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| 1. |
| 4:59 | 
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It's Christmastime in Washington The Democrats rehearsed Gettin' into gear for four more years Things not gettin' worse The Republicans drink whiskey neat And thanked their lucky stars They said, 'He cannot seek another term They'll be no more FDRs' I sat home in Tennessee Staring at the screen With an uneasy feeling in my chest And I'm wonderin' what it means Chorus: So come back Woody Guthrie Come back to us now Tear your eyes from paradise And rise again somehow If you run into Jesus Maybe he can help you out Come back Woody Guthrie to us now I followed in your footsteps once Back in my travelin' days Somewhere I failed to find your trail Now I'm stumblin' through the haze But there's killers on the highway now And a man can't get around So I sold my soul for wheels that roll Now I'm stuck here in this town Chorus There's foxes in the hen house Cows out in the corn The unions have been busted Their proud red banners torn To listen to the radio You'd think that all was well But you and me and Cisco know It's going straight to hell So come back, Emma Goldman Rise up, old Joe Hill The barracades are goin' up They cannot break our will Come back to us, Malcolm X And Martin Luther King We're marching into Selma As the bells of freedom ring Chorus |
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| 2. |
| 5:13 |
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I went down to Taneytown I went down to Taneytown To see what I could see My mama told me never go But I'm almost 22 years old Sometimes I fear this holler swollow me She ran off to Gettysburg Went off with that new beau of hers I snuck off after dark Long way down the county road Stars were bright The moon was low Down to where the black top highway starts Chorus: I went down to Taneytown I went down to Taneytown I went down to see what I could see I could see everybody stared at me You'd think that they ain't never seen A colored boy before They chunked at me at me Called me names They'd have whipped me sure but the sheriff came I slipped off through the dry goods store I ran down Division Street Some of them boys followed me Down to the railroad track Four of them and I cain't fight But I had my old Randall knife I cut that boy and I never did look back Chorus Cross the fields and woods I run Like a bullet from a rabbit gun Back home to my bed Ma came in from Gettysburg Her and that new beau of hers "Boy you look like hell" was all she said Month went by without a word Somebody down the holler heard About that boy they hung He begged those men to spare his life But I dropped my bloody Randall knife He picked it up so they thought he was the one I went down to Taneytown I went down to Taneytown I ain't goin' back there anymore |
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| 3. |
| 4:10 |
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I saw you lookin' at that girl like that I saw her too boy I know right where you're at But you better be careful 'Cause she ain't the kind you're gonna forget How much you wanna bet Chorus: If you fall in love Nothin's gonna be the same You walk around callin' out her name Throw your heart down like a glove Push comes to shove You only end up lonely and blue Whenever she's away from you If you fall in love You gotta hear me talkin' to ya 'Cause I'm your best friend And I'd hate to see you goin' Where I've already been 'Cause I've been in love before And I won't ever be the same again You better listen to me, Jim Chorus There she is again She sure looks fine Boy, I know you're walkin' On a very thin line So I guess it's up to me 'Cause your heart's not as strong as mine Well just this one time Chorus |
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| 4. |
| 2:45 |
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Sweetheart last night I dreamed of you You loved me like you used to do Mornin' come and I woke up and found I still carry you around Chorus: I still carry you around Everywhere I travel now No matter how I try to put you down I still carry you around I still just can't believe you're gone Your memory haunts me from now on I walk the streets of this old lonely town I still carry you around Chorus You're with me everywhere I go In my heart and in my soul Down every road, no matter where I'm bound I still carry you around Chorus |
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| 5. |
| 3:43 |
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My brother Jimmy, my other brother Jack Went off down to Houston and they never come back Mama wasn't gonna let her baby go yet But there ain't nobody hirin' back in Lafeyette I'm workin' all week for the Texaco check Sun beatin' down on the back of my neck Tried to save my money but Jimmy says no Says he's got a little honey on Telephone Road Chorus: Come on come on come on let's go This ain't Louisianna Your Mama won't know Come on come on come on let's go Everybody's rockin' out on Telephone Road Telephone Road is ten miles long Fifty car lots and a hundred honky-tonks Jukebox blastin' and the beer bottles ring Jimmy banging on a pinball machine Chorus Mama never told me about nothin' like this I guess Houston's 'bout a big as a city can get Sometimes I get lonesome for Lafeyette Someday I'm goin' home but I ain't ready yet Chorus |
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| 3:46 |
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Somewhere out there in the world tonight Just out of my reach I hear your heart beat Comin' in loud and clear tonight Poundin' in my brain Callin' out your name In the darkness something binds you to me So that I can find you When you want me I will be there Waiting on you Somewhere out there In there in your heart tonight Where I have never gone You are not alone It is tearing me all apart alright But girl what can I do When I'm so far from you And when I lay me down to sleep My one and only prayer is you'll keep Safe from harm until I get Wherever you are Somewhere out there If you're sad or if you're lonely If you’re scared, if you're only Tired of fightin' Seekin' shelter Just hold on I'm Somewhere out there Somewhere out there in the world tonight Just out of your reach You'll hear my heart beat |
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| 2:12 |
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Moses went up to the mountain To see what he could see Well he come down talking 'bout a burning bush Says 'This is how it's gonna be' He's scared to death You know the rest Columbus went down to the ocean In 1492 He said 'Boys, I'm looking for India But America will do' Sailed to the west You know the rest Davey Crockett went out to Texas To fight at the Alamo Old Will Travis never told him Texas is in Mexico It's a bloody mess You know the rest Robert Johnson went down to the crossroads A guitar in his hands Well, the devil had him a guitar, too He says 'This is what you need man, You can be the best' You know the rest Well this song ain't got no reason Hell this song barely rhymes Well it come to me when I was asleep And it wakes me up sometimes I can't get no rest You know the rest |
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| 3:37 |
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He was standing on the highway Somewhere way out in the sticks Guitar across his shoulder Like a 30 ought six He was staring in my headlights When I come around the bend Climbed up on my shotgun side And told me with a grin Chorus: I'm going to New York City I never really been there Just like the way it sounds I heard the girls are pretty There must be something happening there It's just too big a town He was cold and wet and hungry But he never did complain Said he'd come a thousand miles Through sleet and snow and rain He had a hundred stories About the places that he'd been He'd hang around a little while And hit the road again Chorus See I've been to New York City Seems like it was yesterday I was standing like a pilgrim On the Great White Way The girls were really pretty But they wouldn't talk to me I held out about a week Went back to Tennessee So, I thought I'd better warn him As he climbed out of my car Grabbed his battered suitcase And shouldered his guitar I knew I was just jealous If I didn't wish him well I slipped the kid a twenty Said 'Billy give 'em hell' Chorus x 2 |
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| 9. |
| 3:48 |
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I was almost out of here Nearly left this time I saw you in my rearview mirror And I pulled up on a dime But nothin' ventured, nothin' lost You can't say we didn't try That is unless you weigh the cost Of every tear we cried Chorus: Why do we do this to each other I guess we were always poison lovers If you could look me in the eye And tell me what you see Maybe you can tell me why I let you torture me I know that your lips are soft And they sing the sweetest songs But I've been listenin' long enough My heart has turned to stone Chorus Another time, another place Another wind to blame Cover every track and trace I'll find you just the same And even if we made our peace And went our separate ways You'd go west and I'd go east And we'd meet here in this place Chorus x 2 |
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| 10. |
| 4:17 |
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When I'm sad and blue And I'm feeling all alone There's a place that I go to That no one knows Where no matter what I do Won't nobody put me down That's why I'm going to The other side of town Chorus: On the other side of town Where the sun don't ever shine Everybody walks around With a shadow cross their minds When that midnight train rolls by And they hear that lonesome sound They just hang their heads and cry On the other side of town Well it isn't very far And it's not that hard to find You just follow all the other lonely souls Take a walk down lonesome lane 'Til you see the dead end sign And your broken heart will tell you where to go To the other side of town Where the sun don't ever shine Everybody walks around With a shadow cross their minds When that midnight train rolls by And they hear that lonesome sound They just hang their heads and cry On the other side of town So if you've find someone Who won't ever let you down Hurry home before the sun goes down No matter what you do Don't let night fall like a shroud And catch you on the other side of town Chorus |
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| 2:39 |
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Here I Am On my way Down another road I've have paved With every good intention I've saved And hearts that I broke As for me I got scars For every mile I've traveled so far And some blood on my hands Here I am With a song in my heart And an attitude from the start I took everybody apart To see how they work I got friends that I owe I ain't namin' names Cuz they know where they stand Here I am Here I am Here I am Here I am If I went back where I've been And I knew what I know now then Well I'd probably do it again Cuz I'm just a man At the end of the day I ain't got nothing to say Here I am Here I am Here I am Here I am Here I am Here I am |
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| 12. |
| 4:03 |
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In Ft. Worth all the neon's burnin' bright Pretty lights red and blue But they'd shut down all the honky tonks tonight And say a prayer or two If they only knew You used to say the highway was your home But we both know that ain't true It's just the only place a man can go When he don't know where he's travelin' to But Colorado's always clean and healin' And Tennessee in Spring is green and cool It never really was your kind of town But you went around with the Ft. Worth Blues Somewhere up beyond the great divide Where the sky is wide and the clouds are few A man can see his way clear to the light Just hold on tight That's all you gotta do And they say Texas weather's always changin' And one thing change'll bring is somethin' new And Houston really ain't that bad a town So you hang around with the Ft. Worth Blues There's a full moon over Galway Bay tonight Silver light over green and blue And every place I travel through, I find Some kinda sign that you've been through But Amsterdam was always good for grieving And London never fails to leave me blue Paris never was my kinda town So I walked around with the Ft. Worth Blues |
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