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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
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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
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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 |