Quattro (World Drifts In)
(originally by Calexico)
Love the run but not the race All alone in a silent way World drifts in and the world’s a stranger In a light, eclipsed and alienated In a time, occupied and invaded Can’t tell what’s right, better hit the ground running In the hills where the tall weed grows Hands are tied and won’t let go Can’t escape this place without leaving the world behind In a light, ashamed and humiliated In a time, sacrificed for the sake of trade The soul is bent, feels the weight of truth Falling through Left behind, no choice but to run to the mountains Where no poppies grow, you have to hit the ground running In a light, paralyzed and spirits fading Out of time, must decide to fall or run Into the eye, of the storm no sign or omen Make it right, or fall to the other side Where fields are burning You’ll always hit the ground running Running Running
The Price of Love
(originally by The Everly Brothers)
Wine is sweet and gin is bitter Drink while you can but you won’t forget her You talk too much, you laugh too loud You see her face in every crowd That’s the price of love, the price of love The debt you pay with tears and pain The price of love, the price of love It costs you more when you’re to blame Kiss one girl, kiss another Kiss 'em all but you won’t recover You’re dancin' slow, you’re dancin' fast You’re happy now but that won’t last That’s the price of love, the price of love The debt you pay with tears and pain The price of love, the price of love It costs you more when you’re to blame That’s the price of love, the price of love The debt you pay with tears and pain The price of love, the price of love It costs you more when you’re to blame Wine is sweet and gin is bitter Drink while you can but you won’t forget her You won’t forget her
Go Your Way
(originally by Anne Briggs)
Drawing water from the well Spilling over on the grass Walking home, my heart is filled with pain Woe is me Go your way, my love Go your way, my love As I wander through the trees Picking off the windy leaves Thinking where you may be sleeping now I wanna die Go your way, my love Go your way, my love As I sit mending your clothes That you will never ever wear Cooking daily for you, I do prepare But woe is me Go your way, my love Go your way, my love Go your way, my love Go your way, my love Is there war in some far land? And have you gone to lend your hand? And do you lie, broken and dying now? I wanna die Go your way, my love Go your way, my love Drawing water from the well Spilling over on the grass Walking home, my heart is filled with pain Woe is me Go your way, my love Go your way, my love Go your way, my love Go your way, my love
Trouble with My Lover
(originally by Betty Harris)
Sometimes I get lonesome Sometimes I get a little blue He’s got me walking around in circles And I don’t know what to do What good is love You can’t have it when you want it What good is love if you If you can’t own it Love can be so good And love can be so cruel Love can make you happy Love can make you blow your cool But when he puts his arms around me Way in the middle of the dark You know he fills me up with a kind of delight Ooh the mans all right (Trouble with my lover) I’m in a world of trouble (Trouble with my lover) I’m in a world of trouble I feel so helpless I can’t help myself I don’t want to see him, oh no With nobody else In the restless hours I sit home alone I wish I could meet him oh This man I love But when he puts his arms around me Way in the middle of the dark You know he fills me up with a kind of delight Ooh the mans all right (Trouble with my lover) I’m in trouble (Trouble with my lover) I’m in a world of trouble (Trouble with my lover) Mmm (Trouble with my lover) I’m in a world of trouble
Searching For My Love
(originally by Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces)
Searching, searching for my baby Yes, I am Searching, searching for my baby Yes, I am Searching, searching for my baby Searching, searching for my baby I’m searching, searching for my baby I’m searching, searching for my love I’m searching for the one I adore And if I find her, you know I will I’ll never let her go, now baby No, no, no, no, no, no, no Searching, searching for my baby I’ll never, never let her go now, my baby Searching, searching for my baby I love you, I need you I need you by my side For my love, my own true love I’ll never, never hide now, baby No, no, no, no, no Searching, searching for my baby I’ll never, never hide now, baby Searching, searching for my baby Oh yeah Searching, searching for my baby Searching, searching for my baby I wonder, oh I wonder why You had to leave me this way I’m sorry, darling Oh that I made you cry Oh forgive me, love For the things I’ve done to you Oh, come on, come on Come on, give me one more try Oh searching, baby (Searching, searching for my baby) I’m searching, searching for my love (Searching, searching for my baby) Searching for the one that I adore (Searching, searching for my baby) When I find her I’ll never let her go, now baby (Searching, searching for my baby) No, no, no, no, no, no, no (Searching, searching for my baby) I’ll never let her go, now baby (Searching, searching for my baby) No, no, no, no, no, no, no (Searching, searching for my baby) Oh! (Searching, searching for my baby) No, no, no, no, no, no, no (Searching, searching for my baby) Oh! (Searching, searching for my baby) Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no (Searching, searching for my baby) (Searching, searching for my baby)
Can’t Let Go
(originally by Lucinda Williams)
Told you, baby, one more time Don’t make me sit all alone and cry Well, it’s over, I know it but I can’t let go I’m like a fish out of water, a cat in a tree You don’t even want to talk to me Well, it’s over, I know it but I can’t let go He won’t take me back when I come around Says he’s sorry then he pulls me out I got a big chain around my neck And I’m broken down like a train wreck Well, it’s over, I know it but I can’t let go See I got a candle and it burns so bright In my window every night Well, it’s over, I know it but I can’t let go You don’t like to see me standing around Feel like I been shot and didn’t fall down Well, it’s over, I know it but I can’t let go He won’t take me back when I come around Says he’s sorry then he pulls me out I got a big chain around my neck And I’m broken down like a train wreck Well, it’s over, I know it but I can’t let go Turn off the trouble like you turn off a light Went off and left me, it just ain’t right Well, it’s over I know it but I can’t let go Around every corner, something I see Brings me right back how it used to be Well, it’s over, I know it but I can’t let go He won’t take me back when I come around Says he’s sorry then he pulls me out I got a big chain around my neck And I’m broken down like a train wreck Well, it’s over, I know it but I can’t let go He won’t take me back when I come around Says he’s sorry then he pulls me out I got a big chain around my neck And I’m broken down like a train wreck Well, it’s over, I know it but I can’t let go It’s over, I know it but I can’t let go It’s over, I know it but I can’t let go It’s over, I know it but I can’t let go
It Don’t Bother Me
(originally by Bert Jansch)
To be exposed in all my strife You gaze upon my troubled life But it don’t bother me What you see You take my name and hang it high You paint my picture with colored lies But it don’t bother me What you do You twist my words like plaited reeds To mark your gain and help your needs But it don’t bother me What you say What truth is told of who I am Shall break the silence of waters calm But it don’t bother me Who I am But if you were a beggar boy You’d sing of riches you could enjoy But it, it don’t bother me What they are I’m a thinkin' now, I’d rather hide Or turn my back or stand aside But it, it don’t bother me What I do 'Cause it don’t bother me
You Led Me to The Wrong
(originally by Ola Belle Reed)
Oh me Oh my You led me to the wrong Some people born with silver and gold Others have husbands and wives I never had a thing in this whole wide wicked world And now, I’m losing my life And now, I’m losing my life You promised me that we would be wed On this I’d laid my money down You were seen courtin' my best friend You caused me to shoot him down You caused me to shoot him down The love of a woman is bitter, but it’s sweet Even though she turns him down The price I have to pay may come to you some day And you’ll in the sea of sorrow drown And you’ll in the sea of sorrow drown Well, they say I have a right to my very last few words Before they let the scaffold down A man has to fight for what he thinks is right Even if it puts him in the ground Even if it puts him in the ground Oh me Oh my You led me to the wrong
Last Kind Words Blues
(originally by Geeshie Wiley)
The last kind words I heard my daddy say Lord, the last kind words I heard my daddy say If I die, if I die in the German war I want you to send my body, send it to my mother, Lord If I get killed, if I get killed, please don’t bury my soul I prefer you leave me out, let the buzzards eat me whole When you see me comin', look 'cross the rich man’s field If I don’t bring you flour, I’ll bring you bolted meal I went to the depot, I looked up at the sun Cried some train don’t come, there’ll be some walkin' done My mama told me, just before she died Lord, precious daughter, don’t you be so wild The Mississippi river, you know it’s deep and wide I can stand right here, see my babe from the other side What you do to me baby, never gets outta me I may not see you after I cross the deep blue sea
High and Lonesome
Take me down, down to the river Lift me high, up on the flood And there will be no turning back And I must find my love I must find my love I must find my love Well, now, meet me in the bottom With the serpents and the vine And I must shout out loud Will she still be mine? Will she still be mine? Will she still be mine? I shall not rest upon the highway I will not tire nor despair I shall conspire, I will be there I’ll make a deal, I’ll dance in hell I’ll sing out loud and louder yell I will open every, every door, yeah Unconversated, out in the wild words With the lion and the dove And if I should lose my mind There, I must find my love There, I must find my love There, I must find my love Leave me high, high on the mountain With the naked and the free And if I should bare my soul Would she still care for me? Would she still care for me? Would she still care for me? Would she still care for me? I shall not rest upon the highway I will not tire nor despair (I will not tire nor despair) I shall conspire, I will be there I’ll make a deal, I’ll dance in hell I’ll sing out loud and louder yell (I’ll sing out loud and yell) I will open every door, oh I’m lost out on the ocean I will calm the seven seas So all alone, so high and lonesome Does she still think of me? Does she still think of me? Does she still think of me?
Going Where the Lonely Go
(originally by Merle Haggard)
Rolling with the flow Going where the lonely go Anywhere the lights are low Going where the lonely go Making up things to do Not running in all directions trying to find you I’m just rolling with the flow Going where the lonely go I’ve got to keep going I can’t lay down Sleep won’t hardly come Where there’s loneliness all around I’ve got to keep going Traveling down this lonesome road I’ll be rolling with the flow Going where the lonely go I’ve got to keep going I can’t lay down 'Cause sleep won’t hardly come Where there’s loneliness all around I’ve got to keep going Traveling down this lonesome road I’ll be rolling with the flow Going where the lonely go
Somebody Was Watching Over Me
(originally by Pops Staples)
I’ve been shot up and shook down I’ve been turned away and turned around Nobody to call my own In this mean, old world alone Many many months I cried Somebody was on my side Down in my soul I knew Someway that I’d get through Looking back, now I see Somebody was watching over me Somebody was watching Somebody was watching Well, I’ve been locked up and locked down I’ve been used and abused Didn’t know if I was uptown or downtown You know my life was so confused Living in a state of depression Something save me from my obsession My strength was put to the test My weakness put to rest Looking back, now I see Somebody was watching over Somebody was watching Somebody was watching Somebody was watching Somebody was watching over me Somebody was watching Somebody was watching Somebody was watching Somebody was watching over me Somebody was watching Somebody was watching Now my bad times is better than the Good times used to be Somebody was watching Somebody was watching Somebody was watching Somebody was watching There was a time when Peace, I could not find Nothing to call my own No job, no car, no home Staying in a one room shack All I had was the clothes on my back Each day my only plan Had a bottle in my hand Looking back, now I see Somebody was watching over me Somebody was watching Somebody was watching Somebody was watching Somebody was watching over me Somebody was watching Somebody was watching Somebody was watching Somebody was watching over me Somebody was watching Somebody was watching Now my bad times is better than the Good times used to be Somebody was watching Somebody was watching Somebody was watching Somebody was watching Somebody was watching Somebody was watching Somebody was watching Somebody was watching Somebody was watching Somebody was watching Somebody was watching Somebody was watching Somebody was watching Somebody was watching Somebody was watching Somebody was watching Somebody was watching Somebody was watching
My Heart Would Know
(originally by Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys)
I could say it’s over now That I was glad to see you go I could hate you for the way I’m feeling My lips could tell a lie, but my heart would know It’s a sin to make me cry When you know I love you so I could tell my heart that I don’t miss you My lips could tell a lie, but my heart would know I could give you all the blame But I’m sure the truth would show I could tell this world I’ve found a new love My lips could tell a lie, but my heart would know I can’t fool my crying heart 'Cause it knows I need you so I could tell my heart I’m glad we parted My lips could tell a lie, but my heart would know
You Can’t Rule Me
(originally by Lucinda Williams)
You know I’ve got a right To talk about what I see The way too much is going wrong Right in front of me You can’t rule me You can’t rule me You can’t take my money and try to rule me too You might expect for me to follow But I ain’t gonna fall in line I tell you what, this much I know The dotted line a-ain’t been signed You can’t rule me You can’t rule me You can’t take my soul and try to rule me too Oh, take it on! You might beat me, you might cheat me And try to make me change my mind You might stick me, you might trick me I’m gonna tell you one last time You can’t rule me You can’t rule me You can’t take my money and try to rule me too You wanna go ahead and tell me what’s good for me You wanna tell me what I’m paying for The game is fixed and it’s plain to see I ain’t playing you no more You can’t rule me You can’t rule me You can’t take my soul and try to rule me too Yeah, man, I’ve got a right To talk about what I see The way too much is going wrong Right in front of me You can’t rule me You can’t rule me You can’t take my money and try to rule me too Let’s go!