James Taylor [Guitar, Vocal]

Traditional
Now, I love my baby
And she's bound to love me some
Yes, I love my baby
And she's bound to love me some
Now, she throws her arms around me
Like a circle around the sun
I lay down last night, Lord
Just to try to take my rest
I lay down last night, Lord
I was trying to take my rest
But my thoughts they just kept wandering
Like the wild geese in the west
Now I know that sunrise, sunrise
It's gonna shine in my back yard someday
I said I know that sunrise, sunrise, sunrise
It's gonna shine in my back yard someday
And that wind just bound to rise up
Gonna blow, blow all my blues away
Hey, I love my baby
And she's bound to love me some
Hear me say that
I love my baby
And she's bound to love me some
Now, she throws her arms around me
Just like a circle around the sun

Money, who needs it
Let me live a life free and easy
Put a toothbrush in my hand
Let me be a travelling man
I'm a roadrunner baby

I'm a road runner baby
Any place is my home
I'm a road runner baby
You look for me and I'll be gone

Well you can love me if you want
But I do declare
When I get restless
I've got to move somewhere

I'm a road runner baby
Just got to keep on keeping on
And I love the life I live
And I'm gonna live the life I love

Don't want no woman
To tie me down
Gotta be free baby
To roam around

All my life it's been like this
If you love me it's your own risk
When the dust hits my shoes
I got the urge to move

I'm a road runner baby
Anyplace is my home
And I love the life I live
And I'm gonna live the life I love
Roadrunner baby

You ain't nothing but a hound dog
Crying all the time
You ain't nothing but a hound dog
Crying all the time

You ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine

When they said, "You was high classed"
It was just a lie
When they said, "You was high classed"
It was just a lie

You ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine
Oh, yeah

You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
(hound doggie)
Snoopin' 'round my door
(hound doggie)
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
(hound doggie)
You been snoopin' 'round my door
(hound doggie)

You can wag your tail
(oooo)
Ain't gonna git 'chu no bone
(hound doggie)

When dey say dat you were high classed,
Baby I could see through that there
When they said you were high classed dog
But I could see through that there

Baby I know
Y'aint't no real cool cat

Y'ain't nothin' but a hound dog
(hound doggie)
<scat>
(hound doggie)
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
(hound doggie)
<scat> door
(hound doggie)

You can wag your tail
(oooo)
Ain't gonna feed you no more
(hound doggie)

[instrumental break]

You know you make me blue
(hound doggie)
You make me weep in the morn'
(hound doggie)

You know you make me blue
(hound doggie)
You make me weep in the morn'
(hound doggie)

You ain't lookin' for a man
(ooooo)
You jus' lookin' for a home
(hooome) Baby

Y'ain't nothin' but a hound dog
(hound doggie)
Been snoopin' 'round my door
(hound doggie)

You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
(hound doggie)
You been snoopin' 'round my door
(hound doggie)

Hold on da chain
(oooooo)
I ain't gonna feed ya no more
(hound doggie)

Hey hey hey
(hound doggie)
Hey hey hound
(hound doggie)

Hey hey hound
(hound doggie)

I ain't gonna feed ya no more

Like a snow ball,
rolling down the side
Of a snow covered hill,
it's growing
Like the size of the fish
that the man claims
Broke his reel, it's growing

Like the rose bud
blooming in the warmth
Of the summer sun,
oh baby, it's growing
Like the tale by the time
It's been told by more than one,
it's growing

Every day it grows a little more
Than it was on the day before
My love for you just grows
and grows
Oh, how it grows and grows
And where it's gonna stop
I'm sure that nobody knows

Hey, hey, hey, nobody knows
Oh, like the need in a guy
to see his girl
When she's gone away,
oh, it's growing
Like the sadness i
n his heart when he knows
That she's gone to stay,
yeah, yeah, it's growing

Every day, g
rows a little bit more
Than it was
just the day before,
oh
My love for you
just grows and grows
Oh, how it grows and grows
And where it's gonna stop?
I'm sure that nobody knows

Hey, hey, hey,
nobody knows, nobody knows
Hey, hey, hey,
nobody knows,
it's growing now
My love for you
just grows and grows
Oh, how it grows and grows

And where it's gonna stop?
I'm sure nobody knows
Hey, hey, hey, nobody knows
How it grows and it grows,
yeah, yeah

Hey, hey, hey, nobody knows
Nobody knows hey, hey, hey
(Hey, hey, hey)
Nobody knows
(Nobody knows)

Oh baby, it's growing
Say, hey, hey, hey
(Hey, hey, hey)
Nobody knows
(Nobody knows)
How it grows and grows

Walking on
(Hey, hey, hey)
Talking to you, baby
(Nobody knows)
Everyday it's growing

Hey, hey, hey
(Hey, hey, hey)
Nobody knows
(Nobody knows)
It grows and it grows,
it's growing, baby

Hey, hey, hey
(Hey, hey, hey)
Nobody knows
(Nobody knows)

But you know
it's growing
Hey, hey, hey
(Hey, hey, hey)
Nobody knows
(Nobody knows)

Like a snow ball,
rolling down the side
Of a snow covered hill,
it's growing
Like the size of the fish
that the man claims
Broke his reel, it's growing

Like the rose bud
blooming in the warmth
Of the summer sun,
oh baby, it's growing
Like the tale by the time
It's been told by more than one,
it's growing

Every day it grows a little more
Than it was on the day before
My love for you just grows
and grows
Oh, how it grows and grows
And where it's gonna stop
I'm sure that nobody knows

Hey, hey, hey, nobody knows
Oh, like the need in a guy
to see his girl
When she's gone away,
oh, it's growing
Like the sadness i
n his heart when he knows
That she's gone to stay,
yeah, yeah, it's growing

Every day, g
rows a little bit more
Than it was
just the day before,
oh
My love for you
just grows and grows
Oh, how it grows and grows
And where it's gonna stop?
I'm sure that nobody knows

Hey, hey, hey,
nobody knows, nobody knows
Hey, hey, hey,
nobody knows,
it's growing now
My love for you
just grows and grows
Oh, how it grows and grows

And where it's gonna stop?
I'm sure nobody knows
Hey, hey, hey, nobody knows
How it grows and it grows,
yeah, yeah

Hey, hey, hey, nobody knows
Nobody knows hey, hey, hey
(Hey, hey, hey)
Nobody knows
(Nobody knows)

Oh baby, it's growing
Say, hey, hey, hey
(Hey, hey, hey)
Nobody knows
(Nobody knows)
How it grows and grows

Walking on
(Hey, hey, hey)
Talking to you, baby
(Nobody knows)
Everyday it's growing

Hey, hey, hey
(Hey, hey, hey)
Nobody knows
(Nobody knows)
It grows and it grows,
it's growing, baby

Hey, hey, hey
(Hey, hey, hey)
Nobody knows
(Nobody knows)

But you know
it's growing
Hey, hey, hey
(Hey, hey, hey)
Nobody knows
(Nobody knows)

I don't wanna lose
This good thing
That I got
If I do now
I would surely
Surely lose alot
'Cause your love
Is better
Than any love I know

It's like thunder
Lightning
The way you love me is frightening
I better knock, on wood baby

I'm not superstitious
About you
But I can't take no chance
Got me spinning, spinning baby
Baby, I'm in a trance
'Cause your love
Is better
Than any love I know

I better knock, baby
Ain't no secret
That woman
Fills my lovin' cup
She sees to it
That I get enough
Just one touch
Is better
You know it means so much

Better knock back
I think I better knock, knock, knock on wood

I'm a-gonna tell you how it's gonna be
You're gonna give your love to me
I wanna love you night and day
You know my love a-not fade away
A-well, you know my love a-not fade away

My love a-bigger than a cadillac
I try to show it and you drive a-me back
Your love for me a-got to be real
For you to know just how I feel
A love for real not fade away

I'm a-gonna tell you how it's gonna be
You're gonna give your love to me
A love to last a-more than one day
A love that's love - not fade away
A well, a-love that's love - not fade away

I'm a-gonna tell you how it's gonna be
You're gonna give your love to me
I wanna love you night and day
You know my love a-not fade away
A-well, you know my love a-not fade away

My love a-bigger than a cadillac
I try to show it and you drive a-me back
Your love for me a-got to be real
For you to know just how I feel
A love for real not fade away

I'm a-gonna tell you how it's gonna be
You're gonna give your love to me
A love to last a-more than one day
A love that's love - not fade away
A well, a-love that's love - not fade away

They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway
They say there's always magic in the air
But when you're walkin' down that street
And you ain't had enough to eat
The glitter rubs right off and you're nowhere

They say the girls are something else on Broadway
But looking at them just gives me the blues
'Cause how ya gonna make some time
When all you got is one thin dime?
And one thin dime won't even shine your shoes

Ha! They say that I won't last too long on Broadway
I'll catch a Greyhound bus for home, they all say
But oh! They're dead wrong, I know they are
'Cause I can play this here guitar
And I won't quit till I'm a star on Broadway

Oh, they're dead wrong, I know they are
'Cause I can play this here guitar
And I won't quit till I'm a star on Broadway (on Broadway)
On Broadway (on Broadway)

They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway
They say there's always magic in the air
But when you're walkin' down that street
And you ain't had enough to eat
The glitter rubs right off and you're nowhere

They say the girls are something else on Broadway
But looking at them just gives me the blues
'Cause how ya gonna make some time
When all you got is one thin dime?
And one thin dime won't even shine your shoes

Ha! They say that I won't last too long on Broadway
I'll catch a Greyhound bus for home, they all say
But oh! They're dead wrong, I know they are
'Cause I can play this here guitar
And I won't quit till I'm a star on Broadway

Oh, they're dead wrong, I know they are
'Cause I can play this here guitar
And I won't quit till I'm a star on Broadway (on Broadway)
On Broadway (on Broadway)

Early one Sunday morning
Breakfast was on the table
There was no time to eat
She said to me, Boy, hurry to Sunday school

Filled with her load of glory
We learned the Holy story
She'll always have her dreams
Despite the things this troubled world can bring

Oh, Sadie
Don't you know we love you
Sweet Sadie
Place no one above you

Sweet Sadie (Well, well, well)
Living in the past
Some times it seems so funny
But no money will turn your life around

Sweeter than cotton candy
Stronger than papa's old brandy
Always that needed smile
Once in awhile she would break down and cry

Some times she'd be so happy
Just being with us and daddy
Standing the worst of times
Breaking the binds with just a simple song

Oh, Sadie (Oh, Sadie, baby)
Don't you know we love you (She'll love us all in a special way)
Sweet Sadie (Well, well, well)
Place no one above you

Sweet Sadie (Sweet Sadie livin' in the past)
Living in the past
Oh, she's never sinnin'
In love she's always winnin', yeah

Sadie (My, my, my, my, my)
Don't you know we love you (I love you, mama)
Sweet Sadie
Place no one above you (I just can't forget)

Sweet Sadie (How you gave me love, oh, Lord)
Living in the past
If there's a heaven up above
I know she's teaching angels how to love

Sadie (It's a mean world without you)
Don't you know we love you
Sweet Sadie (All the love you showed)
Place no one above you (Oh, I could never, ever doubt her lovely word)

Sweet Sadie
Living in the past
Ain't it funny that in the end it's not money
It's just the love you gave us all

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Cryin?all the time.
You ain&#65533; nothin?but a hound dog
Cryin?all the time.
Well, you ain&#65533; never caught a rabbit
And you ain&#65533; no friend of mine.

Well they said you was high classed
Well, that was just a lie.
Yeah they said you was high classed
Well, that was just a lie.
Yeah, you ain&#65533; never caught a rabbit
And you ain&#65533; no friend of mine.

You ain&#65533; nothin?but a hound dog
Cryin?all the time.
You ain&#65533; nothin?but a hound dog
Cryin?all the time.
Well, you ain&#65533; never caught a rabbit
And you ain&#65533; no friend of mine.

Well they said you was high classed
Well, that was just a lie.
Yeah they said you was high classed
Well, that was just a lie.
Well, you ain&#65533; never caught a rabbit
And you ain&#65533; no friend of mine.

Well they said you was high classed,
Well, that was just a lie.
You know they said you was high classed
Well, that was just a lie.
Well, you ain&#65533; never caught a rabbit
And you ain&#65533; no friend of mine.

You ain&#65533; nothin?but a hound dog
Cryin?all the time.
You ain&#65533; nothin?but a hound dog
Cryin?all the time.
Well, you ain&#65533; never caught a rabbit
You ain&#65533; no friend of mine

Ever since the days of old
Men would search for wealth untold
They'd dig for silver and for gold
And leave the empty holes
And way down south in the Everglades
Where the black water rolls and the saw grass waves
The eagles fly and the otters play
In the land of the Seminole

So blow, blow Seminole wind
Blow like you're never gonna blow again
I'm calling to you like a long lost friend
But I know who you are
And blow, blow from the Okeechobee
All the way up to Micanopy
Blow across the home of the Seminole
The alligators and the gar

And progress came and took its toll
And in the name of flood control
They made their plans and they drained the land
Now the glades are going dry
And the last time I walked in the swamp
I sat upon a Cypress stump
I listened close and I heard the ghost
Of Osceola cry

So blow, blow Seminole wind
Blow like you're never gonna blow again
I'm calling to you like a long lost friend
But I know who you are
And blow, blow from the Okeechobee
All the way up to Micanopy
Blow across the home of the Seminole
The alligators and the gar