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 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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