NEIL YOUNG: "Psychedelic Pill" (2012)

1. Driftin' Back

2. Psychedelic Pill

3. Ramada Inn

4. Born In Ontario

5. Twisted Road

6. She's Always Dancing

7. For The Love Of Man

8. Walk Like A Giant

9. Psychedelic Pill (Alternate Mix)

DRIFTIN' BACK

Hey now, now, hey now, now

I'm driftin' back

Hey now, now, hey now, now

I'm driftin' back

Dream about the way things sound now

Write about them in my book

Worried that you can't hear me now

Or feel the time I took

To help you feel this feeling

And let you ride along

Dreaming 'bout the way you feel now

When you hear my song

I'm driftin' back

I'm driftin' back

I'm driftin' back

I'm driftin' back

I'm driftin' back

I'm driftin' back

I'm driftin' back

I'm driftin' back

In my meditation

I block out all my thoughts

When they come back I push them out

Like Jesus had a rock

They pushed in front of his cave now

They rolled across the ground

Hey now, now hey now, now

They rolled across the ground

I'm driftin' back

I'm driftin' back

I'm driftin' back

I'm driftin' back

I'm driftin' back

I'm driftin' back

I'm driftin' back

I'm driftin' back

I'm driftin' back

Here's how I got my mantra

I gave them 35 bucks now

Gave it to the Maharishi

It went to the organisation

Excuse my religion

Dreaming 'bout the way things feel now

Writing it in my book

Blocking all my thoughts now

I'm driftin back

I'm driftin back

I'm driftin back

I'm driftin back

Hey now, now, hey now, now

I'm driftin' back

Hey now, now, hey, now, now

I'm driftin' back

I'm driftin' back

I used to dig Picasso

I used to dig Picasso

Hey now, now, hey now, now

I used to dig Picasso

Then the big tech giant came along

and turned him into wallpaper

Hey now, now, hey now, now

I used to dig Picasso

I'm driftin back

I'm driftin back

I'm driftin back

I'm driftin back

Don't want my mp3

Don't want my mp3

I'm driftin' back

I'm driftin' back

I'm driftin' back

I'm driftin' back

I'm driftin' back

When you hear my song now

You only get 5%

You used to get it all

You used to get it all

Blocking out my anger

Blocking out my thoughts

Blocking out my anger now

Blocking out my thoughts

I'm driftin' back

I'm driftin' back

I'm driftin' back

I'm driftin' back

I'm driftin' back

I'm driftin' back

I'm driftin' back

I'm driftin' back

Driftin' back

I'm driftin' back

I'm driftin' back

I'm driftin' back

Going to get me a hip hop hair cut

Gonna get a hip hop hair

Going to get a hip hop hair cut

Hey now, now, hey now now

Hey now, now, hey now now

Blocking out my anger

Finding my religion

I might be a pagan

I'm driftin' back

I'm driftin' back

I'm driftin' back

I'm driftin' back

PSYCHEDELIC PILL

Party girl’s got her shiny dress on

Look at those party moves

She’s lookin’ for a good time

She loves to dance and she loves the action

Wherever the party goes

She’s lookin’ for a good time

You’re never gonna see a tear in her eye

Never see her break a frown

She’s lookin’ for a good time

The way she dances makes my world stand still

And she’s spinning in the sky

Every move is like a psychedelic pill

From a doctor I can’t buy, I can’t buy, I can’t buy

RAMADA INN

So many years now together?

All those good times, ups and downs

So many joys raising up those kids

They've moved on now, out of town

So many times she tried

So many times she cried

And every morning comes the sun

And they both rising to the day

Holding on to what they've done

She loves him so

She loves him so

She loves him so

She does what she has to

She loves him so

She loves him so

She loves him so

She does what she needs to

In a Ramada Inn near the grapevine

They stop to rest for the night

Traveling down south looking for good times

Visiting old friends feels right

People they haven't seen him forever

Since high school, Saint Jose times

So restaurant food and the bottle

Had a few drinks, now they're feeling fine

And every morning comes the sun

And they both rising to the day

Holding on to what they've done

He loves her so

He loves her so

He loves her so

He does what he has to

He loves her so

He loves her so

He loves her so

He does what he needs to

Seems like lately things are changing

Seems like lately things are going south

A few drinks now and she hardly knows him

He just looks away and checks out

When she says it's time to do something,

Maybe talk to his old friends who gave it up.

He just pours himself another tall one

Closes his eyes and says "that's enough"

And every morning comes the sun

And they both rising to the day

Holding on to what they've done

She loves him so

She loves him so

She loves him so

She does what she has to

He loves her so

He loves her so

He loves her so

He does what he needs to

And every morning comes the sun

And they both rising to the day

Holding on to what they've done

He loves her so

He loves her so

He loves her so

He does what he has to

She loves him so

She loves him so

She loves him so

She does what she needs to

BORN IN ONTARIO

You might see me down in Alabam’

Or  Baton Rouge down in Louisian’

I might make it up to Detroit city

Where people work hard and live is gritty

Don’t really matter where I am

‘Cause what I do is what I can

This old world has been good to me

So I try to give back and I try to be free

I was born in Ontario

I was born in Ontario

Ontario, I was born, Ontario, Ontario

I still like to sing a happy song

But once in a while, when things go wrong

I might pick up a pen, Scribble on a page

Try to make sense of my inner rage

One cold winter, we went down south

With daddy’s typewriter for a couple of months

But I was born in Ontario

I was born in Ontario

Ontario, I was born, Ontario Ontario

I was born in Ontario

Where the black fly bites and the green grass grows

That’s where I learned mostly what I know

‘cause you don’t learn much, when you start to get old

I left home at a tender young age

Mom and Daddy never seem to stay

At anyone place for very long

We just kept movin’, movin’ on

But I was born in Ontario

I was born in Ontario

Ontario, I was born, Ontario, Ontario

TWISTED ROAD

First time I heard Like a Rollling Stone

I felt that magic and took it home

Gave it a twist and made it mine

But nothing was as good as the very first time

Poetry rollin’ off his tongue

Like Hank Williams chewing bubblegum

Asking me “how does it feel?”

First time I heard Like a Rollling Stone

I felt that magic and took it home

Walkin’ with the devil on a Twisted Road

Listenin’ to The Dead on the radio

That old time music is to soothe my soul

If I ever get home I’m gonna let the good times roll

Let the good times roll

Flyin down the road in a dream of mine

Too late tour through a state of mind

Singing in the place where I first saw Roy

Playing that place gave me so much joy

Brand new tune with familiar chords

Flashbulbs poppin at the stage door

All the time looking for something new

Singing in the place where I first saw Roy

Playing that place gave me so much joy

Walkin’ with the devil on a Twisted Road

Listenin’ to The Dead on the radio

That old time music is to soothe my soul

If I ever get home I’m gonna let the good times roll

Let the good times roll

Walkin’ with the devil on a Twisted Road

Listenin’ to The Dead on the radio

That old time music is to soothe my soul

If I ever get home I’m gonna let the good times roll

Let the good times roll

Let the good times roll

Let the good times roll

Let the good times roll

SHE'S ALWAYS DANCING

She wants to live without ties to bind her down

She wants to dance with her body left unbound

She wants to spin like she lives in her own world

She wants to dream like she was a little girl

She's always dancing

She's always dancing

She's always dancing

She's always dancing

She's always dancing

Now and forever,

from palm to palm,

from hand to hand,

Floating in the air,

She loves to find it there.

She wants to live without ties to bind her down

She wants to dance with her body left unbound

She wants to spin like she lives in her own world

She wants to dream like she was a little girl

She likes to burn

She likes to burn

She likes to burn

She likes to burn

She likes to burn

Out on the edge

that's when she gives,

that's where she lives.

Floating in the smoke

She says it gives her hope.

She wants to live without ties to bind her down

She wants to dance with her body left unbound

She wants to spin like she lives in her own world

She wants to dream like she was a little girl

She has the fire

She has the fire

She has the fire

She has the fire

She has the fire

But it's burning now

from hand to hand,

from palm to palm,

Floating in the air,

She tries to hold it there.

She wants to spin like she lives in her own world

She wants to dream like she was a little girl ...

She's always dancing

She's always dancing

She's always dancing

She's always dancing

She's always dancing

Now and forever

FOR THE LOVE OF MAN

For the love of man

Who could understand

What goes on

What is right and what is wrong

Why the angels cry

And the heaven's sigh

When a child is born to live

But not like you or I.

Let the angels ring the bells

In the holy halls

May they hear the voice that calls to them

For the love of man

Who will understand

It's alright

I know it's alright.

Down the dusty road

To the forest church

Let me wander there

Let me wonder why

On the ocean wave

To the billowing sky

Let me wander there

Let me wonder why.

Let the angels ring the bells

In the holy halls

May they hear the voice that calls to them

For the love of man

Who will understand

It's alright

But I wonder why.

I wonder why

I wonder why

I wonder why

WALK LIKE A GIANT

I used to walk like a giant on the land

Now I feel like a leaf floating in a stream

I wanna walk like a giant

I wanna walk like a giant on the land

Me and some of my friends

We were gonna save the world

We were trying to make it better

We were ready to save the world

But then the weather changed

And the white got stained and it fell apart

And it breaks my heart

To think about how close we came

I wanna walk like a giant on the land

I wanna walk like a giant on the land

The tracks ahead were long and straight

We were riding on the desert wind

We were pulling in the spiritual

Riding on the desert wind

We can see it in the distance

Getting closer every minute

We saw the lights of spiritual shinning

Getting closer evert minute

And we skipped the rails

And we started to fail

And we folded up

And it's not enough

To think about how close we came

I wanna walk like a giant on the land

I wanna walk like a giant on the land

Whenever I see the big fire coming

Coming to burn down all of my ideas

I try to hold onto my thinking

And remember how it feels

When I'm looking right in your eyes

And hearing your happy laughing

When I’m  seeing your blue eyes shinning

And hearing your happy laughing

So the moment came

And the big sky rained

And it put out the fire

Except in my desire

When I think about how good it feels

I wanna walk like a giant on the land

I wanna walk like a giant on the land

I used to walk like a giant on the land

Now I feel like a leaf floating in the stream

I wanna walk like a giant

I wanna walk like a giant on the land

PSYCHEDELIC PILL (ALTERNATE MIX)

(Misma letra de PICHEDELIC PILL)

BOB DYLAN: Tempest (2012)

1. Duquesne Whistle

2. Soon After Midnight

3. Narrow Way

4. Long And Wasted Years

5. Pay In Blood

6. Scarlet Town

7. Early Roman Kings

8. Tin Angel

9. Tempest

10. Roll On John

DUQUESNE WHISTLE

Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing

Blowing like it's gonna sweep my world away

I wanna stop in Carbondale and keep on going

That Duquesne train gon’ rock me night and day

You say I'm a gambler, you say I'm a pimp

But I ain't neither one

Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing

Sounding like it’s on a final run

Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing

Blowing like she's never blowed before

Blue light blinking, red light glowing

Blowing like she's at my chamber door

You smiling through the fence at me

Just like you always smiled before

Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing

Blowing like she ain't gon’ blow no more

Can't you hear that Duquesne whistle blowing?

Blowing like the sky’s gonna blow apart

You're the only thing alive that keeps me going

You're like a time bomb in my heart

I can hear a sweet voice gently calling

Must be the mother of our Lord

Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing

Blowing like my woman's on board

Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing

Blowing like it's gon’ blow my blues away

You old rascal, I know exactly where you're going

I'll lead you there myself at the break of day

I wake up every morning with that woman in my bed

Everybody telling me she's gone to my head

Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing

Blowing like it's gon’ kill me dead

Can't you hear that Duquesne whistle blowing?

Blowing through another no good town

The lights of my lady’s land are glowing

I wonder if they'll know me next time ‘round

I wondered if that old oak tree's still standing

That old oak tree, the one we used to climb

Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing

Blowing like she's blowing right on time

SOON AFTER MIDNIGHT

Something there is about you that strikes a match in me

Is it the way your body moves or is it the way your hair blows free?

Or is it because you remind me of something that used to be

Somethin’ that crossed over from another century?

Thought I’d shaken the wonder and the phantoms of my youth

Rainy days on the Great Lakes, walkin’ the hills of old Duluth

There was me and Danny Lopez, cold eyes, black nights and then there was Ruth

Something there is about you that brings back a long-forgotten truth

Suddenly I found you and the spirit in me sings

Don’t have to look no further, you’re the soul of many things

I could say that I’d be faithful, I could say it in one sweet, easy breath

But to you that would be cruelty and to me it surely would be death

Something there is about you that moves with style and grace

I was in a whirlwind, now I’m in some better place

My hand’s on the sabre and you’ve picked up on the baton

Somethin’ there is about you that I can’t quite put my finger on

NARROW WAY

I'm gonna walk across the desert 'til I'm in my right mind

I won't even think about what I left behind

Nothing back there anyway, that I can call my own

Go back home, leave me alone

It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way

If I can’t work up to you, you'll surely have to work down to me someday

Ever since the British burned the White House down

There's a bleeding wound in the heart of town

I saw you drinking from an empty cup

I saw you buried and I saw you dug up

It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way

If I can’t work up to you, you'll surely have to work down to me someday

Look down angel from the skies

Help my weary soul to rise

I kissed her cheek, I dragged your plough

You broke my heart, I was your friend 'til now.

It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way

If I can’t work up to you, you'll surely have to work down to me someday

In the courtyard of the golden sun

You stand and fight or you break and run

You went and lost your lovely head

For a drink of wine and a crust of bread

It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way

If I can’t work up to you, you'll surely have to work down to me someday

We looted and we plundered on distant shores

Why is my share not equal to yours

Your father left you, your mother too

Even death has washed it's hands of you

It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way

If I can’t work up to you, you'll surely have to work down to me someday

This is hard country to stay alive in

Blades are everywhere and they're breaking my skin

I'm armed to the hilt and I'm struggling hard

You won't get out of here unscarred.

It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way

If I can’t work up to you, you'll surely have to work down to me someday

You got too many lovers waiting at the wall

About a thousand tons I couldn't count them all

Yesterday I could've thrown them all in the sea

Today, even one, may be too much for me

It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way

If I can’t work up to you, you'll surely have to work down to me someday

Cake walkin’, baby, you can do no wrong

Put your arms around me, where they belong

I want to take you on a rollercoaster ride

Lay my hands all over ya, tie you to my side

It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way

If I can’t work up to you, you'll surely have to work down to me someday

I've got a heavy stacked woman with a smile on her face

And she has crowned my soul with grace

I’m still hurting from an arrow that pierced my chest

I'm gonna have to take my head and bury it between your breasts

It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way

If I can’t work up to you, you'll surely have to work down to me someday

Been dark all night but now it's dawn

The moving finger is moving on

You can guard me while I sleep

Piss away, the tears I weep

It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way

If I can’t work up to you, you'll surely have to work down to me someday

I love women and she loves men

We've been to the west and we going back again

I heard a voice at the dusk of day

Saying, "Be gentle, brother, be gentle and pray."

It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way

If I can’t work up to you, you'll surely have to work down to me someday

LONG AND WASTED YEARS

It's been such a long long time

Since we loved each other and our hearts were true

One time, for one brief day, I was the man for you

Last night I heard you talkin’ in your sleep

Saying things you shouldn't say, oh baby

You just may have to go to jail someday

Is there a place we can go, is there anybody we can see?

Maybe,

It's the same for you as it is for me

I ain't seen my family in twenty years

That ain't easy to understand, they may be dead by now

I lost track of em after they lost their land

Shake it up baby, twist and shout

You know what it's all about

What are you doing out there in the sun anyway?

Don't you know, the sun can burn your brains right out

My enemy crashed into the dust

Stopped dead in his tracks and he lost his lust

He was run down hard and he broke apart

He died in shame, he had an iron heart

I wear dark glasses to cover my eyes

There are secrets in em that I can't disguise

Come back baby

If I hurt your feelings, I apologize

Two trains running side by side, forty miles wide

Down the eastern line

You don't have to go, I just came to you because you're a friend of mine

I think that when my back was turned,

The whole world behind me burned

It's been a while,

Since we walked down that long, long aisle

We cried on a cold and frosty morn,

We cried because our souls were torn

So much for tears

So much for these long and wasted years

PAY IN BLOOD

Well I'm grinding my life out, steady and sure

Nothing more wretched than what I must endure

I'm drenched in the light that shines from the sun

I could stone you to death for the wrongs that you done

Sooner or later you make a mistake

I'll put you in a chain that you never will break

Legs and arms and body and bone

I pay in blood, but not my own

Night after night, day after day

They strip your useless hopes away

The more I take the more I give

The more I die the more I live

I got something in my pocket make your eyeballs swim

I got dogs could tear you limb from limb

I'm circling around the Southern Zone

I pay in blood, but not my own

Low cards are what I've got

But I'll play this hand whether I like it or not

I'm sworn to uphold the laws of God

You could put me out in front of a firing squad

I've been out and around with the rowdy men

Just like you, my handsome friend

My head's so hard, must be made of stone

I pay in blood, but not my own

Another politician pumping out the piss

Another angry beggar blowing you a kiss

You got the same eyes that your mother does

If only you could prove who your father was

Someone must have slipped a drug in your wine

You gulped it down and you cross the line

Man can't live by bread alone

I pay in blood, but not my own

How I made it back home, nobody knows

Or how I survived so many blows

I've been through hell, what good did it do?

You bastard! I'm suppose to respect you?

I'll give you justice, I'll fatten your purse

Show me your moral virtues first

Hear me holler and hear me moan

I pay in blood but not my own

You pet your lover in the bed

Come here, I'll break your lousy head

Our nation must be saved and freed

You've been accused of murder, how do you plead?

This is how I spend my days

I came to bury, not to praise

I'll drink my fill and sleep alone

I pay in blood, but not my own

SCARLET TOWN

In Scarlet Town, where I was born

There’s ivy leaf and silver thorn

The streets have names that you can’t pronounce

Gold is down to a quarter of an ounce

The music starts and the people sway

Everybody says, “Are you going my way?"

Uncle Tom still workin' for Uncle Bill

Scarlet Town is under the hill

Scarlet Town in the month of May

Sweet William Holme on his deathbed lay

Mistress Mary by the side of the bed

Kissin' his face and puttin' prayers on his head

So brave and true, so gentle is he

I’ll weep for him as he would weep for me

Little Boy Blue come blow your horn

In Scarlet Town, where I was born

Scarlet Town, in the hot noon hours,

There’s palm-leaf shadows and scattered flowers

Beggars crouching at the gate

Help comes, but it comes too late

By marble slabs and in fields of stone

You make your humble wishes known

I touched the garment, but the hem was torn

In Scarlet Town, where I was born

In Scarlet Town, the end is near

The Seven Wonders of the World are here

The evil and the good livin' side by side

All human forms seem glorified

Put your heart on a platter and see who will bite

See who will hold you and kiss you good night

There’s walnut groves and maplewood

In Scarlet Town cryin' won’t do no good

In Scarlet Town, you fight your father’s foes

Up on the hill, a chilly wind blows

You fight ‘em on high and you fight 'em down in

You fight 'em with whiskey, morphine and gin

You’ve got legs that can drive men mad

A lot of things we didn’t do that I wish we had

In Scarlet Town, the sky is clear

You’ll wish to God that you stayed right here

Set ‘em Joe, play “Walkin’ the Floor"

Play it for my flat-chested junkie whore

I’m staying up late, I’m making amends

While we smile, all heaven descends

If love is a sin, then beauty is a crime

All things are beautiful in their time

The black and the white, the yellow and the brown

It’s all right there in front of you in Scarlet Town

EARLY ROMAN KINGS

All the early Roman kings

In their sharkskin suits

Bow ties and buttons

High top boots

Drivin' the spikes in

Blazin' the rails

Nailed in their coffins

In top hats and tails

Fly away, little bird

Fly away, flap your wings

Fly by night

Like the early Roman kings

All the early roman kings

In the early early morn

Coming down the mountain

Distributing the corn

Speeding through the forest

Racing down the track

You try to get away

They drag you back

Tomorrow is Friday

We'll see what it brings

Everybody's talking

‘Bout the early roman kings

They're peddlers and they're meddlers

They buy and they sell

They destroyed your city

They'll destroy you as well

They're lecherous and treacherous

Hell-bent for leather

Each of 'em bigger

Than all them put together

Sluggers and muggers

Wearing fancy gold rings

All the women goin' crazy

For the early Roman kings

I can dress up your wounds

With a blood-clotted rag

I ain't afraid to make love

To a bitch or a hag

If you see me comin'

And you're standing there

Wave your handkerchief

In the air

I ain't dead yet

My bell still rings

I keep my fingers crossed

Like them early roman kings

I can strip you of life

Strip you of breath

Ship you down

To the house of death

One day

You will ask for me

There'll be no one else

That you'll wanna see

Bring down my fiddle

Tune up my strings

I'm gonna break it wide open

Like the early roman kings

I was up on black mountain

The day Detroit fell

They killed 'em all off

And they sent 'em to hell

Ding dong daddy

You're coming up short

Gonna put you on trial

In a Sicilian court

I've had my fun

I've had my flings

Gonna shake ‘em all down

Like the early roman kings

TIN ANGEL

It was late last night when the boss came home

To a deserted mansion and a desolate throne

Servant said: “Boss, the lady’s gone

She left this morning just ‘fore dawn.”

“You got something to tell me, tell it to me, man

Come to the point as straight as you can”

“Old Henry Lee, chief of the clan

Came riding through the woods and took her by the hand”

The boss he lay back flat on his bed

He cursed the heat and he clutched his head

He pondered the future of his fate

To wait another day would be far too late

“Go fetch me my coat and my tie

And the cheapest labour that money can buy

Saddle me up my buckskin mare

If you see me go by, put up a prayer”

Well, they rode all night, and they rode all day

Eastward, long down the broad highway

His spirit was tired and his vision was bent

His men deserted him and onward he went

He came to a place where the light was dull

His forehead pounding in his skull

Heavy heart was racked with pain

Insomnia raging in his brain

Well, he threw down his helmet and his cross-handled sword

He renounced his faith, he denied his lord

Crawled on his belly, put his ear to the wall

One way or another put an end to it all

He leaned down, cut the electric wire

Stared into the flames and he snorted the fire

Peered through the darkness, caught a glimpse of the two

It was hard to tell for certain who was who

He lowered himself down on a golden chain

His nerves were quaking in every vein

His knuckles were bloody, he sucked in the air

He ran his fingers through his greasy hair

They looked at each other and their glasses clinked

One single unit, inseparably linked

“Got a strange premonition there’s a man close by”

“Don’t worry about him, he wouldn’t harm a fly”

From behind the curtain, the boss he crossed the floor

He moved his feet and he bolted the door

Shadows hiding the lines in his face

With all the nobility of an ancient race

She turned, she was startled with a look of surprise

With a hatred that could hit the skies

“You’re a reckless fool, I could see it in your eyes

To come this way was by no means wise”

“Get up, stand up, you greedy-lipped wench

And cover your face or suffer the consequence

You are making my heart feel sick

Put your clothes back on, double-quick”

“Silly boy, you think me a saint

I’ll listen no more to your words of complaint

You’ve given me nothing but the sweetest lies

Now hold your tongue and feed your eyes”

 “I’d have given you the stars and the planets, too

But what good would these things do you?

Bow the heart if not the knee

Or never again this world you’ll see”

“Oh, please let not your heart be cold

This man is dearer to me than gold”

“Oh, my dear, you must be blind

He’s a gutless ape with a worthless mind”

“You’ve had your way too long with me

Now it’s me who’ll determine how things shall be”

“Try to escape,” he cussed and cursed

"You’ll have to try to get past me first”

“Do not let your passion rule

You think my heart the heart of a fool

And you, sir, you can not deny

You made a monkey of me, what and for why?”

“I’ll have no more of this insulting chat

The devil can have you, I’ll see to that

Look sharp or step aside

Or in the cradle you’ll wish you’d died”

The gun went boom and the shot rang clear

First bullet grazed his ear

Second ball went right straight in

And he bent in the middle like a twisted pin

He crawled to the corner and he lowered his head

He gripped the chair and he grabbed the bed

It would take more than needle and thread

Bleeding from the mouth, he’s as good as dead

“You shot my husband down, you fiend”

“Husband? What husband? What the hell do you mean?

He was a man of strife, a man of sin

I cut him down and thrn threw him to the wind”

Well this she said with angry breath

“You too shall meet the lord of death

It was I who brought your soul to life”

Then she raised her robe and she drew out a knife

His face was hard and caked with sweat

His arms ached and his hands were wet

“You’re a murderous queen and a bloody wife

If you don’t mind, I’ll have the knife”

“We’re two of a kind and our blood runs hot

But we’re no way similar in body or thought

All husbands are good men, as all wives know”

Then she pierced him to the heart and his blood did flow

His knees went limp and he reached for the door

His doom was sealed, he slid to the floor

He whispered in her ear: “This is all your fault

My fighting days have come to a halt”

She touched his lips and kissed his cheek

He tried to speak but his breath was weak

“You died for me, now I’ll die for you”

She put the blade to her heart and she ran it through

All three lovers together in a heap

Thrown into the grave, forever to sleep

Funeral torches blazed away

Through the towns and the villages all night and all day

TEMPEST

The pale moon rose in it's glory

Out on the Western town

She told a sad, sad story

Of the great ship that went down

T’was the fourteenth day of April

Over the waves she rode

Sailing into tomorrow

To a golden age foretold

The night was black with starlight

The seas were sharp and clear

Moving through the shadows

The promised hour was near

Lights were holding steady

Gliding over the foam

All the lords and ladies

Heading for their eternal home

The chandeliers were swaying

From the balustrades above

The orchestra was playing

Songs of faded love

The watchman, he lay dreaming

As the ballroom dancers twirled

He dreamed the Titanic was sinking

Into the underworld

Leo took his sketchbook

He was often so inclined

He closed his eyes and painted

The scenery in his mind

Cupid struck his bosom

And broke it with a snap

The closest woman to him

He fell into her lap

He heard a loud commotion

Something sounded wrong

His inner spirit was saying

That he couldn’t stand here long

He staggered to the quarterdeck

No time now to sleep

Water on the quarterdeck

Already three foot deep

Smokestack was leaning sideways

Heavy feet began to pound

He walked into the whirlwind

Sky splitting all around

The ship was going under

The universe had opened wide

The roll was called up yonder

The angels turned aside

Lights down in the hallway

Flickering dim and dull

Dead bodies already floating

In the double bottom hull

The engines then exploded

Propellers they failed to start

The boilers overloaded

The ship's bow split apart

Passengers were flying

Backward, forward, far and fast

They mumbled, fumbled, and tumbled

Each one more weary than the last

The veil was torn asunder

'Tween the hours of twelve and one

No change, no sudden wonder

Could undo what had been done

The watchman lay there dreaming

At fourtyfive degrees

He dreamed that the Titanic was sinking

Dropping to her knees

Wellington he was sleeping

His bed began to slide

His valiant heart was beating

He pushed the tables aside

Glass of shattered crystal

Lay scattered roundabout

He strapped on both his pistols

How long could he hold out?

His men and his companions

Were nowhere to be seen

In silence there he waited for

Time and space to intervene

The passageway was narrow

There was blackness in the air

He saw every kind of sorrow

Heard voices everywhere

Alarm-bells were ringing

To hold back the swelling tide

Friends and lovers clinging

To each other side by side

Mothers and their daughters

Descending down the stairs

Jumped into the icy waters

Love and pity sent their prayers

The rich man, Mister Astor

Kissed his darling wife

He had no way of knowing

It'd be the last trip of his life

Calvin, Blake and Wilson

Gambled in the dark

Not one of them would ever live to

Tell the tale on the disembark

Brother rose up 'gainst brother

In every circumstance

They fought and slaughtered each other

In a deadly dance

They lowered down the lifeboats

From the sinking wreck

There were traitors, there were turncoats

Broken backs and broken necks

The bishop left his cabin

To help others in need

Turned his eyes up to the heavens

Said, "The poor are yours to feed"

Davey the brothel-keeper

Came out dismissed his girls

Saw the water getting deeper

Saw the changing of his world

Jim Dandy smiled

He never learned to swim

Saw the little crippled child

And he gave his seat to him

He saw the starlight shining

Streaming from the East

Death was on the rampage

But his heart was now at peace

The battened down the hatches

But the hatches wouldn’t hold

They drowned upon the staircase

Of brass and polished gold

Leo said to Cleo

I think I’m going mad

But he’d lost his mind already

Whatever mind he had

He tried to block the doorway

To save all those from harm

Blood from an open wound

Pouring down his arm

Petals fell from flowers

‘Til all of them were gone

In the long and dreadful hours

The wizard's curse played on

The host was pouring brandy

He was going down slow

He stayed right to the end and he

Was the last to go

There were many, many others

Nameless here forever more

They never sailed the ocean

Or left their homes before

The watchman, he lay dreaming

The damage had been done

He dreamed the Titanic was sinking

And he tried to tell someone

The captain, barely breathing

Kneeling at the wheel

Above him and beneath him

Fifty thousand tons of steel

He looked over at his compass

And he gazed into its face

Needle pointing downward

He knew he lost the race

In the dark illumination

He remembered bygone years

He read the Book of Revelation

And he filled his cup with tears

When the Reaper's task had ended

Sixteen hundred had gone to rest

The good, the bad, the rich, the poor

The loveliest and the best

They waited at the landing

And they tried to understand

But there is no understanding

On the judgement of God's hand

The news came over the wires

And struck with deadly force

Love had lost its fires

All things had run their course

The watchman he lay dreaming

Of all the things that can be

He dreamed the Titanic was sinking

Into the deep blue sea

ROLL ON JOHN

Doctor, doctor, tell me the time of day

Another bottle's empty, another penny spent

He turned around and he slowly walked away

They shot him in the back and down he went

Shine your light, move it on, you burn so bright, roll on John

From the Liverpool docks to the red light Hamburg streets

Down in the quarry with the quarrymen.

Playing to the big crowds, playing to the cheap seats

Another day in your life until your journey’s end

Shine your light, move it on, you burn so bright, roll on John

Sailing through the tradewinds, bound for the sun

Rags on your back just like any other slave

They tied your hands and they clamped your mouth

Wasn’t no way out of that deep dark cave

Shine your light, move it on, you burn so bright, roll on John

I heard the news today, oh boy,

They hauled your ship up on the shore

Now the city’s gone dark, there is no more joy

They tore the heart right out and cut it to the core

Shine your light, move it on, you burn so bright, roll on John

Put on your bags and get ‘em packed

Leave right now you won’t be far from wrong

The sooner you go, the quicker you’ll be back

You’ve been cooped up on an island far too long

Shine your light, move it on, you burn so bright, roll on John

Slow down you’re moving way too fast

Come together right now over me,

Your bones are weary, you’re about to breathe your last

Lord, you know how hard that it can be

Shine your light, move it on, you burn so bright, roll on John

Roll on John, roll through the rain and snow

Take the righthand road and go where the buffalo roam

They’ll trap you in an ambush before you know

Too late now to sail back home

Shine your light, move it on, you burn so bright, roll on John

Tyger, Tyger burning bright

I pray the Lord my soul to keep

In the forest of the night

Cover ‘em over and let him sleep

Shine your light, move it on, you burn so bright, roll on John