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| 1. |
| 5:23 | 
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I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
No, I aint gonna work on Maggie's farm no more Well, I wake up in the morning Fold my hands and pray for rain I got a head full of ideas That are drivin' me insane It's a shame the way she makes me scrub the floor I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more. I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more No, I aint gonna work for Maggie's brother no more Well, he hands you a nickel He hands you a dime He asks you with a grin If you're havin' a good time Then he fines you every time you slam the door I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother more. I ain't gonna work for Maggie's pa no more No, I aint gonna work for Maggie's pa no more Well, he puts his cigar Out in your face just for kicks His bedroom window It is made out of bricks The National Guard stands around his door Ah, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's pa no more. I ain't gonna work for Maggie's ma no more No, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's ma no more Well, when she talks to all the servants About man and God and law Everybody says She's the brains behind pa She's sixty-eight, but she says she's twenty-four I ain't gonna work for Maggie's ma no more. I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more I aint gonna work on Maggie's farm no more Well, I try my best To be just like I am But everybody wants you To be just like them They say sing while you slave and I just get bored I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more. |
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| 2. |
| 3:47 |
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Down the street the dogs are barkin' and the day is gettin' dark
As the night comes in a-fallin' the dogs will lose their bark And the silent night will shatter from the sounds inside my mind For I'm one too many mornings and a thousand miles behind From the crossroads of my doorstep, my eyes, they start to fade As I turn my head back to the room where my love and I have laid And I gaze back to the street, the sidewalk, and the sign And I'm one too many mornings and a thousand miles behind It's a restless hungry feeling that don't mean no one no good When everything I'm a-sayin', you can say it just as good You're right from your side, I am right from mine We're both just one too many mornings and a thousand miles behind |
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| 3. |
| 6:01 |
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Ah, the rag man draws circles up and down the block
I'd ask him what the matter was, but I know that he don't talk And the ladies treat me kindly and they furnish me with tape But deep inside my heart, I know I can't escape Oh, mama Can this really be the end? To be stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphis blues again? Well, Shakespeare, he's in the alley with his pointed shoes and his bells Speaking to some French girl who says she knows me well And I would send a message to find out if she's talked But the post office has been stolen and the mailbox is locked Oh, mama Can this really be the end? To be stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphis blues again? Mona tried to tell me to stay away from the train line She said that all the railroad men just drink up your blood like wine And I said, "Oh, I didn't know that, but then again, there's only one I've met And he just smoked my eyelids and punched my cigarette" Oh, mama Can this really be the end? To be stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphis blues again? Grandpa died last week and now he's buried in the rocks But everybody still talks about how badly they were shocked But me, I expected it to happen, I knew he'd lost control When he built a fire on Main Street and shot it full of holes Oh, mama Can this really be the end? To be stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphis blues again? Now the senator came down here, showing everyone his gun Handing out free tickets to the wedding of his son And me, I nearly got busted, and wouldn't it be my luck To get caught without a ticket and be discovered beneath a truck? Oh, mama Can this really be the end? To be stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphis blues again? Now the teen preacher looked so baffled when I asked him why he dressed With twenty pounds of headlines stapled to his chest But he cursed me when I proved to him, then I whispered, said "Not even you can hide You see, you're just like me, I hope you're satisfied" Oh, mama Can this really be the end? To be stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphis blues again? Now the rain man gave me two cures, then he said, "Jump right in" The one was Texas medicine, the other was just railroad gin And like a fool, I mixed them, and it strangled up my mind And now people just get uglier, and I have no sense of time Oh, mama Can this really be the end? To be stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphis blues again? When Ruthie says come see her in honky-tonk lagoon Where I can watch her waltz for free 'neath her Panamanian moon And I say, "Ah, come on now, you know about my debutante" And she says, "Your debutante just knows what you need, but I know what you want" Oh, mama Can this really be the end? To be stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphis blues again? Now the bricks lay on Grand Street where the neon madmen climb They all fall there so perfectly, it all seems so well-timed And here I sit so patiently, waiting to find out what price You have to pay to get out of going through all these things twice Oh, mama Is this really the end? To be stuck here inside of Mobile With the Memphis blues again? |
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| 4. |
| 5:08 |
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Oh, sister, when I come to lie in your arms
You should not treat me like a stranger. Our Father would not like the way that you act And you must realize the danger. Oh, sister, am I not a brother to you And one deserving of affection? And is our purpose not the same on this earth, To love and follow His direction? We grew up together From the cradle to the grave We died and were reborn And then mysteriously saved. Oh, sister, when I come to knock on your door, Don't turn away, you'll create sorrow. Time is an ocean but it ends at the shore You may not see me tomorrow. |
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| 5. |
| 4:47 |
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Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed Whatever colors you have in your mind I'll show them to you and you'll see them shine Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile Until the break of day, let me see you make him smile His clothes are dirty but his hands are clean And you're the best thing that he's ever seen Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile Why wait any longer for the world to begin You can have your cake and eat it too Why wait any longer for the one you love When he's standing in front of you Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead I long to see you in the morning light I long to reach for you in the night Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead |
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| 6. |
| 5:29 |
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'Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood
When blackness was a virtue the road was full of mud I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm" And if I pass this way again, you can rest assured I'll always do my best for her, on that I give my word In a world of steel-eyed death, and men who are fighting to be warm. "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm" Not a word was spoke between us, there was little risk involved Everything up to that point had been left unresolved Try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm" I was burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail Poisoned in the bushes an' blown out on the trail Hunted like a crocodile, ravaged in the corn "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm" Suddenly I turned around and she was standin' there With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm" Now there's a wall between us, somethin' there's been lost I took too much for granted, I got my signals crossed Just to think that it all began on an noneventful morn "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm" Well, the deputy walks on hard nails and the preacher rides a mount But nothing really matters much, it's doom alone that counts And the one-eyed undertaker, he blows a futile horn "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm" I've heard newborn babies wailin' like a mournin' dove And old men with broken teeth stranded without love Do I understand your question, man, is it hopeless and forlorn? "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm" In a little hilltop village, they gambled for my clothes I bargained for salvation an' she gave me a lethal dose I offered up my innocence and got repaid with scorn "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm" Well, I'm livin' in a foreign country but I'm bound to cross the line Beauty walks a razor's edge, someday I'll make it mine If I could only turn back the clock to when God and her were born "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm" |
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| 7. |
| 7:01 |
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Our conversation was short and sweet
It nearly swept me off my feet And I'm back in the rain Oh, and you are on dry land You made it there somehow You're a big girl now Bird on the horizon, sitting on a fence He's singing his song for me at his own expense And I'm just like that bird Oh, singing just for you I hope that you can hear Hear me singing through these tears Love is so simple, to quote a phrase You've known it all the time, I'm learning it these days And I know where I can find you Oh, in somebody's room It's a price I have to pay You're a big girl all the way Time is a jet plane, it moves too fast Oh but what a shame, that all we've shared can't last I can change I swear Oh, see what you can do I can make it through You can make it too A change in the weather is known to be extreme But it ain't like changing horses in midstream I'm going out of my mind Oh, with a pain that stops and starts Like a corkscrew to the heart Ever since we've been apart |
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| 8. |
| 3:18 |
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I once held her in my arms
She said she would always stay But I was cruel, I treated her like a fool I threw it all away Once I had mountains in the palm of my hand And rivers that ran through every day I must have been mad, I never knew what I had Until I threw it all away Love is all there is, it makes the world go 'round Love and only love, it can't be denied No matter what you think about it, you just won't be able to do without it Take a tip from one who's tried So if you find someone that gives you all of her love Take it to your heart, don't let it stray One thing for certain, you will surely be a-hurtin' If you throw it all away, if you throw it all away |
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| 9. |
| 10:22 |
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Someone's got it in for me, they're planting stories in the press
Whoever it is I wish they'd cut it out quick but when they will I can only guess. They say I shot a man named Gray and took his wife to Italy, She inherited a million bucks and when she died it came to me. I can't help it if I'm lucky. People see me all the time and they just can't remember how to act Their minds are filled with big ideas, images and distorted facts. Even you, yesterday you had to ask me where it was at, I couldn't believe after all these years, you didn't know me better than that Sweet lady. Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your mouth, Blowing down the backroads headin' south. Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth, You're an idiot, babe. It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe. I ran into the fortune-teller, who said beware of lightning that might strike I haven't known peace and quiet for so long I can't remember what it's like. There's a lone soldier on the cross, smoke pourin' out of my boxcar door, You didn't know it, you didn't think it could be done, in the final end he won the war After losin' every battle. I woke up on the roadside, daydreamin' 'bout the way things sometimes are Visions of your chestnut mare shoot through my head and are makin' me see stars. You hurt the ones that I love best and cover up the truth with lies. One day you'll be in the ditch, flies buzzin' around your eyes, Blood on your saddle. Idiot wind, blowing through the flowers on your tomb, Blowing through the curtains in your room. Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth, You're an idiot, babe. It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe. It was gravity which pulled us down and destiny which broke us apart You tamed the lion in my cage but it just wasn't enough to change my heart. Now everything's a little upside down, as a matter of fact the wheels have stopped, What's good is bad, what's bad is good, you'll find out when you reach the top You're on the bottom. I noticed at the ceremony, your corrupt ways had finally made you blind I can't remember your face anymore, your mouth has changed, your eyes don't look into mine. The priest wore black on the seventh day and sat stone-faced while the building burned. I waited for you on the running boards, near the cypress trees, while the springtime turned Slowly into autumn. Idiot wind, blowing like a circle around my skull, From the Grand Coulee Dam to the Capitol. Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth, You're an idiot, babe. It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe. I can't feel you anymore, I can't even touch the books you've read Every time I crawl past your door, I been wishin' I been somebody else instead. Down the highway, down the tracks, down the road to ecstasy, I followed you beneath the stars, hounded by your memory And all your ragin' glory. I been double-crossed now for the very last time and now I'm finally free, I kissed goodbye the howling beast on the borderline which separated you from me. You'll never know the hurt I suffered nor the pain I rise above, And I'll never know the same about you, your holiness or your kind of love, And it makes me feel so sorry. Idiot wind, blowing through the buttons of our coats, Blowing through the letters that we wrote. Idiot wind, blowing through the dust upon our shelves, We're idiots, babe. It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves. |
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