W/2
We Can Run [Mydland/Barlow]
We don't own this place,
though we act as if we did.
It belongs to the children
of our children's kids.
The actual owners haven't
even been born yet.
But we never tend the garden
and rarely we pay the rent,
Some of it is broken and
the rest of it is bent
Put it all on plastic and
I wonder where we'll be when the bills hit.
Chorus:
We can run, but we can't
hide from it.
Of all possible worlds,
we only got one
We gotta ride on it.
Whatever we've done, we'll
never get far from what we leave behind,
Baby, we can run, run, run,
but we can't hide,
Oh no, we can't hide.
I'm dumpin' my trash in your
back yard
Bein' sure you don't notice
really isn't so hard
You're so busy making guns
you barely have time to use them.
Well, it's oil for the rich
and babies for the poor,
We got everyone believing
that more is more,
If a reckoning comes, maybe
we'll know what to do then.
Bridge:
All these complications
seem to leave no choice,
I heard the tongues of billions
speak with just one voice,
Saying, "Just leave all
the rest to me,
I need it worse than you,
you see."
And then I heard the sound
of one child crying.
Today I went walking in the
amber wind,
There's a hole in sky where
the light pours in
I remembered the days when
I wasn't afraid of the sunshine.
But now it beats down on
the asphalt land
Like a hammering blow from
God's left hand
What little still grows
cringes in the shade like a bad vine.
Weather Report Suite
Part I [Weir/Eric Anderson]
Winter rain, now tell me
why summers fade and roses die.
The answer came, the wind
and rain.
Golden hills now veiled
in gray, summer leaves have blown away.
Now what remains, the wind
and rain.
And like a desert spring,
my lover comes and spreads her wings.
Knowing, like a song that's
born to soar the sky;
Flowing, flowing 'til the
waters all are dry;
Growing, the lovin' in her
eyes.
Circle songs and sands of
time,
And seasons will end in
tumbled rhyme,
And little change, the wind
and rain.
And like a desert spring,
my lover comes and spreads her wings,
Knowing, like a song that's
born to soar the sky;
Flowing, flowing 'til the
rivers all are dry;
Growing, the lovin' in her
eyes.
Winter grey and falling rain,
we'll see summer come again;
Darkness falls and seasons
change (gonna happen every time),
Same old friends the wind
and rain (we'll see summer by-and-by),
Winter gray and falling
rain (summers fade and roses die),
We'll see summer come again
(like a song that's born to soar the sky)
The Weight [Robbie Robertson]
I pulled into Nazareth, I
was feeling about half past dead.
I just needed someplace,
where I can lay my head.
"Hey, Mister, can ya tell
me, where a man might find a bed."
He just grinned & shook
my hand, and "no" was all he said.
[Chorus]
Take a load off, Fannie,
take a load, for free.
Take a load off, Fannie.
And (And (And))---
You put the load right on
me(You put the load right on me)
I picked up my bags, I went
lookin' for a place to hide.
When I saw Carmen &
the Devil, walkin' side-by-side.
I said, "Hey, Carmen, c'mon
let's go downtown."
She said, "I gotta go, but
my friend can stick around."
[Chorus]
Lay down Miss Moses, there's
nothing you can say.
It's just old Luke, &
Luke's waiting on the judgement day.
"Well Luke my friend, what
about young Annalee?"
He said, "Do me a favor,
son,
won't you stay & keep Annalee company?"
[Chorus]
Crazy Chester come to me,
just a looking for the door.
He said, "I'll fix ya right,
if you take Jack my dog."
I said, "Wait a minute Chester,
you know I'm a peaceful man."
He said, "Okay, boy, won't
you feed him when you can?"
[Chorus]
Lord getcha cannonball, now
to take me down the line.
My bag is sinkin' low, and
I do believe it's time
To get back to Miss Fannie,
you know she's the only one
Who sent me here with her,
regards for everyone.
[Chorus]
Werewolves of London
[Warren Zevon]
I saw a werewolf with a Chinese
menu in his hand
Walking thru the streets
of Soho in the rain
He was looking for the place
called Lee Ho Fook's
Going to get himself a big
dish of beef chow mein
Ah-oo, the werewolves of
London
If you hear his howling around
the kitchen door
You better not let him in
Little old lady got mutilated
last nite
Werewolves of London again
Ah-oo, werewolves of London
He's the hairy-handed gent
who ran amuck in Kent
Lately he's been overheard
in Mayfair
You better stay away from
him, he'll rip your lungs out Jim
I'd like to meet his tailor
Ah-oo, werewolves of London
Well, I saw Lon Cheney walking
with the Queen
Doing the werewolves of
London
I saw Lon Cheney Jr. walking
with the Queen
I saw a werewolf drinking
a pina colada at Trader Vic's
And his hair was perfect
Ah-oo, the werewolves of
London, draw blood
West L.A. Fadeaway [Garcia/Hunter]
I'm looking for a chateau,
21 rooms but one will do
I'm looking for a chateau,
21 rooms but one will do
I don't want to buy it
I just want to rent it for
a minute or two
I met an old mistake walking
down the street today
I met an old mistake walking
down the street today
I didn't want to be mean
about it
I couldn't think of one
good thing to say.
West L.A. fadeaway, West
L.A. fadeaway
Big red lite on the highway,
little green lite on the freeway.
Got a steady job moving items
for the mob
Got a steady job moving
items for the mob
Know the pay's pathetic
It's a shame those boys
couldn't be more copasetic
West L.A. fadeaway, West
L.A. fadeaway
Big red lite on the highway,
little green lite on the freeway.
I need a West L.A. girl,
already know what I need to know
I need a West L.A. girl,
already know what I need to know
A name, address and a phone
number,
Lord, just how far to go.
West L.A. fadeaway, here's
one chance you say.
She tries to live by the
Golden Rule.
Said you treat other people
right,
Other people probably treat
you cool.
Wharf Rat [Garcia/Hunter]
Old man down, way down down,
down by the docks of the city.
Blind and dirty, asked me
for a dime, a dime for a cup of coffee.
I got no dime but I got
some time to hear his story.
My name is August West, and
I love my Pearly Baker best
More than my wine.
More than my wine, more
than my maker, though he's no friend of mine.
Everyone said, I'd come
to no good,
I knew I would Pearly, believe
them.
Half of my life, I spent
doin' time for some other fucker's crime.
The other half found me
stumblin' around drunk on Burgundy wine.
But I'll get back
on my feet someday,
The good Lord willin',
if He says I may.
I know that the life
I'm livin's no good,
I'll get a new start,
live the life I should.
I'll get up and fly away,
I'll get up and fly away, fly away.
"Pearly's been true, true
to me, true to my dyin' day," he said,
I said to him, I said to
him, "I'm sure she's been."
I said to him, "I'm sure
she's been true to you."
Got up and wandered, wandered
downtown.
Nowhere to go but just to
hang around.
I've got a girl, named Benny
Lee.
I know that girl's been
true to me.
I know she's been, I'm sure
she's been true to me.
What's Become of the Baby
[Garcia/Hunter]
Waves of violet go crashing
and laughing
The rainbow winged singing
birds fly 'round the sun
Sun bells rain down in a
liquid profusion
Mermaids on porpoises draw
up the dawn
What's become of the baby
this cold December morning?
Songbirds frozen in their
flight
Drifting to the earth, remnants
of forgotten dreaming
Dawning answer comes there
none.
Go to sleep you child, dream
of never-ending always
Panes of crystal ice sparkle
like waterfalls
Lighting the polished ice
caverns of the dawn,
But where in the looking-glass
fields of illusion
Wandered the child who was
perfect as the dawn?
What's become of the baby
this cold December morning?
What's become of the baby
this cold December morning?
Racing in rhythm of the sun
All the world revolves captured
in the eye of woman
Allah, where are you now?
All eyes are blinded by the
sparkling waters
Scheherazade gethering stories
to tell
From primal gold fantasy
petals that fold,
But where is the child who
played with the sunshines?
And chased the cloud shape
to the regions of mind?
Standing stream cries the
south wind
Lost in the regions of
Shadow-like chains of illusion,
delusions of living and dead.
What Will You Raise [?]
I know the lady face to face
Who rules the joker and
commands the race
I just rolled in from the
golden state
A dusty spoke on the wheel
of fate
What will you raise to take
my hand?
The Wheel [Garcia/Hunter]
The wheel is turning and
you can't slow it down,
You can't let go and you
can't hold on,
You can't go back and you
can't stand still,
If the thunder don't get
you then the lightning will.
Won't you try just a little
bit harder,
Couldn't you try just a
little bit more?
Won't you try just a little
bit harder,
Couldn't you try just a
little bit more?
Round, round robin run around,
got to get back to where you belong.
A little bit harder, just
a little bit more,
A little bit further than
you gone before.
Small wheel turn by the fire
and rod,
Big wheel turn by the grace
of God,
Every time that wheel turn
'round,
Bound to cover just a little
more ground.
Bound to cover just a little
more ground.
Won't you try just a little
bit harder,
Couldn't you try just a
little bit more?
Won't you try just a little
bit harder,
Couldn't you try just a
little bit more?
When I Paint My Masterpiece
[Dylan]
Oh, the streets of Rome are
filled with rubble,
Ancient footprints are everywhere.
You can almost think that
you're seein' double
On a cold dark night on
the Spanish Stairs.
Got to hurry on back to my
hotel room,
Where I've got me a date
with Botticelli's niece.
She promised she'd be right
there with me
When I paint my masterpiece.
Oh, the hours I've spent
inside the Coliseum,
Dodging lions and wastin'
time.
Oh, those mighty kings of
the jungle,
I can hardly stand to see
'em,
Yes, it sure has been a
long hard climb.
Train wheels runnin' thru
the back of my memory,
When I ran on the hilltop
following a pack of wild geese.
Someday, everything is gonna
be smooth like a rhapsody,
When I paint my masterpiece.
Sailin' 'round the world
in a dirty gondola,
Oh, to be, in the land of
Coca-Cola!
I left Rome and landed in
Brussels,
On a plane ride so bumpy
that I almost cried.
Clergymen in uniform and
young girls pullin' muscles,
Well it sure had been a
long, hard ride.
Newspapermen eating candy
Had to be held down by big
police.
Someday, everything is gonna
be diff'rent
When I paint my masterpiece.
Someday, everything is gonna
be diff'rent
When I paint my masterpiece.
When I paint (When I paint----)
my masterpiece.
When Push Comes to Shove
[Garcia/Hunter]
Shaking in the forest, what
have you to fear?
Here there may be tigers,
to punch you in the ear.
With gloves of stainless
steel, bats carved out of bricks
Knock you down and beat
you up and give your ass a kick.
When push comes to shove,
you're afraid of love.
Shaking in the desert, now
wherefore do you cry?
Here there may be rattlesnakes,
to punch you in the eye.
With Shotgun's full of silver
and bullet's made of glass
String barbed wire at your
feet, that will not let you pass.
When push comes to shove,
you're afraid of love.
When push comes to shove,
when push comes to shove,
You're afraid of love, when
push comes to shove.
Shaking in the bedroom, covers
on your head,
Are you still in fear of
the hand beneath the bed?
Grabbing at the handle,
scratching at the door,
Maybe it's mystery killer
you saw on channel four.
When push comes to shove,
you're afraid of love.
Shaking in the garden, the
fear within you grows,
Here there may be roses,
to punch you in the nose.
Put my arms around you,
love you til you cry,
Wrap you in your sweet perfume
and squeeze you 'til you die.
When push comes to shove,
you're afraid of love.
When push comes to shove,
when push comes to shove,
You're afraid of love, when
push comes to shove.
Who Do You Love [Bo Diddley]
I walked 47 miles of barbed
wire
I got a cobra snake for
a necktie
Got a house down by the
roadside made out of rattlesnake hide
Come on child take a walk
with me and tell me who do you love
Why Don't We Do It
In The Road [McCartney]
Why don't we do it in the
road?
Why don't we do it in the
road?
Why don't we do it in the
road?
No one will be watchin'
us, why don't we do it in the road?
Wild Horses [Jagger/Richard]
Childhood living, is
easy to do.
The things that you wanted,
I bought them for you.
Graceless lady, you
know who I am.
You know I can't let you,
slide through my hands.
[Chorus]
Wild horses, couldn't drag
me away.
Wild, wild horses, we'll
ride them someday.
I watched you suffer, a dull
aching pain.
But now you've decided,
to show me the same.
? No sweeping axes, of stage light.
Could make me feel bitter,
or treat you unkind.
[Chorus]
[Jam on verse and chorus
chords]
I know I've dreamed you,
a sin and a lie.
Now I have my freedom, but
I don't have much time.
Faith has been broken, tears
must be cried.
Let's do some living, after
we die.
[Chorus]
Wild, wild horses, we'll
ride them someday.
Willie and the Hand Jive
[Johnny Otis]
I know a cat named Way-Out
Willie
Had a cool little chick
named Rockin' Billie
Made a heart of stone Susie-Q,
doin' that crazy hand jive too
Papa said "You will ruin
my house.
You and that hand jive have
got to go"
Willie said "Papa, don't
you put me down,
Been doin' that hand jive
all over town."
Hand jive, hand jive, hand
jive, doin' that crazy hand jive
I don't want you to get on
the floor
Gettin' low, getting down
with sister go
Come on, get baby, little
sister'll die
Said doin' that hand jive
one more time
Hand jive, hand jive, hand
jive, doin' that crazy hand jive
Doctor getting low and he
getting check
Now they're all digging
that crazy beat
Way-Out Willie gave 'em
all a treat
Been doin' that hand jive
with his feet
Hand jive, hand jive, hand
jive, doin' that crazy hand jive
Willi and Billie got married
last fall
Had to live with his sisters
and that ain't all
Daddy got famous it's plain
to see
Been doin' that hand jive
on his knees
Hand jive, hand jive, hand
jive, doin' that crazy hand jive
Wining Boy Blues [Morton]
Just a wining boy don't deny
my name
Just a wining boy don't
deny my name,
wining boy don't deny my name
Pick it up and shake it,
stir the chain
Wining boy don't deny my
name
Lookie here, sister, sister,
dirty little sow
I said no, sister, sister,
dirty little sow
Sister, sister, dirty little
sow
Want to be a bad girl, but
don't know how
Wining boy don't deny my
name
Just a wining boy don't
deny my name, deny my name
Wining boy don't deny my
name
Pick it up and shake lovie,
stir the chain
Women Are Smarter [N.Span]
Let us put men and women
together, to see which one is smarter,
Some say men, but I say
no,
The women got the men like
a puppet show.
It ain't me it's the people
that say,
Men are leading women astray,
I say, it's the women today,
Smarter than the men in
every way,
That's right the women are
smarter,
That's right the women are
smarter,
That's right the women are
smarter
The women are smarter that's
right.
Little boy sit in the corner
and cry,
Big man come and ask him
why,
He said "I can't do what
the big boys do",
The man sat down and he
cried too.
It ain't me it's the people
that say,
Men are leading women astray,
I say, it's the women today,
Smarter than the men in
every way.
That's right the women are
smarter,
That's right the women are
smarter,
That's right the women are
smarter
The women are smarter that's
right.
Ever since the world began
women been bending
The ways of men,
But listen boys, cause I've
got a plan,
Give it up, don't try to
understand.
It ain't me it's the people
that say,
Men are leading women astray,
I say, it's the women today,
Smarter than the men in
every way.
That's right the women are
smarter,
That's right the women are
smarter,
That's right the women are
smarter
The women are smarter that's
right.
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