Balboa Island

Pretty Things Balboa Island Lyrics
1.The Beat Goes On


2.Livin In My Skin


3.Buried Alive


4.Blues For Robert Johnson


5.Mimi


6.Pretty Beat


7.The Ballad Of Hollis Brown

Hollis Brown
He lived on the outside of town
Hollis Brown
he lived on the outside of town
With his wife and five children
And his cabin broken down

He looked for work and money
And he walked a rugged mile
He looked for work and money
And he walked a rugged mile
Your children are so hungry
That they don't know how to smile

Your baby's eyes look crazy
They're a-tuggin at your sleeve
Your baby's eyes look crazy
They're a-tuggin at your sleeve
You walk the floor and wonder why
With every breath you breathe

The rats have got your flour
Bad blood it got your mare
The rats have got your flour
Bad blood it got your mare
If there's anyone that knows
Is there anyone that cares?

He prayed to the Lord above
Oh please send you a friend
He prayed to the Lord above
Oh please send you a friend
Your empty pockets tell you
That you ain't a-got no friend

Your babies crying louder now
It's a pounding on your brain
Your babies crying louder now
It's a pounding on your brain
Your wife screams are stabbin' you
Like the dirty drivin' rain

Your grass it is turning black
There's no water in your well
Your grass is turning black
There's no water in your well
You spent your last alone Dollar
On seven shotgun shells

Way out in the wilderness
A cold coyote calls
Way out in the wilderness
A cold coyote calls
Your eyes fix on the shotgun
That's hangin' on the wall

Your brain is a-bleedin'
And your legs can't seem to stand
Your brain is a-bleedin'
And your legs can't seem to stand
Your eyes fix on the shotgun
That you're holdin' in your hand

There's seven breezes a-blowin
All around the cabin door
There's seven breezes a-blowin
All around the cabin door
Seven shots ring out
Like the oceans pounding roar

There's seven people dead
On a south Dakota farm
Well there's seven people dead
On a south Dakota farm
Somewhere's in the distance
There's seven new people born


8.In The Beginning


9.Feel Like Goin Home


10.Freedom Song


11.Dearly Beloved


12.All Light Up

All light up, all light up
All light up, all light up
All light up, all light up
All light up, all light up

Revolution sixty-nine,
I was there, it felt fine

Paris riots, sixty-eight
Dropped a tab and got there late

All light up, all light up

Charlie Manson, drugged on hate
Took the life of fair Sharon Tate

Martin Luther, human rights
Got spurted through the night

All light up, all light up

All light up, all light up
All light up, all light up

Summer concert, high on grass
Never knew it wouldn't last

Watch the kids in Vietnam
Lightin' up for Uncle Sam

All light up, all light up
All light up, all light up

All light up, all light up
All light up, all light up
All light up, all light up
All light up, all light up
All light up, all light up
All light up, all light up
All light up, all light up
All light up, all light up

All light up, light up
All light up, light up
All light up, light up
All light up, light up


13.Balboa Island