GOV'T MULE: Heavy Load Blues (2021)

 

1. Blues Before Sunrise
2. Hole In My Soul
3. Wake Up Dead
4. Love Is A Mean Old World
5. Snatch It Back and Hold It – Hold It Back – Snatch It Back and Hold It
6. Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City
7. (Brother Bill) Last Clean Shirt
8. Make It Rain
9. Heavy Load
10. Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody’s Home (short version)
11. If Heartaches Were Nickels
12. I Asked Her For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)
13. Black Horizon

BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE

I have the blues before sunrise, tears standing in my eyes

I have the blues before sunrise, tears standing in my eyes

It was a miserable feeling baby

Feeling I do despise

Had to leave, leave you baby

Know you done me wrong

Had to leave you baby

Because you know you done me wrong

I gotta pack up my few things

And run after what I've done

I have to leave you baby, leave you all alone

Leave you baby, leave you all alone

Well, I gotta pack up leave you darlin'

You know you do me wrong

Well now goodbye, goodbye baby

See you some rainy day

Oh now, goodbye baby, I'll see you on some rainy day

Now you can go 'head now

Can't let you to have your way

HOLE IN MY SOUL

Walking round in a haze,

People, they know the way I feel

Been forty-seven days

Since I lost a love so real

I just can't shake this feeling,

It all seems so surreal

Ashes and embers

From the fire of yesterday

Can't brighten up the darkness,

Can't help me find my way

I know you can't hear me,

But I cry out to you anyway

Since you been gone, spinning out of control

You cut me so deep, I might never be whole

We had firm foundation, it took so long to build

Now there's a hole in my soul that can never be filled

I remember all those nights,

The way you softly called my name

But I took our love for granted,

I only got myself to blame

Now you're gone forever

And I'm drowning in the shame

Since you been gone, I'm spinning out of control

Cut me so deep, I might never be whole

We had firm foundation, it took so long to build

Now there's a hole in my soul that can never be filled

WAKE UP DEAD

I got something to say to you, I don't care if you get mad

Never thought what's come between us could ever get this bad

You're living like a dying man, you must be crazy, must be out your head

You better wake up while you're still living, or one of these mornings, gonna wake up dead

Yeah, I watched you stumble through every street in town

I watched your women and your best friends put you down

Living like a dying man, must be crazy, must be out your head

You better wake up while you're still living, or one of these mornings, gonna wake up dead

You see, I tried to change your ways, but there's scars that just won't heal

You done fell off that wagon and underneath the wheel

Living like a dying man, must be crazy, must be out your head

Better wake up while you're still living, or one of these mornings, gonna wake up dead

You know the music that fell out of you has slowed down to a crawl

You're chasing dreams and dragons and pills with alcohol

You're living like a dying man, must be crazy, must be out your head

You better wake up while you're still living, or one of these mornings, gonna wake up dead

Oh, yeah

Oh, yeah

You must be crazy

So hear me when I tell you, know I've said it all before

And this time is the last time, ain't gonna say it no more

You're living like a dying man, must be crazy, must be out your head

Better wake up while you're still living, or one of these mornings, gonna wake up dead, yeah

Oh, you better wake up while you're still living, or one of these mornings

One of these mornings, you'll be just another fool that woke up dead

LOVE IS A MEAN OLD WORLD

Tired of smiling when I wanna frown

Tired of faking when I'm feeling down

Tired of thieving all over the place

Tired of people getting in my face, getting in my face

Too much backstabbing everywhere I go

Can't be round this place no more

You might be my friend today

Tomorrow, take my woman away, my woman away

Oh, baby, love is a mean old world

And you can save me from these blues

Well, I love my whiskey till the day I die

I love my woman, but she rubbed me dry

I might be your friend today

Tomorrow, take your woman away, your woman away

Oh, baby, love is a mean old world

And you can save me from these blues

I said, I'm tired of smiling when I wanna frown

Tired of faking when I'm feeling down

Tired of thieving all over the place

Tired of people getting in my face, getting in my face

Getting in my face

Getting in my face

SNATCH IT BACK AND HOLD IT - HOLD IT BACK - SNATCH IT BACK AND HOLD IT

Snatch it back and hold it

Baby one more time

I ain't doing too bad, baby

I got you on my mind

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

You having a real good time

Somebody help me

I can't help myself

Somebody help me

I can't help myself

I ain't doing too bad, baby

I ain't got no brand new bag

Somebody help me

I can't help myself

Somebody help me

I can't help myself

I ain't doin' too bad, baby

I ain't got no brand new bag

Snatch it back and hold it

Baby one more time

I ain't doing too bad, baby

I got you on my mind

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

You having a real good time

Somebody help me

I can't help myself

Somebody help me

I can't help myself

Hey, hey, hey, hey

I got you on my mind

AIN'T NO LOVE IN THE HEART OF THE CITY

Ain't no love in the heart of the city

Ain't no love in the heart of town

Ain't no love, sure is a pity

But ain't no love since you're not around

When you were mine

I was feeling so good

Oh, your smile lit up

The whole neighborhood

But now that you're gone

Oh, the sun don't shine

From the city hall

To the county line and that's why there

Ain't no love in the heart of the city

Ain't no love in the heart of town

Ain't no love, sure is a pity

But ain't no love since you're not around

Every place that I go

Oh, it feels so strange

Without you here

Everything has changed

Nighttime comes

And there's a blanket of gloom

Another teardrop falls

In my lonely room and that's why there

Ain't no love in the heart of the city

Ain't no love in the heart of town

Ain't no love, sure is a pity

But ain't no love since you're not around

But now that you're gone

Oh, the sun don't shine

From the city hall

To the county line and that's why there

Ain't no love in the heart of the city

Ain't no love in the heart of town

Ain't no love, oh, sure is a pity

(BROTHER BILL) LAST CLEAN SHIRT

Some people said it was cocaine, some people said it was gin

But I know the name of the motherfucker that did my brother in

They put the last clean shirt on my brother bill

They put the last clean shirt on my brother bill

They found him in the backseat of an old abandoned Ford

When I touched the hand on my brother Bill, he was stiff as a running board

They put the last clean shirt on my brother bill

They put the last clean shirt on my brother bill

Preacher said he's gone, he's gone to a better world

He's through with his last fight, man, he's done loving his last girl

They put the last clean shirt on my brother bill

They put the last clean shirt on my brother bill

MAKE IT RAIN

She took all my money and my best friend

You know the story, here it comes again

I have no pride, I have no shame

You gotta make it rain

Make it rain

Since you're gone, deep inside it hurts

I'm just another sad guest on this dark Earth

I want to believe in the mercy of the world again

Make it rain

Make it rain

Night's too quiet, stretched out alone

I need the whip of thunder and the wind's dark moan

I'm not Able, I'm just Cain

Open up the heavens

Make it rain

I'm close to heaven, crushed at the gate

They sharpen their knives on my mistakes

What she done, you can't give it a name

You gotta make it rain

Make it rain

Without her love, without her kiss

Hell can't burning much more than this

I'm burning with all this pain

Put out the fire

Make it rain

I'm born to trouble, born to fate

Inside a promise I can't escape

It's the same old world, nothing looks the same

Gotta make it rain

Make it rain

You've got to make it rain

Oh, you've got to make it rain

Make it rain

You've got to make it rain

Oh, make it rain

HEAVY LOAD

Woke up singing a dead man's song

Smell of smoke rising in the air

Ain't no need to worry 'bout things gone wrong

Always something going wrong somewhere

Woman left me high and dry

Like the dust that's on my face

That's okay I'm moving on

Moving on ain't no disgrace

I'm gonna leave when the sun goes down

Say goodbye to this lonesome town

One more thing I can leave behind

Don't look for me, you ain't gonna find me

Too many bridges, too many roads

Too much sky and too much ground

Life can be such a heavy load

There just ain't no relief to be found

Guess somewhere I lost my way

Got caught up in earthly things

Guess I forgot what brought me here

Riding on an angels' wings

Too much trouble, on my brain

Too many songs about the same old thing

You know you just can't sing your blues away

There's dues you know you're gonna have to pay

Too many bridges, too many roads

Too much sky and too much ground

Life can be such a heavy load

There just ain't no relief to be found

Keep on running, I don't know why

Guess I'll be running till the day I die

Somewhere farther down that line

Maybe I'll see you come judgment time

Walk a mile in my shoes

Please don't judge me till you do

I'll do my best not to judge you

Just let me play these heavy load blues

Woke up singing a dead man's song

Smell of smoke rising in the air

Don't know tomorrow where I'll be

And when I'm gone you can bury me

Down by the riverside

Down by the riverside

Down by the riverside

Down by the riverside

Down by the riverside

FEEL LIKE BREAKING UP SOMEBODY'S HOME

I'm home alone on a rainy night like this

Starving for your love, hungry for just one kiss

Every raindrop I hear against my windowpane

Sounds so sweet and clear, swear it's speaking your name

Got nowhere to turn, tired of being alone

Feel like breaking up somebody's home

I know it's useless hanging on when you belong to someone else

Can't fight the feeling, well, after all, I didn't make myself

I know it's useless hanging on when you belong to someone else

Can't fight the feeling, well, after all, I didn't make myself

Last night I cried so hard I believe I caught a chill

Can't control the vibrations, my heart just won't stand stand still

Got nowhere to turn, tired of being alone

I feel like breaking up somebody's home

Got nowhere to turn, tired of being alone

I feel like breaking up somebody's home

Nowhere to turn, tired of being alone

I feel like breaking up somebody's home

IF HEARTACHES WERE NICKELS

I wish you could see me

All broken down this way

But even if you saw me, baby,

I know I still couldn't make you stay

I couldn't make you stay

You know about the high cost of loving,

There's something you're gonna have to pay

You're gonna have to pay

Woman like you needs fine things,

Woman, knew it right from the start

Woman, I don't have much to offer, baby,

Just this so broken heart

Just this broken heart

But if heartaches were nickels,

I wouldn't be here crying in the dark

If wine and pills were hundred dollar bills, I might keep you satisfied

And if broken dreams were limousines, oh, you know I might take you for a ride

But all I can do is think of you and wish you were by my side

Oh, if heartaches were nickels, then I'd be the richest fool alive

Oh, wine and pills were hundred dollar bills, I might keep you satisfied

And if broken dreams were limousines, oh, you know I might take you for a ride

But all I can do is think of you and wish you were by my side

Oh, if heartaches were nickels, then I'd be the richest fool alive

Yes, I would

I'd be the richest fool alive

Oh, yeah

Richest fool alive

Oh, baby

Richest fool alive

I ASKED FOR WATER (SHE GAVE ME GASOLINE)

Ooooh, I asked for water, ooooh, she brought me gasoline

Ooooh, I asked for water, ooooh, she brought me gasoline

That's the troubling woman that I ever seen

Ooooh, the church bell tollin', oh ho, the hearse come driving slow

Ooooh, the church bell tollin', oh ho, the hearse come driving slow

I hope my baby, don't leave me no more

Tell me when are you coming back home?

Ooooh, tell me baby,

Ooooh, when are you coming back home?

Ooooh, when are you coming back home?

…She brought me gasoline

That's the troubling woman that I ever seen

BLACK HORIZON

Red sun sinking down in the valley

Even sinking down myself

I'm tired, I can feel me turning

Into someone else, into someone else

New day dawning on the black horizon

New life waiting on the other side

No more running and hiding

Getting ready to end this long, hard ride

Last night, felt the whole world crumbling

Even crumbling in myself

Dark dreams woke me up this morning

Worst I ever felt, worst I ever felt

New day dawning on the black horizon

New life waiting on the other side

No more running and hiding

Getting ready to end this long, hard ride

World is turning to a hall of mirrors

Just you and me, what I don't wanna see

Everywhere I look, I see the stranger

Am I chasing him or is he chasing me?

New day dawning on the black horizon

New life waiting on the other side

No more running and hiding

Getting ready to end this long, hard ride

Looking over the mountain

East in the valley

New day dawning

New day dawning

I'm ready

Ready for the brand new day