I went down one day, I went down one day to see a Gypsy woman, Just one old day, yes I did, I want to find out, I want to find out, I want to find out, I want to find out now, What's wrong with me and my baby. We ain't gettin' down like we used to do, I mean it's pretty good now, but there was a time, When it didn't work too well.
I went down to see this Gypsy woman, you understand, I told her my story, I told her what was goin' on. And she told me, man she said, all you need, all you need, She said all you got to have, oh Lord, Just a touch of Mojo's hand, oh bring it back on, And it feels pretty good, yes indeed.
Why I married me a bad girl, tell you the reason why Bad girls will even do things on the sly Look for your supper to be good and hot She never even put a stew bone in the pot
She's on the road again, sure as you're born Natural born easy on the road again
Friend come by, say looking for his hat Wants to know where your husband's at I don't know, he's on his way to the pen Come on pretty mama, let's get on the road again
Went to my house the front door was locked Went 'round to my window, but my window was locked Jumped right back, shook my head, Big old rounder in my folding bed Jumped into the window, broke the glass Never seen that little rounder run so fast
No, no! She can't take your mind and leave I know it's just another trick she's got up her sleeve I can't believe that she really wants you to die After all it's more than enough to pay for your lie
Wait a minute, watch what you're doin' with your time All the endless ruins of the past must stay behind, yeah
Well, can't you see that you're killing each other's soul Well, you're both out in the streets and you got no place to go Your constant battes are getting to be a bore So go somewhere else and continue your cream puff war
What makes a man go crazy when a woman wears her dress so tight What makes a man go crazy when a woman wears that ol' dress so tight Must be the same ol' thing that make a tom cat fight all night Now, why do all the big men try to run a big-legged woman down Now, why do all the big men try to run a big ol' woman down Must be the same ol' thing that makes a bulldog a huggling 'round It's that ol' same thing, now tell me who's to blame The whole world is fighting about that ol' same thing What make you feel so good when your baby's in her evening gown When your baby get a little bit of an evening gown Must be that same ol' thing that makes a preacher lay his bible down It's that ol' same thing, it's that ol' same thing
To lay me down, once more to lay me down with my head in sparklin' clover to lay me down, one last time, to lay me down
To be with you, once more, to be with you. With our bodies close together let the world go by, like the clouds a'streamin' to lay me down, one last time, to lay me down
to lay me down, to lay me down, to lay me down, one last time, to lay me down to lie with you, once more, to lie with you with our dreams entwined together to wake beside you, my love still sleepin' to tell sweet lies, one last time and say good night to lay me down, to lay me down, to lay me down, one last time, to lay me down, one last time, to lay me down to lay me down, to lay me down, to lay me down, to lay me down to lay me down
Take it, you can have it, what I got baby, I can't hold And if you find the secret tell me how to build the mold. And I can't handle your problems so don't try to handle mine, Get yourself a shotgun, a pocketful of shells And we can while away the time. Look up the wall, do it right, make a mistake, You're going to pay for it twice, But if you need it, got to have it get yourself A shotgun and bring it back home Look up the wall, you know you got to call Before you start falling, get ready to fall. And if you fallin my direction Don't expect no help at all....don't Get it right, do it nice And if you make a mistake, you're going to pay for it twice, But if you need it, got to have it get yourself A shotgun and bring it back home Look up the wall, you know you got to call But if you start falling, be ready to fall, And if you fall in my direction Don't expect no help at all, don't expect no help at all, Don't expect no help at all, and if you fall in my direction Don't expect no help at all,
The warden led the prisoner down the hallway to his doom I stood up to say goodbye like all the rest And I heard him tell the warden just before they reached my cell Let my guitar playin' friend fill my request Let him sing me back home a song I used to hear. Make my old memories come alive. Sing me away and turn back the year. Sing me home before I die. I recall last Sunday morning when the choir from off the street Came in to sing a few old gospel songs And I heard him tell the singers there's a song my mother sang Can I hear it before you travel on. Sing me back home a song I used to hear. Make my old memories come alive. Sing me away and turn back the year. Sing me back home before I die.
Right outside this lazy summer home You ain't got time to call your soul a critic, no Right outside the lazy gate Of winter's summer home Wondering where the nuthatch winter's Wings a mile long Just carried the bird away
Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world But the heart has its beaches, its homeland and thoughts of its own Wake now discover that you are the song that the morning brings But the heart has its seasons, its evenings and songs of its own
There comes a redeemer and he slowly, too, fades away And there follows his wagon behind him that's loaded with clay And the seeds that were silent all burst into bloom and decay And night comes so quiet, its close on the heels of the day
Sometimes we live no particular way but our own And sometimes we visit your country and live in your home Sometimes we ride on your horses, sometimes we walk alone Sometimes the songs that we hear are just songs of our own
The wheel is turning and you can't slow down, You can't let go and you can't hold on, You can't go back and you can't stand still, If the thunder don't get you then the lightning will.
Won't you try just a little bit harder, Couldn't you try just a little bit more? Won't you try just a little bit harder, Couldn't you try just a little bit more?
Round, round robin run round, got to get back to where you belong, Little bit harder, just a little bit more, A little bit further than you gone before.
The wheel is turning and you can't slow down, You can't let go and you can't hold on, You can't go back and you can't stand still, If the thunder don't get you then the lightning will.
Small wheel turn by the fire and rod, Big wheel turn by the grace of God, Every time that wheel turn 'round, Bound to cover just a little more ground.
The wheel is turning and you can't slow down, You can't let go and you can't hold on, You can't go back and you can't stand still, If the thunder don't get you then the lightning will.
Won't you try just a little bit harder, Couldn't you try just a little bit more? Won't you try just a little bit harder, Couldn't you try just a little bit more?
All the years combine they melt into a dream A broken angel sings from a guitar In the end there's just a song comes crying like the wind through all the broken dreams and vanished years
Stella Blue
When all the cards are down there's nothing left to see There's just the pavement left and broken dreams In the end there's still that song comes crying like the wind down every lonely street that's ever been
Stella Blue
I've stayed in every blue-light cheap hotel Can't win for trying Dust off those rusty strings just one more time Gonna make em shine
It all rolls into one and nothing comes for free There's nothing you can hold for very long And when you hear that song come crying like the wind it seems like all this life was just a dream Stella Blue
My time coming, anyday, don't worry about me, no Been so long I felt this way, I'm in no hurry, no Rainbows and down that highway where ocean breezes blow My time coming, voices saying they tell me where to go.
Don't worry about me, nah nah nah, don't worry about me, no and I'm in no hurry, nah nah nah, I know where to go.
California, preaching on the burning shore California, I'll be knocking on the golden door Like an angel, standing in a shaft of light Rising up to paradise, I know I'm gonna shine.
My time coming, anyday, don't worry about me, no It's gonna be just like they say, them voices tell me so Seems so long I felt this way and time sure passin' slow Still I know I lead the way, they tell me where I go.
Don't worry about me, no no no, don't worry about me, no and I'm in no hurry, no no no, I know where to go.
California, a prophet on the burning shore California, I'll be knocking on the golden door Like an angel, standing in a shaft of light Rising up to paradise, I know I'm gonna shine.
You've all been asleep, you would not believe me Them voices tellin' me, you will soon receive me Standin' on the beach, the sea will part before me Fire wheel burning in the air!
You will follow me and we will ride to glory, way up, the middle of the air!
And I'll call down thunder and speak the same and my work fills the sky with flame and might and glory gonna be my name and men gonna light my way.
My time coming, anyday, don't worry about me, no It's gonna be just like they say, them voices tell me so Seems so long I felt this way and time sure passin' slow My time coming, anyday, don't worry about me, no
Don't worry about me, no no no, don't worry about me, no and I'm in no hurry, no no no, don't worry about me, no.
There's mosquitoes on the river Fish are rising up like birds It's been hot for seven weeks now, Too hot to even speak now, Did you hear what I just heard?
Say it might have been a fiddle or it could have been the wind But there seems to be a beat now I can feel it my feet now Listen here it comes again!
There's a band out on the highway, They're high steppin' into town It's a rainbow full of sound, It's fireworks, calliopes and clowns Everybody dancin' C'mon children, C'mon children, Come on clap your hands.
Sun went down in honey and the moon came up in wine, You know stars were spinnin' dizzy, Lord The band kept us too busy we forgot about the time.
They're a band beyond description, Like Jehovah's favorite choir People joining hand in hand While the music played the band, Lord They're setting us on fire.
Crazy rooster crowin' midnight, Balls of lightin' roll along Old men sing about their dreams, Women laugh and children scream And the band keeps playin' on.
Keep on dancin' thru the daylight, Greet the mornin' air with song No ones's noticed, but the band's all pack and gone. Was it ever there at all? But they keep on dancin' C'mon children, C'mon children, Come on clap your hands Well the cool breeze came on Tuesday, And the corn's a bumper crop And the fields are full of dancin' Full of singin' and romancin' The music never stopped.
You're tellin me this town ain't got no heart Well, well, well, you can never tell The sunny side of the street is dark Well, well, well, you can never tell Maybe that's cause it's midnight, In the dark of the moon besides
Maybe the dark is from your eyes Maybe the dark is from your eyes Maybe the dark is from your eyes You know you got such dark eyes
Nothin' shakin' on Shakedown Street Used to be the heart of town Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart You just gotta poke around
You think you've seen this town clear through Well, well, well, you can never tell Nothin' here that could interest you Well, well, well, you can never tell It's not because you missed out On the thing that we had, to start
Maybe you had too much too fast Maybe you had too much too fast Maybe you had too much too fast
Nothin' shakin' on Shakedown Street Used to be the heart of town Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart You just gotta poke around
Since I'm passing your way today Well, well, well, you can never tell I just stopped in cause I want to say Well, well, well, you can never tell I recall your darkness When it crackled like a thundercloud
Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart When I can hear it beat out loud
Nothin' shakin' on Shakedown Street Used to be the heart of town Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart You just gotta poke around
Nothin' shakin' on Shakedown Street Used to be the heart of town Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart You just gotta poke around
I have seen where the wolf has slept by the silver stream. I can tell by the mark he left you were in his dream. Ah, child of countless trees. Ah, child of boundless seas. What you are, what you're meant to be Speaks his name, though you were born to me, Born to me, Cassidy...
Lost now on the country miles in his Cadillac. I can tell by the way you smile he's rolling back. Come wash the nighttime clean, Come grow this scorched ground green, Blow the horn, tap the tambourine Close the gap of the dark years in between You and me, Cassidy...
Quick beats in an icy heart. catch-colt draws a coffin cart. There he goes now, here she starts: Hear her cry. Flight of the seabirds, scattered like lost words Wheel to the storm and fly.
Faring thee well now. Let your life proceed by its own design. Nothing to tell now. Let the words be yours, I'm done with mine. (Repeat)
Little bitty boy, with a heart of steel I know you can't boggie now, but your sister sure will Feel good music in your soul Makes your body wanna rock 'n' roll Say Hey Hey Hey, Hey Pocky Way Hey Hey, Hey Pocky Way Laugh back foolin' in your car Makes no difference who or where you are Feel good music in your soul Makes your body wanna rock 'n' roll Hey Hey Hey, Hey Pocky Way Hey Hey, Hey Pocky Way Laugh back foolin' in your car Makes no difference who or where you are Feel good music in your soul Makes your body wanna rock 'n' roll Hey Hey Hey, Hey Pocky Way Hey Hey, Hey Pocky Way Hey Hey Hey, Hey Pocky Way Hey Hey, Hey Pocky Way Hey Hey Hey, Hey Pocky Way Hey Hey, Hey Pocky Way Hey Hey Hey, Hey Pocky Way Hey Hey, Hey Pocky Way
One or two moments A piece of your time Is all I am asking And I'll give you mine One or two moments Out of all you have got To show how I love you Believe it or not Remember the day I rolled into town With my heart in my shoes, My head hanging down? Now my only trouble The rest I forgot Is to show how I love you Believe it or not Done time in the lockup Done time in the street Done time on the upswing And time in defeat I know what I'm asking And I know it's a lot When I say that I love you Believe it or not I know I'm no angel My prospects are high As the flood line in summer When the river's gone dry But I'll roll up my shirt-sleeves And make my best shot To show how I love you Believe it or not Right now while the sun shines On the crest of the hill With a breeze in the pines And a gray whippoorwill Making music together In a land time forgot Let me show how I love you Believe it or not
It's three AM in the combat zone. Gentlemen start your engines! They can close this bar, but baby I ain't goin. Gentlemen start your engines! If you lock up the whiskey, give me gasoline. I got a seven grand redline on the black machine. The dead can do my sleepin', if you know what I mean. Gentlemen start your engines! Ge-Ge-Ge-Gentlemen start your engines! Gentlemen start Gentlemen start Ge-Ge-Ge-Gentlemen start your engines! Got a little girl here in a pinafore dress. Gentlemen start your engines! She's got more tricks than you can guess. Gentlemen start your engines! It's dark outside, but it's darker within. Check the back of my jacket just to see my grin. They don't write pomes about the state I'm in. Gentlemen start your engines! Ge-Ge-Ge-Gentlemen start your engines! Gentlemen start Gentlemen start Ge-Ge-Ge-Gentlemen start your engines! Bridge 1: One of these days I'm gonna pull myself togeather. Soon as I finish tearin' myself apart Like the Devil's Mustangs, I've been ridin' hell for leather, Put away wet and angry in the dark. When the police come you better let 'em in, Gentlemen start your engines! Don't forget to tell 'em what a sport I've been. Gentlemen start your engines! I got a head full of vintage TNT, They're gonna blow me up 'stead of burying me. If you're lookin' for trouble come and sit with me. Gentlemen start your engines! Ge-Ge-Ge-Gentlemen start your engines! Gentlemen start Gentlemen start Ge-Ge-Ge-Gentlemen start your engines! Bridge 2: One of these days I'm gonna pull myself togeather. Soon as I finish tearin' myself apart Let me tell you, honey, There's some mighty stormy weather
All I know is something like a bird within her sang, All I know she sang a little while and then flew on, Tell me all that you know, I'll show you snow and rain.
If you hear that same sweet song again, will you know why? Anyone who sings a tune so sweet is passin' by, Laugh in the sunshine, sing, cry in the dark, fly through the night.
Don't cry now, don't you cry, don't you cry anymore. Sleep in the stars, don't you cry, dry your eyes on the wind.
All I know is something like a bird within her sang, All I know she sang a little while and then flew off, Tell me all that you know, I'll show you snow and rain.
Let my inspiration flow in token rhyme, suggesting rhythm, That will not forsake you, till my tale is told and done. While the firelight's aglow, strange shadows from the flames will grow, Till things we've never seen will seem familiar.
Shadows of a sailor, forming winds both foul and fair all swarm. Down in Carlisle, he loved a lady many years ago. Here beside him stands a man, a soldier from the looks of him, Who came through many fights, but lost at love.
While the story teller speaks, a door within the fire creaks; Suddenly flies open, and a girl is standing there. Eyes alight, with glowing hair, all that fancy paints as fair, She takes her fan and throws it, in the lion's den.
Which of you to gain me, tell, will risk uncertain pains of hell? I will not forgive you if you will not take the chance. The sailor gave at least a try, the soldier being much too wise, Strategy was his strength, and not disaster.
The sailor, coming out again, the lady fairly leapt at him. That's how it stands today. You decide if he was wise. The story teller makes no choice. Soon you will not hear his voice. His job is to shed light, and not to master.
Since the end is never told, we pay the teller off in gold, In hopes he will return, but he cannot be bought or sold.
Terrapin Station
Inspiration, move me brightly. Light the song with sense and color; Hold away despair, more than this I will not ask. Faced with mysteries dark and vast, statements just seem vain at last. Some rise, some fall, some climb, to get to Terrapin.
Counting stars by candlelight, all are dim but one is bright; The spiral light of Venus, rising first and shining best, On, from the northwest corner, of a brand new crescent moon, While crickets and cicadas sing, a rare and different tune, Terrapin Station.
In the shadow of the moon, Terrapin Station. And I know we'll get there soon, Terrapin Station. I can't figure out, Terrapin, if it's the end or beginning, Terrapin, But the train's put it's brakes on, Terrapin, And the whistle is screaming, TERRAPIN.
Terrapin Station - At the Siding
While you were gone, these faces filled with darkness. The obvious was hidden. With nothing to believe in, The compass always points to Terrapin.
Sullen wings of fortune beat like rain. You're back in Terrapin for good or ill again, for good or ill again.
Who do you think you are? What do you mean when you put us all down Walking round in circles Your nose to the ground You think you're saying somethin' Just 'cause you're makin a sound You say you've seen it all You don't care to see no more But you don't get up an go Until they throw you out the door It's a long long long long way to go home It's a long long long long way to go home Any which way you are tempted to roam It's a long long long long long long way Way to go home Who do remind me of What do you do When you do your own time Did you run away From the scene of your crime I feel as though i know you Could you spare me a dime It's a lot less than a prison But it's more than a jail I'd tell you all about it But that's another day It's a long long long long way to go home It's a long long long long way to go home Any which way you are tempted to roam It's a long long long long long long long long way Way to go home You say you've seen it all You don't care to see no more Of the hungry, the homeless, The sick and the poor You say you've seen enough To last you all your days Like the moon in high heaven You're just going through a phase It's a long long long long way to go home It's a long long long long way to go home Any which way you are tempted to roam It's a long long long long long long long long way Way to go home Who do you want to be? What do you need To set your body free? I don't mean to pry This ain't no third degree But looking at you baby You remind myself of me If there's anyway to tell you Anyway, anyway to persuade I'd really love to spare you The mistakes I've made It's a long long long long way to go home It's a long long long long way to go home Any which way you are tempted to go It's a long long long long long long long long way Way to go home
Saw a bird with a tear in his eye Walking to New Orleans---my, my, my Hey, now, Bird, wouldn't you rather die than walk this world when you're born to fly?
If I was the sun, I'd look for shade If I was a bed, I would stay unmade If I was a river I'd run uphill If you call me you know I will If you call me you know I will
Ooo, Freedom Ooo, Liberty O... Leave me alone to find my own way home to find my own way home
Say what I mean and I don't give a damn I do believe and I am who I am Hey now Mama come take my hand Whole lotta shakin' all over this land
If I was an eagle I'd dress like a duck Crawl like a lizard and honk like a truck If I get a notion I'll climb this tree or chop it down and you can't stop me Chop it down and you can't stop me
Ooo, Freedom Ooo, Liberty O ... leave me alone to find my own way home to find my own way home
Went to the well but the water was dry Dipped my bucket in the clear blue sky Looked in the bottom and what did I see? The whole damned world looking back at me
If I was a bottle I'd spill for love Sake of mercy I'd kill for love If I was a liar I'd lie for love Sake of my baby I'd die for love Sake of my baby I'd die for love
Ooo Freedom Ooo Liberty O... Leave me alone to find my own way home to find my own way home I'm gonna find my own way home
Way down upon Sycamore Slough A white man sings the blues Selling roses of paper mache With flecks of starlight dew I swiped a bunch and threw it your way Where hazy moonlight glowed Way down down along Lazy River Road Way down upon Shadowfall Ward End of the avenue Run, hide, seek in your own backyard Mama's backyard won't do All night long I sang Love's Sweet Song Down where the water flowed Way down down along Lazy River Road Moonlight wails as hound dogs bay But never quite catch the tune Stars fall down in buckets like rain Till there ain't no standing room Bright blue boxcars train by train Clatter where dreams unfold Way down down along Lazy River Road Way down upon Seminole Square Belly of the river tide Call for me and I will be there For the price of a taxi ride Night double-clutches into today Like a truck downshifting its load Way down down along Lazy River Road Thread the needle Right through the eye The thread that runs so true All the others I let pass by I only wanted you Never cared for careless love But how your bright eyes glowed Way down down along Lazy River Road
I'm lookin' out my window Watch the clouds go by I look to see eternity The endless rolling sky You cannot think of eternity Thinkin' it like time You try to think, you try to count You just mess up your mind Eternity, eternity Baby, I love you, you love me Let's love each other through eternity Since before man could see There was eternity After man is come and gone Eternity lingers on, eternity lingers on Everything crawl, creep, or fly Just live until they die I love you, you love me Let's love each other through eternity Eternity, eternity I love you, you love me Let's love each other through eternity Through eternity Well I think about life, we don't know Whether it all could be in vain Look through time, it's for sure It's the greatest gift to man Music and Love, you can't explain Try and understand The greatest thing could ever be We make love through eternity Eternity, eternity When the world think our defeat Think that we are gone We'll still have our place in peace Our love will linger on, linger on We won't care just what who said If it's truth or lie We'll still have our greatest gift Love won't ever die Love won't ever die No, never die Love won't ever die Never, never Never die
There were days And there were days And there were days between Summer flies and August dies The world grows dark and mean Comes the shimmer of the moon On black infested trees The singing man is at his song The holy on their knees The reckless are out wrecking The timid plead their pleas No one knows much more of this Than anyone can see anyone can see There were days And there were days And there were days besides When phantom ships with phantom sails Set to sea on phantom tides Comes the lightning of the sun On bright unfocused eyes The blue of yet another day A springtime wet with sighs A hopeful candle lingers In the land of lullabies Where headless horsemen vanish With wild and lonely cries lonely cries There were days And there were days And there were days I know When all we ever wanted Was to learn and love and grow Once we grew into our shoes We told them where to go Walked halfway around the world On promise of the glow Stood upon a mountain top Walked barefoot in the snow Gave the best we had to give How much we'll never know we'll never know There were days And there were days And there were days between Polished like a golden bowl The finest ever seen Hearts of Summer held in trust Still tender, young and green Left on shelves collecting dust Not knowing what they mean Valentines of flesh and blood As soft as velveteen Hoping love would not forsake The days that lie between lie between
Thought I heard a blackbird singin' up on Bluebird Hill Call me a whinin' boy if you will Born where the sun don't shine and I don't deny my name Got no place to go, ain't that a shame?
Thought I heard that KC whistle moanin' sweet & low Thought I heard that KC when she blow Down where the sun don't shine Underneath the Kokomo Whinin' boy -- got no place else to go
So many roads I tell you So many roads I know So many roads -- so many roads -- Mountain high, river wide So many roads to ride So many roads So many roads
Thought I heard a jug band playin' "If you don't -- who else will?" from over on the far side of the hill All I know the sun don't shine, the rain refuse to fall and you don't seem to hear me when I call
Wind inside & the wind outside Tangled in the window blind Tell me why you treat me so unkind Down where the sun don't shine Lonely and I call your name No place left to go, ain't that a shame?
So many roads I tell you New York to San Francisco All I want is one to take me home From the high road to the low So many roads I know So many roads - So many roads
From the land of the midnight sun where ice blue roses grow 'long those roads of gold and silver snow Howlin' wide or moanin low So many roads I know So many roads to ease my soul