Unreleased Songs

The Flatlanders Unreleased Songs Lyrics
1.Julia

Lyricist:Butch Hancock

Sun dogs barkin', barkin' round my dreams
Three ring circus rockin' round the sun
The taste of fire and Julia's name
Right there on the tip of my tongue

I was on the mountain
And the sun was goin' down
All I's wishin' for was Julia

I kissed her on the mouth, I looked her in the eye
I's actin' half my age and feelin' way too proud
I drove into the desert, I drove up to the sky
I parked it and I left it just a hangin' on a cloud

I was on the mountain
The first star was shinin' down
All I's wishin' for was Julia

Night wind blows
Stars above the blue
Heaven knows
Only love will do

Now what's a few miles between the beauty and the beast
What's it mean when angels keep flying by above
Storm clouds gatherin' round the full moon in the east
I was empty-headed but my heart was full of love

I was on the mountain
Lightnin' all around
All I's lookin' for was Julia

The more you need her help, the more she let's you down
The more you like the way she walks, the more she shakes her
hips
The more you fall in love with life, the more she runs you
around
The more you fear the kiss of death, the more she licks her lips

I was on the mountain
There was thunder trumblin' down
All I's listenin' for was Julia

Night wind blows
Stars above the blue
Heaven knows
Only love will do

I was on the mountain
I was never comin' down
All I's thinkin' bout was Julia

All I's thinkin' bout was Julia


2.Down on Filbert's Rise

Lyricist:J. Ely, J.d. Gilmour, B. Hancock

Up on the double divide
Down on Filberts Rise

I chanced to meet a city girl
With clear blue sparklin' eyes

I see those eyes
Down on Filberts Rise

First morning, I did see her
Comin' in from the west
Storm clouds on the mountain
And tears all down her breast

Tears a fallin'
Down on Filberts Rise

Up on the double divide
Down on Filberts Rise
Down on Filberts Rise
Down on Filberts Rise

Full well, I knew her sorrow
Was no concern of mine
But as I took her in my arms
My own heart soon did pine

Hearts in sorrow
Down on Filberts Rise

Up on the double divide
Down on Filberts Rise
Down on Filberts Rise
Down on Filberts Rise

Wild horses and wild rivers
Run circles around the sun
I see her in the days and nights
As they blend into one

I see her in the moonlight and in the starry skies
Some times I even swear I see her
Down on Filberts Rise
I see those eyes
Down on Filberts Rise

I see her in the moonlight and in the starry skies
Some time I even swear I see her
Down on filberts rise
I see those eyes
Down on filberts rise


3.Pay the Alligator

Lyricist:J. Ely, J.d. Gilmour, B. Hancock

Hey the sheriff pulled me over and he started his jive
In a 20 mile zone I was doing twenty-five
Son keep your lead foot off the accelerator
If you don't slow down you'll have to pay the alligator

I was counting my money in the back of my store
IRS came a knocking at my door
He found me hiding down behind my own refrigerator
If you don't pay me you gotta pay the alligator

Pay the alligator, pay the alligator
It might be sooner and it might be later
One thing for sure you gotta pay the alligator

Well, the after life come and it scared me half to death
I heard Saint Peter mutter underneath his breath
Take this bucket well talk about it later
You can paint the pearly gate or pay the alligator

Well, a devil caught me looking at the thermostat
I told him I'd never touch nothing like that
He said shut the hell up and do what I say
Or you gonna have the alligator to pay

Pay the alligator, pay the alligator
It might be sooner and it might be later
One thing for sure you gotta pay the alligator

Order in the court, suspect on the stand
He said he saw the witness with a whistle in his hand
The judge said I hate to implicate the perpetrator
But if you jack with the judge, you gotta pay the alligator

You gotta walk on razors and sleep on nails
Talk like ducks and walk like quails
Go blindfolded it backwards through the discombobulater
If you don't do it right you gotta pay the alligator

Pay the alligator, pay the alligator
It might be sooner and it might be later
One thing for sure you gotta pay the alligator

Pay the alligator, pay the alligator
It might be sooner and it might be later
One thing for sure you gotta pay the alligator


4.Wavin' My Heart Goodbye

Lyricist:J. Ely, J.d. Gilmour, B. Hancock

Standin' in the station I got no destination
I'm wavin' my heart goodbye
I'm walkin' in the crowd and I'm talkin' out loud
And I'm tellin' myself don't cry

And Lord I'd rather not forget what I forgot
But I guess I'm gonna have to try

Standin' in the station I got no reservation
I'm wavin' my heart goodbye
I know it's not to blame but it's leavin' just the same
And nobody ever asked it why

Standing in the rain wonderin' if the train
Will stop before the tears will dry

Standin' in the station it's a sad situation
I'm wavin' my heart goodbye
It's movin' down the track and it ain't lookin' back
And I'm feelin' like I could die

A train is made to roam like a heart without a home
And I'm thinkin' maybe so was I

I wonder will tomorrow come to hide the sorrow
Will the sun forsake the sky?
And Lord I'd rather not forget what I forgot
But I guess I'm gonna have to try

Standin' in the station I got no destination
I'm wavin' my heart goodbye
Standin' in the station
I'm wavin' my heart goodbye


5.Down in the Light of the Melon Moon

Lyricist:J. Ely, J.d. Gilmour, B. Hancock

Woody walked out of the cotton field
In his head he had words that his lips concealed
And an old airstrip where the weeds are growin'
To a burned out bomber with the cockpit glowin'
With the key from a room to the Skyview Motel
He scratched words in the wing as a falling star fell

The moon sees you, the moon sees me
The moon sees who I want to see
I'll see you soon
Down in the light of the melon moon
Down in the light of the melon moon

On the other side of town and another side of life
Down in the light of the melon moon
Stella holds her breath and stares at the knife
Down in the light of the melon moon
She looks to the sky at the flash of a star
Down in the light of the melon moon

And just sees a man and a plane and a war
Down in the light of the melon moon
From a drawer by the bed she opens a book
Down in the light of the melon moon
To a sketch on a napkin that's torn half in two

The moon sees you, the moon sees me
The moon sees who I want to see
I'll see you soon
Down in the light of the melon moon
Down in the light of the melon moon

She doesn't feel lucky, she doesn't feel lost
Down in the light of the melon moon
She just feels like leavin', what ever the cost
Down in the light of the melon moon
Past the Skyview Motel with a man on her mind
Down in the light of the melon moon

Half her life in the headlights the other half behind
Down in the light of the melon moon
Passed a military truck by a cemetery wall
Down in the light of the melon moon
I guess good luck is better than no luck at all

The moon sees you, the moon sees me
The moon sees who I want to see
I'll see you soon
Down in the light of the melon moon
Down in the light of the melon moon
Down in the light of the melon moon
Down in the light of the melon moon


6.Midnight Train

Lyricist:Jimmie Dale Gilmore

That midnight train is a long and a slow one
The timetable's set, the brakeman is tired
Your seat is reserved with exceptions for no one
No luggage allowed, no ticket required

It will be there right on time at the station
Even if midnight must come at high noon
And you will not know that train's destination
And you'll not leave late nor one minute too soon

You may sit beside fear and go worse than lonely
Or travel with trust and love and faith restored
These choices you have and these choices only
When that train rolls in and you step on board

Now that whistle blows, yes it's already whinin'
If you listen close, you can hear it soft and clear
And that headlight burns, yes it's already shinin'
You might as well choose right now, it's love or fear
It's love or fear


7.Blue Wind Blew

Lyricist:Townes Van Zandt

Well, the blue wind's blown my dreams away
My true love's flown, she's gone to stay
Now all I've got is yesterday
And I don't know what to do

I guess I'll go downtown and see
Just what downtown can do for me
Maybe set my lonesome free
Or maybe let me go

I loved her true and I told her so
I asked her too and she told me no
She said she had somewhere to go
And then she said goodbye

I wonder how long it can go on
How long I'll sing this same old song
I wonder which one done us wrong
Which one forgot to try

I loved her true and I told her so
I asked her too and she told me no
She said she had somewhere to go
Then she said goodbye

The blue wind's blown my dreams away
My true love's flown, she's gone to stay
Now all I've got is yesterday
And I don't know what to do

I loved her true and I told her so
I asked her too and she told me no
She said she had somewhere to go
And then she said goodbye


8.Right Where I Belong

Lyricist:J. Ely, J.d. Gilmour, B. Hancock

Now that I know everything that I know is wrong
Am I right if I say, 'I didn't know that you knew all along'
Put me on the hot seat, put me on the spot
Tell me I'm in trouble or tell me I'm not
It feels so good I might be right where I belong

Right where, right where I belong
It feels so good I might be right where I belong

In and out of love I wonder what I thought I was doin' there
It might be a different story if anything but life was 'fair
If it's dog eat dog and cat eat cat
I might never see the light until I eat my hat
I'm caught between day and night
And pretty mama I don't care

Right where, right where I belong
I feel so good I might be right where I belong

Right where right where I belong
It feels so good I might be right where I belong

You could tell me I'm crazy, baby thats all right with me
'Cause crazy in love is crazy as a man can be
You tell me, I'm dreamin' or it's all in my head
You can tell me that I'm dyin' or already dead
But it feels so good I might be right where I belong

Right where, right where I belong
It feels so good I might be right where I belong
Right where, right where I belong
It feels so good I might be

Right where, right where I belong
It feels so good I might be right where I belong
It feels so good I might be right where I belong


9.South Wind Of Summer

Lyricist:Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Butch Hancock

When the south wind of summer
Sings through the trees
And the high mountain thunder
Hangs low in the breeze

A strong heart flows over
An empty heart fills
And the south wind of summer
Caresses the hills

There is no returning
The seasons don't end
They just blow through the branches
And bend with the wind

When the south wind of summer
Sings to the pines
And the faraway cities
Seem so close behind

A strong heart flows over
An empty heart fills
And the south wind of summer
Blows where it wills

There is no returning
The season's don't end
They just blow through the branches
And bend with the wind


10.Yesterday Was Judgement Day

Lyricist:J. Ely, J.d. Gilmour, B. Hancock

Yesterday was judgment day, how'd you do?
How did you do ?
Were you runnin' from tomorrow
When the past caught up with you?

Did you lay down in Heaven?
Did you wake up in Hell?
I bet you never guessed
That it would be so hard to tell

Yesterday was judgment day, who'd you see?
Who did you see?
Were the multitudes surrounding you
Singin' in harmony?

Did you see familiar faces
Or were they all unknown?
Or did you get the feelin'
You were all, all, all, all alone?

Dust clouds rollin'
Rollin' on a lost horizon
White doves searchin' for each other
Searching in the circles of the wind

Did you hear the riddle
Of a road without a middle or an end?

Yesterday was judgment day, how'd you fare?
How did you fare?
Were you welcomed in with open arms?
Did anybody even care?

Did you cling to the crossroads
Those skies were blue and clear?
Yesterday was judgment day
Where will we go from here?

Did you hear the riddle
Of a road without a middle or an end?


11.You Make it Look Easy

Lyricist:J. Ely, J.d. Gilmour, B. Hancock

Shattered and scattered to the four wild winds
My angels and my devils and a few of my friends
You got 'em all to dancin' on the head of a pin
You make it look easy, you make it look easy

You were starrin' in a drama, I was starin' at a dream
We met out in the alley or so it seems
I wish I knew the difference between a scam and a scheme
You make it look easy, you make it look easy

We stumbled into somethin', it was over our head
We came crawlin' back when they left us for dead
You should've seen that look on your face when I said
You make it look easy, you make it look easy

Hell bent for leather, spinnin' outta control
Into a whirlin' world with no soul
I'm feelin' kinda dizzy but you're still on a roll
You make it look easy, you make it look easy

We stumbled into somethin', it was over our heads
We came crawlin' back when they left us for dead
You should've seen that look on your face when I said
You make it look easy, you make it look easy
You make it look easy, you make it look easy

You can step to the stage in your high stylin' hat
But the spot light follows that old alley cat
How do you hold your head up after somethin' like that?
You make it look easy, you make it look easy
You make it look easy, you make it look easy


12.All You are Love

Lyricist:Joe Ely, J.d. Gilmour, Butch Hancock

It might not mean much to you baby
But it means the world to me
Just a simple touch of your hand
Tells me what love can be

In moments like this, when you are near me
And I can see so far
Whatever you say, whatever you seem
I love you for all you are

All you see
All you feel
All you are
Love

Somewhere between your heart and mine
Windows open wide
They let the light in with songs in the wind
That send me to your side

Whenever I find you, I'm lost no longer
Wandering so far
Wherever I go whatever I do
I love you for all you are

All you see
All you feel
All you are

All you see
All you feel
All you are
Love


13.Now it's Now Again

Lyricist:J. Ely, J.d. Gilmour, B. Hancock

Remember when
We used to be here now
Livin' in the moment for days and days
And nights and days on end

You found me in the distance
But who can tell
Where yesterday begins
And now, now it's now again

There you are
Forgettin' not and not forgivin' how
We learned to love each other
Like the mountain and the river when they bend

Like ripples in the moonlight
They're here and now and then they're gone again
And now and now and now and now and now and then
Now it's now again

Movin' back gone the light
Shadows fall come the night

If I lose you at the start love
I will hunt you to the end
And I'll haunt you in the moonlight
And I'll want you in the wind

If I lose you at the start love
I will hunt you to the end
And I'll haunt you in the moonlight
And I'll want you in the wind

Believe me love, the wind knows how
We used to be here now
It circles to remind us all
All about the time we used to spend

Don't let it come and go again
As if you don't believe in now and then
For now and now and now and now and now and now
And now and now and now and now and now and then
Now it's now again


14.Yesterday was Judgment Day

Lyricist:J. Ely, J.d. Gilmour, B. Hancock

Yesterday was Judgment Day
How'd you do, how did you do?
Were you runnin' from tomorrow
When the past caught up with you?

Did you lay down in Heaven
Did you wake up in Hell?
I bet you never guessed
That it would be so hard to tell

Yesterday was Judgment Day
Who'd you see, who did you see?
Were the multitudes surrounding you
Singin' in harmony?

Did you see familiar faces
Or were they all unknown?
Or did you get the feelin'
You were all, all, all, all alone?

Dust clouds rollin', rollin' on a lost horizon
White doves searchin' for each other
Searchin' in the circles of the wind
Did you hear the riddle of a road
Without a middle or an end?

Yesterday was Judgment Day
How'd you fare, how did you fare?
Were you welcomed in with open arms?
Did anybody even care?

Did you cling to the crossroads
Though skies were blue and clear?
Yesterday was Judgment Day
Where will we go from here

Did you hear the riddle of a road
Without a middle or an end?


15.I Thought the Wreck was Over

Lyricist:J. Ely, J.d. Gilmour, B. Hancock

I thought the wreck was over, I thought the fire was out
I thought the storm had passed and I was safe at last
I thought the wreck was over
But here she comes again

Livin' with her liked to kill me
Livin' without her might as well
At first I thought I'd died and gone to heaven
In fact I had lived and gone to hell

I thought the wreck was over, I thought the fire was out
I thought the storm had passed and I was safe at last
I thought the wreck was over
But here she comes again

They'll tell you to expect the unexpected
Nobody ever tells you where it's hid
I can't tell you how many times she left me
I lost count the very first time that she did

I thought I was movin' fast and gettin' stronger
I thought the coast was clearer
'Til I looked in the mirror
And saw a set of skid marks gettin' longer

I thought the wreck was over, I thought the fire was out
I thought the storm had passed and I was safe at last
I thought the wreck was over
But here she comes again

I thought the storm had passed, I was safe at last
I thought the wreck was over
But here she comes again
I thought the wreck was over


16.My Wildest Dreams Grow WIlder Every Day

Lyricist:J. Ely, J.d. Gilmour, B. Hancock, Yates

My wildest dreams grow wilder everyday
There's nothin' I can think or do or say
To make this crazy dreamin' go away
My wildest dreams grow wilder everyday

I wake up in the mornin'
And I go to sleep at night
Somewhere in between the two
I swear I'll get it right

My wildest dreams grow wilder everyday
I'm wonderin' just how far my mind can stray
Just how wild is too high a price to pay
My wildest dreams grow wilder everyday

My wildest dreams grow wilder everyday
But are they wild enough to make you stay?
Or does dreamin' only make you stay away?
My wildest dreams grow wilder everyday

My daydreams and my nightmares
Are so real there's no mistake
It wouldn't so bad
If I was not so wide awake

My wildest dreams grow wilder everyday
There's nothin' I can think or do or say
I only hope and pray I'll dream someday
Just one dream wild enough to make you stay
My wildest dreams grow wilder
My wildest dreams grow wilder
My wildest dreams grow wilder everyday


17.Dallas

Lyricist:Jimmie Gilmore

Did you ever see Dallas from a DC-9 at night?
Well, Dallas is a jewel, oh yeah, Dallas is a beautiful sight
And Dallas is a jungle, but Dallas gives a beautiful light
Did you ever see Dallas from a DC-9 at night?

Well, Dallas is a woman who will walk on you when you're down
But when you are up, she's the kind you want to take around
But Dallas ain't a woman to help you get your feet on the ground
Yes, Dallas is a woman who will walk on you when you're down

Well, I came into Dallas with the bright lights on my mind
But I came into Dallas with a dollar and a dime

Dallas is a rich man with a death wish in his eye
A steel and concrete soul with a warm hearted love disguise
A rich man who tends to believe in his own lies
Dallas is a rich man with a death wish in his eyes