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1. T-Bone Shuffle
2. Further On Up The Road
3. Done Somebody Wrong
4. Got My Mojo Workin’
5. Last Night
6. Maybellene
7. Bright Lights, Big City
8. Honky Tonk
9. Dust My Broom
10. Short Fat Fannie
11. Come Back BabyT-BONE SHUFFLELet your hair down baby,
Let's have a natural ball
Let your hair down woman,
Let's have a natural ball
‘Cause if you ain’t happy,
Can’t have no fun at all.
Well you can't take it with you,
That's one thing for sure.
Oh. you can't take it with you,
That's one thing for sure.
There's nothing wrong with you,
That a good T-Bone shuffle can't cure.
Have fun while you can,
Fate's an aweful thing.
Have fun while you can,
Fate's an aweful thing.
You can't tell what might happen,
That's why I love to sing
Let your hair down woman,
Let's have a natural ball
Let your hair down baby,
Let's have a natural ball
Well if you ain’t happy,
We can’t have no fun at all
Well you can't take it with you,
That's one thing for sure.
Oh. you can't take it with you,
That's one thing for sure.
There's nothing wrong with you,
That a good T-Bone shuffle can't cure
Have fun while you can,
Fate's an aweful thing.
Have fun while you can,
Fate's an aweful thing.
You can't tell what might happen,
That's why I love to sing
FURTHER ON UP THE ROAD
Further on up the road
Someone's gonna hurt you like you hurt me
Further on up the road
Someone's gonna hurt you like you hurt me
Further on up the road,
Oh baby, just you wait and see.
You gotta reap just what you sow
That old saying is true
You gotta reap just what you sow
That old saying is true
Just like you treat somebody,
Somebody’s gonna mistreat you.
And now you’re laughing, pretty baby,
Someday you're gonna be crying
Now you’re laughing, pretty baby,
Some someday you're gonna be crying
Further on up the road
You'll find out I wasn't lying
Ooooh
Further on up the road
When you're all alone and blue
Further on up the road
When you're all alone and blue
You’re gonna ask me to take you back baby
But I’ll have somebody new
DONE SOMEBODY WRONG
Bell has tolled, my baby done caught that train and gone
Bell has tolled, my baby caught that train and gone
Well It’s all my fault, I must have did somebody wrong
Everything that happens, you know I am to blame
Everything that happens, you know I am to blame
Gonna find myself a doctor, maybe bad luck could change
My mother told me, these days would surely come,
I wouldn't listen to her, to have my fun
The bell has tolled, my baby caught that train and gone
It’s all my fault, I must have did somebody wrong, yeah
The bell has tolled, my baby done caught that train and gone
The bell has tolled, my baby caught that train and gone
It’s all my fault, I must have did somebody wrong
Everything that happens, you know I am to blame
Everything that happens, you know I am to blame
Gonna find myself a doctor, maybe bad luck could change
Well, my mother told me, these days would surely come,
I wouldn't listen to her, to have my fun
The bell has tolled, my baby caught that train and gone
Well, it’s all my fault, I must have did somebody wrong, oh yeah
GOT MY MOJO WORKING
Got my mojo working, but it just don't work on you
Got my mojo working, but it just don't work on you
I wanna love you so bad ‘till I don't know what to do
I'm going down Louisiana to get me a mojo hand
I'm going down Louisiana to get me a mojo hand
I'm gonna have all you women straight on my command
Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working, but it just don’t work on you
I got a gypsy woman givin' me advice
I got a gypsy woman givin' me advice
I’ve gotta whole lots of tricks tip, keeping here on ice
Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working, but it just don’t work on you
Mojo
I got a gypsy woman givin' me advice
I got a gypsy woman givin' me advice
I’ve gotta whole lots of tricks tip, keeping here on ice
Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working, but it just don’t work on you
Got my mojo working
Got my ya ya working
Got my mojo working
I got a head me think working
Got my mojo working, but it just don’t work on you
LAST NIGHT
Last night I lost the best friend I ever had
Last night I lost the best friend I ever had
Now she gone and left me, that makes me feel so bad
Now it's early in the morning and my love is comin' down for you
I’ll see is early in the morning and my love is coming down for you
I want you to tell me baby, baby what are we gonna do
I’ll gonna wait for tomorrow, they tell me every day brings 'bout a change
I’m gonna wait for tomorrow, they tell me every day brings 'bout a change
Well I love you, love you baby, don't you know that's a cryin' shame
MAYBELLENE
Maybellene, why can't you be true
Oh Maybellene , why can't you be true
You have started back doin' the things you used to do
As I was motivatin' over the hill
I saw Mabellene in a Coup de Ville
A Cadillac rollin' on the open road
Nothin' will outrun my V8 Ford
The Cadillac doin' about ninety-five
Bumper to bumper, rollin' side by side
Maybellene, why can't you be true
Oh Maybellene , why can't you be true
You have started back doin' the things you used to do
The Cadillac pulled up ahead of the Ford
The Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more
It then got cloudy and started to rain
I tooted my horn for a passin' lane
The rainwater blowin' all under my hood
I know that I was doin' my motor good
Maybellene, why can't you be true
Oh Maybellene , why can't you be true
You have started back doin' the things you used to do
Yeah
Maybellene, why can't you be true
Oh Maybellene , why can't you be true
You have started back doin' the things you used to do
The motor cooled down the heat went down
And that's when I heard that highway sound
The Cadillac asittin' like a ton of lead
A hundred and ten half a mile ahead
The Cadillac lookin' like it's sittin' still
And I caught Mabellene at the top of the hill
Maybellene, why can't you be true
Oh Maybellene , why can't you be true
You have started back doin' the things you used to do
BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY
Bright lights, big city
Went to my baby's head
Oh, bright lights, big city
Went to my baby's head
I'd tried to tell her moma
But she wouldn’t believe that I had said
It’s all right pretty baby
Yes gonna need my help some day
Oh, it's all right pretty baby
Yes gonna need my help some day
Well you wish you had to listened
To some of those things I said
Go ahead pretty baby
Honey knock yourself out
Oh, go ahead pretty baby
Honey knock yourself out
Well, I still love you baby
‘Cause you don't know what it's all about
Bright lights, big city
Went to my baby's head
Oh, bright lights, big city
Went to my baby's head
I'd tried to tell her woman
But she wouldn’t believe that I had said
I'd tried to tell her woman
But she wouldn’t believe that I had said
HONKY TONK
(Instrumental)
DUST MY BROOM
I'm gettin’ up in the mornin',
Believe I'll dust my broom
I'm gettin’ up soon in the mornin',
Believe I'll dust my broom
Gonna quit the best girl I’m lovin’,
And my friends can get my room
I'm gonna write a letter,
Telephone every town I know
I'm gonna write a letter,
Telephone every town I know
If I don’t find her in West Helena,
She be in East Monroe, I know
I don't want no woman,
Wants every downtown man she meets
I don't want no woman,
Wants every downtown man she meets
Man, she's a no good doney,
They shouldn't alow her on the street
Oh no
I'm gettin' up in the morning,
I believe I'll dust my broom
I'm gettin' up soon in the morning,
I believe I'll dust my broom
I’m gonna quit the woman I’m lovin’
And my friends can get my room
Gonna write a letter,
Telephone every town I know
Gonna write a letter,
Telephone every town I know
If I don’t find her in Mississippi,
She be in western, I know
I believe, I believe my time ain't long
I believe, I believe my time ain't long
I’m gonna quit the best girl I’m lovin’
And break up my happy home
SHORT FAT FANNIE
I was slippin’ and slidin’ with a long tall Sally
Peekin' and a hidin',duck back in the alley
Don't wanna rip it up,don't wanna dance with Annie
I've got a brand new lover name is Short Fat Fannie
One day while I was fooling in the Heartbreak Hotel
Where I met Fannie and she sure looked swell
I told her that I loved her and I'd never leave
And she put her arms around me, and she gave me fever
She's my tutti fruiti,I love the child so
Watch me like a hound dog everywhere I go
Fanny is around about my p’s and g’s
And she might step on my blue suede shoes
Well at a honky tonk party just the other night
Fannie got jealous and she started a fight
Because I was dancin’ with MaryLou
I had to call Jim Dandy to the rescue
Short Fat Fannie is my heart’s desire
Short Fat Fannie sets my soul on fire
Monday we were married on Blueberry Hill
Now I’m so happy and I love her still
She's my big fat tutti fruiti, I love the child so
Watch me like a hound dog everywhere I go
When she is around about my p's and g's
She might step on my blue suede shoes
Well at a honky tonk party just the other night
Fannie got jealous and she started a fight
‘Cause at club I’s dancin with MaryLou
I had to call Jim Dandy to the rescue
Short Fat Fannie is my heart’s desire
Got the kind of lovin’ sets my soul on fire
Short Fat Fannie, I love you so
I’ll never let Short Fat Fannie go
COME BACK BABY
Oh come back, baby
Mama please dont go, yeah
The way I love you
Child you'll never know
Oh, come back baby,
Yeah, let's talk it over one more time
Oh now
Yes I admit, baby
That I was wrong, yeah
Oh, don't you know, baby
You’ve been gone too long
Well come back baby,
Lord, let's talk it over one more time
Oh now
Say If I could holler
Like a mountain jack
Oh, I’d go up on the mountain
Call my baby back
Oh, come back baby,
Lord, let's talk it over one more time
Oh now
Now one of these days, baby
And It won't be long,
You gonna look for me child
And I’ll be gone
Come back baby,
Lord. let's talk it over one more time
Oh now
Now one of these days, baby
And It won't be long,
You gonna look for me child
And I’ll be gone
Come back baby,
Lord. let's talk it over one more time
Oh now
1. Chicago
2. Raised Right Men
3. Talking At The Same Time
4. Get Lost
5. Face To The Highway
6. Pay Me
7. Back In The Crowd
8. Bad As Me
9. Kiss Me
10. Satisfied
11. Last Leaf
12. Hell Broke Luce
13. New Year's Eve
14. She Stole The Blush
15. Tell Me
16. After You Die
CHICAGOThe seeds are planted here
But they won’t grow
We won’t have to say goodbye
If we all go
Maybe things will be better in Chicago
To leave all we’ve ever known
For a place we’ve never seen
Maybe things will be better in Chicago
Well It’s braver to stay
Even braver to go
Wherever she goes I go
Maybe things will be better in Chicago
What we need the lord will give us
All we want we carry with us
You know where I can be found
Where the rainbow hits the ground
I’m not alone
I’m not afraid
‘Cause this bird has flown from his cage
There’s so much magic we have known
On this sapphire we call home
With my coat and my hat
I say goodbye to all that
Maybe things will be better in Chicago
Maybe things will be better in Chicago
In Chicago
In Chicago
All aboard
All aboard...
RAISED RIGHT MEN
There ain’t enough raised right men
I said there ain’t enough raised right men
It takes a raised right man to keep a happy hen
I said there ain’t enough raised right men
Heavens to murkatroid
Miners to coal
A good women can make a diamond out of a measly lump of coal
And you need the patience of a glacier
If you can wait that long
Open up his window and admit it you’re wrong, you know
They’re ain’t enough raised right, ain’t enough raised right men
And there ain’t enough raised right men
It takes raised right men to keep a happy hen
And there ain’t enough raised right men
Mackey Debiasi
Was a complicated man
He quarreled with his woman
And she quarreled with her man
And his head was just too thick
So she knocked out a tooth
He’s that lonely man on the Turnpike in the
Toll takers booth
And they’re ain’t enough raised right, ain’t enough raised right men
And say the truth, baby, not, ain’t right men
It takes raised right men to keep a happy hen
And there ain’t enough raised right men
Gunplay Maxwell
And Flat Nose George
Ice Pick Ed Newcomb
On a slab in the morgue
Flat Nose looked at Gunplay
And they all looked at me
With a good woman’s love we could have saved all three
And there ain’t enough raised right, ain’t enough raised right
ain’t enough raised right, ain’t enough raised right men
And say there ain’t enough raised right men
It takes raised right men to keep a happy hen
That is, ain’t enough raised right men
I say, ain’t enough raised right men
I say, ain’t enough raised right men
TALKING AT THE SAME TIME
Get a job, save your money, listen to Jane
Everybody knows umbrellas will cost more in the rain
All the news is bad
Is there any other kind?
And everybody’s talking at the same time
And everybody’s talking at the same time
Well it’s hard times for some
For others it’s sweet, oh yeah
Someone makes money when there’s blood in the street
Don’t take any lip
Stay in line
Everybody’s talking at the same time
Well the dog is in the kitchen
And the war drags on
The trees wait by the freeway
All the money’s gone
Well she told me she would leave me
I ignored all the signs
And now everybody’s talking at the same time
Everybody’s talking at the same time
Ain’t no one coming to pull you from the mud
You gotta build your nest high enough to ride out the flood
I know you’re leaving and there’s no more next time
Everybody’s talking at the same time
Well, a tiny boy sat and he played in the sand
He made a sword from a stick
And a gun from his hand
Well we bailed out all the millionaires
They’ve got the fruit
We’ve got the rind
And everybody’s talking at the same time
Everybody’s talking at the same time
GET LOST
I don’t want to feel all cooped up
I feel like I’m on a chain
I got my ride all souped up
We’re never coming back again
Time it don’t mean nothing
Money means even less
Don’t bring nothin baby
You’re better then all the rest
I wanna go get lost
I wanna go get lost
I wanna go get, I wanna go get lost, yeah
When you wear that real tight sweater
You know I can’t resist
It’s been that way forever baby
Ever since we kissed
Roll down all the windows
Turn up Wolfman Jack
Please, please love me tender
Ain’t nothin wrong with that
Let’s go get lost, yeah
Let’s go get lost, yeah
Let’s go get lost
I wanna go get lost, yeah
Whatever that they told you about me
Well all of it’s true
You’re never gonna be with out me baby
I’m never gonna be without you
Top it off, fill it with high test
Think about it what cha gonna tell your boss?
Think about it what cha gonna tell your boss?
Think about it what cha gonna tell your boss?
Think about it what cha gonna tell your boss?
And get lost
I just wanna get, I just wanna get lost
And get lost
I just wanna get, I just wanna get, I just wanna get, I just wanna get lost
All night long…
FACE TO THE HIGHWAY
I’m going away
I’m going away
I’m going away
I’m going away
The cradle wants a baby
Kitchen wants a pan
The heart wants a certain kind of lover if it can
The ocean wants a sailor
The gun wants a hand
Money wants a spender
Road wants a man
I turned my face to the highway
I turned my face to the highway
And I turn my back on you
Devil wants a sinner
Sky wants a bird
Table wants the dinner
And the lips want a word
Glass wants the wine
Fist wants to hurt
Clock wants the time
And the shovel wants to work
I turned my face to the highway
I turned my face to the highway
I turned my face to the highway
And I turn my back on you
Going away
I’m going away
I’m going away
I’m going away
I’m going away
Going away
Going away
Coal wants a miner
Soldier takes a stand
The walls of the prison want a solitary man
The window wants a curtain
The plow wants the land
Diamond ring wants to fit upon the finger of her hand
I turned my face to the highway
I turned my face to the highway
I turned my face to the highway
I turned my back on you
Going away
Going away
I’m going away
I’m going away
I’m going away
I’m going away
I’m going away
I’m going away
I’m going away
I’m going away
I’m going away
I’m going away
I’m going away
PAY ME
They pay me not to come home
Keeping me stoned
I won’t run away
They say it’s easy to get
Stuck in this town
Just like Joan
You know I gave it all up for the stage
They fill my cup up in the cage
It’s nobody’s business but mine when I’m low
To hold yourself up is not a crime here you know
At the end of the world
I kick my foot at the lights
I breathe it in all night
There’s a light on a canvas tree
Money from home supporting me
They pay me not to come home
I won’t eat crow
Ill stay away
And though all roads will not lead you home my girl
All roads lead to the end of the world
I sewed a little luck up in the hem of my gown
The only way down from the gallows is to swing
And I’ll wear boots instead of high heels
And the next stage that I am on it will have wheels
BACK IN THE CROWD
If you don’t want these arms to hold you
If you don’t want these lips to kiss you
If you’ve found somebody new
Put me back in the crowd
Put the sun behind the clouds
Put me back in the crowd
There’s a battle going on
Between the blue and the grey
And if you don’t want my love
Don’t make me stay
There’s a battle going on
Between the blue and the grey
And if you don’t want my love
Don’t make me stay
Take back your name
Take back these wings
Take my picture from the frame
And put me back in the crowd
Put the sun behind the cloud
Put me back in the crowd
Put me back in the crowd
Put the sun behind the cloud
Put me back in the crowd
BAD AS ME
You’re the head on the spear
You’re the nail on the cross
You’re the fly in my beer
You’re the key that got lost
You’re the letter from Jesus on the bathroom wall
You’re mother superior in only a bra
You’re the same, you’re the same, you’re the same kind of bad as me
You’re the same kind of bad as me
I’m the hat on the bed
I’m the coffee instead
I’m the fish or cut bait
I’m the detective up late
I’m the blood on the floor
The thunder and the roar
I’m the boat that won’t sink
I just won’t sleep a wink
You’re the same kind of bad as me
You’re the same kind of bad as me
You’re the same kind of bad as me
You’re the same kind of bad as me
No good you say
Well that’s good enough for me
You’re the wreath that caught fire
You’re the preach to the choir
You bite down on the sheet
But your teeth have been wired
You skid in the rain
You’re trying to shift
You’re grinding the gears
You’re trying to shift
And you’re the same kind of bad as me
You’re the same kind of bad as me
You’re the same kind of bad as me
You’re the same kind of bad as me
They told me you were no good
I know you’ll take care of all my needs
You’re the same kind of bad as me
I’m the mattress in the back
I’m the old gunnysack
I’m the one with the gun
Most likely to run
I’m the car in the weeds
If you cut me I’ll bleed
You’re the same kind of bad as me
You’re the same kind of bad as me
Same kind of bad as me
You’re the same kind of bad as me
You’re the same kind of bad as me
Uno, dos, tres, cuatro
Same kind of bad as me
KISS ME
The fire’s dying out
All the embers have been spent
Outside on the street
Lovers hide in the shadows
You look at me
I look at you
There’s only one thing
I want you to do
Kiss me
I want you to kiss me
Like a stranger once again
Kiss me like a stranger once again
I want to believe that our love’s a mystery
I want to believe that our love’s a sin
I want you to kiss me like a stranger once again
You wear the same kind of perfume
You wore when we met
I suppose there’s something comforting
In knowing what to expect
But when you brushed up against me
Before I knew your name
Everything was thrilling
Because nothing was the same
Now I want you to kiss me
I want you to kiss me
Like a stranger once again
Kiss me like a stranger once again
I want to believe our loves a mystery
I want to believe our loves a sin
Oh will you kiss me like a stranger once again
I want you to kiss me like a stranger
Kiss me like a stranger once again
SATISFIED
When I’m gone
When I’m gone
Roll my vertebrae out like dice
Let my skull be a home for the mice
Let me bleach like the bones on a beach
I’ll be hard like a pit from a peach
Now the ground has a branch
Now the hound has a ranch
The old tressel’s just junk
The Edsel is on blocks
The old said so won’t talk
I’m a blimp that’s straining, cut’er ties
I’m a moth in training, flutter by
Huh…
When I’m gone
When I’m gone
I said I will have satisfaction
I will be satisfied
I said I will be satisfied
When I’m believing, satisfaction
When I’m grieving, satisfaction
When I’m shaking, satisfaction
When I’m praying, satisfaction
When I’m staying, satisfaction
When I’m carousing
When I’m a thousand
I said I will have satisfaction
I will be satisfied
Before I’m gone
Before I’m gone
I will have satisfaction
I will be satisfied
I will have satisfaction
I will be satisfied
Now Mr. Jagger and Mr. Richards
I will scratch where I’ve been itching
Now Mr. Jagger and Mr. Richards
I will scratch where I’ve been itching
Before I’m gone
Before I’m gone
Before I’m gone
Before I’m gone
Let me go back into the barrel
Let the bullet go back into the barrel
Let the bullet go back into the barrel
Let the bullet go back into the barrel
Before I’m gone
Before I’m gone
I said I will have satisfaction
Let the bullet go back into the barrel
Let the bullet go back into the barrel
Take a left off the straight and the narrow
Let the bullet go back into the barrel
Before I’m gone
LAST LEAF
I’m the last leaf on the tree
The autumn took the rest but they won’t take me
I’m the last leaf on the tree
When the autumn wind blows they’re already gone
They flutter to the ground ‘cause they can’t hang on
There’s nothing in the world that I ain’t seen
I greet all the new ones that are coming in green
I’m the last leaf on the tree
The autumn took the rest but they wont take me
I’m the last leaf on the tree
They say I got staying power here on the tree
But been here since Eisenhower and I’ve out lived even he
I’m the last leaf on the tree
The autumn took the rest but they won’t take me
I’m the last leaf on the tree
I fight off the snow
I fight off the hail
Nothing makes me go
I’m like some vestigial tail
I’ll be here through eternity
If you want to know how long
If they cut down this tree
I’ll show up in a song
I’m the last leaf on the tree
The autumn took the rest but they won’t take me
I’m the last leaf on the tree
I’m the last leaf on the tree
I’m the last leaf on the tree
HELL BROKE LUCE
I had a good home but I left
I had a good home but I left, right, left
That big fucking bomb made me deaf, deaf
A Humvee mechanic put his Kevlar on wrong
I guarantee you’ll meet up with a suicide bomb
Hell broke luce
Hell broke luce
Big fucking ditches in the middle of the road
You pay a hundred dollars just for fillin’ in the hole
Listen to the general every goddamn word
How many ways can you polish up a turd
Left, right, left, left, right
Left, right
Hell broke luce
Hell broke luce
Hell broke luce
How is it that the only ones responsible for making this mess
Got their sorry asses stapled to a goddamn desk
Hell broke luce
Hell broke luce
Left, right, left
What did you do before the war?
I was a chef, I was a chef
What was your name?
It was Geoff, Geoff
I lost my buddy and I wept, wept
I come down from the meth
So I slept, slept
I had a good home but I left, left
Pantsed at the wind for a joke
I pranced right in with the dope
Glanced at her shin she said nope
Left, right, left
Nimrod Bodfish have you any wool
Get me another body bag the body bag’s full
My face was scorched, scorched
I miss my home I miss my porch, porch
Left, right, left
Can I go home in March? March
My stanch was a chin full of soap
That rancid dinner with the pope
Left, right, left
Kelly Presutto got his thumbs blown off
Sergio’s developing a real bad cough
Sergio’s developing a real bad cough
Hell broke luce
Hell broke luce
Hell broke luce
Boom went his head away
And boom went Valerie
What the hell was it that the president said?
Give him a beautiful parade instead
Left, right, left
When I was over here I never got to vote
I left my arm in my coat
My mom she died and never wrote
We sat by the fire and ate a goat
Just before he died he had a toke
Now I’m home and I’m blind
And I’m broke
What is next
NEW YEAR’S EVE
The door was open I was seething
Your mother burst in it was freezing
She said it looks like it’s trying to rain
I was lost I felt sea sick
You convinced me that he’d left
You said keep talking but don’t use any names
I scolded your driver and your brother
We are old enough to know how long you’ve been hooked
And we’ve all been through the war
And each time you score
Someone gets hauled and handcuffed and booked
It felt like four in the morning
What sounded like fire works
Turned out to be just what it was
The stars looked like diamonds
Then came the sirens
And everyone started to cuss
All the noise was disturbing
And I couldn’t find Irving
It was like two stations on at the same time
And then I hid your car keys
And I made black coffee
And I dumped out the rest of the rum
Nick and Socorro broke up
And Candice wouldn’t shut up
Fin he recorded the whole thing
Ray he said damn you
And someone broke my camera
And it was New Years
And we all started to sing
Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind
Should auld acquaintance be forgot for the sake of auld lang syne
I was leaving in the morning with Charles for Las Vegas
And I didn’t plan to come back
I had only a few things
Two hundred dollars
And my records in a brown paper sack
I ran out on Sheila
Everything’s in storage
Calvin’s right I should go back to driving truck
Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind
Should auld acquaintance be forgot for the sake of auld lang syne
SHE STOLE THE BLUSH
A window left open
And the pillow is soaking wet
Who says love, ever comes without tolls
She sends no kindness
No words of regret
When she put the fork in the road
There’s a ring with a diamond missing
And it was lost in the backseat of a car
And there’s a dollar on the floor in the kitchen
Christmas lights blinking on a long dead tree in the parlour
Cheaters never prosper
Cheaters never win
Cheaters never ppppppprosper
Cheaters never win
Cheaters never prosper
Cheaters never win
Long hair big eyes and she always needs money
Did I find her?
Or was she the one who chose?
I wanna drown like a fly in the honey
And she stole the blush from the rose
Long hair big eyes and she always needs money
Did I find her?
Or was she the one who chose?
I wanna drown like a fly in the honey
Because she stole the blush from the rose
Because she stole the blush from the rose
She stole the blush from the rose
Because she stole the blush from the rose
Because she stole the blush from the rose
TELL ME
Why plant a seed deep in the ground
Why, why, why plant
Why put a stone on a grave in town
Why, why, why plant
Tell me, tell me, tell me
Tell me why it’s so
Tell me, tell me, tell me
Tell me so I’ll know
Why does a wedding ring have the hardest stone
Why, why, why plant
Why does a little dog bury it’s bone
Why, why, why plant
So the river will not drown it
And the highway won’t take it
And the dust will not cover it
And the sun will not blind it
And the wind won’t blow it away
Why put a song bird in a cage
Why, why, why plant
Why write I love you on every page
Why, why, why plant
Tell me, tell me, tell me
Tell me why it’s so
Tell me, tell me, tell me
Tell me so I’ll know
Why does a bird build it’s nest so high
Why, why, why plant
Why hold the baby when the baby cries
Why, why, why plant
So the river will not drown it
And the highway won’t take it
And the dust will not cover it
And the sun will not blind it
And the wind won’t blow it away
So the river will not drown it
And the highway won’t take it
And the dust will not cover it
And the sun will not blind it
And the wind won’t blow it away
AFTER YOU DIE
Like a tin can feeding
Like a skinned hand bleeding
Like a tramp choir crying
Like a camp fire dying
Like a big dog breeding
Like a pig hog feeding
Like a top hat tipping
Like a dropped rat skipping
Like a tin horn glowing
Like a gin storm blowing
Like a neck tie flapping
Like a rich guy clapping
Like a big fool crawling
Like a rig tool falling
Like a back door squeaking
Like a crack whore tweaking
What is it like?
What is it like after we die?
Like a string that’s broken
Like a thing that’s smoking
Like a blue flame burning
Like a new brain learning
Like more cold coffee
Like a poor old softie
Like a declining graveyard
Like a shining brave star
Like a child that’s fainting
Like a wild ass painting
What is it like?
What is it like after we die?
CD1-Brawlers:
1. Lie To Me
2. Lowdown
3. 2:19
4. Fish In The Jailhouse
5. Bottom Of The World
6. Lucinda
7. Ain't Goin' Down To The Well
8. Lord I've Been Changed
9. Puttin' On The Dog
10. Road To Peace
11. All The Time
12. The Return Of Jackie And Judy
13. Walk Away
14. Sea Of Love
15. Buzz Fledderjohn
16. Rains On Me
CD2-Bawlers:
1. Bend Down The Branches
2. You Can Never Hold Back Spring
3. Long Way Home
4. Widow's Grove
5. Little Drop Of Poison
6. Shiny Things
7. World Keeps Turning
8. Tell It To Me
9. Never Let Go
10. Fannin Street
11. Little Man
12. It's Over
13. If I Have To Go
14. Goodnight Irene
15. The Fall Of Troy
16. Take Care Of All My Children
17. Down There By The Train
18. Danny Says
19. Jayne's Blue Wish
20. Young At Heart
CD3-Bastards:
1. What Keeps Mankind Alive
2. Childrens Story
3. Heigh Ho
4. Army Ants
5. Books Of Moses
6. Bone Chain
7. Two Sisters
8. First Kiss
9. Dog Door
10. Redrum
11. Nirvana
12. Home I'll Never Be
13. Poor Little Lamb
14. Altar Boy
15. The Pontiac
16. Spidey's Wild Ride
17. King Kong
18. On The Road
19. Dog Treat (Hidden Track)
20. Missing My Son (Hidden Track)LIE TO MEYou got to lie to me baby
You got to lie to me baby
Lie to me baby
Lie to me baby, move on
Oooh oh
You got to lie to me baby
You got to lie to me baby, ooh oh
You got to lie to me baby
Lie to me baby, move on
I know you got another jockey at home
Let me be your rider ‘till your real man comes
Whip me baby lie like a dog
I really don't care if you do
You got to, you got to lie to me baby, oooh oh
You got to lie to me baby, oooh oh
You got to lie to me baby
Lie to me baby, move on
You got to lie to me baby, oooh oh
You got to lie to me baby
You got to lie to me baby
Lie to me baby, move on
I know you got yourself a skinny old man
Let me be your baby I just know that I can
Slap me baby give me your grief
I have no use for the truth
You got to lie to me baby, woh
You got to lie to me baby, oooh oh
Got to lie to me baby
Lie to me baby, move on
I know you got another jockey at home
Let me be your rider ‘till your real man comes
Whip me baby, lie like a dog
Never stop telling me lies
You got to lie to me baby, woh
You got to lie to me baby, oooh oh
You got to lie to me baby
Lie to me baby, move on
You got to lie to me baby, oooh oh
You got to lie to me baby, oooh oh
You got to lie to me baby
Lie to me baby, move on
Lie to me baby, move on
LOWDOWN
She is a crooked sheriff in a real straight town
She opened the door, shake shake, the lights go down
Clover Honey and the Jimson Weed
Red leather skirt way up above her knees, oh yeah
My baby is lowdown
She's a gone lost dirt road
There ain't no way back, I been told
Well, she's a story they all tell
She's a rebel, she's a yell, oh yeah
My baby is lowdown
White heat in a cold rain
I'm a merging here in your merging lane
Jockey La Fayette, Big Eyed Al
The second hand moon is shining for my gal
She is a big red flag in a mean bullpen
She'll steal it from you sell it right back to you again
Well she's a wild rose, she is not settled
Cold gun of ice blue metal,oh yeah
My baby is lowdown
White heat in a cold rain
I'm a merging here in your merging lane
Jockey La Fayette, Big Eyed Al
The second hand moon is shining for my gal
She is a cheap motel with a burned out sign
She'll take care of you definitely every time
She got a stolen check book and legs up to here
Singing into a hairbrush right in front of the mirror, oh yeah
My baby is lowdown
Oh yeah, my baby is lowdown
Oh, my baby is lowdown
2:19
I lost everything I had in the '29 flood
The barn was buried beneath a mile of mud
Now I've got nothing but the whistle and the steam
My baby’s leaving on the 2:19
Now there's a fellow that's preaching about hell and damnation
Bouncing off the walls in the Grand Central Station
I treated her bad, I treated her mean
My baby’s leaving on the 2:19
I said hey hey, I don't know what to do, hey, hey
I will remember you, hey hey
I don't know what to do
My baby’s leaving on the 2:19
Now I've always been puzzled by the ying and the yang
Come out in and goin’ but it always leaves a stain
Sturm and drangthe luster and the sheen
My baby’s leaving on the 2:19
And that’s a baby with the water and the preacher stole the bride
Sent her out for a bottle but when she came back inside
She didn't have my whiskey, she didn't have my gin
With a hat full of feathers and a wicked grin
Hey hey, I don't know what to do, hey hey
I will remember you, hey hey
I don't know what to do
my baby’s leaving on the 2:19
On the train you get smaller as you get farther away
The roar covers everything you wanted to say
Was that a raindrop in the corner of your eye
Were you drying your nails or waving goodbye
I said hey hey, I will remember you, hey hey
I don't know what to do, hey hey
I will remember you
My baby’s leaving on the 2:19
I said hey hey, I don't know what to do, hey hey
I will remember you, hey hey
I don't know what to do
My baby’s leaving on the 2:19
I said hey hey, I don't know what to do, hey hey
I will remember you, hey hey
I don't know what to do
My baby’s leaving on the 2:19
I said hey
FISH IN THE JAILHOUSE
Peoria Johnson told Dudlow Joe
I can break out of any old jail you know
The bars are iron, the walls are stone
All I need me is an old fish bone
Serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
Serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
Serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
All right, oh yeah
They’re serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
Oh boy
They’re serving fish in the jailhouse
Fish in the jailhouse tonight
Corvina opaleye, hammerhead shark
Steelhead salmon or a mud bank carp
I said, one side dull and then the other side sharp
By Saturday night I'll be in Central Park
Serving fish in the jailhouse tonight, all right
Do you hear are serving fish in the jailhouse tonight, all right
They’re serving fish in the jailhouse tonight, oh boy
They’re serving fish in the jailhouse, fish in the jailhouse tonight
Ask Little Son Jackson or the 44 Kid
Or Whitfield Faraday, what I did
From Yazoo city up to Rollin Fork
From Natchez to Kinosha
From New Dime to New York
Serving fish in the jailhouse tonight, all right
Look here, fish in the jailhouse tonight, all right, oh boy
Serving fish in the jailhouse tonight,
Serving fish in the jailhouse tonight,
Serving fish in the jailhouse, fish in the jailhouse tonight
Gimme a nice totuava or a chicken of the sea
I'm gonna fashion me a fishbone skeleton key
Tell Scullion Childs I won't be late
You can bet your freedom, I'm gonna clean my plate
Holdin’ fish in the jailhouse tonight
Serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
Serving fish in the jailhouse, in the jailhouse tonight
Serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
Serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
All right
BOTTOM OF THE WORLD
My daddy told me looking back
The best friend you'll have is a railroad track
So when I’s 13 I said I'm rolling my own
And I'm leaving Missouri and I'm never coming home
And I'm lost and I'm lost
And I'm lost at the bottom of the world
I'm handcuffed to the bishop and the barbershop liar
I’m lost at the bottom of the world
Satchel pudding and lord god mose
Sitting by the fire with a busted nose
That fresh egg yeller is too damn rare
But the white part is perfect for slicking down your hair
And I'm lost and I'm lost
And I'm lost at the bottom of the world
I'm handcuffed to the bishop and the barbershop liar
I'm lost at the bottom of the world
Blackjack Ruby and Nimrod Cain
The moon is the color of a coffee stain
Jesse Frank and Birdy Joe Hoaks
But who is the king of all these folks
And I'm lost and I'm lost
And I'm lost at the bottom of the world
I'm handcuffed to the bishop and the barbershop liar
I'm lost at the bottom of the world
Well I dined last night with scarface ron
On tilapia fish cakes and fried black swan
Razor weed onion and peacock squirrel
And I dreamed all night about a beautiful girl
And I'm lost and I'm lost
And I'm lost at the bottom of the world
I'm handcuffed to the bishop and the barbershop liar
I'm lost at the bottom of the world
Well God's green hair is where I slept last
He balanced a diamond on a blade of grass
Now I woke me up with a cardinal bird
And when I want to talk he hangs on every word
And I'm lost and I'm lost
And I'm lost at the bottom of the world
I'm handcuffed to the bishop and the barbershop liar
I'm lost at the bottom of the world
LUCINDA
Well they call me William the Pleaser
I sold opium fireworks and lead
Now I'm telling my troubles to strangers
When the shadows get long 'll be dead
Now her hair was as black as a bucket of tar
Her skin as white as a cuttlefish bone
I left Texas to follow Lucinda
Nnw I'll never see heaven or home
I made a wish on a sliver of moonlight
A sly grin and a bowl full of stars
Like a kid who captures a firefly
And leaves it only to die in the jar
As I kick at the clouds at my hanging
As I swing out over the crowd
I will search every face for Lucinda's
And she will go off with me down to hell
I thought I'd broke loose of Lucinda
The rain returned and so did the wind
I cast this burden on the god that is within me
And I'll leave this old world and go free
The devil dances inside empty pockets
But she never wanted money or pearls
No that wasn't enough for Lucinda
She wasn't that kind of girl
Now I've fallen from grace for Lucinda
Whoever thought as that hell be'd so low
I did well for an old tin can sailor
But she wanted the bell in my soul
I've spoken the god on the mountain
I've swam in the Irish sea
I ate fire and drank from the Ganges
I'll beg there for mercy for me
I thought I'd broke loose of Lucinda
The rain returned and so did the wind
I was standing outside the Whitehorse
And I was afraid to go in
I heard someone pull the triggers
Her breasts heaved in the moonlight again
There was a smear of gold in the window
And then I was the jewel of her sin
They call me William the Pleaser
I sold opium fireworks and lead
Now I'm telling my troubles to strangers
When the shadows get long I'll be dead
Now her hair was a black as a bucket of tar
Skin as white as a cuttlefish bone
I left Texas to follow Lucinda
I know I'll never see heaven or home
I know I'll never see heaven or home
I know I'll never see heaven or home
AIN'T GOIN' DOWN TO THE WELL
Ain't goin' down
Ain't goin' down
Momma to the well, momma to the well
Momma to the well, momma to the well
No more
And ain't goin' down
Ain’t goin’ down
Momma to the well, momma to the well
Momma to the well, momma to the well
No more
I'm a true believer
I'm a true believer
Believer
Ain't goin' down
Ain't goin' down
Momma to the well, momma to the well
Momma to the well, momma to the well
No more
Ain't goin' down
Ain’t goin’ down
If I ever get able
If I ever get able, able
To pay this debt I owe
Ain't goin' down
I ain't goin' down
Momma to the well, momma to the well
Momma to the well, no more
Ain't goin' down
Momma to the well, momma to the well
Momma to the well, momma to the well
Momma to the well, no more
Ain't goin' down
Ain’t goin’ down
Ain't goin' down
Ain’t goin’ down
LORD I’VE BEEN CHANGED
Woah I know I've been changed
I know I've been changed
I know I've been changed
Angels in heaven done sign my name
Angels in heaven done sign my name
Well, I know I got religion
Lord knows I'm not ashamed
Well a holy ghost is my witness
And the angels done sign my name
Oh I said I know I've been changed
I know I've been changed
Know I've been changed
Angels in heaven done sign my name
Angels in heaven done sign my name
Lord knows I've been converted
Lord knows I've been redeemed
Well you can wake me up in the midnight hour
I'm gonna tell you just a what I seen
I said I know I've been changed
I know I've been changed
Know I've been changed
Angels in heaven done sign my name
Angels in heaven done sign my name
Angels in heaven done sign my name
Angels in heaven done sign my name
PUTTIN’ ON THE DOG
You gotta stomp whistle and scream
You gotta wake right up in your dreams
You gotta jump whittle and drive
Keep that feelin' alive
You gotta kick holler and shout
I'm gonna tell you what it's all about
You gotta tell me that you love me
Tell me that you're mine
We're puttin' on the dog tonight
We're puttin' on the dog tonight
We'll be puttin' on the dog tonight
Puttin' on, puttin' on the dog tonight
We'll be puttin' on the dog tonight
Well we'll be puttin' on the dog tonight
Puttin' on the dog
Puttin' on the dog
We'll flip follow and fly
Just do it now and don't ask why
You gotta strut wiggle and slide
Let everyone know that you're alive
You gotta crank gallop and twist
Do it once you'll never resist
Tell me that you love me
Tell me that you're mine
We're puttin' on the dog tonight, yeah
Puttin' on the dog tonight, all right
Well we could go into a zuki jump It's rainin' it pours
Big ol' Lincoln with the suicide doors
Tip that bottle from the brim to the dregs
You ain't dancin' till you cross your legs
Puttin' on the dog tonight
We'll be puttin' on the dog tonight
We'll be puttin' on the dog tonight
Puttin' on the dog tonight
Puttin' on the dog
I'll be puttin' on the dog
Puttin' on the dog
Puttin' on the dog
Puttin' on the dog
Puttin' on the dog
ROAD TO PEACE
Too tee ta pooh
Young Abdel Madi Shabneh was only 18 years old
Was the youngest of 9 children, he'd never spent a night away from home
And his mother held his photograph up in the New York Times
You see the killing has intensified along the road to peace
There was a tall thin boy with a wispy moustache disguised as an Orthodox Jew
On a crowded bus in Jerusalem some had survived World War II
And the thunderous explosion blew out windows 200 yards away
More retribution and 17 dead along the road to peace
Now at King George Avenue and Jaffa Road, passengers boarded bus 14A
In the aisle next to the driver Abdel Madi Shabneh
And the last thing that he said on earth is God is great and God is good
And he blew them all to kingdom come upon the road to peace
Now in response to this another kiss of death was visited upon
Yashir Tehah Israel said is an Hamas Senior militant
And Israel sent 4 choppers in flames engulfed his white Opel
And it killed his wife and his 3-year-old child, leaving only blackened skeletons
They found his toddler's bottle and a pair of small shoes and they waved them in front of the cameras
But Israel said they did not know that his wife and child were in the car
There are roadblocks everywhere and only suffering on TV
Neither side will ever give up their smallest right along the road to peace
Israel launched its latest campaign against Hamas on Tuesday
And two days later Hamas shot back and killed five Israeli soldiers
Though thousands dead and wounded on both sides most of them Middle Eastern civilians
They fill their children full of hate to fight an old man's war and die upon the road to peace
And this is our land we will fight with all our force, say the Palastinians and the Jews
Each side will cut off the hand of anyone who tries to stop the resistance
If the right eye offends thee then you must pluck it out
And Machoud Abbas and Sharon had been lost along the road to peace
Once Kissinger said, We have no friends, America only has interests
And now our president wants to be seen as a hero and he's hungry for re-election
And Bush is reluctant to risk his future with the fear of his political failures
So he plays chess at his desk and poses for the press
Ten thousand miles from the road to peace
In a video that they found at the home of Abdel Madi Shabneh
He held a Kalashnikov rifle and he spoke with the voice like a boy
He was an excellent student, he studied so hard, It was as if he had a future
He told his mother that he had a test that day out along the road to peace
The fundamentalist killing on both sides Is standing in the path of peace
And tell me why are we arming the Israeli army with guns and tanks and bullets
And If God is great and God is good why can't he change the hearts of men
Well maybe God himself is lost and needs help
Maybe God himself he needs all of our help
Maybe God himself is lost and needs help
He's out upon the road to peace
Maybe God himself is lost and needs help
Maybe God himself he needs all of our help
And he's lost upon the road to peace
And he's lost upon the road to peace
Out upon the road to peace
ALL THE TIME
You're the tree that you can't eat the fruit from
I heard horses came to ride me away
I want shade and a good place to shoot from
If it's a clock I'd be the end of the day
You know you're not the boss of me
You can lift your skirt you can shake your hair
I got all the time in the world
You're the ditch in the road where the wheels keep spinning
You're the same dead cat clawing its way back grinning
You know you got a bad reputation
And your nine lives way down the line
I got a jacket to put on and a hat to wear
I wouldn't waste a gallon on you out there
I got all the time in the world
A bridge is only there for you to jump off of
And there ain't no rain clouds that are blue
I do declare my independence
Baby, I shot off all my fireworks for you
The river's burning and the trees are on fire
There's lots of good rubber left on these tires
And I got all the time in the world
Baby you're the light that won't change that I got stuck at
You're the fan that won't work at the motel
They were all out of red, I got me a blue one
Baby you're always using mine why don't you get you one
I know you won't go very far
You left your blonde wig in the car
And I got all the time in the world
THE RETURN OF JACKIE AND JUDY
Oh yeah, oh yeah, weeeeell
Oh, Jackie is a punk and Judy is a runt
They went down to The Mudd Club and they both got drunk
Oh yeah, oh yeah, woa
Well, Jackie is a bookie and Judy's taking loans
They both came up to New York just to see The Ramones
Oh yeah, oh yeah
And oh I don't know why she wrote that letter
I don't know why we can't forget her
Oh no
Well, Jackie's playing hooky, Judy's playing pool
They both got caught for cutting now they're going to summer school
Oh yeah
Now Jackie's playing hooky, Judy's getting rammed
They both got kicked outside they ain't got no time na na na na na oh yeah
Oh yeah
Oh I don't know why she wrote that letter, oh yeah
I don't know why we can't forget her
Oh no
Jackie is a punk and Judy is a runt
They went down to The Mudd Club and they both got drunk
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Now Jackie's playing hooky, Judy's playing pool
They both got caught for cutting now they're going to summer school
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
Na na na na na oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
Na na na na na oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
Na na na na oh yeah, oh yeah
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na oh yeah
WALK AWAY
Dot King was whittled from the bone of Cain
With a little drop of poison in a red red blood
She needs a way to turn around the bend
She said I wanna walk away and start all over again
There are things I've done I can't erase
I wanna look in the mirror and see another face
I said never but I'm doin' it again
I wanna walk away and start over again
No more rain, no more roses
On my way, shake my thirst in a cool cool pond
There's a widower in every place
There's a heart that's beatin' in every page
The beginning of it starts at the end
Well it's time to walk away and start over again
Weather's murder at a hundred and three
William Ray shot Cora Belle Lee
A yellow dog knows when he has sinned
You wanna walk away and start over again
No more rain, no more roses
On my way, shake my thirst in a cool cool pond
Cooper told Molly the whole block's gone
They're dyin' for jewelry money and clothes
I always get out of the trouble I'm in
I wanna walk away and start over again
I left my bible by the side of the road
Carved my initials in an old dead tree
I'm goin' away but I'm gonna be back when
It's time to walk away and start all over again
Oh oh yeah, mmmm
Mmmmmmmm, yeah
It's time to walk away
You gotta walk away
Gotta walk away
Just wanna walk away, yeah
I wanna walk away and start over again
I wanna walk away
Wanna walk away
Wanna walk away
Wanna walk away
SEA OF LOVE
Come with me my love
To the sea the sea of love
I wanna tell you how much I love you
I'm drowning in a sea of love
Do you remember the night we met
That's the night I knew you were my pet
I wanna tell you how much I love you
But I'm drowning in a sea of love
Come with me to the sea, yeah, yeah
Oh honey, do you remember the night we met
Well that's the night I just knew you were my pet
I wanna tell you how much I love you
But I'm down here in the sea of love
Come with me to the sea, yeah
Oh and do you remember the night we met
That's the night I just knew you were my pet
I wanna tell you how much I love you
Goin' down here in the sea of love
Come with me to the sea oh yeah
Well, do you remember the night we met
Oh that's the night I just knew you were my pet
I wanna tell you how much I love you
But I'm down here in the sea of love
Come with me to the sea, oh yeah
Do you remember the night we met
That's the night I just knew you were my pet
I wanna tell you how much I love you
But I'm down here in the sea of love
Oh come with me to the sea, oh yeah
Come with me my love
To the sea, the sea of love
I wanna tell you how much I love you
But I'm down here in the sea of love
Oh come with me to the sea, oh yeah
BUZZ FLEDDERJOHN
I stood on the roof of Stuart's old Dodge
To get a better look at the Fledderjohn's lodge
Bait shop pistols and ammo too
Nothing but books about World War II
Rottweiler doberman a Pinkerton guard
I ain't allowed in Buzz Fledderjohn's yard
I ain't allowed
No I ain't allowed
I said I ain't allowed in Buzz Fledderjohn's yard
I seen a python swallowing a Dobermann whole
Piranha swimming in a mixing bowl
Buzz Fledderjohn
Paper is full of stabbings, the sky's full of crows
She's singing in Italian while she's hanging out her clothes
Carp in the bathtub and it's raining real hard
I ain't allowed in Buzz Fledderjohn's yard
I said that I ain't allowed
No I ain't allowed
No I ain't allowed in Buzz Fledderjohn's yard
Well a sailor's ringing doorbells the sinner's in the pew
Weather vane squeaking to the west
I seen the cliffs of Dover and the deepest ocean blue
One thing in the world I can't recommend to you
Because I ain't allowed
I said I ain't allowed
No I ain't allowed in Buzz Fledderjohn's yard
I said I ain't allowed
No I ain't allowed
I ain't allowed in Buzz Fledderjohn's yard
I ain't allowed
I ain't allowed
I said I ain't allowed in Buzz Fledderjohn's yard
RAINS ON ME
This is how the world will be
Everywhere I go it rains on me
Forty monkeys drowning in a boiling sea
Everywhere I go it rains on me
I went down into the valley to pray
Everywhere I go it rains on me
I got drunk and I stayed all day
Everywhere I go it rains on me
Everywhere I go
Everywhere I go
Everywhere I go
Rains on me
All god's chilluns can't you see
Everywhere I go it rains on me
Louie Lista and Marchese
Everywhere I go it rains on me
Robert Sheehan and Paul Body
Everywhere I go it rains on me
I went down to Argyle, I went down to Dix
Everywhere I go it rains on me
To get my special powders and to get my fix
Everywhere I go it rains on me
Everywhere I go
Everywhere I go
Everywhere I go
Rains on me
Everywhere I go
Everywhere I go
Everywhere I go
Rains on me
Everywhere I go
Everywhere I go
Everywhere I go
It rains on me
BEND DOWN THE BRANCHES
The sky is as deep as it can be
Bend down the branches
Close your eyes and you will see
Bend down the branches
You're like a willow
Once you were gold
We're made for bending
Even beauty gets old
Climb the stairs they're not so steep
Bend down the branches
Close your eyes and go to sleep
Bend down the branches
YOU CAN NEVER HOLD BACK SPRING
You can never hold back spring
You can be sure I will never stop believing
The blushing rose that will climb
Spring ahead or fall behind
Winter dreams the same dream every time
Baby you can never hold back spring
Even though you've lost your way
The world is dreaming, dreaming of spring
So close your eyes, open your heart
To the one who's dreaming of you
And you can never hold back spring
Remember everything that spring can bring
Baby you can never hold back spring
Baby you can never hold back spring
LONG WAY HOME
Well I stumbled in the darkness
I'm lost and alone
Though I said I'd go before us
And show the way back home
Is there a light up ahead
I can't hold on very long
Forgive me pretty baby but I always take the long way home
Money's just something you throw
Off the back of a train
I got a head full of lightning
A hat full of rain
And I know that I said
I'd never do it again
I love you pretty baby but I always take the long way home
I put food on the table
And a roof over our head
But I'd trade it all tomorrow
For the highway instead
Watch your back keep your eyes shut tight
Your love's the only thing i've ever known
One thing's for sure pretty baby I always take the long way home
Mmmmmmmm....
You know I love you baby
More than the whole wide world
You are my woman
You know you are my pearl
Let's go out past the party lights
Where we can finally be alone
Come with me and we can take the long way home
Mmmmm, come with me, together we can take the long way home
Mmmmm, come with me, together we can take the long way home
WIDOW’S GROVE
I met you in the saddle rode you in the dust
Held your hand to the heavens pulled your heart to the earth
There was something that blinded me more than the mist
And the breath of the cottonwood buds lighter yet
You rode the maypole of dance hall legs
Galloped to another's embrace
And I bit the flowers from your wrist corsage
You waltzed too slowly, too slowly you waltzed
With that girl from Widow's Grove
Oh I'd follow you to the river
That washes out to the sea
Through the wind through the rain of a cold dark night
That's where I'll be
Near the breath of a swallow petals dropped as you fell
And you grabbed me then shyly held me against the stone cold well
In your hand was a glass you held the ice against the night
And It dripped and it sparkled and I laughed a wish
Before it all slipped down the dark tunneled well
I heard it melt quietly and I looked at you
Bent to the earth with just one pleading wish
Your skirts brushed to the furious pounding
Oh, I'd follow you to the river that washes out to the sea
Through the wind, through the rain of a cold dark night
That's where I'll be
I hid in the elm and raised the bough that hung even with your neck
And I chased you and drowned you there deep in the well
And when your mouth was full and wet I swallowed all your reckless fate
And with your last breath you moaned too drunk to wake
Oh, I'd follow you to the river that washes out to the sea
Through the wind, through the rain of a cold dark night
That's where I'll be
Through the wind, through the rain of a cold dark night
That's where I'll be
LITTLE DROP OF POISON
I like my town with a little drop of poison
Nobody knows they're lining up to go insane
I'm all alone I smoke my friends down to the filter
But I feel much cleaner after it rains
And she left in the fall that's her picture on the wall
She always had that little drop of poison
Did the devil make the world while god was sleeping
You'll never get a wish from a bone
Another long goodbye and a hundred sailors
That deep blue sky is my home
And she left in the fall that's her picture on the wall
She always had that little drop of poison
Well the rat always knows when he's in with weasels
Here you loose a little every day
Well I remember when a million was a million
They all have ways to make you pay
And she left in the fall that's her picture on the wall
She always had that little drop of poison
And she left in the fall that's her picture on the wall
She always had that little drop of poison
SHINY THINGS
The things a crow puts in his nest
They are always things he finds that shine best
Somehow he'll find
A shiny dime
A silver twine
From a valentine
The crows all bring
Them shiny things
Leave me alone you big old moon
The light you cast is just a liar
You're like the crows
‘Cause if it glows
You're dressed to go
You guessed I know
You'll always bring
Them shiny things
Well I'm not dancing here tonight
But things are bound to turn around, tough
The only thing
I want that shines
Is to be king
There in your eyes
To be your only
Shiny thing
WORLD KEEPS TURNING
On our anniversary
There'll be someone else where you used to be
The world don't care and yet it clings to me
And the moon is gold and silvery
Who knows where the sidewalk ends
Well the road will turn and the road will bend
They always say he marks the sparrow's fall
How can anyone believe it all
Well the band has stopped playing but we keep dancing
The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning
On his hand he wore the ring of another
The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning
We broke the bank and we tore up the place
We disappeared oh without a trace
Now the sun it falls into the sea
I know I'm the only one for me
I was so green and the dress you wore was yellow
The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning
The sun is down and the moon is in the meadow
The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning
Put a hat on your head
Will you paint the whole damn town red with me
Well the band has stopped playing but we keep dancing
The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning
On his hand he wore the ring of another
The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning
The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning
The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning
TELL IT TO ME
They say you're seeing someone you're wearing his ring
They say you laughed when you heard my name
They say he takes you dancing he holds you so near
They say he'll buy you anything
Tell me am I foolish I don't believe these stories
And i'll be coming home soon
Louise, Louise if it's true
Tell it to me
I know you will not see me but I know you have a daughter
And I hear she has my eyes
They say she calls him father and he's proud of her
And even believes all of your lies
But for all your faithless beauty I'd give all my tomorrows
And if you're still thinking of me
Louise, Louise if it's true
Tell it to me
Louise, Louise if it's true
Tell it to me
Louise, Louise if it's true
Tell it to me
NEVER LET GO
Well ring the bell backwards and bury the axe
Fall down on your knees in the dirt
I'm tied to the mast between water and wind
Believe me you'll never get hurt
Now the ring's in the pawnshop the rain's in the hole
Down at the Five Points I stand
I'll lose everything but I won't let go of your hand
Now Peter denied and Judas betrayed
I'll pay with the roll of the drum
And the wind will tell the turn from the wheel
And the watchman's making his rounds
Well you leave me hanging by the skin of my teeth
I've only got one leg to stand
You can send me to hell but i'll never let go of your hand
Swing from a rope on a cross-legged tree
Signed with the one-eyed jack's blood
From temple and union to weyley and grand
Walking back home in the mud
I must make my best of the only way home
Marley deals only in stones
I'm lost on the midway I'm reckless in your eyes
Just give me a couple more throws
I'll dare you to dine with the cross-legged knights
Dare me to jump and I will
I'll fall from your grace but i'll never let go of your hand
I'll never let go of your hand
I'll never let go of your hand
FANNIN STREET
There's a crooked street in Houston town
It's a well worn path I've followed down
Now there's ruin in my name I wish I never got off the train
And I wished I'd listened to the words you said
Don't go down to Fannin Street
Don't go down to Fannin Street
Don't go down to Fannin Street, oh yeah
You'll be lost and never found
You can never turn around
Don't go down to Fannin Street
Once I held you in my arms I was sure
Till I took that silent step through the gilded door
But the desire to have much more all the glitter and the roar
Now I know this is where the sidewalk ends
Don't go down to Fannin Street
Don't go down to Fannin Street
Don't go down to Fannin Street, oh yeah
You'll be lost and never found
You can never turn around
Don't go down to Fannin Street
When I was young I thought only of getting out
I said good-bye to my street, good-bye to my house
Give a man gin, give a man cards, give an inch he takes a yard
And I rue the day that I stepped off this train
Don't go down to Fannin Street
Don't go down to Fannin Street
Don't go down to Fannin Street, oh yeah
You'll be lost and never found
You can never turn around
Don't go down to Fannin Street
Don't go down to Fannin Street
Don't go down to Fannin Street
Don't go down to Fannin Street
‘Cause you'll be lost and never found
You can never turn around
Don't go down to Fannin Street
Don't go down to Fannin Street
Don't go down to Fannin Street
LITTLE MAN
As sure as fire will burn
There's one thing you will learn
Is things you have cherished
Are things that you have earned
Luck is when opportunity
Meets with preparation
And the same is true for every generation
Little man
As you climb upon my knee
The whole future lies in thee
Little man
Little man
Never hurry, take it slow
Things worthwhile need time to grow
Little man
Don't look back
There are things that might distract
Move ahead towards your goal
And the answers will unfold
Little man
Love is always in the air
It is there for those who care
Little man
Don't look back
There are things that might distract
Move ahead towards your goal
And the answers will unfold
Little man
Love is always in the air
It is there for those who care
Little man
Little man
Little man
Little man
IT’S OVER
I must have brought the bad weather with me
The sky's the colour of lead
All you've left me was a feather
On an unmade bed
It's always me whenever there's trouble
The world does nothing but turn
And the ring it fell off my finger
I guess I'll never learn
And it's over, it's over, it's over
I'm getting dressed in the dark
Our story ends before it begins
I always confess to everyone's sins
The nail gets hammered down
And it's over let it go
So don't go and make a big deal out of nothing
It's just a storm on a dime
And I've always found there's nothing
That money can not buy
I've already gone to the place that I'm going
There's no place left to fall
And there's something to be said
About saying nothing at all
‘Cause baby then it's over and it's over
It's done forgotten and through
Story ends before it begins
I always confess to everyone's sins
The nail gets hammered down
And it's over let it go
You got to let me go
I’m gonna let it go
I'm gonna let it go
I'm gonna let you go
I'm gonna let you go
IF I HAVE TO GO
If I have to go will you remember me
Will you find someone else while I'm away
There's nothing for me in this world full of strangers
It's all someone else's idea
I don't belong here and you can't go with me
You'll only slow me down
Until I send for you don't wear your hair that way
If you cannot be true I'll understand
Tell all the others you'll hold in your arms
That I said I'd come back for you
I'll leave my jacket to keep you warm
That's all that I can do
And if I have to go will you remember me
Will you find someone else while I'm away
GOODNIGHT IRENE
Irene goodnight Irene, Irene goodnight
Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
I'll guess you in my dreams
Last Saturday night I got married
Me and my wife settled down
Now me and my wife are parted
I'm gonna take me a little stroll uptown
Oh, Irene goodnight Irene, Irene goodnight
Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
I'll guess you in my dreams
Oh sometimes I live in the country
Sometimes I live in town
Sometimes I take a great notion
To jump in the river and drown
Oh Irene, goodnight Irene, Irene goodnight
Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
I'll guess you in my dreams
Well I love Irene God knows I do
I'll love her till the sea runs dry
If she ever loves another
Someone'll take morphine and die
Oh Irene, goodnight Irene, Irene goodnight
Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
I'll guess you in my dreams
Stop your rambling
Stop your gambling
Stop staying out late at night
Go home to your wife and your family
Sit down by the fire light
Oh Irene, goodnight Irene, Irene goodnight
Oh goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
I'll guess you in my dreams
Oh Irene, goodnight Irene, Irene goodnight
Oh goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
I'll guess you in my dreams
(Goodnight)
THE FALL OF TROY
It's the same with men as with horses and dogs
Nothing wants to die
Evelyn James they killed in a game
With guns too big for their hands
Just off St. Charles in no man's land
And you'll have to find your own way home, boys
You'll have to find your own way home
The oldest was Troy an eighteen year old boy
Shot dead in March in a robbery
His brother started out to hell and to ruin
Troy's killer was never caught they say
Young Nick he just went bad that day
Now he'll have to find his own way home, boys
He'll have to find his own way home
Why cook dinner
Why make my bed
Why come home at all
Out the door and through the woods
There's a world where nothing grows
It's hard to say grace and to sit in the place
Of someone missing at the table
Mom's hair sprayed tight and her face in her hands
Watching TV for answers to me
After all she's only human
And she's trying to find her own way home, boys
She's trying to find her own way home
My legs ache
My heart is sore
The well is full of pennies
TAKE CARE OF ALL MY CHILDREN
Oh take care of all my children
Don't let them wander and roam
Oh take care of all of my children
For I don't know when I'm comin' back home
You can put all of my possessions here in Jesus' name
Nail a sign on the door
Bright and early Sunday morning with my walking cane
I'm going up to see my lord
Oh keep them together at the sundown
Safe from the devil's hand
You gotta make them a pillow on the hard ground
I'll be going up to Beaulah land
You can put all of my possessions here in Jesus' name
And nail a sign on the door
Bright and early Sunday morning with my walking cane
I'm going up to see my lord
Remember you never trust the devil
Stay clear of Lucifer's hand
Oh and don't let them wander in the meadow
Or you'll wind up in the frying pan
You can put all of my possessions here in Jesus' name
Nail a sign on the door
Bright and early Sunday morning with my walking cane
I'm going up to see my lord
Put all of my possessions here in Jesus' name
And nail a sign on the door
Bright and early Sunday morning with my walking cane
I'm going up to see my lord
DOWN THERE BY THE TRAIN
There's a place I know where the train goes slow
Where the sinners can be washed in the blood of the lamb
There's a river by the trestle down by Sinner's Grove
Down where the Willow and the Dogwood grows
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there where the train goes slow
You’ll be hear the whistle, you’ll be hear the bell
From the halls of heaven to the gates of hell
And there's room for the foresaken if you're there on time
You'll be washed of all your sins and all of your crimes
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there where the train goes slow
There's a golden moon that shines up through the mist
I know that your name will be on that list
There's no eye for an eye, there's no tooth for a tooth
I saw Judas Iscariot carrying John Wilkes Booth
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there where the train goes slow
So if you live in darkness, if you live in shame
All of the passengers will be treated the same
And old Humpty Jackson, Gyp the Blood will sing
Charlie Whitman is on the Dillinger's wings
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there where the train goes slow
If you've lost all your hope, if you've lost all your faith
I know you will be cared for I know you will be safe
And all the shameful, all of the whores
Even the soldier who pierced the heart of the lord
Is down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there where the train goes slow
Well I've never asked forgiveness, I've never said a prayer
I've never given of myself and I've never truly cared
I've hurt the ones who loved me and I'm still raising cain
I've taken the low road, if you've done the same
Meet me down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there where the train goes slow
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there where the train goes...
Down there where the the train goes slow
DANNY SAYS
Danny says we gotta go
Gotta go to Idaho
But we can't go surfing cause it's 20 below
Sound check is at 5:02
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Well, I can't wait to be with you tomorrow
Baby, oh oh oh oh, we got nowhere to go
It may sound funny, but it's true
Hanging out in 100 b
Watching get smart on TV
Thinking about you and me and you and me
Hanging out in L.A. and there's nowhere to go
It ain't Christmas if there ain't no snow
Listening to Sheena on the radio
Oh oh ooooh oh
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I can't wait to be with you tomorrow
Sound checks at 5:02
Record stores and interviews
I can't wait to be with you tomorrow
Tomorrow
Tomorrow
Tomorrow
JAYNE’S BLUE WISH
The sky holds all our wishes
The dish ran away with the spoon
Chimney smoke ties the roofs to the sky
There's a hole over head
But it's only the moon
Will there ever be a tree
Grown from the seeds I've sown
Life is a path lit only
By the light of those I've loved
By the light of those I love
Life's a path lit only by
The light of those I've loved
By the light of those I love
YOUNG AT HEART
Fairy tales can come true it can happen to you
If you're young at heart
For it's hard you will find to be narrow of mind
And be young at heart
You can go to extremes with impossible schemes
You can laugh when your dreams fall apart at the seams
And life gets more exciting with each passing day
And love is either in your heart or on its way
Don't you know that it's worth every treasure on earth
To be young at heart
And as rich as you are it's much better by far
To be young at heart
And if you should survive to 105
Think of all you've derived out of being alive
Then this is the best part
You have a head start
If you are among the very young at heart
Don't you know that it's worth every treasure on earth
To be young at heart
Or as rich as you are it's much better by far
To be young at heart
And if you should survive to 105
Think of all you've derived out of being alive
Then this is the best part
You have a head start
If you are among the very young at heart
If you are among the very young at heart
WHAT KEEPS MANKIND ALIVE
You gentlemen who think you have a mission
To purge us of the seven deadly sins
Should first sort out the basic food position
Then start your preaching that's where it begins
You lot who preach restraint and watch your waist as well
Should learn for once the way the world is run
However much you twist or whatever lies that you tell
Food is the first thing morals follow on
So first make sure that those who are now starving
Get proper helpings when we all start carving
What keeps mankind alive
What keeps mankind alive the fact that millions
Are daily tortured stifled punished silenced and oppressed
Mankind can keep alive thanks to its brilliance
In keeping its humanity repressed
And for once you must try not to shirk the facts
Mankind is kept alive
By bestial acts
CHILDREN’S STORY
Once upon a time there was a poor child
With no father and no mother
And everything was dead
And no one was left in the whole world
Everything was dead
And the child went on search day and night
And since nobody was left on the earth
He wanted to go up into the heavens
And the moon was looking at him so friendly
And when he finally got to the moon
The moon was a piece of rotten wood
And then he went to the sun
And when he got there
The sun was a wilted sunflower
And when he got to the stars
They were little golden flies
Stuck up there like the shrike sticks 'em on a blackthorn
And when he wanted to go back down to earth
The earth was an overturned piss pot
And he was all alone
He sat down and he cried
And he is there till this day
All alone
Okay there's your story
Night night
HEIGH HO
Well we dig dig
Well we dig in our mine the whole day through
Dig dig dig that is what we like to do
It ain't no trick to get rich quick
If you dig dig dig with a shovel and a pick
Dig dig dig the whole day through
Got to dig dig dig it's what we like to do
In our mine, in our mine
Where a million diamonds shine
We got to dig dig dig from the morning till the night
Dig dig dig up everything in sight
We got to dig dig dig in our mine
In our mine
Dig up diamonds by the score
A thousand rubies sometimes more
But we don't know what we are digging for
Heigh ho heigh ho
It's off to work we go
Well, keep on singing all day long
Heigh ho
Heigh ho heigh ho
Got to make your troubles go
Well you keep on singing all day long
Heigh ho
Heigh ho heigh ho
ARMY ANTS
The whirligig beetles are wary and fast with an organ to detect the ripples
The arachnid moths lay their eggs inside other insects along the borders of fields or roads in clusters of white cocoons
The ribbed pine borer is a longhorn beetle their antenna's are half the length of their body and they feed on dead red pine
Robber flies with their immobile heads
Inject a paralyzing fluid into their prey that they snatch from life in mid-air
The snow flea's mode of locomotion
Strange and odd with a spiny tail mechanism with hooks and a protracted tube from the abdomen to enable moisture absorption
The female praying mantis devours the male while they are mating the male sometimes continues copulating even after the female has bitten off his head and part of his upper torso
Every night wasps bite into the stem of a plant
Lock their mandibles into position
Stretch out at right angles to the stem and with legs dangling they fall asleep
If one places a minute amount of liquor on a scorpion
It will instantly go mad and sting itself to death
The bombardier beetle when disturbed defends itself by emitting a series of explosions
Sometimes setting off four or five reports in succession
The noises sound like miniature popgun blasts and are accompanied by a cloud of reddish coloured vile smelling fluid
It is commonly known that ants keep slaves
Certain species the so-called sanguinary ants
In particular
Will raid the nests of other ant tribes and kill the queen and then kidnap many of the workers
The workers are brought back to the captor's hive where they are coerced into performing menial tasks
And as we discussed last semester the army ants will leave nothing but your bones
Perhaps you've encountered some of these insects
In your communities displaying both their predatory and defense characteristics
While embedded within the walls of flesh and passing for what is most commonly recognized
As human
BOOKS OF MOSES
Books of Moses
Bringing stone news
Wet in the water
Weeping in the sun
Books of Moses
Got some splinters, didn't you?
Books of Moses brought me right here back to you
Flaming heart ain't it sweet
Lighting the world at your feet
Books of Moses myth and truth
Books of Moses bring me back to you
Hero's welcome
There stands your king
Where the serpent shudders
And the angels sing
Books of Moses
Happening again
Yes he knows us
Well welcome him your friend
Books of Moses
Bringing stone news
Wet is the water
Blood covering the sun
Books of Moses bring me back to you
BONE CHAIN
(Instrumental)
TWO SISTERS
There was an old woman lived by the seashore
Bow and balance me
There was an old woman lived by the seashore
A number of daughters, one two three four
And I'll be true to my love if my love will be true to me
There was a young man, come there to see them
Bow and balance me
There was a young man, come there to see them
And the oldest one got stuck on him
And I'll be true to my love if my love will be true to me
He bought the youngest a beaver hat
Bow and balance me
He bought the youngest a beaver hat
And the oldest one got mad at that
And I'll be true to my love if my love will be true to me
Oh sister, oh sister let's walk the seashore
Bow and balance me
Oh sister, oh sister let's walk the seashore
And see the ships as they're sailing on
And I'll be true to my love if my love will be true to me
While these two sisters were walking the shore
Bow and balance me
While these two sisters were walking the shore
The oldest pushed the youngest o'er
And I'll be true to my love if my love will be true to me
Oh sister, oh sister please lend me your hand
Bow and balance me
Oh sister, oh sister please lend me your hand
And you will have Willy and all of his land
Then I'll be true to my love if my love will be true to me
I'll never, I'll never will lend you my hand
Bow and balance me
I'll never, I'll never will lend you my hand
But I'll have Willy and all of his land
Then I'll be true to my love if my love will be true to me
Some time she swam, come some time she swam
Bow and balance me
Some time she sank, some time she swam
Untill she came to the old mill dam
And I'll be true to my love if my love will be true to me
And miller he got his fishing hook
Bow and balance me
The miller he got his fishing hook
And fished that maiden out of the brook
And I'll be true to my love if my love will be true to me
Oh miller, oh miller, here's five gold rings
Bow and balance me
Oh miller, oh miller, here's five gold rings
To push the maiden in again
And I'll be true to my love if my love will be true to me
The miller he received those five gold rings
Bow and balance me
The miller he received those five gold rings
And pushed that maiden in again
And I'll be true to my love if my love will be true to me
And miller was hung in the old mill gate
Bow and balance me
The miller was hung in the old mill gate
For drowning little sister Kate
And I'll be true to my love if my love will be true to me
FIRST KISS
She drove a big old Lincoln with suicide doors
And a sewing machine in the back
And a light bulb that looked like an alligator egg
Was mounted up front on the hood
And she had an Easter bonnet that had been signed by Tennessee Ernie Ford
And she always had saw dust in her hair
And she cut two holes in the back of her dress
And she had these scapular wings
That were covered with feathers and electrical tape
And when she got good and drunk
She would sing about Elkheart, Indiana
Where the wind is strong and folks mind their own business
And she had at least a hundred old baseballs that she'd taken from kids
And she collected bones of all kinds
And she lived in a trailer under a bridge
And she made her own whiskey and gave cigarettes to kids
And she'd been struck by lightning seven or eight times
And she hated the mention of rain
And she made up her own language
And she wore rubber boots
And she could fix anything with string
And her lips were like cherries
And she was stronger than any man
And she smelled like gasoline and root beer fizz
And she put mud on a bee sting I got at the creek
And she gave me my very first kiss
And she gave me my very first kiss
Talking 'bout my little Kathleen
She's just a fine young thing
Someday she'll wear my ring
My little Kathleen
DOG DOOR
Well she's as mean as a needle
Don't get too close to the heater
She's like a mean shop keeper
Who got an extra gun
She about 6'4" and she's a wrecking ball
Now go ahead and kiss her
She brought the bad weather with her
She got you coming through the dog door
She got you coming through the dog door
Now pigs get fat hogs get slaughtered
You ought to walk away
Well you can't but you ought to
Climb the rickety stairs
She got the long black hair
But don't sit there
Electricity chair
She got you coming through the dog door
She got you coming through the dog door
Pitchfork (Pitchfork)
Crowbar (Crowbar)
Claw hammer (Claw hammer)
Hot tar (Hot tar)
She's got ruin in her name
But she can make it rain
She's a small town jail
And you're starving in the belly of a whale
She got you coming through the dog door
She got you coming through the dog door
Pitchfork (Pitchfork)
Crowbar (Crowbar)
Claw hammer (Claw hammer)
Hot tar (Hot tar)
REDRUM
(Instrumental)
NIRVANA
Not much chance completely cut loose from purpose
He was a young man riding a bus through North Carolina on the way to somewhere
And it began to snow
And the bus stopped at a little café in the hills and the passengers entered
And he sat at the counter with the others and he ordered the food arrived
And the meal was particularly good
And the coffee
The waitress was unlike the women he had known
She was unaffected and there was a natural humor which came from her
And the fry cook said crazy things
And the dishwasher in back laughed a good clean pleasant laugh
And the young man watched the snow through the window
And he wanted to stay in that café forever
The curious feeling swam through him that everything was beautiful there
And it would always stay beautiful there
And then the bus driver told the passengers that it was time to board
And the young man thought I'll just stay here, I'll just stay here
And then he rose and he followed the others into the bus
He found his seat and looked at the café through the window
And then the bus moved off down a curve downward out of the hills
And the young man looked straight forward
And he heard the other passengers speaking of other things
Or they were reading or trying to sleep
And they hadn't noticed the magic
And the young man put his head to one side
Closed his eyes and pretended to sleep
There was nothing else to do
Just to listen to the sound of the engine
And the sound of the tires
In the snow
HOME I’LL NEVER BE
I left New York in nineteen forty-nine
To go across the country without a dad blamed dime
Montana in the cold cold fall
Found my father in the gambling hall
Father, father where you been?
I've been in the world since I was only ten
Don't worry about me
I’m about to die of pleurisy
Cross the Mississippi, cross the Tennessee
Cross the Niagara, home I'll never be
Home in old Medora, home in ol' Truckee
Apalachicola, home I'll never be
Better or for worse and thick and thin
Well I've been married to the little woman
God he loves me just like I love him
I want you to do just the same for him
Oh, the worms eat away
But don't worry, watch the wind
Oh, the worms eat away
But don't worry, watch the wind
Oh, the worms eat away
But don't worry, watch the wind
So I left Montana on an old freight train
The night my father died in the cold cold rain
Home in old Medora, home in ol' Truckee
Apalachicola, home I'll never be
Home I’ll never be, home I’ll never be
POOR LITTLE LAMB
Poor little lamb now his fleece is all cold
Wakes up in the morning alone
Poor little lamb knows what's coming
Life is an empty cup
Poor little lamb watch your shoulder
Coyote's waiting out there
Nobody will get any older
If we don't find a way out of here
So let's go on a bummer this summer
Where we won't have to be afraid
The world will be on a hummer boys
And we'll laugh and we'll drink lemonade
ALTAR BOY
He's an ol' altar boy
Lying out there in the street
He's an ol' altar boy
Bound up in leather and chains
That's why I'm feeling so blue
I'm an old altar boy
What about you
Now I can order in Latin
Make 'em au gratin Joe
I'm an old altar boy
That's why I'm so depressed
I never got the rest of the dream
Just the ritual
Now I'm habitual
Majoring in crimes that are unspeakable
‘Cause I'm an old altar boy
That's what happened to me
I'm an old altar boy
He's hoping he can meet a woman dressed like a nun
He knows there's got to be some around here
Drinking across from the church
A little Father Cribari wine
On a Sunday morning time
I'm an old altar boy
Why is he winking at this time in his life
He never took a wife ‘cause he's an old altar boy
Oh yeah
What about you
THE PONTIAC
Well, let's see... we had the eh Fairlane. Then the u-joints went out on that, and the bushings. And then your mother wanted to trade it in on the Tornado,
so we got the Tornado. God, I hated the color of that sonufa bitch! And the dog destroyed the upholstery on the Ford. Boy, that was long before you were born. We called it the Yellowbird, two-door, three on the tree. Tight little mother. Threw a rod, sold it to Jacobs for a hundred dollar
Now the special eh... four-holer, you've never seen body panels line up like that. Overhead cam, dual exhaust. You know I had... let's see I had... four Buicks, loved 'em all
Now your Uncle Emmet, well he drives a Thunderbird, it used to belong to your Aunt Evelyn. Well, she ruined it, drove it to Indiana with no gear oil. That
was the end of that! Sold that Cadillac to your mom. Your mom loved that Caddy. Independent rear suspension, Landau top, good tires. Gas hog. I swear
it had the power to repair itself
I loved the Olds... Dan Steele used to give 'em to me at a discount. Showroom models and that. And then there was the Pontiac and...
God, I loved that Pontiac.
Well, it was kind of an oxblood god
but It handled so beautifully.
Yeah, I miss that car.
Well, that was a long time ago
a long time ago
SPIDEY’S WILD RIDE
The smoke from the battle fish and the rain soaked through
And the wheelman left the shore
And barns tumbled and silos flew across fifteen miles of bad road tar
And Big Bull Trometer hung on to the side
The pig dogs trembled on Spidey's wild ride
The pig dogs trembled on Spidey's wild ride
And Big John Jizzum from downtown Chisolm
Flew away with old Mrs. Storm
They found Bird Lundy 'neath a keg of nails
Crooked as a dog's hind leg
Keeping warm after twenty-nine days on hard assed bread
He drilled to the big outside and clung like a tick to his waterfront life mooned and clouded blued and skied
And all the clocks blew up on Spidey's wild ride, Spidey's wild ride, Spidey's wild ride
And the hills stood up in a great big three
And left me whipped by the forces that were inside me
Loud as the ocean cold as a desk red as the water on the river of flesh
And he was sewing up his pants while he was shoeing a mule
And he was bucking a head wind gale
But the crooked ass beauty was trapped to the side
And he shook on Spidey's wild ride
And all the statue ass makers and the uprooted trees
And I shouted way up to where the rabbit digs his hole
And the wheelman the jockeys the landlords and thee
Were bucking a head wind south
And with nine lives spent he landed on his rent
Composed with a steelhead salmon in his mouth
And I never did see another day outside
I'd had enough travel on Spidey's wild ride
And I never did see another day outside
I'd had enough travel on Spidey's wild ride
KING KONG
They shot him down
They shot him down
They thought he was a monster
But he was the king
They came to his island
And they brought her with them
They wanted to get his picture
But they were surprised by his enormous size
And when he saw the woman
He took her without question
Because after all
He was the king
And he loved the woman
He loved the way she looked
And she wouldn't stop screaming
But he loved the woman
And he fought a Tyrannosaurus Rex
And it was a bloody battle
But he fought it for his woman
And he climbed up a mountain
And he looked around
Some kind of forest
With all these dinosaurs
And he stripped his woman
He stripped her bare
But there was a pterodactyl
There
And then a hero
Came and took his woman
And they fell off the mountain
Into some water
And then later
He came looking for his woman
But they were waiting
And they threw a bomb
And they tied him
And took him across the ocean
And they chained him
And put him in the show
And when he saw his woman
He broke loose
And everyone fled in terror
And he was looking for her
And he overtook a train
And he was looking in the street
And then he found her in her apartment
And he climbed up the Empire State Building
It was like a phallic symbol
And he took his woman
To the top of that towering temple
And he climbed up and looked around
Some kind of city
With all those skyscrapers
And all the cars
Just him and his screaming woman
And they were finally alone
He loved his woman
You could see it in his eyes
His great big eyes
He loved his woman
From the moment that he saw her
He was all choked up inside
But when the airplanes came
He was soon to die
But he hung on long enough to set his woman down
And make sure that she was safe
And as the bullets pierced
He looked at her so sincere
Before he fell
Because he loved his woman
And they shot him down
They thought he was a monster
But he was the king
Who killed the monkey
'Twas beauty that killed the beast
And Willis O'Brien died
A tragic death
There wasn't much
That he had left
And Ray Harryhousen said
That when Willis died
That's when the king was really dead
They shot him down
They shot him down
They thought he was a monster
But he was the king
ON THE ROAD
Well I left New York in nineteen forty-nine
To go across the country without a dad blamed dime
Montana in the cold cold fall
I found my father in a gambling hall
Father father where have you been
I've been out in the world since I was only ten
Father father where have you been
I've been out in the world since I was only ten
Don't worry about me
About to die of pleurisy
Cross the Mississippi
Cross the Tennessee
Cross the Niagara
Home I'll never be
Home in old Medora
Home in ol' Truckee
Apalachicola, home I'll never be
For better or for worse
Or thick and thin
I've been married to the little woman
God he loves me like I love him
I want you to do just the same for him
Well the worms eat away
But don't worry
Watch the wind
So I left Montana on an old freight train
The night my father died in the cold cold rain
Rode to Opelousas, rode to Wounded Knee
Rode to Ogallala, home I'll never be
Rode to Oklahoma, rode to El Cajon
Rode to old Tehatchapi, rode to San Antone
Hey, hey
Rode to Opelousas rode to Wounded Knee
Rode to Ogallala, home I'll never be
Rode to Oklahoma, rode to El Cajon
Rode to old Tehatchapi, rode to San Antone
Home I'll never be
Home I'll never be
Home I'll never be
Home I'll never be
Home I'll never be
DOG TREAT
Thanks, uh... You know uh, this is weird uh... Most of us have dogs, allright? (applause) I don't know if it's a local thing where I live, or if it's everywhere, and I'm checking it with you because uh, I don't get in the area that often and I'm just checking to see if... There's a new kind of a dog treat. And uh (where I live) and they're available in the pet store and for the longest time I just thought that it was some kind of a prank. Or uh... I wasn't really sure what it was, until I read the label on the back and it said "Bull Penis" (laughter). I was a little shocked! I know you can get just about ANYTHING in this world. You can get a whale's pancreas if you'd want one! I can get you one! (laughter) But com'on, a bull's penis! How busy they were their whole lives. And they throw it to a dog, like that, for a snack! (laughter) Now, are they available here in the Los Angeles area? They are, aren't they? Doesn't that make you a little weazy? Makes you wanna live a long time. And on the back, on the bottom it said: "100% natural"! I mean... that's the part that really got me. And it said: "A Real Meat Snack". There's just no dignity in that. Uh, anyway... The other thing is that they're 36 inches long! (laughter). They're so long they had to cut them into bite-size portions. And then they take two of them and braid them together. I know, I know! I never want it done. But uh... This is a song written for Gregory Peck for his dating my mom... That's a lie!
MISSING MY SON
I was in a line at the supermarket the other day, and uhm... y'know, I had all my things on the little conveyor belt there. And uh... there's a gal in front of me that is uh.. well, she's staring at me and I'm getting a little nervous and uh, she continues to stare at me. And I uh, I keep looking the other way. And then, finally she comes over closer to me and she says: "I apologise for staring, that must have been annoying. I, I... You look so much like my son, who died. I just can't take my eyes off you." And she precedes to go into her purse and she pulls out a photograph of her son who'd died. And uh, he looks absolutely nothing like me. In fact he's... Chinese. Uh... anyway, we chatted a little bit. And uh, she says: "I'm sorry, I have to ask you. Would you mind, as I leave the supermarket here, would you mind saying "Goodbye mom" to me? I, I know it's a strange request but I haven't heard my son saying "Goodbye mom" to me, and "So long" and it would mean so much to me to hear it. And uh, if you don't mind I... " And I said: "Well, you know, okay, yeah, sure. Eh.. uh... I can say that." And, and so, she uh gets her groceries all checked out. And uh, as she's going out the door she waves at me and she hollers across the store: "Goodbye son!" And I look up and I wave and I say: "Goodbye mom!" And then she goes, and uh... So I get my few things there, on the conveyor belt and the checker checks out my things. And uh, and he gives me the total and he says: "That'll be four hundred and seventy nine dollars." Uh... and I said: "Well, how is that possible! I've only got a little tuna fish, and uh some skimmed milk, and uh mustard and a loaf of bread..." He goes: "Well, well you're also paying for the groceries for your mother. She uh, told me you'd take care of the bill for her." And I said: "Well, wait a minute! That's not my mother!" And he says: "Well I distinctly heard her say as she left the store "Bye son!" and you said "Bye mom!" and so what are you trying to say here, uh..." I said: "Well, JESUS!" And I looked out into the parking lot and she was just getting into her car. And I ran out there. And she was just closing the door, and she had a little bit of her leg sticking out of the door and she was pulling away and I grabbed her leg and I started PULLING it! Just the way... I'm pulling yours...
1. T-Bone Shuffle
