JOE BONAMASSA: So, It's Like That (2002)

1. My Mistake
2. Lie #1
3. No Slack
4. Unbroken
5. So, It's Like That
6. Waiting for Me
7. Never Say Goodbye
8. Mountain Time
9. Pain and Sorrow
10. Takin' the Hit
11. Under the Radar
12. Sick in Love
13. The Hard Way

MY MISTAKE
I’m in a dream I’m flying over hills,
I see it shining in the hay.
There’s something golden in my hands,
And then I go and let it slip away.

With eyes that are broken, my feelings are spoken.
It’s time for the waters to break.
I know where I should be, and I’m gonna make it there.
I won’t let you be my mistake.

The days go by like chapters from a book,
I’m skipping pages to the end.
There’s a story that I’ll never know,
The one about the man who makes amends.

With eyes that are open, my feelings are spoken.
It’s time for the waters to break.
I know where I should be, and I’m gonna make it there.
I won’t let you be my mistake.

The moment’s uncovered, I must seize the day.
This goal that I hold high, won’t let it be lost for all time.

With eyes that are open, my feelings are spoken.
It’s time for the waters to break.
I know where I should be, and I’m gonna make it there.
I won’t let you be my mistake.

With eyes that are broken, my feelings are spoken.
It’s time for the waters to break.
I know where I should be, and I’m gonna make it there.
I won’t let you be my mistake.
My mistake baby

LIE #1
You said you weren’t a good liar.
That was lie #1.
You said your partying days were over,
but the party’s just begun.

You said it was a friday thing, a shot or two of booze.
And in the middle of tuesday, you’re drunk and can’t find your shoes.
You let all your lovers go, you swore to God it was true,
The phone is ringing off the hook, with dudes looking for you.
You whisper things I’ve never heard.
But the thing is baby, I believed every word.

You said you weren’t a good liar.
That was lie #1.
You said your partying days were over,
but the party’s just begun.
Lie #1, lie #1
oh help me now.

It seems you’ve been hangin’ out, in some very sketchy places.
It seems you and the cops babe, on a first name basis.
You whisper things I’ve never ever heard.
But the thing is baby, I believed every word.

You said you weren’t a good liar.
That was lie #1.
You said your partying days were over,
but the party’s just begun.
Now a thousand lies later,
look at the damage you’ve done,
‘Cuz I believed you honey
I believed lie #1.

Lie #1, lie #1, lie #1…

NO SLACK
Somebody told me that you had changed,
Since the day my life has become estranged.
Well that’s ok, you just put on that face,
But in your heart I know of another place.
So here we are, now we’re just worlds apart,
But were we any closer at the start?
Something so alone,
you want somebody, but you’re still on your own.

(Oh baby) Now that the feeling’s gone,
I believe that I’ve done no wrong.
‘Cuz I’ve tried hard to get you back baby,
But you just wouldn’t cut me no slack.
Oh no, yeah

Now that it’s gone, now that we’ve walked away,
Now that we’ve both started a brand new day.
I’m lookin’ back, I’m lookin’ at your face,
I’m lookin’ and all I see is empty space.
So here we are, now we’re just worlds apart,
But were we any closer at the start?
Something so alone,
you want somebody, but you’re still on your own.
(Oh baby) Now that the feeling’s gone,
I believe that I’ve done no wrong.
‘Cuz I’ve tried hard to get you back baby,
But you just wouldn’t cut me no slack.

But I gotsta’ have ya,
Now that I know the cost baby.
Something’s gonna change my mind,
But I don’t have the luxury of time no more.
Oh, no more time baby

Now that the feeling’s gone,
I believe that I’ve done no wrong.
‘Cuz I’ve tried hard to get you back baby,
But you just wouldn’t cut me no slack.

Now that the feeling’s gone,
I believe that I’ve done no wrong.
‘Cuz I’ve tried hard to get you back baby,
But you just wouldn’t cut me no slack.
Oh no
Just wouldn’t cut me no slack now
Now that the feeling’s gone
Oh no more time baby

Yeah now that the feeling’s gone

UNBROKEN
If I lived and breathed before you loved me,
I don’t recall.
If I walked around at all I was in bits and pieces,
Of a jagged heart.
You kissed me and every piece back into place,
Every pain got erased.
Held me up to the sunlight,
Now it feels like:

No one ever left me out in the rain,
Cold words that remained unspoken.
I never got lost, spent years in the dark,
‘Cuz you’re here now my heart’s unbroken.
When I see you smile, feel my soul again
I’m unbroken.

If I doubted the power of love baby, now I understand.
I thank God for everyday that you touch me like heaven,
Inside your warm hands.
In this world sometimes the only thing that’s real,
Is the way you make me feel.
Baby the change is day to night
I swear it’s like:

No one ever left me out in the rain,
Cold words that remained unspoken.
I never got lost, spent years in the dark,
‘Cuz you’re here, now my heart’s unbroken.
When I see you smile, feel my soul again
I’m unbroken.

I still see the night,
fell into your eyes,
And when we made love it felt like the first time.

No one ever left me out in the rain

No one ever left me out in the rain,
Cold words that remained unspoken.
I never got lost, spent years in the dark,
‘Cuz you’re here, now my heart’s unbroken.
When I see you smile, feel my soul again

I’m unbroken

SO IT’S LIKE THAT
I was under the impression that everything was cool,
I get the feeling now I’m played for a fool.
So it’s like that, so it’s like that.
How easy it is, you break my heart again.

There’s a train that’s runnin’ and I’m tied to the tracks,
The things you say it’s too late to take them back.
So it’s like that, so it’s like that.
How easy it is, you break my heart again.
Oh yeah

You took my best possession to the corner to hock it,
I keep on feelin’ your hands are in my pocket.
So it’s like that, so it’s like that.
How easy it is, you break my heart again.
So it’s like that, so it’s like that.
How easy it is, you break my heart again.

Oh yeah

WAITING FOR ME
Maybe I was wishin’, for a little bit more,
Even though I didn’t want to be the one to kick down that door.
Baby I was prayin’, a prayin’ to believe,
There was something for, something more, out there waiting for me.
‘Cuz maybe I’m crazy, for chasing that dream.
It hasn’t been easy, like some make it seem.
I can’t help but feeling, my best is yet to be,
‘Cuz somewhere there’s something better waiting for me.

Should I just be happy, with nowhere to go?
And no mystery calling me to the great unknown?
Should I keep pretending, pretending to see?
To live a lie - live and die, no that just ain’t me.
‘Cuz maybe I’m crazy, for chasing that dream.
It hasn’t been easy, like some make it seem.
I can’t help but feeling, the best is yet to be,
‘Cuz somewhere there’s something better waiting for me.

You can call me greedy, come along or leave me,
There’s somewhere that I gotta go yeah.
But I don’t know the reason, but that’s what keeps me breathin’.
It’s the only thing I’ve ever known, yeah!

Maybe I’m crazy, for chasing that dream.
It hasn’t been easy, like some make it seem.
I can’t help but feeling, my best is yet to be,
‘Cuz somewhere there’s something better waiting for me.

No it hasn’t been easy, like some make it seem
Yeah I’m crazy for chasin’ that dream

No that just ain’t me
Like some make it seem

But somewhere there’s something better waiting for me

NEVER SAY GOODBYE
And I’m older now than I used to be,
And I’ve paid my dues and spent my dime.
And there’s nothing that I haven’t seen, ooh
But still I think about you every night.

Rain’s coming down
I’m standing in the street.
I thought I knew it all
Baby, I don’t know a thing.
Tried to put you in your place, I told you many lies.
But I never meant to hurt you baby, yeah.
I said a lot of things, but I’ll never say goodbye.

And when a pretty girl smiles at me,
And I can’t think of anything to say,
Makes me think about you and me,
Makes me think of how everything has changed.

Rain’s coming down
coming down on me,
I thought I knew it all
baby I don’t know a thing.
Tried to put you in your place, I told you many lies.
But I never meant to hurt you baby, yeah.
I said a lot of things, never said goodbye.
Oh never said goodbye
I never said good night.

Tried to put you in your place
I told you many lies,
I never meant to hurt you baby, yeah,
I said a lot of things, I never said goodbye.

Never say goodbye, yeah.
Oh no,

Never say goodbye, yeah.

MOUNTAIN TIME
You drive West on 80 and it won’t take too long,
‘Til the road starts climbing up to mountain time.
There’s a girl I know there, she lives free and easy,
And she shows me wonders and she takes my mind.
And she’s wild as eagles,
She’s as sweet as honeysuckle,
Her life’s flowing like a mountain stream.
And she takes me somewhere,
And it’s good to be there,
And she pulls me into her bright golden wing.

Now I hate the city and I love the country,
And I love that feeling on that mountain high.
And that girl is waiting, but she won’t wait too long,
So I drive all night to that clear blue sky.
And she’s wild as eagles,
She’s as sweet as honeysuckle,
Her life’s flowing like a mountain stream.
And she takes me somewhere,
And it’s good to be there,
And she pulls me into her bright golden wing.

I can feel it in the wind blow
I can feel love flow
And I’ll be there when the morning comes, yeah.

And she’s wild as eagles,
She’s as sweet as honeysuckle,
Her life’s flowing like a mountain stream.
And she takes me somewhere,
And it’s good to be there,
And she pulls me into her bright golden wing.

Bright golden wing

And she’s wild as eagles,
She’s as sweet as honeysuckle,
Her life’s flowing like a mountain stream.
And she takes me somewhere,
And it’s good to be there,
And she pulls me into her bright golden wing.

Bright golden wing

PAIN AND SORROW
Sparkle as the tears come
They glitter as they fall
You sacrifice your love
For the wonder of it all
But I will, and you won’t
And I deal, and you don’t, yeah

Livin’ on pain and sorrow
Until you find another way
Livin’ on pain and sorrow
Until I find another way

Where’s your silver lining?
Where’s your long lost friend?
The emptiness is shining
From somewhere deep within
But I will, and you won’t
And I deal, and you don’t yeah

Livin’ on pain and sorrow
Until you find another way
Livin’ on pain and sorrow
Until I find another way
Livin’ on pain and sorrow
Until you find another way
Livin’ on pain and sorrow
Until I find another way

No I…go on

It’s your life baby
‘Til you find another way

Go on…oh yeah

Pain and sorrow
Pain and sorrow
Pain and sorrow

Find another way

TAKIN’ THE HIT
Yes I’m takin’ the hit, payin’ the price
Sometimes in love the ending ain’t nice.
It’s layin’ me down, I’m dyin’ a bit
I’m crying all night, yes I’m takin’ the hit.

Hey it’s my problem, I’m not blaming you
And I wasn’t love, you’re just passing through.
And I won’t complain, your kiss wasn’t con,
Something has moved you, you’re moving on.
I’m feelin’ so bad just to think about you.
You’re not coming back there’s nothin’ I can do.
‘Cuz I’m takin’ the hit, payin’ the price
Sometimes in love the ending ain’t nice.
It’s layin’ me down, I’m dyin’ a bit
I’m crying all night, yes I’m takin’ the hit.

Now I tell myself, someday I won’t care,
Each day I wake up and you’re still there.
I’m hiding the truth, from people I see,
Know something’s wrong and it’s killin’ me.
I’m feeling so bad just to think about you,
You’re not coming back there’s nothin’ I can do.
Yes I’m takin’ the hit, payin’ the price;
Sometimes in love the ending ain’t nice.
It’s layin’ me down, I’m dyin’ a bit
I’m crying all night, yes I’m takin’ the hit.

Yes I’m takin’ the hit, babe, payin’ the price,
Sometimes in love the ending ain’t nice.
It’s layin’ me down, I’m dyin’ a bit

I’m crying all night, yes I’m takin’ the hit, yeah

UNDER THE RADAR
You were sinking lower,
Just to ride a little high.
You were in the ground to taste a bluer sweeter sky.
Something’s got to give, yeah - nothing lasts this long.
It’s hard to hear you say,
Your breaking up, your signal’s fading.
Now you’re caught under the radar.
Peace of mind, a space in time,
A part of you you’ll never find.
Now you’re caught under the radar.

Breathe a little faster,
This could be your time.
You can’t be honest with yourself while living out that same old lie.
I can’t reach for something you won’t let me see.
It’s hard to hear you say,
Your breaking up, your signal’s fading.
Now you’re caught under the radar.
Peace of mind, a space in time,
A part of you you’ll never find.
Now you’re caught under the radar.

It’s hard to hear you say,
Your breaking up, your signal’s fading.
Now you’re caught under the radar.
Peace of mind, a space in time,
A part of you you’ll never find.

Now you’re caught under the radar.

SICK IN LOVE
I should be medicated, I’m debilitated,
There’s nothing I can do.
Put me where they find ‘em, deep in some asylum,
Let me forget about you.
I’m absolutely, positively,
sick in love with you.

Here’s the situation, I need an operation,
Bring me a doctor and a nurse.
Give me anesthetic, isn’t this pathetic?
They are tellin’ me it could be worse.
I’m absolutely, positively,
sick in love with you.
I’m absolutely, positively,
sick in love with you.
Sick in love

All my friends said to leave her,
It’s too late, I got the fever.
My brother said, “Forget her now”
But they never met her.
And after all this time
This ain’t getting’ better.

Now I can’t hack it, I need a straitjacket,
I love you and I can’t stop.
I need a pill now,
I'm truly truly ill now, any second I will drop.
I’m absolutely, positively,
sick in love with you.
I’m absolutely, positively,
sick in love with you.
I’m sick in love
I’m absolutely, positively,
sick in love with you.

Oh I’m sick in love baby, oh no…

Oh I can’t stop baby

THE HARD WAY
I’ve known this day was gonna come,
Will I be the one, will I be around?
I can feel something heavy on your mind,
Coming through again, coming down again.

I don’t know what I can do.
Got all those roads in front of ya,
Which one will you choose?
Break down, break through, break anything you want.
Say that’s not you
holdin’ the world up.
Every time you give, everything you got, you just wanna stop.
Think you’re going the wrong way.
You were never lost, didn’t know the cost,
Then you still get down, do it the hard way.

Love is so easy to refuse,
Easier to quit, easiest to lose.
You never let it make any sense,
Always hiding behind, all those words never said.
I’ve stood here as long as I can stand.
Now the cards are in your hands,
My heart is in your hands
Break down, break through, break anything you want.
Say that’s not you, holdin’ the world up.
Every time you give, everything you got, you just wanna stop.
Think you’re going the wrong way.
You were never lost, didn’t know the cost,
Then you still get down, do it the hard way.

Goin’ the hard way
oh yeah

Break down, break through, break anything you want.
Say that’s not you, holdin’ the world up.
Every time you give, everything you got, you just wanna stop.
Think you’re going the wrong way.
You were never lost, didn’t know the cost,
Then you still get down, do it the hard way.

Do it the hard way
Do it the hard way
Do it the hard way

Oh yeah

JOE BONAMASSA: A New Day Yesterday (2000)

1. Cradle Rock
2. Walk In My Shadows
3. A New Day Yesterday
4. I Know Where I Belong
5. Miss You, Hate You
6. Nuthin' I Wouldn't Do (For A Woman Like You)
7. Colour And Shape
8. Headaches To Heartbreaks
9. Trouble Waiting
10. If Heartaches Were Nickels
11. Current Situation
12. Don't Burn Down That Bridge
13. Miss You, Hate You
    
    
    CRADLE ROCK
    If I was a cradle, would you let me rock?
    If I was a pony, would you let me trot?
    If I was an atom, swimmin' in the trees,
    If I go out my cell phone's dead would you put you dogs on me?
    
    If I was a baby, would you let me fall?
    If I was an outlaw, would you have me caught?
    If I was a tiger, would you have me caged?
    If I was somebody else, would you act your age?
    
    You'll miss out if you're, getting high, no thank you.
    Pray it doesn't happen, this time I'll make you see it.
    You and I gotta say, this is about me and you, yeah.
    
    If I was a nightlight, would you let me see?
    If I was anchor, it'd be news to me.
    I was a maybe, giving you next call,
    If I tell you the truth now baby, listen when I talk!
    
    WALK IN MY SHADOWS
    Well my, throat is dry and my knees are weak
    so darned hot can't even speak
    Walk in my shadow
    I can't take it anymore
    When I get you in my shadow, baby
    I'm gonna give you what's in store
    
    Yes I know baby that's a shady kind of deal
    I just want to find out how you feel
    Walk in my shadow
    I can't take it anymore
    When I get you in my shadow, baby
    I'm gonna give you what's in store
    
    Yes I know you think I’m stupid
    just wouldn't be cool
    I can tell you baby
    I aint no fool
    Walk in my shadow
    I can't take it anymore
    When I get you in my shadow, baby
    I'm gonna give you what's in store
    
    When I get you in my shadow, baby
    I'm gonna give you what's in store
    Yeah, I’m gonna give you what's in store

A NEW DAY YESTERDAY
Our first and last night together,
And we had some fun.
We were walking trough the trees yeah,
And I kissed you once

Well I wanna see you soon,
But I wonder how yeah.
It's a new day yesterday,
But it's an old day now.

It's been a long time looking for
a game to play,
But my luck turned so bad now,
That it turned out this way.

But I had to meet you baby,
Just when I thought I found you.
It's a new day yesterday,
But it's an old day now.

It's been a long time looking for
a game to play,
But my luck turned so bad now,
That it turned out this way.

Well I wanna see you soon,
But I wonder how yeah.
It's a new day yesterday,
But it's an old day now.

It was a new day yesterday,
But it's an old day now.

It was a new day yesterday yeah,
It's an old day now

I KNOW WHERE I BELONG
Oh my baby,
It's been a long time comin' yeah yeah,
I'm on my back home to you.
Oh, This time I stepped up to plate yeah,
I didn't mean to do you no harm baby.

Situations change yeah yeah,
I make amends because I'm strong.
All my friend have helped me,
I know where I belong.

I declare,
I've been alone without you too long.
If I call will you be there?
Oh next time I'll make no mistakes yeah,
I won't leave you like I did before baby.

Situations change yeah yeah,
I make amends because I'm strong.
All my friend have helped me,
I know where I belong.

Oh baby you,
You knew I was long gone,
But did you ever once shed a tear?
Oh your life is like a prison baby yeah yeah,
I never meant to waste your precious time.

Situations change yeah yeah,
I make amends because I'm strong.
All my friend have helped me,
I know where I belong.
I know, baby

MISS YOU, HATE YOU
I got a problem burning through my veins,
I got a tattoo on my arm with your name.
A Ragin' virus burnin' through my skin,
Can you tell me why this has to end?

I didn't mean to hurt anyone.
I didn't mean to shed no, shed no blood yeah.
Maybe I was trippin' baby, you know what I mean,
Maybe that someday you'll believe in me yeah.
Maybe you'll believe in me...

I miss you, I hate you, 'cuz I feel you,
I don't want to but I need you.
I miss you, I hate you, 'cuz I feel you,
I don't want to but I need you, baby

I've been seein' demons and I’ve been seein' saints,
I've tried pretendin' that I’m somebody that I ain't.
I could be the beggar down upon his knees,
But I’ve seen the truth - It's gonna set me free yeah.
Baby you will set me free...

I miss you, I hate you, 'cuz I feel you,
I don't want to but I need you.
I miss you, I hate you, 'cuz I feel you,
I don't want to but I need you, baby

I miss you, I hate you, 'cuz I feel you,
I don't want to but I need you.
I miss you, I hate you, 'cuz I feel you,
I don't want to but I need you, baby

'cuz I feel you,
I miss you, baby.

NUTHIN’ I WOUDN’T DO (FOR A WOMAN LIKE YOU)
I got snakes around my ankles, bats all in my hair.
I fight tigers with a toothpick, just to prove to you I care.
I know you don't expect it yeah,
I can make this dream of mine come true.
Oh yes I do.

In this crazy world we live in,
There's nuthin' that I wouldn't do for a woman like you.

Now age is not a barrier, it don't get our way.
It's love that really matters now, it's love that makes you stay.
If I can't explain it yeah,
I can make those dreams of mine come true.
Oh yes I do.

All you need to do is trust me yeah,
Nuthin' that I wouldn't do for a woman like you.

My life is all a wonder, the truth is all around.
I just can't get over baby, all the happenings I’ve found.
I could never love another, though in love like this is nuthin' new.
Oh nuthin' new.

All you need to do is ask me baby,
There's nuthin' that I wouldn't do for a woman like you.
Nuthin' I wouldn't do…

COLOUR AND SHAPE
Down here in New Orleans, prayin' for holy water,
To rain on down, rain on down on me.
I got to tell you how I feel,
And I don't care as long as it's a side that's real.

Like a dark cloud that casts no shade,
Seven days pass I still pray for rain.
I want to see things my way,
I will add colour and shape.

Now I'm frozen in time, bound by convictions,
Obey the trust, things I learned long ago.
Please now spare me, spare me your old folklore,
All I really want are things they were before.

Like a dark cloud that casts no shade,
Seven days pass I still pray for rain.
I want to see things my way,
I will add colour and shape.

Like a dark cloud that casts no shade,
Seven days pass I still pray for rain.
I want to see things my way,
I will be be who I am and see things my way,
I will add colour and shape

HEADACHES TO HEARTBREAKS
I have my bad days, have my good days too.
They all coincide with my new attitude yeah.
And pretty baby to the blues I sing, it's my only teacher.
Just headaches to a heartbreak.
Never meant to ???
I feel like I've been used, never want to see you again.

But it's bittersweet, and interesting what the world brings;
I know that now.
I'm gonna have my say, this is time when I turn the page;
Headaches to heartbreaks.

I'm from the old school, like the old rules,
Don't care anymore what you're gonna do.
Just shake up the system, ??? listen to you.
A friend of mine, past his prime,
Struggled for a chance to make a dime.
Now for no reason he committed treason again.

But it's bittersweet, interesting what the world brings;
I know that now.
I'm gonna have my say, this is time when I turn the page,
Headaches to heartbreaks

I have my bad days, have my good days too.
They all coincide with my new attitude yeah.
And pretty baby to the blues I sing, it's my only teacher.
Just headaches to a heartbreak.
Never meant to ???
I feel like I've been used, never want to see you again.

But it's bittersweet, and interesting what the world brings;
I know that now.
I'm gonna have my say, this is time when I turn the page,
Headaches to heartbreaks

TROUBLE WAITING
Well I just can't win - there's no place to turn,
I keep makin' the same mistakes and never seem to learn.
There's no place to go - no place to stay.
Trouble waitin' for me baby every day.
I've got trouble waiting, yeah I’ve got trouble waiting.
With every corner and every which way,
There's trouble waiting every day.

I'm all tangled up - yes it's a shame,
I ain't got nobody but myself to blame.
I've got trouble waiting, yeah I’ve got trouble waiting.
With every corner and every which way,
There's trouble waiting every day.

I want to point the finger - blame somebody else.
Then there's three more fingers pointing right back at myself.
I've got trouble waiting, baby, yeah there's trouble waiting.
‘Round every corner and every which way,
Trouble waiting every day.
Yeah there's trouble waiting - every day.
Yeah there's trouble waiting - every day.
From every corner and every which way,
There's trouble waiting...

IF HEARTACHES WERE NICKELS
I wish you could see me
All broken down this way
But even if you saw me, baby
I know I still couldn’t make you stay
Couldn’t make you stay
You know about the high cost of loving baby
But someday, someday
You’re gonna have to pay
Gonna have to pay

Oh, a woman like you needs fine things
And I knew it from the start
And I don’t have much to offer
Just this old broken heart, hey baby
Just this old broken heart
But if heartaches were nickels
I would not, I wouldn’t be here crying in the dark

Yes If wine and pills were hundred dollar bills,
I might keep you satisfied
And if broken dreams were limousines
I might take you for a ride
And all I can do is think of you
And wish you were here by my side
Yes, if heartaches were nickels
I’d be the richest fool alive

If wine and pills were hundred dollar bills,
I might keep you satisfied
If broken dreams were limousines
I might take you for a ride
But all I can do is think of you
And wish you were here by my side
Oh, if heartaches were nickels
I’d be the richest fool alive
I’d be the richest fool alive

CURRENT SITUATION
Don't have no trial held against me baby,
Before I have a chance to explain my side.
Don't have no trial held against me baby,
Before I have a chance to explain my side.
Although there's just some rumors just a flyin',
I want you to believe, I can testify.

Goin' to live life on my own,
Not gonna catch that train.
Got this blues in my soul,
And I don't feel ashamed.
Because it's my current situation,
My current situation must change.

‘Cuz all I really need,
All I really need are some new ways.

Goin' to live life on my own,
I'm not gonna catch that train.
Got this blues in my soul,
And I don't feel ashamed.
Because it's my current situation,
My current situation must change.

All I really need...
All I really need...
All I really need are some new ways, yeah

DON’T BURN DOWN THAT BRIDGE
You got your mind set on leavin'
Drive down a one-way street.
You're gonna lock up all the doors child,
Throw away the key.
Don't burn down that bridge darlin'
Just might want to come back.
'Cuz the grass ain't no greener,
On the other side of the track.

Well you counted me out,
'Fore I could get you back.
Today I'm drivin' a Chevrolet darlin'
Tomorrow might be a Cadillac.
Don't burn down that bridge darlin'
Just might want to come back.
‘Cuz the grass ain't no greener,
On the other side of the track.

All your so-called friends,
Taught you how to cheat and lie.
Now you say you're gonna jump honey,
From the fryin' pan into the fire.
Don't burn down that bridge darlin'
Just might want to come back.
‘Cuz the grass ain't no greener,
On the other side of the track.

GOV'T MULE: Otras Letras (A - Z)

1. 30 Days In The Hole
2. 32-20 Blues
3. Cortez The Killer
4. Don't Step On The Grass, Sam
5. Drivin' Rain
6. Gambler's Roll
7. Patchwork Quilt
8. Sad And Deep As You
9. Spanish Moon
10. The Hunter
11. Voodoo Chile
12. War Pigs

30 DAYS IN THE HOLE
All right all right all right all right, yeah

Chicago Green, talkin' 'bout Black Lebanese
A dirty room and a silver coke spoon
Give me my release, come on
Black napalese, it's got you weak in your knees
Sneeze some dust that you got buzzed on
You know it's hard to believe

30 days in the hole
30 days in the hole
30 days in the hole
That's what they give you
30 days in the hole
I know

Newcastle Brown, I'm tellin' you, it can sure smack you down
Take a greasy whore and a rollin' dance floor
It's got your head spinnin' round
If you live on the road, well there's a new highway code
You take the urban noise with some dirt with poison
It's gonna lessen your load

30 days in the hole
That's what they give you now
30 days in the hole
Oh, yeah
30 days in the hole
All right, all right
30 days in the hole

What you doin' boy?
You here for 30 days
Get, get, get your long hair cut
And cut out your ways

Black napalese, it got you weak in your knees
Gonna sneeze some dust that you got busted on
You know it's so hard to please
Newcastle Brown can sure smack you down
You take a greasy whore and a rollin' dance floor
You know you're jailhouse-bound

30 days in the hole
30 days in the hole
30 days in the hole
Oh, yeah
30 days in the hole
30 days, 30 days in the hole
30 days in the hole
30 days in the hole
30 days in the hole
30 days in the hole
30 days in the hole
30 days in the hole
30 days in the hole

32-20 BLUES
If I send for my baby, and she don't come
If I send for my baby, man, and she don't come
All the doctors in Hot Springs sure can't help her none

And if she gets unruly, thinks she don't want do
If she gets unruly, and thinks she don't want do
Take my 32-20, and cut her half in two

She got a thirty-eight special, but I believe it's most too light
She got a thirty-eight special, but I believe it's most too light
I got a 32-20, got to make the camps alright

If I send for my baby, man, and she don't come
If I send for my baby, man, and she don't come
All the doctors in Hot Springs sure can't help her none

I'm gonna shoot my pistol, gonna shoot my Gatlin' gun
I'm gonna shoot my pistol, gonna shoot my Gatlin' gun
You made me love you, now your man have come

Aw baby, where you stayed last night
Ah baby, where you stayed last night
You got your hair all tangled, and you ain't talkin' right

Got a thirty-eight special, boys, it do very well
Got a thirty-eight special, boys, it do very well
I got a 32-20 now, and it’s a burnin’

If I send for my baby, man and she don’t come
If I send for my baby, man and she don’t come
All the doctors in Wisconsin sure can’t help her none

Hey hey baby, where you stayed last night
Hey hey baby, where you stayed last night
You didn’t come home until the sun was shinin’ bright

Ah boys, I just can’t take my rest
Ah boys, I just can’t take my rest
With this 32-20 layin’ up and down my breast

CORTEZ THE KILLER
He came dancing across the water
With his galleons and guns
Looking for the new world
And that palace in the sun.

On the shore lay Montezuma
With his coca leaves and pearls
In his halls he often wandered
With the secrets of the worlds.

And his subjects gathered 'round him
Like the leaves around a tree
In their clothes of many colors
For the angry gods to see.

And the women all were beautiful
And the men stood straight and strong
They offered life in sacrifice
So that others could go on.

Hate was just a legend
And war was never known
The people worked together
And they lifted many stones

They carried them to the flatlands
And they died along the way
But they built up with their bare hands
What we still can't do today.

And I know she's living there
And she loves me to this day
I still can't remember when
Or how I lost my way.

He came dancing across the water
Cortez, Cortez
What a killer.

DON’T STEP ON THE GRASS, SAM
Staring at the boob tube
turning up the big nob
trying to find life in the wasteland
searching for a program
gonna deal with mary jane
ready for a trip to the head land

Obnoxious Joe comes on the screen
along with his guest self-rightous Sam
some old guy who doesn't count
his hair and clothes are much to out
pushin' back his glasses
SAM says
he was elected by the masses
with that in mind
he starts to unwind
a viscous attack upon the grasses

It's mean and evil, wicked and nasty
don't step on the grass, Sam
when we ruin our fair country
don't be such an ass, Sam
when we hook your sons and daughters
your so full of shit, Sam
all will pay who disagree with me

Disinformation Joe and Sam
feedin' it to the nation
but the one that didn't count
counted'em out
exposing all their false quotations
faced by an awkward situation
It's all they had to save the day

It's mean and evil, wicked and nasty
don't step on the grass, Sam
when we ruin our fair country
don't be such an ass, Sam
when we hook your sons and daughters
your so full of shit, Sam
all will pay who disagree with me
please give up you already lost the fight alright

You waste my coin, Sam all you can
to jail my fellow man
for smokin' of the noble weed
you need much more than him
youv'e been telling lies so long
some believe they're true
so they close there eyes to things
they have no right to do
just as soon as you are gone
hope will start to climb
please don't wait around to long
your wastin' prescious time

It's mean and evil, wicked and nasty
don't step on the grass, Sam
when we ruin our fair country
don't be such an ass, Sam
when we hook your sons and daughters
your so full of shit, Sam
all will pay who disagree with me
please give up you already lost the fight alright

DRIVIN’ RAIN
Do you know me I'm the drivin' rain
And my mama was a hurricane
Dear old daddy before he stormed out high on window pane
Said you're my one and only boy child
Call you the drivin' rain

Drivin' rain, drivin' rain
Tttalkin' ' bout the drivin' rain
Pretty women say it drives them insane
But they all want to know me
I'm the drivin' rain

It all started back in '69
I hit the ground running
Couldn't wait to hear those gears grind
Like my daddy I'm stone cold out of my mind
I've driven 'round this world one, two, three, four, five hundred times

Drivin' rain, drivin' rain
Tttalkin' ' bout the drivin' rain
Pretty women say it drives them insane
But they all want to know me
I'm the drivin' rain

Do you remember first time you heard the thunder call
Wind was moaning, creeping through your bedroom wall
Moonlight splashing enough to make a rich girl fall
Lightning crashing make a strong, strong woman crawl

Drivin' rain, drivin' rain
Tttalkin' ' bout the drivin' rain
Pretty women say it drives them insane
But they all want to know me
I'm the drivin' rain

Drivin' rain, drivin' rain
Tttalkin' ' bout the drivin' rain
Pretty women say it drives them insane
But they all want to know me
I'm the drivin' rain

GAMBLER’S ROLL
The dealer sits alone in the dark
A cigarette shines on his very last card
Everything he had - he watched it come and go
On a Gambler's roll

A cold wind blows a young girl's world apart
She bet it all on the jack of hearts
She gained her freedom - but she lost her soul
On a gambler's roll

The Gambler he rides - rides on a fool's train
Trading silver for gold
But his luck will change - time takes it toll
On a gambler's roll

The dealer knows - it's just about his last game
Not even she knows the sorrow and the shame
As the .45 deals a fatal blow
On a gambler's roll

The Gambler he rides - rides on a fool's train
Trading silver for gold
But his luck will change - time takes it toll
On a gambler's roll

PATCHWORK QUILT
I never knew you
But then who really did?
If you were at all like me
You managed to keep yourself hid
A patchwork quilt of a life
Memories embroidered
On your soul

So please forgive me
For putting you in my song
But the spirit she moves me
In fact she pushes me along
It's a patchwork quilt of a life
Can't stop the river
Just let it roll

We were at Jones Beach
When we got the word
Saddest sound that I ever heard
The bluest note that nobody could play
Ravens sang with us that night on the stage
Tears of sadness, tears of rage
But nobody spoke, we all felt old
And in the way

So walk beside me
Or above me, I don't know
These days it sure seems
I'm lost where ever I go

God, how could you, I heard someone say
And what do we do with our lives now anyway?
Now that our North Star can no longer be found

But there's a banjo moon in a tie-dyed sky
Hippies dance and babies cry
Church bells ring as a silver-haired angel look down
And the blood of his music runs through the veins of our guitars
Bright lights, Dark Star

I never knew you
But then who really did
If you were at all like me
You managed to keep yourself hid

SAD AND DEEP AS YOU
Lips that are as warm could be,
Lips that speak to soon.
Lips that tell a story,
Sad and deep as you.

Smile that’s warm as summer sun,
Smile that gets you through.
Smile that tells a story,
Sad and deep as you.

The eyes that are the window,
Eyes that are the view.
Eyes that tell a story,
Sad and deep as you.

Tears that are unspoken words,
The tears that are the truth.
Tears that tell a story,
Sad and deep as you.

The eyes that are the window,
Eyes that are the view.
Eyes that tell a story,
Sad and deep as you

Oh you, oh you, oh you sad

Smile that’s warm as summer sun,
Smile that gets you through.
Smile that tells a story,
Sad and deep as you.

As you oh you as you sad
As you as you

Lips that are as warm could be,
Lips that speak to soon.

SPANISH MOON
Well the night that was high, we got into town
Was the night of the rain, that froze on the ground
Down the street I heard such a sorrowful tune
Comin' from the place they call the Spanish Moon

Well I stepped inside, and slipped by the door
While a dark girl sang, and played the guitar
There was hookers, and hustlers, they filled up the room
I heard about this place they call the Spanish Moon

There's whiskey, and bad cocaine
Poison get you just the same
And if that -- that don't -- kill you soon
The women will down at the Spanish Moon

Well I pawned my watch, and sold my ring
Just to hear that girl singing, yeah, yeah
I don't care who, you can wake up ruined
You can lose it all down at the Spanish Moon

There's whiskey, and bad cocaine
Poison get you just the same
And if that -- that don't -- kill you soon
The women will down at the Spanish Moon

THE HUNTER
They call me the hunter, that's my name.
A pretty woman like you, is my only game.
I bought me a love gun, just the other day.
And I aim, to aim it your way.
Ain't no use to hide, ain't no use to run.
Cause I've got you in the sights of my love gun.

The first time I saw you, standing on the street.
I says to myself, woo ain't she sweet.
I've got my love gun loaded, with hugs and kisses.
And when I pull the trigger, there will be no misses.
Ain't no need to hide, ain't no use to run.
Cause I've got you in the sights of my love gun.

Ain't no need to hide, ain't no use to run.
Cause I've got you in the sights of my love gun.

I'm the big bad hunter baby.

How can I miss when I've got dead aim.

VOODOO CHILE
Lord I'm a voodoo chile,
Lord I'm a voodoo chile

Well, the night I was born
Lord I swear the moon turned a fire red
The night I was born
I swear the moon turned a fire red
Well my poor mother cried out "lord, the gypsy was right!"
And I seen her fell down right dead
(Have mercy)

Well, mountain lions found me there waitin'
And set me on a eagles back
Well, mountain lions found me there,
And set me on a eagles wing
(It's the eagles wing, baby, what did I say)
He took me past to the outskirts of infinity,
And when he brought me back,
He gave me a Venus witch's ring
Hey!
And he said "Fly on, fly on"
Because I'm a voodoo chile, baby, voodoo chile
Hey!

Well, I make love to you,
And lord knows you'll feel no pain
Say, I make love to you in your sleep,
And lord knows you felt no pain
(Have mercy)
'Cause I'm a million miles away
And at the same time I'm right here in your picture frame
(Yeah! What did I say now)
'Cause I'm a voodoo chile
Lord knows I'm a voodoo chile Yeah!

(Yeah, but I say now yeah)

Well my arrows are made of desire
From far away as Jupiter's sulphur mines
Say my arrows are made of desire, desire
From far away as Jupiter's sulphur mines
(Way down by the Methane Sea, yeah)
I have a humming bird and it hums so loud,
You think you were losing your mind, hmmm...

Well I float in liquid gardens
And Arizona new red sand
(Yeah)
I float in liquid gardens
Way down in Arizona red sand

Well, I taste the honey from a flower named Blue,
Way down in California
And the New York drowns as we hold hands

'Cause I'm a voodoo chile
Lord knows I'm a voodoo chile
Yeah!

WAR PIGS
Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction
Sorcerers of death's construction
In the fields the bodies burning
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to mankind
Poisoning their brainwashed minds
Oh Lord yeah!

Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight
They leave their role to the poor

Time will tell on their power minds
Making war just for fun
Treating people just like pawns in chess
Wait 'till their judgment day comes

Now in darkness world stops turning
Ashes where their bodies burning
No more war pigs have the power
Hand of God has struck the hour
Day of judgment God is calling
On their knees, the war pigs crawling
Begging mercy for their sins
Satan laughing spreads his wings
Oh Lord yeah!

GOV'T MULE: By A Thread (2009)

1. Broke Down On The Brazos
2. Steppin' Lightly
3. Railroad Boy
4. Monday Mourning Meltdown
5. Gordon James
6. Any Open Window
7. Frozen Fear
8. Forevermore
9. Inside Outside Woman Blues #3
10. Scenes From A Troubled Mind
11. World Wake Up

BROKE DOWN ON THE BRAZOS
Surrounded by strangers
All my friends are gone
I ain’t had the blues yet today but
I can feel them coming on
Everywhere I go trouble’s all I find
No matter what I do I feel like I’m losing my mind

Broke down on the Brazos, Broke down on the Brazos, Broke down on the Brazos

Living in a dream
Chasing a sound
Told everybody I believe I’m Texas-bound
Here I am
Well I guess its no surprise
Up to my knees in water
Up to my ears in dragonflies

Broke down on the Brazos, Broke down on the Brazos
About to lose my mind
About to lose my mind

Broke down on the Brazos, Broke down on the Brazos, Broke down on the Brazos
About to lose my mind
About to lose my mind

STEPPIN’ LIGHTLY
Never seen a night so clear
Half moon hanging like a chandelier
Man, that moon got nothing on me
Let that woman knock me to my knees

Hanging on by a thread
How could I be so misled
Oh she drive me outta my head

Never saw the warning signs
Only a fool could be so blind
Who knew she could be so cold
Cut me deep into my soul

I’m hanging on by a thread
How could i be so mislead
Woman drive me outta my head

One of these days I’m gonna get better
Do whatever it takes to get myself over her
Here I come stepping lightly
So get on out of my way
Can’t you feel me rising today
Hanging on by a thread
How could I be so mislead
Oh she drive me out of my head
Outta my head

One of these days I’m gonna get better
Do whatever it takes to get myself over her
Here I come stepping lightly
Get on out of my way
Can’t you feel me rising today
Can’t you feel me rising today
Can’t you feel me rising, oh
Can’t you feel me rising today
Oh, oh

RAILROAD BOY
She went upstairs to make her bed
And not a word to her mother said
Her mother, she went upstairs too, said daughter, oh daughter, what’s troubling you?

Oh mother, I cannot tell that railroad boy that I love so well
He courted me, my life away, and now at home will no longer stay

There’s a place in London town where the railroad boy goes and sits down
Takes a strange girl on his knee, says things to her he won’t say to me

Her father, he came home from work, said where’s my daughter, what’s troubling her
He went upstairs to give her hope, found her hanging by a rope

He took his knife, cut her down, and on her bosom these words were found
Oh dig my grave both wide and deep, place a marble stone at my head and feet

And on my breast place a white snow dove, won’t you tell the world that I died for love
To tell the world I died of love

Tell the world that I died for love
Wont you tell the world that I died for love

MONDAY MOURNING MELTDOWN
Fear grows in Brooklyn
Bitterness in Oakland
Guess there’s nothing you can do
So much for the new day
Making your own way
These things don’t apply to you

Shame on you for fooling me
Shame on me for believing
Who’d have thought your Patriot act
Could be so damn deceiving
What’s happened to you

Is it all a part of your monday mourning meltdown
If a tear falls in the ocean does it make a sound
And what about all the blood there on the battleground
How do you like me now that I’m not around

Looking backwards
Is your life everything you wanted it to be
But looks will only take you so far
Do your patron-eyes let you see

Prisoners are as prisoners do
You’re all alone in your open cell
Betraying those that had your back
Guess your methods served you well
What’s happened to you

Is it all apart of your monday mourning meltdown
If a tear falls in the ocean does it make a sound
And what about all the blood there on the battleground
How do you like me now that you’re not around

What do you do now
You’re all alone
Do you still stand by your misguided views

Is it all a part of your monday mourning meltdown
If a tear falls in the ocean does it make a sound
And what about all the blood there on the battleground
How do you like me now that I’m not around
How do you like me now that I’m not around
How do you like me now that I’m not around

GORDON JAMES
Hey Gordon James
Why’d your momma give you two last names
Did she have expectations for you
Did you let her down like we knew you would do

Gordon James,I know we’re all subject to change
But you were way too young to lose your soul
They say you traded it away
Did you think you could just buy it back someday

Gordon James
Were you too busy ducking the blame
To realize that it’s you we now fear
Maybe someday soon it will all be so clear

Were you lonely, yeah we were all lonely
Were you scared, yeah well I’m scared too
Did your dreams turn black or
Did you sleep like a child
Did your heroes die off , leave you alone in the wild
Or is this just the path that you choose

Were you blinded, yeah we were all blinded
The trick is, they say, to heal yourself
Did you just let go of the reigns one day
Let the ocean’s current wash you away
Were you all alone when you fell

Gordon James
Did your momma die from the shame
Was she trying to pull you back into the light
But you were way too far gone to save
Do you even visit her grave

Gordon James
Do you think it’s too late to change
To make up for the lives that you bought and sold
And the war machines that you traded for gold
Could this be the day that you pray
Do you think it really matters anyway

ANY OPEN WINDOW
Everybody says you’re lost
Too far from home
The more we try to pull you in
The further down the road you’re gone but
You can always come back
You can always come on home
You remember what to do
Just rise on up and climb on through
Any open window

I don’t know what happened baby
I don’t really care
All that matters right now
Is the love we share
You’ve always been a friend of mine
And you’re always gonna be
Whatever’s got a hold on you now
I know that you can break free and climb on through
Any open window

I used to spend all my time
Trying to build a bridge back to you

You told me I could always come back
Now I’m telling you, you can always come back to me too
Just climb on through
Any open window

Climb on through, climb on through, climb on through

FROZEN FEAR
Saw you from the corner of my eye
I know loneliness when I see it
Normally I’m not the hero type
But there was something between us
I could feel it
I could feel it

So I thought I’d throw you a line
I’ve needed one myself so many times
Now here were are, somewhere between “thankful” and “where do we go now?”

I know you’re just running scared
And after all you’ve been through
You’ve got to beware
But don’t be afraid to live your life my dear
Unwillingness
Is just frozen fear

Find someplace soft and warm
I know we all need a little shelter from the storm
Times like these
You’ve got to leave it all behind
And know a new sun is
Gonna rise and shine

I know you’re just running scared
And after all you’ve been through
You’ve got to beware
But don’t be afraid to live your life my dear
Unwillingness
Is just frozen fear

I know you think it can’t be done
But every moment a new life is begun
People rise above everyday
Things that you and I will never have to face

Hold onto me if you need to
I know the river’s deep and wide
Trust in me I’ll see you through
And I’ll be there on the other side

I know you’re just running scared
After all you’ve been through
You’ve got to be aware
Don’t be afraid to live your life my dear
Unwillingness
Is just frozen fear
Just frozen fear

FOREVERMORE
I can feel the rain fall down
Like tears upon my shoulders
I can feel the hard wind blow, blow on forevermore

I can feel the gods look down
Some laugh while some are crying
I can feel their wasted tears, cry on forevermore

Can’t you see, my whole world is nothing without you
Can’t you see, my whole world is nothing without you

Once in a lullaby you brought me joy and laughter
Now that it’s all used up, I’ll cry forevermore
Once in a lullaby a paper sun was shining
Now that its all burned up, darkness forevermore

Can’t you see, my whole world is nothing without you
Can’t you see, my whole world is nothing without you

Where will I run to when I need a place to hide
Far away from New York City
Who will I turn to now that our love has died

Can’t you see, my whole world is nothing without you
Can’t you see, my whole world is nothing without you

I can feel the rain fall down
Like tears upon my shoulders but
I can’t feel my love
She’s gone forevermore

INSIDE OUTSIDE WOMAN BLUES #3
Two kinds of women in this world
There’s naughty and there’s nice
Any man will tell you that one is a virtue
And the other is surely a vice
Inside woman drive you out your mind
But she with you through thick and thin
Outside woman make you feel so fine but
You don’t know where she’s been
And you know that’s right
You know that’s right
You know that’s right

Inside woman drive you out your mind
Outside woman ready anytime
Inside woman takes it when she can, but you better give it to her ‘cause it
Won’t be long till she’ll need a outside man

Two kinds of cheating men in this world
Ones that lie and ones that say they don’t
Oh any woman will tell you that a man’s a dog
Betray his master for a bone
But even the lowest down dog of a man
Though he’s a fool and a liar
At the end of the day wants somebody to keep him warm
Somebody to keep him warm not set him on fire
And you know what I’m talking about
You know that’s right
You know that’s right
Know that’s right

Inside woman drive you out your mind
Outside woman ready anytime
Inside woman takes it when she can, but you better give it to her, ‘cause it
Won’t be long till she’ll need a outside man

Inside woman drive you out your mind
Outside woman ready anytime
Inside woman takes it when she can, but you better give it to her, ‘cause it
Won’t be long till she’ll need a outside man

SCENES FROM A TROUBLED MIND
Sometimes your heart is on wheels, can’t move slow
Sometimes you wonder how it feels
But you’ll never know
All the times that you’ve been blinded
All the times that you’ve been burned
Scenes from a troubled mind

Sometimes your soul is on fire
Sometimes it’s frozen
Do you choose to feel this way or
Are you chosen
All the treasures in your memory
All the pounding in your chest
Scenes from a troubled mind
Scenes from a troubled mind

It’s like a giant airplane
Inside your brain
Will it crash or will it fly
See what the moment brings
See what the moment brings

And who do you blame this time
Surely not yourself
Will you hide or run away
See what the moment brings
See what the moment brings
See what the moment brings

Sometimes you seem to know yourself all too well
Sometimes you don’t seem to know yourself at all
Thunder, thunder, please bring the rain
Wash these lies away
Scenes from a troubled mind
Scenes from a troubled mind

WORLD WAKE UP
Polarized, hypnotized
World wake up
Evaluate
Communicate today
Poverty, sovereignty, world wake up
Its all vanity, insanity today

Ask ourselves, do we know ourselves
If not now, when
It’s as though there’s no end
To the problems raining on our heads
Overfilling our cups
World wake up

Partisan
Art is done
World wake up
We need harmony, unity today
Remind ourselves to find ourselves
Better start today
If we don’t, there’s no way
To rewrite the story with a better end
One that’s not so abrupt
World wake up

Logic fails
Greed prevails
World wake up
Communicate
It’s not too late, today

GOV'T MULE: Mighty High (2007)

1. I'm A Ram
2. Rebel With A Cause
3. Horseflies
4. The Shape I'm In
5. Play With Fire
6. Hard To Handle
7. Hard To Dubya
8. Unblow Your Horn
9. Unthrow That Spear
10. So Ram, So Strong
11. Outta Shape
12. Reblow Your Mind
13. Plasticine Era

I’M A RAM
Drive on
Until I get there
Gotta drive on
Until I get there
I'm a ram, yes I am
I know just what to do
Keep on pushin' baby,
Until I get next to you

I'm a ram
Bet your life I am
I'm a ram
Woman, get next to you

Drive on
Until I get there
I gotta drive on
Until I get there
I'm a ram, yes I am
And you all what am
I keep on pushin' you, baby
You keep on pushin' me back

I'm a ram
Bet your life I am
I'm a ram
Woman, get close to you

I've got to drive on
Until I get there

I've got to drive on
Until I get there

The ram caught in a bush
Needs to be free
Somebody, I said come on and see about me

I'm a ram
Bet your life I am
I'm a ram
Woman, get next to you

REBEL WITH A CAUSE
And I'm a rebel with a cause just because
Of the cause that they have caused
Rebel with a cause just because
Of the cause that they have caused

So many innocent children in the ghet' town
Sometimes they don't have a bite to eat
Children forced to buy apple, everyday

Unring the bell, it's time, it's time
Take back what we had, it's yours and mine, yeah

A rebel with a cause just because
Of the cause that they have caused
Rebel with a cause just because
Of the cause that they have caused

See everyone is blamin' the other man
And no one really want to take a stand
Standin' up for equal rights of justice
Anyway, everywhere now, stand now here
(Unring the bell)

'Cause I'm a rebel with a cause, it's time
Take back what we had
Just because of the cause

Of the cause that they have caused
Of the cause that they have caused

Rebel with a, rebel with a
Rebel with a cause just because

Flyin' machines to missions to the moon
Well, Babylon is burnin' in the pale afternoon
Unring the bell, it's time, it's time
'Cause I'm a rebel, I'm now a rebel with a cause just because

There's a revolution goin' on
And you see it's there still down here
Unring the bell before it's too late
Oh yeah

HORSEFLIES

(Instrumental)

THE SHAPE I’M IN
Go out yonder, peace in the valley
Come back home, have to rumble in the alley
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

Anybody seen my baby?
Living alone sure drive me crazy
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

I'm goin’ down to the river
But I ain't gonna jump in
I'll be there looking for my maker
‘Cause I seen that's where she's been Lord

Out of nine lives, I spent seven
How in the world do I get to Heaven?
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

Shape I’m in
Shape I’m in
Shape I’m in

I just spent 60 days in the jailhouse
For the crime of having no dough
Here I am now back out on the street
For the crime of having nowhere to go

Save your neck or save your brother
These days you know it’s one or the other
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

Go out yonder, peace in the valley
Come back home, have to rumble in the alley
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
The shape I’m in, the shape I’m in

PLAY WITH FIRE
Well you've got your diamonds
Got your fancy clothes
Chauffeur drives you around
Everybody knows
But don't you play with me, 'cause you're playin' with fire
If you're playin' with me, then you're playin' with fire

Your mother she's an heiress
Owns a block in Saint John's Wood
Your father would be with her
If only he could
But don't you play with me, 'cause you're playin' with fire
If you're playin' with me, then you're playin' with fire

Your old man took her diamonds
Tiaras by the score
Now she gets her kicks in Stepney
Not in Knightsbridge anymore
So don't you play with me, 'cause you're playin' with fire
So don't you play with me, 'cause you're playin' with fire

Now you've got some diamonds
You will have some others
But you'd better watch your step, girl
You've been back living with your mother
So don't you play with me, 'cause you're playin' with fire
So don't you play with me, 'cause you're playin' with fire
One more time
So don't you play with me, 'cause you're playin' with fire
One more time
So don't you play with me, 'cause you're playin' with fire

HARD TO HANDLE
Hey babe here I am
I’m the man on the scene
I can give you what you want
But you gotta go home with me
I have got some good old lovin’
And I got some more in store
When I get through throwin’ it on you
You gotta come back for more

Boys they comin’ down by the dozen
That ain’t nothing but ten cent lovin’
Hey little thing let me light your candle
‘cause mama I’m sure hard to handle
Now you surrender

Action speaks louder than words
And I’m a man of great experience
I know you’ve got you another man
But I can love you better than him
Take my hand don’t be afraid
I’m wanna prove every word I say
I advertise my love for free
So, wanna place your ad with me

Boys come along a dime by the dozen
That ain’t nothing but ten cent lovin’
Hey little thing let me light your candle
‘cause mama I’m sure hard to handle
Now you surrender


Baby, here I am
I’m a man on the scene
You gotta come home with me, now

I have got some good old lovin’
And I got some more in store
When I get through throwin’ it on you
You gotta come back for more
Boys they comin’ down by the dozen
That ain’t nothing but ten cent lovin’
Pretty little thing let me light your candle
‘cause mama I’m sure hard to handle
Now you surrender

Oh no babe
They’re comin’, hey

Give it to me, I got to have it
Give it to me
Good old lovin’, I got it have it
Give it to me, give it to me

Give it to me, I got to have it
Give it to me, I said
Give it to me, I got to have it
Give it to me

Hard to handle, hard to handle
Hard to handle, hard to handle
Hard to handle, hard to handle
Hard to handle, hard to handle

Give it to me, give it to me
I got to have it, give it to me
Good old lovin’, I got it have it
Give it to me, give it to me, hey

Hard to handle, I got to have it
Give it to me, give it to me
Give it to me, give it to me

Hard to handle, hard to handle
Hard to handle, hard to handle
Hard to handle, hard to handle
Hard to handle, hard to handle
Hard to handle, hard to handle

HARD TO DUBYA

(Instrumental)

UNBLOW YOUR HORN

(Instrumental)

UNTHROW THAT SPEAR
There's a revolution going on

Bong billy, billy, billy, billy bong
On the microphone, here I come
To rock with the bass and drums
With the one and the all that come
Don't you know that the time has come
To ring the alarm undone
To remember the life before
Every mother was a news report
Of a another brother lost at war
And the family he left home
A wife and a baby and a loan
A flag and a medal and a tomb
A general that never leaving home
And a television telling you to
To hate everybody but you
But it doesn't have to be that way
I remember back in the day
When you used to say, okay
Give a hand to somebody else
Is your ticket out of hell

Unring that bell, unring that bell
Unring that bell, unring that bell
Unring that bell, unring that bell
Unring that bell, unring that bell

It's your ticket out of hell
And heaven would surely know
That angels help you too
Unring that bell, unring that bell
Unring that bell, unring that bell
Unring that bell, unring that bell

It's your ticket out of hell
And heaven would surely know

Unring that bell

SO RAM, SO STRONG

(Instrumental)

OUTTA SHAPE

(Instrumental)

REBLOW YOUR MIND

(Instrumental)

GOV'T MULE: High & Mighty (2006)

1. Mr. High & Mighty
2. Brand New Angel
3. So Weak, So Strong
4. Streamline Woman
5. Child Of The Earth
6. Like Flies
7. Unring The Bell
8. Nothing Again
9. Million Miles From Yesterday
10. Brighter Days
11. Endless Parade
12. 3-String George

MR. HIGH & MIGHTY
Mr. High and Mighty standing with your back against the wall
They better jump when you say jump, they better crawl when you say crawl

Buildings crumble and peasants cower at the sound of your name
But was it God that gave you that power or is it merely fame

Mr. High and Mighty who are your sights set on now with your fair-weather fortune and your gold sacred cow

You reunite with your long lost brothers on an old abandoned ship
There was a time when you brought joy to others
Guess you got caught up in the trip

Mr High and Mighty remember when you were low
On the sunny streets of Georgia but that was a long time ago

Mr. High and Mighty will you ever join us again
Will we dance and sing together, will we all join hands

Can't you hear the voices calling or is it just time for another show
Once again the great have fallen
Did you really have that far to go

BRAND NEW ANGEL
Brand new angel, did you just fall down from the sky
Come to your sweet daddy, wipe the tears from your eyes
This must be your lucky day, I hope you like surprises

Save my weary soul, take me from this hole
Lead me to the light or just take me through the night

Brand new angel, never turn your back on me
Look deep into my eyes and tell me what you see
People say you should stay away but I disagree

Save my weary soul, take me from this hole
Lead me to the light or just take me through the night

Brand new angel, don't be so easy to deceive
Things are different down here
You gotta let your body breathe

Save my weary soul, take me from this hole
Lead me to the light or just take me through the night

SO WEAK SO STRONG
So weak so strong, nothing's forever in her universe
Bringing comfort, bringing pain, so weak so strong

So weak so strong, turning mountains into seas of dust
Finding courage when all hope is lost, so weak so strong

Men have died from half the pain she endures everyday
Many times I've seen her spirit fade away only to rise again

So weak so strong, there's only one of her in the universe
Bringing darkness, bringing light, so weak so strong

Men have died from half the pain she endures everyday
Many times I've seen her spirit fade away only to rise again

So weak so strong, she's never really what she seems to be
But life without her seems so bleak, so weak so strong

STREAMLINE WOMAN
Saw you in the starlight
Gave my heart a stir
Naked in the moonlight
Made me shimmer for sure

Ooh, streamline woman

Your head's in the city
But your soul flies through the clouds
Looking so doggone pretty
Made me laugh out loud

Ooh, streamline woman
Ooh, streamline woman
Let me be good to you

Streamline woman
Let me be good to you

Eyes wide open
Suitcase in your hand
Passport in your pocket
Do you need a place to land

Ooh, streamline woman
Ooh, streamline woman
Let me be good to you

CHILD OF THE EARTH
As I stand here searching for the right words
I know that wisdom comes from despair
And I realize it's harder to find your own voice
Than to follow one already in the air

And as our time draws nearer
I wonder just when we stopped being young
And I know my greatest deeds will go unnoticed
And our treasures were here all along

Child of the earth hear my confession
Please don't tell me that it's overdue
And from the four corners of the universe
I will make my way to you

A gentle touch known only to each other
And a breath that comforts like the rain
And a taste no other shall ever know
That upon my tongue shall remain

Child of the earth heal me with your whisper
Hold me close to your breast
Dress my wounds with your innocence
I am weary let me rest

Let your rain wash over me
You know all I ever hoped to be
Is half of what you are to me

So take me from this island
Lead me to the mountains of the moon
As long as you lead I will follow
And the end of time will be too soon

Child of the earth hear my confession
Please don't tell me that it's overdue
And from the four corners of the universe
I will make my way to you

Child of the earth heal me with your whisper
Come and hold me close to your breast
Dress my wounds with your innocence
I am weary let me rest
I am weary
I am weary

I will make my way to you
I will make my way to you
I will make my way to you

LIKE FLIES
We're at a place in history where the bar is at an all time low
We've applauded mediocrity till there is no lower we can go
Art has no place in this world of supersize
Follow the leader to the latest pile of shit
Like flies

And those who peddle it sold their own souls long ago
They would not know the difference between Vin Diesel and Van Gogh
They stare at me with envy with their big green bugging eyes
Spreading filth, buzzing all around my head
Like flies
Like flies

Feast or famine, peace or war - life will get you in the end
Sex, drugs, powerlines and vaccinations - something's going to do you in
There ain't no way of stopping death when it's time for your demise
All my heroes and friends are dropping
Like flies
Like flies

UNRING THE BELL
Where is your freedom
Is it buried in the earth
Tell me is it growing
Or is it losing it's worth
And where were all your people when they burned your building down
Too busy fighting their own war in their own town

Unring the bell, it's time, it's time
Take back what we had, it's yours and mine

Shadows of evil cast like giants on the wall
Do you even know how many people you appall
And where are all those people on whose backs you climbed
Too busy saving their own skin and their own kind

Unring the bell, it's time, it's time
Take back what we had, it's yours and mine

New Jim Crow, different shades of brown
Blood spills red on ancient hallowed ground

Flying machines send missiles to the moon
While Babylon is burning in the pale afternoon

Unring the bell, it's time, it's time
Take back what we had, it's yours and mine

Fake liberty is just another form of hate
Unring the bell before it's too late

NOTHING AGAIN
We all tried to warn you-but you already knew
So you blame it on jealousy-you say the rumors are untrue
But you feel yourself slipping away

You awoke from a dream-things were different than now
You were gonna be a superstar-Elvis was teaching you how

You met a man in a suit-he said "Sign on the line
But you'll need a little something to help you unwind"

You got to ride like Hell-your face into the wind
One day you're everything-then you're nothing again

We all know that the journey means more than where you wind up
But they don't know what it's like to drink from your cup
Still they got something to say

You met a girl on the highway-she made you feel like a man
But somewhere along the way-your poor heart just caved in

So you smoke a little that and you drink a little this
And soon you can't separate the misery from the bliss

(Chorus)

Anyone can be blinded-caught up in the lust
But we all must go back-back to our own dust
Back to yesterday

One cold night in the sixties-in a small town serene
A young boy sits and stares at a black and white screen

He's caught up in the rhythm,the words,and the sound
And it feels just like a ticket out of this town

MILLION MILES FROM YESTERDAY
Born on the edge of a lonely town-searching for something no one had
Smart enough to say good-bye to this lonely town
But not smart enough to never look back

Night falls early on these lonely streets-and time rolls by like a midnight train
Innocence in abundance on these lonely streets-but I feel guilty just the same

Now the words that I have written are ringing in my head
Oh,and I think I believe them
A million miles from yesterday and a million more to go
Still I search each day
Trying to find my way home

Dreams die young in a lonely heart-and the past seems to follow close behind
There's an age old remedy for a lonely heart
But there's no peace in this soul of mine

Now the words that I have written are ringing in my head
Oh,and I think I believe them
A million miles from yesterday and a million more to go
Still I search each day
Trying to find my way home

Still trying to find my way home

BRIGHTER DAYS
If I live till I die, will I be justly rewarded
If I sleep till I wake, will I remember the dream
If I lie to myself, will I have something to believe in
If I face my fears, will I know what they mean

Long for brighter days far behind me
Before my life was just a haze
When love was still inside me

If I find myself, tell me will I lose me to others
If I hang my head, will I feel the spirit of my mother
If I bury my face, will I uncover the truth
If I slow my pace, will the past gain on me

Long for brighter days far behind me
Before my life was just a haze
When love was still inside me

Long for brighter days far behind me
Before my life was just a haze
When love was still inside me

ENDLESS PARADE
A primadonna with a premonition feels like he's preachin' to the choir
A superstar filled with superstition can't pull himself out of the mire
All you ever dreamed of is finally in your reach but careful what you wish for
If you don't practice what you preach

The circus came to town, I guess it must have stayed
It's like an endless parade

All these people you can see through like ghosts, maybe you've seen too much
Nothing's real, nothing you can feel, no one you can touch

Strangers stare in silence, they think they know your mind
No place to jump off, that's the way the game's designed

Another new day dawns, another sunset fades
It's like an endless parade

Music, music and more music imploding inside your brain
The life that you have chosen did it finally drive you insane

Psychophantic tirades fill your head with ammunition
Sights set on your enemies but you keep losing your position

Reluctantly you face the day try to get your gameface on
What used to be a fantasy has now become a marathon

Every heart you ever broke, all the people you've betrayed
Another new day dawns
Another sunset fades

Yeh, the circus came to town, I guess it must have stayed
It's like an endless parade

3-STRING GEORGE

(Instrumental)