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Melancholy mood forever haunts me Steals upon me in the night, forever taunts me Oh, what a lonely soul am I, stranded high and dry By a melancholy mood Gone is every joy and inspiration Tears are all I have to show, no consolation All I see is grief and gloom, til the crack of doom Oh, melancholy mood Deep in the night I search for a trace Of a lingering kiss, a warm embrace But love is a whimsy, as flimsy as lace And my arms embrace an empty space Melancholy mood, why must you blind me Pity me and break the chains, the chains that bind me Wont you release me, set me free, bring her back to me Oh, melancholy mood

Well, the pressure’s down, the boss aint here He gone North, for a while They say that vanity got the best of him But he sure left here in style By the way, that’s a cute hat And that smile’s so hard to resist But what’s a sweetheart like you doing in a dump like this? You know, I once knew a woman who looked like you She wanted a whole man, not just a half She used to call me sweet daddy when I was only a child You kind of remind me of her when you laugh In order to deal in this game, got to make the queen disappear It’s done with a flick of the wrist What’s a sweetheart like you doing in a dump like this? You know, a woman like you should be at home That’s where you belong Watching out for someone who loves you true Who would never do you wrong Just how much abuse will you be able to take? Well, there’s no way to tell by that first kiss What’s a sweetheart like you doing in a dump like this? You know you can make a name for yourself You can hear them tires squeal You can be known as the most beautiful woman Who ever crawled across cut glass to make a deal You know, news of you has come down the line Even before you came in the door They say in your father’s house, there’s many mansions Each one of them got a fireproof floor Snap out of it, baby, people are jealous of you They smile to your face, but behind your back they hiss What’s a sweetheart like you doing in a dump like this? Got to be an important person to be in here, honey Got to have done some evil deed Got to have your own harem when you come in the door Got to play your harp until your lips bleed They say that patriotism is the last refuge To which a scoundrel clings Steal a little and they throw you in jail Steal a lot and they make you king There’s only one step down from here, baby It’s called the land of permanent bliss What’s a sweetheart like you doing in a dump like this?

Well, there was this movie I seen one time About a man riding ’cross the desert and it starred Gregory Peck He was shot down by a hungry kid trying to make a name for himself The townspeople wanted to crush that kid down and string him up by the neck Well, the marshal, now he beat that kid to a bloody pulp As the dying gunfighter lay in the sun and gasped for his last breath “Turn him loose, let him go, let him say he outdrew me fair and square I want him to feel what it’s like to every moment face his death” Well, I keep seeing this stuff and it just comes a-rolling in And you know it blows right through me like a ball and chain You know I can’t believe we’ve lived so long and are still so far apart The memory of you keeps calling after me like a rolling train I can still see the day that you came to me on the painted desert In your busted down Ford and your platform heels I could never figure out why you chose that particular place to meet Ah, but you were right. It was perfect as I got in behind the wheel Well, we drove that car all night into San Anton’ And we slept near the Alamo, your skin was so tender and soft Way down in Mexico you went out to find a doctor and you never came back I would have gone on after you but I didn’t feel like letting my head get blown off Well, we’re drivin’ this car and the sun is comin’ up over the Rockies Now I know she ain’t you but she’s here and she’s got that dark rhythm in her soul But I’m too over the edge and I ain’t in the mood anymore to remember the times When I was your only man And she don’t want to remind me She knows this car would go out of control Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls Teeth like pearls shining like the moon above Brownsville girl, show me all around the world Brownsville girl, you’re my honey love Well, we crossed the panhandle and then we headed towards Amarillo We pulled up where Henry Porter used to live. He owned a Wreckin’ lot outside of town about a mile Ruby was in the backyard hanging clothes, she had her red hair tied back. She saw us come rolling up in a trail of dust She said, “Henry ain’t here but you can come on in, he’ll be back in a little while” Then she told us how times were tough and about how she was thinking’ of Bumming a ride back from where she started But ya know, she changed the subject every time money came up She said, “Welcome to the land of the living dead” You could tell she was so broken hearted She said, “Even the swap meets around here are getting pretty corrupt” “How far are y’all going?” Ruby asked us with a sigh “We’re going all the way ’til the wheels fall off and burn ’Til the sun peels the paint and the seat covers fade and the water moccasin dies” Ruby just smiled and said, “Ah, you know some babies never learn” Something about that movie though, well I just can’t get it out of my head But I can’t remember why I was in it or what part I was supposed to play All I remember about it was Gregory Peck and the way people moved And a lot of them seemed to be looking’ my way Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls Teeth like pearls shining like the moon above Brownsville girl, show me all around the world Brownsville girl, you’re my honey love Well, they were looking for somebody with a pompadour I was crossing’ the street when shots rang out I didn’t know whether to duck or to run, so I ran “We got him cornered in the churchyard,” I heard somebody shout Well, you saw my picture in the Corpus Christi Tribune. Underneath it It said, “A man with no alibi” You went out on a limb to testify for me, you said I was with you Then when I saw you break down in front of the judge and cry real tears It was the best acting I saw anybody do Now I’ve always been the kind of person that doesn’t like to trespass But sometimes you just find yourself over the line Oh if there’s an original thought out there, I could use it right now You know, I feel pretty good, but that is not sayin’ much I could feel a whole lot better If you were just here by my side to show me how Well, I’m standing’ in line in the rain to see a movie starring Gregory Peck Yeah, but you know it’s not the one that I had in mind He’s got a new one out now, I don’t even know what it’s about But I’ll see him in anything so I’ll stand in line Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls Teeth like pearls shining like the moon above Brownsville girl, show me all around the world Brownsville girl, you’re my honey love You know, it’s funny how things never turn out the way you had ’em planned The only thing we knew for sure about Henry Porter is that his name wasn’t Henry Porter And you know there was somethin’ about you baby that I liked that was always too good for this world Just like you always said there was somethin’ about me you liked That I left behind in the French Quarter Strange how people who suffer together have stronger connections than people who are most content I don’t have any regrets, they can talk about me plenty when I’m gone You always said people don’t do what they believe in, they just do what’s most convenient, then they repent And I always said, “Hang on to me, baby, and let’s hope that the roof stays on” There was a movie I seen one time, I think I sat through it twice I don’t remember who I was or where I was bound All I remember about it was it starred Gregory Peck, he wore a gun And he was shot in the back Seems like a long time ago, long before the stars were torn down Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls Teeth like pearls shining like the moon above Brownsville girl, show me all around the world Brownsville girl, you’re my honey love

Shadows are falling and I’ve been here all day It’s too hot to sleep and time is running away I feel like my soul has turned into steel I’ve still got the scars that the sun didn’t let me heal There’s not even room enough to be anywhere It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there Well, my sense of humanity has gone down the drain Behind every beautiful thing there’s been some kind of pain She wrote me a letter and she wrote it so kind She put down in writing what was in her mind I just don’t see why I should even care It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there Well, I’ve been to London and I’ve been to gay Paris I’ve followed the river and I got to the sea I’ve been down to the bottom of a world full of lies I ain’t lookin for nothing in anyone’s eyes Sometimes my burden is more than I can bear It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there I was born here, and I’ll die here, against my will I know it looks like I’m moving, but I’m standing still Every nerve in my body is so naked and numb I can’t even remember what it was I came here to get away from Don’t even hear a murmur of a prayer And its not dark yet, but its getting there Sometimes my burden is more than I can bear And its not dark yet, but its getting there

Man thinks because he rules the earth he can do with it as he please And if things don’t change soon, he will Oh, man has invented his doom First step was touching the moon Now, there’s a woman on my block She just sit there as the night grows still She say who going to take away his license to kill? Now, they take him and they teach him and they groom him for life And they set him on a path where he’s bound to get ill Then they bury him with stars Sell his body like they do used cars Now, there’s a woman on my block She just sits there facing the hill She say who going to take away his license to kill? Now, he’s hell-bent for destruction, he’s afraid and confused And his brain has been mismanaged with great skill All he believes are his eyes And his eyes, they just tell him lies But there’s a woman on my block Sitting there in a cold chill She say who going to take away his license to kill? You may be a noisemaker, spirit maker Heartbreaker, backbreaker Leave no stone unturned May be an actor in a plot That might be all that you got Till your error you clearly learn Now he worships at an altar of a stagnant pool And when he sees his reflection, he’s fulfilled Oh, man is opposed to fair play He wants it all and he wants it his way Now, there’s a woman on my block She just sit there as the night grows still She say who going to take away his license to kill?

You will search, babe, at any cost But how long, babe, can you search for whats not lost? Everybody will help you Some people are very kind But if I can save you any time Come on, give it to me Ill keep it with mine I cant help it if you might think I am odd If I say Im not loving you for what you are But for what youre not Everybody will help you Discover what you set out to find But if I can save you any time Come on, give it to me Ill keep it with mine The train leaves at half past ten But itll be back tomorrow same time again The conductor, hes weary Still stuck on the line But if I can save you any time Come on, give it to me Ill keep it with mine

Rambling out of the wild West Leaving the towns I love the best Thought I’d seen some ups and downs Til I come into New York town People going down to the ground Buildings going up to the sky Wintertime in New York town The wind blowing snow around Walk around with nowhere to go Somebody could freeze right to the bone I froze right to the bone New York Times said it was the coldest winter in seventeen years I didn’t feel so cold then I swung on to my old guitar Grabbed hold of a subway car And after a rocking, reeling, rolling ride I landed up on the downtown side Greenwich Village I walked down there and ended up In one of them coffeehouses on the block Got on the stage to sing and play Man there said, “Come back some other day You sound like a hillbilly We want folk singers here” Well, I got a harmonica job, begun to play Blowing my lungs out for a dollar a day I blowed inside out and upside down The man there said he loved my sound He was raving about how he loved my sound Dollar a day’s worth And after weeks and weeks of hanging around I finally got a job in New York town In a bigger place, bigger money too Even joined the union and paid my dues Now, a very great man once said That some people rob you with a fountain pen It didn’t take too long to find out Just what he was talkin’ about A lot of people don’t have much food on their table But they got a lot of forks ’n’ knives And they got to cut something So one morning when the sun was warm I rambled out of New York town Pulled my cap down over my eyes And headed out for the western skies So long, New York Howdy, East Orange

If youre traveling down to the north country fair The winds hit heavy on the borderline Remember me to one who lives there She once was the true love of mine If youre going down to snowflakes storm Rivers freeze and summer ends Please see if shes a coat so warm To keep her from the howlin winds Will you see for me if her hair hangs long? Rolls and flows all down her breast Will you see for me if her hairs hanging long? Thats the way I remember her best Im a-wonderin if she remembers me at all Many times Ive often prayed In the darkness of my night In the brightness of my day If youre travelin in the north country fair The winds hit heavy on the borderline Remember me to one who lives there She once was a true love of mine She once was a true love of mine She once was a true love of mine She once was a true love of mine She once was a true love of mine

When the rain is blowing in your face And the whole world is on your case I could offer you a warm embrace To make you feel my love When the evening shadows and the stars appear And there is no one there to dry your tears I could hold you for a million years To make you feel my love I know you havent made your mind up yet But I would never do you wrong Ive known it from the moment that we met No doubt in my mind where you belong Id go hungry, Id go black and blue And Id go crawling down the avenue No, theres nothing that I wouldnt do To make you feel my love Ohh Hmmm Oh, the storms are raging on the rolling sea And on the highway of regret The winds of change are blowing wild and free You aint seen nothing like me yet I could make you happy, make your dreams come true Nothing that I wouldnt do Go to the ends of the Earth for you To make you feel my love To make you feel my love

There is a house down in New Orleans they call the rising sun And its been the ruin of many poor girl and me, oh God, Im one My mother was a tailor, she sewed these new blue jeans My sweetheart was a gambler, Lord, down in New Orleans Now the only thing a gambler needs is a suitcase and a trunk And the only time when hes satisfied is when hes on a drunk He fills his glasses up to the brim and hell pass the cards around And the only pleasure he gets out of life is rambling from town to town Oh tell my baby sister not to do what I have done But shun that house in New Orleans they call the rising sun Well with one foot on the platform and the other foot on the train Im going back to New Orleans to wear that ball and chain Im going back to New Orleans, my race is almost run Im going back to end my life down in the rising sun

Sometimes I’m in the mood I wanna leave my lonesome home Sometimes I’m in the mood I wanna hear my milk cow moan And sometimes I’m in the mood I wanna hit that highway road But then again, but then again, but then again, but then again I said, oh babe, I’m in the mood for you Cmon Sometimes I’m in the mood I wanna back up against the wall And sometimes I’m in the mood I wanna live in my pony’s stall I said, sometimes Im in the mood I wanna do nothing at all But then again , but then again But then again , but then again I said, oh babe, I’m in the mood for you Alight everybody, how we all doing tonight? Here at Jimmy Fallon, everybody in the audience Everybody at home, I cant forget about you I gotta say thanks to you Serious nowhere that I would rather be than right here in New York City, playing this song with The Roots And being here on Jimmy Fallon Lets all give it up for our host, who is always so much fun Unless youre Donald Trump And then dont even think about messing with my hair, Im serious Sometimes I’m in the mood I wanna change my house around And sometimes I’m in the mood I wanna change this whole town And sometimes I’m in the mood I’m wanna change the world around But then again, but then again, but then again, but then again I said, oh babe, I’m in the mood for you Sometimes Im in the mood I wanna lay down and die Sometimes Im in the mood I wanna climb up to the sky And sometimes Im in the mood I wanna laugh until I cry But then again , but then again But then again , but then again I said, oh babe, I’m in the mood for you One more time But then again, but then again, but then again, but then again I said, oh babe, I’m in the mood for you Thank you

Close your eyes, close the door Ya don’t have to worry anymore I’ll be your baby tonight Shut the light, shut the shade Ya don’t have to be afraid I’ll be your baby tonight Well, that mockingbird’s gonna sail away We’re gonna forget it That big, fat moon is gonna shine like a spoon But we’re gonna let it You won’t regret it Kick your shoes off, do not fear Bring that bottle over here I’ll be your baby tonight

I like to spend some time in Mozambique The sunny sky is aqua blue And all the couples dancing cheek to cheek It’s very nice to stay a week or two And maybe fall in love, just me and you There’s lot of pretty girls in Mozambique And plenty time for good romance And everybody likes to stop and speak To give the special one you seek a chance Or maybe say hello with just a glance Lying next to her by the ocean Reaching out and touching her hand Whispering your secret emotion Magic in a magical land And when it’s time for leaving Mozambique To say goodbye to sand and sea You turn around to take a final peek And you see why it’s so unique to be Among the lovely people living free Upon the beach of sunny Mozambique

Early in the mornin Early in the mornin Im callin you to Im callin you to Please come home Yes, I could make it without you If I just didnt feel so all alone Dont let me down Dont let me down I wont let you down I wont let you down No, I wont You know I can and I know a honey But, oh, honey, please dont I got my black dog barkin Black dog barkin Yes, he is now Yes, he is Outside my yard Yes, I could tell you what he means If I just didnt have to try so hard Your mamas workin Your mamas moanin Shes cryin, ya know Shes tryin, ya know Ya better go now Well, Id tell you what she wants if I But I just dont know how Fifteen jugglers, fifteen jugglers And five believers Five believers All dressed like men Tell your mama not to worry because Yes, theyre just my friends Early in the mornin Early in the mornin Im callin you to Im callin you to Please come home Yes, I could make it without you, honey If I just did not feel so all alone Yeah, yeah Come on, come on

They say everything can be replaced They say every distance is not near So I remember every face Of every man who put me here I see my light come shining From the west unto the east Any day now any day now I shall be released They say every man needs protection They say every man must fall So I swear I see my reflection Somewhere inside these walls I see my light come shining From the west unto the east Any day now any day now I shall be released Yonder stands a man in this lonely crowd A man who swears hes not to blame All day long I hear him hollering so loud Just crying out that hes not to blame I see the light come shining From the west unto the east Any day now any day now I shall be released

I pity the poor immigrant Who wishes he would’ve stayed home Who uses all his power to do evil But in the end is always left so alone That man whom with his fingers cheats And who lies with every breath Who passionately hates his life And likewise, fears his death I pity the poor immigrant Whose strength is spent in vain Whose heaven is like Ironsides Whose tears are like rain Who eats but is not satisfied Who hears but does not see Who falls in love with wealth itself And turns his back on me I pity the poor immigrant Who tramples through the mud Who fills his mouth with laughing And who builds his town with blood Whose visions in the final end Must shatter like the glass I pity the poor immigrant When his gladness comes to pass

I can see the turning of the key I’ve been deceived by the clown inside of me I thought that he was righteous but he’s vain Oh, something’s a-telling me I wear the ball and chain My patron saint is a-fighting with a ghost He’s always off somewhere when I need him most The Spanish moon is rising on the hill But my heart is a-tellin’ me I love ya still I come back to the town from the flaming moon I see you in the streets, I begin to swoon I love to see you dress before the mirror Won’t you let me in your room one time ’fore I finally disappear? Everybody’s wearing a disguise To hide what they’ve got left behind their eyes But me, I can’t cover what I am Wherever the children go I’ll follow them I march in the parade of liberty But as long as I love you I’m not free How long must I suffer such abuse Won’t you let me see you smile one time before I turn you loose? I’ve given up the game, I’ve got to leave The pot of gold is only make-believe The treasure can’t be found by men who search Whose gods are dead and whose queens are in the church We sat in an empty theater and we kissed I asked ya please to cross me off-a your list My head tells me it’s time to make a change But my heart is telling me I love ya but you’re strange One more time at midnight, near the wall Take off your heavy makeup and your shawl Won’t you descend from the throne, from where you sit? Let me feel your love one more time before I abandon it

Oh, the gentlemen are talking and the midnight moon is on the riverside They’re drinking up and walking and it is time for me to slide I live in another world where life and death are memorized Where the earth is strung with lovers pearls and all I see are dark eyes A cock is crowing far away and another soldier’s deep in prayer Some mother’s child has gone astray, she can’t find him anywhere But I can hear another drum beating for the dead that rise Whom nature’s beast fears as they come and all I see are dark eyes They tell me to be discreet for all intended purposes They tell me revenge is sweet and from where they stand, I’m sure it is But I feel nothing for their game where beauty goes unrecognized All I feel is heat and flame and all I see are dark eyes Oh, the French girl, she’s in paradise and a drunken man is at the wheel Hunger pays a heavy price to the falling gods of speed and steel Oh, time is short and the days are sweet and passion rules the arrow that flies A million faces at my feet but all I see are dark eyes

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Broken lines, broken strings Broken threads, broken springs Broken idols, broken heads People sleeping in broken beds Ain’t no use jiving Ain’t no use joking Everything is broken Broken bottles, broken plates Broken switches, broken gates Broken dishes, broken parts Streets are filled with broken hearts Broken words never meant to be spoken Everything is broken Seem like every time you stop and turn around Something else just hit the ground Broken cutters, broken saws Broken buckles, broken laws Broken bodies, broken bones Broken voices on broken phones Take a deep breath, feel like you’re choking Everything is broken Every time you leave and go off someplace Things fall to pieces in my face Broken hands on broken ploughs Broken treaties, broken vows Broken pipes, broken tools People bending broken rules Hound dog howling, bullfrog croaking Everything is broken

He was a friend of mine He was a friend of mine Every time I think about him now Lord I just cant keep from crying Cause he was a friend of mine He died on the road He died on the road He never had enough money To pay his room or board And he was a friend of mine I stole away and cried I stole away and cried Cause I never had too much money And I never been quite satisfied And he was a friend of mine He never done no wrong He never done no wrong A thousand miles from home And he never harmed no one And he was a friend of mine He was a friend of mine He was a friend of mine Every time I hear his name Lord I just cant keep from crying Cause he was a friend of mine

When the rain is blowin in your face And the whole world is on your case I could offer you a warm embrace To make you feel my love When the evening shadows and the stars appear And there is no one there to dry your tears I could hold you for a million years To make you feel my love I know you havent made your mind up yet But I would never do you wrong Ive known it from the moment that we met No doubt in my mind where you belong Id go hungry, Id go black and blue Id go crawlin down the avenue No, theres nothin that I wouldnt do To make you feel my love The storms are raging on the rollin sea And on the highway of regrets The winds of change are blowing wild and free You aint seen nothin like me yet I could make you happy, make your dreams come true Theres nothing that I wouldnt do Go to the ends of the Earth for you To make you feel my love To make you feel my love

John Brown went off to war to fight on a foreign shore His mama sure was proud of him! He stood straight and tall in his uniform and all His mama’s face broke out all in a grin “Oh son, you look so fine, I’m glad you’re a son of mine You make me proud to know you hold a gun Do what the captain says, lots of medals you will get And we’ll put them on the wall when you come home” As that old train pulled out, John’s ma began to shout Telling’ everyone in the neighborhood: “That’s my son that’s about to go, he’s a soldier now, you know” She made well sure her neighbors understood She got a letter once in a while and her face broke into a smile As she showed them to the people from next door And she bragged about her son with his uniform and gun And these things you called a good old-fashioned war Oh! Good old-fashioned war! Then the letters ceased to come, for a long time they did not come They ceased to come for about ten months or more Then a letter finally came saying, “Go down and meet the train Your son’s a-coming home from the war” She smiled and went right down, she looked everywhere around But she could not see her soldier son in sight But as all the people passed, she saw her son at last When she did she could hardly believe her eyes Oh his face was all shot up and his hand was all blown off And he wore a metal brace around his waist He whispered kind of slow, in a voice she did not know While she couldn’t even recognize his face! Oh! Lord! Not even recognize his face “Oh tell me, my darling son, pray tell me what they done How is it you come to be this way?” He tried his best to talk but his mouth could hardly move And the mother had to turn her face away “Don’t you remember, Ma, when I went off to war You thought it was the best thing I could do? I was on the battleground, you were home. Acting proud You wasn’t there standing in my shoes” “Oh, and I thought when I was there, God, what am I doing here? I’m a-tryin’ to kill somebody or die tryin’ But the thing that scared me most was when my enemy came close And I saw that his face looked just like mine” Oh! Lord! Just like mine! “And I couldn’t help but think, through the thunder rolling and stink That I was just a puppet in a play And through the roar and smoke, this string is finally broke And a cannon ball blew my eyes away” As he turned away to walk, his Ma was still in shock At seeing’ the metal brace that helped him stand But as he turned to go, he called his mother close And he dropped his medals down into her hand

I am a man of constant sorrow Ive seen trouble all my days Ill say goodbye to Colorado Where I was born and partly raised Your mother says that Im a stranger My face youll never see no more But theres one promise darling Ill see you on Gods golden shore Through this open world Im a-bound to ramble Through ice and snow, sleet and rain Im a-bound to ride that morning railroad Perhaps Ill die on that train Im a-going back to Colorado The place that Ive started from If Id know-ed how bad youd treat me Honey, I never would have come

Honey, just allow me one more chance To get along with you Honey, just allow me one more chance Ill do anything for you Well, I’m a-walking down the road With my head in my hand I’m looking for a woman Needs a worried man Just a-one kind favor I ask you Allow me just a one more chance Honey, just allow me one more chance To ride your airplane Honey, just allow me one more chance To ride your passenger train Well, I’ve been looking all over For a girl like you I can’t find no better So you’ll have to do Theres just-a one kind favor I ask you Allow me just-a one more chance Honey, just allow me one more chance To get along with you Honey, just allow me one more chance Ill do anything for you Well, looking for a woman That aint got no man Is just looking for a needle Thats lost in the sand Just-a one kind favor I ask you Allow me just-a one more chance

I first heard this from Ric von Schmidt He lives in Cambridge Rics a blues guitar player I met him one day in the Green pastures of Harvard University Baby, let me follow you down Baby, let me follow you down Well, Ill do anything in this God-almighty world If you just let me follow you down Can I come home with you? Baby, can I come home with you? Yes, Ill do anything in this God-almighty world If you just let me come home with you Baby, let me follow you down Baby, let me follow you down Well, Ill do anything in this God-almighty world If you just let me follow you down Yes, Id do anything in this God-almighty world If you just let me follow you down Ill buy you a diamond ring Yes, Ill buy you a wedding gown Yes, Ill do anything in this god almighty world If you just let me follow you down Ill buy you rope and twine Honey, just for you to climb Yes, Ill do anything in this god almighty world If you just once drive me out of my mind Buy you a hoop and skirt Ill buy you a velvet shirt Yes, Ill do anything in this god almighty world If you just dont make me hurt

Throw my ticket out the window Throw my suitcase out there, too Throw my troubles out the door I dont need them anymore Cause tonight Ill be staying here with you I should have left this town this morning But it was more than I could do Oh, your love comes on so strong And Ive waited all day long For tonight when Ill be staying here with you Is it really any wonder The love that a stranger might receive? You cast your spell and I went under I find it so difficult to leave I can hear that whistle blowin I see that stationmaster too If theres a poor boy on the street Then let him have my seat Cause tonight Ill be staying here with you Throw my ticket out the window Throw my suitcase out there, too Throw my troubles out the door I dont need them anymore Cause tonight Ill be staying here with you

Been so long since a strange woman has slept in my bed Look how sweet she sleeps, how free must be her dreams In another lifetime she must have owned the world, or been faithfully wed To some righteous king who wrote psalms beside moonlit streams I and I In creation where one’s nature neither honors nor forgives I and I One says to the other, no man sees my face and lives Think I’ll go out and go for a walk Not much happening here, nothing ever does Besides, if she wakes up now, she’ll just want me to talk I got nothing to say, specially about whatever was I and I In creation where one’s nature neither honors nor forgives I and I One says to the other, no man sees my face and lives Took an untrodden path once, where the swift don’t win the race It goes to the worthy, who can divide the word of truth Took a stranger to teach me, to look into justice’s beautiful face And to see an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth I and I In creation where one’s nature neither honors nor forgives I and I One says to the other, no man sees my face and lives Outside of two men on a train platform there’s nobody in sight They’re waiting for spring to come, smoking down the track The world could come to an end tonight, but that’s all right She should still be there sleepin’ when I get back I and I In creation where one’s nature neither honors nor forgives I and I One says to the other, no man sees my face and lives Noontime, and I’m still pushing myself along the road, the darkest part Into the narrow lanes, I can’t stumble or stay put Someone else is speaking with my mouth, but I’m listening only to my heart I’ve made shoes for everyone, even you, while I still go barefoot I and I In creation where one’s nature neither honors nor forgives I and I One says to the other, no man sees my face and lives

Theres an evening haze settlin over the town Starlight by the edge of the creek The buyin power of the proletariats gone down Moneys gettin shallow and weak The place I love best is a sweet memory Its a new path that we trod They say low wages are a reality If we want to compete abroad My cruel weapons have been put on the shelf Come sit down on my knee You are dearer to me than myself As you yourself can see Im listening to the steel rails hum Got both eyes tight shut Just sitting here trying to keep the hunger from Creeping its way into my gut Meet me at the bottom, dont lag behind Bring me my boots and shoes You can hang back or fight your best on the front line Sing a little bit of these workingmans blues Now, Im sailing on back, ready for the long haul Tossed by the winds and the seas Ill drag them all down to hell and Ill stand them at the wall Ill sell them to their enemies Im trying to feed my soul with thought Gonna sleep off the rest of the day Sometimes no one wants what we got Sometimes you cant give it away Now the place is ringed with countless foes Some of them may be deaf and dumb No man, no woman knows The hour that sorrow will come In the dark I hear the night birds call I can hear a lovers breath I sleep in the kitchen with my feet in the hall Sleep is like a temporary death Meet me at the bottom, dont lag behind Bring me my boots and shoes You can hang back or fight your best on the front line Sing a little bit of these workingmans blues Well, they burned my barn, they stole my horse I cant save a dime I got to be careful, I dont want to be forced Into a life of continual crime I can see for myself that the sun is sinking How I wish you were here to see Tell me now, am I wrong in thinking That you have forgotten me? Now they worry and they hurry and they fuss and they fret They waste your nights and days Them I will forget But you Ill remember always Old memories of you to me have clung Youve wounded me with words Gonna have to straighten out your tongue Its all true, everything you have heard Meet me at the bottom, dont lag behind Bring me my boots and shoes You can hang back or fight your best on the front line Sing a little bit of these workingmans blues In you, my friend, I find no blame Wanna look in my eyes, please do No one can ever claim That I took up arms against you All across the peaceful sacred fields They will lay you low Theyll break your horns and slash you with steel I say it so it must be so Now Im down on my luck and Im black and blue Gonna give you another chance Im all alone and Im expecting you To lead me off in a cheerful dance Got a brand new suit and a brand new wife I can live on rice and beans Some people never worked a day in their life Dont know what work even means Meet me at the bottom, dont lag behind Bring me my boots and shoes You can hang back or fight your best on the front line Sing a little bit of these workingmans blues

Down on the bottom Down to the last drop in the cup Down on the bottom No place to go but up Always been in trouble Nearly all my life Always been in trouble Struggle, scorn and strife Go find me my bluebird Flying so high up above Go find me my bluebird Go find me somebody to love Down on the bottom Down to the last drop in the cup Down on the bottom No place to go but up Always been in trouble Nearly all my life Always been in trouble Struggle, scorn and strife Go find me my bluebird Flying so high up above Go find me my bluebird Go find me somebody to love Down on the bottom Down to the last drop in the cup Down on the bottom No place to go but up Down on the bottom Down to the last drop in the cup Down on the bottom No place to go now but up

Margarita Ah, ah, ah, ah Margarita Ah, ah, ah, ah It was in Pittsburgh, late one night I lost my head, got into a fight I rolled and tumbled till I saw the light Went to the Big Apple, took a bite Ah, ah, ah, ah Still the sun went down your way Down from the blue into the gray Where I stood, I saw you walk away You danced away Ah, ah, ah, ah I asked her what were gonna do tonight She said, Cahuenga Langa-Langa Shoe Box Soup We better keep tryin till we get it right Tala mala sheela jaipur dhoop She wrote a long letter on a short piece of paper Oh Margarita

Gypsy gal, the hands of Harlem Cannot hold you to its heat Your temperature is too hot for taming Your flaming feet are burning up the street Im homeless, come and take me To the reach of your rattlin drums Let me know, babe, all 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 And your flashing diamond teeth The night is pitch black, come an’ make my Pale face fit into place, ah, please! Let me know, babe, I’m nearly drowning If it’s you my lifelines trace I been wondering all about me Ever since I seen you there On the cliffs of your wildcat charms I’m riding I know I’m around you but I don’t know where You have slayed me, you have made me I got to laugh half ways off my heels I got to know, babe, yeah will you surround me? So I can know if I’m really real

It aint no use to sit and wonder why, babe It dont matter, anyhow And it aint no use to sit and wonder why, babe If you dont know by now When your rooster crows at the break of dawn Look out your window and Ill be gone Youre the reason Im travelin on Dont think twice, its all right It aint no use in turnin on your light, babe The light I never knowed It aint no use in turnin on your light, babe Im on the dark side of the road Still I wish there were somethin you would do or say To try and make me change my mind and stay We never did too much talkin anyway So dont think twice, its all right Im walkin down that long, lonesome road, babe Where Im bound, I cant tell But goodbye is too good a word, gal So Ill just say fare thee well I aint sayin you treated me unkind You couldve done better but I dont mind You just sorta wasted my precious time But dont think twice, its all right It aint no use in callin out my name, gal Like you never did before It aint no use in callin out my name, gal I cant hear you any more Im a-thinkin and a-wondrin all the way down the road I once loved a woman, a child Im told I give her my heart but she wanted my soul But dont think twice, its all right

Om idag inte var en ändlös landsväg Och inatt en vild och krokig stig Om i morgon inte kändes så oändlig Då är ensamhet ett ord som inte finns Men bara om min älskade väntar Om jag hör hennes hjärta sakta slå Bara om hon låg här tätt intill mig Kan jag bli den jag var igår Jag kan inte se min spegelbild i vattnet Jag kan inte säga sorglösa ord Jag hör inte mitt eko slå mot gatan Kan inte minnas vem jag var igår Det finns skönhet i flodens silver sånger Det finns skönhet gryningsolens sken Men då ser jag i min älskades öga En skönhet större än allting som jag vet Och bara om jag vet att hon väntar Om jag hör hennes hjärta sakta slå Bara om hon låg här tätt intill mig Kan jag bli den jag var igår

Im going down to Rose Maries She never does me wrong She puts it to me plain as day And gives it to me for a song Its a wicked life but what the hell Everybodys got to eat And Im just the same as anyone else When it comes to scratching for my meat Going to Acapulco, going on the run Going down to see soft gut, going to have some fun Yeah, going to have some fun Now, whenever I get up And I cant find what I need I just make it down to Rose Maries And get something quick to eat Its not a bad way to make a living And I aint complainin none Oh, I can pull my plum, and drink my rum And then go on home and have my fun Going to Acapulco, going on the run Going down to see soft gut, going to have some fun Yeah, going to have some fun Now, if someone offers me a joke I just say no thanks I try to tell it like it is And keep away from pranks Well, every time you know when the well breaks down I just go pump on it some Rose Marie, she likes to go to big places And just set there waitin for me to come Going to Acapulco, going on the run Going down to see soft gut, going to have some fun Yeah, going to have some fun

We live in a political world Love don’t have any place We’re living in times where men commit crimes And crime don’t have a face We live in a political world Icicles hanging down Wedding bells ring and angels sing Clouds cover up the ground We live in a political world Wisdom is thrown into jail It rots in a cell, is misguided as hell Leaving no one to pick up a trail We live in a political world Where mercy walks the plank Life is in mirrors, death disappears Up the steps into the nearest bank We live in a political world Where courage is a thing of the past Houses are haunted, children are unwanted The next day could be your last We live in a political world The one we can see and can feel But there’s no one to check, it’s all a stacked deck We all know for sure that it’s real We live in a political world In the cities of lonesome fear Little by little you turn in the middle But you’re never sure why you’re here We live in a political world Under the microscope You can travel anywhere and hang yourself there You always got more than enough rope We live in a political world Turning and a-thrashing about As soon as you’re awake, you’re trained to take What looks like the easy way out We live in a political world Where peace is not welcome at all It’s turned away from the door to wander some more Or put up against the wall We live in a political world Everything is hers or his Climb into the frame and shout God’s name But you’re never sure what it is

Everybody’s building the big ships and the boats Some are building monuments Others, jotting down notes Ev’rybody’s in despair Every girl and boy But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here Ev’rybody’s gonna jump for joy Come all without, come all within You’ll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn I like to do just like the rest, I like my sugar sweet But guarding fumes and making haste It ain’t my cup of meat Everybody’s neath the trees Feeding pigeons on a limb But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here All the pigeons gonna run to him Come all without, come all within You’ll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn A cat’s meow and a cow’s moo, I can recite them all Just tell me where it hurts yuh, honey And I’ll tell you who to call Nobody can get no sleep There’s someone on ev’ryone’s toes But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here Ev’rybody’s gonna wanna doze Come all without, come all within You’ll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn

Well, I was feeling sad and feeling blue I didn’t know what in the world I wus gonna do Them Communists they was coming around They was in the air They was on the ground They wouldn’t give me no peace So I run down most hurriedly And joined up with the John Birch Society I got me a secret membership card And started off a-walking down the road Yee-hoo, I’m a real John Bircher now! Look out you Commies! Now we all agree with Hitler’s views Although he killed six million Jews It don’t matter too much that he was a Fascist At least you can’t say he was a Communist! That’s to say like if you got a cold you take a shot of malaria Well, I woos looking everywhere for them gol-darned Reds I got up in the morning and looked under my bed Looked in the sink, behind the door Looked in the glove compartment of my car Couldn’t find them I woos looking high and low for them Reds everywhere I woos looking in the sink and underneath the chair I looked way up my chimney hole I even looked deep down inside my toilet bowl They got away Well, I woos sitting home alone and started to sweat Figured they woos in my T.V. set Peeked behind the picture frame Got a shock from my feet, hitting right up in the brain Them Reds caused it! I know they did them hard-core ones Well, I quit my job so I could work all alone Then I changed my name to Sherlock Holmes Followed some clues from my detective bag And discovered they woos red stripes on the American flag! That old Betsy Ross Well, I investigated all the books in the library Ninety percent of them gotta be burned away I investigated all the people that I know Ninety-eight percent of them gotta go The other two percent are fellow Birchers just like me Now Eisenhower, he’s a Russian spy Lincoln, Jefferson and that Roosevelt guy To my knowledge there’s just one man That’s really a true American: George Lincoln Rockwell I know for a fact he hates Commies because he picketed the movie Exodus Well, I finally started thinking straight When I run out of things to investigate Couldn’t imagine doing anything else So now I’m sitting home investigating myself! Hope I don’t find out anything hmm, great God!

I was young when I left home But I been out a-rambling around And I never wrote a letter to my home To my home, Lord, to my home And I never wrote a letter to my home It was just the other day I was bringing home my pay When I met an old friend I used to know Said your mother’s dead and gone Baby sister’s all gone wrong And your daddy needs you home right away Not a shirt on my back Not a penny on my name Well I can’t go home Thisaway Thisaway, Lord, Lord, Lord And I can’t go home Thisaway If you miss the train I’m on Count the days I’m gone You will hear that whistle blow a hundred miles A hundred miles, honey baby. Lord Lord Lord And you’ll hear that whistle blow a hundred miles I’m playing on a track Ma would come and whoop me back On them trestles down by old Jim McKay’s When I pay the debt I owe To the commissary store I will pawn my watch and chain and go home Go home, Lord Lord Lord I will pawn my watch and chain and go home Used to tell Ma sometimes When I see them riding blinds Going to make me a home out in the wind In the wind, Lord in the wind Make me a home out in the wind I don’t like it in the wind Want to go back home again But I can’t go home Thisaway Thisaway, Lord Lord Lord And I can’t go home Thisaway

Is it rolling, Bob? To be alone with you Just you and me Now won’t you tell me true Ain’t that the way it oughta be? To hold each other tight The whole night through Everything is always right When I’m alone with you To be alone with you At the close of the day With only you in view While evening slips away It only goes to show That while life’s pleasures be few The only one I know Is when I’m alone with you They say that nighttime is the right time To be with the one you love Too many thoughts get in the way in the day But you’re always what I’m thinkin of I wish the night were here Bringin me all of your charms When only you are near To hold me in your arms I’ll always thank the Lord When my workin day is through I get my sweet reward To be alone with you

Fat man looking in a blade of steel Thin man looking at his last meal Hollow man looking in a cotton field For dignity Wise man looking in a blade of grass Young man looking in the shadows that pass Poor man looking through painted glass For dignity Somebody got murdered on New Year’s Eve Somebody said dignity was the first to leave I went into the city, went into the town Went into the land of the midnight sun Searching high, searching low Searching everywhere I know Asking the cops wherever I go Have you seen dignity? Blind man breaking out of a trance Puts both his hands in the pockets of chance Hoping to find one circumstance Of dignity I went to the wedding of Mary Lou She said, “I don’t want nobody see me talking to you” Said she could get killed if she told me what she knew About dignity I went down where the vultures feed I would’ve gone deeper, but there wasn’t any need Heard the tongues of angels and the tongues of men Wasn’t any difference to me Chilly wind sharp as a razor blade House on fire, debts unpaid Gonna stand at the window, going to ask the maid Have you seen dignity? Drinking man listens to the voice he hears In a crowded room full of covered-up mirrors Looking into the lost forgotten years For dignity Met Prince Phillip at the home of the blues Said he’d give me information if his name wasn’t used He wanted money up front, said he was abused By dignity Footprints running across the silver sand Steps going down into tattoo land I met the sons of darkness and the sons of light In the border towns of despair Got no place to fade, got no coat I’m on the rolling river in a jerkin boat Trying to read a note somebody wrote About dignity Sick man looking for the doctor’s cure Looking at his hands for the lines that were And into every masterpiece of literature For dignity Englishman stranded in the black-heart wind Combing his hair back, his future looks thin Bites the bullet and he looks within For dignity Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed Dignity never been photographed I went into the red, went into the black Into the valley of dry bone dreams So many roads, so much at stake So many dead ends, I’m at the edge of the lake Sometimes I wonder what it’s going to take To find dignity

Well, in my time of dying dont want nobody to mourn All I want for you to do is take my body home Well, well, well, so I can die easy Well, well, well Well, well, well, so I can die easy Jesus going to make up, Jesus going to make up Jesus going to make up my dying bed Well, meet me Jesus, meet me, meet me In the middle of the air If these wings should fail me Lord, wont you meet me with another pair Well, well, well, so I can die easy Well, well, well Well, well, well, so I can die easy Jesus going to make up, Jesus going to make up Jesus going to make up my dying bed Lord, in my time of dying dont want nobody to cry All I want you to do is take me when I die Well, well, well, so I can die easy Well, well, well Well, well, well, so I can die easy Jesus going to make up, Jesus going to make up Jesus going to make up my dying bed

You always said that Id be back again That Id come running to you in the end I thought that you were on your own And now I find youre not alone Ill see you through the rain Through the heartache and pain It hurts like never before Youre not alone anymore You always said that I would know someday Just how it feels when your love walks away I let you down, I let you go I lost you how was I to know? Ill see you through the rain Through the heartache and pain It hurts like never before Youre not alone anymore I never knew I could feel this way I never could see past yesterday You feel that everything is gone I feel it too, youre not alone Ill see you through the rain Every heartache and pain It hurts like never before Youre not alone, youre not alone Youre not alone anymore Anymore Anymore

I could have told you Shed hurt you Shed you love you a while Then desert you If only you asked I could have told you so I could have saved you Some crying Yes, I could have told you shes lying But you were in love And didnt want to know I hear her now As I toss and turn and try to sleep I hear her now Making promises shell never keep And soon, its over and done with Shell find someone new to have fun with Through all of my tears I could have told you so I hear her now As I toss and turn and try to sleep I hear her now Making promises shell never keep And soon, its over and done with Shell find someone new to have fun with Through all of my tears I could have told you so

I’m beginning to hear voices and there’s no one around Well, I’m all used up and the fields have turned brown I went to church on Sunday and she passed by My love for her is taking such a long time to die I’m waist deep, waist deep in the mist It’s almost like, almost like I don’t exist I’m twenty miles out of town in cold irons bound The walls of pride are high and wide Can’t see over to the other side It’s such a sad thing to see beauty decay It’s sadder still to feel your heart torn away One look at you and I’m out of control Like the universe has swallowed me whole I’m twenty miles out of town in cold irons bound There’s too many people, too many to recall I thought some of ’m were friends of mine, I was wrong about ’m all Well, the road is rocky and the hillside’s mud Up over my head nothing but clouds of blood I found my world, found my world in you But your love just hasn’t proved true I’m twenty miles out of town in cold irons bound Twenty miles out of town in cold irons bound Oh, the winds in Chicago have torn me to shreds Reality has always had too many heads Some things last longer than you think they will There are some kind of things you can never kill It’s you and you only I been thinking about But you can’t see in and it’s hard lookin’ out I’m twenty miles out of town in cold irons bound Well the fat’s in the fire and the water’s in the tank The whiskey’s in the jar and the money’s in the bank I tried to love and protect you because I cared I’m gonna remember forever the joy that we shared Looking at you and I’m on my bended knee You have no idea what you do to me I’m twenty miles out of town in cold irons bound Twenty miles out of town in cold irons bound

I cant understand, she let go of my hand And left me here facing the wall I’d sure like to know why shed go But I cant get close to her at all Though we kissed through the wild blazing nighttime She said she would never forget But now morning’s clear, it’s like I aint here She acts like we never met It’s all new to me, like some mystery It could even be like a myth But it’s hard to think on that she’s the same one That last night I was with From darkness, dreams are deserted Am I still dreaming yet? I wish she’d unlock her voice once and talk Stead of actin like we never have met If she aint feelin well, then why don’t she tell Stead of turnin her back to my face? Without any doubt, she seems too far out For me to return to or chase Well her skirt it swayed as the guitar played Her mouth was watery and wet But now something has changed, for she aint the same She just acts like we never have met If I didn’t have to guess, I’d gladly confess To anything I might’ve tried If I was with her too long or have done something wrong Id wish she’d tell me what it is, I’ll run and hide Though the night ran swirling and whirling I remember her whispering yet But evidently she don’t, evidently she won’t She just acts like we never have met I’m leavin today, I’ll be on my way Of this I cant say very much But if you want me to, I can be just like you And pretend that we never have touched And if anybody asks me “Is it easy to forget?” I’ll say, “It’s easily done, you just pick anyone And pretend that you never have met!”

I will not go down under the ground ’Cause somebody tells me that death’s coming round An’ I will not carry myself down to die When I go to my grave my head will be high Let me die in my footsteps Before I go down under the ground There’s been rumors of war and wars that have been The meaning of life has been lost in the wind And some people thinking that the end is close by ’Stead of learning to live they are learning to die Let me die in my footsteps Before I go down under the ground I don’t know if I’m smart but I think I can see When someone is pulling the wool over me And if this war comes and death’s all around Let me die on this land ’fore I die underground Let me die in my footsteps Before I go down under the ground There’s always been people that have to cause fear They’ve been talking about war now for many long years I have read all their statements and I’ve not said a word But now Lawd God, let my poor voice be heard Let me die in my footsteps Before I go down under the ground Let me drink from the waters where the mountain streams flood Let the smell of wildflowers flow free through my blood Let me sleep in your meadows with the green grassy leaves Let me walk down the highway with my brother in peace Let me die in my footsteps Before I go down under the ground Go out in your country where the land meets the sun See the craters and the canyons where the waterfalls run Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho Let every state in this union seep down deep in your souls And you’ll die in your footsteps Before you go down under the ground

I was born in a beauty salon My father was a dresser of hair My mother was a girl you could call on When you called she was always there When you called she was always there When you called she was always there When you called she was always there When you called she was always there Ah but dont go home with your hard-on It will only drive you insane You cant shake it or break it with your Motown You cant melt it down in the rain You cant melt it down in the rain You cant melt it down in the rain You cant melt it down in the rain Ive looked behind all of these faces That smile you down to your knees And the lips that say, Come on, taste us And when you try to they make you say Please When you try to they make you say Please When you try to they make you say Please When you try to they make you say Please When you try to they make you say Please Ah but dont go home with your hard-on It will only drive you insane You cant shake it or break it with your Motown You cant melt it down in the rain You cant melt it down in the rain You cant melt it down in the rain You cant melt it down in the rain Here comes your bride with her veil on Approach her, you wretch, if you dare Approach her, you ape with your tail on Once you have her shell always be there Once you have her shell always be there Once you have her shell always be there Once you have her shell always be there Once you have her shell always be there Ah but dont go home with your hard-on It will only drive you insane You cant shake it or break it with your Motown You cant melt it down in the rain You cant melt it down in the rain You cant melt it down in the rain You cant melt it down in the rain So I work in that same beauty salon Im chained to the old masquerade The lipstick, the shadow, and the silicone I follow my fathers trade Yes I follow my fathers trade I follow my fathers trade I follow my fathers trade I follow my fathers trade Ah but dont go home with your hard-on It will only drive you insane You cant shake it or break it with your Motown You cant melt it down in the rain You cant melt it down in the rain You cant melt it down in the rain You cant melt it down in the rain You cant melt it down in the rain You cant melt it down in the rain You cant melt it down in the rain You cant melt it down in the rain You cant melt it down in the rain

Sign on the window says “Lonely” Sign on the door said “No company allowed” Sign on the street says “Y’ don’t own me” Sign on a porch says “three’s a crowd” Sign on a porch says “three’s a crowd” Her and her boyfriend went to California Her and her boyfriend done changed their tune My best friend said, “Now didnt I warn you? Brighton girls are like the moon Brighton girls are like the moon” Looks like a-nothing but rain Sure gonna be wet tonight on Main Street Hope that it don’t sleet Build me a cabin in Utah Marry me a wife, catch rainbow trout Have a bunch of kids who call me “Pa” That must be what it’s all about That must be what it’s all about

I was thinking of a series of dreams Where nothing comes up to the top Everything stays down where it’s wounded And comes to a permanent stop Wasn’t thinking of anything specific Like in a dream, when someone wakes up and screams Nothing too very scientific Just thinking of a series of dreams Thinking of a series of dreams Where the time and the tempo fly And there’s no exit in any direction ’Cept the one that you can’t see with your eyes Wasn’t making any great connection Wasn’t falling for any intricate scheme Nothing that would pass inspection Just thinking of a series of dreams Dreams where the umbrella is folded Into the path you are hurled And the cards are no good that you’re holding Unless they’re from another world In one, numbers were burning In another, I witnessed a crime In one, I was running, and in another All I seemed to be doing was climb Wasn’t looking for any special assistance Not going to any great extremes I’d already gone the distance Just thinking of a series of dreams

I’ve just reached a place Where the willow don’t bend There’s not much more to be said It’s the top of the end I’m going I’m going I’m gone I’m closing’ the book On the pages and the text And I don’t really care Oooh, what happens next I’m just going I’m going I’m gone I been hanging on threads I have been playing’ it straight Now, I’ve just got to cut loose Before it gets late So I’m going I’m going I’m gone Grandma said, “Boy, go and follow your heart And you’ll be fine at the end of the line All that’s gold doesnt shine Don’t you and your one true love ever part” I been walking the road I been living on the edge Now, I’ve just got to go Before I get to the ledge So I’m going I’m just going I’m gone

You must leave now take what you need You think will last But whatever you wish to keep you better grab it fast Yonder stands your orphan with his gun Crying like a fire in the sun Look out baby, the saints are comin through And its all over now baby blue The highway is for gamblers better use your sense Take what you have gathered from coincidence The empty handed painter from your streets Is drawing crazy patterns on your sheets The sky too is fallin in over you- ooo And its all over now baby blue Leave your stepping stones behind Theres something that calls for you Forget the debt you left that will not follow you Your lover who has just walked through the door Has taken all his blankets from the floor The carpet too is foldin over you And its all over now baby blue Well strike another match, yeah, go start a-new Go start a-new Cause its all over now baby blue Hey, hey, yeah Its all over, its all over now baby blue Its all over, its all over now oh yeah Its all over now, its all over now baby blue

Everything went from bad to worse, money never changed a thing Death kept following, tracking us down, at least I heard your bluebird sing Now somebody’s got to show their hand, time is an enemy I know you’re long gone, I guess it must be up to me If I’d thought about it I never would’ve done it, I guess I would’ve let it slide If Id-a paid attention to what others were thinking, the heart inside me would’ve died But I was just too stubborn to ever be governed by enforced insanity Someone had to reach for the rising star, I guess it was up to me Now the Union Central is pulling out, the orchids are in bloom I’ve only got me one good shirt left and it smells of stale perfume In fourteen months I’ve only smiled once and I didn’t do it consciously Somebody’s got to find your trail, I guess its gonna be up to me It was like a revelation when you betrayed me with your touch I’d just about convinced myself nothing had changed that much The old Rounder in the iron mask, he slipped me the master key Somebody had to unlock your heart, he said it was up to me Now I watched you slowly disappear down into the officers’ club I would’ve followed you in the door, but I didn’t have a ticket stub So I waited all night ’til the break of day, hoping one of us could get free When the dawn came over the river bridge, I knew it was up to me The only decent thing I did when I worked as a postal clerk Was to haul your picture down off the wall near the cage where I used to work Was I a fool or not to protect your real identity? You looked a little burned out my friend, I thought it might be up to me I met somebody face to face, I had to remove my hat She’s everything I need and love, but I can’t be swayed by that It frightens me, the awful truth, of how sweet life can be But she ain’t goin to make a move, I guess it must be up to me Now we heard the Sermon on the Mount, and I knew it was too complex It didn’t amount to anything more than what the broken glass reflects When you bite off more than you can chew, you got to pay the penalty Somebody’s got to tell the tale, I guess it must be up to me Dupree came in pimpin’ tonight to the Thunderbird Café Crystal wanted to talk to him, I had to look the other way Now I just can’t rest without you, love, I need your company You ain’t goin to cross the line, I guess it must be up to me There’s a note left in the bottle, you can give it to Estelle She’s the one you been wondering about, but there’s really nothing much to tell We both heard voices for a while, now the rest is history Somebody’s got to cry some tears, I guess it must be up to me So go on boys, play your hands, life is a pantomime The ringleaders from the county seat say you don’t have all that much time And the girl with me behind the shades, she ain’t my property One of us has got to hit the road, I guess it must be up to me If we never meet again, baby, remember me How my lone guitar played sweet for you that old-time melody And the harmonica around my neck, I blew it for you, free No one else could play that tune, you knew it was up to me

I love you more than ever, more than time and more than love I love you more than money and more than the stars above Love you more than madness, more than waves upon the sea Love you more than life itself, you mean that much to me Ever since you walked right in, the circle’s been complete I’ve said goodbye to haunted rooms and faces in the street To the courtyard of the jester which is hidden from the sun I love you more than ever and I haven’t yet begun You breathed on me and made my life a richer one to live When I was deep in poverty you taught me how to give Dried the tears up from my dreams and pulled me from the hole Quenched my thirst and satisfied the burning in my soul You gave me babies one, two, three, what is more, you saved my life Eye for eye and tooth for tooth, your love cuts like a knife My thoughts of you don’t ever rest, they’d kill me if I lie I’d sacrifice the world for you and watch my senses die The tune that is yours and mine to play upon this earth We’ll play it out the best we know, whatever it is worth What’s lost is lost, we can’t regain what went down in the flood But happiness to me is you and I love you more than blood It’s never been my duty to remake the world at large Nor is it my intention to sound a battle charge ’Cause I love you more than all of that with a love that doesn’t bend And if there is eternity I’d love you there again Oh, can’t you see that you were born to stand by my side And I was born to be with you, you were born to be my bride You’re the other half of what I am, you’re the missing piece And I love you more than ever with that love that doesn’t cease You turn the tide on me each day and teach my eyes to see Just being’ next to you is a natural thing for me And I could never let you go, no matter what goes on ‘Cause I love you more than ever now that the past is gone

What’s the matter with me I don’t have much to say Daylight sneaking through the window And I’m still in this all-night café Walking to and fro beneath the moon Out to where the trucks are rolling slow To sit down on this bank of sand And watch the river flow Wish I was back in the city Instead of this old bank of sand With the sun beating down over the chimney tops And the one I love so close at hand If I had wings and I could fly I know where I would go But right now I’ll just sit here so contentedly And watch the river flow People disagreeing on all just about everything, yeah Makes you stop and all wonder why Why only yesterday I saw somebody on the street Who just couldn’t help but cry Oh, this old river keeps on rolling, though No matter what gets in the way and which way the wind does blow And as long as it does I’ll just sit here And watch the river flow People disagreeing everywhere you look Makes you want to stop and read a book Why only yesterday I saw somebody on the street That was really shook But this old river keeps on rolling, though No matter what gets in the way and which way the wind does blow And as long as it does I’ll just sit here And watch the river flow Watch the river flow Watching the river flow Watching the river flow But I’ll sit down on this bank of sand And watch the river flow

Precious angel Under the sun How was I to know Youd be the one To show me I was blinded To show me I was gone How weak was the foundation I was standing upon? Now theres spiritual warfare And flesh and blood breaking down You either got faith or you got unbelief And there is no neutral ground The enemy is subtle How be it we are so deceived When the truths in our hearts And we still dont believe? Shine your light, shine your light on me Shine your light, shine your light on me Shine your light, shine your light on me You know I just couldnt make it by myself Im a little too blind to see My so-called friends Have fallen under a spell They look me squarely in the eye And they say, All is well Can they imagine the darkness That will fall from on high When men will beg God to kill them And they wont be able to die? Sister, let me tell you About a vision that I saw You were drawing water for your husband You were suffering under the law You were telling him about Buddha You were telling him about Mohammed, in one breath You never mentioned one time The Man who came and died a criminals death Shine your light, shine your light on me Shine your light, shine your light on me Shine your light, shine your light on me You know I just couldnt make it by myself Im a little too blind to see Precious angel You believe me when I say What God has given to us No man can take away We are covered in blood, girl You know both our forefathers were slaves Let us hope theyve found mercy In their bone-filled graves Youre the queen of my flesh, girl Youre my woman, youre my delight Youre the lamp of my soul, girl And you torch up the night But theres violence in the eyes, girl So let us not be enticed On the way out of Egypt Through Ethiopia To the judgment hall of Christ Shine your light, shine your light on me Shine your light, shine your light on me Shine your light, shine your light on me You know I just couldnt make it by myself Im a little too blind to see

Well, I dont know why I love you like I do Nobody in the world can get along with you You got the ways of a devil sleeping in a lions den I come home last night you wouldnt even let me in Oh sometimes youre as sweet as anybody want to be Oh when you get the crazy notion of jumping all over me Well, you give me the blues, I guess youre satisfied When you give me the blues I want to lay down and die I helped you when you had no shoes on your feet, pretty mama I helped you when you had no food to eat Now youre the kind of woman that just dont understand Youre taking all my money and give it to another man Well, youre that kind of woman makes a man lose his brains Youre that kind of woman drives a man insane Well, you give me the blues, I guess youre satisfied You give me the blues, I want to lay down and die

Now I aint lookin to compete with you Beat on, cheat on, mistreat you Simplify you, classify you Deny, defy, mystify you All I really want to do Is, baby, be friends with you Baby, be friends with you Now I aint lookin to fight with you Frighten you or uptighten you Drag you down or drain you down Chain you down or bring you down All I really want to do Is, baby, be friends with you Baby, be friends with you I aint lookin to block you up Dock or rock or lock you up Analyze you, categorize you Finalize or advertise you All I really want to do Is, baby, be friends with you Baby, be friends with you I dont want to straight-face you up Race or chase or track or trace you Or disgrace you or displace you Or define you or confine you All I really want to do Is, baby, be friends with you Baby, be friends with you Now I dont 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 Baby, be friends with you

Well the worlds greatest wonder from what I can tell Is how a cowgirl like you could ever look my way I was blinded by glory with a half-written story And a song spilling out off of every page Sweet Amarillo Tears on my pillow You never will know How much I cried Sweet Amarillo Like the wind in the willow Damn this old cowboy For my foolish pride So I drifted on down from the Iron Ore Range Across the wide Missouri where the cool waters flow When I got to Topeka I looked up your name But they said you rode off with the last rodeo Sweet Amarillo Tears on my pillow You never will know How much I cried Sweet Amarillo Like the wind in the willows Damn this old cowboy For my foolish pride Well the thunders a-rumbling and the tumbleweeds tumbling And the rodeo clowns are painting their face Im gunning the throttle for Ilano Estacado On a wild Appaloosa Im blowing your way Down in Old Amarillo theres a light in the window Where a road weary shadow drifts into the arms Of a long distance lover then they turn back the covers And dance the Redova til the light of the dawn Sweet Amarillo Tears on my pillow You never will know How much I cried Sweet Amarillo Like the wind in the willows Damn this old cowboy For my foolish pride Sweet Amarillo Sweet Amarillo

Seen a shooting star tonight And I thought of you You were trying to break into another world A world I never knew I always kind of wondered If you ever made it through Seen a shooting star tonight And I thought of you Seen a shooting star tonight And I thought of me If I was still the same If I ever became what you wanted me to be Did I miss the mark or overstep the line That only you could see? Seen a shooting star tonight And I thought of me Listen to the engine, listen to the bell As the last fire truck from hell Goes rolling by All good people are praying It’s the last temptation, the last account The last time you might hear the sermon on the mount The last radio is playing Seen a shooting star tonight Slip away Tomorrow will be Another day Guess it’s too late to say the things to you That you needed to hear me say Seen a shooting star tonight Slip away

City sidewalk, busy sidewalks Dressed in holiday style In the air theres a feeling of Christmas Children laughing, people passing Meeting smile after smile And on every street corner youll hear Silver bells, silver bells Its Christmas time in the city Ring-a-ling, hear them ring Soon it will be Christmas day City street lights, even stop lights Blink a bright red and green As the shoppers rush home with their treasures Hear the snow crunch, see the kids bunch This is Santas big scene And above all this bustle youll hear Silver bells, silver bells Its Christmas time in the city Ring-a-ling, hear them ring Soon it will be Christmas day Soon it will be Christmas day

Look out your window That grass aint green Its kinda yellow See what I mean? Look up your chimney The sky aint blue Its kinda yellow You know its true Its so hard to figure what its all about When your outsides in And your downsides up Yeah, your upsides right Yeah, dont it make you wanna twist and shout When youre inside out? Look down your drain pipe What colour do you see? Its got to be yellow Dont try to fool me And dont it make you wanna twist and shout? When your outsides in And your downsides up Yeah, your upsides right Yeah, dont it make you wanna twist and shout When youre inside out? Be careful where youre walking You might step in something rough Be careful when youre talking And saying all that stuff Take care when you are breathing Somethings funny in the air Theres some things theyre not saying Bout whats happening out there Its inside out Look into the future With your mystic crystal ball See if it aint yellow See if its there at all Aint no shadow of doubt Dont it make you wanna twist and shout? When your outsides in And your downsides up Yeah, your upsides right Yeah, dont it make you wanna twist and shout When youre inside out? Yeah, dont it make you wanna twist and shout When youre inside out? Inside out Inside out

I can’t wait, wait for you to change your mind It’s late, I’m trying to walk the line Well, it’s way past midnight and there are people all around Some on their way up, some on their way down The air burns and I’m trying to think straight And I don’t know how much longer I can wait I’m your man, I’m trying to recover the sweet love that we knew You understand that my heart can’t go on beating without you Well, your loveliness has wounded me, I’m reeling from the blow I wish I knew what it was keeps me loving you so I’m breathing hard, standing at the gate But I don’t know how much longer I can wait Skies are grey, I’m looking for anything that will bring a happy glow Night or day, it doesn’t matter where I go anymore, I just go If I ever saw you coming I don’t know what I would do I’d like to think I could control myself, but it isn’t true That’s how it is when things disintegrate And I don’t know how much longer I can wait I’m doomed to love you, I’ve been rolling through stormy weather I’m thinking of you and all the places we could roam together It’s mighty funny, the end of time has just begun Oh, honey, after all these years you’re still the one While I’m strolling through the lonely graveyard of my mind I left my life with you somewhere back there along the line I thought somehow that I would be spared this fate But I don’t know how much longer I can wait

Dear landlord Please don’t put a price on my soul My burden is heavy My dreams are beyond control When that steamboat whistle blows I’m gonna give you all I got to give And I do hope you receive it well Depending on the way you feel that you live Dear landlord Please heed these words that I speak I know you’ve suffered much But in this you are not so unique All of us, at times, we might work too hard To have it too fast and too much And anyone can fill his life up With things he can see but he just cannot touch Dear landlord Please don’t dismiss my case I’m not about to argue I’m not about to move to no other place Now, each of us has his own special gift And you know this was meant to be true And if you don’t underestimate me I won’t underestimate you

As I walked out tonight in the mystic garden The wounded flowers were danglin from the vine I was passin by yon cool and crystal fountain Someone hit me from behind Aint talkin, just awalkin Through this weary world of woe Heart burnin, still yearnin No one on earth would ever know They say prayer has the power to help So pray from the mother In the human heart an evil spirit can dwell Im atryin to love my neighbor and do good unto others But oh, mother, things aint goin well Aint talkin, just awalkin Ill burn that bridge before you can cross Heart burnin, still yearnin Theyll be no mercy for ya once youve lost Now Im all worn down by weepin My eyes are filled with tears, my lips are dry If I catch my opponents ever sleepin Ill just slaughter them where they lie Aint talkin, just awalkin Through the world mysterious and vague Heart burnin, still yearnin Walkin athrough the cities of the plague Well, the whole world is filled with speculation The whole wide world which people say is round They will tear your mind away from contemplation They will jump on your misfortune when youre down Aint talkin, just awalkin Eatin hog-eyed grease in a hog-eyed town Heart burnin, still yearnin Someday youll be glad to have me around They will crush you with wealth and power Every wakin moment you could crack Ill make the most of one last extra hour Ill avenge my fathers death an Ill step back Aint talkin, just walkin Hand me down my walkin cane Heart burnin, still yearnin Got to get ya out of my miserable brain All o my loyal and much-loved companions They approve of me and share my code I practice a faith thats been long abandoned Aint no altars on this long and lonesome road Aint talkin, just awalkin My mule is sick, my horse is blind Heart burnin, still yearnin Thinkin ‘bout that gal I left behind Well, its bright in the heavens and the wheels are flyin Fame and honor never seem to fade The fire gone out but the light is never dyin Who says I cant get heavenly aid? Aint talkin, just awalkin Carryin a dead mans shield Heart burnin, still yearnin Awalkin awith a toothache in my heel The sufferin is unending Every nook and cranny has its tears Im anot playin, Im not pretending Im not nursin any superfluous fears Aint talkin, just awalkin Walkin ever since the other night Heart burnin, still yearnin Walkin ‘til Ima clean outta sight As I walked out in the mystic garden On a hot summer day, a hot summer lawn Excuse me, maam, I beg your pardon Theres no one here, the gardener is gone Aint talkin, ajust awalkin Up the road around the bend Heart burnin, still yearnin In the last outback, at the worlds end

Well, my nerves are exploding and my body’s tense I feel like the whole world got me pinned up against the fence I’ve been hit too hard, I’ve seen too much Nothing can heal me now, but your touch I don’t know what I’m gonna do I was all right ’til I fell in love with you Well, my house is on fire, burning to the sky I thought it would rain but the clouds passed by Now I feel like I’m coming to the end of my way But I know God is my shield and he won’t lead me astray Still I don’t know what I’m gonna do I was all right ’til I fell in love with you Boys in the street beginning to play Girls like birds flying away When I’m gone you will remember my name I’m gonna win my way to wealth and fame I don’t know what I’m gonna do I was all right ’til I fell in love with you Junk is piling up, taking up space My eyes feel like they’re falling off my face Sweat falling down, I’m staring at the floor I’m thinking about that girl who won’t be back no more I just dont know what to do I was all right ’til I fell in love with you Well, I’m tired of talking, I’m tired of trying to explain My attempts to please you were all in vain Tomorrow night before the sun goes down If I’m still among the living, I’ll be Dixie bound I just don’t know what I’m gonna do I was all right ’til I fell in love with you

Little girl, little Girl, dont lie to me Tell me where did you sleep last night? In the pines, In the pines Where the sun never shine I shivered the whole night through Little girl, little girl, where will you go Im going where the cold wind blows In the pines, In the pines Where the sun never shine I will shiver the whole night through Little girl, Little Girl, dont lie to me Tell me where did you sleep last night? In the pines, In the pines Where the sun never shine I shivered the whole night through My Husband was a Railroad man Killed a mile and a half from here His head, was found, In a drivers wheel And his body hasnt never been found Little girl, little girl, where will you go Im going where the cold wind blows You called me weak, and you called me the most You called rita, bring me back home

Early one mornin the sun was shinin He was lyin in bed Wondrin if shed changed at all If her hair was still red Her folks they said their lives together Sure was gonna be rough They never did like mamas homemade dress Papas bankbook wasnt big enough And he was standin on the side of the road Rain fallin on his shoes Headin out for the old East Coast Lord knows hes paid some dues, gettin through Tangled up in blue She was married when they first met Soon to be divorced He helped her out of a jam I guess But he used a little too much force And they drove that car as far as they could Abandoned it out west And split up on a dark sad night Both agreeing it was best And she turned around to look at him As he was walkin away She said, This cant be the end Well meet on another day, on the avenue Tangled up in blue. He had a job in the old north woods Workin as a cook for a spell But he never did like it all that much And one day the axe just fell When he drifted down to L.A. Where he reckoned to try his luck Workin for a while in an airplane plant Loadin cargo onto a truck But all the while he was alone The past was close behind He seen a lot of women But she never escaped his mind and he just grew Tangled up in blue She was workin in a topless place I stopped in for a beer I just kept lookin at the side of her face In the spotlight so clear And later on as the crowd thinned out Is about to do the same She was standin there, in back of my chair Said, Tell me, whats your name? I muttered somethin underneath my breath She studied the lines of my face I must admit I felt a little uneasy When she bent down to tie the laces of my shoe Tangled up in blue She lit a burner on the stove And offered me a pipe Thought youd never say hello, she said You look like the silent type Then she opened up a book of poems And handed it to me Written by an Italian poet From the thirteenth century And every one of them words rang true And flowed like burning coal Pourin off of every page Like it was written in my soul from me to you Tangled up in blue He was always in a hurry Too busy or too stoned And everything that she ever planned Just had to be postponed He thought they were successful She thought they were blessed With objects and material things But I never was impressed And when it all came crashin down I became withdrawn The only thing I knew how to do Was keep on keepin on like a bird that flew Tangled up in blue So now Im goin back again I got to get to her somehow All the people we used to know Theyre an illusion to me now Some are mathematicians Some are doctors wives Dont know how it all got started Dont know what theyre doin with their lives But me, Im still on the road Headin for another joint We always did feel the same We just saw it from a different point of view Tangled up in blue

You took a part of me that I really miss I keep asking myself how long it can go on like this You told yourself a lie, that’s all right mama I told myself one too I’m trying to get closer but I’m still a million miles from you You took the silver, you took the gold You left me standing out in the cold People ask about you, I didn’t tell them everything I knew Well, I’m trying to get closer but I’m still a million miles from you I’m drifting in and out of dreamless sleep Throwing all my memories in a ditch so deep Did so many things I never did intend to do Well, I’m trying to get closer but I’m still a million miles from you I need your love so bad, turn your lamp down low I need every bit of it for the places that I go Sometimes I wonder just what it’s all coming to Well, I’m trying to get closer but I’m still a million miles from you Well, I don’t dare close my eyes and I don’t dare wink Maybe in the next life I’ll be able to hear myself think Feel like talking to somebody but I just don’t know who Well, I’m trying to get closer but I’m still a million miles from you The last thing you said before you hit the street “Gonna find me a janitor to sweep me off my feet” I said, “That’s all right mama you you do what you gotta do” Well, I’m trying to get closer. I’m still a million miles from you Rock me, pretty baby; rock me ’till everything gets real Rock me for a little while; rock me ’till there’s nothing left to feel And I’ll rock you too I’m trying to get closer but I’m still a million miles from you Well, there’s voices in the night trying to be heard I’m sitting here listening to every mind-polluting word I know plenty of people who would put me up for a day or two Yes, I’m trying to get closer but I’m still a million miles from you

The pawnbroker roared Also, so, so did the landlord The scene was so crazy, wasn’t it? Both were so glad To watch me destroy what I had Pain sure brings out the best in people, doesn’t it? Why didn’t you just leave me if you didn’t want to stay? Why’d you have to treat me so bad? Did it have to be that way? Now you stand here expectin’ me to remember something’ you forgot to say Yes, and you, I see you’re still with her, well That’s fine ’cause she’s comin’ on so strange, can’t you tell? Somebody had better explain She’s got her iron chain I’d do it, but I, I just can’t remember how You talk to her She’s your lover now I already assumed That we’re in the felony room But I ain’t a judge, you don’t have to be nice to me But please tell that To your friend in the cowboy hat You know he keeps on saying’ everything’ twice to me You know I was straight with you You know I’ve never tried to change you in any way You know if you didn’t want to be with me That you could, didn’t have to stay Now you stand here sayin’ you forgive and forget. Honey, what can I say? Yes, you, you just sit around and ask for ashtrays, can’t you reach? I see you kiss her on the cheek ev’rytime she gives a speech With her picture books of the pyramid And her postcards of Billy the Kid You better talk to her ’bout it You’re her lover now Oh, everybody that cares Is going up the castle stairs But I’m not up in your castle, honey It’s true, I just can’t recall San Francisco at all I can’t even remember El Paso, uh, honey You never had to be faithful I never wanted you to grieve Oh, why was it so hard for you If you didn’t want to be with me, just to leave? Now you stand here while your finger’s going’ up my sleeve An’ you, just what do you do anyway? Ain’t there nothing’ you can say? She’ll be standing’ on the bar soon With a fish head and a harpoon And a fake beard plastered on her brow You’d better do something quick She’s your lover now Oh, why must I fall into this sadness? Do I look like Charles Atlas? Do you think I still got what you still got baby? My voice is really warm Its just there, it aint got no form But its just like a dead mans last pistol shot, baby Ah, your mouth used to be so naked Your eyes used to be so blue Your hurts used to be so nameless And your tears used to be so few Now your mouth cries wolf While...

Where she leads me I do not know Well, she leads me where she goes I cant find her nowhere Well, she needs me here All aware I cant hear her walk I just cannot hear her talk Though sometimes, you know you will And when she comes my way Ill just be left any night or day I will hear her say That I dont wanna try I tried, also cried But I cant leave her behind

Well, I saw it advertised one day That the Bear Mountain picnic was coming my way Come along and take a trip Well bring you up there on a ship Bring the wife and family Bring the whole kids Yippee Well, I run right down and bought a ticket To this thing called the Bear Mountain picnic Little did I realize I was in for a pleasant, funny surprise Had nothing to do with picnic Didnt come close to a mountain And I hate bears Took the wife and kids down to the pier There was six thousand people there Everybody had a ticket for the trip Oh well, I said its a pretty big ship Besides, anyhow, the more the merrier Well, we all got on, and what do you think? That big old boat started to sink More people kept a-piling on That old ship was a-going down Funny way to start a picnic Well, I soon lost track of my kids and wife So many people, I never saw in my life That old ship was sinking down in the water There was six thousand people trying to kill each other Dogs a-barking, cats a-screaming Women a-yelling, men a-flying, fists a-flying Paper flying, cops a-coming, me a-running Maybe we just better call off the picnic I got shoved down, got pushed around All I remember was a moanin sound Dont remember one thing more All I remember is waking up on the shore My arms and legs were broken My feet were splintered My head was cracked I couldnt walk I couldnt talk, smell, feel Couldnt see Didnt know where I was I was bald Quite lucky to be alive though Well, feeling like I just climbed out of my casket I grabbed back hold of my picnic basket Took the wife and kids and started home Wishing Id never got up that mornin Now, I dont care just what you do If you want a have a picnic, thats up to you But dont tell me about it, I dont want to hear it You see, I just lost all my picnic spirit Stay in my kitchen, have my own picnic Have a picnic in the bathroom Well, it dont seem to me quite so funny What some people are going to do for money Theres a brand new gimmick every day Just to take somebodys money away I think we ought to take some of these people And put them on a boat, send them up to Bear Mountain For a picnic

Ive wandered around with nothing more than time on my hands I was lost in the night with no sight of you And at times it was so blue and lonely Heading for the light Been close to the edge, hanging by my fingernails Ive rolled and Ive tumbled through the roses and the thorns And I couldnt see the sign that warned me Im heading for the light Ooh - I didnt see that big black cloud hanging over me And when the rain came down I was nearly drowned I didnt know the mess I was in My shoes are wearing out from walking down this same highway I dont see nothing new but I feel a lot of change And I get the strangest feeling As Im heading for the light Ooh - my hands were tired Jokers and fools on either side But still I kept on till the worst had gone Now I see the hole I was in My shoes are wearing out from walking down this same highway I dont see nothing new but I feel a lot of change And I get the strangest feeling As Im heading for the light I see the sun ahead, I aint never looking back All the dreams are coming true as I think of you Now theres nothing in the way to stop me Heading for the light Now theres nothing in the way to stop me Heading for the light Woah oh oh Woah oh oh Woah oh oh Heading for the light

All the tired horses in the sun Howm I supposed to get any riding done? Hmm All the tired horses in the sun Howm I supposed to get any riding done? Hmm All the tired horses in the sun Howm I supposed to get any riding done? Hmm All the tired horses in the sun Howm I supposed to get any riding done? Hmm All the tired horses in the sun Howm I supposed to get any riding done? Hmm All the tired horses in the sun Howm I supposed to get any riding done? Hmm All the tired horses in the sun Howm I supposed to get any riding done? Hmm All the tired horses in the sun Howm I supposed to get any riding done? Hmm All the tired horses in the sun Howm I supposed to get any riding done? Hmm All the tired horses in the sun Howm I supposed to get any riding done? Hmm All the tired horses in the sun Howm I supposed to get any riding done? Hmm All the tired horses in the sun Howm I supposed to get any riding done? Hmm All the tired horses in the sun Howm I supposed to get any riding done? Hmm

One more night, the stars are in sight But tonight Im as lonesome as can be Oh, the moon is shinin bright Lighting everything in sight But tonight no light will shine on me Oh, its shameful and its sad I lost the only pal I had I just could not be what she wanted me to be I will turn my head up high To that dark and rollin sky For tonight no light will shine on me I was so mistaken when I thought that shed be true I had no idea what a woman in love would do One more night, I will wait for the light While the wind blows high above the tree Oh, I miss my darlin so I didnt mean to see her go But tonight no light will shine on me One more night, the moon is shinin bright And the wind blows high above the tree Oh, I miss that woman so I didnt mean to see her go But tonight no light will shine on me

Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son? And where have you been, my darling young one? I’ve stumbled down the side of twelve misty mountains I’ve walked and I’ve crawled on six crooked highways I’ve been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard And it’s a hard, and it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard It’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall Oh, what did you see, my blue-eyed son? And what did you see, my darling young one? I saw a newborn baby with wolves all around it I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken And it’s a hard, and it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard It’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall And what did you hear, my blue-eyed son? And what did you hear, my darling young one? I heard the sound of thunder that roared out a warning I heard one person starve, I heard many people laughing I heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a-blazing And it’s a hard, and it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard It’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall And what will you do, my blue-eyed son? And what will you do, my darling young one? I’ll walk to the depths of the deepest dark forest Where the people are many and their hands are all empty Where hunger is ugly, where the souls are forgotten Where black is the colour and none is the number Then I’ll stand on the ocean until I start sinking But I’ll know my song well before I start singing And it’s a hard, and it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard It’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall

Once upon a time A girl with moonlight in her eyes Put her hand in mine And said she loved me so But that was once upon a time Very long ago Once upon a hill We sat beneath a willow tree Counting all the stars and waiting for the dawn But that was once upon a time Now the tree is gone How the breeze ruffled through her hair How we always laughed as though tomorrow wasnt there We were young and didnt have a care Where did it go Once upon a time The world was sweeter than we knew Everything was ours How happy we were then But somehow once upon a time Never comes again Once upon a time Never comes again

High water risin Risin night and day All the gold and silver Are being stolen away Big Joe Turner lookin East and West From the dark room of his mind He made it to Kansas City Twelfth Street and Vine Nothing standing there High water everywhere High water risin The shacks are slidin down Folks lose their possessions Folks are leaving town Bertha Mason shook it, broke it Then she hung it on a wall Says, Youre dancin with whom they tell you to Or you dont dance at all. Its tough out there High water everywhere I got a cravin love for blazing speed Got a hopped up Mustang Ford Jump into the wagon, love Throw your panties overboard I can write you poems Make a strong man lose his mind Im no pig without a wig I hope you treat me kind Things are breakin up out there High water everywhere High water risin Six inches bove my head Coffins droppin in the street Like balloons made out of lead Water pourin into Vicksburg Dont know what Im going to do Dont reach out for me, she said Cant you see Im drownin too? Its rough out there High water everywhere Well, George Lewis told the Englishman The Italian and the Jew You cant open your mind, boys To every conceivable point of view. They got Charles Darwin trapped out there on Highway Five Judge says to the High Sheriff I want him dead or alive Either one, I dont care. High Water everywhere The Cuckoo is a pretty bird She warbles as she flies Im preachin the Word of God Im puttin out your eyes I asked Fat Nancy for something to eat She said, Take it off the shelf As great as you are, man Youll never be greater than yourself. I told her I didnt really care High water everywhere Im getting up in the morning I believe Ill dust my broom Keeping away from the women Im givin em lots of room Thunder rolling over Clarksdale Everything is looking blue I just cant be happy, love Unless youre happy too Its bad out there High water everywhere

Blue moon, you saw me standing alone Without a dream in my heart, without a love of my own Blue moon, you knew just what I was there for You heard me saying a prayer for someone I really could care for And suddenly there appeared before me the only one my arms could ever hold I heard someone whisper, Please, adore me And when I looked my moon had turned to gold Blue moon, now Im no longer alone Without a dream in my heart, without a love of my own Without a love of my own

Lost John sitting on a railroad track Somethings out of whack Blues this morning falling down like hail Gonna leave a greasy trail Gonna travel the world is what Im gonna do Then come back and see you All I ever do is struggle and strive If I dont do anybody any harm, I might make it back home alive Im the oldest son of a crazy man Im in a cowboy band Got a pile of sins to pay for and I aint got time to hide Id walk through a blazing fire, baby, if I knew you was on the other side Oh, I miss you Nettie Moore And my happiness is oer Winters gone, the rivers on the rise I loved you then and ever shall But theres no one here left to tell The world has gone black before my eyes The world of research has gone berserk Too much paperwork Alberts in the graveyard, Frankies raising hell Im beginning to believe what the scriptures tell Im going where the Southern crosses the Yellow Dog Get away from these demagogues And these bad luck women stick like glue Its either one or the other or neither of the two She says, look out daddy, dont want you to tear your pants You can get wrecked in this dance. They say whiskey will kill ya, but I dont think it will Im riding with you to the top of the hill Oh, I miss you Nettie Moore And my happiness is oer Winters gone, the rivers on the rise I loved you then and ever shall But theres no one here left to tell The world has gone black before my eyes Dont know why my baby never looked so good before I dont have to wonder no more She been cooking all day and its gonna take me all night I cant eat all that stuff in a single bite The Judge is coming in, everybody rise Lift up your eyes You can do what you please, you dont need my advice Before you call me any dirty names you better think twice Getting light outside, the temperature dropped I think the rain has stopped Im going to make you come to grips with fate When Im through with you, youll learn to keep your business straight Oh, I miss you Nettie Moore And my happiness is oer Winters gone, the rivers on the rise I loved you then and ever shall But theres no one here left to tell The world has gone black before my eyes The bright spark of the steady lights Has dimmed my sights When youre around all my grief gives way A lifetime with you is like some heavenly day Everything Ive ever known to be right has been proven wrong Ill be drifting along The woman Im a-loving, she rules my heart No knife could ever cut our love apart Today Ill stand in faith and raise The voice of praise The sun is strong, Im standing in the light I wish to God that it were night Oh, I miss you Nettie Moore And my happiness is oer Winters gone, the rivers on the rise I loved you then and ever shall But theres no one here left to tell The world has gone black before my eyes

Congratulations for breaking my heart Congratulations for tearing it all apart Congratulations, you finally did succeed Congratulations for leaving me in need This morning I looked out my window and found A bluebird singing but there was no one around At night I lay alone in my bed With an image of you goin around in my head Congratulations for bringing me down Congratulations, now Im sorrow bound Congratulations, you got a good deal Congratulations, how good you must feel I guess I must have loved you more than I ever knew My world is empty now cause it dont have you And if I had just one more chance to win your heart again I would do things differently, but whats the use to pretend? Congratulations for making me wait Congratulations, now its too late Congratulations, you came out on top Congratulations, you never did know when to stop Congratulations Congratulations Congratulations Congratulations

Tweedle-dee Dum and Tweedle-dee Dee They’re throwing knives into the tree Two big bags of dead man’s bones Got their noses to the grindstones Living in the Land of Nod Trustin’ their fate to the Hands of God They pass by so silently Tweedle-dee Dum and Tweedle-dee Dee Well, they’re going to the country, they’re gonna retire They’re taking a streetcar named Desire Looking in the window at the pecan pie Lot of things they’d like they would never buy Neither one gonna turn and run They’re making a voyage to the sun “His Master’s voice is calling me” Says Tweedle-dee Dum to Tweedle-dee Dee Tweedle-dee Dee and Tweedle-dee Dum All that and more and then some They walk among the stately trees They know the secrets of the breeze Tweedle-dee Dum said to Tweedle-dee Dee “Your presence is obnoxious to me” They’re like babies sittin’ on a woman’s knee Tweedle-dee Dum and Tweedle-dee Dee Well, the rain beating down on my window pane I got love for you and it’s all in vain Brains in the pot, they’re beginning to boil They’re dripping with garlic and olive oil Tweedle-dee Dee, he’s on his hands and his knees Saying, “Throw me somethin’, Mister, please” “What’s good for you is good for me” Says Tweedle-dee Dum to Tweedle-dee Dee Well, they’re living in a happy harmony Tweedle-dee Dum and Tweedle-dee Dee They’re one day older and a dollar short They’ve got a parade permit and a police escort They’re lying low and they’re makin’ hay They seem determined to go all the way They run a brick-and-tile company Tweedle-dee Dum and Tweedle-dee Dee Well, a childish dream is a deathless need And a noble truth is a sacred dream My pretty baby, she’s lookin’ around She’s wearin’ a multi-thousand dollar gown Tweedle-dee Dee is a lowdown, sorry old man Tweedle-dee Dum, he’ll stab you where you stand “I’ve had too much of your company,” Says Tweedle-dee Dum to Tweedle-dee Dee

What good am I if I’m like all the rest If I just turn away, when I see how you’re dressed If I shut myself off so I can’t hear you cry What good am I? What good am I if I know and don’t do If I see and don’t say, if I look right through you If I turn a deaf ear to the thundering sky What good am I? What good am I while you softly weep And I hear in my head what you say in your sleep And I freeze in the moment like the rest who don’t try What good am I? What good am I then to others and me If I’ve had every chance and yet still fail to see If my hands are tied must I not wonder within Who tied them and why and where must I have been? What good am I if I say foolish things And I laugh in the face of what sorrow brings And I just turn my back while you silently die What good am I?

Spirit on the water Darkness on the face of the deep I keep thinking about you baby I cant hardly sleep Im traveling by land Traveling through the dawn of day Youre always on my mind I cant stay away Id forgotten about you Then you turned up again I always knew That we were meant to be more than friends When you are near Its just as plain as it can be Im wild about you, gal You ought to be a fool about me Cant explain The sources of this hidden pain You burned your way into my heart You got the key to my brain Ive been trampling through mud Praying to the powers above Im sweating blood You got a face that begs for love Life without you Doesnt mean a thing to me If I cant have you Ill throw my love into the deep blue sea Sometimes I wonder Why you cant treat me right You do good all day Then you do wrong all night When youre with me Im a thousand times happier than I could ever say What does it matter What price I pay They brag about your sugar Brag about it all over town Put some sugar in my bowl I feel like laying down Im pale as a ghost Holding a blossom on a stem You ever seen a ghost? No But you have heard of them I see you there Im blinded by the colors I see I take good care Of what belongs to me I hear your name Ringing up and down the line Im saying it plain These ties are strong enough to bind Your sweet voice Calls out from some old familiar shrine I got no choice Cant believe these things would ever fade from your mind I could live forever With you perfectly You dont ever Have to make a fuss over me From East to West Ever since the world began I only mean it for the best I want to be with you any way I can I been in a brawl Now Im feeling the wall Im going away baby I wont be back ‘till fall High on the hill You can carry all my thoughts with you Youve numbed my will This love could tear me in two I wanna be with you in paradise And it seems so unfair I cant go to paradise no more I killed a man back there You think Im over the hill You think Im past my prime Let me see what you got We can have a whoppin good time

Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you Look away, you rolling river Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you Look away. Were bound away Across the wide Missouri Now the Missouri is a mighty river Look away, you rolling river Indians camp along her border Look away. Were bound away Across the wide Missouri Well a white man loved an Indian maiden Look away, you rolling river With notions his canoe was laden Look away, were bound away Across the wide Missouri Oh Shenandoah, I love your daughter Look away, you rolling river It was for her Id cross the water Look away, were bound away Across the wide Missouri For seven long years I courted Sally Look away, you rolling river Seven more years I longed to have her Look away, were bound away Across the wide Missouri Well, its fare-thee-well, my dear Im bound to leave you Look away you rolling river Shenandoah, I will not deceive you Look away, were bound away Across the wide Missouri

They ask me how I feel And if my love is real And how I know Ill make it through And they, they look at me and frown Theyd like to drive me from this town They dont want me around Because I believe in you They, they show me to the door They say, Dont come back no more Cause I dont be like theyd like me to And I, I walk out on my own A thousand miles from home But I dont feel alone Because I believe in you I believe in you even through the tears and the laughter L believe in you even though we be apart I believe in you even on the morning after Oh, when the dawn is nearing Oh, when the night is disappearing Oh, this feeling is still here in my heart Dont let me drift too far Keep me where you are Where I will always be renewed And that which youve given me today Is worth more than I could pay And no matter what they say I believe in you L believe in you when winter turns to summer I believe in you when white turn to black I believe in you even though I be outnumbered Oh, though the earth may shake me Oh, though my friends forsake me Oh, even that couldnt make me go back Dont let me change my heart Keep me set apart From all the plans they do pursue And I, I dont mind the pain Dont mind the driving rain I know I will sustain Because I believe in you

Nooooo, no, no, noooo Nobody feels any pain Tonight as I stand inside the rain Everybody knows That babys got new clothes But lately Ive seen her ribbons and her bows Have fallen from her curls As she takes just like a woman, yeah And she makes love just like a woman, oh And she aches just like a woman But she breaks just like a little girl Queen Mary, shes my friend Yes I believe Ill go see her again Nobody has to guess Baby cant be blessed Till she finally sees that Shes like all the rest With her fog, her amphetamines and her pearls As she takes just like a woman Yeah she does And she makes love just like a woman And she aches just like a woman But she breaks just like a little girl Well it was raining from the first And I was dying there of thirst So I came in here And your long-time curse hurts But whats worse Is are this pain here I cant stay here Baby Aint it clear that I just cant fit I believe its time for us to quit When we meet again Introduced as friends Please dont you let on That you knew me when I was hungry and It was your world Oh, you fake just like a woman Yes you do And you make love just like a woman And then you ache just like a woman But you break just like a little girl But you break just like a little girl

Summer days, summer nights are gone Summer days and the summer nights are gone I know a place where there’s still something going on I got a house on a hill, I got hogs out in the mud I got a house on a hill, I got hogs all out in the mud I got a long-haired woman, she got royal Indian blood Everybody get ready to lift up your glasses and sing Everybody get ready to lift up your glasses and sing Well, I’m standing on the table, I’m proposing a toast to the king Well I’m driving in the flats in a Cadillac car The girls all say, “You’re a worn-out star” My pockets are loaded and I’m spending every dime How can you say you love someone else when you know it’s me all the time? Well, the fog’s so thick you can’t spy the land The fog is so thick that you can’t even spy the land What good are you, anyway, if you can’t stand up to some old businessman? Wedding bells are ringing, the choir is beginning to sing Yes, the wedding bells are ringing and the choirs beginning to sing What looked good in the day, at night is another thing She’s looking into my eyes, she’s-a holding my hand She looking into my eyes, she’s holding my hand She said, “You can’t repeat the past.” I said, “You can’t? What do you mean You can’t? Of course you can.” Where do you come from? Where do you go? Sorry, that’s nothing you would need to know Well, my back has been to the wall for so long, it seems like it’s stuck Why don’t you break my heart one more time just for good luck? I got eight carburetors, boys, I’m using ’em all Well, I got eight carburetors and, boys, I’m using ’em all I’m short on gas, my motor’s starting to stall My dogs are barking, there must be someone around My dogs are barking, theres must be someone around I got my hammer ringing, pretty baby, but the nails ain’t going down You got something to say, speak or hold your peace Well, you got something to say, speak now or hold your peace If it’s information you want, you can get it from the police Politicians got on his jogging shoes He must be running for office, got no time to lose Hes sucking the blood out of the genius of generosity You been rolling your eyes—you been teasing me Standing by God’s river, my soul is beginning to shake Standing by God’s river, my souls beginning to shake I’m counting on you, love, to give me a break Well, I’m leaving in the morning as soon as the dark clouds lift Yes, I’m leaving in the morning just as soon as the dark clouds lift Gon break the roof in, set fire to the place as a parting gift Summer days, summer nights are gone Summer days, summer nights are gone I know a place where there’s still something going on

Your breath is sweet and weak Your eyes are like two jewels in the sky Your back is straight, your hair is smooth On the pillow where you lie But I dont sense affection No gratitude, no love Your loyalty is not to me But to the stars above One more cup of coffee for the road One more cup of coffee before I go To the valley below Your daddy, hes an outlaw And a wanderer by trade Hell teach you how to pick and choose And how to throw the blade He oversees his kingdom So no stranger does intrude His voice it trembles as he calls out For another plate of food One more cup of coffee for the road One more cup of coffee before I go To the valley below Your sister sees the future Like your Mother and yourself You dont know how to read or write Theres no books upon your shelf But your pleasure knows no limits And your voice is like a meadowlark Your heart is like the ocean Mysterious and dark One more cup of coffee for the road One more cup of coffee before I go To the valley below

Oh, the benches were stained with tears and perspiration The birdies were flying from tree to tree There was little to say, there was no conversation As I stepped to the stage to pick up my degree And the locusts sang off in the distance Yeah, the locusts sang such a sweet melody Oh, the locusts sang off in the distance Yeah, the locusts sang and they were singing for me I glanced into the chamber where the judges were talking Darkness was everywhere, it smelled like a tomb I was ready to leave, I was already walking But the next time I looked there was light in the room And the locusts sang, yeah, it give me a chill Oh, the locusts sang such a sweet melody Oh, the locusts sang their high whining trill Yeah, the locusts sang and they were singing for me Outside of the gates the trucks were unloading The weather was hot, a-nearly 90 degrees The man standing next to me, his head was exploding Well, I was praying the pieces wouldn’t fall on me Yeah, the locusts sang off in the distance Yeah, the locusts sang such a sweet melody Oh, the locusts sang off in the distance And the locusts sang and they were singing for me I put down my robe, picked up my diploma Took hold of my sweetheart and away we did drive Straight for the hills, the black hills of Dakota Sure was glad to get out of there alive And the locusts sang, well, it give me a chill Yeah, the locusts sang such a sweet melody And the locusts sang with a high whining trill Yeah, the locusts sang and they was singing for me Singing for me, well, singing for me

Can’t you hear that rooster crowing? Rabbit running down across the road Underneath the bridge where the water flowed through So happy just to see you smile Underneath the sky of blue On this new morning, new morning On this new morning with you Can’t you hear that motor turning? Automobile coming into style Coming down the road for a country mile or two So happy just to see you smile Underneath the sky of blue On this new morning, new morning On this new morning with you The night passed away so quickly It always does when you’re with me Can’t you feel that sun a-shining? Groundhog running by the country stream This must be the day that all of my dreams come true So happy just to be alive Underneath the sky of blue On this new morning, new morning On this new morning with you So happy just to be alive Underneath the sky of blue On this new morning, new morning On this new morning with you New morning

Well, God said to Abraham Kill me a son Abe said Man, you must be putting me on God said No Abe said What? God said You do what you want to, Abe but The next time you see me coming, youd better run Abe said Where do you want this killing done? God said Out on that Highway 61 Well, Georgia Sam he had a bloody nose Welfare department would give him no clothes He asked poor Howard Where can I go? Howard said Theres only one place I know Sam said Quick man, tell me, I got to run Howard just pointed with his gun He said, that way down on 61 Well, Mack the finger, said Louie the King I got 40 red white and blue shoe strings And a thousand telephones that wont ring You know where I can get rid of these things? And he said, Now let me think for a minute son Said Yes that can be easily done Just take them down on that 61 That highway Highway Highway Highway Highway Now the fifth daughter on the twelfth night Told the first father that things werent right My complexion, she said, is much too white He said Come here and stare up into the light And said Mmm youre right Let me tell the second mother its been done But the second mother with the seventh son They were out on that highway 61 Now, the roving gambler was very bored Trying to create the next world war And he found a promoter, fell on the floor And said Ive never engaged in this kind of thing before But yep, I think it can be easily done Highway Well just put some bleachers there out in the sun Have it out on that 61

You will search, babe At any cost But how long, babe Can you search for what is not lost? Everybody will help you Some people are very kind But if I can save you any time Come on, give it to me Ill keep it with mine I cant help it If you might think I am odd If I say Im loving you not for what you are But for what youre not Everybody will help you Discover what you set out to find But if I can save you any time Come on, give it to me Ill keep it with mine The train leaves At half past ten But it will be back In the same old spot again The conductor Hes still stuck on the line And if I can save you any time Come on, give it to me I’ll keep it with mine

Just a minute fore you leave, girl Just a minute fore you touch the door What is it that you’re trying to achieve, girl? Do you think we can talk about it some more? You know, the streets are filled with vipers Who’ve lost all ray of hope You know, its not even safe no more In the palace of the Pope Don’t fall apart on me tonight I just don’t think that I could handle it Don’t fall apart on me tonight Yesterday’s just a memory Tomorrow is never what it’s supposed to be And I need you, yeah Come over here from over there, girl Sit down here, you can have my chair I can’t see us goin anywhere, girl The only place open is a thousand miles away And I can’t take you there I wished I’d have been a doctor Maybe I’d have saved some life thatve been lost Maybe I’d have done some good in the world Instead of burning every bridge I crossed Don’t fall apart on me tonight I just don’t think that I could handle it Don’t fall apart on me tonight Yesterday’s just a memory Tomorrows never what it’s supposed to be And I need you, ah, yeah I aint too good at conversation, girl So you might not know exactly how I feel But if I could I’d bring you to the mountain top, girl And build you a house made out of stainless steel But it’s like I’m stuck inside a painting That’s a-hanging in the Louvre My throat starts to tickle and my nose itches But I know that I can’t move Don’t fall apart on me tonight I just don’t think that I could handle it Don’t fall apart on me tonight Yesterday’s gone but the past live on Tomorrows just one step beyond And I need you, ah Who are these people that are walking towards you? Do you know them or will there be a fight? With their humorless smiles so easy to see through Can they tell you what’s wrong from what’s right? Oh, do you remember St. James Street Where you blew Jackie P.’s mind? You were so fine, Clark Gable would have fell at your feet And laid his life on the line Let’s try to get beneath the surface waste, girl No more booby traps and bombs No more decadence and charms No more affection that’s misplaced, girl No more mudcake creatures lying in your arms What about that millionaire With the drumsticks in his pants? He looked so baffled and so bewildered When he played and we didn’t dance Don’t fall apart on me tonight I just don’t think that I could handle it Don’t fall apart on me tonight Yesterday is just a memory Tomorrows never what it’s supposed to be And I need you Yeah, you, ah I need you

Once upon a time you dressed so fine Threw the bums a dime in your prime Didnt you Yeah, people would call, say, Beware doll, youre Bound to fall You thought they were just kidding you You used to laugh about Everybody that was hanging out And now you dont walk so proud Now you dont talk so loud About having to be scrounging Your next meal How does it feel How does it feel To be on your own With no direction home A complete unknown Just like a rolling stone You went to the finest schools all right Miss Lonely But you know you only used to get Juiced in it Nobody taught you how to Live out on the street But now you are going to have to get Used to it You said youd never compromise With the mystery tramp, but now you realize That hes not selling any alibis As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes And say, Do you want to make a deal How does it feel How does it feel To be on your own With no direction home A complete unknown Just like a rolling stone How does it feel How does it feel To be on your own With no direction home A complete unknown Just like a rolling stone Yeah, the princess on the steeple All the pretty people Drinking, thinking that they Got it made Exchanging all kinds of precious gifts But you should better take that diamond ring You should better pawn it babe You used to be so amused At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used Now go to him now, he calls you, you cant refuse When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose Youre invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal How does it feel How does it feel To be on your own With no direction home A complete unknown Just like a rolling stone

In the still of the night, in the worlds ancient light Where wisdom grows up in strife My bewildering brain, toils in vain Through the darkness on the pathways of life Each invisible prayer is like a cloud in the air Tomorrow keeps turning around We live and we die, we know not why But Ill be with you when the deal goes down We eat and we drink, we feel and we think Far down the street we stray I laugh and I cry and Im haunted by Things I never meant nor wished to say The midnight rain follows the train We all wear the same thorny crown Soul to soul, our shadows roll And Ill be with you when the deal goes down The moon gives light and shines by night I scarcely feel the glow We learn to live and then we forgive Oer the road were bound to go More frailer than the flowers, these precious hours That keep us so tightly bound You come to my eyes like a vision from the skies And Ill be with you when the deal goes down I picked up a rose and it poked through my clothes I followed the winding stream I heard a deafening noise, I felt transient joys I know theyre not what they seem In this earthly domain, full of disappointment and pain Youll never see me frown I owe my heart to you, and thats saying it true And Ill be with you when the deal goes down

for françoise hardy at the seine’s edge a giant shadow of notre dame seeks t grab my foot sorbonne students whirl by on thin bicycles swirlin’ lifelike colors of leather spin the breese yawns food far from the bellies or erhard meetin johnson piles of lovers fishing kissing lay themselves on their books, boats. old men clothed in curly mustaches float on the benches blankets of tourist in bright nylon shirts with straw hats of ambassadors (cannot hear nixon’s dawg bark now) will sail away as the sun goes down the doors of the river are open i must remember that i too play the guitar it’s easy t stand here more lovers pass on motorcycles roped together from the walls of the water then i look across t what they call the right bank an envy your trumpet player

Wise men say, only fools rush in But I cant help falling in love with you Shall I stay, will it be a sin If I cant help falling in love with you ? Like a river flows surely to the sea Darling, so it goes, some things were meant to be Take my hand, take my whole life too For I cant help falling in love with you

There was a wicked messenger From Eli he did come With a mind that multiplied the smallest matter When questioned who had sent for him He answered with his thumb For his tongue it could not speak, but only flatter He stayed behind the assembly hall It was there he made his bed Oftentimes he could be seen returning Until one day he just appeared With a note in his hand which read “The soles of my feet, I swear they’re burning” Oh, the leaves began to falling And the seas began to part And the people that confronted him were many And he was told but these few words Which opened up his heart “If ye cannot bring good news, then don’t bring any”