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There must be some kind of way out of here
Said the joker to the thief
Theres too much confusion here
I cant get no relief
Businessmen, they drink my wine
Plow men dig my earth
None will level on the line
Nobody of it is worth
No reason to get excited
The thief he kindly spoke
There are many here among us
Who feel that life is but a joke
But you and I weve been through that
And this is not our fate
So let us not talk falsely now
The hours getting late
All along the watchtower
Princes kept the view
Barefoot servants came and went
Little children too
Outside in the distance
A wild cat did growl
And two riders were approachin
And the wind began to howl |
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
Ladyfinger dipped in moonlight
Writing What for? across the morning sky
Sunlight splatters dawn with answers
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
Wrap 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 washed by the suds and foam
Been here so long hes got to calling it home
Fortune comes a-crawling, Calliope woman
Spinning that curious sense of your own
Can you answer? Yes I can
But what would be the answer to the answer man? |
Im gonna wait til the midnight hour
Thats when my love comes a-tumbling down
Im gonna wait til the midnight hour
When theres no one else around
Im gonna take you girl and hold you
Do all the things I told you
In the midnight hour
One more thing I wanna tell ya
Im gonna wait til the stars come out
And twinkle in your pretty little eyes
Im gonna wait til the midnight hour
Thats when my love begins to shine
Youre the only girl I know
That can really love me so
In the midnight hour
Im gonna wait til the midnight hour
When the sun is falling down
Im gonna wait til the midnight hour
When there aint no one else around
Just you and I
Just you and I
I wanna tell you what I wanna do, baby
Im gonna lock that door
Throw away the key
And everything is gonna be just all right
Just between you and me
Ya know in the...
Its gotta be somethin that is smooth
Baby girl
Oh, just me and you
Nobody else around, nobody else around
Nobody else around, come on
Please not now, theres a lot of time with ya, baby
Well, I recommend one special time
You know things begin to get good
You know your mind begin to go crazy
But you know that your baby
You know you just got to keep on right on
You can tell her everything you wanna say
You can tell her your eyes is living pools
And you can say, Hey baby, lets hop into bed
And you can go and lay in between when you wanna
Like the best old time I found, in this old time I found...
I just sit down in the midnight hour
In the dark of the moon
Everything is cool, everything is...
Just sit around
You dont need nobody else around
You oughta move yourself outta town
Move yourself outta town
And there wont no be nobody else around
My, my, my, my, ooh, ooh, alright
When me and my baby get together
Theres only one thing I can do
Theres only one thing I can say
Theres only one thing I could do now
Only one thing I can say
And drive my blues away, and drive my blues away
I said, baby, come on closer
Baby, come on closer
All I want you to do is come on a little bit closer
Little bit closer, baby, thats all I need from you
Anything you wanna do, anything you wanna do is cool with me
Everything you wanna do is cool with me
Well, baby, can you get good, when things begin to get better?
I tell everybody what to do now...
Now this is what I do, only one thing I got to do now
Only one thing I got to say
Only one thing I got to do now
Only one thing that I gotta say
I wanna tell you now, tell you now, gotta tell you now
I gotta tell you now, I gotta tell you now
I got to wait til the midnight hour
Thats when my love come a-tumbling down
I got to wait til the midnight hour
When theres no one else around
Im gonna take you girl and hold ya
Do everything I told ya, in the midnight hour |
Walk me out in the morning dew my honey
Walk me out in the morning dew today
I cant walk you out in the morning dew my honey
I cant walk you out in the morning dew today
I thought I heard a baby cry this morning
I thought I heard a baby cry this today
You didnt hear no baby cry this morning
You didnt hear no baby cry today
Where have all the people gone my honey
Where have all the people gone today
Theres no need for you to be worrying about all those people
You never see those people anyway
I thought I heard a young man morn this morning
I thought I heard a young man morn today
I thought I heard a young man morn this morning
I cant walk you out in the morning dew today
Walk me out in the morning dew my honey
Walk me out in the morning dew today
Ill walk you out in the morning dew my honey
I guess it doesnt really matter anyway
I guess it doesnt matter anyway
I guess it doesnt matter anyway
Guess it doesnt matter anyway |
If I had a gun for every ace I have drawn
I could arm a town the size of Abilene
Dont you push me, baby, cause Im moaning low
And you know Im only in it for the gold
All that I am asking for is 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, go down
Dont you push me, baby, because Im moaning low
But I know a little something you wont ever know
Dont you touch hard liquor, just a cup of cold coffee
Gonna get up in the morning and go
Everybodys bragging and drinking that wine
I can tell the Queen of Diamonds by the way she shines
Come to daddy on an inside straight
Well, Ive got no chance of losing this time
Well, Ive got no chance of losing this time
Well, Ive got no chance of losing this time
Last fair deal in the country
Last fair deal in the town
Put your gold money where your love is, baby
Before you let my deal go down, go down
Everybodys laughing and drinking that wine
I can tell the Queen of Diamonds by the way she shines
Come to daddy on an inside straight
Well, Ive got no chance of losing this time
Well, Ive got no chance of losing this time
Well, Ive got no chance of losing this time |
I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand
Walking thru the streets of Soho in the rain
He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fooks
Going to get himself a big dish of beef chow mein
Hi ho, the werewolves of London
If you hear his howling around the kitchen door
You better not let him in
Little old lady got mutilated last night
Werewolves of London again
Hi ho, werewolves of London
Hes the hairy-handed gent who ran amok in Kent
Lately hes been overheard in Mayfair
You better stay away from him, hell rip your lungs out Jim
Id like to meet his tailor
Hi ho, werewolves of London
Well, I saw Lon Cheney walking with the Queen
Doing the werewolves of London
I saw Lon Cheney Jr. walking with the Queen
I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vics
And his hair was perfect
Hi ho, the werewolves of London, draw blood |
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing 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
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Everybody now
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Yeah
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, 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
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Yeah
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets |
Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble
Ancient footprints are everywhere
You can almost think that youre seein double
On a cold dark night on the Spanish Stairs
Got to hurry on back to my hotel room
Where Ive got me a date with Botticellis niece
She promised shed be right there with me
When I paint my masterpiece
Oh, the hours Ive spent inside the Colosseum
Dodging lions and wastin, wastin time
Oh, those mighty kings of the jungle
I could hardly stand to see em
Well, it sure has been a long hard climb
Train wheels runnin through the back of my memory
When I ran on the hilltop following a pack of wild geese
Someday, life will be sweet like a rhapsody
When I paint my masterpiece
I left Rome, then I landed in Brussels
On a flight so bumpy that I almost cried
Clergymen in uniform, yes, and young girls pullin muscles
They cheered, happy when I got right
Newspapermen eating candy
Had to be held down by big police
Someday, everything gonna be different
When I paint my masterpiece
Someday, everything gonna be different
When I paint my masterpiece
When I paint my masterpiece |
Walk me out in the morning dew my honey
Walk me out in the morning dew today
I cant walk you out in the morning dew my honey
I cant walk you out in the morning dew today
I thought I heard a baby cry this morning
I thought I heard a baby cry this today
You didnt hear no baby cry this morning
You didnt hear no baby cry today
Where have all the people gone my honey
Where have all the people gone today
Theres no need for you to be worrying about all those people
You never see those people anyway
I thought I heard a young man morn this morning
I thought I heard a young man morn today
I thought I heard a young man morn this morning
I cant walk you out in the morning dew today
Walk me out in the morning dew my honey
Walk me out in the morning dew today
Ill walk you out in the morning dew my honey
I guess it doesnt really matter anyway
I guess it doesnt matter anyway
I guess it doesnt matter anyway
Guess it doesnt matter anyway |
In another times forgotten space
Your eyes looked from your mothers face
Wallflower seed on the sand and stone
May the four winds blow you safely home
Roll away the dew
Roll away the dew
Roll away the dew
You better roll away the dew
Ill tell you where the four winds dwell
In Franklins tower there hangs a bell
It can ring, turn night to day
It can ring like fire when you loose your way
Roll away the dew
Roll away the dew
Roll away the dew
Roll away the dew
God save the child that rings that bell
It may have one good ring, baby, you cant tell
One watch by night, one watch by day
If you get confused listen to the music play
Some come to laugh their past away
Some come to make it just one more day
Whichever way your pleasure tends
If you plant ice youre gonna harvest the wind
Roll away the dew
Roll away the dew
You better roll away the dew
You better roll away the dew
Ill tell you where the four winds sleep
Like four lean hounds the lighthouse keep
Wildflower seed on the sand and wind
May the four winds blow you home again
Roll away the dew
Roll away the dew
Roll away the dew
Roll away the dew
You better roll away the dew
Roll away the dew
Roll away the dew
Youd better roll away the dew
Roll away the dew
You better away the dew
Roll away the dew
You better away the dew
Roll away the dew
Roll away the dew
Roll away the dew
Roll away the dew
Thank you. |
The first thing I remember knowing
Was a lonesome whistle blowing
And a youngins dream of growing up to ride
On a freight train leaving town
Not knowing where I’m bound
And no one could change my mind, but Mama tried
One and only rebel child
From a family meek and mild
Mama seemed to know what lay in store
In spite of all my Sunday learning
Towards the bad I kept on turning
Til Mama couldnt hold me anymore
And I turned twenty-one in prison doing life without parole
No one could steer me right, but Mama tried, Mama tried
Mama tried to raise me better, but her pleading I denied
That leaves only me to blame, ’cause Mama tried
Dear old Daddy, rest his soul
Left my mom a heavy load
She tried so very hard to fill his shoes
Working hours without rest
Wanted me to have the best
She tried to raise me right but I refused
And I turned twenty-one in prison doing life without parole
No one could steer me right, but Mama tried, Mama tried
Mama tried to raise me better, but her pleading I denied
That leaves only me to blame, cause Mama tried
And I turned twenty-one in prison doing life without parole
No one could steer me right, but Mama tried, Mama tried
Mama tried to raise me better, but her pleading I denied
That leaves only me to blame, cause Mama tried
That leaves only me to blame, cause Mama tried |
Loose Lucy is my delight
She come running and we ball all night
Round and round
Woo, round and round
Dont take much to get me on the ground
Shes my yo-yo
Listen to the birds on the hot wire sing
Singing yeah
I got thumped coming home last night
Shadow in the alley turned out all my lights
Round and round
Round and round
Dont take much to get me on the ground
Loose Lucy, she was sore
I know you dont want my love no more
Singing yeah, yeah
Be-bop, baby, how can this be?
I know youve been out and cheating on me
Round and round
Round and round
Dont take much to get me on the ground
Singing yeah |
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones, you better watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
This old engine
Makes it on time
Leaves Central Station
At quarter to nine
Hits river junction
At seventeen to
At quarter to ten
You know its traveling again
Driving that train
High on cocaine
Casey Jones, you better
Watch your speed
Trouble ahead
Trouble behind
And you know that notion
Just crossed my mind
Trouble ahead
A lady in red
Take my advice
Youd be better off dead
Switch-man sleeping
Train hundred and two
Is on the wrong track
And headed for you
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones, you better watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
Trouble with you is
The trouble with me
Got two good eyes
But we still dont see
Come round the bend
You know its the end
The fireman screams and
The engine just gleams
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones, you better watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
And you know that notion
Just crossed my mind |
Dark star crashes
Pouring its light into ashes
Reason tatters
The forces tear loose from the axis
Searchlight casting
For faults in the clouds of delusion
Shall we go
You and I
While we can?
Through
The transitive nightfall of diamonds
Mirror shatters
In formless reflections of matter
Glass hand dissolving
To ice petal flowers revolving
Lady in velvet
Recedes in the nights of goodbye
Shall we go
You and I
While we can?
Through
The transitive nightfall of diamonds |
Well, there aint nobody safer than someone who doesnt care
And it isnt even lonely when no ones ever there
I had a lot of dreams once, but some of them came true
The honeys sometimes bitter when fortune falls on you
And you know Ive been a soldier in the armies of the night
And Ill find the fatal error in whats otherwise alright
But here youre trembling like a sparrow, I will try with all my might
To give you just a little sweetness
Just a little light
I have always heard that virtue ought to be its own reward
But it never comes so easy when youre living by the sword
Its even harder to be heartless when you look at me that way
Youre as mighty as the flower that will grow the stones away
Even though I been a stranger, full of irony and spite
Holding little but contempt for all things beautiful and bright
Something shines around you and it seems to my delight
To give me just a little sweetness
Just a little light
This could be just another highway, coiled up in the night
You could be just another white-tail, baby, stranded on my brights
Theres a tingling recognition
Like the sound of distant thunder
And I begin to wonder
If the love Ive driven under wont ignite
So you know Ive been a soldier in the armies of the night
And Ill find the fatal error in whats otherwise alright
Something shines around you and it seems to my delight
To give me just a little sweetness
Just a little light
To give me just a little sweetness
Just a little light
To give me just a little sweetness
Just a little light
To give me, to give me, to give me just a little sweetness
Just a little light |
Sunshine daydream, walking in the tall trees, going where the wind goes
Blooming, blooming like a red rose
Now come on over sweetly
Ride out singin, I got you in the morning sunshine
Sunshine daydream, sunshine daydream
Now come on over daydream
Sunshine daydream, hey, come along, lets daydream
Sunshine daydream, Wading in a cold stream
Crawling out your window
Going, going where the wind goes
Theyre never gonna miss us
Ride out singin, I got you in the morning sunshine
Sunshine daydream, sunshine daydream
Hoo, sunshine daydream
Hoo, sunshine daydream
Hey, come along and daydream
Sunshine daydream, hey, come along and daydream
Sunshine daydream, hoo
Sunshine daydream, hoo
Sunshine daydream, come along and daydream
Sunshine daydream, come along and daydream
Sunshine daydream, hoo
Sunshine daydream, woo-hoo
Sweet coming daydream
Thank you, were gonna take a break |
Just like Jack the Ripper, just like Mojo Hand
Just like Billy Sunday, in a shotgun ragtime band
Just like New York City, just like Jericho
Pace the halls and climb the walls and get out when they blow
Did you say your name was Ramblin Rose?
Ramble on baby, settle down easy
Ramble on Rose
Just like Jack and Jill, Mama told the jailor
One heat up, and one cool down, leave nothing for the tailor
Just like Jack and Jill, Papa told the jailer
One go up, and one go down, do yourself a favor
Im going to sing you a hundred verses in ragtime
I know this song it aint never going to end
Im going to march you up and down along the county line
Take you to the leader of a band
Just like Crazy Otto, just like Wolfman Jack
Sittin plush with a royal flush, aces back to back
Just like Mary Shelly, just like Frankenstein
Clank your chains and count your change and try to walk the line
Goodbye Mama and Papa
Goodbye Jack and Jill
The grass aint greener
The wine aint sweeter
Either side of the hill |
Rat in a drain ditch, caught on a limb
You know better but I know him
Like I told you, what I said
Steal your face right off your head
Now, hes gone, now hes gone, Lord, hes gone
Hes gone, like a steam locomotive
Rolling down the track, hes gone, hes gone
And nothins going to bring him back, hes gone
Nine mile skid on a ten mile ride
Hot as a pistol but cool inside
Cat on a tin roof, dogs in a pile
Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile
Now, hes gone, now hes gone, Lord, hes gone
Hes gone, like a steam locomotive
Rolling down the track, hes gone, hes gone
And nothins going to bring him back, hes gone
Going where the wind dont blow so strange
Maybe off on some high cold mountain chain
I lost one round but the price wasnt anything
A knife in the back and more of the same
Same old, rat in a drain ditch, caught on a limb
You know better but I know him
Like I told you, what I said
Steal your face right off your head
Hes gone, now hes gone, Lord, hes gone
Hes gone, like a steam locomotive
Rolling down the track, hes gone, hes gone
And nothins going to bring him back, hes gone
Like a steam locomotive
Rolling down the track, hes gone, hes gone
And nothings going to bring him back, hes gone
Ooh, nothings going to bring him back
Ooh, nothings going to bring him back
Ooh, nothings going to bring him back
Ooh, nothings going to bring him back
Ooh, nothings going to bring him back
Ooh, nothings going to bring him back
Ooh, nothings going to bring him back
Ooh, nothings going to bring him back
Ooh, nothings going to bring him back
Ooh, nothings going to bring him back |
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
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 |
Louie, Louie, me gotta go. Louie, Louie, me gotta go
A fine little girl, she wait for me. Me catch the ship across the sea
I sailed the ship all alone. I never think Ill make it home
Louie, Louie, me gotta go. Louie, Louie, me gotta go
Three nights and days we sailed the sea. Me think of girl constantly
On the ship, I dream she there. I smell the rose in her hair
Louie, Louie, me gotta go. Louie, Louie, me gotta go
Me see Jamaican moon above. It wont be long me see me love
Me take her in my arms and then. I tell her I never leave again
Louie, Louie, me gotta go. Louie, Louie, me gotta go |
Dark star crashes
Pouring its light into ashes
Reason tatters
The forces tear loose from the axis
Searchlight casting
For faults in the clouds of delusion
Shall we go
You and I
While we can?
Through
The transitive nightfall of diamonds |
Pain in my heart, treating me cold
Where can my baby be, Lord no-one knows
Pain in my heart, wont let me sleep
I wake up at night in misery, yes I do
And when my days begin to get rough
Why dont you come back, come back, came back baby
Ive had enough
Pain in my heart, wont let me be
Oh I wake up at night in misery
Pain in my heart, treating me cold
Where can my baby be, Lord no-one knows, no they dont
And when my days begin to get rough
Wont you love me, love me, love me baby
Cause Ive had enough |
Julie catch a rabbit by his hair
Come back stepping, like to walk on air
Get back home where you belong
And dont you come up no more
Dont hang your head, let the two time roll
Grass shack nailed to a pine wood floor
Ask the time, baby, I dont know
Come back later, gonna let it show
And I say row, Jimmy, row
Gonna get there? I dont know
Seems a common way to go
Get down, row
Row, row, row, row
Heres a half dollar if you dare
Double twist when you hit the air
Look at Julie, down below
The levee doing the do-pas-o
And I say row, Jimmy, row
Gonna get there? I dont know
Seems a common way to go
Get down and row
Row, row, row, row
Broken heart dont feel so bad
You aint got half of what you thought you had
Rock your baby to and fro
Not too fast, and not too slow
And I say row, Jimmy, row
Gonna get there? I dont know
Seems a common way to go
Get down, row
Row, row, row, row
Thats the way its been in town
Ever since they tore the jukebox down
Two-bit piece dont buy no more
Not so much as it done before
And I say row, Jimmy, row
Gonna get there? I dont know
Seems a common way to go
Get down and row
Row, row, row, row
I say row, Jimmy, row
Gonna get there? I dont know
Seems a common way to go
Get down and row
Row, row, row, row
I say row, Jimmy, row
Gonna get there? I dont know
Seems a common way to go
Get down and row
Row, row, row, row
Get down, row
Row, row, row, row
Oh, get down, row
Row, row, row, row |
Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waiting for a train
Feeling nearly faded as my jeans
Bobby flagged a diesel down, just before it rained
Took us all the way to New Orleans
I took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna
I was blowing sad while Bobby sang the blues
With them windshield wipers slapping time, Bobby clapping hands
We sang every song that driver knew
Freedoms just another word for nothing left to do
Nothing ain’t worth nothing, but its free
Feeling good was easy, Lord, when Bobby sang the blues
Feeling good was good enough for me
Good enough for me and Bobby McGee
From the coal mines of Kentucky to the California sun
Bobby shared the secrets of my soul
Standing right beside me, Lord, in everything I done
Bobbys body kept me from the cold
Then somewhere near Salinas, Lord, I let her slip away
Looking for that home I hope she finds
And I’d trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday
Holding Bobbys body close to mine
Freedoms just another word for nothing left to lose
Nothing was all she left for me
Feeling good was easy, Lord, when Bobby sang the blues
Feeling good was good enough for me
Good enough for me and Bobby McGee
Lelela, lelelala, lelela, lelela, laleleha, laleleha, lalala
Leleleheee, lalala, leleleheee, lalala, leleleha, leleleha
Lala, lala, lala
Freedoms just another word for nothing left to do
Nothing aint worth nothing, but its free
Feeling good was easy, Lord, when Bobby sang the blues
Feeling good was good enough for me
Good enough for me and Bobby McGee |
Kansas City, Kansas City here I come. Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
Got some pretty little women there, Im gonna get me one
Standing on the corner, crawl straight in my hand
With my Kansas City Baby, now by the Kansas City world
Well the water in the city, well, taste like Georgia Pie
Going to Kansas City where it tastes like sugar, oh I know it
Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
Got some pretty little women there, Im gonna get me one
Kansas City, here every night you gave me none
Kansas City, surely looked like they were done
You know they turned it around now Baby, gonna scratch it, gonna run
And rock with my Baby, rock with my Baby, one more time
Rock with my Baby, Kansas City Baby, one more time
Went to the city for, for this souvenir in my hand
Well I might take a plane, might take a train
If I have to walk you wont grind in the same
Oh, Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
Got some crazy little women there, Im gonna get mo one |
As I was walking round Grosvenor Square
Not a chill to the winter
But a nip to the air
From the other direction
She was calling my eye
It could be an illusion
But I might as well try
Might as well try
She had rings on her fingers and
Bells on her shoes
And I knew without asking she was
Into the blues
She wore scarlet begonias
Tucked into her curls
I knew right away
She was not like other girls
Other girls
In the thick of the evening
When the dealing got rough
She was too pat to open
And too cool to bluff
As I picked up my matches and
Was closing the door
I had one of those flashes:
Id been there before
Been there before
I aint often right
But Ive never been wrong
It seldom turns out the way
It does in the song
Once in a while
You get shown the light
In the strangest of places
If you look at it right
Well, there aint nothing wrong
With the way she moves
Or scarlet begonias or a
Touch of the blues
And theres nothing wrong with
The look thats in her eye
I had to learn the hard way
To let her pass by
Let her pass by
The wind in the willows played tea for two
The sky was yellow and the sun was blue
Strangers stopping strangers
Just to shake their hand
Everybodys playing
In the Heart of Gold Band
Heart of Gold Band |
I know you, rider, going to miss me when Im gone
I know you, rider, going to miss me when Im 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 that cool Colorado rain
I know you, rider, going to miss me when Im gone
I know you, rider, going to miss me when Im gone
Going to miss your baby, from rolling in your arms
I know you, rider, going to miss me when Im gone
I know you, rider, going to miss me when Im gone
Going to miss your baby, from rolling in your arms |
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!
Almost ablaze still you dont feel the heat
It takes all you got just to stay on the beat
You say its a livin, we all gotta eat
But youre here alone, theres no one to compete
If mercys a business, I wish it for you
More than just ashes when your dreams come true
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Long distance runner, what you holdin out for?
Caught in slow motion in a dash for the door
The flame from your stage has spread to the floor
You gave all you had, why you wanna give more?
The more that you give, the more it will take
To the thin line beyond which you really cant fake
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain!
Fire! Fire on the mountain! |
South of Market in the land of ruin
You get all manner of action
Tinsel tigers in The Metal Room
Stalking satisfaction
They got them packaged up for love and money
Tattooed tots and chrome spike bunnies
Check my conscience at the DMZ
And roll on in, going to roll in it, honey
But I get a feeling like when big things collide
Like the crack before the thunder, like I really ought to hide
Here comes Metal Angel, she looks ready to ride
Whats that she’s trying to show me?
Whats that shes trying to show me?
Picasso Moon, shattered light
Diamond bullets ripping up the night
Picasso Moon, liberate me, yeah
Ah, life’s infinite diversity, oh yeah
Great, amazing, majesty, oh yeah
And its bigger than a drive-in movie, ooh-wee
Bigger than a drive-in movie, ooh-wee
Hanging ten out on space and time
Redefining distance
The next skull on your necklace is mine
Cheap for such assistance
I had a job trading bits for pieces
Wed make wrinkles, advertise them as creases
Please, find my resignation enclosed
Roll with it, roll with it, we going to roll in it
Dark Angel, Whats bothering you?
So strange, youll do me all that you do
Dark Angel, youre making me blue
I guess it doesnt matter
I guess it doesnt matter, hey
Picasso Moon, blinding ball
I feel the quickening, I hear the call
Picasso moon, fill the sky, yeah
Amaze and blaze and mystify, yeah
With the lunar wind, I want to fly, oh yeah
And it’s bigger than a drive-in movie, oh my
Bigger than a drive-in movie, oh my
Strikes morning; the atomic dawn
Scramble back to cover
Quick, pop your mirrored sunglasses on
My little leather-winged lover
I see your face printed on my money
Your sultry ways really move me, honey
Heart of darkness, Yea-e-yea-e-e-hoo
Why’m I laughing? This sure aint funny
Dark Angel, now just don’t start
Youll break my spirit, youll wreck my heart
You must have a license for practicing that art
I dont presume to imagine
No, I, I don’t presume to imagine
Picasso Moon, fractal flame
Blazing lace filling every frame
Picasso Moon, wheels within wheels, yeah
The bells are ringing, its way unreal, oh yeah
Trying to tell yall about just how it feels, oh yeah
And its bigger than a drive-in movie, for real
Bigger than a drive-in movie, for real
Picasso Moon, shattered light
Diamond bullets tearing up the night
Picasso Moon, fill the sky, yeah
Picasso Moon, blinding ball
I feel the quickening, I hear the call
Picasso moon, fill the sky, yeah
Picasso Moon, fractal flame
Blazing lace filling every frame
Picasso Moon, liberate me, yeah, yeah, yeah |
Lay down my dear brothers, lay down and take your rest
Oh, wont you lay your head upon your saviors breast
I love you, oh but Jesus loves you the best
And I bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight
And I bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight
And I bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight
Walking in Jerusalem, just like John
I remember right well, I remember right well
His rod and his staff shall comfort me
Tell A for the ark, that wonderful boat
Tell B for the beast at the ending of the wood
You know, it ate all the children that would not be good
That rod and staff shall comfort me
Lay down my dear brothers, lay down and take your rest
Oh, wont you lay your head upon your saviors breast
I love you, oh but Jesus loves you the best
And I bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight
And I bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight
And I bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight
Sing it with us
Lay down my dear brothers, lay down and take your rest
Oh, wont you lay your head upon your saviors breast
I love you, oh but Jesus loves you the best
I bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight
And I bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight
And I bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight |
You been cheating on me
You know my love is true
Aint nobody in the whole wide world
Gonna love you like I do
Dont you be no fool
Dont you be no fool
If you keep messing around now baby
You gonna mess up a good thing
You gonna mess up a good thing
Im might have cheated just a little bit baby
Like all the others do
Aint about time to get my check
Now I rush it home to you
Dont you be no fool
Dont you be no fool
If you keep messing around now baby
Gonna mess up a good thing
You dont know what youre hitting
Gonna mess up a good thing
Na na na na na
You tell me that you got a part-time lover
Living away cross town
But it wont be just about little while baby
Before you put me down
Now dont you go running across town baby
To catch me doing wrong
Im just a little bit jealous baby
Cause we got a thing going on
Gonna mess up a good thing
You dont know what youre hitting
Gonna mess up a good thing
No no no no no |
As we rowed out to Fennario
As we rowed out to Fennario
Our captain fell in love
With a lady like a dove
And he called her by name, pretty Peggy-O
Will you marry me, pretty Peggy-O?
Will you marry me, pretty Peggy-O?
If you will marry me, I will set your cities free
And free all the people in the area-O
I would marry you, sweet William-O
I would marry you, sweet William-O
I would marry you but your guineas are too few
And I fear my mama would be angry-O
What would your mama think, pretty Peggy-O
What would your mama think, pretty Peggy-O
What would your mama think if she heard my guineas clink
Saw me marching at the head of my soldiers-O
If ever I return, pretty Peggy-O
If ever I return, pretty Peggy-O
If ever I return, all your cities I will burn
Destroy all the people in the area-O
Come steppin down the stairs, pretty Peggy-O
Come steppin down the stairs, pretty Peggy-O
Come steppin down the stairs, combing back your yellow hair
Bid a last farewell to your William-O
Sweet William, he is dead, pretty Peggy-O
Sweet William, he is dead, pretty Peggy-O
Sweet William, he is dead, and he died for a maid
And hes buried in the Louisiana country-O
As we rowed out to Fennario
As we rowed out to Fennario
Our captain fell in love
With a lady like a dove
And he called her by name, pretty Peggy-O |
I was standing on the corner, wondering whats become of me
I was standing on the corner, wondering whats become of me
Well things dont seem to be the way they used to seem to be
I think Ill go up on a mountain, Ill fling myself off into space
I think Ill go up on a mountain, Ill fling myself off into space
Im not doing it because Im desperate, Im just trying to save some space
If you ask me what my name is, Ill just stop and scratch my head
If you ask me what my name is, Ill just stop and scratch my head
Well they took away my name and gave me a number instead
Well all the things I used to know seem so far behind
Theres a lot of new things that are running around my mind |
I know theyre gonna run take me
When they get across the sea
Ever chance, those women; Watch-its amazing
Its all safe and now sugar baby
Oh Mama, dont you weep and moan, Uncle Sam got your man and gone
Now then theyre doin the Lindy Bird across the sea
Oh Mama, how can it be, You went way across the sea
Just to keep from doing that Lindy fight with me
Oh baby, well I done just toldja now
Oh Mama, dont you weep and moan, Uncle Sam got your man and gone
Now then theyre doin the Lindy Bird across the sea
She said, Let me play the blues on your piano
And then Ill do that Lindy thing with you.
Mary had a dream about a submarine
I asked her for a glass of payolla;
She said, Let me play the blues on your Victrola
And then Ill do that Lindy fight with you |
Truckin, got my chips cashed in
Keep truckin, like the do-dah man
Together, more or less in line
Just keep truckin on
Arrows of neon and flashing marquees out on Main Street
Chicago, New York, Detroit and its all on the same street
Your typical city involved in a typical daydream
Hang it up and see what tomorrow brings
Dallas, got a soft machine
Houston, too close to New Orleans
New York got the ways and means
But just wont let you be, oh no
Most of the cats you meet on the streets speak of true love
Most of the time theyre sittin and cryin at home
One of these days they know they better get goin
Out of the door and down on the streets all alone
Truckin, like the do-dah man
Once told me Youve got to play your hand
Sometimes your cards aint worth a dime
If you dont lay em down
Sometimes the lights all shinin on me
Other times I can barely see
Lately it occurs to me
What a long, strange trip its been
Now, what in the world ever became of sweet Jane?
Shes lost her sparkle, you know she isnt the same
Livin on reds, and vitamin C, and cocaine
All her friend can say is Aint it a shame
Truckin, up to Buffalo
Ive been thinkin, you got to mellow slow
It takes time to pick a place to go
And just keep truckin on
Sittin and starin out of the hotel window
Got a tip theyre gonna kick the door in again
Id like to get some sleep before I travel
But if you got a warrant, I guess youre gonna come in
Busted, down on Bourbon Street
Set up, like a bowling pin
Knocked down, it gets to wearin thin
They just wont let you be
Youre sick of hangin around and youd like to travel
Get tired of travelin and you want to settle down
I guess they cant revoke your soul for tryin
Get out of the door and light out and look all around
Sometimes the lights all shinin on me
Other times I can barely see
Lately it occurs to me
What a long, strange trip its been
Truckin, Ima goin home
Whoa whoa, baby, back where I belong
Back home, sit down and patch my bones
And get back truckin on
Hey now, get back truckin home
Hey now, get back truckin home
Hey now, get back truckin home
AH, get back truckin home
AH, get back truckin home
HEY, get back truckin home
AH, get back truckin home |
Right outside this lazy summer home
You aint got time to call your soul a critic, no
Right outside the lazy gate of winters summer home
Wondering where the nut-thatch winters
Wings a mile long just carried the bird away
Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world
The heart has its beaches, its homeland and thoughts of its own
Wake now, discover that you are the song that the morning brings
But the heart has its seasons, its evenings and songs of its own
There comes a redeemer, and he slowly too fades away
And there follows his wagon behind him thats loaded with clay
And the seeds that were silent all burst into bloom, and decay
And night comes so quiet, its close on the heels of the day
Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world
The heart has its beaches, its homeland and thoughts of its own
Wake now, discover that you are the song that the morning brings
But the heart has its seasons, its evenings and songs of its own
Sometimes we live no particular way but our own
And sometimes we visit your country and live in your home
Sometimes we ride on your horses, sometimes we walk alone
Sometimes the songs that we hear are just songs of our own
Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world
The heart has its beaches, its homeland and thoughts of its own
Wake now, discover that you are the song that the morning brings
But the heart has its seasons, its evenings and songs of its own |
The Grateful Dead
The one and only Grateful Dead |
Look for a while at the china cat sunflower
Proud walking jingle in the midnight sun
Copperdome bodhi drip a silver kimono
Like a crazy quilt stargown through a dream night wind
Krazy Kat peeking through a lace bandanna
Like a one-eyed cheshire, like a diamond-eye jack
A leaf of all colors plays a golden-string fiddle
To a double-e waterfall over my back
Comic book colors on a violin river crying leonardo
Words from out a silk trombone
I rang a silent bell, beneath a shower of pearls
In the eagle-winged palace of the Queen Chinee |
Well, Ive been searchin, Ive been searchin
Ive been searchin every week and day
Well, Ive been searchin, Ive been searchin
Ive been searchin every which way
Like the North West Mountain you know Ill bring her in someday
Well, if I have to climb a mountain, you know I will
And if I have to swim a river, you know I will
No matter where she goes, Oh Lord, you know I will
And if I have to climb a mountain, you know I will
And if I have to swim a river, you know I will
I know shes hiding up there
If you marry him dont you know Ill find her, child I will
Well Sherlock Holmes, Sam Spade gonna put that child on me
No matter where shes hiding
She gonna tell me youre coming
Im gonna walk right down that street just like bulldog jumping
Cause Ive been searchin, Ive been searchin
Ive been searchin every which way
Like the North West Mountain you know Ill bring her in someday |
I was born in a desert, I was raised in a lions den
I was born in a desert, I was raised in a lions den
Well, my number one occupation
Is stealing women from their other men
Said Im a wanted man in Texas, busted jail and Im gone for good
Im a wanted man in Texas, busted jail and Im gone for good
Well, the sheriff couldnt catch me
But his little girl sure wished she would
Well now, the doctor call me crazy, some says I am, some says I aint
See now, the doctor call me crazy, some says I am, some says I aint
Well, the preacher man call me a sinner, but his little girl call me a saint
See now, a couple of shots of whiskey, women round here start lookin good
A couple of shots of whiskey, these New York girls start lookin good
Couple more shots of whiskey, Im goin down to Minglewood
Well, its T for Texas, yes and its T for Timbuktu
Well, its T for Texas, yes it is T for Timbuktu
Yes and its T for New York City
Where the little girls know what to do
I was born in a desert, I was raised in a lions den
I was born in a desert, I was raised in a lions den
Well, my number one occupation
Is stealing womens from their other men
Well, my number one occupation
Is stealing women from their other men |
I had a hard run
Running from your window
I was all night running, running
I wonder if you care?
I had a run-in
Run around and run down
Run around a corner
Run smack into a tree
I had to move
Really had to move
Thats why, if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, dont you come around here anymore
Dressed myself in green, green
I went down under the sea
Try to see whats going down
Try to read between the lines
Had a feeling I was falling
I turned around to see
Heard a voice a-calling, calling
You was running back to me
I had to move
Really had to move
Thats why, if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, dont you come around here anymore
Ran into a rainstorm
Ducked back into a bar door
It was all night pouring
But not a drop on me, not on me
Test me, test me, test me, test me
Why dont you arrest me?
Throw me in the jail house
Lord, until the sun goes down
I had to move
Really had to move
Thats why, if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, dont you come around here anymore
I had to move
Really had to move
Thats why, if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, dont you come around here anymore
I had to move
Really had to move
Thats why, if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, dont you come around here anymore
I had to move
Really had to move
Thats why, if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, dont you come around here anymore
Anymore, anymore, anymore, anymore, anymore |
Saint Stephen will remain
All hes lost he shall regain
Seashore washed by the suds and the foam
Been here so long hes got to calling it home
Fortune comes a-crawling, Calliope woman
Spinning that curious sense of your own
Can you answer? Yes I can
But what would be the answer to the answer man? |
Sugar magnolia, blossoms blooming
Heads all empty, and I dont care
Saw my baby down by the river
Knew shed have to come up soon for air
Sweet blossom come on, under the willow
We can have high times if youll abide
We can discover the wonders of nature
Rolling in the rushes down by the riverside
Shes got everything delightful
Shes got everything I need
Takes the wheel when Im seeing double
Pays my ticket when I speed
She comes skimmin through rays of violet
She can wade in a drop of dew
She dont come, and I dont follow
Waits backstage while I sing to you
She can dance a Cajun rhythm
Jump like a Willys in four-wheel drive
Shes my summer love in the spring, fall, and winter
She can make happy any man alive
Sugar magnolia, ringing that bluebell
Caught up in sunlight
Come on out singing, Ill walk you in the sunshine
Ooh, come on, honey, come along with me
Shes got everything delightful
Shes got everything I need
A breeze in the pines and the sun and bright moonlight
Lazing in the sunlight? Yes, indeed
Sometimes when the cuckoos crying
When the moon is halfway down
Sometimes when the night is dying
I take me out and I wander around
Walk around
Sunshine daydream, meet you in the tall trees Going where the wind goes
Blooming like a red rose, rolling over sweetly
Ride out singin; Ill walk you in the morning sunshine
My sunshine daydream, my sunshine daydream, my sunshine daydream
My sweet summer daydream, my golden daydream
Loving daydream, way out
We went over sunshine daydream, way out
Daydream, way out, sunshine daydream |
I want to tell you how its going to be
Youre going to give your love to me
I want to love you night and day
You know my love will not fade away
You know my love will not fade away
Not fade away
My love is bigger than a Cadillac
I try to show you but you drive me back
Your love for me has got to be real
Youre going to know just how I feel
Our love is real, not fade away
Not fade away
I want to tell you how its going to be
Youre going to give your love to me
I want to love you night and day
You know my love will not fade away
You know my love will not fade away
You know my love will not fade away
You know my love will not fade away
You know my love will not fade away
Not fade away
You know my love will not fade away
You know my love will not fade away
You know my love will not fade away
You know my love will not fade away
Not fade away, not fade away
Not fade away, not fade away... |
You say you want to try again
Well you dont realize
That I have a better end in mind
It doesnt seem you really have to
Close your eyes to see
Though I hope you dont need me
You are so far from me
There was something I had caught inside
Screaming hard to make it go
And tied me down low
It doesnt seem you really have to
Close your eyes to see
You have been all youll be
Its just you babe
And we cant relate at all
It doesnt seem you really have to
Close your eyes to see
Though I hope you dont need me
You are so far from me
This times the last time i want to say so long
This songs my last song for you
Theres just nothing here to hold on to babe
Nothing to hold on to
Spoonful
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 |
Hey, Mona, hey hey hey hey, Mona
Im gonna tell you what Im gonna do
Im gonna build my house next door to you
Can I make love to you once in a while?
Maybe we could do a little kissing and tellin lies
When I come out on the front, girl
Youll listen to my heart goin bumpity bump
I need you baby and it aint no lie
When Im through lovin Ill surely die |
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 |
Death dont have no mercy in this land
Death dont have no mercy in this land, in this land
Come to your house, you know he dont take long
You look in the bed this morning, children find your mother gone
I said death dont have no mercy in this land
Death will leave you standing and crying in this land
Death will leave you standing and crying in this land, in this land
Come to your house, you know he dont take long
You look in the bed, find that your brothers and sisters are gone
I said death dont, death dont have no mercy in this land, in this land
Death will go in any family in this land, in this land
Death will go in any family in this land, in this land
Come to your house, it dont take long
You look in the bed this morning, find your fathers gone
I said death dont, death dont have no mercy in this land
It dont vacation in this land
Death dont take no vacation in this land, in this land, hey
Come to your house, it dont take long
You look in the bed this morning, find your whole family long been gone
Death dont have no mercy in this land |
Death dont have no mercy in this land
Death dont have no mercy in this land, in this land
Come to your house, you know he dont take long
You look in the bed this morning, children find your mother gone
I said death dont have no mercy in this land
Death will leave you standing and crying in this land
Death will leave you standing and crying in this land, in this land
Come to your house, you know he dont take long
You look in the bed, find that your brothers and sisters are gone
I said death dont, death dont have no mercy in this land, in this land
Death will go in any family in this land, in this land
Death will go in any family in this land, in this land
Come to your house, it dont take long
You look in the bed this morning, find your fathers gone
I said death dont, death dont have no mercy in this land
It dont vacation in this land
Death dont take no vacation in this land, in this land, hey
Come to your house, it dont take long
You look in the bed this morning, find your whole family long been gone
Death dont have no mercy in this land |
Pause for a minute and ask yourself why
The red glow of fire lights up the sky
And the sound of the siren screams through the
And the streets re-echo with the rifles crack
Oh what are the thoughts that go racing through your brain
And mess your mind up
At the sight of the city that’s gone completely insane
Where will it wind up
Come on with me let me take you down there
To the hate-haunted canyon of human despair
Over the dark invisible wall
Through the sickening stench of the tenament hall
Oh how can I tell in terms of black and white
Why theres fire in the city tonight
Oh what are the thoughts that go racing through your brain
And mess your mind up
At the sight of the city thats gone completely insane
Where will it wind up
I know by your face that you don’t know the sound
Of a club thats beaten a man to the ground
Where your home is your prison, your skin a disgrace
And the gates of your nation swing shut in your face
Oh how can I tell you in terms of black and white
Why theres fire in the city tonight
Oh what are the thoughts that go racing through your brain
And mess your mind up
At the sight of the city thats gone completely insane
Where will it wind up
Oh pause for a minute and ask yourself why
The red glow of fire lights up the sky
And at the sound of the siren you really know
That you truly do reap just what you sow
Oh how can I tell you in terms of black and white
Why theres fire in the city tonight
Oh how can I tell you in terms of black and white
Why theres fire in the city tonight
Oh how can I tell you in terms of black and white
Why theres fire in the city tonight |
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 half way 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, daydream
Sunshine daydream, waiting in a cold stream
Going, going where the wind goes
They never gonna miss us
Ill catch you in the morning sunshine
Sunshine, daydream, sunshine, daydream
Ooh,
Ooh, daydream
Sunshine, daydream
Ooh, sunshine daydream
Ooh, sweet |
Part 1: Stronger Than Dirt
Part 2: Milkin The Turkey |
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing 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
And 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
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
This is an invitation across the nation
A chance for folks to meet
Therell be swinging and swinging, music playing
Were dancing in the street
Philadelphia, PA
Baltimore and DC now
Cant forget the Motor City
All we need is music, sweet music
Therell be music everywhere
Therell be laughing and swinging, music singing
And 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
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, 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
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Everybody now
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Everybody now
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Dancing, dancing, dancing in the streets
Well be back in just a few minutes, so everybody hang loose |
Grateful Dead
Infrared Roses
Silver Apples of the Moon
Instrumental |
You told me goodbye, how was I to know
You didnt mean goodbye, you meant please dont let me go?
I was having a high time, living the good life
Well, I know
The wheels are muddy, got a ton of hay
Now listen here, baby, cause I mean what I say
Im having a hard time, living the good life
Well, I know
I was losing time, I had nothing to do
No one to fight, I came to you
Wheels broke down, the leader wont draw
The line is busted, the last one I saw
Tomorrow come trouble, tomorrow come pain
Now dont think too hard, baby, cause you know what Im saying
I could show you a high time, living the good life
Dont be that way
Nothings for certain, it could always go wrong
Come on in when its raining, go on out when its gone
We could have us a high time, living the good life
Well, I know |
Maybe youd like to give me kisses sweet
But only for one night with no repeat
And maybe youd go away and never call
But a taste of honey 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 youve got the notion
I second that emotion
Well, if you feel like loving me
And youve 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 was made for fools
So it makes you wise to break the rules
Oh, little girl, in that case I dont want no part
That would only break my heart
Well, if you feel like loving me
And youve got the notion
I second that emotion
Well, if you feel like loving me
And youve got the notion
I second that emotion
In that case I dont want no part
That would only break my heart
Well, if you feel like loving me
And youve got the notion
I second that emotion
Well, if you feel like giving me
A lifetime of devotion
I second that emotion |
We can share the women, we can share the wine
We can share what we got of yours cause we done shared all of mine
Keep on rollin, just a mile to go
Keep on rollin, my old buddy, youre movin much too slow
I just jumped the watchman, right outside the fence
Took his rings, four bucks in change, aint that Heaven sent?
Hurts my ears to listen, Shannon, it burns my eyes to see
Cut down a man in cold blood, Shannon, might as wellve been me
We used to play for silver, now we play for life;
And ones for sport and ones for blood at the point of a knife
And 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 |
Winter rain, now tell me why
Summers fade, and roses die
The answer came
The wind and rain
Golden hills, now veiled in gray
Summer leaves have blown away
Now what remains? The wind and rain
And like a desert spring
My lover comes and spreads her wings
Like a song thats born to soar the sky
Flowing ’till the waters all are dry
The loving in her eyes
Circle songs and sands of time
And seasons will end in tumbled rhyme
And little change
The wind and rain
And like a desert spring
My lover comes and spreads her wings
Like a song thats born to soar the sky
Flowing till the rivers all are dry
The loving in her eyes
Gonna happen every time
Well see summer by and by
Summers fade and roses die
Like a song thats born to soar the sky
Morning comes, she follows the path to the river shore
Lightly sung, her song is the latch on the mornings door
See the sun sparkle in the reeds, silver beads, pass into the sea
She comes from a town where they call her the woodcutters daughter
Shes brown as the bank where she kneels down to gather her water
And she bears it away with a love that the river has taught her
Let it flow, greatly grow, 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 day 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
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! |
Saint Stephen with a rose, in and out of the garden he goes
Country garden 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
Wrap the babe in scarlet colors, 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 washed by the suds and foam
Been here so long, hes got to calling it home
Fortune comes a crawling, calliope woman, spinning that curious sense of your own
Can you answer? Yes I can. But what would be the answer to the answer man? |
Well, the ragman, he draws circles, up and down the block
Id ask him whats the matter, but I know he dont talk
And the ladies they treat me kindly, and they furnish me with tape
But deep inside my heart, I, I know I cant escape
Oh, mama, can this really be the end?
To be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again
Now, Shakespeare hes in the alley
With his pointed shoes and bell
Speaking with some French girl, who says she knows me well
And I would send a message, to find out if shes talked
But the post office has been stolen, and the mailbox is locked
Oh, oh mama, can this really be the end?
To be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again
Now, Mona tried to warn me, said stay away from the railroad line
She says all the railroad men, they drink up your blood like wine
And I said, Oh I didnt know that
But then again theres only one Ive met
And he just smoked my eyelids, and he punched my cigarette
Oh, oh mama, can this really be the end?
To be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again
Grandpa, he died last week, and they buried him in the rocks
Now, everyone still talks about how badly they are shocked
But me, I expected it to happen, I knew hed lost control
When he built a fire on Main Street, and he shot it full of holes
Oh, mama, can this really be the end?
To be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again
Now the senator, he came down here, showing everyone his gun
Handing out free tickets to the wedding of his son
And me, I nearly got busted, and wouldnt it be my luck
To get caught without a ticket and be discovered beneath a truck
Oh, mama, can this really be the end?
To be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again
Now the preacher, he looks so baffled
When I asked him why he dressed
With twenty pounds of headlines stapled to his chest
But he cursed me when I proved it to him
Then I said, See, not even you can hide
You see, youre just like me, and I hope youre satisfied
Oh, oh mama, can this really be the end?
To be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again
Now the rainman gave me two cures, then he said, Jump right in
The first was Texas medicine, the second was just railroad gin
But like a fool I mixed them, and it strangled up my mind
And now people just get uglier, and Ive got no sense of time
Ooh, mama, can this really be the end?
To be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again
And when Ruthie says come see me in a honky-tonk lagoon
Where I can watch her waltz for free, neath her Panamanian moon
And I said, Oh come on now, you know about my debutante
And she says, Your debutante knows just what you need
But I know what you want
Oh, mama, can this really be the end?
To be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again
The bricks, they lay on Grand Street, where the neon madmen climb
They all fall there so perfectly, it all seems so well timed
And here I sit so patiently, waiting to find out what price
You have to pay to get out of
Going through all of these things twice, twice
Oh mama, can this really be the end?
To be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again
Oh, mama, can this really be the end?
To be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again |
Put on your red dress baby cause were going out tonight
Wear your boxing gloves in case some fool might wanna fight
Put on your high heeled sneakers and put your wig hat on your head
May not win a prize, Im pretty sure youre gonna knock them dead |
Annie laid her head down in the roses
She had ribbons, ribbons, ribbons in her long brown hair
I dont know, maybe it was the roses
All I know is I could not leave her there
I dont know, it must have been the roses
The roses or the ribbons in her long brown hair
I dont know, maybe it was the roses
All I know, I could not leave her there
Ten years the waves rolled the ships home from the sea
Thinking well how it may blow in all good company
If I tell another what your own lips told to me
Let me lay neath the roses, let my eyes no longer see
I dont know, it must have been the roses
The roses or the ribbons in her long brown hair
I dont know, maybe it was the roses
All I know, I could not leave her there
One pane of glass in the window
No one is complaining though
Come in and shut the door
Faded is the crimson from the ribbons that she wore
And its strange how no one comes round anymore
I dont know, it must have been the roses
The roses or the ribbons in her long brown hair
I dont know, maybe it was the roses
All I know, I could not leave her there |
Gonna see some good times, gonna get to ring that bell
Im gonna see some good times
Sometimes you make up for when Im not feeling well
I must be due some great times
Cause right now I feel like hell
Never trust a woman who wears her pants too tight
Never trust a woman who wears her pants too tight
She might love you tomorrow, but shell be gone, shell be gone tomorrow night
Come tomorrow Ill get my pay and Im gonna leave this town
Come tomorrow Ill get my pay
Ill get my pay and Im gonna leave this motherfuckin town
She dont really love me
There aint no reason to stick around
Gonna see some good times, gonna get to ring that bell
Gonna see some good, good, good, good, good times
Sometimes you make up for when Im not feeling well
I must be due some great times
But if they dont come around here...
I must be due some good times, some time to ring that bell
Im gonna see some good times
Sometimes I make up, sometimes I make up, sometimes I make up
For when Im not feeling well
I must be due some great times
But if they dont come, if they dont come around here
If they never come
If they dont come tomorrow, if they dont come next week
If they dont come next year
Ah, what the hell |
Well the first days are the hardest days, dont you worry any more
Cause when life looks like easy street, there is danger at your door
Think this through with me, let me know your mind
Wo, oh, what I want to know, is are you kind
Its a buck dancers choice my friend better take my advice
You know all the rules by now and the fire from the ice
Will you come with me wont you come with me
Wo, oh, what I want to know, will you come with me
Goddamn, well I declare, have you seen the like
Their wall are built of cannonballs, 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 knows
Like the morning sun you come and like the wind you go
Aint no time to hate, barely time to wait
Wo, oh, what I want to know, where does the time go
I live in a silver mine and I call it beggars tomb
I got me a violin and I beg you call the tune
Anybodys choice, I can hear your voice
Wo, oh, what I want to know, how does the song go
Come hear uncle Johns band by the riverside
Got some things to talk about, here beside the rising tide
Come hear uncle Johns band playing to the tide
Come on along, or go alone, hes come to take his children home
Wo, oh, what I want to know, how does the song go
Come hear uncle Johns band by the riverside
Got some things to talk about, here beside the rising tide
Come hear uncle Johns band playing to the tide
Come on along, or go alone, hes come to take his children home |
Look out of any window
Any morning, any evening, any day
Maybe the sun is shining
Birds are winging or
Rain is falling from a heavy sky
What do you want me to do
To do for you to see you through?
This is all a dream we dreamed
One afternoon, long ago
Walk out of any doorway
Feel your way, feel your way
Like the day before
Maybe youll find direction
Around some corner
Where its been waiting to meet you
What do you want me to do
To watch for you while you are sleeping?
Well please dont be surprised
When you find me dreaming, too
Look into any eyes
You find by you, you can see
Clear through to another day
Maybe its been seen before
Through other eyes on other days
While going home
What do you want me to do
To do for you to see you through?
Its all a dream we dreamed
One afternoon long ago
Walk into splintered sunlight
Inch your way through dead dreams
To another land
Maybe youre tired and broken
Your tongue is twisted
With words half spoken
And thoughts unclear
What do you want me to do
To do for you to see you through?
A box of rain will ease the pain
And love will see you through
Just a box of rain
Wind and water
Believe it if you need it
If you dont just pass it on
Sun and shower, wind and rain
In and out the window
Like a moth before a flame
Its just a box of rain
I dont know who put it there
Believe it if you need it
Or leave it if you dare
But its just a box of rain, or a ribbon for your hair;
Such a long long time to be gone
And a short time to be there |
Till the morning comes
Itll do you fine
Till the morning comes
Like a highway sign
Showing you the way
Leaving no doubt
Of the way on in
Or the way back out
Tell you what Ill do
Ill watch out for you
Youre my woman now
Make yourself easy
Make yourself easy
Make yourself easy
Till we all fall down
Itll do you fine
Dont think about
What you left behind
The way you came
Or the way you go
Let your tracks be lost in the dark and snow
Tell you what Ill do
Ill watch out for you
Youre my woman now
Make yourself easy
Make yourself easy
Make yourself easy
When the shadows grow
Itll do you fine
When the cold winds blow
Itll ease your mind
The shape it takes
Could be yours to choose
What you may win
What you may lose
Tell you what Ill do
Ill watch out for you
Youre my woman now
Make yourself easy
Make yourself easy
Make yourself easy
Youre my woman now
Youre my woman now
Youre my woman now
Youre my woman now
Youre my woman now
Youre my woman now
Youre my woman now
Youre my woman now |
The other day they waited
The sky was dark and faded
Solemnly they stated
He has to die
You know he has to die
And all the children learning
From books that they were burning
Every leaf was turning
To watch him die
You know he has to die
The summer sun looked down on him
His mother could but frown on him
And all the other sound on him
But it doesnt seem to matter
And when the day had ended
With rainbow colors blended
His mind remained unbended
He had to die
You know he had to die
Spanish lady come to me
She lays on me this rose
It rainbow spirals round and round
It trembles and explodes
It left a smoking crater of my mind
I like to blow away
But the heat came ‘round and busted me
For smiling on a cloudy day
Coming, coming, coming around
Coming around in a circle
Coming , coming , coming around
Coming around in a circle
Escaping through the lily fields
I came across an empty space
It trembled and exploded
Left a bus stop in its place
The bus came by and I got on
Thats when it all began
There was cowboy Neal at the wheel
Of a bus to never-ever land
Coming, coming, coming around
Coming around in a circle
Coming , coming , coming around
Coming around in a circle
And when the day had ended
With rainbow colors blended
His mind remained unbended
He had to die
You know he had to die
He had to die
You know he had to die
He had to die
Well, you know he had to die |
Out in the West Texas town of El Paso
I fell in love with a Mexican girl
Night time would find me in Rosas Cantina
Music would play and Felina would whirl
Black as the night were the eyes of Felina
Wicked and evil while casting a spell
My love was strong for this Mexican maiden
I was in love, but in vain I could tell
One night a wild young cowboy came in
Wild as the West Texas wind
Dashing and daring, a drink he was sharing
With wicked Felina, the girl that I love
So in anger
I challenged his right for the love of this maiden
Down went his hand for the gun that he wore
My challenge was answered in less than a heartbeat
The handsome young stranger lay dead on the floor
Just for a moment I stood there in silence
Shocked by the foul evil deed I had done
Many thoughts ran through my mind as I stood there
I had but one chance and that was to run
Out through the back door of Rosas I ran
Out where the horses were tied
I picked a good one, it looked like it could run
Up on his back and away I did ride
Just as fast as I
Could from the West Texas town of El Paso
Out through the badlands of New Mexico
Back in El Paso my life would be worthless
Everythings gone in life, nothing is left
Its been so long since Ive seen the young maiden
My love is stronger than my fear of death
I saddled up and away I did go, riding alone in the dark
Maybe tomorrow a bullet may find me
Tonight nothings worse than this pain in my heart
And at last here I
Am on the hill overlooking El Paso
I can see Rosas Cantina below
My love is strong and it pushes me onward
Down off the hill to Felina I go
Off to my right I see five mounted cowboys
Off to my left ride a dozen or more
Shouting and shooting, I cant let them catch me
Ive got to make it to Rosas back door
Something is dreadfully wrong, for I feel
A deep burning pain in my side
Its getting harder to stay in the saddle
Im getting weary, unable to ride
But my love for
Felina is strong
And I writhe where Ive fallen
Though I am weary, I cant stop to rest
I see the white puff of smoke from the rifle
I feel the bullet go deep in my chest
From out of nowhere, Felina has found me
Kissing my cheek as she kneels by my side
Cradled by two loving arms that Ill die for
One little kiss and Felina
Goodbye |
Gazing at the fire, burning by the water
Before he speaks the world around us quiets
With eyes as sharp as arrows and turning to the fire
He clears the air and cuts it with a feather
Many in a circle slowly round the fire
When he is gone I want to know him better
No one is forsaken, no one is a liar
He plants the tree of life on our foreheads with water
He hums, there are drums, four winds, rising suns
We are singing and playing, I her him saying
I remember breezes from winds inside your body
Keep me high, like I told you, Ill sing to them this story and know why |
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 you know me
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them you know me
You thought you was the cool fool
And never could do no wrong
You had everything sewed 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 you know me
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them you know me
You know in spite of all you gained
You still had to stand out in the pouring rain
One last voice is calling you
And I guess its time you go
Just one thing I ask of you, is just one thing for me
Please forget you knew my name, my darling Sugaree
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them you know me
Shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them you know me
Shake it up now, Sugaree
Ill meet you at the Jubilee
And if that Jubilee dont come
Maybe Ill meet you on the run
Just one thing I ask of you, is just one thing for me
Please forget you knew my name, my darling Sugaree
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them you know me
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them you know me
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them you know me
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them you know me
Thank you |
Down through the city their fancy cars are such a sight to see
At first look your rich friends that took you innocently
That now they finally called you home to me
Papers told about you lost your life
Of the party and the famous crash that night
Racing on the highway that turns nobody saint
Now youre driving in that long black limousine |
The first thing I remember knowing
Was a lonesome whistle blowing
And a younguns dream of growing up to ride
On a freight train leaving town
Not knowing where Im bound
And no one could change my mind, but Mama tried
One and only rebel child
From a family meek and mild
Mama seemed to know what lay in store
In spite of all my Sunday learning
Towards the bad I kept on turning
Til Mama couldnt hold me anymore
And I turned twenty-one in prison doing life without parole
No one could steer me right, but Mama tried, Mama tried
Mama tried to raise me better, but her pleading I denied
That leaves only me to blame, cause Mama tried
Dear old Daddy, rest his soul
Left my mom a heavy load
She tried so very hard to fill his shoes
Working hours without rest
Wanted me to have the best
She tried to raise me right but I refused
And I turned twenty-one in prison doing life without parole
No one could steer me right, but Mama tried, Mama tried
Mama tried to raise me better, but her pleading I denied
That leaves only me to blame, cause Mama tried
And I turned twenty-one in prison doing life without parole
No one could steer me right, but Mama tried, Mama tried
Mama tried to raise me better, but her pleading I denied
That leaves only me to blame, cause Mama tried
That leaves only me to blame, cause Mama tried
Thanks mom |
I want to tell you how its going to be
Youre going to give your love to me
I want to love you night and day
You know my love will not fade away
You know my love will not fade away
Not fade away
My love is bigger than a Cadillac
I try to show you but you drive me back
Your love for me has got to be real
Youre going to know just how I feel
Our love is real, not fade away
Not fade away |
Walk me out in the morning dew, my honey
Walk me out in the morning dew today
I cant walk you out in the morning dew, my honey
I cant walk you out in the morning dew today
I thought I heard a baby cry this morning
I thought I heard a baby cry this today, yeah
You didnt hear no baby cry this morning
You didnt hear no baby cry today
Where have all the people gone, my honey
Where have all the people gone today
Theres no need for you to be worrying about all those people
You never see those people anyway
I thought I heard a young man mourn this morning
I thought I heard a young man mourn today
I thought I heard a young man mourn this morning
I cant walk you out in the morning dew today
Walk me out in the morning dew, my honey
Walk me out in the morning dew today
Ill walk you out in the morning dew, my honey
I guess it doesnt matter anyway
I guess it doesnt matter anyway
I guess it doesnt matter anyway
I guess it doesnt matter anyway
Got turned off, once again
Good night, everybody
The law says thats all, so I guess thats it |
Right outside this lazy summer home
You aint got time to call your soul a critic, no
Right outside the lazy gate of winters summer home
Wondering where the nut-thatch winters
Wings a mile long just carried the bird away
Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world
The heart has its beaches, its homeland and thoughts of its own
Wake now, discover that you are the song that the morning brings
But the heart has its seasons, its evenings and songs of its own
There comes a redeemer, and he slowly too fades away
And there follows his wagon behind him thats loaded with clay
The seeds that were silent all burst into bloom, and decay
And night comes so quiet, its close on the heels of the day
Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world
The heart has its beaches, its homeland and thoughts of its own
Wake now, discover that you are the song that the morning brings
The heart has its seasons, its evenings and songs of its own
Sometimes we live no particular way but our own
Sometimes we visit your country and live in your home
Sometimes we ride on your horses, sometimes we walk alone
Sometimes the songs that we hear are just songs of our own
Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world
The heart has its beaches, its homeland and thoughts of its own
Wake now, discover that you are the song that the morning brings
The heart has its seasons, its evenings and songs of its own |
Woo, well, dizzy aint the word for the way that youre making me feel now
Got to help me
Well, I need some indication, good Lord, this is real now
Got to help me
Well, Ive heard it said theres something wrong with in head now
Got to tell me, girl
Could it be infatuation or am I just being misled now?
Little bolt of inspiration
Way you strike me now
Its sparking my imagination
Bolt of lightning
Cause me such excitation
Well, you got to like me now
Little bolt of inspiration
Way you strike me now
WOO! |
When they come to take you down
When they bring that wagon around
When they come to call on you
And drag your poor body down
Just one thing I ask of you, just one thing for me
Please forget you knew my name, my darling Sugaree
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them you know me
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them you know me
You thought you was the cool fool
And never could do no wrong
You had everything sewn up tight
How come you lay awake all night long?
Just one thing I ask of you, just one thing for me
Please forget you knew my name, my darling Sugaree
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them you know me
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them you know me
Well, in spite of all you gained
You still had to stand out in the pouring rain
One last voice is calling you
And I guess its time you go
Just one thing I ask of you, just one thing for me
Please forget you knew my name, my darling Sugaree
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them you know me
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them you know me
Shake it up now, Sugaree
Ill meet you at the Jubilee
And if that Jubilee dont come
Maybe Ill meet you on the run
Just one thing I ask of you, just one thing for me
Please forget you knew my name, my darling Sugaree
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them you know me
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them you know me
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them you know me
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them you know me |
I lit out from Reno, I was trailed by twenty hounds
Didnt get to sleep last night til the morning came around
Set out runnin but I take my time
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
If I get home before daylight
I just might get some sleep tonight
Ran into the devil, he loaned me twenty bills
I spent the night in Utah in a cave up in the hills
Set out runnin but I take my time
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
If I get home before daylight
I just might get some sleep tonight
Ran down to the levee but the devil caught me there
He took my twenty dollar bill and vanished in the air
Set out runnin but I take my time
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
If I get home before daylight
I just might get some sleep tonight
Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night:
The first ones named sweet Anne Marie, and shes my hearts delight
The second one is prison, baby, the sheriffs on my trail
And if he catches up with me, Ill spend my life in jail
Got a wife in Chino, babe, and one in Cherokee
The first one say shes got my child, but it dont look like me
Set out runnin but I take my time
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
If I get home before daylight
I just might get some sleep tonight
Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night:
The first ones named sweet Anne Marie, and shes my hearts delight
The second one is prison, baby, the sheriffs on my trail
And if he catches up with me, Ill spend my life in jail
Got a wife in Chino, babe, and one in Cherokee
First one say shes got my child, but it dont look like me
Set out runnin but I take my time
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
If I get home before daylight
I just might get some sleep tonight |
1, 2, 1, 2, 3
Laid back in an old saloon, with a peso in my hand
Watching flies and children on the street
And I catch a glimpse of black-eyed girls who giggle when I smile
Theres a little boy who wants to shine my feet
And its three days ride from Bakersfield and I dont know why I came
I guess I came to keep from paying dues
So instead Ive got a bottle and a girl whos just fourteen
And a damn good case of the Mexicali Blues, yeah
Is there anything a man dont stand to lose
When the devil wants to take it all away?
Cherish well your thoughts, and keep a tight grip on your booze
Cause thinkin and drinkin are all I have today
She said her name was Billie Jean and she was fresh in town
I didnt know a stage line ran from Hell
She had raven hair, a ruffled dress, a necklace made of gold
All the French perfume youd care to smell
She took me up into her room and whispered in my ear
Go on, my friend, do anything you choose
Now Im payin for those happy hours I spent there in her arms
With a lifetimes worth of the Mexicali Blues, yeah
Is there anything a man dont stand to lose
When the devil wants to take it all away?
Cherish well your thoughts, and keep a tight grip on your booze
Cause thinkin and drinkin are all I have today
And then a man rode into town, some thought he was the law
Billie Jean was waiting when he came
She told me he would take her, if I didnt use my gun
Id have no one but myself to blame
I went down to those dusty streets, blood was on my mind
I guess that stranger hadnt heard the news
Cause I shot first and killed him, Lord, he didnt even draw
And he made me trade the gallows for the Mexicali Blues, yeah
Is there anything a man dont stand to lose
When the lets a woman hold him in her hands
You just might find yourself out there on horseback in the dark
Just riding and running across those desert sands, ooh |
Goin down the road feeling bad
Goin down the road feeling bad
Goin down the road feeling bad, bad, bad
I dont want to be treated this a-way
Going where the water tastes like wine
Going where the water tastes like wine
Going where the water tastes like wine
I dont want to be treated this a-way
Goin down the road feeling bad
Goin down the road feeling bad
Goin down the road feeling bad, bad, bad
I dont want to be treated this a-way
Going where the climate suits my clothes
Going where the climate suits my clothes
Going where the climate suits my clothes
I dont want to be treated this a-way
Goin down the road feeling bad
Goin down the road feeling bad
Goin down the road feeling bad, bad, bad
I dont want to be treated this a-way
Goin down the road feeling bad
Goin down the road feeling bad
Goin down the road feeling bad, bad, bad
I dont want to be treated this a-way
Goin down the road feeling bad
Goin down the road feeling bad
Goin down the road feeling bad, bad, bad
I dont want to be treated this a-way
Goin down the road feeling bad
Goin down the road feeling bad
Goin down the road feeling bad, bad, bad
I dont want to be treated this a-way
Goin down the road feeling bad
Goin down the road feeling bad
Goin down the road feeling bad, bad, bad
I dont want to be treated this a-way
Goin down the road feeling bad
Goin down the road feeling bad
Goin down the road feeling bad, bad, bad
I dont want to be treated this a-way |
Just like Jack the Ripper, just like Mojo Hand
Just like Billy Sunday, in a shotgun ragtime band
Just like New York City, just like Jericho
Pace the halls and climb the walls, get out when they blow
Did you say your name was Ramblin Rose?
Ramble on baby, settle down easy
Ramble on Rose
Just like Jack and Jill, Papa told the jailer
One heat up, and one cool down, leave nothing for the tailor
Just like Jack and Jill, Mama told the sailor
One go up, and one go down, do yourself a favor
Did you say your name was Ramblin’ Rose?
Ramble on baby, settle down easy
Ramble on Rose
Im going to sing you a hundred verses in ragtime
I know this song it aint never going to end
I’m going to march you up and down along the county line
Take you to the leader of a band
Just like Crazy Otto, just like Wolfman Jack
Sittin plush with a royal flush, aces back to back
Just like Mary Shelly, just like Frankenstein
Clank your chains and count your change and try to walk the line
Did you say your name was Ramblin Rose?
Ramble on baby, settle down easy
Ramble on Rose
Im going to sing you a hundred verses in ragtime
I know this song it aint never going to end
Im going to march you up and down along the county line
Take you to the leader of a band
Goodbye Mama and Papa
Goodbye Jack and Jill
The grass aint greener
The wine aint sweeter
Either side of the hill
Did you say your name was Ramblin’ Rose?
Ramble on baby, settle down easy
Ramble on Rose
Ramble on Rose
Don’t you love to see lovers? |
Reaching to the mountain, I was drinking some wine
Looked up into heaven, Lord, I saw a mighty sign
Writ in fire across the heaven, plain as black and white
Get prepared, theres going to be a party tonight
Uh-huh, woo! Saturday Night!
One more Saturday night now
Saturday night!
Everybodys dancing down the local armory
With a basement full of dynamite and live artillery
The temperature keeps rising, everybody getting high
Come the rocking stroke of midnight, the whole place going to fly
Uh-huh, woo! Saturday Night!
One more Saturday night now
Saturday night!
Turn on Channel Six, the President comes on the news
Says, I get no satisfaction, thats why I sing the blues
His wife say Dont get crazy, Lord, you know what to do
Crank up that old Victrola, put on your rocking shoes
Uh-huh, woo! Saturday Night!
One more Saturday night now
Hey, Saturday night!
Then God way up in heaven, for whatever it was worth
Thought hed have a big old party, thought hed call it Planet Earth
Dont worry about tomorrow, Lord, youll know it when it comes
When the rock and roll music meets the rising, shining sun
Uh-huh, Hey! Saturday Night!
Talkin bout hey now, one more Saturday night now
Ow, Saturday night!
Hanging on a Saturday night
Hanging on a Saturday night
Hanging on a Saturday night
One more Saturday, one more Saturday night
Hanging on a Saturday night
Hanging on a Saturday night
OW!
Hanging on a Saturday night
One more Saturday, one more Saturday night now
Hanging on a Saturday night
Hanging on a Saturday night
OW!
Hanging on a Saturday night
One more Saturday, one more Saturday night, ow!
Thank yall, good night |
Spanish lady come to me, she lays on me this rose
It rainbow spirals round and round, it trembles and explodes
It left a smoking crater of my mind I like to blow away
But the heat came round and busted me for smiling on a cloudy day
Coming, coming, coming around
Coming around
Coming, coming, coming around
Coming around |
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 Ive 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 of 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 rule 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 |
Old man down, way down down, down by the docks of the city
Blind and dirty, asked me for a dime, a dime for a cup of coffee
I got no dime but I got some time to hear his story
My name is August West, and I love my Pearly Baker best, more than my wine
More than my wine, more than my maker, though hes no friend of mine
Everyone said, Id come to no good, I knew I would pearly, believe them
Half of my life, I spent doing time for some other fuckers crime
The other half found me stumbling round drunk on burgundy wine
But Ill get back on my feet again someday
The good lord willing, if he says I may
I know that the life Im livings no good
Ill get a new start, live the life I should
Ill get up and fly away, Ill get up and fly away, fly away
Pearlys been true, true to me, true to my dying day he said
I said to him, I said to him, Im sure shes been.
I said to him, Im sure shes been true to you.
Got up and wandered, wandered downtown, nowhere to go but just hang around
Ive got a girl, named bonnie lee, I know that girls been true to me
I know shes been, Im sure shes been true to me |
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 |
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 know my name, my darling Sugaree
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them that you know me
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just dont tell them that you know me
You thought you was the cool fool
And never could do no wrong
Had everything sewed 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 know 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
Well 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 know 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
Well, 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, its just one thing for me
Please forget you know 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 |
Inside youre burning
I can see clear through
Your eyes tell more than you mean them to
Lit up and flashing
Like the reds and blues
Out there on the neon avenue
But I feel like a stranger
Feel like a stranger
Well, the music’s thundering
Were restless and hot
You keep on firing glances across the room
And I cant stop wondering
Just what you got
I get the feeling I’m gonna find out real soon
Still I feel like a stranger
Feel like a stranger
You know its gonna get stranger
So lets get on with the show
Lets go
Yes and the wheel
Gets smoking round midnight
You shoot me a look that says Lets go
Yes and it feels
Just like running a red light
Well, there aint no point in looking behind us, no!
Still I feel like a stranger
Feel like a stranger, like a stranger
You know its gonna get stranger
If it’s love then how would I know?
How would I know?
If it’s real love then how would I know?
How would I know? How would I know?
If its real love then how would I know?
Feel like a stranger, like a stranger
Feel like a stranger, like a stranger
Feel like, feel like a stranger, stranger
Feel, feel, feel like a stranger, like a stranger
Feel like a stranger
Feel like a stranger
Silky silky crazy crazy night
Silky silky crazy crazy night
Hey, crazy night; hey crazy night
Silky silky crazy crazy night
Hey, crazy night
Hey, crazy night
Silky crazy crazy night
It’s gonna be a long long crazy crazy night
Hey, crazy night
Gonna be a long long crazy crazy
Silky crazy crazy, silky silky crazy crazy night |
I left my home in Norfolk, Virginia
California on my mind
Straddled that Greyhound, it rode me past Raleigh
And on across Caroline
Stopped in Charlotte and bypassed Rock Hill
And we never was a minute late
We was ninety miles out of Atlanta by sundown
Rolling across the Georgia state
Had motor trouble, it turned into a struggle
Halfway across Alabama
The Hound broke down
Left us all stranded in downtown Birmingham
Straight off bought me a through train ticket
Right across Mississippi clean
And I was on that midnight flyer out of Birmingham
Smoking into New Orleans
Somebody help me get out of Louisiana
Just help me get to Houston town
Theres people there who care a little about me
And they wont let the poor boy down
Sure as youre born, they bought me a silk suit
Put luggage in my hands
And I woke up high over Albuquerque
On a jet to the promised land
Working on a T-bone steak a la carte
Flying over to the Golden State
When the pilot told us in thirteen minutes
Wed be heading in the terminal gate
Swing low sweet chariot, come down easy
Taxi to the terminal zone
Cut your engines, cool your wings
And let me make it to the telephone
Los Angeles, give me Norfolk Virginia
Tidewater four ten oh nine
Tell the folks back home this is the promised land calling
And the poor boys on the line
Thank you, were gonna take a short break, and you can too |
Well now, baby used to stay out all night long
Made me cry, Lord she done me wrong
Hurt my eyes open, baby, thats no lie
Tables turnin, now its her turn to cry
Cause I used to love her, but its all over now, over now
Yes, and I used to love her, but its all over now, over now
Well, I used to wake up in the morning, get my breakfast in bed
When I got worried, you know she eased my achin head
But now shes here and there with every man in town
But still tryin to take me for that same old clown
Cause I used to love her, but its all over now, over now
Yes, and I used to love her, but its all over now, over now
Well, she used to run around with every man in town
Spend all my money, Lord, out playing her high class game
Put me out, it was a pity how I cried
Tables turnin, now its her turn to cry
Cause I used to love her, but its all over now, over now
Yes, and I used to love her, but its all over now
Over now, over now
Well now, baby used to stay out all night long
Made me cry, Lord she done me wrong
Hurt my eyes open, baby, thats no lie
Tables turnin, now its her turn to cry
Cause I used to love her, but its all over now, over now
Yes, and I used to love her, but its all over now
Say its over, over now, over now
Yes, and I used to love her, used to love her, but its all over now
Say its over, over now, over now
Yes, and I used to love her, used to love her, but its all over now
Over now, over now
Were gonna play a selection from our latest chart buster |
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 till it wont stretch
No furthermore and/or it may require a change that hasnt come before
No more time to tell how, this is the season of what
Now is the time of returning with our thought
Jewels polished and gleaming
Now is the time past believing the child has relinquished the rein
Now is the test of the boomerang tossed in the night of redeeming |
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
I worked all summer, spring and fall
I had a woman who caused it all
Now shes gone, gone, gone and I dont worry
Cause Im sitting on top of the world
I saw her in Dallas and El Paso
Said, Come back baby, I need you so
And now shes gone, gone, gone and I dont worry
Cause Im sitting on top of the world
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 |
Well, I was feeling all sort of bad, yall
Asked my family doctor about what I had, yall
I said now, Doctor , Mister M.D.,
Oh, can you tell me , whats ailing me?
Well, he said, Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
All you need, all you really need is good lovin
Well, you got to have lovin
You got to have lovin
Plenty good lovin, good lovin
So come on baby, oh, squeeze me tight
Dont you want your daddy to be alright?
I said now baby , oh, its for sure
Ive got the fever , you got the cure
She said, Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
All you need, all you really need is good lovin
Well, you got to have lovin
You got to have lovin
Can you give me some lovin?
Well, I was feeling all sort of bad, yall
Asked my family doctor about what I had, yall
I said now, Doctor , Mister M.D.
Oh, can you tell me , whats ailing me?
He said, Yeah, well alright
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
All you need, all you really need: good lovin
Well, you got to have lovin
You got to have lovin
Give me, give me some lovin
So come on baby, oh, squeeze me tight
Dont you, dont you want your daddy to be alright?
I said now baby , now its for sure
Ive got the fever , you got the cure
She said, Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
All you need, all you really need is good lovin
Well, you got to have lovin
Everybody got to have lovin
Can you give me some lovin
I said wait a minute now, you got to have lovin
Said just a little lovin gonna make you feel alright
So come on and help me say
You say it too
Everybody
You need it any time of year
Make you feel like youre trying to see it
So come on now, turn it on me
Turn on your light
You and me we can make it right
Even a blind man knows when the sun is shining
So come on now, turn it on now
Turn on your light, say alright
Say it
Say it
Say it
Turn on your light, say alright
Turn on your light, you wont regret it
You got to go on and go and get it
Come on now, turn it on
Turn on your light, you say it now
We got
Got to, got to have
Got to have
Ooh
Got to have
Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme some love
You know you got to have love
Gimme, gimme, gimme some love
Ah
Yeah
Turn on your light, you wont regret it
Turn it on
Turn on your light
I said now wait a minute
I said wait
Wait a minute
You got to have lovin
Just a little lovin gonna make you feel alright
Say alright
Just like a friend of mine used to say
Without a little love, I dont know how youre gonna make it through the night
Come on and help me say it
Gimme some love
And I want you to say it too
I cant hear you
Cause we all, we all
Yeah
Ooh
Sun bout to rise
Old Uncle Bobo gonna have breakfast for you
Somewhere around here
You all got to know that Uncle Bobo loves you too
Say it
Say it
Gimme some love
Said now gimme some love
Gimme, gimme some love
Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme some love
Ah
Gimme, gimme, gimme some love
Ah
Turn on your light, you wont regret it
You got to go on and go and get it
You and me we can make it right
Even a blind man knows when the sun shines
Hey, now you got to have lovin
Everybody got to have lovin
Woo-hoo
Say it, gimme
Gimme some lovin
Everybody got to have lovin
Gimme, gimme, gimme some love
Happy New Year! |
Since it cost a lot to win
And even more to lose
You and me bound to spend some time
Wondering what to choose
It goes to show you dont ever know
Watch each card you play
And play it slow
Wait until that deal come round
Dont you let that deal go down, oh no
I been gambling hereabouts
For ten good solid years
If I told you about all that went down
It would burn off both your ears
It goes to show you dont ever know
Watch each card you play
And play it slow
Wait until that deal come round
Dont you let that deal go down, oh no
Since you poured the wine for me
And tightened up my shoes
I hate to leave you sitting there
Composing lonesome blues
It goes to show you dont ever know
Watch each card you play
And play it slow
Wait until that deal come round
Dont you let that deal go down
Since it costs a lot to win
Even more to lose
You and me bound to spend some time
Wondering what to choose
It goes to show you dont ever know
Watch each card you play
And play it slow
Wait until that deal come round
Dont you let that deal go down
Wait until that deal come round
Dont you let that deal go down
Dont you let that deal go down, oh no |
Now, baby used to stay all night long
Made me cry, Lord, she done me wrong
Hurt my eyes open, and thats no lie
Tables turnin’, now its her turn to cry
Cause I used to love her, but it’s all over now
Yeah, I used to love her, but its all over now
Lord, I used to wake up in the morning, get my breakfast in bed
When I got worried, Lord, she eased my achin head
But now shes here and there with every man in town
Still tryin to take me for that same old clown
Cause I used to love her, but its all over now
And I used to love her, but its all over now
Well, she used to run around with every man in town
Spend all my money, Lord, out playing her high class game
Put me out, it was a pity how I cried
Table’s turnin’, now its her turn to cry
’Cause I used to love her, but its all over now
Yes, and I used to love her, but its all over now
Now, baby used to stay all night long
Made me cry, Lord, she done me wrong
Hurt my eyes open, baby, thats no lie
Tables turnin’, now its her turn to cry
Cause I used to love her, but its all over now
Yes, and I used to love her, but its all over now
Yes, and I used to love her, but its all over now
Yes, and I used to love her, but its all over now |