Unreleased Songs

The Band Unreleased Songs Lyrics
1.Sleeping

Lyricist:Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson

For the life we chose in the evening we rose
Just long enough to be lovers again
And for nothing more, the world was too sore to live in

Sad old ships, a morning eclipse
I spent my whole life guessing
Then I turned from the sun and saw everyone searching

The hoot owl and his song, will bring you along
Where else on earth would you wanna go?
We can leave all this hate, before it's too late
Why would we wanna come back at all?

Cobwebs on my pillow, I'm found in the willow
I'd spend my whole life sleeping
To be called by noon is to be called too soon today

The storm is passed, there is peace at last
I'll spend my whole life sleeping
Now there's not a sound, no one to be found anywhere

The shepherd and his sheep will wind you to sleep
Where else on earth would you wanna go?
To a land of wonder when you go under
Why would we want to come back at all?


2.Don't Do It

Lyricist:Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, Eddie Holland

Baby, don't you do it, don't do it
Don't you break my heart
Please, don't do it, don't you break my heart

A sacrifice would make you happy
If nothing for myself
Now you wanna leave me
For the love of someone else

My pride is all gone
Whether I'm right or wrong
I need you baby
To keep on keepin' on

You know that I'm trying to do my best
I'm trying to do my best
Don't do it, don't you break my heart
Please, don't do it, don't you break my heart

My biggest mistake was loving you too much
And letting you know
Now you got me where you want me
And you won't let me go

If my heart was made of glass
Well, then you'd surely see
How much heartache and misery
Girl, you've been causing me

While I've been trying to do my best
Well, I've tried to do my best
Don't do it, don't you break my heart
Please, don't do it, don't you break my heart

I go down to the river
And there I be
I'm gonna jump in, girl
But you don't care 'bout me

Open up your eyes
Can't ya see, I love ya?
Open up you heart, girl
Can't ya see, I need ya?

Oh, baby, don't do it, do it, do it
Don't you break my heart
Please, don't do it, don't you break my heart

My biggest mistake was loving you too much
And letting you know
Now you got me where you want me
And you won't let me go

If my heart was made of glass
Well, then you'd surely see
How much heartache and misery
Girl, you've been causing me

While I've been trying to do my best
You know I've tried to do my best
Don't do it, don't you break my heart
Please, don't do it, don't you break my heart


3.Up on Cripple Creek

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

When I get off of this mountain
You know where I want to go
Straight down the Mississippi river
To the Gulf of Mexico
To Lake Charles Louisiana
Little Bessie, girl that I once knew
She told me just to come on by
If there's anything that she could do

Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
If I spring a leak, she mends me
I don't have to speak, as she defends me
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one

Good luck had just stung me
To the race track I did go
She bet on one horse to win
And I bet on another to show
The odds were in my favor
I had 'em five to one
When that nag to win came around the track
Sure enough we had won

Up on Cripple Creek, as she sends me
If I spring a leak, as she mends me
I don't have to speak, as she defends me
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one

I took up all of my winnings
And I gave my little Bessie half
And she tore it up and threw it in my face
Just for a laugh
Now there's one thing in the whole wide world
I sure would like to see
That's when that little love of mine
Dips her doughnut in my tea

Up on Cripple Creek, as she sends me
If I spring a leak, as she mends me
I don't have to speak, as she defends me
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one

Now me and my mate were back at the shack
We had Spike Jones on the box
She said, 'I can't take the way he sings
But I love to hear him talk'
Now that just gave my heart a throb
To the bottom of my feet
And I swore as I took another pull
My Bessie can't be beat

Up on Cripple Creek, as she sends me
If I spring a leak, as she mends me
I don't have to speak, as she defends me
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one

As there's a flood out in California
And up North it's freezing cold
And this living on the road
Is getting pretty old
So I guess, I'll call up my big mama
Tell her I'll be rolling in
But you know, deep down
I'm kind of tempted
To go and see my Bessie again

Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
If I spring a leak, she mends me
I don't have to speak, she defends me
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one


4.The Weight

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

I pulled into Nazareth, I was feelin' about half past dead
Just need to find a place where I can lay my head
'Hey, mister, can you tell me where a man might find a bed?'
He just grinned and shook my hand and, 'No', was all he said

Take a load off Anny
Take a load for free
Take a load off Anny
And you put the load right on me
(You put the load right on me)

I picked up my bag and I went lookin' for a place to hide
When I saw Carmen and the Devil walkin' side by side
And I said, 'Hey, Carmen, come on, would you go downtown'
And she said, 'Well, I gotta go but my friend can stick around'

And take a load off Anny
Take a load for free
Take a load off Anny
And you put the load right on me
(You put the load right on me)

Go down, Miss Moses, there ain't nothin' that you can say
'Cause just ol' Luke and Luke's waitin' on the Judgment Day
'Well, now Luke, my friend, what about young Anna Lee?'
He said, 'Do me a favor, son, won't you stay an' keep Anna Lee
company?'

Take a load off Anny
Take a load for free
Take a load off Anny
And you put the load right on me
(You put the load right on me)

Crazy Chester followed me and he caught me in the fog
He said, 'I will fix your rags, if you'll take Jack, my dog'
I said, 'Wait a minute, Chester, you know I'm a peaceful man'
He said, 'That's okay, boy, won't you feed him when you can?'

Take a load off Anny
Take a load for free
Take a load off Anny
And you put the load right on me
(You put the load right on me)

Catch a Cannonball, now, to take me down the line
My, my bag is sinkin' low and I do believe it's time
To get back to Miss Anny, you know she's the only one
Who sent me here with her regards for everyone

Take a load off Anny
Take a load for free
Take a load off Anny
And you put the load right on me
(You put the load right on me)


5.Strawberry Wine

Lyricist:Levon Helm, Robbie Robertson

I would try my finger and I would try my hand
At any fool game in this man's land
But don't you talk about this here friend of mine
I ain't never been let down and you'd be wastin' time

And I would scratch and steal and I would maim a man
I would even run the bounty across the other country
So don't you talk about this here friend of mine
I gave it all of my money, but it makes me feel fine

Yeah, I know you won't give me no peace of mind
Try to understand I just wanna feel good all the time
Don't you talk about a dear old friend of mine
Well, I know that you are sweet and more than double fine

Everybody said you oughta marry that rich man down the line
But if I had to make a choice I wouldn't change my mind
Honey, you just ain't as sweet as my strawberry wine
Oh no, no no no no no no no no, no no no no no no no no
No no no no no no no no

Yeah, you caught me when I's down a-sleepin' in the park
Climbin' up the walls and laughin' in the dark
But I heard you been talkin' about a dear old friend of mine
Never tasted anything as sweet as my strawberry wine
No, no no no no no, no no no no no no no no no
No, no no no no no no no


6.Just Another Whistle Stop

Lyricist:Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson

To all concerned dead or alive
The locomotive will arrive
Bringin' souls from all around
They'll be bound for higher ground
Look out, stranger, it's comin' through
With plenty of room for me and you

And it's just another whistle stop
If you don't quit till we reach the top
I'd be much obliged to you

Odd man out
You know that's the rule
You can scream and you can shout
But they'll only call you a crazy fool
Pay no mind to what they say
When they're 'bitter they talk that way

I seen a young boy on the run
And I seen other children havin' fun
A police siren flashing light
I wonder who went down tonight
People, people, where do you go
Before you believe in what you know?

It's just another whistle stop
If you don't quit till we reach the top
I'd be much obliged to you

When the trolley is clean out of reach
A certain lesson it will teach
To grind your axe until it's dull
You've got to get it in your skull
Tell the people all across the sea
Don't turn your back because it's free

It's just another whistle stop
If you don't quit till we reach the top
I'd, I'd be much obliged to you

And it's odd man out
You know that's the rule
You can scream and you can shout
But they'll only call you a crazy fool
Pay no mind to what you read
There's one way home that's guaranteed


7.I Shall Be Released

Lyricist:Bob Dylan

They say everything can be replaced
They say every distance is not near
So I remember every face
Of every man who put me here

I see my light come shinin'
From the west down to the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released

They say every man needs protection
They say that every man must fall
Yet I swear I see my reflection
Somewhere so high above this wall

I see my light come shinin'
From the west down to the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released

Now yonder stands a man in this lonely crowd
A man who swears he's not to blame
And all day long I hear him shouting so loud
Just crying out that he was framed

I see my light come shinin'
From the west down to the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released


8.Right As Rain

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

Blue misty morning, an empty street in Ol' Paree
She appeared like the angel of destiny
He spent a lifetime tryin' to reach beyond that rainbow
And found when you look down it gives you vertigo

The dancehall is deserted where lonely worlds collide
This must be where dreams explode before your very eyes

While the world outside grows more insane
Bein' with you, I feel no pain
True like blue, right as rain
Right as rain

I hope real soon, I'll be hearing from 'ya
I'll be in the wings, I'll be cheering for you
Funny how people think your life is so complete
When it's really you who envies the man on the street

I must've strayed from a path wandering through the catacombs
And you came along to guide my restless spirit home

I can't tell you why, no, I wouldn't try to explain
Bein' with you, I feel no pain
True like blue, right as rain
Right as rain

It's all in the cards, it's all in the game
Bein' with you, I feel no pain
True like blue, right as rain
Right as rain


9.Street Walker

Lyricist:Rick Danko, Robbie Robertson

Sightseer in the middle of the night
Looking for action, something real tight
But can you make it when we turn on the lights
Of the city?

Street walker in the middle of the day
Been up all night trying to earn your pay
Mama, told you when you ran away
It's not easy, there's no pity in the city

I've been on this corner so long
But it's no one's guess who's the next blonde
But before you know it, it'll be gone
But I ain't complaining, don't get me wrong
It's not easy in the city

Street walker in the middle of your life
Every day is like shooting dice
You carry yourself like you carry a knife
In the city

Fast talker in the middle of the street
Trying to hustle everyone that you meet
Sooner or later everybody gets beat
It's not easy, there's no pity in the city


10.Christmas Must Be Tonight

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

Come down to the manger, see the little stranger
Wrapped in swaddling clothes, the prince of peace
The wheels start turning, torches start burning
And the whole wise men journey from the east

How a little baby boy bring the people so much joy
Son of a carpenter, Mary carried the light
This must be Christmas, must be tonight

A shepherd on the hillside, went over my flock I bide
On a cold winter night, a band of Angels sing
In a dream I heard a voice say, 'Fear not, come rejoice
It's the end of the beginning, praise the new born King'

How a little baby boy bring the people so much joy
Son of a carpenter, Mary carried the light
This must be Christmas, must be tonight

I saw it with my own eyes, written up in the skies
But why a simple herdsmen such as I
And then it came to pass, he was born at last
Right below the star that shines on high

How a little baby boy bring the people so much joy
Son of a carpenter, Mary carried the light
This must be Christmas, must be tonight

Son of a carpenter, Mary carried the light
This must be Christmas, must be tonight

Be tonight, be tonight
Be tonight, be tonight
Be tonight, be tonight


11.Knockin' Lost John

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

I went down to Duffy's bar with depression on my mind
Just to blow off a little steam and try to unwind
Times were getting tough with no relief in sight
Last straw I lost my job, next straw your life

Knock on, knockin' lost John
The great depression was going strong
Hard times comin' on
Long gone, knockin' lost John

Born on the south side, got my schoolin' at the pool hall
Saturday night we get back to back, Sunday mornin', wall to wall
Never seen nothing like it, people jumpin' out of windows and
going mad
That's not half as bad as losin' what you never had

Back in 1929, it was livin' hell
Crime was on the rise when the bottom fell
Keepin' poverty pocket high upon the hill
Back door, you lock it, they'll break it still


12.Livin' in a Dream

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

I'm gonna buy, buy, buy you a sheepskin coat
I'm gonna string red rubies 'round your throat
Gently down the stream I will row your boat
'Cause you know we're only livin' in a dream

I'm gonna play, play, play this game for keeps
I'm gonna wake you softly from your sleep
With a heart so warm and a love so deep
You know we're only livin' in a dream

Life goes round like a wheel
You never know if it's real
Time rolls by like a train
Let it burn, turn up the flame

We gonna live, live, live and never stop
Gonna give give give my very best shot
'Cause what I need is what you got
And you know we're only livin' in a dream

I'm gonna take, take, take good care of you
We're gonna make sweet love the whole night through
I'm gonna turn your cloudy sky into blue
'Cause you know we're only livin' in a dream


13.4% Pantomime

Lyricist:Van Morrison, Robbie Robertson

The management said they were sorry
For the inconvenience you are suffering
And Mr. Booking Agent, please have mercy
Don't book the jobs so far apart
We went up to Griffith Park
With a fifth of Johnny Walker red
And smashed it on a rock and wept
While the old couple looked on into the dark

Oh, Richard, tell me if it's poker
Oh, Richard, tell me, who's got the joker
Is it poker?

Deuces wild, like an only child
I'll see what you got, how much is in the pot
You pay the tips, I'll collect the chips
It's a full house tonight everybody in town is a loser
Yeah, you bet

The dealer's been dealing me bad hands
From the bottom of the deck without the slightest blush
And I don't know whether to call or check
But right now I feel like I got a royal flush
And my lady didn't show from 'Frisco
But we had to go on with the show
Everybody got stoned it was a gas, it was a smash
Everybody got wrecked, checked, oh oh oh oh

Oh, Belfast cowboy, lay your cards on the grade
Oh, Belfast cowboy, can you call a spade a spade?

Oh, Richard, tell me, tell me, tell me is this game poker?
I can't understand who the fool is that holds this joker
Is it poker?

Oh, Belfast cowboy, lay your cards down on the table
Oh, Belfast cowboy, do you think you're able?


14.Mystery Train

Lyricist:Herman Parker, Sam Phillips

Train arrive 16 coaches long
Train arrive 16 coaches long
Well, that long black train
Got my baby and gone

Train, train, rolling round the bend
Train, train, rolling round the bend
Well, it took my baby
Away from me again

Come down to the station
Meet my baby at the gate
Asked the station master
If the train's running late

He said 'If you're a-waiting
On the four forty four
I hate to tell you, son
That train don't stop here anymore'

Train, train, rolling down, down the line
Train, train, rolling down the line
Well, it took my baby
And left poor me behind

Heard that whistle blowing
It was the middle of the night
When I got down to the station
The train was pulling out of sight

Mystery train smoking down the track
Mystery train smoking down the track
Well, I don't want no ride
Just bring my baby back


15.Life Is a Carnival

Lyricist:Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Robbie Robertson

You can walk on the water, drown in the sand
You can fly off a mountain top if anybody can
Run away, run away, it's the restless age
Look away, look away, you can turn the page

Hey buddy, would you like to buy a watch real cheap
Here on the street?
I got six on each arm and two more 'round my feet
Life is a carnival, believe it or not
Life is a carnival, two bits a shot

Saw a man with the jinx in the third degree
Trying to deal with people, people you can't see
Take away, take away, this house of mirrors
Give away, give away, all the souvenirs

We're all in the same boat ready to float off the edge of the
world
The flat old world
The street is a sideshow from the peddler to the corner girl
Life is a carnival, it's in the book
Life is a carnival, take another look

Hey buddy, would you like to buy a watch real cheap
Here on the street?
I got six on each arm and two more 'round my feet
Life is a carnival, believe it or not
Life is a carnival, two bits a shot


Life is a carnival
Life is a carnival
Life is a carnival


16.I'm Ready

Lyricist:S Bradford, Antoine Domino, A Lewis

Well, I'm ready, I'm willing and I'm able
To rock and roll all night
I'm ready, I'm willing and I'm able
To rock and roll all night

Come on, pretty baby
We're gonna rock it, gonna roll it
Till tomorrow night

'Cause I'm ready, uh, huh, huh
And I'm willing, uh, huh, huh
I'm willing and I'm able
So you better come and go with me
We're gonna rock and roll
Until tomorrow about three

Talking on the phone is not my speed
Don't send me no letters 'cause I can't read
Don't be long 'cause I'll be gone
We're gonna rock and roll all night long

'Cause I'm ready and I'm willing and I'm able
To rock and roll all night
I'm ready, I'm willing and I'm able
To rock and roll all night

Come on, pretty baby
We're gonna rock it, gonna roll it
Till tomorrow night

Talking on the phone is not my speed
Don't send me no letters 'cause I can't read
Don't be long 'cause I'll be gone
We're gonna rock and roll all night long

Well, I'm ready, I'm willing and I'm able
To rock and roll all night
I'm ready, I'm willing and I'm able
To rock and roll all night

Come on, pretty baby
We're gonna rock it, gonna roll it
Till tomorrow night


17.Tears of Rage

Lyricist:Bob Dylan, Richard Manuel

We carried you in our arms
On Independence Day
And now you'd throw us
All aside and put us all away

Oh, what dear daughter
'Neath the sun could treat a father so?
To wait upon him hand and foot
Yeah, always tell him, 'No'

Tears of rage, tears of grief
Why must I always be the thief?
Come to me now, you know we're so low
And life is brief

It was all so very painless
When you went out to receive
All that false instruction
Which we never could believe

And now the heart is filled with gold
As if it was a purse
But, oh, what kind of love is this
Which goes from bad to worse?

Tears of rage, tears of grief
Why must I always be the thief?
Come to me now, you know we're so low
And life is brief

We pointed you the way to go
And scratched your name in sand
Though you just thought it was nothing more
Than a place for you to stand

I want you to know that while we watched
You discovered no one would be true
And I myself was among the ones
Who thought it was just a childish thing to do

Tears of rage, tears of grief
Why must I always be the thief?
Come to me now, you know we're so low
And life is brief


18.The Night They Drove Old Dixie

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

Virgil Caine is the name and I served on the Danville train
'Til Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive
By May the tenth, Richmond had fell, it's a time I remember, oh
so well

The night they drove old Dixie down and the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down and the people were singin'
They went, la la la

Back with my wife in Tennessee, when one day she called to me
'Virgil, quick, come see, there goes Robert E. Lee'
Now I don't mind choppin' wood and I don't care if the money's
no good
Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest
But they should never have taken the very best

The night they drove old Dixie down and the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down and the people were singin'
They went, la la la

Like my father before me, I will work the land
Like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand
He was just eighteen, proud and brave
But a Yankee laid him in his grave, I swear by the mud below my
feet
You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat

The night they drove old Dixie down and the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down and the people were singin'
They went, la la la

The night they drove old Dixie down and the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down and the people were singin'
They went, la la la

The night they drove old Dixie down and the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down and the people were singin'
They went, la la la
...


19.Yazoo Street Scandal

Lyricist:Jaime Robbie Robertson

Stranded out in the night Eliza took me down
To see the widow give rain to the town
It's against the law to be a tonic man
But the widow knows she's got the upper hand

So I went on in feelin' kinda wheezy
You know she soothed my mind boys
She rocked me kinda slow and easy
All day and all night

Pick a card before you go
It's a long trip to Mexico
Eliza wait by the door
I can't stay here anymore, no, no, no, no

Then she took a pill
She washed her feet in the mud
She said, 'Look out son you know
I just ordered a flood for forty days and forty nights'

Then I dropped my shoes Eliza called my name
She said it looked to her like it's gonna rain
Then the cotton king, he came in chokin'
And the widow laughed and said, 'I ain't jokin', take once for
all'

She said, 'Now don't ya tease me
I just fell in love, boy
So rock me kinda slow and kinda easy
All day and all night'

Sweet William said with a drunken head
'If I had a boat, I'd help y'all float'
Eliza stood there watchin' William in a trance

Just then an old man with a boat named Breezy
Said, 'You can ride with Clyde, boys
If you rock it kinda slow and rock it kinda easyâ


20.Katie's Been Gone (Outtake)

Lyricist:Bob Dylan

Katie's been gone since the spring time
She wrote one time and sent her love
Katie's been gone for such a long time now
I wonder what kind of love she's thinkin' of

Dear Katie, if you can hear me
I can't wait to have you near me
Dear Katie, since you caught that bus
Well, I don't know how things are with us
I'm still here and you're out there

Katie laughed when I said I was lonely
She said, 'There's no need to feel that way'
Katie said that I was her only one
But then I wonder why she didn't wanna stay

Dear Katie, if I'm the only one
How much longer will you be gone?
Oh, Katie, won't you tell me straight
How much longer do I have to wait?
I'll believe you but please come through

I know it's wrong to be apart this long
You should be here, near me

Katie's been gone
And now her face is slowly fading from my mind
She's gone to find some newer places
Left the old life far behind

Dear Katie, don't you miss your home?
I don't see why you had to roam
Dear Katie, since you've been away
I lose a little something every day
I need you here but you're still out there

Dear Katie, please drop me a line
Just write, love, to tell me you're fine
Oh, Katie, if you can hear me
I just can't wait to have you near me
I can only think, where are you, what you do
May be there's someone new


21.Yazoo Street Scandal (Outtake)

Lyricist:Jaime Robbie Robertson

Stranded out in the night
Eliza took me down
To see the widow give
Rain to the town

It's against the law
To be a tonic man
But the widow knows
She's got the upper hand

So I went on in
Feelin' kinda wheezy
You know she soothes my mind, boys
She rocked me kinda slow and easy
All day and all night

Pick a card before you go
It's a long trip to Mexico
Eliza waiting by the door
I can't stay here anymore, no, no, no, no

Then she took a pill
She washed her feet in the mud
She said, 'Look out son
You know, I just ordered a flood
For forty days and forty nights'

Then I dropped my shoes
Eliza called my name
She said it looked to her
Like it's gonna rain

Then the cotton king
He came in chokin'
And the widow laughed and said
'I ain't jokin''

'Take once for all'
She said, 'Now don't you tease me
I just fell in love, boy
So rock me kinda slow and rock me kinda easy'

Sweet William said
With a drunken head
'If I had a boat
I'd help y'all float'

Eliza stood there watching
William in a trance
The St.Vitus dance

But just then an old man
With a boat named, 'Breezy'
Said, 'You can ride with Clyde, boys
If you rock it kinda slow and rock it kinda easy
All day and all night'


22.Ferdinand The Imposter (Outtake/Demo)

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

Ferdinand standing in the tower
Thinkin' how to get the power
Empress knows that it would cost her
For Ferdinand The Impostor

Came to me to make a deal
Dressed like General Butterfield
Couldn't wait to thank him for
The stuffed birds and rubber door

Donated to him from the poor
It's just his game
And he carries no shame
But he done nobody wrong

He knew he didn't belong
But he went along
Looking to see if there's somebody
Else he'd like to be

Benny the Barber, Luke and me
Passed out tickets cautiously
To see the burning of the soup
Down at Lucy's chicken coop

Then of course Ferdinand
Started out doing Charlie Chan
That last atlas honky's fall
He says he's gonna do them all

A voice just said he's not for real
But it's just his game
And he carries no shame
But he done nobody wrong

He knew he didn't belong
But he went along
Lookin' to see if there's somebody
Else he'd like to be, mainly free

It's hard, oh, don't you know?
To be somebody that you don't even know
But he's friendly, yes he's kind
I can't help wonderin'
Why they'd want to change his mind?

I got a message in the mail
Ferdinand was thrown in jail
I left the snow with Abigail
Went on down to fix his bail

Locked in a gunny sack
His hands were tied behind his back
He claimed he was a Doukhobor
But they never heard of that in Baltimore

The police said
He'd better go home
And he went back alone
Back to the snow

But still he done nobody wrong
He just didn't belong but he went along
Lookin' to see if there's somebody
Else he'd like to be, mainly free


23.Key To The Highway (Outtake)

Lyricist:Bill Broonzy, Charles Segar

I got the key to the highway
Packed up and bound to go
I'm gonna leave here running
'Cause walking is 'most too slow

I'm going back down to the border
Where I'm much better off
'Cause you ain't done nothing
But drive a good man away from home

So give me one more
One more kiss, baby, just before I go
I'll be back out on the highway
That's the only place I know

And when the moon creeps over my room
Honey I'll be on my way
I'm gonna roam this old highway
Until the break of day

I got the key to the highway
Packed up and bound to go
I'm gonna leave here running
'Cause walking is 'most too slow

Well, it's so long, so long, baby
I must say goodbye
I gotta roam, roam this highway
Until the day I die


24.Chest Fever (Live 12/28-12/31/71, The Academy Of Music, NYC)

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

I know she's a tracker
Any scarlet would back her
And they say she's a chooser
But I just can't refuse her
She was just there
But then she can't be here, no more

And as my mind unweaves
I feel the freeze down in my knees
But just before she leaves
She receives

She's been down in the dunes
And she's dealt with the goons
Now she drinks from the bitter cup
I'm trying to get her to give it up
She was just here
I fear she can't be here no more

And as my mind unweaves
I feel the freeze down in my knees
But just before she leaves
She receives

It's long, long when she's gone
I get weary holding on
Now I'm coldly fading fast
I don't think I'm gonna last, very much longer

'She's stoned', said the Swede
And the moon calf agreed
Well, I'm like a viper in shock
With my eyes in the clock
She was just there somewhere
And here I am again

And as my mind unweaves
I feel the freeze down in my knees
But just before she leaves
She receives


25.Long Distance Operator

Lyricist:Bob Dylan

Long-distance operator
Place this call, it's not for fun
Long-distance operator
Please place this call, you know it's not for fun
I gotta get a message to my baby
You know, she's not just anyone

There are thousands in the phone booth
Thousands at the gate
There are thousands in the phone booth
Thousands at the gate
Everybody wants to make a long-distance call
But you know they're just gonna have to wait

If the call comes from Louisiana
Please, let it ride
If the call comes from Louisiana
Please, let it ride
This phone booth's on fire
It's getting hot inside

Everybody wants to be my friend
But nobody wants to get higher
Everybody wants to be my friend
But nobody wants to get higher
Long-distance operator
I believe I'm stranglin' in this telephone wire


26.Forever Young

Lyricist:Bob Dylan

May God bless and keep you always
May your wishes all come true
May you always do for others
And let others do for you

May you build a ladder to the stars
Climb on every rung
And may you stay forever young

Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young

May you grow up to be righteous
May you grow up to be true
May you always know the truth
And see the lights surrounding you

May you always be courageous
Stand upright and be strong
And may you stay forever young

Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young

May your hands always be busy
May your feet always be swift
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift

May your heart always be joyful
May your song always be sung
And may you stay, yeah, forever young

Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young


27.Bacon Fat

Lyricist:Garth Hudson, Robbie Robertson

Oh baby, why do you bacon fat?
Oh baby, why do you bacon fat?
Well, I told you what baby
I don't go for that

Well alright, yeah alright
Yeah, oh, bacon fat
Yeah, c'mon and do the
Bacon fat

Well alright, yeah alright
Oh, bacon fat
Yeah, c'mon and do the
Bacon fat

One more time, yeah
Oh, bacon fat


28.Stand Up

Lyricist:Bruce Channel, Ricky Ray Rector, James Fron Throckmorton

Ever had a hot date one night
Couldn't wait, they won't get you too far
In the middle of a good night
Have you ever got a ride in the back seat of your car?

Stand up, have you ever been there?
Stand up, identify
Stand up, tell us all about it
Stand up, and testify

Ever met a woman, a late night woman
Party till your money was gone
Smiling Mona Lisa loaded up your Visa
Took the bartender home

Stand up, have you ever been there?
Stand up, identify
Stand up, tell us all about it
Stand up, and testify

Thought I was a He-Man, do it just for me, man
I know just what to do
Thought I was a hero, she rated me a zero
Honey, you ain't through

Stand up, have you ever been there?
Stand up, identify
Stand up, tell us all about it
Stand up, and testify

Stand up, stand up
Stand up, stand up

Stand up, tell us all about it
Stand up, identify
Stand up, have you ever been there?
Stand up


29.The Rumor

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

Now when the rumor comes to your town
It grows and grows, where it started no one knows
Some of your neighbors will invite it right in
Or maybe it's a lie, even if it's a sin they'll repeat the rumor
again

Close your eyes, hang down your head
Until the fog rolls away, let it roll away
Open up your arms and feel the good
'Cause it's comin', a brand new day

Big men, little men turned into dust
Or maybe it was all in fun, they didn't mean to ruin no one
Could there be someone, here among this crowd
Who's been abused, had his name so misused and his privacy
refused?

Close your eyes, hang your head
Until the fog rolls away, let it roll away
Open up your arms and feel the good
'Cause it's comin', a brand new day

Now all you vigilantes wanna make a move
Or maybe they won't, you know I sure hope they don't
For whether this rumor proves true or false
You can forgive or you can regret but he will never ever forget

Close your eyes, hang down your head
Until the fog rolls away, let it roll away
Open up your arms and feel the good
'Cause it's comin', a brand new day


30.Ain't That a Lot of Love

Lyricist:H Banks, W Parker

I know the desert could hold all the love
That I feel in my heart for you
Just like the ocean that started to roll
My love, it could be comin' to you

Ain't that a lot of love for one heart to hold
Ain't that a lot of love for one heart to hold

If the cook in the kitchen had a touch as hot as yours
It wouldn't need a fire
I can't think of a word that describes you better
Than indescribable

Ain't that a lot of love for one heart to hold
Ain't that a lot of love for one heart to hold

If the bees only knew how sweet you were, darling
They would shut up their honey comb
If the birds could hear how sweet your voice is
They'd pack up and fly away

Ain't that a lot of love for one heart to hold
Ain't that a lot of love for one heart to hold


31.The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show (Live 12/28-12/31/71, The Academy Of
Music, NYC)

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

When your arms are empty, got no where to go
Come on out and catch the show
There'll be saints and sinners you'll see losers and winners
All kinds of people you might want to know

Once you get it, you can't forget it
The W.S. Walcott medicine show

You know he always holds it in a tent
If you're looking for the real thing
He can show you where it went

There's a young faith healer he's a woman stealer
He will cure by his command
When the music's hot you might have to stand
To hear the Klondike Klu Klux Steamboat Band

Don't you sweat it you can't forget it
The W.S. Walcott medicine show

I'd rather die happy than not die at all
For a man is a fool
Who will not heed the call

Miss Brer Foxhole with bright diamonds in her teeth
She is pure gold down underneath
And she's a rock and roll singer and a true dead ringer
For something like you ain't never seen

And once you get it, you can't forget it
The W.S. Walcott medicine show

W.S. Walcott medicine show


32.Unfaithful Servant (Live 12/28-12/31/71, The Academy Of Music, NYC)


Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

Unfaithful servant, I hear you leavin' soon in the mornin'
What did you do to the lady, now she's gonna have to send you
away?
Unfaithful servant, you don't have to say you're sorry
If you done it just for the spite, or did you do it just for the
glory?

Like a stranger you've turned your back
Left your key and gone to pack
But bear in mind who's to blame and all the shame
She really cared, the time she spared and the home we shared

Unfaithful servant, I can hear the whistle blowin'
Yes, that train is a-comin' and soon you'll be a-goin'
Let us not bow our heads for we won't be complainin'
Life has been good to us all even when that sky has been rainin'

To take it like a grain of salt is all I can do and it's no
one's fault
Makes no difference if we fade away
It's just as it was and it's much too cold for me to stay

Goodbye to that country home, so long to the lady I have known
Farewell to my other side, I'd best just take it in his stride
Unfaithful servant, you'll learn to find your place
I can see it in your smile, yes I can see it in your face

The mem'ries will linger on but the good old days
They're all gone
Oh, lonesome servant, can't you see?
We're still one and the same, just you and me


33.Smoke Signal (Live 12/28-12/31/71, The Academy Of Music, NYC)

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

Went to the movie matinee
To see the Blue Coats try to get away
From a smoke signal, above the trees
A smoke signal, shifting in the breeze

Some folks think it's make believe
Other folks ain't so naive
About a smoke signal, could see it coming
A smoke signal, hear the drums drumming

You don't believe what you read in the paper
You can't believe the stranger at your door
You don't believe what you hear from your neighbor
Your old neighborhood, ain't even there no more

Indian maid will plant the seed
And cultivate a whole new breed
There's a smoke signal, over your head
A smoke signal, you know what it said?

When they're torn out by the roots
Young brothers join in cahoots
And send the smoke signal, near and far
A smoke signal, no matter where you are

You don't believe what they say on the radio
You can't believe what you see on the video
Living in the shadow of a doubt today
Still waiting for the smoke to clear away

Tried to get in touch with you
Tried to get my message through
By smoke signal, honey, do ya read me
A smoke signal, call me if you need me

There you were all in white
Standing out in the broad daylight
Lookin' like a smoke signal from Heaven above
A smoke signal, oh, my love

You don't believe what you read in the paper
You can't believe the stranger at your door
You don't believe what you hear from your neighbor
Your old neighborhood, ain't even there no more


34.Caledonia Mission (Live 12/28-12/31/71, The Academy Of Music, NYC)


Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

She reads the leaves and she leads the life
That she learned so well from the old wives

And it's so strange to arrange it
You know I would not change it
But hear me if you're near me, can I just rearrange it?

The watchman covers me with his remedy
I can't see and it's hard to feel
I think his magic might be real

And I can't get to you from your garden gate
You know it's always locked by the magistrate

And he don't care why you cry
You know he thinks it's just a lie
To get out, I don't doubt that you'd make a try

And if the good times get you through
I know the dogs won't bother you
We'll be gone in moonshine time
I've got a place they'll never find

You know I do believe in your hexagram
But can you tell me how they all knew the plan?

Now, did you trip or slip on their gifts?
You know we're just a con
You knew it, so why did you do it?
I've been hiding in the dark

So now, I must be on my way
I guess you really have to stay
Inside the mission laws
On the river banks of Caledonia


35.Don't Do It (Live 12/28-12/31/71, The Academy Of Music, NYC)

Lyricist:Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, Eddie Holland

Oh, baby, don't you do it, don't do it
Don't you break by heart
Please, don't do it
Don't you break by heart

I sacrificed to make you happy
Kept nothin' for myself
Now you wanna leave me
For the love of someone else

I cried in the song
Whether I'm right or wrong
I need ya, baby
Fer ta keep on keepin' on

You know I tried to do my best
I tried to do my best, don't do it
Don't you break by heart
Please, don't do it
Don't you break by heart

My biggest mistake was lovin' you too much
And lettin' ya know
Now you got me where you want me
And a you won't let me go

If my heart was made of glass
Well, then you'd surely see
How much heartaches and misery
Girl, you been causin' me

But I been tryin' to do my best
But I've tried to do my best, don't do it
Don't you break by heart
Please, don't do it
Don't you break by heart

I go down to the river
And there I'll be
I'm gonna jump in, girl
But you don't care about me

Open up your eyes
Can't you see I love ya
Open up your heart, girl
Can't you see I need ya

Oh, baby, don't do it, do it, do it
Don't you break my heart
Please, don't do it
Don't you break by heart

My biggest mistake was lovin' you too much
And lettin' ya know
Now you got me where you want me
And a you won't let me go

If my heart was made of glass
Then you'd surely see
How much heartaches and misery
Girl, you been causin' me

But I been tryin' to do my best
A you know I've tried to do my best, don't do it
Don't you break by heart
Please, don't do it
Don't you break by heart


36.Lonesome Suzie (Alternate Version)

Lyricist:Richard Manuel

Lonesome Suzie, never got the breaks
She's always losing, so she sits and cries and shakes
It's hard just to watch her and if I touch her
Oh, poor Suzie, I'm wonderin' what to do

She just sits there, hoping for a friend
I don't fit here but I may have a friend to lend
Maybe I mistook her but I can't overlook her
Must be someone who can pull her through

Anyone who's felt that bad
Could tell me what to say
Even if she'd just get mad
She might be better off that way

And where is all the understanding
Her problems can't be that demanding
Why is it she looks my way
Every time she starts to cry?

Lonesome Suzie, I can't watch you cry no longer
If you can use me until you feel a little stronger
I guess just watching you has made me lonesome too
Why don't we get together, what else can we do?


37.To Kingdom Come (Full-Length Version)

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

Sadly told his only son
'Just be careful what you do
It all comes back on you'

False witness spread the news
Somebody's gonna lose
Either she or me or you
Nothing we could do

So don't you say a word
Or reveal a thing you've learned
Time will tell you well
If you truly, truly fell

Tarred and feathered, yeah
Thistles and thorns
One or the other, he kindly warns

Now you look out the window
Tell me, what do you see?
I see a golden calf pointing back at me

I been sitting in here for so darn long
Waitin' for the end to come along
Holy roaster on the brink
I take a chance, swim or sink

False witness, cast an evil eye
Said I cannot tell a lie
I'm not alone you see

Don't you say a word
Or reveal a thing you've heard
Time will tell you well
If you truly, truly fell

Tarred and feathered, yeah
Thistles and thorns
One or the other, he kindly warns

Now you look out the window
Tell me what do you see?
I see a golden calf pointing back at me


38.The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (From THE LAST WALTZ, Live
11/25/76, Winterland Palace, San Francisco, CA)

Virgil Caine is the name
And I served on the Danville train
Till Stoneman's cavalry came
And they tore up the tracks again

In the winter of '65
We were hungry, just barely alive
By May the tenth, Richmond had fell
It's a time I remember, oh, so well

The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singin'

They went
Na na na
Na na na

Back with my wife in Tennessee
When one day she called to me
Said, 'Virgil, quick, come see
There goes the Robert E. Lee'

Now I don't mind choppin' wood
And I don't care if the money's no good
Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest
But they should never have taken the very best

The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singin'

They went
Na na na
Na na na

Like my father before me, I'm a workin' man
Like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand
He was just eighteen, proud and brave
But a Yankee laid him in his grave

And I swear by the mud below my feet
You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat

The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singin'

They went
Na na na
Na na na

The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singin'

They went
Na na na
Na na na


39.Forbidden Fruit (Live 9/18/76, The Palladium, NYC)

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

High and lonesome out on Times Square
Haven't got a dime, ain't got a prayer
Deliver us, Lord, from this golden calf
People only want what they cannot have

Forbidden fruit
That's the fruit that you'd better not taste
Forbidden fruit
You've got one life that you'd better not waste

How can I walk with this ball and chain?
How can I land in this hurricane?
Or is this part of man's evolution
To be torn between truth and illusion?

Forbidden fruit
That's the route that you'd better not take
Forbidden fruit
Just watch out for the sign of the snake

You got the picture but missed the drift
About me workin' the graveyard shift
I never went in for no burglary
But there's a stranger inside of me

Forbidden fruit
Don't you shoot the whole works away
Forbidden fruit
It's too high of a price to pay

Little brother got caught in the web
He ran off and joined the living dead
Been through the mill, seen the cross on the hill
He sold his soul just for a thrill

Forbidden fruit
In hot pursuit out on a limb
Forbidden fruit
Your whole world is closing in

How can you hear with a bad connection?
You can't see when there's no reception
Just keep your distance, don't fool with taboo
'Cause it'll overtake and undertake you

Forbidden fruit
That's the fruit that you'd better not taste
Forbidden fruit
You've got one life that you'd better not waste


40.Lonesome Suzie

Lyricist:Richard Manuel

Lonesome Suzie never got the breaks
She's always losing and so she sits and cries and shakes
It's hard just to watch her and if I touch her
Oh, poor Suzie, I'm wonderin' what to do

She just sits there, hoping for a friend
I don't fit here but I may have a friend to lend
Maybe I mistook her but I can't overlook her
Must be someone who can pull her through

Anyone who's felt that bad could tell me what to say
Even if she'd just get mad
She might be better off that way

And where is all the understanding
Her problems can't be that demanding
Why is it she looks my way
Every time she starts to cry?

Lonesome Suzie, I can't watch you cry no longer
If you can use me until you feel a little stronger
I guess just watching you has made me lonesome too
Why don't we get together, what else can we do?


41.Further On Up The Road

Lyricist:Don D Robey, Joe Medwick Veasey

Further on up the road
Someone gonna hurt you like you hurt me
Further on up the road
Yeah, someone gonna hurt you like you hurt me
Further on up the road
Baby, just you wait and see

You gotta reap just what you sow
That old saying is true
You gotta reap just what you sow
That old saying is true
Further on up the road
Someone gonna mistreat you

Now, you laughing pretty baby
Yeah, well someday you're gonna be crying
Well baby, you know that someday you're gonna be crying
Further on up the road
You gonna find out that I wasn't lying, yeah, oh lord, yeah baby

Now you're laughing pretty baby
You know that someday you're gonna be crying
Well, now you're laughing pretty baby
You know that someday you're gonna be doin' a little bit of
crying, baby
Further on up the road
You're gonna find out that I wasn't lying

Further on up the road
Someone gonna hurt you like you hurt me
You know that further on up the road, baby
Someone gonna hurt you like you hurt me
Further on up the road
Baby, just you wait and see

Further on just, oh lord, lord
Oh, you know I like it, baby


42.Free Your Mind

Lyricist:Denzil Foster, Thomas Mcelroy

You wear tight clothing and them high heeled shoes
It sure don't make you no prostitute
I like rap music and hip hop clothes
It sure don't mean I'm out here selling dope

Please my forgive me for having straight hair
It sure don't mean that my blood ain't fair
I might be another race or color
Don't mean a thing 'cause I sure love my brother

Why, oh why, must it be this way?
Before you can read me
You gotta learn how to see me

Free your mind, the rest will follow
Be colorblind, don't be so shallow
Free your mind, the rest will follow
Be colorblind, don't be so shallow

Now baby sister, you buy things with cash
But that don't mean that your credit is bad
Why dispute me and waste my time
Because they think that their price is too high?

I can't look without being watched
You rang my buy before I make up my mind
A new attitude, why even bother?
I can't change my mind and you can't change my color

Why, oh why, must it be this way?
Gotta learn how to read me
Before you can see me

So free your mind, the rest will follow
Be colorblind, don't be so shallow
Free your mind, the rest will follow
Be colorblind, don't be so shallow

Free your mind, the rest will follow
Be colorblind, don't be so shallow
Free your mind, the rest will follow
Be colorblind, don't be so shallow

Oh why, oh why, must it be this way?
Gotta learn how to read me
Before you can see me

Free your mind, the rest will follow
Be colorblind, don't be so shallow
Free your mind, the rest will follow
Be color blind, don't be so shallow

Free your mind, the rest will follow
Be colorblind, don't be so shallow
Free your mind, the rest will follow
Be colorblind, don't be so shallow

Free your mind, the rest will follow
Be colorblind, don't be so shallow
Free your mind, the rest will follow
Be colorblind, don't be so shallow


43.Time to Kill

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

The many roads I've covered
The many trails I've burned
But when our paths did cross, love, whew
My whole world made a turn

And we've got time to kill
What a thrill, June and July
We've got all our love
Buckets of the tears that we cried

Now we don't cry no more
Gonna bolt the door
Don't know what we've got
But it feels like a lot we don't need no more

When my day's work is done
We can take in a jamboree
But I just wanna sit down by the fire
With my love right here beside me

We've got time to kill
Catskill, sweet by and by
We've got all our love
The sky above, the twinkle in your eye

Now where the wheel might roll
Is where my love and I shall go
We're gonna plant the seed
There ain't nothing we need, we found our own rainbow

My love wants to have her fortune read
And I know that she's in a hurry
If we go along the straight and narrow
You don't even have to worry

We've got time to kill
Standin' still, go on, give it a try
We've got all our love
Mountains of, the trees are so high

We don't need no big car
Don't eat no caviar
When we come to rest we take to the nest
You know where we are


44.The River Hymn

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

The ladies would put the baskets on the table
And the men would sit beneath a shady tree
The children would listen to a fable
While something else came through to me

The river got no end
Just roll around the bend
Then pretty soon the women would all join in
On the river hymn

The whole congregation was standing
On the banks of the river
We are gathered here
To give a little thanks thanks

The voice of the rapids will echo
And ricochet like an old water well
Who'd ever want to let go
Once you sit beneath its spell

It's dark and wide and deep
Towards the sea it creeps
I'm so glad I brought along my mandolin
To play the river hymn

You can ride on it or drink it
Poison it or damn it fish in it and wash in it
Swim in it and you can die in it
Run you river, run

Son, you ain't never seen yourself
No crystal mirror can show it clear come over here instead
Son, you ain't never eased yourself
Till you laid it down in a river bed

If you hear a lonesome drone
It's as common as a stone
And gets louder as the day grows dim
That's the river hymn

The whole congregation was standing
On the banks of the river
We are gathered here
To give a little thanks thanks


45.Shoot Out in Chinatown

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

Trouble on the waterfront
Evil in the air
When the Chinatown patrol came down
To bring a little order there

They came in undercover
To the laundry's back room
And right there before their eyes
Was a Shanghai saloon

Shoot out in Chinatown
They lined them up against the wall
They're gonna turn the place upside down
Till you won't recognize it at all

Streets were wide open
'Til the break of dawn
'Twas Frisco in its heyday
Imported from Hong Kong

For about five dollars
Or one thousand yen
You could gamble n ramble in a brothel
Or take it to the opium den

Shoot out in Chinatown
They nailed up every door
They're gonna level it to the ground
And close it up for evermore

Confucius had once stated
All across the land
Below the surface, crime and love
They go hand in hand

The fire dragons burn
Buddha's lost his smile
But swears that we will meet again
In just a little while

Shoot out in Chinatown
They lined them up against the wall
They're gonna turn the place upside down
Till you won't recognize it at all


46.The Moon Struck One

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

Julie and little John Tyler lived in the house next door
We would be the great triangle and to this we swore
Julie was my sweetheart, little John was my cohort
And all the wild horses in the world couldn't keep us apart

Once we went for a swim in the noonday sun
And promised to return before the moon struck one

Julie came runnin' through the pasture, she was screamin' at the
sky
She fell down to her knees and the tears did fly
Little John was stung by a snake over by the lake
And it looked like he's really, really hurt, he was lyin' in the
dirt

Oh, we went it as fast as we could run
But we lost little John as the moon struck one

I was vacant, Julie was a bird with a broken wing
We were always afraid, what tomorrow might bring
We'll drive down to Durango, up and leave this place
And maybe forget the triangle with a change of pace

The car broke down when we had just begun
And we walked back to the house while the moon struck one


47.Bessie Smith

Lyricist:Rick Danko, Robbie Robertson

Bessie was more than just a friend of mine
We shared the good times with the bad
Now many a year has passed me by
I still recall the best thing I ever had

Now, I'm goin' down the road to see Bessie
Oh, see her soon
I'm just goin' down the road to see Bessie Smith
When I get there I'm wonderin' what she'll do

All the crazy things I had to try
Well, I tried them all and then some
But if you're lucky one day you'll find out
Where it is you're really comin' from

Now, I'm goin' down the road to see Bessie
Oh, see her soon
I'm just goin' down the road to see Bessie Smith
And when I get there I'm wonderin' what she'll do

Now in my day I've made some foolish moves
But back then, I didn't worry 'bout a thing
Now and again I still wonder to myself
Was it her sweet love or the way that she could sing

And now I'm goin' down the road to see Bessie
Oh, see her soon
I'm just goin' down the road to see Bessie Smith
And when I get there I'm wonderin' what she'll do


48.Blues Stay Away from Me

Lyricist:Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore, Henry Glover, Wayne Raney

Blues stay away from me
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 a 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

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


49.Same Thing

Lyricist:Willie Dixon

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

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 preacher man lay his Bible down

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


50.Blind Willie McTell

Lyricist:Bob Dylan

Seen the arrow on the door post
Saying, 'This land is condemned'
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


51.Remedy

Lyricist:Colin Kendall Linden, Jimmy Weider

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 I 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


52.The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show (Alternative Mix)

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

When your arms are empty, got nowhere to go
Come on out and catch the show
There'll be saints and sinners, you'll see losers and winners
All kinds of people you might want to know

Once you get it, you can't forget it
W.S. Walcott Medicine Show

You know he always holds it in a tent
And if you're looking for the real thing
He can show you where it went

There's the young faith healer, he's a woman stealer
He will cure by his command
When the music's hot you might have to stand
To hear the Klondike Klu Klux steamboat band

Don't you sweat it, you can't forget it
W.S. Walcott Medicine Show

I'd rather die happy than not die at all
And a man is a fool
Who will not heed the call

Gonna see Miss Brer Foxhole with bright diamonds in her teeth
She is pure gold down underneath
She's a rock and roll singer and a true dead ringer
For something like you ain't never seen

Once you get it, you can't forget it
W.S. Walcott Medicine Show
W.S. Walcott Medicine Show
W.S. Walcott Medicine Show


53.The Saga of Pepote Rouge

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

There's a legend of a lady on the mountain
Lives alone beyond the Mecca plain
And with her hands she makes it through the winter
She never goes against the grain

To be someone is to be someone alone
To be someone is known as solitude
To learn to sing below the surface
You must adjust your altitude

Break the news, the Pepote Rouge is coming to town
We stand accused, Pepote Rouge, of bein' Hell bound
She had a vision, and now she holds the key
You don't know what you want, till you find out what you need

I was stranded on the damn coast when a lady
Called to me in a voice so soft and low
Her words resounded like a fountain of truth
And then she faded like a rainbow

Her golden spaceship with the mother of the earth
Carved in stone, the queen of Avatars
Where seventy children were given birth
She then returned back to the stars

Break the news, the Pepote Rouge is coming to town
We stand accused, Pepote Rouge, of bein' hell bound
She can help us find our way and get across
You don't know what you gained, till you find out what you lost

The Pepote Rouge come down from the mountain
And lead our people into the light of day
For they are lost and know not where they're goin'
And all their leaders are cast in clay

Now disbelief and mass confusion
Spreading wild across the land
You can call it love or call it wisdom
To be not savin' a drowning man

Break the news, the Pepote Rouge is coming to town
We stand accused, Pepote Rouge, of bein' hell bound
She can show us just where we went wrong
You don't know where you're goin', till you find where you
belong


54.Holy Cow

Lyricist:Allen Toussaint

I can't wheel
I can't deal
Since you walked out on me, yeah
Holy smoke, what you doing to me, me?

I can't eat
And I can't sleep
Since you walked out on me, yeah
Holy cow, what you doing, child, child?

Holy cow, what you doing, child?
What you doing, what you doing, child?
Holy smoke, well, it ain't no joke
No joke, hey, hey, hey

First my boss
The job I lost
Since you walked out on me, yeah
Holy smoke, what you doing to me, me?

Walking the ledge
Nerves on edge
Since you walked out on me, yeah
Holy cow, what you doing to me, child?

Holy cow, what you doing, child?
What you doing, what you doing, child?
Holy smoke, well, it ain't no joke
No joke, hey, hey, hey

Holy cow, what you doing, child?
What you doing, what you doing, child?
Holy smoke, well, it ain't no joke
No joke, hey, hey, hey


55.Ain't No More Cane On The Brazos

Lyricist:Huddie Ledbetter

Ain't no more cane on the Brazos
Ooh, ooh, ooh
It's all been ground down to molasses
Ooh, ooh, ooh

You should've been on the river in nineteen and ten
Ooh, ooh, ooh
They were drivin' the women just like they drove the men
Ooh, ooh, ooh

Go down Old Hannah, don't you rise no more
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Don't you rise up 'til Judgment Day's for sure
Ooh, ooh, ooh

Ain't no more cane on the Brazos
Ooh, ooh, ooh
It's all been ground down to molasses
Oh, ooh, ooh

Captain, don't you do me like you done poor old Shine
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Well ya drove that bully 'til he went stone blind
Ooh, ooh, ooh

Wake up on a lifetime, hold up your own head
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Well, you may get a pardon and then you might drop dead
Ooh, ooh, ooh

Ain't no more cane on the Brazos
Ooh, ooh, ooh
It's all been ground down to molasses
Ooh, ooh, ooh


56.All La Glory

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

I wanna hear pitter-patter
Climb up your ladder now
It's time for you to dream away
For what a big day you've been through
You've done all the things that you wanted to do

All la glory, I'm second story
Feel so tall like a prison wall

I'm lookin' for a star bright
To shine down your light now
And keep the little one safe and warm
'Cause to her it's just a fantasy
And to me it's all a mystery

All la glory, I'm second story
Feel so tall like a prison wall

And before the leaves all turn brown
Before they fall to the ground
You will find the harmony
Wait and see

Listen to the serenade
Little girl, promenade now
You've got the sunshine in your hand
And maybe come some sweet day
You'll walk that milky way

All la glory, I'm second story
Feel so tall like a prison wall
That tall


57.Caledonia Mission

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

She reads the leaves and she leads the life
That she learned so well from the old wives
And it's so strange to arrange it, you know I would not change
it
But hear me if you're near me, can I just rearrange it?

The watchman covers me
With his remedy
I can't see and it's hard to feel
I think his magic might be real

And I can't get to you from your garden gate
You know it's always locked by the magistrate
And he don't care why you cry, I know he thinks it's just a lie
To get out, you know, I don't doubt that you'd make a try

And if the good times get you through
I know the dogs won't bother you
We'll be gone in moonshine time
I've got a place they'll never find

You know I do believe in your hexagram
But can you tell me how they all knew the plan?
Well, did you trip or slip on their gifts, you know you were
just a con?
You knew it, why d'you do it, I've been hiding in the dark

So now I must be on my way
I guess you really have to stay
Inside the mission laws
Down in Motzak ,Arkansas


58.Ophelia

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

Boards on the window, mail by the door
What would anybody leave so quickly for?
Ophelia
Where have you gone?

The old neighborhood just ain't the same
Nobody knows just what became of
Ophelia
Tell me, what went wrong

Was it somethin' that somebody said?
Mama, I know we broke the rule
Was somebody up against the law?
Honey, you know I'd die for you

Ashes of laughter, the ghost is clear
Why do the best things always disappear
Like Ophelia?
Please darken my door

Was it somethin' that somebody said?
Honey, you know we broke the rule
Was somebody up against the law?
Honey, you know I'd die for you

They got your number, scared and runnin'
But I'm still waitin' for the second comin'
Of Ophelia
Come back home


59.When I Paint My Masterpiece

Lyricist:Bob Dylan

Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble
Ancient footprints are everywhere
You can almost think that you're seeing double
On a cold, dark night on the Spanish Stairs

Gotta hurry on back to my hotel room
Where I got me a date with a pretty little girl from Greece
She promised she'd be there with me
When I paint my masterpiece

Oh, the hours we'd spent inside the Coliseum
Dodging lions and a-wasting time
Oh, those mighty kings of the jungle
I could hardly stand to see 'em
Yes, it sure has been a long, hard drive

Train wheels are running through the back of my memory
When I ran on the hilltop following a pack of wild geese
Someday everything is gonna sound like a rhapsody
When I paint my masterpiece

Sailing 'round the world in a dirty gondola
Oh, to be back in the land of Coca-Cola
Well, I left Rome and landed in Brussels
On a plane ride so bumpy that I almost cried
Clergy men in uniform and young girls pulling mussels
Everyone was there to greet me when I stepped inside

Newspaper men eating candy
Had to be held down by big police
But someday every thing's gonna be different
When I paint that masterpiece


60.Jemima Surrender (Alternate Mix)

Lyricist:Levon Helm, Robbie Robertson

Jemima surrender
I'm gonna give it to you
Ain't no pretender
Gonna ride in my canoe

If I were a barker in a girly show
Tell ya what I'd do
I'd lock the door, tear my shirt
And let my river flow

Oh, oh, sweet Jemima
Won't cha come out tonight?
The ground is so warm
And the moon is so bright

Jemima surrender
That's all you have to do
I'll bring over my Fender
And I'll play all night for you

There's a bird on my head
And his mouth won't talk
You know he laughs just like a goose
But he looks like a hawk

Jemima, you know
What I'm tryin' to say
Meet me in front
And we'll fly away

You can change your name
You can find a new walk
You can change a lock
It's all the same

You don't have to give out
If you'll only give in
You can jump and shout
But can't you see, girl, that I'm bound to win

Jemima surrender
I'm gonna give it to you
Ain't no pretender
Gonna see my tattoo

I hand you my rod
And you hand me that line
That's what you do
We ain't doing much fishin'
Or drinkin' any wine

Sweet Jemima if I were king
I'd fix it up with a diamond ring


61.Rag Mama Rag (Alternate Vocal TakeÂRough Mix)

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

Rag mama rag, I can't believe it's true
Rag mama rag, what did you do?
I crawled up to the railroad track
Let the four nineteen scratch my back

Shag mama shag now, what's come over you
Rag mama rag, I'm a pulling out your gag
Gonna turn you a loose like an old caboose
Got a tail, I need a drag

I ask about your turtle
And you ask about the weather
Well, I can't jump the hurdle
And oh, you can't get together

And we could be relaxing in my sleeping bag
But all you want to do for me, mama
Is a rag mama rag, there's nowhere to go
Rag mama rag, come on risen up the bow

Rag mama rag, where do you roam?
Rag mama rag, bring your skinny little body back home
It's dog eat dog and cat eat mouse
You can rag mama rag all over my house

Hail stones beatin' on the roof
The bourbon is a hundred proof
It's you and me and the telephone
Our destiny is quite well known

We don't need to sit and brag
All we gotta do is
Rag mama rag, mama rag

Rag mama rag, where do you roam?
Rag mama rag, bring your skinny little body back home


Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

I took my bucket down to the well
She let the rope fall down in the well
Like it was meant to be

She put the jug upon her head
Walked with her back to the wind
I followed her tracks the moment she said
'Why don't you come in?'

She killed the light
She dropped her glove
She said, 'Are you looking for trouble
Or looking for love, love, love?'

I woke in the morning dying of thirst
Headed straight back to the well
There she was with a jug on her head
The rope had just fell

The well in her eyes was deep and black
With no question or answer
She wiped my brow and I followed her back
To the Tropic of Cancer

She killed the light
She dropped her glove
She said, 'Are you looking for trouble
Or looking for love, love, love?'


63.(I Don't Want To) Hang up My Rock 'n Roll Shoes

Lyricist:Chuck Willis

Mama, she done told me
She didn't like this rock and roll
But mama, mama, please
Aw mama, you just don't know

I don't want to hang up my rock and roll shoes
I don't want to hang up my rock and roll shoes
I get an old time feeling
Every time I hear the blues

They told me, â½Get a job
And set yourself a goalâ
But they can't understand
I just want to rock and roll

I don't want to hang up my rock and roll shoes
No, I don't want to hang up my rock and roll shoes
Something happens to me
Every time I, I hear the blues

I will do my homework
I'll clean the yard every day
I will even do the dishes
I'll do anything you say

That say that rock and roll
It'll soon fade away
But I just want to tell you
Rock and roll is here to stay

I don't want to hang up my rock and roll shoes
No, no, I don't want to hang up my rock and roll shoes
I get a good time feeling
Every time I hear the blues

Some might even say
It put the devil in my soul
But that's a bunch of shit
I just want to rock and roll

I don't want to hang up my rock and roll shoes
No, no, I don't want to hang up my rock and roll shoes
My feets got to move now
Every time I hear the blues

No, no, no, I don't want to hang up my rock and roll shoes
No, I don't want to hang up my rock and roll shoes
Something happens to me
Every time I hear the blues


64.Lonesome Suzie (Alternate Take)

Lyricist:Richard Manuel

Lonesome Suzie, never got the breaks
She's always losing and so she sits and cries and shakes
It's hard just to watch her, and if I touch her
Oh, poor Suzie, I'm wonderin' what to do

She just sits there, hoping for a friend
I don't fit here, but I may have a friend to lend
Maybe I mistook her, but I can't overlook her
Must be someone who can pull her through

Anyone who's felt that bad could tell me what to say
Even if she'd just get mad, she might be better off that way
And where is all the understanding
Her problems can't be that demanding
Why is it she looks my way
Every time she starts to cry?

Lonesome Suzie, I can't watch you cry no longer
If you can use me until you feel a little stronger
I guess just watching you
Has made me lonesome too
Why don't we get together
What else can we do?


65.The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

When your arms are empty, got nowhere to go
Come on out and catch the show
There'll be saints and sinners
You'll see losers and winners

All kinds of people you might want to know
Once you get it, you can't forget it
W.S. Walcott medicine show

You know he always holds it in a tent
And if you're looking for the real thing
He can show you where it went

There's a young faith healer, he's a woman stealer
He will cure by his command
When the music's hot then you might have to stand

To hear the Klondike Klu Klux Steamboat Band
Don't you sweat it, you can't forget it
W.S. Walcott medicine show

I'd rather die happy than not die at all
For a man is a fool who will not heed the call

Gonna see Miss Brer Foxhole
Bright diamonds at her teeth
She is pure gold down underneath

She's a rock and roll singer and a true dead ringer
For something like you ain't never seen
Once you get it, you can't forget it
W.S. Walcott medicine show
W.S. Walcott medicine show
W.S. Walcott medicine show


66.Daniel and the Sacred Harp

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

Daniel, Daniel and the sacred harp, dancing through the clover
Daniel, Daniel would you mind, if I look it over

I heard of this famous harp years ago back in my home town
But I sure never thought old Daniel be the one to come and bring
it around
Tell me Daniel how the harp came in your possession.
Are you one of the chosen few who will march in the the
procession?

And Daniel said, â½The sacred harp was handed down
From father unto son
And me not being related, I could never be the one
So I saved up all my silver, and took it to a man
Who said he could deliver the harp, straight into my handâ

Three years I waited patiently
'Till he returned with the harp from the sea of Galilee
He said there is one more thing I must ask, but not of personal
greed
But I wouldn't listen I just grabbed the harp
And said take what you may need

Now Daniel looked quite satisfied, and the harp it seemed to
glow
But the price that Daniel had really paid, he did not even know
Back to his brother he took his troubled mind
And he said dear brother I believe I'm in a bind

But the brother would not hear his tale
He said old Daniel's gonna land in jail
So to his father Daniel did run, and he said oh father what have
I done
His father said son you've given in, you know you won your harp
But you lost in sin

And then Daniel took the harp and went high on the hill
And he blew across the meadow like a whippoorwill
He played out his heart for the time to pass
But as he looked to the ground, he noticed no shadow did he cast

Daniel, Daniel and the sacred harp, dancing through the clover
Daniel, Daniel would you mind, if I look it over


67.A Change Is Gonna Come

Lyricist:Sam Cooke

I was born by the river in a little tent
And just like this river I've been running ever since
It's been a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will

It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die
'Cause I don't know what's out there beyond the sky
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will

And then I go to my brother
And I ask him to help me please
And he just winds up knockin' me
Back down on my knees

There were times when I thought I could not last for long
But now I think I'm able to carry on
It's been a long, been a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will

It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die
'Cause I don't know what's out there beyond the sky
It's been a long, such a long time coming
And I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will
Oh yes it will


68.King Harvest (Has Surely Come)

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

Corn in the fields
Listen to the rice
When the wind blows 'cross the water
King Harvest has surely come

I work for the union
'Cause she's so good to me
And I'm bound to come out on top
That's where she said I should be
I will hear every word the boss may say
For he's the one who hands me down my pay
Looks like this time I'm gonna get to stay
I'm a union man, now, all the way

The smell of the leaves
From the magnolia trees in the meadow
King Harvest has surely come

A dry summer and then comes fall
Which I depend on most of all
Hey, rainmaker, can't you hear my call?
Please let these crops grow tall
Long enough I've been up on skid row
And it's plain to see, I've nothin' to show
I'm glad to pay those union dues
Just don't judge me by my shoes

Scarecrow and a yellow moon
And pretty soon a carnival on the edge of town
King Harvest has surely come

Last year, this time, wasn't no joke
My whole barn went up in smoke
My horse Jethro, well he went mad
And I can't ever remember things bein' that bad
Then there comes a man with a paper and a pen
Tellin' us our hard times are about to end
And then, if they don't give us what we like
He said, 'Men, that's when you gotta go on strike'

Corn in the fields
Listen to the rice
When the wind blows 'cross the water
King Harvest has surely come


69.The Shape I'm In

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

Go out yonder, peace in the valley
Come to New York, have to rumble in the alley
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

Has anybody seen my lady?
This living alone will drive me crazy
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

I'm gonna go down by the water
But I ain't gonna jump in, no, no
I'll just be looking for my maker
And I hear that that's where she's been? oh

Out of nine lives, I spent seven
Now, how in the world do you get to Heaven?
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

I just spent sixty days in the jail house
For the crime of having no dough
Now, here I am back out on the street
For the crime of having nowhere to go, oh

Save your neck or save your brother
Looks like it's one or the other
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

Now two young kids might start a ruckus
You know they feel you're trying to shuck us
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in


70.Time To Kill (Alternate Mix)

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

The many roads I've covered
The many trails I've burned
But when our paths did cross, love
My whole world made a turn

And we've got time to kill
What a thrill, June and July
We've got all our love
Buckets of the tears that we cried

Now we don't cry no more
Gonna bolt the door
Don't know what we've got
But it feels like a lot
We don't need no more

When my day's work is done
We can take in a jamboree
But I just wanna sit down by the fire
With my love right here beside me

And we've got time to kill
Catskill, sweet by and by
We've got all our love
The sky above, the twinkle in your eye

Now where the wheel might roll
Is where my love and I shall go
We're gonna plant the seed
There ain't nothing we need
We found our own rainbow

My love wants to have her fortune read
And I know that she's in a hurry
If we go along the straight and narrow road
You don't even have to worry

We've got time to kill
Standin' still, go on, give it a try
We've got all our love
Mountains of the trees are so high

We don't need no big car
Don't eat no caviar
When we come to rest
We take to the nest
You know where we are


71.Evangeline

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

She stands on the banks of the mighty Mississippi
Alone in the pale moonlight
Waiting for a man, a riverboat gambler
Said that he'd return tonight

They used to waltz on the banks of the mighty Mississippi
Loving the whole night through
'Til the riverboat gambler went off to make a killing
And bring it on back to you

Evangeline, Evangeline
Curses the soul of the Mississippi queen
That pulled her man away

Bayou Sam, from the South Louisiane
Had gambling in his veins
Evangeline, from the Maritimes
Was slowly going insane

High on the top of Hickory Hill
She stands in the lightning and thunder
Down on the river the boat was a-sinking
She watched that queen go under


72.We Can Talk

Lyricist:Richard Manuel

We can talk about it now
It's that same old riddle
Only starting from the middle
I'd fix it but I don't know how
Well, we could try to reason
But you might think it's treason

One voice for all
Echoing along the hall
Don't give up on father clock
We can talk about it now

Come, let me show you how
To keep the wheels turnin' you've got to
Keep the engine churnin'
But did you ever milk a cow
I had the chance one day
But I was all dressed up for Sunday

Everybody, everywhere
Do you really care
Pick up your heads and walk
We can talk about it now

It seems to me we've been holding something
Underneath our tongues
I'm afraid if you ever got a pat on the back
It would likely burst your lungs

Oh, stop me if I should sound
Kinda down in the mouth
But I'd rather be burned in Canada
Than to freeze here in the south

Pulling that eternal plough
We've got to find a sharper blade
Or have a new one made
Rest awhile and cool your brow
Don't you see there's no need to slave
The whip is in the grave

No salt, no trance
It's safe now to take a backward glance
Because the flames have turned to chalk
We can talk about it now

We can talk about it now


73.Orange Juice Blues (Blues for Breakfast)

Lyricist:Richard Manuel

I had a hard time waking this morning
I got a lot of things on my mind
Like those friends of yours they keep bringing me down
Just hangin' 'round all the time

I've had a hard time waking most mornings
And it's been that way for a month or more
You've had things your way but now I've got to say
I'm on my way out the door

Why don't you get right? Try to get right, baby
You haven't been right with me
Why don't you get right? Try and get right, baby
Don't you remember how it used to be?

You had a hard time waking this morning
And I could see it in your empty eyes
But there's no need for talking and walking 'round the block
Just to figure out the reason why

I have a hard time handing out warnings
So I'll just slide on out the door
'Cause I'm tired of everything being beautiful, beautiful
And I ain't coming back no more

Why can't you get right? Try to get right, baby
You haven't been right with me
Why don't you get right? Try and get right, baby
Don't you remember how it used to be?


74.Ruben Remus

Lyricist:Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson

Wrote a letter this mornin'
Put it in your hat
'Cause no one to read it
And I know you knew that

I bought a joke, a trick or two
Just to bring and show you
Caught ya with the trickster too

Sometimes I wonder how ya knew
A hypnotist, fancy talker
Ruben Remus ain't no doctor

I knew the man and tried to remember
Just where it was that I'd seen his face
Long ago, in a movie show
He was like that man singin' bass
Knew him by his nursery rhyme

The 'Story Of The Rabbit Man'
Fell right in and said to him
'I'd like to help you if I can'
I know the film would only shock ya
Ruben Remus ain't no doctor

He only needed what you had
Asked for nothing more
Said he'd like to take you on
But it's been done before

You couldn't see he's a travelin' man
And he cannot take your hand
It's very hard to understand
Why his songs were never banned
Guess the man would never knock ya
Ruben Remus ain't no doctor

No one seen ya since he's been gone
It's been a day, maybe more
I took a walk in your yard
And knocked on your back door

Why don't you let me in?
I'm not the man who did ya in
Is Mr. Remus still your friend?
You say you don't remember him

Turn me down, would ya?
Well, I've got news for you
Turn me down would ya? Can't ya tell
I'm gonna change your mind before I'm through


Lyricist:Van Morrison, Robbie Robertson

It's the last waltz
The last waltz with you
But that don't mean
The dance is over

It's the last waltz
The last waltz was through
But that don't mean
That the party is over

Oh, the last waltz
The last waltz with you
But that don't mean
The dance is over

It's the last waltz
The last waltz
The last waltz was through
But that don't mean
That the party is over


76.Acadian Driftwood

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

The war was over and the spirit was broken
The hills were smokin' as the men withdrew
We stood on the cliffs and watched the ships
Slowly sinking to their rendezvous

They signed a treaty and our homes were taken
Loved ones forsaken, they didn't give a damn
Try to raise a family, end up the enemy
Over what went down on the plains of Abraham

Acadian driftwood, gypsy tail wind
They call my home the land of snow
Canadian cold front movin' in
What a way to ride, oh, what a way to go

Then some returned to the motherland
The high command had them cast away
And some stayed on to finish what they started
They never parted, they're just built that way

We had kin livin' south of the border
They're a little older and they've been around
They wrote in a letter, life is a whole lot better
So pull up your stakes, children and come on down

Acadian driftwood, gypsy tail wind
They call my home the land of snow
Canadian cold front movin' in
What a way to ride, oh, what a way to go

Fifteen under zero when the day became a threat
My clothes were wet and I was drenched to the bone
Been out ice fishing, too much repetition
Make a man wanna leave the only home he's known

Sailed out of the Gulf headin' for Saint Pierre
Nothin' to declare, all we had was gone
Broke down along the coast but what hurt the most
When the people there said, 'You better keep movin' on'

Acadian driftwood, gypsy tail wind
They call my home the land of snow
Canadian cold front movin' in
What a way to ride, oh, what a way to go

Everlasting summer filled with ill-content
This government had us walkin' in chains
This isn't my turf, this ain't my season
Can't think of one good reason to remain

We've worked in the sugar fields up from New Orleans
It was ever green up until the floods
You could call it an omen, points you where you're goin'
Set my compass north, I got winter in my blood

Acadian driftwood, gypsy tail wind
They call my home the land of snow
Canadian cold front movin' in
What a way to ride, oh, what a way to go

Sais tu, Acadie j'ai le mal du pays
Ta neige, Acadie, fait des larmes au soleil
J'arrive Acadie, teedle um, teedle um, teedle ooh
J'arrive Acadie, teedle um, teedle um, teedle ooh
J'arrive Acadie, teedle um, teedle um, teedle ooh
...


77.Where Do We Go from Here?

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

Did you hear about the eagle of distinction?
One that came on every Friday afternoon
Well, it seems that eagle
Has near flown into extinction

Descending to the sand
His biggest enemy bein' man
Have you ever seen
The freedom on the wing?

Where do we go from here?
And I asked my woman
'Where do we go from here?
Oh woman, my woman'
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
And she said, 'Nowhere'

Did you hear about the railroad going under?
How it seems its days are numbered on the board
And, I feel sad about the railroad
And it's no wonder

It would run right by my door
I can't hear it anymore
How can you get to sleep
When the whistle don't moan?

Where do we go from here?
Is there no way of knowing?
Where do we go from here?
Oh, I need to be shown
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
And they said, 'Somewhere'

Have you heard about the buffalo on the plain?
And how at one time
They'd stampede a thousand strong
Now that buffalo's at the zoo standin' in the rain

Just one more victim of fate
Like California state
You sure do miss the silence
When it's gone

Where do we go from here?
I hear from no one
Where do we go from here?
Could you tell me, someone?
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
And I'd go anywhere

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


78.Georgia on My Mind

Lyricist:Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell

Georgia, hmm Georgia the whole day through
There's that old sweet song that keeps you Georgia, on my mind
Oh Georgia, hmm Georgia, the song of you
Comes as sweet and clear just like moonlight through the pines

Other arms reach out for me
And other eyes have smile tenderly
But still in peaceful dreams I see
That the road, the road leads back to you

Oh hey Georgia, ooh Georgia, no peace, no peace I find
And there's still this old sweet song that keeps you, Georgia,
on my mind
There's that old sweet song that keeps you, Georgia, on my mind
That keeps you, Georgia, on my mind


79.King Harvest Has Surely Come (Alternate Performance)

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

Corn in the fields
Listen to the rice when the wind blows
'Cross the water
King Harvest has surely come

I work for the union
'Cause she's so good to me
And I'm bound to come out on top
That's where she said, â½I should beâ

I will hear every word the boss may say
For he's the one who hands me down my pay
Looks like this time I'm gonna get to stay
I'm a union man now, all the way

The smell of the leaves
From the magnolia trees
In the meadow
King Harvest has surely come

Dry summer, then comes fall
Which I depend on most of all
Hey rainmaker, can you hear the call?
Please let these crops grow tall

Long enough I've been up on Skid Row
And it's plain to see, I've nothin' to show
I'm glad to pay those union dues
Just don't judge me by my shoes

Scarecrow and a yellow moon
And pretty soon
A carnival on the edge of town
King Harvest has surely come

Last year, this time wasn't no joke
My whole barn went up in smoke
My horse Jethro, well, he went mad
And I can't ever remember things bein' that bad

Then here come a man with a paper and pen
Tellin' us our hard times are about to end
And then, if they don't give us what we like
He said, 'Men, that's when you gotta go on strike'

Corn in the fields
Listen to the rice when the wind blows
'Cross the water
King Harvest has surely come


80.(I Don't Want To) Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes

Lyricist:Chuck Willis

Mama, she done told me
She didn't like this rock and roll
But mama, mama, please
Ah, mama, you just don't know

I don't want to
Hang up my rock and roll shoes
I don't want to
Hang up my rock and roll shoes
I get an old time feeling
Every time I hear the blues

They told me, get a job
And set yourself a goal
But can't they understand
I just want to rock and roll

I don't want to
Hang up my rock and roll shoes
I don't want to
Hang up my rock and roll shoes
Something happens to me
Every time I hear the blues

I will do my homework
I'll clean the yard every day
I will even do the dishes
I'll do anything you say

That say that rock and roll
It'll soon fade away
But I just want to tell you
Rock and roll is here to stay

And I don't want to
Hang up my rock and roll shoes
No, no, I don't want to
Hang up my rock and roll shoes
I get a good time feeling
Every time I hear the blues

Some might even say
It put the devil in my soul
But that's a bunch of shit
I just want to rock and roll

I don't want to
Hang up my rock and roll shoes
No, no, I don't want to
Hang up my rock and roll shoes
My feet's got to move now
Every time I hear the blues

No, no, no, I don't want to
Hang up my rock and roll shoes
No, no, I don't want to
Hang up my rock and roll shoes
Something happens to me
Every time I hear the blues


81.Share Your Love With Me

Lyricist:Al Braggs, Deadric Malone

Well, it's an ill wind that blows no good
And it's a sad one that won't love like I know it should
And oh, how lonesome you must be
And it's a shame if you don't share your love with me

It's a heartache when love is gone
But it's bad, even sad, later on
Oh, there's no one blinder than he who won't see
And it's a shame if you don't share your love with me

Well, I can't help it, oh, when she is gone
You must try to forget, oh, you must live on

And I know it's a good thing to love someone
But it's bad, even sad, when it's not returned
And oh, how lonesome you must be
And it's a shame if you don't share your love with me
It's a shame if you don't share your love with me


82.Clothes Line Saga

Lyricist:Bob Dylan

After a while we took in the clothes
Nobody said very much
Just some old wild shirts and a couple pairs of pants
Which nobody really wanted to touch

Mama came in and picked up a book
An' papa asked her what it was
Someone else asked, 'What do you care?'
Papa said, 'Well, just because?'

Then they started to take back their clothes
Hang 'em on the line
It was January the thirtieth
And everybody was feelin' fine

That next day everybody got up
Seein' if the clothes were dry
The dogs were barking, a neighbor passed
Mama, of course, she said, 'Hi'

'Have you heard the news?' he said with a grin
'The Vice President's gone mad'
'Where?', 'Downtown', 'When?', 'Last night'
'Hmm, say, that's too bad'

'Well, there's nothing we can do about it', said the neighbor
'It's just something we're gonna have to forget'
'Yes, I guess so', said Ma
Then she asked me if the clothes was still wet

I reached up, touched my shirt
And the neighbor said, 'Are those clothes yours?'
I said, 'Some of them, not all of them'
He said, 'Ya always help out around here with the chores?'

I said, 'Sometime, not all the time'
Then my neighbor he blew his nose
Just as papa yelled outside
'Mama wants you to come back in the house
And bring them clothes'

Well, I just do what I'm told, so I did it, of course
I went back in the house and mama met me
And then I shut all the doors


83.Young Blood

Lyricist:Jerry Leiber, Doc Pomus, Mike Stoller

I saw her standin' on a corner
The yellow ribbon in her hair
I couldn't keep myself from shoutin'
Look-a there, look-a there
Look-a there, look-a there

We got a young blood
All of that a young blood
She's got a young blood
Ohh, I can't get you out of my mind

I took one look and I was fractured
I tried to walk but I was lame
I tried to talk but I just stuttered
W-w-what's your name? What's your name?
What's your name? Ohh, what's your name?

Young blood
Ohh, she's got a young blood
Holler laddie, young blood
Ohh, I can't get you out of my mind

What crazy stuff, she looked so tough
I had to follow her all the way home
And things got bad, I met her dad
He said, 'You better leave my daughter alone'

He's singin' young blood
Ohh, ooh, a lot a young blood
Now, give me young blood
You know I can't get you out of my mind

I couldn't sleep a wink for tryin'
I saw the rising of the sun
And all night long my heart was cryin'
Yeah, you're the one, you're the one
You're the one, you're the one

Young blood
All of that a young blood
Young blood
Ohh, I can't get you out of my mind

Young blood
All of that a young blood
Young blood
Ohh, I can't get you out of my mind


84.Stagefright

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

Now deep in the heart of a lonely kid
Who suffered so much for what he did
They gave this ploughboy his fortune and fame
Since that day he ain't been the same

See the man with the stage fright
Just standin' up there to give it all his might
And he got caught in the spotlight
But when we get to the end
He wants to start all over again

I've got fire water right on my breath
And the doctor warned me I might catch a death
Said, 'You can make it in your disguise
Just never show the fear that's in your eyes'

See the man with the stage fright,
Just standin' up there to give it all his might
He got caught in the spotlight
But when we get to the end
He wants to start all over again

Now if he says that he's afraid
Take him at his word
And for the price that the poor boy has paid,
He gets to sing just like a bird, oh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Your brow is sweatin' and your mouth gets dry
Fancy people go driftin' by
The moment of truth is right at hand
Just one more nightmare you can stand

See the man with the stage fright
Just standin' up there to give it all his might
And he got caught in the spotlight
But when we get to the end
He wants to start all over again

You wanna try it once again
Please don't make him stop
Let him take it from the top
Let him start all over again


85.Please, Mrs. Henry

Lyricist:Bob Dylan

Well, I've already had two beers
I'm ready for the broom
Please, Mrs. Henry, won't you
Take me to my room?

I'm a good ol' boy
But I've been sniffin' too many eggs
Talkin' to too many people
Drinkin' too many kegs

Please, Mrs. Henry, Mrs. Henry, please
Please, Mrs. Henry, Mrs. Henry, please
I'm down on my knees an' I ain't got a dime

Well, I'm groanin' in a hallway
Pretty soon I'll be mad
Please, Mrs. Henry, won't you
Take me to your dad?

I can drink like a fish
I can crawl like a snake
I can bite like a turkey
I can slam like a drake

Please, Mrs. Henry, Mrs. Henry, please
Please, Mrs. Henry, Mrs. Henry, please
I'm down on my knees an' I ain't got a dime

Now, don't crowd me, lady
Or I'll fill up your shoe
I'm a sweet bourbon daddy
An' tonight I am blue

I'm a thousand years old
I'm a generous bomb
I'm T-boned and punctured
I've been known to be calm

Please, Mrs. Henry, Mrs. Henry, please
Please, Mrs. Henry, Mrs. Henry, please
I'm down on my knees an' I ain't got a dime

Now, I'm startin' to drain
My stool's gonna squeak
If I walk too much farther
My crane's gonna leak

Look, Mrs. Henry
There's only so much I can do
Why don't you look my way
An' pump me a few?

Please, Mrs. Henry, Mrs. Henry, please
Please, Mrs. Henry, Mrs. Henry, please
I'm down on my knees an' I ain't got a dime


86.It Makes No Difference

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

It makes no difference where I turn
I can't get over you and the flame still burns
It makes no difference, night or day
The shadow never seems to fade away

And the sun don't shine anymore
And the rains fall down on my door

Now there's no love
As true as the love
That dies untold
But the clouds never hung so low before

It makes no difference how far I go
Like a scar the hurt will always show
It makes no difference who I meet
They're just a face in the crowd on a dead-end street

And the sun don't shine anymore
And the rains fall down on my door

These old love letters
Well, I just can't keep
'Cause like a gambler says
Read 'em and weep and the dawn don't rescue me no more

Without your love I'm nothing at all
Like an empty hall it's a lonely fall
Since you've gone it's a losing battle
Stampeding cattle, they rattle the walls

And the sun don't shine anymore
And the rains fall down on my door

Well, I love you so much
It's all I can do
Just to keep myself from telling you
That I never felt so alone before


87.Rags and Bones

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

Catch a taxi to the fountainhead
Blinking neon penny arcade
A young Caruso on the fire escape
Painted face ladies on parade
A newsboy on the corner
Singing out headlines
And a fiddler selling pencils
The sign reads, 'Help the blind'

Comin' up the lane callin'
Workin' while the rain's fallin'
Ragman, your song of the street
Keeps haunting my memory
Music in the air
I hear it ev'rywhere
Rags, bones with old city songs
Hear them, how they talk to me

Trolley car rings out the morning
The whistle blows at noon
A cat fight breaks open the night
While watch dogs bay at the moon
A preacher on an orange crate
With a salvation army band
And clicking along the cobbled stones
Well that's the sound of the ice cream man

Comin' up the lane callin'
Workin' while the rain's fallin'
Ragman, your song of the street
It keeps haunting my memory
Music in the air
I hear it ev'rywhere
Rags, bones and old city songs
Hear them, how they talk to me

The organ grinder and his monkey
Still walkin' the same old beat
The shoe-shine boy slappin' leather
He puts the rhythm in your feet
Strollin' by the churchyard
List'nin' to the Sunday choir
With voices rising to the heavens
Like sirens screaming to a fire

Comin' up the lane callin'
Workin' while the rain's fallin'
Ragman, your song of the street
It keeps haunting my memory
Music in the air
I hear it ev'rywhere
Rags, bones and old city songs
Play them one more time for me


88.Let the Night Fall

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

I am the owl who stands alone
The lonesome wild, I call my home
Just like the workman when his day is done
I can't wait for that sinking sun

Let the night fall, ooh, let the night fall
Please, please, let the night fall
Let it fall on me, let it fall on me

I am the owl who calls upon the night
I am the eyes that abandon the light
When no one's there and the dogs bark
I'm the voice howling in the dark

Let the night fall, ooh, let the night fall
Please, please, let the night fall
Let it fall on me, let it fall on me

I am the owl, old and wise
The lord of wood with silent eyes
The cock screams at the first spark of dawn
That's my cue and I'll be moving on and on

And let the night fall, ooh, let the night fall
Please, please, let the night fall
Let it fall on me, ohh

Let the night fall, ooh, let the night fall
Please, please, let the night fall
Let it fall on me

Let the night fall
Let the night fall
Let the night fall


89.The Last Waltz Refrain

Lyricist:Van Morrison, Robbie Robertson

{We're gonna try a song we never played before
We put together kinda for the occasion
It's called 'The last waltz'}

She stands on the banks of the mighty Mississippi
Holding a lantern light
Waitin' for a man who's a riverboat gambler
He said he'd return tonight

They used to waltz on the banks of the mighty Mississippi
The riverboat gambler went off to make a killin'
And bring it on back to you

Evangeline, Evangeline
Curses the soul of the Mississippi Queen
That pulled her man away

Now, Bayou Sam from South Lousianne
Had gamblin' in his veins
Why do ya cause her such pain?

She went to the top of Hickory Hill
Stand in the lightnin' and thunder
Riverboat, it was sinkin'
She watched that boat go under

Evangeline, Evangeline
Curses the soul of the Mississippi Queen
That pulled her man away

The last of November leaves on the ground
It's hard to remember what city, what town
(What town)
Surrounded by bones, it feels so alone

The last waltz, the last waltz, the last waltz with you
Don't mean the last dance is over
The last waltz, the last waltz, the last waltz was through
But that don't really mean that the party's over


90.Last of the Blacksmiths

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

Who robbed the cradle? Who robbed the grave?
Who's the one that asked to be saved?
No, no answer came

I moved to the country that cried of shame
I left my home and found a name
No, nobody could explain

'Have mercy' cried the blacksmith
'How're you gonna replace human hands?'
'Found guilty' said the judge
'For not being in demand'

Frozen fingers at the keyboard
Could this be the big reward
No, no answer came

Brought up everybody to see for themselves
And they wouldn't believe it from no one else
No, nobody could explain

'Dead tongue' said the poet
To the daughter of burlesque
Cocteau, Van Gogh and Geronimo
They used up what was left

'Cry wolf' said the martyr
'I don't believe I'm alive'
'You're the hero' said the mute
'And you're bound to survive'


91.Chest Fever

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

I know she's a tracker
Any scarlet would back her
And they say she's a chooser
But I just can't refuse her

She was just there but then she can't be here no more
And as my mind unweaves
I feel the freeze down in my knees
But just before she leaves, she receives

She's been down in the dunes
And she's dealt with the goons
Now she drinks from the bitter cup
I'm trying to get her to give it up

She was just here, I fear she can't be here no more
And as my mind unweaves
I feel the freeze down in my knees
But just before she leaves, she receives

It's long, long when she's gone
I get weary holding on
Now I'm coldly fading fast
I don't think I'm gonna last
Very much longer

'She's stoned' Said the Swede
And the moon calf agreed
But I'm like a viper in shock
With my eyes in the clock

She was just there somewhere and here I am again
And as my mind unweaves
I feel the freeze down in my knees
But just before she leaves, she receives


92.Odds And Ends

Lyricist:Bob Dylan

I stand in awe and I shake my face
You break your promise all over the place
You promised to love me but what do I see
Just you comin' and spillin' juice over me

Odds and ends, odds and ends
Lost time is not found again

Now, you take your file and you bend my head
I never can remember anything that you said
You promised to love me but what do I know
You're always spillin' juice on me like you got someplace to go

Odds and ends, odds and ends
Lost time is not found again

Now, I've had enough, my box is clean
You know what I'm sayin' and you know what I mean
From now on you'd best get on someone else
While you're doin' it, keep that juice to yourself

Odds and ends, odds and ends
Lost time is not found again


93.Thinkin' out Loud

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

I was thinkin' out loud
Talking to myself
I was up on a cloud
There was nobody else

No, no, no I did not call
I never was allowed
To speak up at all
I was just thinkin' out loud

Transylvania Train, circus never came
Heroes are all gone
No trampoline, fell without a scream
Who's looking for a job? Oh oh

Before I realized, I was hypnotized
Flashback to the past
Cross eyed jack, monkey on his back
Knew it would not last

Room service gone off duty
Bellman has retired
This hotel is a beauty
Even the house dick's been fired

Then the sky came crashing down
Knocked me off this cloud
When I fell to the ground
I was just thinkin' out loud


94.Smoke Signal

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

Went to the movie matinee
To see the blue coats try to get away
From a smoke signal
Above the trees
Smoke signal
Shifting in the breeze

Some folks think it's make believe
Other folks ain't so naive
About a smoke signal
Could see it coming
A smoke signal
Hear the drums drumming

You don't believe what you read in the paper
You can't believe the stranger at your door
You don't believe what you hear from your neighbor
Your old neighborhood ain't even there no more

Indian maid will plant the seed
And cultivate a whole new breed
There's a smoke signal
Over your head
A smoke signal
You know what it said?

When they're torn out by the roots
Young brothers join in cahoots
To send a smoke signal
Near and far
A smoke signal
No matter where you are

You don't believe what they say on the radio
You don't believe what you see on the video
Living in the shadow of a doubt today
Still waiting for the smoke to clear away

Tried to get in touch with you
Tried to get my message through
By smoke signal
Honey, do you read me
A smoke signal
Call me if you need me

There you were all in white
Standin' out in the broad daylight
Lookin' like a smoke signal
Heaven above
A smoke signal
Oh, my love

You don't believe what you read in the paper
You can't believe the stranger at your door
You don't believe what you hear from your neighbor
Your old neighborhood ain't even there no more


95.Volcano

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

Got my motor runnin'
Little girl, are you comin'
Keep your candle burning bright

Soon as you are ready
Hold that ladder steady
Come tread softly through the night

Don't leave me in the dark
Like a ghost rider in your yard
Carving our names in bark
Along the boulevard

I'd be a bushwhacker
Even be your hijacker
Keep your candle burning bright

When we cross that railroad track
There'll be no turning back
Come tread softly through the night

Don't leave me sitting here
Up on top of your fence
I'm like an alley cat up here
Without a lick of sense

Volcano, I'm about to blow
Volcano, gonna overflow
Volcano, look out below

Don't leave me empty handed
Like a villain in the woods
Prowling around the grounds
Trying to make off with the goods

Volcano, I'm about to blow
Volcano, gonna overflow
Volcano, look out below


96.Endless Highway

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

Take a silver dollar and put it in your pocket never let it slip
away
Always be a man not a boy gone astray, astray
When you get half crazy from the August heat or on a frozen
Rotted road, with no one to complain to about your achin' feet

You're gonna walk that endless highway
Walk that highway till you die
All you children goin' my way
Better tell your home life sweet goodbye

When I see a detour up ahead I leave it far behind
Who knows what you're apt to find there
With the cost of livin', and the price of dying'
Look like to me this time I wont be buyin'

You're gonna walk that endless highway
Walk that highway till you die
All you children goin' my way
Better tell your home life sweet goodbye

When they get a scapegoat by the throat
It's hard labor and cold beans if you get away
You'll be eatin' from the poison peanut machine
I sing by night, wander by day
I'm on the road and it looks like I'm here to stay

You're gonna walk that endless highway
Walk that highway till you die
All you children goin' my way
Better tell your home life sweet goodbye

Goodbye
Better tell your home life sweet goodbye


97.What Am I Living For (Outtake)

Lyricist:Art Harris, Fred Jay

Oh, what am I living for if not for you?
What am I living for if not for you?
What am I living for if not for you?
Baby, nobody else but nobody else but you

Oh, what am I longing for each lonely night?
To feel you close to me and hold you tight
What am I living for if not for you?
Baby, nobody else but nobody else will do

And I want you close to me, that's all that I know
I want you all the time because I love you so

A-what am I living for if not for you?
What am I living for if not for you?
What am I living for if not for you?
Baby, nobody else but nobody else will do

And I want you close to me, that's all I know
I want you all the time because I love you so

Ah, what am I living for if not for you?
What am I longing for if not for you?
What am I living for if not for you?
Baby, nobody else, but nobody else will do

Baby, nobody else, but nobody else but you
Baby, nobody else, nobody else but you


98.One Too Many Mornings

Lyricist:Bob Dylan

Down the street, the dogs are barkin'
And the day is a-gettin' dark
As the night comes in a-fallin'
The dogs'll lose their bark

An' the silent night will shatter
From the sounds inside my mind
For I'm one too many mornings
And a thousand miles behind

From the crossroads of my doorstep
My eyes they start to fade
As I turn my head back to the room
Where my love and I have laid

And I gaze back to the street
The sidewalk and the sign
And I'm one too many mornings
An' a thousand miles behind

It's a restless hungry feeling
That don't mean no one no good
When ev'rything I'm a-sayin'
You can say it just as good

You're right from your side
I'm right from mine
We're both just too many mornings
An' a thousand miles behind


99.Long Black Veil

Lyricist:Danny Dill, Marijohn Wilkin

Ten years ago on a cool dark night
There was someone killed 'neath the town hall light
There were few at the scene and 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 although 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 was high and eternity neared
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
But sometimes at night when the cold wind moans
In a long black veil she cries over my bones

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


Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

Out of this world
Out of this mind
Out of this love for you

Out of this world
Out of the blue
Out of this love for you

Sometimes I don't know you
You're like someone else
But that's alright
I'm a stranger here myself

She don't shed a tear
When I walk out that door
She knows, she knows
I'll be coming back for more

Out of this world
Out of this mind
Out of this love for you

Out of this world
Out of the blue
Out of this love for you

It's in the cards
It's written in the stars
It's in the wee-wee hours
In some lonely bar

If she don't stay up all night
And walk the floor
She knows damn well
I'll be coming back for more

Out of this world
Out of this mind
Out of this love for you

Out of this world
Out of the blue
Out of this love for you

For you, you, you
For you, you, you
For you


101.Tura Lura Lural (That's An Irish Lullaby)

Lyricist:James Royce Shannon

Tura lura lural
Tura lura lie
Tura lura lural
Hush don't you cry

Tura lura lural
Tura lura lie
Tura lura lural
That's an Irish lullaby

Often in dreams I've wondered
Back to that cot again
And I feel her arms huggin' me
Just like when she held me then

And I hear her voice a hummin'
To me as in days or yore
When she used to rock me
Yeah and she used to rock me
Outside the kitchen door
That's why I'm singing now right now

Tura lura lural
Tura lura lie
Tura lura lural
Hush don't you cry

Tura lura lural
Tura lura lie
Tura lura lural
Man that song I'm singin' is just an Irish lullaby
Oh yes, it's just an Irish lullaby


102.Lo And Behold!

Lyricist:Bob Dylan

I pulled out for San Anton'
I never felt so good
My woman said she'd meet me there
And of course I knew she would

The coachman, he hit me for my hook
And he asked me my name
I give it to him right away
Then I hung my head in shame

Lo and behold! Lo and behold!
Lookin' for my lo and behold!
Get me outta here, my dear man

I come in Pittsburgh
At six-thirty flat
I found myself a vacant seat
An' I put down my hat

What's the matter, Molly dear
What's the matter with your mound?
What's it to ya, Moby Dick?
This is chicken town

Lo and behold! Lo and behold!
Lookin' for my lo and behold!
Get me outta here, my dear man

I bought my girl a herd of moose
One she can call her own
Well, she came out the very next day
See where they had flown

I'm goin' down to Tennessee
Get me a truck or somethin'
I wanna save my money
And rip it up

Lo and behold! Lo and behold!
Lookin' for my lo and behold!
Get me outta here, my dear man

Now I come in on a ferris wheel
An' the boys I sure was slick
I come in like a ton of bricks
Laid a few tricks on 'em

Goin' back to Pittsburgh
Count up to thirty
Round that horn and ride that herd
Gonna thread up

Lo and behold! Lo and behold!
Lookin' for my lo and behold!
Get me outta here, my dear man


103.Down South In New Orleans

Lyricist:Anglin Jack, Jim Anglin, Johnny Wright

Down south in New Orleans
The prettiest girls I've ever seen
A sparkling eye and lips so sweet
And we make love to the Rumba beat

A ship's at anchor, my suitcase packed
I got a one way ticket, ain't comin' back
Life's a pleasure and love's a dream
Down south in New Orleans

My dark eyed baby, I'm on my way
Back into your arms to stay
I'm tired of work, I wanna play
I'll make sweet love to you night and day

Down south in New Orleans
The prettiest girls I've ever seen
A sparkling eye and lips so sweet
And we make love to the Rumba beat

A ship's at anchor, my suitcase packed
I got a one way ticket, ain't comin' back
Life's a pleasure, love's a dream
Down south in New Orleans

I want to get too loose, on Toulouse Street
I wanna kiss all the Creole girls I see
Drink all day, dance all night
Do it wrong, 'til I do it right

Down south in New Orleans
The prettiest girls I've ever seen
A sparkling eye and lips so sweet
And we make love to the Rumba beat

A ship's at anchor, my suitcase packed
I got a one way ticket, ain't comin' back
Life's a pleasure and love's a dream
Down south in New Orleans


104.Jupiter Hollow

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

Jupiter Hollow Northern ights
Cast a glow through the window late last night
I went to follow through the sycamore
When I found myself in a place I'd never been before
There was a unicorn and a dragon queen
Beneath the burgundy sky
I saw an old soldier singin' a love song
He had the distance in his eye

Livin' in another world, livin' in another time
Like a comet I was hurled, oh, livin' in another world

Jupiter Hollow so far, so near
Like a time machine take you out to a different year
Phoebus Apollo played on his lyre
While we danced to the music of the sphere
And as the moon went down and the sun came up
With the mercury risin' too
'T was then the prophet said the secret of the dead
I'll whisper it to you

Livin' in another world, livin' in another time
Like a comet I was hurled, oh, livin' in another world

Jupiter Hollow in the midnight sun
Well, no man of dreams was ever more outdone
Where the swallows circle over head
And muses gather by the river of the tears we shed
Just like a pioneer in the new frontier
I don't know where to begin
Because nobody cares when a man goes mad
And tries to free the ghost within

Livin' in another world, livin' in another time
Like a comet I was hurled, oh, livin' in another world


105.Hobo Jungle

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

There was a chill that night in the hobo jungle
Over the train yard lay a smooth coat of frost
And although nobody here really knows where they're goin'
At the very same time nobody's lost

In the fire went out and the night grew still
This old man lay frozen on the cold, cold ground
He was a stray bird and the road was his callin'
Ridin' the rods, sleepin' under the stars
Playin' the odds from a rollin' box car

She attended the funeral in the hobo jungle
Long were they lovers though never could they wed
Drifters and rounders and little distant friends
Here I lie without anger or regret, I'm in no one's debt

Man goes nowhere, everything comes like tomorrow
But she took that last ride there by his side
He spent his whole life pursuing the horizon
Ridin' the rods, sleepin' under the stars
Playin' the odds from a rollin' box car


106.Ring Your Bell

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

Ring your bell change your number
Run like hell you can't hide from thunder, oh no
Ring your bell get in the wind
You and me gonna make some medicine

Run that rebel across the tracks
With the mounties on his trail
He was taught
Don't get caught at the mercy of the man
Land in jail

Meet me, madam, on the high road
We gonna blow the man down
I've been totin' a heavy load
And I'm rarin' to clown mess around

Ring your bell shake your tower
Pump your well yurn on your power
I'm gonna ring your bell slide on in
You and me gonna make some medicine

Smoky bars and souped up cars
Where we drowned all sorrow
Renegade woman
Love me like there's no tomorrow
Left to borrow

Bloodhounds comb the back streets
With the ramrod close behind
Asphalt justice you gonna find
My ass across that border line

Ring your bell sound the chime
Open up your shell get on the line
Come on, ring your bell gimme some skin
You and me gonna make some medicine


107.To Kingdom Come

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

Forefather pointed to kingdom come
Sadly told his only son
Just be careful what you do
It all comes back on you

False witness spread the news
Somebody's gonna lose
Either she or me or you
Nothing we can do

So don't you say a word
Or reveal a thing you've learned
Time will tell you well
If you truly, truly fell

Tarred and feathered, yeah
Thistles and thorns
One or the other
He kindly warns

Now you look out the window
Tell me, what do you see?
I see a golden calf pointing back at me

I've been sitting in here for so darn long
Waitin' for the end to come along
Holy roaster on the brink
I take a choice, swim or sink

False witness cast an evil eye
Said I cannot tell a lie
I'm not alone, you see

So don't you say a word
Or reveal a thing you've learned
Time will tell you well
If you truly, truly fell

Tarred and feathered, yeah
Thistles and thorns
One or the other
He kindly warns

Now you look out the window
Tell me, what do you see?
I see a golden calf pointing back at me


108.This Wheel's On Fire

Lyricist:Rick Danko, Bob Dylan

If your memory serves you well
We're going to meet again and wait
So I'm going to unpack all my things
And sit before it gets too late

No man alive will come to you
With another tale to tell
And you know that we shall meet again
If your memory serves you well

This wheel's on fire
Rolling down the road
Just notify my next of kin
This wheel shall explode

If your memory serves you well
I was going to confiscate your lace
And wrap it up in a sailor's knot
And hide it in your case

If I knew for sure that it was yours
And it was oh so hard to tell
And you know that we shall meet again
If your memory serves you well

This wheel's on fire
Rolling down the road
Just notify my next of kin
This wheel shall explode

If your memory serves you well
You'll remember that you're the one
That called on them to call on me
To get you your favors done

And after every plan had failed
And there was nothing more to tell
And you know that we shall meet again
If your memory serves you well

This wheel's on fire
Rolling down the road
Just notify my next of kin
This wheel shall explode


109.In A Station

Lyricist:Richard Manuel

Once I walked through the halls of a station
Someone called your name
In the streets I heard children laughing
They all sound the same

Wonder could you ever know me
Know the reason why I live?
Is there nothing you can show me
Life seems so little to give

Once I climbed up the face of a mountain
And ate the wild fruit there
Fell asleep until the moonlight woke me
And I could taste your hair

Isn't everybody dreaming?
Then the voice I hear is real
Out of all the idle scheming
Can't we have something to feel?

Once upon a time, they used me indeed
Tomorrow never came
I could sing the sound of your laughter
Still I don't know your name

Must be some way to repay you
Out of all the good you gave
If a rumor should delay you
Love seems so little to say


110.Tears Of Rage (Alternate Take)

Lyricist:Bob Dylan, Richard Manuel

We carried you in our arms
On Independence Day
And now you'll throw us all aside
And put us all away

Oh, what dear daughter 'neath the sun
Could treat a father so?
To wait upon him hand and foot
Yet always answer, 'No'

Tears of rage, tears of grief
Why must I always be the thief?
Come to me now, you know we're so low
And life is brief

It was all so very painless
When you ran out to receive
All that false instruction
Which we never could believe

And now the heart is filled with gold
As if it was a purse
But, oh, what kind of love is this
Which goes from bad to worse?

Tears of rage, tears of grief
Why must I always be the thief?
Come to me now, you know we're so low
And life is brief

We pointed you the way to go
And scratched your name in sand
Though you thought it was nothing more
Than a place for you to stand

I want you to know that while we watched
You discovered that no one would be true
That I myself was among the ones who thought
It was just a childish thing to do

Tears of rage, tears of grief
Why must I always be the thief?
Come to me now, you know we're so low
And life is brief


111.Whispering Pines (Alternate Take)

Lyricist:Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson

If you find me in a gloom or catch me in a dream
Here inside my lonely room there is no in between

If you find me in a gloom or catch me in a dream
Inside my lonely room there is no in between
Whispering pines, rising of the tide
If only one star shines that's just enough to get inside

I will wait until it all goes 'round
With you in sight the lost are found

Foghorn through the night, calling out to sea
Protect my only light for she once belonged to me
Let the waves rush in, let the seagulls cry
For if I live again these hopes will never die

I can feel you standing there
But I don't see you anywhere

Standing by the well
(Standing by the well)
Wishing for the rains
(Wishing for the rains)
Reaching to the clouds
(Reaching to the clouds)
For nothing else remains

Drifting in a daze when evening will be done
Try looking through a haze
At an empty house in the cold, cold sun

I will wait until it all goes 'round
With you in sight the lost are found


112.Get Up Jake (OuttakeÂStereo Mix)

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

Get up Jake, it's late in the mornin'
The rain is pourin', we got work to do
Get up Jake, there's no need a lyin'
You tell me that you're dyin' but I know it's not true

Now, me and Jake, we work down on the river
On the ferry Baltimore
And when Jake don't rise up in the mornin'
People lined up all along the shore

Get up Jake, it's late in the mornin'
The rain is pourin', we got work to do
Get up Jake, there's no need a lyin'
You tell me that you're dyin' but I know it's not true

Crap game will take you to the cleaners
Rye whiskey to the grave
River Woman, don't you come no closer
'Cause me and Jake got no time to save, oh, oh

Get up Jake, it's late in the mornin'
The rain is pourin', we got work to do
Get up Jake, there's no need a lyin'
You tell me that you're dyin' but I know it's not true

Dirty Dan, he came up from Savannah
Carried a mean streak in his eye
Now, him and Jake both wanted Annabella
I guess one man here has got to die

Get up Jake, it's late in the mornin'
The rain is pourin', we got work to do
Get up Jake and no need a yin'
Annabelle's cryin' and it's all for you


113.Orange Juice Blues (Blues For Breakfast) (Outtake - Demo)

Lyricist:Richard Manuel

I had a hard time waking this morning
I got a lotta things on my mind
Like those friends of yours, they keep bringing me down
Just hangin' round all the time

I've had a hard time waking most mornings
And it's been that way for a month or more
And you've had things your way now I've got to say
I'm on my way out the door

Why don't you get right, try to get right, baby?
You haven't been right with me
Why don't you get right, try and get right, baby?
Don't you remember how it used to be?

You had a hard time waking this morning
And I can see it in your empty eyes
But there's no need for talking or walking round the block
Just to figure out the reason why

I have a hard time handing out warnings
I'll just slide on out the door
'Cuz I'm tired of everything being beautiful, beautiful
And I ain't coming back no more

But don't you get right, try to get right, baby?
You haven't been right with me
Why don't you get right, try and get right, baby?
Don't you remember how it used to be?


114.Christmas Must Be Tonight (Alternate Version)

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

Come down to the manger, see the little stranger
Wrapped in swaddling clothes, the prince of peace
And the wheels start turnin', torches start burnin'
And the old wise men journey from the east

How a little baby boy
Bring the people so much joy
Son of a carpenter, Mary carried the light
This must be Christmas, must be tonight

Well a shepherd on a hillside, while over my flock I bide
Oh a cold winter night a band of angels singin'
In a dream I heard a voice, sayin', 'Fear not, come rejoice'
It's the end of the beginning, praise the new born king'

How a little baby boy
Bring the people so much joy
Son of a carpenter, Mary carried the light
This must be Christmas, must be tonight

I saw it with my own eyes, it was written up in the skies
But why a simple herdsmen such as I?
Then it came to pass, he was born at last
Right below the star that shines on bright

How a little baby boy
Bring the people so much joy
Son of a carpenter, Mary carried the light
This must be Christmas, must be tonight
Be tonight, be tonight


115.Twilight (Early Alternate Version)

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

Don't send me no distant salutations
Or silly souvenirs from far away
And don't leave me alone in the twilight
'Cause twilight is the loneliest time a day

Over by the wildwood where young lovers go
Sparks flashing in the night, true colors show
If I had my way I'd never get the urge to roam
But a young man serves his country and an old man guards the
home

Don't put me in a frame upon the mantel
Before memories turn dusty old and gray
And don't leave me alone in the twilight
'Cause twilight is the loneliest time a day

I could take the darkness, oh storms in the skies
But we all got certain trials burnin' up inside
You only hurt yourself you don't know what you're doing
Tryin' to make it all alone who you think you're fooling

Don't hand me nothing I can't hold
Or nothing that I can't give away
And don't leave me alone in the twilight
'Cause twilight is the loneliest time of day


116.Out Of The Blue

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

Out of this world
Out of this mind
Out of this love for you

Out of this world
Out of the blue
Out of this love for you

Sometimes I don't know you
You're like someone else
But that's alright
I'm a stranger here myself

She don't shed a tear
When I walk out that door
She knows, she knows
I'll be coming back for more

Out of this world
Out of this mind
Out of this love for you

Out of this world
Out of the blue
Out of this love for you

Well, it's in the cards
It's written in the stars
It's in the wee-wee hours
In some lonely bar

If she don't stay up all night
And walk the floor
She knows damn well
I'll be coming back for more

Out of this world
Out of this mind
Out of this love for you

Out of this world
Out of the blue
Out of this love for you

For you, you, you
For you, you, you
For you


117.Unfaithful Servant

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

Unfaithful servant
I hear you leavin' soon in the mornin'
What did you do to the lady
That she's gonna have to send you away?

Unfaithful servant
You don't have to say you're sorry
If you done it just for the spite
Or did ya do it just for the glory?

Like a stranger you've turned your back
Left your keys and gone to pack
But bear in mind who's to blame, and all the shame
She really cared, the time she spared
And the home you shared

Unfaithful servant
I can hear the whistle blowing
Yes, that train is comin'
And soon you'll be goin'

Let us not bow our heads
For we won't be complainin'
Life has been good to us all
Even when that sky has been rainin'

To take it like a grain of salt
Is all I can do and it's no one's fault
Makes no difference if we fade away
It's just as it was
And it's much to cold for me to stay

Goodbye to that country home
So long to a lady I have known
Farewell to my other side
I'd best just take it in stride

Unfaithful servant
You'll learn to find your place
I can see it in your smile
And, yes, I can see it in your face

The memories will linger on
But the good old days, they're all gone
Oh, lonesome servant, can't you see
That we're still one and the same, just you and me


118.Stage Fright

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

Now deep in the heart of a lonely kid
Who suffered so much for what he did
Gave this ploughboy his fortune and fame
Since that day he ain't been the same

See the man with the stage fright
Just standin' up there to give it all his might
And he got caught with the spotlight
But when we get to the end
He wanna start all over again

I've got fire water right on my breath
The doctor warned me I might catch a death
Said, 'You can make it in your disguise
Just never show the fear that's in your eyes'

See the man with the stage fright
Just standin' up there to give it all his might
And he got caught in the spotlight
But when we get to the end
He wanna start all over again

Now when he says that he's afraid
Take him at his word
And for the price that the ploughboy has paid
He gets to sing just like a bird, ooh ooh ooh

My brow is sweatin' and the mouth gets dry
Fancy people go driftin' by
The moment of truth is right at hand
Just one more nightmare you can stand

See the man with the stage fright
Just standin' up there to give it all his might
And he got caught with the spotlight
But when we get to the end
He wanna start all over again

Now please don't make him stop, no no
Let him take it from the top, oh oh
Let him start all over again


119.Forbidden Fruit

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

High and lonesome out on Times Square
Haven't got a dime, ain't got a prayer
Deliver us, Lord, from this golden calf
People only want what they cannot have

Forbidden fruit
That's the fruit that you'd better not taste
Forbidden fruit
You've got one life that you'd better not waste

How can I walk with this ball and chain?
How can I land in this hurricane?
Or is this part of man's evolution
To be torn between truth and illusion?

Forbidden fruit
That's the route that you'd better not take
Forbidden fruit
Just watch out for the sign of the snake

Little brother got caught in the web
He ran off to join the living dead
Been through the mill, seen the cross on the hill
He sold his soul just for a thrill

Forbidden fruit
In hot pursuit out on a limb
Forbidden fruit
Your whole world is closing in

You got the picture but missed the drift
About me workin' the graveyard shift
I never went in for no burglary
But there's a stranger inside of me

Forbidden fruit
Don't you shoot the whole works away
Forbidden fruit
It's too high of a price to pay

How can you hear with a bad connection?
You can't see when there's no reception
Keep your distance, don't fool with taboo
'Cause it'll overtake and undertake you

Forbidden fruit
That's the fruit that you'd better not taste
Forbidden fruit
You've got one life that you'd better not waste


120.Twilight (Song Sketch)

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

Over by the wildwood
Hot summer night
We lay in the tall grass
Till the mornin' light

If I had my way I'd never
Get the urge to roam
But a young man serves his country
An old man guards the home

Don't send me no silly salutations
Or silly souvenirs from far away
Don't leave me alone in the twilight
'Cause twilight is the loneliest time of day

I never gave it a second thought
It never crossed my mind
What's right and what's not
I'm not the judgin' kind

I can take the darkness, oh
Storms in the skies
But we all got certain trials
Burnin' up inside

Don't put me in a frame upon the mantel
'Fore memories grow dusty old and gray
You don't leave me alone in the twilight
'Cause twilight is the loneliest time of day

And don't leave me alone in the twilight
'Cause twilight is the loneliest time of day


121.Look Out Cleveland (Live 6/2/71 Royal Albert Hall, London)

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

Look out, Cleveland, the storm is coming through
And it's running right up on you
Look out, Houston, there'll be thunder on the hill
Bye-bye, baby, don't you lie so still

It was Wednesday evening when first we heard the word
It did not come by train nor bird
T'was when Ben Pike stepped down to say
'This old town's gonna blow away'

Look out, Cleveland, the storm is coming through
And it's running right up on you
Look out, Houston, there'll be thunder on the hill
Bye-bye, baby, don't you lie so still

Chain lightning, frightening as it may seem
Must not be mistaken for just another dream
Justice of peace don't know his own fate
But he'll go down in the shelter late

Look out, Cleveland, the storm is coming through
And it's running right up on you
Look out, Houston, there'll be thunder on the hill
Bye-bye, baby, don't you lie so still

Hiding your money won't do you no good
You build a big wall, you know you would if you could, yeah
When clouds of warning come into view
Better get the old woman right outta her shoe

Look out, Cleveland, the storm is coming through
And it's running right up on you
Look out, Houston, there'll be thunder on the hill
Bye-bye, baby, don't you lie so still


122.Rockin' Chair (Live 6/2/71 Royal Albert Hall, London)

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

Hang around, Willie Boy
Don't you raise the sails anymore
It's for sure, I've spent my whole life at sea
And I'm pushin' age seventy-three
Now there's only one place that was meant for me

Oh, to be home again
Down in Old Virginny
With my very best friend
They call him Ragtime Willie

We're gonna soothe away the rest of our years
We're gonna put away all of our tears
That big rockin' chair won't go nowhere

Slow down, Willie Boy
Your heart's gonna give right out on you
It's true and I believe I know what we should do
Turn the stern and point to shore
The seven seas won't carry us no more

Oh, to be home again
Well, down in Old Virginny
With my very best friend
They call him Ragtime Willie

I can't wait to sniff that air
Dip'n snuff, I won't have no care
That big rockin' chair won't go nowhere

Hear the sound, Willie Boy
The Flyin' Dutchman's on the reef
It's my belief, we've used up all our time
This hill's too steep to climb
And the days that remain ain't worth a dime

Oh, to be home again
Well, down in Old Virginny
With my very best friend
They call him Ragtime Willie

Would-a-been nice just to see the folks
Listen once again to the stale jokes
That big rockin' chair won't go nowhere

I can hear something calling on me
And you know where I wanna be
(Oh Willie, don't you hear that sound)

Oh, to be home again
Down in Old Virginny
(I just want to get my feet back on the ground)

Oh, to be home again
Down in Old Virginny
(I'd love to see my very best friend)
And they call him Ragtime Willie

I believe old rockin chair's got me
(Oh, to be home again)


123.Strawberry Wine (Live 6/2/71 Royal Albert Hall, London)

Lyricist:Levon Helm, Robbie Robertson

I would try my finger and I would try my hand
At any fool game in this man's land
But don't you talk about this dear friend of mine
I ain't never been let down so you'd be wastin' time

I would scratch and steal and I would maim a man
I would even run a bounty across the other county
Don't you talk about a dear old friend of mine
I gave it all of my money but it makes me feel fine

Yeah, you know you won't give me no peace of mind
Try to understand, I just wanna feel good all the time
Don't you talk about a dear old friend of mine
And I know that you are sweet and more than double fine

Everybody said you oughta marry that rich man down the line
But if I had to make a choice I wouldn't change my mind
Honey, you just ain't as sweet as my strawberry wine
Oh no, no no no

Yeah, you caught me when I was down a-sleepin' in the park
Climbin' up the walls and laughin' in the dark
But I heard that you'd been talkin' about a dear old friend of
mine
Never tasted anything as sweet as my strawberry wine
No no no

Yeah, I would scratch and steal and I would maim a man
I would even run a bounty across the other county
mine
Never tasted anything as sweet as my strawberry wine
No no no


124.All La Glory (Early Version)

Lyricist:Robbie Robertson

I wanna hear pitter patter
Climb up your ladder, now
It's time for you to dream away
'Cause for a big day that you've been through
You've done all the things that you wanted to do

All la glory, I'm second story
Feel so tall like a prison wall

I'm lookin' for a star bright
To shine down your light, now
And keep the little one safe and warm
'Cause to her it's just a fantasy
And to me it's all a mystery

All la glory, I'm second story
Feel so tall like a prison wall

And before the leaves all turn brown
Before they fall to the ground
You will find the harmony, wait and see

Listen to the serenade
Little girl, promenade, now
You've got the sunshine in your hand
And maybe on a one sweet day
You'll walk that Milky Way

All la glory, I'm second story
Feel so tall like a prison wall that tall


125.Stuff You Gotta Watch

Lyricist:Mckinley Morganfield

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
(Should be mine, should be mine)
Yeah, the girl you love
She stays out all night long
(Should be mine, should be mine)

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
Well, that's the stuff you gotta watch
Well, 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
(Should be mine, should be mine)
Oh, the girl's no good
But don't you make no change
(Should be mine, should be mine)

And 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
(Stuff you gotta watch)
Well, that's the stuff you gotta watch
(Stuff you gotta watch)
Well, that's the stuff you gotta watch
If you don't wanna lose your girl

Well, 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


126.If I Lose (Outtake)

Lyricist:Charlie Poole, Norman Woodlieff

I never thought I'd need you
But now I find I'm wrong
Come on back, sweet mama
Back where you belong

I've gambled over this town
And find that I can't win
Come on back
And pick me up again

Now if I lose, let me lose
I don't care, how much I lose
If I lose a hundred dollars
While I'm tryin' to win a dime
My baby, she got money all the time

Of all the other girls, I know
None can take your place
'Cause when I get into a jam
They just ain't in the race

So come on back home, babe
Let's take another round
With you here by my side, baby
The deal just can't go down

Now if I lose, let me lose
I don't care, how much I lose
If I lose a hundred dollars
While I'm tryin' to win a dime
My baby, she got money all the time

Now if I lose, let me lose
I don't care, how much I lose
If I lose a hundred dollars
While I'm tryin' to win a dime
My baby, she got money all the time


127.Chain Gang

Lyricist:Sam Cooke

Oh, don't you know
That's the sound of the men workin' on the chain gang
That's the sound of the men workin' on the chain gang
All day long they're singin'

All day long they work so hard
Till the sun's goin' down
Working on the highways and byways
And wearing a frown

You hear them moanin' their lives away
Then you hear somebody say

Well, don't you know
That's the sound of the men workin' on the chain gang
That's the sound of the men workin' on the chain gang

I'm goin' home one of these days
I'm goin' home to see my woman
Whom I love so dear
But meanwhile I've got to work right here

Well, don't you know
That's the sound of the men workin' on the chain gang
That's the sound of the men workin' on the chain gang

Ooh, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my work is so hard
Give me water, I'm thirsty
Oh, I'm workin' so hard

Well, don't you know
That's the sound of the men workin' on the chain gang
That's the sound of the men workin' on the chain gang


128.Crazy Mama

Lyricist:J. J. Cale

Crazy mama, where you been so long?
Crazy mama, where you been so long?
You've been hidin' out, yes, I know, crazy mama, I need you so
Crazy mama, where you been so long?

I've been standin' on the corner
Just lookin' for you, babe
Standin' on the corner
Just lookin' for you, babe

Crazy mama, what's that I see?
Crazy mama, she's been staring back at me
Crazy mama, where you been so long?

Crazy mama, where you been so long?
Crazy mama, where you been so long?
Crazy mama, where you been so long?
Crazy mama, where you been so long?


129.White Cadillac

Lyricist:Jim Weider, Levon Helm, Randy Ciarlante

This leg is long as a Georgia pine
Rollin' Mississippi levee on my mind today
But it's so far away
Sedan DeVille what a ride brand new

Four barrel wide open but you better pull over boys
He's comin' on through, headin' up north
We're leavin' stills behind, the kids are wide-eyed
I know everybody wants to ride

Big white Cadillac
I hope somebody's got my back, boy
Wheels burnin' on the rim 'cause we're closin' in
We're gonna rock this town again

Red knuckles smashin' on them rockin' 88's
Strings breakin', sticks flyin' every which a way
Man, ain't that something, the big doghouse thumpin'
Camel walk, back flip, mohair what a touch

Who needs the king thank you, thank you very much
Ain't Yonge Street lucky, I know they are in
Memphis and Kentucky but Little Rock and Newport
Oklahoma, New York, the kids are wide-eyed
I know everybody wants to ride

Big white Cadillac
I hope somebody's got my back, boy
Wheels burnin' on the rim 'cause we're closin' in
We're gonna rock this town again

Big white Cadillac
I hope somebody's got my back, boy
Wheels burnin' on the rim 'cause we're closin' in
We're gonna rock this town again

Oh, my, my, it looks like the fix is in
The trap is set, the secret's kept
The fire's burnin', the wheels are turnin'
We got to go before the smoke starts clearin'

Big white Cadillac
I hope somebody's got my back, boy
Wheels burnin' on the rim 'cause we're closin' in
We're gonna rock this town again

Big white Cadillac
I hope somebody's got my back, boy
Wheels burnin' on the rim 'cause we're closin' in
Big white Cadillac, big white Cadillac, big white Cadillac


130.Shine a Light

Lyricist:Daniel Joseph Moore, Marty Grebb

From outside the open window
How the faithful was gathered to sing
As the tears welled up inside me
Spilled 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 running 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
And I'll search for the one above me
Said just like I'm gonna 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

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 my way

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

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


131.Ain't Got No Home

Lyricist:Clarence Henry

I ain't got no home
No place to roam
I ain't got a home
No place to roam

I'm a lonely boy
I ain't got a home

I ain't got no sister
I ain't got a brother
I ain't got a father
Not even a mother

I'm a lonely boy
I ain't got a home

Well, I've got a voice
And I love to sing
I can sing like a bird
And I can sing like a frog

I'm a lonely boy
I ain't got a home

I ain't got a girl
I ain't got a son
I ain't got no kin
I ain't got no one

I'm a lonely frog
I ain't got a home

Madam, take me in
Let me be your friend
Won't you take me in
Let me be your friend

I'm a lonely boy
I ain't got a home


132.Home Cookin'

Lyricist:Rick Danko

I lost my way down the line, ain't be back for some time
And all the memories left behind and I sure do miss

Home cookin', home cookin', home cookin'
Sure sounds good to a country boy like me

Another rainy afternoon, through the window of my room
Children playing in the rain, hear the dinner bell

Home cookin', home cookin', home cookin'
Sure sounds good to a country boy like me

I feel autumn in the air and I need someone that really cares
And at times I miss the folks back there, I keep longing for

Home cookin', home cookin', home cookin'
Sure sounds good to a country boy like me

Home cookin', home cookin', home cookin'


133.You See Me

Lyricist:Allen Toussaint

I heard a train whistle blowin', people was a yellin'
There's a man on the railroad track
By the river, brown sack on his back

Well, don't look now, honey, no, no
You'll see what they'll see right now
They see a fool blind by love and you see me

I heard a truck horn blowin', dogs just a barkin'
There's a man in the middle of the street
Against the red light, sittin' there rubbin' his feet

Well, don't look now, honey, no, no
You'll see what they'll see right now
They see a fool blind by love and you see me

I heard a boat whistle blowin', people was a yellin'
There's a man on the dock of the bay

Well, don't you look now, honey, no, no
You'll see what they'll see right now
They'll see a fool blind by love and you'll see me

I heard a train whistle blowin', people was a yellin'
There's a man on the railroad track
By the river, brown sack on his back

Well, don't look now, honey, no, no
You'll see what they'll see right now
They see a fool blind by love and you'll see me
They'll see a fool blind by love and you'll see me
Baby, baby, fool blind by love and you'll see me

Fool blind by love, fool blind by love
Fool blind by love, fool blind by love


134.Dry Your Eyes

Lyricist:J. R. Robertson, Neil Leslie Diamond

Dry your eyes, take your song out, when it's a newborn afternoon
And if you can't recall the singer, can you still recall the
tune?
Dry your eyes and play it slowly, just like you're marching off
to war
Sing it like you always wanted, like you sung it once before

And from the center of the circle to the midst of the waiting
crowd
If it ever is forgotten, sing it long and sing it loud
And come dry your eyes

And you taught us more about living than we ever cared to know
And we came to learn the secret and we'd never let it go
And it was more than being holy, oh, it was less than being free
And if you can't recall the reason, can you hear the people
sing?

Right through the lightning and the thunder
To the dark side of the moon
To that distant falling angel that descended much too soon
Come dry your eyes

Dry your eyes, take your song out, it's a newborn afternoon
And if you can't recall the singer, you can still recall the
tune
Come dry your eyes, come dry your eyes
Dry your eyes


135.The Caves of Jericho

Lyricist:John Simon, Levon Helm, Richard Bell

They should have known that trouble was brewing
They should have seen what the old men knew
They should have shut us down
When the hail fell to the ground
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'

Down in Jericho, Kentucky
The mines have all caved in
Down in Jericho
Broken hearts don't mend
Tear stained eyes of kin
Never ever seen
What their 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


136.High Cotton

Lyricist:Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Thomas Anthony Pacheco

The sun feels great I can tell today it's gonna shine
My lady's smiling both of us getting on just fine
The bills are paid, the Caddy's new
Looks like the bad times they're all through
I'm in high cotton, I've forgotten that I had the blues

There's a hundred lucky ladybugs landing everywhere I see
I won a million dollars for a dollar in the lottery
My best friend C.W. is due
He beat every charge that the police threw
I'm in high cotton, I've forgotten that I had the blues

I'm in high cotton, yes, I'm in high cotton
Soft and white as the clouds
I'm in high cotton, the popcorn's popping
There ain't no stopping me now

The summer wind is heavenly and the honeysuckle's everywhere
I'm gonna pick my Gibson mandolin on the back porch chair
Worst Stan just got the news
His wife took a lover and his money too
I'm in high cotton, I've forgotten that I had the blues

I'm in high cotton, yes, I'm in high cotton
Soft and white as the clouds
I'm in high cotton, the popcorn's popping
There ain't no stopping me now

I'm drinking Coca Cola in a bottle that's frosty green
C.W. turned up with an authentic fifties Coke machine
The old crowd is coming this afternoon
For a good time rock and roll barbecue
I'm high cotton, I've forgotten that I had the blues

I'm in high cotton, yes, I'm in high cotton
Soft and white as the clouds
I'm in high cotton, the popcorn's popping
There ain't no stopping me now

I'm in high cotton, yes, I'm in high cotton
Soft and white as the clouds
I'm in high cotton, the popcorn's popping
There ain't no stopping me now


137.Move to Japan

Lyricist:Jim Weider , Joe Flood , John Simon, Levon Helm, Stan Szelest

Well, I'm starin' at my Sony, 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
Well, just pack your bags and don't forget your kimono
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


138.The Great Pretender

Lyricist:Ram Buck

Oh yes, I'm the great pretender
Pretending that I'm doing well
My need is such, I pretend too much
I'm lonely but no one can tell

Oh yes, I'm the great pretender
A drift in a world of my own
I play the game, but to my real shame
You left me to dream all alone

Too real is this feeling of make believe
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal, oh

Oh yes, I'm the great pretender
Just laughing and gay like a clown
I seem to be what I'm not, you see
I'm wearing my heart like a crown
Pretending that you're still around

Too real is this feeling of make believe
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal

Oh yes, I'm the great pretender
Just laughing and gay like a clown
I seem to be what I'm not, you see
I'm wearing my heart like a crown
Pretending that you're still around


139.Promised Land

Lyricist:Chuck Berry

I left my home in Norfolk, Virginia
California on my mind
I stranded that Greyhound
And rode in into Raleigh and on across Caroline

We stopped in Charlotte to by-pass Rockhill
We never was a minute late
We were ninety miles out of Atlanta by sundown
Rollin' out of Georgia state

We had motor trouble that turned into a struggle
Halfway across Alabama
And that bow broke down
And left us all stranded in downtown Birmingham

Right away I bought me a through train ticket
Got across Mississippi clean
And I was on that Midnight Flier out of Birmingham
Smokin' into New Orleans

Somebody help me get out of Louisiana
Help me get to Houston Town
There are people there who care a little 'bout me
And they won't put the poor boy down

Georgia born, they bought me a silk suit
And put luggage in my hand
And I woke up high over Albuquerque
On a jet to the promised land

Flyin' over to the Golden State
When the pilot told us in thirteen minutes
He would set us at the terminal gate

Swing low chariot, come down easy
Taxi to the terminal door
Cut your engines and cool your wings
And let me make it to the telephone

And Los Angeles, give me Norfolk, Virginia
Tidewater four ten o nine
Tell all the folks back home
It's the promised land callin' and the poor boy is on the line


140.Too Soon Gone

Lyricist:Jules Shear, Stanley Szelest

Last night, the constellations
Watched me walk at half past twelve
With some people you don't see
The whole picture all at once
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

So, how do I answer
These blues you say I've got?
Too soon gone, too soon gone
Time makes me pay for
These memories I've bought
Too soon gone, too soon gone

No one lives forever
Who would want to?
But you're too soon gone, too soon gone
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


141.The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (From THE LAST WALTZ, Live
11/25/76, Winterland Palace, San Francisco, CA)

Virgil Caine is the name
And I served on the Danville train
Till Stoneman's cavalry came
And they tore up the tracks again

In the winter of '65
We were hungry, just barely alive
By May the tenth, Richmond had fell
It's a time I remember, oh, so well

The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singin'

They went
Na na na
Na na na

Back with my wife in Tennessee
When one day she called to me
Said, 'Virgil, quick, come see
There goes the Robert E. Lee'

Now I don't mind choppin' wood
And I don't care if the money's no good
Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest
But they should never have taken the very best

The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singin'

They went
Na na na
Na na na

Like my father before me, I'm a workin' man
Like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand
He was just eighteen, proud and brave
But a Yankee laid him in his grave

And I swear by the mud below my feet
You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat

The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singin'

They went
Na na na
Na na na

The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singin'

They went
Na na na
Na na na


142.Saved

Lyricist:Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller

I used to smoke, I used to drink
I used to smoke, drink and dance the hootchie-koo
I used to smoke and drink, smoke and drink
And dance the hootchie-koo, it's true
Now I'm standing on this corner, praying for me and you

That's why I'm saved, I am saved
People, let me tell you about kingdom come
You know I'm saved, saved
I said I'm gonna preach it 'til you're deaf and dumb

I used to cuss, I used to fuss
I used to cuss, fuss and boogie all night long
I used to cuss and fuss, cuss and fuss and boogie all night long
Now I'm standing on this corner, I know right from wrong

Because I'm saved, I am saved
People, let me tell you about kingdom come
You know I'm saved, saved
I said I'm gonna preach it 'til you're deaf and dumb

I used to lie, I used to cheat
I used to lie, cheat and step on people's feet
I used to lie and cheat, lie and cheat and step on people's feet
Now I'm standing on this corner, salvation is my beat

That's why I'm saved, I am saved
People, let me tell you about kingdom come
You know I'm saved, saved
I said I'm gonna preach it 'til you're deaf and dumb


143.You Know I Love You

You know I love you, baby
You know I love you, baby
You know I love you, baby
But you don't even know my name

Listen to me, baby
I tell you what I would do
Note I would rob, steal, kill somebody
Just to get back home to you

You know I love you, baby
You know I love you, baby
You know I love you, baby
But you don't even know my name

Listen to me, baby
I tell you what I would do
Lord, they could drops me in a ocean
Lord, I swam to the bank
And crawl home to you

You know I love you baby
You know I love you baby
You know I love you baby
But you don't even know my name

And bury me likes a do
Our body made love
Come home to you

You know I love you baby
You know I love you, baby
You know I love you, baby
But you don't even know my name

You don't even know my name
You don't even know my name



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