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THAT'S WHY
(Ray Bonneville)
I read your letter when the mailman came
Your words that told me you love me the same
And that’s why, baby that’s why
That’s the reason I been drivin’ all night
My mind wanders to the good love we had
Can’t wait much longer I’m a fool about that
That’s why, that’s why
That’s the reason I been drivin’ all night
You’re on my mind night and day
I can’t get no work done
Sleep is somethin’ I ain’t seen
And I got to make my way back home
Yes I got to make my way back home
I heard a song on the car radio
Harmony like you never heard before
And that’s why, that’s why
That’s the reason I been driving all night
Just passed a diesel ‘bout ninety or so
I put the pedal right down to the floor
And that’s why, baby that’s why
That’s the reason I been driving all night
You’re on my mind night and day
I can’t get no work done
Sleep is somethin’ I ain’t seen
And I got to make my way back home, oh yeah
Said I got to make my way back home
TELEPHONE RINGING
(J.C. Fogerty)
My telephone’s ringin’, early in the mornin’
Somebody, guessa who? Sweet baby, it’s you!
You say you’re callin’ from the station, oh I told you “Hold on”
“I’m on my way!” And all I've got to say
“I wonder why you had to go, been so long and now I know”
Sweet baby dear, everything will be alright
‘Cause I’ve been ringin’ early in the mornin’
Somebody, guessa who? Sweet baby, it’s you!
“I wonder why you had to go, been so long and now I know”
Sweet baby dear, everything will be alright
‘Cause I’ve been ringin’ early in the mornin’, mornin'
Somebody, guessa who? Sweet baby, it’s you!
Somebody, guessa who? Sweet baby, it's you!
Ooh yeah, baby
Sweet baby, it’s all right
Oh sweet baby, it's all right
RAMBLIN' SKY
(Jimmy LaFave)
You ask me why my feet are tappin’
I’ve got a twinkle in my eye
Maybe baby it’s 'cause I’m happy yes indeed
Underneath this big old ramblin’ sky
I fell head first without permission
Into the horizon open wide
Where I will not be forsaken
Underneath that big old ramblin’ sky
I’ve been north to the hill of three waters
Where they mingle and divide
Each flows down to its own sweet destiny
Underneath the big old ramblin’ sky
I know a farm down in the dirt country
Where magnetic properties reside
And there may be a pathway into the hollow earth
Underneath that big old ramblin’ sky
You ask me why my feet are tappin’
I’ve got a twinkle in my eye
Maybe baby it’s 'cause I’m happy yes indeed
Underneath that big,
Oh underneath that big,
Said underneath that big old ramblin’ sky
WHEN YOU’RE AWAY
(Sonny Landreth)
There are faces everywhere but I walk on
In the street the people don’t look real to me
Again I’m knocking on this door
But nobody’s home
Am I the victim of some kind of sorcery
When you’re away, time passes slowly
When you’re away, I feel so cold
When you are gone
There’s a space you leave empty
When you’re away from me
I hear voices everywhere but I walk on
I turn around but no one’s standing next to me
Maybe the truth is before my eyes
But they don’t see
Am I blinded by this veil of mystery
When you’re away, time passes slowly
When you’re away, I feel so cold
When you are gone
There’s a space you leave empty
When you’re away from me
When you’re away I feel out of phase
A stranger in a land unknown
It’s hard to believe you got this spell on me
Slipping through the nightlife
Going crazy in the street
The mardi gras or is it madness
Are you behind the mask?
I can’t hide from wondering where you are
When you’re away, time passes slowly
When you’re away, I feel so cold
When you are gone,
There’s a space you leave empty
When you’re away from me
TOM DOOLEY
(Trad.)
Hang down your head Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head Tom Dooley
Poor boy you're bound to die
I met her on the mountain
There I took her life
Met her on the mountain
Stabbed her with my knife
Hang down your head Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head Tom Dooley
Poor boy you're bound to die
This time tomorrow
I tell you where I shall be
I'll be down in the valley
Hangin' from a wild oak tree
Hang down your head Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head Tom Dooley
Poor boy you're bound to die
TURN IT UP
(Todd Snider)
Well I'll be sitting here all night long
And I’ll be singing that every song
I ain't asked for nothing yet
Now all I’m asking is just one regret
Turn it up, turn it up
Dogs cry, I could crallin' too
You don’t know what I’ve been trough
Turn it up I don't wanna hear what I’m thinkin' tonight
I let my woman move in last fall
Now she don’t ever let me touch her at all
She’s been beggin' me all day
I can hear to get out of her way
Turn it up, turn it up
I think that woman lost her mind
Someday I’m afraid she’s gonna cross the line
Turn it up I don’t wanna hear what I’m a thinkin’ tonight
Well I been walkin' on eggshells baby
I've been losin’ my mind
She’s been driving me to drinkin’ lately
I’m drinking all the time
Well I’ve been fighting these angry mobs
Hold on a couple dead end jobs
Well they can sure keep me down alright
They can’t keep me from rockin’ tonight
Turn it up, turn it up
Dogs cry, I could crallin' too
You don’t know what I’ve been through
Turn it up I don't wanna hear what I’m thinkin' tonight
OH, IT’S YOU
(Ray Bonneville)
Oh it’s you
Well it’s been a while
Is it really no'n'
I couldn’t sleep at night
From a pay phone
You say you’re near by
On your way home
Thought you’d give me a try
Oh it’s you
You know I’m surprised
After all we’ve been through
I don’t know if you realize
I went way down
Into the void
That’s why it’s strange now
Yes to hear your voice
I could say I’m in a hurry
That I haven’t got the time
But I’d see through my own story
I’d hear myself lie
I think it’s alright now
I think it’s ok now
Now that time has gone by
Oh it’s you
Yes that would be fine
I will leave as soon
As we hang up the line
And you can tell me
How things have been
And maybe we can be
The best of friends
KNOCK ON WOOD
(Eddie Floyd)
I don't want to loose this good thing,
Baby, that I've got
If I do, I will surely,
Surely loose a lot
'Cause your love is better
Than any love I know
It's like thunder, lightening,
The way you love me is frightening
I better knock on wood
And I'm not superstitious about you
I can't take no chance
You got me spinning, baby, baby,
I'm in a trance
'Cause your love is better
Than any love I know
It's like thunder, lightening,
The way you love me is frightening
You better knock on wood
I don't want to loose this good thing,
Baby, that I've got
If I do, I will surely,
Surely loose a lot
'Cause your love is better
Than any love I know
It's like thunder, lightening,
The way you love me is frightening
You better knock on wood, baby
You better knock, knock, knock
Oh yeah, you better knock on wood
You better knock, knock on wood
You better knock on wood
Ev'rybody knock, knock, knock on wood
You better knock on wood
THIS TOWN IS A BUST
(Chuck Prophet)
They called it voodoo
Once upon a town
It started with a harmless cough
Now he's six feet under ground
Some called it murder
He spent more than he earned
Now you can't get no further
When the crooked worm has turned
Chorus:
Say what you may, do what you must
This town 's a bust
I'm going home unsatisfied
I'm going home for good
Now the bodies been identified
There goes the neighborhood
Got a brand new hiding place
For playing solitair
Got your self dug in so deep
They're pumping in the air
Chorus
All the pipes are frozen
The roofs is falling in
No pictures on the wall
No doors to kick in
Pay phones are bankrupt
The rent is over due
All the tabs have been cut off
And the next rounds on you
Chorus
I GOT A WOMAN
(Ray Charles)
Well I’ve got a woman, way over town, she’s good to me oh yeah
Say I’ve got a woman, way over town , she’s good to me oh yeah
She’s given me lovin’ when I’m in need
Yes she’s a kind o' friend, indeed
I’ve got a woman, way over town, she’s good to me
She’s saved her lovin’ early in the morning, just for me, oh yeah
She’s saved her lovin’ early in the morning, just for me, oho yeah
She’s saved her lovin’ just for me, oh she loves me, so tenderly
Well I got a woman, way over town that's good to me oh yeah
She better love me
Both day and night
Never grump of my fusses
Always treat me right
Never running in the streets
And leaving me alone
She knows a woman's place
And is always home
I got a woman, way over town, she’s good to me oh yeah
Now I got a woman, way over town, she’s good to me oh yeah
Oh she’s my baby, don't you understand
Oh yeah I’m her lovin’ man
I got a woman, way over town, that’s good to me, oh yeah
Don't you know she's alright
She's alright, she's alright
You know she's alright
She's good to me
I got a woman
JOE'S BLUES
(Todd Snider)
We gonna slip on the dark shades for you this time
Singing a song, Joe's Blues now
You can groove on dope, you can groove on wine
If you're trying to catch a groove watching TV man you’re wasting time
Well you can do what you want, but you won't get far,
You know the only way to groove is on the bass guitar (AHA)
You fight to lose bad rhythm, then your’re locked and tied
Yeah you roll on over and over, till it sounds exactly right
You can learn to sing a lead if you need to be a star
But the only way to groove is on the bass guitar
'Cause it fills that body dirty and mean
It's down right greasy when the soundman's clean
You know the eyes in the room they're all looking at the star,
But the buts they're all shaking to the bass guitar (HAHA)
You could dress real cool, wearing dark shades
You might be slick, sharp and shining like a razorblade
Yeah you drive round town in a long black car
But the only way to groove is on the bass guitar
'Cause it fills that body dirty and mean
It's down right grunge when the soundman's clean
You know the eyes in the room they're all looking at the star
But the buts they're all shaking to the bass guitar
BACK TO BAYOU TECHE
(Sonny Landreth)
The wind tonight ain't all that cries
Leaves like tears fall outside
She knows I'm blowing with the season change
Looking at me and I heard her say
Chorus:
Jay, chère, just a little bit longer
You'll be gone so long out west
Stay, chère, just a little bit longer
Do pass back to Bayou Têche
The wheel I turn ain't all that moans
Crossing this levee's road alone
The gravel I bust and the dust I breathe
Won't shake her haunting words to me
Chorus
The road I'm on ain't all that bends
My will is breaking down again
The Gulf of Mexico to Monterey bay
Till I turn myself around I'm gonna hear hear say
Chorus
GUST OF WIND
(Ray Bonneville)
Annie said to Lou
I’ll be gone come first light
When this night is through
I must take flight
I can’t be
Your reason to live
And if you look you will see
I’m just a gust of wind
Gust of wind, so I am
Just a gust of wind
In a strange land
If the ace of hearts
Is what you long for
One in fifty-two cards
That’s what the odds are
I heard some advice
I can’t recall when
Never hold on too tight
To a gust of wind
A gust of wind, nothing more
Just a gust of wind, leavin’ at the door
When I first came here
I was just wandering
Without concern
For any one thing
I can’t say why
It’s just what I’ve seen
You can’t run and hide
From a gust of wind
A gust of wind, that’s all that it is
Just a gust of wind, nothing to fear
SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE
(Sonny Landreth)
Burning with a passion turning into greed
The wandering fever caught a hold of me
Breaking out accross the ocean to faraway lands
Where people speak in tongues I don't understand
Coming and going
Going till I was gone
I never meant to hurt you, baby
I never meant you wrong
Rambled like a story
In a tug boat captain's song
The delta took me winding off
From where I once belonged
Choking buses, risky planes
Last look exit off the Pontchar train
If searching for treasure
I'd know what to do
Be a soldier of fortune and fight for you
Some folks are easy
To settle down real nice
Some will cut corners
For a notch in this life
Others they are driven
By a restless need
I guess that's the thing that sits next to me
Choking buses, risky planes
Last look exit off the Pontchar train
If searching for treasure
I'd know what to be
A soldier of fortune and fight for thee
Burning with a passion turning into greed
The wandering fever sure caught a hold of me
Rambled like a story
From a tug boat captain's song
The delta took my winding off
From where I once belonged
Choking buses, risky planes
Last look exit off the Pontchar train
If searching for treasure
I'd know what to be
A soldier of fortune and fight for thee
COUNTRY HOME
(Neil Young)
I don’t like to go down to the flats
‘Cause I can’t park on a hill
Instead getting a rolling start
I have to pay the bill
I guess I need that city life
It sure has lots of style
But pretty soon it wears me out
And I have to think and smile
I’m thankful for my country home
It gives a peace of mind
Somewhere I can walk alone
And leave myself behind
It’s only someone else’s potatoes
You're pickin’ someone else’s patch
And if you go down there anyway
It very seldom lasts
I found that out once long ago
And it sure got me confused
I still don’t know which way to go
To lose those old spot blues
I’m thankful for my country home
It gives me peace of mind
Somewhere I can walk alone
And leave myself behind