Someone Saved My Life Tonight
Elton John

When I think of those east end lights
Muggy nights the curtains drawn
In the little room downstairs
Prima donna Lord you really should have been there
Sittin' like a princess perched in her electric chair
And it's one more beer and I don't hear you anymore
We've all gone crazy lately
My friend's out there rolling 'round the basement floor
(ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh...)

And someone saved my life tonight
Sugar bear (sugar bear...)

You almost had your hooks in me
Didn't you dear
You nearly had me roped and tied
Altar bound hypnotized sweet freedom
Whispered in my ear
You're a butterfly
And butterflies are free to fly
Fly away
High away
Bye bye
(ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh...)

Never realized the passing hours of evening showers
Slip noose hanging in my darkest dreams
I'm strangled by your haunted social scene
Just a pawn outplayed by a dominating queen
It's four o'clock in the morning
Damn it listen to me good
I'm sleeping with myself tonight
Saved in time
Thank God my music is still alive
(aah-aah-aah-aah-aah...)

And someone saved my life tonight
Sugar bear
(sugar bear sugar bear...)
You almost had your hooks in me
Didn't you dear
You nearly had me roped and tied
Altar bound hypnotized sweet freedom
Whispered in my ear
You're a butterfly
And butterflies are free to fly
Fly away
High away
Bye bye
(ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

I would have walked head on into the deep end of the river
Clinging to your stocks and bonds
Paying your H.P. demands forever
Coming in the morning with a truck to take me home
Someone saved my life tonight
Someone saved my life tonight
Someone saved my life tonight
Someone saved my life tonight
Someone saved my life tonight
So save your strength and run the field you play alone
And someone saved my life tonight
Sugar bear
(sugar bear sugar bear)
(sugar bear...)
You almost had your hooks in me
Didn't you dear
You nearly had me roped and tied
Altar bound
Hypnotized
Sweet freedom
Whispered in my ear
You're a butterfly
And butterflies are free to fly
Fly away
High away
Bye bye
Someone saved someone saved
(someone saved my life tonight)
(someone saved my life tonight)
Someone saved someone saved
(someone saved my life tonight)
(someone saved my life tonight)
Someone saved someone saved
(someone saved my life tonight)
(someone saved my life tonight)
Someone saved someone saved
(someone saved my life tonight)
(someone saved my life tonight)
Someone saved someone saved
(someone saved my life tonight)
(someone saved my life tonight)
Someone saved someone saved
(someone saved my life tonight)
(someone saved my life tonight)
Someone saved someone saved
(someone saved my life tonight)

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In My Hour Of Darkness"
Gram Parsons

In my hour of darkness
In my time of need
Oh, Lord grant me vision
Oh, Lord grant me speed

Once I knew a young man
Went driving through the night
Miles and miles without a word
With just his high-beam lights
Who'd have ever though they'd build such a deadly Denver bend
To be so strong, to take as long as it would till the end

In my hour of darkness
In my time of need
Oh, Lord grant me vision
Oh, Lord grant me speed

Another young man safely strummed
His silver string guitar
And he played to people everywhere
Some say he was a star
But he was just a country boy, his simple songs confess
And the music he had in him, so very few possess

In my hour of darkness
In my time of need
Oh, Lord grant me vision
Oh, Lord grant me speed

Then there was an old man
Kind and wise with age
And he read me just like a book and he
Never missed a page
And I loved him like my father, and I loved him like my friend
And I knew his time would shortly come but I did not know just when

In my hour of darkness
In my time of need
Oh, Lord grant me vision
Oh, Lord grant me speed
Oh, Lord grant me vision
Oh, Lord grant me speed

Daydream Believer
The Monkees
Seven-A
What number is this, Chip?
Seven-A!
Okay, know what I mean, like, don't get excited, men
It's 'cause I'm short, I know

Oh, I could hide 'neath the wings
Of the bluebird as she sings
The six o'clock alarm would never ring
But six rings and I rise
Wipe the sleep out of my eyes
My shavin' razor's cold and it stings

Cheer up, Sleepy Jean, oh, what can it mean
To a daydream believer and a homecoming queen?

You once thought of me
As a white knight on his steed
Now you know how happy I can be
Oh, and our good time starts and end
Without dollar one to spend
But how much, baby, do we really need?

Cheer up, Sleepy Jean, oh, what can it mean
To a daydream believer and a homecoming queen?
Cheer up, Sleepy Jean, oh, what can it mean
To a daydream believer and a homecoming queen?

Cheer up, Sleepy Jean, oh, what can it mean
To a daydream believer and a homecoming queen?
Cheer up, Sleepy Jean, oh, what can it mean
To a daydream believer and a homecoming queen?

Cheer up, Sleepy Jean, oh, what can it mean
To a day...

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Born Under A Bad Sign
Albert King
Born under a bad sign
Been down since I begin to crawl
If it wasn't for bad luck
You know I wouldn't have no luck at all

Hard luck and trouble is my only friend
I've been on my own ever since I was ten
Born under a bad sign
Been down since I begin to crawl
If it wasn't for bad luck
You know I wouldn't have no luck at all

I can't read, haven't learned how to write
My whole life has been one big fight
Born under a bad sign
I been down since I begin to crawl
If it wasn't for bad luck
I say I wouldn't have no luck at all

I ain't no lyin'

You know if it wasn't for bad luck
I wouldn't have no kinda luck
If it wasn't for real bad luck
I wouldn't have no luck at all

You know, wine and women is all I crave
A big-legged woman is gonna carry me to my grave
Born under a bad sign
I been down since I begin to crawl
If it wasn't for bad luck
I tell I wouldn't have no luck at all

Yeah, my bad luck boy
Been havin' bad luck all of my days, yes

Handbags and Gladrags
Rod Stewart
Ever seen a blind man cross the road
Trying to make the other side?
Ever seen a young girl growing old
Trying to make herself a bride?

So what becomes of you my love
When they have finally stripped you of
The handbags and the gladrags
That your granddad had to sweat so you could buy?

Baby
Once I was a young man
And all I thought I had to do was smile
You are still a young girl
And you bought everything in style

Listen
But once you think you're in you're out
'Cause you don't mean a single thing without
The handbags and the gladrags
That your granddad had to sweat so you could buy

Sing a song of six-pence for your sake
And take a bottle full of rye
Four and twenty blackbirds in a cake
And bake them all in a pie

They told me you missed school today
So what I suggest, you just throw them all away
The handbags and the gladrags
That your poor old granddad had to sweat to buy

They told me you missed school today
So I suggest you just throw them all away
The handbags and the gladrags
That your poor old granddad had to sweat to buy ya

One Night of Sin
Elvis Presley
One night of sin
Is what I'm now payin' for
The things I did and I saw
Would make the earth stand still

Don't call my name
It makes me feel so ashamed
I lost my sweet helping hand
I got myself to blame

Always lived very quiet life
Ain't never did no wrong
Now I know that very quiet life
Has cost me nothing but harm

One night of sin
Is what I'm now paying for
The things I did and I saw
Would make the earth stand still

Always lived very quiet life
Ain't never did no wrong
But now I know that very quiet life
Has cost me nothing but harm

One night of sin
Is what I'm now paying for
The things I did and I saw
Would make the earth stand still

No Doubt About It
ABBA
I messed it up, alright
And there's no doubt about it
I had to pick this fight
'Cause I'd go mad without it

Bending like a willow when a storm is brewing
Oh, yeah, that's you
But, hey, I take the rap
This one's my mishap
And there's no doubt about it

He tells me that he won't take the bait
That I have a tendency to exaggerate
And maybe he's right, but that is beside the point
Well, then why do I let it upset me?
Yes, and why am I biting my nails?

I made a mess this time
And there's no doubt about it
Hands down, the fault is mine
And I'm prepared to shout it

Out across the rooftops if it makes you happy
Oh, yes, I could
So, hey, I take the blame
This one's got my name
And there's no doubt about it

He says with forbearance in his eyes
All couples we know are able to compromise
He's too good for me, that's one thing I know for sure
If that's true, why do I let it upset me?
There I go, stomping my feet like a child

But he is a good man
He tries to understand why I freak out
He worries, and I know, it's an honest reaction

I messed it up, alright
And there's no doubt about it
I had to pick this fight
I'd have gone mad without it

Hissing like a wild cat when I should be purring
But you know me, this isn't where it ends
I could make amends
And there's no doubt about it (this isn't where it ends)

No doubt about it (this isn't where it ends)
No doubt about it (this isn't where it ends)

rock on

Candle In The Wind
Elton John

Goodbye Norma Jeane
Though I never knew you at all
You had the grace to hold yourself
While those around you crawled
They crawled out of the woodwork
And they whispered into your brain
They set you on the treadmill
And they made you change your name

And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never knowing who to cling to
When the rain set in
And I would've liked to known you
But I was just a kid
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did

Loneliness was tough
The toughest role you ever played
Hollywood created a superstar
And pain was the price you paid
Even when you died
Oh the press still hounded you
All the papers had to say
Was that Marilyn was found in the nude

And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never knowing who to cling to
When the rain set in
And I would've liked to known you
But I was just a kid
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did

Goodbye Norma Jeane
Though I never knew you at all
You had the grace to hold yourself
While those around you crawled

Goodbye Norma Jeane
From the young man in the twenty second row
Who sees you as something as more than sexual
More than just our Marilyn Monroe

And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never knowing who to cling to
When the rain set in
And I would've liked to known you
But I was just a kid
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did

Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did

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Some Folks
Alice Cooper
Some folks love to see red
Some folks never talk about it
Some folks crave a blue lady
Some folks know, still they doubt it

I'm just no good without it
I'm not a man at all
It makes my skin crawl

Baby, baby
Come on and save me, save me
My, my baby, baby
Come on and save me now

Some folks love to feel pain
Some folks wake up every mornin'
Some folks live for no reason
Some folks die without a warning

I'm just no good without it
I'm not a man at all
It makes my skin crawl

Baby, baby
Come on and save me, save me
My, my baby, baby
Come on and save me, save me
My, my baby, baby
Come on and save me now

I can't-, can't live without it
I just can't live without it
I don't wanna think about it
Don't wanna think about it, now

I just can't live without it
I can-, I can't
I can't live without it, I just can't
I just can't, no, I can't
Ah, no, no, I can't

I'm just no good without it
I'm not a man at all
It makes my skin crawl

Baby, baby
Come on and save me, save me
My, my baby, baby
Come on and save me, save me

My, my baby, baby
Come on and save me, save me
My, my baby, baby
Come on and save me now

'Cause I, I just can't live without it
I just can't live without it, now
I don't wanna think about it
I don't wanna think about it now

I just can't live, live without it
I know I don't wanna think about it now
I just can't live without
I don't wanna-
No, I can't

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Some Folks
Alice Cooper
Some folks love to see red
Some folks never talk about it
Some folks crave a blue lady
Some folks know, still they doubt it

I'm just no good without it
I'm not a man at all
It makes my skin crawl

Baby, baby
Come on and save me, save me
My, my baby, baby
Come on and save me now

Some folks love to feel pain
Some folks wake up every mornin'
Some folks live for no reason
Some folks die without a warning

I'm just no good without it
I'm not a man at all
It makes my skin crawl

Baby, baby
Come on and save me, save me
My, my baby, baby
Come on and save me, save me
My, my baby, baby
Come on and save me now

I can't-, can't live without it
I just can't live without it
I don't wanna think about it
Don't wanna think about it, now

I just can't live without it
I can-, I can't
I can't live without it, I just can't
I just can't, no, I can't
Ah, no, no, I can't

I'm just no good without it
I'm not a man at all
It makes my skin crawl

Baby, baby
Come on and save me, save me
My, my baby, baby
Come on and save me, save me

My, my baby, baby
Come on and save me, save me
My, my baby, baby
Come on and save me now

'Cause I, I just can't live without it
I just can't live without it, now
I don't wanna think about it
I don't wanna think about it now

I just can't live, live without it
I know I don't wanna think about it now
I just can't live without
I don't wanna-
No, I can't

Glory Box
Portishead
I'm so tired of playing
Playing with this bow and arrow
Gonna give my heart away
Leave it to the other girls to play
For I've been a temptress too long
Just...

Give me a reason to love you
Give me a reason to be a woman
I just wanna be a woman

From this time, unchained
We're all looking at a different picture
Through this new frame of mind
A thousand flowers could bloom
Move over and give us some room, yeah

Give me a reason to love you
Give me a reason to be a woman
I just want to be a woman

So don't you stop being a man
Just take a little look
From our side when you can
Sow a little tenderness
No matter if you cry

Give me a reason to love you
Give me a reason to be a woman
I just want to be a woman

It's all I wanna be, is all a woman
For this is the beginning
Of forever and ever
It's time to move over
It's all I want to be

I'm so tired of playing
Playing with this bow and arrow
Gonna give my heart away
Leave it to the other girls to play
For I've been a temptress too long
Just...

Give me a reason to love you

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Goodbye Tiger

Geeze he said, the bands don’t seem to play round here no more,

And Saturday night just ain’t the same,

Wish everything was back the way it used to be before;

Now I sit here and push my long hair back behind my ears,

The face I used to hide behind, is now becoming ghostly with the years.

CHORUS:

Goodbye Tiger –

Chasing those dolce vita times,

Somehow you seem to have left me far behind,

But you can hear me whisper on the nightline:

“Goodbye Tiger”

I keep shifting round – I wear the dust of many foreign streets,

Drifting and shifting with the wind,

Now this same wind is howling like a cyclone here inside,

And I see I’ve got nothing left to hide –

Nobody’s gonna take the stage tonight,

But I’ll sit here anyway, and sigh:

CHORUS:

written by: R.Clapton

publisher: Festival Music

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Country Revival
Slim Dusty


They say, "Our music's having a revival."
They say, "That country's on the climb;"
But I say, "What the hell are they talkin' about,
The country has been here all the time."

There's a lot more people now admitting
They like country music after all
Now there's dollar signs along side country music
It's cowboy boots and hats for one and all.

They say that country's middle of the road now
They say they've had enough of all this noise
I suppose the music wheel has turned full circle
Our ballads and our stories now enjoyed.

They say, "Our music's having a revival."
They say, "That country's on the climb;"
But I say, "What the hell are they talkin' about,
The country has been here all the time."

When rock 'n' roll came out and just took over,
A lot of music just went underground,
Then somehow rock got tangled up with country,
'Cause country music added to the sound.

Oh they're singing songs they've only just discovered,
Just hear them talk about their brand new sounds,
But there's nothing new about the songs we're singing,
It's just that country music's come to town.

They say, "Our music's having a revival."
They say, "That country's on the climb."
But I say, "What the hell are they talking about
The country has been here all the time, sure it has
The country has been here all the time."

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Rally 'Round The Drum
Paul Kelly
Like my brother before me
Im a tent boxing man
Like our daddy before us
Travelling all around Gippsland

I woke up one cold morning
Many miles from Fitzroy
And slowly It came dawning
By Billy Leach I was employed

Rally round the drum boys
Rally round the drum
Every day every night boys
Rally round the drum

Hoisting tent-pole and tarpaulin
Billy says now beat the drum
Rings out across the showground
And all the country people come
Then Billy starts a-calling
Step right up Step right up one and all
Is there anybody game here
To take on kid snowball

Sometimes i fight a gee-man
Yeah we put on a show
Soemtimes I fight a hard man
Who wants to lay me low
Sometimes I get tired
But I don't ever grouse
I've gopt to keep on fighting
Five dollars every house

Like my daddy before me
I stand up and knock em down
Like my brother before me
I'm weaving in your town

Yeah Rally round the drum boys
Rally round the drum
Got to keep on fighting
Rally round the drum

Written by: Paul Maurice Kelly, Archie Roach

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I was a child

Whiskey Bent And Hell Bound
Hank Williams, Jr.
EXPLICIT
I've got a good woman at home who thinks I do no wrong
But sometimes, Lord, she just ain't always around
And you know that's when I fall I can't help myself at all
And I get whiskey bent and hell bound

Play me some songs about a ramblin' man
Put a cold one in my hand
'Cause you know I love to hear those guitar sounds

Don't you play "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"
'Cause I'll get all balled up inside
And I'll get whiskey bent and hell bound

Sure enough about closin' time, 'bout stoned out of my mind
And I end up with some honky-tonk special I found
Just as sure as the morning sun comes
Thinking of my sweet girl at home
And I need to get whiskey bent and hell bound

Play me the songs about a ramblin' man
Put old Jim Beam in my hand
'Cause you know I still love to get drunk and hear country sounds

But don't play "Your Cheatin' Heart"
'Cause that'll tear me all apart
I get whiskey bent and hell bound
Yeah, old Hank's songs always make me feel low down

Snowin' on Raton
Townes Van Zandt
When the wind don't blow in Amarillo
And the moon along the Gunnison don't rise
Shall I cast my dreams upon your love, babe
And lie beneath the laughter of your yes?

Snowin' on Raton
Come mornin' I'll be through them hills and gone (and gone)

Our mother thinks the road is long and lonely
Little brother thinks the road is straight and fine
Little darling thinks the road is soft and lovely
And I'm thankful that old road's a friend of mine

Snowin' on Raton
Come mornin' I'll be through them hills and gone (and gone)

I'll bid the years goodbye, you cannot still them
You cannot turn the circles of the sun
And you cannot count the miles until you feel them
And you cannot hold a lover that has gone

Snowin' on Raton
Come mornin' I'll be through them hills and gone (and gone)

Well, tomorrow the mountains will be sleeping
Silent 'neath a blanket, green and blue
All that I shall hear, the silence they are keeping
And I'll bring all their promises to you

Snowin' on Raton
Come mornin' I'll be through them hills and gone (and gone)
Snowin' on Raton
Come mornin' I'll be through them hills and gone
Come mornin' I'll be through them hills and gone

Power and the Passion
Midnight Oil
People, wasting away in paradise
Going backward, once in a while
Moving ahead, falling behind
What do you believe, what do you believe
What do you believe is true
Nothing they say makes a difference this way
Nothing they say will do

You take all the trouble that you can afford
At least you won't have time to be bored
At least you won't have time to be bored

Oh the power and the passion, oh the temper of the time
Oh the power and the passion
Sometimes you've got to take the hardest line

Sunburnt faces around, with skin so brown
Smiling zinc cream and crowds, Sundays the beach never a cloud
Breathing eucalypt, pushing panel vans
Stuff and munch junk food
Laughing at the truth, cos Gough was tough til he hit the rough
Uncle Sam and John were quite enough

Too much of sunshine too much of sky
It's just enough to make you want to cry
It's just enough to make you want to cry

Oh the power and the passion, oh the temper of the time
Oh the power and the passion
Sometimes you've got to take the hardest line

I see buildings, clothing the sky, in paradise
Sydney, nights are warm
Daytime telly, blue rinse dawn
Dad's so bad he lives in the pub, it's a underarms and football clubs
Flat chat, Pine Gap, in every home a Big Mac
And no one goes outback, that's that
You take what you get and get what you please
It's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees
It's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees

Oh the power and the passion, oh the temper of the time
Oh the power and the passion
Sometimes you've got to take the hardest line

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Ditto for yesterday

STARS
West Is The Way

Windy trail on a mountain morning
Dusty shoes greet the day
Country boy leavin the place he was born in
To find a better way
A man looks out and sees the city
That he once called his own home
Got to go and find a place where he can be alone
(Chorus)
West is the way
North is the thunder
East is what we're runnin from
South is the sea where we'd go under
West is the one
A burnt-out farm, a worthless claim
A wagon moves away
Joins a train down on the plain
Ramblin though the day
They don't stop for no one
Cause all they had is gone
A long and never ending dream
Keeps them goin on
They don't stop for no one
Cause all they had is gone
A long and never ending dream
Keeps them goin on
Chorus
Look out where the sun is setting
Where hills roll like the sea
People after new beginnings
Searchin patiently
Look out where the sun is setting
Where hills roll like the sea
People after new beginnings
Searchin patiently

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Everyday
Buddy Holly
Everyday, it's a-gettin' closer
Goin' faster than a roller coaster
Love like yours will surely come my way
(A-hey, a-hey, hey)

Everyday, it's a-gettin' faster
Everyone said, "Go ahead and ask her"
Love like yours will surely come my way
(A-hey, a-hey, hey)

Everyday seems a little longer
Every way, love's a little stronger
Come what may, do you ever long for
True love from me?

Everyday, it's a-gettin' closer
Goin' faster than a roller coaster
Love like yours will surely come my way
(A-hey, a-hey, hey)

Everyday seems a little longer
Every way, love's a little stronger
Come what may, do you ever long for
True love from me?

Everyday, it's a-gettin' closer
Goin' faster than a roller coaster
Love like yours will surely come my way
(A-hey, a-hey, hey)
Love like yours will surely come my way
Written by: Norman Petty, Buddy Holly

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How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live?
Ry Cooder
Well, the doctor comes around with his face all bright
And he says, "In a little while you'll be alright"
All he gives is a humbug pill
Dose of dope and a great big bill
Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live?

Well, there once was a time when everything was cheap
But now prices nearly put a man to sleep
When we get our grocery bill
We just feel like making our will
Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live?

Prohibition's good if it's conducted right
There's no sense in shooting a man 'til he shows flight
Officers kill without a cause
Then they complain about the funny laws
Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live?

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October Grey
The Screaming Jets
It's been awhile
And I still remember
The smile you kept for me
Lately I have missed you
And It hits me in the mornin' when I'm cold

I have nothing to say ...

But I can't change a thing
No, I can't change a thing

And if I knew
What I know
And If I said what I meant
When all the big dog's
Get to grow their own
Everybody gotta call some place home

I have nothing to say ...
Memories in October Grey

I can't change a thing
I can't change a thing
I can't change anything
I can't change a thing

Whoa, wrapped in October Grey

Now I have learnt
Not to trust
I have to watch everything I feel
You'll never know
And I'll never let you see
What I've done, what's become of me

I have no words to say
Memories, memories of mother's day

I can't change a thing
I can't change a thing
I just can't change anything
I can't change a thing

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May you find relief soon

I’ve never experienced that, it looks to be fun, and then it’s not.

Bill Monroe
Is The Blue Moon Still Shining


Is the blue moon still shinin'
does it shine for you like it shines for me
will the blue moon bring us back together
or will it leave us with a sad memory
Do we think of each other when the moon is blue
do you need me as i need you
will you ever come back and love me
or tell me are we really through
At night when the blue moon is shinin'
i think of you and the plans we made
but now you've gone and left me
left me alone and so afraid
* refrain
Now i wonder is the blue moon still shinin'
shinin' for you as it does for me
are you too proud to come back
or did you really want to be free

Bob Dylan

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall"

Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son?
And where have you been, my darling young one?
I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
I've walked and I've crawled on six crooked highways
I've stepped in the middle of seven sad forests
I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans
I've been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard
It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall

Oh, what did you see, my blue-eyed son?
And what did you see, my darling young one?
I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it
I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it
I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin'
I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedin'
I saw a white ladder all covered with water
I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken
I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard
It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall

And what did you hear, my blue-eyed son?
And what did you hear, my darling young one?
I heard the sound of a thunder, that roared out a warnin'
I heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world
I heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a-blazin'
I heard ten thousand whisperin' and nobody listenin'
I heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin'
Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter
Heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard
It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall

Oh, what did you meet, my blue-eyed son?
Who did you meet, my darling young one?
I met a young child beside a dead pony
I met a white man who walked a black dog
I met a young woman whose body was burning
I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow
I met one man who was wounded in love
I met another man who was wounded in hatred
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard
It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall

And what'll you do now, my blue-eyed son?
And what'll you do now, my darling young one?
I'm a-goin' back out 'fore the rain starts a-fallin'
I'll walk to the depths of the deepest dark forest
Where the people are many and their hands are all empty
Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters
Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison
And the executioner's face is always well hidden
Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten
Where black is the color, where none is the number
And I'll tell and speak it and think it and breathe it
And reflect from the mountain so all souls can see it
And I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin'
But I'll know my song well before I start singin'
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard
It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall

Cool end note

Please Don't Bury Me
John Prine

Woke up this morning
Put on my slippers
Walked in the kitchen and died
And oh what a feeling
When my soul went thru the ceiling
And on up into heaven I did ride

When I got there they did say
John, it happened this a'way
You slipped upon the floor
And hit your head
And all the angels say
Just before you passed away
These were the very last words
That you said

Please don't bury me
Down in the cold cold ground
No, I'd druther have 'em cut me up
And pass me all around
Throw my brain in a hurricane
And the blind can have my eyes
And the deaf can take both of my ears
If they don't mind the size

Give my stomach to Milwaukee
If they run out of beer
Put my socks in a cedar box
Just get 'em out of here
Venus de Milo can have my arms
Look out! I've got your nose
Sell my heart to the junkman
And give my love to Rose

But please don't bury me
Down in the cold cold ground
I'd druther have 'em cut me up
And pass me all around
Throw my brain in a hurricane
The blind can have my eyes
And the deaf can take both of my ears
If they don't mind the size

Give my feet to the footloose
Careless, fancy free
Give my knees to the needy
Don't pull that stuff on me
Hand me down my walking cane
It's a sin to tell a lie
Send my mouth way down south
And kiss my ass goodbye

But please don't bury me
Down in that cold cold ground
No, I'd druther have 'em cut me up
And pass me all around
Throw my brain in a hurricane
And the blind can have my eyes
And the deaf can take both of my ears
If they don't mind the size

Old Time Country Halls
Slim Dusty
As I pick up my guitar to sing another song
I hear the walls of this old hall - you've done this thing too long
You know you've been around for years, I guess you've shown us all
I talk like this when I reminisce with an old time country hall
I joined a tent show as a kid with a dream and an old guitar
The Silvers All-Star Cavalcade and Dandy was the star
He taught me lots about the game, today I understand
He was a great magician, Dandy was a fine old man
I'm a howlin' cattle-hand crooner
I'm an old time dinosaur
Hey, let me sing where the rafters ring
In an old time country hall, that's right
I've been on the road for thirty years but Dandy could double that
And you'll find his faded poster still in some hall way out back
I like to go back stage and dream sometimes and just recall
The shows I've had, the good and bad, shared with these country halls
Take the old Town Hall Kalgoorlie with it's old time charm and grace
And your mounting million complexes never will replace
All glass and steal and concrete, some large and some too small
So let me sing where the rafters ring in an old time country hall, hey
We showed last night in the school of arts and the town was real run-down
You'll find so many towns like that today as you move around
Yeah, the wind of change is blowin' up such an economic low
The old time shows we used to know will soon be off the road
I'm a howlin' cattle-hand crooner
I'm an old time dinosaur
Hey, let me sing where the rafters ring
In an old time country hall
In an old time country hall
In an old time country hall

Khe Sanh
Cold Chisel
I left my heart to the sappers 'round Khe Sanh
And my soul was sold with my cigarettes to the black-market man
I had the Vietnam cold turkey from the ocean to the Silver City
And it's only other vets could understand

About the long-forgotten dockside guarantees
How there were no V-day heroes in 1973
How we sailed into Sydney Harbour, I saw an old friend, but I couldn't kiss her
She was lined, and I was home to the lucky land

She was like so many more from that time on
Their lives were all so empty, until they found their chosen one
And their legs were often open, but their minds were always closed
And their hearts were held in fast suburban chains

And the legal pads were yellow, hours long, pay packets lean
And the telex writers clattered where the gunships once had been
Car parks make me jumpy, and I never stopped the dreams
Or the growing need for speed and Novocaine

So I worked across the country from end to end
Tried to find a place to settle down where my mixed up life could mend
I held a job on an oil-rig, flying choppers when I could
But the nightlife nearly drove me 'round the bend

And I've travelled 'round the world from year to year
And each one found me aimless, one more year the worse for wear
And I've been back to South East Asia and the answer sure ain't there
But I'm drifting north to check things out again
Yes, I am

Well, the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
And only seven flying hours, and I'll be landing in Hong Kong
And there ain't nothing like the kisses from a jaded Chinese princess
I'm gonna hit some Hong Kong mattress all night long

Well, the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
And it's really got me worried, I'm goin' nowhere, and I'm in a hurry
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone

Well, the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
Lo, it's really got me worried, I'm goin' nowhere, and I'm in a hurry
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone

Ready Teddy
Little Richard
EXPLICIT
Ready, set, go man go,
I got a girl that I love so,

I'm ready, ready, ready teddy,
I'm ready, ready, ready teddy,
I'm ready, ready, ready teddy,
I'm ready, ready, ready to a rock'n'roll.

Going to the corner, pick up my sweetie pie,
She's my rock'n'roll baby, she's the apple of my eye,
I'm ready, ...

All the flat top cats and the dungaree dolls,
Are headed for the gym to the sock hop ball,
The joint is really jumpin', the cats are going wild,
The music really sends me, I dig that crazy style,
I'm ready, ...

Gonna kick off my shoes, roll up my faded jeans,
Grab my rock'n'roll baby, pour on the steam,
I shuffle to the left, I shuffle to the right,
Gonna rock'n'roll to the early, early night,
I'm ready, ...

Black Magic Woman
Santana
Got a black magic woman
Got a black magic woman
I've got a black magic woman
Got me so blind, I can't see
That she's a black magic woman
She's tryin' to make a devil out of me

Don't turn your back on me, baby
Don't turn your back on me, baby
Yes, don't turn your back on me, baby
Stop messin' 'round with your tricks
Don't turn your back on me, baby
You just might pick up my magic sticks

Got your spell on me, baby
You got your spell on me, baby
Yes, you got your spell on me, baby
Turning my heart into stone
I need you so bad, magic woman
I can't leave you alone
Written by: Peter Alan Green

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Lots of beaches have dedicated lifesavers and swim safe zones.
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Ft. Worth Blues
Steve Earle
In Ft. Worth all the neon's burnin' bright
Pretty lights
Red and blue
But they'd shut down all the honky tonks tonight
And say a prayer or two
If they only knew
You used to say the highway was your home
But we both know
That ain't true
It's just the only place a man can go
When he don't know
Where he's travelin' to

But Colorado's always clean and healin'
And Tennessee in Spring is green and cool
It never really was your kind of town
But you went around
With the Ft. Worth Blues

Somewhere up beyond the great divide
Where the sky is wide
And the clouds are few
A man can see his way clear to the light
Just hold on tight
That's all you gotta do

And they say Texas weather's always changin'
And one thing change'll bring is somethin' new
And Houston really ain't that bad a town
So you hang around
With the Ft. Worth Blues

There's a full moon over Galway Bay tonight
Silver light
Over green and blue
And every place I travel through, I find
Some kinda sign
That you've been through

But Amsterdam was always good for grieving
And London never fails to leave me blue
Paris never was my kinda town
So I walked around
With the Ft. Worth Blues

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For What It's Worth
Buffalo Springfield
There's something happening here
But what it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware

I think it's time we stop
Children, what's that sound?
Everybody look, what's going down?

There's battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Getting so much resistance from behind

It's time we stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look, what's going down?

What a field day for the heat (Ooh ooh ooh)
A thousand people in the street (Ooh ooh ooh)
Singing songs and they carrying signs (Ooh ooh ooh)
Mostly say, "Hooray for our side" (Ooh ooh ooh)

It's time we stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look, what's going down?

Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid
Step out of line, the men come and take you away

We better stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look, what's going down?

You better stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look, what's going down?

You better stop
Now, what's that sound?
Everybody look, what's going down?

You better stop
Children, what's that sound?
Everybody look, what's going down?

Leaving on a Jet Plane
John Denver
All my bags are packed I'm ready to go
I'm standin' here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye
But the dawn is breakin' it's early morn
The taxi's waitin' he's blowin' his horn
Already I'm so lonesome I could die

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
'Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh baby, I hate to go

There's so many times I've let you down
So many times I've played around
I tell you now, they don't mean a thing
Every place I go, I'll think of you
Every song I sing, I'll sing for you
When I come back, I'll bring your wedding ring

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
'Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go

Now the time has come to leave you
One more time let me kiss you
Then close your eyes I'll be on my way
Dream about the days to come
When I won't have to leave alone
About the times, I won't have to say

Kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
'Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh baby, I hate to go

'Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh baby, I hate to go
Written by: John Denver

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Fall Of Rome
James Reyne
I want no part of this despair
I want no ugly mornings
I want no opiated fear
I want no clouded callings
All alone
Alone

Every morning when I wake from my bed
I find I'm yawnin' and just scratchin' my head
I face the dawnin', I feel like I'm dead
Baby, I've been sleeping all alone
Well, every daybreak as I wake from my sleep
I find I'm achin' as I drag from the deep
If I were a Mustang, I'd be a junk-yard heap
Mirror don't lie, mirror don't lie, talk about a rollin' stone

And everybody said, "What's that sound?"
Put it in a skillet and slap it all around
And everybody said, "I can't stay home"
Still thinking 'bout the fall of Rome
Still thinking 'bout the fall of Rome

Well, all these dragons are just draggin' me down
I've been pickin' things up from the underground
Like a trackless tram, I'm Bondi bound
Sittin' in the depot all alone
No purity, no clear white walls
A big stampede when the Warragul calls
Times a-menacing just gnashes and mauls
Where'm I gonna buy it, where'm I gonna buy it
Gotta give a dog a bone

And everybody said, "What's that sound?"
Put it in a skillet and slap it all around
And everybody said, "I can't stay home"
Still thinking 'bout the fall of Rome
Still thinking 'bout the fall of Rome
I've been thinking 'bout the fall of Rome

Well, I've been livin' a categorical lie
Each last thrill the penultimate high
Just one more hit before I can die
Yellow teeth are snappin' all around
Well, every day of the week as I wake from my bed
I find I'm yawning just a scratchin' my head
If I were a Mustang, I think it's gone to my head
Mirror don't lie, mirror don't lie, talk about a rolling stone

And everybody said, "What's that sound?"
Put it in a skillet and slap it all around
And everybody said, "I can't stay home"
Still thinking 'bout the fall of Rome

And everybody said, "What's that sound?"
Put it in a skillet and slap it all around
And everybody said, "I can't stay home"
Still thinking 'bout the fall of Rome
Still thinking 'bout the fall of Rome
Still thinking 'bout the fall of Rome
Still thinking 'bout the fall of Rome
I've been thinking 'bout the fall of Rome

Fall of Rome, yeah, oh, oh

Written by: James Michael Reyne

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I Fall to Pieces
Patsy Cline
I fall to pieces
Each time I see you again
I fall to pieces
How can I be just your friend?

You want me to act like we've never kissed
You want me to forget (to forget)
Pretend we never met (never met)
And I've tried and I've tried
But I haven't yet
You walk by and I fall to pieces

I fall to pieces
Each time someone speaks your name
I fall to pieces
Time only adds to the flame

You tell me to find someone else to love
Someone who'll love me too (love me too)
The way you used to do (used to do)
But each time I go out with someone new
You walk by and I fall to pieces.

You walk by and I fall to pieces...

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Haven’t heard that one for ages, good song.

Zombie
The Cranberries
Another head hangs lowly
Child is slowly taken
And the violence caused such silence
Who are we mistaken?

But you see, it's not me, it's not my family
In your head, in your head, they are fighting
With their tanks and their bombs, and their bombs, and their guns
In your head, in your head, they are crying

In your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie
What's in your head? In your head?
Zombie, zombie, zombie, oh

Do, do, do-do, do
Do, do, do-do, do
Do, do, do-do, do
Do, do, do-do, do

Another mother's breaking
Heart is taking over
When the violence causes silence
We must be mistaken

It's the same old theme since 1916
In your head, in your head, they're still fighting
With their tanks and their bombs, and their bombs, and their guns
In your head, in your head, they are dying

In your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie
What's in your head? In your head?
Zombie, zombie, zombie

Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, eh-ah, ya-ya-ow
Written by: Dolores Mary O'riordan

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Great choice , fantastic song

The Universal Soldier
Buffy Sainte-Marie

He's five feet two and he's six feet four
He fights with missiles and with spears
He's all of 31 and he's only 17
He's been a soldier for a thousand years

He's a Catholic, a Hindu, an atheist, a Jain,
a Buddhist and a Baptist and a Jew
and he knows he shouldn't kill
and he knows he always will
kill you for me my friend and me for you

And he's fighting for Canada,
he's fighting for France,
he's fighting for the USA,
and he's fighting for the Russians
and he's fighting for Japan,
and he thinks we'll put an end to war this way

And he's fighting for Democracy
and fighting for the Reds
He says it's for the peace of all
He's the one who must decide
who's to live and who's to die
and he never sees the writing on the walls

But without him how would Hitler have
condemned him at Dachau
Without him Caesar would have stood alone
He's the one who gives his body
as a weapon to a war
and without him all this killing can't go on

He's the universal soldier and he
really is to blame
His orders come from far away no more
They come from him, and you, and me
and brothers can't you see
this is not the way we put an end to war.
Written by: Buffy Sainte Marie
Album: Vanguard Folk Sampler
Released: 1996

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Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?"

They used to tell me I was building a dream
And so I followed the mob
When there was earth to plow or guns to bear
I was always there, right on the job

They used to tell me I was building a dream
With peace and glory ahead
Why should I be standing in line
Just waiting for bread?

Once I built a railroad, I made it run
Made it race against time
Once I built a railroad, now it's done
Brother, can you spare a dime?

Once I built a tower up to the sun
Brick and rivet and lime
Once I built a tower, now it's done
Brother, can you spare a dime?

Once in khaki suits, gee, we looked swell
Full of that Yankee Doodly Dum
Half a million boots went slogging through Hell
And I was the kid with the drum

Say, don't you remember? They called me 'Al'
It was 'Al' all the time
Why don't you remember? I'm your pal
Say buddy, can you spare a dime?

Once in khaki suits, ah, gee, we looked swell
Full of that Yankee Doodly Dum
Half a million boots went slogging through Hell
And I was the kid with the drum

Oh, say, don't you remember? They called me 'Al'
It was 'Al' all the time
Say, don't you remember? I'm your pal
Buddy, can you spare a dime?

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Move Along Train
Levon Helm
You've got to move along train
(You've got a heavy load)
You've got to move along train
(You've got a heavy load)
You've got to move along train
(You've got a heavy load)
You know that my Lord's coming and-a
He won't be long.
He's gonna save me and carry me home.

The Gospel train is coming
You know it's coming around the curve
And I can hear the whistle blowing
You know she's straining every nerve

You've got to move along train
(You've got a heavy load)
You've got to move along train
(You've got a heavy load)
You've got to move along train
(You've got a heavy load)
A-a-a my Lord's coming and-a
He won't be long.
He's gonna save me and carry me home.

You better tell that barroom laday
She better get her business right
Because the Gospel train is coming
You know it may be here tonight

You've got to move along train
(You've got a heavy load)
You've got to move along train
(You've got a heavy load)
You've got to move along train
(You've got a heavy load)
You know that my Lord's coming and-a
He won't be long.
He's gonna save me and carry me home.
He's gonna save me and carry me home.
He's gonna save me and carry me home.

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Cracking song