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 A Little Light  [Mydland/Barlow]  

       Well, there ain't nobody safer than someone who doesn't care 

       And it isn't even lonely when no one's ever there. 
       I had a lot of dreams once, but some of them came true. 
       The honey's sometimes bitter when fortune falls on you. 

       So you know I've been a soldier in the armies of the night. 
       And I'll find the fatal error in what's otherwise alright. 
       But here you're trembling like a sparrow, I will try with all my might 
       To give you just a little sweetness 
       Just a little sweetness 
       Just a little light. 

       I have always heard that virtue ought to be its own reward, 
       But it never comes so easy when you're living by the sword. 
       It's even harder to be heartless when you look at me that way. 
       You're as mighty as the flower that will grow the stones away. 

       Even though I been a stranger, full or irony and spite 
       Holding little but contempt for all things beautiful and bright, 
       Something shines around you and it seems, to my delight 
       To give me just a little sweetness 
       Just a little sweetness 
       Just a little sweetness 
       Just a little light. 

       Bridge: 
       It could be just another highway coiled up in the night. 
       You could be just another mule deer, baby, stranded on my brights 
       There's a tingling recognition, like the sound of distant thunder 
       And I begin to wonder, if the love I've driven under won't ignite. 

       (instrumental) 

       So you know I've been a soldier in the armies of the night. 
       And I'll find the fatal error in what's otherwise alright. 
       Something shines around you that seems, to my delight 
       To give me just a little sweetness 
       Just a little sweetness 
       Just a little sweetness 
       Just a little light. 
 

    Aiko Aiko  [James Crawford]  

 
       Hey now (hey now), Hey now (hey now), Aiko Aiko all day. 
       Jockomo feno uh na nay, jockomo fee na nay.              [twice] 

       My spy boy saw your spy boy sitting by the fi-yo 
       My spy boy see your spy boy, "I'm gonna set yo tail on fi-yo." 

       Hey now (hey now), Hey now (hey now), Aiko Aiko all day. 
       Jockomo feno uh na nay, jockomo fee na nay. 

       [jam] 

       My grandma see your grandpa sitting by the fi-yo 
       My grandpa see your grandpa, gonna fix your chicken wi-yo 

       Hey now (hey now), Hey now (hey now), Aiko Aiko all day. 
       Jockomo feno uh na nay, jockomo fee na nay. 

       [jam] 

       Indian boy gotta go downtown, Aiko Aiko all day 
       If he don't like what the big chief say, then Jockomo fee na nay. 

       Hey now (hey now), Hey now (hey now), Aiko Aiko all day. 
       Jockomo feno uh na nay, jockomo fee na nay. 

       [jam] 

 

       My grandma see your grandpa sitting by the fi-yo 
       My grandpa see your grandpa, gonna fix your chicken wi-yo 

       Hey now (hey now), Hey now (hey now), Aiko Aiko all day. 
       Jockomo feno uh na nay, jockomo fee na nay. 

       [jam] 

       Alternate Verses: 

          My spot dog see your spot dog, sitting by the fi-yo 
          My spot dog told your spot dog, "gonna set your ass on fi-yo." 

          My ma-rey see your ma-rey, sitting by the fi-yo 
          My ma-rey see your ma-rey, gonna fix yo chicken wi-yo. 

          See that girl all dressed in green, Aiko Aiko all day. 
          See that girl, she's a lovin' machine, jockomo fee na nay. 
 

 Ain't It Crazy (The Rub)  [S.Hopkins] 

       Man got the rub on, sister got the rub 
       They're goin' around doing the rub, the rub 
       Ain't it crazy, ain't it crazy 
       Ain't it crazy one day keep on rubbin' that thing. 

       Two old ladies was lying around in bed 
       One turned over and this is what she said, 

       Mama tell the chicken her body was a duck 
       Put him on the table with his feet sticking up 

       Two old ladies playing in the sand 
       Each one wishing the other was a man 

       Well I see that woman goin behind the hill 
       I'm gonna find that girl, I'm gonna do my will 

       Well I feel so good, well I feel so fine 
       All I gotta do is drink that wine 

       I say the little old rooster called the little old hen 
       He said he had no lungs, ain't got no wing. 
 

 Ain't Superstitious / Meet Me On The Bottom  [W.Dixon] 

       Meet me on the bottom, bring me my running shoes, 
       When I come out the window, we ain't got time to lose. 

       Well I ain't superstitious, but a black cat crossed my trail, 
       Don't brush me with my broom, Babe, I just might land in jail. 

       Well my right hand itchin', Babe, I get smothered by the shore, 
       Look down you engine, Babe, but somebody got to go. 

       Meet me on the bottom, Babe, bring me my running shoes, 
       When I come out the window, Babe, we ain't got time to lose. 

       Well I hope you are listening, when I come streaking by, 
       Got a bad old man, Babe, and I'm too young to die. 

       Well I ain't superstitious, but a black cat crossed my trail, 
       Don't brush me with my broom, Babe, I just might land in jail. 

       Dogs been barking all around my neighborhood, 
       You give a sign, babe, ain't do nobody no good. 
 

 Alabama Getaway  [Garcia/Hunter] 

       32 teeth in a jawbone, Alabama trying for none, 
       Before I have to hit him, I hope he's got the sense to run. 
       Reason the poor girls love him, promise them everything, 
       Why they all believe him? He wears a big diamond ring. 

       [Chorus] 
 
       Alabama getaway, getaway.  Alabama getaway, getaway, 
       Only way to please me, you just sit down and leave and walk away. 

       [Jam on chorus chords 3x] 

       Major Domo Billy Bojangles, sit down and have a drink with me, 
       "What's this about Alabama?  It keeps a coming back to me. 
       Heard your plea in the courthouse, witness box began to rock and rise. 
       49 sister states had Alabama in their eyes. 

       [Chorus] 
       [ 
       Major said why don't we give him rope enough to hang himself? 
       No need to worry the jury, they're bound to take care of themselves. 
       23rd psalm Major Domo, reserve me a table for three, 
       Down in the valley of the shadow, just you, Alabama, and me. 

       [Chorus] 4x 
       [ 

 All Along The Watchtower  [Dylan] 
 

       There must be some way out of here said the joker to the thief. 
       There's to much confusion, I can't get no relief. 
       Businessmen they drink my wine. 
       Plowmen dig my earth. 
       None of them along the line knows what any of it is worth. 

       [Jam] 

       No reason to get excited, the thief he kindly spoke. 
       There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke. 
       But you and I have been through that and this is not our fate. 
       So let us not talk falsely know the hour is getting late. 

       [Jam] 

       All along the watchtower princes kept the view. 
       While all the women came and went, barefoot servants too 
       Outside in the cold distance a wildcat did growl. 
       Two riders were approaching, and the wind began to howl. 

       [Jam] 
 

    Alligator  [Lesh/McKernan/Hunter] (GDA) 

       Sleepy alligator in the noonday sun, 
       Lyin' by the river just like he usually done (oh no) 
       Call for his whiskey, he can call for his tea, 
       Call all he want to, but he can't call me (oh no) 

       Oh no, well I've been there before, 
       And I'm not coming back around there no more (oh no) 
       Holed up waiting for a windy day, holed up waiting for a windy day 
       Creepy alligator coming all around the bend, 
       Talkin' about the times when we was mutual friends, 
       I'll check my memory and I'll check it quick, yes I will. 
       I'll check it runnin' some old kind of trick (oh no) 

       Oh no, well I've been there before, 
       And I ain't gonna come around there no more (oh no) 
       Tear down the Fillmore, gas the Avalon 
       Tear down the Fillmore, gas the Avalon 
        Ridin' down the river in an old canoe, 
       A bunch of bugs and an old tennis shoe. 
       Out of the river all ugly and green, 
       The biggest old alligator that I've ever seen! 
       Teeth big and pointy and his eyes were buggin' out, 
       Contracted the union, put the beggars to rout. 
        creamin' and yellin', he was pickin' his chops, 
       He never runs he just stumbles and hops. 
       Just out of prison on six dollars bail, 
       Mumblin' bitches and a-waggin' his tail. Tail! 

       Alligator runnin' 'round my door 
 

  All Over Now  [B.Womack] 

       Well now baby used to stay all night long, made me cry, 
       Lord she done me wrong. 
       Hurt my eyes open, and that's no lie, tables turnin', 
       Now it's her turn to cry, 
       Cuz I used to love her, but it's all over now. 

       Well I used to wake up in the morning, get my breakfast in bed, 
       When I got worried, you know she eased my achin' head, 
       But now she's here and there with every man in town' 
       Still tryin' to take for that same old clown. 
       Cuz I used to love her, but it's all over now. 

       Well she used to run around with every man in town, 
       Spend all my money, Lord I better pass "go", 
       Put me out, it was a pity how I cried, table's turnin', 
       Now it's her turn to cry, 
       Cuz I used to love her, but it's all over now. 
       Yes and I used to love her, but it's all over now. 
 
 
 Althea  [Garcia/Hunter] 

        I told Althea I was feeling lost, lacking in some direction 
        Althea told me upon scrutiny    that my back might need protection 
        I told Althea that treachery was tearing me limb from limb 
       Althea told me better cool down boy, settle back easy Jim. 

       [Jam on 1st half of verse chords] 

       You may be saturday's child, all alone, moving with a tinge of grace. 
       You may be a clown in the burying ground or just another pretty face. 
       You may meet the fate of Ophelia, sleeping and perchance to dream. 
       Honest to the point of recklessness, self-centered in the extreme. 

       [Jam on 1st half of verse chords] 

       Ain't nobody messing with you but you. 
       Your friends are getting most concerned. 
       Loose with the truth baby, it's your fire. 
       But baby, I hope you don't get burned. 
       When the smoke has cleared she said, that's what she said to me. 
       Gonna want a bed to lay your head and a little sympathy. 

       [Jam on 1st half of verse chords] 

       [Bridge] 
 
       There are things you can replace and others you cannot. 
       The time has come to weigh those things; this space is getting hot. 
       You know this space is getting hot. 

       [Jam on 1st half of verse chords] 

       I told Althea I'm a roving son, and I was born to be a bachelor. 
       Althea told me, okay, that's fine. 
       You know now I'm trying to catch her. 
       Can't talk to you without talking to me, 
       We're guilty of the same old thing. 
       Been talking alot about less and less 
       And forgetting the love we bring. 

       [Jam on 1st half of verse chords] 
 

 And We Bid You Goodnight  [Traditional] 

       Lay down my dear brother, lay down and take your rest, 
       Won't you lay your head upon your savior's breast? 
       I love you all but Jesus loves you the best 
       And we bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight. 
       And we bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight. 

       Walking in Jerusalem just like John (goodnight, goodnight) 
       I would never ride, well, I would never ride  (goodnight, goodnight) 
       But His rod and His staff, they comfort me (goodnight, goodnight) 
       Tell "A" for the ark, that wonderful boat (goodnight, goodnight) 
       Tell "B" for the beast at the ending of the wood (goodnight,goodnight) 
       You know it ate all the children when they wouldn't be good, 
       Walking in Jerusalem just like John (goodnight, goodnight) 
       I go walking in the valley of the shadow of death, 
       And we bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight. 

       Lay down my dear brother, lay down and take your rest, 
       Won't you lay your head upon your savior's breast? 
       I love you all but Jesus loves you the best 
       And we bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight. 
       And we bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight. 
 

 Around and Around  [C.Berry] 

       Well the joint was jumpin', going 'round and 'round, 
       Hey! Now reelin' and a rockin', what a crazy sound, 
       Well no they never stopped rockin' till the moon went down. 

       Well it sounded so sweet I had to take a chance, 
       Rose out of my seat, Lord I had to dance, 
       I started moving my feet, well yes and clapping my hands. 

       And no they never stopped rockin', going 'round and 'round, 
       Hey! Now reelin' and a rockin', what a crazy sound, 
       Well no they never stopped rockin' till the moon went down. 

       [Jam] 
 
        Well at twelve o'clock, Lord the place was packed, 
        The front doors they was locked, Lord the place was packed, 
       When the police knocked, them old doors they flew back. 

       You know they never stopped dancin', going 'round and 'round, 
       Hey! Reelin' and a rockin', what a crazy sound, 
       Well no they never stopped rockin' till the moon went down. 
 
       You know they never stopped dancin', going 'round and 'round, 
       Hey! Reelin' and a rockin', what a crazy sound, 
       Well no they never stopped rockin' till the moon went down. [Repeat] 
 

 Attics of My Life  [Garcia/Hunter] Italian Translation  

       In the attics of my life, full of cloudy dreams unreal. 
       Full of tastes no tongue can know, and lights no eyes can see. 
       When there was no ear to hear, you sang to me. 

       I have spent my life seeking all that's still unsung. 
       Bent my ear to hear the tune, and closed my eyes to see. 
       When there was no strings to play, you played to me. 

       In the book of love's own dream, where all the print is blood. 
       Where all the pages are my days, and all the lights grow old. 
       When I had no wings to fly, you flew to me, you flew to me. To me. 
       In the secret space of dreams, where I dreaming lay amazed. 
       When the secrets all are told, and the petals all unfold. 
       When there was no dream of mine, you dreamed of me. 
 

 
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