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Robbie Robertson's |
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Robbie Robertson's |
| Storyville |
Copyright 1991 The David Geffen Company
Copyright 1991 Medicine Hat Music
Lyrics used without permission
Song List:
01 : Night Parade
02 : Hold Back The Dawn
03 : Go Back To Your
Woods
04 : Soap Box Preacher
05 : Day of Reckoning
(Burnin' For You)
06 : What About Now
07 : Shake This Town
08 : Breakin' The Rules
09 : Resurrection
10 : Sign Of The
Rainbow
You got lost in the crowd The waves of people in Chinatown Can't get behind this mystery Do you believe everything you see Just a shadow in the streetlight Just a shadow on the wall A silhouette, face in the darkness I've been waiting for the call Chorus: We'll go marching in the night parade We'll be marching in the night parade I combed the streets like cloak and dagger I put the word out on the waterfront We were living hard, living fast Outrunning ghosts from the past Just a shadow in the moonlight Just a shadow on the wall A silhouette, the kiss of death Did somebody take the fall Chorus Mary, Mary, Mary I'm knocking on your door Mary, Mary sanctuary can't see you no more From out of the past a stranger came And carried you away I stood on the corner, the scene of the crime And I could here her say Chorus We're living in a street opera Are we just living in a street opera Chorus Walking the night beat The rhythm of the street Moving to the heartbeat of the city Chorus
(C) 1991 Medicine Hat Music adm. by EMI April Music Inc. ASCAP
Hold Back The Dawn 5:27
(Robertson)
The sun was going down Over Echo Park Wet raven hair Glowing in the dark And that's when the fever would rise And lord what a look in her eyes From the moment that she blows out the light We'd be lost in the forever night Chorus: Hold back the dawn Hold back the dawn Won't you raise up your hand And hold back the dawn I dreamt if I could lay you upon this bed of straw We may break the rules but we don't break the law Come across but the river's too wide Come across but the river's too high Over by the fountain where we meet I will lay silver roses at your feet Chorus Now I have seen a painting Old and hanging in a frame And that painting was of you Now how can you explain From another place in time Done many years ago Why I'm haunted by this vision Guess we'll never know Then she turned and whispered in my ear Can you feel my heart beat Chorus Won't you raise Won't you raise up Won't you raise up your hand And hold back the dawn Chorus
(C) 1991 Medicine Hat Music adm. by EMI April Music Inc. ASCAP
Go Back To Your Woods 4:50
(Robertson/Hornsby)
Hide in the bayou under the gun Been to the house of the rising sun Come down here trying to make a connection Must have a bad sense of direction Chorus: Go back go back to your woods Go back go back go back to your woods Carry a torch and an old stiletto The sound of thunder all over the ghetto One-eyed jacks and king with the axe Come from the wrong side of the tracks Chorus When the night goes down on Storyville If the women don't get ya, the music will Catch a thrill You come down here in a four piece suit Pork pie hat and the alligator boots Keep jerking rabbits outta your hat Now can ya pull a disappearing act Chorus When the night goes down on Storyville If the women don't get ya, the music will Catch a thrill Go back go back to your woods...
(C) 1991 Medicine Hat Music adm. by EMI April Music Inc. Zappo Music adm. by Bob-A-Lew Songs ASCAP
Soap Box Preacher 5:19
(Robertson)
Soap box preacher standing on the corner And all the people they would gather round You speak of faith with a blaze of glory But those that fear they wanna knock you down Nobody knows where you live Where do you go in the naked night All of the prophets that come before you They can hear your lonesome cry When you're out there in the night All alone When you're staring in the light At the end of the road Chorus: In those proud shoes, coming on up the alley In those proud shoes, walks all over the sky Then he tipped his hat just like Don Quixote And said don't let the rapture pass you by Heard a bugle blowing in the misty morning What a haunting sound over Times Square Heard of the ghost of 52nd Street Looked out the door but no one was there Out in the cold Harlem rain I went looking for this minstrel man Played me a song to ease the pain With a Salvation Army band When you're out there on the dark All alone When you're sleeping in the park At the end of the road Chorus In the neon wilderness and the ashphalt jungle He carries his cross of passion Through the wreckage and the rumble Chorus: In those proud shoes, coming on up the alley In those proud shoes, walks all over the sky Then he tipped his hat just like Don Quixote And said don't let the rapture Don't let the rapture pass you by Don't let it pass you by
(C) 1991 Medicine Hat Music adm. by EMI April Music Inc. ASCAP
Day of Reckoning (Burnin For You)
6:45
(Robertson/Ricketts)
In this dusty little railroad town Smack in the heart of the bible belt Where nothing ever changes While nothing remains the same When first I saw the raven Lean against the wind I said who's the girl With the tattoo on her skin I followed her home She lives down by the water My friend Teddy told me She's the Frenchman's daughter On this day of reckoning I'm riding shotgun with you Tangled twisted strands of love Hanging from above Chorus: I'm burnin for you Burnin for you We were first time lovers In a secret rendezvous Burnin, burnin Burnin for you When I come knocking on her front door The neighbour said she don't live there no more Well she moved from the country down to the city Where the scene was dark And the street was gritty In the hustle and bustle and all the commotion She got addicted to the locomotion On this day of reckoning By the old wooden bridge I wait for you Tangled twisted strands of love Hanging from above Chorus I remember the smell of the burning leaves And we were making love She was like a young Georgia O'Keefe From another time In an old abandoned railroad shack On should never go Where anything can happen When the zephyr blows On this day of reckoning I'm calling to you Tangled twisted strands of love Hanging from above Chorus The phone rings she said I can't tell you where I'm calling from Cause my papa's on the lam For something shady that he's done There hangs a tale of love For the first time For the first time
(C) 1991 Medicine Hat Music adm. by EMI April Music Inc. /48/11 Music adm. Almo Music Corp. ASCAP
What About Now 5:10
(Robertson/Neville)
There's gonna be a change of season Indian summer look around and it's gone Why you wanna save the best for last We grow up so slowly and grow old so fast We don't talk about forever We just catch it while we can And if I grab on to the moment Don't let it slip away out of my hand Chorus: What about now Forget about tomorrow It's too far away What about now Close your eyes Don't talk of yesterday It's too far away, too far away What about now I'm coming out of the shadows I'm getting of of this one way street Blue memories they just gather dust Leave them in the rain they turn into rust Did you see the march to freedom Did you ever see savannah moon All the people walking in a line said to the man, is it my time? Chorus In the walk of a lifetime When you know it's the right time I can't wait until the ship comes in I can't wait starting all over again The errors of a wise man Make the rules for a fool Chorus
Shake This Town 5:23
(Robertson)
I see the people standing on the shore I see the big chief standing on the shore I ask my mama what they're crying for I saw a black cloud hanging in the sky I saw a big black cloud hanging in the sky I ask my papa when will it roll by Oh we're standing on the edge of the world Oh we're standing out here On the edge of the world Chorus: Come on brother we gonna shake this town Come on sister we gonna shake this town Come on children we gonna shake this town Down to the ground Can't draw no water no more From the drinking well Can't grow no corn no more out here on my land We're at the mercy of the government man Then I followed you followed you we did pray How can you promise me promise me Come what may Where you gonna turn to on a judgement day Oh we're standing on the edge of the world Oh we're standing out here On the edge of the world Chorus That's the story
(C)1991 Medicine Hat Music adm. by EMI April Music Inc.ASCAP
Breakin The Rules 5:50
(Robertson)
I tried to reach you On Valentine's Day But how can I reach you When you're so far away Don't make me a victim Don't make me the clown With my arms reaching out And my head hanging down Chorus: We can't go on Touching the flame Breakin the rules Of the game I bring you this cross I carved out of wood I'm just trying to tell you That I'd change if I could Grew up on the west side Never even been to the east side Don't know what they do with their lives Over there - over there We can't go on Hiding the pain Breakin the rules Of the game We can't go on Living in shame Breakin the rules Of the game
(C) 1991 Medicine Hat Music adm. by EMI April Music Inc. ASCAP
When you grow up on blue highways And that's what you call home All the people would stop and stare At this old orphan of the road In the beginning they did not believe me But they believe me now Tell my mama and tell my papa I wish they could see me now Chorus: I'm coming back For the resurrection For the resurrection I'm coming back For the resurrection For the resurrection You're an outcast in a land of strangers And that'a a cardinal sin Make a break for the outside world And they won't let you in If you get lost out on Coney Island Tell all my friends hello That's where I learned the rules of the game They taught me all I know Chorus You were drowning in a sea of laughter Tears were in your eyes When you found out what you were after I could see your spirit rise Chorus
(C) 1991 Medicine Hat Music adm. by EMI April Music Inc. ASCAP
Sign Of The Rainbow 5:26
(Robertson/Page)
When I got back to my hometown I saw the ghosts of yesterday And my godmother bless her soul She still lives down this way Remember when I was just a kid And she would tell a story Of the rainbow Rainbow I come to you with an empty heart It's locked and I've lost the key Now she was old and almost blind But she sees more than you or me With her cane pointed towards the sky She said I'll know if you've heard The silence between the words Of the rainbow Rainbow No one knows Where the rainbow goes Walk down the long road Your back against the wind Where you can lose yourself again I've been down the old road But that was long ago I want you to walk with me When the rains come again And shine this light over you Rainbow That's the sign of the rainbow Walk on down the hard road That's buried in your soul And you can feel the light within Go upon the mountain That's painted in the sky I want you to ride with me When the rains come again And I will carry you home Walkin to the rainbow The halo of the sun And you will dance the song of light I could see forever High upon the hill I want you to walk with me When the rains come again And shine this light over you Rainbow Rainbow