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As I was walkin round Grosvenor Square Not a chill to the winter but a nip to the air From the other direction, she was calling my eye It could be an illusion, but I might as well try, might as well try She had rings on her fingers and bells on her shoes I knew without askin she was into the blues She wore scarlet begonias tucked into her curls I knew right away she was not like other girls, other girls In the heat of the evening when the dealing got rough Was too pat to open and too cool to bluff I picked up my matches, was closing the door Had one of those flashes Id been there before, been there before Well, I aint often right but Ive never been wrong It seldom turns out the way it does in this song Once in a while you can get shown the light In the strangest of places if you look at it right There aint nothing wrong with the way she moves Scarlet begonias or a touch of the blues Theres nothing wrong with the look thats in her eyes I had to learn the hard way, to let her pass by, let her pass by Wind in the willows playin Tea for Two The sky was yellow and the sun was blue Strangers stopping strangers just to shake their hand Everybodys playing in the heart of gold band, heart of gold band
I see some good times, I gotta get to ring that bell I gotta see some good times Sometimes you make up for when Im not feeling well It must be due to some great times Cause right now I feel like hell Never trust a woman who wears her pants too tight She might love you tomorrow, but shell be gone tomorrow night Come tomorrow Ill get my pay to leave this town She dont really love me Aint no reason to stick around
Maybe you like to give a kiss so sweet Only for one night you belong to me Maybe you go away and drive a car But the taste of wine is worse than none at all In that case I dont want no part That would only break my heart Well, if you feel like loving me and if you got the notion I second that emotion Maybe you think that love would tie you down You aint got the time to hang around Maybe you think that love would make you a fool So it makes you wise to break the rule In that case I dont want no part That would only break my heart Well, if you feel like loving me and if you got that notion I second that emotion Well, if you feel like giving me a lifetime of devotion I second that emotion
Cold iron shackles, ball and chain Listen to the whistle of the evenin 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, do 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 Got a letter this morning, baby all it read 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, baby, under the bed Then you 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 Fog Blacked my eye and he kicked my dog My doggie turned to me and he said Lets head back to Tennessee Jed I woke up a felin mean Went down to play the slot machine The wheels turned around, and the letters read You better head back to Tennessee Jed
Gone are the days when the ox fall down Take up the yoke and plow the fields around Gone are the days when the ladies said Please Gentle Jack Jones, wont you come to me Brown-eyed women and red grenadine The bottle was dusty, but the liquor was clean Sound of the thunder with the rain pourin down And it looks like the old mans gettin on 1920 when he stepped to the bar Drank to the dregs of the whiskey jar 1930 when the wall caved in He made his way selling red-eyed gin Brown-eyed women and red grenadine The bottle was dusty, but the liquor was clean Sound of the thunder with the rain pourin down And it looks like the old mans gettin on Delilah Jones was the mother of twins Two times over, and the rest were sins Raised eight boys, only I turned bad Didnt get the lickins that the other ones had Brown-eyed women and red grenadine The bottle was dusty, but the liquor was clean Sound of the thunder with the rain pourin down And it looks like the old mans gettin on Tumble down shack on Big Foot county Snowed so hard that the roof caved in Delilah Jones went to meet her God And the old man never was the same again Daddy made whiskey and he made it well Cost two dollars and it burned like hell I cut hickory just to fire the still Drink down a bottle and be ready to kill Brown-eyed women and red grenadine The bottle was dusty, but the liquor was clean Sound of the thunder with the rain pourin down And it looks like the old mans gettin on Gone are the days when the ox fall down Take up the yoke and plow the fields around Gone are the days when the ladies said Please Gentle Jack Jones, wont you come to me? Brown-eyed women and red grenadine The bottle was dusty, but the liquor was clean Sound of the thunder with the rain pourin down And it looks like the old mans gettin on And it looks like the old mans gettin on
He was, he was a friend of mine He was, he was a friend of mine Now hes dead and gone This morning my best friend was sleeping in his bed His face like a jewel and he was dead He liked to play games or push me on a swing Or push me on a merry-go-round, so round and round
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 Woah-ho 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 Woah-ho what I want to know Will you come with me? God damn, 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 Woah-ho 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-ho 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-ho 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 Duh-duh-duh-duh-duh Songwriters: Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter
I was born in a desert, raised in a lions den I was born in a desert, raised in a lions den And my number one occupation is stealing women from their men Well Im a wanted man in Texas, busted jail and Im gone for good Well Im a wanted man in Texas, busted jail and Im gone for good Well the sheriff couldnt catch me But his little girl sure wished she would Yes and the doctor call me crazy, some says I am some says I aint Yes and the doctor call me crazy, some says I am some says I aint The preacher man call me a sinner, but his little girl call me a saint Well a couple of shots of whiskey, women round here start lookin good Well a couple of shots of whiskey, women round here start lookin good Couple more shots of whiskey, Im goin back to Minglewood
Hey, hey little one so far from home and so alone Hey, hey little one Im just like you Im lonely too The road we ride is a long, long road when you are all alone But I found you and I found our love, a love Ive never known Hey, hey little one dont go away, tell me youll stay Tell me, tell me, tell me youll stay
Tell Automatic Slim Tell Razor Totin Jim Tell Butcher Knife Totin Annie Tell Fast Talkin Fanny Tonight were gonna pitch a ball Down to that union hall Gonna romp and tromp till midnight Were gonna fuss and fight till daylight Were gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long Tell Poodle Ill tell him here Tell Albert Ill see him near Tell old Pistol Pete Everybody gonna meet Tonight we need no rest Were really gonna throw a mess Were gonna break out all the windows Gonna kick down all the doors Were gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long Tell Fats and Washboard Sam That everybodys gonna jam Just shake it Boxcar Joe We got sawdust on the floor Tell Chicken Head Till I Die Were gonna have a time When the fish head fills the air Be skunk juice everywhere Were gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long
Went down last night to take a look around Met little Sadie and I blew her down, went right home, went to bed Forty-four colt smokes under my head And I began to think what a deed Id done Grabbed my hat and away I run, made a good run, but a little too slow They overtook me in Jericho Im standin on the corner ringin the bell Along came the sheriff from Thomasville Says Young man, your names Brown Remember the night you blew Sadie down? Oh, yes sir, my name is Lee I murdered little Sadie in the first degree First degree and the second degree Got any papers wont you read em to me They took me downtown all dressed in black Put me on the train and sent me back Sent me back to the county jail, I had nobody to go for my bail The judge and the jury they took the stand The judge hold the paper in his right hand Forty-one days, forty-one nights Forty-one years to wear the ball and stripes
The other day they waited, the sky was dark and faded Solemnly they stated, He has to die, you know he has to die. All the children learnin, from books that they were burnin Every leaf was turnin, to watch him die, you know he had to die The summer sun looked down on him His mother could but frown on him And all the other sound on him He had to die, you know he had to die
Could have been a spoonful of coffee Could have been a spoonful of tea Just a little spoon of your precious love is good enough for me Man lies about that, man cries about that Man dies about that, spoonful, spoonful, spoonful Could have been a spoonful of water Spread out on the desert sand Just a little spoon fortifies, save you from another man Man lies about that, man cries about that Even dies about that, spoonful, spoonful, spoonful Could have been a spoonful of diamonds Could have been a spoonful of gold Just a little spoon of your precious love to satisfy my soul Everybodys talking about spoonful Spoonful, spoonful, spoonful Everybodys fighting about spoonful
Oh, I know there is no place you can go to And I know you dont know anyone at all So come walking in the sun with me my little one And remember that the only time is now Oh well, strange is the story your eyes tell me And quiet all the few words that you say So come and hold my hand, for you see, Id understand And remember that the only time is now Oh, I come to you a ragged laughing stranger And you come to me an angel of the night So Ill dance and we will sing, for it doesnt mean a thing To remember that the only time is now So forget about your yesterdays of sorrow And forget about the darkness you have seen For theres only you and me at the edge of an endless sea And remember that the only time is now
Out here in the fields I fight for my meals I get my back into my living I dont need to fight To prove Im right I dont need to be forgiven Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Dont cry Dont raise your eye Its only teenage wasteland Sally, take my hand Travel south cross land Put out the fire Dont look past my shoulder The exodus is here The happy ones are near Lets get together Before we get much older Teenage wasteland Its only teenage wasteland Teenage wasteland Its only teenage wasteland Theyre all wasted
Take my hand and run with me out of the past called yesterday And walk with me into the future on to tomorrow Yesterday my sweetful life rolled again back no matter what There is nothing left but memories that bring sorrows Yesterday is gone but tomorrow is forever No more cryin and memories find their way back Tomorrows waiting lets journey there together Yesterday is gone but tomorrow is forever I care no for yesterday, I love you as you are today We must forget the passing time My love for you is the real kind of love that wont hurt you forever Yesterday is over. tomorrow is forever
I was born in a flatland, USA and all my dreams led me to L.A Another chase of rags to riches, I learned to throw some fancy pitches I found out what aint and which is just exactly cool, well all right Heaven help the fool, heaven help the fool Got a place in Malibu like you never seen Picking out your lady friend from Penthouse magazine You oughta see the chrome gleam on my Mercedes all shiny and new Hey, Im the Jack of Diamonds, the boy with all the clues Not a pretty vanity . Glorified insanity Ooh, Im a hyper-supervisor, fast driver, star driver Heaven help the fool, professional gimme-fiver, heaven help the fool Anything you could want to be you can buy, even get it free Make yourself a smoother dancer, fill your head with answers Never a backward glancer, its you who makes the rules Heaven help the fool, heaven help the fool No, no, never a backward glancer, , heaven help the fool I meet alot of pentagram, heart of the star You can trade your soul for an electric guitar Ooh, not a pretty vanity . Glorified insanity And when they offer golden apples, are you sure youll refuse? Heaven help the fool, are you sure youll refuse it? Heaven help the fool Its like a deaf man dancing or a blind man shooting pool Heaven help the fool, heaven help the fool
Well, up in the evening down in Mobile, Alabama Working on the railroad with the steel driving hammer Gotta make some money to buy some brand new shoes Trying to find somebody to take away these blues She dont love me hear them singing in the sun Paydays coming and my work is all done Well, later in the evening when the sun is sinking low All day Ive been waiting for the whistle to blow Sitting in a teepee built right on the tracks Rolling them bones until the foreman comes back Pick up your belongings, boys, and scatter about Got an off-schedule train comin two miles about Well, everybodys scrambling and running around Picking up their money, tearing the teepee down Foreman was a panic, bout to go insane Trying to get the workers out the way of the train Engineer blowing the whistle loud and long Cant stop the train, we gotta let it roll on
Sugar magnolia, blossoms blooming Heads all empty and I dont care Saw my baby down by the river Knew shed have to come up soon for air Sweet blossom come on under the willow We can have high times if you abide We can discover the wonders of nature Rolling in the rushes down by the riverside Shes got everything delightful Shes got everything I need Takes the wheel when Im seeing double Pays my ticket when I speed She comes skimmin through rays of violet She can wade in a drop of dew She dont come and I dont follow Waits backstage while I sing to you She can dance a Cajun rhythm Jump like a willys in four wheel drive Shes my summer love for spring, fall and winter She can make happy any man alive Sugar magnolia, ringing that bluebell Or caught up in sunlight, now come on out singing Ill walk you in the sunshine, ooh Come on honey, come along with me Shes got everything delightful Shes got everything I need A breeze in the pines and the sun and bright moonlight Lazing in the sunlight, yes indeed Sometimes when the cuckoos crying When the moon is halfway down Sometimes when the night is dying I take me out and I wander round I wander round Sunshine daydream, walk you in the tall trees Going where the wind goes Blooming like a red rose Now come on over sweety face Ride our singin, Ill walk you in the morning sunshine Sunshine daydream, sunshine daydream Sleeping through your daydream Sunshine daydream, come along and daydream Sunshine daydream, waiting in a cold stream Going where the wind goes Going, going where the wind goes They never gonna miss us Ill catch you in the morning sunshine Sunshine daydream, sunshine daydream Ooh, sweet morning dew Ooh, come along and daydream A sweet magnolia daydream Sunshine daydream Ooh, sunshine daydream Ooh, sweet morning daydream
Aint it just like the night to play tricks When youre tryin to be so quiet? We sit here stranded, though were all doin our best to deny it And Louise holds a handful of rain temptin you to defy it Lights flicker from the opposite loft In this room the heat pipes just cough The country music station plays soft But theres nothing, really nothing, to turn off Just Louise and her lover so entwined And these visions of Johanna that conquer my mind In the empty lot where the ladies play Blindmans bluff with the key chain And the all-night girls they whisper of escapades out on the D train We can hear the night watchman click his flashlight Ask himself if its him or them thats really insane But Louise shes all right, shes just near Shes delicate and seems like the mirror But she just makes it all too concise and too clear That Johannas not here The ghost of lectricity howls in the bones of her face Where these visions of Johanna have now taken my place Now, little boy lost, he takes himself so seriously He brags of his misery, he likes to live dangerously And when bringing her name up he speaks of her farewell kiss to me Hes sure got a lot of gall to be so useless and all Muttering small talk at the wall while Im in the hall Oh, how can I explain? Its so hard to get on And these visions of Johanna, they kept me up past the dawn Inside the museums Infinity goes up on trial Voices echo this is what salvation must be like after a while But even Mona Lisa must have had the highway blues You can tell by the way she smiles See the primitive wallflower freeze When the jelly-faced women all sneeze Hear the one with the mustache say Jeeze, I cant find my knees. Jewels and binoculars hag from the head of the mule But these visions of Johanna they make it all seem so cruel The peddler now speaks to the countess whos pretending to care for him Saying Name me someone thats not a parasite and Ill go out And say a prayer for him. But like Louise always says Ya cant look at much can ya man? As she, herself, prepares for him And Madonna she still has not showed We see this empty cage now corrode Where her cape of the stage once had flowed The fiddler, he now steps to the road He writes evrythings been returned which was owed On the back of the fish truck that loads While my conscience explodes The harmonicas play the skeleton keys and the rain And these visions of Johanna are now all that remain
I walked 47 miles of barbed wire I got a cobra snake for a necktie Got a house down by the roadside Made out of rattlesnake hide Come on, child, take a walk with me And tell me who do you love?
It was a paradise for lizards when young Brigham saw it first He said Ive seen some nasty deserts, lord, but this one heres the worst Then the lord called down to Brigham, said I got a great idea -- I want a mighty city and I think I want it here Salt Lake City that town of righteousness and fame Salt Lake City dont sound like much but hell, whats in a name Nobody ever sings about it But lord I be goin there just the same Salt Lake City where its so easy keepin straight Salt Lake City just really makes Des Moines look second-rate Aint makin no big deal about it But I hear the Mormon girls are really great Salt Lake City hey dig that Tabernacle choir Salt Lake City yea they be bound to take you higher There just aint no two ways about it Yes lord, they really light fire Well, Brigham kicked a prairie dog and muttered in his beard Said youve put me through some changes, lord, but this ones really weird The lord just laughed at Brigham, said youd better get to work -- The next time I check in here, I want paradise on earth Salt Lake City where Brigham made the desert bloom Salt Lake City put a color TV in every room And they got them crazy Mormon chicks Yes Ill be goin there real soon Salt Lake City hey feel that magic in the air ...
This must be heaven, tonight I cross the line You must be the angel, I though I might never find Was it you I heard singing, Oh while I was chasin dreams Driven by the wind, like the dust that blows around And the rain fallin down, but I never know Got to be heaven, cause heres where the rainbow ends If this aint the real thing, then its close enough to pretend When that wind blows, when the nights about to fall You can hear the silence call, its a certain sort of sound Like the rain fallin down Holes in whats left of my reason, holes in the knees of my blues Odds against me been increasin, but Ill pull through I never could read no road map, I dont know what the weather might do But when that rich wind whines and I see the dark star shine I got a feeling theres no time to lose, no time to lose Never know now, just dont never know, no Well its been heaven, but even the rainbows will end Now my sails are fillin and the wind is willin And Im as good as gone again Im still walkin, so Im sure that I can dance Just a Saint of Circumstance, just a tiger in a trance And the rain fallin down, well, you never know, just dont know Listen, sure dont know what I going for, but Im gonna go for it for sure...
Just a little more love is all I need Early in the morning, in the evening, in the afternoon Just more as the day is long, yeah I need a little love, Lordy Aint no warning way to tell me no, and you know I wont Aint no business of turnin out Aint no ways to cut it loose Aint no way to get around it I gotta sigh, every time you dont wanna give me your love When you got it, when you want it and you need it, thats all you got to do Sometimes, I wanna little love Sometimes, a little affection All I said, settle in my relation All I need, all I need, a little bit of love in the morning and the afternoon A little bit of love in the morning and the afternoon A little bit of love in the morning and the afternoon now child Thats all your daddy needs, a dime and just a little bit of time I got to have some of your love, I got to have some of your love And that be a question sometime, let me ask a question, mama How do you do? Baby, how do you do? Baby, how do you do? Baby, how do you do now now? Baby, how do you do? I want them seats all night long, make herself a little bit of money When you get back home, you gotta expect some little honey And if I dont get none, I just get a little bit nasty, yes I do Know I do, know I do...in the evening time Never get her next until about a quarter to nine in the morning when the day is old Something I got to have, Lord, I got have it in the morning Yes, I just need a bit of good ol love Im gon walk on down the street, yes I can Walking down the street one day, I done seen my partner I said, Hey, man, how you doin? I said, Im just doing fine on a corner He said, Guess what, man? Im a businessman now I said, What? You a businessman? What kinda business yall in? He said, Well, you name it and I got it. I said, Do you sell used cars? He said, Well, not too used. I said, Do you sell dope? He said, What you want? I said, Are you a refrigerator repair service man? He said, Well, you got a refrigerator? I said, No, I was just asking. He said, Whatever you want its what you get Told me, told me anything you want, you can have it I said, Well, listen, man, Im kinda lonesome. He said, Is that all? I said, Well, you know, things are getting kinda tight Me and my old lady had a falling out, you understand. Getting kinda lonely. He said, Well, listen, how much bread yall got? I said, Well, about a dollar a quarter He said, Brother, dollar and a quarter? Well, maybe, I dont know, maybe I could fix you up with something. I said, Anything is good, man, anything thats wet and wiggles, Ill take it. So he said, Alright, man, listen, look down on the corner, see that girl I said, Who? He said, See that girl down on the corner. I said, Thats a girl? Look more like a Jersey cow. He said, Well, you aint got more than a dollar and a quarter, what do you want? So I went down on the corner, all I could give her, and things was getting pretty good... Like I was saying, everything was getting pretty good now She might not be too good looking, but she sure had good old cooking Kept on cooking in the morning for a long while So I ask her, please mama, one more time, ask her, please mama, just one more time I said now jump on your wagon and ride now, let me jump on your wagon and ride Let me jump on your wagon and ride now, let me jump on your wagon and ride Let me jump, let me jump, let me jump now baby Let me jump on your wagon and ride on Let me jump, jump, jump on your wagon and ride little mama Let me jump, jump, jump on your wagon and ride now Tell you what I was doing, the reason I was down on the street that day Me and my other old lady had a falling out And I knew that I needed something, couldnt get along without it Went down and got me some riding and it aint no doubt about it I was feeling so bad Asked my family doctor about what I had I say, Doctor, Doctor, Mister M.D., Can you tell me , whats ailing me? And he said, Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah All I need, all I need: good lovin What I need, yeah Early in the morning, baby Late in the evening one more time Let me tell you, come on baby, squeeze me tight Dont you want your daddy just to be alright? Baby, baby, thats for sure Ive got the fever , you got the cure And she said, Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah All I need, all I need, ow What I need Early in the morning, baby Late in the evening one more time Give it to me Thank you
Blue light rain, unbroken chain Looking for familiar faces in an empty window pane Listening for the secret, searching for the sound But I could only hear the preacher and the baying of his hounds Willow sky, I walk and wonder why They say love your brother, but you will get it if you try Roll you down the line, boy, drop you for a loss Ride you down on a cold railroad and nail you to a cross November and more, as I wait for the score They tell me forgiveness is the key to every door A slow winter day, a night like forever Sink like a stone, float like a feather (This here is the instrumental The short length of the pause between the parts of this rhythm is correct) Lilac rain, unbroken chain Song of the sawhet owl Oh, out on the mountain, itll drive you insane Listening to the wind howl Unbroken chain of sorrow and pearls Unbroken chain of the sea Unbroken chain of the western wind Unbroken chain of you and me Um, let me hear that, let me hear the whole thing, would ya? Just through the phones...
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, is 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 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, is 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 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, is 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 If that Jubilee dont come Maybe Ill meet you on the run Just one thing I ask of you, is 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 That old sun is making our instruments get mighty strange So theyre gonna be out of tune for a little while
The judge decreed it The clerk he wrote it Clerk he wrote it down indeed-y Judge decreed it Clerk he wrote it down Give you this jail sentence Youll be Nashville bound Some got six months Some got one solid Some got one solid year indeed-y Some got six months Some got one solid, yeah But me and my buddies all got lifetime here I wrote a letter, I mailed in the... Mailed it in the air indeed-y I wrote a letter, I mailed in the air You may know by that Ive got a friend somewhere
On the day that I was born, daddy sat down and cried I had the mark just as plain as day which could not be denied They say that Cain caught Abel rolling loaded dice Ace of spades behind his ear and him not thinking twice Half-step Mississippi Uptown Toodleloo Hello baby, Im gone, goodbye Half a cup of rock and rye Farewell to you old southern sky 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 I lost my boots in transit babe, a pile of smoking leather Nailed a retread to my feet and prayed for better weather Half-step Mississippi Uptown Toodleloo Hello baby, Im gone, good-bye Half a cup of rock and rye Farewell to you old southern sky Im on my way, on my way They say that when your ship comes in the first man takes the sails The second takes the after deck, the third the planks and rails Whats the point to calling shots this cue aint straight in line Cue balls made of Styrofoam and no ones got the time Half-step Mississippi Uptown Toodleloo Hello baby, Im gone, goodbye Half a cup of rock and rye Farewell to you old southern sky Im on my way, on my way Across the Rio Grand-eo Across the lazy river Across the Rio Grand-eo Across the lazy river
The joint was jumping on the corner down on Honky Tonk Street All of a sudden up pulled a Cadillac and out stepped a can named Pete A diamond on every finger, he wore he wore a tailor made suit Black cigar, he wore a Stetson hat He wore a pair on cowboy boots Busted on through the door mad as he could be Dont mess around, Ill cut you down cause my name is Big Boy Pete The music stopped, there wasnt a sound Up in the corner stood Bad Man Brown He smiled and grinned, he said you know my friend Take two steps further Im going kick you in the hide Forty-Five keep it alive, seven bullets on my side Brown pulled a knife, jumped on Pete Fought from the counter right on out to the street They swung from the north, swung from the south Pete got the blackjack out Brown went out his mind, yes he did, now we deeply see If youre ever down on the corner, down on Honky Tonk Street Dont mess around hell cut you down Take a lesson from Big Boy Pete
Wave that flag, pop the bag Rock the boat, skin the goat Trap the rat, bell the cat Ball the jack, chew the fat Shoot the breeze, lose the keys Feed the poor, starve the war Read the signs, connect the lines Pay your fines, save your dime Wave that flag, wave it wide and high Summertime done come and gone, my oh my Eat at Daves, read the raves Hides in caves, walk on waves Pull the tooth, stretch the truth Catch the fix, get your kicks Play it next, pick up sticks Trim your wick, try your tricks Impress the chicks Wave that flag, wave it wide and high Summertime done come and gone, my oh my Wash the fence, dig the den Live in shame, die in vain Catch the flu, burn the stew Shinin shoes, sing the 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 My oh my oh my oh my oh my Summertime done come and gone, my oh my
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 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, one foot at the door Caught in slow motion, fall to the floor Drown in laughter and drew to the door You gave all you had, why you wanna give more? The more 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! Fire! Fire on the mountain! Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Without a warning you broke my heart You took it, darlin and you tore it apart You left me sitting in the dark, crying You said, your love for me was dying Im begging you, baby, baby, please Im begging you baby, baby, please Turn on the light, let it shine on me Turn on your love light, let it shine on me Let it shine, shine, shine, let it shine And I wanna know, I get a little lonely in the middle of the night I need you, darlin, to make things alright Come on, baby, come on, please Come on, baby, baby, please Turn on the light, let it shine on me on your love light, let it shine on me A little bit higher, a little bit higher Just a little bit higher, a little bit higher A little bit higher Come on, baby, come on, please Im begging you, baby, Im down on my knees Turn on the light, let it shine on me Turn on your love light, let it shine on me I feel alright, I feel alright I feel alright, I feel alright, baby, let it shine
Get in the groove and let the good times roll Were gonna stay here until we soothe our soul If it takes all night long Come on and let the good times roll Were gonna stay here til we soothe our soul If it takes all night long The evening sun is sinking low The clock on the wall says its time to go But I got my plans and I got plans for you Ill tell you exactly what were all gonna do Get in the groove and let the good times roll Were gonna stay here til we soothe our soul If it takes all night long Come on and let the good times roll Were gonna stay here til we soothe our soul If it takes all night long Listen, it might be twelve oclock and it might be three Time doesnt mean that much to me Aint felt this way since I dont know when Might not Dont when Im gonna feel this way again Get in the groove and let the good times roll Were gonna stay here til we soothe our soul If it takes all night long Come on and let the good times roll Were gonna stay here til we soothe our soul If it takes all night long It might be six oclock and it might be eight It dont matter that its getting late Were gonna make the band play one more song Get in the groove if it takes all night long Get in the groove and let the good times roll Were gonna stay here til we soothe our soul If it takes all night long Come on and let the good times roll Were gonna stay here til we soothe our soul If it takes all night long All night All night If it takes all night long All night long All night long Oh, oh All night long All night, all night long, baby All night long All night long Were gonna get it Were gonna, were gonna get it All night long All night long All night long All night long All night long All night long All night long All night long All night long Listen Get in the groove and let the good times roll Were gonna stay here til we soothe our soul If it takes all night long
St. Stephen Saint Stephen with a rose In and out of the garden he goes Country garland in the wind and the rain Wherever he goes the people all complain Stephen prospered in his time Well he may and he may decline Did it matter, does it now? Stephen would answer if he only knew how Wishing well with a golden bell Bucket hanging clear to hell Hell halfway twixt now and then Stephen fill it up and lower down and lower down again Lady finger, dipped in moonlight Writing What for? across the morning sky Sunlight splatters, dawn with answer Darkness shrugs and bids the day goodbye Speeding arrow, sharp and narrow What a lot of fleeting matters you have spurned Several seasons with their treasons Wrapped the babe in scarlet covers, call it your own Did he doubt or did he try? Answers aplenty in the bye and bye Talk about your plenty, talk about your ills One man gathers what another man spills Saint Stephen will remain, all hes lost he shall regain Seashore walk by the suds and the foam Been there so long, hes got to calling it home Fortune comes a calling, calliope woman Spinning that curious sense of your own Can you answer, Yes I can? But what would be the answer to the answer-man? High green chilly winds and windy vines In loops around the twisted shafts of lavender, theyre crawling to the Sun Underfoot the ground is patched With arms of ivy wrapped around the manzanita, stark and shiny in the Breeze Wonder who will water all the children of the garden When they sigh about the barren lack of rain and droop so hungry neath The sky William Tell has stretched his bow til it wont stretch No furthermore and/or it may require a change that hasnt come before
How sweet it is to be loved by you How sweet it is to be loved by you I needed the shelter of someones arms and there you were With sweet love and devotion gently touching my emotion I want to stop - to thank you baby How sweet it is to be loved by you How sweet it is to be loved by you Open my eyes at night I wonder what I would be without you in my life Everything was just a bore All the things Ive done you know Ive done them before But you brightened up all of my days With your love so sweet and in so may ways I want to stop - to thank you baby How sweet it is to be loved by you How sweet it is to be loved by you Sweeter than the honey from the bees, baby
Im gonna wait till the midnight hour Thats when my love comes a-tumbling down Im gonna wait till the midnight hour When theres nobody else around Im gonna take you girl and hold you Do all the things I told you In the midnight hour Yes I am Im gonna wait till the stars come out And twinkle in your eyes Im gonna wait till the midnight hour That when my love begins to shine Cause youre the only girl I know That can really love me so In the midnight hour
In the early morning rain with a dollar in my hand With an aching in my heart and my pockets full of sand Im a long way from home and i miss my loved one so In the early morning rain with no place to go Out on runway number nine big 707 set to go But im stuck here on the grass where the cold winds they do blow And where whiskey was and bars and the women they were fine There she goes my friend, she rolling down at last Here the mighty engines roar, see the silver bird on high Shes away and westward bound, far above the clouds shell fly There the morning rain dont fall and the sun always shines Shell be flying over my home in about three hours time This old airports got me down it aint no earthy good to me Because im stuck here on the ground, cold and drunk as i can be You cant hop a jet plane like you can a railroad train So id best be on my way in the early morning rain
Babys back all dressed in black. Silver buttons all down her back High ho tip the toes, she broke the needle now she cant sew Walking the dog, Im just a walking the dog If you dont know how to do it, Ill show you how to walk that dog Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow With silver bells and cockle shells and pretty maids all in a row I asked my mother for fifteen cents, I see her ever I jump the fence I jumped the sky I touched the sky, never come down till the fourth of July
Theres a garden, what a garden Only happy faces bloom there And theres never any room there For a worry or a gloom there Oh theres music and theres dancing And a lot of sweet romancing When they play the polka They all get in the swing Every time they hear that oom-pa-pa Everybody feels so tra-la-la They want to throw their cares away They all go lah-de-ah-de-ay Then they hear a rumble on the floor, the floor Its the big surprise theyre waiting for And all the couples form a ring For miles around youll hear them sing Roll out the barrel, well have a barrel of fun Roll out the barrel, weve got the blues on the run Zing boom tararrel, ring out a song of good cheer Nows the time to roll the barrel, for the gangs all here Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da Then they hear a rumble on the floor-or-or-or Its the big surprise theyre waiting for And all the couples they form a ring For miles around youll hear them sing Drree mopado theedo da-da-da-da Roll it out, roll it out, roll out the barrel Da-da-da da-da da-da da-da-da-da-da Sing a song of good cheer Cause the whole gang is here Roll it out, roll it out Lets do the beer barrel polka
Dancin, dancin, dancin in the streets Dancin, dancin, dancin in the streets Calling out Dancin, dancin, dancin in the streets Dancin, dancin, dancin in the streets Calling out around the world Are you ready for a brand new beat? Summers here and the time is right For dancing in the street Theyre dancing in Chicago Down in New Orleans In New York City All we need is music, sweet music Therell be music everywhere Therell be laughing and singing, music swinging Dancing in the streets It doesnt matter what you wear Just as long as you are there So come on, every guy, grab a girl Everywhere around the world Dancin, dancin, dancin in the streets Dancin, dancin, dancin in the streets This is an invitation across the nation A chance for folks to meet Therell be swinging and swaying, music playing Dancing in the streets Philadelphia, P.A Baltimore and D.C. now Cant forget that Motor City All we need is music, sweet music Therell be music everywhere Therell be laughing and singing, and music swinging Dancing in the streets It doesnt matter what you wear Just as long as you are there So come on, every guy, grab a girl Everywhere around the world Dancin, dancin, dancin in the streets Dancin, dancin, dancin in the streets Dancin, dancin, dancin in the streets Dancin, dancin, dancin in the streets It doesnt matter what you wear Just as long as you are there So come on, every guy, grab a girl Everywhere around the world Dancin, dancin, dancin in the streets Dancin, dancin, dancin in the streets Dancin, dancin, dancin in the streets Dancin, dancin, dancin in the streets Dancin, dancin, dancin in the streets Dancin, dancin, dancin in the streets Dancin, dancin, dancin in the streets Dancin, dancin, dancin in the streets Dancin, dancin, dancin in the streets Dancin, dancin, dancin in the streets Dancin, dancin, dancin in the streets Dancin, dancin, dancin in the streets Dancin, dancin, dancin in the streets Dancin, dancin, dancin in the streets Dancin, dancin, dancin in the streets Dancin, dancin, dancin in the streets Dancin, dancin, dancin in the streets Dancin, dancin, dancin in the streets Were gonna take a short break, well be right back
I drank sixteen doubles for the price of one Trying to find the courage to talk to one I asked her for a dance Not a second glance My night had just begun Well I drink to the father and the holy ghost Im kneeling at the alter of my nightly post So Ill raise a glass, not the first nor last Come join me in this toast Because the old black rums got a hold on me Like a dog wrapped round my leg And the old black rums got a hold on me Will I live for another day? Hey, Will I live for another day? Well the queen of George street just went walking on by Walking on by with some guy who dont care That she stood in line Since half past nine And spent three hours on her hair Well her friend is looking at me with an evil grin I think the bloody racket might soon begin I must have said some thing To the George street queen The boys are joining in! So I drank all of my money And I slept out in the rain Everyday is different but the nights theyre all the same You never see the sun on the old black rum But I know Im gonna do it again! 2x
Out of all the reindeer you know youre the mastermind Run, run Rudolph, Randalphs not too far behind Run, run Rudolph, Santas got to make it to town Randalph he can hurry, he can take the freeway down And away went Rudolph a whizzing like a merry-go-round Said Santa to a boy child What have you been longing for? All I want for Christmas is a Rock and Roll electric guitar And away went Rudolph a whizzing like a shooting star Run, run Rudolph, Santas got to make it to town Cant you make him hurry, tell him he can take the freeway down And away went Rudolph a whizzing like a merry-go-round Said Santa to a girl child What would you like most to get? I want a little baby doll that can cry, scream and wet And away went Rudolph a whizzing like a Saber jet Run, run Rudolph, run, run Rudolph, a running like a son-of-a-gun
Well shes little and shes low, right down on the ground Well the way she acts makes a rabbit huddle round Shes mine, well shes mine little and low crippled and shes blind Everybodys laughin where I go cause Im leading my old lady Down the road, but shes mine Well shes mine little and low poor child crippled and blind Shes my baby crippled and blind Shes still my girl, shes mine
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 that it should have been, anyway Baby, whos to say that it even matters in the long run Give it just a minute And it will blow away, blow away You fancy me to be the master of your feelings You barely bruise me with your looks to kill Though 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 that it should have been, anyway Baby, whos to say that it even matters in the long run Give it just a minute And it will blow away Your case against me is so very clearly stated I plead no contest, I just turn and I shrug Ive come to figure all importance overestimated You must mean water when you get on your knees and beg me for blood Baby, whos to say it should have been different now that its done Baby, whos to say that it should have been, anyway Baby, whos to say that it even matters in the long run Give it just a minute And it will blow away, itll blow away Like a feather in a whirlwind Just as surely, as surely as the world spins Oh, itll blow, itll blow, itll blow away Ooh, itll blow, give it just a minute, give it just a minute And itll blow away Give it just a, give it just a little minute now And watch it blow, watch it blow away Let it blow, let it blow away Watch it blow, watch it blow, watch it blow away Wait a minute... Give me just a little piece of your time, baby Give me just a little second now All Im asking for is just a little minute A minute til you listen, listen to, listen, listen to me close Come on, give me an ear Are you out there? Can you hear me? Let me know You want love, you want love You think you got love right here in your hand Youre holding on tight to You think you got love, you think you got love right here in your hand And its like you wanna put it inside you Its like you wanna put it deep inside you Its like you wanna keep love in your heart And the only way you know youll know to do is not to let it go Its like you think youre in a cage, its a jail cell Its like you dont think love can get past through ribs Its like you dont think love can get out Get away from you as long as you hold it inside But youre wrong The only thing you do is keep in that caged cell Keeping love out, keeping it out, keeping it away Youve gotta open up the door Youve gotta open up the door and let love in Let it come and go Do you wanna know love? Do you wanna know real love? Real love you dont hold inside Real love you can let go And itll come back, itll fly right back to you, yes it do Thats real love So help me out, help me out a minute Would you help me out? Sing it after me, I want real love Said I want real, real love I want real, real, real love I want real, real, real love, give me real love Real love, real, real, real, real love Okay, well be back in just a little bit
I told Althea I was feeling lost Lacking in some direction Althea told me upon scrutiny My back might need protection I told Althea that treachery Was tearing me limb from limb Althea told me: now cool down boy Settle back easy Jim You may be Saturdays child all grown Moving with a pinch of grace You may be a clown in the burying ground Or just another pretty face You may be the fate of Ophelia Sleeping and perchance to dream Honest to the point of recklessness Self centered to the extreme Aint nobody messing with you but you Your friends are getting most concerned Loose with the truth Maybe its your fire But baby I hope you dont get burned When the smoke has cleared, she said Thats what she said to me Youre going to want a bed to lay your head And a little sympathy There are things you can replace And others you cannot The time has come to weigh those things This space is getting hot You know this space is getting hot I told Althea Im a roving sign That I was born to be a bachelor Althea told me: Okay, thats fine And now Im out trying to catch her Cant talk to you without talking to me Were guilty of the same old thing Talking a lot about less and less And forgetting the love we bring
Theres mosquitoes on the river Fish are rising up like birds Its been hot for seven weeks now Too hot to even speak now Did you hear what I just heard? Say, it might have been a fiddle Or it could have been the wind But there seems to be a beat now I can feel it in my feet now Listen here it comes again Theres a band out on the highway Theyre high-stepping into town Its a rainbow full of sound Its fireworks, calliopes and clowns Everybodys dancing Come on children Come on children Come on clap your hands Sun went down in honey And the moon came up in wine You know stars were spinning dizzy Lord the band kept us so busy We forgot about the time Theyre a band beyond description Like Jehovahs favourite choir People joining hand in hand While the music plays the band Lord theyre setting us on fire Crazy rooster crowing midnight Balls of lightning roll along Old men sing about their dreams Women laugh and children scream And the band keeps playing on Keep on dancing through to daylight Greet the morning air with song No ones noticed but the bands all packed and gone Was it ever here at all? But they kept on dancing Come on children Come on children Come on clap your hands Well the cool breeze came on Tuesday And the corns a bumper crop And the fields are full of dancing Full of singing and romancing The music never stopped
Grateful Dead Miscellaneous Man Smart, Women Smarter Let us put men and women together, see which one is smarter Some say men, but I say no, women got the men like a puppet show It aint me its the people that say, men are leading women astray I say, its the women today, smarter than the men in every way Thats right the women are smarter, the women are smarted thats right Little boy sitting in the corner and cry, big man come and ask him why He said I cant do what the big boys do, the man sat down and he cried too It aint me its the people that say, men are leading women astray I say, its the women today, smarter than the men in every way Thats right the women are smarter, the women are smarted thats right Ever since the world began women been imitating the ways of men But listen cause Ive got a plan, give it up just dont try to understand It aint me its the people that say, men are leading women astray I say, its the women today, smarter than the men in every way Thats right the women are smarter, the women are smarted thats right
I told Althea I was feeling lost Lacking in some direction Althea told me upon scrutiny My back might need protection I told Althea that treachery Was tearing me limb from limb Althea told me: now cool down boy Settle back easy Jim You may be Saturdays child all grown Moving with a pinch of grace You may be a clown in the burying ground Or just another pretty face You may be the fate of Ophelia Sleeping and perchance to dream Honest to the point of recklessness Self centered to the extreme Aint nobody messing with you but you Your friends are getting most concerned Loose with the truth Maybe its your fire But baby I hope you dont get burned When the smoke has cleared, she said Thats what she said to me Youre going to want a bed to lay your head And a little sympathy There are things you can replace And others you cannot The time has come to weigh those things This space is getting hot You know this space is getting hot I told Althea Im a roving sign That I was born to be a bachelor Althea told me: Okay, thats fine And now Im out trying to catch her Cant talk to you without talking to me Were guilty of the same old thing Talking a lot about less and less And forgetting the love we bring
Pain in my heart Treatin me poor Where can my baby be? Lord, no one knows Pain in my heart Wont let me sleep Where can my baby be? Lord, where is she? And one day My days are gettin tough Wont you come back? Come back, come back, baby Lord Pain in my heart Wont let me be Oh, oh, oh, oh I wake up restless night in misery Lord Wont somebody stop this pain Lord, one day My days are gettin tough Wont you love me? Love me, love me, baby Pain in my heart Pain in my heart Somebody stop this Pain in my heart Its killin me, baby This pain in my heart Oh, oh, oh, oh Pain in my heart This pain in my heart
Well up in the evening down in Mobile, Alabama Working on the railroad with the steel driving hammer Gotta make some money to buy some brand new shoes Trying to find somebody to take away these blues She dont love me hear them singing in the sun Paydays coming and my work is all done Later in the evening when the sun is sinking low All day I been waiting for the whistle to blow Sitting in a tepee built right on the tracks Rolling them bones until the foreman comes back Pick up you belongings boys and scatter about Weve got an off-schedule train comin two miles about Everybodys trembling and running around Picking up their money, tearing the tepee down Foreman wants a penny about to go insane Trying to get the workers out the way of the train Engineer blowing the whistle loud and long Cant stop the train, gotta let it roll on
There is one kind favor I ask of you One kind favor I ask of you One kind favor I ask of you See that my grave is kept clean Have you ever heard a church bell tone? You ever hear a church bell tone? You ever hear a curchh bell tone? You know by then Im dead and gone Dig my grave with a silver spade Dig my grave with a silver spade Dig my grave with a silver spade Mark the place where I will lay There is one kind favor I ask of you One kind favor I ask of you One kind favor I ask of you See that my grave is kept clean
Up on the Blue Ridge mountain, there Ill take my stand Up on the Blue Ridge mountain, there Ill take my stand A rifle on my shoulder, six-shooter in my hand Lord, Lord, Ive been all around this world Lulu, my Lulu, come and open the door Lulu, my Lulu, come and open the door Before I have to walk on in with my old forty-four Lord, Ive been all around this world Mama and papa, little sister makes three Mama and papa, little sister makes three Theyre coming in the morning, thats the last youll see of me Lord, lord, Ive been all around this world Hang me, oh hang me, so Ill be dead and gone Hang me, oh hang me, so Ill be dead and gone I wouldnt mind your hanging boys, but you wait in jail so long Lord, Ive been all around this world Up on the Blue Ridge mountain, there Ill take my stand Up on the Blue Ridge mountain, there Ill take my stand A rifle on my shoulder, six-shooter in my hand Lord, Lord, Ive been all around this world Played by Jerry with the Grateful Dead, and with many of his solo partners, including John Kahn, David Grisman and the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band Jerry sings this verse on the 1970 Bears Choice version, but not on later versions ... but the waiting takes so long in some versions
1948, Xmas eve, with a full moon over town Stagger Lee shot Billy DeLions And he blew that poor boy down Do you know what he shot him for? What do you make of that? Cause Billy DeLions threw the lucky dice Won Stagger Lees Stetson hat Bayo, Bayo, tell me how can this be? You arrest the girls for turning tricks But youre scared of Stagger Lee Stagger Lee is a madman and he shot my Billy D Bayo go get him or give the job to me Delia DeLions, dear sweet Delia-D How the hell can I arrest him? Hes twice as big as me Well dont ask me to go downtown, I wont come back alive Not only is that mother big but he packs a .45 Bayo, Delia said, just give me a gun He shot my Billy dead now Im gonna see him hung She went into the DeLions club through Billy DeLions blood Stepped up to Stagger Lee at the bar Said, Buy me a gin fizz, love. As Stagger Lee lit a cigarette she shot him in the balls Blew the smoke off her revolver, had him dragged to city hall Bayo, Bayo, see you hang him high He shot my Billy dead and now hes got to die Delia went a walking down on Singapore Street A three-piece band on the corner played Near My God to Thee But Delia whistled a different tune, what tune could it be? The song that woman sung was Look Out Stagger Lee The song that Delia sung was Look Out Stagger Lee
If I had a gun for every ace Ive drawn I could arm a town the size of Abilene Dont you push me, baby, because Im moanin low You know Im only in it for the gold All that I am asking for is ten gold dollars And I could pay you back with one good hand You can look around about the wide world over And youll never find another honest man Last fair deal in the country Last fair deal in the town Put your gold money where your love is, baby Before you let my deal go down Dont you push me, baby, cause Im moanin low And I know a little something you wont ever know Dont you touch hard liquor, just a cup of cold coffee Gotta get up in the morning and go Everybodys braggin and drinkin that wine I can tell the Queen of Diamonds by the way she shines Come to daddy on an inside straight Well, Ive got no chance of losin this time Well, Ive got no chance of losin this time Well, Ive got no chance of losin this time Last fair deal in the country Last fair deal in the town Put your gold money where your love is, baby Before you let my deal go down, go down Everybodys braggin and drinkin that wine I can tell the Queen of Diamonds by the way she shines Come to daddy on an inside straight Well, Ive got no chance of losin this time Well, Ive got no chance of losin this time Well, Ive got no chance of losin this time
Well, before you begin, fellas, I would like to introduce the band Well, thank you, thats the nicest thing Ive heard today (Well, wed sure like to thank the Springfield Creamery for making it possible for us to play out here in front of all you folks here, and God and everybody This is really where we get off the best) Well, Im sure that these fellas are all familiar with you by now But in honor of this occasion here and the flats out here, first, Id like to go over to Bobby Weir -- Bob Weir, I should say, of course, its my age, on the rhythm and the pickin, and of course you know all his songs already. But I have a little something for you, Bob, from all us folks here in, yeah, Eugene, I get it -- okay, thats for when you sing the songs, the Texan songs, yeah, down in the da-da-da-da-da-da, thats for that. Well, I hate to say, personal problems over here, but we got evicted from our house in the middle of our walnut grove, and so this is the end of any of the walnuts well ever have again from Maple Isle, and Id like to present this to Phil Lesh, the bass player here. Oh yeah, now this is for, this is a nice little thing here, hes still working out good, I love the way he can do it all day long, hes steady and always has been -- were under attack here, some mysterious vibrations -- but this is for who weve always called Bill the Drummer, who is in love with these kinda things. Bill the Drummer. And now moving over here, ladies and gentlemen, to the fella here on what you would say your left and my right, the lead Garcia player -- no, the lead guitar player, Jerry Guitar -- no, Garcia. Okay now, weve got a couple more items here. Over here on the piano is a newer addition to The Grateful Dead that I met the last two scenes out and Ive enjoyed very much, and Im glad they traded Keith out, Keiths down here on the piano, just some lickety split, good old fingers on the move, hes gotta be down here, Keith Godchaux, Keith Godchaux, ladies and gentlemen. Okay, so then, weve run right through now, another new addition for you who havent seen The Dead here in Oregon for a while is Keiths young beautiful wife Donna who sings with the band. And I have something for you too Donna -- I dont know where you are. Okay, I got one more and then well begin, which is for the man who has come straight out of R.A., from Pendleton, Oregon, to go down and coordinate activities in the Bay Area with lifting equipment to the point where I gave him my bad back, now he takes it over, so Im gonna give him a present for that occasion. Im speaking of none other than Ram Rod
I know its wrong, the things I do The way that I mistreated you But I know, oh-oh, its a sin Its a sin My baby watched me from the side Then she hung her head and cried But I know, oh-oh, its a sin Its a sin My baby told me from the start She said darling, youre breaking my heart And I know, oh-oh, its a sin Its a sin My baby told me from the start She said darling, youre breaking my heart And I know, oh-oh, its a sin Its a sin
Empty pages before my eyes, you not deny or criticize Empty bedrooms where I paid my dues Watching the ceiling instead of you Can you tell me where youre goin, cant hold on to hear my song Ive got some songs Id love to sing Always bring down some other thing Where can I go my hands are broken It seems like your love is just a token, why wont you stay with me? Up in the morning and out the door She wont come in I gotta live alone Back in the evening with the darn poor fool out I got on mind just this gal, just this gal
Everybodys building the big ships and the boats Some are building monuments, others jotting down notes Everybodys in despair, every girl and boy But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here everybodys gonna jump for joy Come all without, come all within Youll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn Now I like to do just like the rest, I like my sugar sweet But guarding fumes and making haste, it aint my cup of meat Everybodys just standing around neath the trees Feeding pigeons on a limb But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here, all the pigeons gonna run to him Come all without, come all within Youll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn A cats meow and a cows moo, I cant recite em all Just tell me where it hurts and Ill tell you who to call Nobody can get any sleep, theres someone on everybodys toes But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here, everybodys gonna wanna doze Come all without, come all within Youll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn Come all without, come all within Youll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
Look for a while at the china cat sunflower Proud walking jingle in the midnight sun Copperdome bodhi drip a silver kimono Like a crazy quilt stargown through a dream night wind Krazy Kat peeking through a lace bandanna Like a one-eyed cheshire, like a diamond-eye jack A leaf of all colors plays a golden-string fiddle To a double-e waterfall over my back Comic book colors on a violin river crying a lot 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
Grateful Dead Terrapin Station Terrapin Part One Lady With a Fan/Terrapin Station/Terrapin/Terrapin Transit/At a Siding/Terrapin Flyer/Refrain Terrapin Station - Lady With a Fan Let my inspiration flow in token rhyme, suggesting rhythm That will not forsake you, till my tale is told and done While the firelights aglow, strange shadows from the flames will grow Till things weve never seen will seem familiar Shadows of a sailor, forming winds both foul and fair all swarm Down in Carlisle, he loved a lady many years ago Here beside him stands a man, a soldier from the looks of him Who came through many fights, but lost at love While the story teller speaks, a door within the fire creaks; Suddenly flies open, and a girl is standing there Eyes alight, with glowing hair, all that fancy paints as fair She takes her fan and throws it, in the lions den Which of you to gain me, tell, will risk uncertain pains of hell? I will not forgive you if you will not take the chance The sailor gave at least a try, the soldier being much too wise Strategy was his strength, and not disaster The sailor, coming out again, the lady fairly leapt at him Thats how it stands today. You decide if he was wise The story teller makes no choice. Soon you will not hear his voice His job is to shed light, and not to master Since the end is never told, we pay the teller off in gold In hopes he will return, but he cannot be bought or sold Terrapin Station Inspiration, move me brightly. Light the song with sense and color; Hold away despair, more than this I will not ask Faced with mysteries dark and vast, statements just seem vain at last Some rise, some fall, some climb, to get to Terrapin Counting stars by candlelight, all are dim but one is bright; The spiral light of Venus, rising first and shining best On, from the northwest corner, of a brand new crescent moon While crickets and cicadas sing, a rare and different tune Terrapin Station In the shadow of the moon, Terrapin Station And I know well get there soon, Terrapin Station I cant figure out, Terrapin, if its the end or beginning, Terrapin But the trains put its brakes on, Terrapin And the whistle is screaming, TERRAPIN Terrapin Station - At the Siding While you were gone, these faces filled with darkness The obvious was hidden. With nothing to believe in Sullen wings of fortune beat like rain Youre back in Terrapin for good or ill again, for good or ill again
I dont want your lonely mansion with a tear in every room All I wants the love youve promised beneath the halo moon But you think I should be happy with your money and your name Sit alone and hide my sorrows while you play your cheatin game Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine And I dare drown my sorrow in the warm glow of your mind You cant buy my love with money cause I aint never been that kind Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine
Nobodys fault but mine if I dont read my soul gets lost Nobodys fault but mine Had a Bible in my hand, had a Bible in my arm My mother she taught me how to read If I dont read my soul gets lost Nobodys fault but mine, nobodys fault but mine
Oh baby, whatcha gonna do Oh baby, whatcha gonna do Im sick and tired of foolin around with you Wake up in the mornin fix you somethin to eat fore I go to work I even brush your teeth Get home in the evenin and youre still in bed Got yourself a rag tied round youre head Oh baby, whatcha gonna do Im sick and tired of foolin around with you Im tellin you baby youd better change your ways Im tellin you baby I mean what I say Last time tellin you to stop that jive Gonna find yourself outside Oh baby, whatcha gonna do Im sick and tired of foolin around with you Last time tellin you baby youd better change your ways Last time tellin you baby I mean what I say Last time tellin you to stop that jive Gonna find yourself outside Oh baby, whatcha gonna do Im sick and tired of foolin around with you
Hey Mathilda, Mathilda, Mathilda She take my money and run, Venezuela Five hundred dollars friends I lost Poor man even sell my cab and horse Matilda, she take my money and run Venezuela Well the money was to buy my house and land Then she got a serious plan Well the money was just inside my bed Stuck up in the pillow beneath my head Well my friends never to love again All my money gone in vain
The old home town looks the same as I step off the train Meeting every train in my minds eye till the man in mail came Hair like gold, lips like cherry Its good to touch the green, green grass of home Green, green grass of home, green green grass of home Only dream I know of is to be found hair like gold, lips like a cherry Its good to touch the green, green grass of home Theyll all come to greet me, on the steps of my sweet dream Its good I dreamt the green, green grass of home I wait and look around me at the broken walls that surround me And out here I was on the ground Theres a garden in the path of progress unharmed through winters day break Then Ill touch the green, green grass of home Theyll all come to greet me from the chains of the old dark hollow The green, green grass of home Theyll all come to greet me on the steps, my sweet dream
Why I married me a bad girl, tell you the reason why Bad girls will even do things on the sly Look for your supper to be good and hot She never even put a stew bone in the pot Shes on the road again, sure as youre born Natural born easy on the road again Friend come by, say looking for his hat Wants to know where your husbands at I dont know, hes on his way to the pen Come on pretty mama, lets get on the road again Went to my house the front door was locked Went round to my window, but my window was locked Jumped right back, shook my head Big old rounder in my folding bed Jumped into the window, broke the glass Never seen that little rounder run so fast Come on pretty mama, lets get on the road again
I wrote a letter I mailed in the... Mailed it in the air indeed-e I wrote a letter, I mailed in the air You may know by that I have got a friend somewhere I wrote a letter I mailed in the... Mailed it in the air indeed-e I wrote a letter, I mailed in the air You may know by that I have got a friend somewhere
Jesse James and Frank James Billy the Kid and all the rest Supposed to be some bad cats Out in the West But when they dug me And my gangster ways They hung up their guns And made into their graves Cause Im a gangster of love Say, Im a gangster of love Oh, well now When I walk down the street All the girls that I meet Say: hes a gangster of love I robbed a local beauty contest For their first place winner They found her with me out in Hollywood Eating a big steak dinner They tried to get her to go back To pick up her prize She stood up and told them: You just dont realize, that hes a gangster of love And in the morning Gangster of love When I walk in to a bar Girls from... from near and far Say: hes a gangster of love I jump on my white horse Cadillac I ride across the border line I rope 65 girls I kiss them all the same time I take 25 or 30 I put em all on a freight A million dollar reward for me In each and every state Sheriff say Is you Johnny Guitar Watson? In a very deep voice And I say yes sir brother sheriff, and thats your wife on the back of my horse Cause Im a gangster of love Im a gangster of love When I walk down the street All the girls that I meet Say: hes a gangster of love
All I know is something like a bird Within her sang All I know she sang a little while And then flew on Tell me all that you know Ill show you Snow and rain If you hear that same sweet song again Will you know why? Anyone who sings a tune so sweet Is passing by Laugh in the sunshine Sing Cry in the dark Fly Through the night Dont cry now Dont you cry Dont you cry Anymore La-la-la-la Sleep In the stars Dont you cry Dry your eyes on the wind La-la-la-la La... All I know is something like a bird Within her sang All I know she sang a little while And then flew on Tell me all that you know Ill show you Snow and rain If you hear that same sweet song again Will you know why? Anyone who sings a tune so sweet Is passing by Laugh in the sunshine Sing Cry in the dark Fly Through the night Dont cry now Dont you cry Dont you cry Anymore La-la-la-la Sleep In the stars Dont you cry Dry your eyes on the wind La-la-la-la La, la...
I was born in a desert, I was raised in a lions den I was born in a desert, I was raised in a lion’s den Well, my number one occupation Is stealing women from other men Well, Im a wanted man in Texas, busted jail and Im gone for good I’m a wanted man in Texas, busted jail and Im gone for good Well, the sheriff couldnt catch me But his little girl sure wished she would Know she wish she would Well now, the doctor call me crazy, some says I am, some says I aint Said the doctor call me crazy, some says I am, some says I aint See, the preacher man call me a sinner, but his little girl call me a saint See, 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 other men See, I was born in a desert, raised in a lions den Said I was born in a desert, raised in a lion’s den See, my number one occupation Is stealing women from other men Well, my number one occupation Is stealing women from other men Hi...
Dont ease, dont ease, dont ease me in Ive been all night long coming home, dont ease me in I was walking down the street With a dollar in my hand I was looking for a woman Sweet mama didnt have no man Dont ease, dont ease, dont ease me in Ive been all night long coming home, dont ease me in The girl I love, shes sweet and true The dress she wears, sweet mama, its pink and blue She brings me coffee, she brings me tea She brings about every darn thing but the jailhouse key Dont ease, dont ease, dont ease me in Ive been all night long coming home, dont ease me in I was walking down Main Deep Elliman too You know all Gods women down there Got the Texas blues Dont ease, dont ease, dont ease me in Ive been all night long coming home, dont ease me in Dont ease, dont ease, dont ease me in Ive been all night long coming home, dont ease me in
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 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
Got a good reason for taking the easy way out Got a good reason for taking the easy way out now She was a day tripper, one way ticket yeah It took me so long to find out, and I found out Shes a big teaser, she took me half the way there Shes a big teaser, she took me half the way there now She was a day tripper, one way ticket yeah It took me so long to find out, and I found out Tried to please her, she only played one night stands Tried to please her, she only played one night stands now She was a day tripper, Sunday driver yeah It took me so long to find out, and I found out Say tripper, day tripper yeah
I wanna jump, but Im afraid Ill fall. I wanna holler, but the joints too small Young Man Rhythym got a hold on me too I got the Rockin Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu I wanna get in trouble, but that aint all I wanna kiss her, but the gals too tall I wanna scream, but that aint all. I wanna kiss her, but the gals too small I wanna scream, but no ones around. My babys loving, Lord, shes carrying on
Grateful Dead Miscellaneous New Speedway Boogie Fixed New Speedway Boogie ------------------- Please dont dominate the rap, Jack If youve got nothing new to say If you please, dont back up the track This trains got to run today I spent a little time on the mountain I spent a little time on the hill I heard some say Better run away Others say Better stand still Now I dont know, but I been told Its hard to run with the weight of gold Other hand I have heard it said Its just as hard with the weight of lead Who can deny, who can deny Its not just a change in style? One step done and another begun And I wonder how many miles I spent a little time on the mountain I spent a little time on the hill Things went down we dont understand But I think in time we will Now, I dont know, but I was told In the heat of the sun a man died of cold Keep on coming or stand and wait With the sun so dark and the hour so late You cant overlook the lack, Jack Of any other highway to ride Its got no signs or dividing lines And very few rules to guide I spent a little time on the mountain I spent a little time on the hill I saw things getting out of hand I guess they always will Now I dont know, but I been told If the horse dont pull you got to carry the load I dont know whose backs that strong Maybe find out before too long One way or another, one way or another One way or another, this darkness got to give One way or another, one way or another One way or another, this darkness got to give One way or another, one way or another One way or another, this darkness got to give
Paradise waits on the crest of a wave, her angels in flames She has no pain, like a child she is pure, she is not to blame Poised for flight, wings spread bright, spring from night into the sun Dont stop to run, she can fly like a lie, she cant be outdone Tell me the cost, I can pay, let me go, tell me love is not lost Sell everything, without love day to day insanitys king I will pay day by day, anyway, lock, bolt and key Crippled but free, I was blind all the time, I was learning to see Help on the way, well, I know only this, Ive got you today Dont fly away cause I love what I love and I want it that way I will stay one more day, like I say, honey, its you Making it too, without love in a dream, it will never come true
St. Stephen Saint Stephen with a rose In and out of the garden he goes Country garland in the wind and the rain Wherever he goes the people all complain Stephen prospered in his time Well he may and he may decline Did it matter, does it now? Stephen would answer if he only knew how Wishing well with a golden bell Bucket hanging clear to hell Hell halfway twixt now and then Stephen fill it up and lower down and lower down again Lady finger, dipped in moonlight Writing What for? across the morning sky Sunlight splatters, dawn with answer Darkness shrugs and bids the day goodbye Speeding arrow, sharp and narrow What a lot of fleeting matters you have spurned Several seasons with their treasons Wrapped the babe in scarlet covers, call it your own Did he doubt or did he try? Answers aplenty in the bye and bye Talk about your plenty, talk about your ills One man gathers what another man spills Saint Stephen will remain, all hes lost he shall regain Seashore walk by the suds and the foam Been there so long, hes got to calling it home Fortune comes a calling, calliope woman Spinning that curious sense of your own Can you answer, Yes I can? But what would be the answer to the answer-man? High green chilly winds and windy vines In loops around the twisted shafts of lavender, theyre crawling to the Sun Underfoot the ground is patched With arms of ivy wrapped around the manzanita, stark and shiny in the Breeze Wonder who will water all the children of the garden When they sigh about the barren lack of rain and droop so hungry neath The sky William Tell has stretched his bow til it wont stretch No furthermore and/or it may require a change that hasnt come before
Bringing me down Im running aground Blind in the light of the interstate cars Passing me by The buses and semis Plunging like stones from a slingshot on Mars But Im here by the road Bound to the load I picked up in ten thousand cafes and bars Alone with the rush of the drivers who wont pick me up The highway, the moon, the clouds, and the stars Black-throated wind keeps on pouring in With its words of a life where nothing is new Ah, Mother American Night, Im lost from the light Oh, Im drowning in you I left St. Louis, City of Blues In the midst of a storm Id rather forget Tried to pretend it came to an end Cause you werent the woman I thought I once met But I cant deny, oh, times have gone by I never had doubts or thoughts of regret And I was a man when all this began Who wouldnt think twice about being there yet Black-throated wind whisper mix in Its speaking of life that passes like dew Forced me to see youve done better by me Better by me than Ive done by you Whats to be found, racing around You carry your pain wherever you go Full of the blues, trying to lose You aint gonna learn what you dont want to know So I give you my eyes, and all of their lies Please help them to learn as well as to see Capture a glance, oh, and make it a dance Of looking at you looking at me Black-throated wind keeps on pouring in With its words of a lie that could almost be true Ah, Mother American Night, here comes the light Turn around, thats what Im going to do Oh, Im going back home, thats what Im going to do Yes, Ill turn around, thats what Im going to do Well, Im going back home, thats what Im going to do Oh I, oh Im coming with you Oh I, oh Im coming with you Youve done better by me than Ive done by you Oh I, oh Im coming with you Oh, Im going back home, thats what Im going to do Oh I, oh Im coming with you Alright, alright, alrighty, righty, righty Uh, the lost kid situation has come up via the headphones That theres a whole bunch of lost kids down in the kid tent Crying cause they havent seen their mommies and daddies for months So, uh, if youve got a kiddie out there, go look for em
If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung Would you hear my voice come through the music? Would you hold it near as it were your own? Its a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken Perhaps theyre better left unsung I dont know, dont really care Let there be songs to fill the air Ripple in still water When there is no pebble tossed Nor wind to blow Reach out your hand, if your cup be empty If your cup is full, may it be again Let it be known there is a fountain That was not made by the hands of men There is a road, no simple highway Between the dawn and the dark of night And if you go, no one may follow That path is for your steps alone Ripple in still water When there is no pebble tossed Nor wind to blow You who choose to lead must follow But if you fall you fall alone If you should stand then whos to guide you? If I knew the way I would take you home
Morning comes, she follows the path to the river shore Lightly sung, her song is the latch on the mornings door See the sun sparkle in the reeds, silver beads, pass into the sea She comes from the town where they call her the woodcutters daughter Shes brown as the bank where she kneels down to gather her water And she bears it away with a love that the river has taught her Let it flow, let it flow, wide and clear Round and round, the 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 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 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 men Seasons round, creatures great and small Up and down as we rise and fall, 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!
Now, ladies and gentlemen, yes A momentous occasion, as we cruise into the 1980s Here at Winterland in San Francisco, 1978, going on 1981 What you see before you is a ten, no wait, 12, 12 foot long burning ember of marijuana Yes, let us begin the countdown Five, four, three, two, two and a half, two minus one quarter, one Happy New Year, ladies and gentlemen! Happy New Year! Sugar magnolia, blossoms blooming Heads all empty, and I dont care Saw my baby down by the river Knew shed have to come up soon for air Sweet blossom come on, under the willow We can have high times if youll abide We can discover the wonders of nature Rolling in the rushes down by the riverside Shes got everything delightful Shes got everything I need Takes the wheel when Im seeing double Pays my ticket when I speed She comes skimmin through rays of violet She can wade in a drop of dew She dont come, and I dont follow Waits backstage while I sing to you now She can dance a Cajun rhythm And jump like a Willys in four-wheel drive Shes a summer love in the spring, fall, and winter She can make happy any man alive, yall Sugar magnolia ringing that bluebell Caught up in sunlight Come on out singing, Ill walk you in the sunshine Come on, honey, come along with me Shes got everything delightful Shes got everything I need A breeze in the pines and the sun and bright moonlight Lazing in the sunlight? Yes, indeed Sometimes when the cuckoos crying When the moon is halfway down Sometimes when the night is dying I take me out, and I wander around, I walk around now
My time coming, any day Dont worry about me, no Been so long I felt this way But Im in no hurry, no Rainbows end down that highway Where ocean breezes blow My time coming, voices saying And they tell me where 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 going to shine My time coming, any day Dont worry about me, no Been so long I felt this way And Im in no hurry, no Its going to be just like they say Them voices tell me so Yes, I know I lead the way 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 going to 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 going to be my name And people will light my way My time coming, any day Dont worry bout me, no Its gonna be just like they say Them voices tell me so This afternoon, streets turned gray And I watch the fire below My time coming, any day 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 I go Dont worry about me No, no, dont worry about me, no And Im in no hurry No, no, dont worry bout me 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, no, no No, no, no, no No, no, no, no, no No, no, no, no, no
Mississippi River so big and wide, blond haired woman on the other side Now shes gone, gone, gone and I dont worry cause Im sitting on top of the world
Shaking in the forest, what have you to fear? Here there may be tigers, to punch you in the ear With gloves of stainless steel, bats carved out of brick Knock you down and beat you up and give your ass a kick When push comes to shove, youre afraid of love Shaking in the desert, now wherefore do you cry? Here there may be rattlesnakes, to punch you in the eye With shotguns full of silver and bullets made of glass String barbed wire at your feet, that do not let you pass When push comes to shove, youre afraid of love When push comes to shove When push comes to shove Youre afraid of love When push comes to shove Shaking in the bedroom, covers on your head Cringing like a baby at the hand beneath the bed? Phantom in the closet, scratching at the door Believe its the mystery killer that you saw on channel four When push comes to shove, youre afraid of love Shaking in the garden, the fear within you grows Here there may be roses, to punch you in the nose Twist their arms around you, snap you till you cry Wrap you in their sweet perfume and love you til you die When push comes to shove, youre afraid of love When push comes to shove When push comes to shove Youre afraid of love When push comes to shove When push comes to shove When push comes to shove Youre afraid of love When push comes to shove
On the day when I was born, Daddy sat down and cried I had the mark just as plain as day which could not be denied They say that Cain caught Abel rolling loaded dice Ace of Spades behind his ear and him not thinking twice Half-step, Mississippi uptown toodeloo Hello, baby, Im gone, goodbye Half a cup of rock and rye Farewell to you old Southern skies I’m on my way, on my way If all you got to live for is what you left behind Get yourself a powder charge and seal that silver mine Lost my boots in transit, baby, pile of smoking leather I nailed a retread to my feet and prayed for better weather Half-step, Mississippi uptown toodeloo Hello, baby, Im gone, goodbye Half a cup of rock and rye Farewell to you old Southern skies Im on my way, on my way When your big old ship comes in, the first man takes the sails Second takes the afterdeck, the third, the planks and rails What’s 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 Oh, across the Rio Grande-o Across the lazy river
Oh my darling tell me where Im bound Now I see too much racing around ) Ive been here too many times before Ive got to see the other side of your door Whoa-oh, cant you see I got a lot to learn Oh I dont even have a torch to burn Now I cant be found by the wailing wall Sometimes, you have got to be ten feet tall {Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday ... {Summer, winter, spring and fall {Tick, tick, tick, tick ... Well I been in your neighbourhood for a long long time You breed confusion in that you forge my life Years go by while Im standing in the cold Well its all I get to sing, Well old man on the bus wants to As he takes my dime and tells me how to die Heres my life, my love, set it up to to say were gonna really move {Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday ... {Summer, winter, spring and fall {Tick, tick, tick, tick ... Time goes by, just a little bit, now You gotta wait, you gotta wait until the time goes by, now It doesnt matter what you do now Its gonna keep on going on by Going by Going by now Going by Going by Going by Going by Well you better You may find you gotta wait awhile But you cant wait because the time is right now If you going to lose it now, youre gonna lose it forever Cause time keeps on by Na, na, na Whoa-oh it goes on by Keep on rolling Keep on rolling Keep on rolling Keep on rolling by Keep on rolling by Go show your Out your hands Out your pockets Out your Its going on Keep on going Keep on going, babe Now, now, now, now Keep on going now Keep on going by Well you may want to stop it babe And you cant turn it around Well you may want to turn it up babe But you sure cant turn it down You gotta slow down a little bit girl Keep on rolling by Keep on rolling by Keep on rolling by Time keep on going by Aint a thing you can do now Just keep on going with it And just stay on top of it for a little while For a little while Just for a little while Just for a little while {Summer, winter, spring and fall {Tick, tick, tick, tick ... Keep on going by
I wanna tell you how its gonna be Youre gonna give your love to me I wanna love you night and day You know my love not fade away You know my love 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 gonna know just how I feel Our love is real, not fade away Not fade away Going down the road feeling bad Going down the road feeling bad Going down the road feeling bad, hey hey hey, yeah Dont wanna be treated this-a way Going where the climate suits my clothes Im going where the climate suits my clothes Going where the climate suits my clothes Dont wanna be treated this-a way Going down the road feeling bad Well Im, going down the road feeling bad Going down the road feeling bad, hey hey hey, yeah Dont wanna be treated this-a way Going where the water tastes like wine Well Im, going where the water tastes like wine Going where the water tastes like wine I dont wanna be treated this-a way Going down the road feeling bad Going down the road feeling bad Going down the road feeling bad, hey hey hey, yeah Dont wanna be treated this-a way Going down the road feeling bad Going down the road feeling bad Going down the road feeling bad, hey hey hey, yeah Dont wanna be treated this-a way Well Im, going down the road feeling bad Going down the road feeling bad Going down the road feeling bad, hey hey hey, yeah Dont wanna be treated this-a way
The other day they waited, the sky was dark and faded Solemnly they stated, He has to die, you know he has to die. All the children learnin, from books that they were burnin Every leaf was turnin, to watch him die, you know he had to die The summer sun looked down on him His mother could but frown on him And all the other sound on him He had to die, you know he had to die
Let my inspiration flow in token rhyme, suggesting rhythm That will not forsake thee, till my tale is told and done While the firelights aglow, strange shadows from the flames will grow Till things weve never seen will seem familiar Shadows of a sailor, forming winds both foul and fair all swarm Down in Carlisle, he loved a lady many years ago Here beside him stands a man, a soldier from the looks of him Who came through many fights, but lost at love While the storyteller speaks, a door within the fire creaks; Suddenly flies open, and a girl is standing there Eyes alight, with glowing hair, all that fancy paints as fair She takes her fan and throws it, in the lions den Which of you to gain me, tell, will risk uncertain pains of hell? I will not forgive you if you will not take the chance The sailor gave at least a try, the soldier being much too wise Strategy was his strength, and not disaster The sailor, coming out again, the lady fairly leapt at him Thats how it stands today, you decide if he was wise The storyteller makes no choice, soon you will not hear his voice His job is to shed light, and not to master Since the end is never told, we pay the teller off in gold In hopes he will come back, but he cannot be bought or sold Terrapin Station Inspiration, move me brightly. Light the song with sense and color; Hold away despair, more than this I will not ask Faced with mysteries dark and vast, statements just seem vain at last Some rise, some fall, some climb, to get to Terrapin Counting stars by candlelight, all are dim but one is bright; The spiral light of Venus, rising first and shining best Oh, from the northwest corner, of a brand new crescent moon Crickets and cicadas sing, a rare and different tune Terrapin Station In the shadow of the moon, Terrapin Station And I know well be there soon, Terrapin I cant figure out, Terrapin, if its the end or beginning Terrapin, but the trains put its brakes on, Terrapin And the whistle is screaming, TERRAPIN Terrapin Station - At the Siding While you were gone, these faces filled with darkness The obvious was hidden. With nothing to believe in The compass always points to Terrapin Sullen wings of fortune beat like rain Youre back in Terrapin for good or ill again, for good or ill again
You know, this may be the first time I ever been to Oregon and it didnt rain, now its too damn hot! 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 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 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 lookin for their knives But I can tell your future But look whats in your hand But I cant stop for nothing Im just playing in the band Playing Playing in the band Daybreak Daybreak on the land Standing on a tower World at my command You just keep a turning While Im playing in the band If a man among you Got no sin upon his hand Let him cast a stone at me For playing in the band Playing Playing in the band Daybreak Daybreak on the land Playing Playing in the band Daybreak Daybreak on the land Playing Playing in the band Daybreak Daybreak on the land Playing, and wait up on the sand Daybreak, while Im playing in the band
Sugar magnolia, blossoms blooming Heads all empty and I dont care Saw my baby down by the river Knew shed have to come up soon for air Sweet blossom come on under the willow We can have high times if youll abide We can discover the wonders of nature Rolling in the rushes down by the riverside Shes got everything delightful Shes got everything I need Takes the wheel when Im seein double Pays my ticket when I speed She come skimming through rays of violet She can wade in a drop of dew She dont come and I dont follow Waits backstage while I sing to you She can dance a Cajun rhythm Jump like a Willys in four wheel drive Shes a summer love in the spring, fall, and winter She can make happy any man alive Sugar magnolia Ringin that blue bell Golder than sunlight Go on out singing Ill walk you in the sunshine Come on honey, come along with me Shes got everything delightful Shes got everything I need A breeze in the pines in the summer night moonlight Crazy in the sunlight, yes indeed Sometimes when the cuckoos crying When the moon is halfway down Sometimes when the night is dying I take me out and I wander round I wander round Sunshine daydream Walkin in the tall trees Goin where the wind blows Bloomin like a red rose Breathin more freely Light out singing, Ill walk you in the morning sunshine Sunshine daydream Sunshine daydream Walk you in the sunshine
I know you, rider, going to miss me when Im gone I know you, rider, going to miss me when I’m gone Going to 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 cool Colorado rain I know you, rider, going to miss me when Im gone I know you, rider, going to miss me when I’m gone Going to miss your baby, from rolling in your arms I know you, rider, going to miss me when Im gone, gone, gone I know you, rider, going to miss me when Im gone, gone, gone Going to miss your baby, from rolling in your arms
Truckin, got my chips cashed in Keep truckin, like the do-dah man Together, more or less in line Just keep truckin on Arrows of neon and flashing marquees out on Main Street Chicago, New York, Detroit and its all on the same street Your typical city involved in a typical daydream Hang it up and see what tomorrow brings Dallas, got a soft machine Houston, too close to New Orleans New York got the ways and means But just wont let you be What in the world ever became of sweet Jane? Shes lost her sparkle, you know she isnt the same Livin on reds, vitamin C, and cocaine All her friend can say is Aint it a shame Truckin, up to Buffalo Ive been thinkin, you got to mellow slow It takes time to pick a place to go And just keep truckin on Youre sick of hangin around and youd like to travel Get tired of travelin and you want to settle down I guess they cant revoke your soul for tryin Get out of the door and light out and look all around Sometimes the lights all shinin on me Other times I can barely see Lately it occurs to me What a long, strange trip its been Truckin, Im goin home Whoa whoa baby, back where I belong Back home, sit down and patch my bones And get back truckin on
My baby gives me the finance blues Tax me to the limit of my revenues Here she comes finger-poppin, clickety-click She says, Furs or diamonds, you could take your pick She wants money She wants money She wants money She wants money Money money, money money money Money money, money money money She say, Money, honey, I draw a blank I just drew my gun and mosey down to the bank Knockin off my neighborhood savings and loan To keep my sweet chiquita in eau de cologne She wants money She wants money She wants money She wants money Money money, money money money Money money, money money money Mama, dont send me down to rob that bank again I got a notion youre leading me to sin Wont you relax, wont you lay way back Dont you bug your honey bout no Cadillac Its only bucks, you dont need no jack So wont you please relax and lay way back My babys lovin gives me such a thrill It gives me inspiration makin counterfeit bills Now some folks say the best things in life are free I sure dont get no lovin livin honestly! She wants money She wants money She wants money She wants money Money money, money money money Money money, money money money Lord made a lady out of Adams rib Next thing you know, you got womens lib Lovely to look upon, Heaven to touch Its a real shame they got to cost so much! She wants money She wants money She wants money She wants money Money money, money money money Money money, money money money Money money, money money money Money money, money money money
Want to tell you about my baby, you know she comes around Just about five feet-four from her head to the ground You know she comes around here just about midnight She makes me feel so good, she makes me feel alright And her name is G.L.O.R.I.A G.L.O.R.I.A Gloria I want to to shout it all night Gloria I want to to shout it all day She comes around here just about midnight She only come to make me feel good, she makes me feel alright She comes walking down my street, she comes up to my house Knockin on my door, now she comes to my room A she makes me feel alright And her name is G.L.O.R.I.A. G.L.O.R.I.A Gloria I want to to shout it all day