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 Land of the Navajo  [P.Rowan] 
 
        [Chorus] 
        Oh, the wind blows cold, on the trail of the buffalo. 
        Oh, the wind blows cold, in the land of the Navajo. 
        In the land of the Navajo. 

        A hundred miles from nowhere out on the desert sand, 
        One-Eyed Jack, the trader, held some torquoise in his hand. 
        He bide his sites at Running Elk, his long time indian friend, 
        He vowed that he would stay by Jack until the bitter end. 

        Jack had gambled everything he owned to lead this wanderin' life, 
        He might've had a happy home and a tender loving wife. 
        But his hunger was for trading trapper's furs for torquoise stone. 
        Anything that the indians had, Jack wanted for his own. 

        [Chorus] 
        [Jam on chorus chords] 

        Said Jack to Running Elk, "I'll gamble all my precious stones, 
        Before I leave my body here among these bleachin' bones. 
        But now my time is drawing near and I'm filled with dark regrets, 
        My spirit longs to journey as the sun begins to set." 

        "For we raped and killed, we stole your land, 
        We ruled with guns and knives. 
        Fed whiskey to your warriors while we stole away your wives." 
        Said Running Elk, "What's done is done, you white men rule this land. 
        So lay the cards face up and play your last broken-hearted hand." 

        [Chorus] 
        [Jam on chorus chords] 

        When you're dealing cards with death, the jokers wild, the aces high, 
        Jack bid the Mississippi River, Running Elk raised him the sky. 
        Jack saw him with the sun and moon and upped him with the stars. 
        Running Elk bet the Rocky Mountains, Jupiter, and Mars. 

        The sun was sinking in the west when Jack drew the ace of spades, 
        Running Elk just rolled his eyes, his smiling passed away. 
        Jack picked up his torquoise stones and cast them to the sky. 
        He stared into the setting sun and then made the mournful cry. 

 
 Last Train to Jacksonville  [?] 

        Are you lonely for me baby, are you lonely for me baby 
        Are you lonely for me baby, last train to Jacksonville 
        I'll get on it baby, you know I will, come on and try 
        Go ahead and try to get on that train, I want you 

        Go and cry baby, go ahead and cry 
        Know I'm the one to hurt you, I'm lonely baby, lonely and blue 
        I'm lonely baby, I'm lonely for you, 
        Are you lonely for me baby? 

        This time I'm going to Jacksonville 
        Are you going, sweet baby, or are you staying? 
        Tell your friend it's the end of restlessly searching 

        Said I was born to hurt you, I'm sorry baby, sorry and blue 
        I'm lonely baby, I'm lonely for you, 
        Are you lonely for me baby? 

        Lord, I'm going to Jacksonville 
        Are you going, sweet baby, or are you staying? 
        Say you'll be there, 
        Got a feeling that when I get on the train girl 
        When the feeling, I got a feeling that without your love baby 

        I'm lonely babe, lonely and blue, I'm sorry baby, 
        Long before you 
        Are you lonely for me baby? 
 

 Lazy Lightning  [Weir/Barlow] 

        Lazy lightnin' sleepy fire in your eyes 
        It's like desire in disguise 
        I keep on tryin' but I, I can't get through 
        Lazy lightnin' I'd like to find the proper potion 
        That's gonna capture your emotion 
        You're right beside me but I, I can't get through 

        You're a loop of lazy lightnin', just a loop of lazy lightnin' 
        Must admit you're kinda frightnin' but you really get me high 
        So exciting, when I hear your velvet thunder, 
        You seem so near I start to wonder 
        Would you come closer if, if I asked you to? 

        So inviting, the way you're messing with my reason 
        It's an exception but it's pleasing 
        Tell me a lie and I will swear, I'll swear it's true. 

        You're a loop of lazy lightnin' (Lazy lightnin') 
        Just a loop of lazy lightnin' (Lazy lightnin') 
        Must admit you're kinda frightening 
        Just a loop of lazy lightnin' 
        Put the fire in my eyes (Lightnin') 
        Put the fire every time (Lightnin') 
        Put the fire in my heart (Lightnin') 
        Well come on lazy lightning. 
        Just a loop of lazy lightning 

        Misty lightning, well you always electrify me 
        Someday I know you'll satisfy me 
        And all that lightnin' will be my lightnin' too. 
        My lightnin' too.  (My lightnin' too) 
        Just a loop of lazy lightnin' (My lightnin' too) 
        My lightnin' too.  (My lightnin' too) 
        Just a loop of lazy lightnin' (My lightnin' too) 
        My lightnin' too.  (My lightnin' too) 
        Oh come on lazy lightnin' (My lightnin' too) 
 

 Lazy River Road         (Hunter/Garcia) 
 
        Way down upon Sycamore Slough 
        A white man sings the blues 
        selling roses of paper mache 
        with flecks of starlight dew 
        I swiped a bunch and threw it your way 
        where hazy moonlight glowed 
        Way down, down along Lazy River Road 
 
        Way down upon Shadowfall Ward 
        End of the avenue 
        Run, hide, seek in your own backyard 
        Mama's backyard won't do 
        All night long I sang love's sweet song 
        down where the water flowed 
        Way down, down along Lazy River Road 
 
        Moonlight wails as hound dogs bay 
        but never quite catch the tune 
        Stars fall down in buckets like rain 
        til there ain't no standing room 
        Bright blue boxcars train by train 
        clatter where dreams unfold 
        Way down, down along Lazy River Road 
 
        Way down upon Seminole Square 
        belly of the river tide 
        Call for me and I will be there 
        for the price of a taxi ride 
        Night double-clutches into today 
        like a truck downshifting its load 
        Way down, down along Lazy River Road 
 
        Thread the needle 
        right through the eye 
        The thread that runs so true 
        All the others I let pass by 
        I only wanted you 
        Never cared for careless love 
        but how your bright eyes glowed 
        Way down, down along Lazy River Road 
 
 

 Let It Grow (Weather Report Suite Part II)  [Weir/Barlow] 

        Morning comes, she follows the path to the river shore; 
        Lightly sung, her song is the latch on the morning's door. 
        See the sun sparkle in the reeds; silver beads pass into the sea. 

        She comes from a town where they call her the woodcutter's daughter; 
        She's brown as the bank where she kneels down to gather her water, 
        And she bears it away with a love that the river has taught her. 
        Let it flow, greatly flow, wide and clear. 

        Round and round, the cut of the plow in the furrowed field; 
        Seasons round, the bushels of corn and the barley meal. 
        Broken ground open and beckoning to the spring; 
        Black dirt live again. 

        The plowman is broad as the back of the land he is sowing, 
        As he dances the circular track of the plow ever knowing 
        That the work of his day measures more than 
                                                            the planting and growing. 
        Let it grow, let it grow, greatly yield. 

        [Bridge] 
        What shall we say, shall we call it by a name, 
        As well to count the angels dancing on a pin. 
        Water bright as the sky from which it came 
        And the name is on the earth that takes it in. 
        We will not speak but stand inside the rain 
        And listen to the thunder shout, "I am, I am, I am, I am!" 

        [Jam on verse chords] 

        So it goes, we make what we made since the world began; 
        Nothin' more, the love of the women, work of men. 
        Seasons round, creatures great and small, 
        Up and down as we rise and fall. 
 

 Let It Rock  [C.Berry] 
 
        Well up in the evening, down in Mobile, Alabama. 
        Working on a railroad with a steel driving hammer. 
        Got to make some money, buy some brand new shoes. 
        Try to find somebody take away these blues. 

        She don't love me here I'm singing in the sun. 
        Payday's coming when my work is all done. 

        Early in the evening when the sun is sinking low. 
        All day I've been waiting for the whistle to blow. 
        Sitting in a tee-pee built right on the track. 
        Rolling them bones 'till the foreman comes back. 
        Pick up your belongings boys and scatter about. 
        We got an off scheduled train just two miles out. 

        Everybody's scramblin' and a running around. 
        Picking up the money, tearing the tee-pee down. 
        The foreman was about to panic, 'bout to go insane. 
        Trying to get the workers out the way of the train. 
        Engineer blowing the whistle loud and long 
        Can't stop the train we gotta let it roll on. 
 
 

 Let Me In 83968  [?] 

        A little boy knocked at the warden's door at Sing Sing 
        Said in tears, "Yes sir, I understand that 83968 lives here." 
        He's my daddy, sir, and I just got to be near him 
        And if you can't let him out then you just got to let me in 

        Let me in, let me in, 83968's my dad 
        I watched the burial of my mama 
        Now he's all in the world that I have 
        But I can break your little rocks with a hammer in my hand 
        I just got to be near daddy, Mr. Warden please let me in 

        When I checked through California happy trails out on the rock 
        From Folsom on to Jacksonville, no one had my heart 
        When I found the newspaper clipping in my mama's souvenirs 
        And now I'm here in Sing Sing 83968 
 

 Let Me Sing Your Blues Away  [K.Godchaux/Hunter] 

        Gonna hop in the hack then turn on the key, 
        Pop in the clutch, let the wheels roll free, 
        Not a cloud in the sky, such a sunny day, 
        Push in the button, let the top ten play. 

        Come on honey, let me sing 'em away, 
        Come on honey, let me sing 'em away, 
        Oh, honey, let me sing your blues away. 

        Give me a little of that old time love, 
        Cause I ain't never had near enough. 
        Honey, walk that walk with style and grace, 
        This ain't no knock-down drag-out race. 

        It don't matter much, pick any gear, 
        Brind you a pound and drop the rear. 
        Baby, baby what can I say, 
        I'm here to drive those blues away. 

        I sent a letter to a man I know, 
        Said, "One for the money and two for the show." 
        I wait all summer for his reply 
        Said, "Three to get ready and four to fly." 

        Only two things in the world I love, 
        That's rock 'n' roll and my turtle dove. 
        When I was a young man I needed good luck, 
        But I'm a little bit older now and I know my stuff. 

        Come on honey, let me sing 'em away, 
        Come on honey, let me sing 'em away, 
        Oh, honey, let me sing your blues away. 
 

 Let The Good Times Roll  [Sam Cooke] 
 
        Get in the groove and let the good times roll, 
        We gonna stay here till we soothe our soul, 
        If it takes all night long. 
        Come on and let the good times roll, 
        We gonna stay here till we soothe our soul, 
        If it takes all night long. 
        The evening sun is sinking low, 
        The clock on the wall says it's time to go. 
        But I got plans, and I got plans for you, 
        I'll tell you exactly what we're all gonna do 

        [Chorus] 

        Listen! 
        It might be twelve o'clock and it might be three. 
        Time doesn't mean that much to me. 
        Ain't felt this way since I don't know when, 
        I don't know when I'm gonna feel this way again. 

        So come on, 
        [Chorus] 

        It might be six o'clock and it might be eight. 
        It don't matter if it's getting late. 
        We gonna make the band play one more song, 
        And get in the groove if it takes all night long. 
        [Chorus] 
        All night (all night), all night (all night) 
        It might take all night long (all night), all night (all night) 
        Might take all night (all night), all night (all night) 
        All night long (all night), all night long (all night) [adlib vocals] 
        Get in the groove and let the good times roll, 
        We gonna stay here till we soothe our soul, 
        If it takes all night long. 
 
 

 
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