Ozark Mountain Daredevils

(GUITARS & BASS INTRO)

(spoken)

...city street

hang out

thumbs in pocket

black jacket

black jack

dego-red

Manhattenized-Bohemia

of Southern California,

tough punk of

cool, futuristic Montana...



(sung)

well, have you ever been mixed up

feel like you're in a stick-up, a hold-up,

a robbery in progress?

well, I have



well, have you ever been faked out

feel like you're in a stake-out,

a cook-out, barbequed chicken?

well, I have



come on, mama, get on the yo-yo

we're all givin up down in the arroyo



have you ever been stranded

feel like you never landed,

a bandit, a merchant of Venice?

well, I have

well, have you even been tumbled

feel like you're in a jungle,

a jingle, a town in New Jersey?

well, I have



come on, mama, get on the yo-yo

we're all givin up down in the arroyo

(SAX SOLO)



well have you ever been hungry

feel like you're gettin' ugly

ornery, and everybody's greasy?

well, I have

well have you ever been zooey

feel like you're David Bowie,

a truly unidentified person?

well, I have



come on, mama, get on the yo-yo

we're all givin up down in the arroyo

(SAX SOLO)



(spoken)

...there is a possibility of ...

something running parallel...

what something is, it might be called

something other than what could be the same thing,

but uh, what could be the right thing

in other words, it might be a contigent-pository,

if what you are doing at the same time

that you are doing something else...



... let's take, for example, if you were born on Lake Michigan...



Lyrics are copyright 1976, Steve Cash

(GUITARS INTRO)

cobblestone mountain it was made by hand

from the magic and mortar of a cobblestone man

cobblestone mountain it was laid by hand

from the magic and mortar in a cobblestone land

magic and mortar in a cobblestone land



listen to me children here's a riddle and a rhyme

'bout a man who built a mountain that an angel couldn't climb

he built it with the skill and the magic that he learned

when he found the holy river and the river boat burned



cobblestone mountain it was made by hand

from the magic and mortar of a cobblestone man

cobblestone mountain it was laid by hand

from the magic and mortar in a cobblestone land

magic and mortar in a cobblestone land

(CELLO SOLO)



listen to me children here's a word to the wise

I got it from the man with the cobblestone eyes

take it with a chuckle or a grain of salt

but if the cobblestone buckles then it's all your own fault



cobblestone mountain it was made by hand

from the magic and mortar of a cobblestone man

cobblestone mountain it was laid by hand

from the magic and mortar in a cobblestone land

magic and mortar in a cobblestone land

magic and mortar in a cobblestone land

magic and mortar in a cobblestone land



Lyrics are copyright 1975, 1976 Steve Cash

Standin' in the trees
I get lifted by the leaves
And carried away by the wind
Turning around
I touch down on the ground
And i'm drifted away again

You've got to fly away on home
Halleluiah
Fly away
Fly away on home
Get carried away by the wind

Looking out my window
Reflections of a rainbow
As the evening rain comes down
Trumpets start to blow
And when them stars start glowin'
And my head gets lost in the sound

You've got to fly away on home
Halleluiah
Fly away
Fly away on home
When that evening rain comes down

You've got to fly away on home
Halleluiah
Fly away
Fly away on home
When that evening rain comes down
Let your head get lost in the sound
When that evening rain comes down, fly away!

(GUITAR & KEYBOARD INTRO)

sometimes I know how good it feels

to be as free as a rolling wheel

cause then you just appear to me

within the shapes of things I see

when I leave



I watched an eagle way up high

makin' circles in the sky

I watched a river passin' by

I've see it all from time to time

in your eyes

(GUITAR & KEYBOARD STUFF)



I've listened to the birds in spring

while taking walks in the late evening

and seen the clouds writing in the wind

in you it all begins

and ends

(KEYBOARD STUFF)



Lyrics are copyright 1975, 1976 Larry Lee & John Dillon

(ACOUSTIC GUITAR INTRO)

the dolphins live in the open sea

and the gypsies live in the forest

while the owls and the crows and the sure foot does

still live like those before us

(MANDOLIN DITTY)



and the oak and the pine and the sycamore shines

and the day spins round like a feather

and the sawmill whines and the bluebird dines

and the song goes on forever

(HARP DITTY)

(OBOE SOLO)



now the old folk tell of an ancient bell

somewhere sunk in the meadow

but the shepherd there with the snow white hair

just sings in the evening shadows



and no one knows where the clear creek goes

when the moonlight fades in the forest

but the peacock screams and the gypsy dreams

of a time gone by before us

(OBOE SOLO)



round and a round and a round and a round

round and a round and a round

round and a round and a round and a round

round and a round and a round...



Lyrics are copyright 1975, 1976 Steve Cash & Randle Chowning

down in the hills of the Ozarks

there are some women that'll have your heart

all wrapped up in chains it's a shame

if you make the bad mistake of telling them

all the crazy things you tell them

when you're high on that homemade wine

'cause when you're high on that homemade wine

every woman will sure look fine

half standin' in my sleep

I'm lookin' at my feet

and wonderin' where do I go from here

I've been walkin' for an hour

tryin' to find my shower

so my head can't be on right yet

it's that wine and I'll take all bets

it's that wine that's gettin' to my head

(FIDDLE & GUITAR DITTY)

made me a fifty gallon barrel

connected with an air hose

and I had me a real good rig

went on a binge for one week

got to where I couldn't speak

to anyone oh I was high

it's that wine and I'll tell no lies

take that wine if you want to get higher, higher

it's that wine and I'll tell no lies

taste that wine if you want to get high

(INTRO)

if I only knew what wakes me

if I only knew

then I would be outside walkin'

through the morning dew with you

it shouldn't be too far

it shouldn't be far away, away, away



if I only knew which road went where

if I only knew

then I would be outside walkin'

through the morning air with you

it shouldn't be too hard

it shouldn't be hard to see, to see, to see

(SAX SOLO)



hey you

put some funny looking clothes on

me too

then we can run around and show our happy glow



if I only knew what it would take

if I only knew

then I wouldn't make the same mistakes

that I usually do with you

it shouldn't be too hard

it shouldn't be hard to do, to do, to do, to do

(GUITAR SOLO)



Lyrics are copyright 1975, Larry Lee & Steve Cash

(GUITAR & STRINGS INTRO)

there are people livin' in poverty

their lives are just misery

can't get enough relief

there are children needing some food to eat

shoes on their little feet

lookin' to you and me



why do we look away

think it will go away today

I think it's only fair

that we should all be asked to share

(STRINGS & KEYBOARDS DITTY)



there are men among us who rule our land

and though they're just fools in bands

hold us all in their hands

there are people preaching their gods to me

saying that I can't see

yet they give me books to read



they say more's wrong than right

some say more dark that light

i say it's how you think

that makes you swim or sink



Lyrics are copyright 1976, Larry Lee

If I fell off to sleep
and did not wake
would the lord
my soul to take??

And could the land that I've
know also die?
Do you think of you and
wonder why?

Down in Leatherwood
that thought we'd leave behind
Down in Leatherwood
Country love's gonna
steal your mind
and we aint never
gonna be blue........
be blue...

Was a house all flooded by the rain
or did I once live it in a dream
of throwing all good minutes
to the sea?
Did you know the sky could
also bleed?

Down in Leatherwood
that thought we'd leave behind
Down in Leatherwood
Country love's gonna
steal your mind
and we aint never gonna be blue.......
be blue...

(GUITARS & BASS INTRO)

walking down the road

rocks fly at my feet

I let myself explode

and wake you from your sleep

and the flowers are blooming

in the mountain range

lay down what you're doing

the season is in change



and my mind is made up

to learn all the dances

before my body's laid up

and the night advances

and the time is here

and the time is here

and the time is here

o-o-o-oh

(cool acoustic guitar pickin' )

(OBOE SOLO)

(ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh)

(ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh)

(ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh)

(ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh)

(end - cool acoustic guitar pickin')



Lyrics are copyright 1973, John Dillon

(HARPSICHORD INTRO)

just about a hundred years or so ago

ten men rode their way down the mighty colorado

and as I read about their journey

I couldn't help but feel a very similar yearning

to mr. powell



and I wish that I could have been there with him

the way he talked about the river, I could tell

the revelations he must have felt within himself,

the realization of what man's supposed to do,

I feel it too

(FLUTE SOLO)



as they would ride over the waves

as they would glide over the waves



the river forged its way through canyons

that were so high that the clouds would float within them

cascade fountains moss surrounded

on through a gorge grand beyond description

and the river rolls



and like a whirlpool it sets my mind to spinnin'

can you imagine walls that went so high

the sky would be nothing more than a single thin blue line

and rocks would rainbow their way up to the sky



as they would ride over the waves

as they would glide over the waves

you'd hear them singing, singing



ahhh, ahhh, ahhh, ahhh,

ahhh, ahhh, ahhh, ahhh...



Lyrics are copyright 1973, 1976 Larry Lee

( ELECTRIC SLIDE GUITAR INTRO)

watch the water flow underneath the rainbow

everyone is gone away

it don't have to come some other time



the sky is changin'

I can hear the singin'

clouds will soon be alright

bringin' on the daylight

let it rain

let it rain

let it rain

and bring on the sunshine



people turn and go every time the wind blows

rain clouds don't bother me

Noah had to ride the storm before he got the sign



go and tell the people

from the highest steeple

runnin' in and out of time

tearin' down them battle lines

let it rain

let it rain

let it rain

and bring on the sunshine

(ELECTRIC GUITAR SLIDE SOLO)



the sky is changin'

i can hear the singin'

clouds will soon be alright

bringin' on the daylight

let it rain

let it rain

let it rain

and bring on the sunshine



Lyrics are copyright 1972, John Dillon

(INTRO)

out on the sea, there is an island

out on the sea, there is a place

out on the sea there's a wave

with the power to save

all the sailors from the dark and the deep



we used to dance in the shadows

under the moon's pale light

away from home and all alone

turning away into the night

and she would shine like a diamond



trapped in a clear crystal ring

and the tears in my eyes

were the stars in the sky

fading away when she would sing



out on the sea, there is an island

out on the sea, there is a place

out on the sea there's a wave

with the power to save

all the sailors from the dark and the deep



Lyrics are copyright 1975, 1976 John Dillon & Elizabeth Anderson

(MANDOLIN INTRO)

the blacksmith dreams of a white queen

the blacksmith dreams of a queen

the cobbler dreams of a gold ring

the cobbler dreams of a ring

and weeds grow wild on the village green

the red plum rots on the ground

and she lays there with a bright gold ring

and a pure white ivory crown



the wheelwright dreams of a jewel'd case

the wheelwright dreams of a case

the drover dreams of the queen's lace

the drover dreams of the lace

and weeds grow wild on the village green

the red plum rots on the ground

and she lays there with a bright jewel'd case

in a full length white lace gown

(MANDOLIN SOLO)



the crier dreams of a queen's face

the crier dreams of a face

the fletcher dreams of a royal place

the fletcher dreams of a place

and no one goes where the weeds bend deep

when the snow falls down on the town

and she lays there in a dreamless sleep

and the red plum can't be found





Lyrics are copyright 1976, Steve Cash & John Dillon

(INTRO)

there's a lotta folks down at the island

that follow that astrology

some got a chart of the heavens

and some got a fancy degree

but me I got a pick-up

and I drive it like a Fourth of July

and that's where I seen the vision

when it fell right out of the sky



it said



follow, follow the southern cross

leave your luck in Mexico

there ain't no way to get lost

cause there ain't no place to go



so I bought me a ticket to Texas

and I hopped on a plane to Peru

I met a little lady from Chile

and she fed me a tropical root

now I'm down in Tierra del Fuego

and nothin' around me is right

I think I got a case of lumbago

but it's better than the northern lights



I gotta



follow, follow the southern cross

leave your luck in Mexico

there ain't no way to get lost

cause there ain't no place to go

(HORN SOLO)



so I paddled out to Easter Island

about as fast as I could go

I saw and albatross on the horizon

and the stone heads all in a row

I found the secret of navigation

and the mystery of the Milky Way

now I'm livin' in the constellations

tell me what more I can say



you gotta



follow, follow the southern cross

and leave your luck in Mexico

there ain't no way to get lost

cause there ain't no place to go

whoa!

(HORN STUFF)



Lyrics are copyright 1975, 1976, Steve Cash & John Dillon

(GUITAR INTRO)

some folks go to the motel and some folks go to the brush

and some folks go for that funky thing and some folks go for the rush

but I thought we had a real love filled with a common trust

till your love slipped and I got hip now nothing ain't like it was



and we're traveling on

thin ice, baby

thin ice, baby

we're traveling on

thin ice, baby,

thin ice

(HARP SOLO)

(GUITAR SOLO)



I'm giving up living that nightlife I'm giving up walking the street

I'm giving up waiting for sunrise and the high-heeled sound of your feet

and you said we had a rare wine with a taste so bittersweet

but that's all wrong our good thing's gone it ain't like it used to be



and we're traveling on

thin ice, baby

thin ice, baby

yeah we're traveling on

thin ice, baby

thin ice



thin ice, baby

oh yeah, we're traveling on

thin ice, baby,

and ooh, we're traveling on

thin ice, baby,



and we're traveling on,

thin ice, baby

and we're traveling on,

thin ice, baby

aah we're traveling on,

thin ice, baby

aah we're traveling on,

thin ice, baby



Lyrics are copyright 1975, Randle Chowning & Steve Cash

(KEYBOARDS INTRO)

where the snow melts

and the shadows bend

weeping willows dance

and the sea swells

at the river's end

calling in the trance



and our eyes meet while the watermill

turns the stubborn stream

and my life breaks on the waterwheel

into a dream



when the light fades

and the wind is still

hear the cricket's rhyme

and the cascades

of the river spill

falling out of time



and our eyes meet while the watermill

turns the stubborn stream

and my life breaks on the waterwheel

into a dream

(ELECTRIC GUITARS SOLO)

(HARP SOLO)



so the earth turns

like a paddlewheel

secret still in spin

and the sun burns

on a golden field

where you've always been



and our eyes meet while the watermill

turns the stubborn stream

and my life breaks on the waterwheel

into a dream

(SAX SOLO)



Lyrics are copyright 1976, Steve Cash & John Dillon

(PIANO & GUITAR INTRO)

fast asleep in the garden

the rain is gone away

somewhere in the margin

are sheep that's gone astray



like the old man of the ocean

whose eyes tells where he's been

or one who lacks devotion

betrays his love again

the thief will surely die

when he's taken all he can steal



oh whippoorwill

are you high upon your hill

while my feet are on the ground



oh whippoorwill

you make my heart stand still

when I hear your evening sound

(PIANO & STRINGS)



I know you're sad, much deeper

then my human ears can hear

you never had a keeper

cause you live where no man's near



you call from out the timber

like a chanter on a throne

only to remember

the secret still unknown

and makes us to decide

are we false or are we real



oh whippoorwill

are you high upon your hill

while my feet are on the ground



oh whippoorwill

you make my heart stand still

when I hear your evening sound



when I hear your evening sound

when I hear your evening sound



Lyrics are copyright 1975, 1976 Randle Chowning

(GUITAR & PIANO INTRO)

to take a look and walk away

isn't a stand man

to speak the words that everyone's heard

isn't the way man

everybody knows

all things must come and go

but

you know like I know that

everything's gonna be alright

people just come and go

they don't know what's right

till they're gone



your sun will rise and set today

just don't you worry

and everything will come your way

just don't you hurry

take a little time

and find you some peace of mind

then

you'll know like I know that

everything's gonna be alright

people just come and go

they don't know what's right

till they're gone



nah-nah-nah

nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah

nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah

nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah...





Lyrics are copyright 1972, Larry Lee

(PIANO & GUITAR INTRO)

well I sleep like a feather

I don't worry 'bout the weather

I take backroads, wherever I go

and I can't take no chances

'cause I sure ain't got no answers

I take the backroads, wherever I go



those four-lane freeways ain't got nothin' for me

just gimme a six pack and a '50 Mercury

and I'll be rollin'

over them backroads of my home

over them backroads of my home



well I don't let things get risky

'cause I might be drinkin' whisky

out on them backroads of my home

you don't see no hitchhikers

ain't no semi-trucks or bikers

out on them backroads of my home



them four-lane freeways ain't got nothin' for me

and that all night rollin' to be where you got to be

it ain't nowhere

gimme them backroads of my home

gimme them backroads of my home

(GUITAR SOLO)



I've been busted for speedin'

I've been busted up and bleedin'

out on them backroads of my home

and you just might see me swimmin'

you might see me chase big women

over them backroads of my home



those four-lane freeways ain't got nothin' for me

just gimme a six pack and a '50 Mercury

and I'll be rollin'



over them backroads of my home

over them backroads of my home

over them backroads of my home

over them backroads of my home

over them backroads of my home

over them backroads of my home



Lyrics are copyright 1977, Steve Canady

(PIANO INTRO)

if you want me to sail

to the far end of the island

if you want me to dive down

and gather you pearls

if you want me to shine

like a light up in the lighthouse

if you want me to take you

to the end of the world



just show me the way

one more way,

one more way



little darlin' now don't you see

this crazy lovin' has got to me

little darlin' now don't you know

this crazy lovin' has got to go



if you want me to ride

to the far side of the mountain

if you want me to bring back

all the silver and gold

if you want me to run

like a thief up in the canyon

if you want me to find out

what's never been told



just show me the way

one more way,

one more way



little darlin' now don't you see

this crazy lovin' has got to me

little darlin' now don't you know

this crazy lovin' has got to go



(GUITAR SOLO)

(ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh)

(ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh)

(ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh)

(ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh)



little darlin' now don't you see

this crazy lovin' has got to me

little darlin' now don't you see

this crazy lovin' has got to me

little darlin' now don't you know

this crazy lovin' has got to go

(SOLO GUITAR INTRO)

lately I've felt a little crazy

like I do when that moon's gettin' full

is there a change in the air or the way that I care

how can I explain how I feel



wish I knew me better

and I would if I half-tried



but my will is strong and it just carries me on

following the way that I feel

no my love ain't dead it just got to my head

and I need a little space to feel free

(GUITAR SOLO)



lately, I've gone a lot of places

and seen a lot of things I didn't need to see

maybe I followed a star a little bit too far

and lost something along the way



or maybe I needed to lose

something I shouldn't have had

but it feels so good to take a second look

following the way that I feel

no my love ain't dead it just got to my head

and I need a little space to feel free

(GUITAR SOLO)



I feel loose and contented

like to go where I want, when I can

if I set too much, my thoughts begin to rush

and nothin' is clear that I hear



I guess I'm a mover

just travelin' through my life to somewhere



but it feels so good to take a second look

following the way that I feel

no my love ain't dead it just got to my head

and I need a little space to feel free

while following the way that I feel



while I'm following,

following the way that I feel

while I'm following,

following the way that I feel

(GUITAR SOLO)





Lyrics are copyright 1977, Larry Lee

(PIANO & GUITAR INTRO)

the rain let up when the sun went down

I was livin' in a sad old story

the moon didn't shine but the train was on time

and the fox looked down on the glory

the fox looked down on the glory



the mare went lame and the fox got blame

there were tracks leadin' down from the trestle

then someone said that the fox was dead

but no one spoke of the devil

no one spoke of the devil

(GUITAR & HARP STUFF w/cool bass line)



the winter turned spring the valley turned green

the fox burned red in the sunrise

the hawk got shot the thief got caught

and the fox stood still on the hillside

the fox stood still on the hillside



then you broke up and I broke down

we're all in the soul of the stranger

and I know now what you knew then

the fox just laughed at the danger

the fox just laughed at the danger

(KEYBOARD & HARP STUFF)





Lyrics are copyright 1977, Steve Cash

(FIDDLE INTRO)

have you ever felt yourself in a place a little strange

where nothin' seemed the way it should be

and every time you'd set your sight and take an aim

things would change, move out of range



have you stood in the sunshine and seen darkness everywhere

have you looked for a seashell on a street

has it made much difference that you've never had to share

you've just given,

given it all to the wind

you've just given,

given it all to the wind

(FIDDLE SOLO)



when you finally find yourself in the middle of a dream

and the vision slowly slips away

it's hard to hold yourself in the middle of a stream

you just give in,

giving it all to the wind

you just give in,

giving it all to the wind

(FIDDLE SOLO)





Lyrics are copyright 1977, Larry Lee

(GUITAR INTRO)

I know it's been thought, I know it's been done

I know it's been said, I know it's been sung

you can grin like a 'possum, or live like a thief

you can stand by the river, and preach your beliefs



you can hide in the moonlight

shine in the sun

but it's love makes the lover

and the lovin' makes one



I know there's a springtime, I know there's a fall

I know that there's something, that runs through it all

you can call it a mystery, you can call it by name

you can call if forever, it's never the same



you can hide in the moonlight

shine in the sun

but it's love makes the lover

and the lovin' makes one

(GUITAR SOLO)



I ain't goin' nowhere, I ain't got a way

I ain't doin' nothin', I'm gonna do it all day

you can say I surrendered, you can say that I won

you can stay that I found it, you can stay that it's done



you can hide in the moonlight

shine in the sun

but it's love makes the lover

and the lovin' makes one



you can hide in the moonlight

shine in the sun

but it's love makes the lover

and the lovin' makes one



yes, it's love makes the lover

and the lovin' makes one

(GUITAR INTRO)

when that moon is on the rise

and the light gets in your eyes

and stirs somethin' that used to lie

inside you 'till you ask why



why ain't I just passin' by

like that moon that's on the rise

it shouldn't come as no surprise

I been back here time and time



like that sun that brings the spring

I know I'll be back again

if you don't know what you do

when it's over and we're through



watch what happens every spring

what was dead is live again

so why should you be odd man out

you should forget all your doubts



while some people look for purpose

their life passes by

right before their eyes

and if the purpose is to do good

that's an easy way to live everyday

if you would

(GUITAR SOLO)



so when the moon is on the rise

and that light gets in your eyes

and stirs something' that used to lie

inside you 'till you ask why



why ain't I just passin' by

like that moon that's on the rise

it shouldn't come as no surprise

I been back here time and time



like that sun that brings the spring

I know that I'll be back again

like that moon that's on the rise

I know I'll be back in time

I know I'll be back in time

I know I'll be back in time

I know I'll be back in time



Lyrics are copyright 1977, Larry Lee & Steve Cash

(HARP & GUITAR INTRO)

river runnin', river runnin'

river runnin', down to the sea

river runnin', river runnin'

river runnin', down to the sea

down to the sea



are you standin', are you standin'

are you standin' in the light of day

are you sleepin', are you sleepin'

are you sleepin' take your blues away

take your blues away



meet me in the river to the sun

wake me in the river to the sun



is it shinin', is it shinin'

is it shinin' down inside of you

is it shinin', is it shinin'

is it shinin' down inside of you

down inside of you



meet me in the river to the sun

wake me in the river to the sun

(HARP & GUITAR STUFF)

(GUITAR SOLO)



meet me in the river to the sun

wake me in the river to the sun

(GUITAR SOLO)

(GUITAR INTRO)

everything's freezin' up fast

everyone's lookin' for wood

some folks say it won't last

some folks say it's for good



I got my lady and my time to kill

I guess I'll stay here by this window sill

'cause I'm

snowbound,

snowbound



somebody said it's a sign

somebody said it's a shame

somebody said it's a crime

who do you blame



I got my firewood and my kerosene

I think I'll lay back and just dream a dream

'cause I'm

snowbound,

yes, I'm snowbound

(HARP SOLO)



there ain't no way to get out

there ain't no way to get in

I don't know what it's about

and there ain't no sign of the end



I got my rocker and my apple wine

I might just stay here 'til the end of time

'cause I'm...

snowbound





Lyrics are copyright 1977, Steve Cash & John Dillon

(BLUEGRASS JAM)

heyyyy...

hey skal !

(GUITARS & KEYBOARD INTRO)

tomorrow you my be preachin' high on a hill

and some people that come to see you may feel a thrill

everybody's gawking at you

some are even laughing at you again

but they never thought they'd see you again



nearly a hundred summers have faded away

since the fool and the schemer

the old drunken dreamer were saved

villages are filled with stories

of each and every one of your glories again

but they never thought they'd see you

no, they never thought they'd see you

never thought they'd see you again



maybe you're an actor acting

maybe you're a faker taking again

maybe I'm a true believer

or maybe just a lover leavin' a friend

but I never thought I'd see you

no, I never thought I'd see you

never thought I'd see you again





Lyrics are copyright 1977, Larry Lee & Steve Cash

now a tear
leaves you only a trace
and the sun
finds its way to your face
 
it couldn't be better,
it couldn't be better, Lord
than it is right now
 
and the one
that you gave all your charms
finds his way
to the depth of your arms
 
it couldn't be better,
it couldn't be better, Lord
than it is right now
(GUITAR SOLO)
 
it couldn't be better,
it couldn't be better, Lord
than it is right now
than it is right now
than it is right now

(GUITAR & HARP INTRO)

Check the dream, check the map

Check the spring in your own time trap

Check the plum, check the moon

Check the sun when the day is doomed



It's a bad road you're on



Turn the wheel, turn the page

Turn the angels on with rage

Turn your cheek, take your turn

Learn the one thing left to learn



It's a bad road you're on

It's a bad road you're on

It's a bad road you're on



(HARP SOLO)



Pick the time, pick the place

Pick the lock on the last embrace

Kick the tire, break the ice

Trip the wire on your own device



Some will leave, some will last

Some believe that the die is cast

Some will hide, some will serve

Some will ride that deadman's curve



It's a bad road you're on

It's a bad road you're on

It's a bad road you're on



(HARP SOLO)



It's a bad road you're on

It's a bad road you're on

It's a bad road you're on

It's a bad road...

(GUITARS & HARP INTRO)

I'm goin' out bar hoppin'

Yeah be-boppin'

There won't be no stoppin' me tonight

I'm goin' mini-skirtin'

I might go wet-t-shirtin'

Won't be no final curtain

'Til the broad of daylight



You can call me a hard hat, wild cat

I don't know, I may be like that

A redneck, a bad check

But I don't care what you expect

'cause I work hard everyday

And I'm gonna spend every dollar I make

And when the sun goes down, I'll be gone



I'm goin' out bar hoppin'

Yeah be-boppin'

There won't be no stoppin' me tonight

I'm goin' mini-skirtin'

I might go wet-t-shirtin'

Won't be no final curtain

'Til the broad of daylight

(SLIDE & HARP SOLOS)

(whooo, I love ya man)



I run that ol' drag line, rain or shine

All day long I hear the diesel whine

There's so much smoke, it makes me choke

It ain't fun, that's no joke

Whistle blows, I punch that clock

The good Lord knows, it's time to rock

And when the sun goes down, I'll be gone



And I'm goin' out bar hoppin'

Yeah be-boppin'

There won't be no stoppin' me tonight

I'm goin' mini-skirtin'

Might go wet-t-shirtin'

Won't be no final curtain

'Til the broad daylight



C'mon lets go bar hoppin'

Yeah be-boppin'

There won't be no stopping us tonight

Hey let's go bar hoppin'

'Til the broad of daylight

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Lyrics are copyright 1997?, John Dillon, Steve Cash, & Monroe Davenport

(INTRO)

there's a light that no one sees

but it's as bright as the sun to me

everywhere she, everywhere she goes

there's a song that no one hears

but to me, it sounds so clear

everywhere she, everywhere she goes



everywhere she goes, she takes my heart and soul

everywhere she goes, she let's me feel what

only heaven knows



never mind what wise men say

I will follow anyway

everywhere she, everywhere she goes

every time I hear her call

I stop and start to fall

everywhere she, everywhere she goes



everywhere she goes, she takes my heart and soul

everywhere she goes, she let's me feel what

only heaven knows



everywhere she goes

everywhere she goes

(MANDOLIN / GUITAR SOLO)



there's a dream no one believes

but it's right as rain to me

everywhere she, everywhere she goes



everywhere she goes, she takes my heart and soul

everywhere she goes, she let's me feel what

only heaven knows

everywhere she goes, she takes my heart and soul

everywhere she goes, she let's me feel what

only heaven knows



everywhere she goes

everywhere she goes

everywhere she goes

everywhere she goes

(ooooohhhhh)

(ooooohhhhh)

(ooooohhhhh)

(ooooohhhhh)

(ooooohhhhh)

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Lyrics are copyright 1987?, Steve Cash & John Dillon

(GUITARS INTRO)

I know people who lose their lovers

Turn around and they find another

they fall in love and then they break up

but I don't know if I want to wake up



'cause I'm still dreamin'

I'm still dreamin', baby

I'm still dreamin'

oooh,

about you



other women walk right up to me

I hear 'em talkin' but it goes right through me

I know it's love that's on the line

but they don't know what's on my mind and



I'm still dreamin'

I'm still dreamin', baby

I'm still dreamin'

oooh,

about you



it's like a voice that's always calling

it's like a feeling that I'm always falling

I close my eyes and all I see is you, baby

(GUITAR SOLO)



I remember just what you told me,

"let me go, don't try to hold me"

you may be right, it may be wrong

it's never over until its gone and



I'm still dreamin'

I'm still dreamin', baby

I'm still dreamin'

oooh

oooh

I'm still dreamin'

I'm still dreamin'

oooh

I'm still dreamin'

I'm still dreamin'

about you

(GUITAR INTRO)

She combs her hair by the light we share

from that little lamp by the door

I read my antique rhymes for her as she

Sits by me on the floor

And as long as this goes on

There'll be love in every song we sing



I see a change in the dead of night like the

Changin' light of the moon

An echo heard, a glimpse, a word and her

Shadow crosses the room

And as long as this goes on

There'll be love in every song we sing



There'll be love

All the love that we need

If it's true

(GUITAR SOLO)



I give her love and a place to dream and she

Gives me what's in her heart

We sleep alone in this dream we've made and the

Rain beats down in the dark

And as long as we can sing

There'll be love in everything we do



There'll be love

All the love that we need

If it's true

There'll be love

All the love that we need

If it's true

If it's true, if it's true

If it's true, if it's true

(GUITAR STUFF)

ohhhhhhh

ohhhhhhh

ohhhhhhh

ohhhhhhh

______________________________________________________________________

Lyrics are copyright 1997?, Larry Lee & Steve Cash

(GUITARS INTRO)

oooooooh

oooooooh

Just when it's all blown away

Just when there's nothing to say

Just when I'm lost and alone

Just when I'm so far from home

I feel your guiding light in the day, in the night

oooooooh

oooooooh



And when I walk down the street

There is a secret that I keep

It's never new, it's never old

It's so much brighter than gold

I feel your guiding light in the day, in the night



(In the day, in the night) I'm callin'

(In the day, in the night) I'm fallin'

(In the day, in the night) I'm bawlin'

(In the day, in the night)



Sometimes a shadow will move

Sometimes a lie is a truth

Sometimes your lover is there

Sometimes a chill's in the air

I feel your guiding light in the day, in the night



(In the day, in the night) I'm callin'

(In the day, in the night) I'm fallin'

(In the day, in the night) I'm callin'

(In the day, in the night) I'm crawlin'

(In the day, in the night) I'm callin'

(In the day, in the night) I'm bawlin'

(In the day, in the night) Befallen

(In the day, in the night)

oooooooh

oooooooh

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Lyrics are copyright 1997?, Michael Granda & Steve Cash

(GUITARS INTRO)

In the streetlight while I'm walking

I hear voices, someone talking

When I listen, no affection

Something missing, no direction



Ooooh... Every moment

We have wasted, there is nothing

Ooooh... In the distance

Through the wreckage, I hear something

Oh... Love is calling

Oh... Love is calling me home



On the way home through the raindrops

Up the stairway, to the rooftop

There's a silence getting louder

It's just another day without her



Ooooh... I'm a stranger

Under neon, never knowing

Ooooh... In the distance

There's a river, and it's flowing

Oh... Love is calling

Oh... Love is calling me home

(GUITAR SOLO)



In the firelight, by the fountain

In the desert, on the mountain

There's a lost one, someone reach him

There's a last one, someone teach him



Oh... Love is calling

Oh... Love is calling me home

Oh... Love is calling

Oh... Love is calling me home

______________________________________________________________________

Lyrics are copyright 1997?, John Dillon & Steve Cash

(GUITAR & DRUMS INTRO)

Welcome to the city, welcome to disaster

You see a pretty girl, but you're walkin' right past her

You give it up, get it back, Turn around and ask her

She don't talk back so you talk a little faster



Winkin' in a snapshot, wavin' like a bigshot

You're feelin' pretty good 'til you think you hear a gunshot

Another punk outta junk, Breakin' in a pawn shop

Cops yell freeze so you take another snapshot



Ah ... it's New York

Ah ... it's New York



I guess everything my daddy told me was right

When you're in the Big Apple

Then you better learn to take a bite



(HARP SOLO)



I guess everything my daddy told me was right

When you're in the Big Apple

Then you better learn to take a bite



Workin' in a hotel, workin for the housedick

You stop a little girl who's pullin' in her own tricks

Talk awhile, get a smile, Make another sidekick

It won't last long but it beats feelin' homesick



Jumpin' in a taxi, gotta see the band play

It's on a little sidestreet, a little off of Broadway

You make a turn, then you learn, You're goin' down the wrong way

The cabby wants a tip 'cause he got you there the hard way



Ah ... it's New York

Ah ... it's New York

Ah ... it's New York

Ah ... it's New York

(GUITAR STUFF)

It's New York

(GUITAR & HARP STUFF)

It's New York

(GUITAR & HARP STUFF)

(GUITAR & HARP INTRO)

You think I'd learn to take a step back

You think I'd learn to take a fall

You think I'd learn how to walk like a cat along the wall



But there's no rhyme and there's no reason

And I just might get left behind, yeah, yeah

And I go crazy when your heart's beatin' right next to mine



Here I go over again

I feel that sail fillin' up with the wind

I see that light so bright streamin' in

Over again, over again



(HARP DITTY)



Maybe the first time we got lucky

Maybe we knew that from the start

Baby, but this time every word comes straight from the heart



So live and learn and take your chances

Walk and talk and tell it true, yeah, yeah

And every step will bring that distant shore into view



Here we go over again

I feel that sail fillin' up with the wind

I see that light so bright streamin' in

Over again, over again

(HARP DITTY)

Over again, yeah, yeah

Over again

I feel that sail fillin' up with the wind

I see that light so bright streamin' in

Over again, their they go

Over again

I feel that sail fillin' up with the wind

I see that light so bright streamin' in

Over again, yeah yeah

Over again

I feel that sail fillin' up with the wind

I see that light so bright streamin' in

Over again, here we go, here we go

Over again

I feel that sail fillin' up with the wind...

(GUITAR & HARP INTRO)

There's a runaway

On a cold big city street

Trying her best to stay warm

On a subway grate

She kneels down for the heat

And prays for shelter from the storm



As people hurry by on their way home

Where they dream

Of a world without sadness and pain

They turn their heads

Not a one of them feels ashamed

What's another tear in the rain



There the old man stands

In a station for a western train

Going to where, he don't know

They call him when they can

But it still just ain't the same

He's learning to leave and let go



As people hurry by on their way home

Where they dream

of a word without sadness and pain

They turn their heads

Not a one of them feels ashamed

What's another tear in the rain



When I was a kid

It all seemed oh so simple and clear

We're supposed to take care of each other

While we're here

But we turn our heads

Not a one of us feels ashamed

What's another tear in the rain

What's another tear in the rain

(HARP SOLO)

(GUITAR STUFF)

______________________________________________________________________

Lyrics are copyright 1997?, John Dillon & Steve Cash