-------- She Came And She Touched Me -------- She came and she touched me with hands made of heaven reflections sent spinnin' through a face laced in mist Now I stand where she left me buried deep 'neath her shadow and the mirror plead sadly does it all come to this and I wonder: Will she call my name? The wind careens madly through wide windows paneless fragrancies mingle in a room full of shade The peons pick partners and waltz cross the ceilings but the violins whisper that I've been betrayed tryin not to look ashamed The drunkards drink deeply from cups full of nothingness ghost lovers laugh at the games that they play the moments do somersaults into eternity cling to their coattails and beg them to stay saying I got nothing to hide Illusions projected on walls made of Tiffany mad menuets to a sad satin song A harlequin mandolins harmonize helplessly hoping that endlessly won't last for long Praying that their God ain't dying Then I turn and I see her in a dress made of moonlight teardrops like diamonds run slow down her face her arms surround me like chains made of velvet and the demons fall faithfully into their place and the rivers run with jewels Now the morning lies open the night went quite quickly memory harmlessly fractures and fades All the poets do push-ups on carpets of rubber foam loudly they laugh at some joke that's been made and the wise men speak like fools -------- Like A Summer Thursday -------- Her face was crystal fair and fine her breath was morning her lips were wine her eyes were laughter her touch divine her face was crystal and she was mine If only she could feel my pain but feelin' is a burden she can't sustain so like a summer thursday I cry for rain to come and turn the ground to green again If only she could her my songs 'bout the empty difference 'tween the rights and wrongs then I know that I could stand alone as well as they now that she's gone Her face was crystal fair and fine her breath was morning her lips were wine her eyes were laughter her touch divine her face was crystal and she was mine -------- Our Mother The Mountain -------- My lover comes to me with a rose on her bosom the moon's dancin' purple all through her black hair and a ladies-in-waiting she stands 'neath my window and the sun will rise soon on the false and the fair She tells me she comes from my mother the mountain her skin fits her tightly and her lips do not lie She silently slips from her throat a medallion slowly she twirls it in front of my eyes I watch her, I love her, I long for to touch her the satin she's wearin' is shimmering blue Outside my window her ladies are sleeping my dogs have gone hunting the howling is through So I reach for her hand and her eyes turns to poison and her hair turns to splinters, and her flesh turns to brine she leaps cross the room, she stands in the window and screams that my first-born will surely be blind She throws herself out to the black of the nightfall She's parted her lips but she makes not a sound I fly down the stairway, and I run to the garden no trace of my true love is there to be found So walk these hills lightly, and watch who you're lovin' by mother the mountain I swear that it's true Love not a woman with hair black as midnight and her dress made of satin all shimmering blue -------- Waiting Around To Die -------- Sometimes I don't know where this dirty road is taking me Sometimes I can't even see the reason why I guess I keep on gamblin', lots of booze and lots of ramblin' It's easier than just a-waitin' 'round to die One-time friends I had a ma, I even had a pa He beat her with a belt once cause she cried She told him to take care of me, she headed down to Tennessee It's easier than just a-waitin' 'round to die I came of age and found a girl in a Tuscaloosa bar She cleaned me out and hit it on the sly I tried to kill the pain, I bought some wine and hopped a train Seemed easier than just a-waitin' 'round to die A friend said he knew where some easy money was We robbed a man and brother did we fly The posse caught up with me, drug me back to Muskogee It's two long years, just a-waitin' 'round to die Now I'm out of prison, I got me a friend at last He don't steal or cheat or drink or lie His name's codeine, he's the nicest thing I've seen Together we're gonna wait around and die -------- Fare Thee Well, Miss Carousel -------- The drunken clown's still hanging round but it plain the laughter's all died down the tears you tried so hard to hide are flowin' A blind man with his knife in hand has convinced himself that he understands I wish him well, Miss Carousel but I gotta be a-goin' Won't you come and get me when you're sure that you don't need me then I stand outside your window and proudly call your name The ladies been told that all of gold is worth so much it can't be sold No time to weep she'll need her sleep tomorrow When she carries her face to the market place and bets it on the opening race she can ring her bells, Miss Carousel, but her singing brings me sorrow It's always done every mother's son is shown that grown men never run and so they fight with all the might inside them When the battle's been fought and they all been taught that the trick is just not being caught Will you give them hell, Miss Carousel, when they're begging you to hide them When the need arose your eyes fell closed you clamped your fingers round your nose Would you say that's any way to judge him You haven't got the authority to kill him in the first degree but would you feel compelled, Miss Carousel, if you have something to begrudge him On a velvet beach far beneath the reach of those that come to pray and preach The natural man who tries to stand is fallin How long will it be before he sees you own his legs but his mind is free Only you can tell, Miss Carousel, how long will he be crawling? The castle walls has grown so tall seem there ain't no hope at all to reach the top even though you stop for breathin' But I ain't gonna try to make you cry the tear drops couldn't find your eye It's all been swell, Miss Carousel, but the time has come for leavin' -------- I'll Be Here In The Morning -------- There's no stronger wind than the one that blows down a lonesome railroad line No prettier sight than looking back on a town you left behind There is nothin' that's as real as a love that's in my mind Close your eyes I'll be here in the morning close your eyes I'll be here for a while There's lots of things along the road I'd surely like to see I'd like to lean into the wind and tell myself I'm free but your softest whisper's louder than the highways call to me All the mountains and the rivers and the valleys can't compare to your blue lit dancin' eyes and yellow shining hair I could never hit the open road and leave you layin' there Lay your head back easy, love, close your cryin' eyes I'll be layin' here beside you when the sun comes on the rise I'll stay as long as the cuckoo wails and the lonesome bluejay cries. -------- None But The Rain -------- We had our day but now it's over we had our song but now it's sung we had our stroll through summers clover but summer's gone now, our walkin's done So tell me gently who be your lover who be your lover after I'm gone will it be the moon that hears your sighin' will it be the willow that hears your lonesome song Will it be the rain that clings to your bosom will it be the sunshine that dries your golden hair will it be the wind that warns of my returning will a rose be in your arms when I find you waitin' there None but the rain should cling to my bosom none but the moon should hear my lonesome sigh none but the wind should warn of your returning Fare thee well, my love, good-bye -------- To Live Is To Fly -------- Won't say I love you babe Won't say I need you babe But, I'm gonna get you babe And I will not do you wrong Livin's mostly wastin' time I waste my share of mine But it never feels too good So let's don't take too long You're soft as glass And I'm a gentle man We got the sky to talk about And the world to lie upon. Days up and down they come Like rain on a conga drum Forget most, remember some But don't turn none away Everything is not enough Nothin' is to much to bear Where you been is good and gone All you keep is the gettin' there To live is to fly Low and high So shake the dust off of your wings And the sleep out of your eyes It's goodbye to all my friends It's time to go again Think on all the poetry And the pickin' down the line I'll miss the system here The bottom's low and the treble's clear But it don't pay to think to much On things you leave behind I may be gone But it won't be long I will be a-bringin' back the melody And the rhythm that I find We all got holes to fill Them holes are all that's real Some fall on you like a storm Sometimes you dig your own But choice is yours to make And time is yours to take Some dive into the sea Some toil upon the stone To live is to fly Low and high, So shake the dust off of your wings And the sleep out of your eyes So shake the dust off of your wings And the tears out of your eyes -------- Highway Kind -------- My days, they are the highway kind they only come to leave but the leavin' I don't mind it's the comin' that I crave. Pour the sun upon the ground stand to throw a shadow watch it grow into a night and fill the spinnin' sky. Time among the pine trees it felt like breath of air usually I just walk these streets and tell myself to care. Sometimes I believe me and sometimes I don't hear. Sometimes the shape I'm in won't let me go. Well, I don't know too much for true but my heart knows how to pound my legs know how to love someone my voice knows how to sound. Shame that it's not enough shame that it is a shame. Follow the circle down where would you be? You're the only one I want now I never heard your name. Let's hope we meet some day if we don't it's all the same. I'll meet the ones between us, and be thinkin' 'bout you and all the places I have seen and why you where not there. -------- No Deal -------- Now this man down at the used car lot tried to sell me four wheels and a trunk. I said, "Man, there is no engine!", he said, "The engine's just a bunch of junk. You don't need no engine to go downhill and I could plainly see, that that's the direction you're headed in", and he handed me the keyes. (I said) No deal; you can't sell this stuff to me No deal, I'm going back to Tennesee Well, I went to a doctor of the highest order, he said I couldn't have a drink for a year. One glass of wine on my birthday if my birthday wasn't too very near. Lord, he must have put me in a state of shock 'cause I made it for about two weeks; then he sent me a bill that knocked me flat off the wagon and back down on my feet. When true love knocked upon my door she'd just barely turned fifteen and I was a little bit nervous if you know just what I mean. But I've heard somewhere that true love conquers all and I figured that was that then I started having dreams 'bout being chased out of town wearing nothing but my cowboy hat. Well, I come through this life a stumbler, my friends I expect to die that way it could be twenty years from now it could be most any day. But if there is no whiskey and women, Lord, behind them heavenly doors I'm gonna take my chances down below, and of that you can be sure. -------- Kathleen -------- It's plain to see, the sun won't shine today but I ain't in the mood for sunshine anyway maybe I'll go insane I got to stop the pain Or maybe I'll go down to see Kathleen. A swallow comes and tells me of her dreams She says she'd like to know just what they mean I feel like I could die as I watch her flying by ride the north wind down to see Kathleen. Stars hang high above, the oceans roar the moon is come to lead me to her door There's crystal across the sand and the waves, they take my hand. Soon I'm gonna see my sweet Kathleen. Soon I'm gonna see my sweet Kathleen. -------- Don't Take It Too Bad -------- Don't you take it too bad if you're feelin' unlovin' if you're feelin unfeelin' if you're feelin' alone Don't take it too bad 'Cause it ain't you to blame, babe Lord, it's just some kind of game made out of all of this living that we got left to do And if you go searchin' for rhyme or for reason then you won't have the time that it take just for talkin' about the places you've been, babe about the places you've seen, babe and how soft the time flies past your window at night And we just can't have that, girl 'cause it's a sad, lonesome, cold world and a man need a woman just to stand by his side and whisper sweet words in his ears about daydreams and roses and playthings and the sweetness of springtime and the sound of the rain -------- Catfish Song -------- Down at the bottom of that dirty ol' river down where the reeds and the catfish play there lies a dream as soft as the water there lies a bluebird that's flown away Well, to meet is like springtime and to love's like the summer her brown eyes shone for nobody but me then autumn forever, the fool come a fallin' and the rain turned to freezin' inside of me I'll kindle my fires with the words I can't send you and the roads I can't follow and the songs I can't sing I'll wander alone on the sleigh bells of winter with the stars for a diamond and the world for a ring Well, all you young ladies who dream of tomorrow while you're a listenin' these words will I say Cling to today with its joy and its sorrow you'll need all your memories when youth melts away Well, the angel of springtime he rides down the southwind the angel of summer he does just the same the angel of autumn she's blue and she's golden and the angel of winter won't remember your name Down at the bottom of that dirty ol' river down where the reeds and the catfish play there lies a dream as soft as the water there lies a bluebird that's flown away There lies a bluebird that's flown away -------- Snake Song -------- You can't hold me I'm too slippery I do no sleepin' I get lonely you can touch me if you want to I got poison I just might bite you Lie in circles on the sunlight shine like diamonds on a dark night ain't no mercy in my smilin' only fangs and sweet beguiling Future, he don't try to find me skin I been through dies behind me solid hollow wrapped in hatred not a drop of venom wasted You can slip in try to find me hold your breath and flat deny me it makes no difference to my thinkin' I'll be here when you start sinkin'. -------- Flying Shoes -------- Days full of rain skys comin' down again I get so tired of these same old blues same old song Baby, it won't be long 'fore I be tyin' on my flyin' shoes flyin' shoes till I be tyin' on my flyin' shoes Spring only sighed summer had to be satisfied fall is a feelin' that I just can't lose. I'd like to stay maybe watch a winter day turn the green water to white and blue flyin' shoes flyin' shoes till I be tyin' on my flyin' shoes The mountain moon forever sets too soon bein' alone is all the hills can do alone and then her silver sails again and they will follow in their flyin' shoes flyin' shoes they will follow in their flyin' shoes Days full of rain skys comin' down again I get so tired of the same old blues same old song Baby, it won't be long till I be tyin' on my flyin' shoes flyin' shoes till I be tyin' on my flyin' shoes -------- Talking Karate Blues -------- Well, I ain't very big for twenty-one and it seems like I never could have any good clean fun cause every time I'd go outside some great big bully'd come along he'd hit me in the face and he'd knock to the ground and he'd start to kickin' me all around and that ain't exactly fair, friends, that's wrong. So I got me a paper the other night and I crawled up on the sofa and I turned on the light and I flipped through the pages till I found the classified ads. Said, "take karate from Lee Hung Chow; man, make your first appointment now this course is guaranteed to make you bad." Well, the next day I drove to the address and by japanese design I was really impressed it looked like a regular house of the rising sun I walked inside, I was all alone I had a nervous feeling down in my bones I was kind of sorry that I'd ever even come Then a giant jap came through the door he must have been about seven foot four and he looked like he's prone to easy aggrevation. He said, "Lee Hung Chow, Ah kee dung" that's japanese for fee fie foo fum I tried to explain my entire situation He said, "Number one course, yankee, self defence, twohundred dollars and twentyfive cents"; I said "What's the twentyfive cents for?" and he said, "Repairs." I said, "Repairs to what?", and he said "To you" and I thought to myself "Man, that won't do" felt about a half inch tall underneath that ol' slender stare Ah, you think he was yellow... I said, "I believe I better go check another place" he said, "Ha so, Yankee don't like my race" I said, "Now there's a mistake man, and that's true I've been for you you japanese all along you japanese just can't do no wrong and I thought you got mighty dirty deal in World War II." Well, he grabbed me by the hand and he gave a heave I figured there's a pretty good time to leave before he had a chance to do me any definite harm. But my plan worked out in the end you see now no bully is gonna pick on me who's gonna hit a fellow with just one arm -------- Pancho And Lefty -------- Living on the road my friend Was gonna keep you free and clean Now you wear your skin like iron Your breath's as hard as kerosene You weren't your mama's only boy But her favorite one it seems She began to cry when you said goodbye And sank into your dreams Pancho was a bandit boys His horse was fast as polished steel Wore his gun outside his pants For all the honest world to feel Pancho met his match you know On the deserts down in Mexico Nobody heard his dying words That's the way it goes All the federales say They could have had him any day They only let him hang around Out of kindness I suppose Lefty he can't sing the blues All night long like he used to The dust that Pancho bit down south Ended up in Lefty's mouth The day they laid poor Pancho low Lefty split for Ohio Where he got the bread to go There ain't nobody knows All the federales say They could have had him any day They only let him slip away Out of kindness I suppose The poets tell how Pancho fell Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold So the story ends we're told Pancho needs your prayers it's true, But save a few for Lefty too He just did what he had to do Now he's growing old A few gray federales say They could have had him any day They only let him go so wrong Out of kindness I suppose A few gray federales say They could have had him any day They only let him go so wrong Out of kindness I suppose -------- Two Girls -------- Well, the clouds didn't look like cotton they didn't even look like clouds I was underneath the weather my friends looked a crowd The swimmin' hole was full of rum I tried to find out why All I learned was this my friend you got to swim before you fly I got two girls one's in heaven and one's below Oh, one I love with all my heart and one I do not know. Two lonesome dudes on an ugly horse Passed by not long ago They asked me where the action was I said I did not know As they disappeared into the brush I heard the driver say He's a little slow between the ears He's always been that way. Jolly Jane just lays around and listens with her mouth she's had about a dozen husbands but the last one pulled out Now, who's gonna bring her dinner through the weary years ahead all she'll get from me is sympathy got no time to see she's fed. It's cold down on the bayou they say it's in your mind but the moccasins are treadin' ice and leavin strange designs Cajuns say the last time that this happend they weren't here All Beaumont's full of penguins and I'm a-playin' it by ear. -------- Lungs -------- Well, won't you lend your lungs to me? Mine are collapsing Plant my feet and bitterly breathe up the time that's passing. Breath I'll take and breath I'll give pray the day ain't poison stand among the ones that live in lonely indecision. Fingers walk the darkness down mind is on the midnight gather up the gold you've found you fool, it's only moonlight. If you try to take it home your hands will turn to butter You better leave this dream alone try to find another. Salvation sat and crossed herself called the devil partner wisdom burned upon a shelf who'll kill the raging cancer Seal the river at its mouth take the water prisoner fill the sky with screams and cries bathe in fiery answers Jesus was an only son and love his only concept strangers cry in foreign tongues and dirty up the doorstep and I for one, and you for two ai'nt got the time for outside just keep your injured looks to you we'll tell the world we tried -------- Nothing -------- Hey mama, when you leave don't leave a thing behind I don't want nothin' I can't use nothin' Take care into the hall and if you see my friends tell them I'm fine not using nothin' Almost burned out my eyes threw my ears down to the floor I didn't see nothin' I didn't hear nothin' I stood there like a block of stone knowin' all I had to know and nothin' more man, that's nothin' As brothers our troubles are locked in each others arms and you better pray they never find you Your back ain't strong enough for burdens doublefold they'd crush you down down into nothin' Being born is going blind and buying down a thousand times to echoes strung on pure temptation Sorrow and solitude these are the precious things and the only words that are worth rememberin' -------- Rake -------- I used to wake and run with the moon I lived like a rake and a young man I covered my lovers with flowers and wounds my laughter the devil would frighten The sun she would come and beat me back down but every cruel day had its nightfall I'd welcome the stars with wine and guitars full of fire and forgetful My body was sharp the dark air clean and outrage my joyful companion whisperin' women how sweet did they seem kneelin' for me to command them And time was like water but I was the sea I'd have never noticed it passin' except for the turnin' of night into day and the turnin' of day into cursin' You look at me now, and don't think I don't know what all your eyes are a sayin' Does he want us to believe these ravings and lies they're just tricks that his brains been a playin'? A lover of women he can't hardly stand he trembles he's bent and he's broken I've fallen it's true but I say unto you hold your tongues until after I've spoken I was takin' my pride in the pleasures I'd known I laughed and thought I'd be forgiven but my laughter turned 'round eyes blazing and said my friend, we're holdin' a wedding I buried my face but it spoke once again the night to the day we're a bindin' and now the dark air is like fire on my skin and even the moonlight is blinding -------- Dollar Bill Blues -------- If I had a dollar bill Yes I believe I surely will Go to town and drink my fill Early in the morning Little darlin' she's a red haired thing Man she makes my legs to sing Gonna buy her a diamond ring Early in the mornin' Mother was a golden girl Slit her throat just to get her pearls Cast myself into a world Before a bunch of swine It's a long way down the Harlan road Busted back and a heavy load Won't get through to save my soul Early in the mornin' I always been a gambling man Roll them bones with either hand Seven is the promised land Early in the mornin' Whiskey be my dyin' bed Tell me where to lay my head Not with me is all she said Early in the mornin' If I had a dollar bill Yes I believe I surely will Go to town and drink my fill Early in the mornin' -------- Buckskin Stallion Blues -------- I heard her sing in tongues of silver I heard her cry on a summer storm I loved her, but she did not know it so I don't think about her anymore Now she's gone, and I can't believe it so I don't think about her anymore If three and four was seven only where would that leave one and two? If love can be and still be lonely where does that leave me and you? Time there was, and time there will be where does that leave me and you? If I had a buckskin stallion I'd tame him down and ride away. If I had a flyin' schooner I'd sail into the light of day If I had your love forever sail into the light of day Pretty songs and pretty places places that I've never seen pretty songs and pretty faces tell me what their laughter means some look like they'll cry forever tell me what their laughter means. If I had a buckskin stallion I'd tame him down and ride away. If I had a golden galleon I'd sail into the light of day If I had your love forever sail into the light of day -------- If I Needed You -------- If I needed you would you come to me, would you come to me, and ease my pain? If you needed me I would come to you I'd swim the seas for to ease your pain In the night forlorn the morning's born and the morning shines with the lights of love You will miss sunrise if you close your eyes that would break my heart in two The lady's with me now since I showed her how to lay her lily hand in mine Loop and Lil agree she's a sight to see and a treasure for the poor to find -------- Mr Gold And Mr Mud -------- The wicked king of clubs awoke it was to his queen turned his lips were laughing as they spoke his eyes like bullets burned the sun's upon a gambling day his queen smiled low and blissfully let's make some wretched fool to play plain it was she did agree He send his deuce down into diamond his four to hart, and his trey to spade three kings with their legions come preparations soon where made they voted club the days commander gave him an army face and number all but the outlaw jack of diamonds and the aces in the sky He give his sevens first instructions spirit me a game of stud stakes unscarred by limitation 'tween a man named Gold and man named Mud Club filled Gold with greedy vapors 'til his long, green eyes did glow Mud was left with the sighs and trembles watching his hard earned money go Flushes fell on Gold like water tens they paired and paired again but the aces only flew through heaven and the diamond jack called no man friend The diamond queen saw Muds ordeal began to think of her long lost son fell to her knees with a mother's mercy prayed to the angels every one The diamond queen, she prayed and prayed and the diamond angel filled Muds hole the wicked king of clubs himself fell in face down in front of Gold now three kings come to Clubs command but the angels from the sky did ride three kings up on the streets of Gold three fireballs on the muddy side The club queen heard her husband's call but Lord that queen of diamond's joy when the outlaw in the heavenly hall turned out to be a wandering boy Now Mud he checked and Gold bet all and Mud he raised and Gold did call and the smile just melted off his face when Mud turned over that diamond ace Now here's what this story's told if you feel like Mud you'll end up Gold if you feel like lost, you'll end up found so amigo, lay them raises down -------- High, Low And In Between -------- I come from a long line high and low and in between same as you hills of golden hails of poison time's thrown me through and I believe I've come to learn that turnin' round is to become confusion and the gold's no good for spending and the poison's hungry waiting What can you leave behind when you're flyin' lightning fast and all alone? Only a trace, my friend, spirit of motion born and direction grown. A trace that will not fade in frozen skies your journey will be and if her shadow doesn't seem much company who said it would be? There is the highway and the homemade lovin' kind the highway's mine and us ramblers are getting the travelling down you fathers build with stones that stand and shine heaven's where you find it and you can't take too much with you but daddy, don't you listen it's just this highway talkin' All things at our life are brothers in the soil and in the sky and I believe it with my blood if not my eyes I don't know why we can't be brothers here I know we should be answers don't seem easy and I'm wonderin' if they could be -------- Loretta -------- Oh Loretta she's a barroom girl wears them sevens on her sleeve Dances like a diamond shines Tell me lies I love to believe Her age is always 22 Her laughing eyes a hazel hue Spends my money like water falls Loves me like I want her to Oh, Loretta, won't you say to me Darling, put your guitar on have a little shot of booze play a blue and wailing song My guitar rings a melody My guitar sings, Loretta's fine Long and lazy, blonde and free and I can have her any time Sweetest at the break of day prettiest in the setting sun she don't cry when I can't stay 'least not 'till she's all alone Loretta, I won't be gone long keep your dancing slippers on keep me on your mind a while I'll be back, babe, to make you smile -------- Brother Flower -------- Brother Flower, are you listenin'? Let me sing a song for you Brother Flower, petals glistenin', in the bashful mornings dew Brother Flower, when the sun shines and the dew has flown away if you don't mind weak and wrong rhymes Brother Flower, may I stay? Brother Flower, you ain't lonely for you've always been alone but I haven't been so lucky I had love and now it's gone I have arms to hold another never to hold her again I have life to give lover You have life to give the wind Brother Flower, when the snow flies and you lay your beauty down Brother Flower, are you sleepin' there upon the cold, cold ground Brother Flower, please awaken show the sky your face of blue let me know I ain't forsaken seems like all I have is you -------- Tower Song -------- So close and yet so far away And all the things I'd hoped to say Will have to go unsaid today Perhaps until tomorrow Your fears have built a wall between Our lives and all what loving means Will have to go unfelt it seems And that leaves only sorrow You built your tower strong and tall Can't you see, it's got to fall someday You close your eyes and speak to me Of faith and love and destiny As distant as eternity From truth and understanding The wind blows cold outside your door It whispers words I've tried before But you don't hear me anymore Your pride's just too demanding You built your tower strong and tall Can't you see, it's got to fall someday The end is coming soon it's plain A warm bed just ain't worth the pain And I will go and you'll remain With the bitterness we've tasted A mother's breast, a newborn child A poet's tear and drunken smile I can't help feelin' all the while Their meaning won't be wasted You built your tower strong and tall Can't you see, it's got to fall someday -------- You Are Not Needed Now -------- Well, the birds were talking all at once and the old man mowing down his lawn he didn't look like much too bad a guy And I was thinkin' Hang on, man, something's wrong your blues seems to be gone heaven ain't bad but you don't get nothing done. Lay down your head a while you are not needed now you are not needed now Well, Allison laid an egg on me and every time I turn around it's swimming through the air above my bed I told Miss Hicks and she said fine as long as you're back in your room on time I keep you clean and the girls will keep you fed Lay down your head with mine you are not needed now and we got things to do Between the blankets made of wool the trains roll by every half an hour and the body can get no restin' done, that's true so I do my best, as best I can thinkin' big and making plans and wondering where them trains are rolling to Lay down your head poor boy and feel how the ground does move and hear how them drivers sing Well, goodbye friends, it's time to close everybody knows that's the way it goes where was it you lived in case I'm ever there Well, three doors down and two behind and it gets a little bit out of hand sometimes don't let it fool you into thinkin you down care Lay down your head and fly I'll quietly pass you by you won't even see me go If I thought about it long enough I just might make some kind of move watchful eyes are too hard on the soul With the smoke house just across the way and it's fog upon the light of day that would be hard comin' up with where to go Lay down your head poor boy feel how the ground does move hear how them drivers sing What now, my darling one go find a little fun you are not needed now -------- For The Sake Of The Song -------- Why does she sing her sad songs for me, I'm not the one To tenderly bring her soft sympathy, I've just begun To see my way clear and it's plain if I stop I will fall I can lay down a tear for her pain, just a tear and that's all What does she want me to do She says that she knows that moments are rare I suppose that it's true Then on she goes to say I don't care and she knows that I do Maybe she just has to sing for the sake of the song Who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong She'd like to think that I'm cruel but she knows that's a lie for I would be No more than a tool if I allowed her to cry all over me My sorrow is real even though I can't change my plans If she could see how I feel then I know that she'd understand Does she actually think I'm to blame Does she really believe that some word of mine Could relieve all her pain Can't she see that she grieves just because she's been blindly deceived By her shame Maybe she just has to sing for the sake of the song Who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong Nothin's what it seems, maybe she'll start someday to realize If she abandons her dreams then all the words she can say are only lies When will she see that to gain is only to lose All that she offers me are her chains, I got to refuse It's only to herself that she's lied She likes to pretend there's something that she should defend with her pride I don't intend to stand her and be the friend from whom she must hide Maybe she just has to sing for the sake of the song Who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong -------- Rex's Blues -------- Ride the blue wind high and free She'll lead you down through misery Leave you low come time to go Alone and low as low can be If I had a nickel I'd find a game If I won a dollar I'd make it rain If it rained an ocean I'd drink it dry And lay me down dissatisfied It's legs to walk and thoughts to fly Eyes to laugh and lips to cry A restless tongue to classify All born to grow and grown to die Tell my baby I said so long Tell my mother I did no wrong Tell my brother to watch his own Tell my friends to mourn me none Chained upon the face of time Feeling full of foolish rhyme There ain't no dark till something shines I'm bound to leave this dark behind Ride the blue wind high and free She'll lead you down through misery Leave you low come time to go Alone and low as low can be -------- A Song For -------- Ribbons of love please keep me true sane until I reach home on the morrow never never to wander again I'm weak and I'm weary of sorrow London to Dublin Australia to Perth I gazed at your sky I tasted your earth sung out my heart for what it was worth never again shall I ramble There's nowhere left in this world where to go my arms, my legs they're a-tremblin' thoughts both clouded and blue as the sky not even worth the rememberin' Now as I stumble and reel to my bed all that I've done all that I've said means nothin' to me I'd soon as be dead all of this world be forgotten No words of comfort no words of advice nothin' to offer a stranger gone the love, gone the spite it just doesn't matter no longer My sky's getting far the ground's gettin' close my self goin' crazy the way that it does I'll lie on my pillow and sleep if I must Too late to wish I'd been stronger too late to wish I'd been stronger -------- The Hole -------- The old woman finally caught me Sneakin' 'round her cave Her hair looked just like barbwire, boys and her smile just like the grave She asked me could I stay awhile I said I'd better go She slid her arm around my neck and sweetly whispered no It's cold and dark and lonely here as soon enough you'll see I'm oh so glad you stumbled in I've been cravin' company I cannot stay too long you know I left some friends at home Don't you fret about your friends Down here we're all alone What about my mother I can't just leave her there to mourn You don't have to think about her Just forget you were ever born I'll disappoint my father you know he worked so hard for me If you have to pay your father back Just send him some misery I'll miss, I said, a girl I know I can't just leave there to pine she's still got plenty of men to go I'm sure she'll do just fine What about my little boy She said, he's just like you Let a few short years roll by He'll end up down here too Then her pale green eyes began to glow she placed her hand on mine she smiled and said don't worry you'll get used to me in time As her cold tongue flickered toward I spun myself around made a dive for the passageway but the walls come crashing down Now her eyes were the only light my fevered brain could see but I tore myself away from them and fell down to my knees I've come too far, I can't get back I beseeched the Gods of men fame and fortune just laughed at me then silence once again A whisper deep within embrace the God of Love I lifted my face and through the tears I saw light fall from above I hurled myself into the wall I ripped and clawed my way through the stinkin', clingin' loam back to the light of day I crawled out into the wind again the sky upon my face I heard the earth sigh patiently as it slid back into place Now I'm back among the ones I love I'm loved by them in turn and it's only on the darkest night that green eyed memory burns So walk my friends, in the light of day don't go sneakin' 'round no holes there justmight be something down there wants to gobble up your soul -------- Marie -------- I stood in line and left my name took about six hours or so Well, the man just grinned like it was all a game said they'd let me know I put in my time till the Pocono line shut down two years ago I was staying at the mission till I met Marie now I can't stay there no more Fella 'cross town said he's lookin' for a man to move some old cars around maybe me and Marie could find a burned-out van and do a little settlin' down Aw, but I'm just dreamin', I ain't got no ride and the junkyard's a pretty good ways that job's about a half week old besides it'd be gone now anyway Unemployment said I got no more checks and they showed me to the hall my brother died in Georgia some time ago I got no one left to call Summer wasn't bad below the bridge a little short on food that's all Now I gotta get Marie some kind of coat we're headed down into fall I used to play the mouth harp pretty good hustled up a little dough but I got drunk and I woke up rolled a couple of months ago they got my harp and they got my dollar them low life so and so's harps cost money and I ain't got it it's my own fault I suppose The Pocono's down but the Chesapeak's runnin' two freights everyday if it was just me I'd be headed south but Marie can't catch no train She's got some pain and she thinks it's a baby, says we gotta wait and see in my heart I know it's a little boy hope he don't end up like me Well, the man's still grinnin' says he lost my file I gotta stand in line again I want to kill him but I just say no I had enough of that line my friend I head back to the bridge, its getting kinda cold I'm feelin' too low down to lie I guess I'll just tell Marie the truth hope she don't break down and cry Marie she didn't wake up this morning she didn't even try she just rolled over and went to heaven my little boy safe inside I laid them in the sun where somebody'd find them caught a Chesapeak on the fly Marie will know I'm headed south so's to meet me by and by Marie will know I'm headed south so to meet me by and by -------- Saint John The Gambler -------- When she had twenty years she turned to her mother saying Mother, I know that you'll grieve but I've given my soul to St John the gambler tomorrow comes time leave for the hills cannot hold back my sorrow forever and dead men lay deep 'round the door the only salvation thats mine for the asking so mother, think on me no more Winter held high round the mountains breast and the cold of a thousand snows lay heaped upon the forests leaf but she dressed in calico for a gambler likes his women fancy fancy she would be and the fire of her longing would keep way the cold and her dress was a sight to see But the road was long beneath the feet she followed her frozen breath in search of a certain St John the gambler stumbling to her death she heard his laughter right down from the mountains and danced with her mothers tears to a funeral drawn a calico 'neath the cross of twenty years To a funeral drawn a calico 'neath the cross of twenty years -------- At My Window -------- At my window watching the sun go hoping the stars know it's time to shine daydreams aloft on dark wings soft as the sun streams at days decline Living is laughing dying says nothing at all baby and I are laying here watching the evening fall Time flows through brave beginnings and she leaves her endings beneath our feet walk lightly upon their faces leave gentle traces upon their sleep Living is dancing dying does nothing at all baby and I are laying here wathing the evening fall Three dimes hard luck and good times fast lines and low rhymes ain't much to say Feel fine feel low and lazy feel grey and hazy feel far away Living is sighing dying ain't flying so high baby and I are lying here watching the day go by -------- Sad Cinderella -------- When the bandits have stolen your jewelry and gone and your crippled young gypsy, he's grown tall and strong and your dead misconceptions have proven you wrong well then, princess, where you plannin' to turn to? when your magazine memory has spun you around and you realize your lovers were just painted clowns and outside your window you start hearing sounds where they're building a cross for to burn you when all your bright scarlet turn slowly to blue will you stop and decide that it's over? When your teardrops go sour and no longer fall the splash cross the virgin that lives down your hall and spends all her nights with an ear to your wall well then, what will you have you can offer? When the firedancers finish and leave you alone with nothing but embers and sacks full of stone that hang round your neck, slicing through to the bone will there still be place for your laughter? As your shattered illusions come a-tumblin' home and all of the butchers you've nourished have grown and they are suddenly able to leave you alone and they run like slaves that are set free when your questions are answered and your pleading is done and your mind starts to screaming that you ain't the one that once dwelled within you, will you turn, will you run Then princess, will you come home and get me? -------- Snow Don't Fall -------- Snow don't fall on summers time wind don't blow below the sea my loves lies 'neath frozen skies and waits in sweet repose for me Her eyes did laugh her lips did sing her legs did roll my soul to bring her hair did curl and her thoughts unfurled like birds upon the wings of spring my love I need not see to know she cast her glance at me Snow don't fall on summers time wind don't blow below the sea my loves lies 'neath frozen skies and waits in sweet repose for me -------- Snake Mountain Blues -------- Mr. Ten Dollar man Let me tell where you're bound Drink your green liqour, Lord You'll roll to the ground But you come around here With your money in your hand Taste of my woman You die where you stand Snake Mountain blues They got me down low I could die in the morning But noone would know My woman come 'round My body she'd find Go down to Dundee Have her a time Snake Mountain's Gonna crumble Lord And fall from the sky Before that woman of mine Stops tellin' her lies If I'd die Lord she'd weep She'd weep and she'd mourn Soon as I's buried Forget I'd been born Love of black-skinned woman She won't do you no wrong Slow to start moanin' She don't moan for long A yellow-headed woman Brings you nothin' but pain Take all you give her She leaves only shame My Daddy, Lord he rides On a long holy train First winds of winter I'll see him again It's farewell to this yellow Headed misery I've known Snake Mountain's callin' Callin' me home Snake Mountain blues They got me down low I could die in the mornin' No one would know My woman come around My body she'd find Go down to Dundee Have her a time -------- Second Lovers Song -------- You're wakin' next to me tears splash across the sun you whisper soft to me that I ain't the only one to breathe your yellow hair caress your bosom fair Do you think I really care? Do you think it matters? What do your feelin's mean? Do you think I'd love more if you stood pure and clean of those you'd known before Would your words be sweeter then upon November's wind if you began again could your smile be softer? Would your eyes more brightly shine? Would your laughter be so tender if you'd been only mine for as long as you remember? I don't want tears from you don't build your love on shame all what we've done is through and all we can do remains my lady can't you see I love not jealously but for all you are to me and all you'll be tomorrow -------- Columbine -------- Tossin' hair a-ravin' eyes of flashin' blue all the livin' that you're savin' won't buy you dreams for you Cut yourself a columbine tear it from the stem now breathe upon the petals fine and throw them to the wind Watch the petals dancin' see them twirl and sing all your pride and prancin' how much does it mean? Watch the petals start to fly and then come falling down hear the wind begin to cry as she sees some touch the ground Ah, lady, like the flower fair some day you'll have to fall and you can find me standin' there to catch you if you crawl Tossin' hair a-ravin' eyes of flashin' blue all the livin' that you're savin' won't buy you dreams for you -------- (Quicksilver Daydreams Of) Maria -------- Well, the diamonds fades quickly when matched to the face of Maria All the harps they sound empty when she lifts her lips to the sky the brown of her skin makes her hair seem a soft golden rainfall that spills from the mountains to the bottomless depths of her eyes Well, she stands all around me her hands slowly sifting the sunshine all the laughter that linger down deep 'neath her smilin' is free Well, it spins and it twirls like a hummingbird lost in the morning and caresses the south wind and silently sails to the sea Ah, the sculpter stands stricken and the artist he throws away his brushes when her image comes dancin' the sun she turns sullen with shame And the birds they go silent the wind stops his sad mournful singing when the trees of the forest start gently to whisper'in her name So as softly she wanders I'll desperately follow her footsteps and I'll chase after shadows that offer a trace of her sight Ah, they promise eternally that she lays hidden within them but I find they've decieved me and sadly I bid them goodbye So the serpent slide softly away with these moments of laughter and the the old washy woman has finish her cleanin' and gone but the bamboo hang heavy in the bondage of quicksilver daydreams and a lonely child longingly looks for a place to belong -------- Only Him Or Me -------- Don't go saying I'm leaving you thinking I never got close enough to stay time runs in, and then runs out starts again and it's always been that way you're gonna drown tomorrow if you cry to many tears for yesterday tomorrow's half of all you've got so treat him good, 'cause when I'm gone, he'll stay I won't be forgetting you you won't be forgetting me, I know if memory comes a summer cloud rains her sweetness down to me below I see you like you look right now maybe wonder why I had to go but heaven is the way she is rain falls and rivers flow So here's to feelin' good here's to feelin' bad here's to bein' thankful sorry for the pleasures that we had and autumn days and window panes God, forgive us if you feel decieved the clock don't know you like I do and it's only him or me you got to believe -------- Tecumseh Valley -------- The name she gave was Caroline daughter of a miner her ways were free it seemed to me that sunshine walked beside her She came from Spencer across the hill she said her pa had sent her 'cause the coal was low and soon the snow would turn the skies to winter She said she'd come to look for work she was not seeking favors and for a dime a day and a place to stay she'd turn those hands to labor But the times were hard, Lord, the jobs were few all through Tecumseh valley but she asked around and a job she found tending bar at Gypsy Sally's She saved enough to get back home when spring replaced the winter but her dreams were denied her pa had died the word come down from Spencer So she turned to whorin' out on the streets with all the lust inside her and it was many a man returned again to lay himself beside her They found her down beneath the stairs that led to Gypsy Sally's in her hand when she died was a note that cried fare thee well... Tecumseh valley The name she gave was Caroline daughter of a miner her ways were free it seemed to me that sunshine walked beside her -------- Katie Belle Blue -------- There is no deeper blue in the ocean that lies as deep as the blue of your laughing eyes no sweeter sound than your gentle sigh no heart was ever so pure Dream pretty dreams touch beautiful things let all the skies surround you swim with the swans and believe that upon some glorious dawn love will find you Come some day I'm bound away wind and wings on the water whatever may you must stay and remain my beautiful daughter There is no deeper blue in the ocean that lies as deep as the blue of your laughing eyes no sweeter sound than your gentle sigh no heart was ever so pure Good night Katie Belle, good night -------- Talking Thunderbird Blues -------- Among the strangest things I ever heard was when a friend of mine said "Man, let's get some thunderbird" I said "What's that?" he just started to grin slobbered on his shirt, his eyes got dim he said "You got fifty-nine cents?" I said "Yeah, I got a dollar, but don't be a smart-aleck I ain't gonna spend it on no indian relic" and he said "Thunderbird's not an old indian trinket, it's a wine, man, you take it home and drink it." I said "It sure don't sound like wine to me" and he said he'd bet me the change from my dollar We hustled on down to the nearest U-Tate-Um the guy wanted my ID, I whipped her out and showed him he got a green bottle from the freezing vault my friend started doing backward somersaults through the cottage cheese Took it back to his house, started drinkin' pretty soon I set in to thinkin' "Man, this thunderbird tastes yummy, yummy, yummy and I know it's doing good things to my tummy, tum..., t..." it's so you reason when your on that crap Got a few more bottles, chugged them down I pulled myself up off the ground decided I go see my dearest sweet wife who met me at the door with a carving knife said "Get them damn grape peel from between your teeth." I could see we're gonna have a little misunderstanding I said "Dear, I better get in touch with you later" She said "Forget it, man, you're never touchin' me again!" Now I've seen the light and heard the word and I'm staying away from that ol' dirty thunderbird a message come from heaven radiant, and fine, all I drink now is communion wine six days a week -------- The Silver Ships Of Andilar -------- Of those that sailed the silver ships from Andilar I am the last The deeds that rang our youthful dreams it seems shall go undone North for the shores of Valinor our bows and crimson sails were made Our captains were strong, our lances long and our liege the holy king The hills did turn from green to blue and vanish as on the decks we watched But every thought in that noble company was forward bound To the lifeless plains of Valinor where reigns the dark and frozen one And with tongues afire and glorious eyes we pledged our mission be The clime from mild to bitter ran the wind from fair to fierce did blow Oath and prayer did turn to thoughts of homes left far behind Longed every man for some glimpse of land and the host that did await us there But each new day brought only a sea and sky of ice and gray Thanks give no word can drag you through those endless weeks our ships did roll Thanks give you cannot see those sails and faces bleach and draw Ice we drank and leather did chew for the oceans are unwholesome there The dead that slid into the seas did freeze before our eyes Then a wind did fling the ships apart each one to go her separate way The sky did howl, the hull did groan for how long I do not know And what men were left when the winds had ceased grew dull and low of countenance For soldiers denied their battle plain on comrades soon must turn So one by one we died alone some by hunger, some by steel Bodies froze where they did fall their souls unsanctified Until only another and I were left then just before his flame did fail We shone ourselves brothers-in-arms to serve the holy king Perhaps this shall reach Andilar although I know not how it can For once again he's hurled his wind upon the silver prow But if it should my words are these arise young men fine ships to build And set them north for Valinor 'neath standards proud as fire -------- Blaze's Blues -------- I gotta guitar all my own I gotta quarter for the telephone I ain't headed down this highway all alone One two three and maybe four Honey, they're knockin' on my door I know you're gonna miss me when I'm gone Got no daddy but I got a ma think she lives in Arkansas maybe I'll go see her some old day It ain't like she'd really care it ain't like she'd pay no fare but I might just blow on through there anyway Headed down to Alabam cause some trouble if I can Aw, buddy, would you like to come along? It's a place I never been and you know I could use a friend they say they'll give us twenty bucks a song I gotta guitar all my own I gotta quarter for the telephone I ain't headed down this highway all alone One two three and maybe four Honey, they're knockin' on my door you know I'm gonna miss you when I'm gone -------- Going Down To Memphis -------- Goin' down to Memphis maybe get my ashes hauled I can drive me a car but I don't need no car at all I beleive I'll ride that Memphis cannon ball She runs so fast you can't catch her from behind ah, she runs so fast you can't catch her from behind but I'll be there waitin' for that little Memphis girl of mine Why I left guess I'll never know Why I left man, I guess I'll never know sittin' here thinkin' I'm one dumb-ass so and so I'm headed back that Memphis train she leaves real soon the Memphis train sound like she leaves real soon got nothin' to guide me 'cept the color of the moon hangin' over Memphis Headed down where the Mississippi runs boys I'm headed home back where the Mississippi runs I hear there's some lovin' there try to get me some Headed down to Memphis maybe get my ashes hauled just don't know why I ever left at all I'm gettin' on that train, man, I ain't even gonna call be there 'fore the break of day -------- Brand New Companion -------- I got a brand new companion man, I'm gonna do my best this time I got a brand new companion man, I'm gonna do my best this time you know she cools me with her breathin' chases away those howlin' bottles of wine She fits just like my guitar man, she's near as tall as me She fits just like my guitar she's near as tall as me she lives way out the D train but she's Texas as can be She got a home-spun disposition man, she's just as gentle as you please she got a home-spun disposition man, she's just as gentle as you please she got arms just like two rattle snakes legs just like a billow in the breeze I got a brand new companion man, I'm gonna do my best this time I got a brand new companion man, I'm gonna do my best this time I want to trace her with my body I want to track her with my mind -------- White Freighliner Blues -------- I'm goin out on the highway listen to them big trucks whine I'm goin out on the highway listen to them big trucks whine White freight liner won't you steal away my mind Ah, New Mexico ain't bad, Lord and the people there they treat you kind and the people there they treat you kind Well, it's bad news from Houston half my friends are dying Well, it's bad news from Houston half my friends are dying Ah, Lord, I'm gonna ramble till I get back to where I came Ah, Lord, I'm gonna ramble till I get back to where I came I'm goin out on the highway listen to them big trucks whine I'm goin out on the highway listen to them big trucks whine -------- No Place To Fall -------- If I had no place to fall and I needed to could I count on you to lay me down? I'd never tell you no lies I don't believe it's wise you got pretty eyes won't you spin me 'round I ain't much of a lover it's true I'm here then I'm gone and I'm forever blue but I'm sure wanting you Skies full of silver and gold try to hide the sun but it can't be done least not for long And if we help each other grow while the light of day smiles down our way then we can't go wrong Time, she's a fast old train she's here then she's gone and she won't come again won't you take my hand If I had no place to fall and I needed to could I count on you to lay me down? -------- Be Here To Love Me -------- Your eyes seek conclusion in all this confusion of mine Though you and I both know it's only the warm glow of wine That's got you to feeling this way, but I don't care, I want you to stay and hold me and tell me you'll be here to love me today Children are dancin', the gamblers are chancin' their all The window's accusing the door of abusing the wall But who cares what the night watchmen say The stage has been set for the play Hold me and tell me you'll be here to love me today The moon's come and gone but a few stars hang on on to the sky The wind's runnin' free but it ain't up to me ask why The poets are demanding their pay They've left me with nothin' to say 'cept hold me and tell me you'll be here to love me today Just hold me and tell me that you'll be here to love me today -------- Where I Lead Me -------- Where I lead me I will travel Where I need me I will call me I'm no fool, I'll be ready God knows I will be And in the meantime make a little money And buy a little mercy Met this morning, now he loves me Say's he loves me It must be easy, look around you all around you But you see the motion, you're not movin' You don't know how to hold on Just keep it loose Don't get excited, it'll pass before long Now one is goin' one is stayin' One is silent one is saying' Here's your coat, take care of yourself Sorry you're leavin' A little sad you're all I had Will you be returnin' The boys upstairs are gettin' hungry You can shout in the wind about how it will be or you can clench your fist, shake your head And head to the country I got no doubt about it my friend That's where they'll find me That's where they're gonna find me Ask the boys down in the gutter Now they won't lie cause you don't matter The street's just fine if you're good and blind But it ain't where you belong Roll down your sleeves, pick up your money and carry yourself home Roll down your sleeves, pick up your money and carry yourself home -------- All Your Young Servants -------- You live on your hill so high and so lonely You toss out your bread crumbs to those down below They think you're a king but believe me it's only Because they're too blind to know There once was a time when your money had meaning Your diamonds had glitter but now it's all gone It poisoned your laughter and muffled your singing You can't even see that it's wrong Your castle is dingy and dirty and dismal Your carpets are faded, your walls are all grey There's dust on your silver and cracks in your crystal All your young servants have drifted away So go back to your sadness, go back to your sorrow And i'll make my bed on a hill 'neath the sky And lay here a-listening 'till the sun comes tomorrow Counting the tears that you cry Your castle is dingy and dirty and dismal Your carpets are faded, your walls are all grey There's dust on your silver and cracks in your crystal All your young servants have drifted away -------- Hey Willie Boy -------- Hey Willie boy what you gonna do when the wind blows cold the moon turns blue Build me a fire gonna dance and sing a little bit of winter don't mean a thing a little bit of winter don't mean a thing Hey Willie when the birds arrive the flowers bloom while the clouds float by Tell my puppies and my turtles and things all Gods children need a little spring all Gods children need a little spring Hey Willie boy where you gonna go when the grass gets sticky and the wind blows slow Down to the river gonna jump right in a little bit of summer can't be no sin a little bit of summer can't be no sin Hey Willie how you gonna feel when the leaves turn gold beneath your heels Twirl and spin never gonna fall fallin just won't do at all no that wouldn't do at all Hey Willie boy how you gonna feel Hey Willie boy where you gonna go Hey Willie boy what you gonna do It's time to go to sleep right now It's time to go to sleep right now -------- Niles River Blues -------- On the banks of the Niles I courted my love I walked with her soft as a mournin' dove I loved her true I swear I still do and now she's gone without me I walk by the banks and give the Lord thanks that I had the chance to court her I don't know why he flew her away I don't know why I'm left here The Niles runs cold and clear as cold and clear as my tears I'll never forget, I'll never regret those days on the beautiful Niles Her name was Diane her beautiful hands were soft as the pearls in the water I looked in her eyes they were blue as the skies and now I've gone and left her I'll follow her down the way to the river follow her now, now and forever she's my one and only smile on the beautiful banks of the Niles Someday soon 'neath the light of the moon when the sun and the rain shine together I'll meet her down where the waters flow and continue to flow forever Down on the banks of the beautiful Niles I wonder what I can be thinking down on the banks of that beautiful river I'll wander, look for her forever I'll wander, look for her forever -------- Billy, Boney And Ma -------- Well, Billy went down to the battleground to find a little trinket he could call his own didn't see nothin' lying around he decided he'd dig awhile well he dug her up and he dug her down 'fore too long he found some bones poor little Billy couldn't make a sound when the bones sat up and smiled Oh Billy you seem like a fine young man no reason to be a tremblin' soul come over here and shake my hand make my proud acquaintance Well Billy he was stunned he could hardly stand whether he could move he didn't know but he knew he had to formulate some kinda plan or try the boneman's patience The first thing he wanted to do was breathe so he gulped in some of that battleground air next thing he wanted to do was leave but Billy wasn't raised up rude Well the boneman grunted and he gave a heave all of a sudden he was loomin' there shakin off dirt and actin pleased things didn't look too good Well Billy decided what the hell you don't meet a boneman every day A little bit skinny but you never can tell he might be a pretty good guy Well they started off with the old soft sell 'fore too long they were jawin' away by the time the darkness fell they were seein' socket to eye They decided right then on a life of crime with the boneman's looks and Billy's brains they could scare old Scrooge out of his last dime Might as well have a go Billy he would picked the place and time from the corner store to the railroad train Boney'd flash him a smile sublime and Billy he'd grab the dough They decided they might as well start right then Time's awastin' so they say they headed for the park where the lights are dim and only the foolish tread he was whistlin' a tune when they spotted him strollin' along so plump and gay Boney gave him a great big grin and Billy snagged his bread Next come a lady of the night Boney saddled up and said hello gave the poor thing such a terrible fright she fainted dead away Billy lifted her purse and her earrings bright diamond rings and watch you know couldn't figure out try as they might why they'd ever worked a single day Billy's plans ended up in ruin you know they were workin' a quaint little neighborhood spied an old lady about eighty or so almost looked too easy Boney put on a pretty good show the little ol' lady didn't see too good My kind Sir you're all bones you know you need something hot and greasy Grabbed ol' Boney drug him inside Billy peeked in through the window sill she fed him boiled and baked and fried Ol' Boney he's chewin like crazy he gobbled up everything he tried pounds added on like you know they will Billy laid down in the dirt and cried watchin Boney gettin fat and lazy Well Billy's back workin his job by day sleep'n nights it ain't so bad never liked stealin anyway kinda gives a guy the willies Boney and Ma got a new cafe best baked beans you ever had Ma's expecting any day and they say they're gonna name him Billy -------- If I Was Washington -------- If I was Washington valleys would I forge for If I was a fat man fun would I gorge for If I was gingus gold would I horde for Wish I had a dollar a day If I was a gouger gouge would I wish for If I was a fisherman fish would I fish for If I was a french whore frenchies I'd dish for Wish I had a dollar a day Turkeys are for flyin' chickens are for eatin' I'm all for fun fun's forbidden forbidden's forgotten and forgotten's for gettin' I wish I had a dollar a day Buzzards are for circling circles are for heroes Heroes for floatin' fiddles to Nero Fingers for countin' numbers for zero Wish I had a dollar a day If I was Washington valleys would I forge for If I was a fat man fun would I gorge for If I was gingus gold would I horde for Wish I had a dollar a day If I was Washington I'd wear wood teeth If I was a policeman I'd walk me a stone beat If I was a singer I'd stop right now I wish I had a dollar a day -------- Lover's Lullaby -------- Dreams that have flown down the hall tears that were sown on despair summer's turned fall it don't matter at all when I wake and find you lying there Sweet silence and soft auburn hair Blues gonna dance through the sky time's gonna roll soft as rain sigh after sigh is gonna pass by and by ah love's gonna fly on the wind when I gaze into your brown eyes again All the things I've seen and the places that I've been don't mean a thing since I found you all that matters now since I've won your love somehow are these plans I keep makin' not to lose you So sleep till the moon slips away I'm hopin' all you're dreamin' comes true when you rise with the day I might not have too much to say but you know that doesn't mean that I don't love you ah you know that doesn't mean that I don't love you All the things I've seen and the places that I've been don't mean a thing since I found you all that matters now since I've won your love somehow are these plans I keep makin' not to lose you Dreams that have flown down the hall tears that were sown on despair summer's turned fall it don't matter at all when I wake and find you lying there Sweet silence and soft auburn hair Sweet silence and soft auburn hair -------- Cowboy Junkies Lament -------- Baby hit the back door breathin' real heavy said the boys in the alley wouldn't leave her alone Mama did her make-up in a terrible hurry She finally got ready but the boys were gone Mama don't you worry, night's aproachin' there's a hole in heaven where some sin slips through Close your eyes and dream real steady maybe just a little will spill on you The dark don't lie and dreams come true could be a few will see you through Old lady Rose, lookin' down her nose at lonely Miss Lily hiding in the hall Lily's just praying for the trial to be over Rosy's just waitin' for the ax to fall Show me off on the way to town the sky's still shiny and the earth's still brown Tell the judge I'm ready for the vases gonna dance in their faces when the guitar sounds It won't be long I won't be gone I've been leaning toward the shadows all along Those in the know say how it goes you plan on reapin' you better sow you plan on sleepin' you better keep movin' sleepin ain't allowed around here you know Tell me please when the rollin's over me and my baby gonna have some fun Bury our backs in a bed of clover smile in style while the sun goes down Snake eyes cry and boxcars sigh Seven's stuck in the middle just wonderin' why The dark don't lie and dreams come true all it takes is one or two maybe just a few will see you through maybe just b few will see you throagh -------- BW Railroad Blues -------- I'm gonna lay my troubles on a railroad track I'm gonna ride I ain't lookin' back tried to stop but I can't unpack gotta get used to the clickety-clack the big ol' wheels and the smokin' stack Ah babe I gotta go Babe I gotta go Loved you honey heart and soul I swear you're the sweetest thing I know I loved you true and I told you so I told you too come time to go I'll be gone with any ol' wind that blows Ah babe I just can't stay and it's bound to be that way There's lots of things I'd like to see from the mountains to the shining sea up in the sky where the wind blows free to the cities down below Babe I just don't know I got trouble, trouble in my soul I got trouble in my soul I'm gonna lay my trouble on a railroad track I'm gonna ride, I ain't lookin back I tried to stop but I can't unpack go to sleep with the clickety-clack the big ol' wheels and the smokin' stack Babe I'm bound to go I got trouble in my soul I got trouble trouble in my soul -------- Gone Too Long -------- I been gone too long too long gone, too long I been travelin hard I just can't get back home it's hard to believe I done all that much wrong I wanna find me a seven sevens ain't so bad seven's about the best friend this poor boy ever had you get you a seven one and six don't seem so sad I ain't bein' alone bein' alone too long I'm sick of singin' this same ol' lonesome song I'm gonna find me a seven and darlin' I'm comin' home It's lonesome down along this ol' highway Darlin' I ain't stayin' here I don't intend to stay you may not want me I'm comin' home anyway When the sun comes creepin' over the mountain side I at least lay down and tell myself I tried I ain't like somebody gonna sit in no ditch and cry I been gone too long too long gone, too long Travelin' hard I just can't get back home it's hard to believe I done all that much wrong Too long gone too long gone, too long Travelin' hard, I just can't get back home It's hard to believe I done all that much wrong It's hard to believe I done all that much wrong -------- Delta Momma Blues -------- Come away with me, my little delta boy I wanna be your delta mama for awhile And if you stay you'll see that I bring you lots of joy I turn those little teardrops to a smile Well, if you're blue don't cry just wander right downtown you can find your delta mama waitin' there Well, I thought you knew that I would never let you down I can ease your mind and take away your cares Come away with me, my little delta boy I wanna be your delta mama for awhile And if you stay you'll see that I bring you lots of joy I turn those little teardrops to a smile Well, if the grass goes brown don't you hang your head too low Well, there ain't no need for you to sit and pine If you'll just ask around I'm sure someone will know just exactly what it takes to get you back to feelin fine Well, if you don't know by now what I've been tryin' so hard to say Well my delta boy I'm afraid you're up to tight but you take it slow and somehow you come meandering out my way and I'll take you in my arms and make it right Ah, come away with me, my little delta boy I wanna be your delta mama for awhile And if you stay you'll see that I bring you lots of joy I turn those little teardrops to a smile -------- Turnstyled, Junkpiled -------- Well, I've been turnstyled, junkpiled and railroaded too I've been laid low but don't you know I'm still in love with you I've been took down many a road if anybody says I ain't they lie but ain't got no plans except to be your man and love you till I die Well you got me under your spell won't you tell me all 'bout your wonderful charms I got time to burn and a lot to learn mama, take me in your lovin' arms Well, I know that probably you feel quite oddly 'bout the words you hear me say but if you hold me tight it's gonna be all right mama, chase my blues away -------- Come Tomorrow -------- Could it be the season's changin' the winds of winter rearranging all the leaves like fallin' queens of sorrow Could be the freezing rain a-fallin' could be sad September callin' or maybe its knowin' she'll be gone Come tomorrow Well, it's strange how many tortured mornings fell upon us with no warning lookin' for a smile to beg and borrow It's over now, there is no returning a thousand bridges sadly burning and light the way I have to walk alone Come tomorrow I guess that no amount of lying to myself will stop the crying I guess I have to take things like they are The facts are plain to see, it's only that I ain't used to being lonely like I'm gonna be without you Come tomorrow Come tomorrow -------- When She Don't Need Me -------- When she don't need me it makes me crazy she say rest easy and it makes me lazy but when she please me she please me all night long My friends are leavin' she say don't worry they're only leavin' there is no parting you will be lonely I will be here with you On the winds of darkness the light is soring and chains are bonded freedom is singing cling to the darkness until you've turned to song The blues shall wash me and sun shall dry me the world will hide me but she will find me and when she find me she will take me home When she don't need me it makes me crazy she say rest easy and it makes me lazy but when she please me she please me all night long -------- Pueblo Waltz -------- Sunrise comes and I don't know why living loves and the day does fly soon the moon and baby and I will be lyin' side by side How many of your skies are blue? How much of your love is true? Where did you get them eyes of green? I'm knowin' you know just what I mean If I have to go I won't be long maybe we'll move to Tennessee leave these Texas blues behind see Susanna and Guy Well, I'm in this cold room all alone I guess I'll try the telephone it'll be busy or she won't be home tomorrow is another day Sunrise comes and I don't know why living loves and the day does fly soon the moon and baby and I will be lyin' side by side -------- Fraternity Blues -------- I decided to improve my social station I joined a fraternity organisation tucked in my shirt signed on the line right away they said about to improve my mind the car I drove the books I read the food I ate the booze I drank the girls I took out my breath Said "Kid, we don't much like the way you walk and you gonna have to change the way you talk" They said "your dress is kind of sludge and your attitude is mighty grudge" Said "you got to learn to bubble" "You got to bubble with enthusiasm" I started bubble "Most important thing you can't forget is learning the entire Greek alphabet" I never did really understand that that's gonna make me any more a man but I learned it I can whip through that Son-of-a-beta backwards in five seconds Then they hit me with some pretty bad news concerning the payment of monthly dues I never did know where that money went I never was sure it was well spent but I paid it I'm no troublecauser and besides I figured that's life if you want good friends it gonna cost you Well, finally got to be party time I got a great big old jug of wine I went back to the house in about an hour [when the boy's were] drinking whiskey sours Brandy Alexanders frozen [daquires] reciting the Greek alphabet to one another I could see I was gonna have to do my very best to get myself out of that fraternity mess I stood right there outside the door and I chugged that wine like never before walked inside and bubbled all over a couple of their dates So now everything's back to normal again but there is still lots of room for improvement my friend 'cause that fraternity stuff is too much for me next time I'm gonna join a sorority really get me something to bubble about -------- Two Hands -------- I got two hands I wanna clap my hands together I got two legs I wanna dance to heavens door I got one heart I gonna fill it up with up Jesus and I ain't gonna think about trouble anymore Well now, this old world sometimes it does get lonesome and it's many a grown man has hung his head and cried down in your soul there's one that won't desert you ain't it fine to have the Saviour by your side Now the Lord resides inside a house of golden and faith is the door and love is the key and warm is the light pouring from his mighty windows and that light, my friend, it shines on you and me When the wind blows on that faithful morning and I close my eyes, Lord, and fly my body home I don't want my friends to cry no tears about me I'll be batheing in the glory of the throne I got two hands I wanna clap my hands together I got two legs I wanna dance to heavens door I got one heart I gonna fill it up with up Jesus and I ain't gonna think about trouble anymore -------- Greensboro Woman -------- Greensboro woman don't you smile on me I do not feel like being comforted Anyway I'll be home soon For once ther's someone waitin' there And if you don't mind I'll just think on her instead Your face she's a picture babe but pictures ain't what I crave I don't feel this way most generally I just put a thousand miles 'tween me And where my thoughts do lie I'd thank you kindly baby If you'd kindly let me be Your car she's smooth and fast Babe your bourbon's fine But I ain't feelin free and clear today Texas lovin' layin' on my mind I couldn't do you right babe Spinnin' 'round this way So Greensboro woman don't you smile on me I do not feel like being comforted Anyway I'll be home soon For once there's someone waitin' there And if you don't mind I'll just think on her instead -------- Standing -------- I'm standin' with my bowed head down now that ain't right that ain't wrong It's just a feelin' but I can't shake it I keep on tryin but it's been so long If I hurt you I did not mean to I beg you pardon I did not want to When I leave you don't you think about me I won't be back babe I'll be long gone When the time comes and I'm not ready seems it's over before I'm started The time comes and I don't feel it I don't know nothin' but my own Kingdoms into the sky go and the highway like a river does flow and my way sometimes it hurts so and your way just don't go home -------- When He Offers His Hand -------- When He offers his hand don't you turn him away He can lead you to light through the darkest of days With His love wrapped around you you can't go astray When He offers his hand don't you turn him away In a world full of sorrow a world full of hate you can't wait for tomorrow 'cause tomorrow's to late Come and stand amongst the pilgrims in their golden array When He offers his hand don't you turn him away I am no Simon, no Matthew, no Paul it don't take an apostle to answer his call and it don't take a prophet to stand up and say When He offers his hand don't you turn him away I hope as I'm leavin' my message is clear it's a fool that would turn down a gift that's so dear When He offers his blood your depts to repay Now He offers his hand don't you turn him away -------- Blue Ridge Mountains -------- My home is in the Blue Ridge Mountains My home is in the Blue Ridge Mountains My home is in the Blue Ridge Mountains and I ain't comin' back here anymore I had me a mother that could pray, boys she prayed for me both night and day, boys and I tore down every prayer that she could say, boys and I ain't comin' back here anymore I wanna find me a lady fair and tender wanna play her song on my steel strings gonna lay her down in a bed of clover then I ain't comin' back here anymore I've seen this whole wide country over from New York city down to Mexico and I've seen the joyful and the sorrow and I ain't comin' back here anymore So Mister Sinbad can you hear me down there in Grayson Louisana-O I'll lay a joint upon your grave sir then I ain't comin' back here anymore My home is in the Blue Ridge mountains My home is in the Blue Ridge mountains My home is in the Blue Ridge mountains and I ain't comin' back here anymore -------- Many A Fine Lady -------- It's many a fine lady has laid down beside me With their flesh made of velvet and their eyes made of rain Some tried to hold me, to hurt me, to hide me Some turned away not to look back again One stood among them, I remember most clearly Her sorrows were heavy and her laughter was slow I courted her gently, for I loved her most dearly And I came her majestic reflections to know Her words like the mountain, stood lonely and lofty With her face like a daydream and her hair like the shawl Worn by a mourner, who steals away softly From those that would have him mourn nothing at all Endlessly sorrow rode high on the north wind Slashing and slicing, to take him his toll Endlessly creatures of darkness were cutting Their paths through the walls that shelter the soul No longer gypsy-like sadness unending Her eyes they lie hollow and her face petrified Some will go laughing and others condemning But who there among you could have told her goodbye It's many a fine lady has laid down beside me With their flesh made of velvet and their eyes made of rain Some tried to hold me, to hurt me, to hide me Some turned away not to look back again -------- Velvet Voices -------- I'll play upon my violin until the mountains ring of lonely laughter blindly thrown and cause an endless arc of strings the skies are sad they're dancin' to a silent symphony and the velvet voices all shall join the singing The hall is filled to every corner by a tinkling hint of chimes a melody careens and crumbles leaving just a trace behind a rhythm [palter and] faintly fails the silver on its wings and the velvet voices all shall join the singing The cymbals flash, the drums they crash the trumpets rise the song the brass beton plucks its diamonds from a glittering wall of almost dawn The crystal chords they slash the wind in humble majesty and the velvet voices all shall join the singing -------- Sixteen Summers, Fifteen Falls -------- Let me tell you a story 'bout a girl I knew fair of skin with eyes of blue I swear to the Lord that I loved her true it's a year now she's been gone Her spirit was as bright as the soft sunshine lips the color strawberry wine I wish to God she still was mine The chance won't come again After first we lay in love's sweet bed with one look at her eyes I might have read all the pain that was flying through her head through my guilt I could not see I turned to her when the morning came hungry thoughts racing through my brain but the knife in her heart screamed herself she'd slain and a note whispered love too soon Her old man screamed and her mother cried all I could do was to wonder why a girl in her youth was forced to die is loving such a crime She died few in the years her breasts still small seeing sixteens summers and fifteen falls me in my blindness never realized all the fear she kept inside Let me tell you a story 'bout a girl I knew fair of skin with eyes of blue I swear to the Lord that I loved her true -------- No Lonesome Tune -------- I ain't gonna sing no lonesome tune Ah, babe, I'm a-commin' soon I cannot believe I stayed so long away But a man must look around and you're the sweetest thing I've found your lost high roller's rollin' home today My daddy said to me "Son, it's hard as you will see to find someone upon whom to rely" in the kitchen mama sneezed and he grinned big as you please said "bless you" and a tear come to his eye I did decide that very day that I would like to live that way and now I know I just been wastin' time it's eith you that I should be if you feel the same 'bout me I'm headed home along the straightest line -------- Heavenly Houseboat Blues -------- I'm building a houseboat in heaven to sail those deep and holy seas I'm building a houseboat in heaven and it's welcome aboard you sweet peace The bow she is made of solid silver and the hall she is made of solid gold she ain't much long the line's a-floating but she's yours, babe, to have and to hold I rode my old guitar to heaven but heaven didn't feel too much like home so I'm headed out on to them lonesome oceans in my rubystudded houseboat to roam -------- The Spider Song -------- There is a spider in my dreams long and silent is his name cold as lightning is his smile final is his sting His curse is deep as seven skies boys, I wouldn't tell you lies the legends say he never sleeps he's never hungry long He's got us, boys, I believe it's true but I'm fighting till he lays me down run his foul black body through cleave him all asunder Think your women, won't you boys, think your mother growing old think about your darling son spittin' the spider's eye Up [at ease] against him ride we'll not take him by surprise give a scream down in your dreams let him know we're comin' There is a spider in my dreams long and silent is his name cold as lightning is his smile final is his sting -------- Upon My Soul -------- Be my staple and my stay Jesus help through each day as I walk this weary way upon my soul and when judgement falls to me through my saviour shall I be given peace eternally upon my soul upon my soul upon my free and joyous soul given peace eternally upon my soul Jesus shine your light on me shine with love and charity that I might help brothers see upon my soul For temptation let me ply be my wings, Lord, be my eyes guard me when old Satan's nigh upon my soul upon my soul upon my free and joyous soul guard me when old Satan's nigh upon my soul I shall fill each earhly day with the singing of his praise follow in his holy ways upon my soul and when I lay my troubles down on my brow he'll place a crown and the trumpets all shall sound upon my soul upon my soul upon my free and joyous soul and the trumpets all shall sound upon my soul -------- My Proud Mountains -------- My home is Colorado with their proud mountains tall where the rivers like gypsys down her black canyons fall I'm a long, long way from Denver with a long way to go so lend an ear to my singing cause I'll be back no more I left as a young man not full seventeen with nothin' for company but the wind and a dream 'bout all the fast ladies and livin' I'd find when I left my proud mountains and rivers behind So I rolled and a-rambled like a leaf in the wind Well, I found my fast ladies and some hard livin' men Well, I sometimes went hungry with my pockets all bare Lord, I sometimes had good luck with money to spare I made me some friends, Lord, that I won't soon forget Some are down under and some are rambling yet but as for me I'm headed for home back to high Colorado never more for to roam So friends, when my time comes as surely it will you just carry my body out to some lonesome hill and lay me down easy where the cool rivers run with only my mountains 'tween me and the sun My home is Colorado -------- Why She's Acting This Way -------- Like silent she stands like laughter she falls from a castle of sand like a memory she crawls and the mockingbirds grieve 'cause they can't make her cry they'll soon start to believe that the lady has died what it all goes to show it ain't my job to say for who am I to know why she's actin' this way Once again turn away if you're sure that it's done tell your prophets to pray tell your bandits to run take your eyelids of stone they won't do you no harm take your cross made of bones take your your fly-paper arms and when everything's placed in your coffin and go through a scarf 'round your face 'cause the subway gets cold pack up your sunflower smile and your bandana blues take your worthless denials they're all you've got left to lose take your Tinkerbell lies and your weary desires take the tears in your eyes take your cup full of fire give your lover a call if your legs start to fail and he'll come break your fall with a bed full of nails No need to glance back again there ain't nothin' to see just this drunken old man and this woman and me and you've made it quite plain that we're just wastin' time and you say that it seems strange that I'm staying behind but you don't worry 'bout me I can make it alone 'cause I got no place to be and I ain't far from home -------- Snowin On Raton -------- When the wind don't blow in Amarillo and the moon along the Gunnison don't rise shall I cast my dreams upon your love, babe and lie beneath the laughter of your eyes It's snowin' on Raton come morning I'll be through them hills and gone mother thinks the road is long and lonely little brother thinks the road is straight and fine little darling thinks the road is soft and lovely I'm thankful that old road is a friend of mine Bid the years good-bye you cannot still them you cannot turn the circles of the sun you cannot count the miles until you feel them and you cannot hold a lover that is gone Tomorrow the mountains will be sleeping Silently the blanket green and blue all that I shall hear the silence they are keeping I'll bring all their promises to you -------- Blue Wind Blew -------- Blue wind's blown my dreams away my darling's flown and she's gone to stay all I got now is yesterday and I don't know what to do I guess I'll go downtown and see just what downtown can do for me maybe set my lonesome free or maybe let me go I loved her true and I told her so I ask her too and she told me no she said she had somewhere to go and then she said good-bye I wonder how long it can go on how long I'll sing this same old song I wonder which one done us wrong which one forgot to try I loved her true and I told her so I ask her too and she told me no she said she had somewhere to go and then she said good-bye -------- Ain't Leaving Your Love -------- Mr. Gator he's a-slidin' down the bayou Mr. Buzzard he's a-glidin' through the air Mr. Turtle he's a-hittin' the highway But I ain't goin' nowhere I ain't leavin you love Ain't leavin you love Not for heaven above babe I ain't leavin you love The rich man's got him an airplane Cruising through the traffic jam A poor man's got him a Chevrolet I'm stayin' right where I am Hannibal he was a mountain man Cleopatra did her dancin' down the Nile Lucky Lindy made it all the way to gay Paree I'm stayin right here awhile I ain't leavin you love Ain't leavin you love Not for heaven above babe I ain't leavin you love -------- Little Sundance #2 -------- When I'm with you, babe, I just can't be lonely When I'm away, babe, I think of you only What can I do, babe, to get back to you, babe, I do anything that you say The night she is a sapphire full of blue desire follow her love fire higher and higher What can I do, babe, to stay her with you babe at least till the east turn to grey Just you and me, girl, the stars and the real whirl spinning the minutes away The darkness is passing she's never long lasting but my love ain't leaving through hurtin' or pleasin' I am tellin' you true, babe, ask me to do, babe, I'll trade all my treasures for you The daylight are flashing our hearts could be laughing if only you wanted them to for just you and me, girl, the sun shine and turmoil will spill from a basket of blue -------- Still Looking For You -------- Ain't much I ain't tried fast livin' slow suicide then a-runnin' in a place to hide just looking for you My friends they all agree ain't many a fool like me I just tell them wait and see go looking for you Looking low and looking high looking far and looking wide try to tell myself that I'm fine but it just ain't true it just ain't true I'm still looking for you still looking for you From the shadow of the darkest pine to the edge of the sweet sunshine I keep looking till they make you mine looking for you When the curtain tumbles down I'll be somewhere hanging round with my heart laid on the ground just looking for you Looking low and looking high looking far and looking wide try to tell myself that I tried but it just ain't true it just won't do I'm still looking for you still looking for you -------- Gone, Gone Blues -------- Well, little darling she ain't mean me no harm you know, she loved me all night long now she's gone, gone Well, little darling in a dress so red now she's gone, man I'm stuck in Chicago, Illinois let me tell you, boys she's gone, gone I do believe she gone a mobil deal I do believe she made a fool of me she's gone now Little darling, won't you stay friend I want to do them things again Ah, gone, gone you know, she loved me all night long you know, she didn't mean me no wrong now she's gone, gone -------- Colorado Girl -------- I'm goin' out to Denver see if I can't find I'm goin' out to Denver see if I can't find that lovin' Colorado girl of mine The promise in her smile shames the mountains tall The promise in her smile shames the mountains tall she bring the sun to shining tell the rain to fall It's been a long time, mama, since I heard you call my name Ah, been a long time since I heard you call my name I got to see my Colorado girl again Be there tomorrow Mama, don't you cry Be there tomorrow Now, mama, don't you cry I got to kiss these lonesome Texas blues good-bye I'm goin' out to to Denver see if I can't find I'm goin' out to to Denver see if I can't find that lovin' Colorado girl of mine that lovin' Colorado girl of mine -------- Sanitarium Blues -------- The folks, they just can't take no more Throw you in the back seat, slam the door No stoppin' as down the road you go Go not time to lose Gigantic one way gate ahead You're thinkin' man I'd as soon be dead They decided to give you life instead The sanitarium blues Big ole nurse all dressed in white Slaps you on a table in the middle of the night Then he straps you down real tight You're wonderin', what'd I do? They hose you down, make sure you're clean Wrap you up in hospital green Shoot you full of Thorazine The sanitarium blues Could be TB or maybe a tumor Eavesdropping on the doctors, listening to the rumors Can't see your friends, hear the hum of the wheels Hey my man, you know how it feels Like the sanitarium blues They upon some sunlit day They figure there's no need for you to stay They're pretty sure you can't be cyred So they send you on your merry way You hit the pavement, hang around Nobody's on the outside to be found You're just tryin' to stay above the ground You start to thinkin', what's the use? The sanitarium blues -------- Squash -------- Headin' from El Paso Ridin' down the highway Look out my window What do I see Some armadillo done gone crazy Flew in front of semi Man, looks like squash to me Thinkin' 'bout my my baby Livin' down in Houston Wonder if that squashes armadillo too Guess I'll stop in Greenland And have me some ol' veggies This highway will do that to you I'm thinkin' Squash On the highway Coyote and Armadillo, Possum too I'm talkin' Squash Out on the highway Vitamin D and A and B Complex too I'm talkin' Squash Domestic Animals SQUASH! Occasional Cat SQUASH! In the Winter it's frozen food SQUASH! I'm talkin' Squash Winter kill Out on the highway Summer too I'm talkin Squash Vitamin A and B1 too I'm talkin Squash SQUASH! Out on the highway If you promise to do your part I'll do mine too