Saturday night I was downtown Working for the FBI Sitting in a nest of bad men Whisky bottles piling high
Bootlegging boozer on the west side Full of people who are doing wrong Just about to call up the DA man When I heard this woman singing a song
A pair of 45's made me open my eyes My temperature started to rise She was a long cool woman in a black dress Just a 5-9 beautiful tall With just one look I was a bad mess 'Cos that long cool woman had it all
I saw her heading to the table Well a tall walking big black cat When Charlie said I hope that you're able boy Well I'm telling you she knows where it's at Well then suddenly we heard a siren And everybody started to run Jumping out of doors and tables Well I heard somebody shooting a gun
Well the DA was pumping my left hand And she was holding my right Well I told her don't get scared 'Cos you're gonna be spared Well I'm gonna be forgiven If I wanna spend my living With a long cool woman in a black dress Just a 5-9 beautiful tall With just one look I was a bad mess 'Cos that long cool woman had it all
(Sill) Sweet silver angels over the sea please come down flying low for me
One time I trusted a stranger 'cause I heard his sweet song And it was gently enticing me though there was something wrong When I turned he was gone
Blinding me his song remains reminding me he's a bandit and a heartbreaker Oh but Jesus was a crossmaker
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He wages war with the devil a pistol by his side And though he chases him out my window and won't give him a place to hide He keeps his door open wide Fighting him he lights a lamp inviting him He's a bandit and a heartbreaker oh but Jesus was a crossmaker
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I hear the thunder come rumbling the light never looked so dim I see the junction get nearer and danger's in the wind and either road's looking grim
Hiding me I flee desire's dividing me He's a bandit and a heartbreaker Oh but Jesus was a crossmaker Yeah but Jesus was a crossmaker
Saturday night I was downtown Working for the FBI Sitting in a nest of bad men Whiskey bottles piling high
Bootlegging boozer on the west side Full of people who are doing wrong Just about to call up the DA man When I heard this woman singing a song
A pair of 45's made me open my eyes My temperature started to rise She was a long cool woman in a black dress Just a 5'9" beautiful tall With just one look I was a bad mess 'Cause that long cool woman had it all
Woo!
I saw her head up to the table With a tall walking big black cat Well, Charlie said "I hope that you're able, boy 'Cause I'm telling you she knows where it's at" When suddenly we heard the sirens And everybody started to run I jumped down and across the table When I heard somebody shooting a gun
Well, the DA was pumping my left hand And then she was a-holding my right Well, I told her "Don't get scared 'Cause you're gonna be spared"
Well I've gotta be forgiven If I wanna spend my living With a long cool woman in a black dress Just a 5'9" beautiful tall Well, with just one look I was a bad mess 'Cause that long cool woman had it all Had it all, had it all Had it all, had it all Had it all, had it all
(Leslie / Day) Can't take no more lies or cheating I had took a long hard Dragged out miserable life you see Nothing means much to me
Stand up call out Don't take nothing low down It's much better When you're making your own way Your own say
Won't we feel good that morning Going along our way together Won't we feel good that day hey hey hey hey Going along together Taking our time in seeking our pleasure Won't we feel good that day hey hey hey hey
Won't we feel good that morning Going along our way Won't we feel good that morning Won't we feel good that day Won't we feel good that morning Won't we feel good that day
Stand up call out Don't take nothing low down It's much better When you're making your own way Your own say
Won't we feel good that morning Going along our way together Won't we feel good that day hey hey hey hey Going along together Taking our time in seeking our pleasure Won't we feel good that day hey hey hey hey
Won't we feel good that morning Going along our way together Won't we feel good that day hey hey hey hey
(Rickfors) Quiet shadows plays in the evening In the cold sea the sun went down Bright stars on the blue water In the hours of the night
All the sweetness touched by hands Everything's close but so far away Everything's given to people as a law
The wind rests The creek is like a mirror And the sailor takes down the sails Over the meadow The mist is dancing You can't believe it But this is all yours
All the sweetness touched by hands Everything's close but so far away Everything's given to people as a law
Break
Quiet shadows plays in the evening In the cold sea the sun went down Bright stars on the blue water In the hours of the night
All the sweetness touched by hands Everything's close but so far away Everything's given to people as a law
(Jennings) Standing in the shadow Of a Spanish lady Second hand bargain With a song so sad And a rose in her hand Was crying
Lonely rooms in back of bars Bright lights and sitting out in the stars There was room to write a poem
But the words don't come easy They're hung on frozen lips standing there While the world's anticipating love And the words don't come easy Lady laughs a laughing tear and says All we really need today Is the sun in our life The sun in our life
Money was only mean to buy time No money left over Made the street to show that the door was open Out in the silence of the angry crowd Only the beggars crying aloud Not a precious thing was spoken
But the words don't come easy They're hung on frozen lips standing there While the world's anticipating love And the words don't come easy Lady laughs a laughing tear and says All we really need today Is the sun in our life The sun in our life
(Henley / O'Dell) He came riding in on a sunrise A hot west Texas day A fancy man in a painted wagon Some fancy things to say
Looks like you folks'll need some water Well water is my game For the small price of a hundred dollars I bet you I can make it rain
So get away all non-believers or the rain'll never come Someone start a fire burning, somebody beat the drum Some may think I'm crazy for making all these claims But I swear before the day is over your folks'll see some rain
They all just stood a staring trying to believe But there was one named Lizzy Cooper said he was a lying cheat She said you call yourself a rainman, well you oughta be ashamed For starting all these people dreaming thinking you can make it rain
So get away all non-believers or the rain'll never come Someone keep the fire burning, somebody beat the drum Some may think I'm crazy for making all these claims But I swear before the day is over your folks'll see some rain
Oh Lizzy, a man's gotta have a dream And if you can walk on the inside with me I'll meet you in between Come with me Lizzy And the stars'll write your name And if you still think I'm lying to you Look yonder here comes the rain
So get away all non-believers or the rain'll never come Someone keep the fire burning, somebody beat the drum Some may think I'm crazy for making all these claims But I swear before the day is over your folks'll see some rain
So get away all non-believers or the rain'll never come Someone keep the fire burning, somebody beat the drum Some may think I'm crazy for making all these claims But I swear before the day is over your folks'll see some rain
(Leslie / Day) Got to stop from running Got to make myself slow down If I need some loving Got to find some love around
I can't hold on It's been so long and I'd do anything to find some love good love If I slow down if I take a look around maybe I'll come across some home sweet home
If I slow down Yeah if I slow down If I slow down Yeah if I slow down
Young girls and porches are filling out Tempers and torches are burning Brown is the colour of town living in thunder
Hair on my top lip now I'm a man I so often hear and feel it Nice paying the price for being kept under
Mama says don't hang around that front gate too long Boys like you who stay too late are surely gonna go so wrong But Mama there's safety in numbers It's the first time I've ever felt strong Delaware Taggett and the Outlaw Boys
Adding a laugh to the Broadway noise Slipping your mind where your mind don't wanna go
Off-duty porters lay sleeping wives On-duty daughters are finding why just touching a boy gives a thrill like a shiver
Whispers and shadows are moving fast No prizes given to people last drowned in the past down on the river
(Sill) Sweet silver angels over the sea please come down flying low for me
One time I trusted a stranger 'cause I heard his sweet song And it was gently enticing me though there was something wrong When I turned he was gone
Blinding me his song remains reminding me he's a bandit and a heartbreaker Oh but Jesus was a crossmaker
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He wages war with the devil a pistol by his side And though he chases him out my window and won't give him a place to hide He keeps his door open wide Fighting him he lights a lamp inviting him He's a bandit and a heartbreaker oh but Jesus was a crossmaker
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I hear the thunder come rumbling the light never looked so dim I see the junction get nearer and danger's in the wind and either road's looking grim
Hiding me I flee desire's dividing me He's a bandit and a heartbreaker Oh but Jesus was a crossmaker Yeah but Jesus was a crossmaker
(Jennings) Take me home Sailing on with Romany To and fro on a icy morning Feeling calm to have an old friend 'round Feeling warm to see the wind blow down
Take me home where saints and children laughing Tell the Dutchman ships are passing Feeling safe to reach the harbor sound
Feeling warm to see the wind blow down
Take me home Leave the galley sailors talking Leave the bridge and captain's walking Feeling naked on the covered ground Feeling warm to see the wind blow down
The wind blowed down in the moonless light the sea was dark the breeze was light Everyone's thoughts were their own Caught by the ocean thief The bow hit on a coral reef Romany sank like a stone
(Rush / Cullers) If you know you're right when the others are wrong it's hard to sit and take it They treat you like you've lost your senses Call you troublemaker
I'm not trying to cause you trouble I don't wanna fight Someone's got to stand up sometime and do what's right
Just have the courage of the courage of your convictions
People tell you do what's right and set and good example Sometimes right means who to hate Listen to the people I'm not trying to mess your mind up but it's plain to see People pulling from both sides it's agitating me
So have the courage of the courage of your convictions
People teaming up on sides hating one another Know your heart before you join a team to hurt your brother
If there's a way to lead us from this like in troubled times it won't be found through blood and hate but through courageous minds
(Clarke / Sylvester) Didn't believe in The Bible Didn't believe the Good Book Lord, Lord please help me, help me take a look These chains that I'm wearing really ain't my style Lord, Lord please help me, help me think awhile I know that I did something wrong I got into bad ways Well the judge, yes he put me down, for five thousand days
Falling, falling, falling over you Calling, calling, I don't know what to do Falling, falling, falling over you Calling, calling, I don't know what to do
The cell I am in is only six feet wide And six feet to the roof There's a window that's strung with only three bars Singing me the truth Fifty and seventy don't seem right Seventy ain't my age When I leave this place with a new face It's to turn another a new page
Falling, falling, falling over you Calling, calling, I don't know what to do Falling, falling, falling over you Calling, calling, I don't know what to do
Didn't believe in The Bible Didn't believe the Good Book Well now Lord, Lord please help me, help me take a look These chains that I'm wearing well they really ain't my style Well now Lord, Lord please help me, help me think awhile
Falling, falling, falling over you Calling, calling, I don't know what to do Falling, falling, falling over you Calling, calling, I don't know what to do
The sun is overshadowed by the presence of the moon Night time has fallen she'll be comin' home soon Leave the door wide open, ah, so she won't need a key Lock it behind you baby draw the blinds so no-one can see There's only one thing on my mind Don't let don't let me down Don't let don't let me down My feelings are near the ground
Silence is golden, ah, for me there's just one choice The music of your laughter, rippling of your voice The freshness of the evergreen, ah, fades as if too shy Can't compete with your beauty, couldn't if it tried There's only one thing on my mind Don't let, don't let me down Don't let, don't let me down My feelings are near the ground
Let's build something to climb on Making the show a live one No need for make-up let's be real Give all in what your giving Making life worth living Being alive's how you should feel Oh and don't let, don't let me down My feelings are near the ground
Don't want the sun to be shining Raising his eyebrows at the moon Saying I told you so she wouldn't show Well don't speak too soon I hear her footsteps walking on the outer floor Well it could be, I don't know, I don't know for sure There's only one thing on my mind Don't let, don't let me down Don't let, don't let me down My feelings are near the ground
Come on back, can't live without you Come on back, (I need you, I need you, I) can't live without you Come on back, (I want you, I want you, I)can't live without you Come on back, (C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, I) can't live without you Come on back, (I love you, I love you, I) can't live without you Come on back, (I need you, I need you, I) can't live without you
(Hicks / Lynch) I wasn't there (I wasn't there) When I was needed (I wasn't there) I was out on the road Playing with my rock and roll band (I wasn't there) I should have been right by her side Like a good man ought to be But this rock'n'roll music sure gotta hold on me
I wasn't there (I wasn't there) When my shack was burning (I wasn't there) I was out on the road playing with my rock'n'roll band (I wasn't there) While someone else put out the fire I was wailing my guitar Somehow this rock'n'roll music sure got a hold on me
Somewhere I know, I sold my soul Sold it to the devil or the king of rock'n'roll Once I found out, what the music was all about Picked up my baggage And I joined in a big rock show I knew that I had to go
I wasn't there (I wasn't there) There for my wedding (I wasn't there) I was back on the road Playing with my rock and roll band (I wasn't there) But when I came off stage that night I found her waiting patiently, good girl She knows that rock'n'roll music sure got a hold Rock'n'roll music sure got a hold She knows that rock'n'roll music sure got a hold on me
