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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]
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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