S/2
Shakedown Street [Garcia/Hunter]
You tell me this town ain't
got no heart.
Well, well, well, you can
never tell.
The sunny side of the street
is dark.
Well, well, well, you can
never tell.
Maybe that's cause it's midnight,
and the dark of the moon besides.
Maybe the dark is from your
eyes (maybe the dark is from your eyes).
Maybe the dark is from your
eyes (maybe the dark is from your eyes).
Maybe the dark is from your
eyes (maybe the dark is from your eyes).
You know you got such dark
eyes.
[Chorus]
Nothin' shakin' on Shakedown
Street; used to be the heart of town.
Don't tell me
this town ain't got no heart.
You just gotta
poke around.
You think you've seen this
town clear through.
Well, well, well, you can
never tell.
Nothin' here that could
int'rest you.
Well, well, well, you can
never tell.
It's not because you missed
out on the thing that we had to start.
Maybe you had too much too
fast (maybe you had too much too fast).
Maybe you had too much too
fast (maybe you had too much too fast).
Maybe you had too much too
fast (maybe you had too much too fast).
Or just overplayed your
part.
[Chorus]
[Jam on verse, bridge, &
chorus chords]
Since I'm passin' your way
today,
Well, well, well, you can
never tell.
I just stopped in 'cause
I want to say:
Well, well, well, you can
never tell.
[Bridge]
I recall your darkness when
it crackled like a thunder cloud.
Don't tell me this town
ain't got no heart (Don't tell me this...)
Don't tell me this town
ain't got no heart (Don't tell me this...)
Don't tell me this town
ain't got no heart (Don't tell me this...)
When I can hear it beat
out loud.
She Belongs To Me [Bob Dylan]
She's got everything she
needs, she's an artist, she don't look back.
She's got everything she
needs, she's an artist, she don't look back.
She'll take the dark out
of the nighttime, & paint the daytime black.
You will start out standing,
proud to steal anything she sees.
You will start out standing,
proud to steal anything she sees.
And wind up peeking through
a keyhole, down upon your knees.
She'll never stumble, she's
got no place to fall.
She'll never stumble, she's
got no place to fall.
She's nobody's child, the
law can't touch her at all.
[Jam]
She wears an Egyptian ring,
that sparkles before she speaks.
She wears an Egyptian ring,
that sparkles before she speaks.
She's a hypnotist collector,
you are a walking antique.
Bow down to her on Sunday,
salute her when her birthday comes.
Bow down to her on Sunday,
salute her when her birthday comes.
For Halloween give her a
trumpet, and for Christmas give her drums.
She's got everything she
needs, she's an artist, she don't look back.
She's got everything she
needs, she's an artist, she don't look back.
She'll take the dark out
of the nighttime, & paint the daytime black.
She's Mine [?]
Well she's little and she's
low, right down on the ground
Well the way she acts makes
a rabbit huddle 'round
She's mine, well she's mine
little and low crippled and she's blind
Everybody's laughin' where
I go 'cause I'm leading my old lady
Down the road, but she's
mine
Well she's mine little and
low poor child crippled and blind
She's my baby crippled and
blind
She's still my girl, she's
mine
Shining Star [Leo Graham and
Paul Richmond]
Honey you are my shining
star, don't you go away.
Wanna be right here where
you are, till my dying day.
Honey you're trying, trying
to find a love that blows your mind
Girl don't you realize,
I've been hypnotized trying to love you
all the time
Honey I never been
lonely. I feel my love to you only.
To you only, to you
only.
[Chorus]
Feels so good when we're
lying next to each other lost in love
And baby when we touch never
so much you're all I ever could love
Feels so good when we're
lying next to each other lost in love
And baby when we touch never
so much you're all I ever could love
Ship of Fools [Garcia/Hunter]
Went to see the captain,
strangest I could find,
Laid my proposition down,
laid it on the line.
I won't slave for beggar's
pay, likewise gold and jewels,
But I would slave to learn
the way to sink your ship of fools.
Ship of fools on a cruel
sea, ship of fools sail away from me.
It was later than I thought
when I first believed you,
Now I cannot share your
laughter, ship of fools.
Saw your first ship sink
and drown, from rockin' of the boat,
And all that could not sink
or swim was just left there to float.
I won't leave you drifting
down, but woh it makes me wild,
With thirty years upon my
head to have you call me child.
Ship of fools on a cruel
sea, ship of fools sail away from me.
It was later than I thought
when I first believed you,
Now I cannot share your
laughter, ship of fools.
The bottles stand as empty,
as they were filled before.
Time there was and plenty,
but from that cup no more.
Though I could not caution
all, I still might warn a few:
Don't lend your hand to
raise no flag atop no ship of fools.
Ship of fools on a cruel
sea, ship of fools sail away from me.
It was later than I thought,
when I first believed you,
Now I cannot share your
laughter, ship of fools.
It was later than I thought
when I first believed you,
Now I cannot share your
laughter, ship of fools.
Silver Threads
and Golden Needles [D.Reynolds/J.Rhodes]
I grew up in ragged gingham,
where love is a sacred thing
You grew up in silk and
satins, where love's just a passing thing
I know now you never loved
me, oh I know I was just a fool
To think your pride would
let you play love by the golden rule
[Chorus]
Silver threads and golden
needles cannot mend this heart of mine
And I dare not drown my
sorrow in the warm glow of your wine
You can't buy my love with
money 'cause I ain't never been that kind
Silver threads and golden
needles cannot mend this heart of mine
[Jam]
I don't want your lonely
mansion with a tear in every room
All I want's the love you've
promised once beneath the haloed moon
But you think I should be
happy with your money and your name
Sit alone and bide my sorrows
while you play love's cheating game
[Chorus]
Silver threads and golden
needles cannot mend this heart of mine
And I dare not drown my
sorrow in the warm glow of your wi---ne
You can't buy my love with
money 'cause I ain't never been that kind
Silver threads and golden
needles cannot mend this heart of mine
[Chorus]
Silver threads and golden
needles cannot mend this heart of mine
And I dare not drown my
sorrow in the warm glow of your wi---ne
You can't buy my love with
money 'cause I ain't never been that kind
Silver threads and golden
needles cannot me--nd this heart of mine
Simple Twist Of Fate
[Dylan]
They sat together in the
park as the evening sky grew dark
She looked at him and he
felt a spark tingle to his bones
Twas then he felt alone
and wished that he'd gone straight
And watched out for a simple
twist of fate
They walked along by the
old canal, a little confused I remember well
And stopped into a strange
hotel with a neon burnin' bright
He felt the heat of the
night hit him like a freight train
Moving with a simple twist
of fate
[Jam]
A saxophone someplace far
off played as she was walkin' by the arcade
As the light bust through
a beat-up shade where he was wakin' up
She dropped a coin into
the cup of the blind man at the gate
And forgot about a simple
twist of fate
He woke up, the room was
bare, he didn't see her anywhere
He told himself he didn't
care pushed the window open wide
Felt an emptiness inside
to which he just could not relate
Brought on by a simple twist
of fate
[Jam]
He hears the ticking of the
clocks
And walks along with a parrot
that talks
Hunts her down by the waterfront
docks where the sailors all come in
Maybe she'll pick him out
again, how long must he wait
Once more for a simple twist
of fate
People tell me it's a sin,
to know and feel too much within
I still believe she was
my twin, but I lost the ring
She was born in the spring,
but I was born too late
Blame it on a simple twist
of fate
Blame it on a simple twist
of fate.
Sing Me Back Home [Merle
Haggard]
The warden led the prisoner
down the hallway to his doom.
I stood up to say goodbye
like all the rest.
And I heard him tell the
warden just before they reached my cell.
Let my guitar playin' friend
fill my request.
[Chorus]
Sing me back home a song
I used to hear.
Make my old memories come
alive.
Sing me away and turn back
the year. Sing me back home before I die.
I remember one Sunday morning
when a choir from down the street.
Came in to sing a few old
gospel songs.
And I heard him tell the
singers there's a song my mother sang.
Could I hear it once before
you travel on?
[Chorus]
Sing me back home before
I die.
Sitting In Limbo [?]
Sitting here in limbo, but
I know it won't be long.
Sitting here in limbo, like
a bird without a song.
Well they're putting up
resistance, but I know
that my faith will lead
me on.
Sitting here in limbo, waiting
for the dice to roll.
Sitting here in limbo, got
some time to search my soul.
Well they're putting up
resistance but I know
that my faith will lead
me on.
I don't know where life
will lead me, but I know where I've been.
I can't say what life will
show me, but I know what I've seen.
Tried my hand at love and
friendship,
But all that is passed and
gone.
This little boy is moving
on.
Sitting here in limbo waiting
for the tide to flow.
Sitting here in limbo knowing
that I have to go.
Well they're putting up
resistance, but I know
that my faith will lead
me on.
Sitting in limbo.
Sitting on Top of the
World [Jacobs and Carter]
Mississippi River so big
and wide,
Blond haired woman on the
other side.
Now she's gone, gone, gone
and I don't worry
'Cause I'm sitting on top
of the world.
I worked all summer, spring
and fall,
Blond haired woman the cause
of it all.
Now she's gone, gone, gone
and I don't worry
'Cause I'm sitting on top
of the world.
I saw her in Dallas and
El Paso.
Said come back baby, I need
you so.
Now she's gone, gone, gone
and I don't worry
'Cause I'm sitting on top
of the world.
Mississippi River so big
and wide,
Blond haired woman on the
other side.
Now she's gone, gone, gone
and I don't worry
'Cause I'm sitting on top
of the world.
Smokestack Lightnin'
[Chester Burnette]
Oh, smokestack lightnin',
shinin' just like gold
Why can't you hear me cryin'?
Ooooo
Oh, stop your train, let
a hobo ride
Why can't you hear me cryin'?
Ooooo
Oh, fare you well, I never
see you no more
Why can't you hear me cryin'?
Ooooo
Oh, stop your train, let
a poor boy ride, callin' yes I do
Let a poor boy ride, let
his foot step on
Oh, who've been you baby,
since I've been gone
A little pretty boy?
Tell me all ooooh
So
Many Roads [Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter]
Thought I heard a blackbird
singing up on a bluebird hill
Call me a whining boy if
you will
Born where the sun don't
shine
And I don't deny my name
No place to go, ain't that
a shame.
Thought I heard that KC
whistle moaning sweet and low
Thought I heard that KC
when she blow
Down where the sun don't
shine
Underneath the Kokomo
Whining boy ain't got no
place to go.
So many roads I tell you,
So many roads I know
So many roads, so many roads.
Mountain high, river wide,
So many roads to ride
So Many roads, so many roads.
Thought I heard a jug band
playing
If you don't who else will
From over on the far side
of the hill
All I know the sun don't
shine
And the rain refuse to fall
You don't seem to hear me
when I call.
Wind inside and the wind
outside
Tangled in a window blind
Tell me why you treat me
so unkind
Down where the sun don't
shine
Lonely and I call your name
No place else to go ain't
that a shame.
New York to San Francisco,
so many roads I know
All I want is one to take
me home
High road to the low road,
so many roads I know
So many roads, so many roads.
From the land of the midnight
sun
Where the ice blue roses
grow
Along those roads of gold
and silver snow
Howling wide or moaning
low
So many roads I know
So many roads to ease my
soul
So many roads to ease my
soul.
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