Dirty Woman Blues
She ain’t got no money and she
Ain’t got no car and she
Ain’t got no bus pass
I know she couldn’t get too far
So I’m gonna find her
Gonna make everything alright.
I don’t need no dirty woman
Keepin’ me up in the middle of the night.
When I took her from her Mama
She was only seventeen
She was only gettin’ older
She was only gettin’ mean
Now I’m gonna find her
Gonna make everything alright.
I don’t need no dirty woman
Keepin’ me up in the middle of the night.
Can’t believe you touched them when they leave
That’s the way it’s got to be
But I don’t want no psycho-woman
Comin’ runnin’ after me
So I’m gonna find her
Gonna make everything alright.
I don’t need no dirty woman
Keepin’ my up in the middle of the night.
I’ll be alright…
Low Loretta
If you want to ride, Baby, I’m your guy
It’s almost Friday evening
And you ain’t busy and I ain’t shy.
Then I’ll take you out. Take you anywhere you want to go.
I only ask one thing of you,
Don’t talk about it on the telephone.
Sweet talk me low Loretta
Mama’s on the line.
I don’t know how she found out that you got a dirty mind.
Sweet talk me low, Loretta
Mama’s on the line.
I don’t want the world to know that we had us a real good time.
Have a bite of corn pone biscuits. Have a sip of Grandpappy’s Rye.
Put on the dress that makes the Priest confess,
Makes the young boys stupid and the old men sigh.
When we kiss goodnight, I’ll call you by and by.
But don’t say nothing ’bout the things we done
’cause Mama’s listening on the other line.
Kiss Me in the Morning
Baby stay, don’t go to work today
Look at how it’s storming.
Take some time, call in sick and stay
and kiss me in the morning.
You and I run through a lifetime seeing many rainy days along the way.
And if this weather doesn’t get any better we may have to stay in bed all day.
All in all it’s such a lovely day for barefoot in the garden.
If getting wet is the only price we pay I’d say that it’s a bargain.
In this life better take it as it comes ’cause you never get a warning.
I only want to hold you,hold you in my arms
and let you kiss me in the morning.
Through it all, it’s a hard hard lifetime.
Sometimes I feel it shaking in my bones.
But if we live we’re never gonna need another.
And if we die we’ll never be alone…
Oh babe in another time or place
Kiss me in the morning.
Because I’m longing to see your face
Come on, kiss me in the morning.
In this life you got to take it as it comes because you never get a warning.
I only want to hold you,
hold you in my arms,
and let you kiss me in the morning…
Sail Away Virginia
Long gone silver tonged devil’s at my door
And I can’t see the city through the rain.
There’s a phone call asking for you. Wouldn’t say what for
By a man who wouldn’t leave his name…
So I went downtown and I nearly drowned
Looking for the place we’d found
But it was closed and only ghosts remained.
And it’s a sad host who drinks the most
And raises another empty toast
So I walked home like Bogart in the rain.
I could have been almost anyone at all from another time
But i can’t shake it from my mind.
It’s like streetlight through the blinds
Sail Away Virginia
Please go find yourself a friend.
Sail away Virginia
I’d rather see you go than to have it end…
Her keys are on my table and her stuff is in her car.
And her picture is in pieces in my hall
All my friends been calling me. I found out who they are.
And I recognized whose voice was on that call.
Chorus
‘Cause you could’ve been mine after years and years together.
With nothing left to lose but a little more time.
You and I, we had everything in common
You took everything you choose.
You took everything but the blues.
Got Nothin’
I wake up cold and lonely
The radio will only play the Blues.
Riley, you ain’t got nothin’ on these tired-of-walking shoes.
Outside, the streets are empty
Lately I’ve been called upon to choose
Funny how they love you when you win and the leave you when you lose.
And you got nothin’
But God loves you anyway.
And you ain’t God,
And nothing in the world’s gonna change.
God loves you anyway.
A picture still reminds me.
Of a girl who came but wouldn’t stay
My guitar standing in the corner still can make her go away.
So you shake hands with the Bluesman
Feel the callous on his hands.
For a dollar you can listen to him sing what you’ll never understand.
And you got nothin’…
But ain’t it fine?
Yeah, it’s like a dream come true.
I stand on Stage and I sing to you.
But still at last
I find I’m home too fast…
So you shake hands with the Bluesman
Feel the callous on his hand.
His hours turned to decades and his decades turned to sand…
Rock Me in Your Arms
I know it’s your birthday. I don’t want to bring you down.
It’s just that this year is the first year in a row that you’re not around.
I hope you got lots of presents from the new guy that you love.
It makes me sad to realize I wasn’t there near enough.
And at the end of our street there was a diner with a light
It said open everyday and open every night.
Won’t you be my reluctant valentine?
This must be too much for me. This must be too hard
So rock me in your arms. Keep me safe and warm.
Tell me I’m your baby.
Close the door, the world’s outside. I think they want my hide.
So rock me in your arms. Keep me safe and warm.
Tell me I’m you baby.
Love me ’till the morning.
Come on and rock me in your arms.
Tell me I’m your baby…
Got no money, had no luck. Babe, I still got you.
To rock me in your arms. Keep me safe and warm.
Tell me i”m your baby.
When my world is crumbling. When I’ve lost my mind.
Rock me i your arms. Keep me safe and warm.
Tell me I’m your baby.
Love me ’till the morning.
Come on and rock me in your arms.
Tell me I’m your baby…
And at the end of the street there was a diner with a light.
It said open everyday and open every night.
Won’t you be my reluctant valentine..?
The Jinx (Anywhere I go)
I was shootin’ pool in a smoky bar
with a trucker I met at the rodeo
He said”Son, I can tell there’s a secret you been keepin'”.
I said “I left my Lolita and I stole her car
and thirty-seven bucks she kept in a jar
that she laid at the head of her bed when she was sleepin'”.
Anywhere I go she’s gonna find me.
Anywhere I go she’s gonna find me.
I don’t need her here to remind me
She’s gonna find me anywhere I go…
I told him “I don’t blame you ’cause you look amazed
that I’ve only shot pool for about ten days
But I feel it’s fair if I warn you in the beginning.
I’ve been to ten different bars, shot ten different cues
And I took a lot of money from ten different fools
And as long as my woman’s gone I just keep winning”.
Chorus
I said “Rack ’em quick ’cause my game is hot.
It don’t even matter if I aim or not.
As long as my woman’s gone I’ll be fine”.
Well, he said “Son you done met your match”
I said “I made that Eight”. He said “Yeah, but you scratched”.
It was then that I knew that I was out of time…
He said “Son, I don’t know if you want to hear this or not
but there’s a girl with a gun in the parking lot.
Says her name’s Lolita…
…does that mean anything to you”?
Well, Happiness is a road that’s clear
And a pistol-shooting-woman in my rear view mirror.
As soon as I was out of range I gave her the finger.
But since that night when I scratched that cue
I’ve had a lot of trouble just a-shooting pool
but I found me a Band that really needed a Singer.
La Dia de Pelo Malo
Toca gitares en la noche pero no despuers ayer
I play guitars at night, but not since yesterday
En manana yo le grito “Donde esta mi desayuno”?
In the morning I shout “Where is my breakfast”?
“Desayuno, desayuno! Donde esta mi mujer”?
“Breakfast, breakfast! Where is my woman”?
“Donde esta mi dinero? Donde esta mi choffer”?
“Where is my money? Where is my chauffeur?
Mi mujera! Mi mujera me leva
My woman! My woman left me.
Mi choffer tambien el me leva
My chauffer left me too.
Tocan mi dinero,
They took my money,
Tocan mi dinero y mi amor.
They took my money and my love.
Porque me pelo, mi pelo es el peor.
Because my hair, my hair is the very worst.
En todo de el mundo yo soy el mas guapo
In the whole world, I am the most handsome
Las mujeras me llaman “El Tigre” porque soy fuerte y rico.
The ladies call me “The Tiger” because I am strong and rich.
Y mi cara, y mi cara es mas hermosa de tuya
And my face, and my face is more handsome than yours
Pero mi pelo es el tipo de un feo gordo pero.
But my hair is the type found on an ugly fat dog.
Chorus
Algos hable una lengue, pero yo hablo los dos.
Some speak one language, but I speak them both.
Ingles y Espanola porque yo soy muy listo.
English and Spanish, because I am very smart.
Yo soy listo! Yo soy listo! Yo entiendo Espanol!
I am sharp! I am sharp! I understand Spanish!
Pero tu necessitas transducar porque tu no eres listo.
I like people like you who are very sharp.
Chorus
It Doesn’t Matter Anymore
Sitting in my room watching my T.V.
I see a lot of people. They don’t matter much to me.
Maybe I’m a killer, waiting to explode.
Maybe I’m just average, bored and growing old.
But I’m sitting in my room trying to figure out the score.
It doesn’t matter anymore…anymore.
Your picture’s in the paper for everyone to see.
And every New Edition sells another tragedy
But no one’s ever loved you and no one ever will
It seems like Mother Nature is going on the Pill
But I’m sitting in my room trying to even out the score
That doesn’t matter any more…anymore.
Out. Of. My. Way.
Out. Of. My…My..My…
Lately, I’ve been missing friends. I’m even missing yours.
They never really liked me, but that’s what friends are for.
I miss seeing people. I miss looting stores.
I miss drinking Cuervo and sleeping on your floor
But I’m getting really high and I’m listening to The Doors
It doesn’t matter any more…anymore.
Life goes on and on and on…
Any Kind of Lover
There’s one place that I’ve been where the night falls like a drunk man off his chair.
It’s so cruel and abusing but amusing to everyone who’s there.
Welcome to my town! It’s as big as it is round.
It’s as green as the ground (which is brown, I have found).
What I mean to say is welcome to my town!
And the Moon comes up and shines.
Turns the river into wine.
I’ll be fine if she’s any kind of lover.
Any kind of lover at all.
Old people walking their dogs watching young people
Laughing at the old folks who look just like their dogs.
It’s sad and it’s true that your views become confused
And you don’t know what to do because your dog looks just like you.
CHORUS
In the square there’s a Band and they’re famous in the Land.
They got a tuba and other instruments.
You’d think that they’d be wise and not wink at farmer’s wives
Now they’re running for their lives once again…
See them running through the fields with hounds upon their heels
How’s it feel to be any kind of lover?
Any kind of lover at all?
Wishing You Well
My beautiful
Lover
Who I chose over
Any other
Has left me in the nighttime
And I can be alone.
My soldier girl
Of many battles
Don’t lose sight now.
Don’t get rattled.
If it’s all over and done
Then it’s time to be alone.
But I’m wishing you well
Child of illusion.
And though you put me through Hell
I came back with solutions that plague me still.
And they always will.
Now the evening lets the Sun go down.
And the breeze through the willow
Plays and old song that
I sang with you
So long ago
But now I sing it alone.
CHORUS
I could forgive you
In the the end I could forgive you anything.
You’re not in love
But you pretend.
When you look in the mirror
In the end
If your lovers
Outnumber your friends
Then it’s time to be alone
I could forgive you anything…
Standing in the House
There comes a time in each man’s life
When he realizes that each day can’t be sunny and bright.
And I believe I’m gonna rain.
Thank you, Lord, for taking away my pain.
Well the Preacher said not to lose my faith because the Lord was watching me.
But with my tired old back and my lack-of-income tax, I’m not sure what He’d see.
But if I do my best for to pass the test and I rest eternally
I pray I’ll be forgiven
On the day that I’m through living
I’ll be standing in the house of the Lord.
And I’m gonna kneel, kneel and pray
Every hour of every day
I’m gonna kneel, kneel and pray
And I won’t be sad no more.
I’m gonna kneel, kneel and pray
Every hour of every day.
I know I’ll be forgiven
On the day that I’m through living
I’ll be standing in the house of the Lord.
Well the world is cold and a man can lose his soul
If he doesn’t know he’s loved.
But the Lord feels your pain when you’re standing the rain.
So have faith in God above.
There’s and ocean to be crossed and a swimmer could get lost.
But Faith and love is all you ever need to get across
And you know you’ll be forgiven
On the day that you’re through living.
You’ll be standing in the house of the Lord.
CHORUS
Well the Good Book says that, in the End
Be watchful for this Sign.
When the people bow and pray to the hero of the day
Then you’ll know that hero’s lying.
Children, don’t be misled by the living or the dead
Read it for yourself is what the Preacher said.
Don’t you know you’ll be forgiven
On the day that you’re through living
You’ll be standing in the house of the Lord.