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| 1. |
| 2:42 | 
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He was standin' by the highway with a sign that just said Mother
When he heard a driver comin' 'Bout a half a mile away???????br />Then he held the sign up higher, Where no decent soul could miss it?????????br />It was ten degrees or colder Down by bolder dam that day He was raised up in Milwaukee-Though he never was that famous He was just a road musician-To the taverns he would go Singin' songs about the ramblin'-The lovin' girls and gamblin' How the world fell on his shoulders-Back in Boulder I don't know It was out in Arizona-That he heard the lady listenin To each word that he was sayin'-To each line that he would write So he sat down by her table and They talked about the weather Ninety-eight point six and risin'-Down by Boulder dam that day And she told him she would take him-For a ride in the mornin' sun, Back in Boulder he had told her, I don't know when I had a better friend Now he's traded off his Martin-But his troubles are not over For his feet are almost frozen-And the sun is sinkin' low Won't you listen to me brother-If you ever loved your mother Please pull off on the shoulder-If you're goin' Milwaukee way It's ten degrees and getting colder-Down by Boulder dam today |
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| 2. |
| 4:13 |
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Never had much to say
He traveled alone with no friends Like a shadowy ghost At dawn he came and he went Through the woodland swiftly gliding To the young maid he came gliding Where she'd run to meet him By the garden wall Oh my sweet Miguel I will never tell No one will ever know What I know too well And he'd smile and lay his head on her breast And he'd say I have no fear They're waiting for me to cross the border, to swim the river But I've done that before To see my true love's smiling face A hundred times or more Oh my sweet Miguel she cried I'll love you till I die He was born to the south In Mexico they say The child of a man Who had soon gone away But his mother loved him dearly And she would take him yearly To the great cathedral in St. Augustine Oh my young Miguel Listen to the bell Of my poverty You must never tell And he cried himself to sleep in the night And he vowed to make things right So he took the gun down from the wall and he paid a call He knew she'd understand A lawman came to capture him The gun jumped in his hand Oh Miguel the mother cried You must run son or you'll die So the story is told Of his true love 'cross the line As strong as the oak And as sweet as the vine And the child she bore him Came on that fateful mornin' When they sent him to his final rest Oh my sweet Miguel Listen to the bell No one will ever know What I know too well And she'd smile and lay the child on her breast And she'd say I have no fear I'm waiting for you to cross the border, to swim the river 'Cause you've done that before To see your true love's smiling face A hundred times or more Oh my sweet Miguel she cried I'll love you till I die |
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| 3. |
| 2:17 |
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Go my way and I'll be good to you
Go my way and your dreams will all come true In the sunset the wild waves are callin' My shadow is followin' you Go my way and I'll take you by the hand Believe in me and I'll do the best I can I can't be anything but just what I am I can't help it if I'm in love with you Why must I sail my ship alone without a friend My thoughts are on you I dare not ask again Go my way it's the only way to go If things aren't workin' out you'll be the first to know Come on along and together we'll go Please love me and say that you'll be mine Why must I sail my ship alone without a friend My thoughts are on you I dare not ask again Go my way it's the only way to go If things aren't workin' out you'll be the first to know Come on along and together we'll go Please love me and say that you'll be mine |
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| 4. |
| 4:06 |
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He came down through fields of green
On the summer side of life His love was ripe There were no illusions On the summer side of life Only tenderness And if you saw him now You'd wonder why he would cry The whole day long There was young girls everywhere On the summer side of life They talked all night To the young men that they knew On the summer side of life Goin' off to fight And if you saw them now You'd wonder why they would cry The whole day long He came down through fields of green On the summer side of life He prayed all night Then he walked into a house Where love had been misplaced His chance to waste And if you saw him now You'd wonder why he would cry The whole day long And if you saw him now You'd wonder why And if you saw him now You'd wonder why And if you saw him now You'd wonder why |
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| 5. |
| 3:26 |
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There's a house on a hill
By a worn down, weathered old mill In the valley below where the river winds There's no such thing as bad times And a soft southern flame Oh, Cotton Jenny's her name She wakes me up when the sun goes down And the wheel of love goes 'round Wheels of love go 'round Love go 'round Love go 'round A joyful sound I ain't got a penny For Cotton Jenny to spend But then Wheels go 'round When a new day begins I go down to the cotton gin And I make my time worthwhile to them Then I climb back up again Then she waits by the door Oh Cotton Jenny, I'm sore And she rubs my feet while the sun goes down And the wheel of love goes 'round Wheels of love go 'round Love go 'round Love go 'round A joyful sound I ain't got a penny For Cotton Jenny to spend But then Wheels go 'round In the hot, sickly south When they say "well shut my mouth" I can never be free from the cotton grind But I know I've got what's mine With a soft southern flame Oh, Cotton Jenny's her name she wakes me up when the sun goes down and the wheel of love goes round Wheels of love go 'round Love go 'round Love go 'round A joyful sound I ain't got a penny For Cotton Jenny to spend But then Wheels go 'round The wheel goes 'round 'Round and 'round |
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| 6. |
| 3:01 |
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I heard you talking in your sleep
Is there anything that I can do I don't believe we've had a word all day 'Bout anything at all I heard you talking in the night That's right, yes I heard ya call Though I could hardly hear the name you spoke It's a name I don't recall I heard you softly whisper I reached out to hold you near me Then from your lips there came that secret I was not supposed to know I heard you talking in your sleep Is there anything that I can say I don't believe we've had a word all day 'Bout anything at all I heard you talking in the night That's right, yes I heard ya call Though I could hardly hear the name you spoke It's a name I don't recall I heard you talking in your sleep Is there anything that I can do I don't believe we've had a word all day 'Bout anything at all |
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| 7. |
| 3:42 |
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We've got to stay together
We've got to find each other now That is how we can learn all about the other man's song On the plains of Abraham When they sent the lamb to die You and I were asleep in the Rock of Ages Remember the unborn children still to come If you need me and I need you There's nothin' else needs sayin' Understand it I'm not too deaf to hear the song you're playin' Nous vivons ensemble Nous nous connaissons maintenant Voici comment nous pouvons decouvrir une autre humanite Sur les plaines D'Abraham Lors du dernier sacrifice Toi et moi nous dormions tres loin dans le temp Souviens toi des enfants qui attendent encore Si tu me veux je serai la c'est tout ce que j'ai a dire Car comprend moi Je ne suis pas sourd a la musique que tu joues |
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| 8. |
| 3:22 |
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I'm not some long lost someone
Just dropped in to say hello It's that same old lover man Baby you lost so long ago 'Cause I was born to believe I never could deceive Believe me I hear no children's voices Have they gone back to school And that same old lover man Is still acting like a fool I guess I was born to bring you grief Though I never was a thief Believe me It's cold outside your window Please let me in, the night is wild It's that same old lover man Not some lonesome winsome child An' I was born to believe I never could deceive |
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| 9. |
| 2:52 |
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I climbed the Redwood Hill
Twas on a rainy day To rise above the throng And talk with Mother Nature for a while She told me of her love For the children in her trust And of her grave concern For the likes of you and me and us Crying thought she was She did speak these tender words The things that I am I could not change for any man I tried to comfort her Ah but she would not be still And how the rain did fall As I found my way back down the Redwood Hill Crying though she was She did speak these tender words The things that I am I would not change for any man I tried to compfort her Ah but she would not be still I'll not forget that day When Mother Nature cried on Redwood Hill I'll not forget that day when Mother Nature cried on Redwood Hill. |
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| 3:16 | 
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| 11. |
| 5:48 |
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All I can see is the sea and the sky
And the sky is blue and the sea is green Yesterday's a cabaret Gowns of satin on ladies gay Yesterday's a cabaret Sounds of laughter on faces grey Yesterday's a carousel Catch the ring and all will be well From the coast of California Up to the Oregon border I've thumbed a thousand miles I guess Sitting in a roadside diner The big trucks rollin' by I don't seem to know at times what's best And still I'd like to tell her That I miss her so In north Ontario If you're drivin' east to Reno Or north to Mendecino I hope you find your rainbow's end This highway is my rainbow And though I might regret it I'm so glad I said it way back when And still I'd like to tell her That I miss her so In north Ontario |
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