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1.
Dear Grenadine
(INSTRUMENTAL)
2.
Low Wage Mood
I got a
cat that whispers, she lost an eye. The sweetest
drifters, they pass her by, and she drinks till she's
drunk, wine at sunrise. Got a cat that whispers,
when the bottle's dry, a cat that whispers, when the
bottle's dry.
I'm in a
low-wage, kind of mood. My casket's empty, but my
time is due. I'm makin' minimum wage, on a sick
day, and the dishwasher has a joint, to smoke on
break. The dishwasher has a joint, to smoke on
break.
A life of
high-class, is a waste of time. It don't change
nothin', it just waste your time. I keep my risks
low, my dollars few, cause nothin' they say's gonna
change my view. Nothin' they say's gonna change my
view.
I got a
cat that whispers, she lost an eye. The sweetest
drifters, they pass her by, and she drinks till she's
drunk, wine at sunrise. Got a cat that whispers,
when the bottle's dry, a cat that whispers, when the
bottle's dry.
3.
Higher Hilltops
She leaves
her mystic garden. Planting seeds among
weeds. We move to a new life together 'n I can
smell salt from the sea
She says
good deeds are particles, just like the snow. And
even as it melts away, the oceans will see us to another
day
While the
winds blow, higher hilltops, and the valleys, sulk in
the fog I will find our sea. And if the flowers,
bloom in the dark, please remember, it's not so
far. We will find our sea
Traveling
westerly, the sunrise wakes us happily. And as the
day goes on, she says, please let us follow the sun
Cause with
the tall grass in your face, and with the smoke in your
eyes. You might join the rat race, just to
survive. But like the transcendental poets say, it
doesn't have to be that way. Cause railroad lines, and
streetcar signs, they can only point the way. It's
what's inside, that leads the way
While the
winds blow, higher hilltops, and the valleys, sulk in
the fog I will find our sea. And if the flowers,
bloom in the dark, please remember, it's not so
far. We will find our sea
4.
This Land Is Your Land (by Woody Guthrie)
As I was
walking a ribbon of highway, I saw above me an endless
skyway, I saw below me a golden valley, that land was
made for you and me
I've
roamed and rambled, and I've followed my footsteps, to
the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts, and all
around me a voice was sounding, this land was made for
you and me
This land
is your land, and it is mine, from California, to the
New York Island From the redwood forest, to the New
Orleans waters, this land was made for you and me
The sun
came shining as I was strolling, with the wheat fields
waving and the dust clouds rolling, the fog was lifting
and a voice come chanting, this land was made for you
and me
This land
is your land, and it is mine, from California, to the
New York Island From the redwood forest, to the Boundary
Waters, this land was made for you and me
As I was
walkin', I saw a sign, and that sign it said "no
tress passin'", but on the other side, it didn't
say nothin', now that side was made for you and me
This land
is your land, and it is mine, from California, to the
New York Island From the redwood forest, to the New
Orleans waters, this land was made for you and me
In the
squares of the city, n the shadow of the steeple, at the
welfare office, I can see my people, some are grumblin'
and everybody just keeps on wonderin', If this land is
still for you and me
Bu this
land is your land, and it is mine, from California, to
the New York Island From the redwood forest, to the
Boundary Waters, this land was made for you and me, this
land was made for you and me, this land was made for you
and me
5.
Cindy Sang
Timothy is
not from around here, he has a wife of one and children
of two. Says he's not afraid of anyone, but he
drinks for excuses to get away from you. Cindy
sings at the church, she's got a real big body to hide
the real big pain. Says if she screamed it might
just seem, and if it rained she might look insane, oh so
Cindy sang
Late one
night in the summer same, there's a crash down the
street from the house of one, it was one car of
two. Inside was Timothy black and blue, his head
was blood and his eyes were too. Cindy ran down
the street, arms stretched open wide, trembling with the
pain of pain. Next to his seat bottles two of
booze, oh, that's the rest he knew, yeah, the rest that
he knew
And the
chorus swells, but it doesn't yell. Family one,
widow one. Children two, eyes well up and look to
the floor, two for fear and one for joy
Late one
night in the summer same, lightning crashed, the sky
sang, it was over now, transferred pain, and the tears,
they turned to rain. They laid his body way down
in the grave, cindy sang Amazing Grace, yeah, it's
amazing. Cindy sings at the church, she's got her
real big body, to hide the real big pain. And says
if she screamed it just might seem, and if it rained she
might look insane, oh, so Cindy just sang.
And the
chorus swells, but it doesn't yell. Family one,
widow one. Children two, eyes well up and look to
the floor, two for fear and one for joy
6.
Human Hillsides
(INSTRUMENTAL)
7.
Valley
I am from
West Chester, far from the great divide. I left
home when I was young, I had the world on my side.
Pretty
women crossed my path, a few of them I got to
know. The one that I fell in love with, she is the
one that I know.
So take me
back home, to the nights in Rollingstone. When
I'ld sing songs to ya, in the valleys of Altura.
I am home,
in your valley, take me home. I am home, in your
valley, take me home. Yeah she's mighty pretty,
she's got a river on her feet, hills in her hands, and a
brain like a tree. A smile like a rock, the clouds
they comb her hair, a song in the wind, 'n her breath is
mighty fair. I am home, in your valley, take me
home.
I
remember, the moon shinin' bright. Just like
burning embers, you burn me up inside.
And the
coyotes call, seemed to know it all. And those
lights in the sky, yeah they said you were mine.
Yes the roads can divide and the homes will occupy, but
the strengths of the hill, they gonna keep this valley
alive. Yeah the strengths of the hill, gonna keep
this valley alive. Yeah the strengths of the hill, they
gonna keep this valley alive.
I am home,
in your valley, take me home. I am home, in your
valley, take me home. Yeah she's mighty pretty,
she's got a river on her feet, hills in her hands, and a
brain like a tree. A smile like a rock, the clouds
they comb her hair, a song in the wind, 'n her breath is
mighty fair. I am home, in your valley, take me
home.
8.
Crane
Laid out,
summer time, fresh air bicycle, I ride. I think to
myself, how am I not me, how are you not you or are you,
supposed to be?
Kicking
leaves, in the fall, I see the monarchs flying, down
south. I think to myself, how do they know the
way, 'n how do you find your way?
But is the
way supposed to say? Is there even a supposed to be?
I fill my
lungs with, winter breeze, and the ground it just sits
in a deep freeze. I think to myself, how does it
know to grow, and how do you know when to plow and sow?
But is the
grow supposed to know? Is there even a supposed to be?
My eyes
are filled with spring time rain, covered by the shadow
of a sandhill, a sandhill crane. I think to
myself, when will he carry me, or have those wings
already carried me?
When was
supposed to be? How am I not me? How am I not
me? How am I not me? How am I not me?
How am I not me?
9.
Maggie's Farm (by Bob Dylan)
I 'aint
workin' on Maggie's Farm no more. I 'aint workin'
on Maggie's Farm no more. I wake up in the
morning, fold my hands pray for rain, I got a head full
of ideas, they drive me insane. And it's a shame
the way she makes me scrub the floor, no I 'aint workin'
on Maggie's Farm no more.
I 'aint
workin' for Maggie's brother no more. No I 'aint workin'
for Maggie's brother no more. He hands you a
nickel, n' hands you a dime, he asks you with a grin,
are you havin' a good time? Then he fines you
every time you slam the door, no I 'aint workin' for
Maggie's brother no more.
I ain't
workin' for Maggie's pa no more. I ain't workin' for
Maggie's pa no more. He smother his cigar in your face
just for kicks, he's got a bedroom window, it's made out
of bricks. The National Guard they stand around
his door. No I ain't workin' for Maggie's pa no
more.
I 'aint
working for Maggie's Ma no more. Said I 'aint
working for Maggie's Ma no more. She talks to all
the servant's about man and god and law, and everybody
says that she's the brains behind pa. She's
sixty-eight, she tell you she's 24, no I 'aint working
for Maggie's Ma no more.
I 'aint
working on Maggie's Farm no more. I 'aint working
on Maggie's Farm no more. I try my best to be just
like I am, but everybody they want you to be, just like
them. They say come on Jeff Ray, sing like a
slave, but I just get bored. No I 'aint working on
Maggie's Farm no more.
10.
My My My
This
backyard looks like a junkyard, 'n so does my
mind. And I'm just another worried man waiting in
line. Stabbed by the threats of success, there's
always something new. Before I leave, I need to
get a mile closer to you. To you, you you, my
river wife. You ease my, my my my, what a worried
mind.
And I've
heard it said, there's hellhounds on the trail.
And I've even read, that there's a place they call
hell. But there's black, white, and there's gray,
and a colour for every day. And if the hellhounds
catch my scent, the winds are gonna change my way.
Away from you, you you, my river wife. You ease
my, my my my, what a worried mind.
I hear a
thunderclap high in the sky. And the winds weave
through nervous branches of a shaking tree.
There's a chill in the wind from the west, it's pushing
me home. Cause this life is just an updraft in an
hourglass, and it's giving back time CH3- A gift to you,
you you, my river wife To ease my, my my my, what a
worried mind. To you, you you, my river
wife. You ease my, my my my, what a worried
mind.The gift of you, you you, my gentle sea, will ease
my, my my my, what a worried mind.
I got a
worried mind. Yeah when I walk out side, yeah
she'll ease my mind, my river wife.
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