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all i ever wanted
(john dawson)
you keep laying names on me
and you keep playing games on me
and you keep playing all your tricks on me
and all i ever wanted, all i ever wanted
all i ever wanted was your loving
is that too much to ask
you keep bringing your friends to me
and you keep bringing your men to me
and you keep bringing all your world to me
and all i ever wanted, all i ever wanted
all i ever wanted was your loving
is that too much to ask
bridge:
oh, oh, oh, all i ever wanted was your loving
and all i ever wanted was to love you too,
to love you too
repeat first verse
—
california day
(dave torbert)
california dream winding through the ocean shore
i walked a country mile along your rocky coast
on the sandy shores i ran until i could not run no more
left it far behind in dreams of death
something’s calling me oh honey to the mystic sea
something’s calling me oh honey to your eyes i see
california day i know that i can make it all the way
just my love is where i’m going to
something’s calling me oh honey to the mystic sea, something, something
something’s calling me oh unto your eyes i see
california day i know that i can make it all the way
just my love is where i’m going to
—
cement, clay and glass
(spencer dryden/david nelson)
i live by the side of rolling oaks road
tract 25 just like the man showed it to me
nothin’ to hide it, nothin’ beside it
i really can’t fight it, the whole place is blighted with
cement, clay and glass
trees away, contractor’s pay
no delay, 10 units today
of cement, clay and glass
trees green, none to be seen
you cut down the hills but you pay higher bills
for your cement, clay and glass
cement, clay and glass
i live by the side of rolling oaks road
tract 25 just like the man showed it to me
there’s nothin’ to hide it, nothin’ beside it
i really can’t fight it, the whole place is blighted with
cement, clay and glass
cement, clay and glass
—
crooked judge
(robert hunter/ david nelson)
paid my money to a crooked judge
set out to find an honest man
that’s how i came to be in boston
lookin’ like i am
if by now we stop to sleep
we can’t make no midnight creep
only time can ever say
pack my cat and haul away
rained all night and it rained all day
rain it floated my house away
didn’t it rain oh didn’t it rain
didn’t it rain that day
if by now, we step by then
someday we may meet again
run down high, look down low
call the captain up from the hole
i was down in some low dive
talkin’ all the usual jive
like, say buddy gimme five
and i ain’t drunk enough to drive
wipe that grin right off your face
before i throw you through the wall
no one needs a wise guy, jack
especially one don’t check his facts
if by now we step by then
someday we may meet again
who cares what you have to say
even this too shall pass away
even this too shall pass away
hey, crooked judge, even this too shall pass away
—
contract
(dave torbert)
been hangin’ down new mexico
santa fe up to taos and i’m riding hard, i ain’t go no star on my shirt
south wyoming, cheyenne town, five thousand dollars guess i’ll hunt you down
i’ve been around, gonna see your face in the ground
all day tracking i’m on your trail, ain’t no getting away from me, no
all night riding, i see your fire, buddy ride
hey sam mccafty, show your face
but don’t look back my buddy, show a trace
because i don’t care, i can smell your blood in the air
all day tracking i’m on your trail, ain’t no getting away from me, no, no, no
all night riding, i see your fire, buddy ride
been hangin’ down new mexico
santa fe up to taos and i’m riding hard, i ain’t go no star on my shirt
—
death and destruction
(john dawson)
when you were living in jerusalem
can you remember how it was back then
maybe i’m that man up in the sky
did you ever stop and think and wonder why
do you remember my friend
how it feels like in the end
will you wish you had a friend?
when it all comes ‘round again
when it all comes ‘round again
when you were living in pompei
can you remember how it was that day
when all at once there was nowhere to go
can you remember how that felt to know?
can you remember my friend
how it feels like in end
will you wish you had a friend?
when it all comes ‘round again
when it all comes ‘round again
when you were living down in spain
here come the man of god again
now they’ve built that fire up under you
what do you think now that you’re gonna do?
do you remember my friend
oh what it feels like in end
will you wish you had a friend?
when it all comes ‘round again
when it all comes ‘round again
when you were living down in warsaw
can you remember how they loved the law
and when you heard that last knock on your door
did you have the feeling you’d been there before?
do you remember my friend
what it feels like in the end
will you wish you had a friend?
when it all comes ‘round again
when it all comes ‘round again
oh now you’re living in america
can you remember when they traded you?
what would you have to pay
to get your soul back today
do you remember how we got this way
do you remember my friend
oh what it feels like in end
will you wish you had a friend?
when it all comes ‘round again
when it all comes ‘round again
—
dim lights
(joe maphis)
dim lights, thick smoke, and loud, loud music
is the only kind of life you’ll ever understand
dim lights, thick smoke and loud, loud music
you’ll never make a wife to a home-lovin’ man
a home and little children mean nothing to you
a house filled with love and a husband so true
you’d rather have a drink
with the first guy you meet
and the only home you’ll know
is the club down the street
out drinkin’ and dancin’ to a honky tonk band
is the only kind of life you’ll ever understand
go out and have your fun,
you think you’ve played it smart
i’m sorry for you and your honky tonk heart
—
dirty business
(john dawson)
well the marshall came to town
and his hat was pulled way down
he looked like he had business on his mind
he didn’t stop to say
he just rode along his way
‘til he stopped in at the office of the mine
chorus:
dirty business, dirty business
dirty business down in coal creek
dirty business down in coal creek
this morning
well, i make two bucks a day
and that ain’t a healthy pay
my kids are just beginning to get sick
there’s talk been goin’ round
how they’re gonna shut it down
if the man don’t come and fix things
pretty quick
repeat chorus
pretty soon there was a crowd
it was getting’ pretty loud
and the men all said there’d be no work today
but the owner wouldn’t budge
he just sat there like a judge
and he wouldn’t give a nickel more in pay
chorus:
dirty business, dirty business
dirty business down in coal creek
dirty business down in coal creek
this morning
just then they heard the sound
that rumbled from the ground
and everyone was rushing for the door
the dust came pouring out
and it finally left no doubt
that the mine was not at issue anymore
repeat chorus
—
fair chance to know
(john dawson)
i woke up this morning with my
heart down in my shoes
i guess you’d understate it if you said
that i woke up this morning
with a bad case of the blues
and i don’t know what i’m a gonna do today
chorus:
and why oh why
why did she have to leave
she left without giving me
a chance to say please
and why oh why
why did she have to go
she left without a-giving me a
fair chance to know
i looked out my window down unto
the street below
scenes of sunlight fill the air
but it’ll take more than the sunlight
to keep me from feeling low
and i gotta go find someone to care
repeat chorus
i woke up this morning with my
heart down in my shoes
i guess you’d understate it if you said
that i woke up this morning
with a bad case of the blues
and i don’t know what i’m a gonna do today
repeat chorus
—
fifteen days under the hood
(jack tempchin)
well this life is one big automobile
fifteen days under the hood
sometimes it’s hard to believe it’s real
fifteen days under the hood
well i’m way down here with my feet in the air
i got grease and oil all in my hair
it’s getting so bad, i’m starting to swear
fifteen days under the hood
well i’m awful hungry i wish i had some beans
fifteen days under the hood
i spent all but a dollar on valvoline
fifteen days under the hood
i’m lucky i saved a buck to get something to eat
too bad i’ll spend it later
on wheel bearing grease
a cop just told me to get my car
off the street, fifteen days under the hood
well i went downstairs i put on my good pants
to go to the junkyard for a vacuum advance
i was just climbin’ into this shirt
when i remembered i couldn’t go
because my car don’t work
let me tell you friends what’s wrong with me
fifteen days under the hood
i just dropped the crank shaft on my knee
fifteen days under the hood
i got water in my oil and the london flu
burnt valves, vapor lock, worn brake shoes
i got those dead-battery-broken-fan-belt blues
fifteen days under the hood
well i’m trying to get this accelerator cable free
fifteen days under the hood
andy granatelli’s on the radio for s.t.p.
fifteen days under the hood
i’m looking for the flashlight for the timing chain
i just skinned my knuckles and i’m in great pain
it’s awful cold and it’s starting to rain
fifteen days under the hood
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