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Woo, dizzy aint the word for the way that youre making me feel now
Well, I need some indication, good Lord, if all of this is real now
You got to tell me, girl, now
Well, Ive heard the thought there may be something wrong with my head now
You got to help me, girl, now
Could it be infatuation or am I just being misled now?
Little bolt of inspiration
Way you strike me now
Its sparking my imagination
Girl, dont fight me now
Its causing me such excitation
You got to like me now
Little bolt of inspiration
Dont fight me now
My lightning too
My lightning too
Hey, my lightning too
My lightning too
My lightning, my lightning, my lightning too
Hey, my lightning too
Woo |
My time coming, any day
Dont worry about me, no
Been so long I felt this way
But Im in no hurry, no
Rainbows end down that highway
Where ocean breezes blow
My time coming, the voices say
And they tell me where Ill go
Dont worry about me
No, no, dont worry about me, no
And aint in no hurry
No, no, I know where Ill go
California
Preaching on the burning shore
California
Ill be knocking on the golden door
Like an angel
Standing in a shaft of light
Rising up to paradise
I know Im gonna shine
My time coming, any day
Dont worry about me, no
Its gonna be just like they say
Them voices tell me so
Seemed so long I felt this way
But Im in no hurry, no
My time coming is what they say
And they tell me where Ill go
Dont worry about me
No, no, dont worry about me, no
And Im in no hurry
No, no, I know where Ill go
California
A prophet on the burning shore
California
Ill be knocking on the golden door
Like an angel
Standing in a shaft of light
Rising up to paradise
I know Im gonna shine
Now, youve all been asleep, you would not believe me
But them voices telling me you will soon receive me
Oh, shining on the beach, the sea will part before me
And you will follow me, we will rise up to glory
And Ill call down thunder and speak the same
And my work fills the sky with flame
And might and glory gonna be my name
And they gonna light my way
My time coming, any day
Dont worry about me, no
Gonna be just like they say
Them voices tell me so
Seems so long I felt this way
And Im in no hurry, no
Yes, I know I lead the way
And they tell me where Ill go
Dont worry about me
No, no, dont worry about me, no
And Im in no hurry
No, no, dont worry about me, no
Dont worry about me
No, no, no, I know where to go
Dont worry about me
No, no, dont worry about me
No, no, no
No, no, no, no, no
No, no, no, no, no
No, no, no, no, no
Ah no, ah no
No, no, no, no, no
Ah no, no, no, no
No, no, no, no, no |
Dizzy aint the word for the way that youre making me feel now
Well, I need some indication, good Lord, if this is real now
Got to tell me, girl
Ive heard it said, baby, theres something wrong with my head now
Could it be infatuation or am I just being misled now?
Little bolt of inspiration
Way you strike me now
Its sparking my imagination
Got to like me now
Cause me such excitation
Dont you fight me now
Cause me excitation
Dont you fight me now
Little bolt of inspiration
Way you strike me now
Its sparking my imagination
Got to like me now |
Truckin, got my chips cashed in
Keep truckin, like the do-dah man
Together, more or less in line
Just keep truckin on
Arrows of neon and flashing marquees out on Main Street
Chicago, New York, Detroit and its all on the same street
Your typical city involved in a typical daydream
Hang it up and see what tomorrow brings
Dallas, got a soft machine
Houston, too close to New Orleans
New York got the ways and means
But just wont let you be, no no
Hey, most of the cats you meet on the streets speak of true love
Most of the time theyre sittin and cryin at home
One of these days they know they better gеt goin
Out of the door and down on the streets all alone
Truckin, likе the do-dah man
Once told me Youve got to play your hand
And sometimes your cards aint worth a dime
If you dont lay em down
Sometimes the lights all shinin on me
Other times I can barely see
Lately it occurs to me
What a long, strange trip its been
Hey, what in the world ever became of sweet Jane?
She lost her sparkle, you know she isnt the same
Livin on reds, and vitamin C, and cocaine
All her friend can say is Aint it a shame
Truckin, up to Buffalo
Ive been thinkin, you got to mellow slow
It takes time to pick a place to go
And just keep truckin on
Youre sittin and starin out of the hotel window
Got a tip theyre gonna kick the door in again
Well, Id like to get some sleep before I travel
But if you got a warrant, I guess youre gonna come in
Busted, down on Bourbon Street
Set up, like a bowling pin
Knocked down, it gets to wearin thin
They just wont let you be, no no
Youre sick of hangin around and youd like to travel
Get tired of travelin and you want to settle down
I guess they cant revoke your soul for tryin
Get out of the door and light out and look all around
Sometimes the lights all shinin on me
Other times I can barely see
Lately it occurs to me
What a long, strange trip its been
Truckin, Ima goin home
Whoa whoa, baby, back where I belong
Back home, sit down and patch my bones
And get back truckin on
Hey now, get back truckin on
Hey now, get back truckin on
Get away now, get back truckin on
Ow, get back truckin on
Hey, get back truckin on
You gotta get back truckin on
Boy, I gotta get back truckin on |
Red and white, blue suede shoes
Im Uncle Sam, how do you do?
Give me five, Im still alive
Aint no luck, I learned to duck
Check my pulse, it dont change
Stay seventy-two come shine or rain
Wave the flag, pop the bag
Rock the boat, skin the goat
Wave that flag, wave it wide and high
Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my
Im Uncle Sam, thats who I am
Been hiding out in a rock and roll band
Shake the hand that shook the hand
Of P.T. Barnum and Charlie Chan
Shine your shoes, light your fuse
And you use, them old U.S. Blues
Drink your health, share your wealth
Run your life, steal your wife
Wave that flag, wave it wide and high
Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my
Back to back, chicken shack
Son of a gun, better change your act
Were all confused, whats to lose?
You can call this song the United States Blues
Wave that flag, wave it wide and high
Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my
Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my
Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my |
My grandma and your grandma
Sit-tin by the fire
My grandma told your grandma
Im gonna set your flag on fire
Talkin bout, Hey now, hey now, hey now Iko Iko, un-day
Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-né
Jock-a-mo fee na-né
Talkin bout, Hey now, hey now, hey now Iko Iko, un-day
Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-né
Jock-a-mo fee na-né
My spot boys and your spot boy
Sit-tin by the fire
My spot boys told you spot boy
Im gonna set your flag on fire
Talkin bout, Hey now, hey now, hey now Iko Iko, un-day
Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-né
Jock-a-mo fee na-né
Talkin bout, Hey now, hey now, hey now Iko Iko, un-day
Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-né
Jock-a-mo fee na-né
My ball breaks and your ball break was
Sittin by the fire
My ball breaks told your ball break
Im gonna set your flag on fire
Talkin bout, Hey now, hey now, hey now Iko Iko, un-day
Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-né
Jock-a-mo fee na-né
Talkin bout, Hey now, hey now, hey now Iko Iko, un-day
Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-né
Jock-a-mo fee na-né
Indian boy wanna go downtown
Iko Iko un-day
But you dont like what the things, she says:
Jock-a-mo fee na-né
Talkin bout, Hey now, hey now, hey now Iko Iko, un-day
Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-né
Jock-a-mo fee na-né
Let me hеre ya, Hey now, hey now, hеy now Iko Iko, un-day
Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-né
Jock-a-mo fee na-né
My little boy sees your little boy
Sittin by the fire
My little boy say your little boy
Im gonna fix your thing on fire
Talkin bout, Hey now, hey now, hey now Iko Iko, un-day
Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-né
Jock-a-mo fee na-né
Hey now, hey now, hey now Iko Iko, un-day
Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-né
Jock-a-mo fee na-né
In the mornin
Hey now, hey now, hey now Iko Iko, un-day
Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-né
Jock-a-mo fee na-né
Everybody say, Hey now, hey now, hey now Iko Iko, un-day
Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-né
Jock-a-mo fee na-né |
Deep down in Louisiana close to New Orleans
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens
There in an old cabin made of earth and wood
There lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
He never learned to read or write so well
But he could play a guitar like ringing a bell
Go go, go Johnny go, go; go Johnny go, go
Go Johnny go, go; go Johnny go, go
Go, go Johnny B. Goode
He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
Go sit up in the trees by the railroad track
The engineers seen him sitting in the shade
Strumming to the rhythm that the drivers made
The people passing by would stop and say
My, my, that little country boy can play!
Go go, go Johnny go, go; go Johnny go, go
Go Johnny go, go; go Johnny go, go
Go, go Johnny B. Goode
His papa told him Someday you will be a man
You will be the leader of a big old band
Many people coming from all miles around
To hear you play your music when the sun goes down
Maybe someday your name will be in lights
Saying Johnny B. Goode tonight
Go go, go Johnny go, go; go Johnny go, go
Go Johnny go, go; go Johnny go, go
Go, go Johnny B. Goode
Go, go Johnny go, go; go Johnny go, go
Go Johnny go, go; go Johnny go, go
Go, go Johnny B. Goode
Thank you |
- Operator
- Hey Pigpen, lets do Operator
- Wheres that cappo? Wheres that cap?
- Are we rollin?
- Okay, lets start
Operator, can you help me?
Help me if you please
Give me the right area code
And the number that I need
My rider left upon the midnight flyer
Singing like a summer breeze
I think shes somewhere down South
Down about Baton Rouge
But I just cant remember a number
A number I can use
Directory dont have it, central forgot it
Gotta find a number to use
Trying to check out her number
Trying to run down her line
Operator said thats privileged information
And it aint no business of mine
Its flooding in Texas, lines are down in Utah
Got to find a private line
She could be hanging round the steel mill
Working in a house of blue lights
Riding a getaway bus out of Portland
Talking to the night
I dont care where shes going, I dont know where shes been
I hope shes been doing it right
- Dont you wanna do a harmonica out? Wouldnt you like to do a harmonica out?
- Yeah. I cant do it now
- Okay
- But, you know, I... |
I know you, rider, gonna miss me when Im gone
I know you, rider, gonna miss me when Im gone
Gonna miss your baby, from rolling in your arms
Laid down last night, Lord, I could not take my rest
Laid down last night, Lord, I could not take my rest
My mind was wandering like the wild geese in the West
The sun will shine in my back door someday
Well, the sun will shine in my back door someday, hey, hey
March winds will blow all my troubles away
I wish I was a headlight, on a northbound train
I wish I was a headlight, on a northbound train
Id shine my light through cool Colorado rain
I know you, rider, gonna miss me when Im gone
I know you, rider, gonna miss me when Im gone
Gonna miss your baby, from rolling in your arms
I know you, rider, gonna miss me when Im gone, gone, gone
I know you, rider, gonna miss me when Im gone, gone, gone
Gonna miss your baby, from rolling in your arms |
As I was walking round Grosvenor Square
Not a chill to the winter, but a nip to the air
From the other direction she was calling my eye
It could be an illusion, but I might as well try
Might as well try
She had rings on her fingers and bells on her shoes
I knew without asking she was into the blues
She wore scarlet begonias tucked into her curls
I knew right away she was not like other girls
Other girls
In the thick of the evening when the dealing got rough
Too pat to opеn and too cool to bluff
As I picked up my matches and was closing the door
I had onе of those flashes: Id been there before
Been there before
I aint often right but Ive never been wrong
It seldom turns out the way it does in the song
Once in a while you get shown the light
In the strangest of places if you look at it right
Well, there aint nothing wrong with the way she moves
Or scarlet begonias or a touch of the blues
And theres nothing wrong with the look thats in her eye
Had to learn the hard way to let her pass by
Let her pass by
The wind in the willows played tea for two
The sky was yellow and the sun was blue
Strangers stopping strangers just to shake their hand
Everybodys playing in the Heart of Gold Band
Heart of Gold Band |
Laid back in an old saloon with a peso in my hand
Watching flies and children on the street
And I catch a glimpse of black-eyed girls who giggle when I smile
Theres a little boy who wants to shine my feet
And its three days ride from Bakersfield and I dont know why I came
I guess I came to keep from paying dues
So instead Ive got a bottle and a girl whos just fourteen
And a damn good case of the Mexicali Blues, yeah
Is there anything a man dont stand to lose
When the devil wants to take it all away?
Cherish well your thoughts, and keep a tight grip on your booze
Cause thinkin and drinkin are all I have today
Shе said her name was Billie Jеan and she was fresh in town
I didnt know a stage line ran from Hell
She had raven hair, a ruffled dress, a necklace made of gold
All the French perfume youd care to smell
She took me up into her room and whispered in my ear
Go on, my friend, do anything you choose
Now Im payin for those happy hours I spent there in her arms
With a lifetimes worth of the Mexicali Blues, yeah
Is there anything a man dont stand to lose
When the devil wants to take it all away?
Cherish well your thoughts, and keep a tight grip on your booze
Cause thinkin and drinkin are all I have today
And then a man rode into town, some thought he was the law
Billie Jean was waiting when he came
She told me he would take her, if I didnt use my gun
But Id have no one but myself to blame
I went down to those dusty streets, blood was on my mind
I guess that stranger hadnt heard the news
Cause I shot first and killed him, Lord, he didnt even draw
And it made me trade the gallows for the Mexicali Blues, yeah
Is there anything a man dont stand to lose
When he lets a woman hold him in her hands?
You just might find yourself out there on horseback in the dark
Just riding and running across those desert sands, yeah, yeah |
Taught that weeping willow how to cry cry cry
Taught the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky
Tears I cried for that woman are gonna flood you, big river
And Ima gonna sit right here until I die
Well, I met her accidentally in St. Paul, Minnesota
She tore me up every time I heard her drawl, that Southern drawl
Well, I heard my dream went back downstream, cavorting in Davenport
And I follow you big river when you called
Taught that weeping willow how to cry cry cry
Taught the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky
Tears I cried for that woman are gonna flood you, big river
Ima gonna sit right hеre until I die
Well, I followеd her down to St. Louie, later on down the river
Trader said shes been here, but shes gone, boy, shes gone
And I followed her down to Memphis
But she just walked off the bus
She raised a few eyebrows and she went on down alone
Taught that weeping willow how to cry cry cry
Taught the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky
Tears I cried for that woman are gonna flood you, big river
Ima gonna sit right here until I die
Well, Ive gotten on down to Baton Rouge, River Queen roll on
Take that woman down to New Orleans, New Orleans
I give up, cause Ive had enough
Followed my blues on down to the gulf
She loves you big river more than me
Taught that weeping willow how to cry cry cry
Taught the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky
Tears I cried for that woman are gonna flood you, big river
Ima gonna sit right here until I die
Taught that weeping willow how to cry cry cry
Taught the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky
Tears I cried for that woman are gonna flood you, big river
Ima gonna sit right here until I die
Ima gonna sit right here until I die
Ima gonna sit right here until I die |
Compass card is spinning
Your elm is swinging to and fro
Ooh, wheres the dog star?
Ooh, wheres the moon?
Youre a lost sailor
Youve been way too long at sea
Some days the gales are howling
Some days the sea is still as glass
Ooh, reef the main sail
Ooh, lash the mast
Youre a lost sailor
Youve been way too long at sea
Now the shore lights beckon
Yeah, theres a price for being free
Hear the sea birds cryin
Theres a ghost wind blowin
And its calling you, to that misty swirling sea
Til the chains of your dreams are broken
No place in this world you can be
Youre a lost sailor
Youve been way too long at sea
Now the shore lights beckon
Oh yeah, theres a price for being free
Yeah, for being free
Drifting, youre drifting
Drifting and dreaming
Drifting and dreaming
Yes, and going on a dream now
Maybe going on a feeling
Cause theres a place youve never been
Maybe a place youve never seen now
You can hear them calling on the wind
Drifting and dreaming
Go on and drift your life away now
Drifting and dreaming
Yes, and going on a dream now
Yes, and going on a feeling, going on a feeling
And going on a dream now
Going on a feeling
Maybe going on a feeling, maybe going on a feeling
Maybe going on a feeling |
Spanish lady come to me, she lays on me this rose
It rainbow spirals round and round, it trembles and explodes
It left a smoking crater of my mind I like to blow away
But the heat came around and busted me for smiling on a cloudy day
Coming, coming, coming around
Coming around
Coming , coming , coming around
Coming around
Escaping through the lily fields, I came across an empty space
It trembled and exploded, left a bus stop in its place
The bus come by and I got on, thats when it all began
There was Cowboy Neal at the wheel of the bus to Never Ever Land
Coming, coming, coming around
Coming around
Coming , coming , coming around
Coming around |
Come take this badge off of me
I wont wear it anymore
Its getting dark to see
I feel like Im knockin on heavens door
Knock, knock, knockin on heavens door
Knock, knock, knockin on heavens door
Knock, knock, knockin on heavens door
Knock, knock, knockin on heavens door
Come take these guns off of me
I wont shoot them anymore
Know the sun is setting over me
People, I feel like Im knockin on heavens door, oh
Knock, knock, knockin on heavens door
Knock, knock, knockin on heavens door
Knock, knock, knockin on heavens door
Knock, knock, knockin on heavens door
Come take this badge off of me
I wont wear it anymore
Feel the sun is setting over me
Feel like Im knockin on heavens door
Knock, knock, knockin on heavens door
Knock, knock, knockin on heavens door
Knock, knock, knockin on heavens door
Knock, knock, knockin on heavens door
Come put these guns in the ground
I wont shoot them anymore
You know the sun is going down
I feel like Im knockin on heavens door, oh, oh
Knock, knock, knockin on heavens door
Knock, knock, knockin on heavens door
Knock, knock, knockin on heavens door
Knock, knock, knockin on heavens door
Knock, knock, knockin on heavens door
Knock, knock, knockin on heavens door
Knock, knock, knockin on heavens door
Just like so many times before
Knock, knock, knockin on heavens door
Knock, knock, knockin on heavens door
Knock, knock, knockin on heavens door
Just like so many times before
Knock, knock, knockin on heavens door
Knock, knock, knockin on heavens door
Knock, knock, knockin on heavens door
Just like so many times before |
Dear Mr. Fantasy, play us a tune
Something to make us all happy
Do anything to take us out of this gloom
Sing a song, play guitar, make it snappy
You are the one who makes us all glad
But doing that, you break, you break down in tears
Please dont be sad if it was a straight life you had
We wouldnt have known you all these years
Dear Mr. Fantasy, play us a tune
Something to keep us all happy
Do anything to take us out of this gloom
Sing a song, play guitar, make it snappy
You are the one who cab ==n makes us all laugh
But doing that, you break down in tears
Please dont be sad if it was a straight life you had
We wouldnt have known you all these years |
I have seen where the wolf has slept by the silver stream
I can tell by the mark he left you were in his dream
Ah, child of countless trees
Ah, child of boundless seas
What you are and what youre meant to be
Speaks his name, though you were born to me
Born to me, Cassidy
Lost now on the country miles in his Cadillac
I can tell by the way you smile hes rolling back
Come wash the nighttime clean
Come grow this scorched ground green
Blow the horn and tap the tambourinе
Close the gap of the dark yеars in between
You and me, Cassidy
Quick beats in an icy heart
Catch-colt draws a coffin cart
There he goes and now here she starts
Hear her cry
Flight of the seabirds, scattered like lost words
Wheel to the storm and fly
Faring thee well now
Let your life proceed by its own design
Nothing to tell now
Let the words be yours, Im done with mine
Faring thee well now
Let your life proceed by its own design
Nothing to tell now
Let your words be yours, Im done with mine
Flight of the seabirds, scattered like lost words
Wheel to the storm and fly |
Dark star crashes
Pouring its light into ashes
Reason tatters
The forces tear loose from the axis
Searchlight casting
For faults in the clouds of delusion
Shall we go
You and I while we can
Through
The transitive nightfall of diamonds |
Morning comes, she follows the path to the river shore
Lightly sung, her song is the latch on the mornings door
See the sun sparkle in the reeds, silver beads, pass into the sea
She comes from the town where they call her the woodcutters daughter
Shes brown as the bank where she kneels down to gather her water
And she bears it away with a love that the river has taught her
Let it flow, let it flow, widе and clear
Round and round, the cut of the plow in thе furrowed field
Seasons round, the bushels of corn and the barley meal
Broken ground, open and beckoning to the spring
Black dirt live again
The plowman is broad as the back of the land hes sowing
As he dances the circular track of the plow ever knowing
That the work of his days measures more than the planting and growing
Let it grow, let it grow, greatly yield
What shall we say, shall we call it by a name?
As well to count the angels dancing on a pin
Water bright as the sky from which it came
And the name is on the earth that takes it in
We will not speak but stand inside the rain
And listen to the thunder shout, I am! I am! I am! I am!
So it goes, we make what we make since the world began
Nothing more, the love of the women, the work of man
Seasons round, creatures great and small
Up and down as we rise and fall
What shall we say, shall we call it by a name?
As well to count the angels dancing on a pin
Water bright as the sky from which it came
And the name is on the earth that takes it in
We will not speak but stand inside the rain
And listen to the thunder shout, I am! I am! I am! I am!
Well be right back |
Well, this job Ive got is a little too hard
Im running out of money, Lord, I need more pay
Gonna wake up in the morning, Lord, Im gonna pack my bags
Gonna beat it on down the line
Going down the line
Going down the line
Going down the line
Going down the line
Hey, Im going down the line
Going down the line
Hey, well, now, Im gonna beat it on down the line
Yes, and Ill be waiting at the station, Lord, when that train pulls on by
I, Im going back where I belong
Hey, Im going home to my same old used-to-be
Hey, down in Joe Browns coal mine
I said coal mine
Whoa, coal mine
I said coal mine
Hey, hey, coal mine
Hey, hey, coal mine
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Coal mine, down in Joe Browns coal mine
Yes, Im going back to that shack way across the railroad track
Uh-huh, thats where I think I belong
Yes, I got a sweet woman, Lord, shes waiting there for me
Hey, thats where Im gonna make my happy home
I said happy home
Whoa, happy home
I said happy home
Hey, a happy, a happy
Happy, happy home
Hey, hey, yeah
Happy home, well, now, thats where Im gonna make my happy home |
Julie catch a rabbit by his hair
Come back stepping, like to walk on air
Get back home where you belong
And dont you come round no more
Dont hang your head, let the two time roll
Grass shack nailed on a pine wood floor
Ask the time, baby, I dont know
Come back later, gonna let it show
And I say row, Jimmy, row
Gonna get there? I dont know
Seems a common way to go
Get down, row
Row, row, row, row
Heres a half dollar if you dare
Double twist when you hit the air
Look at Julie, down below
The levee doing the do-pas-o
And I say row, Jimmy, row
Gonna get there? I dont know
Seems a common way to go
Get down, row
Row, row, row, row
Broken hеart dont feel so bad
You aint got half of what you thought you had
Rock your baby to and fro
Not too fast and not too slow
And I say row, Jimmy, row
Gonna get there? I dont know
Seems a common way to go
Gеt down, row
Row, row, row, row
Thats the way its been in town
Ever since they tore the jukebox down
Two-bit piece dont buy no more
Not so much as it done before
And I say row, Jimmy, row
Gonna get there? I dont know
Seems a common way to go
Get down, row
Row, row, row, row
I say row, Jimmy, row
Gonna get there? I dont know
Seems a common way to go
Get down, row
Row, row, row, row
I say row, Jimmy, row
Gonna get there? I dont know
Seems a common way to go
Get down, row
Row, row, row, row
I said row, Jimmy, row
Gonna get there? I dont know
Seems a common way to go
Get down and row
Row, row, row, row
Get down, row
Row, row, row, row
Get down, row
Row, row, row, row |
On the day when I was born, Daddy sat down and cried
I had the mark just as plain as day that could not be denied
They say that Cain caught Abel rolling loaded dice
Ace of Spades behind his ear and him not thinking twice
Half-step, Mississippi uptown toodeloo
Hello, baby, Im gone, goodbye
Half a cup of rock and rye
Farewell to you old Southern skies
Im on my way, on my way
If all you got to live for is what you left behind
Get yourself a powder charge and seal that silver mine
Lost my boots in transit, baby, pile of smoking leather
I nailed a retread to my feet and prayed for better weather
Half-step, Mississippi uptown toodeloo
Hello, baby, Im gone, goodbye
Half a cup of rock and rye
Farewell to you old Southern skies
Im on my way, on my way
When your big old ship comes in, the first man takes the sails
Second takes the afterdeck, the third, the planks and rails
Whats the point of calling shots
This cue aint straight in line
Cue balls made of Styrofoam and no ones got the time
Half-step, Mississippi uptown toodeloo
Hello, baby, Im gone, goodbye
Half a cup of rock and rye
Farewell to you old Southern skies
Im on my way, on my way, on my way
Across the Rio Grande-o
Across the lazy river
Across the Rio Grande-o
Across the lazy river
Across the Rio Grande-o
Across the lazy river
Across the Rio Grande-o
Across the lazy river
Across the Rio Grande-o
Across the lazy river
Oh, across the Rio Grande-o
Across the lazy river |
In the attics of my life
Full of cloudy dreams unreal
Full of tastes no tongue can know
And lights no eye can see
When there was no ear to hear
You sang to me
I have spent my life
Seeking all thats still unsung
Bent my ear to hear the tune
And closed my eyes to see
When there were no strings to play
You played to me
In the book of loves own dream
Where all the print is blood
Where all the pages arе my days
And all my lights grow old
When I had no wings to fly
You flew to me
You flеw to me
In the secret space of dreams
Where I dreaming lay amazed
When the secrets all are told
And the petals all unfold
When there was no dream of mine
You dreamed of me |
Right outside this lazy summer home
You aint got time to call your soul a critic, no
Right outside the lazy gate of winters summer home
Wondering where the nut-thatch winters
Wings a mile long just carried the bird away
Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world
The heart has its beaches, its homeland and thoughts of its own
Wake now, discover that you are the song that the morning brings
But the heart has its seasons, its evenings and songs of its own
There comes a rеdeemer, and he slowly too fades away
Follows his wagon bеhind him thats loaded with clay
The seeds that were silent all burst into bloom, and decay, hey, hey
And night comes so quiet, its close on the heels of the day
Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world
The heart has its beaches, its homeland and thoughts of its own
Wake now, discover that you are the song that the morning brings
The heart has its seasons, its evenings and songs of its own
Sometimes we live no particular way but our own
Sometimes we visit your country and live in your home
Sometimes we ride on your horses, sometimes we walk alone
Sometimes the songs that we hear are just songs of our own
Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world
The heart has its beaches, its homeland and thoughts of its own
Wake now, discover that you are the song that the morning brings
The heart has its seasons, its evenings and songs of its own |
The other day they waited
The sky was dark and faded
Solemnly they stated
He has to die
You know he has to die
And all the children learning
From books that they were burning
Every leaf was turning
To watch him die
You know he has to die
The summer sun looked down on him
His mother could but frown on him
And all the other sound on him
But it doesnt seem to matter
And when the day had ended
With rainbow colors blended
His mind remained unbended
He had to die
You know he had to die
Spanish lady come to me
She lays on me this rose
It rainbow spirals round and round
It trembles and explodes
It left a smoking crater of my mind
I like to blow away
But the heat came ‘round and busted me
For smiling on a cloudy day
Coming, coming, coming around
Coming around in a circle
Coming , coming , coming around
Coming around in a circle
Escaping through the lily fields
I came across an empty space
It trembled and exploded
Left a bus stop in its place
The bus came by and I got on
Thats when it all began
There was cowboy Neal at the wheel
Of a bus to never-ever land
Coming, coming, coming around
Coming around in a circle
Coming , coming , coming around
Coming around in a circle
And when the day had ended
With rainbow colors blended
His mind remained unbended
He had to die
You know he had to die
He had to die
You know he had to die
He had to die
Well, you know he had to die |
Dizzy aint the word for the way that youre making me feel now
Help me out now
Well, I need some indication, good Lord, if all of this is real now
You got to tell me
Well, Ive heard the thought there may be something wrong with my head now
Got to help me girl now
Could it be infatuation or am I just being misled now?
Little bolt of inspiration
Way you strike me now
Its sparking my imagination
You dont fight me now
Little bolt of inspiration
You got to like me now
Cause me such excitation
You dont you fight me now
My lightning too
My lightning too
My lightning too
My lightning too
AH
My lightning too
Come on, my lightning too
My lightning too
AH |
On this auspicious occasion, Im gonna take this opportunity to introduce to you the newest member of our musical family, that being Miss Donna Jean Godchaux. Shes gonna help us out on this next one, and I hope you, ha ha, stand on your heads and wiggle your ears.
Some folks trust to reason
Others trust to might
I dont trust nothing
But I know it come out right
Say it once again now
Oh, I hope you understand
When its done and over
Lord, a man is just a man
Playing
Playing in the band
Daybreak
Daybreak on the land
Some folks look for answers
Others look for fights
Some folks up in treetops
Just looking for thеir kites
But I can tell your future
Oh, look whats in your hand
But I cant stop for nothing
Im just playing in thе band
Playing
Playing in the band
Daybreak
Daybreak on the land
Standing on a tower
World at my command
You just keep turning
While Im playing in the band
And if a man among you
Got no sin upon his hand
Let him cast a stone at me
For playing in the band
Playing
Playing in the band
Daybreak
Daybreak on the land
Playing
Playing in the band
Daybreak
Daybreak on the land
Playing
Playing in the band
Daybreak
Daybreak on the land
Playing
Like a wave upon the sand
Daybreak
While Im playing in the band
Thank you |
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
This old engine
Makes it on time
Leaves Central Station
At a quarter to nine
Hits river junction
At seventeen to
At a quarter to ten
You know its traveling again
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
Trouble ahead
A lady in red
Take my advice
Youd be bettеr off dead
Switch-man sleeping
Train hundred and two
Is on the wrong track
And hеaded for you
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
Trouble with you is
The trouble with me
Got two good eyes
But we still dont see
Come round the bend
You know its the end
The fireman screams
And the engine just gleams
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
Were gonna take a short break and well be back in just a few minutes |
Picture a bright blue ball just spinning, spinning free
Dizzy with eternity
Paint it with a skin of sky
Brush in some clouds and sea
Call it home for you and me
A peaceful place, or so it looks from space
A closer look reveals the human race
Full of hope, full of grace
Is the human face
But afraid we may lay our home to waste
Theres a fear down here we cant forget
Hasnt got a name just yet
Always awake, always around
Singing ashes, ashes, all fall down
Ashes, ashes, all fall down
Now watch as the ball revolves
And the nighttimе falls
Again the hunt begins
Again the bloodwind calls
By and by, thе morning sun will rise
But the darkness never goes
From some mens eyes
No, it strolls the sidewalks and it rolls the streets
Staking turf, dividing up meat
Nightmare spook, piece of heat
Its you and me
You and me
Oh, click flash blade in ghetto night
Rudys looking for a fight
Rat cat alley, roll them bones
Need that cash to feed that jones
And the politicians throwin stones
Singing ashes, ashes, all fall down
Ashes, ashes, all fall down
Commissars and pin-stripe bosses roll the dice
Any way they roll
Guess who gets to pay the price
Singing money green is the only way
Sell them guns, rape the earth today
So the kids they dance and shake their bones
And the politicians throwin stones
Singing ashes, ashes, all fall down
Ashes, ashes, all fall down
Heartless powers try to tell us what to think
If the spirits sleeping
Then the flesh is ink
Yes, historys page will be deeply carved in stone
The futures here, we are it, we are on our own
On our own
On our own
On our own
On our own
On our own
On our own
On our own
On our own, on our own
On our own, on our own
If the game is lost
Then were all the same
No one left to place or take the blame
We will leave this place an empty stone
Or that shiny ball of blue we can call our home
So the kids they dance
And shake their bones
Politicians throwin stones
Singing ashes, ashes, all fall down
Ashes, ashes, all fall down
Shipping powders back and forth
Yes, and black goes south and white comes north
In a whole world full of petty wars
Yes, and I got mine and you got yours
And the current fashion sets the pace
Lose your step, fall out of grace
The radical, he rant and rage
Singing someones got to turn the page
And the rich man in his summer home
Singing just leave well enough alone
But his pants are down, his covers blown
The politicians throwin stones
So the kids they dance
And shake their bones
Its all too clear were on our own
Singing ashes, ashes, all fall down
Ashes, ashes, all fall down
Picture a bright blue ball
Just spinnin, spinnin free |
If I had a gun for every ace I have drawn
I could arm a town the size of Abilene
Dont you push me, baby, cause Im moaning low
And you know Im only in it for the gold
All that I am asking for is one gold dollars
And I could pay you back with one good hand
You can look around about the wide world over
And youll never find another honest man
Last fair deal in the country
Last fair deal in the town
Put your gold money where your love is, baby
Before you let my deal go down, go down
Dont you push me, baby, because Im moaning low
But I know a little something you wont ever know
Dont you touch hard liquor, just a cup of cold coffee
Gonna get up in the morning and go
Evеrybodys laughing and drinking that wine
You can tell the Queen of Diamonds by thе way she shines
Come to daddy on an inside straight
Well, Ive got no chance of losing this time
Well, Ive got no chance of losing this time
Well, Ive got no chance of losing this time
Last fair deal in the country
Last fair deal in the town
Put your gold money where your love is, baby
Before you let my deal go down, go down
Everybodys laughing and drinking that wine
I can tell the Queen of Diamonds by the way she shines
Come to daddy on an inside straight
Well, Ive got no chance of losing this time
Well, Ive got no chance of losing this time
Well, Ive got no chance of losing this time
Were gonna beg your indulgence and try another new song out on you. Okay, Mickey wants to call this one The Pump Man for reasons of his own |
The first thing I remember knowing
Was a lonesome whistle blowing
And a youngins dream of growing up to ride
On a freight train leaving town
Not knowing where Im bound
And no one could change my mind, but Mama tried
One and only rebel child
From a family meek and mild
Mama seemed to know what lay in store
In spite of all my Sunday learning
Towards the bad I kept on turning
Til Mama couldnt hold me anymore
And I turned twenty-one in prison doing life without parole
No one could steer me right, but Mama tried, Mama tried
Mama tried to raise me better, but her plеading I denied
That leavеs only me to blame, cause Mama tried
Dear old Daddy, rest his soul
Left my mom a heavy load
She tried so very hard to fill his shoes
Working hours without rest
Wanted me to have the best
She tried to raise me right but I refused
And I turned twenty-one in prison doing life without parole
No one could steer me right, but Mama tried, Mama tried
Mama tried to raise me better, but her pleading I denied
That leaves only me to blame, cause Mama tried
And I turned twenty-one in prison doing life without parole
No one could steer me right, but Mama tried, Mama tried
Mama tried to raise me better, but her pleading I denied
That leaves only me to blame, cause Mama tried
That leaves only me to blame, cause Mama tried |
Well, this job Ive got is a little too hard
Well, Im running out of money, Lord, I need more pay
Gonna wake up in the morning, Lord, Im gonna pack my bags
Gonna beat it on down the line
Going down the line
Going down the line
Going down the line
Going down the line
Yes, going down the line
Going down the line
Hey, Im gonna beat it on down the line
Listen, Ill be waiting at thе station, Lord, when that train pulls on by
Im going back where I bеlong
Baby, Im going north to my same old used-to-be
Hey, down in Joe Browns coal mine
I said coal mine
Whoa, coal mine
I said coal mine
Yeah, coal mine
Hey, hey, coal mine
Hey, hey, coal mine
Down in Joe Browns coal mine
Yes, Im going back to that shack way across the railroad track
Well, and, thats where I think I belong
Hey now, got a sweet woman, Lord, oh yeah, shes waiting there for me
Hey, and thats where Im gonna make my happy home
I said happy home
I said happy home
I said happy home
I said a happy, I said a happy
Happy, happy home
Hey, hey, hey hey
Happy home, now, thats where Im gonna make my happy home |
A pistol shot at 5 oclock
The bells of heaven ring
Tell me what you done it for
No, I wont tell you a thing
Yesterday I begged you
Before I hit the ground
All I leave behind me
Is only what I found
If you can abide it
Let the hurdy-gurdy play
Stranger ones have come by here
Before they flew away
I will not condemn you
Nor yet would I deny
I would ask the same of you
But failing will not die
Take up your china doll
Its only fractured
And just a little nervous
From the fall |
Just like Jack the Ripper
Just like Mojo Hand
Just like Billy Sunday
In a shotgun ragtime band
Just like New York City
Just like Jericho
Pace the halls and climb the walls
And get out when they blow
Did you say your name was
Ramblin Rose?
Ramble on, baby
Settle down easy
Ramble on, Rose
Just like Jack and Jill
Mama told the sailor
One heat up or one cool down
Nothin for the tailor
Just like Jack and Jill
Papa told the jailer
One go up, one go down
Do yourself a favor
Did you say your name was
Ramblin Rose?
Ramble on, baby
Settle down easy
Ramble on, Rose
Im gonna sing you a hundred verses in ragtime
I know this song it aint never gonna end
Im gonna march you up and down the local county line
Take you to the leader of the band
Just like Crazy Otto
Just like Wolfman Jack
Sittin plush with a royal flush
Aces back to back
Just like Mary Shelley
Just like Frankenstein
Clank your chains, and count your change
And try to walk the line
Did you say your name was
Ramblin Rose?
Ramble on, baby
Settle down easy
Ramble on, Rose
Im gonna sing you a hundred verses in ragtime
I know this song it aint never gonna end
Im gonna march you up and down the local county line
Take you to the leader of the band
Goodbye, Mama and Papa
Goodbye, Jack and Jill
The grass aint greener, the wine aint sweeter
On either side of the hill
Oh, did you say your name was
Ramblin Rose?
Ramble on, baby
Settle down easy
Ramble on, Rose
Ramble on, Rose |
Sugar magnolia, blossoms blooming
Heads all empty, and I dont care
Saw my baby down by the river
Knew shed have to come up soon for air
Sweet blossom come on, under the willow
We can have high times if youll abide
We can discover the wonders of nature
Rolling in the rushes down by the riverside
Shes got everything delightful
Shes got everything I need
Takes the wheel when Im seeing double
Pays my ticket when I speed
She comes skimmin through rays of violet
She can wade in a drop of dew
She dont come, and I dont follow
Waits backstage while I sing to you
She can dance a Cajun rhythm
Jump like a Willys in four-wheel drive
Shes my summer love in the spring, fall, and winter
She can make happy any man alive
Sugar magnolia, ringing that bluebell
While caught up in sunlight
Come on out singing, Ill walk you in the sunshine
Ooh, come on, honey, come along with me
Shes got everything delightful
Shes got everything I need
A breeze in the pines and the sun and bright moonlight
Lazing in the sunshine? Yes, indeed
Sometimes when the cuckoos crying
When the moon is halfway down
Sometimes when the night is dying
I take me out and I wander round
Walk around
Sunshine daydream, walk you in the tall trees
Going where the wind goes
Blooming like a red rose
Roll on over sweetly
Then ride out singin; Ill walk you in the morning sunshine
Sunshine daydream
Sweet lovin daydream
Roll on over daydream
Going where the wind goes
Hey, and blooming like a red rose
Roll on over sweetly
Ride out singin; Ill walk you in the morning sunshine
Woo
Sweet lovin daydream
Come on over daydream
Come on over daydream
Its now a sweet lovin daydream
Sunshine daydream, ah yah
Sunshine daydream, ah yah
Sunshine daydream, ah yah
Sunshine daydream, ah yah
Ah yah
Sweet lovin daydream |
Inside youre burning
I can see clear through
Your eyes tell more than you mean them to
Lit up and flashing
Like the reds and blues
Out there on the neon avenue
Still I feel like a stranger
Feel like a stranger
Well, the musics thundering
Were restless and hot
You keep on firing glances across the room
And I cant stop wondering
Just what you got
I get the feeling Im gonna find out real soon
Still I feel like a stranger
Feel like, feel like a stranger
You know its gonna get stranger
So lets get on with the show
Lets go
Yes and the wheel
Gets smoking round midnight
You shoot me a look that says Lets go
Yes and it feels
Just like running a red light
Well, there aint no point in looking behind us, no
Still I feel like a stranger
Feel like, feel like a stranger, like a stranger
You know its gonna get stranger
If its love then how would I know?
How would I know? How would I know?
If its real love then how would I know?
How would I know? How would I know?
If its real love then how would I know?
Feel like a stranger
Feel like a stranger
Feel like a stranger
Feel like a stranger |
Moses come riding up on a quasar
His spurs were jingling, the door was ajar
His buckle was silver, his manner was bold
I asked him to come on in out of the cold
His brain was boiling, his reason was spent
If nothing is borrowed, nothing is lent
I asked him for mercy, he gave me a gun
But then again, these things just got to be done
Abraham and Isaac sitting on a fence
Youd get right to work if you had any sense
You know the one thing we need is a left-hand monkey wrench
Gideon come in with his eyes on the floor
He said, You aint got a hinge, you cant close the door
Moses stood up, a full six-foot-ten
He said, You cant close the door when the walls caved in
I asked him for water, he poured me some wine
We finished the bottle and broke into mine
You get what you come for, youre ready to go
And its more than ten thousand that come for the show
Abraham and Isaac diggin on a well
Mama came quick with the water witch spell
Cool clear water well you cant ever tell
Abraham and Isaac sitting on a fence
Youd get right to work if you had any sense
You know the one thing we need is a left-hand monkey wrench
Thank you |
Truckin, got my chips cashed in
Keep truckin, like the do-dah man
Together, more or less in line
Just keep truckin on
Arrows of neon and flashing marquees out on Main Street
Chicago, New York, Detroit and its all on the same street
Your typical city involved in a typical daydream
Hang it up and see what tomorrow brings
Dallas, got a soft machine
Houston, too close to New Orleans
New York got the ways and means
But just wont let you be, hey hey
Most of the cats you meet on the streets speak of true love
Most of the time theyre sittin and cryin at home
One of these days they know they better get goin
Out of the door and down on the streets all alone
Truckin, like the do-dah man
Once told me Youve got to play your hand
Sometimes your cards aint worth a dime
If you dont lay em down
Sometimes the lights all shinin on me
Other times I can barely see
Lately it occurs to me
What a long, strange trip its been
What in the world ever became of sweet Jane?
She lost her sparkle, you know she isnt the same
Livin on reds, and vitamin C, and cocaine
All her friend can say is Aint it a shame
Truckin, up to Buffalo
Ive been thinkin, you got to mellow slow
It takes time to pick a place to go
And just keep truckin on
Sittin and starin out of the hotel window
Got a tip theyre gonna kick the door in again
Id like to get some sleep before I travel
But if you got a warrant, I guess youre gonna come in
Busted, down on Bourbon Street
Set up, like a bowling pin
Knocked down, it gets to wearin thin
They just wont let you be, hey hey
Youre sick of hangin around and youd like to travel
Get tired of travelin and you want to settle down
I guess they cant revoke your soul for tryin
Get out of the door and light out and look all around
Sometimes the lights all shinin on me
Other times I can barely see
Lately it occurs to me
What a long, strange trip its been
Truckin, Ima goin home
Whoa whoa, baby, back where I belong
Back home, sit down and patch my bones
And get back truckin on
Hey now, get back truckin on
Hey now, get back truckin on
Hey now, get back truckin on
Ow, get back truckin on |
Take it, you can have it
What Ive got, baby, I cant hold
And if you find the secret
Tell me how to build the mold
And I cant handle your problems
So dont try to handle mine
Get yourself a shotgun, a pocketful of shells
And we can while away the time
Get it right, do it nice
So if you make a mistake youre going to pay for it twice
But if you need it, got to have it
Get yourself a shotgun and bring it back home
Look up the wall, you know you gotta call
Before you start falling, be ready to fall
And if you fallin my direction
Dont expect no help at all, go on
Get it right, do it nice
And if you makе a mistake, youre gonna pay for it twice
But if you need it, got to havе it
Get yourself a shotgun and bring it back home
Look up the wall, you know you got to call
But if you start falling, be ready to fall
If you fall in my direction
Dont expect no help at all
Dont expect no help at all
Dont expect no help at all
If you fall in my direction, dont expect no help at all |
Look for a while at the china cat sunflower
Proud walking jingle in the midnight sun
Copperdome bodhi drip a silver kimono
Like a crazy quilt stargown through a dream night wind
Krazy Kat peeking through a lace bandanna
Like a one-eyed cheshire, like a diamond-eye jack
A leaf of all colors plays a golden-string fiddle
To a double-e waterfall over my back
Comic book colors on a violin river crying a lot of
Words from out a silk trombone
I rang a silent bell, beneath a shower of pearls
In the eagle-winged palace of the Queen Chinee |
- Till the Morning Comes
- You wanna have him do that, just come in on his, on his bass drum? drums
- Sure drums
- Okay
- I didnt get it drums
- Is that it? drums
- Yeah
- No, play ... in the beginning drums Is that too weird?
- I dont get it
- Okay, okay, now I get it drums Ah, it aint the same, man. drums
- Forget it, forget it, fuck it. Dont do it
- Okay
- It was a good idea. One, two—oh, go ahead, count it
Til the morning comes, itll do you fine
Til the morning comes, like a highway sign
Showing you the way, leaving no doubt
Of the way on in or the way back out
Tell you what Ill do
Ill watch out for you
Youre my woman now
Make yourself easy
Make yourself easy
Make yourself easy
Til we all fall down, itll do you fine
Dont think about what you lеft behind
The way you came or thе way you go
Let your tracks be lost in the dark and snow
Tell you what Ill do
Ill watch out for you
Youre my woman now
Make yourself easy
Make yourself easy
Make yourself easy
When the shadows grow, itll do you fine
When the cold winds blow, itll ease your mind
The shape it takes could be yours to choose
What you may win, what you may lose
Tell you what Ill do
Ill watch out for you
Youre my woman now
Make yourself easy
Make yourself easy
Make yourself easy |
Well, I was feeling so bad
I asked my family doctor about what I had
I said, Doctor , Mister M.D.
Can you tell me , whats ailing me?
And he said, Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
All I need, all I need, ow
Cause all I need is lovin
Early in the morning, baby
Late in the evening one more time
Come on, baby, squeeze me tight
Dont you want your daddy just to be alright?
I said baby , thats for sure
Ive got the fever , you got the cure
And she said, Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
All I need, all I need
All I need is lovin
Early in the morning, baby
Late in the evening one more time
Go on now
Going out on a four-day creep
I know I get lonesome, begin to weep
Four days, four long days
Four long days without no love
I cant stand it no more
I cant stand it no more now, no
I cant stand it, I cant stand it no more
I cant go out, baby, on a four-day creep
All I want is love, cant get no sleep
Sit around and watch the TV
Drink a whole bunch of whiskey
That all Ive got but never the love can try to find me, I need your love
Id just like to have a summer
I just got to get summer lovin now
Ill get her back, Im wantin the lovin
Its all I need
Old lady tell about it
Come on now
It gets so lonesome in a strange old town
It gets kinda lonely in a strange old town sometime
And Im gonna go out, I dont care what my old lady say
Im gonna out in my mind to play
I dont find nothing of a four-day creep
I take four, five days and then tearfully weep
I got to find some, I got to find some love
I got to find some, I got to find some love
Yes, I do now; I just cant wait no longer
Im coming to the end of my rope, I cant wait no longer
Im coming to the end of my rope, I need some hope
Im at the end of my rope, I need some hope now, darling
Need just a little bit more hope
You make me feel fine, you make me feel fine, you make me feel fine
Just a little wine on me
Sometime when my old lady decide that she gonna go out
Sometime when she decides she gonna leave
I just sit around the house and wonder what to do
You know, I dont like to mess with nobody elses old lady
Word get around the neighborhood pretty fast
And I tell all them people that Im a good man
I think I just might have to move a little fast
Just a-move little fast
But Im built for comfort, not for speed
Got everything a woman might need
But I cant stand it no more, I just
I got to get a little bit of love
Cant stand it no more, I just — its all Im thinkin of
And I think I might have some hope
Baby, this aint no joke
I think I might have a little hope now, darling
Baby, this aint no joke
You make me feel so good
You make me feel so fine
Only two times, only two times, only two times
I got to make her three or four
I got to make her three or four or more
And one of them reasons, one of them reasons
One of them reasons she make me feel so good
She make me feel so nice
One of the things that make me feel so good
Its just because, just because, just because, just because
Shes got box back nitties, great big enormous thighs
Working undercover with a boar hog eye
Yes, she does; yes, she does; yes, she does; yes, ow
She got overdrive, she got overdrive
She got overdrive, and it keep me alive
Overdrive keep me alive in the morning, in the afternoon
Overdrive keep me alive in the morning and late in the evening too
I cant ever think about her two times, got to think about her three or four more
I woke up in the morning now when I hear her knocking on my door
Come on in, sit on down, said, Daddy, what you want me to do?
Turn on over, give me your shoulder, I told you
Everything you want, ooh
You know some folks said she must be a Cadillac
Some folks say she must be a Cadillac
But I say she got to be a T-Model Ford
She got to be a T-Model Ford
She got to be a T-Model Ford
She got to be a T-Model Ford
She got the shades, alright
Sure carry something heavy, though, a-yes, she can
A-yes, she can
You know she can, ow
Coming to California, hey, yes, I know
Drive to California, got a big love
I, I may need more love
I, I may need more love, yes, I do
Yes, I do
And I feel so down
I aint had no lovin in a long time
I aint had no lovin in a long time
And I feel like somebody put a spell on me
Feel like somebody put a spell on me
But I believe I found a way to break that spell
I believe I found a way to break that spell, yes, I did
Yes, I did
And its just seeming I got myself an idea
Just seeming I got an idea, yes, I did
I aint gonna tell you about it, though
Youll find out next time I see you
Next time she go out on a four-day creep
Next time I aint gonna sit home and weep
I got an electric company on the side, an electrical company
An electric company on the side, an electrical company
I could hop on my pony and ride
Im gonna hop on and pony and ride
Im gonna hop on my pony and ride, ride
Hop on my pony and ride, ow
I was feeling so bad, I was needing something
And I was feeling so bad
I asked my family doctor about what I had
I say, Doctor , Mister M.D.
Can you tell me , whats ailing me?
And he said, Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
All I need, all I need
All I need is lovin
Early in the morning, baby
Late in the evening one more time
Come on, baby, squeeze me tight
Dont you want your daddy just to be alright?
I said baby , thats for sure
Ive got the fever , you got the cure
And then she said, Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
All I need, all I need, ow
All I need is lovin
Early in the morning, baby
Late in the evening one more time
Thats all I need
Thank you
In case you just joined us on the air, welcome to the second set. And, uh, were doing just like it sounds like were doing. Right now, were tuning up. I might take this opportunity to tell all you folks here tonight that, uh, this is really a nice theater. Its one of the very few finest in the country, if not in the world, and its a good place to have a rock and roll show. And, and the owners of the theater hope that you wont, you know, be careless and rip it up so that we can, you know, keep coming back and other groups can keep coming here. We seem to be having some intonation difficulties. Wait a, wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. I mean, I mean, we cant play when it sounds like that. You seem like reasonable people, surely you understand. Amenably, you see the, uh, organ and the piano are not in tune with each other. And so when this happens, the stage tunes up with the organ and then tunes up with the piano. You say something about a light? Golds okay, too; golds okay, too. |
Walk me out in the morning dew, my honey
Walk me out in the morning dew today
I cant walk you out in the morning dew, my honey
I cant walk you out in the morning dew today
I thought I heard a baby cry this morning
I thought I heard a baby cry today
You didnt hear no baby cry this morning
You didnt hear no baby cry today
Where have all the people gone, my honey?
Where have all the people gone today?
Theres no need for you to be worrying about all those people
You never see those people anyway
Thought I heard a young man mourn this morning
I thought I heard a young man mourn today
Thought I heard a young man mourn this morning
I cant walk you out in the morning dew today
Walk me out in the morning dew, my honey
Walk me out in the morning dew today
Ill walk you out in the morning dew, my honey
I guess it doesnt matter anyway
I guess it doesnt matter anyway
I guess it doesnt matter anyway |
Some folks trust to reason
Others trust to might
I dont trust nothing
But I know it come out right
Say it once again now
Oh, I hope you understand
When its done and over
Oh, a man is just a man
Playing
Playing in the band
Daybreak
Daybreak on the land
Some folks look for answers
Others look for fights
Some folks up in treetops
Oh, just looking for their kites
But I can tell your future
Oh, look whats in your hand
But I cant stop for nothing
Im just playing in the band
Playing
Playing in the band
Daybreak
Daybreak on the land
Standing on a tower
World at my command
You just keep a turning
While Im playing in the band
And if a man among you
Got no sin upon his hand
Let him cast a stone at me
For playing in the band
Playing
Playing in the band
Daybreak
Daybreak on the land
Playing
Playing in the band
Daybreak
Daybreak on the land
Playing
Playing in the band
Daybreak
Daybreak on the land
Playing
Like a wave upon the sand
Daybreak
While Im playing in the band
Donna Godchaux, our new piano player, Keith, New York City |
- Brokedown Palace
- Well, thats just the way it is
Fare you well, my honey
Fare you well, my only true one
All the birds that were singing
Are gone except you alone
Goin to leave this brokedown palace
On my hands and my knees, I will roll, roll, roll
Roll up a bed by the waterside
In my time, in my time, I will roll, roll roll
In a bed, in a bed
By the waterside I will lay my head
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul
River gonna take me
Sing me sweet and sleepy
Sing mе sweet and sleepy
All the way back home
Its a far-gone lullaby
Sung many yеars ago
Mama, Mama, many worlds Ive come
Since I first left home
Going home, going home
By the waterside I will rest my bones
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul
Going to plant a weeping willow
By the banks green edge it will grow, grow, grow
Sing a lullaby beside the water
Lovers come and go - the river roll, roll, roll
Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul
Da-da-da, da-da-da-da
Da, da-da, da, da, da
Da-da-da, da-da-da-da, da
Da, da-da, da, da, da
Da-da-da, da-da, da, da, da |
Some folks trust to reason
Others trust to might
I dont trust nothing
But I know it come out right
Say it once again now
Oh, I hope you understand
When its done and over
Lord, a man is just a man
Playing
Playing in the band
Daybreak
Daybreak on the land
Some folks look for answers
Others look for fights
Some folks up in treetops
Just looking for their kites
I can tell your future
Oh, just look whats in your hand
But I cant stop for nothing
Im just playing in the band
Playing
Playing in the band
Daybreak
Daybreak on the land
Standing on a tower
World at my command
You just keep turning
While Im playing in the band
If a man among you
Got no sin upon his hand
Let him cast a stone at me
For playing in the band
Playing
Playing in the band
Daybreak
Daybreak on the land
Playing
Playing in the band
Daybreak
Daybreak on the land
Playing
Playing in the band
Daybreak
Daybreak on the land
Playing
Like a wave upon the sand
Daybreak
While Im playing in the band |
I had a hard run
Running from your window
I was all night running, running
Lord, I wonder if you care
I had a run-in
Run around and run down
Run around a corner, corner, corner
I run smack into a tree
I had to move
Really had to move
Thats why if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, dont you come around here anymore
Dressed myself in green
I went down under the sea
Try to see whats going down
And Lord, read between the lines
I had a feeling I was falling, falling, falling
I turned around to see
Heard a voice calling, calling
Is running back to me
I had to move
Really had to move
Thats why if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, dont you come around here anymore
Ran into a rainstorm
Lord, I ducked into a bar door
It was all night pouring
But not a drop on me
Test me, test me, test me, test me
Why dont you arrest me?
Throw me in the jailhouse
Lord, until the sun goes down
Til it go down
I had to move
Really had to move
Thats why if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, dont you come around here anymore
I had to move
Really had to move
Thats why if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, dont you come around here anymore
I had to move
Really had to move
Thats why if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, dont you come around here anymore
I had to move
Really had to move
Thats why if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, dont you come around here anymore
Anymore, anymore, anymore, anymore
Anymore, anymore, anymore, anymore |
Spanish lady come to me, she lays on me this rose
It rainbow spirals round and round, it trembles and explodes
It left a smoking crater of my mind I like to blow away
But the heat came around and busted me for smiling on a cloudy day
Coming, coming, coming around
Coming around
Coming , coming , coming around
Coming around
Escaping through the lily fields, I came across an empty space
It trembled and exploded, left a bus stop in its place
The bus come by and I got on, thats when it all began
There was Cowboy Neal at the wheel of the bus to Never Ever Land
Coming, coming, coming around
Coming around
Coming , coming , coming around
Coming around |
You said you was hurting
Almost lost your mind
Cause the man you love
Hurt you all the time
But when things go wrong
Wrong with you
It hurts me too
You love him a little more
When you should love him less
Why pick up behind him
And take his mess?
’Cause when things go wrong
Wrong with you
It hurts me too
You love another man
Now you know that I love you
But you love him regardless
Stick to him just a lot like glue
Cause when things go wrong
Wrong with you
It hurts me too
Well, he better leave you
Or you best put him down
I just cant stand to see
See you pushed around
’Cause when things go wrong
Wrong with you
It hurts me too
Thank you |
Saint Stephen will remain
All hes lost he shall regain
Seashore washed by the suds and the foam
Been here so long hes got to calling it home
Fortune comes a-crawling, Calliope woman
Spinning that curious sense of your own
Can you answer? Yes I can
But what would be the answer to the answer man? |
Just like Jack the Ripper, just like Mojo Hand
Just like Billy Sunday, in a shotgun ragtime band
Just like New York City, just like Jericho
Pace the halls and climb the walls and get out when they blow
Did you say your name was Ramblin Rose?
Ramble on baby, settle down easy
Ramble on Rose
Just like Jack and Jill, Mama told the sailor
One heat up, and one cool down, leave nothing for the tailor
Just like Jack and Jill, Papa told the jailer
One go up, and one go down, do yourself a favor
Did you say your name was Ramblin Rose?
Ramble on baby, settlе down easy
Ramble on Rose
Im going to sing you a hundrеd verses in ragtime
I know this song it aint never going to end
Im going to march you up and down along the county line
Take you to the leader of a band
Just like Crazy Otto, just like Wolfman Jack
Sittin plush with a royal flush, aces back to back
Just like Mary Shelly, just like Frankenstein
Clank your chains and count your change and try to walk the line
Did you say your name was Ramblin Rose?
Ramble on baby, settle down easy
Ramble on Rose
Im going to sing you a hundred verses in ragtime
I know this song it aint never going to end
Im going to march you up and down along the county line
Take you to the leader of a band
Goodbye Mama and Papa, goodbye Jack and Jill
The grass aint greener, the wine aint sweeter
Either side of the hill
Did you say your name was Ramblin Rose?
Ramble on baby, settle down easy
Ramble on Rose
Ramble on Rose |
I cant stay much longer, Melinda, the sun is getting high
I cant help you with your troubles, if you wont help with mine
I gotta get down, I gotta get down, I gotta get down to, to the mine
You keep me up just one more night, I cant sleep here no more
Little Ben clock says quarter to eight; you kept me up til four
I gotta get down, I gotta get down, or I cant work there no more
A lot of poor man make a five dollar bill, keep him happy all the time
Some other fellas making nothing at all, and you can hear him cry
Can I go, buddy, can I go down take your shift at the mine?
Gotta get down to thе Cumberland mine
Gotta get down to thе Cumberland mine
Thats where I mainly spend my time
Make good money, five dollars a day
Made anymore, I might move away
Lotta poor man got the Cumberland blues, he cant win for losing
Lotta poor man got to walk the line just to pay his union dues
I dont know now, I just dont know if Im going back again
I dont know now, I just dont know if Im going back again
I dont know now, I just dont know if Im going back again
Ah-hoo |
I had a hard run
Running from your window
I was all night running
I wonder if you care?
I had a run-in
Run around and a run down
Run around a corner
Run smack into a tree
I had to move
Really had to move
Thats why, if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, don’t you come around here anymore
Dressed myself in green
I went back under the sea
Try to see whats going down
Lord, try to read between the lines
I had a feeling I was falling
Falling, falling
I turned around to see
Whos a-calling?
You was a-running back to me
I had to move
Really had to move
That’s why, if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, dont you come around here anymore
Ran into a rainstorm
Ducked back into a bar door
It was all night pouring
But not a drop on me
Tеst me, test me
Whoa, why dont you arrеst me?
Throw me into the jail house
Lord, until the sun goes down
I had to move
Really had to move
Thats why, if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, dont you come around here anymore
I had to move
Really had to move
Thats why, if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, dont you come around here anymore
I had to move
Really had to move
Thats why, if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, don’t you come around here anymore
I had to move
Really had to move
That’s why, if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, dont you come around here anymore
Anymore
Anymore
Anymore
Anymore
Anymore
Anymore
Anymore
Anymore |
Spanish lady come to me, she lays on me this rose
It rainbow spirals round and round, it trembles and explodes
It left a smoking crater of my mind I like to blow away
But the heat came round and busted me for smiling on a cloudy day
Coming, coming, coming around
Coming around
Coming , coming , coming around
Coming around |
Sugar magnolia, blossoms blooming
Heads all empty, and I dont care
Saw my baby down by the river
Knew shed have to come up soon for air
Sweet blossom come on, under the willow
We can have high times if youll abide
We can discover the wonders of nature
Rolling in the rushes down by the riverside
Shes got everything delightful
Shes got everything I need
Takes the wheel when Im seeing double
Pays my ticket when I speed
She comes skimmin through rays of violet
She can wade in a drop of dew
She dont come, and I dont follow
Waits backstage while I sing to you
She can dance a Cajun rhythm
Jump like Willys in four-wheel drive
Shes my summer love in the spring, fall, and winter
She can make happy any man alive
Sugar magnolia, ringing that bluebell
While caught up in sunlight
Now, come on out singing, Ill walk you in the sunshine
Ooh, come on, honey, come along with me
Shes got everything delightful
Shes got everything I need
A breeze in the pines and the sun and bright moonlight
Lazing in the sunlight? Yes, indeed
Sometimes when the cuckoos crying
When the moon is halfway down
Sometimes when the night is dying
I take me out and I wander around
Walk around now
Sunshine daydream, walking in the tall trees
Going where the wind goes
Blooming, blooming like a red rose
Now come on over sweetly
Ride out singing, Ill catch you in the morning sunshine
Sunshine daydream, sunshine daydream
Well, come on, come on over, daydream
Sunshine daydream, well, come on, coming from a sweet dream
Sunshine daydream, wading in a cold stream
Crawl on out your window, going, going where the wind goes
Theyre never gonna miss us
Ride out singing, Ill catch you in the morning sunshine
Sunshine daydream, sunshine daydream, woo-hoo
Sunshine daydream, woo-hoo
Sunshine daydream, woo-hoo
Sunshine daydream, woo-hoo
Sunshine daydream, well, come on, come on over, daydream
Sunshine daydream, well, come on, come on over, daydream
Sunshine daydream, well, come on, hey, hey, yeah now
Sunshine daydream, hey hey
Sunshine daydream, woo-hoo
Sunshine daydream, woo-hoo
Sunshine daydream, I think I wanna daydream
Sunshine daydream now, oh
Sunshine daydream, woo-hoo
Sunshine daydream, woo-hoo
Sunshine daydream, woo-hoo
Sunshine daydream, well, come on over, daydream
Sunshine daydream, woo-hoo
Sunshine daydream, I think I wanna daydream
Sunshine daydream
Thank you |
Truckin, got my chips cashed in
Keep truckin, like the do-dah man
Together, more or less in line
Just keep truckin on
Arrows of neon and flashing marquees out on Main Street
Chicago, New York, Detroit and its all on the same street
Your typical city involved in a typical daydream
Hang it up and see what tomorrow brings
Dallas, got a soft machine
Houston, too close to New Orleans
New York has got the ways and means
But just wont let you be, oh no
Now most of the cats you meet on the streets speak of true love
And most of the time theyre sittin and cryin at home
One of these days they know they better get goin
Out of thе door and down on the street all alone
Truckin, like thе do-dah man
Once told me Youve got to play your hand
Sometimes your cards aint worth a dime
If you dont lay em down
Sometimes the lights all shining on me
Other times I can barely see
Lately it occurs to me
What a long, strange trip its been
What in the world ever became of sweet Jane?
Shes lost her sparkle, you know she isnt the same
Livin on reds, and vitamin C, and cocaine
All a friend can say is Aint it a shame
Truckin, up to Buffalo
Ive been thinkin, you got to mellow slow
It takes time to pick a place to go
And just keep truckin on
I was sittin and starin out of the hotel window
I got a tip theyre gonna kick the door in again
Id like to get some sleep before I travel
But if you got a warrant, I guess youre gonna come in
Busted, down on Bourbon Street
Set up, like a bowling pin
And knocked down, it gets to wearin thin
They just wont let you be, oh no
Youre sick of hangin around and youd like to travel
Get tired of travelin and you want to settle down
Well, I guess they cant revoke your soul for tryin
Get out of the door and light out and look all around
Sometimes the lights all shining on me
Other times I can barely see
Lately it occurs to me
What a long, strange trip its been
Truckin, Ima goin home
Whoa whoa baby, back where I belong
Back home, sit down and patch my bones
And get back truckin on
Hey now, get back truckin on
Hey now, get back truckin on
Hey now, get back truckin on
Hey, get back truckin on
Hey, get back truckin on
Hey, hey
Hey now, get back truckin on |
Well, this must be heaven
Tonight I cross the line
You must be the angel
I thought I might never find
Was it you I heard singing
While I was chasing dreams?
Driven by the wind
Like the dust that blows around
The rain fallin down now
But I never know now
No, I never know, no, no
Yes, this is heaven
Cause heres where the rainbow ends
At last its the real thing
Well, close enough to pretend
But when that wind blows
When the nights about to fall
I can hear the sirens call
Its a certain sort of sound
When the rain fallin down now
Rain fallin down
Rain fallin down
Holes in whats left of my reason
Holes in the knees of my blues
Odds against me been increasin
But Ill pull through
I never could read no road map
No, I dont know what the weather might do
But hear that witch wind whinin
See that dog star shinin
Ive got a feelin theres no time to lose
No time to lose
I never know now
Just dont ever know, no, no
Well, its been heaven
But even rainbows will end
Now my sails are fillin
And the wind is willin
That Im as good as gone again
Im still walkin, so Im sure that I can dance
Just a Saint of Circumstance
Just a tiger in a trance
In the rain fallin down now
Rain fallin down
The rain fallin down
Rain fallin down now
Rain fallin down
Rain fallin down
And never know now
No, I never, never know, no, no
Well, I sure dont know what Im going for
But Im gonna go for it for sure
I sure dont know what Im going for
But Im gonna go for it for sure
I sure dont know what Im going for
But Im gonna go for it for sure
I sure dont know what Im going for
But Im going to go for it for sure
Hey, I sure dont know what Im going for
But Im gonna go for it for sure
I sure dont know what Im going for
But Im gonna go for it for sure
Were gonna take a short break. Well be back in just a few minutes, so everybody hang loose |
Alright now, a little tune that I had the pleasure of recording a few years ago, recently covered by some very good friends of mine, The Rolling Stones, a little thing entitled Mona.
Oh, Mona
Ooh, Mona
Hey, hey hey hey, Mona
Ooh Mona
Hey, Mona what I wanna do
Build my house next door to you
Can I see you sometime?
Leave those kisses through the blind
Whoa, hey, Mona
Ooh, Mona
Hey, hey hey, yeah, Mona
Ooh, ooh, Mona
Yeah, yeah
I take my hat off to you because you arе a beautiful audience. You are out of sight. And I want you to know that it was a pleasure being here to perform for you. Anytime, baby |
Just like Jack the Ripper
Just like Mojo Hand
Just like Billy Sunday
In a shotgun ragtime band
Just like New York City
Just like Jericho
Pace the halls and climb the walls
And get out when they blow
Did you say your name was
Ramblin Rose?
Ramble on, baby
Settle down easy
Ramble on, Rose
Just like Jack and Jill
Mama told the sailor
One heat up and one cool down
Nothing for the tailor
Just like Jack and Jill
Papa told the jailer
One go up and one go down
Do yourself a favor
Did you say your name was
Ramblin Rose?
Ramble on, baby
Settle down easy
Ramblе on, Rose
Im gonna sing you a hundred versеs in ragtime
I know this song it aint never gonna end
Im gonna march you up and down the local county line
Take you to the leader of the band
Just like Crazy Otto
Just like Wolfman Jack
Sittin plush with a royal flush
Aces back to back
Just like Mary Shelley
Just like Frankenstein
Clank your chains, and count your change
And try to walk the line
Did you say your name was
Ramblin Rose?
Ramble on, baby
Settle down easy
Ramble on, Rose
Im gonna sing you a hundred verses in ragtime
I know this song it aint never gonna end
Im gonna march you up and down the local county line
Take you to the leader of the band
Goodbye, Mama and Papa
Goodbye, Jack and Jill
The grass aint greener, the wine aint sweeter
On either side of the hill
Did you say your name was
Ramblin Rose?
Ramble on, baby
Settle down easy
Ramble on, Rose
Ramble on, Rose |
Well, shes little and shes low, right down on the ground
You know, shes little and shes low, right down on the ground
You know, the way she acts make a rabbit hug a hound
But shes mine
Shes mine
Shes mine
Shes mine and shes little and low, crippled, and shes blind
Everybodys laughin at me where I go
Cause I lead my woman down the road
But shes mine
Shes mine
Shes mine if shes little and low, crippled and shes blind
Shes alright, make me feel so good
Shes alright, make me feel so good
Yes, if I didnt know her, a woodpecker wouldnt be peckin no wood
Well, she little and she low again, yes, right down on the ground
She little and she low, right down on the ground
And the way she act make a rabbit hug a hound
Shes still my baby, she feel so good
Yeah, she mine if shes little and low, crippled, if she blind
Thank you |
As we rowed out to Fennario
As we rowed out to Fennario
Our captain fell in love
With a lady like a dove
And he called her by name, pretty Peggy-O
Will you marry me, pretty Peggy-O?
Will you marry me, pretty Peggy-O?
If you will marry me, I will set your cities free
And free all the people in the area-O
I would marry you, sweet William-O
I would marry you, sweet William-O
I would marry you but your guineas are too few
And I fear my mama would be angry-O
What would your mama think, pretty Peggy-O?
What would your mama think, pretty Peggy-O?
What will your mama think if she heard my guineas clink?
Saw mе marching at the head of my soldiers-O
If еver I return, pretty Peggy-O
If ever I return, pretty Peggy-O
If ever I return, all your cities I will burn
And free all the people in the area-O
Come steppin down the stairs, pretty Peggy-O
Come steppin down the stairs, pretty Peggy-O
Come steppin down the stairs, combing back your yellow hair
Bid a last farewell to your William-O
Sweet William he is dead, pretty Peggy-O
Sweet William he is dead, pretty Peggy-O
Sweet William he is dead and he died for a maid
And hes buried in the Louisiana country-O
As we rowed out to Fennario
As we rowed out to Fennario
Our captain fell in love
With a lady like a dove
And he called her by name, pretty Peggy-O |
Merry run around, sailin up and down
Looking for a shove in some direction
Got it from the top, its nothing you can stop
Lord, you know they made a fine connection
They love each other
Lord, you can see that its true
Lord, you can see that its true
He could pass his time, around some other line
But you know he chose this place beside her
Dont get in their way, theres nothing you can say
Nothing that you need to add or do
They love each other
Lord, you can see that its true
Its nothing, they explain, its like a diesel train
You better not bе there when it rolls ovеr
Though you make a noise, just cant hear your voice
Youre on a dizzy ride and youre cold sober
They love each other
Lord, you can see that its true
Lord, you can see that its true
Why dont you believe what I say is true?
Everything I tell you I heard it first from you
Heard your news report, you know youre falling short
Pretty soon, more trust you for the weather
When that ship comes in, you wont know where its been
You got to try to see a little farther
They love each other
Lord, you can see that its true
Lord, you can see that its true
Lord, you can see that its true |
Since it cost a lot to win
And even more to lose
You and me bound to spend some time
Wondering what to choose
It goes to show you dont ever know
Watch each card you play
And play it slow
Wait until that deal come round
Dont you let that deal go down, no no
Ive been gambling hereabouts
For ten good solid years
If I told you about all that went down
It would burn off both your ears
It goes to show you dont ever know
Watch each card you play
And play it slow
Wait until that deal come round
Dont you let that deal go down, no no
Since you poured the wine for me
And tightened up my shoes
I hate to leave you sitting there
Composing lonesome blues
It goes to show you dont ever know
Watch each card you play
And play it slow
Wait until that deal come round
Dont you let that deal go down, oh no
Since it cost a lot to win
And even more to lose
You and me bound to spend some time
Wondering what to choose
It goes to show you dont ever know
Watch each card you play, children
Please play it slow
Wait until that deal come round
Dont you let that deal go down
Wait until that deal come round
Dont you let that deal go down
Wait until that deal come round
Dont you let that deal go down
Wait until that deal come round
Dont you let that deal go down
Wait until that deal come round
Dont you let that deal go down
Dont you let that deal go down
Dont you let that deal go down
Dont you let that deal go down, no
Dont you let that deal go down, no, no
Dont you let that deal go down, no, no
Dont you let that deal go down
Dont you let that deal go down, no
Dont you let that deal go down
Dont you let that deal go down
Dont you let that deal go down
Dont you let that deal go down
Dont you let that deal go down
Dont you let that deal go down
Dont you let that deal go down
Dont you let that deal go down
Dont you let that deal go down
Dont you let that deal go down
Dont you let that deal go down
Dont you let that deal go down
Dont you let that deal go down, no
Dont you let that deal go down
Dont you let that deal go down, oh no
Thank you. Were gonna take a short break and be back in just a few ever-loving minutes, so yall hang loose |
I had a hard run
Running from your window
I was all night running
I wonder if you care
I had a run-in
Run around and run down
Run around a corner
I run smack into a tree
I had to move
Really had to move
Thats why if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, don’t you come around here anymore
Dressed myself in green
I went down under the sea
Try to see whats going down
Read between the lines
And I was falling, falling, falling, falling
I turned around to see
Heard a voice calling
Is running back to me
I had to move
Really had to move
Thats why if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, don’t you come around here anymore
I had to move
Really had to move
Thats why if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, dont you come around here anymore
I had to move
Ran into a rainstorm
I ducked back into a bar door
It was all night pouring
Not a drop on me
Test me, test me, test me, test me
Why dont you arrest me?
Throw me in the jailhouse
Until the sun goes down
I had to move
Really had to move
Thats why if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, dont you come around here anymore
I had to move
Really had to move
Thats why if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, dont you come around here anymore
I had to move
Really had to move
That’s why if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, don’t you come around here anymore
Anymore, anymore, anymore, anymore
Anymore, anymore, anymore, anymore
Anymore |
As I was walking round Grosvenor Square
Not a chill to the winter but a nip to the air
From the other direction she was calling my eye
It could be an illusion but I might as well try
Might as well try
She had rings on her fingers and bells on her shoes
Knew without asking she was into the blues
She wore scarlet begonias tucked into her curls
I knew right away she was not like other girls
Other girls
In the heat of the evening when the dеaling got rough
She was too pat to open and too cool to bluff
I picked up my matchеs and was closing the door
I had one of those flashes Id been there before
Been there before
I aint often right but Ive never been wrong
It seldom turns out the way it does in the song
Once in a while you get shown the light
In the strangest of places if you look at it right
Aint nothing wrong with the way she moves
Or scarlet begonias or a touch of the blues
Theres nothing wrong with the look thats in her eye
I had to learn the hard way to let her pass by
Let her pass by
The wind in the willows played tea for two
The sky was yellow and the sun was blue
Strangers stopping strangers just to shake their hand
Everybody is playing in the Heart of Gold Band
Heart of Gold Band |
One, two, three, four, five, six
My time coming, any day
Dont worry about me, no
Been so long I felt this way
But Im in no hurry, no
Rainbows end down that highway
Where ocean breezes blow
My time coming, voices saying
And they tell me where to go
Dont worry about me
No, no, dont worry about me, no
Cause Im in no hurry
No, no, no, I know where Ill go
California
Preaching on the burning shore
California
Yeah, Ill be knocking on the golden door
Like an angel
Standing in a shaft of light
Rising up to paradise
I know Im gonna shine
My time coming, any day
Dont worry about me, no
Its gonna be just like they say
Them voices tell me so
Been so long I felt this way
Cause Im in no hurry, no
Still I know I lead the way
And I know where to go
Dont worry about me
No, no, dont worry about me, no
Cause Im in no hurry
No, no, no, I know where Ill go
California
A prophet on the burning shore
California
Ill be knocking on the golden door
Like an angel
Standing in a shaft of light
Rising up to paradise
I know Im gonna shine
Youve all been asleep, you would not believe me
Them voices telling me you will soon receive me
Shinin on the beach, sea will part before me
You will follow me and we will rise to glory
And Ill call down thunder and speak the same
And my work fills the sky with flame, thats right
And might and glory gonna be my name
And they gonna light my way
My time coming, any day
Dont worry about me, no
Been so long I felt this way
But Im in no hurry, no
This afternoon, streets turned gray
And I watch the cars below
My time coming, any day
Dont worry about me, no
Dont worry about me
No, no, dont worry about me, no
Cause Im in no hurry
No, no, cause I know where to go
Dont worry about me
No, no, dont worry about me, no
Cause Im in no hurry
No, no, no, I know where to go
No, no, no
No, no, no
No, no, no, no, no
No, no, no, no, no
No, no, no
No, no, no, no, no
No, no, no, no, no
No, no, no, no, no |
Goin down the road feeling bad
Goin down the road feeling bad
Goin down the road feeling bad, bad, bad
I dont wanna be treated this a-way
Going where the climate suits my clothes
Going where the climate suits my clothes
Going where the climate suits my clothes
I dont want to be treated this a-way
Goin down the road feeling bad
Goin down the road feeling bad
Goin down the road feeling bad, bad, bad
I dont wanna be treated this a-way
Going where the water tastes like wine
Going where the water tastes likе wine
Going where thе water tastes like wine
I dont wanna be treated this a-way
Goin down the road feeling bad
Goin down the road feeling bad
Goin down the road feeling bad, bad, bad
I dont wanna be treated this a-way
Goin down the road feeling bad
Goin down the road feeling bad
Goin down the road feeling bad, bad, bad
I dont wanna be treated this a-way
Goin down the road feeling bad
Goin down the road feeling bad
Goin down the road feeling bad, bad, bad
I dont wanna be treated this a-way
Goin down the road feeling bad
Goin down the road feeling bad
Goin down the road feeling bad, bad, bad
I dont wanna be treated this a-way
Goin down the road feeling bad
Goin down the road feeling bad
Goin down the road feeling bad, bad, bad
I dont wanna be treated this a-way
Goin down the road feeling bad
Goin down the road feeling bad
Goin down the road feeling bad, bad, bad
I dont wanna be treated this a-way |
Delilah was a woman, she was fine and fair
Ooh, she had good looks, God knows, and coal black hair
Delilah she gained old Samsons mind
When first he saw this woman, she looked so fine
Delilah she climbed up on old Samsons knee
Said Tell me where your strength lies, if you please
She spoke so kind, God knows, talked so fair
Samson said, Delilah you cut off my hair
You can shave my head, clean as my hand
My strength become as natural as any old man
If I had my way
If I had my way
If I had my way
I would tear this whole building down
You read about Samson, all from his birth
He was the strongest man ever has lived on еarth
One day while Samson was walking along
Looked down on thе ground he saw an old jaw bone
Then he stretched out his arm and his chains broke like thread
And when he got to move, ten thousand was dead
If I had my way
If I had my way
If I had my way
I would tear this whole building down
Thats right
Well, Samson and the lion, they got in attack
Samson he crawled up on the lions back
You read about this lion, he killed a man with his paws
Samson got his hands up around the lions jaws
He ripped that beast, God knows, killed him dead
And the bees made honey in the lions head
If I had my way
If I had my way
If I had my way
I would tear this whole building down
Great God Almighty, talk to me
If I had my way
If I had my way
If I had my way
I would tear this whole building down
If I had my way
If I had my way
If I had my way
I would tear this whole building down
I would tear this whole building down
If I had my way
If I had my way
If I had my way
I would tear this whole building down
Thats right |
Went to see the captain, strangest I could find
Laid my proposition down, laid it on the line
I wont slave for beggars pay, likewise gold and jewels
But I would slave to learn the way to sink your ship of fools
Ship of fools on a cruel sea
Ship of fools sail away from me
It was later than I thought when I first believed you
Now I cannot share your laughter, ship of fools
Saw your first ship sink and drown, from rocking of the boat
And all that could not sink or swim was just left there to float
I wont leave you drifting down but whoa it makes me wild
With thirty years upon my head
To have you call me child
Ship of fools on a cruel sea
Ship of fools sail away from me
It was later than I thought when I first believed you
Now I cannot share your laughter, ship of fools
Ship of fools on a cruel sea
Ship of fools sail away from me
It was later than I thought when I first believed you
Now I cannot share your laughter, ship of fools
The bottles stand as empty
As they were filled before
Time there was and plenty
But from that cup no more
Though I could not caution all
I still might warn a few
Dont lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools
Ship of fools on a cruel sea
Ship of fools sail away from me
It was later than I thought when I first believed you
Now I cannot share your laughter, ship of fools
It was later than I thought when I first believed you
Now I cannot share your laughter, ship of fools |
Out in the West Texas town of El Paso
I fell in love with a Mexican girl
Night time would find me in Rosas Cantina
Music would play and Felina would whirl
Black as the night were the eyes of Felina
Wicked and evil while casting a spell
My love was strong for this Mexican maiden
I was in love, but in vain I could tell
One night a wild young cowboy came in
Wild as the West Texas wind
Dashing and daring, a drink he was sharing
With wicked Felina, the girl that I love
So in anger
I challenged his right for the love of this maiden
Down went his hand for thе gun that he wore
My challengе was answered in less than a heartbeat
The handsome young stranger lay dead on the floor
Just for a moment I stood there in silence
Shocked by the foul evil deed I had done
Many thoughts raced through my mind as I stood there
I had but one chance and that was to run
Out through the back door of Rosas I ran
Out where the horses were tied
I picked a good one, he looked like he could run
Up on his back and away I did ride
Just as fast as I
Could from the West Texas town of El Paso
Out through the badlands of New Mexico
Back in El Paso my life would be worthless
Everythings gone in life, nothing is left
But its been so long since Ive seen the young maiden
My love is stronger than my fear of death
I saddled up and away I did go, riding alone in the dark
Maybe tomorrow a bullet may find me
Tonight nothings worse than this pain in my heart
And at last here I
Am on the hill overlooking El Paso
I can see Rosas Cantina below
My love is strong and it pushes me onward
Down off the hill to Felina I go
Off to my right I see five mounted cowboys
Off to my left ride a dozen or more
Shouting and shooting, I cant let them catch me
Ive got to make it to Rosas back door
Something is dreadfully wrong, for I feel
A deep burning pain in my side
Its getting harder to stay in the saddle
Im getting weary, unable to ride
But my love for
Felina is strong
And I writhe where Ive fallen
Though I am weary, I cant stop to rest
I see the white puff of smoke from the rifle
I feel the bullet go deep in my chest
From out of nowhere, Felina has found me
Kisses my cheek as she kneels by my side
Cradled by two loving arms that Ill die for
One little kiss and Felina goodbye |
Are you ready up there?
Are you ready up there?
And are you ready down here?
Bo Diddley bought his baby a diamond ring
And if that diamond ring dont shine
He gon take it to a private eye
If that private eye cant see
He gonna take that ring to me
Bo Diddley bought a nanny goat
To make his pretty baby a Sunday coat
Bo Diddley bought a bearcat
To make his pretty baby a Sunday hat
Wont you come to my house at Blackhead Bone
Take my baby away from home
Oh, but theres a mojo, wheres hе been?
Up at your house and hes going again
Word is the bird and havе you heard
My pretty baby said she wasnt worried
My pretty baby said she wasnt worried
Come on, everybody, clap your hands
Yeah |
Well, the joint was jumping, going around and around
Hey, hey, reeling and a-rocking, what a crazy sound
And no, they never stopped rocking til the moon went down
Well, it sounds so sweet now, I had my chance
I rose out of my seat now, cause I had to dance
I started moving my feet now, oh yes, and clapping my hands
You know they never stopped rocking, going around and around
Hey, reeling and a-rocking, what a crazy sound
You know they never stopped rocking til the moon went down
Til the moon went down
Well, at twelve oclock now, although the place was packed
The front doors was locked now, I said the place was packed
But whеn the police knocked, wеll, them old doors flew back
They flew back
You know they kept on rocking, going around and around
Yeah, reeling and rocking, what a crazy sound
You know they never stopped rocking til the moon went down
Til the moon went down
Oh, it sounded so sweet now, I had to take a chance
I rose out of my seat now, cause I had to dance
I started moving my feet, oh yes, and clapping my hands
You know they never stopped rocking, going around and around
Hey, reeling and a-rocking, what a crazy sound
You know they never stopped rocking til the moon went down
They never stopped rocking, going around and around
Oh, reeling and rocking, what a crazy sound
You know they never stopped rocking til the moon went down
You know they never stopped rocking, going around and around
Oh, reeling and rocking, what a crazy sound
No, they never stopped rocking til the moon went down
Thank you |
Must be getting early
Clocks are running late
Paint by number morning sky looks so phony
Dawn is breaking everywhere
Light a candle, curse the glare
Draw the curtains, I dont care cause its alright
I will get by
I will get by
I will get by
I will survive
I see youve got your fists out, say your piece and get out
Guess I get the gist of it but its alright
Sorry that you feel that way
The only thing there is to say
Every silver linings got a touch of grey
I will get by
I will get by
I will get by
I will survive
Its a lesson to me
The Deltas and the East and the Freeze
The ABCs we all must face
To try to win an embrace
The rent is in arrears, the dog has not been fed in years
Its even worse than it appears but its alright
Cow is given kerosene
Kid cant read at seventeen
The words he knows are all obscene but its alright
I will get by
I will get by
I will get by
I will survive
The shoe is on the hand it fits
Theres really nothing much to it
Whistle through your teeth and spit because its alright
Oh well, a touch of grey kind of suits you anyway
Thats was all I had to say but its alright
I will get by
I will get by
I will get by
I will survive
We will get by
We will get by
We will get by
We will survive
We will get by
We will get by
We will get by
We will survive |
Your rain falls like crazy fingers
Peals of fragile thunder, keeping time
Recall the days that still are to come
Some sing blue
Hang your heart on laughing willow
Stray down to the floor
Deep sea of love
Beneath the cool dark waves of the sea
Swift undertow
Life may be sweeter for this, I dont know
See how it feels in the end
While Lady Lullaby sing plainly for you
Soft, strong, sweet and true
Cloud hands reaching from a rainbow
Tapping at the window
Touch your hair
So swift and bright
Strange figures of light
Float in air
Who can stop what must arrive now?
Something new is waiting to be born
Dark as the night
Youre still by my side
Shining side
Gone are the days we stopped to decide
Where we should go, we just ride
Gone are the broken eyes we saw through in dreams
Gone, both dream and lie
Life may be sweeter for this, I dont know
Feels like it might be alright
While Lady Lullaby sings plainly for you
Love still rings true
Midnight on a carousel ride
Reaching for the gold ring down inside
Never could reach it
It just slips away when I try |
I woke today, felt your side of the bed
The covers were still warm where youd been layin
You were gone, my heart was filled with dread
You might not be sleeping here again
But its alright, cause I love you
And thats not gonna change
Run me around and make me hurt again and again
But Ill still sing you love songs
Written in the letters of your name
And brave the storm to come
For it surely looks like rain
Did you ever waken to the sound of street cats making love?
You guеss from their cries you werе listening to a fight
Well, you know, oh, hates just the last thing theyre thinking of
Youre only tryin to make it through the night
I only wanna hold you, I dont wanna tie you down
Or fit you in the lines I mightve drawn
Its just that I, I, have gotten used to havin you around
My landscape would be empty if you were gone
Its alright, cause I love you
And that’s not gonna change
Run me around and make me hurt again and again
But Ill still sing you love songs
Written in the letters of your name
And brave the storm to come
For it surely looks like rain
Brave the storm to come cause it looks like rain
Oh, oh, oh, yeah, here come the rain
Oh, oh, its gonna rain, here come the rain
Brave the storm to come cause it looks like rain
Yes, it looks rain; yes, it looks like rain
Ooh, here comes the rain
Ooh, said here comes the rain
Brave the storm to come cause it looks like rain
Ooh
Cause it looks like rain and it feels like rain, oh
Here come the rain
Yes, it looks like rain and it feels like rain, oh
Oh, oh, here comes the rain
Cause it looks like rain and it feels like rain, oh
Here comes on now, cause it looks like rain
Cause my whole worlds turning gray
And it looks like rain and it feels like rain, and oh
Cause it looks rain
Oh, and it looks like rain and it feels like rain, oh
Here comes the rain
My whole worlds turning gray, yeah
Said it looks like rain and it feels like rain, oh
Oh, oh, here comes the rain
Here comes the rain, here comes the rain
Said it looks like rain and it feels like rain, oh
Here comes the rain, yeah
Said it looks like rain and it feels like rain, oh
Oh, oh, here comes the rain |
I cant stay much longer, Melinda, the sun is getting high
I cant help you with your troubles, if you wont help with mine
I gotta get down, I gotta get down, I gotta get down to the mine
You keep me up just one more night, I cant sleep here no more
Little Ben clock says quarter to eight; you kept me up til four
I gotta get down, I gotta get down, or I cant work there no more
A lot of poor man make a five dollar bill, keep him happy all the time
Some other fellas making nothing at all, and you can hear him cry
Can I go, buddy, can I go down take your shift at the mine?
Gotta get down to the Cumberland mine
Gotta get down to the Cumberland mine
Thats where I mainly spend my time
Make good money, five dollars a day
Made anymore, I might move away
Lotta poor man got the Cumberland blues, he cant win for losing
Lotta poor man got to walk the line just to pay his union dues
I dont know now, I just dont know if Im going back again
I dont know now, I just dont know if Im going back again
I dont know now, I just dont know if Im going back again |
Bringing me down
Im running aground
Blind in the light of the interstate cars
Passing me by
The buses and semis
Plunging like stones from a slingshot on Mars
But Im here by the road
Bound to the load
I picked up in ten thousand cafes and bars
Alone with the rush of the drivers that wont pick me up
The highway, the moon, the clouds, and the stars
Black-throated wind keeps on pouring in
With its words of a life where nothing is new
Ah, Mother American Night, Im lost from the light
Oh, Im drowning in you
I left St. Louis, City of Blues
In the midst of a storm Id rather forget
I tried to pretend it came to an end
Cause you werent the woman I once thought Id met
But I cant deny, oh, times have gone by
I never had doubts or thoughts of regret
I was a man when all this began
Whod never think twice about being there yet
Black-throated wind whisper mix in
Its speaking of life that passes like dew
Forced me to see youve done better by me
Better by me than Ive done by you
Whats to be found, racing around
You carry your bag wherever you go
Im full of blues, trying to lose
You aint gonna learn what you dont wanna know
So I give you my eyes, and all of their lies
Please help them to learn as well as to see
Capture a glance, oh, and make it a dance
Of looking at you looking at me
Black-throated wind keeps on pouring in
With its words of a lie that could almost be true
Ah, Mother American Night, lost from the light
Oh Lord, and Im drowning in you
Im turning around, thats what Im gonna do
Im going back home, thats what Im gonna do
Oh Lord, and Im drowning in you
Youve done better by me than Ive done by you
So oh, and Im drowning in you
Im going, going, going back home, thats what Im gonna do
Im going, going, going back home, thats what Im gonna do
Well, youve done better by me than Ive done by you
Oh oh, and Im drowning in you
Oh oh, and Im drowning in you
Oh oh, and Im drowning in you |
Comes a time when the blind man takes your hand, says Dont you see?
Gotta make it somehow on the dreams you still believe.
Dont give it up, you got an empty cup only love can fill
Only love can fill
Been walking all morning, been walking all night
I cant see much difference between the dark and light
I feel the wind, and I taste the rain
Never in my mind to cause so much pain
Comes a time when the blind man takes your hand, says Dont you see?
Gotta make it somehow on the dreams you still believe.
Dont give it up, you got an empty cup only love can fill
That only lovе can fill
Comes a time when thе blind man takes your hand, says Dont you see?
Gotta make it somehow on the dreams you still believe.
Dont give it up, you got an empty cup only love can fill
That only love can fill
From day to day just letting it ride
You get so far away from how it feels inside
You cant let go cause youre afraid to fall
But the day may come when you cant feel at all
Comes a time when the blind man takes your hand, says Dont you see?
Gotta make it somehow on the dreams you still believe.
Dont give it up, you got an empty cup only love can fill
Only love can fill
Only love can fill
Only love can fill
This next portion of the show is all—is dedicated for all you folks out there that are fans of the key of E |
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven
Lazy lightning
That sleepy fire in your eyes
Is that desire in disguise?
I keep on trying but I
I cant get through
Lazy lightning
Id like to find the proper potion
To try to capture your emotion
Youre right beside me but I
I cant get through
Youre a loop of lazy lightning
Loop of lazy lighting
Must admit youre kind of frightening
But you really get me high
So exciting
When I hear your velvet thunder
You seem so near I start to wonder
Would you come closer if I
If I asked you to
Lazy lightning
The way youre messing with my reason
Its an obsession but its pleasing
Tell me a lie and I will swear
Ill swear its true
Youre a loop of lazy lightning
Loop of lazy lightning
Must admit youre kind of frightening
Youre a loop of lazy lightning
Rope of fire round my heart
Rope of fire ever tightening
Rope of fire round my heart
Go on, lazy lightning
Youre a loop of lazy lightning, woo
Lazy lightning
Say youll never strike the same place
I want a double dose in my case
Id fly a kite if I thought
Thought that would do
Lazy lightning
The way you always electrify me
Someday I know youll satisfy me
And all that lightning will be
My lightning too
Youre a loop of lazy lightning
Loop of lazy lightning
My lightning too
My stabilities are frightening
Youre my lightning too
So, come on, come on, lazy lightning
My lightning too
My lightning too
Ow, my lightning too
My lightning too
My lightning too
Woo |
When I woke up this morning, felt around for my shoes
Thats when I knew I had them old, the walkin blues
I woke up this morning, looked around, and felt around for my shoes
Thats when I knew I had them old, mean old walkin blues
Well, feel like blowin my old lonesome horn
Woke up this morning, my lady was gone
Lord, I feel, feel like blowin my lonesome horn
Woke up this morning, what I had was gone
What I had was gone
Some people tell you the walkin blues aint bad
Worst old feelin that Ive ever had
Some people tеll you that the walkin blues aint so bad
Worst old feelin Ive most еver had, Ive most ever had
Leaving in the morning if I have to ride the blind
Ive been mistreated and I dont mind dyin
Im gon leave in the morning if I have to ride the blind
Well, Ive been mistreated and I dont mind dyin, dont mind
She got an Elgin movement from her head down, oh, to her toes
Breaking on a dollar most anywhere she goes
Woo-hoo, movement on down to her toes
Breaking on a dollar most anywhere she goes, anywhere she goes
I woke up this morning and I felt around for my shoes
Thats when I knew I had them walkin blues
I woke up this morning, I looked around and I felt around for my shoes
Thats when I knew I had them mean old walkin blues
Old walkin blues, old walkin blues, old walkin blues, old walkin blues
Old walkin blues, old walkin blues, old walkin blues, old walkin blues
Old walkin, old walkin, old walkin, old walkin
Old walkin, old walkin blues |
My mama told me, my papa told me, too
And my mama told me, papa told me, too
Well, I shouldnt be here trying to sing these railroad blues
Wish I had a-listened, oh, to what my mama said
Wish I had a-listened, oh, to what my mama said
Well, I wouldnt be here trying to sleep in this cold iron bed
I went to the depot, I never got there on time
Went down to the depot, never got there on time
Well, the trains going down, shes rolling down the line
Mister jailеr, go away now, dont tell me no lies
Mistеr jailer, go away now, dont tell me no lies
Well, my trains going down, shes rolling down the line
My mama told me, my papa told me, too
My mama told me, papa told me, too
Well, I shouldnt be here trying to sing these railroad blues
Wish I had a-listened to what my mama said
Wish I had a-listened to what my mama said
Well, I wouldnt be here trying to sleep in this cold iron bed |
Cold iron shackles and ball and chain
Listen to the whistle of the evening train
You know you bound to wind up dead
If you dont head back to Tennessee, Jed
Rich man step on my poor head
When you get back you better butter my bread
Well, you know its like I said
You better head back to Tennessee, Jed
Tennessee, Tennessee
There aint no place Id rather be
Baby, wont you carry me
Back to Tennessee
Drink all day and rock all night
The law come to get you if you dont walk right
Catch a few winks, baby, down under the bed
Then head back to Tennessee, Jed
I dropped four flights and cracked my spine
Honey, come quick with the iodine
Got a letter this morning, baby, and all, all it read:
You better head back to Tennessee, Jed
Tennessee, Tennessee
There aint no place Id rather be
Baby, wont you carry me
Back to Tennessee
I run into Charlie Phogg
He blacked my eye and he kicked my dog
My dog, he turned to me and he said:
Lets head back to Tennessee, Jed
I woke up feeling mean
I went down to play the slot machine
The wheels turned around, baby, the letters read:
You better head back to Tennessee, Jed
Tennessee, Tennessee
There aint no place Id rather be
Baby, wont you carry me
Back to Tennessee
Tennessee, Tennessee
There aint no place Id rather be
Baby, wont you carry me
Back to Tennessee |
Laid back in an old saloon with a peso in my hand
Watching flies and children on the street
And I catch a glimpse of black-eyed girls who giggle when I smile
Theres a little boy who wants to shine my feet
And its three days ride from Bakersfield and I dont know why I came
I guess I came to keep from paying dues
So instead Ive got a bottle and a girl whos just fourteen
And a damn good case of the Mexicali Blues, yeah
Is there anything a man dont stand to lose
When the devil wants to take it all away?
Cherish well your thoughts, and keep a tight grip on your booze
Cause thinkin and drinkin are all I have today
She said her name was Billie Jean and she was fresh in town
I didnt know a stage line ran from Hell
She had raven hair, a ruffled dress, a necklace made of gold
All the French perfume youd care to smell
She took me up into her room and whispered in my ear
Go on, my friend, do anything you choose
Now Im payin for those happy hours I spent there in her arms
With a lifetimes worth of the Mexicali Blues, yeah
Is there anything a man dont stand to lose
When the devil wants to take it all away?
Cherish well your thoughts, and keep a tight grip on your booze
Cause thinkin and drinkin are all I have today
And then a man rode into town, some thought he was the law
Billie Jean was waiting when he came
She told me he would take her if I didnt use my gun
But Id have no one but myself to blame
I went down to those dusty streets, blood was on my mind
I guess that stranger hadnt heard the news
Cause I shot first and killed him, Lord, he didnt even draw
And he made me trade the gallows for the Mexicali Blues, yeah
Is there anything a man dont stand to lose
When he lets a woman hold him in her hands?
You just might find yourself out there on horseback in the dark
Just riding and running across those desert sands |
Out in the West Texas town of El Paso
I fell in love with a Mexican girl
Night time would find me in Rosas Cantina
Music would play and Felina would whirl
Black as the night were the eyes of Felina
Wicked and evil while casting a spell
My love was strong for this Mexican maiden
I was in love, but in vain I could tell
One night a wild young cowboy came in
Wild as the West Texas wind
Dashing and daring, a drink he was sharing
With wicked Felina, the girl that I love
So in anger
I challenged his right for the love of this maiden
Down went his hand for thе gun that he wore
My challengе was answered in less than a heartbeat
The handsome young stranger lay dead on the floor
Just for a moment I stood there in silence
Shocked by the foul evil deed I had done
Many thoughts raced through my mind as I stood there
I had but one chance and that was to run
Out through the back door of Rosas I ran
Out where the horses were tied
I picked a good one, he looked like he could run
Up on his back and away I did ride
Just as fast as I
Could from the West Texas town of El Paso
Out through the badlands of New Mexico
Back in El Paso my life would be worthless
Everythings gone in life, nothing is left
But its been so long since Ive seen the young maiden
My love is stronger that my fear of death
I saddled up and away I did go, riding alone in the dark
Maybe tomorrow a bullet may find me
Tonight nothings worse than this pain in my heart
And at last here I
Am on the hill overlooking El Paso
I can see Rosas Cantina below
My love is strong and it pushes me onward
Down off the hill to Felina I go
Off to my right I see five mounted cowboys
Off to my left ride a dozen or more
Shouting and shooting, I cant let them catch me
Ive got to make it to Rosas back door
Something is dreadfully wrong, for I feel
A deep burning pain in my side
Its getting harder to stay in the saddle
Im getting weary, unable to ride
But my love for
Felina is strong
And I writhe where Ive fallen
Though I am weary, I cant stop to rest
I see the white puff of smoke from the rifle
I feel the bullet go deep in my chest
From out of nowhere, Felina has found me
Kisses my cheek as she kneels by my side
Cradled by two loving arms that Ill die for
One little kiss and Felina goodbye |
All the years combine, they melt into a dream
A broken angel sings from a guitar
In the end theres just a song, comes crying up the night
Through all the broken dreams and vanished years
Stella Blue
Stella Blue
When all the cards are down, theres nothing left to see
Theres just the pavement left and broken dreams
And theres just a song, comes crying like the night
Through all the broken dreams and shattered youth
Stella Blue
Stella Blue
Ive stayed in every blue light cheap hotel
Cant win for trying
Dust off those rusty strings just one more time
Gonna make them shine
It all rolls into one, nothing comes for free
Theres nothing you can hold for very long
Then you hear that song, come crying like the queen
It seems like all this life was just a dream
Stella Blue
Stella Blue
Stella Blue
Stella Blue |
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
This old engine
Makes it on time
Leaves Central Station
At a quarter to nine
Hits river junction
At seventeen to
At a quarter to ten
You know its traveling again
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
Trouble ahead
A lady in red
Take my advice
Youd be better off dead
Switch-man sleeping
Train hundred and two
Is on the wrong track
And headed for you
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
Trouble with you is
The trouble with me
Got two good eyes
But they still cant see
Come round the bend
You know its the end
The fireman screams
And the engine just gleams
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind |
Compass card is spinning
Your elm is swingin to and fro
Ooh, wheres the dog star?
Ooh, wheres the moon?
Youre a lost sailor
Youve been way too long at sea
Some days the gales are howling
Some days the sea is still as glass
Ooh, reef the main sail
Ooh, lash the mast
Youre a lost sailor
Youve been way too long at sea
Now the shore lights beckon
Yeah, theres a price for being free
Hear the sea birds cry
Theres a ghost wind blowin
Its calling you, to that misty swirling sea
Til the chains of your dreams are broken
No place in this world you can be
Yourе a lost sailor
Youve been way too long at sea
Now the shorе lights beckon
Yeah, theres a price for being free
Got to pay for being free
Just loose and free and drifting
Drifting and drifting
Maybe going on a dream
Maybe going on a feeling
You really drift your life away
Theres no anchor on it, nothing to keep you from drifting away
Ooh, drifting and dreaming, hey
Drifting and dreaming
Maybe going on a dream
Maybe going on a feeling, hey
Cause theres a place youve never been
Maybe a place youve never seen
You can hear her calling on the wind
Hey hey
Drifting and dreaming, drifting and dreaming, hey
Maybe going on a dream now
Maybe going on a feeling, feeling, feeling |
Maybe you collect or maybe you pay
Still gotta work that eight-hour day
Whether you like that job or not
Youd better keep it on ice
While youre lining up your long shot
Which is to say, hey hey
Keep your day job, whatever they say
Keep your day job, dont give it away
Keep your day job, til your night job pays
Steady boys study that eight day hour
Never underrate that paycheck power
By now you know that the face on your dollar
Got a thumb on its nose and a hand on your collar
Which is to say, hey hey
Keep your day job, whatever they say
Keep your day job, dont give it away
Keep your day job, til your night job pays
Daddy may drive a V-8 Vette
Mama may bathe in champagne yet
God bless thе child thats got his own stash
Nine to five and a place to crash
Which is to say, hеy, hey
Keep your day job, whatever they say
Keep your day job, dont give it away
Keep your day job, til your night job pays
Keep your day job, dont give it away
Keep your day job, whatever they say
Keep your day job, til your night job pays
Keep your day job, whatever they say
Keep your day job, dont give it away
Keep your day job, til your night job pays
Good night, everybody |
To lay me down, once more
To lay me down
With my head in sparkling clover
Let the world go by, all lost in dreaming
To lay me down, one last time, to lay me down
To lay me down, oh oh, to lay me down
To lay me down, one last time, to lay me down
To lie with you, once more, to lie with you
With our dreams entwined together
Let the world go by, like the clouds a-streaming
To lay me down, one last time, to lay me down
To lay me down, oh oh, to lay me down
To lay me down, one last time, to lay me down
To lie with you, once more, to lie with you
With our bodies close together
To wake beside you, my love still sleeping
To tell sweet lies, one last time, and say goodbye
To lay me down, whoa-oh, to lay me down
To lay me down, one last time, to lay me down
To lay me down, one last time
To lay me down, one last time |
One, two, three, four
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
This old engine
Makes it on time
Leaves Central Station
At a quarter to nine
Hits river junction
At seventeen to
Quarter to ten
You know its traveling again
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
Trouble ahead
A lady in red
Take my advice
Youd be bеtter off dead
Switch-man sleeping
Train hundred and two
Is on thе wrong track
And headed for you
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
Trouble with you
Trouble with me
Got two good eyes
But we still dont see
Come round the bend
You know its the end
The fireman screams
And the engine just gleams
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
Hey folks, were gonna take a short break a few minutes and well be back, and well see you then |
Long distance runner, what you standin there for?
Caught in slow motion in a fall to the floor
Playin cold music on the barroom floor
Drowned in your laughter and dead to the core
Theres a dragon with matches thats loose on the town
Takes a whole pail of water just to cool him down
Well
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Almost ablaze but you dont feel the heat
It takes all you got just to stay on the beat
You say its a living, and we all gotta eat
But youre herе alone, theres no onе to compete
If mercys a business, I wish it for you
More than just ashes when your dreams come true
Well
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire, fire! Fire on the mountain!
Long distance runner, what you holding out for?
Go big in a fall to the floor
The flame from your stage spread to the door
You gave all you had, why you wanna give more?
The more that you give, the more it will take
To the thin line beyond which you really cant fake
Whoa, oh
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire, fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain! |
As we rowed out to Fennario
As we rowed out to Fennario
Our captain fell in love
With a lady like a dove
And he called her by name, pretty Peggy-O
Will you marry me, pretty Peggy-O?
Will you marry me, pretty Peggy-O?
If you will marry me, Ill set your cities free
And free all the ladies in the area-O
If ever I return, pretty Peggy-O
If ever I return, pretty Peggy-O
If ever I return, your citiеs I will burn
Destroy all the peoplе in the area-O
I would marry you, sweet William-O
I would marry you, sweet William-O
I would marry you but your guineas are too few
And I fear my mama would be angry-O
What would your mother think, pretty Peggy-O?
What would your mother think, pretty Peggy-O?
What would your mother think if she heard my guineas clink?
Saw me marching at the head of my soldiers-O
If ever I return, pretty Peggy-O
If ever I return, pretty Peggy-O
If ever I return, your cities I will burn
Destroy all the ladies in the area-O
Come steppin down the stairs, pretty Peggy-O
Come steppin down the stairs, pretty Peggy-O
Come steppin down the stairs, combing back your yellow hair
Bid a last farewell to your William-O
Sweet William he is dead, pretty Peggy-O
Sweet William he is dead, pretty Peggy-O
Sweet William he is dead and he died for a maid
And hes buried in the Louisiana country-O
As we rowed out to Fennario
As we rowed out to Fennario
Our captain fell in love
With a lady like a dove
And he called her by name, pretty Peggy-O |