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 Liberty   [Robert Hunter] 
 
        Saw a bird with a tear in his eye 
        Walking to New Orleans---my, my, my 
        Hey, now, Bird, wouldn't you rather die 
        than walk this world when you're born to fly? 
 
        If I was the sun, I'd look for shade 
        If I was a bed, I would stay unmade 
        If I was a river I'd run uphill 
        And if you call me you know I will 

        Mmmm, freedom 
        Ooo, liberty 
        O ... leave me alone 
        to find my own way home 
 
        I say what I mean and I don't give a damn 
        I do believe and I am who I am 
        Hey, now, Mama, come take my hand 
        Whole lotta shakin' all over this land 
 
        If I was an eagle I'd dress like a duck 
        Crawl like a lizard and honk like a truck 
        If I get a notion I'll climb this tree 
        or chop it down and you can't stop me 
 
        Mmmm, freedom 
        Ooo, liberty 
        O ... leave me alone 
        to find my own way home 
 
        Went to the well but the water was dry 
        Dipped my bucket in the clear blue sky 
        Looked in the bottom and what did I see? 
        The whole damned world looking back at me 
 
        If I was a bottle I'd spill for love 
        Sake of mercy I'd kill for love 
        If I were a juicer I'd binge for love 
        If I were a coward I'd cringe for love 
 
        Freedom 
        Liberty 
        Leave me alone 
        to find my own way home 
 
 
 Like a Road    [Nix, Penn] 
 
        When the road gets too long 
        And you run all out of sun 
        And the pain gets too much to bear 
 
        Turn around, turn around 
        Turn around, and I'll be there 
        Like a Road, Like a Road leading home 
 
        When you wake up and start to cry 
        And you need some place to go 
        And you want some company that really cares 
 
        Turn around... 
 
        When the grey clouds pass you by 
        And the road you travel on 
        Doesn't seem to be goin' anywhere 
 
        Turn around... 
 

 Lindy  [?] 

        I know they're gonna run take me 
        When they get across the sea 
        Ever' chance, those women; Watch-it's amazing 
        It's all safe and now sugar baby 

        Oh Mama, don't you weep and moan, 
        Uncle Sam got your man and gone. 
        Now then they're doin' the Lindy Bird across the sea. 

        Oh Mama, how can it be, You went way across the sea 
        Just to keep from doing that Lindy fight with me 
        Oh baby, well I done just told'ja now 

        Oh Mama, don't you weep and moan, 
        Uncle Sam got your man and gone. 
        Now then they're doin' the Lindy Bird across the sea. 

        I asked her for a piece of banana; 
        She said, "Let me play the blues on your piano 
        And then I'll do that Lindy thing with you." 
        Mary had a dream about a submarine. 

        I asked her for a glass of payolla; 
        She said, "Let me play the blues on your Victrola, 
        And then I'll do that Lindy fight with you." 
 

 Little Red Rooster  [W.Dixon] 

        I'm a little red rooster, too lazy to crow for days 
        Just a little red rooster, too lazy to crow for days 
        Keep everything in the barnyard people, upset in every way 

        Dogs begin to bark now and the hounds begin to howl 
        Dogs begin to bark now and the hounds begin to howl 
        Watch out stray cat people 
        The little red rooster is on the prowl 

        If you see the little red rooster, 
        Won't you please drive him home 
        If you see my little red rooster, 
        Won't you please drive him home 
        Been no peace in the barnyard people, 
        Since the little red rooster's been gone 

        [Brent rap] 
        Yeah and the little red rooster, well you ain't shit to me 
        Think you're a stud boy, well I doubt you'll ever be 
        While your're away I'm gonna fuck with your hens, boy 
        I'm just bein' neighborly 
 

 Little Sadie  [Traditional] 

        Went down last night to take a look around 
        Met little Sadie and I blew her down, 
        Went right home, went to bed 
        Forty-four colt smokes under my head 
        And I began to think what a deed I'd done 
        Grabbed my hat and away I run, made a good run, 
        But a little too slow 
        They overtook me in Jericho 

        I'm standin' on the corner ringin' the bell 
        Along came the sheriff from Thomasville 
        Says "Young man, your name's Brown, 
        Remember the night you blew Sadie down?" 
        Oh, yes sir, my name is Lee, 
        I murdered little Sadie in the first degree 
        First degree and the second degree 
        Got any papers won't you read 'em to me. 

        They took me downtown all dressed in black 
        Put me on the train and sent me back 
        Sent me back to the county jail, 
        I had nobody to go for my bail 
        The judge and the jury they took the stand 
        The judge hold the paper in his right hand 
        Forty-one days, forty-one nights, 
        Forty-one years to wear the ball and stripes. 
 

 Little Star  [Weir] 

        Lovers we got to be, lovers we are. 
        I just wanna be one of those little stars 
        One of those stars, that'll be just fine. 
        All you gotta do is hang up there and shine. 
        Hang up there and shine 
 

 Logger Song  [Traditional] 

        As I strolled out one evening within a small cafe 
        Forty year-old waitress to me these words did say 
        I see you are a logger and not just a common bum 
        Cause no one but a logger stirs his coffee with his thumb 
        My lover was a logger, but not like none today 
        If you pour whiskey on it, he'd eat a bale of hay 
 

 Long Black Limousine  [?] 

        Down through the city their fancy cars are such a sight to see 
        At first look your rich friends that took you innocently 
        That now they finally called you home to me 

        Papers told about you lost your life 
        Of the party and the famous crash that night 
        Racing on the highway that turns nobody saint 
        Now you're driving in that long black limousine 
 
 
 Looks Like Rain  [Weir/Barlow] 
 
        I woke today, felt your side of bed, 
        The covers were still warm where you'd been laying. 
        You were gone,   my heart was filled with dread. 
        You might not be sleeping here again. 

        [Bridge] 
        But it's alright, 'cause I love you.  That's not gonna change. 
        Run me 'round, make me hurt again and again. 
        But I'll still sing you love songs, 
        Written    in the letters of your name. 
        And brave the storm to come, for it surely looks like rain. 

        Did you ever wake unto to the sound, of street cats making love? 
        And guess from their cries you were listening to a fight. 
        Well you know, hate's just the last thing they're thinking of. 
        They're only tryin' to make it through the night. 

        [Jam on bridge chords] 

        I only want to hold you, I don't want to tie you down 
        Or paint you in the lines I might've drawn. 
        It's just that I, have gotten used to havin' you around. 
        The landscape would be empty, if you were gone. 

        [Bridge] 
 

 Loose Lucy  [Garcia/Hunter] 

        Loose Lucy is my delight, 
        She come runnin' and we ball all night, 
        Round and round and round and round 
        Don't take much to get me on the ground. 

        She's my yo-yo, I'm her string, 
        Listen to the birds on the hot wire sing, 
        Yeah (yeah), Yeah (yeah), Yeah (yeah), Yeah. Singing, 
        "Thank you, for a real good time!" 

        I got jumped coming home last night. 
        Shadow in the alley turned out all my lights. 
        Round and round and round and round 
        Don't take much to get me on the ground. 

        Loose Lucy, she was sore, 
        Says I know you don't want my love no more, 
        Singing yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah. Singing 
        "Thank you, for a real good time!" 

        [Jam on all chords] 

        Be-bop baby how can this be? 
        I know you been out a' cheating on me, 
        Round and round and round and round 
        Don't take much to get the word around. 

        Cross my heart and hope to die, 
        I was just hangin' out with the other guys, 
        Singing yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah. Singing 
        "Thank you, for a real good time!" 

        Went back home with two black eyes, 
        You know I'll love her till the day I die, 
        Round and round and round and round 
        Don't take much to get the word around. 

        I like your smile but I ain't your type, 
        Don't shake the tree when the fruit ain't ripe, 
        Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah) yeah. 
        Singing yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah. 
        Singing yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah. 
        Singing, "Thank you, for a real good time!" 
 

 Loser  [Garcia/Hunter] 
 
        If I had a gun for every ace I've drawn, 
        I could arm a town the size of Abilene 
        Don't you push me baby, 'cause I'm all alone. 
        And you know I'm only in it for the gold 

        All that I am asking for is ten gold dollars 
        And I could pay you back with one good hand 
        You can look around about the wide world over 
        And you'll never find another honest man. 

        [Chorus] 
        Last fair deal in the country, Sweet Suzy. 
        Last fair deal in the town 

        Put your gold money where your love is baby, 
        Before you let my deal go down, go down 

        Don't you push me baby, cause I'm all alone. 
        Well I know a little something you won't ever know. 
        Don't you touch hard liquor, just a cup of cold coffee. 
        I'm gonna get up in the morning and go. 

        [Jam on verse chords] 
        [Chorus] 

        Everybody prayin' and drinkin' that wine. 
        I can tell the Queen of Diamonds by the way she shines. 
        Come to Daddy on the inside straight. 
        Well, I got no chance of losing this time. 
        Well, I got no chance of losing this time. 
        Well, I got no chance of losing this time. 
 

 Lost Sailor  [Weir/Barlow] 
 
        Compass card is    spinning, 
        Helm is swinging to and fro. 
        Ooh, where's the dog star?   Ooh,   where's the moon? 
        You're a lost sailor,   you've been too long at sea. 
        Some days the gales are howling, 
        Some days the sea  is still as glass. 
        Ooh,  'neath the main sail.   Ooh,   lash the mast. 
        You're a lost sailor,   you've been too long at sea. 
        Now the shorelines beckon,  yeah there's a price for being  free. 
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        Yeah the sea bird's cryin' and there's a ghost wind blowing. 
        And it's calling you, to that misty swirling sea. 
        Till the chains of your dreams are broken, 
        No place in this world you can be. 
        You're a lost sailor,   you've been too long at sea. 
        Now the shorelines beckon,  yeah there's a price for being  free. 

        Driftin', you're driftin'. Yeah, driftin' and dreamin'. 
        'Cause there's a place you've never been. 
        Maybe a place you've never seen now. 
        You can hear it comin' on the wind. 
        Don't want to drift your life away. (Driftin' and dreamin') 
        Baby don't drift your life away. (Driftin' and dreamin') 
        Yes, we're goin' on a dream 
        Maybe goin' on a dream, Maybe goin' on a dream [End on A] 
 

 Louie, Louie  [R.Derry] 

        Louie, Louie, me gotta go.  Louie, Louie, me gotta go. 
        A fine little girl, she wait for me. 
        Me catch the ship across the sea. 
        I sailed the ship all alone.  I never think I'll make it home. 
        Louie, Louie, me gotta go.  Louie, Louie, me gotta go. 
        Three nights and days we sailed the sea. 
        Me think of girl constantly. 
        On the ship, I dream she there.  I smell the rose in her hair. 
        Louie, Louie, me gotta go.  Louie, Louie, me gotta go. 
        Me see Jamaican moon above.  It won't be long me see me love. 
        Me take her in my arms and then. 
        I tell her I never leave again. 
        Louie, Louie, me gotta go.  Louie, Louie, me gotta go. 
 

 Love in the Afternoon  [Kahn/Hunter] 

        Love, love in the afternoon 
        Outside the window an organ grinder's tune 

        Rhythm, wine; touch of Jamaica, 
        Twilight time with a Kingston lady 
        All the time in the world for me and that girl 

        Sweet, she sang sweetly; come back soon 
        Come back for more of that love in the afternoon 

        Breezes blow by me in the afternoon 
        She sings sweetly an organ grinder's tune 

        Finally recovered from last year's round of bye bye baby blues 
        All I crave today some love in the afternoon 

        Love, love in the afternoon 
        It's easy as she goes, like an organ grinder's tune 

        Gone with the moon any old trouble it can't leave too soon 
        Trouble's no part of what I want 'specially in the afternoon 

        Singin', sleepin' till two 
        Wakin' to make more love in the afternoon 
 

 Lucky Old Sun  [H. Gillespie, B. Smith] 

        Up in the morning, out on the job, work like a devil, for my pay. 
        But that lucky old sun, got nothin' to do, 
        But roll around Heaven all day. 

        Fuss with my woman, toy with my kid, sweat to I'm wrinkled & grey. 
        But that lucky old sun, got nothin' to do, 
        But roll around Heaven all day. 

        But Lord above can hear me cryin', tears in my eyes. 
        But down the dock, with a silver line, lift me to paradise. 
        Surely I will tame your calls, wash all my trouble away. 
        But that lucky old sun, got nothin' to do, 
        But roll around Heaven all day. 
        [Repeat all verses] 

 
 

 
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