1.Rich Kid Blues
Havin' bad times, now I'm paying dues,
Got shoes and money, good friends, too.
I always play to win, and always seem to lose,
That's why I think I got a rich kid's blues.
That's why I think I got a rich kid's blues.
And I know what's going on,
And I know that the way is too long.
And I know just exactly what's on your mind,
You'll be back and I'll lose you forever.
But I'm wondering why, girl, should I ask your name
All the people standing by, are they in my game ？
Love is just a story, a story without words,
Words are even never seen and never even heard.
And I know what's going on,
And I know that the way is too long.
And I know just exactly what's on your mind,
You'll be back and I'll lose you forever.
Havin' bad times, now I'm paying dues
Got shoes and money, good friends, too.
I always play to win, always seem to lose,
That's why I think I got a rich kid's blues.
That's why I think I got a rich kid's blues.
2.Long Black Veil
Ten years ago on a cold dark night,
There was someone killed 'neath the town hall light.
There were few at the scene but they all did agree
That the man who ran looked a lot like me.
The judge said, 'Son what is your alibi ？
If you were somewhere else, then you won't have to die.'
I spoke not a word, though it meant my life,
I had been in the arms of my best friend's wife.
She walks these hills in a long black veil.
She visits my grave where the night winds wail.
Nobody knows, no, and nobody sees,
Nobody knows but me.
The scaffold is high and eternity nears
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear.
But sometimes at night where the cold winds moan
In a long black veil she cries all o'er my bones.
She walks these hills in a long black veil.
She visits my grave when the night winds wail.
Nobody knows, no, and nobody sees,
Nobody knows but me.
Nobody knows but me.
3.Sad Lisa
She hangs her head and cries on my shirt
She must be hurt very badly.
Tell me what's making you sad, Li ？
Open your door, don't hide in the dark.
You're lost in the dark, you can trust me,
'Cause you know that's how it must be.
Lisa Lisa, sad Lisa Lisa.
Her eyes like windows trickle in rain
Upon the pain getting deeper
Though my love wants to relieve her.
She walks alone from wall to wall,
Lost in her hall she can't hear me,
Though I know she likes to be near me.
Lisa Lisa, sad Lisa Lisa.
She sits in her corner by the door.
There must be more I can tell her
If she really wants me to help her.
I'll do what I can to show her the way
And maybe one day I will free her
Though I know no-one can see her.
Lisa Lisa, sad Lisa Lisa.
4.It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last.
But whatever you wish to keep, you'd better grab it fast.
Yonder stands your orphan with his gun,
Crying like a fire in the sun.
Look out the saints are coming through
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.
The highway is for gamblers, better use your sense.
Take what you have gathered from coincidence.
The empty-handed painter from your streets
Is drawing crazy patterns on your sheets.
This sky, too, is folding under you
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.
All your seasick sailors, they are rowing home.
Your empty-handed armies are all going home.
The lover who just walked out your door
Has taken all his blankets from the floor.
The carpet, too, is moving under you
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.
Leave your stepping stones behind you, something calls for you.
Forget the dead you've left, they will not follow you.
The vagabond who's rapping at your door
Is standing in the clothes that you once wore.
Strike another match, go start anew
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.
5.Southern Butterfly
Where I walk
And life is warm
Sun and breath
Hopefully here
All our hearts are blessed.
Texas real
A woman sworn to man
Here I tried,
Here I tried
To be the best.
So hot it's white and real to me
I'd stay awake all night
Asking your silent sympathy.
I know something new,
Southern Butterfly and you.
I know something new,
Southern Butterfly with you.
Texas real
A woman sworn to man
Here I tried,
Here I tried
To be the best.
So hot it's fine and real, real me
I'd stay awake all night
Asking your silent sympathy.
I know something new,
Southern Butterfly with you.
I know something new,
Southern Butterfly and you.
I know something new,
Southern Butterfly and you.
I know something new,
Southern Butterfly with you.
6.Chords of Fame
I found him by the stage last night, he was breathing his last
breath.
A bottle of gin and a cigarette was all what he had left.
Well, I know that you make music 'cause you carry a guitar,
But God help the troubadour who tries to be a star.
Come on and play the chords of love, my friend,
Play the chords of fame,
But if you want to keep your song, do mi, do mi do,
Don't play the chords of fame, oh no, no.
You know I've seen my share of hustlers as they try to take the
world
And when they find a melody, they're surrounded by the girls.
But it all fades so quickly like a sunny summer day,
Reporters ask you questions and they write down what you say.
Come on and play the chords of love, my friend,
Play the chords of fame,
But if you want to keep your song, do mi, do mi do,
Don't play the chords of fame, oh no, no.
They'll rob you of your innocence, and put you up for sale.
The more that you will find success, the more that you will
fail.
I've been around, I've had my share, and I really can't
complain,
But I wonder who I left behind on the other side of fame.
Come on and play the chords of love, my friend,
Play the chords of fame,
But if you want to keep your song, do mi, do mi do,
Don't play the chords of fame, oh no, no.
Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm,
Don't, oh don't, don't play the chords of fame.
Don't, oh don't, don't play the chords of fame.
Don't ...
7.Visions of Johanna
Ain't it just like the night to play tricks when you're tryin'
to be so quiet ？
We sit here stranded, though we're all doin' our best to deny it
And Louise holds a handful of rain, temptin' you to defy it
Lights flicker from the opposite loft
In this room the heat pipes just cough
The country music station plays soft
But there's nothing, really nothing to turn off
Just Louise and her lover so entwined
And these visions of Johanna that conquer my mind.
Inside the museums, Infinity goes up on trial
Voices echo this is what salvation must be like after a while
But Mona Lisa musta had the highway blues
You can tell by the way she smiles
See the primitive wallflower freeze
When the jelly-faced women all sneeze
Hear the one with the mustache say, 'Jeeze
I can't find my knees'
Jewels and binoculars hang from the head of the mule
But these visions of Johanna, they make it all seem so cruel.
The peddler now speaks to the countess who's pretending to care
for him
Sayin', 'Name me someone who's not a parasite and I'll go out
and say a prayer for him'
But like Louise always says
'Ya can't look at much, can ya man ？'
As she, herself, prepares for him
And Madonna, she still hasn't showed
We see the empty cage now corrode
Where her cape of the stage once had flowed
The fiddler, he now steps on the road
He writes ev'rything's been returned which was owed
On the back of the fish trucks that load
While my conscience explodes
The harmonicas play the skeleton keys and the rain
And these visions of Johanna are now all that remain.
8.It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
Well, I ride on a mailtrain, baby,
Can't buy a thrill.
Well, I've been up all night,
Leanin' on the window sill.
Well, if I die
On top of the hill
And if I don't make it,
You know my baby will.
Don't the moon look good, mama,
Shinin' through the trees ？
Don't the brakeman look good, mama,
Flagging down the 'Double E' ？
Don't the sun look good
Going down over the sea ？
But don't my gal look fine
When she's comin' after me ？
Well, the wintertime is coming,
The windows are filled with frost.
I went to tell everybody,
But I could not get across.
Well, I wanna be your lover, baby,
I don't wanna be your boss.
Don't say I never wanted you
When your train gets lost.
9.Beware of Darkness
Watch out now, take care,
Beware of falling swingers
Dropping all around you
The pain that often mingles
In your fingertips.
Beware of darkness.
Watch out now, take care,
Beware the thoughts that linger
Winding up inside your head
The hopelessness around you
In the dead of night.
Beware of sadness.
It can hit you
It can hurt you
Make you sore
And what is more,
That is not what
You are here for.
Watch out now, take care,
Beware of soft shoe shufflers
Dancing down the sidewalks
As each unconscious sufferer
Wanders aimlessly,
Beware of Maya.
Watch out now, take care,
Beware of greedy leaders.
They'll take you where you should not go,
While weeping Atlas cedars,
They just want to grow, grow and grow.
Beware of darkness.
10.Corrina, Corrina
Corrina, Corrina, gal where you been so long ？
Corrina, Corrina, gal where you been so long ？
I've been worryin' about you baby, baby please come home.
I got a bird that whistles, I got a bird that sings.
I got a bird that whistles, I got a bird that sings,
But I ain't a-got Corrina, life don't mean a thing.
Corrina, Corrina, gal you're on my mind.
Corrina, Corrina, gal you're on my mind.
I was in love thinkin' of you, I just can't keep from cryin'.
11.Mud Slide Slim
Mud Slide Slim and the blue horizon,
Oh, Mud Slide and depending on you.
I don't know but I've been told
There's a time from time to time
I can't eat, I can't sleep
But I just like to move my feet
'Cause there's nothing like the sound of sweet soul music
To change your lady's mind
And there's nothing like a walk on down by the bayou
To leave the world behind.
Mud Slide, I'm depending on you,
Mr. Mud Slide Slim on the blue horizon.
I've been letting the time go by, letting the time go by,
Yes, I'm letting the time go by, letting the time go by.
I wanted cash in my hand
Pick upon a piece of land
Build myself a cabin back in the woods.
Lord, it's there I'm gonna stay
Until there comes a day
When this old world starts changing for the good.
Now the reason I'm smiling
Is over on an island
On a hillside in the woods where I belong.
I wanna thank Jimmy Jimmy John and Mick and Robbie
Of Nojets Construction to send me down homestead on a farm.
Oh, Mud Slide, I'm depending on you.
Mr. Mud Slim on the blue horizon.
I've been letting the time go by, letting the time go by,
Yes, I'm letting the time go by, letting the time go by.
12.Crazy Lady Blues
This morning too didn't rise before noon
She's a lazy lady today.
Always young and new with your eyes on the moon,
You're a crazy lady like you said.
Crazy lady.
Now should I say more before I know you so well ？
You're no hazy maiden in gray.
How can I be sure ？ It's not easy to tell,
But you're a crazy lady like you said.
Crazy lady.
13.All I Wanna Do in Life
You've been right and I've been wrong,
I've been weak and you've been strong.
You've been good and I've been bad,
Think I've had enough of that.
'Cause all I wanna do in life
Is to love somebody with all my might.
All I wanna do in life
Is to love somebody with all my might.
I loved the days, you loved the night,
I loved to love, you loved to fight.
I drive to you, you're far away,
It gets harder every day.
All I wanna do in life
Is to love somebody with all my might.
All I wanna do in life
Is to love somebody with all my might.
Wish you could be a friend of mine,
Wish you could learn to play with time.
You say I dream my life away
If I do, well that's OK.
All I wanna do in life
Is to love somebody with all my might.
All I wanna do in life
Is to love somebody with all my might.
All I wanna do in life
Is to love somebody with all my might.
All I wanna in life
Is to love somebody with all my might.
All I wanna do in life
Is to love somebody with all my might.
All I wanna do in life
Is to love somebody with all my might.
14.I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
Close your eyes, close the door,
You don't have to worry anymore.
I'll be your baby tonight.
Shut the light, shut the shade,
You don't have to be afraid.
I'll be your baby tonight.
That mockingbird's going to sing away,
We're gonna forget it.
That big fat moon is gonna shine like a spoon
But we're gonna let it, you won't regret it.
Kick your shoes off, do not fear,
Bring that bottle over here.
I'll be your baby tonight.
That mockingbird's going to sing away,
We're gonna forget it.
That big fat moon is gonna shine like a spoon
But we're gonna let it, you won't regret it.
Kick your shoes off, do not fear,
Bring that bottle over here.
I'll be your baby tonight.
15.Wait For Me Down by the River
I gave my heart to a gamblin' man,
He only wanted to play.
He told me he'd take me to New Orleans town,
By morning we'd be on our way.
He gave me champagne and danced me round,
His fancy words messed up my mind.
He kissed me and called me 'his Lady'
And he left his young girl behind.
He told me, 'Wait for me down by the river
If I'm not back by sunrise, then pray.
I'll be on my way to Heaven or hell
And I hear it is such a long way.'
I was struck round by the devil,
He took me away to the stars.
I cried out all night for my darling,
But the windows were all locked and barred.
He took this young rose from the garden,
He tore it right out off the ground.
I traded my soul for a rainbow of gold
And the rainbow's come tumbling down.
He told me, 'Wait for me down by the river,
If I'm not back by sunrise, then pray.
I'll be on my way to Heaven or hell
And I hear it is such a long way.'
He told me, 'Wait for me down by the river,
If I'm not back by sunrise, then pray.
I'll be on my way to Heaven or hell
And I hear it is such a long way.'
He told me, 'Wait for me down by the river,
If I'm not back by sunrise, then pray.
I'll be on my way to Heaven or hell
And I hear it's such a long way.'
He told me, 'Wait for me down by the river
If I'm not back by sunrise, then pray.
I'll be on my way to Heaven or hell
And I hear it's such a long way.'
He told me, 'Wait for me down by the river
If I'm not back by sunrise, then pray.
I'll be on my way to Heaven or hell
And I hear it is such a long way.'
He told me, 'Wait for me down by the river
If I'm not back by sunrise, then pray.
I'll be on my way ...'
16.That Was the Day(Nashville)
Going home in a trailer filled with Canada Dry,
Looking forward to being with you.
Got in to the broadway and what do I find ？
Some lady's been sleeping there, too.
I was dreamin' of our meetin' all down the M1
'Cause I hadn't seen you for so long.
Then out of the blue, something came down and warned me
And I sat there and wrote down this song.
That was the day that the coke came to Nashville,
That was the day I laughed till I cried.
That was the day all my dreams turned to ashes
And I lost my blues and I smiled.
Well, I walked in the door and I heard you two laughing,
Just like I'd hoped that we'd do.
So I went up the stairs, left your keys on the table,
And I wrote on the mirror, 'We're through!'.
That was the day that the coke came to Nashville,
That was the day that I had, honey.
That was the day that the coke came to Nashville,
And I've got the blues out just bad.
Going home on a train, going back to my mother,
Feeling better already, keep telling myself：
'Don't you cry, you'll forget him and find a new lover,
So let's sit back and drink to his health.'
That was the day that the coke came to Nashville,
That was the day I laughed till I cried.
That was the day that I felt my heart breaking,
Ain't it funny, after all I've survived.
Ain't it funny, after all I've survived.
17.This Time
This time
If you want me to come back
It's up to you,
But remember
I want a lot other things you used to do
You're gonna have to toe the mark and walk the line.
This time will be the last time.
This time
If I should feel unwanted
I won't stay.
Each tomorrow
Will depend on the love you give today.
It's all up to you to stand by.
This time will be the last time.
If this time should be
Anything like the other time
This time will be the last time.
This time
If you want me to come back
It's up to you,
But remember
I want a lot of things you used to do.
You're gonna have to toe the mark and walk the line.
This time will be the last time.
If this time should be
Anything like the other time
This time will be the last time.
18.The Way You Want Me to Be
I wish I could dance like Fontaine,
Floating along on a breeze,
But when you come home
And I get you alone
I wish that I could put you at ease.
I wish I could sing you a love song,
Sing about the silvery moon,
But the things that you say
When I think it's OK
Always seem to sing out of tune.
Oh, I'm not the way
That you want me to be,
No, it's not like me,
No, it's not like me.
You say I should dress like a Lady,
Read all the best magazines,
But the people in there
And the clothes that they wear,
Take it from the girl of your dreams.
You wish I could be a show-piece
Something to show all your friends
Is it true what they say,
That I get in your way ？
Is this about the place that it ends ？
I'm not the way
That you want me to be,
No, it's not like me,
No, it's not like me.
I wish I could dance like Fontaine,
Floating along on the breeze
And when you come home
And I get you alone
I wish that I could put you at ease.
19.Dreamin' My Dreams
I hope that I won't be that lone anymore
Maybe I've learned this time.
I hope that I find what I'm reaching for,
The way that is easin' my mind.
Some day I'll get over you,
I'll live to see it all through,
But I'll always miss
Dreamin' my dreams
With you.
But I won't let it change me, not if I can,
I'd rather believe in love.
I'll give it away as much as I can
To those that I'm fondest of.
Some day I'll get over you,
I'll live to see it all through,
But I'll always miss
Dreamin' my dreams
With you.
La, la la, la la la, la la,
La la, la la, la la.
La la la la, la la la la la,
La la, la la, la la.
Some day I'll get over you,
I'll live to see it all through,
But I'll always miss
Dreamin' my dreams
With you.
But I'll always miss
Dreamin' my dreams
With you.
20.Wrong Road Again
I can't seem to learn not to love you,
You get to me every time.
You're someone I just can't say 'no' to,
And you're so good at changing my mind.
Here I go down that wrong road again,
Going back where I've already been.
Even though I know where it will end,
Here I go down that wrong road again.
Though I see the web that you're weaving,
You and your soft easy lies,
If I stop to think I'm believing,
And I'm falling for you one more time.
Here I go down that wrong road again,
Going back where I've already been,
Even though I know where it will end
Here I go down that wrong road again.
Here I go down that wrong road again,
Going back where I've already been.
Even though I know where it will end,
Here I go down that wrong road again.
Here I go down that wrong road again,
Going back where I've already been.
Even though I know where it will end,
Here I go down that wrong road again.
Here I go down that wrong road again,
Going back where I've already been.
Even though ...
21.Fairy Tale Hero
Did he take you out dancing, holding you tight,
Did he show you steps one, two, and three ？
Did he leave you at your doorway, whispering good-night ？
I wish I'd been there to see how he did it,
I wish I'd been there to see.
When you went on vacation to Paris and Rome,
Did he show you how sweet life can be ？
Did he make his reservation, exercised his rights ？
I wish I'd been there to see how he did it,
I wish I'd been there to see.
What became of the night on a six cylinder charger
With money to burn and a castle for two ？
Now poor Cinderella will always remember
The fairy tale hero that almost came true.
Did he tell you he'd love you as long as he'll live
But however he'd never be free,
'Cause he loves his wife and children waiting there at home.
I wish I'd been there to see how he did it,
I wish I'd been there to see.
What became of the night on a six cylinder charger
With money to burn and a castle for two ？
Now poor Cinderella will always remember
The fairy tale hero that almost came true.
What became of the night on a six cylinder charger
With money to burn and a castle for two ？
Now poor Cinderella will always remember
The fairy tale hero that al ...
22.Vanilla O'Lay
You treated me like a schoolgirl lover,
We never did follow any rules.
Into your arms and I'm running for cover,
All of my strings I've tied to you.
Can you hear the gypsy turnpike, oh it's calling.
So take our things out to the car.
And as the shades of night are fallin'
You're my bright and guiding star.
Vanilla O'Lay, O'Lay, O'Lay, Lay-la Lay-la.
Vanilla O'Lay, O'Lay, O'Lay, Lay-la.
Vanilla O'Lay, O'Lay, O'Lay, Lay-la Lay-La.
Vanilla O'Lay, O'Lay, O'Lay, Lay-la.
Oh my, my, my, my, you're looking better,
Seems like you were never ill.
The doctor, he's gonna send you a letter
Let the sky up pay the bill.
Vanilla O'Lay, O'Lay, O'Lay, Lay-la Lay-la.
Vanilla O'Lay, O'Lay, O'Lay, Lay-la.
Vanilla O'Lay, O'Lay, O'Lay, Lay-la Lay-la.
Vanilla O'Lay, O'Lay, O'Lay, Lay-la.
John-John the cat, he's getting older
And he can't jump up like we know he should.
So come, put the baby over my shoulder,
We're going out to get some wood.
Vanilla O'Lay, O'Lay, O'Lay, Lay-la Lay-la.
Vanilla O'Lay, O'Lay, O'Lay, Lay-la.
Vanilla O'Lay, O'Lay, O'Lay, Lay-la Lay-la.
Vanilla O'Lay, O'Lay, O'Lay, Lay-la.
Vanilla O'Lay, O'Lay, O'Lay, Lay-la Lay-la.
Vanilla O'Lay, O'Lay, O'Lay, Lay-la.
Vanilla O'Lay, O'Lay, O'Lay, Lay-la Lay-la.
Vanilla O'Lay, O'Lay, O'Lay, Lay-la.
Vanilla O'Lay, O'Lay, O'Lay, Lay-la Lay-la.
Vanilla O'Lay, O'Lay, O'Lay, Lay-la.
23.Lady Madeleine
Oh, Lady Madeleine,
I miss you baby, I can't stand the pain.
And I walk down the avenue
And I think of you, Lady Madeleine.
And Michèle, what will she do
Without you, Lady Madeleine ？
And I walk down the avenue
And I'm missing you, Lady Madeleine.
And Spanish Tony don't know what to do,
He's missing you, darling Madeleine.
His strange world has all fallen through
And he wonders, was his love in vain ？
And I think I might go quite insane
With the scenes here Lady Madeleine.
So I walk down the avenue
And I miss you, Lady Madeleine.
And Spanish Tony, he don't know what to do,
He's missing you, darling Madeleine.
His strange world has all fallen through
And he wonders, was his love in vain ？
And I think I might go quite insane
With the scenes here darling Madeleine.
So I walk down the avenue
And I miss you Lady Madeleine.
Yes, I walk down the avenue
And I think of you Lady Madeleine.
Yes, I walk down the avenue
And I miss you Lady Madeleine.
Oh, I walk down the avenue
And I think of you, darling Madeleine.
Oh, I walk down the avenue
And I miss you, Lady ...
24.It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
As I sit here tonight, the jukebox playing
That old song about the wild, wild side of life.
As I listen to the words you are saying,
It brings memories when I was a trusting wife.
It wasn't God who made honky tonk angels
As you say in the words of your song.
Too many times married men think they're still single
And that's caused many a good girl to go wrong.
It's a shame that all the blame is on us women,
It's not true that only you, men, feel the same.
From the start most every heart that's been broken
Was because there always was a man to blame.
It wasn't God who made honky tonk angels
As you said in the words of your song.
Too many times married men think they're still single
And that's caused many a good girl to go wrong.
It wasn't God who made honky tonk angels
As you said in the words of your song.
Too many times married men think they're still single
And that's caused many a good girl to go wrong.
It wasn't God who made honky tonk angels
As you said in the words of your song.
Too many times married men think they're still single
And that's caused many a good girl to go wrong.
It wasn't God who made honky tonk angels
As you said in the words of your song.
Too many times married men think they're still single
And that's caused many a good girl to go wrong.
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