Jericho

Band Jericho Lyrics
1.Remedy

Now it's so cold in your doorway that i can hardly breathe
You know i wanna lay down but i'm afraid i'll freeze.
I've spent my last lone dollar getting in the shape that i'm in
And runnin' from the border just as fast as they can.
Well, last september i was on a roll
Now i'm out here trying to save my soul.

You've got the cure, you hold the key,
You've got the remedy.
Once i was blind, now i see
You got the remedy.

I believe you got in something just like a stingray
And when you turn on your moves you put the hurt on me.
Well, i might get better but i won't get well
Until i'm over the line and i'm under your spell.
I'm like a spider crawlin' up your wall,
Hear something funny, it's my matin' call.

You've got the cure, you hold the key,
You've got the remedy.
Once i was blind, now i see
You got the remedy.

Been knocking on your window, a-peeking through the blinds
Honey, come here a-runnin', won't you take your time.
And now i ain't no preacher man, i ain't no preacher's son
But i'll be singing hallelujah when i see you come.
I left my mind at the fork in the road
I' m out here haulin' a heavy load.

You've got the cure, you hold the key,
You've got the remedy.
Once i was blind, now i see
You got the remedy.

You've got the cure, you hold the key,
You've got the remedy.
It goes to show
It's plain to see
You got the remedy.


2.Blind Willie Mctell

Ebm bb ebm ebm bb ebm
Seen the arrow on the door post saying 'this land is condemned'
Ebm bb c# g# b c# ebm
All the way from new orleans to jerusalem.
I traveled through east texas where many martyrs fell
And i know one thing, nobody can sing them blues like blind
willie mctell.

Well, i heard the hoot-owl singing as they were taking down the
tents
The stars above all the barren trees were his only audience.
Yeah, them charcoal gypsy maidens can strut their feathers well
And i know one thing, nobody can sing them blues like blind
willie mctell.

See them big plantations a-burning, can't you hear the cracking
of the whips,
Smell that sweet magnolia blossom blooming, see the ghosts of
the slavery ships.
Well, i can hear them tribes a-moanin', i can hear the
undertaker's bell
And i know one thing, nobody can sing them blues like blind
willie mctell.

There's a woman she's standing by the river, she is with some
fine young handsome man
See he's all dressed just like a squire, he's got bootleg
whiskey in his hand.
Yeah, there's a chain-gang out on the highway and i can hear
them rebels yell
And i know one thing, nobody can sing them blues like blind
willie mctell.

God, oh god is in heaven and we all want what is his
But the power and greed, the corruptible seed seems to be all
that there is.
Hey, hey, i'm a-gazing out the window of the st. james hotel
And i know one thing, nobody can sing them blues like blind
willie mctell.
Hey, hey, i know one thing, nobody can sing them blues like
blind willie mctell.


3.The Caves Of Jericho

Dm dm7/c g a
They should have known that trouble was brewing
Dm dm7/c asus4 a
They should have seen what the old men knew
Bb f/a
They should have shut us down
Gm dm
When the hail fell to the ground
Eb bb/d c a
From a cloudy sky of baby blue

Three o'clock on a cold, cold morning
The big bell wailed as if on cue.
A woman's scream was heard
And the news came afterwards
'it's a blow out down in number two!'

Dm/b f/c
Down in jericho kentucky
A/c# dm
The mines have all caved in
Bb e/g# a c
Down in jericho
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Broken hearts don't mend
E7 d#maj7 d
Tear stained eyes of kin
Bb c# f a a/c#
Never ever seen what the future might have been

The hat lamps burned with a flame like lightning
The coal dust blanketed the morning dew.
The young ones looked for kin
And the blind man, he looks grim.
'cause he sees there's nothing that he can do.

They pumped up the mud and they chunked out water,
They scratched the earth till it turned to sand
And a half mile down below
It's a lost cause the miners know
Meet your maker, boys, the time's at hand.

Down in jericho, kentucky
The mines have all caved in
Down in jericho.
Broken hearts don't mend
Tears stained eyes of kin
Never ever seen
What their future might have been.

The fire boss's hands are clean as a whistle
The fat cat knows he's a company man
But he should have bowed down his head
When they hauled out all the dead
But it's business, boys, start 'em up again.

Down in jericho, kentucky
The mines have all caved in
Down in jericho.
Broken hearts don't mend
Tears stained eyes of kin
Never ever seen
What their future might have been.

Broken hearts don't mend
Tears stained eyes of kin
Never ever seen
What their future might have been.


4.Atlantic City

Capo on 2nd fret (below are just chord shapes), actual chords
are:
(f#m=(em), a=(g), d=(c), e=(d), e7=(d7), bm=(am))

Em g c g
Well, they blew up the chicken man in philly last night
Em g c g
And they blew up his house, too.
Em g c g
Down on the boardwalk they're ready for a fight
Em g c g
Gonna see what them racket boys can do.

Em g c g
Now there's trouble busin' in from outta state
Em g c g
And the d.a. can't get no relief.
Em g c g
Gonna be a rumble on the promenade
Em g d
And the gamblin' commissioner's hangin' on by the skin of his
teeth.

Em g c g
Everything dies, baby that's a fact
Em g c g
But maybe everything that dies some day comes back.
Em g c g
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty
Em g c g
And meet me tonight in atlantic city.

Well, i got a job and i put my money away
But i got the kind of debts that no honest man can pay.
So i drew out what i had from the central trust
And i bought us two tickets on that coast city bus.

Everything dies, baby that's a fact
But maybe everything that dies some day comes back.
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty
And meet me tonight in atlantic city.

Am c
Now our luck may have died and our love may be cold
D em
But with you forever i'll stay.
Am c
We'll be goin' out where the sands turn to gold
D d7
But put your stockings on 'cause it might get cold.

Oh, everything dies, baby that's a fact
But maybe everything that dies some day comes back.
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty
And meet me tonight in atlantic city.

Now i've been a-lookin' for a job, but it's hard to find
There's winners and there's losers
And i am south of the line.
Well, i'm tired of gettin' caught out on the losin' end
But i talked to a man last night,
Gonna do a little favor for him.

Well, everything dies, baby that's a fact
But maybe everything that dies some day comes back.
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty
And meet me tonight in atlantic city.

Oh, meet me tonight in atlantic city,
Oh, meet me tonight in atlantic city.


5.Too Soon Gone

Bb dm gm
Last night the constellations
Bb dm gm
Watched me walk at half past twelve
Bb d7 gm
With some people you don see the whole picture all at once
C7 f
Like you fill in the gaps in the stars all by yourself

And who has time in this world of worries,
Drives you crazy makes you mad,
When you make the mistake just a little too late,
You're missing something now that you never knew you had.

Gm d7 gm c
So how do i answer these blues you say i've got
Bb dm gm eb f bb
Too soon gone, too soon gone
Gm d7 gm c
Time makes me pay for these memories i've bought
Bb dm gm eb f bb
Too soon gone, too soon gone

Eb f# bb
No one lives forever
Eb d gm c
Who would want to
Bb dm gm eb f bb
But you're too soon gone, too soon gone
Bb dm gm eb f bb
Too soon gone, too soon gone

Pretty soon now all this ice will melt,
And buds will get ready to break.
But every leaf that grows,
In the language that it knows,
Says that winter will return now and these trees are gonna
shake.

So how do i answer these blues you say i've got?
Too soon gone, too soon gone.

Time sweeps me forward, as memory is caught.
Too soon gone, too soon gone.
Too soon gone, too soon gone.


6.Country Boy

Never gonna kiss those ruby red lips
Of the sweetest girl in town.
I'm never gonna ask her if she'll marry me
'cause i know she'll turn me down.

Because i'm just a country boy
And money have i none
Oh, but i've got silver, silver in the stars
And gold in the morning sun

Never could afford no store-bought ring
With a sparkly diamond stone.
All i have to offer is a love that's true,
It's the only one i own.

And i'm just a country boy
And money, money have i none.
Oh, but i've got silver, silver in the stars
And gold in the morning sun.

Ain't gonna marry in the fall,
Never gonna marry in the spring
'cause i am in love with a pretty little girl
That wears a diamond ring.

And i'm, i'm just a country boy
And money, money have i none.
Oh, but i've got silver, silver in the stars
And gold in the morning sun


7.Move To Japan

Well, i'm starin' at my sony, a-drinkin' kirun beer.
I had a nickel in my pocket when it all came clear.
I hopped into my honda, it's a little bitty car.
And i'm drivin' down to meet you at the sushi bar.
But don't tell me i'm crazy until you hear my plan.
I'm gonna buy two tickets and move to japan.

I'm gonna move to japan,
I'm gonna move to japan.

So if you've got no job and runnin' out of dough,
And they moved the factory down to mexico,
Just pack your bags and don't forget your kimona,
And you'll be followin' me, honey, all the way to yokohama.

We're gonna move to japan,
We're gonna move to japan.

Tokyo's got the neon.
I put a pot of green tea on.
Akira kurosawa,
Sapporo okinawa.
Girls with almond eyes,
Eatin' seaweed and rice.
It's the land of tradition,
But i'm a man on a mission.

When we get to japan we're gonna do our part,
We're gonna love japan with all of our heart.

From the unemployment line i see lots to be done
And they're taking all hands in the land of the risin' sun.
And i love my mom and my apple pie,
But sayonara uncle sam, hello samurai.

We're gonna move to japan,
We're gonna move to japan,
We're gonna move to japan,
Hey, we're gonna move to japan,
The home of the working man.

It's rolling.


8.Amazon(River Of Dreams)

I went on the river for money, i sold my old rotten shack
For a rusty tanker leaking oil, and the burning sun was on my
back
Traveled up the ragin' river, i watched the jungle burn
And in the reddenin' twilight, i wondered would i ever return.

Ridin' on a river of dreams,
Broken dreams.
I'm ridin' on a river of dreams.
Amazon, amazon,
Is it heaven or hell?
Amazon.

An eagle flew above us, i felt the breezes blow.
Fish with teeth like ivory, waited down below.
On shore they cut and hammered, and fenced them in with wire.
While ancient fires in the jungle, burned our souls like fire.

Ridin' on a river of dreams,
Somebody's dreams.
I'm ridin' on a river of dreams.
Amazon, amazon,
Is it heaven or hell ?
Amazon.

What kind of creature's gonna rise up from these ashes?
What's gonna fly in the moonlight feathers aglow?
What kind of rain could come in from these sorrows?
Nobody knows, nobody knows.

At dawn we crossed the rapids, a place where few men go.
I felt the desolation, where nothing seemed to grow.
When i got my wages, i hung my head and cried.
I could not stop these visions, that swept in like the tide.

Ridin' on a river of dreams,
Broken dreams.
I'm ridin' on a river of dreams.
Amazon, amazon,
Is it heaven or hell ?
Amazon.

Oh, amazon, amazon, amazon, amazon.


9.Stuff You Gotta Watch

You know the girl you love she don't treat you right sometimes
You know the girl you love she don't treat you right sometimes
Well, that's the stuff you gotta watch because your girl is a
liar.

You know, the girl you love stays out all night long,
Yeah, the girl you love, she stays out all night long.
That's the stuff you gotta watch because your girl's treatin'
you wrong.

I need my hat, go get my coat,
Uncle zak found out baby you don't want it anymore.
That's the stuff you gotta watch
That's the stuff you gotta watch
That's the stuff you gotta watch if you don't wanna lose your
girl.

You know the girl's no good but don't you make no change.
Oh, the girl's no good but don't you make no change.
That's the stuff you gotta watch 'cause you're justified all the
same.

She spends your dough, she drinks your gin
And if she rode round the corner then she's ready to go within.
That's the stuff you gotta watch
That's the stuff you gotta watch
That's the stuff you gotta watch if you don't wanna lose your
girl.

Well, that's the stuff you gotta watch if you don't wanna lose
your girl.
Yeah, that's the stuff you gotta watch if you don't wanna lose
your girl.
Well, that's the stuff you gotta watch if you don't wanna lose
your girl.


10.Same Thing

Why do men go crazy when a woman wears her dress so tight?
Why do men go crazy when a woman wears her dress so tight?
Well, it must be the same old thing
that makes a tomcat fight all night.

Why do all of the men try to run a big legged woman down?
Why do all of the men try to run a big legged woman down?
Well, it must be the same old thing
that makes a bulldog love a hound.

Chorus:
Well, it's the same thing
Well, it's the same old thing
Better tell me who is to blame
Well, the whole world is a-fighting
all about that same thing.

What makes you feel so good
when your baby gets down her evening gown?
What makes you feel so good
when your baby gets down her evening gown?
Well, it must be the same old thing
that makes a preacherman lay his bible down.

Chorus


11.Shine A Light

From outside the open window
How the faithful was gathered to sing
As the tears swelled up inside me
Still down in a mournful rain.

And all sands of time stood still
As the procession climbed the hill
And off in the distance it's a mother run away
The father turned to say

Somebody shine a light, show me the way
Take me through the night to the break of day.
Won't you shine a light so i can see,
Lift up these chains of darkness and set me free.

Lookin' through the open window
I can see where i went wrong.
I quit searching for the rainbow,
I forgot where i belong.

Then the darkness dips around me
And i have no strength to fight
Though i'll search for those who love me
I'll search for the one above me
Just like i said

Somebody shine a light, show me the way,
Take me through the night to the break of day.
Won't you shine a light so i can see,
Lift up these chains of darkness and set me free.

And all sands of time stood still
As the echo crossed my window sill.
I heard it plain as day, i could hear 'em sing,
I'm trying to find the way,

Somebody shine a light, show me the way
Make it through the night to the break of day.
Won't you shine a light so i can see,
Lift up these chains of darkness and set me free.

Shine a light, show me the way
Take me through the night to the break of day.
Shine a light so i can see
Lift up these chains of darkness and set me free.

Shine a light so i can see
Lift up these chains of darkness and set me free.


12.Blues Stay Away From Me

Blues stay away from me
Uh-uh-uh, blues why don't you let me be
I don't know why you keep a-hauntin' me.

True love was never meant for me.
True love was never meant for me.
It seems somehow we never can agree.

My life is full of misery
And dreams are like a memory,
They're bringing back your love that used to be.

I got teardrops so many i can't see
And years don't mean a thing to me
But time goes by and still i can't be free.

Uh-uh-uh, blues stay away from me,
You hear me, blues why don't you let me be,
I don't know why you keep a-haunting me,
No, i don't know why you keep a-haunting me,
Oh, i don't know why you keep a-haunting me.