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| 4:16 | 
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Put on my blue suede shoes
And I boarded the plane Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues In the middle of the pouring rain W.C. Handy -- won't you look down over me Yeah I got a first class ticket But I'm as blue as a boy can be Then I'm walking in Memphis Walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale Walking in Memphis But do I really feel the way I feel Saw the ghost of Elvis On Union Avenue Followed him up to the gates of Graceland Then I watched him walk right through Now security they did not see him They just hovered 'round his tomb But there's a pretty little thing Waiting for the King Down in the Jungle Room (Chorus) They've got catfish on the table They've got gospel in the air And Reverend Green be glad to see you When you haven't got a prayer But boy you've got a prayer in Memphis Now Muriel plays piano Every Friday at the Hollywood And they brought me down to see her And they asked me if I would -- Do a little number And I sang with all my might And she said -- "Tell me are you a Christian child?" And I said "Ma'am I am tonight" (Chorus) Put on my blue suede shoes And I boarded the plane Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues In the middle of the pouring rain Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues In the middle of the pouring rain |
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| 2. |
| 4:07 |
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Baby I've been searching like everybody else
Can't say nothing different about myself Sometimes I'm an angel And sometimes I'm cruel And when it comes to love I'm just another fool Yes, I'll climb a mountain I'm gonna swim the sea There ain't no act of God girl Could keep you safe from me My arms are reaching out Out across this canyon I'm asking you to be my true companion True companion True companion So don't you dare and try to walk away I've got my heart set on our wedding day I've got this vision of a girl in white Made my decision that it's you allright And when I take your hand I'll watch my heart set sail I'll take my trembling fingers And I'll lift up your veil Then I'll take you home And with wild abandon Make love to you just like a true companion You are my true companion I got a true companion True companion When the years have done irreparable harm I can see us walking slowly arm in arm Just like the couple on the corner do 'Cause girl I will always be in love with you And when I look in your eyes I'll still see that spark Until the shadows fall Until the room grows dark Then when I leave this Earth I'll be with the angels standin' I'll be out there waiting for my true companion Just for my true companion True companion True companion |
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| 3. |
| 4:39 |
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Watched it coming up Winslow
Down South Park Boulevard Yeah it was looking good from tail to hood Great big fins and painted steel Man it looked just like the Batmobile With my old man behind the wheel Well you could hardly even see him In all of that chrome The man with the plan and the pocket comb But every night it carried him home And I could hear him sayin'... Don't gimme no Buick Son you must take my word If there's a God in heaven He's got a Silver Thunderbird You can keep your Eldorados And the foreign car's absurd Me I wanna go down In a Silver Thunderbird He got up every morning While i was still asleep But I remember the sound of him shuffling around Then right before the crack of dawn I heard him turn the motor on But when I got up they were gone Down the road in the rain and snow The man and his machine would go Oh the secrets that old car would know Sometimes I hear him sayin'... (Chorus) |
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| 4. |
| 4:11 |
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Everybody talks about some fateful day
And I guess that this was mine I may be here to tell some kind of story But I think it's gonna take a little time (That's all right) See I'm rockin' in a cradle Down the hall somewhere and I am-- Lost inside a dream Maybe I am falling Maybe I am flying But I know if I am crying she is Holding me And then the sky broke up And then the rain came down And it washed away everything on the ground Wash it away Wash it away Wash it away Now baby's got that bottle Filled up with lightning and rain He keeps calling out for someone But she's riding on a train Riding on the ghost train And she keeps on riding She's gonna keep on riding Mama keep on riding Keep on riding Some trains they leave in the moming Some leave in the afternoon Some trains they leave here Right on time And some they just leave too soon Way too soon But I'm gonna keep on... |
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| 5. |
| 4:19 |
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Down by the boathouse at Shaker Lake
When there wasn't nothing but love to make They were two young lovers Wishing on the stars above Well they carved their initials In an old birch tree With a heart and an arrow and a '63 You had to be blind not to see It was a perfect love Well they worked one summer together At the '64 World's Fair They met Robert Kennedy there Well that was right before the fall And they saved up a little bit of money For his career And they talked about the future Underneath the giant sphere And all around them The little voices were singing "It's a small world after all" Yes it is--small world after all And it was-- Perfect love It was a perfect love Now they were dizzy from dancing On Rockaway Beach They came to Rockaway And everything they dreamed of was Still within reach Dreaming. . . Dreaming as the years roll by (Like they always do) Well they had their share Of hard times too But whatever they were They never let it get them down Now they just go walking Down a country lane See the leaves are changing In the misty rain And only one thing remains the same-- Just the perfect love (Under the moon and the stars above) It was a perfect love |
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| 5:09 |
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Baby let's go below the surface
See what we can find There's no reason to be nervous 'Cause it happens all the time I don't want to go up to the mountain I don't need to go down to the sea Gonna sit right here 'till we unravel The mystery While the lights of the city Are shining below Gonna hold onto you girl And never let go While everyone else is just walking around In their sleep Baby let's dig down Dig down deep I wanna dig down deep And I don't wanna wait until tomorrow 'Cause the fortune said that "The time is now" It's time to find out what we're doing What we're doing anyhow Let's go out in the moonlight And walk for awhile Maybe stay up all night and we could Talk for awhile Kick off your shoes 'Cause you've got nothing to lose But your sleep Baby let's dig down Dig down deep I wanna dig down deep It's an open invitation So baby don't you cry It's a life long celebration And I think we're right on time It's a feeling in your heart And a lump in the throat It's a strange and lovely ride Wanna dig down deep inside While the lights of the city Are shining below Gonna hold onto you girl And never let go While everyone else is just walking around In their sleep Baby let's dig down Dig down deep I wanna dig down deep Could you dig down deep I wanna dig down deep |
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| 7. |
| 4:55 |
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I'm writing you this letter from some old hotel
I can feel the distance between us From the Spanish Steps to the liberty bell I know the Angels have seen us seen us, baby see us, baby They see you down on Seventh Avenue While you're just hanging by a thread And I'm sitting in a lonely room without a view, baby Wishing I was there with you instead Won't you walk through this world with me? Walk through the world Over the miles of mystery Walk through this world with me I'm staring out across the rooftops, baby I've seen the writing on the wall Heard a little bit of thunder, at the Seventh Wonder But everything is bound to rise and fall, that's all Won't you walk through this world with me? Walk through the world, yeah Over the mountains and the shining sea, yeah Walk through this world with me, walk on, walk on, walk on Walk on, yeah, walk, walk, walk yeah Let me get this ringing out of my ears Let me get these stars out of my eyes 'Cause I just want to look back over all the years With you right there standing by my side, could you just Walk through the world with me? Walk through the world Over the miles of mystery Walk through this world with me Walk through the world with me? Walk through the world Over the mountains and the shining sea, yeah Walk through this world with me, yeah come on Walk through the world Walk through the world Walk through the world Walk through this world with me, come on baby |
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| 4:44 |
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Clouds move in
From off the horizon Feels like nighttime In the middle of the day And I don't know why But it's still so suprisin' How a love grows stronger Or it just fades away But you look older today Than I've ever seen you I think I know the reason We might wash all our tears away But you got to bundle up baby For the rainy season I hear you breathing heavy On the telephone tonight I can feel the air is thick as thieves Sometimes I just want to tell you We'll be all right At least that's what some part of me believes But you look older today Than I've ever seen you Think I know the reason We might wash all our tears away But you got to bundle up, bundle up, bundle up For the rainy season Oh, oh I've been holding on so long Holding on and holding on so long Oh, oh I've been holding on so long Won't you bundle up baby Could you bundle up, bundle up, bundle up For the rainy season |
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| 5:06 |
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My father was a working man
But his work was never done He stood behind a counter And he smiled at everyone He bought himself a business Worked seven days a week Took a holiday for Christmas Then he fell asleep beside the tree But one day One day There's love for the lonely One day They walk in the sun One day Rest for the weary Rest for the weary ones Now my mother stood beside him She did what she could do But if you look at some old photograph She looks tired too I hope there was some laughter Cause I know there were some tears Now all I can say is I pray to God That after all those years After all those years That one day One day There's love for the lonely One day They walk in the sun One day Rest for the weary Rest for the weary ones Now I'm just another traveler On another winding road I'm trying to walk some kind of line I'm trying to pull some kind of load Now sometimes I move real easy Sometimes I can't catch my breath Sometimes I see my father's footsteps And man it scares me half to death But one day One day There's love for the lonely One day We walk in the sun One day Rest for the weary Rest for the weary ones |
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| 4:23 |
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Well, I had just checked in when the sun came up
After ten hours on the bus. I was staring at the stains on the ceiling, baby, Trying not to think about us. But then someone in a room five-oh two Started doing the thing that we used to do. Every bang, every boom, It was just like it was happening in my own room. 'Cause they've got paper walls, paper walls, Paper walls...ooh, yeah. I closed the curtain, I shut the light, I heard the highway moan. Next thing I remember they were having a fight, And then, she was all alone. I heard her cry in the darkest hour, I heard it echo in the hotel shower, I heard her start packing her things, so, I called her number and I heard it ring... Right through the paper walls, paper walls, Paper walls, ooh yeah, now. I've never seen such a sight before, The way she looked when she opened the door. Hush now baby don't make a sound, When all your love comes a-tumblin' down... Just like a paper wall, paper wall, Paper wall, ooh just like a paper wall. It ain't the road that kills you, baby, It's the all night calls It ain't the road that kills you, baby, It's just the paper walls |
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| 11. |
| 4:38 |
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Don't know much about you
Don't know who you are We've been doing fine without you But, we could only go so far Don't know why you chose us Were you watching from above Is there someone there that knows us Said we'd give you all our love Will you laugh just like your mother Will you sigh like your old man Will some things skip a generation Like I've heard they often can Are you a poet or a dancer A devil or a clown Or a strange new combination of The things we've handed down I wonder who you'll look like Will your hair fall down and curl Will you be a mama's boy Or daddy's little girl Will you be a sad reminder Of what's been lost along the way Maybe you can help me find her In the things you do and say And these things that we have given you They are not so easily found But you can thank us later For the things we've handed down You may not always be so grateful For the way that you were made Some feature of your father's That you'd gladly sell or trade And one day you may look at us And say that you were cursed But over time that line has been Extremely well rehearsed By our fathers, and their fathers In some old and distant town From places no one here remembers Come the things we've handed down |
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| 4:15 |
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Got your call from California
But I could hardly hear your voice Through the hissing of the highway And all that other noise You said "I might lose you in the canyon" Then you went riding up the coast Now all these things we leave unspoken Seem to haunt me like a ghost [Chorus] I lost you in the canyon Guess you tried to let me know Lost you in the canyon A long, long time ago Lost you in the canyon Brother you fade out slow There were times I thought I knew you Before these changes came to pass But you don't think about it do you? From up there in your house of glass The Earth is shifting underneath you The land is sliding all around Do you ever stop to wonder About that paradise you've found? [Chorus] I hear you moving through the mountains Through the fires and the floods But I can't fix this bad connection In the wires or the blood [Chorus] |
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| 4:09 |
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I could hear the shutters banging
In my mother's house And the wind just kept blowing off the lake I ran down to the front door And told the ambulance man "Everything's all right here Sir There must be some mistake" [Chorus] Saints preserve us We're all going down This ship is sinking in the sea Saints preserve us And carry us along For we may be together in eternity My father was staring off into another world And my mother she was laying very still The baby was crying And I tried to block it out Then from somewhere deep inside me Came a deathly chill [Chorus 2] Saints preserve us Wherever we might fall This is all too big a mystery I remember I was standing in the corner of the room Saying "Look at how she's leaving us So quietly so soon" And in her final hour I saw her reaching up her hands Like she was asking to be taken high above us Didn't she love us? [Chorus] Saints preserve us Saints preserve us Wherever we may fall Saints preserve us Saints preserve us And carry us along |
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| 4:23 |
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They say my final masterpiece
Was this house upon the hill High above the great and mighty river My hand could not hold the brushes Yes I guess I lost my will And you can't keep painting paradise forever Oh forever From the Andes to Niagara To where we stand today I drew the great creations of my master 'Til the oil and the canvas Lord I threw them all away And traded them for stone and brick and plaster I traded them all for you (Winter wind blows and the river lies frozen at my feet) I traded them all for you (Springtime come and the river want to run above the street) [Chorus] She came to me one night While I was tossing in my dreams She said she'd give my family protection I recall the night I died Beneath her arches and her beams I thanked her for the shelter and direction I was lost until Olana (Sun beat down on a summertime town -- he left me there) I was lost until Olana (Watching these hills turning gold for one more year) Oh I've been from Jerusalem to Rome Now I'm floating through these rooms tonight alone And looking back on everything All I ever wanted was a home I was lost until Olana How sweet the sound How sweet the sound They say my final masterpiece Was this house upon the hill [Chorus] |
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| 3:57 |
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I don't know where I'm goin'
Now that I am gone I hope the wind that's blowin' Helps me carry on Turn on your radio, baby Listen to my song Turn on your night light baby, baby I'm gone Turn on your radio I don't know how it happened Now that I am gone I hope I'll never hear it, baby, Just in case I'm wrong Turn on your record player Listen to my song Turn on your nightlight baby, baby I'm gone Really long gone I don't know where life's goin' But soon it will be gone I hope the wind that's blowin' Helps me carry on Turn on your radio, baby Baby listen to my song Turn on the night light, baby, baby I'm gone Long gone Turn on your record player (Turn on your record player...) And listen to my song Everybody had a hard year And everybody had a good time Everybody had a wet dream And everybody saw the sunshine Everybody had a good year And everybody let their hair down Everybody put their socks up And everybody put their foot down Listen, listen |
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| 2:37 |
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Baby baby, the time is at hand
I tell you one thing that you'll understand Been a long time looking for something strong Oh baby it ain't gonna be that long [Repeat Verse] We're just fallen angels (Fallen angels) Straight from heaven (Straight from heaven) I can't keep on (Can't keep on) Rollin' sevens (Rollin' sevens) Oh baby how lucky can one man get? Yeah I know I gotta go but I ain't finished yet (I ain't finished yet) Oh baby, it ain't gonna be that long |
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| 4:29 |
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Tonight I cried the tears of a child
Who knows what fear runs deep and wild Inside But the river's in flood tonight I lay down and the light streamed across my face I felt the beauty of some deeper grace And I tried To find my way to the other side I feel your skin as smooth as silk Drunk like a baby on his mama's milk Take me down under the wishing tree Lay your healing hands on me Been a long time riding this deserted train There's no messiahs out here, baby But I found the holy grail all right Cause I'm lying in your arms tonight Yeah Lay your healing hands on me |
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