go feed the mexican
with candy in your hat
and i'll be waiting here for you
just lying on my back
don't you see
that's what i need
just take me once tonight
before i leave
5 days passed in memphis
and stubblefield wasn't around
powell says sir arthur's
nail is gone
well why won't tommy boroughs
play his fiddle jaqueline smith
why won't tommy boroughs
play his song
oh don't you see
that's what i need
just take me once tonight
before i leave
one stop casey jones museum
i found zum in nashville town
he said he'd lead me
through the trenches
and i swore i wouldn't let him down
then crossed over california
to louis-i-an-i-a
i thought the grass would
be the god again
i thought the shepherd
would lead the way
but don't you see
that's all i need
just take me once tonight
before i leave
you went and fed the mexican
and then you came and you fed me
now thanks to you
i'm pulling through
i can't tell you how much that means
now don't you see
that's what i need
come and take me once tonight
before i leave
don't you see
that's what i need
come and take me once tonight
before i leave
your holsters not holding
your guns like it should
excuses you'll make
i know that you would
let them fly free
if only you could
but they need support
like any gun would
chorus:
bones and bras for my birdie
bones and bras for my girl
bones and bras for my birdie
babe with the sand golden curls
plan for a walk
at a quarter past three
out with the Dharma
just you and me
your worn lucky blue jeans
are torn at the knees
makes me think gee you need
chorus:
upper east side
the girl java we met
that fateful day
i'll never forget
tennis ball lemons
strung from a tree
singing a song with
the spoon man
and your ukulele
hallelujah, you sang with a smile
thank you, later we played
for awhile
green apple, flowers
a walk down the aisle
but first i'm off to find
chorus:
red-breasted robin
keeps following she,
chirps her heart song
so mellifluously
we turn our heads
as we nod and agree
petting the dharma,
he winks then you sneeze
find you a lemon and roll
like tumbleweeds
sing hallelujah
as we fly in our dreams
out on lexington avenue
in a mid winter freeze
looking for
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if you can't sleep at night
let me know
let me know
turn the radio on
and i'll come in
singing this song
if i sing you one more
sad song
would you think me
very weak
if i were to sing you
one more sad, sad, sad song
to cross you over
into sleep
thinking of me
and these three chords
and my acoustic guitar
and our roof that looked
out on new york
when we were brooklyn bound
if i were to sing you
one more sad song
would you break
to hold me again?
if i were to sing you
one more sad, sad, sad song
would you break
to remember when
i had to close
'cause there ain't nothing
worse than getting caught
in the stare of a man
who won't give you his hand
the way he did before
if i were to sing you
one more sad song
now that you've fallen
far to sleep
i must confess
i've been singing this
sad, sad, sad song
since you took you hand
from me
i've got the memory
of these three chords
and my acoustic guitar
and our roof that
looked out on new york
when we were brooklyn bound
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i've never felt this way before
i've never scene so many islands
i've never felt this way before
so in this song here i describe him
the chariots rise, up high in the sky
what grace have i (what a fool am i)
to fall so in love
what a wonderful dream
it seems to be, cause i love him
i took the notes of past excursions
and i read them through and through
only to find them all diversions
from the one true love in store
the chariots rise, up high in the sky
what grace have i (what a fool am i)
to fall so in love
what a wonderful dream
it seems to be, cause i love him
though i have waited long
and they have all been wrong
now i find in the end
with him i need not pretend
the chariots they rise,
up high in the sky
what grace have i (what a fool am i)
to fall so in love
what a wonderful dream
it seems to be, cause i love him
when you came,
you said you'd take
me to the stars up
in the sky.
when you came
you said you'd take
me to travel far and
travel wide.
now you've come
and you take me
all the way home
yes you've come
and you love me
like only god can love
where would i go
what would i do
where would i turn
if not to you
and you said
you would never
leave me, but i
find that hard to
believe, as i stand
here and i grieve thee
and i find it so hard
to bereave
where would i go
what would i do
where would i turn
if not to you
they say that you
follow me, but it's
i who follows you
where you lead me
i may never know
but i walk forward
with my soul strong
and whole
where would i go
what would i do
where would i turn
if not to you
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he is my farmer
and i am his land
if he doubts that
i love him lord
help him understand
i'll give him my fruit
for the rest of our lives
for he is my farmer
and i am his wife
i am her farmer
and she is my land
if she doubts that
i love her lord
help her understand
i'll give her my heart
for the rest of our lives
for i am her farmer
and she is my wife
chorus:
let there be light
let there be love
let there be birth
on earth
and help us
remember our worth
(verse 1 and 2 sung
sung together in harmony)
chorus:
instrumental solo
chorus:
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I fell in love with the kindest man,
he was sent from above
to come and take my hand and
help me find my way home to you
it's true I always knew
you'd see me through
and even when I was lost I was found
but that was then and this is now
I fly in love with you
and I knew it was you from
the way you strummed your uke
woke up so tired so much to do
and god I felt so black and blue
I spent my life looking for you
the world it beat me up it's true
but I grew to find you and it's you
who sees me through
help me fly in love with you
I don't know, what I'd do
if you were not here you know
I'd try to get by
but how would I fly in love
with just one wing it cannot be
I cannot fly if it's just me
it is the wind of you I need,
so I devote my life to thee
as we fly in love with you
instrumental solo
help me fly in love with you
it's true I know you'll see me through
and even when I am lost
I'll be found cause I'll always remember now
as we fly in love with you
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at five o'clock
that afternoon
i saw him take her
to our room
he didn't know
that i knew
i couldn't tell or
take the truth
chorus:
god damn that man
he went and did it again
now move along
to two weeks gone
i found him with
another one
he didn't see
that i saw
and then he lied
when he was caught
chorus:
chances are i'll
be gone by then
i'll be back but
who knows when?
'cause
chorus:
that's how he knew
that we were through
from the footprints
on the floor
that's how he knew
that we were through
from the note taped
on the door
it said,
god damn you man
you went and did it again
now let me warn
you are forlorn
because he went and
lied to you
he did it once
and then again
and that's not where
it will end
chorus:
hilary i heard you
kissed that boy
last friday night
hilary i heard you
kissed that boy
last friday night
did they stay out late
did he take her hand
did he hold her face
why she coyly shied away
mark me if i'm wrong
friday kiss will ease
the pain. nothing more
or less just something
sweet to take the edge away
could he be the one
she takes the 6 train
all the way down town
she takes the run no risk
train so as to never get
let down
hilary i hope you kissed
that boy last friday night
cause hilary it seems to me
george sand she had it right
she watched the rivers run
while the chickens they had
their fun. rivers crow out
the sun, make sure that
morning work gets done
hilary i hope you kissed
that boy last friday night
cause come weekend i think
this girl is gonna set her
sites, could he be the one
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woke up this morning,
we'd slept hand in hand,
figured last night
was a warning,
that it was time to end
this great love affair
but i miss you,
and darling i swear,
that i still love you,
and all that we shared
chorus:
but when you find you
are so very confused,
and you've got nothing
but the world to prove,
and you would rather say
i love more than i lose him,
it's time to
hit the road again.
darling i still love you,
and baby i swear,
that i will always love you,
and all that we shared.
chorus:
i woke up this morning,
so far from your hold
knew i had heeded
a warning
so fast and so bold
chorus:
chorus:
Your mind is a village
I'd like to come visit
but can't find it's location
from the shoes you are wearing
Your mind is a country
with states that are bound
by beliefs that confound
or surround what you're hearing
Your eyes are an ocean
I'd love to get lost in
with millions of memories
and salt water devotion
I hear your heart beating
through your breath that's receding
like the tide of your eyes
in the cold moon light
My mind is like fog above hemlocks
in a late summer rain
I can't see past my
fresh coffee stains
My body is sore like
a well loved whore
from the mountains it climbs
in my minds unwinding
My eyes are confiding
the silence your hiding
while my heart beats faster
as I try to master
The demons that keep me constrained
from the laughter we'd share
You knock on my window
and I'm there to answer
your lips are like robins breasts,
that remind me of spring time
I reach for your hand
and you hand me your body
a world unexplored like
the fire in your belly
You tell me to listen
to the leaves changing colors,
the sound of the river
that flows right between us
as you start to fade
in the shade of the twilight
while I begin to awake
Your mind is a village
I'd like to come visit
but can't find it's location
from the shoes you are wearing
Your mind is a country
with states that are bound
by beliefs that confound
or surround what you're hearing
Your eyes are an ocean
I'd love to get lost in
with millions of memories
and salt water devotion
I hear your heart beating
through your breath that's receding
like the tide of your eyes
in the cold moon light
I remember being younger
innocence a sense of hope
factories and puffs of smoke
through all the break ups
we shared our jokes
chorus:
always stop to know
that love is meant to grow
no matter where you row
that river always flows
from Madison to Chicago
the dead end roads
and all those pot holes
you found a woman
who touched your soul
I hope she never lets you fold
and hold you close as you grow old
chorus
lets take a moment to be silent
if we listen close what do we hear
a memory of an argument last year
digging a little deeper
through our fear
we remember that yelling
makes it so hard to hear
then we take a deep breath,
the air begins to clear
the lightning and thunder disappears,
and helps us
chorus
mister mister mister
make shift man
did you wanna walk
hand in hand
even though she kept
changing her mind
all the time, all the time
all the time, all the time
you remember you sat
two by two, in the corner
green vinyl booth
on route 44, you lied
and told her you don't
need her anymore
so she pointed to the door
and now you know
day by day and lay by lay
you all cheapen your love away
and now you know, now you know,
now you know,
see her standing in the
city snow, she drops a
quarter to make a call
and you remember what you know
that she would rather fold
than loose a good woman's hold
be straight and fold
don't loose a good woman's hold
mister mister mister
make shift man
big ideas yes, you've
got plans, well count your
toll as due, but just
remember she's got them too
she's got them
mister mister mister
make shift man
we're routing for you
out here in the stands
screaming money make him good
god make him good
devil make him good
somebody make him good
man's got to get good
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what makes you think,
that i don't see,
what makes you think,
that i'll be here
when you come home to me
well i don't think so
i think that i'll be gone
i've gotta find me a man
that i can sing for
in my songs
chorus:
but i miss you baby,
i miss you hands,
i miss you baby,
i miss your hands.
what makes you think,
that i don't know,
what makes you think
that like i came
i won't go?
well i know one thing
i saw her make you smile
and that sure is something
i haven't done in
a long, long while
chorus:
but i miss you baby,
i miss you hands,
i miss you baby,
i miss your hands.
go on and touch me baby
and use those hands
to hold me baby
please don't
leave this land.
what made you lose,
your sweet sight of me,
when i've been right here
all along just wishing
we could be the way we
used to, when you'd look
just to see me smile,
together two by two,
through the straight
and turns of life
calling all the angels
out to me,
pleading, won't you make
him see, he loved me for
awhile, god forbid i try
to remind him, how it feels
chorus:
but i miss you baby,
i miss you hands,
i miss you baby,
i miss your hands.
go on and touch me baby
and use those hands
to hold me baby
please don't
leave this land.
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just don't go so far as
to forget who you are
you're standing naked
on the shelf
and being bought by
someone else
don't draw attention to
yourself, it could be
dangerous for your wealth
forget about your health
you're being bought
by someone else
can you forgive me
for what i said
the other day?
it wasn't me to cry
like that
it wasn't me to scream
that way
it's just that i thought
when we started out
that you would stay
of course, my love
of course, my love
aaaaaaaaaaaah
aaaaaaaaaaaah
will you always be so
sweet to me?
i hear me say
of course, my love
of course, my love
aaaaaaaaaaaah
aaaaaaaaaaaah
when are you coming home?
you say to me
when the first snow falls
maybe then we'll see
then the next morning
october brings snow
covering the trees
what can it mean?
my love
what can it mean?
just don't go so far as
to forget who you are
you're standing naked
on the shelf
and being bought by
someone else
don't draw attention to
yourself, it could be
dangerous for your wealth
forget about your health
you're being bought
by someone else
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sitting right here
you were bending my ear,
saying all the sweet things
a lady wants to hear,
you had your hand on my knee
and it was fine with me
your arm against my shoulder
i thought you'd get a little
bolder, oh my, oh yeah
chorus:
if you are gonna squeeze me
juice me and drink me
if you are gonna start me
finish the job
if you are gonna grope me
rope me in and smoke me
baby don't you leave me
drooling after dark
say that you want me
say that it's true
the corner got crowded
little lizzie got all turned
around inside
all up and down inside
forgive me if i howl
forgive me if i croon
stranger on the prowl
when you gonna make your move
when you gonna make your move
chorus:
(spoken story about one
scandalous night)
chorus:
i met this boy the
other day. and since i've
met him i have changed
my ways. something he said
just set me free. and this
is what he said to me, he said
take the makeup from your face
cause i like to look at you
that way. who you are and
unafraid. take the makeup from
your face and free the prisoner
from her cage. cause i like to
look at you that. i like to
i like to, i like to look at you
yeah yeaaah yeah yeah yeah yeah
yeah, yeaaah yeah yeaaah yeay yeah
yeah yeah, yeaaah yeaah yeah yeah
yeah yeah, yeah yeah
i met this girl the other day
and since i've met her my world
has changed. and though i know
it may sound strange. this is
what she said to me, she said
take the makeup from your face
cause i like to look at you
that way. who you are and
unafraid. take the makeup from
your face and free the prisoner
from his cage. cause i like to
look at you that. i like to
i like to, i like to look at you
yeah yeaaah yeah yeah yeah yeah
yeah, yeaaah yeah yeaaah yeay yeah
yeah yeah, yeaaah yeaah yeah yeah
yeah yeah
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i'm calling back
unfold these arms
the love we had
is still ours
i am holding
we will walk
arms unfolding
we will walk
chorus:
where the pumpkin
colored trees
are turning red
i love you like
i loved you
the day we met
falling hands
you are still here
you understand
and you love me
seeing you
it's all okay
walk with me
you say
where our house
is humble you will
take me to our bed
well i love you
like i loved you
the day we met
well, hallelujah
how do you do
i sure am fine
i will meet you
across the border
through the chips
we cashed all of
them are dimes
but i know it
doesn't matter
'cause anyway
we will be fine
oh honey it doesn't
matter, we've got
the dog and the cats
by the fireside
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lying here beside me
you sweetly hold my
head, you tell me
i love you like
i loved you,
i love you like
i loved you
well i love you
like i loved you
i love you like
i loved you,
i love you like
i loved you
well i love you
like i loved you
i loved you like
i loved you
the day we met
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pray, pray, pray, you pray
you pray for me I am lonely
pray for me for I am cold
and i hear a far off calling
for an oh so lonesome road
send me walking man, send me
walking man. i have no right
and still here i stand,
still here i stand
he laid me down last night
oh so sweet and nice
and i could not fight last night
it would not have been right
so send me walking man
send me walking man
i'll be on my way
until then i stand
until then i stand
and the wayward call
makes that mighty vice very small
but the climb is tall
when you've got nothing at all
nothing at all
so send me walking man
send me walking man
i have no light
and still here i stand
still here i stand
so send me a walking man
send me walking man
i have no light
and still here i stand
still here i stand
i couldn't help myself last night
he seemed to know my wealth
last night, what's a girl to do
you let him love you
if he will, let him love you
and then pray
you pray for me I am lonely
pray for me for I am cold
and i hear a far off calling
for an oh so lonesome road