Early Morning Rain [G.Lightfoot]
In the early morning rain
with a dollar in my hand
With an aching in my heart
and my pockets full of sand
I'm a long way from home
and I miss my loved one so
In the early morning rain
with no place to go
Out on runway number nine
big 707 set to go
But I'm stuck here on the
grass where the cold winds they do blow
And where whiskey was and
bars and the women they were fine
There she goes my friend,
she rolling down at last
Here the mighty engines roar,
see the silver bird on high
She's away and westward
bound, far above the clouds she'll fly
There the morning rain don't
fall and the sun always shines
She'll be flying over my
home in about three hours time
This old airport's got me
down it ain't no earthy good to me
Because I'm stuck here on
the ground, cold and drunk as I can be
You can't hop a jet plane
like you can a railroad train
So I'd best be on my way
in the early morning rain
Easy To Love You [Mydland/Barlow]
Good, good morning, so good
to see you weren't just a dream of mine
Real as a raven, real as
thunder, real as the sun shinin'
But still so very undefined
Can't imagine what's behind
those sleepy eyes
Little stranger, don't try
to hide now
You look so young when you're
afraid
There is no danger, but
from the devil
He may want you, but I'm
in his way
You don't know how easy it
is
You don't know how easy
it is to love you
And come the moonrise when
the dew falls
Don't be the sun that fades
away
Don't leave me darkness,
she's no lover, she hides the day
Easy Wind [Hunter]
I been ballin' a shiny black
steel jack-hammer,
Been chippin' up rocks for
the great highway.
I'll live five years if
I take my time,
Ballin' that jack and drinkin'
my wine.
I been chippin' them rocks
from dawn till doom
While my rider hide my bottle
in the other room.
Doctor say better stop ballin'
that jack,
If I live five years I gonna
bust my back, yes I will.
[Chorus]
Easy wind cross the Bayou
today,
'Cause there's a whole
lotta women, Mama,
Out in red on the streets
today.
And the river keeps a-talkin',
But you never heard a word
it said.
Gotta find a woman be good
to me,
Won't hide my liquor, try
to serve me tea.
'Cause I'm a stone jack
baller and my heart is true
And I'll give everything
that I got to you, yes I will.
[Chorus]
Easy wind going cross the
Bayou today.
There's a whole lotta women
Out on the streets in red
today;
And the river keeps a-talkin',
But you never heard a word
it said.
The Eleven [Lesh/Hunter]
High green chilly winds and
windy vines
In loops around the twined
shafts of lavender,
They're crawling to the
sun.
Underfoot the ground is patched
With climbing arms of ivy
wrapped around the manzanita,
Stark and shiny in the breeze.
Wonder who will water all
the children of the garden
When they sigh about the
barren lack of rain and
Droop so hungry 'neath the
sky.
William Tell has stretched
his bow till it won't stretch
No furthermore and/or it
may require a change
That hasn't come before.
No more time to tell how,
this is the season of what,
Now is the time of returning
with our thought
Jewels polished and gleaming.
Now is the time past believing
the child has relinquished the rein,
Now is the test of the boomerang
tossed in the night of redeeming.
Eight sided whispering hallelujah
hatrack,
Seven faced marble eyed
transitory dream doll,
Six proud walkers on the
jingle bell rainbow,
Five men writing with fingers
of gold,
Four men tracking down the
great white sperm whale,
Three girls waiting in a
foreign dominion
Riding in the whalebelly,
fade away in moonlight,
Sink beneath the waters
to the coral sands below.
El Paso [Marty Robbins]
Out in the West Texas town
of El Paso
I fell in love with a Mexican
girl.
Nighttime would find me
in Rose's Cantina,
Music would play and Felina
would whirl.
Black as the night were the
eyes of Felina,
Wicked and evil while casting
a spell.
My love was strong for this
Mexican maiden,
I was in love, but in vain
I could tell.
[Bridge]
One night a wild young cowboy
came in,
wild as the West Texas wind.
Dashing and daring, a drink
he was sharing,
With wicked Felina, the
girl that I love, so in anger
I challenged his right for
the love of this maiden;
Down went his hand for the
gun that he wore.
My challenge was answered,
in less than a heartbeat
The handsome young stranger
lay dead on the floor.
Just for a moment I stood
there in silence,
Shocked by the foul evil
deed I had done.
Many thoughts ran through
my mind as I stood there;
I had but one chance and
that was to run.
[Bridge]
Out through the back door
of Rose's I ran,
Out where the horses were
tied.
I picked a good one; he
looked like he could run,
Up on his back and away
I did ride, just as fast as I
Could from the West Texas
town of El Paso,
Out thru the badlands of
New Mexico.
Back in El Paso my life
would be worthless;
Everything's gone in life
nothing is left.
[Jam]
But it's been so long since
I've seen the young maiden,
My love is stronger that
my fear of death.
[Bridge]
I saddled up and away I
did go, riding alone in the dark.
Maybe tomorrow a bullet
may find me,
Tonight nothing's worse
than this pain in my heart, & as last here I
Am on the hill overlooking
El Paso,
I can see Rose's Cantina
below.
My love is strong and it
pushes me onward,
Down off the hill to Felina
I go.
Off to my right I see five
mounted cowboys,
Off to my left ride a dozen
or more.
Shouting and shooting; I
can't let them catch me,
I've got to make it to Rose's
back door.
[Bridge]
Something is dreadfully
wrong for I a feel
A deep burning pain in my
side.
It's getting harder to stay
in the saddle.
I'm getting weary, unable
to ride, but my love for
Felina is strong and I rise
where I've fallen;
Though I am weary, I can't
stop to rest.
I see the white puff of
smoke from the rifle,
I feel the bullet go deep
in my chest.
From out of nowhere, Felina
has found me,
Kissing my cheek as she
kneels by my side.
Cradled by two loving arms
that I'll die for,
One little kiss and Felina
goodbye.
Empty Pages [?]
Empty pages before my eyes,
you not deny or criticize
Empty bedrooms where I paid
my dues
Watching the ceiling instead
of you
Can you tell me where you're
goin', can't hold on to hear my song
I've got some songs I'd
love to sing
Always bring down some other
thing
Where can I go my hands
are broken
It seems like your love
is just a token, why won't you stay with me?
Up in the morning and out
the door
She won't come in I gotta
live alone
Back in the evening with
the darn poor fool out
I got on mind just this
gal, just this gal.
Estimated Prophet [Weir/Barlow]
My time coming, anyday, don't
worry about me, no.
Been so long I felt this
way, ain't in no hurry, no.
Rainbows end down that highway,
where ocean breezes blow.
My time coming, voices saying;
they tell me where to go.
Don't worry about me, oh,
no, no, don't worry about me, no.
And I'm in no hurry, oh,
no, no, no. I know where to go.
[Bridge]
California, preaching on
the burning shore
California, I'll be knocking
on the golden door
Like an angel, standing
in a shaft of light
Risin' up to paradise, I
know I'm gonna shine.
My time coming, anyday, don't
worry about me, no.
It's gonna be just like
they say; them voices tell me so.
Seems so long I felt this
way, and time sure passin' slow.
Still I know I lead the
way; they tell me where I go.
Don't worry about me, oh,
no, no, don't worry about me, no.
And I'm in no hurry, oh,
no, no, I know where to go.
[Bridge]
California, a prophet on
the burning shore
California, I'll be knocking
on the golden door
Like an angel, standing
in a shaft of light
Rising up to paradise, I
know I'm gonna shine.
You've all been asleep, you
would not believe me.
Them voices tellin' me,
you will soon receive me.
We're standin' on the beach;
the sea will part before me.
Fire wheel burning in the
air.
You will follow me, and
we will ride to glory.
Way up, the middle of the
air.
And I'll call down thunder
and speak the same.
And my work fills the sky
with flame.
And might and glory gonna
be my name,
And men gonna light my way.
My time coming, anyday, don't
worry about me, no.
It's gonna be just like
they say, them voices tell me so.
Seems so long I felt this
way, and time sure passin' slow.
My time coming, anyday,
don't worry about me, no.
Don't worry about me, oh,
no, no, don't worry about me, no.
And I'm in no hurry, oh,
no, no, don't worry about me, no.
No, no, no, don't worry
'bout me, no.
[Jam]
Eternity [Bob Weir and Willie Dixon]
I'm lookin' out my window
Watch the clouds go by
I look to see eternity
The endless rolling sky
You cannot think of eternity
Thinkin' it like time
You try to think, you try
to count
You just mess up your mind
Eternity, eternity
Baby, I love you, you love
me
Let's love each other through
eternity
Since before man could see
There was eternity
After man is come and gone
Eternity lingers on, eternity
lingers on
Everything crawl, creep,
or fly
Just live until they die
I love you, you love me
Let's love each other through
eternity
Eternity, eternity
I love you, you love me
Let's love each other through
eternity
Through eternity
Well I think about life,
we don't know
Whether it all could be
in vain
Look through time, it's
for sure
It's the greatest gift to
man
Music and Love, you can't
explain
Try and understand
The greatest thing could
ever be
We make love through eternity
Eternity, eternity
When the world (be all it
be?)
Think that we are gone
We'll still have our place
in peace
Our love will linger on,
linger on
We won't care just what (who
say?)
If it's truth or lie
We'll still have our greatest
gift
Love won't ever die
Love won't ever die
No, never die
Love won't ever die
Never, never
Never die
Eyes Of The World [Garcia/Hunter]
Right outside this lazy summer
home
You ain't got time to call
your soul a critic no.
Right outside the lazy gate
of winter's summer home,
Wings a mile long, just
carried the bird away.
[Chorus]
Wake up to find out that
you are the eyes of the world, But
The heart has it's beaches
it's homeland and thoughts of it's own.
Wake now, discover that
you are the song that the mornin' brings,
But the heart has it's seasons,
it's evenin's and songs of it's own.
There comes a redeemer, and
he slowly too fades away,
And there follows his wagon
behind him that's loaded with clay.
And the seeds that were
silent all burst into bloom, and decay,
And night comes so quiet,
its close on the heels of the day.
[Chorus]
Sometimes we live no particular
way but our own,
And sometimes we visit your
country and live in your home,
Sometimes we ride on your
horses, sometimes we walk alone,
Sometimes the songs that
we hear are just songs of our own.
[Chorus]
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