When I get off of this mountain, you know where I want to go? Straight down the Mississippi river, to the Gulf of Mexico To Lake Charles, Louisiana, little Bessie, girl that I once knew She told me just to come on by, if there's anything she could do
Up on Cripple Creek she sends me If I spring a leak she mends me I don't have to speak, she defends me A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
Good luck had just stung me, to the race track I did go She bet on one horse to win and I bet on another to show The odds were in my favor, I had 'em five to one When that nag to win came around the track, sure enough she had won
Up on Cripple Creek she sends me If I spring a leak she mends me I don't have to speak, she defends me A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
I took up all of my winnings, and I gave my little Bessie half She tore it up and threw it in my face, just for a laugh Now there's one thing in the whole wide world, I sure would like to see That's when that little love of mine, dips her doughnut in my tea
Up on Cripple Creek she sends me If I spring a leak she mends me I don't have to speak, she defends me A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
Now me and my mate were back at the shack, we had Spike Jones on the box She said, "I can't take the way he sings, but I love to hear him talk" Now that just gave my heart a throb, to the bottom of my feet And I swore as I took another pull, my Bessie can't be beat
Up on Cripple Creek she sends me If I spring a leak she mends me I don't have to speak, she defends me A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
Now there's a flood out in California and up north it's freezing cold And this living on the road is getting pretty old So I guess I'll call up my big mama, tell her I'll be rolling in But you know, deep down, I'm kind of tempted to go and see my Bessie again
Up on Cripple Creek she sends me If I spring a leak she mends me I don't have to speak, she defends me A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
Ever since time began Man loves the woman Woman loves the man
This is the way It was meant to be Through the pages Through the books of our history
You, you, you Who do you love, who do you love, who do you love, now, You, you, you Who do you love, who do you love, who do you love
One and one and one are three I love you Do you love me This is the place now is the time Give me your love And I'll give you mine
You, you, you Who do you love, who do you love, who do you love, now, You, you, you Who do you love, who do you love, who do you love
This is simple And it's true There's a shining light All around you You're the one You're the fire You can make it higher and higher
This is the place now is the time Tell me now darlin' will you be mine
You, you, you Who do you love, who do you love, who do you love
Put your arms around me Ahhh Hold me tight Ahhh Cuddle up darlin' Ahhh In the sill of the night Ahhh You are the one Ahhh That I adore Ahhh You are the one That I love so
This is the place now is the time Tell me now darlin' will you be mine
You, you, you Who do you love, who do you love, who do you love, now, You, you, you Who do you love, who do you love, who do you love, now, You, you, you Who do you love, who do you love, who do you love, now, You, you, you Do you love me Do you love me Do you love me now You, you, you Who do you love who do you love who do you love.
Now deep in the heart of a lonely kid Who suffered so much for what he did, They gave this ploughboy his fortune and fame, Since that day he ain't been the same.
See the man with the stage fright Just standin' up there to give it all his might. And he got caught in the spotlight, But when we get to the end He wants to start all over again.
I've got fire water right on my breath And the doctor warned me I might catch a death. Said, "You can make it in your disguise, Just never show the fear that's in your eyes."
See the man with the stage fright, Just standin' up there to give it all his might. He got caught in the spotlight, But when we get to the end He wants to start all over again.
Now if he says that he's afraid, Take him at his word. And for the price that the poor boy has paid, He gets to sing just like a bird, oh, ooh ooh ooh.
Your brow is sweatin' and your mouth gets dry, Fancy people go driftin' by. The moment of truth is right at hand, Just one more nightmare you can stand.
See the man with the stage fright Just standin' up there to give it all his might. And he got caught in the spotlight, But when we get to the end He wants to start all over again, hmm hmm,
You wanna try it once again, hmm hmm, Please don't make him stop, hmm hmm, Let him take it from the top, hmm hmm, Let him start all over again.
No regrets Coyote We just come from such different sets of circumstance I'm up all night in the studios And you're up early on your ranch You'll be brushing out a brood mare's tail While the sun is ascending And I'll just be getting home with my reel to reel There's no comprehending Just how close to the bone and the skin and the eyes And the lips you can get And still feel so alone And still feel related Like stations in some relay You're not a hit and run driver no no Racing away You just picked up a hitcher A prisoner of the white lines on the freeway
We saw a farmhouse burning down In the middle of nowhere In the middle of the night And we rolled right past that tragedy Till we pulled into some road house lights Where a local band was playing Locals were up kicking and shaking on the floor And the next thing I know That coyote's at my door He pins me in a corner and he won't take no He drags me out on the dance floor And we're dancing close and slow Now he's got a woman at home He's got another woman down the hall He seems to want me anyway Why'd you have to get so drunk And lead me on that way? You just picked up a hitcher A prisoner of the white lines on the freeway
I looked a coyote right in the face On the road to Baljennie near my old home town He went running through the whisker wheat Chasing some prize down And a hawk was playing with him Coyote was jumping straight up and making passes He had those same eyes just like yours Under your dark glasses Privately probing the public rooms And peeking through keyholes in numbered doors Where the players lick their wounds And take their temporary lovers And their pills and powders to get them through this passion play No regrets Coyote I just get off up aways You just picked up a hitcher A prisoner of the white lines on the freeway
Coyote's in the coffee shop He's staring a hole in his scrambled eggs He picks up my scent on his fingers While he's watching the waitresses' legs He's too far from the Bay of Funday From appaloosas and eagles and tides And the air conditioned cubicles And the carbon ribbon rides Are spelling it out so clear Either he's going to have to stand and fight Or take off out of here I tried to run away myself To run away and wrestle with my ego And with this flame You put here in this Eskimo In this hitcher In this prisoner Of the fine white lines Of the white lines on the free free way
Dry your eyes, take your song out It's a newborn afternoon And if you can't recall the singer, can you still recall the tune? Dry your eyes, play it slowly, just like you're marching off to war Sing it like you always wanted, like you sung it once before And from the center of the circle, to the big waiting crowd If it ever is forgotten, sing it long and sing it loud And come dry your eyes
And you taught us more about living, than we ever cared to know And we came to learn a secret, and we never let it go And it was more than being holy, it was less than being free And if you can't recall the reason, can you hear the people see Right through the lightening and the thunder, to the dark side of the moon Through that distant falling angel, that descended much too soon Come dry your eyes
Dry your eyes, take your song out It's a newborn afternoon And if you can't recall the singer, you can still recall the tune Come dry your eyes Come dry your eyes Dry your eyes
It makes no difference where I turn I can't get over you and the flame still burns It makes no difference, night or day The shadow never seems to fade away
And the sun don't shine anymore And the rains fall down on my door
Now there's no love As true as the love That dies untold But the clouds never hung so low before
It makes no difference how far I go Like a scar, the hurt will always show And it makes no difference who I meet They're just a face in the crowd on a dead-end street
And the sun don't shine anymore And the rains fall down on my door
These old love letters Well, I just can't keep Just like the gambler says: "Read 'em and weep" And the dawn don't rescue me no more
Without your love, I'm nothing at all Like an empty hall, it's a lonely fall Since you've gone it's a losing battle Stampeding cattle, they rattle the walls
And the sun don't shine anymore And the rains fall down on my door
Well, I love you so much That it's all I can do Just to keep myself from telling you That I never felt so alone before
Such a night, it's such a night Sweet confusion under the moonlight Such a night, such a night To steal away, the time is right
Your eyes caught mine, and at a glance You let me know that this was my chance But you came here with my best friend Jim And here I am, tryin' to steal you away from him
Oh, but if I don't do it, you know somebody else will If I don't do it, you know somebody else will If I don't do it, you know somebody else will If I don't do it, you know somebody else will
And it's such a night, it's such a night Sweet confusion under the moonlight It's such a night, such a night To steal away, the time is right
Yeah, I couldn't believe my ear and my heart just skipped a beat When you told me to take you walkin' down the street Oh yeah, you came here with my best friend Jim Here I am, I'm stealin' you away from him
Oh, but if I don't do it, you know somebody else will If I don't do it, you know somebody else will If I don't do it, you know somebody else will If I don't do it, you know somebody else will 'Cause it's such a night
Virgil Kane is the name And I served on the Danville train 'Till Stoneman's cavalry came And tore up the tracks again
In the winter of '65 We were hungry, just barely alive By May the 10th, Richmond had fell It's a time I remember, oh so well
The night they drove old Dixie down And the bells were ringing The night they drove old Dixie down And the people were singing They went, "Na, na, la, na, na, la"
Back with my wife in Tennessee When one day she called to me "Virgil, quick, come see, There goes Robert E. Lee!"
Now, I don't mind chopping wood And I don't care if the money's no good You take what you need And you leave the rest But they should never Have taken the very best
The night they drove old Dixie down And the bells were ringing The night they drove old Dixie down And all the people were singing They went, "Na, na, la, na, na, la"
Like my father before me I will work the land And like my brother above me Who took a rebel stand
He was just 18, proud and brave But a Yankee laid him in his grave I swear by the mud below my feet You can't raise a Kane back up When he's in defeat
The night they drove old Dixie down And the bells were ringing The night they drove old Dixie down And all the people were singing They went, "Na, na, la, na, na, la"
The night they drove old Dixie down And all the bells were ringing The night they drove old Dixie down And the people were singing They went, "Na, na, la, na, na, la"
