B i o g r a p h y (by Label)
Over the span of her career, Jolie Holland has knotted together a century of American song'jazz, blues, soul, rock and roll'into some stew that is impossible to categorize with any conventional critical terminology. This is her burden and her gift, to know all of these American songs of the last ten decades in her head and her heart, and to have to wrestle with their legacy. She dives straight to the pathos of a song the way the very greatest singers, singers like Mavis Staples, or Al Green, or Skip James, or Tom Waits do. Upon first encounter her songs seem challenging, perhaps unsettling at times, but as so many poets and rockers have shown us (from Dante Alighieri to William Blake to Sylvia Plath to Patti Smith to Nick Cave to Mark E. Smith) that's where the beauty lies. As evident on her first recordings, Holland apparently has no fear of the truth, and there is no emotional core that she cannot reach in song. In fact she thrives on the red hot center of a musical composition, in all its strange and brutal detail. Note how easily the line 'I've been taken outside and I've been brutalized' trips off her tongue in Joe Tex's 'The Love You Save.' Which brings us to Wine Dark Sea. Astute listeners to Holland's work can recognize how her writing over the years has deepened, matured, become the songwriting of a wise, worldly adult, not just of a rambler across the American latitudes, but to understand this is still no preparation for the sonic assault, the unprecedented confidence and merciless brilliance of Wine Dark Sea which yokes the New York underground to American song in a way that has rarely been attempted since White Light/White Heat by the Velvet Underground. Yes, the classic Holland lyrical concerns are evident in songs like 'Palm Wine Drunkard,' and 'St. Dymphna,' and 'Out on the Wine Dark Sea,' all of which mix a density of literature and poetry to brutalities of romantic love, to the fragmentation of self and narrator in a torrent of loss and grief, but this tells us nothing about the band Holland has assembled and leads to express her present vision. Two drummers, sometimes as many as three or four electric guitars, horns of a sort that come out of free jazz and the No Wave scene as much as they come from soul music, and a refreshing need, on Holland's part, to sing out at the extreme of her range, above the squalling insatiable lullaby of the thing. And, just when you think you know how to listen to multiple incendiary devices as occasionally rise up out of the category five of it all'guitar playing that makes Zuma or On the Beach sound somewhat restrained'there are the ballads: graceful, melancholy, wistful. There has been no album of the recent decade with quite this sonic ambition, with quite this command of what a rock and roll song is and ought to be, but Wine Dark Sea is all of that, with a little bit of Homer and Maya Deren mixed in too. Jolie Holland has a Desperation to tell Now. And she has called on deep, dark forces to get there. It's always a pleasure to hear a musician come to a new precipice in her output, where great skills and great courage are required to rise to the occasion. Wine Dark Sea is the album of a lifetime, with a lifetime of work in it.
Alley Flowers All the Morning Birds Roll my Blues Black Hand Blues December, 1999 I Wanna Die Demon Lover Improv Catalpa Waltz The Littlest Birds Wandering Angus Periphery Waltz Ghost Waltz
Catalpa
Alley Flowers Some people say you got a psychadelic presense Shining in the park with a bioluminescence Down these city streets I see you comin' From afar and I know In this world ain't nobody's Got the shine like you Got to shine in this world Ain't nobody's got the shine Like you got to shine In this world Nobody sings like Mary Sue Bell Nobody prays like Willie MacTell Nobody walks a mile in my stolen shoes like I do In this world ain't nobody's Got the shine like you Got to shine in this world Ain't nobody's got the shine Like you got to shine In this world I still miss my lonesome lover And I cain't find no single other To take his empty place in my heart of hearts I told him In this world ain't nobody's Got the shine like you Got to shine in this world Ain't nobody's got the shine Like you got to shine In this world The ghost of Shakespeare's on the street Corderoy hat layin at his feet Howlin in the harp these dirty city blues fallin hard In this world ain't nobody's Got the shine like you Got to shine in this world Ain't nobody's got the shine Like you got to shine In this world Zora Neale Hurston told her story And they kicked her out of new york city Just like jesus christ in gallilee like I said In this world ain't nobody's Got the shine like you Got to shine in this world Ain't nobody's got the shine Like you got to shine In this world Some people say I got a psychadelic presense Shinin' in the park with a bioluminescense Down these city streets I see you comin' From afar, and I know Ain't nobody's got the shine Like you got to shine in this world Ain't nobody's got the shine Like you got to shine in this world. All the Morning Birds By three a.m. all the morning birds will be crying And that old highway will be sighing And my dreams feel as cold as my bones on the long walk home. And my coat is old and growin thin And my feet are numb and stumbling And its many the thought of a long lost friend That comes to me again and again. And I want to thank my Sarah Bell Who blessed me more than words can tell and who Picked me straight up out of hell And I miss her real bad but I love her well. And I remember Don Clancy as a wild young man But I haven't seen hide nor hair of him since he lost his mind And was born again off the coast of Oregon. Oh where are you now, oh where are you now And do you even think of me I'm telling you now You are the stars that I'll follow Endlessly, endlessly, endlessly, oh Well, I'm singin' this song but it won't take long. On these frozen streets I'm half way home And the sky above me forms a beautiful dome Of blue and pink and starry gold. Oh where are you now, oh where are you now And do you even think of me I'm telling you now You are the stars that I'll follow Endlessly, endlessly, endlessly, oh Roll my Blues by Mike Good I've been knocked out Drugged and loaded River's roarin' on before me And I look down at my reflection Where its headed, no direction River Won't you roll my blues away All my life I've been alone And never have I had a home until you came But now love's gone bad Its kind of sad But I guess that I'm to blame 'Cause I'm just untamed Oh I can see that I have fallen From your grace which was my calling West wind is blowin' hard against me Flat out road is all that I see Highway Won't you roll my blues away All my life I've been alone And never have I had a home until you came But now love's gone bad It's kind of sad But I guess that I'm to blame 'Cause I'm just untamed Oh never have I longed so dearly My mind sees you oh so clearly Freight train is coming fast and strong Steady rollin' on and on Freight train Won't you roll my blues away All my life I've been alone And never have I had a home until you came But now love's gone bad It's kind of sad But I guess that I'm to blame 'Cause I'm just untamed Oh I can see that I have fallen From your grace which was my calling West wind is blowin' hard against me Flat out road is all that I see Highway Won't you roll my blues away
Black Hand Blues
Just take your black hand down Just take your black hand down Well this man is won all the money, good Lord Take your black hand down A rooster crowed in Germany They heard him way in France He said the flappers are doin' all the moochin, good Lord Won't give the women no chance A new pebble on your beach A new pebble on your beach A new pebble on your beach But I cross my heart, I raise my hand, good Lord I make no fool decree You know the time ain't long You know the time ain't long You know the time ain't long And if you don't believe I'm really leavin' you Watch the train I'm on Just take your black hand down Just take your black hand down Just take your black hand down Well this man is won all the money, good Lord Take your black hand down Please don't three on me Please don't three on me If you just can seven or eleven, good Lord Little bones please don't three Little bones please don't three
*** Thanx a lot to Charles & Koray & Mathieu for this one ***
December, 1999 I'll see you in the Springtime After the battle is won I know I'm crossin over As far as we have come And I want your hand in mine, dear As we face that shining dawn Eyes open I'm hoping You'll be there with me So gently I want your hand in mine I want you by my side In the midst Of our great victory The storm clouds had all gathered We drew our forces nigh And entered into battle Though it clamoured to the sky And we faced that fateful lightning With saints on our side Eyes open I'll follow that lonesome road To the top of the mountain Where the fire is blazing And the heat is astounding What's even more amazing Is to see you by my side
I Wanna Die I wanna die I wanna die Down south Louisiana And the gray evening sky I wanna die I don't care how I'm getting out Down south Louisiana And the lonesome highway sound Well there's a cajun lady Down in New Orleans There's a cajun lady And I saw her in my dream Well if I'd held her in my arms, girls Oh and if I'd held her in my arms Our friendly love Might have kept my heart from harm But I'm out here on this road, girls And I'm out here on the road And I'm just a poor girl And I ain't got a home And I wanna die I don't care how I'm getting out Down south Louisiana And the lonesome highway sound Oh I ain't got a home, girls And I ain't got a home And it's through this world I ramble And it's through this world I roam Well, as through this world I ramble And as through this world I roam I'm just a poor girl And I ain't got a home And I wanna die I wanna die Down south Louisiana And the gray evening sky Well I wanna die I don't care how I'm getting out Down south Louisiana And the lonesome highway sound Demon Lover Improv They hadn't been gone But about two weeks I swear it was not three When she espied his cloven hoof And wept most bitterly They hadn't been gone But about three weeks I swear it was not four When she espied his cloven hoof And knew she'd never go home no more. Catalpa Waltz I waltzed this whole town Through every nook and corner And cranny and bar I know you're out there somewhere Wherever you are Maybe the sun will rise I saw it go down And scattered its golden light Across the ground I held you in the alley My hand on your waist And your eyes were like diamonds With the light on your face Your gentle soul was open to me And I am so in love With who you be With who you be I always will love To waltz across this city with you From the rising of the moon To the falling of the dew There's a young catalpa tree Out behind the record store I'll always remember The way you looked at me Your light was so pure I could hear the door of our fate creaking ajar I could hear the key in the hand of God Turning inside the lock The Littlest Birds (Sammy Parton/Jolie Holland/Syd Barrett) Well, I feel like an old hobo I'm sad, lonesome and blue I was fair as a summer's day Now the summer days are through You pass through places And places pass through you But you carry them with you On the soles of your travelling shoes Well, I love you so dearly I love you so clearly I wake you up in the morning So early just to tell you I got the wandering blues I got the wandering blues And I'm going to quit These rambling ways one of these Days soon And I sing The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs the littlest birds sing the prettiest songs And the littlest birds sing the prettiest songs Well it's times like these I feel so small And wild like the rambling footsteps Of a wandering child And I'm lonesome as a lonesome whippoorwill Singing these blues with a warble and a trill But I'm not too blue to fly No I'm not too blue to fly 'Cause the littlest birds sing the prettiest songs The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs And the littlest birds sing the prettiest songs But I love you so dearly I love you so fearlessly I wake you up in the morning so early Just to tell you I've got the wandering blues I've got the wandering blues And I don't want to leave you I love you through and through Well I left my baby on a pretty blue train And I sang my songs to the cold and the rain And I had the wandering blues And I sang those wandering blues And I'm gonna quit these rambling ways one of these Days soon And I sing The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs And the littlest birds sing the prettiest songs Well I don't care if the sun don't shine And I don't care if nothing is mine And I don't care if I'm nervous with you I'll do my loving in the wintertime. Wandering Angus ( Words by W.B. Yeats, Music by Brian Miller ) I went out to the hazelwood Because a fire was in my head I Cut and peeled a hazel wand And hooked a berry to a thread And when white moths were on the wing And moth-like stars were flickering out I dropped a berry in a stream And caught a little silver trout When I had laid it on the floor And went to blow the fire aflame And something rustled on the floor And something called me by my name It had become a glimmering girl With apple blossoms in her hair Who called me by my name and ran And vanished in the brightening air Though I am old with wandering Through hollow lands and hilly lands I will find out where she has gone And kiss her lips and take her hand And walk through long green dappled grass And pluck till time and times are done The silver apples of the moon And the golden apples of the sun Periphery Waltz When the supreme authorities of our culture Tell us to get down on our knees And beg for salvation from some divinity Is it any wonder there are people Begging on the street for salvation from poverty Well, it's no surprise to me It's no surprise to me I left my home in the church I left my home in the suburbs to wander Now I did it all for my dreams And the star that I followed fell from the periphery And the street lights Slipping down my windshield fell like falling stars Down a dark country road I first left my home when I was seventeen And I paid my respects to my fellow rejects But I tended to wander alone Like I was listening to the words of a song Whispered soft and low Well it's kind of like dancing It's kind of like losing your mind And I've often considered The impractibility of my life And the moon behind the clouds is ill-defined Well I got lost so many times But I could not be consigned To a fate of obsolescence and decline So I'll take the chance again And the Mockingbird is my friend When he sings a song in the warm midnight wind So I'll follow my old tune And I'll wish you good morning Ghost Waltz Broken by the silence That echoed in my heart I couldn't help waving When the waves rushed my way And the world tilted over I saw in my dreams Things aren't the way I hoped they would be You are so kind to be civilized Don't think that I haven't noticed 'Cause I've been too sad to think And too sick to care But someday I'll meet you in the cold midnight air I've been a ghost in houses I've loved I've been a stranger to heaven above But as for the world below This is the one I know My poor beloved home. You are so kind to be civilized Don't think that I haven't noticed I've been too sad to think And too sick to care But someday I'll meet you in the cold midnight air I've been a ghost in houses I've loved I've been a stranger to heaven above But as for the world below This is the one I know My poor beloved home.
Escondida Sascha
Tonight, my heart is full of a sad song My lonesome lover has taken off I'm wandering around on a cloud Empty-hearted and down and out It's been a week, I think, since he rolled into town And it's been years that I've heard these stories about This fellah he's so brave and so alive Turning this world around from the out to the inside Well, our courtship was brief and magnetic I was singing at the corner bar And we both felt so romantic We took a walk with the moon Down to the train yard Well, it was too much for me My gypsy heart was inflamed Put me at the head of your list And don't forget to call my name Well, I fell in love with a boy Who has a real live romance with a train Oh, my beautiful lover and friend This is exactly what I wanted And now I'm feeling so haunted And I can't get you out of my mind I can't forget him as he's rolling away And it's all I can do is just to stay here Is just to stay
*** Thanx a lot to Inaiah & Joe for this one ***
Black Stars
I saw you tonight by the light Of the shining black stars that circle my heart I saw you come in, though it was dim I have been listening from the beginning When you arrived It was as if we had both died And gone somewhere else You and myself That otherworldly feeling Came over me stealing My mind was reeling Blood bleeding Red like my guitar Whoever you are Cold in the night I think you're right To whisper and listen Like flowers glisten In a quiet garden The moon is wizened and it is old As a toad in a Chinese story The fallen glory of my ego Is laid at the feet of all our purposes And my purpose is to keep on dreaming I am fishing for wishes that's where you come in Though it was dim when you arrived It was as if we had both died And gone somewhere else You and myself
*** Thanx a lot to Joe for this one ***
Old fashioned morphine Give me that old fashioned morphine Give me that old fashioned morphine Give me that old fashioned morphine It's good enough for me What it was good enough for my Grandpa It was good enough for my Grandpa It was good enough for my Grandpa It's good enough for me Sister don't get worried Sister don't get worried Sister don't get worried Because the world is almost done Give me that old fashioned morphine Give me that old fashioned morphine Give me that old fashioned morphine It's good enough for me It was good enough for Billy Burroughs It was good enough for Billy Burroughs It was good enough for Billy Burroughs It's good enough for me Sister don't get worried Sister don't get worried Sister don't get worried Because the world is almost done Give me that old fashioned morphine Give me that old fashioned morphine Give me that old fashioned morphine It's good enough for me It was good enough for Isabelle Eberhardt It was good enough for Isabelle Eberhardt It was good enough for Isabelle Eberhardt It's good enough for me Sister don't get worried Sister don't get worried Sister don't get worried Because the world is almost done
Amen Amen There's a ring around the moon I'm going to fly all night Down to see you I'm going to fly all night Down to see you There's a road Drifting through the mountains I'm gonna fly down that road Until I get to where I'm going Amen There's a ring around the moon I'm going to fly all night Down to see you I'm going to fly all night Down to see you There's a light Inside my chest That switched on When we first met And it will Not let me rest Amen There's a ring around the moon I'm gonna fly all night Down to see you I'm gonna fly all night Down to see you And the silvery moon so fine And the air Tastes like wine And the road Slips and slides Amen There's a ring around the moon I'm going to fly all night Down to see you I'm going to fly all night Down to see you There's a road Slipping through the mountains I'm gonna fly 'Til I am there I'll put a kiss Behind your ear Amen There's a ring around the moon I'm gonna fly all night Down to see you I'm gonna fly all night Down to see you There's a road Drifting through the mountains I'm gonna fly down that road Until I get go where I'm going Amen
*** Thanx a lot to Hannah for this one ***
Mad Tom of Bedlam To see Mad Tom of Bedlam Ten thousand miles I've travelled Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes To save her shoes from gravel It's well that we sing bonney boys Bonney mad boys Bedlam boys are bonney For they all go bare, and they live in the air And they want no drink nor money I went down to Satan's kitchen For to break my fast one morning And there I got souls popping hot All on the spits a-turnin' It's well that we sing bonney boys Bonney mad boys Bedlam boys are bonney For they all go bare, and they live in the air And they want no drink nor money They' spirits got hot as lightning Did on that journey guide me The sun did shake and the pale moon quake Wherever they did spy me Yet it's well that we sing bonney boys Bonney mad boys Bedlam boys are bonney For they all go bare, and they live in the air And they want no drink nor money My staff has murdered giants And my pack a long knife carries For to slice mince pies from children's thighs From which to feed the faeries It's well that we sing bonney boys Bonney mad boys Bedlam boys are bonney For they all go bare, and they live in the air And they want no drink nor money Tonight I'll go a murderin' The man in the moon to a powder His dog I'll shake and his staff I'll break And I'll howl a wee bit louder It's well that we sing bonney boys Bonney mad boys Bedlam boys are bonney For they all go bare, and they live in the air And they want no drink nor money To see Mad Tom of Bedlam Ten thousand miles I've travelled Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes To save her shoes from gravel It's well that we sing bonney boys Bonney mad boys Bedlam boys are bonney For they all go bare, and they live in the air And they want no drink nor money
*** Thanx a lot to Shonami & Jason who corrected this one ***
Poor girl's blues Oh maybe I'm a poor girl But it doesn't bother me at all Maybe I'm a poor girl But it doesn't bother me at all When this world comes crashing down I know that I'll be standing tall I used to be an angel Now I'm just like everybody else I used to be an angel Now I'm just like everybody else I left my wings in the gutter And my halo is lost Dusty on a shelf I know a rambling girl She's driving me crazy and wild I know a rambling girl She's driving me crazy and wild Wild wild wild I'd have Austin as my footstool And the world as my throne If only she were by my side again I got a couple of foodstamps And a caffeine buzz I got a couple of foodstamps And a caffeine buzz So I'd be set for right now, darling If I only knew Just where she was I'd tell her to hold tight honey Don't you lose your spirit to the wind I'd tell her to hold tight honey Don't you lose your spirit to the wind I know you and I know you'll be a long time rambling Before you see your rest again Oh maybe I'm a poor girl But I don't worry about it none Maybe I'm a poor girl But I don't worry about it none When this world comes crashing down I know that I'll be standing in the sun I'll be standing in the sun
Goodbye california
I'm pre-meditating crime of a personal kind I'm about to go out of my mind I'm just about sick to death of taking breath And walking this line of mine Now, folks that know what's good for them Are good at ignoring them But I just can't put these thoughts down I'm harrowed and abused And broken and pursued By this notion that follows me around My heart is hurting My spirit's burdened I feel like a liar and a thief For taking air For being here Unwanted I look for my final release Goodbye, goodbye, California Goodbye and I'll be moving on I sang you my songs I know i'm wrong Fare thee well And I'll be moving on When I'm dead and gone My immortal home Will hold me in its bosom Safe and cold No more desires Will light their fires Or disturb my immaculate calm And the birds of the air And the beasts of the soil And the fishes of the desperate seas Will know who I am And our substance will expand As part of everything As part of everything, my God As part of everything And the clouds will roll And the wind will blow And the beautiful birds will sing Goodbye, goodbye, California Goodbye to your waving trees To you succulent wind And all my friends Fare thee well Goodbye So be it Amen Amen
*** Thanx a lot to Hannah & Joe for this one ***
Do you
Oh do you Have to go crazy Is that The best thing that you can think To do I know I'm lost without a place To go crazy I know there's a sunrise on the other side To pull me through What did you do when I called Did you hear me at all It's a long night that seems to have no end There's big stars falling and twinkling As they fall Oh do you Have to go crazy Is that The best thing that you can think To do Oh do you Have to go crazy Is that The best thing that you can think To do I know I'm lost without a place To go crazy I know there's a sunrise on the other side To pull me through What did you do when I called Did you hear me at all You motherfucker I wanted you
*** Thanx a lot Nate for this one ***
Darlin Ukelele
Darlin Ukulele That I've been dreaming of Darlin Ukulele That I love When I'm in San Francisco I'm dreaming all the time Deep in the park Where the constellations shine Darlin Ukulele That I been dreaming of Darlin Ukulele That I love Dreaming by the ocean Walking by the sea Talking to a starfish And the mermaids sing to me
Damn shame I hid out on the front porch I laid up in my mind I looked for me a love The best one I could find He got himself a ticket On an international flight Oh it's nothing But a goddamn shame Is what it is Oh it's nothing But a goddamn shame The smell of burnt exhaust Drifts into the bar It's midnight in California It's high noon where you are Motorcycles and booze Dirty old perfume Oh it's nothing But a goddamn shame Is what it is Oh it's nothing But a goddamn shame I tried to go to sleep In my haunted little room The shadows are churning In the passage of the moon It'd break my heart to tell you I couldn't come so soon Oh it's nothing But a goddamn shame Is what it is Oh, it's nothing But a goddamn shame Tell me one more time Why you went away It makes a little sense In the light of day When evening comes around All my senses fly away It's nothing But a goddamn shame Is what it is Oh it's nothing But a goddamn shame
Lil missy Hey little Missy Don't think we won't miss you When you go out on the road When you go out on the road I know half of the story Has never been told Well, I heard you're going up in California Oh don't you think we won't be praying for you Oh don't you think we won't be praying for you Oh we can't do nothing but adore you Hey little Missy Don't think we won't miss you When you go out on the road When you go out on the road I know half of the story Has never been told
*** Thanx a lot to Hannah for this one *** Faded Coat of Blue My brave lad sleeps in his faded coat of blue In a lonely silent grave lies the heart that beat so true He sank faint and hungry among the famish'd brave And they laid him sad and lonely within his nameless grave He cried, ";Give me water and just a little crumb And my mother she will bless you in all the years to come Oh! tell my sweet sister, so gentle, good and true That I'll meet her up in heaven, in my faded coat of blue." No more the bugle calls the weary one Rest, noble spirit in thy grave unknown I'll find you and know you among the good and true When a robe of white is giving for the faded coat of blue Long, long years have vanished, and though he comes no more Yet my heart will startling beat with each footfall at my door I gaze over the hill where he waved a last adieu But no gallant lad I see, in his faded coat of blue No more the bugle calls the weary one Rest, noble spirit in thy grave unknown I'll find you and know you among the good and true When a robe of white is giving for the faded coat of blue
Springtime Can Kill You
Crush in the Ghetto I'm floating with the birds I'm talking to the weeds Look what you've done to me I'm still dressed up from the night before Silken hose and an old Parisian coat And I feel like a queen at the bus stop on the street Look what you've done to me It's a beautiful morning in the ghetto Finer than the day before The ants are crawling over my pants as if to say They know where the honey is There's really old roses blooming in the ghetto Birds of paradise are taller than me The weeds grow high, the birds flicker by Children are walking to school In the midst of all of this profusion The bus pulls up to take me back home The bus driver looks like an African prince The babies have tears in their eyes And I feel like a queen On this sunny city bus Look what you've done to me
*** Thanx a lot to Zara & Emily for this one ***
Mehitabel's Blues Feeling my blues I tear myself away He will never have to hear What I had to say My little words Are lost in the wind With no where to go And I am just like them There's a voice in the alley In the cold bare arms of a tree When the moon sails high, a ghost ship In a dark and lonely sea Mockingbird, your song burns right through me Like that little mockingbird High up in the pine All I do is worry, all I do is cry We're lost in the shadows of a beautiful spring Empty-handed lovers, all we do is sing
*** Thanx a lot to Emily for this one **** Springtime can Kill You Go down the backroads Don't take it too slow You don't have the time for a long flirtation You don't have the time for the least hesitation Roses all are blooming Lilacs all aglow Honeysuckle vine shine shine Oh get out, get out of your house Springtime, springtime can kill you Just like it did poor me Don't you see we're all hurt the same way So get out, get out of your house High on the moonshine bodies entwine Don't you see it's better this way Don't you see it's better this way You can't be too shy You know the reason why If you don't go get what you need Something's going to break on the inside Springtime, springtime can kill you Just like it did poor me Don't you see we're all hurt the same way So get out, get out of your house
*** Thanx a lot to Emily for this one **** Crazy Dreams Crazy dreams been calling me Steam Whistle, state line Wind did howl Crazy dreams been calling me Got caught in the thistle Someone stumped on my pride But I won't throw in the towel I can't throw in the towel Crazy dreams been calling me Got my wooden pistol I got my lucky dime And I was bown a night owl These crazy dreams been calling me
*** Thanx a lot to Emily for this one **** You're Not Satisfied No you're not satisfied with me Still you call me your dearie Oh you had your way but someday you'll pay For the heartaches you brought to me Oh we'll say goodbye forever And I'll be a rolling stone Oh sweetheart you know that I love you so Though you're not satisfied with me Oh we'll say goodbye forever And I'll be a rolling stone Oh sweetheart you know that I love you so Though you're not satisfied with me
*** Thanx a lot to Emily for this one **** Stubborn Beast My sullen songs have taken me Far down this darkened road I have seen the campfires burning I have heard the drunkards howl I'm silent in my solitude I'm quiet as a theif I have stolen all these hours I have gotten no relief My crazy dreams and tragedies have taken me for a ride But I can see strange glory on the other side Oh this has been my misery and the source of my pride But all along I'm thinking I've been taken for a ride Why don't you take me when I'm willing Why don't you take me when I'm willing But like a stubborn beast when the barn is on fire I might resist you when you try to save my life I might resist you when you try to save my life When the flames rise around us and I can't see the door This is still my home and it has never burned before This is where I've taken my solace and my peace The walls are caving in but I am still a stubborn beast Why don't you take me when I'm willing Why don't you take me when I'm willing
*** Thanx a lot to Emily for this one **** Please Don't The twelfth day of never came faster than ever For the likes of you and I I used to adore you but now I implore you To quietly pass me by It's unseemly how I hate myself I don't want anyone to see Least of all someone like you Who knows so much about me Oh please don't tell 'em what you know about me I can never be beholded to you Our affairs are our own Most of all for someone like me Who is always alone Oh please don't tell 'em what you know about me
*** Thanx a lot to Emily for this one **** Moonshiner Moonshiner, moonshiner Pass it here one more time Moonshiner, moonshiner Pass it here one more time You've got that good, hard stuff that always gets me high You can break that ground and plant that field Hole up in the backyard and work that still You know we're gonna miss you around here You've got that good, hard stuff,that always gets me high Moonshiner, moonshiner Why don't you come back home? Now I got to drink this store-bought stuff and go to bed all alone Moonshiner, moonshiner Why don't you come back home to me? By the time you get back, there's no telling where I'll be I loved you in summertime, when we kissed goodbye I loved you in the fall and I missed you all the time I loved you in the winter, when you were far away And the springtime almost killed me With hot blood in my viens Moonshiner, moonshiner I know you're comin' back again Moonshiner, moonshiner Oh it's probably a sin, 'cause I'm down in the alley with my old drunk friend Yes I'm down in the alley, with my old drunk friend
*** Thanx a lot to Zara for this one ***
Ghostly Girl Ghostly girl Too light to stand on the ground Nothing you do is done All I can tell You are not real Girl, what are you doing here I don't know why I am here myself No one else seems to know Nobody likes a spook Or so I've deduced But I have loved some ghosts in my time But that doesn't mean I want them around I'd rather be lost than found I thought I would loose my mind But through your eyes I see Past the billboards to the trees And the flowering weeds Grow throught the cracks of the city And all these things will go And all these seeds will grow And you'll be home in the sky
*** Thanx a lot to Emily for this one ****
Nothing left to do but Dream The sun's too bright And the mountains are too far And there's nowhere in town I can get to in my broken car I've got nowhere to go but to sleep I would shut my eyes but I've got promises to keep I can't go crazy and I can't get sane And I don't want to leave-I'd just have to come back again I've got nowhere to go but to sleep... I remember, I remember something about who we were I remember, I remember something about who we could be I've had nothing to do for years but dream I got reckless And I broke my baby's rule And I'm sick and restless With the wandering blues Cause most of my friends are gone down the line And I'm sitting in town on the proceeds of my crimes I've got nowhere to go but to sleep... I took my sister to the river and I came back alone And this sickness that's on me is settling in my bones And my Daddy is suspicious but I know how he does He won't find out about it till she's safe down in the mud With nowhere to go but to sleep I would follower her down but I've got promises to keep I remember, I remember something about who we were I remember, I remember something about who we could be I've had nothing to do for years but dream
Adieu false heart
( Traditional )
Adieu false heart, since we must part May the joy of the world go with you I've loved you long with a faithful heart But I never anymore will I believe you I've seen the time I'd have married you And been your constant lover But now I'll freely give you up for one whose heart's more truer. My mind is like the constant sun From the east to the west it ranges Yours is like unto the moon It's every month a-changing When I lay down to take my rest No scornful morn to wake me I'll go straight ways unto my grave Just as fast as time can take me
Mexican Blue You're like a saint's song to me I'll try to sing it pure and easily You're like a Mexican blue So bright and clear and pale in the afternoon I saw you riding on your bike In a corduroy jacket in the night Past the hydrangeas that were blooming in the alley With a galloping dog by your side When I was hungry you fed me I don't mean to suggest that I'm like Jesus Christ Your light overwhelmed me When I lay beside you sleepless in the night And when you dreamed my guardian spirits appeared And the moon stretched out across your little bed They said they'd started to get worried about me They were happy we had finally met We had finally met A mysterious bird flies away Seemed to be calling your name And bounced off the top of a towering pine And vanished in the drizzling rain There's a mockingbird behind my house Who is a magician of the highest degree And I swear I heard him rip the world apart And sew it back again with his fiery melody, melody When you were mad at me I didn't care And I just loved you all the same And I waited for the wind to push the hurricane Out to sea, and the sun could shine again Oh I don't mean to give you advice Its just like Delia said, "oh, Jesus Christ" Just don't get so hight you leave the ground Everything is so much better when you're around Just don't float so hight you drift away Stand tall, with your feet on the ground I love your songs, I love your sound Everything is so much better when you're around When the moon is as clear as an opal And the amethyst river sings a song I'll remember all your dreams and the mysteries You have borne in your crystalline soul That you sing from your golden throat That you shine from your sparkling eyes That you feel from the goddess in your thighs You're like a saint's song to me I'll try to sing it pure and easily You're like a Mexican blue So bright and clear and pale in the afternoon In the afternoon
*** Thanx a lot to Robert & Emily for this one ***
The Living and the Dead
Mexico city Jack and Edie lying across my bed Flying high like the spirits of the dead The living and the dead The living and the dead Our Lady of Sorrows and the long dark night How many candles could I light For the living and the dead The living and the dead What's that black smoke rising Jack Is the world on fire What's that distant singing Is it a heavenly choir Of the living and the dead The living and the dead I think about you Jack, watching the tv And drinking booze Shame on you, shame on me But how can we help it There was nowhere else to go I sent Julie and Billy out on that long hard road On that long hard road On that long hard road I'm just back from Mexico city I came back north to Texas To rest my weary head My true love is fresh from the battle field Sewing up the dying and carting off the dead My baby don't stand for no fighting Amongst the living or the dead What's that black smoke rising Jack Is the world on fire What's that distant singing Is it a heavenly choir Of the living and the dead The living and the dead The living and the dead The living and the dead The living and the dead The living and the dead
Corrido Por Buddy Oh, listen my dear friends And I'll tell you a story about someone I barely knew at all He was a friend of my friends And they told me about him And how he had nothing to break his fall He had that bad religion in his blood The kind that brings you down And can never lift you up He was a beautiful young man on the streets of Austin He was a ghost-faced junkie on the streets of New Orleans I could barely recognize him when I saw him He had to look me in the face and say my name Before I knew it was him Oh Buddy, I wish I'd been a better friend What if they only gave you love when you lied It's bound to really rip you up inside Pressures a person into that horrible mouth That leaves a bloody aftermath Everything minus one is everything He treated me with what I considered kindness When I crawled off to sleep in my car he was worried about me When we paid our respects to the moon on the outskirts of Austin I'm sorry to say I was too shy to stay in touch with him Oh Buddy, I wish I'd been a better friend And I wonder what it takes just to save one little life Icarus almost made it back to the shore When I was really down there were three little words From a couple of good people that kept me holding on Oh, Buddy. I'll never get a chance again Oh Buddy, I wish I'd been a better friend Oh, Buddy, I'll never get a chance again Oh Buddy, I wish I'd been a better friend
Palmyra Only a few old petals left On the rose that touched your hand My little heart is a graveyard It's a no man's land You could tell I didn't care You kept pushing until I did Woke up in a pit of despair on your bed And I wondered how I could do without you How absurd, how absurd How absurd Put my lipstick back on Look myself in the eye I'm heading out in the cold hard world And I'm getting very good at saying my goodbyes My goodbyes, my goodbyes, my goodbyes Can you read the inscription It seems to once have said "He better take me with him, when he goes I'm good as dead" Put some roses on the stones Look your friends in the eye If nothing else we've got that old second line And I'll dance at your funeral if you dance at mine You dance at mine, you dance at mine You dance at mine, you dance at mine They took it all and I don't care Already said my farewell Sweet Palmyra and that old Ninth Ward Have to hit that long road that passes straight through hell Straight through hell, straight through hell I wish you well Sweet Palmyra I wish you well Sweet Palmyra I wish you well Sweet Palmyra
You painted yourself in
You paint the floor back up in the corner And when the floor is shiny and wet You have no choice but to rise over The painted trap that you have set So place your foot up on the air And climb upon that invisible stair And when you rise into the wind Remember that's exactly the place You painted yourself in You have no choice except but to fly So fly on invisible wings Until you reach your secret home And when you lay your weary head down Dream a dream of the suffering ward You painted yourself in You painted yourself in You have no choice Except but to fly So fly on Invisible light in your lover's heart Will show the way through the fiery furnace And what burns up is torn away And what remains is a beautiful promise You painted yourself in You painted yourself in You have no choice except but to fly
Fox In Its Hole I live just like a fox in its hole I live just like a fox in its hole And they'll never know A fox in the city, burrowed under the hive You bees can buzz around all you want You'll never know my life I live just like a fox in its hole And they'll never know My teeth are just like razors And sharp as the night is long And honey holds no sway for me I don't need what they got I live just like a fox in its hole I live just like a fox in its hole And they'll never know My God owns the ocean, the river belongs to him And when that honey all dries up Those bees won't know how to swim And they'll never know I live just like a fox in its hole And they'll never know
Your big hands Your big hands, your big heart and your pretty mouth Saying all those sweet things to me It's plain to see you're as crazy as me It only seems to set my mind at ease Oh I've got a bird of silver, I've got a bird of gold I've got a bunch of stories I should never told Oh I've got the second best, I've got the start You remind me of what I was shooting for I wanted to let love come in and save me Oh why you wanna break my heart I wanted to let love come in and save me Oh why you wanna break my heart sweet baby Standing there where you left me Like a stack of bones all the winds cut right through Standing there where you left me And the bottom fell out when you cut out When you cut out on me I wanted to let love come in and save me Oh why you wanna break my heart Oh why you wanna break my heart Why you wanna break my heart I wanted to let love come in and save me Why you wanna break my heart Oh, why you wanna break my heart Why you wanna break my heart I wanted to let love come in and save me
Sweet loving man Sweet loving man You got something to prove That's alright darling I'm trying too I'm trying to figure it out And it's the best I can do Just to keep from flying Off into the blue My mind goes wandering And I keep drifting south Your velvet tongue On the roof of my mouth Your kisses break my heart And I hope that stays true My poor heart is shattered And fixed with crazy glue Sweet loving man You got something to prove That's alright darling My money's on you You gotta figure it out Let me know when you do That dark horse you're riding Has got to carry me too
Love Henry ( Bob Dylan Cover ) "Get down, get down, Love Henry," she cried "And stay all night with me I have gold chains, and the finest I have I'll apply them all to thee" "I can't get down and I shan't get down Or stay all night with you There's a pretty little girl in Cornersville I love far better than you." She layed his head on a pillow of down And kisses she gave him three With a penny knife that she held in her hand She murdered mortal he "Get well, get well, Love Henry, " she cried "Get well, get well," said she "Oh don't you see my own heart's blood Come flowing down so free?" She took him by his long yellow hair And also at her knee She plunged him into well water, where It runs both cold and deep "Lie there, lie there, Love Henry," she cried "Til the flesh rots off your bones Some pretty little girl in Cornersville Will mourn for your return" "Hush up, hush up, my parrot," she cried 'Don't tell any tells on me Or these costly beads around my neck I'll apply them all to thee "I won't fly down, I can't fly down And light on your right knee A girl who would murder her own true love Would kill a little bird like me" "Fly down, fly down, pretty parrot," she cried, "And light on my right knee The doors to your cage shall be decked with gold And hung on a willow tree" "I won't fly down and I can't fly down And light on your right knee A girl who would murder her own true love Would kill a little bird like me"
The Future Everything around here makes me sad Everything is part of the dreams that we had That will never be the way We wanted them to be When we dreamed these dreams that we had We wanted them to be the future That is now is not how we dreamed of the future With an abstinent love That would ride into the future With my arms around you tight My love in your heart My lust on your shoulders Like beautiful red barrettes Flashing gallant as a stallion on parade Through the city Of a beautiful dream A bohemian love song That would only sound more gallant As the years would perfect it But I can see in my heart Which is beating in the present here and now I can see that this is only a dream Come on and wake up with me Hey, come on and wake up with me Hey, come on and wake up with me Everything around here is so beautiful Everything is part of the dreams we will paint That will never look the way We thought that they would look When we began to step into the future From the place that we are standing It don't look too good right now But I know you're a wonderful painter You're a master with your colors And as mine get fainter in your pallet There will always be an afterglow Of our beautiful dream That will never be the way We dreamed it to be, but hey Come on and wake up with me Hey, come on and wake up with me Hey, come on and wake up with me Hey, come on and wake up with me Hey, come on and wake up with me From our beautiful dream
*** Thanx a lot to Mark for this one ***
Enjoy yourself
( Traditional ) Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, it's later than you think Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, it's later than you think Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, it's later than you think Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, it's later than you think
Pint Of Blood
All Those Girls I can't believe you are treating me Like all those girls All those sweet girls Go home to cry And wonder why All those sweet girls The rain is coming down And petals on the ground Like fallen snow You turn to go And I walk away And I hear you say I can't believe you're treating me Like all those men All those fine men That took you in Into their hearts With open arms I looked up and wished that I could disappear Into the sky Or else to dive Into the core Of this burning world I can't believe you are treating me Like all those girls All those sweet girls Go home to cry And wonder why All those sweet girls I can't believe you are treating me Like all those girls All those sweet girls Go home to cry And wonder why All those sweet girls
Remember It brings a smile to my lips When I think of your fist Narrowing in on and cracking his ribs It brings a smile to my lips Can I stay here till dawn I don't know how to get home My phone's broken and my friends are gone Can I stay here till dawn Mocking birds sing at the moon And the stars fall from the sky If you don't catch me when I fall for you I'm gonna have to remember how to fly Can I stay here all night Just until it gets light My heart is heavy and the stakes are high Can I stay here all night Mocking birds sing at the moon And the stars fall from the sky If you don't catch me when I fall for you I'm gonna have to remember how to fly All it takes is a little lift And the feathers in your arms Take a little jump at the top Of your jump and fly away And fly away from, fly away from harm I've been betrayed and I'm not afraid To call a spade a spade It's gonna hurt like hell When he rips the bandage away And I stay away Mocking birds sing at the moon And the stars fall from the sky If you don't catch me when I fall for you I'm gonna have to remember how to fly Mocking birds sing at the moon And the stars fall from the sky If you don't catch me when I fall for you I'm gonna have to remember how to fly Remember, remember Tender Mirror What I got, they ain't got I got something, I got a lot What I lost on a broken sphere I'll find in a tender mirror In the love from the heart What he's got he's got it to spare They can't hold a candle there They're lost without a spark What she's got she's got it in spades Cast adrift on the rolling waves Rocking out on the stormy sea Her spirit comes to me In the love from the heart I'm not in love with a stranger anymore I slipped out of the spell, you can go to hell If that's what you're headed for Unintelligible cries of an animal in the night Mean more to my ear than the noise I hear You trying to get it right That's fine, you know I'm so happy that you're gone All the bells ring out we can sing and shout And drink and carry on In the love from the heart In the love from the heart In the love from the heart Gold and Yellow Gold and yellow Mermaid of the southern sea Open up your honeyed lips and speak Spanish to me Mi hormiga y mi tia y mis primas argentinas Your dress is wet from the grass And you give the bottle a pass Oh ashes to ashes and gold to gold The night is over before I'm tired and we grow cold Motorcycle jacket and a pair of boots From back when all the cowboys of Brooklyn had the blues When I look into your eyes I can tell that you've been crying I'm gonna give the drummer his due After I've had a few Oh sweet baby Jesus, come and hold my hand I know you told me, I tried so hard to understand Drive all night and listen to the gamelan And one thousand bells are ringing as we make it to the dawn All a tremble and a shiver as you climb out of the river And we sing a lullahello to our friends from long ago Oh satin is satin and gold is gold I come unravelled, you come unfastened But we take hold June June is so gigantic, I've been walking out Falling further every time I'm lost and found I caught the moon coming down the side the hill High on the reverie and the music of the wind Butterflies and buzzards in the heavy air Lightning bugs light up the dusk and disappear I'm imagining tall mountains out of clouds And dreaming on your honeysuckle mouth Wreckage If disappointment was like a drug I've overdosed again I can't take the razor sharp edge Off your crooked grin I lost the war, I lost it all I can't get it back again I can't set you right when you go into a spin All I can do is survey the wreckage from here There you were in silk and fur So very fine to behold and I was Hanging onto your every word and Hoping for something more Then you took my fondest wish And twisted it into a cord And now here I hang Strung up by my hope for something more You knew that I really loved you I loved you first You knew I'd take what you were giving You could do your worst, your worst If disappointment was like a drug I've overdosed again I can't take the razor sharp edge Off your stupid grin I lost the war, I lost it all And I can't get it back again I can't set you right when you go into a spin All I can do is survey the wreckage from here Little Birds Oh I feel like an old hobo I'm sad, lonesome and blue I was fair as a summer's day Now the summer days are through You pass through placesand places Pass through you but you carry them with you On the soles of your travelling shoes I love you so dearly, I love you so clearly I wake you up in the morning So early just to tell you I got the wandering blues I've got the wandering blues And I'm gonna quit these rambling ways One of these days It's times like these I feel so small and wild Like I could disappear and never be found And I'm lonesome as a lonesome whippoorwill Singing these blues with a warble and a trill But I'm not too blue to fly No, I'm not too blue to fly 'Cause the littlest birds sing the prettiest songs The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs I love you so dearly, I love you so fearlessly I wake you up in the morning so early Just to tell you I've got the wandering blues I've got the wandering blues And I don't want to leave you I love you through and through But I left my baby on a pretty blue train And I sing my songs to the cold and the rain And I have the wandering blues I sing those wandering blues And I'm gonna quit these hard rambling ways One of these days And I sing the littlest birds sing the prettiest songs The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
The Devil's Sake I got drunk on an old photograph of you That I'd taken in my mind Only an angel sent from up above Can tell me if you're the devil Or the one I should love Where is that angel I'm praying with all of my might Oh take me into your heart again With kisses sweeter than lies Don't tell me the truth I can already hear it in the way You howl in the night Only your bones can tell my hands That you're right I am trying to be innocent as a dove But I am smarter than a nest full of snakes Oh Heaven help me If only for the devil's sake I got drunk on an old photograph of you That I'd taken in my mind Only an angel sent from up above Can tell me if you're the devil Or the one I should love
Honey Girl Oh honey girl, let's go see the pretty stars And talk about your magic superpowers I think I know where the moon is gonna rise We can walk around the hill and take it by surprise Honey girl, let's stay awake all night And give the dreams no single place to hide Except between our sweet here and now And that just might keep the blues From chasing me down Just might keep from getting the blues Just might keep from getting the blues I grab my smokes and I walk it off I round up my friends and talk about it all Oh, honey girl, you know my song There ain't no sweet honey girl Like you in the whole round world I've got three cities stuck in my heart And a broken arrow shows me the way to go Through the valley of tears that I must cross Just to keep the blues from catching up with me Just to keep from getting the blues Just to keep from getting the blues Oh just to keep from getting the blues Oh just to keep from getting the blues Oh just to keep from getting the blues 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 would find a game If I won a dollar I would make it rain If it rained an ocean I would 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 So tell my baby I said so long Tell my mother I did no wrong Tell my brother to watch his own And tell my friends to mourn me none I'm chained upon the face of time Feeling full of foolish rhyme There ain't no dark till something shines I'm bound to leave the 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
Wine Dark Sea On And On Like a far off storm come rolling up the plains Like the pull of the tide with the full moon again Like the low and distant rumble getting closer to the falls I can feel this love coming on and on I can feel this love coming on Lightning flash, thunder crash And the night come down and the stars swing around When you take my hand, I swoon like I was stoned I can feel this love coming on and on I can feel this love coming on I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake Please be gentle with my heart 'Cause I'm in love with you I'm in love with you And I know you do me justice And I know you won't do me harm And I hope you do me the honor Of letting me love you so strong Let me love you on and on Let me love you like I want Please be gentle with my heart 'Cause I'm in love with you I'm in love with you The First Sign Of Spring Dark Eyed Juncos are deep in the park We've got a long way to go Fairy Wren and the Jewel Weed Are deep in the ground or out across the sea Sidewalk is frozen. I'm tired of my coat And the snow drifts in again I keep forgetting to bring my hat And I'm shivering in the wind I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake Only two people on this big city block Who can't stop slow dancing to a silent song And it looks like you and me are the first sign of spring You and me are the first sign You and me In a darkened bar, before I ever touched your face I made the inevitable profession of love But it didn't cross my lips, and it echoed in my skull When you were back at your place, you said the very same thing When you were all alone in the dark And it looks like you and me are the first sign of spring You and me are the first sign You and me Dark Days Dark days coming down I lost my sweet lover Long shadows reaching out I lost my sweet lover Trying not to lose my mind Dark days coming down I lost my sweet lover Storm clouds rolling in I lost my sweet lover I just can't keep from crying And the stars refuse to shine And when every little thing Reminds me of him I want to smash it all up And never start again Dark days coming down I lost my sweet lover Dig a hole in the ground I lost my sweet lover Say goodnight to the beautiful light of the day I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake 'Cause when every little thing Reminds me of him I want to smash it all up And never start again Goodbye, dear old moon Goodbye to the sun Goodbye to the stars I will miss you, every single one For I've been condemned To spend the rest of my days In the darkest dungeon
Route 30 Route 30, Route 30 From the coast of Oregon Gets almost to Chicago Before it takes a turn And it cuts on down To the Jersey Shore Interstate 5 out of Portland Headed on up north When you hit Route 30 You wanna take it on out west Where the big river rolls Onto the rocky sea You might be lost on a daydream rolling down the road You might be watching that lonesome man say hello to the public You might be telling a story, you might be singing a song But when you see that Clifton sign you got to start paying attention Coming up from Portland, headed for Astoria Town You gonna be looking to the right of the road For the Gnat Creek Campground Then you know that you're getting close I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake When you pass that Brownsmead Hill Road Look down at your dial You gonna be taking an unmarked road now When it hits the mouth Coming up almost to the crest of the hill Look down at your right I'll be here on two sets of guard rails That road will come into sight Well my little road comes to a wide, take the right-hand side You're gonna be looking for a yellow house Where the old car's parked in the drive Sitting in the bottom of a meadow on a little rise And if you see snark Hurley would you tell him I said hi You might be lost on a daydream rolling down the road You might be watching that lonesome man say hello to the public You might be holding your baby's hand or squeezing on his knee But if you see snark Hurley would you give him my love please I Thought It Was The Moon I thought it was the moon But it was not It was a street light shining out to light your way Nothing in this world I wouldn't steal for you White birds flying across the patina'ed sky The bright bronze sky and the dark green sea Colored cloud I'm a fearless thief I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake I thought it was the moon But it was not It was a street light shining out to light your way Nothing in this world I wouldn't steal for you White birds flying across the patina'ed sky The bright bronze sky and the dark green sea Colored cloud I'm a fearless thief The Love You Save ( Joe Tex ) People I've been misled And I've been afraid I've been hit in the head And left for dead I've abused, and I've been accused I've been refused a piece of bread But I ain't never in my life before Seen so many love affairs go wrong as I do today So I want you to stop Find out what's wrong And get it right, right, right Or just leave love alone Because the love that you save today May very well be your own People I've been pushed around And I've been lost and found I've been given til sundown To get out of town I've been taken outside, and I've been brutalized And I always had to be the one to smile and, and apologize I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake But I ain't never in my life before Seen so many love affairs go wrong as I do today So I want you to stop Find out what's wrong And get it right, right, right Or just leave love alone Because the love that you save today May very well be your own Well I've been pushed around And I've been lost and found I've been given til sundown To get out of town But I ain't never in my life before Seen so many love affairs go wrong as I do today So I want you to stop Find out what's wrong And get it right, right, right Or just leave love alone Because the love that you save today May very well be your own All The Love I'm saving all the love that I ever had for you I'm saving all my love I'm not gonna lose I'm not gonna lose my love I'm not gonna lose Rattlesnake inside the box And an old top hat on the stand Rose silk and cherry wine If you ever come back here again I got it for you I'm not gonna lose I won't lose my love I won't lose my love I won't lose my love Blackbird come to say hello And I busted out into tears Take it fast or take it slow You could give it a minute or a year I got it for you I'm not gonna lose I won't lose my love I won't lose my love I won't lose my love I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake I'm saving all the love that I ever had for you I'm saving all my love I'm not gonna lose I'm not gonna lose my love I'm not gonna lose Saint Dymphna Back when I was living in the Quarter You had just moved in with trouble's daughter I was insisting that I loved you better than her All of the rhymes that I committed I left them to lie in the sun for a minute I couldn't bear to be a sinner in your sweet name And what do you mean by that Do you mean to break my heart Do you mean to break my heart in two It was down on the cobblestones where I found you Way out on Rampart, by Toulouse Come on upstairs, I'll tell you my story I'll sing you my song I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake You know that the cold ground was my bed last night Blanket of clouds, stars for my nightlight All that I had was a pocketful of prayers and unanswered dreams And what do you mean by that Do you mean to break my heart Do you mean to break my heart in two I'm calling on Dymphna to heal and protect us Remember your sisters down in this world below I been in the trenches and I'm here to tell you It's a hard row to hoe Most of my heroes died in the gutter Johnson and Foster, MacTell and Hurston I follow them down, and ride with the current That's pulling me home And what do you mean by that Do you mean to break my heart Do you mean to break my heart in two Palm Wine Drunkard Well, you can drop me off in Limbo on your way to West Hell I will give your regards to the moon and the stars from the bottom of a wishing well Sounds like you heard all my secrets on that inside track Oh I laid it all bare I left nothing to spare now I'm never gonna take it back But if you ever need for me to steal something for you Just call my name on that inside track You know my secrets and you got my number I crossed my heart, now I'll never take it back I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake Just like a Palm Wine Drunkard playing ghost guitar I'm shake you right down and take you right back to the place where you already are Let's get that sweet little girl back on the snakerophone Would you crank it up high, would you shoot out the lights, would you hand me down my Stratotone But if you ever need for me to steal something for you Just call my name on that inside track You know my secrets, you got my number I crossed my heart, now I'll never take it back I took it right down to the crossroads, I held my babe in my arms. And we danced til the dawn to those old creole songs Then they slipped into les barres de la prison And then I kissed all my diamonds, I got my hands on the dice And I screamed and I raved and I begged and I prayed I could step into that river twice Now, Baby, who do you think you're fooling Everybody knows and understands You got me walking on pins and needles But everybody knows that you're my man You're my man Out On The Wine Dark Sea Out on the wine dark sea, ma pretty baby and me What do you mean when you say life is so long All I know is that I'm coming home to Maman And Maman is so Maman is so Erzulie Dantor Upon my t'te I wear my hat And a long black coat Sunglasses cracked The smoke rise up I pull you down Down to the floor Drag you around Ghostly girl sure has grown I ain't gonna tell you what her car runs on Sweet Mama in a yellow dress Leave your heart in a white hot mess Maman Maman is so Maman is so Maman is so Erzulie Dantor I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake That Loup Garou will come for you When you come to, you're all black and blue Walking past the graveyard on your way home Sing that song pour Ma Baron Maman! Maman is so Maman is so Erzulie Dantor Ma Belle Jolie Madame Ochun We'll sing your song pour Le Clair de la lune Meet her by the gate Dance on the stones Never get out of this world alone Maman take you by the hand Lead you out of this sorrowful land Maman, Maman is so Maman is so Maman is so Erzulie Dantor Waiting For The Sun Waiting for the sun to come out of hiding Waiting for the sun Waiting for the sun Waiting for the sun Waiting for the sun to come out of hiding Waiting for the sun Waiting for the sun Waiting for the sun I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake You've got that long road ahead Make you, make you wish you were All of your broken dreams in tow You've got that hard Waiting for the sun to come out of hiding Waiting for the sun Waiting for the sun Waiting for the sun
You Are Not Needed Now (Townes Van Zandt) Well, the birds were talking all at once Old man mowing down his lawn He didn't seem like much too bad a guy I was thinkin' Hang on, man, something's wrong Your blues they do seem 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 a hex on me And every time I turn around It's swimming through the air above my bed I asked Miss Higgs and she said fine As long as you're back in your room on time I'll keep you clean and the girls will keep you fed Lay down your head with mine You are not needed now Oh we got things to do Between the blankets made of wool The trains roll by every half an hour And a body can't get no restin' done, that's true Well I spend my time as best I can Thinkin' big and making plans And wondering where those trains are rolling to Lay down your head poor boy Feel how the ground does move Hear how those drivers sing Well it's goodbye friends, it's time to close Everybody knows that's the way it goes And where is it you live in case I'm ever there Well, three doors back and two behind And it gets a little bit out of hand sometimes Don't let it fool you into thinkin you don't care Lay down your head and fly I'll quietly pass you by You won't even see me go Well, if I thought about it long enough I just might make some kind of move Watchful lies are too hard on the soul With the smoke house just across the way And its fog upon the light of day I'd be hard pressed comin' up with somewhere to go Lay down your head poor boy Feel how the ground does move Hear how those drivers sing What now, my darling one Go find a little fun You are not needed now Wildflower Blues There ain't nothin I wanna do There ain't nothin I want from you Baby you go your way and I'll go mine too Well I know the truth about you baby but I'll never tell Yeah I know the truth about you baby but I'll never tell But you know what I mean when I wish you well I'm a wildflower standing in the sun I'm a wildflower standing in the sun Well I bust through the cracks when the springtime comes Summer breeze blowing, storm coming in Summer breeze blowing, storm coming in Gotta stand on the mountain Throw my petals to the wind I'm a wildflower and I'm growing like a weed I'm a wildflower growing like a weed All the bees come down from heaven Making honey outta me... Make It Up To Me Well you know, I know you know I'm in love with you And you know, I know you know That my love it true But you are wearing me down With all these foolish things And you are a hard man to live with Each and every day I need you to make it, make it up to me Oh come on and make it, make it up to me I work so hard to make this house a home Lately you've been acting like you would Rather live alone Well if that's the way it is, You can just go on and be free But if you want me you better TCB I need you to make it up to me I know you can find a way Oh come on and make it up to me, I know that you can find a way Oh make it up, make it up to me The world outside is beating down our door Our love could stand like a shelter in a storm I'm on your side, won't you be on mine I hate to have to beg you But I've got to lay it on the line I need you to make it up to me I know that you can find a way Oh come on and make it up to me I know that you can find a way Oh make it up to me I know that you can find a way... Little Black Bear Horses in the meadow Chickens in the stable If you'll be my one true love I'll love you when I'm able Oh I'll love you when I can Well I built a little cabin Way back in the pines Yonder come a little black bear With honey on his mind When the moon is shining cold The wind howls like a choir Come into my cabin bright We'll light a little fire Light a little fire Jocko's Lament When I was a puppy dog I never had the blues Go to sleep every night And wake up feeling new I think I'll get a girl Cause then when I ain't got nothing I still got my girl And you know what she's got When I was a puppy dog I never had the blues I'd go to sleep every night And wake up feeling new I think I'll get a girl Cause then when I ain't got nothing I still got my girl And you know what she's got The Last My baby sister told me And my grandmother too If I wasn't such a dreamer I'd have soon known the truth about you But I was lost and I courted the trouble I would fall into But you are the last You are the last You are the last crazy person who'll break my heart And this is all just so strange And I may never come back to love I know it's just me to blame What the hell was I thinking of When I set my heart on the sweetest spirit That I'd ever seen Like I was lost in a dream Like I was lost in a dream Well the mirror is broken But the rain is shining on the road I'm setting my sails to the wind Because the river has overflowed If I can be certain of just one thing I know You are the last You are the last You are the last crazy person who will break my heart You are the last You are the last You are the last crazy person The last crazy person The last crazy person Who will break my heart Minstrel Boy Who's gonna throw that minstrel boy a coin Who's gonna let him roll down the road Who's gonna throw that minstrel boy a coin Who's gonna let him down easy to save his soul Oh Lucky's been driving a long long time And now he's stuck on top of the hill With twelve forward gears, it's been a long hard climb With all of those ladies, though, he's lonely still Who's gonna throw that minstrel boy a coin Who's gonna let him down the road Who's gonna throw that minstrel boy a coin Who's gonna let him down easy to save his soul Oh Jesse's been gone now, more than twenty years But I think I see him coming over that tall trestle bridge Oh Jesse, my brother, how can it be true With your big dark frames and your fingers tattooed Who's gonna throw that minstrel boy a coin Who's gonna let him roll down the road Who's gonna throw that minstrel boy a coin Who's gonna let him down easy to save his soul Who's gonna throw that minstrel boy a coin Who's gonna let him down the road Who's gonna throw that minstrel boy a coin Who's gonna throw it low and let him go home Oh Billy's in London singing his songs The eternal angels are singing along And the lion and the tiger lying down with the lamb I'm gonna meet you next year in Jerusalem Who's gonna throw that minstrel boy a coin Who's gonna let him roll down the road Who's gonna throw that minstrel boy a coin Who's gonna let him down easy to save his soul Biding My Time Times ain't like they used to be I've been weeping by the willow tree Oh Darling I'm biding my time I'm not so wise, nor very smart I took you for your word when you gave your heart Oh Darling, I'm biding my time Some of what you said must have been true I'll do nothing till I hear from you Oh Darling, I'm biding my time You know what they say Old habits die so hard You know what I do For the love of you I just keep on hanging on Have mercy on me You know I'm just a fool who Got hypnotized by the light in your eyes Now what am I to do I've got nothing to be proud of Lying shipwrecked on the bottom Of the ocean of love Oh Darling, I'm biding all my time Johnny Said To May Johnny said to May I can't wait for judgement day When all the secrets are to be revealed You got me in the eternal now Let me know you love me how I love you How I love you Gabriel can blow his horn A million colors come undone The gentle moon and the solemn sun Go dancing hand in hand Lion lying down with the lamb You send my soul and here I am To roll and flow to bring it all home to you My bosom friend May looked Johnny deep in the eye She said we'll know all about it by and by When all the secrets are to be revealed How can I know what the Fates have in store But I know my heart and I could not love you more I could not love you more Gabriel can blow his horn A million colors come undone The gentle moon and the solemn sun Go dancing hand in hand Lion lying down with the lamb You send my soul and here I am To roll and flow to bring it all home to you My bosom friend