The Odessa Tapes

The Flatlanders The Odessa Tapes Lyrics
1.I Know You


2.Number Sixteen


3.Shadow Of The Moon

Oh it may take a lifetime darling, or it may take a day
When our crossroads will come together
The stars will shine, and the band will play

When I cross your lifeline darling
We'll sing a happy tune
The river will roll and turn to gold
In the shadow of the moon

Well no man alive can ever survive
The fortunes of the night
Unless his heart has crossed that river
That separates the dark and the light
But it ain't no use in reminding them darling
Some folks just can't hear
But someday the faces and the forms of the fools
Will fade and disappear

Well it may take a lifetime darling, or it may take a day
When our crossroads will come together
The stars will shine, and the band will play
When I cross your lifeline darling
We'll sing a happy tune
The river will roll and turn to gold
In the shadow of the moon

Well sometimes it's clear and sometimes it's muddy
And sometimes a river is dry
Sometimes the dirty dust clouds roll
And the cover of clear blue sky
Cause there ain't no use in rain making darling
In a sunny afternoon
It's better just to rest and look for the rest
In the shadow of the moon

Well it may take a lifetime darling, or it may take a day
When our crossroads will come together
The stars will shine, and the band will ?lay
When I cross your lifeline darling
We'll sing a happy tune
The river will roll and turn to gold
In the shadow of the moon


4.Down In My Hometown

Down in my hometown there is a fortune
They used call it gold but now it's love I'm told
With a worried mind I put my time in
But hunger comes and goes even while the wild wind blows

Now I could sing you a song of inspiration
Or of new world where everyone is free
But know you there ain't no new way to salvation
The time is gettin' short my friends for you and me

Down in my hometown there is a fortune
They used call it gold but now it's love I'm told

(Instrumental)

Now when I left there, my eyes cast down in sorrow
So very soon I found the darkness on the ground
And now I see the clouds gatherin' for tomorrow
But I must journey on the one road I have found

Down in my hometown there is a fortune
They used call it gold but now it's love I'm told
With a worried mind I put my time in
But hunger comes and goes even while the wild wind blows


5.Stars In My Life

The stars in my life will shine like sunshine
If only I can see your smiling face
Though this universe collapses on occasion
The stars in my life will stay in place

Your kind of consciousness and holy vision
Lights up stars with a light so fine, so pure
This universal law needs no revision
The stars in my life will shine for sure

(Instrumental)

Though dark clouds may hide your lovin' powers
Darlin' all my stars will shine for you
The sky may cover up with thunder showers
But you can make my stars come shinning through

The stars in my life will shine like sunshine
If only I can see your smiling face
Though this universe collapses on occasion
The stars in my life will stay in place

Yes, the stars in my life will stay in place


6.I Think Too Much Of You


7.Bhagavan Decreed

Trains cannot defeat me when I'm stoned little darling
Sticks and stones can beat you out of time
And I'm standing on the brink of a bridge that's black at
sunrise
I don't think I'll be home in time to dine

Each plant has a root that's dipped in blood
So later on we'll all find out we're just nameless mud
And I'm sayin' good bye to those old-time demons darling
Leave at your own risk, not mine

Why can't you make it to the place you're always going to
Could it be you're going to all the time
Well I might be traveling backwards when I wake up tomorrow
If you must go won't you please leave me a dime

The earth turns on a Bhagavan decree
So later on we'll see ourselves and all be free
But sayin' goodbye to you is suicidal darling
Don't hang your mind up just where I hang mine

Life is a quarry you can dig all you want too
Rock and jump and ball go up or down
And you can burn your brain cells out just trying to get higher
But you'll find my highest place is underground

They've got you like the moon has got the tide
You say your tripping babe you're going for a ride
You say one day soon we will all stand as brothers
Till then I guess we'll just stand around


8.Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown

Tonight I think I'm gonna go downtown.
Tonight I think I'm gonna look around
For something I couldn't see
When this world was more real to me.
Yeah tonight I think I'm gonna go downtown.

My love, my love has gone away.
My love, my love what can I say.
My love would never see
That this world's just not real to me
And tonight I think I'm gonna go downtown.

I told my love a thousand times
That I can't say what's on my mind,
But she would never see
That this world's just not real to me
And tonight I think I'm gonna go downtown.

Tonight I think I'm gonna go downtown.
Tonight I think I'm gonna look around
For something I couldn't see
When this world was more real to me.
Yeah tonight I think I'm gonna go downtown.


9.You've Never Seen Me Cry

The windmills and the water tanks all stand on solid ground
The country mailman mutters as he motors into town
The sunlight came, the sunlight went, the stars came out to see
The way I laughed at the way I cried at the way you treated me

(Chorus)
The ocean babe is watered down but these plains are high and dry
And though you've seen your share of dreams, you've never seen
me cry

The windshield and the radio play sadly through the night
A crazy blazin' fallin' star just passed me on the right
The tail lights down the highway fade low and out of sight
And that farmer's dog can only bark but this cold north wind can
bite

(Chorus)

The windbreaks and the watersheds are growin' old this year
The moon breaks in a brand new song while I break in a tear
They say that all good things must end, they say what's done is
done
And I guess I should be flyin' 'cause it's killin' me to run


10.One Road More

Well my old shoes are layin' on the floor 'cause I ain't a-gonna
wear 'em no more
They took me many miles down many hard roads but that's what
shoes are for
The time has flown and I've outgrown every shoe I ever wore
And I guess my barefeet will have to carry me one road more

(Chorus)
Lord I ain't got a lick of sense, I got a crazy mind
'Cause I don't wanna leave and I don't wanna stay behind
Well at the end of this one last road they say there's always an
open door
And I guess my barefeet will have to carry me one road more

Well I never could move my feet too fast in a pair of rich man's
shoes
And a rainshoe's life can last as long as a woman's blues
Well I told the line this one last time, now I got something
else in store
And I guess my barefeet will have to carry me one road more

(Chorus)

Ok, let's go Joey
(Dobro)

Well I've walked through the city streets in the sun and the
rain and the wind and the snow
And I've walked through the mountains and the valleys when there
was nowhere else to go
This time I'll just follow the wind and it can blow and the rain
can pour
And my barefeet are gonna have to carry me one road more

(Chorus)

Yeah my barefeet are gonna have to carry me one road more


11.Story Of You


12.Rose From The Mountain

Well she's my Rose from the mountain where I come from
Back in ol' Colorado where they reach up and touch the sun
But I took her to the city where the air ain't clean
And it's wilted my Rose from the mountain

(Chorus)
Where a good guitar picker makes more money than a cowboy
So I thought I'd try my luck makin' records in L.A.
But a lot of them bloys make a lot more music than I can
And if Rose don't like the city life I think I'll take her home

Well I can see her in the mornin' runnin' barefoot through the
meadow
With a smile on her face and her hair a-hangin' long
Well I love my sweet Rosey and oh she loves me
So I'm takin' her back home to the mountain

(Chorus)

She's my Rose from the mountain where I come from
Back in ol' Colorado where they reach up and touch the sun
But I took her to the city where the air ain't clean
And it's wilted my Rose from the mountain

Yes it's wilted my Rose from the mountain


13.The Heart You Left Behind

You told me that this time you are leavin'
To beg you to stay would be a crime
I'd hoped you would give us another chance to love
But I won't try to make you change your mind

(Chorus)
Love is not easy and time will take its toll
But what good is life if we must live alone
One day you'll be missin' the heart you left behind
So I won't try to make you change your mind

It's not the lonely nights ahead that bother me
Or knowin' I won't want nobody else
But knowin' you won't be happy without everything you need
Yes I know it just like I know myself

Love is not easy and time will take its toll
But what good is life if we must live alone
One day you'll be wantin' a sweetheart and a friend
So I'll see you when you come home again

Oh yes I'll see you when you come home again