1.Amelia Earhart's Last Fligh
Just a ship out on the ocean, a speck against the sky,
Amelia earhart flying that sad day;
With her partner, captain noonan, on the second of july
Her plane fell in the ocean, far away.
There's a beautiful, beautiful field
Far away-ay-ay in a land that is fair.
Happy landings to you, amelia earhart,
Farewell, first lady of the air.
Half an hour later her sos was heard,
Her signal's weak, but still her voice was brave.
In shark-infested waters her aeroplane went down that night
In the blue pacific to a watery grave.
There's a beautiful, beautiful field
Far away-ay-ay in a land that is fair.
Happy landings to you, amelia earhart,
Farewell, first lady of the air.
Now you heard my story 'bout this awful tragedy,
We all pray she'll fly home safe again.
In years to come, though others blaze a trail across the sea,
We'll ne'er forget amelia and her plane.
There's a beautiful, beautiful field
Far away-ay-ay in a land that is fair.
Happy landings to you, amelia earhart,
Farewell, first lady of the air.
Farewell, first lady of the air.
2.Carrying The Torch
(kinky friedman)
Did i hear you say you wished that you could leave her ？
Has some foolish disagreement made you blind ？
If you traveled round this world, you wouldn't find another girl
To hold the candle to the guy you left behind.
And boy, she's carrying the torch for you
Though solid tears may fall, you never know.
But on the day that you discover how much you really love her
You'll find her love has never lost its glow.
She believed ya when you pledged her your devotion
When she watched you as you walked right out the door.
After all that she's been through tonight she still believes in
you
As she stands there all alone upon the shore.
And boy, she's carrying the torch for you,
Though her heart may break, you never know.
But on the day that you discover how much you really love her
You'll find her love has never lost its glow.
You know, i still remember the first time i ever saw her.
You see, i was coming home from overseas,
And well, she was just standing there as the ship was comin' in.
Well, she really stood out from the crowd, i can tell you that.
And the golden light of dawn was gleaming in her eyes.
Well, there's some folks that call her proud,
And there's some folks that call her wild,
And there's some that even go so far as to call her free,
And then there's some ...
Well they just call her the statue of liberty!
And boy she's carrying the torch for you
Thank you!
Her love light shines for all this world to see.
Thank you very much!
And on that day
Thank you!
You'll find a way to love her
She wants you just to know you're always free.
3.Cherokee Shuffle(Instrumental)
(instrumental)
4.Father Let Thy Blessings
(traditional)
Father, let thy blessings
Touch us and remain
Guiding all our actions
Till we meet again.
Father, keep us loving,
Brave and true and free.
Kind to every creature
All belong to thee.
Unto all thy children
Here and everywhere
Father give us comfort
Of thy lovin' care.
5.Hobo's Lullaby
(goebel reeves)
Do not think about tomorrow,
Let tomorrow come and go.
Tonight you've got a nice warm boxcar
Safe from all the rain and snow.
So go to sleep, you weary hobo,
Let the towns drift slowly by.
Can't you hear the steel rail hummin' ？
That's the hobo's lullaby.
Oh, i know your clothes are ragged
And your hair is turning grey.
Lift your head and smile at trouble,
You'll find peace of mind someday.
So go to sleep, you little hobo,
Let the towns drift slowly by.
Tonight you've got a nice warm boxcar,
That's the hobo's lullaby.
I know the police cause you trouble,
They cause trouble everywhere.
But when you die and go to heaven,
There will be no police there.
So go to sleep, you weary hobo,
Let the towns drift slowly by.
Can you hear the steel rail hummin' ？
That's the hobo's lullaby.
Do not let your heart be troubled
If the world calls you a bum.
＆cause if your mother lived, she'd love you,
You are still your mother's son.
So go to sleep, my weary hobo,
Let the towns drift slowly by.
Can you hear the steel rails hummin' ？
That's the hobo's lullaby.
That's the hobo's lullaby.
That's the hobo's lullaby.
6.Lover Please
(billy swan)
Lover please, please come back
Don't take that train goin' down the track.
Don't please don't, don't leave me
Don't you leave me here in misery.
You would never hold me so near
You would never call me dear.
Don't you know i'd die for you
Now you're gone and that's what i'll do.
Lover please, please come back
Don't take that train goin' down the track.
Don't please don't, don't leave me
Don't you leave me here in misery.
Well, it's an old, old story, not too long,
About a love that went all wrong.
Girl left the boy, oh so bad
Now she gone and she oh so sad.
Lover please, please come back
Don't take that train goin' down the track
Don't please don't, don't leave me
Don't you leave me here in misery.
Oh, lover please, please come back
Don't take that train goin' down on the track
Don't please don't, no don't leave me
Don't you leave me here in misery.
Lover please, please come back
Don't take that train goin' down the track
Don't please don't, don't leave me
Don't you leave me here in misery.
7.Mama, Baby, Mama Let Me Jump In Your Pajamas
(kinky friedman, roger friedman, panama red)
Mama, baby, mama, let me jump in your pajamas, hey!
Mama, baby, mama, ooh, you're getting warmer, hey!
Mama, baby, kiss me, mama, baby, hug me,
Mama, baby, mama, let me dig your baby monkey.
Mama, baby, mama, i come from alabama, hey!
Mama, baby, mama, would you let me strum a banjo on my knee.
Mama gonna rock ya, mama gonna roll ya
Mama gonna hold ya like i never told ya!
Mama, baby, mama, i'd like to jump in your pajamas, hey!
Mama, baby, mama, ooh, you're getting warmer, hey!
Mama, baby, kiss me, mama, baby, hug me,
Mama, baby, mama, let me drive your favorite monkey.
Whew! favorite monkey!
8.Miss Nickelodeon
(jay wise)
Kinda like an indian beatin' on his mandolin
Lucky paul and his asian friend,
Smilin' back from the place they're in.
Hero's mother hides in austin waitin' for a loan
Preacher's teachers boogie down in saigon,
Tryin' to make it on their own.
Injun ladies with their cement hair,
Snub ulysses on the stair
I believe he's up there sellin' kitchen wares,
Tryin' to make it back to sweden.
Ah, kinda like an indian beatin' on his mandolin
Lucky paul and his asian friend,
Smilin' back from the place they're in.
Glad to see you on the mend,
Oh, miss nickelodeon,
Guess you got the stuff i could not send,
Roll it over again.
Trip in from ＆43,
A magic boy, his dog and me.
On a run to eternity
Not carin' what it's costin'.
Oh, kinda like an indian beatin' on his mandolin
Lucky paul and his asian friend,
Smilin' back from the place they're in.
Oh, kinda like an indian beatin' on his mandolin
Lucky paul and his asian friend,
Smilin' back from the place they're in.
Oh, kinda like an indian beatin' on his mandolin
Lucky paul and his asian friend,
Smilin' back from the place they're in.
Oh, kinda like an indian beatin' on his mandolin
Lucky paul and his asian friend ...
9.Old Shep
(clyde ＆red' foley, willis arthur)
When i was a lad and old shep was a pup
Over hills and meadows we'd stray.
Just a boy and his dog, we were both full of fun,
We grew up together that way.
I remember the time by the old swimming hole
When i would've drowned beyond doubt.
But old shep was right there, to the rescue he came,
He jumped in and helped pull me out.
Well, the years passed and rolled and old shep, he grew old,
His eyes they were fast growing dim.
Then one day the doctor looked at me and said,
i can't do no more for him, jim.§
With hands that were tremblin', i picked up my gun,
I aimed it at shep's faithful head.
But i just couldn't do it, i wanted to run,
I wished they would shoot me instead.
Well, he crawled to my side and he looked up at me,
He laid his old head on my knee.
I'd lost the best friend that a boy ever had,
I cried so i scarcely could see.
Well, old shep he is gone where the good doggies go,
No more with old shep will i roam.
But if dogs have a heaven, well there's one thing i know,
Old shep has a wonderful home.
10.People Who Read People Magazine
(kinky friedman)
Well, i'm here to say i got turned away from studio 54
Back to neon lights and lonely nights and saw-dust on the floor
And if she ever loved me, she don't love me anymore,
And if anyone should ask me, here's who i'm singing for：
For the people who read people magazine,
For the soap opera lovers, for the home-town bowling team,
For everybody everywhere who's ever lost a dream,
For the people who read people who read people magazine.
Now if you're too new york for texas, too texas for l.a.
You been chasing trends like rainbow ends but you're always just
a song away
And if the white house wouldn't have ya, play in every little
honky-tonk and bar
The good lord made the heavens, ah but he never made a star.
No, its the people who read people magazine,
It's the soap opera lovers, its the home-town bowling team,
It's everybody everywhere who's ever lost a dream,
For the people who read people who read people magazine.
And to tell you the truth this telephone booth gets lonesome in
the rain,
But son, i'm 21 in nashville and i'm 43 in maine.
And when your mama gets home, would you tell her i phoned, it'd
take a life-time to explain
That i'm a country-picker with a bumper-sticker that says： god
bless john wayne§.
And bless the people who read people magazine,
Bless the soap opera lovers, bless the home-town bowling team,
Bless everybody everywhere who's ever lost a dream,
For the people who read people who read people magazine.
Bless the people who read people who read people magazine.
11.Pretty Boy Floyd
(woody guthrie)
Gather round me children, a story i will tell
About pretty boy floyd, the outlaw, oklahoma knew him well.
＆twas in the town of shawnee on a saturday afternoon
With his wife beside him in a wagon it was into town they rode.
Well, a deputy sheriff called him in a manner rather rude
Using vulgar words of language and his wife she overheard.
Well, pretty boy grabbed a log chain, the deputy grabbed his gun
And in the fight that followed, he laid that deputy down.
He took to the woods and timbers, he lived a life of shame,
Every crime in oklahoma they laid on to his name.
He took to the river boaters long the north canadian river shore
And many a starving farmer he opened up his door.
They tell about a stranger, the same story goes
How pretty boy paid their mortgage and he saved their little
home.
Others tell about a stranger who came to beg a meal
And underneath his napkin, he left a thousand dollar bill.
Into oklahoma city, it was on a christmas day
Come a whole wagonload full of groceries and a note on which did
say：
you say that i'm an outlaw, you say that i'm a thief,
Well, here's a christmas dinner for your families on relief.§
Through this world i've rambled, i've seen many funny men,
Some will rob you with a six-gun and some with a fountain pen.
But as through your lives you travel, boys, as through your
lives you roam
You won't never see no outlaw drive a family from their home.
12.Ramblin' Boy
(tom paxton)
He was a man and a friend always
He stuck with me in the hard old days.
He never cared if i had no dough,
We rambled round in the rain and snow.
And here's to you, my ramblin' boy,
May all your ramblin' bring you joy.
Here's to you, my ramblin' boy,
May all your ramblin' bring you joy.
In tulsa town, we chanced to stray.
We thought that we, we might work one day.
The boss said he had room for one,
Said my old pal, we'd rather bum§.
And here's to you, my ramblin' boy,
May all your ramblin' bring you joy.
Here's to you, my ramblin' boy,
May all your ramblin' bring you joy.
Then late one night in a jungle camp
The weather it, it was cold and damp.
He got the chills, he got 'em bad,
I lost the only friend i had.
And here's to you, my ramblin' boy,
May all your ramblin' bring you joy.
Here's to you, my ramblin' boy,
May all your ramblin' bring you joy.
My ramblin' pal has rambled on,
My ramblin' boy, he's dead and gone.
If when we die, we go somewhere,
I'll bet you a dollar he's ramblin' there.
And here's to you, my ramblin' boy,
May all your ramblin' bring you joy.
Here's to you, my ramblin' boy,
May all your ramblin' bring you joy.
May all your ramblin' bring you joy.
13.Rapid City, South Dakota
(kinky friedman)
Just a ragged kid in overalls, he thumbed a ride one day
He told me, anywhere you're going's on my way.§
But as we passed by big al's drive-in his eyes began to flash
He was leavin' rapid city mighty fast.
He said, i hope to god she finds the good-bye letter that i
wrote her
But the mail don't move so fast in rapid city, south dakota.§
Well, he left her just a blanket of snow upon the farm
And that don't keep your conscience very warm.
He said his friends were too durn country and his pa was too
damn mean
And there weren't no money pumpin' gasoline.
And her gentle eyes, the merchandise of dreams the peddler sold
her
Who left her there alone in rapid city, south dakota.
Now the reason he was goin', i ain't sure i could say,
Might've been the rodeo in santa f？
there's a doctor in chicago, i know she'll be all right §
He told himself as he stared into the night.
And he said, i hope to god she finds the good-bye letter that i
wrote her
But the mail don't move so fast in rapid city, south dakota.§
And all her people treatin' her just like they never knowed her
Lord, the winter's passin' slow in rapid city, south dakota.
14.Ride 'em Jewboy
(kinky friedman)
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh,
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh.
Ride, ride ＆em jewboy,
Ride ＆em all around the old corral.
I'm, i'm with you boy
If i've got to ride six million miles.
Now the smokes from camps are rising
See the helpless creatures on their way.
Hey, old pal, ain't it surprising
How far you can go before you stay.
Don't you let the morning blind ya
When on your sleeve you wore the yeller star.
Old memories still live behind ya,
Can't you see by your outfit who you are.
How long will you be driven relentless ＆round the world,
The blood in the rhythm of the soul.
Wild ponies all your dreams were broken,
Rounded out and made to move along.
The loneliness which can't be spoken
Just swings a rope and rides inside a song.
Dead limbs play with ringless fingers
A melody which burns you deep inside.
Oh, how the song becomes the singers,
May peace be ever with you as you ride.
How long will you be driven relentless around the world,
The blood in the rhythm of the soul.
In the window candles glowing
Remind you that today you are a child,
Road ahead, forever rolling,
And anything worth cryin' can be smiled.
So ride, ride ＆em jewboy,
Ride ＆em all around the old corral.
I'm, i'm with you boy
If i've got to ride six million miles.
Ooh ooh ooh,
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh.
Ooh ooh ooh,
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh.
15.Rock And Roll Across The Usa
(kinky friedman, panama red)
Jesus said to pilate, remember the golden rule：
Love thy neighbor, don't you step on my blue suede shoes.§
Pilate, he said to jesus, hey, you know this ain't no sunday
school§
Baby, everybody knows that the wheel's gotta roll,
Rock and roll across the usa.＞
Wichita said to crazy horse,
horse, we're gonna let you choose
＆cause you'll have the huntin' ground of the reservation blues
You'd better slide over sitting bull-over, we got a highway
coming through.§
Baby, everybody knows that the wheel's gotta roll
Rock and roll across the usa, yeah-yeah-yeah!
Jesus said to pilate, remember the golden rule：
Love thy neighbor, don't you step on my blue suede shoes.§
Pilate, he said to jesus, hey, you know this ain't no sunday
school§
Baby, everybody knows that the wheel's gotta roll
Rock and roll across the us＜
Everybody knows that the wheel's gotta roll
Rock and roll across the us
Everybody knows that the wheel's gotta roll
Rock and roll across the us
Roll across the us
Roll across the usa.
16.Shield Of Abraham
(kinky friedman)
Jacob climbed the ladder, climbed it to the sky,
Said, people, what's the matter ？
Heaven ain't so high,
People, heaven ain't so high,
When you got the shield,
You got the shield,
You got the shield,
You got the shield of abraham.§
Little children.
You got the shield,
You got the shield,
You got the shield of abraham.
The years were lights they wandered in the desert 40 years
And ol' moses told the children
brush away them tears,
Hey, kids, this ain't no time for tears.§
Children
You got the shield,
You got the shield,
You got the shield of abraham.
Little children.
You got the shield,
You got the shield,
You got the shield of abraham.
David, he fought goliath with nothing but a tiny stone.
David, little david, god knows you're not alone,
God knows you're not alone.
David, you got the shield,
You've got the shield,
You got the shield of abraham.
Little david.
You got the shield,
You got the shield,
You got the shield of abraham.
Rock and roll redeemer, oh people, hear my song,
And let the music keep us loving, let the spirit keep us strong,
Let your sweet love keep us strong.
'cause we've got the shield,
We've got the shield,
We've got the shield of abraham.
Little children.
We've got the shield,
We've got the shield,
We've got the shield of abraham.
We've got the shield,
We've got the shield,
We've got the shield of abraham.
Little children.
We've got the shield,
We've got the shield,
We've got the shield ...
17.Somethin' S Wrong With The Beaver
(kinky friedman ＆ panama red)
She climbed the stairs that mornin'
Found him rather pale
His eyes they were the color
Of half-drunk ginger ale.
Faithful as a magnavox
Hung-up on a song
She cried down to the breakfast nook,
ward, there's something wrong.§
Somethin's wrong with the beaver
Somethin's wrong with the beaver
Somethin's wrong with the beaver
The beaver i believe-uh is gone.
Beaver was a dreamer
Never got it right
Died in livin' color
Lived in black an' white.
Faithful as a magnavox
Hung-up on a song
She cried down to the breakfast nook,
ward, there's something wrong.§
Somethin's wrong with the beaver
Somethin's wrong with the beaver
Somethin's wrong with the beaver
The beaver i believe-uh is gone.
Somethin's wrong with the beaver
Somethin's wrong with the beaver
Somethin's wrong with the beaver
Somethin's wrong with the beaver
Somethin's wrong with the beaver
Somethin's wrong with the beaver
Somethin's wrong with the beaver
Somethin's wrong with the beaver
Somethin's wrong with the beaver
Somethin's wrong with the beaver
Somethin's wrong.
18.Somethin's Wrong With The Beaver
(kinky friedman ＆ panama red)
She climbed the stairs that mornin'
Found him rather pale
His eyes they were the color
Of half-drunk ginger ale.
Faithful as a magnavox
Hung-up on a song
She cried down to the breakfast nook,
ward, there's something wrong.§
Somethin's wrong with the beaver
Somethin's wrong with the beaver
Somethin's wrong with the beaver
The beaver i believe-uh is gone.
Beaver was a dreamer,
Never got it right.
Died in livin' color,
Lived in black an' white.
Faithful as a magnavox
Hung-up on a song
She cries down to the breakfast nook,
ward, there's something wrong.§
Somethin's wrong with the beaver
Somethin's wrong with the beaver
Ward!
Somethin's wrong with the beaver
The beaver i believe-uh is gone.
Somethin's wrong with the beaver
Ward!
Somethin's wrong with the beaver
Lord!
Somethin's wrong with the beaver
Ooh!
Somethin's wrong with the beaver
Ha!
Somethin's wrong with the beaver
Beaver, huh!
Somethin's wrong with the beaver.
19.The Ballad Of Ira Hayes
(peter lafarge)
Gather round me people and a story i will tell
＆bout a brave young indian lad, you should remember well,
From a tribe of pima indians, a proud and peaceful band
Who farmed the phoenix valley out in arizona land.
Down their ditches for a thousand years the sparkling water
rushed
Till the white man stole the water rights and the running water
hushed.
Ira's folks was hungry, their fields grew thick with weeds,
But when war came ira volunteered and forgot the white man's
greed.
Call him drunken ira hayes, he won't answer anymore,
Not that whiskey drinking indian or marine who went to war.
Well, they battled up iwo jima hill, two hundred and fifty men
But only twenty-seven lived to walk back down again.
And after the fight was over and old glory proudly raised,
Among the men who held her high was an indian, ira hayes.
Call him drunken ira hayes, he won't answer anymore,
Not that whiskey drinking indian or marine who went to war.
Well, ira hayes returned a hero, celebrated throughout the land,
He was wined and speeched and honored, everybody shook his hand.
But he's just a pima indian, no food, no friend, no chance,
And nobody cared what ira did and when do the indians dance.
Well, ira took to drinking hard, jail often was his home,
They used to let him raise the flag there and lower it just like
you'd throw a dog a bone.
And ira died drunk early one morning all alone in the land he'd
fought to save.
Two inches of water in a lonely ditch was the grave for ira
hayes.
Call him drunken ira hayes, he won't answer anymore,
Not that whiskey drinking indian or marine who went to war.
Yeah, call him drunken ira hayes, but his land is till as dry
And his ghost, well, that's lying thirsty in the ditch where ira
died.
Call him drunken ira hayes, he won't answer anymore,
Not that whiskey drinking indian or marine who went to war.
20.The Boogie Man
(kinky friedman, panama red)
Well, the boogie man
Gonna get you and
Snatch you up and whip you off to boogie land.
If you don't watch out
He'll make you scream and shout,
He the boogie man.
He the boogie man.
He gonna have them ants
Crawlin' in your pants
With them creatures in your seat you got to leap up to your feet
you know you gotta dance
To the boogie man,
To the boogie man, babe,
He the boogie man.
The boogie man, he's got a little piece of land,
He got a mean ol' lady keeps him gentle as a lamb.
He got a dog named frog and vw van,
The neighbors all think he's an insurance man.
When the moon come out, the kids all shout
hey bring him out, come on, bring him out!§
He picks up his guitar, there's a change inside
From the good dr. jekyll to the bad mr. hyde.
Come on and clap your hands
For the boogie man.
He the wicked master
Of the screamin' telecaster
And the one-night stand
He the boogie man.
He the boogie man, babe,
He the boogie man.
The boogie man's got a little piece of land,
He got a mean ol' lady keeps him gentle as a lamb.
Got a dog named frog and vw van
The neighbors all think he's an insurance man.
But when the moon come out, the kids all shout
hey, bring him out, come on, bring him out!§
He picks up his guitar, there's a change inside
From the good dr. jekyll to the bad mr. hyde.
21.They Ain't Makin' Jews Like Jesus Anymore
(kinky friedman)
Well, a redneck nerd in a bowling shirt was a-guzzlin' lone star
beer
Talking religion and-uh politics for all the world to hear.
they oughta send you back to russia, boy, or new york city one
You just want to doodle a christian girl and you killed god's
only son.§
I said, has it occurred to you, you nerd, that that's not very
nice,
We jews believe it was santa claus that killed jesus christ.§
you know, you don't look jewish,§ he said, near as i could
figger
I had you lamped for a slightly anemic, well-dressed country
nigger.
No, they ain't makin' jews like jesus anymore,
They don't turn the other cheek the way they done before.
He started in to shoutin' and a-spittin' on the floor,
lord, they ain't makin' jews like jesus anymore.§
He says, i ain't a racist but aristitle onassis is one greek we
don't need
And them niggers, jews and sigma nus, all they ever do is breed.
And wops ＆n micks ＆n slopes ＆n spics ＆n spooks are on my list
And there's one little hebe from the heart of texas is there
anyone i missed ？ §
Well, i hits him with everything i had right square between the
eyes.
I says, i'm gonna gitcha, you son of a bitch ya, for spoutin'
that pack of lies.
If there's one thing i can't abide, it's an ethnocentric racist;
Now you take back that thing you said ＆bout aristitle onassis.§
No, they ain't makin' jews like jesus anymore,
We don't turn the other cheek the way we done before.
You could hear that honky holler as he hit that hardwood floor
lord, they sho' ain't makin' jews like jesus anymore!§
All right!
No, they ain't makin' jews like jesus anymore,
We don't turn the other cheek the way they done before.
You hear that honky holler as he hit that hardwood floor
Lord, they ain't makin' jews like jesus anymore.
Everybody!
They ain't makin' jews like jesus anymore,
They ain't makin' carpenters who know what nails are for.
Well, the whole damn place was singin' as i strolled right out
the door
lord, they ain't makin' jews like jesus anymore!§
No, we ain't makin' jews like jesus anymore,
We don't turn the other cheek the way they done before.
Well, the whole damn place was singin' as i strolled right out
the door
lord, they ain't makin' jews like jesus anymore!§
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