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 Baby
T-BONE SHUFFLE Let 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
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
CHICAGO The 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
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
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
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?
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 ME You 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
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 Record stores and interviews 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
Sound checks at 5:02 Record stores and interviews 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
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)
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
