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Old man down
Way down down, down by the docks of the city
Blind and dirty
Asked me for a dime, a dime for a cup of coffee
I got no dime but I got some time to hear his story
My name is August West, and I love my Pearly Baker best, more than my wine
More than my wine
More than my maker, though hes no friend of mine
I got a girl
Named Bonnie Lee, I know that girls been true to me
I know shes been, Im sure shes been true to me
Everyone said
Id come to no good, I knew I would, Pearly, believe thеm
Half of my life
I spent doing time for somе other fuckers crime
The other half found me stumbling around drunk on burgundy wine
But Ill get back on my feet someday
The good Lord willing, if he says I may
I know that the life Im livings no good
Ill get a new start, live the life I should
Ill get up and fly away
Ill get up and fly away, fly away
Pearlys been true
True to me, true to my dying day, he said
I said to him, I said to him, Im sure shes been
I said to him, Im sure shes been true to you
Got up and wandered
I wandered downtown, nowhere to go but just hang around
Ive got a girl
Named Bonnie Lee, I know that girls been true to me
I know shes been, Im sure shes been true to me |
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, nothing left to see
Theres just the pavement left and broken dreams
And theres still that song, comes crying like the wind
Down every lonеly street theres evеr been
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, and nothing comes for free
Theres nothing you can hold for very long
Then you hear that song, come crying like the wind
It seems like all this life was just a dream
Stella Blue |
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 that 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 and the letters 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
Tennessee, Tennessee
There aint no place Id rather be
Baby, wont you carry me
Back to Tennessee
Were gonna take a break for a few minutes and fix a broken string and cool our heels, and well be back in about ten, fifteen minutes, play for a while more |
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 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
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
Well, anyway, ha, what were gonna do next is... |
The news is out, all over town
Youve been seen out running round
I know that I should leave her there
I just cant go, you win again
This heart of mine could never see
What everybody knows but me
Just trustin you was my great sin
I just cant go, go on, you win again
This heart of mine could never see
What everybody knows but me
Just trustin you was my great sin
I just cant go, go on, you win again
This heart of mine could never see
What everybody knows but me
Trustin you was my great sin
What can I do, Lord? You win again
What can I do, Lord? You win again |
Well, the first days are the hardest days
Dont you worry anymore
Cause when life looks like Easy Street
There is danger at your door
Think this through with me
Let me know your mind
Whoa-oh, what I want to know
Is are you kind?
Its a buck dancers choice, my friend
Better take my advice
You know all the rules by now
And the fire from the ice
Will you come with me?
Wont you come with me?
Whoa-oh, what I want to know
Will you come with me?
Goddamn, well, I declare
Have you seen the like?
Their walls are built of cannon balls
Their motto is dont tread on me
Come hear Uncle Johns Band
Playing to the tide
Come with me or go alone
Hes come to take his children home
Its the same story the crow told me
Its the only one he know
Like the morning sun you come
And like the wind you go
Aint no time to hate
Barely time to wait
Whoa-oh, what I want to know
Where does the time go?
I live in a silver mine
And I call it Beggars Tomb
I got me a violin
And I beg you call the tune
Anybodys choice
I can hear your voice
Whoa-oh, what I want to know
How does the song go?
Come hear Uncle Johns Band
By the riverside
Got some things to talk about
Here beside the rising tide
Come hear Uncle Johns Band
Playing to the tide
Come on along or go alone
Hes come to take his children home
Whoa-oh, what I want to know
How does the song go?
Come hear Uncle Johns Band
By the riverside
Got some things to talk about
Here beside the rising tide
Come hear Uncle Johns Band
Playing to the tide
Come along or go alone
Hes come to take his children home
Thank you, well see you all later, right after this next one |
You can sure tell the ones that won their tickets over the radio
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 little ears
It goes to show you don’t 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 you poured the wine for me
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, no 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
And play it slow, children
Wait until that deal come round
Don’t 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
Don’t you let that deal go down
Wait until that deal come round
Wait until that deal come round
Wait until that deal come round
Wait until that deal come round
Dont you let that deal go down, no no |
I have seen where the wolf has slept by the silver stream
And 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, 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, 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 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 the words be yours, Im done with mine
Flight of the seabirds, scattered like lost words
Wheel to the storm and fly |
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
Wait a minute, sorry, sorry
How about it? Ah, there it is
A thousand pardons, folks
Well try it one more time
Some folks trust to reason
Others trust to might
I dont trust nothing
But I know it comes 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
But 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
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 |
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
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
Lord, you can see that its true
Lord, you can see that its true
Its nothing, they explain, its like a diesеl train
You better not be thеre when it rolls over
When that train pulls in, you wont know where its been
You gotta 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
Lord, you can see that its true
Lord, you can see that its true
Lord, you can see that its true
Were carefully weeding out those tiny little bothersome technical imperfections that we just cant stand. Real soon, everythingll be just exactly perfect |
One, two, one, two, three, four
I have seen where the wolf has slept by the silver stream
And 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
And I can tell by the way you smile hes rolling back
Come and wash the nighttime clean
Come and grow this scorched ground green
Blow the horn and tap the tambourine
Close the gap of the dark years 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 the words be yours, Im done with mine |
Well, I 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
Well, 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 arе gonna flood you, big river
And Im gonna sit right here until I diе
Well, I followed her down to St. Louie, later on down the river
Trader said shes been here, but shes gone, boy, shes gone
Then I followed her down to Memphis
But she just walked off the bus
She raised a few eyebrows when she went on down alone
I 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, 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
And Ima gonna sit right here until I die
I 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
Im gonna sit right here until I die
Hey, Ima gonna sit right here until I die
And Ima gonna sit right here until I die |
One, two, one, two, three, four
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
She bears it away with a love that the river has taught her
Lеt it flow, let it flow, wide and clear
Round and round, thе cut of the plow in the 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! |
The first thing I remember knowing
Was a lonesome whistle blowing
And a younguns dream of growing up to ride
On a freight train leaving town
Not knowing where Im bound
No one could steer me right, 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 pleading I denied
That leaves no one but 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 no one but 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 no one but me to blame, cause Mama tried
That leaves no one but me to blame, cause Mama tried |
When they come to take you down
When they bring that wagon round
When they come to call on you
And drag your poor body down
Just one thing I ask of you, just one thing for me
Please forget you knew my name, my darling Sugaree
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them you know me
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them you know me
You thought you was the cool fool
Never could do no wrong
You had everything sewn up tight
How come you lay awake all night long?
Just one thing I ask of you, just one thing for me
Please forget you knew my namе, my darling Sugaree
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell thеm you know me
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them you know me
You know in spite of all you gained
You still had to stand out in the pouring rain
One last voice is calling you
And I guess its time you go
Just one thing I ask of you, just one thing for me
Please forget you knew my name, my darling Sugaree
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them you know me
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them you know me
Shake it up now, Sugaree
Ill meet you at the Jubilee
And if that Jubilee dont come
Maybe Ill meet you on the run
Just one thing I ask of you, just one thing for me
Please forget you knew my name, my darling Sugaree
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them you know me
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them you know me
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them you know me
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them you know me |
Cold iron shackles and ball and chain
Listen to the whistle of the evening train
You know you bound to wind, 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
Yeah, this morning, people, and all it 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 comе to get you if you dont walk right
Well, you know, peoplе, its like I said
You better head back to Tennessee, Jed
I dropped four flights and cracked my spine
Honey, come quick with the iodine
Catch a few winks, people, down under the bed
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:
You better head back to Tennessee, Jed
I woke up feeling mean
I went down to play the slot machine
The wheels turned around, children, 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 |
Long distance runner, what you standin there for?
Get up, get on, get out of the door
Youre 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
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Long distance runner, with one foot out the door
Caught in slow motion in a fall to the floor
Youre playin cold music on the barroom floor
You gavе all you had, why you wanna give more?
The morе that you give, the more it will take
That thin line beyond which you really cant fake
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain! |
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
In the end theres still that song, comes crying likе the wind
Down every lonеly street thats ever been
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 em shine
It all rolls into one, and nothing comes for free
Theres nothing you can hold for very long
In the end theres just a song, its crying at the night
It seems like all this life was just a dream
Stella Blue
Stella Blue
Stella Blue |
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 this 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
I thought I heard a young man mourn this morning
I thought I heard a young man mourn today
I 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
I guess it doesnt matter anyway |
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 gеt you if you dont walk right
Catch a few winks, baby, down under the bеd
You better head back to Tennessee, Jed
I dropped four flights and cracked my spine
Honey, come quick with the iodine
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
I run into Charlie Phogg
He blacked my eye and he kicked my dog
My dog, he turned to me and he said:
You better head back to Tennessee, Jed
I woke up feeling mean
I went down to play the slot machine
The wheels turned around, and 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 |
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 |
The wheel is turning and you cant slow down
You cant let go and you cant hold on
You cant go back and you cant stand still
If the thunder dont get you then the lightning will
Wont you try just a little bit harder
Couldnt you try just a little bit more?
Wont you try just a little bit harder
Couldnt you try just a little bit more?
Round, round robin run around
Gotta get back to where you belong
Little bit harder, just a little bit more
A little bit further than you gone before
The wheel is turning and you cant slow down
You cant let go and you cant hold on
You cant go back and you cant stand still
If the thunder dont get you then the lightning will
Small wheel turn by the fire and rod
Big wheel turn by the grace of God
Every time that wheel turn round
Bound to cover just a littlе more ground
Bound to cover just a little morе ground
The wheel is turning and you cant slow down
You cant let go and you cant hold on
You cant go back and you cant stand still
If the thunder dont get you then the lightning will
Wont you try just a little bit harder
Couldnt you try just a little bit more?
Wont you try just a little bit harder
Couldnt you try just a little bit more? |
Rat in a drain ditch, caught on a limb
You know better but I know him
Like I told you, what I said
Steal your face right off your head
Now hes gone
Now hes gone, Lord, hes gone
Hes gone
Like a steam locomotive rolling down the track
Hes gone, hes gone
And nothings gonna bring him back
Hes gone
Nine mile skid on a ten mile ride
Hot as a pistol but cool inside
Cat on a tin roof, dogs in a pile
Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile
Now hes gone
Now hes gone, Lord, hes gone
Hes gonе
Like a steam locomotive rolling down thе track
Hes gone, hes gone
And nothings gonna bring him back
Hes gone
Going where the wind dont blow so strange
Maybe off on some high cold mountain chain
I lost one round but the price wasnt anything
A knife in the back and more of the same
Same old rat in a drain ditch, caught on a limb
You know better but I know him
Like I told you, what I said
Steal your face right off your head
Now hes gone
Now hes gone, Lord, hes gone
Hes gone
Like a steam locomotive rolling down the track
Hes gone, hes gone
And nothings gonna bring him back
Hes gone
Like a steam locomotive rolling down the track
Hes gone, hes gone
And nothings gonna bring him back
Hes gone
Ooh, nothings gonna bring him back
Ooh, nothings gonna bring him back
Ooh, nothings gonna bring him back
Ooh, nothings gonna bring him back
Ooh, nothings gonna bring him back
Ooh, nothings gonna bring him back
Ooh, nothings gonna bring him back
Ooh, nothings gonna bring him back
Ooh, nothings gonna bring him back
Ooh, nothings gonna bring him back
Ooh, nothings gonna bring him back
Ooh, nothings gonna bring him back
Ooh, nothings gonna bring him back
Ooh, nothings gonna bring him back |
Me and my uncle went riding down
South Colorado, west Texas bound
We stopped over in Santa Fe
That being the point just about halfway
And you know it was the hottest part of the day
I took the horses up to the stall
Went to the barroom, ordered drinks for all
Three days in the saddle, you know my body hurt
It being summer, I took off my shirt
And I tried to wash off some of that dusty dirt
West Texas cowboys, oh, theys all around
With liquor and money, they loaded down
So soon after payday, know it seemed a shame
You know my uncle, he starts a friendly game
You know, high-low jack and the winner takе the hand
My uncle started winning; cowboys got sorе
One of them called him, and then two more
Accused him of cheating; well, oh no, it couldnt be
I know my uncle, hes as honest as me
You know Im as honest as a Denver man can be, thats me
One of them cowboys, he starts to draw
And I shot him down, Lord, he never saw
Shot me another, well, hot damn, he wont grow old
In the confusion, my uncle grabbed the gold
Hey, we high-tailed it down to Mexico
I love those cowboys, I love their gold
I love my uncle, God rest his soul
He taught me good, Lord, he taught me all I know
Taught me so well, well, I grabbed that gold
And I left his dead ass there by the side of the road |
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
Since you poured the wine for me
And tightened up my shoes
I hatе to leave you sitting therе
Composing those 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, 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 little 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
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
Dont you let that deal go down, no, no |
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 |
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, keeps 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 |
I got a little red rooster, too lazy to crow for days
I got a little red rooster, too lazy to crow for days
Keep everything in the barnyard, upset in every way
Dogs begin to bark now, and the hounds begin to howl
Dogs begin to bark now, and the hounds begin to howl
You know the little red rooster is on the prowl
If you see a little red rooster, wont you please send him home
If you see a little red rooster, won’t you please send him home
Been no peace in the barnyard, since the little red roosters been gone
Little red roosters been gone
I got a little red rooster, too lazy to crow for days
I got a little red rooster, too lazy, too lazy to crow for days
Keep everything in the barnyard, upset in every way |
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, oh 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 don’t 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 you poured the wine for me
Tightened up my shoes
I hatе to leave you sitting therе
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
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
Don’t 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
Well, don’t 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, oh no
Thank you all. Were gonna take a short break. Well be back in a few minutes |
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 |
Fare you well, my honey
Fare you well, my only true one
All the birds that were singing
Have flown except you alone
Going to leave this brokedown palace
On my hands and my knees, I will roll, roll, roll
Make myself 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 me sweet and sleepy
All the way back home
Its a far gonе lullaby sung many years ago
Mama, Mama, many worlds Ive come
Sincе 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
Im gonna plant a weeping willow
On 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
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul |
I went down one day
I went down to see a gypsy woman one day, yes I did
I wanna find out whats wrong with me and my baby
We aint gettin down like we used to do
She told me, Baby...
She told me, Baby...
She told me, Baby...
And she said, Man, all you need...
Said, Looka here, man, all you need...
All you need
All you need
All you need
All you need
All you need
All you need
All you need
All you need
All you need
All you need
All you need
All you need
All you need
All you need
All you need
All you need
Just a little touch of mojo hand
I got myself some, and I brung it back home
Tasted mighty good |
See me last night
I was laying in my bed and dying
Annie Beauneau from Saint Angel
Say The weather down here, so fine
Just then, the wind
Came squalling through the door
But who can
The weather command?
Just want to have
A little peace to die
And a friend or two
I love at hand
Fever roll up to a hundred and five
Roll on up
Gonna roll back down
One more day
I find myself alive
Tomorrow
Maybe go
Beneath the ground
See here, how everything
Lеad up to this day
And its just like
Any other day
Thats evеr been
Sun going up
And then the
Sun, it going down
Shine through my window and
My friends, they come around
Come around
Come around
The people may know but
The people dont care
That a man could be
As poor as me
Take a look at poor Peter
Hes lying in pain
Now, lets go
Run and see
Run and see
Run and see
Run, run, and see
Hey, hey
See |
We can share the women, we can share the wine
We can share what we got of yours cause we done shared all of mine-ine-ine
Keep on rollin, just a mile to go
Keep on rollin, my old buddy, youre movin much too slow
I just jumped the watchman, right outside the fence
Took his rings, four bucks in change, aint that Heaven sent?
Hurts my ears to listen, Shannon, burns my eyes to see
Cut down a man in cold blood, Shannon, might as wellve been me
We used to play for silver, now we play for life
And ones for sport and ones for blood at the point of a knife
Now the die is shaken, now the die must fall
There aint no winner in this game, he dont go home with all
Not with all
Leavin Texas, fourth day of July
Sun so hot, the clouds so low, the eagles filled the sky
Catch the Detroit Lightning out of Santa Fe
Great Northern out of Cheyenne, from sea to shining sea
Gotta go to Tulsa, first train we can ride
Gotta settle one old score, one small point of pride
There aint no place a man can hide, will keep him from the sun
Aint a bed can give us rest now, you keep us on the run
Jack Straw from Wichita
Cut his buddy down
Dug for him, a shallow grave
And laid his body down
Half a mile from Tucson
By the morning light
One man gone and another to go
My old buddy, youre moving
Much too slow
We can share the women, we can share the wine |
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 nothin 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 gonna sing you a hundrеd 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
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
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 |
Annie laid her head down in the roses
She had ribbons, ribbons, ribbons in her long brown hair
I dont know, maybe it was the roses
All I know, I could not leave her there
Ten years the waves rolled the ships home from the sea
Thinking well how it may blow in all good company
If I tell another what your own lips told to me
Let me lay neath the roses, let my eyes no longer see
I dont know, it must have been the roses
The roses or the ribbons in her long brown hair
I dont know, maybe it was the roses
All I know, I could not leave her there
One pane of glass in the window
No one is complaining though
Come in and shut the door
Faded is the crimson from the ribbons that she wore
And its strange how no one comes round anymore
I dont know, it must have been the roses
The roses or the ribbons in her long brown hair
I dont know, maybe it was the roses
All I know, I could not leave her there
I dont know, it must have been the roses
The roses or the ribbons in her long brown hair
I dont know, maybe it was the roses
All I know, I could not leave her there |
My mama told me, my papa told me, too
Well, 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 jailer, go away now, dont tell me no lies
Mister 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
Well, 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 left my home in Norfolk, Virginia
California on my mind
Straddled that Greyhound, it rode me past Raleigh
And on across Carolin
Stopped in Charlotte and bypassed Rock Hill
And we never was a minute late
We was ninety miles out of Atlanta by sundown
Rolling across the Georgia state
We had motor trouble, it turned into a struggle
Halfway across Alabam
The Hound broke down
Left us all stranded in downtown Birmingham
Straight off bought me a through train ticket
Right across Mississippi clean
And I was on that midnight flyer out of Birmingham
Smoking into New Orleans
Somebody help me get out of Louisiana
Just help me get to Houston town
Theres people there who care a little about me
And they wont let the poor boy down
Sure as youre born, they bought me a silk suit
Put luggage in my hands
And I woke up high over Albuquerque
On a jet to the promised land
Working on a T-bone steak a la carte
Flying over to the Golden State
When the pilot told us in thirteen minutes
Wed be heading in the terminal gate
Swing low sweet chariot, come down easy
Taxi to the terminal zone
Cut your engines, cool your wings
And let me make it to the telephone
Los Angeles, give me Norfolk, Virginia
Tidewater four ten oh nine
Tell the folks back home this is the promised land calling
And the poor boys on the line |
Well now, C, C.C. Rider
Well now see what you done done
Well now, C, C.C. Rider
Well now see what you done done
Girl, now you made me love you, woman
And now your man is gone
So Im goin away, and I wont be back til fall
Well, Im goin away, no, I wont be back til fall
If I could find me that good girl, I might not be coming back at all
Well now C, C.C. Rider
See how the moon is shining bright, thats right
See now C, C.C. Rider
See how the moon is shining bright
Just might find me that good girl, and everything would be alright, somehow
Well now, C, C.C. Rider
Well now see, see what you done done
Well now, C, C.C. Rider
Well now see, see what you done done
Well now, you made me lovе you, woman
And I guess your man has come, hey
Wеll now, C, C.C. Rider
Well now see, see what you done done
Well now, C, C, C.C. Rider now
Well now see, see what you done done
Well now, you made me love you, woman
And now your man has come, oh |
My mama told me, my papa told me, too
Well, my mama told me, papa told me, too
Well, I wouldnt 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 jailer, go away now, dont tell me no lies
Mister 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
Well, 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 |
I told you once and I told you twice
But you never listen to my advice
You dont try very hard to please me
With what you know it should be easy
Well, this could be the last time
This could be the last time
Maybe the last time
I dont know, oh no
Sorry, girl, but I cant stay
Feeling like I do today
Its too much pain and too much sorrow
Guess Ill feel the same tomorrow
Well, this could be the last time
This could be the last time
Maybe the last time
I dont know, oh no
I told you once and I told you twice
That someone will have to pay the pricе
But heres a chance to changе your mind
Because Ill be gone a long, long time
Well, this could be the last time
This could be the last time
Maybe the last time
I dont know, oh no
No, I dont know, I dont know
Could be the last time
I dont know, maybe the last time
I dont know, maybe the last time, baby
I dont know, maybe the last time, baby
I dont know, I dont know
I dont know, I dont know
I dont know, could be the last time
I dont know, I dont, I dont, I dont
I dont know, I dont know, I dont know, I dont know, ah |
A man and a woman come together as strangers
When they part theyre usually strangers still
Its like a practical joke played on us by our maker
Empty bottles that cant be filled
Baby, whos to say it should have been different now that its done
Baby, whos to say it should have been anyway
Baby, whos to say that it even matters in the long run
Give it just a minute
And itll blow away, itll blow away
You fancy me to be the master of your feelings
You barely bruise me with your looks to kill
I admit we were sometimes brutal in our dealings
I never held you against your will
Baby, whos to say it should have been different now that its done
Baby, whos to say it should have been anyway
Baby, whos to say that it even matters in the long run
Give it just a minute
Itll blow away
Your case against me is so very clearly stated
I plead no contest, I just turn and shrug
Ive come to figure all importance overestimated
You must mean water when you get on your knees and you beg me for blood
Baby, whos to say it should have been different now that its done
Baby, whos to say it should have been anyway
Baby, whos to say that it even matters in the long run
Give it just a minute
Itll blow away, itll blow away
Like a feather in a whirlwind
Just as surely as the world spins
Oh, itll blow away
Ooh, itll blow
Give it just, give it just, give it just a little minute, baby
Give it just, give it just, give it just a little minute now
Oh, itll blow away, yeah
Oh, itll blow, itll blow, itll blow, itll blow away
Hey, hey, oh, itll blow, itll blow away, hey
Blow away it will
Wait
Give it just a little second now
Give me just one little piece of your time
I dont wanna leave, I dont wanna stay
I dont wanna, I dont wanna hear, man
Just one little second of your time
I got something to say
I got something for you to hear
So listen close, listen close
Listen up, listen, listen, I want you to hear
Its like you got your fist closed tight
Its like you got blood right here in your fist
And youre balling your fist close, tight to your chest
Its like you wanna push it in, its like you wanna push it in deep
Its like you wanna push it deep inside
Its like you wanna push it deep inside your heart, inside your heart
Deep if you can
Its like you wanna keep it in your heart
Its like you wanna keep it there forever, never let it go
Never let it go
But where you think your rib cage is in yourself
Its not gonna keep love in, maybe itll keep love out
But it wont keep it there
Do you wanna know real love?
Do you wanna know real love?
Real love, real love, real love, keep it simple
Real love you gon hang on to
Real love, you could let go, you could let it fly
It comes right back to you, thats real love
Real, real, real, real, real, real, real love
Do me a favor, help me out, oh, come on and help me out
Take that fist, and shove it in the air
Take your fingers and open em up, open em up one at a time
Who gives a shit, just open em up
And let it breathe so long, let it breathe right now
Cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool breeze along
Let it blow away
Let it blow, let it blow, let it blow, let it blow away
Let it blow, let it blow, let it blow away
Real love, real love, go to real love, real love cause its on its way
Real love, real love, real, real love, real love is on its way
Its on its way, its on its way, its on its way, its on its way
Its on, oh its way |
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 years and vanished dreams
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 wind
Down every lonely street theres ever been
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 wind
It seems like all this life was just a dream
Stella Blue
Stella Blue |
In the attics of my life
Full of cloudy dreams unreal
Full of tastes no tongue can know
And lights no eyes 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 ears 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 dreams
Where all the print is blood
Where all the pages arе my days
And all my nights grow old
When I had no wings to fly
You flew to me
You flеw to me, to me
In the secret space of dreams
Where I dreaming lay amazed
When the secrets are all told
And the petals all unfold
When there was no dream of mine
You dreamed of me |
On the day when I was born, Daddy sat down and cried
I had the mark just as plain as day that wont 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
...transit, baby, a pile of smoking leather
I nailed a retread to my feet and prayеd for better weathеr
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
They say that when your ship comes in, 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
Across the Rio Grande-o
Across the lazy river |
Red and white, blue suede shoes
Im Uncle Sam, how do you do?
Give me five, Im still alive
It 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, oh, and Charlie Chan
Light your fuse, shine your shoes
Can you use thеm old U.S. Blues
Drink your health, share your wеalth
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 |
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 be with you, once more, to be with you
With our bodies close 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 liе with you, once more, to lie with you
With our drеams entwined 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
To lay me down, one last time
To lay me down, one last time |
I was born in a desert, I was raised in a lions den
Born in a desert, I was raised in a lions den
Well, my number one occupation
Is stealing womens from their other men
Well, Im a wanted man in Texas, busted jail and Im gone for good
Wanted man in Texas, busted jail and Im gone for good
Sheriff couldnt catch me
But his little girl sure wished she would
Sure she would
Doctor call me crazy, some says I am, some says I aint
Doctor call me crazy, some says I am, some says I aint
Preacher man call me a sinner, but his little girl call me a saint
Couple shots of whiskey, women round here start looking
Couple shots of whiskey, those Jersey fillies start looking
Couple more shots of whiskey, Im going down to Minglewood
Minglewood
Well, its T for Texas, yeah, and its T for Timbuktu
T for Texas, yes, and its T for Timbuktu
Its T right here in Jersey, where little girls know what to do
What to do
I was born in a desert, I was raised in a lions den
Born in a desert, I was raised in a lions den
Well, my number one occupation
Is stealing womens from their other men
Can I do it, do it again?
Well, my number one occupation
Is stealing womens from their other men |
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 |
Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble
Ancient footprints are everywhere
You can almost think that youre seein double
On a cold dark night on the Spanish Stairs
Gotta hurry on back to my hotel room
Where Ive got me a date with Botticellis niece
She promised that shed be there with me
When I paint my masterpiece
Oh, the hours Ive spent inside the Colosseum
Dodging lions and wastin time
Oh, those mighty kings of the jungle
I could hardly stand to see em
Well, it sure has been a long hard climb
Train wheels rollin through the back of my memory
When I ran on the hilltop following a pack of wild geese
Someday, life will be sweet like a rhapsody
When I paint my masterpiece
I left Rome, landed in Brussels
On a flight so bumpy that I almost cried
Clergymen in uniform, young girls pullin muscles
They cheered, happy when I got right
Newspapermen eating candy
Had to be held down by big police
Someday, everything gonna be different
When I paint my masterpiece
Someday, everything gonna be different
When I paint my masterpiece
When I paint my masterpiece |
Fare you well, my honey
Fare you well, my only true one
All the birds that were singing
Have flown except you alone
Im gonna leave this brokedown palace
On my hands and my knees, I will roll, roll, roll
Make myself 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 sing me
Sing me sweet and sleepy
Sing me 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 lеft home
Going home, going home, by the riverside I will rest my bones
Listen to the river sing sweet songs, to rock my soul
Im gonna 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
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
Im gonna listen to the river sing sweet songs, to rock my soul |
Long distance runner, what you standin there for?
Caught in slow motion in a fall to the floor
Flame from your stage spread to the 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, we all gotta еat
Youre here alonе, theres no one to compete
If mercys in business, I give it for you
More than just ashes when your dreams come true
Whoa
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 slow motion in a fall to the floor
The flame from your stage has 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
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain! |
Na, na, na, na na na na, na na na na, hey Jude
Na, na, na, na na na na, na na na na, hey Jude
Na, na, na, na na na na, na na na na, hey Jude
Na, na, na, na na na na, na na na na, hey Jude
Na, na, na, na na na na, na na na na, hey, hey Jude
Na, na, na, na na na na, na na na na
Na, na, na, na na na na, na na na na, hey Jude |
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
The sun will shine in my back door someday
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 the 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, gonе
I know you, rider, gonna miss me when Im gonе, gone, gone
Gonna miss your baby, from rolling in your arms |
My time coming, any day
Dont worry about me, no
Been so long I felt this way
I aint in no hurry, no
Rainbows end down that highway
Where ocean breezes blow
My time coming, voices say
And they tell me where Ill go
Dont worry bout me
No, no, dont worry bout me, no
I aint in no hurry
No, no, cause I know where to go
California
Preaching on the burning shore
California
Knocking on the golden door
Like an angel
Standing in a shaft of light
Rising up to paradise
You know Im gonna shine, shine
My time coming, any day
Dont worry about me, no
Been so long I felt this way
I aint in no hurry, no
Been so long I felt this way
Now time sure passing slow
Still I know I lead the way, them voices tell me so
Dont worry about me
No, no, dont worry about me, no
I aint in no hurry
No, no, cause I know where to go
California
A prophet on the burning shore
California
Knock, knocking on the golden door
Like an angel
Standing in a shaft of light
Rising up to paradise
You know Im gonna shine, shine
Youve all been asleep, you would not believe me
Them voices telling me, telling me you will soon receive me
Shine on the beach, sea will part before me
You will follow me and we will rise up to glory
And Ill call down thunder and speak the same
My work fills the sky with flame
Might and glory gonna be my name
People will light my way, hey
My time coming, any day
Dont worry bout me, no
Been so long I felt this way
I aint in no hurry, no
This afternoon, shes in red
I watched the car explode
Still I know I lead the way
Them voices tell me so
Dont worry about me
No, no, dont worry about me, no
I aint in no hurry
No, no, cause I know where to go
Dont worry about me
No, no, dont worry about me, no
I aint in no hurry
No, no, I know, I know, I, know, know
No, no, dont worry about me, no, no
I, said no, no, dont worry about me, no
No, no, no, dont worry about me, no
The voices still know what theyre saying
They tell me where Ill go
They say Ill lead the way, hey, hey
Cause I know where to go
Ooh, no, no
Ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Tell you no, no, dont worry about me, no, no
I said no, no, dont worry about me, no, no
Tell you no, no, dont worry about me, no, no, no, no
Dont worry about me, no
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no |
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
Lazy lightning
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
Come on, let me see your lightning
And its frightening now
Youre a loop of lazy lightning, woo
Lazy lightning
They 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
My lightning too
Youre a loop of lazy lightning
Loop of lazy lightning
My lightning too
Possibilities are frightening
My lightning too
Come on, come on, lazy lightning
My lightning too
My lightning too
My lightning too
My lightning too
My lightning too
Hey, my lightning too
My lightning too
My lightning too
My lightning too
Hey |
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 on now 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 peoplе passing by all 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 bе 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 on Johnny B. Goode
Go, go Johnny go, go; go Johnny go, go
Go Johnny go, go; go Johnny go, go
Go, go on Johnny B. Goode
Thank you |
Annie laid her head down in the roses
She had ribbons, ribbons, ribbons in her long brown hair
I dont know, maybe it was the roses
All I know is I could not leave her there
I dont know, it must have been the roses
The roses or the ribbons in her long brown hair
I dont know, maybe it was the roses
All I know, I could not leave her there
Ten years the waves rolled the ships home from the sea
Thinking well how it may blow in all good company
If I tell another what your own lips told to mе
Let me lay neath thе roses, let my eyes no longer see
I dont know, it must have been the roses
The roses or the ribbons in her long brown hair
I dont know, maybe it was the roses
All I know, I could not leave her there
One pane of glass in the window
No one is complaining though
Come in and shut the door
Faded is the crimson from the ribbons that she wore
And its strange how no one comes round anymore
I dont know, it must have been the roses
The roses or the ribbons in her long brown hair
I dont know, maybe it was the roses
All I know, I could not leave her there
Annie laid her head down in the roses
She had ribbons, ribbons, ribbons in her long brown hair
I dont know, maybe it was the roses
All I know is I could not leave her there
I dont know, it must have been the roses
The roses or the ribbons in her long brown hair
I dont know, maybe it was the roses
All I know, I could not leave her there
Alright, folks, now its time for Americas favorite fun game, Step Back. Now, when I say the word, everybody take a step back. Okay, is everybody ready? Okay, let go. Step back, and take another step back, and take another step back, and take another step back, and take another step back. Now, doesnt everybody feel better? |
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
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
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 |
We can share the women, we can share the wine
We can share what we got of yours cause we done shared all of mine
Keep on rollin, just a mile to go
Keep on rollin my old buddy, youre movin much too slow
I just jumped the watchman, right outside the fence
Took his rings, four bucks in change, aint that Heaven sent?
Hurts my ears to listen, Shannon, it burns my eyes to see
Cut down a man in cold blood, Shannon, it might as wellve been me
We used to play for silver, now we play for life
Ones for sport and ones for blood at thе point of a knife
Now the die is shakеn, now the die must fall
There aint no winner in this game, he dont go home with all
With all
Leavin Texas, fourth day of July
Sun so hot, the clouds so low, the eagles filled the sky
Catch the Detroit Lightning out of Santa Fe
The Great Northern out of Cheyenne, from sea to shining sea
Gotta go to Tulsa, first train we can ride
Gotta settle one old score, one small point of pride
Aint a place a man can hide, will keep him from the sun
Aint a bed can give us rest now, you keep us on the run
Jack Straw from Wichita
Cut his buddy down
Dug for him a shallow grave
And laid his body down
Half a mile from Tucson
By the morning light
One man gone and another to go
My old buddy, youre moving much too slow
We can share the women, we can share the wine
I feel constrained to explain to you that whats happening is all of a sudden we just hit a whole bunch of humidity with our instruments and theyre reacting to it and going out of tune with regularity |
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 they 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 |
Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waiting for a train
Feeling nearly faded as my jeans
Bobby flagged a diesel down, just before it rained
Took us all the way to New Orleans
I took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna
I was blowing sad while Bobby sang the blues
With them windshield wipers slapping time, Bobby clapping hands
We pined to sing every song that driver knew
Freedoms just another word for nothing left to do
Nothing aint worth nothing, but its free
Feeling good was easy, Lord, when Bobby sang the blues
Feeling good was good enough for me
Good enough for me and Bobby McGee
From the coal mines of Kentucky to the California sun
Bobby sharеd the secrets of my soul
Standing right bеside me, Lord, through everything Ive done
Bobbys body kept me from the cold
Then somewhere near Salinas, Lord, I let her slip away
Looking for that home I hope she finds
And Id trade all my tomorrows for one single yesterday
Holding Bobbys body close to mine
Freedoms just another word for nothing left to lose
Nothing was all she left for me
Feeling good was easy, Lord, when Bobby sang the blues
Feeling good was good enough for me
Good enough for me and Bobby McGee
Lelela, lelelala, lelela, lelela, laleleha, laleleha, lalala
Leleleheee, lalala, leleleheee, lalala, leleleha, leleleha
Lala, lala, lala
Freedoms just another word for nothing left to lose
Nothing aint worth nothing, but its free
Feeling good was easy, Lord, when Bobby sang the blues
Feeling good was good enough for me
Good enough for me and Bobby McGee
Hey now now |
I was born in a desert, raised in a lions den
I was born in a desert, raised in a lions den
My number one occupation
Is stealing women from their men
If youre ever in Memphis
Yeah, take a walk by Minglewood
If youre ever in Memphis
Yeah, take a walk by Minglewood
Hey now, take a walk downtown there
Where all the women sure look good
Wow
Well, if you cant believe me
Wеll, it make it hard to believе in you
Well, if you cant believe me
Make it hard to believe in you
Hey, cause we all need each other
Why? Oh, you know its true
Ah, I was born in a desert, raised in a lions den
And I was born in a desert, raised in a lions den
And my number one occupation
Is stealing women from their men
Wow
Wow, I was born in a desert, raised in a lions den
Yeah, I was born in a desert, wow, raised in a lions den
Yeah, my number one occupation
Is stealing women from their men |
Cant hear the guitars, man
If you go down to Deep Elem to have a little fun
Have your ten dollars when the policemen come
Whoa, sweet mama, your daddys got them Deep Elem blues
Whoa, whoa, sweet mama, your daddys got them Deep Elem blues
Once I had a girlfriend, she meant the world to me
Went down to Deep Elem, now she aint what she used to be
Whoa, sweet mama, your daddys got them Deep Elem blues
Whoa, sweet mama, your daddys got them Deep Elem blues
If you go down to Deep Elem with your money in your shoes
The women in Deep Elem got thеm Deep Elem blues
Whoa, sweet mama, your daddys got them Deep Elеm blues
Whoa, sweet mama, your daddys got them Deep Elem blues
Well, once I knew a preacher, preached the Bible through-and-through
He went down to Deep Elem, now his preachin days are through
Whoa, sweet mama, your daddys got them Deep Elem blues
Whoa, sweet mama, your daddys got them Deep Elem blues
Go down to Deep Elem to have a little fun
Have your ten dollars ready when the old policemen come
Whoa, sweet mama, your daddys got them Deep Elem blues
Whoa, sweet mama, your daddys got them Deep Elem blues
Whoa, sweet mama, your daddys got them Deep Elem blues |
We can share the women, we can share the wine
We can share what we got of yours cause we done shared all of mine
Keep on rollin, just a mile to go
Keep on rollin my old buddy, youre movin much too slow
I just jumped the watchman, right outside the fence
Took his rings, four bucks in change, aint that Heaven sent?
Hurts my ears to listen, and it burns my eyes to see
Cut down a man in cold blood, Shannon, might as wellve been me
We used to play for silver, now we play for life
Ones for sport and ones for blood at the point of a knife
Now the die is shaken, now the die must fall
One man gone and another to go
Why, oh, do do do
Leavin Texas, fourth day of July
Sun so hot, the clouds so low, the eagles filled the sky
Catch the Detroit Lightning out of Santa Fe
The Great Northern out of Cheyenne, from sea to shining sea
Gotta go to Tulsa, first train we can ride
Gotta settle one old score, one small point of pride
Aint a place a man can hide, Shannon, will keep him from the sun
Aint a bed can give us rest now, you keep us on the run
Jack Straw from Wichita
Cut his buddy down
Dug for him a shallow grave
And laid his body down
Half a mile from Tucson
By the morning light
Theres one man gone and another to go
My old buddy, youre moving much too slow
We can share the women, we can share the wine |
Woo, well, dizzy aint the word for the way that youre making me feel now
Help me, yall
Well, I need some indication, good Lord, if this is real now
Got to tell me, girl, now
Well, Ive heard it said theres something wrong with in head now
Got to help me, girl
Could it be infatuation or am I just being misled now?
Little bolt of inspiration
Way you strike me now
Its sparking my imagination
Bolt of lightning now
Cause me such excitation
Well, you got me now
Little bolt of inspiration
Way you strike me now
Woo! |
Reaching to the mountain, I was drinking some wine
Looked up into heaven, Lord, I saw a mighty sign
Writ in fire across the heaven, plain as black and white
Get prepared, theres gonna be a party tonight
Uh-huh, woo, Saturday night, crazy night
Uh-huh, one more Saturday night now
Woo, Saturday night
Everybodys dancing down the local armory
With a basement full of dynamite and live artillery
The temperature keeps rising, everybody getting high
Come the rocking stroke of midnight, the place is gonna fly
Uh-huh, ah, Saturday night! Crazy, crazy night
Uh-huh, one more Saturday night now
Uh-huh, ow, Saturday night!
Turn on my TV, the Prеsident comes on the nеws
Says, I get no satisfaction, thats why I sing the blues
His wife say Dont get crazy, Lord, you know just what to do
Crank up that old Victrola, take out your rocking shoes
Uh-huh, hey now, Saturday night! Alright
Uh-huh, one more Saturday night now
Ow, Saturday night!
Then God way up in heaven, for whatever it was worth
Thought Hed have a big old party, thought hed call it Planet Earth
Dont worry about tomorrow, Lord, youll know it when it come
When the rock and roll music meets the rising, shining sun
Uh-huh, woo, Saturday night now
Uh-huh, one more Saturday night now
Saturday night!
Easy now
Hanging on a Saturday night
Hanging on a Saturday night
Everybody get down
Hanging on a Saturday night
One more Saturday, one more Saturday night
Hanging on a Saturday night
Hanging on a Saturday night
OW!
Hanging on a Saturday night
One more Saturday, one more Saturday night
Hanging on a Saturday night
Hanging on a Saturday night
OW!
Hanging on a Saturday night
One more Saturday, one more Saturday night |
My time coming, any old day now
Dont worry about me, no
Been so long I felt this way now
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 Ill go
Dont worry bout me
No, no, dont worry bout me, no
And Im in no hurry
No, 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 old day now
Dont worry about me, no
Its going to be just like they say
Them voices tell me so
Been so long I felt this way now
But Im in no hurry, no
Cause I know I lead the way now
And theyll tell me where I go
Dont worry bout me
No, no, dont worry about me, no
And 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
Shine 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
And might and glory gonna be my name
And people will light my way
My time coming, any old day now
Dont worry bout me, no
Its gonna be just like they say now
Them voices tell me so
This afternoon, streets turned gray now
And I watch the fire below
My time coming, any old day now
Dont worry bout me, no
Dont worry about me
No, no, dont worry about me, no
And Im in no hurry
No, no, no, I know where Ill go
Dont worry about me
No, no, dont worry about me, no
And Im in no hurry
No, no, no, I know where Ill 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, no, no |
Well, the joint was jumping, going around and around
Hey, reeling and a-rocking, what a crazy sound
Well, no, they never stopped rocking til the moon went down
Well, it sounds so sweet now, I had to take a chance
Rose out of my seat now, cause I had to dance
Started moving my feet now, well, yes, and clapping my hands
No, they never stopped rocking, going around and around
Hey, reeling and a-rocking, what a crazy sound
You know they never stopped rocking, oh no, til the moon went down
Well, at twelve oclock now, oh, the place was packed
The front doors was locked now, I said the place was packed
But whеn the police knocked now, thеm old doors they flew back
No, they never stopped rocking, going around and around
Hey, reeling and a-rocking, what a crazy sound
You know they never stopped rocking, oh no, until the moon went down
The big ol moon went down now
Well, it sounds so sweet now, I had to take a chance
Rose out of my seat now, cause I had to dance
Started moving my feet now, while clapping my hands
You know they never stopped rocking, going around and around
Ow, reeling and a-rocking, what a crazy sound
You know they never stopped rocking, oh no, til the moon went down
You know they never stopped rocking, going around and around now
Woo, and reeling and a-rocking, what a crazy sound now
You know they never stopped rocking til the moon went down now
You know they never stopped rocking, going around and around
Oh, reeling and a-rocking, what a crazy sound
You know they never stopped rocking til the moon went down now
You know they never stopped rocking, going around and around
Oh, reeling and a-rocking, what a crazy sound
You know they never stopped rocking til the moon went down now
You know they never stopped rocking, going around and around
Oh, reeling and a-rocking, what a crazy sound
Ooh, they never stopped rocking, no
You know they never stopped rocking, going around and around
Oh, reeling and a-rocking, what a crazy sound
You know they never stopped rocking til the moon went down now
You know they never stopped rocking, going around and around
Oh, reeling and a-rocking, what a crazy sound
You know they never stopped rocking til the moon went down now
You know they never stopped rocking, going around and around now
Oh, reeling and a-rocking, what a crazy sound
Well, no, they never stopped rocking til the moon went down now
You know they never stopped rocking, going around and around
Oh, reeling and a-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 a-rocking, what a crazy sound
You know they never stopped rocking til the moon went down
Thank you |
We can share the women, we can share the wine
We can share what we got of yours cause we done shared all of mine
Keep on rollin, just a mile to go
Keep on rollin my old buddy, youre movin much too slow
I just jumped the watchman, right outside the fence
Took his rings, four bucks in change, aint that Heaven sent?
Hurts my ears to listen, and it burns my eyes to see
Cut down a man in cold blood, Shannon, might as wellve been me
We used to play for silver, now we play for life
Ones for sport and ones for blood at the point of a knife
Now the die is shaken, now the die must fall
There aint a winner in the game, he dont go home with all
Not with all
Leavin Texas, fourth day of July
Sun so hot, the clouds so low, the eagles filled the sky
Catch the Detroit Lightning out of Santa Fe
The Great Northern out of Cheyenne, from sea to shining sea
Gotta go to Tulsa, first train we can ride
Gotta settle one old score, one small point of pride
Aint a place a man can hide, Shannon, will keep him from the sun
Aint a bed can give us rest now, you keep us on the run
Jack Straw from Wichita
Cut his buddy down
Dug for him a shallow grave
And laid his body down
Half a mile from Tucson
By the morning light
Theres one man gone and another to go
My old buddy, youre moving much too slow
We can share the women, we can share the wine |
I was born in a desert, raised in a lions den
I was born in a desert, raised in a lions den
This is my number one occupation
Is stealing women from other men
Well, Im a wanted man in Texas, busted jail and Im gone for good
Im a wanted man in Texas, busted jail and Im gone for good
See, the sheriff couldnt catch me
But his little girl sure wished she would
Easy now
Well now, the doctor call me crazy, sometimes I am, sometimes I aint
Said the doctor call me crazy, sometimes I am, sometimеs I aint
See, the preacher man call mе a sinner, but his little girl call me a saint
Well, I was born in a desert, raised in a lions den
Said I was born in a desert, raised in a lions den
Said my number one occupation
Is stealing women from other men
Said I was born in a desert, raised in a lions den
Said I was born in a desert, raised in a lions den
See, my number one occupation
Is stealing women from their men
Said my number one occupation
Is stealing women from their men |
Rat in a drain ditch, caught on a limb
You know better but I know him
Like I told you, what I said
Steal your face right off your head
Now, hes gone, now hes gone, Lord, hes gone
Hes gone, like a steam locomotive
Rolling down the track, hes gone, hes gone
And nothins going to bring him back, hes gone
Nine mile skid on a ten mile ride
Hot as a pistol but cool inside
Cat on a tin roof, dogs in a pile
Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile
Going where the wind dont blow so strange
Maybe off on some high cold mountain chain
Lost one round but the price wasnt anything
A knife in the back and more of the same
Same old, rat in a drain ditch, caught on a limb
You know better but I know him
Like I told you, what I said
Steal your face right off your head
Ne
Like a steam locomotive
Rolling down the track, hes gone, hes gone
And nothings going to bring him back, hes gone
Ooh, nothings going to bring him back |
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 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
And you know that notion
Just crossed my mind |
Some folks trust to reason
Others trust to might
I dont trust to nothing
But i know it come out right
Say it once again now
Oh i hope you understand
When it’s 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 look to see the sights
I can tell your future
Look whats in your hand
But i cant stop for nothing
I’m 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
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 |
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 leonardo
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 |
I want to tell you how its going to be
Youre going to give your love to me
I want to love you night and day
You know our love will not fade away
You know our love will not fade away
Not fade away
My love is bigger than a Cadillac
I try to show you but you drive me back
Your love for me has got to be real
Youre going to know just how I feel
Our love is real, will not fade away
Not fade away |
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 can’t walk you out in the morning dew today
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?
There’s no need for you to be worrying about all those people
You never see those people anyway
I thought I hеard a young man mourn this morning
Thought I heard a young man mourn today
I thought I heard a young man mourn this morning
I cant walk you out in the morning dеw 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
Thank you. Were making adjustments as you can see. Donna Jean wont be with us on this tour as her condition has regressed to the point where it’s probably not too advisable that she ride around on airplanes and the like |
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
Well, 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 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 thе land
Playing
Playing in the band
Daybreak
Daybreak on thе land
Playing
Like a wave upon the sand
Daybreak
While Im playing in the band
Thank you. Were gonna take a short break and well be back in a few minutes, so everybody hang loose |
Hello? Hello? Brought with hassles, ah, these arent, ha. This ain’t on, now it is. Boogie, boogie, boogie
Well, I married me a wife
Shes been trouble all my life
Run me out in the cold rain and snow
Rain and snow
Run me out in the cold rain and snow
Well, shes coming down the stairs
Combing back her yellow hair
And I don’t wanna be treated this a-way
This a-way
And I dont wanna be treated this a-way
Well, she went up to her room
And she sang a fateful tune
And Im going where those chilly winds dont blow
Winds dont blow
And Im going where those chilly winds dont blow
Well, I married me a wife
Shes been trouble all my life
Run me out in the cold rain and snow
Rain and snow
Run me out in the cold rain and snow
Run me out in the cold rain and snow
Run me out in the cold rain and snow
Run me out in the cold rain and snow
Run me out in the cold rain and snow
Run me out in the cold rain and snow
Oh, run me out in the cold rain and snow |
When they come to take you down
When they bring that wagon round
When they come to call on you
And drag your poor body down
Just one thing I ask of you, just one thing for me
Please forget you knew my name, my darling Sugaree
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them that you know me
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them that you know me
You thought you was the cool fool
Never could do no wrong
You had everything sewn up tight
How come you lay awake all night long?
Just one thing I ask of you, just one thing for me
Please forget you knew my name, my darling Sugaree
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them that you know me
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them that you know me
You know in spite of all you gained
You still have to stand out in the pouring rain
One last voice is calling you
And I guess its time you go
Just one thing I ask of you, its just one thing for me
Please forget you knew my name, my darling Sugaree
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them that you know me
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them that you know me
Shake it up now, Sugaree
Ill meet you at the Jubilee
And if that Jubilee dont come
Maybe Ill meet you on the run
Just one thing I ask of you, just one thing for me
Please forget you knew my name, my darling Sugaree
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them that you know me
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them that you know me
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them that you know me
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them that you know me |
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 the bus to Never Ever Land
Coming, coming, coming around
Coming around
Coming , coming , coming around
Coming around |
Old man down
Way down down, down by the docks of the city
Blind and dirty
Asked me for a dime, a dime for a cup of coffee
I got no dime but I got some time to hear his story
My name is August West, and I love my Pearly Baker best, more than my wine
More than my wine
More than my maker, though hes no friend of mine
Everyone said
Id come to no good, I knew I would, Pearly, believe them
Half of my life
I spent doing time for some other fuckers crime
The othеr half found me stumbling around drunk on burgundy wine
But Ill get back on my feet somеday
The good Lord willing, if He says I may
I know that the life Im livings no good
Ill get a new start, live the life I should
Ill get up and fly away
Ill get up and fly away, fly away
Pearlys been true
True to me, true to my dying day, he said
I said to him
I said to him, I knew he has been
I said to him, Im sure shes been true to you
I got up and wandered
I wandered downtown, nowhere to go but just to hang around
Ive got a girl
Named Bonnie Lee, I know that girls been true to me
I know shes been, Im sure shes been true to me |
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, 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
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 |
Oh, the ragman draws circles
Up and down the block
Id ask him what the matter was
But I know that he dont talk
And the ladies treat me kindly
And they furnish me with tape
But deep inside my heart
I know I cant escape
Oh, Mama
Can this really be the end?
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
Well, Shakespeare, hes in the alley
With his pointed shoes and his bells
Speaking to some French girl
Who says she knows me wеll
And I would send a message
To find out if shеs talked
But the post office has been stolen
And the mailbox is locked
Oh, Mama
Can this really be the end?
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
Mona tried to tell me
To stay away from the train line
She said that all the railroad men
Just drink up your blood like wine
And I said, Oh, I didnt know that
But then again, theres only one Ive met
And he just smoked my eyelids
And punched my cigarette
Oh, Mama
Can this really be the end?
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
Grandpa died last week
And now hes buried in the rocks
Now everybody still laughs about
How badly they were shocked
But me, I expected it to happen
I knew hed lost control
When hed build a fire on Main Street
And shot it full of holes
Oh, Mama
Can this really be the end?
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
Now the senator came down here
Showing everyone his gun
Handing out free tickets
To the wedding of his son
And me, I nearly got busted
And wouldnt it be my luck
To get caught without a ticket
And be discovered beneath a truck?
Oh, Mama
Is this really the end?
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
Now the tea preacher looked so baffled
When I asked him why he dressed
With twenty pounds of headlines
Stapled to his chest
But he cursed me when I proved to him
Then I whispered, said, Not even you can hide
You see, youre just like me
I hope youre satisfied
Oh, Mama
Can this really be the end?
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
Now the rainman gave me two cures
Then he said, Jump right in
The first was Texas medicine
The second was just railroad gin
And like a fool I mixed them
And it strangled up my mind
Now people just get uglier
And I have no sense of time
Oh, Mama
Can this really be the end?
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
Now when Ruthie says come see her
In her honky-tonk lagoon
Where I can watch her waltz for free
Neath her Panamanian moon
And I say, Aw, come on now
You know you know about my debutante
And she says, Your debutante just knows what you need
But I know what you want
Oh, Mama
Can this really be the end?
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
Now the bricks lay on Grand Street
Where the neon madmen climb
They all fall there so perfectly
It all seems so well timed
And here I sit so patiently
Trying to find out what price
You have to pay to get out of
Going through all these things twice
Oh, Mama
Can this be the end?
To be stuck here inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
Oh, Mama
Can this really be the end?
To be stuck here inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again |
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 a 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 the river has taught her
Let it flow, let it flow, wide and clеar
Round and round, the cut of the plow in the furrowеd field
Seasons round, the bushels of corn and the barley meal
Broken ground, open and beckoning to the spring
Black dirt live again, live again
The plowman is broad as the back of the land he is 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 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
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 made since the world began
Nothing more, the love of the women, work of man
Seasons round, creatures great and small, up and down, as we rise and fall
As we rise and fall
What shall we say or shall we call it by name?
As well to count the angels dancing on a pin
Water bright as the sky from which it came
Well the name is on the earth that takes it in
Will not speak but stand inside the rain
And listen to the thunder shout
I am, I am, I am, I am |
Long distance runner, what you standin there for?
Get up, get out, get out of the door
Youre 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
A whole pail of water just to cool him down
Fire, fire on the mountain
Fire, fire on the mountain
Fire, fire on the mountain
Fire, fire on the mountain
Almost ablaze still you dont feel the heat
It takes all you got just to stay on the beat
You say its a livin, we all gotta eat
But youre here alone, theres no one to compete
If mercys a business, I wish it for you
More than just ashes when your dreams come true
Fire, fire on the mountain
Fire, fire on the mountain
Fire, fire on the mountain
Fire, fire on the mountain
Long distance runner, what you holdin out for?
Caught in slow motion in a dash for the door
The flame from your stage has now spread to the floor
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
Fire, fire on the mountain
Fire, fire on the mountain
Fire, fire on the mountain
Fire, fire on the mountain
Fire, fire on the mountain
Fire, fire on the mountain
Fire, fire, fire on the mountain
Fire, fire, fire on the mountain |
Merry run around, sailing 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
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 the 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
Lord, you can see that its true
Lord, you can see that its true
Its nothing, they explain, its like a diesel train
You better not be there when it rolls over
When that train pulls in, you wont know where its been
You gotta 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
Lord, you can see that its true
Lord, you can see that its true |
One, two, three
Now, baby used to stay out all night long
Made me cry, Lord, she done me wrong
Hurt my eyes open, baby, thats no lie
Tables turnin, now its her turn to cry
Cause I used to love her, but its all over now
Yes, and I used to love her, but its all over now
Well, I used to wake up in the morning, get my breakfast in bed
When I got worried, Lord, she eased my achin head
But now shes here and there with еvery man in town
Was still tryin to take me for that samе old clown
Cause I used to love her, but its all over now
Yes, and I used to love her, but its all over now , yeah
Well, she used to run around with every man in town
Spend all my money, Lord, out playing her high class game
Put me out, it was a pity how I cried
Tables turnin, now its her turn to cry
Cause I used to love her, but its all over now
Yes, and I used to love her, but its all over now
My baby used to stay out all night long
Made me cry, Lord, she done me wrong
Hurt my eyes open, baby, thats no lie
Tables turnin, now its her turn to cry
Cause I used to love her, but its all over now
Yes, and I used to love her, but its all over now
Yes, and I used to love her, but its all over now
Yes, and I used to love her, but its all over now |
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
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
And brave the storm to come
For it surely looks like rain
Did you ever waken to the sound of street cats making love?
Youd guess from their cries you were 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, I have gotten used to havin you around
My landscape would be empty if you were gone
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
Yes, brave the storm to come, cause it looks like rain
Whole worlds turning gray, here comes the rain
Ooh, here comes the rain
Here comes the rain
Cause it looks like rain and it feels like rain, Lord
Here comes the rain
Cause it looks like rain and it feels like rain, Lord
Here comes the rain
Said it looks like rain and it feels like rain, Lord
Here comes the rain
Said it looks like rain and it feels like rain, Lord
Here comes the rain
Brave the storm to come
Cause it looks like rain and it feels like rain, Lord
Here comes the rain
Said it looks like rain and it feels like rain, Lord
Here comes the rain |
The wheel is turning and you cant slow down
You cant let go and you cant hold on
You cant go back and you cant stand still
If the thunder dont get you then the lightning will
Wont you try just a little bit harder
Couldnt you try just a little bit more?
Wont you try just a little bit harder
Couldnt you try just a little bit more?
Round, round robin run around
Gotta get back to where you belong
Little bit harder, just a little bit more
A little bit further than you gone before
The wheel is turning and you cant slow down
You cant let go and you cant hold on
You cant go back and you cant stand still
If the thunder dont get you then the lightning will
Small wheel turn by the fire and rod
Big wheel turn by the grace of God
Every time that wheel turn round
Bound to cover just a little more ground
Bound to cover just a little more ground
The wheel is turning and you cant slow down
You cant let go and you cant hold on
You cant go back and you cant stand still
If the thunder dont get you then the lightning will
Wont you try just a little bit harder
Couldnt you try just a little bit more?
Wont you try just a little bit harder
Couldnt you try just a little bit more? |
Truckin, got my chips cashed in
Keep truckin, like the do-dah man
Together, more or less in line
Just keep truckin on
See 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, oh no
Most of the cats you meet on the street speak of true love
Most of the time theyre sittin and cryin at home
And one of these days they know they better get goin
Out of the door and down on the street 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, no, no
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
Now, hat in the world ever became of sweet Jane?
Shes lost her sparkle, you know she isnt the same
Living 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
You 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 bet 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 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
Ah, get back truckin on
Hey now, get back truckin on
Ah, get back truckin on
Ah now, get back truckin on |