die before my time
Cause i'm coming down off amphetamines
In South Carolina, there are many tall pines
I remember the oak tree that we used to climb
But now when I'm lonesome I always pretend
That I'm gettin' the feel of hickory wind
I started out younger, had most everything
All the riches and pleasures, what else can life bring?
But it makes me feel better each time you begin
Callin' me home, hickory wind
It's a hard way to find out that trouble is real
In a far away city, with a far away feel
But it makes me feel better each time you begin
Callin' me home, hickory wind
Hey joe, where you goin' with that money in your hand?
Hey joe, where you goin' with that money in your hand?
I'm gonna find my woman, she's runnin' around with some other man
I'm gonna go down town buy me a blue steel 44
I'm gonna go down town, gonna buy me a blue steel 44
When i find my woman she's not gonna run any more
Mmm, hey joe, i hear you shot your woman dead
Hey joe, i hear you've shot your woman dead
Yes, i did, you know, i found them both in the same damned bed
Hey joe, where you gonna go?
Ah, hey joe, where you gonna go?
I guess i go to my favourite mexico
I guess i go down where a man can be free
Yes, i guess i go down where a man can be free
Ain't no damned old hangman gonna put a noose around me, babe
Hey joe, where are you goin' with that gun in your hand?
Hey joe, where are you goin' with all of that cash?
I'm writing this here letter from aboard a DC8
Heading into Angel Town, I hope it's not too late
It rained in New York City
Mister Rock 'n' Roll couldn't stay
The crowd was mad and we were had
Chasing the sun back to L.A.
Have breakfest with me mamma
I hope they'll let us in
Got a leather jacket on
I know that it's a sin
Gunga Din
Sitting backwards on this airplane, is bound to make me sick
Spend your life on a DC8, never get to bed
Settle down (settle down)in the world
Now we're over Kansas, where the clouds are floating by
The whole wide world looks back at me
Just like a mushroom pie I wonder why
Have breakfest with me mamma
I hope they'll let us in
Got a leather jacket on
I know that it's a sin
I think I'm goin' back to the things I learned so well in my youth.
I think I'm returning to those days when I was young enough to know the truth.
Now there are no games to only pass the time.
No more electric trains, no more trees to climb.
But thinking young and growing older is no sin.
And I can play the game of life to win.
I can recall a time when I wasn't ashamed to reach out to a friend.
Now, I think I've got a lot more than just my toys to lend.
Now there's more to do than watch my sailboat glide,
But every day can be a magic carpet ride.
A little bit of courage is all we lack.
One day she came along,
I didn't know her name
My friends said to me
Watch out for the game
I didn't want to believe
All the things they said
It seemed to be the right time
A love afffair instead
Walkin' down the beach,
Kickin' up the sand
Not so far away
Wonderin' where they'll land
We talked of things
To do and places that we'd tame
A one with a love to share
With a girl who had no name
Who had no name
Then it came the time they said
When all the good went bad
She walked into the night,
It didn't make me sad
I felt my friends advice
Echo through my soul
A one with a love to share
With a girl who had no name
(Gene Clark)
Funny how the circle turns around
First you're up and then you're down again
Though the circle takes what it may give
Each time around it makes it live again
Funny how the circle is a wheel
And you can steal someone who is a friend
Funny how the circle takes you fly
And if it's right it brings it back again
Funny how the circle turns around
You think you're lost and then you're found again
Though you always look for what you know
Each time around is something new again
Funny how the circle is a wheel
And you can steal someone who is a friend
Funny how the circle takes you fly
And if it's right it brings it back again
Instrumental (Mandolin)
Funny how the circle is a wheel
And you can steal someone who is a friend
Funny how the circle takes you fly
And if it's right it brings it back again
When first I came to Liverpool
I went upon the spree
Me money at last I spent it
Fast got drunk as drunk could be
And when my money was all gone
It was then that I wanted more
But a man must be blind to make up his mind
To go to sea once more
I spent the night with Angeline
Too drunk to roll in bed
Me watch, it was new and my money was too
And the morning with them she fled
And as I roamed the streets of Bath
The whores they all would roar
There goes Jarr Tarr the poor sailor
He must go to sea once more
As I walking down the street
I ran into Rapper Brown
I asked him for to take me in
And he looked at me with a frown
He said, "Last time you was on board with me
You job no score, but I'll take your advance
And I'll give you the chance
And I'll send you to sea once more"
They shipped me aboard of a whaling ship
Bound for the Arctic Sea
Where the cold winds blow through the frost and the snow
Jamaica rum would freeze
Alas! I had no luck with my gear
For I left my money ashore
It was then that I wished
That I was there, safe with the girls ashore
Come all ye boat seafaring lads
Who listen to my song
And when you come off them long trip
Pray that you don't go wrong
Take my advice, drink no strong drink
Don't go sleeping with no whores
But get married lads and have all night in
I want to grow up to be a politician
And take over this beautiful land
I want to grow up to be a politician
And be the old U.S. of A.'s number one man
I'll always be tough but I'll never be scary
I want to shoot guns or butter my bread
I'll work in the towns or conservate the prairies
And you can believe the future's ahead
I'll give the young the right to vote as soon as they mature
But spare the rod and spoil the child to help them feel secure
And if I win election day I might give you a job
I'll sign a bill to help the poor to show I'm not a snob
I'll open my door, I'm charging no admission
And you can be sure, I'll give you my hand
I want to grow up to be a politician
And take over this beautiful land
I'll make you glad, you got me in with everything I do
And I'll defend until the end, the old red white and blue
I want to grow up to be a politician
And take over this beautiful land
And take over this beautiful land
(Roger McGuinn)
In times of despair
I think about the good things that you've done
And though you're not there
I sometimes ask myself, is anyone?
It's hard being human
When the whole world's a trap
But somehow I know
That everything's gonna work out all right
I might lose my patience
But won't you please try to understand
I've got obligations
And I intend to face them and take my stand
Oh, it's so hard being human
With only troubles in sight
But somehow I know
That everything's gonna work out all right Yes I do, yeah!
Stick by the baby
In spite of my qualms
That's all I want you to do
And try to help me (Help me)
When I'm down (Help me)
And I'll take good care of you
I want to thank you
For all the tender loving that you give
It brightens my feelings
And gives me strength and need to live
Oh, it's so hard being human
With all those troubles in sight
But somehow I know
That everything's gonna work out all right
Somehow I know
That everything's gonna work out all right
Somehow I know
That everything's gonna work out all right
Well, I know my rider's gonna miss me when I'm gone
Well, I know my rider's gonna miss me when I'm gone
She's gonna miss her loving daddy from rollin' in her arms
When you see me coming, better hoist your window high (your window high)
When you see me coming, better hoist your window high (your window high)
When you see, you see me leaving, better hang down your head and cry
Well, I know my rider, she's bound to love me some (to love me some)
Well, I know my rider, she's bound to love me some (to love me some)
She use to throw her arms around me like a circle around the sun
Well, I know my rider's gonna miss me when I'm gone (when I'm gone)
Well, I know my rider's gonna miss me when I'm gone (when I'm gone)
She's gonna miss her loving daddy from rollin' in her arms
Well, I know my rider's gonna miss me when I'm gone (when I'm gone)
Well, I know my rider's gonna miss me when I'm gone (when I'm gone)
I come and stand at every door
But no one hears my silent prayer
I knock and yet remain unseen
For I am dead, for I am dead
I'm only seven although I died
In Hiroshima long ago
I'm seven now as I was then
When children die they do not grow
My hair was scorched by a swirling flame
My eyes grew dim, my eyes grew blind
Death came and turned my bones to dust
And that was scattered by the wind
I need no fruit, I need no rice
I need no sweets nor even bread
I ask for nothing for myself
For I am dead, for I am dead
All that I ask is that for peace
You fight today, you fight today
So that the children of this world
I am a pilgrim and a stranger
Travelling through this wearisome land
I've got a home in that yonder city, good Lord
And it's not, not made by hand
I've got a mother, sister and a brother
Who have gone this way before
I am determined to go and see them, good Lord
For they're on that other shore
I'm goin' down to the river of Jordan
Just to bathe my wearisome soul
If I can just touch the hem of his garment, good Lord
Then I know he'd take me home
I am a pilgrim and a stranger
Travelling through this wearisome land
I've got a home in that yonder city, good Lord
I'm a hungry planet
I had a youthful face
They were in a hurry
To go to outer space
They needed bombs and tungsten
Ore and iron too
So they climbed and they dug and they blew
Divided me right in two
I'm a hungry planet
Orbiting in the sky
The things they did to hurt me
Pass on by and by
Now here I am all alone
They never ever learn
Well I had to shake and quake
And make their houses burn
I'm a hungry planet
I had the bluest seas
Oh, the people kept choppin' down
All my finest trees
Poisonin' my oxygen
Diggin' into my skin
Takin' more out of my good earth
Than they'll ever put back in
Far between sundown's finish and midnight's broken toll
We ducked inside the doorway, thunder crashing
As majestic bells of bolts, struck shadows in the sounds
Seeming to be the chimes of freedom flashing
Flashing for the warriors, whose strength is not to fight
Flashing for the refugees on the unarmed road of flight
And for each and every underdog soldier in the night
We gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing
Even though a cloud's white curtain in a far off corner flashed
And the hypnotic splattered mist was slowly lifting
Electric light still struck like arrows, fired but for the ones
Condemned to drift or else be kept from drifting
Tolling for the searching ones, on their speechless seeking trail,
For the LONESOME HEARTED lovers, with too personal a tale
And for each unharmful gentle soul misplaced inside a jail
And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing
Starry eyed and laughing, as I recall when we were caught
Trapped by no track of hours for they hanged suspended
And we listened one last time, and we watched with one last look
Spellbound and swallowed till the tolling ended
Tolling for the aching ones whose wounds cannot be nursed
For the countless confused, accused, misused, srung-out ones and worse
And for every hung-up person in the whole wide universe
Love for anyone who needs her
Innocence is all that feeds her
Rolling through the mist
Floating in a sea of madness
Reaching for the heights of gladness
Or did she exist?
Swirling ions from the stars
Streaming down onto the earth
From a galaxy like ours
Manifested in her birth
Child of the Universe
Giving freely of herself
Purity of truth rehearse
Leaving man her cosmic well
Love for anyone who needs her
Innocence is all that feeds her
Rolling through the mist
Floating in a sea of madness
Reaching for the heights of gladness
Or did she exist?
Vision of an untouched grace
Walking gaily through the sun
No one else could take her place
Nor the work that she'd begun
Love for anyone who needs her
Innocence is all that feeds her
Rolling through the mist
Knowing what is understanding
Patience that is undemanding
Or did she exist?
Or did she exist?
(R. McGuinn, J. Levy)
Always alone,
never with a herd
Prettiest mare I've ever seen,
you'll have to take my word
I'm going to catch that horse if I can
and when I do I'll give her my brand
Well I was up on Stony Ridge
after this chestnut mare, been chasing her for weeks
Oh I'd catch a glimpse of her every once in a while
taking her meal, bathing, fine lady
This one day I happen to be real close to her
and I saw her standing over there
so I snuck up on her nice and easy
got my rope out
and I flung it in the air!
CHORUS
I'm going to catch that horse if I can
and when I do I'll give her my brand
And we'll be friends for life
She'll be just like a wife
I'm going to catch that horse if I can
And I got her and I'm pulling on her
And she's pulling back like this mule going up a ladder
And I take a choice and I jump right up on her
Damned if I don't land right on top of her
And she takes off, running up onto the ridge
higher than I've ever been before
She's running along just fine
'til she stops and something spooked her
it's a sidewinder, all coiled and ready to strike
she doesn't know what to do for a second,
but then, she jumps off the edge, me holding on
(Canyon music!)
Above the hills, higher than eagles were gliding
suspended in the sky
over the hill
straight for the sun we were riding
my eyes were filled with light
behind those black walls
below was a bottomless canyon
floating with no sound
ghosts far below
seemed to be suddenly rising
exploding all around
(Chorus)
We were falling
down this crevice
about about a mile down it seem
and I looked down
And I see this red thing below us coming up real fast
and it's our reflection that's
this little pool of water about six feet wide and one foot deep
We're falling down right through it
We hit, we splashed it dry
that's when I lost my hold
and she got away
but I'm gonna try and get her again some day
You can tell a changing heart
Their face a smile and yet there is no joy
They look for wealth no matter what the cost
You're someone else that they might just destroy
So many people gather 'round
A thousand voices lift their praise
For you have reached the top
So they give you all they got
But when you're singing from the soul
They fail to see your final goal
They only tell you that
You have a long ways left to go
So you rhyme the changing rhyme
With one wheel spinning and one on the ground
Then falling victim to the game of time
You place your name out in the lost and the found
So many people gather 'round
A thousand voices lift their praise
For you have reached the top
So they give you all they got
But when you're singing from the soul
They fail to see your final goal
They only tell you that
You have a long ways left to go
So many people gather 'round
A thousand voices lift their praise
For you have reached the top
So they give you all they got
But when you're singing from the soul
They fail to see your final goal
They only tell you that
(R. McGuinn and J. York)
Drifted in school
Daddy is a fool
We know someone's on your mind
Women whose phase
Velvet and lace
Curling couplets into time and space
Meet the man who needs you now
Can you give your love away like Candy?
Down on your knees
Trimming the trees
Can you imagine what it's like?
Lovers lament
General dissent
Doctor's orders are unkind and bent
Meet the man who needs you now
Can you give your love away like Candy?
Instrumental (Electric Guitar)
Very profound
Merry-go-round
Spinning innocense and dreams
Can you believe
All you perceive
Love is never what it seemed to be
Meet the man who needs you now
Can you give your love away like Candy?
C.T.A. - 102
Year over year receiving you
Signals tell us that you're there
We can hear them loud and clear
We just want to let you know
That we're ready for to go
Out into the universe
We don't care who's been there first
On a radio telescopes
Science tells us that there's hope
Life on other planets might exist
{C.T.A. - 102
Year over year receiving you
Signals tell us that you're there
We can hear them loud and clear}
{We just want to let you know
That we're ready for to go
Out into the universe
Back when Cattle Creek used to sing
It's waters were sweet and it's banks were green
And sunny days, went on forever
Me and old Bugler, we'd run wild
Bluetick hound and the redneck child
We thought we were, birds of a feather
Ah the fish would bite, my how they'd bite
We'd catch them possoms in the pail moonlight
For ma, just to please her
Bugler's voice like Gabriel's horn
Up in the cypress, all down through the corn
Golden sounds, yes to treasure
CHORUS
Bugler, Bugler, bless your hide
Jesus gonna take you for a chariot ride
Say Goodbye, Say Goodbye
One day Ma she brought the news
She said, honey young Bugler's done paid his dues
He's been hit down, yes on that highway
Dry your eyes and stand up straight
Bugler's got a place at the pearly gates
Say goodbye sugar, Oh say goodbye
Dressed in country cloth and sitting on the floor
Warmed by antique sun amid the green timber
Held together by uncertainty, climb the Babel tower
Looking up instead of down, we need room to gamble
Sunday morning exercises started stand alone
Filling in the vacant spaces with the dreams of truth
Intimitations slowly sinking in, see the dreams we dreamed
Looking up instead of down still a-hiding
Absolute happiness unties the ropes that bind
Greatness and unity shines within the mind
Shines within the mind
So long ago I promised to conscience and easily wrote a code
So the Lord and I'll soon be back together again
Men'll always be equal times a bad connection
Looking up instead of down only good prevails
Absolute happiness unties the ropes that bind
Greatness and unity shines within the mind
He was a friend of mine, he was a friend of mine
His killing had no purpose, no reason or rhyme
He was a friend of mine
He was in Dallas town, he was in Dallas town
From a sixth floor window a gunner shot him down
He was in Dallas town
He never knew my name, he never knew my name
Though I never met him I knew him just the same
Oh he was a friend of mine
Leader of a nation for such a precious time
If you're looking to get a good thing going for yourself
House and pool a new Rolls Royce and some degree of
wealth
Don't make waves don't make waves don't make waves
Take a ride out West to find that freedom that you crave
Kick that nine to five
Don't let them make you a slave
Don't make waves don't make waves don't makes waves
And when the toys that you dreamed of have finally come
They all will break and you're back where you started
from
Malibou is calling you
With days and nights so warm
You can find excitement any size shape or form
Get up sing your praises from the bottom of my heart
I see your smiling face every time I turn around
You're a changing lady with so many mystic moods
No wonder that I love you the way I seem to do
Precious Kate, it's our fate
To meet inside the center of a Californian earthquake
It is my desire to capture all your love
Giving you the happiness you can only get from above
I love being near you and how I love to hear you
And I'd be the man you'd have to send away
Precious Kate...
Perhaps I want you too much, at times I tried too hard
But I've been lonely so long, my soul is near to starve
You do what you want to do, don't want it end up here
Jesus is just all right with me
Jesus is just all right, Oh yeah
Jesus is just all right with me
Jesus is just all right
I don't care what they may know
I don't care where they may go
I don't care what they may know
Jesus is just all right, oh yeah
Jesus is just all right
I don't care what they may say
I don't care what they may do
I don't care what they may say
Jesus is just all right, oh yeah
Jesus is just all right
Do, do, do, etc.
Jesus is just all right with me
Jesus is just all right, Oh yeah
Jesus is just all right with me
Jesus is just all right
Jesus is just all right with me
Jesus is just all right, Oh yeah
Jesus is just all right with me
Well I just came up on the midnight special how about that
My car broke down in Texas she stopped dead in her tracks
Just called to tell you that I need you
Just called to tell you how I feel
I feel like some old engine lost my drivin' wheel
Feel like some old engine lost my drivin' wheel
Took my money on the night train what a terrible fight
I gave my promise I would be there with you by Saturday night
I wanna tell you that I need you baby
I need to tell you just how I feel
I feel like some old engine lost my drivin' wheel
Feel like some old engine lost my drivin' wheel
Can't say much in a phone call baby you know how it is
I have to tell you one short thing oh won't you listen to this
I want to tell you that I love you baby
I want to tell you just how I feel
I feel like some old engine lost my drivin' wheel
One hundred years from this day will the people still feel this way
Still say the things that they're saying right now
Everyone said I'd hurt you, they said that I'd desert you
If I go away, you know I'm gonna get back some how
Nobody knows what kind of trouble we're in
Nobody seems to think it'll all might happen again
One hundred years from this time would anybody change their minds
And find out one thing or two about life
But people are always talking
You know they're always talking
Everybody's so wrong that I know it's gonna work out right
Nobody knows what kind of trouble we're in
For Me Again (Clark)
The moon can light the sky at night for me again
The sun can make the daytime bright and fun again
And my heart can be free the way it wants to be
'cause you come back to me again
The wind blows pain and clouds of rain away again
And lets me stay with just a happy day again
'cause now I really see how much you do love me
How good the world can be again
Oh when you left that day
I forgot how to care
And I hid myself away
But now since you are here
Winter days will seem like spring to me again
With all the love that you will bring to me again
And no matter what I'll do I will always see it through
Clouds so swift
Rain won't lift
Gate won't close
Railings froze
Get your mind off wintertime
You ain't goin nowhere
Whoo-ee 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 send
Morning came and morning went
Pack up your money
Pick up your tent
You ain't goin nowhere
Whoo-ee 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 goin nowhere
Whoo-ee ride me high
Tomorrow's the day
My bride's gonna come
Oh, Oh are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair
Now Genghis 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
Whoo-ee ride me high
Tomorrow's the day
My bride's gonna come
Oh, Oh are we gonna fly
Welcome back home, welcome back home
Welcome back home, welcome back home
If you wanna tell someone about it tell me, tell me
If you gotta tell someone about it tell me, tell me
I think that I am afraid to hear it
I know you're afraid to say yes
Tell me anyway you can
Ah but don't tell your momma
I won't tell your papa
Welcome back home, welcome back home
Welcome back home, welcome back home
If you wanna tell someone about it tell me, tell me
If you gotta tell someone about it tell me, tell me
I know that I am afraid to hear it
And I think that you're afraid to say it
Tell me how they kill a man
Ah but don't tell momma
I won't tell papa
Welcome back home, welcome back home
The first thing that they tell you
Is that you will be king
A priest at least they tell you
And that then everything
Will be alright at last
You will finally be cast
Into your rightful throne
They've got it all down cold
Next thing that they tell you
Is not to be afraid
Think you're better than the others
Somewhat fine and brave
They lead astray
You could be up there all alone
A star they say
A million miles away from home
An empty space
Is that the place you wanted?
The last thing that they tell you about
Is they ask you "Will it hurt?"
They said,"Sell what you can, boy
Get out while the getting's good"
And they whisper in the evening
Now, all around town
They said, "Woo, Humpty Dumpty
The king is falling down"
I said,"Just like Humpty Dumpty
(All the king's horses
The king is falling down"
(And all the king's men)
I said, "Ooh, Humpty Dumpty now
(Could not put old Humpty Dumpty now)
The king is falling down"
(Back together again)
I said,"Oh, the king is falling down"
(All the king's horses and all the king's men)
I said,"Oh, the king is falling down"
(Could not put old Humpty Dumpty now back together again)
I said,"Oh, the king is falling down"
(All the king's horses and all the king's men)
I said,"Oh, the king is falling down"
(Could not put old Humpty Dumpty now back together again)
I said,"Oh, the king is falling down"
(All the king's horses and all the king's men)
I said,"Oh, the king is falling down"
Keep sayin' no to her since she was a baby
Keep sayin' no to her, not even maybe
Why?
Why?
You say there's a limit there, she can't go past that
She don't believe you, she don't think that's where it's at
Why?
Why?
You say she can't change that, it's the way you've always done it
She don't care about that, she thinks you've just begun it
Why?
Why?
You say it's a dead old world, dull and unforgiving
I don't know where you live, but you're not living
Why?
Why?
Keep sayin' no to her since she was a baby
Keep sayin' no to her, not even maybe
Why?
You got a lotta nerve
To say you are my friend
When I was down
You just stood there grinning
You got a lotta nerve
To say you gota helping hand to lend
You just want to be on
The side that's winning
You say I let you down
You know it's not like that
If you're so hurt
Why then don't you show it
You say you lost your faith
But that's not where it's at
You had no faith to lose
And you know it
I know the reason
That you talk behind my back
I used to be among the crowd
You're in with
Do you take me for such a fool
To think I'd make contact
With the one who tries to hide
What he don't know to begin with
You see me on the street
You always act surprised
You say, "How are you?" "Good luck"
But you don't mean it
When you know as well as me
You'd rather see me paralyzed
Why don't you just come out once
And scream it
No, I do not feel that good
When I see the heartbreaks you embrace
If I was a master thief
Perhaps I'd rob them
And now I know you're dissatisfied
With your position and your place
Don't you understand
It's not my problem
I wish that for just one time
You could stand inside my shoes
And just for that one moment
I could be you
Yes, I wish that for just one time
You could stand inside my shoes
You'd know what a drag it is
It's the humming of the engines
On the Greyhound bus and trains
That keeps your memory on my mind
And here with me
Many miles have come between us
Cold nights on some roadside
Bringing back
Your gentle ways of loving me
It's the thought of how you love me
How you treat me, how you thrill me
That clears my fogged-up mind
To where I see
Some little girl, as I walk by
Just looking at me sadly
Bringing back
Your gentle ways of loving me
It's just your gentle ways of loving me
It's just your gentle ways of loving me
It's the happiness I've never found
With other loves that bothers
And a mother saying
How her child loves me
And times you never talked about
Those late evening hours
Bringing back
Your gentle ways of loving me
It's just your gentle ways of loving me
It's just your gentle ways of loving me
It's just your gentle ways of loving me