John Cameron Fogerty (born May 28, 1945) is an American musician, songwriter, and guitarist, best known for his time with the swamp rock/roots rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) and as a solo recording artist. Fogerty has a rare distinction of being named on Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 Greatest Guitarists at #40 and the list of 100 Greatest Singers at #72. The songs "Proud Mary" and "Born on the Bayou" also rank amongst the Greatest Pop songs ("Proud Mary," #41) and Guitar songs ("Born on the Bayou," #53).
Fogerty was born in Berkeley, California and is the younger brother of the late Tom Fogerty. He attended El Cerrito High School along with the other members of CCR and took guitar lessons from Berkeley Folk Festival creator/producer Barry Olivier.
Inspired by rock and roll pioneers, especially Little Richard and Bo Diddley, John and his brother Tom Fogerty joined Doug Clifford and Stu Cook in the late 1950s to form the band Tommy Fogerty and the Blue Velvets in El Cerrito, California. After signing with the jazz label Fantasy in 1965, they became The Golliwogs and released a few singles that were largely ignored.
Plot
It is 1915 and a beautiful girl is born to Anthony and Brigitta Cachiotti. Maria becomes daddy's little girl very quickly only to see him killed in cold blood in 1925 on her tenth birthday. While holding his hand during his last breath Maria vows to avenge her father's death. Maria learns to sing and then traps her father's murderer Antonio Capresi into marrying her. The game begins as she tries to gather enough information to catch him and the rest of his mobster types to put them in jail or end them completely. Will Maria avenge her father or will the mob win the game? She is either going to put Antonio away or exact the ultimate justice: his death!
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She married into the mob and now she cannot divorce it
Maria vows to avenge her Father's killer.
There go your big black Limousine
You're shakin? your booty for the magazine
Pickin? an? posin? like a wannabe
It ain?t right, it ain?t right, such a waste of life
Maybe you forgot how we live down here
People work hard for their money, dear
You had such a hard day lookin? at the mirror
It ain?t right, it ain?t right, honey, such a waste of life
Another long weekend with your friend
I thought that party would never end
Well up to your rehab and gone again
It ain?t right, it ain?t right, honey, such a waste of life
Bop, bop, bop, bop, bop, yeah
There go your big black Limousine
Chorus:
If you don't want, you don't havta get into trouble,
If you don't want, you don't havta get into trouble,
If you don't want, you don't havta get into trouble,
You just leave my woman alone. well!
Chorus
I know that you are a playboy, and you've got women all over town,
But if I ever catch you sweet-talkin' my little girl,
I'm gonna lay your body down!
Chorus
I know that you got the money, you got a new '57 too,
If I ever catch my little girl ridin' in your new car,
I'm gonna do some work on you!
Chorus
Chorus
You just leave my woman alone, yeah!
You just leave my woman alone, well!
You just leave my woman alone, mm-hmm.
You just leave my woman alone.
When I was a child my family would travel
Down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born
There's a backwards old town that's often remembered
So many times that my memories are worn
And daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the green river where paradise lay?
Well, I'm sorry my son but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away
Well, sometimes we'd travel right down the green river
To the abandoned old prison down by Airdrie Hill
Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with
our pistols
But empty pop bottles was all we would kill
And daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the green river where paradise lay?
Well, I'm sorry my son but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away
Then the coal company came with the world's largest
shovel
And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land
Well, they dug for their coal till the land was
forsaken
Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man
And daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the green river where paradise lay?
Well, I'm sorry my son but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away
When I die let my ashes float down the green river
Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester Dam
I'll be halfway to heaven with paradise waiting
Just five miles away from wherever I am
And daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the green river where paradise lay?
Well, I'm sorry my son but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away
Little Girl does your mama know you're out tonight
and if she did would she die of fright
just to know you're out with me
Little girl do you think that I'm a fool
And if you do does it change your mind
or will you love me all the time
I'm so much older than you
you don't know what I'm going through
I only know that this feeling inside
I can't hide I can't hide I can't hide
Little one I guess that we had better go
I know I know I know baby
don't you cry
I'll see you soon my little one
Yes I will
No No No No No No Don't tell me no lies
No No No No No No Don't tell me no lies
Cause I don't want to hear them
I don't want to hear them
No No No No No No Don't tell me no lies
No No No No No No Don't make me feel bad
No No No No No No Don't make me feel bad
Cause I don't really love you
I don't really love you
No No No No No No Don't tell me no lies
All my friends say that I'm acting blue
All my friends say that I'm, I'm such a fool
No No No No No No Don't tell me no lies
No No No No No No Don't tell me no lies
Cause I don't want to hear them
I don't want to hear them
No No No No No No Don't tell me no lies
I will walk with you
Every step of the way
Love you all my life
Love you everyday
No matter where you wander
No matter what you do
Come what may I will walk with you
I will walk with you
And treasure every smile
No matter what the fashion
You'll always be my style
My pretty little princess
An angel dressed in blue
Come what may I will walk with you
I will walk with you
Even when the sun don't shine
The rain it may come down
And Fate may be unkind
If you get a scrape
I'll brush away the tears
Come what may I will walk with you
I will walk with you
Together we will share
Jelly beans and pink ice-cream
A Christmas teeddy bear
And one day I am for certain a
Brand new puppy too
Come what may I will walk with you
I will walk with you
And love you for all time
Travel this ol' world
Your little hand in mine
I'll never be far from you
This I promise you
Come what may I will walk with you
Come what may I will walk with you
*Note: Single Release on iTunes 8-11-2009; no album date given
*there is a YouTube URL for this new duet song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYVzqi0kPKM
*Lyrics below line
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[John n Bruce]
I've been cheated, been mistreated
When will I be loved
I've been pushed down, I've pushed 'round
When will I be loved
[John]
When I find a new girl
That I want for mine
She always breaks my heart in two
[John n Bruce]
It happens every time
I've been made blue, I've been lied to
When will I be loved
(Instrumental to John's then Bruce's comment->singin)
[John]
Aww man, I just wanna know when
[Bruce]
Yeah that's what I'm talkin' about
When I find a new girl that I want for mine
She always breaks my heart in two
[John n Bruce]
it happens every time (oh whoa oh)
I've been cheated, been mistreated
When will I be loved
When will I be loved
[John ----> John n Bruce]
But you won't catch me goin' back down there alone
Things they said when I was young
Are quite enough to get me hung
I don't care! I don't care!
They came and took my dad away to serve some time
But it was me that paid the debt he left behind
Folks said I was full of sin, because I was the next of
kin.
I don't care! I don't care!
Folks were out one night to put me up a fence
But you can guess that I've been runnin' ever since
Ain't no one that's 'bout to help, but
I'll keep on, I tell myself
I don't care! I don't care!
Ain't no one that's 'bout to help, but
I'll keep on, I tell myself
I don't care! I don't care!
I don't care! I don't care!
I don't care! I don't care!
Someone told me long ago There's a calm before the storm,
I know; It's been comin' for some time.
When it's over, so they say, It'll rain a sunny day,
I know; Shinin' down like water.
I want to know, Have you ever seen the rain?
I want to know, Have you ever seen the rain
Comin' down on a sunny day?
Yesterday, and days before, Sun is cold and rain is hard,
I know; Been that way for all my time.
'Til forever, on it goes Through the circle, fast and slow,
I know; It can't stop, I wonder.
I want to know, Have you ever seen the rain?
I want to know, Have you ever seen the rain
Comin' down on a sunny day?
Yeah!
I want to know, Have you ever seen the rain?
I want to know, Have you ever seen the rain
Comin' down on a sunny day?
Yeah, hey! What you talkin' about?
I read it in the paper today,
Two cats howlin' 'til the break of day.
Up on the back fence, they're makin' a play;
One stepped across the line, the other blew him away.
Up in the morning, down the road 'n I'm gone;
Been with my sweetie, we was up all night long.
My head is throbbin', man I gotta find a song,
The radio depress me, tell me what's goin' on?
CHORUS:
Headlines, screamin' everywhere I go;
Headlines, like I really want to know;
Headlines, gotta million ways to say,
Another crazy day, Headlines.
I saw it on the 6: 30 news,
Some freakin' deacon wearin' military shoes;
He's mad at me, buddy, he's mad at you,
He's gonna drop the Big One and there's nothin' I can do.
CHORUS
Oh! Just another crazy day.
Do, do, do, do.
Up on the mountain, man I'm feelin' alright,
Been to the temple and I'm sleepin' at night.
Here come a stranger, need a paper to light,
Man, he's bustin' with the news about the fightin' tonight.
CHORUS
CHORUS
Oh! Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah!
Well, hearts of stone will never break,
And the love you give, it just won't take.
You can 'em "please, please, please, please break,"
And all your love is their's to take.
Well, hearts of stone, will cause you pain,
Although you love them, they'll stop you just the same.
You can 'em "please, please, please, please break,"
And all your love is their's to take.
But they'll say "no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
Everybody knows - I thought you knew; hearts are made of stone."
Whoa!
Well, hearts of stone, will cause you pain,
Although you love them, they'll stop you just the same.
You can 'em "please, please, please, please break,"
And all your love is their's to take.
Yeah!
But they'll say "no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
Well, I ain't never, I ain't never
Seen nobody like you
No, no, no, never, have I ever
Seen nobody like you
You call me up, say, you'll meet me at nine
I have to hurry, hurry, but I'm there on time
I walk right up and knock on your door
The landlord says, "She ain't here no more"
I ain't never, oh darlin'
Seen nobody like you
But I love ya, yeah, I love ya
I love you just the same
Well, you tell me things that you don't mean
You got me livin' in a haunted dream
You make me do things, I don't wanna do
My friends they stay away, but what's so wrong with you?
I ain't never, oh darlin'
Seen nobody like you
But I love ya, yeah, I love ya
I love you just the same
My oh my, what?s a guy to do?
The time is right, time to make a move
This is hard to take, I can hardly wait
I can?t help myself
Pins and needles, nervous alley cat
I can?t sit down, I?m burnin? up the track
Like a runaway truck, I just gotta buck
I can?t help myself
There's a whirlwind up ahead, so spread the news
I can?t be late, I gotta break, I feel like bustin? loose
I can?t help myself
My oh my, ride the wild stampede
I can?t let go, I can?t control the speed
I?m chompin? at the bit, and it?s too late to quit
I can?t help myself
There's a whirlwind up ahead, so spread the news
I can?t be late, I gotta break, I feel like bustin? loose
I can?t help myself, I can?t help myself, I can?t help myself
This is hard to take, I can hardly wait!
They sent us home to watch the show comin' on the little screen
A man named Ike was in the white house, big black limousine
There were many shows to follow, from 'Hooter' to Doodyville
Though I saw them all, I can't recall which cartoon was real
The coon-skin caps, Yankee bats, the Hound Dog man's big start
The A-Bomb fears, Annette had ears, I lusted in my heart
A young man from Boston set sail the new frontier
And we watched the Dream dead-end in Dallas
They buried innocence that year
I know it's true, oh so true
'Cause I saw it on TV
We gathered round to hear the sound comin' on the little screen
The grief had passed, the old men laughed, and all the girls screamed
'Cause four guys from England took us all by the hand
It was time to laugh, time to sing, time to join the band
But all too soon, we hit the moon, and covered up the sky
They built their bombs, and aimed their guns, and still I don't know why
The dominoes tumbled and big business roared
Every night at six, they showed the pictures and counted up the score
I know it's true, oh so true
'Cause I saw it on TV
The old man rocks among his dreams, a prisoner of the porch
"The light", he says, "At the end of the tunnel was nothin'
But a burglar's torch"
And them that was caught in the Cover are all rich and free
But they chained my mind to an endless tomb
When they took my only son from me
I know it's true, oh so true
'Cause I saw it on TV
I know it's true, oh so true
Goodbye, Joe, me gotta go, me oh my oh
Me gotta go, pole the pirogue down the bayou
My Yvonne, sweetest one, me oh my oh
Son of a gun, gonna have big fun on the bayou
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gayo
Son of a gun, gonna have big fun on the bayou
Well Thibodeaux, fontaineaux, the place is buzzin'
Kinfolk come to see yvonne by the dozen
Dress in style, go hog wild and be gayo
Son of a gun, gonna have big fun on the bayou
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gayo
Son of a gun, gonna have big fun on the bayou, oh, guitar
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gayo
Son of a gun, gonna have big fun on the bayou
Oh, Lord, hang tight, ooh Lord
Oh, babe I wonder, just how we ever got so far apart
And it seems like just the other day we were happy
Holdin' hands in the dark
Here I'm standin' out in the rain
With a heart full of pain
Baby here I am, knockin' on your door
Baby here I am, knockin' on your door
Ooh, oh girl, I'm beggin', hear what I'm sayin'
Don't send me away
Just what I'm feelin', I got to tell ya
Don't say it's too late
I'm walking up and down the street
Just tryin' to get my nerve up
Baby here I am, knockin' on your door
Baby here I am, knockin' on your door
Ooh, lord, ooh baby, babe, I want ya, want you
Gotta keep you for all time
And I think I'm goin' crazy over you
'Cause I got to have you, got to have you
Baby here I am, knockin' on your door
Baby here I am, knockin' on your door
Pow! just think it over, whoa babe, I know you
Will see what I mean
Try to remember, when we're together
How good life can be
I'm walkin' up and down the street
Just tryin' to get my nerve up
Baby here I am, knockin' on your door
Baby here I am, knockin' on your door
Here I am, here I am knockin' on your door
Here I am, here I am knockin' on your door
Justa, justa knockin', justa, justa knockin' on your door
Justa, justa, justa knockin', babe
Lonely teardrops, why do you never dry?
Lonely teardrops, come home, come home
Just say you will, say you will, say you will, ah yeah
Lonely teardrops, why do you never dry?
Lonely teardrops, come home, come home
Just say you will, say you will, say you will
Ah yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh, oh, oh, come home, just say you will
Say you will, say you will, say you will, say you will
Lonely teardrops, why do you never dry?
Lonely teardrops, come home, come home
Just say you will, say you will, say you will, ah, ah, yeah, yeah
Lonely teardrops, why do you never dry?
Lonely teardrops, come home, come home
Just say you will, say you will, say you will, say you will
Say you will, hey, hey, ooh
Come on and say that you will, oh, say you will
Yeah, yeah, hey, yeah, yeah, yeah
Well, I been good to you, baby, better than I been to myself
I been good to you, darlin', better than I been to myself
I want you to say, say you come on, come on
I want you to say, Lord, say that you'll come on, yeah
Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, come on, come on, hey, come on
I ain't lyin' to you darlin'
Oh, you gotta do it [Incomprehensible]
Mr. Greed, why you got to own everything that you see?
Mr. Greed, why you put a chain on everybody livin' free?
You're hungerin' for his house, you're hungerin' for his wife
And your appetite will never be denied
You're a devil of consumption, I hope you choke, Mr. Greed
How do you get away with robbin'?
Did your mother teach you how?
I hear you got away with murder
Did you do your Mama proud?
Mr. Greed, why you got to take more than you can ever use?
Bring 'em to their knees, isn't it enough just to win while they lose?
You bring no honor to the game, you feast upon the blood and pain
But the bones you hoard can only bring you shame
There's corruption in your path, be that your epitaph, Mr. Greed
How do you get away with robbin'?
Did your mother teach you how?
I hear you got away with murder
Did you do your Mama proud?
Mr. Greed
Mr. Greed
Mr. Greed
He take the thunder from the mountain
He take the lightning from the sky
He bring the strong man to his bended knee
He make the young girls mama cry
You got to hidey-hide
You got to jump and run
You got to hidey hidey-hide
The old man's down the road
He got the voices speakin' riddles
He got the eye as black as coal
He got a suitcase covered with rattlesnake hide
And he stand right in the road
You got to hidey-hide
You got to jump and run away
You got to hidey hidey-hide
The old man's down the road
He make the river call your lover
He make the barking of the hound
Put the shadow across the window
When the old man comes around
You got to hidey-hide
You got to jump and run again
You got to hidey hidey-hide
The old man's down the road
The old man is down the road
The old man is down the road
Two-lane
Shinin' in the july dust
Heat risin' off the road
Out in front of my truck
Pulled my pick-up over the hill
Down the slide gravel through the cat-tails
Give me those swamp river days again
Sat down in the shade of a cotton wood tree
Pretty soon the swamp critters' callin' me
Skinny river kids swim in my mind
Hucklebums on cane-pole time
Give me those swamp river days again
Old memories out in the crick
Playin' hooky with a hobo stick
Old memories startin' to fade
Take me away
Cody river playin' on the radio
Takes me back to a girl I used to know
Sweet Susie do you think about me
That was good as it's ever gonna be
Give me those swamp river days again
Give me those swamp river days again
Mama I'm on fire
Old flame
Sweet desire
Comin' on the midnight
Comin' on the midnight train
Rollin' steel and thunder
Bring my baby back again
Roll on down the line
Big wheels rollin' right on time
Hear that whistle blowin'
Hear that engine roar and whine
Take care of my baby
Ridin' on that southern streamline
Well I got a little letter this morning
Just about the break of day
Bluebird ringin' my doorbell
Rollin' my blues away
Said honey when we go steppin'
Long about Saturday night
So head it down to the station
An' everything'll be alright
Honey what's that sound
Big wheels rollin' homeward bound
See that smokestack sparkin'
Lightin' up a purple sky
Take care of my baby
Ridin' on that southern streamline
Well I got a little letter this morning
Just about the break of day
Bluebird ringin' my doorbell
Rollin' my blues away
Said honey babe we'll go steppin'
Long about Saturday night
So head it down to the station
An' everything'll be alright
Mama I'm on fire
Old flame
Sweet desire
Comin' on the midnight
Honey let your little light shine
Rollin' steel and thunder
Ridin' on that southern streamline
Take care of my baby
Ridin' on that southern streamline
Help me fellas
I'm feelin' kind-a weak
The way I'm livin' just ain't right
I need somebody t' watch over me
All my blue moon nights
I want a girl to take me by the hand
Follow me right down the line
Hold me gently while we dance
All my blue moon nights
Heaven only knows I don't want to be
Just a fool, passin' through
Won't you send me an angel to walk with me
All my blue moon nights
Help me fellas
It's gettin' kind-a late
Runnin' out of precious time
She might pass me while I waste
All my blue moon nights
Heaven only knows I don't want to be
Just a fool, passin' through
Won't you send me an angel to walk with me
All my blue moon nights
I TIP-TOED IN THE ROOM
I KNOW YOU GOT TO HAVE YOUR REST
SHE SAYS "COME LAY BESIDE ME, I BEEN WAITING SINCE YOU LEFT"
SHE'S SWEET TO ME
MUST BE THE LUCKIEST MAN ALIVE
"DID I TELL YOU BABY?,,
YOU ARE THE JOY OF MY LIFE"
FIRST TIME THAT I SAW YOU,
oOH ,YOU TOOK MY BREATH AWAY
I MIGHT NOT GET TO HEAVEN
BUT I WALKED WITH THE ANGELS THAT DAY,
TAKES ME BY THE HAND
I AM THE LUCKIEST MAN ALIVE
"DID I TELL YOU BABY?,,,
YOU ARE THE JOY OF MY LIFE"
SOME MAY HAVE THERE RICHES
SOME MAY HAVE THEIR WORLDLY FAME
LONG AS I HAVE YOU
I'LL TREASURE EACH AND EVERY DAY
JUST TAKE ME BY THE HAND
I AM THE LUCKIEST MAN ALIVE
"DID I TELL YOU BABY?,,,,
YOU ARE THE JOY OF MY LIFE"
"DID I TELL YOU BABY?,,,
YOU ARE THE JOY OF MY LIFE"
Someone told me long ago There's a calm before the storm,
I know; It's been comin' for some time.
When it's over, so they say, It'll rain a sunny day,
I know; Shinin' down like water.
I want to know, Have you ever seen the rain?
I want to know, Have you ever seen the rain
Comin' down on a sunny day?
Yesterday, and days before, Sun is cold and rain is hard,
I know; Been that way for all my time.
'Til forever, on it goes Through the circle, fast and slow,
I know; It can't stop, I wonder.
I want to know, Have you ever seen the rain?
I want to know, Have you ever seen the rain
Comin' down on a sunny day?
Yeah!
I want to know, Have you ever seen the rain?
I want to know, Have you ever seen the rain
I see a bad moon a-rising
I see trouble on the way
I see earth quakes and lightnin'
I see bad times today
Well, don't go 'round tonight
But it's bound to take your life
There's a bad moon on the rise
I hear hurricanes a-blowing
I know the end is coming soon
I fear the river's over flowing
I hear the voice of rage and ruin
Well, don't go 'round tonight
But it's bound to take your life
There's a bad moon on the rise
Hope you got your things together
I hope you are quite prepared to die
Look's like we're in for nasty weather
One eye is taken for an eye
Well, don't go 'round tonight
But it's bound to take your life
There's a bad moon on the rise
Well, don't go 'round tonight
But it's bound to take your life
There's a place up ahead and I'm goin'
Just as fast as my feet can fly
Come away, come away if you're goin'
Leave the sinkin' ship behind
Come on the risin' wind
We're goin' up around the bend
Bring a smile and a song for the banjo
Better get while the gettin's good
There's a place up ahead and I'm goin'
Where the neons, it turns to wood
Come on the risin' wind
We're goin' up around the bend
You can ponder perpetual motion
Fix your mind on a crystal day
Always time for good conversation
There's an ear for what you say
Come on the risin' wind
We're goin' up around the bend
Catch a ride to the end of the highway
And we'll meet by the big red tree
There's a place up ahead and I'm goin'
Come along, come along with me
Come on the risin' wind
Goodbye, Joe, me gotta go, me oh my oh
Me gotta go, pole the pirogue down the bayou
My Yvonne, sweetest one, me oh my oh
Son of a gun, gonna have big fun on the bayou
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gayo
Son of a gun, gonna have big fun on the bayou
Well Thibodeaux, fontaineaux, the place is buzzin'
Kinfolk come to see yvonne by the dozen
Dress in style, go hog wild and be gayo
Son of a gun, gonna have big fun on the bayou
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gayo
Son of a gun, gonna have big fun on the bayou, oh, guitar
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gayo
Son of a gun, gonna have big fun on the bayou
Oh, Lord, hang tight, ooh Lord
When I was a child my family would travel
Down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born
There's a backwards old town that's often remembered
So many times that my memories are worn
And daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the green river where paradise lay?
Well, I'm sorry my son but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away
Well, sometimes we'd travel right down the green river
To the abandoned old prison down by Airdrie Hill
Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with our pistols
But empty pop bottles was all we would kill
And daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the green river where paradise lay?
Well, I'm sorry my son but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away
Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovel
And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land
Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken
Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man
And daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the green river where paradise lay?
Well, I'm sorry my son but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away
When I die let my ashes float down the green river
Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester Dam
I'll be halfway to heaven with paradise waiting
Just five miles away from wherever I am
And daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the green river where paradise lay?
Well, I'm sorry my son but you're too late in asking
Did you hear 'em talkin' 'bout it on the radio
Did you try to read the writing on the wall
Did that voice inside you say I've heard it all before
It's like deja vu all over again
Day by day I hear the voices rising
Started with a whisper like it did before
Day by day we count the dead and dying
Ship those bodies home while the networks all keep score
Did you hear 'em talkin' 'bout it on the radio
Could you're eyes belive the writing on the wall
Did that voice inside you say I've heard it all before
It's like deja vu all over again
One by one I see the old ghosts rising
Stumblin' 'cross Big Muddy
Where the light gets dim
Day after day another Mamma's crying
She's lost her precious child
To a war that has no end
Did you hear 'em talkin' 'bout it on the radio
Did you stop to read the writing at the wall
Did that voice inside you say
I've seen this all before
It's like deja vu all over again
Hot Rod Heart
John Fogerty
Ooh, let's go ridin'
Cruisin' down the open road
We can put the top down
Listen to the radio
Big ol' Buick
And a big ol' sky
Wheels on fire
And I'll tell you why
I got a hot rod heart
Ooh, let's go prowlin'
Sneakin' like we used to do
Way back in the country
Cut across the cornfields too
Big ol' Harley
And a big ol' moon
Big ol' 'gator
Puttin' on the zoom
I got a hot rod heart
Got a one-way ticket to the open road
Come on
Got a red line engine
And I'm rarin' to go
Put the pedal to the metal
If you want to ride
If you want to ride
Let's go
Ooh, let's go ridin'
Rollin' down the open road
We can put the top down
Listen to the radio
Big ol' Buick
And a big ol' sky
Wheels on fire
And I'll tell you why
I got a hot rod heart
Got a one-way ticket to the open road
Come on
Got a red line engine
And I'm rarin' to go
Put the pedal to the metal
If you want to ride
If you want to ride
Let's go
Outside my window, I can hear the radio,
And I know that motor wagon is ready to fly,
'cause it's almost saturday night.
Bye bye, tomorrow, jody's gone to the rodeo,
And you know some good old boys are ready to ride,
'cause it's almost saturday night.
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Gonna push the clouds away, let the music have it's way,
Let it steal my heart away, and you know i'm-a-goin'!
Outside the ringing, the night train is bringin' me home,
When you hear that locomotion get ready to ride,
'cause it's almost saturday night.
Chorus
Outside the ringing, the night train is bringin' me home,
When you hear that locomotion get ready to ride,
'cause it's almost saturday night.
I lay here at night, toss and I turn
Lovin' you so, how my heart yearns
Honey, you're the reason I don't sleep at night
Just walkin' the floor, thinkin' of you
Smoke cigarettes and drink all day too
Honey, you're the reason I can't sleep at night
I'm bettin' you're not losin' sleep over me
But if I'm wrong don't fail to call
Come over and keep me company
Sometimes I go for a walk, look at the moon
Strum my guitar to some old lonesome tune
Honey, you're the reason I can't sleep at night
I'm bettin' you're not losin' sleep over me
But if I'm wrong don't fail to call
Come over and keep me company
Sometimes I go for a walk, look at the moon
Strum my guitar and sing out of tune
Honey, you're the reason I can't sleep at night
Honey, you're the reason I can't sleep at night
(one, two, one, two, three, four...)
Henrietta, baby whatcha do to me?
Henrietta, you say that you wanna leave,
You got me so shook up, I never ever wanna break free.
Henrietta, I say you look so fine,
Henrietta, will your love be mine?
You're always on the move, hangin' on another line.
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The day your love went away, I thought that you was gonna stay
But it was an omen, I tried and tried,
Caught up by all your lies!
Henrietta, why wontcha treat me right?
Henrietta, you say you'll love with all your might,
Well, love me baby, love me all through the night.
Whoa!
Chorus
Henrietta, why wontcha treat me right?
Henrietta, you say you'll love with all your might,
My oh my I'm a restless guy
Got a home everywhere I go
Well I ain't good lookin'
And I ain't so smart
But baby I'm a sensitive guy
I ain't done everything there is to do
But I'll damn sure give it a try
I'm a lookin'
I'm a lookin'
For a big time bookin' with you
So come on baby
Let's go howlin' at the honky-tonk moon
I'm a rambunctious boy
Rambunctious boy
Oh my I'm a restless guy
Got a home everywhere I go
I'm-a trouble on the run
Heartbreakin' son of a gun
Oh yeah I'm a rambunctious boy
I'll be workin' all week in the big boss yard
I 'bout had it up to here
I ain't got time for a caribean cruise
Just give me a song and a beer
I feel like rompin'
Stompin'
And bronkin' it up real loud
So come on baby
Tell your girlfriend
Three's a crowd
I'm a rambunctious boy
Rambunctious boy
Oh my I'm a restless guy
Got a home everywhere I go
I'm-a trouble on the run
Heartbreakin' son of a gun
Oh yeah I'm a rambunctious boy
I'm a rambunctious boy
Rambunctious boy
Oh my I'm a restless guy
Got a home everywhere I go
I'm-a trouble on the run
Heartbreakin' son of a gun
I dreamed I walked in heaven, just the other night
There was so much beauty, so much light
Don?t you wish it was true
Don?t you wish it was true
An angel took my hand
Said you don?t have to hurry
Got all the time in the world, don?t worry
Don?t you wish it was true
Lord, don?t you wish it was true
But if tomorrow everybody was your friend
Anyone could take you in
No matter what or where you been
But if tomorrow everybody had enough
The world wasn?t quite so rough
Lord, don?t you wish it was true
He said the world gonna change and it starting today
There will be no more armies, no more hate
Don?t you wish it was true
Don?t you wish it was true
And all the little children, will live happily
There?ll be singing and laughter, sweet harmony
Don?t you wish it was true
Lord, don?t you wish it was true
But if tomorrow, everybody under the sun
Was happy just to live as one
No borders, no battles to be won
But if tomorrow everybody was your friend
Happiness would never end
Lord, don?t you wish it was true
But if tomorrow, everybody under the sun
Was happy just to live as one
No borders, no battles to be won
But if tomorrow everybody was your friend
Happiness would never end
Lord, don?t you wish it was true
Lord, don?t you wish it was true
Don't look so bad, don't look that sad, just look at all the luck we had,
It was fun, and it was wrong.
You say you'd stay I had no more, the good luck hungered from I don't know,
Won't make it hard to say so long.
Chorus:
I said "no, no, you don't owe me; no, no you don't owe me a thing,
You don't owe me a thing.
I said "no, no, you don't owe me; no, no sure don't owe me a thing,
You don't owe me a thing.
You know you told me once, a long time ago, some of these days it would have to go,
Some of these days took us wrong
I don't mind if you hit the door, don't be fast, darlin', don't be slow,
Won't be around to watch you more.
Chorus
Oooh!
Chorus
Rhubarb Pie
Rhubarb Pie
It might rain tomorrow
Better get some before I die
Rhubarb Pie
Rhubarb Pie
It might rain tomorrow
Better get some before I die
Save your lemons
Get 'em up in the tree
Save your peaches
They really don't get to me
Talk about somethin' sure gonna
make me shout
Go on get some rhubarb pie
That's what it's all about
Chorus
Rhubarb Pie
Rhubarb Pie
It might rain tomorrow
Better get some before I die
Hey little mamma come I walk with you
Got a hole in my pocket
Another one in my shoe
Pies in the kitchen settin'
out the window sill
Talk about make my eyes bug out
Lord they surely will
Chorus
Hey little mamma come I walk you home
Ain't had no lovin'
since my use-ta gal been gone
Come on in my kitchen
Lord I wish you would
Roll my eyes and shut my mouth
This rhubarb sure is good
It may look easy
When you look at me
But it took years of effort
To become the mess that you see
Now what kind of woman
Take you for a ride
Down the rattlesnake highway
An' leave you busted up inside
All busted up inside
Smiles like a cobra
With her rattlesnake eyes
'n leave you for dead on the highway
Just mumblin' at the sky
She did me wrong
She did me wrong
She did me wrong
Tell me...she did me
Smiles like a cobra
With her rattlesnake eyes
'n leave you for dead on the highway
Just mumblin' at the sky
Now she did me wrong
She did me so wrong
She did me wrong
You know she did me so wrong
Yeah! yeah!
It happened just this mornin', you know I woke up feelin' so good,
The sun came over the mountain, just like I always knew it would.
Had another dream about music, you know the kind that they used to play,
There was everyone that I love to hear, marchin' to their own parade.
Chorus:
And they were comin' down the road, playin' that rock n' roll,
And dontcha feel good 'cause they're comin' down the road.
Saw that orpheum theatre, I heard a thousand screamin' guitars,
There was a greasy-haired boy with a wiggle, they thought he was a man from mars,
Rollin' along with the fat man, a piece of country-fried blueberry pie,
I said to myself "let me hear it on the hill, just one time, one time before I die."
Chorus
Yeah!
Chorus
Chorus
Chorus:
Don't mess with my toot toot, don't mess with my toot toot,
Well you can have the other woman, but don't mess with my toot toot.
She was born in her birth suit, the doctor slap her behind, (slap!)
Say you're gonna to be special, you sweet little toot toot.
Well you can look as much, but if you much as touch,
You're gonna have yourself a case - I'm gonna break your face!
Chorus
Oh toot, hey!
Whoa, mama was the same way too, all the fellas didn't know what to do,
And papa never had a chance, with a sweet little toot toot.
She was born in her birth suit, the doctor slap her behind, (slap!)
Said you're gonna to be special, you sweet little toot toot.
I?ve been all around the world searchin? for my baby
Tell me where can she be
Lookin' high and low way back in Kokomo
It's still a mystery
Somebody help me
She don't want me no more
Somebody help me
I can't do this alone
I crossed the Great Wall of China
Spent my last dime way down the Amazon
Swam the Indian Ocean been up in Nova Scotia
Where has my baby gone
Somebody help me
There's somethin' goin' wrong
Somebody help me
I can't do this alone
I keep walkin? a bad street, can?t find my babe
I keep chasing the shadow
She don?t want me no more
Don?t want me no more
I went home to Pocatello, Idaho
Can I find a familiar face
Askin' everybody, everyone I know
She disappeared without a trace
Somebody help me
She don't want me no more
Somebody help me
I can't do this alone
Somebody help me
There's somethin' goin' wrong
Somebody help me
And I ain't no doctor
And I ain't no noise
Ain't no lawyer, babe
And nothing could be wise
Ain't got no aristocrat
Ah, hangin' in my tree
So tell me, little mama
Why you messin? with me
Looks like a long, longshot baby
Lookin? like a longshot baby to me
I don't walk with the president
I don't mess with the prime
I ain't got no big shots, babe
Workin? for me overtime
I can see you're sophisticated
Ah, with your goody two shoes
So tell me how you [Incomprehensible] babe
I got nothin? to lose
Looks like a long, longshot baby
Lookin? like a longshot baby to me
And I ain't no sinner
And I ain't no saint
I ain't no hypocrite, babe
?Cept most everyday
I ain't got no religion
Ah, cloudin? up my brain
So tell me, little mama
Ah, why you jumpin? my claim
Looks like a long, longshot baby
Lookin? like a longshot baby to me
Looks like a long, longshot baby
The river is waiting, come riser
A new day is dawning, come riser
We be sailing at first light, come gather
Set our course for the crossing together
Woah, ooh my, my, my, my, my, my
(Sailing, sailing, river?s waiting, sailing)
Woah, ooh my, my, my, my, my, my
(Sailing, sailing, river?s waiting, sailing)
The river is waiting, I?m ready
To slip from this island, I?m ready
Gonna leave all my sorrow behind me
Lift my face to the new day that?s rising
Woah, ooh my, my, my, my, my, my
(Sailing, sailing, river?s waiting, sailing)
Woah, ooh my, my, my, my, my, my
Hey, Tonight,
Gonna be tonight,
Don't you know I'm flyin'
Tonight, tonight.
Hey, c'mon,
Gonna chase tomorrow
Tonight, tonight.
Gonna get it to the rafters,
Watch me now.
Jody's gonna get religion
All night long.
Hey, c'mon,
Gonna hear the sun
Tonight, tonight.
Gonna get it to the rafters,
Watch me now.
Jody's gonna get religion
All night long.
Aaaah!
Hey, Tonight,
Gonna be tonight,
Don't you know I'm flyin'
Tonight, tonight.
I can't take it no more
I can't take it no more
Sick and tired of your dirty little war
I can't take it no more
You know you lied about the casualty
You know you lied about the WMD
You know you lied about the detainees
All over this world
Stop talking about staying the course
You keep a-beating that old dead horse
You know you lied about how we went to war
I can't take it no more
I can't take
I can't take it
I bet you never saw the old schoolyard
I bet you never saw the national guard
Your daddy wrote a check and there you are
Another fortunate son
I can't take it no more
I can't take it no more
I'm sick and tired of your dirty little war
I can't take it no more
I can't take it no more
I can't take it no more
I?m sick and tired of your dirty little war
Help me fellas
I'm feelin' kind-a weak
The way I'm livin' just ain't right
I need somebody t' watch over me
All my blue moon nights
I want a girl to take me by the hand
Follow me right down the line
Hold me gently while we dance
All my blue moon nights
Heaven only knows I don't want to be
Just a fool, passin' through
Won't you send me an angel to walk with me
All my blue moon nights
Help me fellas
It's gettin' kind-a late
Runnin' out of precious time
She might pass me while I waste
All my blue moon nights
Heaven only knows I don't want to be
Just a fool, passin' through
Won't you send me an angel to walk with me
She's got baggage
She's got so much heavy baggage
The weight of the world
Is on her shoulder
I wonder how she carries it around
Wake up, it was the middle of the night
Telephone ringing
so I turned on the light
What up
She must be calling me again
Night after night
And it's driving me insane
She's got baggage
She's got so much heavy baggage
The weight of the world
Is on her shoulder
I wonder how she carries it around
Got up, dragged myself out of bed
Nuclear explosion banging in my head
Why me, how did I get so lucky
A million other guys
She had to pick me
She's got baggage
She's got so much heavy baggage
The weight of the world
Is on her shoulders
I wonder how she carries it around
Hey Joe, say it ain't so
She called me up
then she put me on hold
Hey Joe, say it ain't so
She called me up
then she put me on hold
Watch out, we got a whacked out woman
Huuricane warning and it's blowin' me away
She's got baggage
She's got so much heavy baggage
The weight of the world
is on her shoulders
He got the latest software
He got the latest hardware too
He got the latest gizmo
Up in his room
He's feeling so connected
But he don't talk to a soul
He got a stash of Twinkies
Up in his room
[Chorus:]
Nobody here anymore
Nobody mindin' the store
They've all gone
To another dimension
Nobody here anymore
She comin' 'round the corner
Ah in a SUV
She got the latest cell phone
Up in her ear
I'm running 'gainst the traffic
But she don't see me
One hand on the cell phone
One hand on the mirror
[Chorus]
He's sittin' back at the classroom
A million miles away
He's listenin' to the rock star on a CD
Up front the old teacher
She's too tired to snag his mind
He's lookin' at the future, she's looking way behind
Oh fight fire Oh fight fire
When you tell me a lie girl
It don't make me cry girl
I gotta fight fire with fire
Oh fight fire Oh fight fire
You know that I need you girl
I tried to believe you girl
But I gotta fight fire with fire
Oh fight fire Oh fight fire
Well go on and try girl
But don't ask me why girl
cause I gotta fight fire with fire
Well here she comes again
She's a-lookin' for me
Better make my move
Better head out to the high seas
If she get's me in her sights
I'll be workin' all day
No time to take a snooze
Or watch the football game
She got the radar workin'
Workin' overtime
She got the radar workin'
Torpedoes at 12 o'clock high
Well I can't go to Vegas
And I can't go to town
But could I maybe go to Freddie's
You know to lay down
But, it's a-maybe do this
And it's a-maybe do that
Uh by time I get to doin'
You know she's breakin' my back
She go the radar workin'
Workin' overtime
She got the radar workin'
Topedoes at 12 o'clock high
I'm just mindin' my own business
Don't mean nobody no harm
Ah but here she comes again now
Ta-twista-twisin' my arm
Oh Oh there's a chickenmunk
She got the radar workin'
Workin' overtime
She got the radar workin'
Lately I begin to wonder,
How's it all gonna end
After all the flash and thunder,
Then it's gone with the wind
All the stars in the heavens,
They been there to light my way.
Without knowin' where I'm going,
Probably get there anyway
Mystic highway that I'm on
Ooh ooh, take me home
Mystic highway that I ramble
Ooh ooh take me home
This old road has been my lifeline,
My companion and my friend
Like a rope around the universe,
Ain't no beginning, ain't no end
Out across the constellations,
There's a place behind the sun
Everything is connected,
Everything and everyone
Mystic highway that I'm on
Ooh ooh, take me home
Mystic highway that I ramble
Ooh ooh take me home
Down by the river on Saturday night,
Everybody waiting for a good time
Smooth city slickers and loaded dice,
Take your money in a pig's eye
Rain gonna fall, sun gonna shine,
Ain't no worry in my mind
Big wheel rollin' cross the sky,
Ain't no worry in my mind
All the stars that I'm under,
Know the way I feel tonight.
All the miles I've been travellin'
Headin' back to the light.
Mystic highway that I'm on
Ooh ooh, take me home
Mystic highway that I ramble
Ooh ooh take me home
Ooh ooh take me home.
George is in the jungle
Knockin? on the door
Come to get your children
Wants to have a war
Come on
Lord, you better run
Be a long dark night
Before this thing is done
Brownie?s in the outhouse
Katrina on the line
Government?s a disaster
But George, he says it?s fine
Come on
Lord, you better run
Be a long dark night
Before this thing is done
Rummy?s in the kitchen
Messin? with the pan
Dickie?s in the back
Stealin? everything he can
Come on
Lord, you better run
Be a long dark night
Before this thing is done
You better run
You better run
Lord, you better run
You better run
Runnin? down the highway
Shoutin? to the Lord
George?s got religion
And you know he can?t afford more, yeah
Lord, you better run
Be a long dark night
Before this thing is done
Be a long dark night
Before this thing is done
Mama, come look quick
There's a light up in the sky
And I see the silent ship
And it's calling you and I
And if you listen close
The reasons all come clear
I'm ready now to go
There's nothing left to fear
Oh there's nothing left to fear
Leavin' all of this pain behind
Gonna sail away
Lettin' all of these chains unwind
Gonna steal away
Mama, come look quick
Do I see an open door?
The passageway is lit
An' it's time to get on board
What wonders we will see
What beauty to my eyes
So come along with me
Across the rainbow sky
Across the rainbow sky
Leavin' all of this pain behind
Gonna sail away
Lettin' all of these chains unwind
Gonna fly away
Makin' over this troubled mind
Gonna wash away
Leavin' all of this doubt behind
Gonna sail away
Mama, come look quick
There's a light up in the sky
And I see the silent ship
Well, a-here-ee-yup, a-here-ee-yup, a-here we go
All aboard, justa hittin' the road, here we go, oh!
Rockin' all over the world!
Well, a-geedeeup, a-geedeeup, a-get away
We're goin' crazy, and we're goin' today, here we go, oh!
Rockin' all over the world!
And I like it, I like it, I like it, I like it
I la-la-like it, la-la-like, here we go, oh!
Rockin' all over the world!
Well, I'm gonna tell your mama what I'm gonna do
We're goin' out tonight with our dancin' shoes
Here we go, oh! Rockin' all over the world!
And I like it, I like it, I like it, I like it
I la-la-like it, la-la-like, here we go, oh!
Rockin' all over the world
Oh the midnight, need a searchlight
Oh the midnight, need a searchlight
I walk along the rocky shore, the place I lost myself
I search the water, look in the sky, I hear the cries for help
I trace my footsteps down to the sea but then the path disappears
Here in the darkness, I'm runnin' blind
Been stumblin' for all of these years
Oh the midnight, need a searchlight
Oh the midnight, need a searchlight
What was the demon that made me run, can I ever hope to understand?
I hear my voice, echoes on the wind, I try to reach out with my hand
Without a light, I might be here forever, lost for all eternity
There in the darkness, slippin' through my fingers
The face that smiles back in me
Oh the midnight, need a searchlight
Oh the midnight, need a searchlight
Oh the midnight, need a searchlight
Oh the midnight, need a searchlight
Oh the midnight, need a searchlight
Now, old man rhythm is in my shoes
It's no use sittin' here singin' the blues
So, be my guest, you got nothin' to lose
Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?
Ooowee, ooowee baby, ooowee, ooowee baby
Ooowee, ooowee baby
Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?
I feel like jumpin' and honey
Won't you join me please, yeah.
Well, I don't like beggin' but now
I'm gonna bend a knee, oh yeah
Well, I gotta get a-movin' honey, I ain't lyin'
My heart is beating the rhythm and it's right on time
So, be my guest, you got nothin' to lose
Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?
Ooowee, ooowee baby, ooowee, ooowee mama
Ooowee, ooowee baby
Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?
Well, I gotta get-a-rockin', get my hat off the rack
I gotta boogie-woogie like a knot's in my back
So, be my guest, you got nothin' to lose
Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?
Ooowee, ooowee baby, ooowee, ooowee baby
Ooowee, ooowee baby,
Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?
I feel like jumpin' and honey
Won't you join me please, yeah
Well, I don't like beggin' but now
I'm gonna bend a knee, oh yeah
Ooowee, ooowee baby, ooowee, ooowee mama
Ooowee, ooowee baby
Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?
Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?
Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?
I'm goin', I'm goin', I'm goin' on a sea, sea cruise
Soda pop, soda pop, everybody want to make it to the top
Soda pop, soda pop, everybody want to make it to the top
Soda pop, soda pop, everybody want to make it to the top
Soda pop, soda pop, everybody want to make it to the top
Soda pop, soda pop, everybody want to make it to the top
Soda pop, soda pop, everybody want to make it to the top
Soda pop, soda pop, everybody want to make it to the top
Soda pop, soda pop, everybody want to make it to the top
Take a million dollars, baby, put it in my hand
Put my favorite retouched photo on the soda can
Put my face on television, say my name a lot
Show your cola in every household, give it all you got
Better strike while the iron's hot
Soda pop, soda pop, everybody want to make it to the top
Soda pop, soda pop, everybody want to make it to the top
Soda pop, soda pop, everybody want to make it to the top
Soda pop, soda pop, everybody want to make it to the top
Hey, there's a generation out there, waitin' to be tapped
If we play our cards right, baby, we'll be sittin' fat
Play a little rock roll music, tease 'em with a tune
Show a couple a old time pictures from the baby boom
An' suck 'em in while I croon
Soda pop, soda pop, everybody want to make it to the top, to the top
Soda pop, soda pop, everybody want to make it, make it, make it
Soda pop, soda pop, everybody want to make it to the top
Soda pop, soda pop, everybody want to make it to the top
Soda pop, soda pop, everybody want to make it to the top
Soda pop, soda pop, everybody want to make it to the top
Soda pop, soda pop, everybody want to make it to the top
Soda pop, soda pop, everybody want to make it to the top
Soda pop, soda pop, everybody want to make it to the top
Just because I asked a friend about her
Just because I spoke her name somewhere
Just because I dialed her number by mistake today
She thinks I still care
Just because I haunt the same old places
Where the memory of her lingers everywhere
Just because I'm not the happy guy I used to be
She thinks I still care
Oh, if she's happy thinkin' I still need her
Then let that silly notion bring her cheer
Oh, how could she ever be so foolish
And where would she get such an idea?
Just because I asked a friend about her
Just because I spoke her name somewhere
Just because I saw her, then went all to pieces
She thinks I still care
Mama I'm on fire
Old flame
Sweet desire
Comin' on the midnight
Comin' on the midnight train
Rollin' steel and thunder
Bring my baby back again
Roll on down the line
Big wheels rollin' right on time
Hear that whistle blowin'
Hear that engine roar and whine
Take care of my baby
Ridin' on that southern streamline
Well I got a little letter this morning
Just about the break of day
Bluebird ringin' my doorbell
Rollin' my blues away
Said honey when we go steppin'
Long about Saturday night
So head it down to the station
An' everything'll be alright
Honey what's that sound
Big wheels rollin' homeward bound
See that smokestack sparkin'
Lightin' up a purple sky
Take care of my baby
Ridin' on that southern streamline
Well I got a little letter this morning
Just about the break of day
Bluebird ringin' my doorbell
Rollin' my blues away
Said honey babe we'll go steppin'
Long about Saturday night
So head it down to the station
An' everything'll be alright
Mama I'm on fire
Old flame
Sweet desire
Comin' on the midnight
Honey let your little light shine
Rollin' steel and thunder
Ridin' on that southern streamline
Take care of my baby
(omitting background ";choir";)
Ohhhh, when He calls my name, I will ah-ah-a-answer,
When He calls, calls me yeah, I will ah-ah-a-answer,
When He calls my name, I will ah-ah-a-answer,
Wanna be somewhere, yeah Lord, call my name!
I wanna be somewhere, Lord, yeah Lord call my name.
Wanna be somewhere-hair yeah Lord call my name.
On that day we shall rise, wipe the tears from my eyes,
I wanna be somewhere, yeah Lord call my name!
Mmm, I say ";Lord, you know I don't have no friend like you,
If Heaven's not my home, please tell me what shall I do?";
Somebody sendin' for your child to lay Heaven, oh but soon
I'm goin' to be somewhere, yeah call my name.
Oh, I wanna be somewhere, Lord when He calls my name,
I wanna be somewhere, Lord when He calls, calls my name,
Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down, sometimes leveled to the ground,
I wanna be somewhere, Somewhere! Somewhere! Somewhere!
Somewhere! Somewhere! Somewhere!
Call my name, my name.
Sometimes I think life is just a rodeo,
The trick is to ride and make it to the bell.
But there is a place, sweet as you will ever know,
In music and love, and things you never tell.
You see it in their face, secrets on the telephone,
A time out of time, for you and no one else.
CHORUS:
Hey let's go all over the world,
Rock and Roll Girls, Rock and Roll Girls.
Yeah, yeah, yeah!
If I had my way, I'd shuffle off to Buffalo;
Sit by the lake, and watch the world go by.
Ladies in the sun, listenin' to the radio,
Like flowers on the sand, a rainbow in my mind.
CHORUS
CHORUS
CHORUS
Yeah, yeah yeah!
Please help me, I?m fallin? in love with you
Close the door to temptation, don?t let me walk through
For I shouldn?t want you, but darlin? I do
Please help me, I?m fallin? in love with you
Please help me, I?m fallin?, and that would be sin
Close the door to temptation, don?t let me walk in
Turn away from me darlin?, I?m beggin you to
Please help me, I?m fallin? in love with you
Please help me, I?m fallin? in love with you
Close the door to temptation, don?t let me walk through
For I shouldn?t want you, but darlin? I do
Please help me, I?m fallin? in love with you
I'm goin' to california, where they sleep out every night, yeah.
I'm goin' to california, where they sleep out every night, yeah.
I'm leavin' you, mama, 'cause you know you don't treat me right.
Let me tell you somethin', mama that you don't know,
Let me tell you somethin', good gal that you don't know,
Yeah, I'm a do-right papa, and got a home everywhere I go.
I got the california blues, and I'm sure gonna leave here, lord, lord.
I got the california blues, and I'm sure gonna leave you here,
I may rob you blind, I ain't got not railroad fare.
Come on in here.
Listen to me, mama, while I sing this song, lord.
Listen to your daddy sing you this lonesome song.
You got me worried now, but I won't be worried long.
I got the california blues, and I'm sure gonna leave here, hey, hey, hey.
I got the california blues, and I'm sure gonna leave you here,
I may rob you blind, I ain't got not railroad fare.
I TIP-TOED IN THE ROOM
I KNOW YOU GOT TO HAVE YOUR REST
SHE SAYS "COME LAY BESIDE ME, I BEEN WAITING SINCE YOU LEFT"
SHE'S SWEET TO ME
MUST BE THE LUCKIEST MAN ALIVE
"DID I TELL YOU BABY?,,
YOU ARE THE JOY OF MY LIFE"
FIRST TIME THAT I SAW YOU,
oOH ,YOU TOOK MY BREATH AWAY
I MIGHT NOT GET TO HEAVEN
BUT I WALKED WITH THE ANGELS THAT DAY,
TAKES ME BY THE HAND
I AM THE LUCKIEST MAN ALIVE
"DID I TELL YOU BABY?,,,
YOU ARE THE JOY OF MY LIFE"
SOME MAY HAVE THERE RICHES
SOME MAY HAVE THEIR WORLDLY FAME
LONG AS I HAVE YOU
I'LL TREASURE EACH AND EVERY DAY
JUST TAKE ME BY THE HAND
I AM THE LUCKIEST MAN ALIVE
"DID I TELL YOU BABY?,,,,
YOU ARE THE JOY OF MY LIFE"
"DID I TELL YOU BABY?,,,
I will walk with you
Every step of the way
Love you all my life
Love you everyday
No matter where you wander
No matter what you do
Come what may I will walk with you
I will walk with you
And treasure every smile
No matter what the fashion
You'll always be my style
My pretty little princess
An angel dressed in blue
Come what may I will walk with you
I will walk with you
Even when the sun don't shine
The rain it may come down
And Fate may be unkind
If you get a scrape
I'll brush away the tears
Come what may I will walk with you
I will walk with you
Together we will share
Jelly beans and pink ice-cream
A Christmas teeddy bear
And one day I am for certain a
Brand new puppy too
Come what may I will walk with you
I will walk with you
And love you for all time
Travel this ol' world
Your little hand in mine
I'll never be far from you
This I promise you
Come what may I will walk with you
Bad bad boy
Yoe're drivin' me crazy
Bad bad boy
Shame on you
Shame on you
Where you been all night
Messin' with your friends
You act so mean
And you talk so funny
There you go again
Bad bad boy
You won't amount to nothin'
Bad bad boy
Shame on you
Shame on you
Where you been
What you been doin'
Where you been
What you been doin'
Bad bad boy
Bad bad boy
Can't you be more like your brother
Bad bad boy
Shame on you
Shame on you
Where you been
What you been doin'
Where you been
What you been doin'
My telephone's ringin', early in the mornin'.
Somebody, guessa who? sweet baby, it's you!
Say you're callin' from the station, oh I told you "hold on,
I'm on my way!" and all you got to say,
Chorus:
"i wonder why you had to go, been so long and now I know,"
Sweet baby dear, everything will be allright,
'cause I've been ringin', early in the mornin',
Somebody, guessa who? sweet baby, it's you!
Chorus
Somebody, guess who? sweet baby, it was you.
Somebody, guessa guessa guessa who?
(was originally "zanz kant danz")
Chorus:
Vanz can't dance, but he'll steal your money,
Watch him or he'll rob you blind. (x 4)
Chorus
Out in the street a crowd is gatherin',
Pushed down by the heat of the building, they're wantin' to dance.
Makin' their way up the street, a boy with a pig and a radio;
Little billy can work on the crowd, put 'em into a trance,
For the little pig vanz.
Chorus
You're watchin' 'em dance, not a care in the world;
So billy and vanz get busy, they're makin' their move;
The little pig knows what to do, he's silent and quick, just like oliver twist;
Before it's over, your pocket is clean,
A four-legged thief paid a visit on you.
Chorus
Chorus
Violence, oh no, is golden
Violence, oh no, is golden
Pass another plate of shrapnel
Sprinkle it with T.N.T
Gotta have another grenade salad
Split it with your enemy
Gotta sell another Uzi
Maybe couple of 44 mags
Got a wife and a kid to support
And a payment on the Jag
Won't you try this personal bazooka
Make you feel like a man
Show the little girls what's what
By the size of the thunder in your hands
Take a pocketful of Teflon bullets
Maybe 'nother Tommy gun
Gotta keep stuff movin' out the door
Got a business to run
Take it from me son
You can have a lot of fun
Violence, oh no, is golden
Violence, oh no, is golden
Violence, oh no, is golden
Violence, oh no, is golden
Pass another fleet of B-1 bombers
Grab an M-16
Buildin' Chevies was never the fun
As buildin' up the war machine
Got a rocket in my pocket and it's ready
Do you think we can deal?
Got a year end sale goin' on
You can see the appeal
'Cause I'm sellin' both sides of the fence
That be the name of the game
I don't care about your silly, little struggle
Money's colored all the same
Take a handful of Star Wars missiles
Maybe super laser gun
Gotta keep stuff movin' out the door
Got a business to run
Take it from me son
We can have a lot of fun
Violence, oh no, is golden
Violence, oh no, is golden
Violence, oh no, is golden
Violence, oh no, is golden
Violence is golden
Violence is golden
Well, today I started lovin' you again
I'm right back where I've really always been
I got over you just long enough to let my heartache mend
Then today I started lovin' you again
What a fool I was to think I could get by
With only these few million tears I've cried
I should have known the worst was yet to come
And that cryin' time for me had just begun
'Cause today I started lovin' you again
I'm right back where I've really always been
I got over you just long enough to let my heartache mend
Here come that good ol' travelin' band once again mmm-hmmm
Back in the alley, lookin' like a long-lost friend, oh yeah.
I know for certain there won't be no jive,
We're back in business, and you know I can fly, fly, fly.
Oh my my, travelin' high! Yeah.
Hey, hey, it's been a long long time, yeah,
But if it's all right, you know you're gonna blow my mind, oh yeah,
'Cause I'm a natural boogie-woogie fool,
Ain't good for nothin' but chasin' down the hoochie-coo.
Oh my my, travelin' high! Yeah.
Now whatcha gonna do with the old rockin' chair, Mmm-hmm,
Just sit you right down, start to rock, start to rock,
Start to rockin' away from here,
'Cause you ain't nothin' but a struttin' fool,
Back in the alley with the hoochie-coochie-coo.
Oh my my, travelin' high, high, high! Yeah.
(omitting the background ";chorus";)
I'm workin' on a building, I'm workin' on a building,
I'm workin' on a building, for my Lord, for my Lord.
If IIIIIIIIIIIIII were a drunkard, tell you what I'd do,
I'd quit my drinkin', and work on a building too.
CHORUS:
I'm workin' on a building, I'm workin' on a building,
I'm workin' on a building, for my Lord, for my Lord.
It'a a Holy Ghost building, It'a a Holy Ghost building,
It'a a Holy Ghost building, for my Lord, for my Lord.
If IIIIIIIIIIIIII were a gambler, tell you what I'd do,
I'd quit my gamblin', and I'd work on a building too.
CHORUS
If IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII were a preacher, tell you what I'd do,
I'd keep on preachin', and I'd work on a building too.
CHORUS
CHORUS
CHORUS
Now I?ll be glad when you?re dead, you rascal you, uh huh
I?ll be glad when you?re dead, you rascal you, oh yeah
Well, I let into my home, you gonna leave my woman alone
I?ll be glad when you?re dead, you rascal you
Now I?ll be glad when you die, you rascal you, uh huh
I?ll be glad, oh I?ll be tickled to death
When you leave this earth it?s true, oh yeah
When you?re lyin? down six feet deep, no more fried chicken will you eat
I?ll be glad when you?re dead, you rascal you, oh yeah
Ah, you just ain?t no good
Oh, you dog, now listen here
I?ll be glad when you?re dead, you rascal you, uh huh
I?ll be glad when you?re dead, you rascal you, oh yeah
I?ll be standin? on the corner high, when they drag your body by
I?ll be glad when you?re dead, you know I?m gonna be so happy
When you?re gone you dog
Wasn't that a woman?
Wasn't that a woman?
Wasn't that a woman?
Wasn't that a woman?
(Wasn't that a woman?)
Took me by surprise
(Wasn't that a woman?)
Right between the eyes
(Wasn't that a woman?)
Well, I hope to believe
(Wasn't that a woman?)
Made a schoolboy outta me
Oh yeah, I got it badly
Ain't too much to figure out
Bam boom, and she had me
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
(Wasn't that a woman?)
Watch me, watch me, watch me runnin' down the line
(Wasn't that a woman?)
Ain't she fine, ain't she fine
(Wasn't that a woman?)
Oh yeah, I'm chasin' after that
(Wasn't that a woman?)
Pure Cadillac
Oh yeah, I got it badly
Ain't too much to figure out
Bam boom, and she had me
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
(Wasn't that a woman?)
A smile on my face
(Wasn't that a woman?)
Turn every head in the place
(Wasn't that a woman?)
Such sweet agony
(Wasn't that a woman?)
What class she lead on here with me
Wasn't that a woman?
Wasn't that a woman?
Wasn't that a woman?
Wasn't that a woman?
Wasn't that a woman?
Wasn't that a woman?
Wasn't that a woman?
Wasn't that a woman?
Wasn't that a woman?
Wasn't that a woman?
Wasn't that a woman?
Wasn't that a woman?
Wasn't that a woman?
Wasn't that a woman?
Wasn't that a woman?
Where the river flows
Where the river flows
I was walkin' the main road, comin' into town
I came upon a stranger lying on the ground
He said, "I've been in prison and now I'm on the run
I'm feelin' kinda weary, gotta make it home"
Where the river flows
Where the water goes
I'll be over there, waitin' over there
Where the river flows
Well, I didn't have a lot to give but I gave him what I could
Listened while he talked about bad times and the good
And early in the mornin' I took an old man home
Left him by the river, left him all alone
Where the river flows
Where the water goes
I'll be over there, waitin' over there
Where the river flows
Where the river flows
Where the water goes
I'll be over there, waitin' over there
Where the river flows
Where the river flows
He take the thunder from the mountain
He take the lightning from the sky
He bring the strong man to his bended knee
He make the young girls mama cry
You got to hidey-hide
You got to jump and run
You got to hidey hidey-hide
The old man's down the road
He got the voices speakin' riddles
He got the eye as black as coal
He got a suitcase covered with rattlesnake hide
And he stand right in the road
You got to hidey-hide
You got to jump and run away
You got to hidey hidey-hide
The old man's down the road
He make the river call your lover
He make the barking of the hound
Put the shadow across the window
When the old man comes around
You got to hidey-hide
You got to jump and run again
You got to hidey hidey-hide
The old man's down the road
The old man is down the road
Well, thunder, lightning, strike me down
I do believe I see
A ghostly figure on the ground
Fallen to his knees
And the wall gets higher, so you could not see
And the wall gets higher, so you could not see
Well, the lightning flash, the cannon roar
The ground begin to shake
The people wondered but they heard no more
But the big chief will not wait
And the wall gets higher, so you could not see
And the wall gets higher, so you could not see, well
Well, a beast so bad it put me to bed
But the air was thick and deep
The people wonder but they heard no more
The mountain would not speak
And the wall gets higher, so you could not see
I said the wall gets higher, so you could not see
And the wall gets higher and you could not see
And the wall gets higher, so you could not see
And the wall gets higher, so you could not see
I said the wall gets higher, so you could not see
Run tonight, run tonight
Daddy had a band
Playin? him a little guitar
Travel in a band
Livin? that rock ?n? roll
Night after night
People comin? up to the bandstand
You say you can?t go wrong
If you play a little bit of that Creedence Song
But it was late one night
Cruisin? on down the interstate
Stopped into a diner
To get him some chili and fries
Heard the waitress tell a guy
Standin? over by the jukebox
Hey, you can?t go wrong
If you play a little bit of that Creedence Song
Do do, do do, do do, yeah
But daddy took a shine
Little girl behind the counter
She was movin? her hip
To the swamp beat right on time
Said could he play somethin?
Over there on the jukebox
She said you can?t go wrong
If you play a little bit of that Creedence Song
Daddy had a plan
He asked that girl to marry
With a brand new wife
They?re livin? on rock ?n? roll
Night after night
She whispers, oh, so sweetly
Hey, you can?t go wrong
If you play a little bit of that Creedence Song
Yeah, you can?t go wrong
If you play a little bit of that Creedence Song
Lookin? out ?cross this town
Kinda makes me wonder how
All the things that made us great
Got left so far behind
This used to be a peaceful place
Decent folk?s, hard workin? ways
Now they hide behind locked doors
Afraid to speak their mind
I think we need a gunslinger
Somebody tough to tame this town
I think we need a gunslinger
There?ll be justice all around
Someone let the fences go
Wild eyed bunch moved in, you know
Shootin? up the streets, shoutin? everybody down
The dogs all runnin? loose
Wrecked the paper, closed the school
Tired old judge got roughed up too
No one left to make a stand
They whisper what?s the use
I think we need a gunslinger
Somebody tough to tame this town
I think we need a gunslinger
And there?ll be justice all around
I think we need a gunslinger
Somebody tough to tame this town
Think we need a gunslinger
And there?ll be justice all around
I think we need a gunslinger
Somebody tough to tame this town
I think we need a gunslinger
Sometimes I think life is just a rodeo
The trick is to ride and make it to the bell
But there is a place, sweet as you will ever know
In music and love and things you never tell
You see it in their face, secrets on the telephone
A time out of time, for you and no one else
Hey, let's go all over the world
Rock and roll girls, rock and roll girls
Yeah, yeah, yeah
If I had my way, I'd shuffle off to Buffalo
Sit by the lake and watch the world go by
Ladies in the sun, listenin' to the radio
Like flowers on the sand, a rainbow in my mind
Hey, let's go all over the world
Rock and roll girls, rock and roll girls
Hey, let's go all over the world
Rock and roll girls, rock and roll girls
Hey, let's go all over the world
You know I feel just like a prisoner, the way your love has chained me down, so I gave your letter to the mailman, I turned your picture to the wall,
But still you have claimed me forever, and that's what scares me most of all!
Chorus:
Ooh! you evil thing, why do you haunt me?
You evil thing, what good is love?
The other night, I had a feeling there was somebody else in my room,
Now I don't know if I was dreamin', but I still get a chill from your perfume.
When my telephone rings, and there's no answer, and the wind comes knockin' at the door,
I can see things flashin' by the window, lord I can't take it much more!
Chorus
Yeah! yeah! yeah!
So I gave your letter to the mailman, I turned your picture to the wall,
But still you have claimed me forever, and that's what scares me most of all!
Chorus
Chorus
Chorus
Close your eyes tonight, make believe the train will come along,
And carry me back where I should be.
Reach out through the night, and wash away the pain that wasted so much time,
And break my heart, break my mind.
Chorus:
On the run, on the run, the sheriff come get me, say I'm on the run.
On the run, on the run, the sheriff come get me, and I'm on the run.
Standin' out in the rain, can't remember when I felt so all alone,
Tired to the bone.
But if I have to run, you know I'll keep the thing I've done inside of me,
Until the hangman sets me free.
Chorus
Lookin' back on some imaginary time,
Thinkin' back when I was raised,
Lookin' at the blackbirds singin' on the line,
But they can't sing you back to me.
Chorus
Do-do-do. do-do-doo, do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-doooo.
There's a thing creepin' in the woods,
Like an ill wind that blows no good,
Women and children begin to howl,
When the moon-dog is on the prowl.
Chorus:
I'm a hoodoo-voodoo-magic man, got the devil by the horns,
His mischief in my hands. ooh-woo-woo!
Ooh-woo-wooooooooooo!
I can make like a big ugly bear,
I can fly like a bird in the air,
You could look, but you could not see,
You better make a move 'cause you know it's me.
Chorus:
Every night, when the moon gets high,
Come the children through the hoodoo sky,
All the women, they know my name,
In the garden of the moon
In the garden of the sun
in the temple of the ages
There sits the ancient one
With a smile on his face
And a twinkle in his eye
Got a secret in his heart
He's got a plan big as the sky
Chorus
In the garden
In the garden
In the garden
In the garden
Said the children of the moon
To the children of the night
We are seekers of the ancient
We are seekers of the light
We have journeyed
from forever
From our home
behind the sun
We have journeyed
from tomorrow
To find the door;
the ancient one
There go your big black Limousine
You're shakin? your booty for the magazine
Pickin? an? posin? like a wannabe
It ain?t right, it ain?t right, such a waste of life
Maybe you forgot how we live down here
People work hard for their money, dear
You had such a hard day lookin? at the mirror
It ain?t right, it ain?t right, honey, such a waste of life
Another long weekend with your friend
I thought that party would never end
Well up to your rehab and gone again
It ain?t right, it ain?t right, honey, such a waste of life
Bop, bop, bop, bop, bop, yeah
Well way down younder
in the deep blue holler
Yeah way back in the swamp
where the snakes go crawlin'
Shriveled old lady
with a tombstone mouth
Scarin' up trouble
at the haunted house
Chorus
Flyin' 'cross the moon on a big ol' stick
Everybody 'fraid
of the wicked old witch
When sun goes down
and moon gets high
You can hear her cacklin'
out in the night
Well-a sinners and gamblers
and gunslingers too
Everybody scatters when the witch
comes through
Chorus
Saturday night
and the wind begins to howl
You can bet that old swamp witch
is out on the prowl
Creatures and goblins, spooks all around
Making their way up the road into town
Everybody want it, Everybody need it
Everybody got to have it, Everybody knows
(Chorus)
Lookin' for some, sugar sugar, sugar sugar, sugar sugar in my life !
Sugar sugar, sugar sugar, sugar sugar in my life !
When the day is over, and the work is done
That's when I got to find my baby, Shes the only one
(Chorus)
(Lead)
Mama always told me, Don't yah be no fool
Take some time to share your lovin', That's the golden rule
Got to have some, sugar sugar, sugar sugar, sugar sugar in my life !
Sugar sugar, sugar sugar, sugar sugar in my life !
Have Thine own way, Lord, have Thine own way,
Thou art the potter, I am the clay,
Mold me and make me, after Thy will,
While I am waiting, yielded and still.
Have Thine own way, Lord, have Thine own way,
Search me and try me, Master today,
Whiter than snow, Lord, wash me just now,
As in Thy presence humbly I bow.
Have Thine own way, Lord, have Thine own way,
Wounded and weary, help me I pray,
Power, all power, surely is Thine,
Touch me and heal me, Saviour divine.
Have Thine own way, Lord, have Thine own
[Instrumental]
Well I feel like flyin' away, 'cause more and more I'm just in the way, yeah.
Through the night, and far across the sky,
There's another light, you know I must fly.
Far, far away.
Well I feel it now, somehow in me, the power of flight should appear,
I hear a song callin' my name, And I might be wrong, but I'm goin' just the same.
Far, far away.
Well I feel like flyin' away, and walk on the clouds along the way.
Well don't be sad, it's gonna be alright, yeah.
And if you're strong, just come along tonight.
Far, far away; Far, far away.
Shadows on the mountain, and the night begins to fall
Gather up the children before the darkness takes us all
Tribe has come together, standin? naked against the night
Twenty feet from the fire, the evil waits with zombie eyes
Eye of the zombie!
Eye of the zombie! Oh!
Sneakin? through the long grass on leopard feet silently
A beast already dead comes to join the dance on the zombie, ooh!
Time has come again, again the moment of truth
The terror is at hand and there?s nothin? you can do
Eye of the zombie!
Eye of the zombie!
From out of nowhere he?s there, flashing hideous teeth
Panic in the crowd, helter-skelter, we?re brought to our knees
Back to the darkness, back on the mountain he stands
You can?t fight a shadow, you can?t kill a dead man
Eye of the zombie!
Eye of the zombie!
Would you like to sail the sea,
like a pirate, wild and free?
cast your whole life upon the wind,
well it's your song, and it's your dream.
Would you like, to turn the page;
fight the dragon, or find your maid,
makin' merry at the village green,
well it's your song, and it's your dream.
Would you like to lead the band,
hittin' that old time sweet dixieland,
and that side show go marchin' on,
well it's your song, and it's your dream.
Would you like to be a song,
like a river just rolls along,
teach the whole world how to sing,
well it's your song, and it's your dream.
Change in the weather, change in the weather
Somethin's happenin' here
Change in the weather, change in the weather
People walkin' round in fear
You better duck and run
Get under cover 'cause the change has come
Storm warning, and it looks like rain
Be nothin' left after the hurricane
This here's a jungle, ain't no lie
Look at the people, terror in their eyes
Bad business comin', can't be denied
They're running with the dogs, afraid to die
Change in the weather, change in the weather
Somethin's happenin' here
Change in the weather, change in the weather
People walkin' round in fear
You best believe it's true
The levee's busted, badness comin' through
Oh no, there ain't no place to hide
Reach out and pluck you, take you for a ride
Sea of frustration, take everything in sight
Won't be no blessing if we make it through the night
Down on your knees, go ahead and pray
But every demon has to have his day
Change in the weather, change in the weather
Somethin's happenin' here
Change in the weather, change in the weather
People walkin' round in fear, well
Oh, God
High noon, I can't believe my eyes
Wind is ragin', there's a fire in the sky
Ground shakin', everything comin' loose
Run like a coward but it ain't no use
Edge of the river, it's an ugly scene
People gettin' pushed, people gettin' mean
The change is comin' and it's gettin' late
Ain't no survivin', and there ain't no escape
Change in the weather, change in the weather
Somethin's happenin' here, well
Change in the weather, change in the weather
People walkin' round in fear, oh
Change in the weather, change in the weather
Somethin's happenin' here, well
Change in the weather, change in the weather
People walkin' round in fear, well
Well, I beat the drum and hold the phone, the sun came out today
We're born again, there's new grass on the field
Just a-roundin' third and headed for home, it's a brown-eyed handsome man
Anyone can understand the way I feel
Oh, put me in, Coach, I'm ready to play, today
Put me in, Coach, I'm ready to play, today
Look at me, I can be Center field
Well, I spent some time with the Mudville Nine, watchin' it from the bench
You know I took my lumps when the Mighty case struck out
So say "Hey Willie, tell Ty Cobb and Joe Di Maggio"
Don't say "It ain't so", you know the time is now
Oh, put me in, Coach, I'm ready to play, today
Put me in, Coach, I'm ready to play, today
Look at me, I gotta be Center field
Got a beat-up glove, a homemade bat, and brand-new pair of shoes
You know I think it's time to give this game a ride
Just to hit the ball and touch 'em all, a moment in the sun
It's gone and you can tell that one goodbye!
Oh, put me in, Coach, I'm ready to play, today
Put me in, Coach, I'm ready to play, today
Look at me, gotta be
Oh, put me in, Coach, I'm ready to play, today
Put me in, Coach, I'm ready to play, today
Look at me, I gotta be Center field
I'm goin' to California, where they sleep out every night, yeah.
I'm goin' to California, where they sleep out every night, yeah.
I'm leavin' you, Mama, 'cause you know you don't treat me right.
Let me tell you somethin', Mama that you don't know,
Let me tell you somethin', good gal that you don't know,
Yeah, I'm a do-right Papa, and got a home everywhere I go.
I got the California blues, and I'm sure gonna leave here, Lord, Lord.
I got the California blues, and I'm sure gonna leave you here,
I may rob you blind, I ain't got not railroad fare.
Come on in here.
Listen to me, Mama, while I sing this song, Lord.
Listen to your Daddy sing you this lonesome song.
You got me worried now, but I won't be worried long.
I got the California blues, and I'm sure gonna leave here, hey, hey, hey.
I got the California blues, and I'm sure gonna leave you here,
I may rob you blind, I ain't got not railroad fare.
Honey, get over here.
When I was young and in my prime (in my prime!),
I left my home in Caroline.
Now all I do is sit and pine, for all those folks I left behind.
I got the Blue Ridge mountain blues, and I sat right here to say,
";My grip is packed to travel, and I'm back to ramble,
To my Blue Ridge far away.";
I'm goin' to stay right by my Pa, I'm goin' to do right by my Ma,
I'll hang around the cabin door, no work or worry anymore.
I got the Blue Ridge mountain blues, goin' to see my old oak tree,
Gonna hunt the possum where the corn cob blossom,
In my Blue Ridge far away.
Woo!
I see a haze of snowy white, I see a window with light,
I seem to hear them both sigh, ";Where is my wand'rin boy tonight?";
I got the Blue Ridge mountain blues, and I stay right here to say,
";Every day I'm countin' 'til I climb that mountain,
In my Blue Ridge far away.";
When I was young
I spent my summer days
Playin' on the track
The sound of the wheels
Rollin' on the steel
Took me out, took me back
Big train from Memphis
Big train from Memphis
Now it's gone gone gone, gone gone gone
Like no one before
He let out a roar
And I just had to tag along
Each night I went to bed
With the sound in my head
And the dream was a song
Big train from Memphis
Big train from Memphis
Now it's gone gone gone, gone gone gone
Well I've rode 'em in
And back out again
You know what they say about trains
But I'm tellin' you
When that Memphis train came through
This ol' world was not the same
Big train from Memphis
Big train from Memphis