| Disc 1 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
| 4:12 | 
|
|||
|
There is a way to make
sweet feeling last There is a way to be sheltered when the wind is free There is a way my father taught me how to sing And I sing my song every day now And it won't take much of your time Really won't take much of your time No, it won't take much of your precious time Just to get the spirit deep in your bones You really got it, talking about the spirit You got it, deep in your bones, you really got it There is a way to make the mountains cry Suh a way to be comforted, sweet mystery There is a way my father taught me how to live my life And I do that every day There is a way to make sweet feeling last There is a way to be comforted, sweet mystery There is a way my father taught me how to do it Do it to it, when I wanna do it to it. |
||||||
| 2. |
| 5:06 |
|
|||
|
I hardly had a bellyful
Never knew a new bicycle Hand-me-down books and shoes They brought the yule tides in July I rode a bus, a train and sometimes Strolling for miles to a movie show Singing a song "Shoobedoo "While birds and rich folks flew right on by But we got by Lord knows we got by Winter wishes wait till June We brightened July with that hot dog fun Tell your mama you're with Sue You bring the beans and I'll find the wine Them neon lights were bright till 2:00 And sneaking back home with this girl named Jo I hurried down to say do" And stared my first man-child in the eye But we got by Lord knows we got by And now baby's got his bellyful And finally here's that new bicycle Working, praying, June to June And mama's got LA gleaming in her eye And we got by Lord knows we got by You see we kept on walking and talking, hawking Ooing, cooing, wooing Loving, tugging, hugging, rubbing Sugging, fugging, laying, praying, swaying Letting, fretting, begetting, lying Flying, trying, sighing, dying. |
||||||
| 3. |
| 5:57 |
|
|||
|
Susan wants to take me
to a party over yonder Susan wants to take me to her heart It's a arm and tender place there, do you know Susan, I've been living here in this fortress And it's filled with armor And sometimes celebrations lose their charm Susan do you mind, sometimes I'm restless Rolling on the floor in pain and woe After all the precious gifts you will gladly give to me, girl I may blindly lock and bolt the door Baby, sweet baby I'll truly love you through my years Well it's just that sometimes by midnight light I'm frightened by my fears But if you could just hold me, warm me, girl The way you did today And tenderly anoint my eyes Then I may see the way Susan, baby, take me to that party 'Way over yonder Tell me, Susan, do you mind Come on, Susan, take the time Tell me, Susan, do you mind If I've been blind a long time? I been blind a long time Sometimes, see, if you're not careful A little hurt, pain in your heart Will make you blind Blind to the real thing, once it comes along Honey, can you wait, baby Can you wait for me, till I get this thing together? I been blind, I been blin, blind a long time Sweet Susan, take the time, girl Susan, can you understand If I say I love you, baby Tell me, Susan, mama, do you mind? Girl, I been blind. |
||||||
| 4. |
| 4:57 |
|
|||
|
You don't see me when I'm
trying to do right Maybe you can see me now When I was walking, patting my feet on the pavement Really, truly trying to find a gig Did you stand up and speak out in my favor? Cold desperation, she's a devil in bed Scratching till my bones are bare Pill and needles are all I've left to savor We were walking and I told you of how my shoes Of how my shoes were wearing thin You took your surplus and traded for a favor Now I'm demented and I'm burned unto a cinder Forty hours buys a grocery bag for trash I took my pistol and I made myself a sinner Will this universe be merciful at last? You don't see me. You don't see me I get so tired of trying to attract your attention It has occurred to me that you don't see me You should go ahead. I'm a-gonna-go-ahead I know you're going to ahead You're going to do what you're going to do I know, see, I see you, I watch you You take the money and run You take groceries and run, too Don't leave nothing left for me You're running and hiding and ducking and hiding And running and hiding and I can't find you nowhere I'll beat your mama, I'll beat your daddy I'll go to jail, it don't make no mothafugging Difference what happens to me Going to be there in my own time, in my own way Cause you don't see me, you don't see me I'm, I'm in your mirror. |
||||||
| 5. |
| 5:35 |
|
|||
|
By snowy fields and lanes
she keeps the waiting In candlelight the sacred alter shines He suckled the young lambs upon his knee Giving the weary sleep in peace He read the stars inside her dream But he was blind Of winter's love for spring, she kept the vision Sweet chariots aflame against the sky He played on the harp sweet melody Children and emperors came to see He drove the dragons into the nights But he was blind So lock all the gates and bolt the chamber door Because nobody leaves or enters anymore Now lock all the gates and bolt the chamber door Would you lock all the gates and the chamber Come, come Somebody come and lock all the gates and bolt the chamber Cause nobody leaves or enters anymore By snowy fields and lanes she keeps the waiting In candlelight the sacred alter shines He suckled the young lambs upon his knee He bid the weary sleep in peace He read the stars inside her dream But he was blind, he was blind |
||||||
| 6. |
| 3:04 |
|
|||
|
Do you know that it was
by design How you told me, told me, told me That you were free and it was by design How you wiggle, wiggle, start to wiggle When you're just walking by me And it was by design How you offered me just to walk on down the road I think that love, love was by design Raggedy Ann And it was by design Sunny fields and mansions just behind your eyes Lady lace and velvet passion burning just behind your eyes It was by design how you conquered me And on a fiery star we rose I think that love, was your love, by design Little Miss Raggedy Ann Would you, could you take me? Let me fall by the wayside Take me in your arms Girl, you got the way to make me love you You got the way to make me care Like I never cared before, got the way Take me, Ann, let me fall Little Miss Raggedy Ann I'll be your man, if I can Oh, baby, I'm going to be your man |
||||||
| 7. |
| 4:18 |
|
|||
|
Letter perfect stars of
gold in school You got a right to shout, you been living the Golden Rule In your time broken-hearted beggars danced for you, girl "Doing alright,"I hear you shout, "I'm living the Golden Rule" (But then I hear you say) Hurry down, sunset, hurry, get dark like wine Hurry down, sunset, hurry, won't see, won't find No suffering, see nobody, you can't see nobody You should let some love and kindness shine through you You'll be alright then you'll shout, "I'm living the Golden Rule" Must I fall down upon my hands and knees Get to begging you, please Honey, open up your eyes I'm before you with my glaring needs You can't see nobody Oh pretty baby, help me, honey, oh sweet thing Take off them dark sunglasses, I'm right here in front of you Would you open up your eyes? I need your loving I need your care and hugging You can't see nobody I'm going home Oh, leter perfect stars of gold in school You live the Golden Rule |
||||||
| 8. |
| 3:14 |
|
|||
|
Now it was a hot sticky morning
'Round the Fourth of July The breeze was standing still I'm hanging out by myself And I'm having a good time With the folk inside my head And you know, Lord, how you did a lovely thing See, times my head is lighter than it's ever been And anyone who's ever had sweet potato pie Don't want pumpkin again, no, they don't want 'Cause it don't taste right, no Look-a-here city boy with your silks and braided hair Don't you let nobody fool you with no imitation nothing Tell 'em, say, unh, unh, buddy, I been there Listen mama, when you finally walk on in Don't forget to bring along your sweet potato tin 'Cause when you serve him a slice of your sweet potato Sin, girl, he won't want pumpkin again, no, he won't want Now I took a trip down to Sissy's She's a friend of mine She smiled and asked me in Well, she drew a box and a big, fancy question mark Said, "Brother, which one is you in?" I told her, "Sister, don't worry 'bout the mule going blind You just sit in the wagon and hold on to the line 'Cause anyone who's ever had sweet potato pie Don't want pumpkin again, really don't want" Now I saw the gates gold and pearl And I sat right down in a dream of you, old friend I'm thinking some milk and honey and a pot of stew Might fill that gap again You know, I'm a thankful witness to the things I've seen And times my head is lighter than it's ever been And anyone who's ever had sweet potato pie Really don't want pumpkin again, no they won't want Would you give me some sweet potato y'all |
||||||
| 9. |
| 4:55 |
|
|||
|
Just beside the door
the bold and certain hand That turned the dragons trembled He touched the Holy Lamp and faintly saw his feet And just beside the door, his pure uncertain tears The burden fell so tender and in the darkest night a rose grew by his feet Stand beside me now, I've been in your place And you've been in mine And the only difference is our space and time And the only light is somehow in the lamp That's at your feet Why can't you see? But ain't it high, ain't holy when you see? And it's just times when I'm weary worries me Don't you know how Aladdin's lamp guards the night Ten thousand candles beam The silver stream you're searching for Oh, friend, the words are true I want to offer them to you. |
||||||
|
